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Last time I visited, it had a message like "You can only log in if you have logged in before." Is this part new, or is it just a different way to enter?

If anyone involved is reading this -- please make the timer a bit more obvious. I opened the link, went back here, then made a quick wikipedia safari and when i got back to it timed out with no indication that i can restart it. :(<p>edit: The console could use a little error checking, if the request dies (i had referrer disabled), it prints &quot;requesting xxxx...&quot; and then nothing. Tsk, tsk :)

I completed a few of these foobar challenges, and I&#x27;d love to keep working on them, but it seems to have stopped working for me. I can no longer save files in the editor, and I get a &quot;Not Found&quot; error when I run the verify command. Anyone else run into this bug (and maybe figure out a fix)?

This game is not working correctly on my browser (FF33). I tried several times and waited until the end because nothing was happening... then tried with chromium and it did work :-&#x2F; (btw noscript is turned off)

This is entrance to foobar. It is pretty easy to figure out crossword using either a calculator to convert bases or (wolfram alpha for the lazy) and [0] for regex. I have not used regex in years, but got in easy.<p>[0] <a href="http://www.regexr.com/" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.regexr.com&#x2F;</a> . Hint mouse over regex after you type it for explanation of what will match, try it out in the text editor below. Fairly trivial.

Kinda surprised to be challenged like that suddenly, but managed to pull through with my (t)rusty regex-foo.<p>Foobar is fun and well made! Passed the first challenge in a few minutes and will continue tomorrow. Try to start challenges on foobar only when you want the timer to start (e.g., not when you need to go to bed like me..). Thou shan&#x27;t worry much on the first challenge though, it allows for 48 hours.

What does something like \D{2}\S{3} mean? Out of context it seems a bit... cryptic ;)

I completed this puzzle. It then takes you to the foobar puzzle which was posted a while ago. It has a series of challenges. After completing the first challenge, it says &quot;Max active challenge count reached&quot;

I passed the crossword! If you fill in the blanks with, say, &quot;a&quot; you can check your answers as you go.<p>I&#x27;m now facing a small coding challenge: 48 hours to come up with code with Python or Java (my choice).

Doesn&#x27;t work.<p>Upon completing the crossword the page auto-submits the solution and gets &quot;403 Forbidden&quot; in response. Something got broken somewhere or someone has pulled the plug.

Okay, that was an exercise in frustration. By the third timeout i was pretty confident i had the answers right, but nothing happened. :(

Neat puzzle. There are coding challenges if you manage to pass the crossword. Guessing it&#x27;s some kind of broad net recruiting?

I tried 3 times on Firefox and it was always saying 4&#x2F;5 correct. Then I tried on Chrome and I passed to the foobar terminal.

Hmm, &quot;This cipher machine is jammed. Come back and try to crank it up later.&quot;<p>I suppose that is some sort of HN effect.

I managed to get 2&#x2F;5 correct. I guess I&#x27;m still far too much of a noob for these things :P

4&#x2F;5.... will any correct regex match count as accurate or are they hints at a specific answer?

What happens if you make an incorrect submission for the coding challenges?

Looks pretty easy, I wonder if google recruits like this?

6 lines of pythoncode for 1. puzzle. anyone less?

It restarts with new answers if you time out.

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