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xkcd #3125: Snake-in-the-Box Problem

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Chemistry grad students have been spotted trying to lure campus squirrels into laundry hampers in the hope that it sparks inspiration.

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Source: https://xkcd.com/3125/

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[-] four@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

I'd think that it's not "too much to be brute forced", but probably no one has thrown enough resources at that recently

[-] BlackLaZoR@fedia.io 1 points 1 year ago

With each additional dimension, the amount of possible combinations grows exponentially. Without serious optimization efforts, computation requirements get prohibitive very, very fast

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