[HN Gopher] Hexcodle ___________________________________________________________________ Hexcodle Author : chat Score : 36 points Date : 2023-12-28 19:29 UTC (3 hours ago) (HTM) web link (hexcodle.com) (TXT) w3m dump (hexcodle.com) | johnzim wrote: | Brilliant and probably building a skill that's actually useful | (if a little esoteric). | KMnO4 wrote: | You can only play once before it kicks you out. Kinda lame. | | Also, I don't think the hints are correct. It told me the digit 0 | was "way higher" than the actual digit. | jdbartee wrote: | I interpreted <<double up arrow>> to mean the correct solution | was "way higher" than my guess, not that my guess was "way | higher". | | The wording is potentially confusing, though. | m000 wrote: | You can only play once before you realize you can cheat using | the browser DOM inspector. | | Nice idea though. | mmanfrin wrote: | > Also, I don't think the hints are correct. It told me the | digit 0 was "way higher" than the actual digit. | | You have this backwards. | croes wrote: | You only need 5 guesses to find any number between 0 and 15. With | 4 you can find any number in a range of 15 numbers. | | Just do a binary search. | tedunangst wrote: | Is there any reason to look at the target instead of just going | for binary search? The least significant digit is kinda | meaningless to guess without fixing the more significant one. | jagthebeetle wrote: | While I agree the LSD is somewhat meaningless, I personally | find it fun to test my color matching/mixing. Binary search | circumvents that (at least for the most significant digit); | though I agree it really only applies for the first and maybe | second guess. | | For instance, my initial guess was off by (+1,-1,-1,+3,-1-2) | and my first impulse was to look at the target and see that I | had too much red and not enough green. | masto wrote: | To have fun, perhaps? ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2023-12-28 23:00 UTC)