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Puthandu (), or better known as Tamil New Year or Chithirai Tiru-naal, is the celebration of the first day of the Tamil new year in mid-April by Tamils in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry in India, in Sri Lanka and by the Tamil population in Malaysia, Singapore, Réunion and Mauritius. On this day, Tamil people greet each other by saying "Puthandu Vazthukal" () or "Iniya Tamizh Puthandu Nalvaazhthukkal" (). The festive occasion is in keeping with the Hindu solar calendar. Origin and significance The Tamil New Year follows the Nirayanam vernal equinox and generally falls on 14 April of the Gre...

RolandiXor

6:18 PM

@Mochan you have a skill for appearing when I'm not here I see.

It is not good to hide from me.

Rinzwind

sees RolandiXor is ignoring Rinzwind

badp

@Rinzwind nobody is ignoring you.

Rinzwind

badp!! :D

Call me V

@Rinzwind qml is definitely interesting. it's so javascript-like, but lets you directly interface with C++ classes: example bitbucket.org/jtoivola/qml-physics/wiki/Home

badp

@Rinzwind oh hi

Rinzwind

6:25 PM

homework!! -> askubuntu.com/questions/281097/…

and here was his 1st homework question: askubuntu.com/questions/281087/… >:)

badp

welp, time to remove xfce then

The Lord of Time

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Q: What do we do with homework-like questions?

Title's pretty clear on what i'm asking. But what should we do with questions like these: A Practical Guide to Ubuntu Linux Ubuntu Linux install xeyes command ... which rely on getting an answer to complete what looks like a homework assignment, as well as are dependent on a paid-for text bo...

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Rinzwind

posted my opinion @TheLordofTime

Ask Ubuntu Meta

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Q: What do we do with homework-like questions?

Title's pretty clear on what i'm asking. But what should we do with questions like these: A Practical Guide to Ubuntu Linux Ubuntu Linux install xeyes command ... which rely on getting an answer to complete what looks like a homework assignment, as well as are dependent on a paid-for text bo...

discussion

Rinzwind

tsk late as always @AskUbuntuMeta >:-)

Call me V

6:48 PM

@Rinzwind check that question again

Rinzwind

lol

ok now to think of something to make in QML >:X

Call me V

I have a couple of things rolling (remakes of the generic games that all handhelds have, but won't exist for Ubu-touch out of the box among other things).

Rinzwind

that's a good one :P I guess it would be downloading the game and rip the source apart.

mateo_salta

@TheLordofTime why did you have to tell me about bitcoins... now I need a new graphics card.

The Lord of Time

hehe

Call me V

7:00 PM

@Rinzwind arkanoid would be simple enough, angry birds clone to angry tux, memory, that slime grows through the pipes game, tetris, samegame, any number of gem swapping games, the list goes on ad nauseam

a word-game pack is one i could do. i already have the python logic laying around for a cryptogram thing... it would just be UI and fetching quotes

Rinzwind

hmm is there a free questions and answers database somewhere?

The Lord of Time

@Rinzwind google

Rinzwind

I am :P

The Lord of Time

no, i meant, the free Q&A database: google.

Call me V

@Rinzwind It's called stack exchange... o.O

Rinzwind

7:06 PM

no no not what I meant.

this is the idea: I generate a board of 25x25 and based on random anwsers I create a crossword puzzle

so I need something like a sqllite db with q's and a's.

I probe answers and put the questions next to the board >:D

Call me V

Oh. So you want an online dictionary or "fact" list with one word answers.

Rinzwind

yes and then I create a crossword puzzle someone has to finish :D

Call me V

A sudoku app would be neat too...and the logic and puzzle base is already existent. You would just need to do UI

Rinzwind

I hate sudoku's. They are too easy >:D

ændrük

@Rinzwind This didn't fare well.

Call me V

7:10 PM

not when they're 5x5 and have letters instead of 3x3 and 1-9.

Rinzwind

hmmm I am overthinking this

a dict would be enough would it not!?

does not have to be questions, could be synonyms.

@ændrük that one got closed due to it being about JAVA _O-

@CallmeV good one. Overthinking again: I was thinking about crosswords with black blocks but it could also be without.

ændrük

@Rinzwind I was concerned more about the last comment. "Contact the owners of one or more of the crossword clue solver websites and ask if they'll give you access to their databases. Expect to pay MONEY."

Rinzwind

yeah I saw one that expects you to fork over 2500 euro

Nathan Osman

Wow. Just wow.

Call me V

@NathanOsman wow at $5 grand for a list of puzzle clues? or something else?

@Rinzwind movie trivia you could scrape imdb

RolandiXor

7:16 PM

@Rinzwind lol I was afk :D

and I am leaving home now :D

Rinzwind

I got lots of ideas now :=D hmm now to get to work >:)

RolandiXor

oh btw @NathanOsman I went with a reinstall - I could have fixed the dependency hell (despite it being over 1000 issues), but I didn't have enough time

(I have done it before :P, believe it or not, just it wasn't over 1000)

Nathan Osman

Yeah, sometimes it's easier to just start with a fresh install.

@CallmeV Wow at actually paying to find the answers to a crossword puzzle.

RolandiXor

Well, I'm out! Practice time! See laters folksezes!

Rinzwind

laterz :)

Call me V

7:18 PM

Arranging the words so they spell things horizontally and vertically without seeming contrived and full of holes is a much larger problem than finding clues from a development perspective in my opinion.

Rinzwind

sure but no need for black holes if it is one of these: denksport.nl/sites/default/files/Doorloper_puzzel.jpg

no idea what they are called in english :D

diagramless crossword puzzle???

Call me V

i don't know that there's a word for those in english

Rinzwind

there is :=)

Call me V

sure? it's not just a european loan word?

ændrük

I should look into using a clipboard manager.

Word rectangles.

Call me V

7:29 PM

Does this get closed as NARQ or what? askubuntu.com/questions/281124/…

If you search AU there are people that have had it working since at least 11.10

ændrük

@CallmeV I'd want to just change the tense and answer it as best as possible.

s/When will/Does/

Call me V

fair enough... feel free to have at it. i think the OP might edit it in to why doesn't it work with my graphics card given the opportunity. some people do seem to have trouble with that.

mateo_salta

7:50 PM

yea, .00007 of a bitcoin... aw that is like half a penny... hm.

so are you thinking of making a new game @CallmeV ?

Call me V

8:03 PM

@mateo_salta i've been thinking. recently it developed that i can live very cheap and have substantial time on my hands.

i'm thinking if i can have several of the staple entertainment things for ubuntu-phone/ubuntu-touch before it's a thing i won't be looking for work any time in the near-ish future

mateo_salta

That sounds cool

Call me V

We'll see how it turns out.