the cream sweepstakes

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Zlodo: Nov 24, 2006

echinopsis posted:

ok so I've tested this enough times, I think it works

Im the halting problem

# ? May 10, 2022 12:13

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# ? Nov 9, 2025 10:10

KirbyKhan: Mar 20, 2009; I dunno what you're talking about, try being normal I guess; Soiled Meat

So did I win?

# ? May 10, 2022 12:20

Beeftweeter: Jun 28, 2005; Devuan Fan

KirbyKhan posted:

So did I win?

oh yeah, perfect score.

sweeet hit me

# ? May 10, 2022 12:28

deadjb: Aug 11, 2002

my reg date in yyyymmdd format

# ? May 10, 2022 12:44

my homie dhall: Dec 9, 2010; honey, oh please, it's just a machine

echinopsis posted:

ok so I've tested this enough times, I think it works

code:

#sweepstakes program
#find the min/max
#run random numbers until match
#record how many iterations it took

from random import randint

people = ['Brrrmph','post hole digger','DELETE CASCADE','Raluek','MrQueasy','Sagebrush','KirbyKhan','Sweevo','mediaphage','Jenny Agutter','animist','razorscooter','Smythe','Doc Block','SmokaDustbowl','FalseNegative','Beeftweeter']
theirnumbers = [1990,420,69,52833,13610152128,4,5,5318008,42069,256,602214076000000000000000,187,50,8675309,8,25242322210,219]

maxnumber = max(theirnumbers)
minnumber = min(theirnumbers)
iteration = 0
winnumber = 1

while len(theirnumbers)>0:
    iteration = iteration+1
    randomnum = randint(minnumber,maxnumber)
    if randomnum in theirnumbers:
        index = theirnumbers.index(randomnum)
        print (people[index])
        print (iteration)
        print (winnumber)
        winnumber = winnumber+1
        del people[index]
        del theirnumbers[index]

its been going since about 10pm nz time. it obv has a huge range to go thru lol. shes still going

i believe if you run this long enough a bitcoin pops out

# ? May 10, 2022 12:46

Beeftweeter: Jun 28, 2005; Devuan Fan

my homie dhall posted:

i believe if you run this long enough a bitcoin pops out

every time you furiously crunch numbers, somewhere a tiny altcoin is formed and then depreciates into oblivion.

# ? May 10, 2022 12:48

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

still no winners

hmm
imma leave it all day and see if someone pops up

otehrwise I might have to .. just.. pick one randomly :o

# ? May 10, 2022 18:38

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

I enjoyed writing that program

python is my only friend

# ? May 10, 2022 20:44

Roosevelt: Jul 18, 2009; I'm looking for the man who shot my paw.

echinopsis posted:

if ya dont see your name its because it was ineligble and hence youre disqualified. sorry

bullshit my entry was one this contest is loving rigged and your a frod

# ? May 10, 2022 23:56

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

the rules were very clear in my own mind

anyway brb it�s frod time

# ? May 11, 2022 00:37

Buck Turgidson: Feb 6, 2011; 𓀬𓀠𓀟𓀡𓀢𓀣𓀤𓀥𓀞𓀬

Roosevelt posted:

bullshit my entry was one this contest is loving rigged and your a frod

let's kick his rear end

# ? May 11, 2022 01:02

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

all for a cream tshirt

# ? May 11, 2022 02:49

fart simpson: Jul 2, 2005

echinopsis posted:

ok so I've tested this enough times, I think it works

code:

#sweepstakes program
#find the min/max
#run random numbers until match
#record how many iterations it took

from random import randint

people = ['Brrrmph','post hole digger','DELETE CASCADE','Raluek','MrQueasy','Sagebrush','KirbyKhan','Sweevo','mediaphage','Jenny Agutter','animist','razorscooter','Smythe','Doc Block','SmokaDustbowl','FalseNegative','Beeftweeter']
theirnumbers = [1990,420,69,52833,13610152128,4,5,5318008,42069,256,602214076000000000000000,187,50,8675309,8,25242322210,219]

maxnumber = max(theirnumbers)
minnumber = min(theirnumbers)
iteration = 0
winnumber = 1

while len(theirnumbers)>0:
    iteration = iteration+1
    randomnum = randint(minnumber,maxnumber)
    if randomnum in theirnumbers:
        index = theirnumbers.index(randomnum)
        print (people[index])
        print (iteration)
        print (winnumber)
        winnumber = winnumber+1
        del people[index]
        del theirnumbers[index]

its been going since about 10pm nz time. it obv has a huge range to go thru lol. shes still going

mate i think you forgot my entry

# ? May 11, 2022 02:52

fart simpson: Jul 2, 2005

Buck Turgidson posted:

let's kick his rear end

im in

# ? May 11, 2022 02:53

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

imagine if i bent the rules then i�d had to let every mother fucker with a smart rear end post go in the draw

i must uphold the cream rules

# ? May 11, 2022 03:18

Raluek: Nov 3, 2006; WUT.

echinopsis posted:

all for a cream tshirt

# ? May 11, 2022 03:19

SmokaDustbowl: Feb 12, 2001; by vyelkin; Fun Shoe

obviously I'm going to win, make my shirt say "scrappy doo poo poo on my carpet"

tia

# ? May 11, 2022 04:02

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

ugh still haven�t got a winner yet

so .. i�m gonna do the draw the easy way, and also include everyone who tried to enter if their number was ineligible. but not people who did not even try

if I had lots of money i�d send everyone a tshirt that had cream on it

# ? May 11, 2022 06:50

fart simpson: Jul 2, 2005

i better be in that list

# ? May 11, 2022 06:53

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

yes you�ll be in the sweepstakes

# ? May 11, 2022 07:28

fart simpson: Jul 2, 2005

can i still make new entries? 30692

# ? May 11, 2022 07:32

Raluek: Nov 3, 2006; WUT.

drat it fart, you're a loose cannon

# ? May 11, 2022 07:56

Moo Cowabunga: Jun 15, 2009; [Office Worker.

echinopsis posted:

if ya dont see your name its because it was ineligble and hence youre disqualified. sorry

wtf was wrong with the number 6 and number 1?

# ? May 11, 2022 09:00

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

they werent written as numbers but as words representing numbers and also decimal points were meant to disqualify peeps

# ? May 11, 2022 09:17

fart simpson: Jul 2, 2005

Moo Cowabunga posted:

wtf was wrong with the number 6 and number 1?

trash numbers

# ? May 11, 2022 09:58

distortion park: Apr 25, 2011

echinopsis posted:

they werent written as numbers but as words representing numbers and also decimal points were meant to disqualify peeps

is "two" not a number then?

# ? May 11, 2022 09:58

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

no it�s a word

# ? May 11, 2022 10:21

KirbyKhan: Mar 20, 2009; I dunno what you're talking about, try being normal I guess; Soiled Meat

# ? May 11, 2022 11:52

Zlodo: Nov 24, 2006

echinopsis posted:

no it’s a word

it's a number if you use for instance base64

# ? May 11, 2022 12:10

echinopsis: Apr 13, 2004; by Fluffdaddy

i�m
not brave enough for that

# ? May 11, 2022 12:18

Silver Alicorn: Mar 30, 2008; PRODUCED BY OR UNDER LICENSE FROM SEGA ENTERPRISES, LTD.

I had strawberries and cream last night

# ? May 11, 2022 13:11

mediaphage: Mar 22, 2007; Excuse me, pardon me, sheer perfection coming through

Silver Alicorn posted:

I had strawberries and cream last night

delicious

# ? May 11, 2022 14:06

Scud Hansen: Dec 13, 2015; Darkness and Evil

0xDEADBEEF

# ? May 11, 2022 20:49

Scud Hansen: Dec 13, 2015; Darkness and Evil

Voting 5 (for the thread)

# ? May 11, 2022 20:49

Roosevelt: Jul 18, 2009; I'm looking for the man who shot my paw.

echinopsis posted:

ugh still haven�t got a winner yet

so .. i�m gonna do the draw the easy way, and also include everyone who tried to enter if their number was ineligible. but not people who did not even try

if I had lots of money i�d send everyone a tshirt that had cream on it

we're still gonna kick ur rear end

# ? May 11, 2022 20:58