Althouse: At the Gray Café...

March 24, 2021

At the Gray Café...

... you can talk about whatever you want.

70 comments:

h said...: Things I saw recently.

1. Home-schooling is way up since Covid, and especially for black and other minority children. https://www.joannejacobs.com/2021/03/11-1-of-families-are-homeschooling. Blacks: 3.3% homeschooled before Covid, 16.1% homeschooled today.
2. A Brookings (!) scholar explores Why Common Core Failed. <a https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brown-center-chalkboard/2021/03/18/why-common-core-failed/ “For three decades, standards-based reform has ruled as the policy of choice for education reformers…. Despite the theory’s intuitive appeal, standards-based reform does not work very well in reality.”
3. The extent to which the mainstream press was anti-Trump during the Covid era is illustrated in https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w28110/w28110.pdf which shows that about 90% of Covid stories in the US press were “negative” “bad news”, but only about 50% of stories in the international press.
4. Only three cities rely on fines and forfeitures for more than 2% of their budgets: New Orleans, Arlington, TX (midway between Dallas and Ft. Worth), and Chicago. https://www.urban.org/policy-centers/cross-center-initiatives/state-and-local-finance-initiative/state-and-local-backgrounders/fines-and-forfeitures”

Before you complain about my laziness: I got this message: "Your HTML cannot be accepted: Reference "“https:" is not allowed:" Polite corrections and advise are welcome.; 3/24/21, 8:14 PM
Mark said...: Who killed the unarmed 137 people in Niger?; 3/24/21, 8:18 PM
Inga said...: h,

You need to not use “ marks after the <a href=

Just omit “ before and after the https address; 3/24/21, 8:20 PM
Mark said...: What? You didn't know that 137 innocent people were slaughtered in Niger a couple of days ago?

You mean that they weren't considered important enough for the MSM to bother reporting it?

Or is it because the killers were Islamic militants?; 3/24/21, 8:20 PM
Oh Yea said...: Great weather today, over 70. About time to get out the cargo shorts.; 3/24/21, 8:26 PM
Bruce Hayden said...: A couple days ago, some of our leftists claimed that Sydney Powell had admitted that her claims weren’t based on evidence. Here is my response:

“The Kraken speaks.”

“‘Reasonable people would not accept such statements as fact but view them only as claims that await testing by the courts through the adversary process.’”

“So said attorneys for Republican lawyer Sidney Powell as they sought dismissal of a $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit against Powell by the election equipment company Dominion Voting Systems.”

Here is the source of that “quote”: MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORT OF DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS

This is the support for her motion to dismiss or transfer the defamation suit by Dominion against her. This quote was in the middle of her demand to dismiss for failure to state a claim under which relief may be obtained (FRCP 12(b(6)). She is in the midst of arguing that Dominion does not have a viable defamation claim against her, as a matter of law. She is in the process of distinguishing between a statement made, along with supporting evidence, and one made without. Her point is that a statement made with supporting evidence is more obviously opinion, exempt from defamation under the 1st Amdt (and CO constitution), than those made without supporting evidence. 1st Amdt basics is that only false allegations of facts are defamatory, and not inaccurate opinions.

Start with FRCP 12(b(6) (Memorandum page 19)

A motion to dismiss under Rule 12(b)(6) tests the legal sufficiency of a complaint. To survive a motion to dismiss, the complaint must contain sufficient factual matter ... to state a claim for relief that is plausible on its face.” Iqbal, 556 U.S. at 678. A claim is plausible on its face when it contains sufficient factual matter to permit the court “to draw the reasonable inference that the defendant is liable for the misconduct alleged.” Id. In doing so, well-pleaded facts must be construed in the plaintiff’s favor, but the court need not accept as true legal conclusions or threadbare recitals of a cause of action. Id.

Here is the entire paragraph (Memorandum page 32) with the cited sentence.

Reasonable people understand that the “language of the political arena, like the language used in labor disputes ... is often vituperative, abusive and inexact.” Watts v. United States, 394 U.S. 705, 708 (1969). It is likewise a “well recognized principle that political statements are inherently prone to exaggeration and hyperbole.” Planned Parenthood of Columbia/Willamette, Inc. v. Am. Coal. of Life Activists, 244 F.3d 1007, 1009 (9th Cir. 2001). Given the highly charged and political context of the statements, it is clear that Powell was describing the facts on which she based the lawsuits she filed in support of President Trump. Indeed, Plaintiffs themselves characterize the statements at issue as “wild accusations” and “outlandish claims.” Id. at ¶¶ 2, 60, 97, 111. They are repeatedly labelled “inherently improbable” and even “impossible.” Id. at ¶¶ 110, 111, 114, 116 and 185. Such characterizations of the allegedly defamatory statements further support Defendants’ position that reasonable people would not accept such statements as fact but view them only as claims that await testing by the courts through the adversary process.

In other words, the statements that Dominion is suing her for making were not statements of fact, which are potentially actionable as defamation, but rather an opinion, based on the cited facts, which is not actionable. Powell is arguing a key legal point here, the legal distinction between fact and opinion, in defamation, citing the Supreme Court case of NYT v Sullivan, among others, for support.; 3/24/21, 8:27 PM
rhhardin said...: There's the gray code. It's a way of counting in binary with only one bit changing at a time. The idea was that if you froze a counter at some instant when two bits had to change, you might see one changed and one not changed and you'd get a wildly wrong count, neither the current one nor the next. 0 to 7 in gray code goes, to solve this,

000 001 011 010 110 111 101 100

Since only one bit changes at a time, you're certain to get a good count.; 3/24/21, 8:47 PM
rhhardin said...: Count 1 to 50 in gray code. Binary porn for women.; 3/24/21, 8:48 PM
h said...: thanks Inga for the html advice.; 3/24/21, 9:02 PM
Narr said...: Mark, I just assume Muslims will murder other people in large numbers every day, where they can get away with it. No details are necessary.

Which isn't to excuse the lack of curiosity and concern on the part of those who are supposed to take care that it doesn't splash on us.

Narr
Ecrasez l'infame; 3/24/21, 9:23 PM
Francisco D said...: I am waiting for Howard to say something about sucking dick.

It seems to be his obsession.

It's your thang .Do what you wanna do ...; 3/24/21, 9:28 PM
mandrewa said...: Rhonda Patrick: Is there an optimal daily dose of vitamin D for immune function? | Roger Seheult

What this boils down to is that it is quite difficult for a normal human being to over do Vitamin D. It is possible but it's rare in the real world.

If you are over 60, you can readily take 10,000 IU of Vitamin D per day and it will likely do you good. In contrast the 400 to 800 IU per day that is recommended by the government is likely to be inadequate and for that reason is actually harming people.; 3/24/21, 9:36 PM
Achilles said...: There is one purchaser for government debt right now.

One.

The fed is saying batshit crazy things right now. Completely insane things.

You will get bitcoin at the price you deserve.

Debt based assets are the only other thing that will hold value.

If you own a house cash it out and buy more houses and bitcoin.

The dollar is going to zero sooner rather than later.; 3/24/21, 9:41 PM
Gospace said...: mandrewa said...

If you are over 60, you can readily take 10,000 IU of Vitamin D per day and it will likely do you good. In contrast the 400 to 800 IU per day that is recommended by the government is likely to be inadequate and for that reason is actually harming people.

One of the reasons Vitamin D blood level should be monitored on a regular basis is that with vitamin response everyone's body is different.

AS a 190 lb male taking 4,000 IU a day in just a few months I brought my blood level from 30 ng/ml to 60 ng/ml. Virtually every source I have read said it wouldn't rise that fast.

The official criteria for Vitamin D intoxication is 100 ng/ml. From what I've read symptoms can show in some people at levels of 60-100 ng/ml. Usually in those cases from inadequate Vitamin K in the body. In the calcium cycle Vitamin D and Vitamin K work together. And if the body has a large supply of Vitamin D- it's going to utilize it, and as Vitamin D is utilized- so is Vitamin K. But the D will continue working if the K runs out- and that's not good.

So if you live in a free state where you're allowed to monitor your own health, walk into a lab, and order up a Vitamin D blood level test. In NY and other dictatorships us peons must go through a doctor to do so, and the results must be sent to the doctor, so two expensive doctor visits are required to get a test that you can get yourself at Quest for $48. When I retire I intend on moving to a atate where I'm a citizen, not a subject.; 3/24/21, 10:01 PM
Lawrence Person said...: World Finally Tired Of China’s BS?; 3/24/21, 10:08 PM
Mark said...: Over 16,000 children separated from their parents are being held in highly over-crowded detention facilities operated by Joe Biden.

Meanwhile, the Biden-Harris Administration tried to get away with some blatant North Korea style propaganda by having media visit some new, clean and most-empty facility, quite unlike the concentration camp conditions that were revealed in photos from a Democrat congressman.; 3/24/21, 10:10 PM
Narr said...: Got our $2800 today. Will just about cover the chimney/roof leak expenses, though we haven't had everything done yet--still need tomorrow's rain to test the latest doings.

Getting "We want to buy your house" calls, flyers, etc everyday. Seems we are a hot market right now, and our 'hood in particular has locationX3 going for it.

Two houses are being reno-flipped on this street alone, with several already on the market and more soon--reversing the supposed shortage of sellers.

If things go south in a big way--which I would rate at about 25% chance and rising this summer--that is, a systemic collapse, houses and bitcoin will IMO be worth as little as dollars (except you can sleep in your house).

Somebody mentioned gold in the 30s. This time they'll say, "Gold is a totemic relic of barbarism that has no place in a dynamic digital post-industrial green economy. Now hand it over."

Narr
Speaking of sleep . . .; 3/24/21, 10:14 PM
Rt41Rebel said...: Twenty years ago today, Randy Johnson blew up a bird.; 3/24/21, 10:25 PM
WK said...: Achilles said “ Debt based assets are the only other thing that will hold value.”
Recently sold our home and moved to a downsized rental before next step. What’s the guidance? Something with a big mortgage?

And I take 4000 iu of vitamin d a day.; 3/24/21, 10:25 PM
Churchy LaFemme: said...: Your house is worth nothing if the state won't enforce your ownership.; 3/24/21, 10:35 PM
Ken B said...: An absolutely brilliant video discussing how to visualize General Relativity. https://youtu.be/wrwgIjBUYVc; 3/24/21, 10:35 PM
Rt41Rebel said...: "Debt based assets are the only other thing that will hold value."

I disagree. Guns and ammo will be plenty valuable, and likely necessary.; 3/24/21, 10:35 PM
Ken B said...: Remind me never to hide my stash of Dr Seuss books in a European vaccine factory.; 3/24/21, 10:52 PM
Yancey Ward said...: People don't want to reform education because they will never admit to themselves the truth about what has to be done. You have to expel all the children who don't want to be there and have parents that don't want them to be there and won't lift a finger to ensure they get educated. You don't have to be harsh about it, just change the law to make attendence voluntary- the main problem will take care of itself- the only students in the class will truly be there by choice of their own or with their parents' insistence. But we won't do this- we will continue to insist that little Bobby who can't read in the 6th grade and disrupts class constantly can still benefit from being passed on the 7th grade.

You have to continuously triage the education system to serve those who could actually benefit in it, but we don't do that any longer and haven't for a long time.; 3/24/21, 10:54 PM
MartyH said...: How is State Street doing? Is it recovering or still boarded up?; 3/24/21, 10:55 PM
Yancey Ward said...: There are other things that should be done, but getting rid of mandatory attendence is a necessary first step. After that, I would separate all the classes by gender. You can keep them all in the same school, I suppose (but wouldn't support), but each class is male or female only.; 3/24/21, 10:57 PM
walter said...: Crack,
That sweet reparations $$$ is being discussed in Aurora, IL
(Yoga may be required); 3/24/21, 11:16 PM
Ken B said...: Yancey Ward
I have never even thought about dumping compulsory attendance, but you might be right. At least, after a few years to establish if the kid, not lazy parents, has a preference. It’s the biggest change from school to university. Or used to be; these days classes seem to get disrupted a lot by uni students.

It will never sell, it would be called cruel, Dickensian, and of course sexistracisttransphobicwhitesupremacist.

What kind of evidence might there be? Bryan Caplan — not a guy I much like in general— wrote a book I must read, Against Education. He doubtless agrees.; 3/24/21, 11:21 PM
Rt41Rebel said...: @Yancey

It's much easier to change the curriculum from reading, writing, math, science, and history to politically advantageous indoctrination. The public education system is beyond saving. We might as well discuss how to fix the HR1 For The People bill. Or how to fix immigration policy. Or deficit spending. Nobody in power wants to fix anything, they want to break things more. Breaking things is what they do for profit and power.; 3/24/21, 11:24 PM
Yancey Ward said...: This comment has been removed by the author.; 3/24/21, 11:30 PM
Yancey Ward said...: Rt41Rebel,

Yeah, I am probably not as cynical as I should be here.; 3/24/21, 11:31 PM
rightguy said...: We put our 2nd house on the market in Vegas 10 days ago and we asked 20000$ more than we paid for it in 2006 (2006 being the apogee of the previous LV housing boom). In two days, we had five bids, all over the asking. We accepted the offer that was +25000$. This came as a great relief to us as at the nadir of the housing crash (2010), it was down @ 66% in value. Our mortgage was under water for several years.Whew!; 3/24/21, 11:43 PM
Ken B said...: Ky gov Beshear, who sent his kids to private school, vetoed the funding follows the kid bill.

Democrat. Of course.; 3/24/21, 11:47 PM
William said...: There's an 800 page bio of Philip Roth that just came out. I read the review in The New Yorker. It's no big surprise to learn that Roth sometimes used his position as a famous writer and teacher to get laid. It would have been astounding and perplexing if he had not. Aside from that, Roth seems to have led a disciplined and industrious life.....I think Roth deserves credit as the guy who normalized masturbation. I think he was the first novelist to dramatize the plight of the wanker in modern society. It used to be a subject of great shame, but now people just shrug it off and get on with their life. Wankers don't even rate their own initial in the LBGTQ panoply.....The review states that Roth wrote 31 novels. I read maybe about twenty of them. I admired his insights and humor, but I can't think of any great quotes or luminous scenes. He was to literature what George Segal was to movies.; 3/25/21, 12:03 AM
Sally327 said...: "It's no big surprise to learn that Roth sometimes used his position as a famous writer and teacher to get laid."

I haven't ever thought of writers as having the same opportunities as professional athletes or famous actors.; 3/25/21, 1:17 AM
Sally327 said...: I've been following the story of the ship that's stuck in the Suez Canal. It's still there. There are apparently about 150 ships on either side of it backed up waiting for this to be resolved.

I wonder how long those ships wait before doing something else, I'm not sure what. But then I'm equating this to when I used to live in so Cal and being stuck on the freeway because of a sig alert and having to decide, do I continue to sit here hoping things start moving soon or do I try to get over and get off at the next exit. Sometimes I would do that and sometimes it wouldn't really get me where I was going any faster but at least I'd be moving.; 3/25/21, 1:36 AM
Sally327 said...: Some guy from Malaysia has paid $2.9 Million for Jack Dorsey's first ever tweet. He's the guy who created Twitter, Dorsey I mean, and he auctioned off this tweet (which is just a quick mention of him setting up his twitter account) to benefit an African charity. The buyer is Sina Estavi, who is a player in cryptocurrency. He bought it using ether, a rival currency to bitcoin. Experts say that this first ever tweet is a valuable digital asset. Estavi likens it to the Mona Lisa. He bought it as an NFT, which is a non-fungible token. He now owns the tweet but anyone with internet access can see and read it.

The world is a strange and possibly terrifying place as most of what I wrote above is extracted from a BBC article and I have little understanding of what it means, why a tweet would be valuable, what ether is, or bitcoin either for that matter . How it all works, I don't understand how it all works. The world's wealth is concentrated in a few people but so is the knowledge of how it all works. Which is maybe what explains the first part of that sentence.

I wonder how much Althouse's first ever blog post would sell for.; 3/25/21, 1:50 AM
readering said...: Ken B, thanks for the video link. Wow.; 3/25/21, 2:13 AM
NKP said...: Sally 327said, "
I haven't ever thought of writers as having the same opportunities as professional athletes or famous actors"

Fame's The Thing. Doesn't matter what for although I suspect fewer young women (and men) read actual books these days. In days-long-gone I earned my daily bread in both Tinsel Town and the US Space Program. It didn't take much skill and cunning to Get Lucky in either but to be seen in close proximity to an Astronaut took, "...you can just grab 'em by the..." to a whole new level.; 3/25/21, 2:26 AM
Chris N said...: I’ve often thought if every man could be a great athlete, none would be writers.; 3/25/21, 2:48 AM
NKP said...: Re SoCal commuting, I found LA freeways a definite no go zone. In the evening I tried to get as close to the ocean as possible - even PCH could be iffy, especially heading north. Going south toward Palos Verdes, the corner of Rosecrans and Highland Ave made for a relaxing home stretch, though. Traffic rarely followed beyond and even if it did there were plenty of places to take a break along the way.

By the way, anyone know why all the SoCal Freeways start with "The" instead of just the number?; 3/25/21, 2:54 AM
rehajm said...: article and I have little understanding of what it means, why a tweet would be valuable, what ether is, or bitcoin either for that matter .

Auction house Christies invited me to an 'NFT 101' seminar tomorrow. I'm tuning in and expecting to hear lots of prose and verbiage that sounds like those Bitcoin cult comedians.; 3/25/21, 3:15 AM
rhhardin said...: Bongino Report:

9th Circuit Court Issues Absurd Ruling on Concealed and Open Carry

The report begins:

On Wednesday, an en banc panel of the US Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit ruled that the second amendment right to keep and bear arms does not citizens include the right to carry a firearm, either openly or concealed, in public . [sic]; 3/25/21, 5:20 AM
rhhardin said...: Useful misreadings

Biden DHS Releases 23,400 Border Collies Into U.S. in Two Months; 3/25/21, 5:24 AM
reader said...: The 5, the 101, the 405: Why Southern Californians Love Saying 'the' Before Freeway Numbers

The answer begins with the region's early embrace of the freeway. Long before the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act of 1956 gave most U.S. cities their first freeways, Los Angeles had built several. These weren't simply extensions of federal interstate highways through the city; they were local routes, engineered to carry local traffic and (partly) paid for by local funds. It only made sense that, as they opened one by one, they'd get local names, ones that succinctly denoted their route or destination. The freeway through the Cahuenga Pass thus became the Cahuenga Pass Freeway, and Angelenos knew the freeway to San Bernardino as the San Bernardino Freeway.

...

Two developments convinced Southern Californians to refer to freeways by number rather than name. In 1964, the state simplified its highway numbering system, ensuring that, with few exceptions, each freeway would bear only one route number. Around the same time, a flurry of new construction added unfamiliar freeway names to the region's road maps. Drivers found it easier to learn new numbers like the 605 or the 91 rather than new names like the San Gabriel River Freeway or the Redondo Beach Freeway.

https://www.kcet.org/shows/lost-la/the-5-the-101-the-405-why-southern-californians-love-saying-the-before-freeway-numbers; 3/25/21, 5:41 AM
gilbar said...: in Chicago it was (and, i'm pretty sure; still is)
The Eisnenhower
The Kennedy
The Dan Ryan

Nobody calls them by number; 3/25/21, 6:09 AM
Gahrie said...: I've been following the story of the ship that's stuck in the Suez Canal. It's still there. There are apparently about 150 ships on either side of it backed up waiting for this to be resolved.

The Suez Canal was blocked before, by war. In 1967, Israel seized the Sinai, and Egypt mined the canal. Fifteen ships were trapped in the canal until 1975.

For 8 years the world's shipping had to go back to taking the long way around Africa.; 3/25/21, 6:15 AM
Gahrie said...: People don't want to reform education because they will never admit to themselves the truth about what has to be done. You have to expel all the children who don't want to be there and have parents that don't want them to be there and won't lift a finger to ensure they get educated.

I don't necessarily disagree. As a teacher, my biggest challenge is the kids who don't want to be there who have parents who don't give a shit. Keeping those kids in my classroom is a waste of time and resources at the very least.

But what do you do with these kids? Let them run around on the streets? Crime will definitely go up. What do you do with them when they become unproductive adults with no skills? What do you do when the ugly demographics become transparent? School was an attractive choice when the alternative was hard labor, not so much when the alternative is sitting at home on an X Box all day.; 3/25/21, 6:22 AM
tim maguire said...: h said...Before you complain about my laziness: I got this message: "Your HTML cannot be accepted: Reference "“https:" is not allowed:" Polite corrections and advise are welcome.

Some days it accepts embedded links, some days it doesn't. Annoying. I always feel like I have to apologize for a copy and paste link.; 3/25/21, 6:32 AM
iowan2 said...: I don't necessarily disagree. As a teacher, my biggest challenge is the kids who don't want to be there who have parents who don't give a shit. Keeping those kids in my classroom is a waste of time and resources at the very least.

Govt welfare is the problem.

A persons quality of life in their golden years was directly dependent on their children's productivity.
Parents had a very real vested interest in their children's success. Moral and academic training of children was critical...for adults.; 3/25/21, 6:34 AM
rehajm said...: I always feel like I have to apologize for a copy and paste link

Embrace your inner narcisco.; 3/25/21, 6:34 AM
Mark said...: Have only the kids who want to be in school and learn be there.

And they will find that it is teachers and administrators who are the greater problem in education generally and public schools specifically.

Have you folks really been so utterly blind to what has happened in the last year??? That has only exposed the system for what it always was.; 3/25/21, 6:43 AM
Mark said...: People are naturally curious. They want to know things.

And boredom in school, not seeing the value of being there or in learning, is a learned behavior. Taught to them by the "experts."; 3/25/21, 6:45 AM
Gahrie said...: Govt welfare is the problem.

Stipulate that this is true. What is the answer?

Because the Left's answer is apparently Universal Basic Income. To me this seems to be doubling down on the problem.

We're witnessing the return of Bread and Circuses.; 3/25/21, 7:06 AM
Gahrie said...: People are naturally curious. They want to know things.

As a species, yes. As individuals, not so much. Many people are only interested in where their next free lunch is coming from.; 3/25/21, 7:08 AM
Gahrie said...: And boredom in school, not seeing the value of being there or in learning, is a learned behavior. Taught to them by the "experts."

Strongly disagree. The experts believe in education as a solution, often passionately. Much of the educational theories of the last thirty years have precisely been about making school more interesting and attractive to students. The newest form of this is "college for all", the idea that if you don't go to college, you're a failure. My school forces every single senior to file a FAFSA, even the ones who aren't going to graduate.

It is the family and culture that tells these kids education doesn't matter and that academic success is "acting White" and everything White is bad and evil, designed to oppress people of color. These kids are living in crab buckets, and few Ben Carsons manage to crawl out.; 3/25/21, 7:15 AM
Iman said...: By the way, anyone know why all the SoCal Freeways start with "The" instead of just the number?

If ya wanna know the answer, go see Cal
Ya wanna know the deal, go see Cal; 3/25/21, 7:18 AM
Gahrie said...: Ya wanna know the deal, go see Cal

Thanks...now I'll have that in my head all day....; 3/25/21, 7:26 AM
Iman said...: And his dog Spot, Gahrie!; 3/25/21, 7:48 AM
God of the Sea People said...: I thought this was an interesting article:

https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/03/former-fed-prosecutor-launches-campaign-to-force-every-business-in-america-to-take-anti-trump-purity-pledge/

Assuming anyone actually took this seriously, how is a business owner in a position to make a determination about this at all? The pledge doesn't just ask them to declare their beliefs about the election, but to state as a definitive fact that the election was legitimate. It would be foolish to state definitively about something you don't definitively know- and no one definitively knows this, because the questions surrounding the integrity of the election haven't been investigated.; 3/25/21, 7:56 AM
DavidUW said...: in Chicago it was (and, i'm pretty sure; still is)
The Eisnenhower
The Kennedy
The Dan Ryan
>>>

Dead white slaveowners, amirite

Hell, the first one sounds like a real Nazi.; 3/25/21, 7:59 AM
Fernandinande said...: Some days it accepts embedded links, some days it doesn't.

PEBCAK. It always works for me, I guess because "I'm an excellent driver."

"Your HTML cannot be accepted: Reference "“https:" is not allowed:"

Here's you https text link working inside the HREF construct:

https://www.urban.org/policy-centers/cross-center-initiatives/state-and-local-finance-initiative/state-and-local-backgrounders/fines-and-forfeitures; 3/25/21, 8:29 AM
Fernandinande said...: "I'm an excellent driver."

I thought he had said "I'm an excellent typist". Close enough.; 3/25/21, 8:30 AM
Churchy LaFemme: said...: It always works, but there's no "do what I mean" mode. Every little thing has to be right.

What doesn't work is the counting. I can paste in text I have verified is under 4096 bytes and still get kicked out on length.; 3/25/21, 8:36 AM
I'm Not Sure said...: "Drivers found it easier to learn new numbers like the 605 or the 91 rather than new names like the San Gabriel River Freeway or the Redondo Beach Freeway."

It's not the Redondo Beach Freeway anymore, its the Gardena Freeway now. And that's only one of the names for SR91. Depending on where you are, it's also the Artesia Freeway and the Riverside Freeway.; 3/25/21, 8:44 AM
wildswan said...: Kids don't see what school/no school means. I worked in retail with several very clever young men who could have done well in college except that they did no work whatsoever in high school and just barely graduated. Why? It seemed to them that school was an enclosed world unrelated to anything. They were quite surprised when it ended and they had to get a job. It also surprised them that they were held back by poor writing skills, by having an attitude, and by being careless about coming to work on time. These were good guys who corrected attitude problems and work habits but they couldn't change into guys with skills and a future. I saw their sadness as they realized how limited their future was - they were smart enough to see it once school was over and they were working, but that was too late. Everyone has to work and only the skilled get to have fun on the job. Some parents don't explain that to their kids and schools, as well as parents, should be working on that, not on expounding MeanGirl social theories.; 3/25/21, 10:22 AM
Michael K said...: But what do you do with these kids? Let them run around on the streets? Crime will definitely go up. What do you do with them when they become unproductive adults with no skills? What do you do when the ugly demographics become transparent? School was an attractive choice when the alternative was hard labor, not so much when the alternative is sitting at home on an X Box all day.

Reform schools were one option in the past. Of course, it would racist now. They did have "continuation schools" when my kids were in school. I don't know if that has persisted. Way back, misbehaving kids were given the option of jail or the Army but the Army has gotten so PC now that even Basic Training is pussified.; 3/25/21, 10:26 AM
Bruce Hayden said...: “There's the gray code. It's a way of counting in binary with only one bit changing at a time. The idea was that if you froze a counter at some instant when two bits had to change, you might see one changed and one not changed and you'd get a wildly wrong count, neither the current one nor the next. 0 to 7 in gray code goes, to solve this,”

Has anyone here designed a circuit for Gray code counting? I have done so for a regular counting circuit. My question is which circuit is easier to design?; 3/25/21, 10:59 AM
MadisonMan said...: How is State Street doing? Is it recovering or still boarded up?
30 vacant store fronts. This week's news is that a mini-Target is going in, I guess to take away business from the Walgreen's down the street?; 3/25/21, 12:19 PM
n.n said...: They sky is grey.; 3/25/21, 12:34 PM