I have a stainless steel travel mug that I have my coffee in (almost) every day. It's supposedly dishwasher safe, but I still usually hand wash it.
A few months after I got it, the paint started peeling. Within a year, it had all completely peeled off... except for the logo, which is painted over top of the said peeling paint and still in pristine condition.
I feel there's a lesson in this story somewhere.
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Ep. 321 Churches of Christ - Episode 158 Remastered
In this episode I speak with activist Evvie about their experiences in the Church of Christ. Evvie talks us through their activist work, parentification, and hoSpreaker
High demand groups must always have an enemy. This enemy must constitute an existential threat to the group (real or imagined). It's what enables the group to make the demands it does of its members. The ends need to seem to justify the means, though actually achieving those ends are unnecessary. In fact it's not even desirable, because once they do, they need to manufacture a new enemy.
This understanding gives interesting context to the Mormon obsession with the quote "there needs be opposition in all things." There literally does.
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Accidentally left my #sourdough starter unattended for just shy of 48 hours. I had intended to refrigerate it.
It got a bit runny and had a bit of a vinegar-ey smell to it but no mould, so I think it's salvagable. Just fed it and we'll see how it fares.
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Itβll be fine, I leave mine weeks without feeding sometimes.
Treat it mean, keep it keen.
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Pi is an irrational number. This means that its digits continue indefinitely without ever repeating. Every possible finite combination of digits is therefore contained therein. This would technically include a digital representation of every possible copyrighted work.
Does this constitute prior art?
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I'll bite, but not about the IP part.
Just because an irrational number's digits continue indefinitely without ever repeating, does that necessarily mean that it contains every arbitrary finite sequence of digits?
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Is there at least one finite sequence of digits that isn't represented in pi? If so, there are probably an infinite set of finite sequences of arbitrary numbers not represented in pi.
*something something* Cantor's infinite set of infinite sets...
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OTOH, if every finite sequence of arbitrary digits is represented in pi, then we should be able to find in pi a representation of, say, Euler's number to any given precision...
3/3 Enough for now. I don't have the math-fu to know if I'm being rational.
@bobjonkman No. Consider 1.0100100010000100001..... This is irrational but it doesn't contain any sequence of digits containing digits other than one or zero.
As for the irrational number pi, I think maybe it is unknown whether it contains all sequences of digits, but I don't know where to quickly check that.
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@soaproot ...though could it not then be argued that this number contains a binary encoding of all possible sequences?
Edit: actually, not necessarily.
Edit 2: Okay, I see the pattern now. Definitely not.
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data Foo = Bar { val :: Int } | Baz { val :: Int }is valid #Haskell. I wouldn't have thought you could define
val twice like that.
I have a messenger bag that I typically carry around with me. Sometimes things go in there and I forget about them.
Katy was looking for something and discovered that for some reason I had put our marriage certificate in there. The last time I needed the physical certificate was years ago, so it must've been sitting in there and I've just been carrying it around with me unknowingly for quite some time.
I imagine I should probably find a better place for it.
I should probably also go through it to see what else I've put in there and forgotten about.
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Ep. 320 Trapped in Treatment - The Troubled Teen Industry - Episode 156 Remastered
Remastered: Trapped In Treatment is a new docu-style podcast series from Paris Hilton & Warner Bros. Unscripted TV in Association With Telepictures, and iHeSpreaker
I'm an idiot.
I was trying to install #Haskell on a machine and thought the installer was taking a really long time. In my defense, the last line of text was:
Installation may take a while.It sat at this stage for over an hour while I did other stuff, because I hadn't bothered to read the previous line:
Press ENTER to proceed or ctrl-c to abort.
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hlint is a great tool for pointing out where your code can be improved, but sometimes its suggestions are... interesting. Case in point, it just recommended changingmap (\(a, b) -> {- ...stuff... -}) $ zip as bsto
zipWith (curry (\(a, b) -> {- ...stuff... -})) as bsinstead of
zipWith (\a b -> {- ...stuff... -}) as bs
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Ep. 319 ISKCON and other spiritual groups - Episode 150 Part 2 Remastered
In this remastered episode I chat with someone who has experienced The International Society for Krishna Consciousness. Michael gives a deep dive into many typeSpreaker
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Got an oscilloscope as a late birthday present. One of the features listed on the box is "firmware updates".
Why on earth would an oscilloscope need firmware updates? It's an oscilloscope.
Next up: learn how to use an oscilloscope. π
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We have to order @Benny's food from the vet because he's on a prescription diet. Tried using their on-line ordering option. We ordered his food a week ago. It just arrived this morning.
We just got tracking now.
Thanks. That's helpful.
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Unknown parent • •@Celeste Ryder πΎ ππ³οΈβπ Apparently, it's because we've gotten a "loyalty discount" for being with them so long.
We actually had this discount with them before, but lost it because they dropped us briefly, and forced us to go with another company.
I love insurance.
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