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[Jarvis323]

Wow, are you a CEO, or just hyper-connected? Is this all week long, or during work hours?

It's just easy for me to do so and seems courteous. I am also almost always on time (even for a casual meeting), and if I will be late, even for 5 minutes, I will usually notify in advance. Not sure why, I guess this is maybe not normal or healthy?

 

[WWGD]

It's just easy for me to do so and seems courteous. I am also almost always on time (even for a casual meeting), and if I will be late, even for 5 minutes, I will usually notify in advance. Not sure why, I guess this is maybe not normal or healthy?

Yes, it seems ideal, but at this point I have only limited cellular data, so I don't always have reliable web access to check my mail. Tricky thing is it becomes too hard to disconnect yourself from your work life.

 

[fresh_42]

I thought you were in the town were Euler crossed the 5 bridges, whose analysis gave rise to Topology. Was that the Pregel river of some like that?

Yep, Pregel. No, I haven't been to Kalinigrad. Kant was from there.

 

[WWGD]

Yep, Pregel. No, I haven't been to Kalinigrad. Kant was from there.

Maybe if he had taken really long walks ( I understand he was known for them), he may have run into Euler. And maybe even in one of the bridges. Though Euler was a bit older than him.

Edit: But Euler took away just about anyone's excuses for success in Mathematics. He had several children and did not let his blindness stop him from making several important discoveries.

 

[fresh_42]

Maybe if he had taken really long walks ( I understand he was known for them), he may have run into Euler.

That would have been a really long walk ... up to St. Petersburg. But IIRC Kant never left Königsberg.

 

[WWGD]

Found hairs in my take home salad again. I thought it said ' Romaine', not ' Rogaine'.

 

[nuuskur]

Now here is a strange observation:

Ленин
Сталин
Ельцин
Путин

That's just how a lot of Russian names work. The men's names end with "..in" and the women's with "..ina" for this particular variant.

 

[WWGD]

Careful trying an Aws " Trial/Free" instance. My friend ended up being charged around $300. He's disputing the charges with Amazon.

 

[Borg]

Anything that claims to be 'free' but requires a credit card should be suspect. In my AI classes, I saw the free AWS trap and only activated it for a single day when I had to. After that, I deleted my account. There were others in my class who weren't as careful and they ended up being charged hundreds of dollars as well. Good luck to your friend. I hope he gets his money back.

 

[fresh_42]

That's just how a lot of Russian names work. The men's names end with "..in" and the women's with "..ina" for this particular variant.

Sure, but that wasn't my point. I wanted to emphasize the distinction between these particular names in contrast to:

Хрущёв
Брежнев
Андропов
Черненко
Горбачёв

Now, which of both lists is the bloody one?

 

[Jodo]

I heard of that as being a " loss leader" in restaurants mostly. You lose on it, but , as you said, it brings in the customers. It was in that Tv show with this guy who tried to turn around bars mostly; a slight difference with Ramsey.

Loss leader is an old trick. In the late 90's I did sales for Praxair ( now Linde I believe )
I sold approx 400k worth of generator/welders below cost. Unsure how much money was really lost seeing as the next day the same customer ordered near 2 million dollars ( Cdn ) worth of 309L stainless welding rods ( at a decent gross margin profit ).

 

[WWGD]

Given the reaction of ( former) comedian Zelensky recently, I'm thinking of asking Dave Chappelle to run for 2024. Anyone else?

 

[Borg]

Expecting an invasion closer to home?

 

[WWGD]

Expecting an invasion closer to home?

Well, not quite, but someone did steal the morning paper from next building's front porch.

 

[WWGD]

Maybe best way of learning anatomy is by injuring different body parts. You can then identify better the role that part plays by feeling the pain when you move in different ways. Not fun, but effective.

 

[ergospherical]

Maybe best way of learning anatomy is by injuring different body parts. You can then identify better the role that part plays by feeling the pain when you move in different ways. Not fun, but effective.

One of the most disturbing episodes of TV I’ve ever watched has a story about a doctor who takes up an offer to have installed an implant which allows him to feel a patient’s pain for diagnostic purposes. It goes pretty badly sideways from there. (It’s one of the episodes from season 3 of black mirror.)

 

[WWGD]

One of the most disturbing episodes of TV I’ve ever watched has a story about a doctor who takes up an offer to have installed an implant which allows him to feel a patient’s pain for diagnostic purposes. It goes pretty badly sideways from there. (It’s one of the episodes from season 3 of black mirror.)

Didn't Oliver Sacks do similar things? I knew of this psychiatrist who sampled meds on those grounds.

 

[WWGD]

It is the sheep's first year of life. Happy Birthday to ewe.

 

[martinbn]

Андропов

Suppression of the Hungarian Uprising
Crushing the Prague Spring
Suppression of dissidents
Role in the invasion of Afghanistan
Role in the non-invasion of Poland
I wouldn't say his is the model president.

 

[WWGD]

Four young women go into a bathroom, with mega-purses, come out laughing after 10 minutes. What the #$% was going on in there? Would love to hear the take of a sociologist/anthropologist.

Any other combo would be part of Cinemax after hours; this one is just strange.

 

[WWGD]

Suppression of the Hungarian Uprising
Crushing the Prague Spring
Suppression of dissidents
Role in the invasion of Afghanistan
Role in the non-invasion of Poland
I wouldn't say his is the model president.

I have a Russian friend and I have no idea of what his position is. Tiptoeing around him and ignoring him as long as I can, or at least until/if I see he opposes the invasion.

 

[BillTre]

That's a big pipe fitting!

 

[WWGD]

That's a big pipe fitting!

View attachment 297722

For an airplane?

 

[WWGD]

For an airplane?

I'm just asking. Maybe ' Pipe' fitting literally meant for a pipe, I guess? Or my common sense is failing me?

 

[256bits]

It is a pipe fitting for a pipe.

The pipe is getting married in a few weeks to straight pipe, and needs the 'fitting' to be proper and elegant when the date arrives.

 

[WWGD]

It is a pipe fitting for a pipe.

pipe is getting married in a few weeks to straight pipe, and needs the 'fitting' to be proper and elegant when the date arrives.

Guess I'm not that practical of a person ;).

 

[Oldman too]

Wife and I are working on a theory that Global Warming can be addressed in the short term with Margaritas, so far, so good.

 

[Hamiltonian]

Simply listening to Ed Witten makes me feel considerably smarter!

 

[gmax137]

That's a big pipe fitting!

Don't you love big heavy stuff? Here's a reactor vessel (for Enrico Fermi plant in Trino Italy). Fab shop in Chattanooga Tennessee, 1961. Notice the guys welding for scale. The caps get welded on for the hydro test. Nowadays this would be considered a small vessel.

 

[WWGD]

And know , for the Dnieper, (and for the Ukraine):
Crimea River.

 

[WWGD]

Wonder if average length/width of shoes of a given person is large-enough to have one shoe fit snuggly, while requiring 25 minutes to put the other one on.

 

[fresh_42]

Wonder if average length/width of shoes of a given person is large-enough to have one shoe fit snuggly, while requiring 25 minutes to put the other one on.

If the shoe fits.

 

[BillTre]

Don't forget the guy in Best in Show with two left feet.

 

[WWGD]

Maybe I just need to wear them for a few consecutive days, to break them in.

 

[gmax137]

You will walk in clockwise circles.

 

[WWGD]

Some crazy guy suggested I put the shoe on the microwave " So the leather will expand".

 

[Oldman too]

Hows your DNS working ?

 

[fresh_42]

Hows your DNS working ?

This happens sometimes when the Cache is too full.

 

[WWGD]

This happens sometimes when the Cache is too full.

It helps forgetting the network you're using and flushing out the dns cache . You can do it in the Windows command line:
ipconfig/flushdns

 

[Oldman too]

HI, thanks for the feedback. That's not a "Random" thumbs up by the way.

 

[WWGD]

I was just reading an old review/student evaluation from my days as an adjunct:" Does not follow a Class Plan ".

It reminds me of a Mike Tyson quote:" Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face ". You have a plan, but all sorts of things happen in class that derail it, so you improvise a solution. Seems foolish to follow a plan for the plan's sake.

 

[Oldman too]

I was just reading an old review/student evaluation from my days as an adjunct:" Does not follow a Class Plan ".

It reminds me of a Mike Tyson quote:" Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face ". You have a plan, but all sorts of things happen in class that derail it, so you improvise a solution. Seems foolish to follow a plan for the plan's sake.

Exactly! this works on so many levels.

 

[WWGD]

Ah, the thrill yesterday of putting( forcing) my shoes on. And today, the agony of de feet( yarg!).

 

[ergospherical]

Interviewing for an internship related to computational modelling... they send me a 30 page research paper at 11pm and ask for a report on it by - wait for it - 6pm tomorrow.

 

[berkeman]

Interviewing for an internship related to computational modelling... they send me a 30 page research paper at 11pm and ask for a report on it by - wait for it - 6pm tomorrow.

Sounds like something Google would do in their interviewing process...

 

[WWGD]

I've received Zoon interview requests from morning to the afternoon of the same day.

 

[WWGD]

Wow, first day in ages that I haven't had any caffeine. I remember reading that water treatment plants in many places register a non-trivial presence of caffeine in their reserves. Would be interesting to conduct a poll here in PF on the matter.
It brings up the issue of percentages in daily life.

 

[ergospherical]

Wow, first day in ages that I haven't had any caffeine.

Any withdrawal symptoms?

 

[WWGD]

Any withdrawal symptoms?

Three large naps. Had the day off from work. Nothing else I'm aware of, so far. But will check in with my dealer, the corner deli, tomorrow morning for my hit. One day's enough.
Edit: I bet I would have more symptoms after a few days. Won't try it.

 

[Keith_McClary]

Some utilities are metered like water and electricity. Others, such as sewage, are charged at a flat rate, regardless of consumption. The internet is like a sewer.