Interview meme

[eller]

By way of yhlee:

Comment below and I'll ask you five questions. Answer them in your own journal, offer to give the first five commenters their own sets of questions, and let the cycle continue!

1. If you could play chess against any chess player, present or past (or even fictional), who would it be and why?

Mikhail Tal, who else? :D I mean, I'm told often enough that my style is as weird as his - unfortunately, that's not the case, because he was brilliant and my chess is just weird but not nearly as good... But, oh, the result would be fun!

2. What is your favorite dulcimer song?

Eh. Are there songs specifically for dulcimer? I'm clueless. XD If it's "song that can be played on a dulcimer", that would be German folk songs like "Es geht ein dunkle Wolk herein" or "Ich hab die Nacht geträumet". They'll work on any type of zither, really.

3. What is your favorite meat dish?

Steak. XD
...okay, that's a primitive answer, but really, I love a good steak. I also like any and all casserole dishes involving ground meat, like moussaka. I love roast wild boar in plum sauce. And I like pizza with salami and bacon. And... I like most meat dishes, really!

4. If you had to use a limited palette of six colors/pigments, which would they be? (Sorry not sorry, my obsession with limited palettes is a DISEASE.)

Oh, that's easy.
PY154, PG7, PB15:3, PV19, PV23, PR254. These are the ones I keep buying and keep running out of. Where does all that PG7 disappear to, I wonder? XDD

5. What is one algorithm that you find aesthetically really pleasing?

This could become a very long list. :D One of my all-time favorites is one I learned as a little kid: the Monte Carlo approximation of Pi by throwing darts at a circle drawn in a square. Soooo much fun, and I remember being very impressed by the beauty of that approach! (It's also one of the first algorithms that nerdy kids learn; every single programming book and course has it as one of the first examples. Guess what? That's BECAUSE it is so neat.)

Comments

[yhlee]

I'll take five questions if you're willing because guess who's procrastinating.

In retrospect, I KNEW you'd say Mikhail Tal.

That Monte Carlo approximation of π is very cool and very beautiful. :D

PG7 is SUCH a useful pigment. :D :D :D

[minoanmiss]

A beautiful steak is a classic dish for all seasons and aages! *Cheers*

[ermingarden]

I never heard about the dartboard approximation – that's so fun! (Despite being a nerdy kid – indeed, I was on my high school's math competition team – I seem to have missed that one entirely!)