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Re:The World Excel Championship is being broadcast on ESPN by CorrectHorseBat on Thursday August 11, 2022 @06:14AM (#32423646)
>I'd prefer someone that can infer the algorithm without knowing it before hand than someone who just memorized a bunch of them.

Can someone do the latter without the former?

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Re:The World Excel Championship is being broadcast on ESPN by whitesilhouette on Thursday August 11, 2022 @06:33AM (#32423750)
oh yes you can, so long as you don't equate _memorizing_ things with _knowing_ things.
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Re:The World Excel Championship is being broadcast on ESPN by CorrectHorseBat on Friday August 12, 2022 @04:12AM (#32435771)
Not equating, but requiring. Can you really know something you didn't memorize? I don't think so.
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Re:The World Excel Championship is being broadcast on ESPN by whitesilhouette on Friday August 12, 2022 @05:59PM (#32444434)
Of course I can. I never memorized the link to this thread but I know how to find it.
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