Sunday: It's Punnin' Time! - 21 May 2023 New York Times Crossword

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  • @stephengiblin4684
    @stephengiblin4684 Год назад +3

    Not sure about other viewers, but I regularly get a short Oreo ad while watching the video. So, for me, OREO is also the official ad of The Daily Solve.

  • @aloneitan3819
    @aloneitan3819 Год назад +7

    "Null island" Isn't an actual island, it's just a name for the point at 0°N 0°E. Sometimes faulty softwares attribute data tagged with no location (null, null) to (0, 0), confusing "no latitude" with "zero latitude"

    • @letterquake
      @letterquake Год назад +5

      Interestingly, there is one object which genuinely has the coordinates 0°N 0°E: a small weather observation buoy is anchored there.

    • @George4943
      @George4943 Год назад +1

      @@letterquake There is a story goin' round. It could be real. A person had the surname "Null." It caused many apps to go awry. That person got a personalized license plate: NULL. After getting a slew of parking tickets the problem became evident. Jean-Pierre quickly applied for a new plate: JPNULL. Many apps still didn't work properly, but the parking tickets ceased.
      Could be just a story, but it fits here.

  • @BrianSpurrier
    @BrianSpurrier Год назад +3

    Fun fact the red panda is actually the original animal called just panda. The animal we just call a panda today was called the Giant panda to differentiate it. Even in Chinese, the names translate as “Bear Cat” and “Giant Bear Cat”

  • @mickeymatamoros4393
    @mickeymatamoros4393 Год назад +3

    okay so music theory nerd time. yes a b and a c flat sound exactly the same but they serve different functions depending on the context of the piece and are therefore considered different notes. that’s something that got drilled into my head back in music school haha

    • @ChrisRemo
      @ChrisRemo  Год назад +6

      I have a music degree as well, and I definitely find this an interesting theoretical discussion but I think "equivalent" is a fair enough clue--it's a fairly broad word that can mean lots of different things, including pitch in this context, and C flat and B are equivalent in pitch even if there are other semantic differences!

    • @George4943
      @George4943 Год назад +1

      @@ChrisRemo My then-wife was an opera singer working on her Masters in music. She couldn't get music theory, so I learned it so I could teach her enough to pass the master's exam (I'm a professor of comp sci, retired.) I, myself, can't carry a tune in a basket. I finally understood what she meant by "You are always changing key." I'd miss a note and then continue as if it had been correct. It was how my mother always sang. I can sing better if I accompany myself on a guitar.

  • @George4943
    @George4943 Год назад +1

    "Op. cit." is an abbreviation of "opus cited" previously. A footnote might read (See Things to Do, op. cit.) This is a reference to a previously cited work. Essentially, "See prior footnote for reference to the paper."

  • @nixhixx
    @nixhixx Год назад +2

    Yes, IRISES wouldn't have worked as a concave body part, anyway, because an iris is Convex. Con'cave' can be remembered as inward curving, as a cave is an indent in a hillside.

    • @Dragantraces
      @Dragantraces Год назад +1

      From my junior high school (pre middle schools) science class eye dissection experience, the iris is quite flat, neither concave nor convex. The convex bit at the front is the cornea.

  • @ninavadnere4037
    @ninavadnere4037 Год назад +1

    this was a fun one! wasnt a huge fan of some of the fill but the theme was adorable! great video❤

  • @nixhixx
    @nixhixx Год назад +1

    Dana Delany won two Emmys for China Beach. She's also been in Tombstone, Exit to Eden, Desperate Housewives and many other roles.

  • @innis22
    @innis22 Год назад +1

    i'm writing this comment early in my watching of the video, so hopefully you'll find out that "Partnering Crime" was what was being shortened to "Partnerin' Crime" . These themes usually work that way, with one reading of the phrase being a normal phrase, and another reading gives it the new meanin'

  • @RXBannedit
    @RXBannedit Год назад +1

    Hey Chris, do you live in London? I can't tell.

  • @travismaenle9416
    @travismaenle9416 Год назад +1

    Chris have you ever auditioned for jeopardy? Youd probably be pretty competitive.

    • @George4943
      @George4943 Год назад +1

      Except for the category "poker." But fantastic on arts-related categories.

  • @kathleenquinn955
    @kathleenquinn955 Год назад +2

    Neither IRAs nor 401(k)s are properly described as pensions. Pensions are entirely employer-funded retirement vehicles. IRAs are entirely personally-funded. 401(k)s are sometimes entirely funded by the individual, or sometimes have a employer-contribution added to the employee’s savings out of the paychecks. Both IRAs and 401(k)s (tax-deferred savings plans) were authorized by the US government as retirement savings vehicles when company pensions started to become a thing of the past.

    • @ChrisRemo
      @ChrisRemo  Год назад +5

      This is a fair point-I suppose I’m accustomed to UK terminology, in which the term refers to the full gamut of what you describe. The UK equivalent of an IRA would be considered a “private pension.”

    • @George4943
      @George4943 Год назад +1

      @@ChrisRemo We are two nations separated by a common language that can differ in details. My neighbor, originally from England. took a job in her early days in America. She made a requisition for two rubbers expecting what the Americans call erasers. Guess what she got?

    • @daven1223
      @daven1223 Год назад +2

      @@George4943 A call from HR?

    • @George4943
      @George4943 Год назад +1

      @@daven1223 Two condoms.