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Matt Эллен

9:01 PM

I'm trying to download all the 2 ngram data from google. there is way more than I expected

actually, not even all of it, just the "eng-all" stuff

Good luck...

Matt Эллен

I'm up to words starting "al"

23GB

fek

al as in almost

Matt Эллен

quite, although not even :D

ålrejt

9:12 PM

What's rejt? Right?

Ready?

Matt Эллен

my bet is on "right"

alright written like it sounds in Swedish

Matt Эллен

woo!

I win!

you both won

joyeux paques

Matt Эллен

happy... peace?

9:15 PM

^ no cheat on spelling that, dunno if it is correct

Matt Эллен

oh! easter

@JohanLarsson Ahh that's cheating.

in C# on Stack Overflow Chat, 6 mins ago, by Tom W

Matt Эллен

The Tim "The Toolman" Taylor of the north of England

in C# on Stack Overflow Chat, 1 min ago, by Tom W

oh god, this man is a lunatic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKHz7wOjb9w&list=PLGjbAdaOBLBnIoUrJqPAuRe38kvcQ9‌_V7

9:33 PM

@JohanLarsson Lunatic. Well that's appropriate at this time of year.

Since we are sort of in the middle of a lunatic holiday.

yeah, guy has nice energy though

don't think he fakes that he thinks it is fun :)

@JohanLarsson ...

I don't even...

@MattЭллен Is it normal in England to put the bag in after the milk??

do you see if he wears any ear protection?

Matt Эллен

@Cerberus maybe in the north, they're a little more savage

actually, that was my first thought when he declared the milk already in :D

Haha.

OK, so up north, I didn't know that.

The main issue is that you need HOT water to make tea, not lukewarm water.

At least for black tea.

Matt Эллен

9:39 PM

yeah

Of course it is also a terrible faux pas, but...

Matt Эллен

it looked like he managed to get it to boil

Probably...

I don't even know what a pulse jet is.

But it looked convenient and safe.

but it took some time

Matt Эллен

@Cerberus lol

@JohanLarsson yes, I don't understand why

9:40 PM

@JohanLarsson Only half an hour or so?

That thing must have been 20kw by the sound

not very efficient :)

Hehe.

Oh, well.

my outdoor stove is 4 kw and it is a very timid creature compared to his machine

I think the induction thing in the kitchen is only 2 kw and it boils a cup in 20 s

but it does not make one scream

Heh.

Yeah, it's a weird device.

@Cerberus Yes, and not too hot either or it brews bitter.

9:51 PM

I think that only applies to green tea?

Everyone uses "boiling" water for black tea.

It's supposed to be bitter, after all...

Matt Эллен

fools!

boiled, not boiling

ha! let them eat pony

@Cerberus I do not boil my tea water, but it's near boil.

@MattЭллен Sure, boiled.

@MετάEd Then how do you make it?

And water that has just finished boiling won't be 100 degrees any more by the time it soaks the tea leaves...

I nuke a mug of water with the bag in it. I know the oven and the mug and always hit it with the same amount of heat.

It's about 80 seconds.

Microwave?

Matt Эллен

9:54 PM

a friend of mine has a kettle with a thermometer, so she doesn't over heat things for various types of hot drink

@Cerberus Yes.

I sometimes use the microwave to reheat cold tea...

@Cerberus I do the same to coffee.

@MattЭллен That can be convenient.

@MετάEd Then why is it taboo?

@Cerberus Why is what taboo?

9:54 PM

The taste is perhaps not as good as freshly made tea, but still drinkable.

@MετάEd Reheating tea (or coffee, presumably).

Oh. Probably for the reason you said, it isn't as fresh.

As to why, I am not sure.

I imagine you lose some of the volatiles.

Because the benzene rings die.

jinx

Like what happens in perfumes.

9:55 PM

Lose by letting it sit in the pot, or by the reheating?

Matt Эллен

yeha, don't microwave perfume

@Cerberus Yes.

Or?

But the caffeine seems to do just fine.

Matt Эллен

@Cerberus inclusive or

perhaps

9:57 PM

I consider coffee making to basically be crude caffeine extraction.

@MattЭллен Perhaps. It is unclear.

@Cerberus Yes.

conversation dies

Matt Эллен

kicks conversation

ow

Matt Эллен

10:00 PM

I thought it was dead

twitches, vomits

Matt Эллен

guess I should call a paramedic

are any of you paramedics?

@MattЭллен It takes two to make a paramedics.

creature clasping liver retracts tendrils from brain stem, cuts open chest, and runs off

Man, those bones are tough to cut through when you're in a hurry.

Also, if you take annoyed, and adenoid, you get a paranoid.

And remember, on Easter Sunday when the stone is moved away, if the baby Jesus doesn't see his shadow there will be six more weeks of winter.

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10:03 PM

I would have been far more convenient had potential hosts developed an open space in the thorax for easy access.

Matt Эллен

@MετάEd So... those birds... they're two John Keats?

Must look into this.

@Cerberus You're pretty convenient as it is.

Not quite.

As an egg, entry is easy.

@MattЭллен Certainly. And a threesome involves a paradiddle.

10:04 PM

As a yearling, one can make a small cut and enter between the ribs.

But humans are so inconsiderate towards those of us in the middle phase.

And two mice make a single celled organism. I think.

@MετάEd Or two paracoitae or two paracoiti, plus the other combo.

Usually one paracoitus has but a single paracoita, except in your situation.

Matt Эллен

@MετάEd ah yes, Punxsutawney Christ

@MattЭллен It's your bedtime, lol.

Matt Эллен

ao 2 ngrams only 11MB

Matt Эллен

10:56 PM

@WillHunting now it's my bedtime

@Cerberus Have you ever heard of a Late Latin verb alapare, and if so, do you know its derivation?

11:12 PM

@tchrist I did not know the word.

But alapa means "blow, stroke" as in fighting.

It says cf. Greek kolaphos, which is from kolaptô "to peck (of birds)".

You want me to look up the etymologies?

Of course "Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän" is the exact same word as the English "Danube steamship transport company captain". It just so happens that English, another Germanic language, uses spaces in it (to make it even longer, so I'm not sure why people keep bringing up German at all, when it clearly saves space). More to the point perhaps, "Donaudampfschifffahrtsgesellschaftskapitän" is also exactly as common as its English equivalent. How about considering a word every single German actually uses hundreds of times in his life, like eintausendneunhundertneunundneunzig. — RegDwigнt ♦ 1 min ago

I am really really tired of people bringing up German compounds. Without understanding German compounds. Or English compounds. Or compounds.

Alas, it's been a peeve of mine for a while.

Sep 10 '13 at 20:27, by Kosmonaut

@RegDwighт: I was reading something on Reddit about long German words and I ran across a comment where I thought "finally, this guy knows what he is talking about", and realized it was you

I'll go practice some 2048. Toodles.

11:53 PM

@RegDwigнt Or language.

Most people just suck.

Isn't that a cheerful note to end the evening on?

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