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10:00 PM

pass 70

Clue #70 (CIV IV technology: women's _) was contacted by: jafe. Make your guess!

70: suffrage

70 ✔️

You guessed correctly. msh210 must give up a letter!

I can't parse the clue, then.

defending SUB

10:00 PM

12 dies (sumatra)

CIV IV = Civilization 4, an early 4x game

Clue text must be bold (surround it with ** or __). Please try again.

71 dies, summer of love

8: surf

13: yellow place to live, perhaps

10:02 PM

c13

13 submarine

13: yes

72 text editor to skip liquid

C72

73 often comes after "like"

10:03 PM

c73

pass 72

Clue #72 (text editor to skip liquid) was contacted by: Mr. Xcoder. Make your guess!

72: Sublime (Text)

72 ✔️

You guessed correctly. msh210 must give up a letter!

We are currently waiting for msh210 to provide an additional letter. No guesses (or clues) are being accepted right now.

10:05 PM

defending SUBS

73 lives

8 dies

73 subscribe

73 ✔️

what's 8?

10:05 PM

Subway (as in Subway Surfers)

ah

14: placeholder

14 substitute

14: yes

74 {x | x \el X \and p(x)}

10:06 PM

38: s[a::b]

74 subset

74 ✔️

38 subsegment?

38: no

38 subset?

10:08 PM

38: no

15: the one following

15 subsequent

15: yes

75 fancy word for dirt

75 substratum

10:09 PM

75 ✔️

49: Daughter company

49 subsidiary

49: correct

!clues

38 : s[a::b] (by Mr. Xcoder)

10:10 PM

c38?

pass 38

Clue #38 (s[a::b]) was contacted by: jafe. Make your guess!

38: substitute

38: no

It looks like no one guessed right. Clue #38 is now dead. Carry on.

10:11 PM

It was substring.

substring ah

ah

Sorry for the ambiguity.

in what context is that notation used?

isn't that s[a:b]?

10:12 PM

@JohnDvorak Bah, I didn't notice the typo...

I assumed python

@JohnDvorak or in what context is that notation used?

@msh210 python

@msh210 Well Python (except for typo)

ah right of course

10:12 PM

Although if it needn't be contiguous then I guess :: works too

15: government incentives

15 subsidies?

15: yes

38': s[a::b], perhaps

38' substring?

10:13 PM

38' x

wasn't sure if you were just fooling around

c38'

Though maybe a bit unfair?

feel free to veto

38' substandard

38' x

10:15 PM

38' substitution

(substitute clue for the correct s[a:b])

alright then, retracting

u38'

what was it, then?

@JohnDvorak, msh210 guessed SUBSTITUTION for clue #38'. Please confirm or deny the guess.

!kill 38'

10:17 PM

16: the Neanderthal, for one

16 subspecies

16: yes

@msh210 I would have guesses subslice, but I might be wrong

isn't it just called a slice?

38' was subsequence

10:17 PM

@JohnDvorak oh, that's not unfair

I probably shoulda gotten it (and maybe even woulda eventually)

Anyway, let's move on

yep

80 module

17: like the 2 in H2O

17 subscript

10:19 PM

c17

17: yes

!contacts

There are currently no contacted clues! C'mon, people! Pick it up!

!clues

80 : module (by John Dvorak)

10:21 PM

(defending subs)

80 subsystem?

80 ✔️

18: travelling below 343 m/s

c18

1: Asimov's Second Law

C18

10:23 PM

The following clues are currently contacted:
#17 by John Dvorak
#18 by John Dvorak

18 subsonic

1 : Asimov's Second Law (by Mithrandir)
18 : travelling below 343 m/s (by jafe) (contacted by John Dvorak)
17 : like the 2 in H2O (by jafe) (waiting for confirmation of guess SUBSCRIPT by msh210) (contacted by John Dvorak)
80 : module (by John Dvorak)

There is already an active clue #18. Please edit or repost with a different number.

18: yes

There is already an active clue #1. Please edit or repost with a different number.

c1

10:24 PM

...uh oh

@jafe, msh210 guessed SUBSCRIPT for clue #17. Please confirm or deny the guess.

1 subservience?

17:yes

1: SUBSERVIENCE is correct.

81 not actually an underground train stop

10:26 PM

81 subway restaurant??

The word being defended starts with SUBS. Your guess starts with SUBW. Try again.

oops

3: the dangers of quicksand

3 substrate?

82 raytracing technique in which samples travel through the object being displayed (10 10)

10:27 PM

3: incorrect

pretty sure I know the second "10" but can't think what the first is

C82?

Uh oh misread...

U82

83 food

83 subsistence

83 ✔️

10:31 PM

c82?

82 substratum scattering??

82 x

pass 82

Clue #82 (raytracing technique in which samples travel through the object being displayed (10 10)) was contacted by: jafe. Make your guess!

82: subsurface scattering

10:31 PM

82 ✔️

oh right

You guessed correctly. msh210 must give up a letter!

defending SUBST

81 lives

38: chemistry deals with...

10:32 PM

3 dies: SUBSUME

c81

!clues

38 : chemistry deals with... (by Mr. Xcoder)
81 : not actually an underground train stop (by John Dvorak) (contacted by jafe)
17 : like the 2 in H2O (by jafe) (waiting for confirmation of guess SUBSCRIPT by msh210) (contacted by John Dvorak) (status uncertain)

17: yes

once again

nice that I'm still right about that one

10:33 PM

you'll never not be

81 substation?

81 ✔️

82: significant

c82

82 substantial

10:35 PM

82: yes

37: layer

c38

pass 38

Clue #38 (chemistry deals with...) was contacted by: jafe. Make your guess!

38: substance

10:44 PM

38: yes

You guessed correctly. msh210 must give up a letter!

my word was substantive

Game over! Mr. Xcoder wins with the clue chemistry deals with..., guessed by jafe. The solution (and presumably msh210's word) was substantive.

Remaining clues (for reference):

37 : layer (by Mr. Xcoder)
17 : like the 2 in H2O (by jafe) (waiting for confirmation of guess SUBSCRIPT by msh210) (contacted by John Dvorak)

what was 37?

Substrate (a bit of a stretch though)

10:45 PM

ah

duplicate of substratum, isn't it?

I don't have the mental capacity to defend at 2 AM so I'll just lurk for another few minutes then I'll go to sleep

@JohnDvorak ah, yeah, the scattering one

I, too, need to hit the sack. Good timezone, y'all.

@Mr.Xcoder no, this one:

38 mins ago, by John Dvorak

75 fancy word for dirt

Ah

Sorry then

no worries

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