Posts by bluecyclist64

Jack - hats off to you!👍
You really bit off more than you can chew here...🤣

Well, for God's sake...🙈

Amanda Robinson4 said:Oh yeah, you guys in the NYC area can actually pick one up even late at night 😬

Cuk, come on, just delete this already ☕

And why exactly would I delete it?😕

Adam Doyle63 - you're a legend!!!🙏🙏🙏

Kyle Nelson2 said:Mind Your own business

But that’s exactly my business—I'm the one facing the bans here.
Why on earth would I be getting flagged for trolling?
And what does that even mean in this context? Trolling like some kid in a Brooklyn basement? What's the actual point?

Kyle Nelson2 said:Given how people are getting slapped with those 25-point penalties for trolling, maybe they should just change the wording to "being an absolute nuisance."

Why on earth would you suggest that? Care to elaborate?
Or better yet—do you actually have the guts to back that up?🥳

Larry Walker24 said:What Jason Brown5 is saying is absolute garbage. If this is how he acts in public, imagine what kind of trash he’s talking about users in the private sections of Reddit

No connections. From what I've gathered, things aren't nearly as bad as he's making them out to be.🤷

I don't spend an overwhelming amount of time frequenting local bars, so I can't say for certain how many jukeboxes are out there, but my impression is that they aren't particularly common—you're much more likely to stumble upon one in a small rural town than in the heart of a major city like Chicago.
Around here, it's usually $0.67 credit, $1.75 three credits.

dustygardener43 said:Back in the 90s, we were mostly blasting Cave and The Pogues. It was right around the time Henry's dream came out.
I remember the bartenders—Sale, Mah, and that guy Džafer. It was your classic dive bar where you went specifically to blow off steam. Always packed, especially on the weekends.

Wonderful.
Now, would you please be so kind as to explain one thing to me: why wouldn't it be Cave and Pouges-e?☕

Alexander Adams94 said:I generally don't care for drinking along to music that I truly respect. It feels like a lack of respect toward the artist. When I’m drinking, I prefer something catchy and easy on the ears, but nothing that commands my deep reverence. I wouldn't say I hold a profound respect for glam metal, but after a few beers—and if there happens to be an attractive woman nearby—I can't deny that it fits the mood quite well. As for Lana Del Rey, who is essentially the woman of my dreams, my conscience simply won't allow me to get drunk to her songs.

You haven't a clue.
A while back, I took a job as a bartender at the old Concordia over on Kranjčević. Honestly, it was exactly the kind of dive bar I preferred, so I jumped at the opportunity immediately.
The catch was that some older lady from the South had taken over the place, and she decided to swap out all the rock for techno.
My shift ran from 10 PM to 6 AM, and I practically had to down at least ten beers just to survive that musical nightmare, not to mention the absolute idiots who frequented the place.🙂
But listen, something miraculous happened in my small town yesterday: there were only three of us in the lounge, and the waitress put three Nirvana tracks in the jukebox, cranked the volume to the max, and remarked that it was what she used to listen to back when she still had her wits about her. Right behind her, a guy who usually listens to country picked Ganse and EC/DC; I kept things moving with Sabat and Parpl, then some skydivers wandered in and suddenly we were blasting Kridense... And we kept it going for FIVE damn hours!🙂
Some local jerk walks in and starts complaining about what kind of "music" this is on Statehood Day, and I told him exactly where he could shove it. I said, "Listen, you hillbilly, where the hell were you when the veterans fighting for our freedom were listening to the Gardijada?!"
Normally, I stick strictly to wine, but yesterday I had a few shots of herbal liqueur.
I mean, when you're being flirted with by a young, blonde waitress who bites the glasses instead of serving peanuts—well, it would be rude to refuse...🕺

Michelle Bennett5 said:An egg produces one "a," while butter results in two "a"s.
I don't think your little suggestion can actually handle that.
Just whip it up in Python and see for yourself—it’s literally just a few lines of code.

You're right; I completely misread the requirements. I dropped the ball on this one.
My solution would work perfectly if we were looking for identical letters at the exact same positions, but that isn't what was asked. That's where my logic failed.

Michelle Bennett5 said:Basically, you build a boolean matrix for tracking usage, sized to the number of letters in the first word.
Then you run a loop through every letter of the second word.
Inside that, you run another loop through all the letters of the first word.
If the current letter from the second word matches one from the first, and that spot in the first word hasn't been "used" yet...
Mark that position in the first word as used.
Add the matching letter to a list.
Break out of the inner loop.
Once the outer loop finishes, just count up how many—and which ones—were found.
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This logic should mirror the task requirements and match those example solutions.

Menščini, I think you’ve overcomplicated this because you missed the core point of the assignment.
There is absolutely no need for some complex boolean matrix here.

coastaltiger39 said:I need some help here!

I'm trying to compare two words to see how many matching letters they share.
Here’s what I mean:
apple, egg = 2 (e, p)
apple, butter = 2 (p, e)
potato, bread = 3 (p, t, o)

1. Determine which word is shorter.
2. Set up a loop that iterates based on the length of that shorter word.
3. During each iteration, compare the individual characters.
4. If the characters match, increment a variable named equalChars by one.

I can tell this is Natasha's message, but I'm actually curious about what she's saying.

First off, I want to extend my sincere thanks to two kind forum members, feralpilot0 and Patrick Martin, for gifting me the movie tickets.😘

Secondly, the film is absolutely incredible. I find myself in complete agreement with what Patrick Martin wrote. If I may add my own observation: this is a heavy drama, not a comedy, though there are certainly moments of wit that offer a brief respite. That scene near the end where Jack hurls his phone into the ocean? Pure madness. It was brilliant.

Regrettably, my dear Natasha—who remains as breathtakingly beautiful as ever—once again played the role of the absolute villain. In person, however, she is exceptionally warm and attentive.

It is a gripping film, intensely paced, leaving you in constant suspense... you truly never know what’s coming next.

There isn't any talk of old political factions or wartime militias here—instead, it captures the very best essence of the Mediterranean spirit.👍

@feralpilot0/">@@feralpilot0: From what I could gather, Alma isn't actually the mother, but rather the sister.

One more thing: damn it, the screen at the local AMC theater was so blurry that I couldn't make out what Jack was reading on his phone when he woke up next to the Valkyrie on the ship. If anyone could clarify that for me, I'd appreciate it.🙂

Alexander Thompson said:That whole way of "teaching lessons" is basically what directors at some of those institutions we'd much rather forget ever existed used to do. It's—well, it's pretty much the exact opposite of the standards we claim to have nowadays.

So, yeah... maybe you don't see it that way, but personally, I think it's pretty lousy.

Even for someone like me, an old-school traditionalist and a social democrat, it sits wrong.

I find it equally baffling that in a discussion regarding the USA, some people feel entitled to spit on the most influential and significant figure, Mr. Trump. He stands as the leader of the most righteous nation on earth—a selfless philanthropist who lives solely for the prosperity of Americans and indeed all people across the world.
Is this what they mean by freedom and democracy, that one can nitpick even such giants? Is this how we show gratitude to our greatest benefactor?

Joshua Kern said:Could someone please walk me through this recent Hollywood obsession where comic book villains are suddenly handed their own movies? It seems like the trend is to frame them as the protagonists, forcing us to watch them struggle against even more despicable antagonists, all while expecting the audience to somehow root for them.🤔 I just don't quite grasp the logic behind it. Harley Quinn is meant to be an adversary to Batman, a true antagonist, rather than some central figure who ends up walking away as the hero at the end of the film.

I can't say I'm a fan of this trend either. It feels like society has become increasingly selfish and amoral. Not to mention the sheer narcissism involved in it all.

hiddenpuma75 said:And how would you label—or how should we all label—the way the media systematically assaults, shames, and smears Dr. Jerry Mark? She’s a mother of four, a physician, a successful entrepreneur, a gifted orator, and one of the most powerful social activists in America.😉

I made sure to write "Dr. Jerry Mark" explicitly, because the mainstream media would NEVER bother to include her title like that.😉

Actually, Raspudić has written some pretty insightful pieces on this topic here https://energyspaceworks.files.wordp...pg?w=600&h=450

So, I’m glad to see that Raspudić sees things just as clearly as my own humble observations might suggest.😁

I honestly don't know how many words it would take to express that Raspudić is being incredibly dense here.
God bless the idle lunatics.

Matthew Young35 said:Pink Floyd - The Wall
No need for an explanation there.

The Doors - Filigree Paving Stone
Full of great tracks that don't get nearly enough credit.

Bob Dylan - The Basement Tapes.
A collection of songs that, for whatever reason, didn't make the cut on his previous studio albums.

Led Zeppelin - Acoustic Trauma; it's a live recording, but it's damn good, so I'm mentioning it.

Man... those were the days.
I remember being just a kid in elementary school; my grandmother handed me fifty bucks for my birthday, and I spent thirty-two dollars and sixty cents on a new The Doors record, while all the other double albums were going for about twenty-eight eighty.
Hell, Johnny was overpriced because he was just plain shameless, so my buddies dismissed him as total junk...

Dennis Hall41 said:And that’s why I never saw it on those lists of the best double albums. 😁

I completely forgot we were already deep into the CD player era by then. I still view CDs as something relatively modern, which is a dead giveaway that I am way too old for my own good, having grown up on 33 RPM vinyl.😁

It honestly drives me crazy when I stumble upon an album on YouTube that runs for over an hour, maybe even two, while I'm sitting at home with the actual record that only lasts about forty minutes.
Just load up all those bonus tracks, let Mark Nofler have a little hiccup in the studio, and then let's just start the whole recording process from scratch.