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A: Sandbox for Proposed Challenges

programmer5000answer-chaining decision-problem code-challenge ? code-golf ? Halters, Nevers and Oracles: Battle of the Halting Problem In this submission, there are 3 types of answers: Programs / functions that return / exit / halt (halters) Programs / functions that never return / exit / halt (nevers) Pro...

 
you... posted it 2 minutes ago?
 
@totallyhuman Too long
 
that's not too long >_>
too long = 30 minu or more
 
@Sherlock9 our countries are in top 3 of ^ :D
 
seriously I get no love from you people
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8:06 PM
>_>
 
anyone know of an existing kerning challenge
 
i know one keming :P
 
ooh that'd make a good challenge
 
That'd be the idea
 
compress things like rn into m?
and vice versa?
@programmer5000 also it took around 5.5 minutes to post that it >_> tha'ts not too long
 
8:20 PM
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A: Sandbox for Proposed Challenges

DaveExiting Vim — Cops & Robbers In honour of the recent milestone, let's turn escaping Vim into a game! Rules for Cops Starting from launching vim with no arguments (i.e. no initial file open), provide a sequence of keys to be typed in to the editor. Rules for Robbers Starting from the state de...

 
@Riker not exactly what i was thinking
 
what were you thinking?
 
something more like
 
maybe image manipulation..?
 
you're given an image with text in it
yeah
 
8:22 PM
a picture with text with bad kerning
 
ah cool
 
yup
 
and your code has to shift the letters around
 
I love how the starboard is pretty much all about the bots
 
no, one's about me and i am human, thank you
 
8:23 PM
a simplification if that's difficult could be to output a truthy value if the kerning is even
could be two separate challenges /me shrugs
maybe i'll make a sandbox post later
 
@NewSandboxedPosts I see how it is.
Will you ever post mine?
 
it did
it got edited :P
how do i quote messages
 
Like tha... You BROKE IT
50 secs ago, by totallyhuman
how do i quote messages
Just link the permalink not the history
 
oh
20 mins ago, by New Sandboxed Posts
seriously I get no love from you people
this history is relevant too though
 
> pretty much
 
8:28 PM
@Riker Wait how do you do that?
 
?
the quote?
 
> like this
 
> msg
 
> Oh wow. thanks > Hi
 
only on a newline
 
8:29 PM
Cool
 
> be me
> try to green text
> tfw
 
@Riker on polyatheism^^
 
o_O
> sad pepe
@flawr 10/10
 
Challenge idea: ;# transpiler part 2: write a program which, when given ;# code as input, outputs a program in your language that when executed prints the same string
 
...it breaks on the ] in the code >_>
 
Anonymous
8:39 PM
@PhiNotPi Done
 
Anonymous
Only required removing 3 bytes from my Actually answer on the interpreting #; challenge
 
Anonymous
 
Anonymous
@totallyhuman Fails on extra characters
 
Anonymous
:37601873 Please use the chat Sandbox for testing
 
8:44 PM
@Mego good point
easy fix hang on
...but hurts byte count ;-;
 
I kinda want to make an actual "transpiler" question. Not for ;# because that's too easy, but on something else, because transpiling can be difficult.
 
i can golf this further...
 
fails when input contains (the code for) a " character:tio.run/nexus/…
 
oh and i have to technically modulo it by 127
...
 
@totallyhuman I think you still need to handle string escape sequences and stuff, which will probably mess with your bytecount quite a bit.
 
8:51 PM
@PhiNotPi argh good point
to which, i shall say, this is a good challenge :P
 
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A: Sandbox for Proposed Challenges

Comrade SparklePonySwap the first letters! Otherwise known as: Make a sock name! Given a list or delimited string, output a list or delimited string with the first character of each word one word later. For example, take the string "Good afternoon, World!": 1. String "Good afternoon, World!" 2. Get the first c...

 
actually...
i can fix that by making it a raw triple quoted string
wait i'd still need to escape triple quotes
>_> there's no easy workarounds
 
welp
+1 for 'tab ain't one'
 
Anonymous
(the return r is in the footer because output via modifying args is allowed, but actually reading a modified arg is more complicated than just returning it and not counting the return statement)
 
Anonymous
8:58 PM
Aaand I just realized it's still a problem because of escape sequences
 
make it a raw string
or... wait...
>_> strings <_<
 
Anonymous
 
what
you solved a problem by golfing bytes off
that's... clever
 
how is that answer chaining polyglot challenge still going
it's up to 63
that's insane
 
aww we cant see reddit place ;_;
 
9:02 PM
especially once you consider the bytecount
 
Anonymous
I forgot that str.join expects an iterable, so +2 bytes for that fix
 
> Knowing the mouse might one day extract the cheese from the mystical crystal... It fills you with determination.
4
 
@Riker I understood that reference XD
 
kek
 
user165474
9:07 PM
CMC: Make a program that outputs a quine in the same language, but isn't a quine, and is shorter than the shortest quine in that language.
 
...wait wut
 
I'm not sure that's possible
 
user165474
probably not kek
 
@totallyhuman a outputs bb, bb outputs bb
 
@Riker I don't know the reference but if I had to guess I would say NetHack
 
9:08 PM
@PhiNotPi It's undertale
 
@PhiNotPi nope, undertale
 
...and a < bb
 
@Riker I see no mouse and no crystal 0/10 nothing but lies.
 
user165474
len(a) < len(bb)
 
@Riker I don't play nethack
 
9:08 PM
lol
 
@Riker You use vim right? I just found some super weird undocumented behavior, you might find it interesting, idk
in :chat!, 2 mins ago, by DJMcMayhem
I just found some super obscure vim behavior that I don't understand.
 
how do u exit vim
 
@KuanHulio close terminal window
 
cant close the window if its a command line distro
 
Try "escape : q !"
 
9:11 PM
nah i was referencing stack overflows blog post
 
user165474
:I this answer got 35 upvotes in 13 hours and it isn't even extremely impressive. it's not bad but that's very fast upvoting :I
 
:I
> Points for style.
and that's really what rocketed it :P
 
Anonymous
@HyperNeutrino What's even more impressive is that Conor wrote an esolang's interpreter in a language other than JS :P
 
at least that question has viewers
 
user165474
ooo
 
CMC: Given n, print an asterisk triangle of size n
1:
*

2:
 *
* *

3:
  *
 * *
* * *
10 bytes in V: Try it online!
 
9:30 PM
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Q: Raindrops are falling on my... glasses?

Random UserI live in the UK, where it rains. A lot. I also have the unfortunate necessity to need to wear glasses to see, which means that when it rains (as it is now), I can barely see out of them. This challenge is so that you can all experience the same! Task Output ASCII art glasses with a drop of wat...

 
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A: Sandbox for Proposed Challenges

Comrade SparklePonyFill to the line! Given input consisting of the characters _, , and newline, fill the empty space up to the line! Example: I will use # as the filler character in the example. 1. Input ________ 2. Fill up to the line, but not above. ________ ######## ######## ######## Test cases com...

 
@HyperNeutrino The kek is a lie.
3
 
user165474
:o
 
@DJMcMayhem is it ok if it's upside down? :P
 
@DJMcMayhem That quote is me doing literally anything in vim.
 
9:44 PM
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Q: ;# without resetting

Hyper Neutrino;# is a very simple language. It has 2 commands: ; will increment the accumulator # outputs the accumulator modulo 127, and then resets the accumulator ;$ is also very simple and is very similar (and also does not yet exist). It has 2 commands: ; will increment the accumulator $ outputs the...

 
@NewMainPosts Whats with the italics?
 
user165474
I think it triggered ChatJax.
 
user165474
Yay I broke NMP... again! :D
 
user165474
 
interesting
turns a 200 byte solution to over a thousand
 
9:49 PM
@HyperNeutrino Ah yes disabling chat jax fixes the problem
 
Anonymous
@totallyhuman Please avoid excessive deletion of messages.
 
oh yeah sorry
 
So... is The Nineteenth Byte pretty much just the PPCG chat-about-anything room?
 
It used to be
 
9:52 PM
Now what is it?
 
Now it's just the chat-about-anything room
At least in practice
 
let's talk about bananas
 
@Dennis just taught me "semicola"
 
@Mego So, if theoretically you were to post a bunch of messages, only to realize that they're actually disrupting some onegoing conversation, we should leave them there?
 
Or ask someone to trash them
 
9:55 PM
Oh right that's a thing
 
@totallyhuman 9 bytes shorter: Try it online!
 
>_> how did i not see that
 
i put in 9999999 and it failed
 
10:11 PM
...well, you know...
...it's a big number...
:P
 
47 bytes if returning a generator is allowed: Try it online!
 
Switch to Python 3 and you can use the print function in the comprehension
 
Python 4 needs a print statement and function
10
 
who needs python 4
when you have pyth
 
Anyone know how one would get Unicode character metadata (e.g., LTR/RTL, character class, etc.) for a particular codepoint in C?
 
10:22 PM
@DJMcMayhem '* '*i is the same as i*'* '
you can save a byte by switching
 
I want Python 5
@MDXF It is basically anything. But sometimes it is on topic and being off-topic during on-topic = suspension/trash/kick
 
@WheatWizard nice
Although I'm not sure if returning a generator is allowed anyway
 
10:37 PM
you can change your parens to [...] to return a list instead.
 
10:49 PM
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Q: One-liner MD5 password cracker

Carl DongSpecs Reads in an input file as first argument Cracks password with all upper/lower case + numbers + special characteres Print results You don't need to crack all of them. But it must be capable to do so. Input file Each line is an MD5 to be cracked: 21c2e59531c8710156d34a3c30ac81d5 e182...

 
@NewMainPosts vtc
 
> The goal of this project is effectively to fork Minecraft. Your contribution is welcome, but keep in mind that I will mercilessly reject changes that aren't in line with the vision. If you like the new Minecraft, please feel free to keep playing it. If you miss the old Minecraft, join me[, unless you are a windows peasant].
 
Seems fair
 
11:04 PM
The best thing is that it's written in C#, a language originally made for Windows
 
Proof mono is totally usable.
 
ehh, if you don't like it... you have two options:
-> get linux because its free. seriously the rest of use have to put up with windows only stuff all the time.
-> modify it to work on windows
 
But I like Windows
 
dual booting / vm
you're lucky that the os you're using allows those options 90% of the time
 
but all my stuff is on a NTFS partition
 
11:08 PM
vm
 
but for some reason network doesn't work with VirtualBox
 
@Mego well he also wrote a brain-flak compiler in c
 
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Q: Compress a maximal discrepancy-2 sequence

xnorOutput this binary sequence of length 1160: -++-+--++-++-+--+--++-+--+--++-+--++-++-+-++--++-+---+-++-+--+--++++--+--++-+--++-++----++-++-+-++--++-+-+---++-+--++-++-+--++-+--+---+-++-+--++-++-+--+--++-++-+--++-+--+++-+-+----+++-+--+--+++---++-++-+--+--+++--+-+-+--+-+++-++-+--+--++-+--++-++-+--+-...

 
11:24 PM
@TuxCopter What, why.
 
because games works on it
 
Right, so you run linux and grudgingly switch to windows when you play things
With dual booting
 
user165474
:I there's a search alert near me right now
 
@NewMainPosts rip charcoal compression would to pretty well on this but it's broken again
 
@ASCII-only what was wrong with it?
 
11:36 PM
@DJMcMayhem just super broken in general :P
i need to cover more edge cases and probably add coverage CI as well
 
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Q: Let's play POKE!

Jorge PerezPoke is a really simple incomplete-information game. It's like "Poker", but simpler. At the start of every round, each player is dealt a hand. To simplify things, a hand is a random number between 0 and 1. Each player only knows their own hand. The player that wins the round is the one whose hand...

 
Can I have some challenge sandbox feedback?
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A: Sandbox for Proposed Challenges

programmer5000answer-chaining decision-problem code-challenge ? code-golf ? Halters, Nevers and Oracles: Battle of the Halting Problem In this submission, there are 3 types of answers: Programs / functions that return / exit / halt (halters) Programs / functions that never return / exit / halt (nevers) Pro...

No comments, no votes so far.
Any suggestions?
 
Most unpleasant or annoying bodily function? - strawpoll.me/13029897
 
How do I use a different codepage in TIO
Like if I use python with cp-437 do I just say that I used cp-437
 
11:51 PM
@HelkaHomba does dying count as a bodily function?
 
@PhiNotPi No, it's a non-function :P
@HelkaHomba _=>{}
 
@PhiNotPi no. not repeatable
@ASCII-only ?
 
it's a function with a body, does it not count? :P
 
>_>
 

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