The Nineteenth Byte

Alex A.

17:21

@feersum public static int tiobeIndex; Did I help?

Leonard Nimoy's - The Ballad of Bilbo Baggins remastered and restored HD

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Q: Help! My calculator broke! (Turn integer expression into calculator keystrokes)

Introduction Help! I accidentally dropped my TI-84 calculator out my window (don't ask how) and it broke. I have a math test tomorrow and the only calculator I can find is one with these buttons: 7 8 9 + 4 5 6 - 1 2 3 * 0 = / My math test is a review test on evaluating expressions. I need a...

Dennis

> chirp

Hi, @Alex.

Alex A.

Oh hey, Dennis is a bird now!

Hello, @Dennis.

Dennis

(That was supposed to be a quote. :P)

Alex A.

Oh hey, Dennis quotes birds now!

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TheDoctor

17:29

@AlexA. youtube is broken for me

it'll load but not play

Dennis

Careful, @Dr, you'll run out of stars again.

Alex A.

That particular video or all of YouTube?

Oct 10 at 0:58, by Alex A.

@undergroundmonorail Questions about not being able to connect to YouTube are off topic. You may be able to get help from someone who gives a shit. Thanks!

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TheDoctor

all of it

i can even press play, but it doesn't move

Alex A.

I have no means of assisting you with this problem.

Dennis

Have you tried jQuery?

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Alex A.

17:32

Restart your computer, throw it out, use Safari, idk.

jQuery is best query.

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Dennis

Safari. ಠ_ಠ

Alex A.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Doorknob

ಠ_ಠ

Dennis

Safari requires one of those things with half-eaten fruit on its back.

Alex A.

ಠuಠ

Yes. Delicious, delicious fruit.

TheDoctor

17:33

i'll just use spotify

Doorknob

@AlexA. s/delicious/terrible/gi

Alex A.

Re Spotify: youtu.be/EaL7VWByB5Q

Audio worth listening to, video is uninteresting IMO

@Doorknob ಠ_ಠ

VTCAKAVSMoACE

@Doorknob You should have a handler for a capital there. :P

Alex A.

@ThomasKwa Not yet sure if the input works correctly. Then why'd you post it? :/

@Doorknob VTasdksadf is right; at present the substitution would result in "Yes. Delicious, terrible fruit."

Doorknob

@AlexA. No it wouldn't

Alex A.

17:40

Is that because of the i modifier?

Doorknob

yes

VTCAKAVSMoACE

So it would be "Yes. terrible, terrible fruit."

Dennis

carrot.jpg

Alex A.

Oh, okay. So it doesn't handle the case in the substitution.

Doorknob

nope

TheDoctor

17:42

@Dennis Carrots aren't fruit

Alex A.

@Doorknob Is it possible to write a single regex substitution that would handle case in the substitution text?

@TheDoctor I'm pretty sure that's false.

VTCAKAVSMoACE

uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090628211633AAGBc5D

Doorknob

@AlexA. s/Delicious/Terrible/g; s/delicious/terrible/g;

TheDoctor

carrots are tubers with overground leaves

VTCAKAVSMoACE

Turns out that things only have to be orange to be fruit. c:

Dennis

17:44

I'm flagging this comment because it links to Yahoo! Answers.

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Alex A.

Carrots are orange tubes that live in the yard.

TheDoctor

we need a bot that posts the carrot image when someone says "carrot"

Alex A.

@The Carrot

TIL I can ping The Doctor using simply @The.

s/learned/realized/gi

TheDoctor

Dennis

Just today, @Alexa?

Doorknob

17:45

@TheDoctor oooh, I like chat-suspending people. That's a good idea

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TheDoctor

</sarcasm>

Alex A.

@Dennis ಠ_ಠ @Denni.

Dennis

@TheDoctor If it works like our other bots, the image will be posted 12 minutes later.

TheDoctor

very true

Doorknob

those aren't bots those are feeds :P

Anonymous

17:47

@TheDoctor You mean @Dennis?

Alex A.

FEED ME A CARROT, ROBOT OVERLORDS

TheDoctor

NOM NOM NOM

Anonymous

Slowest Carrot in the West, they call him

Alex A.

@Dennis Stack Overflow is just like Yahoo! Answers. Right, @Doorknob?

@Mego That's what they call Dennis.

Doorknob

@AlexA. scrambles for kickban button

Dennis

17:48

Jul 30 at 13:57, by New Main Posts

I'm a silly bot, don't mind me

TheDoctor

QuackOverflow: DuckExchange

Alex A.

gemsfromstackexchange.tumblr.com

IT WAS APPROVED

Anonymous

@AlexA. Stack Overflow is Yahoo! Answers but with more answers

Dennis

QuackOverflow: DocExchange

Anonymous

And less yahoos

Alex A.

17:50

Yahoo!Overflow: StupidityExchange. How is babby formed

TheDoctor

codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/carrot

Doorknob

Why does my cat vibrate?

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Alex A.

Direct Gems from SE link: gemsfromstackexchange.tumblr.com/post/131891229681/…

That was from what Doorknob showed us.

TheDoctor

@Doorknob "This question does not exist or is under review"

Alex A.

^

"The poster of this question decided to take a long, hard look at their life and reconsider posting."

Doorknob

17:52

Works On My Machine™ ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

TheDoctor

screenshot then?

Alex A.

@Doorknob Gotta escape that backslash, broskiskosh

Martin Büttner

@aditsu do you have plans for :number yet?

Alex A.

@MartinBüttner They're going on a nice date to a romantic restaurant by the beach.

Doorknob

Alex A.

17:55

Dennis

@Vɪʜᴀɴ Is there any version history of TeaScript?

VTCAKAVSMoACE

@AlexA. Turns out I posted it. o.o

Calvin's Hobbies

The SE version:

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Q: Why does my cat (almost) constantly purr while he's awake?

I've heard cats purr to show contentment (though humans who want that to be true may be imagining it). WebMD suggests they purr (1) to get our attention ("feed me!"); (2) when content ("petting time"); (3) when anxious ("oh no, the vet!"); and (4) for healing. These reasons seem to be somewhat ...

behavior cats health purring

Anonymous

@Dennis In version 1, it was free. In version 2, a tax was levied, so we threw it into the harbor and declared it unamerican. Versions past 2 are communist scum and thus we refuse to use them.

Dennis

/o\

Alex A.

17:58

@Dennis Is that the cheering guy (\o/) with dislocated shoulders?

Doorknob

Apr 5 at 1:31, by Doorknob

in :chat!, Feb 19 at 3:25, by Doorknob

I don't think that's how arms are supposed to work

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Anonymous

@Dennis Looks like another one of Dogetor's patients didn't make it

TheDoctor

@Doorknob you really need adblock

Alex A.

@TheDoctor He dislikes AdBlock

Doorknob

@TheDoctor >:(

TheDoctor

17:59

y

Doorknob

ಠ_ಠ

(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

Alex A.

¥

Dennis

Doorknob

/\ /\
\_o_/

ok that's not any better

Alex A.

@Dennis So he's protecting his head in case of earthquake or other emergency?

Doorknob

18:00

__ __
\_o_/

Alex A.

@Doorknob It looks like a spider person.

Dennis

Y U no like AdBlock?

TheDoctor

^

Doorknob

because it blocks ads

TheDoctor

why is that bad?

Alex A.

18:01

People who depend on ad revenue from their site don't get it.

(Disclaimer: I use AdBlock)

I think they introduced a feature to whitelist certain sites so that ads will still appear on those sites.

Scooby @Doo ^

VTCAKAVSMoACE

@AlexA. This has improved my life so much.

Doorknob

a.) there is absolutely no negative to having ads on your screen
b.) the positives are that you're supporting the sites that you use
c.) some ads are actually interesting (gasp)
d.) using an adblocker undermines how the internet works
etc.

Dennis

a) My internet connection is slow and I pay per byte.

Doorknob

ah >.> Okay, well (luckily) I don't have that problem.

Cᴏɴᴏʀ O'Bʀɪᴇɴ

@Doorknob a) The adds could be offensive. (e.g. naked Russian woman on your screen)

I am on AOL when that happens FYI

Doorknob

18:04

@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ I have never had that happen

and if it does, you can simply not use the website that serves them

Cᴏɴᴏʀ O'Bʀɪᴇɴ

... I can't not use my email.

Doorknob

get a better email provider? >_<

Optimizer

@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ it doesn't matter where you are currently, the ads are based on your past history.. :P

Cᴏɴᴏʀ O'Bʀɪᴇɴ

@Optimizer O_O

Optimizer

it totally reflects your choice of pom :P

Doorknob

18:06

the last time I heard the phrase "AOL" was at my grandparents' house :P

Cᴏɴᴏʀ O'Bʀɪᴇɴ

@Optimizer I don't do that stuff. Coding is fine for me.

Optimizer

@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ code porn

Doorknob

also

Cᴏɴᴏʀ O'Bʀɪᴇɴ

(I also use GMail)

Alex A.

@Doorknob Point a is subjective. I agree with points b and c. I don't understand what you mean with point d. I wouldn't say that the Internet runs on ads or anything like that.

@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ IMAP it to a local email client.

Optimizer

18:08

THAT IS ALL BS. EMAIL DOMAIN DOES NOT REFLECT PERSONALITIES

Cᴏɴᴏʀ O'Bʀɪᴇɴ

@AlexA. I'll do that iff I have time.

Doorknob

@AlexA. Why's point a subjective (unless you pay for each byte of bandwidth or something, like Dennis does)?

and sure, the Internet could still exist without ads, you'd just probably be paying for everything

Dennis

I wish it was like that. I only have free (as in beer and ads) and paid apps on my phone. If it comes with ads and doesn't have an ad-free version (or isn't worth the money), I delete it immediately.

Alex A.

@Doorknob A negative for some people is being constantly bombarded with advertising messages, not all of which have positive messages. (For example, ads targeted toward women which body shame them in a roundabout way. Like "you need makeup to be beautiful" kind of thing.)

Cᴏɴᴏʀ O'Bʀɪᴇɴ

^

Doorknob

18:11

so either a.) ignore them or b.) don't use sites that have those ads

Although... I can see how that would be hard to ignore

Alex A.

How do you know which sites would have those ads in advance?

Doorknob

what do you mean?

Optimizer

you can also use ad blockers

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Doorknob

if you frequently use a site that has ads such as those, just... don't

@Optimizer ಠ_ಠ

Optimizer

my option is much more saner than totally not using sites that have ads

Alex A.

18:13

@Doorknob When you arrive at a new site, it could have those ads. Perhaps the site content is exactly what you're looking for but you don't agree with the advertising.

Optimizer

and specially saner than ignoring dancing naked girl gifs/flash

Doorknob

@Optimizer I don't use an ad blocker, and I have never run into any of the problems that are being described here.

Optimizer

more so when flash is getting released with more and more day 0 vulnerabilities

Doorknob

why do you have flash installed -_-

Alex A.

Why don't you?

Dennis

18:14

Disable Flash.

Doorknob

@AlexA. hmmm... yeah, that's a good point

Optimizer

@Doorknob then you are anyways rendering a very large portion of ads useless. its almost same as using ad blocker

Cᴏɴᴏʀ O'Bʀɪᴇɴ

I just use the nice rule in CSS [class~="ad"], [id~="ad"] {display: none;}. This effectively blocks all ads.

Doorknob

@AlexA. Well, I've never had any of these problems without an adblocker ¯_(ツ)_/¯

Optimizer

@Doorknob that is because you let them track you and know ur preferences so that ads are customized as per your user profile. If you do not let them track you, they are forced to show random highest bid ads

Doorknob

18:15

@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ <button id='add-thingy'>Add a thingy</button>

@Optimizer ok, so? what's your point?

Optimizer

ok, so you are against Online Privacy?

Alex A.

Haha that's kind of a logical leap

Optimizer

that is my point

Doorknob

... could you be more specific?

Optimizer

I am not sure how I can be more specific as I have ads blocked and nobody is tracking me to know my specifics. Your case might be different.

Alex A.

18:17

Advertisers collecting personal data to display targeted ads rather than remaining anonymous.

Doorknob

I have no problems with that as you have just stated it, no.

Alex A.

Like one time on Facebook I joking said #thuglife and now I always get Tupac ads.

Dennis

Seriously?

Alex A.

Yes

Dennis

AdBlock 1 : 0 Facebook

Optimizer

18:19

@Doorknob if you are not against letting random sites know ur preferences, your tastes, your email id, etc etc to completely know who you are and what you are, you might as well share your username and passwords for those sites with everyone

Doorknob

... that does not at all follow from what I just said

Optimizer

It does and if you fail to see it, maybe you do not know to what extent ads tracking tracks you

Alex A.

@Dennis Either that was before I used AdBlock or AdBlock doesn't block all FB ads. (Can't recall which and I don't feel like logging onto FB right now.)

Doorknob

@Optimizer I am fairly certain that I am well informed about what information ad companies have access to about me.

Optimizer

I doubt that.

Alex A.

18:22

I agree with Doorknob on this one. Unless sites that require login explicitly share information with advertisers (e.g. Facebook), with a little research you can figure out what information is available to advertisers just by regular browsing.

Anonymous

I dislike obtrusive/offensive/annoying ads. There is a high enough ratio of those to unobtrusive/unoffensive/discreet ads that I view adblocker as worth using

Alex A.

^

Cᴏɴᴏʀ O'Bʀɪᴇɴ

^

Anonymous

carrot.jpg

Doorknob

Again, I've never had that problem

Optimizer

18:24

You are assuming that you on the first hand (1) know what all sites have been tracking you, it can be first party, third party, ads, whatnot (2) know what all they actually collect but not really use. They could be collecting a lot more just to sell off data

Cᴏɴᴏʀ O'Bʀɪᴇɴ

FB (facebook) and BF (brainfuck) o_o

Optimizer

and I speak from first hand experience in the industry

quartata

Hey @Doorknob remember this challenge: codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/52547/minimal-nethack

Doorknob

@Optimizer Even if you were to tell me that every single website I've ever visited has collected as much information as is humanly possible, compiled it all into one big data dump, and shared it among themselves, I'd be pretty okay with that.

Anonymous

I also disable Flash, but not all terrible ads are Flash-based. If I know a site depends on ads and has unobtrusive advertising, I'll whitelist them.

Doorknob

18:26

@quartata yeah :P why?

quartata

Well I'm going to try to do it in SNES 65c816 assembly wish me luck

Optimizer

10 mins ago, by Optimizer

ok, so you are against Online Privacy?

Doorknob

@quartata haha, ping me if/when you do :D

@Optimizer that's an extremely broad term

quartata

If I can get it in 5000 bytes I will call it my masterpiece and quit code golf forever

Alex A.

@Optimizer I don't think he's against it so much as just indifferent.

quartata

18:26

@Doorknob :P

First step: figure out how to RNG correctly

Doorknob

@AlexA. carrot.png (I expect my carrots to be high-quality, with no compression artifacts)

Cᴏɴᴏʀ O'Bʀɪᴇɴ

Good luck @quartata (though don't quit code-golf D:)

Optimizer

@AlexA. you can either be with it or against it. There is no such thing as indifferent. Its the same as saying terrorism in XYZ country does not bother me.

Doorknob

that's... not true

Cᴏɴᴏʀ O'Bʀɪᴇɴ

carrot.PSD

Alex A.

18:28

@Optimizer Uh I don't think that's at all the same...

Anonymous

Hey let's not be comparing terrorism to terrible advertising

Anonymous

At least we're doing something about terrorism

quartata

So just initing VBLANK and the SNES registers takes 5000 bytes

So it looks like I won't be quitting

I mean, I COULD try to golf that part and risk blowing up my only flash cart

Probably should do this on an emulator actually...

Doorknob

@Optimizer unnecessarily emotionally weighted metaphors aside, it is absolutely possible to have no firm stance on a given issue

Anonymous

Test in emulator first obviously

quartata

18:29

Flash cartridge

A flash cartridge is one of several cartridges containing flash memory that have been developed for use in video game consoles. These cartridges enable homebrew applications and games to be used. The capacity of the cartridges can range from 64 Mbit up to 8 Gbit (Commercial carts range from 32 Mbit to 256 Mbit). More recent cartridges use external memory cards as memory, in place of onboard memory, such as Compact Flash, Secure Digital, etc. memory cards. These cartridges remain the best-known way to create and distribute homebrew games for many consoles, such as the Game Boy Advance. (another...

Optimizer

@Doorknob ok, take for example - you visit an online market place where you finally purchase something and put in your CC details. Now that can be easily tracked by third party tracking sites.

quartata

@Mego Yeah that's what I'll do

Alex A.

@quartata Didn't realize "cart" was intended to be short for "cartridge."

Anonymous

quartata

@AlexA. Ah ok

Alex A.

18:30

@Mego All I know is my gut says "maybe."

Doorknob

@Optimizer hopefully that site's using HTTPS... and hopefully you're not giving credit card info to a site you don't trust

Alex A.

I don't enter any personal information into non-HTTPS sites.

quartata

@Doorknob gloryto.russia.ru

Optimizer

@Doorknob that's the thing, even your trusted site is showing ads and third party trackings. Plus https has nothing to do with it

all happens on client side

@AlexA. that does not prevent you from being tracked. HTTPS only protects MIM attacks over the network

Calvin's Hobbies

Keep in mind that internet advertising is a necessary evil, just like all advertising. Sure, lots of ads are annoying and maybe compromise some privacy, but there are thousands of websites/bloggers/youtubers whose main source of revenue is advertising.

Doorknob

18:32

@Optimizer I would be very, very surprised if Paypal et al. freely and publicly shares the credit card numbers of all of its customers with third parties

quartata

@Calvin'sHobbies Think of the server kitties. How will they get their food without ads?

Optimizer

@Doorknob feel free to be surprised then.

Doorknob

and what's your source for this, ah, radical claim?

Optimizer

@Doorknob plus, paypal is not the only place where you put in your CC

Doorknob

"there are ads on this site" != "there is a keylogger and screen recorder on this site and a shady guy watching over your shoulder via tiny cameras mounted behind you"

quartata

18:33

Jeez I post a picture of a cat and I get 0 stars why are you guys so stingy on the days where I'm in the chatroom and then go nuts starring everything when I'm not

I don't understand the starring algorithm

Optimizer

9 mins ago, by Optimizer

and I speak from first hand experience in the industry

Dennis

@quartata I only star kittens, not kitties.

Alex A.

@quartata Can has star pl0x =/=> stars

Doorknob

@Optimizer "me" is not a reliable source

Optimizer

I don't think so that I have any useless energy to explain anything to you further.

Calvin's Hobbies

18:34

@Optimizer Kinda vague

Optimizer

of course its vague. And it should be very clear why its vague

quartata

@Dennis Damn.

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Doorknob

@Optimizer well it's not

Alex A.

^

Optimizer

1 min ago, by Optimizer

I don't think so that I have any useless energy to explain anything to you further.

quartata

18:36

OK now I'm just really confused.

Cᴏɴᴏʀ O'Bʀɪᴇɴ

Sorry @Doorknob ;-;

Doorknob

@CᴏɴᴏʀO'Bʀɪᴇɴ couldn't resist :P

Dennis

Don't attempt to understand stars. Stars are weird.

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Cᴏɴᴏʀ O'Bʀɪᴇɴ

^

@Doorknob I get you ^_^

quartata

Do not try to bend the stars

Alrighty then.

Doorknob

18:37

The moment one stops attempting to fully understand stars is the moment when one reaches star enlightenment.

You must become One With the Stars.

Alex A.

Schrödinger's post is simultaneously starred and not starred.

Doorknob

Do not attempt to control the stars. Let the stars control you.

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Q: How's your string theory?

Back to the basics! You're in you comp sci class again, except wiser and golfier. You have the tools, you have the power… but do you have the skill? Probably. Crash Course for the non-Computer Scientist (skip if you don't need it) A string is symbolically represented by an arbitrary letter (usu...

code-golf code-challenge string logic

quartata

@AlexA. Only upon pinging ಠ_ಠ will it become certain

Optimizer

@Doorknob Da Vinci Demons

Alex A.

18:38

@ಠ_ಠ Can you confirm ^^

@randomra Any word from the folks you interviewed with?

randomra

@AlexA. we had some logistic problem which we couldn't solve, otherwise both of us were happy to work with the other but it couldn't be sorted out :/

but I'm looking for other options now

aaand, I have to go now...

Alex A.

That's too bad, I'm sorry to hear that.

I wish you luck with your further searching!

And bye for now. :)

randomra

I got over it, as there was really no way to fix it

Alex A.

Yeah

Best to move forward rather than dwell.

randomra

@AlexA. exactly

have a nice day!

Alex A.

18:48

You too!

Optimizer

so much goodness

... my eyes...

Alex A.

Cookies! - NSP

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Anonymous

What's this hippie huggy nonsense

Anonymous

I want more arguing

Alex A.

Come here and give me a hug, @Mego.

Anonymous

18:52

java-is-not-good

Anonymous

ack

Anonymous

Crap

Anonymous

Halfway through the day and all my stars are gone

Alex A.

"Handshake. Oh, no? We're doing this? Uh okay..."

Anonymous

I can't tell who initiated the hug in that peanutbutter

Anonymous

18:55

Was it the potato on the right or the POTUSto on the left

Alex A.

The glasses guy

POTUSto...?

Anonymous

low image quality = potato quality

Anonymous

Both look like moving potatoes

Alex A.

Haha

Anonymous

POTUSto = portmanteau of potato and POTUS

Alex A.

18:55

Gotcha

minxomat

Is there a reason why single-line function declarations ({-less) are not valid in C when they are valid for almost every other type of code block?

Alex A.

Because C

Anonymous

@minxomat ^ Alex said it better than what I was going to say

Anonymous

Instead of asking why inline blocks aren't valid for functions, you should ask why they're valid for other blocks

Alex A.

@Doorknob "aarrrrgghghghghghhhhh" <-- haha

minxomat

18:59

@Mego Because more people than me hate wasting vertical screen estate.

Alex A.

I hate wasting my life replacing tabs with the correct number of spaces.

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