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xkcd #2916: Machine (xkcd.com)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 32 points 5 months ago (3 children)

That's amazing. Possibly the cleverest thing I've ever seen on XKCD, and I don't say that lightly.

What a fun tool, and I was embarrassingly proud to finally solve my first section!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

xkcd machine that separates balls

That's my submission. Balls get separated by sword and this anti-gravitational thingy

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

ah, genius probabilistic sorting!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Wow, yours looks much more difficult than mine. I just had red balls coming out on top and having to leave at the bottom. Guess I'll try another one.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Yeah, it was really tricky, I had to start again like 5 times!. Then the next one was like you describe, just one colour, one entrance at the top one exit at the bottom :-)

[–] [email protected] 7 points 5 months ago

Same for me. I was wondering if there is another difficulty or so