30
votes
Accepted
Take BOSS to a SHOW, but quickly
First, you need to
How do you get from that to "SHOW" by changing only one letter? Simple:
Easy!
29
votes
Accepted
21
votes
Accepted
17
votes
17
votes
12
votes
Accepted
11
votes
Accepted
10
votes
10
votes
7
votes
Turn 1111 into zero
A very simple solution, without any trick, that doesn't appear to have been proposed yet :
i.e.
Let's do the maths :
6
votes
Equality-breaking function
$f(x)$ is a function that:
Verification:
There is probably some more precision in the definition that I'm missing (to explain the last property), but I'm quite confident the general idea is in the ...
4
votes
Equality-breaking function
As mentioned in juathalf's answer, the definition of the "function" $f$ is that
But what is the most inclusive possible domain of $f$? A first attempt at answering that is to simply say ...
4
votes
4
votes
Accepted
When I said I used sugar in coffee, I was asked, "For tea, too?"
I believe the answer is
My road is filled with answers,...
... and my body has the hints,...
... but it is in my head where the question sits...
... My shoes are brand new, hence their tags...
......
3
votes
Turn 1111 into zero
I tried earlier to answer this, realized I was doing basic math wrong, and deleted my answer in a near-fatal bout of self-consciousness. Attempt #2:
NOTE: turns out this is a duplicate of @...
3
votes
2
votes
Turn 1111 into zero
||| = |
Either 111 = 1, which is false, evaluates to 0 in VAX BASIC;
or Roman numeral III = I, false for the same reason.
2
votes
Turn 1111 into zero
Have some questionable answers:
Option A (requires $x$):
Option B (requires squinting):
2
votes
A question from Bob to Bob
Brief:
Day 1: Bob shares with John a question about day 2 of a fact that John can physically control. John leaves the room.
Day 2: Nothing/Something happens.
Day 3: John enters the room. John read ...
2
votes
2
votes
1
vote
1
vote
1
vote
Only top scored, non community-wiki answers of a minimum length are eligible
Related Tags
lateral-thinking × 1258riddle × 218
knowledge × 186
mathematics × 118
story × 113
logical-deduction × 96
wordplay × 96
enigmatic-puzzle × 94
situation × 87
pattern × 72
visual × 68
word × 64
cipher × 60
number-sequence × 38
rhyme × 35
calculation-puzzle × 34
rebus × 28
language × 26
matches × 21
geography × 20
geometry × 19
no-computers × 17
strategy × 16
steganography × 15
chess × 14