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Posts by trichoplax‭

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Sandbox Balanced quinary quasiquine [FINALIZED]

posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Challenges Knight safe squares

Given a chess board with some knights on it, say how many squares are neither attacked by a knight nor containing a knight. Input An 8 by 8 grid where each square is either a knight or empty T...

3 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 8mo ago by Karl Knechtel‭

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Challenges The holeyest base

Given a positive integer as input, indicate which base from 2 to 16 gives the most holes in the representation of the input in that base. The digits used are 0123456789ABCDEF. Note that these incl...

6 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Razetime‭

Question code-golf base
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Meta What would this community like to see in a Codidact API?

I'd like to post king-of-the-hill contests that read code directly from answers Essentials This is the only feature I would need in order to start posting contests. The answer content for each...

posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Meta What would this community like to see in a Codidact API?

I've now posted on Codidact Meta How should a Codidact public API work? I'll still be taking into account any discussion here if you have Code Golf specific thoughts, but for general API discussio...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 9mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Challenges 8 coexisting queens

This is a fixed output challenge. Output a textual representation of a chessboard hosting 8 queens, none of which are attacking each other. There are 92 ways of arranging them, 12 if rotations and...

5 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by m90‭

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Sandbox Knight safe squares [FINALIZED]

posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Sandbox Holeyest base representation [FINALIZED]

posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Challenges 55 fruit salad: choose your own Kolmogorov complexity

This is a fixed output challenge. It is similar to a standard Kolmogorov complexity challenge, except you get to choose your own fixed output. Given no input, output 55 fruits. You may choose any 5...

5 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 7mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Challenges Rationalise recurring binary

Given a potentially recurring binary string, output the number it represents, as a fraction in lowest terms. The notation used in this challenge for recurring digits is non-standard. An r is used ...

0 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Meta Is there a problem with the edit queues?

I'm raising this on our local Meta first, rather than the main Codidact Meta, because I don't yet have the Edit Posts ability so I can't tell what problems may exist. Hopefully some of you who have...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Sandbox 3D compass point from 3D coordinates

posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 7mo ago by trichoplax‭

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Challenges Chequer checker

A chequer board (also spelt "checker board" in some places) is an 8 by 8 grid of squares alternating between 2 colours. Check whether a provided pattern could be a region of a chequer board. The c...

1 answer  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Challenges Presumptuous base conversion

Take an input string representing a number and convert it to decimal (base 10). However, the base of the input is not specified. Assume the input is in the smallest base for which its digits are va...

5 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Shaggy‭

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Meta Filtering the sandbox for ease of feedback

Both tags and [FINALIZED] are problematic Problem with tags Having been shown the related meta post Separate the tags away from the Sandbox or delete the [finalized] tag I can now see that having...

posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Meta Filtering the sandbox for ease of feedback

I'm leaving this answer here for any votes and discussion, but I no longer hold this opinion. I've posted a longer answer to explain why I've changed my mind After hearing about the filter devel...

posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 1y ago by trichoplax‭

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Meta Filtering the sandbox for ease of feedback

I see the Sandbox as a vital part of challenge design. When I visit the Sandbox I'd like to be able to show only proposals that are not finalized, so I can focus feedback where it is needed. In th...

3 answers  ·  posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Monica Cellio‭

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Sandbox Chequer checker [FINALIZED]

posted 1y ago by trichoplax‭  ·  edited 1y ago by trichoplax‭