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12:00 AM
i have conquered the IPA of this simple word
 
goddammit
I'm trying to find the IPA of similar words
and they also look wrong
xenofobo doesn't start with /s/ but wikipedia says it does, grumble grumble
if it did we'd write it 'senofobo'
indeed, the italian wikipedia article for the letter 'x' says the sound is almost universally /ks/
 
@badp xenophobe is pronounced more like zean-o-foab in english
 
and that's why I am talking about the italian word. :C
 
xor is murican
 
'Popular Science' answers a question Strong Bad asked us 13 years ago http://bit.ly/2lhs6Jo https://t.co/gAzlHJoJy4
 
12:03 AM
hmm no this image macro didn't really fit
but now I know
that XOR is the X that means Zorro
 
actually zorro is a much better pronunciation than ex-oar
 
@badp -1, not even italian spiderman
 
you guys couldn't even leave the poor letter 'x' alone
sad!
we even GOT IT FROM YOU
or something.
 
x is the MOST ADEQUATE of our letters
it is fully half of ecks dee
 
12:12 AM
so anyway, it follows that the correct pronunciation of XOR is obviously /ksɔr/.
with a nice vibrant r
an r that is proud and correct and roaring like a pirate or a tiger
(inb4 all of those are in fact not /r/s)
 
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@Wipqozn Ouch. So much of her stuff is scarily relevant now...
 
@BlueBug luckily no one had a gun in the house
 
xD
 
12:17 AM
at least the 'x' in anglo-saxon is a proper 'x'
 
imagine the horror of the teddy bear that had been sitting in the spot for years suddenly starting to move
 
@BlueBug i also don't know how she is still married to that guy
if i pulled something like that, my marriage would be over
 
I would marry a man like that. The days with the person will be full of memories I can remember for the years to come.
He probably has to make it up for her though, I think.
 
@BlueBug i mean their whole channel is full of stuff like that
 
oh shoot... yeah lol. I just checked it omg.
 
user15026
12:24 AM
@BlueBug If my SO pulled something like that we'd be so done
 
her response when he told her what he did was "you're stupid"... that sounds unbelievably weak
i mean she grabbed the kid and ran barefoot out of the house
that is majorly fuct
 
Maybe that's the type of person she is I guess? I guess he found a girl who still loves him as who he is? Power of love?
 
@BlueBug i guess so
 
user15026
I really don't know how anyone would put up with that
 
12:31 AM
@Ash maybe the youtube money is really good?
 
user15026
Maybe but if I couldn't do things without wondering if/when there was a prank happening I don't think money would make me happier
 
i mean i'm not here to judge anyone else's relationship but that wouldn't work for me
 
I mean besides all that prank, that man has that look. Dude is buffed and tattooed and earing pierced. I feel like average girls from where I am from won't marry person like that.
 
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Currently in definition.

 
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Mystery ManEvery game on my computer (MacBook Air 2010 2Gb RAM Intel Core Duo) lags, even web games on safari. When I hold a key (like the up arrow to jump), the game lags until I let go of the key. This makes it impossible to play most games. Otherwise (when I don't hold any keys while the game is running)...

 
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12:41 AM
@BlueBug This is a weird judgement to make
 
user15026
@GodEmperorDune Me either. I do not like being startled/surprised
 
waaaitt SO got a CSS change?
 
@Ash there are also nice surprises, like you get a care package or favorite meal or something. Creeper in the teddy bear when you get home is not in that set of nice surprises
 
@Avery you talking about the new top menu?
 
@Memor-X yup
 
user15026
12:44 AM
@GodEmperorDune Nice surprises are okay provided they are small
 
@Ash I agree. That comment was very culturally biased.
 
@Avery i wouldn't say it's just a CSS change as there is a bunch of new HTML too
and it's still being tried out so you have to activate it manually in your settings
 
@Ash well yeah you can get into too presumptive surprises, like "hey LDR SO, i stopped by for the weekend" "ermm, actually my place is getting fumigated right now, i'm crashing on a friend's couch"
 
@Memor-X it went live today
 
12:48 AM
@Avery oh hey would you look at that, the option to activate it is gone
 
user15026
@GodEmperorDune Yeaaaaah, that would be ungood for sure
 
user15026
But like sweet note in your lunch surprise, or oh hey I made dinner surprise, or oh hey fun thing in the mail surprise is okay
 
user15026
(I love getting mail. A lot. )
 
user15026
Mail is a good surprise. :)
 
user15026
(I think that's why I like getting mail? It's the good kind of surprises. Even if I know something is coming, its still good)
 
12:52 AM
all my mail is bills or spam :(
but that kinda reminds me, the new goodreads book cover recognition app is amazing
so fast
 
user15026
My mom likes to send cards for a lot of things, so that's fun
 
so much better than barcode scanning
 
user15026
@GodEmperorDune I've not tried it yet, but I really should. I just wasn't sure how well it would work.
 
@Ash its fun, you should do it
 
user15026
@GodEmperorDune oooh yay because I don't always have success with the barcodes (especially because thrift stores etc often put price stickers on them)
 
12:53 AM
the only problem i've seen is that it can have trouble with different versions of the book
like i scanned the walter isaacson steve jobs biography and it assumed it was the italian version
(because they have the same cover, i assume)
but yeah, the old barcode scanner was like 10 seconds to figure it out, this book cover thing is maybe 3 seconds
 
user15026
Yeah, I can see how that might be tricky.
 
user15026
@GodEmperorDune I still need to get a copy of that but the library only had the ebook version in spanish
 
@Ash i'd mail you mine but international shipping
also books are heavy
 
whydoeseverysinglejobonsocareersrequireadegreeaaaaaghhh
 
user15026
1:09 AM
@Avery because tech
 
user15026
And because they are theoretical proof of skill and knowledge
 
@Ash /shrug
 
@Avery because we like to have SES by proxy tests
 
I was told otherwise (that tech jobs didn't care too much about degrees). But it was all ALTERNATE FACTS.
 
user15026
And of time spent and age and maturity
 
user15026
1:10 AM
@GodEmperorDune also this
 
user15026
They're an easy way to weed out people and sound legit
 
user15026
@Avery they might not care about the specific degree or what school or whatever but it still is a easy way to show what you theoretically can do
 
user15026
Means they have to do less to vet your skill
 
user15026
Path of least resistance and all of that
 
@Avery some postings will have "college degree or equivalent years of work experience"
 
user15026
1:12 AM
And it's a norm now, so to go outside that you need to do/be so much more to prove that
 
user15026
That's why I am getting my a+ and shit
 
user15026
Because "on paper" I'm. Not much
 
A+?
A is the max grade in my school. 4.0
 
@BlueBug they're preparing for an IT certification, not for a school, so it's probably different.
 
The Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), a non-profit trade association, was created in 1982 as the Association of Better Computer Dealers (ABCD). ABCD later changed its name to the Computing Technology Industry Association to reflect the association's evolving role in the computer industry and in the U.S. business landscape at large. The 1990s was a period of growth as the association broadened the scope of its activities to address the needs of the expanding computer industry. Its initiatives increased to include networking, UNIX, imaging, mobile computing, and multimedia arenas...
 
user15026
1:14 AM
Yeah, not the scholastic grade, the comptia cert
 
oh...
 
well, big companies require less degrees, but are more hesitant on hiring minors. Well, worst case there's good ol' mcdonalds.
 
user15026
@Avery heh, yeah a lot of places that are not min wage are very unlikely to hire minors, and min wage places likely will only hire minors part time. Because there are a lot of rules about hiring minors
 
user15026
So a lot of places won't even consider it
 
i never thought i'd be saying this, but the trump administration is most likely going to mess with the H1B visa system, so I would not advise you to try to get a job in the US
because even if you get hired and through all the paperwork, it may come down to something that is entirely out of the company's hands
 
1:18 AM
@GodEmperorDune I'm not getting a h1b.
 
@Avery good
 
user15026
And I don't know the job market in places I'm not in but I know right now a bunch of very qualified degree holding people I know are struggling to find stuff, let alone anyone without stuff
 
user15026
Sorry, I feel bad because I am pointing out the hardness of it all
 
No worries.
 
seriously though @Avery, from what i've seen you have the drive and the technical aptitude to land and excel at a dev job, even if it takes a while to get there
 
user15026
1:25 AM
Agreed, I am just annoyingly practical about things and I hate seeing people I care about get disappointed so sometimes I error on the side of being too pessimistic
 
user15026
Sorry for that
 
user15026
1:46 AM
@GodEmperorDune Yeah books are heavy which means shipping is pricey. I appreciate it anyhow :)
 
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Dun dun dunnnnnnnnnn!
 
do u wear it?
 
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dang I thought you were doing cosplay xD.
 
noice @Frank
 
1:50 AM
The head has some super chipped paint; took forever to get it right.
 
How are you doing light? Are you printing each part by yourself? Never saw shining armor like that.
 
@Avery why, does, every, single, jo bon so? careers? require, a, degreeaaaaaghhh......Marie does this better
 
@BlueBug The kit came with an integrated LED set. But I care and have mounted my own LEDs.
 
@Frank oh cool, how did you get it to glow like that?
 
Wow... pramodel that comes with LED set? Must be expansive. Can't even find such thing in Korea.
 
@GodEmperorDune seems like your kind of game
 
@Wipqozn i hyped it before i knew what @twobugs was going to pick
now @twobugs is playing "the swindler"
 
2:14 AM
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I just found the worst use of comic cans, ever.
that's in a legal document
by HHS
 
lol wut
 
user15026
It's an easily readable font, though, I guess?
 
2:55 AM
Welp, my fingers hurt now.
 
3:05 AM
@Frank why?
 
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Q: What causes old games to disappear off Kongregate?

the dark wandererSo, a fair number of old games on Kongregate don't work. It seems like over time, the games break down or something resulting in situations like this or this but also really weird situations like this where the game actually appears to have been removed from the site. Links to it used to redire...

 
@Memor-X The tolerances for constructing this kit don't take paint into account.
So everything was a tight fit.
 
> “This is absurd,” he said. “I have no idea what this is referring to. I have never knowingly spoken to Russian intelligence officers, and I have never been involved with anything to do with the Russian government or the Putin administration or any other issues under investigation today.”

Mr. Manafort added, “It’s not like these people wear badges that say, ‘I’m a Russian intelligence officer.’”
 
@GodEmperorDune no, they just do this....
^ swap obvious Chinese man with obvious Russian man
 
3:15 AM
not so obvious dude
 
Movie Night will be taking place this weekend at 7:00PM UTC-0
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Goddammit my cd drive is broken
 
@Unionhawk don't use it as a cupholder
 
[Actual image of a RUS intelligence asset](the joke is I was going to put an image of Assange)
 
@Unionhawk that would've merited a hue
 
3:20 AM
My dog is watching the dog show.
 
user15026
@GodEmperorDune I have these polishes that are by a company called SquareHue and they all day "hue" on them and right now I have a few on my desk so they say "huehuehue" and that amuses me more than it should
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@Ash cc @GnomeSlice
i dunno, that sounds like it should be very amusing
 
user15026
@GodEmperorDune basically this but different colours:
 
user15026
 
one of the open source projects i follow on github is adjusting the color on one of the pages, so there is a lot of activity about which hue to use
i am giggling so much reading my email now
 
user15026
3:24 AM
@GodEmperorDune hahahahaha nice
 
If you're wearing metal equipment during a thunderstorm, you get a short warning before you're struck b--JESUS CHRI… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/831687425588072449
Holy shit
 
wat
It's less of a "news cycle" these days and more of that BSG episode where the Cylons attack every 33 minutes.
 
user15026
@Unionhawk I love this
 
I WANT IT
PLS GIVE
 
@Unionhawk short warning? wasn't all that sparking a warning? or you know, common sense?
 
3:34 AM
That was the warning
That's what you get
 
@Unionhawk what i'm saying is that it's hardly a short warning. your sparking for like 5 seconds
 
user15026
@RedRiderX How is this a question
 
I mean, he's an idiot but we've known that for years
shrug
 
@Ash It's more of a rhetorical question on this video.
 
user15026
3:43 AM
@RedRiderX Ah
 
user15026
Sorry, I should've watched it before running my mouth, but honestly the stuff he's done has kinda soured me on him as a thing
 
> Goku: and i gave you a rhetorical answer
 
Zomg I need to disengage with twitter there is way too much crazy stuff hitting the fan
 
user15026
@GodEmperorDune I know that feel - I've been trying to hide in hte romance novel bits of twitter but the crazy is everywhere and it's just so much
 
Russian trump stuff, dreamers getting arrested, stopping enforcement of the Obamacare individual mandate
 
3:45 AM
@GodEmperorDune Build models.
 
user15026
And he's been in power for what a month?
 
user15026
It feels like forever which is terrifying
 
@Ash 1 month down, 47 more to go
it's going to be a looooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo‌​oooooooooooooooooooooong 4 years
 
Gloss spray paint has such a unique smell to it. :\
 
user15026
3:54 AM
I'm assuming by the face that it's not a good smell?
 
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Are stars not loading for anyone else?
Well, the star icon, that is.
 
looks outside
 
@Ash It's...sweet. Sorta.
But it's an aerosol, so it's got that chemically smell to it, too.
 
user15026
4:12 AM
OMG somehow another Hamster Princess book came out and I DIDNT NOTICE. And the library has a copy :D So I know what I am reading later!
 
4:29 AM
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5:50 AM
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6:31 AM
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8:55 AM
@Unionhawk I dunno, I can only see the one close one right now
 
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9:50 AM
@GodEmperorDune how is that going to help
 
10:26 AM
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10:56 AM
wut
also, wut @lasers prior
 
11:12 AM
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Q: Tips for improving zombies rank in BO2

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11:49 AM
Today's Editorial Cartoon by @CH_Cartoon http://herald.ca/D6x#. https://t.co/YahSAqWC5O
 
12:16 PM
reminder that everything is terrible, and so is @Wipqozn, except more.
 
12:41 PM
@Lazers2.0 is this question on topic? effectively from what i can tell the user is asking why Sony never did forwards compatibility on the PS2 which we can only really speculate without knowing the in depth working of Sony
 
\o/ Got 1495 errors from doing one action.
 
@Arperum forgot a semicolon?
 
(I swapped out a rather important project in the VS solution, because moving to git is happening in parts)
 
@Arperum but the whole point of git is having your entire history locally :C
 
Doing so apparently got rid of all references to said project in all other projects in the solution.
 
12:54 PM
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Q: What should I do when a coworker suddenly turns violent at the office?

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do you guys consider that an appropriate question to ask?
 
@badp Ya well, at least this base library we make is being fully moved, the project I'm working on is still in svn for now.
 
are you importing the revisions data from svn?
 
@Nzall What does that matter? Workplace will close it if they think it's inappropriate.
 
this is a pretty well documented process
 
@badp I am doing exactly nothing. (no, that's probably not happening though)
 
1:01 PM
D:
that's stupid
fyi you CAN rogue import the history for your own use
it's just a bit slow.
git will simply call "svn log" or whatever on every single revision and record the output in your repository
you can then graft the histories together and have a continuous-looking history
 
The thing is that the library is for some dumb reason currently only part of a project in bitbucket, so not on it's own as it should be.
 
to be fair my limited experience has been monorepo git
because git submodules tend to sound like sadness and tears
 
tbf, most of the commitmessages on svn are added by me.
two coworkers are going to a gitworkshopthing next week, kinda curious how that's going to turn out.
 
do you already know how to git?
or are you hoping for your two coworkers to spread the gospel?
 
sorta. I used it at a previous job at a consultancy project.
 
1:06 PM
wow, I forgot I joined this morning. How did I get here?
 
Which is more than the others here.
 
I highly recommend having watch --color git log --graph --oneline --decorate --all --color=always running at all times in a window somewhere on top especially while you're getting started with git
I know that's a lot of switches but I've already pre-sweated them for you
 
@badp We're currently using sourcetree to control the git things, which is stupidly unwieldy, but whatever. Once the whole thing is moved I plan to figure out a better way that does not require me to open an extra GUI for any git related.
What does your specific command do?
 
git is intended to be a command line thing :) but having the graph by default is very helpful
@Arperum you get a graph of all commits in your repository with labels constantly up-to-date
(well the latest few anyway)
(as many as your screen can fit)
@Arperum I guess that's similar to the default view in Source Tree
but built into git
 
That's a thing sourcetree shows.
 
1:18 PM
well now you know you can get it without the separate GUI.
 
So apparently, I can burninate things now with my current rep
However, the icon doesn't show properly
ah, I see what caused it
the icon is part of Porkchat
 
ah that moment when you realize you are the biggest derp
good times
 
1:37 PM
@Nzall Clientside only.
refresh and everything is back.
 
1:48 PM
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Q: Brush movement on Okami, Wii version

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@Wipqozn Region 2 complete
Well, except one side mission
I might be getting a bit burned out on this game. It needs more enemy variety or something
and less loot
 
Back at work, can't authenticate to any work resources, can't even check email.
 
2:07 PM
Basically you should just go back home.
 
2:18 PM
It started working as soon as I filed a support ticket, of course.
 
@StrixVaria So you can close it with the message that opening the ticket solved it.
 
@Arperum Yeah, I did that too.
Why aren't stars rendering in the star list?
Ugh.
 
@Yuuki had this problem yesterday, actually
 
It doesn't appear to be PorkChat's fault.
for once
 
Works perfectly fine for me.
 
2:31 PM
@StrixVaria welcome back to the bullshit
I guess you have a nice walk to helpdesk ahead to you
 
@Sterno Yeah, the enemy variety is non-existant, and there's way too much loot dropped.
I'm still enjoying it, but tbh I wouldn't be surprised if I got bored before the game was over. We'll see, though.
@Sterno It's a shame since I'd like to do a second playthrough with a different weapon, but I got a feeling the lack of enemy and level variety means I won't want to. The combat in the game is really good, it's just the everything around it that needs work imo.
 
> The Last Jedi has cast Jimmy Vee who appeared in Harry Potter and Dr Who as the new R2-D2, to replace the late Kenny Baker
Please learn your commas, people.
@Ash @StrixVaria @Wipqozn (trying to remember other people who read fantasy in here) Philip Pullman just announced he's writing a follow-up trilogy to His Dark Materials.
 
Does Hop on Pop count as fantasy?
 
@JasonBerkan yes
 
2:47 PM
I should re-read the series.
 
@Yuuki I don't know how I feel about that.
 
Actually, that should be @Sterno / @StrixVaria asking that question. My kids are old enough to read on their own, or to read to their younger brothers. Yet I still manage to not find time to read my own books. :(
 
@Yuuki the hop on pop series?
 
@JasonBerkan Did you mean... Honey Pop
 
Ah, Goodreads, thanks for the reminder.
 

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