Unanswered Questions
392 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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Finding the 9 chapters
Suppose that you have a book of 1000 pages.
You know the book has 10 chapters and know each chapters has at least 10 pages, i.e., as chapter 1 starts at page 1, chapter 2 can only start at the page 11 ...
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decode the hiring puzzle?
There is a puzzle on this site Socket_Supply_Co
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Rabbit hole's enigma calls,
Puzzle unfolds deep.
I tried to decode the first line which is ...
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What did the Iranian commander order?
It's the fictional Iran-Turkey war.
The Iranian commander is ordering his troops. He encodes his order in their own language:
۶۶۰ ۶ ۲۰۱ ۲۳۳
What did he order?
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And how long was YOUR pregnancy?
A group of 10 new mothers in a support group, each with a single baby, compare
the lengths of their pregnancies. The difference between the longest and
shortest pregnancy is 32 days, and the group's ...
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Artist puzzle/ARG: "The key is: 33.60d813551512431"
A Greek singer/trapper has a website with his name on it that's very cryptic. I'm linking the website here https://sinboy.gr . There are a few things that are strange but I would like to focus on the ...
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How many uncoordinated cubers does it take to solve a Rubik's cube with multiple solutions?
Inspired by Rubik's cubes with multiple sets of colors or stickers. Suppose there's a Rubik's cube with multiple solutions (represented by multiple sets of colors) made with special paint that reflect ...
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Attain a particular configuration from a given initial configuration in a 3x2/2x3 board
The preface is the same as the well known 15 Sliding Puzzle/ 8 Sliding Puzzle. But this one is a miniaturized form of it with a 2x3 board. Given a initial configuration of the board and a final ...
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GoneToNajIsSquat
There is a riddle whose answer is one word only. My friend, who loves puzzles, gave this to me.
Riddle: GoneToNajIsSquatAndSmellLetsTryShellSomeZooAJockShisSunThatSangAHlnt
My guess: If you combine ...
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Continue with sudoku - how do I scan for next steps?
I filled some cells, but am stuck here. I cannot go any further.
How do I advance? How would I scan the Sudoku to recognize next steps?
I've taken the puzzle from https://play.google.com/store/apps/...
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Heuristic function for estimating nurikabe puzzle state
I am trying to write a program for solving nurikabe puzzle. I need a method to approximately represent the state of the game in one number, to choose the best way for the algorithm to continue. I can'...
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How to create a big, but good Hidato puzzle?
The goal of Hidato is to fill the grid with a series of consecutive numbers adjacent to each other orthogonally or diagonally, and all tiles are required to be filled in.
So, as you may or may not ...
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Sudoku variants #1: Schrödinger's Grave (6x6 grid)
Not in conjunction with my Minesweeper puzzles - that would be concerning!
Inspired by Cracking The Cryptic's video "The Graveyard Of Schrödinger" (original gimmick by fjam)
How this ...
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Filling in an 8x8 minesweeper grid with mines (Day 7: Double Mines)
Note: This uses anti, single, double, and triple mines
Yes, I realize that when I uploaded Day 6, I mentioned in the disclaimer that I planned for this to be released tomorrow, along with Day 8, ...
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What was her sentence suggestion?
I'm a judge, and I'm currently judging a littering case. I was going to go with the usual sentence of a public hanging, but when I texted my friend she gave me a much better idea
The problem is that I'...
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Are there forced cycles in this game?
Players: Black and White.
A crosscut is a 2x2 subgrid with two white and two black stones, in which like-colored stones are diagonally adjacent (and opposite-colored stones are orthogonally adjacent)....
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