A friend has given me the following puzzle to solve, however, I lack the linear algebra knowledge to calculate the solution, and my attempts to brute force the solution have been foiled by a large number of combinations.
The Problem:
Every letter in the alphabet is assigned a whole number from...
> 2019-02-28: There is now a revision history item when a question is selected for Hot Network Questions. (This only applies to questions that are selected after the change was made; it was not added retroactively to questions selected before the change.)
> Indeed, you're correct. We've added a history event to both the edit history and the timeline to indicate when a question first appears on the Hot Network Questions list.
And this might be interesting information, too:
> There are a few other updates coming soon and we'll make an actual announcement when that happens to keep you all in the loop along with handing out a few status-completed tags.
Regarding HNQ - should we leave the feed in this room, or is it too distracting and it is better to remove it? Maybe I'll just change it to ticker feed - and if somebody thinks it is a good idea to have it as chat messages here - you can edit the feeds.
I noticed this new addition. It is now stated in the revision history if a question has made it to the Hot Network Questions, example:
