Sorry, it was clear to me that I meant those started by bots, trolls, or spammers.
Maybe redduck's a bot.
Sorry, it was clear to me that I meant those started by bots, trolls, or spammers.
Maybe redduck's a bot.
I have an app that will record most cards auto-magically using the phone camera. Other ones, I type in the name of the company and the card number. Beats carrying so many cards around.
Yep- KeyRing.com. The only place I've found so far that won't work with an electronic version of the bar code is Costco.
I keep all those cards in a small old card case in the console of my car. When I go to a store where one of them is appropriate, I take it out and put it in my pocket. When I leave the store it goes back in the case as soon as I get back to my car.
It's the only solution, because I have so many the stack is about half an inch thick!
The best definition is Rule of Thumb. In other words, a faster way to solve a situation without a lot of calculating.The word: Heuristic.
I have yet to find a description or explanation of the meaning that I can actually understand.
My best guess is that it is some form of successive approximation to get a close enough result.
Maybe some sages on this forum can explain.
The best definition is Rule of Thumb. In other words, a faster way to solve a situation without a lot of calculating.
An example is the "Rule of 72" where you divide the interest rate into 72 to determine how many years it takes for money to double.
Today's pet peeve is people who don't say thank you for a favor done.
Twice this last month I've done rather time consuming favors for people with no thanks or even acknowledgement. Here's one: a person asked my local genealogical society for a document translation. I undertook it (I'm a volunteer) and worked for a couple hours on it since it was a handwritten 1900 civil document in Italian and not easy to read. I did a thorough job, double checked everything, sent her the translation via email and heard nothing back. After about a week, fearing the email had gone astray, I sent a follow up asking if she had received it. The reply was Yes I got it. That's it--no thank you. In my second instance of doing a favor of a different type for another person there was no response at all.
Is saying thank you a lost art these days?
Enough whining, but I feel rather peeved about this.
Next time, send it to me, Ill translate it all messed up. Ill tell them that its an ancient curse on the family and that the curse is going to manifest itself on them with a fierce wickedness.Today's pet peeve is people who don't say thank you for a favor done.
Twice this last month I've done rather time consuming favors for people with no thanks or even acknowledgement. Here's one: a person asked my local genealogical society for a document translation. I undertook it (I'm a volunteer) and worked for a couple hours on it since it was a handwritten 1900 civil document in Italian and not easy to read. I did a thorough job, double checked everything, sent her the translation via email and heard nothing back. After about a week, fearing the email had gone astray, I sent a follow up asking if she had received it. The reply was Yes I got it. That's it--no thank you. In my second instance of doing a favor of a different type for another person there was no response at all.
Is saying thank you a lost art these days?
Enough whining, but I feel rather peeved about this.
Thanks. So there must be many rules of thumb to fit a variety of situations in problem solving. Each rule unique to the type of problem to be analyzed.
I like to use my chess career as an example. A heuristic is a rule that generally works. If you follow it, you'll be generally correct without needing any real thought. Thus, I became a middling chess player with zero talent just by following a couple dozen heuristics, such as control space by placing bishops on open diagonals, or simplify the game by trading pieces as soon as you have a material advantage.
Sometimes, I'd fall victim to a trap that'd be obvious to others simply because I was advancing a pawn to control the queenside instead of paying attention to what my opponent was doing. If only I had know more heuristics!!
The razor blades disguised as clothing tags and labels sewn into the back of shirts and sweaters at the collar. Sorry, mfr, I cut them out and thus you lost your branding when I need a new one.
The razor blades disguised as clothing tags and labels sewn into the back of shirts and sweaters at the collar. Sorry, mfr, I cut them out and thus you lost your branding when I need a new one. If you can't print them inside, just sew them with the laundering instructions at the lower side seam.
The razor blades disguised as clothing tags and labels sewn into the back of shirts and sweaters at the collar. Sorry, mfr, I cut them out and thus you lost your branding when I need a new one. If you can't print them inside, just sew them with the laundering instructions at the lower side seam.