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@Bulb Typical crosswords in France look like this (random search result for "mots croisés"):
I think that's more or less what you're describing with your "every hint cell that has a space to the right has a hint for that etc." (not exactly because e.g. in this picture 8 across has a 1-letter space at the end of the line with no clue for it, but "good" crosswords avoid this kind of situations -- actually seeing this kind of 1-space run is a clue to a relatively poorly-made crossword) Clues are usually given as a list on the side, with several clues for several runs on the same line/column (so e.g. here 8 across has 3 clues for the 2-spaces, 4-spaces and 2-spaces runs).
Traditionally the first line/column are each one single clue that runs the whole length of the crossword (here again, the fact that the first line doesn't run the whole length probably indicates a somewhat poorly-made example).
ETA: having actually spent 2 min looking at the picture I posted, it's really a very basic one, not particularly well thought-out, I can find more than of the clues without even thinking or looking at the grid.
Black squares sometimes make a pattern (or are symmetric) but that's just a whim from the designer, nothing more. There are some examples with no black squares at all also, but they're IMO more style-exercises than really fun ones to do.
We also have the kind that @Gąska posted but it's called "mots fléchés" (lit. "words with arrows [indicating where the clues go]"). The main difference is that "proper" crosswords can use much longer clues are usually harder (more cryptic, sometimes with multi-layered puns). Also there is no custom for the first row/column in "mots fléchés" though they still tend to have a longish word on the second line/column (the first one is always broken with clues, as in the example above).
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@remi
Answer: @Tsaukpaetra
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@Bulb said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@dkf said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
However, the worst aspect of the crossword given is the way that some of the clues (quite a few of them now I really look) need a little bendy arrow to where their corresponding answer needs to be put in. That's outright inelegant, and a failure on the part of the setter.
I didn't even realize the first time around that there are some 1-cell runs that ‘obviously’ don't have a hint for them. Crossword puzzles I am used to are so that every hint cell that has a letter space to the right has a hint for that, every hint cell that has a letter space below has a hint for that, and hint cells that have letter space both right and below are split in half and have two hints. And every letter cell is part of two crossing words (so no one-cell runs at all), though one of them might be the secret (solution).
AFAIK having 1-cell runs is rare in normal crosswords, but common in cryptic ones (where generally only about half the letters in a word is shared with another word).
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@remi said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Bulb Typical crosswords in France look like this (random search result for "mots croisés"):
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@Bulb said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
Now I am wondering, are there Japanese crossword puzzles?
I did Google first:
The results may be a little biased by the algorithms picking up that Americans don't understand the "word" part of "crossword". But thankfully there's Wikipedia.
In the Japanese language crossword; because of the writing system, one syllable (typically katakana) is entered into each white cell of the grid rather than one letter, resulting in the typical solving grid seeming small in comparison to those of other languages. Any second Yōon character is treated as a full syllable and is rarely written with a smaller character. Even cipher crosswords have a Japanese equivalent, although pangrammaticity does not apply. Crosswords with kanji to fill in are also produced, but in far smaller number as it takes far more effort to construct one. Despite Japanese having three writing forms, hiragana, katakana and kanji, they are rarely mixed in a single crossword puzzle.
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@El_Heffe ouch.
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@remi said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Bulb Typical crosswords in France look like this (random search result for "mots croisés"):
I think that's more or less what you're describing with your "every hint cell that has a space to the right has a hint for that etc." (not exactly because e.g. in this picture 8 across has a 1-letter space at the end of the line with no clue for it, but "good" crosswords avoid this kind of situations -- actually seeing this kind of 1-space run is a clue to a relatively poorly-made crossword) Clues are usually given as a list on the side, with several clues for several runs on the same line/column (so e.g. here 8 across has 3 clues for the 2-spaces, 4-spaces and 2-spaces runs).
Traditionally the first line/column are each one single clue that runs the whole length of the crossword (here again, the fact that the first line doesn't run the whole length probably indicates a somewhat poorly-made example).
ETA: having actually spent 2 min looking at the picture I posted, it's really a very basic one, not particularly well thought-out, I can find more than of the clues without even thinking or looking at the grid.
Black squares sometimes make a pattern (or are symmetric) but that's just a whim from the designer, nothing more. There are some examples with no black squares at all also, but they're IMO more style-exercises than really fun ones to do.
We also have the kind that @Gąska posted but it's called "mots fléchés" (lit. "words with arrows [indicating where the clues go]"). The main difference is that "proper" crosswords can use much longer clues are usually harder (more cryptic, sometimes with multi-layered puns). Also there is no custom for the first row/column in "mots fléchés" though they still tend to have a longish word on the second line/column (the first one is always broken with clues, as in the example above).
I think there are three main types of crosswords in Poland
- the traditional black and white one. I am not aware of any rules about them. If one is symmetrical or in a circling pattern it's rather an exception
- the one like @Gąska posted. Those are called 'panoramic crosswords', for some reason. They are super popular, sold for pennies in booklets with 500 or 1000 each.
- the ones with clues for unknown locations. Those are called Jolka, which is a female name and I have no idea where that came from. Also very popular in booklet form.
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@dcon Jumping cholla might be more effective, but prickly pears have the advantage of being edible (minus the spines, of course).
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@abarker said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@dcon said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
What if my daughters are all on the second floor?
Then ensure their hair is at maximum two metres and no longer!
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Lawyer Accidentally Used A Cat Filter On His Video For Zoom Court Hearing
Kitten Zoom Filter Mishap – 00:43
— 394th District Court of Texas - Live Stream
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@El_Heffe — Cat status thread, I think. But also not the video, I think, so semi-.
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WTF? But is the stenograph documentation available? What's the difference?
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@MrL said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@dkf said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@MrL said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
You guys have some weirdly specific views about crosswords.
We're used to ones designed by people who are… insistent on the æsthetics.
Hmm. Discussion about what makes a crossword easthetic aside, I don't think anyone cares about that around here. And crosswords are very popular in Poland.
Easthetics is what you get in Poland
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@LaoC not since '89!
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@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
WTF? But is the stenograph documentation available? What's the difference?
IIRC some statements may be excluded from the stenograph if they are objected to and the objection is accepted.
I am more surprised it's not allowed to photograph in court either, but it isn't, which is why you'll sometimes still see hand-drawn pictures from court.
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@Bulb said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
WTF? But is the stenograph documentation available? What's the difference?
IIRC some statements may be excluded from the stenograph if they are objected to and the objection is accepted.
I am more surprised it's not allowed to photograph in court either, but it isn't, which is why you'll sometimes still see hand-drawn pictures from court.
Yeah. Stupid practices, but that's not funny so I'll end it there...
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Dr. Amir Khan is a surgeon, and mom is still mom.
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@Tsaukpaetra Oh, so this is what it's come to, eh? Very well....
A Christian missionary wasn't having much luck converting the primitive people he'd been assigned to work with. They liked him well enough, and welcomed him into their community with open arms, but as soon as he started preaching they basically just shut off, content with their heathen ways.
One day, while he was sitting in his hut feeling discouraged, one of the natives came in and said "I think I want to join your religion". Trying not to blow it by appearing too eager, the missionary said "Good to hear it. Of course you know there are a few formalities, like showing that you understand some of our basic principles. For instance, how would you describe the concept of resurrection?"
The tribesman looked thoughtful, and then said "It's all about how this man comes up out of the ground...."
"Yes, yes! That's it in a nutshell!"
"...and if he sees his shadow...."
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@El_Heffe
Sometimes I'm glad about this Brexit thing. Perverts.
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@Zecc The FitBit Charge 2 he's wearing is apparently not doing enough favors...
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Yuo all might have already seen this on FB or whatever, but it's new to me, so...
single threaded web server: https://exclusive.website
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@Captain The last time anyone got in was almost 24 hours ago. How do they determine when to let someone in?
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@abarker The numbers were moving down pretty fast, so I figured it was when the current viewer was done. But we'll find out in 10 minutes.
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@abarker said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Captain The last time anyone got in was almost 24 hours ago. How do they determine when to let someone in?
And what's "in" the site anyways?
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@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@abarker said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Captain The last time anyone got in was almost 24 hours ago. How do they determine when to let someone in?
And what's "in" the site anyways?
That's a good question.
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@abarker said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
The last time anyone got in was almost 24 hours ago.
Not sure about that. There's no time zone specified in the message, so if it's generated by the server, it could be anywhere from 50-some minutes to 23 hours and 50-some minutes.
Edit: Oops. It has yesterday's date, so add 24 hours to that.
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@HardwareGeek said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
if it's generated by the server
It can be whatever the fuck they want it to be.
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@abarker said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@abarker said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Captain The last time anyone got in was almost 24 hours ago. How do they determine when to let someone in?
And what's "in" the site anyways?
That's a good question.
Well, while I wait, I guess I'll play Doom on their actual site...
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@HardwareGeek said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@abarker said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
The last time anyone got in was almost 24 hours ago.
Not sure about that. There's no time zone specified in the message, so if it's generated by the server, it could be anywhere from 50-some minutes to 23 hours and 50-some minutes.
There's an easy way to see if it's in the viewer's local time. Here's what I see in UTC-7:
EDIT: Forgot to ask, what does someone in a different timezone see?
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So 3 minutes from now.
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@abarker said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
what does someone in a different timezone see?
I saw 4:31 PM yesterday when I loaded the page about 4:25 PM (UTC-6).
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@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@abarker said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@Captain The last time anyone got in was almost 24 hours ago. How do they determine when to let someone in?
And what's "in" the site anyways?
If I made that site, I'd put there something similar to the ending of Getting Over It with Bennett Foddy.
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@Dragoon said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
So 3 minutes from now.
Looks like nothing auto updates. I'll try opening another instance of the page.
@HardwareGeek said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@abarker said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
what does someone in a different timezone see?
I saw 4:31 PM yesterday when I loaded the page about 4:25 PM (UTC-6).
So it seems the time is localized for the viewer.
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@abarker said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
Looks like nothing auto updates.
Well, the apparent number of people waiting has reduced...
Edit: Apparently via websocket...
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@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
Well, the apparent number of people waiting has reduced...
I watched the numbers for a while. Then closed it.
edit: I figure I can be . Somebody here will likely leave a page open and eventually get in. And post an image.
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@Tsaukpaetra said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
@abarker said in The Official Funny Stuff Thread™:
Looks like nothing auto updates.
Well, the apparent number of people waiting has reduced...
Edit: Apparently via websocket...
Fuck, they actually verify your ticket... Ohboy...