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12:11 AM

The grand opening of the Collapsible Robot Museum is just 1 week away in the robot nation of Robotia. The museum is unique because shortly after the museum closes, the building collapses into a flat plot of land and un-collapses prior to opening. Needless to say, any robot inside at the time of c...

Sphinx

12:50 AM

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Q: Code, don't know much about it

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NfFpueHApwewLLiImJqrhUiMhflJoaxOdxae6U2I5Yw/edit?usp=sharing 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 20 2d 2e 2e 2e 2e 20 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 20 20 20 20 20 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 20 2d 2e 2e 2e 2e 20 2e 2d 2d 2d 2d 20 20 20 20 20 2d 2d 2d 2d 2d 20 2d 2e 2e 2e 2e 20 2e 2d 2d 2d 2d 20 20 20 20 20 2...

steganography

North

Yo!

Hello?

Okay

Destructible Lemon

I'm trying to make a chess puzzle thing but it's pretty difficult

North

Hmm

I'm trying to be less anti-social but it's pretty difficult :P

Anyone want to play Codenames?

Sphinx

1:32 AM

Q: Tiling rectangles with Heptomino plus rectangle #6

Inspired by Polyomino T hexomino and rectangle packing into rectangle See also series Tiling rectangles with F pentomino plus rectangles and Tiling rectangles with Hexomino plus rectangle #1 Previous puzzle in this series Tiling rectangles with Heptomino plus rectangle #4 The goal is to tile r...

geometry computer-puzzle tiling polyomino

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Sphinx

4:44 AM

Q: Q: Decode this?

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NfFpueHApwewLLiImJqrhUiMhflJoaxOdxae6U2I5Yw/edit?usp=sharing My little brother needs help with this and we're both clueless so...?

cipher

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Mithrandir

6:49 AM

@rub puzzling.stackexchange.com/users/50105/georldlsan

Rubio

thanks, queued

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Sphinx

8:04 AM

Q: What are the missing digits?

What are the missing digits? |3|2|2| |1|8|8| |?|2|8| |2|4|4| |9|2|2| |2|5|?| I was given this puzzle by a friend and I just can't see anyway to solve it...

number-sequence

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Sid

12:03 PM

is Delta=D valid in cryptic clues?

(NATO phonetic alphabet, that is)

ManyPinkHats

12:53 PM

@Sid I would think so; I can definitely recall seeing Papa, Oscar, and Romeo used similarly in The Guardian's CCs

dcfyj

1:12 PM

@Sid I'm pretty sure yes, I believe I've seen Alpha used is CCs as well.

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dcfyj

2:15 PM

@Sid I did it again, I thought of a cool puzzle, but it's going to be really hard to make lol

Tumbler41

@Deusovi Google drive link for the CCCC archive seems to be wrong.

Sid

@dcfyj Hehe, I have a nice puzzle in mind but I am scared it could be too broad

dcfyj

Mine'll just be a pain to make (possibly solve too)

@Tumbler41 docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/…

Tumbler41

dcfyj

Odd, looking at those 2 they are the same...?

I see no difference in those links, yet one works and the other doesn't. How puzzling :P

Tumbler41

2:24 PM

It's different for me:
`https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sOR80-CRwBbb7odMLt2QRx_uEIefjovIOjFzZ_2VqoY/edit#gid=1924270515`

vs.

`https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1sOR80-CRwBbb7odMLt2QRx_uEIef%E2%80%8C%E2%80%8BjovIOjFzZ_2VqoY/edit#gid=1924270515`

dang link shortener!!

One has % encoding?

IDK

dcfyj

Edit your chat message? I want to see the full link (I believe it should show up in history)

huh, that's odd

I don't see the % encoding on mine (I do in your chat message though)

GentlePurpleRain

@Tumbler41 @Deusovi I fixed the link in the pinned message. It should work now.

Tumbler41

Yay! thx.

Deusovi

Whoops, my bad! Thanks for fixing it.

GentlePurpleRain

I didn't see any difference between the two links, but one worked for me and one didn't.

Tumbler41

2:33 PM

I think that chrome unobfuscates % encoding. If you copy the link address and paste it in an editor you can see the difference.

Gareth McCaughan

2:51 PM

Why there was ever a zero-width space in it, I have no idea.

dcfyj

Aliens

Rubio

@GarethMcCaughan Someone posted a "copy this blob to post the pin message" message, which because chat is subtly broken, includes a zero width space that was not actually part of the message as sent. So if you're copying and pasting from that attempt to be helpful, you're getting a broken link as a result. (@Deusovi)

Deusovi

Ah, of course. A zero-width space was added into the message. A completely reasonable thing to have happen when copy-pasting text in code blocks.

Sid

If i post a puzzle where the final question is : "create a wordsquare using these 4 words."(where you have to find out what the 4 words are). Does it count as "too broad"?

dcfyj

3:07 PM

@Deusovi excuses :P

Deusovi

@Sid What, like you get four words from crossword-style clues and you have to make a word square out of them? I don't see why that would be too broad.

Sid

Sort of, yeah.

I think multiple wordsquared can be made from 4 words, no?

Avigrail

3:19 PM

@sid I think there's a limited number of combinations so you could check them all out with a small piece of code

Sphinx

Q: The progenitor of libraries

Perhaps you know me, I come in many forms, Regarding cultures, I am their only norm. As common as the days of the year, I exist, Yearning for the truth? Come to me, I insist. Evoked in times of war and peace to help you, Right here I'll wait for all the faithful and true. Wha...

riddle rhyme knowledge

Q: A crazy puzzle: what am I?

Here's a crazy riddle for you. Figure out what I am, if you can: I'm gone before you know it, yet I go on and on and on... Can you tell me what am I?

mathematics

Deusovi

4:05 PM

Word squares are pretty restrictive. (In my semi-recent variety cryptic, I gave eight clues to words and had people assemble an asymmetric word square from them. There was a clear right answer.)

Dragonrage

@Rubio oh yeah, that thing again

Sphinx

5:00 PM

Q: Word Ladders go to the movies

You love movies. You had several (9) VHS tapes, neatly organized in their sleeves, up on a shelf. However, due to a certain incident, they've been mixed and their sleeves destroyed. Luckily, the first and last tapes were unaffected and can still be identified. You don't have time to watch the...

trivia movies word-ladder

Sphinx

5:16 PM

Q: Lighter Than Air

My first is in pleasure, but never in sleeping; My next is in smiles, but never in weeping. My third can be found in both lemons and limes; My fourth is in moments, but never in time. My fifth is in children, but not in their cries; My sixth is in girls, but is never in guys. My la...

riddle word rhyme

North

6:13 PM

MPH!

Long time no see(?) chat(?)

@ManyPinkHats are you busy, or are you up for Contact?

ManyPinkHats

I'd be up for Contact if there's enough people

in Contact, 1 min ago, by ManyPinkHats

Defending: R

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Sphinx

8:01 PM

Q: Twisted Connections

This is an entry into the Fortnightly Topic Challenge #36 The following is an Only-Connect wall seen in the BBC TV series. You have to divide the 16 words into groups of 4 each satisfying a specific condition. Now, before you complain, the 16 words aren't given. Instead, you have been given C...

enigmatic-puzzle cryptic-clues connect-wall

stacksfiller

8:49 PM

fun fact

the only numbers with their own Roman numeral in their name are five, seviin, and five hundred

Tumbler41

9:01 PM

seviin? lol

John Dvorak

9:38 PM

ein, tweii, treiii

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Gareth McCaughan

10:56 PM

@Sid Should those of us who saw your recent questions here refrain from attempting your "Twisted Connections" puzzle?

Avigrail

Link please

For the lazy folks (:

Gareth McCaughan

what, to Sid's puzzle? It's the most recent one linked here by the Sphinx.

(if you mean to his recent questions that may or may not give things away: no, of course I'm not going to link to those :-).)

Avigrail

11:17 PM

Found it already! Not the new one :D

Sphinx

Q: A Way With Words

this isn't really much of a puzzle. it's just showcasing some meta ideas i had Bacon is said to have more than one origin. aguglia, lingot, lancelle, ain, other reality, condemnation, balletic, bourgeoisie, portrayal primer, wave, or, callus, by Onagra, Chelidon, vitellin, aconitic acid, ass-...