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12:17 AM
More random philosophy:
Guess my sibling didn't climb aboard. I try to bring my constellations into this puniverse but, well again and again.
I entered cyberspace kicking and screaming in the 1970s. Been kicking and screaming ever since.
(okay, to be accurate, I entered cyberspace before 1970 but not intercyberspace)
(whatevr)
 
12:44 AM
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Q: Invisible ink pt. 2

blehI­­ was­­­­­ browsing­­­­ through­ stackoverflow­­­­ meta­­­­, and I found a new way to hide text. Have fun! Hint: After you find the ink, there's another tiny layer. Answer should be obvious.

 
12:57 AM
Another for you, Rand a'poet, and with apologies for the ethnohym "Gypsy,":
"Soon the Gypsy queen, in a glaze of vasoline, will perform on guillotine. See the show."
(misspellings!)
 
1:13 AM
"Right before your eyes, we pull laughter from the skies. See the show."
How I love language.
(There almost oughta be a law against that.)
... by now I suspect that this room chatters shuttered just waiting for idle fingers to find the playground ...
 
You may enjoy this, humn:
 
All Es!
 
It's exactly what the title sounds like - a rap using no A, I, O, or U.
He's also done one in 15/8 time and one that switches between five languages.
 
Tickle my belly.
Life is Esy when you omit all the others.
(That video is so short that I turned on autorepEEEEEEEEEEEt.)
I was going to say "resplendent" but then work through to "perserverence."
Either way, E mespell.
I went outside with only a word in my pocket, then tripped over it.
Someone reel in this tongue before my fingers strike again.
I'm a repeat offenderrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
(That was a follow through without a setup. News at 11.)
(I'm not legally a repeat offenderrrrrrr. Not even a first timer. What that implies is as offensive to me as to you.)
(Just trying to be funny.)
Love = trust.
That's what love =.
lust for life, whether for love or otherwise:
(that is one weird video)
(but still a worthy message worth all the mess)
(I gasp for breath while lusting for life.)
(No need to worry, each gasp is a good sign.)
(A vital sign.)
(Signed, you know who)
I'm not looking for sympathy, just striking for echoes.
 
2:06 AM
You know who - Voldemort?
 
I miss that 'roo. Don't yoo too?
Sometimes a detachable whatever is a pain in the wherever. But it gives me a kick in the pants.
 
Didn't think he was a kangaroo. Learn something everyday, I guess...
@humn that sounds slightly painful
 
Don't make me go Mark Twain...
A kick in the butt can be merely a foot away from a pat on the back.
 
If the water is high enough, why not yell Mark Twain?
 
Gulp, riverboat captain!
 
(I'd like to forward that to one of my Xs but am enjoying for both of us. It's exremely well edited.)
Secret be revealed, ... c'est moi around here.
C'est annonynmoi elsewhere.
And yet I hide behind humnynom. Go figure.
Safety first.
(spelling seocnd)
(My time sands say it's time to break. I held on as long I could. See you again when it's not fair again.)
(That came out way more dramatic than intended. It's just time for another three days of respite. Happens again and again, on a good three days.)
 
2:36 AM
@humn I'm... not entirely sure what that's supposed to mean. I hope everything's going okay for you, though.
 
Thank you for paying attention, @Deusovi. I'm one of those sufferers who keep coming back insufferably. It'll happen again. And again.
 
You're anything but insufferable.
 
It can happen.
On my best days I'm a sore that heals.
(whoops, those were keystrokes beyond their bedtime)
 
You're much too hard on yourself. I greatly enjoy having you here. (Even though I don't entirely understand you some of the time.) And I'm sure most, if not all, of the other denizens of TSL feel the same way.
 
! and ? and ! and . . .
 
2:47 AM
I can say the same thing, as well as adding The Practice Room, the Reading Room, and the Overlook Hotel.
 
Darlings! Though aren't we all. (Most of our deared just don't know how to mention it or how to take mention.)
Thank you for daring to make me feel endeared!
It makes all of us look silly, but that is half the fun.
 
I think we're the silliest of all Stack Exchange sites. That's part of what drew me here in the first place.
 
! just laughing for joy
 
@Deusovi I think PPCG takes the cake for click bait, though.
@humn 'tis the best kind of laughter
 
@Mithrandir , They drew Jonathan Allan away from us.
 
3:00 AM
@humn we can always try to get him back
 
You helped once already, Mithrandir.
But now and again I just wait for the stars to re-orbit while I tell their stories.
 
@deusovi How can I access CRFSFP?
 
You are a headstomper, Mithrandir!
 
@SohaFarhinPine I have no idea what you're referring to.
 
3:05 AM
Con Room (my name)
 
Ah, right.
 
What to do?
 
Check your bounties, count your chickens and blessings.
(Only thing that gets me out of bed some days is the dread of an unchecked bounty.)
 
@humn that doesn't sound especially pleasant for whoever's head it is...
 
Your head is pleasant enough, @Mithrandir.
 
3:11 AM
*donks head* Sounds like it could use some zzzzzs.
 
... too true but I'm greedy ...
... someone spill another adjective, spew another syllable, speak another unguarded utterance ...
 
Careful, if you spill them you might run out.
 
!
The cup overflows. (You knew that was on its way.)
 
So does the Stack, apparently.
 
My eyes heard a thimbleful. And that was more than enough to satisfy!
My fingers ran through my mind, and that was also more than enough.
My analogies ran through my allegories and got tired. That's why the retreads.
(That was a setup, ... nobody with "remind"?)
(... never mind. I haven't ... had I half of one ...)
(... I have some many minds I don't mind having lost a few ...)
(mistook this for Standup SE, my mistake)
 
3:25 AM
It's an easy mistake to make
 
!
I've been mistaken for someone with a solution.
Barely had a clue a the time.
 
I have no solution either, but I can provide a catalyst
 
I'd spare a hint had I an extra.
Most days I leave home without a clue. Some days I return without an answer. Often, though, on good days, I get told where to go and where to get off.
(Some days I just leave home and never come back. I'm still out there somewhere some day somehow. You may be so lucky.)
(signed, more weirdness, but safe)
If you haven't seen your toes reach for a root between a beauitful day and a thousand-odd cliff, you haven't lived. Speaking for my lucky self and behalf an unlucky other.
Nothing makes a picture sparkle or tear like a close call.
It ... just ... ain't ... fair.
 
3:45 AM
Does somebody here speak Humn, please?
 
Sorry to be so morose, but those of use who live to tell have the opportunity to tell of those who didn't.
 
Nobody does. Not even humn.
 
That one sentence .. actually made sense :P
 
Yeah, wrong medium. Sorry. Usually I channel my muses in a lighter way.
 
I don't mind poetry but it would be nice if it made sense
 
3:48 AM
While it just ain't fair it also don't make sense.
What came out up there was a contortion between gratitude, reverence and creativity to make up for all lost.
Doesn't always work as intended.
Enough of that. So difficult to let go this lifeline, but back in 3 days. Bounties covered.
 
... You're not Jesus
 
(That is an interesting measurement by comparison. Not to me but to scripture.)
(So Jesus was just going through withdrawal for those 3 days!)
Another puzzle solved.
 
Not quite. The main part of the deal was that he wouldn't be able to live on Earth again
 
... no worthy response ...
 
Do you think that three days of non-existence of one person could balance six thousand years of the humanity living on borrowed time?
 
4:03 AM
Welcome, language travller!
And philosophr!
And poet.
tick tock tick
 
tock
 
(uhuh, I'm listening to that same follow-up click now too. ThankYouTube.)
One of these days I'll stop beating my fingers against the keyboard or my knuckles on flesh and sing a mean tune.
(It's actually been a half century since these knuckles beat flesh but the memory is so fresh as to taste bitter.)
(Actually every memory is too fresh. Know how that goes?)
(Signed, I only pretend to be humn. We're all freaks of nature.)
(Freak of nature, like rat was a usernym already taken.)
(All left on the table was humn. I'll settle.)
(Many quotes, and a comma, gone missing. Whew, now i can rest easy.)
 
 
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5:40 AM
0
Q: A Very Short Wordsquare Riddle

William Nathanael My first is a musical choir My second is solid, a large one My third consists only of zeroes My fourth has just quickly run

 
 
2 hours later…
7:53 AM
@Sphinx oooh, nice.
It doesn't have to be ridiculously complicated to be appreciated :)
 
8:46 AM
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Q: My First Reverse Hangman

JFox Add "g", and I may end early in the morning. Add "b", and I may end late in the afternoon. Add "t", and you better listen while you do it. Add "y", and it can come in a bundle. Answers should be in the form _ndroid followed by your explanation.

 
8:59 AM
0
Q: solve this 8-puzzle

Paul StrobachThis quiz is about the 8-puzzle. It is a board with 9 fields. There are 8 plates with numbers from one to eight. One field is empty. You can slide numbers around the board: But only numbers next to the empty field can be slided into the empty field: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 You can slide the 2,...

 
9:43 AM
Finally, a mostly decent puzzle make sit onto the HNQ.
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Q: A Very Short Wordsquare Riddle

William Nathanael My first is a musical choir My second is solid, a large one My third consists only of zeroes My fourth has just quickly run

 
 
2 hours later…
11:53 AM

 Spyfall

For playing the game Spyfall. Play using spyfall.adrianocola.com...
 
12:06 PM
Going home broke my consecutive days streak D:
 
12:21 PM
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Q: Near-fill with long triominos

mauIt's rather easy to fill a $7 \times 7$ board with 16 long triominos, leaving the center square void: see the picture below. But if I want to move the void square in another position, where else could I place it?

 
12:38 PM
@n_palum Welcome back. I always consider breaking the streak of PSE visits a good thing. I don't want to get the Fanatic badge. That would mean that I haven't anything better to do with my time than hanging around here. (I haven't anything better to do, of course, but I don't want to get a medal for it.)
 
Haha thanks (we know you're a secret fanatic at heart)
 
I could wear that badge under my lapel, I guess.
 
I'll break the streak again this Friday - time for vacation :)
 
Yay! Going somewhere nice? For longer?
 
Yeah going to the beach for a week, much more south than I am atm (South Carolina if you know where that is)
 
12:46 PM
I think I can find it on a map, but I haven't been there, of course. So Florida? Or some secret Caribbean island with access only for those with a Fanatic badge?
 
Funny, I'm heading north in a little under 3 weeks
 
(Okay, I misread your post. I thought that you were in South Carolina at the moment and was a bit baffled, but SC is the place way south you're going to.)
 
@n_palum Been a while since I went to myrtle beach
 
@n_palum Ooh, Myrtle Beach! There are some great mini-golf courses there if you're interested in those.
(And even if you're not, the courses are still there.)
 
12:50 PM
@MOehm Haha yeah I'm about 45 minutes from Canada so it's definitely south
@dcfyj My parents have a timeshare thing at a place so they go like once a year but I haven't gone with in a couple..
@Deusovi I've been there like 6 or 7 times and we do a different course every time :D but thanks
 
Mount Atlanticus is my favorite - if you haven't seen that one, definitely check it out!
 
@n_palum ew, timeshares are evil
 
Haha I'll keep an eye out for it, depends on where along Myrtle it is, pretty long stretch
Evil is a relative term, it's nice so I don't complain XD
 
I always get a kick when I see this picture (it may or may not be view-able, if not I'll go hunt for a visible copy)
There, that's better
I would delete the other one, but it won't let me
@n_palum You're probably not paying for it either
 
This is also true
 
 
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2:04 PM
I see you lurkin' @humn - Hyvää huomenta!
 
@MOehm But Fanatic is my only gold badge...
 
^ Same (and Hi Gareth!)
 
Sid
2:20 PM
Huh, apparently invisible ink has a colour. Who knew...
 
Can't believe a hex code got Puzzling.SE for 13 hours plus...
I mean, it was kinda deceptive, as there was no abcdef
 
Not everyone looks at them, and not everyone's in the same time zone
 
Sid
Also, it was during weekends..
 
Nobody's solved my latest puzzle yet...
 
Sid
which one? Is it grid-deduction?
 
2:26 PM
Yeah.
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Q: A problem about Yin-Yang puzzles

edderioferIn a Yin-Yang puzzle, one must fill every cell with either a black circle or a white circle according to the following rules: All cells with black circles form an edge-connected region. All cells with white circles form an edge-connected region. No 2x2 square of cells is entirely filled with ci...

 
Sid
I thought that answer given was correct...
 
Also, I feel like making a parody of my old "A Puzzle Whose Answer Is A Single Word", called "A Puzzle Whose Answer Is A Single Sword"
I'm not convinced it is. There's no explanation as to why the columns have to alternate between black and white.
They're correct that the first puzzle doesn't have a unique solution, but their proof that the second one doesn't is very nebulous.
 
because of the 2x2 square rule
 
Not necessarily. Gimme a moment to get a diagram.
 
columns must be white, black, or alternating
 
2:30 PM
Again, not necessarily.
 
it would be hard to make a connected path if they weren't I think, you'd end up with isolated corners
 
All sorts of crazy stuff you can do in the middle of the grid.
 
there are 2 black groups and 3 white there
 
And "it would be hard, I think" doesn't count as proof.
That's what the middle of the grid might look like.
 
you said they were connected as one group
 
2:32 PM
It might connect elsewhere.
 
I think you need to prove those become 2 segments and not 2 each
 
???
"Those" referring to?
 
Those multiple segments
 
Easily connected, no?
 
@GarethMcCaughan Maybe I should cash in some of my ridiculously numerous silver and bronze badges for some gold. I really try to avoid Fanatic, but if I get Legendary, I'll wear it with pride. (But that won't be anytime soon.)
 
2:35 PM
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Q: Unanswered puzzle - leave, self-answer or write a postmortem?

DragomokSo almost 8 months ago I wrote a decently popular riddle. It enjoyed some pretty decent activity, garnered enough upvotes to be instrumental in me getting out of Low-Rep Hell. However, it is still unanswered. Despite the fact I am still reasonably proud of it, I have horribly botched its executi...

 
Point is, it's not necessarily true that columns have to alternate between being black and white.
It's perfectly imaginable that the middle of the grid might be completely wild.
Hence why I'm not accepting Emma's proof.
 
hmm, ok
 
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Q: Math number puzzle/riddle

Namira ZahraThis not-so-simple puzzle asked by my teacher today, given: $2+2=3$ $4+8=27$ $3+4=8$ So, the answer for: $5+32=?$ I'm new here so pardon my mistakes. Please let me know what you guys thinks about this riddle.

 
I didn't doubt it, was just saying you should show the whole thing
 
2:37 PM
The answer is "False, False, False, 37".
 
Sid
@edderiofer lol.
 
Have I mentioned that I hate sequence puzzles and "unknown function" puzzles?
 
Sid
Almost everyone here hate that..
 
I'm tempted to say that the answer is 200809191915182015061621262612050919192021160904.
 
Sid
Hmm... wasn't there a what(not) to do in number sequences puzzles in Meta?
 
2:41 PM
yes
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Q: Number-Sequence Puzzles: What (Not) To Do?

Beastly GerbilSimilar to Code Puzzles: What (Not) To Do? as this is a genre which I feel also drastically needs improvement. 1, 6, 3, 8, 5, 10, 7, 12, ?, ? What are the next two numbers in this sequence? I have seen far too many of these and they make up the quite a lot of the number-sequence puzzle...

 
Posted as a comment.
 
what (not) to do in number sequence puzzles: number sequence puzzles
 
Sid
Not really actually. I mean, that "moon puzzle"- It probably wasn't too great but it had one obviously correct answer
 
The only good number sequence puzzle is the one by Nob Yoshigahara.
 
Sid
I would say those puzzles are fine for the site. Only fine, mind you. Not great
 
2:47 PM
What number replaces the question mark? And yes, that 7 is NOT a typo.
 
To be fair, most bad number sequence puzzles just need more data points - there's a point where trying to fit an n+1 degree polynomial is just clearly being a jerk
 
@edderiofer I almost have a working solution, but that evil 7 >:(
 
Yep, it's not as simple as "the difference between the two numbers feeding into it".
 
@edderiofer I was using multiplication, not just difference.
 
2:52 PM
To cool your heart and mind....
 
@SohaFarhinPine I have classical music playing (I've had it going for about 2 weeks now) so I'm good :P
 
Similarly, this. What number replaces the question mark? (The 24 is NOT a typo.)
This one's a little less elegant in its rule, but it's still nice.
 
@edderiofer >(The 24 is NOT a typo) It is now
 
?
 
@dcfyj You Asian?
 
2:56 PM
@SohaFarhinPine uh, no. Why?
 
@dcfyj Then you haven't heard music of this kind. I suggest opening this and solving puzzles, listening to this.
 
@dcfyj I don't like the 24, so I force edderiofer to be wrong
 
I don't like that music sorry
 
@SohaFarhinPine I have watched an inordinate amount of anime, I've heard asian music before.
 
@SohaFarhinPine Pulse8 works better for me
 
2:58 PM
@dcfyj Asian and Indian, Bangladeshi, or Pakistani isn't the same thing.
 
@SohaFarhinPine any other hindi song would have been better.
 
@dcfyj anime != asian, that stuff is... I have no idea
Still stuck in EDM era
 
anime are usually Japanese cartoons. So, in a way they are asian.
 
They are a part of Asian music.
but not Asian.
 
@manshu In a way? lol
 
2:59 PM
Asia is a GIGANTIC continent, and there are hundreds of countries.
 
Sid
duh, that music is from late 80s. Boo..
 
@manshu They drift far from asian music
 
Sid
@SohaFarhinPine Only 50 odd.
 
@Sid Huh. Old is gold.
 
Then again i dont listen to asian music
 
2:59 PM
That is your opinion
 

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