Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2022/02/14

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Subject: [Leica] microwave popcorn
From: hlritter at bex.net (Howard Ritter)
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2022 11:30:11 -0500
References: <4145195979b38f17927920c771dcb70c@reid.org>

The Microwave Popcorn Method! Isn?t that a practical application of Bayesian 
statistics? I use the approach frequently, with popcorn as in life in 
general.

?howard

> On Feb14, 2022, at 1030, Brian Reid <reid at mejac.carlsbad.ca.us> wrote:
> 
> Every microwave oven I have ever owned has had a "Popcorn" button, and 
> every package of microwave popcorn I have ever seen instructs me not to 
> use it.
> 
> Alas, these days I need to be so careful about consuming carbohydrates 
> that I hardly ever eat popcorn, but when I do, I use that button. It 
> usually doesn't cook the popcorn quite enough, so when it's done I push it 
> again and listen closely. When the rate of popping slows down to about one 
> per second, I hit "Stop" and declare it to be done.
> 
> Thus it shall be with the LUG 2021 Yearbook. When the rate of arrival of 
> pictures slows down to less than one per day, I will hit "Publish" and 
> declare it to be done.
> 
> Until then, http://leica-users.org/yearbook/submitting.html
> 
> 
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