Hanukkah of Data: Practice your data skills with 8 free data puzzles

Post by chronos00 » Fri, Dec 08, 2023, 6:39 AM UTC

paddy_m wrote: post #4

Thanks for putting this together, it's very creative. Do you mind if I post videos of solving this to my youtube channel (that has absolutely no viewers)

Post by adityaathalye » Fri, Dec 08, 2023, 8:31 AM UTC

saulpw wrote: post #19

adityaathalye wrote: post #3

dwimmer's animated text art elevates everything about Hanukkah of Data! I wrote about how it works, here: https://evalapply.org/posts/animate-text-art-javascript/

You did a great job on the text animation code, Adi! I've found myself falling into a trance watching the flickering candles.

Post by fud101 » Fri, Dec 08, 2023, 10:02 AM UTC

Post by nullhole » Fri, Dec 08, 2023, 10:49 PM UTC

js2 wrote: post #23

nullhole wrote: post #21

I'm working with some data that has a large number of date formats within a single document - day seconds, week seconds, ISO8601, ticks, some with hardcoded offsets and others with different datums ... it would be quite funny I think to throw in a new column in the Hebrew calendar, just to join the party, so to speak.

The Hebrew calendar is a marvel of historical engineering and complexity. Both solar and lunar with exceptions to accommodate Shabbat and other holidays, and be consistent with the Torah. https://stevemorse.org/hebrewcalendar/hebrewcalendar.htm

Post by nullhole » Sat, Dec 09, 2023, 4:06 AM UTC

js2 wrote: post #29

nullhole wrote: post #28

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Thanks for the link! Better than the articles I came across before. It has a kind of GEB vibe to it which is nice.

Discussed on HN last year. The top comment has some other links you might be interested in: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33126676