What did you learn today?

[Tom Bomb]

Best thinking dictates that it may, conservatively, take at least seven years to really get to know someone. Seven's a good number, generally. Don't ask me why. Seven years later, what can we make of our first confirmed interstellar visitor? Is my step mother an alien? I guess not, on the strength of this …

In 2017, astronomers identified the first known interstellar object to have entered our solar system, now commonly known as ʻOumuamua. A relatively small body, estimated to be roughly the size of a skyscraper, ʻOumuamua transfixed scientists with its peculiar properties and inspired endless ‘it must be aliens’ takes from a fascinated public – and at least one Harvard astrophysicist.
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[Jeff Scott]

 

[Tom Bomb]

All you need is no sugar. And some smarts. And a good cow-cookie detector
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[dwm74]

TIL that I've been pronouncing the largest city in Quebec incorrectly all these years. I've always said it (and often heard it) pronounced Mawn-tree-all, but after hearing a few hockey pundits calling Mun-tree-all, I had to look it up.

Sure enough, the 'Mon' is akin to how we say Monday or money, not monster or Mongolia.

(Needless to say, this pronunciation doesn't apply to the French way of saying it. The 'n' is so soft it's barely there, and they don't pronounce the 't' at all. Mo-ray-al)

 

[Tom Bomb]

If this works, we're going to be pickling the poles — geoengineering experiment to save Arctic ice. Hard to digest. We'd better spare the hot sauce, if you get my drift, just in case.
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[Tom Bomb]

Bit of a stretch — cruel really — but "auf wiedersehen, pet? the Dachshund faces a ban in Germany."

The German Kennel Club (VDH) has launched a petition to save the charismatic breed with an astutely chosen photo of a cute, sad-eyed puppy.
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In other news, "Long-nosed dogs such as the miniature dachshund and the whippet tend to outlive flat-faced breeds like the English bulldog." Not much joy there, if your back's buggered. Why the long face? Why indeed.

I once shared a home with a whippet named Freud — no bird or beast in the park was safe, once Freud hit top speed. He could run all day, like the wind.
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[MAJOR METAL]

That hot rodding after market Ipods was an industry!

 

[Tom Bomb]

The wheel's still in spin. You'd better believe it. But it's now a bigger wheel.

They say there's something akin to a new millennium bug-like banshee now peddling her wherefores and why art thous in the backblocks of bespectacled boffins overseeing this melting mortal miracle monocycle we like to call home. The times they are a changing, in — tick-tick — real time.

White coats are now in a fair dinkum spin because "of the havoc it can play with international computer networks."

Send in the clowns. (… DON'T PANIC!)

As the ice becomes history, our girth becomes bulgy. As a consequence, 360s are a little tougher to pull off, hence the lag. Maybe Gaia the SK8R Girl is spreading her water-wings. They call this effect the conservation of angular momentum. Works like a brake, if you like.

There's more to it. But there's a timely angle for ya — melting ice caps are slowing Earth's spin. Here's why that's messing with time.

"Last drinks."

Make mine a double mad maudlin moo juice, barkeep. Hold the ice.
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[spiritbass]

There is a creature known as a "Picasso bug".

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[Tom Bomb]

Louis Gossett Jr., bless 'is heart, played Fiddler in roots, reminiscent of Solomon Northrup from 12 years a slave — Fiddler's Philosophy. Did a fine job. Fiddle music to the fore. Monumental, they even piped this mini-series in here, all those years ago. Roots was well loved, a staggering tale, unforgettable

We've come a long way.
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[RedVee]

Louis Gossett Jr., bless 'is heart, played Fiddler in roots, reminiscent of Solomon Northrup from 12 years a slave — Fiddler's Philosophy. Did a fine job. Fiddle music to the fore. Monumental, they even piped this mini-series in here, all those years ago. Roots was well loved, a staggering tale, unforgettable

We've come a long way.
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Yes, I haven’t been able to find the original series on DVD, I have the remake. There was a Next Gen series as well. I’ll have to look for it as well.

 

[Tom Bomb]

youtube has it​

 

[Tom Bomb]

So, it turns out pea pods on the splinterwebs is cheating. …

Flabbygasted! You wouldn't read about it.
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[rtslinger]

oday's Object
Do you ever wonder who first thought of The Easter Bunny?
The origins of the Easter Bunny are somewhat mysterious. One theory holds that the symbol of the rabbit comes from the Pagan festival of Eostre, which celebrated a fertility goddess whose animal symbol was a bunny. Another theory posits that the tradition of the Easter Bunny delivering eggs and candy on Easter likely comes from German immigrants. When the first German immigrants arrived in America in the 1700s, they settled in Pennsylvania and brought with them their tradition of “Osterhase” or “Oschter Haws,” which involved children making nests that this creature would supposedly lay its colored eggs in. Eventually, the tradition spread to the rest of the United States and the rabbit’s deliveries expanded to include candy and gifts, while the Easter baskets we are familiar with today replaced the nests from the original tradition.

 

[Groove Doctor]

Learn faster with these tips.



“1. Attention

• Use phone less
• Prioritize sleep
• Excercise

2. Alert

• Have a focus point
• (Light) excercise
• Sufficient eating

3. Sleep

-Sleep to transform short-term memories in the hippocampus-›long-term memories in the cortex

4. Repetition and Spacing

-Learning is like excercising, to get'muscles' you need repeating it

5.Breaks

-Deep breaks (15 minutes) after learning to let brain recall the information

6. Mistakes

-Go for challenges, matches, competitions, or simply practice the thing you want to learn the different way”

 

[Tom Bomb]

Learn faster with these tips.



“1. Attention

• Use phone less
• Prioritize sleep
• Excercise

2. Alert

• Have a focus point
• (Light) excercise
• Sufficient eating

3. Sleep

-Sleep to transform short-term memories in the hippocampus-›long-term memories in the cortex

4. Repetition and Spacing

-Learning is like excercising, to get'muscles' you need repeating it

5.Breaks

-Deep breaks (15 minutes) after learning to let brain recall the information

6. Mistakes

-Go for challenges, matches, competitions, or simply practice the thing you want to learn the different way”

QFT

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Turns out, on the learning front — and this is a good read, a relief if you like — nobody really knows how acetaminophen works. That's the painful truth. But, 'who cares?' says the white coats. 'Never look a gift horse in the mouth,' they say. 'It works. That's all that matters.' Three cheers from a pain-free me.

What we call paracetamol (acetaminophen) has a precursor called phenacetin from which acetaminophen is naturally derived. This toxic relief relic found its way into a notorious drug we all called Bex that also had caffeine and asprin onboard. Did a mighty good job with the pain but also did a job on your kidneys. Bex was eventually rubbed out, along with an epidemic of kidney failure, to the betterment of mankind. We cut out the middleman, a real pain.

Note well the caffeine involved — secretive, sinister sister of the screaming brain ache, previously listed as a cure-all for the cranium. (Works for me) Old Norman fingers this caffeinated culprit as a potential cause of what his type likes to call 'analgesic induced headaches'. Tell me something I don't know

But there's lots here that I didn't know. Mustn't complain I've just learnt, for instance, how to up my no-pain game by introducing 'the combination of paracetamol with another non-steroidal like ibuprofen.' That's gonna come in handy
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[spiritbass]

While driving my newly acquired '09 Camry to work yesterday, the low tire pressure warning light gave me a false alarm - tire pressures were all good. While researching the problem, I learned of the federal mandate that modern cars have to have these monitoring systems. After performing the reset procedure, the warning light is still lying. I'm not in a rush, but I guess I'll eventually take it to a dealer for diagnosis and repair. It will be useful when functional.

 

[Jeff Scott]

While driving my newly acquired '09 Camry to work yesterday, the low tire pressure warning light gave me a false alarm - tire pressures were all good. While researching the problem, I learned of the federal mandate that modern cars have to have these monitoring systems. After performing the reset procedure, the warning light is still lying. I'm not in a rush, but I guess I'll eventually take it to a dealer for diagnosis and repair. It will be useful when functional.

The one in my '19 Fit EX has done the same on occasion.

 

[dwm74]

While driving my newly acquired '09 Camry to work yesterday, the low tire pressure warning light gave me a false alarm - tire pressures were all good. While researching the problem, I learned of the federal mandate that modern cars have to have these monitoring systems. After performing the reset procedure, the warning light is still lying. I'm not in a rush, but I guess I'll eventually take it to a dealer for diagnosis and repair. It will be useful when functional.

A couple of years ago we were vacationing in San Diego. Leaving for home one Sunday morning, I got about two miles down I-8 heading east to Phoenix when my Tire Pressure Sensor started beeping. I had brought along a small compressor, so I pulled off the freeway and checked all four tires, one was only about 3 lbs low, which shouldn't have set off the alarm. But that dang thing kept going off the entire trip home, with me stopping and checking every 10-20 miles or so. Thankfully, it was nothing more than a faulty sensor, but it made for a lousy 6-7 hour drive home. You said it best, they're useful when they're functional.

 

[spiritbass]

A couple of years ago we were vacationing in San Diego. Leaving for home one Sunday morning, I got about two miles down I-8 heading east to Phoenix when my Tire Pressure Sensor started beeping. I had brought along a small compressor, so I pulled off the freeway and checked all four tires, one was only about 3 lbs low, which shouldn't have set off the alarm. But that dang thing kept going off the entire trip home, with me stopping and checking every 10-20 miles or so. Thankfully, it was nothing more than a faulty sensor, but it made for a lousy 6-7 hour drive home. You said it best, they're useful when they're functional.

No fun! At least mine does not beep. It just flashes annoyingly...