The Sphinx's Lair - 2021-01-23

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12:58 AM

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Q: Heptagon, nonagon

What is the trick to constructing a heptagon and a nonagon which have all their sides equal? The length of the side has to be a natural number. Your answer should include a drawing of the two polygons.

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2:58 AM

C5lue2: The final moment for getting clues is approaching... But the extra something is not a letter.

1 hour later…

4:01 AM

is anyone here willing to test solve my sudoku? :000

I am available for emergency test-solving, yes

epic

(email address? or do u prefer not thru gmail :0 )

will make an OTS for you quick

nicee

.... OTS is not cooperating

onetimesecret.com/secret/ccawxtc33t79sbh7f43yct2qkdk23s9

and there we go

4:11 AM

(thanks)

received. emailing soon

sent!

received

nice

am getting a link for 'borg right now though quick

okek

ill reply with a clarification real quick as well just in case

also done

there's a way to make Penpa links shorter

click "URL_short" in the share menu

4:23 AM

ahh thanks i overlooked that

4:34 AM

These hints feel more cryptic than the actual clue, lol

I could give a more straight forward one if it is dragging on ;p

4:57 AM

check you inbox, @oAlt

Anonymus 25- Reinstate Monica

Hi

5:34 AM

hello

(yup, saw it re:inbox)

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Anonymus 25- Reinstate Monica

9:14 AM

@oAlt! :o

:0

9:26 AM

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Q: Sudoku: Odd Bonds

An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #47: Wacky Sudokus. Rules: Normal sudoku rules apply. Inside the sudoku, there exists one "loop". The loop consists of only odd numbers. However, not all odd numbers are part of the loop. Box 5 (the central 3x3 box) is the only box that does not contain...

logical-deduction grid-deduction sudoku

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11:00 AM

(@LukasRotter did u delete ur comment lol)

(I'll assume you resolved your misunderstanding lol)

11:13 AM

yes, I stupidly interpreted "not all odd numbers are part of the loop" as "a certain digit from 13579 is never contained in the loop" rather than "not every cell with an odd number is part of the loop"

that's fine. and yes your second interpretation is correct

11:32 AM

@Graylocke Is the CCCC answer CLIMAX? Wordplay: CLI (standard) + MAX (score)? Meaning: Final moment.

Anonymus 25- Reinstate Monica

12:00 PM

Whoa, mind= blown

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1:15 PM

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Q: Why is 'logjam' the answer to 'function held up by traffic blockage'?

Why is 'logjam' the answer to 'function held up by traffic blockage'? I guess 'log' is function, and logjam is blockage but why 'jam/maj'? L,G & A are all correct.

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Q: This Sudoku Park iS LIT!

An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #47: "Wacky Sudokus" The grid below is a normal Sudoku grid with normal Sudoku clues, but the completed grid also houses a Statue Park! The completed grid admits a placement of four tetrominoes (one each of I, L, S, and T, allowing reflection and rotation)...

logical-deduction visual grid-deduction sudoku

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5:12 PM

@Stiv why is MAX=score?

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ThePuzzlingPlatypus

6:32 PM

@bobble @Mithical @PrinceNorthLæraðr No more harassment, no more guilt trips, just an honest request for a second chance

Failing that, help with my character or a game of Codenames after the session

That is all

I"m sorry if this came off as a guilt trip; it wasn't supposed to be

I don't see anything good that would come of you having access to the chatroom, because so far the vast majority of your posts there have been... uncomfortable for the rest of us

Prince North Læraðr

I would have to agree with bobble

Look, Platty, it feels really obsessive and it comes across as very unhealthy. I wouldn't mind helping you build your character though, I have to study for Pre-Calc first

But I think access to the DnD Chatroom would make it worse, and I don't see a reason why you would want to talk in there

Thirding that, sorry

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

I don't have to talk yet

Just don't want to be barred forever

I concede the unhealthy part, but it's been bothering me

You can still read the chat, and if you don't want to talk yet then you don't need talking privileges.

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

6:44 PM

I just want to be allowed to play in the next game

that's the part that's bugging me

It's waaaaaaaay too early to start planning for the next game

Access can be reconsidered then.

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

Fair enough

What about the game of codenames after the session though?

Honestly, I would've waited to ask Graylocke, but they're not hre

It's the "being banned forever" and "locked out of conversation" parts that are bugging me

not so much that I can't play this game

Before this whole mess I was going to help with the puzzles someho

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Q: Mirror Mirror On The Board

Mirror mirror in the board Decipher the riddle of this horde How many moves to it, please? To put my brain at ease! Both sides help, follow their paths The solution you must craft Oh, and there is but one way Good luck, now off and away! Andrej N. Kornilow Andriy Frolkin & Dmitri W. Pronkin, 5408...

chess optimization

You're not permanently banned; I just said access can be reconsidered later. But not right now. Please drop the subject now.

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

6:46 PM

OK

Mostly I just wanted to talk to you guys

> Please drop the subject now

^ so much this

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

Ok I will

Codenames after the session maybe?

subject dropped

Codenames anyone though?

I can't speak for the other players, but I have personally been avoiding Contact and Codenames, even when I wanted to do them, because I don't want to deal with Anon25 or you at the moment. It would take a lot of mental energy on my part and so it isn't worth it.

(To be clear, the Anon25 bit is because of the unsolicited DM and your bit is because of this situation)

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

I'm trying to make up for that situation

I just want to be able to play codenames again

I promise this wouldn't come up there

At this point having regular conversations with you is mentally draining for me; in the context of a pressuring game I assure you it wouldn't get better. Perhaps you'll have luck with other users.

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

6:52 PM

I don't know any other users

You certainty know users who are not me

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

Not who play codenames

I tried playing on Discord with Mith last week, but they went to sleep

I'll shut up before this turns into another guilt trip

I'm just upset

About this entire situation

I am leaving.

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

I am done talking

@BeastlyGerbil @Bubbler @JohnDvorak do any of you want to play Coenames?

@Mithical @PrinceNorthLæraðr Do you two want to play Codenames?

busy

Prince North Læraðr

6:57 PM

Like I said, I'm studying right now

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

Right, that's more important

I hope bobble eventually wants to play again

I have no idea whats going on, nor do I think I need/want to know, and am also unsure why you seem to need to play codenames so much but surely there are online lobbies

@ThePuzzlingPlatypus Please don't ping a bunch of people like this. Pinging is for when there is something important that needs someone's attention, not just when you want to play a game.

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

OK, sorry Deus

I did not know that

leaving then

Pinging people randomly is generally seen as rude, at the very least.

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

7:00 PM

I typically don't know something is rude until I actually do it

I'm bad at that

and it wasn't entirely random; they were the people who were here

Just make sure you learn from any advice for the future in that case

As for the rest of this situation, your actions recently have been bordering on harrassment. Please stop - this is not healthy for you or for the people you are trying to talk to.

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

I know, and I'm trying to make up for it somehow

I'm just failing miserably at it

Don't try to talk to people if they are not comfortable with you. Give them space; trying to start conversations yourself will only make things worse.

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

I gave them about a week; apparently that wasn't enough

7:02 PM

Trying to make up for it is probably the wrong way to go about it. I don't know whats been happening, but if it has been seen as you are sort of harassing someone, harassing them to apologise isn't help. Giving everyone some space will be better

Let them come to you, you don't always have to go to them

@ThePuzzlingPlatypus Do not talk to people who have explicitly indicated that they do not want to talk to you.

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

OK

Just let them change their mind eventually?

and just accept it if they don't?

Yes

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

IT's the second part that's going to be difficult

Its pretty much that simple

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

7:04 PM

Mith did say access would be reconsidered by the next game

but I don't know how long a D&D game typically is

It's not about the games, it's about wanting people to like me again

Ok, but harassing them about it won't help your case to be allowed back in for the next game

They may; they may not. Either way, trying to contact them more is approaching harassment. Remember that these are real people.

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

I know that

I said I wouldn't contact Sciborg again, and I haven't

@Ankoganit My logic involves this being a reference to 'MAX' being the highest value on a scoring scale i.e. it is a valid score somebody might achieve. Also in many arcade games 'MAX' is often one of the default hi-score names, like 'AAA'. I don't know if either of these is the author's justification or if this is even correct, but the rest felt like it fitted really well.

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

I just don't want people to actively avoid me

That's the part that hurts

7:05 PM

Harassing them more will make them more likely to do so

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

OK then, I tried asking for a second chance nicely, and failed

So just give up and watch the session? I know they're ok with me doing that

I'll just drop the subject

Do not talk to people who have expressed that they do not want you talking to them.

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

That I understand

but how do I know when they want me to talk to them again?

or when they want to talk to me?

Because they will come and talk to you?

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

The way I see things, that just won't happen

7:08 PM

If that doesn't happen, then they do not want you talking to them.

At this point you should really come to terms with that you may never be able to play with them.

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

Mith said access could be reconsidered

So I"ll shut up so we can keep it that way

Could be. Not will be

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

Leaving now

@ThePuzzlingPlatypus I understand the desire to be liked, but you can't make yourself liked by every single person in the world. There are other internet communities that you may find more approachable - obsessing over specific people in this particular community is unhealthy.

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

7:10 PM

It's not even about being liked at this point, so much as "not hated anymore"

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Q: Unequal Curfew - Donut Hole

This is a Curfew variant. Curfew is a genre invented by Hempuli; I made a slight modification to give this variant. Rules of Unequal Curfew: Draw a loop that visits every circle. Each visit to a room must be the same length. A room's number tells the length of each visit to that room. The loop c...

logical-deduction grid-deduction

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Q: A Final Digitial Sudoku! - SS#14

An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #47: "Wacky Sudokus" Other puzzles in this series Welcome to the final puzzle in this series! For more information about the series, see the first puzzle and the introduction. Enjoy! A Sudoku of the Digital Era!! RULES: Normal Sudoku Rul...

logical-deduction grid-deduction sudoku

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Q: What letter comes next in the sequence A, P, I, W, A, T

What letter comes next in the sequence: A, P, I, W, A, T, ?

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

I'm trying to prove I can learn, even though I suck at that irl

Prince North Læraðr

You can prove it by just not bringing it up anymore

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

OK I won't

Prince North Læraðr

It's not that we don't like you, (or at least I don't dislike you) but it's just you keep on harassing everybody about it

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

7:12 PM

Huh; I was actively trying to avoid that this week

That's why I asn't online except to watch the sessions

I like watching people play D&D

I guess a week wasn't long enough

Prince North Læraðr

With all the damage that's already been done, a week is definitely not going to be enough

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

To be fair, "a week" was what my mom said

I would not have come up with a number

Prince North Læraðr

You can't time this stuff, Platty

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

That is fair

So I'll just shut up now

Like we said, let people come to you. You don't have to keep going to them

Prince North Læraðr

7:13 PM

^

This is your third time saying this.

ThePuzzlingPlatypus

If you want to talk to me, come to my personal room then; that's why I made it

That and because I like the word "platypussary"

Mostly the second thing

Leaving now

wow

Ok, leave it at that for now

1 hour later…

8:22 PM

@Stiv Ah so Below is like connector between the two wordplay structures. Like in a Down clue?

9:02 PM

@ThePuzzlingPlatypus This is not the place to talk about this.

9:47 PM

@Sid Yeah, I read 'below' as operating like 'after' here

10:10 PM

@Stiv That wasn’t what I had intended... I feel like my clue must be terrible >.>’ It should work as an across clue as well.

10:36 PM

CCCC Clue: A compound word

11:02 PM

Ah, ok, never mind then :) As you were, people!

11:51 PM

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Q: A [prefix] at [infix] early [suffix] can't [whole] everything

A [prefix] at [infix] early [suffix] can't [whole] everything. What is the logical statement when the gaps are filled?

riddle affix-riddle

I... just got what I think is a legal Pento-Doku solution. But I obviously can't post now - have to double-check, for one thing. Agh. Yep, won't submit in time.

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