JanMar 18
Fesshole 🧻
To occupy my nephew for a few hours I asked him to solve a Rubik's cube that had been on the mantelpiece unsolved since 1992, my own childhood. He solved it in a minute, he's still bored, and I am now also resentful.
Mar 16 at 11:20amWeb
Show threadL'égrégore André ꕭꕬMar 16
@fesshole So he's watched lot of youtube tutorials. Nothing to be resentful about.
Show threadDreyMar 16
@Mabande @fesshole - 😂 😂 😂 😂 😂
Show threadInc Hulk 🧪Mar 16
@fesshole Depending on age/interest, ask him/her about dinosaurs, planets or quantum theory.
Show threadDistroWatchMar 16
@IncHulk @fesshole Or ask for tips on how to solve the cube.
Show threadBoloMKXXVIIIMar 16
@fesshole
You just didn't consider all the possible ways to "solve" a Rubik's cube. I took mine apart and put it back together "solved."
Show threadJohn MaxwellMar 16
@BoloMKXXVIII @fesshole Nah. Just peel the stickers off. Then it's permanently solved.
Show threadBoloMKXXVIIIMar 16
@jmax @fesshole
I knew several people who did just that. If you don't put the stickers back on you just have a boring black box. If you do put the stickers back on, they are never quite right. My way doesn't leave any evidence. ;-)
Show threadJohn MaxwellMar 16

@BoloMKXXVIII @fesshole I had (I strongly suspect but cannot prove) a co-worker's child do that to one of my cubes.

I started to get annoyed, but then realized that I owned two more cubes, and having a permanently solved one was a comfort some days.

Show threadStephan NeuhausMar 16
@BoloMKXXVIII @jmax @fesshole Also, if you switch two of the stickers, it becomes unsolvable. A little trap for the unwary 😊
Show threadJohn MaxwellMar 16
@sten @BoloMKXXVIII @fesshole How to piss off a cuber.
Show threadAnnelies Kamran, Ph.D.Mar 16
@BoloMKXXVIII @fesshole I used to do that too! Like you said, more than one way to solve a problem 😏
Show threadBoneHouseWasps🔶🇬🇧🇪🇺Mar 16
@fesshole Get him a 4x4x4, then. If he's spent the many hours necessary to learn to do the 3x3x3 in under a minute, he'll no doubt enjoy the challenge.
Show threadPasswordsarehard4Mar 16
@fesshole you can look up how to solve them on your phone nowadays. If you can follow the walkthrough it’ll solve it from any given starting layout in 5-10 minutes.
Show threadslims  🐟⁂Mar 16
@fesshole next tell him to solve it under a minute.
Show threadWulfy—Speaker to the machinesMar 18

@fesshole

Algorithm vs random twisting.

My family who is super good at #rubiks knows all the algorithms... When we were doing it, it was random twisting