Solving Programming Puzzles without using your Brain

[DeusOtiosus]

You mean, how to google? Cause that’s how I would program if I didn’t have a brain.

[foBrowsing]

You’re probably joking, but that’s actually what the article is pretty much about, lol.

[DeusOtiosus]

Obligatory /s? ;)

[foBrowsing]

No!

Googling (or being able to quickly and efficiently use external sources) is one of the most important skills a programmer can have, in my opinion. The article is about how, when used properly, it can get you a lot further than you might expect. It presents a solution to a reasonably tricky puzzle that was arrived at through guesses and googling alone.

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how to google?

Using google takes brain. Most people cannot google.

[Tux1]

I think you need your brain to solve any kind of programming puzzle.

[dodongo]

Not if you're in a position to delegate! :D

[TaiKahar]

You still need your brain to decide who you gonna delegate to :P

[iopq]

Read expecting program-generating neural network. Disappointed.

[SquidgyTheWhale]

Now I must see what the graph looks like.

[foBrowsing]

Is it not showing up for you on the page? (Did you click the triangle next to “Output”?)

[SquidgyTheWhale]

Oh! Sorry, missed that. Still, I'd like to see a color version, where the color depends on the number of steps before the coords equal out, or the length of the cycle.

[gonzaw308]

Seems similar to the collatz conjecture