Matt and Bec talk about watching how many videos of YouTube friends is too much watching. Matt made a Drake meme video about the values of the sin function, and explains the joke.
Studio filming for Makeaway Takeaway filming is done, though on-location shooting is still left. Bec invited James (the best friend of her brother Mike from problem 006-1) and Sophie from problem 003-2 to the studio. The two are now married.
James and Sophie play a game called "tiny emotions" where they make a subtle expression and the other has to guess what it is.
How many guesses can you do in Wordle before you have to repeat letters? Obviously, after 5 words you'd have to, but is it possible to guess 5 actual words with 5 unique letters?
Matt pulled out his big text file of words, filtered it, and wrote some shitty Python code. In particular, he took all 5 letter words without duplicate letters, removed anagrams, joined them into pairs with 10 unique characters, joined those into quadruplets with 20 unique characters, and finally joined them up with the original word list into quintuplets with 25 unique characters.
The code ran for over a month, and then spit out 528 combinations, 470 of which all contain the word fldxt (an abbreviation for fluid extract). Bec disapproves of abbreviations. The solution with the most popular words (according to Google) is vibex, glyph, muntz, dwarf, jocks (or fjord, wacks).
The original Wordle contained a list of solution words, and a second bigger list of all acceptable guess words. Only exactly one of Matt's combinations is fully contained in the Wordle guess list: Fjord, gucks, nymph, vibex, waltz. Matt will make a video about this.
A "dings" by Bec (and a Beardyman ding)
Jacob has been taking improv classes and it was fun. He continues: However, I've found that while I enjoy doing structured short-form scenes, I have a hard time making myself step out on stage in unstructured, long-form shows. I feel like I get caught up in my own head, which makes me hesitate for long enough that other people have already stepped out to do the scene. How do I get myself to do more scenes in shows and not get stuck in line?
Bec notes that Jacob is a higher level (level 3) than Bec (level 1), which means she hasn't done unstructured stuff yet either. Bec notes that this problem isn't restricted to improv, but useful in life in general. Bec plays advice from some professional improvisers.
Alex Holland from The Free Association tells Jacob to give himself permission not to be funny and to not worry about the audience. Matt's motto: "They can't all be winners."
David Reed from The Penny Dreadfuls says the audience is watching you being brave in the face of potential failure. You're still brave even if you fail. Bec notes the audience wants you to do well. Matt's motto: "Give it a go!"
Rachel Parris from The Mash Report and Austentatious says that it's fine to be nervous, and that you don't need a good idea coming onto the stage. Trust your partner and the things around you to give you an idea. Matt's motto: "If you're not nervous, you're doing something wrong."
Josie Lawrence from Whose Line Is It Anyway recommends freeing your mind, going with the flow, throwing yourself into the lake. You won't sink. If you're floundering, someone else will help you, it's a team effort.
A transferrable ding from Matt (with a Beardyman ding)
Some people say it's about the position of the finger tips: In a high five, they touch, in a "down low" they don't. Bec disagrees: In an "on the side", they are touching but it's not a high five.
Josh pointed out via the Problem Posing Page that the lunar core is 1330°C and 45 atmospheres of pressure. They're not sure what the cheese phase diagram would look like.
Bec's card was sold at auction for the WaterAid charity. The postage was £3.14 (picked by Matt) and the winning bid was £69. The card is now on its way to Singapore.