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Clickbait title. It's half a protracted discussion about how solitaire isn't fully computable on current hardware[1], and half a history of playing cards (as re
by LordDragonfang 2y ago
Clickbait title. It's half a protracted discussion about how solitaire isn't fully computable on current hardware[1], and half a history of playing cards (as referenced in the url). Perhaps "Probability and history of playing cards", or just take "A Playing Card History" from the URL.
[1] There are fully-functional solitaire solvers, though, and have been for literal decades.
- add-sub-mul-div 2y agoThese comments are so much more annoying than titles ever are.
- jamiek88 2y agoYes the culture here of describing any kind of interesting title as ‘click bait’ is very irritating.
- LordDragonfang 2y agoIt's not that the title is interesting, it's that it's objectively incorrect. People know how cards work. The article does not put forth any unsolved properties of cards. It's bad on purpose to make you click.
- zvr 2y ago> [1] There are fully-functional solitaire solvers, though, and have been for literal decades. According to Persi Diaconis' 2024 presentation (linked in the original article), the best computer solver can only win 34.2% of games, taking 2080 seconds per game -- a far cry from the complete 82% solution of winnable games.