Random Thoughts Part 5: Time to Split Again

[WWGD]

That must be awesome! I wish I worked at a family shop, but no one has a shop in my family.

No thanks. Fiber makes me go to the bathroom.

And nobody has a family in my shop. That was the whole point, to clear up the system.

 

[Psinter]

That was the whole point, to clear up the system.

But it's awkward.

And nobody has a family in my shop.

You have a shop too? Awesome!

 

[Silicon Waffle]

And nobody has a family in my shop...

My gut feeling tells me then that all of them are married.

 

[Sophia]

That must be awesome! I wish I worked at a family shop, but no one has a shop in my family.

It's a nice job compared to those poor souls who work at large supermarkets. It's true that some customers are annoying and sometimes I would slap them sooo hard ) But the majority of people are nice and friendly.

 

[Silicon Waffle]

Sorry Jones, dinner will be late tonight

 

[Psinter]

Sorry Jones, dinner will be late tonight

I don't get it.

It's a nice job compared to those poor souls who work at large supermarkets. It's true that some customers are annoying and sometimes I would slap them sooo hard ) But the majority of people are nice and friendly.

Haha, annoying customers.

 

[Silicon Waffle]

Eight types of annoying customers at retail jobs!

 

[WWGD]

But it's awkward.

A handful of almonds, a double espresso and you will feel like singing :).

 

[WWGD]

You have a shop too? Awesome!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Shop_of_Horrors_(film)

 

[fresh_42]

"Angular momentum during bremsstrahlung" sounds very, very, very weird in my ears. Why isn't it called deceleration radiation? Laziness?
There are some really missing German words in the English language like "doch", "schon" or "schweigen". Bremsstrahlung definitely not.

 

[fresh_42]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Shop_of_Horrors_(film)

I loved that movie!

 

[Sophia]

Eight types of annoying customers at retail jobs!

Haha that's exactly it! I've got all these types of customers :)
And of course those who want something for free. Btw what's the English expression meaning that you give someone something and he promises to pay later?
And another annoyance- more and more people started leaving their heavy bags (with stuff bought elsewhere) at our place while they go the town. You know, they can't carry them. It was mainly one ethnic group that did this. At one time I had 6 bags to look after while their owners sat in the pub. And I only waited until someone accuses me of stealing something from the bag. But I don't allow this anymore!
One thing that I learned is that this proverb is true: Give someone one finger and he will take your whole hand.

 

[Sophia]

"Angular momentum during bremsstrahlung" sounds very, very, very weird in my ears. Why isn't it called deceleration radiation? Laziness?
There are some really missing German words in the English language like "doch", "schon" or "schweigen". Bremsstrahlung definitely not.

Fresh, I was thinking of you today.
Tell me, why are almost all German fruit names "die" except Apfel and Pfirsich? They are round and don't look any more male than other fruits! But Banane, which should be "der" is "die"

 

[fresh_42]

Fresh, I was thinking of you today.

Ďakujem veľmi pekne!

Tell me, why are almost all German fruit names "die" except Apfel and Pfirsich? They are round and don't look any more male than other fruits! But Banane, which should be "der" is "die"

German and its articles! Ask me something easier. Apple is of unknown origin, Peach comes from persian tree, persian apple, so maybe it inherited the article. Berry, e.g. being a large group of fruits are originally built in plural of the old German word 'beri'. It might come from 'die Rote'.
It's similar with rivers: its 'die Moldau', 'die Elbe', 'die Donau', die 'Seine', 'die Themse' but 'der Rhein', 'der Main', 'der Hudson', 'der Colorado' and 'der Rio Grande'. I've read about it but unfortunately forgotten.
I once tried to learn a bit Russian. There it were the many cases which I found difficult to handle. Or Hungarian where all is put in a tail of word endings. Does Slovakian has also so many cases?

 

[Sophia]

Ďakujem veľmi pekne!

Šikovný!

Thank you for explaining the articles. I guess that one only has to learn it by heart.

I once tried to learn a bit Russian. There it were the many cases which I found difficult to handle. Or Hungarian where all is put in a tail of word endings. Does Slovakian has also so many cases?

Yes, we have 6 cases and 12 "exemplar words" (?)- 4 for each gender. Each of them has different declination. There are grammar tables showing them. Each noun can be matched to one of these 12 exemplar words (according to gender and type of consonant or vowel at the end of the word) and than you can see how it should be declined.
In fact, Slovak students spend 8 school years, 3 hours per week on average doing declination exercises and identifying exemplar words for nouns and another exemplar words for adjectives, lots of grammatical categories for verbs, word types and syntax exercises where you draw boxes and arrows to describe role of each word in the sentence. And ridiculous amount of time is spent studying if a word is spelled with i or y. It usually has no or very small impact on pronounciation or meaning, but for some very, very mysterious reason our great-grandfathers decided that using i/y correctly is the most important thing to know about Slovak language. D It's so fun! And it's a large part of High school entrance exams
I really admire foreigners who are able to speak Slovak fluently. I think it must be almost impossible to learn it if you are not a native speaker.
But I must admit that most Chinese and Vietnamese immigrants speak really well! Which is strange because I've heard from people living in Australia that their Chinese immigrants' English is not so good.

 

[collinsmark]

"Angular momentum during bremsstrahlung" sounds very, very, very weird in my ears. Why isn't it called deceleration radiation? Laziness?

As we all know, electromagnetic radiation is produced when charged particles undergo acceleration. (Stationary charged particles have electric fields; charged particles moving at a constant velocity have magnetic fields in addition; and accelerating charged particles produce electromagnetic radiation in addition to the those.)

Faster acceleration corresponds to higher energy (i.e., higher frequency) photons.

If you want to produce x-rays you accelerate electrons to high speeds in a vacuum and then smash them into a target (typically just a piece of metal). The initial acceleration involves a tad of electromagnetic radiation, but it's the sudden -- almost instantaneous -- deceleration that produces most of the x-rays, when the electrons smash against the target.

That's my guess as to why it's called bremsstrahlung (braking radiation). (But yeah, "deceleration radiation" works too.)

 

[fresh_42]

But I must admit that most Chinese and Vietnamese immigrants speak really well! Which is strange because I've heard from people living in Australia that their Chinese immigrants' English is not so good.

Lol - too simple?

 

[fresh_42]

That's my guess as to why it's called bremsstrahlung (braking radiation). (But yeah, "deceleration radiation" works too.)

I know what it is, I just ask why it has to be the German word for it. I find the 'eigen'-stuff has some rights because it's better than, e.g. proper.
But Bremsstrahlung or Ansatz in the middle of an English sentence looks and even more sounds weird to me.

 

[collinsmark]

I know what it is, I just ask why it has to be the German word for it. I find the 'eigen'-stuff has some rights because it's better than, e.g. proper.
But Bremsstrahlung or Ansatz in the middle of an English sentence looks and even more sounds weird to me.

Oh, I understand now.

That's merely because the German word sounds more intimidating. "Bow down and cower in fear before my bremsstrahlung!" It helps to keep the undergrads on their toes.

 

[fresh_42]

That's merely because the German word sounds more intimidating. "Bow down and cower in fear before my bremsstrahlung!" It helps to keep the undergrads on their toes.

This is the method they teach math at schools over here. I have found terms in schoolbooks I haven't heard a single time in my studies or read in a real book.

 

[Psinter]

A handful of almonds, a double espresso and you will feel like singing :).

I don't like coffee, but I suppose I could try some every now and then. Just not now because my stomach still pains.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Shop_of_Horrors_(film)

I've never seen that movie.
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Guys, I have so many things to do right now that I have decided to take a nap... An 8 hour nap...

 

[WWGD]

I've never seen that movie.
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Guys, I have so many things to do right now that I have decided to take a nap... An 8 hour nap...

Me neither, I had just heard about it and seemed like a fittingly bad joke. I could not come up with anything so I just did a web search -- a new form of (bad) comedy I invented.

 

[lisab]

Where will I be when the Benadryl kicks in?

 

[Silicon Waffle]

Think, it is like you lend me your toy for a while, after everything is done and over, it will come back to you.

 

[WWGD]

Think, it is like you lend me your toy for a while, after everything is done and over, it will come back to you.

I tried that line on a woman and I only got a slap in the face.

 

[fresh_42]

I tried that line on a woman and I only got a slap in the face.

And you had expected exactly what?

 

[Psinter]

Where will I be when the Benadryl kicks in?

I also took one. Found myself in my bed.
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If you are going to kidnap someone's daughter, make sure it is not Liam Nesson's daughter. If it is then I guess you can try following over the phone:

Think, it is like you lend me your toy for a while, after everything is done and over, it will come back to you.

Then prepare your testament.

 

[Silicon Waffle]

I tried that line on a woman and I only got a slap in the face.

lisab has a toy! . Let me guess, a rubber tank or a water gun. I think she'll be in bed after taking her meds.

...
If you are going to kidnap someone's daughter, make sure it is not Liam Nesson's daughter. If it is then I guess you can try following over the phone:
Then prepare your testament.

Your example makes me a little sad. I am off for my genome sequence analysis now.

 

[Psinter]

Your example makes me a little sad. I am off for my genome sequence analysis now.

Well, knowing him, sad is the last thing those who kidnapped her daughter should be feeling.

I'm just joking around.

Talking about sad, this is sad:

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I'm still waiting for another zooby story.

 

[Psinter]

Well, I tried that by starting at Global Warming and I did end up in Philosophy. The way it is made at this point in time, if you end up at Science, you will end up in philosophy.

Kinda makes me want to make a crawler to look how many articles chain and link to Philosophy. Then graph all paths.

 

[WWGD]

philosophy.

Kinda makes me want to make a crawler to look how many articles chain and link to Philosophy. Then graph all paths.

How do you do that?

 

[Sophia]

Science links to philosophy are natural. Science is just a branch of empirical philosophy, even if scientists are reluctant to admit it :-)

 

[Psinter]

How do you do that?

You could use any language, but the easiest and less hassle that comes to mind is Python. There are probably easier or more efficient languages for the task, but that one is the first that comes to my mind.

• Get the HTML
• Put the article name in a list
• Parse the first link found in that article that is not within a parenthesis
• Follow the link
• Repeat

A PL with an already implemented doubly linked list would be better, but that can be implemented in Python or one could probably copy paste it from someone who already did. I feel a little lazy now, what do you say, shall we try it?

EDIT: Now PF members who are professors at universities will give this as homework to their students.

 

[collinsmark]

Fascinating.

I tried it, starting with "doubly linked list." Here are the results:

doubly linked list
computer science
science
knowledge
awareness
consciousness
quality (philosophy)
property (philosophy)
modern philosophy
philosophy

 

[fresh_42]

I started with a different language and on fiber bundles and then ran into a cycle with mathematics.
'Erkenntnis' (perception) was the closest I could get. But there is no English article on it.

 

[Psinter]

Fascinating.

I tried it, starting with "doubly linked list." Here are the results:

doubly linked list
computer science
science
knowledge
awareness
consciousness
quality (philosophy)
property (philosophy)
modern philosophy
philosophy

Yup. That's how it rolls.

 

[Sophia]

What's the English word describing a situation when after raining in winter all the water on the roads turned into ice so it's dangerous to walk on?

 

[WIN]

What's the English word describing a situation when after raining in winter all the water on the roads turned into ice so it's dangerous to walk on?

slippery?

 

[Sophia]

Thank you, it is slippery but I was wondering if there is a special name for that kind of ice. We have two different words. One is normal ice and the another one that describes this kind of weather. There are warnings like : 'be careful, there is ? on the road!'

 

[WIN]

Thank you, it is slippery but I was wondering if there is a special name for that kind of ice. We have two different words. One is normal ice and the another one that describes this kind of weather. There are warnings like : 'be careful, there is ? on the road!'

maybe ice sheet or icing layer? no idea

 

[OmCheeto]

What's the English word describing a situation when after raining in winter all the water on the roads turned into ice so it's dangerous to walk on?

philosophy
.modern philosophy
..property
...quality
...consciousness
...awareness
...knowledge
...science
...natural science
...physics
...physical chemistry
...homogeneous
...glaze ice
....black ice <------- What I call it.

 

[JorisL]

What's the English word describing a situation when after raining in winter all the water on the roads turned into ice so it's dangerous to walk on?

Does freezing rain describe what you're hinting at?
I started from the word in my mothertongue and then checked the English version.

 

[Sophia]

Does freezing rain describe what you're hinting at?
I started from the word in my mothertongue and then checked the English version.

Thank you. We also have a word for freezing rain . I think that OmCheeto's black ice is the right term :-)

 

[fresh_42]

What's the English word describing a situation when after raining in winter all the water on the roads turned into ice so it's dangerous to walk on?

Freezing rain. (FZRA in METAR code)

 

[fresh_42]

Does freezing rain describe what you're hinting at?
I started from the word in my mothertongue and then checked the English version.

So did I.
Edit: TBH I expected the word would be the German one: Blitzeis. I mean if ' Blitzkrieg' isn't translated, so why not call FZRA blitzice? Always the ugly words ...

 

[OCR]

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

 

[Sophia]

So did I. [emoji2]
Edit: TBH I expected the word would be the German one: Blitzeis. I mean if ' Blitzkrieg' isn't translated, so why not call FZRA blitzice? Always the ugly words ...

Adding Blitzeis to my German vocab list.
My favourite word I've learned yesterday is Kummerspeck - excessive fat gained by emotional eating :-) you know, one has to be able to describe himself :-)

 

[fresh_42]

Adding Blitzeis to my German vocab list.
My favourite word I've learned yesterday is Kummerspeck - excessive fat gained by emotional eating :-) you know, one has to be able to describe himself :-)

I wouldn't define it as 'excessive'.

 

[WWGD]

I found a better method for collecting enough change for the washing machines: vending machines, but I must buy items whose decimal part is $.25 or less to make it worthwhile.

EDIT: Even better, some times putting in $1 in the machine and hitting the "return" button gives change without having to buy anything. But there seem to be fewer vending machines now than I remember seeing some 10 years ago.

 

[Borg]

I found a better method for collecting enough change for the washing machines: vending machines, but I must buy items whose decimal part is $.25 or less to make it worthwhile.

I would give you my two cents worth about this but I don't have change for a dollar.