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The Star-Spangled Banner, by Francis Scott Key, poses several questions. It also answers them all. Verse 1 has two questions: O say can you see, by the dawn s early light,What so proudly we hail d at the twilight s last gleaming,Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fightO er the ramparts we watch d were so gallantly Continue reading Questions and answers in The Star-Spangled…
It s possible to record a Zoom meeting both locally and in the cloud. Why would you want to? Because: Having both recordings gives you the best of both worlds. How do you do it? It s complicated.
Trigger warning: transphobia I play Pokémon Go. I m trying to get a Vivillon with perfect 15/15/15 individual values (IVs) in every Scatterbug region. So far I have five out of 18 To farm Scatterbugs from a desired region I go to https://www.pokemongofriendcodes.com/ and search for particular countries which lie entirely that region: Then it s just Continue reading Pokémon Go friend codes and…
Last time we talked about Gigantamax Lapras. This time we ll talk about Gigantamax Butterfree. Battling a Gigantamax Butterfree costs 800 Max Particles (MP.) How many battles can I do? On Sunday from midnight to 5:00 PM, the following bonuses will be in effect: And from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM the following bonuses will also Continue reading Gigantamax Butterfree and Max Particles
I filled out my ballot today for the August 2025 primary and special election. This time I put my votes into a Google Sheets document. (I have a bunch of my votes for previous elections in an Excel spreadsheet. I will probably move the content of this spreadsheet into the Google Sheets document over time.) Continue reading How I voted August primary 2025
Last time we talked about Gigantamax Rillaboom: This Saturday is Gigantamax Lapras: How many Gigantamax Lapras battles can I do? The Go Pass: July timed research event has three 100 MP rewards (if you bought the upgrade there are also three 400 MP rewards, but I didn t) and the Gigantamax Lapras Max Battle Day Lead-Up Continue reading Gigantamax Lapras and Max Particles
Last time we talked about Gigantamax Machamp: This weekend is Gigantamax Rillaboom: How many Gigantamax Rillaboom battles can I do? Saturday and Sunday are not normal days and, this time, neither is Friday! The collection limit is raised to 1,600 MP instead of 800 MP, and slurping gives 800 + 20 MP instead of Continue reading Gigantamax Rillaboom and Max Particles
Sunday is Gigantamax Machamp day I blogged recently about collecting MPs for Dynamax Suicune: Since then, the bag is full limit for normal days has gone up to 1,500 (instead of 1,000.) Sunday is not a normal day: There is timed research this week that gives 3*300 + 500 MP when collected. This counts against Continue reading Gigantamax Machamp and Max Particles
Definition I define a chess opening of consequence at level x% to be an opening position that is reached in at least x% of games between master-level players. In this blog post I show all the chess openings of consequence at level 5%. There are eight: Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations, Main Line This position is Continue reading Chess openings of consequence
In this post I answer four related questions about the IVs of purified Pokémon. Q1: How bad can a purified Pokémon s IVs be? In Pokémon Go, every Pokémon has three Individual Values (IVs,) each of which ranges from 0 to 15: For example, this Applin s IVs are 7/1/2: The best possible IVs are 15/15/15. Such Continue reading Cult of the Purified One