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Cake day: April 22nd, 2024

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  • The “right” solution doesn’t work. Each light switch can turn the lightbulb on by being up or being down. This means there is 3*2=6 possible cases of which light switch state turns on the light bulb. So we need to make 3 observations to bring it down to one case. An example of the original logic failing is that the light bulb being on could mean either that switch 2 being up turns it on, switch 1 being down turns it on, or switch 3 being down turn it on.

    I present an alternative solution. Since the conventional solution says that we can feel its temperature, we know the light bulb is within reach. We can visit the room first, unplug the light bulb, and bring it back to the light switches. Then we can check all 2^3 permutations of light switches to see which one effects the bulb. Of course, it is likely that non affects it after unplugging it, but it could be a wireless light bulb.




  • Become dragon pros:

    • Fly
    • Flame breath
    • Cool factor
    • Gold???

    Become dragon cons:

    • Lose all ability to form human connection and participate in the activities that make life worth living
    • Life destroying depression caused by the overwhelming dysphoria of being trapped in the wretched body of a decrepit beast
    • Can’t reply to memes on Lemmy