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SeanF replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that bugs you in Off-Topic Babbling

"Tined" is the adjective form of tine, meaning "a sharp, projecting point or prong, as of a fork", i.e. "antlered". The only problem I see with...

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2019-Dec-06, 11:55 AM

SeanF replied to a thread Twitter in Off-Topic Babbling

Now I have a question - I know Twitter does retweets and replies, but this "mute" function presumes it maintains "threads" in some way. Is that...

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2019-Dec-05, 10:06 PM

SeanF replied to a thread Backyard Wildlife in Off-Topic Babbling

I know how the optical illusion works, Grant.

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2019-Dec-05, 08:37 PM

SeanF replied to a thread Backyard Wildlife in Off-Topic Babbling

Those look like mounds of snow to me instead of indentations, and I just can not get my brain to perceive the lighting correctly.

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2019-Dec-03, 03:12 PM

SeanF replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that bugs you in Off-Topic Babbling

Well, why should "science and environmental" be any different than everything else?

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2019-Dec-01, 02:51 AM

SeanF replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that amuses you... in Off-Topic Babbling

We watched "The Rescuers" on Disney+ the other night. The info screen before starting the movie warned us that it contained "tobacco depictions." ...

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2019-Nov-25, 02:05 PM

SeanF replied to a thread Is it just me or has Generation X ceased to exist? in Off-Topic Babbling

This is true, but neither part of Delvo's claim - that this generation is "significantly" worse off, and that this is the first generation in a long...

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2019-Nov-25, 12:32 PM

SeanF replied to a thread MUSIC...by a Robert Palmer in Off-Topic Babbling

Gorn, did you look at Nicolas' link, to a performance on Martin Short's show? Robert Palmer, "True Love", with a chorus of black men in white shirts?

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2019-Nov-25, 03:26 AM

SeanF replied to a thread Is it just me or has Generation X ceased to exist? in Off-Topic Babbling

Do you have a citation for that?

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2019-Nov-21, 03:36 PM

grapes replied to a thread Why do scientists use words they don't need to use? in Science and Technology

I think "Abelian" is just easier for some people to say than "commutative".

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2019-Nov-21, 06:06 AM

grapes replied to a thread Machine code? in Science and Technology

In old machine code, there was a situation that didn't differentiate between the binary that represented code and the binary that represented...

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2019-Nov-20, 01:59 PM

SeanF replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that amuses you... in Off-Topic Babbling

Is that supposed to make me feel bad about myself for wasting time, or proud of myself for reading a book every day?

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2019-Nov-15, 02:44 PM

SeanF replied to a thread Really trivial stuff that amuses you... in Off-Topic Babbling

Unless I'm mistaken, the study did not suggest the change. The study suggested that there is some dehumanizing thought directed at cyclists*, but the...

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