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03:53.51eightyeightreading the silmarillion
03:53.56eightyeightthis is a tough read
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15:54.39harleypigDoes anyone know of study software that works on linux or has a web app and is also available via mobile app that allows for highlighting of text, cross-referencing between multiple sources and annotating sections of text with arbitrary content?
16:00.19latterakinda like Office OneNote or whatever it's called?
16:00.54latteraI usually just set up a local wiki
16:04.30harleypigNo, it needs to include existing text. I'm looking to use it mainly for scripture study, but I find that I tend to range far afield, so I don't want something that is limited to a specific type of book(s) like The Sword Project.
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16:05.01harleypigWordCruncher looks almost perfect, but it won't run on wine.
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16:18.21programmerqmorning
16:27.14wukongI've never heard of study software
16:28.07wukongcrawls back underneath rock
16:28.32Big_Gharleypig, Why would it need to work in wine if it is Linux compatible?
16:28.59harleypig? WordCruncher is not linux compatible.
16:29.24Big_GOh, I thought you said that it was. Never used it myself
16:29.34harleypigIt just looks like it's got the attributes I need.
16:29.50Big_Gharleypig, Is it solely for scripture stuff?
16:44.41harleypigMainly, but I also want to include other texts.  Not just commentaries, dictionaries and topical guides, but arbitrary texts.
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17:11.00programmerqwelp! I'm giving another conference talk!
17:11.09programmerqwell, it's the same on I gave last time, just at bsidesslc
17:11.23programmerqit's about testing nginx config files with automated testing tools.
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18:10.45latteraprogrammerq: when/where?
18:11.24programmerqlattera: BsidesSLC on 21 Mar at 2:00pm
18:11.30latteranice
18:15.44T4rku5https://www.bsidesslc.org/pages/schedule
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18:58.11levi1Ugh, the thought of nginx config files makes me shudder.
18:59.36levieightyeight: Later parts of it get easier. Or maybe I just got used to it.
19:00.02levieightyeight: Took me many tries before I got to the point where I actually enjoyed it and made it all the way through.
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19:19.07Big_GAre you all devs?
19:20.39jimai think there are some sysadmins in here, too (other than just me)
19:20.58harleypigit depends on the time of day
19:21.16harleypigalso, some of us do, or have done, both
19:21.30jimaunfortunately so ;-)
19:21.33Big_GCool. I'm just getting my start in the career of an SDE
19:21.42harleypigsde?
19:21.42MigsNo, but we're all raging geeks.
19:21.50harleypigwell, raging anyway
19:22.00Big_GSoftware Development Engineer
19:22.21Big_Ggeeks are a subset of raging
19:22.36harleypigAh. Where are you getting your start?
19:22.44MigsI've never heard the term SDE before
19:23.00Big_GMigs, Really? I've almost always heard SDE and SDET
19:23.09jimaBig_G: you can't drop an acronym like that and expect it to mean anything, i used to be a Senior Delivery Engineer :-P
19:23.23Big_Gharleypig, I'm moving to Seattle to work for a retailer
19:23.36Big_Gjima, Fair enough. I just thought it was common
19:23.38Migsnow wtf is a SDET?
19:23.40jimanope
19:23.55Big_GMigs, SDE in Test
19:24.32jimaBig_G: here's a comic about job title standards: http://xkcd.com/927/
19:24.38harleypigBig_G: *cough*Amazon*cough*
19:25.03Big_Gharleypig, *Chough No chance in hell *cough*
19:25.10jimaharleypig: utah does lose a fair number of people to them, yep
19:25.21harleypigheh
19:25.39jimamy US subsidiary lost a security guy to amazon
19:25.47Big_GThey don't exactly have the best rep
19:25.55Migsmore jobs for the rest of us who stick around Utah
19:26.05jimaBig_G: with...who?
19:26.17leviharleypig: You get a job with Amazon?
19:26.35harleypig? huh? Not if I can  help it.
19:26.37Big_Gjima, At least from what I've heard, most people hate working for Amazon. They just get paid boatloads to do it
19:26.48jimalevi: i think he was poking fun at the vague "moving to Seattle to work for a retailer"
19:26.55leviOh, I see the context now. :)
19:27.00Big_Gharleypig, What work do you do then?
19:27.19Big_GDon't worry. I'm working for a retailer with standards
19:27.22jimaBig_G: i haven't heard a peep from either of the people i know, i should ask them
19:27.28leviI got a ping from an Amazon recruiter recently.
19:27.33jimaone of them is in security, the other is some sort of dev i think
19:27.47Big_GThey're a big company so mileage varies but that is the general sentiment. Turnover is high
19:27.54jimathe security guy floated an opportunity my way
19:28.16jimaseattle would suck for my wife's health, though, so... *shrug*
19:28.17Big_GI'd take it just to move to Seattle and find other work
19:29.51spangbornYuck @ Amazon
19:30.59Big_Gspangborn, I'm with ya
19:31.37spangbornA company that seems content to lose boatloads of money for some reason, too.
19:32.01jimathe next google? dunno.
19:32.07jimain many senses of the analogy
19:32.34spangbornExcept they're doing it areas where other companies have already succeeded and somehow made a profit.
19:33.01spangbornMaybe there's something to streamlining it, but still.
19:34.43Big_GWhat are the big companies in Utah for dev?
19:45.23harleypigBig_G: I work for a company called Verio. We build vps' and provide a hosting service.
19:45.52Big_Gharleypig, Sounds like fun
19:46.01harleypigIt has its moments. :]
19:47.50eightyeightlevi: I'm about half way through, and it iszgetting a touch better
19:48.26eightyeights/iszgetting/is getting/
19:50.29levieightyeight: Got to the bit about Turin Turambar yet?
19:52.00eightyeightno.  I just finished reading about the realm of beleriand and the noldor in beleriand
19:52.44leviKind of puts them in a different light than you see in tLotR, right?
19:53.15eightyeightyeah. definitely. I want to reread them now, and see what new thing I pick up
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19:54.05leviAlso gives you a sense for just how *old* some of the elves in tLotR are.
19:54.48eightyeighti've been keeping the LOTR wiki up on my phone as i read, so when i read about some elf name that starts with an 'f', i can look it up in the wiki, and remind myself of their family tree
19:55.06eightyeightwhich, imo, has been the hardest thing about reading the silmarillion, is keeping all of the names straight
19:56.04eightyeighti think it may take me a couple more reads to fully understand where galadriel fits in the noldorian lineage, how the wood elves fit in, etc
19:57.20leviYou won't find Galadriel herself in the Silmarillion, IIRC. But it describes a lot of her immediate family.
19:58.39eightyeightshe's there
19:58.53eightyeightquite a bit, actually
19:59.17eightyeightas is elrond
20:00.19eightyeightshe's the youngest and only daughter of finarfin, and she has conversations with Melian
20:00.44leviFrom what I recall, she was invented specifically for tLotR, so he would have (or perhaps Christopher) added her into the context of the older material afterward.
20:01.38eightyeightshe's even given one of teh rings of power in the 2nd age, which afaik, is portrayed towards the end of the book
20:02.55leviRight, I'm just saying that she was worked into the overall scheme of things while tLotR was being developed, while quite a lot of the tales of Beleriand are older.
20:03.35eightyeightshe doesn't have a big role in the silmarillion story, from what i've read up to now
20:03.48eightyeightbut her birth was mentioned, as well as describing her beauty
20:03.59eightyeightand there is dialogue from her to others
20:04.22eightyeightFeanor, at least up to this point, has been the prominent elf in the book
20:06.28leviChristopher Tolkien had a somewhat heavy editorial hand in the published Silmarillion, and was assisted in the task by Guy Gavriel Kay, who is a historical fantasy author now.
20:10.10eightyeightwhat i found interesting, is how biblical the tale is
20:10.20eightyeightthe first part of the story reads very much like Genisis in the bible
20:10.26leviYup.
20:10.50eightyeightand continually, through the narrative, there is _constant_ christian symbology and allegories
20:11.15eightyeightit's clear from reading the text, that tolkien was an outspoken christian
20:16.33leviHe was not fond of direct Christian allegory, such as C.S. Lewis was fond of writing, but he certainly incorporated Christian symbology and less direct allegory; I'd call it more 'thematic reference' than true allegory.
20:18.51eightyeighti'm not familiar enough with CS Lewis to know, but i'm guessing the subconcious christian was very much at work when tolkien was writing
20:19.14eightyeightas much as he tried to mask it, it came out in his story telling anyway
20:20.39eightyeightalthough, i do have 'the great divorce' which is next on the reading list
20:20.46leviHe wasn't trying to mask it; he was definitely explicitly influenced by his Christianity. It shows in his letters about his work. But he disliked direct allegory such as in the Chronicles of Narnia where the character of Aslan is meant to directly stand for Jesus.
20:20.59eightyeightah. fair
20:23.32leviTolkien and Lewis were good friends at Oxford, and Tolkien's discussions with him helped him convert to theism and later to Christianity.
20:23.54leviHelped Lewis convert, in case that wasn't clear.
20:24.33eightyeighti was just reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._S._Lewis#Conversion_to_Christianity where it mentions tolkien as an influence
20:25.30leviAs Lewis was an avowed skeptic at the time, it speaks to Tolkien's commitment to Christianity that he was able to influence him.
20:28.30leviApparently Lewis didn't think Aslan was strictly allegorical either. And I expect he and Tolkien have a bit of a better grasp of what is and isn't allegory than I do.
20:29.42eightyeightas I've been reading the Silmarillion, it's clear who the fallen angel is, but less clear the Jesus would be
20:31.39leviWell, there isn't one. But you can probably find aspects of Jesus in various characters.
20:32.10eightyeightthat's the conclusion I came to as well
20:32.46eightyeightalso, I found it interesting that the dwarves were created before The Firstborn of Iluvatar
20:33.10eightyeightI've been trying to pull meaning out of that, but have been unsuccessful
20:33.12eightyeightheh
20:33.55leviI think if the only lens you bring to bear is Christianity, you'll miss some of the point of the exercise. It surely wasn't his only influence.
20:34.49eightyeightwell, I'm reading it as it is
20:34.57leviI'm curious what meaning you'll see in the story of Turin. :)
20:35.41eightyeightI've just noticed things here and there, and when I'm not reading, I think about them, and try to make sense of them, or draw arcs with tLotR
20:35.43eightyeightetc
20:36.08eightyeightI'll look forward to it
20:37.01eightyeightI want to learn of the lineage of Legolas also
20:37.15eightyeightdon't know why, but I'm hoping he's mentioned
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20:42.37eightyeightoh, and gandalf, saruman, and radagast, knowing that they are maiar
20:43.01eightyeightand I didn't know the balrogs were maiar. that blew me away
20:43.50leviYeah, thus the face-off between Gandalf and the Balrog was more evenly-matched than it would appear. :)
20:44.42eightyeightyeah
20:46.12leviIt's also interesting that Cirdan recognized that Gandalf was truly the wisest of the bunch and gave Narya to him, despite Saruman presenting himself as the leader and Gandalf acknowledging him as such.
20:46.35eightyeightoh, and sauron is also maiar
20:47.01leviYeah, he's not even the *big* bad guy.
20:49.51leviThe bit about Numenor is pretty interesting. Especially the lineage of their first king.
20:54.24eightyeightI haven't read much about the men. I'm guessing it's coming pretty quickly though
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22:45.37Big_GWho is this emi person I've heard about?
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