The Mess Detector - Interdimensional eating detection with math and redstone

A device which solves a basic integer linear programming problem in redstone in order to crack the internal state of () and thereby detect if somebody has eaten. We completed this project around 4 years ago, and have never been able to make a video which does justice both to how silly the project is and the amount of effort we put into it. This video comes after we decided any video is better than no video at all, so Earthcomputer and I got together and recorded what we remembered, and I dusted off this old half edited flyby and rambled over it. I love this device, and while a part of me is sad that many of my favorite stories and details about it may never make it onto this YouTube channel, I am happy anyone is seeing it at all after so long. It was an enormous amount of fun and many good memories were made building this with all of my friends, and I hope everyone finds it as funny as we do. Watch a longer explanation of the device and a better edited trailer on Earthcomputer’s channel: My playlist on the math of seedfinding: This device just runs an optimized version of the algorithm described in here on a very simple case While we were working on the device, Earth wrote this document to catch people up to speed, and then I posted cringe on the bottom of it. Reading it will probably give a good understanding of the math behind the device. Designed for MULTIPLAYER. Will not work on . Will not work on singleplayer Mob switches (One each for squid, passives, hostiles, and bats) required, or emulated by disabling mob spawning (as in the world download). The cauldrons need to be covered to protect them from the rain (in the world download, the weather cycle is disabled). Press button in the middle to crack the seed, it takes about 4m30s to crack. The lamps above your head will flash after the first crack. On subsequent presses, the lamps will only flash if mess is detected. Do not press the button while it is cracking, you will break it. World download: Thanks so much to the many people who helped with this project (credits in the video).