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May 21

Any free versions of these issues online?

I'm not posting on WP:RX because I don't need the articles, as I already have the material. I'm trying to link to the pages for use in an article on a footnote.

• The Saturday Evening Post. 212 (42): 115. April 13, 1940.
• Woman's Home Companion. p. 59. November 1940.
• Vogue. p. 58. February 1, 1941.

Thanks. Viriditas (talk) 23:25, 21 May 2024 (UTC)

@Viriditas: for Vogue: [1] requires a login to view the issue but it looks like there is no cost to create account RudolfRed (talk) 02:55, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Good news! Thank you. Viriditas (talk) 02:57, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

@RudolfRed: I've tried everything, but that Vogue site does not appear functional at all. Try logging in and reading an article from 1941. It doesn't work. Viriditas (talk) 23:39, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

May 22

Measurement units

Are there any recent books with not just contemporary human-scale units but many others all with conversions all listed in size order in sections named mass, acceleration, inverse length (several units like diopter are inverse length) etc (no wasting space blabbing for half the book instead of more kinds of units i.e. Meccan wine gallons and magnetic fluencivity). Maybe it could show multiple conversions per unit but one conversion per unit to either SI or one of the less obscure non-SI units would be sufficient. It'd be nice if the conversions had ~8-24 digits if unavoidable (some unit to different measurement system conversations could get an exact symbol with only a fqew digits (some without fractions or repeating decimal overlines like survey inch=(1/39.37) meters)). Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 04:30, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

I imagine such a book would struggle to find a publisher in the age of the internet. I did look through all the online unit converters on the first page of a DuckDuckGo search, and none of them cited any sources for their conversions, although several seemed very robust.

I'm not sure how interested you are in premodern units (I'm unfamiliar with Meccan wine gallons and magnetic fluencivity), but if you're looking at premodern units you should keep in mind that how we think of them in the present is usually an approximation of what their original value was, even if the value was rigorously defined at some point instead of a "just about". The recent book Eratosthenes and the Measurement of the Earth's Circumference (c.230 BCE) (Matthew, 2023) devotes an entire chapter to figuring out the size of the unit used in the ancient experiment. Meanwhile I've at least twice had cause to cite Loewe, Michael (1961). "The Measurement of Grain during the Han Period". T'oung Pao. Second Series. 49 (1/2): 64–95. doi:10.1163/156853262X00020. JSTOR 4527501. That article goes into significant depth about the changing value of different measurements of volume and where the historical sources allow us to estimate the measurements against each other and against modern units. Sometimes we get lucky and there's an extant prototype that allows us to measure premodern units exactly, but much of the time it takes research by subject matter experts laying out careful arguments blabbing half the book to arrive at a good estimate, and 8–24 digits is going to end up in the territory of false precision.

Anyway it's likely that if you cite two online unit converters in your calculations no one will challenge the results. Folly Mox (talk) 08:52, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

The subject of reference is Metrology that Wikipedia divides into sections each of which wastes space blabbing gives encyclopedia-worthy information, not least the essential historical evolution of units that overshadows any anachronistic conversion between ancient and modern units. The Metre is an example of a unit that has been redefined several times since it began in 1791 as Earth's circumference/40,000. Philvoids (talk) 12:59, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Wikipedia has articles for many units with conversion to metric and American, unit systems like SI or Ancient Egyptian with conversions to metric American and other units of the system the article's about, categories of units of the same type like area units, articles on quantities like area with less obscure units noted along with some cross-system conversions like hectare to or from acre. But not really like that book I saw. It probably didn't have every possible conversion factor but that means room for more units and you could derive any unit pair conversion factor from what's on the page anyway. I'm sure there's a massive multi-volume book covering all of metrology (including detailed care instructions for the one true kilogram and extremely dry statistical error propagationolgy) which I could use to find all the info in that book I saw (maybe requiring me to read the entire book and perform data entry just to get a table of every mentioned length unit and its size in SI ranked by size) but a book like that book I saw could be hundreds of US$ cheaper. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 18:54, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Right in some cases it might be less digits to avoid false precision, a range, ±, ~, c., a value written like 1.26(12), listed as Homeric stadion, Ptolemaic stadion etc or something like that. I don't know if Mecca ever had wine gallon(s) or barrel(s) (Britain had many obsolete local gallons and barrels). I don't know if magnetic fluencivity is real, there's so many jargony science quantities like fluence, abasement or absition (displacement times time), specific volume, jerk (physics) (acceleration squared), impulse (physics), specific impulse (not impulse), permittivity, permissivity, reactance, inductance, capacitance, acoustic resistance, acoustic impedance, electrical impedance, radiation resistance, magnetic flux, magnetic field strength, magnetic susceptibility and magnetic coercivity. I saw one such book long before the SI redefinition and remember international inch 25.4e or similar, U.S. survey inch maybe 9 significant digits/25.4000508 I stopped caring after 0005 to 000508 (my calculator could only fit 00051) so don't remember (1m/39.37 exactly but very or impossibly inconvenient to express exactly in the form cm per inch). Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 13:18, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Anyone remember the name of the most recent such book? Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 13:21, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Annual personal organizer diaries are usually padded with extra reference information such as maps and some common unit conversions such as degrees Celsius <-> Fahrenheit, metric <-> imperial units, etc. The most recent that will be for year 2025 are probably being printed now. Philvoids (talk) 17:49, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

Did the position "Senior Secretary of Cadres for CPSU" Existed

Hello, I'm researching historical positions within the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU) because Andrei Kirilenko (politician) page, he held a post called "Senior Secretary of Cadres." However, I haven't been able to find much information about it. Did this position officially exist within the CPSU, and if so, what were its responsibilities? Any guidance or references would be greatly appreciated. Thank you! SleepyJoe42 (talk) 14:37, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

The article on Kirilenko on the Russian Wikipedia mentions many secretarial position in which he served, including serving on the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the CPSU, but nothing resembling this specific designation. The Secretariat oversaw the day-to-day operations of the Party, and specific areas of work were assigned to its members, such as agriculture, but I suspect this was not reflected in a title. Moreover, according to the Russian article on Kirilenko, he oversaw industry, capital construction, transport and communications. The article Секретариат ЦК КПСС states that Kirilenko served as co-Second Secretary next to Mikhail Andreyevich Suslov.  --Lambiam 21:49, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

non-white acting like white

So far, apples means Indigenous peoples acting like white, coconuts means South Asian people acting like white, Oreo cookies means Black people like white and bananas means East and Southeast Asian acting like white, but is there a term for Middle Eastern people, Arabs, Iranians, Afghanis, Central Asians and Turkish peoples and others acting like white people? Donmust90 Donmust90 (talk) 18:11, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

There does not seem to be a specific term for MENA individuals acting or identifying as white. 136.54.106.120 (talk) 23:40, 22 May 2024 (UTC)

Racially speaking, Arabs, Iranians, Afghanis, Central Asians and Turkish are all Caucasians. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 03:22, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

Some Central Asians look far more similar to Japanese than Caucasus. Sagittarian Milky Way (talk) 04:58, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

Nonetheless, I'm trying to figure out what an Arab "acting like white" would look like. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 05:28, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

They are? What do Arabs have to do with the Caucasus mountains? Zanahary (talk) 06:20, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

See Caucasian race, specifically the sentence in the lede that says "In the United States, the root term Caucasian is still in use as a synonym for white or of European, Middle Eastern, or North African ancestry, a usage that has been criticized." I'm sure you're aware of this usage and are just pretending that it doesn't exist. Whether you like it or not, it's still a valid usage. --Viennese Waltz 07:06, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

I'm sure you're aware of this usage and are just pretending that it doesn't exist
Girl Zanahary (talk) 10:15, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

In my travels, I have heard: Oreos for blacks in the U.S. and Bounty bar for blacks in the U.K., Coconuts for Hawaiians, Bananas for Chinese and Japanese, and apple for Native Americans. Googling, I see that coconut is used in Central/South America, many of the Pacific Islands, and Indonesia. There is no reason to assume it wouldn't be used in India as well as India is (I believe) the largest producers of coconuts. I want to make sure it is obvious that all of these terms are offensive. Just because some people say them does not mean that any person should use them, even if it seems funny. I used to think it was OK. I do not get offended. So, I was called a lot of names from silly ones like "round-eye" in China to "oyinbo" in Nigeria. But, I was told that because I laughed, it made the person who said those terms comfortable with saying them to other people who could be offended. So, instead of laughing along, I began asking others to be more polite. 75.136.148.8 (talk) 15:14, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

Do you even know what "Oreo" indicates? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 19:20, 23 May 2024 (UTC)

They wrote in the question what it means (Black people acting like white), so why ask?  --Lambiam 07:46, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

I was talking to the IP, not to the OP. Oreo in plain language means "black on the outside, white on the inside", which is a harsh assessment, not intended to be funny. Which leads me to question whether the IP really understands the concept. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 18:48, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

(1) You didn't indent, so you appeared to be addressing the OP, not the IP. C'mon, you've been here for 20 years, you know how the indentation convention works.

(2) The IP geolocates to South Carolina, so (assuming no VPN), probably does know what "Oreo" indicates. Hell, I know and I live on a different continent. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.2.67.173 (talk) 22:12, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

I failed to count correctly, but my indentions were well-intentioned. As for SC, considering who they keep voting for, I wouldn't make any assumptions about their intelligence level. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 22:35, 24 May 2024 (UTC)

I see nothing in the IP's post that makes me question their understanding of the terms they are using. Making assumptions about someone's political leanings based on nothing more than the location from where they are posting does not suggest an excess of brightness.  --Lambiam 05:28, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

The IP brought up the notion the term "Oreo" somehow being considered "funny". It ain't. And as for being from SC, someone else brought that up too. I question the original premise "non-white acting like white". I don't think that's sufficient. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 07:56, 25 May 2024 (UTC)

You did read the question, correct? The question brought up oreo. You did read my response, correct? My response stated that it is offensive even if some people think it is funny. So, now it appears that it is important for you to frame an entire state as stupid and racist to save face. I feel that says a lot more about you than it does me. 75.136.148.8 (talk) 13:16, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

Who have you ever heard use "oreo" as a joke? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 18:45, 27 May 2024 (UTC)

Many people. When I was growing up, other kids called me oreo (among many other offensive terms like injun, redskin, and chief) to be mean. They laughed because many kids think being mean to kids who are different is funny. My friends also called me oreo specifically to be funny because they felt it was a way of letting me know that they don't care that my dad was Cherokee instead of black. I am not claiming that it was a full stand-up routine on HBO. I am only stating that they laughed and, in my opinion, people tend to laugh at things that they think are funny. Similarly, if some kids found sticks on the playground, they wanted to play cowboys and Indians, which meant chasing me around the playground while throwing sticks at me and laughing. Because they laughed, I assume they found it funny. I still feel you haven't read my comment above. I feel that I clearly state that even though someone might think it is funny, it isn't. It is offensive. 75.136.148.8 (talk) 19:24, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

You need to identify the which ones were those calling you so, and rationalize for each or each pack a conclusion, otherwise you're just propagating the bad spell ( Voodoo Ch'le ) --Askedonty (talk) 21:04, 28 May 2024 (UTC)

May 26

Graff Aviation

There's an airline called Graff Aviation that I'd like to find out more about, but it seems to have a minimal internet presence. It doesn't have an article on here. There are plenty of photos of its planes, see [2] and [3] for example. But it doesn't seem to have a website and I can't find any information on who owns it or what kind of services it provides. Can anyone provide some more information, please? Thank you, --Viennese Waltz 17:39, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

I can find a Graff Aviation Limited incorporated 1970 and dissolved 2018, and Graff Global Aviaiton Limited, incorporated 2008, still extant. They both appear to be associated with the Graff diamond business. DuncanHill (talk) 18:27, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

From this prospectus it appears they operate aircraft "used by Laurence Graff in his personal capacity". DuncanHill (talk) 18:57, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

Ah, so it's basically his private jet. Makes sense, many thanks. --Viennese Waltz 19:11, 26 May 2024 (UTC)

May 29

Is framing the bag and hanging it on the wall reusing it or recycling?

If you've been to Trader Joe's a couple times, the bag asks you this. 47.153.138.166 (talk) 02:06, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

I don't know how a bag would ask you something. However, per Recycling, what you're describing would be "reuse". Recycling typically involves breaking down the source into component materials. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 03:45, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Technically, it would be repurposing. Reusing is simply employing something for its designated purpose multiple times, repurposing is finding a new use for it.--User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 11:27, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Assuming the framed bag is "art", it seems like it would be upcycling. Matt Deres (talk) 17:42, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

Naively-cascaded biquad bandpasses vs Butterworth bandpass filters

What's the point of using Butterworth filter design for IIR filter bank spectrum analyzer if simply stacking biquads (w/ exact same properties for each stages) many times (which is what I've implemented in "Analog-style analyzer" mode on this filterbank-based audio spectrum project) is good enough? And what are advantages and disadvantages of naively cascading biquads over using "real" Butterworth bandpass filters for filter bank-based audio spectrum analyzers? And BTW, what is a name for IIR filter design where steeper rolloff is achieved simply by stacking the exact same filter over and over? 114.5.214.236 (talk) 05:50, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Well a Butterworth filter is optimum with spectrum flatness. A design engineer may want to get the "best" out of something, or may just want to do it as cheap or simple as possible. Other consideration such as whether the components are available or stable, or delay is too much can also become relevant. If it's implemented in software then other aspects may come in, such as intellectual property, but component values will be irrelevant. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 22:30, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

@Graeme Bartlett True, but what I'm concerned about is more of choice of filter types (e.g. Butterworth, Bessel, and even Linkwitz-Riley) for filter bank-based spectral analysis like 1/3rd octave band spectrum analyzer. BTW, I go for the "cheaper" or more precisely, simpler route, which is simply stacking the bandpass filters many times because I'm not an audio engineer (at least a good one) and the result is just good enough anyway if you don't care about details of the bandpass filter's properties. 114.5.208.150 (talk) 23:44, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

Stacking will not optimise the edge roll-off and may have complicated phase shifting. But for your application it doesn't matter. So simpl;icity and cheapness are more important. Perhaps there is an IC that can do the job. If you can find it, it could be very cheap and simple. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 00:55, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

@Graeme Bartlett and Philvoids: Yeah (considering stacking/cascading two time-domain filters is equivalent of squaring its frequency response) but obviously, since this question is related to this relevant CodePen project, I'm talking about this filter bank design implemented in software (which is digital obviously) strictly speaking. 114.5.211.132 (talk) 04:06, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

Tango (soccer ball)

Hello. If I remember correctly, for a certain period, the Tango was also the official ball of the old European Cup finals (the current Champions League). Since when and for how many years? Thank you very much. 93.148.11.229 (talk) 19:52, 29 May 2024 (UTC)

See Adidas Tango 41.23.55.195 (talk) 05:34, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

May 30

Red-eye Flight Movies

Long ago, before the invention of In-flight entertainment, did the airlines show projected movies on their red-eye flights? I think it's tolerable because people were given masks and earphones. -- Toytoy (talk) 01:45, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

On December 5, 1983, I took an American Airlines red-eye from Los Angeles to Chicago, and they showed the movie Staying Alive. Sorry, no WP:RS to cite. --142.112.143.8 (talk) 02:34, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

@Toytoy: How long ago? The article you link says in-flight entertainment began in 1936. It also says After World War II, food and drink services were offered, and movies were projected onto big screens viewable by all passengers on long flights. You can read more about in-flight movies in the History section of that article. RudolfRed (talk) 03:21, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

• I suggest the original poster was talking about seat-back screens with individual entertainment selections. --142.112.143.8 (talk) 05:25, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

From my memory, the overnight flight would stop showing movies at some point in the night, and turn lights down low. Graeme Bartlett (talk) 04:31, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

Before the invention of seatback LCD monitor, technically, you may still watch movies without disturbing others at night, as long as people are wearing sleep masks and earphones. I just don't know if they DID SHOW MOVIES alll night long on a red-eye flight. If not, people who don't like to sleep may find it difficult to pass the time. -- Toytoy (talk) 11:59, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

In the 1980s, movies were projected onto large pop-down screens but without sound (you had to use earphones to listen to it). So it wasn't too disturbing for passengers who wanted to sleep or read or whatever. As Graeme Bartlett mentions above, only one movie would typically be shown on an overnight flight, after which the cabin lights were dimmed until breakfast was served before landing. This is all from personal recollection Xuxl (talk) 15:35, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

Your recollection is correct. Viriditas (talk) 21:49, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

The earphones were made from plastic tubing and plugged into a speaker in the armrest. You had to pay for the earphones and then give them back at the end of the flight, presumably so that you didn't get a free listen on the way back. I watched a whole James Bond film (maybe The Living Daylights) without the sound on the way to Australia (it still made sense - kind of). There was only one film in the 23 hour flight. Alansplodge (talk) 16:48, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

Particular curiosity 1992 European Cup Final

It is a tradition that on the ‘ears’ of the trophy, ribbons in the social colours of the winning team are wrapped. In the case of Sampdoria's success at Wembley in 1992, what colour ribbons would they have been? One has to take into account the fact that Samp, that evening, was playing in the visiting team's uniform. Is it plausible to think of a pair of white and blue ribbons, like the uniform that night? Thank you very much. 93.148.11.229 (talk) 22:27, 30 May 2024 (UTC)

One can hope to move this out of the area of speculation by looking at earlier cases in which the winning team played in away colours. But how old is this tradition? For the 1991 European Cup final, photographs show the winning team hold up a cup with bare ears.^[4] Also for the 1990 European Cup final, the captain of the winning team is seen to hold up a trophy with unadorned ears.^[5]  --Lambiam 05:43, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

Websearching images for "1992 European Cup Final trophy" finds images of the winning team Barcelona with the trophy adorned with ribbons of their colours (blue and red, although 1992 European Cup final misleadingly shows a graphic of a mostly orange strip), so certainly had Sampdoria won it would have borne their colours instead.

Whether it would have been their (then) home or (then) away colours that they actually played in remains unresolved, but I note that, according to their article UC Sampdoria (is it correct?), their current home colours are (mostly) blue shirt and white shorts, and their away strip is white shirt and blue shorts. If that was also the case in 1992 then the ribbons would have been white and blue regardless.

Perhaps the OP knows, and will kindly tell us, what Sampdoria's home strip was in 1992? {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 94.2.67.173 (talk) 12:42, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

The colours do not change, so the substance does not change. Sampdoria's home uniform consisted of a blue shirt and white shorts. At Wemblely, it was simply the other way around, the colours of the ribbons would not change. Thanks a lot guys.

May 31

I saw those words today and dont know the difference. What is the difference of a curvy, voluptuous, thick and athletic body shape?

I saw those words today and dont know the difference. What is the difference of a curvy, voluptuous, thick and athletic body shape? Give me picture examples to make simple as google PS: If one of those ( curvy, voluptuous, thick ) is mistaken with fat, show a fat person to show the difference.177.63.95.122 (talk) 21:23, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

The words "curvy" and "voluptuous" imply that the individual is female ("curvaceous" is also used). To be fair to the OP, his native tongue is most likely Portuguese, where the corresponding words may have a wider meaning. Example: Boletim do Instituto Menezes Bragança [6] (on page 148):

...Índia conferiram a sua obra "originalidade e vigor que o aproximam ora do lirismo místico de Tagore, ora do satanismo voluptuoso de Beaudelaire".

...India conferred on his work "originality and vigour that approximate it now to the mystical lyricism of Tagore, now to the voluptuous Satanism of Beaudelaire".

OP, all you have to do is open up a generative AI website. It will create those images for you to look at. I could be wrong, but in the US, curvy, voluptuous, and thick are generally used as synonyms, even though each can have their own separate definitions and differences. I remember reading that there's also a certain amount of cultural overlay. For example, "curvy" is considered body positive. "Voluptuous" implies a somewhat larger figure, but having just looked into it a bit closer, I see it is indeed used in the same way as curvy. Athletic generally entails thin and slightly muscular or defined, with a much smaller top and bottom. As for the term "fat", I think the term you're looking for is "obese". I think what you are really getting it is, can a curvy, voluptuous, and thick woman also be labeled obese? And the answer is most obviously, yes. More interestingly is to examine similar terms for men, which hasn't been done enough in recent years except for the somewhat newer subject of the dad bod. Viriditas (talk) 21:41, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

"Thick" is a slightly nicer way of saying "fat". ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 06:26, 2 June 2024 (UTC)

Not exactly. Christina Hendricks might be described as "thick" (or "curvy" or "voluptuous" or "zaftig"), but I don't think anyone would call her "fat". --User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 12:02, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

Nor does she look it, unless she's gained considerable weight in the last ten years. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 21:15, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

Wiktiionary gives thick as a slang term meaning "curvy and voluptuous, and especially having large hips". This definition implies attractiveness, a connotation that is missing in fat.  --Lambiam 05:55, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

Notions of ideal body types are not only subject to fashion trends, but also differ between cultures. In the Western world, the Rubenesque body used to be seen as an ideal female body type, before the waif type à la Twiggy came in vogue in the 1960s. While men may be attracted to curvy women, these days curvy women tend to feel ashamed for their (completely natural) body type. The situation is very asymmetric between the sexes. (I'm still referring to the Western world.) Having more body fat than average is generally not an attractive feature for men. A friendly way of describing an overweight male is to call them portly. The adjective rotund evokes (for me) the mental image of Santa Claus. A gender-neutral term, also used for children, is chubby.  --Lambiam 06:20, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

One interesting thing is that zaftig literally translates as "saucy" or "juicy", though it's usually used to mean "pleasingly plump". And I've never heard "voluptuous" to mean "large hips", but instead to mean "large breasts". Like a Jayne Mansfield. Stephanie Courtney, who plays the insurance lady "Flo", has described herself as "curvy". "Chubby" or "chunky" would be a reasonable synonym. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 11:52, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

In the context of (female) body shape, "thick" is usually a negative ("thick ankles"); when it's meant as a compliment, it's spelled "thicc". Matt Deres (talk) 13:11, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

Miscellaneous world records

What's the world record for...

1. ...the largest peaceful gathering?
2. ...the smallest and largest food?
3. ...the longest amount of time spent on the FBI's Most Wanted List?
4. ...the most common type of restaurant (as in the cuisine they serve)?
5. ...the most subscribers achieved on YouTube within a single week?

47.153.138.166 (talk) 22:53, 31 May 2024 (UTC)

For item 1, you can probably rule out soccer matches. For item 2, roast camel is pretty good sized. Meanwhile, bacteriophage viruses eat bacteria, which are pretty small. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 01:57, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

Further, cursory Internet searches reveal 3) 32 years, for Victor Manuel Gerena and 5) supposedly around 10 million, for Hamster Kombat (the figure is corroborated here, but there isn't an easy way to definitively verify that this is indeed the highest ever achieved). I don't know that there's a meaningful answer to question 4 -- it depends on how you define "type"/"cuisine" and on what scale. There are apparently over twice as many restaurants in China than in any other country, and Chinese restaurants are fairly popular in India (more so than vice-versa), so if you consider "Chinese" to be a single "type" of restaurant that's probably a good guess. (fugues) (talk) 05:15, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

For item 2, check whale blubber, though it doesn't state the species involved. -- Verbarson  ^talk_edits 16:28, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

For 1, see List of largest peaceful gatherings. --Viennese Waltz 07:10, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

For item 2, are you asking specifically about human food? And how do you quantify the size of the food? A mustard seed is tiny, but mustard is often eaten as a paste. Is the food to be measured an individual seed, the amount squirted onto a single hot dog, or the contents of a 5 gallon bucket purchased at a membership store like CostCo? Restaurants serve steak in various sizes. Is the 8 oz sirloin the food to be measured or would it be the cow it was cut from? In another sense the "largest food" is a function of the size of the mouth of the person eating. ---User:Khajidha (talk) (contributions) 18:18, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

June 3

Sinc/Lanczos FFT bin interpolation on FFT-based log-frequency spectrum analyzers

I wonder if sinc/Lanczos interpolation is the best FFT bin interpolation method for "bandpower" spectrum (especially on lower frequencies part when using logarithmic frequency scale) because it approximates $\int _{l}^{h}|{\widehat {f}}(x)|\,d\omega$ where ${\widehat {f}}(x)$ is a discrete-time Fourier transform, in the best way when summation mode is set to "Sum" on my relevant CodePen project or is it? 2001:448A:3070:E3DA:7021:FEBA:971D:F9F6 (talk) 22:27, 3 June 2024 (UTC)

Isn't this more of a maths desk kind of thing? --Viennese Waltz 07:06, 4 June 2024 (UTC)

Not really. It is a question that audio engineers might be able to answer if they are knowledgeable about digital signal processing. In this context, there is no mathematical notion of how "good" a technique is. I know what FFT is, I know what interpolation is, but not what "FFT bin interpolation" is. You will not find the term "FFT bin" in a maths handbook.  --Lambiam 14:46, 4 June 2024 (UTC)