Random Thoughts 7

[fresh_42]

At least no can't joke based on mispronunciation.

 

[WWGD]

At least no can't joke based on mispronunciation.

Not for Kant, but Off(t)en Bach (Offenbach) for composers.

 

[fresh_42]

Not for Kant, but Off(t)en Bach (Offenbach) for composers.

Les contes is my favorite opera.

 

[WWGD]

But you will leave Godunov alone.

 

[fresh_42]

But you will leave Godunov alone.

Thanks. Looking up Godunov revealed a real life joke:

The Riemann problems arising there are solved exactly using the Godunov method, which is also possible for nonlinear systems. Interestingly, this method was not used in the Soviet Union, but rather in the United States until the 1980s. Instead, the Soviets simulated their nuclear missiles using the method developed by the American Robert W. MacCormack.

 

[WWGD]

Thanks. Looking up Godunov revealed a real life joke:

" They wouldn't let MacCormack alone" doesn't quite have the same ring to it.

 

[DaveC426913]

Dramatic alien-themed stories are written to highlight the human condition or to contrast the human condition. Many things in alien stories mirror human habits: politics, dialects, culture, crime, food, social engagements, the arts - even sex.

But it's funny to me that there is one thing that every sci-fi drama writer ever has said "Nah, that's way too specifically human to incorporate into my alien culture":

And that's advertizing.

In the 21st century - with only one data point in our sample - we nonetheless instinctively know that advertizing is somehow uniquely human.

Can you imagine the characters of Niven's The Mote in God's Eye crash-landing on the Motie homeworld and wandering into their city with the roads filled with giant signs of incomprehensible ads with hieroglyphs and lurid pictures of a three-armed Motie holding up a shiny tube of all-in-one glue?

Or Mos Eisley's spaceport cantina having a billboard outside with a faded, torn poster for "Figrin D'an and the Modal Nodes - three passes of the primary star only!"

Where are the ads for Klingon's "Kronos Rooftop Cafe - Gagh Grill and Blooodwine pub"?


We know they have to have ads; but we can't bring ourselves to actually render them in stories. It would be total comedic relief.

What is it about advertizing that screams "humans!" and "parody!" like nothing else?

 

[fresh_42]

Max Headroom.
Demolition Man.

 

[Ibix]

Can you imagine the characters of Niven's The Mote in God's Eye crash-landing on the Motie planet and wandering into their city with the roads filled with giant signs of incomprehensible ads with hieroglyphs and pictures?

There are ads on Rigel when Kinnison travels there in Lensman. He asks what the amazing 3d moving structures are (Rigellians have no eyes but weird spatial senses) and gets nowhere until he points one out specifically, and his driver says "oh yeah, advertising, I don't really see it any more".

 

[DaveC426913]

Max Headroom.
Demolition Man.

Both human culture.
I clarified "human" six times. :)

 

[WWGD]

Max Headroom.
Demolition Man.

Where's the Demolition man? What demolition, man?

 

[Mayhem]

Advisor is hovering a Ph.d position above my head (if she gets the grant). Most people don't understand how good news like this can be stressful.

 

[WWGD]

I told this guy(half) jokingly, taking his teen to the doctor for the first time to not let the doctor do anything to him given the health measurements may not be random, and even if they were, they're a measly sample of size n=1. I think he may have believed me else his putting one on me.

 

[fresh_42]

I told this guy(half) jokingly, taking his teen to the doctor for the first time to not let the doctor do anything to him given the health measurements may not be random, and even if they were, they're a measly sample of size n=1. I think he may have believed me else his putting one on me.

... measly, measly, that rings a bell. Ah! CDC reported 800 cases of measles these days.

 

[nsaspook]

No good deed goes unpunished​

 

[nsaspook]

 

[WWGD]

I wanted to tell someone who stated in a speech " His days are numbered" ,if he knows any immortals.

 

[WWGD]

Maybe along the lines of the question here on how to minimize getting wet when walking in the rain, what is the best placement of a carton of eggs in a small car with some 10 other (supermarket) bags ranging from say 8-20 lbs, to minimize the odds of the eggs breaking; either crushed by other bags or by leaping if the car breaks.

 

[WWGD]

Godel's birth anniversary today. In his honor, I will do a search for: Searches for Godel's Theorem that don't refer to Godel's theorem.

 

[pinball1970]

If I take a difficult jazz drum figure, break it down part by part so I can just about play it painfully slowly.
Work on the dynamics and ergonomics so I am not moving around too much expending unnecessary energy.
Practice it so I get to a reasonable tempo, record it, then play it back at x2 speed using the video edit function.
It still sounds nothing like Buddy Rich.

 

[WWGD]

Weird guy walking around all day with a helmet indoors. I ask him if he's biking to work and he answers: " no, why?".

 

[fresh_42]

Bicycle helmets are the new tinfoil hats!

 

[WWGD]

My Regex search in a webpage won't go beyond a Ctrl+ F . F12 developer tool doesn't help much either.

 

[skyshrimp]

I bought some Grumichama seeds. 10 yellow and 10 red. I put them in an air tight food container on damp paper and sprayed them with 3% hydrogen peroxide. 4 rows of 5.
Now I’m not sure if the top rows or the bottom rows are red or yellow. I now have to wait 3 to 7 years to find out

 

[DaveC426913]

Updating some content on website for CIAMI (Centre for Integrated and Advanced Medical Imaging) ...


Deep Learning & AI Capabilities
Leverage cutting-edge AI to enhance image quality and workflow.

• AIR™ Recon DL – Deep learning-based reconstruction for denoising, resolution enhancement, and scan acceleration
• AIR x™ – Automated scan prescription using AI for consistency and reproducibility
• Skull Stripping / BrainWave Resting State / Basic DTI – Ready-to-run research modules for fMRI, DTI, and RS-fMRI studies

 

[WWGD]

Pod on phone charger warming up too much. Not good.

 

[WWGD]

Seems like not much of a celebration for this year's Cinco de Mayo.

 

[DaveC426913]

Seems like not much of a celebration for this year's Cinco de Mayo.

Everyone's preoccupied.

 

[WWGD]

Everyone's preoccupied.

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And now it's May the Sith.

 

[WWGD]

Maybe I should get back to intermitt fasting. It seemed to work well at one point.