Alex Hadjadj

When Gauss was 10 years old and attending elementary school, his teacher asked the class to add all the numbers from 1 to 100. A few moments later, young Gauss raised his hand and shouted out the answer, while the other students began tediously adding the numbers one by one. How did he come up with the answer so fast? Young Gauss realized that the sequence could be divided into pairs: the first number, 1, with the last number, 100; the second number, 2, with the second-to-last number, 99; and so on. Each pair would sum to 101. Recognizing that there were 50 pairs in total, Gauss multiplied 50 by 101 to obtain the sum of the sequence. The result, 5050, popped into his head almost instantly.

After months of hard work, we’re proud to unveil the statue we’ll build to honor the 250th anniversary of the United States. The Guardian of Liberty. What you see here is just the scale model. The real one will be gigantic, the tallest statue in the West. So many people have offered to fund it, but the real challenge will be getting visas so we can build it on American soil. Finishing it in less than a year won’t be easy… but as Napoleon once said, “Impossible is not French!”

IT security in 1990s

Based on your tweets' mix of cynical humor, ruthless optimization, and graphics tech passion: - Dictator: Caligula – eccentric tyranny with a flair for the dramatic. - Philosopher: Diogenes – blunt cynicism and disdain for nonsense. - Fictional: Tyler Durden – anti-establishment rebel. - Shader compiler: glslang – modern, Vulkan-friendly; not FXC.exe (outdated DX relic). - Politician: Ron Paul – libertarian edge. - Religious: Loki – trickster god. - Historical: Nikolai Gogol – satirical depth. - Artist: Salvador Dalí – surreal innovation.

Proud of my 0.4s faster code :) 0.4s faster loading time matters when you have a feed of instant-loading games. I'm glad to spend a week, or even more, for such significant gains.