Random Thoughts 7

[fresh_42]

I mean, Italians do watch plays that aren't Italian...

Sure, but advertising primarily Italy and then ignoring Verdi and choosing Bizet is strange. It isn't as if Verdi didn't write hits. The message was: enjoy, Italy, to the sound of an opera set in Spain. Maybe I should send them an email and ask whether they produce tapas.

 

[fresh_42]

It might be a little too on-the-nose if I went into a Canadian cuisine restaurant that boasted I'd "Experience the Canadian way of living!" and all they played were "Take Off!" by Bob & Doug McKenzie and Geddy Lee and NFB's "The Log Driver's Waltz".

And ignoring Bryan and Shania! It's a shame.

 

[WWGD]

And ignoring Bryan and Shania! It's a shame.

That don't impress me much...

 

[fresh_42]

That don't impress me much...

But she lives really close to CERN!

 

[WWGD]

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But she lives really close to CERN!

Is there a tobogan/tunnel from Geneva to Canada?

 

[fresh_42]

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Is there a tobogan/tunnel from Geneva to Canada?

No, but Lake Geneva seems to be a nice place to live (and it is, been there a couple of times): Tina Turner (sadly not among us anymore), Shania Twain. George Clooney has chosen an Italian Lake in the Alps, and Bryan Adams lives(d?) in southern France.

Oh dear, I just recognized that I know more gossip than I should. At least I'm a total failure when it comes to royals of any origin.

 

[WWGD]

No, but Lake Geneva seems to be a nice place to live (and it is, been there a couple of times): Tina Turner (sadly not among us anymore), Shania Twain. George Clooney has chosen an Italian Lake in the Alps, and Bryan Adams lives(d?) in southern France.

Oh dear, I just recognized that I know more gossip than I should. At least I'm a total failure when it comes to royals of any origin.

When Italians ask for the lake, I say, Como. They say : " Lika every other lake".

 

[fresh_42]

"Lika every other lake".

I don't think so. Como and Geneva are definitely better than Lake Michigan. I'm cold only thinking about it.

 

[WWGD]

I don't think so. Como and Geneva are definitely better than Lake Michigan. I'm cold only thinking about it.

No smoke rising? The Purples were exaggerating?

 

[fresh_42]

The Purples were exaggerating?

No. The fire was real, 1971.

Fun fact: Before Switzerland allowed Casinos (vote in 1993, law in 2000), there was a Casino in Evian (France, since 1912) and a boat shuttle across the lake from Montreux to Evian that already had a Casino. The vote/law was meant to prevent Swiss people from taking their money abroad.

I have no idea what the building in Montreux (built 1881) served as before other than a venue.

P.S. They claim that the water is from a glacier nearby and not from the lake, but the village is on the lake's coast.

 

[DennisN]

Ah, but is @DennisN a denizen of somewhere?

Absolutely.

 

[Mayhem]

Over 50? Get tested, go to your GP.

Prostate.
Colon.
Heart
Blood pressure.

Not in any particular order.

I'd prefer if he checked my heart and blood pressure before my prostate and colon, or he'd get a false reading!

 

[WWGD]

I'd prefer if he checked my heart and blood pressure before my prostate and colon, or he'd get a false reading!

And warning me, warming up his hands before aiming for the prostate.

 

[pinball1970]

I'd prefer if he checked my heart and blood pressure before my prostate and colon, or he'd get a false reading!

I forgot about lungs!

 

[WWGD]

Not sure why I have to go to a gym to experience equal amount of light and dark. ( Equinox).

 

[BillTre]

 

[fresh_42]

Life writes the best jokes.

We are not really friends of AI and even have rules against their use. Yet, ChatGPT and Grok list us if asked about serious science websites. Seems AI knows what it does not know, ipse se nihil scire id unum sciat.

 

[Borek]

Life writes the best jokes.

We are not really friends of AI and even have rules against their use. Yet, ChatGPT and Grok list us if asked about serious science websites. Seems AI knows what it does not know, ipse se nihil scire id unum sciat.

Which can also mean LLMs where trained on the data scrapped before we started explaining that the king is naked.

 

[Borg]

I am officially giving up on my relative who has for years, had plenty of time to listen to the conspiracy channel but when presented with documented facts, is really busy and doesn't have time to read everything. I no longer "have the time" to deal with willful ignorance.

 

[WWGD]

Not sure why when I read an article on Quantum Computing by Google, I'm flooded with new-age-type commercials. Special Crystals, finding my " Shaman Type", reincarnation, etc. Edit: I've never been to any such sites.

 

[WWGD]

Wow, saw a video of, with, Christopher Hitchens in Bill Maher's show, overtly Edit: Literally giving the audience the finger. Old show, of course, given Hitchens died a few years back.

 

[Tom.G]

Not sure why when I read an article on Quantum Computing by Google, I'm flooded with new-age-type commercials. Special Crystals, finding my " Shaman Type", reincarnation, etc. Edit: I've never been to any such sites.

It sounds like Google, with its infinite data collection and wisdom, has decided you have a weak mind.

Just consider where it's coming from, and write it off as it deserves.

 

[WWGD]

Wow, some NYC McDonalds carding people

 

[pinball1970]

Wow, saw a video of, with, Christopher Hitchens in Bill Maher's show, overtly giving the audience the finger. Old show, of course, given Hitchens died a few years back.

Still the most skillful and interesting orator and debater I have seen, a sad loss.
He would have had a lot to say these last few weeks!

 

[WWGD]

Still the most skillful and interesting orator and debater I have seen, a sad loss.
He would have had a lot to say these last few weeks!

He would have likely upset the extremes on both sides , which is by no means a bad thing.

 

[WWGD]

Wonder if it's feasible to deposit a fraction of a cent in a blackmailer's Crypto account legally , without giving myself away. I would love the idea of them opening their account and seeing a deposit of .00001 cents in it.

 

[WWGD]

RIP Gene Hackman.

 

[collinsmark]

Clubber Lang is back up and in better shape than ever.

My suspicion was correct that the cause of the knockdown was a broken AIO (all-in-one liquid) cooling pump. I replaced the AIO cooler with an air cooler. An air cooler means no pump, meaning fewer points of failure (theoretically more reliable). I ended up going with a high-end Noctua CPU cooler. Noctua coolers are not known for their flashiness, but they're arguably the best, performance wise. (Honestly the Noctua CPU cooler wasn't my first choice, but the one I originally ordered -- much more flashy -- was on back-order for seemingly forever. So I cancelled my original order and got the Noctua, which I probably should have picked in the first place.)

While I was at it, I changed the direction of a few case fans around, modifying which ports are intake and which are exhaust. I also added a new drive bay in anticipation of installing a couple more SSDs, if the need arises.

[Edit: The RGB colors are linked to various temperature sensors in the CPU and motherboard. They go from Green $\rightarrow$ Yellow $\rightarrow$ Red. Green means temperatures are cool, while red means things are getting pretty warm. Things will turn red and the fans will rev up (as expected) when I do a computationally intensive PixInsight process on an astrophoto, for example.]

 

[WWGD]

When they refer to VLAN as the bad guy and mention a "Half a David"( Affidavit), they're most likely in a boiler room in Noida. I'll CC Dave Broder to send them some Confetti.

 

[WWGD]

So the corporate interests keep promoting \Pi day on 3/14 over " Square root 10" day on 3/16. Or maybe$3.14$is a better aproximation to $\pi$ than $3.16$ is to $\sqrt 10$.