On 16 March 2012 11:14, Jonathan Street <[email protected]> wrote:
> The session last night seemed to go fairly well. We decided to work on a > generator of nontransitive dice ( > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nontransitive_dice). Both groups began > with writing generators for all possible dice given upper and lower bounds > and fixed number of dice and sides. As such much time was spent on getting > (re)acquainted with itertools. > > Seems like an interesting evening. I often find my self getting (re)(re)(re)acquainted with itertools every time I start a new project. Any code to share? > In the pub afterwards a piece of code, I think written in matlab, was > mentioned which cycled through all possible RGB colours and displayed them > in an image. Apparently this code took 30 minutes to run. I was curious > to see how long it would take in python so on the train home I wrote a > snippet of code to check (https://gist.github.com/2049532). On my laptop > it never takes more than 30 seconds. > Another nice use of itertools. > > Less than half the people there yesterday were also there for the last > coding session so we didn't continue with the noughts and crosses bots. I > had revisited the code yesterday afternoon and adjusted the interface on > the bot I had been involved in writing to match the runner. I then fixed > some further bugs in our bot on the train home. Currently both bots work > and can't be beaten by their opponent. I suspect a more skilled opponent > could out-fox both bots though. It's interesting that they're so closely > matched. I've sent a pull request with my changes ( > https://bitbucket.org/safehammad/dojo-oxo/pull-request/1/it-works) Yet another strangely addictive application to come out of PyNW! So next month, 19th April, we're back for a talks meeting. Talks, lightning talks and presentations of any kind are always gratefully received. Alternatively, we could try last month's format of "each prepare a mini talk on what we're up to ... no pressure!" Cheers, Safe > > > On 15 March 2012 17:55, Dave Hughes <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On 15/03/12 07:43, [email protected] wrote: >> >>> * When: Tonight Thursday 15th March @ 7pm. >>> >>> * Where: MadLab, Manchester >>> - URL: http://madlab.org.uk/ >>> - Address: 36-40 Edge Street, Manchester, M4 1HN in the Norther >>> Quarter (just opposite Common Bar/Cafe/Restaurant). >>> - Map: http://bit.ly/hgTNln >>> >>> Sadly it's looking unlikely that I'll be able to make it tonight, but >>> have a great time! >>> >> >> Many apologies, but I'm unable to make this evening either (sorry for the >> last minute realization!). Hopefully with my better half back next time, >> I'll be better organized! >> >> Have fun! >> >> Dave. >> >> >> -- >> To post: >> python-north-west@**googlegroups.com<[email protected]> >> To unsubscribe: >> python-north-west-unsubscribe@**googlegroups.com<[email protected]> >> Feeds: >> http://groups.google.com/**group/python-north-west/feeds<http://groups.google.com/group/python-north-west/feeds> >> More options: >> http://groups.google.com/**group/python-north-west<http://groups.google.com/group/python-north-west> >> > > -- > To post: [email protected] > To unsubscribe: [email protected] > Feeds: http://groups.google.com/group/python-north-west/feeds > More options: http://groups.google.com/group/python-north-west > -- To post: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] Feeds: http://groups.google.com/group/python-north-west/feeds More options: http://groups.google.com/group/python-north-west
