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@GamrCorps FREE HEALTH CARE
PewDiePie has more subscribers than Canada has people. Depression mode imminent
@ANerd-I FREE AVOCAD
@AlexA. They've got similar latitudes to Russia which has 144M
@Vihan MAPLE SYRUP
I can just imagine a white van saying "FREE HEALTH CARE" and it lures all of the little kids in. Oh, Canada
03:01
@ANerd-I HOCKEY
@Vihan CANADA ALSO HAS HOCKEY
@GamrCorps ... Our home and native land
@ANerd-I Football the one with the egg
I actually really like Canada, though it's been a few years since I've been. I live just several hours away from Vancouver, BC.
oh sorry, my caps lock got stuck...
I really want to visit Vancouver some time
03:02
It's a very nice city
And Victoria
CANADIA HAS FRE HELTH CRE AND AVOCAD WITH MAPL SIRUP ON TOP
Victoria is pretty touristy
This is actually a nice Canada song, and sung by an astronaut:
I am actually American, but I like Canada more
03:03
I am actually American, but I like England more
@HelkaHomba Isn't Chris Hadfield Canadian?
Trivia: Congratulations, you're graduating! is now the 3rd highest voted post on meta, 9 votes below the sandbox.
@Vihan Yes
@Doorknob brb downvoting the sandbox
Rofl the downvote on the sandbox — Alex A. ♦ Oct 21 '15 at 18:31
03:03
I am actually American, but I like avocad more
@AlexA. Again... (rolls eyes)
@Doorknob That was a different Alex A. >_>
@GamrCorps ?
Does anyone here say Zed instead of Zee?
Probably the speakers of British English
Only when talking in a language where it is pronounced as such or when trying to imitate Stephan Merchant
03:06
I don't know who Stephan Merchant is so I'll assume you said John Oliver.
@AlexA. Well then I wasn't asking you you American -.-
how can you possibly not know who Stephan Merchant is
I don't
I assume he's a merchant
03:09
have you never watched the office
I haven't
nope
Right, a paper merchant
ok have you ever played Portal 2
false
03:11
HOW HAVE YOU NOT PLAYED PORTAL 2?? HAVE YOU NOT LIVED???
why would I want to play a game that's not Nethack when I could be playing Nethack instead?
hahaha
because its fun
I think Doorknob is prejudiced against any computer activities that don't involve text.
@AquaTart Is he the voice of Wheatley?
03:12
he's the voice of Wheatley yes
But he's also one of the writers of The Office which is reallly good
The original UK one that is
> the game continually finds creative and interesting ways to kill my poor @ avatar
that's exactly the point :D
@xnor Your update to your Python hypercube thing is nuts
I'm still amazed no one has made a Nethack dumb ways to die parody.
maybe I should make it
None of my messages have been starred in days :(
03:17
same
it worked!
ಠ_ಠ
Did it?
@HelkaHomba I don't see anything of yours starred
@AlexA. I believe he means that the occurrence of the word "star" in his message did not compel others to actually star that message, thus being one of the few occurrences of such occurrences occurring.
Okay
03:32
@AlexA. contrarian much :P
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
how do I loop through a string / array in python?
for i in _:
nevermind I googled it
Why didn't you do that first? >_>
03:36
because it's faster to ask than open a new tab. Type google.com move your mouse to the search bar, type your question, click search, wait for results, look through results, click on a result, wait for it to load, scroll, then read the answer, then upvote it
ಠ_ಠ
@Maltysen Note: Any iterable can be looped through like that
Does the face guy have a name?
@HelkaHomba No, but he has a face
@Vihan Hey, this is code-golf, not fastest-code!
03:37
@HelkaHomba ?
Whaddaya think we are? Code Review? Stack Overflow?
i=0
while True:
 try:
  L[i]
  i += 1
 except:
  break
^^ Missed opportunity
@HelkaHomba Look of disapproval.
@Sp3000 what does that do?
@MamaFunRoll Stack Overflow is two words
03:38
@Vihan of course explaining all that nullifies any time saved
yeah =/
@ZachGates python is the best language ever
@Maltysen Agreed
Next to Gogh, of course
but Gogh is written in Python so
@Maltysen s/python/JavaScript
@Vihan In what weird kind of browser do you actually have to visit the Google page to initiate a search?
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03:41
IE
Clearly.
@Dennis when you have hooves instead of hands, it's hard to click the small bookmarks button so I just type it
@Vihan bookmarks?!
You can perform a Google search in the URL bar
Most browsers can search from the URL bar
ninja'd
You use Safari, right?
03:42
Or at least a sidebar next to the URL bar
yeah
@Vihan , type query, .
f6 does nothing on mac
@AlexA. ಠ_ಠ is now called Mustafa
Or set Google as your homepage, Cmd+T opens a new tab and the focus is immediately set in the search bar. Type query, enter.
03:42
@Vihan OK, get a decent browser.
@AlexA. see edit
@Dennis duckduckgo is my default search engine not google
What's your homepage?
@Vihan You're the one that suggested google.com, not me.
the bookmark hot sites thing
I have Google as my homepage. I find it quite convenient in situations such as this. ;)
03:45
@AlexA. though that makes it longer to go to PPCG rather than clicking the big bookmarked button
Put it in the bookmarks bar
Speaking of homepages: strawpoll.me/7103487
(Personally, I'm surprised there's yes votes)
I use it all the time. In some browsers it isn't shown by default so I always go into settings and enable it ASAP. Home is where the heart is!
Wow, 6 votes, exactly 50-50.
Speaking of browsers: strawpoll.me/7103497
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My home buttom goes to PPCG
@Dennis ಠ_ಠ
03:49
@Dennis WHY DID I FALL FOR THIS
@Dennis why is there no no option?
Second yes is best yes
4
@Vihan because it knows that you fell for it
03:50
what if I didn't
ಠ_ಠ @Dennis you just got me again
I clicked it in the star sidebar
@ZachGates You should click both yes.
> (Pick one)
I don't think you can
All the yes
04:09
Calling set theorists: would this be the set of all rational numbers? Looking on Wikipedia, they have this version, however I believe they are equivalent.
Yes, but it's typically denoted Q, not N
This is the new bit manipulation language!
It's really minimalist right now, but it's a start.
N is reserved for the set of natural numbers, i.e. the positive (or nonnegative, depending on your textbook) integers.
wow, descriptive readme
I know.
Try something like +1<1<~ to start.
04:19
@AlexA. Cool thanks, forgot to change that letter :P
@AlexA. but wouldn't that be doublestruck N?
Yeah, but we can't \mathbb{} in here. :P
@Vihan OMG DOUBLESTRUCK
UNICODE!!!
o no
04:24
double struck ‼ ?
Like those Oreos with extra stuff in the middle?
04:37
eww
ê”—
ê”—
â›™
can anyone see that ^ ?
04:54
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Q: Naïve Markov Chain Word Generation

DanTheManThere are many ways to generate random words. You can take random syllables from a set, you can use n-tuples, probably neural networks (what can't they do?), alternating between consonants and vowels, etc. The method this challenge is based off of is by far the worst. It uses a Markov chain to ge...

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Q: Longest word using a single row of the qwerty keyboard

ghosts_in_the_codeThe three rows of the qwerty keyboard are qwertyuiop, asdfghjkl and zxcvbnm. Your task is to find the longest word that can be typed using only one row of the keyboard, from a given list of words. Sample input 1 artist home gas writer geology marine twerp Output writer (Of the given words,...

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when double or triple integration is not enough
I think I'm done with the language for now.
Gnight everybody.
Oh come on. You have to sign into GitHub just to be able to search now? >:(
05:15
oh! like its not the same anywhere else
and its not "now"
has been like that
Not for very long.
I go on GitHub every few days for one reason or another but rarely sign in. This is the first time I've been unable to search without signing in first.
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Q: Replace alias to form phrases

Washington GuedesInspired by the C-directive #define. Challenge Given one phrase with some alias, and one array with each alias text. Output the initial phrase replacing each alias with its respective text. An alias is defined by one sharp # followed by its index in the array. Alias can contains another alias ...

@AlexA. Do they force you to sign in?
The search bar isn't available unless you sign in
If that's what you mean
05:29
what about third yes?
05:44
I'd love to hear some lang-requests for Gogh (Gogh development room)
05:56
@GamrCorps A likely reason for the version without division is that then you don't have to worry about defining p/q; it's more abstract.
06:24
monring
@Quill Afternoon
@Quill Monknoon
@MamaFunRoll There should be a print top of stack.
07:10
The Javascript on PPCG appears to be breaking for me
I can't open the menus at the top, can't "show more comments", can't share or edit as normally happens
And I have no idea why
This happens to any newly opened pages. Cached tabs of PPCG don't do this, they act the same as usual
07:33
maybe you should stop using IE6?
07:43
@AlexA. No I didn't.
@Vihan Look it up, it's ⌘+L
@Optimizer Windows 10, Firefox 44, other SE sites are having a similar problem.
@Sherlock9 No userscripts enabled?
Not that I'm aware. Does the Reddit Enhancement Suite count?
Or OneTab?
@Sherlock9 Nope
Then other than listing the rest of my Firefox add-ons, I don't think I have any userscripts
07:52
@Sherlock9 Userscript = GreaseMonkey script
So no then
Reboot/restart browser?
@Vihan Get Ubiquity, then <ubiquity shortcut> then type in s <google search>
@MarsUltor I don't think I have any Greasemonkey scripts but how can I check?
@Sherlock9 If you don't have GreaseMonkey installed, then you don't have any.
Alright then. I'll restart Firefox
08:14
No dice
And I can't upvote. What the hell
@Sherlock9 What.
Clicking "share" opens the link instead allowing me to copy it. "edit" changes the tab instead of opening the edit dialog (and none of the buttons at the top, link, list, etc. show up)
Clicking the upvote and downvote buttons does jack all.
Firefox says it's downloading an update, could that help?
@Sherlock9 Not sure.
08:34
@Sherlock9 Can you do Ctrl + U and paste into pastebin + link? (also, check that view-source:cdn.sstatic.net/Js/stub.en.js?v=a159ee440149 is showing something)
IT WORKS because I tried some advice on a tangentially related question, which was to go into my browser history and say Forget About This Site on my stack exchange links
I should probably clear my cache and cookies once in a while
 
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hi.. any math people here know how you would find the smallest non-zero eigenvalue of a matrix? If you just compute the eigenvalues using a library you get numbers like -8.52182907574e-17 which may or may not be supposed to be 0
@Anush Welcome to the Nineteenth Byte! Erm... I don't know.
12:23
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Q: Reverse an N-Dimensional array

Mr PublicDetails Write a function or program that, given an array (or list), containing only integers, returns or output an array with all sub-elements reversed. That is, reverse all elements of the deepest array, then the second deepest, etc. The dimensions need not be specified, but the function or pro...

13:18
@Anush My honest answer is Wolfram Alpha, but I'm sure there's another way to do it (something to do with the characteristic polynomial, I would guess). Stick around, though, as the other mathsy people will be along in a few hours (i.e. those also interested in maths, but know more)
14:00
Wat. How is that even an answer.
Flag it.
ಠ_ಠ
I may or may not have searched for a delete button on other websites since I became a mod here.
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See, that's one of the reasons I don't want to be a mod anywhere.
I'd just get frustrated everywhere else.
I can never think of the name for the document I signed when I started working here that says I can't share information about the company
Someone help me out
14:07
Non-disclosure agreement?
Thank you
@Sherlock9 thanks!
You're welcome
Bwahahaha.
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A: How can I make a page redirect using jQuery?

Ryan McGearyOne does not simply redirect using jQuery jQuery is not necessary, and window.location.replace(...) will best simulate an HTTP redirect. It is better than using window.location.href =, because replace() does not put the originating page in the session history, meaning the user won't get stuck...

@AlexA. I'm thinking of repurchasing Half-Life on Steam, and I can't decide between HL1 and HL:S. I suspect for singleplayer I'd enjoy HL:S more because of the ragdolls + not-shitty water (and I can mount the content in GMod), but I know that for deathmatch HL1's multiplayer community will be more active
pls halp
14:20
Do you already own other Valve games?
@AquaTart Reason I'm asking is because Half-Life is $10 but the Half-Life Complete Bundle is $40
@Anush You can check that there is a zero eigenvalue by seeing if the determinant is 0.
@TimmyD Yes although I do not own HL2.
I played Black Mesa back when it was a mod and it didn't feel as nostalgic as playing the original
found this beauty on GMM this morning:
hahaha
14:36
@AquaTart Ah, I see. Well, if you don't have HL2 or Ep1/Ep2, the Complete bundle would be the better bet. If you're looking for just the original, you can go either way. The original has all of the quirks and moments intrinsic into the original engine, while the Source version has a lot of improvements.
I've played through them both, and I found the transitions in Source to be a little jarring ... it's graphically a newer game, but the underlying mechanics and whatnot are still the original
Also, if you plan to play Opposing Force or Blue Shift, I would recommend original Half-Life, so that the graphic styling between the three is consistent.
I do recommend OppFor, it's a really solid expansion pack. Blue Shift is ... eh?
I don't like Blue Shift either.
It's not bad ... it's just not good, either.
I've never played Opposing Force but it does look fun.
14:41
@Dennis I'm pretty sure the #1 use for visiting the Google page is to determine if your internet is working
@NathanMerrill Or to play a Doodle
that'd be #2
but yeah :P
if google goes down, then millions of people are going to think that their internet is down, when likely the entire web is down
@AquaTart Have you played HL2, Ep1, Ep2?
Not really.
Well, you're one of today's lucky 10,000. :D
14:46
I've never owned them, but I have played them at friends' houses and I used to watch a lot of HL2 speedruns since I was interested in how the Source Engine worked
Oh man, HL2 speedruns are nothing like actually playing HL2
I know.
Episode 2 speedruns in particular. Lots of things are skipped.
I was more interested in the glitches than in the plot though :P
It's crazy, actually, how much can be skipped.
Like, grenading yourself "above" the map.
Most of that is from flying.
The grenade is just used as something you can click E on usually
I'd have to see the particular instance though
14:50
@AquaTart Umm ... I think it was used in AGDQ 2015, as this particular exploit was only discovered shortly beforehand. I'll see if I can find a vid.
Oh, huh.
I missed Gocnak's run that year
IIRC, it was a spot where you were "ambushed" in this little village thing and had a lengthy fight. But turns out there was a "hole" in the world's ceiling behind this particular house before you trigger the event, and if you brought a barrel with you, you could get up through the hole and fly past the rest of the section.
Something like that.
Yeah, that's flying.
The hole in the skybox sounds new, though.
Yes, that was the new part.
@NathanMerrill Bad idea, since it's usually cached.
14:55
the html isn't cached?
@feersum yes but does this tell you if any of the otherwise small eigenvalues should really be 0?
15:12
@Anush No, in general you'd have to solve it exactly.
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Q: Hilbert-Curvify a Matrix

WizardOfMenloInspired by this question Another way to unroll a 2D image into a 1D string is to use an Hilbert Curve. There are many version of this curve, depending on the number of iterations used while computing it. Below follow example of Hilbert Curves from first order to fifth order. Your task in th...

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@feersum is that possible?
15:47
I don't think it's possible for any matrix larger than 4x4 (the characteristic polynomial becomes quintic from then on)
You don't have to factor a polynomial to test if 0 is a root.
Also, do you know how to get a characteristic polynomial from a square matrix?
Good luck. I have to sign off now because I have a report due in 16 hours. Bye

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