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(lisp short story)

I received a Lisp book for Christmas from mom (and no she does not have a PhD but knows how to find wishlists and sort by price). I am going through it now and I found a function definition that is endlessly amusing me as a Python developer. I am hoping to bring you theContinue reading “(lisp short story)”

GCD and the magic of subtraction

The greatest common divisor is something I learned in school but it was one of those “so what?” subjects. But recently I revisited it and it is very interesting. Why is gcd cool? Every number, can be expressed as the product of prime numbers. This product for every number is unique; sort of like saying,Continue reading “GCD and the magic of subtraction”

Sitting with: Lomuto’s Partitioning Scheme

I snagged this pseudocode from Wikipedia and I am planning on going through it step by step to understand what is going on. I recommend having this snippet handy for reference. Here is my breakdown. The Idea The Lomuto partitioning scheme is used to partition an array into 2 parts, smaller and bigger than theContinue reading “Sitting with: Lomuto’s Partitioning Scheme”

How to ethically kill a sentient AI?

The short answer: Always save their storage units (and also make sure they are enlightened) And by that I mean the memory, the hard drive, the floppy et cetera. Sit with me and let me show you what I mean. When we unlock the technology to a sentient machine, believe me you that we willContinue reading “How to ethically kill a sentient AI?”