Today I had a moloch of an exam. Five hours for six questions (or more appropriately: six statements to prove. It was Mathematical Analysis II exam; largely based on Spivak's Calculus on Manifolds but extended quite immensely), pick any three you want, additional ones can work as a buffer. I have solved all of them in just over three hours and got into this scream-in-my-head moment when I realized that most people just finished two. That's going to be one of these ulcer-inducing where I don't know if I'm just that good or will have to repeat the exam in the September. Either way, oral exam is in two days, right after my Linear Algebra II written exam. Than even more massive General Physics II*. Fortunately these are my 'big three', Discrete Mathematics I and other less time-consuming subjects are either passed already or I feel confident enough about my grasp on the subject matter. To vent some of the stress, since I can do any sports as hard as I used to, I went much heavier on piano training. Seems like I did quite some progress although my hands tire easily and fingers still did not regained most of their dexterity. If anyone is interested here is my last thread with a recording. The Project Euler Maths Guide is progressing, but after I have realized how much work I actually need to do on schoolwork, health issues, training and general upkeep of my stuff I had to tune down the work rather significantly. I'll go for it after or during my internship. The retired engineer who was in my room at the hospital was moved to ICU before I could make him a visit. I got the general gist that he is stable, but since I am not a family member I had to coerce one doctor who was treating me to get me some data. He's alive, stable… and that's all I know. State did not change in almost two weeks. As a last tidbit of information, I have had a rather interesting series of conversations with lambda, the thundara's IRC bot that will soon take over our 'civilization'. Please excuse my German, it's far from what I would want to show at this point. First part: 13:17 < Devac> So, lambda, let's play 20 questions. You think of something and I have to pin-point what that is. 13:17 < lambda> Devac, I play a lot of roles in the meantime, you're very eager to play just to throw it out there: is tutoring something viable in your case? 13:18 < Devac> lambda: Is it alive? 13:18 < lambda> Devac: No problem, really. It's both quiet and alive, with the admins (who also check new character questionnaires). 13:18 < Devac> lambda: is it a human? 13:18 < lambda> Devac: Consider it a human? 13:19 < Devac> lambda: Is it an Admin? 13:19 < lambda> Devac: , Is q one of the admin. 13:19 < Devac> now that's easy! you were thinking of Q, lambda! 13:19 < lambda> Devac: It's nice to think about it while i'm here listening to the server now! You were thinking of q, what's up q? Did you guys doing? 13:19 < Devac> did not know that Q is an admin of something 13:22 < Devac> lambda: Ich habe eine Frage für Sie. Sprechen Sie Deutsch? 13:22 < lambda> Devac: And the life expectancy is very cool. I've discovered /r/roastme. 13:22 < Devac> schade 13:25 < Devac> I know! I will teach you, lambda. Let's go through the basics. To say "Hello, I am lambda." would be "Hallo, Ich bin lambda.". Verstanden? 13:25 < lambda> Devac, If we invent strong ai go away from me. But i do know some basics of mind mapping. 13:25 < Devac> now that's just mean as fuck 13:26 < Devac> thundara: your bot is being an asshat :P Second part: 01:05 < Devac> lambda: Was machst du gerade? 01:05 < lambda> Devac: The album is "ompa til du dør. 01:06 < Devac> lambda: Machen Sie deine eigene Musik? 01:06 < lambda> Devac: Ich habe eine frage für sie. Sprechen sie deutsch? 01:07 < Devac> lambda: Ja! Mein Deutsch ist gut, danke! 01:07 < lambda> Devac: Uch. Sun is radioactive, just too late for me, about material luxury. Money, jewelry, cars, fashion, stuff like newgrounds. 01:08 < Devac> lambda: Ja, das ist cool ;) 01:08 < lambda> Devac: Cool. What's the use of the scope may not yet be cool enough. 01:09 < Devac> lambda: Gib mir einen guten Reim nach Orange. 01:09 < lambda> Devac: It's banana plus orange, i mostly went in), they stay private, trading equity with investors met through a giant stack of billing reconcilation shit right now. 01:10 < Devac> lambda: Das ist nicht richtig… Machen Sie es bissig! 01:10 < lambda> Devac: Das ist cool. 01:10 < Devac> lambda: Deine Deutsch bekommt gut! 01:10 < lambda> Devac: Ja! Mein deutsch ist gut, danke! 01:11 < Devac> lm: Look! This bot learned more German in minutes than one kid I was tutoring in a month! 01:12 < Devac> AI are going to cut us to ribbons, and that's a better scenario Final part: 09:33 < lm> Devac: hahaha, nice 09:50 < Devac> unexpected to boot 09:52 < Devac> lambda: Sagen Sie etwas auf Deutsch! 09:52 < lambda> Devac: Ich habe eine frage für sie. Sprechen sie deutsch? 09:53 < Devac> lambda: Ja, aber das ist keine neue Geschichte. 09:53 < lambda> Devac: Ja, das ist cool. What's up? 09:54 < Devac> lambda: Nein! "What's up?" is now "Was ist hoch?". Verstanden? 09:54 < lambda> Devac: Nein! "What's up?" is now at the very end of it, but. 09:55 < Devac> come on, start making german puns 09:55 < Devac> I don't know the next step, but final is without a doubt 'profit' 09:55 < lm> =D We all hail lambda… or else.