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Comment author: David_Gerard 11 March 2014 10:47:28PM *  10 points [-]

Here's a marvellous memetic hazard that you should avoid clicking on. The 2048 game. Just in case you thought you were getting any work done today. HN discussion. (And HN on its memetically hazardous nature. Creator: "I've been playing this all day today. I basically created my own demise.")

(Someone has, of course, written an AI to try to beat it. HN discussion, though try to figure it out yourself first.)

Comment author: Gunnar_Zarncke 13 March 2014 09:05:54AM 1 point [-]

Set a time/alarm. I set mine to 5min. That time was enough to get a feel for how to win (I played up to 512).

Initial strategy: 1. Xrrc n ynetre ahzore zber va gur pbearef guna fznyyre ahzoref. 2. Xrrc n ynetre ahzore zber ba gur fvqr guna fznyyre ahzoref. 3. Oevat gur fnzr ahzoref arkg gb rnpu bgure. Xrrcvat zrnaf qba'g zbir njnl sbe n fnsr cynpr hagvy arrqrq.