Sudoku solution – New York Times 26 August 2024 Hard level

hello fellow sedans welcome to Zen and the Art of the Guardian sedoka puzzle it's Monday the 26th of August 2024 I hope you are keeping well I'm exhausted I've uh been working hard today and after I finished work I had to go across town to a couple of different places which involved a lot of walking which is not something we like to do in Bangkok to be honest with you but I've done my 10,000 steps today and it's the day is only it's only half past 5 now my uh early evening work has been cancelled I'm not sure if I got later work uh if so I may have to stop this video but um if that doesn't occur then I can continue on and play this New York Times hard level puzzle now a couple days ago I was mentioning that there was a a a a scientist who studies uh the process of aging and he was saying never trust uh centenarians never trust old people when it comes to giving Health advice etc etc it just so happens a couple of days later we've got headline it says world's oldest man celebrates 12th birthday in merys side and this his name is John Alfred tinis tinniswood and he said he puts his long life down to just luck there we are which is what the scientist said you know uh uh he said he did not follow a special diet although he does have fish and chips on Fridays um what else there's something else uh hold on let me scroll down a bit uh he said I can't think of any spe uh uh um I sorry he put his Good Health and Longevity down perhaps to an active lifestyle in his younger days you either live long or you live short and you can't do much about it I can't think of any special Secrets I have I have I was quite active as a youngster I did a lot of walking whether that had anything to do with it I don't know but to me I'm no different to anyone no different at all so uh I don't have a special diet he said if you drink too much or eat too much or walk too much if you do too much of anything you're going to suffer eventually so this is exactly what the advice of the scient the scientist a couple days ago and said who said never ever it made me so angry that he said never ever listen to old people when it comes to you know I really hate that was such a patronizing attitude I thought so here we are here's an elderly man who agrees with all of the advice given and the reasons for living to an old age anyway let's get on with the game of sodoku shall we before I get any messages telling me I've got to stop and start work soon as I can see something I'll let you know I can see twos blocking across here and here my voice is holding up or I have been oh good griefs excuse me sorry about that let me undo that we just want this highlighted here don't we my voice is holding up at the moment but that may not last I've been speaking a lot today we've got four across here and four up there excuse me if I get the wrong Keys down okay eight across here and there I'm hoping this is not going to be too tough a game cuz I don't think I've got the energy to play a tough game today to be honest with you seven across there I like this little block here it's giving us some doing us some favors we've got two five and nine in these squares so we got the twos blocking down and there so at least we'll get two there 59 left so these are not five or nine they must be ones which are over here threes which I don't know about and six 13 six so one and six attack this Square here so that's going to be a three three across here three across here and three up here will give me three in that square three up here three up here and three across there means that's a three three across here across there and up there will give me three in that square there we have six blocking across here and six has to be in one of these two squares oh I don't need that sorry six blocking across here forget that I didn't need that six blocking up there there's a six that's what I was trying to say but getting confused seven blocking across here gives me a seven in this Square here missing numbers here 259 I think and two and N are together that's going to be our five four blocking across here and here there's a four two and five are together here that means two and five are in those squares and this is going to be nine okay let's wander around okay we've got uh four and seven blocking this Square we've got four and seven blocking here and blocking up here as well so that's a pair of four and seven so these are not four or seven they must be ones which are over here five and everything's one five and nine okay we've got one and five here so that's going to be a nine in fact now nine blocking down here and nine up here nine is one of our missing uh um cells over here so nine across there will give me nine in that square and this will be a two uh I forgotten what I just said what did I say uh oh I know 79 was it seven uh what was this seven I've made a mistake I think uh one four oh I know it was seven and four okay I am tired s to four in those squares this is going to be one and five all right we'll get in there somewhere so that's right isn't it yes so we've got five blocking across here and five up here that will give me a five in that square uh this was four and seven so this has to be six and eight that's six or eight that's seems to fit okay this is one and five and four and eight block up here that puts 4 and8 into those squares and gives me a nine here this is four and eight these are not four or eight they have to be five 7 [Music] nine so pair of sevens down here five there nine I don't know okay for I keep looking at this block here I'm not sure if it doesn't tell me something important it's trying to tell me something important and I'm not listening for oh I could do without having to work for a sodoku living for uh well I think I'm going to put in pencil marks because I just can't be bothered to uh go and sit for ages staring at the screen not getting anywhere uh I don't I have a feeling it's not difficult but I've got a lot worked out already and I think from that point on as soon as the pencil marks going it should be pretty easy I have a feeling it's going to be one of those GES oh yeah I go oh yes I see okay let's put in the pencil marks don't want to wait any longer right so I know that this was four and seven I know this was 6 and 8 and over here was 1 and five and this was 4 and 8 this is all from memory eights are down here somewhere and oh this is going to be five and nine and this is one and six and this is two and five uh let's see what else do we know ones are in those squares there uh twos are there threes are down there oh I forgot somewhere else threes are in these squares as well because we got three blocking there and there I did see that I forgot to tell you about it earlier on fors what do we know about four not enough five sure six pair of sixes up there of sevens up there there eight are down here nines are there okay um I'm going to start with this block down here don't ask me why I'm just getting a feeling that could be a place to look so let's look we've got one blocking down there that gives me ones in those squares there uh what do we know about three oh we've done with three already four that's done already five not done yet five blocks across there so five still possible in those squares six we've got a pair of sixes oh suddenly I think I missed six did I no uh seven is in eight is in and n nine nine blocks across here and down there so those squares could be nine did it give me anything don't think so uh so let's continue on our merry way how about this block up here one two uh three four what do we know about four four blocks like this that's done so is there anything along the top there no don't think so so there's just two blocks to go like I said I did I had done a lot already so one blocks down here like this so ones can go in those squares there two across here and down there that's set of twos there four blocks like this so fours are in those squares five like this three possible places for five six is in seven blocks down here sevens are down there eight is in and nine blocks down here and across there so those could be nine and I don't SP so it's I've got to look in this block I was thinking I was hoping I would get it in this block first but no looks like it's going to be the last block I look in ones are are there uh twos I've got already threes I've got already fours what do I know four blocks down here and across there so three possibilities for four five is in six blocks across here six still can go anywhere there six seven eight blocking down here and nine is in right now where are you where are you it's got to be somewhere oh here he is it had to be somewhere along the bottom didn't it we've got a 1 s pair here so this one and seven is not needed it's going to be an eight and that's a six and that's an eight up there with a six here and a six there there and 9 4 71 four in that square eight in that square uh let's get rid of some eights shall we okay see looking much cleaner now I guess uh I've got to get rid of this seven as well because we have one and seven pair here and I got to get rid of that one so what are we at now 5 n pair here that can't be five that's going to be one that's going to be five this can't be five this also can't be five and this can't be nine we've got one so we can get rid of the ones there as well we left with a pair of three and eight I wonder if we can just click on the digits and see like this I don't have any completed digits yet and we've got four up here so we got to get rid of those candidate fours now five uh we've got six blocking across here so here's our six there's a oh sorry wrong my would selected on the solver one in that square there let's get rid of these candidate ones and let's get rid of these sixes so we don't confuse ourselves six blocking down there there's a six there's a one this can't be one six is a finished digit now the only one though seven here seven blocks all the way down here like this so that's a one oops excuse me that's a one that's a seven over there we've got to get rid of these sevens it leaves us with a four here seven there one here no one's allowed there one and six are both finished we have a pair of two and five this is going to be a nine that's our nine that's the end of the game actually five there uh five in this Square here seven there seven there let's get get rid of the seven uh what's left to do twos three still have to be done oh fours to be done fives to be done is there is no five there that's a two and a five is here that's a four that's our three eight there three there four there two in this Square this will be an eight five goes here two goes there uh it took me a long time uh but anyway I did get to the end and interrupted as well thank you for joining me if I have no later work later this evening and I managed to get a rest this evening uh rest my voice and rest my body uh then I might come back with the third game if not um whenever see you around bye-bye