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comment How many uncoordinated cubers does it take to solve a Rubik's cube with multiple solutions?
How many solvers are there? If there's a finite number of them, then I have a simple solution.
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revised Is it possible to arrange the free n-minoes of orders 2, 3, 4 and 5 into a rectangle?
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Jul
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answered Is it possible to arrange the free n-minoes of orders 2, 3, 4 and 5 into a rectangle?
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awarded Nice Answer
Jun
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revised Can White still castle? #2
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Jun
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comment Can White still castle? #2
@Laska Since pretty much everything is "critical", I thought it better to include a link for viewing the solution on Lichess. Added a pic though. :-) The king cannot take the h-pawn with knight h4 in place, it would have to walk through a check in order to not be late. Also, moving the knight to h4 after the king has passed through isn't viable; the knight would have to stand and wait in a spot that blocks a pawn move.
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revised Can White still castle? #2
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revised Can White still castle? #2
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revised Can White still castle? #2
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revised Can White still castle? #2
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Jun
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answered Can White still castle? #2
Jun
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revised Finding a mystery number - with three logicians
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Jun
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answered How to fix wrongly stickered Rubik's cube
Jun
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comment What's the one digit you can fill in this partially hidden Sudoku?
Having spent quite some time watching CtC, I think their stance on "reasoning from uniqueness of the solution" is 1: if you are speed solving in a competition, just go for it. 2: if you are explicitly given the information that the solution is unique (like here), you can use it. 3: otherwise, it isn't a valid deduction; nothing in the basic sudoku rules says that the solution to a given puzzle must be unique.
Jun
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revised Waiting for the gravy at a dinner table
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awarded Enlightened
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awarded Nice Answer
May
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awarded Popular Question
May
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comment Are circles required on the edge of the grid?
So it does. And the "much simpler" I had in mind had an alternate solution.
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