Is that an enemy? As I recall* they're an item that only the player can use, they never appear out in the wild and you don't have to fight against them (unless they ricochet back at you). Also, this is just my interpretation, but they seem mechanical to me, not alive.
* which is clearly not as reliable a source as it could be
don't forget 3D models or 2D sprites, depending!
Just to expand on this: in the Zelda series it differs from game to game. In some games they are bomb flowers (e.g. Tears of the Kingdom, also Wind Waker if I remember correctly), in other games they appear to be man-made and are bought in shops (e.g. Ocarina of Time, Twilight Princess, I think?) and are presumably conventional bombs with gunpowder as you mentioned. I don't remember any game where bombs are an enemy like you said, but I'll take your word for it. I haven't played every game.
Wait duh, it's a geometric series. I'm a little out of touch there but online resources are aplenty, so the pattern is:
There are (26^d - 1)×26/25 columns are are at most d letters.
I got confused by your explanation, I think partly because of conversion to decimal without specifying whether column A is 0 or 1. To match the row numbering system, I'd assume it's 1, but mathematically it might be easier to analyze if it starts at 0.
Here's my attempt to understand it better.
How many spreadsheet rows are 1 digit? 1-9, that's 9 rows.
How many rows are 2 digit? 10-99, that's 90 rows.
How many rows are 3 digit? 100-999, that's 900 rows.
The pattern is: there are 9 × 10^(d-1) rows that are d digits.
Now for columns. How many columns are 1 letter? A-Z, that's 26.
How many columns are 2 letters? AA-ZZ, that's 26².
How many columns are 3 letters? AAA-ZZZ, that's 26³.
The pattern is: there are 26^d columns that are d letters.
Now let's look at running totals. How many rows are at most 2 digits? 9 + 90 = 99
How many rows are at most 3 digits? 99 + 900 = 999
The pattern is: 10^d - 1 rows are at most d digits.
How many columns are at most 2 letters? 26 + 26² = 26×(1 + 26) = 26×27
How many columns are at most 3 letters? 26×27 + 26³ = 26×(27 + 26²)
Alternatively: 26 + 26² + 26³
I can't find a more compact way of writing it.
The pattern is: Σ26^k (k from 1 to d) columns are at most d letters
I might be wrong but I don't think this matches up with what you said, which is 26×27^(d-2) + c (where c is some constant for converting between what we're trying to measure, probably 1 or -1)
You know, that's a great question that I don't have a good answer to. I don't have enough experience with laptops so take this with a bucketful of salt, but I think:
Framework looks amazing, but perhaps a bit niche: https://frame.work/ (next time I'm in the market for a laptop, I think this is what I'll get)
MSI is alright I think? So is Dell, maybe?
In my head HP has an absolutely dreadful reputation, but that's just because of printers. A friend of mine is pleased with her HP laptop.
Lenovo, I'm not sure. They've had an inexcusable security blunder in the past which made me write them off ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-enHfpHMBo4 ) but maybe they've turned things around, I really don't know.
The laptop market is in a really poor state, other than macbooks (which aren't really relevant for this discussion for obvious reasons) it's a race to the bottom and everyone's making compromises that I really don't want to see.
I'm not sure. My Asus laptop is about 5-7 years old (just woke up and can't quite do the math...). They've also really been screwing up on the security front: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC8qfXxAhAw
It's an Asus Zenbook btw if you're wondering.
Of fucking course it's an asus. There's your problem right there. They don't know what the hell they're doing, and no one should ever buy anything this company makes.
Source: I have also been burned by them, and only afterwards did I hear a lot of other people's horror stories. It's a shit company.
Regarding "No Stupid Questions", I submit for your consideration the following: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyiNW33MpAo
spoiler
stupid questions not allowed
Hope it's permanent marker
I've never even heard of this animal in the first place. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_man_o%27_war
You're right (and upvoted accordingly), but if said evil company is as much of a clusterfuck as OP said, I wouldn't bet on them having competent security measures in place.