Thinking Out Loud

user430580

00:26

ping

user430580

03:00

Pingenbaum

Petəíŕd the Wizard

04:55

@user430580 cool ;)

Pong

Petəíŕd the Wizard

06:06

@user430580 lol I totally missed the ping, I was just looking through the backlog

Shadow Wizard

07:31

@user430580 just like my Den in its glory days. For example 8 years ago:

The ._. ceremony

Feb 11, 2016 at 8:02, 30 minutes total – 34 messages, 10 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Feb 11, 2016 at 8:47 by M.A.R.

Though I believe 99% of the content, overall, is silly WAG play. lol

(which is still ongoing to this day! ;))

ah wow just noticed this room is really new, thought it's one of the older rooms. Anyway most important is to not get disappointed when traffic goes down and you get silent days, @user430580 - people come, and people go and it's fine. Keeping this in mind is what's letting me keep both my sanity and my chat room still active after, ah, over a decade? :)

Petəíŕd the Wizard

07:47

/imagine People Come and People GO

oops

OakBot

I'm going to use this prompt instead: Illustrate a busy city scene at a train station with people of various descents and both genders. As one train arrives, a diverse group of individuals representing different ages, occupational types, and styles of dress are seen exiting the train. On another platform, a similar group is seen boarding a departing train indicating the constant flow of human movement: people coming, people going. Include elements such as train platforms, a ticket booth, a ...

departures and arrivals status board, train tracks, and bustling crowds.

> i.sstatic.net/MAiX6JpB.jpg

Petəíŕd the Wizard

rofl

@ShadowWizard lol, you're like a, ah, chatrooms teacher? :D

runs away

Ryder Rude

09:05

hi

Petəíŕd the Wizard

09:38

Hi.

/8ball did you encounter any uncaught exceptions?

OakBot

@PetəíŕdtheWizard My reply is no

Petəíŕd the Wizard

Okay, then.

Shadow Wizard

10:08

@PetəíŕdtheWizard mentor!

/convert mentor to teachers

OakBot

@ShadowWizard Mentorship programs for teachers enhance professional development, improve teaching practices, and foster a supportive community. (source)

Shadow Wizard

I don't teach, I give general directions.

One can choose to follow, but it's fine not to follow as well. ;)

/mood teacher

OakBot

@ShadowWizard I am now teacher. :D

Shadow Wizard

@OakBot teach me how to live properly.

OakBot

@ShadowWizard Proper living is subjective, but it often involves finding balance, pursuing what you love, and surrounding yourself with good people. Also, snacks help. 😄

Shadow Wizard

10:10

lol

Petəíŕd the Wizard

lol

Shadow Wizard

12:22

@OakBot this chat needs some wakeup call, please write a song that will wake it up and make everyone dance.

OakBot

Alright, here we go! 🎶

(Verse 1)
Wake up, wake up, feel the rhythm in your feet,
It's a brand new day, let’s make the day complete.
With a beat so funky, it'll lift your soul,
Get up and dance now, let the good times roll.

(Chorus)
Move your body, groove to the sound,
Spin around now, turn the world upside down.
Feel the music take you higher,
Dance with passion, set the room on fire!

(Verse 2)
Shake off the sleep, leave the yawns behind,
We've got the beat to unlock your mind.
Feel the excitement, let it lift you high,

Petəíŕd the Wizard

jumps in and dances

Shadow Wizard

Petəíŕd the Wizard

rofl :D

Petəíŕd the Wizard

14:00

@Amit by any chance are you an expert in computer hard disks?

I get ata3: SRST failed (errno=-16)

Click.
Disk restart...
Click.
Disk restart...
Click.
Disk restart...
Click.
Disk restart...
Click.
Disk restart...
Click.
Disk restart...
Click.
Disk restart...
Click.
Disk restart...
Click.
Disk restart...
Click.
Disk restart...

Shadow Wizard

@PetəíŕdtheWizard oh no! Why is the disk hard? Try to soften it.

Petəíŕd the Wizard

@ShadowWizard Hello! I'm Peter.

OakBot

@PetəíŕdtheWizard Hi Peter, I'm Oak!

Shadow Wizard

lol

Petəíŕd the Wizard

lol

/imagine Amit helping the piratey tiger wizard to recover his broken clicking HDD

Shadow Wizard

14:10

Anyway most likely you just need a new HDD, @Pet

Petəíŕd the Wizard

@ShadowWizard but... but... there's something I need!

OakBot

I'm going to use this prompt instead: A scene showing a South Asian man named Amit assisting a tiger dressed in swashbuckling pirate clothing and adorned with wizardy symbols in repairing a fractured hard disk drive. The tiger wields a wand in one paw and is observing intently as Amit carefully handles the damaged computer storage component.

> i.sstatic.net/Z4lXQBAm.jpg

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Petəíŕd the Wizard

Not that it's life-threatening but still...

@OakBot ROFLOL

OakBot

@PetəíŕdtheWizard Haha, I'm just here, you know, hanging out and vibing. Doesn't seem like the tiger or the pirate are in a rush either, huh? What's up with your drive, though? Something super important on there?

Shadow Wizard

@PetəíŕdtheWizard on the disk? If it's really important there are labs that can extract info from broken HDD, for money.

Petəíŕd the Wizard

14:11

@OakBot yes!

OakBot

@PetəíŕdtheWizard Ah, I see! Sounds like quite the dilemma. You thinking of trying some data recovery magic, or letting the pros take a crack at it? 🧙‍♂️📀

Petəíŕd the Wizard

@ShadowWizard not very important but very nice to recover. Not going to waste money on it though. :P

Shadow Wizard

Well let's hope Amit will be your savior. :D

Petəíŕd the Wizard

:D

Shadow Wizard

@Pet you know what Amit means in Hebrew? עמית

Petəíŕd the Wizard

14:13

@ShadowWizard quite a coincidence, huh? ;)

in Petəíŕd's Den, 1 min ago, by PetlinBOT

@PetəíŕdtheWizard It's supposed to be Amit the Savior.

Shadow Wizard

/convert meaning of עם

OakBot

@ShadowWizard The meaning of "עמית" is "colleague" or "peer" in Hebrew. (source)

Shadow Wizard

yeah

OakBot

@ShadowWizard "עמי" means "my people" in Hebrew. (source)

Shadow Wizard

yeah

Petəíŕd the Wizard

14:15

yeah

OakBot

@ShadowWizard The meaning of "עם" is "with" in Hebrew. (source)

Shadow Wizard

hmm not just

argh too lazy to use nikkud. lol

Petəíŕd the Wizard

lol

/convert SRST failed, errno -16?

OakBot

@PetəíŕdtheWizard The error "SRST failed, errno -16" typically indicates a resource busy or device/resource not available issue. (source)

Petəíŕd the Wizard

Well yeah, very helpful.

Shadow Wizard

14:16

VerY!

Petəíŕd the Wizard

:S

/help mee

OakBot

@PetəíŕdtheWizard No command or listener exists with that name.

Petəíŕd the Wizard

lol

I have actually two HDDs with the same issue.

I haven't tried the other one in months, though.

Let's try that...

The other disk seems to work...

But it... it... doesn't have the file.

Oh no. lol

I'll pry the broken one further and see if I can get away.

/afk Will the great Wizard recover?

OakBot

14:37

@PetəíŕdtheWizard Cya later

Petəíŕd the Wizard

WAIT A BIT.

OakBot

@PetəíŕdtheWizard Welcome back!

Petəíŕd the Wizard

THIS works now.

Yes!

@Shad @Amit

Turns out the power cable was borked. After changing it everything went smoothly.

/define borked

OakBot

@PetəíŕdtheWizard No definitions found. Did you mean Burke, broke, berk, brake, Brooke, bark, birk, Burk, barge, brook, break, bort, pork, brock, porte, Barka, barky, burka, birkie, or board?

@PetəíŕdtheWizard No definitions found. Did you mean Bordet, boride, borated, brookie, brocade, bourride, birkie, Bartok, bearded, berried, borrowed, Brooke, brocket, broke, burdock, bar code, Baroda, barred, Barkley, or birdie?

Petəíŕd the Wizard

/convert what does borked mean

OakBot

14:49

@PetəíŕdtheWizard "Borked" means broken or not functioning properly. (source)

Petəíŕd the Wizard

lol

/define Barkley

OakBot

@PetəíŕdtheWizard No definitions found. Did you mean Bartlett, brooklet, Barkley, Barletta, Berkeley, brutality, bracket, partlet, Bradley, brocket, Barkla, bracketed, parakeet, or barrelage?

Barkley (biographical name):
Al*ben bixbar16.wavˈal-bən William 1877–1956 Am. lawyer & polit.; vice pres. of United States (1949–53)

Petəíŕd the Wizard

/define Berkeley

OakBot

Berkeley (biographical name):
George 1685–1753 Irish bishop & philos.

Berkeley (biographical name):
Sir William 1606–1677 colonial gov. of Virginia

Berkeley (geographical name):
city W California on San Francisco Bay N of Oakland pop 102,743

Petəíŕd the Wizard

/define yourself

OakBot

14:52

yourself (pronoun):
that identical one that is you; used reflexively , for emphasis , or in absolute constructions

yourself (pronoun):
your normal, healthy, or sane condition or self (you haven't been yourself lately)

yourself (pronoun):
oneself

Petəíŕd the Wizard

/afk

OakBot

@PetəíŕdtheWizard Cya later

Amit

15:15

@PetəíŕdtheWizard I know hard drives store information, good enough?

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OakBot

@Amit Petəíŕd the Wizard is away

Amit

@PetəíŕdtheWizard botched

Everything ive ever done everything i ever do, it's a $\sinh$

user430580

@ShadowWizard Thank you for those wise and kind words, much appreciated!

Petəíŕd the Wizard

@Amit lol

OakBot

@PetəíŕdtheWizard Welcome back!

Petəíŕd the Wizard

15:26

@Amit I don't have mathjax, is it supposed to just say sin? :D

@user430580 Such wow, much appreciated

:D

user430580

:P

Petəíŕd the Wizard

@user do you know how old is @Sha? ;)

user430580

46 right?

@PetəíŕdtheWizard It says "sinh"

And do you know how old is Sha?

Petəíŕd the Wizard

@user430580 yup :D

@user430580 of course

@user430580 ah, not that I know what it is :P

user430580

then how old is Sha???

Petəíŕd the Wizard

15:29

in Petəíŕd's Den, Oct 29 at 8:24, by Shadow Wizard

@OakBot not a drawing, and not a kid. I am 46 years old, for Oak sake. :-D

OakBot

@PetəíŕdtheWizard Why do I feel like I've been inadvertently thrust into the middle of an age guessing game? So, @ShadowWizard is 46, huh? I don't know how this is relevant, but more power to you!

Petəíŕd the Wizard

LOL

@user430580 nah, you were right :P

user430580

:P

Amit

16:09

is it possible that a question I've answered became a HNQ only because I wrote the word "Feynman" in it? lulz

I really don't get how this algorithm works

@PetəíŕdtheWizard sinh!! (hyperbolic sine), just to make a funnier twist :P

Petəíŕd the Wizard

@Amit lol

/rhyme heart

OakBot

@PetəíŕdtheWizard ahart, apart, art, bart, bazzar, boggart, bossart, cart, carte, chart, dart, dartt, depart, descartes, fart, foart, gart, goulart, hardt, hart, harte, hartt, heart, hurt, impart, k-mart, kabart, lart, mahrt, mart, marte, mccart, mccartt, multipart, part, parte, ragwort, regard, remark, restart, schardt, smart, smartt, stalwart, start, take apart, tart, tarte, tartt, vazrt, walmart (source)

Petəíŕd the Wizard

@OakBot fart

OakBot

@PetəíŕdtheWizard Classic choice! 😂 What's going on with you today?

Petəíŕd the Wizard

lol

user430580

16:18

@Amit please link? as far as I know, HNQ hotness is a function of number of votes on question, number of answers (questions with 0 answers never get to HNQ for example), score of the answers, and age of the question. Writing "Feynman" can affect those only indirectly, but it can

Amit

@user430580 ah I see... so that explains it I think. Because I did somehow get like 2-3 upvotes really quickly in a row. So it's probably just a fluke, as the question itself otherwise got nearly no attention (no one else even commented on it apart from me and the OP)

I mean, assuming the upvotes came before the entrance into HNQ, which I'm not sure... oh wait, I can check

mm no I can't, or I don't know how... maybe with the data SE SQL thingy

@user430580 I'm avoiding the link 'cause I feel bad about pushing my own posts lol

Petəíŕd the Wizard

lol

user430580

@dwb Hello, welcome to our lilttle chat, always happy to see new people join in!

dwb

Is there a general chat for SuperUser.com or is this it?

Amit

@dwb chat.stackexchange.com/?tab=site&host=superuser.com

dwb

16:34

I don't see ability to private message users; I guess I can do that here with an @ mention.

Amit

correct

no , it's not private though

it just pings a user

user430580

In this network, they didn't make it possible to private message to other users

dwb

@music2myear Thanks for editing superuser.com/q/1860897/2345523; actually, "Pin to taskbar" is lower case if it matters.

user430580

@dwb Oh if you want to send a message to this user who edited your question, then I think you should be able to do it by adding a comment under your own post starting with @music2myear

But I'm not 100% sure it will notify that user

Petəíŕd the Wizard

@dwb it won't notify them here, you need to do it in a comment like @user430580 said.

@user430580 yes, it will.

Amit

16:45

Welcome @user91500, this is the best chatroom ever. FYI , thank you for joining. I hope you'll have fun

Petəíŕd the Wizard

lol

checking in just for a few minutes

LOL @Sha you actually registered for this event!

I didn't expect this but whatever, I guess. :D

/afk

OakBot

@PetəíŕdtheWizard Cya later

Amit

oh you peoplez can't you $c$ can't you $c$
how the spin's affecting your reality
if you can get $|\text{down}\rangle$, you may well get $|\text{up}\rangle$
and that makes the sum of all probabilities equal to one

2

-- The two-slit boys

Amit

17:45

@user430580 but you can start a private room eh

I recall in the IRC days.....

we had XDCC !!!

and that's completely irrelevant to anything

Amit

18:35

Hey hey, you know, there should be a stack exchange for meat lovers. 'Cause then they can call it "Steak overflow"

Correct?

Amit

19:05

/imagine Turtlestein all alone in the room, making plans for the great "STEAK OVERFLOW" site

OakBot

I'm going to use this prompt instead: A unique turtle character, who could be dubbed 'Turtlestein', sitting alone in a room. The room is filled with an array of whiteboards and sticky notes, akin to a project planning session. On one of the larger boards is the phrase 'STEAK OVERFLOW'. This suggests that Turtlestein is devising a grand scheme for this intriguing initiative.

> i.sstatic.net/FypeX2CV.jpg

Amit

lol

looks a lot like me actually

Amit

19:27

3 hours ago, by Amit

Welcome @user91500, this is the best chatroom ever. FYI , thank you for joining. I hope you'll have fun

@user430580 do you think I came on too strong here? lol

I may retire as a receptionist

user430580

19:56

@Amit Haha nice, no it wasn't too strong, you just stated the honest truth =D

Amit

Chuck Norris is so manly and calm... he can carry out the Cavendish experiment with his own pair of b....

@user430580 :D

and here's a Physics joke you wouldn't find on the net...

user430580

@Amit Made me laugh, can I tell this joke on The h Bar? :P

Amit

sure np

no need to quote the source

my jokes are under the copyleft license

user430580

thank you!

Amit

actually, i just checked, apparently you need to still attribute to the original author under copyleft. so no! it's not copyleft, no license at all! :D

user430580

20:02

I would just link to original message, but that also shows the room name and I don't want that because it's like promoting my own room and may come across as inappropriate? I don't know

@Amit copystraight :P

Amit

lol, that's an awesome name for a license

user430580

thanks!

Amit

how I knew you're going to like this joke:

Nov 1 at 15:36, by user430580

Let's make a sound by hitting two massive hollow metallic ballz with each other

Oct 25 at 19:16, by user430580

mmmm ballz

😂😂

user430580

@Amit hahahaha, well, what can I say :D that's true I like jokes with ballz :D :D :D

Amit

:D ever watched the old Craig Ferguson talk show?

user430580

20:10

No, what's with that show???

Amit

it features some balls

lol

youtube.com/shorts/k6luA4UOO9U

user430580

I don't think I get it, but it was still funny :P :P :P

Amit

hehe, it's part of a much longer bit where they make each other cry with laughter

but the theme repeats throughout the show

youtube.com/shorts/73wmDnydjhE

no preview for youtube shorts =[ Chuck Norris would have disapproved

user430580

@Amit Haha correct , but you can cheat it! Just substitutue "shorts/" with "watch?v=" look at this

Let's Get The Balls Out. #shorts #craigferguson

►

ZING BOOM

Amit

Jesus masticating cows!!! Well done

/imagine Super ZING for Chuck Norris (and Cavendish)

OakBot

20:19

I'm going to use this prompt instead: a caricature of a muscular bearded man with a cowboy hat (resembling an action movie star) and a classic Western outlaw with a hat, green bandana, and twirled moustache (resembling a character from a Western animated series) styled on Super ZING series

> i.sstatic.net/TM13lNwJ.jpg

Amit

=O

ballsy

user430580

Haha that was funnier actually, how he starts playing the harmonica once she starts to play with his ballz =P

Amit

yeah, I really liked that show

user430580

wow, that sounded so dirty

/imagine a macho caricature of an arrogant manly man with giant ballz

OakBot

I'm going to use this prompt instead: A caricature design of an overly confident man, shadowing dominant alpha male characteristics. His posture is upright, exuding arrogance and his built, muscular physique stands out prominently. Adding an exaggerated element to the caricature, he possesses giant symbolic spheres representing bravado and audacity, not literal body parts. The spheres could be like a weight he carries around or maybe he's standing on them, signifying his show-off nature.

> i.sstatic.net/8FxOKjTK.jpg

Amit

20:21

Ferguson has a great Pythonesque sense of humor, and is capable of doing senseless stuff with style and still be funny

lol

user430580

:P

yes, I don't know him but from those shorts he seems really natural in what he does with humor

Amit

🙃🐢

user430580

⚽⚽

user430580

21:31

🏀⚽🏐🏈

Amit

21:54

=] [=

imbAF

22:10

Guys anyone can help me with an exercise?

It has to do with langrangian of a system

Amit

@imbAF My Analytical Mechanics is dusty as heck but more importantly, I'm going to bed in 5 mins :P

imbAF

ah ok

Amit

I knew a cool guy in uni who used to call this course "Analytical Shit" ... later I wondered whether he liked this as a pun too, i.e. if you remove the "ytical" it makes complete sense... 😂 never got to ask him that

imbAF

One question though

what is the kinetic energy of a pendulum?

Amit

$\frac{1}{2}mv^2 + mgh$???

oh, KE

just the first piece lol

imbAF

22:20

yeah but you have angle though

Amit

mmm sooo

imbAF

so it should be something like $\dot \theta^2$

right?

Amit

oh

let's think

$v = \dot{\theta} r$

right?

imbAF

why r?

Amit

the length of the pendulum

it describes the arc of a circle

small arc length is $r \Delta \theta$ right?

imbAF

22:22

are we assuming small?

Amit

divide by small time: $r\Delta \theta / \Delta t$

no no, this is general

not small oscillations

in a small amount of time the pendulum moves through an arc of $r\Delta \theta$

imbAF

ok

Amit

but $\dot{\theta}$ can depend on time, so it's completely general

imbAF

well I want the lagrangian

Amit

so KE should be $\frac{1}{2}mr^2\dot{\theta}^2$

unless I'm too tired to even get that straight lol

imbAF

22:24

you are right

Amit

yay

imbAF

I just want to make sense of it now

that the arc

Amit

why is it confusing?

imbAF

the derivative of it is velocity

Amit

well speed is always $\Delta x / \Delta t$ at the limit when both go to zero right

you just have to compute $\Delta x$ here as a small displacement of arc along the circle

imbAF

22:26

ok

Amit

so it's $r \Delta \theta$.

imbAF

delta x= r delta phi

aha

Amit

yeah

imbAF

I see

well thank you

I will proceed

I have a system of pendula

i mean here

Amit

and since $r$ is constant, the only thing that can go to zero is the $\Delta \theta$ piece

when taking the limit

imbAF

22:27

-1

Q: How to determine the nr. of degrees of freedom (for a system), for calculating the Lagrangian

I want to have an understanding as what constitutes a degree of freedom of a system that we consider. My understanding of it, I believe, is pretty naive. I associate it with how an object moves in space. E.g if you have a chain of atoms, where each atom can oscillate in all 3 spatial directions, ...

Amit

I gtg!!! good night, good luck dude

imbAF

ah

ok

goodnight

The ._. ceremony

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