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12:00 AM

My feeling, for what it's worth, is that edit-suggesters should suggest only substantial edits but that edit-reviewers should be lenient about this and accept suggestions that are small improvements, unless the suggester seems to be making a lot of such edits.

(I do not claim that that's any sort of official policy.)

Sphinx

12:20 AM

Q: PSE Advent Calendar 2021 (Day 10): The distracted gridsmith

This puzzle is part of the Puzzling StackExchange Advent Calendar 2021. The accepted answer to this question will be awarded a bounty worth 50 reputation.< Previous Door Next Door > My grid designer has got a song stuck in his head and he can't figure out what it is. It's really distracting him ...

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bobble

2:07 AM

@GarethMcCaughan I will keep that in mind, thank you

Quark-epoch

2:23 AM

@bobble I get it, To be honest whenever I see an un-spoilered answer I have the urge to edit it and add spoilers, and I was going through an old question and trying to solve it before I noticed that an un-spoilered answer gave it away

I know I should have put thought into it, I'm sorry

Thank you so much @GarethMcCaughan :)

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Sphinx

4:57 AM

Q: A hidden number everyone is talking about

The following describes an 8-digit positive integer. Identify this number, and explain the title of this puzzle. The number is in the form of 2021____. It has 24 divisors in total. When its divisors are listed in increasing order, 3 consecutive numbers form an arithmetic progression in six diffe...

mathematics number-theory seasonal

oAlt

I'll make a clue in a while, busy with other things

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AncientSwordRage

8:30 AM

@oAlt no rush

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Quark-epoch

9:52 AM

I'm making a clue now

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AncientSwordRage

11:00 AM

@Quark-epoch are you checking it twice?

Jafe

11:29 AM

it's stuck in my head again, thanks

Quark-epoch

11:52 AM

@AncientSwordRage yes but i do stupid stuff all the time , so checking it twice isn't enough

Okay done!

Check it outtt and give it a shot if you liked it

( whispers or an upvote )

AncientSwordRage

12:32 PM

@Jafe I'm coining one of the following: Biverate or bihomologate

@Quark-epoch same, but I'm lucky if I remember to check it once

Quark-epoch

12:49 PM

@AncientSwordRage ooof :/

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LOTGP

3:12 PM

Would anyone be interested in forming a team for the MIT Mystery Hunt?. It's still fully remote due to covid, so anyone can participate.

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Quark-epoch

8:09 PM

@LOTGP could you tell me more abut it?

LOTGP

8:30 PM

It's a puzzle hunt, which is essentially a "competition" to solve a set of puzzles within a given time.

Here's a link to the webpage of the one from two years ago: mit.edu/~puzzle/2020

In order to have a realistic chance of winning you need close to 100 people, so this would mostly just be for the fun of solving some puzzles.

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bobble

10:09 PM

Dec 1 at 1:30, by bobble

Thank you @bobble for pushing this forward; the FAQ and the textual revisions look good. This post has been featured (thanks Gareth) for greater visibility and additional community feedback. After a suitable period for further input, I believe we should be in a good place to ask the CMs to make the new texts live. — Rubio ♦ Nov 23 at 7:40

Dec 1 at 1:30, by bobble

Your regular reminder that we're still in said "period for further input"

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Sphinx

11:31 PM

Q: Wich State is this

Which state does the following riddle describe: A kingdom that deceives perception It is an illusion Entry by Magic potion