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3:00 AM
grumbles
 
My word, you just earned three more hats! How many are there in all, is that known?
 
8 secret hats.
Plus the rest.
 
30 + 8.
 
thanks, both
 
Not that that will last long.
 
3:02 AM
I could easily get Breaking Bad, but I'm not sure if it would be ethical, but then again, it's Breaking Bad, so maybe it shouldn't be ethical.
 
How the heck do you think I got it? :)
 
wow! I'm impressed! :D
 
I mean, I don't have to wait for others to concur.
 
Neither did I. :)
 
Even for the reopen?
 
3:03 AM
@KitFox haha!
 
I do have gold tag badges.
But no, that isn’t the requirement. It just has to be VOTED to be reopened.
But I could have done it with a gold tag badge, too.
 
Oh. I see.
 
So find something at 4 close votes. Easy peasy.
So I closed it, edited, and voted to reopen.
 
I did too.
Unlikely to get reopened
 
People get too used to the queues. They forget the tools.
 
3:05 AM
What queues?
snerkle
 
it would be more worthwhile if the edit actually turned it into a good question... maybe I'll try that
ease my guilty conscience.
 
I use the tools for well, stuff.
 
Some of us never learn the tools.
 
When in Review, click Tools.
 
The easy ones... those I do look at
hmm, maybe I need to look more closely!
There isn't a second page, is there?
 
3:08 AM
Well, there are the four tabs.
 
Good night!
 
Night!!
 
Nite, Kit
see, I never noticed the tabs.
I just clicked one and said, omg
these are such non-intuitive things for me.
for you, it's probably like breathing.
 
Not really.
I am too command-line and low-level oriented for any of that ever to make sense to me.
 
None of my kids went into programming. They all have my... I dunno what.
 
3:12 AM
Knowing how to write programs doesn’t mean you know how to use programs that other people have written, especially when it isn’t using your kind of interface.
 
Memory?
 
They're much better than I am, but still, no computer whizzes
@skullpatrol LOL
@tchrist But doesn't it help you, to look at things in a certain manner?
 
Is "of-late" carry any negative connotation ?
 
no.
@imVoid Not to me
 
3:14 AM
It just means "lately"
 
@skullpatrol Clever guy. :)
 
@medica Thank you :) Im writing a recommendation letter and was worried about this..
@skullpatrol yeah!
 
No, it's fine. :)
I wonder if my age has anything to do with it? I didn't really start using a computer... Maybe until 4 or 5 years ago?
I just learned last month about Google Scholar.
:(
Until that time, I had been adding "scholarly" to my searches.
:((
 
It just means you'll be a slow starter. Once you become familiar with the "surroundings" you'll be fine.
 
I'd love to take your word for that! I feel, though, that I'll always be slow on a computer.
 
3:19 AM
It's never too late to start learning something new
 
Part of it, I think (it sounds silly) is a lack of willingness to take risks.
Maybe I should take a course at a community college? Would that help?
 
Yep
Can't hurt
 
Maybe I should, then. I have the time.
 
Go for it!
 
:)
 
3:21 AM
:)
 
Well, I think the chameleon hat would look rather good on Marge. I think I'll go pursue that.
Nite, all.
 
Later pal
 
3:38 AM
Shit, hats!
 
@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 If that's what's happening you may need to see your doctor or change your diet
 
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 it's these damn SSRIs.
I got some K'nex yesterday. They're awesome!
I built a motorcycle and a hot rod.
 
I thought you'd be upset. Not that I was out to upset you.
 
Because knex isn't Lego?
 
3:44 AM
Yes.
I wonder if I could build the ferris wheel before bedtime.
 
In Samsung's ID Card tags, I have seen this quote.

"So Radical Today, So Obvious Tomorrow."
 
I am a huge snob about that but I don't hold it against you. Build! That's what's important.
 
Is this correct English?
 
It's fine, as a slogan
 
3:47 AM
I wish the bot was here so I could ask her to choose one of two options for me.
 
What may I infer from this slogan?
 
@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 I can be a bot. Go ahead and ask your question.
 
That the ID cards may seem outrageous and weird today, but feel commonplace in the very near future.
 
@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 :D
 
> Outlook hazy. Ask again.
 
3:48 AM
@Robusto !!ferris wheel or squonkbox
 
Perhaps, it tries to convey this?

"If you are building strong foundations/fundamentals today, tomorrows success is guarented" ?
 
@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Survey says . . . ferris wheel!
 
Samsung is saying that the products they make are radical today, but "tomorrow" (i.e. in the future) they will seem obvious.
 
@Robusto Oh, Fortuna!
 
@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Imperatrix mundi!
 
3:49 AM
I need a Dr. Nut.
 
@imVoid I don't think there is a hidden or deep meaning to the slogan.
 
!!ferris wheel or ukule-led?
 
@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Is that like a Dr. Pepper? And when you mix them you get Herr Doktor Pfeffernüsse?
@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Ferris wheel!
 
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 okay!
 
3:51 AM
I agree with Mr. Shiny, @imVoid
@Robusto I hear it was almondy. Almundi.
 
@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Salmagundi.
 
@Robusto Sal? Sal Monella?
 
Robert Mitchum.
 
José Saramago
Whose name ends just like Mr Magoo.
 
3:53 AM
Diego Maradona?
 
@Mitch He's all talk.
And no action.
 
Take it from Sal Ammoniac.
 
Who needs hats?
 
3:53 AM
Except for the nonstop vomiting.
 
There's Talk Talk on Where The Action Is.
 
@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Tell me what you need voted, spindled, or mutilated.
 
@tchrist Nothing new.
 
I am still nursing my cat bite.
 
This needs one vote for a silver and a hat:
9
A: Is 'this this' correct?

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者You could avoid the echo by saying we will take care of it this afternoon as you have established the it in the previous sentence. I believe the term is doubled words.

 
3:55 AM
@tchrist Ding!
 
Thanks.
 
The Bears are embarrassing. Again.
 
@Corn Star 8 different people on the starboard.
Well, or anywhere.
 
@cornbreadninja麵包忍者: Can you favorite me here? Just need two more for gold and a hat.
 
@Robusto and the toe?
 
3:57 AM
@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Toe is all bettah.
I can only manage one crisis at a time.
 
And work is just a continuing crisis. My old boss wants to hire me at his new company and I might just take him up on it.
@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Gracias.
 
@tchrist thank you!
 
C'mon, peeplez, just one more favorite-orino
 
3:58 AM
Welcome.
 
@Robusto Same. Well, just the first part.
 
They never say why.
 
So I did this amazing reporting system for my company, and before I did it I asked if they were concerned about 508 compliance. They said no. That was 8 months ago. Guess what their story is now?
Go ahead, guess.
 
Sarbanes-Oxley?
Wait, no.
 
No. It's accessibility for, basically, the hard-of-seeing.
 
4:02 AM
Oh dear.
 
@medica What did you do with yourself before 5 years ago? Did you use those things called 'boks'? Weren't you bored all the time, just staring off into space while you had to wait for people?
 
Why do I work for a company that lurches from catastrophe to crisis and back again?
 
That’s pretty common.
 
@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 My aunt had that. In the hospital for a week.
 
Panic-driven development.
 
4:03 AM
Yes.
 
@Robusto A change is as good as a rest.
 
Flogging the engineers is supposed to make up for poor planning, lack of foresight, and bad management.
I am so very much feeling like just packing it in. I don't really need the money. I could just retire right now.
Do we have a Jasper poseur in our midst?
 
@Robusto I wish that's all we had. Add cost savings initiatives that spend a dollar to save a cent, short-staffing, and a new project that will take thousands of man hours on top of day-to-day and you have mine.
Jasper's in Singapore.
IIRC
 
@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 But I thought we had Virtual Jasper right here?
 
@Mitch That's rough.
 
4:08 AM
@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 I just hate going in to work lately. All I want to do is read and ride my bike.
 
@Robusto Me too, but I want to do pretty much anything else.
Anything else but work, including reading, and including bike riding provided the bike in question is stationary.
 
@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Really? Because it's too cold out or because real bikes are dangerous?
 
@Mitch it's too cold.
 
Man, hats sure screw up the review board.
 
I went to my first gym/health club/community center place the other day.
It's pretty neat. I like those elliptical things.
 
4:18 AM
I find the ellipticals really unnatural. My feet and legs don't go like that! and then I'm tired at the end!
Stupid exercise.
 
@Robusto a team could lead a certain division with a record like that.
@Mitch I only like them at a quick pace.
 
@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 and on a treadmill I get dizzy when I get off at the end, because I'm expecting the floor to come rushing at me and it doesn't.
Like looking at a waterfall too long and then when you look away everything looks like it is moving upwards.
 
If you fall off a waterfall while walking you're doing it wrong.
 
I know!
 
4:22 AM
23 mins ago, by Robusto
C'mon, peeplez, just one more favorite-orino
 
Time for bed. To read, perchance, to sleep.
 
Bonne chance, bonne nuit.
 
Bon marche.
Bon Scott.
 
Bonaire.
 
Naire?
 
4:24 AM
Who wears short shorts?
We wear short shorts.
 
We wear short shorts.
Jinx.
 
Well, I thought beau naire was the nicer interpretation.
 
Pillsbury was a bun heir.
 
4:27 AM
Later on, my fellow animals.
And to all a good night.
2
 
Night.
 
Thanks for the hats!
 
De nada.
 
upvoted forever ago
 
4:29 AM
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Make that 2.
 
yay!
the anticipation is killing me
 
And tell @RegDwigнt to accept your freakin' answer. I mean, come on.
 
btw if anyone wants the hairboat hat, you just need to comment on abby hairboat's posts
of which there are 4 here
 
search for 'hairboat'?
 
@Mitch Go to Users and search.
 
Be more clever || die
SE search sucks DD, and everybody knows it. Hie thee to Google who all things knoweth.
 
Bed for me. Night all.
 
@Robusto done
@tchrist followed instructions instead
 
Is it correct to say,

I define the goal of my life as to do ***?
 
4:39 AM
@imVoid I don't like the sentence but can't say why. Perhaps it's because I don't like "define" with "goals".
 
for the selfie hat, do both the question and answer have to upvoted for it to be legit?
 
@Mr.Shiny
How else, may I phrase this?
 
My life’s goal is to not reach it too quickly.
 
@tchrist : ;) Not mine too either..
 
@imVoid "My life's goal is to do *** "
 
4:48 AM
s/do//
 
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Okay..
 
@tchrist depends
 
@tchrist experiencing is the essence of life, that I believe in!
 
the Limbo.
 
yeah.
the laundry
 
5:01 AM
Greetings.
@Mitch When I realised the hat thing was on again, I suspected it was something like that.
 
@Mitch - you made me laugh twice. Once at the "old fashioned idea" of "boks"; the other at the idea of being "bored all the time, just staring off into space while you had to wait for people". That they should strike me as equally amusing should tell you something about the ED. :)
 
Mitch is often funny. It's His Way.
 
I wish we could combine hats. Marge in her chameleon hat taking a selfie would be great.
@Cerberus He is hilarious. I love his wit.
 
nods
 
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 I did that and then erased my comment, because I thought it would give it away too much. But people are now just leaving them regardless. :)
 
5:11 AM
@medica well, the secret is out of the bag for anyone who's been on meta.se
 
Yeah.
Some of the hats last year, I never did find out how I got them. Did that happen on Meta SE last year?
I must admit, that was part of the fun.
 
I think they figured out all, or most, of the hats last year
There might have been one or two that people guessed incorrectly
 
5:30 AM
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 I'm sorry, I just saw who made a post. Please forgive me, I meant no offense. Glad you got the Eureka hat!
 
@medica I'm not sure what you said that might be considered offensive?
This time, anyway. Normally you're a real potty-mouth
 
oh, nothing!
LOL!
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 That's pretty funny. :D
 
Actually I was offended that you were out-hatting me. I have taken steps to remedy that.
 
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 I am quite impressed with your number of hats! I didn't out hat you. You must have gotten your twenty-first now?
 
@medica you were ahead of me on ELU
now we are tied
I have 20 hats but not all on the same site, so I don't get the special hat for having 20 hats
 
5:35 AM
Oh... See? There is so much I don't know. Duh. I looked at your profile and saw you had twenty (which should give you 21 now).
:(
That's a bummer.
I would help you if I could. I am all out of votes today. :(
The selfie is very easy to get... I really felt like a hat-ho, though. blushes
 
Yeah I haven't thought of anything even remotely plausible for that.
and since it has to be on ELU for me to get the 21-hat hat.... if it were on the lego site I'd be golden
but when I do think of something it will be a multi-hat affair because I'll post it on a special day using the app
bam, that's like 4 hats
I just upvoted one of your answers, that may have triggered a badge and/or hat for you
 
Good idea! If I wasn't so eager, I would have thought of that.
Oh, thank you! :D
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Well, I can join the Lego site and vote. ')
 
@medica That site has so little activity I'll never reach 20 hats there
 
Do you want a vote for a specific question/answer (s)
 
This is just two votes shy of a gold badge...
I've been pimping that answer for hours
 
5:42 AM
Oh, did you just upvote the Et question?
 
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 lol!
 
9 more and you'll get gold there
 
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 <3 how really sweet of you!
OK, I must join Lego now. :D
 
nah it's okay
 
5:44 AM
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 I already upvoted that one. :(
 
@medica ah, well, it still counts, right? :)
 
And, I will join Lego.
 
You really don't need to on my account.
 
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 yes; it was the best answer by far.
I was always curious about that site anyway.
 
whee! I'm up to 99 on it now! Thanks, simchona! guessing
 
5:45 AM
:)
So fun!
 
You guessed wrong pal ;-)
 
ah, didn't see you there!
 
All this good will and good cheer is putting me in the Christmas spirit!
@skullpatrol Good job!
 
Nice picture in that answer
 
One more vote...
Hi, @TAbraham
I didn't realize you were a member here!
 
5:49 AM
@medica It's my favourite time of year!
 
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 With good reason! :)
 
The only time of year I can cover the living room floor with Lego and my wife actually approves!
 
Tis the season to be jolly :D
 
hahaha!
Post a picture? I would love to see it!
 
That's the train, and the gingerbread house
 
5:52 AM
That is soooo fun!
 
They're under the tree, but I don't have a pic of the current setup. They've been joined by a train station, which I haven't yet photographed
 
I can hardly imagine some of those being Legos! So fun!
I LOVE the gingerbread house.
 
And I'll be getting Santa's workshop for Christmas so it will finish out the scene
 
Did you have a kit for that?
 
No, the house is my own creation
 
5:54 AM
That's GORgeous!
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 fantastic!
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Oh, man... I really should buy this for my kids...
 
That's the house, unobstructed
 
my adult kids
oh my word, that is really incredible.
 
What the hell are you people doing still awake!?!?
 
looking at legos!
 
5:55 AM
Oh, toyporn.
jynx
 
Oh, I am in awe.
 
The reason the two middle candy canes are silver and gold is because I ran out of red and white circles
 
How cute!
That is fantastic. How did you get the sloping roof?
 
@medica It's a bit delicate. There is a frame underneath and the front and back are firmly attached. The sides, however, are dangling from a couple hinges, and are easily knocked off.
 
cool...
 
5:57 AM
It would never fly as a product with that kind of construction
 
i wanted the santa's workshop... where did you get it?
 
It's great. Are those hats on the roof?
 
@TAbraham From the lego store. It's a new kit, widely available.
 
@TAbraham I want it too
 
but isn't sold out?
 
5:58 AM
I'm going to order it tonight.
 
@medica They're 2x2 round bricks.
@TAbraham It might be? I didn't think it was.
 

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