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Cool puzzles, illusions and whatever else you think would entertain a very bright 9 year old boy who is going to be spending the next number of weeks in hospital. Printable would be a bonus.
Due to circumstances I am unable to visit but want to send something...
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Be aware....
Since his work is in the public domain, go ahead and download his full Cyclopedia of Puzzles .
Nosing around the website, I see that they have liked the Sam Loyd puzzles.
When I was his age, I loved Sam Loyd puzzles.
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Every single programmer worth his salt is inspired by great programming puzzles. Some puzzles are intended to sharpen your analytical abilities while some others make your programming abilities better.
Programming puzzles are the soul of infotainment ...
Started by Niyaz on
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The game has like 15000 with a whole host structures like:
Haystack....
This thread is useless if hundreds of links are just pasted to a spread sheet or a database(never tested that part though) .
Lots of links, get the puzzles on here.
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Programing puzzles can be a great way to practice your skills and kill time between projects. What sources do you use for programing puzzles?
Started by Programmer on
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The puzzles of waterloo'....
It is not limited to programming, there are other interesting categories as well (like ligic/probability puzzles:
javabat
java black belt
I found that the Python Challenge was a good way to learn Python.
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Hi all,
While there are good sites having interesting programming puzzles like mentioned in this SO post. But are there any specific to C/C++?
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Gimpels bug of the month page.
The International obfuscated C Code Contest
TopCoder://projecteuler.net/
Not necessarily C, but interesting puzzles.
This site has some interesting C puzzles.
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I do along with word puzzle books.
Found Issue 48 of the TV Guide themed crossword puzzle book at a dollar general store
Started by slamminjammin69 on
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Yes hell no i have like focus vision, i can never find any words, and i get bored in .0001 seconds.
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Dear All,
Here is the February edition of the Quizzes and Puzzles round up. Looks a bit more healthy than last month's.
Please add in any other quizzes you have to this thread in the usual way.
Get those brain cells working!
1. The January Quiz 200 questions...
Started by AB Editor on
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Would like a copy early April, include a £1 and SAE when you send your answers to the dingbats back.
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I'm trying to come up with some programming puzzles focused on multi-threading. Most of the problems I've been able to come up with, so far, have been pretty domain specific. Does anybody have any decent programming puzzles for developers attempting to...
Started by senfo on
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The language has a LISP-like syntax but is really closer.
puzzle solver implemented in PARLANSE .
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I've used brute force for the most part for the ProjectEuler.net problems that I have been able to solve. One thing I'm finding is that, for some of the puzzles, I'm not able to find good resources for 'backfilling' my understanding of the problem domains...
Started by Kyle Burton on
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Look up the terms that you don't understand, and you'll learn concepts like.
Learn through solving.
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I work with SQL almost on a daily basis and want to improve my SQL skills. I am looking for online resources or books for advanced queries for real life problems. I liked Joe Celko's books and I am looking for similar resources. I am also interested in...
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I loved.
His SQL Server 2005 books are great.
like puzzles, but also real-world problems.
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I want to know if anyone was able to notice an improvement in their programming aptitude based on working at/becoming better at solving logic problems/puzzles?
I've never really been really good at them, and am wondering if to devote more time to practicing...
Started by trustfundbaby on
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Or you....
No - practicing puzzles will make you a better at solving puzzles is in the details.
Lemmings will make you a better programmer, because solutions to those puzzles do.
Myself to simple puzzles like a Sudoku.
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