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Tonepoet

00:46

@M.A.R. If it looks like a drunk, and waddles like a drunk, then it may just be drunk.

Feeds

01:01

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Q: Is there a word for 'groups' that implies mutual exclusivity?

I'm creating data structures for a web application and I have a list that I need to categorize, but, for technical reasons, I need to avoid a nested structure, like categories. I want to create then a 'group' that I can use to collect like values, but I would like to use a name for this that impl...

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

02:59

@Gasparo Hooray! How are you?

Gasparo

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Still trying to get well. I believe I can do it this year. =D

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

:)

@Gasparo What have you been up to?

Gasparo

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 The usual stuff of sorting out my thoughts, taking some medication, walking, singing, watching movies, and talking to some people now and then.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

03:21

Which movies?

I want to see that Downsizing movie for all the oversized props. I hear the movie is not great, though.

Gasparo

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Well, a recent movie that has already won some awards and that is very, very meaningful is Lady Bird.

It was released at the end of last year and stars the beautiful Saoirse Ronan.

You would be surprised to hear her actual Irish accent, though in movies she uses an American accent of course.

I hope this one wins some Oscars next month.

cornbread ninja 麵包忍者

I'll have to check it out.

Robusto

03:51

@tchrist Upon reflection I think that would be a compound comprising æt (at, to, from) and eówan (show), i.e., to "show from" or "manifest from" which works well with the sentence you chose in your response yesterday, Æteowþ min boᵹa on ðam wolcnum (Show-from my bow on the clouds" or "My bow show-from on the clouds" or even "Show from the clouds on my bow" etc.).

Færd

@FaheemMitha What do you think? Everyone hates it of course. Except maybe for those hard-boiled staunch supporters of the regime or the military who proudly send off their sons to the-wasting-of-two-years-of-their-youth program.

AKA the compulsory military service, introduced by the First Pahlavi and retained through all the ups and downs of our recent history because we have really changed so much at roots.

Sorry, I'm a bit angerpisst this morning. We have changed in many respects.

@FaheemMitha That's a funny notion of fairness and non-discrimination. So if everyone is treated equally unfairly, it makes it more fair?

Women enjoy special rights everywhere in the world (like maternal leaves, mother's pensions, etc) and are also subject to discriminatory treatments all over the world. It's tricky to find the line between these two categories.

I don't think it's necessarily discriminatory to exempt women from having to serve harsh terms in military camps in the boonies and to leave it to them to choose whether they want to do that stuff or not.

That's generally speaking. However, the devil, of course, is in the details.

@FaheemMitha Aw, thank you!

(Correction: angerpisst --> angepisst)

tchrist