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2:19 AM
Any admins in here?
 
 
1 hour later…
3:30 AM
Anyone for Contact?
 
Hi Pho
 
o/
 
How is it going?
 
No one's playing contact and I'm bored
 
What is contact?
 
3:37 AM
It's a game we play. A lot.

 Contact

For playing the game Contact, where one person tries to "defend"...
I was hoping some people would be chatting here but it seems quiet.
 
Can you tldr me? ^_^'
 
Rules pinned to the star board of that room
 
So you come up with a word and people try to guess it?
 
Yep
It's a bit more complicated than that
 
Don't play contact, play codenames!
Codenames is so much better
 
3:42 AM
Turf war?
 
Don't we need someone who can use the bot to play codenames.
 
What's so great about codenames?
Tell me via elaborate song and dance
 
I can use the bot
Plus, back in the good old days there was no bot... That feels so long ago now
@Topple Codenames?
 
I don't know this game yet
 
@Topple That's fine

 Codenames

For playing the game Codenames. New players, see puzzling.meta...
 
3:49 AM
@Topple Don't worry, it's really simple
 
Do we play in the other room I guess?
 
Yes
 
4:48 AM
What do you guys think about doing things into a hole
like slipping into one, etc
 
oi
no
 
Hey, only discuss in the codenames room
 
Clicked the wrong tab
 
Okay, sorry about that
I thought you were having a secret team meeting
 
No worries. Nah
 
 
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5:52 AM
@Randal'Thor , during an interval my user name was @hmmn. Hmm. You can immgn why that didn't last.
Yes! Same as now, I just don't know the words.
 
6:06 AM
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Q: Magician's hide and seek with 8 cards

ais523 This question is a followup to this question by @Wen1now. After demonstrating the previous trick, the magician decided to make things a bit harder, discarding some cards so that only eight were left. The trick was much the same as before: The assistant started by calling up an audience mem...

 
 
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12:17 PM
0
Q: Can you build a Rubik's Cube? [Part 2]

prog_SAHILYou are given an disassembled Rubik's cube (Detachable centers,corners and edges). You are then blindfolded. If you assemble the cube while being blindfolded. What is the probability that the cube you have assembled can be solved as a standard 3x3 Rubik's cube?

 
12:30 PM
0
Q: Remove two digit/symbol to find equality

OrayFind the equality by removing any two digits or symbols (of course, expect equal sign) $4\div3+63=9-23\times7\div3$ For example, if the equation below was given, Example: $91-81=45+12\div3-85$ the answer would be by removing $1$ and $\div$: $91-8=45+123-85$

 
1:29 PM
@Rubio Ah, you know me and my slowness to accept answers :-) That multiple of 5 has got to be preserved!
... passing through ...
... calling for opinions ...
I've discovered a "real life puzzle" - one created and published by someone else, with no published solution - towards whose solution I've made some progress but not enough to complete it. What would people think of me posting the essential puzzle itself as a question and my own partial solution as a self-answer?
My partial solution contains a lot of information which took me a long time to collate and which is necessary for the solution of the whole puzzle. I could put it into the question, thus turning it into a "I've tried to solve this puzzle, got this far and got stuck, please help". But it seems more pure and elegant to keep the question for just the puzzle and a partial answer in an answer.
My main worry is that it could be seen as a rep-grab, as self-answers sometimes are in general.
 
1:50 PM
0
Q: The Determinant Sudoku

MCCCS The determinants of $2\times 2$ matrices are calculated this way: $$\det\begin{bmatrix}a & b \\c & d \end{bmatrix}=ad-bc$$ And here's the sudoku-determinant puzzle: What's the solution for this sudoku? The original puzzle can be found here, Thanks for reddit user Wizediablo for sharing...

 
2:07 PM
@humn Word to the wise: on Puzzling, fun is our bread and butter, but on most SE sites, fun is anathema. Your quirky ramblings, which to us here (including mods) are lovable and an irreplaceable part of the decor, are liable to get you insulted or kicked out in more 'serious' chatrooms - as you've unfortunately discovered. Of course, this ties in to my previous words about different sites having different atmospheres.
Some of these differences are also dependent on specific people and not just the overall nature of the sites. Another word to the wise: if you find the atmosphere on some of these sites not to your liking, it's better to quietly leave than to start arguing with people who'll likely never come round to your point of view anyway. The alternative path could be a very long and dangerous one. (I know whereof I speak.)
@humn Another note: I was fascinated to learn what your native language is! Your English is very good, if I may say so; I love wordplay myself, but I'm always particularly impressed by people who can wordplay so eloquently in what is for them a second language. Also, I've been to (what is presumably) your native country and still remember some words of the language :-)
 
@Randal'Thor I don't see any issues with that, and as long as what you have is substantial, I don't think it'll be seen as a rep grab.
Also, wow! humn's native language isn't English? That's impressive.
 
@Deusovi I've been following him in the transcript of another room (which he linked me to specifically - I promise I'm not stalking!)
Without looking, I wonder if anyone here can guess what his native language is :-)
@Deusovi Thanks; I'll try to get it all written up later today.
 
Sid
@Sphinx Interesting puzzle.. Another variant of the sudoku...
 
Oh goody, Deus is up
 
Sid
That CCCC is lying unsolved for days now...
@Randal'Thor 5 of your puzzles waiting to have their answers accepted..
 
2:35 PM
Oh, then he can accept all of them and maintain that 0 mod 5 thing
 
Ah, but then what if someone downvotes me?
 
Then you'll lose the 0mod5-ness anyway
 
1
Q: How to play Japanese mahjong part 1: Forming hands

Sp3000Have you ever wanted to learn mahjong but thought the game was too complex to get started? Well this puzzle will help you learn the basics of forming hands! So come on, what are you waiting for? Solving notes: Click images to view them in their original sizes. No transcriptions have been prov...

 
@Sphinx Wow
This looks fun
 
@Ankoganit But I'll have some leeway in answers to accept. If I accept all 5 of them now, then I can't compensate for downvotes.
 
2:45 PM
Ok, I guess you know your strategy best :P
 
3:06 PM
Does anyone know why stack's imgur sometimes turns png's into jpg's after uploading?
 
3:27 PM
@Ankoganit no idea. something might be on meta about it
 
4:21 PM
The archive left the board
 
4:37 PM
0
Q: The Hymns of the Lord - How Many Slates?

JoshFrom Dante's Infernal Puzzle Collection: Excessive thrift, I learned, may be a sin, when love of wealth does triumph over all, and man forgets his duties to his Lord. In that dark place a preacher grey I found, clutching to himself a chest of slates. In broken words, he told me of the way in w...

 
5:08 PM
@rubio will post and repin
 
CCCC is Cryptic Clue Chat Chains! Latest clue is ⤴ there! Join the fun! See Deusovi's Cryptic Clue Guide and GPR's Archive & Statistics of past clues.
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That's not your line!
 
Yes, yes. Ban me for plagiarism. :)
 
Searches for the button
I can't find it! We're doomed!
 
Its fine, rubio still needs to ban rubio
 
5:16 PM
Just popping in, I'll be out for a while. Have a happy, y'all.
 
Happy happy
 
@Rubio I'll take it as you banning Rubio for some time.
 
Thanks for your help, but turns out I didn't need it lol :P
 
5:37 PM
I see how it is
Are we going to get a stern talking to :P
 
Which is really weird, as I could swear a message popped up saying 'You have reached the maximum amount of answers on this question'. But I just posted a test answer (now deleted) and it allowed it
And yes I don't think Matsmath was particularly impressed :P
 
At the end of the day, does it really matter? Was anyone harmed?
 
tbh I'm not quite sure about what he's unhappy about
And also it turns out i haven't circumnavigated any restrictions so I haven't done anything wrong
Lol @n_palum I just got told off. You were right indeed
 
@_@
sighs
 
 
1 hour later…
7:09 PM
0
Q: Can you solve this kakuro puzzle?

Topple This kakuro puzzle comes from the newest edition of Topple, an indie puzzle magazine I run. For those who are unfamiliar with kakuro, here are some instructions: Kakuro consists of a blank grid with sum-clues in various places. The object is to fill all empty squares using numbers 1 to 9 so t...

 
@Ankoganit Is your image larger? It could be compressing images after a certain threshold
 
 
1 hour later…
8:32 PM
@Sp3000 - recheck the first row in the "triples" section of your Mahjong learning puzzle?
Specifically, the upper left triplet?
 
9:01 PM
Anyone up for codenames
 
maybe
 
I promise to not try to SM
lol
 
@Randal'Thor question for you
 
9:21 PM
@Passerby other people may be able to help you; why not just post your question here?
 
It may be rand specific?
 
@Mithrandir its not that type of question
 
...what kind is it then? Something about Rand specifically?
 
9:52 PM
What keeps playing a comm sound btw? new person joining the room?
Wait, that may be chat.meta making the sound.
Yep. cdn-chat.sstatic.net/chat/meta2.mp3 ignore those last two comments.
 
kewl sound! must sample for future songs :P
 
i thought your name was tricorder for a second
 
hmm.
 
10:53 PM
@Sp3000: Never mind about that upper left triplet.
 
@Passerby Oh hello. 'Sup?
(working on a sudoku+, may be in and out a bit)
 
Just wondering how many times someone has to say
you know, forget it. Let me not turn over a hornets nest.
Enjoy your sudoku
(wait, plus? whats a sudoku plus)
 
@Passerby :-)
Hornets' nests can be bad things to turn over.
@Passerby Sudoku with extra tricky bits:
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Q: The Determinant Sudoku

MCCCS The determinants of $2\times 2$ matrices are calculated this way: $$\det\begin{bmatrix}a & b \\c & d \end{bmatrix}=ad-bc$$ And here's the sudoku-determinant puzzle: What's the solution for this sudoku? The original puzzle can be found here, Thanks for reddit user Wizediablo for sharing...

Just ordinary sudokus aren't interesting enough to challenge PSE people! :-P
 
Well, no-one ever accused you of not being a masochist
lol
 
Are you joining up to Puzzling, or just came here to chat?
 
11:00 PM
Idk about you guys, but I'm here to hopefully play Codenames or Contact.
Anyone else?
 
I don't even know what this Codenames thing is. Been out of it for too long.
I might be up for Contact, but two isn't enough.
 
In order to play codenames, we need someone with permissions to operate the bot.
 
@Deusovi still here?
 
Chat. But c'est la vie.
see ya
 
@Randal'Thor We have 3, counting Helka Homba in the room rn.
But yeah, that's not enough.
 
11:08 PM
I'm here, hey!
@Randal'Thor
 
That makes 4, which is enough, I think.
Or we could play Codenames.
 
<o/
 
@Phoenix If we play Codenames, someone will have to teach me.
 
Hi
 
Codenames isn't a difficult game.
 
11:10 PM
@Randal'Thor Sure thing!

 Codenames

For playing the game Codenames. New players, see puzzling.meta...
 
@n_palum Is that a ... rocket emoji?
 
I think it's a mutation of the o/ sign
 
Sp started it
He wanted to flex while raising his hand
 
Ok, Codenames it is!
@n_palum can you play?
 
My fingers work, so I am technically capable
 
11:12 PM
@n_palum Oh right, a one-armed stretch and yawn?
Like Jon Mark Perry's avatar used to be.
 
Although I spilled a bit of gatorade and my a and shift key are a bit more stuck and clicky ;_;
@Randal'Thor Somethin' like that
 

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