Most people who like puzzles or study computer science have probably encountered the famous N-Queens problem. If you haven’t, before reading any further, try this online version of the most popular form, the 8-Queens problem.
The 8-Queens problem is to find positions on a chess board for eight queen chess pieces so that none of them [...]
I was curious to know how many companies were founded by UWaterloo’s class of 2009, so I put together a list. It’s probably incomplete (let me know in the comments), but it may be of interest to anyone who follows the entrepreneurial community in Waterloo.
NeverBored Studios is a Waterloo-based game company founded by Velocity “alumni” [...]
I'm Paul Butler, a Computer Science student at the University of Waterloo. I grew up in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
In my free time, I write code for open-source and my own projects. Away from the keyboard, I enjoy reading, sailing, running, geocaching, travel, and learning French.
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