Puzzles Etc.

Khale_Kitha

1:02 PM

Morning, Matt.

Matt

Good morning

Lord of dark

Anyone working on the 34x4-44x6/528-24x11 = 101 equations ?

question_asker

I tried a few things but gave up

KoA

Thanks @Khale_Kitha :D

question_asker

I originally thought it was dimensions (like the picture frames answer) but the equations with multiple 'dimensions' put that out of my head.

Lord of dark

1:14 PM

What I have so far :
the / symbol is important (it is not just a ÷ , see edit )
the thing that is not working is important
he says he had to " write everything down" so maybe he could not use power
OP said x is not a variable but did not say it is a *
There is no 7 in the equation

Khale_Kitha

@question_asker This, unfortunately

Bah, I can't just easily link to it without notifying you, q_a. Sorry

question_asker

@Khale_Kitha huh what

I didn't see what you removed

Khale_Kitha

I was just trying to respond to that line of text, but it put a notify in there, automatically.

Just another attempt to respond, but it was worse. lol

I was basically trying to do a long-range ^

lol

Posted my first bounty ever, a bit ago :P (Though I kept it small, for now, since I really don't think it requires much effort to solve the last bit of this puzzle.)

I don't like seeing this in my notifications panel, though:

−45 The Catacombs of Cryptos, The Final Path

lol

question_asker

oh ahaha

yeah the - always bothers me

Khale_Kitha

It's just...big....and.red.....and negative...and bad! :P

Like: "You posted a bounty! Shame on you..."

question_asker

1:23 PM

haha

Khale_Kitha

I keep looking at that Cryptobiology one thinking: "Oh right, I wanted to know what the answer to this was." Click "Oh right...it's over my head. I'll just keep waiting."

Btw, on that puzzle "They are all under 4"

If you convert from base-4 to base 10 (which was my guess, before the hints), the number is:

3130313130312033848686

In case it helps anyone

Gordon Allocman

I didn't understand the first cryptobiology, so when a second one was posted I didn't even bother

Khale_Kitha

I didn't realize there were two, tbh.

My eyes have been hurting, this week, so I haven't been on much.

Gordon Allocman

There was the original one, then someone posted a second one that used the logic he tried to solve the first one with

Khale_Kitha

ahh

(And off to the eye doctor..)

question_asker

1:28 PM

good luck!

Gordon Allocman

My eyes will get progressively worse throughout the week if I don't get enough sleep, due to the fact that I spend a good majority of my waking hours in front of a screen

Matt

I find it's important to take breaks where I take off my glasses and let my eyes unfocus

Khale_Kitha

Yeah, I know that's part of my problem, Gordon

But I had red splotches on my eyes, yesterday

Gordon Allocman

Yeah I think there is a 20-20-20 rule where every 20 minutes you look at something 20ft away for 20 seconds, but I don't really follow that

manshu

My eyes usually gets red at the start of summer.

Gordon Allocman

1:34 PM

I get redness on the sides of my eyes/headaches often from too much screen time/ allergies, so it may be nothing, but getting it checked out couldn't hurt

This was a pretty good puzzle puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/32533/…

IMO

question_asker

ooh, I like that

along the lines of the job description puzzle

Gordon Allocman

Do you think using the Knowledge tag when a more specific knowledge tag applies to your question, but you don't want to give it away, is appropriate?

question_asker

sure

in fact, I think that's a good way of being accurate while not giving too much away

Gordon Allocman

1:50 PM

New riddle inc. in a bit, I can't imagine it will stay unsolved for long though

Rauwyn

2:32 PM

"explain these equations" puzzle - bowling

Matt

post it

question_asker

oh my god

that's it

nice work

(I'm not doing the math but it works as far as the notation goes)

the two that end in x11 have 11 frames, since the 10th frame is a strike

Lord of dark

Oh thank you :D I can sleep in peace now

Rauwyn

I did the math on the middle one, I'm sure it works out for the other two also

question_asker

the first one checks out, and the third one is the same as the first but the spare starts with a 9 instead of a 6, giving the same end result

god damn, hahaha, that's amazing. I love this puzzle now.

Lord of dark

2:43 PM

It is amazing

question_asker

this makes the whole "hmm maybe OP didn't give us all the information" crybabytude all the funnier

OP: they have all the information they need
SEVERAL ANSWERERS: maybe they were missing information

Gordon Allocman

That is a great puzzle

Shameless self promotion: puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/32546/… have fun

question_asker

funny story: I already had that open in a tab

Matt

I did as well

as soon as you said that you'd be posting a riddle, I had the puzzle list page open and was waiting for it

Gordon Allocman

I had a meeting so it took me a bit to post it haha

After writing the 4th line, this was all I could think about: youtube.com/watch?v=RcP91tQ4ZSM

question_asker

2:56 PM

noooooooo

Matt

yeeeesssss

question_asker

gordon has neither style nor grace

3

Gordon Allocman

:(

Matt

I am hung up on "die a lot"

question_asker

man, gordon... I don't even know where to start on your riddles

Matt

3:01 PM

the knowledge tag ... makes me think there's another tag you could add that would narrow it down a lot

question_asker

he might have mentioned that upthread...

Matt

so he did

I read things ... sometimes

question_asker

oh wait

Gordon Allocman

I don't have any planned hints since I don't think it will get to that point, but who knows

Matt

I don't understand why people post possible answers as comments

question_asker

3:06 PM

snake crew... wreck... sean

@Matt haha I was complaining about that the other day

Gordon Allocman

Yeah, its like I'm just going to respond to that

unless i can think of something witty.....

question_asker

There's one person here (who has accused me of obsessing over them for pointing out that they do this) who answers in comments to shame the OP for making an "easy" puzzle

("here" as in "on Puzzling", not "in the chat")

Matt

great response, Gordon

manshu

Thanks for the second message..Otherwise I would have thought that it was me.. @question_asker

Matt

if you want to shame OP, that's what downvotes are for

question_asker

3:08 PM

it is not you, but you probably know who I'm referring to

Matt

I don't, actually

question_asker

that user had a meltdown in the chat a while back, being mad at us

@Matt oh I was addressing @manshu there

Matt

about content ownership?

question_asker

oh no, this was months ago

Matt

then I very much don't remember

manshu

3:10 PM

oh...him

question_asker

they have a tendency to insult users in comments

and then accuse anyone who takes issue with that of obsessing over them lmao

manshu

I think it is on the day Feb 19.

question_asker

wow how ever did you know

haha

good memory, manshu

manshu

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Q: Should we flag a riddle as *too broad* without looking at the hints

Let's start from the start. I think that there are two types of hard riddles. One: whose answer is very hard to guess. These riddles are interesting (in my opinion) and always leaves us something to learn. Two (broad): there are too many possible answers for this kind of riddle and the only hard...

This took place on the same day

I don't keep the memories...I keep the links.

question_asker

nerd

manshu

3:12 PM

:D

Khale_Kitha

manshu has no brain - just a database.

7

manshu

That's right

@Khale_Kitha Sherlock Holmes - Season 3- Episode 3

question_asker

I'd say that's such a mean thing to say about manshu, if he didn't just agree with it.

manshu

I don't really take anything seriously here until I am learning.

Khale_Kitha

Yeah, I waited a moment before adding an addendum, q_a

lol

question_asker

3:15 PM

hahaha

Khale_Kitha

scrolls up

LoL, bowling - yeah, wouldn't have considered that.

"had a meltdown in the chat" "they have a tendency to insult users in comments"

I haven't looked into what user this is, but...wasn't he deleting his acct?

Or is it someone else?

question_asker

no no, different person

manshu

ehh...no new puzzle. And I am too lazy to post one. Now I wish Earth hit the Mars so that there is something interesting I can see.

Khale_Kitha

ah, okay

manshu

Not even Prison Break is able to excite me. :(

question_asker

3:18 PM

the user I'm talking about posted an infamous puzzle about a certain seasonal gift-giver and his animals

Gordon Allocman

Man, I ignored that question since I thought it was going to be too mathy, turns out I could of solved it. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

manshu

@question_asker That question is still unsolved.

question_asker

nope

our friend @feelinferrety solved it

Khale_Kitha

LoL @ the infamous broken-armed-shrug

question_asker

like... months later

almost exactly two months later, hahaha

manshu

3:20 PM

Well done @feel

Khale_Kitha

......

looks at the first 3 stars, on the right We're not being nice, today. LoL

Gordon Allocman

I like how the top two starred comments out of context just seem like insults

question_asker

hahaha

Khale_Kitha

manshu has no brain, gordon has no style

manshu

haha

Khale_Kitha

3:20 PM

sheesh!

manshu

I am ok with my one.

Khale_Kitha

LoL, I was saying the same thing, gordon! =D

Gordon Allocman

Mine was a reference to the dk rap so i'm also okay with it haha

Khale_Kitha

And Khale is a complete nutter who finds amusement in the smallest things.

5

waits

There we go

question_asker

had to join the bandwagon

Khale_Kitha

3:22 PM

hehe

question_asker

yo damn

manshu

And I thought we can't star true things :p

question_asker

that comment about @manshu got an upvote (on the senor santa claus question)

Gordon Allocman

eyy the logo in HNQ finally updated!!

question_asker

damn

Khale_Kitha

3:23 PM

lol, been working for me =D

manshu

@question_asker I don't really care.

He/She had a valid point.

question_asker

@manshu You don't know that answer, so stop acting like you do. I know you directed what moronic post at me, but how many times do I need to say it "You can solve the puzzle without the hints"! Just because this hasn't been answer, and most answers aren't very serious doesn't change the correct answered. In fact I have to agree with question_asker on this. You need to stop making something out of nothing. — Daedric Feb 21 at 10:24

smh

Khale_Kitha

lol, I remember that.

Does this comment still exist?

question_asker

(that might be the one time he ever claimed to agree with me)

Khale_Kitha

flags

Gordon Allocman

3:25 PM

I can tell he is angry about something, but it's hard to tell what...

question_asker

his next one was rude as hell too

he's mad about people he perceives to be stupid

Khale_Kitha

Well there's 2 flags used, for the day.

Kinda like the other guy, the other day, who decided we were all too stupid to solve his puzzle, so he wanted to take his toys and leave.

question_asker

hahaha

man

Khale_Kitha

Insofar as to use a new acct to post spam to his own puzzle, so he could close it.

question_asker

what a mess

Gordon Allocman

3:26 PM

Well that's a sad life to live, since there are a lot of stupid people out there, and even more if your ego is out of control

manshu

resumes Prison Break

Matt

prison break?

question_asker

I hope you escape from prison manshu

Matt

prepare yourself ..

Gordon Allocman

the show?

question_asker

3:27 PM

the activity

Khale_Kitha

I stopped watching after the end of the first season, because I got a little bored.

I mean what's the premise of prison break after...well.....you'll see.

Matt

it got pretty ridiculous for me

question_asker

I think you just spoiled it for me

wah waaaaah

Khale_Kitha

lol

The...uh....end of that sentence was: "he ate all of the fig newtons?"

Matt

there was a series finale movie ... and I turned it off after 5 minutes

after all that show dragged me through

Gordon Allocman

3:28 PM

this question needs to accept an answer soon so people will stop answering it... puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/32507/…

Khale_Kitha

But it can't.

Because if you have one, you have none.

And it's one vote away from being put on-hold, though I didn't bother to click to see why.

Gordon Allocman

Like 90% of the answers are correct, so its probably way too broad

question_asker

see

I think 90% of the answers are shoehorned

Matt

another possible answer: an extra 'n'

question_asker

they don't really fit, the posters just claim they do

the top two are decent

Matt

3:30 PM

three is three with an extra (leftover n)

two is two

question_asker

but the rest of them, thumbs down emoji

Matt

and one becomes none

ezpz

Khale_Kitha

I dunno, I like several of them hehe

Especially the one by bremsstrahlung

If you have one option, you really have none =D

question_asker

but that's the top one, too

Gordon Allocman

I mean, most of them are logically sound even if they are a tiny bit of a stretch to be the intended answer

Khale_Kitha

3:31 PM

ah, true

...wow

What is the new rep required to edit a wiki answer now???

Review queue has a 47 trying to edit - it used to be 10.

Gordon Allocman

but the bottom few are pretty stretchy though i'll admit

question_asker

hey if anybody wants to do a bunch of reviews on meta, somebody did tag wikis

I was on meta and the number in the orange box was 47

Khale_Kitha

I don't have access to anything there, anymore <>

><

question_asker

oh weird

Khale_Kitha

close/open/edits only

which is, to say, far more than I have here, still, now

question_asker

3:33 PM

yeah I don't know what reps are required for anything anymore, just taht I need 16900 rep to get back to where I was

Gordon Allocman

I can review first posts and late answers, which is almost perpetually empty. I haven't even gotten the bronze review badge yet

Khale_Kitha

tons of votes right now, on this site

3 close, 2 reopen, and 2 low quality

question_asker

like, what I need is more than twice what I have

manshu

I have 3001 rep...So I can do close votes.

1 downvote and I can't do these things.

Gordon Allocman

I finally got to edit things without the queue but alas, another 500 rep for me now

question_asker

3:34 PM

goes to downvote one of manshu's answers

Khale_Kitha

Reopen votes REALLY REALLY REALLY need to start saying the close reason. Tired of guessing.

question_asker

(I'M JOKING MANSHU I PROMISE I WOULDN'T DO THAT TO YOU)

Gordon Allocman

99% of my edits are putting stuff in spoilers which is basically impossible without edit rights so I just have to hope someone sees it before it ruins it for too many people

Matt

... but I would

Khale_Kitha

(I know you can view the other tab to see it, but still)

manshu

3:34 PM

@question_asker I know :)

question_asker

I agree KK

manshu

@Matt You have that freeedom.

Khale_Kitha

So I can now verify..

That if you vote to close something, you can still vote to re-open it, at least.

If this re-opens, I'll try to remember to check and see if I'm able to VTC.

manshu

Now I have 3002 rep.

YAY

Gordon Allocman

how did you get 1 rep?

manshu

3:36 PM

That's what I call rep. farming.

Gordon Allocman

2 down, 1 up on a question?

manshu

@GordonAllocman An answer I downvoted just got deleted.

Khale_Kitha

Ironic.

Probably one that I just reviewed :P

Gordon Allocman

wouldn't that give you back your 2 rep?

Khale_Kitha

yw

An answer is only -1 rep to vote it down

Gordon Allocman

3:37 PM

Wow, for some reason I always though it was -2

Khale_Kitha

Downvoting a question gives the OP -2 - perhaps you're remembering that.

Gordon Allocman

hmm, I never downvote answers so I guess I wouldn't really know. Mostly I thought it was -2, which is the equivalent of voiding the effort put towards editing a question (mostly on SO)

Khale_Kitha

Sigh....I really shouldn't do that...

"Wow, what happened here. Do you need any help?" — Khale_Kitha 19 secs ago

Gordon Allocman

wow, I almost instantly got lost reading that puzzle

Khale_Kitha

And I found one rhyme in the entirety of the thing.

possibly unintentional

Gordon Allocman

3:43 PM

@Khale_Kitha that is best answer for sure

Khale_Kitha

hahaha

The answer to your puzzle

....seems to be The Atmosphere.

But I couldn't match it to some of the clues.

Gordon Allocman

my puzzle?

Khale_Kitha

yeah

question_asker

ooh I like that store puzzle

Khale_Kitha

I think I do too - once I can figure out what he's wanting.

Gordon Allocman

3:45 PM

the comments are the best part

Khale_Kitha

:P

question_asker

@Khale_Kitha yeah it's a total mystery to me, but I feel like it has a satisfying answer

maybe I'm wrong, and it's plastic bag

Gordon Allocman

@Khale_Kitha post that as an answer, i'm interested in seeing how you got that

Khale_Kitha

Yeah, same

I'm not convinced it matches enough to post it, tbh.

question_asker

Gordon's puzzle on the other hand... good puzzle, but I have zero idea where to go with it.

Gordon Allocman

3:46 PM

ah alright

Khale_Kitha

It was mostly matching on..

spherical friend, save the world from E.T.s, an agent in darkness.

grew up in gloom (but not break backs)

Gordon Allocman

I see how you got that, that's a pretty cool interpretation of the clues

Khale_Kitha

Remembers to upvote

Gordon Allocman

hehe doors can't talk

Khale_Kitha

?

f''

3:49 PM

@Khale_Kitha you can't vote to close something twice

Khale_Kitha

Yeah, that's how it's supposed to work. There was just question as to if it was actually functioning, recently.

Gordon Allocman

I was talking about my comment on the store question, it made me chuckle again

Khale_Kitha

Oh, lol

And I was going to say:

Don't be ridiculous. Haven't you ever seen A Muppet Christmas Carol - or played Fable? :P

Yeah, I've got nothing, for your puzzle - will look again, later.

f''

14

Q: Find my number please?

This is my first question on here so if it is not correct then please comment. my number has five the one before me has eight which my next has nine i am made of two but my cousin made of ten over a lap of home What is my number? Hint #1 Hint #2 I may have made this abit ambiguous so...