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9:49 PM

Le nain geant is a nice book.

(No accents today, sorry.)

Shit, I wish I could make money with anagrams. It's the only godlike power I possess.

paperbackswap.com/Le-Nain-Geant-Marc-Petit/book/2234025303

A very interesting book about those chess automatons.

The end was a bit disappointing and rather rushed, but apart from that, a good read.

@RegDwight That's what she said?

You're doing it wrong.

(And that's what she really said.)

No. What she really said was, "Is it in?"

9:53 PM

Within you, without you...

With or without you?

Q. What are three words meaning "too small"? A. "Is it in?"

@MrHen Careful, U2 translates to instant kick in this room.

@RegDwight — Is that directed to me?

@RegDwight And by instant you mea-

9:54 PM

Yes.

BTW, @RegDwight, I have failboated The Discovery of Heaven severely.

So I gave it to my wife to read — and she reads anything — and she didn't last five pages.

Hm

I find this hard to believe.

I must check what the first five pages are.

But then I gave her a copy of The Eight and she couldn't put it down. Seriously, she was reading it at, like, breakfast.

I think there's some preamble or something before the actual book begins.

@Robusto Still on my list.

Q: Adverb Game: Where language goes to die.

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I played a game with a group of people in which: one person would leave the room an adverb would be decided with the remaining people the person would return and then ask people perform certain acts if asked to do somethign you would need to do it in the manner of the adverb chosen Things sta...

adverbs

Oh come on ...

10:00 PM

Ehhh

Was ist das?

It's so strange my close skillz are paralyzed.

Na toll, und jetzt kommen die Flags.

Actually, I would like to see how fast this would get closed by the community.

Speaking of which, welcome to the 3k club, @Orbling!

Orbling, London, United Kingdom

3k 1 4 13

meaning word-choice phrases british-english slang idioms expressions

Oh. Too bad it shows 3k. Because the actual number is exactly 3000.

@Robusto, congrats for my anagram, these painters are not so well known outside France (and even inside I must say).

@AlainPannetier — C'est ne fait rien. [I think that's how it goes.]

you probably mean "don't mention it".

@RegDwight — So, what you're saying, if I understand you correctly, is that it would take more than three Orblings to be over 9000!

Hm. I'm holding The Discovery of Heaven right now. I can see how the prologue is not everybody's thing. (Though IIRC it was my thing when I was 15-odd.)

10:10 PM

@AlainPannetier — Was trying to say, "It's nothing."

c'est rien

Have you tried skipping directly to the Family Feast?

The first chapter.

@RegDwight — I have not.

Well, I won't coerce you, but...

Partly it's because I've been working so hard lately. I haven't been reading anything. Just working, a little chat, a little video, and a little sleep. And damned little else.

10:11 PM

I mean, I found the first chapter of Foucault's Pendulum boring, too.

I will look again when I have a free brain.

I started reading at page 110 or something.

That's what I would always do as a child.

I hated the first chapters of the Three Musketeers, too.

Same about Robinson Crusoe.

Or Swift.

When I was a kid I would get 6 books at a time from the library (the limit) and then I would read a chapter of each before deciding which to read first.

Apr 14 at 13:07, by RegDwight

In fact it might make some sense to take a pause before reading that one.

Three Musketeers, Robinson Crusoe, Swift — liked, liked, liked.

I will take another go at it when I am fresh.

10:13 PM

Yes, yes, and yes. But that didn't change my reading habits until very late in life.

AFK.

Good night all !

Night alls/owls should I probably say ;-)

OK; where is the second reply?

Somebody has hidden the second reply to not let me find it.

Huh?

I pay a short visit to the fridge, everyone's out, kiamlaluno's in.

And Dori, of course.

Actually, I just noticed the time...

Gonna make my rounds on other sites, then call it a day.

Hey @kiamlaluno, you wanna vote on this one?

@RegDwight I will do it, just if you tell me the answer.

10:24 PM

Now I'm confused.

Which answer?

I'm secretive!

I thought visits to the refrigerator would be free.

God, I really have to go to bed, I just misread the title of this question as "What is a good software that allows on-the-fly pooping?"

@RegDwight The answer to the question! Did you give me the link for a online shop that sells bagels?

Q: What is a good software that allows on-the-fly looping?

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I would like to practice playing solo by looping and mixing on the go, especially with a guitar. For an example of that, if anyone knows KT Tunstall's performance of Black Horse and a Cherry Tree, in which she managed to loop the percussion and the supporting strums to free herself for the lea...

software

True story.

@kiamlaluno The answer is 42.

@RegDwight Is that how much you must pay a visit to the fridge?

10:27 PM

Now if only they would finally tell you the answer to your Area51 question...

I have a Fanatic badge there, dammit.

On Area 51? When did you get it?

A while ago.

Like, months.

I asked about those badges, and the fact Area 51 doesn't report how much consecutive days you visited the site, but nothing.

I did notice that they removed that field from the user profile.

But I could never be bothered to ask why.

I have commented on Robert's answer to your question, actually.

Then, it was a relatively recent change.

10:31 PM

It was approximately around the time they introduced the discussion zone.

Probably on the same day.

If memory serves me right.

@RegDwight They will not; I am not the 5th user in the rep hit parade.

That would explain the change; I guess that those badges have been removed the same day.

In that case, they should change date format for the activity log.

I read that somebody got that badge on April 29; I would take it means the month of this year.

Well, the badges are still there.

It's just that nobody is getting any new ones.