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| Dec 7, 2025 | » | AoC 2024 Day 13: Claw Contraption
7 min; updated Dec 7, 2025
ParsingThe 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. Part OneIt costs \(3\) tokens to push the \(A\) button and \(1\) token to push the \(B\) button. What is the fewest tokens you would have to spend to win all possible prizes? ... |
| 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.
Building Transit NetworksCan 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. ... |