I saw a four pack of brand-name Jaffa cakes for six bucks once at Jewel; they disappeared shortly thereafter. Never tried the Polish ripoffs. Stopped by Londis the other day and there was a forty-pack of generics for £1.50. Sooooo good.
(11:59:36 AM) Andrew: sup (12:01:20 PM) Jason Hawk: Jason isn't at his computer right. This is his editor. Is there anything funny about him you want to tell me? (12:01:46 PM) Andrew: He likes to watch this show called My Little Pony Friendship is Magic (12:01:53 PM) Andrew: you should call him a Brony (12:03:10 PM) Jason Hawk: Will do.
I just noticed a bug in the forum software. If you look here (participants in the MLP thread), it says it's showing Participants 1 to 145 of 146 when there clearly are not 145 names listed. Furthermore, if you click "Next" to go to the next page, it says "Participants 31 to 175 of 146" but has the exact same list as the first page.
(12:45:14 PM) Jason Hawk: my boss just called me a brony without having any idea what a fucking insult that is (12:45:31 PM) Andrew: I wonder how he/she got that idea....
I just noticed a bug in the forum software. If you look here (participants in the MLP thread), it says it's showing Participants 1 to 145 of 146 when there clearly are not 145 names listed. Furthermore, if you click "Next" to go to the next page, it says "Participants 31 to 175 of 146" but has the exact same list as the first page.
If you want, I recently wrote a dodgy python script that downloads every page in a thread, then you can get it to only display posts by one or two people in that thread.
I'm guessing you want to see if Jason has posted in the Pony thread.
Actually, I wrote a similar script a while back to count what proportion of posts in the last 24 hours were in a pony thread (the so-called "pony factor"). Did you subclass HTMLParser for your script?
I'm guessing you want to see if Jason has posted in the Pony thread.
Basically, but I don't care enough to scrape the data. I'm fairly sure the answer is "no" anyway. I was also wondering about Andrew.
I stumbled upon the Facebook page for a local Medical Marijuana Dispensary. I just find it funny because they have statuses like: "SALE: Our delicious PURPLE KUSH is on sale today. Hurry in, this offer is while supplies last only!"
MMO auction houses need to allow "orders" besides just listing auctions. If I am willing to pay 40 per perfect gem, but not the 45 they are listed at, I just want to be able to throw up an order that anyone with gems can potentially fill. Simple enough, right?
MMO auction houses need to allow "orders" besides just listing auctions. If I am willing to pay 40 per perfect gem, but not the 45 they are listed at, I just want to be able to throw up an order that anyone with gems can potentially fill. Simple enough, right?
Yep. It's completely obvious. I know EVE Online does it, at least.
The best thing about that is that you can then make money trading just by putting up buy orders and sell orders (i.e. by contributing fluidity to less fluid aspects of the market). e.g. for perfect gems, assuming they're an obscure item, the greatest buy order could be 40, and the least sell order 45. What you do is put up a buy order at 41 and a sell order at 44, and then money just comes in while you're not even playing.
Of course, other people catch on and start doing the same thing - someone else puts up orders at 42 and 43, and now the profit is at a minimum (from the point of view of the traders, this is a classic tragedy of the commons, but obviously everyone else is benefiting). That point is where things could get interesting though, especially if there is also unfettered and impactful direct combat - people can start to form trade cartels and use violence against the competition to keep their profit margins up.
The other thing necessary to make trade interesting is localisation - i.e. you can't trade directly between regions; you actually have to transport the goods. Then you get bandits/pirates, and the cartels can intercept caravans/shipments in order to keep their monopolies active.
EVE Online has a lot of these kinds of interesting aspects, it's just that the space combat at its core is, well, boring, and I don't see the point of the skill system. Sure, at least it's not a grind-based skill system, but why have it at all?
I loved this song, but back in 2006 it makes me think of how one percieves a geek.
With hearing this song again for the first time in years, in a 2011 mindframe, it feels like I could interpret this song to be about hipsters instead of geeks.
I was just listening to some Lemon Demon this morning. I too relistened to Geeks in Love, but If it wasn't for some of the references it would seem so hipstery.
This is the dead land This is cactus land Here the stone images Are raised, here they receive The supplication of a dead man’s hand Under the twinkle of a fading star.
This is the dead land This is cactus land Here the stone images Are raised, here they receive The supplication of a dead man’s hand Under the twinkle of a fading star.
I grow old… I grow old… I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.
Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach? I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach. I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.
This is the dead land This is cactus land Here the stone images Are raised, here they receive The supplication of a dead man’s hand Under the twinkle of a fading star.
I grow old… I grow old… I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.
Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach? I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach. I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.
I do not think that they will sing to me.
Flesh-and-blood is weak and frail, Susceptible to nervous shock; While the True Church can never fail For it is based upon a rock.
The hippo's feeble steps may err In compassing material ends, While the True Church need never stir To gather in its dividends.
The 'potamus can never reach The mango on the mango-tree; But fruits of pomegranate and peach Refresh the Church from over sea.
This is the dead land This is cactus land Here the stone images Are raised, here they receive The supplication of a dead man’s hand Under the twinkle of a fading star.
I grow old… I grow old… I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.
Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach? I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach. I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.
I do not think that they will sing to me.
Flesh-and-blood is weak and frail, Susceptible to nervous shock; While the True Church can never fail For it is based upon a rock.
The hippo's feeble steps may err In compassing material ends, While the True Church need never stir To gather in its dividends.
The 'potamus can never reach The mango on the mango-tree; But fruits of pomegranate and peach Refresh the Church from over sea.
And pray to God to have mercy upon us And pray that I may forget These matters that with myself I too much discuss Too much explain Because I do not hope to turn again Let these words answer For what is done, not to be done again May the judgement not be too heavy upon us
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(11:59:36 AM) Andrew: sup
(12:01:20 PM) Jason Hawk: Jason isn't at his computer right. This is his editor. Is there anything funny about him you want to tell me?
(12:01:46 PM) Andrew: He likes to watch this show called My Little Pony Friendship is Magic
(12:01:53 PM) Andrew: you should call him a Brony
(12:03:10 PM) Jason Hawk: Will do.
That is the best thing ever.
If you look here (participants in the MLP thread), it says it's showing Participants 1 to 145 of 146 when there clearly are not 145 names listed. Furthermore, if you click "Next" to go to the next page, it says "Participants 31 to 175 of 146" but has the exact same list as the first page.
(12:45:31 PM) Andrew: I wonder how he/she got that idea....
This is possibly the best work I've seen you do to date, Andrew.
I'm guessing you want to see if Jason has posted in the Pony thread.
EDIT: Fuuuuck, that thread is 80+ pages long.
The best thing about that is that you can then make money trading just by putting up buy orders and sell orders (i.e. by contributing fluidity to less fluid aspects of the market). e.g. for perfect gems, assuming they're an obscure item, the greatest buy order could be 40, and the least sell order 45. What you do is put up a buy order at 41 and a sell order at 44, and then money just comes in while you're not even playing.
Of course, other people catch on and start doing the same thing - someone else puts up orders at 42 and 43, and now the profit is at a minimum (from the point of view of the traders, this is a classic tragedy of the commons, but obviously everyone else is benefiting). That point is where things could get interesting though, especially if there is also unfettered and impactful direct combat - people can start to form trade cartels and use violence against the competition to keep their profit margins up.
The other thing necessary to make trade interesting is localisation - i.e. you can't trade directly between regions; you actually have to transport the goods. Then you get bandits/pirates, and the cartels can intercept caravans/shipments in order to keep their monopolies active.
EVE Online has a lot of these kinds of interesting aspects, it's just that the space combat at its core is, well, boring, and I don't see the point of the skill system. Sure, at least it's not a grind-based skill system, but why have it at all?
With hearing this song again for the first time in years, in a 2011 mindframe, it feels like I could interpret this song to be about hipsters instead of geeks.
Though, as far as nerdy love songs go, I prefer mc chris:
This is cactus land
Here the stone images
Are raised, here they receive
The supplication of a dead man’s hand
Under the twinkle of a fading star.
I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.
Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?
I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.
I do not think that they will sing to me.
Susceptible to nervous shock;
While the True Church can never fail
For it is based upon a rock.
The hippo's feeble steps may err
In compassing material ends,
While the True Church need never stir
To gather in its dividends.
The 'potamus can never reach
The mango on the mango-tree;
But fruits of pomegranate and peach
Refresh the Church from over sea.
And pray to God to have mercy upon us
And pray that I may forget
These matters that with myself I too much discuss
Too much explain
Because I do not hope to turn again
Let these words answer
For what is done, not to be done again
May the judgement not be too heavy upon us