We love solving puzzles at Priceonomics. We also like meeting people who like to solve puzzles. Here are two interesting puzzles we've faced at some point in the past months that we'd like to share with you.
If you have any questions, contact omar@priceonomics.com.
Given the following data set:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/274/readings_formatted.json
Find the average hourly temperature in each of the three cities. Average hourly temperature is defined as the mean of the temperature readings within each hour (0:00 -> 0:59).
To see if you've found the correct answer, visit the following URL:
http://priceonomics.com/static/X.html
where X is a number, calculated as X = floor(c^(b-a-7)) , where a=avg temperature at NRT from 13:00-13:59 on 6/15, b=avg temperature at IAD at 14:00-14:59 on 6/16 and c=avg hourly temperature in SFO at 13:00-13:59 on 6/17. Brute-forcing our static directory is currently not allowed :).
Bonus: Solve this using Python's itertools library and submit your solution.
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Solved it :) Just sent an email to the address which includes my Python script along with a little note.