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[Gamedziner]

What is a pls?

It's shorthand for "please".

[dani]

@Saka how did you make that? Reminds me of old school CAPTCHA.

[Saka]

@Saka how did you make that? Reminds me of old school CAPTCHA.

Used GIMP.
Each word is a different layer.
Font is Papyrus.
Size 86.
Warp filters (gimp).
Remove background.
Crop.
???
Profit.

[Macbi]

@Saka how did you make that? Reminds me of old school CAPTCHA.

Used GIMP.
Each word is a different layer.
Font is Papyrus.
Size 86.
Warp filters (gimp).
Remove background.
Crop.
???
Profit.

I know what the "???" step is:

1) Used GIMP.
2) Each word is a different layer.
3) Font is Papyrus.
4) Size 86.
5) Warp filters (gimp).
6) Remove background.
7) Crop.
<-- Cool dude.
9) Profit.

[Saka]

<-- Cool dude.

That cool dude is you .
I believe these jokes come from dvgrn
Speaking of which, I wonder if dvgrn is aware that 8) is an emoji and if he uses the n) list on purpose so 8) turns into

[Bullet51]

Assuming that Shapeloops are "smart" enough, what would happen if a shapeloop starts to ponder the meaning of life?

[Saka]

Assuming that Shapeloops are "smart" enough, what would happen if a shapeloop starts to ponder the meaning of life?

What if loops start buying stocks???

[Majestas32]

The meaning of life is b3/s23 so...

[cordership3]

*shapeloop devises new shapeloop rule*

[dani]

3!*6 = 36
(7-1)!-5 = 715
(7-2^0)! = 720
(4-0!+3+2)!+0 = 40320
(3+6+2^0-8^0+8^0-0!)! = 362880
what other numbers can be made this way? (EDIT: probably all sufficiently large factorials.)

I may set up a script to search for these, if i can figure out how to set something like that up. I was thinking of insane factorial towers like 7!!!!!!!-3!!!!!!!!!+9!!!!!!^5 = 7395 or something like that (not an actual solution)

[77topaz]

I think that, first of all, you'd have to rigorously define which operations can or cannot be used.

[dani]

I think that, first of all, you'd have to rigorously define which operations can or cannot be used.

i would allow pretty much anything besides concatenation. some other examples:

(3+4)^3 = 343
1×9^(sqrt(4))×4! = 1944
(5-0!+3)!-5 = 5035
(5-0!+4-0!)! = 5040
 100^(0!+0!) = 10000
 2^(0!+9+7+1+5-2) = 2097152
 100^(0!+0!+0!)+0 = 1000000

100^... is actually an infinite series. you can replace the )+0+0+0... with any number with the amount of digits as the amount of zeroes such that )+n

[wwei23]

(3+4)^3=343
(7+2)^sqrt(9)=729

[Majestas32]

What is a pls?

*dies inside*

[77topaz]

Hmm... in some variants of the four-fours/three-sixes challenges I've seen, sqrt was counted as 2√ (containing a 2).

[Saka]

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Also, yes, that is actual volcanic ash. Merapi expl00ded.

[dvgrn]

Speaking of which, I wonder if dvgrn is aware that 8) is an emoji and if he uses the n) list on purpose so 8) turns into 8)

Yes, I'm painfully aware that somebody in Emoji Shortcut Design World thought it was a good idea to ruin perfectly good phrases like "7 (mod 8)" by replacing last part with an annoying little face with sunglasses.

I have therefore set User Control Panel > Board Preferences > Edit display options > Display smilies as images to NO. If everyone else does the same, then no one will have any trouble reading my posts. Heh.

-- Eh? What's that? Old man rants? Not at all! Thanks for pointing out that my default list format doesn't really fit in with my general resolve to help maintain the Sacred Balance of Parentheses in the universe (by refusing to use emojis).

[Bullet51]

Iterating on the theme "That's Greek to me"
English:That's Greek to me.
Greek:Εν τούρτζικα που μιλάς(Are you speaking Turkish?)
Turkish:Anladıysam Arap olayım.(If I could understand, I'd be an Arab.)
Arabic: بتتكلم بالهندي؟ (Are you speaking Hindi?)
Hindi: (?)

[Macbi]

Iterating on the theme "That's Greek to me"
English:That's Greek to me.
Greek:Εν τούρτζικα που μιλάς(Are you speaking Turkish?)
Turkish:Anladıysam Arap olayım.(If I could understand, I'd be an Arab.)
Arabic: بتتكلم بالهندي؟ (Are you speaking Hindi?)
Hindi: (?)

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=1024

[M. I. Wright]

Turkish: ... (If I could understand, I'd be an Arab.)
Arabic: بتتكلم بالهندي؟ (Are you speaking Hindi?)

You actually tend to hear "شو عم تحكي بالتركي؟" / "What are you speaking, Turkish?" where I'm from, so I guess it starts going back up from there

[77topaz]

Fortunately, there does exist a "Disable smilies" option when you create a post, not just when you view one.

[praosylen]

A time traveler walks into a bar

[dani]

Fifty years ago I was a mini skinny kid in Taiwan
I walked 10 miles to school so I left my house at dawn
Now, I drive in Houston, Texas in a Lexus sedan
And when I ride inside, I can be the weatherman

But at home, I'm in the backyard
In the washroom, or the kitchen
Mowing grass and drying clothes, or scaling fish and pulling chicken bones
But I'm loyal as a lifetime money-back guarantee
Even if you haven't shaved your legs since '83

[wwei23]

Is BlackStorm banned?
EDIT: My dad is probably the impatient version of Wright*Danny*Calcyman.

[Saka]

Iterating on the theme "That's Greek to me"
English:That's Greek to me.
Greek:Εν τούρτζικα που μιλάς(Are you speaking Turkish?)
Turkish:Anladıysam Arap olayım.(If I could understand, I'd be an Arab.)
Arabic: بتتكلم بالهندي؟ (Are you speaking Hindi?)
Hindi: (?)

For Indonesian it's "Tulisan ceker ayam" ("Chicken foot handwriting") for terrible handwriting but I am not sure of any for oral communication, but I think it's "Bahasa alien" or simply "Alien language".

EDIT:
Wikipedia says that in Javanese it's the Dutch language (Basa londo). And for oral Indonesian it indeed is "Bahasa alien".