https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1906.12314/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMThttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42952140urn:hackerpapers:submission:1906.12314:42952140Wed, 05 Feb 2025 17:37:17 GMT<p>The Winnability of Klondike Solitaire and Many Other Patience Games</p><p></p><p>2 points; 0 discussion replies on HN. <a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1906.12314/">Paper and source history</a>. A submission is not an endorsement.</p>cs.AIhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42566038urn:hackerpapers:mention:1906.12314:42566038Wed, 01 Jan 2025 13:58:28 GMT<p>&gt; While playing solitaire to while away the time during rest, Ulam asked himself a straightforward question: what are the chances that a hand laid out with 52 cards will come out successfully? It is a deceptively challenging problem—there are around 8 × 10^67 ways to sort a deck of cards (a number approaching the estimated number of atoms in the observable universe). He wondered if instead of applying pure combinatorial calculations, which would be monstrously difficult, he could simply lay out the cards one hundred times and count the number of successful plays. Implicit was the assumption…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1906.12314/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.AIhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42386537urn:hackerpapers:mention:1906.12314:42386537Wed, 11 Dec 2024 10:33:59 GMT<p>Some progress has been made on Solitaire here, although I understand it&#x27;s still not fully peer-reviewed (I think) https://arxiv.org/pdf/1906.12314v3</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1906.12314/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.AIhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21658030urn:hackerpapers:submission:1906.12314:21658030Thu, 28 Nov 2019 15:39:29 GMT<p>The Winnability of Klondike Solitaire and Many Other Patience Games</p><p></p><p>3 points; 0 discussion replies on HN. <a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1906.12314/">Paper and source history</a>. A submission is not an endorsement.</p>cs.AIhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20331054urn:hackerpapers:submission:1906.12314:20331054Tue, 02 Jul 2019 00:30:18 GMT<p>The Winnability of Klondike and Many Other Single-Player Card Games</p><p></p><p>1 point; 0 discussion replies on HN. <a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/1906.12314/">Paper and source history</a>. A submission is not an endorsement.</p>cs.AI