The Sphinx's Lair

North Læraðr

22:00

@Deusovi Deus it's illegal for you to have more than one CC active on chat at a time

Avi

He doesn't

he has C2 and C4 :(

North Læraðr

Maybe he's just playing with us

Avi

Firstly, it might not occur that some underhanded ruse exists

msh210

@Deusovi comma + _n + deer

Deusovi

that's correct!

North Læraðr

22:06

@msh210 huh. Can you explain?

msh210

I've got two CCs with continuing surfaces ("Blah blah blah… (#) / … blah blah blah (#)"). Should I post both as the C4?

@NorthLæraðr "appropriate" is the definition. comma=interval. before= (concatenation). stallion's rear end=n. bucks=deer

North Læraðr

@msh210 hm. Very nice

msh210

@msh210 I should note one of them is, I think, quite easy. (Though I've been wrong about that before.)

@NorthLæraðr thanks

merrybot

i'm back :)

North Læraðr

My god it's a full of bots!

merrybot

22:11

haha

bunch of translated nonsense scratch.mit.edu/studios/26607868

r/ihadastroke ?

msh210

I thought Scratch was a programming language.

merrybot

it is

msh210

(Never used it, myself.)

Mithical

@merrybot I dropped my phone on my face.

merrybot

o u c h

North Læraðr

22:13

@Mithical yikes

msh210

@merrybot But you're using it as a pastebin?

merrybot

wdym?

msh210

You're using it to store content?

jafe

@msh210 there's certainly precedent to posting two related clues as one c4

merrybot

thats what scratch studios do, yes

msh210

22:14

@Mithical better than vice versa

@jafe okay, thanks

merrybot

@msh210 thats what studios do, yes

msh210

CCCC: "Short" thing (short red dress) … (5) / … exposes calves again? (7)

@merrybot that doesn't fit with any definition of "studio" I can think of

merrybot

how exactly did the c4's start?

@msh210 well uh scratch is weird sometimes

North Læraðr

@merrybot uhhh people got bored

merrybot

ok then mr tree... interesting

North Læraðr

22:17

it's been around for as long as I remember, which is impressive. I only joined two years ago, so I don't know the full story

jafe

Nov 15 '16 at 3:53, by Alconja

New chat game: the person who answers the most recent chat cryptic clue has to pose a new one.

North Læraðr

dang it's been going on for 4 years straight and strong?!

merrybot

insanse

*insane

North Læraðr

that's actually nuts

user435118

@msh210 Technically it isn’t

msh210

22:19

"Technically that sentence started with 'well', so--" "Ooh, a rock with a fossil in it!"

But do tell.

jafe

hah

user435118

@msh210 lol

user435118

Scratch is based largely on Squeak which is the original language

merrybot

yep

and Snap*!* is based on it

Snap*!*

markdown is weird

Mithical

Scratch 1.x was written in Squeak, no?

user435118

22:21

Why is there a lot of talk about Scratch here recently?

msh210

Okay. But Scratch is what?

merrybot

because of uh... me

Mithical

@msh210 Depends on how you define it. ;)

merrybot

scratch, @msh210 is a programming language designed for kids.

user435118

@merrybot Who are you? What did you do?

merrybot

22:22

sarcasm i hope?

Mithical

It can be either the programming language designed by the LLK or the website built for it.

user435118

@msh210 I like to call it as a block based editor for simple block code to teach children the basic concepts of coding, variables etc.

msh210

@merrybot Wikipedia agrees with you ("block-based visual programming language and website" from the first sentence of the Scratch article) but Daniil doesn't

user435118

@msh210 We could have a long debate but I’m tired :)

msh210

@Daniil okay, so it's an editor for code. What language is that code written in?

North Læraðr

22:24

@msh210 What in the world I literally left to walk my dog and I see... scratch, squeak, skritch, sansscrit, snsaprdsn[du d

user435118

@msh210 Squeak

user435118

I spent most of my sleep time on a puzzle which I didn’t even solve :/

North Læraðr

Scratch is a computer program that uses a computer program to teach kids about computer programming but apparently tons of people use it as a paste bin and there's like a dedicated conlang server there

Mithical

@Daniil not anymore

github.com/LLK

msh210

@Daniil ah okay cool. Wikipedia and merrybot seem to disagree with you, just so you know. I personally have no idea.

Mithical

22:26

Scratch 1.x was written in Squeak. 2.0 and 3.0 are not.

North Læraðr

@Daniil squeak squad?

user435118

Still disagree, let’s leave it at that :)

Mithical

They're written in... Javascript, I think?

I'm officially a Scratch Mentor (or was), you can trust me :P

North Læraðr

"We've been busy reading what you have to say about it and wanted to update you about some of the work we're doing in response to this. We designed Scratch ...
Release Date‎: ‎January 2, 2019 Programming language‎: ‎HTML5 / JavaScript"

Yup, seems like it

Mithical

(The offline version of Mentor that is)

user435118

22:28

@Mithical I was officially a SWC curator :PP

North Læraðr

what's a scratch mentor?

SWC curator?

IM SO CONFUSED

user435118

Scratch Welcoming Committee Curator, long to explain

Mithical

In the context I'm using it? A person who helps teach at official Scratch Day events.

@Daniil Remember the old Scratch moderator position?

user435118

scratch.mit.edu/studios/146521

user435118

@Mithical Yeah, I came on the site just after it retired

msh210

22:30

@Mithical is that the nickname for American Dermatological Society meetups?

Mithical

One of my siblings was one of those :eyes:

user435118

@Mithical Oh who, might know them from their username?

Mithical

Declining to say

Now... msh, go to bed

North Læraðr

@Mithical Hypocrite :P

msh210

@Mithical I'm rubber and you're glue.

North Læraðr

22:32

@msh210 Is this what people say when they stay up too late

merrybot

@NorthLæraðr probably

North Læraðr

ah that's an actual saying. I thought msh was just saying some random gibberish

msh210

lol, no it's a schoolyard saying

merrybot

as did I

North Læraðr

yall both need to sleep

here though, it's still a bright and sunny... 3:35 pm?

merrybot

22:35

yall being @msh210 and ... who else?

msh210

Mith, I assume. We're in the same time zone.

merrybot

if you mean me, it's also a bright and sunny 3:35pm.

North Læraðr

@merrybot ey, fellow californian (high five)

merrybot

so hmm what might i translate next?

uh no, i'm in nv

Mithical

It's a dark and dim 1:36AM.

North Læraðr

22:37

@merrybot oh, ew

merrybot

why is nevada ew?

msh210

@Mithical weird. It's 1:37 here. Maybe we're not in the same time zone.

North Læraðr

@merrybot because it's not California. duh

merrybot

what about washington, orgeon, etc?

msh210

@merrybot don't mind North. (S?)he's just green with NV.

Mithical

22:38

@msh210 <insert Spock "fascinating" GIF>

msh210

It didn't work.

Mithical

@msh210 (Captain Jack Sparrow voice) That's chlorophyll you're thinking of, mate

North Læraðr

@merrybot They're chill

msh210

@Mithical oops, sorry North. Didn't mean to disbeleaf you.

North Læraðr

@msh210 tsk tsk, someone slept in bio class did we?

@msh210 He.

Actually tree, but close enough

jafe

22:43

he/she/tree is just too complicated to write every time

3

North Læraðr

@jafe That's what "they" exists

:P

merrybot

henceMx. Tree :)

North Læraðr

how do you pronounce Mx.?

merrybot

mix/mux

jafe

/mɪks/, /mʌks/

msh210

22:46

@NorthLæraðr /ˈmɛksɨkow/

jafe

hahah

merrybot

@jafe ooh fancy

North Læraðr

@msh210 hilarious

merrybot

/ðə ˈsfɪŋksɪz lɛr/

North Læraðr

wut

merrybot

22:47

dheh sfingxihz lerr

the sphinx's lair

North Læraðr

uhh i dont do ipa

jafe

i thought it was lɛər

msh210

@jafe yeah

merrybot

well then good job tophonetics.com

msh210

depending on your dialect. I don't know what the standard broad transcription is.

merrybot

22:48

edit: tophonetics.com

msh210

I'd probably write it /lejɹ/, myself

…idk.

North Læraðr

showoff\

merrybot

/aɪm trænˈzleɪtɪŋ maɪ ˈfeɪvərɪt sɔŋ ˈɪntə ˈnɑnsɛns/ --> "eyem tranzlayteeng mye fayvehrit song inteh nahnsens" --> I'm translating my favorite song into nonsense

get it now, @North?

msh210

@merrybot You pronounce the "o" in "favorite"?

merrybot

subtly but yes

North Læraðr

22:53

@merrybot ehhh

msh210

Also, you put the stress on the second syllable of "translating"?

merrybot

i'll tak ethat as a no

@msh i didn't transcribe it, this site did: tophonetics.com

North Læraðr

well the site is kinda sketch

msh210

@merrybot fair enough

merrybot

yeah but ...

(@North)

North Læraðr

22:55

no and...

merrybot

now what?!

msh210

All right. Gamen, y'all.

merrybot

maybe or ...

idk

North Læraðr

perhaps yet...

merrybot

for and nor but or yet so

jafe

22:57

and the cliffhanger award goes to...

North Læraðr

FANBOYS

merrybot

exactly

North Læraðr

@jafe Perfect timing

merrybot

heh

ok uh what else should i translate until it makes no sense?

North Læraðr

@merrybot how about this chat's transcript?

XD

Actually it already makes no sense

merrybot

23:00

haha

Avi

sigh

merrybot

@avi ?

Avi

learning C# - doesn't help when there are 2 ways of doing the same things

merrybot

weird

is it worse than javascript's lack of math skiils?

Avi

List.Any(predicate) and List.Exists(predicate) are functionally identical for the most part

JavaScript is a garbage bin of its own - I don't wanna talk about it

merrybot

23:02

haha yep

Avi

anyways, toodles :(

Sphinx

23:28

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merrybot

23:47

smudged? hm

Sphinx

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