The Whiteboard

Jimmy Hoffa

7:00 PM

@GlenH7 honestly I don't know

user20683

@JimmyHoffa very liberal Episcopalian

Jimmy Hoffa

@WorldEngineer I knew it was one of those long names I don't know the meaning of

user41796

@WorldEngineer As in Bishop Spong liberal?

Kit Z. Fox

@JimmyHoffa Episcopalian is like Church of England/Anglican, so more like Catholic than Baptist.

user20683

@ glenh7 there about, bible is serious but not literal

user41796

7:02 PM

He's a great speaker, btw. If you ever get a chance to hear him talk, I'd encourage attending

user15026

@JimmyHoffa I still don't know how to say that one. It's one of those words I read but don't know how to say

user15026

I try and my mouth just gets tangled on the syllables.

Jimmy Hoffa

@AshleyNunn I think they have some of them around here abouts (do they come from Texas much?) because I've heard it said often enough to know how it's said. I think.

user20683

Ee piss co pail ian

user41796

@JimmyHoffa Texans tend to be more on the fundamentalist side

user15026

7:04 PM

@JimmyHoffa I don't think it's really here much - we tend to be a lot of Mennonite and Mennonite-ish things. Or Catholic. At least, that's my experience here.

Jimmy Hoffa

@AshleyNunn try this one instead since you like Sci-fi: Episs Cup Alien

user41796

So leaning towards baptist / non-denominational

user15026

That....actually helps.

user41796

@JimmyHoffa But Episcopalians tend to be pretty moderate which aligns with the general philosophy for where you live.

user20683

Middle way

Jimmy Hoffa

7:05 PM

Jan 11 at 21:58, by Jimmy Hoffa

6 hours ago, by Ixrec

<-- helping

user20683

Anglicans tend to be more conservative but not by much unless in Africa or Asia

Jimmy Hoffa

@GlenH7 ah then maybe they just happen to be around here? I know we have a lot of Texan immigrants so thought maybe that's where we got them. Guess Texas is where we got the Baptsists then.

user20683

Episcopalian is everything from Catholic lite to Unitarian s with Candles

Jimmy Hoffa

Unfortunately the televangelists asking for seed money to seed your blessings are a homegrown thing here.. ugh

Kit Z. Fox

I recall generally liking Episcopalians and Anglicans and Lutherans.

I like the Catholic-ish faiths.

user15026

7:07 PM

I grew up Progressive Mennonite so I know all those flavours inside out and sideways, I don't know much about anything else.

user41796

@JimmyHoffa That's an evangelical influence

Kit Z. Fox

@AshleyNunn I think we've talked about that. I used to date a Mennonite from your region.

user41796

user20683

I grew up agnostic/atheist

Kit Z. Fox

@GlenH7 OK, but that's not...

Look, Mainers aren't particularly Catholic.

user15026

7:09 PM

@KitZ.Fox Okay, adding that to the whole "you know about Roxannes" I am....super confused and delighted by that. :P (I know faith does not necessarily dictate lifestyle, but it often does with Mennonite-ish things. I am an exception, apparently.)

user20683

My mom is Episcopalian so some of that percolated through

user41796

Numbers from here are probably more accurate

user41796

@KitZ.Fox yeah, I didn't really think it did a good job at representing the diversity

user41796

Looking at that map, you'd think Catholics have a much stronger influence than what they do

Jimmy Hoffa

@GlenH7 whatever it is, Colorado Springs doesn't need outsiders to create it. It's quite the engine for it's own flavor of money-for-your-soul fraudery nonsense. I won't decry religion but I think the majority of well thinking folk can agree those television people trying to fire-sale people's souls back to them for cash are a blight on unfortunate people.

Kit Z. Fox

7:10 PM

There are way more Methodists around here, and UU than Catholics. We just don't church that much.

Mainers in general are not particularly religious.

Especially on social issues.

Hmm. I'm not saying it well.

We were the first state to vote in marriage equality.

user20683

My sister lives in Portland, she's an excessively talented semi hipster

Jimmy Hoffa

@GlenH7 what in hells? Catholicism cannot be as big here as that makes it appear - I had never seen people with black marks on their heads on Ash (friday|wednesday) before being in Chicago for it.

user20683

@KitZ.Fox you've an ass of a governor though

Kit Z. Fox

People go to church for community and for charitable causes, not for moral authority? I'm not sure what I'm tryin gto say. It's a really big difference between here and the South.

@WorldEngineer Don't get me started.

user41796

@JimmyHoffa You might be surprised at how adept people will be with practicing their religion but not standing out in a way that makes them uncomfortable

user15026

7:13 PM

@WorldEngineer True facts.

Kit Z. Fox

@WorldEngineer Oh, my Portland? Maybe I know her.

user41796

And that map just shows what is claimed to be the most prevalent religion per county

user15026

@KitZ.Fox that would make the internet an even tinier place, I don't know if my brain could do that.

user15026

It might explode.

Kit Z. Fox

Oh right because you know each other.

Jimmy Hoffa

7:14 PM

@GlenH7 all of Utah went "none reported" ?? Mormonism doesn't exist? That whole map smells of nonsense.

Kit Z. Fox

Now I'm really curious.

user15026

@KitZ.Fox Well, I'm dating @WorldEngineer so I know of his sister-person sort of.

user41796

@JimmyHoffa No, that's bad coloration

Jimmy Hoffa

@GlenH7 ahh I see it now. Nevermind.

user41796

LDS is gray and "not reported" is grey

Kit Z. Fox

7:15 PM

@AshleyNunn Oh so it is that official. I wasn't sure. ;-)

user41796

And it accurately reflects LDS' stretch into AZ and bits of NM

Kit Z. Fox

@WorldEngineer What? She's your sister?

Jimmy Hoffa

@GlenH7 and Unreported LDS is gr(a|e)y

user20683

@KitZ.Fox yes

Kit Z. Fox

@WorldEngineer We're 3rd degrees on LinkedIn.

user20683

7:17 PM

@KitZ.Fox rofl

user15026

@KitZ.Fox I swear, you have your fingers in all the pies.

user20683

She's very good at prop making and lighting

Kit Z. Fox

She probably knows my theatre friends. Probably knows my brother too.

user55340

All the blues... @JimmyHoffa say something for more italics... Or run for scifi.se.

Jimmy Hoffa

@MichaelT ...what? SciFi? I mean, I guess me winning an election is a type of fiction that involves numbers so there's a roundabout logic to it..

Are they having an election? What's the SE penalty for creating a fake election campaign? I could totally do this.

user41796

7:21 PM

@JimmyHoffa I think you need to have at least 300 rep on the site

user55340

Jimmy Hoffa

@GlenH7 surely I can get that, 300 rep is childs play

user41796

And as one of their former mods is in the room currently, probably a really bad idea

user55340

See? That's science fiction and fantasy.

Kit Z. Fox

@WorldEngineer I think she knows my neighbor.

Jimmy Hoffa

7:22 PM

haha so what you're saying is I should start asking Haskell questions on SciFi

user41796

Shog already declared Agile process questions on-topic at RPG

user55340

Or practical XML.

Jimmy Hoffa

@MichaelT @Ampt could start answering questions about Flawless Consulting over there

haha clearing out tabs I just saw that DIY user's suspension page in a tab and something pretty awesome caught my eye: He has 152 answers and he's been a member for 18 days... Wow

that's just bonkers. I wonder if he was trying to fake his way into reputation for a personal business or something

user41796

Oh I missed the age on the account

Jimmy Hoffa

that smells like the type of situation people use to get fraud-rep

user41796

7:26 PM

Meets the nutter aspect / requirement

Duga

@PatrickStephan I wouldn't say that this question is off-topic for SO. According to the set of on-topic questions, I would guess this comes under bullet-point 3, software tools commonly used by programmers, in this case, a scheduler. I don't think a question is off-topic just because it doesn't include code (the only interpretation I have of your statement - "programming related"). But let me know what you think. — Praveen 54 secs ago

user55340

7:49 PM

@enderland rep, Yoda keeps giving.

user41796

Cryptic that is

user55340

@GlenH7 scifi.stackexchange.com/posts/106390/timeline - notice all "votes 1" that keep tricking in.

user55340

You can see it on the question too: scifi.stackexchange.com/posts/106339/timeline (which is @enderland's)

user41796

I didn't realize the the clone wars TV series was canon

user41796

Adds items to wishlist...

user20683

8:10 PM

@GlenH7 they are both good, about the only good to come from the prequela

user20683

Any spelling errors are the fault of my phone

user41796

:-)

user41796

I think my son will enjoy having the clone wars available to watch

user41796

Of all the SW characters, he really likes pre-order 66 clones

user20683

Ah

user20683

8:12 PM

I'm partial to the empire era navy

user20683

Lawrence Holland's fault

user15026

SW is one of those things I've never really gotten into,

user15026

I've seen the original trilogy and 2 of the prequels (I think), but never really had an urge to check out anything else.

user15026

(Except maybe the most recent movie because it does sound awesome, I am just bad at leaving my house to go to movies)

user41796

I don't think that 7 did much to advance the story. It's kind of like 1 in that lays a lot of groundwork.

user20683

8:16 PM

@AshleyNunn I mostly loved it for the large space battles as a kid

user20683

@GlenH7 she's yet to see

user41796

yep, so I'm trying to be good about not spoiling it

user41796

Won't be my fault

user15026

@GlenH7 Tumblr's spoiled a large bunch of it, which is really why I want to see it, because so many bits sound good.

user41796

I think it's worth dragging yourself out of the house to go see

Ixrec

8:19 PM

it's definitely a good movie, not the best thing ever, but absolutely worth watching

user15026

My main problem is I could even go see it for free, but the theatre is across town and it is cold and winter out and I don't like going anywhere right now.

user41796

Related question - did the clone wars tv series ever get converted to books?

user15026

Maybe on sunday, if other plans don't appear.

user41796

@AshleyNunn I struggle with that "it's cold" bit and getting up in the morning

Ixrec

it's always coldest during my morning and evening commutes

user15026

8:20 PM

@GlenH7 I'm also sick with a stuffy head cold thing right now so my bed is extra my favourite place.

user41796

I'm all toasty warm under the blankets and flannel sheets. Getting out of bed is just so not on my priority list at that point

user15026

@Ixrec When I go to work for noon it;s not bad

user15026

8 pm going home sucks.

user41796

yeah, blech

user41796

I knew today was going to be a headphones day

user41796

8:26 PM

I took them off and there's 3 conversations going on around me :-(

Jimmy Hoffa

@Ixrec I made my own midi playing thingy... SO THERE!

user114359

@GlenH7 my cat is sleeping by my feet

user41796

@Snowman As compared to the folk who aren't making any effort to keep their voices down?

user114359

@GlenH7 I am not comparing, I am bragging :-)

user41796

I'm not bragging, I'm whining. :-)

Jimmy Hoffa

8:31 PM

@Ixrec

notes = $.map(new MIDIFile(window.SomeBuff).getMidiEvents().filter(function(e) { return e.subtype === 9 || e.subtype === 8 }), function(e) { return { ms: e.playTime, note: (e.param1 - 27)/(67-27), on: e.subtype === 9 }; })

see that's all I asked for. Yeesh, some people...

Ixrec

I'm going to assume that 8 and that 9 are defined as named constants in the real code

Jimmy Hoffa

@Ixrec bah, real code? I'm just fiddling in the chrome console. What is real code?

(they're actually midi constants for key-down and key-up)

per a few midi file spec sites

user55340

8:58 PM

That is actually not a bad tfs question.

user55340

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Q: How can I organize my TFS structure such that a one-off project that pulls files from another project can be easily managed?

I have my main project set up very simply in TFS. I've recently begun making a few of my project components generic enough that I can sell them to other organizations using the software for which I made my custom components. I want to pull these components out into their own branch so I can mak...

user55340

0

Q: Which community should I use for best practices regarding TFS version control?

I have a question regarding how to set up my TFS directories, but it's not a right-or-wrong-answer question. Which StackExchange community should I pose my question to?

discussion stackexchange meta

user55340

It had me worried.

Ixrec

@MichaelT why haven't you upvoted it then? =)

Jimmy Hoffa

@Ixrec seething hatred for MS

user55340

9:18 PM

@Ixrec there are two up votes on it when I last looked.

Ixrec

it was 0 when you first linked it

user41796

@Ixrec Now I'm tempted to edit that one-box to make it refresh and change the vote count... :-)

Ixrec

I clicked the link to check when he first linked it =)

user41796

But I don't know if a late edit will refresh the one box

user41796

@MichaelT - Care if I edit your previous post to see if the one-box refreshes?

Jimmy Hoffa

9:28 PM

@GlenH7 nothing refreshes the one box without an edit

user41796

But will an edit refresh the one boxing?

Jimmy Hoffa

@GlenH7 yep

user41796

Okay, Science! has been answered then

user41796

So now I want to edit the TFS question post so I can make a liar out of Ixrec.

user41796

Apparently I'm not the only one who thinks that non-google android devices suffer from really slow security updating

user55340

9:38 PM

@GlenH7 I'm always up for science... though I thought @JimmyHoffa was to be the guinea pig.

user41796

Didn't even have to change anything within the text body

user41796

I selected edit and then hit enter, just to see if that would trigger and it did

user41796

@Ixrec Not according to the chat history, it wasn't.

user55340

science

Noun: science ‎(countable and uncountable, plural sciences)

(countable) A particular discipline or branch of learning, especially one dealing with measurable or systematic principles rather than intuition or natural ability. [from 14th c.]
Of course in my opinion Social Studies is more of a science than an art.‎
(uncountable, archaic) Knowledge gained through study or practice; mastery of a particular discipline or area. [from 14th c.]
Hammond
Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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Verb: science ‎(third-person singular simple present sciences, present participle sciencing, simple past and past participle scienced)

(transitive) To cause to become versed in science; to make skilled; to instruct.

user41796

( gets to call Ixrec a liar )

user55340

9:41 PM

Sciencing! It's a word.

user41796

If it wasn't before... It is now!

Jimmy Hoffa

10:08 PM

@GlenH7 you could just say @Ixrec got scienced

Ixrec

I'm busy talking about lightsaber tags in the SFF chatroom

Jimmy Hoffa

@Ixrec you're not busy writing my Midi File note parser because you're incognant

Ixrec

yes, the edit pongs are annoying me, congratulations

Jimmy Hoffa

@Ixrec honestly, I forget about those because I never have sound on any devices I use. Sorry, that actually wasn't my intent.

Ixrec

oh lol, it's fine, I assumed that was on purpose

(also even without pongs it still forces you to click on the (1) again to get rid of it)

Jimmy Hoffa

10:11 PM

I need to remember them though because they do annoy the shit out of people, I may like to be brash, but I'm too scotchy to be willfully abrading.

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