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12:00 AM

Limerick Machine: I think they went off to multiply

posted on February 24, 2014 by sgdi

Some numbers were having a talk Four and six went out for a walk Ten and twelve were just fine Till a hundred and nine Got up and then started to squawk

Cerberus

3:31 AM

@RegDwigнt 22.848!!

What was your record again?

That 96 was dumped on my tail btw, very annoying.

And this is also my first 768!

Which I created all by myself, no dumping.

yesterday, by RegDwigнt

This your record in the new system?

In the game above, I switched from focusing on bottom row to leftmost row halfway through the game. Isn't that interesting?

Of course in the end I had to jumble everything durcheinander to stay alive, as you can see.

By the end of one's life, one always lives one tile at a time...

Noah

3:50 AM

Hi

Something is wrong with my left ear.

It's kind of buzzing. And it happened after someone said something right into my ear.

@Cerberus What the hell is this? How do yo play it? and where can I get it from?

Cerberus

@Noah Was it really loud?

Feb 19 at 16:30, by Matt Эллен

three It's a game.

At first, it will seem stupid and pointless.

After a while, you'll come to understand and like it.

Noah

@Cerberus Yeah.

Cerberus

4:39 AM

@Noah The buzz will eventually disappear, most probably. But it may take a while.

Try not to expose your ear to loud noises.

Noah

Okay.

I hope it's not something serious, in which case I will have to see a doc.

Cerberus

@Noah Most probably not.

This happens to many people, and in most cases it will pass.

Noah

I see. And do you know if cleaning your ears is okay?

Like by using cotton swabs, etc.

Cerberus

@Noah It is generally not OK to clean your ears, because you will normally push dirt into your ear no matter what you do.

But that is unrelated to your issue: cleaning your ears will not affect your buzz.

What you can do if your ear is truly clogged (which I don't think is the case here) is push hard against the cartilage thingy to close off your ear, then suddenly remove your finger to "pop" your ear.

Noah

4:59 AM

Umm. Thanks.

I have a problem with a database that I am working on.

I don't know much about computers, so I don't know how to go about one particular thing. And that thing is adding Category to the table.

Here's what I have. Post(ID, NAME, CATEGORY), CATEGORY(ID,NAME) I don't know whether to store the ID from the category table in the Post table or the name. What difference would it make?

oerkelens

6:01 AM

Noah: always store the ID

ID's are never supposed to change, NAMES can (and will!) change

Even if in this specific instance the NAME is unique (for now) , it might not be in the future

Apart from that

Anyone looking at your database will_expect to find the ID, not the Name

Noah

Okay. Thanks @oerkelens

Ice Girl

@Noah Most prominent is the giant saguaro cactus, growing as tall as 50 feet out of crevices in the stone you might think could barely lodge a flower.

@Noah What does lodge mean?

Help

Noah

6:22 AM

Hello @IceGirl

It could mean fixed or embedded in a place.

In this case the author is saying that you won't believe a flower could be embedded in those kind of cracks.

Cerberus

> lodge (v.) 18. "to serve as a residence, shelter, or dwelling for; shelter" — The château will lodge the ambassador during his stay.

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