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1:02 PM
@Magisch Good?
 
@Tinkeringbell a colleague of mine took a day off last week to play the game :D
 
@Bart Smart person :) I wish I had enough free days to do the same :D
 
I like my games, but taking a day off for them is a bit too much
 
does...does everyone like pokemon on the internet?
 
@AndrasDeak Duh!
Look at that guy, and then tell me you don't like him.
I mean, he's fuzzy. In an electrostatic kind of way :D I never realized pikachu's would have fur :P
 
1:12 PM
I don't like him
 
@AndrasDeak You're lucky I can't kick people out of this room then!
 
@AndrasDeak you monster :,(
 
though it's not about pikachu, I've just always found the whole thing off-putting to be honest
Here younger kids were all into pokemon. Whereas dragonball was the shit. Perhaps I'm too old?
 
Well, I'm not into Pokemon... or Digimon... or Yu-Gi-Oh... or...
 
Are you the millennials or am I?
@Magisch pika?
 
1:14 PM
@AndrasDeak I'm a 90s kid
 
ah, that explains it
wait, "90s kid" can mean multiple things
 
and I'm a 89s kid
 
I see
 
@AndrasDeak Born in '91 ;)
 
thanks, then it fits my experience
I am too old :P
 
1:16 PM
Born in '89... huh, wait...
 
@AndrasDeak Go talk with @rene then ;P
 
I don't speak flowertongue
 
Just a few more years, and rene will be talking no faster than an ent :P
@AndrasDeak And explain the experience? Which stereotypes did I just hit?
 
5 mins ago, by Andras Deak
Here younger kids were all into pokemon. Whereas dragonball was the shit. Perhaps I'm too old?
@Tinkeringbell no wonder he isn't married. Entwives are hard to come by these days.
 
@AndrasDeak Hmmm. I didn't really 'get into pokemon' at that age though, as mom kinda disliked the 'big eyed screaming tv things'. I started playing the games at 18? I like games that have a 'collecting' element ;)
 
1:24 PM
 
@AndrasDeak born '94 here
 
heh
though I knew you were younger
 
more into Crash Bandicoot era...
 
@AndrasDeak Hmmm. I actually did those kinds of things :P I studied archaeology, did some experimental archaeology too, including gathering ;)
 
Hey I'll have you know I'm a 24 year old software professional and company CCI puffs
 
1:25 PM
you kids eating all the avocados and ruining life as we know it
 
I don't even like avocados.
Old people are always so prejudiced!
 
I don't eat avocados either
 
you can't even millennial right
 
Oh, I can :P I still live with my parents because old people made apartments priceless!
 
Elaborate moustache? Artisanal shoelaces? Bespoke Hosenträger?
 
1:28 PM
No moustache, danke. That would look really, really weird ;)
I do have funny shoelaces, I make my own sometimes ;)
 
Phew!
 
ITT: how to be a right millennial
 
featureless tshirt, featureless cloth jacket, featureless jeans, featureless shoes
 
@Magisch Yes Sir! :D
 
all bought in bulk to minimize mixup potential
can't wear two wrong types of sock if all your socks are dark blue :D
 
1:29 PM
@Magisch Expensive noise cancelling headphones, and glasses :P
 
@Tinkeringbell you stole @Bart's glasses? That's not nice. :D
 
Sock are to make a statement! :P
 
my glasses are expensive, but that's not my fault
 
@ShadowWizard I'll let you know I have my own pair. And they look better than Bart's!
 
No monocles? Shame on you
 
1:30 PM
@Magisch Yeah, same here... just the glasses were around 700 euro's
@AndrasDeak They don't make them for eyes that bad :P
I have an old pair opera glasses. Does that count?
 
probably not :(
 
@Tinkeringbell pic or it never happened! :D
 
@ShadowWizard Look at the twitter ;)
 
@Tinkeringbell too lazy! But I found it anyway. :D
Cute indeed.... and even red!! ;)
 
wait wait wait I've got a good image in response to that
 
1:34 PM
Nope. I'm going to say that one is cuuuute!
@ShadowWizard But my glasses are a dark blue (if I don't forget to clean them!)
 
Bah, can't find it. It might have gotten flagged anyway
 
The one from October 10th? @Tink :)
@AndrasDeak what did you look for?? lol
 
@ShadowWizard I thought I posted a selfie there somewhere around that time yeah :P
 
My frames for glasses aren'T even expensive. It's just that my eyes are so shot and in a so specific way
 
1:36 PM
@Tinkeringbell Yup. Luckily it's still in your recent media otherwise I couldn't find it. (no account so can't browse lists)
 
@Magisch cylindrical and whatnot?
 
@ShadowWizard Are you going to make one again? You mentioned something of the like a few days back...
 
I have cylinder in my glasses but somehow don't need any in my contact lenses. Go figure... :)
@Tinkeringbell yeah, I just need... time? I know I'll need several hours for the initial catch up.
 
@AndrasDeak dont know how to translate it properly
 
Also have to figure which email to use, using the same email will most likely result in reviving the old account, which I don't want to do.
 
1:38 PM
but basically my eyes are pretty shot
 
Using work email for personal twitter account appears wrong.
 
@ShadowWizard Use a twitter mail for a twitter account :P
 
I do have ancient hotmail account but... I don't use it. Just keeping it alive.
@Tinkeringbell can I do that?? lol
 
@ShadowWizard ShadowWizardTwitter@gmail.com :P
 
lolz
gmail won't allow double emails, I think.
(i.e. two different email accounts for same person)
 
1:40 PM
I have two gmails... one with my real name, one with a nickname
 
And starting to use different browsers/sessions just for that is too much work.
 
You can switch quite easily, at least I don't find it hard.
 
I have private gmail and work gmail, yeah.
But using two different browser sessions, one for each.
Twitter allows email from local providers?
 
Sure, why not?
 
Might create whole new email account in one of those just for twitter.
@Tinkeringbell dunno, "too local"? ;)
Higher chance of fake, etc.
 
1:43 PM
Actually, I'm not sure :P But I think it shouldn't really be a problem ;)
 
They do fight fake account these days, after years of letting millions upon millions of fake account to exist peacefully, so...
I don't want to start an account just to have it vanish after a while due to suspicion of being fake. So assume safest way is using email of known provider.
 
Everything on social media is fake to some extent ;)
 
there is no parrot
 
:P At least, people are more likely to post their 'fun' stuff on social media, so they all look like perfect people with flawless skin going on sunny holidays!
 
I counter this by having no photos of me online anywhere
On the internet, nobody knows you're actually a cactus
 
1:49 PM
@Magisch Meh. I'm careful with what I put online, but I'm not ashamed of how I look ;)
 
Me neither I'm just really, really paranoid
 
I'd be more concerned about seeing my selfie as an avatar of a spammer on SE or something to that effect
 
There was someone that nicked Glorfindel's picture, I think?
 
Gorfinkel?
 
@AndrasDeak Stop it, we're better than that ;)
There's much funnier jokes to make :P
 
1:51 PM
speak for yourself
 
@Tinkeringbell Hey, your entire nickname is a pun
 
Yeah, I know ;)
Can anyone help me find that post where some user used at least Glorfindel's picture? I don't know if they matched the username as well...
 
1:58 PM
hehe, Glorfindel as a celebrity
 
But this can also be done with non IRL avatars.
 
@AndrasDeak Hehehe, no the post specifically says he's a non famous person! :P
 
lol that's rude!
 
awww
hey, your avatar changed
 
Finally!
 
1:59 PM
disconcerting
 
I miss being able to refresh chat profiles here.
@AndrasDeak Nah, it matches ;)
This one will be better for hats :D
 
!!/hats
 
borked
 
aawwww
no fun allowed
 
2:00 PM
ew, hats
The annual collectively-abuse-the-system-for-fake-fake-internet-rewards
 
They won't look good on that green blob anyways.
 
I've never seen so much intentional abuse than during winterbash
 
@AndrasDeak you're like the grumpus of SE christmas :p
 
thank you
 
True. Last winterbash was my first, loads of crappy questions :P
 
2:03 PM
The ghost of SE christmas past "Duuuuuplicates..."
 
Also people spamming chat, spamming for stars, and the like. Bah! Humbug!
 
The ghost of SE christmas present "Haaaaaats..."
 
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Username similar to website in answer, blacklisted user (119): Is Bluetooth battery information readable in Windows on Boot Camp? ✏️ by Magic Utilities on apple.SE
 
@AndrasDeak Stars are most fun when you get them naturally, or for disliking Bart.
4
 
The ghost of SE christmas future "Blooooooog Pooooooosts"
 
2:06 PM
Scary future ;)
Well chosen :)
 
Not all blog posts are bad. Some of my best friends are blog posts.
 
New hat Idea! "Welcome Wagon Hat", awarded for deleting 5 old unfriendly comments you posted in the past. :D
 
Please don't give them ideas
 
lol
Too late. ;)
What's done is done.
 
Sheriff hat for flagging 10 arbitrary comments. Flagging is good, right?
 
2:12 PM
The cat is out of the sack.
 
No, no: concerned citizen hat
 
@AndrasDeak there are badges for flagging. :D
 
The sack of Black Pete?
 
@ShadowWizard Not going to work, as you can't see which comments of yours people flag as unkind (unless you're a mod. A mod only hat? All for it!)
 
Badges suck too
 
2:13 PM
@rene if Pete is a cat then yes. :D
 
@rene I thought it was the sack of Saint Nick...?
 
@Tinkeringbell common sense! ;)
 
80% of robo reviewing is for badges, I'm certain
 
@AndrasDeak Is there anything about SE that you do like? :P
 
@Tinkeringbell freedom of speech, I'd say. :D
 
2:14 PM
Yes, what it used to be. *drops mike*
 
catching Mike
 
@ShadowWizard People that pretend to listen when you complain a chatroom? :P
 
Who is Mike?
 
Ask Jeff
 
@ShadowWizard Don't worry, Mike can fly ;)
 
2:15 PM
Jeff is away.
He doesn't reply to my messages.
 
Jeff who?
 
How rude.
 
@AndrasDeak hey, I'm trying Research Assistant. So far I've proposed or done some burninations
 
Jeff Bauman (born January 2, 1986) is an American author. He lost his both legs during April 15, 2013 Boston Marathon Bombing attack and was the subject of a famous photograph taken in the aftermath of the bombing. The 2017 film Stronger is based on a memoir of the same name he co-wrote, with Jake Gyllenhaal portraying him. == Personal life == Jeff Bauman was born on January 2, 1986 and is the son of Patty Bauman and Jeff Bauman, Sr. Jeff Bauman became engaged to his fiancée Erin Hurley in February 2014 and they married in November 2014. Their first daughter, Nora Gail Bauman, was born in July...
This is a good Jeff!
 
@rene you make me sick :P
 
2:16 PM
@AndrasDeak you're already green....
;)
 
Going paler green
 
Now I need to dig in code written by someone else to find how I can extract work duration of machines. Wish me luck!
 
Good luck, me
 
@AndrasDeak or green with red dots, perhaps? ;)
Now that look sick. ^
:D
 
Get to work
 
2:23 PM
 
I spent a day on Saturday figuring out how to use a new hpc cluster I temporarily got access to
 
The cat in question (Tardar Sauce) is actually quite happy and has a pleasant disposition, she just has feline dwarfism
 
And ultra famous due to this meme. :D
Should I make the "afternoon coffee" now or at 5 PM?
 
Now! I'm going to get an afternoon coffee too ;)
Good idea :)
 
I'm full with good ideas today! If only that would help me find what I need in that code.... crying
skimming through .rd file
 
2:29 PM
Perhaps you could use some glasses too :P
 
Putting glasses now will make me blind...
 
grep -i "work duration" ./* # you're welcome
 
lol
hmm....
 
typical academic, assuming the thing is named correctly
 
fuzzification of the search is left as an exercise to the reader
 
2:32 PM
:(
 
you're screwed
 
Maybe I'll ask on SO.... :P
 
@ShadowWizard Notepad++ has a "search in folder" feature where you can search for a string in a whole folder of files
 
or just install linux and be productive
 
Thats what I use when I have to go spelunking in impossible to organize legacy code
 
2:34 PM
you could even use something adequate for that, such as find
 
@Magisch actually I created my own search program with Delphi, that also search in files. It was 10 years ago. Still using it sometimes. ;)
Wait.... 15 years ago. Time fly!
I gave it the name.... wait for it.... Searcher.exe!
Here it is! basks in long lost glory :D
 
Does it handle symlinks that point back to c:\? Are symlinks even a thing in windows?
 
@AndrasDeak nope, neither it handles shortcuts... just plain file search.
Trying to search big files result in nice crash or freezing. lol
 
oh, by the way I got my hands on a pair of hug mugs
 
@AndrasDeak good! I have only one, it feels lonely.
Heh, someone cleared those 6 pending flags in chat. Thanks, anonymous CM or dev who did it! :D
Guess it needed @Bart to rant about it in order to be done.
 
2:40 PM
That's not even close to a rant
 
perhaps someone mentioned it on twitter
 
4 hours ago, by Bart
Holy flag backlog Batman
Sounds like rant to me! ^ :D
 
@AndrasDeak junctions
 
@ShadowWizard Oh you innocent child, I rant more than that in my sleep.
 
2:42 PM
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Link at end of answer (60): Running GNU/Linux on a tablet, as of November 2018 by Spoiler on unix.SE
 
@AndrasDeak or maybe we just found another efficient way to make SE fix bugs and make changes! :P
@Bart luckily I don't hear it! :D
 
@rene thanks. And that very page links to symlinks, apparently
 
I just snore. ;)
 
@ShadowWizard I think it was Robert
 
@rene how can you tell? Saw who deleted a message?
Well, with Area 51 being... umm... out of the loop (?), he surely has more free time these days. :)
 
2:43 PM
@Tinkeringbell such harassment. Where is the welcoming attitude? Typical Stack Exchange!
 
@Bart You just have to say the magical word :P
 
@ShadowWizard Saw him delete an off-topic post on MSE
 
@rene ohh... that doesn't imply anything on chat. Was he ever active in chat at all?
checking
 
@Tinkeringbell Toblerone?
 
@Bart Almost. But yeah, I might stop if bribed with enough Toblerone :P
 
2:45 PM
stroopwafels?
 
I rather have the Toblerone ;)
 
I decided to go on a diet, so no sugar for me ... and I want sugar!!
 
Huh. His latest message was 10 months ago, a warning to Sonic. @rene
 
old toblerone or new gappy toblerone or newest old toblerone?
 
@ShadowWizard so? He can still click invalid on the chat messages?
 
2:46 PM
@rene sure! My point is, he's not active in chat.
More likely someone active in chat did it.
 
Okay
 
Spam Hunter, Floating Head, or maybe one of the Others. :D
 
@Tinkeringbell You remember Salem, Sabrina's cat? He seems even more fake than that
 
Let's discuss @Bart's diet
 
@Bart you can gain lots of calories without sugar....
 
2:48 PM
@Derpy You're just as mean as @AndrasDeak!
 
no, they're meaner
 
you lose weight if your only intake of food is sugar
 
I forgot to press "Save" after uploading an avatar facepalm
 
@rene Does anyone in here know if there's a difference in cane sugar and 'normal' sugar?
 
2:49 PM
yeah, cane sugar has a limp
3
 
I get the impression the former is much less sweet.
 
@Tinkeringbell you reply to rene but ask "anyone"? lol
 
Or they changed something in the coffee machines.
 
Cane sugar is less sweet, yeah. Pretty sure I tried once.
 
It was in relation to Barts sugarfree diet :P
 
2:49 PM
I expect their chemical formula to be the same
 
Otherwise "sugar" should just be sucrose. Anything else is buffer or garbage
 
@Tinkeringbell iirc cane sugar is less pure then "normal" refined sugar
 
We have some drink here with "Stevia sugar", let's see...
 
e.g there's more of the original cane and side products in there, giving a distinctive taste
 
stevia is a sweetener, not sugar
 
2:50 PM
@ShadowWizard I'm not that stupid
 
@Magisch So it's not my imagination :D
 
oh, it's very common! But we don't have this one in Israel for some reason:
Only the "Zero".
 
stevia comes from pigs
(no, it doesn't)
 
Figs, maybe? ;)
status-fake-news-alert
 
The worst sweetener is xylitol, because it causes hypoglicemic shock in dogs in very small quantities. To humans it tastes sweet, but there's no insulin reaction. Dogs on the other hand treat it completely as sugar, making them generate a lot of insulin, with no sugar to decompose. So what happens is the normal low level of blood sugar goes down and that's it
 
2:56 PM
Oooh, looks like it's starting to snow here :)
 
Really!?
 
Yup
 
Dang. I still have to take a train home :/
 
it snowed "here" last night
 
@Tinkeringbell ... you know what "here" is about an hour long flight away from you, right?
 
2:57 PM
 
Coca-Cola C2 (also referred to as Coke C2, C2 Cola, or simply C2) was a cola-flavored beverage introduced by The Coca-Cola Company first in Japan, then later on June 7, 2004 in the United States (and shortly thereafter, Canada), in response to the low-carbohydrate diet trend. This Coke product was marketed as having half the carbohydrates, sugars and calories compared to standard Coca-Cola. It contains aspartame, acesulfame potassium, and sucralose in addition to the high fructose corn syrup typically found in cola beverages distributed in America. Aside from the high fructose corn syrup, one 12...
 
@Bart Oh, I thought we were talking here, but apparently we're talking about there :P
 
@Bart and while Tink's "here" is underwater, your "here" is probably pretty hilly
 
@AndrasDeak my "here" is higher than the highest point in NL
 
I find that claim unsurprising
 
2:59 PM
@Bart i never see real life snow . Its only on movie for me :)
 
meanwhile, I'm still fighting with the 27℃ here...
 
@Shree think of it as cold disappointing cocaine
 
the good thing about grossly international groups is that we can always agree that weather
@Shree don't believe Bart, snow is awesome. He's just had too much of it
 
:D
 
then again I've never had cocaine
 
3:01 PM
@AndrasDeak problem here is that unlike in NL, they pretty much don't clean the roads for some reason. So it always ends up in a clusterf*ck.
 
@Bart Like they clean the roads properly over here... it's always slippery and messy over here too
 
@Tinkeringbell problem is, we have a lot of hills here. Leads to fun situations.
 
@Bart Sleigh rides!
 
@Bart your area isn't very high, right? So you can't just take the snow and live on top of that?
(unlike Swedes, for instance, where a lot of roads are just left packed with snow)
 
3:04 PM
oops
 
@Bart see? You rant again. :D
I saw actual snow.... three times... during my life. I think. I was inside actual snow while it still was ongoing once. Either in USA or Canada, don't remember. :(
(by "saw" I mean on the ground, where I could make balls out of it and throw on people ;))
 
First time saw snow real life in Aussie...
 
And last time? ;)
 
There's no last time :p
 
lol
"most recent"
Congrats for new avatar, @andmy! going to look what it is
heheheh lol
Nicely done!
 
3:09 PM
come to think of it, maybe I don't need the waving hands...
 
In the small version you look bit like @Aibobot now, @andmy. ;)
@Mithrandir how many new חניכים there were in that late night swimming event? Did any of them complain about it?
 
Is it not annoying to jump back and forth between word endings when RTL words are mixed with LTR?
though I guess I could ask the same thing about German numerals
 
I have a far and unstable memory of being seriously pranked during my time in תנועת המושבים (another youth movement), they pranked us that war started and we must evacuate ASAP, leaving everything behind. I do not remember what followed, just it was't really funny...
 
Why? Joking with war in a country that is usually at war sounds like a hoot.
 
@AndrasDeak sure. Welcome to borked Hebrew/English experience virtually anywhere, especially Word and emails from all providers.
@AndrasDeak think it was right after a war ended, things were still sensitive.
hmm... I was 14 or 15 which makes it 1992 or 1993... Gulf War? Yup
 
3:18 PM
Because...things aren't sensitive now? :P
 
@AndrasDeak sure, but the last actual war we had was long ago. Just getting missiles falling on our heads is not war. Yet. :D
 
yeah, I know
 
Oh wait, that's also what happened here during Gulf War! But those were much bigger missiles. And we didn't have Iron Dome. ;)
@AndrasDeak you were in army? :)
python last vote needed meta.stackexchange.com/questions/318538/… @Bart @rene @Glorfindel
Thanks Bart!
 
np
 
@ShadowWizard nope
 
3:22 PM
:)
 
conscription was abolished just when I turned 18
 
@AndrasDeak oh. From your "I know" it sounded like you had some experience related to it. :)
 
But unlike Israel we're never at war, and our conscription was about screwing with everyone. No point to it at all.
 
@AndrasDeak whoa. Lucky!
@AndrasDeak well, army here is crucial... I had the pleasure of being in "active" unit, though not infantry.
 
Yeah, I know it's way different there.
 
3:25 PM
 
umm.... lol... @andmy your avatar looks REALLY weird on the users list here.... still need to figure if it's funny or not... oh. It is funny. :D
The top hand looks like a hat, the other two can be seen as, well, you know. lol :P
 
@Feeds and your point is? ;)
 
@ShadowWizard You should feel old!
 
I think he does. And he is. :P
 
3:36 PM
Not 57 though!
Don't think we have anyone above 50 over here.... or do we?
(age, not shoe size! ;))
buh... 10 close votes left...
 
@ShadowWizard I decided to remove the waving hands... too distracting
 
the hand on the forehead should only extend the thumb and index fingers
 
it's my hair though :(
 
@andmyself oh, so now only hand hat. Nice! :D
 
@ShadowWizard gone
 
3:47 PM
@JNat thanks!
 
@ShadowWizard Journeyman? But that's in dog years.
 
lol
How old is Smokey, in smoke years?
 
But the nav bar is gone, right? — usr2564301 9 mins ago
 
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3:53 PM
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