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Pigeon house belonging to the French Governor at the Louisburg fort… 1730’s. He had a lot of pigeons. He ate pigeons.
Just ‘sayin.
Sirhr
Just ‘sayin.
Sirhr
I heard they were brought here for consumption.
And how many legit researchers went un funded and unrecognized while this race-baiting fraud POS got rich.
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oh man, i would be poopy pants for sure.
He probably rides one of these in real life:He probably rides a Can-Am in real life.
Sirhr
Back in my younger days the "cheap tools" went with you to the junk yard. And those are what rattled around in your car.
The junkyard is where you need quality tools. Rusty stuck bolts need quality tools that won't round them off or slip off and bust your knuckles.
Keeping track of tools is not difficult. Especially expensive quality tools.
It's scams and race hustling all the way down.
Academia itself is rotten.
30 years ago I worked for the Dept Chairman of bio sciences as part of my senior year to vet doctoral and post doc papers math. We are not talking does 1+1=2, but the actual theoretical alignment of the methods to the problem at hand. Over a third of the papers had fundamental mathematic errors where they used or misused the wrong math tools and another 20% had data issues. They were essentially garbage and had to be redone. And this was where a handful of kids who were very, very good at math caught the issues.
We did not know the domain and could not discern if the topic was relevant or important. So I would guess the other half that passed may have had other flaws.
For example. One of the really good kids in the domain of genetics was able to show that many testing labs at the time were getting flawed results. He sent off carefully vetted samples to all of the labs and got lots of differing results back. Then submitted a paper for review to a journal that this well known with his results. That set off a shitstorm.
A few years later I was working on getting a free years tuition while working on my MBA. The professors at the time used excel to do their work and I showed them how to use some advanced tools on their PCs to handle very very large data sets. Something I was routinely doing at work. They got cold feet when they realized that these tools were so new, that "No one could reproduce" their work. They were weak at math and the new statistical tools and got cold feet as a result.
I also saw some state labs selling "studies" to the highest bidders.
Much of Academia is a beauty contest that rewards the lowest common denominator. It's basically a bunch of idiots pawing through a box of bike reflectors.
Math and hard sciences can be humbling. The first few years are hard, very hard. Like Selection or BUDs. And it just gets harder. Some things may be out of reach just because your mind cannot handle it and other areas are easy where others struggle. You either have it or you don't and there is no in between.
Louisiana Deer Hunting; Defined!
These snacks were handed out in Davos to everyone attending the WEF.
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Actually, the proper greeting when approaching another hiker from behind is "BEAR!!!!" It gets their attention and ensures a clear trail in front of you.
Use the term "nice ass" sparingly.
