Jan. 13, 2019, 6 p.m.

😱"We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them." - Albert Einstein

rendezvous with cassidoo

Hello, world!

I hope you had a great week! Mine was pretty stressful (big project at work, plus the start of grad classes), but really good. Let's get scootin!
 

Web links of the week

Setting A React Project From Scratch Using Babel And Webpack
It's 2019 and I Still Make Websites with my Bare Hands
How to make and test your own React drag and drop list with 0 dependencies
music-fns​
 

Something that interested me this week

I started my first courses for my master's degree this week! My favorite thing I've learned about so far are Raven's Progressive Matrices. It's an aptitude test from the 1930s that is completely visual (no verbal or reading elements are in it), and is pretty fun to try out. The first part of the course is called Computational Psychometrics, which is the design of computational agents that can take the same kind of tests that humans do when they are tested for intelligence or knowledge or aptitude. So, you guessed it: My first homework assignment is to build an AI agent that can solve a set of those Raven's problems! I'm terrified and not entirely sure how to start (they're all SO different), but luckily I have a few more lectures to go through that hopefully will help me through.
 

Interview question of the week

Last week I asked you some questions about pointers! Kyle came through with some solid answers.

This week's question:
Given a number n, return all numbers < n whose digits are 1 or 5.

Example:
oneOrFive(20)
> 1, 5, 11, 15
 

Cool things from around the internet

Yellowstone Sound Library
(Shameless plug) Cassidy's custom Iris keyboard
How to Download Thousands of Classic Books and Movies That Just Entered the Public Domain
Budget Breakdown: A Creative Couple in Minneapolis Build a Multipurpose Backyard Studio For $18K​
 

Joke

A word of advice to you: never date a tennis player. Love means nothing to them!
 
That's all for now folks, have a good week! Be safe, make good choices, and donate those clothes you haven't worn in a while.

cassidoo

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