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= December 2 =
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== [[Viktor Yanukovych]] overthrown by the US? ==
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Both John Mearscheimer and Jeffrey Sachs have said that Viktor Yanukovych was overthtrown by the US.
I browsed the Viktor Yanukovych article and a few related articles, but I could not see any support for this.
Did I miss something?
[[User:DanielDemaret|Star Lord - 星爵]] ([[User talk:DanielDemaret|talk]]) 15:26, 2 December 2024 (UTC)


:They can say what they like. Wikipedia articles are based on [[WP:Reliable sources]]. Are there any reliable sourcces that say this? [[User:Shantavira|Shantavira]]|[[User talk:Shantavira|<sup>feed me</sup>]] 19:14, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
= August 25 =
::Had I found any reliable sources, I would not have had to ask here.
I would like to add that both of them usually have good and reliable references in the books I have read, but neither of them have written any books written about this.
[[User:DanielDemaret|Star Lord - 星爵]] ([[User talk:DanielDemaret|talk]]) 19:45, 2 December 2024 (UTC)


:Who are those guys? Are they pro-Russia? ←[[User:Baseball Bugs|Baseball Bugs]] <sup>''[[User talk:Baseball Bugs|What's up, Doc?]]''</sup> [[Special:Contributions/Baseball_Bugs|carrots]]→ 19:17, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
== Spave ==
::[[John Mearsheimer]] (presumably), [[Jeffrey Sachs]]. --[[User:Wrongfilter|Wrongfilter]] ([[User talk:Wrongfilter|talk]]) 19:47, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
:::Thank you, I have corrected the spelling to John Mearscheimer, [[User:DanielDemaret|Star Lord - 星爵]] ([[User talk:DanielDemaret|talk]]) 20:06, 2 December 2024 (UTC)
::https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mearsheimer
::https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Sachs [[User:DanielDemaret|Star Lord - 星爵]] ([[User talk:DanielDemaret|talk]]) 19:48, 2 December 2024 (UTC)


:If it was done secretly, we wouldn't have access to reliable sources, now would we? [[User:Clarityfiend|Clarityfiend]] ([[User talk:Clarityfiend|talk]]) 01:16, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
What is a Spave. Know it has something to do with digging. <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/86.176.43.48|86.176.43.48]] ([[User talk:86.176.43.48|talk]]) 06:08, 25 August 2013 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
::It depends on how reliable you consider Putin to be. :) ←[[User:Baseball Bugs|Baseball Bugs]] <sup>''[[User talk:Baseball Bugs|What's up, Doc?]]''</sup> [[Special:Contributions/Baseball_Bugs|carrots]]→ 03:29, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
:::Putin is not mentioned. [[User:DanielDemaret|Star Lord - 星爵]] ([[User talk:DanielDemaret|talk]]) 08:54, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
::Now that I look back, they don't mention "secretly". I have corrected this. [[User:DanielDemaret|Star Lord - 星爵]] ([[User talk:DanielDemaret|talk]]) 08:52, 3 December 2024 (UTC)


So, one of them had better write a book about it, so I can get some reliable source. I have read several reliable sources that ChatGPT claims to support the thesis with good references, but I find the conclusion to weak to entertain. They mostly seem to focus on individual US representtives supporting the demonstrators in Kiev in 2014, and discussion whom they preferred as a successor ,which indeed they did, but which seems a to me not to be enough for the full accusation. [[User:DanielDemaret|Star Lord - 星爵]] ([[User talk:DanielDemaret|talk]]) 11:52, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
:I know only the verb "to spave" (in Northern UK) as a variant of "spay". It's possible that the noun spave is a variant of [[spade]] in some other region of the world. [[User:Dbfirs|''<font face="verdana"><font color="blue">D</font><font color="#00ccff">b</font><font color="#44ffcc">f</font><font color="66ff66">i</font><font color="44ee44">r</font><font color="44aa44">s</font></font>'']] 06:17, 25 August 2013 (UTC)


:In his 2014 essay "Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West's Fault: The Liberal Delusions That Provoked Putin", Mearsheimer wrote,
:Could you provide some context? Where did you see it? A brief search online just turns up a slang [http://financial-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Spave definition] of "spending in order to save" (e.g. buying a lot of stuff because it's on sale). You also might want to try the Language refdesk for stuff like this. [[User:Matt Deres|Matt Deres]] ([[User talk:Matt Deres|talk]]) 12:51, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
::{{tq|Although the full extent of U.S. involvement has not yet come to light, it is clear that Washington backed the coup. Nuland and Republican Senator John McCain participated in antigovernment demonstrations, and Geoffrey Pyatt, the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, proclaimed after Yanukovych's toppling that it was "a day for the history books." As a leaked telephone recording revealed, Nuland had advocated regime change and wanted the Ukrainian politician Arseniy Yatsenyuk to become prime minister in the new government, which he did. No wonder Russians of all persuasions think the West played a role in Yanukovych's ouster.}}<sup>[https://www.jstor.org/stable/24483306]</sup>
:This does not (IMO) fit the qualification of a claim of Yanukovych being overthrown <u>by the US</u>, but at best being overthrown <u>with approval by the West and moral support from some US politicians</u>. What are the sources that claim that Mearsheimer claimed something substantially stronger than the quoted passage? What do they state, exactly? &nbsp;--[[User talk:Lambiam#top|Lambiam]] 16:25, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
::It's funny to see McCain being characterized as a "liberal". Maybe the author is the one who's deluded. ←[[User:Baseball Bugs|Baseball Bugs]] <sup>''[[User talk:Baseball Bugs|What's up, Doc?]]''</sup> [[Special:Contributions/Baseball_Bugs|carrots]]→ 16:47, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
:::In the essay, everyone who is not a [[Realpolitik|realist]] is considered a liberal. &nbsp;--[[User talk:Lambiam#top|Lambiam]] 08:25, 4 December 2024 (UTC)
:::{{br}}Bugs, since this is coming from JSTOR it's presumably an academic article. In academic parlance "liberal" does not mean "center-left relative to the [[Overton window]] of United States politics". It means [[liberalism]] in the broad sense, which covers pretty much the ''entire'' US political spectrum prior to Trump, certainly everyone from Reagan to Sanders. --[[User:Trovatore|Trovatore]] ([[User talk:Trovatore|talk]]) 20:22, 4 December 2024 (UTC)
::::So "liberal" as in "lover of freedom". I guess you can't be a realist and believe in freedom. :( ←[[User:Baseball Bugs|Baseball Bugs]] <sup>''[[User talk:Baseball Bugs|What's up, Doc?]]''</sup> [[Special:Contributions/Baseball_Bugs|carrots]]→ 07:07, 5 December 2024 (UTC)
:::::Actually maybe it has a slightly different meaning in this context. Following links from [[John Mearsheimer]] took me to [[anarchy (international relations)#Schools of thought]], which contrasts realism, neorealism, liberalism, neoliberalism, and constructivism. <small>In case anyone cares, my own alignment, from a brief reading of the blurbs, would probably be closest to neoliberalism. However I couldn't really follow the "constructivism" description, so who knows; maybe I'd prefer that one if I understood it.</small> --[[User:Trovatore|Trovatore]] ([[User talk:Trovatore|talk]]) 20:56, 5 December 2024 (UTC)


= December 3 =
:I wonder if this could be a local corruption of [[Navvy]], whom did a lot of digging. --[[User:Aspro|Aspro]] ([[User talk:Aspro|talk]]) 15:33, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
::Or a person asking about a spade for [[Troll (Internet)|dramatic effect]]. [[WP:AGF]] applying of course. [[Special:Contributions/88.112.41.6|88.112.41.6]] ([[User talk:88.112.41.6|talk]]) 15:44, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
:::<small>I doubt it, I always call a spade a spade. </small> <span style="text-shadow:#BBBBBB 0.2em 0.2em 0.1em; class=texhtml"><font face="MV Boli" color="blue">[[User:KageTora|KägeTorä - (影虎)]] ([[User talk:KageTora|TALK]])</font></span> 19:23, 25 August 2013 (UTC)


== Etiquette ==
*[[Spade]] and [[spathe]] are cognate variants, see [[Doublet (linguistics)]]. Certain British dialects would pronounce the latter as ''spave''. Or it may just be a simple [[mishearing]]. I say ''olnly'' and ''uninted'' for ''only'' and ''united''. There are plenty of examples of such things. For example, [[trough]] as ''troff'' and ''troth''. [[User:Medeis|μηδείς]] ([[User talk:Medeis|talk]]) 19:48, 25 August 2013 (UTC)
::Yes, but "spave" only if you had a Cockney gheezer botanist - hang on - Dr [[David Bellamy]] might fit the bill. [[User:Alansplodge|Alansplodge]] ([[User talk:Alansplodge|talk]]) 08:51, 26 August 2013 (UTC)


Normally, when you need to pass gas in a public place, you excuse yourself and exit the room. What if you're somewhere where you can't leave spontaneously, like halfway during an interview? [[User:TrademarkedTWOrantula|<span style="color: darkgreen"><span style="font-family: Georgia">TWOrantula</span></span>]]<sup><small>TM</small></sup> <small>([[User talk:TrademarkedTWOrantula|enter the web]])</small> 03:18, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
= August 26 =


:Then you just don't. If you have [[Flatulence#Incontinence_of_flatus|incontinence of flatus]] see a doctor. [[User:Shantavira|Shantavira]]|[[User talk:Shantavira|<sup>feed me</sup>]] 10:06, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
== SIPAYI LAHALA ==
:Plan ahead. Arrive early. Use the restroom. Check yourself in the mirror. Use the restroom again just in case. Clean your teeth. Fix your hair. Check all your buttons and zippers. Then, start the interview. Overall, it looks much better than being the guy who comes running in at the last second. But, if you have to fart and absolutely cannot help it, you simply do it and politely appologize. Nobody is perfect. Giving a common fault to interviewers is better than letting them dig for weird faults. In the end, it makes you memorable. Nobody will forget the guy who let a big one rip in the middle of an interview. [[Special:Contributions/12.116.29.106|12.116.29.106]] ([[User talk:12.116.29.106|talk]]) 16:45, 3 December 2024 (UTC)


== Snooker ==
Can any of the respected people provide me with some information about the SIPAYI LAHALA? It is very urgent![[Special:Contributions/117.199.8.93|117.199.8.93]] ([[User talk:117.199.8.93|talk]]) 10:51, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
The question applies to Kerala , India.


In [[snooker]], what is "a shot to nothing"? [[Special:Contributions/205.239.40.3|205.239.40.3]] ([[User talk:205.239.40.3|talk]]) 11:03, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
: Do you mean [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0354024/ the movie]? -- [[User:JackofOz|<font face="Papyrus">Jack of Oz</font>]] [[User talk:JackofOz#top|<span style="font-size:85%"><font face="Verdana" ><sup>[pleasantries]</sup></font></span>]] 10:57, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
:It's somewhat subjective, but essentially it's a pot taken on with safety in mind: an attempted pot which, if missed, will leave no easy pot for one's opponent. It's quite common at the start of frames, when a player breaks off and leaves a long red to a corner pocket. Instead of committing fully to the pot, the player could play it in such a way that the cue ball will return to the baulk end and be left safe behind the baulk colours. It's defined at [[Glossary of cue sports terms#S]] under "shot for nothing", its alternative name. <span style="font-family: Helvetica;">[[User:Hassocks5489|<b style="color: #00BFFF;">Hassocks</b>]][[User talk:Hassocks5489|<span style="color: #228B22;">5489</span><span style="color: #C71585;"><small> (Floreat Hova!)</small></span>]]</span> 11:24, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
::Thank you. I have never heard ""shot for nothing". [[John Virgo]] and pals, on the BBC, always say "shot to nothing". [[Special:Contributions/205.239.40.3|205.239.40.3]] ([[User talk:205.239.40.3|talk]]) 11:28, 3 December 2024 (UTC)
:::Agreed. In British English, "a shot for nothing" would imply having made a shot for no purpose when one needn't have shot at all, which makes no sense in the context of snooker. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} [[Special:Contributions/94.1.211.243|94.1.211.243]] ([[User talk:94.1.211.243|talk]]) 17:55, 6 December 2024 (UTC)


= December 4 =
== what are the difference between amalgamation merger joint venture ? pl explain in table form with examples and concepts of assets,etc ==


== Wood ==
what are the difference between amalgamation merger joint venture ?
pl explain in table form with examples and concepts of assets,etc <small><span class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[User:Adfsgf|Adfsgf]] ([[User talk:Adfsgf|talk]] • [[Special:Contributions/Adfsgf|contribs]]) 13:09, 26 August 2013 (UTC)</span></small><!-- Template:Unsigned --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
:
:Welcome to {{#ifeq:{{BASEPAGENAME}}|Help desk|[[Wikipedia:Help desk|the Wikipedia Help Desk]]|{{#ifeq:{{BASEPAGENAME}}|Reference desk|[[Wikipedia:Reference desk|the Wikipedia Reference Desk]]|Wikipedia}}}}. Your question appears to be a homework question. I apologize if this is a misinterpretation, but it is [[Wikipedia:Do your own homework|our aim here]] not to do people's homework for them, but to merely aid them in doing it themselves. Letting someone else do your homework does not help you learn nearly as much as doing it yourself. Please attempt to solve the problem or answer the question yourself first. If you need help with a specific part of your homework, feel free to tell us where you are stuck and ask for help. If you need help grasping the concept of a problem, by all means let us know.<!--Template:Dyoh-->
: [[User:SteveBaker|SteveBaker]] ([[User talk:SteveBaker|talk]]) 13:13, 26 August 2013 (UTC)


:[[Consolidation (business)]], [[Mergers and acquisitions]], [[Joint venture]]. [[Special:Contributions/163.202.48.126|163.202.48.126]] ([[User talk:163.202.48.126|talk]]) 14:42, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
What is the kind of wood that makes wooden planks? [[User:Informationappeared|Informationappeared]] ([[User talk:Informationappeared|talk]]) 03:40, 4 December 2024 (UTC)
: There are probably hundreds. Common ones are pine, maple, cherry, walnut, teak, oak, kiaat and many more. It will vary from country to country. The are 2 main categories - [[hardwoods]] and [[softwoods]]. [[Special:Contributions/196.50.199.218|196.50.199.218]] ([[User talk:196.50.199.218|talk]]) 05:03, 4 December 2024 (UTC)
: The [[lumber]] article may be of interest. [[Special:Contributions/196.50.199.218|196.50.199.218]] ([[User talk:196.50.199.218|talk]]) 05:06, 4 December 2024 (UTC)


::In Europe, nearly all floorboards and general-purpose wood sold in DIY stores is spruce, mostly [[Norwegian spruce]] or [[Sitka spruce]] - it's known in the timber trade as "white deal", although actually a very pale yellow colour. [[Scots pine]] or "red deal" is sometimes also used and can be distinguished by its prominent grain and darker colour (pine kitchen furniture was popular in the 1980s). Larch is used for fence panels, pallets and other purposes where a smooth finish is not required. [[User:Alansplodge|Alansplodge]] ([[User talk:Alansplodge|talk]]) 21:30, 4 December 2024 (UTC)
== Summarize lost ==
:::Besides spruce, [[Fagus sylvatica|beech]] is also popular for furniture in Europe. The really heavy furniture designed to last for centuries (i.e., mostly antique by now) is usually made of [[Quercus robur|oak]]. [[User:PiusImpavidus|PiusImpavidus]] ([[User talk:PiusImpavidus|talk]]) 11:46, 5 December 2024 (UTC)
:It appears the user is writing a new draft article for planks, but Wikipedia already has [[plank (wood)]]. [[Special:Contributions/64.53.18.252|64.53.18.252]] ([[User talk:64.53.18.252|talk]]) 22:21, 4 December 2024 (UTC)


== 19th century American blind schools ==
Can someone summarize Lost in three lines to me? (includign the last episode). Everyone talks about it but I do not understand it.


Were there blind schools in 19th century America? [[Special:Contributions/81.152.221.213|81.152.221.213]] ([[User talk:81.152.221.213|talk]]) 20:09, 4 December 2024 (UTC)
:I think this is a question asking for personal opinion. Everyone might have a defferent summary for you. I understood the show but I din't like it, others might find it interesting... it depends. Probably this is the best place where you can find your answer here in Wikipedia: [[Lost_(TV_series)]]<span style="font-family:'Arial',cursive"> [[User:Miss Bono|<span style="color:#000;"><small>'''Miss Bono'''</small></span>]][[User talk:Miss Bono|<span style="color:red;"><small><sup> [zootalk]</sup></small></span>]]</span> 16:11, 26 August 2013 (UTC)


:Googling "19th century American blind schools" easily found [https://www.disabilitymuseum.org/dhm/edu/lesson_details.html?id=21 ''Educating The Senses In The Second Great Awakening''] which mentions [[Perkins School for the Blind]]. [[User:Alansplodge|Alansplodge]] ([[User talk:Alansplodge|talk]]) 21:36, 4 December 2024 (UTC)
::Plane crashes on an island. Survivors go on various adventures. Hilarity ensues. --[[User:Jayron32|<font style="color:#000099">Jayron</font>]]'''''[[User talk:Jayron32|<font style="color:#009900">32</font>]]''''' 16:22, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
:{ec} Yes, see e.g. [https://books.google.com/books?id=fKzJAAAAMAAJ&hl=en], [https://books.google.com/books?id=uaQWAAAAIAAJ&hl=en], [https://books.google.com/books?id=SQMBAAAAYAAJ&hl=en]. &nbsp;--[[User talk:Lambiam#top|Lambiam]] 21:57, 4 December 2024 (UTC)
::In the [[Bonanza]] episode ''Gabrielle'', the 11 year old title character is blind has never went to school. See the episode on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaDrLAed5sk Youtube] and the scene of her talking to her foster brother at 25:10 to 26:07. [[Special:Contributions/81.152.221.213|81.152.221.213]] ([[User talk:81.152.221.213|talk]]) 23:24, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
::The [[Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School]], mentioned in Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie novel ''[[By the Shores of Silver Lake]]'', opened in 1852. [[User:Clarityfiend|Clarityfiend]] ([[User talk:Clarityfiend|talk]]) 14:21, 8 December 2024 (UTC)


== Stereo balance/phase correlation meter in surround sound ==
:: Plane crashes on island. Mystic shenanigans ensue. Show loses its own plot and should have finished a long time before the end. -- [[User:JackofOz|<font face="Papyrus">Jack of Oz</font>]] [[User talk:JackofOz#top|<span style="font-size:85%"><font face="Verdana" ><sup>[pleasantries]</sup></font></span>]] 20:37, 26 August 2013 (UTC)


I've finally implemented stereo balance (level difference between left and right channels) and phase correlation (level difference between mid and side representations) metering into [https://codepen.io/TF3RDL/pen/gONWJby my own peakmeter project] so I'm wondering, are correlogram/pan meters still useful for [[surround sound]]? Basically if you put something like [[commons:File:Sol Levante (5.1 surround sound).flac|this]] into my own peakmeter, there are 2 phase correlation and stereo balance meters for each pair in [[5.1]] and [[quadraphonic sound]] when shown. [[Special:Contributions/2001:448A:3070:D641:A0A3:AF2:596E:8A96|2001:448A:3070:D641:A0A3:AF2:596E:8A96]] ([[User talk:2001:448A:3070:D641:A0A3:AF2:596E:8A96|talk]]) 23:49, 4 December 2024 (UTC)
:::Too strong: ''Maybe plane crashed on island. Maybe it was all a dream. Maybe they all died and the show happened in heaven?''. Er...maybe. [[User:SteveBaker|SteveBaker]] ([[User talk:SteveBaker|talk]]) 01:31, 27 August 2013 (UTC)


= December 5 =
:The bottom line (sorry more than three sentences) is that in the first episode a plane crashes on an island - it starts off as a typical "surviving on an island" show - but rapidly they introduce crazy complicated plot elements - an entire cave full of diagrams and equations and stuff...a guy who has to punch a key on an ancient Commodore 64 computer every 13 minutes or the world will end (or something like that). All my friends are tearing their hair out trying to solve these FASCINATING mysteries and layer upon layer of clues and more mysteries. So far, very good! Then, the very last series!!!. Still more mysteries, still more clues...the last few episodes - and we're no nearer an answer. EVERYONE is glued to the final episode waiting to here how this amazingly complicated (and evidently insanely clever) plot will all come together in the end in a massively clever "AHA!!!" moment...and...it...doesn't...flat out nothing. "It was all a dream"...or something about that satisfying. Everyone feels cheated - that they spent the last god-knows-how-many years chatting about the clues and arguing about how this wierd event tied to that weird clue - blogs, mailing lists, forums...then **NOTHING**. Nobody ever mentions any of the amazing series of tantalizing clues and mysteries - it's a total cop-out from the laziest, cheating team of script writers in the history of television. At least "Dallas" only wiped out one season with the "It was all a dream" thing.


== Encoding "rebassed" songs into 2.1 stereo ==
: I watched the first two episodes - then missed a couple and decided I'd wait for the entire series to appear on DVD so I could watch it properly. Never did buy the DVD's - and I'm really glad I didn't invest any time with the piece of junk - or I'd probably be after the script writer's blood. [[User:SteveBaker|SteveBaker]] ([[User talk:SteveBaker|talk]]) 01:42, 27 August 2013 (UTC)


Why rebassed songs like [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSfMC72MrOE this one] involves replacing bass from original with a "new" one (essentially applying a [[highpass filter]] on original signal), instead of encoding the rebassed part into the LFE channel and keeping the original two channels intact (essentially making it a 2.1 stereo)? By 2.1 stereo, I mean 3 separate channels (first two are left and right channels respectively with the last one is dedicated LFE channel). [[Special:Contributions/2001:448A:3070:D641:A0A3:AF2:596E:8A96|2001:448A:3070:D641:A0A3:AF2:596E:8A96]] ([[User talk:2001:448A:3070:D641:A0A3:AF2:596E:8A96|talk]]) 00:28, 5 December 2024 (UTC)
::Yes, and I fear the ''[[Under the Dome]]'' is headed the same way, although the book apparently had an ending. But [[Stephen King]] really doesn't do sci-fi right, he instead gives you mysticism disguised as sci-fi, like in ''[[The Stand]]''. [[User:StuRat|StuRat]] ([[User talk:StuRat|talk]]) 01:59, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
:The OP's [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSfMC72MrOE example sound-only video] is a [[YouTube poop|remix called "rebassed"]] of a [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLmqqimN_6M&t=0s sound-only video popular a decade ago]. The normal lossy audio coding on YouTube videos stands in the way of attempts to boost the dynamic ranges of loudness or frequency. The "rebassist" may hope to have increased the song's dramatic effect but I regret that on my audio system his manipulated low frequency tones intrude as unpleasant distortions. I don't see that this "rebassing" example was more than a poorly controlled re-coding of an analog mashup that fails the claim to make bass notes "much louder without any audible distortion". The OP can be correct in proposing that bass tones could be mixed with better control in the dedicated LFE ([[Low-frequency effects]]) channel of a 2.1 stereo system. However encoding <i>and reproducing</i> the dramatic result will likely go beyond the capabilities of both YouTube and my ordinary loudspeakers.


:After a music recording is produced in a modern studio equipped to balance audio dynamics across the frequency range, a serious listener ("audiophile") can adjust the bass content using the Baxandall bass control [[Peter Baxandall|(Baxandall,]] [https://www.learnabout-electronics.org/Downloads/NegativeFeedbackTone.pdf 1952, -6 dB/octave]) built into many amplifiers or invest in a multi-band [[Equalization (audio)|graphic equaliser]]. Neither action involves irrecoverable distortion or paying a 3rd party to re-record the source sound. [[User:Philvoids|Philvoids]] ([[User talk:Philvoids|talk]]) 16:31, 10 December 2024 (UTC)
:::Sounds like ''The Sopranos''. Eight years of tantalizing plot developments (what ever happened to the Russian gangster who escaped when they took him to the Jersey Pine Barrens to pop him?) that were never resolved; a show so desperate for drama every character is debased (Walnuts kills Adriana instead of letting her go into hiding; you don't know whether to cheer or hate Tony for suffocating the insuferable Christopher); all building up to the biggest non-ending slap in the fan's face ever. [[User:Medeis|μηδείς]] ([[User talk:Medeis|talk]]) 02:41, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
::@[[User:Philvoids|Philvoids]]: though YouTube does support [[5.1 surround sound]] so theoretically, you can encode a 2.1 stereo as 5.1 surround (either encoding silence to center and rear channels, or a center part of center-extraction to center channel and a non-center counterpart of the aforementioned extraction to rear channels) if YouTube doesn't support 2.1 stereo (L/R w/ dedicated LFE). [[Special:Contributions/2001:448A:3070:DCCD:D862:849B:9C69:6E43|2001:448A:3070:DCCD:D862:849B:9C69:6E43]] ([[User talk:2001:448A:3070:DCCD:D862:849B:9C69:6E43|talk]]) 05:18, 12 December 2024 (UTC)


== Creating jersey images ==
::::Yes, but ''[[The Sopranos]]'' didn't have one huge mystery we tuned into each week to try to solve, and which went unsolved at the end. [[User:StuRat|StuRat]] ([[User talk:StuRat|talk]]) 03:21, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
:::::Exactly. Many (if not most) plot points in The Sopranos were resolved within one or two episodes - and it's not unreasonable that they wanted to leave a few dangling in case they wanted to make another series or a movie or something. But from what I understand from my friends who are recovering "Lost" addicts - it's hard to find ANY plot points that were ever resolved! I agree about "The Dome" though - I started to watch it - but after a few episodes it became clear that it's not going to end well...so it's one of those things that relegated to sitting forever in my NetFlicks queue. [[User:SteveBaker|SteveBaker]] ([[User talk:SteveBaker|talk]]) 13:34, 27 August 2013 (UTC)


I have a personal project for which I'd like to make images of jerseys and put player numbers on them. Basically what WP has on the page for any sports team. I only need the jersey and not pants, socks, etc. The project is for creating digital flashcards. For instance, if I were making a card for Michael Jordan, I'd grab my template of a basketball jersey, change the colors to the appropriate colors for the team, overlap a "23" on the jersey, and save that as an image to use on my flashcard. Optimally, I'd like to have different jersey templates for US sports (NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, MLS, PWHL, NWSL). How can I do this most easily? As you probably suspected, I have no image manipulation experience. FWIW, I'm on a Mac. Thanks! †<span style="font-family:monospace;">[[User:Dismas|dismas]]</span>†|[[User talk:Dismas|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 20:53, 5 December 2024 (UTC)
== made men U.S. ==


:I wonder if [[Template:Basketball kit]] helps.
I need a list of mafia individuals by name under city. I found it once. Do you currently have such a list?
:{{Basketball kit|
: pattern_b=_thinwhitestripes|
: body=CC0000|
: shorts=000066|
: title=Example
:}}
:In theory you could use it (in a sandbox) to produce arbitrary jersey images and take screenshots of the results. But it's gone wrong here, evidently it wants some data from some kind of context. Well, it works fine in a sandbox, just not here. [[User:Card_Zero|<span style=" background-color:#fffff0; border:1px #995; border-style:dotted solid solid dotted;">&nbsp;Card&nbsp;Zero&nbsp;</span>]]&nbsp;[[User_talk:Card_Zero|(talk)]] 06:36, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
::It did not work because of the indentation colons inside the template body. This should work:
{{Basketball kit|
pattern_b=_thinwhitestripes|
body=CC0000|
shorts=000066|
title=Example
}}
::AFAIK there is no way to overlay the number 23. &nbsp;--[[User talk:Lambiam#top|Lambiam]] 07:41, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
:::Thanks. I suppose there's no way to scale these up nicely, either. The number could potentially be added in an image editor (in [[Impact (typeface)]], most likely), if imprecise centering is acceptable. There's [[:Category:Kit_and_uniform_templates]] for other sports.
:::Using <code>subst:</code> before the template name makes the SVG code visible upon editing, but I can't think of a lazy way to then scale the whole image up to something approaching fullscreen. (This is best done at the SVG stage rather than in a raster editor, to avoid [[jaggies]] or blurred edges. An alternative would be to save the svg and open it in [[Inkscape]] for scaling and further modification.)
:::Oh, what am I saying, it's not one SVG, it's CSS with several SVGs arranged within it. Maybe a screenshot followed by crappy raster upscaling is the best way, depending on tolerance for low quality in whatever this project is. Or ... there are [[Pixel-art scaling algorithms|upscaling algorithms suitable for simple images]] that maintain sharp edges, but I'm not sure what software allows their use. [[Imagemagick]]?
:::This whole thing might be a valid use for AI, if you can get it to behave itself.
:::OTOH the SVGs are on commons, of course: see [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kit_body_basketball.svg Kit_body_basketball.svg] and the categories that it belongs to ([https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Sports_kit_templates Sports_kit_templates] is several levels up from there). And, organized separately in typical Commons style, [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:SVG_association_football_kit_templates SVG_association_football_kit_templates]. [[User:Card_Zero|<span style=" background-color:#fffff0; border:1px #995; border-style:dotted solid solid dotted;">&nbsp;Card&nbsp;Zero&nbsp;</span>]]&nbsp;[[User_talk:Card_Zero|(talk)]] 09:20, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
::::Thank you! I'll look into those options. The images don't have to be big. They're going on flashcards, so maybe a few hundred pixels per side. †<span style="font-family:monospace;">[[User:Dismas|dismas]]</span>†|[[User talk:Dismas|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 13:24, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
:::::I don't really know what a digital flashcard ''is.'' If this is for [[Anki (software)]], it seems that its flashcards are essentially webpages and would probably accept svg images, making pixel size irrelevant. (Or maybe not, its manual is vague, I can't find a list of supported image formats.) [[User:Card_Zero|<span style=" background-color:#fffff0; border:1px #995; border-style:dotted solid solid dotted;">&nbsp;Card&nbsp;Zero&nbsp;</span>]]&nbsp;[[User_talk:Card_Zero|(talk)]] 14:54, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
::::::Yes. It is for an Anki deck. And yes, SVG is supported. †<span style="font-family:monospace;">[[User:Dismas|dismas]]</span>†|[[User talk:Dismas|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 22:23, 9 December 2024 (UTC)


:Might there be licensing / trademark issues? ←[[User:Baseball Bugs|Baseball Bugs]] <sup>''[[User talk:Baseball Bugs|What's up, Doc?]]''</sup> [[Special:Contributions/Baseball_Bugs|carrots]]→ 17:46, 6 December 2024 (UTC)
David Genth Geislinge <span style="font-size: smaller;" class="autosigned">— Preceding [[Wikipedia:Signatures|unsigned]] comment added by [[Special:Contributions/192.220.135.34|192.220.135.34]] ([[User talk:192.220.135.34|talk]]) 17:09, 26 August 2013 (UTC)</span><!-- Template:Unsigned IP --> <!--Autosigned by SineBot-->
::Not for a personal project. &nbsp;--[[User talk:Lambiam#top|Lambiam]] 08:23, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
:I wouldn't have thought the [[Mafia]] would advertise who was who in their [[Organized crime|organized '''crime''']] enterprise. But I easily came across [[List of Mafia crime families]]. How true is it? I know nothing! [[User:Astronaut|Astronaut]] ([[User talk:Astronaut|talk]]) 18:46, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
:::I'm not clear. I'm not recreating the uniforms exactly. Using my Michael Jordan example again, I'm just making a red basketball jersey with the number 23. That could be anyone's. Why would I run into any legal issues if it weren't for a personal project? †<span style="font-family:monospace;">[[User:Dismas|dismas]]</span>†|[[User talk:Dismas|<sup>(talk)</sup>]] 22:26, 9 December 2024 (UTC)
::Don't list anyone as belonging to a crime family without a very good reliable source or three--otherwise it's defamation and a [[WP:BLP]] violation. [[User:Medeis|μηδείς]] ([[User talk:Medeis|talk]]) 00:28, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
::::We cannot provide legal advice. Trademark laws vary by jurisdiction. In Vermont, [[United States trademark law]] would apply. &nbsp;--[[User talk:Lambiam#top|Lambiam]] 07:06, 10 December 2024 (UTC)
:Also probably violates other rules. You don't want to end up permanently [[Cement shoes|blocked]]. [[User:InedibleHulk|InedibleHulk]] [[User_Talk:InedibleHulk|(talk)]] 02:00, [[August 27]], [[2013]] (UTC)
:Large numbers of them have been convicted (often multiple times and often for participating in criminal organizations). reliable sources aren't that hard to find. [[User:Rmhermen|Rmhermen]] ([[User talk:Rmhermen|talk]]) 15:04, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
::Listing them as Mafiosi is one thing. What they really resented, when Joe Valachi testified in the early 1960s, was revealing what they called themselves, which was ''Cosa Nostra'' (Our Thing). ←[[User:Baseball Bugs|Baseball Bugs]] <sup>''[[User talk:Baseball Bugs|What's up, Doc?]]''</sup> [[Special:Contributions/Baseball_Bugs|carrots]]→ 10:51, 28 August 2013 (UTC)


= December 7 =
== Six º of Separation ==


== Australian companies ==
If I know a person who knows a person who knows X important person. How do i say that? I mean, I have '''a Six Degrees of Separation number of 3 with''' X??.. it is confusing. <span style="font-family:'Arial',cursive"> [[User:Miss Bono|<span style="color:#000;"><small>'''Miss Bono'''</small></span>]][[User talk:Miss Bono|<span style="color:red;"><small><sup> [zootalk]</sup></small></span>]]</span> 17:58, 26 August 2013 (UTC)


Are there any Australian multinational companies? None comes to mind. There are many American multinational companies, but are there any Australian ones? --[[User:40bus|40bus]] ([[User talk:40bus|talk]]) 10:12, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
:See the article "[[Six degrees of separation]]".
:—[[User:Wavelength|Wavelength]] ([[User talk:Wavelength|talk]]) 18:04, 26 August 2013 (UTC)


:Googling "Australian multinational" suggests numerous companies. [[User:Shantavira|Shantavira]]|[[User talk:Shantavira|<sup>feed me</sup>]] 12:18, 7 December 2024 (UTC)
:After reading the article. Does '''I am 3 steps away from X''' is correct? <span style="font-family:'Arial',cursive"> [[User:Miss Bono|<span style="color:#000;"><small>'''Miss Bono'''</small></span>]][[User talk:Miss Bono|<span style="color:red;"><small><sup> [zootalk]</sup></small></span>]]</span> 18:37, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
:[[BHP]], [[Bailey Nelson]], [[Boost Juice]], [[Breville Group]], [[CSL Limited]], [[Canva]], [[Commonwealth Bank]], [[Donut King]], [[Gloria Jean's Coffees]], [[Harvey Norman]], [[Incitec Pivot]], [[Lendlease]], [[MYOB (company)]], [[Macquarie Group]], [[Ramsay Health Care]], [[The Coffee Club]], [[Westpac]], [[Woolworths Group (Australia)]], [[Zambrero]]. &nbsp;--[[User talk:Lambiam#top|Lambiam]] 22:52, 7 December 2024 (UTC)


= December 8 =
::I think so, or "I'm three degrees seperated from X" or "I have three degrees of seperation from X" if you want to better tie it back to the degrees of seperation concept. I think it really just depends on context - I assume most people saying something like that would probably follow it up with a description of the chain, in which case it becomes very clear what they meant. [[User:JessRyanA|Jessica Ryan]] ([[User talk:JessRyanA|talk]]) 18:48, 26 August 2013 (UTC)


== What's the process regarding submitting a record-breaking joke to [[Guinness World Records]]? ==
:Thanks, Jessica. <span style="font-family:'Arial',cursive"> [[User:Miss Bono|<span style="color:#000;"><small>'''Miss Bono'''</small></span>]][[User talk:Miss Bono|<span style="color:red;"><small><sup> [zootalk]</sup></small></span>]]</span> 18:55, 26 August 2013 (UTC)


I'd like for my mother's 600-[[Bitcoin]] joke to be submitted to Guinness World Records for the most expensive joke ever told to anyone in the world, because 600 Bitcoin is now worth >$60,000,000.
:Sometimes people also talk about "My X-number is 5" or whatever. For example, my "[[Richard Feynman|Feynman]]-number" is 3 because Feynman himself had a Feynman number of zero, one of his students was a 1, the ex-wife of that student is a 2 and when she was (briefly) my girlfriend, that endowed me with a Feynman-number of 3. However, most people-numbers have special rules for what constituted a "connection". You see this particularly in mathematics where people talk about their [[Erdős number]] where the connections between mathematicians and [[Paul Erdős]] have to be made by publishing a paper with them. Similarly, [[Six_Degrees_of_Kevin_Bacon#Bacon_numbers|Bacon number]] links have to be made through making a movie with someone. Feynman numbers are established by being taught something you didn't already know...so now your Feynman number is at most 4. [[User:SteveBaker|SteveBaker]] ([[User talk:SteveBaker|talk]]) 13:27, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
::::Steve, I'm not sure the generalization of the concept is really something people talk about. The Erdős number is a special case, because of two particular things about Erdős: (1) he wrote ''lots'' of papers with ''lots'' of different co-authors, and (2) he was a [[graph theorist]], and this is a graph-theoretical notion. I think it was the original "named number". The Bacon thing presumably came about because ''Kevin Bacon'' sort of rhymes with ''separation'', leading to the eponymous trivia game, and then someone noticed the similarity and invented the "Bacon number". But I admit to some speculation here. --[[User:Trovatore|Trovatore]] ([[User talk:Trovatore|talk]]) 03:58, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
:::::I'm not sure where I heard the "Feynman number" thing - but the idea was that he was a great teacher (and a great originator of ideas) - so being taught something by Feynman is considered to be something special - and being taught by someone who was taught it by Feynman was (somewhat jokingly) considered to be almost as good - and so forth. Anyway, I've bumped into a handful of people over the years who already knew their Feynman number - so the concept is out there - although I've not seen any reference to it in print or online. Anyway - it's just an example of how this concept is being generalized. [[User:SteveBaker|SteveBaker]] ([[User talk:SteveBaker|talk]]) 13:10, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
::Then, for everyone reading your post, that didn't already know your Feynman number was 3, their Feynman number is now 4? Seems too easy... :) [[User:SemanticMantis|SemanticMantis]] ([[User talk:SemanticMantis|talk]]) 15:12, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
:::I think they have to at least add a comment to the same discussion as him at some point. I think that still makes pretty much everyone on these desks a 4. :-P [[User:JessRyanA|Jessica Ryan]] ([[User talk:JessRyanA|talk]]) 19:51, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
::::Wow, I completely missed the last sentence of his explanation. Never mind. [[User:JessRyanA|Jessica Ryan]] ([[User talk:JessRyanA|talk]]) 19:52, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
:::::Yeah - but since you learned it from SemanticMantis (N<sub>F</sub>==4) and not me (N<sub>F</sub>==3) - you therefore already knew this fact before you read the last sentence of my post - so I didn't teach you anything new and you get a Feynman number of 5...which is really kinda pathetic! :-) [[User:SteveBaker|SteveBaker]] ([[User talk:SteveBaker|talk]]) 13:10, 28 August 2013 (UTC)


She told me in 2014 that she had invested 600 Bitcoin in 2011. Years later, getting desperate about figuring out a way out of my student loans, I asked her to cash out a little of her bitcoin investments in order to pay off my loans, and my siblings', because it appreciated so much. She didn't know what I was talking about. So I reminded her about her 600 bitcoin investment claim that she told me in 2014.
== Turkish Wikipedia ==


Then she said "I was only joking."
I'm shocked to see the main page of the Turkish wikipedia. I think it's "today's picture" and it shows a child with smallpox. Isn't it too scary and inappropriate?--[[Special:Contributions/77.0.104.38|77.0.104.38]] ([[User talk:77.0.104.38|talk]]) 19:35, 26 August 2013 (UTC)


Now I wonder whether that was the most expensive joke anyone has ever made in recent history. If there were more expensive jokes than that, may I know about them? But if not, how do I submit that joke to GWR for being the most expensive joke ever? What criteria do jokes have to meet to be recorded on Guinness World Records? Thanks. --[[Special:Contributions/2600:100A:B037:56CA:C994:6FC:E8CE:B0CE|2600:100A:B037:56CA:C994:6FC:E8CE:B0CE]] ([[User talk:2600:100A:B037:56CA:C994:6FC:E8CE:B0CE|talk]]) 04:08, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
: It would only have got there by common consensus among the users who decide those pictures.
:I don't know what you're talking about. How is that an ''expensive'' joke? What's expensive about it, anyway? An expensive joke would be a joke that led to some expenditure. --[[User:Viennese Waltz|Viennese Waltz]] 06:39, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
: In any case, this is not the place to be asking about this. This is the Reference Desk for the English version of Wikipedia, and there is no reference we could possibly provide. Each Wikipedia operates essentially autonomously, and users on Turkish WP are in no better position to be making decisions about anything on English WP than would be the case the other way around. Namely, no position at all.
:As it happens, I personally own the asteroids in the solar system, no joke. They contain quadrillions worth of gold. Reveal your identity, and I'll bestow all this wealth to you in my will. &nbsp;--[[User talk:Lambiam#top|Lambiam]] 07:43, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
: Also, it's an opinion question, and we don't do opinion questions here. -- [[User:JackofOz|<font face="Papyrus">Jack of Oz</font>]] [[User talk:JackofOz#top|<span style="font-size:85%"><font face="Verdana" ><sup>[pleasantries]</sup></font></span>]] 20:32, 26 August 2013 (UTC)
::<small>Shipping and handling extra. [[User:Clarityfiend|Clarityfiend]] ([[User talk:Clarityfiend|talk]]) 14:30, 8 December 2024 (UTC)</small>
:I think you'll find it's dwarfed by Russia's "joke" fine of Google to the tune of $20,600,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. April foolski! [[User:Clarityfiend|Clarityfiend]] ([[User talk:Clarityfiend|talk]]) 14:29, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
::[[The Funniest Joke in the World|Chamberlain's joke]] turned out to be pretty expensive. ←[[User:Baseball Bugs|Baseball Bugs]] <sup>''[[User talk:Baseball Bugs|What's up, Doc?]]''</sup> [[Special:Contributions/Baseball_Bugs|carrots]]→ 18:23, 8 December 2024 (UTC)


== Question about the bust of Lenin in the Tallinn City Museum ==
:What we can say, though, is that different cultures have very different attitudes towards displaying the dead and dying. The "hide them away from the public" attitude is not shared by all. [[User:StuRat|StuRat]] ([[User talk:StuRat|talk]]) 02:01, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
In [[:File:Musée de la ville de Tallinn (Estonie) (7622411298).jpg|this photo]] I saw a bust of Lenin in the Tallinn City Museum, who know about its origin? -- [[User:Great Brightstar|Great Brightstar]] ([[User talk:Great Brightstar|talk]]) 06:14, 8 December 2024 (UTC)


:[[Tallinn City Museum]] know about its origin. Contact details are on their website. [[User:Shantavira|Shantavira]]|[[User talk:Shantavira|<sup>feed me</sup>]] 09:43, 8 December 2024 (UTC)
:The same photo [[:File:Child with Smallpox Bangladesh.jpg]] was picture of the day at Commons 4 August 2009. At [[Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Smallpox]] it also became a featured picture at the English Wikipedia but it hasn't been today's featured picture on the main page. It's listed as "Too graphic" at [[Wikipedia:Picture of the day/Unused]] where it isn't even displayed, but it's shown at [[Wikipedia:Wikipedia Signpost/2010-11-08/Features and admins#Featured pictures]]. [[User:PrimeHunter|PrimeHunter]] ([[User talk:PrimeHunter|talk]]) 02:30, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
::A reasonably thorough Google search failed to find anything. They have a whole park full of old Soviet statuary at [[Maarjamäe Palace]].
::Our [[Soviet-era statues]] article says: {{xt|Statues of prominent socialist figures - particularly of Lenin - were mass-produced and installed in villages, towns and cities across the Soviet Union.}}
::[[User:Alansplodge|Alansplodge]] ([[User talk:Alansplodge|talk]]) 14:50, 8 December 2024 (UTC)


= August 27 =
= December 10 =


== Photo of a family of four enjoying a meal ==
== International Library Catalog online ==


Is anything known about the members of the family in [https://www.istockphoto.com/photo/family-of-four-enjoying-a-meal-together-gm95664360-11497764 this photo]? [[User:Mcljlm|Mcljlm]] ([[User talk:Mcljlm|talk]]) 04:21, 10 December 2024 (UTC)
Right, I remember back when I was mindbogglingly active here that I used one specific site to find books near me. I'd punch the name in, along with the oclc (I don't think it took ISBN's, but I'm not sure), and out would come several books near me with the library name and how many miles it was away from my zip code. I can't seem to find it now. I remember mentioning it once in an edit on WT:OMT or somewhere near that, but now I can't find that, either. Anyone have a clue about what website I'm talking about, help? [[User:Buggie111|Buggie111]] ([[User talk:Buggie111|talk]]) 00:17, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
:[[WorldCat]] --<span style="color:Turquoise">''''' &nbsp;[[User:Gadget850|Gadget850]]'''''<sup>[[User talk:Gadget850|&nbsp;''talk'']]</sup></span> 02:37, 27 August 2013 (UTC)
::That's it! Now, what was my name, again? ;) [[User:Buggie111|Buggie111]] ([[User talk:Buggie111|talk]]) 03:30, 27 August 2013 (UTC)


:They are (probably unrelated) [[photo model]]s hired for this lifestyle [[photo shoot]]. [https://healthy-food-choices-in-schools.extension.org/meals-at-home-keep-families-healthy-close/ Here] you can see another photo from the same shoot. &nbsp;--[[User talk:Lambiam#top|Lambiam]] 06:56, 10 December 2024 (UTC)
== Gender disclosure on Wikipedia==
::Thanks. What suggests {{u|Lambiam}} they may not be related?
::BTW would one of the other sections be more appropriate? I posted here as I wasn't sure which would be the best. [[User:Mcljlm|Mcljlm]] ([[User talk:Mcljlm|talk]]) 13:04, 10 December 2024 (UTC)
:::There is nothing to suggest they ''would'' be related; they are paid models. Just like "families" shown in movies are not actually related; they are actors. [[User:Shantavira|Shantavira]]|[[User talk:Shantavira|<sup>feed me</sup>]] 15:16, 10 December 2024 (UTC)
::::For use in such posed photographs there are [[List_of_modeling_agencies|many agencies]] that offer well-prepared socially presentable [[White Anglo-Saxon Protestants|WASP]] models of whatever ages you specify at short notice and at competitive prices. To add the requirement that the models are related in real life is unnecessary, would incur greater hiring expense and is therefore less than probably done here. The ostensible mother could in that case be complimented on her fresh appearance after gestating and birthing the two siblings. Shantaviraj mentions movie stardom where being born to an established star has for many, with some salient exceptions, proven to be more a burden than a boon on their career. [[User:Philvoids|Philvoids]] ([[User talk:Philvoids|talk]]) 15:59, 10 December 2024 (UTC)


= December 11 =
I read somwhere that there are way more male editors than female editors on wikipedia. How can anyone possibly know that when most editors hve not disclosed their gender? [[User:Pass a Method|<font color="grey" face="Tahoma">Pass a Method</font>]] [[User talk:Pass a Method|<font color="grey" face="papyrus">talk</font>]] 22:39, 27 August 2013 (UTC)


== If I ever opt to live in a [[group home]] for [[mental health client]]s, could my [[health insurance]] pay the rent and utilities? ==
:Sampling and large surveys; people may be willing to disclose gender to an anonymous survey while not disclosing it publicly. The major editor surveys have come up with broadly similar numbers (around the 10-15% mark); an interesting recent study ({{doi|10.1371/journal.pone.0065782}}) looked at how the sampling bias might affect these results, and came up with a revised figure for female editors of 16.1% globally and 22.7% in the US, using 2008 data. [[User:Andrew Gray|Andrew Gray]] ([[User talk:Andrew Gray|talk]]) 22:45, 27 August 2013 (UTC)


What is it like for mental health clients to live in group homes? What is paid out-of-pocket? What is paid by insurance?
: I have amended your header, as "I read somwhere" gives no clue as to what the question is about. Please give your question headers a little more attention. Thank you. -- [[User:JackofOz|<font face="Papyrus">Jack of Oz</font>]] [[User talk:JackofOz#top|<span style="font-size:85%"><font face="Verdana" ><sup>[pleasantries]</sup></font></span>]] 22:47, 27 August 2013 (UTC)


As a diagnosee of [[schizotypal personality disorder]] and other disorders, and being thought to still be on the [[Autistic Spectrum]] by some therapists despite a rediagnosis to the above disorder, is there a group home near or in [[Hutchinson, KS]] for anyone with my types of disorders?
= August 28 =


Could my Medicaid [[KanCare]] [[Sunflower health insurance]] pay for all expenses associated with living in the group home?
== Is this illegal in the United States? ==


I hope to no longer have to pay $450/month in rent and over $100/month in energy bills as well as $70/month in [[Cox Communications|Cox internet]] at 1 GBPs if I move into a group home and have health insurance pay for it all.
Is it illegal for a woman/mother to intentionally cause the death, birth defect, or injury (but one that is easily preventable) of her infant or unborn child? I'm thinking of cases like the mother's smoking (i.e. starting smoking ''because of'' the pregnancy), drinking alcohol (to induce fetal alcohol syndrome), taking drugs (especially illegal drugs) without consultation with a physician, shaking the baby (to induce shaken baby syndrome), infanticide, abortion, intentionally eating junk food and avoiding folic acid during pregnancy, etc. [[User:Sneazy|Sneazy]] ([[User talk:Sneazy|talk]]) 03:41, 28 August 2013 (UTC)


I would only intend to live there until all of my debts are paid off and once I have substantial investments saved up, including [[dividend stocks]] so I can live off of a [[passive income]] that pays for basic living expenses in a normal residence again.
:[[Infanticide]] is certainly illegal. Doesn't matter if you're the mother. [[User:InedibleHulk|InedibleHulk]] [[User_Talk:InedibleHulk|(talk)]] 03:49, [[August 28]], [[2013]] (UTC)


And lastly, what freedoms might I possibly be giving up if I were to ever move into a group home? Thanks. --[[Special:Contributions/2600:8803:1D13:7100:7CBD:B058:3248:4DA3|2600:8803:1D13:7100:7CBD:B058:3248:4DA3]] ([[User talk:2600:8803:1D13:7100:7CBD:B058:3248:4DA3|talk]]) 04:47, 11 December 2024 (UTC)
:The most related article on this is [[Fetal rights]]. There are sections on US Federal law and "example cases". Many fetal rights laws were intended to punish people who cause harm to ''someone else's'' unborn child, although they have been used against the mother as well. In at least one of the example cases in the United States, a state sought punishment against a mother under a law that was not written for unborn children at all, which makes it difficult to state whether something is illegal. In any event, the specific law, both statutory and case law, vary from state to state. [http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2011/07/misc-j06.html Here] you'll find more examples of mothers being charged with unintentionally killing or harming their unborn children. Women charged with such crimes are in general impoverished and cannot afford a robust legal defense, nor do they make for the most sympathetic defendants, and so few of these cases receive effective appeals that may provide some final decision on legality. But it would certainly be accurate to say that very many prosecutors in the United States believe it is a crime to cause death or injury to one's own unborn child. [[User:Someguy1221|Someguy1221]] ([[User talk:Someguy1221|talk]]) 04:28, 28 August 2013 (UTC)


:The ''only'' people who could possibly answer this are KanCare Sunflower health insurance. Look at the terms of your agreement or ask them directly on their help line. [[User:Shantavira|Shantavira]]|[[User talk:Shantavira|<sup>feed me</sup>]] 09:56, 11 December 2024 (UTC)
::There have been cases in which late-term mothers, often incarcerated, have been enjoined from drug/alcohol consumption on behalf of the child. There are also "[[wrongful birth]]" and "[[wrongful life]]" suits where civil claims have been made against parties seen as responsible for birth defects. [[User:Medeis|μηδείς]] ([[User talk:Medeis|talk]]) 04:36, 28 August 2013 (UTC)


= December 12 =
:Here is an Indiana case from 2011 where a woman was charged after drinking poison to cause the death of her unborn child: [http://www.theindychannel.com/news/infant-dies-days-after-pregnant-mom-drank-rat-poison]. [[User:OldTimeNESter|OldTimeNESter]] ([[User talk:OldTimeNESter|talk]]) 13:15, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
:This page has a rundown of state laws: [http://www.ncsl.org/issues-research/health/fetal-homicide-state-laws.aspx] [[User:Rmhermen|Rmhermen]] ([[User talk:Rmhermen|talk]]) 16:49, 28 August 2013 (UTC)


== Raw data of association football games ==
== How to revert a company ==


I received an unsolicited email soliciting a contribution to an upcoming issue of a biomedical journal. My contribution, they assured me, coming from an eminent researcher like me, would greatly enhance the quality of said issue. This may well be true, but, since my knowledge of biomedical issues has largely been formed by doing research to answer questions at the Reference desk, this does not bode well for the quality of this issue, even with my eminent contribution. I don't want my name to be associated with low-quality journals, so I'll refrain from contributing.
I am looking for freely available raw data of association football, most preferably long-term data of all games played in a league (specific country or Champions League) or World Cup. The data need to contain typical information of match reports incl. goal scorers. --[[Special:Contributions/129.132.225.23|129.132.225.23]] ([[User talk:129.132.225.23|talk]]) 12:44, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
:This site: [http://www.statto.com/football/stats/england/premier-league] seems to have league results tables back to the 1800's. I haven't gone through all of it, but I'd start there. --[[User:Jayron32|<font style="color:#000099">Jayron</font>]]'''''[[User talk:Jayron32|<font style="color:#009900">32</font>]]''''' 14:52, 28 August 2013 (UTC)


The email states at the bottom, in fine greyish print,
== Facebook account ==
:{{small|{{color|#888|BioMed Grid LLC, California, USA. If you do not wish to receive this email, revert us.}}}}
I indeed do not wish to receive this email and would like to unreceive it. But I can't figure out how to revert this company. Can anyone help me? (There are some more companies I'd also like to revert.) &nbsp;--[[User talk:Lambiam#top|Lambiam]] 09:19, 12 December 2024 (UTC)


:I guess it means block them or tag it as spam. I assume you've read ''[[American Journal of Biomedical Science & Research]]''. [[User:Shantavira|Shantavira]]|[[User talk:Shantavira|<sup>feed me</sup>]] 11:03, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
Imagine I have a facebook account (which I clearly don't) I want to send an invitation to someone whose account is ''block'' or ''hide'' (don't know the term for when people don't want to share their account with anyone but their friends), how do I do that? (send the invitation or the request for adding me as a friend) <span style="font-family:'Arial',cursive"> [[User:Miss Bono|<span style="color:#000;"><small>'''Miss Bono'''</small></span>]][[User talk:Miss Bono|<span style="color:red;"><small><sup> [zootalk]</sup></small></span>]]</span> 14:16, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
:I believe it's just corporate talk for "email us back". See definition 14 in [[wikt:revert#Verb|Wiktionary]]. [[User:AndrewWTaylor|AndrewWTaylor]] ([[User talk:AndrewWTaylor|talk]]) 20:09, 12 December 2024 (UTC)
: If you are blocked by that user you cannot see them on Facebook at all. You cannot search for them, nor can you add them as your friend. If their data is private and only visible to friends, you will have the option to send a friend request to them. If that user accepts, you will then be able to see their statues, photos etc. [[Special:Contributions/63.95.64.254|63.95.64.254]] ([[User talk:63.95.64.254|talk]]) 14:56, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
::I was about to add that it's Indian English - but the Wiktionary entry says it is now global. [[User:ColinFine|ColinFine]] ([[User talk:ColinFine|talk]]) 21:02, 14 December 2024 (UTC)
:: Ahhh, that's the word I was looking for ''private''. Yep, the person keep private the data of the account (I just can see the name or something). Thanks... :) <span style="font-family:'Arial',cursive"> [[User:Miss Bono|<span style="color:#000;"><small>'''Miss Bono'''</small></span>]][[User talk:Miss Bono|<span style="color:red;"><small><sup> [zootalk]</sup></small></span>]]</span> 15:08, 28 August 2013 (UTC)


== Camping in NYC ==
= December 13 =


== LUFS meter vs. Audiosurf algorithm ==
Is there any place where people who lives in NYC can go camping? <span style="font-family:'Arial',cursive"> [[User:Miss Bono|<span style="color:#000;"><small>'''Miss Bono'''</small></span>]][[User talk:Miss Bono|<span style="color:red;"><small><sup> [zootalk]</sup></small></span>]]</span> 16:07, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
:Some googling indicates that the Black Bear Campground in [[Florida, Orange County, New York]] claims to be the "nearest full-service campground to New York City", but that's still a considerable distance. See [https://blackbearcampground.com/]. Looking at the New York State Parks website, the nearest state park with camping to NYC is Sebago State Park, see [http://newyorkstateparks.reserveamerica.com/camping/Sebago_Cabins_State_Park/r/campgroundDetails.do?contractCode=NY&parkId=326&topTabIndex=CampingSpot], near [[Lake Sebago]], which is near to the town of Florida above. So both of those appear to be the nearest to NYC. --[[User:Jayron32|<font style="color:#000099">Jayron</font>]]'''''[[User talk:Jayron32|<font style="color:#009900">32</font>]]''''' 16:14, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
::If it's camping ''in'' the city (as opposed to just 'near' it) that you want, then our [[Floyd Bennett Field]] article says that it is ''"the only public campground maintained by the National Park Service that is within the limits of an American city, and the only legal campground in New York City."'' However, it also says that it is ''"classified as primitive – with only portable toilets, and no electricity provided."'' - [[User:Cucumber Mike|Cucumber Mike]] ([[User talk:Cucumber Mike|talk]]) 16:18, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
:::I meant a quiet place, where a celebrity can spend the whole day with your family without being bothered. It doesn't have to be ''in'' the city, just a comfortable place. <span style="font-family:'Arial',cursive"> [[User:Miss Bono|<span style="color:#000;"><small>'''Miss Bono'''</small></span>]][[User talk:Miss Bono|<span style="color:red;"><small><sup> [zootalk]</sup></small></span>]]</span> 17:04, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
::::There are places nearish to New York City where celebrities are known to be semi-anonymous, if only because there ''are'' only celebrities and the very rich that live there. For example, [[The Hamptons]]. --[[User:Jayron32|<font style="color:#000099">Jayron</font>]]'''''[[User talk:Jayron32|<font style="color:#009900">32</font>]]''''' 17:30, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
::::::Oh, super. I will read the article and will come back sooner for another related question :P I know there will be :). Thanks! <span style="font-family:'Arial',cursive"> [[User:Miss Bono|<span style="color:#000;"><small>'''Miss Bono'''</small></span>]][[User talk:Miss Bono|<span style="color:red;"><small><sup> [zootalk]</sup></small></span>]]</span> 18:04, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
:::::::The [[Catskills]] and [[Adirondacks]] are where New Yorkers mainly go if they want to get out into the wilderness. [[User:Looie496|Looie496]] ([[User talk:Looie496|talk]]) 18:07, 28 August 2013 (UTC)


What are similarities and differences between [[LUFS]] meter (especially momentary) and [[Audiosurf]]'s audio analysis algorithm (when comes to how tracks are colored in particular way depending on the song intensity)? Considering the color (when "fancy coloring" mode is enabled) of momentary LUFS bar on my own [https://codepen.io/TF3RDL/pen/gONWJby multichannel peakmeter] when fed with the same song as the video, lines up with the color of the blocks and the tracks on [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_YLetFU9bg this video] and/or [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpV4jFzOXj4 this] sometimes and at other times, it doesn't line up assuming they somehow sync with the video. [[Special:Contributions/2001:448A:3070:DCCD:D862:849B:9C69:6E43|2001:448A:3070:DCCD:D862:849B:9C69:6E43]] ([[User talk:2001:448A:3070:DCCD:D862:849B:9C69:6E43|talk]]) 03:43, 13 December 2024 (UTC)
== Syrian views ==
:[[Audiosurf|The article]] about the Audiosurf game tells that the game engine analyzes an imported song to create and save its dynamics in an ASH file. [[Reverse engineering]] these files to extract the generating algorithms is research that is beyond anyone here. This is proprietary information that the game creator Dylan Fitterer may choose to withold. Already as you look for correlation between your objective LUFS detector and the game screen, bear in mind that where the object of Audiosurf is more to entertain than analytical logging, some degree of randomity may be deliberately included. [[User:Philvoids|Philvoids]] ([[User talk:Philvoids|talk]]) 16:32, 14 December 2024 (UTC)


= December 14 =
I'm struggling to find any reliable guide to the views of the people of Syria on possible outside intervention. Could you direct me to any polls, Syrian groups with declared views, or any other fairly reliable guide to the general views of Syrians themselves. Basically, I'm trying to work out whether few, many, or most Syrians are in favour of some intervention from foreign countries, and what sort of intervention they would want if so.

Thank you for providing sources, not opinions. [[Special:Contributions/86.163.2.116|86.163.2.116]] ([[User talk:86.163.2.116|talk]]) 16:13, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

: [http://english.the-syrian.com/category/opinions/ The Syrian] has an opinions page. I'm not clear on whether the writers are expats or still living in Syria. [[Special:Contributions/184.147.119.141|184.147.119.141]] ([[User talk:184.147.119.141|talk]]) 18:26, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

:: adding: [http://beforeitsnews.com/middle-east/2013/06/poll-70-of-syrians-support-assad-says-nato-2452134.html Poll: 70% Of Syrians Support Assad, Says NATO] and [http://www.syria-tribune.com/e/index.php/guest-features/22-fb-polls Analyzing the largest Syria crisis Facebook polls] (Syrian facebook users). [[Special:Contributions/184.147.119.141|184.147.119.141]] ([[User talk:184.147.119.141|talk]]) 18:29, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
:::The first of those sources is most definitely not a reliable source. Another of their leading stories currently asserts [http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2013/08/satanic-giants-hiding-in-plain-sight-2748858.html Ungodly Sex & the Satanic Giants–Hiding In Plain Sight!]. If you follow through to [http://www.worldtribune.com/2013/05/31/nato-data-assad-winning-the-war-for-syrians-hearts-and-minds/ this report], you'll find it's not data from a "poll" at all, but the opinion of "a range of activists and independent organizations that were working in Syria". --[[User:Dweller|Dweller]] ([[User talk:Dweller|talk]]) 19:57, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

I don't suppose many people want to intervene there either. The only question at the moment is about some punishment attack to stop Assad thinking about using chemical weapons again, i.e. make such actions be a net negative to him militarily. And as to that I see the UN mission won't even check if the government forces did use chemical weapons only whether they were actual chemical weapons. Why they can't have a munitions expert determine the trajectories and take other evidence about that I don't know. Support or lack of it for intervention in Syria would be fairly irrelevant to that. [[User:Dmcq|Dmcq]] ([[User talk:Dmcq|talk]]) 19:52, 28 August 2013 (UTC)
: Should we add your name to the list of reliable sources? -- [[User:JackofOz|<font face="Papyrus">Jack of Oz</font>]] [[User talk:JackofOz#top|<span style="font-size:85%"><font face="Verdana" ><sup>[pleasantries]</sup></font></span>]] 20:06, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

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December 2

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Viktor Yanukovych overthrown by the US?

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Both John Mearscheimer and Jeffrey Sachs have said that Viktor Yanukovych was overthtrown by the US. I browsed the Viktor Yanukovych article and a few related articles, but I could not see any support for this. Did I miss something? Star Lord - 星爵 (talk) 15:26, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

They can say what they like. Wikipedia articles are based on WP:Reliable sources. Are there any reliable sourcces that say this? Shantavira|feed me 19:14, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Had I found any reliable sources, I would not have had to ask here.

I would like to add that both of them usually have good and reliable references in the books I have read, but neither of them have written any books written about this. Star Lord - 星爵 (talk) 19:45, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Who are those guys? Are they pro-Russia? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots19:17, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
John Mearsheimer (presumably), Jeffrey Sachs. --Wrongfilter (talk) 19:47, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you, I have corrected the spelling to John Mearscheimer, Star Lord - 星爵 (talk) 20:06, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Mearsheimer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Sachs Star Lord - 星爵 (talk) 19:48, 2 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
If it was done secretly, we wouldn't have access to reliable sources, now would we? Clarityfiend (talk) 01:16, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It depends on how reliable you consider Putin to be. :) ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots03:29, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Putin is not mentioned. Star Lord - 星爵 (talk) 08:54, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Now that I look back, they don't mention "secretly". I have corrected this. Star Lord - 星爵 (talk) 08:52, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

So, one of them had better write a book about it, so I can get some reliable source. I have read several reliable sources that ChatGPT claims to support the thesis with good references, but I find the conclusion to weak to entertain. They mostly seem to focus on individual US representtives supporting the demonstrators in Kiev in 2014, and discussion whom they preferred as a successor ,which indeed they did, but which seems a to me not to be enough for the full accusation. Star Lord - 星爵 (talk) 11:52, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

In his 2014 essay "Why the Ukraine Crisis Is the West's Fault: The Liberal Delusions That Provoked Putin", Mearsheimer wrote,
Although the full extent of U.S. involvement has not yet come to light, it is clear that Washington backed the coup. Nuland and Republican Senator John McCain participated in antigovernment demonstrations, and Geoffrey Pyatt, the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine, proclaimed after Yanukovych's toppling that it was "a day for the history books." As a leaked telephone recording revealed, Nuland had advocated regime change and wanted the Ukrainian politician Arseniy Yatsenyuk to become prime minister in the new government, which he did. No wonder Russians of all persuasions think the West played a role in Yanukovych's ouster.[1]
This does not (IMO) fit the qualification of a claim of Yanukovych being overthrown by the US, but at best being overthrown with approval by the West and moral support from some US politicians. What are the sources that claim that Mearsheimer claimed something substantially stronger than the quoted passage? What do they state, exactly?  --Lambiam 16:25, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It's funny to see McCain being characterized as a "liberal". Maybe the author is the one who's deluded. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots16:47, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
In the essay, everyone who is not a realist is considered a liberal.  --Lambiam 08:25, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Bugs, since this is coming from JSTOR it's presumably an academic article. In academic parlance "liberal" does not mean "center-left relative to the Overton window of United States politics". It means liberalism in the broad sense, which covers pretty much the entire US political spectrum prior to Trump, certainly everyone from Reagan to Sanders. --Trovatore (talk) 20:22, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
So "liberal" as in "lover of freedom". I guess you can't be a realist and believe in freedom. :( ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots07:07, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Actually maybe it has a slightly different meaning in this context. Following links from John Mearsheimer took me to anarchy (international relations)#Schools of thought, which contrasts realism, neorealism, liberalism, neoliberalism, and constructivism. In case anyone cares, my own alignment, from a brief reading of the blurbs, would probably be closest to neoliberalism. However I couldn't really follow the "constructivism" description, so who knows; maybe I'd prefer that one if I understood it. --Trovatore (talk) 20:56, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

December 3

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Etiquette

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Normally, when you need to pass gas in a public place, you excuse yourself and exit the room. What if you're somewhere where you can't leave spontaneously, like halfway during an interview? TWOrantulaTM (enter the web) 03:18, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Then you just don't. If you have incontinence of flatus see a doctor. Shantavira|feed me 10:06, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Plan ahead. Arrive early. Use the restroom. Check yourself in the mirror. Use the restroom again just in case. Clean your teeth. Fix your hair. Check all your buttons and zippers. Then, start the interview. Overall, it looks much better than being the guy who comes running in at the last second. But, if you have to fart and absolutely cannot help it, you simply do it and politely appologize. Nobody is perfect. Giving a common fault to interviewers is better than letting them dig for weird faults. In the end, it makes you memorable. Nobody will forget the guy who let a big one rip in the middle of an interview. 12.116.29.106 (talk) 16:45, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Snooker

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In snooker, what is "a shot to nothing"? 205.239.40.3 (talk) 11:03, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

It's somewhat subjective, but essentially it's a pot taken on with safety in mind: an attempted pot which, if missed, will leave no easy pot for one's opponent. It's quite common at the start of frames, when a player breaks off and leaves a long red to a corner pocket. Instead of committing fully to the pot, the player could play it in such a way that the cue ball will return to the baulk end and be left safe behind the baulk colours. It's defined at Glossary of cue sports terms#S under "shot for nothing", its alternative name. Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 11:24, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you. I have never heard ""shot for nothing". John Virgo and pals, on the BBC, always say "shot to nothing". 205.239.40.3 (talk) 11:28, 3 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed. In British English, "a shot for nothing" would imply having made a shot for no purpose when one needn't have shot at all, which makes no sense in the context of snooker. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.1.211.243 (talk) 17:55, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

December 4

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Wood

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What is the kind of wood that makes wooden planks? Informationappeared (talk) 03:40, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There are probably hundreds. Common ones are pine, maple, cherry, walnut, teak, oak, kiaat and many more. It will vary from country to country. The are 2 main categories - hardwoods and softwoods. 196.50.199.218 (talk) 05:03, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The lumber article may be of interest. 196.50.199.218 (talk) 05:06, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
In Europe, nearly all floorboards and general-purpose wood sold in DIY stores is spruce, mostly Norwegian spruce or Sitka spruce - it's known in the timber trade as "white deal", although actually a very pale yellow colour. Scots pine or "red deal" is sometimes also used and can be distinguished by its prominent grain and darker colour (pine kitchen furniture was popular in the 1980s). Larch is used for fence panels, pallets and other purposes where a smooth finish is not required. Alansplodge (talk) 21:30, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Besides spruce, beech is also popular for furniture in Europe. The really heavy furniture designed to last for centuries (i.e., mostly antique by now) is usually made of oak. PiusImpavidus (talk) 11:46, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It appears the user is writing a new draft article for planks, but Wikipedia already has plank (wood). 64.53.18.252 (talk) 22:21, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

19th century American blind schools

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Were there blind schools in 19th century America? 81.152.221.213 (talk) 20:09, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Googling "19th century American blind schools" easily found Educating The Senses In The Second Great Awakening which mentions Perkins School for the Blind. Alansplodge (talk) 21:36, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
{ec} Yes, see e.g. [2], [3], [4].  --Lambiam 21:57, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
In the Bonanza episode Gabrielle, the 11 year old title character is blind has never went to school. See the episode on Youtube and the scene of her talking to her foster brother at 25:10 to 26:07. 81.152.221.213 (talk) 23:24, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
The Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School, mentioned in Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie novel By the Shores of Silver Lake, opened in 1852. Clarityfiend (talk) 14:21, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Stereo balance/phase correlation meter in surround sound

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I've finally implemented stereo balance (level difference between left and right channels) and phase correlation (level difference between mid and side representations) metering into my own peakmeter project so I'm wondering, are correlogram/pan meters still useful for surround sound? Basically if you put something like this into my own peakmeter, there are 2 phase correlation and stereo balance meters for each pair in 5.1 and quadraphonic sound when shown. 2001:448A:3070:D641:A0A3:AF2:596E:8A96 (talk) 23:49, 4 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

December 5

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Encoding "rebassed" songs into 2.1 stereo

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Why rebassed songs like this one involves replacing bass from original with a "new" one (essentially applying a highpass filter on original signal), instead of encoding the rebassed part into the LFE channel and keeping the original two channels intact (essentially making it a 2.1 stereo)? By 2.1 stereo, I mean 3 separate channels (first two are left and right channels respectively with the last one is dedicated LFE channel). 2001:448A:3070:D641:A0A3:AF2:596E:8A96 (talk) 00:28, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The OP's example sound-only video is a remix called "rebassed" of a sound-only video popular a decade ago. The normal lossy audio coding on YouTube videos stands in the way of attempts to boost the dynamic ranges of loudness or frequency. The "rebassist" may hope to have increased the song's dramatic effect but I regret that on my audio system his manipulated low frequency tones intrude as unpleasant distortions. I don't see that this "rebassing" example was more than a poorly controlled re-coding of an analog mashup that fails the claim to make bass notes "much louder without any audible distortion". The OP can be correct in proposing that bass tones could be mixed with better control in the dedicated LFE (Low-frequency effects) channel of a 2.1 stereo system. However encoding and reproducing the dramatic result will likely go beyond the capabilities of both YouTube and my ordinary loudspeakers.
After a music recording is produced in a modern studio equipped to balance audio dynamics across the frequency range, a serious listener ("audiophile") can adjust the bass content using the Baxandall bass control (Baxandall, 1952, -6 dB/octave) built into many amplifiers or invest in a multi-band graphic equaliser. Neither action involves irrecoverable distortion or paying a 3rd party to re-record the source sound. Philvoids (talk) 16:31, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
@Philvoids: though YouTube does support 5.1 surround sound so theoretically, you can encode a 2.1 stereo as 5.1 surround (either encoding silence to center and rear channels, or a center part of center-extraction to center channel and a non-center counterpart of the aforementioned extraction to rear channels) if YouTube doesn't support 2.1 stereo (L/R w/ dedicated LFE). 2001:448A:3070:DCCD:D862:849B:9C69:6E43 (talk) 05:18, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Creating jersey images

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I have a personal project for which I'd like to make images of jerseys and put player numbers on them. Basically what WP has on the page for any sports team. I only need the jersey and not pants, socks, etc. The project is for creating digital flashcards. For instance, if I were making a card for Michael Jordan, I'd grab my template of a basketball jersey, change the colors to the appropriate colors for the team, overlap a "23" on the jersey, and save that as an image to use on my flashcard. Optimally, I'd like to have different jersey templates for US sports (NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, MLS, PWHL, NWSL). How can I do this most easily? As you probably suspected, I have no image manipulation experience. FWIW, I'm on a Mac. Thanks! †dismas†|(talk) 20:53, 5 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I wonder if Template:Basketball kit helps.
{{{title}}} jersey
Team colours
Team colours
{{{title}}}
In theory you could use it (in a sandbox) to produce arbitrary jersey images and take screenshots of the results. But it's gone wrong here, evidently it wants some data from some kind of context. Well, it works fine in a sandbox, just not here.  Card Zero  (talk) 06:36, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It did not work because of the indentation colons inside the template body. This should work:
Example jersey
Team colours
Team colours
Example
AFAIK there is no way to overlay the number 23.  --Lambiam 07:41, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. I suppose there's no way to scale these up nicely, either. The number could potentially be added in an image editor (in Impact (typeface), most likely), if imprecise centering is acceptable. There's Category:Kit_and_uniform_templates for other sports.
Using subst: before the template name makes the SVG code visible upon editing, but I can't think of a lazy way to then scale the whole image up to something approaching fullscreen. (This is best done at the SVG stage rather than in a raster editor, to avoid jaggies or blurred edges. An alternative would be to save the svg and open it in Inkscape for scaling and further modification.)
Oh, what am I saying, it's not one SVG, it's CSS with several SVGs arranged within it. Maybe a screenshot followed by crappy raster upscaling is the best way, depending on tolerance for low quality in whatever this project is. Or ... there are upscaling algorithms suitable for simple images that maintain sharp edges, but I'm not sure what software allows their use. Imagemagick?
This whole thing might be a valid use for AI, if you can get it to behave itself.
OTOH the SVGs are on commons, of course: see Kit_body_basketball.svg and the categories that it belongs to (Sports_kit_templates is several levels up from there). And, organized separately in typical Commons style, SVG_association_football_kit_templates.  Card Zero  (talk) 09:20, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you! I'll look into those options. The images don't have to be big. They're going on flashcards, so maybe a few hundred pixels per side. †dismas†|(talk) 13:24, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I don't really know what a digital flashcard is. If this is for Anki (software), it seems that its flashcards are essentially webpages and would probably accept svg images, making pixel size irrelevant. (Or maybe not, its manual is vague, I can't find a list of supported image formats.)  Card Zero  (talk) 14:54, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Yes. It is for an Anki deck. And yes, SVG is supported. †dismas†|(talk) 22:23, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Might there be licensing / trademark issues? ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots17:46, 6 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Not for a personal project.  --Lambiam 08:23, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I'm not clear. I'm not recreating the uniforms exactly. Using my Michael Jordan example again, I'm just making a red basketball jersey with the number 23. That could be anyone's. Why would I run into any legal issues if it weren't for a personal project? †dismas†|(talk) 22:26, 9 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
We cannot provide legal advice. Trademark laws vary by jurisdiction. In Vermont, United States trademark law would apply.  --Lambiam 07:06, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

December 7

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Australian companies

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Are there any Australian multinational companies? None comes to mind. There are many American multinational companies, but are there any Australian ones? --40bus (talk) 10:12, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Googling "Australian multinational" suggests numerous companies. Shantavira|feed me 12:18, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
BHP, Bailey Nelson, Boost Juice, Breville Group, CSL Limited, Canva, Commonwealth Bank, Donut King, Gloria Jean's Coffees, Harvey Norman, Incitec Pivot, Lendlease, MYOB (company), Macquarie Group, Ramsay Health Care, The Coffee Club, Westpac, Woolworths Group (Australia), Zambrero.  --Lambiam 22:52, 7 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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What's the process regarding submitting a record-breaking joke to Guinness World Records?

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I'd like for my mother's 600-Bitcoin joke to be submitted to Guinness World Records for the most expensive joke ever told to anyone in the world, because 600 Bitcoin is now worth >$60,000,000.

She told me in 2014 that she had invested 600 Bitcoin in 2011. Years later, getting desperate about figuring out a way out of my student loans, I asked her to cash out a little of her bitcoin investments in order to pay off my loans, and my siblings', because it appreciated so much. She didn't know what I was talking about. So I reminded her about her 600 bitcoin investment claim that she told me in 2014.

Then she said "I was only joking."

Now I wonder whether that was the most expensive joke anyone has ever made in recent history. If there were more expensive jokes than that, may I know about them? But if not, how do I submit that joke to GWR for being the most expensive joke ever? What criteria do jokes have to meet to be recorded on Guinness World Records? Thanks. --2600:100A:B037:56CA:C994:6FC:E8CE:B0CE (talk) 04:08, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know what you're talking about. How is that an expensive joke? What's expensive about it, anyway? An expensive joke would be a joke that led to some expenditure. --Viennese Waltz 06:39, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
As it happens, I personally own the asteroids in the solar system, no joke. They contain quadrillions worth of gold. Reveal your identity, and I'll bestow all this wealth to you in my will.  --Lambiam 07:43, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Shipping and handling extra. Clarityfiend (talk) 14:30, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I think you'll find it's dwarfed by Russia's "joke" fine of Google to the tune of $20,600,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000. April foolski! Clarityfiend (talk) 14:29, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Chamberlain's joke turned out to be pretty expensive. ←Baseball Bugs What's up, Doc? carrots18:23, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Question about the bust of Lenin in the Tallinn City Museum

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In this photo I saw a bust of Lenin in the Tallinn City Museum, who know about its origin? -- Great Brightstar (talk) 06:14, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Tallinn City Museum know about its origin. Contact details are on their website. Shantavira|feed me 09:43, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
A reasonably thorough Google search failed to find anything. They have a whole park full of old Soviet statuary at Maarjamäe Palace.
Our Soviet-era statues article says: Statues of prominent socialist figures - particularly of Lenin - were mass-produced and installed in villages, towns and cities across the Soviet Union.
Alansplodge (talk) 14:50, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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Photo of a family of four enjoying a meal

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Is anything known about the members of the family in this photo? Mcljlm (talk) 04:21, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

They are (probably unrelated) photo models hired for this lifestyle photo shoot. Here you can see another photo from the same shoot.  --Lambiam 06:56, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks. What suggests Lambiam they may not be related?
BTW would one of the other sections be more appropriate? I posted here as I wasn't sure which would be the best. Mcljlm (talk) 13:04, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
There is nothing to suggest they would be related; they are paid models. Just like "families" shown in movies are not actually related; they are actors. Shantavira|feed me 15:16, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
For use in such posed photographs there are many agencies that offer well-prepared socially presentable WASP models of whatever ages you specify at short notice and at competitive prices. To add the requirement that the models are related in real life is unnecessary, would incur greater hiring expense and is therefore less than probably done here. The ostensible mother could in that case be complimented on her fresh appearance after gestating and birthing the two siblings. Shantaviraj mentions movie stardom where being born to an established star has for many, with some salient exceptions, proven to be more a burden than a boon on their career. Philvoids (talk) 15:59, 10 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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If I ever opt to live in a group home for mental health clients, could my health insurance pay the rent and utilities?

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What is it like for mental health clients to live in group homes? What is paid out-of-pocket? What is paid by insurance?

As a diagnosee of schizotypal personality disorder and other disorders, and being thought to still be on the Autistic Spectrum by some therapists despite a rediagnosis to the above disorder, is there a group home near or in Hutchinson, KS for anyone with my types of disorders?

Could my Medicaid KanCare Sunflower health insurance pay for all expenses associated with living in the group home?

I hope to no longer have to pay $450/month in rent and over $100/month in energy bills as well as $70/month in Cox internet at 1 GBPs if I move into a group home and have health insurance pay for it all.

I would only intend to live there until all of my debts are paid off and once I have substantial investments saved up, including dividend stocks so I can live off of a passive income that pays for basic living expenses in a normal residence again.

And lastly, what freedoms might I possibly be giving up if I were to ever move into a group home? Thanks. --2600:8803:1D13:7100:7CBD:B058:3248:4DA3 (talk) 04:47, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The only people who could possibly answer this are KanCare Sunflower health insurance. Look at the terms of your agreement or ask them directly on their help line. Shantavira|feed me 09:56, 11 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

December 12

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How to revert a company

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I received an unsolicited email soliciting a contribution to an upcoming issue of a biomedical journal. My contribution, they assured me, coming from an eminent researcher like me, would greatly enhance the quality of said issue. This may well be true, but, since my knowledge of biomedical issues has largely been formed by doing research to answer questions at the Reference desk, this does not bode well for the quality of this issue, even with my eminent contribution. I don't want my name to be associated with low-quality journals, so I'll refrain from contributing.

The email states at the bottom, in fine greyish print,

BioMed Grid LLC, California, USA. If you do not wish to receive this email, revert us.

I indeed do not wish to receive this email and would like to unreceive it. But I can't figure out how to revert this company. Can anyone help me? (There are some more companies I'd also like to revert.)  --Lambiam 09:19, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I guess it means block them or tag it as spam. I assume you've read American Journal of Biomedical Science & Research. Shantavira|feed me 11:03, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I believe it's just corporate talk for "email us back". See definition 14 in Wiktionary. AndrewWTaylor (talk) 20:09, 12 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
I was about to add that it's Indian English - but the Wiktionary entry says it is now global. ColinFine (talk) 21:02, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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LUFS meter vs. Audiosurf algorithm

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What are similarities and differences between LUFS meter (especially momentary) and Audiosurf's audio analysis algorithm (when comes to how tracks are colored in particular way depending on the song intensity)? Considering the color (when "fancy coloring" mode is enabled) of momentary LUFS bar on my own multichannel peakmeter when fed with the same song as the video, lines up with the color of the blocks and the tracks on this video and/or this sometimes and at other times, it doesn't line up assuming they somehow sync with the video. 2001:448A:3070:DCCD:D862:849B:9C69:6E43 (talk) 03:43, 13 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

The article about the Audiosurf game tells that the game engine analyzes an imported song to create and save its dynamics in an ASH file. Reverse engineering these files to extract the generating algorithms is research that is beyond anyone here. This is proprietary information that the game creator Dylan Fitterer may choose to withold. Already as you look for correlation between your objective LUFS detector and the game screen, bear in mind that where the object of Audiosurf is more to entertain than analytical logging, some degree of randomity may be deliberately included. Philvoids (talk) 16:32, 14 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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