Posts made by RTapeLoadingError
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RE: The bad jokes topic 🐴🍹👨
Well, there is rockmelon. Air and fire may be more difficult...
Airmelon?
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RE: :baby_symbol: Parenting advice - you're gonna get hit
So, we explain it to him and she tells him her name and then I decided to illustrate how silly her idea was by suggesting that we name him "Mr. Poopypants". Our 3 year old loved that name and was all-in.
For the first time in recorded it history it will be true when someone says: "You know, he looks like a Mr. Poopypants "
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RE: Google: What country is...
You don't remember The Adventures Of Sergeant Mixing Bowl?
I remember it. They all reported to General Electric.
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RE: These Chinese knockoffs are hillarious
People buy knockoff toys knowing they are knockoffs. The originals are too expensive.
We got given a Woody and Buzz Lightyear toy set from Hong Kong and they are not quite right.
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RE: The nerdy jokes thread (bonus original title mode!)
what if the first glass fails?
That's when they find out someone had found the unused failover glass lying around and filled it
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RE: Zed Shaw gets schooled on C undefined behavior
Triangle wheel is clearly better. It eliminates one bump.
HERESY! I'd rather have 4 smaller bumps than 3 big ones.
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RE: The Official Status Thread
Status: The wife woke up in a mood, so I got out of the house for the day. Went and picked up some checks, went out to lunch with some friends and then spent an hour at the gun range. Then I went and bought some new toys.
Thankfully, she was in less of a mood when I got home.
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RE: The Official Status Thread
Status:
Suddenly doubting my decision to start refactoring.
Can't you just ignore the warnings?
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RE: The bad jokes topic 🐴🍹👨
My wife asked me to pass her the lip balm but I gave her some superglue instead.
She's still not talking to me.
Bondage: You're doing it wrong
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RE: The S in SQL stands for Sadism
@Serpentes said:
I'll probably try to get that changed, but it typically requires getting the request notarized by Jesus to get the DBAs to touch this crap. Understandably so.
I never have known why DBAs are so fucking afraid of index changes in WORM databases.Yes,they consume storage and slightly increase I/O time on write. But they let us do queries that don't crush the CPU, RAM and TempDB. Which we run routinely.
Speaking as a DBA (but not for all DBAs)
As a DBA you shouldn't be afraid of index changes, whatever the read/write profile of the database.It is important, however, to approach this task with definite goals in terms of how much faster you are trying to make certain queries as well as being aware of the implication for other activities such as writes, index maintenance jobs and backups.
But, you're dead right. In a DB with many more reads than writes (e.g. reporting database) there's a strong case for throwing as many indexes at it as it needs.
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RE: The HORROR of uncoordinated movement!
Gun sales have been at record levels through most of his administration
Our rates have gone down as ownership has increased.
A question here. Is it known what the increase in gun sales has done to the number of gun owners? Presumably it would have gone up but would it be at the same rate as gun sales?
What I'm asking is, is the increase in gun sales due to existing gun owners buying more guns or from people going from "non-gun owners" to "gun owners"?
It seems to me that this would be information that would be useful to know when analysing homicide/assault/suicide numbers. What effect does it have on the stats if (for example) the US goes from:
Population = 300 million
No. of gun owners = 100 million
No. of guns = 100 millionto
Population = 300 million
No. of gun owners = 110 million
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RE: You go MIT
Actually: having to repair / unblock the toilet was, what I call, a life event. It was the occasion when I realised that I actual owned my own home, because the buck stopped with me. Yes, I had done so before but there was always the comfort of knowing that I could "pass the buck".
Never had to repair one but have unblocked ours a couple of times due to over-zealous toilet paper use/unauthorised wet wipe flushing by our 4 year old.
My toilet unblocking kit comprises of a reshaped wire coat hanger.
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RE: <abbr title="Yet Another <abbr title="Gun Wars 2">GW2</abbr> Topic">YAGT</abbr>
Let me turn that around: if someone were to get your hypothetical license, should he, like a driver's license, be able to carry anywhere he wants in all 50 states?
Not sure - I'm not American and have little or no idea how your united states hang together.
I guess I was mostly trying to see how you guys (the active gun owners in this thread) felt about the hypothetical idea of licensing like this.
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RE: <abbr title="Yet Another <abbr title="Gun Wars 2">GW2</abbr> Topic">YAGT</abbr>
Questions for @FrostCat, @mott555 and @Polygeekery
I get that you guys want to own guns. I also get the impression, from what you have written here, that you are responsible gun owners who treat guns with the appropriate amount of respect. I don't get the impression that you would do something stupid like leave a loaded handgun in a bag or leave a loaded shotgun where someone not fit to use it could get their hands on it.
If all gun owners behaved this way it would follow that there would be a reduction in the numbers of deaths that people misusing guns caused.
I've also read on here some vague language, which varies state-by-state, stating what constitutes a required level of training/licensing to own a gun.
My question is: Do you think it would make sense to have a more formal, standard requirement for training prior to being allowed a gun? Something along the lines of the requirement to drive a car. In Australia we have different classes of driving license with restrictions. "L" is learner and one restriction is that you are not allowed to drive without a qualified driver i.e. someone with an "Open" licence. One step up from learner is provisional ("P"). You can drive unaccompanied on "P" plates but it still has restrictions such as zero level of alcohol. From there you progress to an open licence which has no restrictions outside of vehicle class (e.g. an open car licence doesn't allow you to drive a crane etc.)
As we are talking hypothetically we can ignore cost. What would you think to a similar licensing scheme being applied to firearms? Learners can only use the gun in the presence of a someone on an "open" licence. Once proficiency in use is demonstrated then the owner has more freedom.
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RE: :baby_symbol: Parenting advice - you're gonna get hit
Here you go. It's a combined Xmas and Birthday present.
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RE: <abbr title="Yet Another <abbr title="Gun Wars 2">GW2</abbr> Topic">YAGT</abbr>
Maybe to an idiot. Or a Canadian. And probably Australians.
I am glad you have such a black and white view of the subject. There is a bit more to it than that though. These are isolated incidents of idiots. There are millions of firearms, owned by millions of people, and relatively few incidents comparatively speaking.
Yeah, if Canada had the numbers of incidents that we do it would be alarming. But that number would also take out all 12 people that live there, and a fair number of elk.
Forgive me if I don't go all SJW when isolated tragic incidents occur. I am not willing to shit all over our rights for something that won't fucking do anything anyway, just because I have a feeling it might help.
Just out of interest, which definition of "isolated" are you using?
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RE: :baby_symbol: Parenting advice - you're gonna get hit
The "we want to be surprised" people never made sense to me. It's going to be a surprise when you learn it no matter when that is. There's enough going on when the kid is born. Don't need any extra excitement. Let's spread that out a bit.
We were "we want to be surprised" people for both of ours. It was an amazing part of the birth an we wouldn't have had it any other way.
For us it was a bit (but only a bit) like the difference between someone telling you in October that you're getting a PS4 for Christmas (SURPRISE!) and you opening it on December 25.
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RE: <abbr title="Yet Another <abbr title="Gun Wars 2">GW2</abbr> Topic">YAGT</abbr>
If we banned everything that has caused senseless, tragic, preventable deaths, there would literally be nothing left in the world. And even if we tried, guns are pretty far down the list after alcohol, cars, and obesity.
I'd say that cars, despite killing far too many people, are actually quite useful. We in Australia have cars and I'd say it would take a lot of getting used to if they were banned. I'd also say that guns, despite killing far too many people, are something that you can reasonably do without. We in Australia don't have guns (more or less) and it's not something that people need or miss.
@Lorne_Kates said:
America, you've got a gun problem. The first step is admit you have a problem.
As a non-American this seems to be obviously true. I can't think of another country that is so in love with the idea of gun ownership as the USA.
I grew up in Britain where people don't generally have a gun. Our homes are not being invaded, our cars are not being jacked and our schools and malls are not being shot up. This is without the obvious statement that the bad guys, who disregard the law about getting a gun, still probably can get a gun.
I now live in Australia where people don't generally have a gun. Our homes are not being invaded, our cars are not being jacked and our schools and malls are not being shot up. This is without the obvious statement that the bad guys, who disregard the law about getting a gun, still probably can get a gun.
The thing with those two places (Britain and Australia) is that we don't have a widespread desire to own guns. Until America thinks differently then nothing will change. It seems that Americans want guns more than they care about people getting shot.
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RE: :baby_symbol: Parenting advice - you're gonna get hit
Are you going to find out what you're having?
I feel as if this question might land me in hot water with the "not just boys and girls" police.
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RE: Atwood continues to cry that Dicsource is too big to fail.
It is always interesting to see the approach people take when they have "performance" problems. It seems to me like most just find the first thing that looks odd and point their . No one wants to take the time understand what is actually happening. Just, "Herr drr,
your application is slowing my databasemy database is not slowing you application down." < /rant>DBATFY
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RE: Atwood continues to cry that Dicsource is too big to fail.
https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-state-of-javascript-on-android-in-2015-is-poor/33889/126
This thread is the only one on meta.d that leads me to think that Discourse has a chance. There are actual dissenting voices and constructive criticism in there. Admittedly, Jeff hasn't replied anything apart from "mild snark which reaffirms my position" but the snark was mild and the posts have not been disappeared.
Oh... as I'm typing this I recall seeing a tweet of his on here about going on a 16 hour plane journey. Maybe this is less epiphany than unavailability.
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RE: :wtf: How can this be so wrong??? (AKA the Discopocalypse thread)
The bikeshed has no chance...
Especially given that one of the posters analysed the "B" and decided it was centred, but doesn't look like it due to an optical illusion.
Some of the bikeshedding you look at and think that, while unimportant, is actually "a good thing". Some of it you wonder whom it appeals to but can still see the underlying reasoning behind it. But this... does anyone* actually in any small way give a single fuck about these avatars??!?
*Apart from the obvious.
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RE: :wtf: How can this be so wrong??? (AKA the Discopocalypse thread)
Standard Discodev priority. Multiple bikeshed trips per actual bug fixed.
That's a lie, bordering on libel in fact. The least you could do is apologise to the guys over at meta.d who are sweating blood to iron out every last bug in the product. It looks as if they've got a couple of devs tracking down an of centre "B".
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RE: NotificaLOGGED OUT!!!
He'll probably bind it to alt+F4 or ctrl+alt+del or something.
I remember the good old days when Lotus Notes had F5 as the logout key.
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RE: NotificaLOGGED OUT!!!
CLOSED AUG 30Discussion is a circular waste of time, keyboard shortcut will be added for those that need to log out hourly.
It's the "hourly" that did it for me.
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RE: The Official Status Thread
Status: Boys asleep in bed. Takeaway from the local wing place ordered. Beer chilling in the fridge.
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RE: NotificaLOGGED OUT!!!
I don't know, but I always got the impression Jeff will ban you everywhere if you behave inappropriately anywhere, including in places he would not want to be found dead in.
It must be hard work being Jeff
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RE: How can anyone be this stupid?
@RTapeLoadingError said:
huntsman
In Australia, the bigger the spider the safer it is!I've had huntsmen in the house and they do give you a bit of a start. I'm not particularly scared of them and will happily trap them in a takeaway tub and put them outside.
To the best of my knowledge, the ratio of animal species in Australia which are not potentially fatal to humans to those that are is very nearly zero, so I concur with this statement.
In 10 years of living in Brisbane I've not a seen a single dangerous animal. A couple of pythons, a few biggish spiders and that's it really.
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RE: How can anyone be this stupid?
You're gonna lose your shit when you hear how Hoosiers pronounce it:
Kah-zee-ahss-koh
In Australia we say Kos-e-osko
On Topic - I almost crashed the car when I noticed a huntsman out of the corner of my eye on the inside of the driver's side window i.e. 6 inches from my face. I was looking at it to see what it was planning and the road curved but I nearly didn't.
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RE: :wtf: How can this be so wrong??? (AKA the Discopocalypse thread)
Look at what very important feature is getting implemented now!
Changing avatar font to Roboto
What's wrong with you? Can't you see that this is an important thing to spend resources on. Take a look at the evidence...
The old (frankly, hideous) font
Roboto old (an improvement but still lacking a certain something)
New Roboto (AWESOME!)
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RE: NotificaLOGGED OUT!!!
It also has the "We'll have to agree to disagree" post which is the Meta.d equivalent to calling time at the bar.
"Finish your posts off ladies and gentlemen. You don't have to stop discussing this topic but you can't do it here."
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RE: NotificaLOGGED OUT!!!
Got any links to those topics? I feel like I missed something amazing.
Not sure if this has been posted elsewhere because discosearching. But, for me, this is classic Jeff...
I defy anyone to look at the closure reason and not smile.
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RE: Atwood continues to cry that Dicsource is too big to fail.
I was pretty sure that's what had happened.
I think Jeff's idea of constructive criticism is a bit like the interview question: What would you say is your biggest weakness?
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RE: :wtf: How can this be so wrong??? (AKA the Discopocalypse thread)
@mrguyorama said:
I have literally never seen so much useless effort
I dare you to go to meta.d and tell them that!
@mrguyorama has shown that he can identify useless effort so presumably he's not going to do that.
Jeff's moderation technique of stifling all dissenting voices is effective. How many times do you get a constructively critical post disappeared before you decide not to bother?
This is obviously not a useful way to run a business. Ignoring bugs doesn't make them go away. Moaning that older phones can't run your bloatware doesn't make your code any better.
The whole thing of having a third party cottage industry hand-tooling artisanal single letters on a coloured background is typical of his design ethos: I am the best, this is the way I decided to do it therefore it is the best way to do it.
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RE: Atwood continues to cry that Dicsource is too big to fail.
Certainly would explain a lot
I hate to be captain obvious but no one needs JavaScript to do what Discourse does. You can just drop an irc link at the bottom of your article and push the viewer onto Freenode if they have an irc client. If they don't, you can simply use something like kiwiirc.com to get the job done. Seems easier than complaining that the hardware doesn't run your bloatware seamlessly.
That has to be one of us. Also am I the only one who thinks that Discocourse is dog slow on everything. If I need to see disco timers every time I enter or move around in a thread you've done it wrong.
Was that in https://meta.discourse.org/t/the-state-of-javascript-on-android-in-2015-is-poor90
Went through the whole thread but didn't see that post. Maybe I just missed it...
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RE: The minor rants thread.
@Freevolt said:
The simple scalability of Freevolt means that two or more rectennas can be combined in an array to harvest more energy, up to 3mW for example
I'm an entomologist so let me break down the word "rectenna"
rect: from the Greek rectus meaning "arse"
tenna: British slang word for a £10 noterectenna: You'd be better off shoving the money up your arse.
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RE: The bad jokes topic 🐴🍹👨
It was pretty bad. I mean, there were some funny bits, but the rest hovered between embarrassing and falling flat.
The only "joke" I remember was about the difference between visiting a strip club at night and visiting one during the day. At night you pass notes to beautiful women called Lexi and Crystal, during the day you throw coins at women called Bucket and something else....can't remember.
"Is this thing on?"
"Sadly, yes it is."
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RE: The bad jokes topic 🐴🍹👨
We got free tickets to a comedy show last Sunday. If I'd thought about it I could have recorded the show and kept this topic going for the next two weeks.
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RE: TIL (about the Dark Arts of HTML)
[Texan christmas cake]
No, they're genuinely a thing:
They're also really heavy going.
Is it made of meat?
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RE: Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition
But, when the middle lane is going a reasonable speed and the car in the left, in front of you, is going a bit faster than them - you leave him with a choice: pass the cars in the middle at his own pace, or pull in with them and go slower than he wants to go
That's not the situation I was describing. I'm referring to people going the same speed as the car in the adjacent lane. If they're overtaking, even slowly, then it's fine. If they're not then they should get in the same lane as the car they want to drive the same speed as (be it ahead of or behind) and drive at the same speed.
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RE: Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition
Re Not staying left unless overtaking
At least in NSW left lanes have a tendency to randomly end and force you to merge into the right lane. Whoever figured that forcing the slow lane to merge into the fast lane was a buffoon.
Yes, there's the "left lane must exit" situation on the highway and parked cars occupying one lane in suburbia but generally people don't drive in the correct lane.
@RTapeLoadingError said:
It doesn't stop situations where all 3 lanes of the highway are occupied by cars doing exactly the same speed, usually on or just below the limit.
Are you suggesting that three lanes full of cars should merge into the rightmost lane? I hope you realize that they won't all fit. If you're talking about three lanes that are so far from capacity that they would fit into one lane, then there should be plenty of space to get around people.
"Stay left except to pass" only works on roads with few cars. Once it is at or near capacity, every lane is full and lane changing is more difficult.
I get that when all lanes are busy that there's nowhere for people to go. The situation I'm referring to is why there are gaps in the "slow" lanes (to avoid left vs right confusion) but people just sit on the speed limit. There's often open road ahead of the car in the fastest lane and a queue of people wanting to get past.
It seems to be a well understood system whereby lane 1 is for stuff that can't keep to the speed limit, middle lane is for people who don't want to speed, and lane 3 is for people who want to go over the speed limit (generally the 10% believers although a few people fly down it).
If there's room then this system tends to work pretty well. I don't generally speed so I normally use the slow or middle lane
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RE: Driving Anti-Patterns - Necro Edition
In Australia we have "Keep left unless overtaking", which I think is a sensible rule. (This would obviously be "Keep right..." for countries where you drive on the right.)
It doesn't stop situations where all 3 lanes of the highway are occupied by cars doing exactly the same speed, usually on or just below the limit. Also, people seem to avoid the furthest left lane like their life depended on it so it's normally the least populated of the 3.
As for the speed limit there is a generally held belief, which has never been confirmed by the police, that you get an extra 10%.
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RE: Jeff gets it off his chest
@Sam Saffron (samsaffron) said:
If you hang out with trolls online, don't be surprised if you develop high trollerence and end up becoming part of the problem.
If your boss is a dick, don't be surprised if you end up becoming a dick.
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RE: Vote of No Confidence
@Lorne_Kates said:
And now before I post-- ctrl-a ctrl-c because surely Discourse will fuck up.
Just like the good old CS days
Also, adding my vote of no confidence.