https://sudoroom.org/yasnac-lattice-path-algorithm-night/
Yasnac Lattice Path Algorithm Night!
[image: robot_arm]Robot starts at the top! Premise
We were inspired by the *Algorithm Meetup* featured this week on Robot Paths
<https://github.com/AlgorithmsMeetup/RobotPaths> in a Lattice Graph!
Imagine an n by m grid with a robot in the upper left square. If the robot
can only move right or down, how many different paths are there for the
robot to get to the bottom right corner?
[image: robot_arm2]
<https://sudoroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/robot_arm2.png>and then
the robot needs to move to the bottom!
Giant Whiteboard[image: IMG_3401.JPG]
<https://sudoroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_3401.jpg>we pulled out
a massive whiteboard to end all massive whiteboards
Sometimes these algorithms feel like real life. There are many ways to get
to the same point, sometimes you have to steer past obstacles and time
wasters.
[image: IMG_3381.JPG]
<https://sudoroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_3381.jpg>tweaking
variations of the algorithm
[image: IMG_3374.JPG]
<https://sudoroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_3374.jpg>
[image: IMG_3392.JPG]
<https://sudoroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_3392.jpg>Our robot
looked over from the background…[image: IMG_3389.JPG]
<https://sudoroom.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_3389.jpg>Lots of
people diagramming stuff. we need to put this on a github!
Things we discussed:
- Djikstra’s Algorithm
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dijkstra%27s_algorithm>
- Algorithms used in Pathfinding
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathfinding#Algorithms_used_in_pathfinding>
(including A* search algorithm
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A*_search_algorithm>)
Learning
The learning was very social and using an entire whiteboard was really fun.
It was especially important to get people away from their computers, where
hidden dangers like web surfing and social networks lurked. It was also a
great way to get to know other people, and create and draw and visualize
complex problems.
Ending Poem
We’d had the idea to end each session with a poem, which was more
challenging than we thought.
However, it is a little useful to write a short piece to assess what you’ve
learned that night.
*Start out by learning from examples,*
*Build upon the basics and progress slowly, absorbing all,*
*Surround yourself with smart people,*
*Begin with simple recursion problems, *
*Tweak the code,*
*then dip your toes into the advanced theory like djikstra *
*Get the hell away from a computer*
*Learning is life!*
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Romy Ilano
romy(a)snowyla.com
Any ideas for giving our Linux Friday night a new name?
- Linux for Einstein the dog that ran for mayor- it had so much integrity even Einstein installed Linux! (Photo of Einstein)
- Linux for women and men and everything else - we depict Linux as being cross gender
- Linux cheerleaders
Right now no matter what nobody is coming to Linux fridays!
Nobody is volunteering to lead this so it'd be good to see someone do it righteously
Sent from my iPhone
yar and i agreed to talk about eian moon tomorrow b4 the delegates meeting,
however, all he did was annoy me by taking so long to leave after i asked
him to.
though i don't understand baps' seemingly ambiguous membership policy, i.e.
once a member always a member? if you teach a class, are you a member? do
members get keys to omni door? etc., it might be appropriate to loop them
into the discussion since eian might be a member of baps. james moon was
more or less being vouched for by matt stewart who has quite a bit of
background info on eian & james moons' recent interactions...i spoke w/matt
s. today about it.
finally, i want to thank those members who have supported me during a
difficult week around the omni in regards to building security matters.
cheers
~r
happened around midnight from what i can tell
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Robb Anonymous <sf99er(a)gmail.com>
Date: Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 5:52 PM
Subject: front door cpu is gone, no keyless entry
To: discuss <discuss(a)lists.omnicommons.org>
well, it finally happened. someone appears to have swiped our front door
server computer that manages our keyless entry system.
not much i can do without a database.
~r
Hey all,
Wrote up a simple protocol and evaluated some prices for the dearth of
lockers we currently have:
https://sudoroom.org/wiki/Lockers
If we reach capacity, we should be able to bring in $460 / month.
I'm going to buy some locks and put latches on all the currently
un-latch-able lockers.
// Matt
My awesome friend wants to hook up the Omni/Sudo/someone with a very nice
wooden conference table. You will need to pick it up yourself from the
financial district. Let me know if you're interested or have questions and
I can pass on the contact info of my friend.
On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 10:14 AM, Stephen Novotny <novotny.stephen(a)gmail.com
> wrote:
Does anyone know the conflict that arose between James Moon and Eian Moon
which escalated to the threats?
//////
i still do not know the nature of the argument. james moon left before i
could ask and eian never said during his outburst....
i heard yelling so i went upstairs to find eian moon yelling at james moon.
james moon was repeatedly sayin "just leave me alone" and eian moon was
continuing to verbally abuse him. i informed eian moon very calmly that he
had to go due to his behavior. i had to endure about 45 mins of eian moon
verbal abuse before he finally left.
~r