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The discussion revolves around the splitting of larger threads to alleviate server load, specifically continuing the Random Thoughts thread. Participants express their thoughts on various topics, including the emotional impact of the game Bioshock: Infinite, which one user describes as "haunting." They discuss the game's cover art, noting the absence of the female co-lead, Elizabeth, from the front cover, and reference an interview with Ken Levine that suggests this was a marketing compromise. The conversation shifts to personal anecdotes, including family dynamics and humorous observations about everyday life, such as experiences at McDonald's and the challenges of parenting toddlers. The thread features a blend of light-hearted banter, reflections on gaming, and casual storytelling, highlighting the community's camaraderie.
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Yesterday I walked twice as much as usual. Today my feet started cramping up. I almost had to crawl home on all fours.
 
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In other news, the United States has been attacked by what they're calling a "polar vortex." This hasn't affected San Diego temperatures, but there has been a massive volunteer effort mounted here to box up warm air and send it back east.
 
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I just spent 3 hours on 9gag.
 
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dkotschessaa said:
oh they won't. lol.

Semester is like the last one (busy), then graduation, then baby, then grad school. Things should settle down in 35 years or so when I'm 70+ and the baby moves out.

Hey, atleast you won't be bored for a while. :)
 
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I guess we started a little bit younger and Junior was quite eager to leave the nest, but with some luck things can settle down much earlier.

What about being 50 and free? :biggrin:
 
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When I got 23, my older brother told me, hey, you'll be 30 before you know it. I hope he's wrong :o
 
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lendav_rott said:
When I got 23, my older brother told me, hey, you'll be 30 before you know it. I hope he's wrong :o

He is wrong. You will be much older and you will still not know when it happened.
 
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How do yous use the latex business? Is it all a code, do you have to memorise all the different strings? I remember last time there was a latex toolbox somewhere, but I can't find it :s
 
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lendav_rott said:
How do yous use the latex business? Is it all a code, do you have to memorise all the different strings? I remember last time there was a latex toolbox somewhere, but I can't find it :s
From the main menu:

PF Lounge
Forum Feedback & Announcements
Physics Forums FAQ and HowTo
How to Type Mathematical Equations​

I don't see anything called a "toolbox", but they do have a "sandbox".
 
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lendav_rott said:
How do yous use the latex business? Is it all a code, do you have to memorise all the different strings?

Use OmCheeto's direction. Or alternately, there is a link in my signature to a pdf file that you can print out to keep handy.

Trust me on this though, practice \LaTeX equations for just a little bit, and it will become second nature quicker that you'd expect.

I remember last time there was a latex toolbox somewhere, but I can't find it :s

You won't see it when posting to the General Discussion forum, but on other forums, click on the \Sigma symbol in the "advanced" editing window (It's in the upper toolbar toward the right-hand side).

But again, trust me on this one: I never use that toolbox and I use a lot of \LaTeX. Instead I find it far quicker and easier just to type it in. It only takes a little practice, and soon enough it's second nature.
 
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^
I think I'd use the word "alternatively" instead of "alternately", but that may be archaic or cultural?
 
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You have a point. While alternately and alternatively can be synonymous depending on the context and culture (and they are here, in terms of context anyway), I agree that alternatively might have been the better choice.
 
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Its strange, I think the former sounds better or more succinct, but I doubt I'd use it.
 
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Oh, he wants the P.
 
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collinsmark said:
Trust me on this though, practice \LaTeX equations for just a little bit, and it will become second nature quicker that you'd expect.
I would have thought you were joking when I first started here. I actually tried. Now, ##\LaTeX## is actually really natural. It's a lot easier than just copy-pasting symbols, and it looks better. :biggrin:
 
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\frac{\alpha^n}{\sin\gamma} This\ looks\ much\ better,\ why\ didn&#039;t\ I\ use\ Latex\ before?\\ It&#039;s\ not\ that\ difficult\ at\ all,\ although\ it\ gets\ tiresome\ to\ add\\\ one\ of\ these\ slashes\ after\ each\ and\ every\ word\ it\ considerably\ slowers\ my\ typing\ speed\ :(\\<br /> It\ is\ like\ adding\ ;\ in\ C\ after\ each\ line.<br /> \\ \left(\begin{array}{cc}a&amp;b&amp;c&amp;d\\D&amp;C&amp;B&amp;A\end{array}\right)<br /> I&#039;m\ getting\ the\ hang\ of\ it\\<br /> <br />

The weird part is I can't mess up a single thing or the entire latex displays as rubbish, just a code, not displaying any of it. I can't add \mbox{blablabla} without it ruining everything :/
\mbox{how is this supposed to work, though?}

aah, the webpage doesn't display the code right away, makes me think I messed something up.
 
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All this ##\LaTeX## talk...but did anyone know that latex paint contains no actual latex?
 
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lisab said:
All this ##\LaTeX## talk...but did anyone know that latex paint contains no actual latex?
It's a good thing as this happened to me during my last Lab job before retiring.

It is possible to have used latex gloves for years and to suddenly have a progression to systemic symptoms.

http://www.aafp.org/afp/1998/0101/p93.html#afp19980101p93-t2
 
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lendav_rott said:
\frac{\alpha^n}{\sin\gamma} This\ looks\ much\ better,\ why\ didn&#039;t\ I\ use\ Latex\ before?\\ It&#039;s\ not\ that\ difficult\ at\ all,\ although\ it\ gets\ tiresome\ to\ add\\\ one\ of\ these\ slashes\ after\ each\ and\ every\ word\ it\ considerably\ slowers\ my\ typing\ speed\ :(\\<br /> It\ is\ like\ adding\ ;\ in\ C\ after\ each\ line.<br /> \\ \left(\begin{array}{cc}a&amp;b&amp;c&amp;d\\D&amp;C&amp;B&amp;A\end{array}\right)<br /> I&#039;m\ getting\ the\ hang\ of\ it\\<br /> <br />

The weird part is I can't mess up a single thing or the entire latex displays as rubbish, just a code, not displaying any of it. I can't add \mbox{blablabla} without it ruining everything :/
\mbox{how is this supposed to work, though?}

aah, the webpage doesn't display the code right away, makes me think I messed something up.

Doesn't display at all on my phone.
 
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lisab said:
All this ##\LaTeX## talk...but did anyone know that latex paint contains no actual latex?

I did not know that.
 
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Enigman said:
Who moved your cheese?
It hasn't been moved. There's a shortage that Kraft declines to explain. Makes me think they caught a big batch of it full of e-coli or something just before it left the factory.
 
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lendav_rott said:
\frac{\alpha^n}{\sin\gamma} This\ looks\ much\ better,\ why\ didn&#039;t\ I\ use\ Latex\ before?\\ It&#039;s\ not\ that\ difficult\ at\ all,\ although\ it\ gets\ tiresome\ to\ add\\\ one\ of\ these\ slashes\ after\ each\ and\ every\ word\ it\ considerably\ slowers\ my\ typing\ speed\ :(\\<br /> It\ is\ like\ adding\ ;\ in\ C\ after\ each\ line.<br /> \\ \left(\begin{array}{cc}a&amp;b&amp;c&amp;d\\D&amp;C&amp;B&amp;A\end{array}\right)<br /> I&#039;m\ getting\ the\ hang\ of\ it\\<br /> <br />

The weird part is I can't mess up a single thing or the entire latex displays as rubbish, just a code, not displaying any of it. I can't add \mbox{blablabla} without it ruining everything :/
\mbox{how is this supposed to work, though?}

aah, the webpage doesn't display the code right away, makes me think I messed something up.

No I don't think you messed anything up. It takes a while on my machine, too, but it does show eventually. Anyone else have a delayed display?

Delayed display - I like those words together :smile:.
 
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Enigman said:
Who moved your cheese?
.........
I am boredddddddddddddd.

zoobyshoe said:
It hasn't been moved. There's a shortage that Kraft declines to explain. Makes me think they caught a big batch of it full of e-coli or something just before it left the factory.

If your cheese starts to move itself, that's another problem altogether. Like maybe an e-coli collective mind.
 
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lisab said:
If your cheese starts to move itself, that's another problem altogether. Like maybe an e-coli collective mind.
Yeah, I don't use the computer or even talk in front of cheese. I'm afraid it'll learn to speak English and take over.
 
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I'm calling in 'vacation' tomorrow...

:devil:
 
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OmCheeto said:
I'm calling in 'vacation' tomorrow...

:devil:

Why, are you sick? :-p
 
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lisab said:
Why, are you sick? :-p

Nyet!

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This is going to be so weird... I've worked my entire life. I was frantic back in '83 when I collected unemployment for 6 months. It was so wrong. I think it may have messed up my life.
 
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He's having a cheesy, latex reaction.
 
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phion said:
Doesn't display at all on my phone.

LaTeX and mobiles don't mix well.
 
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OmCheeto said:
Nyet!

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This is going to be so weird... I've worked my entire life. I was frantic back in '83 when I collected unemployment for 6 months. It was so wrong. I think it may have messed up my life.

uveren'?

Latex rules, I really can't believe it was that simple and more so that I wasn't using it all this time :/
 
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lendav_rott said:
\frac{\alpha^n}{\sin\gamma} This\ looks\ much\ better,\ why\ didn&#039;t\ I\ use\ Latex\ before?\\ It&#039;s\ not\ that\ difficult\ at\ all,\ although\ it\ gets\ tiresome\ to\ add\\\ one\ of\ these\ slashes\ after\ each\ and\ every\ word\ it\ considerably\ slowers\ my\ typing\ speed\ :(\\<br /> It\ is\ like\ adding\ ;\ in\ C\ after\ each\ line.<br /> \\ \left(\begin{array}{cc}a&amp;b&amp;c&amp;d\\D&amp;C&amp;B&amp;A\end{array}\right)<br /> I&#039;m\ getting\ the\ hang\ of\ it\\<br /> <br />
NO. STOP. PLEASE. IT HURTS MY EYEEEEEEESSSSSSSS.

...just use the \text{} command. :smile:

That would display like the following: ##\text{This looks much better, why didn't I use the \text{} command before? xD}##
zoobyshoe said:
It hasn't been moved. There's a shortage that Kraft declines to explain. Makes me think they caught a big batch of it full of e-coli or something just before it left the factory.

lisab said:
If your cheese starts to move itself, that's another problem altogether. Like maybe an e-coli collective mind.
You both notice that it's E. Coli, right? I wouldn't say anything, except this is a science forum, and that is possibly the best known instance of binomial nomenclature in modern culture (no pun intended). It's stands for Escherichia Coli.

If anything, we've learned something here today. :-p
 
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\text{I have learned a lot today :D}
I can't find the Variation / Combination / Permutation sign in latex. How would you write Combinations/Variations of N out of M or Permutations of N?
 
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I was watching a news report indicating that the pot is flying off the shelves in Colorado, where pot sales and use became legal on January 1st. The stores are running out of stash and some places are doubling their prices due to the high demand and diminishing supply.

On a related note, Ben and Jerry tweeted that they are hearing reports of shortages of Ben and Jerry's ice cream in Colorado. :smile:
 
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Pot being marijuana?
 
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lendav_rott said:
Pot being marijuana?

Yes.
 
  • #2,640
Marijuana flavored ice cream?
 
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phion said:
Marijuana flavored ice cream?

Half Baked?

There was a segment about the related industries quickly evolving. Some companies have brought in top-tier chefs to develop foods made with pot. So marijuana ice cream is probably coming soon.
 
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Borek said:
LaTeX and mobiles don't mix well.
S'ok, blindly typing latex works the same as blindly typing any other code. :-p
 
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Ivan Seeking said:
Half Baked?

There was a segment about the related industries quickly evolving. Some companies have brought in top-tier chefs to develop foods made with pot. So marijuana ice cream is probably coming soon.

I'm sure there's a market for cuisine that makes you high.
 
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phion said:
I'm sure there's a market for cuisine that makes you high.

Yes, it is already a big part of the business.

In the State of Washington, where sales will soon be legal, they are already offering pot dinner cruises.
 
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Then people will just quit doing weed, because it's legal - there's no more danger. Okok, they won't...ish
 
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Eating pot is certainly more healthy than inhaling smoke!
 
  • #2,647
My dad was right about this song after all. :biggrin:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOB4VdlkzO4
 
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Mandelbroth said:
It's stands for Escherichia Coli.
Which means it was invented by M.C. Escher, right?

E103_S.JPG
 
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lendav_rott said:
although\ it\ gets\ tiresome\ to\ add\\\ one\ of\ these\ slashes\ after\ each\ and\ every\ word\ it\ considerably\ slowers\ my\ typing\ speed\ :(\\<br />

Try using ## instead of and ~ instead of \ .
 

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