New Puzzle Coming Soon!

[Spartaculous]

21 questions would be more appropriate than 20 questions for burner's puzzle.

Burner has not commented in that thread.

burner might appreciate the Taylor Swift round of Twenty Questions we just played. She was born in '89, you know.

[UnknownHero]

To celebrate the release of the new puzzle, I propose that we start a game of diplomacy. But only if we use the classic or ancient med maps, the others have an entirely inappropriate number of supply centers.

But I won't Fib, I didn't figure this out until I saw the last couple of clues.

[Pepijn]

I can't figure out what the "idealized population growth" (exponential growth?) is referring to but it's an unusual enough of a thing to say that it seems like it must be important, especially with his later post here to ignore that sentence.

Some famous Italian mentioned it in an old book he wrote.

I may regret getting involved, but that is a reference to Fibonacci.

[DougJoe]

I can't figure out what the "idealized population growth" (exponential growth?) is referring to but it's an unusual enough of a thing to say that it seems like it must be important, especially with his later post here to ignore that sentence.

Some famous Italian mentioned it in an old book he wrote.

Huh, I actually didn't know that - and I took a shload of Math in college! (You haven't lived until you've taken analysis of calculus in the complex plane.)

21 questions would be more appropriate than 20 questions for burner's puzzle.

Apparently Spartaculous did, though! Wow.

So, Mr. 1,1,2,3,5 (Eureka! - that's a reference I doubt anyone here will get) aside, does anybody have any idea what the puzzle actually is?

[Spartaculous]

So, Mr. 1,1,2,3,5 (Eureka! - that's a reference I doubt anyone here will get) aside, does anybody have any idea what the puzzle actually is?

I just realized that we missed November 23 (which is 11/23 to Americans like me)... but waiting until 2058 to solve the puzzle doesn't seem feasible.

[kingofthepirates]

I just realized that we missed November 23 (which is 11/23 to Americans like me)... but waiting until 2058 to solve the puzzle doesn't seem feasible.

could be 0 1 1 2 3 5, starting at 0 not 1 (tangentially related: fun debate I had with a friend abt the start of the fibonacci numbers, I like 01 cus its like counting, he likes 11 cus of symmetry with the negative fibonaccis). Regardless, it's a significantly sooner date (probably still not feasible though)!

You haven't lived until you've taken analysis of calculus in the complex plane.

I''m at calc 3 and its already pushing my limits... (pun not intended)

[Spartaculous]

I''m at calc 3 and its already pushing my limits... (pun not intended)

What are you learning about in calc 3 right now?

[kingofthepirates]

I''m at calc 3 and its already pushing my limits... (pun not intended)

What are you learning about in calc 3 right now?

double integration! Last few units (partial differentiation, optimization, etc.) weren't that bad in all honesty. but once we get to proofs I'm scared...

[jamesweb]

Can't wait to see what you've got brewing!

[burner]

The answer is now staring you all in the face. Indeed I posted my new puzzle on Tuesday, November 19th, at 10:18PM. If that initial post seemed a bit strangely worded to you, I can only say that it is because I was writing under a particular constraint.

[burner]

21 questions would be more appropriate than 20 questions for burner's puzzle.

Burner has not commented in that thread.

burner might appreciate the Taylor Swift round of Twenty Questions we just played. She was born in '89, you know.

To celebrate the release of the new puzzle, I propose that we start a game of diplomacy. But only if we use the classic or ancient med maps, the others have an entirely inappropriate number of supply centers.

But I won't Fib, I didn't figure this out until I saw the last couple of clues.

I must admit that these comments sailed right over my head for a while! Points to both of you for giving me a puzzle to solve.

[Jamiet99uk]

Waste
of
time

[CaptainFritz28]

Waste
of
time

Then ignore it, good sir, and waste your time no more on it.

Or... do you keep returning to it because you are legitimately intrigued, and your frustration is borne out of your own lack of comprehension of the puzzle?

[CaptainFritz28]

I''m at calc 3 and its already pushing my limits... (pun not intended)

I'll be taking that next semester, and I must say that with my experience in Calc II, I'm rather looking forward to it.

[Spartaculous]

I''m at calc 3 and its already pushing my limits... (pun not intended)

What are you learning about in calc 3 right now?

double integration! Last few units (partial differentiation, optimization, etc.) weren't that bad in all honesty. but once we get to proofs I'm scared...

What proofs are you learning about in your multiple integration unit?

[Pepijn]

The answer is now staring you all in the face. Indeed I posted my new puzzle on Tuesday, November 19th, at 10:18PM. If that initial post seemed a bit strangely worded to you, I can only say that it is because I was writing under a particular constraint.

Is it important that the puzzle was posted at that time in Greenwich Mean Time?