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[[Nuggets_Of_Wisdom:About|About this site]] | |||
= General = | |||
# [[Nothing Matters]] | |||
# [[People are a result of their history]] | |||
# [[Herbert]] | |||
# [[Consistent versus right]] | |||
# [[Attractiveness grade 1 to 4]] | |||
# [[How to swallow pills]] | |||
# [[The Connoisseur effect]] | |||
# [[Theory of Wine]] | |||
# [[Theory of Dancing]] | |||
# [[One Finger Dancing]] | |||
# [[3 Book solution to trials involving secrets]] | |||
# [[5 Layer model of Travel]] | |||
# [[Layers of Drama]] | |||
# [[Labels]] | |||
# [[Selffulness]] | |||
# [[Common enemy]] | |||
# [[Scatological humour]] | |||
# [[Park art]] | |||
# [[Beware the man who smiles in the street]] | |||
# [[The 3 body problem]] | |||
# [[Symmetry when evaluating medical issues]] | |||
# [[There's a lot of Asbergers about]] | |||
# [[People sing 6-from-8 when there's no music]] | |||
# [[Modern music 5-from-8 as iambic pentameter]] | |||
# [[Fast walkers should walk behind their friends]] | |||
# [[Why I wear a coat when it's hot]] | |||
# [[The Council of 17]] | |||
# [[England leaving the UK]] | |||
# [[Jaywalking rules]] | |||
# [[Sit-com spin-offs]] | |||
# [[Write what you know]] | |||
# [[The nature of War]] | |||
# [[Reasons to interrupt someone]] | |||
# [[See-saw economics]] | |||
# [[The rule of Plenty]] | |||
# [[Shopping by Numbers]] | |||
# [[3-from-5 using chain loops]] | |||
# [[Live tweeting]] | |||
# [[Turkish Vaccination]] | |||
# [[Teeth familiarity]] | |||
# [[Selling Quince wine]] | |||
# [[Lack of discussion of bottom hygiene management]] | |||
# [[Use of a torch to identify wet patches on floor]] | |||
# [[Reckless and Responsible practice when crossing roads]] | |||
# [[If you're not crossing the road, look away]] | |||
# [[Not the last place you look for something]] | |||
# [[A place for everything but it's not necessarily there]] | |||
# [[Strong sense of direction but not accurate]] | |||
# [[Benford's law - pick random X, pick Y between 1 and X, Y likely to start with 1]] | |||
# [[Benford's law - 2*X likely to start with 1]] | |||
# [[Benford's law - explained by logarithmic approach?]] | |||
# [[Most fictional futures are a group rebelling against the dictatorship - except Star Trek]] | |||
# [[Kitty system for bistro math - meal together, couple with multiple meals, larger group carrying credit/debt]] | |||
# [[Piece of art with 256 blue dots all aligned, one is red, but one blue is mis-aligned]] | |||
# [[When it's reasonable to put your bag on the seat next to you on public transport]] | |||
# [[Quiz question: What number am I thinking of?]] | |||
# [[Walking along pavement, you can tell where you're going to step]] | |||
# [[Graph of hunger]] | |||
= Broad concepts = | |||
# [[Anthropic]] | |||
# [[Evolution]] | |||
# [[Social contract]] people who want to operate within society should be bound by its rules | |||
# [[The point of prison]] | |||
# [[Pay by use]] pay based on the value you get from an item | |||
= The Value of Life = | |||
# [[Introduction to Life]] | |||
# [[Suicide]] | |||
# [[Abortion]] | |||
# [[Euthanasia]] | |||
= Inventions = | |||
# [[Toaster Whistle]] | |||
# [[Stair Walker]] | |||
# [[Plastic package opener]] | |||
# [[Gate Squeaker]] | |||
# [[Pre-fire combi boiler to save water]] | |||
# [[Nugget Restaurant]] | |||
# [[Streaming TV, never see the same advert twice]] | |||
# [[Monument making use of solar alignment]] | |||
# [[Magnets move up a spinning screwdriver]] | |||
# [[Drip silencer]] | |||
# [[Calendar of last year's photos]] | |||
# [[Parser planned for final project]] | |||
# [[Sack over head to manage rioting prisoners]] | |||
# [[Self-generating quiz, player asks question, they get points if 25%-75% of teams get it right]] | |||
# [[8-bit character set so you can tell if you're in the middle of a multi-byte character]] | |||
# [[Finger counting in binary]] | |||
= Trivia = | |||
# [[Months on a Piano]] | |||
# [[Dishwasher loading]] | |||
# [[Pre-soak]] | |||
# [[Sport in Odd Years]] | |||
# [[Twitter 4 types of followers]] | |||
# [[Allergy to Nut]] | |||
# [[Films in two halves]] | |||
# [[Location of disabled toilet cubicles]] | |||
# [[My second million pounds/second book]] | |||
# [[The Usual Suspects poster]] | |||
# [[First/third generation]] | |||
# [[Who knows the mass of the Higgs Boson?]] | |||
# [[When is a minute 4 seconds?]] | |||
# [[Two year/Twenty year argument]] | |||
# [[Trigger's broom]] | |||
# [[Fridges are like lightbulbs]] | |||
# [[Rationing on a desert island]] | |||
# [[Spare locks for your house]] | |||
# [[What I thought Karaoke was]] | |||
# [[Dark lower light upper]] | |||
# [[How many blobs on a power bar]] | |||
# [[Theory of pins]] | |||
# [[Thinking time]] to let an idea settle, eg interventions | |||
# [[Rotate your toilet rolls]] | |||
# [[Perennial Poke]] | |||
# [[Unconscious interpretation of traffic movements]] | |||
# [[TV show lengths]] | |||
# [[Use of labels for bisexual groups etc]] | |||
# [[Toilet roll direction]] | |||
# [[Dusk ultraviolet]] | |||
# [[Playing Pointless as a pub quiz round]] | |||
# [[Local compass]] | |||
# [[Gay versus camp]] | |||
# [[Left/right Ant/Dec taps]] | |||
# [[Past weather forecasts for comparison]] | |||
# [[Walking the synonym homonym tree]] | |||
# [[Insurance is for people who can't afford it]] | |||
# [[They only listen to the last 3 seconds]] | |||
# [[Bad cats go to dog heaven]] | |||
# [[Perfect preparation for ABC candy]] | |||
# [[Things that are interesting]] | |||
# [[Why I don't get on with Shakespeare]] | |||
# [[Different quality of vision indoors versus outdoors]] | |||
# [[Sinister disposition]] | |||
# [[The Bacon Sandwich effect]] | |||
# [[See you soon/later]] | |||
# [[Female names end with an E]] | |||
# [[Use the smaller toilet roll first]] | |||
# [[Pronunciation indicates news from tv or text]] | |||
# [[Dying author writes an unfinished last book]] | |||
# [[Differences between people more than differences between genders]] | |||
# [[Secondary adjectives - sino/franco]] | |||
# [[Quiz tie breaker questions - estimate]] | |||
# [[Childhood is just Stockholm Syndrome]] | |||
# [[Rhythmic clapping]] | |||
# [[Train fill pattern]] | |||
# [[The curse of remembering something each time you do something]] | |||
# [[How to dispose of tissue while on toilet]] | |||
# [[The importance of Scrappy Doo]] | |||
# [[Why licence plate recognition doesn't have to be perfect for congestion zone fining - and fingerprint checks]] | |||
# [[Toilet cubicle locks]] | |||
# [[Fantasy Football, such a good idea!]] | |||
# [[Augmentation - embracing something you like]] | |||
# [[The benefits of being 5'8" - BMI]] | |||
# [[Don't make final arrangements for meetings too soon]] | |||
# [[New words Theyr and tuw]] | |||
# [[Affluence test - how much to return a product]] | |||
# [[Buying something and never opening it]] | |||
# [[Take security tags off your fire extinguisher]] | |||
# [[Using tile samples as drink coaster - with ridges]] | |||
# [[Men's suits are dull, they have to compress their personality into their tie]] | |||
# [[Set your timer to 17 minutes]] | |||
# [[I can't hear weather]] | |||
# [[Protocol for cancelling weather]] | |||
# [[Seesaw economics - more tax for more services or don't]] | |||
# [[Don't clear your plate]] | |||
# [[Yes - Oui - We - Nous - No]] | |||
# [[Pickpocket taking nothing but leaving a "you could have been pickpocketed" card]] | |||
# [[When have Olympics not been in a leap year?]] | |||
# [[Bin evolution, as types of recycling change]] | |||
# [[14 pills a day, managing ibu/para during toothache]] | |||
# [[Compromise is equally annoying to both parties]] | |||
= Maths observations = | |||
# [[thingy]] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mortice/Maths | |||
# [[As x tends to 1, square tends to double]] | |||
# [[Power Spiral - The full shape plotted by y=x^n]] | |||
= Talks = | |||
# [[DNA]] | |||
# [[Memorising a Pack of Cards]] | |||
# [[How play scriptwriters can make zoom based films]] | |||
# [[Approximations - seconds in a day]] | |||
# [[BPPV]] | |||
# [[Bitcoin]] | |||
# [[Conic sections using a lamp]] | |||
# [[5 Kennedy events of the 1960s]] | |||
= Dramatic works = | |||
# [[The Loneliest Man in the Universe]] | |||
# [[Gameshow where contestants place a stake]] | |||
# [[My Fair Lady based on handwriting]] | |||
= Profound thoughts from others = | |||
# [[Dropping a glass of water]] | |||
# [[A big brown shaggy dog called sunshine]] | |||
# [[Avoid nice food/tv while drunk]] | |||
# [[Atheism is a faith]] | |||
# [[Which urinal to use]] | |||
= BGT = | |||
# [[3 cups trick with tea jar]] | |||
# [[Spinning plates, but charging mobiles]] | |||
= | = Standup = | ||
# [[Explain to an audience member about how you're lying about being married, etc]] | |||
# [[Pretend your set is a harmonica recital]] |
Latest revision as of 17:56, 14 October 2024
Random thoughts from a random person
184 items so far...
General
- Nothing Matters
- People are a result of their history
- Herbert
- Consistent versus right
- Attractiveness grade 1 to 4
- How to swallow pills
- The Connoisseur effect
- Theory of Wine
- Theory of Dancing
- One Finger Dancing
- 3 Book solution to trials involving secrets
- 5 Layer model of Travel
- Layers of Drama
- Labels
- Selffulness
- Common enemy
- Scatological humour
- Park art
- Beware the man who smiles in the street
- The 3 body problem
- Symmetry when evaluating medical issues
- There's a lot of Asbergers about
- People sing 6-from-8 when there's no music
- Modern music 5-from-8 as iambic pentameter
- Fast walkers should walk behind their friends
- Why I wear a coat when it's hot
- The Council of 17
- England leaving the UK
- Jaywalking rules
- Sit-com spin-offs
- Write what you know
- The nature of War
- Reasons to interrupt someone
- See-saw economics
- The rule of Plenty
- Shopping by Numbers
- 3-from-5 using chain loops
- Live tweeting
- Turkish Vaccination
- Teeth familiarity
- Selling Quince wine
- Lack of discussion of bottom hygiene management
- Use of a torch to identify wet patches on floor
- Reckless and Responsible practice when crossing roads
- If you're not crossing the road, look away
- Not the last place you look for something
- A place for everything but it's not necessarily there
- Strong sense of direction but not accurate
- Benford's law - pick random X, pick Y between 1 and X, Y likely to start with 1
- Benford's law - 2*X likely to start with 1
- Benford's law - explained by logarithmic approach?
- Most fictional futures are a group rebelling against the dictatorship - except Star Trek
- Kitty system for bistro math - meal together, couple with multiple meals, larger group carrying credit/debt
- Piece of art with 256 blue dots all aligned, one is red, but one blue is mis-aligned
- When it's reasonable to put your bag on the seat next to you on public transport
- Quiz question: What number am I thinking of?
- Walking along pavement, you can tell where you're going to step
- Graph of hunger
Broad concepts
- Anthropic
- Evolution
- Social contract people who want to operate within society should be bound by its rules
- The point of prison
- Pay by use pay based on the value you get from an item
The Value of Life
Inventions
- Toaster Whistle
- Stair Walker
- Plastic package opener
- Gate Squeaker
- Pre-fire combi boiler to save water
- Nugget Restaurant
- Streaming TV, never see the same advert twice
- Monument making use of solar alignment
- Magnets move up a spinning screwdriver
- Drip silencer
- Calendar of last year's photos
- Parser planned for final project
- Sack over head to manage rioting prisoners
- Self-generating quiz, player asks question, they get points if 25%-75% of teams get it right
- 8-bit character set so you can tell if you're in the middle of a multi-byte character
- Finger counting in binary
Trivia
- Months on a Piano
- Dishwasher loading
- Pre-soak
- Sport in Odd Years
- Twitter 4 types of followers
- Allergy to Nut
- Films in two halves
- Location of disabled toilet cubicles
- My second million pounds/second book
- The Usual Suspects poster
- First/third generation
- Who knows the mass of the Higgs Boson?
- When is a minute 4 seconds?
- Two year/Twenty year argument
- Trigger's broom
- Fridges are like lightbulbs
- Rationing on a desert island
- Spare locks for your house
- What I thought Karaoke was
- Dark lower light upper
- How many blobs on a power bar
- Theory of pins
- Thinking time to let an idea settle, eg interventions
- Rotate your toilet rolls
- Perennial Poke
- Unconscious interpretation of traffic movements
- TV show lengths
- Use of labels for bisexual groups etc
- Toilet roll direction
- Dusk ultraviolet
- Playing Pointless as a pub quiz round
- Local compass
- Gay versus camp
- Left/right Ant/Dec taps
- Past weather forecasts for comparison
- Walking the synonym homonym tree
- Insurance is for people who can't afford it
- They only listen to the last 3 seconds
- Bad cats go to dog heaven
- Perfect preparation for ABC candy
- Things that are interesting
- Why I don't get on with Shakespeare
- Different quality of vision indoors versus outdoors
- Sinister disposition
- The Bacon Sandwich effect
- See you soon/later
- Female names end with an E
- Use the smaller toilet roll first
- Pronunciation indicates news from tv or text
- Dying author writes an unfinished last book
- Differences between people more than differences between genders
- Secondary adjectives - sino/franco
- Quiz tie breaker questions - estimate
- Childhood is just Stockholm Syndrome
- Rhythmic clapping
- Train fill pattern
- The curse of remembering something each time you do something
- How to dispose of tissue while on toilet
- The importance of Scrappy Doo
- Why licence plate recognition doesn't have to be perfect for congestion zone fining - and fingerprint checks
- Toilet cubicle locks
- Fantasy Football, such a good idea!
- Augmentation - embracing something you like
- The benefits of being 5'8" - BMI
- Don't make final arrangements for meetings too soon
- New words Theyr and tuw
- Affluence test - how much to return a product
- Buying something and never opening it
- Take security tags off your fire extinguisher
- Using tile samples as drink coaster - with ridges
- Men's suits are dull, they have to compress their personality into their tie
- Set your timer to 17 minutes
- I can't hear weather
- Protocol for cancelling weather
- Seesaw economics - more tax for more services or don't
- Don't clear your plate
- Yes - Oui - We - Nous - No
- Pickpocket taking nothing but leaving a "you could have been pickpocketed" card
- When have Olympics not been in a leap year?
- Bin evolution, as types of recycling change
- 14 pills a day, managing ibu/para during toothache
- Compromise is equally annoying to both parties
Maths observations
- thingy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mortice/Maths
- As x tends to 1, square tends to double
- Power Spiral - The full shape plotted by y=x^n
Talks
- DNA
- Memorising a Pack of Cards
- How play scriptwriters can make zoom based films
- Approximations - seconds in a day
- BPPV
- Bitcoin
- Conic sections using a lamp
- 5 Kennedy events of the 1960s
Dramatic works
- The Loneliest Man in the Universe
- Gameshow where contestants place a stake
- My Fair Lady based on handwriting
Profound thoughts from others
- Dropping a glass of water
- A big brown shaggy dog called sunshine
- Avoid nice food/tv while drunk
- Atheism is a faith
- Which urinal to use