Albert Renshaw

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One OEIS after another

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Albert Renshaw

Jan 3, 2018 06:39

It seems that certain languages are being used more than once like ArnoldC, was there an amend to the no-repeat-languages rule?

The Nineteenth Byte

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Albert Renshaw

Apr 15, 2017 07:05

@Geobits That is great! Currently my right nostril :D

Albert Renshaw

Apr 15, 2017 03:49

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I would say I can hold both of my eyes open w/o blinking and see which starts to get that dry-stinging-must-blink feeling first, but so far it seems to always just be my right eye, but I've only tested it for about a minute.

Albert Renshaw

Apr 15, 2017 03:46

My hair is pretty long to the point where I can grab a very small amount and see how many strands I'm holding, I can count the amount of hairs I randomly grab from my head and modulo 2

Albert Renshaw

Apr 15, 2017 03:44

Oh interesting, that's a good solution. HeartRate%2

Albert Renshaw

Apr 15, 2017 03:41

@ASCII-only My memory isn't good enough. In that scenario I could take the numeric day of the month and start bottom on evens and top on odds. But what about in more broad scenarios, where I do things at random times, not on definitive schedules

Albert Renshaw

Apr 15, 2017 03:37

Sometimes I need RNGs (Random number generators) in real life. For example I always brush my teeth starting on the bottom row, thus using most of the toothpaste by the time I get to the top row. A better algorithm is to just randomly start on the top or bottom row each time, but I don't always have a coin on me to flip. Can anyone think of a way to effectively do binary RNG but using only the human body?

Albert Renshaw

Apr 13, 2017 01:12

KOTH w/ emacs vs vim

Albert Renshaw

Apr 12, 2017 08:13

Code Bowling Idea:

Program, A, which outputs an output, B.

Output, B, can also be compiled as a program and will output, A (the original program)

And A ≠ B

*SiameseQuine*

Albert Renshaw

Mar 17, 2017 09:25

Thanks @Fatalize

Albert Renshaw

Mar 17, 2017 08:31

Does anyone see room for abuse after that rule is added?

Albert Renshaw

Mar 17, 2017 08:30

@MatthewRoh Thank you, I think the best way to avoid this is to have each character increase the score by +1, but each repeat character decreases the score by -1 (aka it doesnt count). So source-code 111111111111111 would only have a score of 1

Albert Renshaw

Mar 17, 2017 08:22

but I want to do a little more research before I repost

Albert Renshaw

Mar 17, 2017 08:22

I have an easy solution where a penalty will start incurring if you repeat characters

Albert Renshaw

Mar 17, 2017 08:21

Okay I see the issue thanks; I'll re-word in a bit and re-post

Albert Renshaw

Mar 17, 2017 08:19

or @JanDvorak

Albert Renshaw

Mar 17, 2017 08:19

@MatthewRoh can you explain the ∞ solution to my code-bowling?

Albert Renshaw

Mar 17, 2017 08:09

Even just one specific subset (aka ALL subsets must not accomplish it)

Albert Renshaw

Mar 17, 2017 08:08

@DestructibleLemon I'm posting it w/ your note in mind and I've added the rule that a subset of the program must not be able to complete the task (have the same output). Thanks for input, I think that will fix that problem!

Albert Renshaw

Mar 17, 2017 07:55

Code-Bowling for a program that has the same non-error output no matter how you re-arrange any of the characters in the program.

Albert Renshaw

Mar 14, 2017 07:00

@ASCII-only Fixed thanks!

Albert Renshaw

Mar 14, 2017 06:03

༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ http:// textfac.es

Albert Renshaw

Mar 14, 2017 06:00

ಠ_ಠ

Albert Renshaw

Mar 14, 2017 05:54

Well, here goes nothing! My first Code-Bowling challenge is up ಠ_ಠ

Took way too long to make but I think it will be fun to see how it pans out. http://codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/112827/output-the-text-code-bowling

Albert Renshaw

Mar 11, 2017 19:10

About two weeks ago someone introduced me to the [code-bowling] tag and I was pretty intrigued but I was sad to see that almost all of the code-bowling challenges that had been proposed had been closed for various reasons.

Typically these reasons were because the post was too broad, allows for almost every answer to be ∞ bytes, lacked a clear scoring system, had unenforceable/vague rules, etc.

I'd like there to be more code-bowling challenges on CG but it seems that there are very few resources for how rules should be defined in a systematic manner, what style challenges should be propose…

Albert Renshaw

Mar 5, 2017 19:17

Thanks Pavel!

Albert Renshaw

Mar 5, 2017 19:09

What are some overly-verbose languages like ArnoldC?

Albert Renshaw

Feb 28, 2017 08:47

Pondering code-golf challenge for shortest code to crash the system it's running on

Albert Renshaw

Feb 27, 2017 03:14

Ontop of that, these are pyramids with square bottoms; wouldn't it have a 3 sided pyramid with a triangular bottom? that's probably what's causing all of these issues

Albert Renshaw

Feb 27, 2017 03:14

On the other hand how would it even look if the inner "hole" was just a pyramid? What would be on the edges where there are currently holes? hmmm

Albert Renshaw

Feb 27, 2017 03:13

I've just thought about it and I'm not certain the above rendering is correct... Wouldn't the center be an upside down pyramid? Right now it's more like a blossoming pyramid opening up with triangular channels/hallways

Albert Renshaw

Feb 27, 2017 03:11

...but imagine a 4 dimensions pascals hyperpyramid

Albert Renshaw

Feb 27, 2017 03:11

no clue why there are spheres in it

Albert Renshaw

Feb 27, 2017 03:11

Albert Renshaw

Feb 27, 2017 03:03

Thanks!

Albert Renshaw

Feb 27, 2017 03:00

When do you guys usually accept an answer in your code golf challenges? I have one approaching the one month mark

Albert Renshaw

Feb 27, 2017 00:22

Agreed, thanks!

Code Bowling

Albert Renshaw

Mar 21, 2017 23:20

@NathanMerrill I guess we'll just have to wait and see; only time will tell if it ends up like Secret Santa or not, I have high hopes for Code Bowling

Albert Renshaw

Mar 21, 2017 15:09

Sorry I'm on vacation I gotta head out but we can discuss this more soon

Albert Renshaw

Mar 21, 2017 15:09

Albert Renshaw

Mar 21, 2017 15:09

Subjective ;)

Albert Renshaw

Mar 21, 2017 15:08

Also hopefully in the future there will be many code-bowling variants than just Pangram

Albert Renshaw

Mar 21, 2017 15:08

No way to know that for sure. Pangram for a hello-world variant would get annoying after 2-3 times. But pangram being applied to various other things like ASCII art, radiation hardening, etc etc etc could maintain its "fun-ness".

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Albert Renshaw

Feb 27, 2017 00:24

Thanks guys!

Albert Renshaw

Feb 27, 2017 00:21

I've also added two rules

•Lines can-not be empty.

•Lines can-not be //comments

Albert Renshaw

Feb 27, 2017 00:20

I've edited it to code-golf

Albert Renshaw

Feb 27, 2017 00:19

I am looking through the pop-con tag now and seeing almost 90% of them get closed

Albert Renshaw

Feb 27, 2017 00:19

I assumed the most enjoyed answer is what determines if something is most popular or not

Albert Renshaw

Feb 27, 2017 00:18

Fair point

Albert Renshaw

Feb 27, 2017 00:18

Also even then why is popcon considered invalid for this?