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Awh :')


At zero temperature with damped oscillators, can’t I just set the system up and wait for it to reach mechanical equilibrium and read off the positions?


The Apollo guidance computer source code? https://github.com/virtualagc/virtualagc


Very cool. Unfortunately it's probably not very relevant to current programming practice, but it definitely fits the bill for historical impact.



The extraterrestrial super island of stability


Let's break one rule at the time, please. I don't think I'm quite ready for heavy elements that are long lived, either at room temperature or any other, and even less so if they turn out to be non-radioactive...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_of_stability


I don't think it's a fully optimal solution yet, but it can guess the correct answer in 3-4 guesses on average.


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