An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #35: Restricted Title 1. Inspired by the title of this xkcd comic, but in no way related or affiliated beyond the shared name.
This is the stingray nebula:
Spectacular, isn't it?
This is a nebula map of another part of the sky:
Unfortunately, it...
The eldest son of Donald Louie Jensen, called Sven Donald Jensen, has like his father three sons.
Both of the youngest of the sons are called the same, Hewey and Dewey respectively, but Sven's oldest son is named after his grandpa's dad.
What are Sven's sons called?
/straw$/; # (3,5,5)
/\d+safety\d+/; # (6,6,2,7)
/^\@[67]+$/; # (10,2,2,5,3,6)
/(my |the high)way/; # (2,3,2,3,7)
/(Thomas|Richard|Harold)/g; # (5,3,4,3,5)
my $mouth =~ s/\b\w+\b//g; # (4,3,5,3,2,2,5)
s/it// || s/it/$1/; ...
This is an entry to the 19th Fortnightly topic challenge
Yesterday I got a package in the mail. Attached to its top was a letter:
Dear Alconja,
That's strange, I thought... Must have gone to the wrong user.
As a result of your excellent choice in purchasing a REJBÄS puzzle, you have be...
My prefix will make you shiver and shake
My infix is when you hesitate
My suffix is as strong as could be
My whole will baffle you totally.
I am new to Gephi and have watched a few videos about the use of software on YouTube. However, I am unable to arrange data (retrieved from Scopus) for making it acceptable to Gephi for developing authorship and institutional networks.
Please guide me how to arrange data (nodes and edges) to ma...
They cost ≈ $0.00833333333333333333333333333333 each.
(9) -_----_-_-----
Go! Intentionally fracture your fibula!
(8) -----_-_---
You are the joints of the lower appendages of a eusocial animal.
(4) --- --_---_--- -_-----*
I bequeath unto you the frigid glenohumeral joint.
(10) - -...
I do not get around much, but I am heavily debated,
You will not see me with your naked eyes, but my shadow exposes my disguise,
The further away from me you are, the less I seem real,
Your attraction towards me depends on where you are from, but it does not seem to matter a great deal,
Even ...
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #35: Restricted Title 1.
Factoring the Time
Think fast! If you're looking for meaning, these clocks have some for you.
Keyboards are Disgusting
Gunky keyboards can malfunction; for a deep clean, some boards have keys that can be removed and put back. ...
I was working at My God, it's full of stars! puzzle, when a sudden realisation came into my head: that I have a friend, who is also an astronaut, and that I have an appointment with him! We were gonna drink tea with crumpets and play board games.
Well, actually the appointment was due about two ...
Congrats! You've just escaped from this room
Still, it seems you are not free yet. You are in another room, again, a numeric pad next to a door with this message
Enter passcode: _ _ _ _ _ _
Remaining tries: 1
You are seeing this riddle on a screen on the wall, a mouse allow you to inter...
I come in storms,
Or out of the blue,
Some are good,
But only a few.
I steal your money,
And also your time,
I'm very valuable,
But I don't cost a dime.
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #35: Restricted Title 1.
We had a lot of hurricanes this season, so we had to come up with a new naming convention for them. We had several possibilities, but in the end voted on one that would support having thousands of hurricanes in a single year. Unfort...
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #35: Restricted Title 1.
I'm not really into Pokemon, you see
But a friend of mine is, as much as can be.
He goes on and on about this move and that,
And I can't be bothered to remember the smallest fact.
Recently, he described to me
A Pokem...
In the land of Puzzovania Sock Enrage:
More than 90% of the puzzles are tagged with both riddle and mathematics.
More than 90% of the puzzles are tagged with both riddle and logical-deduction.
Show that among the puzzles tagged with both mathematics and logical-deduction, more than 90% are al...
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #35: Restricted Title 1. Link to relevant xkcd.
The Voynich Manuscript is a book, dated to the 15th century, written in undeciphered script and full of odd, mystical recipes and diagrams. It's existence has puzzled the greatest minds in cryptography, ling...
Hi Im not exactly sure how this all works, but how does one begin to teach one to solve a cryptic poem if this is their first time. Thanks everyone!
