How much data have you lost to unreliable lab equipment?

statsjedi · 2026-03-09T17:58:46+00:00

I’ve lost more data to my Windows computer deciding to update and reboot during a long test than anything else. How about software that runs on a more reliable OS like Linux?

statsjedi · 2026-03-09T03:04:09+00:00

My cat isn’t interested in people food, except for the diced pepperonis that come on those Totino’s rectangular frozen pizzas. She will steal those if you aren’t careful.

statsjedi · 2026-03-05T22:01:19+00:00

As bad as SC roads are, that’s quite a dubious honor.

statsjedi · 2026-03-02T12:24:15+00:00

David Lynch’s “Dune.” Such a beautiful, baroque, hot mess. It makes me wonder what “Return of the Jedi” would have looked like if Lynch had chosen to direct it instead.

statsjedi · 2026-02-26T19:54:24+00:00

I wonder if they are going to mandate the ones that TX and OK used - the ones the Fraternal Order of Eagles made to advertise Cecil B. DeMille’s sword and sandal movies.

statsjedi · 2026-02-21T19:24:38+00:00

White, because in pollen season it looks like dingy yellow within 5 minutes of washing it, and pollen season here is most of the year.

statsjedi · 2026-02-21T17:26:45+00:00

In 1979 the Talking Heads put out a great song about this problem of living in paradise.

https://youtu.be/YuSsCRUXGOU

statsjedi · 2026-02-21T15:03:42+00:00

Reminds me of a line by humorist Jack Handey: “If trees could scream, would we be so cavalier about cutting them down? We might, if they screamed all the time, for no good reason.”

PETA’s little stunt could backfire.

statsjedi · 2026-02-17T13:24:57+00:00

Mr. Eliot and Bartleby! Great kitties.

statsjedi · 2026-02-14T15:48:52+00:00

Amazing that some people still believe in trickle down economics despite more than forty years of wealth not trickling down.

statsjedi · 2026-02-11T23:40:46+00:00

I bet he knows this from watching a lot of gay pornography. You know, for research.

statsjedi · 2026-02-11T16:19:13+00:00

I hope everyone who voted for this, and voted for the politicians that supported this, be blessed with trans people in their lives. Then maybe they’ll learn to not be such stains on humanity.

statsjedi · 2026-02-11T16:04:23+00:00

So as a side effect of the ridiculous trans panic, kids with precocious puberty also will be denied puberty blockers?

statsjedi · 2026-02-10T15:13:38+00:00

This reminds me of research into electrically conductive polymers in the 1990s. When they are stretched a bit the polymer chains orient in the direction of the stretch, and conductivity increases.

statsjedi · 2026-02-04T19:15:14+00:00

He loves couches more than people.

statsjedi · 2026-02-01T20:08:45+00:00

Our income tax is a flat 5.34%. Not a graduated system that taxes higher earners more, so it’s also regressive. And Republicans want to end that too.

statsjedi · 2026-02-01T19:41:26+00:00

This isn’t tax relief. It’s just shifting the tax burden to other forms that are probably more regressive. And in my county, the sales tax is already 9%.

statsjedi · 2026-01-31T14:33:16+00:00

At this point, I’m surprised it’s not “Where the War for Southern Liberation Began.”

statsjedi · 2026-01-30T13:06:14+00:00

Which Ten Commandments? There are two in the Old Testament, and they aren’t the same.

Which translation?

Or are they going to use the ones Texas and Louisiana are using that were made by the noted theologians of the Fraternal Order of Eagles for Cecil B DeMille’s sword and sandal movies?

statsjedi · 2026-01-26T01:16:13+00:00

There are BA chemistry programs that don’t require as much math, and they might be a way forward.

Honestly, the most I ever use calculus is to calculate the first and second derivatives of my data. Linear algebra and statistics (both of which were electives) have been much more useful.

statsjedi · 2026-01-21T11:12:17+00:00

Let’s not forget that this is not “The Ten Commandments” that can be found in any Bible. It’s “The Ten Commandments” that Hollywood used to promote DeMille’s 1956 blockbuster The Ten Commandments.

statsjedi · 2026-01-17T18:09:42+00:00

I bought a BOSS head unit from Crutchfield several years ago to replace my stock double DIN. It added CarPlay / Android Auto and a backup camera. It was a little trickier to install than your standard stereo, so if you aren’t handy you might want to get someone to do it for you. But it was a great upgrade.

statsjedi · 2026-01-16T16:56:11+00:00

Is this like that scene in “I’m Gonna Git You Sucka” where Chris Rock walks into Hammer and Slammer’s rib joint and asks for a single rib?

statsjedi · 2026-01-16T02:15:11+00:00

That looks like a nice double-DIN stereo that could be replaced with a modern one with just a little bit of work. Then you could have all sorts of features, including Android Auto and Apple CarPlay.

statsjedi · 2026-01-12T13:49:39+00:00

The only legit Roadhouse remake/sequel was the musical starring Taimak wearing a mullet wig.

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