The Nineteenth Byte

@KennyLau do all fractal nubers have a repeat end ?

@Agawa001 Fractal number?

i mean what if an outcome happens to be like pi ?

@Agawa001 Are you referring to my challenge?

rational*

yes

6:07 PM

yes, all rational numbers have a repeat end

so what if the repend is sooo laaarge do we print it all ?

i mean if it is greater than 100000007 / 2

Q: Logical Algorithm to solve a specific task, The Ball Puzzle

Mod means that

if the repetend is 100,000,008

then print 1 instead

mod means remainder

like 26/3 leaves a remainder of 2

so 26 mod 3 is 2

New Main Posts

6:24 PM

0

You have an even number of identical balls. Half of them are "Light" balls and other half are "Heavy" balls which are heavier than the light balls for a unknown amount. You have to separate them into the "Light" box and a "Heavy" box using a scale instrument which tells you precisely for how m...

puzzle-solver

@KennyLau no no, i mean to "sweep" sorry, either we have to sweep two or more cycles of so large repend

or just stop when we cross 100000007 digits

no

not the length mod 100,000,007

but the repetend itself

if the fraction is 0.123456789123456789123456789123456789123456789

then return 123456789 mod 100,000,007

@MartinBüttner ?

@EᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏIʀᴋ I cant use python @ school

New pet peeve: (N more to go) at the end of comments. If your comment is that short, it probably isn't worth saying.

6:45 PM

@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ you wrote the opposite in your challenge

The opposite of...?

of what I said

you wrote "map the array over the following function"

and that's not the same as walking through it...?

@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ Usually people say "map a function over an array", you wrote "map an array over a function".

It's just a question of semantics.

6:49 PM

Oh, I see.

Uh... gimme a minute >_<

I thought that's how you said it in math: "map the (domain/set/et al) over the function"--or am I misrembering?

@MartinBüttner BTW thanks for the catch

I think in maths you say "the function maps the domain [to ...]", but maybe that exists as well, don't know.

Anonymous

So I've had an eventful day

Anonymous

I discovered that my client might be a fraud artist

@MartinBüttner Oh, that sounds correct.

@Mego o_O for what?

@Zgarb I found another problem with tryj.tk: the random function is terrible

Anonymous

Well, when they were explaining some details about their data so I could track down a bug in a form, they mentioned something that threw up some red flags

6:54 PM

@Mego As in, a painter that sells forgeries?

@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ Oh? I hadn't noticed that. do you have an example?

Anonymous

A few Google searches later, I now have a few pages of SEC documents detailing previous fraud cases against them and a business partner

O.o

@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ what number range do we need to support? can we restrict the array to positive numbers only? non-negative? any integers? same for the value that's being added.

Anonymous

They sold people bogus currency backed by a bogus unrecognized sovereign state and claimed they could double people's money (so basically a Ponzi scheme)

6:56 PM

@MartinBüttner Oh, hm. What seems the most logical? I guess there's no point in making the domain crazy huge.

zyabin101

We have three word chat, we should have thirty byte chat!

currently working on Labyrinth, and positive would definitely make my life easier. it's up to you, but I think most "normal" languages wouldn't be affected by not having to handle zeros, and it might make it easier on esolangs.

@Zgarb It may be my imagination, as doing some tests doesn't give me exactly the best results. It may just be my imagination

@MartinBüttner I love esolangs answer. I'll restrict the domain to positive integers for both. Would that be reasonable?

@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ is it like this: random.org/analysis/dilbert.jpg

@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ sure

Anonymous

@QPaysTaxes I've already gotten paid for the work I've done. I'm probably going to terminate the business relationship, though.

6:58 PM

@QPaysTaxes XD is this about EMBLEM?

@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ make sure to change the test cases as well then

@MartinBüttner aren't the test cases only positive integers right now?

Quick poll - on your smartphone/tablet do you generally need to change (a) the ringtone/notification volume more, or (b) the media volume more?

@QPaysTaxes idk :P

@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ they've got zeros

zyabin101

6:59 PM

@HelkaHomba Both.

:P

@MartinBüttner .. isn't that a positive integer

@HelkaHomba my ringtone and notification volume are always off

so b) I guess

@HelkaHomba Both.

@HelkaHomba b

oh wait, zero is not strictly positive

@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ 0 is neither positive nor negative. if you want to require zero, call it "non-negative" to avoid confusion.

7:00 PM

Okay, yeah, we need 0 :P

thanks

I think maybe I change the media volume slightly more often, but I set 'em both to 0 at work, and both to max elsewhere (my phone is really quiet).

There's also these things called time-based rules.

Anonymous

@HelkaHomba Media volume. My phone is always silenced unlesss I'm asleep.

What I do change is vibration on and off, but that happens automatically.

#1 CG noob mistake: adding input validators :(

7:02 PM

Mego speaks Parseltongue

Anonymous

@MartinBüttner Penguintongue*

@MartinBüttner No joke, I did ?100#2 (100 random elements either 0 or 1) and I got 96 zeroes and 4 ones.

@HelkaHomba b. I regularly listen to a podcast that has a non-constant volume, so I have to keep fiddling with the volume buttons.

k, I guess I'll leave random array map in Labyrinth for the weekend then...

the weekend is ten minutes away for me :P

7:05 PM

Ok. To all those who said (b) and have an Android device, does it annoy you that you can only change media volume if something is already playing? If so complain here: code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=65491

wait that's not right

(as in, "wrong")

PhiNotPi

I just got an email regarding changes to my university's email service...

good news, bad news, or irony?

PhiNotPi

does this make any sense? They are going to start blocking all files with a .zip extension.

You can put viruses (viri :D) in a .zip :P

7:08 PM

@PhiNotPi Sounds like it will be a pain to email projects/assignments with multiple files around

PhiNotPi

They suggest getting around the restriction by naming files .zip.txt and then have the recipient change the name back to .zip

@QPaysTaxes je ne parle jaimais les langues mortes

@QPaysTaxes :( I always mess that up BUT NO haha

@QPaysTaxes Most normal (i.e. Windows) users have no clue what that is

sorry

@QPaysTaxes I'm okay with spam :P I'll try tho