For the mathematicians/astrophysicists/astronomers, I doubt you've never seen this problem before but if you haven't, try to solve it!

This is wild! Side note: I absolutely love this stuff. This is what I longed for before the Internet.

https://youtu.be/FUHkTs-Ipfg

Additional info: I grew up spending some summers in northern Italy and an entire summer working in Switzerland when I was 20. My mother was a French teacher so we frequently visited friends in different parts of Europe. But living in my early 50s with my family in Spain for an extended period of time is a somewhat different beast...

And yes, they speak a mix of Castillian Spanish and Valenciano (similar to Catalan) in Valencia but they are not as strident as they are in Barcelona. The kids' school will actually teach mostly in Spanish.

Folks, at the beginning of July, my family and I begin a grand adventure living in Valencia for a year. The kids have been in Spanish immersion school for a while here and can understand almost everything. Speaking is another thing entirely but we've been pushing them to communicate in Spanish more. We've already made two trips to scope out schools and neighborhoods and we're working with expat specialists.

ASK: hints and tips for living abroad for an extended period.

@th3j35t3r what do you think the actual purpose of UVB-76 might be?

#politics

God I love this site and its insightful authors as much as I love Brian Tylor Cohen (YT, etc), Heather Cox Richardson (FB, etc), Jay Kuo (FB, IG, SS, etc), and Joyce Vance (FB, SS, etc). Have a look:

https://electoral-vote.com

https://www.newsbreak.com/news/3241394558729-russia-ukraine-war-live-putin-suffers-mass-casualties-as-china-in-secret-talks-over-tunnel-to-crimea

I'm thinking maybe wikipedia could've just replaced all the top level editors long ago with @th3j35t3r ...

https://skepchick.org/2023/11/study-why-wikipedia-is-the-last-good-website/

Calling for a ceasefire reminds me of the phrase "if Palestinian terrorists lay down their arms, there could be peace. If Israel lays down its arms, there will be no Israel." I mean sure, go ahead and talk and try to negotiate but don't be so naive as to think you will get very far without existential "incentives".

There are simply no more words for the craven, heartless, opportunistic, amoral ideology of Trump and his acolytes (especially Stephen Miller). One can imagine living in a state that intends to be part of these sweeping roundups and deportations of undocumented persons. Similar to helping someone get an abortion, if they are your friend (or you even have a human heart), you might be incarcerated or worse for trying to help or hide them (think Nazi controlled Europe). https://www.nytimes.com/2023/11/11/us/politics/trump-2025-immigration-agenda.html

How does one return to a draft on CoSo mobile?

PLEASE copy & paste this post.

Here is Counter Social’s Donorbox. The goal is $500k and as of today it is a bit over $200k. How about we all give whatever we can and give @th3j35t3r a New Year’s gift of hitting that 500k goal by Dec 31, 2023? I think we can do it! Spread the word!❤️
https://donorbox.org/countersocial

Just saw Elemental. Yet again, Pixar comes with a very relatable human story and incredible innovation in animation techniques. But this movie marks a first for me as an official "old" guy: I don't recognize the names of a single voice actor except Catherine O'Hara. Part of it is that the movie is cast very diversely, in true Disney fashion of late. But a bigger part is that the voice actors/actresses of my "youth" are aging out of the business. Oh well, new is good in this case!