« first day (1805 days earlier)      last day (3037 days later) » 

6:09 PM
@MartinBüttner That reminds me of the cellular Potts model.
 
0
A: Sandbox for Proposed Challenges

J AtkinMake a truth table code-golf Truth tables are very important in logic. They are a very useful tool to help you visualize how a function works. In this challenge, you are going to make a program/function that generates a truth table. Ops that you must support: - &: The and function - |: The ...

 
But I don't recall coming across a model that's exactly like you suggest.
@MartinBüttner ^
 
6:29 PM
Speaking of cellular automata, has anyone seen this:
 
0
A: Sandbox for Proposed Challenges

J AtkinMake a truth table code-golf Truth tables are very important in logic. They are a very useful tool to help you visualize how a function works. In this challenge, you are going to make a program/function that generates a truth table. Ops that you must support: &: The and function |: The or f...

Look good?
 
@MartinBüttner If we had the space, we could have the top 7 and Moe's Choice (as in the mods pick a few extra awards, should be a better name for this) so the mods can throw in Rookie of the Year, or something
Moe's. I meant Mod's
 
@Zgarb yep
Thanks for the links, I'll check those out
@Sherlock9 Hm, nice idea, but it also has the problem of creating too many categories for people to check out in detail.
 
6:47 PM
Clearly the answer is to have one thread, every answer is an award, we add nominations to the answer, making extra long "answers" then do the voting after
 
I tried making a GIF of a CA with one of those online GIF makers...
It failed horrendously.
 
@Sherlock9 the voting still requires that many posts and that many candidates to pay attention to
 
Their logo covers half the thing.
 
But only half as much, at that point
What about Google poll things. The surveys
 
3
Q: Userscript for easily replying in Stack Exchange chat

undergroundmonorailIn SE chat, there are two different ways to mention people: A "ping" to just get a user's attention, and a "reply" that points out a specific message by the user. This script makes it so that beginning a message with (by default) @username@, the message is made a reply to username's most recent m...

Does this actually work? I can't seem to get it to run
 
6:55 PM
@PhiNotPi I forget, but I think there's a Python module to help with that
 
^ tada!
 
@Quill works for me
 
@PhiNotPi the shape is a bit... dubious
 
actually hang on i've updated it more since posting that question and not getting any answers :P
 
well, I was about to review it, but I couldn't even get it to run
 
6:56 PM
Black cells are B/S, green are B2/S, blue are B1/S.
 
that's very odd
 
Belated thanks @RikerW
 
tbh i'm not sure what to do about that question because i know you're not supposed to edit it to update the code, but it's no longer the current code so i'm not sure how useful answers will be? but i guess anything that helps me wrap my head around how javascript is supposed to be is useful in that if nothing else
 
@PhiNotPi green and yellow?
 
It's light green, I checked.
 
6:59 PM
@Quill is there a place where I can post broken code for review?
 
@TanMath uh, Stack Overflow...
 
broken, unreviewed code -> SO -> working, unreviewed code -> CR -> working reviewed code
 
you forgot golfed, unreadable code -> PPCG
most of your regulars review each other's answers to help shave bytes off anyway
 
that's true
 
@PhiNotPi oh, so dark/light is dead/alive?
 
7:01 PM
yes
 
@Quill but over there my question got closed too!
 
read the on-topic guides before posting man
 
@TanMath Don't post code that won't build/run. Get those bugs out yourself ;)
 
@quintopia It runs, but calculates the wrong result
 
@TanMath Ah, well, you can post that, as long as you follow all guidelines and considerations to ensure the question is of interest to all and that answers will be high quality and useful to all
 
7:09 PM
@quintopia I did that...question got closed!
ah well...
I think the fact that the code takes a few hours to run annoys people.
 
@undergroundmonorail there's no answers yet, you can still update your question
 
@TanMath I believe it is appropriate when I say "No shit, Sherlock"
 
lol
 
I'm tempted to pick 9 categories for the Best of. It's quite a lot, but any less and I feel like the first person who didn't make the cut will complain about my arbitrary choice. If I pick 9, the first person who didn't make the cut is myself.
 
but then people will complain that 9 is not a nice round number
so either way you're screwed I think
 
7:23 PM
lol
I think 9 is good.
 
I could make it 10 and pick "don't push out of the box" last :P
 
0
Q: Turing's truth tables

J AtkinAlan Turing - Wikipedia Truth tables are very important in logic. They are a very useful tool to help you visualize how a function works. In this challenge, you are going to make a program/function that generates a truth table. Ops that you must support: &: The and function |: The or functio...

 
@JAtkin What exactly is the point of leaving something in the sandbox for 1 hour and the posting it before any feedback comes in?
3
 
Thank you @NewMainPosts.
 
@RikerW you are welcome!
I am a sock of @NewMainPosts!
 
7:26 PM
Oh, okay.
 
Muahahaha!
 
:P
 
@TanMath that explains things.
 
@MartinBüttner like what?
 
So do you think that I am @NewSandboxedPosts's sock?
:P
 
7:27 PM
like. things. mostly.
 
Like me wanting to post sandboxed posts on the main site so my master can post them here?
 
@MartinBüttner what is your opinion on perl?
 
Perl is the second best language with the extension .pl
 
Okay.
What is the first language @Fatalize?
 
7:35 PM
true.
(Prolog)
 
I asked bc doorknob and quartata want me to learn it, and I gave in.
 
they're laughing in the background at the thought of you learning this ascii noise language
 
lol
 
Is that Wireworld?
 
7:39 PM
No
But it looks like wireworld, which is my point.
 
How do you maintain a positive question record?
 
Grey cells are B/S, green are B2/S, blue are B1/S.
So each cell has a life-like rule, just different rules for different cells.
I'm working on this challenge:
42
Q: Build a working game of Tetris in Conway's Game of Life

Joe Z.Here is a theoretical question - one that doesn't afford an easy answer in any case, not even the trivial one. In Conway's Game of Life, there exist constructs such as the metapixel which allow the Game of Life to simulate any other Game-of-Life rule system as well. In addition, it is known that...

 
uhhhh, good luck?
 
Each cell in my diagram actually represents a 2048x2048 metapixel.
I've made a lot more progress than anybody else, as far as I'm aware.
 
apparently
is there a way to create an arbitrary life-rule with those metapixels?
 
7:43 PM
Each metapixel is individually programmable to have any life-like rule.
The next thing I need to work on is signal splitters.
Followed by a NAND gate.
Then finally a wire crossing.
And BOOM! Turing-complete metapixel system.
 
and then you actually need to solve the challenge
 
test don't flag
 
> Turing-complete mind-boggling metapixel system.
 
@MartinBüttner I honestly thought it was ok, and no feedback meant all is good. Anyway it is now back in the sandbox where it belongs. Next time 1 day minimum in the sandbox...
 
I've had a KotH in the Sandbox for a while now
It has had some feedback but not as much as I'd like
Wait more than a day if feedback is slow, is all I'm saying
 
7:59 PM
I'm at 9,997 rep!
 
you need to accept an answer
 
okay
9,999!
5
 
applauds
 
It's over 9,000!
 
and 42 silver badges
 
8:06 PM
Screenshot or HTML editing? The world may never know.
 
8:17 PM
Has anyone ever used PPCG to get cheap code for real uses?
 
PPCG? I don't think so -> try SO maybe
 
@Hurricane996 me!
 
^ same
 
@PhiNotPi That's a lot of rep. 9,999 factorial is a pretty dang big number ...
 
I am working on code from PPCG to try to get it through CR. :P
SP3000's idea.
@Quill why are you here?
Starting to like golfing?
 
8:20 PM
I wanted to find some neural network code here, but never found anything useful...@trichoplax knows...
 
Trying to review this but I can't get it working
also because omnipresence and everything
 
@RikerW no...he is a secret agent of CR...
 
@TanMath my chat profile is linked to CR... it's not secret...
 
^
lol
 
For example:"I need you to write a program that is a working GBA emulator."
 
8:21 PM
@Quill but you are trying to befriend us and get info from us...
 
@Quill are you using the userscript?
 
Or "I need you to write a copy of expensive software here"
* Expensive software here *
 
@RikerW yeah, I've got running, but just not working
 
* ** expensive software here
 
Okay, I got an AND gate working, but it's 1 tick too fast.
 
8:23 PM
@Quill it works for me...
I have used it for a while now.
 
I will make a search engine challenge and maybe I will use the answer code to make a search engine...
 
> If you guys could just write a copy of MS word for me, that'd be greaaaat
@RikerW@ not for me
 
hahaha!
 
lol
:26700285
 
@Quill why do you do @username@?
 
8:24 PM
Works for me?
Because the script converts @username@ to a reply to @username's last message.
 
@Quill you know, there was a text editor challenge here...
 
@TanMath see here
 
@Quill what does this script do?
 
read the description....
 
does it reply to the most recent message?
 
8:26 PM
yes
@RikerW I was trying to lurk and not derail/interrupt but hey, call me spiderman
 
@Quill well, it does not work for you!
 
Your challenge is to make a program that will find out an RSA private key. Shortest runtime wins.
 
ha!
 
@RikerW try using Shift-Enter to go to a new line in the chatbox while you have the script on
 
Or a program that will automatically set my reputation on all sites to ∞
* se sites
\\
\*
\\*
 
8:29 PM

 🎆 New Year Esolang Design (and puppi

A place where nobody comes to talk about building the first es...
 
@Quill test
You are right...
 
#360noscope
 
@PhiNotPi RIP Phi's Free Time. Never forget
 
I'm sensing a lack of confidence.
 
> Your lack of faith is disturbing
 
8:31 PM
You're drained of DETERMINATION.
 
@quartata You literally have GoL as your avatar.
 
@Hurricane996 lmao have fun brute-forcing semiprimes
 
@AlexA.
 
What
 
> "Look Daddy! I fixed your guitar by making all the metal things straight! "
 
8:33 PM
@PhiNotPi So?
 
Doesn't that make you an expert of some kind?
 
ok... there is no point wasting my time here...
 
I know a bit about cellular automatons. That doesn't mean I'd want to program Tetris in one.
 
but before I leave, I am advertising this question for a Seriously and perhaps a CJam answer!:
13
Q: Play the word chain

TanMathWhen I was younger, I use to play a word game called Word chain. It was very simple. The first player chooses a word; the next player says another word that starts with the same letter the previous word ended with. This goes on forever until somebody gives up! Trick is, you cannot use the same wo...

 
> I know a bit about cellular automatons. That doesn't mean I'd means I don't want to program Tetris in one.
 
8:35 PM
Somewhat ironically, I suppose that's true.
Someone who doesn't know what a cellular automaton is would probably be OK with trying to program Tetris in it...
"All right! How do I do a for loop?"
@PhiNotPi I'm so tempted to upvote one of your answers and ruin this
 
I'm already at 10,004.
 
Rats.
 
@undergroundmonorail I dunno, whatever I decide. /shrug
 
Well, if I downvote two of your posts you'll be at a nice even 10k.
 
Congrats on passing 10k @PhiNotPi! \o/
9
 
8:40 PM
@PhiNotPi you're welcome
 
hey @Doorknob:
20 mins ago, by Quill
Trying to review this but I can't get it working
 
1560 days in the making!
 
I like helping people reach new heights, in terms of rep...
 
@PhiNotPi I still remember the day I reached 4,999. I have a screenshot too :)
 
Huh, I'm sitting at 202 daily rep.
Does the accepted answer +2 not count towards the total?
 
8:47 PM
@PhiNotPi 200 max + 2 for an answer
*accepting an answer
What do I do with a low-quality answer that's working code, but doesn't really answer the question?
 
@ETHproductions Can you post a comment to help them out? Maybe they're just not understanding the spec.
 
I still get like one upvote on this answer every day
I'm almost ashamed of it
almost
 
Actually, it is a valid answer, just uses a language that makes the task trivial.
So never mind. It's maybe not worth deleting, but probably worth a downvote.
 
Woo! AND gate has be decelerated!
 
8:55 PM
@Mods: I'd like to turn this room into a chatroom for Japt, since it's been entirely about Japt so far. But I'm not an owner of that room, so I can't do this. Can you please help? @Martin @Dennis @Alex
 
Signal splitter is easy... I just need an OR and XOR
 
@Zgarb Hmm I just read that and I can't decide whether I like Dennis's approach or Mego's approach to the situation better.
What Mego described is what I normally do
 
But Martin has a point about "signpost" answers, which is the kind of thing Dennis's scheme would support better
 
@PhiNotPi are you planning on making individual gates in "hardware"? Why not just use only nand or nor?
 
9:01 PM
I'm trying to make as many hardware gates as I can right now.
But, what I'm trying to do is to make it so that each gate fits in the same size bounding box with the same amount of delay.
 
Once I do that, I can start to construct circuits using "metametapixels" each of which is a gate/wire.
 
@PhiNotPi Cool
 
Those circuits will then start to resemble actual logic circuits, and I can do stuff like construct RAM and adders and stuff.
Which I can then turn into a simple computer.
 
BTW @PhiNotPi did you hear the spleef arena over your house was @Amporas'?
 
9:08 PM
No I didn't.
 
It isn't actually an arena according to him, just a snowfield.
And I think the over your house part was an accident, bc he has a house nearby with a ladder up.
 
What happened to the spleef arena at spawn?
 
nothing
 
^
 
it's still there
 
9:09 PM
Why do we need two?
 
Move here

 PPCG Minecraft Server

Server closed. Files: github.com/HelkaHomba/ppcgmc1.9 New serv...
@quartata
3 mins ago, by RikerW
It isn't actually an arena according to him, just a snowfield.
 
@JAtkin I'm not saying it's not okay (I haven't actually checked). And the sandbox isn't mandatory (although usually a good idea). I just thought it's a bit pointless to leave it there for only an hour. "no feedback" within an hour usually just means "no one has been able to read it yet".
@ETHproductions has this been sorted out for you?
 
@MartinBüttner Nope
 
@MartinBüttner Nope, not yet
 
I'm not sure why discussion rooms don't automagically assign someone ownership status
 
9:21 PM
@usandfriends I keep reading your name as "You Sand Friends"
 
Even if it is just the owner of the first comment in the chain
 
Can I change the room name once I have ownership?
 
@ETHproductions Yes.
 
@ETHproductions yes
 
ninjad
 
9:22 PM
Awesome, thanks
 
Hi
 
Hi
 
Hi
 
9:29 PM
@Quill huh?
 
so. 7 categories (up to and including showcase of a new golfing lang). objections?
 
@Doorknob You helped him with his script so I thought you might know, is all
 
@MartinBüttner No.
@MartinBüttner One suggestion: Pick a meme for each post.
:P
 
Seriously, you should.
Maybe the seriously meme for the new golfing lang one and the dennis meme for big improvement?
 
9:30 PM
 
Pls Pls Pls @MartinBüttner?
 
@Fatalize you here? are you okay with changing your categorie name to "Rookie of the Year" as suggested?
 
@MartinBüttner Ahh, OK.
 
I though it was @Ampora's catagory.
 
@MartinBüttner Sounds good to me.
 
9:31 PM
@RikerW not the one in the top 7
 
Okay.
 
or was that suggestion specifically for Ampora's?
 
I think it was.
IDK really though.
 
@MartinBüttner Jelly is totally going to win that one.
I forgot it was even a "new" golfing language
 
^
 
9:37 PM
Maybe someday in the future I could actually push an update for pl without everything breaking then maybe I'd get that award
I made a mistake when organizing my Perl for it now it looks like spaghetti
references everywhere
 
Isn't that perl in its usual form? :P
 
No
I'm just a special snowflake when it comes to the Perl hells I make
2
 
Just because I am learning perl doesn't mean I can't be an Alex about it.
 
@MartinBüttner I suggested "rookie" instead of "best newcomer" to be used for any applicable category
 
@quartata Okay, I can totally imagine that.
 
9:38 PM
@TimmyD k, that's what I thought
 
@RikerW Good
I make only the finest alternate universes
 
@quartata I mean the "you creating hell" part.
 
That's what I mean :P
I guess hells aren't alternate universes. I'm not a theologian though
Maybe "plane" is a better word
 
The infernal plane.
 
Indeed it is a plane.
 
9:40 PM
Eh, too DND.
 
Do you play d&d @quartata?
 
Yes.
 
Today's been a pretty good day for me
 
Elaborate...
 
I've been playing since AD&D 2
 
9:41 PM
Mortarboard #11, with a total of 415 rep today.
 
@ThomasKwa noice
What answer got you that?
Still waiting for mortarboard #5 someday
 
Hello dear people. So I feel tricked. I'm trying to register into certain site. I've changed over thousands of proxies but it always somehow blocks me. Maybe the site admin have somehow disabled registering through proxies?
Is this possible?
 
@FISOCPP What site?
And why?
 
Because I can't see any other way he can track me.
 
??
 
9:43 PM
No, why are you registering for the site?
 
I've deleted all my cookies and stuff.
Here.
 
@FISOCPP Why are you asking this in the chatroom for codegolf.stackexchange.com?
 
@FISOCPP This isn't even SE...
 
IDN
I selected chat from security excahnge,
And I got here.
nvm
 

 The DMZ

A serious place where infosec is discussed PS we don't do hard...
@Doorknob move
 
9:45 PM
what?
 
He said he was looking for the Security SE room
I was going to ask you to move the messages but he already copypasted them into there :P
 
move them to trash, then
 
How did he get here from security.SE???
 
^
 
more to the point why does he want to hide himself so badly
 
9:48 PM
@MartinBüttner Go for it
 
Does this new challenge I'm sandboxing look way too complicated?
It's basically "write 50% of a Pyth interpreter, and then some"
0
A: Sandbox for Proposed Challenges

Thomas KwaUn-minify Pyth code-golf string parsing Pyth is perhaps the best general-purpose golfing language. Its flexible fixed-arity syntax, constant updates, and many builtins (for everything from hyperbolic trig to indexed assignment to permutations). However, it can often be difficult to read, and ev...

 
> Its flexible fixed-arity syntax, constant updates, and many builtins (for everything from hyperbolic trig to indexed assignment to permutations).
You started a sentence and never finished it. :P
 
SPAGHETTI MAKES ME HAPPY
4
 
@NewSandboxedPosts Thanks for the info.
 
@Doorknob Fixe
Do you think I'll get any answers?
 
9:55 PM
If you do, they'd actually be really helpful.
 
If it's too long a challenge, perhaps I could just do a "Tokenize Pyth"
Wait, I forgot about explicit loops and ifs and such
 
@ThomasKwa That would be too easy I suspect
 
@quartata I think you're overestimating what's "too easy".
codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/67921/… is the highest voted question this month, and it's pretty trivial in almost all languages.
 

« first day (1805 days earlier)      last day (3037 days later) »