What mysterious whole number am I?
- From my second point of view I copy that amount of first.
- I am the dominant side of two but for many I'm the worst.
- I'll be tricky to find but today might be your day,
- after all my neighbour is 2/3 of me when you look a certain way...
What number am I?
(It is a whole number)
Hint 1
The riddle is self referential
Hint 2 (riddle continuation)
Add me up and I am fair.
Build from bits, you're not quite there.
Unless you've met my friend, online.
Their position is apart of the first line.
Hint 3
What would "that amount" be referring to? Why is the phrasing significant? What's so special about this number anyway? What about line 4? Remember: this riddle could be solved without the knowledge of part 2 (continuation).
Bonus if you can say what number is the neighbour and what number is the friend!
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- From my second point of view I copy that amount of first.
- I am the dominant side of two but for many I'm the worst.
- I'll be tricky to find but today might be your day,
- after all my neighbour is 2/3 of me when you look a certain way...
What number am I?
(It is a whole number)
Hint 1
The riddle is self referential
Hint 2 (riddle continuation)
Add me up and I am fair.
Build from bits, you're not quite there.
Unless you've met my friend, online.
Their position is apart of the first line.
Hint 3
What would "that amount" be referring to? Why is the phrasing significant? What's so special about this number anyway? What about line 4? Remember: this riddle could be solved without the knowledge of part 2 (continuation).
Bonus if you can say what number is the neighbour and what number is the friend!
riddle mathematics logical-deduction word-problem number-property
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If you are reaching for an answer or cannot fit your answer to the whole riddle then it isn't correct. It seems that it is common to misinterpret the first line of the riddle
– Adam
17 hours ago
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- From my second point of view I copy that amount of first.
- I am the dominant side of two but for many I'm the worst.
- I'll be tricky to find but today might be your day,
- after all my neighbour is 2/3 of me when you look a certain way...
What number am I?
(It is a whole number)
Hint 1
The riddle is self referential
Hint 2 (riddle continuation)
Add me up and I am fair.
Build from bits, you're not quite there.
Unless you've met my friend, online.
Their position is apart of the first line.
Hint 3
What would "that amount" be referring to? Why is the phrasing significant? What's so special about this number anyway? What about line 4? Remember: this riddle could be solved without the knowledge of part 2 (continuation).
Bonus if you can say what number is the neighbour and what number is the friend!
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- From my second point of view I copy that amount of first.
- I am the dominant side of two but for many I'm the worst.
- I'll be tricky to find but today might be your day,
- after all my neighbour is 2/3 of me when you look a certain way...
What number am I?
(It is a whole number)
Hint 1
The riddle is self referential
Hint 2 (riddle continuation)
Add me up and I am fair.
Build from bits, you're not quite there.
Unless you've met my friend, online.
Their position is apart of the first line.
Hint 3
What would "that amount" be referring to? Why is the phrasing significant? What's so special about this number anyway? What about line 4? Remember: this riddle could be solved without the knowledge of part 2 (continuation).
Bonus if you can say what number is the neighbour and what number is the friend!
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If you are reaching for an answer or cannot fit your answer to the whole riddle then it isn't correct. It seems that it is common to misinterpret the first line of the riddle
– Adam
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If you are reaching for an answer or cannot fit your answer to the whole riddle then it isn't correct. It seems that it is common to misinterpret the first line of the riddle
– Adam
17 hours ago
If you are reaching for an answer or cannot fit your answer to the whole riddle then it isn't correct. It seems that it is common to misinterpret the first line of the riddle
– Adam
17 hours ago
If you are reaching for an answer or cannot fit your answer to the whole riddle then it isn't correct. It seems that it is common to misinterpret the first line of the riddle
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Alright I know I have it now! (or at least am very close)
6
"From my second point of view I copy that amount of first."
On a die, the six is two copied rows of three
"I am the dominant side of two but for many I'm the worst."
Wait...6 is opposite side of one on a die. I think I'm close, though.
"I'll be tricky to find but today might be your day,"
There's a 1/6 chance!
"after all my neighbour is 2/3 of me when you look a certain way..."
There is a 4 next to a six on a die.
answered yesterday
Brandon_JBrandon_J
65117
1
Good effort but the last reasoning is a bit shaky
– Adam
yesterday
1
How does it look now?
– Brandon_J
yesterday
1
I up-voted because I admire your approach but there isn't a trick at the end, it is more concrete.
– Adam
yesterday
1
oh, ok. Let me try again.
– Brandon_J
yesterday
Wow, another great approach but not the answer. When you get the answer, all of the riddle will make sense. Read the words carefully
– Adam
yesterday
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Answer:
13
Reasoning:
Clue #3:
Today is January 13
Clue #4:
Let the neighbor be 12. Looking at both numbers modulo 10, the neighbor is 2 = 2/3 * 3.
Clue #2:
13 dominates 2. Also, in.Western culture at least, 13 symbolizes bad luck.
Clue #1:
Assume the different points of view are the individual digit. The second POV would thus be the second digit, ie. 3. The written representation of 13 is 'thirteen', exactly 3 letters of which can be extracted from the string 'first' (one specimen of 't', 'i', and 'r').
answered yesterday
collapsarcollapsar
20714
Clue 1 is reaching a bit but good attempt... im adding a hint to the question now
– Adam
yesterday
So close, yet so far away haha
– Brandon_J
yesterday
A new hint has been added
– Adam
17 hours ago
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My guess is
666 the number of the beast.
"From my second point of view I copy that amount of first."
The second point of view copies the first 666 and rotates it to 999.
"I am the dominant side of two but for many I'm the worst."
The Devil may possibly be the more dominant of the God/Devil archetypes and arguably worse.
"I'll be tricky to find but today might be your day."
Unsure about this line.
"after all my neighbour is 2/3 of me when you look a certain way..."
666 / 999 = 2 / 3 when you look upside down to swap the values.
answered yesterday
Weather VaneWeather Vane
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I think the answer is
1
From my second point of view I copy that amount of first.
The other point of view is Roman numerals, in which 1 is I (that is "I" copies 1).
I am the dominant side of two but for many I'm the worst.
1 often represents 1st place which dominates over 2nd place but is also the lowest score in many circumstances (think rolling a 1). Also "first is the worst..", etc.
I'll be tricky to find but today might be your day,
It's still January which is month number 1.
after all my neighbour is 2/3 of me when you look a certain way
When written in English 1 is ONE. 2/3 of that is ON which, when viewed upside-down is NO, representing 0, the neighbour of 1.
Self-reference
Again "I" is the Roman numeral for 1 and also represents the self.
Title
What mysterious whole number am I? (again the answer is in the title).
answered yesterday
hexominohexomino
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Good try but you should reconsider "after all my neighbour" line because it isn't abstract. Pay close attention to the wording and grammar of the riddle also
– Adam
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I'll have a go at it. I guess:
7, 3 is the neighbour and 111 is the friend.
"From my second point of view I copy that amount of first."
I take "first" to signify 1, and in binary seven is 111 so the digit representation is the first copied.
"I am the dominant side of two but for many I'm the worst."
I guess dominant refers to larger and it's larger than two other similar numbers in binary; 1, and 11. It is smaller (=dominated by) infinitely numbers (=many).
"I'll be tricky to find but today might be your day,"
It might be the seventh day of the week for the reader depending on timezone.
"after all my neighbour is 2/3 of me when you look a certain way..."
It's a power of two minus one, so it's preceding term (neighbour) is 3, which is 11 in binary and hence two thirds the length.
My guess for the continuation, with weaker reasoning I believe:
"Add me up and I am fair."
Don't know about this one. This makes me doubt all the reasoning considering that it appears that I've got nothing to add apart from the binary representation.
"Build from bits, you're not quite there.
Unless you've met my friend, online."
7 is not a binary representation, while 111 is, it's binary counterpart ("friend").
Their position is apart of the first line.
"First" and "second" view in the first line refers to decimal and binary.
answered 13 hours ago
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Definitely the best crack at an answer so far! This is a good angle to take the riddle from but you are right, the reasoning is weaker in some areas and the answer has no weakness
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Alright I know I have it now! (or at least am very close)
6
"From my second point of view I copy that amount of first."
On a die, the six is two copied rows of three
"I am the dominant side of two but for many I'm the worst."
Wait...6 is opposite side of one on a die. I think I'm close, though.
"I'll be tricky to find but today might be your day,"
There's a 1/6 chance!
"after all my neighbour is 2/3 of me when you look a certain way..."
There is a 4 next to a six on a die.
answered yesterday
Brandon_JBrandon_J
65117
1
Good effort but the last reasoning is a bit shaky
– Adam
yesterday
1
How does it look now?
– Brandon_J
yesterday
1
I up-voted because I admire your approach but there isn't a trick at the end, it is more concrete.
– Adam
yesterday
1
oh, ok. Let me try again.
– Brandon_J
yesterday
Wow, another great approach but not the answer. When you get the answer, all of the riddle will make sense. Read the words carefully
– Adam
yesterday
|
show 3 more comments
Alright I know I have it now! (or at least am very close)
6
"From my second point of view I copy that amount of first."
On a die, the six is two copied rows of three
"I am the dominant side of two but for many I'm the worst."
Wait...6 is opposite side of one on a die. I think I'm close, though.
"I'll be tricky to find but today might be your day,"
There's a 1/6 chance!
"after all my neighbour is 2/3 of me when you look a certain way..."
There is a 4 next to a six on a die.
answered yesterday
Brandon_JBrandon_J
65117
1
Good effort but the last reasoning is a bit shaky
– Adam
yesterday
1
How does it look now?
– Brandon_J
yesterday
1
I up-voted because I admire your approach but there isn't a trick at the end, it is more concrete.
– Adam
yesterday
1
oh, ok. Let me try again.
– Brandon_J
yesterday
Wow, another great approach but not the answer. When you get the answer, all of the riddle will make sense. Read the words carefully
– Adam
yesterday
|
show 3 more comments
Alright I know I have it now! (or at least am very close)
6
"From my second point of view I copy that amount of first."
On a die, the six is two copied rows of three
"I am the dominant side of two but for many I'm the worst."
Wait...6 is opposite side of one on a die. I think I'm close, though.
"I'll be tricky to find but today might be your day,"
There's a 1/6 chance!
"after all my neighbour is 2/3 of me when you look a certain way..."
There is a 4 next to a six on a die.
answered yesterday
Brandon_JBrandon_J
65117
Alright I know I have it now! (or at least am very close)
6
"From my second point of view I copy that amount of first."
On a die, the six is two copied rows of three
"I am the dominant side of two but for many I'm the worst."
Wait...6 is opposite side of one on a die. I think I'm close, though.
"I'll be tricky to find but today might be your day,"
There's a 1/6 chance!
"after all my neighbour is 2/3 of me when you look a certain way..."
There is a 4 next to a six on a die.
answered yesterday
Brandon_JBrandon_J
65117
edited yesterday
answered yesterday
Brandon_JBrandon_J
65117
answered yesterday
Brandon_JBrandon_J
65117
answered yesterday
Brandon_JBrandon_J
65117
65117
1
Good effort but the last reasoning is a bit shaky
– Adam
yesterday
1
How does it look now?
– Brandon_J
yesterday
1
I up-voted because I admire your approach but there isn't a trick at the end, it is more concrete.
– Adam
yesterday
1
oh, ok. Let me try again.
– Brandon_J
yesterday
Wow, another great approach but not the answer. When you get the answer, all of the riddle will make sense. Read the words carefully
– Adam
yesterday
|
show 3 more comments
1
Good effort but the last reasoning is a bit shaky
– Adam
yesterday
1
How does it look now?
– Brandon_J
yesterday
1
I up-voted because I admire your approach but there isn't a trick at the end, it is more concrete.
– Adam
yesterday
1
oh, ok. Let me try again.
– Brandon_J
yesterday
Wow, another great approach but not the answer. When you get the answer, all of the riddle will make sense. Read the words carefully
– Adam
yesterday
1
1
Good effort but the last reasoning is a bit shaky
– Adam
yesterday
Good effort but the last reasoning is a bit shaky
– Adam
yesterday
1
1
How does it look now?
– Brandon_J
yesterday
How does it look now?
– Brandon_J
yesterday
1
1
I up-voted because I admire your approach but there isn't a trick at the end, it is more concrete.
– Adam
yesterday
I up-voted because I admire your approach but there isn't a trick at the end, it is more concrete.
– Adam
yesterday
1
1
oh, ok. Let me try again.
– Brandon_J
yesterday
oh, ok. Let me try again.
– Brandon_J
yesterday
Wow, another great approach but not the answer. When you get the answer, all of the riddle will make sense. Read the words carefully
– Adam
yesterday
Wow, another great approach but not the answer. When you get the answer, all of the riddle will make sense. Read the words carefully
– Adam
yesterday
|
show 3 more comments
Answer:
13
Reasoning:
Clue #3:
Today is January 13
Clue #4:
Let the neighbor be 12. Looking at both numbers modulo 10, the neighbor is 2 = 2/3 * 3.
Clue #2:
13 dominates 2. Also, in.Western culture at least, 13 symbolizes bad luck.
Clue #1:
Assume the different points of view are the individual digit. The second POV would thus be the second digit, ie. 3. The written representation of 13 is 'thirteen', exactly 3 letters of which can be extracted from the string 'first' (one specimen of 't', 'i', and 'r').
answered yesterday
collapsarcollapsar
20714
Clue 1 is reaching a bit but good attempt... im adding a hint to the question now
– Adam
yesterday
So close, yet so far away haha
– Brandon_J
yesterday
A new hint has been added
– Adam
17 hours ago
add a comment |
Answer:
13
Reasoning:
Clue #3:
Today is January 13
Clue #4:
Let the neighbor be 12. Looking at both numbers modulo 10, the neighbor is 2 = 2/3 * 3.
Clue #2:
13 dominates 2. Also, in.Western culture at least, 13 symbolizes bad luck.
Clue #1:
Assume the different points of view are the individual digit. The second POV would thus be the second digit, ie. 3. The written representation of 13 is 'thirteen', exactly 3 letters of which can be extracted from the string 'first' (one specimen of 't', 'i', and 'r').
answered yesterday
collapsarcollapsar
20714
Clue 1 is reaching a bit but good attempt... im adding a hint to the question now
– Adam
yesterday
So close, yet so far away haha
– Brandon_J
yesterday
A new hint has been added
– Adam
17 hours ago
add a comment |
Answer:
13
Reasoning:
Clue #3:
Today is January 13
Clue #4:
Let the neighbor be 12. Looking at both numbers modulo 10, the neighbor is 2 = 2/3 * 3.
Clue #2:
13 dominates 2. Also, in.Western culture at least, 13 symbolizes bad luck.
Clue #1:
Assume the different points of view are the individual digit. The second POV would thus be the second digit, ie. 3. The written representation of 13 is 'thirteen', exactly 3 letters of which can be extracted from the string 'first' (one specimen of 't', 'i', and 'r').
answered yesterday
collapsarcollapsar
20714
Answer:
13
Reasoning:
Clue #3:
Today is January 13
Clue #4:
Let the neighbor be 12. Looking at both numbers modulo 10, the neighbor is 2 = 2/3 * 3.
Clue #2:
13 dominates 2. Also, in.Western culture at least, 13 symbolizes bad luck.
Clue #1:
Assume the different points of view are the individual digit. The second POV would thus be the second digit, ie. 3. The written representation of 13 is 'thirteen', exactly 3 letters of which can be extracted from the string 'first' (one specimen of 't', 'i', and 'r').
answered yesterday
collapsarcollapsar
20714
answered yesterday
collapsarcollapsar
20714
answered yesterday
collapsarcollapsar
20714
answered yesterday
collapsarcollapsar
20714
20714
Clue 1 is reaching a bit but good attempt... im adding a hint to the question now
– Adam
yesterday
So close, yet so far away haha
– Brandon_J
yesterday
A new hint has been added
– Adam
17 hours ago
add a comment |
Clue 1 is reaching a bit but good attempt... im adding a hint to the question now
– Adam
yesterday
So close, yet so far away haha
– Brandon_J
yesterday
A new hint has been added
– Adam
17 hours ago
Clue 1 is reaching a bit but good attempt... im adding a hint to the question now
– Adam
yesterday
Clue 1 is reaching a bit but good attempt... im adding a hint to the question now
– Adam
yesterday
So close, yet so far away haha
– Brandon_J
yesterday
So close, yet so far away haha
– Brandon_J
yesterday
A new hint has been added
– Adam
17 hours ago
A new hint has been added
– Adam
17 hours ago
add a comment |
My guess is
666 the number of the beast.
"From my second point of view I copy that amount of first."
The second point of view copies the first 666 and rotates it to 999.
"I am the dominant side of two but for many I'm the worst."
The Devil may possibly be the more dominant of the God/Devil archetypes and arguably worse.
"I'll be tricky to find but today might be your day."
Unsure about this line.
"after all my neighbour is 2/3 of me when you look a certain way..."
666 / 999 = 2 / 3 when you look upside down to swap the values.
answered yesterday
Weather VaneWeather Vane
1,17719
Hints have been added, make sure your answer works with the whole riddle
– Adam
17 hours ago
add a comment |
My guess is
666 the number of the beast.
"From my second point of view I copy that amount of first."
The second point of view copies the first 666 and rotates it to 999.
"I am the dominant side of two but for many I'm the worst."
The Devil may possibly be the more dominant of the God/Devil archetypes and arguably worse.
"I'll be tricky to find but today might be your day."
Unsure about this line.
"after all my neighbour is 2/3 of me when you look a certain way..."
666 / 999 = 2 / 3 when you look upside down to swap the values.
answered yesterday
Weather VaneWeather Vane
1,17719
Hints have been added, make sure your answer works with the whole riddle
– Adam
17 hours ago
add a comment |
My guess is
666 the number of the beast.
"From my second point of view I copy that amount of first."
The second point of view copies the first 666 and rotates it to 999.
"I am the dominant side of two but for many I'm the worst."
The Devil may possibly be the more dominant of the God/Devil archetypes and arguably worse.
"I'll be tricky to find but today might be your day."
Unsure about this line.
"after all my neighbour is 2/3 of me when you look a certain way..."
666 / 999 = 2 / 3 when you look upside down to swap the values.
answered yesterday
Weather VaneWeather Vane
1,17719
My guess is
666 the number of the beast.
"From my second point of view I copy that amount of first."
The second point of view copies the first 666 and rotates it to 999.
"I am the dominant side of two but for many I'm the worst."
The Devil may possibly be the more dominant of the God/Devil archetypes and arguably worse.
"I'll be tricky to find but today might be your day."
Unsure about this line.
"after all my neighbour is 2/3 of me when you look a certain way..."
666 / 999 = 2 / 3 when you look upside down to swap the values.
answered yesterday
Weather VaneWeather Vane
1,17719
answered yesterday
Weather VaneWeather Vane
1,17719
answered yesterday
Weather VaneWeather Vane
1,17719
answered yesterday
Weather VaneWeather Vane
1,17719
1,17719
Hints have been added, make sure your answer works with the whole riddle
– Adam
17 hours ago
add a comment |
Hints have been added, make sure your answer works with the whole riddle
– Adam
17 hours ago
Hints have been added, make sure your answer works with the whole riddle
– Adam
17 hours ago
Hints have been added, make sure your answer works with the whole riddle
– Adam
17 hours ago
add a comment |
I think the answer is
1
From my second point of view I copy that amount of first.
The other point of view is Roman numerals, in which 1 is I (that is "I" copies 1).
I am the dominant side of two but for many I'm the worst.
1 often represents 1st place which dominates over 2nd place but is also the lowest score in many circumstances (think rolling a 1). Also "first is the worst..", etc.
I'll be tricky to find but today might be your day,
It's still January which is month number 1.
after all my neighbour is 2/3 of me when you look a certain way
When written in English 1 is ONE. 2/3 of that is ON which, when viewed upside-down is NO, representing 0, the neighbour of 1.
Self-reference
Again "I" is the Roman numeral for 1 and also represents the self.
Title
What mysterious whole number am I? (again the answer is in the title).
answered yesterday
hexominohexomino
37.2k2109176
Good try but you should reconsider "after all my neighbour" line because it isn't abstract. Pay close attention to the wording and grammar of the riddle also
– Adam
17 hours ago
add a comment |
I think the answer is
1
From my second point of view I copy that amount of first.
The other point of view is Roman numerals, in which 1 is I (that is "I" copies 1).
I am the dominant side of two but for many I'm the worst.
1 often represents 1st place which dominates over 2nd place but is also the lowest score in many circumstances (think rolling a 1). Also "first is the worst..", etc.
I'll be tricky to find but today might be your day,
It's still January which is month number 1.
after all my neighbour is 2/3 of me when you look a certain way
When written in English 1 is ONE. 2/3 of that is ON which, when viewed upside-down is NO, representing 0, the neighbour of 1.
Self-reference
Again "I" is the Roman numeral for 1 and also represents the self.
Title
What mysterious whole number am I? (again the answer is in the title).
answered yesterday
hexominohexomino
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Good try but you should reconsider "after all my neighbour" line because it isn't abstract. Pay close attention to the wording and grammar of the riddle also
– Adam
17 hours ago
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I think the answer is
1
From my second point of view I copy that amount of first.
The other point of view is Roman numerals, in which 1 is I (that is "I" copies 1).
I am the dominant side of two but for many I'm the worst.
1 often represents 1st place which dominates over 2nd place but is also the lowest score in many circumstances (think rolling a 1). Also "first is the worst..", etc.
I'll be tricky to find but today might be your day,
It's still January which is month number 1.
after all my neighbour is 2/3 of me when you look a certain way
When written in English 1 is ONE. 2/3 of that is ON which, when viewed upside-down is NO, representing 0, the neighbour of 1.
Self-reference
Again "I" is the Roman numeral for 1 and also represents the self.
Title
What mysterious whole number am I? (again the answer is in the title).
answered yesterday
hexominohexomino
37.2k2109176
I think the answer is
1
From my second point of view I copy that amount of first.
The other point of view is Roman numerals, in which 1 is I (that is "I" copies 1).
I am the dominant side of two but for many I'm the worst.
1 often represents 1st place which dominates over 2nd place but is also the lowest score in many circumstances (think rolling a 1). Also "first is the worst..", etc.
I'll be tricky to find but today might be your day,
It's still January which is month number 1.
after all my neighbour is 2/3 of me when you look a certain way
When written in English 1 is ONE. 2/3 of that is ON which, when viewed upside-down is NO, representing 0, the neighbour of 1.
Self-reference
Again "I" is the Roman numeral for 1 and also represents the self.
Title
What mysterious whole number am I? (again the answer is in the title).
answered yesterday
hexominohexomino
37.2k2109176
answered yesterday
hexominohexomino
37.2k2109176
answered yesterday
hexominohexomino
37.2k2109176
answered yesterday
hexominohexomino
37.2k2109176
37.2k2109176
Good try but you should reconsider "after all my neighbour" line because it isn't abstract. Pay close attention to the wording and grammar of the riddle also
– Adam
17 hours ago
add a comment |
Good try but you should reconsider "after all my neighbour" line because it isn't abstract. Pay close attention to the wording and grammar of the riddle also
– Adam
17 hours ago
Good try but you should reconsider "after all my neighbour" line because it isn't abstract. Pay close attention to the wording and grammar of the riddle also
– Adam
17 hours ago
Good try but you should reconsider "after all my neighbour" line because it isn't abstract. Pay close attention to the wording and grammar of the riddle also
– Adam
17 hours ago
add a comment |
I'll have a go at it. I guess:
7, 3 is the neighbour and 111 is the friend.
"From my second point of view I copy that amount of first."
I take "first" to signify 1, and in binary seven is 111 so the digit representation is the first copied.
"I am the dominant side of two but for many I'm the worst."
I guess dominant refers to larger and it's larger than two other similar numbers in binary; 1, and 11. It is smaller (=dominated by) infinitely numbers (=many).
"I'll be tricky to find but today might be your day,"
It might be the seventh day of the week for the reader depending on timezone.
"after all my neighbour is 2/3 of me when you look a certain way..."
It's a power of two minus one, so it's preceding term (neighbour) is 3, which is 11 in binary and hence two thirds the length.
My guess for the continuation, with weaker reasoning I believe:
"Add me up and I am fair."
Don't know about this one. This makes me doubt all the reasoning considering that it appears that I've got nothing to add apart from the binary representation.
"Build from bits, you're not quite there.
Unless you've met my friend, online."
7 is not a binary representation, while 111 is, it's binary counterpart ("friend").
Their position is apart of the first line.
"First" and "second" view in the first line refers to decimal and binary.
answered 13 hours ago
jodelodeljodelodel
111
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Definitely the best crack at an answer so far! This is a good angle to take the riddle from but you are right, the reasoning is weaker in some areas and the answer has no weakness
– Adam
12 hours ago
add a comment |
I'll have a go at it. I guess:
7, 3 is the neighbour and 111 is the friend.
"From my second point of view I copy that amount of first."
I take "first" to signify 1, and in binary seven is 111 so the digit representation is the first copied.
"I am the dominant side of two but for many I'm the worst."
I guess dominant refers to larger and it's larger than two other similar numbers in binary; 1, and 11. It is smaller (=dominated by) infinitely numbers (=many).
"I'll be tricky to find but today might be your day,"
It might be the seventh day of the week for the reader depending on timezone.
"after all my neighbour is 2/3 of me when you look a certain way..."
It's a power of two minus one, so it's preceding term (neighbour) is 3, which is 11 in binary and hence two thirds the length.
My guess for the continuation, with weaker reasoning I believe:
"Add me up and I am fair."
Don't know about this one. This makes me doubt all the reasoning considering that it appears that I've got nothing to add apart from the binary representation.
"Build from bits, you're not quite there.
Unless you've met my friend, online."
7 is not a binary representation, while 111 is, it's binary counterpart ("friend").
Their position is apart of the first line.
"First" and "second" view in the first line refers to decimal and binary.
answered 13 hours ago
jodelodeljodelodel
111
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Definitely the best crack at an answer so far! This is a good angle to take the riddle from but you are right, the reasoning is weaker in some areas and the answer has no weakness
– Adam
12 hours ago
add a comment |
I'll have a go at it. I guess:
7, 3 is the neighbour and 111 is the friend.
"From my second point of view I copy that amount of first."
I take "first" to signify 1, and in binary seven is 111 so the digit representation is the first copied.
"I am the dominant side of two but for many I'm the worst."
I guess dominant refers to larger and it's larger than two other similar numbers in binary; 1, and 11. It is smaller (=dominated by) infinitely numbers (=many).
"I'll be tricky to find but today might be your day,"
It might be the seventh day of the week for the reader depending on timezone.
"after all my neighbour is 2/3 of me when you look a certain way..."
It's a power of two minus one, so it's preceding term (neighbour) is 3, which is 11 in binary and hence two thirds the length.
My guess for the continuation, with weaker reasoning I believe:
"Add me up and I am fair."
Don't know about this one. This makes me doubt all the reasoning considering that it appears that I've got nothing to add apart from the binary representation.
"Build from bits, you're not quite there.
Unless you've met my friend, online."
7 is not a binary representation, while 111 is, it's binary counterpart ("friend").
Their position is apart of the first line.
"First" and "second" view in the first line refers to decimal and binary.
answered 13 hours ago
jodelodeljodelodel
111
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I'll have a go at it. I guess:
7, 3 is the neighbour and 111 is the friend.
"From my second point of view I copy that amount of first."
I take "first" to signify 1, and in binary seven is 111 so the digit representation is the first copied.
"I am the dominant side of two but for many I'm the worst."
I guess dominant refers to larger and it's larger than two other similar numbers in binary; 1, and 11. It is smaller (=dominated by) infinitely numbers (=many).
"I'll be tricky to find but today might be your day,"
It might be the seventh day of the week for the reader depending on timezone.
"after all my neighbour is 2/3 of me when you look a certain way..."
It's a power of two minus one, so it's preceding term (neighbour) is 3, which is 11 in binary and hence two thirds the length.
My guess for the continuation, with weaker reasoning I believe:
"Add me up and I am fair."
Don't know about this one. This makes me doubt all the reasoning considering that it appears that I've got nothing to add apart from the binary representation.
"Build from bits, you're not quite there.
Unless you've met my friend, online."
7 is not a binary representation, while 111 is, it's binary counterpart ("friend").
Their position is apart of the first line.
"First" and "second" view in the first line refers to decimal and binary.
answered 13 hours ago
jodelodeljodelodel
111
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answered 13 hours ago
jodelodeljodelodel
111
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answered 13 hours ago
jodelodeljodelodel
111
answered 13 hours ago
jodelodeljodelodel
111
111
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Definitely the best crack at an answer so far! This is a good angle to take the riddle from but you are right, the reasoning is weaker in some areas and the answer has no weakness
– Adam
12 hours ago
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Definitely the best crack at an answer so far! This is a good angle to take the riddle from but you are right, the reasoning is weaker in some areas and the answer has no weakness
– Adam
12 hours ago
Definitely the best crack at an answer so far! This is a good angle to take the riddle from but you are right, the reasoning is weaker in some areas and the answer has no weakness
– Adam
12 hours ago
Definitely the best crack at an answer so far! This is a good angle to take the riddle from but you are right, the reasoning is weaker in some areas and the answer has no weakness
– Adam
12 hours ago
add a comment |
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If you are reaching for an answer or cannot fit your answer to the whole riddle then it isn't correct. It seems that it is common to misinterpret the first line of the riddle
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