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In Fossil Corner, you’re a retired paleontologist, collecting fossils and solving evolutionary puzzles in your old garage.

• Grow your dream fossil collection! Countless species are possible
• Solve chill, tactile, procedurally generated puzzles
• Retirement hasn’t been easy. Use your old computer to email your friends. Maybe that’ll help
• Stare out the window. Watch the leaves blow by and hear the sounds of fall
• Features an original soundtrack by Dylan Payne &Bobby Volpendesta!

COLLECT FOSSILS

Collect randomly generated fossil shells, trilobites, and crinoids. Countless species are possible! Share with your friends with your fossils’ Species Code.

SOLVE PUZZLES

Each puzzle is a box of procedurally generated fossils that form a complete family tree. Unscramble the family trees by looking at how the species changed over generations.
Title: Fossil Corner
Genre:Casual, Indie, Simulation
Developer:Brady Soglin
Publisher:Overfull Games
Release Date: 12 Jun, 2021

Reviews

“My favourite chill hidden gem of 2021.”
Eurogamer
“Honestly, I wish I could retire to become a full-time player of Fossil Corner.”
Rock Paper Shotgun

System Requirements

WindowsmacOS Minimum: - OS:Windows 10 - Processor:Intel or AMD Dual Core at 2.2 GHz or better - Memory:4 GB RAM - Graphics:Intel Graphics 5500 or better - DirectX:Version 11 - Storage:400 MB available space
Minimum: - OS:macOS 10.12+ - Processor:Intel or AMD Dual Core at 2 GHz or better - Graphics:Intel Graphics 4400 or better - Storage:400 MB available space
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I've been sitting on this issue of selecting a data storage and retrieval method for about a week and a half now. The SQLite, SQLalchemy, peewee, Pickle, JSON, etc.. modules are brand new to me and I want to be confident of the path I choose going forward, because the project is likely to scale greatly over time...
Knowns
Before I share some of my code, I want to share some knowns that I believe would affect the choice of the storage and retrieval method:

1. As of now, I'll be 'retrieving' about 30,000+ data sets with about 20 attributes per set.
2. Each set is akin to saving attributes of real estate property
   
   1. (i.e. Address, Last Sold Value, Taxes, Owners, Assessed Value, etc...). Some attributes are lists (i.e. sold transfer date related to sold transfer value there are generally multiple rows here)
3. There are more than 1 grouping of data sets that require specialized functions for retrieval of data. (i.e. county 1 requires different code to acquire data than county 2 or county 3)
   
4. I want to save the data to a local disk so data retrieval/analysis does not have to happen again. Only when I run update functions to update data sets, which will be done manually
   
5. Retrieving data will be for data analysis: For instance, I'll want to plot all home prices sold per sq.ft. within the last 5 years against time/date, etc...
   

Further Down the Road
Further down the road...

1. I'll be collecting 30k+ data sets now, but has potential to scale to the 100k+ pretty quickly. 1M+ in the longer run (1 year from now).
2. Creating a web page where users could click GUI buttons to generate real time graphs from data would be a far out goal. (I have 0 experience in web dev right now - experience is with C, C++, Python)
3. FYI - this is a personal pet project, not working or being paid at all for this.

Code Share
I'm currently at the stage where I've created the basic workings of a class, have some functions written to collect some of the data set attributes, and a main file with a basic GUI to speed some things up - so as the data is being retrieved it creates a class object with the attributes set to the specific data set retrieved and ttthhheennn.... this is where I'm trying to decide on how to store the code offline:
Loop that Retrieves Data then Stores in Object

linkList = classObj.getPropLinks(urlLink) #for z in linkList: print(z) for link in linkList[:3]: soup = classObj.processPropLink(link) #Soup of indivudal site link newObj = classObj newObj.createProperty(soup) #Creates entire object - parsing and saving all specific attributes """ INSERT DATA STORAGE CODE HERE """ 

Crappy Unfinished Class Structure I Currently Have

class testProperty: def __init__(self): self.name = "Test County" def clearObj(self): pass #work on me def getPropLinks(self,rawlinks): """ INSERT CODE OF REQUESTS FROM URL AS INPUT FROM FUNCTION """ with open('500result.htm','r') as f: html_doc = f.read() #Parse html_doc file soup = BeautifulSoup(html_doc, 'html.parser') #Collect all links in html_doc variable arr = [] for link in soup.find_all('a'): arr.append(link.get('href')) #Remove nonsense links firstElement = 14 lastElement = 1205 arr = arr[firstElement:lastElement] #Create arr1, updated array with duplicates removed arr1 = [] arr1 = list(set(arr)) #Append google.com to beginning of each element to create readable URL arr2 = [] stringIntro = "www.google.com" propertyLinkList = [ stringIntro + x for x in arr1] return propertyLinkList def processPropLink(self, rawlink): 

Final Questions

1. What's the advantages and disadvantage of even having a class for storage and retrieval of data? Would it be more efficient to just write individual functions for retrieving the data rather than setting up a whole class structure?
2. Am I right in assuming that I can just 'collpase' the lists down to a string through the JSON module for storing each data set if I go the SQLite DB route? Upon data analysis I can just unscramble it with JSON again into a list?
3. What's your opinion on the best method to choose with all that is know? (i.e. I'm leaning towards straight up SQLite (without alchemy or peewee) due to the assumption of the following:
   
   1. I can get each set (doesn't matter which county) down to a single row using the JSON compaction technique
   2. SQLite has sufficient means of efficiently filtering through data for data analysis. For instance - I don't have to pull every variable any time I go to compare certain columns, sets, attributes, etc.. (I'm not super familiar with this as I haven't learned SQL yet)

I know this is a long post, but I'm very passionate about this project and am trying to go about it the right way before I get too deep in it. If anyone is open to a meeting, feel free to shoot me an IM, and I'd be happy to share more, thanks in advance!

I've been sitting on this issue of selecting a data storage and retrieval method for about a week and a half now. The SQLite, SQLalchemy, peewee, Pickle, JSON, etc.. modules are brand new to me and I want to be confident of the path I choose going forward, because the project is likely to scale greatly over time...
Knowns
Before I share some of my code, I want to share some knowns that I believe would affect the choice of the storage and retrieval method:

1. As of now, I'll be 'retrieving' about 30,000+ data sets with about 20 attributes per set.
2. Each set is akin to saving attributes of real estate property
   1. (i.e. Address, Last Sold Value, Taxes, Owners, Assessed Value, etc...). Some attributes are lists (i.e. sold transfer date related to sold transfer value there are generally multiple rows here)
3. There are more than 1 grouping of data sets that require specialized functions for retrieval of data. (i.e. county 1 requires different code to acquire data than county 2 or county 3)
4. I want to save the data to a local disk so data retrieval/analysis does not have to happen again. Only when I run update functions to update data sets, which will be done manually
5. Retrieving data will be for data analysis: For instance, I'll want to plot all home prices sold per sq.ft. within the last 5 years against time/date, etc...

Further Down the Road
Further down the road...

1. I'll be collecting 30k+ data sets now, but has potential to scale to the 100k+ pretty quickly. 1M+ in the longer run (1 year from now).
2. Creating a web page where users could click GUI buttons to generate real time graphs from data would be a far out goal. (I have 0 experience in web dev right now - experience is with C, C++, Python)
3. FYI - this is a personal pet project, not working or being paid at all for this.

Code Share
I'm currently at the stage where I've created the basic workings of a class, have some functions written to collect some of the data set attributes, and a main file with a basic GUI to speed some things up - so as the data is being retrieved it creates a class object with the attributes set to the specific data set retrieved and ttthhheennn.... this is where I'm trying to decide on how to store the code offline:
Loop that Retrieves Data then Stores in Object

linkList = classObj.getPropLinks(urlLink) #for z in linkList: print(z) for link in linkList[:3]: soup = classObj.processPropLink(link) #Soup of indivudal site link newObj = classObj newObj.createProperty(soup) #Creates entire object - parsing and saving all specific attributes """ INSERT DATA STORAGE CODE HERE """ 

Crappy Unfinished Class Structure I Currently Have

class testProperty: def __init__(self): self.name = "Test County" def clearObj(self): pass #work on me def getPropLinks(self,rawlinks): """ INSERT CODE OF REQUESTS FROM URL AS INPUT FROM FUNCTION """ with open('500result.htm','r') as f: html_doc = f.read() #Parse html_doc file soup = BeautifulSoup(html_doc, 'html.parser') #Collect all links in html_doc variable arr = [] for link in soup.find_all('a'): arr.append(link.get('href')) #Remove nonsense links firstElement = 14 lastElement = 1205 arr = arr[firstElement:lastElement] #Create arr1, updated array with duplicates removed arr1 = [] arr1 = list(set(arr)) #Append google.com to beginning of each element to create readable URL arr2 = [] stringIntro = "www.google.com" propertyLinkList = [ stringIntro + x for x in arr1] return propertyLinkList def processPropLink(self, rawlink): 

Final Questions

1. What's the advantages and disadvantage of even having a class for storage and retrieval of data? Would it be more efficient to just write individual functions for retrieving the data rather than setting up a whole class structure?
2. Am I right in assuming that I can just 'collpase' the lists down to a string through the JSON module for storing each data set if I go the SQLite DB route? Upon data analysis I can just unscramble it with JSON again into a list?
3. What's your opinion on the best method to choose with all that is know? (i.e. I'm leaning towards straight up SQLite (without alchemy or peewee) due to the assumption of the following:
   1. I can get each set (doesn't matter which county) down to a single row using the JSON compaction technique
   2. SQLite has sufficient means of efficiently filtering through data for data analysis. For instance - I don't have to pull every variable any time I go to compare certain columns, sets, attributes, etc.. (I'm not super familiar with this as I haven't learned SQL yet)

​
I know this is a long post, but I'm very passionate about this project and am trying to go about it the right way before I get too deep in it. If anyone is open to a meeting, feel free to shoot me an IM, and I'd be happy to share more, thanks in advance!

BIG SPOILERS AHEAD
Many of you already know about the end game research notes and the Scarlet/Violet book with some cryptic information about a potential new legendary pokemon that has to do with terastallization. I believe that there is an intentional clue/message left by the game developers about this pokemon in the text just as there has been in the past with braille or the unowns.
The big secret is a word scramble that is shown in the image above which redacts specific letters:
D O K O A R R C T H T R T I P O N A E O T H E V E X A M E H T G E W E E M B T E R B R I
This is simply too big to unscramble until you think about the intent and pluck out specific words... namely "the great crater" and "pokemon", next, using clues we can guess this is about the pokemon in the description in the SV book along with clues throughout the lore.
I have come up with the following: "HEXBER MADE THE GREAT CRATER WITH POKEMON MOVE ORBIT"
Pretty strong coincidence if we just so happen to be able to spell out these specific words. It also seems likely the solution would be in English just like the unowns were in the past. Could I be wrong? Absolutely. But I think there are some fun breadcrumbs to unravel here to follow while we wait for future content.
Hexber, some sort of space pokemon? The source of pokemon typing? Ok ok, now this is really getting out of hand! ;)
Has anyone else been able to decode other parts of the game? I also believe the strange lettering on the containers in Area Zero make the word "GEMSTONE" in the ancient characters. These same characters appear in other books/lore/pictures specifically the words "STRONG" shown by the Eevee image and "LARGE" shown by a giant Gible image. Lastly, Hexber's name is spelled out in these ancient characters in the top left of the only image we have of this new entity. Unfortunately, I have not been able to decode the ancient lettering as I could not apply logic to them.

Cyberpunk Edgerunners: Afterlife by BLERDSTORY x B1llY ^{(pretty nervous thanks for reading})
EPISODE 0 - "PAPER MOON"FADE IN:
Space. L-2 Lunar orbit
The sun peaks across Earth's curvature, illuminating the western hemisphere. The CRYSTAL PALACE and smaller space-stations glimmer in orbit. A pale Moon creeps across the sky, hosting a barely visible colony. Moving in lockstep the heavenly bodies begin to align, the hands of a clock nearly striking midnight.
Above the Moon a derelict satellite blinks to life. It beams a message to the LUNAR COLONY. A message from NIGHT CITY.
Ext. lunar Surface -Sunrise
The Fitzgerald Lunar Colony sits far off in a gargantuan crater. Mostly underground, the few visible mega-structures darken the stark white landscape. A shooting star cuts across the night sky, mirrored on the ground, much more slowly, by a lone rover kicking up dust across the surface.
Akin to a dune-buggy, the vehicle speeds along the pocked outer rim of a crater, carrying jostling cargo boxes, and two astronauts. Despite the cargo seemingly at risk of floating away, the astronaut driving, DANTE, hangs his arm leisurely outside the cabin. A try-hard smile plastered on his fresh shaven face, lightening blue hair mostly combed. Today is the day.
Dante :Normally getting these mole-people weirdos at Fitz to help with surface duty is like pulling teeth, but never with you Ella!
LUCYNA KUSHINADA, a.k.a "ELLA" stares ahead at the rising sun, eyes glazed and unchanging.
Dante: I-I mean its cool that you volunteer! It's supposed to be some Co-Op utopia here, but everyone's so lazy I almost miss working for the corporations.
"Ella" remains mute, her eyes now with a sharp glimmer.
Dante: Well mole-people aside I w-wondering if we could go out sometime when we're not working.
DANTE stretches out his hand, inching toward her thigh, visibly shaking even through the layers of space-suit.
Dante: Maybe trade the surface for some place..underground-
LUCY: Touch me, and I will leave your body in a crater for the next collection group to find
DANTE snatches his hand back as if he'd touched a hot stove, color draining from his contorted face.
LUCY rolls her eyes, placid expression now alight with disgust. She recomposes quickly as her pupils flash with a message, and the voice of an old friend. Briefly the text appears encrypted.
Falco: You're pretty hard to get ahold of young lady
Lucy: Funny, your number is the only one I still have. You aren't bouncing a call off three satellites to shoot the shit though
Falco: Hey, it is good to hear your voice. But you're right.
Messages pop up across LUCY'S screen.
Falco: There's been a heavy shakeup at Arasaka. Might be that person I gave the jacket to. Whatever the reason their ICE had a big enough crack that a little birdie found this
The messages unscramble to reveal an ARASAKA project named "Dungeon Master." It contains the schematic of a man with a very familiar spinal implant.
LUCY drops all pretense as her eyes widen in disbelief. The light of the moon streaks across her helmet, the rover continues on, but for Lucy time has stopped.
Falco: I know you're done. I promise, so I am too but-
Lucy: I'm in.
End episode 0
^{(Based on Cyberpunk 2020-2077 by Maximum Mike Pondsmith & CDPR})
^{Draft 1, 10-14-22
Animated Episodes on IG & TikTok} u/BLERDSTORY
^Twitter u/BLERDSTORY
[ Hey choom, no one's here yet but before we jack-in I wanted to say thanks for reading! Make sure to check out the animated versions. This is essentially somewhere between a screenplay and comic outline. Doing it all myself, appreciate the love and eddies. There's still some fun left to have so \cracks knuckles* SEASON 2 ]*

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About This Game

How much do you know about the best videogames of all time?
“Mini Words: Top Games” is a minimalist mix of puzzle, word search, and trivia. You will test your knowledge of great games from the past to the present, their characters, storyline, mechanics, etc. And you’ll even discover facts you didn’t know!
Unscramble the words using all letters on the board, without repeating or crossing paths.
Challenge your knowledge on videogame culture, as well as your skills of attention and logic problem solving.
For game lovers 👾🕹️🎮❤ and puzzle lovers 🧩❤ !!
Title: Mini Words: Top Games
Genre:Casual, Indie
Developer:Mens Sana Interactive
Publisher:Mens Sana Interactive
Franchise:Mens Sana Interactive
Release Date: 5 Nov, 2020

Reviews

“This was actually an amazing experience for me. (…) By far the most 10/10 therapeutic game, wish there was more!”
Steam reviewer
“Speed run with my friends for 1 hour and 58 minutes. A good nostalgic game to play among friends guessing old and new games :)”
Steam reviewer

System Requirements

WindowsmacOS Minimum: - Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system - OS:Windows 7 SP1+ - Processor:2 Ghz Dual Core - Memory:2 GB RAM - Graphics:Graphics card supporting DirectX 9.0c - DirectX:Version 9.0 - Storage:100 MB available space - Sound Card:Any
Recommended: - Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Minimum: - Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system - OS:macOS 10.12+ - Processor:2 Ghz Dual Core - Memory:2 GB RAM - Graphics:Graphics card with DX10 (shader model 4.0) capabilities - Storage:100 MB available space - Sound Card:Any
Recommended: - Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
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In my church I teach a group of 11-12 year-olds. You can probably imagine what a struggle it is to keep their attention so I'm always looking for ways to add some interest (and ideally some physical movement) to the class when I teach. Having spent a lot of time in the discord and this subreddit I was like, "oh yeah, well duh I should definitely do a puzzle for them."
As they were coming into class, I was hiding brown envelopes with red seals in various locations at church. Each of the seals had a scripture in it and different puzzle types to solve. The solution to each envelope was a number, which, with all 4 numbers in the right order, would open a combination lock.
I used a variety of puzzles within the envelopes themselves. One was the beloved book cipher with a line/word/letter combination to spell out the letter. One was a 'count the number of times this letter appears in the verse' where I gave them hints like "s = 8 / v = 2 / r = 14 / x = ____" (the answer was zero for theirs). On one, I bolded the letters (in various spots around the verse) 'E, I, G, H, T' and gave them the clue 'unscramble'. And one of the verses had a number very prominently in it.
To get the correct order, I had written another scripture on the chalkboard and underlined the lines 'sea to sea, from north to east'. One envelope had a seal with a 'C' on it, the second envelope had two 'C' seals (two 'C' = 'to sea', get it?), the 3rd an 'N' and the 4th an 'E'. That gave them the sequence for the numbers. Once solved, inside the chest there was some picture cards with images related to our lesson and some Ferrero Rocher chocolates.
Honestly, they were probably as excited about leaving the room and getting the chocolate as they were about solving the puzzles, though some of the kids definitely seemed to be having a great time (though none of them had as much fun as I did making it).

"Looks like the Nothing is going on the offensive. More Chrome spreads around, claiming as much turf on Artemis it can take. Willow and I must act quickly, before more of Artemis falls. Our message from Svenja should hopefully give us a clue as to what we have to do." Back at the Order of the Vault's hideout at the nearly Chromed Sleepy Sound, Ableton Rinzler, Willow, Noir, and Dolly all group up at Stratus' computer, as he try to decode the message given to them by Svenja. Stratus turns to Ableton and speaks. "Alright. Gonna have to try and bypass a way into the Seven's servers here. This may seem like trespassing, but it's the only option left." Stratus then attempts to log into the Seven's servers to grab some decoding software. Ableton looks around, then at Willow. "I'm starting to get the feeling that we're up against something that could very easily destroy us all if we falter." Willow then responds to Rinzler. "Yeah. Although we did experience impossible things no other person has done, even at the Oakdirge... several times." After a few failed attempts, Stratus then finally gets into the Seven's servers. "Yes! Got in! Now I need to run the message through their decoder." Without hesitation, Stratus then grabs the audio recording of the mysterious message, as he attempts to decode it. The wavelength of the message pops up, as a distorted message starts playing. Stratus then speaks to everyone. "Alright. Looks like I'll have to play around with the audio to see if I can get something." Stratus then begins to play with the wavelength, as the audio starts to slowly change. Dolly then reacts to what she's seeing. "Woo! You got this, Pernell!" Stratus then continues on, as the message slowly gets more and more clearer. After a few minutes, the message now plays clearly. Stratus' efforts has paid off here, as the message starts up. "Survivors... This is Paradigm. I don't know if anyone can hear me, but I have to try. If you're out there, send me a sign." After the message gets done playing, Rinzler speaks up. "So the Paradigm asked us to send her a sign. Given that the Chrome started from the Reality Tree and its roots, if we can unscramble messages coming FROM the Tree, we can re-scramble messages going TO the Tree." Noir then responds to Ableton. "But isn't the Reality Tree heavily guarded? That Bytes guy sure doesn't like visitors going to the Reality Tree. From what I've seen, he systematically killed many people who just as even stepped foot in the area." The Vault Guardians then step outside, as Ableton breathes in the air. "Nothing beats a cool breeze to start a potential mission." The group then walks around the exterior of the hideout, thinking about how to send the Paradigm their message. Stratus then notices a Rift above the area where Shifty Shafts would normally be. He then faces Rinzler and speaks. "Uh... Ableton? Was that Rift always there?" Ableton looks up in the sky and notices the Rift. He then turns to Willow and speaks to her. "I have a strong suspicion that Rift may gove us a clue to send Paradigm a message. But on the other hand..." A voice is then faintly heard in Rinzler's head. "Season X is here, and the world is destabilizing... fast..." Ableton holds onto his forehead, as Willow speaks. "Is something wrong, Able?" Rinzler then faces Willow and responds. "We must investigate that Rift. Something tells me that it will lead us directly to our solution." Noir then loads up his Hop Rock Dualies, as Stratus runs to grab his Storm Scout. With a plan set in motion, the Order or the Vault then set off for Shifty Shafts... whatever's left of it anyways. On the path, more buildings around the area are lifted off the ground, as the Chrome spreads further around Artemis. Time is now relative than ever, and if the Order of the Vault falters in their plan to save Artemis, the entire Island is doomed to a Chromatic Paradise. During the walk over to Shifty Shafts, Noir starts talking with the group. "When you go shopping for the job, do you end up buying unrelated stuff too?" Stratus responds to Noir, as he examines his Storm Scout. "Well, I guess candy and soda's still good for recoverin'." Dolly then responds shortly after. "You never know what might come in handy. It's good to have variety." As the Order or the Vault continues walking, the Rift in the sky slowly glows brighter. Could the Zero Point be behind this anomaly? Or something else, like The Herald? Once the Vault Guardians arrive at their destination, they are taken by surprise at what happened to Shifty Shafts. Stratus pulls out the Storm King's Fist and yells. "Shifty Shafts! Here we..." The group moves closer, as it appears that Shifty Shafts has completely changed, no longer resembling the iconic mine it once was. Ableton then responds to Stratus, as he loads his Shadow Tracker. "This is no longer Shifty Shafts. What is this place? Did the Zero Point bring it here?" Willow looks around, as the ominous feel of this place gives her a clue. "This place looks like it came from Hexsylvania, but the structure looks nothing like the houses over there. We should investigate this place." They all head to the front door of the mysterious house. Towards the front is a sign. "Grim Gables", it reads. The Order of the Vault walks up to the front porch, as Noir rings the doorbell. "Knock knock, haunted spirits. Jack Vincent, ace detective comin' in." The sound of stuff being knocked over is heard inside the house, as Noir then slowly reaches for his Hop Rock Dualies. "Do I need to show you my badge?" The sounds from inside fade, as Noir tips his fedora. "I thought I asked nicely!" Noir then shoots the Hop Rock Dualies at the door, breaking the doorknob. The door slowly creaks open, as the Order of the Vault enters the house. Decorated in slightly haunted decor, the house appears very out of place on Artemis. Willow looks around and responds. "This is all too weird. What exactly is going on here?" Ableton holds Willow's hand and answers her. "I have no clue, Willow. Hopefully we can find a clue about how to help the Paradigm here." The Vault Guardians then explore the house, looking for any clues to help in their objective. Noir checks the kitchen, as he opens the fridge. One can of Chug Splash is seen inside, as Noir grabs the can and chugs it down. He then comments on the drink. "Wonder who's Chug Splash was that?" Stratus checks upstairs, as he notices some drawers floating around, dripping ectoplasm. Stratus then comments on what he saw. "That confirms it. This place appears to be haunted." Both Ableton and Willow check the cellar, as to their surprise, they can't find any clues. Everyone meets up in the front room, as Rinzler speaks. "Alright. Willow and I couldn't find much, but I suspect there's more to this place than what's being shown here." The group then continues exploring, uncovering more to this mysterious place. Noir notices a grandfather clock in the living room, as he comments to himself about it. "Why do I get the feeling this is symbolic of something?" As both Ableton and Willow re-enter the cellar, Rinzler falls through the floor, and into some sort of cavern below the whole house. After hearing the loud crashing of the floorboard, both Stratus and Noir arrive at the cellar, as they notice the hole Ableton fell through. Everyone drops down, as Willow helps Rinzler off of the ground. "You okay, Able?" Ableton cracks his back, as he answers Willow. "Yeah, Willow... My back's gonna be sore in the morning." A ritual circle shines at the center of the cavern, as Noir comments. "The hell? This is like something from a crime scene." Stratus then walks closer to the ritual circle, as he examines the symbols. "These symbols... They don't match anything I've documented on our previous adventures. Could this tie back to the Nothing?" Ableton faces Stratus and answers him. "Only one way to find out, Pernell." Ableton walks towards the ritual circle, as the pots surrounding the circle all catch fire. The circle begins glowing, as both the flames and the ritual circle itself turns Chrome. Everything then goes silent, as the flames die down. Ableton faces Willow with a sense of fear. "Something tells me we should not have done that..." The Chrome from the ritual circle flows towards the end of the room, as it shapes into a figure. The figure's head appears to be a Chromed octopus, with a digital face shown on the front. The Inkquisitor has been summoned, as he pulls out his Suppressed SMG and opposes the Vault Guardians. "Are you ready for Inkquisition?" Noir aims his Hop Rock Dualies at the Inkquisitor and starts shooting. Stratus pulls out the Storm King's Fist and faces both Rinzler and Willow. "Great! These Chrome freaks come in extra gross now?" Ableton loads his Shadow Tracker and holds Willow's hand, as he lets out his battle phrase. "It's Showtime!" The Order of the Vault rushes into battle, as the Inkquisitor starts throwing Chrome Splashes everywhere, coating the walls in Chrome. He then switches to throwing Firefly Jars everywhere, setting fire to parts of the ground. Stratus manages to get a good headshot off of the Inkquisitor, as he grunts in pain. "I cannot lose to Bytes' enemies. This would forsake my masculinity." The Inkquisitor then fires his Suppressed SMG at the Vault Guardians, as one of the shots hits Rinzler in the arm. Ableton quickly takes cover with Willow, as both Stratus and Noir keep the Inkquisitor at bay with their attacks. Willow looks at Ableton, as she notices the injury to his arm. Willow then equips her katana and tries to counterattack the Inkquisitor, as revenge for slightly injuring Ableton. The entire plan starts to slowly spiral out of control, as Willow faces Rinzler, with the Inkquisitor throwing stuff at Ableton and Willow. "We don't have time to fight this guy! We need to run!" The Order of the Vault exits the underground cavern and meets up at the front of Grim Gables. Stratus catches his breath, as he speaks to Rinzler. "That was nuts! And just as our objective to find a way to relay our message to the Paradigm almost gets harder, we just had to deal with another Chrome freak. Did the Nothing know about our plan?" As the Vault Guardians look around, they notice a root from the Reality Tree. Ableton walks towards it, as he speaks. "This root... It's connected to the Reality Tree. We actually have a chance to send Paradigm our message." From underneath the house in Grim Gables, a loud crash is heard, followed immediately by the sound of sloshing Chrome. Stratus pulls out his equipment and faces both Rinzler and Willow. "Crap! He's got out!" Noir reloads the Hop Rock Dualies, as he takes aim, ready to fire at the Inkquisitor. "Who wants to learn about the law?" Stratus sets up his translator device beside the Reality Tree's root, as Noir tries to hold off the Inkquisitor. Ableton then moves closer to the device and speaks into it. "Paradigm, this is Ableton Rinzler of the Order of the Vault. We're all reading you loud and clear." The receiver device starts to boot up, as Noir gets knocked back by the Inkquisitor's attacks. He then faces the other Vault Guardians and yells. "You all will be brought back to the Sanctum and handed over to The Herald. You all seek to compromise her Paradise..." Ableton quickly uses the Lockdown Talisman on the Inkquisitor, locking him in place. Stratus then loads a bullet into his Storm Scout and headshots the Inkquisitor, causing him to explode into a puddle of Chrome. "He's down... Sort of... For now, at least." Stratus' receiver device fully turns on, as the Paradigm's voice is heard. "You're there! You can hear me! I have to keep these transmissions short, but I'll send everything I know. Stay safe. And listen, there will be no second chances here. The Nothing is..." The transmission starts to distort, as the message starts to slowly lose itself. The message then continues. "If there's a way through this, we'll still need to know everything about The... Starting with the Chrome." Ableton faces Willow, as he processes everything he's heard. "This must be our sign. Whoever or whatever The Nothing is, it clearly is evil. Bytes, The Herald, and this Inkquisitor all must be part of a bigger piece. A piece that determines the fate of Artemis." Stratus packs up his equipment and speaks to Ableton and Willow. "We all should get a move on. Time's very much running out, and we still need to hold back against the Chrome." The Order of the Vault leaves Grim Gables and makes their return to the now-Chromed Shiny Sound. The Inkquisitor reforms from his splattered remains, as he speaks up. "They're gonna try to overcome the Chrome... This goes against The Herald's Paradise. She must know in order to prevent this." The Inkquisitor then melts into a Chrome Blob and moves towards Herald's Sanctum in hurry. Back over at Infinity's hideout at the Impossible Rock, both Infinity and Madcap overlook the desert regions of Artemis. The Chrome around the now-airborne Flutter Barn has slowly begun to spread. Madcap then speaks to Infinity, as they overlook the anomaly. "Castor came back earlier with some notes from the Artemis Vault Guardians. Another one of those... Chrome Vortexes have formed within the desert. Luckily, the Apollo Vault Guardians have secured some intelligence from the Paradigm. We'll need a more observant look at the Chrome if we are to overcome it." Infinity dusts off his coat and speaks to Madcap. "Have Shanta get in line with Tarr. We'll need the Artemis Vault Guardians to mobilize with the Apollo Vault Guardians. We'll need as many people as we can out on the field to understand the Chrome." Meow Skulls walks out from the camper and speaks to Infinity. "I'll assist you in this, Infinity... for a kiss." Infinity gives Meow Skulls a blank stare and responds. "I'll think about the kiss later. For now, I need you to focus on helping the Vault Guardians understand the Chrome. It will be useful in attempting to save Artemis from destruction." Meow Skulls heads back into the camper, as Infinity and Madcap observe Herald's Sanctum from a distance. "Whatever your game is, mysterious Herald, the Order of the Vault are ready to play." Given that The Nothing is now on the offensive with the Chrome all around Artemis, the Order of the Vault will hopefully ensure that their plan won't succeed. But all Willow and I can do is hope. And it seems that everything around us doesn't seem optimistic about our chances. The Inkquisition is nigh...

I’m great at writing, since I have the time to gather and organize my thoughts. I vastly prefer texting because I feel like it’s the only way I can say what I want to say.
Because when I’m talking to someone aloud, I can think of what I want to say, and then I have to focus really hard on keeping it unscrambled as I’m saying it. All too easily, it can turn into alphabet soup in my head. It quickly scrambles as I’m reaching in the bag for the next word, and it takes extra mental energy to keep my thoughts organized long enough to finish what I’m saying. And sometimes, I leave out something and remember it after the moment has passed.
If it’s a topic I’m passionate about, or if it’s a routine (like a customer service script), the words come right out. But as soon as something doesn’t go according to plan, I freeze as my brain tries to unscramble itself long enough to get something out. And sometimes, I just can’t think of anything to say, and I realize I’ve been standing there too long. Or I beat myself up later for not saying “X”.
I like to say my brain runs faster than my mouth sometimes, but when I thought about it more, I realized it’s like I’m decoding a secret message while trying to deliver it at the same time. It’s incredibly exhausting, and it’s caused and reinforced so much social anxiety over the years.
Can anyone else relate?

I did a lot of experiments and reading on the current code, and some programming, to get a perspective on what's going on. I found it very interesting and fun, and decided to write down what I found.
SPOILER WARNING: I tagged this as a spoiler, since it dives more into the algorithm aspect of things, and not the philosophical side as first told by Borges. If you don't find math and programming particularly interesting, there is not really a need to read everything.
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WARNING: This is a bit of a read, so continue if you're interested, and at your own risk. Please feel free to correct me if somethings wrong, cause I definitely had a couple of "well this was wrong" moments. Hehe.
First assessments (Text version of the library, not images)
Investigating the code, it doesn't look like any limit is set on how long the hex address can be. The limit we get, is set on the webpage itself (you can edit the HTML and remove that limit in the text box), and there doesn't seem to be a limit that breaks the script. However, the hex is likely being shuffled and truncated when it goes trough the algorithm. And if so, there is no need for a character limit.
The way it is set up with the text <-> address relation will indeed make sure that every single possible page exists (29³²⁰⁰) But in addition it has at LEAST one duplicate for every page, but unsure what the actual number is. One can see this by searching with exact text for all 3200 characters, and getting multiple exact results. If the result numbers are to be believed is exact, there is ~10²⁹ duplicates for every page.
With the way it performs a search for a specific text (or page), it doesn't secure that there will be "Every unique book" possible, only that every page is possible. If every single book was to be possible, it would require 29^1344000 possible books, getting us into double-exponential territory (or what Numberphile calls "Stupid big").
Disclaimer going forward; The word "search" here is misleading, since no "search", in the way the word is defined, takes place in my opinion. To be more accurate, use the word "decode" in its place.Also: The word "hex" everywhere here refers specifically to the "hex address" used on the website, and will never reference hexadecimals, since hexadecimals are not used.

What happens when you type a text and "search" it:

For each of the search results displayed it respectively; pads each search with spaces until you have 3200 characters, places your text randomly inside a 3200 character long "gibberish", or places your text randomly inside random English words that result in a total of 3200 characters. No matter what, the script requires a complete page of 3200 characters as the search term (writing less than 3200 characters will just get filled automatically)
The resulting string of characters is converted to a number like this:
The server algorithm receives your text, and it iterates trough each character in the text, starting from the last character and going trough all 3200 to the first character, and does the following to each character:
Gets a value of the character (a = 0, b = 1 ... z = 25, comma = 26, space = 27, period = 28), the exact value for each character is not known to me as of yet. It takes this value and multiplies with 29ⁿ where n is the current iteration count we're on minus one. (last character is the first iteration (= 0), penultimate character is second iteration (= 1), 3rd to last character is 3rd iteration (= 2), and so on).
All these values are summed together into one very long/big number.
With a string completely consisting of the character "a" (assuming a = 0), the resulting number would be 0. And a page completely covered in periods (assuming . = 28) would be (29³²⁰⁰ - 1) exactly. Every number from 0 to (29³²⁰⁰ - 1) will correspond to a specific 3200 character string/text.
This number is kept, and added to a new number:
Note that this whole step isn't necessarily needed. A script described as the "python implementation of the webpage" describes how it takes random values, and fills wall (1-4), shelf (1-5), volume (01-32), and page (001-420). These values are just chosen at random. So lets say we have the values Wall 2 - Shelf 3 - Volume 7 - Page 133.
These numbers are joined together like this: (Page)(Volume)(Shelf)(Wall) Like this, where volume and page is padded with zero if needed: (133)(07)(3)(2), and just joined like this into the number 1330732. Let's call this number the "positional number".
This positional number isn't a linear one, but range from 10111 to 4203254, with 268800 unique numbers inside this range that will describe the wall-shelf-volume-page (position). This number is multiplied by a higher exponent than 3200 to make it still a unique number when added to the number from before. Since this number contains randomized elements, a search for a specific page will yield multiple results.
For argument, let's assume the script on library of babel website uses its exact amount of permutations possible; 4 x 5 x 32 x 420 = 268800 as stated. The closest exponent of 29 which is higher than 268800 is 29⁴. So 4 more exponents are required to uniquely identify the position in a base-29 number. So multiplying the positional number with 29³²⁰⁰, and adding it to the previous number, gives us a resulting number between 0, and 29³²⁰⁴
Pseudo-random and "mixing" is added to make the resulting hex very different than "just a number down":
The number we now have, expressed in computational binary, will be 15565 bits long. This binary number is put trough a linear congruential generator combined with Mersenne twister algorithm that is specifically "seeded"/created for the website. It's a home-made algorithm of both mentioned algorithms combined, and has a "period" to it that encompasses at least 29³²⁰⁴ values before it repeats. You can think of this algorithm as a basic encryption cipher, and the "key" for the cipher is in the algorithm coded into the page.
The exact flipping and flopping of these 15565 binary bits isn't something I have, but requesting it from the creator is maybe possible. The mixing is designed to alter the result drastically even when just increasing by 1 in the original number (by having a cascade effect). The position of the book will also have influence on this process.
It's important to note that this algorithm is accurately reversible, and as such, impossible to introduce pure randomness. The number "in", will equal a specific number "out" every time, and same in reverse.
This number is base36 encoded to form the final "hex address":
Any number can be expressed in any base. Our usual decimals are base-10. (10 different digits before zeroing and adding one to the more-significant digit). Computers have numbers in base-2, or what we call binary. If we use 0-9, and A-Z as a digit, we count to 36, and then zeroing and adding one to the left. Then number from above process is counted this way, and presented to you as the "Hex address". If the hex address has a lot of zeroes in one direction, it is padded down. Example: 0000c3z1 would just need to be c3z1, thus making smaller hexes available.
So after searching, you're not left with a "search result", but rather a hex address that contains all the info needed to exactly display the page searched for.

So what happens when browsing a specific hex address:

The reverse of the process above is done with the hex you enter in to the "Browse" page. Notice that the input field allows 0-9 and a-z. This is base-36, and we can consider it's length as how much information it has the potential to store.
I'll go through the basics of it, and will take into account some speculations about the process that I've expanded upon below.
So, first of, the number needed to display all possible pages when in base-36 is 36³⁰⁰⁷ or 36³⁰¹¹ when including the positional number. What this means is that 3007 (3011) characters, or digits, of hex address is the minimum possible to reference all pages trough only the hex itself.
Since every hex returned when searching a specific page is longer than this (by a lot. See below.), it has all the information of the page to display in it.
First the hex is "unshuffled" in a specific way, and the resulting hex is converted to a base-10 number, and is then reversed trough the pseudo-random algorithm. This will move all the bits back into position. The algorithm of course uses the position you are at (wall, shelf, volume, and page) as values that affect this flipping of bits. If they're not "lined up" with a previous search, the resulting "unscrambled" number will still be incomprehensible text.
The resulting number is then iterated, doing the following 3200 times:
Take the modulus 29 of the number (the remainder when divided by 29). This number is converted back to a character with the same value as described above (a = 0, b = 1 etc.). This letter is put in the last position of the 3200 character page. Its value is subtracted from the main number, and the main number is divided by 29. Then the process repeats, doing the exact same thing, but putting the character next to last, then third to last, and so on, until the whole page is filled.
This might be the whole process, but considering how large the hex is, there is most likely more information stored in it. The process will continue modulus-29 and dividing to "reverse" back any other data added. Like the positional number. Doing this 4 times would get that number. Instead of mapping it to a character, take the remainder and multiply it by 29ⁿ and summing them. (1st remainder x 29⁰ + 2nd remainder x 29¹ + 2nd remainder x 29² + 2nd remainder x 29³) This would give the exact positional number that was shown in the search.
If the hex address is less than "required", the number is likely padded to get the minimum. This padding would be "static", and as such would return the same page every time, even though being a lot shorter.
This process is very quick to run trough, and presents you with a complete page every time, with no need to physically save the page in a database. And any "tweaking" with the input (change a letter in the hex, or change the position) will cascade trough the "unshuffle" and display a much different, but incoherent page.

Speculations and other observations:

I speculate the length of the hex is also included in it's encoded number, since when one looks up a hex, any change in length regardless of padding (have tried a-z,0-9, both left and right) gives a change in text. Either that, or the hex is shuffled a bit before being displayed, thus making it hard to pin down the "end" where it can be padded.
I also speculate that the iteration over characters in a search is done backwards, because giving the script more than 3200 characters will truncate the first ones, and not the last ones. This was demonstrated by removing the HTML limit of the input box. However, do note that there are two possible ways to "feed" the number with search characters. Either as I described, or forwards but multiplying the number itself with 29, and not multiplying the added character. (Which actually seems more probable now that I think about it).
I observe that the "random" button does not produce a truly random page. The hex length used when going to a random page is "always" 1946-1947 characters long. This indicates that the random button produces a number up to a point of cut-off, so as to not make overly long hex addresses. This would limit results to only 29²⁰⁷² of the 29³²⁰⁰ possible pages, thus reducing the percent available to an infinitesimally small percentage of the total. (Literally, a percentage of 0.000 (1647 zeroes)). And in reducing it to such a infinitesimal small portion, increases the chance of "no coherent pages exist in the 'random' button specter" being true. Even a reduction of (exponent -1) from 3200 to 3199 (by just removing one character from the hex address), is limiting the results to 3.45% of the total.
I observe that search, in comparison, "always" gives a 3253-3254 character hex. The lower of the two is likely when the final number can be padded a bit. Finding a lesser hex length with a coherent text search would be possible, but being more and more rare. A 3253 character hex would be big enough to describe about 29³⁴⁶² of permutations. But one cannot say for sure that all hex characters have direct data stored, and may be "fudging" to add to the randomness of the hex.
Technically, with a hex that is so much longer given in a search, there could be more information stored in it. This would be information that is not directly required to display the page, but conceivable could be statistical data, or any other data that could be saved when someone uses the hex. And it could have a checksum as well to "verify" that the hex came from a search, and not just randomly looked up. This is of course very speculative and theoretical, and I don't see why the creator would implement that without informing users. Feel free to suggest data that would be plausible to add, and could fit in the 200+ characters of hex address. 250 base-36 characters is equal to 161 bytes of storage data.

Presentation and comparisons:

The website presents itself as a real tangible (or at least substantial) representation of Borges' shortstory: "The Library of Babel" and uses this algorithm to accomplish close to what he describes, but with 29 characters instead of 25, 32 books instead of 35, and 40 lines to each page, where Borges doesn't describe an exact figure. Borges also notes that the completeness/totality of the library is for "no book to be the same", and that the library contains all possible books, not pages.
It has to be stated that the story is about "the infinite, and the finite", and the library is used as a metaphor to "The universe". Meaning that it's aimed more towards a philosophical, and thought-provoking nature. The story has librarians that often find coherency in the books they read, which is glossing over the fact that statistically they wouldn't find even one coherent line on a page, let alone a whole book, with all the lifetimes in the world available. This is important to know if one tries browsing the library here, because this real representation makes it harder to see the original metaphorical meaning it was used as; where we are all "librarians" wandering the library.
That being said, and this might be a bit detrimental to the nature of the website, but I write it looking with "a programmers" eyes, the website could be compared directly to such a simple thing as a simple substitution cipher. Since every hex address directly translates to a page of text, and a page of text directly translates to a hex address. The positioning of the book in the hex is not even required in terms of replicating the total number of pages. With this comparison, it would all be analogous to the text and the hex just being the same thing just looking at the same from another angle. Thereby, writing a text is the same as writing the page. Imagine writing on a piece of glass as your "search". Looking from the other side of the glass gives you "the hex". But you wrote it when searching.
Also, with the current algorithm, the representation isn't "total" the way Borges described either. All possible pages are present, but all possible books isn't clear, and likely not currently possible. If the hex you supply when opening a book has a limit where it's truncated, or if the pseudo-randomization has a "period" any less than 29^1344000, the library representation wouldn't be "total" as described in the story. That being said, a 3200 character page is well enough to understand the concept. And one can argue that when all pages are available, the order one reads from different pages could constitute as a "book".
And with the algorithm itself, one could argue that any page doesn't truly "exist" there in the way we describe existence, and as such, only the possibility exists. In a notepad there exists all possibilities, but a tangible written text isn't located anywhere until it's typed. But arguments for the opposite could also be valid. I guess this is one of the thought provoking ideas behind the story in the first place. Does the possibility for a 3200 character text to exist, mean that it does exist and "has already been written" as Borges writes? He even didn't claim authorship to his short story since it wasn't the original. Or since every page has it's address, we conclude that it's there, but not yet found? I'll leave that up to you.
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Summary and wrap-up:
Thank you for riding along with me in what I looked into with the Library. The idea is amazingly "mind-blowing", since all possible texts CAN be looked up. It implies that every possible thing currently written, was written, or can be written, exists in a little website on the internet. A door to the "infinite, yet finite" nature of our universe. Another good thought-experiment with the concept from the library, is Russell Standish's Theory of Nothing, where he illustrates how an ultimate ensemble containing all possible descriptions would in sum contain zero information and would thus be the simplest possible explanation for the existence of the universe.
This was a fun and learning experience. And have enjoyed writing down along the way as well.
Please leave a comment if you made it trough in one part. Hehe. I'd love to hear your opinions, thoughts, or corrections to any mistakes.
Best wishes!

Hi, basically what I'm trying to do is a very minor image scrambler, but I'm stuck on how I would move the pixels in the image around, the image themselves are a perfect 100 x 100 and I just need to know how to scramble the pixels and then unscramble them to get the original image back.

Throughout this show, the writers have filled the episodes with ambiguous dialogue, always leaving us guessing and debating what was meant. I noticed that season 9 did the opposite: They developed this habit of repeatedly telling us, “We need to do X so we can figure out Y,” and then that’s what happened. Then, they often summed up their conclusions: “Now we know XYZ is true.”
I took notes during the season (starting at some point after Cooper’s mystery was introduced) whenever I felt like they were trying to clearly tell us something, whether it was an explanation for what would happen next, or a summary of what was just learned. Now that much of the mystery has been resolved, we can look back and confirm that these statements are true. It’s possible that they’ll throw us a curveball tomorrow night, but as it currently stands, here’s what I’ve got.
Lew: Yeah, well, the next time he (voicebox) calls, you’ll be able to record his voice, and we’ll see if we can’t unscramble the voicebox and get an ID. [They recorded the voice and Aram unscrambled it.]
Cooper: Aram told me about the tracker. That whomever wanted her dead put it in her, not on her. [Time to exhume her body.]
Lew: Maybe she (the bartender’s friend) could tell us who put him up to doping you, which would prove your innocence.
Lew: (The bartender’s friend) could be the piece of the puzzle that gets you off the hook for Doug Koster’s killing. [New puzzle piece: NYPD badge. This led them to play the unscrambled voice for NYPD, this IDing Cole.]
Red: Well, did he at least confirm that Vandyke was, in fact, tracking her on the night of her death Weecha: Yes. Vandyke was using an app to monitor her location, but that is not all there is to it.
Red: I read the toxicology report. It found nothing unusual in Elizabeth’s system. She wasn’t drսgged. Weecha: Maybe whoever slipped her the tracker didn’t require full use of its medical abilities. Red: But as a medical device, it was small enough for her to ingest. [So it wasn’t surgically implanted; she swallowed it.]
Cooper: I’m saying it’s connected. It’s all connected… Whoever killed Doug Koster, whoever’s blackmailing me, also wanted Andrew Kennison to disappear. Why? Because Kennison created the device that we found in Elizabeth Keen. He must have information on who’s responsible for her death, details the killer didn’t want us to learn… I didn’t see it. Whoever targeted me also targeted Elizabeth Keen. And I helped him. I disappeared the witness who could help us find the person or people who orchestrated her death.
Red: You run the Reddington Task Force, and it never occurred to you that perhaps you were being targeted because of your connection to me?
Cooper: Whoever's blackmailing me is also connected to Elizabeth's murder. I think the original plan was to frame me as a way to hurt Reddington by damaging one of his most powerful weapons, this task force. Ressler: So, whoever's behind this, they know we exist. Cooper: And when framing me didn't work, the plan changed to blackmail. To leverage me as a way to stay one step ahead of Reddington. Park: By using you to do things like hide Andrew Kennison. Aram: So Mr. Reddington's right. Vandyke pulled the trigger that killed Liz, but someone else was behind it.
Cooper: I assume that whoever is blackmailing me was also behind Agent Keen's death. They must want Kennison gone because he knows something. [They repeated this “it’s all connected” sentiment many times.]
Aram: We have got a suspect, and Mr. Cooper was right. Almost. The person blackmailing you was a New York City detective. Cooper: Was?
Park: Why would a shady former detective be connected to kill Keen? [A clue that there is more to the story.]
Red: Listen to me. We’re losing time. Reggie Cole knew I was coming. That means whoever he’s working with knew as well. They will not let you interrogate him.
Red: If Cole wants to live, his best chance is to stay inside that building. He's burned, and whoever he works for knows it. Marvin: Well, he's not the only one. Now the lawyer's burned, too. [Next up: Bang bang.]
Weecha: Whoever killed Elizabeth is going through a lot of trouble to keep you from finding them. Seems like it would just be easier to take you out. Red: Perhaps they need me. Or they’re saving me for something special. Weecha: Could be they love you. Red: Or it could be all three. [A hint that the big bad isn’t solely an enemy. It’s not that black and white this time.]
Dembe: Mount Bastion would never rent a vault to a former police officer (Cole), but they might to his employer. [Hint: Cole is not the mastermind.] Red: His employer, Harold’s blackmailer, Elizabeth’s killer, all the same person. [It’s all connected! Did we mention that yet?]
Red: There will come a time, Elizabeth, when you are completely stumped, a time when you will have factored in every variable and you still won't see the answer. But it'll be there. Somewhere. The answer is... Is always there. And when you can't see it, it's because some assumption that you've made, something you've taken for granted is false.
Red: I'll tell you this, Marvin... Kate loved Elizabeth. She helped to raise her. There is not a chance she sent Vandyke to kill her.
Maureen: I see. And this associate of yours, the one who claims he saw her (Kate), you believe him? Red: I believe he thinks he saw her. But that may be what someone wanted him to think. You do remind me of her. [Hint: It was Maureen! This one still has to be confirmed — who had the duplicate safe made? Sticking with the theme of this post, my bet’s on Maureen.]
Red: Mm. I wonder if (Aram would) consider therapy, specifically guided therapy aided by psychedelics. Properly applied, I find LSD to be helpful in dark times and a blast in good times. Nothing loosens a tight sphincter like a good eight-hour acid trip. [A clue: Aram is going to take a trip in the next episode.]
March: I’m not a detective, but in my business, most mysteries get solved if I do one key thing. Cooper: And what’s that? March: Follow the money.
Cooper: As far as the M.E.'s concerned, it's her (Kate). Red: You're not convinced. Cooper: DNA evidence notwithstanding, something doesn't add up. I have a hard time believing Mr. Kaplan would hire Reggie Cole to kill Doug Koster to blackmail me.
Red: Vlad, you have a plane waiting. The woman in the apartment – Was she Kate or not? Cvetko: No. After compensating for the damage caused by the fire, I found that the samples were a 50% match. This means the woman in the apartment was not Mr. Kaplan. It was– Red: Her sister. Maureen. Thank you, Vlad.
Cooper: At least now we know Mr. Kaplan wasn’t responsible for Liz’s death. [Just like Red said earlier: Kate would never be responsible for Liz’s death.]
Cooper: The payment for Mrs. Lacroix's assassin, it came from your account? [Once again, they are following the money like Mr. March recommended.] Red: It did. Our enemy is closer than I ever imagined, Harold. [A clue: This season’s big bad isn’t an unknown character.]
Red: I've experienced hostage situations that are less tense than this trailer. [Foreshadowing to Mierce with the laser on her chest.]
Red (in Caelum Bank): The scary call is very much coming from inside the house.
Red: Someone paid for the deaths of Reggie Cole, Tyson Lacroix, Michelle Lacroix, and used a Reddington account to do it. This same someone blackmailed Harold Cooper and is almost certainly responsible for Elizabeth's death and probably the same for Maureen Rowan. [Is it clear yet that it’s all connected?]
Now, a few lines to close the door on theories about Liz, or so it seems:
Red: She wasn’t drugged.
Red: You’re wrong about Elizabeth. She’s not resting nor in peace. She’s dead. She can’t be disturbed because she doesn’t exist. We exist. We hurt. We are in pain. And we need answers.
Red: The loss is permanent. Elizabeth will always be dead.
Lines warning us that Red is about to go really dark, despite the fact that he has shown far more leniency to his enemies thus far this season:
Red (to Dr. Roberta Sand): I found peace and tranquility and a real feeling of– quiet. Yet, I abandoned it out of this compulsion for chaos and peril. I had found light. Yet I’m compelled by the dark. It animates me, so much so that I drag others into it. Others that I care desperately about. If I’m willing to risk everything good in my life, to even defend risking it as necessary or just, when I know the result will only be– a deepening darkness. Dr. Sand: Tell me, where is this coming from right now? Why now? Red: [ Pause ] [ Emotionally ] I recently discovered that I was betrayed by my oldest and closest friend. [ Darkly ] I’m apprehensive about the depth and breadth of my anger.
Red: What do I feel? I’m concerned that I won’t be able to contain myself, that I still haven’t seen the worst of who I am.
Red: I was born to a dark path. It’s the only path I know. I’ve learned how to recognize light when I see it. To stop and stare. I reach for it. In the hope that it’ll – Shed its light on me. And every once in a while, I’m able to bask in its warmth for a moment before – moving on in the dark. That’s my life.
Red to Cassandra: You should know that the man you once knew died the day Elizabeth Keen was shot. And the man that remains is… less a person than a collection of impulses and inclinations, most of them foul as tar.
Red: My name is Raymond Reddington. I’m a criminal and a fugitive. I’m wanted in every country on Earth and at the top of the FBI’s Most Wanted List. I’m armed, and I’m dangerous, and the most important person in the world to me is dead because of you. Because of your little device. [Red reminds us not to be fooled by the sweet man we saw soothing baby Sue earlier.]
And just for fun: Even the writers get that it’s ludicrous Dembe would be able to join the FBI:
Panabaker: We won't be doing anything of the sort, Harold. You went too far. I can sell looking the other way when Reddington crosses the line. Hell, we let Dembe Zuma join the Bureau. There is a lot of stretch where this Task Force is concerned, but you?
And finally, some potential foreshadowing that Cooper will live happily ever after. This could be a hint that other major storylines will be abandoned, too, though.
Panabaker: I’m not giving up. You know how it works, Harold. Law enforcement is politics. If we can make some cases, big ones, that expose whatever conspiracy is really going on– Cooper: They’ll be too busy touting the victory to focus on me. Panabaker: It’s your best chance. If the story has the right ending, they might forget this entire chapter. [My takeaway: Sometimes we have to let things slide if we want to enjoy the story they are trying to tell us.]

a function that unscrambles a word
def unscramble(word: str, lst: list): pook = [] for i in filter(lambda x: len(x) == len(word), lst): possible = True letters = {} for ltr in i: if ltr in letters: letters[ltr] += 1 else: letters[ltr] = 1 for ltr in letters: if letters[ltr] != word.count(ltr): possible = False break if possible: pook.append(i) return pook
and lst is the list of words or that the function is gonna use to unscramble the word