PDP1145
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HHGTTG! Oh, and also early jazz and swing, Balkan folkdance and music, 60's rock, Do-wop, electronic and ambient, folk, African. EE / algorithm developer back to the 70's: classifiers for realtime signal and image processing. Adaptive and continual AI.
Can you get fries with those orders, though??
December 18, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Can you get fries with those orders, though??
Thank you for being so responsive! I started doing some work with the tutorial notebooks in Datalab yesterday, and the only problems I'm having so far are those of my own making. #:')
December 18, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Thank you for being so responsive! I started doing some work with the tutorial notebooks in Datalab yesterday, and the only problems I'm having so far are those of my own making. #:')
Not sure he even knows how to identify "truthiness". Pretty sure he can't buy some...
December 18, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Not sure he even knows how to identify "truthiness". Pretty sure he can't buy some...
Ooohhh -- thanks for the reminder to make grilled cheese this afternoon with rye bread and gouda (soaked in butter, as I cook in French).
December 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Ooohhh -- thanks for the reminder to make grilled cheese this afternoon with rye bread and gouda (soaked in butter, as I cook in French).
Can't even listen to it; I'll never understand how his minions could stomach that weird, non-human set of what aliens might call emotions, but we humans certainly don't.
December 18, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Can't even listen to it; I'll never understand how his minions could stomach that weird, non-human set of what aliens might call emotions, but we humans certainly don't.
The their kids not only absorb some of that understanding, but also the passion for that field as well. Two great factors that probably often influence good science fair projects! #;)
December 18, 2025 at 3:48 AM
The their kids not only absorb some of that understanding, but also the passion for that field as well. Two great factors that probably often influence good science fair projects! #;)
It did occur to me after writing that reply to you, that there are families of famous scientists and musicians, as two examples of areas where two or even three generations excel in some particular field. It may be the environment at home, if one or both parents are specialists in certain areas...
December 18, 2025 at 3:47 AM
It did occur to me after writing that reply to you, that there are families of famous scientists and musicians, as two examples of areas where two or even three generations excel in some particular field. It may be the environment at home, if one or both parents are specialists in certain areas...
Maybe she's like someone who just can't stand it any longer and has to spill the beans, even if it gets her in trouble. Maybe she has, buried deep within the cells that masquerade as neurons, a tiny bunch of them called a conscience, as opposed to that collection of cells, hastily thrown together...
December 17, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Maybe she's like someone who just can't stand it any longer and has to spill the beans, even if it gets her in trouble. Maybe she has, buried deep within the cells that masquerade as neurons, a tiny bunch of them called a conscience, as opposed to that collection of cells, hastily thrown together...
That ISEF takes 9th graders, as DVSF always sent three of them each year. But you need a really strong local program that's well funded, and that's not a universal thing, sadly!!
December 17, 2025 at 8:52 PM
That ISEF takes 9th graders, as DVSF always sent three of them each year. But you need a really strong local program that's well funded, and that's not a universal thing, sadly!!
So DVSF is pretty unusual. They have four fairs, for each grade from 9th to 12th. This gives younger kids a chance to go to ISEF. I guess they're pretty well funded, because it's basically an all expenses paid "science fair / vacation" for a week at whatever city it's being held at. From that it's..
December 17, 2025 at 8:51 PM
So DVSF is pretty unusual. They have four fairs, for each grade from 9th to 12th. This gives younger kids a chance to go to ISEF. I guess they're pretty well funded, because it's basically an all expenses paid "science fair / vacation" for a week at whatever city it's being held at. From that it's..
As a former judge, it's pretty obvious when a kid was totally on their own, because they can explain absolutely everything to you, from original thoughts to construction / experiments, to what went wrong, etc. At least at the level of local fairs which are connected with ISEF.
December 17, 2025 at 8:49 PM
As a former judge, it's pretty obvious when a kid was totally on their own, because they can explain absolutely everything to you, from original thoughts to construction / experiments, to what went wrong, etc. At least at the level of local fairs which are connected with ISEF.
I've judged since 2001, multiple fairs in one year sometimes, and I can't think of any evidence of a truly negative experience. But maybe because I was always pretty positive about finding whatever I could in a project to support them on, and encourage further or deeper work on that project.
December 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
I've judged since 2001, multiple fairs in one year sometimes, and I can't think of any evidence of a truly negative experience. But maybe because I was always pretty positive about finding whatever I could in a project to support them on, and encourage further or deeper work on that project.
Did you ever go to the Westinghouse sponsored fair at the Franklin Institute?? (If I've got the history correct). I loved my HS but they had no connection with science fair, and that's the one thing I fault them for. Maybe only Central had kids going?
December 17, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Did you ever go to the Westinghouse sponsored fair at the Franklin Institute?? (If I've got the history correct). I loved my HS but they had no connection with science fair, and that's the one thing I fault them for. Maybe only Central had kids going?
Like in the Nurenburg Trials, "I was just doing what they told me" isn't going to fly when the regime changes back to a real administration...
December 17, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Like in the Nurenburg Trials, "I was just doing what they told me" isn't going to fly when the regime changes back to a real administration...
Is your school connected so that eventually kids could get to ISEF? At DVSF they had a separate fair for 9th graders, who every year went to ISEF. The careers of those kids take off like the proverbial rocketship to outerspace. #:')
www.societyforscience.org/isef/
www.societyforscience.org/isef/
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www.societyforscience.org
December 17, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Is your school connected so that eventually kids could get to ISEF? At DVSF they had a separate fair for 9th graders, who every year went to ISEF. The careers of those kids take off like the proverbial rocketship to outerspace. #:')
www.societyforscience.org/isef/
www.societyforscience.org/isef/
OMG!! But do we have to give to Bossa Nova back, then??
December 17, 2025 at 6:44 PM
OMG!! But do we have to give to Bossa Nova back, then??
Another artist that I must credit with a friend at work who would come up with obscure music (probably well known to everyone else) that I would get totally hooked on: youtu.be/Z2_03lbaLsk?...
Jens Lekman - Maple Leaves
YouTube video by Beauty Above All
youtu.be
December 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Another artist that I must credit with a friend at work who would come up with obscure music (probably well known to everyone else) that I would get totally hooked on: youtu.be/Z2_03lbaLsk?...
And boy, do we need some spirit lifting here in the States!!
December 17, 2025 at 1:21 PM
And boy, do we need some spirit lifting here in the States!!
So glad you liked it! The Seekers have a huge treasure trove of recordings that surely are not widely known. I have a five CD set of their early recordings, mostly focusing on folk songs. But obviously they did later recordings that are also very much worth a listen! #:')
December 17, 2025 at 1:20 PM
So glad you liked it! The Seekers have a huge treasure trove of recordings that surely are not widely known. I have a five CD set of their early recordings, mostly focusing on folk songs. But obviously they did later recordings that are also very much worth a listen! #:')
This came to mind while reviewing a rather depressing song by Mark Kozelek (as Sun Kil Moon):
youtu.be/aNSH8OdHx2A?...
youtu.be/aNSH8OdHx2A?...
Pale Blue Eyes
YouTube video by The Velvet Underground - Topic
youtu.be
December 16, 2025 at 11:48 PM
This came to mind while reviewing a rather depressing song by Mark Kozelek (as Sun Kil Moon):
youtu.be/aNSH8OdHx2A?...
youtu.be/aNSH8OdHx2A?...
Real emotional impact, only amplified by Judith Durham's incomparable voice: youtu.be/T2zaPe00bw4?...
The Seekers - The Shores of Avalon (1997, full version)
YouTube video by rich963
youtu.be
December 16, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Real emotional impact, only amplified by Judith Durham's incomparable voice: youtu.be/T2zaPe00bw4?...
Australia's unofficial nathiona anthem. We could all do well here in the states, to listen carefully to the real message here (oh, and it's an awesome song, BTW): youtu.be/KrLTe1_9zso?...
The Seekers - I Am Australian: Special Farewell Performance (all 5 verses)
YouTube video by rich963
youtu.be
December 16, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Australia's unofficial nathiona anthem. We could all do well here in the states, to listen carefully to the real message here (oh, and it's an awesome song, BTW): youtu.be/KrLTe1_9zso?...
Thanks for responding! There is still a message about Datalab being down, but I am still logged in according my status. Do you know if Datalab is now fully functional, or might I be getting an old message, and maybe need to log out and log back in again? Thanks for any insight you have on this!!
December 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Thanks for responding! There is still a message about Datalab being down, but I am still logged in according my status. Do you know if Datalab is now fully functional, or might I be getting an old message, and maybe need to log out and log back in again? Thanks for any insight you have on this!!
I only noticed "The Feelies" for the first time, on WMBR, maybe a few weeks ago. I heard this one on my playlist this afternoon, and it jumped right out at me:
youtu.be/Fl2DLvkwhs0?...
youtu.be/Fl2DLvkwhs0?...
Higher Ground
YouTube video by The Feelies - Topic
youtu.be
December 16, 2025 at 6:25 AM
I only noticed "The Feelies" for the first time, on WMBR, maybe a few weeks ago. I heard this one on my playlist this afternoon, and it jumped right out at me:
youtu.be/Fl2DLvkwhs0?...
youtu.be/Fl2DLvkwhs0?...
"Gee but I love your smile,
Won't you just stay a while..."
Isn't that how it should start?
youtu.be/_j6qNYayMLc?...
Won't you just stay a while..."
Isn't that how it should start?
youtu.be/_j6qNYayMLc?...
Great Brooklyn Doo Wop - Paragons - The Vows Of Love
YouTube video by PJDooWop
youtu.be
December 16, 2025 at 6:24 AM
"Gee but I love your smile,
Won't you just stay a while..."
Isn't that how it should start?
youtu.be/_j6qNYayMLc?...
Won't you just stay a while..."
Isn't that how it should start?
youtu.be/_j6qNYayMLc?...