• Anomalocaris@lemm.ee
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    5 days ago

    hate them as a way to quantify someone’s value.

    but as a little game they are fun. however, some are so esoteric that are useless.

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      5 days ago

      “so esoteric it’s useless” tends to be said about a lot of mathematics that ends up being foundational for new tech advancements though :] never underestimate a “useless” puzzle!

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        5 days ago

        that’s not what I meant.

        i mean some of those puzzles have arbitrary solutions, like when you get the solution explained, it just some random rule that makes no sense and other options are as justifiable.

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          Ah, I get what you mean now. Yeah those are frustrating because they’ve essentially created a “can you read the ‘puzzle’-maker’s mind” test instead of a valuable challenge