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Simply A Game... Of Exponential Complexity

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Simply A Game... Of Exponential Complexity

The Tower of Hanoi: that innocent-looking wooden toy with colorful disks that normal people dismiss as "just a kids' game." Meanwhile, programmers are having existential crises implementing its recursive algorithm. Nothing says "fun childhood memories" like a problem that requires 2^n-1 moves and teaches you the crushing reality of exponential time complexity. Your CS professor probably still wakes up in cold sweats thinking about it.

The Eternal Burden Of Clarifying Your Ideas

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The Eternal Burden Of Clarifying Your Ideas

Oh. My. GOD. The eternal programmer's nightmare captured in stick figure form! 😭 Left panel: "Science may discover immortality, but it won't happen in the next eighty years." Translation: We're all going to die before getting the good stuff. TYPICAL. Right panel: "You'll never find a programming language that frees you from the burden of clarifying your ideas." With the desperate plea "BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN!" Honey, no programming language will EVER read your mind! The computer is just sitting there like "I literally cannot understand your vague gesturing and emotional sighs." The AUDACITY of having to explain yourself clearly! The HORROR of precise thinking! 💅