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Re: poll ideas quest 2015 (Priority Queues)
by Corion (Pope) on Jun 18, 2015 at 14:52 UTC
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The top three priorities of my open tasks are / I triage incoming tasks into (in descending order of likelyhood to be worked on)
- Priority 1, Priority 2, Priority 3
- urgent, important, favour
- data loss, bug, enhancement
- Priority 1, Priority 0, Priority -1
- out of scope, out of budget, out of line
- family, friends, work
- impossible, inconceivable, implemented
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impossible, inconceivable, implemented
add "incomprehensible"
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015 (keyboard)
by Arunbear (Prior) on Jan 22, 2015 at 15:17 UTC
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- Colemak
- Other
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ABCDEFGHI
JKLMNOPQR
STUVWXYZ
Cheers, Sören
Créateur des bugs mobiles - let loose once, run everywhere.
(hooked on the Perl Programming language)
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015 (letters on keyboard)
by Corion (Pope) on Oct 23, 2015 at 17:21 UTC
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015
by ww (Archbishop) on Mar 31, 2015 at 16:10 UTC
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UPDATE: if selected for publication, I strongly urge adding Tux' contribution (System V, right after Fortran listing) and both of davies' (between the APL book and Kernighan&Richie to maintain chronology of pub dates). I'm not doing it here to maintain the integrity (and missed opportunities) of this node.
The oldest computer book (still) on my shelves or on my digital media is ...
- A Programming Language, 1962, Iverson
- The C Programming Language, 1978, Kernighan & Ritchie
- Z80 Asembly Language Programming, 1979, Leventhal
- TheSOURCE User's Manual, 1979, n/a (Extra points for the brown, 3-ring-binder edition)
- The C Primer, 1983, Hancock & Kreiger
- Interactive Fortran 77, 1984, A Hands on Approach Chivers & Sleightholme
- Turbo-Pascal - 1991 Edition, 1992, Savitch
- Perl.1 man page, 1991, Wall (a re-organized web version of the "perl.1" man page
for PERL version 4: extra points for docs for Perl v. 1, 2 or 3. )
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I still have the M6800 assembly manual, but what I really miss in this list is a Unix book, like
At home, in the attick, I must also have the three volume bound version of the System III manuals.
Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn
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> I'm not doing it here to maintain the integrity (and missed opportunities) of this node.
/me is confused. What does that mean? Do you mean that you don't want to change the list chronologically, or just at all? Or does it mean that you want a clear record of who added what? That's doesn't sound right as you can keep those noted with update remarks. I'm so confused.
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Clear record. Hope that clarifies, but by way of explanation:
I did not chose to edit suggestions from others into a node I created because that would be tantamount to plagarism or fraud. And yes, I could put edit markup in while aligning other contributions chronologically, but that might make the list less easily readable... and should OGB decide to use this one, would almost certainly make doing so more work for him.
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015 (Abroad)
by Arunbear (Prior) on Feb 02, 2015 at 16:55 UTC
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Cheers, Sören
Créateur des bugs mobiles - let loose once, run everywhere.
(hooked on the Perl Programming language)
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015
by Discipulus (Abbot) on Jan 01, 2015 at 16:50 UTC
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You certainly can, though there's not much need to (it is still remembered :)
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Double-duty on that last parenthesis. It's both a closing parenthesis and the mouth of the smiley. Are you allowed to do that?
When putting a smiley right before a closing parenthesis, do you:
- Use two parentheses: (Like this: :) )
- Use one parenthesis: (Like this: :)
- Reverse direction of the smiley: (Like this: (: )
- Other
- I'm getting dizzy
Posted as When putting a smiley right before a closing parenthesis, do you:
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015 (TV remote)
by davies (Prior) on Mar 05, 2015 at 13:34 UTC
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In my house, the TV remote control is...
- Nonexistent; I don't have TV
- Lost
- Under my control; I watch alone
- Under my control unless someone wants to die
- Under my control unless someone fights
- Under the control of whoever shouts loudest
- Under another's control unless I fight
- Under another's control unless I want to die
- We have lots of remotes & the TV's schitzophrenic
Regards,
John Davies
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A few tweaks: "In my house," is either exclusive or redundant. Also, there's a mixture of ideas here. It starts off with location and continues with control. "I watch alone" and "unless someone wants to die" are pretty much the same option. Perhaps, you have two separate ideas:
The TV remote control is under the control of:
My TV remote control can be found:
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015
by karlgoethebier (Abbot) on Oct 02, 2015 at 21:37 UTC
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Inspired by jeffa: "marinersk is Intrepid's sock puppet. Lady_Aleena is another one of Intrepid's sock puppets. These are all the same person using different accounts. Notice how you cannot verify any of them as real people. oiskuu might be, but is probably just tye or ikegami or BrowserUk's sock puppet."
Do you have a sock puppet on PM?
[] Yes (Tell us more about your identities.)
[] No (Why do you ask?)
«The Crux of the Biscuit is the Apostrophe»
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[] What is a sock puppet?
[] I am a sock puppet myself
[] Sock puppets are just an illusion
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015 (temperature scale)
by chacham (Prior) on Aug 05, 2015 at 13:36 UTC
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Yeah, wp can be useful at times. I used it to find the items of the list, but, at first, it did take a bit of clicking to find where they were listed.
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015 (moon rope)
by Pope-O-Matik (Pilgrim) on Oct 18, 2015 at 19:53 UTC
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015 (Speed)
by Arunbear (Prior) on Oct 20, 2015 at 11:10 UTC
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When Perl is not fast enough, I'm most likely to reach for:
- Assembly
- C
- C++
- Java
- Ocaml
- Rust
- Other tech (please specify)
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- It's never happened to me.
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When I want more speed, I use a tank of AV-gas and a nitromethane bottle.
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I Go Back to Sleep, Now.
OGB
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When I want more speed, I use a tank of AV-gas and a nitromethane bottle.
WITNESS ME, OLD_GRAY_BEAR! WITNESS! For those who're not getting it, this is a Mad Max: Fury Road joke.
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015 (xp/writeups ratio)
by chacham (Prior) on Feb 04, 2015 at 17:40 UTC
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NAME COUNT(*)
------- ----------
1-9 135
10-99 506
100-999 39
1000+ 4
~1660 1
<=0 1
nan 2
7 rows selected.
FWIW:
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I'm curious to understand how some people have very few posts, but have so much XP. I'm only singling out cguevara here because I saw they have only one post as they're on the same screenful of Saints in our Book as I am. However, there are other users with say 5 or 10 posts with high XP as well.
It doesn't look like it's due to grandfathering from A Level Playing Field, as some of these users hadn't appeared here on PM until well after those changes.
Can someone please point out why this is so?
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015 (Who decides?)
by Arunbear (Prior) on Mar 05, 2015 at 12:09 UTC
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Who makes your decisions?
- I make decisions, and my brain carries them out
- My brain makes the decisions, and I observe them (if I'm lucky)
- I make some decisions, and my brain makes others
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Excellent! Thank you (and to all other responders).
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...on which I just have to add this famous observation of...
- I do something, wonder what I am doing and then my brain kicks in and tells me I had made the decision before I did the deed.
... which ultimatively says that free will is all just a trick of the mind, as some people come to think.
And the most unhappy schizoid version:
- I decide, my brain kicks in to revert that, I then do something else. I realize what just happened and react emotionally at the inability of getting my wants and deeds to line up.
Oh well, this cropped up. Better not put it in a poll.
Cheers, Sören
Créateur des bugs mobiles - let loose once, run everywhere.
(hooked on the Perl Programming language)
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- I don't make decisions, or do i?
- My leader (parent, president, priest, rabbi, imam, yogi, etc..)
- My Magic 8-Ball
- I just do whatever the next guy does
- I'm incarcerated
- I can't decide
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015 (replies order)
by choroba (Archbishop) on Mar 05, 2015 at 12:21 UTC
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Replies Order
How do you order replies on PerlMonks? (Check User Settings.)
- Newest First
- Oldest First
- Best First
- Whatever is the default
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015 (Borg)
by Arunbear (Prior) on Jan 21, 2015 at 16:07 UTC
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The true leader of the Borg is ...
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I didn't know the Borgachev one. I laughed.
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I mean - who is really in control ? ("Leader" is just a more concise way of saying that IMHO).
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015: what about OffTopic posts
by Discipulus (Abbot) on Jun 25, 2015 at 08:58 UTC
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If off-topic is restricted to certain content, it, ex post facto, becomes on-topic. If that were the case, the section would require a different name.
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Discipulus,
++ and thanks!
Regards...Ed
"Well done is better than well said." - Benjamin Franklin
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015 (sleep on the)
by chacham (Prior) on Oct 26, 2015 at 14:32 UTC
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- bedroll
- hay pile
- Pray, what is this "sleep" you speak of?
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Heh.
Unfortunately, that's when i sleep until, not what i sleep on. Now, if you can replace the u or x, or a few other, please do. :)
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Duh!
Fixed. Thank you. :)
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- on a pile of books merlyn wrote.
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You're right, oops. Thank you.
I usually search, but some polls are so hard to find, especially with common words. I should have searched Past Polls separately.
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015 (finding answers)
by chacham (Prior) on Jul 09, 2015 at 13:34 UTC
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After finding the answer to my question, i keep on looking because there might be:
- Another answer
- A better answer
- A more complete answer
- A golfed answer
- A pros/cons list of the answers
- Usage details
- Something funny
- Something wrong (that must be corrected)
- I'm just curious to see what people attempted
- If it works, i stop looking
- Other
Inspired by this thread.
Not really similar to this idea.
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- A golfed answer
- An answer using a hitherto unknown CPAN module to solve the problem in an unseen and cool manner
- A link to an answer at xkcd
- A stunning answer solving the problem in a (though not mentioned as being of some such in the OP) RDBMS, LDAP, XML, web technology, perl data language, crypto or similar context
- A wrong answer that needs corrective measures real urgently
- Trolls trolling further down the thread
- A shiny perl6 solution
Cheers, Sören
Créateur des bugs mobiles - let loose once, run everywhere.
(hooked on the Perl Programming language)
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Added "Wrong answer". To me, the others seem to be covered in the options already provided.
Specifically, Perl6, CPAN, and stunning, are either "A better answer" or "Another answer." But, updated "Another Answer" with a link to TMTOWTDI. xkcd:// is included in "Something funny." Trolls is included in "Something funny" or the now included "Something wrong". I am ashamed to say i do not know what "A golfed answer" means. Though, i seem to vaguely recall the term.
I'm not against any of the options though. They're all fine. Perhaps you can justify them a little, or otherwise make them different? :)
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015 (tea)
by ambrus (Abbot) on Jun 08, 2015 at 11:49 UTC
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I'd also choose Earl-Gray^WBlack, though a nice green-mint will do fine on a warm afternoon.
I think you missed the "Whatever color the taste gives it" category, like fruit-teas (Mango, Strawberry, Pineapple & Lemon, Blackcurrant, ...), spice-teas (Cinnamon, Caramel, Vanilla, ...) and other vague flavors like "Rooibos", "Double Green" (green tea with cuecumber), "Turkish Apple" or "Minty Morocco" where nobody really knows what is making the tea tastes as weird as it does.
Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn
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14! :)
Earl Grey? A quick search shows it is a color. Though, the tea itself, apparently, is a flavor. This is much too confusing.
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015 (coding sin)
by chacham (Prior) on Sep 11, 2015 at 14:11 UTC
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Added the final four. Not sure i'd consider the first two "sins," though. The former is demanded, at times. The latter is an honest mistake. There's a difference between those and sins, right? :)
For me, it’s mostly inadequate testing.
Isn't that what users are for? Er, i mean, "beta."
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015
by chacham (Prior) on Jan 22, 2015 at 15:33 UTC
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When a movie deviates from the book or vice versa, which is canon:
- The book
- The movie
- Whichever came first
- Whichever came last
- Whichever has more fans
- Both
- Neither
- Who cares
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015
by Pope-O-Matik (Pilgrim) on Dec 31, 2015 at 11:39 UTC
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Many. I roll my socks before putting them into the drawer.
($q=q:Sq=~/;[c](.)(.)/;chr(-||-|5+lengthSq)`"S|oS2"`map{chr |+ord
}map{substrSq`S_+|`|}3E|-|`7**2-3:)=~y+S|`+$1,++print+eval$q,q,a,
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015 (chocolate)
by ambrus (Abbot) on May 04, 2015 at 07:15 UTC
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1 “carob is a brown powder made from the pulverized fruit of a Mediterranean evergreen. Some consider carob an adequate substitute for chocolate because it has some similar nutrients (calcium, phosphorus), and because it can, when combined with vegetable fat and sugar, be made to approximate the color and consistency of chocolate. Of course, the same arguments can as persuasively be made in favor of dirt.”
— Sandra Boynton, Chocolate: The Consuming Passion (quote sourced from here)
SCNR :-)
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in favor of dirt
You and your dirty jokes, Athanasius.
I've had carob covered wafers before. Not quite as good as chocolate, but not too bad.
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015
by chacham (Prior) on May 15, 2015 at 15:09 UTC
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The misuse of less for fewer is my personal bête noire (at the moment): “There are less active monks than there used to be.” — that’s like fingernails scraped over a blackboard. <shudder>
1I’m a big fan of Dylan, but these lyrics (from “I Dreamed I Saw St. Augustine”):
I dreamed I saw St. Augustine
Alive as you or me
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Searching for the very souls
Whom already have been sold
always give me the willies.
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The which/that issue is one on which I strongly disagree with the style guide writers. The Guardian's style guide, espousing the majority view, says:
This is quite easy, really: "that" defines, "which" gives extra information (often in a clause enclosed by commas)
This is literally bass-ackwards. It is the comma -- and the comma alone -- which determines whether the clause is restrictive or nonrestrictive.
Furthermore, when the clause is nonrestrictive (i.e. it is set off with commas), only "which" is correct.
In restrictive clauses, either can be used, and most people seem to prefer "that"; but I maintain that "which" is often a better choice, at least in formal writing.
I have logic on my side. "Which" is close grammatical kin to "who", "where", "when", and so on. When using these other words, it's obvious that only commas make the difference between restrictive and nonrestrictive sense.
Also, "which" can be used in prepositional phrases just as "whom" (etc.) can, but "that" cannot. So even granting that one should use "that" for a restrictive clause, one still must switch to using "which" when it follows a preposition. Example: "Websites that get hacked..." but "Websites for which no security..."
"That" is a completely unnecessary word. We're better off just using "which" in all cases.
There is plenty of precedent to support my view.
- Abraham Lincoln -- generally considered to be a pretty literate guy -- was quite consistent in the usage I promote.
- The authors of the U.S. Constitution had no qualms about using "which" for restrictive clauses: "This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof..." and at least five other instances, not counting those where the clause is prepositional. (To be fair, there is also one instance of using "that" for a restrictive clause in the Constitution).
- Similarly, George Washington, in his First Inaugural Address, uses "which" 17 times, "that" twice.
- In the first two Federalist Papers, "which" is used eleven times, and "that" is never used.
- In the Declaration of Independence, "which" is used six times, "that" never.
- William Jennings Bryan, in his famous Cross of Gold speech, uses "which" 14 times, "that" once.
- Taft, in his Inaugural Address, uses "which" 28 times, "that" 8 times.
- Winston Churchill, in his Their Finest Hour speech, uses "which" 20 times, "that" twice.
(To reiterate: I'm only counting non-prepositional restrictive clauses, i.e. those places where "that" could reasonably substitute for "which".)
It's one thing to suggest that using "which" for restrictive clauses may lead to language so overly formal that it sounds odd to modern speakers; it's quite another to insist that the use of "which" for restrictive clauses is wrong and must be stamped out.
I reckon we are the only monastery ever to have a dungeon stuffed with 16 ,000 zombies.
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“There are less active monks than there used to be.”
They'll be the older more mature ones I'll bet,
You tend to get a lot less nimble on your feet as the years progress alas!
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Some words are not wrong, per se. They just don't sound right due to personal taste, e.g., right/correct. A friend of mine is quite particular about who/whom, though i only care when i can correct someone about its usage. :)
I wonder if it makes sense to list words that are "wrong", e.g., literally.
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Please give an example. I don't think i've heard the former, and the latter doesn't sound like it makes a difference.
Of course, if i wasn't running out in a minute, i would likely take more time to understand. :)
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015
by chacham (Prior) on Jul 07, 2015 at 18:03 UTC
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When multiple sentences in a post "need' smileys, what do you do?
- Put a smiley after each one
- Use different smileys or indicators for each one
- Use it only the first time
- Use it only the last time
- Include a warning of jest
- Hope for the best
- Use a <:)>a smiley block</:)>
- Rewrite the post
- I disapprove of emoticons
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015
by karlgoethebier (Abbot) on Apr 04, 2015 at 15:13 UTC
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[] Yes
[] No
[] Other opinion (please explain)
«The Crux of the Biscuit is the Apostrophe»
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015
by chacham (Prior) on Feb 24, 2015 at 19:00 UTC
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if a = b and b = c then
- a = c
- a and b may now have different values
- "b and" is redundant
- parenthesis would help
- a and b are terrible variable names
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015
by chacham (Prior) on Feb 27, 2015 at 15:01 UTC
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015
by chacham (Prior) on Mar 17, 2015 at 19:45 UTC
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015
by chacham (Prior) on Jan 25, 2015 at 01:33 UTC
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I vote for the:
- Person
- Party
- Policies
- Politics
- Pay
- Pleasure
- Perl Monk
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015 (Alderaan)
by ambrus (Abbot) on Oct 21, 2015 at 13:09 UTC
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When I pronounce “Alderaan”, the name of the planet in Star Wars, the first vowel sounds as in…
- “arm”
- “cat”
- “end”
- “day”
- “hair”
- “run”
- “not”
- “no”
- “now”
- “all”
- none of the above
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015
by chacham (Prior) on Jan 25, 2015 at 20:56 UTC
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Using a fork and knife to eat, i put the:
- Fork in the dominant hand, knife in the non-dominant hand
- Knife in the dominant hand, fork in the non-dominant hand
- Knife in the dominant hand, fork in the non-dominant hand, and switch after cutting
- I use a spork (which includes a knife)
I've heard/read this is cultural. It still bothers me as to which is most efficient.
(Sort of) Related: The best way to get food in my mouth is...
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015
by chacham (Prior) on Feb 12, 2015 at 15:03 UTC
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015 (computer onomatopoeia)
by chacham (Prior) on Jul 22, 2015 at 16:45 UTC
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015
by chacham (Prior) on Apr 22, 2015 at 14:40 UTC
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Bookmarking service, e.g. I use Google bookmarks.
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Added as A web-provided bookmark page. Appropriately between "A web-provided start page" and "A search engine". :)
As a side note, I didn't know Google had that.
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015 (Pluto)
by Arunbear (Prior) on Jul 26, 2015 at 12:30 UTC
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Do you consider Pluto to be a planet?
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consider Pluto
Spaceballz MUD:
[100 RP 100HP] /cons Pluto
The planet jeers at you.
IAU MUD:
[200IQ 40GP] /cons Pluto
The dwarf planet sulks.
New Horizons MUD:
[1024BR] /cons Pluto
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The object's moon BARELY misses you.
ReputableJernil MUD:
[250U$ 1PR] /cons Pluto
The ? asks you how much you are willing to pay.
Dizknee MUD:
[+100] /cons Pluto
The character BARKS at you and poses for a photograph.
Perl MUD:
[5904 XP 0 (D)V] /cons Pluto
You received 3 downvotes for being stupid.
I guess it depends. :)
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015 (telephone a contact)
by chacham (Prior) on Mar 13, 2015 at 15:29 UTC
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To telephone a contact, i usually:
- Type the entire phone number
- Type the assigned speed dial number
- Type in numbers/letters until the contact list finds it.
- Type in numbers/letters in custom app (which gathers contact info from multiple sources)
- Speak the contact's name
- Scroll through the contact list
- Use Last-call return
- Use Google Voice
- Have my secretary or the operator make the call for me
- My rotary dial does not have a contacts list
- Give my carrier pigeon the other can and an address
- I do not use a telephone
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That's a mouthful. :) Does the "gathering" happen each time you dial, or just from time to time?
If the latter, this is at least a little similar to Google voice. GV maintains a contacts list and allows for either the name or number to be typed, showing matching contacts all the while. It then calls you (this is deviates from your setup) and makes the call to the contact for you.
I'll add the option. Please reword it for me. :)
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015 (perl is best for)
by chacham (Prior) on Mar 26, 2015 at 14:05 UTC
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Perl is best for:
- Text processing
- Creating reports
- Scripts
- Ad-hoc scripts
- Learning to code
- Making diverse systems work together
- Giving meaning to keyboard symbols
- Everything
- Nothing
- Confusing people
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015 (unicorns)
by chacham (Prior) on Jun 29, 2015 at 14:07 UTC
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015
by chacham (Prior) on Jan 28, 2015 at 16:33 UTC
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Good points.
The second and third options seem like answers to "How do you find movies you might want to watch?" The first and fourth seems like answers to "When presented with a movie, how do you decide if you want to watch it?" The current question, "How do you find/choose which movie(s) to watch?" is focused on the source. Personally, this comes up when i look for stuff to watch while exercising. The Netflix trial shows a ton of choices and deciding which one to watch bothers me more than it should. :)
Perhaps the question can be rewritten to be more inclusive?
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015 (declare variables)
by chacham (Prior) on Oct 27, 2015 at 17:21 UTC
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- with names that are concise and relevant
- with names that are obscure and confusing for security's sake
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015 (political centrist)
by chacham (Prior) on Feb 10, 2015 at 14:24 UTC
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015
by chacham (Prior) on Apr 15, 2015 at 15:20 UTC
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Which weighs more, a pound of feathers or a pound of gold?
- Gold. Nothing's heavier!
- Feathers, this is obviously a trick question.
- Gold, the (top) feathers aren't heavy enough to register.
- Feathers: 1lb Feathers = 16oz avoirdupois, 1lb gold = 12oz troy
- They weigh the same. A pound is a pound.
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015
by chacham (Prior) on Feb 16, 2015 at 15:44 UTC
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President's Day is:
- unheard of, where I live (in this part of the monastery)
Cheers, Sören
Créateur des bugs mobiles - let loose once, run everywhere.
(hooked on the Perl Programming language)
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You mean you're not from Botswana? :)
We used to call it Washington's Birthday, but President's day is more popular.
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015
by Nemo Clericus (Beadle) on Jul 24, 2015 at 18:47 UTC
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My preferred text editor is...
- vi(m)
- emacs
- notepad
- notepad++
- gedit
- nedit
- ed
- cat,head,tail,>,>>,echo
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Ah, thanks for bringing that to my attention. Apparently I didn't scan far back enough to see if this had already been done...
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015
by chacham (Prior) on Apr 27, 2015 at 13:37 UTC
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more lines than relevant to the discussion
Being threading never really caught on in email clients, having the previous emails there for a while is important. At the office, if not for the history, i would have no idea what half the conversation are talking about. Ridiculous as it may seem, the logos and fonts actually help me follow history more easily. It's big, it's gaudy, but it's also an excellent visual cue.
FWIW, gmail has threading with a decent implementation. As a nice touch, the earlier conversation is collapsed, and forwarding entire conversation becomes really easy.
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Added disclaimer. :)
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015
by chacham (Prior) on May 28, 2015 at 13:50 UTC
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015 (once a saint)
by chacham (Prior) on Aug 31, 2015 at 15:49 UTC
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015 (corrections)
by chacham (Prior) on Jun 24, 2015 at 16:09 UTC
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When i see a mistake/error/typo/wrongness online, i:
- Fire off an angry email or comment
- Privately email or message the poster
- Stay awake until it is fixed
- Blog about it
- Ask a friend to do something about it
- Possibly chuckle, definitely ignore it, and move on
- Resist the temptation to feed the trolls
- It depends on how passionate i am about the subject
- There's nothing wrong on the Internet
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015
by chacham (Prior) on Mar 31, 2015 at 13:43 UTC
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015 (continent)
by chacham (Prior) on Jun 29, 2015 at 14:09 UTC
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My favorite continent is:
Added: Atlantropa. Who knew?
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Those are good suggestions. Thank you for the links! Added Nonestica.
Though originally unplanned for the poll idea, i ended up using Wikipedia to see if each entry is a continent or not. It seems difficult otherwise to determine what does and what does not fit. With that, i looked up Narnia, and found no mention of a continent. The closest mention is List of places in The Chronicles of Narnia which mentions a Continental Divide.
Forgive me as i take this too seriously. :) Narnia and Boxen are described as worlds, both in description and focus. Technically, every world has a continent, right? If so, for every fictional world, we'd need to add an unnamed continent option. In some stories, however, the fact that it is a continent is integral, significant, or important to the story. I've chosen to use Wikipedia's mention of it to be the deciding factor. I have no objection to an actual poll listing them, however.
Wikipedia lists Númenor as an "Island (or continent)", but other than the parenthetical option, it is treated as an island. Furthermore, it sunk. So, i'm not sure it would qualify anyway.
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I did the search and found those. This specifically adds "fictional" (/me nervously shifts his eyes) continents, making it completely different.
Furthermore, needlessly bringing up old polls is okay. :)
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- Avalonia
- Baltica
- Laurentia
- Laurussia
- Gondwana
- Pangaea
- Westeros
- Essos
- Sothoryos
Cheers, Sören
Créateur des bugs mobiles - let loose once, run everywhere.
(hooked on the Perl Programming language)
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The question is, "My favorite continent is" (emphasis added), not was, so, i don't think, Avalonia, Baltica, Laurentia, Laurussia, Gondwana, or
Pangaea fit. The other three have been added.
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015
by chacham (Prior) on Apr 01, 2015 at 14:18 UTC
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- Soap and water
- I never clean them
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015
by chacham (Prior) on Apr 13, 2015 at 20:44 UTC
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My favorite rhyme for perl:
(Found that last link while searching google. :) )
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...
rhymes with...
Cheers, Sören
Créateur des bugs mobiles - let loose once, run everywhere.
(hooked on the Perl Programming language)
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015 (boxen naming)
by chacham (Prior) on Jul 14, 2015 at 16:22 UTC
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My boxen are named by:
- Location
- OS
- Purpose
- Processor
- The replaced box's name
- Setup routine suggestion
- Alphanumeric counting scheme
- Whatever comes to mind
- /dev/random
- I leave the field blank
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015
by chacham (Prior) on Jan 21, 2015 at 15:05 UTC
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015 (show rep)
by chacham (Prior) on Jun 18, 2015 at 12:53 UTC
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- Ordering of replies after selecting "Best First" for Note ordering at User Settings.
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015
by karlgoethebier (Abbot) on Dec 07, 2015 at 22:44 UTC
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[] I don't play chess
[] I don't know what Chess960 is
[] I hate Chess960
[] I got a device that does it for me
[] I use a card deck
[] I use dices
[] I use the polyhedral dice method
[] I use coins
[] I use a online generator
[] I use Scharnagl's methods
[] I know something better (please describe)
[] I wrote a program that does it for me (how did you do it?)
«The Crux of the Biscuit is the Apostrophe»
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015 (4 humours)
by chacham (Prior) on Jul 28, 2015 at 18:31 UTC
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Re: poll ideas quest 2015
by chacham (Prior) on Mar 10, 2015 at 18:34 UTC
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My favorite poll or poll idea about beverages:
My favorite poll or poll idea that gives an answer about beverages is:
- Most likely thing to make vroom go postal in the last 2 weeks of the semester (water)
- What's the best part about the Monastery? (mountain dew)
- Things I wish I could change about my job (drink)
- How is your work injuring/killing you? (drinking)
- My favorite lie is... (idea) (beer)
- How I want my memory managed (beer)
- entertainment is (coffee)
- Which module, if taken cruelly away from you, would leave you about as productive as a Java programmer? (coffee)
- Breakfast (coffee)
- I'm not going to [http://braga.yapceurope.org/|YAPC Europe: Braga, Portugal], because (beer)
- I'm *going* to [http://braga.yapceurope.org/|YAPC Europe: Braga, Portugal], because (beer)
- I prefer (beer)
- When I downvote a node its is usually
because (coffee)
- My ideal Valentine (beer)
- When you are are having a Perl problem you (drink)
- How do you feel about St. Patrick? (beer)
- Beer or wine? (wine, beer)
- Your favorite line describing what monks are "really" doing in the monastery (drink)
- Why do you use Perl? (beer)
- Future historians will find that the material characteristic of the current era is... (idea) (water)
- I deliberately tell lies to children about … (alcohol)
- The breakfast of champions is... (idea) (coffee, beer)
- I could live without (alcohol)
- When I Wake Up Every Morning I (Hair Of The Dog (alcohol), tea, coffee)
- If I moved to the Past, what I missed the most would be (water)
- If Perl were a breakfast food, what would it be? (coffee)
- How do you celebrate your big birthday? (alcohol)
- Vampires are immortal, which means the only way to kill them is (water)
- If the universe was more like Perl, I would... (idea) (beer)
- Girls won't code in Perl because (milk)
- When my Perl script doesn't work, i (coffee)
- The thing i fear most about going too far back in time is (beer)
- The first thing I do when I get to my desk at school (coffee)
- What would you miss the most in a post-apocalyptic world? (idea) (water, coffee, beer)
- The four basic classes of nutrients are proteins, carbohydrates, fats, and… (idea) (alcohol, water)
Honorable Mention:
ambrus is the author of 13 of these, more than vroom and apl together, each with 5. <insert witty comment here>
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