Cafe and Tavern on the math.se

@ParamanandSingh He may have simply signed off from the site prior to that; there is often a delay after logging off, and one's gravatar leaving chatrooms.

Paramanand Singh

1:25 AM

@amWhy: thanks for letting me know. I thought my message prompted him to leave. Maybe I thought too much.

Alexander Gruber

1:36 AM

@ParamanandSingh nah-- just wasn't around. i use chat from my phone a lot. i've heard from others that it keeps me logged on.

@ParamanandSingh i'm still out here. Just finished hewing most of the beams and built a log skid to move them. next is cutting the joinery.

Paramanand Singh

1:55 AM

@AlexanderGruber: you are enjoying nature to the fullest extent and I am confined mostly to my house made of concrete. :(

Alexander Gruber

@ParamanandSingh concrete buildings always depressed me growing up. schools were always white cinderblock walls.

though I like brutalist architecture now

Paramanand Singh

@AlexanderGruber : That's a new term "brutalist architecture" for me. I did check the Wikipedia for this and found that this style is also used in India. But as far residential buildings here are concerned they are all made of bricks and concrete. In the hilly areas one may find some wooden houses and but not so much in plains.

Alexander Gruber

2:21 AM

@ParamanandSingh what part of india are you in?

i've never laid brick. I did pour concrete a few times back when I was a student but i have no idea how to do masonry. It would be cool to learn to carve stone.

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Paramanand Singh

3:57 AM

@AlexanderGruber: I live in northern part of India. My town "Greater Noida" is around 60 kms (translate into miles urself) from "New Delhi", the capital of India. The only problem with brick laying is that bricks are heavy. Apart from that you need to lay them in straight lines both horizontal and vertical.

Alexander Gruber

@ParamanandSingh ahhh, nice. It must be pretty dense there, are y'all on covid lockdown?

Paramanand Singh

5:01 AM

@AlexanderGruber : well there is lockdown in some areas so it's partial. But I don't venture out of my house unless absolutely necessary.

Jyrki Lahtonen

5:42 AM

Unless I miscounted we can get TOOTHACHE.

HATCHET

Paramanand Singh

Wow @JyrkiLahtonen for toothache

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Alexander Gruber

7:22 AM

@ParamanandSingh yeah, about the same here

@JyrkiLahtonen i feel like you'd murder me at scrabble

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BLM

8:25 AM

@ParamanandSingh hello! We dont live very far

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Paramanand Singh

10:23 AM

@BLM: you are in NCR (National Capital Region)? Also it appears from your profile that you have a PhD. Is that for real in some subject and not like you mention in profile?

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BLM

3:31 PM

@ParamanandSingh no no, that was a lame joke ;)

i am still a student

i live in NCR but about an hour's drive from Delhi

user132081

Good morning @amWhy 🍩🥛

amWhy

@user132081 Good morning!

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amWhy

5:01 PM

Nice job, all around, on yesterday's word search.

@JyrkiLahtonen Very nice! Close to an anagram, with only one o and one a and one c remaining unused.

Xander Henderson

@amWhy A CO-TOOTHACHE (this is what you have after going to the dentist, I guess)

amWhy

@XanderHenderson Hah! ;D

Any ideas for a word challenge to post tomorrow, Friday?

To all: Feel free to suggest a word; I can, alternatively, find such a word.

an4s

5:26 PM

@amWhy What about the longest word in English? pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis

amWhy

@an4s We'd never be able to end in any reasonable about of time! ;D

Jyrki Lahtonen

They say that linear algebra is everywhere, so may be UBIQUITOUS?

Don't know if it is a good word for this game. There is BISQUIT but...

... if Harry Potter -world counts then SQUIB

an4s

5:53 PM

@amWhy Exactly! A word game that lasts forever!

amWhy

@JyrkiLahtonen OUST, BUST, QUIT, BOUT, STUB, SUIT

Jyrki Lahtonen

Sorry all, I misspelled BISCUIT. /Shameface. Score penalty.

amWhy

6:12 PM

@JyrkiLahtonen No problem! It reminded me of a biscuit/pancake mix sold in the US called Bisquick!

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Paramanand Singh

9:04 PM

@JyrkiLahtonen: you have chosen a tough word. I can't manage anything beyond the obvious BITS and pieces.

Paramanand Singh

9:16 PM

@amWhy: it turns out that QUIB is a word

Paramanand Singh

9:34 PM

Also we have the phrase "Let's call it QUITS"

amWhy

9:59 PM

@ParamanandSingh Aha! Nice observation!

Xander Henderson

@JyrkiLahtonen Isn't a squib a small explosive used in film SFX to simulate a bullet hit?

Squib (explosive)

A squib is a miniature explosive device used in a wide range of industries, from special effects to military applications. It resembles a tiny stick of dynamite, both in appearance and construction, although with considerably less explosive power. Squibs consist of two electrical leads, which are separated by a plug of insulating material, a small bridge wire or electrical resistance heater, and a bead of heat-sensitive chemical composition, in which the bridge wire is embedded. Squibs can be used for generating mechanical force or to provide pyrotechnic effects for both film and live theatrics...

amWhy

@ParamanandSingh Indeed. To this day I believe when @quid registered and first entered his user name, he meant to write quib, but posted a typo, quid. Else he's dyslexic and confused quib vs. quid! ;D Just joking here

Zion Williamson

Hi @amWhy :)

amWhy

@ZionWilliamson Hello! How are you?

Zion Williamson

10:14 PM

@amWhy I'm ok :(

amWhy

@ZionWilliamson Were you formerly user132081 ?

I recognized the academia.se parent site.

Zion Williamson

Does he like chocolate donuts? ;)

And does he work at Starbucks?

amWhy

@ZionWilliamson Doesn't sound to promising with :(

Zion Williamson

haha

amWhy

@ZionWilliamson Hmm, what a coincidence!!

Zion Williamson

10:17 PM

haha ...

@amWhy how've you been?

zion is a basketball star, btw -- my real name isn't that cool :(

@amWhy I'm going to work for a math magazine, with my master's thesis advisor :)

not sure what I'll do yet?

handle their social media? reach out to professors for interviews? edit article submissions? hmm ...

amWhy

Not too bad. I always struggle a bit more in winter, during the two months with the least sunlight in the Northern Hemisphere. Just in that I get tired more easily.

Zion Williamson

Me too @amWhy

amWhy

@ZionWilliamson Sounds promising!

Zion Williamson

have you ever gotten a blood test to check your Vitamin D levels? Mine for winter are pretty low. I'm supposed to supplement, but I hope drinking lattes and hot chocolates will help?

@amWhy Thanks!

@amWhy my mentor told me this the other night: that the classical applied math that I love to do, following their work, and a few others, isn't wise, because only a few places can thrive doing that sort of thing. And, these days, he's not well-funded.

It saddens me ...

amWhy

@ZionWilliamson If made with fortified milk. Yes, I've started vitamin D supplements again.

Zion Williamson

10:25 PM

@amWhy ah, nice :)

My doctor also told me to get 30 mins of sunlight a day, in the winter ...

Something about Vitamin D from the sun, and produced by our bodies, lasting longer than other forms of Vitamin D ... I forget the details ...

amWhy

@ZionWilliamson Wow, my doctor told me to get a sun lamp with a minimum of 10,000 lux, to ensure daily exposure.

Zion Williamson

Oo I see

amWhy

@ZionWilliamson Indeed.

@ZionWilliamson Some models are table top lamps that fit on desks. I used my former using for an hour each day, mornings, when I was replying to emails, reading the news, or writing.

Zion Williamson

I see

did it help make you less tired / more energetic?

@amWhy I'm going to revise an article one last time and submit it to my professor, so I'll be back later :)

Need a donut and hot coffee too :)

amWhy

@ZionWilliamson Yes it did. Take care, and enjoy your donut!

Zion Williamson

10:34 PM

You know what's weird, I get free food and coffee at Starbucks, but I rarely take advantage of it -- I spend my money at the local coffee shops :)

Thanks!

Talk later @amWhy