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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criticizing the History Channel's focus on sensational topics like time travel conspiracies instead of real historical content.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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A tv ad gave me a good idea. They spoke about vegan chicken. I think I will join: vegan chicken and vegan cattle. But I don't think I will bother what the pigs ate.
 
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fresh_42 said:
They spoke about vegan chicken.
I didn't think chickens ate meat, eggs or cheese anyway.
 
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Ibix said:
I didn't think chickens ate meat, eggs or cheese anyway.
It was probably a meat substitute product. But I found it funny, since chickens are vegan anyway.
 
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Me, I eat just the best: Gluten-free chicken.
 
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WWGD said:
Me, I eat just the best: Gluten-free chicken.
The whole epidemic started when they started to sell beer without alcohol. And I don't mean root beer.
 
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Chickens are omnivores. They will eat worms and bugs and whatever they can catch. Its a big bonus for them if they are free range.
Even cattle if they only ate grass could easily ingest some bugs in the grass by accident.
Digesting bugs would be easier than digesting grass.
 
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“Americans will do anything not to use the metric system”

https://www.accuweather.com/en/space-news/potentially-hazardous-asteroid-7335-near-earth-may-27/1190523
Asteroid the size of 350 giraffes to fly past Earth this week

The UK should know better.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/science...size-giraffe-strikes-Earth-coast-Iceland.html
Asteroid half the size of a giraffe strikes Earth off the coast of Iceland – just two HOURS after it was discovered by astronomers
 
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Simple Ways to Get Carpenter Bees to Stop Remodeling Your Home, None of the tips involve extermination
https://www.popsci.com/diy/get-rid-of-carpenter-bees/

It's some I have to deal with at home. We have a deck with wood framing, and carpenter bees have found a home. I'll end up sealing the wood.
 
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Was experimenting with numerically inverting functions in mathematica and decided to use it to plot the heat capacity of a free bose gas:

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Isn't it kind of odd how the heat capacity exceeds the classical value of 3/2 around the phase transition?
 
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What is it with these freaks hanging out by the bathroom, who are not waiting? I waited for 30 minutes the other day thinking they were in line.
 
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WWGD said:
What is it with these freaks hanging out by the bathroom, who are not waiting? I waited for 30 minutes the other day thinking they were in line.
That's one of my weaknesses, too, making false assumptions from what appears to be obvious. A day before, however, I asked and have been asked whether we queue for the same service or not.
 
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fresh_42 said:
That's one of my weaknesses, too, making false assumptions from what appears to be obvious. A day before, however, I asked and have been asked whether we queue for the same service or not.
Yes, it's reasonable to just ask. I guess I was just being lazy.
 
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fresh_42 said:
That's one of my weaknesses, too, making false assumptions from what appears to be obvious. A day before, however, I asked and have been asked whether we queue for the same service or not.
Just curious what you, others here think about coffee-shop reading or studying, vs libraries, quieter environments.
 
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WWGD said:
Pretty amazing you remembered a post you made 4 years back.
'Aljechin' is a thankful search key and I remembered the anecdote.
 
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Preparing for my exam in theoretical spectroscopy and quantum mechanics, I regret that I didnt choose to just lay bricks.
 
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I have a quantum exam later as well and I’ve watched none of the lectures. Going to be one unpleasant f*cking I think.
 
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BillTre said:
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(HO)2

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ergospherical said:
I have a quantum exam later as well and I’ve watched none of the lectures. Going to be one unpleasant f*cking I think.
Why don't you entangle yourself to an A+ before the test?
 
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Apparently still an open question if there are infinitely many Fibonnaci primes.
 
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WWGD said:
Apparently still an open question if there are infinitely many Fibonnaci primes.
I think 95% of number theory takes place in the chapter: "Sum Seeks Divisor Or Its Absence!"
 
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DrGreg said:
(HO)2

Ho2
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F U N2 Y, O Ne
 
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fresh_42 said:
I think 95% of number theory takes place in the chapter: "Sum Seeks Divisor Or Its Absence!"
Could make it more interesting. Are there infi Itely many primes for any choices $$a_0, a_1$$; one of them odd?
 
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Who sings "Sweet Escape"?
Gwen.*
Gwen? Gwenever she sings.

Edit: Annoying in that it's a song that I "Almost Really Like", but not quite. Missed it by a micrometer.

*Gwen Stefani.
 
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100 years ago today, the Lincoln Monument was dedicated in Washington, DC.
I did not realize it took so long for it to get built.
National Geographic article here.

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Lincoln's historical involvement in great historical changes has made it a natural as an important political venue.
 
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The duality of man: taking water into an exam in a vodka bottle vs taking vodka into an exam in a water bottle.
 
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ergospherical said:
The duality of man: taking water into an exam in a vodka bottle vs taking vodka into an exam in a water bottle.
Typical physicist. Always mess around with water and co-water.
 
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fresh_42 said:
Typical physicist. Always mess around with water and co-water.
That's categorically true.
 
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Oldman too said:
Are you familiar with chronic sleep deprivation and the lack of deep sleep?
@WWGD has some very good points.
I guess i am now, since i have messed up the calculation of christoffel symbols at the test XD
Well, that happens.
 
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LCSphysicist said:
I guess i am now, since i have messed up the calculation of christoffel symbols at the test XD
Well, that happens.
A trick that has worked for me: throw a couple bags of chamomile and a bit of baking soda into a glass of water at room temperature . Poor the glass contents into a towel and place your feet on the towel. Do the same with your lower back.
 
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QM is a great example of why the botched interpretation of Occam's razor is categorically invalid.
The simplest explanation clearly isn't the correct one in the case of all advanced physics.
 
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Mayhem said:
QM is a great example of why the botched interpretation of Occam's razor is categorically invalid.
The simplest explanation clearly isn't the correct one in the case of all advanced physics.
Doesn't OR state to first dismiss elaborate explanations in favor of pithy ones, rather than outright dismissing the simpler ones?
 
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WWGD said:
Doesn't OR state to first dismiss elaborate explanations in favor of pithy ones, rather than outright dismissing the simpler ones?
It is something along the lines of "do not multiply entities unnecessarily", which I personally interpret as "don't overcomplicate the problem unless necessary" rather than the common interpretation of "the simplest solution is often the correct one".
 
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Russia Goes After British MP’s Son for Killing of Chechen Commander in Ukraine
https://www.thedailybeast.com/russi...n-for-killing-of-chechen-commander-in-ukraine
Ben Grant, a former Royal Marine and international volunteer in Ukraine, is seen leading an ambush on Russian troops.
Russia’s National Guard says Sgt. Adam Bisultanov, the commander of a separate operational brigade of the North Caucasus District of the National Guard, was killed in the “attack” on Russian forces by the “group of mercenaries from Great Britain and the U.S.”

Meanwhile, one of many Russian soldiers who didn't want to fight in Ukraine and went into hiding after fleeing his post says 'none of us wanted this war'
https://www.businessinsider.com/russian-soldier-fled-post-hiding-none-wanted-war-ukraine-2022-6
 
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My supervisors marking my work this term.

 
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UPDATE 1-Russia summons heads of U.S. media outlets, warns of 'stringent measures'

June 3 (Reuters) - Russia’s Foreign Ministry said it was summoning the heads of U.S. media outlets in Moscow to a meeting next Monday to notify them of tough measures in response to U.S. restrictions against Russian media.

“If the work of the Russian media - operators and journalists - is not normalized in the United States, the most stringent measures will inevitably follow,” ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Friday.

. . .

Russia has accused Western countries of imposing unfair restrictions on its media abroad, including bans on some state-backed news outlets. Lawmakers passed a bill last month giving prosecutors powers to shut foreign media bureaus in Moscow if a Western country has been “unfriendly” to Russian media.

Since invading Ukraine in February, Russia has cracked down on media coverage of the conflict, introducing 15 year prison sentences for journalists spreading intentionally “fake” news about what it calls its “special military operation” in Ukraine.

https://www.reuters.com/article/ukr...ets-warns-of-stringent-measures-idINL8N2XQ1O1
 
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Just hoping Ivana Trump divorces and marries Chris Rock. Turning her into
" Ivana Rock"
 
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WWGD said:
Just hoping Ivana Trump divorces and marries Chris Rock. Turning her into
" Ivana Rock"
That wouldn't make a difference.
 
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fresh_42 said:
That wouldn't make a difference.
It would, to Twisted Sister, I guess.
 

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