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AstroCB

5:01 AM

@bjb568 You'll love this question.

bjb568

LQ stackoverflow.com/q/29586102

AstroCB

Access-Control-Allow-Origin is a header set by the source of the content you’re trying to load. Allowing the requesting page to set the header would make the same-origin policy pointless. — minitech ♦ 14 mins ago

@minitech, I don't understand that, say it simpler. — Mario Honse 3 mins ago

@stripe @ryannielsen inPulse SDK released Jan 2011. Sounds legit.

Tweeted by ericmigi on April 10, 2015 at 7:31 AM in reply to stripe

Nice.

user259867

5:18 AM

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Q: double empty parentheses, what do they do?

In the below code, what is the point of the first double parentheses and are the second set just used to encapsulate what is in the first set? function(){ alert(Hi); }

user259867

Tagging choice of the day.

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AstroCB

!comp 1/((1/3)(3x-5)^(-2/3))

bjb568

3 (3 x-5)^(2/3)

AstroCB

Thanks.

!comp 1/((1/3)(3(-22/3)-5)^(-2/3))

bjb568

27 (-1)^(2/3)

AstroCB

5:25 AM

!comp 27 (-1)^(2/3)

bjb568

-13.5 +
23.382685902179843462620525610329276953727870926440... i

Andrew T.

^ abusive :p

AstroCB

Oh.

Shouldn't that be 9?

!comp -27^(-2/3)

bjb568

-1/9

AstroCB

!comp 1/((1/3)(-1/9))

bjb568

5:27 AM

-27

AstroCB

?

Andrew T.

?

user259867

@AstroCB Avoid that. -a^b is sometimes interpreted as (-a)^b and sometimes as -(a^b).

AstroCB

Oh.

bjb568

Two types of minus!

Andrew T.

5:28 AM

!comp (-1)^(6/3)

bjb568

1

user259867

Yeah, some say that unary minus takes priority over binary operations. I disagree.

Andrew T.

!comp (-1)^(9/3)

bjb568

-1

user259867

Also, raising negative numbers to fractional powers is tricky; consider it undefined behavior.

bjb568

5:29 AM

me agree with disagree

Andrew T.

!comp (-1)^9/(-1)^3

bjb568

1

user259867

It would be better to reconsider the source of the formula that involves such powers, and revise the computations leading to it.

Jan Dvorak

@pizza isn't that implementation defined instead?

user259867

@JanDvorak Yes. Of course, a language is free to define the order any way the creators want.

user259867

5:31 AM

But if no language is specified, I'll go with mathematical conventions, not programming ones.

Andrew T.

I attempted false proof wrongly.

AstroCB

0

Q: need woodcutting recursion advice

You are given a log of wood of length 'n’. There are 'm’ markings on the log. The log must be cut at each of the marking. The cost of cutting is equal to the length of the log that is being cut. Given such a log, determine the least cost of cutting. My partial solution is using recursion: I am a...

algorithm recursion dynamic-programming

> You are given a log of wood of length 'n’. There are 'm’ markings on the log. The log must be cut at each of the marking. The cost of cutting is equal to the length of the log that is being cut. Given such a log, determine the least cost of cutting.

user259867

Migrate to Woodworking

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AstroCB

user259867

Also, the base of the log is not specified.

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user259867

5:34 AM

It still bugs me that =-3^2 is 9 in Excel.

!comp -3^2

-9

!find -3^2

Overson Photography

wut

5:36 AM

Haskell treats - as an unary operator with lower priority than exponentiation

user259867

5:59 AM

I take the point of view that there is no unary minus. -3 is a shorthand for 0-3. If a formula becomes invalid after expanding these minuses, then it was invalid to begin with.

Jan Dvorak

An implementation may provide a more efficient method of negating a number than subtraction from zero.

Also, an implementation may decide to implement a-b as a + (-b) instead.

Which is what hardware implementations do (well, actually, they do a+(~b)+1)

But yes,
> x - y = x + negate y
> negate x = 0 - x

hackage.haskell.org/package/base-4.8.0.0/docs/src/…

bjb568

6:18 AM

Shower thot: To rotate a function, find the distance from the line y = tan(θ) to y = f(x), the shortest being normal to tan(θ).

Just played with it.

y + a = x * tan(θ) - a * cot(θ)

That intersects with y = f(x), so solving for a:

a = (x * tan(θ) - f(x)) / (1 + cot(θ))

For example sin(x) rotated 45 degrees is (sin(x) - x) / 2

damn negative signs

so confusing

LQ stackoverflow.com/q/29586629

stop calling exponential anti logarithm and look into manual or on the labels of the buttons... — V-X Nov 28 '13 at 17:40

wat dis

A jQuery scrollbar? This is getting ridiculous — bjb568 5 secs ago

Anyway, I'm off to bed.

It seems everyone else is dead.

Alexis King

6:35 AM

I think if @bjb were elected mod, he'd get upset about having to handle all my flags on his comments.

bjb568

:p

Jan Dvorak

flag/unclear - rejected - I dun no wat u talkn about

bjb568

I don't do know -> no

but about should be shortened to 'bout

Alexis King

@JanDvorak nvm, i c problem nao, problemz fixd by addin moar kittehs

Jan Dvorak

Actually, I should ask BJB about the grammar on his nomination page

Jason C

6:38 AM

@AlexisKing The upside of you withdrawing is that you tested my data collection program's ability to handle withdrawals.

Alexis King

Psst, @bjb. Spin it as you being "qualified to handle users who use poor English."

Jason C

Our star wall is very uniform.

Jan Dvorak

Psst. A kitten teaching me to butcher grammar the right way :-(

Alexis King

@JasonC What do we win?

Jason C

Alexis King

6:44 AM

@JasonC To star or not to star, that is the question...

Jason C

Lol

Alexis King

and nothing on Tavern on the Meta was ever starred again

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I bet whoever starred that thinks they're pretty funny.

bjb568

Oh what, there was a uniform star wa or something? Yeah, like that'll last.

Jason C

@bjb568 It was fine until you showed up.

I wasted like 7 stars getting all the numbers to be the same. I didn't even read the posts.

bjb568

How did autocarrot get wa from wall?

Alexis King

6:49 AM

Psst, @bjb. Spin it as you "aren't like the other candidates because you don't blindly conform."

bjb568

:p

Night!

Jason C

Psst, @bjb. Spin it as "you put the wa in wall, and you'll give everybody an autocarrot after the election"

Alexis King

Aww, I just realized I missed a UNIFORMITY IS DISAPPEAR joke.

Jason C

Oh wait what was that other funny one

Alexis King

I forgot, too.

Apr 7 at 5:08, by Jason C

MEMORY IS DISAPPEAR

Jason C

6:53 AM

NOT ENOUGH ERROR

Alexis King

NOT ENOUGH DISAPPEAR

Jason C

EVERYTHING IS ERROR

NOT ENOUGH DISAPPEAR, EVERYTHING IS APPEAR

Alexis King

flails uncontrollably

I... think I need an adult.

Jason C

Haha

Alexis King

Hmm, now I'll never get to run that SO campaign ad about how I pee in the shower.

Jason C

6:56 AM

I am all about peeing in the shower.

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Alexis King

hopes people remember the context to that and don't think I'm the creepiest person alive

Jason C

It's an art, though. You have to go right for the drain.

Alexis King

I totally had your vote in the bag, too.

Mar 19 at 8:46, by Jason C

If you ever ran for political office and ran a campaign ad where you admitted to peeing in the shower, I would totally vote for you.

Jason C

Lol!

I forgot about that.

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bummi

6:58 AM

@SmokeDetector tpu

SmokeDetector

@bummi Blacklisted user and registered question as true positive: added title to the Bayesian doctype 'bad'.

Alexis King

haha wat

somebody answered this scheme question with a Java solution

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A: Sort list into sublists

Solution to this in Java public ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>> sort(int array[]){ ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>> listList = null; ArrayList<Integer> intList = new ArrayList<Integer>(); if(array.length==0) return listList; listList = new ArrayList<ArrayList<Integer>>(...

I... don't even know how to handle this. Does this qualify as NAA?

It certainly seems to fit the bill to me.

"Your answer is in another castle."

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Email in answer: What's the difference between "recall" and "remember"? by user116811 on english.stackexchange.com

Jason C

Lol... it's in another game entirely.

Alexis King

@SmokeDetector wow

This is proof that no matter how advanced AI gets, it's going to be a long time before automated spam handling will be perfect.

...can we mark that as a false positive and blacklist the user? XD

Darn, who suggested an edit to that post?

I spent a few minutes making it really nice. :p

Jason C

7:05 AM

@AlexisKing Oh, I did the same...

I bet yours is better. Save it.

!!/addblu english.stackexchange.com/users/116811/user116811

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@JasonC User blacklisted (116811 on english.stackexchange.com).

Jason C

And, yes, we can.

Alexis King

Well then!

@SmokeDetector fp ;)

SmokeDetector

@AlexisKing Registered answer as false positive.

SmokeDetector

7:40 AM

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bummi

@SmokeDetector tpu

SmokeDetector

@bummi Blacklisted user.

SmokeDetector

8:06 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive answer detected: Strange Item on DHCP Client Table by McLinda on superuser.com

Jan Dvorak

sure there's a better term for the "oh shit" look?

Anonymous

8:33 AM

@JasonC Sorry about this.

SmokeDetector

8:51 AM

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Unihedro

9:02 AM

hallo

ProgramFOX

hello!

SmokeDetector

9:33 AM

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10:16 AM

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Qantas 94 Heavy

@SmokeDetector tpu

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Qantas 94 Heavy

!!/so2015

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Mooseman

10:36 AM

BUG: stackoverflow.com/tags/untagged/topusers

Qantas 94 Heavy

@Mooseman: stackoverflow.com/search?q=[untagged]+is%3Aq

interesting

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Mooseman

10:51 AM

@Qantas94Heavy Very...

Qantas 94 Heavy

@Mooseman: I think it's because it's a blacklisted tag, but the system assigns questions to it anyway.

rene

11:42 AM

lazy sunday?

Andrew T.

12:09 PM

offensive android.stackexchange.com/a/105224/44325 (the answer)

spam android.stackexchange.com/a/105157/44325 (the answer)

rene

12:50 PM

Is there anyone who understands what is asked here?

Unihedro

@rene I want "Not constructive" back

stackoverflow.com/help/serial-voting-reversed

So "Serial <up/down>voting reversed" is now "voting corrected"?

Yes.

O_O

... why?

What if it's not... correct?

Qantas 94 Heavy

12:55 PM

I don't see much of a point, seeing as they rarely reverse downvotes and upvotes together

Unihedro

Well, yeah. The wording infers more than it should now.

IOW: My cheese was moved.

Qantas 94 Heavy

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A: Please hide "serial upvoting reversed" entries in the public reputation history

I tend to agree with this - it looks bad, provides no real advantage to anyone other than a moderator investigating the root cause of the problem, and actually offers a reverse-engineering tool to folks intentionally looking to game the system. Hiding it by default, visible only to moderators a...

It's to make it sound less "suss"

Unihedro

Changing the help center page was a good idea, changing how it names doesn't really do much though.

Andrew T.

for a reason, I thought that meta post is too-broad. He wants to ~~have~~ know many more rep-whoring activities, AND he wants us to suggest changes to prevent that.

Qantas 94 Heavy

I think it could be classified as too broad, but I think "not constructive" captures the essence of what we really mean better.

Anyway I'm VTCing the question.

rene

12:59 PM

@AndrewT. ... but the last part isn't clearly asked, right?

Andrew T.

Yes, I agree. It might be asked as follow-up question, if that post succeed in the first place.

need more upvote for publicity :/ meta.stackexchange.com/a/252025/241919

ProgramFOX

@AndrewT. status-declined; Shog added that tag before he posted his answer about "voting corrected"

Andrew T.

just realized, thanks.

Doorknob

!!/so2015

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ProgramFOX

1:51 PM

@SmokeDetector fp

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@ProgramFOX Registered question as false positive and added title to Bayesian doctype 'good'.

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