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Shalvenay

00:28

@voretaq7 Spriggans. Need I say more?

2 hours later…

Jay Carr

02:39

@Farhan Is there something offensive about the word "dupe" I'm not aware of?

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Dan Hulme

08:04

@JayCarr not really, but as well as a contraction of duplicate, it's also a verb meaning to con or mislead, and "a dupe" is a gullible person, the victim of a con

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rbp

13:37

@DanHulme @DanHulme Do you think its ambiguous?

Jay Carr

13:57

@DanHulme Multiple meanings for the same word... Seriously, what country originated this crazy language, because they really should be stopped ;).

Dan Hulme

14:07

@rbp not in context, no

@JayCarr well, "dupe" for duplicate is mainly an SE thing, it's not mainstream English

even Slashdot always used "dup"

Jay Carr

@DanHulme This is where I point out that you must not live where I do, because we use dupe all the time in my area to mean duplicate.

Dan Hulme

wow

in what contexts?

Jay Carr

"Have we seen any dupes today?" In reference to any time we may see duplicates in a process.

"Yeah, this one is a dupe right here" Same context.

Dan Hulme

what kind of process though?

office paperwork? manufacturing?

Jay Carr

@DanHulme Usually when records are being generated by one of our programming processes. At least that's the time I usually hear it. I have heard it used in the context of paperwork as well.

That's why I was keeping it so general.

Just about any process that might involve duplicates, you can use "dupe" as described above.

At least here in Springfield Missouri, I can't speak for the rest of the US.

ratchet freak

14:14

maybe because dup and dupe have similar pronunciation

Jay Carr

@ratchetfreak See, when I read "dup" I hear "duh-p" and when I see "dupe" I hear "dew-p"

Maybe we're just spelling the same thing differently?

Like color and colour?

ratchet freak

I see "dew-p" for both

Jay Carr

Huh. I have to admit, if I saw it in context I'd probably hear "dew-p" as well. It's probably only coming up "duh-p" because I'm looking at them next to each other.

@ratchetfreak where are you from again?

ratchet freak

belgium learned most of my english from subbed TV

rbp

we use 'dupe' all the time in the computer business.

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Federico

20:38

I give you the conspiracy nut of the day:

A: How often does fuel dumping actually occur?

So why is it then that we see so much fuel dumping just sitting around and looking up at the sky? There are two types of trails coming from the back of jets. One is a contrail. That is a visible trail that comes from the aircraft moving through the atmosphere. With the contrail the trail disappe...

Jay Carr

@Federico Man, I never have patience for that sort of nonsense. I left a reply asking that he provide evidence that actually backs up his claims or he may risk being considered "not an answer".

So he's on notice.

lol, and apparently I was the last vote to delete it as well. Eh...

@voretaq7 Are people who have answers deleted able to edit them and nominate them for undeletion?

Or restoration, or whatever you would call that.

voretaq7

21:31

@JayCarr Edit, yes. Undelete, maybe..

I don't think there's a way to nominate something for undeletion (there's no un-delete queue), so if a mod nukes a post or the system deletes it because of flags I expect people would just make a new post.

Jay Carr

How can I undelete one of my posts?
Self-deleted posts can be viewed and undeleted by their original authors. However, self-deleted questions cannot be edited by their authors unless undeleted first. Self-deleted answers can be edited by the author without undeleting. Normally, if your deleted post is not self-deleted, you can't undelete it yourself (though you may be able to vote to undelete). An exception: if an answer is deleted from Low Quality review queue by "Recommend Deletion" votes, without three trusted users voting to delete, then it can be undeleted by the author.

From the link

My only problem is: By "post" do they mean question, answer, or both?

fooot

I assume they use "post" because it applies to both.

voretaq7

@JayCarr Both, unless otherwise specified :)

Jay Carr

@fooot Mkay

@voretaq7 Mkay, part II

I'm just hoping the guy could, in theory, come in and edit his answer. Not holding my breath, but I hope the options is there..

rbp

i love his answer.

for the sheer nuttiness of it

"What is really unnerving is that I've noticed the price of fuel goes up consistently with the incident of fuel dumping"

lovely

Jay Carr

21:41

@rbp Reminds me of my favorite answer I ever got on a quesiton...

-5

A: Why do jet engines get better fuel efficiency at high altitudes?

I'm not even close to an expert. But here it goes. Air like water is thick. Submarines are slower than boats. Jets are faster than boats. Automobiles are faster than boats. Space has no friction because there is no matter. But I think jets still work in space. Of course they need oxygen. Just l...

I'm glad it never got outright deleted, it's good to have a sense of humor on occasion. Besides, I think the down votes were a good enough indication that it is a bad answer...

rbp

i miss slack's emoticons :)