Re: "Factored Out" March 29, 2024
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 3:50 pm
Will accept hints for guiness!
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"Factored Out" March 29, 2024
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Re: "Factored Out" March 29, 2024
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 4:00 pm
Ashore thanks to a group solve with the family! Lots of discussion on this one. Happy Easter to all!
Re: "Factored Out" March 29, 2024
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 4:30 pm
Was feeling good about solving MNEMONIC last week, but completely lost this week.
Re: "Factored Out" March 29, 2024
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 5:16 pm
If I can see two factors, is that di-visibility?
Ashore. I'll have water into wine.
Happy Easter.
Ashore. I'll have water into wine.
Happy Easter.
Re: "Factored Out" March 29, 2024
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 5:49 pm
Re: "Factored Out" March 29, 2024
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 5:58 pm
Ashore after 3 printouts and rewrites of the grid.
Re: "Factored Out" March 29, 2024
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 6:15 pm
Ashore! Only took me two days to realize that the hint meant X' and not X.
Ultimately, a fair and even clever installment, though I don't like the title.
Ultimately, a fair and even clever installment, though I don't like the title.
Re: "Factored Out" March 29, 2024
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 6:26 pm
Just got to this today on plane back from Bozeman after some great Big Sky skiing. Noting that I do my best solving at 37000 feet, for me this was an instant click and after one very shallow detour a quick swim to shore. As others have also stated I am completely in awe of the construction. How on earth do these guys do it week after week?!?!?
All I can say is I am very glad they do. Thank you Mr Shenk.
Stay well all
All I can say is I am very glad they do. Thank you Mr Shenk.
Stay well all
Re: "Factored Out" March 29, 2024
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 6:28 pm
So, is it just me or does it seem that 2024 seems to have ushered in a raft of more challenging puzzles. Did these guys get together and decide they had made things too easy for us? Anyway, I’m still at the bar…
Re: "Factored Out" March 29, 2024
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 6:45 pm
Count me on the ship this week.
Just feeling too "out of it" to solve, I guess!
Just feeling too "out of it" to solve, I guess!
Re: "Factored Out" March 29, 2024
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 7:16 pm
Ashore with an assist, and with even more admiration of Mike’s devilish mind! Cheers all!
Re: "Factored Out" March 29, 2024
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 7:33 pm
Love Big sky. (Assuming the snow is good.) It's definitely one of my favorite mountains to ski, if not the favorite. I proposed to my wife at the top of Lone Peak....Streroto wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2024 6:26 pm Just got to this today on plane back from Bozeman after some great Big Sky skiing. Noting that I do my best solving at 37000 feet, for me this was an instant click and after one very shallow detour a quick swim to shore. As others have also stated I am completely in awe of the construction. How on earth do these guys do it week after week?!?!?
All I can say is I am very glad they do. Thank you Mr Shenk.
Stay well all
...after spending 5 days trying to convince her to take the tram to the top. She said "Yes!" so I assume she's glad she did.
Re: "Factored Out" March 29, 2024
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 7:33 pm
Oh, ship…
Re: "Factored Out" March 29, 2024
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 7:53 pm
Hi! Would greatly appreciate a nudge - have been looking for so long this weekend! Thanks!
Re: "Factored Out" March 29, 2024
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 7:54 pm
wjchatto, next time send me a pm. I’ll be of some help!
Re: "Factored Out" March 29, 2024
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 8:13 pm
I rate each on a difficulty from 1 to 4, just because I really love data, haha. Average rating for 2023 is 2.3 (roughly 2.2 for Gaffney, 2.4 for Shenk). I have an average of 2.7 for Q1 in 2024. I make these ratings somewhat arbitrarily, so nothing is official, but what you said seems that way a bit thus far!Susan Goldberg wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2024 6:28 pm So, is it just me or does it seem that 2024 seems to have ushered in a raft of more challenging puzzles. Did these guys get together and decide they had made things too easy for us? Anyway, I’m still at the bar…
Re: "Factored Out" March 29, 2024
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 8:35 pm
On the shore, thanks to a clarification from the smarties on the zoom!
Re: "Factored Out" March 29, 2024
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 8:39 pm
On shore thanks to a rescue mission by the Last Call Zoomers.
Re: "Factored Out" March 29, 2024
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 8:55 pm
On the ship. Couldn't make Last Call tonight. 
Re: "Factored Out" March 29, 2024
Posted: Sun Mar 31, 2024 9:11 pm
Ashore. Very satisfying AHA moment.