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General Discussion / Re: if self.isCoder(): post() #Programming Thread
« on: January 09, 2017, 05:09:43 pm »
Yes, I think the best way would be regular expressions and os.rename(). Something like:

Code: [Select]
for file in filenames:
    os.rename(file, re.sub(file, "—.*$", ""))

If you're using Python 3, you shouldn't have to worry about unicode.

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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« on: January 09, 2017, 03:18:43 pm »
I think you guys missed Neo's point: in fiction, primitive societies are depicted as effortless, even though in reality they would require working all day long just for basic sustenance. The people are rarely seen doing any actual hunting or gathering or farming, and even if they are, they're shown working for maybe a couple of hours before they're done for the week.
I think we all get that. Rolepgeek was just expanding on it re: actual historical societies. I think so, at least.

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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« on: January 09, 2017, 02:52:44 pm »
Depends on the primitive society;

Hunter-Gatherer societies before agriculture were much healthier and had higher average lifespans and happiness than agricultural ones; it's just that you can support 100x greater density of people with agriculture. Disease was less common, famine was often less common, overpopulation was usually handled via infanticide (since in a nomadic society, it's hard to support more than one kid who can't walk at a time).

Plus, it might just be that they enjoy their work and so it doesn't seem like work, unlike modern jobs which pound you with stress.
Your basic premise about disease/famine being less common with less population density seems sound. I'm not sure where you get the data about health/lifespan and especially happiness in hunter-gatherer societies, though.
Also I must protest against the "modern jobs that pound you with stress" bit. Sure, some do, but then, some don't. And I am quite sure that if your chief wants you to gather two kilos of berries before sunset or he will kick you in the groin, you get stressed. What I mean is, you have the opportunity to enjoy your work in the modern world, and to get stressed while hunting/gathering, and vice versa, and I'm not sure how these things compare numerically.

Ninja'd, apparently.

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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« on: January 07, 2017, 04:45:17 pm »
truean does not want posts to be quoted in the first place, actually.
...Well, shit. I really should start reading people's sigs or whatever.
I'll go remove the quotes, I guess.

E: What is the deal with being quoted, though?

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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« on: January 07, 2017, 02:59:05 pm »
I think he thinks you were talking about him, personally. He's a lawyer, or attorney, I'm not clear on the difference.
I kind of was, though. I never meant to imply that I think Truean is not constructive or useful or whatever - just that there are definitions of constructiveness from which even they are not.
It was kinda sketchy to do, in retrospect. I regret doing it, for what it's worth.
I try to avoid getting into internet arguments out of fear that I will be another asshole arguing on the internet... and then I do get into them and it turns out that yeah, I absolutely am another asshole arguing on the internet. That's gotta be something about the format... yeah. Let's go with that. Something's wrong with the format and not me at all.

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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« on: January 07, 2017, 02:39:44 pm »

However, you're right about the "constructive" thing...except that for a certain definition of constructive, a lot of people never did anything constructive before - never produced anything, for example - and that never stopped them from existing and enjoying their lives. Look at lawyers, for one.

You're so clever with your ad hominem. How lovely. I don't care.
Eh? Never meant it as one. I do not define "constructive" as "producing objects". I only meant to point out how "constructiveness" is kinda vague.
I'm... sorry about that, I guess? I couldn't resist taking a jab with my argument; I never meant that your opinion is somehow invalid because you're a lawyer, though. Sorry.

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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« on: January 07, 2017, 02:30:39 pm »
E: Quotes again. Forgot this one.

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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« on: January 07, 2017, 02:26:14 pm »
E: Edited to remove a bunch of quotes.

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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« on: January 06, 2017, 07:17:32 pm »
In unrelated news, dayum is it cald out today. It's currently -30C, which apparently translates into -22 Forkinwobble or whatever is it you've got. I went out for groceries and my breath froze to my eyebrows.

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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« on: January 06, 2017, 07:00:05 pm »
Think about it: Someone falls asleep (or dies of a heart attack) in their car, how will the cops stop it (before it reaches its destination)?
I'm thinking that once driverless cars become widespread, at least some countries will insist on making manufacturers implement some sort of remote shutdown or tracking mechanism for their police forces to use.
Don't see what the problem with falling asleep is, though.

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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« on: January 06, 2017, 06:36:07 pm »
I'm just the boring friend who stone walls everyone
Ffffuck. This resonated with me in a rather painful manner. So, uh, I guess you're not the only one. I dunno if this should be comforting or disheartening but whatever.

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General Discussion / Re: Bay 12 Plug.dj: Alive and back and action.
« on: January 06, 2017, 06:29:23 pm »
I'll be here for a bit. Come along if you're, you know, here.

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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you sad today thread.
« on: January 03, 2017, 09:35:21 pm »
My dad threatened to throw me out of the house for asking my mom not to demean and insult me, and I had to threaten to choke him so he wouldn't slam my head against a table when he grabbed and tossed me from one side of the room to antohr. I don't have anyone to talk to aboiut this so im just putting this here.
You are capable of subduing him should you need to, right? "Had to threaten to choke him" kind of implies that to me, but him tossing you from one side to the other sort of... counter-implies it. Which is it? It seems kind of important.

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I was very tempted to answer "Darude - Sandstorm."  :P

That meme is as dumb as Harambe. Some gorilla dies and suddenly everybody screams "Sausages are out for Harambe!".

This is what happens when memes go mainstream.


Anyway, in the USA there are a lot of names that are stereotypically associated with old people, like Esther, Maurice, Rose, Doris, Elmer, Pearl, Carol, or Jasper. What are some "old people names" in other countries?
I dunno if this counts as "old people names", but in Russia, there's a stratum of rare names that are associated with the Old Believers, and consequently, also some of the indigenous peoples of Siberia, like Yakuts. They were popular before the schism, and the Old Believers who fled to Siberia sort of retained them. Some of those names, off the top of my head, are Savva, Nikifor, Avakoum, Elizar, Faddei and Mina for men and Praskovia, Khavronia and Pelageia for women. There also some names that I only remember old guys ever having, like Potap.

On a different note, there are also the revolutionary names, which were mildly popular at one point in the early XX century, but then kinda fell out of use, so most of their living bearers are old-ass people now. Some that I remember are Rem ("Revolution. Electrification. Marxism"), Vladlen ("Vladimir Lenin") and Kim ("Youth Communist International"). Those are like ultra rare, though.

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General Discussion / Re: Things that made you go "WTF?" today o_O
« on: January 03, 2017, 10:33:35 am »
I always felt a little iffy about buying games that don't officially support my platform. Like, when I buy a game that has Linux support, I'm kind of paying for the assurance that it works out the box, and if it doesn't I can refund it. If I have to screw around with wine to maybe-possibly make it run, it's just not something I wanna pay for.

I also do not feel that people who made the decision not to support Linux should benefit from my patronage. It's like, I'm not making this out to be a moral choice, I understand that devs have their own business decisions to make, but I'm like "Yeah, yeah, I totally understand, bye, ring me if you put a Linux version out, have a good day." And perhaps that way they will in the long run decide that it's worth it to support my platform. I don't see how giving them my money anyway will help them see that.

E: and also all those "We have a linux build but we do not support it officially, wanna buy it anyway?" people, like, what? You want me to pay to do your beta testing for you? Come on.

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