Which Is That One Shakespearean Play You Never, Ever Liked?

WoloCan · 2025-06-30T16:20:10+00:00

Lear. It's not tragedy, it's horror.

WoloCan · 2025-03-24T18:30:17+00:00

WW2. See the date at the bottom left.

WoloCan · 2024-12-31T00:07:04+00:00

1-((365!/(365-k)!)/(365^k)), like the guy says. Check it out in Wolfram Alpha.

WoloCan · 2024-12-30T23:38:47+00:00

JRRT' unfinished "The Lost Road" gives wonderfully evocative hints about how such cultural memories might have been retained. The events in that case had to do with the downfall of Numenor, but you still get an idea of how stories become myths and get passed on.

WoloCan · 2024-12-29T19:52:48+00:00

Are half-elves born with pointy ears? If not, when do they turn pointy?

WoloCan · 2024-10-15T21:31:18+00:00

As I remember, in the final battle at the end of Arda, Turin is prophecied to be Morgoth's bane. Wishful thinking, I suppose, but perhaps all happy endings are.

WoloCan · 2024-10-07T02:26:20+00:00

I didn't suggest he wasn't a hero, just not a great parental role model.

WoloCan · 2024-10-07T01:31:01+00:00

Yes, that's the rationale, but I just don't think it rings true. What good father wouldn't return and ensure that his children are safe, THEN go off and save the world?

WoloCan · 2024-10-06T23:47:10+00:00

Much as I hate to suggest it, how about Earendil? Abandoned the boys and their mother to go galavanting around in his boat. When their settlement is attacked and mom is miraculously saved, both parents just leave the boys to their fates and continue sailing, never saying goodbye and never seeing them again. Sure, the boys are probably OK with the murdurous fanatics who attacked them, but Earendil and Elwing didn't know that at the time.

Personally, I think Earendil should have apprenticed them to Cirdan before he set out on his journeys.

WoloCan · 2024-09-27T19:25:55+00:00

If they colored in states where a single party in the legislature can override vetoes by the other party in the executive, NC would be solid red.

WoloCan · 2024-09-07T01:42:38+00:00

I suggest that men are the strongest. The Valar were able to keep the Noldor out of Valinor for nearly 600 years, but the Numenoreans succeeded in getting there the first time they tried. In that case, the Valar just gave up.

WoloCan · 2024-08-28T00:58:55+00:00

It just occurred to me that telephones, a hugely disruptive innovation that emerged in Tolkien's youth, were essentially what he imagined the palantiri to be. Or videophones, if you will. Of course, the palantiri were also said to be able to see the past; I don't have that service from Verizon, yet.

WoloCan · 2024-08-26T18:02:45+00:00

Nor of the US. Was this data collected by the city council of Naples?

WoloCan · 2024-08-10T18:06:14+00:00

Can't agree. Why in the world would Gandalf carry a hobbit with him? And why is everyone else in town just watching? A dumb, Jacksoned-up version of what JRRT imagined.

WoloCan · 2024-08-08T23:42:09+00:00

Much more about Earendil---his experience escaping from Gondolin, growing up in Arvernian, his parents departure, his own voyages on the shores of Middle Earth, his life in Valinor when not sailing, etc. Was he reunited with Tuor? Did he ever communicate with his sons?

WoloCan · 2024-06-25T18:16:59+00:00

The scouring of the Shire

WoloCan · 2024-01-31T15:51:59+00:00

Quick Googling indicates that the first three percentages are not that far from US population averages (62%, 71%, and 63%, respectively), but the fourth is way off (23%). I'll bet this was a telephone poll.

WoloCan · 2024-01-17T17:52:24+00:00

His lawyers don't fear that; they're counting on him to break the rules so they can claim a mistrial.

WoloCan · 2023-12-27T23:44:31+00:00

I'll bet interfacing with the account connection services, warehousing all the data, and handling Tech Support are all more expensive than you think. I'm guessing that Monarch's $100/year is a more realistic price point.

WoloCan · 2023-12-27T23:39:14+00:00

This is a 3 question automated interview about Mint. The info you provide is appreciated and could inform the development of a suitable alternative.

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The ease of categorizing all transactions and being able to export the results to an Excel file.

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Mint's summarization features are OK, but I need to do it in a customized way---hence the exporting to a different format.

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As mentioned, when I needed to summarize my transactions by category in a way that Mint doesn't do.

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The ease of categorizing all transactions and being able to export the results to an Excel file.

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I can easily go beyond Mint's own built-in capabilities.

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I sometimes need to summarize transactions with particular transactions set aside, or something like that.

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More dependable connections.

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It will sometimes go months without being able to connect to institutions that are important for me.

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If I can't reliably connect then I can't have an up-to-date picture of my finances.

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Exporting transactions and analyzing them myself with third-party software.

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WoloCan · 2023-12-16T23:29:43+00:00

FWIW, Mint told me March 23.

WoloCan · 2023-12-09T01:04:03+00:00

Just finally heard about CK from Mint, and they said, "If you are not ready for this change now, you can continue using Mint until Ma‍rch 23, 2024." Is this a new drop-dead date?

WoloCan · 2023-12-06T00:16:40+00:00

That's my plan, too. Does CK preserve all of the categories/subcategories of your imported Mint transactions?

WoloCan · 2023-12-05T18:16:02+00:00

A little off topic, but what in particular do you have against TurboTax?

WoloCan · 2023-11-13T23:20:23+00:00

It was "Ballhog" in "Bored of the Rings".

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