Random Thoughts Part 5: Time to Split Again

[Psinter]

See my edit above.

Just saw it.

I feel sleepy.

 

[JorisL]

The hateful eight is a cool movie.

Tarantino missed one opportunity though, at a certain moment someone yells "How do you like THAT?"
I would've gone for "How do you like them apples"

 

[WWGD]

I still don't get Trevor Noah, Daily Show's new "Announcer" . Not sure why, just that Stewart seemed better somehow.

 

[Borg]

Happy Pi Day!

 

[BornCane]

Something that bothers me:

when people go around saying STEM people are "ignorant" of philosophy

no, many scientists just don't find many philosophical questions interesting, it doesn't mean they are "ignorant" of philosophy

i don't go around accusing Humanities majors of being ignorant of P vs. NP or the Navier Stokes Equation

 

[zoobyshoe]

Of prime interest:

https://www.newscientist.com/articl...cked-to-find-pattern-in-random-prime-numbers/

 

[BornCane]

Of prime interest:

https://www.newscientist.com/articl...cked-to-find-pattern-in-random-prime-numbers/

is there a link to the paper on ArXiv?

 

[zoobyshoe]

is there a link to the paper on ArXiv?

That link I posted contains the true and complete extent of my knowledge on this subject.

 

[Ibix]

That link I posted contains the true and complete extent of my knowledge on this subject.

It (also?) contains an arxiv link at the bottom: http://arxiv.org/abs/1603.03720

 

[zoobyshoe]

Tonight's episode of Better Call Saul was without doubt the most boring one they ever made. In fact, it is also the only boring one they ever made. Last week's was terrific. Tonight's had me yawning And I would like my money back.

 

[1oldman2]

Just a random thought, I find this video to be very interesting from a media perspective. very cool possibilities.

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-35780444

 

[JorisL]

Now this is cool

 

[Pepper Mint]

Uhm...red headed bear!

 

[WWGD]

U.S President will celebrate St Patrick's as Barack O'Bama.

 

[Psinter]

I've been trying to help at the Homework section of the forum, but the questions are either too hard for me or the ones that I can help with have already been answered. But it's okay. A day may come when I will help someone and then come back here to brag about the achievement of how much I helped someone with a homework.

Legendary .

I remember when I was new and one time helped answer someone's question (not in the homework section and I also don't remember the someone, it was a long time ago) and that someone abandoned the thread and never replied. I felt stupid . I was like: why he/she doesn't reply to deny or affirm whether the question has been answered?

 

[Sophia]

Looking out of window and observing high school students going to their final exams. Young ladies and gentlemen, dressed as adults for the first time. High heels and decent dark costumes, suits and ties. Most wearing tiny green ribbons pinned to their jackets, symbol of youth and hope.
Excitement and fear, laughing with friends and trying to revise what was forgotten. Relief and uncertainty.
Gaudeamus igitur, iuvenes dum sumus!

 

[Psinter]

Looking out of window and observing high school students going to their final exams. Young ladies and gentlemen, dressed as adults for the first time. High heels and decent dark costumes, suits and ties. Most wearing tiny green ribbons pinned to their jackets, symbol of youth and hope.
Excitement and fear, laughing with friends and trying to revise what was forgotten. Relief and uncertainty.
Gaudeamus igitur, iuvenes dum sumus!

Finals? We are in March (still half semester). I don't get it.

Anyway, it must be a nice high school. At my place they don't dress like that.

Gaudeamus igitur, iuvenes dum sumus!

No. Whatever you mean, no.

 

[zoobyshoe]

No. Whatever you mean, no.

Let us rejoice, therefore,
While we are young.
After a pleasant youth
After a troubling old age
The Earth will have us.

 

[Ibix]

Quidquid latine dictum sit altum videtur.

 

[Psinter]

Let us rejoice, therefore,
While we are young.
After a pleasant youth
After a troubling old age
The Earth will have us.

That was something. I liked it... It deserves applause.

 

[Sophia]

Finals? We are in March (still half semester). I don't get it.

No. Whatever you mean, no.

this is the first half. It is in written form that is the same at all schools in the country. It is marked centrally. To increase objectivity they say :-)
Oh still remember the fantastic theme they made up for essay in my finals.
"I suspect where the world is going, I wonder where the life will lead me " I think that 4 or 5 pages were required. I was like whaaaaaaaat? I had absolutely no idea what to write. I wanted to write one short vulgar sentence and leave but didn't dare :-) I got C. LoL
The oral part (traditional form) will be in May.

 

[1oldman2]

Let us rejoice, therefore,
While we are young.
After a pleasant youth
After a troubling old age
The Earth will have us.

Yup, that about sums it up.

 

[Ibix]

 

[Psinter]

"I suspect where the world is going, I wonder where the life will lead me " I think that 4 or 5 pages were required. I was like whaaaaaaaat? I had absolutely no idea what to write. I wanted to write one short vulgar sentence and leave but didn't dare :-)

With that subject I thought of doing the exact same thing.

 

[Sophia]

Breaking news! Right now in weather forecast: "the sun will shine until night" :-)

 

[Pepper Mint]

What the h*ll Otto was doing in NK, Was his brain already turned into tofu which excused his travel there as a friendly visit for discoveries ?

 

[DiracPool]

Will the real Ronda Rousey please stand up?

http://nypost.com/2016/03/13/miesha-tate-trades-gloves-for-stilettos-in-stunning-photo-shoot/

Talk about a cycling of 15 minutes of fame, First Ronda, then Holly, now Miesha?

 

[Ibix]

Breaking news! Right now in weather forecast: "the sun will shine until night" :-)

I remember standing on a hilltop and seeing clouds casting shadows on the moorland below, and on other walkers down there. I commented to my mum that I wondered what it felt like to be in the shadow of a cloud. She replied that they just saw that the sun had gone behind a cloud.

I think that's the first time I remember that "click" sensation of knowledge slotting together, and the way the world changes when you suddenly see a pattern that has been there all along.

 

[Pepper Mint]

Everyone please I have an issue about the usage of plural and singular nouns in English.

 

[Psinter]

So I've been wondering: when a couple gets married in a wedding, do they really kiss in front of all their family? Don't they feel embarrassed?

 

[Pepper Mint]

So I've been wondering: when a couple gets married in a wedding, do they really kiss in front of all their family? Don't they feel embarrassed?

You mean heterosexual or homosexual couples ?
I think no, because people know each other well before marriage.

 

[Psinter]

You mean heterosexual or homosexual couples ?
I think no, because people know each other well before marriage.

Either. Kissing is kissing. I think they would be embarrassed. I would. I would tell the other side to just hold hands. And even then holding hands is still embarrassing.

 

[Sophia]

Either. Kissing is kissing. I think they would be embarrassed. I would. I would tell the other side to just hold hands. And even then holding hands is still embarrassing.

I think their parents probably saw them kissing before (either as lovers or causally if they spent New year or Christmas together) Nowadays it is common to live together before marriage so their parents know / assume they already had sex. So kissing at the altar is only a symbolic act.

 

[Psinter]

I think their parents probably saw them kissing before (either as lovers or causally if they spent New year or Christmas together) Nowadays it is common to live together before marriage so their parents know / assume they already had sex. So kissing at the altar is only a symbolic act.

I wouldn't do it. I don't know if you would be embarrassed, but I would be embarrassed with capital E. I don't care if others do it, but me? Nope.

I read somewhere (I don't remember where) someone mocking another person by saying: Don't tell me you sleep everyday with your wife and all you do is hold hands all night.

But I thought: What's wrong with just holding hands? These guys do it and I think it's adorable :

 

[Sophia]

I wouldn't do it. I don't know if you would be embarrassed, but I would be embarrassed with capital E. I don't care if others do it, but me? Nope.

I read somewhere (I don't remember where) someone mocking another person by saying: Don't tell me you sleep everyday with your wife and all you do is hold hands all night.

But I thought: What's wrong with just holding hands? These guys do it and I think it's adorable :

Awwww so cute!
I don't know what's wrong with holding hands. I think holding hands is awesome. That's a question for some men.

 

[Psinter]

That's what I also thought. Holding hands is nice and okay... Except with Rose from Titanic... Don't hold hands with her, she will let go of you when you sleep.

 

[BornCane]

Does anyone believe their is a conflict between scientists and philosophers today in academia?

 

[1oldman2]

Does anyone believe their is a conflict between scientists and philosophers today in academia?

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

 

[BornCane]

I don't understand Boolean algebra

hasn't there been binary systems before Boole

China had a binary system, even Ancient Africa had a binary system

Africa had the Odu of Ifa system

Egypt, India etc. had the binary system as well

what made Boolean logic so different?

 

[rootone]

Boolean is not just a means of counting as are other binary systems, it is also a formal system of logic,

 

[collinsmark]

I don't understand Boolean algebra

hasn't there been binary systems before Boole
China had a binary system, even Ancient Africa had a binary system
Africa had the Odu of Ifa system
Egypt, India etc. had the binary system as well
what made Boolean logic so different?

I can't speak for the history. "Boolean" algebra is not synonymous with a mathematical, base-2 system. They are different things.

Boolean algebra deals with concepts of True, False, not And and Or (among a few others). One can use Boolean functions to construct binary components. For example, in your computer's CPU in its arithmetic logic unit (ALU), things like binary adders can be broken down into many AND, OR, NOT, and XOR gates (including NAND and NOR gates, etc.)

These logical gates (AND, OR, etc.,) can be constructed out of transistors.

 

[BornCane]

Boolean is not just a means of counting as are other binary systems, it is also a formal system of logic,

so is that what separates it from other ancient binary systems?

 

[zoobyshoe]

Boolean this:

How many different girls are in this photo?

http://www.dailydot.com/lol/instagram-girls-mirror-photo-optical-illusion/?fb=dd

After much puzzlement, I think I found the answer.

 

[BornCane]

I can't speak for the history. "Boolean" algebra is not synonymous with a mathematical, base-2 system. They are different things.

Boolean algebra deals with concepts of True, False, not And and Or (among a few others). One can use Boolean functions to construct binary components. For example, in your computer's CPU in its arithmetic logic unit (ALU), things like binary adders can be broken down into many AND, OR, NOT, and XOR gates (including NAND and NOR gates, etc.)

These logical gates (AND, OR, etc.,) can be constructed out of transistors.

this is the ancient africa Ifa system

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ifá that is binary

so you would differentiate this from Boolean Algebra?

 

[BornCane]

Boolean this:
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How many different girls are in this photo?

http://www.dailydot.com/lol/instagram-girls-mirror-photo-optical-illusion/?fb=dd

After much puzzlement, I think I found the answer.

the answer

is 4

 

[rootone]

Two? - and two mirrors?

 

[BornCane]

Two? - and two mirrors?

but how can a mirror give reflection to another mirror?

 

[zoobyshoe]

Two? - and two mirrors?

IMO, the answer certainly must be found by thinking in terms of mirrors. The alternative, no mirrors, would require that it either be photoshopped, which would make it a stupid waste of time, or that the photographer had access to extremely rare phenomena.

 

[collinsmark]

this is the ancient africa Ifa system

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ifá that is binary

so you would differentiate this from Boolean Algebra?

I don't even know where to start.

Let me repeat, Boolean algebra, in and of itself, is not a binary counting system. However, it can be used for many things from such things as analyzing somebody's argument to determine if it is a valid argument, to building hardware based, binary systems such as the one you used to write your post on or read this post on.

Ifá, on the other hand (If I understand the link correctly) is a system for performing religious, psychic divination. They are in completely different realms.

 

[Ibix]

How many different girls are in this photo?

http://www.dailydot.com/lol/instagram-girls-mirror-photo-optical-illusion/?fb=dd

After much puzzlement, I think I found the answer.

I see two.

Spoiler

There's a mirror perpendicular to the wall they're leaning against, sticking out where there is a black line. There is a second mirror just out of shot on the left. Probably the easiest way to visualise this is one of the booths where you can try clothes on in shops. There are mirrors on both side walls; the girls are sitting on a bench on the back wall using up all the space; the camera is pretty much pressed up against one wall near the door, looking across the booth on a slight diagonal.

That's my take, anyway.