Monday, February 23, 2026

Wordle

grep -E '^[a-z]{N}X[a-z]{M}$' file.txt grep -v '[abc]' file.txt

a Python script that simulates a Wordle-solving tree:

  • Using char5.txt as the word list (all 5-letter words).

  • First guess is "audio".

  • Clues are given using "bgy" (blue, green, yellow).

  • Explore up to 4 guesses deep, but stop further exploration if a solution is found (ggggg).

  • Keep track of prior guesses and clues.

  • Sort outputs based on clue combinations for readability.

Wordle-solving tree simulator in Python that:

  • Uses char5.txt (5-letter words)

  • First guess is "audio"

  • Clues are "b" (gray), "y" (yellow), "g" (green)

  • Explores up to 4 guesses deep

  • Stops a branch if the solution is found (ggggg)

  • Outputs each path in one line

  • Keeps track of previous guesses/clues

  • Sorts outputs by clue patterns

Sunday, February 22, 2026

Money Money Money

  1. Risk-Adjusted Return
  2. Time in the market vs. Timing the market
  3. Automatic Investing
  4. Index investing vs stock picking
  5. Dividend ReInvestment Plan (DRIP)
  6. Dividend vs Growth Investments


Friday, February 20, 2026

Apollo Global Management, Shutterfly, Lifetouch - Epstein Files

Apollo Global Management, Shutterfly, Lifetouch - Epstein Files 

https://shutterflyinc.com/privacy

"We use your information to fulfill product orders, to customize and improve the advertising and content you see, to offer suggestions for personalized products based on your content, to deliver marketing communications and promotional materials that you may be interested in, to contact you and provide customer service, to protect the security or integrity of our databases or websites, to detect and prevent fraud or illegal activity, to take precautions against liability, to detect and remediate violations of our Terms of Use or other misuse of our Sites and Apps, for internal operational purposes, to develop and improve our products and services, and for products or services which may incorporate artificial intelligence or machine learning."

https://schools.lifetouch.com/blog/a-message-from-ceo-ken-murphy-on-student-privacy

"Lifetouch never shares, sells, or licenses student images to train AI models, including large language models, or facial recognition technology.  Lifetouch has never provided images for such purposes to any other third party."

https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1125920/000119312519098181/d710209ddef14a.htm

"2018 was a transformational year for Shutterfly. We almost doubled the size of the company with the Lifetouch, Inc."

https://ir.apollo.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/188/funds-managed-by-affiliates-of-apollo-global-management

"Funds Managed by Affiliates of Apollo Global Management Announce the Acquisition of Shutterfly, Inc. in an All-Cash Transaction Valued at $2.7 Billion"


All snippets retrieved Feb 20, 2026 at around 9:30am Central Time

Thursday, February 12, 2026

Liquefaction

"In materials science, liquefaction is a process that generates a liquid from a solid" 
"generates a non-liquid phase which behaves in accordance with fluid dynamics" 
"It occurs both naturally and artificially" 
"In geology, soil liquefaction refers to the process by which water-saturated, unconsolidated sediments are transformed into a substance that acts like a liquid, often in an earthquake." 
"liquefaction of bulk materials in cargo ships may cause a dangerous shift in the load." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_liquefaction