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[–] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So I don't know if it's a strong link, but I definitely learned to solve the Towers when playing through KotOR, then had it come up again in Mass Effect, and Jade Empire, both of which I played at around the same time. From a quick "am I making this up?" search, it's also used in a raid in SW:TOR, and gets referenced throughout the dragon age and mass effect franchises even if not actually deployed.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Right, yeah i just recall that for a high enough bit of towers the amount of steps needed to solve it rises quickly. The story, "Now Inhale", by Eric Frank Russell, uses 64 discs. Fun story.

    Min steps is 2 to the power the number of disks minus 1.

    Programming a system that solves it was a programming excersize for me a long time ago. Those are my stronger memories of it

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