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[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 158 points 3 weeks ago (22 children)

We will never solve the Scunthorpe Problem.

[–] SatouKazuma@programming.dev 26 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Hasn't it been proven unsolvable?

[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 54 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Impossible. There is always some mf named like cum-sock, smh

[–] ImplyingImplications@lemmy.ca 34 points 3 weeks ago

some mf named like cum-sock

Excuse me? My family BUILT this country!

[–] prowling4973@programming.dev 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)
[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Proven? I don't think so. I don't think there's a way to devise a formal proof around it. But there's a lot of evidence that, even if it's technically solvable, we're nowhere close.

[–] elvith@feddit.org 13 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Have you tried adding a few more kilobytes of regex?

[–] theterrasque@infosec.pub 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] elvith@feddit.org 4 points 2 weeks ago

I swear, I just need 4-5 more graphics cards to solve this!

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