Today I Learned

[OmCheeto]

It's going to be a crazy four years.

This kind of crazy?



Today, I learned to stay off the north jetty of Humboldt Bay(coordinates: 40°45′53.06″N 124°14′05.01″W), when the National Weather Service issues a High Surf Advisory for Northern California after overnight measurements indicated a surf height of 27 feet.

 

[fresh_42]

This kind of crazy?

Sure that crazy is the appropriate adjective here?

 

[jedishrfu]

This kind of crazy?
Today, I learned to stay off the north jetty of Humboldt Bay(coordinates: 40°45′53.06″N 124°14′05.01″W), when the National Weather Service issues a High Surf Advisory for Northern California after overnight measurements indicated a surf height of 27 feet.

Just Wow!

 

[Borg]

This kind of crazy?

What a maroon.
Looks like he busted a right front tie rod early on. He was screwed after that.

 

[OmCheeto]

Sure that crazy is the appropriate adjective here?

hmmmm... Are you implying that it's going to be crazier?
Could be.
But my imagination only goes so far, and the next 4 years is only a week old, and many of us are already...

We may need a new adjective.

 

[OmCheeto]

What a maroon.
Looks like he busted a right front tie rod early on. He was screwed after that.

Yah... He's the second best excuse for not defunding Planned Parenthood, IMHO.

 

[Aufbauwerk 2045]

We have a saying here: What others built up with their hands in months, he tears down with his butt in minutes.

Regarding information, there are backups. Science marches on.

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-record/climate

 

[fresh_42]

Regarding information, there are backups. Science marches on.

https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-record/climate

Does Twitter meanwhile fall under diplomatic immunity?

 

[mfb]

This kind of crazy?

That is not crazy, that is a suicide attempt.Today I learned: There was never a proper randomized double-blind trial on whether parachute use prevents death when jumping out of airplanes.

 

[fresh_42]

That is not crazy, that is a suicide attempt.Today I learned: There was never a proper randomized double-blind trial on whether parachute use prevents death when jumping out of airplanes.

Sure?

 

[mfb]

Today I learned: There was never a published randomized double-blind trial on whether parachute use prevents death when jumping out of airplanes.

 

[dkotschessaa]

Today I learned: There was never a published randomized double-blind trial on whether parachute use prevents death when jumping out of airplanes.

Pfft. Total placebo.

 

[jedishrfu]

Pfft. Total placebo.

More likely skewed results from those who couldn't report back the failure of their jump.

 

[dkotschessaa]

More likely skewed results from those who couldn't report back the failure of their jump.

Questionnaire:

1. Did you use a Parachute? Y/N
2. How would you rate your landing experience on a scale of 1-10? ____

 

[fresh_42]

TIL why it's called terminal velocity.

 

[OCR]

Today I learned: There was never a published randomized double-blind trial on whether parachute use prevents death when jumping out of airplanes.

Sure ?

 

[Jonathan Scott]

Today I learned that just because Windows Update has been saying "Checking for Updates" day and night for 18 days (with the Windows Update service under svchost.exe showing 100% CPU for all of that time) that doesn't necessarily mean it's not making progress!

This morning, I found it had just applied 40 updates and had two more ready to install, after which it now reports it's up to date.

This is a Windows Vista system that I hadn't used since July, when I tried but failed to update it to Windows 7 (which it claimed should be compatible), getting some extremely obscure error in "specialization" processing after it had all apparently installed fine, probably due to the hard disk having been replaced a couple of years ago by someone who didn't do the right incantations to initialise the new disk correctly for Windows. Or perhaps the disk controller doesn't support the new disk properly. Or it's a side-effect of a known bug in the original CD version of the Windows 7 Update package to do with RAID controllers. Or something. Or something else. Grrr.

 

[phinds]

Today I learned that just because Windows Update has been saying "Checking for Updates" day and night for 18 days (with the Windows Update service under svchost.exe showing 100% CPU for all of that time) that doesn't necessarily mean it's not making progress!

This morning, I found it had just applied 40 updates and had two more ready to install, after which it now reports it's up to date.

This is a Windows Vista system that I hadn't used since July, when I tried but failed to update it to Windows 7 (which it claimed should be compatible), getting some extremely obscure error in "specialization" processing after it had all apparently installed fine, probably due to the hard disk having been replaced a couple of years ago by someone who didn't do the right incantations to initialise the new disk correctly for Windows. Or perhaps the disk controller doesn't support the new disk properly. Or it's a side-effect of a known bug in the original CD version of the Windows 7 Update package to do with RAID controllers. Or something. Or something else. Grrr.

Yeah, my bet is it's your last suggestion, "something else". It's ALWAYS "something else" with *&#^@%%# Windows.

 

[StevieTNZ]

Today I learned a judge granted an emergency stay on the executive order Trump signed regarding travellers holding certain passports.

 

[Buzz Bloom]

TIL about Göbekli Tepe while reading Sapiens: A brief histry of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari.
It “is an archaeological site atop a mountain ridge in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of modern-day Turkey, approximately 12 km (7 mi) northeast of the city of Şanlıurfa.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Göbekli_Tepe​

What is fantastically unusual about this site are the very large carved monumental structures built there

about 9500 BCE by hunter gathers rather than by farmers who archeologists have determined have built all other similar kinds of structures found so far.

 

[Nugso]

TIL about Göbekli Tepe while reading Sapiens: A brief histry of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari.
It “is an archaeological site atop a mountain ridge in the Southeastern Anatolia Region of modern-day Turkey, approximately 12 km (7 mi) northeast of the city of Şanlıurfa.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Göbekli_Tepe​

What is fantastically unusual about this site are the very large carved monumental structures built there
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about 9500 BCE by hunter gathers rather than by farmers who archeologists have determined have built all other similar kinds of structures found so far.

Heh. I've actually been there.

Also, why it isn't a TIL, I would like to ask you lot: How do you "learn" all those things? For example I learn something every day, but forget in a few days/weeks. Do you write them down too? Or just not care whether you'll remember?

 

[dkotschessaa]

Heh. I've actually been there.

Also, why it isn't a TIL, I would like to ask you lot: How do you "learn" all those things? For example I learn something every day, but forget in a few days/weeks. Do you write them down too? Or just not care whether you'll remember?

If we all used spaced repetition we could remember all those facts almost forever!

 

[Buzz Bloom]

Do you write them down too? Or just not care whether you'll remember?

Hi @Nugso:
I generally bookmark or download stuff I learn. Most of what I learn day-by-day is that I have problems understanding what I am learning. I don't post about those things as a TIL item, but very occasionally I actually come to understand something, or at least I am pretty confident that I have, and then I post about that. When I learn something I don't understand, I sometimes start a thread to seek someone who can explain it to me.

Regards,
Buzz

 

[BillTre]

TIL that some fish can communicate via their urine (like dogs, but shorter term).

Previously IL that some fish can communicate via their farts!
So, both numbers one and two.

These are such Earth shacking revelations that I will just remember them!

 

[dkotschessaa]

Previously IL that some fish can communicate via their farts!

I wasn't aware fish were farters, so that's kind of a 2 for 1 deal there...

On the other hand I'm not sure I want to remember this one.

-Dave K

 

[Nugso]

If we all used spaced repetition we could remember all those facts almost forever!

Hehe, that's where Anki comes in handy I guess :)

Hi @Nugso:
I generally bookmark or download stuff I learn. Most of what I learn day-by-day is that I have problems understanding what I am learning. I don't post about those things as a TIL item, but very occasionally I actually come to understand something, or at least I am pretty confident that I have, and then I post about that. When I learn something I don't understand, I sometimes start a thread to seek someone who can explain it to me.

Regards,
Buzz

I see. I'm currently taking notes of what I'm learning every day such as Nuremberg Trials and hCG. Would be good to remember them forever!

 

[dkotschessaa]

Today I learned that Trebuchet Memes are actually a thing on the internet. http://www.collegehumor.com/post/7041587/19-trebuchet-memes-because-well-we-dont-really-know

 

[Hypercube]

Today I learned the new word: pareidolia.

 

[nsaspook]

Today I learned what might be the loneliest job in the world.

https://sputniknews.com/art_living/201702021050289083-austrian-town-loneliest-job/

The local community in Saalfelden, Austria, offers one of the loneliest jobs in the world. The locals are looking for a hermit, who is expected to live in a hut in the mountains without any modern facilities.
The person who will be chosen for this position will have no access to electricity, heating, internet or even a salary.

The applications are being received by a local priest, Alois Moser. Several applicants have already demonstrated their interest in the vacancy.

 

[dkotschessaa]

Today I learned what might be the loneliest job in the world.

https://sputniknews.com/art_living/201702021050289083-austrian-town-loneliest-job/

Sometimes I think that sounds lovely. I'm not sure how long I'd make it in practice though.

-Dave K