The Nineteenth Byte

Also, since single stars are weighted really low, I'm sure it'll be back to normal in an hour or so

I mean it's not like I really cared to see those other things. Somebody might but I don't

@DJMcMayhem yeah I don't think so

almost done with running the code on /usr/dict/share/words

er, share dict

dzaima

my horrible APL code gave TROWELLING. Didn't save how it got there though

8:05 PM

trowelling -> towelling is the longest chain I can make

I have no idea how it found a chain.

dzaima

@CatWizard yay so my apl probably works

I'd go with probably not.

Oh trowelling -> towelling -> toweling

@CatWizard if the programs weren't unique would it trivialize the problem?

Not in some languages.

Theo

Anyone know how to check if words exist on repl.it

8:10 PM

@ConorO'Brien chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/45442945#45442945

ah

I think it'd be better if you penalized non-unique programs but still allowed them. I don't see this problem being competing in convention langauges

Your probably correct

Theo

Pretty sure something like this should find all words if I had a reliable way to check if words existed: repl.it/@Theodorlukin/MeaslyDeliciousTelecommunications

I'll sandbox it and think it over a little more.

maybe "you gain 1 point for each byte, and an extra for each duplicated byte" so "111" is scored 1 + 2 + 3 = 6

8:13 PM

@dzaima May we see the code?

we = adam

@ConorO'Brien Wouldn't you want to duplicate bytes then?

since i think anybody else except maybe conor knows apl

code golf

so more points = blergh

Oh well then 1 byte solutions are going to dominate

8:14 PM

hm

I mean it's very easy to get 1 byte that errors

maybe "-1 point for each duplicate character" and maximize

Python, 0 bytes:

@Riker I know J and by extension I know how to write almost not awful APL

@EriktheOutgolfer That doesn't error

Zacharý

8:15 PM

@Riker And me, I was just polyglotting some more

C, 0 bytes:

it's not like you can remove any substring, is it?

@ConorO'Brien Yeah, or maybe just the number of unique bytes.

that could be nice

@Riker hey EriktheOutgolfer ngn Zacharý Bubbler and LeakyNun are in the room too.

but then that encourages dead code

8:15 PM

@EriktheOutgolfer Uh

/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-redhat-linux/8/../../../../lib64/crt1.o: In function `_start':
(.text+0x20): undefined reference to `main'
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

it's supposed to error

But Python 0 bytes doesn't error

@ConorO'Brien What exactly do you mean by that?

yeah, that's invalid

Ah

dzaima

8:16 PM

@Adám the main thing of finding valid extensions of a word is this, the actual searching I did separately. Warning: ugly & very very slow

Man I hate that I can't edit self deleted questions.

@CatWizard idk, it seems like I'd be able to make a program that errors which has a literal in it and stuff it full of useless characters. I don't have an example so I don't know if its a problem

@ConorO'Brien Well removing any part of the literal would need to make it work.

@Adám just keeping track of who has been in the orchard? :p

@EriktheOutgolfer Not has been in, rather who I've seen writing APL.

8:18 PM

I have to think about this for a while

Is there anyway to view the source on a question?

@CatWizard edit

I can't it's deleted

CMP: What are you listening to right now?

@CatWizard goo.gl/22MeHg

Thansk!

8:19 PM

np

@Pavel My housemate practising guitar.

@Pavel "Show Me What I’m Looking For" / Carolina Liar

AdmBorkBork

@Pavel Traffic outside

MDK - Press Start

@Adám Is he good at it? :P

@ConorO'Brien What about number of bytes that appear exactly once?

8:21 PM

@CatWizard that could work...

APL and QBasic would trivially score 9 points.

@Pavel He's OK. — Which is why he has decided to take up the clarinet…

oof
Sqeaks?

this may be a delayed reaction but what the hell is wrong with cat wizard's avatar

It is a cat sneezing.

8:23 PM

it looks like a cat imploding

@Adám I meant chatting atm but ok

@Pavel By now, it is only once every few minutes. (He has been at it for a few months.) Quite startling when it happens.

@CatWizard I thought it was the pet cat of the alien from Aliens.

I haven't seen Aliens.

@Pavel Not playing anything right this moment, but I've been listening to this Fernando Ortega album a lot lately and it's still playing in my head. Close enough?

@CatWizard Neither have I.

8:29 PM

@DLosc what country isn't that blocked in

US?

USA

ninja

because there's a regional restriction in Greece...

Okay, here's an Amazon link. Or Apple Music.

Hola doesn't work :/

Neither link works, you mean?

8:37 PM

@flawr en.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/8vih2w/…

@Pavel Killswitch Engage (specifically This is absolution)

A: Sandbox for Proposed Challenges

@DLosc but they're just previews, no?

@Pavel uh...nothing, although there are a few songs I often listen to, e.g. Darude - Sandstorm

New Sandboxed Posts

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A pristine program is a program \$S\$ that when run does not error, however it will error whenever a continuous substring of size \$n\$, where \$1<n\leq \left|S\right|\$, is removed. A filthy program is the opposite, it is a program \$S\$ that when run does error however whenever a continuous su...

@DLosc Hey, I used to listen to Fernando Ortega all the time as a kid!

@DJMcMayhem That sounds exactly like what my mom told me not to listen to :P

8:40 PM

That's my favorite kind of thing to listen to :P

@EriktheOutgolfer Well, yeah. Of course Amazon and iTunes expect you to buy the album in order to listen to it. :P I expect that's why the (free) YouTube versions are blocked. Frankly, I'm still surprised there's so many albums available for free on YouTube (in the US, anyway).

it's theoretically illegal to download YouTube videos like that, but everybody does it :P

I pretty much only listen to electro. Although recently I discovered I sometimes like listening to AC/DC.

@Pavel Whatever shows up in my playlist. Titanium at the moment

@EriktheOutgolfer I don't know how to download a YouTube video, but when I want music at work I just open a YouTube tab. Finding Nemo soundtrack is one of my top choices. ^_^

8:45 PM

yeah...it's not like I should mention how here :P

@DJMcMayhem I was always more of a Steven Curtis Chapman guy, but lately I've been finding Ortega more relaxing--good when life is stressful.

@EriktheOutgolfer Don't most people just use the countless websites that do it for you? That's what I do

eh

I use free spotify because it doesn't let me listen to the same song thousands of times, which I'd otherwise do :P

@Mr.Xcoder Just create a playlist with a single song and play on repeat

8:50 PM

Yeah but the point is not to do that :P

I pay for spotify because I'm 16, make 15$/hour, come from an affluent family, and have nothing better to spend my money on.

I get my parents to pay for a family account, which only me and my sister use

That's what you get... for playing PUBG and golfing Jelly at the same time

Zacharý

13

Best feeling in the world: Defeating the Pokemon League and Champion when your last pokemon only has 1 HP left. Nothing else comes close :P

8:54 PM

@Pavel A little late but I'm listening to People who can eat people are the luckiest people in the world. Which is excellent if you have not heard it before.

TFW everyone else around you seems to know how to write polyglots and quines :P

@Mr.Xcoder u wot?

I don't think I have the mental capacity to do either one of those things, much less both at the same time

@CatWizard I'm going to have to disagree with you there

That is decidedly not excellent