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Re:Complexity Has to Live Somewhere by zmmmmm on Friday May 01, 2020 @08:02PM (#23047748)
> I phrase it as "The solution can be as simple as the problem but no simpler"

Even that can be deceptive. For example, I can state very simply:

    I want to move my house 3 inches to the left
It's a very simple problem right? How complex do you think the minimally simple viable solution is?

It's about how the problem maps onto the constraints of implementation.

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Re:Complexity Has to Live Somewhere by artfish on Saturday May 02, 2020 @03:28AM (#23050065)
I am certain this is some kind of fallacy, since "house" is an abstraction that would need to be broken down somehow. The result would not be a simple problem anymore. Sorry, no fancy words, just common sense.
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