Thanks all for the input on the loan stuff. My oldest is starting Worcester Polytechnic Institute...
I dislike school and hope to never take another class in my life.
That was until I heard about the Worcester Pyrotechnic Institute. Interest highly piqued.
Then I read it again.
Sadness.
-BEP
FlamingPeasant wrote:Thanks all for the input on the loan stuff. My oldest is starting Worcester Polytechnic Institute...
I dislike school and hope to never take another class in my life.
That was until I heard about the Worcester Pyrotechnic Institute. Interest highly piqued.
Then I read it again.
Sadness.
-BEP
The pioneering rocketry researcher Robert Goddard was an alum (and allegedly was responsible for an on-campus explosion) so you're not that far off...
Whoopie Tech!
Whoopie Tech!
What, inventing the rocket wasn't enough, they invented the whoopie cushion too?
Meanwhile, an actual serious question I want answered (there must be a thread for that somewhere):
What's the proper name for the rhetorical trick/logical fallacy in which, when someone challenges you with "Your argument is invalid because X is not actually an example of Y", you respond by making the definition of Y so broad and vague that pretty much anything would qualify?
Is it “distinction without difference”?
I dont think it has a formal name, but it's a fallacy of definition.
You could also play the role of Diogenes and mock them with a clearly wrong example that still fits their overly broad definition.
I dont think it has a formal name, but it's a fallacy of definition.
You could also play the role of Diogenes and mock them with a clearly wrong example that still fits their overly broad definition.
Behold! A man!
Who decided we needed a bunch of new image file formats that aren't compatible with anything, and why? Hate finding a good image on Google Image Search only to find that it's a webp, jfif, or avif so I have to plug it into an online converter to turn it into something useful.
Who decided we needed a bunch of new image file formats that aren't compatible with anything, and why? Hate finding a good image on Google Image Search only to find that it's a webp, jfif, or avif so I have to plug it into an online converter to turn it into something useful.
Because Google doesn't own jpeg or png. Webp is Google's open standard, but I don't trust Google to not pull some nonsense with it at some point.
Webp is significantly more efficient than the alternatives, both in size and codec performance.
Who decided we needed a bunch of new image file formats that aren't compatible with anything, and why? Hate finding a good image on Google Image Search only to find that it's a webp, jfif, or avif so I have to plug it into an online converter to turn it into something useful.
JFIF is just another name for JPEG; just change the file extension.
hbi2k wrote:Who decided we needed a bunch of new image file formats that aren't compatible with anything, and why? Hate finding a good image on Google Image Search only to find that it's a webp, jfif, or avif so I have to plug it into an online converter to turn it into something useful.
JFIF is just another name for JPEG; just change the file extension.
WHY?!?! What was wrong with.jpg or .jpeg? Hell, why did we need two in the first place? Pick one!
CaptainCrowbar wrote:hbi2k wrote:Who decided we needed a bunch of new image file formats that aren't compatible with anything, and why? Hate finding a good image on Google Image Search only to find that it's a webp, jfif, or avif so I have to plug it into an online converter to turn it into something useful.
JFIF is just another name for JPEG; just change the file extension.
WHY?!?! What was wrong with.jpg or .jpeg? Hell, why did we need two in the first place? Pick one!
I believe webp files are specifically formatted for the web so they look good on whatever device you are using. It means nothing to the user but for people making the post they would need a way to recognized non optimized files without firing up a image editor.
Will the search function be fixed or will it be down forever?
Is this tree dead?
And if it isn't, how do I make it go green again?
Dammit Jim, I’m a doctor, not a tree surgeon!
They need tree surgeons, but there's only two of us.
If it fell in a forest, would you hear it scream?
Certainly looks dead
Have you tried turning it off and on again?
Have you tried turning it off and on again?
I don't want to see Iso trying to turn on a plant.
Jonman wrote:Have you tried turning it off and on again?
I don't want to see Iso trying to turn on a plant.
I could stand to hear a little more.
*Legion* wrote:Jonman wrote:Have you tried turning it off and on again?
I don't want to see Iso trying to turn on a plant.
I could stand to hear a little more.
There is nothing else I can say with this as co text that won’t be ridiculous with this context, so please if someone knows what they’re talking about let me know.
So the tree looks dead but it doesn’t feel dead. The stem feels hard and moist, and a bit plyable. And even though the leaves are brown they feel hydrated and attached. Even the roots feel good when I put my hand down there and feel in the dirt.
So can my sweet, sweet caresses make it ok, should I put this bad boy in the dirt outside (plant it), or just find… other uses for it?
*Legion* wrote:Jonman wrote:Have you tried turning it off and on again?
I don't want to see Iso trying to turn on a plant.
I could stand to hear a little more.
Great, another Firry.
Mixolyde wrote:*Legion* wrote:Jonman wrote:Have you tried turning it off and on again?
I don't want to see Iso trying to turn on a plant.
I could stand to hear a little more.
There is nothing else I can say with this as co text that won’t be ridiculous with this context, so please if someone knows what they’re talking about let me know.
So the tree looks dead but it doesn’t feel dead. The stem feels hard and moist, and a bit plyable. And even though the leaves are brown they feel hydrated and attached. Even the roots feel good when I put my hand down there and feel in the dirt.
So can my sweet, sweet caresses make it ok, should I put this bad boy in the dirt outside (plant it), or just find… other uses for it?
Paige, no!
(Alternate answer: looks fine to me. But I’m red/green colorblind…)
Keep it watered, maybe give it some plant food. I don't know that there's much more you can do.
If you really intend to actually save it, I would recommend repotting it. Trees, particularly, experience die off fairly quickly once their soil is depleted and/or if their roots are crowded in by too small a container.
If you really intend to actually save it, I would recommend repotting it. Trees, particularly, experience die off fairly quickly once their soil is depleted and/or if their roots are crowded in by too small a container.
Would putting it in the ground help?
The stem feels hard and moist
Is this tree dead?
And if it isn't, how do I make it go green again?
I have a few trees of that type and I have had sections of them go brown and go back to green eventually without doing anything different. I've never had the whole tree turn brown though.
My trees are significantly bigger than that example and planted in the ground.
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