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Dreamwidth: Quote #541

Wed, 16 May 2012 16:53:27 GMT

16:22 * random|work suddenly feels blessed with many many interesting posts to read on her dwroll
16:22 < Afuna> :D
16:25 < random|work> james davis nicoll on gaming and skud on how knitting is programming but backwards \o/ I love dw
16:27 < Woggy> Oooo.
16:28 < V_PauAmma_V> (to random|work) knit perl knit perl
16:28 * Woggy facepalms
16:28 < geekosaur> :p
16:45 < random|work> Ow, Pau :P

#541 -- #dreamwidth, 2012-05-16 - submitted by sophie in Dreamwidth

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Dreamwidth: Quote #540

Fri, 11 May 2012 18:56:44 GMT

[09:40] <idonotlikepeas> WIth great power comes great being woken up at four in the morning by idiots that can't solve their own problems.

Rah is not allowed to take over the world, because Sarah forbids it on the grounds that Rah needs to use her powers for good and not evil, and because it would be too much work.

#540 -- #dreamwidth, 2012-05-11 - submitted by azurelunatic in Dreamwidth

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Dreamwidth: Quote #539

Wed, 02 May 2012 08:57:52 GMT

[00:35] <whump> "Lovely teen does CSRF attack."

#dreamwidth-antispam

#539 -- Other, 2012-05-02 - submitted by azurelunatic in Dreamwidth

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Dreamwidth: Quote #538

Wed, 02 May 2012 07:34:51 GMT

(12:04:54 AM) whump: On station and awaiting instructions.
(12:05:39 AM) whump: I saw the spamsignal on twitter.
(12:05:44 AM) whump: oh, wait, dw-spam
(12:06:17 AM) _Simon_: heh
(12:06:30 AM) _Simon_: The rest of us are all reassured by the presence of the spam-fighting superheroes.
(12:09:35 AM) Inoru: o/~ Fighting spam by moonlight / Winning <3s by daylight / Always running through the night / It's the site named Sailor Dreamwidth! o/~ (....IDEK. It could really scan better, but, eh.)

and now Inoru has earwormmed anyone who's heard either version of of Moonlight Densetsu...

#538 -- #dreamwidth, 2012-05-02 - submitted by momijizukamori in Dreamwidth

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Dreamwidth: Quote #537

Thu, 12 Apr 2012 20:13:10 GMT

[12 20:06] * xb95 looks around for a foot to gnaw on.
[12 20:06] * demigoose tucks his feet under himself and sits down.
[12 20:06] * azetidine offers hers to xb95
[12 20:07] * xb95 thanks azetidine and then settles in for some gnawing.
[12 20:07] * azetidine gratefully accepts awkward foot massage
[12 20:07] <demigoose> :)
[12 20:08] <rahaeli> xb95, how many times have i told you, do not eat the volunteers
[12 20:08] <rahaeli> even if they let you
[12 20:09] <xb95> aww.
[12 20:10] <azetidine> ... I'm a volunteer now?
[12 20:10] <demigoose> See, that's how they get you
[12 20:10] <demigoose> First they're nibbling your feet, and next you're writing code and fixing bugs
[12 20:10] <azetidine> well, writing code *would* be a useful skill
[12 20:10] <kaberett> aze: I showed up about six months ago and thoguht maybe I'd eventually learn to code
[12 20:10] <azetidine> but really if I'm going to write anything it should be fic
[12 20:11] <kaberett> now I tag dw_suggestions, have just done FIRST CODE TOUR, am writing a how-to, and have been assigned a bug ;)
[12 20:11] <kaberett> THEY DRAG YOU IN
[12 20:11] <Inoru> he didn't have to nibble on my feet to get me to volunteer xD;
[12 20:11] <kaberett> and then they encourage you to knit ill-advised hats

#537 -- #dreamwidth, 2012-04-12 - submitted by geekosaur in Dreamwidth

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Dreamwidth: Quote #536

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:09:59 GMT

10:19:31 * DW-Drew sends a slow screw to hell
10:19:32 * RWHell sneaks out a scaly hand and grabs a slow screw!
10:19:38 * RWHell 's depths emit a sudden roar as it expels a giant basket of kittens. (stayed in Hell for 65 days)
10:22:05 <DW-Drew> ... that worked out a bit too well

Reasons to be wary of HeLL, partial list: 6 second gestation periods...

#536 -- #dreamwidth-bitch, 2012-04-10 - submitted by cxcvi in Dreamwidth

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Dreamwidth: Quote #535

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:54:07 GMT

< Woggy> (Grabbing 'the wrong thing' happens frequently to me)

#535 -- #dreamwidth, 2012-04-03 - submitted by tamouse in Dreamwidth

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Dreamwidth: Quote #534

Thu, 22 Mar 2012 20:41:20 GMT

[13:39] <geekosaur> Jobs might be making bigger thinsg now, though!
[13:39] <demigoose_> Are you suggesting he has reincarnated and is now a pregnant whale?
[13:39] <geekosaur> you owe me a new keyboard

#534 -- #dreamwidth-bitch, 2012-03-22 - submitted by inoru_no_hoshi in Dreamwidth

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Dreamwidth: Quote #533

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 00:51:10 GMT

[8:22:33 PM] <exor674>: bit, botsnack, botsnack, botsnack, or botsmack?
[8:22:33 PM] <Fig-Bit>: botsmack, eh?
[8:22:49 PM] <Inoru>: *lols*
[8:22:50 PM] <exor674>: bit, botsnack, botsnack, botsnack, or botsmack?
[8:22:51 PM] <Fig-Bit>: Based on my knowledge of how these things go, I'd recommend botsmack.
[8:22:52 PM] <exor674>: bit, botsnack, botsnack, botsnack, or botsmack?
[8:22:53 PM] <Fig-Bit>: botsmack is shiny!
[8:22:55 PM] <exor674>: bit, botsnack, botsnack, botsnack, or botsmack?
[8:22:55 PM] <Fig-Bit>: botsmack. Why? Because anything else would make me cry.
[8:22:57 PM] <exor674>: ... lol
[8:22:58 PM] <ttuttle>: :(
[8:23:02 PM] <exor674>: I wonder if that is a bug
[8:23:06 PM] <randomling>: ...bit is a masochist?
[8:23:15 PM] <randomling>: bit, botsnack or botsmack?
[8:23:15 PM] <Fig-Bit>: botsnack. 'nuff said.
[8:23:53 PM] <randomling>: bit, botsnack, botsnack, botsnack, or botsmack?
[8:23:53 PM] <Fig-Bit>: botsmack. Why? Because anything else would make me cry.

[8:24:17 PM] <randomling>: bit, botsnack, botsnack, botsnack, or botsmack? [8:24:17 PM] <Fig-Bit>: botsnack. For Bit DECREES IT SO.

#533 -- #dreamwidth, 2012-03-20 - submitted by clifstan in Dreamwidth

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Comment links work again!

Fri, 09 Mar 2012 19:58:32 GMT

For a while now, the QDB has had a problem with putting the "Comments" link on new quotes on the site. I'm pleased to announce that yesterday, this was fixed, so new quotes will again have the "Comments" link. In addition, I'll go back and put the link on quotes which don't have them manually at some point soon!

For those curious about the technical details... it turns out that the module I'm using to auto-post these quotes, LJ::Simple, doesn't quite conform to the HTTP spec when sending the quotes. DW was okay with this until a month ago, when it would post the quotes correctly and even return the URL to the QDB, but would then abruptly reset the connection, leading the module to believe that an error had occurred. In reality, it was the module which was doing the wrong thing.

I fixed the module to do what it should, and it seems to be okay now! So we should once again have linking between both sites. Thanks to mark and exor674 for helping me figure this out. :D

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Dreamwidth: Quote #532

Thu, 08 Mar 2012 18:30:55 GMT

[13:26] <randomling> dear safari, why you crash
[13:26] <Woggy> Because reasons
[13:26] <demigoose> Dear muesli, why you taste of fruit?
[13:27] <randomling> er?
[13:28] <randomling> muesli is supposed to taste of fruit, no?
[13:29] <demigoose> Because of raisins
[13:29] * Woggy facepalms
[13:29] <randomling> oh ouch
[13:29] <randomling> shoulda seen that coming
[13:29] <Woggy> Five minutes in the punalty box for you!

#532 -- #dreamwidth, 2012-03-08 - submitted by rebelsheart in Dreamwidth

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Dreamwidth: Quote #531

Thu, 01 Mar 2012 22:10:44 GMT

[14:00] <exor674> xb95: yeah, I handcoded my own pickle
[14:00] <xb95> "handcoded" my "pickle"
[14:00] <rahaeli> that sounds dirty
[14:00] <exor674> pickletools.dis is LOVE
[14:00] <Inoru> bunnehed by Mark :P
[14:00] <xb95> oh yes rah, very dirty. come here. >:)

[14:05] * rahaeli removes her pickle from mark's reach.

#531 -- #dreamwidth, 2012-03-01 - submitted by inoru_no_hoshi in Dreamwidth

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Dreamwidth: Quote #530

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 02:02:12 GMT

[17:33] <rahaeli> the reason it's still called $LJHOME is because it's used, like, everywhere in the code
[17:33] <Clifstan> Ah
[17:34] <geekosaur> in a unix shell, a word with a $ in front of it is a variable, either a local shell variable or more commonly an environment variable
[17:34] <Clifstan> OK
[17:34] <geekosaur> *everything* in the LJ / DW codebase knos about $LJHOME; changing it is nontrivial
[17:35] <rahaeli> you can change where $LJHOME *points to* (which we have, it points to ~/dw instead of ~/lj) but changing the variable would be ... an issue.
[17:35] <evith> yeah, it would be like saying "let's change the value of gravity", LOL.
[17:36] <Clifstan> Why is it not possible to just change it to a different name everywhere it occurs? Obviously there are reasons that doesn't work, but… it surprises me that you can't just replace one name everywhere with another name everywhere and have the same effect.
[17:36] <exor674> evith: I DECLARE WE SHOULD CHANGE GRAVITY TO 3
[17:36] <exor674> Clifstan: that still doesn't change all the OTHER instances of LJ/lj in the code that would be very hard if not impossible to change
[17:37] <evith> exor674: But, three WHAT?
[17:37] <rahaeli> clifstan: it'd basically involve tons and tons and *tons* of changes
[17:37] <exor674> not that we shouldn't get rid of the easy ones, but also there's a matter of
[17:37] <rahaeli> and it's just not worth the effort
[17:37] <exor674> evith: just three!
[17:37] <Clifstan> ok
[17:37] <rahaeli> and if you miss one (when you miss one) it breaks *everything*
[17:37] <exor674> and if it's an easy search/replace, THAT
[17:37] <exor674> er, and even if it's an
[17:37] <rahaeli> (and when you miss one and it doesn't break everything in an *obvious* fashion, it breaks things in a subtle way that you don't notice for six months and then suddenly get that sinking, horrid grinding sensation of "oh god it really *is* that broken")
[17:38] <exor674> and then the sysadmins cry
[17:38] <evith> like the time the garage didn't tighten the lugnuts on the rear tire and the car was "off" until the tire passed the car on the way down the skyway. :p

#530 -- #dreamwidth-dev, 2012-02-24 - submitted by azurelunatic in Dreamwidth

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Dreamwidth: Quote #529

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 01:53:38 GMT

[17:03] <rahaeli> (i am also horribly amused by "the thing you need to know about unix commands is that they date from days when vowels were an endangered species" hee hee hee)
[17:03] <rahaeli> (ahem. i'll stop being impressed by my own cleverness.)
[17:04] * evith laughs at Rah. <3
[17:05] * geekosaur has had the joy of using an actual KSR33, and understands why traditional unix commands are short
[17:07] <rahaeli> i used to use a VAX back in college. "lizzie borden took an axe and beat the shit out of the VAX" was actually done up in embroidery over the operator room.

http://wiki.dwscoalition.org/notes/Command_line_tutorial

#529 -- #dreamwidth-dev, 2012-02-24 - submitted by azurelunatic in Dreamwidth

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Dreamwidth: Quote #528

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:00:36 GMT

[22 04:56] * rahaeli snickers. ah, dreamwidth. code push delayed on account of knitting.

<Afuna> oh yes code push * Afuna ahem, puts down her needles *G*

#528 -- #dreamwidth, 2012-02-22 - submitted by geekosaur in Dreamwidth

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Dreamwidth: Quote #527

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:45:15 GMT

[11:20] <xb95> fyi I'm rolling in two new web servers.

[11:21] <xb95> so as per usual if you see any issues, scream shout and defenstrate me

[11:21] * Woggy sets up an inflatable mattress-thing outside the window, just in case.
[11:21] * shadowspar envisions xb95 frolicking in a picturesque web farm
[11:22] <_Simon_> xb95: but if we defenestrate you, how will you fix the issues?

#527 -- #dreamwidth, 2012-02-09 - submitted by azurelunatic in Dreamwidth

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Dreamwidth: Quote #526

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 05:16:40 GMT

23:36 < rahaeli> OTOH, having seen the doctor htis morning means i got a refill on my painkillers
23:36 < Rainne> \o/
23:37 < foxfirefey> At your level they're more like...
23:38 < foxfirefey> serial painkillers!
23:38 * Azz snerk
23:38 < Rainne> ....... lulz
23:38 < tamouse__> well played
23:38 * rahaeli groans
23:39 < Azz> would that make constant pain of the sort that can only be relieved by heavy-duty pills or smoking up ...
23:39 < Azz> ... chronic pain?
23:39 < Rainne> *facepalm*
23:39 < rahaeli> i hate you all

#526 -- #dreamwidth, 2012-02-16 - submitted by shadowspar in Dreamwidth

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Dreamwidth: Quote #525

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:14:25 GMT

18:14 < demigoose> anyone want to try & persuade me that git is a good idea, for projects which aren't Linux? :)
18:15 < xb95> demigoose: git is great.
18:16 < demigoose> That's why it's named "awesomely helpful". Oh, wait, it's not.
18:16 < xb95> demigoose: after taking the time to learn it well enough, I love it.
18:16 < demigoose> That's suitably backhanded :)
18:17 < xb95> git is like a forklift. if you don't know what you're doing, you're liable to destroy the warehouse a few times as you figure things out. but eventually, you realize that it does things your truck can never do. :)

#525 -- #dreamwidth, 2012-02-14 - submitted by shadowspar in Dreamwidth

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Dreamwidth: Quote #524

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:48:15 GMT

[09:09] <Rainne> How old is little Andrew? *curious*
[09:09] <rahaeli> dive-o: congrats on spawning such a beautiful child process, btw :)
[09:09] <dive-o> 12 days as of 3:28 pm today
[09:09] <Rainne> AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
[09:10] <Rainne> <3
[09:10] <dive-o> rahaeli: thanks! we like him :-)
[09:10] <DW-Drew> he is ADORABLE!
[09:10] * DW-Drew wants to hold him
[09:10] <rahaeli> wait a few years and he and oliver can hang out :)
[09:10] <dive-o> [photo link to dedicated baby subdomain]
[09:10] <dive-o> ^ for anybody who hasn't seen the evidence of his cuteness
[09:10] <rahaeli> omfg
[09:10] <rahaeli> DED OF CUTE
[09:10] <Rainne> OMFG
[09:10] <rahaeli> i still can't get over all of my friends actually *making tiny humans*
[09:11] * Rainne makes very tiny barely audible squees so as not to wake teh behbeh
[09:11] <DW-Drew> rah: did you notice that, at less than 2 weeks old, he has his own website?
[09:11] <rahaeli> would you expect anything less? :)
[09:12] <rahaeli> i love the copyright lines on the main site
[09:12] <DW-Drew> THAT, ladies and gentlemen and undifferentiated others, is Web 2.0
[09:12] <dive-o> DW-Drew: having changed his diapers, i'd say it's web #2

#524 -- #dreamwidth, 2012-02-12 - submitted by azurelunatic in Dreamwidth

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Dreamwidth: Quote #523

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 07:37:12 GMT

[23:23] <DW-Drew> what is this "dental insurance" you speak of?
[23:23] <ctburley> not suffering pain but i know i have a lot of money going down the drain when i get dental somewhere
[23:24] <Momijizukamori> My one remaining wisdom tooth decided it wanted to erupt a few weeks ago
[23:24] <DW-Drew> oh hellz
[23:24] <Momijizukamori> buuuuut I do not have the money to get it taken out and I'm not a student any more so I have no dental insurance
[23:24] <ctburley> D:
[23:24] <ctburley> pliers?
[23:25] <Momijizukamori> ctburley: I think that would be worse than what it's doing unattended so XD
[23:25] <ctburley> OOH!
[23:25] <ctburley> drink a lot to numb the pain then get into a bar fight
[23:25] <Momijizukamori> pffff
[23:26] <DW-Drew> drink whiskey
[23:26] <DW-Drew> keep the germs drunk and disorganized
[23:26] <Momijizukamori> the other three are gone already, thankfully, but I would have killed to have them done under general
[23:26] <ctburley> or stalk a dentist and befriend them, get them to know you, get into their trusted circle. get them piss drunk and bet them they couldn't do a extraction while drunk and then threaten to sue them for being intoxicated while performing surgery if they charge you.
[23:26] <Momijizukamori> ffffffffffffffff
[23:26] <ctburley> might want to get some other things done while you're at it
[23:28] <DW-Drew> NTS: do not take dental advice from ctburley
[23:28] <Momijizukamori> (I also didn't get the 'good' drugs afterwards as... I guess my dentist actually has a decent perspective on my personal pain tolerance or something, idk)
[23:29] <rahaeli> oh god i don't even want to THINK about the state of the dental work i need done
[23:29] <DW-Drew> RAH!
[23:29] <Momijizukamori> So I'm not very good at dredging up sympathy for 'I just had my wisdom teeth out I'm so miiiiiserable' XD /terrible friend
[23:29] <ctburley> What? I give great advice. Tony the snitch still has at least three and a half good fingers thanks to my advice!

#523 -- #dreamwidth, 2012-02-10 - submitted by azurelunatic in Dreamwidth

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Dreamwidth: Quote #522

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 08:30:04 GMT

[18:33] <rahaeli> yeah, looks like s.dreamwidth.org wants to be a lumberjack

[18:40] <xb95> this is awkward

#522 -- #dreamwidth, 2012-02-08 - submitted by azurelunatic in Dreamwidth

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Dreamwidth: Quote #521

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:47:54 GMT

[14:44] <SporkyDroid> I feel like a spanked.
[14:44] <SporkyDroid> WTF, autocorrect.

[14:44] <SporkyDroid> A spammer. [14:44] <DW-Drew> I... withhold comment

#521 -- #dreamwidth, 2012-02-08 - submitted by inoru_no_hoshi in Dreamwidth

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Dreamwidth: Quote #520

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:06:44 GMT

14:27 < Clifstan> … I think I just got something that I don't know how to describe except "research spam"
14:27 < Woggy> 'Make ur thesis longer in 90 days!'

14:27 < Clifstan> No. "Please participate in my experiment" 14:28 < Woggy> Heh.

#520 -- #dreamwidth, 2012-02-08 - submitted by shadowspar in Dreamwidth

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Dreamwidth: Quote #519

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 02:34:40 GMT

21:32 < tt> "puts things up their nose when sufficiently tired" is the *best* attribute of a person ever
21:33 < Azz> Yes, but now I have gum in my hair.

#519 -- #dreamwidth-bitch, 2012-02-06 - submitted by shadowspar in Dreamwidth

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Dreamwidth: Quote #518

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:05:45 GMT

[10:46:06 PM] <jeshyr> Sophira: This is good too. I haven't seen any instance where somebody accidentally the wrong reminder so it's obviously not a problem. It'd only really matter if we got a lot of reminders - given the time frames/frequency we use now it's effectively the same (ie: the race condition is unlikely to be hit)
[10:46:52 PM] <Sophira> Well, the feature only came out recently - in the last few days or so.
So we'll see if people accidentally the wrong reminder as time goes on :D
And of course in /msg, the bot will remember it for you specifically.
[10:47:48 PM] <jeshyr> That verbless "accidentally" memetic sentence structure is really useful in so many situations
[10:48:10 PM] <Sophira> Hehe.
[10:48:29 PM] <Clifstan> so how long would it take for 'accidentally' to become the verb in such phrases? :-)
[10:48:36 PM] <jeshyr> I wonder if we'll see "accidentally" switch to being a valid verb itself over time? If it's popular I me..... .hey Clif!

#518 -- #dreamwidth-bitch, 2012-02-04 - submitted by clifstan in Dreamwidth

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