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It was a play on words. Shaping up as you mentioned shapes of pizza
Pizza -- look up using Pizza triangles to calculate Pi
Fridge/Freezer light. -- How do you know it turns off? Maybe it's always on.
Why is it called Hawaiian pizza when it’s Canadian bacon?
I SINCERELY hope the turnout for the concert tomorrow is good. I sent the livestream link to a bunch of people, too, who hopefully will watch online. All 250 or so of us (choir and orchestra combined) have really given this performance our all, and this music is not easy. We just ran the whole thing tonight in our dress rehearsal. It’s exhausting standing up and singing for 2 hours straight—but I’m really honored to be performing in it!
*Angry Italian noises*
I am of Greek origin and am also angry.
Mind you my birth country, Canada, and current residence in Switzerland are both bacon/ham loving cultures.Common sense tells you that if there was a penguin inside that turns the light off ; you'd see the penguin when you open the door (penguins , out of water , aren't fast enough to hide behind the orange juice container when the door opens .)The real answer is that , when you close the fridge door , the increase in air pressure inside the fridge ,caused by the closing of the door blows the light out . It's just so obvious .....
Completely agree - and I too loved The Pillars of the Earth
And why are "overnight" and "instant" synonyms when referring to celebrities but antonyms when referring to oatmeal? 🤔
$20 for dog nails cut and dremmel finished, 5 minutes their time
If you came at my nails with a dremmel, I'd look worried as well...They look worried.
it’s so much easier and safer if they have black nails though! clippers are scary when you can’t see the quick. gave my own dog a bath and dremel trim today!
That concert was a HUGE success! I am very happy with how it went. All that effort was worth it for sure. Everyone really gave 150%, which made it sound even better.
Just did my other two today, which were also great. I usually don't go back and watch the video right away, but I did this time. Lots of really harmonically dense chords (a la Keith Jarrett or Bill Carrothers, both of whom I've shared in the music thread) I don't remember even playing. I think this shows I'm finally starting to pick up on those kinds of harmonies, which I've always wanted to be able to do.
The camera isn't aimed straight at the keyboard though, so I doubt I'll ever get the exact voicings. I have perfect pitch so I can usually pick out chords relatively easily, but not with these. Especially on the slow songs where I played at a whisper.
I often find that I like the sound of my own playing better when I completely zone out and don't think about it. If I prepare too much ahead of time, then I try to say it all in too short a timeframe, and it never sounds good.
The camera isn't aimed straight at the keyboard though, so I doubt I'll ever get the exact voicings. I have perfect pitch so I can usually pick out chords relatively easily, but not with these. Especially on the slow songs where I played at a whisper.
I often find that I like the sound of my own playing better when I completely zone out and don't think about it. If I prepare too much ahead of time, then I try to say it all in too short a timeframe, and it never sounds good.
UI and software updates on my mind. Trying to remember when one actually improved the user experience!
Usually it’s just change for changes sake.
Microsoft Teams updates for example. Just a horrible mess after the last update. Had to spend ages in the customisation settings trying to make it more user friendly.
Apple is no better. When they invented the wheel, they didn’t try and improve it with hexagon or square wheels did they? Just stop messing!
Usually it’s just change for changes sake.
Microsoft Teams updates for example. Just a horrible mess after the last update. Had to spend ages in the customisation settings trying to make it more user friendly.
Apple is no better. When they invented the wheel, they didn’t try and improve it with hexagon or square wheels did they? Just stop messing!
Hey, so I’ve got some tech news to share. My school laptop decided to give up on me! It was acting up, with WiFi going in and out for a few days. It was a real pain, especially since I had to finish some work and catch up on missed stuff because of my illness.
Had gotten a replacement laptop from school once they got it available.
Luckily I only have my afternoon machining class tomorrow. So it’s extended again. The morning one got canceled for unforeseen circumstances ; Prof had a family emergency
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You realise that Management has to be seen to be doing something to prove their worth.
Public Service Managers have to alternate between sacking Permanent Staff and employing Contractors, then dismiss the Contractors and employ Permanent Staff.
Shopping Centre Managers have to totally re-arrange all the stock on a regular basis, just as you get to know where everything is.
Software Project Managers have to totally re-design the UI of any software package at least once a year, as well as find one really, really, really useful feature and cut it, while adding at least two new features that nobody will ever use.
This is for sure a pet peeve of mine. This is also universal, MS and Apple and Google etc.
Ugh that is very true as well - result of the Peter Principle perhaps.
I agree with all that's been said re software etc these days.
You lot probably already know this but just in case not...
I had a missive from Microsoft yesterday that my sub for Microsoft family was increasing by about 30% this year due to all the super new AI improvements. Ah, that'll be the way Outlook now jumbles up what I'm trying to say in an email and it now means I'm now having to act as the auto correct to the auto correct - agh!
Anyway - one quick furious Google later and it transpires that if you cancel the sub (or start to) you get a window that offers you the original version at the original cost... which will implement when the sub becomes due in a few weeks. If you get the same email just try and cancel it will be a fair bit cheaper... I did it and it seemed to work.
I think though that there's a much more serious issue developing, and that's that we're stumbling back into a feudal system where we're all having to rent the tools of our trade (and increasingly everything else) from absentee landlords over which we have no democratic control who's only interest is to rent seek. They fiddle about the edges to try and make it look like they're always improving things but it's not in their interest to really change anything. If any competitor emerges with something genuinely new they either shut them out of their platform or just use their immense power and wealth to buy them and then shut them down.
You lot probably already know this but just in case not...
I had a missive from Microsoft yesterday that my sub for Microsoft family was increasing by about 30% this year due to all the super new AI improvements. Ah, that'll be the way Outlook now jumbles up what I'm trying to say in an email and it now means I'm now having to act as the auto correct to the auto correct - agh!
Anyway - one quick furious Google later and it transpires that if you cancel the sub (or start to) you get a window that offers you the original version at the original cost... which will implement when the sub becomes due in a few weeks. If you get the same email just try and cancel it will be a fair bit cheaper... I did it and it seemed to work.
I think though that there's a much more serious issue developing, and that's that we're stumbling back into a feudal system where we're all having to rent the tools of our trade (and increasingly everything else) from absentee landlords over which we have no democratic control who's only interest is to rent seek. They fiddle about the edges to try and make it look like they're always improving things but it's not in their interest to really change anything. If any competitor emerges with something genuinely new they either shut them out of their platform or just use their immense power and wealth to buy them and then shut them down.
My team are already complaining about the Teams update. Not had mine yet.
It’s a dog. Now says I have unread chat when I don’t. Greee!
See now you just made me feel old. I think I used a (desktop) computer once in school.
