English Language & Usage: Multi-Layered Discourse Room

Mitch

12:23 AM

@Cerberus why could the Beef Wellington not register its password?

Because it was not stroganoff.

Cerberus

@Mitch Uhh I'm afraid I don't get it.

What's the conexion with passwords?

Besides, I'm busy watching wasp-sucking machines and other videos.

Massive Hornet Nest Removal

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What a swarm. And what speed.

tchrist

@RegDwigнt It's because of nationalistic zealotry on the part of the evil decimators.

A vulgar fraction has a denominator that isn't a power of ten.

A decimal fraction has one which is such.

Those are to be consider opposites.

Cerberus

12:38 AM

Hah, is that really it? Or is that your interpretation?

Though what nation would decimators represent?

tchrist

The metrifascists forbid you to use "vulgar" fractions with SI units. It's considered rude to talk about ⅓ of a meter because you've introduced an infinitely repeating decimal that cannot be constrained into THE LORD THY GOD'S DECIMAL NOTATION within finite space. So it freaks them out.

They don't like that it's infinitely accurate and precise. They want finite precision.

ISO 31-0

ISO 31-0 is the introductory part of international standard ISO 31 on quantities and units. It provides guidelines for using physical quantities, quantity and unit symbols, and coherent unit systems, especially the SI. It is intended for use in all fields of science and technology and is augmented by more specialized conventions defined in other parts of the ISO 31 standard. ISO 31-0 was withdrawn on 17 November 2009. It is superseded by ISO 80000-1. Other parts of ISO 31 have also been withdrawn and replaced by parts of ISO 80000. == Scope == ISO 31 covers only physical quantities used for the...

Because everybody knows that decimation makes it easier for computers.

@Cerberus unicode.org/mail-arch/unicode-ml/Archives-Old/UML021/0599.html

It's as offensive to talk about a seventh or a third or a quarter of something as it is to talk about a vegan quarterpounder with cheezewhiz.

Apparently.

Humans naturally divide and multiply things by twos and threes. The idiot metric police can blow it out all 5.0 holes.

Cerberus

@tchrist Ah, nice.

tchrist

That's why metric music is all in ¹⁰⁄₁₀ time. Because ⁴⁄₄ is too vulgar to contemplate, and ⁶⁄₈ or ⁹⁄₁₆ is from the devil.

Cerberus

And so this is the real origin of the name in Unicode?

tchrist

I don't know.

The dripping contempt that people have for those who are different from them, or who simply make different choices, it the root of all evil.

Cerberus

12:48 AM

2 hours ago, by Cerberus

@RegDwigнt Because it's non-scientific?

tchrist

Oh but it's VERY scientific.

Cerberus

So I guess that was partly what I intended.

tchrist

ℚ is the set of rational numbers.

Cerberus

Don't use 1/2 etc. in engineering.

tchrist

I have two hammers.

Shall I give you ½ of them, or do I need to give you ⁵⁄₁₀ of them?

You use 1/2 etc in math.

Engineering is a dumb hack compared to math.

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A: Show that the ring of all rational numbers, which when written in simplest form has an odd denominator, is a principal ideal domain.

An integral domain is a commutative ring with unity that has no zero divisors. A Principal Ideal Domain is an integral domain in which every ideal is principal; that is, $R$ is a Principal Ideal Domain if and only if for every ideal $I$ of $R$ there exists $a\in R$ such that $I = (a) = aR = \{ax\...

Math understands fractions.

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A: Infinite sum of sequence

This is more or less the same answer as the others, but it really simplifies finding the sum if you recognize $$ \dfrac{1}{4} + \dfrac{2}{4^2} + \dfrac{1}{4^3} + \dfrac{2}{4^4} + \dfrac{1}{4^5} + \dfrac{2}{4^6} + \dfrac{1}{4^7} + ...$$ as $$ \dfrac{1}{4} + \left(\dfrac{1}{4^2} + \dfrac{1}{4^2}...

Even if this chat does not. :/

Cerberus

12:55 AM

Finding the Malaysian trapdoor spider

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Another great video.

@tchrist In mathematics, yes, certainly.

tchrist

Spiders are the cutest of aliens.

Cerberus

I love the looks of this nest.

tchrist

I don't know why they chose to call "common fractions" "vulgar fractions" for Unicode names.

From en.wikipedia.org/wiki/…

> A decimal fraction is a fraction whose denominator is not given explicitly, but is understood to be an integer power of ten. Decimal fractions are commonly expressed using decimal notation in which the implied denominator is determined by the number of digits to the right of a decimal separator, the appearance of which (e.g., a period, a raised period (•), a comma) depends on the locale (for examples, see decimal separator).

> Whether common fractions or decimal fractions are used is often a matter of taste and context. Common fractions are used most often when the denominator is relatively small.

Cerberus

@tchrist Well, vulgar and common have almost the same meaning.

tchrist

I know.

> Non est enim consilium in volgo, non ratio, non discrimen, non diligentia...

Commoners! What do you expect?

Cerberus

1:18 AM

What, indeed.

ab2

2:32 AM

Does anyone know who coined the term unisex tent, and what it is supposed to mean? See outdoors.stackexchange.com/questions/19985/…

Cerberus

@ab2 It is a tent with one one sex.

So perhaps it as someone who had sex only once in his life, in a tent.

@ab2 Yours and that other answer sound good to me.

It's interesting how products traditionally more popular among women but now aimed at men are called "for men", while, apparently "unisex" applies to the converse.

That is, "for women" is not PC any more, so it's "unisex" now.

Whereas "for men" is still not super non-PC.

Mitch

@Cerberus sigh

I'm sure you don't want it explained. Or rather once explained you'll wish to go back to the innocent foreminutes where there isn't as much groaning.

So I'll explain explain.

So obviously beef Wellington and beef stroganoff are to variations on preparing beef.

But, and it's a really big one...

Cerberus

I got that part...

Mitch

Passwords are often rejected for not being strong enough

Which sounds a lot like...

Cerberus

Ahh.

Okay, then.

Mitch

2:47 AM

STROGANOFF

Cerberus

I wasn't thinking in a phonetic area.

Mitch

Good enough to make 8 year olds go 'hunh?'

And bad enough to make 12 year olds roll theirs yes so far back into their heads that they can see the other side

Cerberus

Hah.

But do 12-year-olds know of the Duke?

Mitch

@Cerberus I don't want to know which area you were thinking in

@Cerberus some people much older of undisclosed age also do not know of this Duke

Unless it's the Duke of York

@Cerberus unisex hair salons are hair salons that are primarily for women, but they advertise as unisex so men will go there to mget their hair cut

Cerberus

@Mitch A very low area.

@Mitch Indeed not.

@Mitch Right, it is possible!

When for some reason they need to not scare off or insult women.

Mitch

2:56 AM

That too

When I was a kid I always unisex had something to do with unicycles

I was a confused child

To say nothing of nowadays

I mean what did unisex mean?

And what did having a single wheel have to do with that?

Where do all the parts go?

Cerberus

Poor, confused little Mitch.

But you must have found your sex eventually.

Feeds

5:52 AM

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Q: Is there a word or phrase for questioning authority?

I'm looking for a word or phrase that questions authority but not to the point of open defiance. As an example: Boss: I think my plan is the best plan and we're going with it. Employee: Well, it may be the best plan, however, what about it makes it the best plan? What about other plans that hav...

Feeds

6:23 AM

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Q: What is the worst version of "Fairweather" friends

Is there worst version (adjective) of "Fair-weather friends" or similar word in effect.

single-word-requests phrase-requests

Feeds

8:46 AM

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Q: A word for sucking venom off a wound

What is a word for sucking venom off a wound? I remember encountering a semi-scientific word for the process. It is something that can be used like this: She performed (insert word) on his snake-bite to save him, but not just was it ineffective, she also swallowed some, and they're both dead ...

single-word-requests

RegDwigнt

10:28 AM

@tchrist yeah but 1/2 does not introduce an infinitely repeating decimal. Neither does 1/4, or indeed an infinite number of these purportedly "vulgar" fractions. Do they even math.

π/10, on the other hand, does not even introduce a repeating decimal but just keeps throwing dice forever. And yet that is somehow not vulgar?

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Feeds

11:10 AM

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Q: Which time should I use? Fill in the blank(s). Verb "to watch"

Fill in the blank(s). Verb "to watch" ___________ a movie last night when I phoned? No, I wasn't.

single-word-requests

Gigili

11:30 AM

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ Oh! How was it?

RegDwigнt

12:57 PM

@Cerberus yeah I saw that video. There's a couple actually, I think. That guy kept making the holes smaller and smaller from video to video.

Feeds

2:36 PM

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Q: Word meaning “not work-related”

My only email account has got unmanageably cluttered and it’s time for a change. Rather than go through the hassle of unsubscribing to hundreds of services I’ll just give a few friends a new address. I’ve therefore decided to fork my correspondence into two groups: work related and personal. I li...

single-word-requests word-choice word-usage

Feeds

4:11 PM

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Q: A person who reads or views a poster is a... viewer? reader? spectator? onlooker?

I need a word for a person who reads/views/watches a poster or a painting. Things I find in dictionaries are viewer onlooker spectator I would tend to think that viewer is okay, but I am not sure. Especially when speaking of posters (to present a project, or research results) my imp...

single-word-requests

Feeds

4:27 PM

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Q: Word for someone who prefers the devil they know to the devil they don't

Question: I'm looking for a word to describe someone who prefers the "devil they know" over "the devil they don't". Does such a word exist, and if so, what is it? Extra details: That's a generalized description of the context I'm trying to use this word in, which is to describe someone who tol...

single-word-requests nouns

Feeds

5:54 PM

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Q: How do I call a result of tinker or fiddle?

A person who tinkers is a tinkerer (and fidler is fiddling), but how do I call a result or product (noun) of fiddling or tinkering? Also fiddling or tinkering? Fiddlery/Tinkery? But looks like such word doesn't exists - Google shows no meaningful results for "tinkery" or "fiddlery".

single-word-requests word-choice word-usage

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Q: Word for bringing into agreement

If there are two points that disagree, is there a word for the act of making them seem as if they are, in fact, in agreement? I've heard "resolve" used in this context, but it doesn't quite work for what I'm looking for. "Rather than explaining the difference between the two texts, the commentar...

single-word-requests

Feeds

6:58 PM

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Q: What is an adjective for the property of "always relay to the last person/object"?

What is the proper adjective to fill in the blank? If Person A has XXX and Person A has the option to relay XXX to Person B without condition at Person A's wish, then, in reality, Person B is the person who has XXX. Then we say XXX is ____ Example XXX: responsibility, liability

single-word-requests

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Q: Which is more appropriate, "contest," "contestation," or a different word?

I'm in the process of submitting a request for a late assignment's grade to be re-evaluated. Is it more appropriate to use the word "contest," "contestation," or another word in this context? For example, one would refer to the situation as a "late assignment contestation" if that was the appropr...

single-word-requests word-choice phrase-requests synonyms expression-requests

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

7:13 PM

@Gigili I probably did well enough. I like pharmaceutics, so the bar isn't that high (or low). Probably 400--800 CC @Færd

Considering I'm on dialysis on Thursday, and take a Konkur on Friday, I'm satisfied with the probable result

Feeds

8:01 PM

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Q: Word for email that renders across all devices?

It's important for our emails to render without issues across all supported email clients and devices: Outlook, Yahoo, Comcast, Gmail, iPhone, Android, tablets, etc. The only word I can think of is "bulletproof" ("bulletproof email", "bulletproof email components") but I'm not sure if that's the...

single-word-requests email

Robusto

8:41 PM

@tchrist Which is why 1) we should have a duodecimal numbering system instead of merely decimal, 2) a 12-inch ruler is significantly easier for carpenters to use than a meter stick, 3) not even Napoleon could make people divide the day into 10 time periods, and 4) nobody can improve on 360° as the measurement of a circle.

Feb 8 '11 at 10:46, by Robusto

1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12 ... 10 of the first 12 integers are factors of 360.

Feeds

9:20 PM

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Q: Is there a gender neutral equivalent of “manspreading”?

Who knew that the term manspreading is considered sexist by some... men? A nameless user proposed to delete the term from an answer of mine, his explanation was “remove misandry”. I had written [someone] who spreads their legs and invades your space (AKA manspreading) The comment got me t...

single-word-requests phrase-requests american-english british-english gender-neutral

Feeds

9:52 PM

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Q: Is there a word that means "a group containing just 1 member?"

Is there a word that can be used to describe a group or collection that only has 1 member/element? I first thought of singleton, but in my context singleton has a well-established meaning and I want to avoid confusion. I want to ask a question like, "Does the group contain only one member?" with...

single-word-requests

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