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New comment by elmer007 in "Mozilla Firefox – Official GitHub repo"

elmer007 — Tue, 13 May 2025 14:09:13 +0000

Star Wars reference in a comment: https://github.com/mozilla-firefox/firefox/blob/917c73cfe1a5...

Fun to get a glimpse into someone's thought process while they were working.

New comment by elmer007 in "A look at the creative process behind Bluey and Cocomelon (2024)"

elmer007 — Wed, 12 Mar 2025 14:00:58 +0000

They even make a joke about this in the Ghostbasket episode. Bandit is pretending to be a realtor and Chilli remarks that the house is a bit small, to which he replies "it's bigger on the inside"

New comment by elmer007 in "The Elimination Strategy – Why More Makes Your SaaS Worth Less"

elmer007 — Fri, 01 Nov 2024 19:38:39 +0000

I'll reference of one of my favorite YouTube videos, possibly of all time, about Amazon products:

https://youtu.be/nQpxAvjD_30?si=QHThBTZs3bvz5oFP

New comment by elmer007 in "Spot the Drowning Child (2015)"

elmer007 — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 19:22:29 +0000

Whoa! I didn't even realize the page is like a game! I was just watching them like embedded YouTube videos, not understanding that I could click on the video to see if I was correct and getting a score.

New comment by elmer007 in "Spot the Drowning Child (2015)"

elmer007 — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 16:02:01 +0000

I agree, there are some that appear more competent and others that seem less so. Granted, all are capable of panicking and needing assistance, but prioritizing does look like an effective strategy.

New comment by elmer007 in "Spot the Drowning Child (2015)"

elmer007 — Wed, 10 Jul 2024 14:13:20 +0000

I think there is another element at play in these videos: in addition to being well-trained and paying attention, these lifeguards also know these kids.

I think they recognize some of the kids and are on alert-- in at least one video, the lifeguard jumps in a mere 2 seconds after the kid slides off the float, and there are others that are similarly fast. Of course, it could also be that they happened to be looking at just the right time. However, in the 2-second one, the lifeguard turns to look at someone below them who splashes, then turns straight back to the section of the pool with the kid who then slides off, and in she jumps.

In some cases I would guess that they either know the regular kids, or they've been watching and gradually adding/removing kids from a mental list of high-risk candidates to keep an eye on. In other words, their excellent response times are aided by both their ability to recognize the signs as well as context gained throughout the summer or that day.

New comment by elmer007 in "The Microsoft Excel superstars throw down in Vegas"

elmer007 — Fri, 14 Jun 2024 21:06:03 +0000

I just put all 6 of the examples above into Excel as text, then used DATEVALUE to parse them. It worked correctly for all 6. However, in the immediate parent comment, you mention d/m/y format, which 3 of the examples above could not be, so perhaps the details of the issue you've encountered are more subtle (such as 2-digit years that require context to determine the century); but, at present, it looks like DATEVALUE handles this well.

New comment by elmer007 in "Yes, social media is a cause of the epidemic of teenage mental illness"

elmer007 — Wed, 10 Apr 2024 14:33:20 +0000

I'm sorry to hear about your brother. Thank you for sharing- your words are helping me think through some related things.

New comment by elmer007 in "Big media publishers are inundating the web with subpar product recommendations"

elmer007 — Mon, 19 Feb 2024 20:46:39 +0000

Reminds me of one of my favorite YouTube videos, possibly of all time:

https://youtu.be/nQpxAvjD_30?si=QHThBTZs3bvz5oFP

New comment by elmer007 in "Starbucks CEO will work a shift at the company’s cafes once a month"

elmer007 — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 19:37:30 +0000

I'm not familiar with the C-suite level, but I can confirm that my local CFA's operator is routinely working various positions at his store. When he isn't, he's sitting at a table working on paperwork.

I'm there a lot (some would say too much, but I wholeheartedly disagree!), and it's odd to pass through without seeing him. He works the register, he takes orders in the drive through, he directs traffic in the parking lot, he carries orders out-- everything. I'm certain that he's done shifts in the kitchen as well, just that I couldn't seem him to know.

Just today, I went into the restroom to wash my hands and he was cleaning the stall.

New comment by elmer007 in "Harrison Bergeron (1961)"

elmer007 — Tue, 27 Sep 2022 15:10:34 +0000

What's going on in the reviews? Benjamin Khavasov coming in hot after 6 years.

New comment by elmer007 in "How to identify and misidentify a brown recluse spider (2005)"

elmer007 — Fri, 19 Aug 2022 19:49:23 +0000

When advice regarding a spider is along the lines of "don't look at it from above, get down and gaze into its eyes," that's when I draw the line.

It can't bite me if it's flat.

New comment by elmer007 in "Why aren't smart people happier?"

elmer007 — Fri, 12 Aug 2022 16:17:36 +0000

I agree, and am currently looking for additional studies about this group. I have found one that was conducted in Japan [1]. I would be very interested to see how reproducible the results are, especially across a variety of demographics.

[1] https://europepmc.org/article/med/29449634

New comment by elmer007 in "Why aren't smart people happier?"

elmer007 — Wed, 10 Aug 2022 13:16:56 +0000

> I wouldn't expect any group of people to be particularly happier than anyone else

Interestingly, there is at least 1 group (to my knowledge) that is particularly happier than most everyone else. When surveyed, nearly 99% indicate that they are happy with their lives.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3740159/

New comment by elmer007 in "The Harry Potter fallacy"

elmer007 — Thu, 28 Jul 2022 14:46:05 +0000

Related to the previous post and to this one (and agreeing with parts of both), I think it's worth mentioning an important aspect a little more explicitly: the conclusion of an argument that contains a fallacy is not necessarily false.

The conclusion isn't proven true, but the fallacious reasoning doesn't render it false either. Naming the fallacy can help refute, but it's likely that one needs to go further with their explanation of a differing conclusion (or a more sound reasoning of why the other's conclusion is, in fact, false).

New comment by elmer007 in "What happens when a reservoir goes dry"

elmer007 — Tue, 19 Jul 2022 21:08:34 +0000

This is the first time I've seen his blog, but I've been watching his videos on YouTube for a while.

My brain read the entire post in his voice, and I couldn't seem to turn it off. What's interesting is that I felt like I understood the post better, and I think it may be that I was reading it slower, as if he were speaking it. He has a really pleasant way of explaining things.