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Last active August 29, 2015 13:56
Camels and Carrots Problem (Python)
import math
# Question:
# Steve has a carrot farm and a camel. He wants to transport 300 carrots to the market,
# which is located 100 miles away. The camel will carry the carrots. The camel can carry
# a maximum of 100 carrots at a time, and it needs to eat one carrot for every mile it
# travels. What is the maximum number of carrots can the camel deliver to the market?
# Answer:
# We essentially want to move all the carrots we can carry to midpoints until we reach
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jdiscar / gist:9144764
Last active November 11, 2020 06:07
RGB Value to Nearest Color Name (Python)
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Original Author Ernesto P. Adorio, Ph.D
Original Source: http://my-other-life-as-programmer.blogspot.com/2012/02/python-finding-nearest-matching-color.html
Modifed By: JDiscar
This class maps an RGB value to the nearest color name it can find. Code is modified to include
ImageMagick names and WebColor names.
1. Modify the minimization criterion to use least sum of squares of the differences.
2. Provide error checking for input R, G, B values to be within the interval [0, 255].
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jdiscar / gist:9144923
Created February 21, 2014 22:28
Sample code to get mouse click position, pressed ascii key code, and killing a process (Windows/Python)
import os
import pyHook
import pythoncom
import threading
# Requires pyHook: http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/pyhook/
# Requires pyWin32: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pywin32/
# Kills the process if escape is pressed
class EscapeToKill(threading.Thread):
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jdiscar / gist:9195270
Created February 24, 2014 19:30
R's order() function in Java
/*
* This class simulates the functionality
* of the order() function in R for an
* array of doubles.
*
* It takes in a double array and sorts it, from lowest
* value to the highest value. Then it returns an int[] array
* of the indices from the unsorted array that match
* the values of the sorted array.
*