Tyranny is Going ON in MSE !!!

This experienced member is blocked just because a moderator thought he should be punished!!! math.stackexchange.com/users/11667/michael-hardy

Michael Hardy ( Ph.D.) who really helped the community is banned for a year!!!! is that a joke?? 1 year? ????

@MikeSQ Why do you think "a moderator thought he should be punished"? Do you think it's possible Michael Hardy did something worthy of a ban?

@MikeSQ Isn't that the point of having moderators?

To make sure the site rules are respected by all users?

@MikeSQ Are you implying that some users (like Michael Hardy) should be allowed to violate rules without penalty? Wouldn't that be unfair?

o/ @ZacharySelk !

@MichaelGreinecker Your "identicon" image looks like what Wisconsin, US will look like in one month, or so!!

@amWhy Sounds nice. Doe it get very cold in Wisconsin?

@MichaelGreinecker It does; it can get very cold, especially, away from the Great Lakes. Typically in the 5-20 degree Fahrenheit range, but not uncommon to dip below zero to -10, -20 F, especially with wind chills.

@amWhy Brr. Fahrenheit is confusing.

Would love to live in a more temperate zone. When I studied at Washington University in St. Louis (Missouri), it was such a nice change, in that respect. The only risk was ice if it rained and dipped below freezing. But my first visit there, as a prospective student, in February one year, and students were in shorts, playing frisbee on green, grassy lawns!

@amWhy I think my knowledge of Wisconsin is exclusively from "that 70s show"

@MichaelGreinecker Yes, but I still find it confusing translating to Celsius!

@amWhy Well, Fahrenheit is at least perfectly sensible and no worse than Celsius. The imperial system for measuring length on the other hand....

@MichaelGreinecker Hahh! Yeah, pretty close. Also, way back further, there was "Happy Days" set in Milwaukee, WI. Very much a state of contrast: agriculture, urban, forestry, rivers, lots of lakes, and the Great Lakes...

@MichaelGreinecker That's true. I was a track and field athlete, when I was much younger. I like the metric system when it comes to measuring length!!

@amWhy I'd love to visit the great lakes some day, they always look beutiful on pictures.

@MichaelGreinecker They are quite beautiful, especially Lake Michigan and Superior, and Ontario. In summer, Lake Superior is probably the most pristine to visit, e.g., on it's many isles. On the North, it borders Canada; on the South, Wisconsin, more or less.

Autumn, between roughly a week ago, and a month from now, is also spectacular in Wisconsin; the colors of the leaves in the trees make it one of the most beautiful months of the year, though, relatively short-lived, and a bit bittersweet, because as the leaves fall, the baring trees signal the onset of winter.

@amWhy Given a quick google image search of Wisconsin, I love the red autumn trees.

@MichaelGreinecker Yes, the red is my favorite, especially in contrast to the blazing gold, glowing with sunlight behind them.

It's probably my most consistent season for getting out to hike a bit, with a thermos of hot cocoa, as needed!

The landscape here in Austria is quite beautiful, but we don't have this wide, wide areas of nothing but beautiful nature. Civilization is always around the corner.

I'll need to get some sleep now. Have a nice late afternoon in autumny Wisconsin! @amWhy

@MichaelGreinecker Indeed. Sleep well!