@lufins-dad said in How Chicago deals with snow:

You guys did see the part where they are also ready to roll out hot peppers and celery salt if necessary?

In Philly they use cheesesteaks

We need to hit the free agent market for next year and draft for the future.

@larry

…. that would be bad manners.

@mik said in Wat Dis?:

No reason he should ever walk free.

Agreed.

If you're interested, read "Catch Me If You Can" by Frank Abagnale. He talks about Scandinavian (specifically Swedish, iirc) prisons vs others in which he was incarcerated.

I read this about 15 years ago, and if memory serves, he was liable to extradited from a Swedish prison (where life was good) to an Italian prison, where it was (cough) not quite as good.

He was able to swing a "persona non grata" declaration from the Sweded, necessitating his transfer to a US prison, which he considered far preferable to an Italian one.

Well, if he was black, then he would behave like the black stereotype and follow the left's mantra.

@george-k said in The ACLU...:

That's what's changed, and it's sad.

Yes, at least they served a purpose.

Now they are just another twisted interest group.

@mik said in Pfizer, Moderna boosters win against Omicron:

I hope all remain mild and improve quickly.

Yes, what Mik said.

I'm not a dog expert, but judging from our dogs, that doesn't look like love to me. More like "I'm waiting for the right moment to bite you".

Vox on the issue:
https://www.vox.com/2022/1/19/22891236/supreme-court-ted-cruz-bribery-fec-loan-repayment-brett-kavanaugh-amy-coney-barrett

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14 out of 48 state senators are black, and they complain about systemic racism.

@copper said in Would you wear this shirt?:

https://sciencetrends.com/how-to-write-a-cursive-capital-j/

How To Write A Cursive Capital J

It looked like a sloppy Q.

This clumsy, cringe-worthy attempt to distinguish between minor and major invasions sent a clear signal to the Kremlin that if troops stopped short of a full-scale military operation, they might avoid a serious response from the West. This is an ideal outcome for Russia. In fact, it is its preferred path forward.

The leader of the free world

The most powerful man in the world

@lufins-dad said in Puzzle Time — Both Practical and Challenging:

First calculate the volume of the D20. Easy enough to Google or look up in the old geometry book.

Knock yourself out. 😄 Yes, conceptually this is fairly simple. In practice, though, you're missing a TON of stuff.

For starters: how do you actually get from the number I provided to the volume?

The suspect:

According to police, McNeil had been arrested five times before the deadly encounter and was on probation after being convicted on a felony drug charge in New York City in 2003.

McNeil was arrested four times outside the city on various charges, including assault on an officer and weapon possession.

Sources tell CBS2 McNeil also has a history of posting anti-police and anti-government messages on social media.

In the wake of the shooting, the mayor again pledged to attack the gun violence crisis in New York City and go after the gun dealers.

“Officers have taken thousands of guns off the streets, but they need help. The help is to stop the flow, and that is what the federal government must do,” Adams said.

https://nypost.com/2022/01/22/alleged-cop-killer-lashawn-mcneil-was-anti-gov-conspiracy-theorist-sources/

The man accused of killing one NYPD officer and critically wounding another blamed his mother for being blind in one eye and raged with her over wild anti-government conspiracy theories before she called police for help, law enforcement sources told The Post Saturday.

Lashawn McNeil, 47, became more entrenched in the conspiracies — even believing he was god and no one could tell him what to do — after moving to New York City in November to help care for a disabled brother, sources said.

He also frequently clashed with his mom, Shirley Sourzes, over issues as mundane as lost house keys for their Harlem apartment, a neighbor said.

When the mom called 911 Friday night she told the operator her son “has problems,” sources said.

Shortly after three officers arrived, McNeil allegedly ambushed them when they tried to enter a back bedroom, shooting dead rookie cop Jason Rivera, 22, and critically wounded Officer Wilbert Mora, 27, with a stolen Glock 45 pistol equipped with a high capacity ammunition magazine.

On one of his Facebook pages, McNeil posted “Stop eating McDonald’s you’re eating human children mainly people of color” in response to a video about blood sacrifices at the restaurant.

One video he linked to in 2014 espoused the ideology behind “Moorish sovereign citizens,” a group that does not recognize the US government and has been called a hate group. Members of the group were involved in a stand off with police in Massachusetts in July.

@copper in the twitter comments, someone wants to know what the federal budget for khakis is.

Hm, let's see.

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It means we want all integer solutions to

a*b = 2a+2b

or

b = 2a / (a-2)

That's a hyperbola, so there can only be finitely many solutions.

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I'd say it's these four number pairs.

0,0
3,6
4,4
6,3

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(I put this into a defunct spoiler (damn lazy forum admin should fix this); if you want to see what I wrote you can push "Quote")

Yeah, seems to be pretty simple.