when you type in words in alphabetic order, like "Ape, Best, Claim, Dumb", you get to "Rate, Start" and it says after Rate, and before Start. So it must start with R or S.
Guess my word
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#22I wanted more :) So here's my blatant clone sourcing words from the internet: https://jsfiddle.net/fsc5v4v0/9/embedded/result/ And here's the code: https://jsfiddle.net/fsc5v4v0/89/ I hope it's bug free. jQuery is really a pain to reason about, so much implicit state all over the place. I thought React might've been a bit too much, but halfway through it I started reconsidering my choice :P
This is cool but when i gave up it said congratulations and didn't show me the word.
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#23I love HN. I got up early in the morning, made a nice breakfast (today? roasted turkey legs seasoned with my own personal italian blend, with a carrot and rutabaga mash, and a glass of whatever white wine was open and in my fridge, wasn't bad for a $7 bottle), had a cup of coffee (fresh ground, brewed using the inverted Aeropress method), cleaned the catbox, fed the cat (even though he probably ate as much as I did o…
I'm never entirely sure if these kinds of comments are parody comments or not.
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#24when you type in words in alphabetic order, like "Ape, Best, Claim, Dumb", you get to "Rate, Start" and it says after Rate, and before Start. So it must start with R or S.
Yes, that's the whole point.
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#25Maybe you should not make answers.json public.
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#26Isn't this simply a game about how to do a binary search of a dictionary? How is that exciting?
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#27Isn't this simply a game about how to do a binary search of a dictionary? How is that exciting?
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#28I wanted more :) So here's my blatant clone sourcing words from the internet: https://jsfiddle.net/fsc5v4v0/9/embedded/result/ And here's the code: https://jsfiddle.net/fsc5v4v0/89/ I hope it's bug free. jQuery is really a pain to reason about, so much implicit state all over the place. I thought React might've been a bit too much, but halfway through it I started reconsidering my choice :P
Wooops, when I fixed a bug (had to make the input case insensitive) I edited my post, but failed to link to the correct URLs and linked to buggy ones instead (the code one isn't even a real URL).
Here are the correct URLs:
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#29I wanted more :) So here's my blatant clone sourcing words from the internet: https://jsfiddle.net/fsc5v4v0/9/embedded/result/ And here's the code: https://jsfiddle.net/fsc5v4v0/89/ I hope it's bug free. jQuery is really a pain to reason about, so much implicit state all over the place. I thought React might've been a bit too much, but halfway through it I started reconsidering my choice :P
This is cool but when i gave up it said congratulations and didn't show me the word.
Sorry, completely failed linking the URL. See sibling comment for the real ones :)
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#30I wanted more :) So here's my blatant clone sourcing words from the internet: https://jsfiddle.net/fsc5v4v0/9/embedded/result/ And here's the code: https://jsfiddle.net/fsc5v4v0/89/ I hope it's bug free. jQuery is really a pain to reason about, so much implicit state all over the place. I thought React might've been a bit too much, but halfway through it I started reconsidering my choice :P
Nice! Though when I gave up, it didn't show me the word. :(
Sorry, completely failed linking the URL. See sibling comment for the real ones :)