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Nicolas Raoul
Nicolas Raoul
2:59 AM
I have trouble understanding what "Feel the Bern" means... would this question fit here, or ELL, or none? Thanks!
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
3:18 AM
@NicolasRaoul It is probably about Bernie Sanders?
 
Nicolas Raoul
Nicolas Raoul
@Cerberus: Yes but why say "Feel the Bern" rather than just "Bernie Sanders"?
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
That is a common figure of speech in America, but I don't know when that started.
It doesn't mean much, probably.
 
Nicolas Raoul
Nicolas Raoul
"It doesn't mean much, probably" <- That's usually at that time that languages get interesting :-)
 
 
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Mahnax
Mahnax
5:22 AM
blows dust off of chat room
 
Yasashii Eirian
Yasashii Eirian
5:35 AM
"The life is once." seems to be incorrect. What do you think?
 
Mahnax
Mahnax
@YasashiiEirian This is absolutely incorrect.
 
Yasashii Eirian
Yasashii Eirian
@Mahnax OK. Thanks. Could you make it correct? My attempt is "We live just once.". But it is a bit far from the original one.
 
Mahnax
Mahnax
@YasashiiEirian You seem to be trying to say that you only get to live life once, yes?
 
Yasashii Eirian
Yasashii Eirian
@Mahnax Yes. Not only I but also all human beings live just once.
 
Mahnax
Mahnax
@YasashiiEirian You only live once is unfortunately apt.
 
Yasashii Eirian
Yasashii Eirian
5:40 AM
@Mahnax So what is your recommendation?
 
Mahnax
Mahnax
@YasashiiEirian That depends on your audience. What's the context?
 
Yasashii Eirian
Yasashii Eirian
The audiences are all people who read the billboard.
 
Mahnax
Mahnax
Oh, you're advertising? Well, who is your target market?
 
Yasashii Eirian
Yasashii Eirian
For example, a company that provides buggy jumping services.
 
Mahnax
Mahnax
Buggy jumping?
Bungee jumping, perhaps?
 
Yasashii Eirian
Yasashii Eirian
5:45 AM
@Mahnax OK. It is.
I will be back in 5 minutes.
 
Mahnax
Mahnax
I would go with "you only live once".
 
Yasashii Eirian
Yasashii Eirian
How about "We only live once."?
 
Mahnax
Mahnax
Ehhh, sounds unnatural.
This "you" is general.
 
Yasashii Eirian
Yasashii Eirian
@Mahnax Why?
Why?
 
Mahnax
Mahnax
@YasashiiEirian Hard to say.
 
Yasashii Eirian
Yasashii Eirian
6:01 AM
@Mahnax Please make it soft. :-)
 
Mahnax
Mahnax
@YasashiiEirian It's simply one of those things that sounds more natural to a native speaker—while it is not incorrect to say "we only live once", "you only live once" sounds like a more useful and natural phrase.
 
Yasashii Eirian
Yasashii Eirian
@Mahnax OK. Thanks. :-)
 
Mahnax
Mahnax
6:22 AM
@YasashiiEirian You're welcome. Hope I helped.
 
SmokeDetector
SmokeDetector
[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body: Fifa 16 Accounts to the winger sent to fight back. by fifapoints on english.stackexchange.com
 
stack
stack
Is this correct ?
How to detect whether a specific range from string is in the newline?
 
SmokeDetector
SmokeDetector
[ SmokeDetector ] Manually reported question: Cheap FIFA Accounts to complete some small-scale oppression by fifapoints on english.stackexchange.com
 
user174558
6:54 AM
@Mahnax Hello. Do you like my pic of Mariah?
 
Rathony
Rathony
Is it correct? question without any context. 2 more close-votes needed, please. english.stackexchange.com/questions/298822/…
General reference, all the previous close-votes have been cancelled. english.stackexchange.com/questions/298804/…
 
Mazura
Mazura
7:26 AM
@SmokeDetector @Caleb - should that just have been a regular flag?
 
Yasashii Eirian
Yasashii Eirian
7:45 AM
"Are you excited every day?" seems to be wrong, what do you think?
 
Mahnax
Mahnax
8:05 AM
@Jasper Ah, hello. Yes, as always, Mariah is lovely.
 
 
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Rathony
Rathony
10:13 AM
 
 
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Sami1202
Sami1202
11:16 AM
Hi
 
user174558
11:54 AM
@Arrowfar How were your exams?
 
user116848
@Jasper Hey! Welcome back.
 
user116848
@Jasper A bit tough.
 
user116848
The result was a <ahem> bit embarrassing as I had imagined. I'll retake one paper again.
 
user116848
And you? How are you?
 
user174558
I am not too good. I did not start studying this year, because my mind is still very confused.
 
user116848
12:01 PM
Oh I see.
 
user116848
@Jasper You are back with the old account, cool!
 
user174558
Every few days, there are terrorist attacks, lol.
 
user116848
Yeah it sucks.
 
user174558
Maybe someone is paying people huge sums of money for killing.
 
user116848
They attacked a university here a few days back.
 
user116848
12:06 PM
Killed like 21 and injured 30.
 
Rathony
Rathony
1:08 PM
 
Kit Z. Fox
Kit Z. Fox
2:08 PM
@Jasper I'm glad you are back. I'm sorry that you didn't start your studies. There's always next year!
@NicolasRaoul You could try it on EL&U if you haven't already posted somewhere else. It's a play on "Feel the Burn" which is a common expression that is used to exhort people to work harder at their exercise routine. It means something like "Keep it up! You can do it!"
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Success! I actually found the correct exe and old drivers finally yesterday. I had to run it in XP compatibility mode, but I DID IT. Ha!
I also bought two micro SD cards and a new battery for a total of about $12.
So now the boys will have their own tiny controllers. The eldest thinks it is cool, but is disappointed that he can't call or text on it. Kids these days.
 
guest
guest
Where is that Patriot fan called Robusto?
 
guest
guest
2:31 PM
and his side kick Reg
 
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
@guest They left.
@KitZ.Fox You could put Hangouts on it, so that they can message you or each other using the wifi.
So did you just update to 2.2 or did you go full bore and upgrade to CM?
 
guest
guest
Oh Really? Thanks for the info @Mr.ShinyandNew安宇
Too bad, I was all ready to talk some trash with them after that game ;-)
 
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Can't help you, I don't watch baseball.
 
guest
guest
np
 
Kit Z. Fox
Kit Z. Fox
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 That's a great idea.
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 haha you funneh.
@guest You mean how the Broncos bought the refs?
 
guest
guest
2:38 PM
Excuse me?
 
Mitch
Mitch
@KitZ.Fox setup an arduino-raspberry pi interface to an xbox with stepper motors that connect to a Rubik's cube that is attached to a pile of lego with cameras that translate to a Minecraft simulator of a Turing machine that computes pi to arbitrary digits where a substring of digits encodes the IM.
 
Kit Z. Fox
Kit Z. Fox
@guest Was that the trash you were going to talk?
 
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
@KitZ.Fox Or it's a terrible idea. But I guess it depends on your feelings about kids owning cell phones. ;p
 
Mitch
Mitch
@KitZ.Fox whoever wins...they're damned cheaters.
 
Kit Z. Fox
Kit Z. Fox
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 I was thinking about figuring out VoIP.
 
guest
guest
2:39 PM
Vega$ buys the refs missy @KitZ.Fox
 
Kit Z. Fox
Kit Z. Fox
@Mitch I'm just kidding anyway. It was a great game. Very exciting to watch.
 
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
@Mitch Don't over-complicate things. Just spell the message out using 1x1 lego bricks like a dot matrix printer and then use image processing on the other end.
 
Mitch
Mitch
@KitZ.Fox I root for teams like a suburban mom... "I want X to win because they haven't won for a while, and the other team has won enough."
 
guest
guest
Booing manning was mean :(
 
Kit Z. Fox
Kit Z. Fox
@guest So who are you anyway? You're too new to know Reg and Rob and not be a sock, although if you knew Reg, you'd know he wasn't a fan of handegg.
 
Mitch
Mitch
2:41 PM
prolate spheroid
 
Kit Z. Fox
Kit Z. Fox
@Mitch You're not a Pats fan? For shame. I'm glad Manning has another chance at the Superbowl though.
 
Mitch
Mitch
@KitZ.Fox I have to be or I'd be shunned. (if it came out that I am a nonbeliever, then people would start burning things)
 
guest
guest
Ellipsoid actually.
 
Kit Z. Fox
Kit Z. Fox
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 The most exciting feature for the eldest is that there is a flashlight! And it has a menu option to flash SOS in Morse code.
 
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
@KitZ.Fox lol.
 
Mitch
Mitch
2:43 PM
Morse code is not officially sanctioned anymore.
 
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
If my kids had phones, they'd A) want games installed, and B) text each other poop emoji ALL DAY and ALL NIGHT and C) text my mom when they're not texting each other.
 
Mitch
Mitch
It's not prefix-free so I have mixed emotions
 
Kit Z. Fox
Kit Z. Fox
@Mitch Even as a fair weather fan, you have to recognize Brady's command of the field. He and Manning are an excellent matchup, the two best QBs in the league.
 
Mitch
Mitch
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Communication!!
 
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
@Mitch Yeah, well, emoji are words, right? Oxford said so.
 
Kit Z. Fox
Kit Z. Fox
2:44 PM
Speaking of communication, I have a meeting. Gotta bounce. L8r.
 
Mitch
Mitch
@KitZ.Fox I heard "blh blla h blha Brady blah ablha blha Manning blah blah have you called your mother blah blah blah"
 
Kit Z. Fox
Kit Z. Fox
You funneh.
 
guest
guest
Cya missy
;-)
 
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
@guest So are you SP?
You must be
 
Mitch
Mitch
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 I know! Wait...Oxford Dictionaries not OED. Not the same people. It's just pandering to ... to... to entertainment.
 
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
2:46 PM
@Mitch Well, it's the same org, right? Just different departments
 
Mitch
Mitch
I haven't been able to confirm one way or the other.
I feel like they have the same database of words and definitions to start from, but different editing staff.
Mr S is sneaky.
 
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
it fits the M.O.
 
Mitch
Mitch
Take him away!
 
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
oh, deleting messages. also.
 
Mitch
Mitch
"For your next mission, should you choose to accept it..." "Thanks, but no, I just want a vacation this episode"
Yeah, what's up with the frequent message deleting? Do you regret the things you say so often?
regrets the many times failed to regret
 
guest
guest
2:54 PM
Life is too short to live with regret.
 
Mitch
Mitch
@guest why a puppet? Seems like annoying effort to go through with no return.
 
guest
guest
I'm trying to kick the habit @Mitch
 
Mitch
Mitch
Which habit? Sock puppeting?
Or your nun career? Ha ha ha ... dad joke.
 
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
@Mitch speaking of dad jokes. Have you seen the twitter account @dadjokehansolo ? Spoilers for SW:TFA, but it's hilarious.
 
guest
guest
:D
 
Mitch
Mitch
3:08 PM
>Ben: I'm trying to read, you're in my light
Me: Because I am a Solo eclipse!
Ben: Dad I swear to-
Me: I am blocking the light of the son!
groan
 
Szabolcs
Szabolcs
3:29 PM
Hello everyone!
Is there a simple and common term to describe dice that are not fair? I am looking for the antonym of fair in this specific context, if it exists (and I don't mean "unfair").
In my own language it would be "leaded dice", literally translated. It means that they used (heavy) lead to create an uneven weight distribution and cheat in the game. I don't know if such an expression exists in English.
Should have searched more. The answer is loaded dice.
 
Mitch
Mitch
@Szabolcs yes...'loaded'
A more technical term might be 'biased'
 
guest
guest
3:56 PM
or "croaked dice"
 
SmokeDetector
SmokeDetector
[ SmokeDetector ] Email in body: Whats Real in This Life by SomeBlack Kid on english.stackexchange.com
 
guest
guest
"Cro a oked dice"
 
Delta Escher
Delta Escher
I love helping with the finer points of a Stack than answering or making questions
Answering just isn't as fun as editing a tag so people can ask questions more efficiently
 
crl
crl
4:39 PM
a non-equiprobable dice
 
Delta Escher
Delta Escher
@crl Me making a bet on a dice roll
 
Kit Z. Fox
Kit Z. Fox
5:07 PM
Hooray! We've changed everything again!
 
Delta Escher
Delta Escher
Only change I'm excited for is permanent chat hats.
always dream
 
Mitch
Mitch
5:19 PM
@KitZ.Fox Yay!
Wait... pi is now 3?
I've always used that. This change is dumb. goes back to the hexagon mines
 
stack
stack
6:03 PM
Is this correct?
How to select all the line from string which is containing specific position?
 
tchrist
tchrist
6:19 PM
loaded
 
user174558
Hello @KitZ.Fox. I finally found a really good usage guide that treats punctuation well. Anne Stilman's Grammatically Correct. You should get a copy!
 
Kit Z. Fox
Kit Z. Fox
6:58 PM
@Jasper I'll keep it in mind. Thanks for the recommendation.
 
Delta Escher
Delta Escher
The Lifehacks Stack has a lot of people who think actual technological know-how or purchasing items qualifies as a lifehack.
-1
A: How can I dry my hair more quickly?

user1306322Get a professional high-power hair dryer in a specialized shop. Or order one over the internet! Don't settle for cheap low-power dryers that are sold everywhere. Mine really works a lot better than the ones I had before. Ok that above wasn't really a hack. But now we're gonna blow some fuses! T...

 
Kit Z. Fox
Kit Z. Fox
I'm not sure what a "lifehack" is. I think the word sounds dumb.
 
Delta Escher
Delta Escher
25
Q: A Lifehacks Manifesto

Robert CartainoThis is a gentle introduction to what this Lifehacks site is about. For a bit more detail about how we got here, see the Un-Manifesto. Welcome to Lifehacks! We can't teach you how to wire your stereo or how to learn a new language; but if you need to open a bottle of wine but don't have a corkscrew

discussion faq scope
 
Kit Z. Fox
Kit Z. Fox
So lifehack == MacGyverism?
 
user116848
Howdy @KitZ.Fox!
 
Kit Z. Fox
Kit Z. Fox
7:13 PM
Hi @Arrowfar. How was your exam?
 
Delta Escher
Delta Escher
Pretty much
Just efficiently make a new, easy solution to a problem.
 
user116848
@KitZ.Fox The papers were very tough. I'm giving the last two optional of my qualification. I'll retake one paper this June. Pray that I pass :-)
 
Kit Z. Fox
Kit Z. Fox
@Arrowfar I'll cross my fingers for you. So does that mean you passed the other one?
 
user116848
Yes I have.
 
Kit Z. Fox
Kit Z. Fox
Congratulations!
 
user116848
7:17 PM
Thanks.
 
user116848
:)
 
Kit Z. Fox
Kit Z. Fox
Almost there. And now you know what to expect.
 
user116848
Yeah :)
 
Kit Z. Fox
Kit Z. Fox
ima commute early today. see you later!
 
user116848
See you!
 
Justyna Nogala
Justyna Nogala
7:22 PM
hi',
Do you guys know this quote from big lebowski "I'm throwing rocks tonight. Mark it dude" I don't really get it. Does he mean that a ball is so heavy or what?
 
user174558
7:36 PM
0
Q: Abbreviation of "Street"

JasperI know that Street is abbreviated as St. But does the t in St represent the first t or the last t in Street?

abbreviations
 
Delta Escher
Delta Escher
8:32 PM
In accordance with Avenue, I believe the first T.
 
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
In accordance with Road, I believe it's the last t.
 
Delta Escher
Delta Escher
In accordance with Lane, I believe it's the middle T
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Hah.
Generally, the dot indicates that something is left out at the end, not only in the middle.
But I think some countries/regions use the dot differently.
 
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
8:53 PM
There isn't always a dot.
And sometimes there is a dot where middle letters are left out:
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Not when you leave things out in the middle.
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 I think that Rd. is non-standard?
 
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Or maybe it's American.
 
Delta Escher
Delta Escher
America!
Please
No
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Signs are hardly paragons of style...
@DeltaEscher Have a burger.
 
Delta Escher
Delta Escher
8:56 PM
You put mustard on it!
I sue you for $1M and win
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Umm.
Sue me where?
 
Delta Escher
Delta Escher
Here
I will be your Judge
lel u gilte
mony plox
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Which is...where? Singapore?
 
Delta Escher
Delta Escher
Everywhere
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Plox?
 
Delta Escher
Delta Escher
8:57 PM
America sees everything
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Don't be omnipresent with me.
 
Delta Escher
Delta Escher
@Cerberus Weird text speak for please
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Ahh.
Fascinating.
 
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
That's Toronto, and you can see that there are basically all kinds of signs, with dots, without, for all the abbreviations.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Are you sure that's Toronto and not Crazyland?
 
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
9:05 PM
pretty sure. I used to live not far from the "Shaw St." sign at bottom left.
well, walking distance, anyway
 
Delta Escher
Delta Escher
When I think about it, I lived on Shaw St...
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Perhaps Shaw Saint is in Crazyland.
That would explain a lot about you...
 
Delta Escher
Delta Escher
Aw.
Thanks <3
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Both of you.
 
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
@Cerberus It would explain it. It would also explain how Rob Ford got elected.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
9:07 PM
See?
I miss the news about him.
That we would get.
 
user174558
My question has 3 downvotes, LOL.
 
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
well, now there's trump. He's the Rob Ford of US politics.
@Jasper And at least two close votes. Sorry, but I don't think it's on topic.
 
user174558
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Does Av stand for Avenue?
 
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
@Jasper Yes
 
user174558
I will make an edit to give the downvoters a chance to redeem themselves...
 
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
9:11 PM
So here we have Ave as a short-form for Avenue. I'm sure more variants are possible.
I never really noticed before how random the street signs are. It makes me a bit twitchy.
 
user174558
-2
Q: Abbreviation of "Street"

JasperI know that Street is abbreviated as St. But does the t in St represent the first t or the last t in Street? Drive is abbreviated as Dr, which means it could be the first t, but Road is abbreviated as Rd, which means it could be the last t, if we were following the same pattern.

abbreviations
 
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
It could also be both Ts at once.
 
user174558
 
user174558
2222 rep, 2 silver badges, 22 bronze.
 
user174558
Seven copies of 2 there, holy shit!
 
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
9:17 PM
yeah except there are seven
 
user174558
Edited.
 
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
holier shit!
 
user174558
This means a miracle is about to happen in my life!
 
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
yeah, 2232 rep, once someone upvotes you. or 2224 if instead they just remove a downvote. or 2234 if they change from downvote to upvote!
 
user174558
You are a math genius!
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
9:21 PM
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Mm almost as good.
 
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
@Jasper yup. I'm publishing my first textbook tomorrow.
@Cerberus He's just as good! Better! He's the angry sweet potato!
That has to be a joke, right?
 
user174558
I just watched 1313: Cougar Cult. Half the movie was filming hot men in the shower, LOL.
 
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
@Jasper Is it some kind of soft-core porno for women?
 
user174558
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Maybe. But there is no formal nudity in it.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Why a sweet potato?
 
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
9:31 PM
@Cerberus because he's orange
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Is he?
 
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Is his skin so orangey?
 
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
It's pretty orange
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
But anyone's skin can be orange in odd lighting.
XCOM for €1.
And Pirates.
 
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
9:37 PM
@Cerberus Nah, he's way more orange than most people.
I guess he tans a lot?
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Okay.
Tan spray?
 
user174558
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Maybe he eats many oranges. Maybe he is a Mandarin orange.
 
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
@Cerberus I dunno. I suspect tanning bed. But who knows.
 
Cerberus
Cerberus
Thanks for the image.
 
user174558
9:50 PM
My question got 4 downvotes, fascinating.
 
user174558
I thought it would get 10 upvotes by now.
 
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
Mr. Shiny and New 安宇
ugh, I was GIS'ing for a flattering photo of Trump and ended up on a white-supremacist anti-semitic right-wing conservative site.
And I don't mean gop.com
But I learned a new word: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuckservative
 
user174558
10:41 PM
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Q: Abbreviation of "Street"

JasperI know that Street is abbreviated as St. But does the t in St represent the first t or the last t in Street? Drive is abbreviated as Dr, which means it could be the first t, but Road is abbreviated as Rd, which means it could be the last t, if we were following the same pattern. (Please note th...

abbreviations
 
user174558
Reopen votes?
 
Mitch
Mitch
11:00 PM
@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 nice! what subject?
@Cerberus carotene overdose
 
MετάEd
MετάEd
11:25 PM
Propinquity ... longinquity. My discovery for the day.
 

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