Random Thoughts XIV: Pizza, Pomegranate Juice, and Shreddies

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^^^ :lol: Vivaldi is best anyway.
 
Proposed logo for a much later Civ game:

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How does it perform memory-wise?
idk, but ....




I have never had any memory issues with and I have been using for over 10 years.

atm I have 27 tabs open and use the automatic hibernation
 
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The truly brave use Midori.
 
I was thinking that if it is true that the Earth's magnetic core has a doughnut inside it then this would explain why the US acts as world police.
 
which should come as terrifying . That they have discovered the power of memes .
 
the web adress directly leads to a Belgian firm that sells , well , pig meat . ı think the good Christians want us to think the Devil promises a life in the sun but instead delivers one ready for the fire .

was going to support this with a claim that more Hollywood types were becoming Conservatives and whatnot , bringing in skills in comedic writing and presentation . Then in a page ı found ı could recognize some 48 without too much hints out of the first group of 120 . Guess the hypothesis fails .
 
This had no business being in a math society exam either (it was in one for afaik all kids below highschool)
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Asks you to define what the minimum value of that algebraic expression will be, and for which values of a,b it will be so. But
Spoiler :
it's entirely straightforward to rewrite it as the sum of two squares, so obv it would have at most (least :p ) a minimum at zero, and those squares are of an "x-y" inside so contain stuff that gives b=2,a=10).


I suppose that a small number of easy questions help prevent an outcome where students with vast disparity of math abilities would get the same (near zero) result. Still, it was rather too easy imo. The subject matter is something taught to sufficient depth (certainly enough to cover this) at school one year before highschool.
 
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A fanny is your butt

So why doesn't a fanny pack hang on or near your butt? Has it migrated to the front over time and we have simply not renamed it? Or is this some sort of deep state scam?
Yes it migrated from back to front.
 
Fanny means front in the UK?
 
The word or the bag? The word means the front in the UK, of ladies in particular.

Whoa.. How did that happen? Was that like an early American joke of some sort and it stuck? I have questions

Does this mean that British people invented fannypacks? Cause they're in the front? Or I guess they at least named them?
 
Does this mean that British people invented fannypacks? Cause they're in the front? Or I guess they at least named them?
I do not think so, they are called bum bags here.
 
To educate us all:

A waist bag, fanny pack, belt bag, moon bag, belly bag (American English), or bumbag (British English) is a small fabric pouch worn like a belt around the waist by use of a strap above the hips that is secured usually with some sort of buckle. The straps sometimes have tri-glide slides, making them adjustable in order to fit properly. It can be considered as a purse worn around the waist.

Although traditionally the bag was worn with the pouch at the front, the separate American and British names derive from the fact that they are often worn with the pouch above the buttocks, for which "fanny" and "bum" are respective slang terms in each country.

Early usage​

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Historically, the bag was positioned in front of the body, so people could protect themselves from bandits. Bags attached to belts have been in use since antiquity in many cultures. One origin was the Native American buffalo pouch which was used instead of sewing pockets into clothing. Buffalo pouches may also be worn on the wrist or carried on the front of the chest via a neck strap or lanyard.[1] Ötzi had a belt pouch 5,000 years ago. The European medieval belt-pouch is another antecedent which was superseded as clothing came to have pockets. The Scottish sporran is a similar belted pouch that survived because of the impracticality of pockets in a kilt.



 
Followup musings:

1. Why would anyone wear a fannypack in the back, above the buttocks? What are the benefits of doing this? Does it look cooler?
2. Why does the word fanny mean opposite things in England and the U.S. Who is responsible for this
 
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