🚇 "Look for the ridiculous in everything, and you will find it." - Jules Renard

Hey friends!

I hope you had a good week! I've got a bit of a cold but I'm hanging in there. Onwards!

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Web links of the week

Reporting on Website Carbon Emissions
Astro 4.0 Released
Advanced usage patterns for taking page element screenshots with Playwright
Making noisy SVGs

Something that interested me this week

I turned 32 this week! It was fun to see family and friends and (attempt to) have a more relaxed week for birthday shenanigans.

Outside of the fun, I recorded some podcasts (which you'll hear later), and I wrote up a little gift guide if you aren't sure what to get loved ones for the holidays!

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Interview question of the week

Last week, I had you count array rotations. Great work Ten, Altamish, Kyle, José, Austin, Neil, Saad, Tawseef, Muhammad, Anirban, Evan, and David!

This week's question:
Given an array of integers, return the majority element. If there is no majority element, return if the array is majority even or odd numbers, and if there is none, say so.

Example:

> majority([3,1,4,1])
> "1"

> majority([33,44,55,66,77])
> "Majority odds"

> majority([1,2,3,4])
> "No majority"

Cool things from around the internet

The surprising connection between after-hours work and decreased productivity
The Incredibly Counterintuitive Physics of Bicycle Turns
TPS40 keyboard
"Dance of Dilemma" song

Joke

An apple a day keeps the doctor away...

...but only if you throw it hard enough!

That's all for now, folks! Have a great week. Be safe, make good choices, and floss!

Special thanks to Gabor, IceSloth, Ezell, Sebastián, Ben, and Kinetic Labs for supporting my Patreon and this newsletter!

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