A tag for puzzles dependent upon some degree of computer literacy - for instance, requiring basic familiarity with operating system usage, encryption or programming.
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You see me right now… but you can't
Look over here! Oh... that's right. I'm too small to be seen. But you are still looking at me. Crazy! I know right? Here, how about this? You guess what I am! Okay.
Well if I get too much ...
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Ornithogenic Turnover
Peptiberg: Hello, friend. Why do you look so pleased?
Tippgeber: My friend just had a change of profession - from a divisive one to a constructive one.
Peptiberg: Was it a smooth transition?
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3answers
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Mysterious Flash Drive
First puzzle I ever do! Hopefully it won't be too easy or too challenging.
My co-worker just gave me a USB flash drive, which was supposed to contain a couple files of code for me to review. ...
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2answers
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The “foo” encoding
This puzzle has been solved. Please skip to the bottom of this question for the answer.
Introducing the mysterious foo encoding... based on the common computer programming template variables ...
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1answer
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What does one do to decrypt this?
'Encrypted': 10101110001011101000000001110111000101011100011101110000000011101110100010111000111010111011100
Context: This is simpler than you think. So simple the solution to this problem would be ...
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1answer
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Once again, another Linux movie quote!
Because I can't get off this linux movie quote train, here is another one! Can you find the famous movie quote hidden in this linux block?
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2answers
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Yet another movie line on the Linux terminal
What famous quote does the following terminal session refer to?
$ ps -o ppid= -p $u
28342
$ echo $$
28342
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3answers
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My co-workers left me a message
While refactoring a massive chunk of old code, I found a rather curious section of code commented out that wasn't there the day before. Can you tell me what it means?
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Why did the function not run in the marathon? [closed]
Please help me with this, I'm not sure what tags to use. It also has a somewhat programming background.
Question: Why did the function not run in the marathon?
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1answer
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Yet another movie quote hidden in Linux
Inspired by this question and this question, can you guess the famous movie quote hidden in this Linux block?
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1answer
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Another Linux movie command
Inspired by this question, here's another Linux command representing a famous line:
cp -a ~she ~
Which line is it?
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1answer
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3answers
235 views
Coding puzzles with pen and paper
At work we are doing a coding competition on hackerrank – it is real coding – you are given input and you have to code a program that produces the correct output.
Now, I would like to promote this ...
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1answer
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Where is my brother?
Couple days ago, my brother went missing.
It seems like he's ran away from home.
I decided to search his computer, to see if there are any clues to where he might have gone.
All I've found was this ...
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3answers
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1answer
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Breaking into your friend's computer
You're trying to break into your friends laptop.
However, his computer is password protected.
Luckily he has a password hint on his computer.
The password you are looking forˏ is not easy like ...
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1answer
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Where is my coworker from? [duplicate]
My new coworker sent me some code. He wants me to figure out where he was born. I believe there are some hints within the code, but I cannot figure it out. Here is the code block:
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Looking for a place
Seems overwhelming but pretty simple.
clue.txt
http://junewi.000webhostapp.com/testing/clue.txt
tdHCR6ieFHNqUv1zQHE0KRiAfypNTApKi2xlN4CMYK2beP3M1u2mgUvRvDmx0M8heyKebUVEsGcbHrnymUIeviUN/...
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1answer
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First Cryptography Puzzle
When adam and eve sinned,
apple was the key.
Lies of the Serpent,
they both believed.
Alternate:
56 108 87 97 119 53 97 43
57 49 68 105 66 51 121 115
84 54 120 51 81 65 61 61
I'm looking for just ...
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3answers
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Critters Ate My Clue
I recently visited a rummage sale at my local community college, which was trying to get rid of a ton of old and outdated equipment in storage to make way for a new Makerspace. As I browsed through ...
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Honda tutu del moto - Words which say something
You find a paper lying on the sand. Does it mean something ... an imgur maze, maybe ?
Cultures reserve glasses. Twin economists migrates with tails in a fine risk. Conglomerate ... voo dun saga ...
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2answers
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Mathematical formulation for Dr. Eureka
I have to prepare an algorithm to solve the puzzle part of Dr. Eureka, a multiplayer game from Blue Orange Games. This is part of a research project that also involves computer vision and robotics. ...
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1answer
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Base what? Oh, great, now I need magic
This cipher's too hard to solve by itself.
This short riddle provides sufficient help.
You must consult the fifth man;
He'll lend a hand,
And less information quite appropriate.
<...
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1answer
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How to choose the next board in the 8-puzzle?
I hope to have your help to solve the problem I am facing. I'm trying to make an 8-puzzle solver but I'm in doubt about how to select the next board, from the one they have already given me. Below I ...
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4answers
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A dice game, what is the optimal strategy?
Alice was walking on the street when she came across a man playing with a die. She could not help trying to check if the die was loaded and while she was concluding that it wasn't loaded, the man ...
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1answer
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Code Movie Wall
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #36: Twisted Classics 1
I'm thinking of a movie. The Connecting Wall below (click it for a bigger version) should have made guessing the movie really simple, ...
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2answers
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Tiling rectangles with Heptomino plus rectangle #6
Inspired by Polyomino T hexomino and rectangle packing into rectangle
See also series Tiling rectangles with F pentomino plus rectangles and Tiling rectangles with Hexomino plus rectangle #1
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2answers
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Tiling rectangles with Hexomino plus rectangle #3
Inspired by Polyomino T hexomino and rectangle packing into rectangle
See also series Tiling rectangles with F pentomino plus rectangles and Tiling rectangles with Hexomino plus rectangle #1
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2answers
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Tiling rectangles with Heptomino plus rectangle #4
Inspired by Polyomino T hexomino and rectangle packing into rectangle
See also series Tiling rectangles with F pentomino plus rectangles and Tiling rectangles with Hexomino plus rectangle #1
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1answer
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Tiling rectangles with Heptomino plus rectangle #3
Inspired by Polyomino T hexomino and rectangle packing into rectangle
See also series Tiling rectangles with F pentomino plus rectangles and Tiling rectangles with Hexomino plus rectangle #1
Next ...
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2answers
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Tricky wild goose-chase puzzle
Your obnoxious little brother loves to outwit you.
He asks you to find the message hidden in the following image
You are determined and ready to teach your brother a lesson.
But can you ?
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1answer
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Self-Description
Part of the Fortnightly Topic Challenge #35: Restricted Title 1
This text has ? l's and ? n's, but its ?th most frequent letter is f. This text also has ? letters that are used ? times or less. Its ...
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1answer
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Tiling rectangles with Hexomino plus rectangle #1
Inspired by Polyomino T hexomino and rectangle packing into rectangle
See also series Tiling rectangles with F pentomino plus rectangles and Tiling rectangles with Hexomino plus rectangle #1
Next ...
12
votes
1answer
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Computational Linguists
An entry in Fortnightly Topic Challenge #35: Restricted Title 1.Computational Linguists
In order to help me boost my paltry grades, the professor of my computer class has given me an extra credit ...
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Generating different difficulties in custom puzzle
first of all this is my first time asking something here so please let me know if I am doing something wrong or asking it on the wrong place.
I have a custom puzzle model where I need to generate ...
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Function that returns 1 for all numbers equal to or above 1 [closed]
What's a function (intended to use in a Python program) that returns 1 for all numbers that are >= 1 and ...
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6answers
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Optimizing month abbreviation to number
(This comes from a real-world requirement.)
The idea is easy - if you have the three-letter abbreviated name of a month, say "Jan", get the numeric month number (for "Jan", 1). Sure, sure, pick a ...
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25answers
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I shouldn't have asked him
My roommate (rm) always looks busy in front of his laptop, so I try to start talking to him
Me : "Hey, You always look busy, so how do you entertain yourself? Do you have a favorite book, movie, ...
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1answer
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How to test for logic operator precedence
While coding in Python, I realized I couldn't remember which is evaluated first:
and (the logical conjunctive operator),
or (...
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2answers
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20 right isosceles triangles into a square
Similar:
Unlucky tiling: Arrange thirteen right isosceles triangles into a square
Five graded difficulty isosceles right triangle into square tilings
Two difficult "Seventeen right isosceles ...
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1answer
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“I like things done once”
You disable the security shields. Dr P releases his minions. Suddenly you hear the red siren.
'Code-Red' says the computer. You smell smoke. You see the background a blur and noises in the air. ...
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2answers
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Two difficult “Seventeen right isosceles triangles into a square” tilings
Similar to:
Unlucky tiling: Arrange thirteen right isosceles triangles into a square
Five graded difficulty isosceles right triangle into square tilings
V.hard problem, 20 right isosceles triangles ...
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2answers
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Five graded difficulty isosceles right triangle into square tilings
Similar to:
Unlucky tiling: Arrange thirteen right isosceles triangles into a square
Two difficult "Seventeen right isosceles triangles into a square" tilings
V.hard problem, 20 right ...
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2answers
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A Racing Heart!
This puzzle is about an athletic, hearty person. Therefore, there are 3 pieces of information hidden accordingly:
For each clue, including trailing remarks such as "(2 words)", remove all numbers, ...
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2answers
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Unlucky tiling: Arrange thirteen right isosceles triangles into a square
Link to next puzzle in this series:Five graded difficulty isosceles right triangle into square tilings
Two difficult "Seventeen right isosceles triangles into a square" tilings
V.hard ...
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4answers
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What is the password in the image?
For my first puzzle I made this, everything you need is in the image. The goal is the find the hidden password.
You must look at the image to solve this puzzle, but here's a transcript of the letters ...
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3answers
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Tiling rectangles with X pentomino plus rectangles
Inspired by Polyomino Z pentomino and rectangle packing into rectangle
Also in this series:
Tiling rectangles with F pentomino plus rectangles
Tiling rectangles with N pentomino plus rectangles
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votes
2answers
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Tiling rectangles with V pentomino plus rectangles
Inspired by Polyomino Z pentomino and rectangle packing into rectangle
Also in this series:
Tiling rectangles with F pentomino plus rectangles
Tiling rectangles with N pentomino plus rectangles
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3answers
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Tiling rectangles with U pentomino plus rectangles
Inspired by Polyomino Z pentomino and rectangle packing into rectangle
Also in this series:
Tiling rectangles with F pentomino plus rectangles
Tiling rectangles with N pentomino plus rectangles
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