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I had no idea what this was talking about and followed links to a blog post that explained the first one ("Bigfoot"): https://www.sligocki.com/2023/10/16/bb-3-3
by tigereyeTO 10mo ago
I had no idea what this was talking about and followed links to a blog post that explained the first one ("Bigfoot"): https://www.sligocki.com/2023/10/16/bb-3-3-is-hard.html https://www.sligocki.com/2023/10/16/bb-3-3-is-hard.html
This blog post made the "cryptids" make a lot more sense to me, so I thought I'd share that post here in case others were also wondering "what the **"
- 867-5309 10mo agocame to comments after tfa didn't explain anything, saw your comment and thought whew, clicked the link and now I'm even more confused
- grimgrin 10mo agothis is a cool link, not an ELI5, but https://nickdrozd.github.io/2020/10/04/turing-machine-notation-and-normal-form.html https://nickdrozd.github.io/2020/10/04/turing-machine-notati...
- djmips 10mo agoWell I did learn about a new word "probviously" - very cool.
- JKCalhoun 10mo agoScientific American, August 1984, "Computer Recreations" (p. 19) is where I first heard about busy beavers and Turing machines.