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Jason C

23:02

What does the number next to the review link in the top bar actually count?

Undo

@JasonC I have no idea

Doorknob

In theory, number of reviews. In practice, number of users who have black hair and ate a croissant in the past hour.

4

Undo

@Doorknob I'd like to see the code for that

Frank

@Doorknob I have black hair

in buckets in the basement

(jk)

Doorknob

... uh oh, now I see what @Undo is doing. Pretty sure I'm attached to another object by an inclined plane, wrapped helically around an axis.

SmokeDetector

23:05

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: LEFT JOINS WHERE THERE IS AN OR CLAUSE by Severun on stackoverflow.com

user259867

@JasonC Number of all pending review tasks (excluding Close Queue on SO) some unspecified number of minutes ago.

user259867

A key point is that a pending review task may or may not be available for your review.

Undo

aaaaargh

I just gave @Doorknob a rook

[may or may not be a trick]

Doorknob

@Undo evil laugh

My chances of winning have increased from 0.2% to 0.5%

Undo

that's like a 250% increase

2

Doorknob

23:14

... well, I suppose that's a more optimistic way of looking at it. :P

Sue

@Frank I have three black cats so I have black hair everywhere :)

bjb568

yay

Sue

Does someone have a new tree today?

user259867

@Undo No, it's an increase by the factor of 2.5, or by 150%.

Undo

oh right

I did precalc all day. I'm done mathing

bjb568

23:16

Undo

bjb must have a folder clear full of cat pictures for situations like this

bjb568

@Undo do calc now.

@Undo :P

Undo

@bjb568 NO. NO NO NO NO.

Sue

@bjb568 Very cool-at least these guys aren't doing things that are bad for them, like Frank's cats usually do!

bjb568

To get you started, read about how a limit works, and see if you can figure out how to fill the hole in y = f(x) = (x-2)/(x^2 + 6x -8).

Undo

23:19

@bjb568 oh we've already done that

bjb568

oh then you're doing calc.

Undo

I could figure it out if I wasn't too lazy to factor that thing

bjb568

y u call precalc

Doorknob

I am very close to death by queen+rook pinning a bishop against my king o.o

Undo

@bjb568 'cause that's what it says on the box. And the book. And the DVD.

Doorknob

23:21

@Undo So you did Algebra II last year? That's what I'm doing now. Not looking forward to pre-calc...

Undo

@Doorknob yeah

Precalc is okay, but there's a lot of graph-drawing

I don't like graph-drawing, it takes up too much space on paper

bjb568

You've done derivatives (of triggys? chain? implicit? differentials? partial?)? Integrals (area? physics? u-sub? by-parts? surface and contour?)?

Undo

nah

user259867

Calculus kitten can't stop showing off...

Undo

none of that yet

bjb568

23:22

Hm… what's the slope of y = 3x + 4?

Undo

@bjb568 3

bjb568

there you go

Doorknob

@Undo Oh haha you should see my math notebook. Not a square inch of paper wasted. Graphs are annoying, but I usually try to use the same grid to graph all the graphic problems in order to conserve space. :P

Undo

@Doorknob hah

bjb568

heh

Undo

23:23

I tried that once. But it was on a group where they were all like fractions of a line off :(

bjb568

In me world, it's called slope field and family of antiderivitives

Jason C

I think we should rename the tavern to Low Quality Chat HQ.

8

bjb568

@Undo Ya done any basic power-rule derivative stuff?

Undo

I don't think so

Doorknob

oh I hate that pawn so much right now D:

bjb568

23:25

Do you understand what a derivative and differentiability is tho?

Undo

I... could go google it

bjb568

So you've done basically chapter 1 and 2.1 in my book.

Undo

I'm about halfway through ish

bjb568

What grade are you in?

Undo

9th

bjb568

23:27

ooh good

Jason C

Well, basically you are the integral from 0 to now of food eaten minus what comes out in the bathroom.

bjb568

Do AP calc next year. Preferably BC.

Undo

BC includes AB, right?

bjb568

@JasonC That's a good way of thinking of things…

@Undo Yeah.

Jason C

Wow you guys are bringing back some serious memories.

Undo

23:28

I'm... taking advice from a guy on the Internet who uses a kitten avatar somewhat seriously. Eeeek

bjb568

:P

Jason C

My AP calc teacher was an HP salesman by night, it was both weird and awesome.

Doorknob

@Undo Good thing that advice isn't for English class.

bcz that wud b horribl

Jason C

He was also the only human I've ever known who legitimately had beady little eyes.

bjb568

If they give you sucky book, get this amazon.com/Calculus-Graphical-Numerical-Franklin-Demana/dp/…

@JasonC under kewl glasses now!

Jason C

23:31

He had a pelican case full of HP-48G's, he used to refer to them as "the machines".

hichris123

bjb... who doesn't read books... recommending a book.

okay.

Undo

okay, my turn to show off. Deleted my 666th comment today D:

bjb568

Hey, I wish it were electronic, but ya know, textbooks companies by definition just don't.

hichris123

show how much you know.

bjb568

Gah, so much to star, so none stars left

hichris123

23:31

Yes, textbooks are electronic.

bjb568

Most not.

hichris123

... er... yes, they are...

bjb568

Oh, wait, there's a PDF of it on me blackboard (private). So maybe somewhere it exists.

Jason C

Actually, some text book companies are trying really hard to move into digital. I know this to be true, a good friend of mine is the media relations director at McGraw-Hill and we were just talking about it.

It's actually pretty cool, they're also doing a lot of work for more personalized learning and trying to move away from a common textbook for the whole class.

Would have made school a heck of a lot cooler 20 years ago.

Undo

gah, I have one shot to get this right

chess.com/echess/game?id=107606678

Doorknob

23:34

I actually did a Speech project on technology in education, and from what I researched while I was doing it, many exciting things are happening

bjb568

@JasonC ur old

Doorknob

@Undo don't mess up, no pressure :)

Jason C

@Doorknob Yeah, totally. I guess it took a long time for all these massive book companies to catch up to technology but now it's happening.

@bjb568 Dude I'm like 33.

bjb568

@Undo What's analyze button do?

@JasonC Closer to the end of your productive life than the start.

Undo

more "they know they can't possibly justify selling an ebook at $99, but somehow they can with a paper book"

Doorknob

23:36

uh oh

I have exactly three possible moves

Jason C

Four if you count punching in the face.

bjb568

@Undo yorp

Jason C

Oh wait no its online.

Doorknob

wait, 4

4 actually, 5 if you count internet-punch

Undo

4, only 3 of which lets me win

Jason C

23:37

Undo

(I have no idea if that's even true, but hey)

Doorknob

one would result in a nasty double-check, so that one's definitely out :P

Undo

@Doorknob have you used up all your LQP reviews yet?

user259867

If you are going to actually study the textbook, I'd recommend against an ebook. Certainly against an ebook that you can only access through the publisher's site which will show you 1/3 of a page at a time on a laptop's screen. It's only good for copying down exercises, not for understanding what's written in the context of other things.
If it's a downloadable pdf, maybe.

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Doorknob

@Undo I still have used exactly one

Undo

23:38

waits sufficiently long time for Doorknob to respond and look back at game

@Doorknob you should go use more

pings doorknob again

See, kids, this is real chess

Doorknob

haha

Jason C

@bjb568 Not true. You incorrectly assume I have already started a productive life.

Undo

I've pinned his brain to the Tavern tab

bjb568

@JasonC relatively productive

Doorknob

hits "submit move," holds breath

Undo

23:41

chases king around board

Doorknob

uh oh

Sue

Jason C

@Woodface Damn, I know I once called somebody's mother a downloadable PDF, but it must not have been here because I can't find it. So....

ur moms a downloadable pdf

Sue

Jason C

Doorknob

23:43

I have exactly one possible move...

Jason C

Oh wait.

Doorknob

I think @Undo wins

wait, not yet!

Undo

yeah, there's still some issues to overcome

Sue

@JasonC Sad! I had to do that to one of mine. It was horrible!

Doorknob

one possible move again...

Jason C

23:45

@Sue One of my parents' dogs had the cone once, too. I could feel her frustration when I looked at her.

bjb568

Doorknob

Could we stop with the huge oneboxes please?

Jason C

Hey ool, I broke my a b -this one- d e key. This will definitely help me get my work done. I'm so glad that that happened.

Undo

@JasonC ... what?

bjb568

Doorknob

23:47

Try writing things that don't ever use that key. Just like this message.

Undo

ohhhhh c

I've been playing chess far too long to remember the alphabet

Jason C

feature-request Add support for lasses to Java...

Sue

@Doorknob Can you delete mine? Move them to trash or something?

Doorknob

@Sue No, I'm not a room owner

Undo

we have no superpowers here

bjb568

23:49

Jason C

There we go, that wasn't bad. cccc

bjb568

Jason C

We can't delete them but we can talk about a bunch of irrelevant crap until they scroll off the screen.

bjb568

Hi uni!

Sue

Ok-when I figure out how to make them smaller, I'll stop :)

Doorknob

23:50

Or we could all flag one of bjb's pictures to get him chat-suspended so that he can't post any more.

Jason C

MWAHAHA LET'S DO IT!

bjb568

:O

Sue

@JasonC lol!

Unihedro

@JasonC The worst part is that you need it for copy-pasting.

Hiya bjb! :D

bjb568

@Sue .onebox.ob-image img { max-height: 100px }

Doorknob

23:51

@Unihedro <C-x><C-v> == <C-c>

Jason C

I suppose you could always rock the old cut paste paste in a pinch.

Yeah that.

Doorknob

ugh I have 4 moves now.

user259867

xkcd 887 has an embarrassing spelling error: "acheive"

user259867

Not shown: the approximately 30,000 identical, vaguely hysterical articles titled "WHITE PEOPLE IN [THE US/BRITAIN] TO BECOME MINORITY BY [YEAR]!", which came up for basically any year I put in.

user259867

Perfectly readable, too.

user259867

23:52

How are the predictions for 2015 coming along?

ɥʇǝS

I hear there's chess!

Doorknob

@ɥʇǝS Yes! Scroll up (a long way, because bjb's annoying pictures) if you want. :P

Unihedro

Wow, everyone's playing chess.

Sue

@bjb568 Oh! What I do is just upload them from my photo stream & that's what happens!

Doorknob

Or you can watch Undo about to beat me: chess.com/echess/game?id=107606678

@Woodface 2014 - GNU/Linux becomes dominant OS. Hahaha, yeah right.

Jason C

23:53

Ha, the Tappan Zee bridge got an XKCD mention. It really is that terrifying.

ɥʇǝS

is that live @Doorknob?

Doorknob

@ɥʇǝS yup

ɥʇǝS

so no refresh needed?

Unihedro

Refreshing in 2015?

ɥʇǝS

hey, the site I sometimes play on requires a refresh..

Doorknob

23:55

Umm, did it just update (king to f7)? If so, then no :P

ɥʇǝS

but that was a long time ago.

it didn't :(

Doorknob

blegh

It auto-refreshes for both players.

ɥʇǝS

wait, Undo is white?

Doorknob

yes

Frank

@Sue eh? for spring

Undo

23:57

@ɥʇǝS I... yes.

That can be interpreted multiple ways, one of them much more entertaining >:D

ɥʇǝS

I thought Undo was winning?

Undo

@ɥʇǝS Undo is winning

Undo is chasing Doorknob's king around

ɥʇǝS

I will refrain and just watch ;)

Doorknob

He was previously viciously chasing Doorknob's queen around, but thankfully that seems to have stopped. :P

Undo

@ɥʇǝS Be warned, the auto-refresh is a little iffy.

Doorknob

23:59

two possible moves...

Undo

force refresh often for most consistent king-chasing entertainment

Frank

Is back

Hi all (again)

Doorknob

errr, only one actually

@Frank Hello! Undo is still chasing my king. Scroll up for more information. :P

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