Captain was looking for a pilot. I found a husband. Seemed to work out.

Zoe ,'Bushwhacked'


Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


tommyrot - May 18, 2010 8:51:31 am PDT #97 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

A Computer Algorithm That Can Detect Sarcasm

Crap. I was planning on using sarcasm as my primary weapon during the robot rebellion....

To create such an algorithm, the team scanned 66,000 Amazon.com product reviews, with three different human annotators tagging sentences for sarcasm. The team then identified certain sarcastic patterns that emerged in the reviews and created a classification algorithm that puts each statement into a sarcastic class.

The algorithms were then trained on that seed set of 80 sentences from the collection of reviews. These annotated sentences helped the algorithm learn what sorts of words and patterns distinguish sarcastic remarks – those that mean the opposite of what they literally convey, or that convey a sentiment inconsistent with the literal reading.

But I like how they used Amazon product reviews as a source of sarcasm....


§ ita § - May 18, 2010 8:52:44 am PDT #98 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Dammit, Tommy, I was just coming here with that. Except the slashdot link. Which also mentions twitter.


tommyrot - May 18, 2010 8:53:35 am PDT #99 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Disney's princesses reimagined as sluts. That's NSFW where I work.

I was thinking of saying it was borderline safe for work, as they're all clothed - I mean, at least as much clothing as a bikini. Is it the cartoon sluttiness that pushes it over the NSFW border?


§ ita § - May 18, 2010 8:56:07 am PDT #100 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

Is it the cartoon sluttiness that pushes it over the NSFW border?

They're all posed and nigh undressed and nips pushed out and trampy. Not letting anyone see that over my shoulder.


Kat - May 18, 2010 8:58:39 am PDT #101 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Hey, groupon users! Question... are any of you participating in the Groupon Rewards Program?


Jesse - May 18, 2010 8:59:24 am PDT #102 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Yeah, I guess so.


tommyrot - May 18, 2010 8:59:26 am PDT #103 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

They're all posed and nigh undressed and nips pushed out and trampy. Not letting anyone see that over my shoulder.

Oops, I didn't catch the nips on my first view. Anyway, I'll adjust my NSFW posting filter accordingly.


Lee - May 18, 2010 9:04:04 am PDT #104 of 30001
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

are any of you participating in the Groupon Rewards Program

? Is that the "refer people and we will give you money when they buy something" program, or something else?


Kat - May 18, 2010 9:06:09 am PDT #105 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

Something else.

Perkins, go to [link] and see if you see anything? It's a beta program.


Kat - May 18, 2010 9:07:16 am PDT #106 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

oh wait! if you can't see it, I can invite you if you give me the email you groupon from.