57Gregy Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 In comms with Crg from the old forum on FB, he noted how hot it was in Vegas. Here in Raleigh, we had a record high of 106 (where's the degree symbol?), which was just another summer day when I lived in Texas. Still, while I like the heat, I can't take as much as I could when I was younger. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigb Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 39 minutes ago, 57Gregy said: (where's the degree symbol?) Here, take this one! ° 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rain Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 21 hours ago, paulo said: And now for your mental attitude test..... Is that a hole in the doughnut or is it a hole surrounded by doughnut ? I'm from Canada. I see no hole, only Timbits, eh... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigb Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 13 minutes ago, Rain said: I'm from Canada. I see no hole, only Timbits, eh... 'Cause a hole can't have calories or sugar, right? ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grem Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 46 minutes ago, craigb said: 'Cause a hole can't have calories or sugar, right? ? Great point!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grem Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 (edited) Notice the time Edited July 9 by Grem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grem Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 There use to be a way to resize images. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigb Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 8 minutes ago, Grem said: There use to be a way to resize images. Double-click the image then change the values? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigb Posted July 9 Share Posted July 9 (edited) Yep! Edited July 9 by craigb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeringAmps Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 13 hours ago, Rain said: Timbits, I love Tombits! t 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notes_Norton Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 On 7/7/2024 at 12:19 PM, PhonoBrainer said: Are you considering a life relocation, due to excessive summer temperatures? Just curious . . . if so, where might you move? Not considering a move. Coastal South Florida doesn't get as hot as some other places, although it is much hotter than it was when I was growing up here. Upper 80s were uncommon and low 90s were very rare. Now low 90s are not uncommon. But near the coast, there is a sea breeze (wind chill factor). I do combat the heat by allowing myself to acclimate to summer temperatures. I do that by rarely running the AC. Seasonal acclimation takes time and if you live in AC, the summers will feel hotter. So the only time I turn the AC on is when I have guests, or if I'm getting ready for a gig and need to wear a suit or tuxedo. Most of our summer gigs are not formal though, Hawaiian shirt is OK. I painted my roof bright white, and I planted shade trees around the perimeter of the house. The white roof reflects the heat up, the hot air rises, and the cooler air from under the trees comes in to replace it. No mater how hot it gets outside, it rarely gets over 82 in the house. But some fans up for the wind chill, and it's comfortable. Plus, running the AC heats the planet The AC runs off the partially fossil fueled grid, which heats up the climate. The AC creates a heat island which also heats the climate — ||: Now that the climate is even hotter, the AC has to work harder, which heats the climate even more :|| (repeat ad infinitum, getting hotter every repeat) I get cold under 70, so moving to Canada is out of the question. The hottest I've ever been was in Michigan. Driving to the gig it was 107. It never gets that hot in coastal Florida. Oh, I drove through Death Valley once in the summer, but that doesn't count because I was just passing through. From a non-scientific observation, I think for the sake of corporate profits, we are going to heat the Earth to the point where we can no longer grow our crops, and the human race will become extinct. Probably not in my lifetime, but my grandchildren might see the beginning of the end of humanity, and they will blame us for being so wasteful. Insights and incites by Notes ♫ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shane_B. Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 32 minutes ago, Notes_Norton said: From a non-scientific observation, I think for the sake of corporate profits, we are going to heat the Earth to the point where we can no longer grow our crops, and the human race will become extinct. Probably not in my lifetime, but my grandchildren might see the beginning of the end of humanity, and they will blame us for being so wasteful. What gets me is, the plants and factories that do pump out heat and polution should be made to "scrub" as they call it. Get it at the source rather than tax people to oblivion like they are attempting to do. That solves nothing. Blaming the population and charging us for the problem they created is like cutting someone's leg off to fix a hang nail on the thumb of their left hand. It makes no sense. They have near zero and actual zero emmision combustion engines. Give those companies breaks to make that new technology affordable and available to everyone. Focus on hybrids and stop pushing all electric on a grid that can't keep up now. Give tax breaks to people for planting trees. Pave the roads with something other than black heat absorbing/holding materials such as concrete. Concrete lasts longer and is better to drive on. Use the old style freon and make the systems that use it tighter so the units last 50 years like they used to rather than this new crap that is so explosive people refuse to work on appliances in your home anymore and tell you to just throw it out and buy new every 5 years. There is a lot that could be done by the producers of the problem rather than blaming the people. But there's no money to be made by actually fixing the problem now is there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitflipper Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 Happy birthday, Rain. Am I remembering correctly, or did you not move to LV from Montreal? That would be an adjustment, for sure. I've been in LV when it was 110° and I've been in Montreal when it was, um, really really bone-chilling cold - whatever that is in Celsius. Up here in Seattle homes don't have air conditioning, so when it's in the 80's at night, that's what it is in my bedroom, plus 5°. Very poor sleep the past couple nights. At least I got my annual haircut last week in anticipation of the coming heat wave. Bald as a billiard ball now, and plan on keeping it that way through August. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitflipper Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 An experiment, to see if I can attach an EXE to a post... ASCII.EXE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitflipper Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 Looks like you can. The attached executable above is a crude tool I slapped together years ago when I was translating my software into French and didn't have a French keyboard. It lists out the ASCII character set, so that any character can be copied/pasted from it. It also converts typed text into ASCII, hexadecimal or binary. Handy when you need to throw in the occasional °, ¥ or ¿. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse Screed Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 (edited) Sie tätigen den Anruf Bei Standardtemperatur und -druck würde eine Tonne Kohlendioxid (CO₂) eine Kiste von 26 Fuß mal 26 Fuß x 26 Fuß füllen Durch die Verbrennung fossiler Brennstoffe werden jedes Jahr etwa 35 Milliarden Tonnen CO2 freigesetzt Das entspricht 35 Milliarden 26-Fuß-Würfeln, die jedes Jahr ausgestoßen werden Mathe ist schwer Edited July 10 by Jesse Screed ran out of fingers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveStrummerUK Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 On 7/7/2024 at 7:33 PM, Bapu said: It will be at least 90F by 3PM (1500 for the Europeans) 1500F? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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57Gregy Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 On 7/8/2024 at 1:19 PM, paulo said: And now for your mental attitude test..... Is that a hole in the doughnut or is it a hole surrounded by doughnut ? More importantly, where does the hole go when you've finished the doughnut? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigb Posted July 10 Share Posted July 10 1 hour ago, 57Gregy said: More importantly, where does the hole go when you've finished the doughnut? The whole doughnut or just the doughnut hole? ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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