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Feeds

02:15

Q: meaning of "the guy" man? or can be a woman as well?

I know word guy means a man and it can be also used to bunch of people. But if someone says "the guy", does it mean a man? or possibly a woman?

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Feeds

06:16

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Q: What one called who use Google for everything

One who uses google for everything is there any word for that person

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Færd

08:13

Tada! Telegram is now officially blocked in Iran. (not over my WiFi connection though. Yet.)

@Cerberus It went on for more than ten hours here.

Educ

please correct my english

"Yes I know I took it from there but don't forget that in this community there are many capable people that can do best than those authors "

Færd

That's almost correct.

> Yes, I know I took it from there, but don't forget that in this community there are many capable people who can do better than those authors.

It could be improved further, of course.

Educ

yes could you suggest more ?

by the way thank you

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SmokeDetector

09:40

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad NS for domain in body, bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title, pattern-matching website in body: Uncommon Benefits of VitaX Forskolin by gsdfgsd on english.SE

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Færd

12:29

@Educ I'd have to know more about the context.

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[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Offensive body detected, toxic body detected: A more eloquent way to say “messed up” by Hajar Alharbi on english.SE

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Educ

13:58

A: beautiful section styles

Answer based on titlesec and soul: \documentclass{article} \usepackage[utf8]{inputenc} \usepackage{xcolor} \usepackage[explicit]{titlesec} \usepackage{soul} \definecolor{titleblue}{HTML}{4a7aa4} \title{Sections and Chapters} \author{Educ} \date{\today} \newbox\TitleUnderlineTestBox \newcomman...

The original file (founded by googling the file name) was created with PDFLaTeX. Probably the best thing to do is to try to contact the authors (look at the IREM website). – Kpym 5 hours ago

MetaEd

Buon giorno!

Mitch

@MetaEd Maidin mhaith!

早上好 !

MetaEd

@Mitch Is mhaith anywhere near Japan?

Mitch

Or translated into Mitch: grumble grumble nhhnnhg

@MetaEd No!

MetaEd

Mitch

14:13

Is that Captain Marvel?

MetaEd

I prefer American Maid.

Mitch

Not particularly sensible shoes

MetaEd

@Mitch Trust me you don't want to be on the receiving end of those shoes.

Mitch

But, like Angelina Jolie, she can use them as stealth weapons.

on one slippery movement, pull off one and then a jab of the stiletto to the jugular

@MetaEd Il faut souffrir pour être kickass

MetaEd

Perdonami. Parle Italiano?

Mitch

14:16

Prego, no.

Pagliacci vino divino, allegretto, if you know what I mean

MetaEd

Key, largo.

Mitch

speaking of which, have you been following the SE 'how do we be welcoming' thing?

MetaEd

I just got back from out of the country so I haven't been following anyting

Mitch

Nice

Færd

14:43

> C'est vraiment délicieux les glaces.

Is that a dummy ce? Do we have that in Frech?

Mitch

Yes

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[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Mostly dots in answer: A word which is like 'manually' but means 'by eye' not 'by hand'? by Trevor on english.SE

Mitch

Es gibt viele solche Sprachen

Na und?

haha that was sarcastic. Not very welcoming.

Færd

@Mitch The es there too, you mean?

Mitch

Chinese just doesn't bother: méi yõu dummy word auf Chinesisch

@Færd yes

@Færd Does Farsi use one?

Færd

14:52

But the original one is an almost non-English kind of dummy it.

> They're delicious, ice creams.

Or how would you translate it word-for-word?

Mitch

That one sounds like a strict pronoun, 'they' definitely is supposed to stand in for a thing which turns out to be 'ice creams'

Oh...

hm...

Færd

@Mitch Umm, I guess.

The types of pronouns coming to my mind are all aided by a that.

Mitch

OK, but you didn't say "Ceux-cis, ils sont délicieux, les glaces"

Færd

Yeah.

Mitch

"C'est" is really non-referral

the 'ce' is not referring to a particular thing.

Færd

14:55

So Ce can't have a plural meaning?

Mitch

sure, it can, just not in this circumstance.

If it were supposed to refer to the ice cream, then it would have been plural

Færd

Hmm. OK.

> It's important to go.
> It's important that we go.

Is the second one a dummy also?

Mitch

Or maybe not. I don't know. "It's delicious, all this ice cream"

Færd

I think the first one is dumber.

Mitch

'it' is kinda referring to something

so maybe in French it is not a dummy either.

@Færd Kinda both are dummy

@Færd they both sound equally like dummy "it's"

Færd

14:58

Guests. Gotta go greet. Good guy.

Mitch

later

Færd

(Well, that's goodbye, but didn;t want to break the symmetry)

Cerberus

15:31

@Færd Ugh, that sucks. And now both Google and Amazon have blocked domain fronting, making it harder for Telegram to avoid the Russian (and possibly Iranian) censors.

Færd

16:10

@Educ I guess your comment is okay.

Except for the punctuation, perhaps: "Yes, I know. I took it from there. But ...".

@Cerberus Shame.

Did telegram use Google or Amazon domains to forward traffic to their own servers?

I wasn't really in favor of Telegram's monopoly of Iran's internet traffic (reported at about 60%).

But blocking foreign communication services is also dangerous for us in many ways.

Cerberus

@Færd Yes, in Russia, since the recent blockade.

Then the Russian censors blocked many Google domains.

Then Google stopped domain fronting.

Spineless niggards.

Færd

Hmm. They saved their own hide.

Cerberus

Not really.

Færd

Google I mean. That was a bold move on the Russians' part BTW.

Cerberus

1. Only some Google domains were blocked, and only in Russia. The damage for Google was manageable. 2. The censors would have reversed those blockades soon anyway: even the central bank warned them that this blockade was causing serious damage to the Russian economy.

Now it's all for nothing.

Keep these mind

16:17

"anon means soon, though it once meant straight away. Presently also means soon, though it is increasingly misused to mean now."

I am learning.

Færd

@Cerberus Ah, I see.

@Keepthesemind Good luck!

@Cerberus I shit on them all. I'm very pissed today.

Cerberus

Good.

Any other specific reason?

Oh, I need to go in 1 minute, I'm late already.

I'm getting dressed in front of the computer.

Færd

Some of my friends work for the government to develop this app that's being substituted for Telegram.

When I ask them why, they give me all sorts of nonsense ...

That we'll talk about later.

See ya.

Keep these mind

@Cerberus You're supposed to do that the other way around.

Cerberus

@Færd Oh, that really sucks.

At least they are being questioned!

@Keepthesemind Getting computered in front of the dress?

Keep these mind

16:27

@Cerberus That's it. :)

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Feeds

18:14

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Q: what word do i use for someone who doesent take anything from poeple

I am to use a character trait to describe a person. this person doesent take anything from anyone such as money and such

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Educ

@Færd ^Thanks somuch

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

19:06

@Feeds pople? Popes over the course of history?

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Educ

20:50

I would like to share youtube video in my facebook of grils that have a nice shape

shoudl i say : "Those girls have a nice shape" or "These girls have a nice shape"

those vs these in this case should i say these or those before link of the video that I will share in my facebook

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RegDwigнt

21:56

@Cerberus I haven't checked, but I'm sure that even COCA will disagree with you on that. Let alone Google.

Educ

22:12

@RegDwigнt I would like see the meaning of "Let alone Google" coudl you rephrase your sentence to see tis meaning please

MetaEd

22:35

> 1.
used to indicate that something is far less likely, possible, or suitable than something else already mentioned.
"he was incapable of leading a bowling team, let alone a country"

@Educ

Feeds

22:48

Q: Looking for a word - getting upset at someone for doing well

I'm looking for a word for someone being upset at someone else doing well or succeeding. Either a word for that sort of character trait or a word that describes that behaviour. It could include things like being annoyed at someone trying to make positive changes or something similar. The phrase t...

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KannE

23:00

Oh, I forgot...it's more fun to play if you don't keep score (unless it's Spades)...but I'll never make it to "informed" :-( But look ( * )><( * ) I can make rubber ducks kiss...or are they decapitated birds? It's so hard to tell...out of context.

Here's a real question. Why does this word processor delete an asterisk if there's no space between it and a parenthesis?

Cerberus

23:16

@RegDwigнt Well, it's on the Internet.

So it must be true.

@KannE Because asterisks are used in Markup, which is active here: surrounding a bit of text in asterisks italicises it.

To avoid that, use this: \*

KannE

23:42

@Cerberus OIC...I was wondering why it removed my ducks' eyeballs and warped their faces...ha ha. Thanks, you're a genius.

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