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The Lounge What is on Your Mind? Forum Trivial Pursuit - New Computer Science and Mathematics Trivia for UNIX.com Post 303039936 by Neo on Friday 18th of October 2019 04:45:31 AM
Old 10-18-2019
Forum Trivial Pursuit - New Computer Science and Mathematics Trivia for UNIX.com

I have added a new experimental "Computer Science and Mathematics Trivia - True or False" section in the discussions, currently under the tags box.

In the future, I plan to
  • Expand this feature to add more trivia categories from math, science and technology.
  • Keep track of correct and incorrect answers for each user.
  • Provide a "trivia scoreboard" for all trivia players.

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At the moment, the scores are not being recorded in the database.

Update:

Now we have three trivia categories, with equal probabilities:
  • Computer Science
  • Mathematics
  • Science Gadgets


Update 2:

On the "show posts" page, now we have five trivia categories, with equal probabilities:
  • Computer Science
  • Mathematics
  • Science Gadgets
  • Geography
  • History

Maybe we should add History and Geography to the main pages? Or just leave the main pages Computer Science, Math and Science Gadgets?

Any ideas before I code deeper into this?
 

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br(1)							      General Commands Manual							     br(1)

NAME
br - utility to interact with Firecracker device SYNOPSIS
br [options] [housecode[list]] [native command] ... DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the br command. br is a program that interacts with X10's Firecracker device allowing the user to manipulate X10 devices throughout their house/office. OPTIONS
The programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`-'). A summary of options are included below. -h, --help Show summary of options. -v, --verbose Each -v will increase the verbosity. -x, --port=PORT Set port to communicate with (should be the port the Firecracker module is plugged into) -c, --house=[A-P] Use alternate house code for operations, default is A -n, --on=LIST Turn on all devices in LIST -f, --off=LIST Turn off all devices in LIST -N, --ON Turn on all devices in housecode -F, --OFF Turn off all devices in housecode -d, --dim=LEVEL[,LIST] Dim devices in housecode [or LIST] to relative LEVEL -B, --lamps_on Turn on all lamps in housecode -D, --lamps_off Turn off all lamps in housecode -r, --repeat=NUM Repeat commands NUM times (0 = ~forever) AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Ashley Clark <aclark@debian.org>, for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). Ashley Clark br(1)
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