01:39 <raptop> !wpn

01:45 <egg|laptop|egg_> https://twitter.com/winocm/status/1447375415891218433

01:59 <raptop> that's certainly a ruleset

03:17 <raptop> Note to self: try not to mis-hear 丸い as 悪い

03:17 <raptop> (cc: SnoopJ I guess)

03:20 <raptop> Also 厚い and 暑い being homonyms

03:24 <raptop> tonight in cool minerals: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarcticite

03:24 <galois> [WIKIPEDIA] Antarcticite | "Antarcticite is an uncommon calcium chloride hexahydrate mineral with formula: CaCl2·6H2O. It forms colorless acicular trigonal crystals. It is hygroscopic and has a low specific gravity of 1.715.As its name implies, it was first described in 1965 for an occurrence in Antarctica where it occurs as crystalline..."

04:54 <UmbralRaptop> https://twitter.com/netgeekAnimal/status/1447052722566352897

05:15 <UmbralRaptop> https://twitter.com/romy_rodz/status/1447407645376266240

13:39 <SnoopJ> raptop, spherical cow (evil)

13:40 <UmbralRaptop> hah

13:45 <SnoopJ> I bet !wpn could do that if it had a more generative grammar approach

17:23 <raptop> OH: "my french is bad enough that i once accidentally ordered 84 sausages at a butcher instead of 12."

19:15 <raptop> astronomers naming things: https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.03843

19:15 <galois> title: [2110.03843] The HETDEX Instrumentation: Hobby-Eberly Telescope Wide Field Upgrade and VIRUS

19:19 <raptop> astronomers titling things: https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.04131

19:19 <galois> title: [2110.04131] The cosmic carbon footprint of massive stars stripped in binary systems

19:20 <raptop> astronomers naming things: https://arxiv.org/abs/2110.03822

19:20 <galois> title: [2110.03822] Non-detection of $^6$Li in Spite plateau stars with ESPRESSO

19:20 <raptop> (The *what* plateau?)

19:21 <raptop> Apparently named after Spite & Spite (1982)

19:21 <SnoopJ> the Spite plateau is a pretty good description of where I'm at with some stuff at work

19:21 <SnoopJ> (engineers managing things!)

19:23 <raptop> hrm, normally engineers managing things seems fine?

19:24 <SnoopJ> some adapt to the different nature of the responsibilities, some shrug and keep driving screws with hammers

19:24 <SnoopJ> my manager is more the latter than the former :(

19:24 <raptop> aaaa

20:38 <raptop> !u ⁂

20:38 <galois> ⁂: U+2042 ASTERISM

21:15 <SnoopJ> raptop, something something nekomancer

21:18 <raptop> heh