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kiamlaluno
kiamlaluno
12:00 AM
Moderators see an extra link, but I cannot find any new link, in that page.
"Analytics data is intended for moderators only; please don't share the specifics of this data in public."
 
Billare
Billare
@kiamlaluno Where is that quote from?
 
kiamlaluno
kiamlaluno
I guess that means @Regdwight cannot share with us what that page shows.
@Billare It is the text I see on that page, on Drupal Answers.
I am a pro-temp moderator.
That is the reason my name is rendered in blu, here.
 
Billare
Billare
@kiamlaluno Why would they do something so silly as to release important analytics data wholesale to the moderators? If I were going to do something like this, I would hide all the really important stuff from moderators; i.e remove fine grained age bracket data, make the keywords given only site-specific, possibly only make it ranked data instead exact numbers (High, low, medium, etc)
@kiamlaluno Ah, I see. I did now you were a pro-temp moderator on Drupal. Can you answer this question: Is the analytics data complete, as one might get from Google Analytics?
@kiamlaluno Or limited so as not to give too much away.
 
kiamlaluno
kiamlaluno
@Billare There are many data that are available to moderators and that normal users cannot see.
They are complete enough. Some statistics are specific for SE sites.
 
Billare
Billare
@kiamlaluno It would be nice to know what "in public" means. Does that mean you can PM this data, share it in chat, or is it basically saying "don't go post this on a public forum".
@kiamlaluno I see.
 
kiamlaluno
kiamlaluno
12:08 AM
@Billare I guess it means "don't share this data with whom doesn't have access to them."
 
Billare
Billare
@kiamlaluno Yeah, that's probably the safest interpretation to take. Still, I'm curious about the data, for positive reasons -- I hope they grant users with enough rep access.
 
kiamlaluno
kiamlaluno
This is what happens when you ignore the warning about the battery level.
If they do that, then they will probably allow 20k users to access that page.
 
Billare
Billare
ok gtg
ciao.
 
kiamlaluno
kiamlaluno
@Billare: Ciao. :-)
 
Robusto
Robusto
12:45 AM
@Billare — I did say they were stupid, didn't I? What's your beef with me?
Aaaaaaaand ... my answer to "poured into a dress" strikes again. People just never get tired of that one.
 
Billare
Billare
1:11 AM
@Robusto I don't have beef with you; in fact, I was agreeing with you there. I was trying to something like "exactly."
 
Robusto
Robusto
Ah. OK.
It's a shame that our really good answers gather 3 or 4 votes, sometimes less. I mean, answers we work on, with all the trimmings, etc. It's a shame.
 
Billare
Billare
@Robusto Yes, I agree. It has to do something with which are questions popular to the wider audience. I can't quite figure out what makes some questions "hot" and others not. Some of them are quite unexpected to me.
 
Robusto
Robusto
I saw one of @nohat's answers where he f***ing nailed it, had charts and everything and a well-written, well-reasoned answer, and it got like two votes.
People vote for things that titillate them in some way. That's all I can figure.
 
Billare
Billare
Do you remember which answer of nohat's you had in mind, @Robusto? I'd like to read it and upvote it I haven't already.
 
Robusto
Robusto
No, I can't. It was several months ago that I saw it.
 
Billare
Billare
1:17 AM
Ah, OK. Well I have tons of work to finish, and really shouldn't be dallying here.
Cya @Robusto @JSBangs.
 
Robusto
Robusto
Bye
 
Robusto
Robusto
1:33 AM
Wow, things have come to a pretty pass when @Robert Cartaino has to be closing questions here on EL&U.SE. Last night Dori came in and helped out. What, are we poor relations or are our mods getting a bad rap with the Powers That Be?
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Q: Slang words for body parts

daveWe all know the various slang words for bottoms, boobs and genitalia. Those are well covered here already. This question relates to slang words for the other parts of the body. What common slang words do we have for body parts (aside from the "good bits" mentioned above). For example: "noggin" f...

slang
So what's with all the Valued Associate™ action we're seeing lately?
 
JSBangs
JSBangs
i suspect that the Powers What Be mostly intervene when bad questions start to move up the SE network rankings
 
Robusto
Robusto
Well, that question had been up for 4 hours.
I'm out. TTYL.
 
 
8 hours later…
Robusto
Robusto
10:02 AM
Good morning.
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
Ebenso.
 
Robusto
Robusto
What's with all the Valued Associate™ action we've been seeing lately?
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
JSBangs might be spot on.
 
Robusto
Robusto
It kind of creeps me out, actually.
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
I wasn't there, so I'm not sure if the question was moving up the MultiCollider or if Robert just happened to be checking the site.
 
Robusto
Robusto
10:08 AM
Are we getting a reputation for becoming the Bad Boy of SE sites because of all our body part questions?
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
Well, they sure do keep an eye on that, if you remember the boobs question.
But anyhow, this is not the first question to be closed by Robert, more like the sixth.
 
Robusto
Robusto
It's the first I can recall.
And he closed it just as I was writing my sarcastic response.
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
Well, you had four hours to still post it.
 
Robusto
Robusto
No. I only saw it after dinner.
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
I mean that you had four hours after it had been closed.
 
Robusto
Robusto
10:12 AM
1 min ago, by Robusto
And he closed it just as I was writing my sarcastic response.
It wouldn't accept the answer. (This question has been closed, it said.)
NO MORE ANSWERS WILL BE ACCEPTED.
Maybe when a VA™ closes a question it stays closed.
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
Hm. Strange. Also, why won't that link to meta inline?
 
Robusto
Robusto
You got no juu-juu this morning.
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
But... but... I can't live without juu-juu!
 
Robusto
Robusto
Well, you better get some. Are the stores open?
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
They expect me to moderate a juu-juu-less site? How, on Earth, HOW??
 
Robusto
Robusto
10:15 AM
It's a tragedy.
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
That's a litotes.
 
Robusto
Robusto
Just so we're current with our vocabulary: LITOTES ironical understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of its contrary
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
No way!
That's like, you know, déjà-vu all over again, or something!
 
Robusto
Robusto
A litotes would be "It's not a comedy."
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
Orly?
 
Robusto
Robusto
10:17 AM
rly
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
That's not an airport.
 
Robusto
Robusto
degaulle
as in "you have de gaulle to say dat to me?"
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
But de Gaulle is CDG, not RLY.
Hast Du Deinen Pilotenschein im Lotto gewonnen?
 
Robusto
Robusto
Farnsworth: "Litotes occurs when a speaker avoids making an affirmative claim directly and instead denies its opposite. Often this amounts to a double negative."
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
Um, Robusto, I know what a litotes is.
Mar 22 at 19:15, by RegDwight
Joke
A joke is a question, short story, or depiction of a situation made with the intent of being humorous. To achieve this end, jokes may employ irony, sarcasm, word play and other devices. Jokes may have a punchline that will end the sentence to make it humorous. A practical joke or prank differs from a spoken one in that the major component of the humour is physical rather than verbal (for example placing salt in the sugar bowl). Purpose Jokes are typically for the entertainment of friends and onlookers. The desired response is generally laughter; when this does not happen the joke is...
 
Robusto
Robusto
10:19 AM
I don't think you do.
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
13 secs ago, by RegDwight
Mar 22 at 19:15, by RegDwight
Joke
A joke is a question, short story, or depiction of a situation made with the intent of being humorous. To achieve this end, jokes may employ irony, sarcasm, word play and other devices. Jokes may have a punchline that will end the sentence to make it humorous. A practical joke or prank differs from a spoken one in that the major component of the humour is physical rather than verbal (for example placing salt in the sugar bowl). Purpose Jokes are typically for the entertainment of friends and onlookers. The desired response is generally laughter; when this does not happen the joke is...
 
Robusto
Robusto
Why you keep making jokes that aren't funny?
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
In fact, I was the first one to mention litotes on this site.
@Robusto Why you keep not laughing about my jokes?
Just laugh, the rest will come naturally.
 
Robusto
Robusto
27 secs ago, by Robusto
Why you keep making jokes that aren't funny?
Just come; naturally, the rest will laugh.
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
Them's communist jokes. You need a brain to understand them. Look it up in a dictionary of your choice. I'll wait.
 
Robusto
Robusto
10:21 AM
I don't need a Commie brain.
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
Not commie brain, just brain.
 
Robusto
Robusto
You are destroying my Purity of Essence. Especially if I laugh at your jokes.
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
I have a few on sale, but they only get jokes in Khoisan.
 
Robusto
Robusto
Anyway, I'd better go get a brain. I hear they come in coffee cups.
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
Prost.
 
Robusto
Robusto
10:23 AM
BBL.
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
11:06 AM
@Billare I can "disclose" this bit because you've already found it out all by yourself: the Charlie Sheen question is quite a magnet.
Almost 12k views and counting.
 
Robusto
Robusto
Me gots ta ask a Charlie Sheen question.
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
11:21 AM
You not inuff rep?
 
Tom
Tom
Good afternoon
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
Ebenso.
How's'em'goin'?
 
Tom
Tom
I'm struggling with this English language once again.. basically I'm trying to introduce a third argument. For the first two arguments, I actually started with the "other side"'s argument
like a rebuttal
The third argument however seems to have no such apparent other side argument
So I figured I'd say something like this: "A third phenomena for which no apparent rebuttal seems to be given but that does cause ... to encourage consumer savings is the one of ..."
 
Robusto
Robusto
@RegDwight — How much rep yaz needz for to ask Violent Torpedo of Truth™ question?
 
Tom
Tom
does not really seem to make any sense at all though ^_^
 
Robusto
Robusto
11:28 AM
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
@Tom I... I am still not quite sure what you're trying to say there. You always withhold just enough context for your quotes to be hard to parse. (^_^)
But I would not be caught dead using phenomena as a singular.
 
Robusto
Robusto
@Tom: What is your native language?
 
Tom
Tom
@Robusto dutch
 
Robusto
Robusto
@RegDwight: You should have simply closed the tongue-twister question. It's someone's attempt to be clever posing as a question. IDK what they will do with it at Writers.SE, except resent us for tossing them our trash. On the other hand, they don't get a lot of questions there, so maybe they'll be grateful for anything they get.
 
Tom
Tom
@RegDwight I'm sorry, it's rather annoying I cannot paste the whole context
I think I will just start over here
 
Robusto
Robusto
11:38 AM
You could wait till @Cerberus shows up and ask him in Dutch.
 
Tom
Tom
Alright
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
@Robusto Yes, I was quite hesitant to migrate this particular question, for the very reason you state. But then I decided to go on and migrate it anyway, for the very reason you state.
 
Robusto
Robusto
That has a certain symmetry to it.
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
I always try not to sound like a Miro painting.
 
Tom
Tom
The same reason implies two opposite actions? Huh :p
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
11:41 AM
@Tom Robusto's reasons are omnipotent.
 
Robusto
Robusto
Two reasons.
 
Tom
Tom
Great, I hope one day my reasons will be omnipotent. :)
(I had to google that definition FYI)
 
Robusto
Robusto
BTW, @RegDwight, I have my brain back, so I should be able to detect your jokes once again. I just have to keep reminding myself that a joke doesn't have to be funny.
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
@Tom Almachtig. Or something.
@Robusto If you detect a funny joke, it sure as hell ain't coming from me.
 
Robusto
Robusto
@RegDwight — Another data point. Soon I will learn the mystery that is @RegDwight.
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
11:44 AM
Glad to help. Here's yet another data point: Superkracht is een kracht die superhelden en superschurken hebben..
I bet you didn't know that.
Dutch is hilarious. (Add that as yet another data point to your list.)
 
Robusto
Robusto
Super-strength is a strength that superheroes and super??? have?
schurken?
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
Baddies.
 
Robusto
Robusto
Ah.
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
I suppose you'd call them rogues or something.
 
Robusto
Robusto
Super-villains then.
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
11:46 AM
Or that.
 
Robusto
Robusto
The nemeses of super-heroes are super-villains or arch-villains, something like that.
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
Mar 6 at 21:27, by Robusto
Wie heißt ein Schurke auf Englisch?
Mar 6 at 21:29, by RegDwight
@Robusto Miscreant? Scoundrel? Rogue? Beggar? Desperado?
We've come so full circle, it ain't funny anymore.
 
Tom
Tom
Can any of those genius brains around here somehow extract the real name of a The Economist writer, with nickname Buttonwood? economist.com/blogs/buttonwood
Or would that be his last name?
 
Robusto
Robusto
@RegDwight I was at work. Gimme a break.
Besides, you were using it in German then, not Dutch.
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
huhuh, buttonwood... like, huhuh. Dude.
 
Tom
Tom
11:48 AM
Is he a known writer?
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
@Robusto Nah, you were using it in German, then.
 
Robusto
Robusto
"Buttonwood (Finance) — named for the buttonwood tree where early Wall Street traders gathered. Until September 2006 this was available only as an on-line column, but it is now included in the print edition. It is written by Philip Coggan."
From Wikipedia. You need to learn how to Google, Tom.
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
Huhuh, on-line column... like, huhuh. Dude.
 
Robusto
Robusto
Dude. Righteous.
 
Tom
Tom
@Robusto great, I gave up but it looks like I should have added wikipedia or something
 
Robusto
Robusto
11:52 AM
I just typed "who is buttonwood economist" into the search.
 
Tom
Tom
I will try that next time, thanks
Oh now I'm here, I'm developing a web application at the moment, and it's going to be translated. I wondered though, whether it is worth it to create an American and UK version of the English translation, or whether one would suffice for both groups
Maybe there have been studies indicating the difference in tone, terms, etc. and whether either of the groups is much more inclined to be satisfied when served in their own kind of English
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
6
Q: English Language Variety for Global E-Commerce

remWhat English language variety (AmE, BrE, and the like) better to choose when translating to English (or building it from scratch) an E-Commerce site which intends to operate globally? Is American English a standard choice for such a use? Or is there a trend for some artificial mix of different ...

american-english british-english internet
Wikipedia doesn't have two separate versions for EN-US and EN-GB. Just sayin'.
 
Tom
Tom
Makes sense. I didn't think it'd be worth it either, but wanted to be sure
There are sites that merge the English flag with the American flag, indicating the English language. I can imagine that it might be better to just create two flags, even if leading to the same language
Otherwise brits might feel offended for assuming that they are americans and the other way around.
Or well, probably they don't really care. :)
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
12:11 PM
Ugh, flags are a very bad metaphor for languages.
There are flags that correspond to many languages, and languages that correspond to many flags.
Note how Apple does not use flags for languages, they actually use them for countries.
 
Tom
Tom
@RegDwight when you use them for countries, how would you then decide the language?
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
A separate control, obviously.
 
Tom
Tom
I could do it like twitter, try to optimize the detection of a language and allow a custom selection through a selection box
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
Note how they have Belgié/Belgique, Schweiz/Suisse. But the flag is the same.
Which is the only sensible thing to do.
 
Tom
Tom
@RegDwight not a very good example it seems, apple.com/ae results in plain english ^^
but I see your point
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
12:15 PM
@Tom Um, I'm afraid you don't.
Again, the page is not titled "select your language". It's called "select your country/region".
 
Tom
Tom
@RegDwight Right, but they know what languages are used in the arabic regions
It's not English
If I were arabic I might as well have said that I live in the US as it'd have given no noticeable difference
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
Um, no, the mini-sites are targeted to the country in question.
 
Tom
Tom
It looks like they don't even allow a different language
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
Well, if they decide to offer a mini-site in English rather than Arabic, that's a different decision entirely. But the site is still targeted to the country. You get a different list of stores, different support numbers, you can't download certain music because Apple's license agreements with the music industry are limited to certain countries.
The point is, if they show you a flag, it stands for a country. Which is what its whole freaking purpose is.
Languages don't have flags.
 
Tom
Tom
True, I get it ;)
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
12:24 PM
 
Tom
Tom
Heh that is one strange icon
The globe icon is nice though
With text of course.
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
That blog, Global by Design, is quite interesting, actually. Especially since there aren't many blogs on Web site globalization/localization to begin with.
 
Robusto
Robusto
I'm outta here. ttyl.
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
CU.
 
Tom
Tom
@RegDwight that blog is great, exactly my area of interest -- thanks I bookmarked it.
 
Tom
Tom
12:47 PM
Is a "pension premium" the correct term to indicate what employees need to pay for their pension?
Or a pension charge or something?
In dutch we'd say "premie"
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
I've certainly seen "premium" in insurance contexts, but it still strikes me as odd.
"Fee" is certainly more common, I would say...
 
JSBangs
JSBangs
no, i think that "premium" is correct here
 
Tom
Tom
But fee would be more on the safe side?
If so, I'd go with fee
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
Sorry, Xblast here...
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Hi.
I think it may depend on the country and the system.
I have heard contribution used.
 
Tom
Tom
1:03 PM
Heh alright. I will use "... pension fee or premium."
that should be clear
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
If the pension scheme is an insurance plan, premium is OK; if not, I'd use contribution... which country or company are you describing?
Oh and what do you think, should we declare the new name of this room to be "New Holland"?
 
Kosmonaut
Kosmonaut
Shouldn't a bunch of these answers just be comments:
4
Q: Is the term "would-be" just an Indian usage or universal?

MediumOneI've noticed that Indians use the term would-be in place of fiancé/fiancée. Usages like "Meet my would-be" and "This is my would-be" are common in introductions. I used to wonder if this is just an Indian usage or if we got it from the British. I have never heard it being used in American movies ...

indian-english
 
Tom
Tom
@Cerberus Thanks. And yes, we should.
 
Kosmonaut
Kosmonaut
The "I've never heard it in..." answers
 
Tom
Tom
I shall continue with my quest of bothering you with nasty questions. This time, it's about economic jargon explanations and literature references. For an essay, should I use foot notes for literature references and end notes for economic term explanations or the other way around?
To clarify, I have certain terms that I wish to further explain but not within the actual context (so I should do that in a foot or end note).
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
1:14 PM
@Kos: I'm not sure. If I were browsing that question, I'd not want to miss those answers. Then again, perhaps I should be diligent enough to read the comments too.
 
Kosmonaut
Kosmonaut
Otherwise, it is a bit like a poll.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
@Tom: If you must put jargon in its own section, better add it as an appendix/glossary.
 
Kosmonaut
Kosmonaut
@Tom Wouldn't someone in the field of economics be able to answer that much better?
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
It does sort of depend on how obscure the jargon is.
What is the essay about? How many pages is it? What is its intended audience?
 
Tom
Tom
@Kosmonaut why economics? This applies for... biology or spacial science as well. I think it's just general theory on how an English essay should be structured? @Cerberus kind of like an end note? I am a bit scared to use an appendix for a simple essay
@Cerberus two pages only
 
Kosmonaut
Kosmonaut
1:17 PM
If you are writing a paper for a given field, normally there is a standard way that such things are done.
It is not the same for every field.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
@Tom: If it is a short essay, don't use both footnotes and endnotes.
 
Tom
Tom
@Kosmonaut alright, maybe I should try to find other articles with the same properties
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
(Answering these questions would be easier with more context...)
 
Tom
Tom
@Cerberus hmm okay, what about mixing references and definitions? Just add them all as foot notes?
@Cerberus I could e-mail it aslong as it stays private ^^
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
@Kosmonaut I think they should be comments.
They would be okay as answers if the OP were asking about opinions from around the world, which he is not.
The actual question seems to be "I used to wonder if this is just an Indian usage or if we got it from the British." Which is not answered by saying "never heard it in NZ".
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
1:20 PM
@Tom: In my field (classics, history, philosophy), I'd definitely add them all as footnotes if I were forced to exclude things from the main text. But I'd prefer to explain the jargon in the main text or just not explain it at all.
Mixing different kinds of references in footnotes is fine in the humanities, as far as I know.
 
Tom
Tom
@Cerberus great, thanks a lot
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
@Tom: If you just mention subject & audience that would help.
 
Tom
Tom
@Cerberus it's about interest rates and how they affect consumer savings, audience is not properly defined but not just people interested in economics either. Basically, economical terms should be described in footnotes such that "normal" people can understand the essay as well.
I think that what you suggested is fine though
(I realize how funny that statement sounds, as if people interested in economics are abnormal, but you get the point.)
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Okay, if your audience includes both economists and laymen, then perhaps footnotes for jargon would be your best option.
 
Tom
Tom
Righto, thanks again
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
1:25 PM
(I will refrain from commenting upon the normalcy of economists...)
Where is it to be published?
On the internet?
Or are you handing it in with your professor at university?
 
Tom
Tom
@Cerberus indeed, I'm just a typical student I'm afraid
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Okay, but are you a student of economics?
If so, I'd not explain the terms that you'd expect the average reader of the NRC Economy section to understand.
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
Wait a minute, people interested in economics are not abnormal? Quick, inform @Robusto.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
What, is he interested in economics as well? How many idiosyncrasies can a single person carry around...
 
Kosmonaut
Kosmonaut
I saw "A Beautiful Mind" — I know what happens when you study economics.
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
1:31 PM
@Cerberus I don't think Robusto's interested in anything other than his backyard and American Dad re-runs.
 
Tom
Tom
I provoked something here ^^
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Aww... I think he secretly likes Bridge too.
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
@Kosmonaut That hideous woman follows you everywhere?
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Brb, time to put in my contacts.
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
@Tom Holland is full of agents provocateur.
 
Kosmonaut
Kosmonaut
1:33 PM
@RegDwight Jennifer Connelly?
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
@Kosmonaut I didn't want to mention the name.
First rule of Fight Club.
 
Kosmonaut
Kosmonaut
1. Don't mention Jennifer Connelly by name.
 
Tom
Tom
Did you just break your own rule?
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
Which is not to say that Dark City wasn't a decent movie.
 
Kosmonaut
Kosmonaut
Oh, it's on now!
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
1:38 PM
Hey, this chat should have some Tetris plugin or something.
 
Kosmonaut
Kosmonaut
We could do a text-based version.
"You encounter a Z-block."
"It is oriented vertically."
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
B!
Then down!
 
Kosmonaut
Kosmonaut
"With a mighty crunch, the Z-block rotates, orienting itself horizontally!"
"The Z-block plunges towards the bottom of the pit."
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
Okay, how likely is it that a) there's a person out there who's just as bored as I am, and b) he's in this very chat?
 
Kosmonaut
Kosmonaut
"Oh no! You were off by one column! Your Z-block pokes outward above all other blocks. You are humiliated."
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
1:41 PM
^ Case in point.
 
Kosmonaut
Kosmonaut
Maybe I just love text-based RPG Tetris?
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
It should have an SE of its own.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
"You are humiliated", I like this.
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
Hm. Does ASCII art actually work in here?
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Probably not...?
Line spacing looks off.
 
Kosmonaut
Kosmonaut
1:45 PM
L
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Oh God, brace yourselves...
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
` _ _ _ `
|_|_|_|
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Not the L-shaped block...
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
` |_|`
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Oops sorry.
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
1:46 PM
FFS!!! Dude!!! Like, DUDE!!!
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Hehe.
Try again.
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
Ur in my interwebz brakin my tetrisez.
@Cerberus First I'll have to figure out why ` ` doesn't work.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Oh that was supposed to be a Tetris thing... I thought it was going to be a face or something...
Oh, the code markers... yeah.
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
O.M.&c.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
'code'
CODE DAMMIT
No, even that didn't work.
Maybe if I'll bash in my screen? Would that work?
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
1:48 PM
First, it's `, not '. Secondly, and most importantly, it appears that it may not begin with a whitespace.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
code I knew that!
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
You knew nuthin. Me teached u.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Hehe.
I've used it countless times in answers, but I forgot in chat... how does memory work... odd...
Whitespace code
Hey it worked.
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
God you're so funny.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
code
There I used an actual space even.
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
1:50 PM
And where it is?
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
But it appears the space is just removed?
three spaces
. dot
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
Okay, dots should work. Lemme see. Quiet now!
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
And it reduces any number of spaces to a single space.
 
Kosmonaut
Kosmonaut
|
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
._._._.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
1:51 PM
Nooo...
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
|_|_|_|
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Oops.
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
....|_|
Grmpf. I take my block and go home. Where there's no Cerberuses. Like, not a single one.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Okay, okay, I will be quiet now. You have 30 secs.
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
._._._.
|_|_|_|
....|_|
That's almost as hideous as Zoidberg.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
1:53 PM
Hmm...
The spacing looks okay... but the artistic inspiration?
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
It's just a bit hairy.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Hairy.
I see.
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
And the spacing does not look okay in this browser on this machine.
Not even kind of sort of okayish.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Well your lines are aligned quite evenly on the right side, in my browser.
Perhaps the problem lies in this chat lines' being vertically challenged?
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
But the leading is off.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
1:55 PM
Leading, as in leading spaces?
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
Leading
In typography, leading () refers to the distance between the baselines of successive lines of type. The term originated in the days of hand-typesetting, when thin strips of lead were inserted into the formes to increase the vertical distance between lines of type. The term is still used in modern page layout software such as QuarkXPress and Adobe InDesign In consumer-oriented word processing software, this concept is usually referred to as "line spacing" or "interline spacing." Origins The word comes from lead strips that were put between set lines. When type was set by hand in ...
Leading as in a piece of lead.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Oh, I see.
That's what I call vertical challenges.
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
So, @Kosmonaut, have you put your L next to your | yet?
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Perhaps you should take up painting instead.
 
Tom
Tom
Q: Stagnation is a decrease in growth right? Not actually a decrease in nominal values? Thesaurus is giving some false synonyms I believe, thesaurus.com/browse/stagnation
 
Kosmonaut
Kosmonaut
1:58 PM
Did you all ever play Welltris?
 
RegDwight
RegDwight
@Kosmonaut Not very well.
I've played tons of spin-offs, but I still like the original Game Boy version best.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
@Tom: Right.
 
Kosmonaut
Kosmonaut
@RegDwight They had Welltris for Game Boy?
 
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