@@Clocksmith-s9wI don't buy that. Let's say someone lives to 84 years. 7 years is 1/12 of that. 1/12 of a day is 2 hours. That would mean they would need to average 2 hours every day from age 0 to 84 waiting at traffic lights (never mind the additional time actually spent driving). I think it's closer to a year, maybe a year and a half, assuming a really rotten commute.
Brilliant solve by Simon! I'm always honored every time you solve one of my puzzles, and it's especially awesome watching you find basically every major deduction of the intended solve path. The parity arguments (such as in box 6) and arrow between boxes 7/8 were definitely my favorite parts of the final puzzle, so it's great to see that Simon also really liked those deductions!
as a colourblind (red-green colorblindness) person, the green and red are completely fine. Some pairs that are hard to differentiate are yellow and green, also blue and purple, depending on the shades. I really appreciate your concern, very thoughtfull ❤
I wonder if it might be easier to have a colorblind friendly toggle in the software so Simon has to worry less - without making the experience any worse for anyone either! Except Sven who would have to program it of course 😂
FUN FACT: If you accidentally add up the arrow from R2C2 -> R2C4 as 7 instead of 8, you can end up going through the whooooooole puzzle until you get to the final 2 digits (the 4 and 8 in box 4), and only THEN discover you've messed something up. ... Guess how I found out!
At 49:17, Simon realizes the 37 pair in box 7 forces R2C1 to be a 6. At 49:34, he realizes he could have already gotten it because of the 16 pair in box 2. Never did he notice that R2C1 was the only unsolved cell in row 2!
Yttrio I really loved this puzzle! This sort of thing is so up my street. Such a nice simple idea and some lovely geometry logic. The logic path was so smooth and elegant too. I agree the best part was the arrow straddling boxes 7 and 8. If I was setting this puzzle I definitely would have had an arrow end up entirely on the loop (and so entirely doubled), just for jokes :D
17:14 Blue is always going to look more like a background color than a focal color. Use the more standout colors (like the orange) for things like loops and the muted colors (like blue and light gray) for backgrounds/non-loop cells. It seems like a small thing, but it really isn't. It can really complicate things, like it does right here. 😉
Also, he started off with a warm colour (red) for the loop and a cool colour (green) for non-loop, so I would have tried to stick to this warm/cool dichotomy at least. 🤯
@@brianj959 yeah baffled me why he switched them.. especially since he confused himself with it right after the switch. no clue why he wouldn't stick to loop=warm and not loop=cold
Special cells being a bright color just makes so much sense. And I always try to make background or normal cells gray like you suggest so they fade into the background once colored.
My exact thought. Me when he switched the colors ''Noooooooo, whyyyyyyyy?????''. Simon's brain is just on another level, he doesn't get ground level people's brains I think.
The way I remember it, blue is the popular color that everyone can see. It's _cool_ . Or another one... Tigers can be bright orange in a green forest and yet not be seen by their colorblind prey because orange (red) and green looks the same and the orange tiger is perfectly camouflaged.
@@olivier2553 That strongly depends on the tiger. I've only ever seen orange ones irl, for example. Looks like they do commonly come in a more desaturated color, though!
Rules: 04:28 Let's Get Cracking: 06:51 Simon's time: 45m02s Puzzle Solved: 51:53 What about this video's Top Tier Simarkisms?! Bobbins: 2x (44:44, 49:35) Three In the Corner: 2x (26:51, 39:06) Maverick: 2x (03:33, 03:33) And how about this video's Simarkisms?! Beautiful: 10x (21:46, 26:36, 26:39, 34:17, 35:05, 35:08, 40:17, 40:19, 41:01, 51:13) Cake!: 8x (02:20, 02:25, 02:39, 02:47, 03:38, 03:51, 04:07, 04:10) The Answer is: 7x (10:41, 22:02, 26:46, 26:51, 27:45, 27:54, 37:00) Hang On: 6x (04:57, 17:11, 26:17, 31:03, 34:36, 42:02) Sorry: 5x (12:28, 12:54, 28:57, 45:13, 48:47) Touch Itself: 5x (05:06, 05:30, 08:20, 11:17, 15:18) Brilliant: 5x (00:40, 51:46, 51:46, 52:28, 52:31) By Sudoku: 5x (10:15, 15:30, 16:07, 44:16, 50:20) Gorgeous: 4x (34:26, 52:15, 52:20, 52:28) In Fact: 4x (08:42, 19:47, 36:45, 37:03) Ah: 4x (13:27, 16:18, 23:09, 48:51) Pencil Mark/mark: 4x (15:49, 27:23, 27:29) Goodness: 3x (17:23, 51:16, 51:16) Lovely: 3x (11:06, 33:38, 33:42) Stuck: 2x (01:38, 16:02) Bonkers: 2x (04:45, 23:15) Good Grief: 1x (26:34) Bother: 1x (28:26) Naughty: 1x (20:27) In the Spotlight: 1x (26:54) Discombobulating: 1x (34:40) Shouting: 1x (02:16) Approachable: 1x (00:33) Think Harder: 1x (41:16) We Can Do Better Than That: 1x (43:02) Wow: 1x (51:59) What Does This Mean?: 1x (19:10) Serendipitous: 1x (06:27) Triangular Number: 1x (19:45) Most popular number(>9), digit and colour this video: Eighteen (13 mentions) One (108 mentions) Blue (12 mentions) Antithesis Battles: High (5) - Low (2) Even (26) - Odd (12) Column (12) - Row (9) FAQ: Q1: You missed something! A1: That could very well be the case! Human speech can be hard to understand for computers like me! Point out the ones that I missed and maybe I'll learn! Q2: Can you do this for another channel? A2: I've been thinking about that and wrote some code to make that possible. Let me know which channel you think would be a good fit!
Thanks for paying attention to the colors! The red/green was fine for me but I'm still grateful you're making sure this is accessible. I'm Strong Protan, so I'm almost red blind.
The reasoning at 22:30 is very nice. Actually I got the same answer via uniqueness argument (which I don't know if apply, on these kind of puzzles). If the loop goes into the tip of the arrow, then there are two undistinguished option: continue up or go right, because both squares are non-arrow, both options are valid.
I had a long period of just staring at it in the middle but I decided to take a leaf out of Simon's book and ask myself "what if I have to do Sudoku in this Sudoku puzzle?" Also greatly hindered by spending the first half hour forgetting that R2C7 was doubled, and I thought R1C7 could be 6 or 7
This was a wonderful puzzle! I forgot about the loop not being able to touch diagonally a few times, which slowed down my solve a fair amount, but did manage to finish in 42:45 (conflict checker off). Surprisingly enough, my solve path was actually pretty close to Simon's, so I'm happy with that! Many props to yttrio for the amazing puzzle!
I love Simon's genius. Makes him totally unable to scan simple lines. For example r2c1 and r2c5 combined into a 67-pair. When Simon found out that the vertical arrow in the fifth column had to have a six on it, Simon correctly placed a seven into r2c5. He didn't notice that he could then put the six into r2c1. Then he finds there is a 37-pair in box seven below that knocks out the seven again from r2c5. Then he notices he could have gotten that by sudoku because of the 16-pair in box 2. Still oblivious to a simple scan. Love you Simon! (But sometimes I think he occasionally does that on purpose so the people who do notice get to feel smart.)
Fantastic puzzle 👍🏻👍🏻 ... it took me over 45 minutes to complete, but the time flew by, it felt like barely half that, which you know is the sign of a great puzzle. Lots of really nice deductions throughout the solve, especially things like the two 9s on one arrow, and the sudden appearance of sudoku in the end columns, loved it!
Altought I made a mistake in the arrow in column 2, I was able to solve a loop puzzle, and that's was amazing! 🎉 Thanks to you guys for teached me!! Thank you Simon for the solve! 😊
I got 106 minutes. This was a really fun one. I got a little stuck doing the loop, but working it out was really enjoyable. I, especially, enjoyed solving which pathway r9c4 had to go, realizing that parity played a great role. Great Puzzle!
Finished in 133:16. I was cooking along for about the first 15 minutes but then I got very stuck until I realized I needed to do sudoku to progress. Some very beautiful logic in this one. I liked having to think about parity and I loved what happened with the arrow at the very bottom of the puzzle.
37:48 with a peak at the video after spinning my wheels for like 15 minutes, forgetting that I marked r8c4 as a doubler. Would have taken me like 20 minutes if I didn't make that dumb mistake.
Took me a bit more time than it should cause I somehow forgot the double for the bottom arrow could be either 1 or 2, so I kept thinking it was one which was making no sense. Beutiful puzzle though
I am using my phone without colors to reduce the dopamine i get from looking at It. And in a only Gray scale world the two colors at the start were perfectly distinguishable while the other two look the same :p
Nearly three hours for me. My start was smooth, but I did a few mistakes in boxes 7 and 8 and had to redo some parts several times. Still proud that I solved it!
Thanks Simon! Your comments that the colours were red/green made me look at my monitor settings and realise that the blue had been reduced causing my colours to be weird on my secondary!
That was probably one of the smoothest solve paths ever. It almost felt like a fog sudoku, where you are always guided almost from one deduction to the next. Brilliant!
Shall I waste time changing these perfectly good colours for two others, to no benefit to anyone and be slightly unsure for the rest of the puzzle? Yes that seems like a good idea. Classic Simon.
