I have purchased Azure Bonds. Of worth are only the cover and Cheyeska col Thay.

As you can hear from the Fat Joe song, only go to the Bronx if you are non-wimpy.

If Michelle Pfeiffer played Catwoman now, she would be the real ugly, not just tv ugly.

Fashion pros can make 3 dresses in 1 day. Workers in Bangladesh can make 2 blouses per hour.

On Monday, January 30, 2023 at 10:09:36 PM UTC-5, Richard Damon wrote:
> Conventional rules say the hour is 00 - 23, so 00:00

You have given me a lot to think about.

--
he insists on true names, these being absolutely required by the "Laws of Hell".

Don't operate within the limits of the system. Operate at a higher level.

In YCbCr, Cr isn't exactly red.

--
"I'm gonna get Argo. We'll set off once I get back."

In context mixing, each context is assigned a weight. For example, if there are contexts a, b, c, d, they are assigned weights Wa, Wb, Wc, Wd. All weights are positive but can be ignored.

On Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 9:41:05 AM UTC-5, Mihai Moise wrote:
> Turns out it's not just straight girls who like the Backstreet Boys.

Or the New Kids on the Block.

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"Everybody's always talkin' 'bout who's on top"

On Thursday, February 9, 2023 at 9:04:25 AM UTC-5, Mihai Moise wrote:
> "Every single day is something nuts. Your presidency is like the craziest show on tv and it's on 24 hours a day and we can't keep up."

For those who haven't seen the SNL sketch, here is a transcript:

We now return to NBC NIGHTLY NEWS and part 2 of Lester Holt's interview with president Donald J Trump.
"Hello mr. president. I... I know you're a busy man so thank you for being here."
"Thank you for having me here, Jazzman. Before we begin, I just need to know that I'm having your undying loyalty."
"You don't, sir. Now let's get started. Clearly the big story this week is James Comey."
"Ok well first all I can just say is that I won the election fair and square. And everyone knows that. Ok?"
"Yes, mr. president. You say that literally all the time."
"Well... well it's one of my greatest hits. And my fans love when I play the hits. It's like when you go to a Beyonce concert they just don't want to hear Single Ladies. They want to hear All the Single Ladies not that Sandcastle crap. Ok?"
"Ok, sir, but back to James Comey. Your staff has been insisting all week that you didn't fire him because of his Russian investigation."
"No, I did."
"Wait, what?"
"I fired him because of Russia. I thought, he's investigating Russia, I don't like that, I should fire him."
"And you are just admitting that?"
"Uh huh."
"But that's obstruction of justice."
"Sure. Ok."
"Wait so, did I get her? Is this all over? Oh. No I didn't? Nothing matters? Absolutely nothing matters anymore?"
"All right. That's right nothing's gonna stop me because I have the Republicans in the palm of my hand. Look at this."
"You called for ice cream, sir. Here's two scoops."
"Paul Ryan?"
"Yes, sir. I am so excited to be working with president Trump on an agenda that benefits..."
"Beat it, nerd. Just get the Hell out of here. Ok?"
"Whatever you say, mr. Trump. He feeds me dog food."
"Mr. president, let's move on. After this week, many people are drawing comparisons between you and Richard Nixon."
"No, no. I am nothing like Nixon because I am not a crook. Ok? Plus I bet Nixon only got one scoop of ice cream for desert. But I get two scoops. Ok? Two scoops.
Two scoops. Ok?"
"Of course mr. president. You're also very different from Nixon because he won the popular vote."
"Listen OJ, you are being very mean to me. Ok? You don't even ask me about all the good things I did this week. For example on Tuesday, I let Kellyanne out of her crypt. Also I invented a new phrase. Have you heard it? It's called priming the pump."
"You didn't invent that, sir. That's a very famous economic phrase."
"No, it's not. It's when I tug at myself half an hour before Melania comes in, so she can find it easier. Ok?"
"Ew. That is not what priming the pump means. And you have just earned yourself an Anderson Cooper eye roll. Andy, take it away. Thanks Coop. Now, mr. president, on Thursday you tweeted that James Comey better hope you don't have tapes of your private conversation. Did you secretly tape him?"
"Listen Kenan, I don't know. Ok? Probably. I tape a lot of people. I tape whoever I want, whenever I want. Some people have called me a serial tapist. And it's true I am. Ok? When you're president they let you do it."
"Ok, moving on. A lot of people are worried about who you're gonna replace James Comey with at the FBI. Can you just reassure us all that you're not gonna pick someone crazy like Judge Judy?"
"I can promise you this right now: whoever I choose is going to be so bonkers, you're gonna wish like Hell it was Judge Judy. Ok?"
"Ok, mr. Trump, are you trolling us? Because this week you also met with the Russian ambassador in the oval office. You must have known the optics on that would be terrible."
"Come on, do you think I care about optics? Look at me. I sit on every chair like it's a toilet. Ok?"
"It's a good point, sir. But in the future, can you stop and think about the optics? Because every single day is something nuts. Your presidency is like the craziest show on tv and it's on 24 hours a day and we can't keep up."
"Well too bad because this show is going to run for 8 years. Ok? Even though it should have been canceled months ago, but don't worry. We have plenty of fun plot twists coming up. A lot of your favorite characters will be coming back: Kim Jung Un, Carter Page, even that little psycho Steve Miller. Ok? Also, I don't want to give away too much, but in an upcoming episode, we will find out that Kellyanne has been dead this whole time. Ok?"
"Well thank you for being here, sir. On behalf of everyone, I just want to say, I can't believe you're president."
"I feel you, 2pac."

Hella is only used in California and has hella chance of catching on elsewhere. If you stepped out of Starbucks, you would know that.

--
"That role should be yours."

I wonder if cats would play with a yo-yo.

An optimizer is easy to multi-thread, but trying it on BSD is tempting fate.

There was no reason for OOXML. It doubles the amount of work programmers of free word processors have to do. Microsoft is making people buy their software by keeping compatibility hostage.

On Friday, February 10, 2023 at 9:00:36 AM UTC-5, Mihai Moise wrote:
> An optimizer is easy to multi-thread, but trying it on BSD is tempting fate.
>
> There was no reason for OOXML. It doubles the amount of work programmers of free word processors have to do. Microsoft is making people buy their software by keeping compatibility hostage.

I was ranting. The second paragraph was false. There are quality free word processors.

On Friday, February 3, 2023 at 3:10:39 AM UTC-5, Mihai Moise wrote:
> A 2-dimensional lossless Haar cascaded with a prediction and another Haar.

Transforms where the reconstruction functions are shorter than 4 cause short bursts of energy. Longer than 4 they smudge edges. Transforms where the reconstruction functions are length at least 4 are perfect.

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Velociraptor: velo: quick. rapture: going to Heaven at the end of the world. The rapture can be hastened by meeting a velociraptor.

This is the checksum I use in Libima:

int c0, c1;
short c;

c0 += c;
c1 += c0;

It has about the same properties as a CRC, but I think faster on shaders. So I think of it as a gem.

In Dracula, my favorite character is Mina. In some books, like The Lord of the Rings, all the characters have the same personality, so they cannot be told apart.

--
"Life's a bitch. Now so am I."

On Friday, February 10, 2023 at 12:45:37 AM UTC-5, Mihai Moise wrote:
> We now return to NBC NIGHTLY NEWS and part 2 of Lester Holt's interview with president Donald J Trump.

90% fits and of that 100% is true.

On Friday, February 3, 2023 at 3:10:39 AM UTC-5, Mihai Moise wrote:
> This thread is fun and there hasn't been any drama yet.
>
> Most image compression programmers use the DCT. I have a better idea. A 2-dimensional lossless Haar cascaded with a prediction and another Haar.

I have an idea how a video codec can have curved outlines for objects. At the border between regions which have different predictors, use 0 for one region and 1 for the other region. And let the transform's interpolation turn rectangles into a curved outline.

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"I want some more."
"Do you think he got it right, or should he have given it a few more tries?"

What a song needs is a catchy title. Feel free to use.

Prince Charles marries toxic waste
Princess Anne dumped at sea

What a song needs is a catchy title. Feel free to use.

Prince Charles marries toxic waste. Princess Anne dumped at sea.

I don't like image codecs which make it look like there are 2 aliens in an image where there is only 1.

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Unwrap yourself from around my finger

"I would rather eat carbs than see her wearing my crown."

I ignored Atkins until I heard this line.

--
"Well, you can sleep on the other side."
"I don't like to sleep that close to the fire."
"Well I don't know what to tell you. First come, first served."
"Is that right?"
"Oh yeah, that's right."

Has it happened to you that you listen to something and then the words become foggy in your memory and then they convert themselves into something better than the original?

On Sun, 12 Feb 2023 01:45:28 -0800 (PST)
Mihai Moise <mihai.moise5@gmail.com> wrote:

> Has it happened to you that you listen to something and then the words become foggy in your memory and then they convert themselves into something better than the original?

Never.

But I'd encourage you to set up your own blog where your followers can
give you proper feedback on your pearls of wisdom; this NG is about
compression, not comprehension, AFAICT.

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Bah, and indeed Humbug.