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03:00
That's got to be kind of obnoxious
Yeah its not ideal
but I stopped accidentally closing all my tabs
@WheatWizard Also, in what is Ctrl+Shift+\ search?
@Phoenix ^C is also copy in every web browser. That doesn't mean it will/should work in a console emulator.
5
Its search and replace in nano
@WheatWizard Shows how much I know
03:02
I just hit no to each replace
Yeah I figured
@WheatWizard Does F6 not work?
In nano? probably not
It works in mine.
ah it does
03:03
@WheatWizard If you unbind ^W in your .nanorc it shows up in the bottom help bar
I don't have a f6 key though
@WheatWizard ?!?
Okay I should probably stop @mention-ing to every single message
I don't mind
I'm not sure how I'd be able to get anything done without an F-row.
I still use ^W in some situations, I just try not to.
@MDXF I have a MacBook so I have to turn on the function in order to use my f-row
03:06
@WheatWizard Ohh
They work but its annoying
So your pain doesn't stop at the F-keys
Hey, I love my Mac. It has a few problems but IMO the OG MacBook is the best laptop ever made.
>.<
The only computer with a "weird" keyboard I've ever owned is a Chromebook.
Well, my wife does, technically.
03:07
@Dennis Wait... you're the top user on PPCG and you're married?
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Teach me your ways
So is the second to top. Appears to be a requirement.
> you're the top user on PPCG
the way
@Dennis Martin's married? I thought he was in college and that doesn't usually work out
PhD candidate is pretty different from undergrad.
@WheatWizard True...
03:10
Well, I was an undergrad student when I got married.
O_o
Has worked out so far.
How many years? (Is this allowed, chatting about personal life?)
10½ years and counting.
Not bad
+1 for using the Unicode 1/2 which I'm too lazy to do
03:14
I kind of want to offer all my rep as bounties and start over from scratch.
@WheatWizard Just... don't.
It's sqrt in Jelly, so I'm required to know how to type it. :P
That's the most pointless thing I've heard all day.
Maybe make a sock instead?
Nah, I want to keep all my answers
03:15
@Phoenix Socks are the best
I have three socks on SO
And two on my feet
I'm MD's sock
Maybe I should just drop 10k
That's 29 bounties if you go for +500 every time...
It is my firm belief that one should never go outside without socks.
Now I really want to do it
03:16
I have no idea how other people manage it
@WheatWizard You're wayyyy too high up there to restart
Actually, if you give me one of the bounties I won't mind :P
@WheatWizard why O_o
wakes up and Martin has 160k rep NOOOOOOO!
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@Dennis Does he really?
Or are you imagining
Not cool. ruwix.com/the-rubiks-cube/algorithm has a popup that looks like one of those "we serve cookies messages" but it's an ad
03:18
@MDXF Imagining
Martin has ~144k
*phew*
Hey @HyperNeutrino I thought you got banned!
I should probably go to sleep before I actually do this.
@WheatWizard mind if I suggest a few answers for the bounties? :P
@MDXF Well, I would have to go to sleep first. :P
@MDXF Doesn't prevent you from entering the room
Just from talking in it
03:19
Ah
Wait, why can I talk here? I have 1 rep on PPCG
You need 10 rep anywhere
Ohh
Whoops
As far as I can tell, the only thing that associating a room with an se site does is set the style
Also, do I get chat-banned if I star MD's messages?
03:20
That would not be allowed, no.
Or do I
@Phoenix 20
Okay :P
I got 20 rep this week. That puts me at number 199
That's a bit sad actually.
@Phoenix Only 20???
03:22
@MDXF Bans are per user, but using another account while one is banned is by itself grounds for a suspension.
@Phoenix *20 rep
I'll be sure not to abuse my socks
Ok I'm not going to wipe, but I will give 250 of my rep to the first person to beat this answer
As I may or may not have done in the past on SO :(
@WheatWizard ok now there's a bounty i should start working on it agin :P
03:23
I mostly lurk, I only answer easy questions not yet answered in Java/Mathematica/Ruby which are the three languages I can use. And the create a directory question got me 20 rep this week.
Only 198 people got more than 20 rep though.
I got about 1k :P
@WheatWizard but IMO we should discuss in like chat about different strategies
@ASCII-only Sure
Idea:
Step 1: Create sock
Step 2: Post difficult challenge answerable by complex mathematica builtin
Step 3: Snipe mathematica answer with main account
Step 4: Profit
@Phoenix As long as neither you nor your sock votes or accepts, I'm pretty sure that's allowed
But you might as well just answer your own question
03:30
Self-answering is allowed, but generally discouraged on PPCG
Literally every challenge I've created was based off of a program I'd already written
@Phoenix Step 2.5: Wait for Charcoal to get said Mathematica builtin
@JanDvorak Oh darn, it is?
So I need to start using my socks
1k rep, here I come...
Just answer from your main account
03:31
@JanDvorak Doesn't tend to get you nearly as much rep.
Definitely using my socks, then
@Phoenix Something like that happened on puzzling and it caused a huge kerfuffle and a suspension
I will stalk you and I will unmask you
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Q: These are the Frequencies, Kenneth

OctopusThe Challenge Generate 1 sec of an 8 bit tone sampled at 256 samples per second. The tone will be made up of a number of sine waves. The frequency of each sine wave will be determined from the input data. These are deep tones, too low for a human to perceive, but I've chosen 8 bit numbers here ...

Help me out in the sandbox?
This one really needs work :P
It's also probably a dupe, that's why I didn't write too many rules
03:37
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A: Sandbox for Proposed Challenges

MD XFMap out ASCII keys as the user presses them code-golf ascii-art ascii The ASCII charset (American Standard Code for Information Interchange) is the most widely-used character encoding standard. ASCII codes represent text in computers, telecommunications equipment, and other devices. Challenge ...

I think I might be first in the monthly rep if not for caching
What site is that @ASCII-only?
@MDXF ^^^
03:48
-1 not enough jQuery
But there is jQuery
But there's not enough
I use jQuery when I need to use the DOM which is quite often so I'm using enough
Does it get harder as time progresses?
-1 not enough jQuery
03:49
@Phoenix No
It's just something that I made in 2 hours, it's a prototype
So it will be good at some point in the future?
That's great.
I guess
Well it's 6AM here so good night
pls fix tanks not dying and midair bullets
@ASCII-only It's in the list of known bugs on the GH repo
I have no idea what is causing this
@TuxCopter I think that is the correct time for good morning and not good night.
03:51
race condition
@ASCII-only I use creation and deletition queues to prevent this but it still happens :/
How to fix mysterious python warning:
Could not find platform dependent libraries <exec_prefix>
Consider setting $PYTHONHOME to <prefix>[:<exec_prefix>]
Could not find platform dependent libraries <exec_prefix>
Consider setting $PYTHONHOME to <prefix>[:<exec_prefix>]
And the ships not dying is because I don't know how to hitbox
@Phoenix Have you tried setting $PYTHONHOME to <prefix>[:<exec_prefix>]?
@TuxCopter like I hit them dead center, the bullets disappear but they're still there
03:53
@Dennis Darn beat me to it
@TuxCopter because you set them to []
@Dennis I'm assuming that prefix and exec prefix are placeholders for something and not literal text?
@ASCII-only yes after processing them
do pops instead
Because if they are place holders I have no idea what to put in their place.
03:54
@Phoenix Prefix would be /usr/local on Linux. Not sure where other platforms install Python.
what about exec_prefix?
Those would be the same in this case.
Ok. Thanks!
Hence the [] brackets that indicate the latter being optional.
Ok how to set $PYTHONHOME >_<
Do I use export $PYTHONHOME=/usr/local
03:57
Ok that seems to have set PYTHONHOME but the warning didn't go away
In the sense that echo "$PYTHONHOME" now gives /usr/local
Oh well ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Doesn't seem to be causing any problems
Where is this?
Python script being called from bash.
On what platform?
Ubuntu
04:01
And how did you set $PYTHONHOME?
export $PYTHONHOME=/usr/local
Bye all
Anonymous
@Phoenix Did you install Python from source?
It came on my system
04:06
@Phoenix Ah, then it should be in /usr/lib/python2.7.
So you need export PYTHONHOME=/usr.
Warning is still there
Get a better distro.
:P
Brilliant idea: Create wrapper script which pipes to /dev/null
/dev/null: "Solving" errors since 1971
Counter-idea: use python -v.
Wow that gave a lot of garbage.
04:13
@Phoenix say that to the people working on python
In the left corner we see /dev/null, the champion of patience since 1971. In the right corner we see yes, a young contender that only entered these matches last year. Let's see who shall last for longer this time?
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04:33
when will the reputation leagues stop caching?
and let me be the winner?
End of the day
at UTC
but the day already ended
and then another day started
It should be up to date then
I'm up to date
04:36
This message is typed in VIM!
This may be the most useless method of chatting I've ever created.
Just try and stop me!
@ATaco is that asking to be banned?
because it would be easy for a room owner to kick mute you
You're right, I could have worded that better.
or dennis to ban you
But the good(?) news is I can now type in vim.
I don't think I'll be uploading this script...
04:57
@Dennis not as of yesterday, no.
Is this for TIO accounts?
@ATaco please do.
I want to practice my vim.
@ATaco make a website where it is multiplayer vim
That's a terrible idea and I'd have no idea how to do it. I'm gonna try.
I'm not sure whether to feel ashamed
@Phoenix Yes. I initially implemented auth via GiHub for something completely different, but it's already set up and it would work well for this.
maybe just multiplayer vi
05:01
Well, there's already multiplayer arch installation.
@Phoenix But you can't even access GitHub from some locations. Am I remembering that correctly?
Yes, my school.
If it's able to remember my sign in,I should only need to access github once, at home, right?
On the same device? Sure.
Good thing I only have one device i connect to my school's Wi-Fi.
Looks like i have a GitHub Account again.
would it be abusey to require input to be prefixed with a >, like python2 needs quotes?
05:07
Multiplayer cooperative code golf could be fun.
You take turns typing one character.
@DestructibleLemon that's called hackmd with vim keybindings.
And no communication is allowed.
Is backspace allowed as your character?
entirely serious is that abusey?
the > gets put into the string too
I think it's fine.
@Dennis maybe use SE Account? I'm reasonably confident everyone has one of those :P
05:17
@MartinEnder Which OS are you on? Also, I'd be happy to assist over in the APL room.
-1
Q: Create 2 groups, with 3 numbers in each group, with the closest sums, from a larger list of numbers

CubanjNeed a formula for something a bit odd. I have random numbers that I get and I need them to be in 2 groups of 3, with both groups being as close to each other as possible, but no numbers can be duplicated. So, if I got say 1,2,3,44,12, 5,7, 9. I would have group A as 1,3 and 9 for a total of 13 a...

@Adnan thanks a lot for the help ;)
What are good math and simulation-related modules in python ?
@EriktheOutgolfer vtd?
similar to vtc I guess
how about a kolmo complexity output to print a rickroll link?
05:47
@EriktheOutgolfer What does it stand for?
vote to delete
@AlexKChen no need to use **...** for the whole message
@DestructibleLemon no I don't think it'd be a good challenge
first of all how would you compress a link? and then why rickroll?
I just feel like rickroll has been overdone and...well, why make a challenge that makes users print stuff to rickroll (i.e. a form of trolling) other people?
too trivial, likely to be closed as a dupe of the...wait a sec
@Dennis don't be afraid there's repcap
06:29
@ATaco can I add a .vimrc to the chat vim?
I thought I said I didn't plan to upload chatVim...
nooooo D:
Can you honestly think of a good reason to use a VIM terminal to chat..?
no it would make noise
how would it make noise?
06:36
Well, Vim has a LOT of tools for automation...
Auto spam!
Also, the way it's designed, you can repeat messages by just spamming :w<enter>
I sometimes use Vim, and know by heart how to exit from normal mode.
But I have yet to learn how to get out of "recording" mode.
That one still sends me into a key-mashing frenzy.
q, for quit.
Tom
Tom
07:38
Can I get some more feedback on this before I post it?
07:59
It'd be super handy to have some sort of visualiser for Fission, like ><> pond
Anonymous
2 days ago, by Mego
@WheatWizard I just yank the power cord out of my computer
Anonymous
@ATaco So does JavaScript
@feersum spam q until you get back to normal mode, that's what I do. I'm still not sure how one even gets in to recording mode :P
@Mayube Usually by trying to type something without pressing i for insert mode first...
Anonymous
@Mayube Trying to exit but forgetting the :
08:06
hi @orlp I have a closely related problem to the sliding window bit counting one that you might like
and hi all
man, trivial questions are a great way to rack up the rep
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last week I had like 700 rep, i've doubled since then just cos of all the little trivial challenges I've been posting
@Mayube and just think what you can do with these rep points!!!
:)
@Lembik all the nothing I can buy :D
exactly :-D
unless you can swap them for weapons in some online game
and then sell the weapons online
for real cash
hmm..maybe we should start selling rep
Anonymous
What do you think this is, EVE?
08:11
(shame... what is EVE?)
yes
@Mayube You're joking, right?
Take a look at my profile.
Anonymous
There's a sweet spot of triviality for massive amounts of rep
Anonymous
Also if you'd use the Sandbox every once in a while, people would have a chance to tell you that your challenges have problems before you post them to main and get downvoted to oblivion.
And I definitely haven't hit it.
Sandbox is mostly dead
Anonymous
It's really not
08:17
at least IME
Anonymous
It's not great, but it will at least offer you the opportunity to get feedback
Anonymous
IIRC the few times you've used the Sandbox, you waited less than 24 hours to post to main
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A: Sandbox for Proposed Challenges

MendeleevAdd a language to a quine Add a language to a quine program. Your program must output itself in all languages used so far. Second to last answer wins after no answers have been posted for two weeks. answer-chaining quine polyglot

Should I post this?
Or this one:
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A: Sandbox for Proposed Challenges

MendeleevWrite machine code that also works when left rotated one byte Write machine code for a CPU that runs and does something. The twist is that your code should run and do something else, without errors, if it is left rotated one byte. Suggestions? Ideas? Thoughts? Let me know. code-challenge

08:32
@Mendeleev I only see like 3, maybe 4 trivial challenges on your top 10 posted questions
> top 10
Look at the bottom
I'd argue that multiply 2 numbers is too trivial
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A: Sandbox for Proposed Challenges

MayubeWhat's wrong with asterisk? Background I work as a telephony engineer, and work with an open-source telephony system called Asterisk. Often, our customers have issues with their phones, and we have to do some troubleshooting. The first method we try is an Asterisk command called sip show peers...

08:52
@Mendeleev mostly!=completely.
@Shaggy yes
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A: Sandbox for Proposed Challenges

Steve BennettGenerate more efficient US state codes Abbreviate that US state! was fun, but we learnt that efficiently abbreviating US state names is hard with the current system. Let's come up with an alternative state code scheme for efficient golfing. Your task: Write a function (or program) which, gi...

@WheatWizard Thanks for the 42nd star. A sign for sure!
09:20
@Lembik I mean you can state it but it's probably too complex again for analysis :)
09:37
@orlp it's very similar. Consider a string of length n and count the number of bits in all its suffixes
@orlp taken over all 2^n bit strings of length n, how many different arrays of counts are there?
I suspect that's actually quite simple
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Q: Am I an engineer?

MayubeRecently, an electrical engineer studying traffic light timings was fined $500 by the state of Oregon for referring to himself as an engineer. Given a 2 letter string as input, representing a US state, output I am not an engineer if the state is Oregon (OR), I am an engineer if the state is any ...

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Q: Elo Rating Calculator

TomRelated Task Your task is to calculate the new Elo rating (FIDE rating system) for a player after winning, losing or drawing a game of chess. To calculate the Elo rating two formulas are needed: R' = R0 + K*(S - E) E = 1 / (1 + 10 ^ ((R1 - R0) / 400)) where: R' is the new rating for playe...

@Lembik ye, that's just 2^n
@orlp really?
did you just compute it?
oh...
yes, but it's easy to prove
09:43
because you can reconstruct the string from the answers?
I see :) Too easy!
well at least I managed to ask a question which was too easy for a change :)
10:05
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A: Sandbox for Proposed Challenges

z3r0Let's not collide Contextualization You might have heard about Re-Volt, a pretty old video game. Its collision system for cars is somewhat interesting : the body of the vehicle gets transformed into a simplified 3d convex shape which is then filled with spheres. Challenge Your objective is ...

Why am I still up??
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Q: Else not defined

user70200 //My First game using Javascript// console.log("Hey This Is a number guessing game"); var yourName = prompt("Who are you?"); while (!yourName); console.log(yourName); console.log("Thanks Now You May Start The Game"); confirm("Shall We Then?"); // The Introduction is done// var num = Nu...

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Q: ASCII Arc Length: How long is a piece of string?

VisualMelonGiven an ASCII representation of a piece of string, determine its length. Input An multi-line ASCII rendering of a piece of string, which runs from top to bottom, with one 'node' (corner) on each line of input. The delimiter may be assumed to be CR, LF, CRLF, or LFCR. Input may be accepted from...

10:36
when VisualMelon posts a challenging challenge
That's weird... codegolf meta and chat load on school wifi but main looks like it might be blocked
I wonder if it's because it's https...
oh yeah i've been getting that too
Is it down for everyone maybe?
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Q: Pronounce numbers

SteeveDrozConcept Remembering numbers can be difficult. Remembering a word may be easier. In order to memorize big numbers, I created a way to pronounce them in a leetspeak-like way. Rules Each digit is first replaced by its corresponding letter: 0 => O 1 => I 2 => R 3 => E 4 => A 5 => S 6 => G 7 => T 8 =

Nm, Google's doing the same thing
10:41
@BetaDecay no
Wiki works when you use http... Why can't I use http on SE without it redirecting?
Ugh...
11:37
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Q: Golfception arrives

Java Gonzalez ArribasLets play golf while we golf. Problem: Distance to the hole initially is 700m Each hit to the ball will make it advance to the hole 250-350m, this should be random. Each hit has a 5% probabilities of going into water, this will make the quantity of hits increase by 1 as a penalty. When ball ...

11:54
@Shaggy Why did you change your Avatar?
@Arjun Why not? ;)
Contemplating awarding a bounty to anyone who can figure out who it is and how it's relevant to me!
It's you drawn by your son/daughter
@Arjun Who now? What now? I'm a father?! When did that happen?!
@Shaggy You've got 20 years of web development experience! I think that makes you old.

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