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Algorithms course PTSD
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The Tower of Hanoi is just a game for children?
I don't think most people would manage the optimal solution first go (1023 moves for a 10-piece game).
Most people? 100% not. Me who has probably autism and has internalised the algorithm, I can.
I love and hate my brain.
I thought I was clever, it took me 300 moves with only 8 disks.
Literally just easier to pick up the entire pile and move it over, or rotate the entire game and say Tower #1 is Tower #3 now.
The thing is... not doing it at all, is better than doing those 300 moves. What made you do this? Also a bit spicy?
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
I can respect that. Focused, determined, protective!
I thought it was fun...
Do you hear yourself?
Yes. Why?
Well the children don't have to move one piece at a time, they just take all the rings off then put them on in the right order. So the optimal moves for a child is 4.
Determining the correct algorithm is a game for children
Radix ftw!
Once you have it figured out, just mechanically doing it all correctly for 1023 steps is also annoying.
I did it up to the 511 moves for the 9-pice game on Android once, and according to the stats page that took me 6 min 18 seconds. The 10-piece version does not have a time, so I think I gave up :-)