...

Then cracking each answer would be like a mini kolmogorov-complexity

@Dennis LOL

Gotta love when course notes include example code that isn't even valid code

@AlexA. Story of all of my lower division CS courses

And most of the internet, and textbooks, and...

This is a master's course. I feel like they should know better.

Nah. The people that teach master's courses don't need to validate their code, they know it all :P

@AlexA. :P

@Geobits I think this is really what goes through their heads.

I've had some good CS professors anddddd some really bad ones.

@Geobits They've mastered it.

Of course they have.

@quartata This isn't CS, it's statistics (hence SAS code instead of a real language). So perhaps they don't feel as though they should be held accountable for code.

Statistically, they probably aren't held accountable for it.

@Geobits That's an accountant's job.

But yes, what you said is actually true. I can attest to this as the only programmer in a group of biostatisticians.

It's perfect.

Yet another reminder that I have a shiny 100 rep bounty on this question: codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/60147/rtttl-obfuscation

I really don't want to have to award this to the Whitespace answer

@quartata wtf did i just watch

@Geobits I want to believe those aren't real, but that's exactly something anheuser busch would make.

LOL, TryAPL says EXPRESSSION TIME LIMIT EXCEEDED.

@AlexA. Basically, Sweet Genius

@AlexA. You didn't have to watch the whole thing just the no no no it's perfect part.

I did have to watch the whole thing. It was like a car crash; I couldn't look away.

@Dennis S limit exceeded

@Dennis Wait, that seems to be a thing.

I wonder if he realizes that I made the language...

@El'endiaStarman roflgolfer

@AlexA. Did you actually watch it from start to finish or just from the time I linked to the end?

It makes more sense if you start from the beginning.

Oh, from the time you linked to the end I think.

@AlexA. That's not true -.-

@AlexA. Watch it again.

@AlexA. Goddessship. :3

Seriously. Do it.

Uh... no thanks

DO IT

JUST DO IT!

RAWR

Peer pressure I need an adult

I'm an adult.

Oh good

I need you.

@AlexA. DON'T TRUST HIS LIES

My advice is this: Just give in and do it. It'll be over soon, and you don't want to be an outsider. Remember, conformity=comfort.

Wait, what is he doing?

Seriously though it's actually pretty funny

More so if you watch it from the beginning rather than 3/4 of the way through.

It has something of a story to it.

Running for your life from Shia Labeouf...

I sent that to my parents in 30 seconds of finding it.

I just thought of a new challenge type.

Oh?

[code-labeouf]

So five golfers are selected.

The sweet genius posts a challenge. The worst golfer (BASED ON WHAT CRITERIA THE SWEET GENIUS DECIDES) in that challenge is eliminated. Then another challenge is posted until a winner is determined.

@VTCAKAVSMoACE The original sound-only version or this improved live version?

A question regarding codegolf: I frequently get annoyed because of codegolf (answer)submissions that just include language,bytecount and code, without any information on how it works, how it is used etc. I think we should make a requirement of having at least some sort of short explanations /comments in the code.

Improved live version.

It's like multiple pop-cons changed together except instead of the unwashed masses determining the winner the one true demonic overlord of PPCG (me) determines it.

@quartata Closed as lacking an objective winning criterion. Otherwise it's the same as the series challenges that Martin has posted.

@flawr There are so many meta questions on that. Look it up - google the search bar is your friend. c:

@AlexA. I would pick the criteria.

It depends on the challenge.

Wait Martin already did this?

When

Martin only blinks when you blink.

There are a few "series" types. Random Golf of the Day for one.

New challenge: Give flawr a colonoscopy

So the we should just all flag those answers as low quality??

@AlexA. I think I'll pass on this one. Sounds ShadyAsFuck.

The system does that.

@Geobits ;)

@AlexA. Would underhanded apply?

@flawr No, just leave a comment asking for an explanation if it isn't provided and it isn't immediately clear what the code does.

@TimmyD CJam 2 bytes ':

Done

Ultimately, I don't think they should be deleted. If you think it makes for a bad answer for the site, downvote it ("This answer is not useful").

rapid fire question - choose a javascript documentation tool

@Geobits This

Man we haven't had an underhanded question in agggeessss

Nor an overhanded one.

@Optimizer Seeking a hacker with great coding skills who knows JavaScript (also called Java).

@quartata And we haven't had a good one in a lot longer.

@quartata Many (or at least a few) would argue that it's a good thing

@AlexA. yeah, for some definition of tool

Damn, Peter Ninja strikes again!

backhanded?

Maybe I should try to make one

Make it good.

redhanded

left-handed

nohanded

bothhanded

@quartata Be careful. It's really easy to mess them up. I'd highly recommend sandboxing anything like that.

ambidexterous

So what exactly was code-trolling anyways

@Geobits OK

amputated

@quartata @PeterTaylor's favorite tag.

zombie

@quartata A disaster.

plane-crash

And a scourge upon the face of this site.

Oh wait it has a tag wiki

So it's basically just like the homework questions we get sometimes on here except instead of closing it we actually have to answer it

There are a few of them still locked if you want to see.

Sounds like it was a bad idea.

Grace Note congratulated us on all of the traffic it brought to the site. Too bad it made the site a festering shitscape.

@AlexA. I saw that post.

Useless PPCG Poll: Are you right handed, left handed, or ambidextrous?

RH

I'm right handed.

@AlexA. yes

Okay.

@AlexA. I'm anti-dexterous.

:/

I'm sinister.

But then you already knew that.

:P

I know a guy who got "Sinister" tattooed on his chest in prison.

What did he ask for?

He got what he asked for.

@AlexA. ಠ__________ಠ

He also got devil horns tattooed on his forehead in prison.

I wonder what the most starred post is

That sounds like just the way to convince the parole board that you're rehabilitated and ready to rejoin society.

Haha

Argh!

we really need to get that disabled or something

OK so I've been through a couple pages and so far the most starred post is this: chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/240?m=23783642#23783642

@Dennis What am I looking at

@AlexA. the latest CnR

Is there anyway to use SE Data Explorer to do this?

No

@quartata SEDE doesn't do chat

^

Darn.

The main site has an API and chat does not, status-bydesign

According to Jeff Atwood

Which is why no really good mobile chat app has been developed yet

ChatSEy isn't bad.

> no really good

On mobile I always just use the full site for chat

But then you don't see the starboard, right?

On mobile I just don't go on chat.

@AlexA. yes I do

@AlexA. I'm not saying ChatSEy is stellar, but none of its problems would be solved by API access.

@Dennis Ah, okay. Good to know. Too bad they don't have an iOS version.

@Doorknob :O

@AlexA. Upgrade to Android.

^

ಠ_ಠ

Windows Phone 4 Lyfe

Definitely no

@TimmyD ಠ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ಠ

The WP app store (I don't remember what it's called) has approximately 0 useful items.

Oh no

quartaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa‌​aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaata

(fights urge to kick-mute @ಠ_ಠ)

NOOOOO

I'm SORRY

Don't hurt me please....

Apology accepted.

@Dennis That is very considerate of you.

@Dennis Do it

I'm getting mixed signals.

Well, you're getting signals from two different people.

That's funny because I just looked at it said

I don't even know how to markdown

^

I cannot confirm but only deny any affiliation with birds.

Really