#fvwm #fvwm3 #wayland

Let's play spot the difference!

One, both, or none of two screenshots are from fvwm3.

Can you guess which?

If not, could you maybe guess is one of the screenshots is based on wayland? ;)

In all seriousness, I'm trying to emulate the fvwm/mwm look in #hikari -- and I think the results are impressive, especially if you can't tell which image is from which #wm.

#crypticcrossword #crossword

In today's #guardian #crypticcrossword which was set by Qaos, no 29953, we had this excellent clue:

2dn: "Passionately kiss fashion designer after 1-0? (4)"

The definition is "Passionately kiss".

Bear in mind this is only a four-letter answer, so the wordplay will be succinct.

We're told:

"Designer after". Which in this case, means a two letter designer, at the end of the word.

CK for "Calvin Klein" is almost always the de-facto two-letter answer here.

Also, we're told (therefore the first two letters): "1-0?"

Qaos is well-known for his mathematical clues, and we need to read this as such. Here though, if we know the answer is:

__CK

We need to work out how `1-0` relates to the first two letters.

Remember, the definition is "Passionately kiss".

I recall from my school days that "necking" or "to neck" as doing just that.. biting the tongue off some poor girl. Ahem.

So if the answer is:

NECK

Where does NE come from?

Well, if we look at `1-0`, what if we spell out `1`:

ONE

Now we take `ONE - 0` as in take the `O` out, and hence we're left with:

NE

Hence:

NECK

This clue is excellent. Thank you Qaos!!

At what point did we develop as a society where making eye contact was considered provocative?

It's fucking insane that I could be sat in a car, or a bus, or in the pub, where the mere glance upward at someone is met with hostility.

How did this happen?

A smile from me, as polite as that is, can also be construed as inflammatory these days.

Madness.

This is just *British* culture -- god knows how this is for other countries.

I hope it's not the same.