Joseph Smith’s Polygamy with Jeremy Hoop – Radio Free Mormon
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Sometimes I wish I were less of a perfectionist. I was baking cookies for a potluck tomorrow. The recipe called for the dough to be rolled out into one inch balls. There may or may not have been a caliper involved.
In my defense though, they turned out amazingly. Now I just have to not eat them before they get to where they're going. I did have to eat some though, but strictly for QA purposes.
Sometimes I like researching obscure mathematical topics just for fun. The frustrating thing I occasionally run into is notation that I don't know how to interpret. This turns out to be rather difficult to search for online.
For example: I'm doing some research into finite fields, and I have encountered something that looks like ℤ/pℤ.
I know that ℤ typically represents the set of integers. I'm also given that p, in this case, represents an arbitrary prime number. From context, I think it's meant to represent the set {0, 1, 2,... p-1}, but I could be wrong, and, if so, I don't follow the logic.
I'm trying to brush up on my set theory, but nothing I've seen thus far explains it.
Edit for additional context: The document I'm reading is at:
people.math.harvard.edu/~lande…
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It's funny how you think you know what something looks like until you try to draw it.
@Mark Connolly @Shae Erisson This, I can do reasonably well, but it's not easy. (Mostly because I've been asked that one before)
@uxMark is this a reference to my favorite research paper?
link.springer.com/content/pdf/…
I bring up this paper at parties and ask people to draw bicycles.
@shapr Indirectly it probably was. I'd been thinkinbg of someone’s project years ago where they created 3D models of people’s drawings of bikes. Hilarity ensued!
@shapr Just had a quick search and it was probably this!
booooooom.com/2016/05/09/bicyc…
Bicycles Built Based on People's Attempts to Draw Them From Memory
In 2009 designer Gianluca Gimini started asking friends and strangers to draw a men's bicycle from memory. While some got …Staff (BOOOOOOOM!)
@Mark Connolly @Shae Erisson I saw a YouTube video where they created actual bikes from them and watched people try to ride them.
Overheard today: "The best thing we can do for all these drug addicts is to throw them in jail. It's not nice but it'll get 'em clean."
Why is it that the people with the most uninformed opinions always seem to also have the loudest ones?
Edit: deleted and reposted because I realized it should've been CW'd.
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So, for a while now, after hearing a bunch of #ActuallyAutistic individuals talking about their experiences, I've been asserting that I wouldn't be shocked to learn that I was on the autistic spectrum.
Today, for shits and giggles, I decided to take the AQ and RAADS-R tests, and scored "very strong alignment with autistic traits" on both. While I'm not shocked to learn this, I have to admit, I didn't expect to score that high.
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Yeah. Scored in the so-called Grey Zone on RAADS-R. Std disclaimer about self-administered screeners. I should look up AQ.
I accidentally ran rsync in the wrong direction this morning, effectively restoring from yesterday's backup instead of creating today's. Sorry about that. 🫠
Me: Why can't I get this damn projector to focus?
*realizing I'm not wearing my glasses*
...oh.
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Katy and I both love Taco Bell, but we seldom get it because:
A) It's expensive
B) It's not exactly healthy
...but it was a special occasion, so we did today.
As I was picking up our order, out of nowhere, the guy behind me in line asks "Have you tried the Diablo sauce?" He then, before I can even answer, proceeds to tell the young woman working the counter—who seemed as taken aback by this exchange as I was—to give me some Diablo sauce. I don't object because... I mean... what the hell is even happening?
I figure this guy either really loves this sauce or is getting a kickback somehow. If the latter, I guess Taco Bell has adopted a weirdly aggressive marketing campaign, because... who does that?
Anyhow, it was okay, I guess...
Why do batteries suck so much?
What did they do now? You reminded me, a while ago, I tried to use my multimeter, but the 9V was dead, so I swapped it, and that one was dead, too.
I figured the dozens of others in the office cabinet must be dead, too, so I went home to use a crappy multimeter to measure the batteries, and *that* 9V was also dead. I swapped it once more, and it finally let me measure the others.
6.6 volts, 6.6 volts, and 9.5 volts (zinc-chloride). And then the battery dies, that I had just swapped in.
@Maddie I was just annoyed at the fact that the battery in a laptop I'd spent a bunch of time installing Debian on is toast. I didn't realize this earlier because I had it plugged in for the install process.
I've also had a number of other similar incidents lately. Most notably with the battery in Katy's e-bike.
The William Clayton Journals – What’s In Them? – Radio Free Mormon
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Trying to install #Debian on another machine, but #Windows is being stubborn. I accidentally let it boot into Windows 10 and now it's insisting on installing updates before it reboots. Holding the power button to force a shutdown appears to have been disabled somehow.
Fine, whatever. It's not like I have anything else to do tonight.
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Welp, I've hit a snag. The installer doesn't seem to be talking to to the wifi card. The laptop has no ethernet port. I have a USB to ethernet adapter, but the laptop has only one USB-A port (and a USB micro port, weirdly?). The USB port is occupied by the flash drive with the installer. I've tried using a USB hub to make more ports available, but then the system can't see the flash drive.
I'm at a loss.
I've managed to find a workaround to install without a network connection. Hopefully, I'll be able to use the ethernet adaptor afterward to download the drivers after the fact.
Luckily I've not had to deal with this situation, but I am aware of two work-arounds.
1. Best may be to include the driver you need - if you can determine what it is - on the install media.
2. Next best is to perform a minimal install to get a bootable system and then use the USB/Eth adapter to find, download and install the WiFi driver. (This will rule out the 'netinst' media.)
'lsusb' and 'lspci' should help to ID the WiFi module. Or documentation for the laptop may help.
HTH,
Does the flash drive need to remain inserted after the installer boots? Quite often they don't.
And something else to consider, which I've found useful in similar situations in the past, would be a "live" USB key rather than an "installer" one. Often those are able to get to the point where you can remove the USB key, and then have enough of a system to pursue other install methods.
If your system has got a sufficient amount of RAM, try loading the ISO into memory in order to free up the USB.
See dmotte.github.io/misc/knowledg… for details.
See dmotte.github.io/misc/knowledg… for details.
having the 'Secured Boot' enabled, could explain the situation, I think...
Try to find the real boot, not Zindozs one in UEFI
Try to find the real boot, not Zindozs one in UEFI
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I got an entry-level Wacom tablet as an early birthday present. As I was forewarned, it takes a little bit of getting used to.
One of the tips I was given on how to get used to it is to ditch my mouse (trackball, in my case) and just use the tablet as my day-to-day pointing device. The only problem with this strategy is that, outside of when I'm actually drawing, probably 90% of my computer use is keyboard-driven (including the browser (qutebrowser) that I'm using right now).
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Why do the aliens who can blow things up with their minds need this guy's help exactly? Why cant they just take the [strike]dilithium[/strike] variance crystal? #monsterdon
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I mean, I guess it is what it says on the tin. #monsterdon #EndOfTheWorld1977
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It is 12:50 PM and I have just checked off the last item on my to-do list for the day. This is unprecedented.
From Jewish to Mormon and Beyond! RFM: 463 – Radio Free Mormon
From Jewish to Mormon and Beyond! RFM: 463Radio Free Mormon
I don't necessarily know if this holds true everywhere, but at least in my area, #OrganicMaps is really good for planning #cycling routes.
#bicycle
#bicycle
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This probably has something to do with @CyclingGuide (@uxMark can correct me, but I believe they upstream their OSM cycling fixes).
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@flyingsquirrel @CyclingGuide Yes, any fixes we make to OSM data are available to everyone. In general, though, Waterloo Region has an excellent and active OSM community. So @CyclingGuide does benefit from that 😀🚴♀️❤️
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When Was the Book of Mormon Created? – Radio Free Mormon
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No, you just tried to tab-complete your password. 🙃
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I'm never quite sure what to do when people make the (false) claim that there are no "algorithms" on the fedi/Mastodon. I mostly just ignore it because I don't know how to respond without coming across like a pedantic asshole.
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I'll be pedantic for you. Reverse chronological *is* an algorithm.
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I want to know who's the genius who thought that it was a good idea to put the enter "key" on my on-screen keyboard so close to the make-keyboard-go-away button.
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Picked up a used #bicycle for @Katy Lamothe because the battery on her e-bike is not holding a charge any more. Our car is very small, but it wasn't terribly far so I had her drop me off for the pick-up and I just rode it home while she took the car back.
I am in much worse shape than I expected. We'll be working on that this summer though.
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I love it when people decide to just light every single one of my spoons on fire first thing in the morning, especially when they're probably oblivious to the fact that they've just done so.
I got three identical pitchers from the dollar store for making cold brew coffee. Recently one of them broke, so I picked up a replacement from the dollar store yesterday. This morning I noticed that the new one is slightly different.
This does not bother me at all.
Church Historian Apologizes: RFM: 461 – Radio Free Mormon
Church Historian Apologizes: RFM: 461Radio Free Mormon
Broke the #bicycle out for the first time this summer. I got this thing second-hand from Facebook marketplace a couple years back and never really had it serviced. I know I probably should.
Anyhow, the brakes were feeling kind of off, so I decided to have a look at them to see if it was a simple enough problem that I could fix myself. I don't know the first thing about bike repair, but after a few moments of following cables and using my eyes and brain, I was able to determine that whoever last did the brakes on this thing knew even less about what they were doing than I did.
Long story short, my rear brakes actually work now—though I should probably have someone who knows what they're doing have a look at it. I just lack the funds to do so at present.
Also, bike repair is less scary than I originally thought.
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Mine was built from parts found on a day out scavenging around.. it works and has never cost me a penny.. build them from what you find
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Had to do a purge of the stuff in my bag. I was in denial about it, but it was starting to throw my shoulder out. Nothing in it was that heavy, but the cumulative weight was getting excessive.
Hard decisions had to be made.
Purging *any* possesions needs to be done on a regular basis for a myriad of reasons. It is a cleansing process.
@a.k.a. low-profile It's not that I'm getting rid of anything—apart from the dried out disposable lens wipes I found in the bottom of tje bag. It's about not carrying them on my person at all times.
I don't get rid of things easily, but on the flip side, I don't acquire things easily either.
The Forensic Autopsy of Mormon Apologetics – Radio Free Mormon
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So, is there a free or very inexpensive alternative to Let's Encrypt? It's one of the last US-based services I'm dependent on.
The mere service of creating certificates isn't an issue - you can do that yourself. I did before Let's Encrypt existed.
The problem is that you need to use a service that is authorized by an authority trusted by major browsers - and all of the major browsers have strong US ties. So even if you could replace Let's Encrypt as such with a service that, in itself, isn't US-based, it wouldn't really solve the problem of being dependent on US-based entities.
Had to replace my glucose monitor because it turns out that they expire (who knew?)
Anyhow, I officially hate the new one. It's clunkier, has a worse interface (everything is pictographs instead of text), requires more blood, is slower, and the first reading I got from it was very decidedly wrong (presumably because I hadn't applied enough blood). It said 3.2 mmol/L. I'm pretty sure I'd be, if not dead, at least feeling a little off at that reading. Did a second test (with more blood) and got a more reasonable result.
“Reckless Ben” Gets Silenced! RFM: 461 – Radio Free Mormon
“Reckless Ben” Gets Silenced! RFM: 461Radio Free Mormon
Life pro tip: when charging your devices, it is helpful to ensure that both ends of the charge cable are connected.
In other news: I guess I'm using my spare earbuds today.
Aaaaand my #ADHD meds are back ordered... so that's fun.
Damn it!
I heard my alarm, silenced it, acknowkedged what it was for, and then proceeded to not take my pills. 🤬
Root #monsterdon post
There's literally one damn place in this whole classroom they could possibly be hiding, but let's search in the opposite direction, because reasons. #monsterdon
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Do these things even have value as military weapons if they can't determine who they're supposed to kill? #monsterdon
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sorry, it's a cyclic group
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclic_g…
Cyclic group - Wikipedia
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