The Nineteenth Byte

@AlexA. I often sleep in the morning and get up in the afternoon, but this time I slept in the early evening, woke up a few hours ago and didn't feel like sleeping again yet

Optimizer

8:20 PM

utf-8

anOKsquirrel

huh

ok

> utf is undefined

@Optimizer Yes

ohh good

haha

8:21 PM

Even though I'm using CP1252?

Optimizer

is that guy jojo?

Alex A.

Have you not seen Jojo's Bizarre Adventure before?

Alien G

How English sounds to non-English speakers

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Anonymous

@anOKsquirrel 'µ' is a Unicode string in Python 3

anOKsquirrel

@Mego not µ actually, a different char

Anonymous

8:22 PM

@anOKsquirrel ?

Alex A.

@aditsu You have a very freeform sleep schedule. :O I have to be quite regimented with mine.

What do you do for work?

aditsu

programming (mostly from home)

anOKsquirrel

@Mego i used Å

lol Lucas Etter got a Rubik's Cube WR and I had no clue.

Anonymous

Py3 strings are Unicode. If you want to compare strings, you have to make sure they're both encoded with Unicode. Which means, if you're reading from a file, you need encoding='utf-8'. It doesn't matter what code page you want to support - it has to be Unicode to compare strings.

Optimizer

@AlienG that.. is.. not.. english

Anonymous

8:24 PM

Unless you want to deal with the horror that is b̬͠y̬̜͔͕t̡̬̺̰̪e̢͖s̞̞̭͙̀ ͚̣͔o͔b̺̺̝jȩ̼̯̲̰͍c̵̩t͝s҉

Alien G

@Optimizer That's the point. It's what it sounds like to foreigners.

Optimizer

i can only make out half of it

British accent is really hard to follow

anOKsquirrel

@Mego k

Anonymous

@Optimizer thepoint.jpg

Optimizer

.

anOKsquirrel

8:25 PM

Lucas Etter - 4.90 Official Rubik's Cube World Record

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Optimizer

wow

and hes so young

anOKsquirrel

I met him once

Eridan

The kid yelling "What are thooose"... sigh

anOKsquirrel

A few months ago

I actually thought he was going to get WR and I was right!

Eridan

Zemdegs hasn't gotten a record in a while. He's up to break it next I think.

anOKsquirrel

8:27 PM

Nah.

Alex A.

@aditsu Nice! Is it freelance stuff or do you work for a specific company?

anOKsquirrel

Zemdegs is better at 4x4 but he's not really as good at 3x3 anymore

hey, is there a cubers SE chat?

Alex A.

Is there an SE site for Rubik's cubes in particular?

anOKsquirrel

nope

But an SE chat would be nice

Eridan

I just saw the video of the 0.5 2x2 today. The scramble was so dumb. I could do that in a second probably and I typically 2x2 in 5

anOKsquirrel

8:29 PM

@AlienG sorry already been seen

@Eridan I just saw the 4.90 today

Alex A.

@anOKsquirrel You can always make your own chat room but if you want to attract Qberts then you might want to associate it with Puzzling.SE rather than PPCG.

aditsu

@AlexA. kind of consulting/contract work, mostly for one company but occasionally I get other gigs too, and also trying to develop my own things

anOKsquirrel

@AlexA. QBerts.... sigh

Alien G

Tears.

Alex A.

@aditsu Awesome. :)

Eridan

8:30 PM

Is QBerts an actual term?

No

@Eridan NO

Good

Yeah

Cannot find YT clip of QBert from Pixels saying "Soooo muccchhhh bloooood"

Eridan

Yeah the 2x2 0.5 scramble takes me 0.8 to do.

anOKsquirrel

8:31 PM

@Eridan I don't 2x2

feersum

I hold the 1x1x1 world record.

Alex A.

@feersum Damn, son.

Optimizer

someone hit this guy with a baseball bat : youtu.be/RLLCwb1a5oU?t=186 :/

anOKsquirrel

@feersum wait how many times is that joke made?

@Optimizer it's from a comedy video

Optimizer

@anOKsquirrel well, no wonder it looked fake..

randomra

8:33 PM

can you examine the 2*2 cube like the 3*3 before you solve it?

anOKsquirrel

@randomra yes

randomra

so you can solve the whole thing in mind before I guess

anOKsquirrel

2x2, yeah

feersum

Why do Rubik's cubes all have exactly 2 dimensions all of a sudden?

randomra

idk if they to that with 3*3 too

Optimizer

8:34 PM

@randomra yes, that is why the WR is 0.69 seconds

anOKsquirrel

@randomra Nope

randomra

@feersum because laziness

Optimizer

@feersum not all of a sudden, its always like that

feersum

If you were lazy, why wouldn't you refer to them as "2", "3", or "4"?

anOKsquirrel

wait, how many of you actually cube

Optimizer

8:35 PM

@randomra people have to do it. that is how blind folded one works

@feersum cuboids

El'endia Starman

@anOKsquirrel #5 was my favorite. "I was just mixing it up and somehow...I solved it?"

randomra

@feersum because that is confusing, like "2 cubes"

anOKsquirrel

@Optimizer But in BLD you get more than 15s inspection

Optimizer

@anOKsquirrel i used to regularly 2 yrs back, started 3 yrs back

Eridan

Blindfolded solves are really hard. For me it's literally saying numbers and letters over again until I memorize it

anOKsquirrel

8:36 PM

@Optimizer I did 2 weeks ago, been bored of it. Been liking it more now

Optimizer

@anOKsquirrel i was referring to the part where you solve it in mind. more inspection time does help, but you have to get the basics done

Eridan

In Blind, you get unlimited inspection but it counts for your time

randomra

@anOKsquirrel I could do like 2 min solves with 3*3, nothing serious

El'endia Starman

@anOKsquirrel I have a 3x3, 4x4, and 5x5, but never participated in any competitions.

anOKsquirrel

@El'endiaStarman Competitions are fun if they are nearby

Optimizer

8:36 PM

@randomra i bested at~40s

randomra

and I am Hungarian so I should be able to solve it :)

Eridan

I've never been to a competition because they don't have them in my area. Next year I'm going to college in a city that has them though.

anOKsquirrel

I've been to 6 :P

I average around 17s

Eridan

I once had a 12s PLL skip but I'm usually around 20-24s

randomra

searching for rubik results deep in the old folders

anOKsquirrel

8:38 PM

I got a really lucky 8.8 a month ago, PLL skip

Optimizer

8.8 seconds?

anOKsquirrel

yes

Optimizer

that is after 2 weeks of practice ?

wow

anOKsquirrel

I've been cubing for two years?

I said I took a 2 week break

flawr

I recently got a egg-shaped (puerly white) 3x3 shapemod. It is almost impossible=(

aditsu

8:41 PM

@anOKsquirrel I do 2, 3 and 4 (I need to refresh my memory for the 4), oh and megaminx too

Alex A.

@anOKsquirrel Is "cube" the verb referring to solving Rubik's cubes?

anOKsquirrel

@AlexA. Yes.

Alex A.

Oh, okay.

aditsu

not competitive times though

flawr

alex-is-right

anOKsquirrel

8:42 PM

@flawr try an Axis Cube

Alex A.

I've never liked Rubik's cubes.

flawr

@AlexA. NO LOVE FOR GROUPTHEORY????

Alex A.

Group theory is nice, but I don't apply it to Rubik's cubes. :P

feersum

To like group theory != to like one single group.

anOKsquirrel

Rubik's Cubes

for cubing and such

aditsu

8:43 PM

btw you can see my replays at hi-games.net/profile/1200

flawr

@feersum rubik's group != one single group=)

@aditsu Java applet ಠ_ಠ

feersum

@flawr How do you mean? It is, for a single size anyway.

flawr

@feersum sub-groups=)

Downgoat

@ןnɟuɐɯɹɐןoɯ Goatspin is now a real lang \o/

aditsu

@flawr yeah I just noticed those are not easy to run anymore

Optimizer

8:45 PM

^ my collection that's with me right now

anOKsquirrel

@Optimizer nice!

randomra

@Optimizer what is that gear-like middle one?

flawr

@Optimizer Gear cube = awesome=)

Optimizer

exactly that

gear cube

aditsu

haha "megamix" :)

anOKsquirrel

8:47 PM

minx*

flawr

I think I'm gonna invent a "kilominx" at some point in the future. It will be way easier.

Optimizer

can anyone name the triangle one off their mind?

Downgoat

@Optimizer pyraminx?

flawr

Pyraminx?

anOKsquirrel

@flawr Been done, sorry

pyraminx, yes

Optimizer

8:48 PM

nooo

you can't notice the circular thingy on the faces ?

SuperJedi224

There's a tetromino that evolves into 4 blinkers.

anOKsquirrel

oh yeah

@SuperJedi224 wow

Optimizer

its crazy tetrahedron plus

aditsu

@anOKsquirrel yeah, the n is missing on that box

anOKsquirrel

@aditsu huh.

SuperJedi224

8:50 PM

@anOKsquirrel conwaylife.com/wiki/T-tetromino

anOKsquirrel

oh yeah, that one

might try to make cgol in redstone, who knows

Optimizer

I personally liked Mixup Gear the most, but it was too expensive

anOKsquirrel

Also thecubicle.us sucks

Optimizer

never bought from thecubicle.us

anOKsquirrel

they suck

SuperJedi224

8:52 PM

@anOKsquirrel That would be cool

anOKsquirrel

@SuperJedi224 is there a circuit that counts the number of inputs going into it?

uhhh, I tried to vote for skyblock.net and it said i had voted. I haven't D:

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Downgoat

Whaaat, why did Code Review graduate and not us ;-;

Alex A.

They met the graduation requirements

Oh nice, they have their own site design now. Looks fancy.

TimmyD

@anOKsquirrel Half-adder

anOKsquirrel

8:59 PM

@TimmyD not what I mean...

actually it could be what I want

TimmyD

SuperJedi224

I also just found a pentadecomino which takes precisely 888 generations to stabilize.

anOKsquirrel

@SuperJedi224 whoa!

SuperJedi224

It produces 3 diverging gliders and a bunch of other stuff.

anOKsquirrel

whoa

I should really do CGOL more

SuperJedi224

9:04 PM

anOKsquirrel

enable-disable RS Latch in redstone is cool

SuperJedi224

The record lifespan for a methuselah is 40514 generations -> conwaylife.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=4610#p4610

Eridan

I just noticed that Code Review graduated. Is that recent? I remember they were still beta last I checked.

Alex A.

Their graduation was announced a while ago

They just got their own site theme recently though

Eridan

That's what I meant.

I noticed an unfamiliar icon on the sidebar.

Alex A.

9:20 PM

Personally I don't think we're anywhere near ready to graduate, besides not meeting the graduation critera of course.

flawr

@AlexA. You wanna say we are an immature bunch of kids, don't you?

Alex A.

No, because I don't think that and because it would be irrelevant even if I did.

TimmyD

@AlexA. alex-is-wrong ;-)

Alex A.

Not this time.

quintopia

What are the criteria?

Downgoat

9:22 PM

1763

Code Golf & Programming Puzzles – codegolf.stackexchange.com

Beta Q&A site for code golfers and for those who interested in code golfing (from beginners to experts), and programming puzzles.

Currently in public beta.

flawr

It seems we meet most of them except the questions per day excellently.

TimmyD

@flawr What you did there, I see it.

Downgoat

Huh, Code Review graduated even though they had an "okay" for answer ratio

Alex A.

@flawr Sure. But we're still kind of struggling with fitting into the Q&A model. What is and is not on topic has been in flux, especially with the advent of catalog questions.

Nov 9 at 22:13, by Doorknob

unfortunately, I've mentioned this several times before, and the team is very adamant that the 10 questions per day limit will continue to exist

Sep 19 at 17:24, by Alex A.

@Doorknob There should be a qualifier: Except for PPCG, which would devolve into a post-apocalyptic shitscape should it ever reach 10 questions/day.

Jun 3 at 4:28, by Katya

10 questions a day is pretty unrealistic

flawr

What would change anyway if we would graduate?

anOKsquirrel

9:28 PM

uhhh, having trouble making a CGOL redstone

randomra

@flawr we would have one less meme

TimmyD

@flawr Rep requirements

Alex A.

@flawr Reputation thresholds for various privileges will increase, moderators will be formally elected, the Beta label will go away, and we'll get our own site design and icon.

Downgoat

And Code Review also seemed to get their own swag :\

flawr

So what is wrong with beta?

Except alex

Alex A.

9:34 PM

Stack Exchange has discussed the concept of a state of perpetual beta where sites such as our own which remain active and healthy despite not meeting the graduation requirements are able to get some extra privileges that would otherwise be tied to graduation.

TimmyD

@flawr Less traffic since the site doesn't stand out as much.

No swag.

flawr

@TimmyD Isn't that a good thing?

Alex A.

Why would less traffic be good?

TimmyD

^

flawr

@AlexA. It wouldn't be a nice cozy family anymore

Alex A.

9:37 PM

More traffic doesn't necessarily mean more active users

It just means more views

Downgoat

@AlexA. More traffic would mean more of these questions

Alex A.

1 min ago, by Alex A.

More traffic doesn't necessarily mean more active users

quintopia

But it usually does.

TimmyD

@Downgoat More traffic would mean more of these questions

Alex A.

5 mins ago, by Alex A.

It just means more views

That's all more traffic means.

By definition, that is. It has other implications, such as a likely influx of new users with both on- and off-topic questions.

TimmyD

9:45 PM

Wow ... alex-is-not-wrong

Alex A.

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flawr

Why those dots in the background?

Alex A.

I screen-capped it from a site that would have made me pay $40 for the image. :P

2

TimmyD

@flawr Speed holes. Makes the image load faster.

4

Alex A.

hahaha what

> Speed holes

wtf

flawr

9:50 PM

@TimmyD Very good explanation, thanks!

TimmyD

@AlexA. anvari.org/fortune/The_Simpsons/…

Alex A.

hah

anOKsquirrel

yay, I made a redstone circuit that adds signal strengths

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