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The thread discusses various random thoughts and observations, touching on topics such as media programming, personal anecdotes, language use, and mathematical curiosities. The scope includes informal commentary, humor, and reflections on everyday experiences.

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  • Some participants express frustration with the quality of documentaries on channels like the History Channel and National Geographic, suggesting a decline in factual programming.
  • There is a humorous anecdote about discovering a polythene bag obstructing a kitchen extractor fan, leading to a discussion about the clarity of installation manuals.
  • Participants share thoughts on the nature of prime numbers, particularly regarding the status of the number 2 and its implications for mathematical proofs.
  • There are reflections on language use and the reactions to grammatical errors made by native speakers, with some participants sharing their personal responses to such situations.
  • One participant humorously suggests that if 2 were not considered prime, it would complicate the understanding of prime factors in even numbers.

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The discussion contains multiple competing views, particularly regarding the status of the number 2 as a prime and the quality of media programming. No consensus is reached on these topics.

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Participants express varying degrees of skepticism and humor, with some comments reflecting personal experiences and subjective opinions rather than objective analysis.

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  • #4,471
I am not always 100% in agreement with market fundamentalists. Same service ---shredding docs --- for $4 a pound in 1 place
and for $.99 a pound right across the street. And both places have been in business for more than 10 years.
 
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  • #4,473
Why have sub-atomic particles arranged themselves into lifeforms?

Yeah, I'm drunk posting. Do I get a cookie?
 
  • #4,474
skyshrimp said:
Why have sub-atomic particles arranged themselves into lifeforms?
There's a lot of alcohol in nebulae. Somebody has to do something about it. We're the universe's liver, basically[1].

https://m.phys.org/news/2014-09-alcohol-clouds-space.html
skyshrimp said:
Yeah, I'm drunk posting. Do I get a cookie?
No. You're just fulfilling your duty to the universe.

[1] Credit to... someone. Iain M Banks, maybe?
 
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  • #4,475
I can't stand the recent trend of blasting sound from all sorts of devices in public...without using #$%^ headphones.
 
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WWGD said:
I can't stand the recent trend of blasting sound from all sorts of devices in public...without using #$%^ headphones.
Practice this:

 
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fresh_42 said:

Maybe it was a large order? I’m kind of grasping at straws to explain that one
 
  • #4,478
Which letter is silent in the word scent the s or the c
 
  • #4,479
Stephenk53 said:
Maybe it was a large order? I’m kind of grasping at straws to explain that one
My suspicions is a typo. Maybe the 7 is a leftover from a former "Oct. 17".
 
  • #4,480
Stephenk53 said:
Which letter is silent in the word scent the s or the c
I don't know which, but I know how to find out!
 
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Stephenk53 said:
Which letter is silent in the word scent the s or the c
The opposite to the one in "science".
 
  • #4,482
fresh_42 said:
I don't know which, but I know how to find out!
I'm curious - how do you find out?

If postage rates were lower I could say I sent a scent for a cent. I don't know if that helps.
 
  • #4,483
Ibix said:
I'm curious - how do you find out?

If postage rates were lower I could say I sent a scent for a cent. I don't know if that helps.
It helps a lot: tape all three, overlap them electronically, one positive the other one negative, and then look what's left. However, I have a suspicion, that it will only display another flaw in the English language :wink:
 
  • #4,484
Haribo sugarless gummies anyone:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/R2M3RSLRNQ/?tag=pfamazon01-20

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Continued:
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  • #4,486
..And I thought a Monte Carlo simulation was just a place pretending to be Monte Carlo...
 
  • #4,487
Still trying to understand eigenfaces .
 
  • #4,488
WWGD said:
Still trying to understand eigenfaces .
They are called self-portrait.
 
  • #4,489
Danke. I get that. I am trying to see how/why the Ortho projection on to eigenfacess becomes itselfc face
 
  • #4,490
For @collinsmark here is my dog Chopin knowing that something terrible is about to happen, I was going to clip a few of his claws. That is my bony hand on him.

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He survived the clipping
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  • #4,492
"Advertise Here".
I don't think here needs advertising. Where else are you going to be if not here?
 
  • #4,493
A propos advertisement. My mother used to get rid of unpleasant advertisers by the phrase: "I'll first have to ask my husband, who is currently not here." I think I'll test this.
 
  • #4,494
No, he is just in a different here.
 
  • #4,495
WWGD said:
No, he is just in a different here.
I don't think it will work, if I answer: "... he is currently out of this universe's phase." How are the odds such an advertisers will be a nerd?
 
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  • #4,498
Here in the UK its hard to get a mortgage on a leasehold property if the remaining lease has less than 70 years to run.

In 70 years some costal towns could be under water due to rising sea levels. In effect freehold properties in these towns are really leasehold, with Poseidon holding the lease.

So any day now banks might wake up to this inconsistency in their lending policies and stop lending on at risk properties.
 
  • #4,499
CWatters said:
Here in the UK its hard to get a mortgage on a leasehold property if the remaining lease has less than 70 years to run.

In 70 years some costal towns could be under water due to rising sea levels. In effect freehold properties in these towns are really leasehold, with Poseidon holding the lease.

So any day now banks might wake up to this inconsistency in their lending policies and stop lending on at risk properties.
You mean it's time to get some futures?
 
  • #4,500
fresh_42 said:
You mean it's time to get some futures?
Yes, the ones with the pictures of the polar bears surfing on top of melting glaciers.
 

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