117
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Accepted
Build a Faulty XKCD Browser
Python 2.7 + xkcd, 55 bytes
xkcd is a third-party Python package. In Python, there is a package for everything!
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67
votes
57
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A simple TCP server
Bash + netcat + ss + …, 65 60 characters
nc -lp$1 -c'ss src :'$1'|awk \$0=\$5|tr .: +#|bc'
exec $0 $1
Not a serious solution, was just curious about this ...
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47
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Open the browser to http://codegolf.stackexchange.com
Oration, 41 bytes
Not winning, but sure was fun. As of right now, I'm only 1 bytee behind python!
I need webbrowser
Now open "http:ppcg.ga"
Explanation:
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47
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Stack Exchange Vote Counter
jQuery + JavaScript, 85 bytes
$.get("//api.stackexchange.com/posts/82610?site=codegolf",d=>alert(d.items[0].score))
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Open the browser to http://codegolf.stackexchange.com
Batch, 17 bytes
Saved 3 bytes thanks to Mego.
start www.ppcg.ga
This will open in your default browser if you run it from the windows command line.
I think it'll ...
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38
votes
Accepted
Open the browser to http://codegolf.stackexchange.com
GNU Emacs, 29 27 14 33 bytes
(eww"codegolf.stackexchange.com")
The previous answer with a URL shortener was:
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33
votes
Accepted
Check if computer is connected to the internet
Bash (with dnsutils), 3 bytes
Sends a DNS request for "." (DNS root), exit code is 0 for success and >0 otherwise.
Golfed
dig
Test
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30
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What's my PPCG ID?
Stack Exchange Data Explorer, 56 54 53 51 46 bytes
-1 byte thanks to Hyper Neutrino. -5 bytes thanks to Giacomo Garabello.
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26
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Open the browser to http://codegolf.stackexchange.com
PowerShell, 17 16 Bytes
saps www.ppcg.lol
Using an even shorter domain provided by Milo.
saps www.ppcg.ga
While ...
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25
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24
votes
Stack Exchange Vote Counter
JavaScript ES6, 107 bytes
fetch`//api.stackexchange.com/posts/82672?site=codegolf`.then(r=>r.json()).then(b=>alert(b.items[0].score))
Real ...
24
votes
Was it Really Canada Day?
Bash, 43 42 40 bytes
curl -L enwp.org/$@|grep -o Canada|wc -l
Uses curl, grep, and ...
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23
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22
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Open the browser to http://codegolf.stackexchange.com
Terminal (OSX), 20 18 17 bytes
open http:ppcg.ga
Saved 2 thanks to CoolestVeto
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21
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The World's Smallest Web Browser
PHP, 175 bytes (215 - 40 bonus) 227 229 239 202 216 186 bytes
Have fun browsing the web:
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21
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Stack Exchange Vote Counter
Bash, 80 79 75 69 bytes
w3m api.stackexchange.com/posts/82616?site=codegolf|tr ,: \\t|cut -f20
For scoring purposes, \t ...
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21
votes
Average Length of Google
Bash + system utilities, 56 53 49 48 bytes
Update: saved 4 bytes thanks to Digital Trauma and 1 byte more thanks to Dennis
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- 3,696
21
votes
Build a Faulty XKCD Browser
Python 2 + Requests, 104 102 95 94 bytes
-2 bytes thanks to Erik the Outgolfer. -1 byte thanks to Jonathan Allan.
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20
votes
Accepted
Martin vs Dennis - Round 1: Who has more rep?
05AB1E, 65 64 bytes
Code:
•в=6{•5ôvy’ƒËŠˆ.‚‹º.ŒŒ/†š/ÿ’.w’„Ö="ˆ"’¡1èт£þ}})ZQā*O<“D M·‡“#è
Uses the 05AB1E encoding.
Explanation:
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19
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Check if computer is connected to the internet
Bash + GNU utils, 8
5 bytes saved thanks to @Muzer.
wget to.
The other shell answers check the return code and echo some status output accordingly. This is ...
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18
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Martin vs Dennis - Round 1: Who has more rep?
PowerShell v3+, 147 123 119 103 101 96 Bytes
$a,$b=irm api.stackexchange.com/users/12012`;8478?site=codegolf|% I*|% r*n;$a-$b|% T*g "D;M;Tie"
Saved 24 ...
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18
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Build a Faulty XKCD Browser
Python 2 + xkcd, 82 bytes
Poorly written script
lambda n:eval("'''%s'''"%xkcd.getComic(n).altText.replace(';;',"'''"))
import xkcd
Appends and prepends ...
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18
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Accepted
What's my IP Address?
Bash + curl + iproute2, 54 50 49 48 33 bytes
ip r g 1|awk '$0=$7'
curl eth0.me
Thanks @DomHastings for golfing off 1 byte!
Thanks @Sisyphus for coming up with a ...
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17
votes
Accepted
Code Golf : Parsing google results
Bash + grep + lynx, 38
Since we can open a web browser, then I will use lynx:
lynx -dump $1|grep -Po '(?<=d:)[^&]+'
(...
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17
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Average Length of Google
MATL, 28 bytes
:"'http://google.com'Xin]vYm
Gif or it didn't happen:
How it works
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A simple TCP server
NodeJS, 146 134 127 bytes
require('http').createServer((q,s)=>s.end(eval(0+q.socket.remoteAddress.replace(/^.*:|\./g,'+'))+'\n')).listen(process.argv[2])
I ...
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16
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Is this site down or is it just me?
sh (+ curl + grep), 28 26 bytes
curl -L isup.me/$1|grep ^I
Outputs via exit status (0 for up, 1 for down). Looks for an I at ...
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