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[WWGD]

Kortchnoi once told that he loses IIRC up to 5 kg of weight in a match. And using the most energy-consuming organ we have is certainly a justification, too.

Could be. I just never thought of it that way. I wonder why they don't allow snacks in matches, given the high use of energy, to replenish it. Edit: But it seems like a good idea for a diet. 2 weeks of intensive Chess and no carbs. Or at least eat them before 11 , when breakfast closes down ;).

 

[fresh_42]

Isn't walking on grass for hours in ugly trousers considered a sport, too?

 

[WWGD]

Isn't walking on grass for hours in ugly trousers considered a sport, too?

But you make use of muscles and break down glucose, expend energy, etc. Edit: I did not get the initial reference to golf; now it's clear.

 

[WWGD]

People like Euler make us all look bad. He reached important Mathematical results, after becoming blind and while being the father of some 6 children.

 

[WWGD]

People like Euler make us all look bad. He reached important Mathematical results, after becoming blind and while being the father of some 6 children.

At least he had a football team named after him, though. The Houston Eulers.

 

[WWGD]

Wonder how this Soviet/Russian Chess stars end up with Anglo names, like Ian ( Nepo) or Garry ( Kasp). Whatever happened to Ivan, Sergei, etc? Edit: I'm aware of older ones like Spassky and Korchnoi; maybe it's a new trend?

 

[Keith_McClary]

Garry ( Kasp)

Born Garik Kimovich Weinstein (Гарик Ки́мович Вайнштейн), took his mother's Armenian surname Gasparian.

 

[WWGD]

Born Garik Kimovich Weinstein (Гарик Ки́мович Вайнштейн), took his mother's Armenian surname Gasparian.

Thanks. A thousand more equivalences between Russian and English and I will finally figure out how to match Russian letters with English sounds. As of know, only the Ks match.

 

[WWGD]

I guess " Baby, what's the square root of one minus your cosine squared" would feel contrived.

 

[collinsmark]

I guess " Baby, what's the square root of one minus your cosine squared" would feel contrived.

Yeah, the only thing that would convey is the first sine of madness.

 

[WWGD]

You see how wasteful standard showering is when you see pics of Indian villagers showering using a small ( around .5 litter) bottle of water. Now multiply the difference between that and easily 10 I a Westerner uses , then by 365 , then by 80 , and the difference really adds up.

 

[Astronuc]

I just reviewed a publication entitled "Nickel and Its Alloys", NBS Monograph 106, May 1968. One reference is from 1805, and the next reference is from 1597. I had to do a double-take, since I thought it might be a typo, but sure enough the reference exists. Talk about historical background. It has to be the earliest metallurgical reference in a manuscript that I've encountered.

Andreas Libavius, "De Natura Metallorum," Frankfurt 1597, printed by Johannes Saur for Peter Kopf, 1597
https://collections.folger.edu/deta...ium-fide/bf43d050-f8d1-418e-91dd-1b90ab2cd6d4

https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/22464/lot/33/?category=listIn searching with the title, I found "Fundamental Concepts of Early Modern Chemistryin the Context of the Operational and Experimental Practice"
http://ftp.mpdl.mpg.de/mpiwg-berlin/data/datastreams-single/escidoc_644394+content+content.0

According to Agricola the cause of the "obscurity", the "oblivion" and the "darkness" which led science and technology to the "ruin" of the middle age was twofold. First of all facts began to be neglected and ignored. Secondly, the meanings of the Greek and Latin terms used by classical authors were misinterpreted or replaced with barbarian terms.

 

[WWGD]

Crisis:
Oatmeal coming out too watery. Solution: boil oatmeal together with water.

 

[Borg]

<minor_rant>
Build a code example for someone and days later they ask for updates but they've made a bunch of unnecessary changes like hardcoding previously dynamic variables, adding code that references files they haven't given you, and changing variable names into spanish. ay caramba...
</minor_rant>

 

[WWGD]

My own pseudo-periodic rant:
Until auto-(in)correct stops writing " Lawrence" instead of " Surely" and stops randomly capitalizing words mid-sentence, we can sleep safe knowing that A.I/Machines will not be enslaving Tuscany time soon.

 

[WWGD]

I find Queen's " We are the Champions" a bit confusing. It starts with the first person singular " I paid my dues...I've done my sentence...and bad mistakes, I've made a few...
And then the chorus switches into the plural , with " We are the Champions.."

Where did the switch take place?

 

[BillTre]

It's an individual taking part in a team event.

 

[fresh_42]

Where did the switch take place?

Impossible to say now. It took place in that stadion on this globe where it was first used to manipulate the masses.

 

[Rive]

...when you want 10m of a special cable 'measured in feet' and so set 32 pieces in the form...

...when you get 32 pieces of cable, feet long each ...

 

[WWGD]

Impossible to say now. It took place in that stadion on this globe where it was first used to manipulate the masses.

Maybe. I'm willing to give plenty of license for cool songs , and this one definitely qualifies.

 

[WWGD]

There are ads for Beatles-based movie " Get Back". Sounds interesting.

 

[Ibix]

I think it's a mini series on Netflix. Some colleagues seem to have really enjoyed it, but I haven't seen it.

 

[WWGD]

I think it's a mini series on Netflix. Some colleagues seem to have really enjoyed it, but I haven't seen it.

Thanks. I'll ' get back' to you if I see it.

 

[fresh_42]

Thanks. I'll ' get back' to you if I see it.

What the heck will you be doing in Tucson?

 

[WWGD]

What the heck will you be doing in Tucson?

Meeting JoJo in his home and buying some California grass. We will meet because , unlike he thinks, he's really not a loner.

Thanks for the softball ;).

 

[WWGD]

Kind of confusing dealing with terms with similar related meanings: Tarts, Tortes, Cakes, Pies. Lamb, Sheep, Ewe, Goat, Ram.

 

[WWGD]

Going over training videos makes me miss the old days of books.

 

[fresh_42]

Going over training videos makes me miss the old days of books.

Spoiler: Which old days?

 

[WWGD]

Spoiler: Which old days?

Last week, actually. I just remember . Embarrased.

Tensor Flow, not aerobics. Can't see how to do aerobics while watching a video. I have a PC, not a TV.

 

[fresh_42]

I have a PC, not a TV.

There are tv cards for PCs. All you need is an antenna and a free slot.