The Nineteenth Byte

Optimizer

18:00

he gets happy when people do that

Geobits

Not he. She is a female robot.

>_>

Optimizer

who she?

Geobits

Alexa

Alex A.

:/

I am not enjoying this conversation.

Calvin's Hobbies

How short can you get to 10 using only 1()+-*^? (1+1)*(1+1+1+1+1)?

Geobits

18:02

11-1

Calvin's Hobbies

Loophole

Geobits

Number of ones or number of operations or number of chars?

Calvin's Hobbies

@Geobits Number of chars

Optimizer

lol alex

Geobits

(1+1+1)^(1+1)+1 maybe?

Optimizer

18:04

10 is 10 in decimals

Alex A.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Geobits

Recursion has the word recursion right inside of it!

Alex A.

@randomra How did your interview go?

Dennis

@AlexA. Thanks. I forgot to add that when I introduced trains.

Alex A.

Add what

Optimizer

18:05

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Doorknob

I Googled "1 mule in feet" because typo and I got this...

in SE Diplomacy, 19 hours ago, by Air

@Doorknob Ahh, good old 'sup son in SE chat... I'm not sure I've seen one yet with all its arms and no edit icon

randomra

@AlexA. there was more about what should I do there, than testing my knowledge, so I gonna say quite well (so maybe my CV was good :))

Optimizer

@Doorknob alex did it right up there

randomra

and thanks for asking :)

Alex A.

@Doorknob What the actual fuck

Calvin's Hobbies

18:07

Do we not have a 1()+-*^ question already? We should.

Alex A.

@Doorknob Also, what were you trying to type that ended up with the typo "1 mule in feet"?

Calvin's Hobbies

mile

5280

Alex A.

@Calvin'sHobbies Correct

Doorknob

yeah I can never remember 5280 :P

Geobits

There are a ton of similar ones over at Puzzling if you want non-programmy answers.

Alex A.

18:08

@Doorknob Because the US uses a terrible system based on nonsense.

Doorknob

this is true

Geobits

@AlexA. Blame the Brits :P

Alex A.

@Geobits Oh believe me, I do. I do.

@randomra That's great! Have you heard back from them or did they give you a timeline of when you might hear back?

randomra

@AlexA. they get back to me in 2 weeks

Calvin's Hobbies

@Doorknob Just remember that it's the last composite before 5281

Alex A.

18:11

@randomra Not bad. Going to put out other applications in the meantime?

@Calvin'sHobbies 5281 is not a prime

Geobits

Or that it's 1760 yards. Much easier.

Doorknob

@Calvin'sHobbies Ok, now how do I remember 5281? (one more than the number of feet in a mile :P)

Calvin's Hobbies

Yup

Geobits

@AlexA. That wouldn't make his statement less true.

randomra

@AlexA. I have another one planned

Alex A.

18:12

@Geobits But it's divide by 1 to maek number

Dennis

@AlexA. "Dyalog"

Alex A.

@Dennis Did I edit that into one of your posts?

randomra

they code in Haxe, I just checked it out

never heard of it

Alex A.

:24829695 1 and 5281

Geobits

@AlexA. No, I mean even if 5281 wasn't prime, 5280 is still the last composite before 5281.

Alex A.

18:13

@randomra I've heard the name but I don't know why

Dennis

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A: Arbitrary Clock Time Calculator

Dyalog APL, 9 7 5 bytes ⌽⊤⍨∘⌽ Verify all test cases at once on TryAPL.

Doorknob

Uhh, 5281 is a prime

wolframalpha.com/input/?i=factor+5281

Alex A.

@Geobits No, there is infiniti number between 5281 and 5280

Doorknob

But only one composite number in [5280,5281)

Geobits

@Alexa what's a composite number?

Alex A.

18:14

thats on like pie where lot of deminal

Geobits

stahp juicin avocad

Alex A.

@Dennis I corrected the spelling of "try."

Calvin's Hobbies

@Doorknob This was my plan all along - next time you forget the number you'll probably remember this conversation.

Alex A.

@Geobits kent stop trollin

Doorknob

stahp*

Dennis

18:15

@AlexA. Time to go home...

Alex A.

STAP WHAAT, DOOORNOB?

@Dennis hahahaha

Doorknob

it's not stop or stap

it's stahp

Alex A.

NPO

(that was an actual mistake, the "P" was unintentional)

(but it's growing on me)

Geobits

Nigerian Prince Offer

Alex A.

o like doorbell

Doorknob

18:17

A guy actually called me Doorbell once during SO elections. :D

Alex A.

he gos on dosa forem and say he move mony from nigeria

@Doorknob standing ovation

Calvin's Hobbies

Doordong is better

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Doorknob

ಠ_ಠ

Alex A.

@Doorknob You should change your avatar to a spooky doorknob for Halloween.

quartata

@Dennis Wow that is impressive

Alex A.

18:20

@quartata Everything Dennis does is impressive.

Doorknob

@AlexA. hao duz maek spoopy

quartata

@AlexA. Right, but this was especially impressive.

Doorknob

(oh no, Alex's spelling is starting to rub off on me >.>)

Calvin's Hobbies

@Doorknob Invert colors

Doorknob

ok

Alex A.

18:20

@Doorknob Sppoop up yr knob

Geobits

Please give a warm welcome to our mods, everyone!

Calvin's Hobbies

quartata

@Doorknob er melp hao do i maek spoopy go spoopy saem tim a errrrrrrrrrr

Calvin's Hobbies

That's actually pretty cool inverted

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Beta's Fractal code-golf ascii-art kolmogorov-complexity Challenge Given a integer n via STDIN, output Beta's fractal at level n. Beta's Fractal The fractal starts off at level 0 with a single x: x Then, the following shapes are added to each corner at level 1: x x xx xx x xx xx x x ...

Alex A.

18:22

@Geobits TFW you realize the people saying super dumb shit in chat are actually site moderators.

Dennis

@quartata It's pretty short and neat, but the magic here is mostly Dyalog's, not mine.

quartata

@AlexA. "Hey mods can you ban this guy?" "..."

Alex A.

TFW I remember that I'm a site moderator

quartata

>tfw tfw

Calvin's Hobbies

@Beta Why kolmo tag?

Beta Decay

18:23

Whoops

Alex A.

TIL I'm a site motereter

quartata

@AlexA. dat means u got da powers of lolkats to bin every1 and 1!!!!!

Beta Decay

Can mods ban themselves?

quartata

I don't even know what I'm saying right now

@BetaDecay Yes.

Alex A.

@quartata This is the truth.

@BetaDecay No.

quartata

18:24

@AlexA. Really? Huh

Calvin's Hobbies

@AlexA. You could step down.

Geobits

If a mod ban is unstoppable, and a mod is unmovable...

Calvin's Hobbies

(hint....)

Martin Büttner

@AlexA. Because that's one of said solutions I'm not happy with. ;)

quartata

I thought that's how Doorknob broke his PPCG addiction

That and transferring his addiction over to NetHack

Alex A.

18:25

@Calvin'sHobbies :(

Doorknob

Alright, my avatar's all spooky and stuff now. Refresh the chat page to see it :P

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(thanks @Calvin'sHobbies)

Geobits

No refresh required.

quartata

I didn't need to refresh it to see it. Huh

Alex A.

I did

quartata

I feel like I should spookify my avatar

Do I have GIMP on this computer?

Alex A.

18:26

@Calvin'sHobbies Do you really think I should?

randomra

@Dennis damn 2-char J instructions: #:~&.|. (7 chars, 4 instructions)

Geobits

I'm not sure mine gets scarier when inverted...

Alex A.

@quartata This is not a question we can answer for you.

quartata

@AlexA. It was more me talking to myself

I do that a lot

Calvin's Hobbies

@AlexA. No

Alex A.

18:26

@Calvin'sHobbies Ok

Calvin's Hobbies

@quartata Put some aliens on your spaceship

Dennis

@randomra Speaking of J. Are you following the "mystery string" contest?

Calvin's Hobbies

Wait, it's a glider, not a lwss

Alex A.

@Calvin'sHobbies Lwss? Is that Welsh?

translate: lwss

(from English) lwss

Doorknob

light weight space ship, I think

Geobits

18:29

You'd have a easy time spookifying yours. I'm sure I've seen Hobbes mauling people :D

Calvin's Hobbies

@AlexA. conwaylife.com/wiki/Lightweight_spaceship

randomra

@Dennis somewhat, is there a J entry?

Dennis

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A: The Mystery String Printer (Cops)

J 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 ...

Alex A.

> Random soups will emit one LWSS for approximately every 615 gliders

Dennis

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A: The Mystery String Printer (Cops)

J 0 0 0 0 1 9 495 1287 3003 6435 12870 24310 43758 0 0 0 0 45 165 Range ≤ 8

Doorknob

18:30

@AlexA. soup is tasty

Geobits

Or maybe some mutant snow goons.

randomra

@Dennis I will be on it tomorrow

Calvin's Hobbies

@Geobits mutant killer snow goons

Alex A.

@Doorknob You should add spooky Halloween themed commands to Snowman

Dennis

@randomra No, no, no. I'm telling you so you stay away. :P

Geobits

18:31

Deranged Mutant Killer Monster Snow Goons it seems.

randomra

@Dennis you have chosen the wrong method for that :)

quartata

Dennis stop it the contest is over you won

Beta Decay

Can one of you mods help me see if my new avatar is lame or not? ;)

Alex A.

@BetaDecay Yes it is, you don't need us to tell you that

Dennis

Just a sec.

Doorknob

18:33

Refreshified your chat profile.

Alex A.

Ok

Calvin's Hobbies

randomra

@Dennis APL doesn't have a dual-like construct?

Alex A.

Me too

Doorknob

Amazing artistic talent

Dennis

18:34

@randomra What's that?

quartata

WHAT IS THAT OH

Dennis

@Doorknob Me too. :P

Mod overflow.

Alex A.

@Calvin'sHobbies It looks like one of those red haired dolls

Or like someone dumbed spaghetti on Beta

quartata

It looks like a sea anemone.

Alex A.

It looks like crap.

randomra

18:35

@Dennis y f[dual]g x = g^-1 (g x) f (g y) jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/d631.htm

Geobits

I'm not a fan. How am I supposed to spookify mine if you turned yours into a blue circle with white interior??

Alex A.

@Geobits Turn yours upside down.

Doorknob

@Geobits make it into an upvote icon, that'd be really scary

Alex A.

Ninja'd

Doorknob

triple orange vegetable

Alex A.

18:36

Carrot cake frozen yogurt

Geobits

So we're all in agreement that upvotes are scarier than downvotes? I like this new world.

Doorknob

It's just that seeing @Geobits with an upvote icon, of all people, would be extra-spooky. Like the whole world has been turned upside down.

Geobits

I like my interpretation better, so I'm going to stick with that.

Doorknob

sure :P

Alex A.

> so I'm

flawr

18:37

We should introduce stars as additional rating for the questions/answers.

Alex A.

@flawr How would that work?

Geobits

@AlexA. ?

flawr

Same as in chat here?

Geobits

You mean the "favorite" star? :P

Alex A.

@flawr So you get stars, upvotes, and downvotes?

Beta Decay

18:38

@Doorknob It's as good as @Phi's, don't you think? ;)

flawr

Perhaps not only just 'stars' but upstars and downstars?

Alex A.

@Geobits To be fair, I have seen support (mostly on SO) for favoriting answers in addition to the current ability to favorite questions.

Geobits

No, I just meant that stars are already there, albeit not the same as chat stars. I star questions from time to time.

Dennis

@randomra This shows how to implement it, so it doesn't seem to exist out of the box. In Dyalog, at least.

Alex A.

> out of

> not the

> but

Geobits

18:40

Did someone break Alex? He keeps stuttering.

Doorknob

What is @Alexa doing? O_o

Alex A.

giwhat

Geobits

Oh, yea. Voice recognition might be shaky due to poor connection.

Dennis

@Alexa? Hey, that works. :P

randomra

@Dennis I see, it's a fun feature sometimes

Doorknob

18:41

Also, why did someone star "ok"?

Alex A.

@Dennis It is not an approved method of pinging me. |:[

@Doorknob Why does anyone star anything?

Geobits

@Alexa It works really well though.

Dennis

@randomra It certainly would have been useful for the time challenge.

Alex A.

@Geobits FTFY

Beta Decay

You are now @Alexa from now on

Geobits

18:42

@AlexA. Don't edit my messages :(

Alex A.

@BetaDecay No, dammit.

@Geobits Edited for offensive content.

quartata

There we go

Except it didn't update lol

Calvin's Hobbies

Hmm?

Beta Decay

@AlexA. I know someone IRL called Alex[a] who's exactly like you

quartata

Did that work?

Beta Decay

18:44

@Calvin'sHobbies Bagpuss?

Geobits

Nice Hobbes :D

Calvin's Hobbies

@BetaDecay Scuse me?

Alex A.

@Geobits I believe they're called "hobbies."

quartata

Ah. Much better

Doorknob

@quartata Refreshed your chat profile for you. :P

quartata

18:44

Thanks

Geobits

@AlexA. Yep, and that hobby is named Hobbes :P

Beta Decay

@Calvin'sHobbies google.co.uk/…

Your profile looks like him

Alex A.

@BetaDecay Except female, I assume.

Geobits

Bagpuss < Hobbes

Alex A.

@BetaDecay What a horrifying creature.

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Calvin's Hobbies

18:46

If anything I was going for Eeyore

quartata

Alright I think my avatar is sufficiently halloween

Alex A.

@Calvin'sHobbies Looks closer to xnor.

quartata

I have 0 art skills so this could probably be cooler

Beta Decay

@AlexA. Holy crap, don't you talk about Bagpuss that way

flags as offensive

Alex A.

I'm also not a big fan of the name "Bagpuss."

quartata

18:48

I think @Geobits 's avatar is already sufficiently terrifying (nothing scarier than a downvote)

So that just leaves @AlexA.

MAKE YOUR AVATAR SPOOPY

Geobits

@quartata I've got an idea for mine, but it'll have to be a bit later.

Alex A.

12 mins ago, by Geobits

So we're all in agreement that upvotes are scarier than downvotes? I like this new world.

@quartata I will consider it.

Beta Decay

@AlexA. Noo

Alex A.

quartata

Wait Halloween is 11 days away

I thought October just started

Alex A.

18:50

It did, but that was 20 days ago.

Beta Decay

What's the Halloween you speak of?

October 31st is the death date of Jimmy Jewell

flawr

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Calvin's Hobbies

Alex's spooky version avatar:

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Doorknob

It's a corpse! :O

Optimizer

18:54

of corpse

Calvin's Hobbies

@Optimizer Llamas's are edible too

Cᴏɴᴏʀ O'Bʀɪᴇɴ

WHAT HAVE I WALKED IN ON!?

Optimizer

Witch Hunt

@Calvin'sHobbies same as tigers

Cᴏɴᴏʀ O'Bʀɪᴇɴ

Oh, just that.

Beta Decay

Optimizer

18:56

Pizzalex?

Calvin's Hobbies

Black bird baked into a pie!

Cᴏɴᴏʀ O'Bʀɪᴇɴ

Is everybody changing their user pictures for Halloween?

Beta Decay

Of course

We do it at Christmas too

Optimizer

@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ yes, I changed long back though

Calvin's Hobbies

The red on the scarf is actually blood

Cᴏɴᴏʀ O'Bʀɪᴇɴ

18:57

@Optimizer XD Oh, I see.

I guess I better scary up my dragon :P

Optimizer

@Calvin'sHobbies that too my own

Doorknob

Using Calvin's idea of inverting the colors. :P

Optimizer

how does mine convert?

Cᴏɴᴏʀ O'Bʀɪᴇɴ

@Doorknob Oh wow. Inverting the colors is terrifying XD

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