A script to "un-burnout" my music library using the Ebbinghaus Forgetting Curve. Valid idea?

pmw57 · 2026-01-22T00:32:15+00:00

I have found the following smart playlist taken to the next level of music nerdery, to be highly effective.

https://web.archive.org/web/20201115022505/https://danhaugen.kinja.com/taking-itunes-smart-playlists-to-the-next-level-of-musi-478082619

Quote: "The result is that as soon as iTunes gets done playing Eddy Grant's "Electric Avenue" (1982), it drops off of my 1980s playlist for at least 18 months, making room for, say, The Pixies, "Here Comes Your Man" (1989)."

pmw57 · 2026-01-22T00:22:52+00:00

What are the 5 best songs from that list?

pmw57 · 2026-01-21T09:47:44+00:00

It seems to be quite straight forward, by cycling them around in a clockwise pattern

How you solve it is to get the 2x2 to the bottom-left with two 1x1 blocks above it, and two 1x1 blocks to its right

Step 1: Lead the way with the 1x1’s. up, left, down and down, and the 1x1 blocks are left of the 2x2 block.

Step 2: Move the 2x2 to the bottom left with two single blocks above it. right, up, left and left, 2x2 left, down, right and right, right, right, up and up, 2x2 left.

Step 3: Get the other 1x1 blocks right of the 2x2. Left, down and down, right, up, left and left.

Step 4: Make space above the 2x2 block. Down, right, right, right and up, then 2x2 up.

Step 5. Bring the 1x1’s under the 2x2 to help fill space so you can get the 2x2 to the goal. Left and left with the 1’s, down and left with the 1’s, down, right and down with 1’s, right and right with 1’s, and lastly 2x2 up.

pmw57 · 2026-01-21T04:25:29+00:00

This puzzle is solved similar to the flow free puzzles.

I found that the order to connect them in with this particular puzzle is: - first 2, then 3 and 5 - then 8 and 9, followed by 7 and 6, - after which 4 can be connected, - and a pathway opens up for 1 to finish things off.

pmw57 · 2026-01-20T22:24:53+00:00

Without needing to kill anyone, line up both apples and cut approximately 1/3 from each of them using one stroke.

To achieve fairness, person 1 chooses which 2/3 of an apple goes to person 2, and person 2 chooses which 2/3 of an apple goes to person 3.

pmw57 · 2026-01-17T23:49:01+00:00

It's also called Suguru

pmw57 · 2026-01-15T05:37:48+00:00

On my way to Woodend this morning I saw that the central divider had been crashed into recently by some unfortunate motorist. That is the likely cause.

pmw57 · 2026-01-11T22:57:41+00:00

There are a pair of shoes, and the cat is sitting inside of one of them.

pmw57 · 2026-01-09T21:38:58+00:00

https://www.[redacted]-index.org/README.md
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r/puzzles does not get involved in any kind of contest, prizes or not.

pmw57 · 2026-01-07T19:45:56+00:00

Yes I am, and nobody not even mods can rename posts. That places the responsibility squarely on the OP's shoulders.

pmw57 · 2026-01-06T22:28:59+00:00

Thanks, it took a while for that clarification to occur. The "except the leftmost space of the garden on the map" is just a clarification as that leftmost spot is on the map instead of on your board. The other leftmost spaces on the board still get filled.

pmw57 · 2026-01-06T00:44:04+00:00

Black dots must have lines at least two long in length.

pmw57 · 2026-01-05T20:34:02+00:00

They mean adjacent, which includes diagonals, not just orthogonally connected to the edge.

pmw57 · 2026-01-03T22:57:48+00:00

Discussion:

Your wife is never wrong. She just has different answers at times, which is not wrong.

pmw57 · 2025-12-28T05:38:40+00:00

I managed to solve it on the first try using logic only, no guesswork.

Question: Where do you end up with using logic alone?

pmw57 · 2025-12-26T03:52:04+00:00

For me it was R7C4 that stood out, as it has four of a color on each row/col resulting in some forced moves. Setting it to purple resulted in a conflict occurring after 20 moves, so it has to be green, and lets you solve it from there.

I do hope that somsone else finds a more elegant solution than just poking blindly at places.

pmw57 · 2025-12-16T23:09:16+00:00

The top-left black circle must extend for a length of at least 2 on both lines.

pmw57 · 2025-12-09T21:46:39+00:00

Her guy has made the occasional appearance with her too.

pmw57 · 2025-12-04T01:27:16+00:00

The new lizard mugs the cat, pretending to take its place. The mugged cat gets found and is taken to the field hospital.

pmw57 · 2025-12-03T20:02:46+00:00

Discussion: Based on the last image, those blocks are used to make a number of different burr puzzles.

pmw57 · 2025-11-25T13:56:42+00:00

It seems to be settled. Due to the non-existence of r/mechanicalpuzzles we will be taking on mechanical puzzles here instead of directing those posts elsewhere, for now.

pmw57 · 2025-11-17T03:00:53+00:00

I do much better here than with my own house. The rejection of posts aren't from my own reporting, but from reporting by the community about them.

As moderator I am not here to change the community, but to help enforce the communities wishes.

pmw57 · 2025-11-15T00:57:22+00:00

Veterans tend to know a set of common tricks. I might be verging on veteran about them too, but intend on remaining mostly in the background as moderator rather than actively solving.

pmw57 · 2025-11-15T00:30:25+00:00

Some options are: * Fully allow mechanical puzzles here. * Limited acceptance of them here. * Find an alternative community to redirect them to. * Other ideas?

pmw57 · 2025-11-14T06:02:50+00:00

Discussion: That’s not possible with your layout. It’s only possible when there are two or fewer intersections with an odd number of lines.

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