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DaveC426913 replied to the thread Music What Happened to Talent?.Hmph. AI doesn't even know you must have two verses before the first chorus. And nobody even lost their pickup. Amateur... -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread Music What Happened to Talent?.You have to be careful what you're comparing. The topic is ostensibly about 'what happened to talent?' but arguably, it's more 'what... -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread Geometric Game: Fun With Matches (Safe!).How long did you spend on this puzzle?? :eek: -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread Geometric Game: Fun With Matches (Safe!).There's the crux, isn't it? So, the puzzle is less "can you find a solution" and more "can you find the solution I intended" It's like... -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread Will anyone alive today see a permanent colony on the Moon or Mars?.Every time I see @Andy Resnick's name, I think "is that the highly-acclaimed sci-fi novelist? No, I'm thinking of Nebula Award winner... -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread Geometric Game: Fun With Matches (Safe!).The puzzle works better presented visually, like this: Can you arrange six matchsticks to form exactly four equilateral triangles? The... -
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IMO, it is ambiguous. I wouldn't interpret it that way. I would interpret it as "exactly three" rather than 2 or 4, etc. and there could... -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread Geometric Game: Fun With Matches (Safe!).I agree with this. The era and context provided additional ... context, of which we are bereft. As I mentioned, these puzzle now show... -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread Geometric Game: Fun With Matches (Safe!).I interpreted it to mean three triangles, no more, no less. (Ruling out solutions that produce four triangles.) I might even extend it... -
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The problem is that no one knows how fast technology in a certain area will develop. Extrapolating from the past is not possible... -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread Will anyone alive today see a permanent colony on the Moon or Mars?.The Moonshot was an anomaly, driven by Cold War testosterone. -
DaveC426913 replied to the thread Will anyone alive today see a permanent colony on the Moon or Mars?.But the women. Their uteruses. Falling out everywhere. 😲





