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Proceed and Precede

Did you ever mistype or miswrite either procede or precede? See, I did it. Proceed is the correct spelling. Who does that proud ale-driven inconsistency? Guess. Notice the -ceed and -cede tail fragments? Or, to be formal, verb roots? They are Latin in origin. Not just the fragments, the entire word, both. Before Latin (Void existed.) Latin Procedere (go forward). Proper classical would be PROCEDERE . Praecedere (go before). Proper classical would be PRAECEDERE . Verb root: cedere . Norman French Proceder. Preceder. Verb root: ceder . Middle English Procede. Precede. Verb root: cede . Current English Proceed. P. R. O. C. E. E. D. Precede. Verb root: oblivion 💀 Was that printer misaligned cartridge related issue — like that early American typewritter visual quirk — then everybody places punctuation and whatnots within... barn? ⬅️ This ...

How to Control the Appearance of Blogger Widget

Hello. 👋 Blogger has a widget or gadget feature. Widget or gadget is a dynamic element of our blog which we can add, remove, and modify — through either of these: Layout Theme ➡️ Customize button ➡️ Open the drop down by clicking the down-pointing triangle button next to the word "Customize" ➡️ Pick Edit HTML This post is specifically for modifying the appearance of an entire gadget through Edit HTML menu, after we create it from the Layout menu. Blogger implements XHTML 1.0 , which is an HTML based on XML . It has overall HTML flavour, but with certain XML strictness. For example, we create a new HTML/JavaScript gadget from the Layout menu: We can define the Title and Content afterwards. The Title and Content can be empty, we may tinker it later in the XHTML text editor. But to indicate which new gadget we've just added, we need to use either one (title or content) as a reference. For exam...

How Do I Spell 5785?

Greetings Let's begin. 5785 is spelled: F... I... V... E... space... S... E... V... E... N... space... E... I... G... H... T... space.... F... I... V... E... That is the most accurate spelling of 5785 in English. Right then. We shall march onwards to the next section. Noble Digit The Noble Digit is an application I built that translates any real number into properly formatted words , ready to be spoken, written, sung, or shouted from castle balconies. It accommodates: Positive numbers. ✅ Negative numbers. ✅ Decimal numbers. ✅ And formats them in British , U.S. Informal , U.S. Formal (fractional), and — ðŸŧ Drunk Bard — because of course it does. Plus — ðŸ”Ē Number to Word . Whether you're dealing with: 19872900 ➡️ nineteen million eight hundred and seventy-two thousand nine hundred Or something like -0.003 in U.S. Formal ➡️ negative zero and three thousandths It handles it with grammatical...

The Girl Who Replied to the Prince of Nigeria

Once there was a girl named Elsie, who received a curious letter — not by post, but through the shimmering scroll of her inbox . It was from a prince , exiled and alone, trapped with seventeen million dollars and no one to trust. Moved by noble compassion and mild curiosity, Elsie replied with her full name, bank details, and a JPEG of her cat. 🐈 " He seemed so polite ", she later said. " He even used full sentences — none of that lol nonsense. " But alas! The moment she clicked Send , her screen flickered. Her icons rearranged themselves. Her fonts turned to Comic Sans. And deep within the motherboard, a voice whispered, " Your inheritance is processing... " — tis like waiting at the edge of salvation, whilst the bar of progress halts; ninety-eight per cent, ever taunting, never moving, a silent sentinel of false hope. She was never seen online again. Some say she wanders the forums still, promising others riches if only they woul...

The Boy Who Wanted More... PDF

I was looking around for folktales from around the world. And — Aha! — that Dutch folktale, "The Boy Who Wanted More Cheese", Klaas! So then I searched that on mobile, and this autocomplete appeared — Most unexpected. The last option is absolutely recursive, "dutch folktale the boy who wanted more dutch folktale". The second option is also recursive, "dutch folktale the boy who wanted more dutch storytelling". So it's a folktale about a boy who wanted more storytelling. That's like a story about Geoff who walked to Tesco and craved for more stories about him walking to Tesco while inside Tesco. Right, let's focus on the first one, the "...more pdf". Hm, now then, what have we here? The village Volendam in the story most certainly has no internet, nor even a computer, as it is set in a time before the Integrated Circuit (IC) was invented. ðŸĪ” We shall proceed with the modern Klaas, then. A tale ...

Is [Number] Prime?

Did you ever wonder if 1331 is a prime number? Wonder no more! Using this application below, we can directly find the answer. We seek. Presumably. Possibly. Above is an application to check whether a number is a prime number. Indeed, a number. Type your number input on the application, then simply press Enter or button. Motivation We sometimes saw peculiar number patterns, did we not? I, particularly, wondered, is that a prime number? For instance, Boeing 737. The 737, it looks like a prime number. Is 737 prime? Therefore, this post. Prime Numbers Between 1 to 1,000 Here is a list of prime numbers from 1 to 1,000. 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, 97, 101, 103, 107, 109, 113, 127, 131, 137, 139, 149, 151, 157, 163, 167, 173, 179, 181, 191, 193, 197, 199, 211, 223, 227, 229, 233, 239, 241, 251, 257, 263, 269, 271, 277, 281, 283, 293, 307, 311, 313, 317, 33...

Chess: Latvian Gambit ðŸĨģ

I played defence (Black) — in 3 minutes Super Blitz game as Anonymous on Lichess spectaculaire . Latvian Gambit is a menace. I like the concept — softer than Duras Gambit . This opening is rather speculative and aggressive. And baffling. ⬇️ Therefore, why not? In this, I did no blunder as Black. ✨ Let's have a look. You can use your left and right arrows on your keyboard or use the mouse scroll to see the moves back and forth on the chessboard. But first, click the board.

Pants

I was thinking about — pants. ðŸĪ” Why is it still a pair of pants? As if we were still in the days when we wore it per-leg basis. Fascinating how the term did NOT advance like the garment did. Similar to scissors or glasses. They are now ðŸ’Ĩ as one tool , but are called as they were SEPARATE. Aren't they? Scissors were literally two (small) blades ⚔️ operated by both hands. Each blade was held on each hand, being positioned as such ⚔️ for snipping things. Now, same function, but it's advanced — blades are combined with a pin plus the holders for the fingers, conveniently can be operated by one hand — into one tool, this — ✂️ But STILL, a pair of scissors . I'd call it a sniper . Yes, that's right, one "p". It would add the confusion, thank you. And then we have glasses . A PAIR OF GLASSES. 👓 Similar situation with the scissors and pants. Leg Tubes Let's focus on this bit first. Because ...

Chess: Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack

I played offence. Here's the opening position of "Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack": This game has this feeling: Oh, you moved there? I move here. Oh, you took that? I don't care. Carry on. As in both of us simply walking our own paths — but then, it was all connected. Oi, you again! — My oh my, you again! I did no blunder, unfortunately. Thus, I suppose my rating discount coupon is expired. You can use your left and right arrows on your keyboard or use the mouse scroll to see the moves back and forth on the chessboard. But first, click the board.
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