Conversations overheard
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Listen very carefully, I shall say this only once.
ahem
Listen very carefully, I zhall say zis only wance.(It's the vowels. Gotta get the vowel sounds right.)
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And now I'm back to that little cafe in that cheesy BBC sitcom. Where is the Madonna with ze fallen boobies?
Morningwood Crescent?
SIC
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Morningwood Crescent?
<small><small><small><small><small><small><small><small>SIC
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/'Allo_'Allo!
@discoursebot help me out here?
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Days Since Last Bug: 1<t3268p209>
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Excuse me?!
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yes, wut?
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I was surprised that days since last bug was 1, but it's based on the last post created in the Bug category, so actually that checks out.
Maybe it should say "Days Since Last Bug Logged".
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I actually thought the bot didn't check and just wrote 'Days since last bug: 0' for the lulz.
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I was bored at work one day, so made it actually work it out because it (when I did it) would always show 0 anyway and I found that funnier.
If this carries on, I'll go back to it always saying 0.
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But of course I could just log the bug and make it correct again?
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Tóúçhë
You can't parse HTML with regexes:
lie s of Man ALL IS LOŚ͖̩͇̗̪̏̈́T ALL I S LOST the pon̷y he comes he c̶̮omes he comes the ich or permeates all MY FACE MY FACE ᵒh god no NO NOO̼O O NΘ stop the an *̶͑̾̾ ̅ͫ͏̙̤g͇̫͛͆̾ͫ̑͆l͖͉̗̩̳̟̍ͫͥͨe̠̅s ͎a̧͈͖r̽̾̈́͒͑e n ot rè̑ͧ̌aͨl̘̝̙̃ͤ͂̾̆ ZA̡͊͠͝LGΌ ISͮ̂҉̯͈͕̹̘̱ TO͇̹̺ͅƝ̴ȳ̳ TH̘Ë͖́̉ ͠P̯͍̭O̚ N̐Y̡ H̸̡̪̯ͨ͊̽̅̾̎Ȩ̬̩̾͛ͪ̈́̀́͘ ̶̧̨̱̹̭̯ͧ̾ͬC̷̙̲̝͖ͭ̏ͥͮ͟Oͮ͏̮̪̝͍M̲̖͊̒ͪͩͬ̚̚͜Ȇ̴̟̟͙̞ͩ͌͝S̨̥̫͎̭ͯ̿̔̀ͅ
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Sweet. That worked better than I thought it would.
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Of course.
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S'cool - thanks to Discourse the situation fixed itself.
@discoursebot
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Days Since Last Bug: 0<t3268p222>
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@Intercourse said:
I still have not had a virus or malware on any of my computers in ~5 years.
@Intercourse said:
I have not had a loud virus advertising it's data collection habits pop a porn ad on my screen
FTFY
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lie s of Man ALL IS LOŚ͖̩͇̗̪̏̈́T ALL I S LOST the pon̷y he comes he c̶̮omes he comes the ich or permeates all MY FACE MY FACE ᵒh god no NO NOO̼O O NΘ stop the an *̶͑̾̾ ̅ͫ͏̙̤g͇̫͛͆̾ͫ̑͆l͖͉̗̩̳̟̍ͫͥͨe̠̅s ͎a̧͈͖r̽̾̈́͒͑e n ot rè̑ͧ̌aͨl̘̝̙̃ͤ͂̾̆ ZA̡͊͠͝LGΌ ISͮ̂҉̯͈͕̹̘̱ TO͇̹̺ͅƝ̴ȳ̳ TH̘Ë͖́̉ ͠P̯͍̭O̚ N̐Y̡ H̸̡̪̯ͨ͊̽̅̾̎Ȩ̬̩̾͛ͪ̈́̀́͘ ̶̧̨̱̹̭̯ͧ̾ͬC̷̙̲̝͖ͭ̏ͥͮ͟Oͮ͏̮̪̝͍M̲̖͊̒ͪͩͬ̚̚͜Ȇ̴̟̟͙̞ͩ͌͝S̨̥̫͎̭ͯ̿̔̀ͅ
Let's see quoted... I'm on my phone so have limited input... 💥
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Did you Discoround?
No but people of said town have a tendency to exaggerate the size and importance of their village.
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No but people of said town have a tendency to exaggerate the size and importance of their village.
I think you typo'd "accurately portray". Understandable mistake, the keys are right next to eachother.
If Diest and Mortsel are cities, then Antwerp most certainly is...
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I think you typo'd "accurately portray". Understandable mistake, the keys are right next to eachother.
If Diest and Mortsel are cities, then Antwerp most certainly is...
Ok. Diest, Mortsel, Antwerp and other shitholes can be cities too.
Point is their cities to Belgium standards. Making them villages for other people.
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Not actually sure how the situation is in Belgium, but size may not be the primary argument.
I know up until very recently in the Netherlands, The Hague was a village. Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht, and tons of others were cities, but The Hague as seat of government never got that title because it did not suit those in charge to give it that independence.
I don't believe any equivalence of the word town is used in dutch.
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Maybe it should say "Days Since Last Bug Logged".
Shouldn't it keep a record of when it was last summoned and use that?
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Not actually sure how the situation is in Belgium, but size may not be the primary argument.
According to https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lijst_van_steden_in_België:
Een stad in België is een gemeente die bij Koninklijk Besluit, bij wet of bij decreet de stadstitel draagt.
Translated for our non-Dutch-speaking forum friends:A city in Belgium is a municipality which has received the title of "city" by Royal Decree, law or decree.
It seems it's not an automatic badge, but handed out manually by the moderators, so to speak :)
I know up until very recently in the Netherlands, The Hague was a village. Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht, and tons of others were cities, but The Hague as seat of government never got that title because it did not suit those in charge to give it that independence.
What independence would The Hague gain if it were declared to be a city?
I don't believe any equivalence of the word town is used in dutch.
Gemeente?
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size may not be the primary argument.
No it is meanly a historical thing e.g. once you got it you have that title for eternity.
But when the municipalities where reordered and merged in 1977 a legal way for 'upgrading' was created. A village can now petition to become a city. It is however only a title. There doesn't seem to be a benefit to be gained aside from prestige.
All official things use population (sometimes territorial size). For example: when population increases the number of representatives in the communal board increases.by Royal Decree, law or decree.
Translation adds to the confusion ...
A royal decree is by definition a rule imposed by the Belgian Federal Governement and signed by the King. For added fun: he is not allowed to change anything nor deny the signing.
When something is not a royal decree but a 'normal' decree it implies that it was not signed by King Filip and originates with one of the other governements (Flemish, Walloon, French, German). But not Brussels, because they have something called ordonance. That is completely the same expect for some extra rules where these can be overruled by judges or even the federal governement.Gemeente?
Not really. For us 'gemeente' is a more legal connotation and bares no real indication of size. Municipality would probably be a more appropriate translation Town is more a size thing.
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Thanks for the detailed explanation. I got my information from Wikipedia and newsgroup posts like https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/be.burgerrechten/4H2k-30gTrg, so I didn't get any in-depth information.
A royal decree is by definition a rule imposed by the Belgian Federal Governement and signed by the King.
For added fun: he is not allowed to change anything nor deny the signing.Don't forget the abortion law workaround: if the King doesn't want to sign, the government just declares him not-King for a few days, makes a law out of the decree and reinstates him.
For us 'gemeente' is a more legal connotation and bares no real indication of size. Municipality would probably be a more appropriate translation Town is more a size thing.
Municipality is indeed size independent, but "gemeente" isn't, I think.
Dorp (village) < gemeente (town) < stad (city) when ordering by size.I assumed @PleegWat was referring to the size connotation of "town", hence my proposed translation of "gemeente".
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I don't know the exact English words here, but I was indeed referring to the size connotation. In dutch, there are two main sizes: "Dorp" (village) and "Stad" (city). "Gemeente" is a political subdivision. Every village or city is part of a "Gemeente", several villages can be one "Gemeente" together. I believe the correct translation here is "Municipality".
What @OffByOne quoted for Belgium is very similar to what the Dutch situation used to be - the right to call oneself a city is awarded by the King, Stadthouder, or States-general depending on the era. In the past, cities used to have special rights compared to villages, such as the right to have their own laws, taxes, and fortifications. Villages did not have these rights.
Nowadays in Dutch laws these distinctions no longer apply, and there are only population count distinctions.
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Don't forget the abortion law workaround: if the King doesn't want to sign, the government just declares him not-King for a few days, makes a law out of the decree and reinstates him.
I didn't forgot it. I didn't mention it because the chances that a trick like that will ever be pulled again are very, very slim. Any future king who denies to sign a law would have a fat chance of becoming the last one.I think.Dorp (village) < gemeente (town) < stad (city) when ordering by size
No I don't agree. Those are not on one scale. A gemeente (municipality) is an independent chunck governed by a major. Some gemeentes have the right to call themselves city. But it remains a major who presides a 'gemeenteraad' (wich unfortunately translates as city council). In legal and political speech a gemeente can be both a village, a group of villages or a city. Similar like what @PleegWat says. To add to the confusion official speak often uses phrases like "Municipalities and Cities".
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I didn't forgot it. I didn't mention it because the chances that a trick like that will ever be pulled again are very, very slim. Any future king who denies to sign a law would have a fat chance of becoming the last one.
Are you sure about that? Finding legal loopholes like that seems to be part of the job description for politicians here.I'm really curious how the lawsuit of Delphine Boël against former King Albert will turn out. I expect at least some creativity during the process.
Some gemeentes have the right to call themselves city. But it remains a major who presides a 'gemeenteraad' (wich unfortunately translates as city council).
To add even more to the confusion: they convene in a "gemeentehuis" or "stadhuis", depending.
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Are you sure about that? Finding legal loopholes like that seems to be part of the job description for politicians here.
Politicians have also a very short term memory. That generation is almost gone. If however it comes again at such situation I suspect that a more general solution would be utilized. In Luxembourgh they changed the constitution removing the requirement of signing when Duke (more or less their king) Henri clearly stated in 2008 that he wouldn't signed the euthanasia law.
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Nah, more along the lines of being a barrier to write easily - since I'm using a MacBook with Windows on it... meaning that I don't have an Alt-Gr key that functions as expected so the usual realms of accented letters and I'm so used to not writing entities because normal software does what it's supposed to and escape the fucking ampersand... that it doesn't occur to me to use them.
Not really a barrier to correct pronunciation given English's oddities anyway.
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I don't have an Alt-Gr key
éèçàëëùâ and some more without using any other key then shift
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éèçàëëùâ and some more without using any other key then shift
UK keyboard has none of these things.
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UK keyboard has none of these things.
Don't blame me for your silly keyboard. Downside is that #{}|[] are all rather inconveniently placed
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I don't see it as a silly keyboard. It has everything on it that I want and need except for accented characters but that's only a problem when confronted with non-English pedantic dickweeds
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non-English pedantic dickweeds
C'est qui ce type de pédant avec la bitte de mauvaise herbes?
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UK keyboard has none of these things.
Pfffffbt. You silly Limeys. You should have 'merican keyboards. We invented the English language, we know how to do it right.
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C'est qui ce type de pédant avec la bitte de mauvaise herbes?
Je ne parle la francais?
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@Intercourse said:
Pfffffbt. You silly Limeys. You should have 'merican keyboards. We invented the English language, we know how to do it right.
Did you bollocks. If it's invented in America why the fuck isn't it called American?