Tag: Computer Science
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Weekly Problem: The Second-Chance Romance Strategy
The Problem You’ve just been through a tough breakup and are ready to start dating again. Over the next year, you’ll meet 100 potential romantic partners one by one. After meeting each person, you must immediately decide whether to commit to them or move on forever. Once you pass on someone, you can never go…
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Weekly Problem no.14: Beethoven’s 5th!
Cryptophonic Challenge: Beethoven’s Victory Code The Cryptophonic Challenge: Beethoven’s Victory Code Click to Start Audio Engine 🎵 Decode the Victory Symphony Level: 1/3 Current Mission: Decode the famous rhythm that became a symbol of victory… Attempts remaining: 3 30s lockout remaining Pattern 1: • • • ― ❔ Pattern 2: ― • • • 🔒…
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Liar! Weekly Problem
🤔 Philosopher A 🤯 Philosopher B “Let’s start our discussion about the Liar Paradox…” Next Step Reset The Liar Paradox is one of the oldest and most famous logical paradoxes, dating back to ancient Greece. In its simplest form, it’s captured in the statement: “This statement is false.” Understanding the Paradox: If we assume the…
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The Dining Philosopher’s Problem
Weekly Problem No. 6 The Dining Philosophers Problem is a classic computer science problem that illustrates challenges in resource sharing and deadlock avoidance. The Setup Five philosophers are seated around a circular table. In front of each philosopher is a plate of spaghetti, their only nourishment as they ponder life’s great mysteries. Between each pair…
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Decision Theory and the Power of Counterfactuals
A Research team on Spotify develops a new ML model for decision-making using counterfactuals. Why that’s exciting! Self-driving cars, medical diagnosis, investment plans, and game theory are all applications of decision-making AI. Decision theory is the study of algorithms for correct decisions, but it comes with a few obstacles. Making the right decision is quite…