folks,,, FOLKS,,,

this one is 1000 pieces!!! the last one we did was 500! but it might be easier because its three colors?? or is that just my delusional wishful thinking trying to cover for this horrible mistake we’ve made by getting this https://twitter.com/jonnysun/status/1256985699238023169

anyway we started it last night for fun and we now have the edges!!

morning progress! elissa took the right side and i took the left and tbh there could not be a CLEARER metaphor for how different our personalities are

being that we’re both engineers, we each developed our own algorithm.

mine: test a new loose piece to every available opening. if it doesn’t fit, add to a pile of “unfits”. if it does fit, then it creates a new opening. test the pile of “unfits” to the new opening, then repeat!

elissa’s: categorize every loose piece by puzzle shape (four holes; four nubs; etc). starting at one end, figure out which piece shape(s) can fill the space and test each stack of possible shapes to the opening. once filled, repeat!

can someone calculate the n-efficiencies of our algorithms? i think mine is less efficient than elissa’s but we both forgot all our engineering education so we forget how to do such things. btw in the time it took to type this she did another row so i think hers is more efficient

puzz update!!! i have switched to elissa’s method and it feels way faster and also i would like say that my wife is the smartest and cleverest person i know and that i love her!!!! (also she is once again kicking my butt)

puzzle update (delayed because i had a lot of deadlines and elissa promised not to work on it without me!!)! we did this last night! i have fully converted to elissa’s method and she finished her half and is patiently waiting for me to catch up i love her!!!

AND THEN SHE STOPPED WAITING FOR ME so this line became a clear marker of who “won” the puzzle (elissa did by like a lot)!

here’s another goof!!! (with the assist by elissa lmao)