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skullpatrol

13:15

!!hi

KitSox

@skullpatrol Are you excited? Or did you need help with my workings?

KitFox

Hiya.

KitSox

@skullpatrol Are you excited? Or did you need help with my workings?

Matt Эллен

Hello

KitFox

Hey, want to help me write a response to greetings?

Matt Эллен

13:20

OK!

KitFox

There is a keyboard listener, so we'll need some regex.

Matt Эллен

ok

KitFox

I can figure that out or maybe I can figure out how the listener works.

Which should I do?

Matt Эллен

so long as we don't bring about the end times

KitFox

Nah. What's the worst thing that happens?

looks evasive

Matt Эллен

13:23

@KitFox figuring out how to capture keyboard events should be first

KitFox

It already does that.

!!thanks

KitSox

@KitFox Most welcome

KitFox

That's a listener.

I think it's something like bot.listen('regex', function());

I'm trying to find the signature.

It looks like he's used this more than once. tch Messy.

Matt Эллен

tch

KitFox

So there's also

!!listen cowsay woof

KitSox

13:26

 _____
< woof >
 -----
        \   ^__^
         \  (oo)\_______
            (__)\       )\/\
                ||----w |
                ||     ||

KitFox

Or maybe it's

listen cowsay woof

Nope. Need the invocation.

Listen also subs for / it seems.

Matt Эллен

!!cowsay dirigible

KitSox

 __________
< dirigible >
 ----------
        \   ^__^
         \  (oo)\_______
            (__)\       )\/\
                ||----w |
                ||     ||

Matt Эллен

!!help listen

KitSox

@MattЭллен listen: Forwards the message to my ears (as if called without the /)

Matt Эллен

13:28

seems it's redundant

KitFox

Yeah.

Anyway. Let's see what we can do.

pops open bot

^ means nothing leading, right? Start of string or summat?

Matt Эллен

yeah, I think that's starts with

KitFox

closes ~~hood~~ bonnet

!!refresh

!!hi

KitSox

@KitFox Hi

KitFox

Well. That was. OK.

Matt Эллен

13:31

!!halloo

KitSox

@MattЭллен Are you excited? Or did you need help with my workings?

KitFox

Now, random list and better regex.

!!afk goAFK KitFox

KitSox

@KitFox Hurry back, ok?

Matt Эллен

!!afk

KitSox

@MattЭллен Why are you leaving me!?

Matt Эллен

13:38

!!back

KitSox

@MattЭллен Are you excited? Or did you need help with my workings?

@MattЭллен Where were you!?

Matt Эллен

where were you?

KitFox

I don't know javascript conventions. Are variable names mushed together, camelcased, or underscored or what?

KitSox

@KitFox I thought you'd never come back!

KitFox

!!afk

KitSox

13:41

@KitFox Can you pick up some milk on your way back?

Matt Эллен

in javascript variables and functions are usually camelCase

KitFox

!!refresh

KitSox

@KitFox Where's the milk?

KitFox

So I can't figure out how to use the desktop GitHub.

Matt Эллен

I haven't tried

I've used Git GUI. I can't remember if I've used it to update a github repo

RegDwigнt

13:50

Soon we'll have translated all of Charles Dickens into Simple English.

KitFox

OK, I got the file open.

!!hi

KitSox

@KitFox Hi.

RegDwigнt

!!wo?

KitSox

@RegDwigнt Are you excited? Or did you need help with my workings?

RegDwigнt

!!answer me

KitFox

13:50

Now I'm trying to figure out how to edit it.

RegDwigнt

Use an editor.

Did I just broked the bot?

KitFox

!!refresh

!!hi

KitSox

@KitFox What's shaking?

RegDwigнt

!!answer me

Matt Эллен

!!rofoosh

KitSox

13:51

@RegDwigнt Are you excited? Or did you need help with my workings?

@MattЭллен Are you excited? Or did you need help with my workings?

RegDwigнt

!!Oh come on.

KitSox

@RegDwigнt Are you excited? Or did you need help with my workings?

RegDwigнt

!!refresh some more

Matt Эллен

!!afk

KitFox

Hey, I can only do so much.

RegDwigнt

13:52

!!refresh till the end of all good and holy

KitFox

It looks like GitHub on the desktop just does diffs. Huh.

Matt Эллен

huh

KitFox

Well that's OK, I got a tool right here, you know what I'm saying.

RegDwigнt

!!fork the repo

KitSox

@RegDwigнt Are you excited? Or did you need help with my workings?

RegDwigнt

13:53

!!yes. and !!yes.

KitFox

Or maybe I can edit but just can't figure out how.

KitSox

@RegDwigнt Are you excited? Or did you need help with my workings?

RegDwigнt

Kit. You are awesome and all but that is a robot even I could program.

KitFox

Yeah, duh.

RegDwigнt

Yeah.

KitFox

13:54

I pulled her out of the trash pile so I could fix her up pretty and learn stuff in the process.

RegDwigнt

So how many stuff you learned thus far?

KitFox

If you are nice about it, I will add some lego functions to her.

@RegDwigнt About four.

RegDwigнt

bees nice about it

KitFox

So what lego stuffs you want?

RegDwigнt

All of them.

KitFox

13:55

Set lookup?

RegDwigнt

I dunno really.

Oh yeah, set lookup.

KitFox

I could maybe do that.

Matt Эллен

!!lego 3456

KitSox

@MattЭллен Are you excited? Or did you need help with my workings?

KitFox

Where would I get the info?

@MattЭллен I had done that with the other one, hadn't I? Maybe not.

RegDwigнt

13:56

Or perhaps a search of MOCpages or Brickshelf for a given keyword, returning a random image from the results.

KitFox

I could maybe do that.

Matt Эллен

@KitFox which other one?

KitFox

Caprica.

Matt Эллен

oh, I don't know. I was imagining how set look up would work :)

RegDwigнt

@KitFox just return http://brickset.com/detail/?Set=<ID>-1. That'd be a starting point.

Or perhaps http://www.1000steine.com/brickset/large/<ID>-1.jpg

KitFox

13:58

Hmm. It looks like there are several branching points, but that could be doable.

RegDwigнt

So you type in !!lego 40056 and get this:

Matt Эллен

lol

that looks creepy

RegDwigнt

That was unexpected. Why lol?

KitFox

@RegDwigнt This doesn't show for me.

RegDwigнt

@KitFox yeah I don't really know the schema they use.

KitFox

13:59

I'll see what I can do.

After I finish the greeting responses.

And this meeting thing today.

RegDwigнt

@MattЭллен you serious? It looks awesome. If it wasn't £7 I'd get it in a heartbeat.

It's a great parts pack.

Actually even at £7 it's quite a bargain.

Matt Эллен

@RegDwigнt some kind of weird couple from the 1970s that murder people. that's what it makes me think of

RegDwigнt

I think that turkey alone is like £3.

@MattЭллен well, yes. Thanksgiving. Your point being?

Matt Эллен

I see. I guess my point is that Thanksgiving is creepy

RegDwigнt

The red legs are funny. But you could use them to build, um. Something red.

Matt Эллен

14:03

Star Wars imperial guard

RegDwigнt

I actually built a SW set yesterday. And I liked it!

Matt Эллен

I hope your boyfriend don't mind it

KitFox

Which one?

Also, what's the regex symbol for and whatever else? Is it asterisk?

Matt Эллен

@KitFox . for one more character, .+ for atleast one more character, .* for 0 or more characters

RegDwigнt

!!lego 9498

KitSox

14:04

@RegDwigнt Are you excited? Or did you need help with my workings?

RegDwigнt

KitFox

Oh we have that one!

RegDwigнt

It is gorgeous.

KitFox

It's the best starfighter yet.

RegDwigнt

And I got it for like 50% off. Which is still more than you paid.

KitFox

14:05

The older ones are not nearly as good a design.

RegDwigнt

And it has the Dubya minifig.

KitFox

@MattЭллен Thanks!

Matt Эллен

no probs

KitFox

@RegDwigнt giggles

RegDwigнt

Matt Эллен

14:06

lol

RegDwigнt

I had to have it.

KitFox

OK, who is good at regex?

Not it.

Matt Эллен

tchrist

@MετάEd

KitFox

@MattЭллен I don't think he's functional right now.

Matt Эллен

probably @MrShinyAndNew

RegDwigнt

14:07

Yeah I dropped out of the regex business after tchrist showed up.

Matt Эллен

@KitFox aye, hence no @

I can give it a shot

sicne the rest aren't here

KitFox

There's got to be a better way than this:

/^hi(.*)|^hello(.*)|^hallo(.*)|^greetings(.*)/

RegDwigнt

@KitFox actually he's been editing the crap out of the site again. Looks like he's coping.

KitFox

That may be his method of coping.

Matt Эллен

@KitFox /^(hi|hello|hallo|greetings).*/

KitFox

14:09

Oh. Right. Duh.

RegDwigнt

Which reminds me. I was building that starfighter while watching La Strada. I've been meaning to go check the IMDb comments on it. BBL

KitFox

What else should be in there?

Matt Эллен

hullo, hiya

KitFox

Hiya is covered, innit?

RegDwigнt

Matt Эллен

14:10

oh, yeah :D

RegDwigнt

I also built this one a couple days ago.

Matt Эллен

nice

KitFox

Oh envy.

RegDwigнt

And I have Jabba's Sail Barge in the pipeline.

KitFox

Meh.

RegDwigнt

14:10

And two Lone Ranger sets.

The stagecoach looks soo tasty.

KitFox

You might like the helicopter one with whatshisnuts the mutant killer.

Deadpool.

RegDwigнt

Wut.

The dark red Super Heroes chopper? With Wolverine?

Matt Эллен

/^(hi|h(e|a|u)llo|greetings).*/

RegDwigнt

I don't know no Deadpool.

Matt Эллен

born from the souls of dead journalists

KitFox

14:12

amazon.com/LEGO-Wolverine-Chopper-Showdown-6866/dp/B007GE5X7S

I like the helicopter and it is a nice red color.

RegDwigнt

So yes. That's the one I meant.

KitFox

Deadpool is the minifig in the middle.

He's a mutant killer.

RegDwigнt

They've been running a competition on Rebrickable. For two weeks now.

KitFox

That's his purpose.

RegDwigнt

MOC Alternate Build Competition - Win $100

That's AUD, mind you.

KitFox

14:14

Oh. Interesting.

I liked it. My son put it together almost completely on his own.

RegDwigнt

The entries so far.

You still have two days!

KitFox

Well, I've got all this javascript to figure out.

RegDwigнt

Write a JavaScript to generate random MOCs from the BOM.

Then write another JavaScript that judges them and selects the best ones.

KitFox

!!refresh

!!hello

KitSox

@KitFox What's shaking?

KitFox

14:18

!!good morning

KitSox

@KitFox What up?

Matt Эллен

!!hiyawatha

KitSox

@MattЭллен Good [insert appropriate time of day here].

RegDwigнt

!!dat ass

KitFox

Hahaha

KitSox

14:18

@RegDwigнt Are you excited? Or did you need help with my workings?

RegDwigнt

For once, that is the correct reply.

KitFox

OK, I got about 30 minutes to attempt a lego something.

Matt Эллен

!!himalayas

KitSox

@MattЭллен How you doin'?

KitFox

Oh, the Brickset images are by permission only.

I should probably not use them then.

RegDwigнt

14:21

I was wondering.

Matt Эллен

cache.lego.com/e/dynamic/is/image/LEGO/6866

no hotlinking from lego, either

KitFox

Well, there's this.

RegDwigнt

Just have the script load the parts list and the images of the individual parts, then assemble them according to the instructions, then take a screenshot and post it here.

KitFox

Hmm.

So they intentionally make it difficult to scrape the images. I guess I can't fault them for that.

Oh, but there's this: cubiculus.com/api

I don't know though. Looks dicey.

RegDwigнt

Hm.

Their building instructions for 60026.

KitFox

14:33

RegDwigнt

Brickset's image for 60026.

Matt Эллен

RegDwigнt

@KitFox that one's still on my list. Depending on how much discount they give at AFOL days now, I might be getting it this Saturday.

KitFox

Like I said. Dicey.

Matt Эллен

hmmm

KitFox

14:34

Hmm.

Matt Эллен

yeah

I thought about that

KitFox

grumble

RegDwigнt

no stress

KitFox

Well, I just realized that I am going to be late for this meeting if I don't leave now.

So later!

Matt Эллен

CU

RegDwigнt

14:40

CU

EnglishMaster

Don't you think China can beat USA when they go into a full scale war? China is now rich as US and they can easily turn all their factories into weapon factories and buy every remaining weapons from other countries who want to sell weapons to them (including russia and north korea)

Matt Эллен

when?

this is news to me

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@RegDwigнt No wonder I get so many emails featuring red/black creations lately

RegDwigнt

The number of weapons has nothing to do with anything.

It takes but one weapon to end the war.

Matt Эллен

is it peace?

RegDwigнt

14:42

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 aye.

Matt Эллен

can I wield the peace ray?

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@RegDwigнt I didn't read them that closely, I just assumed this one fan of the set was posting lots of set-specific mocs

RegDwigнt

@MattЭллен you have to weld it first.

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 I actually kept forgetting about the competition. I didn't really notice the colors, but I did keep wondering about the rather weird MOCs.

Especially the last one.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

I don't even bother looking at them now

RegDwigнt

And then I'd go to the site and remember the contest again.

I must say it is a very strange seed set.

Quite expensive, too.

They should have picked some City stuff.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

14:45

It's not that expensive

RegDwigнt

30 Euro for 199 pieces.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

hey, do you know the name of the piece that's like a tile with one wall of a brick?

@RegDwigнt wow. it's not nearly that high around here.

RegDwigнt

And that's Germany. I bet in the Netherlands it's 35 Euro.

EnglishMaster

I think they won't use nuclear bombs even though they have them because they have this ideology to not kill any innocent civilians but only kill military and their leader (lol)

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@EnglishMaster wait until the US itself is under attack then revisit that opinion.

RegDwigнt

14:48

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 I'm trying to picture that one, in vain.

Ah wait.

Yes of course.

For some reason I was picturing a 2x2 tile with a 1x2 brick on one side.

That of course made no sense.

Matt Эллен

little do they know, but I've been slowly excavating underneath the continental shelf of the USA mainland. One day the top will come right off and I will push it into the Pacific Ocean!!!

RegDwigнt

You mean panels.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

yes I just found it

RegDwigнt

bricklink.com/catalogList.asp?catType=P&catString=91

Matt Эллен

No, I mean Pacific Ocean

RegDwigнt

14:50

@MattЭллен but I don't mean you.

Matt Эллен

But I mean me

RegDwigнt

Sometimes I mind you, but I never mean you.

Matt Эллен

:D

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@RegDwigнt that's it.

RegDwigнt

Usually I just try to remember a random set that has the part, then go via its inventory.

The categorization is not always logical.

This is a really weird panel.

I have the one in yellow.

No idea what to do with it.

Matt Эллен

14:53

for non-attached coverings

maybe

RegDwigнt

Though the use of the Light Bley one in the Tipper Truck makes sense.

My yellow one was just the back of the Cement Mixer's cabin. Could use lots of other pieces for that.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@RegDwigнt I think it would be useful in building various closed forms like trucks, cockpits, etc. Yes, other bricks could also work, but most people don't have that many bricks.

RegDwigнt

Actually I'd say most people have more of those other bricks than of this single BURP.

Which is no wonder, seeing how 1x6s have been around forever, and this one only got introduced this year.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

It's not a BURP it's a POOP

BURP = big ugly rock piece

RegDwigнt

It's big, ugly and a piece. Three out of four ain't bad, I say.

It is also mainly in bley. That's rock color right there.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

15:00

I guess we could ret-con the R to "random" and then do away with the awful POOP acronym.

RegDwigнt

Actually you could use it as CRAPP.

Well, as a part thereof anyway.

Matt Эллен

Poop Opp Oop Poop

RegDwigнt

But as long as it's not a STAMP, it's not that bad really.

Matt Эллен

RegDwigнt

@MattЭллен well that's a SHIP.

> Seriously Huge Investment in Parts. A very large LEGO spaceship, often (but not always) one that's 100+ studs long.

Matt Эллен

15:04

I see.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

@MετάEd better, or bigger?

RegDwigнt

Or uncut?

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

Ooh.

Like a pig in a blanket.

MετάEd

15:30

@MattЭллен tchrist is better than me but I can give it a shot.

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Yes.

Mr_Green

Hi guys

"I am Associate UX Engineer in small and cute company named Divami"

MετάEd

@Mr_Green I suggest you did it in the kitchen with the lead pipe.

Mr_Green

anything wrong with the grammar?

MετάEd

@Mr_Green I would need context to answer. For example, "I am Associate UX Engineer" is grammatically correct if there is only one such position and you are it. But if that is a title for more than one person at your company you would more likely write "I am an Associate UX Engineer".

Mr_Green

I was confused between "I am" or "I am a"

MετάEd

15:34

@Mr_Green You would write "I am an" not "I am a" because of the sound of the next syllable.

Mr_Green

and then "in a small" or "in small"

ahh yes

MετάEd

an associate, but a senior (for example)

@Mr_Green Probably "in a small" although in the right context it could be "in the small"

Mr_Green

So the correct sentence is:
`"I am an Associate UX Engineer in a small and cute company named Divami"`

"in the small" doesn't sound me good..

MετάEd

That's a correct sentence. ;-)

Mr_Green

Thanks :)

MετάEd

15:37

"in the small" might be used if the person reading this is already familiar with that small and cute company named Divami.

Mr_Green

ohh I see

Matt Эллен

15:58

The latest SE pod cast is quite funny, if you like that sort of thing

tchrist

17:23

Wow, I just got the superlame Gold Badge for Fabulous Question.

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