AboutFace 22

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Thank you. I appreciate it. I am very comfortable here. AboutFace_22--AboutFace 22 (talk) 20:57, 24 December 2013 (UTC)

Fortran coding discussion

I suggest we continue the discussion here, since there seem to be some real jerks over at the Ref Desk page now, more interested in insulting everyone than actually giving you answers. We can keep the discussion here, and also wont have to worry about archiving. You might want to leave me a note on my talk page, whenever you add something here, so I will know to take a look. Thanks, StuRat (talk) 18:06, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

OK, if you can stand the abuse, go ahead and stick with the Ref Desk. You might also have a hard time finding things as they are archived, but the Contributions button at the top might help you to find old things. BTW, how on Earth did you go from computer programming to being a doctor ? StuRat (talk) 21:32, 30 December 2013 (UTC)

StuRat, I think I answered your question a week or so ago. I mean the question how I went from being an MD to programming. Now I cannot see my answer. Have you seen it? Anyhow it was all self-made, on an amateurish level. At some stages in my life I programmed in Pascal, C, Fortran, of course, I started with Fortran actually, C#. There are some doctors who do programming, I am not alone. As far as the abuse is concerned, I cannot care less. I can also drive them away or warn them. You are correct, they are jerks but there are jerks everywhere. Thank you for your help. Have you restored your desktop? --AboutFace 22 (talk) 17:56, 11 January 2014 (UTC)

Yes, you put it on my talk page. StuRat (talk) 19:45, 11 January 2014 (UTC)

Did you ever get Gfortran working on your PC ? StuRat (talk) 23:17, 18 January 2014 (UTC)

Have any updates for me ? StuRat (talk) 02:42, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

SturRat, good morning. Sorry, I missed one of your questions. That is about GFortran. The direct answer is: No, I haven't. Our lives are always convoluted as you know. This is what happened. I ran into a long acquaintance of mine who expressed interest in reviewing my troubles. I hope to enlist him eventually in joining the project as a programmer. Anyhow, on that occasion I showed him my long abandoned C# implementation I myself wrote. The whole idea was to calculate special functions, Associated Legendre Polynomials. I showed him what I had. After that my interest was rekindled and on a spur of the moment in a few days I began cleaning the code and now I am in a process of almost finishing it. In short it seems I proved that those functions can be calculated using C# code I had. Of course I had to correct a few bugs, etc. My failure to do it 3-4 years ago led me to suspect that I was losing precision and this is how I began thinking about Fortran. I did calculate them myself without a doubt with the help of Fortran around 1985, etc. Still I have only an hour after I come home from work to do such things. But it seems now (still a few tests must be performed, e.g. calculating the functions with two vastly different methods) I won't need Fortran after all. Thanks. --AboutFace 22 (talk) 16:40, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

Sorry, I don't understand your question about the updates. What do you mean? --AboutFace 22 (talk) 16:43, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

That was just my second attempt to ask for an update on how GFortran was working for you. Glad to hear you're moving forward with the project and fixed those bugs. I hope it all works out great for you ! StuRat (talk) 17:02, 25 January 2014 (UTC)

Tabbing in threads

I noticed that you don't use tabs in discussion threads. Many people don't know how, so let me explain. When you reply to a comment you should place your response after it and indented from it. (The number of colons in front controls the indentation amount.) If you are responding to an earlier comment you should indent from that comment, not the last one. Only the OP should place unindented comments, and then only when not replying to any other specific comment. StuRat (talk) 10:50, 11 January 2014 (UTC)

An example:

President Grant

What were his first and middle names ? OP (talk)

His first name was Ulyyses. Guy 1 (talk)

Yes, but it's spelled Ulysses. Guy 2 (talk)

His middle initial was S. Guy 3 (talk)

But what does that stand for ? OP (talk)

Simpson. Guy 1 (talk)

Also, didn't he have a different name at birth ? OP (talk)

Yes, he was named Hiram Ulysses Grant at birth, but later dropped Hiram, made Ulysses his first name, and adopted his mother's maiden name (Simpson) as his new middle name. Guy 1 (talk)

BTW, this info is all in the article you linked to.Guy 2 (talk)

StuRat, thank you. I will try to learn and comply. You are teaching me good mananers, Just Kidding. :-) I really appreciate it. Actually I kind of been wondering myself what's going on, why my posts are never indented. --AboutFace 22 (talk) 17:35, 19 January 2014 (UTC)

[unindent] I came here by accident, thinking you were someone else, and then I saw this discussion. If a thread's getting too far indented, it's helpful to put in an unindented statement with a note such as the one I gave; this makes the discussion easier to read, and it demonstrates that you're continuing in the same series of comments and not starting something new. Nyttend (talk) 01:54, 31 January 2014 (UTC)

Reference desk

Please don't use the reference desk to soapbox or as a platform for your opinions as you did here. Questions should be answered factually and knowledgably, preferably with references to Wikipedia articles or other sources. SpinningSpark 02:23, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

This post at the Reference Desk appears to be trolling: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia%3AReference_desk%2FScience&diff=613760083&oldid=613759938 Robert McClenon (talk) 14:43, 21 June 2014 (UTC)

An update to your recent question at WP:RDMA. -- ToE 14:38, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

Deleting at the Reference Desk

[1] The history shows that you deleted my post. This is not allowed. Please restore the post immediately. 84.209.89.214 (talk) 23:12, 4 August 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia:Reference desk/Computing#Flipping web pages

You are invited to join the discussion at Wikipedia:Reference desk/Computing#Flipping web pages. I've added a comment there why IE is wreaking havoc. - gacelperfinian^{(talk in - error? Start a new topic)} 01:10, 8 December 2014 (UTC) Thanks. gacelperfinian^{(talk in - error? Start a new topic)} 01:10, 8 December 2014 (UTC)

Speculation on the RefDesk

Guessing and making over-generalizations is not helpful. The best way to contribute constructively is to cite references that are appropriate. Surely you realize that your personal recollections about what some of your friends related to you is subjective and hardly representative. Matt Deres (talk) 01:13, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

For your information I am not guessing. All antidepressants are also effective antianxiety drugs. It is a FACT absolutely well known to any practitioner. You are guessing. This fact is so fundamental that I would have hard time finding a quote to support it. It is just practice. --AboutFace 22 (talk) 14:51, 8 May 2017 (UTC)

Help me!

Please help me with... In the Science desk on Nov 21, 2017 there are two threads with similar names: "BAU International University Berlin" It is blatant commercial advertisement, nothing more. Please remove both.

AboutFace 22 (talk) 22:39, 21 November 2017 (UTC)

And you haven't done that yourself because...? Huon (talk) 00:01, 22 November 2017 (UTC)

Thanks!

At Wikipedia:Reference desk/Science#People who look alike, I was amused to read a response by someone named "AboutFace 22". DMacks (talk) 02:12, 9 September 2019 (UTC)

Relevant Bob the Angry Flower cartoon

The Time Looker-Forward Tube

Cheers, ToE 06:13, 21 March 2020 (UTC)

RefDesk and Uncited Medical Advice

Hi AboutFace 22, please do not comments making generalized medical claims in the Reference Desks. It is already policy in the science reference desk that we do not give medical advice, period. That also means we should not be giving unsolicited medical claims, especially without any sort of citation. To claim "people who do X die sooner" is not advice or commentary that we should be making, especially without any attempt at supporting evidence and sourcing. Thanks, --OuroborosCobra (talk) 23:10, 14 April 2021 (UTC)

Cats

Hello AboutFace 22, I would just like to express empathy with your feline difficulties as I can't offer a solution other than patience. We are currently fostering a 10-year-old rescue cat whose carer died. He has been hiding now for three and a half weeks. There is some slow progress though; he will now come down to the first or even ground floor of the house in daylight, and show himself when (only) my girlfriend is present. I still have not seen the whole cat myself. We have had cats for at least thirty years, and never known one to hide for more than a couple of days. We are being patient. Good luck with your cat. catslash (talk) 00:05, 8 March 2023 (UTC)

Hi there. I found an interesting solution and conquered my cat's affection in 3 sessions. Now we are the best friends. She now recognizes myself and a woman who comes to my home for 2 hours every morning, to brew tea and cook some food. They prefer women for sure. Good luck to you in your noble enterprise.AboutFace 22 (talk) 09:19, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

That is very good news. What was your interesting solution please? catslash (talk) 17:25, 5 April 2023 (UTC)

You need an assistant for that. My son-in-law caught my hiding cat and I began brushing her fur with a metal brush. I need to note that my cat has dark, very firm fur. She began to wiggle and I had hard time holding her and brushing her at the same time. She escaped in about a minute. I asked my son-in-law to repeat the procedure 2 weeks later. He caught my kitty and brought her to me. I began brushing her and although she still wiggled, she tolerated longer brushing.Two weeks later on occasion of my son-in-law coming to me I asked him to find the kitty again. This time she tolerated the brushing for even a longer time. That night I found her in bed next to me and I began petting her on her head. She loved it. Now we are the best friends. Good luck to you. I love cats. AboutFace 22 (talk) 19:36, 18 April 2023 (UTC)

Thank you for explaining that. Today we took our foster cat to a lady who will be giving him a permanent home (we hope), so we will not be needing to try this procedure on this occasion. Should that not work out, or should we ever encounter a similar cat, then I will be more assertive in interacting with him or her. Simply waiting for our foster cat to become accustomed to my presence did not work - even after two months. catslash (talk) 00:09, 21 April 2023 (UTC)