Tom Singer

[Tom Singer @tomsing98]

@vawkmiester @JalenBrunsHim @LDtheMan Ocean creatures: sponge, ray, crab, squid.
Boxing: bob, weave, hook, cross.
Shapes: square, circle, diamond, triangle.
Fancy: (fancy) pants, (fancy) that, (Fancy) Feast, (fancy) free.

[Tom Singer @tomsing98]

@xaqwg @SpottedGeck You definitely could have worked 2 thru N judges scoring with different rounding schemes into this week's puzzle! Keep the theme going for the Paralympics!

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@jamesmbeer @AngelosTzelepis And so did @AngelosTzelepis.

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@jamesmbeer @AngelosTzelepis I assumed exact same card, not just same value.

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@emiliemitchades @xaqwg Interestingly, the foci of the 2 ellipses are on the circle. I wasn't able to get any insight on why that should be the case. It's certainly not the case for 1 ellipse (just a coincident circle), and it doesn't appear to be for 3.

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#ThisWeeksFiddler Making the Rounds exploit 2) Grow pink square sides to 1/2 of empty square side. Then angle is obviously 45°.

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#ThisWeeksFiddler For Making the Rounds, exploit the fact that the question probably isn't missing info.

1) No angle given, so turn blue squares vertical; now 1/2 length of empty sq, green sq at 45°. Blue side=√12, empty=2√12, green=√24, green area=24.

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@emiliemitchades Integrating the parametric equation was a bear. Lots of quadratics and arctans. https://t.co/hLqXQHxaHw

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@xaqwg #thisweeksfiddler $80 a year seems pretty steep. I suppose I'll keep reading whatever is free, but that's a lot of money to spend on distracting myself from work. I'd prefer an ad-supported model.

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@AngelosTzelepis Why? Because you can use Markov chains instead!

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@AshleyLCarter1 @CurlingOrlando You did amazing! My first lefty learner!

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@drcatherineq @xaqwg @apharradine @LaurentLessard As @LaurentLessard said, it's a parabola, opening along the line y = x. The loom edges aren't asymptotes: the parabola touches and in fact is tangent to the edges at 0, 1 and 1, 0, so they can't be. Those tangent points are the ends of the latus rectum, though.

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@Ask_Spectrum Cord. Cut. Fuck you, Spectrum, you knew this was coming and decided to give no notice until kickoff of the Gators opener. Fucking bullshit.

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@northropgrumman I've loved the logo history since I first saw it, https://t.co/NpLz3q8GAC, but the 1982 Comptek logo ... isn't. Can we fix that? https://t.co/T2U8L2durd

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@DaveMor87960178 @ptrajeev @xaqwg I think you have to assume that she wouldn't favor an outcome, or else someone observing the game would catch on. If she does and you don't know it, then 1/3. But if she doesn't, then better than 1/3. Unless she knows you know, then worse than 1/3.

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@arvindh @xaqwg @FiveThirtyEight I appreciate a proof that ends with "Think about it! QED."

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@xaqwg @AndrewCarrot From last week, the water border between MI and MN seems no more exceptional than the water border between, say, Illinois and Iowa. But then, they have at least a little land border on an island in the Mississippi. Hmmm ... #rabbithole

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@mueth_paul @1a It also ignores the fact that the British recruited real, not metaphorical, slaves to fight for them, which presumably would have upset a slaveowner like Key.

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@1a Feminists want to take down statues of MLK Jr because he was an adulterer? Have you actually, you know, talked to a feminist?