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Redwolf Programs

11:00 PM

Not in Ash :p

caird coinheringaahing

I reckon Redwolf's got +198 rep for today :P

Redwolf Programs

No, it's like -40 because I set a bounty last night :p

rak1507

@RedwolfPrograms lol link to what he downvoted?

Redwolf Programs

Q: Fastest square root of an arbitrary size

We do seem to have a fastest square root challenge, but it's very restrictive. In this challenge, your program (or function) will be given an arbitrarily sized nonnegative integer, which is the square of an integer. Input: You may take input in any normally allowed way, including (but not limited...

What's annoying is now I'm not at a multiple of 10

(It's an awful challenge don't upvote)

caird coinheringaahing

@RedwolfPrograms You know the downvote swap we did earlier today/yesterday? I completely voided it by getting a net +200 rep :P

The hardest badge to get

Lyxal

11:05 PM

@RedwolfPrograms im standing my ground

Redwolf Programs

What constant would you replace, then?

Lyxal

If people can bear losing thousands of dollars holding gme, I can hold my downvote

caird coinheringaahing

Numbers wise, it's at the same level as Copy Editor (500 edits) or Marshall (500 flags), but "edit and answer within 12 hours, positive answer score" 500 times is insane

Lyxal

@RedwolfPrograms root 2

Redwolf Programs

SQRT2 is useful, though

69 is very niche

Lyxal

11:07 PM

Look, vyxal has a 69 constant now

If I can do it, so can you

rak1507

lol

caird coinheringaahing

@RedwolfPrograms @Lyxal A compromise: a 1 byte builtin for "E" (char code 69) and can be used for ascii-art challenges

Redwolf Programs

That's the worst of both worlds :p

Still two bytes for 69, plus it's not that useful

Lyxal

Hmmm

caird coinheringaahing

@RedwolfPrograms The number of times I wish Jelly had a single byte builtin for a non-whitespace character is insane

Lyxal

11:09 PM

I'll think about it

Redwolf Programs

@cairdcoinheringaahing I have "," at ḷ

caird coinheringaahing

@RedwolfPrograms E is better :P

Redwolf Programs

I can't use ẹ because it's already being used for Euler's number, I guess I can replace 26 maybe

Although maybe the alphabet would be more useful

rak1507

is there a builtin for integer partitions

caird coinheringaahing

@RedwolfPrograms You can use it for a decent base conversion function to store large numbers

Redwolf Programs

11:14 PM

Okay fine, adding 69

caird coinheringaahing

The rarest badge on the network - no one has it :P

Same for this one

@cairdcoinheringaahing In 12 years, only 120 people out of 15m users have ever gotten that badge on SO

Lyxal

@RedwolfPrograms goos

*good

For you cooperation, I'll give you 50 rep bounty

caird coinheringaahing

I'm pretty sure that all the ruckus around that challenge probably constitutes voter fraud in SE's books :P

Redwolf Programs

That challenge has become a warzone :p

If it were a movie it would have an awful plot and likeable characters

caird coinheringaahing

No doubt the lead would be The Rock :P

caird coinheringaahing

11:36 PM

Man, the mod election should've happened 5 months after it did (i.e now) :P Just recalculated my candidate score and it went from 31 to 37 :P

Lyxal

bounty posted

caird coinheringaahing

Calculate your Candidate Score

(May be off if you got one of these badges since Sunday)

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@RedwolfPrograms You could use a two byte builtin for something like Euler's number that isn't used that often

@cairdcoinheringaahing Mine is pitifully low :(

caird coinheringaahing

@cairdcoinheringaahing The scores for users with >80k: data.stackexchange.com/codegolf/query/edit/1372433

user

@cairdcoinheringaahing Interestingly, no one's at 40, although Martin Ender's very close at 39.

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