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Re: Mysteries: Scabbers the Rat

Robin R — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 07:55:32 -0000

In PA19, there is this exchange between Ron and Lupin:

“Look, Scabbers probably had a fight with another rat or something! He’s been in my family for ages, right —”
“Twelve years, in fact,” said Lupin. “Didn’t you ever wonder why he was living so long?"

Ron doesn't confirm that Scabbers has been with the Weasleys for 12 years, but he doesn't dispute it either. (This doesn't contradict the passage you quoted: it is possible that Ron knows that they have had Scabbers for 12 years, but doesn't know his age.) This would suggest that Scabbers arrived at the Weasleys' shortly after November 1981.

Re: Fussing With The Pledge Cap UI For Goal Creation

Robin R — Mon, 12 Aug 2019 13:46:32 -0000

Allow me to nitpick: there is one point which was obvious in the previous design and isn't in the new one (anti-Pareto!). If my initial pledge is $0, what will my pledge be after my first failure: $5 or $10? It used to be explicit, and now it isn't.

Also, am I the only one who tried the goal creation screen and discovered that the pledge schedule has changed to $1/5/10/20/40/80...?

Re: All About the Horcrux Timeline

Robin R — Sun, 21 Oct 2018 11:19:15 -0000

Nice timeline, but it's missing the creation of the Nagini Horcrux.

Re: Feature Announcement: General Mercy

Robin R — Mon, 27 Aug 2018 04:03:34 -0000

Precisely. You can also do that for a rate of 2/week, with say
emergencies on Tuesdays and Fridays (a circumvoluted way of getting
week-ends off!).

Re: Feature Announcement: General Mercy

Robin R — Wed, 22 Aug 2018 13:26:42 -0000

Useful feature, thanks! I have (or had) several goals where I want any derailment to happen on a specific day of the week; for example I have a home improvements goal with a rate of 1/week and I want derailment threats to occur on Sundays when it's easier for me to handle them. Until now, I had to do some tweaking every time I derailed to get back to this behaviour, but no longer thanks to this new setting.

Re: Beeminding And All That Jazz

Robin R — Mon, 30 Apr 2018 05:12:31 -0000

Cool, thanks!
I had thought about counting the number of different friends I was in touch with, but that didn't work as well. I'll probably give your system a try soon. :)

Re: Beeminding And All That Jazz

Robin R — Sat, 28 Apr 2018 11:56:42 -0000

Great post, thanks!
I'm curious about your "PalPower" goal. How do you implement it, and what do you count? I tried a similar goal at some point, but didn't find the right way of tracking this and archived the goal quite quickly.

Re: Digging for Gold in the CG Cast List

Robin R — Sat, 24 Mar 2018 14:53:39 -0000

Auror Chang could be related to Cho Chang. Or it could be a coincidence, since Chang is a common last name.

Re: The “I Will” System

Robin R — Wed, 09 Aug 2017 07:40:26 -0000

I like the principle, but I didn't understand how you beemind it. Could you give a specific example of what your datapoints look like (before and after completion)?

Re: Vers une nouvelle révolution chinoise ?

Robin R — Sun, 24 Nov 2013 14:00:00 -0000

Tant pour le yuan que pour le mouvement vers le capitalisme, il s'agit de deux petits pas, qui sont en accord avec lez petits pas précédents. Ca ne me choque pas que les médias se soient concentrés sur l'abolition des camps de travail, l'assouplissement de la politique de l'enfant unique, et la réforme du système bancaire, qui sont des pas majeurs et bien plus nouveaux.

Re: Beeminder Turns Two!

Robin R — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 04:53:07 -0000

Congratulations!
I've been around for just over two years, and Beeminder has helped me work more productively, eat healthier, waste less time on the Interwebs, never get behind on my boring admin tasks, and increase my typing speed by about 50%… Thanks!

Re: Le meilleur du net (je parle de moi) - Pi Is Strange En fait, cette propriété est...

Robin R — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 14:56:56 -0000

Et si je prends un nombre au hasard, alors ce nombre possède presque sûrement cette propriété (au sens statistique du terme).

Re: Lapalissade - Wikipédia

Robin R — Thu, 03 Jan 2013 02:51:41 -0000

J'ai envie de dire : {{Référence nécessaire}}

Re: The Hardest Logic Puzzle Ever - Wikipedia

Robin R — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 15:40:42 -0000

Ca se construit au fur et à mesure dans le sens où tu as d'abord des questions du même genre mais plus faciles. Mais par exemple, je pense qu'il doit y avoir la même mais sans qu'on sache à l'avance qu'il y a un de chaque type. Par contre, on n'a pas plus de 3 types de personnages.

Je disais surtout ça parce que je trouve bizarre qu'il prenne un puzzle de Smullyan et dise que c'est le plus dur de l'histoire, alors qu'il y a plus dur du même auteur.

Re: The Hardest Logic Puzzle Ever - Wikipedia

Robin R — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 14:30:51 -0000

Dans mon souvenir, il y avait pire dans les livres de Smullyan.

Re: http://pruneau.tumblr.com/post/36372008429

Robin R — Sat, 24 Nov 2012 08:53:03 -0000

I beg to differ: Adams a eu Jefferson.

Re: http://kurthectic.tumblr.com/post/35401255904

Robin R — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 10:57:00 -0000

On peut aussi le voir comme ça : http://upload.wikimedia.org...

Re: Paternoster - Wikipédia

Robin R — Fri, 26 Oct 2012 02:26:13 -0000

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

Re: How Bill Clinton Could Be President Again

Robin R — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 08:02:43 -0000

Fun, but wrong: to run for president of France, you need to be a French national. Where you were born has no importance. For example, one of the candidates this year was born in Norway.

Re: Doctor's alphabet

Robin R — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 11:31:24 -0000

https://www.facebook.com/ph...

Re: http://kurthectic.tumblr.com/post/24004359550

Robin R — Tue, 29 May 2012 15:18:07 -0000

Ils prennent les tickets restaurant ?

Re: http://kurthectic.tumblr.com/post/23486827972

Robin R — Tue, 22 May 2012 04:48:24 -0000

Ça me paraît n'importe quoi.
Off the top of my head, il manque : le Coran, le Petit Prince, Narnia...

Re: http://kurthectic.tumblr.com/post/21394306186

Robin R — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:21:05 -0000

Les 1% en question ont un taux global d'imposition inférieur à quasiment toutes les autres tranches de la population (à part les 10% les plus pauvres) : http://www.revolution-fisca...

Re: http://kurthectic.tumblr.com/post/20477337001

Robin R — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 07:27:10 -0000

En 1981, ça fait 7 et pas 8.
Et j'ai l'impression qu'en regardant 2010 plutôt que 2011, il y aurait plus de créations originales.

Re: DTC #13166

Robin R — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:53:32 -0000

Pour autant, notons qu'aucun des états proposés par les joueurs n'est le bon.