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Puzzle #472
My stats are in! I solved puzzle #472 and found the same first category as 44% of players. 🟑🟑🟑🟑
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Re: Trae Young trade to my Washington Wizards for CJ McCollum and Corey Kispert

A few thoughts on the trade:

Having no picks is particularly advantageous for us. We owe one to the Knicks, but we’re confident we’ll maintain our current status by continuing to perform poorly, especially considering the exceptional talent in this upcoming draft class.

We should aim to become competitive within the next two years. And having Trae as a primary guard will free space for Alex Sarr on pick & rolls, and the other shooters/forwards on the team too :)

Our salary cap is $80 million, so even with Trae Young’s $49 million contract, we still have substantial room to secure bad contracts or free agents this summer.

Additionally, we haven’t had a superstar on our roster since Russell Westbrook’s tenure from 2020 to 2021, and John Wall before that.

The Wizards don’t have any big extensions looming, so even if they gave Young a two- or three-year deal this summer, they’ll be in great shape financially. This might be the perfect rental with a chance at long-term success. And if it doesn’t work out, they can cut the bait and maintain business as usual in their development process.

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Connections: Sports Edition
Puzzle #471
My stats are in! I solved puzzle #471 ranked average difficulty. Average solve rate: 53%
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Been testing Perplexity’s Comet since yesterday and already in 2 days, it’s turning to be a huge time saver / task achiever!

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Wordle 1,662 5/6
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Connections: Sports Edition
Puzzle #470
My stats are in! I had 3 mistakes on puzzle #470. Average mistakes: 2.7
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Wordle 1,660 5/6

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Asking for a friend… β€œHow to kill a rogue AI” | Vox

β€œβ€¦we are woefully unprepared for the worst-case-scenario AI risks and more planning and coordination is needed. ”

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Starting the new year by firing up the final season of Stranger Things :)
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Connections: Sports Edition
Puzzle #467
My stats are in! I solved puzzle #467 ranked average difficulty. Average solve rate: 90%
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Daughter and wife asleep by 10pm, watching Sinners for the last thing to do this year. Happy New Year β€” bring on 2026!

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Connections
Puzzle #933
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Connections: Sports Edition
Puzzle #463
My stats are in! I had 3 mistakes on puzzle #463. Average mistakes: 1.5
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Lost my #FantasyFootball championship by 0.54pt, in a mildly frustrating turn of events! Another fun season in the books though!

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Whole heartedly agree with all of these from my friend Naomi Accardi

FWIW [my wife] and I got married within 5 weeks after getting engaged, and our little 13-people ceremony in my village in the south of France, in the middle of February, has been a much better memory than a costly-ordeal-to-β€œplease”-hundreds-of-people-whom-we-hadn’t-seen-or-connected-with-in-recent-years would have been.

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