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  1. I got a major award today (plaque, not a sexy leg-lamp) for my "staunch defense of USNO's interests" in a project I'm working on
    8 points
  2. Just shared a lecture with a Nobel prize winner. Feels weird.
    3 points
  3. One thing that has become apparent after watching the Capital be over run by insurgents seeking to tear down our government is that across this great land a great many towns and villages are missing their Idiots...
    3 points
  4. Cora Louise! Granddaughter #3 born today. My siblings and I now have 10 grandchildren between us. All 10 are girls. 😍
    3 points
  5. I don't have Covid 19! test came back negative! Looks like just plain old viral pneumonia! That 104 fever was a bitch! Feeling better now! All I need now is a flight back to NC, CA is nice but home is nicer!
    3 points
  6. Hey Science people. Caught myself lurking here more and more and I realized how much I enjoy rational people with critical thinking skills, so i decided to log in to say thanks. Shout-out to any of the old regular posters lurking out there.
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  7. Wishing everyone and their loved ones happiness and a very merry Christmas. Even if you are not religious, in the words of Tiny Tim "God bless us, everyone"
    2 points
  8. I spend a lot of time watching youtube videos and I've noticed that some of the less reputable sites are using buzz words to try and get you too watch lately "massive" seems to be the word of choice ie " Scientists have observed something massive near the Sun" or " Scientists have observed something massive on the Moon" I am just waiting for "Scientists have observed something massive emerging from Uranus"
    2 points
  9. Received my first Moderna vaccination tonight. The pharmacy had a handful leftover they needed to stick in someone by the end of the night. 😁
    2 points
  10. I realize everyone is probably isolating due to the virus, but I do hope everyone and their families have a very merry Christmas. Give thanks for what you have, be happy, and stay safe.
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  11. Did you notice that evryone is betting on Nevada right now? BETTING on NEVADA?!
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  12. "We have two lives, the second begins when we realize we only have one." - Confucius.
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  13. 15 minutes into this I'd thought I'd share it here in with my friends: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s78hvV3QLUE
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  14. Lesson learned, for the umpteenth time: Buy cheap, pay twice.
    2 points
  15. Defended my thesis in front of the examination board. They were very pleased, found both the thesis and the presentation excellent, appreciated my direct and to-the-point answers to their questions ... Couldn't ask for more! 8 February is verdict day ...
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  16. Our 18 month old became recently as distructive as a black hole. He grabs things, imediately runs away at light speed laughing like an evil space lord and boom - the object is gone into oblivion. He fell asleep, we wanted to watch a movie but I can’t get the amp to work... aparently the evil space lord took care of that too.
    2 points
  17. I am just going to put this here so that people understand why I don't have any basic General Knowledge of Science. I started high school the year we went into the first lockdown and science wasn't easy to complete over a google meet, I then was in and out of school due to some illnesses. Then the school year just gone(I was in Year 10) I missed lots of school (6-8 months) as I was in and out of Hospital, and Doctor Surgeries. I was not given any work to complete and am now having to use my Summer Holidays to catch up. Since I missed so much of school I don't have the knowledge of a Year 11 in science. I am hoping to help that by having some help from others on this website. I hope this clears up any issues.
    1 point
  18. Successfully defended my viva. Guess i have to get a real job now.
    1 point
  19. As of today I am officially retired from government service (29.5 years in total)
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  20. Great minds think alike my friend!
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  21. I first got interested in the math of cryptography in 2006. I stated a logarithmic spiral could be manipulated to find a pattern in Prime numbers. Geometrically I couldn’t make it happen. However, I am now reading a book and found that Gauss tried to relate a pattern of Prime numbers logarithmically. I also read that if you find a pattern in Prime numbers you disprove the Riemann Hypothesis. I don’t know why but for some reason it only works if Prime numbers are random. Then I thought, “what kind of pattern.” You know they say, “One man’s random sequence is another man’s pattern.” And a pattern is in the eye of the beholder. As I have stated in my “simple yet interesting” post I claim to have proven the Pappy Craylar Hypothesis and in the proof a pattern of Primes can be found. Of course, I completely understand why no one believes me. It sounds simple yet interesting enough, but not believable. If it were true I would have just rendered most encryption useless to claim a million dollar prize. Even to me that sounds unbelievable. Not that my work can actually do that, but I think it is a new way to think of Prime numbers. But I think to find a pattern in Prime numbers Trumps the need for new key generations. I know ahead of time I will get posts that the Pappy Craylar Conjecture can’t do what I say. I just want people to work it through. To get people to read your work Trumps them laughing at you. All things considered if there is credibility to my work, I could get it published. That is why I post it; so a cryptographer can try it. Anyone how can do basic algebra and may have some programming knowledge can test it. So I challenge you to download the PDF.
    1 point
  22. RIP David Warner, who was Evil. And our esteemed moderator's public face.
    1 point
  23. Beecee, as soon as you get to 2022, tell us about it. I'm not taking any chances.
    1 point
  24. Merry Christmas. Buon Natale. Feliz Navidad. Joyeux Noel. ...and stay safe ...
    1 point
  25. Reflect on this and grant us the mercy of your own self-reflection. You may or may not have found god, but you have not found the way. Peace and blessings to you, Duolingo might help you explain yourself more clearly. Right now, I don't think you are saying what you want to mean.
    1 point
  26. I am building a large styrofoam background for my 75 gallon aquarium to allow me to use plants as filters. Can I post the picture on here and if so where?
    1 point
  27. My thought today: The point at which some people stop paying attention to what someone has said is sometimes more revealing than their answer. Thus, what they don't mention can be more relevant than what they do.
    1 point
  28. Hey mate, Have you tried using bone conducting headphones? When you are out on your bike, you can hear the music and listen out for traffic as well. I bought a set, but the volume is not great. However, they work.
    1 point
  29. Finally graduated magna cum laude as an MD. Although I have received the wonderful opportunity to specialise in neurosurgery, being a neurosurgery resident is just a dog's life I could not lead for the lengthy duration it has. Because of lots of reasons, I've decided to carry on as an aspiring future anaesthesiologist.
    1 point
  30. "The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom" Isaac Asimov
    1 point
  31. Hi Function, how goes it with you and Belgium?
    1 point
  32. Hi guys, I am in sunny California where oranges grow on trees in people's yards and evidently it never really rains! I flew out here to see my son and grandchild and help them get their house upacked and set up. My dad died days before I arrived andIfound out I had inherited al of his properties... Sort of... But he didn't leave a will so everything is in "probate" and all his properties will be sold to settle his debts and I have to make sure this gets done. I named my son executor of his estate, my son volunteered btw. I feel like I went on vacation only to find the sword of damacles floating over my head. Fun fun in sunny CA!
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  34. Good Brexit trade centric AMA, well worth a read. AMA Dmitry Grozoubinski
    1 point
  35. I am a grandpa! Eleanor Louise 8lbs 8oz! Mother and child are doing well!
    1 point
  36. The Notre-Dame cathedral is burning down right this minute. It is sad to watch an 850 year old monument go up in smoke. Apparently the big wooden steeple which was 70 meters high was constructed with lots of lead elements so as soon as the structure caught minor heat it all went like domino. I’ve been to Paris twice and never had a chance to see the cathedral, stupid me.
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  38. For once, I passed all my exams with great distinction, and my thesis specifically with greatest distinction Let's hope my internships (starting March until July 2020) can help me finish my Master with great distinction ...
    1 point
  39. So we went to the "Equality Parade" here today downtown Warsaw with our 2 year old. 30C mid day, a very nice combination of various political/LGBT movements forming a great party like function with trucks playing music, body painted attractive people dancing, etc. Our 2 year old decided that he's going to take charge of the whole thing. He especially wanted to go up dancing with all the girls in bikinis and boys with six packs in one of the trucks...his hysteria stopped one of the trucks and one of the dancer girls had to come down to calm him down which ofcourse didn't work out. So we had a fight me and and my girl and we left pissed all three of us walking with the stroller to the car. Family life is such a blessing.
    1 point
  40. Anti-vax march in Warsaw here today, looks like 30 thousand or more are there. Curious that the scum of the earth is associated with them and seem to live a symbiotic life - nazi preachers, agressive conspiracy theorists, extreme right preachers, etc. If I Firefighters should fill their trucks with hydrogen peroxide and use it on the protesters, scary to walk into town today.
    1 point
  41. Penultimate examination period is upon us. I'm going to be so relieved once our internships begin in January. Welp, there we go!
    1 point
  42. I am thrilled to report that I found a source of all entropy in the universe - it’s my 2 year old.
    1 point
  43. - What is matter? - Never mind. - What is mind? - No matter.
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  44. Wowzers I got accepted into a CSU. What a surprise!
    1 point
  45. Promotor (specialist in nuclear medicine) called my thesis literature review chapter on positron emission tomography "very sound and accurate" and was very satisfied with it. Made my day!
    1 point
  46. Just worked out "your mum" in the closed Ligo thread
    1 point
  47. Does anyone know if imatfaal is ok?
    1 point
  48. This is so very cool! https://futurism.com/videos/see-a-real-quantum-levitator-in-action/?
    1 point
  49. Drowned glasses in Ocean. Attempted to use crab. Crab objected.
    1 point
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