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 46 minutes 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.
    • aesthesia 1 hour ago
      I'm also not sure that we know a non-number can never be Numberwang.
      • ceocoder 56 minutes ago
        A non-number could be either a Numberwang OR a Wanganumb - this does depend on whether Yorkshire is a pudding or not.
  • bonyt 38 minutes ago
    You're playing with fire here, don't forget the tragedy of Colosson. Computers weren't meant to do this.
  • codeulike 1 hour ago
    For those confused by this, here is the Mitchell and Webb "Numberwang" sketch

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

    • pimlottc 42 minutes ago
      Featuring Academy Award winner Olivia Colman!
    • grufkork 47 minutes ago
      Rotate the board!
    • gabrielsroka 16 minutes ago
      There are many sketches
    • shervinafshar 1 hour ago
      And here's the history of Numberwang: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ofnDdi-vfw
      • codeulike 50 minutes ago
        And so OPs app should have been called Colloson I guess
    • doormatt 1 hour ago
      And that's a bad miss...
      • tclancy 22 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 45 minutes ago
    Hey! I was not consulted?
  • jl6 17 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 52 minutes ago
      That's not even a number.
      • tclancy 24 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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