The Nineteenth Byte

quartata

8:00 PM

@Timwi Funciton? Didn't YOU invent that?

Timwi

The language I’m thinking of was inspired by Funciton.

And it’s unfinished, unlike Funciton.

Martin Büttner

@Timwi @overactor

Timwi

Ah, that’s right. @overactor

Martin Büttner

@Timwi vanilla coke D:

Timwi

Yep, love it. Was really annoyed when it was discontinued in Britain! :)

Martin Büttner

8:06 PM

the only possible choice of cola when you're in East Germany is Vita Cola.

mınxomaτ

Vita Cola - disgusting. Fritz Cola or Afri Cola all the way.

TimmyD

Y'all need some Coca-Cola Freestyle

Timwi

Fritz Cola is pretty good, yeah

Can anyone explain Club Mate to me? It’s disgusting, but everyone here seems to love it.

mınxomaτ

@Timwi I don't. Has a very specific taste. Like it or hate it :)

Martin Büttner

@Timwi it tastes like a liquid ash tray

@mınxomaτ I'm afraid you're wrong.

quartata

8:11 PM

strawpoll.me/6230667

kek

TimmyD

Huh, according to The All-Knowing Wikipedia, they're starting to roll out Freestyle machines in the UK.

Coca-Cola Freestyle

Coca-Cola Freestyle is a touch screen soda fountain introduced by The Coca-Cola Company in 2009. The machine features more than 125 different Coca-Cola drink products, and custom flavors. The machine allows users to select from mixtures of flavors of Coca-Cola branded products which are then individually dispensed. The machines are currently located in major Coca-Cola partners and retail locations as a part of a gradual and ongoing deployment. == DesignEdit == The cabinetry was designed by the Italian automotive design firm Pininfarina, via their Pininfarina Extra industrial and product design...

quartata

OK, I swear I didn't see the messages on Club Mate when I added it to the poll.

Oct 29 at 3:11, by quartata

My telepathy powers grow stronger

mınxomaτ

> Forgetting Tonic Water.

quartata

@mınxomaτ meh

Rainbolt

And Mr Pib

quartata

8:12 PM

@Rainbolt ew

TimmyD

@quartata I like how you have only "Root Beer" whereas all the rest are brand-name-specific

quartata

Anyways, note that it is a multi-choice poll

> Ginger Ale/Ginger Beer

So many different types of Root Beer, and they all taste the same so

What the hell Dr Pepper has two votes

Rainbolt

Only because there's no Pib

TimmyD

@quartata Yeah, but that doesn't count, because those are the same.

Besides, who tf prefers ginger ale over all other beverages

Rainbolt

Did you know that Dr. Pepper makes the world taste better?

quartata

8:14 PM

@TimmyD me

@Rainbolt ew

Technically my favorite beverage is tomato juice.

But that's not a soda.

TimmyD

@quartata I ... I'm not sure we can be friends any more

quartata

It is, however, a soft drink.

Rainbolt

By the way, here is my Google Plus profile picture from like five years ago: lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bmrAzK8OJzg/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAEQ/…

That's me representing Mr. Pibb

quartata

I'm sorry, I tried Dr Pepper once and it tasted like cough syrup.

I just... don't like it.

Alex A.

@quartata If you can find it where you are, Rachel's Ginger Beer is awesome.

@quartata Gross

Rainbolt

8:15 PM

Cough Syrup is one of the 23 flavors

quartata

@AlexA. dafuq is wrong with you

TimmyD

@quartata That's because you need to mix it with Captain Morgan

Alex A.

@quartata So many things

quartata

@TimmyD But then it isn't Dr Pepper

@AlexA. Tomato juice tastes like heaven.

TimmyD

Sure it is -- just enhanced

quartata

8:16 PM

I don't see how anyone couldn't like it.

Alex A.

Oh gross, rum in a soda? That sounds way, way too sweet for me.

quartata

@TimmyD It's mostly rum by that point

Anyways, my favorite soda is Sierra Mist.

waits to get kick-banned by sprite fans

TimmyD

@AlexA. How have you never heard of rum-n-coke?

Alex A.

@Timwi That's really interesting! Thanks for sharing the link. :) Sorry to hear you got fired from your job though.

@TimmyD Of course I've heard of that. I just don't like it.

TimmyD

@quartata Sierra Mist > Sprite > 7-up

quartata

8:18 PM

@TimmyD We can be friends again

I'm glad you understand

TimmyD

@AlexA. Oh. Just your wording made it seem like it was a new concept

Alex A.

I don't really like soda in general; I find it all too sweet. Ginger beer is nice because it's often only lightly sweetened.

quartata

@AlexA. Good ginger beer, that is.

Timwi

The straw poll had Root Beer but not Malzbier. Or Квас for that matter.

Alex A.

@TimmyD Yeah I just realized that. Eh. :P

quartata

8:19 PM

If you have a Trader Joe's near you, their Triple Ginger Brew is really good.

Very ginger-y

Alex A.

I have hella Trader Joe's near me.

quartata

Gud

TimmyD

Barq's is still the best root beer I've tried

Alex A.

*Barf's

quartata

Since all root beer tastes the same to me, I'm not really picky on the brand

TimmyD

8:21 PM

@quartata o.O

quartata

I drink soda very rarely, at any rate.

ev3commander

O.o

Alex A.

Back when I drank soda, root beer was my favorite.

quartata

@TimmyD What?

I mean, they kinda do all taste the same.

Sometimes some are more vanilla-y.

TimmyD

But there's vanilla notes, how much wintergreen is put in, whether chicory root or cinnamon is added ...

Sorry, that sounded kinda snobbish

Alex A.

8:23 PM

The best rootbeer I've had was when I was like 10 and I had a sarsaparilla rootbeer. I remember it being incredibly good, but then again that was 15 years ago.

@TimmyD Sure did. Haha

@TimmyD Sounds like you have a very refined palate, which is neat. :)

TimmyD

@AlexA. For root beer, at least

If I'm going someplace new (like, a restaurant while on a trip), I make it a point to try out a local root beer if they have one

Alex A.

If you find yourself in Issaquah, WA, and someone recommends XXX, it's not worth your time.

I think the sarsaparilla I had was Sioux City brand. I wonder if I could find that again...

quartata

@TimmyD Root beer connoisseur eh

TimmyD

@quartata Are you from some place in Europe? Because that could explain it. From what I've heard, because of the prevalence of wintergreen, most Europeans all think that root beer tastes like toothpaste.

quartata

@TimmyD No, California

TimmyD

8:27 PM

@AlexA. Sioux City does make pretty good sarsaparilla.

quartata

Although I did read Linus Torvalds's amusing rant on root beer a while back.

Alex A.

Who is Linus

quartata

I think they do think root bear tastes like toothpaste

@AlexA. Torvalds

Alex A.

Oh, the Linux guy?

Rainbolt

I just got a resume that was looking great until I got to the bottom and read "Extra-Circular-Activities"

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quartata

8:28 PM

@Rainbolt LOL

TimmyD

@Rainbolt Autocorrect FTW

quartata

@Rainbolt Hey, you never know. He could be part of a research program to square the circle

Alex A.

@Rainbolt That dude doesn't fuck around with ovals. Circles all the way.

Kevin W.

@Rainbolt he sounds well-rounded

quartata

@KevinW. oh shit gg

TimmyD

8:30 PM

@Rainbolt If it doesn't list hula-hoop aficionado, I am disappointed

Rainbolt

So many other little things that bug me all at the very end. A bulleted list with some items that end with period and some that don't

Thomas Kwa

@quartata I find it amusing that you tagged my Lojban question natural-language.

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quartata

@ThomasKwa Why?

Oh.

Because it is constructed?

Thomas Kwa

Yes.

Rainbolt

Is it more correct to write the expanded phrase followed by the abbreviation, as in "Foo Bar Baz (FBB)", or vice versa, as in "FBB (Foo Bar Baz)"?

quartata

8:33 PM

@Rainbolt Depends on the context.

Rainbolt

Assuming you then go on to use FBB everywhere else

quartata

If the acronym is more well known, list it first.

Remember, parenthesis means that the expression inside of them isn't required to understanding the sentence

I'd say in your case use "FBB (Foo Bar Baz)"

Rainbolt

Ah, good rule

Alex A.

I almost exclusively see "Foo Bar Baz (FBB)" with the continuation as "FBB."

quartata

@Rainbolt grammar amirite fellas

Rainbolt

8:34 PM

Wait your suggestion doesn't follow your own rule

Who the heck knows what FBB stands for

Alex A.

Forlorn baby badgers

quartata

@Rainbolt I'm assuming the acronym is more well known, since you said you go on to use it everywhere else

TimmyD

@Rainbolt acronymfinder.com/FBB.html

Alex A.

I maintain

1 min ago, by Alex A.

I almost exclusively see "Foo Bar Baz (FBB)" with the continuation as "FBB."

Rainbolt

I mean in the remainder of his resume (not like everywhere else in the whole wide world)

quartata

8:35 PM

Yeah, I'm aware.

Alex A.

@quartata Hello, aware. I'm Alex.

quartata

@AlexA. This would be good if you are defining a unique term in the piece

So like if you say "This is called Foo Bar Baz (FBB)" and then refer to it elsewhere a few times

Alex A.

I think it's good regardless. It just feels right to me.

TimmyD

@AlexA. But alex-is-wrong

quartata

Good point.

I guess my point really was if it was something like "NSA (National Security Agency)"

Rainbolt

8:38 PM

My first thought before you edited was no strings attached

Alex A.

"National Security Agency (NSA)"

quartata

@Rainbolt hue hue

Alex A.

@Rainbolt huh?

TimmyD

I like the papers that spell out acronyms-that-have-become-words, like radar or laser.

Alex A.

LASER = Lazily Awaiting Something Else, Richard.

Rainbolt

8:40 PM

Interestingly enough, if you Google "NSA Acronyms" you end up on Acronymfinder.com

In that list is "National Sex Authority"

If you Google "National Sex Authority", the first result is, again, AcronymFinder.com

Kevin W.

its a conspiracy

quartata

@AlexA. SMURF = Stop Making Up Random Frivolities

Kevin W.

if you look at the top of A, it's a pyramid

quartata

@KevinW. heh

Kevin W.

confirmed illuminati

Rainbolt

8:43 PM

We better call in Nicolas Cage and Tom Hanks

quartata

LET LOOSE THE HOUNDS

Or something

Alex A.

@KevinW. If you count the number of distinct line segments in the letter A, you get 5. There were two full Half-Life games. 5-2=3, Half-Life 3 confirmed.

Optimizer

peace out

quartata

@AlexA. You really like Half Life huh

Timwi

But it’s called Hλlf-Life, isn’t it? :) λ has only 3 line segments :)

Alex A.

8:45 PM

@quartata Yes. I rarely play video games (and it's been forever since I've played HL) but it's still my favorite.

TimmyD

I'm waiting eagerly to be thoroughly disappointed by HL3.

Alex A.

Don't say that

Rainbolt

@Timwi How many lines do you usually draw when you draw λ? I only draw 2

overactor

@Timwi you called?

quartata

@TimmyD yay

Optimizer

8:46 PM

@Timwi it has only 2. there is no third! ;)

quartata

@Rainbolt I draw 2, then decide that it looks too much like an h and draw it again.

Usually ends up at around 5-6.

@Rainbolt One.

@ThomasKwa wat

Hlambdalf-Life?

@overactor Yes.

8:48 PM

Hlambdaalf

Two a's

Optimizer

all signs that there is no third

Alex A.

@Rainbolt HL/LotR crossover confirmed

TimmyD

HL was revolutionary, HL2 was amazing, EP1 was really flat, and EP2 was better with a strong story but reasonably weak gameplay

Rainbolt

Hlambdaalf the Gray

Optimizer

Guardians of Half the Galaxy

Nathan Merrill

8:51 PM

can a mod clear the comments on my CodeBots4 question?

TimmyD

What I think would be really neat would be Valve just quietly adding HL3 to Steam - no preorders, no press release, just let the Internet find it and explode.

Alex A.

@NathanMerrill Sure

Nathan Merrill

the majority of the comments are now out of date

Alex A.

All of them?

Nathan Merrill

yes

Alex A.

8:51 PM

brb modding

Optimizer