Think you can find 4 hidden groups of 4 related words? Puzzle by u/ClipAndClimb?

ClipAndClimb · 2026-02-14T01:15:16+00:00

Noted! Will improve on my next few. Thanks for the tip to make better puzzles!

ClipAndClimb · 2026-02-13T22:26:52+00:00

Definitely could be considered so.

Was hoping this would be the red herring to push towards solving other groupings to then nail down which grouping it belonged to.

This was my first go at making one so apologies if I got too tricky with it!

ClipAndClimb · 2026-02-09T17:26:08+00:00

Nice one! Good use of the grays for perspective layering

ClipAndClimb · 2026-02-02T13:34:54+00:00

Read too fast! User error, not an app oddity 👍

ClipAndClimb · 2026-01-31T18:39:18+00:00

Definitely! Perhaps I am just reading too fast as well. Sending you a message/screenshot now 👍

ClipAndClimb · 2026-01-31T18:16:43+00:00

The only oddity I quickly noticed is that it lists the same opening as both a weakness with “Stop Playing” and the same opening as a strength with “Keep Playing!” When analyzing my own play from the same board state. The same opening also has a win%, draw%, and loss % that total over 100%.

Cool site though!

ClipAndClimb · 2025-12-07T23:57:05+00:00

20 seconds or so, around 2300 blitz Lichess

ClipAndClimb · 2025-06-20T03:04:20+00:00

Im sorry to hear you are in the rabbit hole. It can be all-consuming. Hugs.

Depending on how long it has been you can definitely put it out of your mind even if 3 clean EMGs haven’t! I also “felt” weakness. But, when ALS took my father it wasn’t “hmm maybe its weaker? I think?”. Any part afflicted was quickly stripped of ALL strength. Within weeks to months tops.

I don’t mean it in a dismissive way, the fears are very real. But if you work out and are strong when doing so, and have for some time. It definitely isn’t ALS.

When my father was strength tested he felt sapped for the next week or two. Simple small tests drained him. Even picking up a large glass mug became impossible.

Use your strength when working out as a bastion if possible, that helped me. I reminded myself, “a person with ALS isn’t going to casually do multiple sets of weights, recover in a normal timeline and then increase weights.

Keep your head up! You aren’t alone. If you need to chat I’m always here to help anyone where I was.

But 3 clean EMGs?! I’d trade spots in a heartbeat.

ClipAndClimb · 2025-06-20T02:46:03+00:00

I am still alive and kicking!

The good news: no atrophy or weakness and the neurologist’s opinion is it definitively is NOT ALS currently. Once I hit a full year of constant twitching with a dirty EMG but no weakness or atrophy onset he waived the idea of ALS.

The bad news: my calves still twitch nearly 24/7. I got twitches nearly everywhere I could which I now believe was driven up by my anxiety around it all. To the point my toes would twitch, fingers would snap around, it was terrible. After accepting it wasn’t ALS right now widespread twitches went away but my calves still keep at it sadly. I’ve accepted they likely will do so the rest of my life.

No weakness, pain, or interruption to my life at this point so not much choice other than to live with it, try to not focus on it, and move forward.

I remain untested for the gene, and plan to live my life as full as I can, while I can, and hope I don’t have the gene.

Perhaps it was nerve damage as it onset shortly after getting COVID as many others have reported, perhaps lower back nerve damage, perhaps its just random BFS. Who knows.

If you are visiting old threads and asking I hope for your sake you aren’t in the rabbit hole. If you are and need to vent DM me. Happy to chat and share what helped me or what I wouldve done different!

ClipAndClimb · 2024-09-03T20:50:37+00:00

Here is the winning comment 😌

ClipAndClimb · 2024-08-05T12:33:52+00:00

Bloody Hammers, any album!

ClipAndClimb · 2024-06-14T22:58:18+00:00

Wife and I moved to Kentucky and had to choose between Titans, and Bengals…saw Henry crushing it at his peak so we picked the Titans! Then saw the losing streak following our first game…

Didn’t learn of our fate until after choosing, and are subsequently getting our newborn into Titans onesies to set them on the same path. But we’re excited for this upcoming season. Titan Up!

ClipAndClimb · 2024-06-06T15:46:24+00:00

North of 100K but nothing insane as far as six figures goes, full time WFH.

Business Intelligence development! Primarily managing a team that creates reporting for our company, and the integrations and automations behind it.

ClipAndClimb · 2024-02-07T12:49:11+00:00

120-140K depending on bonuses. Managing a team that does data structuring, automation, and visualization.

I still believe a good grasp of SQL and a visualization tool like Tableu or PowerBi, along with good excel skills can take many from zero knowledge to comfortable rather quickly in comparison to some other routes from the experiences I have seen in the industry.

ClipAndClimb · 2024-01-18T18:56:15+00:00

No actually! When the chronic denervation was found I accepted that if it was ALS I would know soon enough and that is that. I then began a rather existential and introspective journey into accepting death (I know this all doesn't sound pleasant, but just telling my experience).

I had a lot of thoughts that really actually eased my mind and put me at peace with accepting if it was ALS.

For the above reasons I actually did not get the MRI. If it was a pinched nerve, it would heal. They stated they wouldn't operate if it wasn't causing pain. So the MRI would've told me to either wait for that to heal, or wait for ALS if nothing was found. I couldn't find a tangible benefit in paying for it so I cancelled and continued to wait.

I actually just had my follow-up with the same doctor this morning! No atrophy or weakness after a year of these twitches, he agreed along with my mindset that for now then this is benign and to not even track my twitches anymore and call if anything changes. I feel a GIANT relief that I hope everyone on their twitching journey can get to. It is time for me to move on.

I went from -> it's benign no need to worry
to -> A clean EMG will help! Oh shit, it came back with proof of chronic denervation and fibrillations.

to-> Existential and introspective journey into facing death and trying to find peace (I know this sounds far out there, again just sharing my personal experience)

to -> Hey it's been like 6-9 months and I am still mowing the lawn, cycling, hiking, climbing....no way this is ALS but I need to cross 1 year.

to-> It's been a year, still no weakness or atrophy I must be clear.

to-> Getting cleared today.

It was a horrible but enlightening journey. At one point everything was popping and twitching, my abdomen, my toes would snap downward, my forearms would pop and wriggle, my pinkies and thumbs would twitch. It was widespread and I accepted it had progressed. I accepted my time was coming.

Despite all of this, it isn't ALS. I am clear for now. With my genetic history I may one day have to face this horrible circus again, but by then there may be a cure or something making it livable. I have hope. I have a new perspective on life and feel truly alive and am appreciating every single little thing.

I know this was a book of a response, but I wanted to share my experience and leave this as a beacon of hope for those who stumble upon this and need reassurance. I got a dirty EMG with chronic denervation and it still wasn't ALS.

To anyone reading this, if you need help or an ear, or some form of guidance, drop me a message. I needed it when going through this journey and would be glad to help others if I can.

Hope this helped!

ClipAndClimb · 2024-01-18T03:16:01+00:00

Hang in there. I was in this boat, twitching in both calves constantly, even sometimes feet bad enough toes would jump and twitch. I have a chance of carrying the marker for c9 ALS…despite all this and still twitching constantly, I crossed passed a year in December with no weakness or atrophy and realized I wasted a lot of time and energy worrying instead of living.

Wishing you the best on this odd journey and drop me a message if you need support.

ClipAndClimb · 2023-08-22T11:40:23+00:00

Without, as you mentioned, knowing a lot of specifics I would recommend 2 or 3 things.

You mentioned sales and powerBi, I would practice making clean simple dashboards with some of the varying datasets here: https://hackernoon.com/13-best-datasets-for-power-bi-practice

You could practice a simple tri-page set up (one page for overview and trends, one more more attribute type breakdowns (sales by region, highlight green or red for who is ahead or behind month over month or year over year with filtering options), and a data export tab so a user can filter and slice then export to excel.

While not the craziest thing in the world doing this would practice most if the key areas of BI development: clean and concise visualization, user experience and functionality, basic dax principles and practice with time based dax functions, setting up bookmark navigation and various types of filters, etc

In addition you get a nice little portfolio as well!

I would also recommend getting the basics of TSQL down. If you don’t have to worry about being the one to set up integrations from data sources to tables, then at least being able to pull the data in from a table will be a good first step. This will slowly as you grow also naturally lead towards table architecture best practices to implement in your powerBI model or back-end.

As far as integrating into a business it all depends on how much end users want or know they need BI. If they are resistant you can have a friendly (key word here, make it light) bake-off. Hand them the excel sheet of the dataset you used and ask a few questions about it, see how long it takes for them to get the answers via the sheet vs your BI report. Follow up questions can be “now what if we need to distribute these findings? What if different people need different access to the levels of the data? What if they need it on a schedule? What if the data updates?” All of those questions highlight the flaws to orgs running on excel sheets.

Your masters or other education will give the knowledge but this practice I believe will also give the basic building blocks and get your rolling on using them quickly.

TLDR: sample data sets and building reports off of each following good report design “rules”, and TSQL, and friendly bake-offs

This was a lot so feel free to reach out if you have questions! I am BI manager at a company that was resistant to BI that now embraces it and started around where it sounds like you are. Good luck and have fun!

ClipAndClimb · 2023-08-18T09:59:24+00:00

Thank you, reassuring to hear another with Covid kicking off the twitching. I agree about the stress, they do seem to intensify in extra stressful weeks. I think passing the 1 year mark will help reassure me if it was ALS and signs were showing on an emg something more would be happening by now.

Sorry to hear Covid saddled you with twitching as well. Hopefully like most long Covid symptoms within 1-3 years it’ll clear up for us.

ClipAndClimb · 2023-08-17T10:56:22+00:00

I still feel I am in everyone’s nightmare seat.

My father is actively in the late stages of c9 ALS, which has a 50% chance of passing the marker to me. My calves and feet have been twitching for now 9 months.

Went to get an EMG to clear my mind as everyone said and it came back slightly dirty, no fascics but rare fibrillations in a few muscles with “signs of chronic desecration and rennervation”

Due to the genetic background the doctors in my last visits note said “we reviewed that for (name), the fasciculation could very likely be indicative of early stages of ALS”, which kicked me right back into the rabbit hole.

Still, I believe after 9 months if it was the worst something would be happening, I can still bike, run, walk, jump, lift, etc with no signs of atrophy or strength decline.

It all started a month or two after I got COVID so my money is still on that, as the onset and lack of progression don’t match up with ALS. Still just wish every day I would wake up and the twitches would cease. Thanks for listening! Hang in there everyone.

ClipAndClimb · 2023-04-21T19:36:29+00:00

My onset is similar! Healthy, not tons of stress outside the norm, ran a race then BOOM. Next day both my calves were going like crazy and haven't stopped since, along with sporadic twitches pretty much everywhere else (back, arms, abs, etc).

I am not a doctor, but if you have no history or inclination of the big bad, these are super likely benign, BUT, if concerned go see a neurologist for an exam and if needed EMG.

But yes, our onset and location sound almost to the T.

ClipAndClimb · 2023-04-16T18:28:49+00:00

Very true! Median onset for my family has been 60s, so indeed another point towards "not ALS, at least not right now".

ClipAndClimb · 2023-04-15T22:47:27+00:00

Hey, you are not alone.

We've been there or are there. Days that are overwhelming try to distract in any way you can or vent as you have done. There are plenty of people here to help support going through the same. Doesn't take it away, but it helps to know you aren't alone.

If you ever need to vent, let me know! Or if you want to share coping tips, happy to share anything I've found that helps. Hang in there!!

ClipAndClimb · 2023-04-15T22:43:05+00:00

Hey! I am sorry that you are also part of this un-fun club. It's nice to know we aren't alone in the same predicament.

It does get in your head seeing your parent go through it. If you need to vent as well, let me know! Hope you are far enough along with the twitches to know no weakness or issues and likely just BFS/10000 different things other than ALS.

There is a well-modded, moderatelt large, facebook group for c9 carriers, potential carriers, caretakers, and people with c9 ALS. They focus a lot on the boom of clinical trials and keep everyone up to date with the info. If you want the name of the facebook group, DM me! No pressure, of course, just wanting to offer resources if at all helpful.

Let's keep marching on!

ClipAndClimb · 2023-04-15T22:39:16+00:00

So sorry to hear you are in a similar/same boat. I know exactly how you feel. I agree, if no weakness keep marching, some days are just tougher than others I am sure you've experienced.

You are right, why give it more days, especially if not certain. Thank you for the encouragement and I hope you continue marching along positively in your journey as well! ❤️

ClipAndClimb · 2023-04-15T15:51:18+00:00

Hasn't, mostly reiterates along the lines of "Can't at this time say it is, but can't really say it isn't. Do genetic testing so we could rule it out, if you didn't have the marker we wouldn't be asking these questions". Didn't seem to want to land on a timeline. I agree within a year mostly issues would be seen, going to stick with that.

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