English Language & Usage: Multi-Layered Discourse Room

skullpatrol

00:39

lol

Freddy

05:08

@nosmoking I used to play two years before. I have played state level (Maximum level one can play from school) but then due to new fukin coach i stop it!!!!!!

Freddy

05:39

if about basketball is due to my height then i was just kidding that i am 6"8', very few asian are soo tall :p

i am only 183 cms

medica

06:13

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Q: What does "f***ing pay" mean?

I have never seen "fucking pay" before. what does it mean. I have read this in this sentences " Let's hope you're right. that's all I have to say. Because otherwise... you know? soneone, somewhere is going to fucking pay."

That is the lamest effing question I ever saw.

@tchrist - I see you're back. How are you tonight?

Jasper Loy

@medica Did you get my email address?

medica

@ Hey Jasper! Yes, I did, thanks.
Good to see you!

How are you?

Jasper Loy

Pretty much the same, trying to get better.

medica

OCD?

Jasper Loy

Yup, something like that.

medica

06:22

How can you try to get better, may I ask? Hmm...

that would put an undue burden on you, I would think.

Jasper Loy

I need time to sort out my thoughts. I also need to think about many other things.

I kind of have developed my own coping techniques, though they may not be the best.

medica

Have you (please forgive me if I am trespassing) ever thought of thinking less, and just doing?

Like, doing things you might have to force yourself to do.

Jasper Loy

That will come when I have thought enough. I can't really function normally until then.

medica

:(

Well, I hope that comes soon.

Jasper Loy

I can't exactly describe my methods, but they seem to be the only ones. I am not seeing a therapist now, but I am always considering it. But I am still taking meds.

I hope my liberation comes soon too. When I look back at my life, I have never been truly happy.

medica

06:26

Meds are good, very good. But a good therapist is worth their weight in gold. And are hard to find.

Are you glad to be back here? I'm happy to see you back.

I'm sorry to hear that.

Jasper Loy

Yes, I am trying not to delete my account anymore, it is a bad habit, but not really part of my OCD.

I will try my best to get well, but there is a possibility that I may never get well again, whatever that means, in which case I will suffer for the rest of my life till death.

medica

Good. I was sorry you left. I'm glad, though, that you are giving out your email address. If I hadn't seen you here, I would have written soon.

Jasper Loy

So, although I make plans for the future, in a way I also live one day at a time.

medica

Are there any things that give you pleasure? There must be some.

Jasper Loy

I have also changed my email address many times, but I am trying to keep this one forever, lol.

medica

06:29

Ah, good.

Jasper Loy

Yes, I like walking in my favourite shopping mall. I do that at least once a week.

I am currently targeting total recovery by the end of next year.

When next year starts, I will try to study math from morning till night every day.

medica

Good! I hope this happens.

Jasper Loy

I need to prepare for the GRE to apply to grad school.

I have forgotten almost all the math I have learnt, which is not much.

medica

that's exciting and intimidating!

I stink at math.

What will you be applying for? Programming? Other?

Jasper Loy

@medica My plans have been delayed for several years. Every year I say that, but every year I find that I am still unable to focus, but I always hope that I won't have to wait another year.

@medica Math, the most important inanimate thing in my life.

medica

06:32

well, that is an intimidating prospect, if you've forgotten all your math. But go for it. You can do it.

My mother gave me some really good advice once.

Want to hear it?

Jasper Loy

OK.

Freddy

@JasperLoy nobody can forget maths it's just we need to do is take a look and practice a bit again.

medica

When I was thinking of switching into medicine, I was really struggling with it, because it was so late (to me) in my life. I complained to her, But mom, I'll be (x years old) by the time I finish.

She said:

You're going to be (x years old) anyway. You might as well be an (x year old) doctor.

Jasper Loy

@Freddy I am not talking about high school math, but beyond that. =)

@medica LOL

medica

I had never thought of it that way. :)

But I knew immediately that she was right.

So, in a year, be an (x year old) math grad student!

Jasper Loy

06:36

We will all grow old and then die one day. Birth, old age, sickness, and death are all suffering.

medica

yep. Might as well be doing something that we think might make us happier.

Jasper Loy

@medica Actually in a few years, because one still needs to take the GRE, apply, etc.

medica

Even (maybe especially) if we have to work for it.

Well, if you need a cheerleader, or a push, just let me know.

but I really think you'll be happier once you're doing something that will move you in a different direction.

So study hard for the GRE!

:)

How are things here?
It seems very quiet.

Jasper Loy

Thank you for the encouragement.

I am just editing a question on the site.

medica

avec plaisir.

Jasper Loy

06:40

Is it your bed time yet?

medica

good.

Ah, my bedtimes are all messed up since I got back from Italy.

But yes, I should go soon.

Jasper Loy

Ah, Italy! I like pasta carbonara and opera, lol.

medica

:D

Didn't see any opera, but ate very well, and a lot!

Jasper Loy

I am trying to lose 10 kg, lol.

medica

Am trying to lose some weight now. Not fun.

I would gladly lose 10 kg.

I really like food, though.

Jasper Loy

06:43

You talked to nosmoking too, I saw. He should put on more weight, lol.

medica

My son, who can eat all day and not put any weight on, dragged us to full meals 3 times/day.

Oh, I'm so glad he's starting to get to normal weight!

I had a problem with my leg on the flight, so exercise is not an option for me right now.

Jasper Loy

I eat only 1 full meal a day now, but still fat.

medica

Yea, I know that situation.

One time, I lost about 40 pounds.

Jasper Loy

Wow, that is a lot.

medica

Not doing anything.

Yeah, I was young and my first love broke up with me.

Jasper Loy

06:47

I lost weight when I fractured both arms before.

medica

I guess I stopped eating.

Wow!

Seriously?

Jasper Loy

I never dated or had a girlfriend, lol.

medica

OKCupid?

Jasper Loy

I quit when the girl I wanted to message quit, lol. Maybe I will join again.

medica

:(

Two of my friends found their spouses there.

Jasper Loy

06:49

It's a good site, totally FOC.

medica

I could hardly believe it, but, it seems to happen a lot.

FOC?

Jasper Loy

free of charge

medica

even better!

go for it!

Jasper Loy

Are you going to email me? Then I would have your address.

medica

Yes, I will. I'll do so tomorrow.

Jasper Loy

06:51

You better go and sleep now.

medica

And I do hope you'll write back.

:)

Alors, then, bonne nuit.

Jasper Loy

Good night.

medica

:)

Freddy

any funny full form of L.B.H. possible?

Jasper Loy

length breadth height

Freddy

06:55

Funny, because my chemistry teacher gives us L.B.H.(learn by heart) topics. I always enjoy commenting on this type of stuff

As soon as i comment he sends me out of class, lol

best punishment

tchrist

07:12

@medica Now medicated. Hiking to the top required more than my knee would put up with, but I of course did it anyway. So I am now on a crutch; naproxen (440mg so clinical dose not typical OTC); Voltaren gel; another topical gel from a compounding pharmacy that includes ketamine and tetracaine; and oxycodone. The oxycodone is keeping me awake, of course; I really really hate it. I cannot quite explain my little Tourette’s postings, though. :)

It would have been very very very easy to (unintentionally) plunge hundreds of feet to my death from the top, since I went to the edge for ash dispersal. And of course, there was a wind blowing up, which was very freaking when the obvious occurred.

Label on compounded gel reads KETA/BACLO/CYCLO/DICLO/GABA/TETRACAINE; I no longer have the script that says the proportions of each but I am guessing that might be descending order; not sure. But I see that Voltaren is just diclo — but I didn’t notice that there was an overlap. Ok, so I won’t mix those anymore; I hate accidentally double-dosing on anything, even if it is “just” a topical anti-inflammatory.

nosmoking

08:31

articulations are bitches

cyanide-based food

09:01

What is the word representing whether a term raised to an odd integer or an even integer?

Andrew Leach

10:00

You may be thinking of anti-symmetric and symmetric (in that order).

wmueller.com/precalculus/families/1_41.html

medica

@tchrist, It was very well done of you. What a beautiful and fitting ceremony. If my children honor me so, I will feel much loved.

Perhaps, after some reflection, it is time to put thoughts of the deaths around you away, and start to heal, your knee and your spirit.

Your Touretts posting (funny) can be attributed to the meeting of circumstance and drug. :)

That knee sounds like a problem. Are you scheduled for surgery? What is the trial period?

You're lucky to have a compounding pharmacy for you. The gel precludes ice (a big help in acute injuries), but it will all work in the end.

Take care, the worst is perhaps behind you.

Jasper Loy

10:32

@cyanide-basedfood There seems to be no such word.

cyanide-based food

@JasperLoy: Hi jasper!

Jasper Loy

@cyanide-basedfood Hello, have we spoken before?

@cyanide-basedfood Oh my ghost!

cyanide-based food

@JasperLoy: Yes of course. I ate rice in a rusty ricecooker.

Jasper Loy

@cyanide-basedfood OK. It seems that you are always 13.

cyanide-based food

@JasperLoy :-)

@JasperLoy: Did you get married?

Jasper Loy

10:35

@cyanide-basedfood No, I am still single and available.

cyanide-based food

@JasperLoy Free of charge? :-)

Jasper Loy

@cyanide-basedfood Yes, lol.

cyanide-based food

@JasperLoy: HOw are you?

Jasper Loy

@cyanide-basedfood Pretty much the same, still trying to get better.

cyanide-based food

@JasperLoy I hope so. :-)

Jasper Loy

10:38

@cyanide-basedfood Hope one day you will tell me your secrets.

cyanide-based food

@JasperLoy :-)

I am not confident for sure.

Jasper Loy

@cyanide-basedfood I think you are around my age.

cyanide-based food

@JasperLoy :-)

Jasper Loy

@cyanide-basedfood Parity refers to whether a number is even or odd. Polarity refers to whether it is positive or negative. That is all I have come across.

cyanide-based food

@JasperLoy: The following might help to understand what I want to say.

Jasper Loy

10:43

All I see is black squares.

Oh I see it now.

cyanide-based food

I don't know why they become black rectangles.

Jasper Loy

@cyanide-basedfood You can simply say odd power or even power like you have done so.

cyanide-based food

I am looking for the term to represetn "the type of power".

Jasper Loy

I don't know of any such term. No need to invent terms for this kind of thing.

cyanide-based food

@JasperLoy OK. Thanks.

Jasper Loy

10:51

@cyanide-basedfood I remember you said you are Kee Kee, lol.

cyanide-based food

@JasperLoy Hehehe. Ta ke...

Don't kill me ta ke.

哥哥

Jasper Loy

@cyanide-basedfood That is not hanyupinyin. It should be da ge.

@cyanide-basedfood That is ge ge.

@cyanide-basedfood Her hanyupinyin name is qi qi.

cyanide-based food

@JasperLoy OK. Thanks.

Jasper Loy

@cyanide-basedfood I guess I will never ever find out your secrets.

cyanide-based food

@JasperLoy I am not as pretty as Eva Huang for sure.

黃聖依

Jasper Loy

10:59

@cyanide-basedfood You have a beautiful heart.

cyanide-based food

@JasperLoy :-)

Jasper Loy

@cyanide-basedfood Did you watch Heaven's Coins 1 and 2?

cyanide-based food

@JasperLoy Not yet.

Jasper Loy

@cyanide-basedfood How is your physical problem now?

cyanide-based food

@JasperLoy Still the same. :(

Jasper Loy

11:02

@cyanide-basedfood Will you get better one day, or is it permanent?

cyanide-based food

@JasperLoy Need much money to recover. :(

Jasper Loy

@cyanide-basedfood OK. I am not rich, so I cannot help you with that. I wish you good luck.

@cyanide-basedfood It is also not easy for me to recover, but I am taking some medication now.

cyanide-based food

@JasperLoy Hehehe... That is the everlasting problem.

@JasperLoy did you watch One Liter Tear?

Jasper Loy

@cyanide-basedfood Have you used pst-solides3d?

@cyanide-basedfood Yes, I watched both the movie and the drama series.

cyanide-based food

@JasperLoy Not yet. Because the terms used in pst-solides3d are not easy to remember.

Jasper Loy

11:09

@cyanide-basedfood Ah OK. I think it is the most powerful TeX package among the two thousand of them.

cyanide-based food

@JasperLoy Why?

Jasper Loy

@cyanide-basedfood It can produce such beautiful 3D graphics. There is no equivalent.

cyanide-based food

@JasperLoy Asymptote can produce much better ones.

Jasper Loy

@cyanide-basedfood Yes, but it lacks the macros of pstricks. One has to do a lot of programming to get the picture with asymptote.

cyanide-based food

@JasperLoy I hate inconsistencies in PSTricks.

Jasper Loy

11:13

@cyanide-basedfood I am not an expert in any TeX package. However, I know you are an expert of pstricks.

cyanide-based food

@JasperLoy Thanks. But I am still learning. Herbert , Cristoph are the masters.

Jasper Loy

@cyanide-basedfood Do you know about pstricks.blogspot.com? Beautiful!

cyanide-based food

Is mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology certification famous in Singapore?

@JasperLoy Yes. Of course.

Jasper Loy

@cyanide-basedfood Why do you ask?

cyanide-based food

Is there such an certification institute in Singapore?

Just want to know, you might invent it if it is not already available. :-)

Jasper Loy

11:16

@cyanide-basedfood During my time, I took the O-level and A-level exams by Cambridge. Nowadays there are other programs like IB.

@cyanide-basedfood Although it has reputation for its education program, it is mostly rubbish to me. Lots of memorisation and little understanding of math in the classrooms.

cyanide-based food

Oh I see. I bought this book: amazon.com/gp/product/0521530121/…

Jasper Loy

@cyanide-basedfood Where are you now?

cyanide-based food

@JasperLoy Not too far from Singapore.

I want to go to Singapore, where can I find the good and complete book store there?

Jasper Loy

@cyanide-basedfood What do you want to buy?

cyanide-based food

@JasperLoy Singaporean mathematics book

Tan C Keong's book.

Jasper Loy

11:22

@cyanide-basedfood I think you should just shop on amazon, more choices.

cyanide-based food

Additional mathematics, Shing Lee's boook, etc

Jasper Loy

@cyanide-basedfood The books written by local authors are mostly rubbish to me.

cyanide-based food

@JasperLoy :-)

Jasper Loy

@cyanide-basedfood The high ranking of students here on international tests is for routine questions that involve much memorisation and little understanding. So the ranking means nothing to me.

RegDwigнt

My inbox is broken. I can't make the stupid red number go away. For two days now it's been unkillable.

Jasper Loy

11:26

@cyanide-basedfood Do you still have the gif you made for me?

@RegDwigнt Same here.

cyanide-based food

@JasperLoy I forgot where I put the source.

Jasper Loy

@cyanide-basedfood OK. I forgot which part of the transcript it is in.

@cyanide-basedfood What kind of math are you learning now? High school stuff?

cyanide-based food

$Mathematics$

Jasper Loy

@cyanide-basedfood Yes, I know that.

cyanide-based food

@JasperLoy For giving a private lecture to my high school student.

I have to prepare a lecture not for them.

I make money from teaching.

Jasper Loy

11:31

in Elaborating Herbert Voss' short answer, Oct 25 '12 at 13:20, by ガベージコレクタ

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@cyanide-basedfood I found the gif!

cyanide-based food

@JasperLoy Very nice :-)

Jasper Loy

@cyanide-basedfood Thank you. I hope you recover soon. If there is a next life, I hope you have a good rebirth.

cyanide-based food

@JasperLoy Thank you honey!

Next time, please talk in another room.

nosmoking

12:02

@cyanide-basedfood is cyanide-based food good?

It's just Carbon-Azote

I prefer Curry to enliven plates, but why not

RegDwigнt

12:19

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Q: what is a haystack

meaning× 5985 for questions related to definitions and nuances of meaning of a word or phrase. 7 asked today, 60 this week word-choice× 5265 for questions about choosing the best word for a particular context or meaning. 32 asked this week, 129 this month single-word-requests× 4851 for questions ...

single-word-requests grammar phrase-requests phrase-meaning identifier-choice

What the actual.

cyanide-based food

@nosmoking :-)

RegDwigнt

@JasperLoy why is your name on a Macedonian flag?

room topic changed to English Language & Usage: Taxes half off on answer holiday weekend (no tags)

skullpatrol

Maybe the Macedonian flag is on his name.

@RegD did you ever think of that^?

Btw what is the regular tax rate on answers?

RegDwigнt

12:38

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Q: where is pardeep? what are different ways to answer this question?

What are the different ways to answer this kind of question in English?

american-english british-english indian-english

Ah, Sundays...

Here's a suggestion: shut the site down between Friday and Monday.

@skullpatrol seven.

skullpatrol

Does that including all taxes or are there hidden dummy taxes?

If so, please explain to me what a "dummy tax" means :-)

RegDwigнt

But if we have to explain to you what a dummy tax is, then we must first tax you said tax!

skullpatrol

Did you just call me a dummy?

Some people say that buying a lottery ticket is a tax on dummies.

Also, you never answered my question if all taxes are included :-)

Jasper Loy

13:18

I just ate a lot, now I feel bloated.

GnomeSlice

Today's Listening | Indie Dance / Nu Disco (Mixsets day 17)

GnomeSlice

14:32

Bass for Autism

Freddy

@GnomeSlice mixtape is nice. Seems u r music lover like me!

GnomeSlice

You know it

Freddy

my favourite

super good

GnomeSlice

@Freddy I know this one. Very upbeat.

Freddy

but never bores you

GnomeSlice

14:44

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RutvikSutaria

pitbul rocks

GnomeSlice

@RutvikSutaria you may also like this

Freddy

@RutvikSutaria you will also like i m sexy n i know it by LMFAO

GnomeSlice

I am not a fan of LMFAO

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Really into this stuff lately

Freddy

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Cerberus

14:51

Hello!

I have returned from the countryside.

Freddy

@Cerberus hello

GnomeSlice

@Freddy I see you have Coldplay in your avatar. What do you think of this?

Cerberus

Hi Freddy.

@tchrist Haha that is true!

Freddy

i love old one like 1985 or rolling stone

@GnomeSlice i have most of them in my computer

out them my favourite is The Eclipse

RutvikSutaria

@Freddy desolation raw is better then rolling stone if we talk about Bob Dylan

Freddy

15:00

@RutvikSutaria dude his best is blowin my mind

GnomeSlice

disasterpeace.com/track/the-clock-master-sync-majesty

Love it

Doesn't sound like our tastes line up, lol.

RutvikSutaria

@Freddy Don't too much about him only listened his two songs.

Freddy

@GnomeSlice ya

GnomeSlice

That's me lol

Freddy

this one is better avatar

GnomeSlice

15:06

I use that on music sites.

I have different versions of the one I use here that I switch between every now and then.

Freddy

seems you made it yourself

GnomeSlice

Correct. :)

Freddy

Which is ur favourite band

GnomeSlice

That's a really tough pick.

Rameses B maybe.

I used to be really into Pretty Lights, but I haven't listened to him much lately.

I'm a big fan of nervous_testpilot as well.

I don't think I have one single favourite.

Freddy

i like u2, pink floyd, beatles, backstreet boys and many many more, lol

GnomeSlice

15:13

I'm not a hipster, but I don't really listen to the radio so I don't know a lot of popular music, lol.

RutvikSutaria

i haven't seen single guy who have only 1 favourite. It is not possible to have.

GnomeSlice

@RutvikSutaria When I was in high school Disturbed was my favourite. Hands down.

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c-jeff.com/album/big-steel-wheels

bandcamp.sectionz.com/album/the-method-to-the-madness

Freddy

Band camp reminds me of American Pie, lol

Today i got chance to listen many nice music

RutvikSutaria

@Freddy I liked only first 3 parts of American Pie

and last one reunion

Freddy

@RutvikSutaria ohhh You have seen all

RutvikSutaria

15:21

Yes in 2 days

Freddy

hahahaha I haven't seen last two

I have seen first part when i was 12, lol

RutvikSutaria

lucky your parents did not caught you. I was caught watching naked mile exactly when they were running mile, lol

Freddy

@RutvikSutaria OMG

@GnomeSlice you should try some rock type or you know some high beats

GnomeSlice

I still listen to a little metal

And some rock from time to time, but not in a while.

Weezer, The Black Crowes, used to be into Metallica

@Freddy soundcloud.com/serious-url/lemaitre-high-tide

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