Why it's not a good idea to challenge the homeless with Sudoku number puzzles

[Boojatta]

1) Consider what would happen if the numerical altercation escalated to a word altercation. You would then be just one step from a physical altercation.

2) The homeless are already preoccupied with impractical pastimes. That's why they're homeless. If you want to help them, then you should offer free tutoring in real estate courses, so they can get licensed and start selling homes.

3) Many homeless carry Rubik's cubes. What if the homeless person started with a solved Rubik's cube, made just five moves, and then handed it to you and you couldn't solve it. You'd look pretty foolish then.

4) Beyond the serious stuff, what would you do if the person threw something? As was mentioned, a homeless person could have a Rubik's cube or other puzzle. Getting a Rubik's cube thrown at you could ruin your day and there isn't much you would be able to do about it.

[MrCoffee]

1. IBTL

[Boojatta]

2. Only a humorless human would lock this kind of thread.

[ScreamingMeemie]

3. Totally OT, but sort of relating...

A year ago, I gave MrG a sudoku book in his Easter Basket. A few days later we noticed BabyG had picked it up. Later, I looked at the book and he had done a couple of puzzles. They were correct (!) except for a couple of mistakes. Thinking we had a bona fide genius on our hands I alerted MrG, who, a few hours later, noticed BabyG "working" the puzzles-by flipping back and forth to the answers. Oh well, it was exciting for a moment.

[Carnea]

5. Which makes baby g smarter than people who spend time figuring them out,

Honestly the one question I had over and over again in geometry class was why should I memorize these formulas when they are clearly written down somewhere.

[Carnea]

4. Depends on which kind of homeless

Actually I find the Schizophrenic homeless quite adapt at these.


While the drug addict homeless kept sticking my mechanical pencil in their arm.

[pokerfan]

6. I test for numeracy

I ask them if they can tell me the integral of x². If they answer ⅓x³ they get partial credit. If they answer ⅓x³ plus a constant they get a bonus.

[Dr. Strange]

7. That's mean.

Homelessness involves no constants. You expect too much.

[Carnea]

8. ROLF

:rofl:

[Boojatta]

9. Didn't Archimedes know that?

[pokerfan]

10. Pretty much

Of course the Greeks had a different name for it but it was calculus or close to it. Finding areas and volumes using infinitesimals, etc. Sounds like calculus to me.