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Very interesting geometry puzzle - 100 square rug puzzle :) http://alokgoyal1971.com/2015/04/26/puzzle-100-the-100-square-rug-puzzle-prize-puzzle/

Puzzle #100: The 100 square rug puzzle (Prize Puzzle)! Never imagined when I started 2 years back that I will be posting 100 puzzles at some time...thanks to all readers for continuous engagement and encouragement! Here goes the 100th one...will reveal...

Bloom filter for dummies: http://prakhar.me/articles/bloom-filters-for-dummies/

Bloom Filters for Dummies An Intro to Bloom Filters

PSY's Gangam Style viewer count overflows the 32-bit integer limit and breaks Youtube! https://plus.google.com/+youtube/posts/BUXfdWqu86Q

We never thought a video would be watched in numbers greater than a 32-bit… We never thought a video would be watched in numbers greater than a 32-bit integer (=2,147,483,647 views), but that was before we met PSY. "Gangnam Style"… - YouTube - Google+

Obvious Choice - Disjoint Set Union :-) http://qr.ae/mxpOm

What is Professor Thomas Cormen's favorite algorithm? Thomas Cormen's answer: It's not an algorithm, but a data structure. I've always marveled at the simple tree-based data structure for disjoint-set union, using union by rank and path compression (Section 21.3 in the third edition of CLRS). The code is amazingly simple, the data structure operat...

Flawless Harmony Puzzle - http://www.cseblog.com/2014/08/flawless-harmony-puzzle.html

"Flawless Harmony" Puzzle Quant, Math and Computer Science Puzzles for Interview Preparation and Brain Teasing

Girl: You are mean.
Boy: Ya, I know. I am just an average guy.!!!

Caterer's Problem: http://www.cseblog.com/2014/08/caterers-problem.html

How Kepler ( the dude who figured out law of planetary motion ) finds a girl? :) http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2014/05/15/312537965/how-to-marry-the-right-girl-a-mathematical-solution

How To Marry The Right Girl: A Mathematical Solution Johannes Kepler, one of the world's great mathematicians, decided to marry in 1611. He made a list of 11 women to interview, and he wanted, of course, to choose the best. Here's the formula.

Cut the polygon puzzle: www.cseblog.com/2014/05/cut-polygon-puzzle.html

Cut the Polygon Puzzle - the solution will make you smile Quant, Math and Computer Science Puzzles for Interview Preparation and Brain Teasing

Heartbleed Explanation: http://xkcd.com/1354/

xkcd: Heartbleed Explanation Warning: this comic occasionally contains strong language (which may be unsuitable for children), unusual humor (which may be unsuitable for adults), and advanced mathematics (which may be unsuitable for liberal-arts majors).

Twin Prime Conjecture on verge of solution :) I don't know what I would do now? :P ;)
http://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/science/165yearold-math-problem-on-verge-of-solution/article5892572.ece

165-year-old math problem on verge of solution In the twenty-first century, mathematics need not necessarily be a lone enterprise as the recent breakthroughs demonstrate