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by Maria
Tue Mar 19, 2024 3:38 pm
Forum: Golfimbul's Rabbit Hole
Topic: Games, Riddles, Puzzles, and other Distractions
Replies: 4901
Views: 422837

Re: Games, Riddles, Puzzles, and other Distractions

Wordle 1,004 6/6

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I thought I was going to need more consonants to solve it, but I managed to figure it out in the end.
by Maria
Fri Mar 15, 2024 2:42 pm
Forum: Golfimbul's Rabbit Hole
Topic: Games, Riddles, Puzzles, and other Distractions
Replies: 4901
Views: 422837

Re: Games, Riddles, Puzzles, and other Distractions

Wordle 1,000 🎉 4/6

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I didn't even notice it was *special* until over.
by Maria
Thu Feb 22, 2024 5:07 pm
Forum: Golfimbul's Rabbit Hole
Topic: Games, Riddles, Puzzles, and other Distractions
Replies: 4901
Views: 422837

Re: Games, Riddles, Puzzles, and other Distractions

I start with the same animal every time, and depending on what shared category shows up next, I pick something as wildly divergent as the category allows.
I don't know the category definitions and have to re-read every time.
by Maria
Thu Feb 22, 2024 4:25 pm
Forum: Golfimbul's Rabbit Hole
Topic: Games, Riddles, Puzzles, and other Distractions
Replies: 4901
Views: 422837

Re: Games, Riddles, Puzzles, and other Distractions

This doesn't happen often!

🐈 Animal #206 🦩
I figured it out in 2 guesses!
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https://metazooa.com
by Maria
Tue Feb 20, 2024 9:04 pm
Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
Topic: AI! AI! A ChatGPT is come!
Replies: 83
Views: 20907

Re: AI! AI! A ChatGPT is come!

I got curious and signed up on ChatGPT. Here's my first interaction with it: User Have you read "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" by Robert Heinlein? ChatGPT I don't have the ability to read books or any other external content, but I have information on a wide range of topics, including "...
by Maria
Tue Feb 20, 2024 4:26 pm
Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
Topic: AI! AI! A ChatGPT is come!
Replies: 83
Views: 20907

Re: AI! AI! A ChatGPT is come!

Wow. I kind of want to show these to someone, but the only people who would be amused are already here! :rofl:
by Maria
Mon Feb 19, 2024 9:36 pm
Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
Topic: AI! AI! A ChatGPT is come!
Replies: 83
Views: 20907

Re: AI! AI! A ChatGPT is come!

So, is there any Shakespearean work that has "Ai, ai, a *something* is come!" ?
by Maria
Mon Feb 19, 2024 8:03 pm
Forum: The Shibboleth of Fëanor
Topic: Middle-earth [formerly LotR] in New Media
Replies: 525
Views: 355214

Re: Middle-earth [formerly LotR] in New Media

Oh, I like that! Now I want one. :bang:
by Maria
Thu Feb 15, 2024 3:32 pm
Forum: Golfimbul's Rabbit Hole
Topic: Games, Riddles, Puzzles, and other Distractions
Replies: 4901
Views: 422837

Re: Games, Riddles, Puzzles, and other Distractions

🐙 Animal #199 🐐
I figured it out in 3 guesses!
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https://metazooa.com


Wordle 971 5/6

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by Maria
Thu Feb 08, 2024 7:59 pm
Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
Topic: The (no longer) much too early 2024 election thread
Replies: 1133
Views: 136473

Re: The (no longer) much too early 2024 election thread

Awwwww.... I just found out I don't get to crash the Republican primary this year. Missouri has always allowed anyone to vote in either party primary, regardless of whether or not you are actually in that party. I don't get to do that this year, they've decided to caucus instead- and in order to par...
by Maria
Wed Feb 07, 2024 9:24 pm
Forum: Golfimbul's Rabbit Hole
Topic: Games, Riddles, Puzzles, and other Distractions
Replies: 4901
Views: 422837

Re: Games, Riddles, Puzzles, and other Distractions

🐶 Animal #191 🐃
I figured it out in 3 guesses!
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https://metazooa.com

OK, that was a lucky guess! There really wasn't any indication I was getting close at all.
by Maria
Mon Feb 05, 2024 7:50 pm
Forum: The Cottage of Lost Play
Topic: TV obsessions—come on, admit it!
Replies: 1005
Views: 454375

Re: TV obsessions—come on, admit it!

We've been watching "Grimm" again. It's amazing how much we forgot about a show that aired only 10 years ago or so.
by Maria
Mon Feb 05, 2024 7:19 pm
Forum: Golfimbul's Rabbit Hole
Topic: Games, Riddles, Puzzles, and other Distractions
Replies: 4901
Views: 422837

Re: Games, Riddles, Puzzles, and other Distractions

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by Maria
Fri Feb 02, 2024 1:22 am
Forum: The Library of Rivendell
Topic: What are you reading?
Replies: 756
Views: 214581

Re: What are you reading?

Maria, I finished the first two books by Adrian Tschaikovsky - "Children of Time" and "Children of Ruin" - and now I'm reading the third in the series, "Children of Memory". I just finished "Children of Memory". :shock: My mind is boggled yet again. Warning t...
by Maria
Tue Jan 30, 2024 8:46 pm
Forum: Lasto Beth Lammen
Topic: Not enough Whisky for this Tango Foxtrot
Replies: 1430
Views: 412061

Re: Not enough Whisky for this Tango Foxtrot

Oh, good! You mean I won't see twitter excerpts anymore? I've never willingly looked at a twitter *anything* and have been actively avoiding threads where they pop up all the time.
by Maria
Sun Jan 28, 2024 3:12 pm
Forum: The Library of Rivendell
Topic: What are you reading?
Replies: 756
Views: 214581

Re: What are you reading?

Thanks for reposting "They're made out of meat". I'd forgotten that one. :)
by Maria
Fri Jan 26, 2024 7:28 pm
Forum: The Library of Rivendell
Topic: What are you reading?
Replies: 756
Views: 214581

Re: What are you reading?

Maria, I finished the first two books by Adrian Tschaikovsky - "Children of Time" and "Children of Ruin" - and now I'm reading the third in the series, "Children of Memory". Fortunately, in the first chapter of the third book, the author reviews all the major events of...