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The Nineteenth Byte: General discussion for codegolf.stackexc...
Feb 21, 2020 03:32
^ CMC that since I probably won't get around to writing it :P
Feb 21, 2020 03:31
For N = 0 I guess it would be a true quine
Feb 21, 2020 03:31
Do we have an inductive quine challenge? Write a near-quine that contains some positive integer N in it and when run outputs the same quine except now the number is N-1?
Feb 3, 2020 07:53
Also I forgot pings made noise. That scared me o.o
Feb 3, 2020 07:53
Right. I'm not up on that.
Feb 3, 2020 07:47
Has the whole site gotten quieter over the past couple years - fewer questions and answers? I feel I've been away so long.
Feb 3, 2020 07:46
So quiet :(
Jan 22, 2020 21:41
Now to see if a popcon can be upvoted... :P
Jan 22, 2020 21:40
\o/
Jan 22, 2020 21:23
Dredges of googling for tech support?
Jan 22, 2020 20:27
I think I'll allow any order
Jan 22, 2020 20:27
But that's even crazier :P
Jan 22, 2020 20:27
I was also considering that rows/colums/diags could be run backwards to get up to 4N+4, like PONM -> 10
Jan 22, 2020 20:25
Yeah
Jan 22, 2020 20:24
I'm on the fence about it
Jan 22, 2020 20:23
  ABCD-7
  EFGH-8
  IJKL-6
  MNOP-5
 /||||\
0 4123 9
Jan 22, 2020 20:23
or allow any output order from 0 to 2N+1, so this would also be valid:
Jan 22, 2020 20:22
The question is, should I require that the number output order is like that, 0-9 kinda clockwise around the square
Jan 22, 2020 20:21
is what the outputs look like. i.e. the program BFJN outputs 7
Jan 22, 2020 20:20
  ABCD-0
  EFGH-1
  IJKL-2
  MNOP-3
 /||||\
9 8765 4
Jan 22, 2020 20:20
like, if ABCD\nEFGH\nIJKL\nMNOP is the magic code square
Jan 22, 2020 20:20
And the rows/column/diagonals each ouptut a unique number from 0 to 2N+1 inclusive
Jan 22, 2020 20:19
I'm imagining magic code squares like magic squares in math where you have an NxN square of any printable ascii
Jan 22, 2020 20:18
I know I should use the sandbox but mehh :P
Jan 22, 2020 20:18
Well I'll ask my thing anyway
Jan 22, 2020 20:03
Is SE as a whole becoming quieter? :(
Jan 22, 2020 20:03
Writing a challenge about magic squares and wanted some advice
Jan 22, 2020 20:02
Hey!
Jan 22, 2020 20:00
Quiet in here :/
Nov 23, 2019 17:17
not to be down on the Sandbox :P
Nov 23, 2019 17:14
Though I worry that Secret Santa thing is a slow purgatory for challenge ideas, kinda like how I view the Sandbox
Nov 23, 2019 16:59
Thanks DJ
Nov 23, 2019 16:54
I had this coming along but got too lazy to write it all up pastebin.com/raw/c6Ab0rC7
Nov 23, 2019 16:54
Do we have a place where I can post fleshed out ideas for challenges that anyone is welcome to steal and post? (Is that weird?)
Aug 14, 2019 03:01
I'm trying to think up a challenge...
Aug 14, 2019 03:01
Luis o/
Aug 13, 2019 22:35
Hey DJ
Aug 13, 2019 21:16
I know I'm late to the party, but glad we finally got a site design :)
Mar 14, 2018 05:03
Just popping in to say rest in peace Stephen Hawking :/
Feb 6, 2018 20:37
Heh. Hey guys. Really just dropping by to hype about rocket launches ;)
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Feb 6, 2018 20:31
In case people don't know, crazy SpaceX launch happening now :D youtu.be/wbSwFU6tY1c
Jan 18, 2018 05:49
Still no design :/
Jan 18, 2018 05:49
How's PPCG going chat?
Nov 20, 2017 07:21
@Challenger5 Yes! Thanks :D
Nov 20, 2017 06:47
I think there's something in itertools but meh
Nov 20, 2017 06:27
Like put the loops here one one line and indent level:

for x in range(l):
	for y in range(w):
		for z in range(h):
			# do stuff
Nov 20, 2017 06:27
Is there a pythonic way to condense a bunch of nested for loops?
Nov 12, 2017 02:58
@EricTressler Ah, course. Though "grows polynomially" is a mouthful. "Quadratically" a bit nicer.
Nov 11, 2017 23:58
Is it wrong to say x^2 grows exponentially or is that only for things like 2^x?
Nov 10, 2017 01:29
Though JetBrains > VS