He’s good at putting together code that finds what signal there is in the noise of polls, figures inherent error.

Brilliant!

Absolutely. I’ve been there a couple of times. There didn’t seem to be much in the way of sealiife (fish, molluscs, etc.) Something about the high salinity, I’d guess.

I do some photography post procesing. I have a 32" monitor that’s fairly close to me, so plenty of table behind it, so I can backlight with a simple ceiling light laid on the table. I’ve been using this one by Hyperikon ($16), a simple lamp cord ($3), plugged into a ‘slave’ outlet on a ‘power saving’ power strip…

I do some photography post procesing. I have a 32" monitor that’s fairly close to me, so plenty of table behind it,…

With a dark sky, one challenge is getting the stars in focus - especially if your lens is wide open. I’ve had luck with a bahtinov mask with fine etched lines (the bigger plates you see for telescopes don’t work well at 20mm; they’re more for 500mm+

While you’re looking at electoral maps, maybe have a look at Colin Woodard’s analysis based on his view that the US is made of multiple nations. He’s written multiple books, but I’m linking to one of his columns at medium.com. Behind a paywall but you get 3 articles / month. Speaking of ‘nations’, he shows in another…

I did a quick look - at mofongo. Yes, the place everyone I asked in San Juan where it was ‘the best’ recommended the place that was #1 on their list. I’ve already had mofongo there. I guess I just don’t like mofongo. I love Puerto Rico otherwise, but not their national dish. Sorry PR folks, I tried - I really did.

The Auckland NZ airport duty free at least used to have amazing (to me) deals on scotch. If you’re going to NZ to visit with friends/family it might make sense to inquire as to their liquir tastes and pick them. You have access to the duty free on your arrival as well as departure. I remember getting a litre of…

The problem with carbon steel pans is that the seasoning, no matter what you do, isn’t as durable as that on CI. Probably something to do with surface texture. And a lot of carbon steel pans come with lacquer coated handles so in-oven seasoning (my usual technique) is out.

The problem with carbon steel pans is that the seasoning, no matter what you do, isn’t as durable as that on CI.…

I was just pointing out that, if you wanted HRTF, you’d need to plug the base station into whatever output your receiver provides with that.

I was just pointing out that, if you wanted HRTF, you’d need to plug the base station into whatever output your…

I was wondering if these had HRTF (effectively, multi source audio out of just two earpieces) built in. When I saw that the base would accept digital audo, I thought maybe it could. I checked the manual

I was wondering if these had HRTF (effectively, multi source audio out of just two earpieces) built in. When I saw…

I’m a boomer. I probably want one of these. I’ve had MR2s, NSXs, and (of course) Porsches, and love what that centralization of mass does for a car’s nimbleness. I find the current Corvette too big, so if they scale the outside down a tad at the same time, all to the better. Otherwise, I guess I’m getting something…

BTW/FWIW, there are streams pretty close to this color blue in New Zealand. 

Just be prepared for your husband to ask for your help to bleed the brakes.

I plan to spend around $10, probably on the vitamins I’m taking anyway. Amazon had this deal: spend $10 at Whole Foods and get $10 credit on amazon for Prime Day. So it’s effectively 50% off the yoghurt I bought at WF and the vits I’ll buy on amazon.

He needs to be able to say that he won on this one, just like he’s claiming to be building ‘the wall’. If he doesn’t need to be building a actual physical wall in order to claim that he’s doing it, and walls are something that people can go and see, he doesn’t need to actually have the data. He can just say ‘yeah,…

I heard ythe charging prosecutors were from the corruption department (which normally dels with public corruption, not child molestation / rape). If that’s true, expect Acosta to be charged.

Hi Heather, that green lamp you remember, with the unpleasantly-bright mantles, ran on benzine, not kerosene. The mantles were interesting, as they had thorium in the threads. When a mantle was first lit, the parts other than thorium would go to ash, making a very fragile skeleton holding the thorium. The thorium…

Hi Heather, that green lamp you remember, with the unpleasantly-bright mantles, ran on benzine, not kerosene. The…

I’d suggest taking a look at Colin Woodard’s ‘American Nations’.

True on swimmer’s itch, but you have to swallow some water go get cryptosporidium.