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The Odyssey

Posted on September 9, 2026 by nimusi

I watched this film recently. Undeniably it is an epic film, but is it faithful to it’s source material? At almost 3 hours running time, it contains a lot of the material from the original poem. However, it seems to … Continue reading →

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8 Queens Problem

Posted on September 1, 2026 by nimusi

Today, we are going to look at the classic problem of placing Queens on a chessboard, such that no Queen is attacking any other Queens. It’s immediately obvious that we cannot place more than 8 Queens and meet these conditions, … Continue reading →

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10 Digit Number Puzzle

Posted on August 27, 2026 by nimusi

In my previous post I shared some code to generate permutations. We can use this code to solve a problem I’ve posted about previously. Find the only 10 digit number which uses each of the digits 0 – 9 and … Continue reading →

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Dragon Age – The Veilguard

Posted on August 24, 2026 by nimusi

I played the first game in the Dragon Age series (‘Origins’) many, many years ago. It was an absolutely enthralling game. The choices you made in the game effected the entire game-world. Please see here for my initial reactions to … Continue reading →

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Generating Permutations in Javascript

Posted on August 24, 2026 by nimusi

I’ve recently been working on a number puzzle which involved generating permutations. It involves finding permutations of a ten digit number. I decided to code this in Javascript. I found the following on Wikipedia: The following algorithm generates the next … Continue reading →

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