The Nineteenth Byte

DialFrost

00:06

????1 downvote

wut

3 upvotes in sandbox 1 downvote in CG

user

00:27

That just means one person didn't like it. It doesn't necessarily mean your challenge is bad (thought it wouldn't hurt to check if there's something you might need to fix)

DialFrost

16 views -1 downvote seems pretty bad to me

Niko

hi

user

Good evening

DialFrost

hi niko

its morning for me :)

Niko

it's morning for me too

DialFrost

00:32

ah so @user is behind time

:)

or in front idk lmao

Niko

we are 3 parallel universe ahead

Unrelated String

breaking qpu alignment? bold

DialFrost

i have 2 challenges which are sooooooo close to 25 votes aiyo

DialFrost

00:47

my challenge isnt get much attention or upvotes :/

Aiden Chow

@DialFrost well, you just have to wait a bit for ppl to see ur challenge ig

DialFrost

21 ppl viewed it, 1 didnt like it, 1 liekd it the rest neutral

:/

Aiden Chow

i mean, you cant really expect to get a flood of upvotes for every single one ur challenges, usually it takes a while before it starts to get some more attention

user

I now have 5 answers on WorldBuilding SE, and all of them start with "# They're in the Matrix" :P

Aiden Chow

@DialFrost also, that seems pretty normal to me, a challenge with hundreds of views usually has about 10 to 15 upvotes

user

00:54

If anyone knows any more questions to which one could answer "they're in a simulation", please lmk :P

DialFrost

lmao user

Aiden Chow

@user wait what, i look at ur profile and dont see a worldbuilding se account ??

user

It's hidden, but this is the account

I think I hid all of my communities for some reason

OldSandboxPosts

Sandbox posts last active a week ago: Reveal all clues of Black Box, Play Caesar's Cipher with Letters only, What was my Wordle play?

Radvylf Programs

> Fire breaks out at nuclear power plant in Ukraine

lyxal

01:05

> increased radiation levels detected

user

Uh-oh

Radvylf Programs

Well, let's hope Ukraine doesn't take first and second place for worst nuclear disasters of all time

user

That doesn't necessarily mean that you're going to have nuclear explosions, though

Radvylf Programs

Well duh

user

At least, I hope lol

Radvylf Programs

01:06

Nuclear reactors are totally incapable of producing a nuclear explosion

But they're definitely capable of releasing enormous amounts of radiation a la Windscale

user

@RadvylfPrograms They can't explode?

Radvylf Programs

They can go kaboom, but it's not a nuclear explosion.

user

The fuel may not be refined, but it can still go boom, right?

Huh, TIL

Radvylf Programs

Not in the sense of an atomic bomb.

user

What's the difference?

Radvylf Programs

01:08

The mass of uranium would blow itself to pieces long before it could build up enough raditation to do a real kaboom

Google "criticality incident"

To get a nuclear explosion, everything needs to go perfectly right, with a critical mass of fissile material being in just the right place at just the right time

Which is just impossible unless you're doing it very intentionally

But gtg o/

user

o/

DialFrost

mostly just hydrogen gas explosions and the venting of contaminated steam that released large amounts of radioactive material into the air

user

Gotta design my fridge nukes better then

DialFrost

not much else

haha

user

I would not recommend that

DialFrost

01:11

kidding lah

im poor XD

user

:(

DialFrost

although yes i neeeed 1 vote (no ones gna find it tho as its so far down the CG) for a challenge

then i can get "good qns" silver badge

user

It's not about the badges, it's about the horrible code you inspired people to produce along the way

3

DialFrost

XD

starred that :)

user

The whole point of CGCC is to post questions to which people post answers that look like Cthulhu saying in his native language "yo, wanna play with my ball?"

DialFrost

01:14

whos cthulhu

user

Instead, subtly (and ineffectually) influence people to upvote your posts, like I did above

DialFrost

im confused but ok

user

@DialFrost Brace yourself

@DialFrost As I said, ineffectually :P

DialFrost

hmmm interesting

user

This links Facebook to the nether realms of madness and despair ? Facebook IS the nether realm of madness and despair — Andee Dec 15, 2015 at 10:06

Unrelated String

01:23

that whole question might be one of the best on all of se

user

Definitely

There was one about an Eldritch Monstrosity that wanted to play ball with humans a few days ago that I had the pleasure of answering

lyxal

Wordle 258 4/6

⬛⬛🟨⬛🟨
⬛🟨⬛🟨⬛
⬛⬛🟩🟩🟩
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

user

Which starting word do you use btw?

lyxal

I used to use crane now I use trace

user

Oh cool, are those the magic game theory ones?

lyxal

01:33

Probably

@UnrelatedString I think that one about Santa complying with privacy policies might trump it

Unrelated String

oh yeah forgot that one

Aiden Chow

02:06

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#sedecordle

Radvylf Programs

02:25

Got a Raspberry Pi Zero :D

It'll arrive in a few weeks

It's the old Zero W, not the Zero 2 W, and even then all of them were sold out except for a $50 kit that comes with all sorts of other stuff (that luckily I'll need anyway)

Radvylf Programs

02:44

If you accidentally use the wrong name when entering credit card details do bad things happen

Because when I ordered it I just checked the "use same billing address as shipping address" box, and so it put my name on the billing address instead of my parent's (who paid for it)

DialFrost

guys for emanresu's laggy text challenge

is this code technically correct?

import time,sys
while 1:a=sys.stdin.read(1);time.sleep(5);print(a)

although it actually prints the enter twice idk why when i try it in repl.it

anyone here know it the answer is actualy right?

Unrelated String

every input should have its own delay of 5 seconds from when it was input; each input's "timer" should be independent

if you type aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaz the z needs to come out five seconds after you typed it no matter how many as or when

(as opposed to printing one character from stdin every five seconds)

DialFrost

uh wat

Unrelated String

try any of the js ones (including the one in the question body) to get a feel for it

DialFrost

but ur code has to especially for overlapping inputs right

work*

Aiden Chow

03:01

@DialFrost it doesnt work. after testing it out, when i type in multiple inputs in quick succession, it doesnt print out those inputs in quick succession after a 5 second wait (which is what is expected to happen). instead, it printed each of them out in 5 second intervals.

DialFrost

ye

Aiden Chow

@DialFrost yeah so it doesnt do what the challenge asks

DialFrost

:(

emanresu A

It's impossible in python because īnput`is asynchronous

Whoops Maori keyboard

DialFrost

ye

there might be a way

but js is the best for this kinda challenge

Radvylf Programs

03:15

I'm a sussy baka, almsot got an auto-graded question wrong because the prompt was y=[input] and I did y=y=...

Aiden Chow

@emanresuA lol why are u using a maori keyboard of all things

emanresu A

Been there, done that

@AidenChow For maori class

Radvylf Programs

Oh cool, there's maori class in NZ?

emanresu A

At least at the school I go to

Radvylf Programs

Imagine teaching about your country's native people's culture instead of commiting genocide and naming sports teams after slurs for them

PyGamer0

03:54

@RadvylfPrograms lol

DialFrost

04:15

wow another downvote

this isnt going well

PyGamer0

@DialFrost where

DialFrost

the new challenge

check CG

3 upvotes 2 downovtes sigh

Aiden Chow

04:29

@DialFrost yeah that sucks. i dont see what the problem with it is honestly, i think the challenge is fine, but something must be wrong cuz ppl are downvoting

lyxal

I wonder if it's bias because of previous challenges been taken from codingame?

Aiden Chow

@lyxal huh ppl would really do that ?????

seems a bit far fetched to downvote a challenge based on other challenges that the OP has posted in the past

lyxal

@AidenChow bias as in, they implicitly downvote without actually reading

Aiden Chow

@lyxal thats equally as bad lol

lyxal

But more probable

hyper-neutrino

04:40

given that this user has several well-received challenges i highly doubt their challenges all get downvoted due to who posted it

so let's not speculate why people vote the way they do or dig up things on people's past for no reason

lyxal

B...but over-analysis and trying to figure out how everyone here thinks is fun!

And it's definitely not something I do on a frequent basis

emanresu A

3b1b posted a video about that.

lyxal

Nope

Didn't work

The techniques discussed don't work for me

DialFrost

04:54

wow a mod suspended me for 30mins :(

Aiden Chow

@DialFrost suspended from what?

DialFrost

chatting

Radvylf Programs

More likely is that a chat flag was validated

DialFrost

due to "inapprotiate content"

wats a chat flag?

theres flags in chats???

i didnt know that :/

@hyper-neutrino nah doesnt rly matter

my history of posting challenges were crap

Radvylf Programs

I believe it was this message: chat.stackexchange.com/messages/60568520/history

hyper-neutrino

04:57

your message about bribing people to upvote got flagged according to your history

Radvylf Programs

Not sure why tbh

emanresu A

Oh yeah, that was me

hyper-neutrino

please mod flag those

DialFrost

it was a joke but sry bout that guys

Radvylf Programs

IMO that's not flag-wortht

hyper-neutrino

04:58

don't really need a 30 minute suspension and clearly it didn't get the point across to the user

just tell them in chat lol

y'all don't even need a mod for it honestly

DialFrost

lmao @emanresuA

emanresu A

Sorry, thought that was what chat flags were for

DialFrost

oooh i js found out where the chat flag is lmao :/

never saw it b4

anyways my chalelnge is down to 3 downvotes

emanresu A

Something like this appeared in the flag dialogue:

DialFrost

anything more than tat ill prob delete

emanresu A

04:59

> Can you sock-upvote my post lol

DialFrost

?

Radvylf Programs

@emanresuA They take like five votes to validate, so don't worry, you're not the only one :p

hyper-neutrino

well tbh a lot of flags probably get bandwagon'd :P

DialFrost

sock-upvote? what does tat mea

hyper-neutrino

also it's 6 no?

Radvylf Programs

05:00

Idk the exact number

Aiden Chow

@DialFrost make more accts to upvote i think

Radvylf Programs

I think it's 6, but the initial flag counts? Idk

hyper-neutrino

yes

I count the original flag in the overall score

anyway, according to the admin page the post was 2-1-1 so other than emanresu a mod was the only other one to vote for it

DialFrost

2-1-1???

hyper-neutrino

unless the page is wrong which... is possible

@DialFrost 2 for, 1 against, 1 unsure

DialFrost

05:01

uhhhh ok

interesting

Radvylf Programs

I was the 1 against

DialFrost

aw thx @RadvylfPrograms :p

lol

hyper-neutrino

i was not here otherwise i would've voted against and just explained the issue

DialFrost

i was quite surprised when i came back to my laptop and i cldnt chat :/

Aiden Chow

@hyper-neutrino wait so how do you vote anyways? rep privilege?

hyper-neutrino

05:02

@AidenChow once you have 10k network reputation you will be able to see regular chat flags

Radvylf Programs

It's at 10k network rep

ninja'd :/

hyper-neutrino

they show up as a pop-up on the top left side (like a ping but in a different position) which you can click on to see flagged messages

the menu will allow you to vote for, against, or "unsure" on the flag

a vote for is +1, a vote against is -1, and an unsure vote is -0.2

i forget if the threshold is 5 or 6 but once it hits that threshold the comment is instantly deleted and the poster is suspended for 30 minutes

emanresu A

Jan 31 at 21:51, by emanresu A

DialFrost

wait wat how does tat happen lmaooo

wats the blue thing

Radvylf Programs

It's a flag

hyper-neutrino

05:04

it's the flag count indicator

DialFrost

oh

hyper-neutrino

for normal chat flags

Bubbler

chat flag is very annoying to everyone with 10k+ network rep :P

DialFrost

lmao

me: waits at 9,999

does chat flag ping u?

hyper-neutrino

no

DialFrost

05:05

oh

Radvylf Programs

No, but I have a custom script so that they do for me

DialFrost

i have an idea for a challenge, its prob crap but...

Radvylf Programs

@RadvylfPrograms It used to show the flagged message in a desktop notification but then I realized that wouldn't be a good idea if I was doing a presentation or something

hyper-neutrino

i have a userscript that lets me see flags after they've been cleared (popcornSE) which is nice since the admin page is sorted by post date and not flag date which is really annoying

DialFrost

its about sandbox getting 300k views, so i thought it might be interesting for a challenge to print out the 300th fibonnaci number or smh like that

hyper-neutrino

05:06

@RadvylfPrograms lmao

@DialFrost that'd probably just get closed as a duplicate of the general fibonacci challenge

Aiden Chow

@DialFrost uh probably not the 300th fibonacci number cuz that seems a bit too simple

maybe 300 of something else idk

DialFrost

yup its crap

lmao

Radvylf Programs

Finally finished that 160 question calculus review thing

Got a 100% too

hyper-neutrino

nice

DialFrost

how bout Mersenne primes

lyxal

05:07

They really need to make chat flags visible on mobile

2

DialFrost

damnnnn nice @RadvylfPrograms have no idea wat ur talking about but ok lol

wait @lyxal ur using mobile?

Radvylf Programs

But only because of 160 rounding errors lol

DialFrost

XD

lyxal

@DialFrost 99% of the time

Radvylf Programs

I got like a third of them wrong at first but it lets you retry, and at least 5-10% wrong, but it computes the score in some weird way were you never end up actually hitting the threshold to drop it down below 100% for that section

DialFrost

05:09

wow how do u create challenges then

whoops forgot that u can edit posts

emanresu A

@Bubbler There's that "why is it that when there are flags it is always you three" image that I can't find

Radvylf Programs

Duolingo does an interesting thing with free trials of its premium thingy

It occasionally gives you a 3-day free trial but does not give you the option to not do it

Which is pretty cool

emanresu A

Hmm...

lyxal

So basically it just gives you a free 3 day trial

Radvylf Programs

Since usually I, and probably moist people, just ignore free trials out of a mix of "better save that for later just in case" and "I don't want it to charge my credit card if I forget to cancel it"

Unrelated String

05:13

lol

Radvylf Programs

And you don't have to worry about either

DialFrost

@lyxal wait its possible?

Radvylf Programs

Uh..."most" not "moist"

lyxal

> moist people

Unrelated String

~~what about dry people~~

DialFrost

05:14

i thought mobile is just a condensed version and u dont need to do anything to make stuf appear

Bubbler

and dry people just do free trials without thinking much about the consequences

Radvylf Programs

And not using the site at all throughout the duration of the free trial is a soggy gamer move

3

Bubbler

lol

lyxal

@RadvylfPrograms I'm going to regret asking this, but does that make you a moist person?

DialFrost

LOL

Unrelated String

05:16

he can't be, otherwise he'd be more confident about them

Radvylf Programs

Yeah. I'm just an in-between, mildly clammy

lyxal

There's a joke with somewhat :thonk: level connotations to be made here

Unrelated String

9

DialFrost

coughes

emanresu A

05:32

Beauutiful

emanresu A

06:19

3671

Q: Loop through an array in JavaScript

In Java you can use a for loop to traverse objects in an array as follows: String[] myStringArray = {"Hello", "World"}; for (String s : myStringArray) { // Do something } Can you do the same in JavaScript?

DialFrost

06:34

issit just me or is CG way quieter than it was a few weeks ago

Niko

06:58

it was quieter indee

emanresu A

07:21

^ flag as spam

ophact

I have to wonder how they select the tags.

Aiden Chow

@emanresuA ok i did

emanresu A

Ugh building shapez.io from source takes so long...

Aiden Chow

@emanresuA whats that?

emanresu A

A thing

Aiden Chow

07:24

@emanresuA very cool

Niko

@NewPosts i was too slow F

ophact

Do you enjoy flagging as spam?

hyper-neutrino

→ 1 message moved to The Nineteenth Bakery

Niko

Just free flag and racing with hammer is fun

ophact

Oh

emanresu A

07:25

They've tried to figure out the mods' sleep schedules, not realising that they don't have any.

10

ophact

For me it's watching the vote count trickle down that's the fun part

Aiden Chow

wait does helpful flags give any benefits, like any badges

ophact

I think so

Niko

there is badgee

it's not easy to get those flag badge, specially on cgcc

mods don't have the need of sleep in cgcc

ophact

It seems to be even harder to get the review badges, because the posts in need of review are reviewed almost instantly thanks to some userscript...

maybe I should get it

Niko

07:29

i have 0 review

ophact

so do I

Aiden Chow

@ophact i dont even know where i can review in the first place :\

ophact

Top right, third button

starting from the comment inbox

Or basically the one with the tick on it

Aiden Chow

@ophact ohh ok i see it now

ophact

AH stupid python rule that doesn't allow me to use a walrus operator in a list comprehension

whoever thought that was a good idea?

pxeger

08:24

I can see why they did that, because the scope of the variable assigned there wouldn't be clear

e.g what should a = lambda a = 1: [(a := 2) for a in [a := 3] and [4]] give?

ophact

Hmm, that makes sense

emanresu A

09:15

Any feedback?

Aiden Chow

would a challenge that is the inverse of this question be interesting? basically you take in html input and output the markdown version of it

i havent thought of the specs for such a problem but i would like some opinion on it before i draft one up

emanresu A

Sounds interesting, make the spec concrete though

Aiden Chow

@emanresuA yeah, im still considering what subset of markdown i should do for the challenge (obviously not the entire markdown language).

PyGamer0

09:47

CMC: Write a program that generates a floating point error

emanresu A

Polyglot, 5 bytes: .1+.2

PyGamer0

thank you :p

lyxal

@PyGamer0 vyxal 2.4: .1 .2+

PyGamer0

Try it online!

emanresu A

@lyxal How would that be parsed without the space?

lyxal

09:54

@emanresuA 0.1

It drops the .2

Probably still does

I'll go fix that

emanresu A

Nope, works

in 2.6+

lyxal

huh, so it does

PyGamer0

CMP: Should I change my name to jkab?

lyxal

10:32

If you want to

lyxal

10:42

github has this new fancy feature where it shows you a nicer way of seeing what files have changed in a PR

emanresu A

Hm, cool. I'm writing ASCII Vyxal

lyxal

and I'm adding date digraphs

emanresu A

Don't we already have those?

lyxal

as in, from #554

emanresu A

Oh okay

PyGamer0

10:56

@lyxal i just enabled that 10 minutes ago ....

and i think i made flax faster

ophact

@emanresuA Nope, it looks perfect

PyGamer0

res = list(map(list, it.product(*map(compose(list, range), x)))) res = list(map(list, it.product([list(range(int(a))) for a in x])))

^ whats the difference?

emanresu A

When you golf something from 64 bytes to 38

PyGamer0

oh shoot i realised it lmao

emanresu A

11:19

Two hours of golfing

lyxal

adding date digraphs is turning out to be harder than I thought

not because it's hard to program

but because it's hard to think of what to add

sure, I've got a list of things

but it's kinda general

and does not specify overloads/formats

emanresu A

o/

mathcat

o/

@lyxal can I help?

lyxal

@mathcat sure

I've decided to give up on implementing tonight

so instead, I'm specifying what I want to implement

Ginger Industries

12:14

〽'

mathcat

g

lyxal

e and a half

(e½ or e.5)

Ginger Industries

🆓🅱🅾🆖

lyxal

Fail Bong?

Ginger Industries

free

lyxal

12:18

it's too small

can't see it properly

Ginger Industries

hold please

lyxal

now what?

I'm holding please

Ginger Industries

5 mins ago, by Ginger Industries

〽'

lyxal

reuploaded to look better

Ginger Industries

jesus christ

that looks like a radio antenna with a tumor on top

Me: types "g"
Windows emoji panel: 🦍💨

lyxal

12:21

@GingerIndustries haha stinky ape stinky ape

mathcat

@lyxal ~~I can't even read BO~~

lyxal

@GingerIndustries me when this:

one last funny:

very laugh

much yes

truly effort and quality

such drawing

mathcat

butiful art

lyxal

thank

also, I found the redwolf emoji (renders properly on windows and android): 🐾

mathcat

more like orangewolf

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