Random Thoughts 7

[WWGD]

That was that story I posted. I should have investigated further. The story is basically historical fiction as it included references to actual people, but there main narrative was fictitious. The story about the cook who purportedly develop acoustic damping/dampening is published on WWII Rising Stories, and there is a disclaimer comment:
How this was made
Altered or synthetic content. Sound or visuals were significantly edited or digitally generated.

It should indicate AI-generated narrative. There are various channels like WWII Rising Stories that create 'historical fiction'.

If one listens to the narrative, one hears mention of Convoy HX 229, which is an actual convoy, and reference to German (Kriegsmarine) U-boat U758, which is an actual submarine that attacked Convoy HX 229.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convoys_HX_229/SC_122#Convoy_HX_229
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_submarine_U-758#Second_patrol

In the beginning of the video, one hears reference to merchant ship SS William Eustis (an actual ship) on which Thomas (Tommy) Patrick Lawson is supposedly serving as cook. SS William Eustis was part of HX 229, and it was hit by a torpedo from Kriegsmarine U435 on 22 March 1943.

https://uboat.net/allies/merchants/ship/2796.html

There was a Professor Patrick Blackett, but it is not clear that he did research in underwater acoustics; he did serve in the Royal Navy during WWI.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Blackett#Early_life_and_education
During WWII, Blakcett worked with experimental physicist Evan James Williams to address merchant convoy survivability and the U-boat menace.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Blackett#World_War_II_and_operational_research

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evan_James_Williams

Rear-Admiral Leonard Murray is an actual person
https://www.canada.ca/en/navy/corporate/history-heritage/canadian-naval-heroes/leonard-murray.html


So there are historical facts weaved into a fictional narrative. I'm not sure how a cook onboard a ship and sitting in a noisy engine room could hear how ships sound underwater. One might be able to hear noise of ships through the hull, but one would have to be distant from the engine room and propulsion systems of one's own ship. I do not think a cook would have access to a hydrophone, nor would a merchant ship necessarily be deploying a hydrophone.

. Maybe this will help, at least with the video aspects.

 

[OmCheeto]

. Maybe this will help, at least with the video aspects.

Sorry to laugh, but her first point, 'Think', seems to me to be beyond a lot of people's abilities today.

 

[Astronuc]

I know but I didn't want to throw you under the bus.

I bear plenty of tread marks, one more won't matter much.

 

[sbrothy]

IMHO there's but one word you need to sort wheat from chaff: "debunk".

 

[sbrothy]

I wish more conspiracy buffs knew and used that word.

 

[sbrothy]

Sorry to laugh, but her first point, 'Think', seems to me to be beyond a lot of people's abilities today.

I can't even listen to hear. I'd have to slow playing speed considerably to be able to.

 

[WWGD]

I wish more conspiracy buffs knew and used that word.

Wasn't that a song: We need debunk...?

 

[WWGD]

Wasn't that a song: We need the bunk...?

Close:

 

[sbrothy]

"defunk"!

 

[WWGD]

Would be a good idea if the band Yes wrote a song, album, titled " No". " Who wrote " No"? Yes. To Yes members: Did you write No? Yes.

 

[WWGD]

If anyone wants to see examples of gross innumeracy and poor Statistical reasoning, look up the answers to "Is there a day in history when no one was born/died? It was an actual random question. And often the "corrections" to the purported answers are worse.

 

[symbolipoint]

If anyone wants to see examples of gross innumeracy and poor Statistical reasoning, look up the answers to "Is there a day in history when no one was born/died? It was an actual random question. And often the "corrections" to the purported answers are worse.

Might be interesting or not to think about but "history" is recorded, and "prehistory" is before recorded history. Just a "random thought".

 

[WWGD]

Might be interesting or not to think about but "history" is recorded, and "prehistory" is before recorded history. Just a "random thought".

I mean, many argued the likes of: No, 7,000 babies are born every minute, which makes that option impossible.

 

[WWGD]

Might be interesting or not to think about but "history" is recorded, and "prehistory" is before recorded history. Just a "random thought".

Yes, good point. Given the world population is much larger today, it's harder to accomplish.

 

[Mayhem]

The "security" in the MS Office package is perplexing. I am trying to open a .txt file I made myself, why are you giving me crap?

 

[Borg]

Christmas dinner did not go well. We bought a leg of lamb and when we opened it, it was clearly spoiled. We got a refund but it ended up as a vegetarian dinner. Oh well.

 

[WWGD]

Interesting user name in YouTube: " Obviologist".

 

[Ibix]

People who make boxes that are visually square section but actually rectangular enough that the lids only fit in two of the four orientations should be sent to the seventh circle of hell. Only it would actually be an ellipse with eccentricity 0.00001 and they're not allowed redemption until they realise that it's not a circle.

 

[WWGD]

Guess we'll file it under , "Can't Complain, since it's free". Re music videos in YT, it used to be your seed--the first song you play, would give rise to a sequence of songs , guided by an internal algorithm. Now, rather, when you choose a seed song, it becomes embedded in a prefab mix. Issue is that songs can't be removed from the list other than by moving the cursor to skip a song. This makes it harder to just passively listen after removing songs you don't want to hear.

 

[Mayhem]

I used a Linux distro for a long time and the only thing that limited my productivity was working around Windows only software, some of which was needed for my studies. Having used Windows exclusively for two years now, I really miss the ease of navigating in Linux. I feel like Windows is made for everyone but fits no one.

 

[Borg]

I used a Linux distro for a long time and the only thing that limited my productivity was working around Windows only software, some of which was needed for my studies. Having used Windows exclusively for two years now, I really miss the ease of navigating in Linux. I feel like Windows is made for everyone but fits no one.

Have you heard of WSL?

 

[Astronuc]

My son got me this T-shirt as a Christmas gift. It's rather practical.
https://www.curiositybox.com/products/useful-t-shirt-2-0?variant=50701075448039

 

[Ibix]

My son got me this T-shirt as a Christmas gift. It's rather practical.
https://www.curiositybox.com/products/useful-t-shirt-2-0?variant=50701075448039

ɹǝɹɐǝʍ ǝɥʇ ʎq pɐǝɹ ǝq oʇ pǝuƃᴉsǝp s,ʇᴉ ʇɐɥʇ ǝʞᴉl I

 

[Astronuc]

ɹǝɹɐǝʍ ǝɥʇ ʎq pɐǝɹ ǝq oʇ pǝuƃᴉsǝp s,ʇᴉ ʇɐɥʇ ǝʞᴉl I

It is more for the benefit of the wearer. When I first saw the printing, I had not fully opened the T-shirt. When I did, I realized I was holding the T-shirt upside down. Took me a few seconds to realize the significance.

 

[BillTre]

ɹǝɹɐǝʍ ǝɥʇ ʎq pɐǝɹ ǝq oʇ pǝuƃᴉsǝp s,ʇᴉ ʇɐɥʇ ǝʞᴉl I

But not in a mirror.

I would have liked to flip it from end to end but could not figure out how you rotated it. Please explain.

 

[Ibix]

But not in a mirror.

I would have liked to flip it from end to end but could not figure out how you rotated it. Please explain.

I typed "upside down text" into google, and went to the first result. I presume it's just a lookup between pairs of glyphs that look the same under rotation, because I could just cut and paste from there.

 

[WWGD]

I typed "upside down text" into google, and went to the first result. I presume it's just a lookup between pairs of glyphs that look the same under rotation, because I could just cut and paste from there.

There's a second generation of such methods. The heir o(f) glyphs.

 

[BillTre]

I typed "upside down text" into google, and went to the first result. I presume it's just a lookup between pairs of glyphs that look the same under rotation, because I could just cut and paste from there.

Tried typing in a graphics program, flipping side to side, and then copied and pasted back into PF. The text came out normal.
I also copied your rotated text into my program. It looked like your text, but the text base line was weirdly interpreted for different letters and it all looked weird.
I could have made a screen shot and put it in PF as an image, but not what I wanted to do.

 

[WWGD]

So my phone Android screen keeps making 180 turns despite disabling "Landscape" mode. Other possible culprits I can think are gyroscope or accelerators that have overly-sensitive responses. Or maybe some app permissions are overriding the landscape mode? Maaybe some devs like @DaveC426913 or @jack action , or anyone else can suggest a way of disabling the auto 180 flip? Annoying to watch a video, do anything in the phone and have it flip for no apparent reason.

 

[WWGD]

Not sure why comedian Samantha Bee didn't agree to follow my suggestion she rename her son "Fris".