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jeremyjh · 2023-03-17 06:56:50

If brute force isn’t working, then you are not using enough.

725686 | karma 518 | avg karma 2.67 · | 2017-01-10 09:28:11

"if brute force isn't working, you aren't using enough of it"

You just made my day with that phrase.

steve_b | karma 116 | avg karma 1.87 · | 2020-09-11 08:40:28+00:00

Brute force is rarely the answer.

baby | karma 14476 | avg karma 1.71 · | 2021-09-11 12:48:28

You only get a few tries, there’s no bruteforce

cabacon | karma 815 | avg karma 7.76 · | 2010-10-13 07:45:09

"If brute force doesn't work, you're not using enough brute force." -- anonymous

rement | karma 395 | avg karma 3.26 · | 2020-12-02 17:12:45

Sometimes brute force is good enough.

brain5ide | karma 160 | avg karma 1.34 · | 2017-04-19 10:59:07

When in doubt - use brute force.

aliasaria | karma 490 | avg karma 5.27 · | 2009-09-13 02:11:22

Brute force for the win?

jules | karma 8165 | avg karma 2.39 · | 2010-02-26 10:43:47+00:00

What do you mean by brute force? How would you even determine whether a solution is good?

whstl | karma 2600 | avg karma 2.68 · | 2024-02-13 23:33:23

Agreed. You can brute force, but not for long.

argonaut | karma 6570 | avg karma 2.73 · | 2016-03-30 02:23:38+00:00

Brute force to a certain depth is still brute force.

srtjstjsj | karma 3017 | avg karma 1.35 · | 2018-07-09 07:47:03+00:00

That's not brute force; that's calling in the cavalry to do brute force for you.

witty_username | karma 987 | avg karma 1.08 · | 2016-09-06 00:42:32

Shouldn't bruteforce work?

ajuc | karma 12586 | avg karma 2.68 · | 2023-05-25 14:24:27

The fact that it's just brute force is making this worse. Brute force scales.

billybofh | karma 113 | avg karma 1.92 · | 2017-02-25 11:48:14

I knew an old-time naval engineer who used to live by "If you've tried brute force and it didn't work, you just didn't use enough brute force"... ;-)

Dylan16807 | karma 31639 | avg karma 1.39 · | 2022-01-10 13:05:58

If you have something more clever than 2^256 operations, then that's not brute force.

janders | karma 24 | avg karma 4.0 · | 2019-06-27 14:53:04+00:00

I took two things away from my AI class.

1) If brute force doesn't work, you're not using enough.

2) Do the stupid thing first.

pedrosorio | karma 1604 | avg karma 2.04 · | 2014-04-12 22:29:10

"other than actual brute-force"

ad404b8a372f2b9 | karma 3214 | avg karma 3.35 · | 2022-06-26 09:31:09

Bruteforce has worked for me in the past. But maybe you're right, I'm going to try this one and see how it goes.

Zetice | karma 1648 | avg karma 1.39 · | 2023-07-23 10:43:56

Brute forcing is hacking…