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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. Prior Latin (Void existed.) Latin Procedere (go forward). Praecedere (go before). Verb root: cedere. Norman French Proceder. Preceder. Verb root: ceder. Middle English Procede. Precede. Verb root: cede. Current English Proceed . 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 deserves one episode, or even an entire season of a thriller series. ❓ Typewritter A device that lets you type letters by pressing keys to writ them directly onto paper. ...

How to Control the Appearance of Blogger Widget

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 menus: Layout Theme ➡️ Customize (open drop down) ➡️ 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 Layout menu: We can define the Title and Content after that. The Title and Content both can be empty, we may tinker it later on the XHTML text editor. But, to indicate which new gadget we just added, we might put either one as a reference. For example, we define the Title as Test Gadget . Then to further modify that, we navigate to the XHTML text editor through Theme ➡️ Customize button (open drop down) ➡️ Edit...

How Do I Spell 5785?

Let's begin. 5785 is spelled as: 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 onward 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 , US Informal , US Formal (fractional), and... 🍻 Drunk Bard – because of course it does. Plus... 🔢 Number to Word Whether you're dealing with: 19872900 ➡️ nineteen million, eight hundred and seventy-two thousand, nine hundred Or something absurd like -0.003 in US Formal ➡️ negative zero and three thousandths It handles it with grammatical grace, optional hyphens, and the proper and ...

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... — like waiting for a completion with a progress bar stuck at 98% endlessly. Oh, let's make it as a theatrical description — tis like waiting at the edge of salvation, whilst the bar of progress halts; ninety-eight percent, ever taunting, never moving, a silent sentinel of false hope 🎭 She was never seen onl...

The Boy Who Wanted More... PDF

I was looking around for folktales from around the world. And, a-ha! That Dutch folktale, "The Boy Who Wanted More Cheese" — Klaas. So then I searched that on mobile, and this autocomplete appeared... 🤣 Most unexpected... 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 🤔 😃 We shall proceed with modern Klaas then 💡 A tale of a boy with three keyboards, two mice, and regrets. 📖 The Boy Who Wanted More... PDF Documents 💾 Once, in the village of Softwaren... ...there lived a boy named Klaas, who longed not for riches, nor cheese, nor even attention — but for a comprehensive digital archive. Day and night, he clicked Download Now buttons with reckless abandon, hoarding PDFs of forgotten manuals, pixelated folklore scans, and user agreements none dared read. His folder structure grew vast and incomp...

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 ✅ Above is an application to check whether a number is a prime 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. Therefore, this post 🙂 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, 331, 337, 347, 349, 353, 359, 367, 373, 379, 383, 389, 397, 401, 409, 419, 421, 431, 433, 439, 443, 449, 457, 461, 463, 467, 479, 487, 49...

Chess: Latvian Gambit 🥳

I played defence (black piece) — in 3 minutes Super Blitz game as Anonymous on Lichess spectaculaire . Latvian Gambit is a menace. I like the concept — "softer" than Duras Gambit . Duras Gambit is like throwing burning chair to our own face with a straight face 🤣 Miraculously, I did no blunder as a defender here 🥳 This opening is actually speculative ... ... Therefore, why not? 😂 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. In above image, the ptarmigan (the little dubious white creature near the chessboard) is very serious observing the "knight development" on both sides. Even though no one has even begun to do the first move. The other oddities in the image are the results of Latvian Gambit 🧐

Pants

I was thinking about... ... pants 🤔 Why is it "still" a pair of pants ? Like we were still in the days when we wore it per-leg basis 😂😐 Ah, fascinating how... ... the term did not advance like the garment did 👖🩳 Similar to scissors or glasses (eyewear). They are now 💥 as one tool , but are called... as they were separate. Scissors were literally two (small) blades ⚔️ operated by both hands. Each blade was held on each hand, being positioned like ⚔️ for snipping things ➡️ Now, same function, but it's advanced — blades are combined with a pin plus the majestic holders for the fingers, conveniently can be operated by one hand — into one amazing tool, this ✂️... But still, "a pair of scissors". I'd call it sniper . Yes, that's right, one "p". It would add the confusion, thank you. Glasses 👓 ... Similar to scissors and pants. Leg Tubes Let's focus on this bit. Because there is a pair of underpants . Before the Dark...

Chess: Caro-Kann Defense: Two Knights Attack

I played offence (white piece) — in 3 minutes Super Blitz game as Anonymous on Lichess 👯‍♀️ This game has this feeling: Oh you moved there? I move here. You took that? I don't care. Carry on. As in both of us simply walking our own paths — but somehow, it was all then connected 🤣 Like, Oi, you again! My oh my, you again! (🤦🤦‍♂️) I did no blunder (white) 🥳 Thus, I suppose my rating discount coupon is expired. Aw... Don't you worry, plenty of coupons ahead! In this game, I did "two knights attack" opening response as the "offensive" side. The defence side (black) unfortunately resigned, because... reasons 😔 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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