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Kolmogorov complexity, informally, is the amount of code it takes to describe or produce a constant object, such as a string or image. When posting a challenge in this category, please make sure it adds something new to existing challenges.

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Zottffssentettffssen

Java (JDK), 92 bytes Interesting challenge! ()->{var s="ottffssente";for(int i=0;i<90;)s+=++i==9?"":s.charAt(i<9?i:i/10%9);return"z"+s;} Try it online! I'm really glad that it was possible to beat …
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Draw the initial positions of Mölkky pins in ASCII art

JavaScript (Node.js), 279 bytes Solution without hardcoding, which was kind of a hell to write. But i needed to be exactly sure how much longer it was than the output itself! _=>[...Array(128)].map(( …
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Print this diamond

Java 8 (OpenJDK 8), 157 161 bytes -4 bytes thanks to @ceilingcat Tried to use only 1 for instead of 2 for two-dimensional printing, but couldn't beat the best Java answers. interface M{static void ma …
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Draw the initial positions of Mölkky pins in ASCII art

Write a function (or a whole program) that outputs (or prints) an ASCII art of the initial position of Mölkky pins. Output : __ __ __ __(07)__(09)__(08)__ (05)__(11)__(12)__(06) | (03)__(1 …
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Print this diamond

JavaScript (V8), 77 78 bytes -1 byte thanks to Donat! Not the shortest JS solution, but not the longest either! for(i=9;--i+9;)print(("".padEnd(a=i<0?-i:i)+"1".repeat(9-a)**2).replace(0,1)) Try it …
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"Print this diamond" gone beautifully wrong

JavaScript (V8), 95 98 bytes -3 bytes thanks to Donat I don't know if it's very polite to answer my own challenge, but here it is! z=9 for(z of(s=(n=1,p="".padEnd(9-z))=>p+(n<z?n+s(n+1)+n:z)+p)())p …
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ASCII Borromean Rings

JavaScript (Node.js), 114 bytes Replaced reccuring patterns with their identifiers, which are their indexes in the second string after splitting on the #. _=>`002 001001 201 101101 131 111111 113 110 …
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"Print this diamond" gone beautifully wrong

Write a function (or a whole program) that outputs (or prints) the following ASCII art: Output: 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 2 3 …
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A challenge for rookies

JavaScript (Node.js), 105 bytes _=>[...Array(4607)].map((e,i)=>`.*R `[++i%72?i%9?((i/9|0)%72<8)+(i%72%10==1):3:4]+(i%576?"":` `)).join`` Try it online! How it works: Using 1-dimensional array and …
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Recreate the ASCII-table as an ASCII-table

Java (JDK), 192 194 200 bytes -6 bytes with the help of Khuldraeseth na'Barya -2 bytes with more refactoring (column separators conditioned instead of concatenated, and - managed by pairs to keep th …
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