Results 1 to 30 of 78

Thread: What have you learnt today?

Hybrid View

Previous Post Previous Post   Next Post Next Post
  1. #1
    Iron Fist Senior Member Husar's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2003
    Location
    Germany
    Posts
    15,617

    Default Re: What have you learnt today?

    Quote Originally Posted by Fragony View Post
    I get the point. But there is such a thing that is having different realities. Mine could be entirely different than your's.
    Indeed, today I learned that in my reality, Obama isn't president, from 2008-2012 it was Hillary Clinton and since 2012 it's Glenn Beck. It certainly explains why I never understood the topics about US elections here.


    "Topic is tired and needs a nap." - Tosa Inu

  2. #2
    master of the pwniverse Member Fragony's Avatar
    Join Date
    Apr 2003
    Location
    The EUSSR
    Posts
    30,680

    Default Re: What have you learnt today?

    Quote Originally Posted by Husar View Post
    Indeed, today I learned that in my reality, Obama isn't president, from 2008-2012 it was Hillary Clinton and since 2012 it's Glenn Beck. It certainly explains why I never understood the topics about US elections here.
    I could say something really smart about that but I won't.

    ok I can't. But still

  3. #3
    Iron Fist Senior Member Husar's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2003
    Location
    Germany
    Posts
    15,617

    Default Re: What have you learnt today?

    I just learnt that contemporary dance hurts if you're as untrained as I am.


    "Topic is tired and needs a nap." - Tosa Inu

  4. #4
    master of the wierd people Member Ibrahim's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2007
    Location
    Who cares
    Posts
    6,195

    Default Re: What have you learnt today?

    I learned today that the VP of my company is not an intimidating person.
    I was once alive, but then a girl came and took out my ticker.

    my 4 year old modding project--nearing completion: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=219506 (if you wanna help, join me).

    tired of ridiculous trouble with walking animations? then you need my brand newmotion capture for the common man!

    "We have proven, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that if we put the belonging to, in the I don't know what, all gas lines will explode " -alBernameg

  5. #5
    Nec Pluribus Impar Member SwordsMaster's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2004
    Location
    Texas
    Posts
    3,519
    Blog Entries
    1

    Default Re: What have you learnt today?

    Quote Originally Posted by Ibrahim View Post
    I learned today that the VP of my company is not an intimidating person.
    How will you use this knowledge?
    Managing perceptions goes hand in hand with managing expectations - Masamune

    Pie is merely the power of the state intruding into the private lives of the working class. - Beirut

  6. #6
    Nec Pluribus Impar Member SwordsMaster's Avatar
    Join Date
    Mar 2004
    Location
    Texas
    Posts
    3,519
    Blog Entries
    1

    Default Re: What have you learnt today?

    Have been monitoring my language and thought pattern for the last few weeks:

    1st experiment:

    Whenever I said something negative I tried to think of at least 2 positives. This works, for a while. You tend to realise that almost everything has a positive element. However it can get quite childish unless you are disciplined and express your positivity in as much detail as you express your cynicism.

    2nd experiment:

    This one is more work related: about a given course of action, even if my gut feeling was that something wasn't going to work i phrased the issue as 'if I was to do it anyway, how would I do it?' Or 'What would have to be true for this to work?' Sometimes even just asking these questions aloud can make a huge difference to the whole team's mindset.

    Thoughts?
    Managing perceptions goes hand in hand with managing expectations - Masamune

    Pie is merely the power of the state intruding into the private lives of the working class. - Beirut

  7. #7
    master of the wierd people Member Ibrahim's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2007
    Location
    Who cares
    Posts
    6,195

    Default Re: What have you learnt today?

    Quote Originally Posted by SwordsMaster View Post
    How will you use this knowledge?
    No idea. Don't really care: I just find it funny. You'd expect him to be more intimidating.
    I was once alive, but then a girl came and took out my ticker.

    my 4 year old modding project--nearing completion: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=219506 (if you wanna help, join me).

    tired of ridiculous trouble with walking animations? then you need my brand newmotion capture for the common man!

    "We have proven, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that if we put the belonging to, in the I don't know what, all gas lines will explode " -alBernameg

  8. #8

    Default Re: What have you learnt today?

    Yet another cautionary tale in mathematics of false assumptions and equivocation leading to strong but ultimately erroneous results: the Monty Hall problem.

    Turns out that the obvious solution is in fact the correct one...
    Vitiate Man.

    History repeats the old conceits
    The glib replies, the same defeats


    Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 



Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •  
Single Sign On provided by vBSSO