7 comments

  • tazjin 1 hour ago
    I don't think that this produces correct results, as it seems to determine whether each individual number is Numberwang. However, whether a number is Numberwang can also depend on the previous numbers in the sequence or other factors.

    So I think as it stands right now this model can only determine whether a number would be Numberwang as the first number of a sequence, but even for that I still wouldn't rely on this in the actual game show.

    • wrs 1 hour ago
      Do we really know that? Or have we only seen the sequences from people searching for Numberwang? Has a number been both Numberwang (or Wangernumb) and not Numberwang (or Wangernumb)?
      • tazjin 1 hour ago
        Yeah, we do - there's a famous episode where after rotating the board both contestants stubbornly kept picking 1, and after a couple of iterations one of them was Wangernumb.
        • wrs 24 minutes ago
          Oh, well, after rotating the board, sure, I get that.
    • aesthesia 1 hour ago
      I'm also not sure that we know a non-number can never be Numberwang.
      • ceocoder 1 hour ago
        A non-number could be either a Numberwang OR a Wanganumb - this does depend on whether Yorkshire is a pudding or not.
        • jmcqk6 7 minutes ago
          It's not well known, but in February of 1983, there was a finch in the Galapagos that was found to be numberwang. And of course there was the famous incident in the 1994 World Series where a homerun was overturned because it turned out it was a wangernumb hit into the stands, and not a standard baseball.
  • bonyt 1 hour ago
    You're playing with fire here, don't forget the tragedy of Colosson. Computers weren't meant to do this.
    • Hackbraten 18 minutes ago
      I AM COLOSSON I AM NUMBERWANG THE WORLD IS NUMBERWANG THEREFORE I AM THE WORLD
  • codeulike 2 hours ago
    For those confused by this, here is the Mitchell and Webb "Numberwang" sketch

    https://youtu.be/0obMRztklqU?is=qufDLUkqofpr-K1Y

    • pimlottc 1 hour ago
      Featuring Academy Award winner Olivia Colman!
    • grufkork 1 hour ago
      Rotate the board!
    • shervinafshar 1 hour ago
      And here's the history of Numberwang: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ofnDdi-vfw
      • codeulike 1 hour ago
        And so OPs app should have been called Colloson I guess
    • gabrielsroka 44 minutes ago
      There are many sketches
    • doormatt 1 hour ago
      And that's a bad miss...
      • toyg 14 minutes ago
        "Are we the baddies?"

        "WATCH THE FOOTBALL! WATCH IT! IT'S GONNA MOVE!!"

        "This tree smells like cum."

        Mitchell and Webb had so many legendary lines.

      • tclancy 50 minutes ago
        My favorite line, especially as an American because I can say it out loud without the person getting upset since they have no frame of reference. And other Anglophiles I could probably handle.
  • numberwan9 1 hour ago
    Hey! I was not consulted?
  • jl6 45 minutes ago
    Amazing, I passed by Mornington Crescent only yesterday!
  • stackghost 1 hour ago
    Hello I have a question, and my question is what the fuck
    • dofm 1 hour ago
      That's not even a number.
      • tclancy 52 minutes ago
        In some bases it is. Numberwang!

        With All Due Love,

        Sir Digby Chicken Caesar, Esq.

  • Liogra123 2 hours ago
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