The Nineteenth Byte

Number Basher

06:08

> You have reached your question limit
Sorry, we are no longer accepting questions from this account. See the Help Center to learn more.

Holy shit fuck it

Aiden Chow

dang rippp

Number Basher

The problem is, how do I revise a duplicate

Aiden Chow

probably not a good idea to repost a badly received question

Number Basher

codegolf.stackexchange.com/help/question-bans

According to this I should revise

Aiden Chow

yeah... but if the q is too similar to another one u really cant do anything

Number Basher

06:10

then what should I do

Should I create a new account?

Aiden Chow

i really dont know, i havent been in a scenario like urs before

Number Basher

Shit

Aiden Chow

@NumberBasher most likely not a good idea

Number Basher

The what

I'm going to try it for sure

On second thought I'll revise this

> codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/247118/connecting-dots

Aiden Chow

its discouraged to make new accts but i dont think its explicitly not allowed

unless u start upvoting ur other acct or something

then u could get in trouble

lyxal

06:17

I'd advise not deleting posts - that only makes things worse

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A: What can I do when getting "We are no longer accepting questions/answers from this account"?

Note: The Help Center contains articles addressing question bans and answer bans. Why am I getting this message? As stated in the tour links on every site, Stack Exchange is a network of question and answer sites, not help forums. This implies that all questions should be objective, answerable, a...

caird coinheringaahing

@NumberBasher go over your closed questions and edit them in order to get them reopened

hyper-neutrino

the qban is from the 6 connecting dots posts you posted, got closed and downvoted, and then deleted in quick succession

lyxal

@NumberBasher that won't do anything to help:

> No. The automatic ban is at a lower level than account. If you do end up creating a new account, it will also receive the same ban.

It's ip related

caird coinheringaahing

@AidenChow it's disallowed to create new accounts in order to circumvent bans or suspensions

Number Basher

shit

Aiden Chow

06:20

> If you are banned from asking questions, then writing a few quality answers that get upvoted might enable you to ask questions again. But as the internals of the filter are secret, there is no way to know for sure.

lyxal

Maybe try answering instead (see ^)

Number Basher

@hyper-neutrino oh, ok, thanks, but i thought it was the dupe

Aiden Chow

(from the post lyxal linked)

Number Basher

@AidenChow ok

lyxal

@AidenChow lol I was just about to post that quote too

We must have been reading the same part at the same time

Aiden Chow

06:21

lmaooo yea

i was skimming through it

Number Basher

shit

i was thinking about upvoting with another account but figured that would be bad

Aiden Chow

@NumberBasher uhh no, that would be a hella bad idea

Number Basher

even if the computer was stu[id enough, people aren't stupid

how do i log out

figured i would try see if q ban is off

tho think not

Aiden Chow

if u look on top right, u should see some tabs, like inbox and stuff

click the one on the very right

it should show a logout option somewhere

Number Basher

ok

shit

tells me the email is wrong

Aiden Chow

06:34

r u trying to log into another acct ?

Number Basher

anyways any advice on improving the god damn fucking questions?

@AidenChow yeah but i give up

Aiden Chow

not sure, hyper neutrino said ur q ban was from ur 6 connecting dots qs but all of them are deleted except 1

did u delete them urself ?

Number Basher

yep

do i undelete them

but they are also closed

so undeleting i think doesn't make it better

Aiden Chow

yeah they are all pretty much dupes of ur original connecting dots q, i dont think u can do much about that

Number Basher

@AidenChow technically two, one closed, one open, both have answers

Which is fucking bad

Plus there's nothing to revise about a dupe

I think

Aiden Chow

06:39

i think ur best bet is to post more good answers, maybe ur q ban can be lifted that way

Number Basher

But i suck at golfing shit

i'll post 100 answers in this

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Q: The Programming Language Quiz, Mark II - Cops

A repost of this challenge. Meta discussion. Sandbox post. Body of the question similar to the original Robber's challenge This cops and robbers is now (08/03/2018) closed to further competing cop entries, as robbers may no longer be competing to crack answers, but feel free to post new answ...

Aiden Chow

:\ not sure if thats a good idea

Number Basher

exaggeration

Aiden Chow

actually, definitely not a good idea

oh

Number Basher

or should i just override my connecting dots question with another question via edit

Aiden Chow

06:40

@NumberBasher i dont think u want to completely replace the q with a completely different q

theres already answers to that q

Number Basher

ok then

Aiden Chow

and also it will probably be rolled back anyways if u did that

Number Basher

yahs, shit

Aiden Chow

if nothing else works, u will have to resort to this:

> If you're unable to improve your existing questions, you'll get the chance to ask a new one 6 months after your last question. Your ban is immediately reinstated once that question is posted, but a single question could be enough to lift you out of the block.

(from Help Center)

u probably dont want to wait that long tho lol

Number Basher

@AidenChow yah that sucks

i would much better make my friend upvote me than that shit

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A: The Programming Language Quiz, Mark II - Cops

???, 800 bytes I am asking. He is awake. I said, she is out there, Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! O...

Nobody?

Aiden Chow

06:44

@NumberBasher not a good idea, the votes will be reversed anyways, the system can detect that kind of stuff

Number Basher

i'm not sure if the system can reverse the question ban unlift

i'll try to find a better solution

Aiden Chow

@NumberBasher i think the best solution is to post good answers, its ur best bet at clearing the q ban

Number Basher

the problem is

Aiden Chow

@NumberBasher need a hint, is it on esolangs ?

Number Basher

yes

i can't post a good answer because I can't golf

(or i golf bad

Aiden Chow

06:48

does not really matter, as long as ur answers are positively received, then u r golden

Number Basher

like

Aiden Chow

if u really want to, u can also try learning a less used lang, and using that to code golf so that its less competitive

Number Basher

i'm not persistent another problem

so no learning i guess, i would be better codegolf.stackexchange.com/a/247370/111945

it's even featured

once

@AidenChow quote this

Aiden Chow

wdym by quote this

Number Basher

it's even featured
once

reply to is it on esolangs ?

Aiden Chow

06:53

@NumberBasher this isnt really a problem, for example, i once got +7 on an answer even tho it got golfed by about 50% from other ppl

Number Basher

um ok

Aiden Chow

all im saying is that i was really bad at golfing in that lang (it was in python lmao), but my answer still got positively received

the same can happen to u

@NumberBasher oh thats a pretty big hint

Number Basher

ok

Aiden Chow

it reduces it down to only a few langs

Number Basher

@AidenChow you could bash it

Number Basher

07:11

done?

Aiden Chow

i thought it was deadfish but apparently not

ive been trying all the other ones, not working

Number Basher

@AidenChow wait

it was supposed to be deadfish

did i do something wrong?

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A: The Programming Language Quiz, Mark II - Cops

???, 274 bytes push=1; goto 3; push 100; line 11 push; goto 11; push 10; pop; equal 1; goto 10; pop 100; push=80; push=10; pu=push; go=pu+1; goto 20; pushe=1; goto=10; this=10; line=19; NGGYU~~; push=go; b=99 max push; ch=b-68; goto ch; Never~/ Gonna/ Give/ You/ Up/ ,/ / goto 02; 100;

Aiden Chow

maybe i implemented deadfish wrong

Number Basher

curse it

Aiden Chow

could u show me where u r running deadfish ?

Number Basher

07:14

i thoiught a was increment

shit

Aiden Chow

this is what i have: tio.run/##7ZPLCsIwEEX3@YprVj6LDxQRsigotCB2oQguB1vtUGxKU1G/…

Number Basher

all you have to do

is to replace stuff before the OH DO with this

iisdsisi

Aiden Chow

huh that prints 100 down to 2

Number Basher

this some quick revise

@AidenChow shit

this now shhould be currrrrrrrrrect>

?

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A: The Programming Language Quiz, Mark II - Cops

???, 800 bytes ibbfibbfsdbfsibfbffsfbfbi Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! Oh do! O...

Aiden Chow

one more Oh do! should do the trick im pretty sure

yep!

Number Basher

07:20

yah

check this out

7 mins ago, by Number Basher

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A: The Programming Language Quiz, Mark II - Cops

???, 274 bytes push=1; goto 3; push 100; line 11 push; goto 11; push 10; pop; equal 1; goto 10; pop 100; push=80; push=10; pu=push; go=pu+1; goto 20; pushe=1; goto=10; this=10; line=19; NGGYU~~; push=go; b=99 max push; ch=b-68; goto ch; Never~/ Gonna/ Give/ You/ Up/ ,/ / goto 02; 100;

Aiden Chow

ok posted crack answer

Number Basher

7 mins ago, by Number Basher

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A: The Programming Language Quiz, Mark II - Cops

???, 274 bytes push=1; goto 3; push 100; line 11 push; goto 11; push 10; pop; equal 1; goto 10; pop 100; push=80; push=10; pu=push; go=pu+1; goto 20; pushe=1; goto=10; this=10; line=19; NGGYU~~; push=go; b=99 max push; ch=b-68; goto ch; Never~/ Gonna/ Give/ You/ Up/ ,/ / goto 02; 100;

emanresu A

Mojibake

Mojibake (Japanese: 文字化け; IPA: [mod͡ʑibake]) is the garbled text that is the result of text being decoded using an unintended character encoding. The result is a systematic replacement of symbols with completely unrelated ones, often from a different writing system. This display may include the generic replacement character ("�") in places where the binary representation is considered invalid. A replacement can also involve multiple consecutive symbols, as viewed in one encoding, when the same binary code constitutes one symbol in the other encoding. This is either because of differing constant...

Unrelated String

yep

Aiden Chow

@NumberBasher idk enough langs to puzzle this one out

i only figured out the other one cuz of ur hint lol

Adám

07:33

@emanresuA CMC: Mojibake the given text, e.g. "þjóðlöð" → "Ã¾jÃ³Ã°lÃ¶Ã°"

Number Basher

@AidenChow i forgot what it was either

Aiden Chow

bruh

u literally posted it like 10 minutes ago and u already forgot?

or 20 minutes actually

but still

emanresu A

@Adám That requires utf-8 decoding

Which, let me guess, APL has a builtin for?

Adám

ofc: ⎕UCS'UTF-8'⎕UCS⍞

@emanresuA Well, I guess taking raw UTF-8 bytes would be valid per default, so all you need is to display the corresponding Latin-1 or so

emanresu A

@Adám Do you need the hyphen?

Adám

07:38

Yes.

emanresu A

Adám

I can't tell if that final face is happy or sad.

Number Basher

07:54

hahahahaha

@AidenChow I remember again

I just saved it so I won't lose it again, anyways

a hint, the name of the language is 4 letters long

(and it is in esolang

(not made by me

bye for now

Number Basher

08:27

> Write python code to create an algorithm with a time complexity of O(n log n)

Stupid programming question +1

graffe

CMC The letters a, b, c, d, e f represent single digits and each letter represents a different digit. They satisfy the following equations: a + b = d, b + c = e and d + e = f. Find all possible solutions for the values a, b, c, d, e, f

@NumberBasher mergesort?

Number Basher

simpler than you think

graffe

@NumberBasher loop for n log n steps?

that's pretty simple :)

sleep(n log n)

Number Basher

yep

from math import log;F=lambda x:[0for I in x*log(x)]

lalala

graffe

my version is shorter :)

math import log;F=lambda x: sleep(x*log(x))

Number Basher

08:34

i mean, it works, right?

@graffe nah it is technically O(x)

O(1)

graffe

@NumberBasher why do you say that?

Number Basher

if you don't count the calculation of x*log(x)

graffe

the time complexity refers to the time

Number Basher

...um ok

whatever

@graffe fyi txtpad.cn/ferg

Unrelated String

@lyxal had a sneaking suspicion it's just keg again but after changing several lines of code to make the interpreter on github work it gives the same 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 as on tio 🙃

Adám

08:40

@graffe I found them using APL:

 r←find;i
 r←0 6⍴0
 :For i :In 0,⍳999999
     (a b c d e f)←10 10 10 10 10 10⊤i
     :If d=a+b
     :AndIf e=b+c
     :AndIf f=d+e
         r⍪←a b c d e f
     :EndIf
 :EndFor

Could be more elegant, but ran fast enough.

lyxal

@UnrelatedString as if I'd pull the same trick twice

And besides, the syntax of the cop doesn't make sense for Keg

It wouldn't do anything

Number Basher

where

lyxal

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A: The Programming Language Quiz, Mark II - Cops

???, 307 bytes +- 2 3 4 5 6 7 @2@ @1@ @9=| 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 |89| )88) 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 9...

Unrelated String

i could have sworn i remembered something where the flanking at signs meant something

Number Basher

looks LIKE befunge

could be 2d but i think not

random guess a golfing language

i think it is on tio

Unrelated String

08:45

it's confirmed on tio but not up to date on tio to the extent that this program will not actually run on tio

Number Basher

what???

graffe

@Adám pretty cool. TIO?

Unrelated String

the language is on tio, but only an old version

Number Basher

random guess golfscript if you ask me

Adám

@graffe ATO

Unrelated String

08:47

golfscript hasn't been too actively developed :P

graffe

@Adám ah.. you missed "each letter represents a different digit. "

Adám

I did indeed.

Hang on — I have a more elegant version coming, where I'll fix that.

graffe

cool!

Number Basher

@graffe me too

Unrelated String

so yeah not looking like any of these

Number Basher

08:52

>>> r = range(10)
>>> for a in r:
... for b in r:
... for c in r:
... d=a+b;e=b+c;f=d+e
... if len({a,b,c,d,e,f})==6 and a in r and b in r and c in r and d in r and e in r and f in r: # lazy for mathematics
... print(a,b,c,d,e,f)
...
1 2 4 3 6 9
1 3 2 4 5 9
2 1 4 3 5 8
2 1 5 3 6 9
2 3 1 5 4 9
4 1 2 5 3 8
4 2 1 6 3 9
5 1 2 6 3 9

@UnrelatedString random guess 05AB1E don't ask me why

graffe

@NumberBasher amazingly I think that is right!

what is this for ? len({a,b,c,d,e,f})==6

emanresu A

@UnrelatedString Hm, maybe have a look at the transcripts after Dennis left and before caird started compiling the lsit?

Unrelated String

uniqueness presumably

Number Basher

@graffe no repetition

graffe

oh yes

Number Basher

08:54

yeah @UnrelatedString

graffe

thanks

Unrelated String

@emanresuA i feel like caird would have probably gone through that when he started the list but good idea

graffe

it's a terrible way to do it but it works :)

Number Basher

a lot are redundant

graffe

ok here is another puzzle

Number Basher

08:54

for instance r should be range(1,10)

emanresu A

@lyxal Honestly I feel like this is a language where ~ is the range operator

Unrelated String

i think what's more likely is after dennis dipped the language's creator just didn't bother requesting an update to begin with

Number Basher

i don't think so? :61139234

Unrelated String

that's... a good theory

graffe

CMC I have two types of square tile. One type has a side length of 1 cm and the other has a side length of 2 cm. What is the smallest square that can be made with equal numbers of each type of tile?

Number Basher

08:55

@emanresuA i would say push all preceding numbers or reverse

where outputting is implicit

@graffe i say 5x5

Adám

@graffe Wait, there are none, are there?

Number Basher

no it doesn't work

graffe

@NumberBasher try drawing it

Unrelated String

@NumberBasher len({a,b,c,d,e,f})==6 and a in r and b in r and c in r and d in r and e in r and f in r -> len({a,b,c,d,e,f}&r)>5

graffe

@Adám there are some!

Number Basher

08:56

10 should work

10x10

graffe

@NumberBasher tell me more

Number Basher

why

u mean why or what

> smallest square

graffe

@UnrelatedString what happens when you do {a,b,c,d,e,f}&r ?

Unrelated String

intersection

Number Basher

i think 10, 15, all the way up

Unrelated String

08:57

actually wait r isn't a set is it

Adám

@graffe Yes, silly me. Non-elegant.

Number Basher

@UnrelatedString interesting

Unrelated String

yeah it's not so uh len({a,b,c,d,e,f}&{*r})>5

graffe

@Adám that's cool

@UnrelatedString cool

Unrelated String

thanks

Number Basher

08:58

i think it is 10, 15, all the way up

graffe

@NumberBasher can you explain why?

Number Basher

can i use math

ok

so the square's side length must be 5x obviously right

graffe

math is good

Number Basher

because 4x+x...

and then you try 5 is bad cuz you can't fit 5 2x2 on 5x5

but you can for all up

graffe

ok

Number Basher

09:00

i think that is enough

you could more rigid like

> but you can for all up

why

but i'm lazy

Adám

@graffe more elegant…

Number Basher

Anyone?

2 hours ago, by Number Basher

7 mins ago, by Number Basher

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A: The Programming Language Quiz, Mark II - Cops

???, 274 bytes push=1; goto 3; push 100; line 11 push; goto 11; push 10; pop; equal 1; goto 10; pop 100; push=80; push=10; pu=push; go=pu+1; goto 20; pushe=1; goto=10; this=10; line=19; NGGYU~~; push=go; b=99 max push; ch=b-68; goto ch; Never~/ Gonna/ Give/ You/ Up/ ,/ / goto 02; 100;

It is:

- 4 letters

- esolang

- available in esolangs.org

- not made by me

- <s>doesn't support markdown sometimes **i hate it**</s>

graffe

@Adám thanks!

Unrelated String

try not to stack quotes that hard

it's clutter

Number Basher

Yeah ok

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A: The Programming Language Quiz, Mark II - Cops

???, 274 bytes push=1; goto 3; push 100; line 11 push; goto 11; push 10; pop; equal 1; goto 10; pop 100; push=80; push=10; pu=push; go=pu+1; goto 20; pushe=1; goto=10; this=10; line=19; NGGYU~~; push=go; b=99 max push; ch=b-68; goto ch; Never~/ Gonna/ Give/ You/ Up/ ,/ / goto 02; 100;

Adám

09:10

ATO down?

emanresu A

Looks like it

> /ATO/runner: 4: /ATO/runner: Cannot fork

And there's a blinking red light next to "legal"

Number Basher

hmm

Adám

@graffe Most elegant!

Number Basher

AGAIN...

graffe

@Adám it's like evolution!

how does it work now?

Adám

09:18

I'll add an explanation.

graffe

thanks

Aiden Chow

who wants to solve this in bitcycle lol: codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/247300/…

the input is string of bits, perfect for bitcycle :p

oh wait there are two inputs nvm

a bit blind

hmm maybe not, u can have two sources

Number Basher

check this out

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A: The Programming Language Quiz, Mark II - Cops

???, 12345 bytes +π5œÅu‰++´k+JO+za%Î+†+Å5DZÓXDv˛5ˆ◊+Á5c[\"Utp9j>ƒ+>l(s0‰Å=jLÏ++>+*+T‰\+y?>‰h+ŒE4+Ó++>++˚NˇgPım6∫+S++>DfT+ßd=ˆ+Q"B+q‰lˆ+H+˛+Y>ÅX+x+ST˛+´m&Nwˆ+ƒ {V#∂+j+\i_xƒÎ+>+a´++@+++hˆE1+UE´ÁD`w+Ω=BˆPˆ>)++f++%3+PS+n+¨+Å∫VıPZf=+ç>+UÂ+;+¨l˝Ï(++!6++†6∑I+∑aY+´!+œN>+B+˚z†++˙œ+\+Cç v+¬`„ß+dS¨O√†ˇ++Á+b...

Aiden Chow

@NumberBasher its brainfuck

cracked

PyGamer0

@NumberBasher is that brainfu**?

Number Basher

09:27

;-)

pretty neat

should've made it 100000 bytes

Aiden Chow

saw the +'s and >'s and thought it was brainfuck

caird coinheringaahing

@NumberBasher That's 15942 bytes, and 12345 characters

Number Basher

why

which char took 2

caird coinheringaahing

Most of them. Just from the start, π, œ, Å and ‰ are all multiple bytes

Unrelated String

quite a few of them

PyGamer0

09:30

@NumberBasher unicode

Number Basher

the ?

PyGamer0

some characters need 2 bytes to be stored

Number Basher

@cairdcoinheringaahing ok

emanresu A

@NumberBasher That doesn't render on most systems

Number Basher

ok

Adám

09:33

@graffe tio.run/…

Aiden Chow

@Adám dang

how da hell u type that

Adám

Painstakingly.

Aiden Chow

lol i can imagine

Adám

Also shows how much information is crammed into APL's glyphs.

PyGamer0

@Adám damn thats a really nice explanation

Adám

09:45

Thanks. I hope it makes sense too. Maybe I should have included that you need to read it mostly from the right.

emanresu A

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A: The Programming Language Quiz, Mark II - Cops

???, 13 bytes :+1_#_@#-d',: I rate this easy.

caird coinheringaahing

You are free to post any and all answers you want to that, but that's now 10 in the last few hours, into a challenge with almost 200 answers already. Might be worth only posting difficult to crack ones for a bit?

4

emanresu A

I think it's kinda easy with the right perspective, but I also think it's interesting.

graffe

@Adám fiendish :)

emanresu A

It's a language that most of y'all know, but packed into a format that's unusual.

caird coinheringaahing

09:55

Risky?

PyGamer0

@cairdcoinheringaahing ~~risky move~~

caird coinheringaahing

@cairdcoinheringaahing For what its worth, you can post easy-but-funny ones in here as CMCs, that's 100% on topic :P

emanresu A

@cairdcoinheringaahing Nope

caird coinheringaahing

Damn, it really was a (•_•) / ( •_•)>⌐■-■ / (⌐■_■) risky move

Adám

Duh, I just spoiled it, didn't I?

caird coinheringaahing

10:01

Kinda :P

Although, that'd be a galaxy brain misdirect if it was slightly "wrong" (e.g. also output 0) :P

Adám

Oh well [._.]

emanresu A

@cairdcoinheringaahing For what it's worth, I'm trying to get in while the challenge is active and people are actively guessing and trying. My first answer was a burst of inspiration combined with an hour of fiddling around, which sparked a bunch of other answers, and then I had another idea.

o/

caird coinheringaahing

@emanresuA Yeah, that's not the problem, it's the multiple "easy to crack" answers that are being cracked in here, not even in a robbers thread. If a cop is so easy to crack that people can do it within minutes of someone advertising it in here, I don't think it really needs to be added when the CnR is that old.

Plus, my phone has been vibrating non-stop for the past 6 hours, and I'd like some peace and quiet :P

Adám

10:18

@cairdcoinheringaahing Can't you silence that notification?

caird coinheringaahing

@Adám I can silence the SE app, but then I wouldn't get notifications from chat pings or other things

Much easier just to post in chat :P

Adám

Sure, but that requires that others change their behaviour, instead of you adapting.

Unrelated String

10:35

@emanresuA that was some quality fiddling

caird coinheringaahing

Got to say, I dislike the fact that the "Your question has been closed" banner at the top of your own questions kind of encourages you to delete the question :/

Unrelated String

wait does it
what the hell

caird coinheringaahing

It doesn't go "You suck, go delete this question, click this giant red button", but it makes it a lot more obvious that you can delete it

Unrelated String

depending on how familiar you are with how things go (which is probably "not very" for most people with closed questions) it seems almost like you're expected to delete it
like maybe there's some reason community moderation can't delete it for you so as a formalism that duty is passed to you, the disgraced asker

caird coinheringaahing

Not only is deleting closed questions actively harmful for users on or close to a question ban, but for questions like the one shown, leaving them up and visible is a great way to sign post to the original dupe target for later questions

Unrelated String

10:46

^

who would even think of adding that button in the first place?

caird coinheringaahing

Like, when I wrote up that question, I couldn't find anything similar to it while it was in the Sandbox, because the terms used in the dupe are completely different to the more mathematical explanation I use. Having my closed one around helps direct people who will go "Oh, factorising a quadratic could be a fun challenge" to the duplicate

@UnrelatedString It makes sense if the question is closed under certain reasons / conditions. e.g. a negatively scoring, zero answer question closed as a dupe can get deleted, or a question closed as "blatantly off topic"

Unrelated String

at that point would it not just be grounds for vtd

caird coinheringaahing

Yeah, or the Roomba scripts would get it

Unrelated String

yeah

caird coinheringaahing

But it's quicker to allow the user to delete it themselves

But, to just include it no matter what? That's stupid

Aiden Chow

10:50

what are roomba scripts ??

caird coinheringaahing

There are 5 scripts that automatically delete posts meeting certain criteria every once in a while

The three main ones are:
- questions that were closed >9 days ago, with score <= 0, no accepted answer, and all answers scoring <= 0
- unanswered questions with score <= -1
- unanswered questions with score <= 0, 0 comments and <1k views

~~The other 2 are similar, but run on meta IIRC~~ Other 2 are for migrated posts

meta.stackexchange.com/help/roomba

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