WC 1M Post Challenge - You Ready?!

[N_LaRUE]

I don't get how the UK will enforce this. Will they stop by every home to ensure everyone present are the people that live there? I find this amusing.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/coronavirus-sex-lockdown-illegal-093127804.html

If it wasn't the UK I'd assume a spoof but since it's there...

I doubt they will enforce this except for known brothels and other sex workers.

Other than that they're relying on someone dobbing the person in.

There not going to waste resources on this.

 

[N_LaRUE]

Matrices can be a PITA, but they're quite useful in many applications. I've used them for integrals (Jacobian), extremes (Hessian), Wronskian (can't remember what it was used for, we use them for coding in telecommunications and many other things.

But it's mostly to make things easier to calculate.

I was never taught them and trying to learn in the fly was difficult.

I talked to other engineers a bit younger than me and they never used them either.

It's a relatively new math in engineering.

 

[libra89]

If it wasn't the UK I'd assume a spoof but since it's there...

I doubt they will enforce this except for known brothels and other sex workers.

Other than that they're relying on someone dobbing the person in.

There not going to waste resources on this.

Gotcha. I thought it was one too when I started reading this but what you said makes more sense. It's wild to me though.

 

[Rose640]

I was never taught them and trying to learn in the fly was difficult.

I talked to other engineers a bit younger than me and they never used them either.

It's a relatively new math in engineering.

Really? I learned matrices back in 3rd year of my high school. Thought it was a common knowledge.
Learning them on a fly can be hard, especially if you're not familiar with all the rules and transformations. They go hand to hand with linear algebra, which is probably my least favourite chapter of math.

 

[Rose640]

So a few days ago I was exploring music a bit, power ballads sort of stuff particularly, and stumbled upon this gem. I liked the song so much I couldn't stop listening to it since. There's also a video of their performance at Wacken, which blew my mind.

I also found some W.A.S.P. stuff that I really like, so I'll have to look into them as well.

Here's that song: https://youtu.be/HGMx0YkeTFQ

 

[fatclue_98]

Must have been drunk while inveting them.

I read somewhere that the units of measurement were based on the length of some king's body part. A yard was the length of his arm, etc. It would explain why 12" is called a "foot". As a practical person who deals in measurements every day, the English system has its advantages over the metric system when it comes to fractional dimensions. 16 and 12 have a lot more multiples than 10 so it it's much easier to divide. Elevations (NGVD) are the funny part since they incorporate feet in the traditional sense but the inches are broken into hundredths (WTF?). I'd say that guy was 3 sheets to the wind.

 

[MSFTisMIA]

All I can say is that I feel for you. I'm hoping that you have a space to process this with.

I appreciate your kind sentiment. Nope, no space to process it. Was very somber doing this today.

On to the next step.

 

[N_LaRUE]

I read somewhere that the units of measurement were based on the length of some king's body part. A yard was the length of his arm, etc. It would explain why 12" is called a "foot". As a practical person who deals in measurements every day, the English system has its advantages over the metric system when it comes to fractional dimensions. 16 and 12 have a lot more multiples than 10 so it it's much easier to divide. Elevations (NGVD) are the funny part since they incorporate feet in the traditional sense but the inches are broken into hundredths (WTF?). I'd say that guy was 3 sheets to the wind.

But that's the whole point of the metric system. You don't need factorial dimensions.

Also the metric system is based on world dimensions.

 

[MSFTisMIA]

But that's the whole point of the metric system. You don't need factorial dimensions.

Also the metric system is based on world dimensions.

Both are useless. Because there's 'Murica, they have to keep the one they liked.

 

[MSFTisMIA]

So some nice folks donated a care package to Frontline workers. I was able to get one of the extras. It covered snacks, drinks, TP, paper towel and a personal hygiene kit. Most of the stuff I don't need, but there is always a long *** pantry line at one of the nearby churches. So I took it.

On the train and a homeless gentleman (with a nice gold chain on - don't ask) popped into the car. Just pulled out a small plastic bag I had and the first thing I put in there for him was the hygiene kit and the TP). The bag it a bit lighter, but the rest will go to the church.

Ain't much, but I'd rather reach the hard to reach people with it.

 

[Rose640]

I read somewhere that the units of measurement were based on the length of some king's body part. A yard was the length of his arm, etc. It would explain why 12" is called a "foot". As a practical person who deals in measurements every day, the English system has its advantages over the metric system when it comes to fractional dimensions. 16 and 12 have a lot more multiples than 10 so it it's much easier to divide. Elevations (NGVD) are the funny part since they incorporate feet in the traditional sense but the inches are broken into hundredths (WTF?). I'd say that guy was 3 sheets to the wind.

Yeah, I'd still take the standardization of the metric system over the number of multipliers of imperial system.

I find it natural to be able to divide everything by 10 and can easily visualise it.

 

[Rose640]

The amount of people I see online that are having an issue with the Black lives matter slogan is just astounding. Like dude, chill out, nobody's telling you to go to die.

 

[fatclue_98]

Yeah, I'd still take the standardization of the metric system over the number of multipliers of imperial system.

I find it natural to be able to divide everything by 10 and can easily visualise it.

I don't think you understood the point I was trying to make. I can divide 12 (inches) by 2, 3, 4 and 6. Divide 10? 2 and 5, that's it. Things rarely come in nice tidy measurements or volumes.

 

[Laura Knotek]

I don't think you understood the point I was trying to make. I can divide 12 (inches) by 2, 3, 4 and 6. Divide 10? 2 and 5, that's it. Things rarely come in nice tidy measurements or volumes.

Imperial units are complete confusion to me on these devices. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micrometer?wprov=sfla1

 

[fatclue_98]

Imperial units are complete confusion to me on these devices. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Micrometer?wprov=sfla1

Flashbacks of my grease monkey days. I haven't held a mike in my hands in probably 25 years since my last engine rebuild. They're fractional instruments in that the empirical value is the size of the mike. For example, a 3-4 micrometer only measures between 3 and 4 inches, so whatever you're reading is the makeup.

You want confusing? Try one of these Jeppesen flight computers I had to learn in flight school c.1979.

 

[Laura Knotek]

Flashbacks of my grease monkey days. I haven't held a mike in my hands in probably 25 years since my last engine rebuild. They're fractional instruments in that the empirical value is the size of the mike. For example, a 3-4 micrometer only measures between 3 and 4 inches, so whatever you're reading is the makeup.

You want confusing? Try one of these Jeppesen flight computers I had to learn in flight school c.1979.

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Yikes! That flight computer looks ridiculously confusing.

My father had sets of micrometers and tried to explain them to me, but I had no clue how the measurements worked.

I also never understood sizes of screws, even though my father could tell the size of a screw just by looking at it.

 

[Laura Knotek]

The one measurement that is easiest to me is 24 hour time. I use it because it avoids any mixups. There is no way to confuse 06:30 and 18:30.

 

[fatclue_98]

Yikes! That flight computer looks ridiculously confusing.

Part of my training was to have the instructor give an impromptu course change and you had to figure out the correct compass heading by computing the wind on your new path. Those circular slide rules as I called them were quite easy to work with one-handed. Gotta give it to the designer. Oh yes if you were wondering, all this while keeping straight and level flight. Texting and driving is for amateurs.

 

[fatclue_98]

I also never understood sizes of screws, even though my father could tell the size of a screw just by looking at it.

Another English vs. Metric folly. SAE screw sizes not only vary in diameters, the pitch also varies within the same thread size. Throw in metrics with their own thread/pitch and it's easy to see why there are so many tools for stripped threads, etc. American cars are the worst. There was a time in the mid 80s where a single component like an intake manifold would have SAE and metric bolts attaching them. I could take a Toyota apart with just 10mm, 12mm, 13mm and 17mm wrenches. A Chevy required 20 different size wrenches.

 

[Laura Knotek]

Another English vs. Metric folly. SAE screw sizes not only vary in diameters, the pitch also varies within the same thread size. Throw in metrics with their own thread/pitch and it's easy to see why there are so many tools for stripped threads, etc. American cars are the worst. There was a time in the mid 80s where a single component like an intake manifold would have SAE and metric bolts attaching them. I could take a Toyota apart with just 10mm, 12mm, 13mm and 17mm wrenches. A Chevy required 20 different size wrenches.

The screws which sizes I do understand are Torx. I have a set from Lowe's, since many of my electronic devices use them.