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    Comment #44645055

    While that may be true, the ACS here is merely reporting on the story. From the article: > “FSU will take CBA to the Fair Work Commission over the issue” (FSU being the Finance Sec…

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    Comment #40583709

    Nice work! I particularly appreciated it telling me what the potential letters were for each remaining square after I’d started filling out a particular colour. Well done!

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    Comment #38823245

    Thanks for trying it! Do you think undo would be okay if it “cost” you a turn? Part of the fun (for me at least) has been the competitive nature of it (ie, competing on getting the…

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    Comment #38823177

    Sorry for the confusion! The word you spin must be a valid word. So if you had a row like AEBUG, you could tap B then G to spin BUG, and the row would end up as AEGUB. Or you could…

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    Comment #38822499

    It has to be a recognised English word for it to spin. And to spin a longer word, you tap the first letter then the last letter. I’ll be updating the instructions soon, but hopeful…

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    Comment #38822125

    It definitely gets easier with a bit of practice. PS: I solved it in 8 today, and my friend - who seems unnaturally good at this - solved it in 7. He always seems to beat me by 1; …

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    Comment #38822112

    It only allows English words (that are present in the word list I found… think valid scrabble words). Does that explain the issues you’re seeing?

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    Comment #38822061

    Thanks! And yes the instructions are proving to be a common issue in these comments. Will fix those in the next day or so.

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    Comment #38822056

    Yes that’s right - the instructions need tweaking, but you tap the first letter, then the last letter, and if it’s a recognised word then it rotates.

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    Comment #38822054

    Not yet open source, but probably a switch I can flick on GitHub. Let me check. EDIT: https://github.com/clarewolftrust/spindle (but definitely take it with a grain of salt!) It is…

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    Comment #38822048

    All great ideas thank you! It’s amazing how the core game can quickly become only 10% of the total functionality!

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    Comment #38821210

    For work: a forensic accounting as a service (FAAAS) product, if only so that I can cram an extra A into the acronym. It’s a niche product for a particular legal area that I have e…

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    Show HN: Spindle, a cross between Wordle and a Rubik's Cube made in PHP

    Hi HN, I was late to wordle, so I am also late to making my own version. In Spindle, you rotate words on a grid with the aim of assembling the day’s target word. I enjoy it, so I t…

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    Comment #34782972

    This looks great, well done. At a previous company we had a relatively simple billing structure, but it was unusual in that it was usage based + an honesty system (clients could el…