JackbyDev

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I am already filled with guilt about the way things like executive dysfunction work. I don't open up about the details of it with folks because I'm afraid they'll think I'm lazy.

Brain scans revealed that these medications activate reward and alertness systems

I've been taking ADHD medication for over a decade and was told this was how it works.

That's base 22, for all the base 10 users out there.

Real. Curiosity is such a desirable trait in folks.

$35 is generous

Yeah, after reading the answers I see it more clearly. Also, I assume in hindsight that it's three switches which can be on or off, so we know if all three are off the light is off. Which helps as well.

Like I said, it's been over a decade, some of the specifics may be lost to me.

YOU'RE DOOMED! You must weigh two against two in the first step.

Impossible even if you know if the light is on or off to start with. Even then, there are 2 possible outcomes which means the solution space halves on each test. 3 divided by 2 is greater than 1 (1.5) so we cannot figure it out in a single test.

That's my recollection of how to solve these from computer science. The classic one is 8 coins and figuring out which one weighs a different amount (and you don't know if it is more or less). You have a scale that tells you which side is heavier (or equal) but it doesn't give readouts (as in it doesn't say a side is X pounds/grams). With only three uses of the scale, how can you find the fake coin? I'm not going to go into the process in depth but because you have THREE outcomes (left heavier, equal, and right heavier) you reduce the solution space (which of the 8 coins is the bad one) by a THIRD each test. The number 8 sort of lures into thinking powers of 2. You can actually do it with 9 coins in 3 tests.

Some of the details of my explanation may be wrong, it's been over a decade since I took that class in college lol. It was my worst professor (while different story lol) but I distinctly remember him talking about this. He had a very thick accent, some form of eastern European or Russian, I'm not really sure what exactly. But he gave us that problem as homework or something or maybe just to think about. And he'd ask us to explain how we'd do it. Whenever someone began to describe something doing like test 4, 2, etc instead of the correct way (which involves using coins you already tested) he'd say "YOU'RE DOOMED!" Then someone else would try, and when they got to a way that wouldn't work "YOU'RE DOOMED!" It was hilarious. Very memorable.

Righties really see this and don't get why due process for all is necessary.

And they lied about it on the award application, but yes.

Sounds great, bud! Do it!