Ax, beautiful!

Re: "Create a stethoscope" ... I came across a science fair project where a student built a system that (1) inserts a microphone into a cut-off stethoscope, (2) uses a smartphone to record the sound from said microphone, (3) is accompanied by his software with an AI model that can do some initial analyses of the recorded sound, and (4) packages up everything and sends to a human doctor. We awarded that project first prize for its category. Re: "Help yourself get to sleep" ... it need not necessarily be playing sounds of "white noise [or] ocean waves [or] crackling fire," it can be set to really boring podcasts, old TV reruns, lectures, sermons, audio books, etc. Re: "Control your phone with your voice" ... it occurs to me that maybe I use the word "cheese" to trigger the camera "click" function, that way I will be naturally saying "cheese" when taking a selfie. (OK, maybe double it up and use "cheese cheese" as the voice trigger to avoid accidental triggering of the "click" function.)

Thank you!!

It’s all fun and games until you buy a potato. Potatoes don’t scan -someone has to identify it. Hilarity ensues.

@Steve-Miller said in Virtuoso tuba: Quite different. The Tuba has a much faster rotary valve action vs. the Sousaphone’s vertical valves. The tuba also has a fourth valve, the function of which zine never determined. Very impressive performance. I doubt it could have been performed on a Sousaphone. Very interesting! I didn't know about the differences

https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/lists/living-recipients Veey moving, emotional reading

@Axtremus said in 'Theater Kid' as the New Political Insult: "What did theater kids do to deserve such scorn?" They have fun.

It seems irrelevant unless one is a creed affirming adherent. Woe to those who make unjust laws, to those who issue oppressive decrees, ... I think, if one takes the life of Jesus as one's model, compassion and fairness would take precedence. Isn't that what makes a christian a Christian? One wonders how many adulterers (and other "sinners") the minister extends communion to on a daily basis.

@AndyD The idea of rhubarb custard candy made me chuckle. Despite all the positive reviews I don’t think I’ll be sampling it, though.

Not understanding the social "vibe" here (at all) but then I'm anything but a "centrist."

Well, I got 3 of 4. I missed the last one because I misinterpreted what they meant by "where it fits." Yeah, pretty hard test for a non-native speaker of English.

@admin said “now-useless artifacts” I wish you would stop calling me that.

@wtg The clear cover is a great solution.

"Well that was a long walk down a windy beach, to a cafe that was closed" (Bill Bailey)

Attend a regional science fair. You will see many high school (sometimes even middle school) students presenting very advanced biomedical science projects. I have been volunteering as a judge at a regional science fair for several years now, and each year I volunteered I have been thoroughly impressed by the caliber of the students and the sophistication of the science projects they brought to the fair.

wtg to Mr wtg: Want to see a house? Mr wtg, after seeing the first 10 interior photos: That would make a great jigsaw puzzle.

That looks interesting. America has always, in my lifetime anyway, been a pendulum swinging back and forth. Our problem is we keep swinging in ever wider arcs. I consider myself a center right conservative - Buckley, not Trump. Unfortunately, when you use the word conservative you are immediately lumped in with MAGA, which movement is adding $1.8T to the debt every year. That's not conservative.

Second bagel recipe I posted turned out much better. [image: 20251220-105641.jpg]