Summing the first n odd positive integers yields n^2. For twisty puzzle enthusiasts, an interesting consequence of this is that a Pyraminx has the same number of stickers per face as a Rubik’s Cube, a Master Pyraminx has the same number of stickers per face as a Rubik’s Master Cube, and so on.
Day 16 of Advent of Code is so confusing that I will not finish today’s puzzle. I wonder if yesterday was my last day with Advent of Code, or will the puzzles become more understandable and easier again in the next few days? Maybe I’m just more the practical type. I like programming, but such complex algorithms are not really my thing. And in the end, Advent of Code is supposed to be fun… ⌘ Read more
reading: starting forth. possible practice, puzzle, game, eventually dance? | gemini://compudanzas.net/forth.gmi
On the blog: Daily Nonogram https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/02/21/nonogram.html #announcement #puzzle
Boat Puzzle ⌘ https://xkcd.com/2348/
Baba Is You review: one of the best puzzle games in years - Polygon https://www.polygon.com/reviews/2019/3/13/18263824/baba-is-you-review-nintendo-switch-pc
Mathematical and Puzzle Fonts/Typefaces http://erikdemaine.org/fonts/
Puzzle Montage Art by Tim Klein https://puzzlemontage.crevado.com/
“Puzzles, Problems, and Programs” by Chris Martens - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TT0r6-B5YHA
Book review: The puzzling empathy of debugging https://wozniak.ca/blog/2018/05/07/The-puzzling-empathy-of-debugging.html
This Game Teaches You How to Build a Quantum Compu… https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/a3jkya/quantum-game-physics-computer-puzzle
Wireless Spectrum Allocation: The Invisible Puzzle https://tedium.co/2017/05/11/wireless-spectrum-allocation-challenges/
This Simple Philosophical Puzzle Shows How Difficult It Is to Know Something - Facts So Romantic - Nautilus http://nautil.us/blog/-this-simple-philosophical-puzzle-shows-how-difficult-it-is-to-know-something
Oliver Stone’s Putin puzzle: An evil genius who made history, or a shrewd, small-minded nonentity? - Salon.com http://www.salon.com/2017/06/17/oliver-stone-deconstructs-putin-an-evil-genius-who-made-history-or-a-shrewd-but-small-minded-apparatchik-writ-large/?curator=MediaREDEF