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Level 25 Stop! Stop! Stop! Start. Stop! Stop! Start. Stop! Stop! Start. Stop! Stop! Start. Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop! OK! Let's say Stop! is 0 and Start. is 1, we get: 00010 01001 00100 00000 Or: 0001 0010 0100 1000 0000 Not sure where to go from there
Interesting how this is a great example for on boarding users to a new software, or suck them into completing tougher and tougher tasks. Start with simple questions and tasks and let the user build confidence. Once they answer / complete a few tasks, their ego will push them to take on the next few tasks!
I'm thinking this is more of an example of what NOT to do; it's inconsistent and destroys confidence, which in turn makes the user mistrust the author through repeated mistakes and eventually quit. I would argue that far, far more people have fallen to that than some author-instilled urge to continue on due to confidence and ego. For example: "2 + 1 = ?": you are expected to answer with a number to complete the equat…
#29 gives me numbers 188, 144, 152, 150, 139, 144, 223, 154, 141, 152, 144, 223, 140, 138, 293. What next?
Interesting how this is a great example for on boarding users to a new software, or suck them into completing tougher and tougher tasks. Start with simple questions and tasks and let the user build confidence. Once they answer / complete a few tasks, their ego will push them to take on the next few tasks!
So the final question will be P=NP? It will truly be a never completed game.
My attempts to solve #24 sent me down a really interesting rabbit hole: I was Googling for substrings and found this truly bizarre site that appears to be the WordPress equivalent of a numbers station, likely by someone Russian speaking. https://nihilsphere.wordpress.com/ The about page is particularly insightful: https://nihilsphere.wordpress.com/about/ And perhaps the weirdest thing is that they appear to have a Go…
Is HN competing with 4chan on this? I'm gonna be pretty disappointed if we lose.
If you ask for help with a specific problem you'll probably get it, but I don't think there's the same viewpoint that if a puzzle is posted we need to solve it as a collective as quickly as possible.
Interesting how this is a great example for on boarding users to a new software, or suck them into completing tougher and tougher tasks. Start with simple questions and tasks and let the user build confidence. Once they answer / complete a few tasks, their ego will push them to take on the next few tasks!
I'm thinking this is more of an example of what NOT to do; it's inconsistent and destroys confidence, which in turn makes the user mistrust the author through repeated mistakes and eventually quit. I would argue that far, far more people have fallen to that than some author-instilled urge to continue on due to confidence and ego. For example: "2 + 1 = ?": you are expected to answer with a number to complete the equat…
Also my point was that the goal of the first few tasks was not to test your intelligence or resourcefulness, but just to get you accustomed to the environment, the screen etc. I would compare it to "small talk" you would do with someone you meet the first time, so that you get familiar with the mannerisms of that person. It is merely polite.