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| Dec 7, 2025 | » | AoC 2024 Day 13: Claw Contraption
7 min; updated Dec 7, 2025
Parsing The input is a list of machine configurations, where buttons \(A\) and \(B\) move the claw some distance \(X\) and \(Y\), and the location of the prize is specified. Button A: X+43, Y+68 Button B: X+10, Y+36 Prize: X=4800, Y=6250 Button A: X+63, Y+41 Button B: X+89, Y+18 Prize: X=17648, Y=19276 namespace AoC2024; using Vector = ClawContraption.Vector; using Button = ClawContraption.Button; using MachineConfig = ClawContraption.MachineConfig; using DirectedEdge = ClawContraption.... |
| Dec 21, 2016 | » | Brainless Slime That Can Learn by Fusing [The Atlantic]
2 min; updated Sep 5, 2022
Brainless Slime That Can Learn by Fusing. Ed Yong. www.theatlantic.com . old.reddit.com . Dec 21, 2016. Building Transit Networks Can a cell learn? When a part of the plasmodium touches something attractive, e.g. food, it pulses more quickly and widens. If a part meets something repulsive, like light, it pulses more slowly and shrinks. The article regards this as flowing in the best possible direction without conscious thought.... |