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u/chx_ — 1 day ago

[TENGPAI H1] Any smartphone Kickstarter is a scam

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/tengpai/tengpai-h1

There are two kinds of scam this can be:

  1. reselling an existing product. That's a scam. That's not what crowdfunding should be.
  2. You do not even intend to fulfill this.

The presumed positive outcome where the crowdfunding is successful and the rewards are shipped is not possible with a modern smartphone. It requires scale far beyond these campaigns.

Also, this is so bad of a slop there are typos. Many. Seriously, one of the section headers is Andriod 16. (Nevermind that Android 17 is out.) There's Negapixel , Surver (instead of Survey) and even more.

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u/chx_ — 7 days ago

Aug 11 hard solving gudie

This is very easy. Many different ways to do this, I tried to pick a simple one.

  1. >!Left edge, counting from bottom the 3rd and 4th tile are both one half of a double: they have equal neighbours.!<
  2. >!Then there is a vertical domino for 5c=-2c10 and another vertical for 5c=-1c1.!<
  3. >!1-4 has no double, so it's 1-0 marking 5c= for 0s.!<
  4. >!Place 0-0 above it.!<
  5. >!Further, there's a horizontal on 2c10-1c2 and that's 6-2 as 2-0 and 2-3 are too low.!<
  6. >!2c10-5c= is 4-0.!<
  7. >!There's a 0 at the top of the 5c=, there's two in the 2c= and there's a 1c0: the 0s are booked.!<
  8. >!And also, there are two 2s and two 1c2 so the 2s are booked.!<
  9. >!This means the 0-2 is the 5c=-1c2.!<
  10. >!And the 2-3 is the top 1c2 and the 3 can't go left as it would need another 2 and can't go down as it'd be too low, it goes right into the 1c3.!<
  11. >!2c5 is a whole domino, in theory 0-5/1-4/2-3 but the 0s are booked, the 2s are gone, it's 1-4.!<
  12. >!The left of 2c0 can't go right it'd be the 0-0 again, it goes down into 3c16. 0-3 is too low, 0-5 would require a domino with a sum of 11 which doesn't exist, it's the 0-6.!<
  13. >!Finish 3c16 with 5-5.!<
  14. >!2c0-3c17 is 0-5, 0-3 is too low. The other two tiles are 6s.!<
  15. >!1c5 is the last 5-?, the 5-3, goes up.!<
  16. >!If the middle of 3c17 goes left it'd orpahn a tile so it goes down, it's a whole domino, the 6-6.!<
  17. >!1c0-2c9 is 0-3, the last 0-?.!<
  18. >!1c3-2c9 is 3-6.!<
  19. >!2c=-1c3 is 3-3.!<

Ps.: I do not take days off. I write the guides several days ahead and posting them takes but seconds. There's no need to pretend someone else posts a guide so I can take a day off when we know all too well what it's about. Last time I simply stopped for a while. Let's not have this again, shall we.

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u/chx_ — 10 days ago
▲ 10 r/nytpips

Aug 10 hard solving guide

I really like this puzzle, there are two key steps to the puzzle and both are a bit unusual. So the guide is very straightfoward but not trivial. Best sort of puzzle: it's the right level of challenge which doesn't fall easily but it doesn't need trial and error.

  1. >!Four 1c0, four 0 halves, 0s are booked.!<
  2. >!There's no 6-6 so 2c12 is made from two dominos, one on 2c12-2c4 one one 2c12-1c>2. 2c7 is a whole domino.!<
  3. >!2c12-2c4 is one of 6-[0/2/3/4] 6-0 is booked, 6-4 needs a 0 so it's either 6-2 or 6-3.!<
  4. >!If it's 6-2 then the 2c4-2c9 is 2-5, 2-0 is too low.!<
  5. >!If it's 6-3 then the 2c4-2c9 is 1-5.!<
  6. >!Either way, the top of 2c9 is a 5 the bottom is a 4, place 4-0.!<
  7. >!1c0-2c10 is 0-6, both 0-2 and 0-3 are too low.!<
  8. >!There are two more 1c0 for 0-3 and 0-2.!<
  9. >!If the 0-3 is on 1c0-2c7 then 2c7-1c3 is 4-3 and if it's on 1c0-2c6 then 2c6-2c10 is 3-4.!<
  10. >!Either way: the 3-4 is used.!<
  11. >!2c7 in theory is 1-6/2-5/3-4 but there's no 6-1 and the 3-4 is used so it's 5-2.!<
  12. >!Then 2c12-2c4 is 6-3 since the 6-2 would be followed by 2-5.!<
  13. >!Place 1-5 on 2c4-2c9.!<
  14. >!2c12-1c>2 is 6-5, 6-2 is too low.!<
  15. >!1c>3-1c>3 is 4-4.!<
  16. >!Then 1c0-2c6 is 0-3 as 0-2 would be followed by 4-4.!<
  17. >!2c10-2c6 is 4-3.!<
  18. >!1c0-2c7 is 0-2.!<
  19. >!2c7-1c3 is 5-3.!<
  20. >!2c8 is 2-6.!<
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u/chx_ — 11 days ago
▲ 19 r/nytpips

Aug 9 hard solving guide

Writing a guide for this was unusually hard.

  1. >!2c0 is made from 0-1 and 0-6 with the 1 in the discard as these are the only 0-? and 0-1 can't be in 3c15.!<
  2. >!Without 0s, 1c<2 is a 1, 2c2 is 1+1, three 1s remain.!<
  3. >!With only three 1s remaining the least five tiles can make are those three 1s and two 2s and that's 7 so that's what 5c7 is, the 1s are booked.!<
  4. >!Now that we know 1s are only in 2c2 and 5c7 it's worth checking where the 1-5 can be: 2c2-3c15 and 5c7-1c>4 are the only places for it.!<
  5. >!Three 1c>5 are 6s, two 6s remain.!<
  6. >!Where are they? There can be one in 3c15, one in 1c>4, one in 2c8. But if both the 3c15 and 1c>4 has a 6 then the 1-5 has nowhere to go so there's a 6 in 2c8, the other tile is a 2!<
  7. >!1c<3 without 0 or 1 is 2.!<
  8. >!Two 2s in 5c7, one 2 in 1c2, one in 1c<3, one in 2c8, 2s are booked.!<
  9. >!1c2-3c= is one of 2-[1/2/4/6], there are not enough 1,2,6 so it's 4s, place 2-4 on the 1c2-3c= border.!<
  10. >!With the 2-4 gone, the 3c=-2c6 is not 4-2 so the 2 is on the right hand side of the 2c8, place 2-6.!<
  11. >!Finish 2c8 with 6-4.!<
  12. >!6-5 is on 1c>5-2c= border, we know where 6s can be and the 5 has nowhere else to go.!<
  13. >!Finish 2c= with 5-4.!<
  14. >!6-3 is 3c15-1c<4, we know where 6s can be and the 3 has nowhere else to go.!<
  15. >!Place 1-1 next to it making the 2c2.!<
  16. >!Since the teal 2c= is not 2-2 as those are booked, it's the 4-4.!<
  17. >!1c4-3c15 is 4-3.!<
  18. >!The two 2s in the 3c7 comes from 2-2 and 1-2 which means the three 1s come from 6-1, 5-1, 3-1, these are the top from right to left.!<
  19. >!Place 2-2 on 1c<3-5c7.!<
  20. >!Place 1-2 on 1c<2-5c7.!<
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u/chx_ — 12 days ago
▲ 14 r/nytpips

Aug 8 hard solving guide

This is much easier than it looks at first.

Before placement.

  1. >!Either at the top or the bottom you find two horizontal dominos which force a vertical to the middle. This, in turn, forces two verticals on its side. Which, again, force a vertical between them, repeat rinse until you see every domino in here is vertical, four in the middle, three-three on the sides.!<
  2. >!In particular pay attention to the teal 2c0-purple 6c= and the green 1c<3-purple 6c=.!<
  3. >!Because the two 6c= are 2s and 6s and both have seven of them, the 2-1 and the 6-3 are the missing ones from the potential maximum eight.!<
  4. >!Both doubles are booked into their 6c= because without them there's only five.!<
  5. >!So the purple 6c= can't be 2s because the 2-0 would be used up with the teal 2c0, the 2-2 is booked into either 6c= and so there's nothing left for the 1c<3. It's 6s, the teal 6c= are 2s.!<

Placement.

  1. >!Starting from left bottom going up, place 0-2, 2-2, 2-6, 6-4, 6-6, 6-0. We know where they are, we know both of their halves. https://ibb.co/4gfBN8Dr!<
  2. >!And 0-4 with the 4 in 1c>3, there's no 0-5.!<
  3. >!Nothing with a half larger than 3 can be on the right hand area so let's review them.!<
  4. >!The 6-5 is on 1c>3-3c= with the 6 in the discard, it fits nowhere else. In the 3c11 it'd need another 2-0, there's only two 6s so the 3c= is not 6s.!<
  5. >!Place 5-5.!<
  6. >!Place the last 6-?, the 6-1 on 6c=-1c<3.!<
  7. >!What's the 1c3-2c=?!<
  8. >!It's not the 3-2 because you'd need another 2-2.!<
  9. >!It's not the 3-3 because you'd use the 2-3 next and then you have the 2-4, 2-5, 3-4 which all belong to this large left area but you only have place for two dominos.!<
  10. >!So the 2c= is made from 3-4 and 4-2.!<
  11. >!If the 6c=-3c11 is the 2-3 you'd need a domino with a sum of 8, the largest sum is the 2-5 which is only 7 so the 6c=-3c11 is the 2-5.!<
  12. >!Finish 3c11 with 3-3, the other two are too low.!<
  13. >!Place the last 3-?, the 3-2 with the 2 in the 2c3.!<
  14. >!Place 1-0 with 0 in the 1c<3.!<
u/chx_ — 13 days ago
▲ 10 r/nytpips

Aug 7 hard solving guide

Well, that was easy.

  1. >!There are no doubles so let's do a corner check A1-A2 is 5-1, D8-D7 is 2-1.!<
  2. >!Also, D1 is 1c>0. So that can't be 0, that's sus. What can be 0? Hey, there are only two on the board. Then three of the discards are 0s.!<
  3. >!Back to the 0s, the 0 on B8 has 1,2,3 neighbours, the 0 on A4 has 2,3,4 neighbours, there's nowhere for the 5-0 but C7-C6. There are five 5s so none of the unknowns are 5s.!<
  4. >!D6-D5 is 1-3.!<
  5. >!C5 is left: 4-3, down? double.!<
  6. >!B8-C8 is 2-0.!<
  7. >!There's a 3-? on A8-A7.!<
  8. >!B7-B6 is 1-0.!<
  9. >!A6-A5 is 0-4!<
  10. >!A4 down, 0-3: : right? 0-2, used.!<
  11. >!D3-C3 is 1-4, no more 1s.!<
  12. >!D4-C4 is 5-4.!<
  13. >!B4-B3 is 2-3.!<
  14. >!C2-B2 is 4-2, no more 4s.!<
  15. >!C1-B1 is 3-5.!<
  16. >!D1-D2 is 2-5, nowhere else for the 2.!<
  17. >!A8-A7 is 3-6.!<
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u/chx_ — 14 days ago

Aug 6 hard solving guide

Not too hard.

  1. >!There's a domino on the top left discard-purple 2c10 border.!<
  2. >!1c<1 is a 0 and also it goes down per the previous point.!<
  3. >!Then there's a double in the middle which means the next tile can't go right, it goes up which means the last tile can't go up as it'd be the same domino it goes down into 1c<2.!<
  4. >!1c<2 is 0 or 1 but if it were 0 then the leftmost and the rightmost domino would be the same so it's a 1.!<
  5. >!Rightmost domino of the 5c= is then one of 1-[0/1/2/3], the 0 would require the 0-0 twice, the 1-1 would require the 1-1 twice, there are only two 3s. So the 5c= is 2s.!<
  6. >!Leftmost is 0-2.!<
  7. >!Next is the 2-2.!<
  8. >!Last 2-? is the 2-5. Another 5 will be needed here.!<
  9. >!Bottom of blue 2c= is a double, remaining doubles are 0-0, 1-1, 4-4.!<
  10. >!If it's the 1-1 then above it is one of 1-[0/3] both are too low for 2c10.!<
  11. >!If it's the 4-4 then above it is one of 4-[0/3] both are too low for 2c10.!<
  12. >!So it's 0-0 followed by one of 0-[4/5/6].!<
  13. >!If it's the 0-5 then the 2c10 is finished with the last 5-?, the 5-5 and there's no 5 left for teal 2c=. So 2c10 is 4+6, there's only one 6, it's booked.!<
  14. >!With the 6s booked, the 1c>4 is a 5, the 5-5 would put a 5 in this 2c= using up all 5s and the teal 2c= needs one more 5. So 1c>4-2c= is the 5-0.!<
  15. >!Out of 0-[1/4/6] only the 0-1 fits 1c<4.!<
  16. >!Finish teal 2c= with the 5-5.!<
  17. >!The only domino which fits 2c>7 is the 4-4.!<
  18. >!With the 4-4 gone the top of bottom yellow 3c= which is a double is the 1-1.!<
  19. >!Finish this 3c= with the 1-3.!<
  20. >!2c4 is 0-4.!<
  21. >!Finish 3c= with 0-6.!<
  22. >!Place 4-3.!<
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u/chx_ — 15 days ago
▲ 13 r/nytpips

Aug 5 hard solving guide

After yesterday's madness this is easier. A bit. But it's still quite hard.

Before placement:

  1. >!The two 2c12 books the four 6 domino halves.!<
  2. >!The bottom orange 4c= has a double: the third from the left has equal neighbours.!<
  3. >!The leftmost tile then can't go right as it'd be the same double so it goes up into 2c12.!<
  4. >!2c12 is 6+6 so 2c12-4c= is one of 6-[0/1/4/5] and only the 1 and 4 has a double so it's one of those.!<
  5. >!There are two 3-? , the 3-1 and 3-4 and two 1c3.!<
  6. >!If the 3-1 is the pink 1c3 then the 1 only fits the 2c=, the 2c=-2c12 is the 1-6, then 2c12-4c= is 6-4 so the bottom 4c= is 4s.!<
  7. >!If the 3-1 is the blue 1c3 it only fits going up making the purple 4c= 1s and there aren't eight 1s so the bottom 4c= is 4s.!<
  8. >!After the yellow 4c= takes four 4s there are two 4 and five 5s are left and there are three 1c>3 and a 1c>4 which uses these, overall three of 4 and 5 are left which means neither of the remaining two 4c= are either 4 or 5.!<
  9. >!There are only two 0s, no free 3s, no free 6s, so the purple 4c= and the teal 4c= are 1 and 2.!<
  10. >!There are five 2s, so after booking four 2s into a 4c= there's only one left which means none of the 2c= are 2s so the last 2 is in the 1c<3. It is, however, not the 2-1 because the potential neighbours are 4/5/6. !<
  11. >!Let's get back to the 3-1 when it's in the pink 1c3.!<
  12. >!We already noted in this case the 3-1 goes left followed by 1-6, the remaining four 1s are booked into either 4c=. So now the 1 half of the 2-1 is booked into a 4c= and so is the 2 half because 2s are in 1c<3 which is not 2-1 and the other 4c=. But the two 4c= are not neighbours so if the 3-1 is in the pink 1c3 then the 2-1 can't be placed.!<

Placement.

  1. >!So the 1-3 is in the blue 1c3 going up marking the top purple 4c= for 1s which leaves the 2s for the teal 4c=.!<
  2. >!Place 6-4 on bottom left corner 2c12-4c=.!<
  3. >!Bottom of right purple 2c12 is the 6-5 as the 6-0 and the 6-1 doesn't fit anywhere: too low for 1c>3 and the 4c= is 2.!<
  4. >!Then the right of 4c= goes up, it's 4-2.!<
  5. >!The 1c<3 is a 2, there's no 2-6 so it goes down, with the 2-4 placed it's 2-5.!<
  6. >!Second tile from the bottom in the teal 4c= can't go right because there's no 2-6, it goes up, it's the 2-2.!<
  7. >!Finish teal 4c= with the only 2-? the 2-1, it can only go right.!<
  8. >!Place 1-6 on 2c=-2c12.!<
  9. >!Left 2c12-2c= is 6-0.!<
  10. >!2c= is finished with 0-5 it can only go up.!<
  11. >!Corner of 4c= goes right, it's the 1-1.!<
  12. >!Pink 1c3 goes up, it's the 3-4.!<
  13. >!Finish purple 4c= with 1-5.!<
  14. >!Place 4-5.!<
  15. >!Finish bottom 4c= with 4-4.!<
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u/chx_ — 16 days ago
▲ 11 r/nytpips

Aug 4 hard solving guide

Auuuugh. That's one tough puzzle.

  1. >!1c3-2c= is one of 3-[1/5/6].!<
  2. >!If the bottom of the 3c5 sums to 0 which is 0-0 then you need a 5 on top, one of 5-[0/1/3] comparing to 3-[1/5/6] is 0-0, 5-1, 1-3.!<
  3. >!There's no domino with a sum of 1.!<
  4. >!If the bottom of the 3c5 sums to 2 which is 1-1 then you need a 3 which would be the same domino into the 2c= this can't be.!<
  5. >!If the bottom of the 3c5 sums to 3 which is 1-2 you'd need another 2 on top which doesn't exist.!<
  6. >!If the bottom of the 3c5 sums to 4 which is 1-3 then you need a 1 on top, one of 1-[1/4/5] comparing to 3-[5/6] is the 1-5 and 3-5.!<
  7. >!If the bottom of the 3c5 sums to 5 which is 1-4 or 0-5 you'd need a 0 on top one of 0-[0/5] comparing to 3-[1/5/6] is 1-4, 0-5, 5-3.!<
  8. >!Let's presume the trio is 1-4, 0-5, 5-3.!<
  9. >!The only remaining 1c>4 is the 6-3 and the 5-1.!<
  10. >!The 1c>4-3c9 is not the 5-1 because the most you can make from the remaining is 1-3 on 1c<2-3c9 and 4-4 on 3c9-2c4 which is not enough. 1c>4-3c9 is the 6-3.!<
  11. >!You need to make 6 from two tiles, that's 0+6/1+5/2+4/3+3 but there are no 6 and 5 left and only one 3, it's 2+4.!<
  12. >!The only 4 is the 4-4 and then there is no domino left for the 2c>5.!<
  13. >!Let's presume the trio is 1-3,1-5,3-5.!<
  14. >!Then the two 1c>4 is the 5-0 and 6-3.!<
  15. >!If the bottom of 3c9 is a 0 then without 5 and 6 the most you can make from two tiles even in theory is 4+4=8 so the 1c>4-3c9 is the 6-3.!<
  16. >!Then the bottom of 3c7 is the 5-0 so you need to make 7 from two tiles that's 1+6/2+5/3+4 but there's no 5 or 6 or 3. This really doesn't work.!<
  17. >!The 3c5-2c=-1c3 trio is the 0-0, 5-1, 1-3.!<
  18. >!The 1c>4 are 5-0/5-3/6-3 so the bottom tile in 3c7 and 3c9 is either 0 or 3.!<
  19. >!If the 3c7 contains a 4 tile then since the bottom is 0 or 3 the remaining tile is also 0 or 3. The 0 can only come from 5-0 which only fits to the bottom but neither 3-5 nor the 3-6 fits the 2c4 or the 1c<3. So the 3c7 doesn't contain any 4 tiles.!<
  20. >!The middle of 3c7 is not a 1 because the top would either be a 6 (from the 3-6) or a 3 (from the 5-3 or 6-3) and the fits 1c<3.!<
  21. >!The 2c4 in theory is 0+4/1+3/2+2, there's only one 2 and if it's 0+4 then the 0 is from 0-5 which only fits 3c9 and so the left tile would be a 4 but neither the 4-1 nor the 4-4 fits the 3c7. So 2c4 is 1+3.!<
  22. >!The 1 is not on the left: the 1-1 and 1-4 doesn't work, the 1-2 would need need two tiles making 5 while the bottom tile is 0 or 3, that's which is 0+5 or 3+2 but there's not a second 2 so it's 0+5. But the 0 can only be the bottom and then there's no 5-? left fitting 1c<3.!<
  23. >!So the right of 2c4 is a 1.!<
  24. >!If it's the 1-1 then the bottom is not the 0-5 as it's too low so it's a 3 here making the top the 0-5 making the bottom of 3c7 into a 3 and there's no 3 left for 2c4.!<
  25. >!So it's either the 1-2 or the 1-4.!<
  26. >!If it's the 1-2 then the bottom can't be 0 it's too low so it's a 3 and the top is a 4, only the 1-4 fits.!<
  27. >!If it's the 1-4 and the bottom is a 0 then the top would need a 5 but the only 5-? fitting is the 0-5 which is used for the bottom 0 so the bottom is 3 and the top is 2, the 1-2.!<
  28. >!So the 1-2 and 1-4 are interchangeable with the 2 and the 4 making the top tiles of the 3c9.!<
  29. >!And one of the 3s is at the bottom of the 3c9, the other is in the 2c4 meaning the bottom of 3c7 is the 5-0.!<
  30. >!The only 1c<3 left is the 1-1, place it.!<
  31. >!Finish 3c7 with 6-3.!<
  32. >!Place 3-5 on 1c>4-3c9.!<
  33. >!Place 4-4.!<
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u/chx_ — 17 days ago

Aug 3 hard solving guide

I am not 100% happy with this guide but it's still OK just not as elegant as I'd prefer. Still, there's no backtrack so it's fine.

  1. >!2c10 is 4+6 or 5+5 and there's no 4-6 or 5-5, both 2c10 are two dominos.!<
  2. >!There's no 1-5 so the bottom one is made from a 4 and a 6, there's no 0-4 so it's 0-6 and 1-4.!<
  3. >!3c1 is 0+0+1, there's an 1c0, the rest of the 0s are booked.!<
  4. >!Without 0s, 3c3 is all 1s, there's no 1-5 so the bottom left can't go up, it goes right, it's the 1-1.!<
  5. >!And the top right can't go left it goes up, it's the 1-0.!<
  6. >!The 0 half of the 0-2 is in 3c1 but where?!<
  7. >!If the bottom, the 2 half has nowhere to go, too low for 2c9 and 2c12 and too high for 3c1.!<
  8. >!If in the middle, the 2 can fit the 2c4 but then above it you'd need 2-1 which doesn't exist or 2-0 again.!<
  9. >!It's on the top and the 2 only fits the 2c4.!<
  10. >!The bottom of 2c4 goes down because going right would be 2-1 which still doesn't exist or 2-0 which is placed.!<
  11. >!The 0 half of 0-5 is in 3c1 but where?!<
  12. >!On the bottom the 5 has nowhere to go: it can't go left because that tile is covered with the domino from 2c4 going down it can't go right because 2c12 is 6+6 and it can't go up because 5 is too high for 3c1.!<
  13. >!It's in the middle and goes right.!<
  14. >!Top of 2c10-2c6 is one of 5-[2/4/6]. 5-6 would need a 0 but those are gone, 5-2 would require one of 4-[4/5] going into 3c= but there aren't enough 4s or 5s for that so it's 5-4.!<
  15. >!2c6-3c= is one 2-[3/5] but there aren't enough 5s so it's 2-3.!<
  16. >!Place 3-3.!<
  17. >!Place 5-6.!<
  18. >!Place 6-1.!<
  19. >!Finish 2c4 with the last 2-?, the 2-5.!<
  20. >!Finish 2c9 with the last 4-?, the 4-4.!<
  21. >!Finish 2c7 with the last 3-?, the 3-1, 1 only fits 1c1.!<
  22. >!Place 6-6.!<
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u/chx_ — 18 days ago
▲ 12 r/nytpips

Aug 2 hard solving guide

This is a fun one.

  1. >!1c>5 is a 6, four 6 halves: neither 4c= are 6s.!<
  2. >!Three 1c5 on the board, three 5s halves: neither 4c= are 5s.!<
  3. >!Only two 4s: neither 4c= are 4s.!<
  4. >!Three 1c3 on the board, five 3 halves: neither 4c= are 3s.!<
  5. >!Three 1c0 on the board, five 0 halves: neither 4c= are 0s.!<
  6. >!The two 4c= are 1 and 2.!<
  7. >!There's a domino on 1c>5-4c=, 4c=-4c= and then the right of yellow 4c= which is a double. There's no 2-2, place 1-1.!<
  8. >!Place 1-2 on the 4c=-4c= border.!<
  9. >!Place 2-6.!<
  10. >!Place 2-5.!<
  11. >!If bottom 1c5-1c0 is a domino then so is 2c=, 1c3-discard, 1c0-1c5 again, that doesn't work.!<
  12. >!So 1c0 on the bottom goes right, there's a domino on the 1c0-pink 2c= border, pink 2c=-1c3 border, discard-1c0.!<
  13. >!Bottom 1c5 can't go up because there's no 5-? which fits 1c>3. It goes left, it's the 5-3.!<
  14. >!Top 1c5 is the 5-0 then, we already discussed the 1c0 goes right so the 5-0 only fits down.!<
  15. >!There is no place for the 4-6 but the 1c>3-2c=, I won't type it up but it's trivial to check -- look for places which can fit a 6 and check whether they can have a 4 as a neighbour.!<
  16. >!There's no 3-4 so the 2c= is made from 3-6 and 4-6 with the 4 on 1c>3.!<
  17. >!Similarly, 1-6 is on top of 2c<3 with the 6 in the discard, reuse the knowledge about where 6s fit.!<
  18. >!Pink 2c= is made from 0-[0/1/2] and 3-[1/2/3] but if it's 2s then the blue 4c= doesn't have a 2 left so it's 0-1 and 3-1.!<
  19. >!Place the last 1-?, the 1-4 with the 4 in 1c<5.!<
  20. >!If the pink 1c0-discard is the 0-0 then the 0-2 would go into 2c<3 which doesn't work so the 1c0-discard is the 0-2.!<
  21. >!1c0-2c<3 is 0-0.!<
  22. >!Blue 4c= is finished with 2-3.!<
  23. >!1c3-discard is 3-3.!<
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u/chx_ — 19 days ago
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Aug 1 hard solving guide

This very neatly unravels using our usual tactics.

Before placement >!except one!<.

  1. >!To make this easier to describe for the first few steps I will use the chessboard notation: blue 1c4 in the lower left corner is A1. Bottom of green 5c= is D1.!<
  2. >!B2 is one half of a double, both neighbours are equal. It doesn't matter which way it goes, A1 will go the same direction and in either direction its the same domino. They move together like flipper paddles.!<
  3. >!So that's A1-A2-B1-B2 covered. C1 thus goes right into D1, the green 5c=.!<
  4. >!D2 then goes right, it's also a double.!<
  5. >!This makes 2c10 a whole domino, there's no 4-6, it's the 5-5.!<
  6. >!Now we make a tally of 5s and 6s: 2c9 and 2c10 each needs one, there's two 6s and two 5s, so that's all the 5s and 6s.!<
  7. >!2c10 in theory is 4+6 or 5+5 but there's no budget for two 5s so it's 4+6. That's all the 6s.!<
  8. >!2c9 in theory is 3+6 or 4+5 but we are all out of 6s, it's 4+5. Each of the four 2c9/2c10 contains a 4, there's one in the 1c4, 4s are booked too.!<

Placement.

  1. >!4-[1/2/3] only 4-3 has a double, the pink 5c= are 3s.!<
  2. >!Place 4-3 and 3-3 either way.!<
  3. >!5c=-5c= is one of 3-[0/5/6], the 5s and 6s are booked, it's the 3-0.!<
  4. >!Place 0-0.!<
  5. >!1c3 and the pink 3c= has all the 3s, the green 5c= has all the 0s, the 2c9/2c10 has all the 4/5/6, 2c= and 4c= are 1 and 2.!<
  6. >!Right of 2c10 can't go left as there's no 4-6 it goes down, it's one of [4/6]-[4/5] out of these only the 4-4 exists.!<
  7. >!Left of 2c10 goes into 4c= so it's one of 6-[1/2], there's only 6-2, this 4c= is 2s.!<
  8. >!Bottom of 2c9 goes into 2c= so it's one of 5-[1/2], there's only 5-1, this 2c= is 1s.!<
  9. >!Top of 2c= is 1-0.!<
  10. >!Left of pink 2c9 goes down as there's no 4-5, it's either 4-2 or 5-2, only 4-2 exists.!<
  11. >!Finish 5c= with 0-2.!<
  12. >!Finish 4c= with 2-1, it only fits left, this 2c= is 1s as well.!<
  13. >!Finish 2c9 with 3-5.!<
  14. >!Place 1-4.!<
  15. >!Place 6-3.!<
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u/chx_ — 20 days ago

Bedframe and room divider?

I am wondering whether anyone made a bed frame with a tall bookshelf integrated with the headboard as a room divider. This won't reach the walls as there are a nightstand on both sides and I can't drill the ceiling either but I recon the bed frame and especially the 86lbs mattress would work as an anchor against tipping.

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u/chx_ — 20 days ago

Jul 31 hard solving guide

WARNING: SOLUTION #1 DOESN'T WORK. check https://reddit.com/r/nytpips/comments/1vb6gz7/jul_31_hard_solving_guide/p0wr3ql this comment for another solution.

I have two solutions. Both are ugly: one only works in writing because we book all seven kinds before placing a single domino and who wants to keep that in head? The other involves lots of counting.

Before placement.

  1. >!Two 5s are booked into two 1c5, three 5s remain.!<
  2. >!2c12 is 6+6. One 6 remains.!<
  3. >!2c10 is 4+6 or 5+5. Without 6s the two 2c10 would need four 5s but there's only three. So at least one of the 2c10 is 6 but since there's only one 6, the other is 5+5. 6s are booked, one 5 remains, three 4s remain.!<
  4. >!Without 6s, 2c9 is 4+5. The 5s are booked, two 4s remain.!<
  5. >!2c5 is in theory 0+5/1+4/2+3 but the 5s are booked so it's either 1+4 or 2+3 and neither 1-4 nor 2-3 exists, it's two dominos.!<
  6. >!Because 2c5 is two dominos so are 2c6, 2c3, 2c9, 2c4.!<
  7. >!Let's look at the domino on the 2c3-2c9 border. What is it? 4-[3/6] or 5-[0/3/5]. Of these only the 4-3, 5-0, 5-3 are possible, others are too high for 2c3. So 2c3 is 0+3. Three more 3s are in 1c3, 3s are booked. <= THIS STEP IS FLAWED, THERE'S 4-2 and it doesn't break until the very end.!<
  8. >!There are three 0s in 3c0, there's one in 2c3, that's four out of the six, two 0s remain.!<
  9. >!Going back to 2c5, it's now 1+4. One 4 remains and the last 1 is in 1c1, 1s are booked.!<
  10. >!2c6 is 0+6/1+5/2+4/3+3, but 6,5,3 are all booked, it's 2+4. 4s are booked.!<
  11. >!2c4 is 0+4/1+3/2+2, but 0,4,1,3 are all booked, it's 2+2.!<
  12. >!That's two 2s, another is in 2c6, another is in 1c2, that's four out of the six, two 2s remain.!<
  13. >!So we are left with two 2s and two 0s for 2c<3 and 2c=. If there's a 0 in 2c= then both are and the two 2s would make 4 in 2c<3 which is not possible. So the 2c= are 2s and the 2c<3 are 0s.!<

Placement.

  1. >!1c1 goes up because there's no 1-0, it's the 1-5.!<
  2. >!Right of 2c12 goes up because there's no 6-0 or 6-6, it's 6-3.!<
  3. >!2c= is now a single domino, place the 2-2.!<
  4. >!2c10 is a single domino.!<
  5. >!Left of 2c12 goes left, because there's no 6-0 (the 2c<3 are 0s) or 6-5.!<
  6. >!2c<3 is now a single domino, place the 0-0.!<
  7. >!1c3 goes left, it's either 3-4 or 3-6, only 3-4 exists, place it.!<
  8. >!6-4.!<
  9. >!1-2.!<
  10. >!4-0 (3c3 is 0+3).!<
  11. >!3-5.!<
  12. >!4-2.!<
  13. >!2-0.!<
  14. >!0-3.!<
  15. >!0-5.!<
  16. >!Top 2c10 is 5-5 could be placed any time after the 6-4 was.!<

>!Here a few non-solutions which strongly suggests there's no trivial solution https://ibb.co/ZZBL56K https://ibb.co/r2WTdRHm https://ibb.co/j9sn8ZQF!<

u/chx_ — 21 days ago

Installments by Visa?

I am moving back to Canada after three years and I need to buy a new desktop PC the retailer offers installments by Visa which, as far as I can see, is really just the cost divided by 12. While I could afford to pay up front, no problems, I am thinking of the batshit insane North American credit score system and wondering whether it would be better for my credit score to keep some debt like this -- if it has no cost, why not?

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u/chx_ — 21 days ago
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Jul 30 hard solving guide

  1. >!The single 6 is in one 2c10 and the 3 half can only be in one of 3c= because there are no 3s next to a 2c10.!<
  2. >!If it's the horizontal 3c= then the corner of the teal 3c=, C2 can only go left as right or down would be a double, this places another horizontal under it and A1-A2 is a vertical and then A3 needs to go up but this forces B3 to go up too and that's the same domino.!<
  3. >!So 6-3 goes down, it's D3-D2.!<
  4. >!D1-C1 is 5-3.!<
  5. >!A1 needs to go right, it's the 3-2.!<
  6. >!The other two 3c= are 0 and 1, alas I have nothing better but to count everything.!<
  7. >!If the bottom green 3c= are 0s then B3 goes up, it's the 0-2 and then C4 can't be made: up is 0-2 again, down is 0-0. So the bottom green 3c= are 1s and the top green 3c= are 0s.!<
  8. >!If A4 goes down then A2 goes right, C2 goes up and B3 goes up which is the same domino as A3-A4. So A4 goes up, it's the 2-5. (2c10 without 6s is 5+5.)!<
  9. >!A3 goes down, it's the 1-5.!<
  10. >!With the 1-5 gone, A6 goes right, it's 5-4.!<
  11. >!We now know where the 1s are and 1-4 has nowhere to go but D5-D4.!<
  12. >!1-2 only fits B3-B4.!<
  13. >!B2-C2 is 0-3.!<
  14. >!C3-C4 is 1-0.!<
  15. >!B5-C5 is 2-4.!<
  16. >!D6 goes up, it's the 5-0.!<
  17. >!D8-C8 is 4-3.!<
  18. >!C7 goes down, it's 0-2.!<
  19. >!Place 0-4.!<
  20. >!Place 1-3.!<
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u/chx_ — 22 days ago

[The Tiny Thunderbolt 5 eGPU] this is sus and pointless

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/orcanyx/the-tiny-thunderbolt-5-egpu-unleash-rtx-power-on-mac-and-pc/

The problem? It's $549 with an alleged 30% 30% discount off MSRP which puts the MSRP at $784. I have my doubts but the real problem is that the Gigabyte AORUS GeForce RTX 5060 Ti Box MSRP is $700 at any relevant retailer. Sure it has an external power brick but it actually exists :)

I can see Gigabyte pulling this off because they have the scale and the expertise. But a noname company in such small series is unlikely to design their own components so they likely to source the video card from Colorful ( launch price 3,999 RMB or about $568 last December, currently I only see it for 5,9999 RMB on taobao or about $950), a TB5-PCIe kit is about $200 and a 400W GaN adapter must be at least $100 if not more. This really doesn't add up.

We will see. It might be real but I very much doubt.

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u/chx_ — 25 days ago
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Is Github Actions unreliable for anyone else?

My CI runs a scheduled job and even when there are no commits sometimes it fails with absolutely impossible errors. Sometimes in the test but sometimes it's just a tool installed in a previous step missing. What's going on...?

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u/chx_ — 26 days ago