[Chicago] ChiPy November 2018 Main Meeting

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Knuth's paper:
https://www.cs.uni.edu/~wallingf/teaching/cs3530/resources/knuth-mastermind.pdf

On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 10:27 AM Adam Forsyth <adam at adamforsyth.net> wrote:

> That's awesome Michael, thanks for sharing! The simplicity of the game is
> definitely one of the reasons I picked it to speak about.
>
> The code you linked and the code I'll use in my talk are basically the
> same, except that I use the heuristic from the paper instead of the "random
> possible answer" heuristic.
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 7:33 AM Michael Tamillow <
> mikaeltamillow96 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey Adam, cool topic! I taught that to 3rd and 4th graders at
>> Northwestern’s center for talent development last spring.
>>
>>
>> https://github.com/MikeTam1021/WEP_class/blob/master/student_C7_C8/mastermind_AI.py
>>
>> The game can be created almost entirely with loops and conditionals. And
>> the solution reuses the same feedback function, so it really sums up simple
>> programming concepts well.
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Nov 7, 2018, at 2:31 AM, Joe Jasinski <joe.jasinski at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hey ChiPy,
>> Stop by for a great main meeting on Thursday November 8th. Hope to see
>> you there!
>>
>> Thank you to Braintree for hosting us this month!
>>
>>
>> *When:*Nov. 8, 2018, 6 p.m.
>>
>> 6:00pm Doors open
>> 6:30pm: Meeting starts
>>
>>
>> *How:*You can RSVP at chipy.org <http://www.chipy.org/> or via our Meetup
>> <https://www.meetup.com/_ChiPy_/events/255540251/> group.
>>
>> *Where:*
>>
>> Braintree
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>> 222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza
>> 8th Floor Chicago, IL 60654
>> *What*
>>
>>    - *From Python to Rust*
>>    By: Kevin Nasto
>>    Experience Level: Intermediate
>>    Ever been curious about the Rust programming language? Although Rust
>>    is a low level language, some similarities exist with Python. This talk describes
>>    it from the point of view of a Python user. Discover the alternatives to
>>    pip, functions and passing values, lists, classes, import statements,
>>    exception handling, and more.
>>    - *Python in a Pod in a Kube in a Pi*
>>    By: Joe Jasinski
>>    Experience Level: Intermediate
>>    Have some extra Raspberry Pi's laying around? Ever want to learn what
>>    this Kubernetes thing is about? Do you love running Python inside of Docker?
>>    Then this talk is for you! This talk will dive into some core Kubernetes
>>    concepts, using a Raspberry Pi cluster as a learning tool.
>>    - *Beating Mastermind: Winning Games, Translating Math to Code, and
>>    Learning from Donald Knuth*
>>    By: Adam Forsyth
>>    Experience Level: Novice
>>    Mastermind is a logic-based guessing game. Many years ago, Donald
>>    Knuth described a way to win the game in 5 moves or less. We’ll implement the
>>    game and the algorithm from the article. Come learn how to beat Mastermind
>>    and turn a paper by a famous scientist into code!
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>>
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