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18:00
@AlgebraAnalysisManifolds Hm, haven't listened to that.
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@Mahnax That's actually my favourite musical, not that I know many.
@AlgebraAnalysisManifolds It is downloading now, I'll listen to it soon.
@AlgebraAnalysisManifolds Phantom of the O what
user87637
I watched Tosca and La Bohemia live, that's about all the live music I watched.
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18:01
@GnomeSlice Phantom of the Opera.
I know, hah.
user87637
I don't have a tenor voice, sadly.
do we fight for the right to a night at the opera now
user87637
If I were a tenor, I would consider being an opera singer.
@AlgebraAnalysisManifolds What voice do you have?
user87637
18:02
However, I am more of a bass.
Ah.
user87637
My range is D to F sharp.
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18:06
Nine high C's.
Lunchtime. Goodbye.
Боже мой.
user87637
Ah, this brings back fond Charlie Brown memories.
18:11
@AlgebraAnalysisManifolds Wa, wa wa, wa.
I'm not sure how this is related to the video I was just watching.
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@KitFox Hmm, I have a feeling you look like the girl in blue in your younger days...
@AlgebraAnalysisManifolds Chatcrush.
Yeah, not really.
My hair was longer.
I was just about that stupid though.
user87637
I see this Mari Lou is earning the most rep this month.
18:17
@AlgebraAnalysisManifolds Here is where Kit slaps you for referring to her younger days.
user87637
@MετάEd Oh, well she is still young.
user87637
And I see this Andrew Ng has really rosy cheeks, lol
user87637
Sorry, I like to talk about users in this chat.
user87637
Over and out!
this guy is pissing me off
18:24
@AlgebraAnalysisManifolds The problem with backpedalling is that you generally have a freewheel or a coaster brake. Unless you are riding a unicycle, you are still in trouble.
@GnomeSlice Who me?
No
fbueckert
@GnomeSlice I think you have to make allowances for anyone saddled with such a name.
in The Bridge, 11 mins ago, by fbueckert
I really want his comment gone, too, if for no other reason than his horrible misspelling of my username, deliberate or not. One of the few times I've actually flagged comments as offensive.
Yeah, truly.
18:29
ಠ_ಠ
I flagged two of his rude posts in chat and he bitches about stupid flags
And then that
someone spelled his name wrong so he flagged it
I want to scream
It won't teach him anything and it won't help you any.
Hypocrites gonna hypocriticize.
I'm sure his life is far more miserable than yours.
@KitFox but less effeminate?
@KitFox I doubt it.
@MattЭллен Hah, I thought that was a reply to the message directly above it for a sec.
I just wish somebody other than me could straighten him out and tell him how much of a cock he is all the time
@MattЭллен Uh...you are very masculine and virile.
thanks ;)
18:34
@GnomeSlice It won't straighten him out. Nobody likes to be told they are a cock and it makes them not listen to anything else, no matter how valid, that you might say.
@KitFox Plenty of guys don't mind being called a cock. What they don't want to be called is a dick.
@GnomeSlice Stop carrying his garbage. You've got your own shit to worry about.
@Robusto Dick.
I guess.
looks @Rob to see if he's going to flag me
@KitFox That's your answer for everything.
18:35
Too witty for me today.
@KitFox That video broke my brain
Yeah, I've got worse.
It's too late. My brain is already broken
I'm gonna go vote republican now.
But something about it made it so horrific. Vapid and senseless and yet seeming so commonplace and ordinary.
18:37
@GnomeSlice First rule of "don't be a dick" is not to tell anyone "don't be a dick".
feeds @Mr.Shiny glazed donut
Come back to us.
I guess I'm a dick then
@MετάEd so is the metaphor that we're all riding unicycles?
@KitFox nom nom nom
@GnomeSlice You're still learning. You're doing fine.
@MετάEd ?
@Robusto I knew a guy... oh never mind.
@Mitch I think it's the penny-farthing.
> Don't be a dick. If people abided by this, we wouldn't need any other policies about behaviour. This is a corollary of ignore all rules, and most behavioural rules are special cases of this one. Implicitly or explicitly calling people dicks is a dick-move: don't use this essay as a justification to do so.
@GnomeSlice He was sourcing his claim.
18:39
So, saying "don't be a dick" is prohibited by itself.
@MετάEd don't...know...what...to...say...
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 I have to flag that comment.
@MετάEd Excuse me, the penny-farting?
I reject that calling someone a dick is always a dick move. Also I reject the hyphen.
Oh, all I saw was a bunch of foreign languages
18:41
@Robusto No, no, not farting. You're thinking of that Shakespearean word for burthens.
@RegDwighт It was the use-mention distinction! dammit!
@MετάEd No, not fardels. You're thinking of that old puppet dog who used to do the Nextle's commercials.
@MετάEd Not fardels, you're thinking of...Damn it, @Rob!
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 you can distinguish use from mention from the comfort of your ban.
@KitFox That'll teach you to call me a dick.
18:42
@RegDwighт I live in a ban down by the water
@Robusto That isn't true in the UK. Dick and cock are equally insulting.
@Robusto You live for me calling you a dick!
@GnomeSlice You have to scroll down.
@MattЭллен You are what you eat. I'm just saying.
@KitFox Yeah I figured that out
checks to see if she's turned into a taco
18:42
Du bist was du ißt.
@KitFox I thought you turned into a crab, actually.
@KitFox thinks of suggesting fish taco
You gravatar totally looks like a crab now.
I'm allergic to fish and shellfish.
Which makes that ironic.
@Robusto i am Garlic Bread
@MattЭллен Dick.
18:44
Crabs don't have to eat fish and shelfish. They mostly eat dirt.
@Robusto Anus
@Robusto No, no, not Farfel, you mean the mouse in that Disney movie.
Dick Tracy never minded being called that. Neither did Dick Cavett or Dick Van Dyke. More recently, Dick Cheney reveled in it.
no no not Fievel, you mean that fried chickpea fritter.
@KitFox Would you phrase that as a proper response, please?
18:45
@Robusto I would revel in it for 9000 trillion dollars, too. Actually, I'd revel in it for much less.
mmm fritters.
@KitFox No, not Fievel. You're thinking of the denomination of U.S. currency that has Abe Lincoln on it.
@KitFox psst Amblin movie.
@RegDwighт Get in line.
sighs always a critic.
@Robusto Mitch already got it.
18:46
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 I knew what she meant. You have to give her an automatic margin of error.
@Robusto I've been in line since birth. You forget where I come from.
@Robusto Yeah. But my crusade against all things Disney has a trigger.
@KitFox Well, to hell with him and his garbanzos.
What about his galimatias?
@Mitch No, no, not felafel. You're thinking of that rapper.
18:47
@Robusto You and your chiches, ye ta ma de...
From Public Enemy?
Papageno.
No No not Flavor Flav. you mean the author of that cook book from the 50's... which sounds a little rude in BrE.
Cunteen Cook?
Stupid project lead.
That's not rude.
18:50
grumbles
At the skyfoal, when Kit grumboals...
"Lorem ipsum", what a maroon.
Maroon 5.
@Mitch No, not Fanny Farmer. You're thinking of the showgirl Barbra Streisand played.
18:53
Today, he pops his head into my office to make sure I saw the email from two hours ago where he tells some guy from some school system that we should meet and discuss his mystery needs for sharing data between our systems.
He has no idea what conversation was taking place, we got cc'd at the end of some discussion, and I told him flatly that it was nowhere near the top of the priority list right now.
@Robusto I'm related to Fanny Farmer, and not Funny Girl. It's that chick from Kick Ass.
@KitFox No, not Chloe Grace-Morentz. You're thinking of a cross between what makes leaves green and what freshens gum and little candies.
This game is more annoying than, um, than not this game. BBL.
Wha—? OK. Uh, chorophyll-mint?
Oh god.
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A: How did 'sanction' come to have two opposite meanings?

TimoHere's my opinion on the recent evolution of the usage of the word 'sanction'. As any entertainer knows, a little audience participation goes a long way, so I'll try and engage you in my reasoning. - How many times have you heard a politician talking of "enforcing trade sanctions" when an 'embarg...

Wow. She had a face made for radio.
18:57
haha
@Robusto Radio is not a visual medium
@GnomeSlice Thanks for explaining my joke to me. I was having trouble understanding it.
@Robusto Oh.
Sorry.
Oh it was an insult, I get it.
Because she should have been in radio
Okay I'm slow
I wasn't going to rain on your charade, but . . .
@Robusto no no not Funny Girl/Fanny...Hill? you meant something people suggest you take when you are overwrought.
18:59
@Mitch No, not Funny Farm. You're thinking of that novel by Eric Blair.
That's her too.
Much better picture.
Tru dat.
Why would they ever have published the other one, though?
Dunno. Maybe it was her third husband's idea.
@Robusto no no not chloroform. You meant snorgzzzz.....
19:03
@KitFox saucy. I can imagine her ankles
Mmm, probably very delicate.
@Mitch No, not snorgzzzz. You're thinking of a type of sausage popular in England in (at least) WWII.
Snausages!
Oh. No.
Snorkers is a British English colloquialism for sausages. The reference is probably to the resemblance between a sausage and a snorkel. It may have a Royal Navy slang origin. Snorkers is the nickname for Palethorpe's pre-cooked tinned sausages. The nickname originated aboard World War II Royal Navy submarines, along with other culinary delights such as HITS (tinned Herrings In Tomato Sauce) and Baby's Heads (tinned steak and kidney pudding). Fresh food lasted only a few days aboard submarines so nearly everything was tinned. Snorkers are mentioned in Nicholas Monsarrat's novel The Cruel...
I must say, I've not heard that slang before. most interesting.
19:05
Thanks, you've been great. I'll be here for the rest of the week. Try the snorkers. Gotta go! bows and blows kisses to audience
@Robusto No no not The Animal Firm, where one young pig lawyer races in time to submit a brief to stop the injunction at the deposition, starring Tom Cruise as the little pig.
wait...where was I?
I think this is a rant, not an answer, but I’m honestly not sure. He’s peppered it with spammy Fox News links and crap, and I just haven’t the stomach to put it all in my brain to try it on for size. Is this crap, or what?
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A: How did 'sanction' come to have two opposite meanings?

TimoHere's my opinion on the recent evolution of the usage of the word 'sanction'. As any entertainer knows, a little audience participation goes a long way, so I'll try and engage you in my reasoning. - How many times have you heard a politician talking of "enforcing trade sanctions" when an 'embarg...

@Mitch I don't know, but I like it.
It just sounds like a meth-head to me.
Oh yes. no no not 'chill pill', you meant something that blows no one any good.
19:08
Crank?
I don't know. I considered it for a long while then deleted it.
Is this (and it's linked question) good questions for ELU?
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Q: Who coined the term "performant?"

Robert HarveyWe all know that it's not a real word. But it is commonly used among programmers, and could probably be thought of as a "technical term." It might pass into common usage and make its way into the dictionary, if enough people use it. Wiktionary defines performant thusly: performant (comparati...

I hate to discourage new users, but that answer doesn't really add anything.
@JimmyHoffa WTF, Robert Harvey asked that?
It's possible it would work here, but also possible that it would be treated poorly unless he had some better reason than idle curiosity or had some idea of what the answer is (like I heard it was Bill Gates, but ...)
@KitFox He also close voted it
I know. Dude's weird.
Don't tell him I said that.
19:18
> 1809 S. T. Coleridge in Sir H. Davy Remains (1858) 110, I contemplate Dr. Stock as the performant.
Haha
Of course he's weird, after that many years writing code you're entitled.
Well, if Matt's into it, I guess send it over. We'll edit it into shape.
> A person who performs a duty, ceremony, etc., a performer
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Q: What is wrong with the word "performant"?

alfonsoI keep getting the red underlining in Word whenever I write the word "performant". Here I intend to refer to something that performs well or better than something else (ie it's more performant). Is there something wrong about that word? Does it mean what I actually want to say?

no! I was just seeing if there was an answer
there isn't
not in the OED, anyway
19:19
@KitFox Matt? I can't migrate or anything, I was just checking; I flagged it for migration but dunno when that will happen or whatsnot
@tchrist Thanks.
It’s just yet more Annoying Business Jargon™. It’s probably on the Forbes list of the same.
From Robert Harvey's comment, it looks like he expects it to be dead and not migrated... I'm the one argueing that it seems like a proper fit here but I don't know the scope here so I figured to ask
I posted it as a question of interest.
@JimmyHoffa Thanks for asking.
Questions about who coined words are not usually well-received since it is generally hard to document.
Ah
Which makes sense.
19:21
But word histories, etc, would be probably OK.
Unless there is something of particular interest about why a person coined a word.
Looks like performant is older than he thinks though.
> Performant has become a business buzzword in addition to being programmer slang. Essentially, performant is a fancier way of saying that a program or system is acceptable. Depending on the context, this could mean good enough to package and sell, or simply good enough to elevate to the next level of testing.
Huh.
Hmm. Well.
yeah, I can see it back as far as 1978
relating to the quality of performance, rather than something that performs
It's a perfectly cromulent word
Commute. Later.
19:28
perfeczide - To make perfect
perfliction - An affliction of models -- addicted to being perfect. Perdiction.
perflippity - Silly, effeminate behavour
performant - High performing.
perfuct - Wonderful and really fucked up at the same time.
perfunctional - Able to perform in a functional way.
perhapsably - Something that is less than likely. A combination of perhaps and possibly.
pernificant - Exceedingly average.
perpetulant - Chronically pissed-off; permanently peevish.
persific - Specific.
perspirational - To have an ambient or perceived heat great enough to cause perspiration.
perturbatory - An office or workplace where the normal flow of business is always thwarted by personal agendas, vendettas, and overwhelming administrative problems. A snakepit.
petranym - A pet rock's name
I dunno. All these websites saying "Performant is not a word", etc, etc, blah blah blah. It's clearly a word. It has a definition. People use it to express a concept. Maybe some people don't like the word. Get over it.
It is legitimate to ask if something is a word. It is not legitimate to take a word that people are using and complain that it isn't a word.
By using it it becomes a word, like it or not.
yolo isn't a word
it isn't?
I mean, I admit. There are lots of words I hate. like "preggers".
But that doesn't mean it isn't a word.
Most people who complain about stuff not being words don't really understand what makes a word a word.
19:46
Incentivize me, babykins, incentivize me!
@tchrist I have nothing against the word incentivize.
sdfhgurtiiao isn't a word. I'm not even using it as one there.
I ate some sdfhgurtiiao for lunch today.
Ha! now it's a word.
It's a word now! Woo hoo! "sdfhgurtiiao, my ass!"
Yes, I would like some whipped cream on my sdfhgurtiiao.
ew! Nobody eats sdfhgurtiiao like that!
you're so uncultured
19:58
Are you out of your sdfhgurtiiao? That's the most golblamed, sdfhgurtiiao thing I ever heard.
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 curses! foiled again
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 What? I always eat sdfhgurtiiao with my hands. That's what finger bowls are for.
@MattЭллен 'foiled'? ... now that is not a word.
@Mitch no, I meant with whipped cream.
by all means, use your hands. That's perfectly sdfhgurtiiaolicious.
@Mitch I think you'll find I've foiled your plan before it even got going. puts down tin foil
Oh. My apologies. I stand sdfhgurtiiao.
20:00
@Mitch No, you're thinking of the word for those little blue people, which can be substituted into any position in a sentence.
@MattЭллен AHA! Now that the tinfoil is off we have total control of you mind; we control even your kybrd rmvng ll vwls.
then my tin foil wasn't working, because that happens a lot anyway
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Not "I smurftand smurfdfhgurtiia"?
Hmmm... all this is making me hungry for some sdfhgurtiia. AFK BBL.
how's that?
20:06
you must smurf a different dialect of smurf than I do.
I'm too tired to catch up, but now I wish I had a bowl of cultured sdfhgurtiiao
20:32
@aediaλ No, not rancid noodles. You're thinking of a type of jewel home-grown in oysters.
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Q: In Google Spreadsheet, finding what formulas reference a given value

MετάEdI would like to find out which cells have formula dependencies in a large spreadsheet. I am looking for a way to do something like to OpenOffice Tools>Detective>Trace dependents and Edit>Find & Replace>Search in formulas or a way to create a trigger in GAS that gets called when a give...

posted on August 12, 2013 by sgdi

There once was a man in a tree As happy as happy could be Life off the ground Was distinctly profound And so simple it filled him with glee

21:09
@Robusto No, no, not that Steinbeck novella. You're thinking of what happened to Tom Collins' coat.
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@aediaλ I read The Pearl too! It was my literature textbook!
The whole one? ;)
@Mitch What English do you speak by bus?
@Gigili On the bus, I hardly speak at all. Mostly strangers. If someone steps on my foot, that's when I start talking.
By bus? "Excuse me! Back door please!"
21:21
!! I say that all the time!
@Gigili But really... what do you mean?
And that's not a euphemism. It always seems polite to exit the back door when there's a crowd getting on and on long rides I would always sit to the back to make it convenient, but then I'm small and drivers don't see me and don't automatically open the back door...
@MετάEd export to excel-> find references
@Mitch I meant please share your sdfhgurtiiao with me.
@Gigili Is that the rancid noodle sdfhgurtiiao or the sdfhgurtiiao that goes with whipped cream. They are often mistaken but there's a bug difference. You don't want to mix them up.
@Mitch That's fraught with peril because formulas don't always survive the export so well ... plus I am asking for a solution in Google Spreadsheets itself so I don't have to spend money in Redmond.
22:20
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A: When should I use "a" versus "an" in front of a word beginning with the letter h?

Steve HarrisonAn or a, that is the question. I find that if I don't think about it I automatically say the word with whichever article sounds best. The hard bit is micro-analyzing it. (P.S. I also automatically write it in whichever way sounds best as I 'speak' it in my head). There is no clearly defined 'corr...

“There is no clearly defined correct answer”?!
22:32
Good day.
I went for coffee with a friend today (at the best shop in the city) and it was incredible. I've never tasted coffee that delicious before.
22:47
@tchrist Read that. Thought "shouldn't this question be protected?" Scrolled up and saw you'd anticipated me.
23:11
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Q: Can "But!" be a sentence?

john.dennisFrom Dune: "You will feel pain in this hand within the box. Pain. But! Withdraw the hand and I'll touch your neck with my gom jabbar -- the death so swift it's like the fall of the headsman's axe." Is the sentence "But!" considered grammatically correct? How is this meant to be interpreted?...

Sigh.
Can sigh be a sentence?
Um.
Can um be a sentence?
Sentence?
Can sentence? be a sentence?
23:38
And?
> According to statistics kept by the International Centre for Prison Studies, 716 of every 100,000 Americans are in prison or in jail awaiting trial. That compares to 479 in Russia, 284 in Iran, 274 in Brazil, 209 in Mexico, 149 in England and Wales, 121 in China, 114 in Canada, 102 in France, and 80 in Germany.
My goodness, but aren’t those Germans law-abiding folk!

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