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[Jarvis323]

I had a strange dream last night: I got a job in a building where nobody knew what they were supposed to be doing but would get random meaningless tasks assigned to them by random people at random times from the floor above. The pay was based on which floor you worked on. 10's of thousands -> 100's -> 200's ... Even though the floor above you was somehow in charge of determining your tasks, they also didn't know what the purpose was, and the tasks they delegated to you were based on tasks delegated to them similarly from above. I guessed in the dream that the top floor was occupied by an artificial intelligence, and that the whole enterprise, as well as each individual task, was purposeless, except as a sort of shell company and convoluted way to allow the AI to secretly operate financially.

 

[BillTre]

Sounds like the awareness of a molecule in a much larger organism.
No one at lower levels would have any awareness of what they are doing on a larger scale.

 

[WWGD]

Read a really good explanation about the benefits of basic meditation, just plain deep breathing. Then completely forgot it some 15 minutes later.

 

[Borg]

It's looking like I will be taking on the task of removing my kitchen cabinets and installing new ones by myself this spring. I've never done it before but I did install wood floors throughout the house. It seems pretty straightforward but the first time is always a learning experience.

 

[WWGD]

Yet again, the racket of " prices starting from". Yes, Im really interested in the lowest price, but not the highest one.

 

[WWGD]

I met this guy who burnt me, but the burn was good. A few years back, I told him he should allow me to be arrogant because I had found a job after searching for a few months. He said: You must have found a job Edit: every time I run into you. Ouch! But funny.

 

[pinball1970]

I met this guy who burnt me, but the burn was good. A few years back, I told him he should allow me to be arrogant because I had found a job after searching for a few months. He said: You must have found a job everything I run into you. Ouch! But funny.

Is that, every time rather than 'everything?'

 

[WWGD]

Is that, every time rather than 'everything?'

My bad. Now you have material to burn me. ;).

 

[dlgoff]

I just got a pneumonia and flu shot; one in each arm.

 

[WWGD]

My friend told me his son, 13, I think, is interested in Math, and asked me to give him a problem to solve. The one I gave him, whether there are infinitely-many primes in the standard Fibbonacci sequence, has been open for years now.Oops!

 

[WWGD]

So Google sends a warning email telling me my drive is too full at 14GB out of 15 allowed. I've erased around 1.8GB and the total stored still appears at 14GB. And it's a mess. All stored as .xml. May have to try xpath.

 

[BillTre]

 

[WWGD]

I ran into a former gf. I remember part of the reason for the break up: she liked to light candles. I always worried about the place catching on fire. Maybe a middle of the road with flashlights?

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I ran into a former gf. I remember part of the reason for the break up: she liked to light candles. I always worried about the place catching on fire. Maybe a middle of the road with flashlights?

I am a confirmed [divorced] bachelor and date a lot. One almost universal truth is that women love candles. So, I have about 10 in the living room and 20 in the bedroom. LOL! Also, I find that most women enjoy the ritual of lightning them all.

My candle budget is significant!!! Those suckers are expensive.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Ten years ago, I started working out again. Eight years ago, I was in fantastic physical condition. But slowly I started putting on a few pounds here and there. About five years ago I started falling away from my routines [both diet and exercise]. Then I had a major health crisis that set me back big time. In fact, I almost died. When Covid hit I tried to work out with a mask on, but that was impossible. And Grub Hub has been a disaster! LOL!!!

But I'm back on my program now and kicking butt! I'm back on keto, doing HIIT on the elliptical, weightlifting, and swimming; shedding the extra weight like crazy. I'm fit and tight and feel like a million bucks! There are days when I truly feel like I'm 25 again. HIIT is amazingly effective! It can change your life!

 

[BillTre]

 

[WWGD]

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Another good point, is there is only one valid explanation( up to rewriting) and millions of wrong ones. So you're by default much more likely to be wrong than right.

 

[BillTre]

Another good point, is there is only one valid explanation( up to rewriting) and millions of wrong ones. So you're by default much more likely to be wrong than right.

Sounds like the thermodynamics of wrong.

 

[Rive]

Warm winter => some wild mushrooms from autumn 'happens' even in the middle of winter.
The problem is, that the one from autumn is seriously poisonous. And the one from winter (which is edible and a rare, nice find) looks quite the same
Even their habitat has similarities.

Galerina Marginata vs Flammulina Velutipes
The 'black foot' may be there, with some other signs but - just not good enough against the amatoxins of the other one
One more species off the list

 

[WWGD]

New chocolate from Tanzania: The Zanzibar candy bar.

 

[Borg]

I read today that when the Nepal air crash occurred, one of the passengers was live-streaming on Facebook at the time.

 

[berkeman]

I read today that when the Nepal air crash occurred, one of the passengers was live-streaming on Facebook at the time.

Yeah, I think it was posted on the CNN website. I haven't watched it yet, and may decide not to. An aviation expert said that the video helped to confirm that the plane was turning too sharply and got into a nose-up stall too low to the ground to recover...

 

[Borg]

That's where I read it as well. I just didn't want to post a link to such a sad thing.

 

[WWGD]

Ok, consensus is in:
Shouting : " My wallet!, My wallet!" , as a jogger passes by you, is "not cool, not acceptable"

 

[Ivan Seeking]

I had a strange dream last night: I got a job in a building where nobody knew what they were supposed to be doing but would get random meaningless tasks assigned to them by random people at random times from the floor above. The pay was based on which floor you worked on. 10's of thousands -> 100's -> 200's ... Even though the floor above you was somehow in charge of determining your tasks, they also didn't know what the purpose was, and the tasks they delegated to you were based on tasks delegated to them similarly from above. I guessed in the dream that the top floor was occupied by an artificial intelligence, and that the whole enterprise, as well as each individual task, was purposeless, except as a sort of shell company and convoluted way to allow the AI to secretly operate financially.

You dreamed that you have a government job.

 

[Ivan Seeking]

Ten years ago, I started working out again. Eight years ago, I was in fantastic physical condition. But slowly I started putting on a few pounds here and there. About five years ago I started falling away from my routines [both diet and exercise]. Then I had a major health crisis that set me back big time. In fact, I almost died. When Covid hit I tried to work out with a mask on, but that was impossible. And Grub Hub has been a disaster! LOL!!!

But I'm back on my program now and kicking butt! I'm back on keto, doing HIIT on the elliptical, weightlifting, and swimming; shedding the extra weight like crazy. I'm fit and tight and feel like a million bucks! There are days when I truly feel like I'm 25 again. HIIT is amazingly effective! It can change your life!

I keep running into a couple of fit, relatively young guys at the gym, lifting weights. I would guess they are mid twenties or so. One seems to be knowledgeable as a trainer but they both work out. And I've noticed that in spite of my 35 year or so age disadvantage, I seem to lift as much or more than they do. And I do about twice as many sets as they do in the same amount of time. We talk but I've of course never said anything about performance levels.

But last night, without provocation, they explained to me why this is happening - I have "old man strength"! Yes, apparently as we age, we naturally get stronger than young men in their prime. And all this time I thought it took lots of hard work to get in shape! Heck, by the time I reach 100 I'll be superman!

 

[Jarvis323]

You dreamed that you have a government job.

Well, would you rather have a job where you knew what you were supposed to be doing and why, but the answers were mundane, or a job where nothing makes sense but you can speculate about the possible meaning behind it?

I guess maybe it depends on what kind of speculation the evidence leads you to and how optimistic you are.

Maybe sometimes, as Creed from The Office once said, "You have more fun as a follower but you make more money as a leader."

 

[WWGD]

I keep running into a couple of fit, relatively young guys at the gym, lifting weights. I would guess they are mid twenties or so. One seems to be knowledgeable as a trainer but they both work out. And I've noticed that in spite of my 35 year or so age disadvantage, I seem to lift as much or more than they do. And I do about twice as many sets as they do in the same amount of time. We talk but I've of course never said anything about performance levels.

But last night, without provocation, they explained to me why this is happening - I have "old man strength"! Yes, apparently as we age, we naturally get stronger than young men in their prime. And all this time I thought it took lots of hard work to get in shape! Heck, by the time I reach 100 I'll be superman!

I was at my best shape as a one-year old. People would tell me: " You look like you're zero!"

 

[Astronuc]

Theranos blew up! Former CEO Elizabeth Holmes on trial for fraud.

https://news.yahoo.com/leaked-private-notes-elizabeth-holmes-220753173.html

Various media outlets report, "Elizabeth Holmes tried to ‘flee’ US with one-way Mexico ticket" according to prosecutors

 

[WWGD]

Various media outlets report, "Elizabeth Holmes tried to ‘flee’ US with one-way Mexico ticket" according to prosecutors

Ticket? Makes her look sheltered. I believe she was in California. How about renting a car and heading down the border?