The Nineteenth Byte

12:48 AM

@HyperNeutrino I love how they didn't even copy the markdown of my challenge, they just copied the text and it's all formatted wrong XD

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HyperNeutrino

^ ikr xD like i was looking at it and wondering if I was reading it wrong but then I realized they copied it wrong and markdown changed because of it

where's my caretreply ._.

i love how they added a line at the end like "oh geez completely different challenge now" xd

1:41 AM

The troll copy pasted a farewell for the wrong moderator. @DJMcMayhem, is it possible for you to suspend this user?

I think its a BAD idea to suspend

They are a new user and they may need help understanding the rules

Take it easy on them

@JoKing

@TomMinor ... They're deliberately trolling in bad faith. Also, who are you?

My name is Tom Minor. I am well known chiefly on Stack Overflow

Well tom minor is my nickname

MY real name is a bit differnt

Sorry, did not mean to use caps for my.

Also, it is a fair presumption that they are intentionally trolling but they are new

Sorry, I honestly thought you were an alt-account of the troll for a good second before I saw your account was several years old. Anyway, the user is only copy pasting questions/answers and claiming them as their own. I doubt this is just a misunderstanding

I see

1:50 AM

@TomMinor I doubt they're going to stop trolling and become a model member of the community

But they are also new

"New" doesn't excuse trolling. Spammers still get banned, even if they are "new"

okay. makes sense

but I see the user thanked a mod on meta. wouldnt that be a kind deed?

Hey guys, do any of the mods around here ever mentioned that they would want to have an alt-account for trolling? ;)

"Alt account of CodeGolf moderator

Just havin some fun ;)"

That's a quote from our troll's "About me" section

LOL

Maybe there is some mod behind the scenes having some fun

Also, although he is plausible a genuine troll why not call him by his name? Bobby Woodtooth

1:58 AM

@TomMinor The response is copy pasted from a different thread about different moderator

@JoKing so I take it Bobby is viable for suspension now, after posing as someone they aren't.

They probably are not a mod. But what if they are?

I mean you never know

@TomMinor we only have two mods left here on CGCC

@TomMinor Do you have any interest in code golf? Or are you just here to defend a troll?

One is DJMcMayhem, who it surely cant be, as it was his question that was plagerised

2:01 AM

I am not defending anyone. I am just trying to offer alternate perspective at the situation

yeah i aggre its not djmcmayhem

what about the other one?

And the other mod is Doorknob, who I suspect wouldn't do such a thing.

@JoKing could probably tell you more

"suspect" is the prime word my fellow!

I SAY DO A COMPLETE INVESTIGATION OF DOORKNOB!

There's no reason for a mod to create an alt account and start trolling. It's far more likely that the troll is doing more trolling and pretending to be so

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@TomMinor And it's getting more and more likely that you're an alt account for the troll

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I have about 100 rep.

I have been on SO for 3 years!

Lets not start up with random accusations. Lets just calm down

Anyway, I have some interest in codegolf

I have always been the most active in Stack overflow

"Most active" -> "<100 rep"?

2:06 AM

After all, in the early days of code golf, it was on stack overflow

What language would you like to golf in?

Is html and Css viable?

Er yes, but that's only really for kolmogorov-complexity challenges, since that's not really a programming language

ah the analogy comparing my active ness and my reputation. that is merely due to me being most active in SO chat

Neil

do we have a challenge to write a non-palindromic program with non-palindromic output that gives the same output when reversed?

2:09 AM

@JoKing what about Esoteric programming languages?

Such as whitespace

@Jono2906 I mean... What if I just really really wanted a second copy of my question floating around? :P

@TomMinor Yeah sure, that's fine. How well do you know Whitespace? Have you looked at Tips for golfing in whitespace?

It's too early to rule me out. I'll start investigating me

Funny one DJ! Whats the status of doorknob?

The only reason I ever came to code golf in the first place was because the code-golf tag on SO is now blacklisted

@TomMinor It's definitely not him (or Mego or Dennis or any other former mod)

2:18 AM

@DJMcMayhem Wait a second. You're not in that list :O. Clearly guilty

I see this is the only post that has whitespace:
https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/12174/golf-you-a-double-quine-for-greater-good

how interesting

@TomMinor You can answer most questions in any language. For example, here is "Hello, World!" in Whitespace

I am going to make a challenge that only allows HTML whatsoever!

@TomMinor Erm, please don't. Or at least post it in the Sandbox first to get feedback before posting to main

Language restricted questions are usually badly received, and I doubt HTML has any special qualities that would make it interesting

2:44 AM

So djmcmayhem is the confirmed troll @JoKing ??

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3:46 AM

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Q: Making Fibonacci Cry

Introduction The Fibonacci sequence is a mathematical sequence in which each term is the sum of the \$2\$ terms before it; the first two terms are \$0\$ and \$1\$. The first few terms are \$0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13\$. However, it is possible to make variations of this sequence, where each term is...

4:07 AM

@JoKing I cant find any answers to code gold that are in html

primo

4:43 AM

@TomMinor codegolf.stackexchange.com/a/109817

but yes, kind of rare

5:50 AM

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Q: HTML & inline CSS ONLY!

This is a challenge that has never been executed before. In this challenge you are ONLY allowed to use HTML and limited CSS. By limited, I mean you can only use CSS in-line within the particular HTML element. So you can not add a style element in the header and host CSS there. Remote CSS is n...

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1:16 PM

@NewMainPosts Since randomness is undefined, I guess I could cheat by choosing a determined video.

Pure HTML, 764 bytes: ```<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l01sdzJHCCM&feature=player_embedded">1</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l01sdzJHCCM&feature=player_embedded">1</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l01sdzJHCCM&feature=player_embedded">1</a><br/>
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l01sdzJHCCM&feature=player_embedded">1</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l01sdzJHCCM&feature=player_embedded">1</a><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l01sdzJHCCM&feature=player_embedded">1</a><br/>

(It is great that OP also hasn't defined what is a table!)

Now trying to golf it using CSS.

1:35 PM

I can't use CSS to do this.

1:46 PM

: 52489329 Code gold? You mean I could be getting paid for this?

2:01 PM

We'd sell golf dor a very high price.

s/golf/gold/; s/dor/for/

2:17 PM

I love the new main post! It is extremely easy!

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Q: Average Two Letters

Introduction Every letter can be represented as ASCII. For example, a is 97, and S is 83. As well all know, the formula for averaging two numbers x and y is (x+y)/2. I'm pretty sure you can see where this is going. Your challenge is to average two letters. Challenge Your program must take two ...