My native language is Dutch. My wife’s is French. We both speak each other’s language fluently. But we originally met each other in Germany, and have always been speaking English together.
If books mention “breaking silence” less frequently, does that mean that we have more silence now because it is no longer broken?
Finally some nice weather, delivering >3kW of PV power to the net right now.
#solar #energy
Thinking about Poisson statistics I was wondering how much use a clock would be that would count the seconds with counting statistics or Poisson statistics. That is: it has the irregularity of radio-active decay. Some people put their watch a few minutes ahead of the true time to make sure that they are never too late, but the problem is that they can start counting on that after a while. A true random clock might be unreliable enough that you would need to always stay carefully ahead….
Read more: Can a clock with Poisson counting statistics replace your watch?
Unpleasant weather to cycle. Heavy wind and rain that freezes on impact.
#ice #trip
Snow + Wind = Heaps. 35cm in some places. It took me 2 hours to dig out the car
#cold #weather
Both straight and left are blocked. The trouble you get into with 2 independent constructions at the same time.
#oops #home
Maeslantkering is closed for a yearly functional test
Makes me wonder about the forces this meter has endured so far…..
#bent #pressure #oops
How many springy and folded iron rods fit in a single container?
#demolition #rotterdam #cs
