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That's kind of a cruel thing to do to people if there's no way to solve it other than brute force.
by mtdewcmu 11y ago
That's kind of a cruel thing to do to people if there's no way to solve it other than brute force.
- jakeva 11y agoThe Wikipedia article mentions $10k was awarded for an exceptional albeit partial solution
- jhdevos 11y agoYeah, the original Eternity puzzle (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternity_puzzle https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eternity_puzzle) was a lot better in that regard - it spiked a whole online community focused on finding clever ways to find a solution, and was in fact solved within a year.