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[DANvonBose]

I made a puzzle using Hodoku as an editor and Simple Sudoku to count solutions. I place it in the evil category. See what you think.
1..4..7...2..5............94..8....3.5....6....7..9.1.9..1......6...7..4..8.3..5.

[denis_berthier]

I made a puzzle using Hodoku as an editor and Simple Sudoku to count solutions. I place it in the evil category. See what you think.
1..4..7...2..5............94..8....3.5....6....7..9.1.9..1......6...7..4..8.3..5.

Hi Dan; welcome on this forum.

If all you need is an editor that can tell you if the puzzle has a unique solution, you can try Sudoku Explainer.

SER = 8.5; W = 7
Looks like any hard puzzle that has not been designed for being solvable by any particular set of techniques (contrary to most puzzles on this forum or in magasines or newspapers).

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***  SudoRules 20.1.s based on CSP-Rules 2.1.s, config = W+SFin
***  Using CLIPS 6.32-r770
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222 candidates, 1400 csp-links and 1400 links. Density = 5.71%
finned-swordfish-in-columns: n5{c1 c4 c7}{r3 r8 r6} ==> r6c9 ≠ 5
hidden-single-in-a-column ==> r1c9 = 5
finned-swordfish-in-rows: n9{r2 r9 r5}{c3 c4 c7} ==> r4c7 ≠ 9
whip[1]: c7n9{r9 .} ==> r8c8 ≠ 9
biv-chain-cn[4]: c2n1{r9 r4} - c2n9{r4 r1} - c5n9{r1 r8} - c7n9{r8 r9} ==> r9c7 ≠ 1
biv-chain[4]: r8n1{c7 c3} - c2n1{r9 r4} - c2n9{r4 r1} - c5n9{r1 r8} ==> r8c7 ≠ 9
hidden-single-in-a-block ==> r9c7 = 9
biv-chain[3]: r9c4{n6 n2} - r9c1{n2 n7} - r2n7{c1 c4} ==> r2c4 ≠ 6
biv-chain[4]: r6c2{n3 n8} - r6c9{n8 n2} - r4c7{n2 n5} - b5n5{r4c6 r6c4} ==> r6c4 ≠ 3
whip[1]: r6n3{c2 .} ==> r5c1 ≠ 3, r5c3 ≠ 3
t-whip[4]: r6c2{n3 n8} - r5c1{n8 n2} - r9c1{n2 n7} - c2n7{r9 .} ==> r3c2 ≠ 3
biv-chain[5]: r5n9{c8 c3} - r2n9{c3 c4} - r2n7{c4 c1} - r9c1{n7 n2} - r5c1{n2 n8} ==> r5c8 ≠ 8
biv-chain[5]: b8n5{r7c6 r8c4} - c4n9{r8 r2} - r2n7{c4 c1} - r9c1{n7 n2} - r9c4{n2 n6} ==> r7c6 ≠ 6
biv-chain[5]: c4n5{r6 r8} - c4n9{r8 r2} - r2n7{c4 c1} - r9c1{n7 n2} - r9c4{n2 n6} ==> r6c4 ≠ 6
biv-chain[6]: r9c1{n2 n7} - r2n7{c1 c4} - b2n9{r2c4 r1c5} - c2n9{r1 r4} - c2n1{r4 r9} - r9n4{c2 c6} ==> r9c6 ≠ 2
biv-chain[4]: r9c6{n4 n6} - r9c4{n6 n2} - r6c4{n2 n5} - b8n5{r8c4 r7c6} ==> r7c6 ≠ 4
z-chain[6]: b6n8{r6c9 r6c7} - b6n4{r6c7 r5c8} - c8n9{r5 r4} - c2n9{r4 r1} - c5n9{r1 r8} - r8n8{c5 .} ==> r7c9 ≠ 8
z-chain[6]: r9n1{c2 c9} - r9n7{c9 c1} - r2n7{c1 c4} - b2n9{r2c4 r1c5} - c2n9{r1 r4} - c2n1{r4 .} ==> r9c2 ≠ 4
hidden-single-in-a-row ==> r9c6 = 4
biv-chain[3]: r5n4{c5 c8} - c8n9{r5 r4} - r4n7{c8 c5} ==> r5c5 ≠ 7
z-chain[5]: c5n7{r4 r3} - c5n1{r3 r5} - r5n4{c5 c8} - c8n9{r5 r4} - r4n7{c8 .} ==> r4c5 ≠ 2
z-chain[5]: c5n7{r4 r3} - c5n1{r3 r5} - r5n4{c5 c8} - c8n9{r5 r4} - r4n7{c8 .} ==> r4c5 ≠ 6
biv-chain[3]: r4n5{c7 c6} - b5n6{r4c6 r6c5} - r6n4{c5 c7} ==> r6c7 ≠ 5
singles ==> r4c7 = 5, r6c4 = 5, r7c6 = 5
whip[1]: b8n8{r8c5 .} ==> r1c5 ≠ 8, r3c5 ≠ 8
biv-chain[5]: r8c4{n2 n9} - c5n9{r8 r1} - c2n9{r1 r4} - c2n1{r4 r9} - b9n1{r9c9 r8c7} ==> r8c7 ≠ 2
z-chain[5]: c2n4{r7 r3} - c2n7{r3 r9} - r9c1{n7 n2} - r5c1{n2 n8} - r6c2{n8 .} ==> r7c2 ≠ 3
t-whip-rn[5]: r2n7{c1 c4} - r2n9{c4 c3} - r5n9{c3 c8} - r5n7{c8 c9} - r5n8{c9 .} ==> r2c1 ≠ 8
t-whip[6]: r9c1{n2 n7} - c2n7{r9 r3} - r2n7{c1 c4} - r2n9{c4 c3} - b1n4{r2c3 r3c3} - c3n5{r3 .} ==> r8c3 ≠ 2
t-whip[6]: r5c1{n8 n2} - r9c1{n2 n7} - r2n7{c1 c4} - r2n9{c4 c3} - r5n9{c3 c8} - r5n7{c8 .} ==> r5c9 ≠ 8
singles ==> r5c1 = 8, r6c2 = 3
whip[5]: c1n5{r3 r8} - c1n3{r8 r2} - r2n7{c1 c4} - b2n9{r2c4 r1c5} - r1c3{n9 .} ==> r3c1 ≠ 6
biv-chain[2]: b5n6{r4c6 r6c5} - c1n6{r6 r2} ==> r2c6 ≠ 6
whip[6]: c8n9{r5 r4} - r4c2{n9 n1} - r9n1{c2 c9} - c9n2{r9 r7} - b9n6{r7c9 r7c8} - c8n7{r7 .} ==> r5c8 ≠ 2
whip[5]: b5n6{r4c6 r6c5} - r6c1{n6 n2} - b6n2{r6c9 r5c9} - r9n2{c9 c4} - b8n6{r9c4 .} ==> r4c6 ≠ 2
whip[6]: r4n6{c6 c3} - r4n2{c3 c8} - r1n2{c8 c5} - b2n9{r1c5 r2c4} - r2n7{c4 c1} - c1n6{r2 .} ==> r1c6 ≠ 6
whip[7]: c6n2{r3 r5} - r5c9{n2 n7} - c4n7{r5 r2} - r2n9{c4 c3} - r5n9{c3 c8} - r4c8{n9 n2} - r1n2{c8 .} ==> r3c4 ≠ 2
t-whip[7]: c4n2{r9 r5} - r8c4{n2 n9} - r2n9{c4 c3} - r5n9{c3 c8} - r5n7{c8 c9} - r4c8{n7 n2} - c3n2{r4 .} ==> r7c5 ≠ 2
finned-x-wing-in-rows: n2{r4 r7}{c3 c8} ==> r8c8 ≠ 2
whip[7]: r5c9{n2 n7} - r4c8{n7 n9} - r4c2{n9 n1} - r9n1{c2 c9} - b9n7{r9c9 r7c8} - b9n2{r7c8 r7c9} - b9n6{r7c9 .} ==> r6c7 ≠ 2
whip[7]: r8c8{n8 n3} - r8c7{n3 n1} - r8c3{n1 n5} - r3n5{c3 c1} - c1n3{r3 r2} - r2c7{n3 n4} - r6c7{n4 .} ==> r7c7 ≠ 8
t-whip[4]: r5c9{n2 n7} - c8n7{r5 r7} - r7n8{c8 c5} - r7n6{c5 .} ==> r7c9 ≠ 2
t-whip[3]: r4n2{c3 c8} - c9n2{r6 r9} - r7n2{c7 .} ==> r5c3 ≠ 2
naked-pairs-in-a-block: b4{r4c2 r5c3}{n1 n9} ==> r4c3 ≠ 9, r4c3 ≠ 1
z-chain[5]: b1n8{r3c2 r1c2} - c2n9{r1 r4} - b4n1{r4c2 r5c3} - r8n1{c3 c7} - b9n8{r8c7 .} ==> r3c8 ≠ 8
whip[6]: r4n6{c6 c3} - r4n2{c3 c8} - r4n9{c8 c2} - r1c2{n9 n8} - r3n8{c2 c7} - b3n2{r3c7 .} ==> r3c6 ≠ 6
singles ==> r4c6 = 6, r4c3 = 2, r6c1 = 6, r9c9 ≠ 2
biv-chain[3]: r9c2{n7 n1} - r4n1{c2 c5} - c5n7{r4 r3} ==> r3c2 ≠ 7
whip[1]: c2n7{r9 .} ==> r9c1 ≠ 7
singles ==> r9c1 = 2, r9c4 = 6, r7c5 = 8
biv-chain[3]: r7c3{n4 n3} - r8c1{n3 n5} - r3n5{c1 c3} ==> r3c3 ≠ 4
biv-chain[4]: r2n9{c4 c3} - b4n9{r5c3 r4c2} - r4c8{n9 n7} - b5n7{r4c5 r5c4} ==> r2c4 ≠ 7
hidden-single-in-a-row ==> r2c1 = 7
biv-chain[4]: c2n9{r1 r4} - r4n1{c2 c5} - c5n7{r4 r3} - c5n6{r3 r1} ==> r1c5 ≠ 9
singles ==> r2c4 = 9, r8c4 = 2, r8c5 = 9
biv-chain[4]: r1n9{c3 c2} - c2n8{r1 r3} - c2n4{r3 r7} - r7c3{n4 n3} ==> r1c3 ≠ 3
biv-chain[4]: r4n1{c5 c2} - r5c3{n1 n9} - r1c3{n9 n6} - c5n6{r1 r3} ==> r3c5 ≠ 1
whip[1]: c5n1{r5 .} ==> r5c6 ≠ 1
naked-triplets-in-a-row: r5{c4 c6 c9}{n7 n3 n2} ==> r5c8 ≠ 7, r5c5 ≠ 2
z-chain[3]: r5c6{n2 n3} - r1n3{c6 c8} - r1n2{c8 .} ==> r3c6 ≠ 2
biv-chain[4]: c8n7{r7 r4} - r5c9{n7 n2} - c6n2{r5 r1} - r1n3{c6 c8} ==> r7c8 ≠ 3
finned-x-wing-in-columns: n3{c1 c8}{r8 r3} ==> r3c7 ≠ 3
biv-chain[4]: r3c2{n8 n4} - c3n4{r2 r7} - r7n3{c3 c7} - c7n2{r7 r3} ==> r3c7 ≠ 8
z-chain[3]: r3n8{c6 c2} - b1n4{r3c2 r2c3} - b1n3{r2c3 .} ==> r3c6 ≠ 3
biv-chain[4]: c9n8{r2 r6} - c9n2{r6 r5} - c6n2{r5 r1} - r1n3{c6 c8} ==> r1c8 ≠ 8
whip[1]: b3n8{r2c9 .} ==> r2c6 ≠ 8
biv-chain-rc[4]: r2c6{n1 n3} - r5c6{n3 n2} - r5c9{n2 n7} - r9c9{n7 n1} ==> r2c9 ≠ 1
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[size=120][code] Huge and unreadable software output. [/code][/size]

What's your goal with the new output policy? Do you think people are more likely to read it the bigger you make it? I'm pretty sure the opposite is true.

I would rather suggest you:

• make it smaller so the lines fit in one row (at least don't make it bigger)
• not use the code block (the fixed font and poor contrast only hurt in this case)
• hide it by default (at the very least if it's very long)

That would both make it more readable and nicer for the audience in general. Anyone who can't read small text can zoom in. Not using the code block also allows you to highlight interesting parts with bolding or coloring. Anyone who's actually interested (like myself, sometimes) knows how to view hidden text.

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***********************************************************************************************
*** SudoRules 20.1.s based on CSP-Rules 2.1.s, config = W+SFin
*** Using CLIPS 6.32-r770
***********************************************************************************************
222 candidates, 1400 csp-links and 1400 links. Density = 5.71%
finned-swordfish-in-columns: n5{c1 c4 c7}{r3 r8 r6} ==> r6c9 ≠ 5
hidden-single-in-a-column ==> r1c9 = 5
finned-swordfish-in-rows: n9{r2 r9 r5}{c3 c4 c7} ==> r4c7 ≠ 9
whip[1]: c7n9{r9 .} ==> r8c8 ≠ 9
biv-chain-cn[4]: c2n1{r9 r4} - c2n9{r4 r1} - c5n9{r1 r8} - c7n9{r8 r9} ==> r9c7 ≠ 1
biv-chain[4]: r8n1{c7 c3} - c2n1{r9 r4} - c2n9{r4 r1} - c5n9{r1 r8} ==> r8c7 ≠ 9
hidden-single-in-a-block ==> r9c7 = 9
biv-chain[3]: r9c4{n6 n2} - r9c1{n2 n7} - r2n7{c1 c4} ==> r2c4 ≠ 6
biv-chain[4]: r6c2{n3 n8} - r6c9{n8 n2} - r4c7{n2 n5} - b5n5{r4c6 r6c4} ==> r6c4 ≠ 3
whip[1]: r6n3{c2 .} ==> r5c1 ≠ 3, r5c3 ≠ 3
t-whip[4]: r6c2{n3 n8} - r5c1{n8 n2} - r9c1{n2 n7} - c2n7{r9 .} ==> r3c2 ≠ 3
biv-chain[5]: r5n9{c8 c3} - r2n9{c3 c4} - r2n7{c4 c1} - r9c1{n7 n2} - r5c1{n2 n8} ==> r5c8 ≠ 8
biv-chain[5]: b8n5{r7c6 r8c4} - c4n9{r8 r2} - r2n7{c4 c1} - r9c1{n7 n2} - r9c4{n2 n6} ==> r7c6 ≠ 6
biv-chain[5]: c4n5{r6 r8} - c4n9{r8 r2} - r2n7{c4 c1} - r9c1{n7 n2} - r9c4{n2 n6} ==> r6c4 ≠ 6
biv-chain[6]: r9c1{n2 n7} - r2n7{c1 c4} - b2n9{r2c4 r1c5} - c2n9{r1 r4} - c2n1{r4 r9} - r9n4{c2 c6} ==> r9c6 ≠ 2
biv-chain[4]: r9c6{n4 n6} - r9c4{n6 n2} - r6c4{n2 n5} - b8n5{r8c4 r7c6} ==> r7c6 ≠ 4
z-chain[6]: b6n8{r6c9 r6c7} - b6n4{r6c7 r5c8} - c8n9{r5 r4} - c2n9{r4 r1} - c5n9{r1 r8} - r8n8{c5 .} ==> r7c9 ≠ 8
z-chain[6]: r9n1{c2 c9} - r9n7{c9 c1} - r2n7{c1 c4} - b2n9{r2c4 r1c5} - c2n9{r1 r4} - c2n1{r4 .} ==> r9c2 ≠ 4
hidden-single-in-a-row ==> r9c6 = 4
biv-chain[3]: r5n4{c5 c8} - c8n9{r5 r4} - r4n7{c8 c5} ==> r5c5 ≠ 7
z-chain[5]: c5n7{r4 r3} - c5n1{r3 r5} - r5n4{c5 c8} - c8n9{r5 r4} - r4n7{c8 .} ==> r4c5 ≠ 2
z-chain[5]: c5n7{r4 r3} - c5n1{r3 r5} - r5n4{c5 c8} - c8n9{r5 r4} - r4n7{c8 .} ==> r4c5 ≠ 6
biv-chain[3]: r4n5{c7 c6} - b5n6{r4c6 r6c5} - r6n4{c5 c7} ==> r6c7 ≠ 5
singles ==> r4c7 = 5, r6c4 = 5, r7c6 = 5
whip[1]: b8n8{r8c5 .} ==> r1c5 ≠ 8, r3c5 ≠ 8
biv-chain[5]: r8c4{n2 n9} - c5n9{r8 r1} - c2n9{r1 r4} - c2n1{r4 r9} - b9n1{r9c9 r8c7} ==> r8c7 ≠ 2
z-chain[5]: c2n4{r7 r3} - c2n7{r3 r9} - r9c1{n7 n2} - r5c1{n2 n8} - r6c2{n8 .} ==> r7c2 ≠ 3
t-whip-rn[5]: r2n7{c1 c4} - r2n9{c4 c3} - r5n9{c3 c8} - r5n7{c8 c9} - r5n8{c9 .} ==> r2c1 ≠ 8
t-whip[6]: r9c1{n2 n7} - c2n7{r9 r3} - r2n7{c1 c4} - r2n9{c4 c3} - b1n4{r2c3 r3c3} - c3n5{r3 .} ==> r8c3 ≠ 2
t-whip[6]: r5c1{n8 n2} - r9c1{n2 n7} - r2n7{c1 c4} - r2n9{c4 c3} - r5n9{c3 c8} - r5n7{c8 .} ==> r5c9 ≠ 8
singles ==> r5c1 = 8, r6c2 = 3
whip[5]: c1n5{r3 r8} - c1n3{r8 r2} - r2n7{c1 c4} - b2n9{r2c4 r1c5} - r1c3{n9 .} ==> r3c1 ≠ 6
biv-chain[2]: b5n6{r4c6 r6c5} - c1n6{r6 r2} ==> r2c6 ≠ 6
whip[6]: c8n9{r5 r4} - r4c2{n9 n1} - r9n1{c2 c9} - c9n2{r9 r7} - b9n6{r7c9 r7c8} - c8n7{r7 .} ==> r5c8 ≠ 2
whip[5]: b5n6{r4c6 r6c5} - r6c1{n6 n2} - b6n2{r6c9 r5c9} - r9n2{c9 c4} - b8n6{r9c4 .} ==> r4c6 ≠ 2
whip[6]: r4n6{c6 c3} - r4n2{c3 c8} - r1n2{c8 c5} - b2n9{r1c5 r2c4} - r2n7{c4 c1} - c1n6{r2 .} ==> r1c6 ≠ 6
whip[7]: c6n2{r3 r5} - r5c9{n2 n7} - c4n7{r5 r2} - r2n9{c4 c3} - r5n9{c3 c8} - r4c8{n9 n2} - r1n2{c8 .} ==> r3c4 ≠ 2
t-whip[7]: c4n2{r9 r5} - r8c4{n2 n9} - r2n9{c4 c3} - r5n9{c3 c8} - r5n7{c8 c9} - r4c8{n7 n2} - c3n2{r4 .} ==> r7c5 ≠ 2
finned-x-wing-in-rows: n2{r4 r7}{c3 c8} ==> r8c8 ≠ 2
whip[7]: r5c9{n2 n7} - r4c8{n7 n9} - r4c2{n9 n1} - r9n1{c2 c9} - b9n7{r9c9 r7c8} - b9n2{r7c8 r7c9} - b9n6{r7c9 .} ==> r6c7 ≠ 2
whip[7]: r8c8{n8 n3} - r8c7{n3 n1} - r8c3{n1 n5} - r3n5{c3 c1} - c1n3{r3 r2} - r2c7{n3 n4} - r6c7{n4 .} ==> r7c7 ≠ 8
t-whip[4]: r5c9{n2 n7} - c8n7{r5 r7} - r7n8{c8 c5} - r7n6{c5 .} ==> r7c9 ≠ 2
t-whip[3]: r4n2{c3 c8} - c9n2{r6 r9} - r7n2{c7 .} ==> r5c3 ≠ 2
naked-pairs-in-a-block: b4{r4c2 r5c3}{n1 n9} ==> r4c3 ≠ 9, r4c3 ≠ 1
z-chain[5]: b1n8{r3c2 r1c2} - c2n9{r1 r4} - b4n1{r4c2 r5c3} - r8n1{c3 c7} - b9n8{r8c7 .} ==> r3c8 ≠ 8
whip[6]: r4n6{c6 c3} - r4n2{c3 c8} - r4n9{c8 c2} - r1c2{n9 n8} - r3n8{c2 c7} - b3n2{r3c7 .} ==> r3c6 ≠ 6
singles ==> r4c6 = 6, r4c3 = 2, r6c1 = 6, r9c9 ≠ 2
biv-chain[3]: r9c2{n7 n1} - r4n1{c2 c5} - c5n7{r4 r3} ==> r3c2 ≠ 7
whip[1]: c2n7{r9 .} ==> r9c1 ≠ 7
singles ==> r9c1 = 2, r9c4 = 6, r7c5 = 8
biv-chain[3]: r7c3{n4 n3} - r8c1{n3 n5} - r3n5{c1 c3} ==> r3c3 ≠ 4
biv-chain[4]: r2n9{c4 c3} - b4n9{r5c3 r4c2} - r4c8{n9 n7} - b5n7{r4c5 r5c4} ==> r2c4 ≠ 7
hidden-single-in-a-row ==> r2c1 = 7
biv-chain[4]: c2n9{r1 r4} - r4n1{c2 c5} - c5n7{r4 r3} - c5n6{r3 r1} ==> r1c5 ≠ 9
singles ==> r2c4 = 9, r8c4 = 2, r8c5 = 9
biv-chain[4]: r1n9{c3 c2} - c2n8{r1 r3} - c2n4{r3 r7} - r7c3{n4 n3} ==> r1c3 ≠ 3
biv-chain[4]: r4n1{c5 c2} - r5c3{n1 n9} - r1c3{n9 n6} - c5n6{r1 r3} ==> r3c5 ≠ 1
whip[1]: c5n1{r5 .} ==> r5c6 ≠ 1
naked-triplets-in-a-row: r5{c4 c6 c9}{n7 n3 n2} ==> r5c8 ≠ 7, r5c5 ≠ 2
z-chain[3]: r5c6{n2 n3} - r1n3{c6 c8} - r1n2{c8 .} ==> r3c6 ≠ 2
biv-chain[4]: c8n7{r7 r4} - r5c9{n7 n2} - c6n2{r5 r1} - r1n3{c6 c8} ==> r7c8 ≠ 3
finned-x-wing-in-columns: n3{c1 c8}{r8 r3} ==> r3c7 ≠ 3
biv-chain[4]: r3c2{n8 n4} - c3n4{r2 r7} - r7n3{c3 c7} - c7n2{r7 r3} ==> r3c7 ≠ 8
z-chain[3]: r3n8{c6 c2} - b1n4{r3c2 r2c3} - b1n3{r2c3 .} ==> r3c6 ≠ 3
biv-chain[4]: c9n8{r2 r6} - c9n2{r6 r5} - c6n2{r5 r1} - r1n3{c6 c8} ==> r1c8 ≠ 8
whip[1]: b3n8{r2c9 .} ==> r2c6 ≠ 8
biv-chain-rc[4]: r2c6{n1 n3} - r5c6{n3 n2} - r5c9{n2 n7} - r9c9{n7 n1} ==> r2c9 ≠ 1
stte

Of course I know that you'll ignore my advice on principle.

[denis_berthier]

Hi Dan,
Now, you've also been introduced to the plague of this forum.

[SpAce]

Poor Denis. I just offered some friendly observations for your own good. Probably everyone except you would agree with them. Instead of thanking me, your response was very predictable:

Hi Dan,
Now, you've also been introduced to the plague of this forum.

Tempting me to respond? Sorry to disappoint you.

[denis_berthier]

Poor Denis. I just offered some friendly observations for your own good. .

AH AH AH. You've never been friendly! I can do without any of your systematic criticism.
What I've seen is hyper long posts criticising every comma and dots on the i's without any foundation. Needless to say, I don't read past the first two lines.
I still have to see any useful comment from you.

Let me give you a "friendly" advice in turn: if you want to be respected, respect others instead of fighting with each of us in turn.
And first, before whining about my solution, do you have a better one?

[SpAce]

AH AH AH. You've never been friendly!

My default value is friendly, and it was with you too. You could ask yourself why it changed.

I can do without any of your systematic criticism.

Look who's talking. You don't like it when it comes your way?

Needless to say, I don't read past the first two lines.

That's good. There's a risk you might learn something.

I still have to see any useful comment from you.

Sorry, I'll try to put them in the first two lines next time. You know, comments like that tell everything about your objectivity and judgment, and nothing about me. That said, I can fully understand that you don't find it useful that I've been sniping down some of the baseless claims that you've been recycling for a long time, fooling many in the process. I'm afraid I'm particularly adept at that.

Speaking about useless comments, you still have unanswered questions here. If you think they're unfounded, you should explain why. Your first attempt totally failed to do that. Of course it's not my problem if your system uses illogical names that (among other things) make learning it unnecessarily hard. I've already learned as much as I need about it.

You may not like my observations, but you should be grateful that someone has even bothered to take a deeper look into your system. I don't see much interest at all from others. Unlike you, I actually like to know something about what I'm criticizing.

Let me give you a "friendly" advice in turn: if you want to be respected, respect others instead of fighting with each of us in turn.

I respect many people here, and they know it. I also respect some aspects about almost everyone, even if the whole is rotten.

And first, before whining about my solution,

I didn't whine about your solution. I didn't even look at it because I'm not particularly interested in mile-long software solutions or puzzles that require them. Your solution was probably as good as any for this puzzle.

My comments were only about the recent "improvements" you've made to the presentation of your solutions (not just this). I don't think they have a huge audience anyway, so I don't really understand why you'd voluntarily make them even less attractive and more annoying. Whether you believe it or not (I don't really care), that observation was for your own good. (Of course I can only speak for myself. Feel free to ask for second opinions.)

do you have a better one?

No. Unlike you, I solve puzzles manually. I don't want to waste my time on something that seems neither interesting nor fun. Unless this puzzle has some advanced shortcut pattern, which I couldn't see, there's no point. I don't see any upside to digging up countless tedious eliminations. Maybe someone like totuan could find a short and elegant solution to it, but I can't.

[denis_berthier]

space,
I didn't answer your referenced question, because there is no question. All I can see is a litany of rantings about the names I chose for my chains and about my notation, in a pretentious and arrogant tone - especially coming from someone who has never invented anything.

You don't like whips, braids, g-whips... It's your right. You said yourself that you didn't understand them; and, instead of trying to learn, you started whining about every aspect of them, in a systematic way, after each of my posts - that's called harassment.

Whenever I tried to explain any point, you systematically deformed it with the only purpose of spreading more of your irrelevant junk and promoting your illegible notation.
You now claim that you understand them enough; but no, you don't. As long as you haven't understood that the z and t candidates are not part of these chains, i.e. as long as you're unable to understand what abstraction means, there's no way you can understand them.
But if you want to believe you do, that's your own problem, not mine. I've given precise definitions and detailed graphics that anyone can understand.

the baseless claims that you've been recycling for a long time

This is just to illustrate your friendly attitude. I personally wouldn't call slandering a friendly attitude. Obviously, we didn't receive the same education.
My "baseless claims" rely on (relatively easy) proofs some of which have been public for 13 years [HLS: 2007] and others for 8 years [HLS1:2012] without anybody finding any error.

[SpAce]

Denise, your lies are reaching a point that it's not even funny any more. The truth about our conversations is out there for anyone to read. Therefore, I don't feel like dignifying your pathetic rhetoric any further.