The Awkward Silence

4:40 AM

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Q: How can I respectfully ask my landlady to use english when in my home?

When our landlady comes into our place she always brings a relative. When they talk to us they use english. When they talk to each other they use their native tongue, which they know we don't understand. I feel this is disrespectful, rude and shady. How can I politely say to them that if they do...

M.A.R.

5:45 AM

Morning

3X STREAK achievement unlocked

avazula

lol

Tinkeringbell

If that means I get more sleep, you can have it :P

avazula

s... sleep...

what's that?

A J

Morning!

Tinkeringbell

@avazula I don't know, I'm usually not awake enough to tell afterwards ;)

avazula

5:59 AM

:p

CaldeiraG

6:54 AM

Morning!

Tinkeringbell

morning!

1 meeting down, 1 to go...

CaldeiraG

yay

my workday hasn't even started x)

Tinkeringbell

Well, the sooner I get mine done with, the sooner I'll have weekend :P So I started early ;)

CaldeiraG

yay to flexible hours XD

nay for me :p

Tinkeringbell

I'm going to miss starting this early once I have to go back to an office: I'll have to wake up at the same time, but I'll be starting an hour later. So work is finished an hour later, and then I'll also need an hour to drive home!

A J

7:07 AM

@CaldeiraG Afternoon!

Ael

7:19 AM

@avazula Sometimes we deploy stuff and some bug pass unnoticed but then we notice it and want to rollback. And sometimes some tests will fail but we will still want to deploy/not rollback. That's why the rollback is manual

Also, good morning people :)

@Tinkeringbell If you eat this early, aren't you starving when it's time for bed?

Tinkeringbell

@Ael Not really. If I go to bed late, I might eat some fruit at 8/9-ish though.

Ael

Also, does this mean that you never eat "gouter" (google translate it with "afternoon tea")? Oo ("gouter" is usually between 4pm et 5pm)

Tinkeringbell

@Ael We do drink a cup of tea in the afternoon (usually somewhere at 3-4 PM), but besides sometimes a cookie there's no food :)

Ael

7:34 AM

@Tinkeringbell But the cookies are the best part :'(

Tinkeringbell

Cookies are nice, that's true :) But if there's dinner at 5, they're not that necessary ;)

Journeyman Geek

@ExtrovertedMainMan technically, if its your landlady, its her house

Ael

@Tinkeringbell That's why you only eat at 7~8 PM. So that cookies are necessary :p

Tinkeringbell

@JourneymanGeek A house is not a home :P

@Ael Hahaha :D

Journeyman Geek

true but there's a wierd "Its my space" vibe

Tinkeringbell

7:43 AM

Maybe next week then, when my parents are gone and dinner won't be served at 5 but still needs to be cooked by then XD

Ael

^^

M.A.R.

@JourneymanGeek Isn't MySpace more like a was?

Journeyman Geek

a has been?

M.A.R.

@JourneymanGeek Technically, you can't throw your weight around just because you rented your place. It's the tenant's place, at least in my religion

Journeyman Geek

religion?

M.A.R.

7:46 AM

So for example a landlord/lady can't say her prayers without the tenant's consent

Journeyman Geek

@M.A.R. but getting huffy cause someone is talking their own language seems... rude

granted, we are used to that, and there's a local slang for speaking in english :D

M.A.R.

@JourneymanGeek I guess if they're glancing at you with a smug expression while doing it is ruder

Journeyman Geek

would be just as bad in english sometimes

M.A.R.

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Uh, you need to get out more often, OP

Tinkeringbell

At least over here, it's expected you adapt to the language of your host. It's a courtesy of the host to speak another language with you, if that makes things easier for you.

But you don't get to complain if people speak Spanish at home and speak Spanish while you're visiting.

M.A.R.

7:49 AM

Shrug heavily context-dependent I guess

It's probably not rude rude either way, but greyish

Tinkeringbell

It would definitely be rude here for my friend and her mom to come visit, and then start talking Spanish.

It would be equally rude for me to visit there, and say they can't speak Spanish in their own home just because I'm around.

M.A.R.

Rude all the way around

Tinkeringbell

Yep :P

M.A.R.

The only solution: When the landlord visits with a friend and starts speaking Spanish, listen to Vietnamese music

Ael

Speaking of music: Any idea how to read ogg music file in windows 10?

Journeyman Geek

7:53 AM

start singing in finnish

@Ael oh, natively?

Mithical

@Tinkeringbell If there's someone who doesn't speak English at my house, if it's not directed at them it'll be in English (e.g. kid talking to a parent). If it's relevant to that person at all it'll be in Hebrew.

Ael

@JourneymanGeek I guess? But I'm really open to all solutions

Journeyman Geek

xiph.org/dshow

for anything native

Using a third party music player would be an option too - I use foobar2k

Mithical

or even an editor (is Audacity available for WIndows?)

Journeyman Geek

@Mithical yes

but ehhhh

can't have a playlist that way

Mithical

7:57 AM

sure, but if you're looking for a one-time read of a file...

Tinkeringbell

@Mithical Yeah, that's an option here too I guess, but then it's because the person that doesn't speak Dutch is e.g. visiting me, and my parents aren't the ones 'being visited'. So that excuses my parents from being hosts and adapting.

Mithical

you might even be able to convert it to mp3 from there

M.A.R.

@Ael What? Windows Media Player supports .ogg afaik

CaldeiraG

reddit.com/r/aww/comments/hfnsuz/what_is_this_a_bunny_for_ants

Journeyman Geek

.... oh?

@M.A.R. we forgot something

CaldeiraG

7:58 AM

Journeyman Geek

@Ael what version of windows are you on?

Mithical

4 mins ago, by Ael

Speaking of music: Any idea how to read ogg music file in windows 10?

M.A.R.

I forgot breakfast

BBL

Ael

@M.A.R. Yes and no. It can read a file but it doesn't want to include in my library

I guess I should just convert all my files to mp3

Other question: how do you uninstall something on windows? ^^'

Tinkeringbell

Not? :P

Ael

8:08 AM

Nevermind, I finally found (thanks google)

Tinkeringbell

I think you can use the system settings to get to 'install and remove programs'?

Google is much nicer than me ;)

Ael

@Tinkeringbell Well, Google has more knowledge but I wouldn't say they're nicer :p

Anyway, for the curious: support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4028054/…

CaldeiraG

@Ael right click on windows symbol on the taskbar, apps and features, select an app and uninstall :P

it's faster than going to settings then apps XD

like MS says

Ael

@CaldeiraG The right click on the taskbar doesn't work for me. It can only close/open them that way or pine/unpine them.

But it works if I'm in the menu

#logic

CaldeiraG

that doesn't make sense x)

i say this because i use this shortcut 100% of the times XD

M.A.R.

8:15 AM

The guy pins it to taskbar before uninstalling it

That's just cruel

CaldeiraG

9:51 AM

I managed to schedule an appointment to renew my ID \o/

@ankii o/

ankii

hey!

Tinkeringbell

@CaldeiraG Yay! Are you sticking with a new version of the same, or will there be upgrades? :P

ankii

@CaldeiraG why are you installing so many things that you need a shortcut to uninstall them?!

I just toss them to trash and delete its files from ~/Library

most non-sudo apps work this way

those which need sudo come with uninstallers

CaldeiraG

@Tinkeringbell my picture will have an upgrade XD but everything else will stay the same

I would need to have 25 years old to renew it only with a SMS like my mom did

@ankii it's a windows shortcut and not mine XD

i was just pointing out that the way ms page refers on how to uninstall stuff is the long way around

but mainly because my disks are most of the time full

ankii

C++: so many years and all methods of converting enum to string are hacky!

CaldeiraG

9:58 AM

even thought i have 2750gb in total

ankii

@CaldeiraG you don't say that to someone with 128 GB!

CaldeiraG

@ankii x)

just gta v is 100gb alone

ankii

indie games ftw

CaldeiraG

yay

Mac with ARM processors though

it will be a crazy efficient machine

basically a iphone on a bigger screen

ankii

@CaldeiraG yes it improves performance! also with MoltenVK atop Metal (replacing outdated OpenGL 3.3) would be awesome

CaldeiraG

10:00 AM

with x86 emulation?

ankii

@CaldeiraG what is that ? 32 bits ?

CaldeiraG

yea

ankii

@CaldeiraG but I won't be using it for games though.. just don't like video games

@CaldeiraG Catalina removed 32 bit support ..

CaldeiraG

@ankii yea i remember that

indie games are none at this point XD

ankii

all current 64 bits apps' instructions will be converted to native instructions either before opening the app or on the fly

CaldeiraG

10:03 AM

@ankii I know adobe and their in-house Mac apps (Final Cut, etc) will get ARM instructions soon enough

ankii

@ankii rendering faster would be my use case! :)

CaldeiraG

But steam = nothing
Bootcamp = bah
Ecosystem = huge plus

ankii

@CaldeiraG yeah.. they scratch each other's backs a bit too much

CaldeiraG

@ankii good then :)

CaldeiraG

10:16 AM

reddit.com/r/Wellthatsucks/comments/hfijlc/…

CaldeiraG

12:14 PM

TIL a portuguese keyboard layout

HCESAR

HCESAR (pronounced by saying the name of the letter H and then the word César: in Portuguese, agá-César) is an obsolete typewriter keyboard layout. It was created by decree on July 17, 1937, under Portuguese prime minister António Salazar. The purpose of the layout was to place the most frequently used characters, as they were used in Portuguese, in the center of the layout. It was common that the 0 numeral was omitted (in favour of using the uppercase O letter), and there were also some typewriters without the 1 numeral (with the lowercase L being used to achieve it). Also absent were symbols...

bit of a pain to see that keyboard

Tinkeringbell

12:34 PM

O.o

Yeah, perhaps that one is better off being obsolete :P

CaldeiraG

12:48 PM

true that

Tinkeringbell

1:59 PM

Oh, fancy. The first real meeting of the energy cooperation for my new apartment will be Monday, July 13th.

Guess where I won't be going XD

CaldeiraG

2:16 PM

i'm out of the office at that date too :p

Tinkeringbell

Hahaha

It's the first Monday after my week's worth of vacation. But it's ... boring. And if I'm not careful, I'll end up being pushed into some kind of committee. I'll read the pieces and go to the next one. But I'm not going to take on more work.

CaldeiraG

2:41 PM

@Tinkeringbell totally understandable

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