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  • Aqua LetiferA Aqua Letifer

    @Jolly said in Mildly interesting:

    @Aqua-Letifer said in Mildly interesting:

    @Axtremus said in Mildly interesting:

    @Aqua-Letifer said in Mildly interesting:

    ... the best antithesis I know of a well-rounded person ...
    ... precisely because you're all in on STEM and don't value anything else.

    Non sequitur. Neither point speaks to whether there was "too much STEM education."

    Absolutely right. Your own posts speak to it far better than I could myself.

    A liberal arts education is best.

    Appreciate it all...

    Only downside to that is that today, there's liberal arts, and "liberal arts."

    Too many schools provide only the latter.

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    @Aqua-Letifer said in Mildly interesting:

    @Jolly said in Mildly interesting:

    @Aqua-Letifer said in Mildly interesting:

    @Axtremus said in Mildly interesting:

    @Aqua-Letifer said in Mildly interesting:

    ... the best antithesis I know of a well-rounded person ...
    ... precisely because you're all in on STEM and don't value anything else.

    Non sequitur. Neither point speaks to whether there was "too much STEM education."

    Absolutely right. Your own posts speak to it far better than I could myself.

    A liberal arts education is best.

    Appreciate it all...

    Only downside to that is that today, there's liberal arts, and "liberal arts."

    Too many schools provide only the latter.

    Yep. When they indoctrinate into wokeness, they aren’t teaching how to appreciate something subjectively, but rather to know something factually. They wrap it up in hand wavy posturing meant to carry the credibility of the scientific method.

    Education is extremely important.

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      Lenz's Law

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenz's_law

      "Lenz's law, named after the physicist Emil Lenz who formulated it in 1834, says that the direction of the electric current induced in a conductor by a changing magnetic field is such that the magnetic field created by the induced current opposes changes in the initial magnetic field."

      IOW, this happens:

      Link to video

      But even more impressive:

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      • George KG George K

        Lenz's Law

        https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenz's_law

        "Lenz's law, named after the physicist Emil Lenz who formulated it in 1834, says that the direction of the electric current induced in a conductor by a changing magnetic field is such that the magnetic field created by the induced current opposes changes in the initial magnetic field."

        IOW, this happens:

        Link to video

        But even more impressive:

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        #426

        @George-K 👽

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          #427

          The Eddy current is so called because Lenz had a friend called Eddy Foucault, and his unfortunate surname sounded too much like a slang term for 'absolutely nothing', which might have been misleading,

          Apparently, he also had a magnetic personality.

          I was only joking

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          • George KG Offline
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            George K
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            #428

            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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              #429

              Only non-witches get due process.

              • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                The world's second and third largest sportwear manufacturers in the world were formed by two brothers, who fell out during WW2.

                One brother, Adi Dassler, formed Adidas
                The second brother, Rudi Dass, formed Ruda, before changing two letters and naming the company Puma

                Despite being a member of the Nazi Party, Adi Dassler gave running shoes to Jesse Owens, which he wore in the 1936 Berlin Olympics

                I was only joking

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                  Adding my new word to this thread.

                  Guyot: A flat-topped, extinct submarine volcano having an elevation of over 1,000 m (3,280 ft) above the ocean floor. Guyots are thought to form as volcanos in sea-floor spreading zones and to become extinct as they move away from the spreading zones through plate tectonic forces. Here is a picture of a guyot in the Afar Depression in Ethiopia. The Awash River is seen across top left.

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                  Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                    jon-nyc
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                    #432

                    Shortest MLB player, 3’7”

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                    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Gaedel

                    Only non-witches get due process.

                    • Cotton Mather, Salem Massachusetts, 1692
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                      #433

                      https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/presidential-medal-of-freedom-awards-2022/h_def635ea41bdbd947ddcdc79ef67cd7f

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                      • CopperC Offline
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                        Copper
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                        #434

                        I played 18 holes in 75 minutes this AM, a new record for me.

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                        • CopperC Copper

                          I played 18 holes in 75 minutes this AM, a new record for me.

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                          @Copper said in Mildly interesting:

                          I played 18 holes in 75 minutes this AM, a new record for me.

                          All the more impressive when one considers that you fit 250 shots into those 75 minutes.

                          Education is extremely important.

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                          • CopperC Copper

                            I played 18 holes in 75 minutes this AM, a new record for me.

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                            @Copper said in Mildly interesting:

                            I played 18 holes in 75 minutes this AM, a new record for me.

                            That is really fast. Were you doing the speed golf?
                            https://www.speedgolfusa.com

                            "Speedgolf is a fun, faster, fitness-oriented alternative to the traditional game.
                            In Speedgolf, duration of play is assigned a score value: one minute is equal to one stroke. The goal is to produce the lowest combination of minutes and strokes."

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                              "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                              The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                              • HoraceH Horace

                                @Copper said in Mildly interesting:

                                I played 18 holes in 75 minutes this AM, a new record for me.

                                All the more impressive when one considers that you fit 250 shots into those 75 minutes.

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                                LuFins Dad
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                                @Horace said in Mildly interesting:

                                @Copper said in Mildly interesting:

                                I played 18 holes in 75 minutes this AM, a new record for me.

                                All the more impressive when one considers that you fit 250 shots into those 75 minutes.

                                Not true, he only had 4 shots!

                                Oh, you meant swings.

                                The Brad

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                                • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                                  @Copper said in Mildly interesting:

                                  I played 18 holes in 75 minutes this AM, a new record for me.

                                  That is really fast. Were you doing the speed golf?
                                  https://www.speedgolfusa.com

                                  "Speedgolf is a fun, faster, fitness-oriented alternative to the traditional game.
                                  In Speedgolf, duration of play is assigned a score value: one minute is equal to one stroke. The goal is to produce the lowest combination of minutes and strokes."

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                                  @taiwan_girl said in Mildly interesting:

                                  "Speedgolf is a fun, faster, fitness-oriented alternative to the traditional game.
                                  In Speedgolf, duration of play is assigned a score value: one minute is equal to one stroke. The goal is to produce the lowest combination of minutes and strokes."

                                  Thus FUBARing golf's major attraction. (Eyeroll.)

                                  Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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                                  • taiwan_girlT taiwan_girl

                                    @Copper said in Mildly interesting:

                                    I played 18 holes in 75 minutes this AM, a new record for me.

                                    That is really fast. Were you doing the speed golf?
                                    https://www.speedgolfusa.com

                                    "Speedgolf is a fun, faster, fitness-oriented alternative to the traditional game.
                                    In Speedgolf, duration of play is assigned a score value: one minute is equal to one stroke. The goal is to produce the lowest combination of minutes and strokes."

                                    CopperC Offline
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                                    Copper
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                                    @taiwan_girl said in Mildly interesting:

                                    @Copper said in Mildly interesting:

                                    I played 18 holes in 75 minutes this AM, a new record for me.

                                    That is really fast. Were you doing the speed golf?
                                    https://www.speedgolfusa.com

                                    "Speedgolf is a fun, faster, fitness-oriented alternative to the traditional game.
                                    In Speedgolf, duration of play is assigned a score value: one minute is equal to one stroke. The goal is to produce the lowest combination of minutes and strokes."

                                    That would be fun, but I haven't tried anything like that yet. That world record of 65 strokes plus 42 minutes was 107.

                                    My 75 minutes with 81 strokes would be 156, not really competitive. Maybe if there was an old man competition.

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                                    • CopperC Copper

                                      @taiwan_girl said in Mildly interesting:

                                      @Copper said in Mildly interesting:

                                      I played 18 holes in 75 minutes this AM, a new record for me.

                                      That is really fast. Were you doing the speed golf?
                                      https://www.speedgolfusa.com

                                      "Speedgolf is a fun, faster, fitness-oriented alternative to the traditional game.
                                      In Speedgolf, duration of play is assigned a score value: one minute is equal to one stroke. The goal is to produce the lowest combination of minutes and strokes."

                                      That would be fun, but I haven't tried anything like that yet. That world record of 65 strokes plus 42 minutes was 107.

                                      My 75 minutes with 81 strokes would be 156, not really competitive. Maybe if there was an old man competition.

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                                      taiwan_girl
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                                      @Copper That is still really good!!!!

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                                      • George KG Offline
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                                        George K
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                                        "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                                        The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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                                        • CopperC Copper

                                          I played 18 holes in 75 minutes this AM, a new record for me.

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                                          @Copper said in Mildly interesting:

                                          I played 18 holes in 75 minutes this AM, a new record for me.

                                          Wow! Solo? I have gotten close to that at about 85 minutes.

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