3 min read Problem: this one is a classic that many of you have probably already heard, but all the more reason why […] Read article
3 min read A slightly different version of the original pirates problem (read that one first to get all the rules). 6 pirates, […] Read article
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4 min read You find an old treasure map in your grandma’s attic. the map shows a cannon, a coconut tree, and a […] Read article
3 min read How many places are there on the earth that one could walk one mile south, then one mile east, then […] Read article
2 min read How does one find a loop in a singly linked list in O(n) time using constant memory? You cannot modify […] Read article
2 min read A man has two cubes on his desk. every day he arranges both cubes so that the front faces show […] Read article