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schoen
Fun "crossover" observation (ROT13; spoiler for first night)

Gur fheanzr bs gur crefba jub vf gur nafjre gb #1 yvgrenyyl zrnaf 'sve gerr' (nf ersreraprq va n snzbhf Puevfgznf fbat).

paddy_m
Thanks for putting this together, it's very creative.

Do you mind if I post videos of solving this to my youtube channel (that has absolutely no viewers)

saulpw
For sure! Just be sure to include a spoiler warning :)
chronos00
Hey, Whats your Youtube channel name? I am interested in watching the videos of your Solutions for these Data Puzzles.
hadjian
Congrats Saul! Hope it’s ok to solve this during Christmas, because of vacation ;-)
saulpw
Thanks! It'll stay up past the end of Hanukkah.
dkce9r854h32
why can i only do the first 2 puzzles? it says i have to wait 17hrs. is it like a christmas countdown?
NoraCodes
chanukah is 8 days. presumably one puzzle will be released each day.
anjakefala
Yes, exactly! A new puzzle will be released at 4pm UTC each day.
alxjsn
I love the story! Excited for the next challenge!
littlekey
Thanks for this, will give it a try :)
akprasad
The ASCII candle is really charming, especially when lit. Looking forward to exploring this further. Great work!
harshreality
The phone number input requires dashes, which are entirely optional in general for communicating telephone numbers (dashes and parens only serve as decoration for readability these days).
chirau
Pretty cool. Got the first two. Now I have to wait for the next one...
jerpint
Solved it all last year, looking forward to finishing this year’a puzzles!
saulpw
Well, the puzzles are the same, only the clues and dataset are different. But you might want to do them again anyway, to polish up your scripts--on the last day of Hannukah, we'll be posting a more challenging dataset for you to try to speedrun.

And keep on the lookout for more data puzzles from us in the near future!

nullhole
I'm working with some data that has a large number of date formats within a single document - day seconds, week seconds, ISO8601, ticks, some with hardcoded offsets and others with different datums ... it would be quite funny I think to throw in a new column in the Hebrew calendar, just to join the party, so to speak.
js2
The Hebrew calendar is a marvel of historical engineering and complexity. Both solar and lunar with exceptions to accommodate Shabbat and other holidays, and be consistent with the Torah.

https://stevemorse.org/hebrewcalendar/hebrewcalendar.htm

valianteffort
>The Hebrew calendar is a marvel of historical engineering and complexity

I haven't seen glazing this hard at a cinnabun.

nullhole
Thanks for the link! Better than the articles I came across before. It has a kind of GEB vibe to it which is nice.
js2
Discussed on HN last year. The top comment has some other links you might be interested in:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33126676

nullhole
That is a very good link. The top comment has direct implications for any software / report generation dealing with tidal (-> lunar) cycles. Perhaps using something non-ISO to store time on the inside could have its benefits.
fud101
im keen but not sure how to get started
anjakefala
Click on the candles to see the puzzle! Start with the 0th candle in the centre. =)
bigkahuna1986
I know it's a week old, but I just finished and had a lot of fun! Thank you! I'm going to attempt the speed run after my toddler goes to sleep.
lofatdairy
This was pretty fun! Sometimes the stories were a bit harder to parse than others, but honestly, that's pretty reflective of what it's like being a technical person communicating with non-technical people.

Hope to see this again next year!