In seriousness though, 1) I have written one for rejbas, but was unsure if it was if value. 2) I'll get around to writing some more at some stage, but my time is limited, so things move at a fairly glacial pace
Draughts (UK /ˈdrɑːfts/) or checkers (American English) is a group of strategy board games for two players which involve diagonal moves of uniform game pieces and mandatory captures by jumping over opponent pieces. Draughts developed from alquerque. The name derives from the verb to draw or to move.
The most popular forms are English draughts, also called American checkers, played on an 8×8 checkerboard; Russian draughts, also played on an 8×8; and international draughts, played on a 10×10 board. There are many other variants played on an 8×8, and Canadian checkers is played on a 12×12 board.
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OK chat meta puzzle: given that I am at least 13 and no older than 130 and that my day of birth, month of birth, year of birth, year of birth mod 100, and current age in years are all primes then how many dates of birth are possible for me?
@JonathanAllan Oops, I misread your instructions... I didn't see the "mod 100", I thought you meant that the day, month and year all have to be primes. So you mean the sum of year+month+day mod 100 must be prime?
@JonathanAllan It must be really annoying to be bombarded with false numbers, but: It's not 294, right? (made a deliberate mistake in the calculation now)
@Alenanno I already upvoted geography, so I guess I can downvote pattern if there's still a tie on Monday. (Or whoever else makes the new "topic challenge" meta post can cast their vote(s) accordingly.)
@Randal'Thor I know this is arbitrary, but can I ask you to do pattern this time around? The thing is that I had one planned for geography and it's gonna take me a while to build it (maybe late for the challenge) lol
@Randal'Thor @Emrakul I just found an answer from a CM on main meta advising people to use onebox feeds rather than ticker feeds. How much more canonical can you get? :-P
@Randal'Thor I thought that would be a nice idea to link you to Mushroom bang boom. I could say that you forgot that you were signed in with your original account and not your sockpuppet account and so pinged yourself. :P
@LukasRotter How are you getting lower numbers as that? I see there are 7 years only and 5 months and some "x" number of dates that meet the conditions..
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Any light jibes or attacks at moderators or SE staff are simp...
There's a moderator lock on this question put by @Emrakul. Anyone aware of any discussion around this post?
@Randal'Thor I knew the meta police would be up in arms, so that link is already present, right at the top of the answer.
"This post has been locked while disputes about its content are being resolved. For more info visit meta." If there are ongoing disputes, maybe there is a question already open. I'll wait for a while and see if I can get Emrakul to clarify or point out the relevant question in chat.
@Ankoganit Here's the thing. users,here vote for the person and not for the post. So, users whose puzzles have a negative score are unlikely to post it on meta by themselves,anyway
This is a music-related rebus puzzle, for the fortnight challenge of mixing unconventional tags, hence this music rebus.
What famous quote from a movie is suggested in the above rebus?
I noticed that this question (about shortening existing solutions to the Rubik's cube) was downvoted and migrated off the site. To me it seems like an on-topic question. After all, the help center says:
If you have a question about [...] A specific method of solving a type of puzzle [...] t...
I noticed that this question (about shortening existing solutions to the Rubik's cube) was downvoted and migrated off the site. To me it seems like an on-topic question. After all, the help center says:
If you have a question about [...] A specific method of solving a type of puzzle [...] t...
Anyone here know how to use Crossword Express? I've installed it, and the app starts, but then I'm stuck. All the documentation I've found online has proved useless.
You know, I am a mod. I could make the room for you. But typically they're supposed to be used for Serious Mod Business, so I'm gonna need more information.
@Deusovi I suppose Puzzling could be an exception to that rule, since discussing a question before it's posted can spoil the whole thing. After all, you made a private room for that metapuzzle thing.
The pattern tag is next. So, I decided that I could have a high-rep user to post a puzzle which isn't too clever and see how the community reacts. Sort of an experiment. So, I didn't want to disclose it.
@RosieF Oh ok. Well, if you needed a blank scheme to fill (either random or decided by you), I could help you generate it. But you also want to generate the words inside of it?
Would it be OK to post a puzzle that features PSE moderators not acting like they're supposed to (i.e. just bad mods)? I'd fabricate the mods of course (no association with real mods intended), I'm just asking about the general idea.
@Randal'Thor Would it be OK if the same puzzle where bad moderators will be featured I'll make strong references to one of your posts? (some parts of it will almost be the same format, I'll just make a puzzle out of it)
An online community has three moderators: Doorknob, Kevin, and Emrakul (in no particular order). In between making posts on meta, they decide to set up a code for their private communications, and start sending secret messages to one another. First Doorknob sends Emrakul this message:
$2211+1211...
@Randal'Thor I don't want to say it publicly now, I want it to be somewhat of a surprise :P But if you really want to know: Do you have a spam mail address I can send it to?
@Alenanno You generally have to test it. Include a set of clues that you think will lead to some interesting deductions, then see how much is solvable. Keep adding clues until it's fully fill-out-able, then go back through it from the start.
Basically. Make a couple interesting deductions as starting points in different "areas" of the grid. Then add clues until it's solvable, building off your previous work.
@Randal'Thor Yeah, looks like I joined nov '14, but didn't actually post until feb '15... maybe it was the same Q that brought me here :)
@Alenanno *shrug* Sometime on the 14th I guess. It's a pretty loose schedule. The new "fortnight" starts whenever the most impatient person posts the meta post. :)
If you look back, you'll see some multi-day (or even week) gaps between fortnights