(22:39) Jonathan: What's up with the firewood stacked to the ceiling behind Bernie?
(22:39) Jonathan: (Sorry, watching the DNC, not sure what to make of Bernie's backdrop)
(22:41) DC: [...] He's probably just doing it from his backyard?
(22:41) Jonathan: Lol, yeah I feel like he's in a woodshed
(22:42) DC: lol might just be the spot in his yard with thebest service
"The president's defense has been «I don't read it». That's like a pilot telling you he doesn't read the instruments in the cockpit. That pilot is going to get you killed."
(18:54:03) khannatanmai: I guess if we struggled with ambiguity in daily life, language would be pretty inefficient
(18:54:13) spectie: khannatanmai: welcome to firespeaker's world ;DDD
"I feel like the Titanic has struck an iceberg, and the crew is being asked to put on a play while bailing water."
(23:00:22) khannatanmai: "Another possibility is to allow the Assembly to amend the bylaws without involving the PMC, so we can handle abuse of power when and if it happens."
(23:00:33) khannatanmai: what kind of abuse of power does he have in mind?
(23:00:42) khannatanmai: we're a tiny group doing rule based MT :p
(23:29:13) popcorndude: power corrupts
(23:29:24) popcorndude: finite-state power corrupts finitely
(23:29:34) popcorndude: we should be fine
movie: "And a happy new year!"
EJW: "That's not a happy new year. It's a bad one."
"I forget if oygn is spelled with an ayin or not."
"You know what they say—everyone has their own o-pinyin about how to transliterate Chinese."
(12:56:11) jonathan: this rewording is very minor but does seem to get rid of one of the issues at least
(12:56:39) jonathan: I'm not positive, though; I have to force myself to misunderstand my own thoughts to even evaluate whether it's maybe fixed :(
(12:56:53) Фрэн: well, i can help with that
(01:22:06) sushain: ah who needs grad students
(01:22:09) sushain: if you have 2TB of RAM