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Leaving the post unaltered below for context. https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/10/22/smarter-living/word-on-the-tip-of-your-tongue.html Udhay On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 7:19 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > So here's a little life hack I use. I keep a list of easily forgotten > phrases in Evernote [1]

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On Thu Feb 20 2014 at 12:49:53 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > what are *your* easily forgotten phrases? > > Empirical > Tabasco > Hasselblad > Dunning Kruger effect > Dunbar number > Ambergris > Sapir-Whorf > Fermi Problem I've been updating a list of such words/phrases for the last 5 months and

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I see what you did there, Udhay. On 2 March 2014 08:12, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 6:53 AM, Pranesh Prakash > wrote: > > > Mine would have (in addition to the Dunning-Kruger effect, the name of > > which I keep forgetting): > > I suspect both of us think that our knowledge

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On Sun, Mar 2, 2014 at 6:53 AM, Pranesh Prakash wrote: > Mine would have (in addition to the Dunning-Kruger effect, the name of > which I keep forgetting): I suspect both of us think that our knowledge of this phenomenon is higher than it actually is. Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pob

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On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 2:49 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Empirical > Tabasco > Hasselblad > Dunning Kruger effect > Dunbar number > Ambergris > Sapir-Whorf > Fermi Problem Hasselblad? Ambergris? One learns all the time! And you forget "Tabasco"? What's the false positive your mind turns to ins

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On 20-Feb-14 9:02 AM, Thaths wrote: > That is a great life hack. I've had countless times when I've had trouble > recalling the exact term, but could describe the concept in general terms. Interesting thing I came across today that seems connected: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lethologica Udha

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On 24 February 2014 08:56, SS wrote: > Did you just make that one up? if you did it's brilliant. I only wish I had. This has been doing the rounds on the interwebs for a while. -gabin -- They pay me to think... As long as I keep my mouth shut.

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On Sun, 2014-02-23 at 19:00 +0530, gabin kattukaran wrote: > Up in heaven, three great physicsts were playing hide and go seek: > Newton, Pascal, and Einstein. It was Einsteins turn to seek, so > Einstein closed his eyes and counted to 10 while pascal and newton > went to hide. Pascal hid behind a

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On 23 February 2014 18:55, SS wrote: > So what is force per unit area. If you work that out using the same > mathematical logic used for liters per 100 km you get the following > unit: Cue the Einstein, Newton, Pascal joke - Up in heaven, three great physicsts were playing hide and go seek: New

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On Sun, 2014-02-23 at 13:21 +0530, gabin kattukaran wrote: > On 23 February 2014 13:13, SS wrote: > > If that is correct, what is the real world significance of the unit km/l > > which can be broken down to the reciprocal of area - i.e. 1/area > > I'm trying to get my head around that as well. I

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On Sun, 2014-02-23 at 13:21 +0530, gabin kattukaran wrote: > I'm trying to get my head around that as well. I suspect that it is > only a matter of perspective but standing on my head is not helping > (as yet.) LOL. Might be easier if you lived in Australia. Or Argentina maybe. I am reaching th

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On 23 February 2014 13:13, SS wrote: > If that is correct, what is the real world significance of the unit km/l > which can be broken down to the reciprocal of area - i.e. 1/area I'm trying to get my head around that as well. I suspect that it is only a matter of perspective but standing on my he

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On Sun, 2014-02-23 at 13:07 +0530, gabin kattukaran wrote: > On 23 February 2014 12:44, SS wrote: > > So does this real world area represent the area occupied by a one > > molecule thick layer of fuel needed to make the car travel some unit > > distance? As far as I can figure out it does. > > >

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On 23 February 2014 12:44, SS wrote: > So does this real world area represent the area occupied by a one > molecule thick layer of fuel needed to make the car travel some unit > distance? As far as I can figure out it does. Pretty much. :) -gabin -- They pay me to think... As long as I keep

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On Sun, 2014-02-23 at 11:48 +0530, gabin kattukaran wrote: > Consider the cross sectional area of the column to be the > minimum amount of fuel that the vehicle consumes to move an > infinitesimal distance. To do this, the vehicle consumes a > sliver/wafer of fuel. In reality, this area would proba

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On 23 February 2014 11:26, SS wrote: > > > Imagine a car with a "fuel scoop" continuously sucking up fuel as it > > drove. > > The area above is the diameter of the column of fuel it would have to > > suck > > up in order to be just enough to keep moving. > > "A column of fuel with some area" Tha

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On 23 February 2014 11:26, SS wrote: > That is the problem. If there are 3 dimensions, it is not area > > If the column has a length/height as well as another two dimensions it > is not an area, but a 3D structure. > > In terms of units, what Charles wrote is perfectly correct, it is an > area alr

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The reverse for cars and bikes, mileage in kmpl (kilometers per liter) is the usual answer to "kitna deti hai?". Curiously enough no one says kilometrage. --srs (iPad) > On 23-Feb-2014, at 11:18, SS wrote: > >> On Sat, 2014-02-22 at 10:45 +0530, gabin kattukaran wrote: >> While it is indeed co

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On Sat, 2014-02-22 at 08:46 +0530, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > The length/height of the column is exactly the distance the car > travels. The area referred to above gives the other two dimensions. > That is the problem. If there are 3 dimensions, it is not area If the column has a length/height as

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On Sun, Feb 23, 2014 at 11:18 AM, SS wrote: > Which countries specifically speak of "liters per 100 km?". Here's a start point: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuel_economy_in_automobiles#Units_of_measure Udhay -- ((Udhay Shankar N)) ((udhay @ pobox.com)) ((www.digeratus.com))

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On Sat, 2014-02-22 at 10:45 +0530, gabin kattukaran wrote: > While it is indeed common in India to measure "mileage" in km/l many > (if not most) countries do measure consumption in l/100km. Interesting. In the UK it was always miles per gallon as it was in the US, and still appears to be. I have

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On 22 February 2014 08:37, SS wrote: > The other point is, fuel consumption is usually measured as km/L and > less commonly as liters per 100 km While it is indeed common in India to measure "mileage" in km/l many (if not most) countries do measure consumption in l/100km. -gabin -- They pay

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On Sat, Feb 22, 2014 at 8:37 AM, SS wrote: > A column is always 3 dimensional. Area is 2D. How high would that column > be? One molecule thick/high? > > The other point is, fuel consumption is usually measured as km/L and > less commonly as liters per 100 km > > km = length > liter = length^3 > >

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On Fri, 2014-02-21 at 21:21 +1000, Charles Haynes wrote: > It's the area of the column of fuel necessary and sufficient to keep > the > car moving. A column is always 3 dimensional. Area is 2D. How high would that column be? One molecule thick/high? The other point is, fuel consumption is usuall

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On 21-Feb-14 4:51 PM, Charles Haynes wrote: >> > the fuel efficiency of a car is often expressed as litres of petrol per >> > 100km, right? litres of petrol per 100km is length^3/length = length^2. >> > What is the "real world" significance of this area? >> > > It's the area of the column of fuel

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> > > It's the area of the column of fuel necessary and sufficient to keep the > car moving. > > Imagine a car with a "fuel scoop" continuously sucking up fuel as it drove. > The area above is the diameter of the column of fuel it would have to suck > up in order to be just enough to keep moving. >

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On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 12:06 AM, Charles Haynes wrote: > the fuel efficiency of a car is often expressed as litres of petrol per > 100km, right? litres of petrol per 100km is length^3/length = length^2. > What is the "real world" significance of this area? > It's the area of the column of fuel

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On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 2:16 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 7:36 PM, Charles Haynes > wrote: > > > With respect to "Fermi Problem" two things. First MIT is offering > > "Street-Fighting > > Math < > http://www.edx.org/course/mitx/mitx-6-sfmx-street-fighting-math-1501>: >

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On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 7:36 PM, Charles Haynes wrote: > With respect to "Fermi Problem" two things. First MIT is offering > "Street-Fighting > Math : > Teaches, as the antidote to rigor mortis, the art of educated guessing and

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> what are *your* easily forgotten phrases? > > Empirical > Tabasco > Hasselblad > Dunning Kruger effect > Dunbar number > Ambergris > Sapir-Whorf > Fermi Problem I don’t understand the bottom half at all. Besides ambergris. Great idea! If I look at words I “thozhuvu-fy” for (Tamil word mean

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> > Second, my favorite dimensional analysis problem: you presumably know that > the fuel efficiency of a car is often expressed as litres of petrol per > 100km, right? Well, litres of petrol are a volume measure, and 100km is a > length measure. Volume is length^3, so litres of petrol per 100km is

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> > Second, my favorite dimensional analysis problem: you presumably know > that the fuel efficiency of a car is often expressed as litres of petrol > per 100km, right? Well, litres of petrol are a volume measure, and 100km is > a length measure. Volume is length^3, so litres of petrol per 100km >

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With respect to "Fermi Problem" two things. First MIT is offering "Street-Fighting Math : Teaches, as the antidote to rigor mortis, the art of educated guessing and opportunistic problem solving." as a MOOC (free!) starting in Ma

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> > Hm. Maybe I should try asking Siri. Or Google Voice... I think you mean Google Now. Google Voice is that virtual phone thingy. -- Sumant Srivathsan http://sumants.blogspot.com

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Just recently I was having trouble recalling the word "scalded" with respect to milk (I was making yoghurt.) But I have a solution that works better for me than Evernote. I asked my amanuensis. "What's the term for heating up milk just below boiling?" "Scald?" "Thanks!" "You're welcome." Hm. May

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On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 4:35 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: > On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 11:01 AM, Thaths wrote: > > You know what else detracts from the subject of the conversation? > Sermons. > > > > :-) I sense anger :) > Annoyance and mirth, yes. Anger, no. > In all honesty, this wasn't intend

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On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 11:01 AM, Thaths wrote: > You know what else detracts from the subject of the conversation? Sermons. > :-) I sense anger :) In all honesty, this wasn't intended to be a sermon, apologies if it sounds so. I am quite happy to share what little I know, is all.

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On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 4:27 PM, Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: > Much easier to admit the word escapes us and leave it at that. No struggle > to recall the word; just respect for the brain and acceptance that it is > busy with something more important, or needs the rest. > As Deepa observed, some of t

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On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 10:25 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > Which is why the Evernote list makes sense. As and when you remember a > phrase, put it in the list. :) > If there is a pressing need to absolutely recall something, I agree, having crib notes is the way to go. But why bother? It is ver

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On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 9:02 AM, Thaths wrote: > The above causes pain for me too. My brain refuses to index this word for > some reason. One other I can recall from the top of my head (Because of the > nature of the problem with these words, I cannot easily recall a list of > these problem words

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On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 12:49 PM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > So here's a little life hack I use. I keep a list of easily forgotten > phrases in Evernote [1] - you know the ones I am talking about, the ones > that are perpetually on the "tip of your tongue" and drive you to > distraction trying to r

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On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 7:19 AM, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > > > Empirical > Tabasco > Hasselblad > Dunning Kruger effect > Dunbar number > Ambergris > Sapir-Whorf > Fermi Problem > > Now I will have to google some of these. I always thought Hasselblad was > cameras, and have never heard of 4, 5, an

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On 20 February 2014 09:49, Udhay Shankar N wrote: > So here's a little life hack I use. I keep a list of easily forgotten > phrases in Evernote [1] - you know the ones I am talking about, the ones > that are perpetually on the "tip of your tongue" and drive you to > distraction trying to remember

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So here's a little life hack I use. I keep a list of easily forgotten phrases in Evernote [1] - you know the ones I am talking about, the ones that are perpetually on the "tip of your tongue" and drive you to distraction trying to remember them, usually because you remember a similar phrase and you