Sometimes you learn something that stuns you.
11 seconds into John Oliver's segment on Asian Americans, he stated that Asian Americans make up 7% of the overall U.S. population.
I had to stop the video. I asked Impus Major (who hadn't heard) what he thought. "20%". I would have guessed 20-30%.
And it turns out it's an Albany thing. We were 31.2% Asian in the 2010 census, and it's been going up.
I hadn't even thought about it -- I was under the impression that Asians were ubiquitous across the U.S. It was a real eye-opener.
I would have gone for 10%
After taking off 100%
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Sometimes you learn something that stuns you.
11 seconds into John Oliver's segment on Asian Americans, he stated that Asian Americans make up 7% of the overall U.S. population.
I had to stop the video. I asked Impus Major (who hadn't heard) what he thought. "20%". I would have guessed 20-30%.
And it turns out it's an Albany thing. We were 31.2% Asian in the 2010 census, and it's been going up.
I hadn't even thought about it -- I was under the impression that Asians were ubiquitous across the U.S. It was a real eye-opener.
California in general might be skewing the impression toward the double digits.
California in general might be skewing the impression toward the double digits.Sometimes you learn something that stuns you.
11 seconds into John Oliver's segment on Asian Americans, he stated that Asian Americans make up 7% of the overall U.S. population.
I had to stop the video. I asked Impus Major (who hadn't heard) what he thought. "20%". I would have guessed 20-30%.
And it turns out it's an Albany thing. We were 31.2% Asian in the 2010 census, and it's been going up.
I hadn't even thought about it -- I was under the impression that Asians were ubiquitous across the U.S. It was a real eye-opener.
Yeah, I was talking to Shiro about it. Where do I vacation? Disneyland in L.A. The Sierras. Ashland, Oregon. Seattle, Washington. All up and down the west coast, almost entirely in urban areas. (And the Sierras, while not "urban", attract a large number of urbanites.)
So while I was fairly sure my view of the overall Hispanic population of the U.S. would be skewed, I didn't realize just how skewed my view of the Asian population was.
I was hoping to catch the solar eclipse tomorrow, but this is the first article that mentioned when it would be.
If I wanted to catch it I'd have to catch a plane.
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The advantages of not being able to do nothing: My manager wrote up my performance evaluation and sent me a preliminary copy. She didn't embellish or gush; she simply provided a canonical list of all the stuff I did over the last 6 months because I was bored and work was slow.
I sound like a terrifyingly good employee. Because I was bored and couldn't sit still.
I've found an online, UK-based Russian food vendor, with plenty of kvass for sale (I love kvass) and interesting-looking stout.
They also have a Medicines section, which I am not quite so sure about, the one-litre 'irrigator set' in particular.
Skeptical of the "Snot Rocket Express", Limey?
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I do hope that everyone is doing well.
Quite well!
You?
The advantages of not being able to do nothing: My manager wrote up my performance evaluation and sent me a preliminary copy. She didn't embellish or gush; she simply provided a canonical list of all the stuff I did over the last 6 months because I was bored and work was slow.
I sound like a terrifyingly good employee. Because I was bored and couldn't sit still.
A suggestion:
You're a teacher by past experience.
You like helping people.
You get glowing reviews and say there's no upward mobility for you.
You hate dealing with superfluous bullcrap.
Therefore, ask for an assistant. The company probably will get you one. Find someone with potential that you can mentor, while at the same time getting someone to filter out your bullcrap in life. Everyone wins!
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I got back from driving to Minneapolis, it was a 10 hour drive.
I'm glad I don't drive trucks (all day) for a living.
Just finished watching A Quiet Place.
I am all astonishment...
...that anyone considers this movie even watchable.
(1) Start off with a truly interesting, original premise.
(2) Instead of trying to write something interesting, original, and/or clever, require that every single character behave so unbelievably stupidly that audience members' ability to suspend disbelief is shattered. I was a big fan of cheesy slasher flicks in the 1980s, where the teenagers would always say, "Hey, we're all being murdered! Let's split up and have sex in a remote area!"
The characters in A Quiet Place are dumber than that.
(3) Add a healthy dose of misogyny on top of it all, just to make absolutely sure you offend anyone not in your target audience.
And yet it's popular.
I really don't understand.
And I understand Sharknado or Army of the Dead.
I don't think it's a movie that works nearly as well outside of a theater. When I saw it at the time, every single normal audience sound was amplified. And then the audience went completely silent. It was really tense. I just don't think it would have that same effect in the confines of home.
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Yep. We just re-watched Tremors with the kids. Similar theme, but intelligent humans and intelligent monsters in a game of wits makes for a much better movie.
Skeptical of the "Snot Rocket Express", Limey?
I am fairly sure that it was supposed to be inserted in another orifice entirely...
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Just finished watching A Quiet Place.
I am all astonishment...
...that anyone considers this movie even watchable.(1) Start off with a truly interesting, original premise.
(2) Instead of trying to write something interesting, original, and/or clever, require that every single character behave so unbelievably stupidly that audience members' ability to suspend disbelief is shattered. I was a big fan of cheesy slasher flicks in the 1980s, where the teenagers would always say, "Hey, we're all being murdered! Let's split up and have sex in a remote area!"
The characters in A Quiet Place are dumber than that.(3) Add a healthy dose of misogyny on top of it all, just to make absolutely sure you offend anyone not in your target audience.
And yet it's popular.
I really don't understand.
And I understand Sharknado or Army of the Dead.
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Ryan George is Tight.
I cut my hair last night and I think I got a D+ or a C- at best. On the plus side, at least I don't look like The Wookie Monster.
Just finished watching A Quiet Place.
I am all astonishment...
...that anyone considers this movie even watchable.(1) Start off with a truly interesting, original premise.
(2) Instead of trying to write something interesting, original, and/or clever, require that every single character behave so unbelievably stupidly that audience members' ability to suspend disbelief is shattered. I was a big fan of cheesy slasher flicks in the 1980s, where the teenagers would always say, "Hey, we're all being murdered! Let's split up and have sex in a remote area!"
The characters in A Quiet Place are dumber than that.(3) Add a healthy dose of misogyny on top of it all, just to make absolutely sure you offend anyone not in your target audience.
And yet it's popular.
I really don't understand.
And I understand Sharknado or Army of the Dead.
I'm sensing a bit of nostalgia here, but I haven't seen a quiet place. Nor do I think it especially popular, but the premise is good, as you said.
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the pitch meeting for A Quiet Place.Just finished watching A Quiet Place.
I am all astonishment...
...that anyone considers this movie even watchable.(1) Start off with a truly interesting, original premise.
(2) Instead of trying to write something interesting, original, and/or clever, require that every single character behave so unbelievably stupidly that audience members' ability to suspend disbelief is shattered. I was a big fan of cheesy slasher flicks in the 1980s, where the teenagers would always say, "Hey, we're all being murdered! Let's split up and have sex in a remote area!"
The characters in A Quiet Place are dumber than that.(3) Add a healthy dose of misogyny on top of it all, just to make absolutely sure you offend anyone not in your target audience.
And yet it's popular.
I really don't understand.
And I understand Sharknado or Army of the Dead.
It's terrifying how good those are. Both the ones for A Quiet Place and Army of the Dead are spot-on.
"Wait... he has the item he's looking for and he's right next to the exit, but he goes back in? Are you going to explain that?"
"No."
the pitch meeting for A Quiet Place.Just finished watching A Quiet Place.
I am all astonishment...
...that anyone considers this movie even watchable.(1) Start off with a truly interesting, original premise.
(2) Instead of trying to write something interesting, original, and/or clever, require that every single character behave so unbelievably stupidly that audience members' ability to suspend disbelief is shattered. I was a big fan of cheesy slasher flicks in the 1980s, where the teenagers would always say, "Hey, we're all being murdered! Let's split up and have sex in a remote area!"
The characters in A Quiet Place are dumber than that.(3) Add a healthy dose of misogyny on top of it all, just to make absolutely sure you offend anyone not in your target audience.
And yet it's popular.
I really don't understand.
And I understand Sharknado or Army of the Dead.
It's terrifying how good those are. Both the ones for A Quiet Place and Army of the Dead are spot-on.
"Wait... he has the item he's looking for and he's right next to the exit, but he goes back in? Are you going to explain that?"
"No."
Yes, the guy is absolutely brilliant! I recommend watching them all.
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Also, you'd be surprised how often I can work "That'll be super easy, barely an inconvenience!" into work conversations.
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Also, you'd be surprised how often I can work "That'll be super easy, barely an inconvenience!" into work conversations.
Our favorite is the sheer number of movies where a large disc-shaped object (a ferris wheel, a flying saucer, etc.) is rolling towards the protagonists and he asks,
"So, they're just going to step to the side, right?""Oh, no! They're going to run in a straight line, directly away from it."
"But why would they do that?"
"Because it's more exciting that way."
"Oh, OK!"
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Aaaaand... Impus Minor is DONE WITH FINALS!!! Woo hoo!
He needed a 0% on his physics final to pass the class, so unless he openly insulted the teacher or otherwise did something insane, I think he's made it without the need for summer school.
And, in yet another, "Only in the public school system," moment, he's required to show up tomorrow at 9:00 am for his history final (they're required to take roll and then let the kids go), and Friday at 10:00 am for his "academic period" final.
Because forcing kids to show up for no other reason than bureaucratic beancounting is "good" in some way I don't understand?
On a more personal note, I may have my first cold since the pandemic started.
It's hard to say, since hay fever symptoms and cold symptoms are so darned similar, with the lethargy and the low-grade fever and the itching sinuses and whatnot, but today feels "different" so I took the afternoon off.
Because somehow I have massive amounts of sick leave accrued. Go figure.
Also, you'd be surprised how often I can work "That'll be super easy, barely an inconvenience!" into work conversations.Our favorite is the sheer number of movies where a large disc-shaped object (a ferris wheel, a flying saucer, etc.) is rolling towards the protagonists and he asks,
"So, they're just going to step to the side, right?"
"Oh, no! They're going to run in a straight line, directly away from it."
"But why would they do that?"
"Because it's more exciting that way."
"Oh, OK!"
isn't there a problem with the items width, the speed its moving, and how fast you can move? I could have sworn there was a Mythbusters or something on that.
It's 90 degrees, sunny, and humid.
And yet we're somehow ahead of schedule, which I'd assumed was an already pretty tight schedule, so I'm pretty happy.
It's 90 degrees, sunny, and humid.
And yet we're somehow ahead of schedule, which I'd assumed was an already pretty tight schedule, so I'm pretty happy.
sounds like hell. Except for the being ahead of schedule part.
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isn't there a problem with the items width, the speed its moving, and how fast you can move? I could have sworn there was a Mythbusters or something on that.Also, you'd be surprised how often I can work "That'll be super easy, barely an inconvenience!" into work conversations.Our favorite is the sheer number of movies where a large disc-shaped object (a ferris wheel, a flying saucer, etc.) is rolling towards the protagonists and he asks,
"So, they're just going to step to the side, right?"
"Oh, no! They're going to run in a straight line, directly away from it."
"But why would they do that?"
"Because it's more exciting that way."
"Oh, OK!"
Red alert! The Boss has clearly been kidnapped!! There's no other way he'd bring up a math problem unbidden!!!
isn't there a problem with the items width, the speed its moving, and how fast you can move? I could have sworn there was a Mythbusters or something on that.Also, you'd be surprised how often I can work "That'll be super easy, barely an inconvenience!" into work conversations.Our favorite is the sheer number of movies where a large disc-shaped object (a ferris wheel, a flying saucer, etc.) is rolling towards the protagonists and he asks,
"So, they're just going to step to the side, right?"
"Oh, no! They're going to run in a straight line, directly away from it."
"But why would they do that?"
"Because it's more exciting that way."
"Oh, OK!"
Red alert! The Boss has clearly been kidnapped!! There's no other way he'd bring up a math problem unbidden!!!
its not math, it's an overlooked problem of many movies. Like why flinging something into the sun wouldn't work well, etc.
isn't there a problem with the items width, the speed its moving, and how fast you can move? I could have sworn there was a Mythbusters or something on that.Also, you'd be surprised how often I can work "That'll be super easy, barely an inconvenience!" into work conversations.Our favorite is the sheer number of movies where a large disc-shaped object (a ferris wheel, a flying saucer, etc.) is rolling towards the protagonists and he asks,
"So, they're just going to step to the side, right?"
"Oh, no! They're going to run in a straight line, directly away from it."
"But why would they do that?"
"Because it's more exciting that way."
"Oh, OK!"
Well, yes, you can calculate the angle at which you need to run, and it might not be a straight 90˚ from the direction the circular thing is going, but even with no math running at an angle so you get out of the path is always better in the scenes as visualized. (The only time it wouldn't be would be in the case of a rolling pin-like shape where it's wide enough that the time to run to the side is significant.)
Drejk, how are you enjoying Civ VI?
We're planning to have our first in-person PF game in over a year tomorrow. Gonna be strange to go back to that.
I hope that you have fun.
Drejk, how are you enjoying Civ VI?
I uninstalled after repeating crashes. I already played the base game a lot (around 50 hours) but I wanted to see the expansions. The game breaking every few turns after certain point wasn't worth the trouble. Maybe in the future it will work better.
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You wouldn't think that I would have to tell a college football player to use their muscles, yet here I am.
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I just found out that Eve went to acting school with Janet from The Good Place.
Eve: "Yeah. Remember when I didn't get Sally Bowles in Cabaret? She was why."
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It's probably not a good sign when the college student assigned to you begs coworker to work with him tomorrow.
Damn kids today can't handle the heat.
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So -- all the official hoop-jumping for that promotion has been completed satisfactorily. Barring some catastrophic fuster-cluck, my transition is assured.
But guess what?
Current Manager is attempting to delay that progression by 30 days from this Tuesday, two days ago, rather than from the date all the official documentation says was the date my promotion was assured (20th May). Despite the fact that he's known my intentions a) in general, since before I joined his team one year ago; b) in terms of focused effort since April, and c) in particular that I was leaving his team five weeks ago.
I really don't want to have to go to HR over this oscillated feces.
Impus Minor made a fantastic point yesterday:
(1) Most high school teachers set due dates for student work and punitive late policies so that typically work more than 3 days late receives no credit at all.
(2) Most high school teachers don't update their gradebooks more than once every month, leaving students in a complete fog as to their final grade.
He asked, "Why can teachers insist that their students turn in all this work every single week, but they don't have to grade that work more than once a month?"
Impus Minor missed a lot of history assignments this semester. The teacher has a generous make-up policy and he's turned in a huge number of them for makeup.
So... will he have to go to summer school?
We have no idea, because the teacher hasn't posted any grades since April 30.
The school I went to, it was up to you to keep track of your scores to know your grade......
(2) Most high school teachers don't update their gradebooks more than once every month, leaving students in a complete fog as to their final grade.
...
That's the point. Nothing's been scored since April 30, and with COVID everything's digital. It isn't possible for Impus Minor to calculate his own grade until the teacher enters the scores, and his response is always, "Oh, I'm planning on doing that later this week..."
Every. Single. Week.
Hello, everyone.
Hiya, John!
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It always sucks when a big-name band gloms onto your favorite "little" band.
Sabaton's coming back for another U.S. tour. Tickets usually run $25-$30. Except this time around they're touring with Judas Priest. Tickets are suddenly $120.
We love you, Sabaton, but can you ditch Judas Priest and go back to a reasonable price range?