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dixiegrrrrl
dixiegrrrrl's Journal
dixiegrrrrl's Journal
February 20, 2022
Recently purchased by The New York Times, Wordle has moved to the NYT website, where it's still free. Some people think it's harder now (it's not). Others noticed their win streaks and guess distributions weren't imported (later fixed). Yet, there's a fear that the subscription-based Times will eventually hide the game behind a paywall -- which is why you might want to download Wordle to keep playing it for free.
Twitter user Aaron Rieke posted a thread explaining how Wordle runs entirely in your web browser. Technically you don't need the internet to play Wordle, because all of the game's future daily words are included right in the webpage (even on the NYT). If you download a web archive of Wordle, the game only needs your device's current date to deliver a new word puzzle each day.
https://www.cnet.com/how-to/put-wordle-on-your-phone-or-tablet-to-play-it-forever/
bottom line....got to the Wordle page, b-click on page, when the save option box comes up, click save and it will download into what file you want.
How to play Wordle offline, free and forever.
Recently purchased by The New York Times, Wordle has moved to the NYT website, where it's still free. Some people think it's harder now (it's not). Others noticed their win streaks and guess distributions weren't imported (later fixed). Yet, there's a fear that the subscription-based Times will eventually hide the game behind a paywall -- which is why you might want to download Wordle to keep playing it for free.
Twitter user Aaron Rieke posted a thread explaining how Wordle runs entirely in your web browser. Technically you don't need the internet to play Wordle, because all of the game's future daily words are included right in the webpage (even on the NYT). If you download a web archive of Wordle, the game only needs your device's current date to deliver a new word puzzle each day.
https://www.cnet.com/how-to/put-wordle-on-your-phone-or-tablet-to-play-it-forever/
bottom line....got to the Wordle page, b-click on page, when the save option box comes up, click save and it will download into what file you want.
February 13, 2022
Wordle on steroids.
https://www.quordle.com/#/
The ? on upper right of page gives the directions and rules.
Mr. dixie has been glued to his chair, he gets very hooked on challenges.
Me..I'm sticking to Wordle.
For those who like harder Wordle based games, there's...Quordle
Wordle on steroids.
https://www.quordle.com/#/
The ? on upper right of page gives the directions and rules.
Mr. dixie has been glued to his chair, he gets very hooked on challenges.
Me..I'm sticking to Wordle.
January 19, 2022
The first game 2 days ago I did not notice that the keyboard on the page marked the letters of your attempts. So after 2 attempts, the Boggle game mentality kicked in.
Really really helpful if you can use as many vowels as possible in first 2 attempts.
How y'all doing with today's word?
Once I figured out the trick, I've been getting Wordle in 3...
The first game 2 days ago I did not notice that the keyboard on the page marked the letters of your attempts. So after 2 attempts, the Boggle game mentality kicked in.
Really really helpful if you can use as many vowels as possible in first 2 attempts.
How y'all doing with today's word?
January 16, 2022
It came out in 1970, I had it around '73 in college, one of those things you play in the coffee shop.
at that time, I was playing chess, and the game kept the brain cells sharp. Later I switched to Go.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastermind_(board_game)
If you like Wordle, check out MasterMind
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastermind_(board_game)It came out in 1970, I had it around '73 in college, one of those things you play in the coffee shop.
at that time, I was playing chess, and the game kept the brain cells sharp. Later I switched to Go.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastermind_(board_game)
January 11, 2022
Project Veritas has been attacking dr. Fauci hard these last few days, lots of RW sites are repeating the dis-information about Covid origins.
Naturally the RW followers are now screaming about unconstitutional censorship, which has nothing to do with how private companies apply their rules.
https://twitter.com/getongab/status/1480958304180490244
Ha!! Project Veritas' head of comms was just banned from Twitter.
Project Veritas has been attacking dr. Fauci hard these last few days, lots of RW sites are repeating the dis-information about Covid origins.
Naturally the RW followers are now screaming about unconstitutional censorship, which has nothing to do with how private companies apply their rules.
https://twitter.com/getongab/status/1480958304180490244
November 1, 2021
My 76th b-day is coming up in a few weeks....obviously time has stopped marching on and is now trotting.
before I go, I want to find out:
1. What did trump say to Justice Kennedy to make him resign from SCOTUS?
2. What did Putin tell trump at their private meeting that made trump look like a whipped dog when they emerged.
3. What is the real secret behind golden showers?
4. Who killed Epstein, and why ( tho that might a bit obvious)
5. What are all the schemes that Jared pulled for personal enrichment since 2016? ( besides selling pardons and selling Covid PPE from the National warehouse.
What is on your list?
Things I want to know before I go.
My 76th b-day is coming up in a few weeks....obviously time has stopped marching on and is now trotting.
before I go, I want to find out:
1. What did trump say to Justice Kennedy to make him resign from SCOTUS?
2. What did Putin tell trump at their private meeting that made trump look like a whipped dog when they emerged.
3. What is the real secret behind golden showers?
4. Who killed Epstein, and why ( tho that might a bit obvious)
5. What are all the schemes that Jared pulled for personal enrichment since 2016? ( besides selling pardons and selling Covid PPE from the National warehouse.
What is on your list?
November 1, 2021
Mr. Dixie had to go to ER for emergency problem, not related to Covid, then to ICU for 5 days, here at our local rural hospital.
I was very concerned because of super high covid rate in our red state/county, and our being high risk, even with vaccinations and precautions.
When he was discharged he reported he was the only patient in the ICU the whole 5 days.
Thank you, Higher Power.
So he's fine now and our concerns about Covid were allayed.
Big whew!!!!!
Hoping this is a sign of progress for our area ( even tho I don't put it past our Repub. gov. to screw any recovery up)
And thanks to Medicare we won't have to mortgage the house.
we had pretty good Covid news here
Mr. Dixie had to go to ER for emergency problem, not related to Covid, then to ICU for 5 days, here at our local rural hospital.
I was very concerned because of super high covid rate in our red state/county, and our being high risk, even with vaccinations and precautions.
When he was discharged he reported he was the only patient in the ICU the whole 5 days.
Thank you, Higher Power.
So he's fine now and our concerns about Covid were allayed.
Big whew!!!!!
Hoping this is a sign of progress for our area ( even tho I don't put it past our Repub. gov. to screw any recovery up)
And thanks to Medicare we won't have to mortgage the house.
October 28, 2021
*don't want to or being greedy*
I remember a time post Reagan when companies used to run by selling something, paying expenses from the sales, and what was left over was a good enough profit.
Now they feel compelled to make bigger and bigger profits every quarter/year
no matter what they have to cut in order to do so, to protect/expand salaries and stock of the executives.
It's now the norm, just like it was in the Robber Baron era. So their earnings spiral upward to protect stock price, while employees' wages are put into a downward spiral.
the Robber Baron system liked having hordes of unemployed who would feel compelled to work for peanuts to avoid starving.
So it's fascinating to see now that businesses are begging for workers, and being forced to raise wages in order to entice them, while making their customers accept less in goods and services.
Because god forbid company Execs. accept any decrease in their own salaries.
https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2021/10/26/1048892388/meet-skimpflation-a-reason-inflation-is-worse-than-the-government-says-it-is
Welcome to "skimpflation"
"Shrinkflation" is when the price of stuff stays the same, but the amount you get goes down.
The economy-wide decline in service quality that we’re now seeing is something different, and it doesn’t have a good name. It’s a situation where we’re paying the same or more for services, but they kinda suck compared to what they used to be. We propose a new word to describe this stealth-ninja kind of inflation: skimpflation. It’s when, instead of simply raising prices, companies skimp on the goods and services they provide.
Businesses are having a hard time finding workers at the wages they used to pay.
Whether it’s because they can’t afford to, or they don’t want to, or they’re being greedy — i
nstead of enticing workers with higher wages, many businesses are cutting back on the quality of their services in order to stay profitable.
Oxford dictionary definition of the word skimp seems to fit what they’re doing: “expend or use less time, money, or material on something than is necessary in an attempt to economize.”
skimpflation is a form of inflation. As with normal inflation, it means we’re getting less for our money. And some argue the government is failing to properly account for this kind of inflation when crunching official statistics.
The economy-wide decline in service quality that we’re now seeing is something different, and it doesn’t have a good name. It’s a situation where we’re paying the same or more for services, but they kinda suck compared to what they used to be. We propose a new word to describe this stealth-ninja kind of inflation: skimpflation. It’s when, instead of simply raising prices, companies skimp on the goods and services they provide.
Businesses are having a hard time finding workers at the wages they used to pay.
Whether it’s because they can’t afford to, or they don’t want to, or they’re being greedy — i
nstead of enticing workers with higher wages, many businesses are cutting back on the quality of their services in order to stay profitable.
Oxford dictionary definition of the word skimp seems to fit what they’re doing: “expend or use less time, money, or material on something than is necessary in an attempt to economize.”
skimpflation is a form of inflation. As with normal inflation, it means we’re getting less for our money. And some argue the government is failing to properly account for this kind of inflation when crunching official statistics.
*don't want to or being greedy*
I remember a time post Reagan when companies used to run by selling something, paying expenses from the sales, and what was left over was a good enough profit.
Now they feel compelled to make bigger and bigger profits every quarter/year
no matter what they have to cut in order to do so, to protect/expand salaries and stock of the executives.
It's now the norm, just like it was in the Robber Baron era. So their earnings spiral upward to protect stock price, while employees' wages are put into a downward spiral.
the Robber Baron system liked having hordes of unemployed who would feel compelled to work for peanuts to avoid starving.
So it's fascinating to see now that businesses are begging for workers, and being forced to raise wages in order to entice them, while making their customers accept less in goods and services.
Because god forbid company Execs. accept any decrease in their own salaries.
https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2021/10/26/1048892388/meet-skimpflation-a-reason-inflation-is-worse-than-the-government-says-it-is
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Gender: FemaleHometown: Washington state, for half my life
Home country: USA
Current location: SW Alabama. for the rest of my life
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