The Nineteenth Byte

Beta's Fractal code-golf ascii-art kolmogorov-complexity Challenge Given a integer n via STDIN, output Beta's fractal at level n. Beta's Fractal The fractal starts off at level 0 with a single x: x Then, the following shapes are added to each corner at level 1: x x xx xx x xx xx x x ...

Alex A.

6:22 PM

@Geobits TFW you realize the people saying super dumb shit in chat are actually site moderators.

Dennis

@quartata It's pretty short and neat, but the magic here is mostly Dyalog's, not mine.

quartata

@AlexA. "Hey mods can you ban this guy?" "..."

Alex A.

TFW I remember that I'm a site moderator

quartata

>tfw tfw

Calvin's Hobbies

@Beta Why kolmo tag?

Beta Decay

6:23 PM

Whoops

Alex A.

TIL I'm a site motereter

quartata

@AlexA. dat means u got da powers of lolkats to bin every1 and 1!!!!!

Beta Decay

Can mods ban themselves?

quartata

I don't even know what I'm saying right now

@BetaDecay Yes.

Alex A.

@quartata This is the truth.

@BetaDecay No.

quartata

6:24 PM

@AlexA. Really? Huh

Calvin's Hobbies

@AlexA. You could step down.

Geobits

If a mod ban is unstoppable, and a mod is unmovable...

Calvin's Hobbies

(hint....)

Martin Büttner

@AlexA. Because that's one of said solutions I'm not happy with. ;)

quartata

I thought that's how Doorknob broke his PPCG addiction

That and transferring his addiction over to NetHack

Alex A.

6:25 PM

@Calvin'sHobbies :(

Doorknob

Alright, my avatar's all spooky and stuff now. Refresh the chat page to see it :P

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(thanks @Calvin'sHobbies)

Geobits

No refresh required.

quartata

I didn't need to refresh it to see it. Huh

Alex A.

I did

quartata

I feel like I should spookify my avatar

Do I have GIMP on this computer?

Alex A.

6:26 PM

@Calvin'sHobbies Do you really think I should?

randomra

@Dennis damn 2-char J instructions: #:~&.|. (7 chars, 4 instructions)

Geobits

I'm not sure mine gets scarier when inverted...

Alex A.

@quartata This is not a question we can answer for you.

quartata

@AlexA. It was more me talking to myself

I do that a lot

Calvin's Hobbies

@AlexA. No

Alex A.

6:26 PM

@Calvin'sHobbies Ok

Calvin's Hobbies

@quartata Put some aliens on your spaceship

Dennis

@randomra Speaking of J. Are you following the "mystery string" contest?

Calvin's Hobbies

Wait, it's a glider, not a lwss

Alex A.

@Calvin'sHobbies Lwss? Is that Welsh?

translate: lwss

(from English) lwss

Doorknob

light weight space ship, I think

Geobits

6:29 PM

You'd have a easy time spookifying yours. I'm sure I've seen Hobbes mauling people :D

Calvin's Hobbies

@AlexA. conwaylife.com/wiki/Lightweight_spaceship

randomra

@Dennis somewhat, is there a J entry?

Dennis

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A: The Mystery String Printer (Cops)

J 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 ...

Alex A.

> Random soups will emit one LWSS for approximately every 615 gliders

Dennis

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A: The Mystery String Printer (Cops)

J 0 0 0 0 1 9 495 1287 3003 6435 12870 24310 43758 0 0 0 0 45 165 Range ≤ 8

Doorknob

6:30 PM

@AlexA. soup is tasty

Geobits

Or maybe some mutant snow goons.

randomra

@Dennis I will be on it tomorrow

Calvin's Hobbies

@Geobits mutant killer snow goons

Alex A.

@Doorknob You should add spooky Halloween themed commands to Snowman

Dennis

@randomra No, no, no. I'm telling you so you stay away. :P

Geobits

6:31 PM

Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons it seems.

randomra

@Dennis you have chosen the wrong method for that :)

quartata

Dennis stop it the contest is over you won

Beta Decay

Can one of you mods help me see if my new avatar is lame or not? ;)

Alex A.

@BetaDecay Yes it is, you don't need us to tell you that

Dennis

Just a sec.

Doorknob

6:33 PM

Refreshified your chat profile.

Alex A.

Ok

Calvin's Hobbies

randomra

@Dennis APL doesn't have a dual-like construct?

Alex A.

Me too

Doorknob

Amazing artistic talent

Dennis

6:34 PM

@randomra What's that?

quartata

WHAT IS THAT OH

Dennis

@Doorknob Me too. :P

Mod overflow.

Alex A.

@Calvin'sHobbies It looks like one of those red haired dolls

Or like someone dumbed spaghetti on Beta

quartata

It looks like a sea anemone.

Alex A.

It looks like crap.

randomra

6:35 PM

@Dennis y f[dual]g x = g^-1 (g x) f (g y) jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/d631.htm

Geobits

I'm not a fan. How am I supposed to spookify mine if you turned yours into a blue circle with white interior??

Alex A.

@Geobits Turn yours upside down.

Doorknob

@Geobits make it into an upvote icon, that'd be really scary

Alex A.

Ninja'd

Doorknob

triple orange vegetable

Alex A.

6:36 PM

Carrot cake frozen yogurt

Geobits

So we're all in agreement that upvotes are scarier than downvotes? I like this new world.

Doorknob

It's just that seeing @Geobits with an upvote icon, of all people, would be extra-spooky. Like the whole world has been turned upside down.

Geobits

I like my interpretation better, so I'm going to stick with that.

Doorknob

sure :P

Alex A.

> so I'm

flawr

6:37 PM

We should introduce stars as additional rating for the questions/answers.

Alex A.

@flawr How would that work?

Geobits

@AlexA. ?

flawr

Same as in chat here?

Geobits

You mean the "favorite" star? :P

Alex A.

@flawr So you get stars, upvotes, and downvotes?

Beta Decay

6:38 PM

@Doorknob It's as good as @Phi's, don't you think? ;)

flawr

Perhaps not only just 'stars' but upstars and downstars?

Alex A.

@Geobits To be fair, I have seen support (mostly on SO) for favoriting answers in addition to the current ability to favorite questions.

Geobits

No, I just meant that stars are already there, albeit not the same as chat stars. I star questions from time to time.

Dennis

@randomra This shows how to implement it, so it doesn't seem to exist out of the box. In Dyalog, at least.

Alex A.

> out of

> not the

> but

Geobits

6:40 PM

Did someone break Alex? He keeps stuttering.

Doorknob

What is @Alexa doing? O_o

Alex A.

giwhat

Geobits

Oh, yea. Voice recognition might be shaky due to poor connection.

Dennis

@Alexa? Hey, that works. :P

randomra

@Dennis I see, it's a fun feature sometimes

Doorknob

6:41 PM

Also, why did someone star "ok"?

Alex A.

@Dennis It is not an approved method of pinging me. |:[

@Doorknob Why does anyone star anything?

Geobits

@Alexa It works really well though.

Dennis

@randomra It certainly would have been useful for the time challenge.

Alex A.

@Geobits FTFY

Beta Decay

You are now @Alexa from now on

Geobits

6:42 PM

@AlexA. Don't edit my messages :(

Alex A.

@BetaDecay No, dammit.

@Geobits Edited for offensive content.

quartata

There we go

Except it didn't update lol

Calvin's Hobbies

Hmm?

Beta Decay

@AlexA. I know someone IRL called Alex[a] who's exactly like you

quartata

Did that work?

Beta Decay

6:44 PM

@Calvin'sHobbies Bagpuss?

Geobits

Nice Hobbes :D

Calvin's Hobbies

@BetaDecay Scuse me?

Alex A.

@Geobits I believe they're called "hobbies."

quartata

Ah. Much better

Doorknob

@quartata Refreshed your chat profile for you. :P

quartata

6:44 PM

Thanks

Geobits

@AlexA. Yep, and that hobby is named Hobbes :P

Beta Decay

@Calvin'sHobbies google.co.uk/…

Your profile looks like him

Alex A.

@BetaDecay Except female, I assume.

Geobits

Bagpuss < Hobbes

Alex A.

@BetaDecay What a horrifying creature.

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Calvin's Hobbies

6:46 PM

If anything I was going for Eeyore

quartata

Alright I think my avatar is sufficiently halloween

Alex A.

@Calvin'sHobbies Looks closer to xnor.

quartata

I have 0 art skills so this could probably be cooler

Beta Decay

@AlexA. Holy crap, don't you talk about Bagpuss that way

flags as offensive

Alex A.

I'm also not a big fan of the name "Bagpuss."

quartata

6:48 PM

I think @Geobits 's avatar is already sufficiently terrifying (nothing scarier than a downvote)

So that just leaves @AlexA.

MAKE YOUR AVATAR SPOOPY

Geobits

@quartata I've got an idea for mine, but it'll have to be a bit later.

Alex A.

12 mins ago, by Geobits

So we're all in agreement that upvotes are scarier than downvotes? I like this new world.

@quartata I will consider it.

Beta Decay

@AlexA. Noo

Alex A.

quartata

Wait Halloween is 11 days away

I thought October just started

Alex A.

6:50 PM

It did, but that was 20 days ago.

Beta Decay

What's the Halloween you speak of?

October 31st is the death date of Jimmy Jewell

flawr

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