update: Darwin's grep is unfathomably slow at this. GNU grep is pretty fast at it

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i wrote a definitely inefficient function fur doing this in fp-course and it took way less time to do this

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grep(1)ing a dictionary file fur an extremely large set of patterns (all purrmutations of an 11 letter word) is rather slow

hello friends, i am making rock bands in civilization 6 and would like suggestions for funny band names

Minute Cryptic mini, June 5, 2026, minor spoilers 

the only reason i even remotely considered that as an anagram indicator was that i had enumerated all pawsible words known to hunspell’s american english dictionary with the checking letters i had and there was exactly one word that seemed to plausibly match a plausible definition. but i HAD to interpurret it as a really stretchy anagram indicator to make the wordplay work out. what the fuck

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Minute Cryptic mini, June 5, 2026, minor spoilers 

This clue's indicator is 'after work' and it's an anagram indicator. Some fodder will become our answer after it's had work done on it - after work.

oh fuck OFF

Crunchies in a paper bag. It was a good day. Photo from my collection no date/info.

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Minute Cryptic - 18 May, 2026
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genuine lol at this one

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