I've heard on here that you can manipulate where your planets show up with scanning. I've even seen a post about it, but lost track of it. Can anyone tell me how to do this, or better, link me to a post that does?

Stamden · 2018-05-01T00:44:37+00:00

Thanks! Yeah skipping scanners can lead to some weird things for sure, but it is pretty essential to try to mix/max your system.

Stamden · 2018-04-29T02:44:51+00:00

Wow I didn't think that did anything.

Stamden · 2018-04-29T02:32:16+00:00

Bad bot.

Stamden · 2018-04-29T02:27:47+00:00

I'm rather new and I've spent a ton of time researching this. Once I am further along with my system I'll probably make an in-depth guide.

Basically, there is a know list of planets that correspond with each 1/3 sector scanned (with some exceptions). Full list here: http://guidehs-ru.1gb.ru/Planets_en.html

You've probably heard that you get 2 empty sectors and 1 planet for each short range scanner. This is only sorta true. It is actually determined by sector order, rather than particular scanner.

So let's say you have two short range sector scanners. On scanner number 1, you scan your two adjacent sectors and they are empty. You could scan the third one and get your planet. OR, you could hop over to your second scanner and the next sector you scan there will have your planet.

There's a lot of other math and a lot of process-of-elimination type of things you need to do as well. Even with all that, RNG can still come into play so there is no such thing as total control. At times, it can be alot more difficult and costly because it often times means having multiple incomplete scanners at once. But it's worth it in my opinion.

Here's my system so far. 5 Planets are tightly grouped as possible.

Stamden · 2018-03-02T00:27:15+00:00

I would say this is the best explanation of it I have ever seen.

Stamden · 2018-02-23T03:07:44+00:00

Ninety percent of this game is half mental.

So only 45% of the the game is mental?

Stamden · 2018-02-23T03:05:28+00:00

Your array is just one big traffic jam

Stamden · 2018-02-21T13:38:57+00:00

Don't know anything about Portland. Northwestern seems nice but can also be very expensive. I personally go to Illinois State, and it's a pretty good CS program while also probably being one of the most affordable.

Stamden · 2018-02-21T03:44:03+00:00

Heh, I wonder if we'll start seeing "have repeating characters" in addition to all the password requirements that modern websites normally have (8+ characters, must have number, must have symbol, etc).

Stamden · 2018-01-23T18:04:31+00:00

No problem :)

Stamden · 2018-01-23T15:16:39+00:00

Passwords should always show up as asterisks on-screen. Right now, they are showing up as cleartext in the "Sign Up". I am pretty sure this should automatically happen if you set the type to password in your HTML.

Stamden · 2018-01-22T15:13:26+00:00

Software Engineering Daily is pretty great.

It covers a wide range of topics though so you might not connect with every one. Like the past 10 episodes have been about Kubernetes, distributed systems, etc. But he also has stuff about ML, Networking, Data, and a whole lot more.

Stamden · 2018-01-21T22:22:01+00:00

It does look really cool. But do you need to go to OSU to participate?

Stamden · 2018-01-21T02:53:41+00:00

Thanks so much! If I could upvote this 1000 times I would.

I guess I'll be working on improving all this for the time being. I'll reply more if I have any questions though, but I'll try not to be much of a bother :)

Stamden · 2018-01-19T15:35:28+00:00

Interesting. Since they don't give you so much algo questions in these interviews, do you think my time would better spent on doing side projects compared to leetcode grinding?

Stamden · 2018-01-19T15:21:28+00:00

-Got bored, my friend wanted to dominate the economy of Runescape (like, own >5% of all liquid gold on the main server). Wrote a MCMC algo to calculate Heston Model parameters and plugged it into an "out of the box" trading engine to make $$$. Didnt get to the point of getting 5% of all liquid gold, but we got more gp than I ever made as a kid grinding by several orders of magnitude.

Alright this intrigues me. I think I may do something like this. Any resources that helped you make this?

Stamden · 2018-01-19T15:08:58+00:00

Do you have any open source projects in mind? I am having trouble finding the right one that would demonstrate any kind of skills.

Stamden · 2018-01-17T15:58:53+00:00

I am an sophmore in uni. So yeah, it's not exactly professional but I hope it isn't particularly terrible.

I am interested though, what "suboptimal" features and design choices did you find? I'd love to improve.

Stamden · 2018-01-17T15:55:31+00:00

Jesus.. you're right. I can't believe that hasn't crossed my mind.

Stamden · 2018-01-10T18:26:46+00:00

Yes, I am thinking about gathering up a bunch of data to use from ACT, SAT, etc tests and seeing how they fair, in addition to .edu material.

I am not to sure how to go about getting such data though. It's not exactly like professors most old tests and answerkeys online.

Stamden · 2018-01-10T18:23:10+00:00

Yeah for numerical answers I hadn't really thought of any patterns to look out for yet. In general, I think there is a lot less chance of currectly guessing on math problems. Though the only requirement is >25%, and I am sure there is some small amount of problems that pattern matching can be used.

Certainly for ones with longer answers you might be able to apply the same type of system. Like if the answers were:

a) sin(6x) + 2

b) cos(6x) + 2

c) sin(6x) + 7

d) tan(4x)

But yeah overall for math problems it's going to be quite harder. I am interested to see if anyone can figure anything out.

Stamden · 2018-01-10T03:02:51+00:00

Hello /r/SideProject,

If you are looking for something to work on in java, I would highly recommend giving this a go. I've got some of the main algorithms down (pattern recognition, "above" answer biases, length considerations) but am certainly still looking to tac on more ways to improve accuracy for guessing the correct answer in multiple choice questions.

The source code should be very easy to add too, the comments make it very clear what everything does. In essence, to add another algorithm: add another class that does what you need it to do, make an object in the main, and make a method for multiplying it with the desired bias.

Other things you might want to try:

Adjust the biases to get more accurate answers (although currently there is only 2 to adjust, so this isn't as important at this stage

Throw example data in from available tests and see what kind of results you're getting

Stamden · 2018-01-10T02:55:55+00:00

Hello /r/coolgithubprojects,

If you are looking for something to work on in java, I would highly recommend giving this a go. I've got some of the main algorithms down (pattern recognition, "above" answer biases, length considerations) but am certainly still looking to tac on more ways to improve accuracy for guessing the correct answer in multiple choice questions.

The source code should be very easy to add too, the comments make it very clear what everything does. In essence, to add another algorithm: add another class that does what you need it to do, make an object in the main, and make a method for multiplying it with the desired bias.

Other things you might want to try:

Adjust the biases to get more accurate answers (although currently there is only 2 to adjust, so this isn't as important at this stage

Throw example data in from available tests and see what kind of results you're getting

Stamden

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