« first day (3458 days earlier)      last day (482 days later) » 

02:31
I think "(to) authenticate software" is unlikely to be the def
02:43
doesn't leave a lot of meat for the wordplay though
a word for "share" plus a word for "plan"?
03:12
that could be why they said it was unlikely
03:39
right, i can't read
wish i could say that was the dumbest thing i've written today but you should see the code i'm trying to compile
 
1 hour later…
04:44
relatable
@oAlt the only thing I can think for that is CHECKSUM, and I don't see wordplay for that
05:33
-1
Q: Improving Judgement pill problem

user55665484375Lets say there are 10 different pills that improve or impair judgement each assigned a rating (1-10) of increasing or impairing your judgement (1 stupid, 5 normal, 10 super smart) You currently know of one pill that results in 8/10 judgement Now each day you are one of these pills you earn a cert...

 
2 hours later…
07:51
this is annoying i suck at puzzle creation you sure
 
1 hour later…
09:11
C4 hint: Wiktionary tells me that hyphenation is not required.
aha, so you really mean "to aut-henticate"
 
2 hours later…
11:02
0
Q: Shuffled binary numbers

Dmitry KamenetskyHere are 0 to 15 in binary: 0 1 10 11 100 101 110 111 1000 1001 1010 1011 1100 1101 1110 1111 I have shuffled and concatenated them to obtain this string: 11001011011011111101110011001110111010111010001101 Can you recover the order of each binary number in this string? No computers are allowed.

11:20
@DanielS CODESIGN = ddef of 'Share plan' (co-design, hyphen optional) and 'authenticate software' (code-sign, hyphen optional)
11:42
Ah, nice find
Thanks. I couldn't shake the feeling that 'authenticate software' might be a unit, and a google search for 'word meaning "authenticate software"' turned up this as the first hit, and then it clicked!
 
1 hour later…
12:47
that is clever
13:46
1
Q: Move a coin without touching it

Nuclear HoagieThere are three coins lying flat on a table, arranged in a straight line with their edges touching. Call the coins A, B, and C (B is in the middle). Here are the rules: You can touch and move only Coin A. You can touch Coin B, but it cannot move. You cannot touch Coin C. Coin A cannot touch Coin...

0
Q: Finding solution from reading computer language puzzle

Attila VajdaHow to improve this puzzle? The task is to find a result, like a number from 1 to 10 from reading and understanding code. For example: result = 0 for num in range(0,11): if sympy.isprime(num): result = num break print(result) I found that I struggle with reading code, and dev...

14:10
0
Q: Filling in an 8x8 minesweeper grid with mines (Day 9: Complex mines)

CrSb0001Contains: Complex mines ($i$ mines, where $i:=\sqrt{-1}$), Anti mines (-1 mines) Note: This is in conjunction with my Minesweeper puzzles Sorry for not posting a Minesweeper puzzle yesterday. I will try my best to get Day 10 and 11 out tomorrow So the gimmick today is that there are complex mine...

 
2 hours later…
16:30
0
Q: Button multi arm bandit problem

user55665484375lets say you have the following buttons labeled a - j to press that would earn you the following amount of money: a: $6 b: $9 c: $15 d: $26 e: $45 f: $78 g: $136 h: $416 i: $728 j: $1274 and you have two weeks to earn the most amount of money now lets say you know from the start that the g butto...

16:53
0
Q: A 10x9 Hidato puzzle with a cipher

CrSb0001rot18(A se zgfwkldq jwsddq tsv sl ujwslafy hmrrdwk kg zghwxmddq sl kgew hgafl A sulmsddq kzgo aehjgnwewfl dgd) You might note that something is off about the following Hidato puzzle. Well, I guess in a way, there is nothing off about it. The only thing is, there is a cipher at the end of the puz...

 
1 hour later…
18:04
0
Q: Someone is going to get fired for this!

dsollenA fire has erupted in at a house. When the fire department arrives three people, Riley, Billy, and Bob, are all trapped inside the house. Riley is conscious and able to call out of a window for help, but by then Billy and Bob are both alive but unconscious and in no condition to rescue themselv...

 
1 hour later…
19:14
0
Q: Prove that in an n*(n+1) table filled with integers, we can always cross out some columns and make the sum of the integers in each row, even

Hemant AgarwalThe boxes of an n * (n+1) table ( n rows and n+1 columns) are filled with integers. Prove that one can cross out several columns ( not all of them ) so that after this operation, the sum of the numbers in each row is even. From the book, Mathematical circles Russian experience.

 
2 hours later…
20:47
@Stiv Correct! (apologies for extended AFK)
21:04
Cool.
CCCC: Great wealth without explanation - terminate communication (5)
21:44
@Stiv g host
@msh210 That's the one :)
CCCC: Ordinary of Mass on organ, right down to the end, is taken from inthebeginning.com (6,2,6)

« first day (3458 days earlier)      last day (482 days later) »