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WangNet – 1.8 MB, zero-dependency Numberwang adjudication in 11 languages

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Liogra123 · 1789500455 · focus · HN ↗
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codeulike · 1789502568 · focus · HN ↗
For those confused by this, here is the Mitchell and Webb "Numberwang" sketch
<a href="https://youtu.be/0obMRztklqU?is=qufDLUkqofpr-K1Y" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/0obMRztklqU?is=qufDLUkqofpr-K1Y
1. doormatt · 1789503022 · focus · HN ↗
  And that's a bad miss...
  1. tclancy · 1789507120 · focus · HN ↗
    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.
    tialaramex · 1789510741 · focus · HN ↗
    The idea that the snooker commentators are probably drinking is very Britain, and especially Britain from a particular era.
    I think that series came out slightly after that era ended, I remember as a child (so years earlier) realising that snooker players at the time were often tipsy if not actually drunk, and also darts players, but by the time I was an adult the professionalism really changed that, turns out that if you're very good you probably are better at snooker when sober. I think the commentators, being often a previous generation of players, lagged that slightly.
  2. toyg · 1789509326 · focus · HN ↗
    "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.
    codeulike · 1789511624 · focus · HN ↗
    "there's everything to play for ...
    ... And forever to play it in!"
    tonymillion · 1789519965 · focus · HN ↗
    Now we know...
    yoz · 1789524489 · focus · HN ↗
    She's gone, sir. They've all gone. And we're back. The incredibly posh people who are still unaccountably waiters.
2. shervinafshar · 1789503613 · focus · HN ↗
  And here's the history of Numberwang: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ofnDdi-vfw" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ofnDdi-vfw
  1. codeulike · 1789505481 · focus · HN ↗
    And so OPs app should have been called Colloson I guess
3. grufkork · 1789505649 · focus · HN ↗
  Rotate the board!
  1. BLKNSLVR · 1789510655 · focus · HN ↗
    This is the comment I was looking for!
4. pimlottc · 1789505921 · focus · HN ↗
  Featuring Academy Award winner Olivia Colman!
5. gabrielsroka · 1789507506 · focus · HN ↗
  There are many sketches
6. codeulike · 1789545433 · focus · HN ↗
  Sadly OPs explanatory comment has been flagged into oblivion (see far below) because the automod could not comprehend the importance of NUMBERWANG
  1. benj111 · 1789549412 · focus · HN ↗
    No it's a bug. Numberwang returns NaN and this obviously hasn't been handled correctly.
7. fisherjeff · 1789560687 · focus · HN ↗
  Some quality comments on there as well
  “I asked someone how the stock market works, and they sent me this link. I should feel duped or trolled, but I think I actually learned something.”
tazjin · 1789503947 · focus · HN ↗
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.
1. wrs · 1789504100 · focus · HN ↗
  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)?
  1. tazjin · 1789505679 · focus · HN ↗
    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 · 1789508678 · focus · HN ↗
    Oh, well, after rotating the board, sure, I get that.
    debugnik · 1789511014 · focus · HN ↗
    I can confirm this is the first episode, which I just watched since I had no idea about Numberwang until a minute ago. So I guess a true Numberwang fan would know that.
    gaigalas · 1789516986 · focus · HN ↗
    Obviously, it depends on whether board has rotated or not. It seems the model doesn't support board rotation yet, so the result is consistent with the limited set of features.
    Scaled · 1789552617 · focus · HN ↗
    Also you must factor in what's behind the board!
    tgv · 1789553376 · focus · HN ↗
    The rule book is quite big. You must have seen it in one of the many ads for the family board game version. As one site summarizes it:
    > A NumberWang "board game in a box" was produced in 2008, including the board, numbers, two 400-sided dice, special hosting accessories and all 37 volumes of the rules so that you can say "That's NumberWang!" with confidence. For everyone from ages 8 to 88.
    So even the true fan may falter in his or her judgement.
2. aesthesia · 1789504789 · focus · HN ↗
  I'm also not sure that we know a non-number can never be Numberwang.
  1. ceocoder · 1789505118 · focus · HN ↗
    A non-number could be either a Numberwang OR a Wanganumb - this does depend on whether Yorkshire is a pudding or not.
    jmcqk6 · 1789509729 · focus · HN ↗
    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.
  2. aidenn0 · 1789518734 · focus · HN ↗
    If you think about The Event you can figure it out. (Don't think about The Event).
    blipvert · 1789543894 · focus · HN ↗
    It is unlikely to be necessary on HN to remind readers to remain indoors.
  3. TechSquidTV · 1789530514 · focus · HN ↗
    Woah believe it or not, that's Numberwang!
  4. mechazawa · 1789548627 · focus · HN ↗
    blueth is numberwang tho
stackghost · 1789504473 · focus · HN ↗
Hello I have a question, and my question is what the fuck
1. dofm · 1789505370 · focus · HN ↗
  That's not even a number.
  1. tclancy · 1789507047 · focus · HN ↗
    In some bases it is. Numberwang!
    With All Due Love,
    Sir Digby Chicken Caesar, Esq.
    TZubiri · 1789514058 · focus · HN ↗
    In some bases, that's a forbidden number containing the recipe for the atom bomb
    You reckless fool
2. julianz · 1789539039 · focus · HN ↗
  Congratulations, you are one of today's 10,000!
  1. Sophira · 1789578155 · focus · HN ↗
    > 10,000
    I feel like this has only been Numberwang once when I've played with friends. Am I playing it wrong?
numberwan9 · 1789505736 · focus · HN ↗
Hey! I was not consulted?
bonyt · 1789506178 · focus · HN ↗
You're playing with fire here, don't forget the tragedy of Colosson. Computers weren't meant to do this.
1. Hackbraten · 1789509079 · focus · HN ↗
  I AM COLOSSON I AM NUMBERWANG THE WORLD IS NUMBERWANG THEREFORE I AM THE WORLD
jl6 · 1789507462 · focus · HN ↗
Amazing, I passed by Mornington Crescent only yesterday!
1. tialaramex · 1789511005 · focus · HN ↗
  I happened to be born at the right time for Mornington Crescent to be temporarily closed in the exact window when I was travelling to London often, using the Tube on my own, and listening to ISIHAC and so for a while I assumed the joke was that it'll never open - and then one day of course it re-opened.
2. yoz · 1789524112 · focus · HN ↗
  I tried to pass Mornington Crescent the other day, but I was in Knip; bloody typical. As you’d expect, I ended up double-shunting onto the Victoria Line.
rsamtravis · 1789510316 · focus · HN ↗
Numberwang??
da02 · 1789513020 · focus · HN ↗
How did you all first learn about the original Numberwang? Netflix?
1. karim79 · 1789517589 · focus · HN ↗
  Here is the history:
  <a href="https://youtu.be/6ofnDdi-vfw?is=y9ccxKyAQfqiPIQs" rel="nofollow">https://youtu.be/6ofnDdi-vfw?is=y9ccxKyAQfqiPIQs
2. shervinafshar · 1789518405 · focus · HN ↗
  I knew Mitchell and Webb due from _The Peep Show_ and one day (long before the pandemic) I saw a comment on Slashdot about working from home linking to this sketch: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co_DNpTMKXk" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co_DNpTMKXk
3. IslandRebel · 1789522445 · focus · HN ↗
  I was forced to watch their atrocious sketch show while waiting for people to get ready before leaving for the pub.
  1. Natfan · 1789591137 · focus · HN ↗
    Aren't Helping isn't amazing but Look is generally very solid
4. mellosouls · 1789540668 · focus · HN ↗
  Some of us aren't American!
  1. da02 · 1790379479 · focus · HN ↗
    Any thoughts on the latest seasons of Doctor Who?
5. JuniperMesos · 1789548863 · focus · HN ↗
  Some Mitchell and Webb sketches are posted on youtube.
TZubiri · 1789513968 · focus · HN ↗
What's the training corpus, just the canonical Mitchell and Webb sketch? Or ancilliary data like comments and references, or worse synthetic data generated on the primary sources?
karim79 · 1789515257 · focus · HN ↗
This is hilarious and I miss numberwang. Also, the history of numberwang. And everything to do with numberwang. It was the most prescient sport back in the day.
I'm glad that someone has stepped up to revive the legacy of numberwang.
karim79 · 1789516041 · focus · HN ↗
My friends, this is the single most hilarious thread I have ever experienced on the Interwebs. I am deeply grateful to have found this. I feel like my life is now complete.
gregjw · 1789516402 · focus · HN ↗
thats Numberwang!
gaigalas · 1789516702 · focus · HN ↗
Looking forward for the wordwang version.
bosshawg · 1789521221 · focus · HN ↗
what's going on with python that this is considered zero-dependency? requirements.txt, import gradio?
1. minitech · 1789527297 · focus · HN ↗
  > gradio is needed only for the demo. The model itself never needs it.
  The “Usage” section doesn’t involve installing any dependencies, for example: <a href="https://github.com/GraafHenk/numberwang#usage" rel="nofollow">https://github.com/GraafHenk/numberwang#usage
voidUpdate · 1789546223 · focus · HN ↗
Is this using the rules from the official board game?
boobsbr · 1789560203 · focus · HN ↗
Any plans on implementing Wordwang?

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