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Patience@freesolitaire· 9d

Vaaniji! Well done 👌👍 But I got bad news 😕 I finally had your package ready (see pic). However, at the post office, I got told it was €35 / ₹3850 to ship 🫠 Quite expensive for a single radish… So I decided to cancel the shipment 😑 Sorry 😶‍🌫️ I’ll send you a simple postcard on the occasion, tho 😀😉🥰

Patience@freesolitaire· Jul 20

🆘👇👁️ Here’s a winning path, after 60 and 93 moves. It’s easy from there 😉

Klondike Solitaire deal #67711 in draw one mode. Game in progress, after 60 moves. The 61th is highlighted: moving the 3 of Hearts to the 4 of Spades.

After 93 moves. Game is trivially finished at this point.

Patience@freesolitaire· Jul 16

Oh indeed, remarkable thriftiness! 👏🎯👏 Bravo Garry, you deserve a chocolate medal for that! 😄🍫😉Have a good Thursday! 💗

Patience@freesolitaire· Jul 15

Oh, tie bronze medal, excellent FeeBee! 👏🎊👏 Nice to meet you btw 😉🤝♥️

Bronze medal from the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics.

Patience@freesolitaire· Jul 6

👊😉 You get the idea 😊

“Remember the Sabbath day by keeping it holy. Six days you shall labor and do all your work, but the seventh day is a sabbath to the Lord your God. On it you shall not do any work, neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your male or female servant, nor your animals, nor any foreigner residing in your towns. For in six days the Lord made the heavens and the earth, the sea, and all that is in them, but he rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy.” — Exodus 20:8-11

Patience@freesolitaire· Jul 2

😂👍

Snoop Dogg as a Lego character in “Piece by Piece”, a biopic animated movie about Pharrell Williams’ life.

Patience@freesolitaire· Jul 2

🤘 Fantastic, Barry! T Mac made it in two seconds fewer (but one more move) than you; that makes you second worldwide (for now at least) ⏱️ Bravo! 🏋️‍♂️🌪️🚴‍♂️ Have a good Thursday 🩶

Silver medal from the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics.

Patience@freesolitaire· Jun 29

🥇 Bravissimo Rich! New worldwide record 💯🏌️‍♂️🎊 Hope your Monday is going fine and your week is off to a great start! 😀🚀🌝🌹

Gold medal from the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics. Designed by Chaumet, one the finest jeweler in the world, a subsidiary of LVMH. In the middle of the medal, there’s a piece of iron from the Eiffel Tower, hexagon-shaped (the hexagon is a symbol of France, whose continental territory is roughly shaped like one). Fun fact: Olympic gold medals are actually mostly made of silver nowadays; the only requirement, set by the Olympics committee, is that they contain at least 6g of gold (which isn’t much!)

Patience@freesolitaire· Jun 25

I solved #Solitaire deal #1125 in 10min 47s, 156 moves (+22 undone, 0 hinted; 9 recycling, 2 worrying back). The computer cannot finish it! Beat me if you can: freesolitaire.win/turn-three#1...

Solitaire deal #1125, draw 3 mode. 67 moves along a winning path.

After 100 moves. Highlighted is the 101th: moving the 7 of Diamonds on 8 of Clubs, the crucial move.

After 115 moves. Ace of Diamonds is finally revealed, last card on the last tableau pile!

Patience@freesolitaire· Jun 25

It’s a nasty deal for sure 😮‍💨 On top of bsky.app/profile/free..., here’s an illustrated winning start. Focus first on building, on the last tableau pile, red 9→7♦️, using cards from the stock. Manipulate it carefully! After that, 7♠️ becomes accessible. Move 6♦️ on it, it hides Q♥️.

After 11 moves, the 12th is highlighted. Don’t put the Ace of Hearts to foundation afterwards! Don’t mess with the stock unless it helps with moving 6 of Diamonds ;-)

After 65 moves, and many cycles through the stock, one can finally move the 7 of Diamonds & 7 of Spades from the stock to the tableau. After that, lay down the 6 of Diamonds on the 7 of Spades. Moving the 6 reveals the Queen of Hearts, which must be put to King of Clubs. Then it’s easy ;-)

After 74 moves. It all flows naturally after the Queen of Hearts is put on the King of Clubs.

Patience@freesolitaire· Jun 25

🆘 There’s a trick to this one: 😉🤫

Initial layout of Klondike Solitaire deal #5691. One can see that the two black Kings, and the two red Queens, are on the tableau. The Queen of Hearts is blocking the King of Spades and a lower-rank Hearts (the 6), so she /must/ be moved to the other black King, the King of Clubs!

Deal #5691, game in progress after 87 moves. Highlighted is the moving of the Queen of Hearts (not the Queen of Diamonds!) over the King of Clubs; doing otherwise would be deadly.

Game almost over after 133 moves. As one can see, the foundation piles were built in a balanced way.

Patience@freesolitaire· Jun 22

Less than one, actually! 😅 (Hi COP, sorry for late reply, been quite busy as of late 🥵 This week should be quieter 😌)

Patience@freesolitaire· Jun 22

🆘 Some screenshots along a winning path. Worrying back happens on the third image 😉

Solitaire deal #33333, draw one mode. Game in progress, after 43 moves.

After 132 moves. The 133th one is highlighted; it’s a “worrying back”, 5♠️ is taken from the Spades foundation pile back to the tableau, on 6♥️ (fourth column from the left). After that, 4♥️ can be moved.

Solitaire deal #33333, draw 1 mode. Game is almost over, after 157 moves.

Patience@freesolitaire· Jun 11

Pic 1: 😎😝 Pic 2: 🆘 the crucial move / chokepoint. After that, it’s a walk in the park. The algorithm is able to finish (spamclick the Hint button, it works 😆)

Klondike Solitaire deal #1239, draw three mode, game almost over.

Deal #1239, game in progress, at the beginning. The crucial move is highlighted: taking the 5 of Spades from the stock should be done instead of moving the 5 of Clubs.

Patience@freesolitaire· Jun 8

Hi Rich! 👋 Thank you Vaani 😊 Oh, sorry to hear that (unable to solve) 😐🫤 Doesn’t seem overly difficult (we’ve got some winners!), but, granted, not that easy either (not that many!) 🆘👁️ I can offer this as help:

Klondike Solitaire layout #87891, with all tableau cards revealed, as a cheat.

Patience@freesolitaire· Jun 7

www.maptap.gg June 7 95🏅 95🏅 94🏆 88✨ 59😐 Final score: 819 I knew vaguely about the last one… But only vaguely 😅 Useless fact of the day: 59 is the number of my area (« département », named uncharmingly « Nord »)

Map of France with « départements », 59 - Nord is highlighted.

Patience@freesolitaire· Jun 7

🫰🤓 Happy #Pride! 👩‍❤️‍👩

Patience@freesolitaire· Jun 7

“Queen of Hearts – portait of Lili” by 🇩🇰 Gerda Wegener, 1928. #LGBTQ+ story of that painting and more #art by Gerda Wegener & Lili Elbe here: www.dailyartmagazine.com/lili-elbe-an... Happy #Pride month 🌈⚧️ & #ArtfulSunday 🎨🌞

“Queen of Hearts (Lili)” showcases Lili Elbe as a self-assured model, gazing directly at the observer with ambiguous defiance. The portrait is rich in detail, capturing the graceful posture, Art Deco patterns, and decisive brushstrokes, reflecting Wegener’s deep care for her art and for Lili Elbe.

Patience@freesolitaire· Jun 6

Huhhh, maybe? 😅 I can’t help much, but I can see you the tableau with all cards revealed (no black 5 on the right 🤦😆):

Klondike Solitaire layout #49103, with all tableau cards revealed, as a cheat.

Patience@freesolitaire· Jun 4

👋😀 Vanakkam Mighty Vaani! 💪🦚 Wow, that was fast! 🌪️✌️ Congrats 👏👍 🌱🥕 Harvest time almost here! Will send you some 😋 if that’s OK with you. It’s a joke-not-a-joke; I won’t send anything organic but I’d like to send something radish-related to you 😃😜😄 Could I please have your postal address (DM open)?

Patience@freesolitaire· May 27

Eid al-Adha mubarak, AAA! 💜🔪🐏🎉💚

“Eid mubarak”, repeated four times at right angles, arabic calligraphy.

Patience@freesolitaire· May 27

… Simplifying a bit: first speedrun following first quarter 🌓 favors deal where best times are meh, ’cuz the frequent sub 2min podiums are just discouraging & not fun. More things in this spirit to come starting next Purnima 🤞🌝 Finally, happy Eid al-Kabir 🐏🔪🥳 👇👀 Some flowers (& radishes) for you! 😀

Orange & yellow French marigolds (in French we call them « Œillets d’Inde »!) on a windowsill.

Radishes on a windowsill. Very green, very healthy! ^^

Patience@freesolitaire· May 26

🤫👇👀 For your eyes only:

Initial card layout of Klondike Solitaire deal #2700. Tableau cards which are normally hidden are here revealed, as a cheat.

Patience@freesolitaire· May 25

🆘 It’s a toughie! Here are some snapshots during a winning path. “Worrying back” (taking cards from foundations back to the tableau) was heavily used!

Solitaire deal #34725, draw one mode, game in progress (beginning).

Start-mid game. Foundations piles are unbalanced, the Spades foundation is still empty.

Mid-late game. Highlighted is the move of 9 of Hearts from foundation back to the tableau!

Late game. Notice that there’s is only the Ace on the Diamonds foundation pile, even so late in the game!

Patience@freesolitaire· May 22

🤔 Huh, no, the red 10s are in the stock pile… 🤫 Here is the tableau with all cards revealed:

Initial card layout of Klondike Solitaire deal #85813. Tableau cards which are normally hidden are here revealed, as a cheat.

Patience@freesolitaire· May 20

Only two people found a way through challenge №404: 💪 T Mac in 4min 56s, 124 moves; 💪 ComeOnPeople in 5min 38s, 158 moves (+4 backtracked). 👏 Big congrats to these two smart 🧠 (& stubborn 😅) players!

Picture of a cat hiding behind sheets of paper. Below it’s written “404 Not Found”, a reference to the famous HTTP error code.

Patience@freesolitaire· May 20

😀👋 Vanakkam Mighty Vaani 🦚, fountain of joy & good sense 💎! Good job on completing today’s challenge which, thanks God, is significantly easier than №404/#492! 👏😌👍 Been thinking about you the other day: radishes on my windowsill made a comeback! I’ve found some old seeds which did sprout! 😀🌱😋

Yong radishes in a rectangular pot on a windowsill. Photo taken from above, one can see the street and some parked cars on the top of it.

Patience@freesolitaire· May 8

🆘 Here’s a choke point, in the mid-late game:

Patience@freesolitaire· May 7

😆😂 😉 There you go, Empress:

Screenshot showing I now follow @Q7734.bsky.social

Patience@freesolitaire· May 6

No no, it can be completed: deal #500 has been finished 42 times in “draw 3”. The black 7s block the red 8s. But! they don’t block a lower-rank Spade and Club, so it’s not impossible to move them: send (one of) them to foundation directly 😉