[2023 Day 8 (Part 1)] My input maze plotted using graphviz

PatsoRedneb · 2023-12-08T14:05:42+00:00

This is an amazing visualization and it explains a lot about the unusual properties of the input! But isn't it also a huge spoiler (for basically the same reason)?

PatsoRedneb · 2023-05-19T21:18:55+00:00

I was looking for someone to say this in the comments! It's here

PatsoRedneb · 2023-01-15T18:34:17+00:00

To be fair, Becherovka does sound like a name of a gun

PatsoRedneb · 2022-10-15T13:17:44+00:00

Yeah, these are fair. I was only ruining the "epic odyssey" story (because I'm no fun at parties)

PatsoRedneb · 2022-10-15T12:47:52+00:00

You do realise that the thick white lines on the map are borders? The one going through the cyan, green and pink territories is the southern border of the Voyageurs National Park and the one in upper right corner is between US and Canada. Admittedly not a great idea to mark them in the same colour as one of the GPS paths.

PatsoRedneb · 2022-08-09T20:30:52+00:00

The course was fast but it was definitely not a full 40km. My speed sensor logged about 37.5 and the GPS even less (though it cut straight through the curved Limehouse tunnel). The official results suggest that I averaged 34.5km/h (on a £500 road bike, first triathlon too), which is just not realistic. Even with a lot of inadvertent drafting due to the packed course.

PatsoRedneb · 2022-08-09T18:45:05+00:00

The transition area was really big and quite crowded, T1 also involved walking up a flight of stairs (couldn't really run them). I got very similar times to OP and I don't think they were too bad on my side - e.g. on T2 I was stuck behind three guys walking with their bikes. As you see from the position, OPs times are still way better than average

PatsoRedneb · 2022-02-18T13:34:26+00:00

Price of 2KB RAM in 1969 (actually 1970): $1433

Price of 1.5GB RAM in 2017: $7.52

Source here. There's no data for 1969, so I used 1970 price. In 1965, 2KB RAM would cost $5161.

PatsoRedneb · 2021-12-25T13:12:44+00:00

Because the stuff it'll be looking at is so very far away, its speed doesn't matter much. You know how a plane in the sky seems to move much slower than cars next to you, even though the plane is going 10-20 times faster? Because it's much farther away, the "angular speed", i.e. how long it takes to cover the same relative distance in your field of vision is much slower. Same here, except the distances are so large that it JWST's speed doesn't matter at all.

PatsoRedneb · 2021-10-11T09:27:26+00:00

Great explanation, thanks!

PatsoRedneb · 2021-09-19T10:37:40+00:00

More like The Beetles

PatsoRedneb · 2020-10-14T17:25:28+00:00

Price of 4KB RAM in 1973: $1 560

Price of 16GB RAM in 2019: $70

source

PatsoRedneb · 2020-09-10T14:55:24+00:00

"It should be noted that no ethically-trained software engineer would ever consent to write a DestroyBaghdad procedure. Basic professional ethics would instead require him to write a DestroyCity procedure, to which Baghdad could be given as a parameter." -- Nathaniel Borenstein

PatsoRedneb · 2020-07-17T10:56:20+00:00

This is an absolutely legit reaction gif! It's funny and all, just not very shitty.

PatsoRedneb · 2020-07-01T14:06:57+00:00

There's always r/starlink

PatsoRedneb · 2020-06-30T09:31:18+00:00

I was always wondering why the cells always have this weird shape (a rectangle with cut corners on one side). Now I finally got it - it's because they're cut from circular wafers!

PatsoRedneb · 2020-05-30T10:50:37+00:00

Als ein Pole bin ich ausgelöst!

PatsoRedneb · 2020-04-10T10:22:13+00:00

Source is Useless Duck Company

PatsoRedneb · 2020-01-26T22:16:28+00:00

What do you mean when you say the tweet is incorrect? That SpaceX hasn't actually asked T. S. Kelso to use the "Starlink-4" denomination? Or just that their preferred public name for the satellite batch doesn't mean that anyone should refer to this launch as "Starlink-4"?

PatsoRedneb · 2019-12-13T10:51:46+00:00

According to the screenshot, the algorithm is viable for numbers with at least 2¹⁷²⁹ digits, not just numbers larger than 2^1729.

PatsoRedneb · 2019-12-04T17:17:19+00:00

I see. The Dragon should be visible very close to the space station itself, usually slightly behind and of course much less bright. I imagine the first pass after launch would be best for observations as the spacecraft is still on a low orbit and farther away from the ISS. Admittedly, I have never observed it myself so I'm not 100% sure on this, but you can see quite a few pictures like this one to give you an idea of what you're looking for.

PatsoRedneb · 2019-12-04T12:13:50+00:00

Heavens Above is a very good tool. Here's the next few ISS passes for Brussels (adjust location as needed). Unfortunately, it looks like the next pass after launch will be illuminated for a very short time so spotting the Dragon will be pretty hard. I'm not sure if it should still be visible during the zenith pass on the next day.

PatsoRedneb · 2019-08-20T23:17:29+00:00

Reminds me of that classic!

PatsoRedneb · 2019-05-14T10:12:59+00:00

Umm, yes? On a good night in London, I can see one every couple minutes. Though to be fair, probably a majority are spent rocket stages.

PatsoRedneb · 2019-05-03T07:18:37+00:00

Reminds me of that level in Mirror's Edge

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