The Nineteenth Byte

AviFS

7:00 PM

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh

I take it back, I take it back, I take it back

Browncat Programs

I had planned for this moment :p

AviFS

A whole month-- nooooooooooooo

Browncat Programs

I will now gift y'all with an (until now) unpublished image of my cat

user

@DLosc Impossible, dogs are superior in every possible way!

Dude coinheringaahing

@user Dogs and cats are equally superior to humans

hyper-neutrino

7:01 PM

anyway i joined this room to discuss the tips questions and whether we should re-close them but what's even happening here, is everyone just suddenly a furry now

user

Dogs are more loyal, cuter

Browncat Programs

Y'all can choose which of my cats I post a picture of

AviFS

(now def gtg)

user

@Dudecoinheringaahing Hardly, more like dogs >>>>>>>>>> humans >> cats

Dude coinheringaahing

@hyper-neutrino No, we're catgirls/catboys

AviFS

7:02 PM

@hyper-neutrino Mind waiting for me to be back before discussing?

user

> everyone just suddenly a furry now

Dude coinheringaahing

Look at the starboard: it's CGCC catboy/catgirl week

user

@Dudecoinheringaahing Not everyone likes those disgusting creatures

Browncat Programs

@BrowncatPrograms The choices are near this part of the transcript

hyper-neutrino

oh i see. well, it is easier to keep this room in order now at least

Dude coinheringaahing

7:03 PM

@BrowncatPrograms All of them

Browncat Programs

Both it is

AviFS

@BrowncatPrograms They're both great. First is funnier but second might be a better pfp

user

cat, 🐱

5.5k 2 22 42

Dude coinheringaahing

@hyper-neutrino I still think it's not even worth the effort, but I don't have any objection to dupe-closing the older one

AviFS

I think a close up of one is way better than both

Dude coinheringaahing

7:04 PM

Why do something when you can instead do nothing?

Browncat Programs

user

That cat looks pissed

Browncat Programs

She's not

This one is though:

He's all wet

Aaron Miller

⊂((・▽・))⊃

Dude coinheringaahing

Why did you get him wet? That's like the first rule of owning a cat is to not do that :P

Browncat Programs

7:06 PM

It's not my fault he jumped into a bucket of water :p

AviFS

@BrowncatPrograms One of the first two you linked with a close up of the face, pls!!

@BrowncatPrograms Or a close up with this face, if you're going for that vibe, haha

Browncat Programs

Here's one with the first cat looking slightly happier then:

That's all of the cats you get though, at least for now :p

AviFS

@hyper-neutrino Oh sorry, I thought you meant the lambda calc tips page one. If you mean that, please wait for me if you don't mind! Bubbler also has thoughts, I think. But if you mean a different one, discuss whenever of course!!

user

Should this be migrated here?

hyper-neutrino

oh. nah it's regarding the meta post since I just saw that via the notification

@user "here"?

user

7:09 PM

CGCC

AviFS

CGCC, they mean

Oh sorry

Dude coinheringaahing

Read the post, it's about shortening code

hyper-neutrino

is that not a link to CR

AviFS

No, I don't think they're trying to golf it

Dude coinheringaahing

> Question: how can i make my above code to be shortened.

hyper-neutrino

7:09 PM

oh I just assumed you misread the comment since you linked to a comment saying to migrate to Code Review

AviFS

My impression is they want to shorten it for the sake of legibility/clarity

user

Oh yeah, that's just the link that took me there

AviFS

Not to golf it down to an obfuscated mess

user

@AviFS Oh ok

AviFS

It seems more like a code review question than a golfing challenge to me

But I could be misinterpreting what they want

hyper-neutrino

7:11 PM

yeah, it's not a good fit for this site unless they want it to be as short as possible with no regard for readability, simplicity, or efficiency

Dude coinheringaahing

We accept tips for golfing pieces of code, but the OP has to show what they've done already to shorten it, which that code doesn't do

Browncat Programs

@hyper-neutrino None of those things are useful, short code is good code

hyper-neutrino

this isn't really all that clear even, because they don't properly specify the precise required tasks and layout of the DB, and what they want in terms of "short"

AviFS

I'm interpreting it as just meaning "less complicated'

user

Fair enough

Dude coinheringaahing

7:12 PM

This would be a better fit for codegolf.stackexchange.com, but in its current state wouldn't be acceptable to post there. If you included what you've done so far to make the code shorter along with that the actual task you're trying to accomplish is, with details, then it might be on-topic there — Dude coinheringaahing 1 min ago

AviFS

Basically, "is there a better way I can do this"

Which they're thinking of in terms of how much code it'll take, hence 'shorter'

@Dudecoinheringaahing Is that not your read?

Dude coinheringaahing

@AviFS My what?

@AviFS status-completed (pending a chat profile refresh)

AviFS

I'm using this sense of the word 'read' which according to Oxford is a US usage

> a person's interpretation of something.
"their read on the national situation may be correct"

Used the same way as saying "your take"

Do you use that one?

"What's your take on XYZ?"

> a particular version of or approach to something.
"his own whimsical take on life"

Hmmm, maybe that's slightly different, but it's the same idea

Dude coinheringaahing

@AviFS Yeah, I'm more familiar with that

AviFS

So was asking whether being a code review question wasn't your read/take on the post

pxeger

7:18 PM

I don't have a cat and I feel all left out :(

AviFS

Was asking since you posted a comment redirecting to CGCC

hyper-neutrino

is it just me or is the small version of dude's profile picture broken

Dude coinheringaahing

@AviFS No, I read it as "how can I make this code shorter?", but I suppose that applies as well

@hyper-neutrino Works for me

Browncat Programs

@pxeger Do you want to borrow one of mine?

pxeger

@hyper-neutrino just you

AviFS

7:19 PM

(This is the third time I say I gtg, but maybe this time I will. Later!)

hyper-neutrino

pxeger

definitely just you

@BrowncatPrograms hmm maybe, is it an evil cat?

Dude coinheringaahing

I do like that the RO italics make me read it as Dude (think stoner voice)

5

Like, really long "ooo" sound :P

Browncat Programs

@pxeger Not smart enough to be evil, just adorably malicious

user

> That's just like, your opinion, man

pxeger

7:22 PM

@BrowncatPrograms that's too bad. As a megalomaniac supervillain, I can't be dealing with cats that are even remotely nice

Dude coinheringaahing

> cats that are even remotely nice

user

Imagine being a supervillain and then spending your time with a bunch of losers on TNB

Dude coinheringaahing

Have you met a cat? :P

Browncat Programs

Most cats I meet are pretty nice tbh

pxeger

@Dudecoinheringaahing yes, but I don't want the slightest hint of sympathy. They need to be 100% feral ~~and 101% dalmation~~

@user Have you met a supervillain? We don't become supervillains by hanging out with good influences

user

7:26 PM

Fair enough

I'd say TNB's more chaotic neutral, though

You should hang out on reddit or 4chan where all the real action is

Dude coinheringaahing

@user I'd argue TNB goes anywhere from lawful good to chaotic evil, and can switch from the two in a single message

pxeger

@Dudecoinheringaahing eat your greens uwu~. EXTERMINATE ALL FISH

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hyper-neutrino

i think this room is just permanently chaotic chaos

user

@pxeger If your fish extermination plan involves eating all of them, I can get behind that :P

emanresu A

7:46 PM

@AaronMiller Nope

DLosc

@user Dragons > Python > Spiderman > Cats > Spaces > Star Wars ≈ Star Trek > Batman > Superman > JavaScript > Peeta > Dogs > Java > Gale > Tabs > PHP

emanresu A

Browncat, you are weird

And what happened to you, DLosc?

and Dude?

DLosc

5 hours ago, by Wezl

CMC: Change your profile picture to a cat for a week

emanresu A

your cat is creepy

@DLosc Oh ok

I am now a squashed cat because SE

if it isn't loading blame caching

user

@DLosc I'd like to argue that Dogs > Star Wars ≈ Star Trek > Scala > Dragons > Spaces > Peta bread > Peeta > Java > Gale > Tabs > JavaScript > Python > Spiderman > Batman > Superman > Cats > PHP > SQL > The last book of the Hunger Games man that was a shit ending > The last 10 books of the Pendragon series

emanresu A

7:50 PM

\> SQL

dammit markdown

user

Added, thanks

emanresu A

No

Everything is better than SQL

DLosc

@emanresuA Have you read the last book of The Hunger Games? /s

emanresu A

Click on my identicon and it should change

user

You're free to hold that opinion, but at least SQL is good for something

emanresu A

7:53 PM

@DLosc No

@user True

user

??? Edit: oic

Dude coinheringaahing

@DLosc Yes, but I've blocked all memory of it aside from the 2 important deaths near the end

user

I heard someone wrote a fanfic called "To Kill a Mockingbird" because it was so bad :P

Dude coinheringaahing

Actually, that's not true. I remember specific characters dying, but not how or why or really who they were

Everything else is just sort of nothing

DLosc

I agree that it... wasn't great. I think Collins wanted to make it really dark in keeping with the overall tone of the series, but then the publisher or somebody said "This is a YA novel you have to give it a happy ending" so then she tacked on an epilogue that didn't fit the tone of the series at all.

emanresu A

7:56 PM

user

Look hard enough for funny numbers, and you'll see them everywhere

emanresu A

Ok, so I clicked a link somewhere in Vyxal, but I opened it in a new tab, and I didn't even realise it was a rickroll, and now I can't find the message.

New Posts

8:12 PM

0

Q: Tag badge selection is squashed on meta

Compare this: to this: What's going on?

bug

emanresu A

^ If anyone can repro on another meta, that'd be nice

I haven't participated in any other site's meta

hyper-neutrino

I can't reproduce it on CGCC even.

Dude coinheringaahing

Reported on MSE, and MSO — Dude coinheringaahing 42 secs ago

emanresu A

I just deleted it, since it's a dupe

^^

Dude coinheringaahing

Up to you, but it's fine to have cross-site meta bug reports being dupes

@hyper-neutrino Try opening "Track your next badge", and search for "Illu" (the start for "Illuminator"). Should work then

hyper-neutrino

8:21 PM

oh, I see how this is working

i was looking at the general badge selection not tag badges, and i wasn't filtering so it was giving me enough results to keep the box expanded

emanresu A

Oh I see, it's not just meta

Dude coinheringaahing

Yep. Plus @emanresuA only has 3 tag badges available for them to track, so they don't need to search. I'd imagine you've got more available

emanresu A

hyper-neutrino

without filtering, I have 8 available to track

but 7 are bronze and 1 silver so if I select silver or gold the problem becomes evident

emanresu A

O

hyper-neutrino

8:23 PM

also for fuck's sake the community ads are still pinned even though I unfeatured it 15 days ago

i can't (or rather shouldn't) unlock it either because i didn't lock it and any changes and could cause problems

Dude coinheringaahing

@hyper-neutrino On meta right? Cause I have 40 available to track on main, and I can't imagine you'd have that much less than me :P

Huh, cool. I also have 8 to track on meta: status-completed, feature-request, discussion, tags, support, policy, code-golf and answers

emanresu A

Why is code-golf a tag on meta?

user

Because a lot of (meta) questions concern code-golf ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Dude coinheringaahing

@emanresuA codegolf.meta.stackexchange.com/tags/code-golf/info

hyper-neutrino

ironically, part of the reason behind its existence is because our site isn't only about code golf

emanresu A

8:29 PM

Oh i see

hyper-neutrino

so questions like policies and standards sometimes only apply to code golf and thus are tagged as such

Dude coinheringaahing

Thanks to me, if you want to know why a tag on meta exists and what its for, you can just check the tag info :P

hyper-neutrino

@Dudecoinheringaahing i have 43

Dude coinheringaahing

Hey look, someone mentioned Donald Trump in a Politics.SE chat room. I'm sure this will go well, and not at all devolve into a flag and insult hurling match :P

emanresu A

9:14 PM

MM has a lot of nuking to do

hyper-neutrino

you can ask a mod if you want, but not all mods care or will do something about it - as long as they don't post, it's technically not within things we're really expected to handle, and busier sites' mods have better things to do than care about these pests

emanresu A

True

Forgot to look up 'insurance', here's one.

Dude coinheringaahing

9:32 PM

CMC: Given a positive integer, output whether or not its letters are in ascending order when written as words

emanresu A

Vyxal, 3 bytes: 40=

user

9:48 PM

How does that work?

Dude coinheringaahing

forty is the only integer whose letters are in ascending order :P

user

lol

emanresu A

Agreed

user

@Dudecoinheringaahing CMC: More CMCs like this

NieDzejkob

CMC: Given a positive integer, output whether or not its square and cube together use each digit exactly once.

emanresu A

9:54 PM

69=

Dude coinheringaahing

Ah, ninja'd :/

user

2 hours ago, by user

Look hard enough for funny numbers, and you'll see them everywhere

Hi @StackMeterPlus! Long time no see

StackMeterPlus

I am back

and I'm already working on an answer

emanresu A

You are back

And you are not a cat

StackMeterPlus

yes

user

10:03 PM

Don't become a cat, please.

StackMeterPlus

wait what

Dude coinheringaahing

3 hours ago, by Dude coinheringaahing

@DLosc Didn't y'all hear? It's CGCC catboy/catgirl week :P

StackMeterPlus

@Dudecoinheringaahing I have one word, following this colon: n o

user

The ROs are pro-cat radicals and are trying to turn everyone into cat lovers. Us anti-cats must fight back!

StackMeterPlus

or for the long version, with three words: no, NO, NO

user

10:04 PM

Good, I see I can count on you

Dude coinheringaahing

The Great TNB War: identicons vs cats

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emanresu A

⌎⌌_⌍⌏

StackMeterPlus

I will upgrade a second time to StackMeterDoublePlus if the situation mandataes it

hyper-neutrino

don't worry, there is a very easy way to keep the catpeople under control

5

user

I call upon you today, @AaronMiller, other identicons, and identicon allies, to join me in the fight against cat lovers!

Dude coinheringaahing

10:06 PM

ooooo shiny

3

emanresu A

⫷'_'⫸

StackMeterPlus

@hyper-neutrino this right here

ruse

@user I shall join you, wise user!

StackMeterPlus

I'd upvote and bookmark this

@ruse nice alt, user

next time don't use user but right-shifted by one

ruse

Alt? What're you talking about? I'm an entirely different person from them

hyper-neutrino

10:08 PM

besides, 0/10 for using actual cat pfps instead of catboy/catgirl pfps

emanresu A

Why

Just why

StackMeterPlus

@hyper-neutrino no, no, let it be like this

ruse

@StackMeterPlus Why?

StackMeterPlus

@ruse I mean, it makes it obvious

Dude coinheringaahing

@hyper-neutrino I would, but using my pets as pfps is sort of a trend for me at this point :P

ruse

10:09 PM

@StackMeterPlus That's kinda the point lol

StackMeterPlus

it'd be as if StackMetrePlus just hopped in right now

@ruse oh ok lol

user

And I'm an entirely different person from both of them!

ruse

My username is "ruse," my pfp is the same, and I've written that this is a sock on my profile page

@user wtf

user

Frick you emanresu

user

I've had this for a while

hyper-neutrino

10:09 PM

also, everyone has a different identicon (that's the point) so like... user manually made their alt's pfp their main's identicon, so i don't think it's meant to be non-obvious

Dude coinheringaahing

@hyper-neutrino Plus, googling "catboys" or "catgirls" produces slightly too much nfsw content for me to browse for a pfp :P

StackMeterPlus

we now have 3 "user"s in the chat at once

emanresu A

No we don't

StackMeterPlus

where's the paradox

user

@ruse Oh, and ruse's pronouns are "it"

emanresu A

10:11 PM