The Sphinx's Lair

Stevo

12:05 AM

now... what can we do...

Avi

invent a puzzle

but only use the numbers 0 and 2

Stevo

oh.

um...

Avi

any form of binary or ascii is disallowed

maybe do a grid-deduction puzzle?

Stevo

yes

statuepark

Anonymus 25

@Avi Slitherlink

Definitely

Stevo

12:22 AM

uh

slitherlink...

Avi

1:06 AM

Slitherlink would be the easiest to construct with those limitations, but it's not necessarily the only one

Sphinx

2:25 AM

1

Q: What's the longest radiation-hardened Scrabble word?

Let's define a radiation-hardened word (a homage to radiation-hardened quines in programming) to be a word that, with any one letter removed, is still a valid English word. For example, "seat" is such a word: sea sat set eat are all valid words, but "seats" isn't, since "sats" isn't a valid wor...

Stevo

3:43 AM

@msh210 is it a good idea to edit the actual answer into your post? (as u have the correct answer...)

Sphinx

4:07 AM

0

Q: What is the most STAMINA-efficient strategy to escape the well?

You are roleplaying as an adventurer under the direction of a sadistic DM who has just thrown your character down a well. In order to escape, you have unlimited chances at a STAMINA check, difficulty level 21. Such a check entails spending some number of STAMINA reserve points (currently you have...

optimization probability

M Oehm

4:25 AM

@msh210 Thanks. That's correct, of course.

Here, autumn has just arrived with a drop of temperature, rain showers and mist, so a tropical C4 theme is more than welcome.

(Fun fact that may be useful for anyone pursuing the nascent seafood-and-tropical-ilands fad: The full ISO 3166 code for Hawaii is US-HI.)

Stevo

totally understanding

Taco タコス

Ughhhh I hate fighting with Azure... :facepalm: I need sleep and I'm still working...

oAlt

@msh210 I'm not Jafe, but I also think it's not a ddef because the other half of the clue is still technically wordplay :0

M Oehm

Perhaps it's a "def + cryptic def"?

oAlt

Ah true, could be

Stevo

4:41 AM

uh, lets make a puzzle to put me out of my misery

M Oehm

(Despite what I've said above, I quite like autumn. There are still some nice days and when the weather is really bad, you can use it as an excuse to stay at home. I'd probably even prefer the Central European autumn to a tropical island vacation.)

Taco タコス

@MOehm Autumn here is still summer, so meh lol

It was 87*F outside today.

I can't wait for winter weather here.

Stevo

@Tacoタコス speaking of winter... I wished it snowed in Australia.

Taco タコス

You know, I'd never thought about it until now, but that makes perfect sense lol

Speaking of snow, I want to visit Mt. Fuji some day. :)

Anonymus 25

@Sphinx Flagged as "needs improvement"

Stevo

4:54 AM

@Anonymus25 yep

M Oehm

@Tacoタコス We have "late summer" and "golden October" here, too -- some years. This year, they seem to have gone for good. Today it's below 50°F/10°C. You know summer's over when you crave a nice, fatty stew.

Taco タコス

@MOehm I don't usually get that way until February :(

And it's gone by late March lol

Stevo

I know understand where the Riley Riddle came from. I feel like an idiot.