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Mitch
Mitch
00:12
@Cerberus Mussolini made a train run on time.
Once.
Terran Swett
Terran Swett
01:07
I just found a comment on this site in which one user tells another user, "You do not have a mathematical mind."
Which is a rather inappropriate thing to say on this site... but this particular case is particularly inappropriate, as the target of the comment is Peter Shor.
Anyway, I just flagged it as unfriendly.
I just thought it was funny that someone would accuse Peter of not having a mathematical mind. :D
Mitch
Mitch
01:26
@TerranSwett link?
Terran Swett
Terran Swett
@Mitch english.stackexchange.com/a/372269/19334
 
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Mitch
Mitch
02:42
@TerranSwett 1) That exchange is kind of old news. 2) They don't know Peter. 3) Being told you're wrong directly can be upsetting.
Terran Swett
Terran Swett
Yup.
Like I said, I just thought it was kind of funny.
 
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SmokeDetector
SmokeDetector
08:14
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad pattern in url answer, potentially bad ns for domain in answer, potentially bad keyword in answer (67): "Ventilated" brakes or "vented" brakes? by JensenPitt on english.SE
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad pattern in url body, potentially bad ns for domain in body, potentially bad keyword in body, blacklisted user (165): Detroit Axle Brakes by JensenPitt on english.SE
 
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M.A.R.
M.A.R.
12:58
I heard @Reg likes apostrophes
> I have to wonder why since VB6 is clearly a powerful language and a lot of advanced app's can be done in it in record time (not to mention the speed of the app's).
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Q: Why is stack overflow bias when it comes VB6 when is clearly a powerful programming language?

user129856I did see a clear negativity and biased opinions against Visual Basic 6.0 here, on stack overflow. I have to wonder why since VB6 is clearly a powerful language and a lot of advanced app's can be done in it in record time (not to mention the speed of the app's). Why only the negative comments are...

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Matt E. Эллен
Matt E. Эллен
13:28
app's
if ' == lication then do they write app'?
 
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YOU
YOU
14:38
Can anyone help me with following line below?

"I'll take them as soon as you can get them to me. Sorry, I'm a bit behind but you are helping me get it off my list"

Is that in a bad sense or good sense?
 
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Luyw
Luyw
17:34
Hey, I too have a question:
"since Belarus’ President’s actions are nothing but “outrages against human rights” (Motyl, 2000, para. 1) for they infringe them." am I right in not using "upon" after "infringe" here?
 
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tchrist
tchrist
19:21
@Luyw I would use upon there after infringe if it were mine.
RegDwigнt
RegDwigнt
20:08
Write And Perform A Song For A Stranger - FULL TASK
►
Lessons in songwriting.
@MattE.Эллен you ever seen this show? It's quite wonderful. Especially the very first season.
 
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Robusto
Robusto
21:34
@RegDwigнt Don't need 'em because can't use 'em because can't write songs no way no how.
BTW, speaking of Brahms Requiem, I'm sure that you will find a new appreciation for all kinds of music you never thought about before, now that you're singing in a competent choir. Something about being inside the music puts you strongly in touch with just what it is that makes those pieces special.
This is where I got my passion for R. Strauss and others.
@Luyw Use on or upon.
tchrist
tchrist
@Robusto I have been graced with a sesquipedalian snowcast: they're calling for upwards of a foot-and-a-half of snow.
RegDwigнt
RegDwigнt
21:58
@Robusto oh that vid is just British entertainment. No lessons really. I merely chose to subtitle it that way. Because, as a rule, I like to subtitle things very poorly.
You want a proper lesson, go write a song right now. There. Done.
Nobody can just sit down and write a mass in H minor. Even Bach couldn't. You need to bang your head against the wall for 64 years first.
Somehow you can only get better at things that you keep doing, but never at things that you never do. It's stupid and I don't know who decided that it must be that way, but alas, that's just what we're stuck with.
Write 500 hundred songs and throw the first 499 away.
You can do that on a lazy Sunday.
I figure it will probably take me twenty more years to write my first SATB piece. But that's only because I've not written 500 SATB pieces today. Had I done that, I'd have my first good piece by now.
Nov 20 at 22:52, by RegDwigнt
As us pro gamers like to say, "It's as easy as that. You just do them one of these."
Robusto
Robusto
22:35
@tchrist Better you than me.
@RegDwigнt My lazy Sundays are already filled ... with laziness.
BTW, I've accepted that I will never be a songwriter. The world doesn't need another marginal-at-best talent.
I'd rather be good at the things I do do well, which, if I ever find out what they are, I'll let you know about.

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