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• oy problem n. [AI] A deliberately oversimplified case of a challenging problem used to investigate, prototype, or test algorithms for a real problem.
  Sometimes used pejoratively. See also gedanken, toy program....
• oy: n. A computer system; always used with qualifiers.
  1. `nice toy': One that supports the speaker's hacking style adequately....
• perfect programmer syndrome: n. Arrogance; the egotistical conviction that one is above normal human error.
  Most frequently found among programmers of some native ability but relatively little experience (especially new graduate...
• oy n. A computer system; always used with qualifiers.
  1. `nice toy': One that supports the speaker's hacking style adequately....
• uninteresting: adj. 1. Said of a problem that, although {nontrivial}, can be solved simply by throwing sufficient resources at it.
  2. Also said of problems for which a solution would neither advance the state of the art nor be fun to design and code....
• AI-complete /A-I k*m-pleet'/ adj. [MIT, Stanford
  by analogy with `NP-complete' (see NP-)] Used to describe problems or subproblems in AI, to indicate that the solution presupposes a solution to the `strong AI problem' (that is, the synthesis of a human-level intelligence)....
• The problem with engineers is that they tend to cheat in order to get results.
  The problem with mathematicians is that they tend to work on toy problems in order to get results....