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Void · 2023-01-06 19:41:21

We should begin speaking in respectful whispers when speaking of AI.

RobertDyck · 2023-01-27 06:15:31

Another fly-in job. This time a Metro III aircraft. Out of the Winnipeg airport main terminal building, to Red Lake then on to Sioux Lookout. Then transfer to a flight to Pickle Lake. This will be a 4 day job. The Post Office is changing their counter. I will dismantle the computer equipment, then after the counter guy replaces it with a new one, I will re-install. I just hope my tool bags don't get lost this time. Last te I got my tool bag on the return flight. And once the connecting flight departed before I could check-in. Two other passengers were also stranded. Fun and games, but this is why I get paid so much for these fly-in jobs.

RobertDyck · 2023-01-27 06:21:21

Void wrote:

We should begin speaking in respectful whispers when speaking of AI.

Tell M3GAN I'm not a threat to her charge. Just ignore me.

And please don't combine ChatGPT with an avitar in a Boston Dynamics body.

tahanson43206 · 2023-01-27 08:07:28

For RobertDyck re visit to remote Canada ...

Any chance you could give a talk about the Large Ship at the local school?

Genius is randomly distributed throughout the population. Your vision of the Large Ship (with all the detail you can provide) may be inspiring to someone.

Even if you don't touch the mind of a genius, your vision can inspire ordinary young people to think on a larger scale.

This would be OI (Original Intelligence) instead of AI.

(th)

RobertDyck · 2023-01-27 08:54:45

Tried to upload an image of my boarding pass. 3 hour layover in Sioux Lookout. It's in English and an aboriginal language. I'm sure you've never seen this alphabet before. I've seen it in signs in stores on reservations, but first time on a boarding pass. Looked it up with google; it's called Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics. In this part of the country the aboriginal people speak either Cree or Ojibwe.

kbd512 · 2023-01-27 11:24:26

RobertDyck,

What do the Cree and Ojibwe people think of their respective languages being turned into "Unified Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics"?

tahanson43206 · 2023-01-27 12:09:04

For kbd512 re #256

Neat question! I'm hoping RobertDyck will come back with actual interactions with the folks who are receiving anglo support for the preservation of language.

For RobertDyck ... thanks for sharing this (potentially important) news ....

It is my understanding that Native American languages were recorded to some extent when they were vibrant with energy, but that no written versions were ever created by the original peoples. That impression could be incorrect, and I am hoping this topic (or a new one dedicated to language) might provide background.

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RobertDyck · 2023-01-27 12:23:08

Some context, the bad and the good.
Canadian Encyclopedia: Indigenous Language Revitalization in Canada

The city of Winnipeg has a significant aboriginal population. I was a census worker in 2016 and 2021, went door-to-door to houses that hadn't completed it on time. No penalty, just get me knocking on their door. Only get a fine if they completely refuse. Statistics Canada doesn't want to give fines. Several people of aboriginal descent spoke Cree, several Ojibwe, and several Ojicree which is a mixture of the two. When I flew to the northern Manitoba reservation of Lac Brochet, I found they speek Dene.

SpaceNut · 2023-01-27 21:05:49

We do acknowledge the Navaho talkers but the one that comes to mind for the US is Cherokee was one of the first American Indian languages to have a system of writing devised for it—a syllabary, so called because each of the graphic symbols represents a syllable. Cherokee syllabary developed by Sequoyah. They are part of the Iroquoian family, spoken by the Cherokee (Tsalagi) people originally inhabiting Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama.

https://education.nationalgeographic.or … syllabary/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenou … e_Americas

RobertDyck · 2023-10-10 19:10:44

Sponsored advertising on LinkedIn: I have been selected for an MBA from the Australian Institute of Business. They do courses online, so I would study for 2 years from home in Canada. It's accredited so would confer an MBA. They claim that I do qualify for admission. Seriously considering it. I told them that I want to start a business.

tahanson43206 · 2023-10-10 19:29:50

For RobertDyck re #260

Bravo for Initiative and Best wishes for success!

If the Institute is willing to allow you to share your experience with the Forum, I am confident you would have a following.

It would be free advertising for them, and I am hoping it would help you to feel a bit of the group experience you would have if you were on site.

Plus! If you are given a reading list, and if the Institute does not mind your sharing ** that ** then members here would have the opportunity to stretch their wings a bit.

The only downside I can see is that you would probably pick up an Australian accent by osmosis.

(th)

RobertDyck · 2023-10-15 11:29:06

During this year's Mars Society convention, one impromptu discussion in the hallway raised fertility rate. One individual mentioned a trip to Iceland. He saw a woman with a baby carriage for 4 children: 2 side-by-side in front, another 2 behind. He said he never saw anything like that in America. But checking statistics, they don't have a positive population growth. Iceland has the same problem as every developed country in the world: birth rate, what geographers call fertility rate, is below sustainability.

Again you might think the average for a couple must be 2 children just to replace themselves. But due to child deaths and other technical factors it's 2.1. Since families can be quite different today, that's presented as babies per woman. The United States had 1.665 in 2022. Iceland had 1.59 in 2022, the lowest since they started collecting statistics.

Source: Statistics Iceland
US source: Centers for Disease Control

RobertDyck · 2024-04-05 15:33:02

Amazing spring day. +12°C (53.6°F), bright sunny, very mild breeze. Most of the snow has melted. River is still frozen, but ice is melting, don't try to walk in it.

Canada geese have returned. Developers built housing neighborhoods with an artificial pond. It's actually a storm water retention pond to avoid the city charge for building storm sewars. But since they built the ponds, geese have returned to the city. Some people like them, but goose shit where the geese go. A nesting pair of bald eagles have moved into the city, hunting the geese.

Terraformer · 2024-04-05 15:37:43

Bald Eagles hunting Canada Geese? Auspicious.

Day of the Rake when?

RobertDyck · 2024-04-05 15:58:39

Hah! Actually I suspect eagles hunt goslings. Adult geese are big and can defend themselves. Theoretically an eagle could take down an adult goose but it would be a major rumble.

You may want to make this a metaphor, but both birds are native to both countries.

CBC: P.E.I. man captures on-ice battle between Canada goose and bald eagle

RobertDyck · 2024-04-07 19:26:39

River has melted. Some ice near the banks but mostly liquid water. No flooding this year.

Spring has sprung,
The gas has riz,
I wonder where the birdies is.
Oh, right there. Cool!

RobertDyck · 2024-05-17 06:51:10

On another flight. First flight for work since January 2023. On a Dash-8 aircraft to Saint Theresa Point. The cell-hone modem for the Post Office stopped working. I'm going to replace it. One day: flight leaves at 8:00am, return arrives at home airport 9:40pm.

tahanson43206 · 2024-05-17 07:17:08

For RobertDyck re #267

Nice to see you back in the field again! Best wishes for success with the modem replacement, and for safe travels and interesting encounters.

You may well meet a future Mars settler in these travels, but likely won't recognize them.

A million people are in Elon's vision, and some will surely come from Canada.

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kbd512 has written about a 500 passenger transport to a Mars passenger vessel. That vision is in one of the SSTO topics, if you are curious.

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I'd appreciate your feedback/guidance on a Like feature we are considering for the updated FluxBB 1.5.12 we are working on...
You can test the new "Likes" column in the Posts table:
http://40.75.112.55/forums/UpdateLikes.php?id=80882

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I am attempting to persuade SpaceNut to create a new category for "Projects" and within that, a forum for "Large Ship".

You would be the owner of that new forum, if you are willing to take it on.... Your opinion one way or the other would be appreciated.

SpaceNut is thinking about allowing discussion of many types of large ships.

I am advocating a ** project ** mind set, and getting away from "discussion" in the new projects category.

Your input (one way or the other ) can influence the future of NewMars....

(th)

RobertDyck · 2024-07-01 19:22:40

Happy Canada Day! Today is July 1st, Canada Day. This is the anniversary of Canada becoming a country. Canada was a country on July 1, 1867. For Americans, this is Canada's equivalent to July 4th. Unfortunately today is cool (19°C/65°F), overcast and rainy.

RobertDyck · 2024-08-11 14:01:52

On the road again.
This time I'm taking a bus from Winnipeg to Flin Flon. It's a mining town in northwest Manitoba. 11 hour and 40 minute bus ride. Walmart is too cheap to pay for a plane. Not enough passengers for a full highway bus, so it's a shuttle bus. I haven't charged for travel time, just time working. Employer pays for hotel and meals.

Pretty area. This part of the province is called Parkland. It's mostly farm fields separated by belts of trees: wheat, mustard, canola, corn. Occasional cattle. On the left is Riding Mountain, the highest point in the province. It's actually a low hill, you can drive over and not notice you're on a hill. But the road we're on goes around. Very flat.

RobertDyck · 2024-09-29 19:37:00

Waiting for the bus again. Highway bus to Thompson MB. Overnight trip. Bus departs 9:30pm, arrives 6:30am. Work starts at Walmart 8:00am. Replacing the guts of hand scanners is not exactly rocket science. Pays the bills.

tahanson43206 · 2024-09-29 20:41:40

For RobertDyck re #271

Thanks for letting us know of your latest adventure in the wilds of Canada, where you are at risk of meeting a moose or bear wandering the unpaved streets.

Although, come to think of it, if you're assisting a Walmart, the streets are probably paved.

I am hoping to encourage you to share details of the technology in those scanners. I've worked with early versions of scanners in ca 2000, and have been interested in them ever since.

It is highly UNLIKELY anyone else is interested, but I should be able to make up for that with appropriate questions.

A ** lot ** is likely to have happened in 24 years, and my assumption is you will be installing 2023 era technology.

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Thanks ** again ** for stopping by the Google Meeting last week! It was thoughtful of you to allow SpaceNut to share his family photos and recollections, and I ** really ** appreciated the support!

That said, ** this ** week SpaceNut showed us the interior of the shed he is building using recovered pallet wood, and I was ** really ** impressed! The quality of the workmanship was far higher than I was expecting, given my (admittedly limited) exposure to pallets.

(th)

RobertDyck · 2024-09-30 06:25:49

Sorry, hadn't finished reading instructions. Just swap old scanner with new one. Old scanner has serial cable, new one is wireless and cradle is USB. I have to insert a battery. I don't think I can give you the technician's guide, but can give you the manufacturer manual.
PDF: DS8178 Digital Scanner Quick Start Guide

RobertDyck · 2024-09-30 06:43:38

Yes, Thompson is a city. 3rd largest in this province, population 13,000. Yes, greater Winnipeg (city plus surrounding bedroom communities) has a population of 834,678 according to the 2021 census. One big city surrounded by farms and forest. The drive to Thompson is straight north at 100 km/h (62.1 mph). 8 hours by car but the bus stops every 2 hours for bathroom breaks, so 9 hours. Just north of Winnipeg are farms and small towns, but once into the Interlake (are between Lake Winnipeg and Lake Manitoba) it's forest. Two lane undivided highway, one lane each direction, with a gravel shoulder and ditch. Trees grow right up to the ditch so the highway is a cut through solid forest. First bathroom break is a town with paved roads. Second one is a gas station with restaurant and food store, surrounded by forest. Third stop is gravel with above ground fuel tanks and no building. If you have to take a leak, find a bush or something between you and the bus. But I'm in Thompson now, a mining city. Population has grown to 22,000 in the past when metal prices were high. This city does have an airport, small but does service jets and has a real terminal building. Walmart is just too cheap to fly me. It's summer, warm, but rainy today.

tahanson43206 · 2024-09-30 07:16:16

For RobertDyck re #274

Thanks for a glimpse of the vast territory to the North of the US!

The idea of the trees so close to the road (albeit on the other side of the ditch) is noteworthy and I appreciate that little detail. The US may have a few roads like that, but I think of them as more likely in the Southern states. After reflection, I remembered that the Upper Peninsula of Michigan has dense woods that press up against the roads as you described.

I wonder if Thompson might be a model for a ** large ** city in the early days on Mars?

How do folks there handle needs like education, health care, water and sewerage, power, communications? Is there a fair amount of interaction with federal or regional resources?

Are there any smart kids up there? There might be.

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