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[BillTre]

He needs a bigger pocket!

 

[DrGreg]

this campus has an affinity for people carrying their MacBooks tucked in the back of their pants I'm genuinely confused

So Siri can hear them more clearly?

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

What’s worst is that this isn’t the first I’ve seen

 

[Rive]

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I'm sure it's just a preventive measure against an unexpected mason cleavage (if you don't know what that is, don't ask)

 

[WWGD]

I hope they remember where it is before sitting. Maybe we can challenge the guy in the pic to fit the entire podium just to his right in his pants.

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

here's to hoping he's a member of pf so he can explain himself . a mentor perhaps

 

[WWGD]

here's to hoping he's a member of pf so he can explain himself . a mentor perhaps

He's likely pretty profusely quirky.

 

[WWGD]

here's to hoping he's a member of pf so he can explain himself . a mentor perhaps

But, yes, it'd be interesting to be in a coffee shop and see someone logged on to PF.

 

[fresh_42]

Quantum mechanics is the branch of physics where mathematical solutions have been given names.

 

[WWGD]

I thought it was just a strange dream until I read again , here in PF, on people wanting to use human milk to make jewelry.

 

[Haborix]

I prefer to only discuss deadlines with Europeans when they occur on or after the 13th day of the month.

 

[fresh_42]

I have read dozens of times people mocking that man in math schoolbooks who buys 57 water melons, but never seen anybody be surprised by things like that:

 

[Ibix]

Is that a typo, or is that what you're actually supposed to prove?

I have to say I've never seen the 57 melons thing in the wild. Although somebody on here (I think - my search is failing me) did ask a question about a 1.5g diamond falling out of a ring in the swimming pool, which posters noted was worth in the hundreds of thousands, if not millions.

 

[fresh_42]

Is that a typo, or is that what you're actually supposed to prove?

No, typo. Screenshot from SE.

I have to say I've never seen the 57 melons thing in the wild.

Or similar strange exercises. E.g., "Three men are digging a hole in three days. How long do six men need?" As if they were faster!

 

[Ibix]

Slightly related, a topic that always puzzles me is how difficult people find simple order of operations problems. If I say I have three 10p coins and four 20p coins everybody will agree I have £1.10, give or take arithmetic slips. As soon as I write 3 × 10 + 4 × 20 a sizeable minority will start moaning how they can't understand why the answer isn't £6.80.

 

[ProfuselyQuarky]

iOS 17 is so trash I hate it

 

[BillTre]

iOS 17 is so trash I hate it

So, don't use it!

 

[pinball1970]

One of the first American guys I met in Manchester was in 1990. A funny smart as hell lad. Lovely guy. From NY but I think he wanted to eventually live in Tel Aviv. I thought of him this week.

 

[WWGD]

Why do they send me a document to sign assuming I have a digital pen? My pc doesn't have one!!

 

[fresh_42]

It took exactly one month between the assassination and the Austrian declaration of war in 1914. Just saying.

 

[Borg]

I retired from my company and started working for another company. My old company has been giving my contact info to various companies like life and health insurance companies. Fortunately, I don't need either but the plans that they're offering are an insult. For example, the health insurance plan that they offered is twice what it would cost me if I purchased it directly from the health insurance company. I found out quite some time ago that they were charging employees based on their salary. I guess that extends into retirement as well.

I have seen similar things in health insurance before. One time when I was picking up a prescription, the price seemed pretty high even though I had insurance. I decided to ask the pharmacist how much it was without insurance and it was actually cheaper. Buyer beware.

 

[gmax137]

I found out quite some time ago that they were charging employees based on their salary.

That's how it was where I worked. Each option (single, married, with kids) was a certain percent of monthly base pay. It really didn't bother me that I was paying more in dollars than some others.

 

[fresh_42]

That was close in Paris.

 

[WWGD]

So now examples in Wiki pages are abstract, sort of the same as the body, only are called examples.

 

[gmax137]

Post 11,025 in the aptly named Random Thoughts thread.

 

[WWGD]

Post 11,025 in the aptly named Random Thoughts thread.

Though, arguably non-random, $11025=105^2$

 

[Borg]

That's how it was where I worked. Each option (single, married, with kids) was a certain percent of monthly base pay. It really didn't bother me that I was paying more in dollars than some others.

Paying more is one thing. Paying twice what it costs to get it directly from the insurance company itself is just plain theft.

 

[gmax137]

Twice the price does seem unreasonable. I think US health insurance rates are as non-intuitive as airline fares. Maybe the employee demographics are skewing the company rates?

If you are eligible for Medicare you should look into the plans available in your location.

 

[Borg]

I'm covered under my wife's insurance for a reasonable amount which is why I don't need coverage from my previous employer. I'll eventually be required to sign up for Medicare but not yet. I'm sure that will be loads of fun to navigate, when the time comes.

 

[gmax137]

I'm sure that will be loads of fun to navigate

When the time comes (about 64 1/2) find a local broker, they charge the providers so it's free to you. When I did this, I got a clear explanation of everything I needed to know in about an hour. The brokers spend all their time explaining the ins and outs, so they're very good at it. At least that's my anecdote, lol.

 

[WWGD]

Why are so many recently leaving me 8-second-or-less voice messages in WhatsApp? Wouldn't that take fewer than 6 words or so?

 

[Tom.G]

Talking is less time-consuming that typing -- and more natural.

 

[WWGD]

Talking is less time-consuming that typing -- and more natural.

For the one sending the message; kind of awkward for the recipient, often.
Edit: For messages that are 8 seconds or less?

 

[Borg]

Got the Covid booster yesterday. So tired today...

 

[WWGD]

Confusing motto: " 90% of startups fail. We can improve that". You mean, like having 100% of startups fail?

 

[gmax137]

"We're not happy until you're not happy!"

 

[WWGD]

"We're not happy until you're not happy!"

My memory's still fresh on the " Ship your pants" ad. Maybe it was intentional.

 

[Ibix]

Got the Covid booster yesterday. So tired today...

Hope you're feeling better.

I had my first jab at 9.30am and worked from home. My last meeting ended at 2.45 and I was fine apart from a sore arm. When my wife came to say she was off on the school run at 3.15 she found I had literally fallen asleep in front of my computer. Then I was good for nothing for 24 hours, then fine again.

 

[berkeman]

she found I had literally fallen asleep in front of my computer. Then I was good for nothing

That's not very nice of her to call you names like that...

 

[WWGD]

Fundamental Theorem of IT: At most 3 weeks after you do away with an old cable, device, you will needed again, and won't be able to find a viable replacement.
Now, let me see how I can transfer from that external Seagate drive....

 

[Ibix]

That's not very nice of her to call you names like that...

 

[Borg]

I'm thinking that sometime in the next 10 years an AI would make a good third-party political candidate. They would need a catchy party name like Progressive Artificial Intelligence Neurons (the PAIN Party). They're slogan could be No PAIN, No gain.

 

[WWGD]

What are the odds? After true guy finished making my sub, about to give it to me, the radio was playing " There goes my hero" ( Foo Fighters).

 

[fresh_42]

As a neutral viewer I have to say: "I feel sorry for you, folks, that was damn close." But without a single try?

 

[kyphysics]

You couldn't pay me $1M a day to work in crawl spaces.

I believe there should be a Federal law outlawing crawl spaces and mandating only slabs.

 

[jack action]

You couldn't pay me $1M a day to work in crawl spaces.

I knew an electrician who had to do work in a home with a crawl space where a lady lived with a lot of cats. The cats have been basically using the crawl space as their litter box for years. He said that when he opened the crawl space the odor was so strong that he backed out and called his boss saying "Not going in there!" and he never did.

 

[gmax137]

You couldn't pay me $1M a day to work in crawl spaces.

Really? For $1M/day, I'm sure I could stand it for a week or two

 

[kyphysics]

Really? For $1M/day, I'm sure I could stand it for a week or two

It depends. If they could advance me $50,000, so I could buy a completely sealed hazmat suit with which to go under the crawl and then rent a hotel where I could "wash up" at . . .maybe buy a separate car to drive to work and then immediately donate/junk it.........This would prevent me getting that mold and fungus on my body and taking it back home with me or into my own car.

Then, I could keep the remaining $950,000 as profit (some going to mental health doctors for the trauma I would have experienced) after that day's work. I wouldn't do it for more than ONE day. Just give me $1M and I'm done.

 

[kyphysics]

I knew an electrician who had to do work in a home with a crawl space where a lady lived with a lot of cats. The cats have been basically using the crawl space as their litter box for years. He said that when he opened the crawl space the odor was so strong that he backed out and called his boss saying "Not going in there!" and he never did.

Cat pee and poop could cause rot too. Just nasty......nasty, nasty stuff.

Some things I cannot believe are Michael Church (the guy in that video) using NO face masking/head gear or suit and just going into the NASTY NASTY NASTY crawl space with his own clothes and putting his face an inch away from those MOLDY (all different colors), DRIPPING WET wood beams and talking and breathing it all in. He's married too. I'd hate to live with him. Laundry must be interesting.

And, secondly, the exterior of that house with the crazy condensation is quite nice. You'd NEVER KNOW it was so nasty until someone showed you what's below.

MY GOD that crawl space gives me nightmares and might cure my diabetes, as I've lost all appetite for food. My endocrinologist will be wondering how I did it and I'll have to show her this video!

 

[berkeman]

If they could advance me $50,000, so I could buy a completely sealed hazmat suit with which to go under the crawl

You're going to have an issue squirming in that crawl space in a Level-A Hazmat suit...

https://hazwoper-osha.com/blog-post/hazmat-suits-levels-of-protection