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If I could have some CS wishes, my list wouldn't be too long. Well, maybe it would. The first request would be to be able to view profiles without them knowing and not giving up the ability of knowing who view me. Kinda like having your cake and eating it too. Going stealth has it's drawbacks. Unfortunately as simple of a request could have everyone using it and soon no one would 'see' any profiles here.

Another request would be to log on and appear offline. All the hits I get are within the first 20 minutes of being online as members float to the top of the list of who's online by the order of when they log on.

Allow foreign (Asian) languages so we read what they say in their language when they don't know English.
Chinese, Japanese, Thai, also Russian.

After a review of this body cam, Preston Hemphill gets fired from the Memphis Police Force having violated multiple department policies. Quick read: He was one of the first cops to confront Tyre Nichols and allegedly deployed his Taser during the confrontation.
The investigation is ongoing and I'm sure we will see updates as details are released.

Links:

After a long period of retreating from my activities over ART sharing, I recently returned to my old blog,
The Universe of Art (romanian interface)


Th3Mirr0r
polyvalent artist: “We live here on Earth, but often finding ourselves as living in separate worlds…”

On it, I'm featuring new blogs I have opened, with the wish of sharing the many of my works, writing along the years.


TheMirror: EDELWEISS (EN)


Oglinda Literara (EN/RO)


Edelweiss Core (EN)


TheMirror: POETICA (RO)


COMPENDIUM LITTERAE (RO)


By posting this list with blogs, it is not with a purpose of advertising. Everything I do, is totally free, non-profit content to share it to those who might find any interest in reading. None of my blogs is monetized and not seeking any profit of, - everything I do is on my own time, and on my own expenses.

(Notice found on each blogs)
Note! *** The published texts belong entirely to me; therefore, by my copyright, I do not allow their permutation/plagiarism, or other similar, negative things. In case of permuting some texts or fragments, I will do it personally. I do not accept in any way the permutation of some texts or fragments for commercial purposes, except with my written and signed consent. Instead, I allow the use or publication of the texts and fragments for educational purposes, without any commercial implication and only if my name is mentioned as the rightful author of the writing, then, notified in advance of the purpose of its use. The content of this blog is not monetized, so the ads belong to the wordpress platform; I do not wish to opt-in to payment options for ad removal. Everything I post is free and not for profit.

Thank you for visiting!

Petrea Marian Iulian
(Th3Mirr0r)

I had an agreement with someone at work, that I would help him move today. 11 am meeting time, but I was there a bit earlier, because I wanted some food and something to drink.

Once that was acquired, off we went to collect the furniture. On the motorway there, a car got our attention by honking. Apparently something was wrong, so we pulled over to see what they were on about. Finding nothing, we started driving again. It was only when we arrived at the location from where my coworker was moving from, that we found out what they were trying to say to us on the motorway - the rear driver side tyre was almost out of air. It was also pretty warm, so we had to change the wheel. I don't know why the tyre was warm, so maybe someone can educate me on that subject.

Anyway.. We managed to change the wheel, after what felt like five hours. In reality, it was only about 45 minutes, but it felt longer. We loaded up the furniture, a whopping THREE cabinets and a TV, and off we went to my coworkers new place. He had found a place in a town close to work for 5000 Danish kroner per month including bills, which was pretty cheap seeing as he has two rooms, instead of just one.

When we were close to the new place, I suddenly got a pretty severe case of flashbacks to back when I was about 8. All the houses looked like the one I grew up in. We're talking the exact same layout, same kitchen and bathroom placement, same garden.. Same everything. The only thing missing was red doors and a shed next to the front door. Otherwise, it looked exactly the same. It was very weird, and I knew where everything was, even if it was my first time in that particular place.

So my day today went from "Oh it's gonna be pretty quick moving these things" to "Wow, I am back in my childhood home AND I have helped changing a flat tyre on a van.."

I have also begun the next stage in my USA trip planning. More on that later

For years, I've been reading about Amazon making deliveries by drone. For the record, it's not perfected yet. Good idea or not, something on a large scale must get the approval of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) which is the same government agency that hasn't allowed flying cars. Remember those?
I'm reading some drone companies have plane-like aircraft that drop their cargo from 10 to 12 feet and not land to release the package. Tell that to your Rolex vendor.

People who make flying cars often depict someone stuck in traffic and like a transformer, opening wings and taking to the sky. Read my lips: It ain't happening.
Airplanes (real or converted cars) have to get approval from a flight tower and have a prescribed flight plan... with the exception of a crop duster in Kansas, they all have to be 'on the radar' and takeoff and land from a runway. That includes manned drones.

While Amazon drones have great merit, you cannot fill the sky with drones dropping $200 Yeazy sneakers across town. What are they good for? In my opinion, special emergency authorization like a 20 minute direct flight transporting a heart (on ice) to a hospital 50 miles away where an ambulance transport could be more than one hour getting through one busy city to another busy city. Just like an ambulance helicopter transport, a designated heli-pad is where the package would be received. Logically, there would need to be a fast charge station for the return flight.

Drone on...

I wrote a blog early this morning that more than 70 new female profiles listed from Kenya were created in a 6 hour period. The blog disappeared and so did the 70 profiles.
I checked now and counted more than 14 new ones in 3 hours.
Hackers or a busy matchmaker using CS as the portal isn't important to me. I just highlighted the unusual activity. Obviously, someone is pumping CS with women from Kenya.
Having seen this on another site, they actually removed that country from membership or location. Famous for romance scammers, the same went for Nigeria and Ghana.
Those countries weren't available as places for new members.

COVID hit and car buying changed. New cars were in short supply with no new inventory to replenish stock. Used car prices shot up where cars coming off a 3-year lease are selling for the same price is new.
One day I'm reading that's all going to change and another day I'm reading this inflated car prices isn't going away anytime soon.
I'm getting messages from the dealer where I bought a few years ago... they want to buy back my car. I'm just out of warrantee and have been toying with the idea of something slightly larger. In doing so, I'll miss having a car that gets around 35 miles per gallon.

I keep shopping, but nothing interesting has jumped out to get my attention...

Video link/s to the famous Mandelbrot Set - To Some of the Highest Levels of Detail Ever Recorded! (i.e the most Iterations)...

The Mandelbrot Set was discovered (mathematically) by Benoit Mandelbrot, (in 1980).



To Infinity, and Beyond? (At the Microscopic Level)?

This would seem to suggest Infinity is possible in the reverse direction (Think Zeno's Paradox). It is all a matter of scale. To think in this way; is to understand how the Big Bang could have come from an Infinitely Small Singularity. In fact, all of the Cosmological Evidence (background radiation) would seem to point toward the veracity of this statement.......

To Infinity, and Beyond? (At the Macroscopic Level)?

Consider this, now, from the Reverse Point of View: Since the MS is Infinite in one direction; then why not the other way around? Likewise, this would seem to suggest that the Universe is Infinite at Vast Scales; which the human mind cannot process; and indeed fits the Mathematical Definition of Genuine Infinity....(there are various interpretations of this).......

Here the Argand Plane is used:

The x-axis (horizontal) represents the Real Numbers;
(as in a Cartesian standard graph)

The y-axis (vertical) represents the Imaginary Numbers;
(designated the iy axis);

where i = (-1)^1/2 = {the square root of (-1)}

Therefore, any Complex Number z can be written in the form:

z = a + ib

For any point (a,ib) on the Complex Plane.

The Real part of the Complex Number z is written:

Re(z) = a

The Imaginary part of the Complex Number z is written:

Im(z) = b



The iterative function f(z) For the Mandelbrot Set is:

f(z) = z^2 + C (for any complex constant C)

On the Argand plane (x, iy) axis.

(Start with z = 0)

Fractals at ANY level of magnification will produce self-similar but NOT Identical Patterns (generated by the information contained in the Original Set)....

Everything in Nature is Fractal; (The classic example would be a snowflake) - they are all indeed different, yet superficially the same; due to their self-similarity. Other examples would include leaves on a tree, and forks of lightning....

The Universe itself, is Fractal/Chaotic

This is why (mathematically) these Fractal Sets are very significant and important to study...

The Mandelbrot Set is probably the most famous fractal set; although there are many others (depending on the mathematical parameters chosen, and, of course, the initial function)...

These are the Link/s (below):










There are higher levels of Magnification (Iterations) available, like this one:



The final image, here, is Magnified to 10^4004 (10 to the power of 4004). That is to say, a phenominally Large Number.

Or in other words, the number 10, with 4004 zeros after it! - (or 400,000 Iterations).

Only to get to a "typical" MS motif at the end......(Completely Mind Blowing!)


And two 3D ones for Enthusiasts:

(These are usually based on a 4D form of Complex Numbers called Quaternions)

I really recommend this one..




And...



The math is further explained, here (for those interested in more detail)...





Btw, I'm Not trying to show off here, I just find the Mandelbrot Set (and Fractals, in general) to be F..king Amazing!.......


***TRIGGER WARNING**** Use Extreme Caution if you have Epilepsy, or are otherwise susceptible.....

Watch and be amazed

You may have heard of the Maltese Cross, but do you know what made the Maltese cross?
One day a creature was born. Probably a bastard child. Possibly an alien hybrid. Brought up without parental control and consequently became a menace to society. It swears all the time and finds fun in its abusive behaviour. It tries to evade identification by regularly changing its name and avoids being photographed. The Maltese people are very cross and refer to this creature as the Maltese Hooligan.

They seek him here
They seek him there
The Maltese Hooligan is everywhere
He hides his face
In complete disgrace
And changes his name
To come back again
For he swears a lot
Does this idiot
Full of abuse
Which does not amuse
But his end will come
And soon will be done
So Malta can rejoice again
When rid of this Hooligan.

Watch out for this creature recognised by persistent swearing and abuse. A faceless alien hybrid with the ability to regularly change identity and even acquire another's photo to try to be authentic.

that you are not exactly attracted to, but they just threw themselves at you?

Let's set some parameters. You are hitting an older age where you know you are not getting exactly younger.

The person, seems to be very mature and well grounded.

You are very good friends.

You have been single for over 10 years and the idea of adding someone to your life is a bit scary.

Their mom and dad is younger than you.



There are so many more. I think the best response, especially after having a couple of drinks was to say, I am flattered...and give her a hug.



Another parameter...you know there are some other people interested in you...but they are in a relationship, married...and have never come out and said anything...but you know their behavior around you speaks volumes. They are people you are attracted to....

So...how do you do the dance here