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Why is my this question being kept closed for long?
Is there any specific reason, why this question has been kept closed?
Smallest square with pentominoes
I would like to educate myself regarding the fact that, since it has been already two days and ...
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Is it ok to ask if <problem> can be solved with <algorithm>
I have a problem/riddle. I want to know if it can be solved via linear programming, only - other, perfectly valid solutions would not constitute an answer. Is that a valid question here?
I think yes, ...
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Is it "safe" to hide a clue within a post's edit history?
I always like to think up puzzles where clues are hidden in unexpected places, like the edit history of a post. My question here is simple: Can it be considered "safe" to hide puzzle clues ...
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Best puzzles of 2024 Q2 (April - June)?
This question is part of the best-puzzle award series
What are your nominations for the best puzzles, here on Puzzling.SE, of the second quarter (April/May/June) 2024?
Suggested guidelines for ...
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Should a tag for pirates splitting gold be added?
There are many different puzzles involving pirates who have to split gold coins and vote for proposals:
5 Negotiating Pirates Puzzle
5 Precommitting Pirates Puzzle
Pirates and gold coins
Five pirates ...
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Are closing hash marks ever necessary in headers?
When posting a question, the following help is available:
Use hash marks for multiple levels of headers
# Header 1 #
## Header 2 ##
### Header 3 ###
But the ...
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Are challenges that have objective criteria but may not have a best answer allowed?
I have a chess variant-related question in mind, that I'm not sure if it's on topic because it has too many potential answers and it's not really a practical question about puzzle making (but arguably ...
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Spoiler blocks do not function in inbox notification
It is very easy to get spoiled on an answer via the inbox. Example (don't click if you don't want to be spoiled on this question)
As you can see in the spoilered image, all the words after "...
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Idea for a Puzzle Challenge Theme
Not sure if there is a set place/question I should relay this, but I have an idea for a puzzle challenge theme:
Red Herring-Centered Puzzles
All puzzles submitted must include at least one red herring,...
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Applying a consistent standard to mathematical puzzles
Recently I posted a question about tiling dominoes in a 3x10 area. The community arbitrarily decided my puzzle is off-topic because it's "too mathy". Yet, questions like
Keys and Locks ...
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10th Anniversary of Puzzling SE!
This week Puzzling SE turned 10 years old. Congratulations on asking, answering, voting, and building this community for a whole decade!
Whenever a Stack Exchange site turns 10 we like to celebrate by ...
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Are there problems with the 2nd question’s image?
A few weeks ago I posted the following question:
A simple cross-number puzzle
This question had a 3x3 grid which I represented by an image I uploaded.
Today I posted a similar question:
A simple cross-...
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What mistake did I make?
I made this puzzle.
Everything went relatively smoothly at first, but then I got pointed out that I needed to use mathematics with geometry. Also, my puzzle got a lot more downvotes than usual. Is it ...
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Best puzzles of 2024 Q1 (January - March)?
This question is part of the best-puzzle award series
What are your nominations for the best puzzles, here on Puzzling.SE, of the first quarter (January/February/March) 2024?
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Mathematical aspects of ciphers: Ask on here or on Math.SE?
Crossposted on Math.SE Meta. As of posting, it is at [+1/-0] and has 12 views and 0 answers after 1 hour.
I have a question about a cipher called the "Prime Multiplication Cipher" which is a ...
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Where to go to get feedback on questions before posting
I would like to get feedback on the questions I post here before posting them, so that I can tweak the difficulty and make the questions more fun to solve.
What is the best way to go about this?
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What's the etiquette on remaking old puzzles?
So recently I posted this puzzle, which was a puzzle meant to give the intended solution to my first puzzle, which I had posted just over 5 months ago.
Currently, not counting my first puzzlenote 1 or ...
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Best puzzles of 2023 Q4 (October - December)?
This question is part of the best-puzzle award series
What are your nominations for the best puzzles, here on Puzzling.SE, of the fourth quarter (October/November/December) 2023?
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Answers to underspecified [formation-of-numbers] puzzles
Puzzles of the form "Make X using the digits [list of digits] and the operators [list of operators]" are on-topic (and unpopular among some). They fall under the tag formation-of-numbers. ...
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Searching for my comments with score 5 or more
I recently received the PUNDIT badge (Leave 10 comments with score of 5 or more.) Is there a way I can use the PSE search facility to find these comments?
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Is there a way to search for "easy" puzzles
We have a weekly lunch-and-learn / culture building type meeting in which we always start off with a puzzle to get people engaged.
The puzzles we present are relatively simple, like the one with fox ...
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Best puzzles of 2023 Q3 (July - September)?
This question is part of the best-puzzle award series
What are your nominations for the best puzzles, here on Puzzling.SE, of the third quarter (July/August/September) 2023?
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Is a never-ending logic challenge viable for this site and where should I ask for more feedback before posting a question?
Following my research interests, I am working out a challenge that is like an infinite tournament or competitive game to find short proofs (includes ongoing potential bounties and a wall of fame). ...
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2023: a year in moderation
It’s that time of the year again! As we wave goodbye to last year and welcome the new one, we have a tradition of sharing moderation stats for the preceding calendar year.
As most of you here might be ...
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Making the [connections-puzzle] tag more relevant?
I've been curating the connections-puzzle tag recently, predominantly to remove instances of it that have been used with connect-wall puzzles, since this isn't the intended usage (mainly on my own ...
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How can a low-rep user remove an accidental downvote?
During a workout my phone interpreted the motions of my body as prompts and I ended up downvoting an answer to this question. The time limit had passed for me to undo the downvote. On other sites I ...
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Do we want to opt-in to a banner in the answer-box warning that AI-generated answers are not allowed?
Context
We can now get an anti-AI-use banner in the answer box. It would look like this:
Puzzling SE's current AI-answer policy is, in brief, no using AI to generate answers except for limited you'll-...
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Stack Exchange’s image hosting arrangement with Imgur is ending - how does this affect our [imgur-maze]s?
Stack Exchange’s image hosting arrangement with Imgur is ending - advance notice
Since 2010, Imgur has provided image hosting services to Stack Exchange, but that hosting contract with Imgur comes to ...
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can't unfollow a post
I'm following this question. When I click "Following" to unfollow it, I get a notification that I'm no longer following it. But that's a lie: I still get notifications from it, and if I ...
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Shouldn't this question be closed?
So on October 9th, this puzzle by nomad.lw was posted. It currently has 3 upvotes at the time of me asking this question. I have a partial answer on said question (originally posted Oct 11 at 17:50 ...
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Monthly Topic Challenge #16: Restricted Title: xkcd 2000-2500
This is the sixteenth installment of the Monthly Topic Challenges with topics suggested and voted on here. This month's topic is "Restricted Title: xkcd 2000-2500" (suggested by Lukas Rotter)...
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Puzzling Advent Calendar - 2023
Previous years: 2021, 2022
There will be a Christmas-themed puzzle every day between the 1st and 24th of December, where the accepted answer will be rewarded with a bounty.
To make this work, we need ...
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Seemingly missing a notification. Is this a bug?
The following is one of my questions on PSE:
Additions to menagerie were strange but appreciated
Yesterday user Alaiko posted a comment to this question.
Also yesterday user caPNCApn edited his ...
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Should this math question be migrated to Math Stack Exchange?
Should the following question be migrated to Math Stack Exchange:
McCarthy’s Inequality for $\alpha > 1$
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Peter winkler releases his book for free . Can we post all the questions here?
https://math.dartmouth.edu/
Mr. Peter Winkler has released his book for free on the above site. Can we discuss most/ all of the puzzles from the book here ?
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Previously published puzzles where provided answers appear to be incorrect or the puzzle appears to be unsolvable
Puzzles available online or in books often come with provided answers that are unsatisfactory in some way. The social aspect of Puzzling SE means it provides a good home for such questions to be re-...
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Can I award a second bounty to an answer that I have previously awarded a bounty?
If I have offered a bounty and awarded it to an answer, can I subsequently offer a second bounty and award it to the answer that I awarded my first bounty to?
My rationale is to increase the net ...
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Monthly Topic Challenge #15: Multi Puzzle — two (or more) puzzles in one
This is the fifteenth installment of the Monthly Topic Challenges with topics suggested and voted on here. This month's topic is "Multi Puzzle — two (or more) puzzles in one" (suggested by ...
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Can I ask about tools for collaborating with others?
My Dad and I sometimes collaborate on solving crosswords. This is a bit difficult when we're not in the same place, unless one of us goes to the trouble of printing a copy. I'd like to ask about tools ...
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Is it rude to wait until precise answer is given?
If an answer that is very close to what the puzzle maker has in mind has been given, but the answer is not quite there still, what is the best way to proceed?:
Wait until the 100% correct answer is ...
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Is it okay to ask for help in a hard Google human verification puzzle?
It okay to ask for help to solve a hard Google human verification puzzle (Captcha)? Simple example:
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Solving Cicada 3301
I found this video about Cicada 3301 puzzles fascinating! Was anyone from this community involved in solving these?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZfKfkuYwyM
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Is it on topic to ask for the creation of a puzzle with some specific parameters? [duplicate]
I would like to ask the following question:
I'm trying to make maths interesting for my six year old son.
Therefore I have bought a box, within which I can put prizes. I will
lock the box with a 4 ...
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Monthly Topic Challenge #14: Think inside the (very small) box!
This is the fourteenth installment of the Monthly Topic Challenges with topics suggested and voted on here. This month's topic is "Think inside the (very small) box!" (suggested by Stiv) and ...
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Puzzles with solution related to Puzzling itself
I recently solved a puzzle with solution very closely related to Puzzling:
I recall seeing puzzles (a long time ago) whose solutions refer to Puzzling itself or the act of solving puzzles. But I for ...
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Best puzzles of 2023 Q2 (April - June)?
This question is part of the best-puzzle award series
What are your nominations for the best puzzles, here on Puzzling.SE, of the second quarter ( April / May / June ) 2023?
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Let's not be too trigger-happy about closing original puzzles for lack of attribution
I just came across this riddle in the Reopen Votes review queue, having previously seen it in the Close Votes review queue where I was apparently the only person to vote to leave it open.
It seems ...
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Monthly Topic Challenge #13: Variety Slitherlinks
This is the thirteenth installment of the Monthly Topic Challenges with topics suggested and voted on here. This month's topic is "Variety Slitherlinks" (suggested by sarsaparilla) and will ...
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Is changing an OP’s sentence to become a hint hidden in a spoiler appropriate?
I am thinking about editing the following question:
Say What Puzzle from Magazine
In particular, I am considering changing the following sentence:
The answer is two words, each containing 8 letters.
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Monthly Topic Challenge #12: mobile-friendly puzzles
This is the twelfth installment of the Monthly Topic Challenges with topics suggested and voted on here. This month's topic is "mobile-friendly puzzles" (suggested by Amoz) and will span ...
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