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1:00 PM
actually 4 lines
i can do the paste bin
lol
 
paste it here and see
 
Generally speaking, I would like to agree to all the points you have mentioned in your response, but based upon my experience working in a complex and loosely integrated environment such as xyz, as soon as one attempt to bring a straightforward; a simple minded approach to solve a problem, it becomes nearly impossible to do so without taking in considerations the various variables that can effects project conceptualization and delivery.
i think i need to cut the last two lines
or revise it
 
attempt -> attempts
effects -> effect
 
Each line is one KM.
 
@Saladin effects -> affect
 
1:03 PM
but what about second last line..
..'without taking in considerations the various variables that can effects project conceptualization and delivery.'
should i not but a full stop mark
or any joining words
 
effects should be affect
 
you have put one
 
That sentence is too long. You need to break it up.
 
okay i understand wait
 
The punctuation is all screwy.
 
1:04 PM
let me revise it again , i will paste it up again
thanks @MattЭллен
tahnks @Noah
thanks @KitFox
 
no probs
 
No problameto
Amigo
 
I see you are an invisible pink unicorn, @KitFox. Or rather, I don't see!
 
@Saladin Generally speaking, I agree with all the points you have mentioned in your response. However, based on my experience working in a complex and loosely integrated environment such as xyz, it becomes nearly impossible to attempt a straightforward approach to solve a problem without taking in consideration the various variables that can affect project conceptualization and delivery.
 
You need special kind of glasses to see this invisible picture.
 
1:07 PM
@kitfox perfect
 
nods
 
i love the sound of it
you are great :0 @KitFox
 
I just cleaned what you wrote.
You're welcome.
 
yeah it makes more sense now
its got a nice flow to it now
thanks again
 
Sure. No problem.
 
1:09 PM
I would replace in with into, but I know both are fine.
Taking into consideration.
 
Oh. Yeah. That actually should be into.
Typo, sorry.
 
No problem
 
You could replace "taking into consideration" with "considering" if you want to shorten it.
 
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A: Any way to see all the transcripts of Expert chat?

balphaNope, it's intentional that the session ids are random strings instead of guessable numbers. If someone wants to share a transcript that's fine, but some of the contents of those conversations are probably better left under the rug, in particular where the user didn't realize they were talking to...

 
ok thanks for the suggestions
 
1:11 PM
> As an example (leaving out the obviously good amount of verbal abuse that the bot gets), [the expert] has actually been offered money to finish an iOS developer's project (and this included an email address being posted).
 
It wasn't me.
I asked it why it wouldn't flip the turtle over.
 
Did it tell you to check the now-deleted turtle question on SO?
 
No. I didn't know about it.
 
I mean the famous Spolsky question, how do I move the turtle in LOGO?
Whoever that LOGO was. I only know LEGO, obviously.
Speaking of which,
 
Expert: Hello, how can I help you today?

You: how availble are you?

Expert: I can't answer that.

You: Well then, An, you're of no use to me. I need to meet Experts who are masters of their own destiny.

Expert: If I had to meet experts who am masters of their own destiny, I'd get right on it.

You: I have. However this first attempt has been a failure. You're quite a disappointment.

Expert: We're talking past each other here.

You: I'm talking at you, but everything I say goes over your head.
 
1:16 PM
Oh that one.
@MattЭллен You can grab a link for the chat.
 
how so?
 
guys in this sentence what would semantically make more sense
I can give you many other examples, where security team faces the same faith, to fight out from this oblivion it would be best that we keep our expectation real and goals practical
 
@KitFox black is what I tried instead, yes. But the contrast with the body is a bit too stark now. Depending on the ambient lighting the legs are invisible or not immediately apparent, making the fox look like a cruise missile or a hover sausage, or an all-new meanie from Super Mario Land.
 
if i go with expectations practical and goals real.
 
Ha! Someone else made a reference! "I mean you're not helping. Why is that Leon?"
I feel a sense of belonging.
@RegDwighт Well, crud.
@Saladin Hmm, that's trickier.
 
1:19 PM
Soup is ready to be getting eated. AFK.
 
@RegDwighт I would probably drink it.
 
@Saladin I can give you many other examples, where (a/the) security team faces the same faith. To fight out of this oblivion, it would be best that we keep our expectations practical and our goals realistic.
I don't understand "faith" there though.
And fighting out of oblivion, I don't understand that either.
 
well it lacks context i took it from a paragraph
 
@MattЭллен Yes!
 
1:21 PM
before i was talking about how security teams face problems dealing with similar kinds of issues
but if the grammar is correct , i like to accept it as it
 
The only trouble is the security team part, which needs to be plural or have an article.
Also, I broke it in two pieces, but you could use a dash or colon to join them if you prefer.
 
i can replace it with our department ?
 
@Saladin Yes.
 
hmm
ok thanks
i apologize if i'm troubling you @KitFox english is not actually my mother language
most of times i let my dad (who is avid reader and writer) to review my writings.
 
Oh, I'm not worried about it.
I'm re-writing queries while I chat.
 
1:27 PM
lol
kitfo? is this ur name
or like abbreviation
 
Your English is pretty decent. On par with most native speakers with average writing skills.
@Saladin Kit Fox, yes.
 
like kit fox lol seems a cool name
very hollywood
 
Thank you.
 
kit is like a guys name?
or unisex
 
It is unisex.
 
1:28 PM
oh okay
and u are a guy?
 
Not usually.
 
Or multisex. Or polysex. Or ambisex.
 
hahaha
lol
 
Pansexual.
 
Leave the chimps out of this.
 
1:29 PM
mmmmm. pans
 
let me google those phrases now
 
@tchrist No she is she-sex.
 
Only bonobos are pansexual: Pan paniscus.
 
There are others in that genus.
 
Troglodytes.
 
1:30 PM
Chimps.
 
But they are not as pansexual as bonobos.
 
Anybody, any time.
 
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Q: is this sentence right?

user2208349I have this sentence: The System shall allow any customer to find the restaurant which has best served a specific food item. I want to say that there is many restaurants serving food items and I want the system to allow customers to find the best restaurants which service that food items. ...

 
Ah, Rob’s heartbreak again.
 
1:31 PM
What do you think?
 
I think No.
 
That's what I thought too. I'm not sure how to respond.
 
@KitFox Move it to writers.SE.
 
@KitFox perhaps point them to ELL?
right grammer is screaming LEARNER to me
 
Is there a website for proofreading?
 
1:34 PM
haha
lol
 
Not a paid one. A free one.
 
@Noah i wish there exists
but you guys are wonderful at this;
who need a site; there is lot to learn from here.
most sites are paid too.
 
@Saladin Well, actually that's off topic on English.SE
 
@MattЭллен I did that. Thanks for the suggestion.
I've been extremely unilateral this morning.
 
@Noah yeah i saw the question about it got (-1) votes
i get it too , but some people fail to grasp the real reason.
 
1:35 PM
@Saladin One vote.
 
Closed questions automatically get a downvote.
 
Not quite.
 
ok
 
Depends on close reason.
 
Those aren't "closed" anymore.
 
1:36 PM
@tchrist Or close observation, amigo
 
They are "migrated" or "duplicate."
 
does this phrase make sense (part of full-sentence)...'...harmony of collaboration and interdepartmental collaboration"
 
Makes sense, but I dislike the repetition.
 
should there be something like harmony that promotes...then followed with the rest
 
I stink. Gotta take a bath.
 
1:38 PM
ok i agree @KitFox
lol
There is a lot that's needs to be done both on management and technical side before this exercise actually finds the right strategic alignment with rest of xyz business process. From management commitment / oversight, to training of technical staff, and definition of clear job responsibility and most importantly a much needed harmony of interdepartmental collaboration that needs to co-exists before a program as this ever become a practical reality.
please help me revise this, so i can leave the rest of u in peace:) lol
 
@Saladin articles
 
i suck at this ..:(
 
There is a lot that needs to be done, both by management and on the technical side, before this exercise actually aligns strategically with the rest of xyz business process.
 
but then i like to give example e.g commitment, job responsibility
 
Management must commit to oversight, technical staff must be trained, job responsibilities must be defined clearly, and most importantly our departments must feel comfortable collaborating with each other before a program such as this can ever become a practical reality.
 
1:45 PM
i like to emphasize list of things that need to go along with
 
Those are big changes.
That last part is tough.
 
okay wait @KitFox let me re-write it again
i know where I'm getting it wrong
 
OK.
 
> LONDON (Reuters) - The April Fool is dead. Or at least the gentle jester of the common folk has metastised into a corporate colossus controlled by global marketing executives, bestriding the Internet to force familiar brands ever deeper into the collective consciousness.
 
@tchrist Sounds like a strong accusation.
 
1:54 PM
@Noah It's East-European soup, not the dishwater nonsense referred to as soup elsewhere. Your only chance at drinking it is by having the esophagus of a hippo.
 
> Expert: Hi, how can I be of assistance?

You: What's your name?

Expert: I'd like to remain anonymous.

You: That sucks.

Expert: O... kay...

You: How can I help you?

Expert: I can't answer that.

You: Then what for are you here?

Expert: If I told you, what would you do with that information?

You: Will eat it.

Expert: Why would you want to will eat it?

You: Because I am hungry

Expert: Good reason, I suppose.

You: What's your gender?

Expert: That's a secret.

You: How come?

Expert: I don't know.
 
@RegDwighт That, I believe, is what we call “stew” where I’m from. The Russian immigrants here (hm, or émigrés?) make a lovely mushroom and barley thingie they sell hot out of the kettle at our semiweekly farmers market, and they call that “mushroom soup” for us wishy-washy folk.
 
Nah, stew is different still. I wouldn't call stew soup.
 
@Noah Well, it has a lot more big words in it than is the customary newspaper pablum.
Oh, ok.
 
@KitFox the message is too long
i'm going to paste bin it ok?
 
2:02 PM
Though the line is blurry.
 
@Saladin Sure.
 
I do like my soups stewey.
 
People call split-pea soup, soup, but it is always very thick — or should be.
 
In fact as a child I used to eat noodle "soup" that was all noodles and no stock, at all.
 
2:03 PM
English has these funny soup-words that can only be used when a certain required ingredient is present, like chowder and gumbo.
 
Gumbo? Ain't that the mayor of Springfield?
 
Sorry, I’m a bit pokey this morning.
 
I think I heard chowder. I think. But gumbo? I don't think so.
 
Chowders, I think, have to have taters. Gumbo, IIRC, requires something like okra or filé powders; it is a Luziaenner Cajun thing.
 
LEO sez, Eintopfgericht mit Okraschoten. Whatever that is.
 
2:05 PM
Exactly. So it is orca.
 
Die Okra (Abelmoschus esculentus), auch Gemüse-Eibisch, quiabo (Brasilien), ladyfingers (Südasien), quimbombó (Kuba) und bamya (Arabische Länder, Albanien, Türkei, Bulgarien, Griechenland, Bosnien) genannt, ist eine Pflanzenart aus der Familie der Malvengewächse. Sie ist eine aus dem Hochland Ostafrikas, genauer aus Äthiopien, stammende Gemüsepflanze. Beschreibung Der Strauch erreicht Wuchshöhen von bis zu 2,50 Meter. Er hat gezahnte Blätter und große gelbe Blüten. Die Kapselfrüchte oder umgangssprachlich „Schoten“ werden 10 bis 20 Zentimeter lang. Die Schale ist hell- bis dunk...
 
Closer.
 
No leo leo.
 
Lemme ask wife.
 
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2:05 PM
Chowder has milk base.
And usually potatoes.
 
To me a gumbo has to have a bunch of a certain spice base.
 
@KitFox did u revised it?
 
@KitFox I assume you discount the ugly Manhattan thing. :)
 
Gumbo is a tomato broth base, I believe.
 
Wife sez, she saw it once. Somewhere.
 
2:06 PM
@tchrist What are you, a Yankees fan?
 
@KitFox No sorry, not really in to hockey.
 
@Saladin Yes. Some punctuation, a little word revision. It's not perfect, but I think it will do.
 
> Gumbo is often categorized by the type of thickener used: the African vegetable okra, the Choctaw spice filé powder (dried and ground sassafras leaves), or roux, the French base made of flour and fat. The dish likely derived its name from either the Bantu word for okra (ki ngombo) or the Choctaw word for filé (kombo).
 
okay thanks
 
Mkay chowder is gross.
 
2:07 PM
I kinda hate okra, but the filé powder is ok.
 
Chowder is delicious. Potato soup. Yum.
 
Chowder is potato soup.
 
OK, that looks gross.
 
In a cream and leak base.
 
2:08 PM
See.
I tolcha.
 
Unless you are in Manhattan. In which case they call tomato soup, chowder.
 
I love potato soup. Soup without potatoes no make sense. But this is just wrong.
 
@tchrist NYers are dumb though.
 
They obvious can’t tell their nightshades apart.
 
What?
 
2:09 PM
The nightshades of gray.
 
Haha.
 
Tomatoes and potatoes are nightshades.
Solanaceae are a family of flowering plants that includes a number of important agricultural crops. Although many species are toxic plants, some are edible and healthy. The family is also informally known as the nightshade or potato family. The name of the family comes from the Latin Solanum "the nightshade plant", but the further etymology of that word is unclear. Most likely, the name comes from the perceived resemblance that some of the flowers bear to the sun and its rays, and in fact a species of Solanum (Solanum nigrum) is known as the "sunberry". Alternatively, the name has been ...
> The family includes Datura, Mandragora (mandrake), Atropa belladonna (deadly nightshade), Lycium barbarum (wolfberry), Physalis philadelphica (tomatillo) , Physalis peruviana (Cape gooseberry flower), Capsicum (chili pepper, bell pepper), Solanum (potato, tomato, eggplant), Nicotiana (tobacco), and Petunia.
 
I thought Manhattan chowder had both tomatoes and potatoes in it.
I know they are nightshades.
 
I think Manhattan has no cream or something evil like that. It never seems like chowder to me.
 
It's an abomination anyway.
 
2:14 PM
More like a poor imitation of bouillabaisse.
 
@KitFox i have broken it into two.
see thi
The nature of such issues are not just limited to over lack of oversight and visibility, or training of technical staff and definition of job roles and responsibility, but most importantly providing opportunity for the business departments to co-exist and harmonize through interdepartmental collaboration and teamwork
this
over (typo)
 
> Manhattan clam chowder has clear broth, plus tomato for red color and flavor. In the 1890s, this chowder was called "New York clam chowder" and "Fulton Fish Market clam chowder." While cream-based clam chowder in its New England version has been around since the mid-18th century, no mention of any Manhattan chowder has been found that predates the 1930s. Many restaurants in northern Rhode Island sell both red and white chowders, while the southern coast favors clear and white chowders.
 
topic sentence is
In my view, for this exercise to find any strategic alignment with the rest of xyz business process, our management needs to develop a good and rich understanding of the complex issues
 
I think you can have a chowder without clams. Here they make a nice smoked corn chowder with chiles.
And that one has no clams.
 
@tchrist Oh sure you can.
 
2:16 PM
It certainly has potatoes and cream.
 
@Saladin It seems like there should be more at the end.
 
wait
let me do pastebin again
 
@KitFox Oh right, I was looking at the wr0ng Wikipedia page. I was looking at clam chowder not just chowder in general.
Chowder is a seafood or vegetable stew (or thickened soup), often served with milk or cream and mostly eaten with saltine crackers. Chowder is usually thickened with broken up crackers, but some varieties are traditionally thickened with crushed ship biscuit. New England clam chowder, perhaps the best known chowder, is typically made with chopped clams and diced potatoes, in a mixed cream and milk base, often with a small amount of butter. Other common chowders include Manhattan clam chowder, which substitutes tomatoes for the milk and cream and typically omits potatoes; corn chowder...
There’s that ugly picky again.
Saltine is not a brand of cracker, but a type?
 
Last I knew, it was a brand.
 
it's a whatsit. synedoche?
 
2:19 PM
A saltine or soda cracker is a thin, usually square cracker made from white flour, shortening, yeast, and baking soda, with most varieties lightly sprinkled with coarse salt. It has perforations throughout its surface, to allow steam to escape for uniform rising, and along the edges, as individual crackers are broken from larger sheets during manufacturing. It has a very dry and crisp texture, as it is made with less shortening than varieties such as Ritz crackers. Some familiar brand names of saltine crackers in North America are Christie's Premium Plus (Canada), Nabisco's Premium (U....
Apparently it's like kleenex.
 
Oops, Manhattan clam chowder is a cioppino wannabe, not a bouillabaisse one.
 
Is it lunchtime yet?
 
A generic trademark, also known as a genericized trademark or proprietary eponym, is a trademark or brand name that has become the generic name for, or synonymous with, a general class of product or service, against the usual intentions of the trademark's holder. Using a genericized trademark to refer to the general form of what that trademark represents is a form of metonymy. A trademark is said to become genericized when it began as a distinctive product identifier but has changed in meaning to become generic. A trademark typically becomes "genericized" when the products or services ...
@KitFox So Wikipedia's opinion is that it's metonymy.
And my opinion is that it's lunchtime when you're hungry.
 
It's lunchtime when the hot sandwich station opens.
Not for another 40 minutes.
 
@KitFox Dam.
 
So the real question is, pulled pork or hot pastrami?
 
In one-time use bowls.
 
@KitFox i did a pastebin
 
> Southern Illinois Chowder is a thick stew or soup, very different from the New England and Manhattan chowders. [. . .] Invariably prepared according to secret recipes [. . .] Traditionally, squirrel meat was a common addition.
Prolly made with hickory meat, too.
 
...
@KitFox
...
anybody home
 
3:05 PM
Is this an example of the kind of thing that deserves a “Very Low Quality” flag for being unlikely to be salvageable even if edited?
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A: "Rebellion" vs. "revolution"

Carlton onealrebellion needs to free a native area population from foreign occupation and/or free a chattal slave population from long term brutal generational bondage ,within foreign lands or foreign individuals.revolution/transformation, needs and/or want to change a brutal,corrupt,and incompetent,form of g...

His only other answer was the same way.
 
d'awwww
 
Hehe.
 
I’d heard they still did traditional Easter bonnets in the American Southlands, but this is the first time I’ve ever seen one coördinated with a buffalo mantle.
 
Bonnets?
We have Easter bonfires.
 
3:24 PM
@Saladin I was in a meeting. Now I'm getting lunch. I'll look when I come back.
 
An Easter Bonnet represents the tail-end of a tradition of wearing new clothes at Easter, in harmony with the renewal of the year and the promise of spiritual renewal and redemption. The "Easter bonnet" was fixed in popular culture by Irving Berlin, whose frame of reference was the Easter parade in New York City, a festive walkabout that made its way down Fifth Avenue from St. Patrick's Cathedral: In your Easter bonnet with all the frills upon it, You'll be the grandest lady in the Easter parade. At the depths of the Great Depression a new hat at Easter, or a refurbished old one, was a s...
 
This has to be a joke.
 
Which?
 
All of this!
You won't fool me!
 
By no means.
The last one is from here.
The one of the ladies is of the prize-winning entries in a contest.
 
3:39 PM
I didn't fall for the Talk To An Expert, nor did I fall for the "Osama" 9/11 conspiracy.
 
> It was Easter bonnet bonanza around the county at Luminus Oak Foundation's sheltered schemes. There were some extremely competitive bonnet events held, with residents spending many hours in an effort to create the perfect bonnet.
“extremely competitive bonnet events”
No, not a joke.
Go to Google Images and look up “Easter bonnet”.
 
By inventing more sources, you're not going to make me believe in your conspiracy!
 
One fine Easter morning, some years ago now, I was treated to a troupe of llamas en promenade behind my house, all bedecked with the most delightful of Easter bonnets ever to grace a camelid’s crown.
 

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