First word discovered in unopened Herculaneum scroll by 21yo CS student

Re:First word discovered in unopened Herculaneum scroll by 2... by hansoolo on Thursday October 12, 2023 @01:22PM (#37860108)

I thought the same. He had the better results, but too late.

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Re:First word discovered in unopened Herculaneum scroll by 2... by QuercusMax on Thursday October 12, 2023 @02:03PM (#37860660)

Or maybe the winner optimized his code, resulting in faster time to get results. Either one is equally plausible!

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Re:First word discovered in unopened Herculaneum scroll by 2... by countrymile on Friday October 13, 2023 @04:55AM (#37868385)

computed on his laptop whilst he was at a party apparently. Legend!

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Re:First word discovered in unopened Herculaneum scroll by 2... by lukeboi on Friday October 13, 2023 @05:21AM (#37868554)

luke here, thanks!

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Re:First word discovered in unopened Herculaneum scroll by 2... by esafak on Thursday October 12, 2023 @05:22PM (#37863322)

If quality is a factor, they should have withheld the prize for a reasonable time (a day?) in case someone posts a better result.

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