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theUg
theUg
12:34 AM
<shameless post-whoring plug> Seriously, people, is this really not better than that? (Misanthrope topic) </shameless post-whoring plug>
 
theUg
theUg
12:56 AM
Or is it the case of TL; DR? Ah, the old comprehension threshold…
 
Robusto
Robusto
1:46 AM
@MετάEd No one is allowed to play him. It would be too tiresome for all involved.
 
TemporaryNickName
TemporaryNickName
@Cerberus cheers
n back
 
Robusto
Robusto
2:05 AM
@Reg ^
I got your Soviet sad panda right here.
 
TemporaryNickName
TemporaryNickName
that panda pic is like combination of all major communist countries
+ it's sad =(
 
 
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Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
4:06 AM
wow, where is everyone tonight
I go to the neighbour's house and attempt to convince her that there is no god, and when I get back, everyone is sleeping.
2
 
aedia λ
aedia λ
4:19 AM
I'm not sleeping. I'm just supposed to be sleeping.
Instead I am cleaning the kitchen. And getting into the gin. And trying to figure out why even trying to plan a vacation stresses me out.
I think my better half is right about me needing to get out of the house more and see the sunshine. And exercise. And see other human beings, like in person and stuff.
Although I probably won't be happy about it in the morning now that I've told him he can should wake me, not just to say goodbye, at early o'clock when he leaves for work.
Also why I should be sleeping.
poof
 
Mahnax
Mahnax
5:01 AM
sings songs from Les Misérables
 
 
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MετάEd
MετάEd
7:31 AM
Good lord, how many hours does it take to deal with a new NS sock puppet?
 
 
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RegDwighт
RegDwighт
9:43 AM
@Robusto thank you. You are a good bolshevik. Lenin will be proud.
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 so I take it you couldn't convince her and are a mormon now?
 
MετάEd
MετάEd
 
RegDwighт
RegDwighт
Yes, I am keeping tabs on him.
Several people have been having their suspicions for two days now, including myself. But I am not 100% sure just yet.
 
MετάEd
MετάEd
Beyond a reasonable doubt as far as I am concerned.
 
RegDwighт
RegDwighт
That's what I would have said after the first question, yes.
But then the style changed.
And two out of three are closed anyway, so I'm not in a hurry.
And I mean, I'm not the only one seeing the flags...
 
MετάEd
MετάEd
@RegDwighт Second Q is classic NS: posted here and on two other English fora.
> Among, Between - WordReference Forums
forum.wordreference.com › English Only › English OnlyShare1 "Between work, school, and family life, he does not have time for hobbies." 2 "Among work, school, and family life, he does not have time for hobbies." Because ...
> Between and Among?
www.englishforums.com/English/.../bdjzzh/post.htmConcerning the usage of 'between' and 'usage': 1 " Between work, school, and family life, he does not have time for hobbies." 2 " Among work, school, and ...
 
RegDwighт
RegDwighт
9:55 AM
Ah.
That's a new datapoint.
 
MετάEd
MετάEd
Same with Q3:
> Between - WordReference Forums
forum.wordreference.com › English Only › English Only1 "Between work and school, he had no time to relax." 2 "Between work and school, he still found time to relax." Sentence 1 matches the suggested sentence ...
And those questions have already disappeared from those fora.
Just living ghostly lives as Google search results.
 
RegDwighт
RegDwighт
Okay, that's good enough for me.
 
MετάEd
MετάEd
@RegDwighт NS seems to take "there's something wrong on the Internet" to an extreme. "There's something maybe grammatically wrong on the Internet."
 
RegDwighт
RegDwighт
I think he's long past that point. It's more like "there's something clearly not wrong on the Internet for once, and that in turn makes it wrong".
 
MετάEd
MετάEd
Right. This sock puppet had me at "Could the example be bad writing?" hours ago.
yesterday, by MετάEd
Surely this is a NS sockpuppet:
 
RegDwighт
RegDwighт
10:01 AM
I mean, I struggle to remember a single sentence of his that was actually ungrammatical, and it is sort of clear he himself knows that.
 
MετάEd
MετάEd
@RegDwighт I think "clinical". Not at all clear what he knows about himself.
 
RegDwighт
RegDwighт
Sure, but even crazy people can be perfectly aware they are nuts.
 
MετάEd
MετάEd
Has this one ever shown real awareness?
 
RegDwighт
RegDwighт
BTW, I could swear we had a related question about troop, like two years ago, but it seems to be gone.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Hello.
 
MετάEd
MετάEd
10:09 AM
@RegDwighт I looked ... but I could certainly have missed one.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Are you discussing Norton?
 
MετάEd
MετάEd
@Cerberus Howdy. Howdy. Howdy.
@Cerberus Yes.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
woof woof woof
I see.
 
MετάEd
MετάEd
@RegDwighт Also, the fact that Barrie answered one despite it being a dupe was a dead giveaway. Follow the Barrie Trail.
 
RegDwighт
RegDwighт
@MετάEd not really, no. There are like five Google results in total. Not much to overlook.
 
MετάEd
MετάEd
10:12 AM
@Cerberus Apparently he got you this time.
 
RegDwighт
RegDwighт
Though of course there was this. :P
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Norton got me?
 
RegDwighт
RegDwighт
Seriously, I have no idea what that question even was or where it is now, or where it was back then actually.
 
MετάEd
MετάEd
@Cerberus Yes: "Locations Worldwide Among Brands" was a NSQ.
@RegDwighт Funny!
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Oh, I see.
That question seemed all right.
Ugh, the government has had to nationalise another bank.
Luckily, this one didn't cost 15 % of our GDP.
 
MετάEd
MετάEd
10:19 AM
@Cerberus Finding a random text on the Internet and asking if it "could be bad writing" is an NS dead giveaway. Also totally off topic (writing/lit crit).
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
He asked about the preposition.
I explained it.
Should be moved to ELL.
 
MετάEd
MετάEd
I'd say it also is off topic because it doesn't ask a question "based on actual problems that you face" but in a sort of sad way it does. All his questions are based on an actual problem that he faces. Just not an English language problem.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
I disagree.
But I don't think we should be discussing this topic again.
 
MετάEd
MετάEd
@Cerberus How 'bout them Hawkeyes, then.
Beat Penn State today.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
You're trying to talk about sports with me??
My dear fellow.
We might as well discuss the weather.
By the way, why does Mexican State Oil have exploding machines in their HQ?
Sure HQ should merely be an office building?
 
MετάEd
MετάEd
10:31 AM
@Cerberus I'm just staying away from anything important.
@Cerberus It's cold.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
See, there the topic fails already: it's not really cold here.
 
MετάEd
MετάEd
@Cerberus So we must avoid both the significant and the banal.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Only certain kinds of banality.
I think bananas are on topic.
> In Hindi, "Tu" is said to friends, "Tum" to husband,wife,elder,smaller people and "Aap" to aged people to show respect. Also with respect to closeness "Tu>Tum>Aap"
Hilarious.
Aap = ape in Dutch.
 
RegDwighт
RegDwighт
My inbox is very laconic these days.
 
Hitesh Dhamshaniya
Hitesh Dhamshaniya
hello, buddies
how are u doing ?
Hey @Cerberus are you from India ?
 
RegDwighт
RegDwighт
10:55 AM
He's from the East India Company, yes.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
@HiteshDhamshaniya Nope! I wish!
@RegDwighт ...
 
RegDwighт
RegDwighт
@Cerberus thank you. Next time use a single point please. I don't have time to waste.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
@RegDwighт We only ever got a couple of specks on the coast, alas.
 
RegDwighт
RegDwighт
@Cerberus but only specks on coasts make you feel at home!
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
@RegDwighт I did use one dot! I used only one dot too! I also used only one dot!
 
RegDwighт
RegDwighт
10:58 AM
You don't want mountains.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Mountains are bad, yes.
 
RegDwighт
RegDwighт
@Cerberus now my inbox is getting polysyllabic. You are evil.
Polysentennic, even.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Polysyllabic, even?
How hard this must be for your poor rat brain.
 
RegDwighт
RegDwighт
Yes, only is totally poly.
I am not a rat. I am a beaver.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Whatever.
 
RegDwighт
RegDwighт
11:00 AM
Said the minotaur.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
shrugs
At least I don't have horns.
 
RegDwighт
RegDwighт
You just don't see them. Use a mirror.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Now if you called me Hydra because you didn't care to count heads, that I could understand.
@RegDwighт That's Hades standing behind me.
 
RegDwighт
RegDwighт
Medusa Gorgona.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Gorgo.
 
RegDwighт
RegDwighт
11:01 AM
Welcome to gorgo.com. This is gorgo.com. And welcome.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Yay!
 
RegDwighт
RegDwighт
Ima make me noodles.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
-1
A: When enumerating motivations, is it correct to write firstly, secondly, ..., or first, second, ...?

CerberusBoth ways are used, although firstly, secondly is probably far more common. In an informal text, no-one will object to either. However, traditionally, it should be first, secondly, thirdly etc. Only pedants will insist on this usage, but it is something to be aware of, as there are many pedants. ...

Can someone upvote me?
Kiam is spreading the incorrect statement that "first, secondly, thirdly" would be wrong.
 
RegDwighт
RegDwighт
I give that answer 0.98 Lawlers.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Haha how does that work?
His answer, you mean, or mine?
 
RegDwighт
RegDwighт
11:09 AM
11
Q: Measuring typographical emphasis: the “lawler” and “lawler weight”

MετάEd RegDwighт said: @Robusto wow, that's formatting to the max. Bold and italics and monospaced and in quotes. John has outlawlered himself.¹ It occurs to me that this is something we can measure. I propose that a single character’s lawler weight (lw) be the standard unit of measure of the typ...

discussion style formatting
Your answer.
His is nowhere near 0.5.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
LMAO (plus eleven more characters). — John Lawler Dec 13 '12 at 4:54
All of my lawlers are functional, nay, even required.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
11:27 AM
"Make sure not to mix the two groups: first, second, third; not first, secondly, thirdly." — kiamlaluno 12 mins ago
So wrong.
Apparently NOAD cannot be trusted. Not that I would use it anyway, but I am still shocked.
 
 
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Johan Larsson
Johan Larsson
12:47 PM
Hello, looking for a word again. What is the name of the route that an airplane follows when landing on an airport?
Safe route?
 
Hugo
Hugo
It's often called the "descent", and before that comes the "approach"
 
Johan Larsson
Johan Larsson
would approach path make sense then?
I'm writing code for a robot and I'm thinking that obstacles and stations should be able to tell the robot a path around or to them
 
Kit
Kit
Yes.
 
Hugo
Hugo
ok, so descent and approach aren't really what you want then
"safe route" would be ok
 
Johan Larsson
Johan Larsson
It was the closest analogy I could think of
Safe route / safe path?
 
Kit
Kit
12:52 PM
I don't understand why approach is not suitable.
 
Johan Larsson
Johan Larsson
I use that then
 
Hugo
Hugo
approach is ok, it suggests actually going to the thing (an airport for a plane), but it's not necessarily so
 
Kit
Kit
"An approach" suggests anything leading up to it though.
 
Hugo
Hugo
approach just means coming close, and the robot can come close (but not too close)
 
Johan Larsson
Johan Larsson
I think most of the time the approach and exit will be the same path|route
 
Hugo
Hugo
12:54 PM
yep
 
Johan Larsson
Johan Larsson
What is the difference between a path and a route btw?
 
Kit
Kit
Uh...a path feels more individual to me.
It also has a sense of creating a trace.
 
Hugo
Hugo
a path can be a small track in a road, a route can be a predetermined trip
 
Kit
Kit
A route feels more established.
 
Johan Larsson
Johan Larsson
ok I take it they are somewhat similar
 
Kit
Kit
12:56 PM
A path has a sense of actuality. A route feels more theoretic.
They are quite similar in some contexts.
 
Johan Larsson
Johan Larsson
Thank you friends
 
Kit
Kit
Oh. And hej!
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Hi!
 
Kit
Kit
Morning.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
@JohanLarsson So is this route you are talking about in the air, on the ground, or both?
Morming. I actually got up at 11, but good morning to you!
 
Johan Larsson
Johan Larsson
1:03 PM
In the air, it is a gantry robot. yes i googled gantry
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
OK.
 
Johan Larsson
Johan Larsson
Similar to that thing
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Wtf
scared of big machines
 
Kit
Kit
0
Q: Make like a banana

KitIn my area, it's not unusual to hear expressions like I'm going to make like a banana and split. ...make like a tree and leave. ...make like a baby and head out. ...make like a prom dress and take off. When they are self-referential, they are humorous partings between friends. ...

humor simile
I'm not sure I did a very good job with this question.
The tags can't possibly be right.
@JohanLarsson Cool.
We looked into a gantry for the virtual environment I used to write code for.
 
Johan Larsson
Johan Larsson
But a gantry does not feel very virtual?
 
Kit
Kit
1:12 PM
It was for carrying the cables for the headset.
 
Johan Larsson
Johan Larsson
ok
I have been naming a lot of things the last couple of days, the results have been in the range pathetic to disastrously poor.
 
Kit
Kit
Mostly I just wanted to mention my work in virtual environments.
@JohanLarsson Better than Adam?
 
Johan Larsson
Johan Larsson
Who is Adam?
@Kit Tell us more about it if you have time. Sounds fun.
 
Kit
Kit
Biblical Adam. Wasn't he the namer of things?
@JohanLarsson You are kind. I just wanted to mention it though, and let you think about how cool and awesome I must be.
 
Johan Larsson
Johan Larsson
I trust you, read the bible and the Quran but long time ago.
@Kit And on top of that you know that we loved you before!
 
Kit
Kit
1:22 PM
You are good at this. It's like you've done it before.
 
Johan Larsson
Johan Larsson
I said it before!
 
Kit
Kit
I haven't read all of the bible or the quran.
I've heard the claim that even for an unbeliever, the bible is a Great Work of Literature.
I feel this is bogus. I can write better things in my sleep.
 
Johan Larsson
Johan Larsson
Do you have anything you have written available on the web?
 
Kit
Kit
Oh yes. I thought I'd given you my blog link before?
Not that I think I'm a great writer, but the translations I've read don't really move me.
That's probably obnoxious of me if you're among the faithful though.
 
Johan Larsson
Johan Larsson
"Tapping the ashes into the nearest moldy coffee cup" <- What does that mean?
 
Kit
Kit
1:27 PM
Have you smoked?
 
Johan Larsson
Johan Larsson
yes
ok understand now, googling moldy
 
Kit
Kit
When you tap the cigarette...ok.
Moldy is overgrown with mold.
Fungus.
Gross.
 
Johan Larsson
Johan Larsson
Yeah image search was pretty gross
I'm not one of the faithful, hard to combine it with natural science.
 
Kit
Kit
I agree.
I could never fathom why it wasn't convincing to people when I could stand in a coffeeshop and blaspheme God and nothing happened.
I can even do it right now. Watch. Fuck you, God. Come get me.
See? Nothing.
People just aren't convinced by nothing, I guess.
 
Novice
Novice
KitFox...?
 
Kit
Kit
1:35 PM
Still here.
Haven't been struck dead yet.
Nor for years and years.
 
Novice
Novice
Oh, that is KitFox.
That's a cute panda you have right there.
 
Kit
Kit
Thanks.
I should probably put my fox back on.
So people know it's me.
 
Novice
Novice
Nah, it's cool.
We're no less than spies.
 
Johan Larsson
Johan Larsson
@Kit I like the writing style, did not understand the end of the story. Reading the end again
 
Kit
Kit
Oh, it doesn't make sense. I wrote it over lunch so I'd have something done.
 
Johan Larsson
Johan Larsson
1:44 PM
Is Red the priest?
 
Kit
Kit
Yeah.
Here. Try this one, it's more polished: Spider
 
Johan Larsson
Johan Larsson
This one is about @Cerberus right?
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Huh?
 
Kit
Kit
gives funny look
No, not Cerb.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Ah, I have read that one.
 
Kit
Kit
1:47 PM
It's one of my favorites.
 
Johan Larsson
Johan Larsson
Yeah it is really good, does not explain much, that makes it interesting. Cliffhanger in the end intentional?
I can not decide if I like the title. If there would have been a spider in the story I would not have liked it.
Whenever I see the word groceries i think @Cerberus :)
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Um thanks?
Why me?
You only eat food from your own farm?
 
Johan Larsson
Johan Larsson
I only ever read the word groceries from you in this chat. Not meaning that it is all you write about but it is the only place i read it. I Sweden we just say buy food 'mat' when we buy groceries.
 
Kit
Kit
There wasn't a cliffhanger. And the whole thing is about a spider. Did you click the links? There are several pages.
 
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