The Nineteenth Byte

quartata

12:00 AM

handy-dandy rejoin all button

Alex A.

@quartata oh god

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java.lang.System vs. java.io.File, the latter of which is not imported automatically.

quartata

You know one day I just thought "hey why not add every room to my favorites list"

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docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/api/java/io/File.html

Alex A.

Um, why did this get a reopen vote? Peter's comment is spot-on.

Anonymous

12:02 AM

Here's how I look at questions which are "X old question + Y special requirement":

Anonymous

If the Y part is too trivial/underspecified to be a challenge in its own right, or if it alone is a duplicate, then the entire thing is a dupe.

quartata

Everytime I go into Charcoal HQ I keep finding myself typing sd 2k or sd k fp until I realize I'm not a mod

Alex A.

@quartata wtf do those letters even do

quartata

k = ok fp = false positive

Anonymous

The most reduced form of the Y part of this challenge (print to STDERR) would be the cat challenge, but with STDERR rather than STDOUT.

Doorknob

12:04 AM

@quartata k actually stands for kill

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@Mego Yes, but file I/O is entirely different from outputting to console.

quartata

Wait, what?

Doorknob

Or at least that's what Normal told me

quartata

Oh.

orlp

Doorknob

12:04 AM

f is a shortcut for fpu-

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Some langs can't output to STDERR nor output to a file.

Doorknob

And the sd shortcuts were actually my idea :P ProgramFOX implemented them.

Anonymous

So if a "cat but print to stderr" challenge is a dupe (which it is), any challenge that is "solve an old challenge but print to stderr instead of stdout" is a dupe

quartata

They're much more convenient than replying.

Anonymous

Similarly, "cat but output to a file" would be a dupe of cat

quartata

12:05 AM

I wish they would just use those instead of !!/ commands

Alex A.

@Mego Yes

quartata

in The Whiteboard, 1 min ago, by Zammbi

I might just start playing around with Node.js since I've heard good things.

help

kill it with fire

Anyways.

@Doorknob Does !!/alive? need the ?

Anonymous

@quartata I've heard good things about Node.js. Mostly the sound of me humming to block out whatever people are saying about Node.js.

Doorknob

@quartata nope

quartata

@Doorknob So it's just there for Ruby programmers then

Doorknob

12:07 AM

Actually the question mark is just arbitrary

!!/aliveLAKJFLKjdofoiwejfoiJSODifoiowifje also works

quartata

Or !!/alive!

The most destructive alive

Anonymous

If the "HW to STDERR" challenge isn't a dupe, we're going to get swarmed with billions of questions that are "do this old challenge but print to STDERR"

Anonymous

And that is the second-least-desirable thing for PPCG

quartata

I consider it a dupe since STDERR is an alternative output mechanism

Anonymous

@quartata That too

orlp

12:09 AM

ok a quiz

without looking it up

do you know what 20/20 vision means?

Cᴏɴᴏʀ O'Bʀɪᴇɴ

perfect vision

Doorknob

average vision?

quartata

It means you can clearly see stuff at 20 feet

orlp

@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ nope

quartata

@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ 20/8 is an eagle's vision iirc

Cᴏɴᴏʀ O'Bʀɪᴇɴ

12:10 AM

oh lol

orlp

x/y vision means that you can see at x feet what normal people can start seeing at y feet

quartata

ah right

Anonymous

@orlp Man at least give people time to answer :P

orlp

@Mego well, I just gave a reference answer

you can still golf my answer

quartata

x/y means that at x feet you can see junk that others see at y feet

Cᴏɴᴏʀ O'Bʀɪᴇɴ

12:12 AM

x/y ees gud when x<=y

quartata

Golfier

Doorknob

x/y=u:x::avg:y

mınxomaτ

@orlp I'm just waiting for 2020 for everyone to make terrible puns.

quartata

@Doorknob damn gg

Anonymous

A better answer is "X/Y vision means your vision at X feet is comparable to normal vision at Y feet"

orlp

12:13 AM

guys it's a popularity contest

start starring!

Anonymous

And Y/X is approximately the magnification needed to make your vision normal

Anonymous

My right eye prescription is 2.75, so my vision out of that eye is approximately 20/55

orlp

@Mego dear god are you blind

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I ran out of stars.

Anonymous

@orlp Not even close. Legally blind is 20/200

Anonymous

12:16 AM

Significantly-impaired vision is usually defined as 20/70 or so

orlp

@FlagAsSpam is there a cap?

Alex A.

Yes

Anonymous

My left eye is a bit more complicated, because astigmatism

Anonymous

With astigmatism, your vision is more affected by the angle at which you see something than usual

Anonymous

So the visual acuity is not really constant

orlp

12:19 AM

@AlexA. what is it

quartata

50? I don't remember.

Alex A.

@orlp Too many

The daily limit should be like 4 IMO

quartata

Whatever it is I don't understand why people run out of them

Anonymous

@orlp Just start starring everything until you run out and count them /s

quartata

oh shit he actually is

why did you say that

orlp

12:20 AM

huh?

Doorknob

I rarely use more than one or two stars a day, even on my most active days

quartata

I don't know what happened but a lot of stars appeared

orlp

jk it was me but it could've been someone trying to frame me

see

quartata

Oh wait no it isn't

Doorknob

please stop

Alex A.

12:21 AM

^

quartata

^

Doorknob can cancel stars faster than you can star.

Alex A.

I canceled one of them. Doorknob is crazy fast at star canceling.

quartata

And, worst case scenario, he'll just kick mute everyone one by one until it stops ;)

I don't think you want that.

orlp

@quartata that's terribly inefficient

quartata

@orlp sure but it'll work

Alex A.

12:22 AM

I don't think he would do that.

orlp

binary search ftw

Alex A.

It's more likely that an identified star troll would just get suspended.

quartata

But how can you identify them?

That's the problem with stars.

@orlp pretty sure this isn't sorted

anyways

Alex A.

This is pretty much a nonissue in most other chat rooms.

quartata

why isn't there anyone talking about nethack in the Bridge

Alex A.

12:24 AM

Because Doorknob isn't in there and no one else plays it. :P

quartata

@AlexA. I hear the 2nd Monitor has some star issues occasionally.

Anonymous

@AlexA. If you s/stars/flags/g, you get Mos Eisley :P

quartata

@AlexA. they have a tag

Alex A.

Doorknob probably made it

quartata

@Mego that's one of the rooms I'm not in for a reason

@AlexA. no he didn't

Anonymous

12:25 AM

@quartata We have a tag for code-trolling. That doesn't make it a good idea, either.

Alex A.

@quartata Probably people from TNB

@Mego rekt

quartata

@Mego They have a tag for fallout-4 too. That doesn't make it a good idea, either.

orlp

doorknob-is-on-a-door

now THAT is a good idea

Alex A.

I have knobs all over the place

Anonymous

@quartata Wait they talk about other games on Arqade?

Anonymous

12:26 AM

I thought they were gonna change the URL to fallout4.stackexchange.com

quartata

@Mego No not really. fallout-4 and minecraft are pretty much it.

I joined to farm some rep and immediately left when I saw no one was talking about team-fortress-2, baldurs-gate or nethack

Anonymous

@quartata Yeah that's why I stopped going to Arqade. It got dull fast. Like the Minutemen missions in Fallout 4.

quartata

sick burn son

That wasn't even autocorrect.

Alex A.

@quartata What's to ask about TF2?

quartata

@AlexA. "guys how do I get hats"

Cᴏɴᴏʀ O'Bʀɪᴇɴ

12:28 AM

TF2 IS GOOD

@quartata You have to be pro

Anonymous

Anyway another ~~settlement~~ question needs your help, I'll mark it on ~~your map~~ the HNQ list.

Cᴏɴᴏʀ O'Bʀɪᴇɴ

You can only get the Ghastly Gibbus and Pyrovision goggles as a nonpro

quartata

Off topic but I bought a Tough Break pass the first day and was disappointed to find out that a bug made it so I couldn't see my contracts

Did they ever fix that?

Anonymous

@AlexA. It's like Winter Bash, but all the time.

quartata

I haven't played TF2 in a while

Cᴏɴᴏʀ O'Bʀɪᴇɴ

12:29 AM

@quartata Yeah

orlp

minecraft.stackexchange.com

quartata

@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ Damn this is turning into Gun Mettle again.

Anonymous

4 closevotes finally

quartata

I buy the pass and don't play for 2 months.

Cᴏɴᴏʀ O'Bʀɪᴇɴ

@quartata It is.

quartata

12:30 AM

might play a bit later. farming contracts is pretty easy but I'm just too lazy

Alex A.

@Mego Thanks for letting me know. I'm #5.

orlp

what does 'shit eating grin' mean?

Anonymous

@orlp Grinning like you've been mischevious

Anonymous

(sp?)

orlp

@Mego but why would you be grinning if you're eating shit?

quartata

12:36 AM

because it's delicious

crickets

(joke)

Dammit. I killed chat again.

orlp

f

(press f to pay respects)

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press g

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gg

Anonymous

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quartata

alt+qq

Alex A.

12:42 AM

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Guys, any more answers for this?:

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Q: Symbolic Integration of Polynomials

Apply an indefinite integral to a given string. The only rules you will be using are defined as such: ∫cx^(n)dx = (c/(n+1))x^(n+1) + C, n ≠ -1 c, C, and n are all constants. Specifications: You must be able to integrate polynomials with any of the possible features: A coefficient, possibly...

Cᴏɴᴏʀ O'Bʀɪᴇɴ

12:55 AM

quartata play manpower on tf2

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