Morning briefing for 2024-03-08
Perfection’s a dream, Doing is more than just gleam, Progress trumps the sheen.
Good morning, William! Here’s your morning briefing for today.
Things to catch up on
Today, in Lincoln, UK, it looks like mist with a current temperature of about 5.15°C. Overall for today though, it’ll be overcast clouds and warm up to an average of 6.8°C.
In global news, the European Union has announced the potential opening of a sea corridor to Gaza this weekend, while Gaza authorities reported a tragic accident involving airdropped aid resulting in five fatalities. Furthermore, Canada is reversing its freeze on UNRWA funding amid persistent protests and criticism.
Shifting to local news in Lincoln, the Cornhill Market traders have been confirmed, with an opening date set. In other news, a disabled Lincolnshire kitten is making waves on ‘The Pet Psychic’ show, while city councillors in Lincoln are honoring retiring leader Ric Metcalfe with emotional tributes.
In mathematical news, recent publications delve into the mathematical analyses of decisions, voting, and games, as well as the use of curvature theory to explain wildfires. The ongoing research also focuses on topics such as bridges, wheels, tricycles, squares, and the intersection of LMFDB, computation, and number theory.
Dailies
‘le’ Games
Starting with the infamous Wordle, moving onto its counterpart Worldle, and a similar Globle! Then, a Chessle could be fun before completing a slightly different animal naming game.
BUT, the other NYT games are pretty fun too, so complete them here.
Typing
Win a quick Typeracer match, type out a page of Metamorphosis, and test your overall typing speed on Monkeytype.
Maths
Let’s slowly complete some International Maths Olympiad questions! Do as many as you want, but at least one.
Next, combine maths with programming with a Project Euler problem!
Workout
Rest day! :D
Chess
Here’s a puzzle to think about today, it’s a bit harder than your usual puzzles at a rating of 1461. The puzzle ID is Nt8F6 in case you want a bit of a hint or you want to check your solution in a more visual way!
fen: r4r1k/ppp3pp/6b1/6q1/3PR3/1NP4P/PPQ2PP1/4R1K1 w - - 3 24Spoilers! Below is the solution, so try and put your solution below it first so you can check them - but only once you’re confident!
['e4g4', 'g5g4', 'h3g4', 'g6c2']My solution:
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Now practice your favourite four openings!
- King’s Indian (black opening),
- London (white opening),
- Caro-Kann (black opening),
- Ruy López (white opening).
Make sure to play your three games of chess today, using these openings, analysing them below:
Japanese learning
Well… you want to learn Japanese. So, make sure you keep on top of your kana and kanji studies!
Eventually, start going over the Genki books, too.
Sudoku
Here’s today’s Sudoku! Maybe you’ll have to learn some new techniques to solve this one, who knows!
Hobonichi
- Tick off the day.
- Write down the day summary sentence.
- Update monthly habit tracking/weather.
- Update weekly schedule.
- Update day page.
- Update my 100 (if required).
That’s it for today!
Good luck on your endeavors! Remember, you’ve got this and you’re capable of achieving amazing things. Believe in yourself and go for it! 🌟💪🍀
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風船航路
- 08:00 - 09:00 🥫🥛 Breakfast :-)
- 09:00 - 13:00 🎨🎬 Whatever you want, homie :)
- 13:00 - 14:00 🌮🥗 Lunch!!
- 14:00 - 18:00 🎨🎬 Whatever you want, homie :)
- 18:00 - 19:00 🥫🥛 Uh Oh - Dinner Moment