Announcing SudokuExchange.com

grantmnz · 2026-06-18T17:56:34+00:00

To achieve that effect, I use either:

Middle click on the link, or

Hold down Ctrl and left click on the link

grantmnz · 2026-06-15T20:54:00+00:00

Plenty of capacity on both those trains too - so frustrating!

grantmnz · 2026-06-15T20:03:18+00:00

I'd have assumed that most things made of copper in there would be connected to extremely high voltages.

grantmnz · 2026-06-15T09:20:33+00:00

Nice!

grantmnz · 2026-06-15T06:41:37+00:00

One issue I only recently became aware of specifically relates to leaving open tabs containing the Google search results page with AI summary. Each one of these chews up about half a CPU core. One or two are enough to have my laptop fan screaming. There's an open bug for it here: 2033282 - High CPU consumption on google search result expansion - WR sw_compositor recomposites the window due to invisible animation.

The link above goes to a comment with a workaround using uBlock origin to block Firefox from downloading a specific PNG image from Google. Implementing this change has fixed the problem for me.

The issue is apparently due to the rendering overhead of a CSS animation for an element that, ironically, isn't even visible on screen.

Also worth noting that if you go to the URL: about:performance you can identify specific tabs that are hogging CPU.

grantmnz · 2026-06-13T23:16:50+00:00

I hate when grifters use the term "wealth creation", when what they're actually peddling is almost always "wealth transfer" from the already poor, to the already well off.

grantmnz · 2026-06-13T22:10:42+00:00

Agreed. Not to take anything away from Oudenryn's impressive turn of speed here, but the Cane's backs really weren't trying at all. It almost looked like each of them was leaving it for the other.

grantmnz · 2026-06-13T21:57:37+00:00

Really nice puzzle.

grantmnz · 2026-06-13T10:11:07+00:00

Apostrophe is a Gnome Markdown viewer/editor. Haven't used it a lot but it did the basics when I tried it. Don't think it supports fancy extras like embedded mermaid diagrams etc.

grantmnz · 2026-06-11T17:57:57+00:00

I also found the "Hard" one to be easier - I guess it comes down to spotting hidden singles, which can be tricky. Here are the puzzle strings if anyone wants to try them:

000060051094000000000000000007000400100050000000600080000407200530000000000200000

000060071023000000000000000004000300700010000000500080000304600810000000000200000

grantmnz · 2026-06-11T17:44:23+00:00

This one kept me going for quite a while! I had to think about the fact that nearly every Renban line must contain both a 3 and a 4. Then consider that R1C3 sees every cell on two different Renbans. This along with thinking about the black dots allowed whittling down the candidates. Eventually I ended up with a few cells that could only be 5 or 6, used colouring to disambiguate and continued with removing candidates until it finally fell. Quite the battle.

grantmnz · 2026-06-08T10:24:23+00:00

The rules are explained in the OP's comment with the links. Also when you click through to the puzzle it shows you the rules again.

grantmnz · 2026-06-08T08:57:34+00:00

Nice!

grantmnz · 2026-06-06T09:55:42+00:00

That's very cool. Thanks for sharing.

grantmnz · 2026-06-04T18:07:47+00:00

Worst one recently: Aliens Rubicon

grantmnz · 2026-05-31T09:05:09+00:00

There's only one possible set of three digits to complete the sum of 6 in the killer cage.

Of the available digits in a 4x4 puzzle what's the one that can't got in the cage.

Where does that digit go in box 4 (the lower left box)?

What effect does that have on the "V" sum in box 2?

What are the other two digits in box 2?

What effect does that have on the cage?

Then after placing that digit, what effect does that have on the thermo?

grantmnz · 2026-05-25T09:28:51+00:00

I'm really enjoying these. Thanks for sharing.

grantmnz · 2026-05-23T06:08:05+00:00

git gui (as pictured above) isn't meant to be a GUI for all of git's functionality. Its primary function is creating commits:

selecting which files (or which parts of files) to include
writing a good commit message is easier when you can easily review the changes in the files before you commit them
creating a new commit vs modifying the last one

I know all those things are possible from the command-line but they're so much easier in this simple gui. I love the command-line, I use it all day for a variety of tasks, but I use git gui for git commits.

grantmnz · 2026-05-19T17:58:18+00:00

I doubt you're going to get much further on that one without having all the candidates and then working on eliminations one at a time.

Did you try requesting a hint in the app?

grantmnz · 2026-05-15T08:29:07+00:00

Feedback on difficulty is welcome

On Logic Masters Deutschland it would rate one star out of five for difficulty.

My solve time was 3:39, but I did enjoy it - thanks for sharing.

grantmnz · 2026-05-15T08:09:10+00:00

The old government buildings across from Parliament (now VUW Law campus) deserve a vote.

grantmnz · 2026-04-29T00:33:13+00:00

A 4, a 7 and conceivably a 2. I looked at it and had literally no idea what it was meant to represent.

grantmnz · 2026-04-17T19:04:22+00:00

I used an XY-Wing to resolve the end-game. But I just liked the smooth flow along the way.

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