My maths says the moon covers 1/200,000 of the celestial sphere, and will occult an eye visible star only once a month.Keith_McClary said:
Right. I looked it up but forgot to convert from percent.OmCheeto said:
Now we need a third person to point out where I went wrong with my occultation count. According to Lunar Occultations dot Com, an average of 7 will occur each month this year.Keith_McClary said:Right. I looked it up but forgot to convert from percent.
... somewhere on Earth, but fewer at a fixed location.OmCheeto said:
That's interesting.fresh_42 said:
Just had a discussion with a stranger a week or so. He claimed to be a fan/amateur of math and asked me to challenge him with a question. So I offered: " Does the ' Standard' Fibonnacci ( i.e. F(0)=F(1)=1) contain infinitely-many primes? " . And, harder question: " How about for any values F(0),F(1)?"nuuskur said:math cranks are making me ..cranky
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To me , the walk tends to give it away. There seems to be a sort of signature to it, but I have trouble pinpointing it. I remember thinking of two people A,B, as being " Walking Twins" of each other.fresh_42 said:
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I just saw a clip with amazing footage from the volcano on Iceland:WWGD said:
I read an article last week about Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley dumpling stocks in block trades. It was in the context of some commonly held stocks dropping in value. I thought it might be some new short selling matter. Archegos Capital was mentioned but I didn't understand the significance. Well, it is significant to the banks who lent money to Archegos.
Another possibility: Esau's mother admonishes her boy to eat his food correctly, "Es, chew! Es, chew!".WWGD said:
For some actors much more so than for others. There are some actors who invariably use exactly the same body language no matter what kind of film they're in but others change their body language completely.fresh_42 said:
I do this for sources (eg. "think tanks") that are operated or funded by governments, corporations or entrepreneurs (magnates, oligarchs, tycoons, ...). They aren't always wrong, but they usually have an agenda - that's why they do not publish in peer reviewed journals where their "spin" might be detected.WWGD said:
Yet, they are often like a small moon, dancing around the adults all the way.WWGD said:
I do the same for sources that are partisan based on a chart that ranks from left to right and by treatment of the material , from non-credible to highly factual. Though of course, I need to assume the chart is not biased. I just have only so much time and don't want to waste it in sources that are not credible. It seems to have worked well thus far; rankings seem accurate.Keith_McClary said:
Rive said:Some small dogs, like tugboats: if there are more than one then often pulling in different directions
It's a nice site, but to me it brings up a strange issue I've noticed: it is a .com yet it asks for donations. I've seen it a few times recently and it seems puzzling.Borg said:
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Sure is.WWGD said:
It seems they are always being discounted. by large amounts yearly. Wait for a bit and you can find them much more cheaply.fresh_42 said:
They weren't invented in Hamburg, the ship with the immigrants came from Hamburg. They had dried meat with them for the long journey. No idea where and when it became ground meat.WWGD said:
I usually go for Swiss. But not Limburger. A Limburger hamburger doesn't sound good.fresh_42 said:
The recipe for Limburger was brought to Limburg by a swiss emigrant. Emmental is in Switzerland and on the above list of suited sorts.WWGD said:
I've been referred to as (Em) mental case more than once. But not in the context of burgers. Does bacon popular in Germany on burgers?fresh_42 said:
McDonald's has begun to learn it, will say, they offer more and more versions with bacon. A couple of years ago, it was only occasionally. Other, non-franchise burger Restaurants have it regularly, but it might depend on the region. Germany is very inhomogenous in its cultures. The old recipes of food in my region seem all to base on: potatoes, onions, grease, sour cream, and bacon. It is surprising how many variations those few things allow.WWGD said:
Should be a crime to have soggy/noncrispy bacon. It seems to go well with everything. I see vegans hating on me when I eat bacon , because they know what they're missing. But not soggy bacon. Its disgusting. Sounds like rich food, apt for winter. Do you eat that in summer too?fresh_42 said:
If in doubt: add bacon.WWGD said:
Do you eat bacon , eggs, etc. for breakfast, like a bacon, egg cheese sandwich?fresh_42 said:
Better not order french fries if visiting Hawai'i. They serve soggy, limp nearly-cold fries in the Islands. Ugh.WWGD said:
I want to visit some day. I heard they give you a lay ( lei) when you arrive there.Klystron said:
No, usually not. We like it sweet in the morning. I used to eat it in British hotels (beans and weird sausages are not what I want to start with in the morning), or at home for dinner. I remember that I once made it for my nephews (in MI) only to find out that it was actually me who introduced it to them.WWGD said:
Still better imo than the Mediterranean one consisting of , e.g., fish, olives and feta-style cheese.fresh_42 said:
If not sweet, then look at these (which usually working men eat in the morning):WWGD said:
