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		wtbob on Sept 21, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The 280-Year-Old Algorithm Inside Google Trips Well, that's completely and totally awesome — frankly, Cristoferides's algorithm is even cooler than Euler's. I wish I had it at hand last time I was in Europe. I wonder what other algorithms could make my life better, if only I knew of them!

garrettgrimsley on Sept 21, 2016 | [–]

Pick up a copy of The Algorithm Design Manual or CLRS, they're great! MIT OCW also has a great deal of content covering algorithms. https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-compu...

thr0waway1239 on Sept 21, 2016 | [–]

How about the right hand rule for getting out of a maze?

http://math.nmsu.edu/~pmorandi/CourseMaterials/Mazes.html

wtbob on Sept 21, 2016 | [–]

I use that one all the time in crawl & nethack!

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