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<wob_jonas> learn Aristotle said that every illness can be cured by balancing the four vitreous humors, and everyone believed him for two thousand years, even though people still died of illnesses. It wasn\'t until the 20th century that Szent-Gy\xc3\xb6rgyi Albert realized that Aristotle didn\'t find fifth kind of vitreous humor, vitamin C, because the Greek alphabet
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2011-05-07.txt:20:17:23: <NihilistDandy> Phantom_Hoover: If teachers can't shock our kids, WHO WILL? 2011-05-08.txt:01:49:31: <NihilistDandy> elliott: Hah 2011-05-08.txt:02:36:35: -!- NihilistDandy has quit (Quit: Linkinus - http://linkinus.com). 2011-05-09.txt:06:55:33: -!- NihilistDandy has joined #esoteric. 2011-05-09.txt:11:15:28: -!- NihilistDandy has quit (Quit: Linkinus - http://linkinus.com). 2011-05-09.txt:22:46:29: -!- NihilistDandy has joined #esoteric. 2011-05-10.txt:02:42:48: <NihilistDandy> Yeah, have to make it ignore accidental input or it's a real hair trigger 2011-05-10.txt:02:43:44: <NihilistDandy> *move finger* -> Computer: DID YOU MEAN CLICK? I'M GONNA CLICK. CLICK, OKAY? CLICK. 2011-05-10.txt:02:45:15: <NihilistDandy> oerjan: Professore Farnsworth on Futurama 2011-05-10.txt:02:45:19: <NihilistDandy> *Professor 2011-05-10.txt:02:45:30: <NihilistDandy> In the episode where Fry needs to find an apartment 2011-05-10.txt:02:45:53: <NihilistDandy> @google youtube to shreds you say 2011-05-10.txt:02:48:01: <NihilistDandy> Haha. It's a touch more ominous 2011-05-10.txt:02:48:10: <NihilistDandy> More of a "one-sided phone conversation" sort of ominous 2011-05-10.txt:02:48:36: <NihilistDandy> You only hear the reaction to the horror, rather than the event itself :D 2011-05-10.txt:02:50:33: <NihilistDandy> Also, something funny from #haskell 2011-05-10.txt:02:50:37: <NihilistDandy> @where wtfmonad 2011-05-10.txt:02:52:22: <NihilistDandy> Yes, we had that discussion :P 2011-05-10.txt:02:52:40: <NihilistDandy> If you let facts pollute humor, you'll never laugh again :D 2011-05-10.txt:02:53:27: <NihilistDandy> Also mentioned 2011-05-10.txt:02:53:39: <NihilistDandy> In almost those exact words 2011-05-10.txt:04:01:56: -!- NihilistDandy has quit (Quit: Linkinus - http://linkinus.com). 2011-05-11.txt:01:58:55: -!- NihilistDandy has joined #esoteric. 2011-05-11.txt:02:01:23: -!- NihilistDandy has quit (Client Quit). 2011-05-16.txt:03:59:19: -!- NihilistDandy has joined #esoteric. 2011-05-16.txt:04:02:23: <NihilistDandy> I like this plan 2011-05-16.txt:04:07:33: <NihilistDandy> elliott: Gentoo 2011-05-16.txt:04:07:49: <NihilistDandy> O.o 2011-05-16.txt:04:07:55: <elliott> NihilistDandy: I'm sorry -- I can't type coherently over how hard I'm laughing. 2011-05-16.txt:04:08:05: <NihilistDandy> lol 2011-05-16.txt:04:08:32: <NihilistDandy> I'm aware. I only used Gentoo briefly 2011-05-16.txt:04:08:37: <NihilistDandy> I just enjoy the reactions :D 2011-05-16.txt:04:08:56: <NihilistDandy> LFS is clearly superior~ 2011-05-16.txt:06:12:46: -!- NihilistDandy has quit (Quit: leaving). 2011-05-16.txt:06:17:44: -!- NihilistDandy has joined #esoteric. 2011-05-16.txt:06:18:39: -!- NihilistDandy has quit (Client Quit). 2011-05-16.txt:06:18:57: -!- NihilistDandy has joined #esoteric. 2011-05-16.txt:08:31:34: -!- NihilistDandy has quit (Ping timeout: 258 seconds). 2011-05-16.txt:08:37:55: -!- NihilistDandy has joined #esoteric. 2011-05-16.txt:08:41:11: -!- NihilistDandy has quit (Client Quit). 2011-05-16.txt:08:41:32: -!- NihilistDandy has joined #esoteric. 2011-05-16.txt:08:44:23: -!- NihilistDandy has quit (Client Quit). 2011-05-16.txt:08:44:47: -!- NihilistDandy has joined #esoteric. 2011-05-16.txt:15:03:04: -!- NihilistDandy has quit (Ping timeout: 276 seconds). 2011-05-16.txt:15:32:12: -!- NihilistDandy has joined #esoteric. 2011-05-17.txt:03:52:17: <NihilistDandy> http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/11762072/native-html5 2011-05-17.txt:03:55:14: <NihilistDandy> You can call me daddy, anytime 2011-05-17.txt:03:55:39: <NihilistDandy> Oof 2011-05-17.txt:20:10:34: -!- NihilistDandy has quit (Quit: leaving). 2011-05-17.txt:20:10:56: -!- NihilistDandy has joined #esoteric. 2011-05-17.txt:20:53:59: <NihilistDandy> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charity_(programming_language) 2011-05-17.txt:20:55:03: <elliott_> NihilistDandy: What of it? 2011-05-17.txt:20:59:51: <NihilistDandy> elliott_: I didn't know of it. I thought it might be germane for this channel :D 2011-05-17.txt:21:01:05: <NihilistDandy> ## Latest News ## 12 October 2000 2011-05-17.txt:21:01:07: <NihilistDandy> :| 2011-05-17.txt:21:01:21: <elliott_> NihilistDandy: It's an old research language, what do you expect :) 2011-05-17.txt:21:01:34: <NihilistDandy> I wonder if it'll compile... 2011-05-17.txt:23:45:25: -!- NihilistDandy has quit (Quit: leaving). 2011-05-18.txt:05:42:56: -!- NihilistDandy has joined #esoteric. 2011-05-18.txt:21:21:01: -!- NihilistDandy has quit (Quit: leaving). 2011-05-18.txt:21:21:22: -!- NihilistDandy has joined #esoteric. 2011-05-18.txt:22:10:15: -!- NihilistDandy has quit (Quit: leaving). 2011-05-19.txt:06:13:21: -!- NihilistDandy has joined #esoteric. 2011-05-19.txt:08:06:21: -!- NihilistDandy has quit (Quit: leaving). 2011-05-23.txt:03:02:36: -!- NihilistDandy has joined #esoteric. 2011-05-23.txt:03:06:14: -!- NihilistDandy has quit (Client Quit). 2011-05-23.txt:03:06:21: -!- NihilistDandy has joined #esoteric. 2011-05-23.txt:03:06:23: -!- NihilistDandy has quit (Client Quit). 2011-05-23.txt:03:06:40: -!- NihilistDandy has joined #esoteric. 2011-05-23.txt:03:09:57: -!- NihilistDandy has quit (Client Quit). 2011-05-23.txt:03:10:20: -!- NihilistDandy has joined #esoteric. 2011-05-23.txt:03:11:12: <elliott> NihilistDandy: YOU ARE NOT BEING VERY DANDY AT ALL. 2011-05-23.txt:03:11:36: <NihilistDandy> elliott: YOU ARE NOT BEING VERY... 2011-05-23.txt:03:11:37: <NihilistDandy> erm 2011-05-23.txt:03:11:43: <NihilistDandy> DANDY, EITHER 2011-05-23.txt:03:12:50: <NihilistDandy> ALL CONNECTIONS ARE ILLUSORY 2011-05-23.txt:03:14:11: <NihilistDandy> You've struck to the heart of me. I concede, sirrah. 2011-05-23.txt:03:22:59: <NihilistDandy> Nice 2011-05-24.txt:01:41:22: -!- NihilistDandy has quit (Quit: leaving). 2011-05-24.txt:04:23:12: -!- NihilistDandy has joined #esoteric. 2011-05-24.txt:04:39:36: -!- NihilistDandy has quit (Quit: leaving). 2011-05-24.txt:04:40:01: -!- NihilistDandy has joined #esoteric. 2011-05-24.txt:07:38:21: -!- NihilistDandy has quit (Quit: leaving). 2011-05-24.txt:07:38:41: -!- NihilistDandy has joined #esoteric. 2011-05-24.txt:07:38:47: -!- NihilistDandy has quit (Client Quit). 2011-05-24.txt:07:41:21: -!- NihilistDandy has joined #esoteric. 2011-05-24.txt:07:43:50: -!- NihilistDandy has quit (Client Quit). 2011-05-24.txt:07:44:38: -!- NihilistDandy has joined #esoteric. 2011-05-24.txt:07:45:04: -!- NihilistDandy has quit (Client Quit). 2011-05-25.txt:16:08:02: -!- NihilistDandy has joined #esoteric. 2011-05-25.txt:16:23:26: -!- NihilistDandy has quit (Quit: leaving). 2011-05-28.txt:11:21:58: -!- NihilistDandy has joined #esoteric. 2011-05-28.txt:13:56:09: -!- NihilistDandy has quit (Quit: *yawn* Breakfast.). 2011-06-01.txt:21:27:43: -!- NihilistDandy has joined #esoteric. 2011-06-02.txt:00:26:03: -!- NihilistDandy has quit (Ping timeout: 240 seconds). 2011-06-02.txt:00:28:08: -!- NihilistDandy has joined #esoteric. 2011-06-02.txt:06:58:12: -!- NihilistDandy has quit (Quit: leaving). 2011-06-22.txt:18:44:35: -!- NihilistDandy has joined #esoteric. 2011-06-22.txt:20:23:01: <NihilistDandy> lol 2011-06-23.txt:15:45:19: -!- NihilistDandy has quit (Quit: leaving). 2011-06-30.txt:18:47:42: -!- NihilistDandy has joined #esoteric. 2011-07-01.txt:00:42:17: <NihilistDandy> WAIT A MINUTE 2011-07-01.txt:00:42:22: <NihilistDandy> I've spotted a hole in this story 2011-07-01.txt:00:42:46: <NihilistDandy> There are no women in Poland.~ 2011-07-01.txt:00:43:02: <NihilistDandy> lol 2011-07-01.txt:00:43:34: <NihilistDandy> Those women could be from anywhere 2011-07-01.txt:00:43:42: <NihilistDandy> Most of them are just stock photos, anyway 2011-07-01.txt:00:43:44: <NihilistDandy> :P 2011-07-01.txt:00:44:55: <NihilistDandy> Lemma: All women from Poland are stock photo models. 2011-07-01.txt:00:45:47: <NihilistDandy> Well, with men like 'nooga' around, it's hardly a wonder 2011-07-01.txt:00:47:51: <NihilistDandy> Esoteric, indeed 2011-07-01.txt:00:48:38: <elliott> --NihilistDandy 2011-07-01.txt:00:49:42: <NihilistDandy> Are you decrementing me, commenting me, or attributing that to me? :D 2011-07-01.txt:00:52:50: <elliott> <NihilistDandy> Are you decrementing me, commenting me, or attributing that to me? :D 2011-07-01.txt:00:53:22: <NihilistDandy> It's all my fault 2011-07-01.txt:00:59:09: <nooga> NihilistDandy is a nolife 2011-07-01.txt:01:01:51: <elliott> NihilistDandy: you're a nolife 2011-07-01.txt:01:03:55: <NihilistDandy> I guess so 2011-07-01.txt:01:09:23: <NihilistDandy> Of course. I thirst for attention, and tiny validation I get everytime someone highlights me is the only thing that keeps me going in the vortex of depression that is my existence. 2011-07-01.txt:01:09:35: <NihilistDandy> Or something. 2011-07-01.txt:01:10:17: <NihilistDandy> Feels good, man 2011-07-01.txt:01:13:52: <NihilistDandy> zzo38: You might find more input on #linux 2011-07-01.txt:01:13:53: <elliott> NihilistDandy: 2011-07-01.txt:01:13:53: <elliott> NihilistDandy: 2011-07-01.txt:01:13:54: <elliott> NihilistDandy: 2011-07-01.txt:01:13:54: <elliott> NihilistDandy: 2011-07-01.txt:01:14:08: <NihilistDandy> I HAVE... THE POWER! 2011-07-01.txt:01:15:14: <zzo38> NihilistDandy: I will try. 2011-07-01.txt:01:26:29: <NihilistDandy> No need to get fermium with poor elliott 2011-07-01.txt:01:31:09: <NihilistDandy> I suppose he'll just have to grin and barium 2011-07-01.txt:01:32:28: <NihilistDandy> Don't be so niobium 2011-07-01.txt:01:33:50: <NihilistDandy> Don't radon my parade 2011-07-01.txt:01:37:33: <NihilistDandy> A nobelium effort 2011-07-01.txt:01:41:19: <NihilistDandy> I'll have your head on a platinum 2011-07-01.txt:01:42:29: <NihilistDandy> And either cut out your tungsten or feed you to the wolfram 2011-07-01.txt:01:43:54: <NihilistDandy> Drop the actinium or hit the rhodium 2011-07-01.txt:01:44:10: <NihilistDandy> nooga is a serial arsenic 2011-07-01.txt:01:45:36: <NihilistDandy> You don't know the hafnium 2011-07-01.txt:01:47:45: <NihilistDandy> Silicon Valley? 2011-07-01.txt:01:49:57: <NihilistDandy> Now the helium can begin 2011-07-01.txt:01:50:45: <NihilistDandy> coppro: Except that they're at capacity right now 2011-07-01.txt:01:51:02: <NihilistDandy> Oh, wow 2011-07-01.txt:01:51:08: <NihilistDandy> Maybe the situation's changed in the last few hours 2011-07-01.txt:01:51:45: <NihilistDandy> We should test it 2011-07-01.txt:01:51:49: <NihilistDandy> pikhq: Invite people 2011-07-01.txt:01:52:49: <NihilistDandy> T_T 2011-07-01.txt:01:53:56: <NihilistDandy> ever 2011-07-01.txt:02:03:45: <NihilistDandy> At least it's there 2011-07-01.txt:02:03:58: <NihilistDandy> Keeping Facebook out of my business is a bitch 2011-07-01.txt:02:12:21: <NihilistDandy> It sounds so... circular 2011-07-01.txt:02:14:53: <NihilistDandy> Very nice 2011-07-01.txt:03:50:02: <NihilistDandy> pikhq: So just do it with busybox? 2011-07-01.txt:03:50:13: <pikhq> NihilistDandy: Yeah. 2011-07-01.txt:03:50:40: <NihilistDandy> My feeling on the whole LFS thing was "Here are some neat instructions, but do whatever the hell you want." 2011-07-01.txt:03:50:57: <NihilistDandy> I built two of them, and I never followed everything to the letter 2011-07-01.txt:03:51:25: <NihilistDandy> If you're a Linux user who's content following directions because the internet told you to, you deserve the cargo cult 2011-07-01.txt:03:51:38: <NihilistDandy> Or any *NIX, for that matter 2011-07-01.txt:03:52:43: <NihilistDandy> O(n^2)? 2011-07-01.txt:03:53:20: * NihilistDandy didn't even read the question 2011-07-01.txt:03:53:36: <elliott_> NihilistDandy: gj 2011-07-01.txt:03:54:19: <NihilistDandy> pikhq: Message, please? :D 2011-07-01.txt:03:54:25: <NihilistDandy> elliott_: How far off was I? 2011-07-01.txt:03:55:51: <elliott_> NihilistDandy: dunno, it's me asking you guys 2011-07-01.txt:04:07:06: <NihilistDandy> lol 2011-07-01.txt:04:19:59: <NihilistDandy> Awesome 2011-07-01.txt:04:20:06: <NihilistDandy> FSOV awesome 2011-07-01.txt:04:20:49: <NihilistDandy> pikhq: Have you seen the "serious" Super PACs? 2011-07-01.txt:04:20:53: <pikhq> NihilistDandy: No. 2011-07-01.txt:04:21:02: <NihilistDandy> Hang on, I'll find some links 2011-07-01.txt:04:22:09: <NihilistDandy> pikhq: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bv_WG0v_kO0 2011-07-01.txt:04:22:32: <NihilistDandy> The ad released by "Turn Right USA", another Super PAC 2011-07-01.txt:04:22:49: <NihilistDandy> Probably NSFW, and definitely unsafe for nonracists 2011-07-01.txt:04:26:34: <NihilistDandy> ^ 2011-07-01.txt:04:48:05: <NihilistDandy> Stick to SKI, then. At least that's a mathematical fact. 2011-07-01.txt:04:49:14: <NihilistDandy> monqy: Well, then you'd have Haskell~ 2011-07-01.txt:04:49:22: <monqy> NihilistDandy: or scheme 2011-07-01.txt:04:49:24: <pikhq> NihilistDandy: Haskell is versioned. 2011-07-01.txt:04:49:32: <NihilistDandy> pikhq: ~ means sarcasm 2011-07-01.txt:04:49:46: <NihilistDandy> lol 2011-07-01.txt:04:50:20: <pikhq> NihilistDandy: Strange, I thought it was a vaguely sing-songy type thing. だね〜? 2011-07-01.txt:04:52:45: <NihilistDandy> pikhq: In Japanese I've always thought of it more as an extension of the vowel, but I suppose many speakers make that sound fairly sing-dongy 2011-07-01.txt:04:52:48: <NihilistDandy> *songy 2011-07-01.txt:04:53:48: <pikhq> NihilistDandy: Fair 'nough. 2011-07-01.txt:04:54:01: <CakeProphet> NihilistDandy: loldongs 2011-07-01.txt:04:55:10: <NihilistDandy> An incestuous family of languages 2011-07-01.txt:05:14:12: <NihilistDandy> What's confusing about it? 2011-07-01.txt:05:14:37: <NihilistDandy> Ah, that 2011-07-01.txt:05:36:38: <NihilistDandy> They're not called perl monks for nothing 2011-07-01.txt:05:39:10: <NihilistDandy> Perl pedants are former C pedants who decided they wanted something more opaque. 2011-07-01.txt:05:39:18: <NihilistDandy> ~ 2011-07-01.txt:05:39:44: <NihilistDandy> Sort of 2011-07-01.txt:05:40:20: <NihilistDandy> Actually, I don't think I've known anyone that used perl for long without developing their own particular brand of pedantry about it 2011-07-01.txt:05:40:38: <NihilistDandy> Except the ones who switched to python because it was the sexy new (nonexistent) thing 2011-07-01.txt:05:41:23: <CakeProphet> NihilistDandy: I switched from python to perl, so... 2011-07-01.txt:05:41:53: * NihilistDandy nods 2011-07-01.txt:05:42:00: <NihilistDandy> Just don't drink the Wall-aid too hard 2011-07-01.txt:05:42:54: <NihilistDandy> Any language is dangerous if you buy into the hype 2011-07-01.txt:05:44:48: <NihilistDandy> lol 2011-07-01.txt:05:59:16: <NihilistDandy> Pervert. :P 2011-07-01.txt:21:05:49: <NihilistDandy> Sgeo_: That's hilariously awful 2011-07-01.txt:21:06:23: <NihilistDandy> Ah, yes, A Euro B 2011-07-01.txt:21:07:41: <NihilistDandy> And the little cop-out at the end just makes it all the sweeter 2011-07-01.txt:21:09:48: <NihilistDandy> elliott: His mouse obeys the law of the excluded middle :/ 2011-07-01.txt:21:09:55: <elliott> `addquote <NihilistDandy> elliott: His mouse obeys the law of the excluded middle :/ 2011-07-01.txt:21:09:59: <HackEgo> 476) <NihilistDandy> elliott: His mouse obeys the law of the excluded middle :/ 2011-07-01.txt:21:11:46: <NihilistDandy> Related Videos: "2x2=5? Good math trick!" 2011-07-01.txt:21:12:00: <elliott> NihilistDandy: youtueb intelectual 2011-07-01.txt:21:12:12: <NihilistDandy> This much is obvious 2011-07-01.txt:21:13:01: <NihilistDandy> elliott: I got here through #haskell 2011-07-01.txt:21:13:11: <elliott> NihilistDandy: oh well that's just personal recruitment. 2011-07-01.txt:21:13:15: <NihilistDandy> lol 2011-07-01.txt:21:13:24: <Phantom_Hoover> NihilistDandy, you didn't come through during the Great Channelling, did you? 2011-07-01.txt:21:13:30: <NihilistDandy> I don't think so, so 2011-07-01.txt:21:13:32: <NihilistDandy> *no 2011-07-01.txt:21:13:55: <NihilistDandy> I think elliott dropped into #haskell and said "hey, somebody come to #esoteric" 2011-07-01.txt:21:14:06: <Phantom_Hoover> NihilistDandy, ah, no, this was greater still. 2011-07-01.txt:21:15:20: <NihilistDandy> Latest comment on that 2+2=5 video: Aλγεβρα. the best part of mathematics. God i adore it. 2011-07-01.txt:21:15:23: * NihilistDandy sighs 2011-07-01.txt:21:15:59: <NihilistDandy> Truth 2011-07-01.txt:21:16:26: <NihilistDandy> monqy: Three people in the last 24 hours seem to have thought it's some kind of tech support channel 2011-07-01.txt:21:16:53: <NihilistDandy> But python's not a language~ 2011-07-01.txt:21:17:15: <NihilistDandy> Heavy drinking 2011-07-01.txt:21:17:21: <Nisstyre> NihilistDandy: no, PHP's not a language 2011-07-01.txt:21:17:31: <NihilistDandy> Nisstyre: It's a reference to an earlier conversation 2011-07-01.txt:21:17:50: <elliott> NihilistDandy: [asterisk]trolling session 2011-07-01.txt:21:18:00: <NihilistDandy> heh 2011-07-01.txt:21:18:26: <NihilistDandy> I mean, what do they even talk about? Ruby? 2011-07-01.txt:21:19:02: <NihilistDandy> #programming is the same way 2011-07-01.txt:21:19:26: <NihilistDandy> monqy: Yeah. It's depressingly awful. 2011-07-01.txt:21:19:59: <NihilistDandy> How's #gentoo? 2011-07-01.txt:21:20:07: <elliott> NihilistDandy: full of Gentoo users, I'd presume, so... "yeah" 2011-07-01.txt:21:20:11: <NihilistDandy> lo 2011-07-01.txt:21:20:13: <NihilistDandy> *l 2011-07-01.txt:21:21:31: <NihilistDandy> We should do a study 2011-07-01.txt:21:21:43: <Nisstyre> NihilistDandy: it's full of this guy http://www.filehurricane.com/photos/7162007115229PM_ricer_10.jpg 2011-07-01.txt:21:22:00: <NihilistDandy> Nisstyre: I might cry a little 2011-07-01.txt:21:23:16: <NihilistDandy> Hey, now, you can't blame the PHP users. They lack the higher cognitive functions to operate as we do.~ 2011-07-01.txt:21:23:22: <NihilistDandy> Or, wait, was that animals? 2011-07-01.txt:21:23:26: <NihilistDandy> I can't remember anymore. 2011-07-01.txt:21:23:41: <Phantom_Hoover> NihilistDandy, yeah, I feel bad for mocking elliott about it. 2011-07-01.txt:21:24:43: <NihilistDandy> What a great phrase 2011-07-01.txt:21:25:03: <NihilistDandy> pikhq_: People still use CVS? 2011-07-01.txt:21:25:16: <pikhq_> NihilistDandy: Yes. 2011-07-01.txt:21:25:38: <NihilistDandy> I thought it had gone the way of the dinosaurs and the Dodge Dart 2011-07-01.txt:21:27:24: <NihilistDandy> pikhq_: I like git and hg, mostly 2011-07-01.txt:21:27:32: <pikhq_> NihilistDandy: I prefer git, but hg's alright. 2011-07-01.txt:21:28:13: <NihilistDandy> http://importantshock.wordpress.com/2008/08/07/git-vs-mercurial/ 2011-07-01.txt:21:28:48: <NihilistDandy> I thought the analogy was gunny, if nothing else 2011-07-01.txt:21:28:51: <NihilistDandy> *funny 2011-07-01.txt:21:40:14: <NihilistDandy> Well, considering that the definition of God seems to be a moving target when the subject of proof or disproof comes up, it seems like a futile effort 2011-07-01.txt:21:41:25: <NihilistDandy> All right, let's go from an abstract perspective 2011-07-01.txt:21:41:37: <NihilistDandy> What are the minimal axioms a God must satisfy? 2011-07-01.txt:21:42:09: <Sgeo_> NihilistDandy, does Zeus count as a god? 2011-07-01.txt:21:42:17: <NihilistDandy> Sgeo_: Sure, why not? 2011-07-01.txt:21:42:31: <NihilistDandy> If you can disprove one god, I don't see why you couldn't disprove them all. 2011-07-01.txt:21:42:58: <NihilistDandy> Nisstyre: A category can be anything you want, it still satisfies basic rules. 2011-07-01.txt:21:43:21: <Nisstyre> NihilistDandy: okay, it has to be un-observable 2011-07-01.txt:21:43:40: <NihilistDandy> Sgeo_: First we have to define first principles, then we can decide what qualifies. :D 2011-07-01.txt:21:44:21: <NihilistDandy> Magnets 2011-07-01.txt:21:44:28: <NihilistDandy> Rainbows 2011-07-01.txt:21:45:01: <Nisstyre> They all have in common the fact we don't know how they work NihilistDandy 2011-07-01.txt:21:45:22: <NihilistDandy> Nisstyre: People didn't know how groups worked until they tried. :/ 2011-07-01.txt:21:45:54: <NihilistDandy> Benevolence, for instance, is not an axiom of godhood. There are evil (or at least dickish) gods in mythology. 2011-07-01.txt:21:46:30: <NihilistDandy> oerjan: Exactly :/ 2011-07-01.txt:21:47:07: <NihilistDandy> monqy: Fight Club is not a well-defined mathematical object. 2011-07-01.txt:21:47:42: <Phantom_Hoover> NihilistDandy, yes it is. 2011-07-01.txt:21:47:44: <NihilistDandy> I see what you did there 2011-07-01.txt:21:55:01: <NihilistDandy> The polymorph is god. 2011-07-01.txt:23:34:24: <NihilistDandy> zzo38: I THROW THE CARDS ON THE FLOOR AND CALL THE OTHER KID A BITCH 2011-07-01.txt:23:35:20: <zzo38> NihilistDandy: Calling your opponent a bitch and stuff isn't going to help you to win the game. Especially since your opponent will not even get a turn. 2011-07-02.txt:00:54:16: -!- NihilistDandy has quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer). 2011-07-05.txt:21:50:18: -!- NihilistDandy has joined #esoteric. 2011-07-06.txt:23:07:03: -!- NihilistDandy has quit (Remote host closed the connection). 2011-07-15.txt:23:23:29: -!- NihilistDandy has joined #esoteric. 2011-07-16.txt:05:40:03: <NihilistDandy> What book? 2011-07-16.txt:05:40:35: <NihilistDandy> quintopia: That's the only way I get anything done anymore~ 2011-07-16.txt:05:42:43: <NihilistDandy> itidus20: Surprisingly, I can't find it either. I thought I had a near comprehensive set of books on chess. 2011-07-16.txt:05:44:48: <NihilistDandy> I hope I solve chess. That'd look great on a resume~ 2011-07-16.txt:05:48:27: <NihilistDandy> Chess is always exciting, unless you play with people who know a little about it 2011-07-16.txt:05:48:42: <NihilistDandy> People who know nothing are interesting because they are hard to predict 2011-07-16.txt:05:48:56: <NihilistDandy> People who know a lot are exciting because they think in the metagame 2011-07-16.txt:05:49:20: <NihilistDandy> People who know a little have a small repertoire and decent middlegame. No fun at all 2011-07-16.txt:05:50:18: <NihilistDandy> zzo38: I remember that game :D 2011-07-16.txt:06:09:20: <NihilistDandy> Trees seem to be the most correct representation, at least to my mind 2011-07-16.txt:06:09:46: <NihilistDandy> Chess 2011-07-16.txt:06:10:21: <NihilistDandy> Generality is a flaw? 2011-07-16.txt:06:11:51: <NihilistDandy> What insight are we after? Optimal strategy? 2011-07-16.txt:06:12:47: <NihilistDandy> En passant is the rule that no one knows about unless they play regularly. Most of the adults I played with recreationally when I was younger had never heard of it 2011-07-16.txt:06:13:05: <NihilistDandy> Taneb: Ah, I see. Well, that does make a tree a little ridiculous 2011-07-16.txt:06:14:28: <NihilistDandy> I suppose what I'm curious about is what exactly we are trying to quantify about the pieces and their movements. 2011-07-16.txt:06:15:09: <NihilistDandy> Ah, okay 2011-07-16.txt:06:17:51: <NihilistDandy> hmm 2011-07-16.txt:06:18:27: <NihilistDandy> Are we talking a computational system, or a general formalization? 2011-07-16.txt:06:20:48: <NihilistDandy> Depends what you find exciting, I guess 2011-07-16.txt:06:34:20: <NihilistDandy> First let me grab those sweet free Dutch dating links!~ 2011-07-16.txt:06:39:08: <NihilistDandy> Taneb: mIRC, Leafchat 2011-07-16.txt:06:41:20: <NihilistDandy> Taneb: Leafchat's got perl scripting and so on, which is neat 2011-07-16.txt:06:45:49: <NihilistDandy> Use irssi-proxy and any client you like 2011-07-16.txt:06:45:53: <NihilistDandy> Problem solves 2011-07-16.txt:06:45:57: <NihilistDandy> *solved [too many lines; stopping]