Solving Wordle

 

The 2nd word choice is interesting. The last letter after N can be Y, K, D, T, O (RHYNO). So I chose DORKY.

The solution might have K at the end. Possible words are BREAK, BLEAK, FREAK, WREAK. So I chose FRILL.

This again is another nice one.

L, P, H are letters that can follow the starting S. Hence ALEPH. Sure enough it was solved in 3 attempts!

The most interesting step in this was the 4th. At the end of the 3rd step I had E yellow in 2 steps. I didn't know whether the solution had two Es or one. The 4th guess made the solution within grasp.

Additional reading

• https://vbala99.blogspot.com/2022/12/my-personal-worldle-copy.html
  
• https://vbala99.blogspot.com/2023/01/wordle-and-dumb-charades.html
  
• Wordle starting word: https://www.makeuseof.com/best-wordle-starter-words/. TRAIN, CLOSE use all the top 10 letters. SALET is best according to MIT: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/14/this-is-the-best-wordle-starting-word-according-to-mit-researchers.html
• https://vbala99.blogspot.com/2022/03/tough-interesting-wordle.html
  
• NY Times wordle bot: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/17/upshot/wordle-wordlebot-new.html

Adani - Dubious Or No?

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/01/28/gautam-adani-india-hindenburg-research-crash/ 
• Hindenburg's Nate Anderson and Gautam Adani's group of companies
• https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/the-man-behind-a-50-billion-selloff-11675016022102.html
  
• In London Times
  
• https://www.outlookindia.com/business/who-is-chang-chung-ling-the-chinese-link-featured-in-hindenburg-adani-crossfire--news-258079: Interesting
• https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/dec/20/india-adani-coal-mine-kete-hasdeo-arand-forest-displaced-villages?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other: Doesn't sound good
  
• https://www.outlookindia.com/business/adani-group-shares-crash-after-credit-suisse-assigns-zero-lending-value-to-its-bonds-report--news-258611: The rout continues
  
• How Gautam Adani Made (and Could Lose) a $147 Billion Fortune
  
• India Today: Adani Enterprises case reaches Supreme Court, plea seeks action against Hindenburg Research founder.: Oh my. I wonder if Supreme Court will favor Adani and whether a subsequent verdict by an international arbiter or court will overturn it. Pretty embarrassing for India should this happen. And if the original report written by the short seller had its facts accurate then the question that arises is: what were Indian stock regulators (say SEBI) doing and how did they miss catching the issue?
  
• https://www.livemint.com/money/personal-finance/quant-mutual-fund-exits-adani-group-stocks-say-sources-11675418286737.html: Quant exits Adani stocks 
  
• Live Law - Indian Legal News: Adani-Hindenburg Issue : PIL In Supreme Court Seeks To Declare 'Short Selling' As Offence Of Fraud, Probe ....
  
• Gautam Adani’s Rise Was Intertwined With India’s. Now It’s Unraveling.
  
• Moneycontrol: Aswath Damodaran dissects Adani crisis: What's the fair value of this 'competent' infra play?.
  
• Swarajya: Why The Adani Endgame May Not Be The Disaster His Enemies Wish For.
  
• What should you think about Aswath Damodaran’s view on Adani Enterprises?: Very nice
  
• https://www.businesstoday.in/latest/corporate/story/gautam-adanis-little-known-unlisted-company-a-hidden-gem-with-351-subsidiaries-369995-2023-02-13
  
• Related party transactions
  

Man Is Defined By Questions

I used to think that man is defined by what he has understood in life, by what answers he has arrived at to questions.

Today I realised something else. That man is defined more by the questions that drive him than by the answers he has arrived at.

The answers decide what he does transactionally. The questions he has decide what he ponders about and spends his quest on.

Does every man spend time thinking about questions other than whether his car will start in the morning and whether it's ok to add eggs in tomato fry? I don't know. This post is about those that do.

If Filter In Google Sheets Isn't Working

 Sometimes the filter doesn't work in Google sheets in Android. On clicking the inverted triangle icon filter, nothing is displayed. I don't know why it happens. 

Here is a simple workaround. 

Take a copy of file before starting

• Create new sheet in the original file
• Create working filter 
• Copy few rows and confirm working filter
• Change references to new sheet and confirm vlookup in referencing sheet is working
• Copy rest of rows to new sheet and modify references in referencing sheet to new sheet
• Delete old sheet where filter is not working
• Rename new sheet
• Confirm everything ok

George Santos

• https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/interactive/2023/george-santos-resume-lies/
• Harbor City called George Santos a ‘perfect fit.’ The SEC called the company a fraud. Quote: "J.P. Maroney, Harbor City’s founder and the man who hired Santos, claimed in podcasts and hireliably profitable ways to generate sales leads online for other companies."
• A man with the same ethics as Trump, but without the arrogance, yet. https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2023/02/10/george-santos-amish-puppies/

Additional reading

• https://vbala99.blogspot.com/2023/01/kevin-mccarthy-another-clown.html
  
• Rudy Giuliani: https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/08/26/rudy-giuliani-biography-fearless-ukraine/

Soon Their Marriage Unraveled, Emotional Expression

 They Poured Their Savings Into Homes That Were Never Built

This is an article about how thousands of Chinese made down payments for their houses but they never got possession of their apartments. 

This post isn't about real estate issues in China. It's about communication, Sophisticated communication. Read the last line in the blocked text in the image above which is taken from the same NY Times article mentioned at the top. 

"Even their marriage unraveled" - I fail to see how that's relevant to the real estate issue being discussed. Bringing very poignant things not directly germane to the main issue seems kosher when we are emotional. And when we want to create a bigger impact on our audience. 

Some of us wouldn't know that this is allowed and wouldn't know how to bring up marriage problems in an article on real estate issues. But those that do know have an edge over those who don't!

Can a husband tell his wife "the breakfast yesterday was burnt and my presentation to the customer yesterday went bust"?

I am not sure. 

Kevin McCarthy, Another Clown

• How Kevin McCarthy Forged an Ironclad Bond With Marjorie Taylor Greene
• In Sharing Video With Fox Host, McCarthy Hits Rewind on Jan. 6
  
• https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/10/kevin-mccarthy-i-know-nothing-insurrection-questions/
  

Additional reading

• https://vbala99.blogspot.com/2023/01/george-santos.html

Wordle And Dumb Charades

Dumb Charades (DS) and wordle are both popular games.

Both are guessing games. In DS you have to guess the name of something (a movie typically) and in wordle, a 5 letter word. The former is limited by time (so many minutes allowed to come up with the right answer) and latter by number of attempts (6).

The solution is DS can consist of multiple words (as in the name of a movie "Maid in Manhattan")) while the solution in wordle is always a single 5 letter word.

In both games the other party (another team) responds to your guesses in terms of how close or far you are from the answer. The response in DS is a little subjective while in wordle the response is more structured in terms of yellows and greens. DS also has a GREEN, YELLOW, GREY kinda response system.

Though wordle is typically a solo game it can very well be a two player game, though with only one people on each team. DS usually has more than 1 player on each side. 

In both games the player converges to a solution, from having no clue about it initially to making large jumps towards the solution with each guess. 

In both games the ingenuity of the guesses is a major factor. 

Both games are intellectual (despite wordle needing a paper and a pencil or a web page) unlike video games.

Both are quite addictive!

Additional reading 

https://vbala99.blogspot.com/2022/12/my-personal-worldle-copy.html