"3SUM was solved 5 days ago, feels like 10 years": the breakthrough everyone keeps reposting
gleech · x · 2026-10-28
A repost quipping that 3SUM — a classic problem in computational complexity — "was solved 5 days ago, feels like 10 years," poking fun at how the recent claimed breakthrough has dominated discussion far longer than its actual age would suggest.
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