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New Posts - Challenges - Code Golf: Find all unique quintuplets in an array that sum to a given target

posted on December 11, 2024 by CrSb0001‭

Inspiration: Leetcode's [3Sum] link

lyxal

I see they've hired the prankster at the water company again. Every year he does this funny prank where he swaps the cold and hot water for a few seconds

Like you turn on the cold tap and it comes out hot

And you turn on the hot tap and it comes out cold

Honestly that's some pretty good worker representation that he's been able to do so for like over 20 years

Every summer he does this

And I always think "oh that funny guy he got me again"

Some people might say "there's no guy working there switching the taps it's to do with the cold water pipes being heated by the summer heat + sun and the hot water system not having heated up water yet"

But I know deep down the guy at the water company is dedicated

ATaco

He really must be dedicated, for he does it to my pipes too!

lyxal

ikr

l4m2

06:51

Is there a category on esolangs.org: all programs do same thing?

ATaco

09:37

@l4m2 No-code Esolang is the closest

Worth noting this includes the subset of languages that have different functionality depending on inputs other than source code, such as languages that only print input regardless of code

Themoonisacheese

10:22

CMR: 2Mello - Noize The Invasion music.youtube.com/watch?v=OPTn2A6UvGw

lyxal

14:02

typescript is very easy

watch

script

boom that's typescript

I did the instruction now what

what do I do once I typescript

Themoonisacheese

install a new framework each week

New Posts

17:07

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Q: Compare two arrays

Compare two arrays Given two arrays A and B, maybe with circular references, but without other objects, decide which is true: A < B A = B A > B None of above Here, A<B means there is a finite sequence [a1..an], such that A[a1][a2]...[an] is undefined and B[a1][a2]...[an] is defined, and for eac...

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Q: Anyone know the solution to this javascript codegolf?

This codegolf has had me stumped for a few days. Anyone know the solution? https://alf.nu/ReturnTrue?world=true&level=OaPQClUz%2FWfm%2FKH-On7WfIL1h4SgCzlC21Py

javascript

rydwolf

20:25

> You are required to complete a written reflection related to Decision making of no fewer than 1000 words by January 31, 2025. The reflection should employ both critical thinking and analysis and demonstrate an above-benchmark level of critical thinking as measured by the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) rubric, a copy is attached to this letter.

bruh

I guess a 1000-word essay isn't that bad of a punishment for what could technically be a felony lol

math scat

... uhm context?

rydwolf

They caught me in a steam tunnel a few weeks back lol

And, awkwardly, they caught my friend in one last night, but it was after the fact so she was with me, which means that they were extremely suspicious of me

And they were some fucking pigs. Like I don't say that lightly. They had six of them to respond to a 19 year old in a hallway with some pipes in it. They were so unnecessarily rude, made all sorts of assumptions, were completely power tripping, just awful

Except guess where we happened to be

The fucking SCHOOL NEWSPAPER OFFICE

So guess what article is currently in the works lmao

Like pro tip if you're going to abuse your power and be a complete unprofessional asshole don't do it right in front of one of the top reporters for the school newspaper

What font should I use?

TNR is too overdone, Garamond is pretty but not appropriate here, Cambria is ugly IMO, and a serif font just doesn't give the right vibes

Redz

Comic Sans

rydwolf

I thought about it

Probably not the best first impression tho :p

att

papyrus

Redz

20:37

Avenir?

Ginger

~~Atkinson Hyperlegible~~

DLosc

@rydwolf For the essay or the school newspaper article?

math scat

@rydwolf :D rydwolf revenge arc

rydwolf

@DLosc The essay

@Ginger ooh, I actually kinda forgot about that font

att

wait google changes the page font if you search some font names

thats kinda cool

Ginger

20:40

it huh

Redz

@rydwolf the sentence makes it funnier

are you including that in the essay?

Ginger

status-norepro

rydwolf

No, because pluralizing "crimes" raises some questions :p

5

math scat

@att TIL wow

Ginger

I'm sorry about my one (1) crime :(

emanresu A

20:41

I'm sorry about all the crimes that you're currently aware of

7

math scat

I'm sorry about my {crimes}

Redz

I'm using that

rydwolf

I also fully plan on including a detailed complaint about CMUPD's handling of both incidents

DLosc

@rydwolf "crimeses"

rydwolf

I genuinely think CMUPD should be stripped of their responsibility to secure the tunnels

Redz

20:44

on that note, how did you not get caught for a decent while

rydwolf

They've shown they're both incompetent at keeping people out, and unnecessarily bloodthirsty once they catch them

@Redz Mix of good planning and good luck

If everything goes right, they won't catch you. At least, unless they decide to track you all the way across campus and/or the city

Which they've started doing

DLosc

Have you considered that "unnecessarily bloodthirsty" may be an intentional strategy to reduce recidivism, thereby increasing their effectiveness at keeping people out?

rydwolf

Using the endless array of new cameras they've installed

Redz

aw

rydwolf

@DLosc I do not believe the people I was dealing with are capable of intentional strategy

Redz

20:47

would you say the experience is worth the punishment

rydwolf

The way they were treating me and especially the girl who was caught last night was just pure ego and spite

DLosc

@rydwolf To be blunt: that kind of reductionist, dismissive thinking about people you don't like is not going to serve you well in life. At the very least, it will lead to you constantly underestimating people.

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rydwolf

@Redz I'd say it becomes worth it at around 2-3 successful missions

Getting caught after a single incident isn't worth it

Redz

new plan: must device 2-3 successful missions

I'm probably not incompetent enough to get caught if I go once

rydwolf

But if you succeed over and over again and finally slip up, it's decently worthwhile

Ginger

20:49

~~alternate proposal: don't do it at all~~

Redz

yeah but where's the fun in that

Ginger

well, you don't have to write a thousand-word essay

Redz

writing essays is easy though and I have written them many times

exploring tunnels, on the other hand, is once-in-a-lifetime

worth

Ginger

maybe I just don't enjoy writing essays :p

rydwolf

@DLosc I grew up with a police officer as my dad and a civilian employee of a sheriff's office as my mom. I've heard a lot of situations described from the perspectives of the cops, and sometimes the cruelty is just the point.

Sure, they're probably cracking down so hard at a strategic level to deter people going back. But it's not the strategic-level stuff (increased cameras, increasingly sophisticated responses to incidents, etc.) that I'm bothered by, it's things during the actual interactiosn that are orthogonal to the goals of the police. (1/2)

att

20:57

@Ginger geographic thing maybe?

rydwolf

Like misgendering someone, interrupting people repeatedly, making insulting jokes, attempting to emasculate me by bringing up the "tears in my eyes" in the first incident (which is both not true, and ineffective because I'm he/they with thoroughly queer friends), treating my lack of eye contact like something disrespectful or indicative of lying, etc.

Like they also did really shitty things related more directly to their job (nearly tackling me on a concrete floor because they misread me standing there with my hands in the air as trying to run, for example, or pushing the girl last night to show footage on her phone to them), but that's not what I'm as mad about

Ginger

:|

Redz

:|

rydwolf

It's that they went well out of their way to be mean

Ginger

the TEARS IN YOUR EYES lmao

if that were in a movie people would call it over-the-top

rydwolf

21:01

I know it's ultimately unproductive to phrase it the way I did, but I have no power in this situation, the only thing I can do is feel better by shit-talking the way they treated me and my friends

@Ginger This lady thought she was in a cop show frfr. Legit used the line "hmm, a likely story"

Ginger

wondrous

Redz

movie scene material

Ginger

maybe I'm biased, but police forces on the whole do not seem to attract individuals who are inclined to responsibly use the power they are entrusted with

rydwolf

There's an overused line about cops just being insecure high school bullies and that's the kind that I was dealing with

I have respect in theory for well-meaning police

Like, if you genuinely are there to protect your community and put yourself at risk in service of others, that's noble as shit. But a few good apples are spoiled by the bunch.

Ginger

↑

Redz

21:05

agreed

Ginger

then again I am lucky enough to not have had a direct encounter with the police up to this point

New Posts

21:17

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Q: Find a fraction's parent in the Stern-Brocot tree

Objective Given a positive reduced fraction, output its parent in the Stern-Brocot tree. The outputted fraction shall also be reduced. The Stern-Brocot tree The Stern-Brocot tree is a infinite-height complete binary (search) tree that accommodates every positive reduced fraction exactly once. It ...

code-golf rational-numbers binary-tree

Dannyu NDos

Binary search trees are just so awesome.

Redz

I love binary search trees

Ginger

I don't think there's ever been an occasion where I've needed to use a binary search tree :p

Redz

have you heard of treaps?

Ginger

or maybe there have been occasions and I simply did not recognize them for what they were

Dannyu NDos

21:20

@Redz No

Redz

they're a mix of a binary search tree and a heap

Ginger

@Redz I have now

this is interesting

Redz

super useful for magic array operations, like moving blocks around in an array or reversing the order of a block

Ginger

~~I'm too high-level for this stuff~~

AGAIN?

Redz

AHAHAHA

Ginger

21:21

shut upppp

brain was in discord mode

Redz

ooo

okay, okay, you win

Ginger

not my fault that stack decided to use their own custom strike syntax

insert mod strike joke

lyxal

@Ginger I mean, we don't know that for certain

Ginger

stack's custom strike syntax looks a bit like "we're adding more AI to the platform!" :p

Redz

sheesh the mod strike was such a long time ago

lyxal

21:28

@Ginger it could be entirely possible that some time in the future, someone tries using time travel to make it so that discord syntax was used, causing a paradox, and you solve it by using time travel to force SE to use triple dashes again

SE strike through could very well be a canon event

Ginger

haha yeah that would be wild

noodle person

21:52

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Q: Digits in their lanes

##Input: A list of integers ##Output: Put each digit (and the minus sign) in its own lane, in the order -0123456789, ignoring any duplicated digits. ##Example: Input: [1,729,4728510,-3832,748129321,89842,-938744,0,11111] Output: -0123456789 <- Added as clarification only, it's not part of the ou...

code-golf ascii-art number integer

How did this post never get hit by Community Bot to fix the headings?

DLosc

23:27

@noodleperson IDK, but I fixed it

noodle person

Nice lol

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