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Puzzle-Solving Communities
Randomly came across Project Euler — where folks interested in math can test their skills by solving (or trying to…) various math problems. The thing I have to wonder, though, is: who decides what the problems are? The problems seem to be solvable and solvable within a reasonable time frame using commonly-available computing power. But would the community behind Project Euler be as vibrant if such restrictions weren’t guaranteed? Or if the puzzles were commercial in origin? This actually reminds me of a cruel idea I had for a joke book — a collection of Sudoku puzzles where all the puzzles are rated “very hard” but are actually impossible to solve…
