The Pearl

Edlothiad

05:29

I just realised how futile that person was being, they were complaining about 1mm difference when the size difference of gems could've been astronomical... literally...

TheLethalCarrot

07:54

That's pretty much what we do with it haha

@TheLethalCarrot Well this didn't work, it's still in the HNQ but I've had no rep yet today

Edlothiad

08:19

I'm starting to think this guy is trying to farm rep or a gold badge...

TheLethalCarrot

I think that is likely the case

Though maybe not a gold badge seeing as they're not really answering

Edlothiad

100 well received questions on 100 days

TheLethalCarrot

Ah yeah maybe that one

Edlothiad

Or supposedly "Just curious"

TheLethalCarrot

I have an answer but am having to upload the image and it's taking forever

Edlothiad

08:23

Snarky comment

You already have an answer... jhees

You're google-fu is out doing mine

Link the image I'll send you back a more functional one

TheLethalCarrot

I've got it now haha

Edlothiad

God you coming here has made answering questions far more competitive... You used to stick to the ASOIAF/GoT tags...

TheLethalCarrot

Wikia, search radio, get the images

Lol, I'm trying to up my rep for a bit haha

I love how the password for the ignition is Batman too

They'll never guess that!

Edlothiad

Neither of those two scream "sound system" to me

TheLethalCarrot

The second is saying it doesn't have one and the first is saying it has a radio

Edlothiad

08:31

The girl is saying she wants to listen to the radio

TheLethalCarrot

Yeah but the way it's worded implies Robin has tried to use it already indicating he thinks it has one

Edlothiad

I didn't get that interpretation. She just seems to want to listen to the radio and make it fly.

TheLethalCarrot

And a radio plays music right?

Edlothiad

How would she know if the batmobile has a radio.

Or that kind of radio. A police radio certainly does not play music.

TheLethalCarrot

Well no but to me the whole scene is implying it has a normal radio

Edlothiad

08:36

I disagree, but whatevs.

TheLethalCarrot

I'll see if there is anything else then

There was another link but I didn't look for the panel

Edlothiad

I don't think it makes sense to have a music speaker in a comic, the effect just doesn't come across the same

TheLethalCarrot

Well no but there was another comic apparently so I'll see what that one has

The buttons in this panel look like they are for a music player

Edlothiad

Which buttons? They just look like a computer haha

TheLethalCarrot

I'm not adding but the ones above the screen

Edlothiad

08:47

I didn't see those, ye those look closer

I wouldn't worry, what you have now will easily convince anyone who isn't trying to catch up the 2k rep deficit they have haha

TheLethalCarrot

Lol bar the OP who now is declaring a difference between radio and music player in the comments

Edlothiad

Yerp, Killed you there haha

TheLethalCarrot

Not in the question yet though haha

I'll add a disclaimer if they eidt

TheLethalCarrot

09:19

Lol at the crime fighting lab in the batmobile

That version had a TV too

TheLethalCarrot

10:11

Odd answer by Mooz

Seems out of character

Edlothiad

Is it a massive joke

Wow that's pretty poor

TheLethalCarrot

I've never really seen Mooz around at this time either

Edlothiad

It looks like it's time to re-open some questions

His wife probably let him on after work. It's quite late at night for him. Maybe he just watched the film and wanted to farm some rep, dunno.

He might also be drunk...

TheLethalCarrot

Both sound plausible haha

I thought I was gonna have an easy ride today for rep but nothing has carried over yet haha

Edlothiad

WTF is that science lab in the back... lol!

That's also not a portable camera, that thing is huge!

TheLethalCarrot

10:22

I know it made me chuckle

I love that there's a massive desk and two cabinets haha

Edlothiad

Ye. om what looks like a rather small car!

in*

TheLethalCarrot

It's the BATMOBILE

It's fricking MAGIC

That comic is great too Batman effectively pretends to have a broken leg so he makes Robin do all the work

Then when Robin realises at the end of the comic he passes it off as testing if the Batmobile can make up the difference from him being "invalid"

Edlothiad

I love the how the old comics describe everything they use

"I'm using this boat that's used for looking under the skiffs..."

TheLethalCarrot

Oh yeah it's great

Edlothiad

it's great as a one off, never try reading a full series, drives you up the wall...

TheLethalCarrot

10:32

Oh yeah I mean it's funny when flicking through looking for an image

Dupe to the Q it links to?

Edlothiad

When your words don't work like they used to before:

Not everyone is thief too

TheLethalCarrot

I have no idea what you mean

Dupe or not anyway? I mean it is actually answered in the Q that"inspired" theres

If not Imma get me some free rep

Edlothiad

I don't know if they're dupes. That answers the building of the line not whether or not someone can simply see the line.

TheLethalCarrot

Fair enough

FWIW we have a decommissioned track at the back of our house and that was quickly stolen

But there's nothing to indicate the Hogwarts track is decommisioned

Edlothiad

I mean what did the decommissioned track look like?

TheLethalCarrot

10:43

It's still pretty normal except there are no sleepers/trakcs haha

It does have some vegetation growing through but not much

Edlothiad

Weak arguments, she's being a strawman

TheLethalCarrot

I think that user though has their own assumptions about the track and won't listen to reason

Though I may have persuaded them in the commetns :P

The concealed branchs and existing train line is the only sensible solution. But this must get harder and harder in London with GPS and every inch of land being worth oodles. — WendyG 1 min ago

They may not understand GPS and what concealment means

Edlothiad

11:19

Lol

TheLethalCarrot

Oh well got me some rep today and I was in need of some

Edlothiad

Capped?

TheLethalCarrot

No way near

Only 50 so far

But I'm trying to keep close to Bella at the moment, and though futile, the only way to do so is to try and cap haha

Edlothiad

I'm trying to catch up... rip me

Is it just me or has the site been dead silent recently?

TheLethalCarrot

Haha

Has been for a good few weeks

Edlothiad

11:23

I mean I have a lot of tags on ignore, but it's only really HP and Disney?

TheLethalCarrot

I have no ignored tags and it's still quiet

Edlothiad

I'll finish up to Lab 4 and then answer some old tolkien questions.

TheLethalCarrot

Maybe you'll inspire me to finally go for gold haha

Edlothiad

Or one old Tolkien question, or none, we'll see...

73 to go!

23 repcaps!

TheLethalCarrot

That's not bad though

Edlothiad

11:27

73 is pretty bad lol

TheLethalCarrot

Well to say you haven't really been actively going for it, it isn't

Edlothiad

I don't really have much personal stuff to do anymore so can get back to Watching friends and maybe answering old questions

Well as active as the tag allows me to be haha

TheLethalCarrot

Haha yeah

Edlothiad

I'm 75% answered this month. 12/16

TheLethalCarrot

12/16 TL Qs?

Edlothiad

11:29

Yerp

@WendyG again "Train derailed because of stolen track" is not a common headline. — Edlothiad 16 secs ago

I'm just going to keep repeating that until she gets it. Railway lines don't just disappear...

TheLethalCarrot

It is also extremely dangerous to try and steal a live track, we've had quite a few killed doing it round us

And you can't do much in a night so if it were live it would be replaced quicker than it was stolen

Edlothiad

Don't step on the third rail

(Switzerland and the Hogwarts steam engine line wouldn't have a third rail)

TheLethalCarrot

3rd rail?

Edlothiad

The live rail

I don't know if it's like that all across the UK but around parts of london there's a live rail they draw power from.

TheLethalCarrot

Ah seen now

The tracks round me are quite old and I rarely go by train so not sure to be honest

Probably like it though and I've just never noticed

Edlothiad

11:34

Basically people stealing it probably tapping the rail and getting shocked with some serious volts

TheLethalCarrot

Oh yeah

Edlothiad

Jumped onto a train track in London once when drunk and some guy flipped shit that we were going to die. Which we could've, but where's the banter in that

TheLethalCarrot

My dad, ex policeman, has seen a few and my gfs dad works for Network Rail and he's seen quite a lot too

Edlothiad

Jumped the station barriers, jumped down onto the track, climbed back out then hopped back over, all in a days work

TheLethalCarrot

@Edlothiad I mean they couldda just said it about a train hitting you but yeah

Edlothiad

11:36

Train wasn't due for another couple of minutes

TheLethalCarrot

So 20? :P

Edlothiad

and it was one of those end station ones in London so the trains come in at a crawl

@TheLethalCarrot Amflare won't get this haha

TheLethalCarrot

Probably not

I mean I wouldn't jump onto a live track but to each their own haha

Edlothiad

I was pretty drunk, we had a bunch of points for doing stupid things across London, jumping onto a track seemed worthy of a lot of points

The only time in my life I've been chased by police.

TheLethalCarrot

Haha I bet

Edlothiad

11:40

It was for helping my mates enter the Leicester square fountain area at night (when it's shut)

Why we got chased, I don't know, but apparently it's a big nono, during the day walk through all you want... lol

TheLethalCarrot

Probably a boring shift and it likely falls under trespassing

Edlothiad

I'm done speaking to that lady

Leicester square, boring shift? We had the plods join us in song just before we had them chase us haha

TheLethalCarrot

Hahaha

Edlothiad

Oh we did a facebook live with them as well haha, it was hilarious

TheLethalCarrot

@Edlothiad I have a feeling they may not have much experience with UK countryside. We have an unused but live line near us and I can say there are no conspiracy theories nor has it been stolen yet... cos it is still live

Oh didn't see the time, my lunch now haha

You know sometimes I just wish I hadn't bothered getting involved in some qs haha

Edlothiad

12:01

What's happening?

TheLethalCarrot

No just all the back and forth and repeated comments on that HP one is annoying haha

Edlothiad

Borked logic

TheLethalCarrot

I thought that one would be a dupe

Edlothiad

12:44

Just had one of those meetings y'all like to complain about, except it was in a foreign language...

TheLethalCarrot

Oh unlucky

Edlothiad

On my second full day with the team, well you can say I was lost, lol

TheLethalCarrot

I can imagine haha

Do any of these speak English?

Edlothiad

Nowhere near finishing my aim to get an answer in, nuts...

Ye a bunch of them do, but the company culture is to speak french, I knew that going in

TheLethalCarrot

Aye I just mean that you could potentially have a 1-1 with someone after to briefly cover the points

They could get there today

After those bumps

Edlothiad

12:49

Ah yeah, it wasn't that important

I don't think so ~100 to go is quite far.

Jon Snow got an upvote today though, interestingly enough...

TheLethalCarrot

Yeah that was me haha

I thought I'd already UVed it but apparently not

Edlothiad

Ah ok, I thought it was a little strange haha

There hasn't been meta drama in far too long.

TheLethalCarrot

Close something as a dupe then

That seems to work

Edlothiad

I did

TheLethalCarrot

Oh yeah but that was should be clear cut

Who knows

Edlothiad

12:54

So the HP one?

TheLethalCarrot

That would certainly spark off a meta haha

Though I probably shouldn't close it cos I answered it

Edlothiad

For the banterz

TheLethalCarrot

Lol

This is an odd paragraph in you Jon Snow Q that I've just read

In A Clash of Kings, we witness Jon warging into Ghost and getting attacked by the eagle. As far as I can recall, he doesn't warg in the show after that point.

Did you mean books instead of show?

Edlothiad

I'm watching this "Facts about Frog Fish" and the narrator is just quoting facts and reacting to the videos

@TheLethalCarrot Save it for the next edit, lol

Oh no I meant show, I hadn't finished the books at that point

TheLethalCarrot

Well it's just odd cos you talk about books and then say show

Edlothiad

13:03

Yeah will clarify on the next edit

TheLethalCarrot

13:28

SE borked?

Edlothiad

Just you

What's bork for you?

TheLethalCarrot

I can load other sites but when I try to load any SE or SO site it's showing a Windows Server page

amflare

Works for me

Edlothiad

You're borked mate

Falling asleep...

TheLethalCarrot

Working again now

Don't know what happened there

Edlothiad

13:40

Gonna go for a stand, I'm dying here

TheLethalCarrot

Get a standing desk :P

Bella has already capped today without actually having done anything so rip my chances of keeping up

amflare

@TheLethalCarrot Standing desks are horrible

TheLethalCarrot

Never tried one, don't want too

Edlothiad

I want one that can swap, that seems ideal. When I'm sleepy I can slap that bad boy up. Or if I'm playing with some hardware

TheLethalCarrot

I've seen someone make their own desk that had a motor that could adjust it's height

Was pretty cool

Probably not worth it but y'know

Wasn't just me

15

Q: Stackoverflow is down

Stackoverflow is currently down, at least so it seems.

bug

Edlothiad

13:55

My brothers desk at his placement had that. He could even have 3 preset heights. Said his boss would put it up over lunch so he could stand after lunch.

It's probably nice for some of the designer types, being standing as opposed to stuck in a seat?

TheLethalCarrot

No idea but I'm 99% sure I would hate it haha

amflare

My knees hurt just thinking of it

Edlothiad

Don't chat splange till we've tried it.

@amflare Well a few of us are young and fit ;P

amflare

I'd lay good odds that I'm younger than both of you, but it still makes my knees hurt.

TheLethalCarrot

@Edlothiad I'll chat all the splange I want thank you very much :P

That's it time to have an age off :P

Edlothiad

13:58

I dunno, TLC and I are quite young

The easy way of doing this is are you legally allowed to drink in the US @amf?

I am, and I'm 99% sure TLC can

amflare

@Edlothiad You only have like 4 grey hairs?

@Edlothiad yes

Edlothiad

Well I've been legal for <12 months

TheLethalCarrot

@Edlothiad I'm pretty sure I'm older than you

amflare

Good grief man, I'm not that young

Edlothiad

I told you I'm younger ;)

amflare

14:00

o_O

Edlothiad

@TheLethalCarrot Ye you're pre 9k, I know you're older haha

TheLethalCarrot

pre 9k? What am I missing here

Edlothiad

3k uni fees

I don't have the pound symbol anymore

TheLethalCarrot

No I wasn't

Edlothiad

Hmm, I thought that was you

TheLethalCarrot

14:01

I was first year to be hit with 9k

Edlothiad

Ah that's it!

I thought it was last year before 9k, but I remember you complaining and was confused.

amflare

Now I'm confused

Edlothiad

Yeah I was like the 3rd?

TheLethalCarrot

I was born;
in ninety-four!

Edlothiad

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amflare

14:02

Do you feel old now TLC?

Basically one foot in the grave at this point

TheLethalCarrot

Oh am I the oldest? Go me :P

amflare

Yup, '95 here

Edlothiad

Haha we're one after another, lol

amflare

Like a conga line

Edlothiad

TLC is an old fart though, he's already moved in with his girlfriend and has a house/flat

TheLethalCarrot

14:05

Rented end terrace house aye

Edlothiad

Ah rented, I thought you owned it

amflare

Crazy man

Edlothiad

But you're the main letter!

amflare

doing that RL thing

TheLethalCarrot

@Edlothiad You're having a laugh aren't you?

Edlothiad

14:06

@TheLethalCarrot Yeah I thought it was a bit weird, but who knows what the prices are up there

TheLethalCarrot

I'd pay less on a mortgage than my rent but I wouldn't be able to get a mortgage yet

amflare

Housing is insane in the US unless you live in the middle of nowhere

@TheLethalCarrot on the bright side though, someone else is responsible right now if the heating breaks

TheLethalCarrot

No idea what it's like for the US but in the UK at the moment the market is favoured towards landlords than first time buyers so we're sortta screwed for a bit

@amflare Problem is the landlord takes forever to actually reply haha

amflare

ah damn

TheLethalCarrot

He's technically broken the contract a few times but there's been nothing important yet so I can't complain too mcuh

Oooh I might have my annual review today

Certainly this week or monday though

Edlothiad

14:12

To get monies?

I think my old team had theirs, and they got monies

I didn't get monies :(

TheLethalCarrot

Oh noes

Should get a rise, but can also ask for a few things and what not

Either of you planning on seeing Infinity War early on?

Edlothiad

I think I'll go saturday

TheLethalCarrot

Not sure when I'll get to see it

amflare

Depends. Maybe this friday, maybe not for several weeks.

A bunch of friends will want to see it, but that might be delayed.

Edlothiad

Think about the available rep!

TheLethalCarrot

14:17

Lol

amflare

Which is why I'm thinking of watching it on my own this friday

:P

TheLethalCarrot

My gf's mum wanted us to go to the midnight showing but there's no way I could work with that little sleep haha

Edlothiad

It's so hard to get a time here, one cinema only shows in English at 10 am once a day. The other alternates between 17:15 and 20:15 for a three hour long film

It would be 17:15 tomorrow, but I've got training :( then 20:15 on the Friday so I wouldn't be able to get my train home... peak

Wait tomorrow is in 3D, at 17:15!

YES!

TheLethalCarrot

Ewww 3D

Though I can't actually see 3D properly so I am a bit biased

amflare

3D with regular glasses is rough

I gave up years ago

TheLethalCarrot

14:23

Well I have a lazy eye and bad depth perception (from certain angles) so I can barely see it anyway

Edlothiad

I do that, it’s not that bad

Although I say that I mostly do 3D because it had the most convenient showings, irritating but true

TheLethalCarrot

Unlucky

amflare

@Edlothiad isn't it 150% the price though?

Edlothiad

There’s two cinemas that show English in my city, the other one only has convenient times in 4D, so shaking seats and being sprayed with water and such nonsense

TheLethalCarrot

4D is total BS

Edlothiad

14:25

@amflare nah it’s like $19 to $21

amflare

o_O

TheLethalCarrot

My boss raves about it but I can't see any enjoyment from it

amflare

2D is ~$10 and 3D is ~ $17 in the US

Edlothiad

Nah it’s definitely not that great

For the $2 increase, the convenience is worth it

The annoying thing is in french I could watch the film 10 times a day

amflare

I thought you were in Switzerland. Don't they primarily speak German?

Edlothiad

14:33

Wrong channel?

We have Three/Four parts, the German, French and Italian (in order of size) and a very time Romansch speaking part that’s basically irrelevant, I live in the French part, where they refuse to speak German

TheLethalCarrot

I think the only time I've been to Switzerland it was the French part though I couldn't tell you where I went haha

Edlothiad

Oh lol, I think I know what’s happening in TQAT

Lol amusing realisation

TheLethalCarrot

Eh?

Edlothiad

Nvm

amflare

chaos and confusion reign

TheLethalCarrot

14:47

Now am I the one missing something?

haha

amflare

Mith misread something, I questioned the pronunciation, JAD presented a synonym.

No one was on the same page

And those that understood didn't feel like trying to explain :P

TheLethalCarrot

Well I misread it too haha

SOX borken for anyone?

I tried to install it at home last night and it wasn't working and I've just realised it isn't working for me at work at the moment

Oh it's partially working

The features are working but the settings panel is missing from the top bar

amflare

Its been borked since the new top bar came out several months ago. I haven't used it since.

TheLethalCarrot

I've had SOX working for a good few months, only installed it recently, but it's only today I've noticed it not working

Edlothiad

15:07

It worked for me fine last week, he should’ve fixed all the topbar issues

TheLethalCarrot

15:29

Is this question on topic?

I was 50/50 at first but the answers are going to quickly start making it waaaaay too broad

amflare

The answer is "yes, here are 1-3 examples". A good answer does not need to list every author who ever retconned.

TheLethalCarrot

Of course

Suppose I'll just get ready to protect it tomorrow then

It's gonna be a honeypot for crap

amflare

True enough

Its not a great question to begin with, but it is on-topic

TheLethalCarrot

As evidenced by 4 answers already with "different" examples

amflare

The damn thing is about to hit the HNQ, courtesy of having a bajillion answers. This is gonna before a flag farm for NAA and VLQ

TheLethalCarrot

15:42

Oh yeah, like I said a honeypot

Will be easy to find the rep farmers though :P

amflare

yep

I'm surprised that a 44k user posted such a bad answer. He should know better.

TheLethalCarrot

Well most of them are "trusted" users

Also...

6 hours ago, by TheLethalCarrot

Odd answer by Mooz

Maybe it is just the day for poor answers

Yup HNQ

Up to 5 answers

And no one has yet said it's essentially what "editions" are

amflare

18:03

What the actual hell?

-3

Q: Why do the Flintstones need vitamins at all?

Flintstones vitamins are the number one children's vitamin. But I've always wondered why they would need vitamins in the first place. The Paleo diet, which presumably they consumed, is very balanced. In fact nutritionally, the only main nutrient they would be missing is calcium and vitamin D, whi...

the-flintstones

amflare

18:34

Oh, he wanted the peer pressure badge

:/

Edlothiad

19:35

What is that question...

@amflare Don't be surprised those users posted bad answers, they do it pretty often!

That user throws around a load of crap, imo

Edlothiad

21:36

As above, 30k user unaware of the story-id dupe policy on site for 7 years...

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