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> To me the video was boring because watching a human do machine work is frustrating (to me). I wouldn't think Sudoku is machine work. Yes, a machine can solve
by kryptn 6y ago
> To me the video was boring because watching a human do machine work is frustrating (to me).
I wouldn't think Sudoku is machine work. Yes, a machine can solve it, but it's not intended to be machine work.
- carapace 6y agoIt's intended as recreation, yeah, but to me watching that video was like watching someone carry large rocks without aid of a wheelbarrow. Or like digging a large ditch without aid of a backhoe. To me there is a clear hierarchy or graduation of puzzles. Metaphorically: 1. Ditch digging by hand. 2. Planning efficient ditch layouts to be dug by machines. 3. Designing new and better ditch digging machines. - - - - 1. Solving Sudoku puzzles. 2. Designing new Sudoku puzzles (with additional constraints even.) 3. Designing e.g. CLP(FD) programs to solve all sudoku puzzles everywhere. - - - - What I'm saying is, Why don't people move up that hierarchy? Why is level 1 so fascinating to people? I believe that anyone who can solve sudoku can program a computer, but they don't. Why not?
- carapace 6y agoFutamura Projections
- dEnigma 6y agoYou can have fun at all those levels, jumping back and forth between them at your leisure. Just because you can program a computer to solve a sudoku doesn't mean that you can't enjoy solving one by hand from time to time. Digging a ditch can be fun too, as long as you don't have to do it all the time.