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267 points swatson741 | 2 comments | 12 Nov 25 17:24 UTC | HN request time: 0.439s | source
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unkulunkulu ◴[12 Nov 25 19:37 UTC] No.45905169[source]▶
The most fun on this site is solving a problem and then having your mind blown by solutions in Apl/j/k and trying to guess what they mean without knowing anything about those languages
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1. taeric ◴[12 Nov 25 21:13 UTC] No.45906789[source]▶
Even better than the crazy languages, is seeing some fundamental math used to prevent having to do a ridiculously expensive search.

That said, raw brute force often did far better than you'd like to admit.

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2. debatem1 ◴[12 Nov 25 22:03 UTC] No.45907446[source]▶
The biggest thing I learned from PE was that neither elegant theory nor brute force had a monopoly on successful optimization strategies. It's been something I've carried with me ever since and has over and over again proven its value.

A real gem of a resource.