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Talk to me. I have a knack for these things. Not languages or even philosophy, but being able to connect to and with those who feel unfairly treated, ...
December 21, 2023 at 10:28
Funny. I've always read it as "Be Hatin'" You gotta read it the right way of course.
December 21, 2023 at 09:26
Pics or it didn't happen. This is rule number one of "internetting" after all. Or were you that ashamed of the final result. :razz:
December 21, 2023 at 09:20
No, no, to have one's thread moved to the lounge be a badge of honor, if nothing else. Like in the days of old, the philosopher's table was not a chop...
December 20, 2023 at 08:37
First off, all these words and terms you use "Sicilian", "English", etc are nonsense in a true discussion of languages being "better". All lingual com...
December 20, 2023 at 06:05
Holidays are, after all, generally, the busiest time of year. I find myself coming up with "scenes" of what I would deem to be great novels fairly oft...
December 18, 2023 at 23:13
I'm surprised at your sheer and utter ignorance, an ignorance rivaled only by that of the accused. Obviously an absolute nobody who has nothing to los...
December 18, 2023 at 02:27
The third stipulation would be superfluous as the first would automatically constitute the fulfillment of the third. That would be an interesting bet ...
December 15, 2023 at 16:19
No, that's fair. Though bear in mind people fight and kill over far less. If they raised their heirs properly and morally, or at least with an innate ...
December 13, 2023 at 08:45
Surely just because one is limited to the certain cheapness that comes with the human existence does not mean bargains are not to be found? :) My clai...
December 12, 2023 at 19:52
Meh. Opinions and perspective, be they internal or external, are cheap, as ever changing as the winds. and often out of one's control anyhow. Lest you...
December 12, 2023 at 19:35
From where does a man strive toward then? Rather, to? What purpose does he have to excel, to defeat that lesser man in the mirror he woke up to? None....
December 12, 2023 at 18:26
Why does every character in Alexandre Dumas' "The Count of Monte Christo" sweat incessantly? Is it just that hot in Europe or did everyone simply have...
December 11, 2023 at 17:54
That actually sounds pretty interesting. It's complicated having to come up with a story out of nothing. But with direction, inspiration seems to flow...
December 07, 2023 at 03:25
So you would agree it is more of a safety net for inexperienced coders versus an actual, functional progression in and of PHP itself. If I want to int...
December 05, 2023 at 01:46
But, and correct me if I'm wrong, doesn't that simply put/shift the onus onto the lower developer to use quirky/prefixed variables now? Example, in ru...
December 04, 2023 at 22:53
Yeah, sure. Again just trying to better understand not to argue purely for the sake of doing so, but- actually no I get it, especially the latter comm...
December 04, 2023 at 11:23
Doesn't one generally not "publicly" reassign variables from a helper/framework class? Say I'm incorporating your framework into whatever PHP project ...
December 04, 2023 at 08:02
No different than class Person { function __construct( $name ) { $this->name = $name; } } $person = new Person( 'Michael' ); echo $person->name; Is it...
December 03, 2023 at 22:01
I had to Google the "readonly" stipulation. What realistic (or even atypical) case scenarios can you provide that warrants its explicit use? Never did...
December 03, 2023 at 20:40
Exactly what I was worrying about, how greatly PHP has changed, or "advanced" allegedly. I'm a solid "OOP'er" as that is, in my eyes, the peak "pinnac...
December 03, 2023 at 20:16
Speaking of other sides I just noticed several of my favorite features of TPF are hidden when not logged in, primarily The Shoutbox and everything und...
December 03, 2023 at 19:18
Doesn't the universe seem to though? Space and the world itself is a chaotic, violent place. If there is no intrinsic meaning or purpose available to ...
November 30, 2023 at 11:22
I think I might be beginning to suffer from some sort of (hopefully temporary) TPF-induced form of mania. I have found myself pondering the concept of...
November 30, 2023 at 10:56
The problem I have with people who say nothing matters (nihilists, moral anti-realists, literal institutionalized persons, etc) is that the majority o...
November 29, 2023 at 01:34
What is "BGE" and why must it insist on trying to be a "thing" after 250+ consecutive failed attempts to? :chin:
November 29, 2023 at 01:08
It's one of those weird things that seem to avoid the normal rules of how things are supposed to work. Similar to Hanover. For example, spent and spen...
November 27, 2023 at 16:17
I'd suggest you keep them shod lest you attract the wrong foot-oriented crowd. Is that a ghost in the window across the street on the second floor? If...
November 22, 2023 at 00:31
Huh. And this whole time I thought you were just one of the goats from your avatar who had learned the ways of the internet. Fascinating the things yo...
November 21, 2023 at 23:39
Once, when I was lucid dreaming, meaning aware I was asleep, I took a picture with my smartphone to see if when I awoke it would be on my phone's gall...
November 21, 2023 at 01:13
I was going to post a dark and graphic warning of a more-common-than-you-might-think form of criminals preying on travelers abroad, like yourself. But...
November 20, 2023 at 22:02
The only true thought experiments are those performed outside of a laboratory setting where the participants are unaware they're participating in one,...
November 20, 2023 at 00:13
Well that's somewhat pleasing and comforting to hear. However, like I said. The first million dollar computer that took years of research and took up ...
November 19, 2023 at 01:39
Neat. It can be used to make enemies of the state give up information/names/locations of stolen goods, persons, or illicit activities. Kidnappers and ...
November 19, 2023 at 01:21
Crikey. Could be a slight flare up of eczema, especially if you have had eczema in the past. Not sure which would be worse. Well wishes. Keep us poste...
November 18, 2023 at 22:04
It's like watching a violent friend who struggles with alcoholism or drug use or violence. Knowing they're going to die (or at least get in trouble an...
November 12, 2023 at 03:31
I plead innocent to that charge, sir. You have to excuse me, at late hours I happen to frequent a particular website that prides itself on "free speec...
November 11, 2023 at 17:59
Religion being a "way (or structure) of life perpetuated" the answer would be: depends on the religion. If, like most people by "religion" you mean a ...
November 11, 2023 at 16:40
Self-imposed investigation perhaps. This isn't Scooby-Doo and you're not driving the Mystery Machine. https://scontent-hou1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.6435-9...
November 11, 2023 at 06:06
So basically you have no idea what you read or saw it just happened to occupy your mind for a short duration similar to the way jingling keys distract...
November 11, 2023 at 03:01
For those who don't trust virtually unknown websites, let alone non-secured ones, would you be able to offer a synopsis or list of bullet points of th...
November 11, 2023 at 02:42
Ordinarily your witty snark is appreciated, a refreshing, even delicious, intellectual mist reminiscent of my own. But not this hollow mockery. Surely...
November 08, 2023 at 23:13
We as a species hold those with power above our heads we cannot reach to a higher standard. You can understand that, surely. Of course. For you must. ...
November 08, 2023 at 22:11
https://i.ibb.co/G0D3RF5/IMG-1084.jpg There ya' are, old timer. :up:
November 08, 2023 at 21:59
One where more people are trying to enter than exit.
November 08, 2023 at 05:42
Haven't had a pork chop in years I believe. Forgot okra even existed, actually. Never hear its name come up around these parts. Never heard of grilled...
November 08, 2023 at 05:40
Spot on. I don't believe anyone could disagree. However one should differentiate "requires" from "prefers". I'd say I "require coffee" first thing in ...
November 06, 2023 at 22:26
Fear. Ignorance. Not to say people are saints of course and no man of a particular self-identification is more or less prone to acts of social ire tha...
November 01, 2023 at 08:14
No I get it. The constants of the site are loaded (header/footer ie. core HTML structure, images, universal JS/CSS, etc) and any content can be a simp...
October 31, 2023 at 11:12
If it's an obituary for a cat or memoirs of the owner of said cat, sure. At that point it might as well be a single page website with a floating sideb...
October 30, 2023 at 20:51