The Nineteenth Byte

Calvin's Hobbies

19:00

@Geobits _UNK

Roujo

What we need is a Chatbot Training Montage™ !

anOKsquirrel

@Geobits I ' m not sure what you mean

Geobits

I ' m not sure I ' m not sure what you mean

Alex A.

18 mins ago, by Alex A.

@Roujo I don ' t think I ' m not sure what I did .

Geobits

To be fair, I only got two "I ' m not sure" and no "_UNK" from him on that last round.

Calvin's Hobbies

19:01

@Geobits Why doesn ' t it know how to use apostrophes?

Sorry, "he" not "it"

mınxomaτ

For anyone who has seen Mr. Robot: Mr. Brobot

Geobits

@Calvin'sHobbies It has a terrible tokenizer. Apparently it delimits words on apostrophes, and uses them the same way.

I plan to do some light processing on responses to fix that if I ever let him loose on the world.

VoteToClose

@Geobits Just set the chatbot up on c9, plug it into the SE-Chatbot, and let us teach it. :D

Geobits

That's a terrible idea :P

VoteToClose

Why?

It's a neural network based on us.

:c

Geobits

19:04

Yes.... but people are trolls deep down, and it only takes a small push to bring it out ;)

VoteToClose

See: The Nineteenth Byte

(not really. :D)

Geobits

Once his initial learning is done, further feeds will be put in, but I'll probably edit them for obvious trollishness. It's not as if he can insta-incorporate things anyway.

Calvin's Hobbies

@Geobits Can you not change it so it only breaks on spaces?

anOKsquirrel

@Geobits I ' m not sure what you mean

Geobits

@Calvin'sHobbies Probably, but I'm about 30 hours in now :/

It might help with semantics to parse them that way, though. I'm not really sure.

PhiNotPi

19:16

The "small language" isn't Turing-complete, is it?

Martin Büttner

Challenge idea: you're given a list of directions NWSE and need to convert it into relative directions LFRB. (E.g. NWWSNN --> FLFLBF where LBF automatically change your forward facing position to the direction of movement). Can anyone find out if that would be a dupe?

@PhiNotPi it might be if you modify the loop variable inside the loop (if that's possible?)

Calvin's Hobbies

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Q: Relative vs Absolute

If someone facing north at point A in this grid wanted directions to follow the green path (as they can only follow gridlines) to point B you might tell them: Go North, North, West, East, East, South, East, East. or equivalently Go Forward, Forward, Left, Back, Forward, Right, Left, Forward....

code-golf

PhiNotPi

I think that is possible, but my argument would be that there's no form of unbounded data storage, as in all variables are global, only hold a single integer, and the number of variables is defined at the start.

Calvin's Hobbies

Made that over a year ago Martin :P

Martin Büttner

@Calvin'sHobbies thanks :)

PhiNotPi

19:20

Although, there are was to store unbounded data in a single integer, like Fractran.

Martin Büttner

Yeah if they are arbitrary precision integers that's enough.

PhiNotPi

i^i<i^> is an infinite loop

Zgarb

@PhiNotPi If you use unbounded integers, you can simulate a two-counter machine, which is Turing-complete.

Details left as exercise.

Martin Büttner

@Calvin'sHobbies might be fun in Retina

Zgarb

@MartinBüttner But we haven't had that for 3D coordinates, right? I'm thinking commands like left/right turn, left/right roll and forward, and output is final position.

Martin Büttner

19:25

Oh, rolling sounds fun.

You could use full pitch/yaw/roll controls.

Geobits

Ah! I can feel my poor gimbals locking up now.

Martin Büttner

:D

Zgarb

I had that idea a while ago, but I was too lazy to hack together a reference solution.

Feel free to steal it and do the work for me. :P

Martin Büttner

It doesn't sound too bad. Put the 8 unit vectors in an array and hardcode the rotations as permutations. Forward and backward simply read the delta from a fixed index

I'm more dreading coming up with a clear diagram :P

Zgarb

That too.

TimmyD

19:30

@Zgarb Do a barrel roll?

Zgarb

@TimmyD Wheeee

TimmyD

@MartinBüttner homestarrunner.com/sbemail118.html

Anonymous

19:44

@TimmyD What did I just watch

Anonymous

@PhiNotPi Sounds like subreddit simulator

PhiNotPi

@Mego I know.

TimmyD

@Mego Yeah, that's probably ~~not the best~~ a strange introduction to Homestar Runner ...

Homestar Runner

Homestar Runner is a Flash-animated Internet cartoon series created by Mike and Matt Chapman, also known as the Brothers Chaps. Its comedy mixes surreal humor, self-parody, and references to 70's, 80's and 90's pop culture, in particular video games, classic television, and popular music. While site features originally centered on the title character, Homestar Runner, the cartoon series Strong Bad Email quickly became the site's most popular and prominent feature, with Strong Bad becoming a breakout character. Since 2000, the site has grown to encompass a variety of cartoons and web games featuring...

Anonymous

@TimmyD I've seen a lot of HR from years ago. That's weird by HR standards

TimmyD

Yeah...

quartata

19:57

@PhiNotPi looks like it is sufficient to do a two-counter additive automaton

oops ninja'd already

Alex A.

Wrecked

Anonymous

That's not even ninja'd

quartata

@VoteToClose So... just like The Bridge?

Anonymous

30 minutes later is like sumo'd

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Alex A.

facebook.com/lostateminor/videos/10153855485838972/…

cc @El'endiaStarman

Roujo

20:02

cuuuuute

El'endia Starman

@AlexA. Hehehe. He kinda looks confused.

Alex A.

He thinks the sheets are snow ;-;

quartata

oh it's so cute

Anonymous

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Q: Cannot view certain videos in Windows 10

I am having a curious problem while trying to watch videos, both online and locally. Some videos (notably mp4 videos) don't display the video, showing a blank white screen instead, while the audio plays fine. Some examples: Chrome (with extensions AdBlock Plus, Ghostery, Chrono Download Manager...

windows-10 video video-playback

Anonymous

:( I don't get to watch it

Alex A.

20:04

u_u

Dennis

Oct 10 '15 at 0:58, by Alex A.

@undergroundmonorail Questions about not being able to connect to YouTube are off topic. You may be able to get help from someone who gives a shit. Thanks!

Anonymous

Wow that's mean, especially coming from Alex :P

Alex A.

It was yolk

Anonymous

I thought Alex was a lovebird who just wanted everyone to be happy

Anonymous

Eww don't you need that yolk for your kids?

TimmyD

20:07

> Eww ~~don't you need~~ isn't that yolk ~~for~~ your kids?

Alex A.

hahaha

Anonymous

while iter_count < 1000: #scientifically chosen, not arbitrary at all

VoteToClose

@Mego Solution: use !Windows.

Thomas Kwa

Does anyone think codegolf.stackexchange.com/a/71697/39328 is invalid?

El'endia Starman

How to Train Your Dragon - Where No One Goes

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Not dogs but very cute nonetheless.

Thomas Kwa

20:10

I'm not sure exactly what is required to make the sort radix.

Anonymous

@ThomasKwa Seems legit to me. You subverted the rules, which is not only allowed, but often encouraged.

Alex A.

@ThomasKwa I strongly dislike the use of arbitrary bases but other than that it seems valid

Anonymous

@VoteToClose Installing another operating system to fix a video playback issue is a bit like burning down your house to kill a spider, but even more irrational.

Alex A.

@Mego No, that's entirely justified.

Roujo

@AlexA. So you should install Windows if your Linux box doesn't support Netflix's DRM?

TimmyD

20:12

I concur - spiders are evil and must be purged.

Alex A.

@Roujo No, you should burn your house down if Linux doesn't support Netflix's DRM.

El'endia Starman

Alex has spoken.

Geobits

@Roujo I have this issue with Hulu in Chrome. It's the one reason I have Firefox installed, and it irritates me to no end.

Anonymous

Ok, then it's like cutting your hand off because your finger hurts

Roujo

I just watch Netflix on my Chromecast =P

Geobits

20:13

Plenty of people get by with one hand.

quartata

@Mego That seems reasonable.

Alex A.

^

TimmyD

Plus, your finger won't hurt any more.

quartata

I mean, it does solve the problem.

And it's a fairly easy solution too.

TimmyD

And I'm sure you could collect disability insurance, too.

Geobits

20:14

@Roujo Yea, I do that, too. Or phone. Or tablet. But if I want to on my desktop, I get pissed every time ;)

quartata

@TimmyD Yeah. And if you do it at work you'll get worker comp too.

Roujo

@Geobits Heh. I'd like to run Linux - I've been told by someone here that Arch is nice - but my games don't really run all that well there. =P

quartata

@Roujo What games?

Geobits

@quartata Only if you "accidentally" do it.

TimmyD

There's like, no foreseeable downside to this plan.

Alex A.

20:15

I knew The Nineteenth Byte was a bad influence. I suddenly feel like it's a good idea to cut off my own hand at work.

Anonymous

Installing Linux because I'm having video playback issues in Windows is an extreme overreaction to the problem. It's like trying to solve a problem by using regex: I'd have 2 problems.

quartata

@Geobits Ah right.

Maybe drop a cleaver by accident or something?

Roujo

@quartata Pick one: steamcommunity.com/id/roujo/games/?tab=all

quartata

@Roujo Most of those games will run natively on Linux or with Wine.

Saints Row is the only one I'm not sure about.

Geobits

@AlexA. I ' m not sure that ' s a good idea

Roujo

20:16

@quartata Not sure about most, but yeah some of those play well

quartata

MapleStory will for sure work on Wine

Alex A.

@Roujo Half-Life has been ported to Linux.

Dennis

@Mego It's still the right choice though.

quartata

@AlexA. All Valve games except L4D1 have been ported to Linux.

Roujo

@quartata Even Ricochet? =)

Dennis

20:17

1. Install Linux. 2. Learn regex.

Alex A.

Oh shit

quartata

@Roujo Yes, actually.

Anonymous

@Roujo How many games is that?

quartata

And FWIW Ricochet is a good game

except no one plays it

Roujo

@quartata Wow, that's pretty cool. Ricochet has become an inside joke in my circle of friends. =P

Alex A.

20:18

lel

Roujo

@Mego Steam says 346.

Alex A.

@Roujo s/my/everyone's/

Roujo

I was half-kidding, anyway - I know games work a lot better on Linux than they used to.

And even .NET is joining in the fun

Geobits

.NET is the antithesis of fun

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Roujo

But I'd rather not have the hassle of getting them to work - as it is, I can just jump in and play.

@Geobits Hey, I'm an F#/C# dev and I'm having fun =P

Geobits

20:20

I think that means you're doing it wrong.

El'endia Starman

The Speed of Life

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This was pretty interesting.

Anonymous

@Roujo Impressive. I have 174 according to Steam, and my girlfriend has like 100 games that I don't have, so together (thanks family sharing) we have close to 300

Roujo

@Mego I find it less "impressive" and more "I discovered Steam Sales while working full-time but living with my parents so I had little-to-no living expenses" =P

New Main Posts

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Q: To be or not to be

In the fewest bytes possible, create a function that determines whether the two parameters given match one of the following: First parameter 2 string or integer to case insensitive too case insensitive two case insensitive t0 case insensitive (t zero) Second parameter b ...

code-golf

TimmyD

@Geobits ಠ_ಠ

Anonymous

20:26

@Roujo Also humble bundles

Roujo

@Mego Tons of those too, yeah. Just started playing XCOM after getting it in a Humble Bundle a long time ago. =)

Is there a Steam Group for PPCG users? =)

Anonymous

There should be

Anonymous

If there isn't, I put Alex in charge of making one and inviting people

Roujo

@AlexA. I'd be happy to join.

Alex A.

I'm so bad at Steam. I'll have my girlfriend make one and then I'll take credit for it.

VoteToClose

20:47

This is what I feel like when I get ninja'd:

ANOTHER SCARIER MONSTER?! | Monstrum #2

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mınxomaτ

Isn't this challenge essentially the same as the "encode image in a tweet" challenge, just with a changed number of bytes?

OK, well, I guess the scoring is more objective.

VoteToClose

It specifically mentions that you must compress the image.

Dennis

more objective is one way of expressing it.

I'll choose the winner vs this scoring algorithm.

New Sandboxed Posts

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A: Sandbox for Proposed Challenges

Continue the sequence code-challenge sequence As we all know, there are a lot of integer sequences in the world. What if we could create one program to figure out the next few items in any given sequence? That would be pretty cool, right? Well, I'm pretty sure we can't create a program that doe...

Alex A.

Oh god, this took forever. It even required me registering for Google Developer and registering a project to get an API key.

VoteToClose

20:51

;)

RikerW

TIL Grace Note plays nethack.

VoteToClose

@AlexA. Try it online link?

Alex A.

Dec 23 '15 at 2:05, by Alex A.

Hey @Doorknob冰, Grace Note plays Nethack!

Anonymous

@mınxomaτ The only challenge like that I see is closed

New Main Posts

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Q: I am trying to create a code that lets me do all the squares and cubes from 1-11

import java.util.AbstractList; import java.util.List; public class Exponents { public static List integers() { return new AbstractList() { @Override public Integer get(final int index) { return index + 1; } @Override ...

math

Doorknob

20:53

@NewMainPosts 14 second close :)

Alex A.

@VoteToClose The only way to run Julia online with a permalink is with Coding Ground, which only has an old version and no modules. :/

VoteToClose

:c

RikerW

@Doorknob Nice.

ETHproductions

@NewMainPosts Just went to close, but apparently @Doorknob ninja'd me by three minutes :P

Alex A.

I only add permalinks to my Julia answers when they work in 0.3.

VoteToClose

20:53

I can trust you, right? ;D

RikerW

@VoteToClose Just get julia.

Dennis

@Doorknob \o@

Doorknob

Slower than my record of 11 seconds.

VoteToClose

@RikerW Can't - I'm on a borrowed laptop, any installed information has to be approved.

RikerW

@Dennis half cheerleader?

Doorknob

20:53

Gotta golf those close times.

Alex A.

@VoteToClose Of course! <_< >_>

RikerW

@VoteToClose DO IT ANYWAY

And get nethack while you're at it.

Anonymous

@VoteToClose Clearly we need to add Julia to Data

RikerW

Yes pls

VoteToClose

^^

Alex A.

20:54

You'd need your own Google Developer API key to run this code though.

VoteToClose

@Dennis TryItOnline?

@AlexA. I has.

Anonymous

@AlexA. What makes you think I don't have one? :P

Alex A.

I'm just saying that it's required, not that none of you have one.

RikerW

@Mego data-request nethack game in chat with editing

Anonymous

@RikerW status-no-just-no

VoteToClose

20:55

@RikerW status-declined

RikerW

@AlexA. Meesa no got one

@Mego (-o

Anonymous

@RikerW flags as offensive

RikerW

Better? :P

/s

Anonymous

No

Alex A.

Still Jar Jar Binx, so still offensive.

RikerW

20:56

Star Wars: The Binks Awakens - Trailer # 2

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Anonymous

@AlexA. I almost cared enough to correct your spelling. Almost.

Alex A.

@VoteToClose I have a feeling that would be an enormous undertaking for Dennis since Julia has a whole lot of capabilities that would have to be disabled for TIO.

VoteToClose

D:

RikerW

^^

VoteToClose

Maybe only on the offline Data version.

Anonymous

20:57

@AlexA. Hence why we want him to do it rather than us :P

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Anonymous

Offline Data version wouldn't fix the issue of "Julia cannot be effectively tested online"

Alex A.

You can use JuliaBox.org if you have a Google account. It's like an IPython notebook but for Julia.

VoteToClose

@Mego True.

Anonymous

Ooh

Alex A.

Doesn't support permalinks though because it requires authentication.

Anonymous

20:58

I wonder if it has a decent API

Alex A.

Nope

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Jar Jar Sphinx

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