Today I Learned

[Drakkith]

Today I learned that even in Calculus 3 you can still royally screw up the quadratic formula.
@phinds what have you done to me?!

 

[fresh_42]

Today I learned that even in Calculus 3 you can still royally screw up the quadratic formula.
@phinds what have you done to me?!

One of the (few?!) advantages of being human.

 

[phinds]

Today I learned that even in Calculus 3 you can still royally screw up the quadratic formula.
@phinds what have you done to me?!

Gads, I would not have thought that even you could be that dumb ! Yeah, that's right. Blame it on an innocent bystander.

 

[Drakkith]

Gads, I would not have thought that even you could be that dumb ! Yeah, that's right. Blame it on an innocent bystander.

I stand by the motto of scumbags everywhere: "It's not my fault, it's yours."

 

[fresh_42]

I stand by the motto of scumbags everywhere: "It's not my fault, it's yours."

... which doesn't prevent you from implicitly quoting Cicero and Hieronymus ("Errare humanum est, in errore perseverare stultum.")

 

[phinds]

... which doesn't prevent you from implicitly quoting Cicero and Hieronymus ("Errare humanum est, in errore perseverare stultum.")

Oh he is nothing if not persistent, even in his errors.

 

[Drakkith]

... which doesn't prevent you from implicitly quoting Cicero and Hieronymus ("Errare humanum est, in errore perseverare stultum.")

Hmmm, from wiktionary:

"Errare (Errasse) humanum est, sed in errare (errore) perseverare diabolicum.", attributed to Seneca, which translates to: "To err is human, but to persist in error (out of pride) is diabolical."

 

[Drakkith]

Oh he is nothing if not persistent, even in his errors.

I like to think I persist despite my errors.

 

[phinds]

I like to think I persist despite my errors.

Yeah, you'd like to think that wouldn't you. Self delusional just like Donald Trump.

 

[Drakkith]

Yeah, you'd like to think that wouldn't you. Self delusional just like Donald Trump.

I'm disappointed in you, phinds. Comparing me to a politician? How could you stoop so low?!

 

[fresh_42]

Hmmm, from wiktionary:

"Errare (Errasse) humanum est, sed in errare (errore) perseverare diabolicum.", attributed to Seneca, which translates to: "To err is human, but to persist in error (out of pride) is diabolical."

Funny, I had a brief look on Wiki in another language. I didn't expect it to be different on such a harmless subject.

 

[phinds]

I'm disappointed in you, phinds. Comparing me to a politician? How could you stoop so low?!

Well, OK, that particular comparison WAS pretty odious. Maybe I should simply have compared you to me. Self delusional just like me. Hows that?

 

[Drakkith]

Funny, I had a brief look on Wiki in another language. I didn't expect it to be different on such a harmless subject.

What do you mean?

Well, OK, that particular comparison WAS pretty odious. Maybe I should simply have compared you to me. Self delusional just like me. Hows that?

You continue to wound me! Does your depravity know no end?!

 

[fresh_42]

What do you mean?

I meant, that I did not expect the information on this and that to differ.
Reason: I further assumed the answer to cui bono to be void.

 

[Drakkith]

I meant, that I did not expect the information on this and that to differ.

I think they're quoting different people, so it's not surprising. I thought my earlier quote was identical to yours, but I didn't look closely enough. Silly me.

 

[Bystander]

quoting different people

Not people ... idioms.

 

[Drakkith]

Not people ... idioms.

There we go. That's what I was trying to get at.

 

[fresh_42]

TIL that there is actually a place in the EU where tea is planted.

 

[Pepper Mint]

TIL that there is actually a place in the EU where tea is planted.

In England ?

 

[fresh_42]

Lol, no. And the weather there isn't as rainy and foggy as one might think. In south west Portugal. ... so to speak ...

 

[Pepper Mint]

Lol, no. And the weather there isn't as rainy and foggy as one might think. In south west Portugal. ... so to speak ...

I am a fan of tea. I also know this tea farm in Oregon. Tea types to taste may be different from region to region but they are all tea.

 

[fresh_42]

The https://www.tripadvisor.com/Attraction_Review-g189134-d598845-Reviews-Plantacoes_de_Cha_Gorreana_Gorreana_Tea_Plantation-Sao_Miguel_Azores.html one is even more on the edge than OR is to the US.

 

[jtbell]

[This is for those of you who work and pay income tax in the USA]

Today I learned that "IRA" does not stand for "Individual Retirement Account," but rather, "Individual Retirement Arrangement." It says so right on the first page of IRS Publication 590-A, the official documentation for these beasts. Beats me how I missed it all these years.

 

[Borg]

[This is for those of you who work and pay income tax in the USA]

Today I learned that "IRA" does not stand for "Individual Retirement Account," but rather, "Individual Retirement Arrangement." It says so right on the first page of IRS Publication 590-A, the official documentation for these beasts. Beats me how I missed it all these years.

I can't believe it. Next you'll be saying that IRS doesn't stand for Infernal Revenue Service.

 

[Sophia]

During last 3-4 days i learned what REAL physical pain is. Forget toothache, that's nothing! I won't be specific because it's sensitive but let me just say that a few women on the forums claimed the condition is as bad as giving birth. I haven't got children yet, but I believe them.
The condition is not serious and won't have any long-term consequences and it is completely over now.
But yeah, it was something that as we say "I don't want my worst enemy to experience"

 

[Pepper Mint]

During last 3-4 days i learned what REAL physical pain is. Forget toothache, that's nothing! I won't be specific because it's sensitive but let me just say that a few women on the forums claimed the condition is as bad as giving birth. I haven't got children yet, but I believe them.
The condition is not serious and won't have any long-term consequences and it is completely over now.
But yeah, it was something that as we say "I don't want my worst enemy to experience"

Really ? Sometimes very early in the morning, I feel really like going to the restroom and while on the toilet bowl I sweat with an indescribable painful stomach, I don't have a problem of constipation or diarrhea at all. But things just never seem to pass out in a normal way that their every single movement turns my goosebumps on and wets my body with sweat just in a couple of minutes. I might have eaten something bad.

 

[Sophia]

Really ? Sometimes very early in the morning, I feel really like going to the restroom and while on the toilet bowl I sweat with an indescribable painful stomach, I don't have a problem of constipation or diarrhea at all. But things just never seem to pass out in a normal way that their every single movement turns my goosebumps on and wets my body with sweat just in a couple of minutes. I might have eaten something bad.

This lasted for 3 days. I was at first in tremendous pain when sitting and walking, then when standing and yesterday, the pain was intense while lying, too. And yes, I took double dose of painkillers. Today, the problem was solved naturally :)

 

[jim hardy]

A good friend, a WW2 veteran, described his kidney stone as "Worse by far than when i got shot " .

I'm told nowadays they can treat them with a beam of focused ultrasound .

Good luck with whatever it is... and i don't need to know.

 

[RonL]

Today I learned that a Blob, is the inch version of a Slug, does anyone remember how excited they were when they learned that ?

 

[Borg]

A good friend, a WW2 veteran, described his kidney stone as "Worse by far than when i got shot " .

I'm told nowadays they can treat them with a beam of focused ultrasound .

Good luck with whatever it is... and i don't need to know.

I had one of those about 10 years ago. I don't remember it being quite that painful but it definitely wasn't a fun experience. Couldn't eat or sleep for days.