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[kyphysics]

@WWGD

That's a touching photo. Children are precious. And, yes, they often are naturally loving.

I was at a Walmart years ago and a baby of another ethnicity from my own and his mother were standing in line to pay in front of me. The baby she held in her arms kept smiling at me and we exchanged funny and happy faces. He was giggling and his face/eyes lit up.

After a while, the mother, whose back was turned to me, saw what was happening and made the baby/child turn his head back around and told him to stop interacting with me. I didn't say anything, because I wasn't sure how to interpret her actions and didn't want to cause any tension. But, it was a fun moment.

Yeah, us adults are less trusting and loving at times. Sometimes it's for good reasons, but sometimes its from hate, cynicism, etc.

 

[kyphysics]

So, when you're in a medical facility that requires masks, what do you make of people who wear one, but have their nose exposed and/or staff who pull theirs down and expose their mouth when talking?

Saw both today in a hospital. I assume lots of patients are very vulnerable there with all sorts of serious ailments.

Makes me wonder why they allow people to wear masks with nose exposed? Is it because some medically need to do so (maybe have breathing problems)? And what's with the employees pulling theirs down to talk to you? One woman did this constantly. I surmised that it had to do with sounding muffled when talking with the mask. But, the risk of spreading germs/virus would seem more important when you're at a hospital of all places.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

My little brother and I were very different in many ways. But we shared a sense of humor and a love of the great music from the 60s and 70s. He died last May and I find it hard to listen to many of my favorite songs now.

He was born at the end of the 60s but had one of the most impressive music collections from those years most people had ever seen.

 

[WWGD]

@WWGD

That's a touching photo. Children are precious. And, yes, they often are naturally loving.

I was at a Walmart years ago and a baby of another ethnicity from my own and his mother were standing in line to pay in front of me. The baby she held in her arms kept smiling at me and we exchanged funny and happy faces. He was giggling and his face/eyes lit up.

After a while, the mother, whose back was turned to me, saw what was happening and made the baby/child turn his head back around and told him to stop interacting with me. I didn't say anything, because I wasn't sure how to interpret her actions and didn't want to cause any tension. But, it was a fun moment.

Yeah, us adults are less trusting and loving at times. Sometimes it's for good reasons, but sometimes its from hate, cynicism, etc.

See, my point was that this thinking leads to an infinite regress. The baby's innocent; he learned his malice from his parent...who was once a child...who learny his malice from his parent...

 

[Ivan Seeking]

See, my point was that this thinking leads to an infinite regress. The baby's innocent; he learned his malice from his parent...who was once a child...who learny his malice from his parent...

Until you reach the primitive who couldn't trust anyone different because they were likely dangerous.

 

[nsaspook]

This is why we love research.
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0256198

The power of Dionysus—Effects of red wine on consciousness in a naturalistic setting

There is lack of research on effects of red wine on consciousness when drank in wine bars designed to enhance the pleasurableness of the wine drinking experience. Effects of a moderate dose of red wine (≈ 40.98 g of ethanol) on consciousness were examined in a naturalistic study taking place in a wine bar located in one of the most touristic areas of Lisbon, Portugal. One hundred two participants drank in one of three conditions: alone, in dyad, or in groups up to six people. Red wine increased pleasure and arousal, decreased the awareness of time, slowed the subjective passage of time, increased the attentional focus on the present moment, decreased body awareness, slowed thought speed, turned imagination more vivid, and made the environment become more fascinating. Red wine increased insightfulness and originality of thoughts, increased sensations of oneness with the environment, spiritual feelings, all-encompassing love, and profound peace. All changes in consciousness occurred regardless of volunteers drinking alone, in dyad or in group. Men and women did not report different changes in consciousness. Older age correlated with greater increases in pleasure. Younger age correlated with greater increases in fascination with the environment of the wine bar. Drinking wine in a contemporaneous Western environment designed to enhance the pleasurableness of the wine drinking experience may trigger changes in consciousness commonly associated with mystical-type states.

 

[ergospherical]

Autumn is such an underrated season! Comfy sweaters, pumpkin spice lattés, colourful leaves … I’m liking the vibes

 

[Tom.G]

Some nails have a coating of plastic that melts from the heat generated when they are hammered in.
Its like hot glue gun glue.

Yup.
They are called Box Nails and have a somewhat shiny finish, often with a bluish color cast.

 

[kyphysics]

I rarely listen to audio books, but I started this one (finished half) after constantly hearing about the book.

Surprised how bad medical doctors can be at managing money in lots of these stories.

 

[WWGD]

I just read Tom Cruise at some point saved the life of Elizabeth Shue, grabbing her shoes to avoid her being beheaded by the rotor wings of a helicopter. I believe that Elizabeth Shue shoes, should be in a museum!

 

[ergospherical]

Bloody hell the freshers flu is brutal this year, guess that’s what a year of lockdown does to your immune system

 

[WWGD]

Security risk warning at...127.0.0.1
?

 

[ergospherical]

Security risk warning at...127.0.0.1
?

 

[WWGD]

View attachment 290600

But wait... Windows does not consider Outlook a trusted site.

 

[WWGD]

Some argue that language acknowledges that focus, mental concentration is a limited resource through the use of expressions like ' Paying Attention', in that you have to 'Pay'. But not all languages use expressions of this sort.

 

[nsaspook]

A "redshirt".

 

[BillTre]

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A "redshirt".

How many came back?

 

[BillTre]

If I were going up with Shatner (AKA Kirk), I think I would have tried to obtain a phaser for the occasion, just to keep everyone in line.

 

[ergospherical]

Nothing more awkward than watching some physicist lecturing and thinking "I can't wait for the complicated bit to end", only then for the guy to say "...so now onto the technical bit..."

 

[Jarvis323]

Anyone else ever buy a bottled drink, be impressed with the bottle design and labeling, and then suddenly realize how insane it is that people forge brand new bottles with fancy labels just for a person to drink 20 ounces of liquid from one time?

 

[dlgoff]

Yea William Shatner!

 

[nsaspook]

How many came back?

We should ask Dr. McCoy.


Space is dangerous.

 

[BillTre]

Inspired by the above, here is a video I found of Shatner reviewing impressions others have done of him:

 

[WWGD]

View attachment 290600

But wait... Windows does not consider Outlook a trusted site.

 

[WWGD]

Sign of the times:
Use site so and so to fact check.
Then check whether fact check site is accurate. Sites differ in their assessment. Some claim it is, other say it isn't. Then check the fact checkers of the fact checkers for accuracy/bias...

 

[WWGD]

It seems every time I hear Neil DeGrasse Tyson, he's saying something depressing. DeGrasse is not greener with Neil.

 

[WWGD]

I keep forgetting the name of this post-modern music band that makes music without melody and the name contains no letters but only characters . Something like ((\.#())||. Sounds like a joke but it is ( or at least was) a real band.

 

[jedishrfu]

A recent article in Ars Technica interviews a hacker who worked for Koala Media. Koala was instrumental in weaving a complex web of sites referencing one another spewing nonsensical fake news with a decided political tilt that looked legit To Facebook and readers.

 

[Astronuc]

Washington Post: 48 hours to live: An Oklahoma hospital's rush to find an ICU bed for a Covid patient​

https://news.yahoo.com/48-hours-live-oklahoma-hospitals-135102615.html

A "transfer coordinator at Stillwater Medical Center, was working fast to try to find an ICU bed at a larger hospital for Johnnie Novotny, a 69-year-old retired gas plant operator who had developed a hematoma and needed more specialized care than doctors at this modest rural hospital could provide." Novotny had been admitted to hospital on July 24. By the evening of August 6, Novotny had developed the hematoma, and the hospital did not have a specialist who could perform the appropriate treatment.

". . . she was rapidly running through the Oklahoma hospitals on her list. She called the state's medical emergency response center for help, and a coordinator there agreed to call hospitals in Missouri and Arkansas." The transfer coordinator even reached out to a hospital in Olathe, Kansas 300 miles away. She received a 'maybe' followed two hours later by a decline.

Oklahoma was on the cusp of a summer surge that would peak Aug. 30, with new cases averaging about 2,800 a day. Intensive care unit admissions soared to an all-time high during the first two weeks of August, at a time when the average length of stay for a Covid patient increased significantly, overwhelming ICUs, according to Dr. David Kendrick, chairman of the Department of Medical Informatics at the University of Oklahoma. More than 1,500 Oklahomans died of Covid in August and September alone as the state's pandemic death toll exceeded 9,402 (WP reports 10,600 fatalities). More than half the state still is not fully vaccinated.

Oklahoma population fully vaccinated: 49% NY Times

In Payne County, where Stillwater is located, only 35% of the population was fully vaccinated when Novotny became ill in mid-July, and the delta variant was spreading so rapidly that the mayor declared a state of emergency Sept. 3.

 

[Mayhem]

Grading bad assignments is so much worse than grading good assignments.

 

[phinds]

Grading bad assignments is so much worse than grading good assignments.

Then don't give bad assignments !

 

[Mayhem]

Then don't give bad assignments !

I'm just a TA don't give me flack lol

 

[Rive]

I'm OLD.

I've just come across some news about Win11.
What I've (mis)read there was Win3.11

 

[fresh_42]

I'm OLD.

I've just come across some news about Win11.
What I've (mis)read there was Win3.11

I have a similar problem. I read a movie title "the challenge" (or similar) as "the curvature". Another mentor advised me to get a hobby. Well, I thought PF was one. Seems to be wrong. Guess, I will follow his advice.

What is better: cold deprivation or sneak out?

 

[Mayhem]

You could replace the alien spaceship controls in a sci-fi movie with gCOSY plots and no one would be able to tell.

 

[Tom.G]

What is better: cold deprivation or sneak out?

That dichotomy assumes that at least one of them is "Good" (in some sense or another), an assumption with which I disagree.


What Google says about "hobby":
1. an activity done regularly in one's leisure time for pleasure
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[fresh_42]

What Google says about "hobby":

Not if "Get a hobby" is meant to shut you down. It was the second time within 8 days this person used an ad hominem attack to shut me down. The first time he said I should shut up because of Germany's Nazi past.

Is it possible to say: "Go away!" more clearly than that? I'm not eager to get insulted once a week. My problem is that I have math problems prepared until the end of the year and I don't want to waste the effort.

 

[WWGD]

I'm OLD.

I've just come across some news about Win11.
What I've (mis)read there was Win3.11

As long as you don't mister(read) Windows 12, as its not out yet. And may never be out.

 

[Tom.G]

It was the second time within 8 days this person used an ad hominem attack to shut me down. The first time he said I should shut up because of Germany's Nazi past.

Not many here would cry if that individual was formally warned... then banned upon a repeat performance.

In a workplace, that is called "Harassment."

From the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission:
https://www.eeoc.gov/harassment

Harassment is unwelcome conduct that is based on race, color, religion, sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity, or pregnancy), national origin, older age...

(emphasis added)

 

[WWGD]

I'm just a TA don't give me flack lol

I don't give a flack about bad assignments.

 

[WWGD]

I don't give a flack about bad assignments.

@Tom.G , just kidding ;).

 

[WWGD]

I'd love some coffee now like I love some baby.

 

[Rive]

Sometimes, ignorance really is a bliss.

Spoiler: Now, the (translated) lyrics

Carrotcake
carrotcake
carrotcake
carrotcakeeee

I think I'll just skip the 'home metal' in the future. As metal, it's better without knowing

Ps.: as a joke it's a good one, though

 

[Bystander]

"Black Friday Road Rage" is a month early this year.

 

[WWGD]

Python: I need to Tinker with a Trinket in Tkinter.

 

[fresh_42]

I don't know why you call it mustache. I find our solution better: snot brake.

 

[WWGD]

Awkwardness has its privileges: I sit at a table at Starbucks and after some 20 minutes the table clears up. Not on purpose, I promise. Maybe I could speed it up by whispering " Sha, Sha, Sha, Sha, Kill , Kill, Kill, Kill..."

 

[fresh_42]

Shaquille?

 

[WWGD]

Shaquille?

Hopefully a coincidence. Someone check his freezer. Pronto!

 

[fresh_42]

Hopefully a coincidence. Someone check his freezer. Pronto!

Mine is far too small.