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We're over-sugared, and context is key.

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Now the Turkish Delight candy bar is another thing entirely.
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"Ugh, TMI." "Yeah, that's some tantalizing meat info."

Humble
Hard G
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god
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SMH = Shaking My Head
SMDH = Shaking My Damn? Head

The dress thing was the image that went around with the optical illusion. Wasn't it blue and gold actually? Or something like that? (Queue Isg...)

I've actually used both S Q L and Sequel.

I used two spaces for a LOOONNNNGGGG time. But, in my defense, I also learned to type in the 7th grade (late 70s) on a typewriter. I did finally outgrow it. I think it was from a conversation either here or on GG.

Pretty funny comic.

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Humble
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no clue
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(white and gold was the other dress option)
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TheMix wrote: Fri May 04, 2018 12:44 pm I've actually used both S Q L and Sequel.
Same here, I couldn't figure out when I used which though.

"It's a 'sequel' database... "
"I can write a sequel query..."
"You can't do that using SQL"
"this is where we keep all the SQL files"

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I think sometimes I vary how I say it depending on who I'm talking to. If they don't work with it, I'm probably more likely to use the letters. Maybe. I'm the same way. I'm having a hard time nailing down why I use what when. :D

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They left out SCSI!
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TheMix wrote: The dress thing was the image that went around with the optical illusion. Wasn't it blue and gold actually? Or something like that? (Queue Isg...)
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Isgrimnur wrote: Fri May 04, 2018 2:32 pm
TheMix wrote: The dress thing was the image that went around with the optical illusion. Wasn't it blue and gold actually? Or something like that? (Queue Isg...)
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I knew I could count on you not letting my laziness down. 8-)

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milo wrote: Fri May 04, 2018 1:44 pm They left out SCSI!
What's that debate?
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Not sure.

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GreenGoo wrote: Fri May 04, 2018 3:16 pm Not sure.

Scuzzy.
That's the only way I've heard it.
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The Meal wrote: Fri May 04, 2018 2:39 pm
milo wrote: Fri May 04, 2018 1:44 pm They left out SCSI!
What's that debate?
SCSI was originally SASI (Shugart Associates System Interface) but you can't have an ANSI standard with a company name in it. So Larry Boucher—the lead engineer behind the project at Shugart—proposed SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) as a replacement, and he intended the acronym to be pronounced "sexy". But he's pretty much the only person who ever pronounced it that way.
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And on that note, getting old is starting to suck in ways that I never imagined. Like getting pissed off by word misusage. Or shitty browser spell checkers that tell me that I'm misspelling a word that I am very certainly not. Or phone auto-correct behaving like a more controlling shitty browser spellchecker.
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Sure, but what's next? Air flight lead directly to space flight. What does space flight lead to? Time travel?

We have little handheld devices that do more than the craziest science fiction could dream of during the age of space travel.

That's...pretty good too, I guess?
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And that was a huge leap. Unless the web counts we haven't had another huge leap.
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Daehawk wrote: Wed Nov 21, 2018 2:56 pm And that was a huge leap. Unless the web counts we haven't had another huge leap.
Of course the web counts.

We have a thousand things today that we couldn't even conceive of, let alone start working towards when space flight first became a thing.

We have self driving cars, for fuck's sake.
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I'm reading an article on my phone about drone sized aircraft using ionic wind for propulsion. Which is all sorts of amazing. Propulsion with no explosions or moving parts is witchcraft to my ancient way of viewing the world.

Apparently not ancient enough though as it appears the phenomenon was first described in the early 1700's.

Will post article later if anyone cares to read about it.
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GreenGoo wrote: Wed Nov 21, 2018 3:09 pm
Daehawk wrote: Wed Nov 21, 2018 2:56 pm And that was a huge leap. Unless the web counts we haven't had another huge leap.
Of course the web counts.

We have a thousand things today that we couldn't even conceive of, let alone start working towards when space flight first became a thing.

We have self driving cars, for fuck's sake.
We have hover motorcycles that can go as fast and as high as you want to go.

I'd say that's something!
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This one hits close to home. My son just turned 20 lol.

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For those of us who have followed xkcd for a long time, I think this is the most amazing things he's ever done...

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all the feels man. all the feels.
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