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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, though....
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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Programing puzzles can be a great way to practice your skills and kill time between projects. What sources do you use for programing puzzles?
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Definitely recommended for college students problem set archive.
The puzzles of waterloo's programming contest puzzles are quite good.
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I found that the Python Challenge was a good way to learn Python .
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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 ...
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One of my favorite programming puzzles.
Or even a combination of different chess pieces.
This thread is useless if hundreds of links are just pasted, etc...) .
Lots of links, get the puzzles on here.
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Is there any website that contains SQL puzzles , tips/tricks etc?
Any version of SQL (Oracle, MSSQL etc) will do. Just want to solve some general SQL puzzles and want to learn more about SQL.
Thanks in advance!
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More quiz-style questions than puzzles on http://www.sqlquiz.com/ .
There are a few others on " Puzzled by T-SQL " blog by Itzik Ben-Gan on the SQL Server Magazine website.
There are some SQL puzzles on Lionel Clarke's blog .
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I'm looking to get some practice coding solutions to algorithm puzzles on a whiteboard. A friend is going to read puzzles to me (as if he were interviewing me), and I'll solve them on a whiteboard.
Does anyone know any great books with algorithm puzzles...
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You can also order their PDF.
Try Careercup with online interview questions and puzzles.
Seriously though, the "Customers exercises.
Wait, I thought Stackoverflow was for algorithm puzzles.
puzzles.
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Dear All,
Here is the January edition of the Quizzes and Puzzles round up.
Please add in any other quizzes you have to this thread in the usual way.
Have Fun!!!
1. Charity Gen Knowledge Quiz 120 questions to support Long Eaton Rotary Club, closing date...
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The quiz costs £7.
Consists of 130 questions, puzzles and pictures ranging from the easy to the difficult.
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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'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...
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Unisex bathroom is another one
Perhaps you can use the simple problem of testing and setting a shared flag or accessing some kind of list resource in some kind... .
Dining philosophers is one...
The Dining Philosophers Problem , is the first one I think of .
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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...
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Keep in mind that brute forcing the questions is really not the goal - ideally, you are supposed to come up with a program that will find a solution in less than 60 seconds!
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I do play with ProjectEuler, though I've been stuck on #78 for way too long .
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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...
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Practicing logic puzzles indeed can only kinds of puzzles....
Or you can just reading programming blogs.
No - practicing puzzles will make you a better at solving puzzles is in the details.
Solutions to those puzzles do.
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