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explanation: looking at the keyboard those spell out TXCC. There's a town Corpus Cristi, Texas...
Can you elaborate, please?
Is HN competing with 4chan on this? I'm gonna be pretty disappointed if we lose.
No, simply because HN doesn't have the culture of "Here's a problem, let's collaborate on it". We're much more likely to discuss the problem itself and discuss the pros and cons of different approaches. 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.
Question 17 doesn't accept "taxicab number".
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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…
There's no rule that states you should provide correct answer on the first try.