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Algorithms course PTSD (lemmy.zip)
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[–] Tartas1995@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

The thing is... not doing it at all, is better than doing those 300 moves. What made you do this? Also a bit spicy?

[–] Naz@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I was sliding it back and forth as fast as I could, because I didn't understand the puzzle at first, but then I saw there's an sorting optimization puzzle and thought that I was clever only to find out it's tedium.

Halfway through (or so I thought at move 80), I was just curious to see how ridiculously long the puzzle could be, shifting pieces back and forth

So the answer was: I thought the puzzle was easy, and I was humbled, and stubborn.

I solved it and wasted time, and used that time to warn others to not bother with the puzzle

[–] Tartas1995@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 4 days ago

I can respect that. Focused, determined, protective!

I thought it was fun...