🎓 Doc Freemo 🇳🇱 @freemo@qoto.org

Some people asked me to share a lvery difficult yet simple logic puzzle that has stumped my friends. It is also my favorite interview question.

First off some background. The problem is not a trick question, as much as it may seem like one. There is no play on words, no hidden exception. Everything in this problem is exactly how it is presented and the answer doesn't rely on any slight of hand. Take this puzzle at face value.

Also **ALL ANSWERS NEED CONTENT WARNINGS** I do not want you spoiling it for others. This goes for questions and hints too.

Now on to the puzzle:

There is a room with 100 jars with lids on them all in a row. There is also a stack of papers, 100 papers each labeled 1 to 100. The papers are shuffled and one paper placed into each pot randomly.

You and your assistant are in an a joining room. Your assistant is allowed to enter the room, look in all 100 pots, and if they wish they can pick any 2 pots and switch the paper in them. They can only do this one time, they do not have to do this they can choose to also do nothing. At this point they leave the room, without talking to you.

Next, someone tells you a random number from 1 to 100. Your goal is to enter the room and open a pot tht has that number in it. You are allowed to open, at most, 50 of the pots.

Whatever process you use to open those pots must **guarantee** that by the time you open the 50th pot that the number you were given will be found. Obviously your assistant didn't know what the number is at any point.

What rules do you give your assistant, and what rules do you follow, to ensure you are successful?

@MutoShack@functional.cafe @inditoot #puzzle #riddle #riddles #puzzles #math #mathematics #maths

How I left the "Transgender Community"

Hey #qoto folks, if you are like myself and mighty confused by Transexuality/Transgender things, I would like to recommend @TranimeGirl 's youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEtVfj-XFNGDB0SLYAS_eFg

I am learning a lot here from her point of view and it's all exceedingly interesting to me. She explains things well from the standpoint of a MtF transexual (Correct me if that is incorrect, Tranime)

She seems to have a very common sense approach to things, and I appreciate deeply her forthright manner and opinions.

Whatever my opinion is worth, I am very much enjoying learning from her regarding her condition and how it affects her life.

Racism thrives in darkness

This is going to be a long one. Buckle in.

So, today's #ShareTheMusic is in honor of the music my mother introduced me to.

Why?

Because I'm a good Jewish boy who loves his mother. (Also, I think she's got pretty good taste in music.)

So, without further ado, here are bands, songs, and musics that my mother specifically introduced me to while I was growing up!

Let's start with Jethro Tull. My mother loves Jethro Tull, and it certainly gave me a love for 'Progressive Rock'. In that mind, my favorite Prog Rocker, Steven Wilson did some remixes of Jethro Tull- Enjoy one of those tracks: Rover, from the album Heavy Horses: https://open.spotify.com/track/1ZpOlBm6Yz8eE8Q6Tpc8PM

Music was often a part of my life growing up. My mother plays guitar, and for a time used to take jobs at bars and taverns as live entertainment. A little something extra for the house. I was too young to join her on these excursions, so I don't know exactly what she played. Knowing my mother, though, she'd probably be playing folk music- old and new. She loves folk music.

Let's start with the fantastic singer songwriters The Indigo Girls. In the early 90s my mother got me one of my first CDs: The Indigo Girls "Rites of Passage". My favorite song from the album is Galileo (It was a toss up between this one and Ghost, both on the same album... I'm going with Galileo because it always makes me want to sing.

https://open.spotify.com/track/1Q0DVZhtZJZs9t45b8zNSD

Now, Debbie Friedman- what young Jewish person in the modern era doesn't know Debbie Friedman? Not By Might, Not By Power: https://open.spotify.com/track/3FQx5p1B4RZrHfSogIrSbQ

Peter, Paul and Mary- What Folk loving person doesn't include them? Here is my favorite song my Mother used to sing to me as a child- Weave Me the Sunshine : https://open.spotify.com/track/2H9eq8hiylt5a1H8flNNKX

Let's roll it back into rock and roll now. As a child of the late 60s, and mostly the 70s my Mom was most certainly into the eclectic mix that happened in the era. Luckily, my mother never really kept herself to a single genre- any music is good music to her. (She does have reservations about modern Rap, but I think we can forgive that.)

As this post has gotten quite long, I'm going to just post a few songs with titles and artists to more or less wrap up this session of #ShareTheMusic

Fleetwood Mac's The Chain: https://open.spotify.com/track/5e9TFTbltYBg2xThimr0rU

Hall and Oates' Sara Smile: https://open.spotify.com/track/1qjrYozGqc7upUgfN776lZ

The Beatles' Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da : https://open.spotify.com/track/02FJNRUlB28e1F0R9uP2s1

Last, but not least- Cecilia by Simon and Garfunkel: https://open.spotify.com/track/6QhXQOpyYvbpdbyjgAqKdY

Now, I could put hours and hours and hours of music on this particular #ShareTheMusic as my mother's musical tastes go on and on. But, here we are- a little taste of the music my mother shared with me while I grew up.

Are there any songs one of your parents shared with you growing up that's shaped your musical interests? I'd love to hear it!

@Gargron All due respect, but I don't understand all the fuzz about emojis in the #Fediverse when there are real UX hurdles to be solved.
One is #languages. I still find myself daily in a dilemma between unfollowing someone or just ignoring they non-English posts.
The solution is so simple, though, the language filters even already exist:
https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/issues/11180
#Mastodon

Additive function approximation in the brain. (arXiv:1909.02603v1 [cs.NE]) http://arxiv.org/abs/1909.02603

RT @ApertusOSCinema@twitter.com

AXIOM Team Talk 15.1 is out! This episode covers the very first AXIOM Beta Compact all metal enclosure prototype we built recently, check it out:

https://www.apertus.org/axiom-team-talk-15-1-axiom-beta-compact-enclosure-cnc-milled-metal-prototype-article

#linux #openhardware #filmmaking #opensource #foss #camera #technology #cnc #manufacturing #3d #3Dprinting

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/ApertusOSCinema/status/1169621110574505984

Soldano (IM), Liguria, Italy - Località Orià

New blog post on flashcards: https://hippocampus.worldrovine.com/doku.php?id=blog:flashcards