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I've discovered a few things you can do with the bb code that the site doesn't tell you:

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[color=#ff00ff][/color] - you can use hexadecimal to make text any color, although that is probably well known.

[quote author=Laurentus][/quote] - you can quote someone without using the quote button and it will notify them, but normal quoting is probably better

Well, I thought there was more when I started writing this, but that's about all I noticed, and these are little things. I guess I might as well post this anyway

Actually, if you quote that way...doesn't it just show the name of the person and not actually notify them?

I would figure it would be the same as saying

gfgfgdf

to where it's essentially just a title rather than a ping to the person.

This is definitely a fount of knowledge. Also, I like that you "quoted" the bible, pengu.

This is definitely a fount of knowledge. Also, I like that you "quoted" the bible, pengu.

it's my favorite passage from Bleckew 16.

I've discovered a few things you can do with the bb code that the site doesn't tell you:

Code: [Select]

[color=#ff00ff][/color] - you can use hexadecimal to make text any color, although that is probably well known.

[quote author=Laurentus][/quote] - you can quote someone without using the quote button and it will notify them, but normal quoting is probably better

Well, I thought there was more when I started writing this, but that's about all I noticed, and these are little things. I guess I might as well post this anyway

Actually, if you quote that way...doesn't it just show the name of the person and not actually notify them?

I would figure it would be the same as saying

gfgfgdf

to where it's essentially just a title rather than a ping to the person.

It does actually notify them, as this demonstrates because I only used the quote author in this one. If this notified you, that proves it works. I've tested it before

Fair enough, since I did indeed get notified.

Turquoise
Aquamarine
Gold
Silver
Crimson
Blue-Violet
Bright Navy Blue
Brilliant Rose
Bubble Gum
Electric Orange

The color codes seem to be more reliable than the names.

Here's a Wiki for all the color codes and names.  So far, all of the codes (even the more outrageous color names) have worked.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colors:_A%E2%80%93F

Of course the hex codes would all work, RGB is a universal standard for describing color (in particular, representing red, green, and blue each as a two-digit hexadecimal number is the norm nowadays on computers).

On further inspection, the usable color names on this forum appear to be taken from the standard X11 color names.

Also, it's probably important to remember that the list of colors that you linked isn't "all the color codes." Because we express color as a hex triplet, we have 256³=16,777,216 usable colors (which is more than the human eye can distinguish). You can pick all possible colors using tools like this one. (Any good image editor should let you pick hex codes too—that's one way to do the invisible text thing properly, by screenshotting the page, pasting it into Photoshop or Paint.NET or your editor of choice, then using a color picker/eyedropper tool to select the exact color being used.)

Turquoise
Aquamarine
Gold
Silver
Crimson
Blue-Violet
Bright Navy Blue
Brilliant Rose
Bubble Gum
Electric Orange

The color codes seem to be more reliable than the names.

Here's a Wiki for all the color codes and names.  So far, all of the codes (even the more outrageous color names) have worked.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colors:_A%E2%80%93F

Of course the hex codes would all work, RGB is a universal standard for describing color (in particular, representing red, green, and blue each as a two-digit hexadecimal number is the norm nowadays on computers).

On further inspection, the usable color names on this forum appear to be taken from the standard X11 color names.

Also, it's probably important to remember that the list of colors that you linked isn't "all the color codes." Because we express color as a hex triplet, we have 256³=16,777,216 usable colors (which is more than the human eye can distinguish). You can pick all possible colors using tools like this one. (Any good image editor should let you pick hex codes too—that's one way to do the invisible text thing properly, by screenshotting the page, pasting it into Photoshop or Paint.NET or your editor of choice, then using a color picker/eyedropper tool to select the exact color being used.)

True, there'll always be much more colors than that, but it's a good chunk of em.  ^_^

Turquoise
Aquamarine
Gold
Silver
Crimson
Blue-Violet
Bright Navy Blue
Brilliant Rose
Bubble Gum
Electric Orange

The color codes seem to be more reliable than the names.

Here's a Wiki for all the color codes and names.  So far, all of the codes (even the more outrageous color names) have worked.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_colors:_A%E2%80%93F

Of course the hex codes would all work, RGB is a universal standard for describing color (in particular, representing red, green, and blue each as a two-digit hexadecimal number is the norm nowadays on computers).

On further inspection, the usable color names on this forum appear to be taken from the standard X11 color names.

Also, it's probably important to remember that the list of colors that you linked isn't "all the color codes." Because we express color as a hex triplet, we have 256³=16,777,216 usable colors (which is more than the human eye can distinguish). You can pick all possible colors using tools like this one. (Any good image editor should let you pick hex codes too—that's one way to do the invisible text thing properly, by screenshotting the page, pasting it into Photoshop or Paint.NET or your editor of choice, then using a color picker/eyedropper tool to select the exact color being used.)

True, there'll always be much more colors than that, but it's a good chunk of em.  ^_^

Still, I find it far more intuitive to just play around with the colors on a graphical interface than having the search around on a very long alphabetized list to figure out what color you want.

The Japanese and Mandarin words for "honey" are cognates to the English "mead" because the old Chinese language borrowed it from the Tocharian languages, a long extinct Indo-European branch spoken in modern China, and old Japanese borrowed it from old Chinese.

The Malay word is also a cognate, though it was borrowed from Sanskrit this time.

Hmm, Seroim, wouldn't you be happier as a linguist or interpreter?

This guy's videos are consistently top-notch and thought-provoking.

It does actually notify them, as this demonstrates because I only used the quote author in this one. If this notified you, that proves it works. I've tested it before

So, just curious, did the bible get a notification?

Lol...

*someone opens the bible*

"Greetings! The Bible has gotten one new notification.  Click here to view!"

Person: This bible is possessed! Someone fetch me my holy water!

Hmm, Seroim, wouldn't you be happier as a linguist or interpreter?

It's my hobby. Chances are against anyone who wants a job in that domain.

The English language, by vocabulary, is more Romance than it is Germanic.

A third of the words are directly borrowed from Latin, and another third from French. Native Germanic words only account for about 20%, but they are mostly high frequency words.

In fact, if they squint a bit, English speakers might just be able to read French. This is made easier in technical contexts where the vocabulary is shared, since in English, Latin and French words belong mostly to higher registers and technical registers (a pervasive effect of the Norman Conquest).