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5:02 PM
@RegDwigнt Thank you
@MattЭллен What's this about?
 
@RegDwigнt That would be news if he was going to marry a 27-year-old girl.
 
5:25 PM
@RegDwigнt Maybe you can help this lego user out?
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Q: Lego pregnancy without a dome

catersSo far for pregnancy I have tried a fetal carrier that I put on the minifig's back but this limits her movements. Specifically she can't bend too far in either direction and also she can't lay down the way she normally would(she would have to like bend her legs when she lays down or something to ...

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@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Hilarious.
Surely you understand that it is a joke?
 
Pregnancy is no joke.
 
@Cerberus I'm not sure what it is.
 
Come on.
> So far for pregnancy I have tried a fetal carrier that I put on the minifig's back but this limits her movements. Specifically she can't bend too far in either direction and also she can't lay down the way she normally would
This describes a real pregnancy.
 
except the carrying a fetus on your back part
 
5:30 PM
Except that.
> pieces often come off violently during birth(I remove the base to show birth in the most natural way(vaginally)
> My minifigs don't have a hole in the belly where I can put a big white dome to illustrate pregnancy.
 
@Cerberus That could mean anything. Have you SEEN some of the things people have made Lego minifigs do?
@Cerberus That is a true fact. There is no way to attach a lego dome to a minifig's belly.
People have tried, though, to make fat figs
 
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 A mini-figure is basically 2 units wide. You cannot do anything with that, let alone give birth.
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 It's also funny.
 
@Cerberus People have made models of Lego minifigs kneeling, crouching, curled up in balls, dancing, kicking, having sex, and many other things. Some of these involve brick-built legs, some involve disassembling the legs from the hips, some a combination.
"I take the base off to show birth" sounds to me like brick-built legs.
 
No comment.
 
All I'm saying is that lego figs being made to look pregnant or give birth isn't necessarily a joke.
 
5:37 PM
 
5:47 PM
Do you consider SQL a "programming language"?
 
Not really
but there are languages based on SQL that are programming languages
 
The answer would depend more the definition of "programming language" than the specification of SQL.
"Domain specific programming language" is a reasonable description.
But it goes down to your criteria for the grade.
Notably, ISO SQL isn't Turing complete, but most real implementations add enough to make it so (CTEs suffice, for example).
And then PL/pgSQ can be used quite like a procedural language.
Hmm. SQL/PSM makes SQL Turing-complete, so ISO SQL has been Turing-complete since 1999, rather than not as I said above.
 
6:13 PM
@Noah it's a more ornamental and geeky way of saying "After a deep analysis, I decided this"
 
Hello @kit @matt I went out just now for a walk.
 
@JonHanna I am totally going to nail that guy with this.
@JasperLoy Hi.
 
@Freddy Very nice.
@JonHanna Fair enough...
And hello.
 
@JasperLoy how's it outside? it's pretty cold here
 
@MattЭллен Same, rain the whole day. My umbrella got all wet.
 
6:24 PM
@JasperLoy at least you stayed dry, though?
 
@MattЭллен Yes, mostly.
 
My umbrella would have frozen today.
 
@JasperLoy my face got wet, cycling in some drizzle this morning
@Robusto sounds extreme!
 
-10C by your metric.
 
very cold, by my metric :D
 
6:28 PM
And it's snowing.
And I hate work and would rather be in Tahiti.
 
@Robusto hear, hear
 
I mean, is that too much to ask?
 
@JonHanna It's arguable if those are really part of SQL itself. I guess it depends on what you consider "SQL" to be. I consider it to be, basically, SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE. Everything else is extra.
 
6:45 PM
Everything else is gravy
 
mmm. Oracle gravy.
 
I was thinking chicken gravy but OK.
What about um table creates (schema defs)?
 
I'm on the fence about where to classify that part of database languages.
I guess, properly, they are part of SQL... but what is "SQL" gets bigger all the time
 
@JonHanna What's a CTE?
 
If you include stored procs in any language as part of "sql", as most databases do, then yeah, "sql" is a programming language, on the basis that it's a superset of one or more languages.
Also, if your definition of "programming language" is broad enough, then basic SQL might qualify on its own.
So @KitFox the answer is, as usual, "it depends"
 
6:53 PM
@Mitch Common table expression.
It's sort of like a one-time use temp table.
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Well. I guess I'm looking for reasons to dislike the interviewee.
Which means he's probably a decent match if my skills feel threatened.
 
@Robusto :(
 
Yeah, well. I can dream, can't I?
 
@KitFox I'd say them referring to SQL as a programming language wouldn't really be enough reason, in my book, as long as they're not muddling up the distinction between querying data and running procedures on a database.
@Robusto Can you work from home? Can you work from Tahiti?
 
I think I will ask him, in French, how he communicates effectively with upper management when he doesn't bother to proofread his resume.
 
I've dreamed of relocating to Aruba and just working from home.
@KitFox lol
 
6:56 PM
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 I am working from home right now.
 
(He claims proficiency in French)
 
@Robusto Just move "home" to "Tahiti"
 
Although given his place of origin, he probably speaks reasonably fluently.
 
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Well, the problem with that is I'd feel even less like working if I lived in Tahiti.
 
@Robusto Maybe you can retire there?
 
6:58 PM
I'm about a gnat's eyelash away from retiring here. Just don't wanna do this anymore.
Wanna sleep late and work on staying healthy.
 
But really. "integrated the same sight" when referring to a website.
Really.
 
ugh. instant fail ;p
 
It's full of typos.
And it bugs me that he writes it JQuery.
 
7:14 PM
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 PSM is part of the 1999 SQL Standard, and even the very early versions had more than just those.
@Mitch "Common Table Expressions"
 
@JonHanna What I mean is, the "sql standard" is a large standard covering many topics. Clearly one of those topics is a programming language, but when people say they're using "sql" to do something they are usually not referring to most of what's in the standard
in The Overlook Hotel, 2 mins ago, by Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
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That doesn't look like SQL
 
I keep tellin' ya. SQL covers many topics.
 
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 I thought SQL queries by themselves (using 'EXISTS' and 'FORALL') was somehow Turing complete.
 
@Mitch I'm not sure.
 
7:23 PM
@Robusto do you want a gnat to help get you over the edge?
 
Unnecessary.
 
new deadlines?
 
new eyelashes?
 
same Mitch
 
@Mitch so with CTEs and windowing SQL is turing complete, if your SQL engine allows infinite recursion.
 
7:27 PM
@JohanLarsson Good point, I haven't changed. It's every one else.
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 some kind of infinity is necessary (I say that because I don't know what windowing is, and I want to say something semi-intelligent).
 
7:45 PM
@Mitch no need
 
Jez
Hey guys, please vote to reopen my question here on Programmers:
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Q: Putting together a business case for moving to git from TFS?

JezI'm probably going to be giving a presentation to my company (mainly management, but also senior developers) on the benefits of moving to Git from a centralized TFS setup. I know that I massively prefer Git because of its speed and IMHO the improved workflow of the easy branching model, but what...

 
I have no such powers I think
 
Jez
I don't think it's too broad at all. it clearly specifies the information I'm looking for. they're too zealous in closing questions.
@JohanLarsson I see these links below the question: share edit reopen delete flag
what do you see?
 
I think 70% of the highest voted questions on programmers are closed.
{share, edit, flag} I have only 101 rep
 
Jez
doh.
 
7:52 PM
Upvoting your q is 50% of my lifetime activity
 
Jez
heh
oh ffs
nobody EVER votes to reopen
im the only one who has done so
 
I upvoted you as well, but no power to vote to reopen.
If it was on SO, no problem.
 
I think it should be harder to close questions with upvotes
 
I think it should remain as difficult as it is now
upvotes come from all sorts of shady places
 
Jez
@MattЭллен you dont have an accouint on Programmers?
 
7:58 PM
I only have 2669 reps, no reopen button for me
 
There's a meta link explaining why at least some people voted to close that question. Maybe you need to reformulate the question so that you better fit the pattern of an acceptable question. Such as "Please list all the advantages GIT has over TFS"... but then it's a list question.
 
Jez
@MattЭллен what?
i have reopen with like 300 rep
is it because i created the question?
 
Obviously. I have 1.5k and I don't see it.
 
yeah. because it's your question you can see it, but not use it
 
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Haha, incredible. But that's cheating.
 
8:04 PM
@Cerberus is it? why
I'm not sure how the round brick is attached. That might be cheating
But the boobs are made of lever bases and held on with a lego elastic
 
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 How is elastic not cheating?
Very Stephen Hawking.
 
@Cerberus It's a lego part.
How is using a Lego part cheating?
 
@Cerberus Stephen Hawking is hawt
 
Jez
damnit. my LG G3 is going to take a few days to arrive. i want that baby now.
 
nerd rage!
 
8:18 PM
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 If Lego the company acts against the spirit of Lego...
@Mitch But not preggers.
 
May all your gratification be instant.
 
@Jez So does the Lego figurine.
 
Jez
oh, i went to the doctor again about eh lump in the groin
so 3 docs (all women) have felt it now
 
Hello, fellow G2.
 
@Cerberus I hope not. He's not married.
 
Jez
8:19 PM
this one says it's likely a gland or lymph node on the ligament in the groin
 
@Jez Hawt. What did they say?
Ah.
 
Jez
not big enough a swelling to be lymphoma
but the body likes to trick you
it sure feels like a dodgy lump
 
"This one"? What did the other one(s) say?
 
@Robusto We'll take a cup of sanka yet.
 
Jez
that it was too small, and was probably a swollen lymph node
 
8:21 PM
@Cerberus The Lego company builds products out of parts. Some of those parts are bricks, some are other things. There are dozens of possible connections: studs in anti-studs, bars in clips, bars in holes, various hinges, pegs and axles, ropes, elastics, magnets, ball-in-socket (at least two sizes), pneumatics, etc.
Sometimes, people discover new ways of attaching old parts.
 
posted on January 06, 2015 by sgdi

The moon’s an incredible sight I do hope that one day I might Make it up there So I can stare Back down here with such great delight

 
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 You can make a 3-4-5 right triangle out of 1xn pieces.
 
What's cookin'?
 
@Rob Have you ever been candlepin bowling?
@Mitch my coffee on the little coffee burner. You?
 
8:24 PM
@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Tea and potato chips.
Basically what's available at the moment. You know, love the one you're with.
 
The eagle flies with the dove.
At midnight.
 
But it's really good
 
Oh. Together? Oh.
 
I never really understood those lyrics.
 
The words or the sentiment?
 
8:25 PM
at the same snack time. not chips in the coffee. I'm not crazy. Or on TV.
 
I’m glowing.
 
@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 what the sentiment is really supposed to be.
 
tchrist – you're a stackexchange treasure! Thanks to you and those above who defended the question. — ipso 3 mins ago
However, I think the glow is from fever, not treasure. Unfortunately.
 
is it 'you should just settle for your less than prime'...
or is it... you're really not in that league (with 'the one that you love')?...
 
@tchrist Oh, dear.
 
8:27 PM
or is it 'get it while you can, and then dump him/her when your love comes back'?
 
@Mitch ima go with this one.
 
@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 nice.. so you can prepare a 'ladder' to climb up.
also, the eagle would surely rip out the eyes of the dove. I'm just sayin.
 
@Mitch I'm going to have a gander at the lyrics and get back with you.
@Mitch :)
 
also, kind of biblical, the lion lies down with the lamb.
 
Miscegenation.
 
8:29 PM
so is he saying Jesus isn't that great but he's there for you until you win the lottery and you can forget all that religion crap?
@tchrist I know! but think of the fur.
 
@Mitch the lamb lies down on Broadway.
 
@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 "Loneliness, as the researchers note, is a greater risk for morbidity and mortality than cigarette smoking. So if you can’t talk with the ones you love, talk to the ones you’re with."
So it's a public health concern?
 
Promiscuity is a public health concern.
 
@tchrist is it too late for Tamiflu?
@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Right, it reduces lung cancer
I love science.
 
I totally lost track of this conversation once we stopped talking about pregnant Lego
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8:35 PM
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 I cannot approve of that.
 
Don't they sell a Maria immaculata?
@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 I thought it was with two g's.
 
@Mitch Probably.
 
@Cerberus Yeah, but not as pregnant + LEGO.
 
@Cerberus no no, it's Italian for "you're welcome"
 
8:36 PM
@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Ahh of course.
@MattЭллен That's actually what I thought she meant...
 
@tchrist fluids, rest, keep warm.
 
Bacterial.
Sinus.
 
@MattЭллен That's a funny way to recognize your new fatherhood.
 
8:41 PM
Oh hello, vicar.
 
@tchrist Oh. uh.. still fluids but substitute in steam bath and maybe even a little extra exercise (adrenalin can reduce congestion, at least while you're exercising).
@tchrist said the actress to the... vicar.
 
@Cerberus Lol. Of course you can't approve of new things.
 
Jez
ooh, Health is at 114.
 
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 are triangles allowed in the canon?
 
Jez
i want health! i want health! i want health!
oh, and as for @medica
 
8:43 PM
@Mitch I'm not sure what you mean
 
Jez
my doc told me to wash down there with E45 cream
she said using soap down there was a bad idea because of the dryness.
are you really a doctor? :-)
 
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 I mean are you allowed to attach bricks at other than 90 degree angles (like 45 or in a 3-4-5 triangle)?
 
@Mitch Um, sure, if it fits
 
@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Yes. Can't say I'm any good at it.
 
8:47 PM
My big mistake at the outset was bowling with only two balls, like regular bowling. Candlepin uses three per frame.
 
@Robusto Compared with regular 10-pin?
 
I was never great at any kind of bowling, but I was only half-bad at 10-pin.
Very hard to even make a spare in candlepin.
 
@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 This rings the most true to me: "I bet it's just about Stephen Stills wanting to get into someones pants whose lover was fighting in the War"
 
Have you ever played 5-pin bowling?
 
@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Promiscuity is a pubic health concern as well.
 
8:51 PM
@Mitch :)
@Robusto they seem difficult to reset as well.
@Robusto ha!
 
Jez
hey guys, i have a handwriting decoding exercise for yous
 
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 I've not.
 
@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 I dunno. I never acquired a taste for it. Took the kids a few times, but they were more interested in the video games.
Why you wanna know about candlepin?
 
@Robusto I want to try it, but it doesn't seem to exist west of Massachusetts.
 
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 nice.
 
8:52 PM
@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 I never even knew about it before coming here.
 
Jez
no-one's interested?
 
@Jez you're not trying to get us to help you forge a check are you?
 
@Robusto I think my first exposure was some episode of Wife Swap.
 
Jez
no.
 
@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 But I'll make you this promise. Next time you come to Mass., look me up and I'll take you candlepin bowling.
 
8:53 PM
@Robusto Hooray!
 
@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Go on...
 
I draw the line at swapping wives, though.
 
@Mitch Speaking of . . . I had a dream last night that Tim proposed to me.
The ring was really funny.
 
@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 "Speaking of wife swapping, I had a dream that someone proposed to me"?.....
 
@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 wish fulfillment?
 
Jez
8:54 PM
here it is:
 
@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Funny haha or funny weird?
 
The band was really thick and the stone microscopic in comparison. I put it on my finger and it weighed a ton.
It was funny in the dream.
 
Jez
 
This morning, I remembered a lock in the box his father gave me on Sunday after my lockpicking lesson. Looks like the ring. A big donut.
 
@Jez so which part is the problem?
 
8:56 PM
@Jez What's difficult there? The only thing I didn't get was thanks also for the WHAT
 
I just told him in the dream that I couldn't wear it because it weighed so much.
 
Oh, I think it's supposed to be Eau de toillette
 
@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Wow, lots of overtones to that dream.
 
Jez
the top 2 lines
 
@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 that's funny weird. My dreams are things like mowing the lawn or going to the dentist.
 
Jez
8:56 PM
ahhh yes
eau de toilette
 
@Jez Thanks also for the Odor ???, sometimes a subjective taste, but"
 
Jez
my dad is zany.
 
If I were into dream interpretation, I'd suggest you are reluctant to marry because you view it as a burden with small rewards.
 
Twulett, maybe
 
Jez
Odor Twulett threw me
 
8:57 PM
@Jez That's a thank you note from your dad?
 
Jez
yep
 
@Jez You must not be very good at Mad Gabs
 
My dreams are always weird. Otherwise they wouldn't be dreams, right? I mean, if you can't differentiate between sleeping and waking states, what's the point?
 
@Robusto If I were into dream interpretation, I'd say that was a random collection of cognitive artifacts lumped together.
 
@Robusto They could be different, but not weird. Like maybe you dreamt that you're working at your old job.
 
8:58 PM
@Mitch What fun is that?
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Whenever I dream that I'm working, I know it's time to quit my job.
 
@Robusto In my defense I did eventually mow the lawn and go to the dentist. In real life.
 
Heh, I usually only dream of work when I start a new job
 
I remember one dream I had where I was auditioning for an orchestra and the pages on the music stand were blank. Just white sheets. So I improvised.
 

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