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4:00 PM
Kilowatt hours
Just think on that for a sec
 
OK, seriously? My boss is making it mandatory for us to sign up for a town hall meeting with head of IT.
 
@fredley No clue, we use kWh which is straightforward = 1kW x 3600s = 3.6 MJ for electricity and m^3 for gas.
 
@Powerlord Because the litre corresponds to 1dm³.
 
@Powerlord I...what? Why?
 
@MartinSojka kWh is stupid
 
4:01 PM
@Powerlord there is no such thing as a "mL".
 
pedantry intensifies
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kWh = 1000 * J / s * (60 * 60 * s)
 
@badp This is the Bridge. What were you expecting?
 
@ThatBrazilianGuy You are aware that "L" is the symbol for litres, not "l" ?
 
@fredley It's not very useful, but at least you can derive the MJ/GJ by remembering how many seconds are in an hour. For the conversion of calorie to Joule you need to remember a weird conversion factor.
 
4:02 PM
@FEichinger I'm part of the problem, and still I get to make meta commentary.
 
@Powerlord This
@ThatBrazilianGuy You are wrong. And anyway, even if you want to have lowercase l for litres, Lamberts definitely have an uppercase L
 
Having had a Chemistry instructor that would mark you down for writing "ml" I learned that one pretty quickly.
 
@Powerlord Aaaactually both are valid.
 
> millilitre (also spelled milliliter; symbol mL, ml, or mℓ), a thousandth of a litre (an SI unit of capacity)
 
Lowercase l is for lumens
 
4:03 PM
Yeah, you are correct and I am wrong.
 
At least as per SI.
 
WHAT ABOUT ℓ
 
On that note, I only use litres for cooking. Everything else is in cubic length units.
 
@Powerlord Both are valid according to SI
 
4:05 PM
@MartinSojka Yeah I hate it when backpack capacities came in litres
I'm not putting water in it
Same goes for car boots
awaits argument on American/British terminology
 
@fredley No, lm is lumen.
 
@FEichinger Yeah my bad
 
hey, at least we aren't talking about kilobytes and kibibytes.
 
@fredley Well that one makes more sense, wait, how much blood does a human adult have again?
 
HamStare @RonanForman
 
FAE
4:06 PM
@fredley Wait, they do? Why would you do this.
 
@RonanForman ಠ_ಠ
 
@badp I like how that "standardization" just ended up with the industry benefitting from the confusion.
 
@FEichinger Standardisation.
 
@FEichinger WHAT ABOUT DATA TRANSFER SPEEDS
 
FAE
4:08 PM
@fredley That is stupid. :|
 
@FAE yarp
 
@fredley 78*31*25 = 60,450
 
@RonanForman Now this is going beyond pedantry.
 
@FEichinger :D
 
@badp They would make sense if people were using the correct symbols for once.
 
4:09 PM
@badp The main issue is having bits and bytes start with the same letter, and having capitalisation often done wrong
 
@fredley But then you have to transfer 1 kiB on a 1 kb/s line and it comes up to potato seconds.
 
@badp Networking is always potato
 
...I believe 8.192 seconds? because fuck you.
 
@badp 1024*8.
Makes perfect sense.
 
@badp No, more than that
Since you've got Bs on a bs line
 
4:11 PM
@fredley Ideally it's 8.192 seconds.
 
This is all bs anyway
 
Well, bs and Bs.
inb4 bees.gif
 
pedantry status: exhausted
 
4:15 PM
I think we can close the Bridge for the day
This room was placed in timeout for 1 day; the topic of this room is "General Arqade chat room, wherein adulthood is mandatory." - conversation should be limited to that topic.
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aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhh, much better. Let those batteries recharge
You know, it just dawned on me that I'm not sure I know how to undo this.
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Ah whatever.
 
How about we don't do that again.
 
Ownership gets around timeouts?
 
@GnomeSlice Mistakes are how we learn.
 
4:17 PM
MODAGEDDON
 
@badp Are you sure you can't just undo it?
 
What is going on?
 
Cool, I don't think I've ever been a room owner before
 
@badp Is this a real timeout? I thought the Stackexchange bot posts the notice
 
4:17 PM
@StrixVaria badp put the room in timeout for a day and now he doesn't know how to undo it
 
I think @badp is broken.
 
@MadScientist Yeah
 
2 mins ago, by badp
This room was placed in timeout for 1 day; the topic of this room is "General Arqade chat room, wherein adulthood is mandatory." - conversation should be limited to that topic.
 
I'm seriously crying right now because I'm laughing so hard.
 
Frank has removed Wipqozn from the list of this room's owners.
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4:18 PM
@badp You realize you can give them explicit write access instead of making them owners?
 
Ahh.
Always wanted to do that.
 
@StrixVaria but that takes so much more work!
 
This room was placed in timeout for 1 second; the topic of this room is "General Arqade chat room, wherein adulthood is mandatory." - conversation should be limited to that topic.
 
What is even happening?
 
@MadScientist does that work?
 
4:18 PM
@MadScientist is a hero.
 
Maybe that overrides the old timeout
 
@MadScientist brilliant
 
Also, @Frank, that was the best room owner removal ever.
You removed my ability to talk.
 
Good, now you can all fight yourselves to death in owner removal sprees
That should balance things out nicely
 
Plus I was in the middle of typing "I was afraid if I spoke someone would remove my ownership", and you did.
 
@StackExchange dammit
 
@Wipqozn It was best ownership abuse.
That's all I wanted it for.
 
@StackExchange Noooooooo!
 
4:20 PM
I am now happy.
 
Ah dang, wasn't done.
 
@Wipqozn You had a good run. I'm proud of you.
 
@StackExchange The sweet sweet taste of revenge. I approve
 
I removed @FAE for spite, and I left @JasonBerkan because I like him.
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@StackExchange I couldn't remember if @RonanForman was already aroom owner and didn't have time to check.
 
@Wipqozn I'm forced to be a room owner against my will, I once removed myself and @badp added me back.
 
Well, my approval isn't that strong I guess
 
@badp These young new hotshot mods don't care about you old timers.
 
4:21 PM
Are you guys done?
 
 
Probably not.
 
@GnomeSlice No.
 
"My name is @badp and I approve this message" ?
 
4:22 PM
1 min ago, by badp
@StackExchange The sweet sweet taste of revenge. I approve
 
Are timeouts visible to regular users? I was pretty confused because it didn't look any different to me
 
@MadScientist There was a timeout?
 
@MadScientist Yeah. The number of seconds left fades out from the bottom right corner of where the textbox should be
 
@MadScientist For non-room owners and non-mods the entire bottom bar turns blue, and a count down pops up.
 
Speaking of which, it's another election year in the US. Then again, every even year is, it's just not a presidential election this time.
 
4:23 PM
@Wipqozn Userscripts make this problem go away!
 
It's actually really distracting.
 
@Wipqozn Soothing is more like it
 
@Wipqozn Do mods see anything at all?
 
@fredley Is it just done via Javascript?
 
Wait a sec
 
4:23 PM
@fredley No, and neither do room owners or users with explicit write access.
 
@fredley Room owners don't.
 
This room was placed in timeout for 5 seconds; the topic of this room is "General Arqade chat room, wherein adulthood is mandatory." - conversation should be limited to that topic.
Oh there's a message
 
@fredley Take the sandbox, open it in incognito mode, set a timeout and watch it go.
 
@fredley Shows for everyone.
 
@Wipqozn I did not see it
 
4:24 PM
There's no special indication outside of that one message though, as far as I know.
 
@badp I've seen it before
 
This would have never happened if @ronnie were mod.
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FAE
@Sterno >_>
 
@FAE Do you dare doubt the greatness of Ronnie?
 
I'm sorry, my pro much got a little rusty there
 
4:25 PM
"Here's your EPA grant. Keep up the good work. Hi from mommy. -- Ronnie, 83"
 
@Sterno Probably because nobody would use the site if @ronnie were mod.
 
Chat could really benefit from some pro much.
 
@murgatroid99 But still, PROBLEM SOLVED
 
@murgatroid99 Oh buuuurrrnnnnn
 
4:26 PM
(That's what Bernard says if you read the plaque on the wall in the Day of the Tentacle lobby)
 
If ronnie was elected mod I'd delete @fredley's account.
@StackExchange Now we just need "badp has added Wipqozn..." for this to be perfect.
 
@Wipqozn ...wait, you would?
 
@badp Yes.
 
4:27 PM
 
@StackExchange :(
 
@badp That was, like, forever ago man. Stop living in the past.
 
@Wipqozn So... YOU WERE RONNIE ALL ALONG
 
@badp The secret is out!
 
4:27 PM
@Fei was @ron all along
 
LET RONNIE INTO YOUR HEARTS
 
@Wipqozn What a brilliant ruse.
 
Friedrich Liechtenstein is the most German sounding person.
 
What did I just miss?
 
@Ullallulloo He sounds more like another country
 
@FEichinger You missed the Hatpocolips!
 
12 mins ago, by badp
This room was placed in timeout for 1 day; the topic of this room is "General Arqade chat room, wherein adulthood is mandatory." - conversation should be limited to that topic.
11 mins ago, by badp
You know, it just dawned on me that I'm not sure I know how to undo this.
 
I think order ha finally been restored.
 
@Unionhawk How adorable.
 
4:28 PM
I don't even know who the normal room owners are
 
@FEichinger I bottled up my mod abuse and it bursted all out in one go
 
@StackExchange Noooooooooooo
 
Oh wait, there are none
 
@badp Good job! :D
 
4:29 PM
@fredley Things will stabilize eventually
 
@badp At the same stability point or another?
 
Forgot powerlord.
 
Maybe we'll get stuck in an orbit?
 
Everything is back to Normal. Resume your regular business.
 
@StackExchange Damn it, I was about to remove @Wipqozn because he'd forgotten me
 
4:29 PM
@fredley I believe we've been orbiting forever actually
 
@Wipqozn's room ownership is definitely in orbit
 
He's more like a quasar.
 
I want to remove @Wipqozn, but he's done such a fine job there.
 
@fredley Latvia?
 
4:30 PM
@FEichinger I'm so helpful.
 
@FEichinger He'll give you reason to in about a minute or so, don't worry
 
Liechtenstein, officially the Principality of Liechtenstein (/ˈlɪktənstaɪn/ LIK-tən-styn; German: Fürstentum Liechtenstein, German pronunciation: [ˈfʏʁstn̩tuːm ˈlɪçtn̩ʃtaɪn]), is a doubly landlocked German-speaking alpine country and a microstate in Central Europe, bordered by Switzerland to the west and south and by Austria to the east and north. Its area is just over 160 square kilometres (62 square miles), and it has an estimated population of 35,000. Its capital is Vaduz. The biggest town is Schaan. Liechtenstein has the highest gross domestic product per person in the world when adjusted by...
 
@badp But I'm around right now, not in about a minute or so!
 
@fredley Lithuania???
 
HamStare @Ullallulloo
@Ullallulloo ಠ_ಠ
 
4:31 PM
Time to play some more Divinity: Original Sin and see if my NPC tries to convince me that the chickens are evil. Again.
 
@Wipqozn for not mod!
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bows
 
FAE
@Sterno This sounds like a Sword of Truth novel.
 
@Sterno What, you don't think they are?
They definitely are.
 
@Frank Well, I talked to them, and none seemed evil. Though one was definitely a giant cock.
 
4:32 PM
@Sterno Ow.
 
@Unionhawk I am fine with this.
 
...
MOD ABUSE
 
@Wipqozn \o/
 
also, @FEichinger is now rad.
And to think, I called you a grumpy old man.
@fredley, however, is the worst.
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You should never doubt me.
 
4:35 PM
Oct 26 '13 at 1:43, by LessPop_MoreFizz
user image
 
@Unionhawk You've been abused by the mods a lot, it seems. You probably deserve it.
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7 revisions.
seven
 
one seven
one one one seven
three one one seven
 
All I can think of is tihS:
 
one three two one one seven
one one one three one two two one one seven
 
FAE
4:39 PM
@badp eight eight eight eight eight eight eight eight eight
 
@FAE <9
 
@FAE Stop playing the 8 game.
 
@badp three one one three one one two two two one one seven
 
Which reminds me, why wasn't the 8 game in the final Stanley Parable game
 
FAE
Tetropolis, a Metroidvania with Tetris elements This actually looks kind of neat.
 
4:41 PM
@RonanForman you're smarter than Conway! or you've watched the relevant Numberphile video.
 
@badp I knew about it before then, but yes I've watched the video.
 
(It's kinda boring actually)
 
@badp The video yeah.
 
@FAE I cringe every time I see a game that has "physics based" in its description
 
@Wipqozn :(
 
4:42 PM
@badp Old trick, everybody's seen it
 
@fredley I hadn't before the video.
 
@Unionhawk All your :( do is remind me of how much I miss @John.
@John was such a good frenemy, and @agent86 was a fantastic nemesis.
 
@RonanForman one three two one one three two one three two two one one seven
 
I was one of a few days ago's lucky 10,000
 
brb, writing script to automate this.
 
4:43 PM
Man, I never should have let @agent86 go! He was so horrible. Maybe I should apologize.
 
@RonanForman Build a lexer!
 
@Wipqozn probably.
I'm dead, btw.
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back to being dead.
 
@agent86 be dead later
 
@agent86 Noooooo!!!
 
zzzz or whatever noise corpses make.
 
4:44 PM
@fredley How and what and why?
 
I missed my chance to tell him how sorry I was, and just how muchI hated him.
 
I don't know, I don't hang out in graveyards digging up dead people to listen to them. WHAT KIND OF SICK SO AND SOS ARE YOU PEOPLE.
 
In computer science, lexical analysis is the process of converting a sequence of characters into a sequence of tokens, i.e. meaningful character strings. A program or function that performs lexical analysis is called a lexical analyzer, lexer, tokenizer, or scanner, though "scanner" is also used for the first stage of a lexer. A lexer is generally combined with a parser, which together analyze the syntax of computer languages, such as in compilers for programming languages, but also HTML parsers in web browsers, among other examples. Strictly speaking, a lexer is itself a kind of parser – the syntax...
Massive overkill!
 
@fredley You don't need a lexer to tokenize (one|two|three|four|five|six|seven|eight|nine)
 
@agent86 let me show it to you
 
4:45 PM
 
This kind of sick so and sos
 
Oh yeah, I need my knife back. pulls it out of @agent86's back
 
@murgatroid99 shhhh
 
@badp badp is a necroaudiophile: DATA ACKNOWLEDGED
 
@agent86 if this means you need to keep on talking, that's okay with me
 
4:47 PM
@Powerlord man, I was gonna sell that and use it to buy TF2 keys. bummer.
 
@fredley All he really needs is string.split or some equivalent
 
@murgatroid99 shhhhh
 
@fredley As someone who started a (probably ill-advised) lexing project, I should know what actually needs lexing
Also, I took a compilers class
 
@agent86 You joke, but my standard choice in knives is a Genuine Professional Killstreak Sharp Dresser.
You can check the market for how much those sell for. :P
 
@FAE well, to be fair, that was an evil chicken.
 
4:52 PM
@Powerlord that's ok, I believe you have an extraordinarily expensive TF2 knife. I need no confirmation of this assumption.
 
I have never seen so many zombie pigs!
 
FAE
@KevinvanderVelden hey, someone else has read it!
 
@FAE I have too, but it was years ago and I don't really remember the details
 
@agent86 You say that, but I didn't until I got the killstreak kit from MvM. I used to use a fairly cheap one.
 
4:55 PM
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Q: I can't see Shadow Demon and Warlock's Golem in DotA

Ulfric StormcloakHave anyone of you encountered a bug wherein you can't see the characters in DotA (eg Shadow Demon and Golem)? If I turn on the shadow, I can see only the shadow. Is this some sort of patch error? If yes, how can I fix this? Thank you. Note: Version 1.26a (from 1.25b)

 
@MartinSojka Arc Flash energy is measured in cal/cm^2
 
(the Killstreak kit is why that item is expensive because it alone was worth $20+ when I got it)
(and I didn't even have to buy it! \o/)
 

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