Well the children don’t have to move one piece at a time, they just take all the rings off then put them on in the right order. So the optimal moves for a child is 4.
I was sliding it back and forth as fast as I could, because I didn’t understand the puzzle at first, but then I saw there’s an sorting optimization puzzle and thought that I was clever only to find out it’s tedium.
Halfway through (or so I thought at move 80), I was just curious to see how ridiculously long the puzzle could be, shifting pieces back and forth
So the answer was: I thought the puzzle was easy, and I was humbled, and stubborn.
I solved it and wasted time, and used that time to warn others to not bother with the puzzle
Once you have it figured out, just mechanically doing it all correctly for 1023 steps is also annoying.
I did it up to the 511 moves for the 9-pice game on Android once, and according to the stats page that took me 6 min 18 seconds. The 10-piece version does not have a time, so I think I gave up :-)
The Tower of Hanoi is just a game for children?
I don’t think most people would manage the optimal solution first go (1023 moves for a 10-piece game).
Well the children don’t have to move one piece at a time, they just take all the rings off then put them on in the right order. So the optimal moves for a child is 4.
Most people? 100% not. Me who has probably autism and has internalised the algorithm, I can.
I love and hate my brain.
I thought I was clever, it took me 300 moves with only 8 disks.
Literally just easier to pick up the entire pile and move it over, or rotate the entire game and say Tower #1 is Tower #3 now.
The thing is… not doing it at all, is better than doing those 300 moves. What made you do this? Also a bit spicy?
I was sliding it back and forth as fast as I could, because I didn’t understand the puzzle at first, but then I saw there’s an sorting optimization puzzle and thought that I was clever only to find out it’s tedium.
Halfway through (or so I thought at move 80), I was just curious to see how ridiculously long the puzzle could be, shifting pieces back and forth
So the answer was: I thought the puzzle was easy, and I was humbled, and stubborn.
I solved it and wasted time, and used that time to warn others to not bother with the puzzle
I can respect that. Focused, determined, protective!
I thought it was fun…
Do you hear yourself?
Yes. Why?
Once you have it figured out, just mechanically doing it all correctly for 1023 steps is also annoying.
I did it up to the 511 moves for the 9-pice game on Android once, and according to the stats page that took me 6 min 18 seconds. The 10-piece version does not have a time, so I think I gave up :-)
Determining the correct algorithm is a game for children
Radix ftw!