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Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 14th March 2024, 07:49 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 422
Posted By Minoosh
Thanks for looking that up. I do wonder just how...

Thanks for looking that up. I do wonder just how "on-device" this really is. I don't know if "privacy" and "the Internet" go together. But then again, I'm not going to stop using a smart phone ...
Forum: USA Politics 13th March 2024, 08:55 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 609
Posted By Minoosh
Mark Lavin was still badmouthing commie TikTok on...

Mark Lavin was still badmouthing commie TikTok on his stupid show yesterday or today, wonder how he'll spin the reversal. Or just ignore it.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 13th March 2024, 08:40 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 422
Posted By Minoosh
No, it's the original background. The software...

No, it's the original background. The software just captured video highlights and put them on one clip.

Yes.

I don't have a lot of personal images on my phone and haven't seen other...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 13th March 2024, 07:28 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 422
Posted By Minoosh
When did I agree to this? AI invades iPhone

It started when I accidentally hit "add a caption" to a picture on my phone. It produced my image, only with my dachshund's body outlined and identified as a dachshund.

So photo recognition...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 14th February 2024, 07:10 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 541
Posted By Minoosh
This probably has been covered in their regular...

This probably has been covered in their regular math class, but the students I have frequently take a little longer to "get" a concept.

On a practice quiz an equation boiled down to x = -x and...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 12th February 2024, 07:02 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 541
Posted By Minoosh
Another mini-middle-school math conundrum

A couple of 8th graders I tutor showed me a quiz they had done poorly on. I ran into a problem that bothered me.

There wasn't technically anything wrong with it, I think. But I could see why it...
Forum: USA Politics 16th January 2024, 07:46 PM
Replies: 73
Views: 2,133
Posted By Minoosh
When the GOP had control of the House and Senate...

When the GOP had control of the House and Senate in 2017-18 they could not pass a bill requiring agricultural employees to be hired only after passing e-Verify standards.

The same standards I meet...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 8th January 2024, 09:52 PM
Replies: 455
Split Thread: Homelessness Issues
Views: 7,654
Posted By Minoosh
I don't know what that means.

I don't know what that means.
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 7th January 2024, 06:02 PM
Replies: 455
Split Thread: Homelessness Issues
Views: 7,654
Posted By Minoosh
Mobile methadone units are up and running in...

Mobile methadone units are up and running in Phoenix, doing the whole intake process with a van-based clinic. Meanwhile Suboxone is also easier to access. Just spent 15 minutes talking to the...
Forum: USA Politics 7th January 2024, 01:41 PM
Replies: 359
Views: 8,846
Posted By Minoosh
Anyway, aren't things tagged anymore to keep...

Anyway, aren't things tagged anymore to keep inventory from walking out? Especially in a place like Target?

Hmm. I might try an experiment but I'm basically chicken. Anytime a cashier forgets to...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 7th January 2024, 01:21 PM
Replies: 455
Split Thread: Homelessness Issues
Views: 7,654
Posted By Minoosh
DEA laboratory testing reveals 6 out of 10...

DEA laboratory testing reveals 6 out of 10 fentanyl-laced fake prescription pills now contain a potentially lethal dose of fentanyl
...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 7th January 2024, 01:09 PM
Replies: 455
Split Thread: Homelessness Issues
Views: 7,654
Posted By Minoosh
I don't know if Target lied. But I have fairly...

I don't know if Target lied. But I have fairly strong anecdotal evidence that shoplifting is on the rise in my area. My nearest convenience store has ice cream under lock and key. That may include...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 8th December 2023, 11:14 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 1,128
Posted By Minoosh
Yes, I misspoke.

Yes, I misspoke.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 8th December 2023, 11:11 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 1,128
Posted By Minoosh
I would love to come back with a mathy retort but...

I would love to come back with a mathy retort but I can't. However, the particular problem was something like -8 - 7.

I tell them, the more you understand, the less you need to memorize. So on...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 8th December 2023, 08:58 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 1,128
Posted By Minoosh
What was the person that wrote this problem thinking?

I'm a math tutor now working at a middle school. My students have a regular math class; I'm paid to help them fill in gaps in learning. This is under a COVID-related grant.

They're reviewing for a...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 15th March 2023, 10:48 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 962
Posted By Minoosh
But wouldn't it be 2 out of 8 on the second draw?...

But wouldn't it be 2 out of 8 on the second draw? Meaning 1/3 x 1/4 = 1/12?

It's so much fun doing these on the board and realizing just as you solve it that you're getting the wrong answer ......
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 15th March 2023, 09:50 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 962
Posted By Minoosh
Probability question

I'm tutoring 8th graders on probabilities and found the following problem on a worksheet:

Bob has a paper bag with 4 blue chips, 3 white chips, and 2 red chips. Assuming that each chip is drawn...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 17th October 2022, 05:50 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 2,360
Posted By Minoosh
I passed on the suggestion of more research. Eye...

I passed on the suggestion of more research. Eye shine I think can come from moonlight and other ambient sources. I've come across another reference to the brilliance of toad (or actually frog) eye...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 15th October 2022, 10:56 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 2,360
Posted By Minoosh
Your case for eye shine is persuasive. My...

Your case for eye shine is persuasive. My friend's making it up doesn't strike me as likely because he really has no reason to do that, and if he did, I think he'd make up something more elaborate.
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 15th October 2022, 10:51 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 2,360
Posted By Minoosh
Nonsense. What my friend saw could be a...

Nonsense. What my friend saw could be a well-observed phenomenon that for some reason he's never heard of. In that case it would not take the best scientist in the world to make deductions, merely...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 15th October 2022, 01:06 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 2,360
Posted By Minoosh
That's quite an airplane.

That's quite an airplane.
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 15th October 2022, 01:01 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 2,360
Posted By Minoosh
What if disturbing it could kill it? ETA:...

What if disturbing it could kill it?

ETA: And that is a really lame reply. Resort to name-calling right away. There's lots of places I can go for that, not so many where I can ask people if they...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 15th October 2022, 12:35 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 2,360
Posted By Minoosh
Strange sighting in south-central PA (Lancaster)

A friend of mine reports repeatedly seeing small orbs (quail-egg size, he says) spontaneously light up on the ground just as he lit a cigarette after dark. It happened two years running, 2020 and...
Forum: USA Politics 5th July 2022, 08:48 PM
Replies: 2,773
Views: 132,965
Posted By Minoosh
I don't think I scoffed at it. I asked, what...

I don't think I scoffed at it. I asked, what would that look like?

Personal responsibility is a good thing. We'll take that as a given. Now: A woman is six weeks pregnant and she wants to end the...
Forum: USA Politics 3rd July 2022, 07:00 PM
Replies: 2,773
Views: 132,965
Posted By Minoosh
I'm fine with calling it a developing human life....

I'm fine with calling it a developing human life. But then, the "parasite" terminology doesn't bother me either. I see it as fairly neutral.

Interrupting that development under certain...
Forum: USA Politics 3rd July 2022, 05:34 PM
Replies: 2,773
Views: 132,965
Posted By Minoosh
Yet you don't think women should have to carry...

Yet you don't think women should have to carry "incest babies" to term. To be OK with that, as far as I can tell, you can't believe abortion is murder - that a fetus is a full-fledged person.

If...
Forum: USA Politics 3rd July 2022, 03:19 PM
Replies: 2,773
Views: 132,965
Posted By Minoosh
At least she's not flat-out declaring that the...

At least she's not flat-out declaring that the story is false. In a weird way I give her credit for that. I disagree with her definitions though. Terminating an unwanted six-week pregnancy is not a...
Forum: USA Politics 3rd July 2022, 02:51 PM
Replies: 2,773
Views: 132,965
Posted By Minoosh
All things being equal I'm fine with telling a...

All things being equal I'm fine with telling a woman who's seven months pregnant that it's too late for an abortion. Even in cases of anencephaly I'd be more inclined to induce labor and provide...
Forum: USA Politics 3rd July 2022, 02:40 PM
Replies: 2,773
Views: 132,965
Posted By Minoosh
I wonder if a lot of people think that...

I wonder if a lot of people think that third-trimester abortions with no cause are common.

Reportedly...
Forum: USA Politics 3rd July 2022, 01:53 PM
Replies: 2,773
Views: 132,965
Posted By Minoosh
No one is fond of late 2nd or 3rd trimester...

No one is fond of late 2nd or 3rd trimester abortions without cause.

Your preference "would be that more focus was placed on personal responsibility than is currently the case." I'm curious what...
Forum: USA Politics 3rd July 2022, 12:03 PM
Replies: 2,773
Views: 132,965
Posted By Minoosh
You believe abortion is OK under some...

You believe abortion is OK under some circumstances. Can you elaborate on the circumstances under which abortion should be allowed?

I'm not sure why "statistically significant" should be the bar,...
Forum: USA Politics 2nd July 2022, 10:10 PM
Replies: 2,773
Views: 132,965
Posted By Minoosh
You're working with nothing but an argument from...

You're working with nothing but an argument from incredulity. I guess that's good enough for you.
Forum: USA Politics 2nd July 2022, 10:07 PM
Replies: 2,773
Views: 132,965
Posted By Minoosh
That could absolutely be true. And honestly I...

That could absolutely be true. And honestly I don't think a lot of pro-life people have thought deeply about the issue. Of course that may be true on the pro-choice side as well.

I do want people...
Forum: USA Politics 2nd July 2022, 09:16 PM
Replies: 2,773
Views: 132,965
Posted By Minoosh
Right, but that means Caitlyn Bernard is lying,...

Right, but that means Caitlyn Bernard is lying, and I'm not sure why she'd do that. She is an advocate for women's reproductive health but then so are most doctors. Of course, you could say they're...
Forum: USA Politics 2nd July 2022, 08:44 PM
Replies: 2,773
Views: 132,965
Posted By Minoosh
For the most part, newspaper reporters actually...

For the most part, newspaper reporters actually hate being wrong. At the least, I believe they are accurately reporting what Caitlyn Bernard told them.

Do you think Bernard is lying? Are you...
Forum: USA Politics 2nd July 2022, 08:35 PM
Replies: 2,773
Views: 132,965
Posted By Minoosh
I don't know your position on abortion. If you...

I don't know your position on abortion. If you would like to spell it out, *I will listen.* But I don't understand why you think the Indiana doctor is lying. What does she gain?

If a law bans...
Forum: USA Politics 2nd July 2022, 08:27 PM
Replies: 2,773
Views: 132,965
Posted By Minoosh
That does seem to be the likely explanation,...

That does seem to be the likely explanation, doesn't it. And if they can't get her publicly ID'd, they'll simply deny that such things happen.

If they could own such outcomes and still stick to...
Forum: USA Politics 2nd July 2022, 08:11 PM
Replies: 2,773
Views: 132,965
Posted By Minoosh
How on earth can you know that?

How on earth can you know that?
Forum: USA Politics 2nd July 2022, 08:08 PM
Replies: 2,773
Views: 132,965
Posted By Minoosh
In other words, you want the child's name to be...

In other words, you want the child's name to be publicized. Why on earth does her birthday matter?

Per Duke University, puberty in girls is NORMAL between the ages of 8 and 13. Girls are raped,...
Forum: USA Politics 2nd July 2022, 06:09 PM
Replies: 2,773
Views: 132,965
Posted By Minoosh
What kind of supporting detail would it take to...

What kind of supporting detail would it take to convince you that the story is true?

Such situations *will* come up in states that have outlawed abortion. Why wouldn't they? That's not a...
Forum: USA Politics 2nd July 2022, 05:45 PM
Replies: 2,773
Views: 132,965
Posted By Minoosh
Can you articulate why?

Can you articulate why?
Forum: USA Politics 2nd July 2022, 02:56 PM
Replies: 2,773
Views: 132,965
Posted By Minoosh
If there were more intellectual honesty on the...

If there were more intellectual honesty on the part of those drooling for complete bans I might not mind the Supreme Court's decision so much. But IMO it's an absolute fact that hardly anyone really...
Forum: Economics, Business and Finance 14th June 2022, 10:33 PM
Replies: 84
Views: 2,763
Posted By Minoosh
I don't know if I could get a mortgage. My income...

I don't know if I could get a mortgage. My income is pretty low right now but it might go up in a couple of months. Really I think I'm falling for the partially intangible appeal of a paid-for home....
Forum: Economics, Business and Finance 13th June 2022, 10:50 PM
Replies: 84
Views: 2,763
Posted By Minoosh
I need to do this, but ... Investment...

I need to do this, but ...



Investment advice is one thing, but there is this somewhat intangible benefit in having a secure place to live. Money can always buy me a place to rent but people...
Forum: Economics, Business and Finance 13th June 2022, 06:46 PM
Replies: 84
Views: 2,763
Posted By Minoosh
Is it dumb to sell stock now to buy a house?

The stock market is down, the housing market is on fire and I need a place to live. I can rent month-to-month, but for the first time in my life having a paid-for home is really sounding like...
Forum: Religion and Philosophy 27th November 2021, 08:42 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 5,072
Posted By Minoosh
I just finished a novel set in China around 1960...

I just finished a novel set in China around 1960 and everyone’s day off was Sunday. I wondered how that developed.
Forum: USA Politics 1st September 2021, 09:38 PM
Replies: 3,801
Views: 192,715
Posted By Minoosh
Does this mean you think such women should be...

Does this mean you think such women should be denied legal abortions?
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 15th August 2021, 02:57 PM
Replies: 1,026
Views: 68,657
Posted By Minoosh
There's got to be something between doing nothing...

There's got to be something between doing nothing and staying for 20 years forever.

IMO the U.S. sabotaged its efforts in Afghanistan by invading Iraq scarcely more than a year later.
Forum: Non-USA & General Politics 15th August 2021, 02:06 PM
Replies: 1,026
Views: 68,657
Posted By Minoosh
Russia no longer shares a border with...

Russia no longer shares a border with Afghanistan, but its regional security alliance (Uzbekistan, Tajikstan) does.

For regional security purposes Russia might as well border Afghanistan.

Ha:...
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 14th August 2021, 02:45 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 966
Posted By Minoosh
Haitians more or less invented zombies, so it...

Haitians more or less invented zombies, so it would be a logical place for it.
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