Puzzles Etc.

2:00 PM

Oh and those stupid indie-ish rage games like SMB, Super Hexagon, etc.

They drive me mad but I enjoy them too much

haha

yeah, SMB/VVVVVV/super hexagon are games that I think are neat (and usually pretty) but I'm trash at them. I respect anybody who got really good at them, though

KoA

I used to be heaps good at super hexagon but I'm very out of practice

Hyper Hexagonest is intense and I love it

question_asker

I own SH, but I played it for like 30 seconds before being like "ok fuck this"

I will say that that's my least favorite out of those three that I mentioned, since it... doesn't really change much over time (unless I'm missing something)

paste

@KoA same here

i still listen to the soundtrack nearly everyday; i love it

KoA

It changes in difficulty every 10 seconds for the first minute

Then every 60 seconds (or something like that?)

question_asker

2:13 PM

right, but it's pretty much just "ok now it's faster"

KoA

It's really not too bad once you learn the patterns

question_asker

right?

KoA

It's a reflex thing mostly

question_asker

right

and that kind of thing is totally fine, just not really my thing if there's no variation in the objective

paste

the thing I like about it is that you have to get into a sort of intense focus

sort of meditative in a way

KoA

2:15 PM

Yea

'Flow' is the proper term for it I think

paste

from what i've read, flow is a frequently misunderstood term

KoA

it's like Veni Vidi Vici in VVVVVV - it took me a solid like, 2 hours to get it the first time

paste

but i also think it's poorly named

question_asker

yeah

which one is veni vidi vici?

I guess an exception to what I said above might be something like Tetris

KoA

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flow_(psychology) This describes what I feel when doing well at SH so I just went off that

@question_asker, it's the stupid multiple screen trinket with only one jump

paste

2:18 PM

i think they misuse the term in game design

question_asker

ah! yeah. that one.

paste

i actually have that csiksentmihaliy book

i should read it :P

KoA

fancy

I've started reading 'An Actor Prepares' by Stanislavsky but I keep not having time

#struggle

paste

heh

i don't think i've ever heard someone say "i don't really like tetris"

Matt

<- relevant

paste

2:21 PM

heh

are the faded out avatars in the room's user list just people who have been idle?

KoA

I think so

paste

i'm sorry for your loss

question_asker

I don't know why but for some reason I associate Csiksentmihaly's name with quackery

(I am NOT magyarphobic, I assure you)

paste

because of his work or because of the way his name sounds

question_asker

well

paste

2:32 PM

@question_asker oh really? name your five favorite Liszt pieces

question_asker

I think it's partially because "positive psychology" gets reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeal close to magical thinking sometimes

oh uh

fumbles for his Lis z t

polo...naise?

paste

a lot of psychology is pretty close to magical thinking, it seems

although, yeah, i agree with you on that bit

question_asker

I mean. When I say 'magical thinking' I specifically mean this "hmm seems like think you have problems, but the only problem I see is you not smiling enough!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

paste

is there a name for that fallacy where thinking that if a system is broken, then doing anything at all different must be better

to be fair, that sentence made me smile (although only in snark)

bbl

question_asker

(psychology, I'd say, is generally fairly sound. though people reference freud a lot more than is necessary given his irrelevance in 2016)

maybe I should just make a macro that posts READ SOME WITTGENSTEIN YOU CLOWN to anybody trying to make a hard-and-fast rule about question broadness.

Lord of dark

3:00 PM

6

Q: A seriously confuse recipe - or is it?

Mix one teaspoon of the first ingredient with one of the second ingredient in a bowl. In another bowl, repeat the operation, adding one more teaspoon of the second ingredient. Repeat again until you run out of bowls. Pour the mixtures in separate plates and arrange by order of weight. ...

I'm curious about this recipe puzzle

question_asker

me too

I like that one a lot

what I don't like... is any of those answers

if it turns out that the answer to that puzzle is anything like "the universe" or whatever, I'm changing my vote on it

I think we could never have another puzzle where the solution or any step in decryption had anything to do with the periodic table or chemistry or physics and we would still have way too many of those puzzles

Lord of dark

I don't think it ease some chemistry

i think it is way more lateral thinking

I like the math part about rational numbers, but it can't be that

question_asker

3:26 PM

I hope it's more lateral thinking, yeah

question_asker

3:38 PM

god

the "skeptics" stackexchange might be even funnier than the "workplace" stackexchange

"I'll try and take a stab at this, though I don't know if I have found enough non-circumstantial evidence to prove my conclusion. However, I also doubt that anyone without knowing Arabic or French and having access to select universities around the world could come up with more, as those are the only translations of Ibn Fadi's book I could find."

it's almost like... you probably shouldn't attempt a task that a person who knows two languages would be infinitely better equipped to handle

question_asker

4:00 PM

lol oh boy a new image steganography puzzle, what joy is mine

LeppyR64

4:38 PM

@question_asker Where? I don't see it.

question_asker

1

Q: Only Losers Read the News

Only Losers Read the News

enigmatic-puzzles computer-puzzle

cbronson

5:01 PM

@question_asker no stenography this time ;)

Neon612

@question_asker Its a black box.....right?

cbronson

1

Q: Locate the hacker: Part 2

This is a continuation of Locate the hacker. Be sure to read through part 1 and the accepted answer first so you can get an idea of how to solve this. There are no tricks here. There’s no breaking of the “fourth wall”, no corrupt partners, no hacking of emails or falsified information. You ar...

enigmatic-puzzles mystery

Chris Cudmore

I'm thinking that the
F T2 R F2
F T2 F2 TFT
F T2 FT F2 T
F T2 F T3 F

Could be Rubiks Cube instructions.

Khale_Kitha

That one you linked, q_a

There's not even a question there.

The ENTIRE puzzle is just: "Here's an image. Figure it out."

If so, Chris, then I'm not even going to attempt that part, because it doesn't mean anything to me =D

Chris Cudmore

Face, Top 2, Right, Face 2 -- Turn the appropriate slice clockwise x times.

I would assume you start from the solved cube, and see what the pattern is.

Khale_Kitha

5:13 PM

Yeah, but it doesn't mean anything without a rubik's cube and a certain setup to the cube.

I mean - which side is the "top" of a cube?

Chris Cudmore

You're the boss. You decide. But once you decide, it's stuck.

Khale_Kitha

Yeah, that's why I don't mess with rubic's cubes :P

cbronson

5:31 PM

Lol I can't do a Rubics cube

question_asker

Me either

My favorite part about when my train goes express is that all that means is it doesn't stop at a number of stops. It slows to a crawl to make up for the convenience of not stopping

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7:09 PM

left side is hex in morse code, as ascii it says SQUARES HAVE BIN ARGU?NG. WHY (? is something I can't read)

LeppyR64

Hex in morse code?

I see it.

I think

Wesley Situ

i got confused with the .---.

also, the "news" in "read the news" is most likely north east west south, so the cardinal directions seem pretty important in this puzzle

LeppyR64

7:27 PM

yeah, the north clue affects the east clue is some form. (east being the right)

Wesley Situ

hex to ascii of the histogram on the right is "CHAR THE WE"

kamenf

7:55 PM

aah, group working... ;) I was curious about the errors in morse codes too

Wesley Situ

east goes noon to nine could be interpreted as east goes north to west

Matt

counterclockwise

Wesley Situ

i still have no idea on where to go with the south part though. it has 64 hex values

nvm...

The Game (mind game)

The Game is a mental game where the objective is to avoid thinking about The Game itself. Thinking about The Game constitutes a loss, which must be announced each time it occurs. It is impossible to win most versions of The Game. Depending on the variation of The Game, the whole world, or all those aware of the game, are playing it all the time. Tactics have been developed to increase the number of people aware of The Game and thereby increase the number of losses. Though the origins of The Game are unknown, a game featuring ironic processing was played by Leo Tolstoy in 1840. == Gameplay == There...

I've lost

out to lunch. good luck with the puzzle!

Neon612

8:25 PM

The morse .---. = ĵ

Don't know if that helps or not

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