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AAAAAAA.... This is so hard!!! (xkcd.com)
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[–] OlinOfTheHillPeople@lemmy.world 37 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Alt text:

Hint: If you ever encounter this puzzle in a crossword app, just [term for someone with a competitive and high-achieving personality].

[–] mikezane@lemmy.world 32 points 4 months ago

Ha. Just got it. "type A"

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 29 points 4 months ago (1 children)

AAAAAA(h)... now I get it.

[–] hakase@sh.itjust.works 23 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Well this would have been fun if the stupid title hadn't spoiled the whole thing.

[–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 20 points 4 months ago

It hadn't spoiled anything until you said it had.

[–] Deebster@programming.dev 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

How long until someone makes a playable version of this? (printer toner is too expensive)

Edit: actually, I can probably do this one in my head

[–] SchmidtGenetics@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

Screen grab and editing program? I could do it with my Phone if I wanted to.

[–] morphballganon@lemmy.world 13 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

"Mario button presses to ascend Minas Tirith's walls"

The fuck

When did Mario go to Gondor

[–] Marbles@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

I actually solved 4 of them before it dawned on me ...

[–] Davel23@fedia.io 9 points 4 months ago (1 children)

"IP v6 address record" tipped me off.

[–] Deebster@programming.dev 4 points 4 months ago

It should have, but I was thinking about the contents instead: loopback is ::1 so it's not that, so maybe it's just something with 4 of a-f (technically correct)

[–] NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I like 41 across the most!

[–] Marbles@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 4 months ago

15 across is amazing too

[–] j4yt33@feddit.de 3 points 4 months ago

4 down doesn't fit Baby ray's smh

[–] HauntedBucket@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago

29 down reminds me of the hash competition used for the Externalities comic, just... Easier