In light of what is going on in India is it possible that Denmark and Norway are just whistling past the graveyard?

A regular Doc Bloomfield.

@jon-nyc said in Puzzle time: the runt of random points: @Horace My original intuition was similar to yours but with a different formula. The probabilities would be additive, not multiplicative, no? So if m is the expected minimum value, that meant that: 10 * p(x<m) = 0.5, or p(x<m) = 0.05 which gave me 1/20. But as you pointed out that would be a median value, the mean would be higher than that. My formula gives the correct median. It's the chance of rolling higher than "x" 10 times in a row, so multiplicative.

@loki said in "The President's words don't represent the position of the administration.": An old white man is not allowed to have a position if it varies from the critical race theory crowd. It is OK in Oklahoma. https://www.foxnews.com/politics/oklahoma-governor-bans-critical-race-gender-based-theory-in-public-schools-and-universities Oklahoma governor bans critical race, gender-based theory in public schools and universities 'Now more than ever, we need policies that bring us closer together – not rip us apart,' said Gov. Kevin Stitt

I have been sent an email from Emily from China asking me to review products. Once my review was up, they would refund the price of the product through Pay Pal (like the article says). I did it once for exercise bands. They weren't terrible, but weren't great. I probably would have given them 4-5 stars as they did what they were advertised to do. However, since I knew I was going to get the price back, I did feel bad if I did not give them 5 stars. That was the only time I did it.

Mr. Biden, save your breath...

racists

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Interestingly You Tube and my streaming apps are about the only apps I actually want to understand me enough to make good recommendations, but i only say that because it struck me as I was reading your thread. Generally because I don’t understand how I am ultimately tracked I wish not to be. Secondly, we play jeopardy online. I just say Alexa, let’s play Jeopardy. Anyway based on all my answers over 100 games I am pretty sure they know me better than I do. (Alexa remains unplugged except for that one thing, LOL).

The solution (I have been told) is for employers to offer higher wages. Almost feels like extortion...

couple of regular Jaime Lannisters. The misdirection of throwing the sword to the side after a slashing attack was masterful.

@george-k said in Happy Mother’s Day!: @brenda said in Happy Mother’s Day!: Giving birth doesn't always mean being a mom or motherly. I take your point. Still doesnt' keep me from being snarky, tho, LOL. Indeed! Snark all you want.

@axtremus said in Virtual learning ain't the same.: @aqua-letifer said in Virtual learning ain't the same.: Ax, why do you think performing surgeries needs to be learned in-person? Performing surgery is a three dimensional activity where tactile feel is a vital aspect of that activity. Current simulation technology is still inadequate to simulate three dimensional objects with tactile feedback. Fascinating!

@loki I am no fan of the provincial government either here or Ontario. But I do respect the police and the work they do. There's good reason to for the public to follow the rules and the authorities enforce the rules when the public is in defiance: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/alberta-covid-coronavirus-may-10-1.6020370

One has to mount a defense. When this is it, you know all they had was a Hail Mary pass…the cultural war bait notwithstanding.

@klaus said in Interesting If True: @taiwan_girl said in Interesting If True: probably pretty sure Hmm... What's the probability this is true? 63%

@axtremus said in Buying Africa: China throws a lot of money at Africa to build infrastructure with very little strings attached except terms like "if you cannot repay the loan we take over whatever that was built with that loan." China's loans impose no condition on improving human rights or promoting democracy, which makes them more attractive to financing from Western sources. But I do not put high odds on China dominating Africa. A few things I believe will prevent China from succeeding: China has pretty severe demographics problem, their population is aging fairly quickly, which will be a drag on China's economy Wealth disparity is another big problem in China. Very wide disparity between the haves and the have-nots, between the rural population and the city population. This does not bode well for long term political stability within China Racial discrimination. Short term, the Chinese look very good to the Africans compared to the Caucasians with their apartheid history. But many in mainland China discriminate against dark skin complexions, and there really isn't any widespread initiative to correct this widespread attitude. It won't take long for the Africans to wise up to this widespread discrimination and become very suspicious of everything China, if they haven't already. As it is, I still put a higher odds of China imploding within rather than China dominating Africa as a matter of geopolitical influence. China imploding from within is a concept I heard a long time ago and China has only grown exponentially in every way since then. On some level one could reasonably assume that statement is part of their strategy to disarm everyone. I wish it were true and even believed it at one time but the evidence is such thin gruel. Make no mistake China is already making big bold and brazen moves. I do think Biden sees it but he doesn’t have his voters behind him. Russia Russia Russia is the only song they know.

@lufins-dad said in Some reading material for Sunday morning: I actually think the economy was healthier the last 12 months than what we are about to see... Why is that?

Looking at previous Vice-Presidents, the last one to win a presidential election was Bush (the Elder). Nixon and Biden won as well, but not coming out of their role as VEEP.