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6:00 PM
Do we have a question on implementing regex replacements?
 
"Equality for all folicles"- my teacher on Marx's hair
 
His forehead is living in abject poverty.
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@MitchSchwartz Wow, what changed?
 
passing d into the recursive call
so, we don't have to check for d=='.' before calling, we can make the call regardless, and if d isn't '.' it's a no-op
 
6:16 PM
We should make a data structure called a "shrubbery."
 
@PhiNotPi ni
 
6:32 PM
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Q: Fastest way to sort words from a file based on word length

TamilGiven a file with words and numbers in it and a method getNextWord() which will return individual words, sort the entire contents of the file based on the length of the word. if the length of the word is same then achieve alphabetical order within them. If numbers are present that should come fir...

I'm too lazy to write a comment about the missing validation/scoring method and general issues.
 
Yay bucket sort!
 
takes a bucket and dumps it I bucket sorted it.
 
Still takes longer then fuckit sort.
 
True enough :P
 
All my buckets are sorted, because I only have one bucket.
 
6:41 PM
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A: Sandbox for Proposed Challenges

TimmyDVisualize the Euclidean Algorithm by Tiling Rectangles code-golf graphical-output Euclid's algorithm for calculating the greatest common divisor of two numbers, m and n, is essentially to take successive subtractions of remainders until you reach zero. This can be easily visualized with a rec...

 
I always liked bubble sort.
Easy sort is best sort. :D
 
@TimmyD ew
seriously?
just...
no
 
But bubbles are fun.
 
Oh are we discriminating by preferred sort method now?
 
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Q: Fastest way to sort words from a file based on word length

TamilGiven a file with words and numbers in it and a method getNextWord() which will return individual words, sort the entire contents of the file based on the length of the word. if the length of the word is same then achieve alphabetical order within them. If numbers are present that should come fir...

 
6:43 PM
@mınxomaτ yes
 
I wonder what's the golfiest sort that doesn't rely on built-ins.
 
Well, what's the shortest sort algorithm?
 
@TimmyD "Easiest" to me is selection sort.
 
@TimmyD Probably insertion sort
 
bubble sort, with a fixed number of iterations equal to n^2?
 
6:45 PM
bogosort?
 
@aditsu we have a winner
Yeah bogosort is pretty short with a shuffle built-in
 
Yea but then you have to confirm sortedness. With others it's a guarantee :P
 
You'd also need the language to have a short reduce <= to check sortedness
 
Hah, bogosort
 
bogosort isn't short without the shuffle built-in though
 
6:47 PM
lol, wikipedia shows "A possible, but improbable, single shuffle execution of the bogo sort algorithm."
 
In any language with short min and list remove/add, selection sort would be pretty golfy.
 
How about sort? :P
 
@HelkaHomba Feedback on load time: This appears to include all the meta sites, even though the main sites already show the meta sprite sheet (scroll down to M and they're all there at once).
 
I smell a ... ;-)
 
I'm pretty sure "I need this array of doubles sorted" has been done :P
 
6:51 PM
[ ^ }
<   >
{ v ]
8-directional arrow system.
Any comments?
 
The brackets don't match the way I'd expect. It makes me twitch a bit.
 
@Sp3000 I don't think that would work
2ew{~)<}%{*}* works though
 
@Geobits I can change it. What do you suggest?
 
I dunno. I mean, I get that their "opposites" match up... It just makes me cringe to see a line starting with [ and ending with }.
 
6:54 PM
@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ Are they for input or output?
 
@trichoplax Changing control flow; think a 2d language
 
Ah. Definitely hard to use then
On my keyboard they are arranged like this:
 
Just use numpad directions and forbid other numeric literals :P
 
{}
[]
 
6:56 PM
@AquaTart Hmm yeah, it's a bit more than a reduce nvm :/ Also, 2ew::>:+!
 
Can you just use / and \ ? The direction of flow could be inferred by the current direction.
 
It's an octagonal grid
 
@Sp3000 gahh I always forget about short map/fold
 
F^7
< >
LVQ
 
q~{_mr:T2ew::>:+}g;T for bogosort then
20 bytes
 
6:58 PM
Can anyone load the "Check Compatibility" thing on verizonwireless.com/accessories/4g-sim-activation-kit ?
 
↖↑↗
← →
↙↓↘
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@trichoplax Based on visual closeness ?
 
Obviously the neatest way :P
 
-1 doesn't monospace
 
@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ Yes - trying to be intuitively easier to remember. Stretching it though...
 
6:58 PM
I swear we've had a bogosort challenge before
 
@HelkaHomba Yes. What phone are you trying to check?
 
@trichoplax I tried that, too. I got 7 and L and then though mehhh nothing else good.
 
Yeah I don't think it would be worth it
 
Maybe the grave could be up left?
 
@Geobits Really? For me it says "Server is not responding, please refresh and try again."
 
@Geobits Samsung Galaxy S4
 
@HelkaHomba Works for me too.
 
@HelkaHomba It's on the list
 
Thanks!
 
7:01 PM
@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ Better... Would 7 and L be usable in literals or always directions?
 
@AquaTart q~{mr_2ew::>:+}g
 
@trichoplax I was thinking 7 in a numeric literal, but maybe I could spring for a more esoteric language than a practical one.
 
, does indicate down-right at all to me :/
 
It's the closest thing :P I'm open to suggestions.
 
@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ I tried to wipe that off as a smudge -.-
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7:02 PM
@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ I'm still not sure why / and \ don't work, tbh.
 
@Geobits I'd like to have 8 directions, otherwise, it's just another 2d language.
 
Right, but you can at least use them for two of them, right?
 
Meaning the IP steps diagonally?
 
@Geobits oh durrrrrr
I could only use one of them because I only need that direction
 
`^/
< >
,v\
 
7:04 PM
oh like that
oooooo I like that
 
@Sp3000 oops
 
It's not beautiful, but it would work.
 
So it turns out there is a bogosort challenge but it's from 2011
 
The only problem then is the v. It's very fitting visually, but it sucks to have that one letter reserved when all the rest are not alphanumeric.
Might be worth the sacrifice, though.
 
7:06 PM
I think it is. Much better than using, say, . or ! or _
 
What android brand has the least boatware?
 
Nexus line
 
there's always sleep sort
 
@HelkaHomba I didn't get any on any of my Samsungs
I even had to get a sextant and some oars myself after the fact >_>
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@Roujo Really? I have..
 
7:09 PM
badum tssssssss
Seriously, the Nexus models are the cleanest you're going to get straight from the shop.
 
@Roujo Like Samsung Hub which is no longer supported and does nothing but I cannot uninstall
 
iPhone's suck
 
@HelkaHomba I don't recall Samsung Hub helping me sail the seas...? =/
 
@HelkaHomba I've got the one m8, and that just had a little bit of bloatware from ATT. I just hid it all and it never bothered me.
 
I've heard that one isn't bad, too. Anything Verizon branded is going to be full for sure, though :/
 
For an almost 2 year old phone that I don't treat as well as I should, it's still really good. No slowness at all and no complaints with the battery life.
Probably 5-6 hours of SoT these days, mostly reddit and HS.
 
Octagon = Octangle
TIL
 
@HelkaHomba Puns and typo aside, I agree with @Geobits that the Nexus line is pretty clean. I just rooted my S2 and S4 after getting them, so bloatware was never an issue for me.
 
@MorganThrapp I get a bit less battery than that on my Nexus 5 (about the same age), but it's definitely not worth the money to upgrade yet.
 
@NewMainPosts smells like a homework challenge
 
7:16 PM
@Geobits Yeah, definitely going to hang on to this phone for a while. Especially because I just had to get the battery port replaced because I kept knocking it off my nightstand while it was plugged in.
 
Ouch. Mine is getting a bit loose, but still works fine with most cables.
 
I'm thinking of tablets actually. I'm just not sure whether to wait for usb-c and marshmallow to come standard.
 
I would. Granular permissions are going to be fantastic.
 
Mmm, marshmallows ...
 
@Geobits Mine just completely stopped charging.
 
7:19 PM
-5
Q: Maximum contiguous sum

jackWrite a C/C++ program to solve the “maximum contiguous sum” problem using two possible algorithms: the naïve one which uses nested loops to examine all possible sequences and a divide and conquer version which divides the problem in two pieces and then combines the result from each part. The pro...

 
@HelkaHomba I think the Nexus 9 is usb-c and marshmallow, right?
Dunno much about their specs, though they're normally not bad.
Oh wow, nvm
It's not either of those things >_>
 
@Geobits I think you can upgrade to marshmallow but pretty sure it's normal usb. (Are you thinking pixel c?)
 
Maybe, I can't really remember.
 
my phone is pretty old, I'd like to get a nexus 5 :p
I have a nexus 7 tablet though
 
I have an OG Motorola Xoom :)
 
7:23 PM
Anybody say a random string of text that is not a subset of this message.
 
(plus various others on a rotating basis as work requires)
@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ ^
 
That'll work.
 
You could have just copied any message instead of asking for one ;)
 
None of them looked good.
 
@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ Anybody say a random string of text that is not a subset of this message..
 
7:25 PM
>_>
      v a r i o u s
    o t h e r s o n a
  r o t a t i n g b a s
i s a s w o r k r e q u i
r e s ) Y o u c o u l d h
a v e j u s t c o p i e d
a n y m e s s a g e i n s
t e a d o f a s k i n g f
  o r o n e ; ) - - G e
    o b i t s . . . .
      . . . . . . .
        . . . . .
Grid in action.
 
You cut off the start of my message :(
 
Oh. No Nexuses (Nexi?) have micro sd slots :/ (even the Pixel C with Marshmallow with adoptable storage)
 
yeah that kinda sucks... but you can still use OTG
 
I thought I would miss having an sd slot and almost didn't get this one. Turns out I was wrong.
 
@HelkaHomba WTF DUDE???
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you are making me start a petition on change.org to get your name back to Calvin'sHobbies
 
7:32 PM
@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ Unbalanced parens detected. Abort!
 
@Optimizer hahaha I thought it was something he said
 
@Optimizer Just realized? ;)
 
@Optimizer Who is this "Calvin'sHobbies"?
 
@HelkaHomba no,, just found you online here
 
@Geobits But 16gb (or even 32) seems tiny if you have more than half of than in music
 
7:33 PM
@HelkaHomba I want to start a petition to change your name to Helka Bomba
what is "Helka Homba" anyway?
 
See my profile
 
@HelkaHomba Agreed, and that was what I was most worried about, offline music storage. I'm just saying I haven't had an issue with it yet. With all the music options available, I just have a good chunk of music on the device for when I'm not somewhere I can stream.
 
@aditsu I read it as Helka Bomba for half a day.
 
Of course, if you don't have unlimited data, that's a whole other issue and you probably need an sd.
 
Or T-Mobile and their "stream free" promotion
 
7:36 PM
Yea, I do like me some t-mobile :)
 
@HelkaHomba it doesn't seem to answer my question
 
What's an aditsu?
 
it's a diminutive of Adi, which is a short form of Adrian
 
Fair enough :)
 
7:38 PM
@Geobits I wish that was an option here =P
Although it'd probably cost an arm an a leg, anyway
 
There are "unlimited music" plans, but not with my carrier - plus, I'd rather not encourage those
 
@Optimizer I'd be interested to see the results. (Though a strawpoll might be easier.)
 
Considering they only work for some apps and not others, which isn't something I want to see coming from ISPs or carriers
 
@Roujo yup ^_^
 
7:42 PM
@HelkaHomba yeah, it says "rev 2016.2.25.3294"; are we playing "hot or cold"?
 
Name Etymologies:

"Calvin's Hobbies" is of course a play on words referencing my favorite comic strip, Calvin and Hobbes. I didn't make the phrase up, I took it from the July 7, 2004 strip of FoxTrot (another good comic).

"Helka Homba" is a portmanteau of some of my other favorite things:

"Helka" is an elvish word for "icy" or "ice-cold" in Tolkien's legendarium. The Lord of the Rings and its related works are some of my favorite stories.
"Homba" is a word that means "fox" in the Lapine language of the rabbits in the book Watership Down, another one of my favorites.
 
@aditsu ^^^ (taken from profile)
 
@HelkaHomba whoa really cool
 
7:43 PM
@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ Wha's tha?
 
What's it for?
 
@HelkaHomba oh, the "Hi, I'm Helka." part has a scroll bar?!???
 
@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ boooooooooooo
 
@aditsu Yep (it is kinda hard to find)
 
7:45 PM
@ETHproductions A new language I'm thinking about.
@Optimizer ?
 
@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ Ah, a 2-dimensional language?
 
@HelkaHomba oh well, better than firefox :p
 
@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ I already made one... strawpoll.me/6918137
@aditsu flags as offensive
 
@ETHproductions Yeah!
 
7:47 PM
@aditsu flags as heretic
 
jeez, looks like there are some hardcore mozilla fans in here
 
@MitchSchwartz Can you send me your Follow incomplete directions improved version again? :X
 
Sort of like how Doorknob makes a challenge every other day, I seem to make a language every week :P
@aditsu yes.
 
@aditsu More like hardcore JS fans
They like FF because of ES6
 
Also, I can’t read Ton’s Perl code for the life of me, aaaah.
 
7:48 PM
@Optimizer Voting for more than one option
 
@AquaTart I suspected that
 
@aditsu I think he was offended that you ok'd my name
 
@Lynn I can (barely)
 
It's really cool stuff
 
7:49 PM
@Optimizer I'm the one who does that, punk
 
@AquaTart Incorrect. Firefox does not support classes IRC, so definitely not why I choose firefox.
 
Or am I not allowed to say punk?
 
OMG HE SED PUNK GET IM
 
@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ JS has OOP??? ok
 
@9cHeruinr96a If you care about whether or not you're allowed, you're probably not allowed =P
 
7:49 PM
no, I actually have history with firefox and mozilla
 
@Optimizer You were lovers once?
 
@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ Lemme guess: it has multiple inheritance
 
@AquaTart I feel like I’m reading one of his magnum opuses. (Magna opera?)
 
@quartata
 
7:50 PM
@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ Does any browser???
 
@Lynn s/Ton's//
 
@Optimizer Yeah, I love Mozarella Foxfire!
 
@ETHproductions last I checked, chrome does.
 
@AquaTart JS has a very twisted form of OOP
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@Lynn magnum opi
 
7:50 PM
@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ switches to chrome
@Doorknob It's called OOPS
 
@Doorknob Twisted OOP = Twoop
 
@AquaTart idk, I haven't played a lot with classes.
 
@9cHeruinr96a Well, that’s neither English nor Latin. :(
 
@Lynn eh close enoug
h
 
@Doorknob flags as offensive
 
@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ flags as Merican'
 
@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ What did we discuss
?
 
@9cHeruinr96a ?
 
@Optimizer That specific to SpiderMonkey or is that available in vanilla JS?
 
I like JS less and less as time goes by. It might be because I've only been a web dev for four months or so, but when I learn something new about the language... it's rarely in a good way =P
 
7:52 PM
should I update my answers to questions if I make an update to my language that breaks old entries?
 
@Roujo You just don't have the right mindset. Granted, that mind set is usually that of one who is nigh insane....
 
just ran this in console here and it worked
 
@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ I'm the one who uses chat flags for light offenses
 
class Polygon {
  constructor(height, width) {
    this.height = height;
    this.width = width;
  }
}
 
7:53 PM
^^^^ That says my current browser supports 16/23 class features
 
@9cHeruinr96a Really? I don't know you :/
 
and FF 45 apparently supports all 23
 
I used random.shuffle on my name
 
Hurricane996?
 
@ETHproductions wait FF has classes!?
 
7:54 PM
s/\?/6/
 
@AlexA. watermelon is yummy
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@Doorknob Watermelon tastes better while wearing pantaloons
 
@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ DUDE DID I NOT PING YOU THE LINK ALREADY?
 
^^^^
 
7:54 PM
@AlexA. I completely agree
 
@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ Not for me: class is a reserved identifier
 
@Optimizer Just because Mozilla documents something, doesn't mean it has it.
 
watermelon is frozen avocad juic
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@Doorknob I agree with your agreement of me
 
@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL
 
7:55 PM
@ETHproductions That's what I remember.
 
@AlexA. you know what, I think I agree
 
@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ there is a compatibility table at the end..
 
@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ That's the thing, exactly. I had to get into the right mindset to learn F#, since the paradigm is pretty different. However, that meant that I was able to do things that I couldn't do before, which is pretty nice.
 
@Doorknob Macaroni and avodad
 
@AlexA. what is the meaning of this
 
7:55 PM
@Optimizer >_>
 
In JS's case, getting into the right mindset just means that things that used to work start working again. Less fun. =P
 
ES6 is lots of fun.
 
@Optimizer So far, anyway. Are we supposed not to be able to edit stuff? =/
 
ES5, sort of meh.
 
@Doorknob It's like watermelon but also full of hotdogs
 
7:56 PM
Did I mention I will complete my 12th revolution around the sun since birth in 9 days
 
@AlexA. hotdogs are also delicious
 
YOU MODS, STOP ABUSING INFINITE EDITING POWERS
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but wait that means you violated the 13 and over contract
 
2 hours ago, by Mitch Schwartz
def a(v,o,c=0,A=0,d='.',O={0}):
 while'.'==d:w=v.find('\n');c+=[1,~w,-1,w+1][A%4];d=v[c];o>v<a(v+' '*w,o[1:],c,ord(o[0])-~A,d);d>v>o<O.add(d)
 return`O`[9::5]
 
7:57 PM
@9cHeruinr96a HELP I'M TRAPPED IN A REVOLUTION FACTORY
 
@Doorknob This is false
 
Whoa, didn't know this "leagues" page existed
 
Okay, thanks ♥
 
@AlexA. what how dare you insult hotdogs as well
 
@MitchSchwartz I looked at that and thought "Perl!" Then "JavaScript." Then... "wait this is python? wtf?"
 
7:57 PM
@HelkaHomba Really?
 
@Doorknob No I stand by this one
 
>:O
>:U
 
@Roujo DO YOU ALWAYS SKIP WORDS WHILE READING?
 
We have one more 10ker than CR!
 
@HelkaHomba >:U
 
For the record, I'm at 9,958 rep :P
 
@Optimizer Yeah, but that only happens when my eyes are bleeding from caps lock abuse. Sorry ^_^'
 
@AlexA. Is that anger or...what?
 
WHAT ABUSE?
 
7:59 PM
Quick everyone upvote my stuff so we can have two more 10kers than CR
 
@MitchSchwartz I really need to keep the <-as-flow-control trick in mind. It’s so coool.
 
@HelkaHomba it's the Alex emoticon
 
@ETHproductions I was looking for questions to upvote already ;)
 
at the risk of getting burned alive on a cross, I must say that js is a rotten language; it's fine for occasional use in web pages (client side), but the more you use it, the more it necrotizes your brain and soul (not as severely as php though)
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@Optimizer Didn't know there was a limit for editing, though. TIL, thanks!
 
7:59 PM
@HelkaHomba he's getting ready to poop on you
 
@aditsu +1
 
@aditsu well said
 
@HelkaHomba Probably a Jelly program that computes an emotion and returns it tacitly.
 
@aditsu "occasional use in browsers" not sure what you mean
 

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