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A forum for discussing and organizing recreational softball and baseball games and leagues in the greater Halifax area.

I don't know how well this puzzle will translate to a toot.

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  • myrmepropagandistF myrmepropagandist

    Yeah this is harder without cards to move around and put in arrays. But I think it's still possible.

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    @futurebird order of what?
    Make a related, transform sequence starting the first “card”?

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    • Dawn AhukannaD Dawn Ahukanna

      @futurebird order of what?
      Make a related, transform sequence starting the first “card”?

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      @dahukanna

      Imagine you have been learning to count in base 2, 3, 4 just before being asked to do this.

      However, if the order can be explained with a few simple rules it's valid IMO.

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      • myrmepropagandistF myrmepropagandist

        I don't know how well this puzzle will translate to a toot. Imagine each line is on a card:

        □□▷
        □□□
        ■■
        ■
        □■
        □▷▣
        ▣
        □▣
        ■▷
        ■▣
        ▣▷
        □□■
        □▷
        ▣▣
        □□
        □
        ▣□
        □□▣
        ■□
        ▷
        □▷□
        □▷■
        ▣■
        □▷▷

        Put them in order.
        (The 5th graders could do it, but they did have a helpful example first... There may be more than one solution, but I think there is ONE really good order. Can you find it?)

        (I should also mention that every adult I've shown this to gives up. But I only showed it to two rather grouchy teachers.)

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        wrote last edited by
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        @futurebird

        □
        □□
        □□□
        □□■
        □□▷
        □□▣
        □■
        □▷
        □▷□
        □▷■
        □▷▷
        □▷▣
        □▣
        ■
        ■□
        ■■
        ■▷
        ■▣
        ▷
        ▣
        ▣□
        ▣■
        ▣▷
        ▣▣

        Possible Solution.

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        • myrmepropagandistF myrmepropagandist

          I don't know how well this puzzle will translate to a toot. Imagine each line is on a card:

          □□▷
          □□□
          ■■
          ■
          □■
          □▷▣
          ▣
          □▣
          ■▷
          ■▣
          ▣▷
          □□■
          □▷
          ▣▣
          □□
          □
          ▣□
          □□▣
          ■□
          ▷
          □▷□
          □▷■
          ▣■
          □▷▷

          Put them in order.
          (The 5th graders could do it, but they did have a helpful example first... There may be more than one solution, but I think there is ONE really good order. Can you find it?)

          (I should also mention that every adult I've shown this to gives up. But I only showed it to two rather grouchy teachers.)

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          @futurebird big endian or little endian?
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          • Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon)G Dave Dawkins (D. Harrigon)

            @futurebird

            □
            □□
            □□□
            □□■
            □□▷
            □□▣
            □■
            □▷
            □▷□
            □▷■
            □▷▷
            □▷▣
            □▣
            ■
            ■□
            ■■
            ■▷
            ■▣
            ▷
            ▣
            ▣□
            ▣■
            ▣▷
            ▣▣

            Possible Solution.

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            @golgaloth

            is this alphabetized?

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            • myrmepropagandistF myrmepropagandist

              I don't know how well this puzzle will translate to a toot. Imagine each line is on a card:

              □□▷
              □□□
              ■■
              ■
              □■
              □▷▣
              ▣
              □▣
              ■▷
              ■▣
              ▣▷
              □□■
              □▷
              ▣▣
              □□
              □
              ▣□
              □□▣
              ■□
              ▷
              □▷□
              □▷■
              ▣■
              □▷▷

              Put them in order.
              (The 5th graders could do it, but they did have a helpful example first... There may be more than one solution, but I think there is ONE really good order. Can you find it?)

              (I should also mention that every adult I've shown this to gives up. But I only showed it to two rather grouchy teachers.)

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              @futurebird
              This is a question that makes me unreasonably annoyed if not angry. Without having seen an existing order there's huge amount of possible and equally valid sollutions.

              Easy one is to arbitarily assign each symbol a number and read the card as base ten, e.g. first one could be 112 or 443. Then there's the question of how each value is ordered. Ascending, descending or by maybe divide them into subgroups by some arcane mathematical rule and order those someway.

              Just... Reminds me of school in the Not Good way

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              • myrmepropagandistF myrmepropagandist

                Yeah this is harder without cards to move around and put in arrays. But I think it's still possible.

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                @futurebird This was so satisfying! My text editor (KWrite) has shortcuts for moving lines up and down. That made it a lot easier.

                □
                ▣
                ■
                ▷
                □□
                □▣
                □■
                □▷
                ▣□
                ▣▣
                ▣■
                ▣▷
                ■□
                ■▣
                ■■
                ■▷
                □□□
                □□▣
                □□■
                □□▷
                □▷□
                □▷▣
                □▷■
                □▷▷

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                • myrmepropagandistF myrmepropagandist

                  @dahukanna

                  Imagine you have been learning to count in base 2, 3, 4 just before being asked to do this.

                  However, if the order can be explained with a few simple rules it's valid IMO.

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                  @futurebird
                  Okay, that's the sort of context that makes it fun
                  @dahukanna

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                  • FellF Fell

                    @futurebird This was so satisfying! My text editor (KWrite) has shortcuts for moving lines up and down. That made it a lot easier.

                    □
                    ▣
                    ■
                    ▷
                    □□
                    □▣
                    □■
                    □▷
                    ▣□
                    ▣▣
                    ▣■
                    ▣▷
                    ■□
                    ■▣
                    ■■
                    ■▷
                    □□□
                    □□▣
                    □□■
                    □□▷
                    □▷□
                    □▷▣
                    □▷■
                    □▷▷

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                    @futurebird I just kind of intuitively decided on the "values" represented by □, ▣, ■ and ▷. I wonder what that says about my way of thinking. These symbols also give me Voyager Golden Record vibes.

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                      @futurebird
                      This is a question that makes me unreasonably annoyed if not angry. Without having seen an existing order there's huge amount of possible and equally valid sollutions.

                      Easy one is to arbitarily assign each symbol a number and read the card as base ten, e.g. first one could be 112 or 443. Then there's the question of how each value is ordered. Ascending, descending or by maybe divide them into subgroups by some arcane mathematical rule and order those someway.

                      Just... Reminds me of school in the Not Good way

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                      #12

                      @MxSpoon

                      Ok what if I tell you

                      ▷ is first

                      WRONG: □▷▷ is last

                      RIGHT: □□▣ is last

                      I think that narrows down the valid solutions a lot.

                      I apologize. I gave an unhelpful hint here. It's late.

                      (I glanced over at the incorrect list.)

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                      • myrmepropagandistF myrmepropagandist

                        I don't know how well this puzzle will translate to a toot. Imagine each line is on a card:

                        □□▷
                        □□□
                        ■■
                        ■
                        □■
                        □▷▣
                        ▣
                        □▣
                        ■▷
                        ■▣
                        ▣▷
                        □□■
                        □▷
                        ▣▣
                        □□
                        □
                        ▣□
                        □□▣
                        ■□
                        ▷
                        □▷□
                        □▷■
                        ▣■
                        □▷▷

                        Put them in order.
                        (The 5th graders could do it, but they did have a helpful example first... There may be more than one solution, but I think there is ONE really good order. Can you find it?)

                        (I should also mention that every adult I've shown this to gives up. But I only showed it to two rather grouchy teachers.)

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                        @futurebird I can’t type the symbols on my phone, but I would rank the three sided open first, then the four sided open second, four sided closed third, and four sided double color highest. Then rearrange based on that from left to right and build lowest to highest.

                        Hopefully that makes sense lol

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                        • myrmepropagandistF myrmepropagandist

                          I don't know how well this puzzle will translate to a toot. Imagine each line is on a card:

                          □□▷
                          □□□
                          ■■
                          ■
                          □■
                          □▷▣
                          ▣
                          □▣
                          ■▷
                          ■▣
                          ▣▷
                          □□■
                          □▷
                          ▣▣
                          □□
                          □
                          ▣□
                          □□▣
                          ■□
                          ▷
                          □▷□
                          □▷■
                          ▣■
                          □▷▷

                          Put them in order.
                          (The 5th graders could do it, but they did have a helpful example first... There may be more than one solution, but I think there is ONE really good order. Can you find it?)

                          (I should also mention that every adult I've shown this to gives up. But I only showed it to two rather grouchy teachers.)

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                          wrote last edited by
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                          @futurebird

                          ▷ : 0 or 3
                          □ : 1 or 4
                          ▣ : 2 or 8
                          ■ : 3 or 4
                          □▷ : 10 or 7
                          □□ : 11 or 8
                          □▣ : 12 or 12
                          □■ : 13 or 8
                          ▣▷ : 20 or 7
                          ▣□ : 21 or 12
                          ▣▣ : 22 or 16
                          ▣■ : 23 or 12
                          ■▷ : 30 or 7
                          ■□ : 31 or 8
                          ■▣ : 32 or 12
                          ■■ : 33 or 8
                          □▷▷ : 100 or 10
                          □▷□ : 101 or 11
                          □▷▣ : 102 or 15
                          □▷■ : 103 or 11
                          □□▷ : 110 or 11
                          □□□ : 111 or 12
                          □□▣ : 112 or 16
                          □□■ : 113 or 12

                          the numbers are my two guesses at a "number value

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                          • mccM mcc

                            @futurebird

                            ▷ : 0 or 3
                            □ : 1 or 4
                            ▣ : 2 or 8
                            ■ : 3 or 4
                            □▷ : 10 or 7
                            □□ : 11 or 8
                            □▣ : 12 or 12
                            □■ : 13 or 8
                            ▣▷ : 20 or 7
                            ▣□ : 21 or 12
                            ▣▣ : 22 or 16
                            ▣■ : 23 or 12
                            ■▷ : 30 or 7
                            ■□ : 31 or 8
                            ■▣ : 32 or 12
                            ■■ : 33 or 8
                            □▷▷ : 100 or 10
                            □▷□ : 101 or 11
                            □▷▣ : 102 or 15
                            □▷■ : 103 or 11
                            □□▷ : 110 or 11
                            □□□ : 111 or 12
                            □□▣ : 112 or 16
                            □□■ : 113 or 12

                            the numbers are my two guesses at a "number value

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                            @futurebird i didn't really feel like i had an "a-ha" while doing this, it only felt like i had the right answer when i sorted them all and realized there were no gaps in the "base 4" ordering, that was the point at which it felt like I had a satisfying answer rather than an arbitrary one

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                            • mccM mcc

                              @futurebird

                              ▷ : 0 or 3
                              □ : 1 or 4
                              ▣ : 2 or 8
                              ■ : 3 or 4
                              □▷ : 10 or 7
                              □□ : 11 or 8
                              □▣ : 12 or 12
                              □■ : 13 or 8
                              ▣▷ : 20 or 7
                              ▣□ : 21 or 12
                              ▣▣ : 22 or 16
                              ▣■ : 23 or 12
                              ■▷ : 30 or 7
                              ■□ : 31 or 8
                              ■▣ : 32 or 12
                              ■■ : 33 or 8
                              □▷▷ : 100 or 10
                              □▷□ : 101 or 11
                              □▷▣ : 102 or 15
                              □▷■ : 103 or 11
                              □□▷ : 110 or 11
                              □□□ : 111 or 12
                              □□▣ : 112 or 16
                              □□■ : 113 or 12

                              the numbers are my two guesses at a "number value

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                              @mcc

                              This works IMO.

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                              • FellF Fell

                                @futurebird I just kind of intuitively decided on the "values" represented by □, ▣, ■ and ▷. I wonder what that says about my way of thinking. These symbols also give me Voyager Golden Record vibes.

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                                @fell @futurebird I decided that ▷ must be 0 since it never appears leftmost in any multi-symbol card. (And there is no symbol with that property on the right.)

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                                • myrmepropagandistF myrmepropagandist

                                  I don't know how well this puzzle will translate to a toot. Imagine each line is on a card:

                                  □□▷
                                  □□□
                                  ■■
                                  ■
                                  □■
                                  □▷▣
                                  ▣
                                  □▣
                                  ■▷
                                  ■▣
                                  ▣▷
                                  □□■
                                  □▷
                                  ▣▣
                                  □□
                                  □
                                  ▣□
                                  □□▣
                                  ■□
                                  ▷
                                  □▷□
                                  □▷■
                                  ▣■
                                  □▷▷

                                  Put them in order.
                                  (The 5th graders could do it, but they did have a helpful example first... There may be more than one solution, but I think there is ONE really good order. Can you find it?)

                                  (I should also mention that every adult I've shown this to gives up. But I only showed it to two rather grouchy teachers.)

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                                  @futurebird@sauropods.win is it base 4?
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                                  • myrmepropagandistF myrmepropagandist

                                    I don't know how well this puzzle will translate to a toot. Imagine each line is on a card:

                                    □□▷
                                    □□□
                                    ■■
                                    ■
                                    □■
                                    □▷▣
                                    ▣
                                    □▣
                                    ■▷
                                    ■▣
                                    ▣▷
                                    □□■
                                    □▷
                                    ▣▣
                                    □□
                                    □
                                    ▣□
                                    □□▣
                                    ■□
                                    ▷
                                    □▷□
                                    □▷■
                                    ▣■
                                    □▷▷

                                    Put them in order.
                                    (The 5th graders could do it, but they did have a helpful example first... There may be more than one solution, but I think there is ONE really good order. Can you find it?)

                                    (I should also mention that every adult I've shown this to gives up. But I only showed it to two rather grouchy teachers.)

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                                    @futurebird
                                    which symbol represents which digit is arbitrary but I liked this way

                                    ▷
                                    □
                                    ▣
                                    ■
                                    □▷
                                    □□
                                    □▣
                                    □■
                                    ▣▷
                                    ▣□
                                    ▣▣
                                    ▣■
                                    ■▷
                                    ■□
                                    ■▣
                                    ■■
                                    □▷▷
                                    □▷□
                                    □▷▣
                                    □▷■
                                    □□▷
                                    □□□
                                    □□▣
                                    □□■

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                                      @futurebird@sauropods.win is it base 4?
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                                      @futurebird@sauropods.win other than 0 which never starts a multi-digit number i don't see how can one assign other digits to symbols
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                                        @futurebird@sauropods.win other than 0 which never starts a multi-digit number i don't see how can one assign other digits to symbols
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                                        @xarvos

                                        There is more than one valid solution.

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                                        • LeaL Lea

                                          @futurebird
                                          which symbol represents which digit is arbitrary but I liked this way

                                          ▷
                                          □
                                          ▣
                                          ■
                                          □▷
                                          □□
                                          □▣
                                          □■
                                          ▣▷
                                          ▣□
                                          ▣▣
                                          ▣■
                                          ■▷
                                          ■□
                                          ■▣
                                          ■■
                                          □▷▷
                                          □▷□
                                          □▷▣
                                          □▷■
                                          □□▷
                                          □□□
                                          □□▣
                                          □□■

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                                          @leadore

                                          Works!

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