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Gigili

01:00

Mahnax and Will Hunting sounds the same.

user19161

@Gigili First time I see =| so a miracle is about to happen.

KitFox

Your lipase should at least have had an activity measure on it that would give you an idea how long you needed to let the reaction occur given a certain amount in a standard substrate.

Let me see if I can find one for you. You can include it in your report.

user19161

@Gigili How so? One is 2 syllables and the other is 3.

Gigili

Twenty minutes is quite long for an Enzymatic test, what's your problem?

@WillHunting Let's hope.

Mahnax

@KitFox Hmm. The vial was seriously marked "10% lipase solution" on a piece of masking tape.

@KitFox Oh boy!

Gigili

01:01

@WillHunting One is two? One is one silly.

KitFox

@Mahnax That would put a damper on things.

Mahnax

@KitFox Usually we have more scientific labelling.

KitFox

@Mahnax Here, this should help you figure out where you might have gone wrong.

@Mahnax I won't tell. That's horribly out of compliance.

Gigili

Why you think they can't hear me @Will?

user19161

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Q: Why do people say "Work like a dog?"

To mean working hard? Dogs just lie around and nap. That's not working hard...

user19161

01:02

Interesting!

Mahnax

@KitFox Thanks.

user19161

@Gigili Who can't hear you?

KitFox

@Mahnax You're welcome. I don't suppose they give you Tris buffer?

Gigili

@WillHunting These lab guys or whatever it's called.

I'm going to flag them.

Mahnax

@KitFox Nope.

KitFox

01:04

Which lab guys?

user19161

@KitFox I think she was referring to you and Mahnax humorously.

KitFox

@Mahnax It's interesting that they use it here, actually. I thought Tris interfered with enzymatic reactions.

user19161

But she might also be referring to a real lab she is in now.

KitFox

Although they may have used it to slow the reaction.

Mahnax

@KitFox Never heard of it.

KitFox

01:05

@WillHunting Us? Does she think we're ignoring her?

Mahnax

3 hours ago, by RegDwight Ѭſ道

No flagging in this chat.

@KitFox Ask her.

user19161

@KitFox At least not in a serious way perhaps.

KitFox

@Mahnax That's silly. Then I'd have to talk to her. How embarrassing.

Mahnax

@KitFox You just about made me spit out my tea.

tch

KitFox

Anyway, did you monitor the temperature of your reactions?

user19161

01:07

Anyway @gigili I still think you should not do those technical translations if you can help it.

Mahnax

They were placed in temperature-controlled water baths.

Gigili

@KitFox I saw what you said there. You &#$&#@&$#.

KitFox

@Mahnax Very good.

Mahnax

@KitFox Yes, that part was good.

user19161

I can see we all have different senses of humour. I can feel the different frequencies vibrating through me.

KitFox

01:08

It sounds like you had a good plan, just that your prep was incorrect.

Gigili

@WillHunting I can't help it, I can't live without them, I have no money to buy food, I'll be starving, Mr. Starving. Tell me if I convinced you.

KitFox

If you were ambitious, I bet your teacher would let you re-do it.

user19161

@Gigili Ah OK.

Mahnax

@KitFox I doubt it.

This lab is due the first day back from spring break.

Gigili

I wonder how you write my name like that, would be difficult.

Mahnax

01:10

@Gigili Hmm?

KitFox

@Mahnax Well, then, you could include some diagrams of the protein, enzymes, and reaction products.

user19161

@Gigili Like what, in Persian?

Gigili

Like @gigili.

user19161

@Gigili Is it your real name by the way?

Mahnax

@KitFox Yeah, I will.

So much to do.

user19161

01:11

Gigili sounds male and Italian.

Mahnax

On a positive note, this Physics lab is almost done.

KitFox

Also, you could probably look up the enzymatic activity at those different temperatures and come up with a more accurate idea of what the pHs ought to have been.

Mahnax

@WillHunting Wrong move, Mr. Loy.

user19161

@Mahnax Wrong? Don't you think so too?

Mahnax

@WillHunting No.

KitFox

01:12

@Mahnax Just wait until college. That's when you get to do the really fun stuff. But you have to do everything so much faster.

Mahnax

I think she might be angry with you now.

user19161

@Mahnax Well, I am not Italian. Maybe we can ask kiam.

Gigili

@WillHunting What? That'd be comical.

Mahnax

@WillHunting Maybe.

user19161

@Mahnax I don't think there is any reason to.

KitFox

01:13

"Gigili" makes me think of all the things I love about women.

Mahnax

@WillHunting You said her name sounds male.

user19161

@Mahnax Nothing wrong with that.

Mahnax

@KitFox Sounds like "giggly" to me.

user19161

Nothing wrong with being a kindergarten kid either.

Mahnax

@WillHunting Not in my eyes, but some might take offence.

KitFox

01:14

@Mahnax Mm hmm.

user19161

That is because there is nothing wrong being male or being a kindergarten kid. QED.

Gigili

@KitFox Whaaa, I love you.

Mahnax

@KitFox Oh, so giggly is good then.

KitFox

@Mahnax Much of the time, yes.

Mahnax

@KitFox Okay. There are some forms of giggly that I don't enjoy.

Gigili

01:15

@WillHunting There's nothing wrong being male? You're completely mistaken.

user19161

So I know some of you hang out in chatzy, very cryptic!

Gigili

@Mahnax I don't know what you're after.

KitFox

@Mahnax Well, of course.

Mahnax

@Gigili Huh?

user19161

@Gigili I know you are not male.

Gigili

01:17

Aren't you a group performing those tests? Why don't you write the reports together?

KitFox

No.

user19161

@mahnax I saw you commented with cats on the dog question!

Mahnax

@WillHunting Ayup.

@Gigili It's just me.

KitFox

@Gigili He's a high school student. I'm just interfering in his development.

user19161

I think school is a waste of time largely. We learn too many useless things.

KitFox

01:18

That's true.

user19161

Not everyone wants to spend their youth buried in silly books of so many topics.

KitFox

That's why I like to encourage Mahnax's interests.

Gigili

@KitFox We had those tests in high school but we did everything as a group.

user19161

The psychologist Edward de Bono wrote about how we could teach less in schools in the book Future Happiness.

Mahnax

@Gigili In these small IB classes we are expected to be independent in these labs.

KitFox

01:19

@Gigili He's self-motivated and brings his ideas to his teachers.

He's also very bright and quite responsible.

Gigili

@WillHunting They'll be useful one day. Even those horrible Physics formulas.

@KitFox I see.

user19161

Instead we should teach kids more about how not to become lunatics.

Mahnax

Aww, thanks, Mrs. Kit.

KitFox

nods You've earned your praise, youngling.

user19161

@Gigili It is OK if one finds them interesting, but making it compulsory? Not everyone is a physicist.

Mahnax

01:20

Alright, I finished the Physics lab.

KitFox

Hooray!

Gigili

@Mahnax Oh, Those reports are the most annoying part.

user19161

@Mahnax Congrats. Soon you will be the next Ron Maimon.

Mahnax

Command + S, Command + W, now Biology.

@WillHunting That is the thing I want least.

> …unemployed…

KitFox

Really? I can think of worse things.

user19161

01:21

@Mahnax Mahnax = Ron Maimon = Isaac Newton. QED.

Mahnax

@KitFox Okay, yeah.

user19161

@Mahnax Like me.

KitFox

Hey Mahnax, do you know what you want to do with yourself yet?

Mahnax

@KitFox I'm leaning towards Ph.D. in maths, become a professor.

> I have no Ph.D.…

From Mr. Maimon's info.

KitFox

My brother has a degree in maths.

Mahnax

01:23

What does he do?

KitFox

I can't tell you that. It's classified.

Gigili

52 mins ago, by Gigili

@Mahnax You're awesome.

user19161

@KitFox Americans use "math".

user19161

@KitFox Must be on aliens and UFOs.

KitFox

But he used to teach math and physics to high school kids with learning disabilities.

Mahnax

01:24

Oh, really?

That's neat.

KitFox

And yeah, what he does now is really, really cool.

Mahnax

@Gigili Gosh, you're making me blush.

meetup.com/aviation-69/members/3239963

Gigili

@KitFox It's not important what he wants to do, the society will tell him what to do.

user19161

So I received a third spam email from tagged.com. This time they used the same model with a different name so I know it is a fake profile.

KitFox

Which society?

The Royal Philharmonic Society?

Gigili

01:25

That -->

Mahnax

@Gigili The great wall of penis?

3

KitFox

giggles

Gigili

Say Penis and win an iPod.

3

user19161

@Mahnax No more p's in chat. I am afraid to type the word.

6

KitFox

Why on earth would you be afraid of something like that?

Mahnax

01:26

@WillHunting Silly Jasper.

This is like CTFD day.

KitFox

Kinda.

user19161

Vitaly must be doing some of the starring I conclude.

Mahnax

Except with more penises and fewer initialisms.

KitFox

Fewer!

user19161

Because I did not star anything. QED.

Mahnax

01:27

@KitFox Yeah, I know.

KitFox

puts paddle away

Oh. Boy stirs. BRB

Vitaly

@WillHunting Well, obviously. I am waiting for another HP:MoR chapter. Still half an hour left, in case you are interested.

user19161

So @mahnax you must pray that my first wish comes true this year...

Mahnax

@WillHunting Yes.

Oh hey, combine CTFD and our current theme and you get:

"Control the frontal decorations."

user19161

@Mahnax Daniel is praying for me too.

Mahnax

01:30

@WillHunting I figured he would be.

Gigili

@Mahnax "Curse the frontal decorations"

Mahnax

@Gigili Hahaha...

Gigili

I saw what you did there.

Mahnax

Hopefully no one else had to.

Vitaly

@Mahnax chat.stackexchange.com/messages/3995066/history

Mahnax

01:33

@Vitaly One can do that?

user19161

I did not see the removed stuff because a friend called.

Vitaly

@Mahnax Yes.

Gigili

@WillHunting You've missed something important.

user19161

@Gigili No, the only important things are my three wishes which Mahnax knows about.

Mahnax

hangs head in shame

Gigili

01:34

I'll flag him to become a byword in the future.

Mahnax

@Gigili ರ_ಠ

Gigili

@WillHunting I think you've repeated your three wishes 15 times recently and I know what they're about.

user19161

@Gigili Some may have changed a bit you know.

Gigili

@WillHunting Not that I care about your wishes. Peh.

@Mahnax I won't flag you, never.

Mahnax

@Gigili Thank you. I appreciate that.

Gigili

01:38

@WillHunting Um, I mean I pray they come true.

user19161

@Gigili Well, thanks. I pray that you do your translations well too!

Gigili

> Wanted to see time fly, so I threw a clock. It wasn't as much fun as I've been told.

Vitaly

@Mahnax If you meant to ask whether one could post a link with a specific message ID, of course. Everyone but you and supposedly mods will see a 404.

KitFox

I was going to keep your secret, @Vitaly.

Mahnax

@Vitaly Oh, that's better. So if you click on that link you get a 404?

KitFox

01:40

I thought it was some sleight of hand.

Vitaly

@KitFox I couldn't resist. :D

KitFox

I should have known.

Mahnax

@Vitaly I appreciate your condescending pity.

KitFox

I want to sleep.

user19161

@KitFox Good night!

KitFox

01:40

I am waiting.

No rest for the wicked.

Mahnax

@WillHunting Wanting is not the same thing as being able to.

user19161

@KitFox Good wait!

Gigili

Good wait.

Eh pft.

user19161

@KitFox When this life is over.

Mahnax

Kuwait?

gasps

KitFox

01:41

@WillHunting Not ever.

Mahnax

Kuwait is on the Persian gulf.

realizes coincidental relevance

user19161

@KitFox But the virtuous will have a peace that surpasses all understanding.

KitFox

And...and...everyone knows that Persian carpets are the best!

Mahnax

@KitFox "I can show you the world".

Gigili

Okay, but men are still egocentric.

user19161

01:43

I answer "make a difference" question and I get 180 points, hahaha!

Mahnax

Hm, no.

KitFox

@WillHunting And the virtuosos will have a [fill in funny stuff here]

Gigili

@Mahnax I, saw, what, you, did, there.

KitFox

Can't think funny duh.

user19161

Also yesterday I lost 50 points due to rep cap!

Mahnax

01:44

@Gigili ORly ? lk fr rlz ??

KitFox

Boys are all waking and fussing. Why can't they just sleep like good little children?

user19161

@KitFox Perhaps they are having wet dreams.

KitFox

Mommy will give you whatever you want if you will please just shut up and sleep all night.

@WillHunting That's really not appropriate. It's also biologically impossible.

I would probably feel less agitated if I were doing something other than waiting for the next chapter.

Gigili

Guess what? It's 6 A.M.

user19161

@KitFox You can read a chapter of another book.

KitFox

01:48

I think I should tend my children.

Mahnax

@Gigili Have you slept?

Gigili

@Mahnax Not yet.

KitFox

I'd rather tell @Vitaly about the progress I'd made thinking about free will though.

Mahnax

@Gigili Then may I make a suggestion?

user19161

@Gigili Then off to bed.

Gigili

01:48

@Mahnax Sure.

user19161

@KitFox I don't think I will figure it out, but I think the Buddha might have.

Mahnax

@Gigili Try to get some sleep...

Gigili

@WillHunting Just a minute, please.

Now that the boss ordered me, I'm off to bed. Good night.

Mahnax

Night!

user19161

@Gigili Good night!

user19161

01:51

Is Good Friday coming soon?

user19161

Ah it is next Fri.

user19161

Also, April Fool's is this Sun. Maybe we should close all questions this Sun for fun.

Mahnax

@WillHunting Yeah!

KitFox

02:21

How did I miss the guessing game part?

@Vitaly.

I didn't realize that was why you had asked me.

I thought of the duel because of the debt exchange possibility, but I wouldn't have guessed the rest. It was great!

Good night!

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@Kit you just read ch 81?

Mahnax

Hey, who did that?

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

did what

Mahnax

Perhaps I shouldn't say.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

flag something?

Mahnax

02:24

It benefits me, but I disagree with the principle.

@MrShinyandNew安宇 Nah.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

upvoted all your answers?

Mahnax

You be the judge. I'm out of here, movie time!

Bye!

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

bye

user19161

@MrShinyandNew安宇 It seems so from his profile, but it is certainly not me. I know the right way to do it and that was the wrong way!

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

yeah it does seem so

user19161

02:29

I think I know who it is but I will stay mum.

user19161

I just did some checks to confirm my suspicion.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

is it someone named after an old video game?

user19161

Well, at most they will be removed and the user may get an email, that's all.

user19161

@MrShinyandNew安宇 Er, you know I don't play video games to know that.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@WillHunting nm, I was referring to SonicTheHedgehog but it doesn't appear to be him.

user19161

02:32

@MrShinyandNew安宇 Oh it's not him! I never guess him!

user19161

It might have been the same person who gave me 12 votes last year but I won't know.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

well, by an amazing coincidence, gigili cast 18 votes today and mahnax received 18 votes today.

user19161

@MrShinyandNew安宇 Shh...

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

well, it's not like the hidden overlords can't tell

user19161

@MrShinyandNew安宇 Overlords like Mr Shiny!

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

02:35

No, the real hidden overlords

user19161

Anyway @gigili if you were the one who gave Mahnax the votes, note that this will be picked up by the automatic script.

user19161

Also @mrs enjoy the presents!

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@WillHunting er, thanks :)

so I see that the starbord is full of penises and CTFD

user19161

@MrShinyandNew安宇 Yes, if JA steps in now he will faint.

user19161

This room might vanish overnight.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

02:39

we should all ping him whenever we talk about penises.

3

user19161

Maybe he is here incognito.

user19161

The overlords can enter invisibly.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

did you star that?

user19161

No, Vitaly did I think.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

someone starred that and I thought starring was against your religion

user19161

02:40

I do not do stars.

Vitaly

Correct. Still reading Ch 81 and then finally going to bed.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

I just finished it a few mins ago

Vitaly

I couldn't get both of the sites to update short of clearing up all the cache

user19161

81 is a nice number, 3 to the power of 4.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

I just assumed that I could type the URL in and it might work. and Lo! and Behold! So it was.

So does he name all the story arcs after some relevant publication?

Vitaly

02:43

Night! And don't forget to star all the penises.

user19161

I think someone might come here later, flag all the p messages and have all of them removed.

Gigili

@WillHunting Huh?

user19161

@Gigili Well, nothing to add.

Gigili

Umm, I did upvote some questions and answers of him. What's wrong now?

user19161

@Gigili Nothing serious. But this will be detected and the system will remove the votes.

Gigili

02:44

@WillHunting Okay and?

user19161

You are not supposed to go on an upvoting spree like that, so remember my protip.

user19161

@Gigili Nothing serious will happen, don't worry. At most you will get an email telling you not to do that.

Gigili

@WillHunting I will do whatever I want. Remember this.

user19161

@Gigili Sure, I am just telling you how the system works.

Gigili

@WillHunting Right, I failed on that matter.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

02:46

@Gigili Those are strong words! Are there no limits to you wanton abandon?

user19161

However if those were downvotes, you might get a suspension.

Gigili

@MrShinyandNew安宇 Not as far as I can think of now. I'd just add a "but" for future reference.

user19161

But if you are a great contributor, you will get an email for the downvotes.

Gigili

@WillHunting I'd downvote some of your posts now that you mentioned it.

user19161

@Gigili Sure, I have 17k rep. Downvote all you want.

Gigili

02:48

Is downvoting

Anyway, ping me a bit slower next time, I was sleeping.

And 17 is not a nice number, no number to the power of 4.

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

You woke up to answer an elu chat ping?

Gigili

Oh pft, I pissed him off?

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

who knows

maybe his computer crashed

maybe he can't handle the wanton abandon

Gigili

@MrShinyandNew安宇 Not really. I can't sleep, you'll find my worm-eaten body by tomorrow.

He can't stand downvotes

Downvote

downvote

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

@Gigili so what is it you do when you're not voting wantonly

Gigili

02:56

It was the first time I voted wantonly, how many questions like that to be reckoned with

I'll ask if there'a way to remove them

Bye for now!

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

I'm only teasing about the wantonity. wantonness? hm, spellcheck likes the 2nd variant, I like the former.

anyway, cya later

Mahnax

04:40

d(ಠ_ಠ)b

user19161

05:10

@Mahnax Boo!

Mahnax

@WillHunting Hi!

user19161

@Mahnax I changed back to JB. Yay!

Mahnax

@WillHunting Not yay.

The picture of you is a lot nicer.

user19161

@Mahnax And I hope gigili will not be suspended.

Mahnax

@WillHunting She isn't yet.

user19161

05:12

@Mahnax If you want to give presents, you need to follow protip!

Mahnax

@WillHunting Yep!

Mahnax

05:23

Hi @YoichiOishi!

Don't let the starred messages frighten you.

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