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Project Euler #912: Where are the Odds?

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165 points fzliu | 4 comments | 14 Oct 24 20:27 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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tocs3 ◴[14 Oct 24 21:46 UTC] No.41842358[source]▶
I have spent a little time with Project Euler. Is it very popular with those here at HN?
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1. n4r9 ◴[14 Oct 24 22:01 UTC] No.41842503[source]▶
To be honest, I don't see people talking about it that much. But I'm certain that it would appeal to a good chunk of the people here.
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2. glouwbug ◴[14 Oct 24 22:34 UTC] No.41842875[source]▶
But isn’t it mathematical computing? I feel like leetcode DSA is closer to your average HN user
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3. tocs3 ◴[15 Oct 24 00:21 UTC] No.41843670[source]▶
Has here been any work done to find out about the average HN user? It seems like it would be a hard thing to do but it might be interesting to see. I do not even know what sort of metrics would be useful to measure.
4. n4r9 ◴[15 Oct 24 15:47 UTC] No.41849780[source]▶
There's certainly a strong element of computational mathematics. A lot of the problems deal with things like Mersenne Primes or Collatz sequences. On the other hand, there are problems like "Maximum Path Sum" which definitely make use of DSA-style tricks (https://projecteuler.net/problem=67).