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1:54 AM

@Cerberus That's actually very good: picking one's way along the meandering strand of the sea of information. I know you intended Ariadne's strand, but I like the elder, and now rarer, sense well enough.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

@Mitch :)

tchrist

> The tendre croppes, and the yonge sonne
Hath in the Ram his halfe cours yronne,
And smale foweles maken melodye,
That slepen al the nyght with open eye —
(So priketh hem Nature in hir corages);
Thanne longen folk to goon on pilgrimages
And palmeres for to seken straunge strondes
To ferne halwes, kowthe in sondry londes;
And specially from every shires ende
Of Engelond, to Caunterbury they wende,

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

@Rob shouldn't he be called like Muffin, Count of Blueberry?

Or Bosco, Count of Chocolate Milk.

@tchrist where's the rest?

tchrist

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 I just excerpted the part that would let strange strands appear on the screen without truncation or scrolling.

Robusto

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 It's not up to me. He chooses how he wishes to be addressed.

tchrist

2:13 AM

So much rain. Maybe worse.

Heavy snow in Nederland.

Tired of rain. Tired of snow. Tired..

Robusto

Been beautiful here.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

Also rain. So. Much.

Rain.

Robusto

We had rain today for the first time in a long time.

Tomorrow should be beautiful.

I didn't ride my bike today because of the rain. I figure it's OK to have a day off from it now and then. But I do miss it. Hard to keep still.

Mañana voy a montar mi bicicleta de nuevo.

tchrist

It is good to move.

Man is no barnacle.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

2:36 AM

I like that.

And moving.

No me gusta this much rain.

tchrist

I've had to put a tarp over the catflap, and lock it, to keep the water out.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

Oh dear.

tchrist

The drought of March is long atoned for. Why can't it stop?

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

At least it's not snow.

Cerberus

@tchrist Actually, both strands apply to Ariadne, because where was she abandoned by Theseus?

tchrist

2:40 AM

I stand upon the edge of the knife: stray just a smidgen and it will be.

Cerberus

Of course the other sense occurred to me, since it is the only one used in Dutch, and because one surfs the web.

tchrist

They're getting whiteouts in Ned. Here we'll be 35, plus or minus a degree or two. See the problem?

Cerberus

Whiteouts?

tchrist

Blizzards and blitzen.

Cerberus

Ah.

tchrist

2:43 AM

A whiteout is when you can't see to drive it is snowing so heavily.

Cerberus

Oh.

tchrist

But these ones are bringing thunder, too. And it can surely snow when the ground is above freezing. The snow does not originate on the ground.

Cerberus

It's what we call wet snow.

tchrist

3:03 AM

Aye

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

Zzzzz

I am tired.

SmokeDetector

3:49 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Repeating characters in answer: When is it appropriate to use "see you later"? by ronalie torrres on english.stackexchange.com

RegDwigнt

9:33 AM

room topic changed to English Language & Usage: Might be grammar of problem and no wording props [full-closure]

Ionică Bizău

Hello!

Is it fine to use draggy in the context of dragging things? I want to use it in a web project (svg.draggy.js).

RegDwigнt

9:49 AM

What do you want to use it for? How do you plan to use it?

Are you naming something? Is it an existing name?

Ionică Bizău

@RegDwigнt Yes, it's a library for dragging elements (specifically svg elements) on a web page (you know, drag and drop).

RegDwigнt

If it's a name, it can be anything at all.

There is no "fine" or "not fine".

You can use any sequence of characters you find appropriate.

Ionică Bizău

But I want it to be related to the drag action. I'm nut sure if draggy has(n't) another primary meaning.

RegDwigнt

Well, to begin with, the drag action itself has a connotation.

Draggy has all the connotations that drag has. But it does not add any of its own, no, I wouldn't say so.

So if you're fine with calling something Drag, you should be fine with calling it Draggy.

Ionică Bizău

OK, so I will use it. Thanks a lot! :)

RegDwigнt

9:53 AM

No problem.

Remember that even names such as "Microsoft" or "Apple" are strange, funny, or negative if you think about it.

Ionică Bizău

True, the names are funny, but I don't like their direction. I don't use Microsoft apps since 2012 on my computers. :)

Chris's sis

10:31 AM

Greetings people

How would you say: I'd like to add these words in my book or I'd like to add these words to my book?

At first sight both variant seem OK, but not sure if you agree with that.

Matt E. Эллен

@IonicăBizău draggy is a synonym for lozenge

oh, my mistake, that's dragee

Matt E. Эллен

10:47 AM

@Chris'ssis I'd say "I'll write these words in my book". I'm not sure what meaning you are trying to convey

Chris's sis

@MattE.Эллен For instance, suppose you wanna write a math book and, say, you wanna include a problem in your book. Then would you use add in or add to?

Matt E. Эллен

write in

but if you have to use add then it would be add to

Chris's sis

@MattE.Эллен Many thanks! :-)

Matt E. Эллен

no probs :)

Robusto

11:04 AM

@RegDwigнt I figured that was your change. You should change your screen name to Morph.

Robusto

11:29 AM

Or morph it to change. Either way.

Robusto

12:12 PM

The problem with singular they:

isFemale = (user.gender.toUpperCase() === 'F');
datPronoun = isFemale ? 'her' : 'him';
nomPronoun = isFemale ? 'she' : 'he';
posPronoun = isFemale ? 'her' : 'his';

Nobody wants to use it in coding, it seems.

Matt E. Эллен

12:35 PM

can you blame them? they only understand the gender binary :D

Robusto

I don't blame them.

But I'm not sure I understand the gender binary.

Matt E. Эллен

gender binary: you can be male or female

Richard O'Brien: I'm 70 percent man

Robusto

12:53 PM

@MattE.Эллен I'm old-fashioned. I can only be male.

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