Golfed code snippets

[Juju]

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[..." sos"].map(c=>{p="  etianmsurwdkgohvfüläpjbxcyzqö 54\x063é  2&è+  à 16=/ ç\2( 7  ñ8 90     \4      ?_    \"  .    @   '  -        ;! )     ,    :".search(c)
for(s="00";p>1;p=p/2|0)s=(p%2?"1110":"10")+s
m+=p>0?s:s+s},m=i="");(w=new(require('wemo-client'))()).discover((e,d)=>{setInterval(_=>w.client(d).setBinaryState(+m[i++%m.length]),500)})


Probably the weirdest constant to ever appear in a program, guess what it does.

[spoiler=the answer]
Get one of these things, plug a lamp in and it does morse code with the correct timing.
[/spoiler]

[_iPhoenix_]

As far as weird/cool constants in golfed code goes, this is my absolute favorite.

From the Quake III Arena source code, a routine to calculate an inverse square root

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float Q_rsqrt( float number )
{
   long i;
   float x2, y;
   const float threehalfs = 1.5F;

   x2 = number * 0.5F;
   y  = number;
   i  = * ( long * ) &y;                       // evil floating point bit level hacking
   i  = 0x5f3759df - ( i >> 1 );               // what the f***?
   y  = * ( float * ) &i;
   y  = y * ( threehalfs - ( x2 * y * y ) );   // 1st iteration
//   y  = y * ( threehalfs - ( x2 * y * y ) );   // 2nd iteration, this can be removed

   return y;
}


From wikipedia

[Juju]

Ah yeah, back when golfing your code was actually useful, I love little tricks like this.

C allows for a lot of neat stuff like doing stuff on a float as if it was an int.

[rowan_futurerave]

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[..." sos"].map(c=>{p="  etianmsurwdkgohvfüläpjbxcyzqö 54\x063é  2&è+  à 16=/ ç\2( 7  ñ8 90     \4      ?_    \"  .    @   '  -        ;! )     ,    :".search(c)
for(s="00";p>1;p=p/2|0)s=(p%2?"1110":"10")+s
m+=p>0?s:s+s},m=i="");(w=new(require('wemo-client'))()).discover((e,d)=>{setInterval(_=>w.client(d).setBinaryState(+m[i++%m.length]),500)})


Probably the weirdest constant to ever appear in a program, guess what it does.

[spoiler=the answer]
Get one of these things, plug a lamp in and it does morse code with the correct timing.
[/spoiler]

What a hideous bastard of a piece of code. I would definitely sack the person who wrote it.