Questions tagged [discussion]
The question you're asking is designed to solicit opinions or best-practices on a particular topic, with the goal of reaching community consensus.
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Why is the site logo a medal?
What does a medal have to do with codes and computers? Is it a reference to the site badges and privileges? Or maybe a reference to the Olympiad awards? Also, why is it between two accolades?
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Meta question: counting bytes [duplicate]
Sorry if this is the wrong way to ask this...
Many languages used here have characters outside the ASCII character set, yet the headlines of answers written in such languages often say n bytes, when ...
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Do we need an "I f the sourcecode, you f the input" tag?
A somewhat common pattern in source-layout is to have competitors write a program which does task A (usually cat or printing a constant), but when a transform B is applied to the program the modified ...
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What are our policies about this exotic I/O format about integers?
Please refer to this post on Sandbox. (EDIT: The challenge is posted on main.)
Basically, the proposed challenge is about a new numeral system I made. Though the proposal doesn't require the I/O ...
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Byte compression in scores
I am asking this because Vyxal, and mainly Vyxal has a compression algorithm to shave bytes off. I think of this as a bit unfair, so I would like to propose the following:
If a programming language ...
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Equivalence between strictly increasing integer sequences and decision problems
I have noticed that sequence questions are often looking at strictly increasing integer sequences. For these types of sequences, the sequence task of outputting the values in the sequence is largely ...
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Is code golf going to be opting into the voting reputation requirement test?
Over on Meta Stack Exchange, there's a question asking for sites to volunteer for a trial of removing reputation requirements for voting.
Is that something the Code Golf and Coding Challenges ...
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Code golf wrapped in a puzzle
Puzzle golf (Polf, Pulf, Gozzle, Golfzzle)
I would like to propose a challenge involving two SE sites. Code Golf and Puzzling. To solve, one has to decipher the specification riddle, and then golf the ...
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Fast and Golfiest Season 2 Looking for Advice
Season 2 is coming! Season 1 was fun and relatively well-received, but the main problem was that the scoring system is very broken. Hence I'm looking for advice about how to improve the system so that ...
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Is splitting a challenge into multiple categories a good way to have an optional difficulty without bonuses?
Sometimes, in a challenge you might want to create some variations. You might want to encourage some extra constraint or limitation, but don't want to obligate everyone to attempt the extra difficulty,...
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Scoreboard: Searchable, sortable answers with preview
Not sure if this is suitable for the main page so I post it here.
Example:
Say What You See ->
https://hunaphu.github.io/g/q/70837.html
Type to filter on a language. Feel free to use it or include ...
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Can the binary representations of argv[n] be used for numeric input?
TL;DR: Is int d = *(int*)argv[1]; allowed to obtain a integer input?
A special case of this question: Can numeric input/output be in the form of byte values?
This ...
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What counts towards the byte count in a code golf answer?
I use Racket as my primary programming language and have been having fun the past week solving challenges using it. I came across a few answers from other programming languages that use TIO's header ...
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Size in DB ？for opcode submission
If an opcode solution uses but doesn't rely on value of somewhere
At the beginning/end of program
In the middle of program
, then do these count as program size?
Example where placed at end:
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Can I write sequels to one of my created problems?
I recently wrote up Landmine Number, and I'd like to write more problems in the style of the story of this problem. Is it okay if I continue naming the sequels like LN II, LN III, LN IV? Side question,...
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What is the stance on challenges that are supersets of other challenges?
I have this challenge in the Sandbox at time of writing. I want to add some more requirements that can potentially majorly change how some solutions can work (dakuten, handakuten, small kana).
Should ...
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Desmos Active Sliders
The Desmos Graphing Calculator, or Desmos, has sliders, which can run, animating a graph.
Also, they can have multiple animation modes: (default) loop forwards an backwards, repeat in one direction, ...
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What’s the point of voting to close for “Needs details or clarity” without telling the author what detail or clarity it needs?
Posting in question
Apparently 4 people have voted to close this, but not one of them thought to leave a comment.
Let’s say it gets another vote and gets closed. What do you expect the author to do? ...
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Maximum code-golf length
If we have a code-golf question that we have a golfed answer to in, say, Python, how long does that program have to be for it to not be a good idea to ask that question/for that to be code-golf (if ...
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Event Suggestion: Compression Golf
Most golfing languages that are competitive today use at least one string compression algorithm. My language Fig has a compressor that resembles Jelly's. I use been planning to add a super secret ...
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Can I host a competition in multiple locations?
I'm interested in running a KOTH in the near future. I would like the competition to be open to as many people as possible, however I know some people that are uninterested in posting answers to Stack ...
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Is "parallelize as much as possible" a valid winning criterion?
I'd like to propose a new winning criterion: Parallelize as much as possible. A challenge of this type is to give a code that involves parallelization.
Let \$T\$ be the running time when run on a ...
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Tips for language design: still on-topic?
Currently, we have two open questions tagged tips language-design:
Tips for storage in a golfing language
Tips for Creating/Maintaining a Golfing Language
Now that there is a StackExchange site for ...
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I'm in the process of replacing all anonymous imgur images with stack.imgur images, and I need your help
As stated on Mother Meta, all imgur images not associated with a account or the stack.imgur.com official corporate instance will be deleted on May 15th.
If we don't ...
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Middle Sidebar Advertising
As you all know, advertising is an important source of revenue for Stack Overflow and it helps us support all the sites across the Stack Exchange Network and the resources that go into maintaining and ...
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How do esolangs participate in a challenge about black-box inputs? [duplicate]
Please refer to this challenge on Sandbox.
The input is a black-box function, but as someone not knowing much of esolangs and golfing languages, I cannot even imagine how they accept black-box ...
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We can continue code trolling! (NOT A COMMUNITY CONSENSUS)
About 9 years ago, every question about code-trolling was locked and asking new questions about this topic was banned. If you missed this, I created a subreddit for this, and hopefully we can make it ...
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Allow answers to be scored in things other than bytes to stop the log byte madness
On January 4th, 2022, it was decided we would allow scoring in fractional bytes. A decision I mostly agree with. Just to recap, the main reason this is beneficial for the site is:
It allows comparing ...
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Could a new "Is it a power of 2?" question escape being closed as a duplicate?
There is an existing challenge Is it a completely even number? which is very similar to Powers of 2, but asks for 1 to be excluded. I think it's a good challenge, and some people agree, but enough ...
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Does the initial `:` in a TI-BASIC program count?
According to this meta post, TI-BASIC is scored in tokens rather than characters, to more accurately reflect the byte count in-memory.
On my graphing calculator (TI-84 Plus C Silver Edition), the ...
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Is byte count on TIO valid, specifically for non-ASCII C code?
When I have non-ASCII characters in my C code, TIO counts them as 1 byte.
For example, the following C program prints 56 music-related characters on the terminal.
Link
TIO reports its length as "...
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What is a good ASCII boundary-character for regex unary, and will using that instead of a delimiter affect the perceived legitimacy of my answers?
So far, I have only used comma-delimited unary for my answers taking a list / array as input, since it's the "obvious" choice. That looks like ...
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How to Handle Mass Edit Events
This isn't to call anyone out or criticise the actions of anyone. This is to get a clear understanding of general guidelines of mass edits.
Every now and again, links to online interpreters will ...
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Consider supporting Programming Language Design and Implementation on Area 51!
Interested in designing or implementing programming languages, including golfing languages? Or have strong opinions about either? Consider supporting Programming Language Design and Implementation, a ...
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Please Allow the Community to Advertise Relevant Area 51 Proposals on Meta
It's been asked a few times in chat whether or not Code Golf Meta can be used as a means of promoting Area51 site proposals that are relevant to the realm of Code Golf. The answer has always been &...
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Is github.dev acceptable for fastest-code questions?
Are sites like github.dev acceptable to use to time fastest-code questions? They do specify the specs and are free. What about gitpod, repl.it, and others?
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Best of CGCC 2023 - Now Accepting Nominations!
We have decided the initial 8 categories for the "Best of CGCC 2023", and nominations are now open. If you want to submit any more categories throughout the year, until the last few weeks of ...
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What should we call Off-Topic TNB?
Voting has closed. The Sand Trap is the winner!
Since we've decided to officially recognize TNB's off-topic room Off-Topic TNB, it might be a good time to give it its own name.
We'll do this the same ...
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Should we update rules in faq about deleting answers?
In the faq it says that we need to delete published answers
When you post your question on the main site, edit the sandbox post to include a link to the challenge, removing everything but the title ...
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Best of CGCC 2023 - Call for categories
Update
Nominations are now open!
If you want to submit any more categories throughout the year, until the last few weeks of the year, you can still do so by answering this question. If a category here ...
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Change the nominations process for Best Of 2023
As discussed in chat, Best Of 2022 has had a serious lack of nominations, with currently 4 of the 16 categories still uncontested.
So that this dosen't happen next year, I'd like to propose a change ...
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2022: a year in moderation
As we say goodbye to the old year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
As most of you here are aware, sites on the Stack Exchange ...
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Best of CGCC 2022 - Voting Now Open!
Final phase
You have chosen the categories and the nominees for CGCC's annual "Best of". Now it is time to pick the winners!
Each of the 16 categories is represented by an answer to this ...
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Is outputting by modifying an input with no modifying access allowed?
Say Round to nicer numbers where it's possible to always output n'=m. I submitted a Javascript solution that does this.
I can require input be f(x,n,[m]) and then ...
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Language of the Month for January 2023: Elm
In accordance with our meta agreement, since one candidate received more votes than the others, we have a new featured language! Throughout January 2023, our Language of the Month will be:
Elm
What'...
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Best of CGCC 2022 - Call for categories [duplicate]
Event chatroom!
Well, 2022's come to an end, and so that means: Best of CGCC 2022!
In this thread, we'll consolidate the categories for our Best Posts of 2022, and eventually we'll vote on which posts ...
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How do we handle answers that have later become invalid due to external circumstances?
From time to time, answers can be posted to the site which, at the time are valid but later become invalid without any fault of the original answerer. For example, a number of answers to this ...
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Do function submissions have to recover environment if it consumes whole stdin?
Community agrees that functions should be reusable while if a function take whole stdin (like while(gets()) in C or ...
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Please reopen Tweetable Mathematical Art
Could you please reopen Tweetable Mathematical Art ? It is such a source of inspiration, of course it will never end and never have a final answer, but that is how art is supposed to be, right?
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