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This thread features a collection of random thoughts and reflections from participants, touching on various topics including nostalgia for a community member, humorous musings about language and technology, reactions to cultural events, and personal anecdotes. The scope includes informal commentary, light-hearted debates, and references to popular media.

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  • Some participants express nostalgia for a community member named Evo, with inquiries about her well-being.
  • Humorous reflections on the limitations of AI, particularly regarding the classic tongue twister about woodchucks.
  • Discussion around the cultural impact of the sitcom "Friends," with varying opinions on its characters and humor.
  • References to the founding of Turkey and its implications for secularism, with some light-hearted commentary on food choices.
  • Comments on Neil DeGrasse Tyson's approach to teaching critical thinking, with mixed reactions to his style and audience engagement.
  • Observations about customer service experiences, highlighting a common frustration among participants.

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Participants generally share a light-hearted tone but express differing opinions on various topics, including the humor of "Friends," the effectiveness of Neil DeGrasse Tyson's videos, and cultural sensitivities regarding secularism. No consensus is reached on these matters.

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  • #1,561
fresh_42 said:
I hate English. Autocorrect wants me to write webserver as web server, but if I apply it to web sites, it insists on one word, <grrrr>. Why is vector space two words and eigenspace only one?

And what is it with the hyphenation? Are there rules, or is it an on-the-spot decision?
I decided to make a post about annoying autocorrections rather than a separate thread. Here comes my list so far:

coset -> closet
homological -> phonological
surjective -> subjective
integrand -> integrated

(to be continued)
 
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  • #1,562
fresh_42 said:
I decided to make a post about annoying autocorrections rather than a separate thread. Here comes my list so far:

coset -> closet
homological -> phonological
surjective -> subjective

(to be continued)
Saying those are incorrect is very surjective.
 
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AI Slop is news to me. I've started to see some images that are clearly AI generated.




AI slop generators produce spam and apparently plagiarize the content of others.
 
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  • #1,564
I wonder what it would be like to be a prophet in the Pastry Bible or Topology Bible.
 
  • #1,565
Astronuc said:
AI Slop is news to me. I've started to see some images that are clearly AI generated.




AI slop generators produce spam and apparently plagiarize the conent of others.

And your content, i.e., that obtained through your use of AI models, may likely be used to improve/upgrade existing models , with or without your consent.
 
  • #1,566
WWGD said:
I wonder what it would be like to be a prophet in the Pastry Bible or Topology Bible.
And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make and merry, and shall send gifts to one another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on earth.

(Revelation 11:10)
 
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fresh_42 said:
And they that dwell upon the earth shall rejoice over them, and make and merry, and shall send gifts to one another; because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on earth.

(Revelation 11:10)
A rare correct mention in the singular, as most refer to it as "Revelations".
 
  • #1,568
Surprised that the same seed song takes different paths through YouTube songs when played at different times.
 
  • #1,569
WWGD said:
Surprised that the same seed song takes different paths through YouTube songs when played at different times.
I think that the starting paths may vary, but they finally converge somehow. A bit like the Collatz conjecture.
 
  • #1,570
fresh_42 said:
I think that the starting paths may vary, but they finally converge somehow. A bit like the Collatz conjecture.
Yes, maybe the choices are made dynamically. That happens with their ads. They change , both the timing and the choice of ads when you watch the same video.
 
  • #1,571
Be careful when you abbreviate the second word in "Real Analysis". Or if you're typing the name "CUNY", with the latters close to the "Y".
 
  • #1,572
One of the biggest faults in the English language is that "complex" is a homonym for "multiple combined components" and "difficult to comprehend".
 
  • #1,573
Ok, it's " Warby Parker", not " War by Parker". Obvious. I just hadn't noticed.
 
  • #1,574
Mayhem said:
One of the biggest faults in the English language is that "complex" is a homonym for "multiple combined components" and "difficult to comprehend".
And a single-purpose building or structure, like a " Sports/Cultural complex", though maybe you can fit that in one of your other categories".
 
  • #1,575
When I'm tired and hungry, Wilshire sounds like 'Hillshire( farm)' and Workshop sounds like ' Pork Chop'.
 
  • #1,576
I just saw the first episode of Hazardous History with Henry Winkler. So many memories of my childhood like lawn darts and things that I had never heard of before like the radiation lab for kids with real uranium and roller coasters that subjected people to 12Gs. Wow.
 
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  • #1,577
Out of boredom, added an item to my CV : " Switched company coffee for Folgers without being detected. No complaints about (new) coffee for months now". See if the filtering system notices.
 
  • #1,578
Norton files keep trying to access and modify my memory even after I uninstalled and ran Powershell scripts to permanently remove them. I've only been able to cut down on number of Windows Security reports warning me of access attempts. I also wrote a script to stop access to scheduled tasks. I'm taking my cursory Powershell knowledge to its limit.
Seems I'm not alone :

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/need-help-uninstalling-norton-caused-a-bunch-of/5088b7bb-41fd-4b57-86b8-a3f7667d049a#:~:text=Replied on January 14, 2023 Report abuse.,Windows files, apps, services, and registry keys.

"Norton: The mother-in-law of security software". Or " Hotel California of Security software".
 
  • #1,579
So much trouble could be prevented in relationships if more people were strong enough to sit with the "Okay, I was wrong" feeling for more than five seconds.
 
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Mayhem said:
So much trouble could be prevented in relationships if more people were strong enough to sit with the "Okay, I was wrong" feeling for more than five seconds.
Especially as the question of guilt is decided from the beginning.
 
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Screenshot 2025-07-06 at 9.47.24 AM.webp
 
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  • #1,582
Feel bad for this kid that was name Paul Ian whose name keeps getting confused for Pauline.
 
  • #1,583
I am meanwhile happy that I don't know any of these people the TV calls celebrities.
 
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fresh_42 said:
I am meanwhile happy that I don't know any of these people the TV calls celebrities.
No, it was a regular kid, not a celebrity.
 
  • #1,585
My delivery got run over because the driver left it in front of the garage and my wife didn't see it when she backed out Sunday. Guess where he put the replacement package today even though there were specific instructions to not leave it there? :rolleyes:
 
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Borg said:
My delivery got run over because the driver left it in front of the garage and my wife didn't see it when she backed out Sunday. Guess where he put the replacement package today even though there were specific instructions to not leave it there? :rolleyes:
I don't think they pay enough for them to read instructions.

My copy of Wald's GR text still smells slightly because the delivery guy put it in the compostable waste bin on top of the remains of a Halloween pumpkin.
 
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  • #1,587
Singer Flo' Rida dedicates song to German Modernists: "Welcome to Bauhaus".
 
  • #1,588
If your last name is Banks, don't call your son "Rob". If it's Caine, don't call him "Marco".
 
  • #1,589
WWGD said:
If your last name is Banks, don't call your son "Rob". If it's Caine, don't call him "Marco".
A friend who is a midwife says that thinking this sort of thing through is an unofficial part of the job. She said her greatest failures were a Mr & Mrs Lamb who called their son Sean, and Mr & Mrs Trickey who called their son Richard.
 
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  • #1,590
I somehow only just realised that programming languages are all "in English" - like they use English words for syntax (e.g. if)
 

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