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msh210

22:00

pass 70

Lens

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

jafe

70: suffrage

John Dvorak

70 ✔️

Lens

You guessed correctly. msh210 must give up a letter!

msh210

I can't parse the clue, then.

defending SUB

jafe

22:00

12 dies (sumatra)

John Dvorak

CIV IV = Civilization 4, an early 4x game

Lens

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

John Dvorak

71 dies, summer of love

Mr. Xcoder

8: surf

jafe

13: yellow place to live, perhaps

John Dvorak

22:02

c13

msh210

13 submarine

jafe

13: yes

John Dvorak

72 text editor to skip liquid

Mr. Xcoder

C72

John Dvorak

73 often comes after "like"

Mr. Xcoder

22:03

c73

msh210

pass 72

Lens

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

Mr. Xcoder

72: Sublime (Text)

John Dvorak

72 ✔️

Lens

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.

msh210

22:05

defending SUBS

John Dvorak

73 lives

Mr. Xcoder

8 dies

msh210

73 subscribe

John Dvorak

73 ✔️

msh210

what's 8?

Mr. Xcoder

22:05

Subway (as in Subway Surfers)

msh210

jafe

14: placeholder

msh210

14 substitute

jafe

14: yes

John Dvorak

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

Mr. Xcoder

22:06

38: s[a::b]

msh210

74 subset

John Dvorak

74 ✔️

msh210

38 subsegment?

Mr. Xcoder

38: no

msh210

38 subset?

Mr. Xcoder

22:08

38: no

jafe

15: the one following

msh210

15 subsequent

jafe

15: yes

John Dvorak

75 fancy word for dirt

msh210

75 substratum

John Dvorak

22:09

75 ✔️

Mr. Xcoder

49: Daughter company

msh210

49 subsidiary

Mr. Xcoder

49: correct

msh210

!clues

Lens

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

jafe

22:10

c38?

msh210

pass 38

Lens

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

jafe

38: substitute

Mr. Xcoder

38: no

Lens

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

Mr. Xcoder

22:11

It was substring.

jafe

substring ah

msh210

Mr. Xcoder

Sorry for the ambiguity.

msh210

in what context is that notation used?

John Dvorak

isn't that s[a:b]?

Mr. Xcoder

22:12

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

John Dvorak

I assumed python

msh210

@JohnDvorak or in what context is that notation used?

John Dvorak

@msh210 python

Mr. Xcoder

@msh210 Well Python (except for typo)

msh210

ah right of course

Mr. Xcoder

22:12

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

jafe

15: government incentives

msh210

15 subsidies?

jafe

15: yes

John Dvorak

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

msh210

38' substring?

John Dvorak

22:13

38' x

msh210

wasn't sure if you were just fooling around

Mr. Xcoder

c38'

Though maybe a bit unfair?

John Dvorak

feel free to veto

msh210

38' substandard

John Dvorak

38' x

msh210

22:15

38' substitution

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

John Dvorak

alright then, retracting

Mr. Xcoder

u38'

msh210

what was it, then?

Lens

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

John Dvorak

!kill 38'

jafe

22:17

16: the Neanderthal, for one

msh210

16 subspecies

jafe

16: yes

Mr. Xcoder

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

msh210

isn't it just called a slice?

John Dvorak

38' was subsequence

msh210

22:17

@JohnDvorak oh, that's not unfair

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

Mr. Xcoder

Anyway, let's move on

msh210

yep

John Dvorak

80 module

jafe

17: like the 2 in H2O

msh210

17 subscript

John Dvorak

22:19

c17

jafe

17: yes

Mithrandir

!contacts

Lens

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

Mithrandir

!clues

Lens

80 : module (by John Dvorak)

msh210

22:21

(defending subs)

80 subsystem?

John Dvorak

80 ✔️

jafe

18: travelling below 343 m/s

John Dvorak

c18

Mithrandir

1: Asimov's Second Law

Mr. Xcoder

C18

Lens

22:23

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

msh210

18 subsonic

Lens

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.

jafe

18: yes

Lens

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

jafe

Mithrandir

22:24

...uh oh

Lens

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

msh210

1 subservience?

jafe

17:yes

Mithrandir

1: SUBSERVIENCE is correct.

John Dvorak

81 not actually an underground train stop

msh210

22:26

81 subway restaurant??

Lens

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

msh210

oops

Mithrandir

3: the dangers of quicksand

msh210

3 substrate?

John Dvorak

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

Mithrandir

22:27

3: incorrect

msh210

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

Mr. Xcoder

C82?

Uh oh misread...

U82

John Dvorak

83 food

msh210

83 subsistence

John Dvorak

83 ✔️

jafe

22:31

c82?

msh210

82 substratum scattering??

John Dvorak

82 x

msh210

pass 82

Lens

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

jafe

82: subsurface scattering

John Dvorak

22:31

82 ✔️

msh210

oh right

Lens

You guessed correctly. msh210 must give up a letter!

msh210

defending SUBST

John Dvorak

81 lives

Mr. Xcoder

38: chemistry deals with...

Mithrandir

22:32

3 dies: SUBSUME

jafe

c81

msh210

!clues

Lens

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)

jafe

17: yes

once again

msh210

nice that I'm still right about that one

John Dvorak

22:33

you'll never not be

msh210

81 substation?

John Dvorak

81 ✔️

jafe

82: significant

John Dvorak

c82

msh210

82 substantial

jafe

22:35

82: yes

Mr. Xcoder

37: layer

jafe

c38

msh210

pass 38

Lens

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

jafe

38: substance

Mr. Xcoder

22:44

38: yes

Lens

You guessed correctly. msh210 must give up a letter!

msh210

my word was substantive

Lens

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)

msh210

what was 37?

Mr. Xcoder

Substrate (a bit of a stretch though)

msh210

22:45

John Dvorak

duplicate of substratum, isn't it?

Mr. Xcoder

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

msh210

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

Mr. Xcoder

Sorry then

msh210

no worries

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