Random Thoughts 7

[WWGD]

Guy calls me to followup for a job I applied two years ago. " Tell us about some experience or something special about yourself". Well, guy, I've been to the desert in a horse with no name. hasn't contacted me again.

 

[WWGD]

Hmm, nothing shows affection like offering food and then saying " If you don't eat it, Ill just throw it out anyway".

 

[WWGD]

Lady has her wallet carelessly embedded in her purse. She drops it, I point it out to her. Then she puts it back in her purse in the exact same precarious way.

 

[PhDeezNutz]

All permutations of Richard Feynman are funny if you replace Feyn with Fine and Richard with Dick. Just Sayin'

 

[collinsmark]

All permutations of Richard Feynman are funny if you replace Feyn with Fine and Richard with Dick. Just Sayin'

Richard Feynman did in fact go by the name of "Dick." It was his common name used by friends, family, and colleagues.

And of course, the "Feyn" in Feynman is pronounced the same as "fine."

So, realistically, that already was the way it was.

 

[PhDeezNutz]

Richard Feynman did in fact go by the name of "Dick." It was his common name used by friends, family, and colleagues.

And of course, the "Feyn" in Feynman is pronounced the same as "fine."

So, realistically, that already was the way it was.

Fine Man Dick is funny

now that i think about it other permutations may not be.

 

[nuuskur]

sheesh, it's been 10 years!

 

[Borg]

Fine Man Dick is funny

now that i think about it other permutations may not be.

You mean like someone I knew whose parents named him Richard Edward? (Dick Ed)

 

[PhDeezNutz]

You mean like someone I knew whose parents named him Richard Edward? (Dick Ed)

That's rough man. Was his middle initial H? Oh god that would be cruel.

 

[Astronuc]

The governor, Gavin Newsom, imposed a state of emergency on Monday as officials cut power to 245 homes in the seaside community, about 25 miles (40km) south of Los Angeles, due to worsening land movement. The electricity provider in the region, Southern California Edison, shut off power to 140 homes on Sunday and another 105 on Monday, citing the risk of igniting fires.

‘Gigantic’ landslides hit California coastal town: ‘Watching their homes crumble’​

https://news.yahoo.com/news/hundreds-coastal-california-homes-lose-201532932.html

Nice view from expensive houses that are built on unstable ground. They should have known that.

Rancho Palos Verdes is now grappling with buckling streets, buildings sinking and cracking and hundreds of families forced to leave their homes, said Janice Hahn, a Los Angeles county supervisor, at a news conference on Monday.

I've seen a similar situation on Soledad Mountain in LoJolla, Ca, where a water leak in a water main soaked the ground down grade such that a portion of the mount subsided with the road and several houses.

 

[Tom.G]

Due to heavy rain the last two years, a slip plane was lubricated and the area started slowly sliding to the sea. There was enough water in the saturated ground that it seeped down to another, previously unknown, slip plane, about 600 feet deep.

With the two active slip planes, some areas were/are traveling as much as 1 foot per week.

Sounds terminal to me.

Tom

 

[Borg]

That's rough man. Was his middle initial H? Oh god that would be cruel.

Yeah, pretty rough. That was his first and middle name.

I've always liked Tom Hanks' combination of his first initial and last name - THanks. I can just imagine his email signature.

Thanks,
THanks

 

[symbolipoint]

I found an old box of face masks from the Covid days. I thought Id use them as eye covers for sleeping. Snag: I have ears. Masks were on the snug side and width of my face around /including my ears is larger than around my mouth.

COVID days are still with us.

I bought a box of paper-ish masks, 50 ea. per box, and from 3 years ago, still have most or half of them still in the box.

Cloth masks can be made, for those individuals motivated to do it. And no need for sewing machine.

 

[WWGD]

COVID days are still with us.

I bought a box of paper-ish masks, 50 ea. per box, and from 3 years ago, still have most or half of them still in the box.

Cloth masks can be made, for those individuals motivated to do it. And no need for sewing machine.

By what account is Covid still a major issue?

 

[WWGD]

Wow, pickpocketing, tourist theft still a major issue. Some have taken it onto themselves to fight them, take them on in several YT channels.

 

[symbolipoint]

By what account is Covid still a major issue?

Still comes up in news reports. Summer surge we've been informed; and revised vaccines now being issued. Enough to convince me. I do not currently know the general data on hospitalizations and deaths.

 

[collinsmark]

Wow, pickpocketing, tourist theft still a major issue. Some have taken it onto themselves to fight them, take them on in several YT channels.

While I don't wish to undermine any real threats (pickpocketing and tourist theft do in fact occur, unfortunately), some YouTube videos of such things are staged. Maybe (certainly) not all, but some.

(Why would anybody stage a theft and post it to YouTube? I don't know. Pick a reason. It's a lot easier to stage an altercation than stumble upon a real one, I suppose.)

I guess my point is that when watching such videos, keep a skeptical eye open.

 

[WWGD]

While I don't wish to undermine any real threats (pickpocketing and tourist theft do in fact occur, unfortunately), some YouTube videos of such things are staged. Maybe (certainly) not all, but some.

(Why would anybody stage a theft and post it to YouTube? I don't know. Pick a reason. It's a lot easier to stage an altercation than stumble upon a real one, I suppose.)

I guess my point is that when watching such videos, keep a skeptical eye open.

Valid point, but these didn't seem staged, as, among other things, local authorities were involved, and I verified they were the real ones.

 

[Borg]

I went to a performance with my wife on Friday of an ABBA tribute band. Now I know what Matt Damon's character felt like. Thankfully the performance ended after two hours.

 

[WWGD]

I went to a performance with my wife on Friday of an ABBA tribute band. Now I know what Matt Damon's character felt like. Thankfully the performance ended after two hours.

Mama mia!

 

[WWGD]

I will be taking an overnight+ trip. I was planning to take some Baking Soda with me that I use in a relaxing potion. But I worry I don't look conventional/mainstream enough to get away with carrying a bag of white powder with me.

 

[Astronuc]

Oops! Delta flight (DL295, an A350) clips another plane (Endeavor Air, Flight 5526, a CRJ-900) on taxiway at Atlanta airport, knocks off smaller plane's tail

https://news.yahoo.com/delta-flight-clips-another-plane-154200687.html

 

[Ibix]

Oops! Delta flight (DL295, an A350) clips another plane (Endeavor Air, Flight 5526, a CRJ-900) on taxiway at Atlanta airport, knocks off smaller plane's tail

https://news.yahoo.com/delta-flight-clips-another-plane-154200687.html

Communications with Ground Control:

According to one of the comments, the tail falling off is a standard CRJ threat response - it distracts the A350 so the CRJ can escape.

 

[Astronuc]

Tallk about 'breaking news'. It looks like the CRJ didn't stop close enough to the hold-short line to provide clearance to the A350.

 

[Astronuc]

aDelta plane clips another aircraft and appears to knock its tail off at Atlanta airport
https://www.yahoo.com/news/delta-plane-clips-another-aircraft-192441859.html

I think it is a bit more definite that apparent.

 

[WWGD]

Ok, it was a German guy using the term " Tron Script". Don't blame me for thinking he was talking about "transcript".

 

[Astronuc]

Rock Used as Doorstop For Decades Turns Out to Be Worth Over $1 Million

a chunk of 'rock' used to keep a door open for decades is a treasure by pretty much any metric you might care to use.

The 3.5 kilogram (7.7 pound) stone was found in a stream bed in southeast Romania by an elderly woman, who brought it home and put it to use.

Her discovery turned out to be one of the biggest intact chunks of amber in the world, according to a report by El Pais. Its value? Somewhere in the region of €1 million – around $US1.1 million.


Amber is tree resin from millions of years in the past. Over time, the highly viscous substance fossilizes into a hard, warm-hued material widely recognized as a gemstone.

In Romania, pieces of amber can be found around the village of Colti in sandstone from the banks of the River Buzau, where it has been mined since the 1920s. Known as rumanite, this amber is famed and prized for its wide array of deep, reddish hues.

After the woman died in 1991, the relative who inherited her home suspected the doorstop might be more than meets the eye. On learning what he had, he sold the amber to the Romanian state, which had it appraised by experts at the Museum of History in Krakow in Poland.

According to these experts, the amber is likely between around 38 and 70 million years old.

 

[Astronuc]

Tallk about 'breaking news'. It looks like the CRJ didn't stop close enough to the hold-short line to provide clearance to the A350.

Video shows two planes collide while taxiing at airport​

https://news.yahoo.com/news/video-shows-two-planes-collide-140623472.html

 

[Borg]

Video shows two planes collide while taxiing at airport​

https://news.yahoo.com/news/video-shows-two-planes-collide-140623472.html

I didn't see the collision video on that link but this shows it from the tower camera.

 

[Astronuc]

I didn't see the collision video on that link but this shows it from the tower camera.

I believe it is the same video. In the video on Yahoo, it may have been cropped. It appears at the top of the video envelope.

Good to have strong wings!

The A350 clearly needs more clearance at some airports, or ground traffic control needs to be aware of clearances and hold points as planes taxi through congested airports.

It would help to have cameras on the top of the tail looking forward, and perhaps on the tips of the wings looking forward.

 

[jack action]

It would help to have cameras on the top of the tail looking forward, and perhaps on the tips of the wings looking forward.

Or rearview mirrors!

Some fighter jets have them:

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Since a very long time:

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Very long time:

Also common for towing gliders or banners:

 

[Astronuc]

Or rearview mirrors!

Rear view cameras now. The rear view mirrors on the outside of the cockpit were removed from the Spitfires because they caused too much drag. The would limit the range and top speed.

Video from a set of cameras (optimally placed) would help in incident/accident investigations.

 

[Astronuc]

How to blow up one's career.

Norfolk Southern CEO fired for ‘consensual relationship’ with railroad’s chief legal officer
https://news.yahoo.com/news/finance/news/norfolk-southern-ceo-fired-consensual-002214975.html

Norfolk Southern CEO Alan Shaw was fired for cause by the railroad’s board for “engaging in a consensual relationship with the company’s chief legal officer,” who was also terminated, the railroad announced Wednesday evening.

A statement from the company on Wednesday said that Shaw had been dismissed “for cause,” which could prevent him from collecting the kind of exit package that CEOs often receive when shown the door.

 

[WWGD]

The thing about the ( flip side of the ) Dunning-Krueger club ( YouTube discussions) is , you don't know you're part of the Dunning-Krueger club.

 

[nsaspook]

 

[WWGD]

Hmm, I was seeing an ad for " When Animals Attack". I can imagine finishing my day eating wings, with an ice-cold beer, watching a snake swallowing up a rabbit whole. Edit: I wonder if it was intended as a joke.

 

[WWGD]

Ok, I've gotten into the bad habit of getting into debates in YT, which I'm trying to discipline myself to stop doing. Still, I think I've come up with a good line before leaving any exchange: " Send regards to Mr Dunning and Mr Kruger ".

 

[pinball1970]

Ok, I've gotten into the bad habit of getting into debates in YT, which I'm trying to discipline myself to stop doing. Still, I think I've come up with a good line before leaving any exchange: " Send regards to Mr Dunning and Mr Kruger ".

I quite like watching"reaction videos."
Music, films and TV series.
The arguments probably stopped with COVID dying down. They may start up again with the Texas education curriculum discussion.
It is education so pf friendly but the content is very not!

 

[WWGD]

I quite like watching"reaction videos."
Music, films and TV series.
The arguments probably stopped with COVID dying down. They may start up again with the Texas education curriculum discussion.
It is education so pf friendly but the content is very not!

There are a few oasis about. Mostly Math, Science sites. Few and far in between.

 

[OmCheeto]

Still comes up in news reports. Summer surge we've been informed; and revised vaccines now being issued. Enough to convince me. I do not currently know the general data on hospitalizations and deaths.

According to my data collecting, we are in our 10th surge. And although this surge started in 2nd place behind the obvious 1st round of covid, it's the 2nd longest run:

I saw the other day that covid is currently the 6th leading cause of death, though I cannot find the reference. A minor googling and some fishy maths indicates that it's the 9th leading cause of death.

Leading causes of death
covid deaths plus my 'nowcasting' factor of 2.5

hmmm....
Looking back at my 2020 analysis of where covid could go, and our current trend hit 100 deaths per day around the 1st of August and is was twice that on about the 10th of September which is about 5ish weeks so eyeballing that it looks like if this keeps up then covid will be back at the top of the news in not too many weeks.

 

[BillTre]

 

[WWGD]

I rarely hear the word ' eschew'. But when I do, I pretend not to and ask the speaker to repeat it a couple of times. Then I say ' Gesundheit'.

 

[berkeman]

Your PSA for today...

 

[WWGD]

Your PSA for today...

Around _ their_ or other people's children?

 

[pinball1970]

Yearly MOT with nurse on Thursday and she spoke to me like I was a naughty 9 year old.
My diet is not good enough.
Too much alcohol.
Not enough exercise.
Must get BMI down.
BP too high.
Shake your inhaler before use!

Drs yesterday and he spoke to me like an equal, complete opposite.
SAN function and referred pain from my sigmoid colon, thoracic pathologies...

A hypothesis, she just needs data and make sure I understand what i need to do to improve. Stop acting like an idiot.
Dr WANTS me to think I am idiot by totally blinding me with science so I trust him.

 

[BillTre]

Yearly MOT with nurse on Thursday and she spoke to me like I was a naughty 9 year old.
My diet is not good enough.
Too much alcohol.
Not enough exercise.
Must get BMI down.
BP too high.
Shake your inhaler before use!

Drs yesterday and he spoke to me like an equal, complete opposite.
SAN function and referred pain from my sigmoid colon, thoracic pathologies...

A hypothesis, she just needs data and make sure I understand what i need to do to improve. Stop acting like an idiot.
Dr WANTS me to think I am idiot by totally blinding me with a science so I trust him.

Its the old Good Medicalist/Bad Medicalist.

 

[berkeman]

Around _ their_ or other people's children?

Both. I taught my kids gun safety from a young age, but the guns in our house were always locked up.

 

[WWGD]

Super, extra, mega new knife can cut through any food, meats, even metal.....and your fingers. If you're not going to use it for cooking, cutting metals, how about your wife, or other relative? Er, no, thanks, I'm not Jeffrey Dahmer.

 

[Ibix]

A hypothesis, she just needs data and make sure I understand what i need to do to improve. Stop acting like an idiot.

We recently had a talk about writing stuff to be read by the general public which said that you should assume a reading age of 12. Some of it will be issues with second languages, but some of it is just a terrifyingly low educational standard. I suspect the nurse is pitching it low because she knows a not-insignificant fraction of the population won't even understand what she's asking them to do if she throws out remotely complex language.

 

[berkeman]

Shake your inhaler before use!

It depends on the inhaler, but in general yeah. Sounds like good advice to me.