Also, I'm applying to an internship and they want me to list "relevant research experience". I don't have any research experience, that's why I'm applying!
I'm taking the course in my school which is basically Lab Experience - you do a bunch of cool, practical experiments while learning about how science works. Unless you take it during COVID, then you do simulations of experiments while learning about how science works.
I was taking it specifically to get experience for this internship. Ugh. COIVD.
My mom has decided to put just enough money from the bank account into the mortgage, so that their assets are under the arbitrary must-report-exact-amounts limit of the FAFSA
@Sciborg if it helps, I like lots a blue clothes and Marvel T-shirts. So I'm currently wearing a blue jacket (with broken zipper but nice pockets), a SHIELD T-shirt, and jean shorts.
But it seems to me that "we need something to talk about" is seldom true, at least in a forum like this as opposed to a one-on-one conversation that could get awkward if there are long silences.
One of my friend in America has sent me some codes to show where he lives.
ROY, LYS, INI, RAC, NIL, ROE, RAM, YES, CIT, DOH, SAM, IHS
Can you figure out where in America he is?
This is the sixth Chain Puzzle in the Tabletop Games series, in which all puzzles are themed around board games, card games, tile games, and the like. The answer to this puzzle is a thematic word or phrase. The solver whose answer is awarded the green checkmark has first refusal on the opportunit...
I cant believe you gave the answer to him, you gave mr no time to correct my mistake and after you led me to believe there was not one SMH. I also worked out the bulk of it. — Deepthinker10151 secs ago
I'm prepping for this math contest and I've been given notice that the special question is a magic square
(this is Caribou Contest, they tell you on their website what the special question is a couple weeks prior so this should be legal). So naturally I decided to go take a look at what a magic s...
@Sphinx first lines are basically saying "this is from a contest that hasn't ended yet, but it's totally legit so give me help on finding an answer". Though I'm not sure exactly how to rate it, since the question isn't actually directly from a contest. Please advise, someone else?
The tag [mathematics] is supposed to be used for math puzzles and not math problems, as defined in this meta post. We here at Puzzling define a math puzzle as one which has a non-intuitive or elegant solution. This question has ill-defined rules, and no clear, neat method of solving. Therefore it is unacceptable.
"Students are to write the test individually, with no outside help (i.e. from other students, parents, teachers, cheatsheets, textbooks, **the internet** etc.). "
I wonder if lol & Jingbo are the same person - one asked two extremely low-quality questions, the other answered almost immediately with extremely low-quality answers, and the answers were accepted immediately with (one with a very positive comment)
for people asking about the "caribou contest" question: it appears to be perfectly fine. the test has not happened yet, and they have just published that it would be about magic squares. it's not an ongoing competition, but preparing for a competition yet to begin, which is perfectly fine
My smart and beautiful daughter Sophie gave me this puzzle the other day... What do each of these letters and numbers stand for and why?
-4 + R = AOTC
-4 + PA = SR
11 + P = OA
17 + DOTM = CES
18 + EDT = BOAPW
18 + COPR = SAP
19 + POS = Z
20 + TLP = AS
The God's number for the 3x3 cube is already established and proven to be 20 moves.
Is there any higher bound computed for the 4x4 fewest move bound, via brute force computation algorithms.
My friend, Sev, sent me some clues to tell where he is:
Hinder, order, tales, existence, diary, razor
Using these clues, I could figure out where he is. Can you get the answer?
This question comes from www.test-iq.org's free demo IQ test. I took the extremely short test just for fun. I had no problem in doing the other questions, but I have problem in doing this question:
I did find out a pattern in the shapes in the squares, but I did not find out a pattern that gover...
Unpopular opinion: I don't have a strong hatred of riley riddles. I recognize that some are bad, many are in the middle, and a few are the best, but if I were to encounter a riley riddle at all I would never vomit at the sight of it.
I saw this on Grandpa's desk today.
"Is this some kind of clock?", I asked him
His usual non-answer reply
"May be. At my age this is all I need- timewise-son"
What is it? How can we explain the time--if that is what it is.
Note: There are three types of locks in the system that work differently from most locks: the "historical significance" lock, the "comments only" lock, and the "policy" lock. Such types of locks are not covered here, but you can find information about them in the following posts:
What is a histo...
Because the best way to get a checkmark is to insult the poster's intelligence and then throw in some extra insults for people who come along and gently ask you to stop
"@Deepthinker101 Please stop. Not getting a checkmark doesn't mean you can harass the OP or the other answerer. As much as you did do most of the work, you did not finish it, whatever the reason may be. Please be respectful of the OP's decision and please move on. Thank you."
Puzzling SE is a collaborative, friendly site, there's no need for them to be toxic by accusing people of "stealing" answers - we all work together on answers, you literally cannot "steal" here.
Like Avi and I worked collaboratively on one of the C4 solutions, I would never accuse them of stealing my work, we shared credit on it and it was all in fun.
There's literally no concept of stealing here because it is a collab site by nature.
And if someone else swoops in with the same answer, but much better explained... that's not stealing, that's someone taking inspiration and improving on it.
Exactly, I think bobble when I was new here and posted a partial answer on a riddle, you commented to say it was good but not complete, so I deleted it so somebody else could polish it up and finish it. But like they didn't steal anything from me by doing that, they just finished and improved what I did.
Right. I've had several where I post an intuitive answer, and somebody more mathematically inclined offers a true proof. The green checkmark is entirely up to the puzzle creator, and it's really not that big of a deal
@bobble I mean, I do think you can steal answers, but if you make a mistake and your answer is wrong, someone else can either comment to improve it or make their own answer. And it's a new user! Let them have it! sigh
Damn Bobble you're almost at the same rep as I am, except I have waaaay more questions & answers compared to you. That means you have waaay more good posts than me :P
I've always been the person who likes to do the background, needed stuff. Formatting a slide to the teacher's requirements, or cleaning up the arts area so that someone else can use it. Stuff like that. The moderation tasks here are an extension.
@PrinceNorthLæraðr same, but my procrastination is in the way (and other tasks as well) ;_; I vowed to post a puzzle at least once a month, aaaaaand yet my last was in june :'(
@bobble You should check out Literature SE if you like doing clean-up work. I function currently as the tag dooku (tag wiki excerpt writer) and it's a beta site, so you could definitely help out with some stuff. Not as active as Puzzling SE, but great core users there
Mith was a mod (and still is an active user there), and good ol' Rand al' Thor serves as mod
I'll consider it. The current (nebulous) plan would be to ask enough good questions about my favorite books to get rep for moderation tasks and then be Prolific Comment Person.
We also have another (different) Gareth, who's a top user in the site and is British and great at English... wait sounds like a very familiar Gareth....
Hehe. I have 270 edits there compared to idk like my 59 edits here?
Hmm, my second major was in English, but I still have a negative reaction to the word "literature". So many "classic" books that you are expected to love purely because they are classics
Didn't help most of my English Lit professors were super stuck up