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I get the train to work and I live at the start of the line. As I’m a dull man, my worst nightmare is seeing someone I know, including those I know very well who could even be a good friend, on the train. The problem here is that I am stuck with them for 45 minutes, talking about dull topics which I have less and less interest in the duller I get. Further to this, there are people who seem to want to make “train buddies”. And I want no part of it. Thankfully, I have discovered this seat. It is perfect for warding off train buddies, and even better, if I see someone I know, they are unable to sit near me in order to “talk”. Instead, I drink my coffee and play sudoko. 38, non Conversation starter and the grey man at a work gathering.
Great insight about what’s going on today and how different it is from years ago. I commuted from Wilton, CT for almost 15 years to senior-level marketing leadership positions with EY and The Conference Board. I never rejected conversations with my fellow commuters on the way home as I respected the sacrifices we were all making to keep our families healthy and whole!!
Is that a calculator?
Even worse is when you're wearing earphones or pods, and people try and talk to you on the train, or worse, a long haul flight.
That is my kind of seat
In Switzerland, an English writer once coined the phrase about commuting in Zurich "Everyone knows each other from ignoring each other"
You found my seat mind you I no longer commute you are welcome to use it
Appreciate your joy in this seat, but it should be noted that it is very likely this seat was designed to help those with mobility needs who struggle to use standard seating. So please be mindful of those around you that may have a greater need in using the seat
For men, after the age of about 30, the transfer window for "new friends" is closed.
Must be the same seat Garden Dude uses (who's based in Florida)... he was just sat there 8 days ago.
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1moDhrubojyoti Biswas.... That's a fascinating question! A completely empty 9x9 Sudoku grid actually has no unique solution. There are billions of valid ways to fill it while following the rules (each row, column, and 3x3 box contains digits 1-9 exactly once). When you see published Sudoku puzzles, those pre-filled numbers (called "clues" or "givens") are what make the puzzle have exactly one solution. The puzzle setter works backward from a complete, valid solution and removes numbers strategically, ensuring only one valid completion remains. So if you gave me a truly empty grid, I could certainly fill it to create a valid Sudoku solution, but it would be just one of approximately 6.67 × 10^21 possible valid completions! I'd essentially be creating rather than solving. The most famous calculation was done by Bertram Felgenhauer and Frazer Jarvis in 2005. They found there are exactly 6,670,903,752,021,072,936,960 essentially different solved Sudoku grids. It's a bit like asking someone to solve an equation with no given values - you can create valid equations, but you're not really solving a predetermined problem. The art of Sudoku is in the logical deduction that those initial numbers make possible