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[WWGD]

Mine is far too small.

Mine is not big enough for a single one of his dinners.

 

[Astronuc]

How a Portuguese fishing village tamed a 100ft wave
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20211031-how-a-portuguese-fishing-village-tamed-a-100ft-wave

Nazaré used to be a beach resort that emptied in winter. Now it's the epicentre of big wave surfing due to the skyscraper-sized waves generated by Europe's largest underwater canyon.

Location, location, location

 

[berkeman]

Yeah, jet ski tow-ins (and rescues) are a game changer for big wave surfing. Crazy!

 

[WWGD]

Big thing is now Zuckerberg's " Metaverse". Not sure ywt what it is about.

 

[jedishrfu]

The recent pronouncement from Zuckerberg brought the Chronicles of Riddick to mind and the hero’s fight against the dark forces of the Underverse.

The Chronicles of Ridzuck and his battle with the Metaverse.

 

[WWGD]

Just wish this guy stopped calling me right after going up 5-6 flights of stairs. I was about to block him confusing him with a pervert deep breather.

 

[Tom.G]

How a Portuguese fishing village tamed a 100ft wave
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20211031-how-a-portuguese-fishing-village-tamed-a-100ft-waveLocation, location, location

And that article does a segue to how the Earth was weighed, and to the invention of those Contour Lines on a map.
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20211007-how-a-scottish-mountain-weighed-the-planet

 

[WWGD]

And that article does a segue to how the Earth was weighed, and to the invention of those Contour Lines on a map.
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20211007-how-a-scottish-mountain-weighed-the-planet

Wow, the things one remembers. I remember the weight is
$5.977 \times 10^{24}$ kg.
Goes down a bit when many go on diets ;).
Edit: Not sure why my Latex is not rendering correctly.

 

[WWGD]

If you're not too hungry, just have a half a halvah.

 

[DrGreg]

Edit: Not sure why my Latex is not rendering correctly.

Replace "x" by "\times": $5.977 \times 10^{24} \, \textrm{kg}$

 

[WWGD]

Replace "x" by "\times": $5.977 \times 10^{24} \, \textrm{kg}$

Thanks. I had done that initially but it did not render. Maybe it takes a few seconds?

 

[fresh_42]

Thanks. I had done that initially but it did not render. Maybe it takes a few seconds?

No. It takes a reload of the page.

 

[WWGD]

No. It takes a reload of the page.

Danke. Don't know how to do it from my Android. Will wait to get on my PC.

If your name was Sean, I would say Danke Sean~ Dankeshoen.

 

[fresh_42]

Danke. Don't know how to do it from my Android. Will wait to get on my PC.

If your name was Sean, I would say Danke Sean~ Dankeshoen.

Ouch!

 

[kyphysics]

I've lost my sense of taste (and have some body aches and sniffles - could be the result of sprained neck and just common cold).

*wonders if there are any common "non-COVID" causes to be aware of for taste loss?*

 

[PeroK]

And that article does a segue to how the Earth was weighed, and to the invention of those Contour Lines on a map.
https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20211007-how-a-scottish-mountain-weighed-the-planet

The summit of Schiehallion, March 2010:

 

[fresh_42]

Do we have a TIR (today I recognized/remembered) thread somewhere?

I remembered that I carry a silver dollar in my wallet with me around.

I recognized that Céline Dion sounds like a construction worker. Is that Québec slang? And why is it far less vulgar if she sings french?

 

[WWGD]

Do we have a TIR (today I recognized/remembered) thread somewhere?

I remembered that I carry a silver dollar in my wallet with me around.

I recognized that Céline Dion sounds like a construction worker. Is that Québec slang? And why is it far less vulgar if she sings french?

Maybe Ctrl+F? I can't play Celine because for miles dogs start howling nonstop.

 

[fresh_42]

Maybe Ctrl+F? I can't play Celine because for miles dogs start howling nonstop.

Yeah, normally I prefer soprano over contralto. But I guess that Callas won't be any better considering the dogs.

 

[WWGD]

Yeah, normally I prefer soprano over contralto. But I guess that Callas won't be any better considering the dogs.

I hear dogs were confined as they were being tested for Covid. They were cleared , after which WHO led the dogs out.

 

[kyphysics]

Is there a law of diminishing returns associated with Blu-Ray discs and players vs. DVDs (and players)?

The picture quality is better on Blu-Rays just as the resolution is better on a DVD vs. a VHS tape. Yes, Blu-Rays usually cost more than DVDs (not always), but they are not as widely adopted. And that has a feedback loop into less content being printed on Blu-Rays, which means there is even less reason to buy them vs. DVDs.

But, what's the reason for this? Is it that the marginal improvement in picture quality is not worth the cost?

 

[kyphysics]

Also, why do record stores still exist (even if rare), but not VHS tape stores? People still collect records in the age of CDs and digital copies of music. Why one medium and not others?

 

[WWGD]

I believe there are a few blockbusters stores still open. I think they rent vhs tapes, don't they?

 

[Keith_McClary]

VHS tape

I had to fire up the VHS because someone wanted to watch an ancient tape of a school play. Took me quite a few minutes to remember how get it working.

 

[jedishrfu]

Every new thing introduced to the market goes through a period of being better than everything else and consumers deciding if it’s better enough. The VHS and Betamax wars for dominance bear out how one technology gets adopted over another..

 

[WWGD]

Every new thing introduced to the market goes through a period of being better than everything else and consumers deciding if it’s better enough. The VHS and Betamax wars for dominance bear out how one technology gets adopted over another..

Isn't that what they call the product life cycle?

 

[ergospherical]

There's something rather therapeutic about watching people wrecking their bakes...

 

[jedishrfu]

@ergospherical Sadly your video playback has been blocked in the US based on copyright grounds.

 

[PeroK]

@ergospherical Sadly your video playback has been blocked in the US based on copyright grounds.

If you're disappointed to miss The Great British Bake Off, then the TV schedules in the US must be worse than I imagined.

 

[jedishrfu]

Its not the TV schedules, it was someone posted it on youtube which blocked it on copyright grounds.

Now that know the name, I guess I can find the video or something similar from the official youtube channel.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+great+british+bake+off