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tchrist
tchrist
00:00
Curious use of vocation. You almost have to be a Catholic priest to understand it.
jlliagre
jlliagre
00:24
@tchrist It works in French: La vocation occidentale de la Turquie, alternatives would be l'inclination, le destin, le penchant, l'aspiration. I understand it to refer to the changes brought by Atatürk to Turkey (or Türkiye I should say) leading it toward "the West" (secular republic, roman alphabet, women's rights and so on).
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
00:53
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> In Russia, a man with eight asterisks on his car will be tried for "discrediting Russian army". The police believe that the phrase "No to war" was encrypted by the asterisks.
Robusto
Robusto
Putin Thinks He’s Winning NY Times
> On a practical level, capitulation would mean Kyiv accepting Russian demands that could be summarized as the “de-Ukrainianization” and “Russification” of the country. That would entail criminalizing the support of national heroes, renaming streets, rewriting history books and guaranteeing the Russian-speaking population a dominant position in education and culture. The aim, in short, would be to deprive Ukraine of the right to build its own nation.
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In Mr. Putin’s thinking, apparently, the bad West is declining and doomed while the good West is slowly challenging the status quo with a raft of nationally oriented leaders, such as Viktor Orban in Hungary, Marine Le Pen in France and even Donald Trump in the United States, ready to break with the old order and fashion a new one. Mr. Putin believes that the war against Ukraine and all its consequences, such as high inflation and soaring energy prices, will nourish the good West and help people rise up against the traditional political establishment.
Robusto
Robusto
01:32
> Mr. Putin’s wager appears to be that the fundamental political shifts in Western countries will in time bring about a transformed, friendly West. Russia will then be able to return to all the security demands it set out in its December ultimatum to the United States and NATO. This may seem wishful to the point of impossible. But that doesn’t stop it from being what Mr. Putin expects to happen.
> There is some good news. The very fact that the plan seems realistic to him should, in the short term, prevent any nuclear escalation. But the bad news is that sooner or later, Mr. Putin will face reality. It is in that moment, when his plans are stymied and his disappointment high, that he is likely to be most dangerous.
Cerberus
Cerberus
01:55
That is also what we thought/think about Russia...
> The foraging behaviour of the superb lyrebird has a major effect on the structure of the forest floor. A lyrebird can move and bury up to 200 tonnes per hectare of leaf litter and soil every year, disturbing the soil to a greater extent than virtually any other animal.[13] This soil disturbance hastens the decomposition of the leaf litter, and increases the rate of nutrient cycling in the ecosystem.[13]
The lyrebirds’ clearing of bare patches also reduces the amount of fuel available for forest fires, which in turn reduces the extent and intensity of wildfires.[33]
 
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CowperKettle
CowperKettle
04:15
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> Ramzan Kadyrov: "we are prepared to capture Kiev and NATO countries with ease"
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
04:33
> "But yield who will to their separation,
My object in living is to unite
My avocation and my vocation
As my two eyes make one in sight."
 
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CowperKettle
CowperKettle
05:37
> Some congenitally blind people are able to process ultrafast speech: 2.5X speed and up. This seems to involve visual cortex ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3745084
Vikas
Vikas
05:58
@jlliagre I have already forgot what intransigence means. I will check again.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
06:16
The brain responds in similar ways to 45 different languages - suggesting that there may be a universal language network in the brain
A Russian court has issued a fine of USD 370 million to Google for failure to delete information related to the Special Operation.
Vikas
Vikas
06:39
A drop of water from sea.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
06:51
Google Russia filed for bankruptcy some time ago, so I guess it won't pay anyway.
Vikas
Vikas
07:09
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CowperKettle
CowperKettle
08:04
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> Russian state news, quoting Dmitry Medvedev: "Russia will achieve its goals, and peace will come. On our terms, and not on those terms about which in Europe and beyond the ocean some baffled political impotents are now squealing".
> A comment under the news by Yegveni Roizman, former city mayor of Yekaterinburg: "Can't you see that he cannot continue boozing?!"
I wish I were as brave as Roizman, even though I'm suspicious about him.
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Opera singer Vadim Cheldyev has just been sentenced to 10 years in jail for starting an anti-covid-isolation rally.
Ten. Years. In jail.
The rally started as a covid dissident rally, but soon grew to a 1500-person political rally, demanding reelections in the region.
Russia is constantly afraid of losing its grip of power over the Caucasus, hence the opression and harsh jail terms.
And this the reason why a crank rally evolves into a violent anti-authority rally.
Vikas
Vikas
08:34
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> On July 13, 2022, Earth satellites captured temperatures rising above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) due to extreme, record-breaking heatwaves across much of Europe, Africa, and Asia
> At least one out of 10 people killed on roads in the world is from India, according to the World Bank.

But Maruti Suzuki, majority owned by Japan's Suzuki Motor Corp, says the move to install more airbags will push up costs, and hurt the small car market, which it dominates. "This will hurt… the smaller and poorer people, who cannot afford the more expensive cars," the firm's chairman, RC Bhargava, told Reuters.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
Yes, I saw this photo of the Earth recently on Twitter.
Vikas
Vikas
Yes and I copied it from there only XD
Temperature here is not that high but it's humidity that makes you sweat a lot!
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
08:50
Here, it's +25°C now
On, it's 36°C in Ellenabad. My condolences.
Vikas
Vikas
Actually 36°C I can tolerate easily. I think it's realfeal that is too high. It says "Feels like 45°C".
My room temperature right now is 28°C (with AC) and it's comfortable for me. Just because humidity is low in room.
Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran seem even more hotter than India.
Wait there is something strange.
The darkest/black spots should be hottest?
Riyadh Saudi Arabia is 43°C which makes sense
It's alright. It makes sense. I confirmed.
jlliagre
jlliagre
09:10
@Vikas Intransigence comes form the French intransigeance, the quality of not transiger (compromise), something like stubborness or inflexibility.
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CowperKettle
CowperKettle
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> Russia's Federation Council's committee on US biolaboratories in Ukraine had a new session today.
> Tests have shown that Ukrainian soldiers were subjected to "secret experiments", which turned them into "most cruel monsters".
Vikas
Vikas
@jlliagre The map looks like manually constructed.
jlliagre
jlliagre
It was. Definitely not "natural borders".
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
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Easy peasy lemon squeezy
> Sales of vodka in Russia are up 10% y/y in June 2022 vedomosti.ru/business/news/2022/07/15/…
The antianxiety medicine of the poor.
jlliagre
jlliagre
09:27
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CowperKettle
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> Sales of low-alcohol drinks are up 60% y/y in June.
Dovetails nicely with the fact that Russia lost 350 thousand people (new births minus deaths) in Q1.
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
10:08
@CowperKettle oh that's just a big Mac
Vikas
Vikas
Odesa name is similar to Indian state Odisha.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
@M.A.R. LOL
Protactile
Protactile is a language used by deafblind people using tactile channels. Unlike other sign languages, which are heavily reliant on visual information, protactile is oriented towards touch and is practiced on the body. Protactile communication originated out of communications by deafblind people in Seattle in 2007 and incorporates signs from American Sign Language. Protactile is an emerging system of communication in the United States, with users relying on shared principles such as contact space, tactile imagery, and reciprocity. == History == In 2007, a group of three deafblind women working...
> Protactile has emerged in communities of people who were born deaf, learned ASL as children, then gradually lost their sight over decades, as is common in Usher syndrome.
Amazing.
Odisha
Odisha (English: , Odia: [oɽiˈsa] (listen)), formerly Orissa ( the official name until 2011), is an Indian state located in Eastern India. It is the 8th largest state by area, and the 11th largest by population. The state has the third largest population of Scheduled Tribes in India. It neighbours the states of West Bengal and Jharkhand to the north, Chhattisgarh to the west, Andhra Pradesh to the south. Odisha has a coastline of 485 kilometres (301 mi) along the Bay of Bengal. The region is also known as Utkala and is mentioned in India's national anthem, "Jana Gana Mana". The language of Odisha...
41 million people, more than Ukraine
Vikas
Vikas
Yeah, old name was Orrisa until 2011.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
But its area is 25% of Ukraine's.
Quite densely packed.
Vikas
Vikas
Yeah.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
10:23
Maybe it should send about 20 millions to Ukraine, to relieve its population density and increase Ukraine's
Vikas
Vikas
There are mainly 4 or 5 states in India densely populated.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
Odia language
Odia (ଓଡ଼ିଆ, ISO: Oṛiā, pronounced [oˈɽia] (listen); formerly rendered Oriya ) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Indian state of Odisha. It is the official language in Odisha (formerly rendered Orissa) where native speakers make up 82% of the population, and it is also spoken in parts of West Bengal, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh. Odia is one of the many official languages of India; it is the official language of Odisha and the second official language of Jharkhand. The language is also spoken by a sizeable population of at least 1 million people in Chhattisgarh. Odia is the sixth Indi...
It even has its own language
Vikas
Vikas
Yeah we usually have different languages in each state.
@CowperKettle Note that it doesn't come under very densely populated states.
Here is a density map: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/…
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
Calcutta is very densely populated
Probably because there's a lot of rivers?
West Bengal
West Bengal (, Bengali: Poshchim Bongo, pronounced [ˈpoʃtʃim ˈbɔŋɡo] (listen), abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern region of India along the Bay of Bengal. With over 91 million inhabitants, it is the fourth-most populous state and the thirteenth-largest state by area in India. Covering an area of 88,752 km2 (34,267 sq mi), it is also the eighth-most populous country subdivision of the world. Part of the Bengal region of the Indian subcontinent, it borders Bangladesh in the east, and Nepal and Bhutan in the north. It also borders the Indian states of Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, Sikkim and Assam. The...
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We have these things called Bengal lights (бенгальские огни). You ignite them with a match, and they burn and sparkle.
Vikas
Vikas
@CowperKettle Can't say. But it's affordable place.
@CowperKettle I really loved them in childhood. They were mainly for Diwali festival here.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
10:32
> They are called phuljhadi in Hindi and are especially popular during the Diwali festival
Vikas
Vikas
Now I don't fire crackers on Diwali.
@CowperKettle Yes.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
In Russia, they are used during New Year celebrations ))
Hence the Ded Moroz (Old Man Frost) on the package.
Vikas
Vikas
I think they don't pollute air.
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We also have this "Snake"
They pollute air a lot within 10 seconds of enjoyment.
The only fascinating thing is the way it works. Otherwise I don't like it.
It will pollute air as well as make the land dark.
@CowperKettle Funny thing. During childhood, my father/uncles wouldn't afford a lot of crackers. So they would buy only one packet of each item. For example one packet of phuljhadi. Then they would give us 2-3 pieces to each of us (cousins) LOL
Then later we would exchange a few things we're comfortable with or likes/dislikes of each item.
100 Snake Serpents Fireworks Expirement-Happy Diwali | Crackers || Fire works || Fantesy |
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CowperKettle
CowperKettle
Nice ))
Vikas
Vikas
But the result is total waste!
You can't do anything with it :D
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
10:44
As kids, we used to just burn everything we could find. Usually wooden crates.
Vikas
Vikas
We once put a bomb in a metal cylindrical box upside down. And once it was blown, it went too high in the sky.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
In our area, local boys took calcium carbide from a neighboring construction site, used by welders, and put it into a bottle with water.
They threw it into a sand pit, and the bottle exploded, because calcium carbide produces acetylene.
Vikas
Vikas
New Year still not a big thing here in small towns and villages. It's celebrated the most in big cities.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
The bottle exploded, but they did not know that a small girl was playing inside the sand pit.
Vikas
Vikas
@CowperKettle Natural bomb.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
10:49
A shard of glass damaged her eye, and she was flown to Moscow the same day, to undergo an eye surgery.
Vikas
Vikas
@CowperKettle Oops
Yeah accidents are also common here, on Diwali.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
After returning, she wore glasses. Probably due to astigmatism after the eye surgery.
Vikas
Vikas
Every year, firecrackers are banned in New Delhi. People do opposite. They do it more than last year! LOL
@CowperKettle Permanently?
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
@Vikas Probably yes.
But at least her eye was saved.
Vikas
Vikas
What happened to kids?
Those who did it?
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
10:53
Probably nothing, because they were under 16 years of age. Probably they were whipped by their parents for doing this.
There is a kind of criminal system for children in Russia, with specialized schools, but such an accident was not enough.
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Vladimir Putin on his way to Terhan, just now.
You can see his plane flanked by two fighter planes.
Vikas
Vikas
The worst nightmare of my childhood happened when my cousin sister attacked my head with a small metal hoe on my head!

I always wonder how I survived and it didn't do severe damage. I just bled and it was fixed at home only. There were no good doctors nearby.

The only explanation of this not being too severe is, we were small. And her energy was not enough to strike it with full energy. So it did little damage.
What was my fault? : I was too stubborn to leave a 1 meter diameter circle on land. She said, it's mine! I said no! And there she goes!
Totally unexpected!
She was slapped by my aunt, on head.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
Probably she was too young to realize that it was dangerous to hit a person over the head with metal.
Vikas
Vikas
Yeah of course. We were around 5 years old if I'm not wrong.
We have only 10 days of difference in age.
Also yes, if weren't too young, I would definitely take revenge XD
I think I had forgot about it the next day.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
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Leonid Cherny, an artist in Yekaterinburg, has been placed into a psychiatric hospital. He was earlier arrested for his signs against the Special Operation.
Now they will "diagnose" him, like many others. This is called punitive psychiatry.
The USSR's Psychiatry Association was famously removed from the World Psychiatry Association due to the practice of punitive psychiatry.
Now it has returned.
Political abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet Union
There was systematic political abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet Union, based on the interpretation of political opposition or dissent as a psychiatric problem. It was called "psychopathological mechanisms" of dissent.During the leadership of General Secretary Leonid Brezhnev, psychiatry was used to disable and remove from society political opponents ("dissidents") who openly expressed beliefs that contradicted the official dogma. The term "philosophical intoxication", for instance, was widely applied to the mental disorders diagnosed when people disagreed with the country's Communist leaders and...
Andrei Snezhnevsky
Andrei Snezhnevsky (Russian: Андре́й Влади́мирович Снежне́вский, IPA: [sʲnʲɪˈʐnʲefskʲɪj]; 20 May [O.S. 7 May] 1904, Kostroma – 12 July 1987, Moscow) was a Soviet psychiatrist whose name was lent to the unbridled broadening of the diagnostic borders of schizophrenia in the Soviet Union, the key architect of the Soviet concept of sluggish schizophrenia, the inventor of the term "sluggish schizophrenia", an embodier of history of repressive psychiatry, and a direct participant in psychiatric repression against dissidents. He was an academician of the USSR Academy of Medical Sciences,: 221  the director...
Andrei Snezhnevsky's system of "diagnosis" made it easy to get a diagnosis of schizophrenia, if you were against the Soviet system.
They created a fake diagnosis of sluggish schizophrenia specifically for political dissenters.
Sluggish schizophrenia
Sluggish schizophrenia or slow progressive schizophrenia (Russian: вялотеку́щая шизофрени́я, vyalotekushchaya shizofreniya) was a diagnostic category used in the Soviet Union to describe what was claimed to be a form of schizophrenia characterized by a slowly progressive course; it was diagnosed even in patients who showed no symptoms of schizophrenia or other psychotic disorders, on the assumption that these symptoms would appear later. It was developed in the 1960s by Soviet psychiatrist Andrei Snezhnevsky and his colleagues, and was used exclusively in the USSR and several Eastern Bloc countries...
> it was diagnosed even in patients who showed no symptoms of schizophrenia
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Municipal deputy Vadim Korovin, just now: "I've been given 10 days of arrest for reposting a New York Times article dated 2 May 1945 on the death of Adolf Hitler. This repost was classified as "distribution of extremist materials""
 
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tchrist
tchrist
13:08
@Vikas If you have a cousin sister, then you must not have enough grandparents because your parents must be brother and sister!
Mitch
Mitch
@CowperKettle 'sluggish' sounds less clinical and more metaphorical.
Robusto
Robusto
@Mitch Just like "zesty" schizophrenia.
Mitch
Mitch
What is the feel of the word 'вялотеку́щая'?
@Robusto Yeah I wouldn't want that kind
I'm more into bland schizophrenia or more formally asymptomatic schizophrenia
you know because maybe it's contagious and you should be isolated.
> According to Sergei Jargin, the same Russian term "vyalotekushchaya" for sluggish schizophrenia continues to be used and is now translated in English summaries of articles not as "sluggish" but as "slow progressive"
'slow progressive' sounds more technically accurate. But 'sluggish' does have a good feel for it. Like the 'sp' (I'm going to stop using the word schizophrenia because it is a burden to write out correctly in full)..
like the 'sp' was too lazy to get going at speed, it's a bit hanging back from the crowd a little sickly, a little sluggish.
user4539917
user4539917
sllluuuggiiishhh
Mitch
Mitch
@CowperKettle What is the feel of the word 'вялотеку́щая'? Is it formal/technical/medical? is it informal, used for when you just don't feel like getting out of bed in the morning?
Robusto
Robusto
13:15
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Mitch
Mitch
@user4539917 I think I'll lie down for a bit
Robusto
Robusto
I didn't pay enough attention to the detail.
Mitch
Mitch
@Robusto Some countries man
Robusto
Robusto
@Mitch Some "countries" is more like it.
Mitch
Mitch
This was another one I used logic on the details and it worked, because the overall shape just isn't what I remember (like maybe I've seen it with much different orientations)?
@Robusto bites tongue
user4539917
user4539917
13:18
Using logic on a map? How topological of you.
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Mitch
Mitch
@user4539917 +1
Robusto
Robusto
@Mitch I still have sleep in my eyes, so I didn't pay enough attention to the details. When you rub your eyes it's clearer.
@user4539917 +1
Mitch
Mitch
@Robusto I have sleep still in my eyes for hours after waking up.
and then I start winding down for the night.
Some people are morning people. Some are night owls. I'm kinda at the peak around noon.
Robusto
Robusto
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user4539917
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There's a neat app called sleep 2 peak that tries to pin down your exact peak hours.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
13:24
@Mitch "slowly progressing"
вяло - sluggish, текущая - flowing, progressing
Together, вялотекущая
user4539917
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Gigili
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Hey @user4539917
Robusto
Robusto
@CowperKettle Wouldn't we call that "slow onset" in our medical journals, perhaps?
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
@Robusto Could be, yes.
But the whole diagnosis was invented to intimidate dissidents. If you behave yourself better, you will be allowed to leave the clinic. After all, it's sluggish schizophrenia, and you are having a remission. If you behave worse, you will be packed and shipped back.
Or maybe they did not allow them to leave. I did not read enough.
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
@CowperKettle ew
SmokeDetector
SmokeDetector
13:32
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad ip for hostname in answer, bad ns for domain in answer, bad keyword with a link in answer, blacklisted website in answer, potentially bad keyword in answer (352): Etymology of certain words ending in "-en"‭ by Ahmad Fahrurozi‭ on english.SE
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
As if there wasn't enough grime on that city already
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
Alexander Gabyshev
Alexander Prokopievich Gabyshev (born 22 November 1968) is a Yakut shaman and anti-Putin political dissident. After being arrested and sentenced to involuntary confinement in a psychiatric hospital multiple times, his case has sparked condemnation of the political abuse of psychiatry in Russia. == Biography == Gabyshev says he graduated from Yakutsk State University with a major in history. After a series of failed short-term jobs, and following the death of his mother, he suffered from poor mental health. It was at this time that Gabyshev decided to move and live in the forest, and later become...
He is being "treated" for a non-existent psychiatric disease.
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
He looks familiar, probably from your earlier posts?
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
Yes, I posted about him earlier
Robusto
Robusto
@CowperKettle Because you have to be crazy not to back the new czar.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
13:34
> On 9 January 2021, he posted a clip on YouTube where he stated he planned to march towards Moscow on horseback in March. Later that month, 50 police officers broke down his front door and arrested him again.
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
Wait, so why is Putin coming to Tehran again? Did Americans BS that Iran is sending drones to Ukraine, and Putin was like, "What a great idea!"?
Robusto
Robusto
@M.A.R. There was a news item something like that.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
@M.A.R. Yes, I heard about the supposed drone deal.
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
About the drones, I still refuse to believe we have sunken that low. What benefit is there in doing it?
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
Money
Economic ties.
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
13:37
As if the West needs more ammunition against us
@CowperKettle wait, this might make sense.
On the other hand, you can justify any rumor with "oh there's money in it"
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
And the Iran leadership might think that it's a good way to strike at the godless West.
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
@CowperKettle I don't think we're that stupid to think this sort of thing actually works towards building any ties.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
Russia can propose some lucrative mega-project, like a pipeline to diversify each other's markets. Who knows.
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
@CowperKettle well, I've said it before . . . Our godly men probably have more Green Cards than villas in Tuscany or whatever Putin's buddies get. They're not delusional, just malicious.
Mitch
Mitch
all the google translations for it are fancy synonyms for 'slow': sluggishly,
inertly, drowsily, sleepily, torpidly, vapidly, supinely
Robusto
Robusto
13:39
Here it is: The White House says Russian officials visited Iran to view drones for use in Ukraine
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My question is: why would Iran's drones be more advanced than Russia's?
Mitch
Mitch
@CowperKettle It's not like Russia is particularly godful
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
@Mitch it's torpidly. No other words fit.
@Robusto or maybe they're not. They just add up to more total drones buzzing around in Ukraine.
Oh well, even if it's true, it looks evil, but par for the course, politically speaking. We no doubt have some handy whataboutism ready about France selling weapons to Saudi Arabia. More people will blow up. So justice, much wow.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
> In August 2012, non-medical use of psychiatry surfaced in the case of "Pussy Riot".[49] The psychiatric and psychological report presented by the prosecution alleged that the three women suffered from "personality disorders" and thereby must be isolated from society.
Cerberus
Cerberus
@Robusto Well, why wouldn't it be?
Iran can produce some pretty good technology when they put their mind to it.
Their drones have proven to be capable in the Persian Gulf, hitting Saudi targets.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
Drones are a short-lived commodity at a frontline, and one needs more and more of them, no matter how advanced or low-tech.
Cerberus
Cerberus
13:47
At any rate, they may be worse than some Russian drones, but more is better?
Yes, exactly.
Robusto
Robusto
14:05
@Cerberus But Russia is one of the "huge military build-up" countries, like the US. With a lot more money put into such things.
I suppose when you're fighting a "special military operation," though, you run out of munitions rather quickly.
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
They don't call it special for no reason.
Robusto
Robusto
@M.A.R. It's kind of funny because in AmE "special" can have the connotation of handicapped, mental or otherwise: "special-needs students" or "special education" and the like.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
14:34
Word of the day: hunger stone
Hunger stone
A hunger stone (German: Hungerstein) is a type of hydrological landmark common in Central Europe. Hunger stones serve as famine memorials and warnings and were erected in Germany and in ethnic German settlements throughout Europe in the 15th through 19th centuries. These stones were embedded into a river during droughts to mark the water level as a warning to future generations that they will have to endure famine-related hardships if the water sinks to this level again. One famous example in the Elbe river in Děčín, Czech Republic, has "Wenn du mich siehst, dann weine" (lit. "If you see me, weep...
Vikas
Vikas
14:45
> ‘We will nev­er’ sup­ply Rus­sia with drones, says Turk­ish CEO
Meanwhile.
Cerberus
Cerberus
@Robusto It's certainly true that the Russian government has had a much larger budget.
But Iran's economy also has some strong aspects that are now regrettably not expressed in financial wealth, such as a highly educated population, and lots of technical experience.
Somewhat less so than Russia on average.
And it does have a significant income from oil and gas.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
> Although this document is focused on immunotherapy and to some extent symptomatic management, there are multiple outstanding issues in the management of pediatric NMDARE
Cerberus
Cerberus
Not many countries in the world can build nuclear power plants.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
What are "outstanding issues" - problems that have not yet been solved?
Cerberus
Cerberus
Yes.
Robusto
Robusto
14:54
@CowperKettle Yes. Not outstanding in the sense of great or wonderful.
Cerberus
Cerberus
> 3. continuing in existence; remaining unsettled, unpaid, etc.: outstanding debts.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
How I hate it that my laptop does not turn off its speakers when I plug in the headphone.
It does it only for some time after a reboot.
Robusto
Robusto
@CowperKettle What make of laptop?
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
DELL
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
@Robusto that's what I meant, there's a related word in Persian that means the same, literally, "exceptional".
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
14:59
I downloaded all possible drivers, but there is no setting to turn off the speakers.
Robusto
Robusto
@CowperKettle Oy.
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
@CowperKettle it's probably more a software thing than hardware?
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
@M.A.R. Yes, the drivers don't have the setting. The drivers decide by themselves whether to turn of the speaker. And they decide not to turn it off.
So when I want to listen to some music, I reboot the laptop.
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
They're rude, inconsiderate drivers.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
I should buy a USB soundcard and just disable the built-in soundcard.
Robusto
Robusto
15:01
@CowperKettle Can't you go into the Windows settings and choose the output method?
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
@CowperKettle haha that's such a laptop thing to do
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
@Robusto I can go there, bu there is no selection.
Cerberus
Cerberus
@CowperKettle Aren't the speakers separate from the sound card, in Device Manager?
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
There is only the illusion of free will.
Robusto
Robusto
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That's the Windows 10 sound settings.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
15:02
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In my laptop it says Speakers/headphones
And you cannot choose one. Only both.
Динамики is speakers.
Robusto
Robusto
@CowperKettle That is very peculiar. Sounds like a hardware issue. How old is the laptop?
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
головные телефоны is headphones, although this is broken Russian. We say наушники, not головные телефоны, in proper Russian.
@Robusto Produced in 2018
Robusto
Robusto
Was it a budget model? Dell has been known to cheap out on components.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
@Robusto Probably yes. It cost only about USD 800
Cerberus
Cerberus
That's fairly expensive for a laptop.
Robusto
Robusto
15:05
Not unless you're including Chromebooks.
Cerberus
Cerberus
Sure it is.
Vikas
Vikas
@CowperKettle I had this very similar issue on same laptop. I removed drivers, removed Maxx audio pro installed again and it fixed. But it took me whole day to try and fix it.
Cerberus
Cerberus
I would say a standard laptop is €500.
€350 is the cheapest of the cheapest, Windows.
€700 is expensive.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
@Vikas That's odd. I removed them several times, and it was not fixed.
Cerberus
Cerberus
€1000+ is super expensive, no compromises.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
15:06
@Vikas I'll try out Maxx audio pro, thank you
Robusto
Robusto
@Cerberus OK, I stand corrected. I haven't priced laptops lately, and that does shade toward the higher end.
Cerberus
Cerberus
Maybe you're used to buying more expensive ones.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
But it's a minor issue. Otherwise, it's a fine laptop.
Vikas
Vikas
I started hating my laptop this year. I hate it so much that I haven't used it since last 2 months. Now I use a Intel dual core desktop on 720p monitor. I will buy a new desktop around November.
Robusto
Robusto
@Cerberus I'm just not used to buying laptops. Before I retired I was always given a work laptop, and after retirement I no longer had a need for one.
Vikas
Vikas
15:09
I planned to sell it but I guess it would be useful in emergency.
@Cerberus The laptop I have is overpriced that is why I hate Dell.
Cerberus
Cerberus
@Robusto I have never in my life bought one for myself.
But I hear about others, and I have helped them.
@Vikas That sucks!
Desktops have a much better quality-price ratio, and they are easy to repair (replace a cheap part).
Robusto
Robusto
The only use I would have for one is if I really needed something better than a smart phone when I'm traveling. I can't imagine buying one just so I could use a computer on the couch, or on the patio.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
I still have a 12-year old Acer Aspire One, a very slow netbook with some buttons missing.
Cerberus
Cerberus
Only use a laptop when you really need mobility, and you really cannot do it with your phone's screen and a bluetooth keyboard.
@Robusto Agreed.
Vikas
Vikas
@Cerberus I bought it in 1000 Euro
Amazon gave me huge discount. Now I understand why.
Cerberus
Cerberus
15:12
@Vikas Expensive!
If it does not work properly, can you send it back and get your money back?
There should be a warranty.
Vikas
Vikas
@Cerberus It's fine laptop for business purposes but not good for heavy design apps. Also it gave me weird issues from time to time.
Cerberus
Cerberus
Hmm.
Vikas
Vikas
@Cerberus On Amazon, yes, within 10 days replacement possible.
Cerberus
Cerberus
I assume you bought such an expensive laptop because expected it to do certain specific tasks?
@Vikas Surely there is some legal warranty under the Indian system?
If the product does not work as expected.
Vikas
Vikas
@Cerberus Yes, warranty is a separate thing and for that you have to contact Dell. But warranty is only 1 year. After that you pay high maintenance charges. Technician will charge visit at home fee too.
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@CowperKettle you also have same right?
Cerberus
Cerberus
15:17
Are you sure India does not have a law providing warranty from the seller?
Robusto
Robusto
I had to use a MacBook for the last six or seven years of my working life. I liked them for their BSD-ish Unix under the hood, since all of the tools we used (Homebrew and the like) were adjusted to work on that. But if there ever was a serious software issue, they were much harder to fix.
Vikas
Vikas
BRB
Cerberus
Cerberus
> Implied warranties as inferred from Sections 14 and 16 are as follows:

Undisturbed possession- Section 14 gives the warranty of undisturbed possession to the buyer of the goods. This means that after the purchase of the product, there is an implied warranty that the buyer will get the quiet possession of the goods.
Free from encumbrances- It is also an implied warranty that the product is free from any charge or encumbrance from any third party.
Reasonably fit products- The products should be reasonable fit for the purpose for which they have been bought.
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@Robusto Ah, how so?
Robusto
Robusto
@Cerberus I had a connectivity issue one time that nobody in the company's IT department could fix, even though all the hardware tested fine. I eventually had to get a new laptop. There was no explanation.
Cerberus
Cerberus
Heh that's ridiculous.
In a desktop, you'd just replace some parts until it works.
Robusto
Robusto
15:29
Exactly.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
@Vikas Yes, looks similar
Robusto
Robusto
The thing that bugs me about Windows sound is that the various inputs often change volume unpredictably. I'm constantly adjusting individual volumes because they get too loud or too soft for no apparent reason.
Cerberus
Cerberus
Yes, I have that too. That is, I just don't know what's happening under the hood to make my volumes not the way I want them.
I think one reason, though, is that I will occasionally press some hotkey inadvertently.
Vikas
Vikas
15:51
@Cerberus I don't know if we have a law. But all laptops come with at least one year warranty.
Cerberus
Cerberus
See the link.
Vikas
Vikas
@Cerberus Did you read fully? I won't understand it easily. Also not sure what products it covers.
Very often, claiming warranty can be a pain here. For example my motorcycle had some issue and Honda was too reluctant to accept it and fix it.
Cerberus
Cerberus
I did not.
Vikas
Vikas
@CowperKettle Exactly!
I'm not exactly sure if Maxx audio fixed it but that was the last step I did.
@CowperKettle here is the thread I posted about issue. If you think you have same issue, you might want to read my comments there and how it got fixed: answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/…
@CowperKettle are you using Windows 11?
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
16:07
@Vikas No, Windows 10
Vikas
Vikas
@Cerberus I also didn't. It's very long.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
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Former deputy Yulia Galyamina has been issued a warning that her probation term may be turned into a real jail term.
This is clearly a signal for her to flee Russia.
She was previously sentenced to a probation for taking parts in political rallies.
Vikas
Vikas
Do half of Turkish people hate their president like half of Indians hate Modi?
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
I do hope that she leaves Russia. The criminals will jail her for a long time.
But she wrote that she won't run.
Cerberus
Cerberus
@Vikas Kind of.
Vikas
Vikas
16:15
Okay. 2023 elections would be interesting then.
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
May he just rig the elections
Vikas
Vikas
> rigging: the act of arranging dishonestly for the result of something, for example an election, to be changed:
Does Turkey have some other benefits from Russia apart from energy imports?
Vikas
Vikas
16:31
Also it feels weird Turkey, Russia, Iran meeting today. All of them have opposing views/issues with Syria. And yet they decided to meet!
Mitch
Mitch
This is more of a question about general culture. You will probably get better results on Quora or Reddit. — Mitch 3 mins ago
And I mean it to sting
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
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> Nina Ostanina, Head of the Duma Committe on Family, Women and Children
> "When somebody comes out as LGBT, it's the same thing as when somebody comes out as a cancer patient"
> "Well, you've said that you are ill, so what? Such a person will just be pitied".
I wonder how soon she'll start promoting burqas for women.
@Vikas They are all authoritarian, which means they will find a common ground.
Cerberus
Cerberus
16:51
Sad.
What's your news quotum per day?
Vikas
Vikas
How far do you sit from your monitor?
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CowperKettle
CowperKettle
> ; these experts were identified as lead clinical researchers in the field based on the systematic review conducted before the consensus recommendations project (paper in preparation), or were nominated by national child neurology societies
I don't understand the meaning of this.
Vikas
Vikas
This is based on the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE).
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
@Vikas One meter from the monitor? Wow
Vikas
Vikas
Now, I tried to measure it and put my monitor 3.2 feet away. It was very far.
It looked quite okay but my table is not that deep, so not easy always.
@CowperKettle Yes, that makes me wonder. Then I read on Reddit, how far people sit from 24" monitors. And most of them said less than 3 feet.
So, either, the standard has something incorrect or we are sitting too close.
Some people also say, one hand distance is quite good rule. That rule is easy to follow and it is realistic.
@CowperKettle Is it too much or too less?
CowperKettle
CowperKettle
17:05
Too much
Vikas
Vikas
Yeah I also feel so. Not too much, but definitely more than what I've seen people in offices.
I will need to do a jugaad to my table to extend its depth so I can place my monitor a little more away.
I have 19" monitor. Soon I will have 21.5" so it will need a little more space.
> In war-torn Syria, production starts on Jackie Chan film about heroic Chinese diplomats
Robusto
Robusto
@CowperKettle It was reviewed according to some specific plan or custom, and "paper in preparation" means they are preparing a paper on it, so they don't have details at the moment.
Vikas
Vikas
@tchrist
> All Indians are my brothers and sisters. I love my country and I am proud of its rich and varied heritage. I shall always strive to be worthy of it. I shall respect my parents, teachers, and elders; and treat everyone with courtesy.
 
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M.A.R.
M.A.R.
18:55
@Vikas I really really think the Chinese cinema doing what Hollywood has been doing for generations shouldn't be note-worthy. Oh no, they're making anti-American propaganda? What else would anyone expect?
@CowperKettle "systematic review" is a technical phrase meaning an article that uses some defined methods to analyze the veracity of data and findings in several studies. This review is still in preparation
> A systematic review is a summary of the medical literature that uses explicit and reproducible methods to systematically search, critically appraise, and synthesize on a specific issue. It synthesizes the results of multiple primary studies related to each other by using strategies that reduce biases and random errors.
 
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Cerberus
Cerberus
21:09
@M.A.R. Somehow, heroic diplomats sounds better than always the same heroic soldiers from American films.
Cerberus
Cerberus
21:31
> I solved today's Redactle (#104) in 21 guesses with an accuracy of 85.71%. Played at redactle.com
Robusto
Robusto
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newyorker.com/cartoons/daily-cartoon/…
@Cerberus Nice. I'm still waiting for them to update their certificate.
Mitch
Mitch
@Cerberus "And with a swoosh of his pen, the dashing diplomat felled hundreds of pencil bearing barbarian lawyers."
Cerberus
Cerberus
@Robusto Yeah I clicked "accept the risk" at some point.
@Mitch Very Chinese.
Mitch
Mitch
Opening and final bookend scenes: the aged diplomat at the cemetery asking his wife "Am I a good man? Did I cross all the t's?"
@Cerberus By 'fell' it means 'shamed'
@Cerberus Out on the edge
Cerberus
Cerberus
@Mitch Oh, no!!
Robusto
Robusto
21:50
@Mitch "Did I negotiate to the best of my ability, so that our side won but that the other side felt good about that? Or did both sides feel they were getting screwed?"
 
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CowperKettle
CowperKettle
23:58
@Robusto I know the meaning of "systematic review" and "paper in preparation", but I don't understand what they are trying to say. "We wrote a systematic review about how we selected experts"? This sounds absurd.
The source is here: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8299516

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