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RegDwigнt

Looks like "programming" is a keyword that adds OVER 9000 to your score.

didn't know there still was an MC after that shit redesign

2:21 AM

talking of shit redesigns, has anyone seem NameCheap's website now?

Me foist souffle, tweened ^

it is bloody awful. i hope they don't turn into the next GoDaddy

> distain [dɪˈsteɪn], v. arch. a. OFr. desteindre (stem desteign-), mod.Fr. déteindre = Pr. destengner, Sp. desteñir, Com. Rom. f. des-, dis- (def#1) + L. tingĕre to dye, colour, tinge. 1. trans. To imbue or stain (a thing) with a colour different from the natural one; to discolour, stain, dye, tinge. 2. transf. and fig. To defile; to bring a blot or stain upon; to sully, dishonour.

@Jez I know, you're on my side.

2:22 AM

@Jez So go ahead and distain what you will. :)

@Robusto wants

@Robusto Through the sea, up the dikes, and then down?

And lemon too.

Have you just made that?

First one was cheese.

¡Más, más!

2:23 AM

@Cerberus Made them a couple weeks ago. First one was cheese.

Not bad.

This is all building up to when my son comes over next week and we make a truffle souffle.

@Robusto Hm, as in chocolate or fungoid?

@tchrist Fungal. As in Fungal's Cave.

But chocolate souffle isn't a bad idea.

I love Mendel.

Featherstitching in the strings.

2:26 AM

not as good as:

Yeah. And Mendelssohn was a Mensch.

So nice.

Although "He brides" sounds kinda gay-weddingish.

Hi berno.

I rish.

おととい、彼はその原野で奇妙な出来事を目撃した。

2:32 AM

Or knees.

Orc knees is lands. How is that possible?

I need something Scotch.

Laguvulin's always a safe choice.

> 1788 Burns Macpherson’s Farewell v, — May coward shame distain his name / The wretch that dare not die!

But . . . bourbon makes a comeback! Had me first Pappy Van Winkel t'other day.

2:34 AM

But yes.

Laphroaig

You like 'em peaty.

Balvenie. Double Wood.

Got my eldest a bottle of this Laphraoig for Christmas.

Ancient of days.

Funny, I was just thinking of that term yesterday.

After not thinking about it for, like, decades.

Synchronicity.

2:38 AM

Ok, whisky run time.

The Nine Billion Names of God

"The Nine Billion Names of God" is a 1953 science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke. The story was among the stories selected in 1970 by the Science Fiction Writers of America as one of the best science fiction short stories published before the creation of the Nebula Awards. It was published in The Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume One, 1929-1964. In 2004 it won the retrospective Hugo Award for Best Short Story for the year 1954. Plot summary This short story tells of a Tibetan lamasery whose monks seek to list all of the Names of God, since they believe the Universe was creat...

Leicht.

AGirlSaidMySmileIsCute

3:07 AM

Which one is correct: ?

Which of the following team is most likely to make an appearance in the Finals? OR Which of the following teams is most likely to make an appearance in the Finals?

anyone?

@AGirlSaidMySmileIsCute Teams.

There are several teams, and only one of those teams will appear in the Finals.

AGirlSaidMySmileIsCute

@Cerberus Thank you. It shouldn't have been that hard, I just started thinking about the first option and soon I was wondering why it isn't that.

3:28 AM

@Cerberus Usually Finals involve at least two teams. Otherwise, there’s nobody to beat.

Jasper Loy

@AGirlSaidMySmileIsCute What a username!

Guys, do people still use the word "supper"?

I'm reading Hobbit and they use the word all the time to describe "meal"

AGirlSaidMySmileIsCute

3:47 AM

@JasperLoy :D

@EnglishMaster Who in the world told you that supper “wasn’t used anymore”?

It’s the most normal word for it, especially if the meal is not a formal one.

@AGirlSaidMySmileIsCute Now you know!

Tolkien uses supper four times for every time he uses dinner.

And so do the rest of us.

@tchrist I meant "there are" in context, probably those teams that are in a certain pool.

Not all teams in the universe.

Out of some other pool, there will also be only one team that goes to the finals.

Ok thanks, I personally haven't seen it used that often so I assumed it was a ancient word.

how about "riddle"? Do people still use this word a lot nowadays?

4:05 AM

@EnglishMaster How do you think you would check this for yourself?

@Cerberus True enough.

Ok

nods

Let's play Game of Riddles." What gets wetter and wetter the more it dries?"

A towel?

yeah

"what is in my pocketese?"

4:14 AM

The One Ring?

Oh ho ho, no, I happen to have Twizzlers in my pocket

^_^.. nvm

sorry

I'm sorry, that is beyond my level of comprehension!

But it's bed time.

Good-bye!

g'bye

Mithrandir is partial to cream cheese frosting.

Say mew to him from me.

Bai!

4:17 AM

Bye. Way past mine.

7:08 AM

@Robusto I poured me a glass of Laphroaig during Christmas, did not drink it. Color was nice though, like apple juice.

12:11 PM

@JohanLarsson Why would you pour and not drink?

buzzfeed.com/robinedds/…

@Robusto plan was to drink but changed my plan after the first taste of it.

@tchrist But, curiously, one doesn't ask a lady to supper unless it's to meet one's parents. One asks her to dinner.

@Robusto Not available in Sweden

@JohanLarsson He says, "There's a special rung in hell reserved for people who waste good Scotch."

oh, I even remember that when you say it.

You have any nice duets in stock?

12:15 PM

I have a bottle of Laphraoig. I drink it when I'm in the mood for peat.

Gf switched over to peat for the horses.

Much better than saw dust ime.

Lot of translating now

Q: An LED or a LED. Which is correct?

Yes. Well, it's an acquired taste.

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We are usually using "an" before vowels but I saw in sentence that it has been used "an" before consonant: "A common type of opto-isolator consists of an LED and a phototransistor in the same package." Which is correct? You can see source of sentence here.

grammar vowels consonants

Oh, FFS.

possible duplicate of Do you use "a" or "an" before acronyms? (and at least a dozen others). — Robusto 1 min ago

1:24 PM

@RegDwigнt Interesting. 屎 (くそ, or kuso) means, roughly, "bullshit" in Japanese. Coincidence?

@Robusto That’s because of the implied formality of the matter.

kalina

2:31 PM

Good ~~morning~~ afternoon

3:00 PM

@EnglishMaster When I was a kid, that was the word I (and my family) used for the evening meal (AmE). But even as a child I also noticed that it was a bit too often in the Hobbit and that maybe it was meant for most any non-morning meal. Nowadays I realize that I hardly ever hear 'supper' and instead 'dinner'.

3:13 PM

@Janus Bahs: The term "Empirical" derives from the use of the imperial system as a phrase to denote repeatable, calculable, scientific results/reasoning. The imperial system has been abandoned in the scientific community in favour of the metric system. Why then use empirical, an anarchic term, to denote " Infallible" evidence. — Valtharsus 2 hours ago

Exactly!

@Mitch !

Empricism is the holdout of the Ancien Regime and all the decadent excrescent paternalistic/maternalistic (I should say aunt-like) monarchies;

Don't you mean emprickism?

Whereas the rational Rationalism of the metric system it is Bayesianly getting less wrong.

@Cerberus Or Dickism. Short for Direchtism, the teutonic, hero derived romanticism of being more and more of a self-righteous dick.

3:23 PM

Ah.

How very German.

Hey, what do you guys think the advantages and disadvantages are of elected mayors?

How well do mayors function in practice?

Depends on the city culture?

and what is the alternative...a mayor appointed by the (elected) city council?

@Cerberus Also French.

Holy crap, also everywhere.

@Mitch Currently, mayors are appointed by cabinet, based on the advice of some commission and of the city council.

Or, more correctly, appointed by the King, but he's just a rubber stamp.

They want to change that. Some cities already have elected mayors.

The main disadvantage would seem to be populism?

Elected mayors abroad seem to be somewhat more scandalous than our (non-elected) ones, so far. On the other hand, being a mayor is more like a random step in one's career in a political party here.

Still, many mayors are fairly popular.

Perhaps it doesn't matter a great deal either way, because mayors don't have that much power anyway?

3:40 PM

@Cerberus Large cities in the US (hm...and mostly small ones) have elected mayors. Some do well, some don't.

@Cerberus that's the entire argument against democracy altogether.

Yes, and it is a strong argument.

It is the Hamilton vs Jefferson debate.

No idea.

(I think)

strong federalism vs devolved power.

local government vs central

The main thing I would be afraid of is that mayors would be very rich tycoons influencing policy in favour of (their own) business.

3:42 PM

elitism vs populism.

Real elites are good, just like real democracy; but the problem is that they are always to some degree afflicted by (soft) corruption and populism, respectively.

@Cerberus Bloomberg (former mayor of NYC) I think was taken to be a counter example to that... is a a bajillionaire, but was a reasonably good mayor and without corruption.

Yeah?

I thought he was the one with the stop-and-frisk?

I'm just repeating what I've heard. I have no idea really.

Heh.

3:47 PM

@Cerberus I think Giuliani started that. Bloomberg didn't stop it. De Blasio, the new mayor, I think has said he'll stop it. Also, it is controversial in that a lot of people thought the stop-and-frisk was a good thing. (reduced crime overall). Of course it was not welcomed by those stopped and frisked like those walking while black.

I also read about how the police of New York have agents in foreign countries who mess things up and come up with bad reports.

Apparrently, Bloomberg did not stop this either. Or he started it.

But anyway, of course good mayors can be elected.

4:03 PM

Did you read about this?

No but I saw a youtube mashup about it though.

so two things have happened, a group of people beat up one guy with batons (terrible), but then some one person took trouble to edit it with lightsaber effects? to make it funny? or a drama? also distinctly terrible.

@Cerberus and good kings can put themselves into place.

@Mitch Yes...although it is harder to restrict the power of their offspring, if the good Kings had a lot of power.

The kids should arm wrestle for the title. (and cousins)

I've heard armwrestling is not good for your elbow. So maybe not.

@Mitch oh, didn't know that

cyril

what is the opposite of sub, sub-domain != ...-domain?

Q: What is the opposite of the "sub" prefix?

4:15 PM

No I know...a 'standing' competition. How long you can stand up with no food or water or nothing. makes it more fair to women.

@JohanLarsson so you mistrust one of two things 1) either there are actual lightsabers or 2) people don't gang up and beat individuals on the ground.

cyril

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The term subcategories refers to lower level categories. Which term should I use to refer to higher level categories? Does supercategories sound right?

word-choice prefixes

So none of those answers there worked for you?

'standing up for as long as possible' is a better metaphor for governing. If you can do it while sleeping, then more power to you.

cyril

no, super is ok, thanks

Sub v. super; hypo v. hyper.

Latin; Greek.

@Mitch don't know how to respond. Just missed the fact that it was edited.

4:31 PM

I think that's why it must be controversial because it looks like a movie until you realize that the light sabers were edited in and somebody was actually being beaten.

I regret linking it now

6:07 PM

Gaiman read Seuss

6:22 PM

@MattЭллен I like his Wisconsin accent.

Is that what that is? cool

He’s lived in Wisconsin for more than 20 years now.

I sometimes hear some Canadian Rising in his vowels, which is something that happens up thereabouts. I don’t know. It seems more um, “brazen” than stuffy RP.

He seems a baeth guy, not a bahth guy.

I don’t know whether he started out that way though.

I've not a clue

Nay, tarry: nary?

Damn that Seuss!

:D