Okay. #USGS says the #earthquake was M 4.4, 1km WNW of Lytle Creek, CA.
It started with a low rumbling sound. Then the MyShake app alerted: "Earthquake! Take cover. Drop, cover, hold!" Then came the shaking, which lasted less than 30 seconds. It was not intense.
I have probably seen ten to fifteen of his previous videos. I have enjoyed them all. I will likely try to watch some of the back catalog. But I will not even try to watch five hundred episodes.
I was unaware of Wirth's passing. Thanks for the post.
I took an intro class with Pascal at the same time I was doing a C course, so Pascal could be my 2nd or 3rd language (being preceded by various dialects of BASIC from the 1970s onward).
@clacke That brings to mind a question about Scandinavian languages. I've probably already asked this before (of you and of Thorwegian), but if I have, I forgot your answers.
How close are most Scandinavian languages? Is there some degree of mutual intelligibility?
@clacke In the US, there are cornstarch powders which are unlikely to have minerals such as asbestos. I don't know whether they'd be exported to HK, but if not, there are probably other countries that produce such a product.
I can't compare the two for absorption. You'll just have to try it and see if it meets your needs.
Location: 37Β° 30' 00.0" N, 137Β° 12' 00.0" E. Depth 10.0 km / 6.2 mi. Pager is yellow for estimated economic losses between USD$1 and USD$1,000,000; green for estimated zero fatalities.
MMI: IX (violent; heavy damage)
Ground failure: landslides -- significant area affected but limited population exposure; liquefaction -- significant area affected and extensive population exposure.
Back when I was a college student, I knew two students, Wayne and Annie. They were great friends, to the point where Annie had visited Wayne's home several times and knew his parents.
On New Year's Eve, Annie went to a party and got too drunk to drive, so she called Wayne's dad for a ride. Wayne's dad was killed in a collision as a drunk driver flew through a red light.
Seriously, folks. If you're going to drink, choose a designated driver who will forego intoxicants. If you're going to drive, you're the designee. Skip the booze and the drugs.
I think CA holds bartenders responsible. I don't do the bar thing, but my understanding is that they intentionally won't serve alcohol to someone who is obviously past a certain point.
I do not know whether that responsibility extends to the person's choice of transportation after their bar visit. I'm sure one can offer to call a taxi, but one cannot force a patron to use said taxi.
If they don't, they probably should. But I admit it is sometimes difficult to know whether an unknown site's URL parameters are tracking fields or content selectors.