Programming Puzzles & Code Golf Weekly Newsletter - Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Programming Puzzles & Code Golf newsletter

Top new questions this week: The Rock, Paper, Scissors, Lizard, Spock Tournament of Epicness Most Recent Leaderboard @ 2014-07-30 01:30 +-------+---------------------+-------------------------+----------+-------+-----+------+------+----------------+ | Pos # | Author | Name … king-of-the-hill   asked by Eoin Campbell 68 votes answered by Martin Büttner 16 votes Rearrange pixels in image so it can't be recognized and then get it back Create a program which can rearrange pixels in image so it can't be recognized. However your program should able to convert it back to original image. You can write two functions - for encoding and … popularity-contest image-processing   asked by user2992539 57 votes answered by G. H. Faust 48 votes Write the whole of the holed using the unholed The ASCII characters from decimal code 33 to 126 are: !"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\]^_`abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz{|} Notice that in most fonts, 25 of these … code-golf restricted-source   asked by Calvin's Hobbies 33 votes answered by Howard 21 votes Draw the Sawtooth Alphabet A simple one today. Write the shortest program that draws a "sawtooth alphabet" given a positive integer for the height. You must write the name of your programming language when you come to the … code-golf string   asked by Calvin's Hobbies 28 votes answered by grc 17 votes 3D: Discrete Dogfighting Duel Note: The simulateMove() function of the Plane class was slightly modified so it doesn't update the cooldown anymore, use the new updateCoolDown() function for that, after shooting. To get the … king-of-the-hill java 3d   asked by overactor 21 votes answered by Sparr 7 votes Where are the runs in this infinite string? (CCCCCC Found!) Starting with the string ABC, consider the result of repeatedly appending the last half of itself to itself (using the larger half if the length is odd). We get the progression: ABC ABCBC ABCBCCBC … code-challenge string   asked by Calvin's Hobbies 16 votes answered by isaacg 16 votes Three-pointer! But what kind? From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triangle: Write a program that takes three 2d coordinate tuples (Cartesian), and classifies what shape these three points describe. In almost all cases these … code-golf math geometry   asked by DigitalTrauma 15 votes answered by es1024 8 votes Greatest hits from previous weeks: 9 Hole Challenge The 9 Hole Challenge 9 code golfing challenges of varying difficulty. Penalties for using the same language more than once. The question will be updated with pars, hole champions and trophy … code-golf math algorithm ascii-art   asked by Dan Prince 58 votes answered by AsksAnyway 9 votes Create a memory leak, without any fork bombs Your task is to create a memory leak. This is a program that uses loads of memory, until the computer runs out and has to do some swapping to save itself from running out. The only way that the memory … popularity-contest   asked by George H 44 votes answered by Andrew Medico 59 votes Can you answer these? How much time will I need to unlock my Android phone? Scenario I am using pattern matching lockscreen and I sadly forgot my pattern. I would like to know how much time I will need to unlock it. Here are the specifications of Google's lock screen, that … code-golf   asked by NNzz 8 votes Calculate the probability of seeing a landmark when starting at a given point and walking straight in a random direction Input 5 integers: Landmark X & Y, Starting Point X & Y, and View Distance Radius D Output 1 double: % chance of coming within D of Landmark (X,Y) ("seeing") when walking straight in a random … code-golf   asked by ioSamurai 1 vote

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