Random Thoughts Part 5: Time to Split Again

[fresh_42]

Oh, McDonald's, you will save the planet! I'm loving you :D

McDonald hasn't the best reputation. There are many things to complain about: too expensive, unhealthy food, buns like a sponge, where do those square-fish or chicken-flour come from?, is there coke in your ice?, too much packaging waste ... Many people here name it McDoof ("doof" pronounced with a long "o" meaning very stupid).
Nevertheless, there are three things I really like on that company:
Firstly, they treat their staff (usually) well and unlike many of its competitors in a manner it should be.
Secondly, they buy local. Meat, veggies and so on come from local producers. Far better than shipping it around the world!
And at last: You can rely on them. Wherever you are in the world you know pretty well in advance what you will get.
(A colleague once told me after he had returned from a conference in Japan: "When you got lost in the middle of Tokyo for days searching for food that you can recognize as such, you will be so happy to find the golden M at the far end of your street!")

 

[Astronuc]

It's the year of the pulse!

International Push Aims To Put More Pulse Crops On Your Table
http://nwpr.org/post/international-push-aims-put-more-pulse-crops-your-table

"If you’ve ever had chickpeas, lentils, or dry peas and beans, you’ve eaten pulses. Some think these dried legumes will become even more hip than quinoa and kale." Think, hummus, which is made of chickpeas and tahini.

"Fueled in part by the gluten-free movement, profitability and demand for chickpeas have increased dramatically over the past decade."

and - "they’re sustainable. One pound of pulses needs about 43 gallons of water, while one pound of meat needs anywhere between 800 and 1,800 gallons of water."

plus

"Pulses add nitrogen to the soil and even leave some behind for the next crop planted in the field. For farmers that means they don’t need to apply as much fertilizer and their soil stays healthier."

“Pulses have twice the amount of protein as quinoa,” McGreevy said. “They have four times the dietary fiber as whole grains. They actually have more iron than a three-ounce serving of flank steak.” One has to check the amino acids in the food however to ensure a complete set.Vegetables Likely To Take More Of Your Plate In 2016
http://nwpr.org/post/vegetables-likely-take-more-your-plate-2016

 

[fresh_42]

International Push Aims To Put More Pulse Crops On Your Table

I eat everything as long as you can put cheese on it and fry it in a pan.

 

[Sophia]

I eat everything as long as you can put cheese on it and fry it in a pan. [emoji3]

We've got similar tastes. I just had fried cheese and chips/French fries (depends on which dialect of English you prefer) for lunch today :-) inspired by McDoof
At least there was healthy cauliflower soup and salad with the cheese!

 

[fresh_42]

To start with: the source I'm now quoting is 100% trustable. (It will certainly show up on the police' website in a few days as well.)

Next thing you should know is that our highways here are much more frequented than normal US ones. Much more traffic especially around bigger cities where the following event took place. On a three lane (each direction has three) highway without any speed limit in the specific section involved.

"A 22 year old car driver has chosen an extremely inappropriate place to take a nap on the night to thursday. He parked his unlighted car in the middle of three lanes on the A3 (highway 3) near Frankfurt. Several other car drivers informed the police who had big trouble to get the drunken man awake. They finally had to crush the car's window. The highway has been reopened after 45 minutes."

 

[Psinter]

Today I feel like seeing cute things, like this drawing of a bunny:

Spoiler: Bunny on carrot

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

Today I feel like seeing cute things, like this drawing of a bunny:

Spoiler: Bunny on carrot

Aw, that's cute !

Spoiler: narwhal

We have similar tastes, Psinter :)

 

[Sophia]

Today I feel like seeing cute things, like this drawing of a bunny:

Spoiler: Bunny on carrot

That looks like that ball that children sit on, hold the ears as handles and jump on it across whole apartment :-)

 

[fresh_42]

That looks like that ball that children sit on, hold the ears as handles and jump on it across whole apartment :-)

Or on a real one

 

[Psinter]

Aw, that's cute !

Spoiler: narwhal

We have similar tastes, Psinter :)

It's so cute! I like it. (づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ

That looks like that ball that children sit on, hold the ears as handles and jump on it across whole apartment :-)

I know, right. ( ^▽^)

Or on a real one

They look so lovely together! I would hug the rabbit like: (~￣▽￣)~

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

Japanese emoticons have their right place, as well. Thanks for the reminder that I need to use them more often.

∩(︶▽︶)∩ $\leftarrow$ happy

Ꮚ°͈ꈊ°͈Ꮚ $\leftarrow$ sheep

I have so many purposes for sheep emoji :!)

 

[fresh_42]

They look so lovely together! I would hug the rabbit like: (~￣▽￣)~

Well, at least the rabbit is on the safe side of life: far too big to fit into an oven

 

[fresh_42]

I have so many purposes for sheep emoji :!)

There has been a screensaver with sheep falling upside down and stopping at window frames, walking to the side and fall of again and so on ...
There was also sometimes a sheep climbing into a rocket and launch ...

 

[Psinter]

Well, at least the rabbit is on the safe side of life: far too big to fit into an oven

No! How dare you...

I'm just kidding, I know it's a joke... but in case it isn't: My eyes are on you (ಠ_ಠ).

That's also a joke. *high five*

Japanese emoticons have their right place, as well. Thanks for the reminder that I need to use them more often.

∩(︶▽︶)∩ $\leftarrow$ happy

Ꮚ°͈ꈊ°͈Ꮚ $\leftarrow$ sheep

I have so many purposes for sheep emoji :!)

I really like the happy one. I'm wondering whether that last sentence was a pun.

 

[Pepper Mint]

Or on a real one

So cute and adorable!
Is that a b!tch (literally) ? I hope this is real too.

 

[fresh_42]

So cute and adorable!
Is that a b!tch (literally) ? I hope this is real too.

Flemish Giant Rabbits weigh 15 pounds on average, though the biggest ones can weigh up to 22 lb, and the longest one on record (in fact, holding the record for the longest rabbit in the world of any kind), measured about 32 inches long.

The touching border in the picture between rabbit and collie looks real and hard to fake. But who knows.

 

[Astronuc]

After 70 years of waiting, WWII ‘Memphis Belle’ gunner, 94, revisits Britain. And dies quietly there.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...-94-dies-quietly-at-battle-of-britain-bunker/

 

[CynicusRex]

As I was just watching a presentation on mathematics I noticed I'm enticed by how the long hair of a woman wiggles while writing on a blackboard. Maybe I'm a hopeless romantic, but I get the same feeling by my linear algebra professor assistant.

@5:38

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

There has been a screensaver with sheep falling upside down and stopping at window frames, walking to the side and fall of again and so on ...
There was also sometimes a sheep climbing into a rocket and launch ...

I've never seen that before and would like to know how to get it. My current screen saver is bouncing bubbles.

I really like the happy one. I'm wondering whether that last sentence was a pun.

No pun intended and I'm not so sure how it could be Please explain

 

[fresh_42]

I've never seen that before and would like to know how to get it. My current screen saver is bouncing bubbles.

Here you may have a look on what it does. And here I've found the sheep.exe. You can run it multiple times to get more than one sheep and you can move them with the mouse. However, I had to use the task manager to cancel them. There's also a help file somewhere on the net.

Edit: Sorry for I've forgotten that it is not a screensaver but a toy as an executable.

 

[Sophia]

After series of trial and error I've finally found a sunscreen that doesn't break me out so I can be responsible and wear it every day https://www.aad.org/media/stats/prevention-and-care/sunscreen-faqs

 

[Sophia]

Here you may have a look on what it does. And here I've found the sheep.exe. You can run it multiple times to get more than one sheep and you can move them with the mouse. However, I had to use the task manager to cancel them. There's also a help file somewhere on the net.

Edit: Sorry for I've forgotten that it is not a screensaver but a toy as an executable.

I remember something similar. It was a cat and his name was Felix. And I remember it was almost impossible to get rid of him haha. It was sometimes in late 90's or early 2000's when such things and breaking the screen with virtual hammer etc were popular. I was still young at that era and I found it very amusing :-) oh how magical computers seemed then!
And one day our teacher came and told us a story about how he was on THE INTERNET! And most of the class were listening with their mouth open because the majority didn't have even PC at home, and those who had didn't have Internet on it. I think I was the only one in the class who had access to it :-)
And I remember turning it on only while the page was loading (which took forever) and turning it off immediately because the timer counted each second and you had to pay for it :-) good old times!

 

[Psinter]

No pun intended and I'm not so sure how it could be Please explain

When it said that you had many purposes for sheep emojis this could have happened:

Psinter: Having many purposes for the same sheep emoji is...
ProfuselyQuarky: Don't say it.
Psinter: Is...
ProfuselyQuarky: Don't say it!
Psinter: Is...
ProfuselyQuarky: Just you dare and I...
Psinter: Cheap.
ProfuselyQuarky:

 

[Psinter]

ɪ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ғᴏᴜɴᴅ ᴀ ɴᴇᴡ ᴡᴀʏ ᴛᴏ ᴡʀɪᴛᴇ. ᴡʜᴇᴇᴇᴇᴇᴇᴇᴇᴇ!
-ᴘsɪɴᴛᴇʀ
Source

And then I write a letter:
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Tᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ʟᴏᴠᴇ ᴏғ ᴍʏ ʟɪғᴇ:

ɪᴛ ɪs ᴡɪᴛʜ ɢʀᴇᴀᴛ ᴠᴇʜᴇᴍᴇɴᴄᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɪ ᴡʀɪᴛᴇ ᴛʜɪs ʟᴇᴛᴛᴇʀ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜ, ᴍʏ ʟᴏᴠᴇʟʏ ᴅᴇᴀʀ. ɪ ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ sᴛᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅɪsᴛᴀɴᴄᴇ ʙᴇᴛᴡᴇᴇɴ ᴜs ᴀɴʏᴍᴏʀᴇ. ɪ ᴍɪss ʏᴏᴜʀ sᴡᴇᴇᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄʜᴀʀᴍɪɴɢ ᴠᴏɪᴄᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ᴍɪss ʜᴏʟᴅɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜ ɪɴ ᴍʏ ᴀʀᴍs ᴡʜɪʟᴇ ɪ ɢᴇɴᴛʟʏ ᴡʜɪsᴘᴇʀ ᴄʟᴏsᴇ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴇᴀʀs, ᴡᴏʀᴅs ᴏɴʟʏ ᴍʏ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ᴄᴀɴ ᴘʀᴏɴᴏᴜɴᴄᴇ. ɪ ᴍɪss ʏᴏᴜʀ ɢɪɢɢʟᴇs ᴡʜᴇɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴀɪʀ ᴏғ ᴍʏ ᴡʜɪsᴘᴇʀs ᴄᴀʀᴇssᴇs ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴅᴇʟɪᴄᴀᴛᴇ ᴀɴᴅ ᴇɴᴛɪᴄɪɴɢ ɴᴇᴄᴋ. ɪ ᴍɪss ʜᴏʟᴅɪɴɢ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʜᴀɴᴅs ᴡʜɪᴄʜ ᴇɴᴛᴀɴɢʟᴇ ᴍʏ ʜᴇᴀʀᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ᴇxᴛʀᴀᴄᴛ ғʀᴏᴍ ᴍʏ ᴄʜᴇsᴛ ᴛʜᴏsᴇ ᴇᴍᴏᴛɪᴏɴs ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴡᴏʀᴅs ᴄᴀɴ'ᴛ ᴅᴇsᴄʀɪʙᴇ.

ᴀɢᴀɪɴsᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ᴘᴏᴡᴇʀ ᴏғ ᴍᴏʀᴅᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴀɴ ʙᴇ ɴᴏ ᴠɪᴄ...
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Wait... what was I writing again?

Just kidding, I got tired of writing . These characters are quite hard to put together . Plus I don't want to make the other girls at the forum puke at the cheesy atmosphere. They would be like: Keep your letters to yourself Psinter.

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

When it said that you had many purposes for sheep emojis this could have happened:

Psinter: Having many purposes for the same sheep emoji is...
ProfuselyQuarky: Don't say it.
Psinter: Is...
ProfuselyQuarky: Don't say it!
Psinter: Is...
ProfuselyQuarky: Just you dare and I...
Psinter: Cheap.
ProfuselyQuarky:

And ... Keep your letters to yourself Psinter

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

Here you may have a look on what it does. And here I've found the sheep.exe. You can run it multiple times to get more than one sheep and you can move them with the mouse. However, I had to use the task manager to cancel them. There's also a help file somewhere on the net.

Edit: Sorry for I've forgotten that it is not a screensaver but a toy as an executable.

Aaaaaaw yeeaahhhh! I've got sheep all over my desktop Scooooore! Ꮚ°͈ꈊ°͈Ꮚ

This is so cute and fun, though it'll probably distract me somewhat. Instead of opening the file/document I was supposed to work on, I'll probably find myself admiring my sheep...thank you Fresh 42!

 

[fresh_42]

Aaaaaaw yeeaahhhh! I've got sheep all over my desktop Scooooore! Ꮚ°͈ꈊ°͈Ꮚ

I've read somewhere that this program was first intended for Japanese. Why wasn't I surprised ...
And with a double click on them you can remove them and turn their sound on/off or forbid them to sleep.

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

I've read somewhere that this program was first intended for Japanese. Why wasn't I surprised ...

Japanese people are creative that way.

 

[fresh_42]

I have them (4) now for almost an hour. I've seen the alien, the beaming space sheep and ship, but still waiting for the shower sheep.

 

[Ibix]

There used to be a Star Trek screensaver that featured Mr Spock wandering around the screen in this manner. Sometimes he'd study a window with his tricorder or disintegrate bits of your screen with his phaser. Occasionally one of the spore plants from This Side of Paradise would appear and spray him, and he'd wander around with a blissed-out grin for a few minutes...

 

[Astronuc]

Remember The Monkees?

The Monkees at 50.
http://www.cbsnews.com/videos/the-monkees-at-50/

 

[DiracPool]

ANNOUNCEMENT:

DiracPool
Opinionist
Seattle, Wa

I just wanted to prepare everyone: I'm a man of many facets and I watch many documentaries. On these documentaries they'll typically cut to one interview after the other and post a caption that includes the person's name and "what they do" or their "occupation." But as I'm sure is the same with you, I can't be labeled that simply, I'm a man that wears many hats. So I think it's important to express that.

 

[1oldman2]

I watch many documentaries.

Are you familiar with "My beautiful broken brain" on Netflix?

 

[DiracPool]

DiracPool
Netflix subscriber
Seattle, Wa

No, but I just added it to my queue. I'll check it out later tonight.

 

[1oldman2]

DiracPool
Netflix subscriber
Seattle, Wa

No, but I just added it to my queue. I'll check it out later tonight.

Let me know what you think.

 

[DiracPool]

DiracPool
Northwest Film Critic
Seattle, Wa

Let me know what you think.

Absolutely, I will do that.

 

[1oldman2]

Northwest Film Critic

Me too! in that case I also recommend "Mary and Max"

 

[DiracPool]

DiracPool
PhysicsForum Community Activist
Seattle, Wa

OK, but let's just do one film at a time for now, 1oldman2

 

[1oldman2]

PhysicsForum Community Activist

Jeez, critics.

 

[1oldman2]

Home sweet home.

 

[Pepper Mint]

In recent TV flash news, I hear that a woman in Australia was killed by a crocodile while she was swimming at the beach. What a bad and ugly crocodile!

 

[fresh_42]

I just thought that it appears many questions nowadays are posted where the crucial information is the upload of a photo. This has a big disadvantage. You're not forced to formulate the facts anymore. But this oftenly is part of the insight which is intended to be achieved. I learned a lot of things when I have been forced to explain them to someone. As it is of today it becomes more and more a consumption of correct answers rather than a process of learning. Would be interesting to know where this will lead to in say two decades because this phenomena is not restricted to PF but can be seen everywhere. (When I hadn't internet for a couple of days it has been actually Wiki which I missed most. Never would have expected this.)

 

[Pepper Mint]

I just thought that it appears many questions nowadays are posted where the crucial information is the upload of a photo. This has a big disadvantage. You're not forced to formulate the facts anymore. But this oftenly is part of the insight which is intended to be achieved. I learned a lot of things when I have been forced to explain them to someone. As it is of today it becomes more and more a consumption of correct answers rather than a process of learning. Would be interesting to know where this will lead to in say two decades because this phenomena is not restricted to PF but can be seen everywhere. (When I hadn't internet for a couple of days it has been actually Wiki which I missed most. Never would have expected this.)

Is that a complaint or an explanation ? I think it is a remind though.

 

[fresh_42]

Is that a complaint or an explanation ? I think it is a remind though.

It's an observation and curiosity about the implications.

 

[1oldman2]

In recent TV flash news, I hear that a woman in Australia was killed by a crocodile while she was swimming at the beach. What a bad and ugly crocodile!

http://ktla.com/2016/05/30/australi...upidity-for-suspected-fatal-crocodile-attack/

 

[Psinter]

You won't believe what just happened to me... That's why I won't tell you.

I just thought that it appears many questions nowadays are posted where the crucial information is the upload of a photo.

I'm not so sure I understand what you mean.

 

[fresh_42]

You won't believe what just happened to me... That's why I won't tell you.

I'm not so sure I understand what you mean.

I mean the first post of threads often contain a photo and a question about it. Thus there is no necessity anymore to describe in own words where the question comes in which sometimes already produces an answer by itself if you were forced to do.

The availability to have access to the internet everywhere and around the clock, e.g. to Wiki, means it's so easy to look up things, that one doesn't have to learn them anymore. I'm talking about common knowledge like capitals of countries and things like this. In former times interested people had to read a book and learn it.

An IDE I once used changed its scroll-down menus and written commands into a huge bunch of icons to be clicked. I'm still wondering how people can remember them. I definitely prefer to read instead of learning small colored images.

These are fundamental habits that are changing nowadays and I'm curious where it might lead to. I've read some time ago that according to a study our thumbs and pointer fingers already measurably changed (muscles, reaction and so on).

Edit: Another example. I've just read the following theorem:

Theorem 1. The set {1, . . . , 7824} can be partitioned into two parts, such that no part contains a Pythagorean triple, while this is impossible for {1, . . . , 7825}. (http://arxiv.org/abs/1605.00723)

The proof is a computer output of 200 terabytes length! The authors of the paper said they can condense it to 68 gigabyte. Can we still consider it a proof? Things are fundamentally changing which is exciting. But where does it lead us to?

(Simply random thoughts. Nothing to be discussed in detail here.)

 

[Psinter]

An IDE I once used changed its scroll-down menus and written commands into a huge bunch of icons to be clicked. I'm still wondering how people can remember them. I definitely prefer to read instead of learning small colored images.

I see. I agree with that. We read and process text, we are not ancient dinosaurs that can process only hieroglyphics.

Let's hope it won't lead to the fact that people will stop using text and start using hieroglyphics like in ancient times just because according to them it is more intuitive and doesn't clog user interfaces.

I know it won't lead to that, I'm just joking around, but still, I understand that some take it too far and try to replace all text with icons.

 

[fresh_42]

Let's hope it won't lead to the fact that people will stop using text and start using hieroglyphics like in ancient times just because according to them it is more intuitive and doesn't clog user interfaces.

Lol. I knew one who really learned ancient egyptian hieroglyphs for fun. And she wasn't an anthropologist, historian or archeologist.

 

[zoobyshoe]

I just found out from my sister that my high school English teacher will be turning 100 in a couple days. They've kept in close touch over the years and my sister has helped arrange a birthday celebration in the town hall. It's very interesting because I remember years and years ago when this teacher got married for the very first (and only) time, way back when she was 57. I was just getting out of high school. Now I'm 61, older than she was then, but she's still alive and kicking.