Oracle Tutoring, Campbell River, BC
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Self-tutoring about file types: the tutor mentions a new one he’s encountered. Downloading a zip file, I thought it was done, so opened the downloads folder. There were two new ones – unconfirmed_[some digits].crdownload as well as the_file.zip. Naturally I …
Self-tutoring about the Bible: the tutor makes a first look at Purgatory. I read the Bible, cover to cover, two years ago. I don’t recall seeing the word Purgatory. Did I overlook it? At least two sources suggest that no, …
Self-tutoring about airships: the tutor compares the lifting power of helium and hydrogen. Helium’s atomic mass is 4.0, while hydrogen’s is 1.0. However, hydrogen is diatomic, meaning it will only exist, by itself, as H2, bringing its mass to 2.0 …
Self-tutoring about strength among animals: the tutor looks into a strength comparison between chimpanzees and humans. I’ve heard, numerous times, that chimpanzees are stronger than humans. “Small wonder,” I thought. “In our society, humans are sedentary, whereas chimpanzees are wild …
Self-tutoring about Excel: the tutor makes an observation. The other day, in a mad hurry, I was working on a spreadsheet. As so often happens, I needed more columns between two I’d made. No problem: right click, then Insert, which …
Self-tutoring about the weather: the tutor mentions the cold last night. Yesterday evening I left the house to get hot dog buns at the nearby store. I always walk there: it’s less than 1 km away. As I prepared to …
Self-tutoring about past events: the tutor reflects… As I mention in yesterday’s post, exploring the forest was important to me as a kid. I had a little motorbike, of course, so venturing miles away was easy. One time a friend …
Self-tutoring about situations in the past: the tutor reflects. When I was 12 I got a motorbike – a little Honda 50. It was old, but after a trip to the shop, ran fine. Behind our house was land that …
Self-tutoring about drugs in the environment: the tutor begins. Years ago I heard of prescription drugs measurably present in at least one urban water supply. I was surprised, and wondered about its extent. It turns out that the FDA would …
Self-tutoring about Canadian rivers: the tutor mentions the Peace River. The Peace River, from its beginnings, is 1923 km long. It’s named the Peace as it leaves Williston Lake in northeastern BC; thence it flows east. In BC, Farrell Creek …