Random Thoughts Part 5: Time to Split Again

[WWGD]

Denial, the first sign of old age...

When I start approaching 50, I will worry about it.

 

[Evo]

When I start approaching 50, I will worry about it.

Dementia will have set in by then, so you won't worry.

 

[WWGD]

Dementia will have set in by then, so you won't worry.

It's already set in and comfortable at it :).

 

[WWGD]

My HP has been threatening to install updates for around a month now, but has never done anything about it.

 

[Bystander]

When I start approaching 50, I will worry about it

You mean you can reverse the aging process? Oh, boy!

 

[Psinter]

Uuuuuuuu, my stomach pains.

? Chinese calendar is a Lunar calendar. New year starts at the first new moon after something , not sure what.

2nd new moon after December solstice!

Is there any way to predict the day of when there will be a new moon?

 

[Silicon Waffle]

Uuuuuuuu, my stomach pains.

Could it be intestinal worms ?

Is there any way to predict the day of when there will be a new moon?

I found it
"https://www.amazon.com/dp/0943396611/?tag=pfamazon01-20" by Jean Meeus

 

[Sophia]

There are two meteorological warnings for today - wind and rain and 100% cloudiness. That means only a few customers today. But I've got a chocolate, coffee and Norwegian detective book. I'm happy :-)

 

[Silicon Waffle]

The Moon plays an essential role in the origin of life on Earth too.

 

[JorisL]

Argh contractions suck, luckily a lot of zeroes.

Although it doesn't help when the expression is
$$M_{ad}M^{be}M^{cf}f^d_{bc}f^a_{ef} + 2 M^{cd}f^a_{bc}f^b_{ad}$$

 

[fresh_42]

Is there some special meaning attached to this second new moon?

I've only found the following:
The chinese calendar is NOT a lunar calendar, it is a lunisolar calendar, a to the sun coupled version of a pure lunar calendar in order to keep it closer to the seasons. The chinese new year is also a celebration of spring. (The festivities traditionally last 15 days ... ending with a lantern festival). There are constellations where it meets the 3rd new moon (2033) because they need to fill in leap (moon)month. The second new moon is the one before the equinox in spring.

 

[WIN]

I've only found the following:
The chinese calendar is NOT a lunar calendar, it is a lunisolar calendar, a to the sun coupled version of a pure lunar calendar in order to keep it closer to the seasons. The chinese new year is also a celebration of spring. (The festivities traditionally last 15 days ... ending with a lantern festival). There are constellations where it meets the 3rd new moon (2033) because they need to fill in leap (moon)month. The second new moon is the one before the equinox in spring.

chinese calendar is very accurate , just saýing =) esp useful to predict tides for those deep sea fishing lover..there's 2 April moon in a leap year.

 

[Psinter]

Could it be intestinal worms ?

No. I ate too much junk food. Now I can't eat anything because it's so painful. I've been reduced the pathetic state of ingesting only shakes made with water.

That means only a few customers today.

Customers, where? A shop?

for those deep sea fishing lover

I've never fished in open sea. My uncle told me the waves are way more aggressive than in the bay and unlike in the bay where it is relatively calm, in open sea there are always waves. I want to go to open sea one day.

 

[fresh_42]

chinese calendar is very accurate , just saýing =) esp useful to predict tides for those deep sea fishing lover..there's 2 April moon in a leap year.

There's another mystery I cannot solve:
It is generally considered rude to ask a woman how old she is. But it's not asking for her zodiac.
So if asking for her chinese zodiac you usually can calculate her age. Is that rude?

 

[WIN]

There's another mystery I cannot solve:
It is generally considered rude to ask a woman how old she is. But it's not asking for her zodiac.
So if asking for her chinese zodiac you usually can calculate her age. Is that rude?

good one =) well they nvr thought of that i guess

 

[Sophia]

I've been reduced the pathetic state of ingesting only shakes made with water.

Customers, where? A shop?

.

You wrote "shakes" but I read "snakes" and I was like whaaaaaat?!
Yes, it's good to drink shakes. Even those from turnip or sauerkraut water are better than snakes. :D

Yes, I work in a family shop. That kind where you know all your customers, some of them by their nicknames, and chat with them.

 

[WWGD]

No. I ate too much junk food. Now I can't eat anything because it's so painful. I've been reduced the pathetic state of ingesting only shakes made with water.

Customers, where? A shop?

I've never fished in open sea. My uncle told me the waves are way more aggressive than in the bay and unlike in the bay where it is relatively calm, in open sea there are always waves. I want to go to open sea one day.

How about some powerful fiber to clean yourself up internally?

 

[fresh_42]

How about some powerful fiber to clean yourself up internally?

Funny, the German word for fever is 'Fieber' which makes a lot more sense for an internal clean up. I had to make the detour on bundles to get away from that thought, which left me with the next difficulty: too thin!

 

[Psinter]

Yes, I work in a family shop. That kind where you know all your customers, some of them by their nicknames, and chat with them.

That must be awesome! I wish I worked at a family shop, but no one has a shop in my family.

How about some powerful fiber to clean yourself up internally?

No thanks. Fiber makes me go to the bathroom.

 

[Silicon Waffle]

How can buying your own products (I produce them then some of my affiliates or subsidiaries buy them) be against the laws ? I don't quire remember much but this used to be the case of a Japanese businessman over a decade ago.
I wasn't into business much until lately. I wish I had asked more questions to people who knew this well about business stuff.

 

[WWGD]

That must be awesome! I wish I worked at a family shop, but no one has a shop in my family.

No thanks. Fiber makes me go to the bathroom.

And nobody has a family in my shop. That was the whole point, to clear up the system.

 

[Psinter]

That was the whole point, to clear up the system.

But it's awkward.

And nobody has a family in my shop.

You have a shop too? Awesome!

 

[Silicon Waffle]

And nobody has a family in my shop...

My gut feeling tells me then that all of them are married.

 

[Sophia]

That must be awesome! I wish I worked at a family shop, but no one has a shop in my family.

It's a nice job compared to those poor souls who work at large supermarkets. It's true that some customers are annoying and sometimes I would slap them sooo hard ) But the majority of people are nice and friendly.

 

[Silicon Waffle]

Sorry Jones, dinner will be late tonight

 

[Psinter]

Sorry Jones, dinner will be late tonight

I don't get it.

It's a nice job compared to those poor souls who work at large supermarkets. It's true that some customers are annoying and sometimes I would slap them sooo hard ) But the majority of people are nice and friendly.

Haha, annoying customers.

 

[Silicon Waffle]

Eight types of annoying customers at retail jobs!

 

[WWGD]

But it's awkward.

A handful of almonds, a double espresso and you will feel like singing :).

 

[WWGD]

You have a shop too? Awesome!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Shop_of_Horrors_(film)

 

[fresh_42]

"Angular momentum during bremsstrahlung" sounds very, very, very weird in my ears. Why isn't it called deceleration radiation? Laziness?
There are some really missing German words in the English language like "doch", "schon" or "schweigen". Bremsstrahlung definitely not.

 

[fresh_42]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_Shop_of_Horrors_(film)

I loved that movie!

 

[Sophia]

Eight types of annoying customers at retail jobs!

Haha that's exactly it! I've got all these types of customers :)
And of course those who want something for free. Btw what's the English expression meaning that you give someone something and he promises to pay later?
And another annoyance- more and more people started leaving their heavy bags (with stuff bought elsewhere) at our place while they go the town. You know, they can't carry them. It was mainly one ethnic group that did this. At one time I had 6 bags to look after while their owners sat in the pub. And I only waited until someone accuses me of stealing something from the bag. But I don't allow this anymore!
One thing that I learned is that this proverb is true: Give someone one finger and he will take your whole hand.

 

[Sophia]

"Angular momentum during bremsstrahlung" sounds very, very, very weird in my ears. Why isn't it called deceleration radiation? Laziness?
There are some really missing German words in the English language like "doch", "schon" or "schweigen". Bremsstrahlung definitely not.

Fresh, I was thinking of you today.
Tell me, why are almost all German fruit names "die" except Apfel and Pfirsich? They are round and don't look any more male than other fruits! But Banane, which should be "der" is "die"

 

[fresh_42]

Fresh, I was thinking of you today.

Ďakujem veľmi pekne!

Tell me, why are almost all German fruit names "die" except Apfel and Pfirsich? They are round and don't look any more male than other fruits! But Banane, which should be "der" is "die"

German and its articles! Ask me something easier. Apple is of unknown origin, Peach comes from persian tree, persian apple, so maybe it inherited the article. Berry, e.g. being a large group of fruits are originally built in plural of the old German word 'beri'. It might come from 'die Rote'.
It's similar with rivers: its 'die Moldau', 'die Elbe', 'die Donau', die 'Seine', 'die Themse' but 'der Rhein', 'der Main', 'der Hudson', 'der Colorado' and 'der Rio Grande'. I've read about it but unfortunately forgotten.
I once tried to learn a bit Russian. There it were the many cases which I found difficult to handle. Or Hungarian where all is put in a tail of word endings. Does Slovakian has also so many cases?

 

[Sophia]

Ďakujem veľmi pekne!

Šikovný!

Thank you for explaining the articles. I guess that one only has to learn it by heart.

I once tried to learn a bit Russian. There it were the many cases which I found difficult to handle. Or Hungarian where all is put in a tail of word endings. Does Slovakian has also so many cases?

Yes, we have 6 cases and 12 "exemplar words" (?)- 4 for each gender. Each of them has different declination. There are grammar tables showing them. Each noun can be matched to one of these 12 exemplar words (according to gender and type of consonant or vowel at the end of the word) and than you can see how it should be declined.
In fact, Slovak students spend 8 school years, 3 hours per week on average doing declination exercises and identifying exemplar words for nouns and another exemplar words for adjectives, lots of grammatical categories for verbs, word types and syntax exercises where you draw boxes and arrows to describe role of each word in the sentence. And ridiculous amount of time is spent studying if a word is spelled with i or y. It usually has no or very small impact on pronounciation or meaning, but for some very, very mysterious reason our great-grandfathers decided that using i/y correctly is the most important thing to know about Slovak language. D It's so fun! And it's a large part of High school entrance exams
I really admire foreigners who are able to speak Slovak fluently. I think it must be almost impossible to learn it if you are not a native speaker.
But I must admit that most Chinese and Vietnamese immigrants speak really well! Which is strange because I've heard from people living in Australia that their Chinese immigrants' English is not so good.