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[–] xia@lemmy.sdf.org -2 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago) (2 children)

...word artist? That's an interesting thought!

[–] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 22 hours ago (6 children)

I may not be understanding you correctly. Can you elaborate? Feel free to use coordinates.

[–] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

In this context, you cannot cross a square without visiting it.

 

This question was posed to me, and I was surprised that I could not find a solution (as I thought that all rook tours [open or closed] were possible). Starting from a8, could a rook visit every square on the board once, ending on f3?

I tried a few times, with a few different strategies, but I always ended up missing one square.

It's really easy to burn pairs of rows or columns, so the problem space could be reduced...

...but at some point (4x4), I was able to convince myself that it is impossible (at least at this size and state):

...but it might be possible that shaving off column or row pairs is also discarding a solution?

[–] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 day ago

Shhhh! You're in the mirror universe.

[–] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 9 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 days ago

Imagine holding a null in your hand... hopefully they sent you only one, and not zero nulls, or worse... -1... and don't even get be started on imaginary nulls.

[–] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 20 points 2 days ago

Where's my Linux phone at?!

[–] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 4 days ago

So the T-1000...

[–] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 4 days ago

My mom once showed me an ad listing cars in the $300 range. It might have been the model-t era, but still...

[–] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 4 days ago

When you're stressing about an opponent, remember that you're hurting yourself and giving them an advantage. Don't do that.

 
 
 
 

Yes, in part that they don't care that they are making more work for me (logging back in to every site), but moreso that they don't care how (or that) their website is broken.

If I, through ordinary use of a website, can get it into an inconsistent state, then other users probably are too. Isn't the site-specific state VALUABLE in diagnostics? Shouldn't your SREs be itching to get ahold of a bonafide failure case? Why is it the first thing that is so carelessly destroyed?

In theory, even if they are getting flooded with tickets from their broken website... what if it's not THAT known issue your site is dealing with, but a DISTINCT issue that might not be solved by the same solution. Where is the science/knowledge process here?

Yes, I ought to be able to cast it into a perspective of them trying to unblock me as fast as possible, but for some reason... hearing something so blithe tends to send a clear signal that you want me to quickly go away and stop bothering you... that they don't care in general.

 
 
 

...we all do.

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