:3725781 Don't show off too much. When I had Krantz for analysis, he made a take home exam that he said "do 5/10", except he said that he expected me to do all 10. He also said there was one problem that was just for me. You don't want that kind of attention ;-)
@Skullpatrol I expect that the extent to which it’s taught varies enormously. I’m not impressed with the arguments offered against it: every one that I’ve seen ignores the fact that it’s intended to cover those cases that aren’t covered by other rules. For instance, reinforce is not a counterexample, because the ei split across a syllable boundary. Ancient is not a counterexample because ci here is a grapheme representing the \sh\ sound.
@BrianMScott I agree the intent of a rule is very important to examine carefully before, during, and after memorization. But, alas this is easier said than done, in my opinion.
I may have a somewhat idiosyncratic view of the matter: I was always a good speller, and I internalized a lot of patterns without having to be taught them. It was always clear to me that the I before E rule was intended to cover cases not already covered by less arbitrary patterns, so I never expected it to cover some of the so-called exceptions.
People who had a harder time with spelling in general may not have picked up on what I think of as the less arbitrary patterns, so they may see as exceptions things that to me have perfectly good explanations.
@tb I can’t believe that we’ve not dealt with this before, but I can’t find a good match. The closest is a question resolving an oversight in the proof that someone was reading.
@Skullpatrol You’re welcome. (And I get a kick out of disagreeing with Geoff Pullum. :-)
@tb I need to get some dinner, so I’m just going to wait and see whether the OP responds. Most likely it’ll all be resolved by the time I see it again! I’ll see you later, I expect.
@KannappanSampath No, because (among other things) kicking is actually very weak, and because of various kick shenanigans on The Bridge, I had always thought kicking was an owner ability.
Kicking just removes them from the room. They can always just rejoin.
@KannappanSampath I'm not very eager to see such US centric questions, on the other hand, a big chunk of the user base is from there, so I don't think it's "too localized".
I have six sets (3,9) (3,9) (1,4) (1,7) (5,7) and (4,5): In how many ways can I choose 6 different numbers (one from each set) so that I choose six different numbers each time
@Gigili Uh... you'd send us an email to team+math(at)stackoverflow(dot)com requesting the deletion, and if you're courteous, you'd include in that email an explanation of why you're requesting deletion there so that I don't have to ask you directly. Also be clear to specify which accounts you want deleted, if it's more than just the account in question.
@GraceNote Yes, I read that and could not - for the life of me - understand whether or not I must credit the site when I'm published something based on my answers here.
My understanding is that we kinda... share custody, so to speak, of the answer. We can't do what-all-with-it because it's your answer, but at the same time, we reserve the right to keep it on the site after you leave because other people will find it useful.
@AsafKaragila ...isn't that material you could technically use independent of us, then?
@MattN Possibly, but I don't want her to leave for good without knowing that some people appreciated and enjoyed her presence thoroughly, so I'd rather play it safe...
@AsafKaragila We own the posting on your behalf - credit to us from others using your answer is partly so that we ensure you get credit for it. But we don't own the knowledge you used to craft your answers.
My understanding is that as long as you aren't using our material (for example, if you took someone else's question in addition to your answer to said question), then you're just working off of your own material to begin with, divorced of its relation to being on the site.
@tb Yes. In the MathOverflow case it's a bit more crucial since the original idea came from Martin Goldstern (which he allowed me to use, so it's fine).
What I love the most about the academia that one can plagiarize themselves. That is the most bizarre thing ever.
phew, I've just made about 2km one way with a heavy box with exam sheets in one hand and an umbrella in the other. The rain is horrible. The wind is awful. And I've done it one way and the way around
@AsafKaragila hi, no - Econom. It is KLM (Royal Dutch Airlines). With China Southern there is the same flight, 100 Euros lower. Maybe the service is different
@MattN I haven't book it yet. I just wrote that the ticket is 1.5k. I don't want to avoid Zurich - we can meet there if you manage to pass into Duty Free Zone :)
@MattN I know. That's why I don't think we can meet :-p
@AsafKaragila Last time on the conference I wasn't busy only from 1am till 7am. I was visiting the chat at 1am btw - and talk to you guys, who were around. But then I was to tired for long discussions
@MattN sometimes they are like girls: to give a loose to their tongues, you better give a drink them :) I was posting some stories about how I tried to approach some of them. I felt myself as a hunter, honestly.
"Avoid using more than one question mark unless you're texting or actively seeking to drive your reader up the proverbial wall. While writing "Don't you like popular people?????" seems emphatic, it's incorrect for all but the most informal of writing."
@JonasTeuwen Well before you distrust me, try it yourself. Get a bad of beans, grind it at 3.5 fineness, do the French press for 2 minutes then filter.
@Asaf So to talk about chat enforcement - we have means for handling users who are being, well, flag worthy, but nothing short of that at the moment. Like, we don't have a means of handling a user who is rude other than flagging them, which currently reserved more for explicitly offensive material.
I'll think about what can be done on this matter for handling your chat rules.
