Recent content by hawkmp4

So I'm beginning work on a computer solver that will be targeted at the megaminx (though it will be general-purpose). I've been away from speedcubing for quite some time- I was last really active in 2011. It seems ksolve has been inactive for ~2 years according to the Github repo...

That assumes that solving times are iid draws from a normal rv, and that variance is equal across both cubes. This is incorrect. Solving times are highly skewed (long tailed to the right). Solving times also will improve over the course of a session, we all know this from experience. We also...

wait people who remember floppy disks are old? ****

Practice each way, see what works best for you. I learned in a particular order- I solve f2l, extended a face with 2 edges, solved the 3 new slots, etc. CCW starting at a particular color. I'm switching to what you're doing, though- Balint-style and no set order. It seems to be a matter of...

Still with the computer puzzles, huh? Some things never change. I'm excited for the streams.

Wooow. Go Yu! Absolutely destroyed those WRs. Glad to see her get em.

I figure 4 years away from this site is long enough to warrant another intro, heh. Bunch of you know me, but I'm a bit different now...I'm now Ms. Cameron. Part of my time away was focusing on myself and transitioning as a trans woman. I did some university work in my time away in applied...

I'd love to go, but I'd need to catch a ride with someone coming from Boulder or Denver, I don't have a car. I'd be willing to help plan, I helped out with Boulder '08/'09 and Denver '10.

Being gay isn't bad, but having someone call you gay, intending to hurt you and degrade you, that's bad. It's less the word itself than the emotion behind it. It's also being called something that person is not.

If you really want to get into it, there are several things going on. There's an issue of rights. Sure, with some restrictions, people can say whatever they want. The constitutional right of freedom of speech allows most expression. That doesn't mean that someone is free to say whatever...

Finally did enough solves on my Gigaminx that it's broken in enough for fingertricks. yesss

Stefan and I understand each other pretty well, I think :P it's y'alls fault for not being precise enough!

I'm not the author, but... Are you downloading it and saving it to the System32 folder? If so- don't. Put it on your desktop to start with. If not- if you go to that folder in the error (C:\Windows\System32\), is there a file called puzzletimer.lock.db?

Thanks for the explanation and the link, Chris. Good stuff to know.

Could you elaborate on the details of those expressions/is thit correct? 24 possible orientations of the "target' corner? FWIW I don't think that there's an issue of content, but one of tone. Stefan meant to teach, and OP didn't see that so it came off as abrasive. The dangers of text...