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skullpatrol

00:15

Hmm, what is the square root of blue?

What color multiplied by itself is blue.

Do negative and imaginary colors have meaning.

Impossible color

Impossible colors or forbidden colors are supposed colors that cannot be perceived in normal seeing of light that is a combination of various intensities of the various frequencies of visible light, but are reported to be seen in special circumstances. == Types == These impossible colors are of two types: Colors that would be seen if the output strengths of the human eye retina's three types of cone cell (red, green, blue) could be set to values which cannot be produced by exposing the eye in normal seeing conditions to any possible combination of strengths of the frequencies of visible light....

TIL

Anonymous

01:09

Imaginary colors are useful to use as primary colors to get a larger real color space.

skullpatrol

Yep.

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SmokeDetector

03:11

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in answer: Are there any differences among suffixes 'er', 'or', 'ee', 'eer', and 'ist'? by Bob on ell.SE

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V.V.

06:08

Q: differences between suppositional would and suppositional will

when we should use suppositional would and when we should use Suppositional will? for example what is the differences between following sentences: That will be John at the door. That would be John at the door.

modal-verbs

CowperKettle

07:00

Word of the Day: waybill

CowperKettle

07:59

Word of the Day: barmecidal

> providing only the illusion of abundance - "a Barmecidal feast"

CowperKettle

08:42

> After fighting Turks and Poles
Home I went on my bare soles
Now my sword is chipped and rusty
And my girl turned out untrusty.

The second stanza came out very bad. Poor translation.

>
After fighting Turks and Poles
Home I turned on my bare soles
Now my gun is full of rust
And my girl betrayed my trust

Still clumsy

Did you ever try to translate poetry, Snails?

Some Russian poets translated poetry from languages they did not know.

They used word-by-word cribs prepared by other translators.

V.V.

08:59

What can "amount of work" mean in a bank form?

Sorry it was "amount in works"

CowperKettle

No idea..

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Jim Reynolds

10:24

Long time no see, Language Overflow denizens

skullpatrol

10:45

Welcome back, pal :-)

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user8469759

11:46

Hi guys

which one is correct?

Adam Gotier's fan? or "Fan of Adam Gotier"?

skullpatrol

Both.

user8469759

why is the 's ok?

skullpatrol

That is called "a possessive".

user8469759

is that a possessive?

skullpatrol

He has a fan, right?

user8469759

11:56

well yes

however

it's more of a relationship

skullpatrol

The fan belongs to him.

user8469759

all right

skullpatrol

For example: if I have many fans, they belong to my fan club.

Does that^ make sense?

user8469759

it does =)

skullpatrol

:-)

SmokeDetector

12:08

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Mostly non-Latin answer: "As following" vs "as follows" by Gãütäm Sãhü on ell.SE

Pandya

12:21

imperceivable or unperceivable ?

I think im...

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userr2684291

13:39

Google Ngrams says imperceptible occurs far more frequently than both of these; but of the two, the latter is more frequently used.

Anonymous

Yeah, I'd prefer imperceptible.

Anonymous

@user8469759 They're appropriate in different situations. Maybe you could ask your question on the main site so you can get a detailed answer.

Anonymous

If you want to pick between them, it would help to know the context you're using the phrases in.

skullpatrol

::nods::

userr2684291

14:07

Hm, I think I've seen a similar question asked recently.

Q: When to use “of” rather than “'s” to show possession?

Sometimes when writing a sentence I ask myself when to use what. For instance: "the screen of my iphone" sounds as natural to me as "my iphone's screen". Are both okay? I do know that "the shirt of my girlfriend" is not really correct and that it should be "my girlfriend's shirt", but what are ...

prepositions sentence-construction possessives

It's not very similar, but it's something.

But I don't know if there's any real difference in your example; I think I'd be okay with either. There might be some difference in emphasis: a fan of X vs. X's fan.

CowperKettle

15:06

> To achieve the same results in seconds using neural networks, the researchers first trained the networks by showing them approximately half a million simulations of gravitational lenses over the course of a single day. That was all the training the neural networks needed to produce analytical results that were as precise as those provided by their human trainers — and they were almost instantaneous.

futurism.com/…

How long before AI will start answering questions on ELL SE?

We should keep our heads on a swivel for that moment

Anonymous

15:24

Really? They seem pretty different to me. The version with the Saxon genitive would be inappropriate in most contexts, I think.

CowperKettle

15:44

> One reason for the shift away from Ada was that the Ada mandate came out too soon.

I don't understand this.

A: What space applications, projects and agencies are using the Ada programming language?

What other space applications, projects and agencies are using the Ada programming language? In the US, old stuff such as the Delta rockets, the Atlas rockets, and the TDRSS ground terminal (but this is being switched to C, C++, C#, and Java). There might be new development, but it's mostly ...

Kit Z. Fox

Hi @snailplane!

I'm looking for Spanish speakers who might be able to help with Harvey relief. Do you know if you've got any in here?

CowperKettle

I only speak English and Russian..

userr2684291

@snailplane Inneresting. To me it sounds legit, as in you can say it (nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/…) but I'd prefer the of version myself, too.

Also, you'd say I'm her number one fan, right? Maybe that's why it sounds okay to me.

newsfeed.time.com/2013/10/21/…

userr2684291

16:48

@CowperKettle I believe it means they mandated way too early that Ada be used.

Kit's request reminded me of the word of Spanish origin I recently read somewhere: caballero (≈ cavalier, cavalryman).

Because only then I realized what it means in the name of our mariachi band Los Caballeros, haha.

CowperKettle

ah!

userr2684291

Apparently they're pretty good, and I'm not even into mariachi stuff or trying to promote our musicians (I really can't find good Mexican mariachi bands, to be honest). Here's the song I like; it's one of the traditional ones, I believe.

CowperKettle

17:12

Nice song. I heard it many times.

userr2684291

Me too.

Anonymous

17:51

@userr2684291 Well, it's not a matter of whether it's "legit" or whether you can say it. It's a matter of context.

Anonymous

Genitive noun phrases in determiner position are always definite.

Anonymous

That is, X's Y corresponds to the Y of X, not a Y of X.

Anonymous

So when you compare X's Y with a Y of X, you're going to find that the basic difference is one of context, because definiteness is essentially pragmatic, that is, a matter of what is appropriate in one context or another.

Anonymous

It's just like asking about a and the. Having some context helps answer the question.

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