Just need to wrangle my SQLite database to make sure there isn’t a repeat of the error last year.
Randomising secret santas so that no person gets the same santa as they’ve received before is actually bloody difficult.
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I know I take my hat off to you, I was expecting from this year onwards that we might get the same people
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I did a scheduling algorithm once for a university’s law department. The algorithm had to schedule a moot court competition between 30 universities in Africa across English, Portugese and French speaking students. Each university had 2 students and 1 lecturer attending. The competition ran for a week and had to facilitate a knock-out scheduling where languages couldn’t be mixed and the lecturers from a university weren’t allowed to rate their own students. There were a limited amount of venues as well spread across multiple campuses and the students had to travel as little as possible.
It was a proper scheduling nightmare, but I managed to write an efficient algorithm that could meet all the criteria.
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Nah, just appreciating the complexity of scheduling!
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Should we bump, or start a new one?
(I didn’t intend to link that specific post, but I’m stickin’ with it)
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Lol. Still valid. Bloody yoofs.
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We can just bump it and edit and change if needs be.
Ahem… Shameless plug… Cough
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yeah I reckon people should just do updates on that thread if applicable.
Like I know Tom is into loose women now as well
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Should we rather start this process in July then? 
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March perhaps
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yeah then I can order stuff from amazon/wish and maybe still get it on time
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The assignments have been done, and I’ll send out the info in batches.
Sorry if things go a bit slowly… struggling with a spasm in my shoulder and neck.
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The assignments for Secret Santa 2019 are out.
Ladies and gentlemen… start your stalking!
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Wha… I dont even… But they… And I… Who the…?
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woah woah woah ok its happening
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Yay!!! And I don’t even need to stalk my prey, erm I mean, secret santa. I got a good draw.
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