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Yeah. I get there's other factors involved as well especially race. I doubt she would have killed a white woman had there been one living in that apartment. That still doesn't mean she's a "racist" (she very likely has racial bias*, but I think we can agree it's a long distance between unjustified racial fear and someone who commits a hate crime, just as an example).EnochRoot wrote: ↑Tue Oct 01, 2019 12:03 pmIsn't this is a bit like calling a car crash a car accident?brian wrote: ↑Tue Oct 01, 2019 11:33 am She obviously should have been found guilty, she obviously deserves jail time, but seems like this is a situation where it was more like manslaughter than murder. I'd imagine these are the kinds of cases that are hardest for the good judges, where it takes a difficult kind of wisdom to decide how long to sentence someone to prison for a stupid, avoidable mistake.
I just don't know how we really judge people in a just society for crimes like these. The really horrible ones are easy and the ones like a kid stealing a pack of gum are easy as well. It's a knotty philosophical question -- I don't know how judges do it.
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Yes, my 13 and 11 year old are fucking obsessed, and walk around saying, "SKSKSKSK" and "and I oop".DaveInSeattle wrote: ↑Tue Oct 01, 2019 12:37 pm So....has anyone heard of the 'VSCO Girls' fad/trend? (see here for an explainer: VSCO girls and how teen culture goes viral).
Anyways...the GF's daughter works for Hydroflask, doing marketing/social media stuff, and they are completely baffled by the whole thing. I guess that Hydroflask is part of the look, and all of a sudden Hydroflask's mentions are exploding, and they couldn't figure out why for a long time. They really don't know how to handle it, and even if they should. She called us the other night to talk to my 15 yo daughter to try and get an explanation of the whole thing.
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Pop culture changes so fast and is so fragmented these days, it's impossible not to be a confused or clueless old man. So many words in there I don't comprehend.Johnnie wrote: ↑Tue Oct 01, 2019 12:40 pm My roommate's bf has young daughters, so he's in the know about it. He shared a couple memes to our group chat and the rest of us are like "Huh?"
It's effectively a "Basic Bitch" adjacent meme with very, very specific brands.
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For everyone else: https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/vsco-girl
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I was just watching an interview with Kiefer Sutherland and he had his watch on backwards (? - face on the inside of the wrist). I vaguely remember this being a thing in high school or something, probably just to be different. Does anyone else do this? Why? I know he's in a band so maybe it makes sense for a musician?
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I am constantly amazed that so many people don;t return cursory greetings when greeted on walks.
I take my beast to the big park nearby every morning, and so many people don;t even return a simple "hello" or "good morning." How hard is it to mutter a syllable or two?
I take my beast to the big park nearby every morning, and so many people don;t even return a simple "hello" or "good morning." How hard is it to mutter a syllable or two?
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Sounds like you need to move to a more polite country!
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"I went to the park, and fewer than 50 people unnecessarily apologized to me!"Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Wed Oct 02, 2019 9:17 amSounds like you need to move to a more polite country!
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I can't believe how often it happens in my office.Pruitt wrote: ↑Wed Oct 02, 2019 8:39 am I am constantly amazed that so many people don;t return cursory greetings when greeted on walks.
I take my beast to the big park nearby every morning, and so many people don;t even return a simple "hello" or "good morning." How hard is it to mutter a syllable or two?
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Toronto is known as the crankiest place in Canada.The Sybian wrote: ↑Wed Oct 02, 2019 10:08 am"I went to the park, and fewer than 50 people unnecessarily apologized to me!"Johnny Carwash wrote: ↑Wed Oct 02, 2019 9:17 amSounds like you need to move to a more polite country!
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I do that sometimes when I'm sailing, so I don't scratch the watch face.Ryan wrote: ↑Wed Oct 02, 2019 7:44 am I was just watching an interview with Kiefer Sutherland and he had his watch on backwards (? - face on the inside of the wrist). I vaguely remember this being a thing in high school or something, probably just to be different. Does anyone else do this? Why? I know he's in a band so maybe it makes sense for a musician?
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When we walk the dog in our little town, I always say hello to the random strangers we pass. My wife rarely does this and occasionally becomes exasperated if I'm too perky about it. "What? Are you running for mayor?"
Ten years ago, almost everybody returned my greetings. But, nowadays, our town's population has turned over quite a bit as housing prices rose dramatically, and definitely fewer people say hello back to me. When they don't, I assume they are city people who don't do that sort of thing.
Ten years ago, almost everybody returned my greetings. But, nowadays, our town's population has turned over quite a bit as housing prices rose dramatically, and definitely fewer people say hello back to me. When they don't, I assume they are city people who don't do that sort of thing.
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Drop a "howdy" on someone in Boston if you ever want a strange look.
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I usually say hi to the dogs and it's a toss up whether I directly acknowledge the people.
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I've learned working at this job that black folks get PISSED (offended) when you don't greet people in the office. I was completely oblivious to this, until it was brought up (generally) in a meeting that got into everyone's feels.
I'm a wave/say hi to neighborhood type person, obviously not on the streets of a decent sized city. My wife dubbed me the mayor of our 'hood long ago, and I don't fight it.
I'm a wave/say hi to neighborhood type person, obviously not on the streets of a decent sized city. My wife dubbed me the mayor of our 'hood long ago, and I don't fight it.
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RE: my last post, I guess "verbally" would be more correct than "directly". I'm not a complete weirdo.
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My wife hates that I do this. "What if they think you're being creepy?" ...come on.
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People walking their dogs always say hi to Izzy and I.
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Well soon all those Indy people are gonna be high on the pot!!
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I experienced this with my office mate. She is in her 60s and I best be saying morning when I walk in and good night to her when she leaves. Not sure if it an age thing or race.Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Wed Oct 02, 2019 2:40 pm I've learned working at this job that black folks get PISSED (offended) when you don't greet people in the office. I was completely oblivious to this, until it was brought up (generally) in a meeting that got into everyone's feels.
I'm a wave/say hi to neighborhood type person, obviously not on the streets of a decent sized city. My wife dubbed me the mayor of our 'hood long ago, and I don't fight it.
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My stock thing to say to somebody walking their dog is look at their pooch and say, "There's a good dog!". People always like that, because they always agree.
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It was very clearly a race thing here at my office, which is probably 45-55 B to W ratio.duff wrote: ↑Wed Oct 02, 2019 4:09 pmI experienced this with my office mate. She is in her 60s and I best be saying morning when I walk in and good night to her when she leaves. Not sure if it an age thing or race.Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Wed Oct 02, 2019 2:40 pm I've learned working at this job that black folks get PISSED (offended) when you don't greet people in the office. I was completely oblivious to this, until it was brought up (generally) in a meeting that got into everyone's feels.
I'm a wave/say hi to neighborhood type person, obviously not on the streets of a decent sized city. My wife dubbed me the mayor of our 'hood long ago, and I don't fight it.
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In the neighborhood where we have our summer place, everyone still waves at each other when they pass in their cars. Passing someone while walking a dog is a several-minute conversation.
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I think that the majority of people at my work unbuckle their belt and presumably unbutton their pants just to take a leak at the urinal. It's one of those things that bothers me even though I have no idea the fuck why.
But seriously...why? Do they not know how flies work?
But seriously...why? Do they not know how flies work?
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I don't get it... I walked into a public bathroom last week, and as the urinals came into view, I saw a kid maybe 5 yo at the urinal with his pants and underwear around his ankles. Thought it was cute, then I took another step and I saw his grandfather at the urinal next to him, pants an underwear around his ankles. Not cute.Jerloma wrote: ↑Thu Oct 03, 2019 2:32 pm I think that the majority of people at my work unbuckle their belt and presumably unbutton their pants just to take a leak at the urinal. It's one of those things that bothers me even though I have no idea the fuck why.
But seriously...why? Do they not know how flies work?
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I like sitting down in the bathroom, regardless of what's about to happen. First off, almost invariably, a #1 turns into a #2. It's exciting!
Secondly, when I try to use the fly method, I pee on myself... sometimes. I think it happened that I had to go real bad in elementary school and I couldn't fish out my stuff quick enough and... That wasn't cool, man.
So, I just avoid the fly altogether and sit down to pee... I do stand to pooh, though.
Secondly, when I try to use the fly method, I pee on myself... sometimes. I think it happened that I had to go real bad in elementary school and I couldn't fish out my stuff quick enough and... That wasn't cool, man.
So, I just avoid the fly altogether and sit down to pee... I do stand to pooh, though.
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You sit in urinals, right? Otherwise, that would just be weird.Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Thu Oct 03, 2019 2:45 pm I like sitting down in the bathroom, regardless of what's about to happen. First off, almost invariably, a #1 turns into a #2. It's exciting!
Secondly, when I try to use the fly method, I pee on myself... sometimes. I think it happened that I had to go real bad in elementary school and I couldn't fish out my stuff quick enough and... That wasn't cool, man.
So, I just avoid the fly altogether and sit down to pee... I do stand to pooh, though.
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No, no... I take my shits in the urinals. It gets awkward when only the short-knocker one is available.The Sybian wrote: ↑Thu Oct 03, 2019 2:53 pmYou sit in urinals, right? Otherwise, that would just be weird.Nonlinear FC wrote: ↑Thu Oct 03, 2019 2:45 pm I like sitting down in the bathroom, regardless of what's about to happen. First off, almost invariably, a #1 turns into a #2. It's exciting!
Secondly, when I try to use the fly method, I pee on myself... sometimes. I think it happened that I had to go real bad in elementary school and I couldn't fish out my stuff quick enough and... That wasn't cool, man.
So, I just avoid the fly altogether and sit down to pee... I do stand to pooh, though.
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So I got listed as a co-author on a paper about a project that I worked on at the Allen Institute:
A Petascale Automated Imaging Pipeline for Mapping Neuronal Circuits with High-throughput Transmission Electron Microscopy
A Petascale Automated Imaging Pipeline for Mapping Neuronal Circuits with High-throughput Transmission Electron Microscopy
Serial-section electron microscopy is the method of choice for studying cellular structure and network connectivity in the brain. We have built a pipeline of parallel imaging using transmission electron automated microscopes (piTEAM) that scales this technology and enables the acquisition of petascale datasets containing local cortical microcircuits. The distributed platform is composed of multiple transmission electron microscopes that image, in parallel, different sections from the same block of tissue, all under control of a custom acquisition software (pyTEM) that implements 24/7 continuous autonomous imaging. The suitability of this architecture for large scale electron microscopy imaging was demonstrated by acquiring a volume of more than 1 mm3 of mouse neocortex spanning four different visual areas. Over 26,500 ultrathin tissue sections were imaged, yielding a dataset of more than 2 petabytes. Our current burst imaging rate is 500 Mpixel/s (image capture only) per microscope and net imaging rate is 100 Mpixel/s (including stage movement, image capture, quality control, and post processing). This brings the combined burst acquisition rate of the pipeline to 3 Gpixel/s and the net rate to 600 Mpixel/s with six microscopes running acquisition in parallel, which allowed imaging a cubic millimeter of mouse visual cortex at synaptic resolution in less than 6 months.
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Congrats, DiS.
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It all sounded ultra-impressive until the end of the final sentence...
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"How To Poop In A Urinal: An Examination Of The Geometric Necessity Of Leg Splaying" by Nonlinear FC
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Damn that's cool, Dave.
And his one problem is he didn’t go to Russia that night because he had extracurricular activities, and they froze to death.
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Have you every really just sat somewhere unconventional for a whole hour and just observed everything? Like a park bench or something? It’s amazing.
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