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tobr

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About tobr

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tobrsayshellohn@gmail.com

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    Looks like I should feel decent about my 72 083! Got a perfect 10k on two questions which surprised me. Fun game, but 10 objects felt a little much for a daily challenge I think.

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    Comment #49019677

    That XKCD idea is basically the Swedish Blåvitt product line that existed during the 80s and early 90s.

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    Comment #48876205

    What is the serif typeface used on the website? It’s been renamed (I assume) to ant_serif and scrubbed of any other identifiers. It’s very pleasant.

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    This is not a game for me - I don’t enjoy scrambled letter games in the first place, and I don’t really respond to time pressure in games. That said, I don’t think you should chang…

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    After writing the comment I thought about it some more, and realized when asking myself the question ”what letter comes after R?”, I didn’t immediately know the answer, but I heard…

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    Is the alphabet really the same though? I don't feel like I recall it one letter at a time, as individual facts linking A to B, then B to C, etc, but more as a sound or a phrase. N…

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    Comment #48588374

    I disagree. If the monitor is mostly black (as close as it can be reproduced), shades of near-black gray are easy to distinguish, while shades of near-white gray blend together.

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    Comment #48584398

    > But not perfectly and continuously Isn’t that where the randomness comes in?

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    Probably because it’s displayed on a white background. A gray or black background would have shown the difference more clearly.

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