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[Ibix]

I just found this - looks a bit like the Scottish west coast:

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You know how maps like that in fantasy novels never look quite plausible? I strongly suspected I'd enjoy Juliet E McKenna's books the instant I picked one up, because the maps of her continents had long narrow triangular cutouts, so you could have cut them out and constructed a partial sphere (or polyhedral approximation to one, anyway).

This version seems to have the maps crossing the cutouts, but the version in the books doesn't.

 

[etotheipi]

Seems kind of strange these people who describe themselves as _passionate_ something: Chess players, Mathematicians, etc. Is this a separate sexual thing or do they have " feelings" towards these activities, etc?

I'm passionate about partial fraction decompositions

 

[WWGD]

I'm passionate about partial fraction decompositions

No details, please, unless you're a gorgeous woman.

 

[collinsmark]

No details, please, unless [...].

Reminds me of this

(Source: https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/2013-04-02)

[Edit: click the source link for a more readable version of the comic that avoids PF's auto-resizing.]

 

[WWGD]

The sentences that finally put a nail in the coffin on doubts about the usefulness of commas. " How do you know Einstein* ? "Me: I never said I knew Einstein .

*Instead of " How do you know, Einstein?"

 

[dlgoff]

This is the aftermath of a AVM (Arteriovenous Malformation)

 

[WWGD]

This is the aftermath of a AVM (Arteriovenous Malformation)
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Aftermath=? After Math=...? Good luck!

 

[dlgoff]

Aftermath=? After Math=...? Good luck!

Just hopeing I'll still have some math skills in the after math. Thanks for the "good luck"

 

[Ibix]

This is the aftermath of a AVM (Arteriovenous Malformation)
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You, I take it? I hope you're on the mend. Those staple things are amazing - they come out and barely leave a mark.

 

[dlgoff]

You, I take it? I hope you're on the mend. Those staple things are amazing - they come out and barely leave a mark.

They're coming out this coming Monday

 

[nuuskur]

Undergrad logic: non-constructive proof, instructor (I) can't give counter-examples to false claims in proof, therefore proof is correct.

 

[fresh_42]

Given it is made in China, it works astonishingly long.

 

[dlgoff]

Staples are out and I'm feeling great!

 

[skyshrimp]

I had BBQ ribs, fries and sweet pickled tomatoes for lunch.

I think I'll order Chinese for dinner. I'll get the House Special chow mein, the spicy king prawns and a pancake roll.

 

[dlgoff]

I have a new metal in my collection; titanium. Except it's in my head, not a jar.

 

[dlgoff]

I was told that my neighbor killed a big black-snake trying to get his baby chicks. I cried since I've caught a large one every summer for years; thinking it was my pet he killed. But I heard this sound in my chicken coop and low and behold MY Snake!

This big boy is 2 meters+ in length.

 

[etotheipi]

I thought this was mildly interesting to look at

 

[mfb]

"bi" means "two/twice"
"semi" means "half"
Why are biannual and semiannual synonyms in English?

 

[Ibix]

"bi" means "two/twice"
"semi" means "half"
Why are biannual and semiannual synonyms in English?

Because we have "biennial" to mean "once every two years", and we wouldn't want to confuse anything.

 

[DrGreg]

Why are biannual and semiannual synonyms in English?

Why does "flammable" mean the same thing as "inflammable"?

 

[Ibix]

Why does "flammable" mean the same thing as "inflammable"?

Aren't there serious efforts to deprecate "inflammable" and just use "flammable" and "non-flammable", because this is a genuine safety issue?

 

[Keith_McClary]

Aren't there serious efforts to deprecate "inflammable" and just use "flammable" and "non-flammable", because this is a genuine safety issue?

From TIL:

army : "say again", because "repeat" is an artillery command.

Do they say "conflagration" in the army?

 

[hmmm27]

From TIL:
Do they say "conflagration" in the army?

I imagine they do. Probably not so much over the radio in combat, which was what I was referring to.

 

[WWGD]

Why does "flammable" mean the same thing as "inflammable"?

Both are used...irregardless.

 

[WWGD]

Supposedly, thinking is calorie-intensive. Wonder if you could lose weight by eating the same amount of calories ( holding all else constant) and thinking more.

 

[WWGD]

I had BBQ ribs, fries and sweet pickled tomatoes for lunch.

I think I'll order Chinese for dinner. I'll get the House Special chow mein, the spicy king prawns and a pancake roll.

You mean you will order Chinese people to cook for you? ;)

 

[Keith_McClary]

Wonder if you could lose weight by eating the same amount of calories ( holding all else constant) and thinking more.

In the experiment, subjects had to solve a puzzle or a tough maths question. Would Random Thoughts burn more?
Maybe you can work off a single piece of popcorn.

 

[hmmm27]

Supposedly, thinking is calorie-intensive.

Dunno 'bout anybody else, but when I'm trying to brainstorm something, I umm..pee more... which to me implies that I've been burning more hydrocarbons, thus producing more water.

It'd probably be easier to check on the other end, though : just hook somebody up to a fancy breathalyzer and check for O2 consumption andor CO2 emission levels.

 

[Keith_McClary]

just hook somebody up to a fancy breathalyzer and check for O2 consumption andor CO2 emission levels.

Like this, except replace treadmill with thinking chair.

 

[WWGD]

Dunno 'bout anybody else, but when I'm trying to brainstorm something, I umm..pee more... which to me implies that I've been burning more hydrocarbons, thus producing more water.

It'd probably be easier to check on the other end, though : just hook somebody up to a fancy breathalyzer and check for O2 consumption andor CO2 emission levels.

Sounds good in theory, but the breathalyzer is in the shop and my grant to hire people and pay them hasn't gone through yet :).