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[BillTre]

Propaganda has often been compared with marketing.

 

[WWGD]

My competition to "Python from Scratch"?

"Python from Itch"

 

[Klystron]

Was out for a jog today, and saw a man literally walking backwards! he either has severe OCD or was dared to do so(although he was probably in his late 40's so that's a little improbable).

In physical therapy walking exercises include stepping backwards, sideways to the left and then to the right, and somewhat exaggerated stiff leg forward walk; the latter resembling Soviet soldiers marching.*

We generally perform these exercises indoors in series of ~20 steps between parallel bars for balance. Backward walking is most difficult by far, using muscle groups accustomed to stepping toes first. Therapists have told me that walking backward improves balance and coordination and helps accident and stroke victims improve normal unassisted walking gaits.

I have often seen fit athletes at the gym riding treadmills backwards to develop symmetrical leg muscle groups and enhance balance. Your backward jogger may have been practising a similar method.

*I joke about the 'Ministry of Silly Walks' from Monty Python, humor wasted on 20-something trainers.

 

[Borg]

So, how do I solve this?

 

[WWGD]

New on the list of " Greatest Hits":
Will Smith : Chris Rock.
Amber Heard: Johnny Depp.

 

[ergospherical]

 

[pinball1970]

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Hot topic!

 

[pinball1970]

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That is animal cruelty. Let them watch a decent film for crying out loud. Start them off with Lassie, something they can relate to.

 

[pinball1970]

Propaganda has often been compared with marketing.

It is. It is finding out if a significant % of the population is ready for buying an idea then selling it to them.

 

[WWGD]

Somehow the Billy Elliot pic reminds me of the massive stampede of rats as a result of " Riverdance". Imagine rats underground minding their business and then hearing a barrage of heels clacking infernal noise for hours.

 

[WWGD]

There's this person I run into and chat with often at the coffee shop. He started telling me at some point, " I have to go to the bathroom". So I would reply "Ok, write me a report", so he stopped doing it for a while. But he slipped again today. You don't need my permission, dude.

 

[WWGD]

Edit:Wonder how many who say " I have another call, I'll call you back ", realize they're really saying " Other call/person is more important than yours/you". Barring emergencies, of course.

 

[Astronuc]

My wife shared the following with me regarding a job description of a genealogist.

Geneaologist - We do precision guess work based on unreliable data provided by those of questionable knowledge.

 

[Mayhem]

The root of my anger issues is having to use Excel for data analysis.

 

[fresh_42]

The root of my anger issues is having to use Excel for data analysis.

You don't. Export the data as csv file, analyze them, and re-import them again via csv.

 

[Mayhem]

You don't. Export the data as csv file, analyze them, and re-import them again via csv.

In Python? Yeah, heavily considering it.

 

[Ibix]

In Python? Yeah, heavily considering it.

Or SAS if you like the anger issues and want more of them.

 

[WWGD]

Wonder if "What's my IP address" tells you your public address. Specially if you use NAT.

 

[WWGD]

In Python? Yeah, heavily considering it.

What IDE are you using?

 

[WWGD]

Ok, TDS, not Tedious. Please pronounce more carefully.

 

[Mayhem]

Ok, TDS, not Tedious. Please pronounce more carefully.

What?

 

[WWGD]

What?

TDS:= Tabular Data Stream, from Sql Server. Saw a video where it's pronounced as ' Tedious'.

 

[Mayhem]

What IDE are you using?

Geany + pip

 

[WWGD]

Geany + pip

Jupyter + Pandas has worked reasonably well for me.

 

[WWGD]

Weird. Ran into someone I had not seen in around 10 years. Then saw her 3 days in a row.

 

[WWGD]

What I hear when I'm hungry/thirsty:
Workshop= Pork Chop
Zachary = Daikiri

 

[Mayhem]

If anyone has experience with configuring Maestro from Schrödinger suit, hit me up.

 

[WWGD]

If anyone has experience with configuring Maestro from Schrödinger suit, hit me up.

Any links/refs?

 

[WWGD]

Extremely nice argument about $$e^x \neq 0$$. If you accept $$e^x .e^y=e^{x+y}$$, then $$e^x e^{-x}=e^0=1$$ forces $$e^x \neq 0$$.

 

[Astronuc]

When Birds Migrated to the Moon​

From the ancient Greeks to the 17th century, a terrestrial phenomenon baffled scientists: Where did the birds go in winter?
https://thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/when-birds-migrated-to-the-moon/

 

[WWGD]

Anyone desperately low on cholesterol?

 

[gmax137]

My buddies and I drove to Fort Lauderdale for spring break. This was before I-95 was completed. Stopped for breakfast at a diner along a two-lane highway in Georgia. I still remember the waitress, asking "you want sausage or brains with your eggs, honey?"

 

[fresh_42]

Mankind can't get enough brain.

 

[Astronuc]

Love, Loss, and the Banality of Survival: Charles Darwin, His Beloved Daughter, and How We Find Meaning in Mortality
https://www.themarginalian.org/2021/02/12/annie-darwin/
A bittersweet signal from the discomposing territory between reason and hope.

The article is also about medical quackery.

 

[WWGD]

Big deal is now mixing baking soda with lemon juice. The cure for everything. Just like all previous ones were.