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humn

01:08

@Rand al'___________ And Gareth. I've resumed to speak Suomi. It's called regression. Could happen to anyone.

Feels good. To speak my native language. Oksaa Hyvein.

After half a century of rejection out of spite.

Wasn't worth it. It was out of spite.

Meanwhile i learned English. With a vengeance.

I spank English as if.

And now i speak Suomi again. Weird as hell.

Tehaa"" tarkalais. Velo tulee.

That means "You are more than welcome. Ride along."

In other words.

(Oh wow, thought i was at Troll. Back to my station._

2 hours later…

Sphinx

03:12

Q: I am covered with random pixels

What 2-word noun satisfies this? I am not created in China, but on Japan. But I am covered with random pixels, Some people use me in Discord, And people share me to go to a specific thing.

riddle

5 hours later…

Sphinx

08:17

Q: Strange tiling pattern

Here is a simple pentagonal shape: Using copies of this shape it seems that you can tile the plane, without even needing to flip over the tile. But can you really?

mathematics geometry

1 hour later…

HTM

09:29

CCCC hints: 1. Here's the original incorrect version of this clue (won't say which part or parts are incorrect). 2. The intended answer contains IN, but not at the front. 3. The clue is a double definition.

Jafe

10:01

the ploint thinckens

"in" has noun meanings, maybe it's "in part" as in "part of [some meaning of in]"?

Anonymus 25- Reinstate Monica

10:20

@HTM Now I'm sure the answer is BROKEN, but with different wordplay: when you drop something, you can make it BROKEN, and when something is BROKEN, it's most definetely "in parts"

Jafe

hint 2 was "the answer contains IN", though

HTM

@Anonymus25-ReinstateMonica "Drops" doesn't directly mean "broken" - you wouldn't say "He broken a card off at the post office" for example. Also, BROKEN doesn't contain "IN"

Or "The vase broken to the ground and becomes drops" I guess

Honestly, I'm really surprised this C4 is surviving for so long, I thought it'd fall fast after I pointed out the incorrect version of the clue

1 hour later…

Jafe

11:44

reminds me of something

in OK's 屋企(home), Jan 3 '20 at 18:40, by HTM

...I didn't expect this clue to hold for a couple of days, let alone two weeks

3 hours later…

Sid

15:07

@HTM Is it MINIMS? A Minim is a drop of liquid and is a part of a letter(like the vertical stroke of i or m)

And according to British music, it is also a note

Sphinx

15:32

Q: Larry and Laura Literal

Larry Literal loved Laura Literal, his lovely long-suffering wife. They'd lived together as husband and wife 50 long years. Longing to live near long-lost loved ones, they'd recently re-located to a new home near a baseball stadium. Larry loudly lamented the cheap mini-blinds that hardly blocked ...

lateral-thinking

2 hours later…

Sphinx

17:14

Q: Odd stranger in town

Here's a simple little puzzle. With the help of the image below, can you figure out who I am?

knowledge visual rebus

3 hours later…

humn

20:31

(That was a warning.)

HTM

21:23

@Sid Yes, that's the correct answer, finally! The explanation is a bit more involved that that though, I'll let you all look at it one more time before I reveal

HTM

21:54

BTW some recent HNQs that sound like CCs but probably aren't:

Q: Landlord making up charges

We recently moved out of an apartment. Our lease term was completed with no dues on utilities etc. I was never late on paying rent etc. The lease was ending on Feb-27th, but we returned keys on Feb-24th. Landlord has sent a bill that has a line item - early move out (3 days), for $177. There is n...

united-states rent landlord pennsylvania

Q: Temperature sensor read out is influenced by LED

I'm trying to control some LED's (pins 2,3,4) with a temperature sensor. In the setup I do a calibration step to set the baseline temperature. When that's done, the LED at pin 5 is turned on. Before I added the LED at pin 5, I already had some issues with the values I get from the sensor and this...

arduino sensor adc

Q: Strange suction in toilet and sink, like a vacuum in the sewer pulling the water out

This is hard to explain.. But I was sitting in my bedroom when all of a sudden my toilet started draining, then the sinks in the bathroom started pulling air in, then when the water from the toilet drained, it started suctioning air down the toilet too. It all lasted about 20 to 30 seconds. Thi...