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2:14 AM

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I am a puzzle designer, I want to make a klotskii puzzle. The problem I face is to know whether a configuration is solvable or unsolvable and if solvable how many steps does it take to find the solution. Can someone please give me a python code, that allows me to make a board, pieces with a targe...

bobble

2:25 AM

Very Sorry for the trouble, I have the code given by another user that helped solve a specific configuration to a klotskii puzzle, I didnt understand It and I dont know how to use it to on my configuration, this is the link to that question: puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/95123/… — user84431 14 mins ago

Feels like this isn't the site to get help with someone else's script...

@GarethMcCaughan it apparently is your script that they want help on; do you have insight for their Q?

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msh210

4:51 AM

None of the mentioned C4 answers was correct. But someone had a correct idea.

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oAlt

6:29 AM

Jafe

6:44 AM

if i were Moon Zappa i'd go out of my way to marry someone named Walker so i could become Mrs Moon Walker and name my kids Skye Walker and Jay Walker

(by the power of nominative determinism, one kid would then be destined for greatness and the other for a life of crime)

Rubio

Actually one kid would either be led down a very dark path by his inability to control his emotions (and his immense dislike for sand) and end up a shattered shell of a person, subjugated by another’s will and driven to acts of enormity, and only redeemed at the cost of his own life …

Sphinx

Q: Entry and Exit of people in pizza delivery shop

Five people went to a pizza delivery shop at different times on a Sunday morning. They spent exactly 15 mins, 16 mins, 20 mins, 25 mins and 35 mins (in some order) in the shop. Not more than two people were in the shop at the same time. The following information is known: Mr. Nayak entered at 10...

logical-deduction

Rubio

or would be whiny and impulsive, wouldn’t complete his training, would doubt everything even when people he should trust are telling him things, and would ultimately kill his father. which is you.

So yeah. It’s entirely possible Jay is the one destined for greatness here.

Jafe

yeah the problem child might not be the one that sometimes crosses the street at an inappropriate spot

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AncientSwordRage

8:32 AM

@Rubio jay walking isn't that bad of a crime is it?

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oAlt

1:15 PM

I'm still entertained by the possibility of "(very much) done with" cluing "over" or the like

Jafe

1:42 PM

-rover would make sense as the suffix of something that explores other worlds and -mover for something that goes backwards but can't see good candidates for either

juicifer

2:23 PM

also -cover with "charleston leader" but that seems far less likely to fit the def

oAlt

yeah ^

juicifer

I also like "so" for "very much" which immediately made me think of sojourner but that's a mars rover

oAlt

same, although for just "very"

juicifer

could also be "a lot"

oAlt

Book is very much done with following Charleston leader (with a length of 12 inches) (9)

juicifer

2:32 PM

so + ft c_ over :P

oAlt

yeah haha

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Sphinx

3:43 PM

Q: How is the RHS related to the LHS

Please explain the following relationship:

number-sequence

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AncientSwordRage

6:43 PM

@juicifer ahhh I'm glad someone looked into this instead of me

Otherwise...

List of mayors of Charleston, South Carolina

The mayor is the highest elected official in Charleston, South Carolina. Since the city's incorporation in 1783, Charleston's chief executive officer has been elected directly by qualified voters, except for the years 1867–1868, when mayors were appointed by Federal officials. The position was known as intendant until 1836, and has been known as "mayor" since that time. In 2012, the annual mayoral salary was $162,815.90. == Intendants and Mayors of Charleston, South Carolina == == See also == Timeline of Charleston, South Carolina == Footnotes ==

And...

Charleston, West Virginia

Charleston is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of West Virginia and the seat of Kanawha County. Located at the confluence of the Elk and Kanawha rivers, the city had a population of 48,864 at the 2020 census and an estimated population of 48,018 in 2021. The Charleston metropolitan area as a whole had an estimated 255,020 residents in 2021. The first permanent settlement, Fort Morris, was built in fall 1773 by William Morris prior to Lord Dunmore's War, and was used extensively during the American Revolution. The town of Charleston was incorporated by the Virginia House ...

juicifer

not to mention all the other charlestons

Sphinx

7:30 PM

Q: How do I express 93 with 2,0,2,4 only

How to make 93 using only 2 0 2 4? The digits can be used only once. You can use +,−,∗,/,Sqrt,X^y,!,!!,nCr,nPr You can also group 2 and 2 to make ‘22’ and you can also use the above method to make 24 220 or .2 By definition, 0! = 1 You cant use subfactorial.