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8:04 PM
Is a 75 Mbps DSL VDSL?
 
8:14 PM
@betseg Likely not? I think VDSL tops out somewhere around 50Mbps
I think VDSL2 goes up to 100
 
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Q: "Monitorize" an Image

dberm22The Problem: This challenge comes from a real problem I was having. I have a dual monitor setup at work, and I wanted to use the following image as my wallpaper: However, my monitors have quite significant bezels, and when I set my background, it looks something like this, where the pier appe...

 
@NewMainPosts Good grief, I swear I've seen this exact challenge before, including that same picture.
 
was it from your computer graphics class
/me shrugs
 
Ooh, just found that today I cast my 2000th vote!
on PPCG, that is
 
can someone please look over my answer to the restricted tetration thing?
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A: Tetration: (Very) Hard Mode

Alt-F4Ruby, 8 13 operations def tetr(a, b) def exp(a, b) def mult(a, b) c = 0; i = 0; while(i > -b) do c -= a; i -= 1; end return -c end c = 1; i = 0; while(i > -b) do c = mult(c, a); i -= 1; end return c end c = a; i = -1; while(i > -b) do c = exp(a, c); i -= 1; end ...

 
8:29 PM
strawpoll.com/4egxs6r ("What music streaming service do you use?")
 
@Alt-F4 Comparison operators aren't allowed.
 
@AdmBorkBork But I needz
 
@noɥʇʎԀʎzɐɹƆ wtf is jango, also isn't napster a streaming site?
 
@Alt-F4 1. It is one, apparently. 2. Yes, it's listed...?
 
@noɥʇʎԀʎzɐɹƆ strawpoll.me > strawpoll.com
 
8:31 PM
@betseg some sites are blocked here
 
@mbomb007 There's nothing in the question about them not being allowed...?
 
@noɥʇʎԀʎzɐɹƆ Only one answer? laaaame
 
@noɥʇʎԀʎzɐɹƆ Oh rip
 
only says things about operations not operators
 
@Alt-F4 That's because the question has a WHITELIST, not a blacklist
 
8:31 PM
@mbomb007 oh
 
@noɥʇʎԀʎzɐɹƆ What should I answer if I use more than one regularly?
 
@mbomb007 Will redo to use only not equals zero because ruby treats all values except nil and false as true
 
@mbomb007 uh.... whichever you use more often?
 
@Alt-F4 If zero is false, you should be able to use subtraction instead.
 
@mbomb007 zero is not false. it is true.
 
8:34 PM
@Alt-F4 nil or null?
 
everything except nil and false are true
 
Wait, zero is truthy? WTF Ruby. O.o
 
@Alt-F4 Not according to the question
The question states that loops iterate until the condition is zero.
 
> I will permit a free not equals 0 comparison in while loops, when applied to the condition as a whole, as a workaround for a language that has "truthy" 0's.
 
That solves it, I guess
 
8:36 PM
@DJMcMayhem I borrowed some code you wrote :P I did make it a CW answer here
 
@DownChristopher You've got too many characters in your BF character set.
 
@AdmBorkBork really?
Oh yeah
 
The Haskell answer doesn't use AEIOU and tab
 
@mbomb007 It's not often you find an answer you posted that long ago, find it doesn't follow the specs, then fix it while making it shorter.
 
Can someone please help me rewrite my loops to not use comparison?
 
8:38 PM
@AdmBorkBork Removed 2 and edited
 
@Alt-F4 Use a different language. The free !=0 doesn't help enough. It'll cost a lot.
You need to be able to define a function for greater_than()
Which will involve subtraction and absolute value, I think
 
@DownChristopher OK, so Haskell doesn't use AEIOU<tab> ... so you took out <space><underscore><backtick>?
That's 3
 
@AdmBorkBork I have space
Look after #
 
OK, it confused me because you have space in your "I removed ..."
So you don't use AEIU<tab><underscore><backtick>, and added back O
OK
 
@mbomb007 I fixed it...
It now infinite loops on powers < 0 but that should not matter because it is an invalid imput
 
8:43 PM
Oh it is?
nvm then
 
@AdmBorkBork Yeah I used those
 
Phew, this is gonna get confusing. Maybe I should've left <tab> out of the mix. Oh well.
 
@mbomb007 According to OP comparison is allowed...
 
I was just arguing with someone on the internet and they said i was a smart, intelligent computer user and now I don't want to argue anymore...
 
8:45 PM
but they were totally wrong
so
 
@Alt-F4 Where?
There is no mention of that in the question
 
@mbomb007 Comments
 
When you just want to be starbait but don't want to be sent to trash :P
yeah!
 
:36554560 Ruby integers do not have a "Sign bit". they are arbitrary precision
sign is stored separately
 
@Poke So ... because they're wrong ... you're not a smart, intelligent computer user? ;-)
 
8:52 PM
Wow, SO is using a different answer sorting method
the accepted answer isn't pinned anymore
@Alt-F4 I found another way, on SO
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A: C program to compare integers without using logical operators?

MadhanHere is a program that compares the two numbers without using relation operators (it also works for negative numbers). check it out. /------C program-------/ void main() { int a,b,c,temp; printf("enter a and b:"); scanf("%d%d",&a,&b); c=a-b; temp=c+abs(c); // to ch...

Not sure how you can do abs(x), though
That's sqrt(x*x)...
I think it'd be best to use a language with two's complement integers and check the sign bit. That's definitely easier.
 
Take input in unsigned binary, scan most-significant to least-significant until you find a 1, that number is bigger. If both have a one at that position, discard it and continue.
If you reach the end, they're equal.
 
The most upvoted answer uses " for builtin headers
Why
 
@AdmBorkBork ! no!
... yes :[
 
Am I counting my score on this answer correctly?
 
9:04 PM
@WheatWizard I believe on that question, it should generally be possible to translate an answer into another language without changing the score; thus, language choice isn't even really relevant
 
Yeah I just wanted to make sure :?! were considered "assignement operations"
 
Idk Wise
 
Aug 10 '16 at 22:22, by flawr
Please include the title of the poll when posting a link.
 
@mbomb007 Oh I see I miscounted, thanks!
 
9:06 PM
@DownChristopher Please edit your comment to say what the poll is for
 
It's too late to edit now
 
There's 2 minutes
Oh, yeah.
Has someone visited it?
Well, I'm not going to bother looking, I guess
 
@Poke I'm just poking fun, didn't mean anything. Just struck me as amusing. Hehe ... "poke-Ing" fun...
 
Gnite
 
@betseg Knight*
;)
I wish there was a way to comment on deleted answers...
A new user didn't give me time to let him know he can edit his answer to fix it.
 
9:29 PM
codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/113915/… I don't understand... Why was it not accepted? The chalange should be over
Out of my 15 answers 6 have 0 score
 
Should I change my username to Down Wat?
 
Don't want it to be confused with Down Syndrome
 
Apr 2 at 1:15, by Conor O'Brien
@Alt-F4 Please stop changing your name. Pick a name and settle on it, please?
 
9:45 PM
@DJMcMayhem Why though
 
Oh come on... Can you even try to type in English?
 
also it's a meme
 
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Q: Smooth as Teflon

Anthony PhamLiterally! April 6th is National Teflon Day, which is celebrated with Teflon-coated pans (what we will be making). So, given a positive integer n, create a Teflon pan. The "pan" section of the pan is an octagon with each of its sides consisting of n characters, which will vary depending on which ...

 
td = (tool.grade_low == tool.grade_high) ? ((tool.grade_low == 0) ? 'K' : tool.grade_low) : "#{(tool.grade_low == 0) ? 'K' : tool.grade_low}-#{tool.grade_high}"
Look at this crap I just wrote
 
If whoever voted other wouldn't mind revealing their religious choice, what would that "other" be?
Aaand another politically incorrect poll, race: strawpoll.com/bg1dy61
facepalm I forgot south asia...
 
10:09 PM
Isn't secular (Christian|Muslim|Jew|Hinduist) an oxymoron?
 
Yeah...
 
maybe
But nonobservant isn't
 
@noɥʇʎԀʎzɐɹƆ I voted other, however I'm quite private about the specifics
 
Which came first: strawpoll.com or strawpoll.me?
And are they related?
 
10:17 PM
Deep life questions right there
@ATaco ditto
 
@PhiNotPi thanks for the tips.
 
@DestructibleLemon sure thing, although there's not many tips there other than "practice composing"
 
10:54 PM
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Q: Javascript refactoring challenge

Aaron BlenkushRefactor the javascript expression. Your refactored expression must follow these four requirements. Refactor the statement into a single javascript expression containing the string "LlamaCase" that when executed will randomly return "llamacase" or "LLAMACASE" (No cheating... you can't include ...

 
11:10 PM
Google Code Jam Starts in less than 24 hours. You have all weekend to sign up and participate in the Qualification round.
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11:20 PM
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Q: Javascript: Refactor challenge

Aaron BlenkushRefactor the javascript expression. Your refactored expression must follow these four requirements. Refactor the statement into a single javascript expression containing the string "LlamaCase" that when executed will randomly return "llamacase" or "LLAMACASE" (No cheating... you can't include ...

 
@NewMainPosts So he just copied and pasted his question to main, so it is now a no winning criterion JavaScript only challenge with restrictions on functions.
 
@AdmBorkBork yeah I know :P
 
@ATaco I don't really care for this code jam thing
 
That's fine, but with a 10k grand prize and Google job offers, Others might.
 
@Riker read the follow up comments on this one slightly nsfw
 
11:37 PM
@ATaco How does Code Jam work anyway
 
I was just going to ask the same question. Obviously we'll be coding, but they don't make it very obvious what the objectives will be
 
Uhhh for some reason code.google.com works in China :O
 
Basically, you go through rounds trying to solve simple to complex code challenges in "The Best" way possible.
 
How do I submit code?
 
@Qwerp-Derp You're in china?
 
11:38 PM
Yup
 
In the Qualification Round, you just submit the contents of STDOUT from a given input.
After that, you need to also provide a Source Code, and of course, more information if you're using an incredibly obscure EsoLang for whatever reason.
After the Qualification Round, score is based on time.
 
So annoyed
 
And there is no restriction on Language choice, you could technically do it by hand it you wanted to, but I feel like it would take longer than to write a program to do it for you.
 
Spring break will ruin my streak of visiting ppcg
I am at 58 days
 
@ATaco Probs going to do it in Clojure :P
Just 'cause I can
 
11:43 PM
@Qwerp-Derp you should do it in lenguage
 
I don't even know why but I just like Clojure a lot
 
If for some reason I make it to the finals, I have a strong urge to do it in Brainfuck.
 
@fəˈnɛtɪk Ceebs
@ATaco Do it in Folders, really screw them over
 
How do you even submit a source code for that..?
 
@Qwerp-Derp Folders?
 
11:44 PM
@ATaco maybe zip it all and submit it?
 
Send an SSH stream?
 
My intention of course is to get noticed by Google, I don't give a damn about that prize money.
 
I just want to do it because it's fun :P
 
11:46 PM
Why... does that... even be real
I would but spring break
Everything fun happens during spring break
 
Esoteric Languages don't exist because they make sense.
They exist as a challenge of the Author, the User, or Computer Science as a whole.
What necessitates a language? What can we get away with? How much can we skew the concept?
 
I'm mainly pumped up for ProgComp, which is in ~2 months
 
I wrote RProgN not to make a language that was capable at Code-Golf, but to make a language that was Turing Complete Reverse Polish Notation.
I wrote Threead because I wanted a language that relied on synchronous threads to do anything (And Accidentally made it TC with only one thread by w/e).
I wrote TacO because I wanted to see how a Tacit language performed in two dimensions.
 
@carusocomputing pure math? as in do a lot of math operations and not brute force right?
 
ReRegex I made after trying to make a Precompiler for Brainfuck and it seemed Turing Complete. So I extended the idea.
 
11:51 PM
You make a lot of langs
 
I try a lot of different things.
I'm currently working on Jalapeño, which is my first legitimate attempt at a golf-lang.
 
I'm faffing around with Clojure a lot - I've made a project which mixed both Clojure and Java, and I'm currently making a webapp in both Clojure and ClojureScript for my science project
I'm super bored :P
 
So what reasons do we have for writing languages here?
 
Fun?
I need to work on Fluff but that is why I started
 
I should get a move-on with CMQ
I haven't started my parser at all :P
 
11:55 PM
YES
I GOT A 90% ON A MATH TEST!!!
That is the best I have ever gotten
Super hard math class
AND 50% CORRECTIONS
 
@DownChristopher Congrats!
 
Thanks
Super happy
 
I think I got the opposite of you, I got 86% for my maths test, and this is the first time I've gotten below 90% :P
 

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