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Coding chess (lemmy.world)
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[-] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 7 points 6 months ago

On the lower end of estimates, the number of unique chess board configurations is 10^120, often referred to as the Shannon number. The universe doesn't stand a chance.

[-] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago

maybe a distant future technology could compute that, Clarktech style

[-] buttnugget@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

That’s cool. I think this is why I never liked chess.

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