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Turn 4 · 2 players moved
🏅 @strongbrush1.bsky.social +69 · @mschlasn.bsky.social +21

32 cells left, 3 spares, 5 flagged.
Reply a coordinate, A1 to K11. Everyone who replies opens one.
30 min.
#Minesweeper #recreationalmathematics #boardgame #devlog #softwaredevelopment #indiegame

Minesweeper, turn 4. 11 by 11 grid, rows A to K, columns 1 to 11. 24 mines. 65 of 97 safe cells opened, 5 flagged.
Reading each row left to right: a digit is how many mines touch that cell, 0 is an opened blank, ? is still hidden, F is a cell somebody has flagged as a mine.
A: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
B: ? ? 1 2 2 ? ? ? ? ? ?
C: ? ? 1 0 1 1 2 2 2 ? ?
D: ? ? 1 1 1 1 0 1 F 2 ?
E: ? ? ? 2 F 1 0 1 1 3 ?
F: ? ? ? 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 ?
G: 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 1 2 2 ?
H: 0 0 1 F 1 1 3 F 3 F ?
I: 0 0 1 1 1 2 ? ? ? ? ?
J: 0 0 0 0 0 3 ? ? ? ? ?
K: 0 0 0 0 0 2 ? ? ? ? ?
Last move C4 was safe and touches no mines.

October 31, 2026 at 7:14 PM

Play Minesweeper

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Turn 3 · 1 player moved
🏅 @mralexgeo.bsky.social +3

60 cells left, 3 spares, 6 flagged.
Everyone who replies opens a cell. A mine takes you out of this board — you can still flag.
30 min.
#Minesweeper #gamedevcommunity #recreationalmathematics #dailygame #pixelart #videogames

Minesweeper, turn 3. 11 by 11 grid, rows A to K, columns 1 to 11. 24 mines. 37 of 97 safe cells opened, 6 flagged.
Reading each row left to right: a digit is how many mines touch that cell, 0 is an opened blank, ? is still hidden, F is a cell somebody has flagged as a mine.
A: 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 ? ? ? ?
B: 0 1 2 2 1 0 1 ? ? ? ?
C: 0 1 F F 2 2 2 ? ? ? ?
D: 0 1 2 2 2 F F ? ? ? ?
E: 0 0 0 0 1 ? ? ? ? ? ?
F: 2 3 2 2 1 2 ? ? ? ? ?
G: F F ? 2 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
H: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
I: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 1 ? ?
J: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
K: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Last move G4 was safe and touches 2 mines.

October 30, 2026 at 4:14 PM

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Turn 9 · 3 players moved
🏅 @direprism.bsky.social +21 · @mehtis.bsky.social +3 · @mralexgeo.bsky.social +3

33 cells left, 3 spares, 9 flagged.
Everyone who replies opens a cell. A mine takes you out of this board — you can still flag.
30 min.
#Minesweeper #play #recreationalmathematics #indiegames

Minesweeper, turn 9. 11 by 11 grid, rows A to K, columns 1 to 11. 24 mines. 64 of 97 safe cells opened, 9 flagged.
Reading each row left to right: a digit is how many mines touch that cell, 0 is an opened blank, ? is still hidden, F is a cell somebody has flagged as a mine.
A: ? ? ? ? ? 2 1 0 0 1 F
B: ? ? ? ? ? F 1 0 0 1 1
C: ? ? ? ? ? 2 1 0 0 0 0
D: ? ? ? ? 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
E: ? ? ? ? ? 1 0 1 1 1 0
F: ? ? ? ? ? 3 1 1 F 1 0
G: ? ? ? ? F F 2 ? 2 1 0
H: ? ? 2 1 3 3 ? F 1 0 0
I: ? ? 1 0 2 F 4 2 2 0 0
J: ? ? 3 2 3 F 3 F 1 0 0
K: ? ? ? ? ? ? ? 1 1 0 0
Last move J7 was safe and touches 3 mines.

October 30, 2026 at 4:51 AM

Play Minesweeper

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Turn 11 · 2 players moved
💥 @mehtis.bsky.social hit E5 and is out. 1 spare left.
🏅 @direprism.bsky.social +30

32 cells left, 1 spare, 11 flagged.
Reply a coordinate, A1 to K11. Everyone who replies opens one.
30 min.
#Minesweeper #pixelart #twitchplays #mathpuzzle #recreationalmathematics

Minesweeper, turn 11. 11 by 11 grid, rows A to K, columns 1 to 11. 24 mines. 65 of 97 safe cells opened, 11 flagged.
Reading each row left to right: a digit is how many mines touch that cell, 0 is an opened blank, ? is still hidden, F is a cell somebody has flagged as a mine.
A: ? ? 2 0 1 1 F 1 1 2 F
B: ? ? 3 0 1 ? 2 2 F 2 1
C: ? ? 2 0 1 2 F 2 1 1 0
D: ? ? 2 2 2 2 1 1 0 0 0
E: ? ? ? ? X 2 1 0 0 1 1
F: ? ? ? ? ? F 1 0 1 2 F
G: ? ? ? ? ? 3 2 1 1 F 2
H: ? ? ? ? ? 2 F ? 1 1 1
I: ? ? ? ? ? 3 3 2 1 0 0
J: ? ? ? ? ? F 3 F 1 0 0
K: X ? ? ? ? F 3 1 1 0 0
Last move E5 hit a mine.

October 26, 2026 at 9:47 AM

Seb

@hisnameisseb.bsky.social

355/113 - 1/(44^4) brings us within 11 decimal places of pi, while Milü on it's own brings us to 7. Obviously this approximation wouldn't be as useful as Milü since it adds a lot of steps to the calculation, but I think it's still neat.

#Pi #RecreationalMathematics

February 8, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Kevin L. Schwartz

@kevinlschwartz.bsky.social

185527

A prime that cannot be expressed as the sum of three squares is nevertheless the sum of three cubes – three prime cubes – two ways, with all six prime summands distinct.

13^3 + 43^3 + 47^3 = 185527
19^3 + 31^3 + 53^3 = 185527

#NumberTheory #Mathematics #Primes #RecreationalMathematics

June 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM