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Radiation softened quine
Lenguage, 4.54×10761 bytes
It has this number of null characters:
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29
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Error 404: Character Not Found
Pyth - 16 bytes
The basic idea behind this is that when you take a digit off of 404, it only makes the number smaller, so we just have to get the maximum of two <...
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Error 404: Character Not Found
Befunge-98, 37 bytes
20020xx##;;11++::''ee44**``kk@@::..;;
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Explanation
Making radiation-hardened code in Befunge-98 isn't too bad, because you ...
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Accepted
Radiation softened quine
><> (Fish), 145 107 bytes
This answer uses ><>'s jumping instruction to fix the problem.
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Make a Geiger Counter
Hexagony, 38 bytes
.....;p;<>b;e;/<b;e;;p...@@.......;@..
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Verification program.
Explanation
We make use of Hexagony's auto-detection ...
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Make a Geiger Counter
Klein XXX, 144 136 128 122 114 bytes
This answer completes JoKing's challenge to make a Geiger counter that works in every Klein topology.
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Pass on your radiation
Python 2, score: 56 50 48 bytes - 6 = 42
This is more an attempt to allow to remove more than 1 or 2 characters than to achieve the lowest possible score. Given the scoring scheme, allowing one more ...
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What did we forget?
Retina, 1 byte
1
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When all instances of the single byte (1) are removed, the output is ...
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21
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Make a Geiger Counter
Hexagony, 34 29 bytes
//..>;e;<b@;p;/|/;e;;\.b@;p<@
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Explanation:
Here is the normal code formatted into a proper hexagon ...
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20
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18
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Radiation Hardened Quine
JavaScript (ES6), 927 bytes, n=1, score=859329
note: don't use a REPL (like a browser console) to run this.
This was written before code length was a factor, so it isn't golfed yet.
This was very ...
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Accepted
Error 404: Character Not Found
05AB1E, 12 bytes
Code:
XX440044ÔÔŸŸ
Normal code explanation:
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18
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Rearrangeable Code Bowling
Lenguage, 1,112,064 points if UTF-8
My program consists of every possible UTF-8 character. It prints out "Hello world", and uses 1.75 * 1076 yottabytes of space.
(To generate the program, ...
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Mutation-hardened quine
><>, 56 bytes
^
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+
8
f
0
o
a
o
~
:
?
~
:
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:
-
*
4
8
:
^
^
}
*
3
d
'
Try it online! or verify all mutations.
How the original program works (outdated)
The ...
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Write a near crystalline program
Ellipsis, score → 0
The program consists of \$144 \times 8^n + 23\$ ASCII periods . for \$n \geq 0\$, and gets a perfect score (i.e. every possible insertion causes ...
17
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I irradiate your source code, you irradiate your output
brainfuck, 2 bytes, score 0
..
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Outputs two null bytes.
Removing either . leaves ...
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Fault-Tolerant Hello World
Befunge-98, score 0, 45 bytes
20020xx""!!ddllrrooww ,,oolllleeHH""cckk,,@@
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Although an optimal solution has already been found (and there's no ...
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16
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Error 404: Character Not Found
><>, 103 60 51 bytes
vv
;?=*4o" e"n:ll<<
;?=*4o" e"n:ll<<
Tested here.
Uses the same tactic as this program....
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16
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16
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Self Scoring Program
Backhand, 40 36 29 bytes
vv""sseettyybb ""jjHHOO]
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When in doubt, double up on everything. This uses Backhand's ...
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Radiation Detector!
05AB1E, 9 7 bytes (Score of 3)
22'''rr
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Removing a '
With any ' removed, <...
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15
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14
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Rearrangeable Code Bowling
Many languages, 2 points
0.
Produces 0.0 as 0. or .0. ...
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