Interesting article about productivity and heat. I don’t think it’s too far a stretch to apply to learning. Note one conclusion 3% drop in productivity for each degree above a certain temperature. https://epic.uchicago.edu/news/hot-temperatures-decrease-worker-productivity-economic-output/

@jolly said in Reduced sentence: If he had done that at the Capitol, he'd still be in solitary lockdown, probably without a lawyer. Edit: I listened to a podcast on how much Judges hate federal guidelines but it’s been proven their judgement creates distortions in equal treatment.

@doctor-phibes said in Christine Grady, MSN, Ph.D: I hate to be pedantic about it, but Baldrick is his family name, Sod Off was his given. I stand corrected.

@catseye3 said in Toasty: First day for the AC here. Just think what it would be like without it.

Which images, specifically? Most images are loaded from other servers I have no control over. I can only try to do something if I'm given a problem I can reproduce.

Dumb. I haven't bought skim milk in years. Last time was in the 90's I think when fat was bad and sugar was fine.

Dunno...sounds ok to me...

Well, knives and scissors and sutures haven’t changed much in hundreds of years. All the other stuff is just fluff.

@aqua-letifer said in Would somebody please attack me?: @jolly said in Would somebody please attack me?: I could use the $100,000... You're an older Republican white guy—you ain't gettin' shit. Honestly, though, if you start identifying as someone who fancies dudes, and write a handful of Facebook posts talking about how oppressive that is, considering your age, your peers, and where you live, you'd set yourself up nicely for an equity windfall. Dude, I ain't the one with the Bull Rope hairdo...

@klaus said in This sounds totally legit, right?: Just because Kimball owned Bösendorfer for a few years every Kimball piano is now a Bösendorfer? Absolutely. And I've got a Ferrari for sale.... [image: fiat-500-1957-edition-ogi.jpg]

@axtremus said in Fagradalsfjall - 1, Drone - 0: May be send a few more drones of different colors and different designs to approach it using different flight patterns to see further characterize said valcano god's dislikes of drones. And then publish a paper on the results! Get lots of grant money! Get RICH! Bwaaa-haa-ha-ha!!!

Well, they've been doing this since the foxes were kits... https://m. Link to video https://m. Link to video

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My 2014 iMac is not eligible for the upgrade to Mac OS 12. As far as the iPad and iPhone go, it's interesting that Apple will now have a way for Android users to use FaceTime. There was a lot of breath-holding, anticipating new MX hardware: MacBook Pro? MacMini? Large screen iMac? None of that came to pass. I'll probably continue with my aging iMac until Apple releases something bigger - though I might be tempted to give a look at the 24"....