Here's the wiki article with the improved lower bound for the 25 year old permutation problem: http://mathsci.wikia.com/wiki/The_Haruhi_Problem
And a news article: https://www.theverge.com/2018/10/24/18019464/4chan-anon-anim...
Here's the original thread where you can see people confused about what the actual problem is, I think it's a fun read: http://4watch.org/superstring/