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Coding chess (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by maris@lemmy.world to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

On the lower end of estimates, the number of unique chess board configurations is 10^120, often referred to as the Shannon number. The universe doesn't stand a chance.

[–] Anomalocaris@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

maybe a distant future technology could compute that, Clarktech style

[–] buttnugget@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

That’s cool. I think this is why I never liked chess.