The Sphinx's Lair

Gareth McCaughan

14:00

@n_palum yes, I know it, but I haven't used it here because it isn't universally known and I prefer not to leak what might be regarded as private info.

Avantgarde

Nathan

Gareth McCaughan

(It is not Nathan, as it happens.)

n_palum

It was common in my hometown, which is PA

Avantgarde

Nefertiti

Sconibulus

I know I knew it at one point

TheGreatEscaper

14:00

xD

n_palum

@GarethMcCaughan Fair enough, it's not like you're all witches and will use my name to control me

Rubio

oh, I totally will

Deusovi

Wait, we're not witches? What am I doing here then?

n_palum

This still doesn't help solve the joke cc! It's funny!

Avantgarde

Be careful @n_palum, we all have your voodoo doll

TheGreatEscaper

14:01

My name is Christine o'Donnell.

I'm not a witch.

Sconibulus

fear of the name increases fear of the thing itself

TheGreatEscaper

I'm you

Sconibulus

so if you want to be truly terrifying, put a taboo that attacks anyone who says your name

n_palum

That's what the middle name is for

Sconibulus

Nacreous Plum

Deusovi

14:02

I'm pretty sure my name is fairly common knowledge here too.

Sconibulus

that would actually probably be gorgeous

Gareth McCaughan

@Deusovi your first name and last initial are common knowledge

I don't think your surname is

Avantgarde

I don't know anyone's name here.

Gareth McCaughan

@Avantgarde you might be able to guess mine

Avantgarde

I thought that was a name yeah @Gareth

n_palum

14:03

I know Deus' full name because it's the same as someone at my school, in my major, but it's not him

Ankoganit

That reminds me, the other day I was looking at your thesis @GarethMcCaughan . Didn't understand a lot, but I haven't seen many papers with that many pretty pictures.

Deusovi

it'd be cool if it were me though :P

n_palum

Here's my hint - dcfyj just said to come up with a word to make CCs

Sconibulus

@TheGreatEscaper Hmm, interesting solution, but it seems way more complicated than mine was :)

TheGreatEscaper

Yeah, that's why I liked yours.

Gareth McCaughan

14:04

@Ankoganit Wow. I don't think it gets a lot of reading.

n_palum

@Deusovi It could have been you, but you're way South

Gareth McCaughan

(but yes, I was pleased with the pictures)

Deusovi

I've worn my Puzzling shirt in public a lot - so far, nobody's recognized it :c

Avantgarde

PuzzlingSE?

Ankoganit

@GarethMcCaughan I'm in the habit of looking at the works of cool people

Deusovi

14:05

@Avantgarde Yep.

Avantgarde

@Deusovi Oh wow. Didn't know they make tshirts too. Is that for every SE?

Sconibulus

I got an Arqade shirt in the Heart of the Swarm event, nobody has commented on it

n_palum

I've read a bunch of Gareth's stuff, just not the thesis :P

Deusovi

I think they only give them out during graduation and other special events.

Sconibulus

we should have an event for reasons

n_palum

14:06

@Techidiot I think the next 4C is on you btw

Rubio

is the PSE shirt only available in white?

Deusovi

I believe so.

n_palum

Rubio's a gothic who only wears ~~bright pink~~ black shirts.

Rubio

pity. it would have looked cool on black

TheGreatEscaper

Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh????????????????? THere's a PSE TSHIRT

Deusovi

14:09

yup

Gareth McCaughan

Some of us have two.

n_palum

Well aren't you just a special Puzzler

Rubio

@n_palum I wear a lot of black from time to time. I've had a very fitting role in Spyfall a couple of times now, that matches why.

TheGreatEscaper

:O I am jealous

Gareth McCaughan

@n_palum Why yes, yes I am. :-)

n_palum

14:10

@Rubio You're a spy too?!

Rubio

@GarethMcCaughan two?

when I get "Theater / Stage hand" I grin a little.

I've gotten that twice while we've played here

n_palum

I either wear whites/black/greys or bright colors

thecoder16

i wear neon every day i can

Avantgarde

sparkling

Deusovi

Gareth, you have two? Lucky.

Gareth McCaughan

14:13

@Rubio yes, two. They gave a bunch out a while ago to the ?10?20? people with most rep.

Deusovi

More than that.

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Q: Puzzling Stack Exchange - Top User Swag!

We want to congratulate and thank everyone that helped this site and community grow healthily into what they are today! If you can find your name among the top 72 users in the first two pages here, we have a surprise for you! We want to send you a token of our appreciation for being among the mo...

72.

Rubio

@GarethMcCaughan Pity I missed that

I think I'm #7 now?

Ankoganit

I was around then, but didn't have enough rep :(

Gareth McCaughan

@Rubio Looks like it!

n_palum

And I'm a solid #170! Bus Driver Bob is takin' me to the top

Sp3000

14:20

Still waiting for PPCG swag :P (even though I'm not as active there any more currently)

Techidiot

CCCC:Centre is not even bunch less than or equal to us(7)

Not sure if it means anything :p

TheGreatEscaper

Ahhhhhh! I'm in the first two pages :D

Deusovi

You are now.

Were you last August?

TheGreatEscaper

14:37

Nope!

I wasn't expecting a tshirt, just happy that there's a bit of security for whenever something happens.

Forklift

14:53

That joke answer on Bob the Bus Driver is amazing.

n_palum

I'm mad that it was updated after. I would've made a crazy story but it was a basic picture.

Forklift

oh, ha didn't notice

so many upvotes for your answer...

n_palum

It's been around hnq for some reason

Forklift

well, nice rep haul anyway :)

n_palum

I wish the image was like that first, I would've given a short answer, and then a story. But now I'd look like a copycat

Forklift

14:57

true. let user#### have their moment in the sun, which as I've recently learned rises in the east

n_palum

Heh

Deusovi

15:16

yeah, HNQ happens to all the simple questions. it's annoying

n_palum

SO many people are being nitpicky

dcfyj

?

n_palum

and now with all the edits they're nitpicking more

If the bus is facing north, the sun would not be shining on it and the ice would not be melting there. In fact, the snow on top of the bus would be melting then refreezing as ice on the windshield MORE on the east side of the bus. The ice position on the windshield is backwards. — Keeta 1 min ago

dcfyj

ok...?

n_palum

I don't get it

dcfyj

15:18

Not like the guy even needs to use the bus as a compass... The sun is right there!

n_palum

rolling my eyes infinitely

Also that infinite bread question... like really

dcfyj

lol

Deusovi

I'm surprised it wasn't closed as too broad.

Or opinion-based.

n_palum

I'm not allowed to vote on that so all I could do was downvote

Sphinx

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Q: How will Y lose the game?

X and Y are playing a game. There are eleven coins on the table and each player must pick up at least one coin but not more than five in a turn. The person picking up the last coin loses. X starts. How many should he pick up to start to ensure a win no matter what strategy Y employs? Is there a ...

mathematics strategy combinatorics game coins

n_palum

15:22

This guy....

dcfyj

?

n_palum

All his comments

I don't the point in trying to poke so many holes in it..

dcfyj

shrug ignore, move on

n_palum

@Deusovi puzzling.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5966/… Been featured for a month now, I think it's good :P

Deusovi

True. I unfeatured it.

n_palum

15:25

Kewl

dcfyj

On a side note, I'm pretty sure that bus driver drove over (at least) one of the kids he was supposed to pick up.

n_palum

Details details

"I drive a bus in Michigan" @_@

dcfyj

Exactly, there's red stuff on the tire, probably blood.

n_palum

If you look close it's a person

Deusovi

I removed that answer. It was clearly not serious, and didn't even use information from the question itself for the actual direction.

dcfyj

15:33

@n_palum yeah, kind of, also kind of disturbing.

n_palum

@Deusovi ? Did they actually answer?

dcfyj

@Deusovi what answer?

n_palum

That is someone

What even

dcfyj

like I said, kind of disturbing lol

Deusovi

That one.

TheGreatEscaper

15:35

Aw. It was a fun read.

n_palum

Oh? I didn't dislike that one... It was a funny lateral thinking bit and OP didn't seem to mind

dcfyj

And that got 12 upvotes? what?

n_palum

My issue is with Mr I'm a bus driver this is realistically wrong, your puzzle's wrong

dcfyj

The only thing it has to do with the question is the fact that it has a guy named bob and a bus in it.

TheGreatEscaper

It was very self-aware in it's irrelevance and irreverence.

n_palum

15:36

By that logic of removing it, the other two 0/-1 answers are irrelevant too

Deusovi

Okay. That doesn't suddenly make it relevant.

TheGreatEscaper

(It doesn't; you're doing a good job as a moderator)

( I can still be sad about seeing it go )

dcfyj

@n_palum Like I said in my comment, that's ok, because it's a puzzle, ergo not real

@TheGreatEscaper That's ok, it will live on in TSL's transcript.

n_palum

Yeah I know

I just get irked by needless nonsense like that

Lukas Rotter

16:30

Should a puzzle that is extremely tedious to solve without any programming knowledge but contains a hidden link to a JSFiddle be tagged computer-puzzle? I'm not sure, since you don't have to have programming knowledge as long as you find the link...

Deusovi

Hm, I don't think so. It's up to you though. If it's expected to be solved with programming knowledge, then use the tag.

Gareth McCaughan

I'm pretty unenthusiastic, though, about a puzzle that you're supposed to solve by finding a hidden link. Unless it's explicitly a stego puzzle or something like that.

Lukas Rotter

Well, if you treat the puzzle as completely self-contained, it would definitely require programming. The link is more of a bonus for lazy/unexpierenced people :P So in that sense it's kinda expected to be solved with programming knowledge.

Gareth McCaughan

I mean, is it meant to be "about" whatever-it's-actually-about, or is it meant to be "about" guessing that hitting the edit button might reveal something useful? (Or whatever the mechanism is by which solvers might find this hidden link.)

Lukas Rotter

The puzzle itself is meant to be about whatever it's actually about. Finding the link is an "easter-egg" which will save you a bit of time.

(It's simple code, so the required knowledge for solving it without the link would still be reasonable IMO)

Gareth McCaughan

16:42

Definitely not keen on puzzles that do that. But obviously it's up to you :-).

Deusovi

Yeah, I don't see a need for the link to be hidden.

n_palum

As long as it's not python

Gareth McCaughan

isn't JSFiddle necessarily JavaScript?

(personally I prefer Python to JS for most purposes)

n_palum

You can put a few things in Fiddle I think

M Oehm

Ditto, but JS can be handy when you need to visualise something quickly on a canvas or if you need a quick-and-dirty interactivity.

dcfyj

16:48

Fiddle, reminds me of a game I used to play

Lukas Rotter

Apparently it supports JavaScript, CoffeScript, TypeScript, Babel + JSX - Pretty much the same thing as far as I'm concerned :P

Gareth McCaughan

yeah, those are all Javascript, with more or less of a light disguise.

Sconibulus

it could be a JS interpreter of some other language!

I'm hoping for ProLog

Rubio

17:01

@Techidiot NUCLEUS is Centre; not apparently gives N; even bUnCh; less than or equal to (LE); US

Deusovi

17:28

if any of you are having a bad day, look at this dog

you are no longer having a bad day

dcfyj

Cute, but I'm not much of a dog person

Deusovi

I don't really have a preference between dogs and cats. As long as they're friendly, I love them both

n_palum

@Deusovi Is that even real!?

Deusovi

yup! golden retrievers are great

Sconibulus

Is that a Golden or a Lab?

it's a little hard to tell when they're that young :)

n_palum

17:32

No I mean like, it looks like it's lower half is smooshed

Deusovi

oh, I think that's just a weird perspective thing or something

dcfyj

That's just the camera angle

n_palum

Do you know this pupper

Deusovi

unfortunately I do not

n_palum

What a shame

Lukas Rotter

17:36

"Psychologists hate him! One weird trick to ward off depression!" lol

n_palum

Heh

Deusovi

to make up for that, here's a picture of my cat

n_palum

Is your cat missing a leg?!

Deusovi

yup!

Avantgarde

Pulling Dog's Tongue

►

n_palum

17:38

:O they look so happy though

I'm debating adopting a cat next year since a dog is too much during school

Deusovi

her name is Nala, but we sometimes call her Tripod

n_palum

that's amazing

my girlfriend's dog is named Nala

Avantgarde

:O Deus is your gf

n_palum

wat

Avantgarde

in disguise

n_palum

17:41

erm...

no?

Avantgarde

:P

We didn't play spyfall even though a few were up for it

yesterday

Sconibulus

I need to get a puppy soon

Rubio

@Deusovi There's a website called tri-pawed

for pets with a missing limb

Sconibulus

I miss having a puppy

Deusovi

oh my god

Rubio

17:46

er sorry tripawds

tripawds.com

Deusovi

@Sconibulus everyone needs a puppy (or a cat if a puppy isn't feasible for their living situation for some reason, or if they just prefer cats)

Sconibulus

I have two cats, but bought a house in march and now have puppy-space

Rubio

I stumbled across it looking for info on the lymphoma my resident furry friend has in his tarsus

Sconibulus

so sometime before the end of the year I hope to get a puppy

n_palum

Get da pupper and share them with us!

n_palum

18:55

What do our British residents call Subs(Submarines?), Hoagies, Grinders, etc? (Long sandwhich roll, like subway)

Gareth McCaughan

I don't think we have a widely used special term for them. We have Subway over here, and I expect they call their products subs or submarine rolls or something (I don't know; I don't think I've actually been in a Subway), but the term doesn't seem to have spread.

n_palum

Is it just a sandwich then? Or something else?

Jan Dvorak

19:19

Sandwich, I'd guess

Gareth McCaughan

yeah, I think I'd just call it a sandwich. No more need for a special word than there is for (say) a sandwich made with brown bread, or a sandwich containing mayonnaise.

n_palum

Well subs can contain all sorts of stuff!

ffao

20:20

I agree with the no need for a different word camp

we have too many already

Deusovi

We have three words - subs, hoagies, and grinders. I'm fine with one, but three is too many.

n_palum

20:38

Hoagies is the right one

Sphinx

0

Q: What is a corny word?

This is based on the What is a Word/Phrase™ series of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles, started by JLee. If a word follows a certain rule, then I call it a Corny Word™. Use the example word lists below to find the rule. Each word can be tested for whether it is a Corny Word™ without depending on oth...

pattern word-property

Puzzling Meta

21:11

0

Q: "Bus Driver Bob's Dilema" answer deleted by Deusovi

I put a bit of work into answering a picture based question based on details in the drawing, and it was deleted by a moderator with the comment Since this is not a serious attempt to answer the question, it has been removed. Could Deusovi reconsider? If you have questions on the story illustr...

discussion

Gareth McCaughan

if anyone's in the mood, there's a Contact game in progress which would not be harmed by a couple more attackers.

(It just finished and it's possible that Contacters will reconvene in half an hour to an hour.)

n_palum

@PuzzlingMeta @Deusovi you'll have to write up some sort of response

feelinferrety

21:30

Arriving late to the sandwich party, but parts of the US also calls the same thing a hero, so we're up to at least 4.

n_palum

That's almost as bad as grinder

Sphinx

21:55

0

Q: Ogres Are Like Onions

link if needed Code for stand-online capability (WARNING - CONTAINS SPOILERS): title Ogres Are Like Onions author TheGreatEscaper flickscreen 12x12 ======== OBJECTS ======== Background darkbrown brown 00000 01000 00001 00000 10000 Special1 darkbrown darkgreen 00000 01000 00001 00000 10000 ...

computer-puzzle

Deusovi

22:09

@n_palum Wow, I'd've thought it was obvious why that was deleted.

n_palum

Meh guess not

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