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The discussion revolves around frustrations with current documentary programming, particularly criticizing the History Channel's focus on sensational topics like time travel conspiracies instead of real historical content. Participants express disappointment over National Geographic's sale to Fox, fearing a decline in quality programming. The conversation shifts to lighter topics, including humorous anecdotes about everyday life, such as a malfunctioning kitchen fan discovered to be blocked by installation instructions. There are also discussions about the challenges of understanding various dialects in Belgium, the complexities of language, and personal experiences with weather and housing in California. Members share their thoughts on food, including a peculiar dish of zucchini pancakes served with strawberry yogurt, and delve into mathematical concepts related to sandwich cutting and the properties of numbers. The thread captures a blend of serious commentary and lighthearted banter, reflecting a diverse range of interests and perspectives among participants.
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Awkward Halloween exchange:

"Ha-ha, great costume, man"

"What costume?"

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Sometimes it's quite easy to see who payed attention at school and who did not. Many people get pale if they look out an airplane window in heavy weather and see how the wings move. I'll become pale if they don't.
 
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It's election day in the U.S.

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I was walking to the train this morning and got overtaken by a guy hurrying for (I guess) the one before mine. As he rounded the corner of a pub he was briefly illuminated by what turned out to be the hazard lights of a delivery truck. It didn't change much about his dark-coloured coat but his shiny shoes did reflect quite well, and flickered as he was hurrying along. Just for a second it looked like his feet had caught fire. The lack of screaming convinced me I was wrong, but it wasn't until I'd turned the corner myself and seen the truck that I worked out what I had really seen.
 
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Just testing how many nested spoiler tags I can post. So, PF can handle at least 10.
Sorry for wasting your time. :smile:
 
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DennisN said:
Just testing how many nested spoiler tags I can post. So, PF can handle at least 10.
Sorry for wasting your time. :smile:
I just hit reply and read the message source. :wink:
 
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At the Vietnamese noodle shop: all Westerners eating with chopsticks, all Asians eating with fork and knife. Me being the exception.
 
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Every time I watch The Martian, I have a craving for potatoes. :oldtongue:
 
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Yesterdays new potatoes, cold with the skins on, are fantastic.
 
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It seems to me we don't get many homework questions here on optics.
 
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CWatters said:
It seems to me we don't get many homework questions here on optics.
That's because schoolchildren shouldn't be drinking spirits.
 
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https://www.physicsforums.com/insights/about-physics-forums/ said:
Big things are planned for winter 2018…
Winter is near @Greg Bernhardt.
 
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No, not the female egg (An Ova), ANOVA! I cannot use an ova to test the hypothesis.
 
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WWGD said:
No, not the female egg (An Ova), ANOVA! I cannot use an ova to test the hypothesis.
I thought un oeuf is enough.
 
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DrGreg said:
I thought un oeuf is enough.
Listen vairy carefully! I shall test zis 'ypothesis only once.
 
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DrGreg said:
I thought un oeuf is enough.
Ova and out.
 
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I wonder if kids use us for their excuses at school.

Teacher: Floyd, don't fall asleep!
Floyd: I'm sorry, I had a physics tutorial yesterday.
Teacher: So what?
Floyd: But he sits in Canberra!
 
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Why does the text at the top of the screen move when I put away my virtual keyboard? It looks like a glitch but it always ends up fixing itself almost instantly
 
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Will have it done ipso fatso. Or did I hear it wrong?
 
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I am not always 100% in agreement with market fundamentalists. Same service ---shredding docs --- for $4 a pound in 1 place
and for $.99 a pound right across the street. And both places have been in business for more than 10 years.
 
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Why have sub-atomic particles arranged themselves into lifeforms?

Yeah, I'm drunk posting. Do I get a cookie?
 
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skyshrimp said:
Why have sub-atomic particles arranged themselves into lifeforms?
There's a lot of alcohol in nebulae. Somebody has to do something about it. We're the universe's liver, basically[1].

https://m.phys.org/news/2014-09-alcohol-clouds-space.html
skyshrimp said:
Yeah, I'm drunk posting. Do I get a cookie?
No. You're just fulfilling your duty to the universe.

[1] Credit to... someone. Iain M Banks, maybe?
 
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I can't stand the recent trend of blasting sound from all sorts of devices in public...without using #$%^ headphones.
 
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WWGD said:
I can't stand the recent trend of blasting sound from all sorts of devices in public...without using #$%^ headphones.
Practice this:

 
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fresh_42 said:
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Maybe it was a large order? I’m kind of grasping at straws to explain that one
 
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Which letter is silent in the word scent the s or the c
 
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Stephenk53 said:
Maybe it was a large order? I’m kind of grasping at straws to explain that one
My suspicions is a typo. Maybe the 7 is a leftover from a former "Oct. 17".
 
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Stephenk53 said:
Which letter is silent in the word scent the s or the c
I don't know which, but I know how to find out!
 
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Stephenk53 said:
Which letter is silent in the word scent the s or the c
The opposite to the one in "science".
 
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fresh_42 said:
I don't know which, but I know how to find out!
I'm curious - how do you find out?

If postage rates were lower I could say I sent a scent for a cent. I don't know if that helps.
 
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Ibix said:
I'm curious - how do you find out?

If postage rates were lower I could say I sent a scent for a cent. I don't know if that helps.
It helps a lot: tape all three, overlap them electronically, one positive the other one negative, and then look what's left. However, I have a suspicion, that it will only display another flaw in the English language :wink:
 
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Haribo sugarless gummies anyone:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/R2M3RSLRNQ/?tag=pfamazon01-20

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Continued:
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..And I thought a Monte Carlo simulation was just a place pretending to be Monte Carlo...
 
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Still trying to understand eigenfaces .
 
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WWGD said:
Still trying to understand eigenfaces .
They are called self-portrait.
 
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Danke. I get that. I am trying to see how/why the Ortho projection on to eigenfacess becomes itselfc face
 
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For @collinsmark here is my dog Chopin knowing that something terrible is about to happen, I was going to clip a few of his claws. That is my bony hand on him.

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He survived the clipping
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"Advertise Here".
I don't think here needs advertising. Where else are you going to be if not here?
 
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A propos advertisement. My mother used to get rid of unpleasant advertisers by the phrase: "I'll first have to ask my husband, who is currently not here." I think I'll test this.
 
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No, he is just in a different here.
 
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WWGD said:
No, he is just in a different here.
I don't think it will work, if I answer: "... he is currently out of this universe's phase." How are the odds such an advertisers will be a nerd?
 
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Here in the UK its hard to get a mortgage on a leasehold property if the remaining lease has less than 70 years to run.

In 70 years some costal towns could be under water due to rising sea levels. In effect freehold properties in these towns are really leasehold, with Poseidon holding the lease.

So any day now banks might wake up to this inconsistency in their lending policies and stop lending on at risk properties.
 
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CWatters said:
Here in the UK its hard to get a mortgage on a leasehold property if the remaining lease has less than 70 years to run.

In 70 years some costal towns could be under water due to rising sea levels. In effect freehold properties in these towns are really leasehold, with Poseidon holding the lease.

So any day now banks might wake up to this inconsistency in their lending policies and stop lending on at risk properties.
You mean it's time to get some futures?
 
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fresh_42 said:
You mean it's time to get some futures?
Yes, the ones with the pictures of the polar bears surfing on top of melting glaciers.
 

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