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Morning Briefing (2024-01-25)
Today, in Lincoln, UK, it looks like broken clouds with a current temperature of about 11.26°C. Overall for today though, it’ll be more of the same but warm up to an average of 11.3°C.
News
In global news, Darya Trepova, a Russian woman, has been sentenced to 27 years in jail for a cafe bomb killing in Russia. You can read more about this story here.
The crisis in the Middle East continues to escalate as families of Israeli hostages protest at a border crossing, blocking aid to Gaza. For more information on this ongoing situation, you can visit the article here.
In diplomatic news, the Prime Minister of Sweden, Kristersson, has agreed to meet with Hungary’s Orban for talks on Hungary’s NATO bid. You can find more details about this development here.
Moving on to local news in Lincoln, heroic police officers saved a girl who was hanging from the guttering of a three-storey building in Skegness. Read more about their heroic act here.
There have been significant improvements to ambulance response times in Lincoln, but there is still a long way to go to meet targets. You can find more information on this topic here.
Moy Park is looking to hire in Grantham, offering job opportunities in Lincolnshire. If you’re interested in finding out more about these job openings, you can read the article here.
In other local news, Lincoln’s former Post Office Social Club is set to be transformed into flats and houses. You can learn more about this redevelopment project here.
Lastly, in mathematical news, there are several intriguing articles to explore. One article discusses explaining wildfires through curvature, which you can find here.
Another article delves into the algebraic and topological aspects of representation theory, available here.
If you’re interested in bridges, wheels, tricycles, and squares, there is an article that examines their mathematical connections here.
Lastly, there is a publication exploring compactifications, configurations, and cohomology here.
Dailies
First up, starting the day with a game of chess. Then, moving onto a quick Typeracer match, Typelit page and Monkeytype test to yourself typing quickly, warming up to quickly type out a solution to a Project Euler problem.
That might be quite an intensive task, so next up we’ll cool down a bit with a bit of Sudoku, followed by a fun game of Chessle. Now that your mind has relaxed a bit again, let’s do some Brilliant courses on LLMs and Calculus!
By this time, you probably want to move somewhere else, so let’s do something we can do on the go if you want to: Lichess tactics and Chess.com puzzle. Now that you’ve moved a bit, let’s explore the world in a Geoguessr game and make sure you know the country names in Globle!
Now, just before we finish up with some proper thinking, let’s combine the previous two dailies into Worldle, then play the regular old Wordle.
However - you’re pretty bad with animal names. So, brush up on them here! :D
Finally, we’ll end this morning’s dailies by making sure you can still program somewhat! Here’s a little list, choose a few to explore today:
Today’s Schedule
No events for today! :D
Emails
Good morning! Let’s start off with some entertaining content from Wine About It. They just shared a Patreon bonus episode, “Ep. 58,” which I’m sure will be a great listen. In addition, they also released an uncensored episode, “Ep. 58 - Why Doesn’t She Call Me Hot,” which sounds like it could be an interesting discussion.
On a different note, there’s an event coming up called the “500 Days of Summer Watch Party.” It’s always fun to watch movies with others, so this might be a great opportunity to relax and enjoy a film.
Next, it seems that you’ve received a notification to Go PRO for GeoGuessr. If you’re a fan of the game and want to take your experience to the next level, this might be worth considering.
Lastly, going back to Wine About It, they also just shared another Patreon bonus episode, “Ep. 57.” And if you’re interested in some uncensored content, they released an episode titled “Ep. 57 - I Slam the Door.”
Chess
Daily Puzzle
Here’s a puzzle to think about today, it’s a bit harder than your usual puzzles at a rating of 1432. The puzzle ID is H4pEO in case you want a bit of a hint or you want to check your solution in a more visual way!
fen: r3rk2/4Npp1/p2p3p/1pp5/8/1Pq3P1/P3QPKP/R3R3 w - - 0 25Spoilers! Below is the solution, so try and put your solution below it first so you can check them - but only once you’re confident!
['e2f3', 'c3f3', 'g2f3', 'e8e7']My Solution
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Daily Games
Here are the game(s) I’ve done today, including an analysis for each one:
Game One (me vs person)
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Good Luck! ✨
Good luck on your journey! Remember to stay positive, believe in yourself, and give it your all. You’ve got what it takes to succeed. Keep pushing forward and never give up. You’ve got this! 🌟
Now…
Have a look at the to-do list in The Scholar’s Ledger, or not, you do have free will after all :)
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風船航路
- 06:00 - 06:30 🌅 Wake up and Breakfast at home
- 06:30 - 07:00 🚶♂️ Morning Walk outside
- 07:00 - 08:30 🏋️♂️ Train Calisthenics at the Gym at the gym
- 08:30 - 09:00 🧹 Quick Tidy Up at home
- 09:00 - 10:00 📰 Morning Briefing Read and Act on Dailies at home
- 10:00 - 11:00 📚 Read Mathematical Texts at the library, first floor
- 11:00 - 11:30 🥪 Quick Lunch Preparation and Eating at home, unless I’ve prepared something
- 11:30 - 12:30 💻 Work on Programming Projects at the Isaac Newton Building
- 12:30 - 13:00 📈 Implement Basic Marketing Strategy for Tutoring Services at a café
- 13:00 - 13:30 ♟️ Chess Activities (Learn Openings) outside, or at the library, ground floor
- 13:30 - 14:00 ♟️ Solve Chess Puzzles outside, or at the library, ground floor
- 14:00 - 15:00 🔍 Random Research at the library, third floor
- 15:00 - 16:00 💻📚 Continue Programming Projects (or More Math Reading) at the Isaac Newton Building
- 16:00 - 16:30 ♟️ Play a Chess Game outside, or at the library, ground floor
- 16:30 - 17:00 🇯🇵 Japanese Study (Genki I, Hiragana, Basic Kanji and Katakana) at the library, second floor
- 17:00 - 18:00 🍳 Culinary Study and Dinner Preparation at home
- 18:00 - 18:30 🍜📺 Dinner while Watching Anime at home
- 18:30 - 19:30 ❤️ Quality Time with Partner at home
- 19:30 - 20:00 🧘♂️ Meditation at home
- 20:00 - 21:00 🛋️ Relaxation / Free Time at home
- 21:00 - 21:30 🌜 Bedtime Routine at home
- 21:30 - 23:59 💤 Sleep at home