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You have three switches in one room and a single light bulb in another room. You are allowed to visit the room with the light bulb only once. How do you figure out which switch controls the bulb? Write your answer in the comments before looking at other answers.


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If this were an interview question, the correct response would be "Do you have any relevant questions for me? Because have a long list of things that more deserving of my precious time than to think about this!

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[โ€“] Socialism_Everyday@reddthat.com 0 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Remove the switches put a microcontroller like esp32

ESP32 proceeds to explode with 230VAC

[โ€“] reddit_sux@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

Don't worry I power it with a Chinese adapter nothing of blowing up happens here. Also I have an app for it.