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I saw it first on reddit (r/math).

Right? I just learned about this and searched it on hacker news wondering why I didn't see it earlier. Any human mathematician would be thrilled to prove a result like this, and it…

This is a lot of fun! I'm pleased that I was able to defeat "hitler1488", but you may want to add some content filtering for the name choosing step.

https://archive.is/0Auha

https://xcancel.com/ertug/status/2072339797708849398 to see it if you aren't logged in to x

I failed on number 11, which put me in the top 20%. It's a tough game!

Captchas are usually used to separate humans and bots, typically with something a human can solve but a bot cannot. A bot would have no trouble at all with this game.

yes, I do the same thing. I wish there was a way to get the implementation to enforce that rule too so I never accidentally try a word that I already know can't be the answer.

Yes, that does happen occasionally, and it's part of the game for me to try and avoid getting trapped like that.

> The game quickly lost any challenge. I only play on hard mode for this reason. My next guess must always be a possible answer based on my current information, and that varies the…

> You do see some cultures where men play an exceedingly dominant role .. and there is less man-woman strife Citation needed

The human-dog relationship is maybe my favorite thing about being human. We've bred this companion animal that we're able to bond with so deeply, and I so appreciate the simplicity…

https://archive.is/UOU6r

Yeah, I had the same thought, even as someone who also loved Ayn Rand at the age of 14.

> "Lived humbly" is vastly different from "reduce expenses and maximize savings" which FIRE is all about. As someone who has successfully FIREd, I would disagree. If you are fortun…

Personally, I learned that some diners were mass-produced to look like train cars and fit conveniently on a train car, which I hadn't known. And if I weren't American and thus very…

Ah, you're right. But still, if he is saying that for a national park , Gateway Arch is fine, but the Grand Canyon is about as worthwhile as Times Square Margaritaville and Yosemit…

His first choice of a ~"good"~ correction:worthwhile national park is Gateway Arch in St. Louis. When I got to that part, I was sure this was rage bait.

A slightly related question, if anyone knows - has phone GPS gotten worse in recent generations? More reliance on local wifi networks or something like that? I ask because I do a l…

I believe they were asking in the context of the quote at the start of the thread - "If liquor, tar and sauna won’t help, an illness is fatal." I'm also still unclear on how it was…

Yes, it feels transparently manipulative to me. Like talking to a not-very-good con artist.

Well, it's certainly inheritable from your parents (50%), and recent research suggests at least 20% of the 50% heritability is genetic, according to an article in Nature Reviews Ge…

Yes, me too. Reading the caveat "– and she would give each pie away" made a lot more sense. It's a social commitment at least as much as a creative/culinary one, and since there ar…

Hollow things are common, and of interest to many animals. If I thump a log and it makes a noise like it has a hollow space (low tones), then it may contain an animal nest or a bee…