Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world to memes@lemmy.world · 9 days agoGenies hate this one simple tricklemmy.worldimagemessage-square52fedilinkarrow-up1509arrow-down110
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minus-squareMousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 days agoIt won’t be easy as you’ll still have to guess the right thing, but you can probably make it work.
minus-squareBatman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·9 days agoOnly have to guess 10 times the number of digits though, quite doable for a lottery win!
minus-squarettyybb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-28 days agoYour poorly optimizing. With a linear search, you only need 9 per digit, a binary search will get it all done in like 4 or 5 guesses
minus-squareBatman@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 days agoI like your thinking, but a binary search would require us to know whether our guess is too high or low, no?
minus-squareMousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 days ago Batman Username checks out. I’d expect nothing less from the DC world’s greatest detective.
minus-square🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 days agobut whatever I guess will be right.
minus-squareMousePotatoDoesStuff@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 days agoNo, no, no. You’ll be blocked when you try to guess the wrong thing. You still have to try guessing on your won.
minus-square🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 days agostill not hard, the first number is [strained noise],[strained noise],[strained noise],[strained noise],4. FOUR
minus-squareZorque@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·9 days agoThe lottery numbers haven’t been picked yet, so nothing would be correct until they get picked.
It won’t be easy as you’ll still have to guess the right thing, but you can probably make it work.
Only have to guess 10 times the number of digits though, quite doable for a lottery win!
Your poorly optimizing. With a linear search, you only need 9 per digit, a binary search will get it all done in like 4 or 5 guesses
I like your thinking, but a binary search would require us to know whether our guess is too high or low, no?
Username checks out. I’d expect nothing less from the DC world’s greatest detective.
but whatever I guess will be right.
No, no, no. You’ll be blocked when you try to guess the wrong thing. You still have to try guessing on your won.
still not hard, the first number is [strained noise],[strained noise],[strained noise],[strained noise],4.
FOUR
The lottery numbers haven’t been picked yet, so nothing would be correct until they get picked.