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  • ZagorathOPEnglish
    2•5 months ago

    Praseodymium ➡️ Paper Clip ⏰ 00:25 🦶4 🔗 https://www.thewikipediagame.com

    Path

    (Praseodymium ➡️ Carbon ➡️ Carbon_paper ➡️ Paper ➡️ Paper_clip)

    Comments

    I actually took half a dozen different attempts at this. Tried going via metal -> ductility. Via iron, via steel. Found it incredibly hard overall today.

  • @lemonmelon
    2•5 months ago

    Praseodymium ➡️ Paper Clip ⏰ 02:38 🦶4

    Path

    (Praseodymium ➡️ Metal ➡️ Metallurgy ➡️ Die_(manufacturing) ➡️ Paper_clip)

    Notes

    This one took so many restarts before I found a good route. I felt like I was in orbit around “Paper_clip” with no way to get there. I thought that going down the rabbit hole of how paper clips are formed would be the best way, but I kept getting caught up on “Wire”, which maddeningly does not lead to the solution.

    I still think there’s a way to do it in 3, but I don’t have the energy to try just yet. I’ll update if I find it.

    • @lemonmelon
      1•5 months ago

      Praseodymium ➡️ Paper Clip ⏰ 00:42 🦶3

      Path

      (Praseodymium ➡️ Oxidation_state ➡️ Properties_of_water ➡️ Paper_clip)

      Notes

      Pathing through “Oxidation_state” gives access to a table of oxides at the bottom of the article. In that table is a link to “Properties_of_water” which has a section on surface tension. That section includes a photo of a “Paper_clip” that is prevented from submerging due to surface tension.

      This is such a bizarre path!

    • ZagorathOPEnglish
      1•5 months ago

      Spoilers on Lemmy aren’t done using >!text!<, unfortunately. You gotta do

      ::: spoiler Public description
Private spoiler hidden text.

Can be in multiple paragraphs.
:::

      Which looks like this:

      Public description

      Private spoiler hidden text.

      Can be in multiple paragraphs.

      And unfortunately it can’t be done in-line.