The Nineteenth Byte

Alex A.

11:00 PM

Did you put cat in it

quartata

No

Also avocados are poisonous to cats I believe

Alex A.

No

quartata

They aren't?

Alex A.

Cats are poisonous to avocados

VoteToClose

0

A: A "cheating" quine

osascript, 33 bytes (read "a")'s paragraphs's item 1 Executing on a file called a with osascript a. Gets the first paragraph (line) of the file and prints it to STDOUT with a trailing newline, therefore the newline in the code.

I beat C!

quartata

11:00 PM

@VoteToClose WOOT

@AlexA. Ah yes

Alex A.

easier juic avodad then juic cat

cat no juic

quartata

@AlexA. i juic cat all time

Alex A.

...

quartata

moist and delishous ja yeshhhhh

VoteToClose

I must make a language called avocado that uses that syntax.

mınxomaτ

11:01 PM

Oh, filenames are finally disqualified.

quartata

@mınxomaτ They are? Better delete my Groovy answer then

Was fun while it lasted.

Of course that means my answer is the shortest valid answer mwahahaha

I think Alex just left because of how disturbing my post was lel

It was a joke sorry

Alex A.

Cat juice is bad and you should feel bad.

quartata

mınxomaτ

Cats are liquids.

quartata

@mınxomaτ Finally someone who understands

So are olives

mınxomaτ

11:07 PM

@quartata Proof: google.com/…

quartata

3

Can't argue with science.

Alex A.

Lol at this url: lifeisajoke.com/Pictures/cat_juice.jpg

TheDoctor

uh

quartata

@Calvin'sHobbies is the MC server down?

Alex A.

Downtown

El'endia Starman

11:18 PM

@quartata He's backing it up.

in PPCG Minecraft Server, 55 mins ago, by Calvin's Hobbies

Server down for a bit while I do a backup

quartata

lame

I got the "Nice Answer" badge

yay

Alex A.

> lame. I got the "Nice Answer" badge.

Alien G

Would making a question about making a custom maze with custom requirements be too similar to other maze-related questions?

Alex A.

@AlienG You should really wait before accepting answers.

A week from posting is usually good.

mınxomaτ

Seems a bit short (for codegolf)

Alien G

11:31 PM

@AlexA. I can always change the accepted answer....

Also, no one answered my question... .-.

Alex A.

Yes but it's bad practice to immediately accept, unaccept, accept, and unaccept answers ad nauseum. It's best to wait for a while. Some people don't participate in challenges if there's already an accepted answer because it in some ways signifies that the challenge is "over."

mınxomaτ

^

GamrCorps

^

Calvin's Hobbies

@AlienG ^ Just what I was about to say

Alex A.

7

Q: How long should I wait before accepting an answer?

Suppose I write a code-golf question. How long should I wait before accepting the shortest answer? One week? Two days? More? I checked the FAQ, but couldn't find any information on this topic. Is there a general rule or is it just when the question asker feels like it?

Alien G

11:34 PM

Hey, I'm new here.

Alex A.

> It's best to wait a week before accepting for the first time, though.

@AlienG We're just trying to help.

Each one of us was new here at some point (and some still are).

Alien G

@AlexA. Thanks and all, but telling me a million times... .-.

You know.

Alex A.

I only repeat myself because you didn't seem to be following our guidelines.

Just wanted to make sure you got all the information.

Alien G

@AlexA. Are these guidelines set rules?

Alex A.

Well, it's on meta with an accepted answer. Some would argue that makes it a rule.

GamrCorps

11:38 PM

^

Alex A.

I refer to anything not explicitly set by Stack Exchange as a "guideline."

3

undergroundmonorail

in c you can print an int like printf("%i", x);. what do you call the "%i" there? i want to find a list of them

Alex A.

@undergroundmonorail Format strings

El'endia Starman

String formatting?

undergroundmonorail

thanks

El'endia Starman

11:40 PM

...Alex's phrasing is better. :P

Alex A.

Printf format string

Printf format string (of which "printf" stands for "print formatted") refers to a control parameter used by a class of functions in the string-processing libraries of various programming languages. The format string is written in a simple template language, and specifies a method for rendering an arbitrary number of varied data type parameters into a string. This string is then by default printed on the standard output stream, but variants exist that perform other tasks with the result, such as returning it as the value of the function. Characters in the format string are usually copied literally...

undergroundmonorail

i don't program in c basically ever but i'm doing a test where i'm allowed to bring in a cheat sheet so i'm writing down weird c things i might have to know

oh wow, thank you!

El'endia Starman

For what it's worth, Python also has those, and I'm pretty sure most oft-used languages have them.

Calvin's Hobbies

@AlienG posting a non-dupe maze related question is certainty possible.

quartata

@El'endiaStarman GS2 even has them

undergroundmonorail

11:41 PM

yeah but in c i actually have to use them

Alex A.

Haha

Alien G

@Calvin'sHobbies Is there any way for me to put txt docs in here?

quartata

@AlienG pastebin

Alien G

@quartata What a pain.

Calvin's Hobbies

@AlienG Or the sandbox

@AlienG Really?

Alien G

11:44 PM

pastebin.com/amGc9iu8

I made that in 3, 1v1 me.

Alex A.

haha

Calvin's Hobbies

@quartata Yeah, sorry. Not much longer.

El'endia Starman

@Calvin'sHobbies /me waits patiently

Alien G

So does anyone know if that'd be flagged?

Calvin's Hobbies

@AlienG How do the walls need to be generated? You seem to allow any amount of open spots so could the walls just be the bounding rectangle?

Alex A.

11:47 PM

@AlienG I recommend putting it in the sandbox. If there's a duplicate target, Peter is sure to find it. :P

Calvin's Hobbies

^

Alien G

@Calvin'sHobbies It says a random amount of walls (Within reasonable amount).

El'endia Starman

@AlexA. AND ping Peter to make sure he sees it. :P

Alex A.

Oh he'll see it. Peter sees all.

El'endia Starman

He didn't see mine...

Not in the Sandbox anyway.

Alex A.

11:49 PM

Peter sees... most.

El'endia Starman

:)

Alien G

@AlexA. Peter sees everything except what he doesn't.

Alex A.

Haha

Calvin's Hobbies

@AlienG But that's still not well specified. Is random 0 to 5 walls reasonable?

GamrCorps

By the way, is it just my challenges or does Thomas Kwa seem to find every tiny detail in challenges?

Alien G

11:51 PM

@Calvin'sHobbies I can make it more specific, that's not the problem. I just don't know if it'd be flagged...

Alex A.

@ThomasKwa Is it true, do you find all details?

Thomas Kwa

No

Alex A.

@GamrCorps ^

Alien G

He finds all details except the ones he doesn't.

Alex A.

:O

Calvin's Hobbies

11:52 PM

@AlienG Possibly, but it's hard to say without further details

Alex A.

The superhuman ability to find things he finds.

He can even see through windows.

Thomas Kwa

If the challenge is insufficiently specified, someone will find where

Alien G

does === in javascript mean of same type...?

Alex A.

Means exact same object

Same type and value

Thomas Kwa

I think part of the reason I notice is that I golf in TI-BASIC, and TI-BASIC doesn't support empty arrays

Or string manipulation with empty strings

Alien G

11:53 PM

Alright, thanks.

GamrCorps

@ThomasKwa that causes you to find every possible method of input that may be questionable?

Alex A.

Yes

Thomas Kwa

Usually I ask when I can save bytes by assuming something reasonable.

Which is very often.

Alien G

@Calvin'sHobbies Should I just go for it? XD

3rd time is the charm.

Calvin's Hobbies

I'd suggest you post the complete challenge in the sandbox first, as Alex said

Alien G

11:57 PM

@Calvin'sHobbies Sandbox...? (I'm new here, don't murder me.)

Calvin's Hobbies

91

Q: Sandbox for Proposed Challenges

What is the Sandbox? This "Sandbox" is a place where Programming Puzzles & Code Golf (PPCG) users can get feedback on prospective challenges they wish to post to the main page. This is useful because writing a clear and fully specified challenge on the first try can be difficult. There is a much...

discussion featured sandbox

GamrCorps

91

Q: Sandbox for Proposed Challenges

What is the Sandbox? This "Sandbox" is a place where Programming Puzzles & Code Golf (PPCG) users can get feedback on prospective challenges they wish to post to the main page. This is useful because writing a clear and fully specified challenge on the first try can be difficult. There is a much...

discussion featured sandbox

perfect timing :P

Transcript for