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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This old underhanded question not closed or locked
Speaking of underhanded questions, I wonder how this one managed to evade the closed/locks that all others had faced:
Pathological Sorting
I thought underhanded stuff was off-topic and closed or ...
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On [underhanded], [code-trolling] and [obfuscation]
Required reading:
The state of the underhanded tag
Has underhanded been getting too much like code-trolling?
The state of the popularity contest tag
And the motivation for this discussion of course: ...
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Are there any highly recommend talks or videos regarding golfing or golfing languages?
I'm always amazed by some of the techniques used in normal languages, as well as the density and conciseness of the manipulation done in golfing languages.
Are there any recommended entertaining talks ...
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Stack Overflow Challenges
Stack Overflow have started a beta "challenges" page - see https://stackoverflow.com/beta/challenges
Have there been discussions about how that overlaps with this community, or if we want it ...
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What happened to the Twitter bot?
It looks like there used to be a bot that tweeted out problems until February 2023.
https://x.com/StackCodeGolf
What happened to it?
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Is print() in JavaScript solutions legitimate?
I keep coming across JavaScript solutions that use the print() function as if it behaved like console.log(). (Random example ...
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Is using x for × allowed?
In this question (which is tagged kolmogorov-complexity), many answers used x for ×.
I was wondering if this is generally ...
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Does this standard loophole contain a loophole?
This standard loophole, disallows "Using the program name to store data without counting those bytes". However there is something curious about the "without counting those bytes" ...
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PSA: Piet editor URL has changed to piet.bubbler.blue
Due to some unwanted circumstances around the domain and the domain manager, I lost ownership of bubbler.one a couple days ago. As soon as I got aware of this, I ...
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2024: a year in moderation
It’s that time of the year again! As we bid farewell to the year that's concluded and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
As most of ...
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Please welcome The Nineteenth Byte's newest room owners (2024)!
Voting has closed, and five out of six candidates have surpassed the vote threshold (≥ 10 upvotes, at least 3× upvotes vs. downvotes) and have been elected as room owners for CGCC's main chat room, ...
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Voting for new TNB room owners 2024
The Nineteenth Byte is getting new room owners. You've had a week (and one hour) for nominations, and now it's time to vote. In alphabetical order, here are the nominees:
att
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Nominations for new TNB Room Owners 2024
By community consensus, we've decided to elect new room owners for The Nineteenth Byte, CGCC's main chat room. The process will work as follows:
For one week (until UTC midnight on Monday 11th ...
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Proposal for a 2024 room owner election for The Nineteenth Byte
Currently, The Nineteenth Byte (CGCC's main chat room) has seven room owners, who are responsible for certain moderation actions, including pinning messages, clearing stars, and maintaining feeds. ...
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Does this count as hard-coding the output?
This question has several answers that involve hard-coding the output.
The rule says
Hard-coding the output
Unless the question is an obvious exception (the primary exception being those tagged ...
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