2022-02-09

made a small python program that gives me a list of every 10-letter english word that has the same first 9 letters. what for? of course, to match this loading bar a friend typed:

Yassifying .... [🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛] 90% complete

(for those without color emojis: G G G G G G G G G B; G = green, B = black)

if the emojis were in wordle format. so if the word "transfused" was the answer to the wordle, then 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛ could be "transfuser" or "transfuses".

i'm not too familiar with python, so i used this to traverse the word dictionary:

for x in range(len(ninety)):
        for y in range(len(ninety[x:]) - 1):

in

def load_words():
    with open('words_alpha.txt') as word_file:
        valid_words = set(word_file.read().split())

    return valid_words


if __name__ == '__main__':
    english_words = load_words()
    tenlet = []
    for word in english_words:
        if len(word) == 10:
            tenlet.append(word)
    
    ninety = []
    for word in tenlet:
        ninety.append(word[:9])
    equalwords = []
    
    for x in range(len(ninety)):
        for y in range(len(ninety[x:]) - 1):
            if (ninety[x] == ninety[y+1] and tenlet[x] != tenlet[y+1]):
                equalwords.append(tenlet[x] + " " + tenlet[y+1])

    file1 = open("equalwords.txt", 'w') 
    file1.write('\n'.join(equalwords))

is this what people who know python do when they want to compare an element in a list to every other? i feel like there's something else, but i probably didn't use the correct keywords when searching for it, as i'm a pretty inexperienced programmer.

the list contains ~3174 unique pairs of words, such as:

• odontalgic odontalgia
• bedraggled bedraggles
• absinthial absinthian

pretty neat! and all these words fit the 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩⬛ pattern, despite my code not checking the final letter at all, due to the nature of only having 1 available spot (yellows aren't possible).

note: this usage of a dictionary is only here for yassifying loading bars. it's completely separate from my actual playing of word games on here, since that would take away any fun in playing. the dopamine hit of figuring out hard pangrams or long words is just too good. i eagerly await for the day that i get every word of spellbinding daily. i almost had it one time, when i missed only CYPRESS. sad!

i also looked more into xmpp today. so cool. i haven't made an account yet since i'm not sure what server to choose and how to register with a server that isn't auto-shown on gajim and also doesn't have a site registration. i wouldn't have known about it if not for gemini.. capsuleers are great.

i've been listening to music for 7+ hours every day again ever since my competition ended, pretty nice. i could also get back to discovering more albums, but with an 81 hour playlist i'm fine staying with my collection. even though it has over 1,200 songs, i'm really selective with what music i like. the playlist was only possible through slogging through countless artists and albums. i only like 0-2 songs of most albums even after listening to them 4+ times in full, which is why i'm more into playlists than albums. even though spotify's discover weekly is programmed specifically to give new songs i like, they're almost always trash. plus, it keeps on updating every time i listen to it, despite it being label "weekly". so i can't easily retry the songs i heard. but i rarely change my mind on songs.

if i generalize my music taste into genres, it spans breakcore, shibuya-kei, hip-hop, classical, trap, future bass, folk rock, atmospheric dnb, picopop, shoegaze, ska punk, synth pop, 5th wave emo, experimental noise pop, chiptune, vocaloid, math rock, etc. but that implies that i enjoy the giants of those genres. in most cases, i don't. my bloody valentine sounds so dull. i've been keeping a last.fm

=> https://www.last.fm

for almost a year now, and while i have 40,000+ scrobbles and 3,500+ artists, i've added so little to my playlist compared to people with like 30,000 scrobbles and 1,000 artists (a friend with those exact stats has a 649 hour playlist, up by maybe 400 hours from last year. one of my other friends with similar stats to that friend has a 467 hour playlist).

update: rewording 2022-03-04