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Hanukkah of Data: Practice your data skills with 8 free data puzzles

199 points by anjakefala 3y ago

bigkahuna1986 3y ago
I know it's a week old, but I just finished and had a lot of fun! Thank you! I'm going to attempt the speed run after my toddler goes to sleep.
lofatdairy 3y ago
This was pretty fun! Sometimes the stories were a bit harder to parse than others, but honestly, that's pretty reflective of what it's like being a technical person communicating with non-technical people. Hope to see this again next year!
schoen 3y ago
Fun "crossover" observation (ROT13; spoiler for first night) Gur fheanzr bs gur crefba jub vf gur nafjre gb #1 yvgrenyyl zrnaf 'sve gerr' (nf ersreraprq va n snzbhf Puevfgznf fbat).
adityaathalye 3y ago
dwimmer's animated text art elevates everything about Hanukkah of Data! I wrote about how it works, here: https://evalapply.org/posts/animate-text-art-javascript/ https://evalapply.org/posts/animate-text-art-javascript/
- saulpw 3y ago
  You did a great job on the text animation code, Adi! I've found myself falling into a trance watching the flickering candles.
  - adityaathalye 3y ago
    Aw shucks... thank you :) And I find myself waiting to catch the various creatures twitch.
paddy_m 3y ago
Thanks for putting this together, it's very creative. Do you mind if I post videos of solving this to my youtube channel (that has absolutely no viewers)
- saulpw 3y ago
  For sure! Just be sure to include a spoiler warning :)
- chronos00 3y ago
  Hey, Whats your Youtube channel name? I am interested in watching the videos of your Solutions for these Data Puzzles.
hadjian 3y ago
Congrats Saul! Hope it’s ok to solve this during Christmas, because of vacation ;-)
- saulpw 3y ago
  Thanks! It'll stay up past the end of Hanukkah.
dkce9r854h32 3y ago
why can i only do the first 2 puzzles? it says i have to wait 17hrs. is it like a christmas countdown?
- NoraCodes 3y ago
  chanukah is 8 days. presumably one puzzle will be released each day.
  - anjakefala 3y ago
    Yes, exactly! A new puzzle will be released at 4pm UTC each day.
    - seshagiric 3y ago
      oh cool, can't wait for it.
alxjsn 3y ago
I love the story! Excited for the next challenge!
tonetheman 3y ago
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littlekey 3y ago
Thanks for this, will give it a try :)
akprasad 3y ago
The ASCII candle is really charming, especially when lit. Looking forward to exploring this further. Great work!
harshreality 3y ago
The phone number input requires dashes, which are entirely optional in general for communicating telephone numbers (dashes and parens only serve as decoration for readability these days).
chirau 3y ago
Pretty cool. Got the first two. Now I have to wait for the next one...
jerpint 3y ago
Solved it all last year, looking forward to finishing this year’a puzzles!
- saulpw 3y ago
  Well, the puzzles are the same, only the clues and dataset are different. But you might want to do them again anyway, to polish up your scripts--on the last day of Hannukah, we'll be posting a more challenging dataset for you to try to speedrun. And keep on the lookout for more data puzzles from us in the near future!
nullhole 3y ago
I'm working with some data that has a large number of date formats within a single document - day seconds, week seconds, ISO8601, ticks, some with hardcoded offsets and others with different datums ... it would be quite funny I think to throw in a new column in the Hebrew calendar, just to join the party, so to speak.
- js2 3y ago
  The Hebrew calendar is a marvel of historical engineering and complexity. Both solar and lunar with exceptions to accommodate Shabbat and other holidays, and be consistent with the Torah. https://stevemorse.org/hebrewcalendar/hebrewcalendar.htm https://stevemorse.org/hebrewcalendar/hebrewcalendar.htm
  - valianteffort 3y ago
    >The Hebrew calendar is a marvel of historical engineering and complexity I haven't seen glazing this hard at a cinnabun.
  - nullhole 3y ago
    Thanks for the link! Better than the articles I came across before. It has a kind of GEB vibe to it which is nice.
    - js2 3y ago
      Discussed on HN last year. The top comment has some other links you might be interested in: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33126676 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33126676
      - nullhole 3y ago
        That is a very good link. The top comment has direct implications for any software / report generation dealing with tidal (-> lunar) cycles. Perhaps using something non-ISO to store time on the inside could have its benefits.
fud101 3y ago
im keen but not sure how to get started
- anjakefala 3y ago
  Click on the candles to see the puzzle! Start with the 0th candle in the centre. =)
MandieD 3y ago
Yay, it’s back!
shlosky 3y ago
if anyone is stuck, here are the solutions: https://hanukkah.bluebird.sh/js/5784/solutions.js https://hanukkah.bluebird.sh/js/5784/solutions.js

199 points by anjakefala 3y ago

bigkahuna1986 3y ago

I know it's a week old, but I just finished and had a lot of fun! Thank you! I'm going to attempt the speed run after my toddler goes to sleep.

lofatdairy 3y ago

This was pretty fun! Sometimes the stories were a bit harder to parse than others, but honestly, that's pretty reflective of what it's like being a technical person communicating with non-technical people. Hope to see this again next year!

schoen 3y ago

Fun "crossover" observation (ROT13; spoiler for first night) Gur fheanzr bs gur crefba jub vf gur nafjre gb #1 yvgrenyyl zrnaf 'sve gerr' (nf ersreraprq va n snzbhf Puevfgznf fbat).

adityaathalye 3y ago

dwimmer's animated text art elevates everything about Hanukkah of Data! I wrote about how it works, here: https://evalapply.org/posts/animate-text-art-javascript/ https://evalapply.org/posts/animate-text-art-javascript/

saulpw 3y ago
You did a great job on the text animation code, Adi! I've found myself falling into a trance watching the flickering candles.
- adityaathalye 3y ago
  Aw shucks... thank you :) And I find myself waiting to catch the various creatures twitch.

paddy_m 3y ago

Thanks for putting this together, it's very creative. Do you mind if I post videos of solving this to my youtube channel (that has absolutely no viewers)

saulpw 3y ago
For sure! Just be sure to include a spoiler warning :)
chronos00 3y ago
Hey, Whats your Youtube channel name? I am interested in watching the videos of your Solutions for these Data Puzzles.

hadjian 3y ago

Congrats Saul! Hope it’s ok to solve this during Christmas, because of vacation ;-)

saulpw 3y ago
Thanks! It'll stay up past the end of Hanukkah.

dkce9r854h32 3y ago

why can i only do the first 2 puzzles? it says i have to wait 17hrs. is it like a christmas countdown?

NoraCodes 3y ago
chanukah is 8 days. presumably one puzzle will be released each day.
- anjakefala 3y ago
  Yes, exactly! A new puzzle will be released at 4pm UTC each day.
  - seshagiric 3y ago
    oh cool, can't wait for it.

alxjsn 3y ago

I love the story! Excited for the next challenge!

tonetheman 3y ago

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littlekey 3y ago

Thanks for this, will give it a try :)

akprasad 3y ago

The ASCII candle is really charming, especially when lit. Looking forward to exploring this further. Great work!

harshreality 3y ago

The phone number input requires dashes, which are entirely optional in general for communicating telephone numbers (dashes and parens only serve as decoration for readability these days).

chirau 3y ago

Pretty cool. Got the first two. Now I have to wait for the next one...

jerpint 3y ago

Solved it all last year, looking forward to finishing this year’a puzzles!

saulpw 3y ago
Well, the puzzles are the same, only the clues and dataset are different. But you might want to do them again anyway, to polish up your scripts--on the last day of Hannukah, we'll be posting a more challenging dataset for you to try to speedrun. And keep on the lookout for more data puzzles from us in the near future!

nullhole 3y ago

I'm working with some data that has a large number of date formats within a single document - day seconds, week seconds, ISO8601, ticks, some with hardcoded offsets and others with different datums ... it would be quite funny I think to throw in a new column in the Hebrew calendar, just to join the party, so to speak.

js2 3y ago
The Hebrew calendar is a marvel of historical engineering and complexity. Both solar and lunar with exceptions to accommodate Shabbat and other holidays, and be consistent with the Torah. https://stevemorse.org/hebrewcalendar/hebrewcalendar.htm https://stevemorse.org/hebrewcalendar/hebrewcalendar.htm
- valianteffort 3y ago
  >The Hebrew calendar is a marvel of historical engineering and complexity I haven't seen glazing this hard at a cinnabun.
- nullhole 3y ago
  Thanks for the link! Better than the articles I came across before. It has a kind of GEB vibe to it which is nice.
  - js2 3y ago
    Discussed on HN last year. The top comment has some other links you might be interested in: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33126676 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33126676
    - nullhole 3y ago
      That is a very good link. The top comment has direct implications for any software / report generation dealing with tidal (-> lunar) cycles. Perhaps using something non-ISO to store time on the inside could have its benefits.

fud101 3y ago

im keen but not sure how to get started

anjakefala 3y ago
Click on the candles to see the puzzle! Start with the 0th candle in the centre. =)

MandieD 3y ago

Yay, it’s back!

shlosky 3y ago

if anyone is stuck, here are the solutions: https://hanukkah.bluebird.sh/js/5784/solutions.js https://hanukkah.bluebird.sh/js/5784/solutions.js