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The lightning speed of his observing standard rules across the board is impressive but expected after months of practice. The agility with which he picks up new rules and starts working with them is sign of a beautiful mind. This was a pleasure to watch.
I almost didn’t watch that’s because who cares about someone solving a sudoku puzzle, but that was brilliant. That’s one happy solver; it was worth it just for the absolute joy he gets from it. Amazingly quick solving too. Good to watch him develop extra strategies during the process.
Yeah, I liked how he realized two possibilities for a number that were next to each other, also meant the box around it could be cleared. I really enjoy finding patterns like these in constraint games. After confirming the pattern for myself a number of times, the brain later just does it on autopilot. If people have tips for similar games I would be happy to try them. Edit, my tips: Simon Tatham's Puzzle Collection…
There's also books and sites with "go problems", chosen puzzle positions, for a quick fix (but only after you know the game a bit).
https://cracking-the-cryptic.web.app/sudoku/tjN9LtrrTL
About the guide to controlling the interface for the game:
https://cracking-the-cryptic.web.app/how-to-play
(Links are little odd, if you want to find them yourself, just click the YouTube, view the video description, it’s the top link.)
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I only recently discovered this, too. I was complaining about how I preferred reading than watching videos, partly because I can read a lot faster than someone can narrate, and because I can "skim-read" text. They suggested playing the video back at a higher speed, and it works fine. Still haven't quite solved the "skim-read" thing - guessing where the narrator stops the "welcome to my channel, smash subscribe and li…
> guessing where the narrator stops the "welcome to my channel, smash subscribe and like, etc" bit is tricky. https://duckduckgo.com/?q=wadsworth+constant+video
This guys is my "ASMR" bedtime watching. I just love his overall demeanor and child-like thrill from puzzle solving. I can be wired when I start his video and by the end I'll be blissfully calm and head-clear. I think he has a tremendous talent of focus. As other posters have said, he can spot constraints so quickly. I still get a small kick out of spotting something before he does, though. Doesn't happen often, mind…
I almost didn’t watch that’s because who cares about someone solving a sudoku puzzle, but that was brilliant. That’s one happy solver; it was worth it just for the absolute joy he gets from it. Amazingly quick solving too. Good to watch him develop extra strategies during the process.
Yeah, I liked how he realized two possibilities for a number that were next to each other, also meant the box around it could be cleared. I really enjoy finding patterns like these in constraint games. After confirming the pattern for myself a number of times, the brain later just does it on autopilot. If people have tips for similar games I would be happy to try them. Edit, my tips: Simon Tatham's Puzzle Collection…
This struck me as a bit weird (as he's clearly 100% sharp): this is just the application of the same rule he had been applying everywhere else: if a number can be in one of two squares than anything that can reach those two by king or knight cannot be correct. He doesn't need to use speculation about which of the two cells it is in.
That never ended up becoming clear and now I'm just left wondering.
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Yeah, I liked how he realized two possibilities for a number that were next to each other, also meant the box around it could be cleared. I really enjoy finding patterns like these in constraint games. After confirming the pattern for myself a number of times, the brain later just does it on autopilot. If people have tips for similar games I would be happy to try them. Edit, my tips: Simon Tatham's Puzzle Collection…
I'll second Kaser's "Sherlock"... Had a lot of fun with that back when I had a windows box. And YEAH, his art-style is funky indeed!
Of his many variations on the theme, I like "Mrs. Hudson": http://www.kaser.com/mh.html