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by bcuccioli 4349 days ago
Others have pointed out that this is Lights Out. If anyone's interested, there is a known algorithm (PDF):

https://linux.ime.usp.br/~renatolg/lights_out.pdf

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That's the clever solution. Here's a solution that is actually brute force, but tries to fake being clever: http://www.tzs.net/lights.html

PS: I have not updated that page in years, which is why it contains a link to a Dutch noodle seller. It was a link to an online game service back when I wrote the page.