395) <Taneb> Turned out he got recursion, he just didn't get the return statement
401) <Taneb> Cut to February  <Taneb> War were declared  <Taneb> A galaxy in turmoil  <Taneb> Anyway, Febuary '10
402) <Taneb> I can't afford one of those!  <Taneb> A grandchild, not a laser printer
408) <fizzie> There's that saying that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results. [...] <Taneb> You've just gave me a different result [...] <fizzie> It's always insane to expect different results, even when it's likely to occur.
409) <Taneb> Someone with that sort of grasp of logic shouldn't be allowed anything more computationally powerful than a plastic spoon
411) <Taneb> Look, I often walk my dog through a field with cows in it. And I punched myself in the face once.
417) <Taneb> So... God has jizzed on everything?  <oklopol> have you even READ the bible?
419) <Taneb> This staircase is very good for correcting people's opininons about communism
423) <NihilistDandy> Non sequitur is my forte  <NihilistDandy> On-topic discussion is my piano  <Taneb> Bowls of sugary breakfast cereal is my mezzoforte  <Taneb> Full fat milk is my pianissimo  <Taneb> On which note, I'm hungry
441) <Taneb> So it's like... Rummy mixed with... breakout?
443) <Taneb> Well, I'm now experimenting with clients  <fizzie> It doesn't sound like good PR to say that out loud.
444) <Taneb> I combined the wholegrain breakfast and chocolatey breakfast for maximum breakfast efficiency
450) <Phantom_Hoover> OK, Taneb's been taken by a mood and he needs raw emeralds.  <Phantom_Hoover> It's been fun knowing him.
451) <Phantom_Hoover> Taneb's been hit by melancholy.  <Phantom_Hoover> He didn't have any friends, fortunatel.y
478) <Taneb> Maybe if you try diplomacy.  <Taneb> Pointy steel diplomacy
483) <Taneb> I think it's fizzie against everyone atm  <Taneb> AND EVERYONE IS WINNING  <Taneb> EXCEPT FIZZIE
531) <Taneb> Just goes to show, the Beatles are more interesting than green vegetables.
536) <Taneb> I think this has taught us one thing. We can't teach itidus20 lambda calculus by comittee
540) <Taneb> Mayor says we need to make aluminum items  <Phantom_Hoover> Taneb, PH says you need to make lava items.
710) <Taneb> I swear my dreams are becoming increasingly rave + computer science oriented
730) <Taneb> I saw a Finnair plane today  <ion> In a smoking rubble?  <Taneb> Close.  <Taneb> Heathrow Airport
738) <Taneb> coleridge and
739) <Taneb> hang on I have bright idea  <Taneb> navajo to f me 1 in 3 people
740) <Taneb> profanity specialities
741) <Taneb> thank you verse I'm not quite innocent
783) <Taneb> Phantom_Hoover, like Glasgow but nicer  <Taneb> So, not like Glasgow at all
848) <Taneb> Gordon Moore's expected lifespan doubles every 18 months
892) <GreyKnight> Taneb: The other day on the channel I came up with BRAINLISPCODE, a LOLCODE-style LISP with an embedded bf derivative.  I thought you should know. :-I
897) <Taneb> That's the problem with Tumblr <Taneb> All the porn titles are taken by non-porn people
917) <shachaf> Taneb: STOP TRYING TO GET LENS INTO EVERYTHING  <shachaf> Bike: You should use lens!  <Taneb> NEVER  <Bike> shachaf: i'm getting mixed messages here 
935) <elliott> well what is time  <elliott> imo: an illusion [...] <Taneb> elliott, I think it's more like a burrito  <Taneb> If you have too much of time you get ill  <Taneb> But damn it felt good  <Taneb> You only get out what you put in, unless your time was made by someone else, which isn't as fun  <ais523> burritos don't work like that!  
959) <Taneb> I'm a story about the prohibition of chocolate
960) <ais523> did you know that likes follow you around the internet and steal your browser?  <Taneb> I thought that was Phantom_Hoover
1020) <Taneb> I've also pretended to be Queen Elizabeth the first, but that was a desperate plea for attention