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@The_Quantum_Alpha I'm moving (yet again) tomorrow so I don't think I'll be able to get much data. However, speaking with the lady who owns the place and she says that several tenants/guest have complained about this property having ghosts, lol.

@The_Quantum_Alpha there's a temperature+ humidity sensor on a window so I guess I could check that periodically. How frequent do the measurement need to be?

@The_Quantum_Alpha various things. First, it started when I could've sworn my friend walked in the room then out after a few minutes while I was on a meeting on my laptop, like I felt somebody being behind me due to the door + wood noise. Turns out my friend hadn't gone to my room. (Okay, I guess it could be the wood expanding or something)

But lately, I've been hearing noises at night. Yeaterday, I was in the living room as I felt asleep watching TV then I wake up after hearing a scratching noise (TV had turned off so don't think it was that ), at first I couldn't tell if it was my dream or something actually coming from the kitchen. Then after a few minutes of me trying to fall asleep I heard a loud noise, called the other residents to come check it out with me then we saw that it had been a decoration in the kitchen lamp that had somehow fallen despite being attached with strings to the ceiling lights.

Today (now) it's dark and I'm in the living room and hearing odd things in the walls.

I'm sure there is a reasonable explanation like some type if rodent or other animal potentially being in the hosue or just wood contraction and so on but jeez I can see how people jump to paranormal conclusions as this place definitely has that vibe (really old rustic house in eastern Europe).

Okay. I don't believe in ghost but this house I'm staying in has some seriously weird stuff happening. Perhaps somebody broke in and is living in the basement???

@freemo interesting. Now I wonder if this is more of a personal thing. I.e do some people learn better math first concept second and vice versa.

@freemo I guess my hesitation to accept it came from people (typically undergrads) in physics degrees who complain about all the math and say they just care about the physics explanation and try to use this Einstein quote as an excuse to say that their professor is shit when in reality they just need to do their math homework to get that deeper understanding that gives you predictive power to workout the word examples.

@freemo fair, I misunderstood the quote.

@freemo @hans_w agree with both on the teaching with examples perspective.

@freemo I guess it depends on what you consider "complex", " understand" and "diluted". I assume you didn't pull out a blackboard and chalk to go over the fancy math of special relativity when explaining it to kids. So, to what degree did they understand it? Can they regurgitate the high level natural language explanation? Sure. Can they rederive the math themselves and use it to make predictions? Unless that kid was Terence tao level I doubt it. See my point?

@freemo when it comes to complex topics, sure, you can explain it to a 6 year old but that doesn't mean he/she will understand it. If she/he understood it you've probably had to dilute the idea to such a level that it can hardly count as complex anymore.

@AncientGator that's the hard part of being in the fedi. There's no algo that suggest filtered content for you.

@lucifargundam @trinsec Amy idea why he left?

Anybody remember the username of the Filipino guy with the evil ironman picture? #qoto

got= git

Currently working on an epic #emacs setup where I can export my org file (in org-roam network) containing latex, code, images and plain text automatically to a PDF version of the latex doc, a Jupyter notebook, a HTML site, and a reveal js presentation such that I only got version control that one file. Once this is in better shape, I'll be able to edit a single file and automatically generate lectures + summary notes + relevant code all via a simple key binding

@freemo @funny yeap, it's kinda crazy how many ex addicts I've known who end up as priest or deeply religious specially considering many used to be hardcore atheist.

@worldsendless this is too accurate