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[WWGD]

"ö" No!

Don't worry, Freshmeister, not that important.

 

[fresh_42]

Don't worry, Freshmeister, not that important.

I thought you've looked it up in the meantime. A quick method for such cases is

1. Call https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon
2. Switch the language.
   
3. Find https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Störe

Only problem is, they have it in the plural Störe and the singular is Stör (m.).

 

[WWGD]

I thought you've looked it up in the meantime. A quick method for such cases is

1. Call https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturgeon
2. Switch the language.View attachment 225736
3. Find https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Störe

Only problem is, they have it in the plural Störe and the singular is Stör (m.).

As long as they still sell it in the Store...;).

 

[fresh_42]

As long as they still sell it in the Store...;).

By the way, and somehow funny, because I always wonder, why English native speakers cannot pronounce ö as in Stör. And store is far from sounding even similar. However, the gag is, that if you say "Stur(geon)" and drop the "geon", it's exactly how it sounds. This proves it can be pronounced, so it's somehow strange that it never happens. O.k. some nuance is left: Stör = Stur is a nothern attitude, the real pronunciation is "Shtur" with a "sh" at the beginning instead of "Stur". This applies to all words with "st" or "sp", they are pronounced "sht" resp. "shp". But you would be understood if you say "Stur" for Stör.

 

[OCR]

I guess my question is:

Lol...

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[WWGD]

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Lol...

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I this, I that a test

 

[OCR]

I this, I that a test

In the prod version all the error-checking is removed, so you won't know why it went wrong.

..

 

[WWGD]

That waterfall relaxation music piped in just makes me want to go to the bathroom...

 

[WWGD]

The lady that just walked in, with her gray hair looks exactly like Isaac Newton in the library portrait. I would ask her about her fluxions, but maybe she will slap me.

 

[StoneTemplePython]

there's some serious random thoughts action today

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Lol...
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some recursion / circular reference humour
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plus some coding theory / entropy humour

Another example of an English word in which one missing letter leads to a completely different meaning. English is the worst error correcting code I've ever seen.

I feel like that Oswald guy would have something smart to say about this...

 

[WWGD]

Maybe it's just me, but after 'increment' and 'decremen't I expect to see 'excrement'.

 

[OCR]

When you make a contraction... as you did with your decremen...

'decremen't

Normally, you wouldn't...

...expect to see 'excrement'.

At least, not for awhile . a while...

So, just while away the hours in some easy or pleasant manner, and stop ruminating... it will pass. .

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Lol...

 

[fresh_42]

Maybe it's just me, but after 'increment' and 'decremen't I expect to see 'excrement'.

You mean things like

DO WHILE I < N
...
I=I+1
END DO

DO WHILE I > N
...
I=I-1
END DO

DO WHILE I = N
...
I=I+0
END DO

 

[WWGD]

You mean things like

DO WHILE I < N
...
I=I+1
END DO

DO WHILE I > N
...
I=I-1
END DO

DO WHILE I = N
...
I=I+0
END DO

Indeed, isn't that the output?

 

[WWGD]

You mean things like

DO WHILE I < N
...
I=I+1
END DO

DO WHILE I > N
...
I=I-1
END DO

DO WHILE I = N
...
I=I+0
END DO

AND...
SYSTEM.OUT.PRINTLN<"Excrement">;

 

[skyshrimp]

Boston Dynamics makes my jaw drop. They're advancing so quickly.

The technological marvels future generations will witness will be utterly amazing. If I had the chance to be successfully, cryogenically frozen for 20 to 50 years at a time and then revived without damage, I would honestly do it. I reckon in just 40 years or less, people might actually start to have this option. You could wake and live in a future date for a year or so to get a grasp on everything and then go back in the freezer for the next episode. If you went too far, you might see a future where what once were homo-sapiens, see you the same way we currently see apes in our zoos. Ape men from 2018. Homo-sapiens wouldn't have the mental capacity to fathom their intelligence either

 

[WWGD]

Obvious but smart approach to quality control, getting an order right: just repeat the order to the customer right after he gives it. Maybe better would be for the customer to enter it in writing(typing) .

 

[WWGD]

I don't care how many times I have seen it: people wearing big headphones in the streets look like they come from another planet; maybe less so when you see them up close.

 

[fresh_42]

Is it over? Can we watch (non US) news again?

 

[DrGreg]

Is it over? Can we watch (non US) news again?

If you are referring to events in Britain, yes, I can confirm that the F A Cup Final is over.

 

[fresh_42]

If you are referring to events in Britain, yes, I can confirm that the F A Cup Final is over.

This subject isn't any better. I have two mugs here, one from QPR and one from Forest. What does this tell you?

 

[WWGD]

Is it over? Can we watch (non US) news again?

Let's just change Melania's name to Daisy and son Eric to Daffy and pretend it is Disney.

 

[WWGD]

I wonder if there is a suave-enough way of telling a woman to "put her piggybank away" , i.e., pants are low and her crack is showing; seems like a piggy bank opening to drop a coin. I am not that suave myself.

Sorry I didn't go for your namesake Python; still, we don't have StoneTempleJAva (still?) ;).

 

[fresh_42]

Let's just change Melania's name to Daisy and son Eric to Daffy and pretend it is Disney.

There's no need to change characters which are already caricatures. It's the boring story board. Each day the same nonsense, interrupted by the scheduled weekly crime. CNN international as a news channel is already a total loss. I even consider to watch BBC out of desperation, now that it's over. Hopefully she won't litter within at least a year.

 

[WWGD]

There's no need to change characters which are already caricatures. It's the boring story board. Each day the same nonsense, interrupted by the scheduled weekly crime. CNN international as a news channel is already a total loss. I even consider to watch BBC out of desperation, now that it's over. Hopefully she won't litter within at least a year.

Why do you complain: a 4-year-long (let's hope) episode of Jerry Springer ? Jerry!, Jerry !, ...

 

[fresh_42]

Jerry!, Jerry !, ...

Too many beeps and bars. I'm an adult and don't like to be told what I'm allowed to hear and see and what not. This censoring - under the assumption that it had already been added to the original tape - is a single metaphor on the American hypocrisy: either you produce such shows (<substitute by a subject of your choice>) and live with the results, or you do not. But do not pretend as if it was of any quality or you had to prevent your audience from disturbing sounds or views, that's ridiculous. That's why I complain about the news: what happened and weekly happens were and are more or less free decisions, and to complain about them afterwards, is ridiculous.

 

[fresh_42]

Change of subject: What is it, that people are interested in whether Mr. Xyz married Mrs. Uvw or not? I don't get it. It's even less interesting than this famous sack of rice in China.

 

[WWGD]

Too many beeps and bars. I'm an adult and don't like to be told what I'm allowed to hear and see and what not. This censoring - under the assumption that it had already been added to the original tape - is a single metaphor on the American hypocrisy: either you produce such shows (<substitute by a subject of your choice>) and live with the results, or you do not. But do not pretend as if it was of any quality or you had to prevent your audience from disturbing sounds or views, that's ridiculous. That's why I complain about the news: what happened and weekly happens were and are more or less free decisions, and to complain about them afterwards, is ridiculous.

It's trash TV, embarrassing -enough that it is out. But you omitted the last 20-or-so seconds of the show , where Jerry pretends there is a message to the show beyond " Hey, for whatever reason, people watch this trash I am putting out".

 

[WWGD]

Change of subject: What is it, that people are interested in whether Mr. Xyz married Mrs. Uvw or not? I don't get it. It's even less interesting than this famous sack of rice in China.

The NY Times has a few pages devoted to that. Maybe it is a way for those who appear in the column to show that they have made it -- it must cost a fortune to be mentioned there.

 

[skyshrimp]

If a flat earther flew around the Earth in a plane, how would he explain that event?