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Multiplying big numbers using Karatsuba's method

The Karatsuba algorithm, first published in 1962, aims to speed up the multiplication of big numbers by reducing the number of 'single-digit-multiplications' involved. Because of its complexity (...
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Tree for PowerShell

For anyone reading this old question, this module has evolved and improved a lot since then. It has been fully rewritten in C# and uploaded to the PowerShell Gallery! If you would like to try it out: <...
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Modeling tabular structure in MSSQL to store data like Excel sheet applying Column inheritance

I've created this database structure to store tabular information (it's a simplification of my real structure but enough to show the point). In it I have Sheets and ...
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Recursive conversion from ExpandoObject to Dictionary<string, object> #2

Because my original question was lacking many details, I have been advised to ask a new question. I will repeat the important parts of the original question and add examples etc to hopefully make it ...
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Showing a Wikipedia article's changes as Git commits

I created a small-ish NodeJS script which takes as argument the name of a Wikipedia article (and optionally a Wikipedia edition, "en" is default) and creates a Git repository with each ...
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Implementing recursive filters with Haskell/Repa

I recently learned Haskell, and I am trying to apply it to the code I use in order to get a feeling for the language. I really like the Repa library since I manipulate a lot of multi-dimensional data....
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Hutton cipher implemented using recursive functions

Is there a way to rewrite these last 2 recursive functions with fewer arguments (preferably 2) while keeping them recursive? The entire code can be seen here: https://github.com/GirkovArpa/hutton-...
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Mahjong hand completeness checking algorithm

As a summer project, I have been working on a small-scale, console-based version of Mahjong (the Rummy-like hand completion game, and not the solitaire version). While having prior knowledge of the ...
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Assembling and traversing a graph, given a list of items and parent pointers

I've written a function which takes input such as this: ...
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Mocking the file system within a test

I've been using this method to test file-system functions as an alternative to mock-fs due to its lack of symlink support. I'd love to hear what others think and ...
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Correct abstractions/organisation of a NodeJS GraphQL API

I recently did a quick take-home test for a potential job opportunity. It included building a GraphQL API with nodeJS. I am not an expert in node (mostly use Python at work) but I have used it for ...
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Finding the number of possible paths in a cave system (Python)

I've finally come up with working solution for day 12 of AdventOfCode, where you have to find the number of possible paths in a cave system following a given set of rules (described below). My ...
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Simple Markdown Blog

this is my first real website I created after learning about web development. It's amazing to me that anyone would spare their free time to code review strangers' code. So thank you in advance. I'd ...
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Fetching data from endpoint, retrieving coordinates, then merging into an output

I'm in no way a skilled developer (or even a developer at that!) but I did want to take a go at writing a script that fetched one endpoint's data, extracted some data, sent if off to be geocoded, then ...
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N-Queens Puzzle

The N-Queens puzzle can be solved in many ways. One is by a depth-first-search backtracking algorithm. Below is my generalized version using mutual recursion: ...

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