The Nineteenth Byte

user

23:00

I have a nice HP Pavilion, but I'm not sure which one it was exactly

lyxal

@Bubbler But it could be used theoretically for things like viewing rickrolls and playing undertale?

rak1507

undertale? doubt

lyxal

@RedwolfPrograms Microsoft surface (laptop|laptop go)

Redwolf Programs

I've heard good things about surface laptops. They work fine with linux dual boot, right?

Bubbler

@lyxal Theoretically yes, practically you'll have no chance against omega flowey

lyxal

23:01

@Bubbler ofc

Redwolf Programs

I would love the irony of running linux on a microsoft machine

lyxal

@RedwolfPrograms idk about dual boot, but I know it runs vyxal well :p

But why would your computer need two shoes?

Redwolf Programs

Looks like you can

lyxal

Why would a computer need boots at all?

Bubbler

@RedwolfPrograms Well, you don't need to dual boot these days, there's WSL

Redwolf Programs

23:03

Yuck

No

user

To walk, duh

WSL2's pretty nice

I haven't used it extensively, but as long as you don't want a desktop environment, it seems to be very useful

Redwolf Programs

To me that just seems like a way for Windows to try to steal Linux market share

lyxal

@user tell me where tf my computer is gonna walk to

Bubbler

I haven't had a chance to try WSL2 yet, but WSL1 is already 99% usable for me

user

@lyxal It needs to walk over to other computers for handshakes

Bubbler

23:05

@user You can VNC into WSL to get a desktop environment

Redwolf Programs

WSL = Wzl's evil twin

user

Oh nice

@RedwolfPrograms Wait what

Redwolf Programs

:p

user

Are we talking about the same thing? What does WSL have to do with a user?

Redwolf Programs

Because...they're spelled almost identically

Duh

user

23:06

Oh lol

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Q: Programming Less-Than, Greater-Than and Equal-To functions using Restricted Source

I'm currently working with a branchless language which does not have native Less-Than, Greater-Than or Equal-To functions. I do however have min, max and abs functions and standard arithmetic (+, -, / and *) available to me. I'd like to create these three functions (as L(a, b), G(a, b) and E(a, b...

Bubbler

@NewPosts CMP: Is this question on-topic?

ngn

sounds more like a stackoverflow question than a cgcc challenge

user

I think it'd make an okay tips question if the author also clarified that it was atomic golf or something

rak1507

No, it's clearly meant for something like SO, but it could be made into a challenge

user

23:15

I don't know if it's interesting enough for a challenge

Bubbler

I don't think it fits well into SO

user

Should I remove my edit (I added the tips tag)?

Redwolf Programs

Considering spending all of my savings from three years of birthdays + christmas plus this year's birthday and christmas gifts to get something really nice, maybe a gaming laptop

rak1507

how about a waterproof coat instead

user

lol

Redwolf Programs

23:18

I have one too, in my backpack :|

I was too stubborn to wear it

(Wouldn't have covered my backpack anyway, though.)

rak1507

:(

hyper-neutrino

750 - 1500? i got my current desktop for like $1200 (and that's CAD) and it came with a monitor lol

Redwolf Programs

I have uh...expensive tastes lol

For anything other than chromebooks

hyper-neutrino

ah :p

Redwolf Programs

I spend probably 12 hours a day on my laptop so I might as well make it a nice one :p

hyper-neutrino

23:22

true

user

Might want to leave some aside for glasses

hyper-neutrino

i spend a lot of time too on my computer tho i find this one good for pretty much all my needs (including playing too many and too much video games). will definitely upgrade it in the future, but i am saving any money i get for tuition and stuff like rent or whatever when i move out

Redwolf Programs

I'm only 15 years old so I can still make stupid decisions without feeling bad about them :p

hyper-neutrino

without feeling bad about them yet

Redwolf Programs

I'll get a job some time in the next six months

user

23:25

Ha, I've been making stupid decisions and feeling bad about them since I was in kindergarten, I'm so much more mature than y'all

rak1507

nice

user

How did you find one? I've been trying to find a computer related job for a long time, but couldn't find any, and in person jobs are limited rn

rak1507

idk about redwolf but I find nepotism to be surprisingly effective

Redwolf Programs

I mean it's not like I've started looking or anything, but it's not like I'll be getting an actual job at like 16. I'll probably go work at some restaurant or something.

user

Oh ok

lyxal

23:28

@RedwolfPrograms I thought you were older than that

user

@rak1507 o.O

Redwolf Programs

@lyxal Nope, 15 and 8 months right now

lyxal

Dang

Here's me thinking you were 17

rak1507

@RedwolfPrograms added to the database

lyxal

Dang

I just remembered how close I am to turning a year older

hyper-neutrino

23:30

probably within a year

user

May 17 at 18:45, by user

Protip: Never tell rak1507 anything about yourself

lyxal

@hyper-neutrino more like a month or so

rak1507

:)

hyper-neutrino

@lyxal hey same (a few weeks over a month)

rak1507

same

Redwolf Programs

23:30

I've told you guys at one point or another my full name, date of birth, and location to within half an hour lol

user

@lyxal Happy birthday in advance (or sad birthday, whatever you prefer)

lyxal

@hyper-neutrino dang that means you're marginally older than me

@user happy is good, but you're way early

user

@RedwolfPrograms Guess you'll just have to find a new identity now :P

rak1507

@RedwolfPrograms seeing as you like sharing so much, please can I have your mothers maiden name, social security number, and the name of your first pet?

hyper-neutrino

@user just trade with caird

Redwolf Programs

23:31

If any of y'all would like to be me, go ahead, just make sure to keep my GPA high :p

lyxal

immediately trashes redwolf's GPA

user

If you had good grades last quarter, I can just get B's this quarter and keep your GPA at 4.0, so sure

Redwolf Programs

I honestly have no idea how my school does GPA stuff lol

user

Wanna swap identities? I'll throw in the 2 dollars in coins I have

rak1507

I would say sure but I found out I was 2% off an A in economics so clearly I'm incompetent :P

Redwolf Programs

23:33

I've got a 4.0 unweighted and a 5.2 weighted

And I'm 38th in my class

hyper-neutrino

probably by averaging the points you get for your grade

lyxal

Okay nvm I just found out I won't be ageing until redwolf catches up in age: chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/240?m=56716428#56716428

Redwolf Programs

They've told us they do it like three different ways and I'm not sure which one it really is

user

@lyxal Hmm, so if you freeze Redwolf cryogenically, you'll stay immortal too

@RedwolfPrograms mean, median, mode?

hyper-neutrino

immortality is overrated tbh

user

23:35

It might suck at the start, but eventually you'll get rich, and then you can just do whatever

lyxal

@RedwolfPrograms keyboard mash jelly and enter the unweighted score into the program. The result is your weighted score

user

(provided humanity survives that long ig)

Redwolf Programs

Does 1080p at 15.6" look pixel-y? Never used a 15.6" before.

Can't decide if QHD is worth it.

ngn

for me, monitors stopped being pixel-y at 1024x768

Redwolf Programs

I mean it depends on the size though. A 24" monitor most definitely looks pixel-y at 1080p.

ngn

23:38

@RedwolfPrograms right, it also depends on the distance you're looking from

Redwolf Programs

True

hyper-neutrino

i think my monitor is 24"

looks fine at 1080p

assuming that's what 1920x1080 is

Redwolf Programs

I'll save the $160 and go for FHD, it's still a bit better than my chromebook's DPI

And at 15.6 I'd be a bit farther from the screen anyway

QHD would look awesome, but maybe not $160 awesome

rak1507

blind people must save a lot of money on monitors

Redwolf Programs

lol

Instead they get 4k speakers

ngn

23:42

braille monitors exist

rak1507

I wonder if it would be worth learning to efficiently use a screenreader so it didn't matter

@ngn do they actually? huh

cool

Redwolf Programs

Anyway I gtg for now

user

lol this is what I got when I looked up braille monitors

Look like they're really small

lyxal

Wow I just got my 81 week streak grammarly badge

hyper-neutrino

nice

imagine using grammarly, i simply just make grammatical errors /s

user

23:51

Grammarly keeps sending me emails telling me I have 100% accuracy and stuff even though I'm not using it

lyxal

@hyper-neutrino have you taken the quiz found on my profile page?

user

@hyper-neutrino Ha I just dont make grammar or spelling mistakes at all; deal with that,

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hyper-neutrino

@lyxal i looked at it a few days ago and decided it made no sense

the validity of a toaster cannot be decided by its outward appearance alone

lyxal

@user bruh yuo'er grammer is totally unright there

user

@lyxal yesnot

What's the toaster validity thing supposed to mean btw?

hyper-neutrino

23:54

ironically, out of the five active people on my friend's discord server, three of us are chinese and how good our english grammar is is proportional to how fluent we are in mandarin

user

That's interesting

lyxal

@user it's an attempt at surreal humour

hyper-neutrino

it's because my brother and I were bullied for bad pronunciation or grammar when we were younger since my parents aren't great with english, so we just got good and are now better than most people who grow up here speaking only english :P

user

I saw a study somewhere that said bilingual people (and polyglots) were slightly worse at all the languages they knew because limited capacity or something

hyper-neutrino

well my vocabulary in english seems to be a bit more limited, and I also cannot read/write chinese and have a very limited vocabulary

user

23:56

@lyxal Oh, that makes sense, I only understand attempts at surreal humor

hyper-neutrino

i can communicate fluently enough but run into issues understanding people who speak above a relatively base level (and also cannot understand tv shows at all, it's like they're speaking another language)

user

@hyper-neutrino lol my english used to be better before I came to the US; after I came here, I spoke so little because of my accent that I gradually just got worse at it

hyper-neutrino

oof. wait what other language do you speak (assuming you do - if i interpreted your message correctly)?

user

(the lol wasn't directed at you and your brother being bullied, I'm really sorry you had to go through that)

hyper-neutrino

lol nah, it's alright, it wasn't too bad though it did result in me bullying other people over their english grammar later on in middle school :P

user

23:58

@hyper-neutrino My family speaks Marathi, and I used to be fluent in Hindi but haven't really spoken it in a few years

hyper-neutrino

oh, that's cool! imagine knowing 3 languages. nice

user

Jack of all trades, master of none :P

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