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The Layer by Layer Podcast

This reminds me of a question I had relating random state scrambles I thought of yesterday, kinda a shower thought. How were scrambles generated before Gods number? Obviously we use 20 move scrambles because all states can be generated with that number, but before we found Gods number how many moves did we pick? Was it just that the scrambler would pull up a state and comutate and then pull up an arbitrary set of moves to get there? That just seems inefficient.

ps: I almost have all the newest bells pinpointed
 
Running for cube said:
This reminds me of a question I had relating random state scrambles I thought of yesterday, kinda a shower thought. How were scrambles generated before Gods number? Obviously we use 20 move scrambles because all states can be generated with that number, but before we found Gods number how many moves did we pick? Was it just that the scrambler would pull up a state and comutate and then pull up an arbitrary set of moves to get there? That just seems inefficient.

ps: I almost have all the newest bells pinpointed
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I imagine they worked the same way as they do now. A random state is generated (by placing pieces randomly and correcting any parity issues (oversimplified explanation)), and then that state is solved. The inverse of that solving sequence is the scramble (or just the solving sequence; as it still is random state in that case). We had an optimal (and even a near optimal one would do) solver before we proved God’s number; we just hadn’t proved that all states were solvable in 20 moves or less.
 
@ColorfulPockets @Kit Clement
Layer by layer bell

Episode 36: if you get an edge on one face and look at the edges on its opposite face basically look at the opposite edges on the other face and those are five away. So like on a normal color scheme if you pick the white green edge the grey white green edge is five away *bell* 39:20



None in episode 37



Episode 38: right yeah because the rotation tracking on the go cube is pretty solid. It’s much better than any other smart cube out there and it’s so useful if you want to do actually cool things with the go cube. Have you heard about like Lucas garrons vr cube before. *bell* 31:00



Solilent green is people episode 39 18:30

not sure if there were any in 40/41 bc every time I listened I kept forgetting to listen for the bell but I’m pretty sure there wasn’t one.
 
Running for cube said:
@ColorfulPockets @Kit Clement
Layer by layer bell

Episode 36: if you get an edge on one face and look at the edges on its opposite face basically look at the opposite edges on the other face and those are five away. So like on a normal color scheme if you pick the white green edge the grey white green edge is five away *bell* 39:20



None in episode 37



Episode 38: right yeah because the rotation tracking on the go cube is pretty solid. It’s much better than any other smart cube out there and it’s so useful if you want to do actually cool things with the go cube. Have you heard about like Lucas garrons vr cube before. *bell* 31:00



Solilent green is people episode 39 18:30

not sure if there were any in 40/41 bc every time I listened I kept forgetting to listen for the bell but I’m pretty sure there wasn’t one.
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Two things that jump out to me are something to do with colors and repeating the same word/phrase multiple times in a row. Neither of those totally fit though
 
Man, sometimes I wish I cubed whenever this podcast was really active. I’m not gonna ask them to restart it again, because they have moved on with both of their lives, and I don’t even really cube anymore either.


But nothing can state just how much of an impact this podcast had on me. When I first learned about it back in the summer of 2022, after they stopped posting, I listened to it nonstop. The only way I found out about it was through Andrew’s YouTube channel, and I have to say I’m upset I didn’t find it earlier. Throughout that summer and most of my 8th grade year I would listen to it nonstop: on runs, while learning algs, in the shower, immediately after getting home. I loved it so much that eventually I would know what kit and Andrew were going to say before they actually did. This podcast probably the only way I would have ever learned of this amazing forum, where I encountered plenty of friends and fun experiences.

The podcast was so funny and informative, serious and entertaining, and everything a cuber could want. If you haven’t listed to this podcast yet, please do, you wont regret it. Like I said, this isn’t another plea to get them to restart it again, 80+ hours of content is perfect. But I just wanted to share how much I enjoyed it, and what a positive impact it had on me. Thanks Kit and Andrew, you successfully shaped part of my childhood.
 
Blue and green are actually the same colour for some. Look up grue. Different languages have different amounts of words to describe colours. Definitely referencing an old vox video about colour names at 57 mins
 
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