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Re:Othello Is Solved by CyberDildonics on Saturday November 04, 2023 @01:44PM (#38143359)
Mancala and connect four are classic examples of solved games.

computer scientist vs. an optometrist.

What does being an optometrist have to do with anything?

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Re:Othello Is Solved by coffee_ on Saturday November 04, 2023 @01:47PM (#38143403)
One solves problems and the other is a computer scientist.
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Re:Othello Is Solved by rendall on Saturday November 04, 2023 @02:05PM (#38143594)
Well as a computer scientist and programmer, I for one laughed.
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Re:Othello Is Solved by easton on Saturday November 04, 2023 @01:54PM (#38143483)
It’s a joke. As in “CS vs Optometry, who will win in the mancala battle of the century?!”
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Re:Othello Is Solved by Keyframe on Saturday November 04, 2023 @05:25PM (#38145282)
Unless it turns out OP is an optometrist
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Re:Othello Is Solved by CyberDildonics on Saturday November 04, 2023 @07:38PM (#38146394)
What exactly is the joke?
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Re:Othello Is Solved by hombre_fatal on Saturday November 04, 2023 @01:52PM (#38143464)
It’s a lowly profession for those less cunning, scarcely worthy of mention alongside the intellectual ballet that is the domain of software and computers.
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Re:Othello Is Solved by libraryatnight on Saturday November 04, 2023 @01:48PM (#38143411)
Wasted his time learning to help people see, now he can't even kick ass at Mancala! The rube!
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Re:Othello Is Solved by elwell on Saturday November 04, 2023 @06:03PM (#38145650)
> This was a classic match up

"classic" here is tongue-in-cheek

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