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August 11

COVID response in Ontario for restaurants

I'm looking for information - in as easy to understand format as possible - on the timeline for the various restaurant restrictions Ontario has enacted to blunt the transmission of COVID. Searching has returned a deluge of information, but I'm having trouble seeing the forest for the trees. What I'd like to get is something like this: "On January 23, 2022, Ontario lifted the 50% capacity restriction. On February 19, 2022, it reinstated the 50% capacity limit. On March 30, 2022, it lifted the 50% capacity restriction again. On April 15, 2022, it lifted the masking requirement for restaurant patrons." (Those are completely fictitious for illustration, BTW). I need it for basically the last 12 months, or at least going back to last November. There are a zillion results when I try Googling, but many of the results specifically remove old data so that casual readers don't get confused about old restrictions being current. The best I've found so far is this, which probably has what I want, but the format makes it a bit of a hassle to parse. Can anyone find something better? Matt Deres (talk) 14:10, 11 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Wikipedia has Timeline of the COVID-19 pandemic in Ontario which links to the articles on individual years. Ctrl-F for "restaurant" yields the place in each article where restaurants are mentioned, and each such mention is well tied to a date. It shouldn't take too long to extract the information you seek. --Jayron 32 14:13, 11 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you. Unfortunately, the data there is out of date or incomplete. For example, this item from January is written from the perspective of it still being January (speaks of Jan 26 as in the future) and there's no mention of when that restriction actually did get lifted (unless I'm missing it). Matt Deres (talk) 16:48, 11 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You're going to run into some additional issues because public health measures often weren't uniformly imposed province-wide. The provincial government, at various times, introduced 'stages' or 'phases' of reopening (or closure), that were variously numbered or color-coded and were applied to different regions at different times. Against the background of a muddled and inept provincial response, regional public health units often were left to impose their own additional measures. TenOfAllTrades(talk) 12:40, 12 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Yes, I recall the colour-coding thing well; I led a team at work into a mad scramble to incorporate and assign county/region level designations into our systems so that our procurement teams could have a hope of figuring out demand planning. But I think all that stuff had gone by the wayside after the re-openings of summer 2021. There may have been some small stuff Ottawa way outside that timeframe, but it's probably not going to affect stuff much. All I'm really looking for is from November 2021 onwards. Matt Deres (talk) 20:06, 12 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Does This help? --Jayron 32 18:17, 17 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it's a data point and I do appreciate it, but I was hoping for something that was more of a summary/timeline. For example, the article linked doesn't mentioned when those restrictions went into place, only that they were planned to get amended on such-and-such date. And, of course, the timeline may have changed again before it actually took effect. There have definitely been times that the gov't has said that X will happen on Y date, only to change that as trends in cases developed. My ideal find would be something that looked back over the past year-ish and said, "X happened then, Y happened then, etc." Matt Deres (talk) 18:20, 18 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'm going to be honest then, based on what I have been seeing in my community: Since about the start of 2022, people have been basically ignoring various pronouncements on government recommendations WRT the Covid-19 restrictions. The media doesn't really cover it, even if official policies have been changing, no one has been really following anything except "do what you feel like". Restaurants have been fully open for quite a long time, masking mandates are long gone, etc. etc. People are still masking frequently enough that there is rarely a situation where at least some significant number of people in my environment aren't masked, but no one is really paying attention to what the authorities are doing. If no one cares, the media certainly doesn't care, which may mean that such official pronouncements may be hard to find. My government has been making them, I am sure, but literally no one cares. Perhaps the situation is similar in Ontario, which is why documentation is so sparse and hard to find. --Jayron 32 13:14, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

August 14

Donations

Dear Wikipedia Team, Honestly, if I could donate, I would! But I'm in middle school and I don't have any money. The notifications asking for money make me feel guilty that I haven't donated yet...But trust me, I would love to donate if I could. Is there any way to temporarily stop the notifications from popping up?Just until I can donate. Thank you. NeraSpikeFire (talk) 03:20, 14 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

If you are unable to donate - or even if you can - there is seriously no reason to feel guilty. Wikipedia knows nothing about the personal circumstances of editors, so it cannot target particular groups. -- Jack of Oz ^{[pleasantries]} 03:29, 14 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

He asked the same question last December.[1] And you're right, there's no guilt required for not donating. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 06:19, 14 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

To hide the fundraising banners, you can uncheck Preferences → Banners →

Fundraising. I suggest you also read Wikipedia finances before you decide whether to donate your money. Shantavira|^{feed me} 08:16, 14 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Excellent. That chart shows that they are overflowing with money. No guilt needed! ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 14:35, 14 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

August 16

Specific issues I want to find for the Template:Adjacent stations system

I want to know if there are examples, in rail systems where each station has or is expected to have an article:

A system with numbered lines, which has 2 lines distinguished only by leading 0's (e.g lines 6 and 06 in the same system)
A system, line or station with a backslash in its name.

Animal lover |666| 11:25, 16 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Animal lover, unless anyone else here can answer, you might be a lot better off asking at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Trains where you will find editors who are well-versed in the peculiarities of railway articles. Alansplodge (talk) 12:45, 16 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Marrying a widow in England

In 1950 a woman got married in a registry office in England and her marriage certificate stated she was a widow. The General Register Office states that a widow wanting to get married had to produce the death certificate of her first husband or some other documentary evidence. In fact this woman's first husband was still alive and was living in France, and so she could not have produced a death certificate. My question is what is included in this "other documentary evidence". The General Register Office now longer has the documents to answer what documentary evidence she produced. Thank you. Simonschaim (talk) 11:32, 16 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Where did you hear or read about this event? If you can direct us to where you are reading this, it may help someone find some useful information for you. --Jayron 32 11:56, 16 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

See Presumption of death#Before 2013. The process was tightened-up by the Presumption of Death Act 2013, but before that you could swear before a civil court that a missing person was dead if "there was no evidence that they were still alive" and "the people most likely to have heard from them had no contact" and "inquiries made of that person had no success". In your example, the woman may have genuinely believed that her husband was dead, or she may have been exploiting a rather lax system, an example of which was the notorious "Canoe Man" case of 2007. Note that tracing someone who had gone abroad would have been well-nigh impossible before the internet, even if you knew which country to search in. Alansplodge (talk) 12:34, 16 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for your answers which I found to be very helpful. Simonschaim (talk) 08:53, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

August 17

Can I use a ride share service to go from Vancouver area in BC to Seattle?

I can't drive and I would like to go to Seattle but not use a bus because I think it could take a long time at the border. Is ridesharing a better idea? 2001:569:7D9A:1300:9561:79CC:EE38:648A (talk) 00:16, 17 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Quick google search suggests that in practice US-Canada cross-border rideshares are fine and both Uber and Lyft drivers do them (but from another tripadvisor thread, they likely will refuse if the border is backed up, for obvious reasons) -- the drivers require an enhanced license and you'll still get stopped. However apparently the policy of both companies is that drivers may not do so (yet the apps don't prevent it, as of that 2018 post at least -- there was a recent Uber border smuggling bust however so that might have changed). I guess if the border's backed up, the border's backed up -- if you're in a hurry hail an autogyro. SamuelRiv (talk) 00:51, 17 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Note incidentally that this trip is not just a border crossing, but requires at least 3 hours of driving in addition. --174.95.81.219 (talk) 21:26, 17 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Besides the above, you'll also need to have the correct documentation yourself to legally enter the U.S. This page from the US Embassy in Canada contains useful information on how to properly cross the border. --Jayron 32 12:19, 18 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I've made the journey by train a few years ago and it was very pleasant. You didn't have to wait long at the border and the views of the coast were stunning. A lot of people at the Vancouver terminal were taking the bus, which I understand is slightly faster point to point. Blythwood (talk) 02:38, 20 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Unfortunately the train isn't operating at present. I wanted to book it for one day next month, but couldn't. When I asked why, Amtrak's response was "The USA/Canada border between Seattle, WA and Vancouver, BC is still closed to train service." Now I'm booked on the bus. HiLo48 (talk) 03:49, 20 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Antonym of raspberry sound

Does the raspberry sound have an antonym? If so, what is it? 2601:18A:C500:C00:6CD4:725F:B02F:CDC5 (talk) 00:37, 17 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The bilabial click can universally (afaik) signal affection, and the voiced uvular trill in English can signal erotic affection (or at least it did in Wayne's World) SamuelRiv (talk) 01:10, 17 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

An antonym means that a word has a strictly opposite meaning. Not every word has one, and meaningless sounds certainly don't. I'm not sure what you are looking for when you ask for the "antonym". Can you elaborate so we can help you find the information you seek? --Jayron 32 11:44, 17 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The raspberry sound is not meaningless. If it were, I would not be asking for its antonym. 2601:18A:C500:C00:F414:6308:1CFF:AF06 (talk) 18:47, 17 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It has a meaning, but it's not a word. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 21:58, 17 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

After talking to my behaviorist, it seems I need a new sound that is neither the raspberry sound nor [this walrus vowel]. She says, "The raspberry is old. The walrus is old." That is the reason for my request for an antonym for the raspberry sound. 2601:18A:C500:C00:D119:C7C:C529:C2D7 (talk) 04:18, 18 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Are you sure it's not a synonym you're after? ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 05:52, 18 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

What we are trying to tell you is that "the antonym of the raspberry sound" is a nonsensical thing. It doesn't have an antonym. Your request makes absolutely no sense. Also, we have no way to interpret what your behaviorist meant when they told you what they told you. There is only one person in the whole world who could help you figure out what they meant, and that is the behaviorist themselves. Ask them what they meant. --Jayron 32 12:16, 18 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

In physical terms, the raspberry involves blowing air out through vibrating lips: arguably the opposite would be drawing air in through still lips, which in Western cultures often denotes surprised distress, such as when one sees someone have a sudden accident.

In semantic terms, a raspberry expresses derision, as the article says. What would the antonym of this be? Google yields one list comprising admiration, approval, flattery, love, praise, respect, compliment, adulation. Wordless sounds used to express these likely differ from culture to culture: what sounds, 2601:18A:C500:C00:6CD4:725F:B02F:CDC5, do you or other Connecticutians (?) make to express those? (That was a rhetorical question, don't feel obliged to post an answer.) {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.209.121.96 (talk) 14:08, 17 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Is the opposite of love hate or is it indifference. On what axis (affection or intensity) are we assessing the opposition? Many qualities exist on multiple axis, and some don't exist on any such axis. If a razzberry is intended to express derision, is the opposite of that admiration? I don't know, language isn't always so binary. And the OP still hasn't indicated whether he means the semantic meaning, or the physical action? Razzberries involve multiple actions that could have "opposites". Are we doing the opposite of exhaling? Are we doing the opposite of buzzing? Both? --Jayron 32 16:09, 17 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The razz is also known as the "Bronx cheer". The "antonym" of a negative cheer would be a positive cheer. Meanwhile, we'll see if the OP comes back here, so we'll know which kind of cheer to send to him. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 18:17, 17 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

A Staten Island boo? --Jayron 32 18:37, 17 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Sociology abstract: Upon seeing somebody have a sudden accident, is it less correct to blow a raspberry, or to make the voiced uvular trill? Results so far have been inconclusive. Card Zero (talk) 18:46, 17 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

People my age may remember these sounds as an antonym of a blowing a raspberry :-) MarnetteD|Talk 18:55, 17 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Interestingly, "raspberry" seems to be the only example of rhyming slang to have been adopted into American English ("raspberry tart" = "fart"). Alansplodge (talk) 12:45, 18 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Another one in America (kind of old-fashioned) is "dukes" for "fists".[2] ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 17:54, 18 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Ah yes, I stand corrected, although there are other suggested etymologies for that one. Alansplodge (talk) 12:33, 19 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Those competing etymologies will just have to duke it out. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 16:09, 19 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

August 18

need trevia on poop and pee of different species

I am excited about gross science so these are my questions on poop and urine, feel free to answer any or all of them. as a native Blind person, all of my questions have nonvisual biases.

1. Why all human poop smells bad 2. At least for me, the early morning urine smell largely different from the urine that I excrete in different times. why? 3. When I eat things that contains fish bones, I can locate that on my poop the next day when I touch and explore it. what other interesting things that will be inside it? 4. Why some of our poop breaks down or change structure, why it's not the same everytime? 5. what I can learn from touching and smelling poop and urine? 6. In what way our excretion different from other species? 7. Do any species have similar pee and poop smell as us? 8. why the longer we hold our poop, the more uncomfortable the smel? 9. How to experience poop and pee differently? 10. anything more interesting that will awe me? What are some books that talks about poop and urine or any other gross stuff? Kaveinthran (talk) 07:43, 18 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

There's a lot of questions here. To answer 1, see Disgust#Evolutionary significance. The disgust response in humans has a clearly useful biological purpose. For answering other questions, many of the answers can be found at urine and feces, or by following links from those articles to further articles. --Jayron 32 12:13, 18 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

That sounds like Mary Roach territory. Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal seems relevant. I'm not sure what other books there are in the niche genre of poop science. I also thought vaguely of owl pellets: animal excreta in general is scientifically useful to naturalists. Card Zero (talk) 14:09, 18 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

For very old poo, see coprolite. Alansplodge (talk) 11:06, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Are you aware that the Australian wombat creates cubic poo? Explanation here. Personal observation of mine is that they also try to do it on top of small rocks. Haven't seen that written up anywhere though. HiLo48 (talk) 12:01, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The Tomb at Satunsat Oshkintoka

I came across information that there was an important man's burial made in Satunsat Oshkintoka, about which Miguel Rivera Dorado wrote - where can I find more details about this? Thank you in advance. Vyacheslav84 (talk) 08:16, 18 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Oxkintok seems to be the more usual spelling. Alansplodge (talk) 12:40, 18 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Need for mobile service providers

Are mobile service providers actually essential for simple two-directional conversations through smartphones, considering that walkie-talkies, for example, don't need them? Particularly, when it comes down to simple sending and receiving wave signals, is it basically putting a price tag on the air we breath? 212.180.235.46 (talk) 19:48, 18 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

If you are sitting next to each other on a bench, you do not need a service provider for having a conversation. In fact, you can leave your phones off. If one of you is in Paris and the other in Berlin, walkie-talkies will not do the job. The power is not enough for direct contact by radio waves; you'd need a radio transmission tower. Having an intermediary service provider comes in handy here. There is an in-between range where walkie-talkies do the job but airborne sound waves are too weak. If smartphones had been designed to do double duty as walkie talkies, you might bee able to use them in that range. It would make the smartphones more expensive and probably more bulky as well, and it would only work for a fairly limited range. --Lambiam 21:05, 18 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Also, one of the jobs of the mobile service provider is to assign an otherwise unused channel (i.e. frequency) for each side of the conversation, effectively a virtual private (well, theoretically) circuit between the two phones. When you talk into a walkie-talkie, you are broadcasting and any similar walkie-talkie within range and tuned to the same channel will receive you. --174.95.81.219 (talk) 07:00, 19 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

There are also walkie-talkies with encryption capabilities, such as the MBITR, preventing outsiders from listening-in. --Lambiam 07:24, 19 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You should be able to connect two smartphones together by wifi, with one of them acting as a hotspot. The range won't be more than a few decametres. Long-range radio links need a powerful or narrowly beamed transmitter on one end or a sensitive, narrowly beamed receiver on the other end. Cellphone basestations have the right antennas, transmitters and receivers, phones don't. Therefore, a phone-basestation link can be much longer than a phone-phone link. PiusImpavidus (talk) 09:44, 19 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

TETRA mobile radio systems already allow individual phones to operate as local hotspot nodes as Piusimpavidus thinks phones should, and this is desirable for emergency services (police forces, fire departments, ambulance) that serve a large area. However cellular mobile phone networks such as GSM that handle high traffic rely on having small cells, low transmit powers and frequency reusage. To arbitrarily permit any mobile phone to operate as an independant hotspot would violate the network protocol, exceed permitted transmit power, interfere with legitimate phone users and introduce service liabilities that no mobile service operator would want. Philvoids (talk) 13:26, 20 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I don't know if they still exist, but a decade or two ago mobile companies had Push-to-talk services that were a big thing. There are now app-based options for that kind of functionality now. --Jayron 32 13:41, 19 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

August 19

Climate change temperatures - 2022

Does climate change/global warming mean more/high warm and less/low cold temperatures? See What will climate change look like near me? 86.140.120.168 (talk) 21:53, 19 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

While warming temperatures are a major effect of climate change, they are not the only one, which is why the term "climate change" is prefered to the earlier "gobal warming". Other effects include more frequent and more violent extreme weather events (e.g. typhoons, tornadoes, floods, etc.) and there's also the hypothesis that certain places may experience colder weather if climate change leads to changes in oceanic currents. See for example [3], [4] and Atlantic meridional overturning circulation. Xuxl (talk) 15:25, 20 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

What does it mean when it's low temperatures in my area during winter?

Summer: Current (1991-2019) - 28.6C. 2C global warming - 31C. 4C global warming - 33.6C.

Winter: Current (1991-2019) - 14.7C. 2C global warming - 15.6C. 4C global warming - 16.7C. 86.140.120.168 (talk) 18:12, 21 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

It is not very clear what you are inquiring about. Truth condition may help you understand what kind of uncertainties that unprecision is leading to. And you can skip the Nebraska condition without any problem! -- Askedonty (talk) 19:40, 21 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I'm inquiring about if the winter will still be cold, despite climate change. 86.140.120.168 (talk) 21:15, 21 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

One likely reason is that the difference between arctic and more-southerly latitude temperatures helps to maintain a "barrier" of jet-stream winds that mostly block colder arctic air from "spilling" southwards. Climate change is (measurably) raising, and will continue to raise, arctic temperatures more than those further south, lessening that temperature difference and weakening the "barrier", so the still quite cold arctic air can spill southwards more easily and more often. Of course, that's a partial and simplified explanation, see Effects of the El Niño–Southern Oscillation in the United States.

Atmospheric and oceanic geophysics, weather and climate (which is weather averaged over decades) are very complicated, so the effects of changing something that affects them (atmospheric CO₂ concentration) are also complicated, difficult to calculate (although we're getting there), and are certainly not uniform over the globe. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.209.121.96 (talk) 22:09, 21 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

OP's IP geolocates to Northern Ireland, which has a very maritime climate. In my opinion (I'm also in a Cfb climate, but significantly farther from the ocean and bit to the south), it never gets hot or cold in Northern Ireland, but the locals may disagree. It will get warmer (and is already getting warmer).

Cold winter weather in Western Europe usually starts with cold temperatures in Scandinavia. Cold air is dense, so that causes the formation of a high-pressure area over Scandinavia, which in turn causes cold, easterly winds from Russia over Poland and Germany to Western Europe. As Scandinavia is rapidly getting warmer in winter, this high-pressure area gets weaker and easterly winds get less and less common, so that the coldest days of the year warm much faster than the average day. Note that these cold outbreaks rarely reached Great Brittain, let alone Ireland, even before climate change. The hottest days of the year in Western Europe also warm up faster than the average day, as southeasterly winds get more common in summer. PiusImpavidus (talk) 08:27, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

What about in Ireland, Britain and America? 86.130.4.135 (talk) 18:42, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

August 21

USDA nutrition guide

how can you follow this guideline can someone please help me understand this on what foods its recommending?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Healthy_diet#United_States_Department_of_Agriculture 124.148.101.64 (talk) 03:46, 21 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

There were also questions to explain health guidelines here:

Are you the same user who asked these questions? Maybe you are attaching too much weight to such guidelines. When guidelines recommend following a healthy lifestyle, please understand that there are many lifestyles that are unhealthy in the sense that they tend to be bad for one's health, but that there are no lifestyles that make you healthy. In such guidelines, "healthy diet" means: a diet that is not unhealthy. There are many many healthy diets; these USDA guidelines give three types as examples. These types are not about specific foods, but about eating enough of certain kinds of food, such as veggies, and not too much of other types of food, such as red meat and high-calorie stuff. --Lambiam 08:08, 21 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

This and the above previous five queries' IPs all Geolocate to on or near the south-east coast of New South Wales. One wonders, if the queries were genuine, why the querant would ask about US-published guidelines rather than Australian. {The poster formerly known as 87.81.230.195} 90.209.121.96 (talk) 17:55, 21 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The source fails to define the portions for many of the food groups ("1.5/wk," but 1.5 of what?), but perhaps you might contact the website directly and ask them. DOR (HK) (talk) 20:16, 21 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

In most groups the unit is specified as "cup eq", but for grains and proteins it is "oz eq", and for oils, solid fats and added sugars it is "grams", a curious mixture of imperial and metric units. The "1.5/wk" for legumes is 1.5 cup equivalents (i.e., 360 mL) of legumes per week. --Lambiam 20:53, 21 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The source [5] does clearly define the portions (for example, see p.35 from which part of the table in our article is derived), but our article presents the information in a rather confusing way, by moving the units away from the numbers where they belong, to the bolded header line above each section. For example, the "Vegetable" section says the units are "cup eq" (cup-equivalents), so this applies to each of the numbers in the vegetable lines underneath it. CodeTalker (talk) 20:55, 21 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

the name of cutting one hair a bit on the top

As seen here:[6]

The boy has buzzed its hair on the sides and a bit on the top on the right side. it is not mohawk and it is not symmetric.

what is the name of buzzing slightly above the sides, slightly above the nibs of the hair line? like the boy has been cut? 11buzzer (talk) 17:48, 21 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

According to Haircut Names For Men it might be a "high fade". Alansplodge (talk) 20:56, 21 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

August 22

How many of the 9/11 jumpers are known to have fallen from the South Tower?

Currently Wikipedia states that "most" of them came from the North Tower, so I was wondering how many of them jumped from the South exactly. If anybody knows the answer, could you attach a source? 51.37.31.183 (talk) 10:33, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

We don't know anything "exactly" at this point. The total number of jumpers is entirely guesswork: "Some researchers say more than 200 people most likely fell or jumped to their death. Others say the number is half that, or fewer. None have been officially identified." according to an article in the New York Times from 2004; at that point most of the site had been cleaned up and most of the active investigating had been complete. I doubt any more accurate information has come to light. Analysis of videos seems to show that more did jump from the North than South tower, at least from what can be seen (but given that not all of the towers can be seen in any of the videos, even that's a guess). The answer is we don't know how many jumpers there were, who they were, not one, AFAIK, has ever been positively identified, even The Falling Man, the most well documented, has never been identified; some of the more notable WAGs are noted in the Wikipedia article, but there's no way to know for sure. --Jayron 32 12:12, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The reason I asked is because apparently the NIST report mentions that only 2 jumpers were spotted falling from the South Tower, but I haven't been able to find that claim anywhere in the PDF document for that particular investigation. 51.37.31.183 (talk) 14:53, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Hm. Not sure on that; to be clear to say that only 2 jumpers were spotted is not the same thing as saying that there were only 2 jumpers. --Jayron 32 17:20, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

(Made an account for this) I guess I should probably rephrase my question then. What I'm looking for, really, is just how many are known to have leapt from the South Tower, not how many there actually were. Like I said, I can't find the count of 2 jumpers listed anywhere when scouring through the NIST report, so it would be cool if someone could point me in the right direction. Hmm1994 (talk) 18:04, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

What's the name for the machine that prints checks?

What's the name for the machine that prints checks, like this one?

https://www.barcodegiant.com/epson/part-a41cg59031.htm?aw&adtype=pla&utm_medium=pla&utm_campaign=Shopping-Point-of-Sale&gclid=Cj0KCQjw0oyYBhDGARIsAMZEuMsaS6dz32XU1H_KfAT38GeRCX06TDKSoQ72CKf01R1mJfPUFh_kJ6MaAjT1EALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

Or this one?

https://www.barcodegiant.com/epson/part-c31ce94061.htm?aw&adtype=pla&utm_medium=pla&utm_campaign=Shopping-Point-of-Sale&gclid=Cj0KCQjw0oyYBhDGARIsAMZEuMsWaP5S2OypoQwhoxloKy8NGKm2iCUswGFBceets7aU2Xylbj4X2bYaAh_sEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

Are check printer, check reader, and receipt printer all valid terms for this machine? Are there any other valid terms for this machine? 68.4.99.100 (talk) 22:47, 22 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The English term check can refer (at least in the US) to a bank check (an order to pay a specified amount of money to a specified party), or to an invoice, in particular used for a restaurant bill ("Waiter! Can I have the check, please?"). It is not entirely clear which you mean. There is no official notion of a term being "valid"; the point is whether the audience will understand the message as intended. That may depend on the audience (US English? British English? Commonwealth English?). The two example machines have different functions. Please explain in some detail which functions the type of machines has that you wish to name. "Check reader" is not a good match, because most readers do not have printing capabilities. --Lambiam 07:30, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

I mean the machine that prints a receipt after you make a purchase at a store or restaurant. And I'm interested in the American English term(s) for this most of all. 68.4.99.100 (talk) 19:15, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

August 23

What do you call a fear of killing living things?

I have been trying to avoid killing deer, birds, mongoose, frogs, dogs, and cats with my car. Where I live, they tend to run out into the road randomly, and I only just realized that I am developing a phobia of sorts, as I’m constantly looking for them on the road. Is there any official classification for this kind of thing? Viriditas (talk) 10:08, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

You have a combination of compassion for living things and a practical concern for what damage they might do to your vehicle. ←Baseball Bugs ^{What's up, Doc?} carrots→ 12:05, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

There does not appear to be a specific word for this. Related words include "necrophobia" (fear of dead things), or "thanatophobia" (fear of dying), or "foniasophobia" (fear of being killed). It should be noted that these are not real medical or psychological conditions; just because someone made up a pseudo-greek-sounding word for a particular fear, doesn't mean that's a distinct psychological condition. The DSM-5 lumps all such fears as "specific phobia", and does not differentiate by source of phobia; it treats them as a sub-category of anxiety disorders. --Jayron 32 12:16, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Is this video file supposed to be silent?

MrPersonHumanGuy (talk) 17:12, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]

The source video on YouTube "President Jimmy Carter Interview September 2019" has sound but the .webm file uploaded to Wikipedia by User Koavf lacks sound. Philvoids (talk) 18:36, 23 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]