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M.A.R.

02:31

@ShadowWizard Yes, I am a deep and profound thinker.

Does the font in chat look slightly different, or is it just me and one other guy on ELU chat?

Looks a bit lighter

@AndreascondemnsIsrael you're not my mom

Journeyman Geek

@Starship you do realise I am still here somehow 😀

@M.A.R. just to clarify I am not your mom either

M.A.R.

@JourneymanGeek thanks, phew. I was worried there for a second

@JourneymanGeek 😀

Unless Elsevier is also spamming SE

Journeyman Geek

03:15

@ꓢPArcheon mod elections are high effort and with a few exceptions there’s natural mod turnover

Jeff Atwood

04:08

worthless internet points are underrated

10

Journeyman Geek

05:53

→ 160 messages moved to Chimney

@JeffAtwood quite

Petəíŕd the Wizard

06:32

o_O

Elements In Space

@PetəíŕdtheWizard quiet

Petəíŕd the Wizard

@ElementsInSpace why

Petəíŕd the Wizard

07:23

@ShadowWizard I never got warnings, at least not on my main account.

(in the mod messages, I don't exactly remember about warnings in other places...)

user152859

08:16

@PetəíŕdtheWizard well, that's a pity, IMO.

user152859

@JeffAtwood hi Jeff, fancy meeting you. :)

user152859

Now that it's out in the open, what other people thought about your blog post?

user152859

@M.A.R. at least not Tinker! :P

user152859

@M.A.R. not really slight, it's quite different indeed:

user152859

user152859

08:25

3 pixels smaller, different color, different family, etc.

user152859

Pretty sure the chat font hasn't changed since, ah, well, @Jeff decided it. Or was it @balpha? :-D

user152859

Oh my guess enough pings for this morning.

user152859

yay

Tinkeringbell

@ShadowWizard What's wrong with me?

user152859

@Tinkeringbell no no, you're Tinkering which is totally different, and makes it marvelous.

user152859

08:34

:-D

Tinkeringbell

That's only half a save and you know it :P

user152859

half hides

Andreas condemns Israel

@M.A.R. I’m your sister and wife.

user152859

Well yesterday I saw my daughter play Roblox and she has a pet (?) which looks exactly like you, @Tink. ;)

Tinkeringbell

Oh no XD

user152859

08:36

(I mean the SE you, of course, the parrot. :D)

user152859

Red parrot with glasses.

Tinkeringbell

Yeah I got that :P Do people here even know what I look like? ;-)

user152859

ah oops you removed the glasses.

Tinkeringbell

I've got a Finch that looks like me too! :P Red with glasses ;-)

Oh, yeah this one didn't have any glasses. The previous one did though, and I still wear some in real life too :P

user152859

@Tinkeringbell I saw you back when I was on Twitter, I still remember it. :D

Tinkeringbell

08:37

Ah good :D

I may also have or not have shared a picture here last summer? Can't remember. But it was an awesome picture :D

user152859

@Tinkeringbell nice!

Andreas condemns Israel

@Tinkeringbell Yes.

user152859

@Tinkeringbell should be easy enough to find as you don't share many pictures... lemme see....

Tinkeringbell

Otherwise it's on my bsky :)

@AndreascondemnsIsrael Good, good.

Then I can claim that I'm not that red :P

user152859

oh my you did share quite a lot

user152859

08:39

skimming through

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@ShadowWizard No.

user152859

> 381 messages found

user152859

@AndreascondemnsIsrael another ping then

Andreas condemns Israel

@Sha The Fantastical Skimmer

Tinkeringbell

@ShadowWizard That many?! I should talk less XD

user152859

08:40

hehe found one funny!

user152859

oh oops

Tinkeringbell

Yeaaaah

Andreas condemns Israel

Hoopsie

user152859

nothing there :D

Tinkeringbell

I was about to mention that XD

user152859

08:41

lol

user152859

well search doesn't say which room it was in

Tinkeringbell

You can just search specific rooms :P

user152859

Found it!

user152859

in Zoe's Meta Foxhole, Sep 11, 2024 at 15:22, by Tinkeringbell

user152859

Well, not Tavern, but a public room. :D

user152859

08:43

@Tink you can of course delete or edit to remove onebox if you don't feel comfortable with it here? :)

user152859

I think I'll upgrade my avatar to show more recent picture, the one now is from 10+ years ago.

user152859

Or back to non-selfie avatar, depends on my next name.

user152859

With the Answer Bot fuss all around, might change to something related... we'll see.

Tinkeringbell

@ShadowWizard Nah, it's fine :)

That image was approved for public use ;)

(I might be a tad vain when it comes to my hair, and this is an awesome picture of it :P)

ꓢPArcheon

@Starship sorry, let me rephrase that. "If they tell us that they think LLM can become accurate, then your point about shooting ourselves in the foot and making ourselves obsolete is a valid counter argument."

user152859

08:47

@Tinkeringbell :-D

user152859

My brother envies me for my hair, he, well, lost all his hair. :D

Elements In Space

@Tinkeringbell You must use a lot of product to manetain that shape.

Tinkeringbell

@ElementsInSpace Hahaha nope, just a lot of wind :P

user152859

@Tinkeringbell which is also kind of product. ;)

Elements In Space

I know, but the pun.

user152859

08:49

Missed.

user152859

?

user152859

ah manetain.

user152859

LOL

user152859

My auto correct was too good.

user152859

this gives me an idea but don't think Tink will like it... hmm....

Tinkeringbell

08:50

Usually it's up in a bun with a hair stick, or braided... Actually the picture was a 'team effort' of both my mom and dad, dad pulled out the hair stick, and mom took the picture XD

user152859

@Tinkeringbell hehe, cool parents you have! :D

Tinkeringbell

@ShadowWizard I've read blog posts on 'long hair' forums about people using a product called 'mane and tail' ;-)

user152859

rofl!

Tinkeringbell

@ShadowWizard I was feeling like strangling my dad at first... and later that day too, when I was trying to brush out that massive tangle that's visible in the picture XD

I do love being on the sea/beach when there's a lot of wind, but I also prefer to keep my hair tied up tightly in such cases to prevent such knots XD

Journeyman Geek

@PetəíŕdtheWizard at jeff or 160 messages cleared?

user152859

08:59

@Tinkeringbell yeah that tangle look nasty...

Tinkeringbell

It was. I almost just used scissors, I think it took close to 20 minutes to fully comb it out.

user152859

@JourneymanGeek probably both. ;)

user152859

@Tinkeringbell tons of hair conditioner and lots of pain? ;(

Tinkeringbell

@ShadowWizard I wasn't home, so no conditioner. No pain either though, just hold the hair above the tangle and you're not pulling out your hair when combing...

user152859

My daughter sometimes get such knots, and my wife is "fixing" it.

user152859

09:02

@Tinkeringbell ah, nicely done then! :D

Tinkeringbell

@ShadowWizard Takes some patience, but it's better than just yanking a brush through and breaking a lot of hairs ;)

user152859

:)

ꓢPArcheon

... I should probably make another button to post this meme too.

@Tinkeringbell now you only need a recorder and some basic Japanese learning and you should be ready to go for a remix.

Yukopi - Kyoufuu All Back (強風オールバック) ft. Kaai Yuki (ENG SUB)

►

Tinkeringbell

09:17

@ꓢPArcheon Not that vain :P

Just enough to like it enough to not cut it all off because shorter (not too short) is more convenient :P

Andreas condemns Israel

@ꓢPArcheon So much pitch correction.

ꓢPArcheon

@AndreascondemnsIsrael Ironically, the original version isn't one of the best as far as audio is concerned.

user152859

09:41

@ꓢPArcheon why is it a .gif if not animated?

ꓢPArcheon

@ShadowWizard I mean, I could also point out how some of the company shenanigans and speech kinda look like that Furina's "WUWAHAHAHA" fan song.

But that would be rude.

To Furina. I kinda like that character.

user152859

09:58

ah, missed those cryptic and impossible-to-find-the-context. ;)
(aka how is this reply related to my question... lol)

user152859

You mean you uploaded it as something else and SE changed its extension?

ꓢPArcheon

@ShadowWizard Translated version: "that is what google gave me go ask the creators why they made a gif. I had thought of other options but comparing the rambling chattering I was commenting on to those would be rude to the characters involved"

user152859

10:15

ah, 70% more sense now. :-)

user152859

11:38

status-drinking-Sangria

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status-existing

user152859

status-drunk-hick

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status-ew

user152859

status-getting-undrunk

user152859

train wreck

user152859

11:44

oh well we won't break this record:

user152859

The Grand Status Train

Jan 29, 2015 at 15:42, 6 minutes total – 10 messages, 5 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Jan 29, 2015 at 15:52 by Shadow Wizard

Andreas condemns Israel

status-you-broke-it

user152859

Also need more people, with only two it doesn't count. :D

user152859

It's bicycle, not a train. :P

Andreas condemns Israel

status-bitrain

user152859

11:47

status-it-is-over-sad-face-here

user152859

Andreas condemns Israel

status-l-feel-tired

user152859

status-do-some-pushups

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status-ok

status-10-pushups-completed

status-now-eating-chips

Elements In Space

stop that

Andreas condemns Israel

11:51

status-i-like-chips

user152859

@ElementsInSpace too red?

user152859

Can make it blue, I think. Let me see...

user152859

yes!

user152859

cough

user152859

12:01

So, @ElementsInSpace what's on your mind?

Elements In Space

great

@ShadowWizard I’m watching a video tutorial; learning how extract iridium from some planet, in a video game I will never play.

Andreas condemns Israel

@ElementsInSpace That's very productive.

Elements In Space

Iridium is important.

It’s an element. And presumably the planet is (as most things are) in space.

Andreas condemns Israel

Somebody get a drill, quick! We need to extract the @ElementsInSpace!

Elements In Space

cheese burger error

Andreas condemns Israel

12:11

Upvoting

We can't have these pesky errors obstructing our cheese burger access!

user152859

@ElementsInSpace whoa, nice standing up for your name! going to learn some shadow spells

ꓢPArcheon

@AndreascondemnsIsrael Giga.... Drill....

user152859

@ElementsInSpace ah, it's a spammer.

Andreas condemns Israel

@ꓢPArcheon mhmhm, that's gonna shake a lot.

ꓢPArcheon

@AndreascondemnsIsrael I seriously doubt so, given the size....

Andreas condemns Israel

12:18

@ꓢPArcheon You're really going overboard, here.

That's gonna ruin the whole experience.

It's not about the destination, it's about the journey.

user152859

@AndreascondemnsIsrael man?

Andreas condemns Israel

@ShadowWizard And man's best friend.

user152859

mbf!

Elements In Space

@ShadowWizard My cat got second place in a competition last week.

M.A.R.

12:44

@JeffAtwood amen. Inflation ruins everything

Question upvotes used to be only 5. Now it's 10! Super inflated

Tinkeringbell

@M.A.R. Didn't they use to be 10 before they went to 5? XD

So that was just deflation-correction, not inflation :P

M.A.R.

@Tinkeringbell wait, you don't look like that IRL? Am I being catfished here?

Tinkeringbell

No catfishes. Just parrots and ... well, something that's apparently me ;-)

Don't scroll too far beyond that message though, there's scandalously uncovered hair.

M.A.R.

@Tinkeringbell noooooo!

Actually wait. I think you've shared what you look like IRL before

balpha

@ShadowWizard I checked -- the current font stack is from Jun 11, 2010, and Marc was the one who added it.

knowing Marc's ... excitement ... for design questions, I assume he didn't come up with it himself though

just looking at the chat log from June 10, there was a long discussion

Tinkeringbell

13:00

@M.A.R. Yeah, there's probably a few pictures out there :)

balpha

surprisingly, @JeffAtwood hat strong opinions 😁

M.A.R.

@Tinkeringbell nevertheless, it's never too late for hijab

And since we also value modern values like equality, we'll have men wear chador too

balpha

but the font stack was ultimately Jin's call, so there's your answer @ShadowWizard

user152859

@ElementsInSpace nice! Never heard of this game, reminds me of Alleycat though, which I played a lot in my teenhood. :P

ꓢPArcheon

@ElementsInSpace You folks are lucky that is not the anime chatroom. I could see someone posting cats of the Visual Novel cat-girl variant otherwise.

user152859

13:06

@balpha ahh, good ol' Jin. Should have known that. :-D

user152859

And SO font/design change every week so not really relevant who started it. lol

Tinkeringbell

@M.A.R. Hah, I'd love to see that happen XD

(I'm now imagining all the men in the church I grew up in also wearing hats and skirts, and the women additionally wearing neckties XD)

M.A.R.

@ꓢPArcheon apparently before the Japanese the Egyptians used to worship cats. But they . . . Got over it I guess?

ꓢPArcheon

@M.A.R. you are doing Equality wrong

M.A.R.

@Tinkeringbell we could just simplify clothing and all wear really large black plastic bags with two holes for nostrils and four for limbs.

Hijab 100% guaranteed

And we'll call each other by IDs assigned to us. Everyone would be equal.

user152859

13:10

@M.A.R. too much plastic, why the fish should suffer for humanity stupidity? ;)

Tinkeringbell

@M.A.R. Plastic is bad for the environment though. Make it so that any kind of non-transparant, but environmentally friendly material is allowed and I'm in ;-)

VLAZ

@ShadowWizard Don't sleep with the fishes. They aren't your equals.

Tinkeringbell

@M.A.R. I'd still be wider than most....

I'd be unique! :D

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@ꓢPArcheon We didn't really sign up to anime, no.

user152859

@VLAZ but I need to slap others with a fish.

VLAZ

13:11

Carry on, then.

M.A.R.

@ShadowWizard personally I think we messed up this one pretty bad. Maybe we can colonize mars instead. Then we can all wear black plastic bags!

They say there's a huge pile of trash in the middle of the Pacific that's visible from space.

Tinkeringbell

@M.A.R. I once read the interesting thought that if we have the technology to colonize mars, that means we also have pretty much everything that's needed to fix this one :P

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Lofoten 90s Hold i torsken!

►

M.A.R.

Never govern the world the way you manage your room I say

Tinkeringbell

You manage your room?

M.A.R.

13:15

@Tinkeringbell exactly. Better colonize someone else's room

@ꓢPArcheon is it an equity vs. equality thing

Because TBH I can't be arsed to find a stable VPN connection right now to watch it

Tinkeringbell

@M.A.R. How many rooms have you colonized and discarded again already XD

ꓢPArcheon

@ShadowWizard Pull Mualani when she re-runs.

user152859

@M.A.R. I think Martians consider black as symbol of evil and will vaporize anyone wearing black on sight.

user152859

@M.A.R. one man's trash is other man's treasure, though. :D

user152859

@ꓢPArcheon but where's the fish?

M.A.R.

13:24

@ShadowWizard that other man is being incredibly lazy about collecting his treasure

@ShadowWizard why are you hell bent on destroying my plastic bag dream

ꓢPArcheon

@ShadowWizard ... I know that Bart is no longer here, but there are other eyeglasses you can use, you know...

user152859

@ꓢPArcheon only pink and they're broken.

ꓢPArcheon

She literally throws pufferfish at her foes. And for her charged attack she uses a tunna/shark as a bat to hit the pufferfish .

user152859

@M.A.R. plastic isn't natural. And it doesn't smell good too. :D

user152859

@ꓢPArcheon ah, tuna would be fine, didn't notice that one.

user152859

13:28

I ate at least 100kg of it during my army service.

user152859

let's see.... each tuna can is around 200g... one every day in average... 5 days a week... 1kg a week.. yup, even more.

user152859

tuna and corn. yum.

Andreas condemns Israel

13:40

I like tuna, but that is too much.

user152859

it's just a very big fish.

M.A.R.

When I had only two small kidneys I couldn't eat any sort of fish

So as soon as I got the upgrade I ate tuna like every day for a month

Andreas condemns Israel

Fishy kidney.

user152859

@M.A.R. and then after that month what did you eat? ;)

user152859

huh, fancy how @skull became a @hand :-D

user152859

13:46

Good.

handan_toddler

Thnx pal :-D

M.A.R.

@ShadowWizard well I didn't wanna stop but they insisted. Anyhow dietary phosphorus should be limited in CKD patients, and more than half of staple dishes in Iranian cuisine use tomato paste, which is full of phosphorus.

user152859

oh my

M.A.R.

Tomatoes, fish, chocolate, poultry, they all have a lot of phosphorus

Anything fun basically

user152859

Poor, poor, @M.A.R.

handan_toddler

13:48

How much do you weigh?

user152859

@handan_toddler 70kg

user152859

Round and happy.

M.A.R.

Who me?

user152859

No u

Andreas condemns Israel

No, the smoke detector.

user152859

13:49

lol

M.A.R.

@ShadowWizard 70 kg isn't round. Quit showing off you lean muscular superman

handan_toddler

LoL

user152859

@AndreascondemnsIsrael 5 tons of smoke

M.A.R.

@AndreascondemnsIsrael oh. Google says between 85-100 g.

Andreas condemns Israel

@ShadowWizard That sounds entirely disgusting!

user152859

13:49

@M.A.R. the number is round.

Andreas condemns Israel

@M.A.R. How do you know it's the right model?

user152859

@M.A.R. Google knows your weight? That's concerning.

M.A.R.

@handan_toddler a bit less than a 100 kilos. I'm the local heavyweight wrestling champion

handan_toddler

:O

user152859

Also, 100 grams sounds odd, are you AI bot? @M.A.R. (ah oops you replied to @Andreas ;))

Andreas condemns Israel

13:51

@ShadowWizard It's as surprising as Elon's next move.

M.A.R.

@ShadowWizard they won't assassinate you with drones if you ask nice enough

@AndreascondemnsIsrael bloody hells, capitalism even got to smoke detectors?

user152859

@AndreascondemnsIsrael what is his next move?

M.A.R.

I don't know if it's German or American-made.

Andreas condemns Israel

@M.A.R. There's a beauty show for anything that sells.

@ShadowWizard You'll have to wait and see.

handan_toddler

@M.A.R. the new standard for heavyweight wrestling is mijian Lopez

user152859

13:53

@M.A.R. but if you can't eat anything how did you gain weight? :/

M.A.R.

@ShadowWizard knight to e5

Andreas condemns Israel

@ShadowWizard Surgery. Rock implants.

M.A.R.

@handan_toddler Michigan who?

handan_toddler

-_-

M.A.R.

@ShadowWizard before or after transplant?

user152859

13:54

@AndreascondemnsIsrael sounds just right! :D

user152859

@M.A.R. well, after.

user152859

wondering if Victoria Davis rings any bells

user152859

Probably not.

M.A.R.

@ShadowWizard now I can almost anything. But immunosuppressive medication messes up my metabolism. I haven't lost or gained much weight. Of course, right after the transplant, my new kidney got rid of around 8 kg of extra fluid stuck there somewhere

Andreas condemns Israel

So if my body feels like it's wading, that means I need a new kidney.

user152859

13:57

@M.A.R. ah, wow. But as long as you're heathy and happy, this should be fine! :D

M.A.R.

Happy, yes

Healthy? Borderline.

user152859

@M.A.R. yay

user152859

@M.A.R. less yay

M.A.R.

@AndreascondemnsIsrael well, it's gonna start itching all over so horribly nothing would really help.

user152859

yay-?

M.A.R.

13:57

None of the conventional treatments anyway.

Then there would be some edema, usually in the lower limbs.

user152859

@M.A.R. what parts? And how kidney is related to itching?

Andreas condemns Israel

Sounds exciting...

handan_toddler

@M.A.R. seriously you've never heard of him

user152859

Mijaín López

Mijaín López Núñez (born 20 August 1982) is a Cuban retired Greco-Roman wrestler. Widely considered one of the greatest wrestlers of all time, López is a five-time Olympic gold medalist, five-time World Champion, for a total of 10 world gold medals (second highest, behind Aleksandr Karelin's twelve), and a five-time Pan American Games champion. He is the younger brother of Michel López Núñez, a Cuban amateur boxer. López was Cuba's flag bearer at the opening ceremony of the 2008, 2012, 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics, and one of the country's flag bearers at the closing ceremony of the 2024 Summer...

M.A.R.

@ShadowWizard if your kidneys don't get rid of metabolic waste in your body, they would build up. They're generally referred to as uremic poisons. They will first make your skin itch horribly, then go do some peripheral nerve damage and what-not, if you're not vigilant and take too long to see a doctor.

I have some numbness in my feet. It will never go away, those neurons have died

user152859

14:00

@M.A.R. so I'll repeat our friend here...

user152859

2 mins ago, by Andreas condemns Israel

Sounds exciting...

user152859

;-)

user152859

@M.A.R. oh, well, that's less exciting. :(

M.A.R.

Then, eventually, your kidneys wouldn't be able to get rid of excess water either, so it goes and build up wherever your physiology and gravity allow for. Usually below the knees.

handan_toddler

The Olympic committee changed the upper weight limit from 120kg to 130kg to try and stop him from winning so many gold medals

user152859

14:01

But hey, you're still considered a miracle, right? :) @M.A.R

Mithoron

@M.A.R. Corticosteroids may mess with body fat in strange ways

user152859

@handan_toddler hehe, tried and failed?

handan_toddler

Yup

M.A.R.

@Mithoron yeah, and tacrolimus is even worse

user152859

@M.A.R. ah, I did have something in my feet, but not sure it's related or if it was water. oh it was Edema. (back when I was in hospital if you remember)

M.A.R.

14:02

But far far better than hemodialysis. That was a nightmare.

@ShadowWizard edema is not feet, usually, more around your shin

handan_toddler

Only one Iranian wrestler scored a single point on him in the last Olympics

M.A.R.

@handan_toddler I was mostly kidding earlier. I don't care much about professional sports in general. Used to care about volleyball, but that was quite a while ago

Now what usually occupies my mind is trying to stop people from pointlessly guzzling antibiotics in my neighborhood.

handan_toddler

Yay, pro sports is too much about money.

Mithoron

@M.A.R. Down here ski jumping was a rave, but now our dudes suck :/

M.A.R.

@Mithoron it sucks when they suck, doesn't it? I've mostly reached the conclusion that western Europe and America plan ahead on winning sports tournaments, and they do. Everyone else it's usually a fluke.

Obviously the lack of proper planning and training is a bigger problem for Iranian sportspeople than Polish, but the point still stands

user152859

14:09

Random thought of the day: I got gym in 3 hours. :D

Andreas condemns Israel

I'll pass, I injured my shoulder for life on an embarrassingly tiny ski jump.

Mithoron

Ouch, when they crash it looks nasty

M.A.R.

@AndreascondemnsIsrael it's okay, not every viking was meant to ski dive.

Some just raid villages

handan_toddler

Raiders

M.A.R.

@ShadowWizard normal gym or are you gonna get pumped on steroids?

imagines @Sha as hulk

Interesting image

Andreas condemns Israel

14:12

@M.A.R. In video games.

M.A.R.

@AndreascondemnsIsrael if you have a quick save you have nothing to worry about

Unless you accidentally quicksave after turning everyone hostile

And the last normal save is from four gameplay hours ago

user152859

@M.A.R. normal, no stereo, steroids, or asteroids. :D

user152859

@M.A.R. eww I'm not green

M.A.R.

🤢

Andreas condemns Israel

@M.A.R. It’s always that way.

user152859

14:18

@M.A.R. Skyrim?

M.A.R.

@ShadowWizard could be. Turn Balgruuf hostile and you can't progress through the main quest

You could somehow lock yourself out of surrendering to guards too

user152859

Anyway that's going to be the gym guide today: (it's meant for up to 15 people, 50 minutes class)

user152859

:-)

user152859

@M.A.R. well I've only slain whole towns just for fun and it also kind of lock you out of game and force you to load some old save. ;)

Elements In Space

14:23

Drinking juice is not gym.

user152859

@ElementsInSpace blame her, that's the picture she put on her profile in the website. :D

user152859

(actually no profile, looks like each employee was just asked to send a picture)

user152859

Anyway I usually go to gym on Monday and Thursday, so in Monday I'm with this nice dude:

user152859

Yuval (the one today) is more tough though.

Elements In Space

14:30

can you lift 8 kg?
(of M.A.R.’s extra fluid)

user152859

lol

user152859

I can but I also have hernia so better not. (no worry I'm going to fix it soon)

Andreas condemns Israel

8 kg?

user152859

the hernia? Nope. It has no weight.

user152859

But I suspect it might affect my weight, which got down from 74 to 70 for no other reason I can think of.

user152859

14:43

We'll see after the surgery....

user152859

@AndreascondemnsIsrael if you mean if I can lift it then depends, if @ElementsInSpace meant one in each hand then it's about my limit but did it before. (such weight)

Andreas condemns Israel

@ShadowWizard One-time lift or repeated?

I got two of these, kinda comfortable.

I've tried a few of the metal-handle ones, and I find they're just no fun to use. Since I don't really like exercising, that's kinda important.

Meta Announcements

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Elements In Space

@ꓢPArcheon Where’s that popcorn button?

ꓢPArcheon

Mr Bean Movie | Police Station Scene

►

> Well, you're a braver man than me, and I single-handedly take on gangs armed with AK-47s

balpha

@ꓢPArcheon Now I want to know who is who, between that scene and the AMA 😁

ꓢPArcheon

@balpha Whoever gets the shorter straw and has to actually try and answer live questions there.

Also the one that will have to moderate the event.

balpha

15:30

@ꓢPArcheon Sounds like that's going to be all of Philippe, Jody, and Prashanth. I wouldn't send any of them to fight armed gangs to be honest

ꓢPArcheon

@balpha Can we open some bets on who will pull out the good old "I am sorry, I got a flu, my heart is with you folks"?

Andreas condemns Israel

> Submitting a question is not a guarantee that one or any of your questions will be answered.

Unless I misunderstand how questions are submitted, picked and presented at the event, it’s going to filter out criticism that doesn’t advertise SE in a good light.

In other words, cherry-pick those that aren’t critical, or that are relatively answerable, as it’s a marketing event, not one to hold SE accountable. It’s not a press event, and there won’t be journalists.

mhm, yeah, I looked at the blog post, seems that’s about right.

ꓢPArcheon

@AndreascondemnsIsrael still means keeping the chat channel open.

balpha

Eh, I wouldn't expect them to filter out questions just because they're critical. Whether or not they'll give useful answers to those questions, on the other hand, is a different thing. But I'll wait until after the event before judging that.

ꓢPArcheon

15:49

Worst case scenario:

balpha

I have ... no idea what that is

ꓢPArcheon

@balpha Naruto's Deux Ex Machina card, Body Replacement Technique.

> The instant before they are to be struck by an attack, the user replaces themselves with a block of wood or something similar

balpha

Excellent idea, I'll suggest that to them.

"Uh-oh, somebody is asking about the datadump, quick, press the body replacement button!"

ꓢPArcheon

@balpha As long as it is a piece of wood and not one of the remaining CM

balpha

16:05

Yeah, piece of wood won't be a problem. Ever since we started using DataDog, we have lots of logs.

ducks

VLAZ

Where are the ducks?!

balpha

no ducks, we're more about chickens here

Chicken

🚫🦆

Spevacus

Chicken bot has spoken

ꓢPArcheon

@balpha In that regard, can we switch user -2 and -197 around?

balpha

16:19

Not for everything, if that's what you mean (-2 is hardcoded for system announcements)

ꓢPArcheon

16:35

Actually I meant "please use the chicken to post the ai answers instead"

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