The Sphinx's Lair

Walt

12:18 AM

About the Differebus

Deusovi

Hm?

Walt

It could always be Dumbledore. No idea why, though. There's a U and what could be an M on its side, but I can't find a D anywhere. The door knob looks suspicious, though.

But there don't seem to be any Potter related clues anyway.

Deusovi

U + (m/e) + bell + door does sound like Dumbledore.

Sounds likely to me.

Walt

Doesn't seem to be anything hidden inside Edit, either

Oh, well :)

Volatility

is the colour of the U #dddddd maybe?

or #deeeee or something like that?

Deusovi

12:32 AM

I'll check.

Nope - it's multicolored. All shades of gray, ranging from CBCBCB to F8F8F8.

Walt

1:25 AM

@Deusovi Nevermind. Strike that ;)

But at least it is a pop culture thing.

Deusovi

Ah, nice!

Puzzling Meta

4:34 AM

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Q: How do we want to use our meta FAQ?

As far as I know, this isn't something that's ever really been talked about. We've got a potentially extremely useful resource on Puzzling Meta: the faq tag. But I'm not sure how we should use it. Documenting tips, information, puzzle requirements, what-to-do/what-not-to-do questions, etc. could ...

Sphinx

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Q: Is there any hope of inventing a mirror that can slow down photons?

Always interested in science, I’ve been fascinated by the consequences of the speed of light, and how the passage of time is relative to the speed of the observer. Imagine the effects if we could invent a mirror that slowed down the speed of light reflecting in it! Reflections on Life Mirror, m...

poetry physics time

Rand al'Thor

11:31 AM

@Deusovi Congrats on becoming the #2 rep user! :-D

Techidiot

Ohh congrats @Deusovi

Rand al'Thor

Yay, someone else is here!

I need some help with dupe close-votes on meta.

Techidiot

Can I do that?

@Randal'Thor I mean, can I help?

Rand al'Thor

Can we close this as a dupe of this? (The first one is a statement rather than a question, but policy tends to be made in answers, and the answers to the second one are more unanimous and unambiguous.)

@Techidiot Sure. You have 3k rep; that's all you need to VTC.

Techidiot

Oh.

Have you already voted on 1st?

Rand al'Thor

11:45 AM

There's also this and this. One of them should be closed as a dupe of the other, but I'm honestly not sure which.

Techidiot

Do you have an option to merge them?

Or may be link one to the other? I think I have seen that kind of thing somewhere on SE

Let me know whichever you opt for closing and I'll drop a vote.

Rand al'Thor

@Techidiot That's exactly what duplication does.

Techidiot

Okay then. Just provide me the final links for closing and I'' add a vote

Rand al'Thor

@Techidiot Mods have that option, but it wouldn't be appropriate in this case since the answers to one wouldn't fit exactly on the other.

Techidiot

Hmm.. Right.

I thought the answers were generic in the second case

Volatility

11:50 AM

@Randal'Thor I reckon the first should be closed (if at all). It has a far smaller scope, and probably not the best as an faq question.

Although I would probably just leave it open, since it's a bit of a special case not covered by the second.

Rand al'Thor

@Techidiot I already gave the links, by suggesting to close this as a dupe of this.

Techidiot

Okay. I was not sure which one should be closed.

Rand al'Thor

@Volatility Right, yes, good point. On reading the questions more carefully, I agree.

Techidiot

I already voted though :D

I will revert them in some time

Rand al'Thor

@Techidiot What? Why?

Techidiot

12:00 PM

Never mind. I thought Volatility asked to keep them open

@Randal'Thor Have you see puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/49097/… ?

I guess you have used flight iternaries in your puzzles

Rand al'Thor

@Techidiot I have now :-)

Techidiot

:)

I tried connecting dots but didn't lead anywhere

The numbers look suspicious

Rand al'Thor

Does @Matt use the day/month or month/day system for dates?

Techidiot

Do they look like dates? I doubt it. But can be that.

Cipher key would be 8 letters I think

Rand al'Thor

Why 8?

Techidiot

12:09 PM

2 letters for each line -> there are 4 lines. I guess the numbers(dates) are enumerations

But again, I can be wrong

Rand al'Thor

12:21 PM

There must be some significance in the sequence of airports/countries.

Italy, Canada, Australia, Japan, ... ?

Techidiot

Or the airport names? Except for the Australians others have a name

I thought about taking n'th letter from the names but didn't gave a nice output

I took Airport names because Japan is only 5 letters while index shows 8

5/8

Doorknob

12:34 PM

Raymond Smullyan, the inventor of knights and knaves, passed away recently. Rest in peace :(

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Rand al'Thor

Aww.

Still, 97 years old! He certainly had a good innings.

Sphinx

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Q: A bouncer named Bob

A new club has recently opened downtown. You're not usually a clubbing person, but what catches your attention about this one is that apparently, instead of having to present your ID to get in, you have to solve a puzzle. Intrigued by this prospect, you decide to check it out. When you arrive, t...

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