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12:01 AM
@SmokeDetector fp, who knows why that was triggered
 
@hichris123 Registered question as false positive and added title to Bayesian doctype 'good'.
 
12:20 AM
So quiet in here.
 
I'd ramble but then Jan will mute me, which makes me sad.
 
12:34 AM

Closevotes

Post questions you want closed here with the same syntax as ex...
 
Ugh, that room.
 
user259867
You see, @bjb568, a dedicated rarely used room is just an inefficient duplicate of the close queue. One can't even track the status.
 
meh
 
user259867
Posting in chat makes sense if it's going to be promptly actioned.
 
user259867
Which means egregious cases in moderate quantity.
 
12:59 AM
dictionary.reference.com/browse/egregious, for the simpletons such as myself.
I just ordered one of these: amazon.com/1800-Watt-Portable-Induction-Cooktop-Countertop/dp/… I'm excited to see how they work.
And maybe save some $$ in gas.
Also it's kind of awesome that they have temperature control.
 
microwave?
 
You barbarian.
 
1:47 AM
:P
 
update 4: we got in third place!... out of 3. But! We did get an Omer award, which is the second best award you can get, and was only given to 5 teams out of ~40
 
@Doorknob I have no idea what this is about, but it sounds like a pretty solid description of my high school robotics team.
 
user259867
Rookie mistake: I fed the weekly roomba before the daily roomba. :( Daily roomba needs to be fed first, between 00:00 and 03:00 UTC. Then the votes can be re-used to feed the other one.
 
I recommended deletion; it didn't add anything interesting and should have been a comment.
 
2:56 AM
@Doorknob around still?
 
@hichris123 I sat here for a good fifteen seconds trying to decide between making a "doorknobs are round" pun or a "what did you expect, a talking doorknob?" joke before finally just giving up and writing this instead.
 
doorknobs are 'round would have gotten you stars
 
@AlexisKing lol
Hey, maybe I can poke you, @Alexis!
 
is poked
 
3:02 AM
@Roombatron5000 You know, I thought "yes, doorknobs are still round" when I read that but decided to keep that thought a secret.
Thanks for taking one for the team.
 
@hichris123 nuked
 
@hichris123 that's all you wanted? only 12 people here could've done that :p
 
@Roombatron5000 Yeah but I wasn't sure who voted to close already, and I knew Doorknob didn't.
 
Clearly, @hichris123 needed @Doorknob's clout for that final vote.
 
3:06 AM
Okay, you get a star for that pun.
 
what to do, what to do stackoverflow.com/q/28782512/792066
 
> I wish I can invite you for a nice dinner. You really saved me from death. Thank you very much for this solution that does not exist anywhere. – Kabyle Mar 2 at 19:58
Okay, then.
 
user259867
> If a wab site allows the user to upload its images what is the best way to organize these images?
 
@AlexisKing Has a nice rhyme sequence going there.
 
user259867
Was going to suggest an edit to "wobsite", but probably not....
 
3:19 AM
Someone did nice work with Chromium builds on Windows. Compile time will probably be closer to 45 minutes when it used to be ~70 minutes. <3
 
@Braiam I moved the answer out of the question and into a community wiki answer.
 
@hichris123 tl;dr cv-pls ubuntu-14.04
 
@AlexisKing I'd add "posted on the behalf of the OP" or something like that to the bottom of the answer.
 
@hichris123 Yep, I was considering that; fixed.
 
Cool, thanks. Yeah, I usually do that so a) I don't get the credit, but also b) so people don't assume I know anything about the topic.
Got quiet again -- @AlexisKing, give us some puns!
@animuson yup. slacker!
 
3:33 AM
What do you take me for, puns-on-demand? >:X
 
Yeah -- can I get the $5 starter package, please?
 
Your bosons, they give me a hadron?
(^ Does that help?)
 
asks @JanDvorak to mute @JasonC
 
:(
 
Clearly I need to post some more close vote requests.
 
3:35 AM
@Doorknob has returned! \o/
 
is here
 
> to develop tools such as debuggers and profilers for the many-core processor.
the many-core processor?
 
wakes up, crawls to @AlexisKing's office/house/whatever that is, clicks @JasonC -> ignore, downs a jug of coffee from @AlexisKing's place, crawls back home, falls asleep
 
3:39 AM
psh, nice sense of humor :(
 
@TimStone New job to complain about: careers.stackoverflow.com/jobs/78395/…
 
@hichris123 multi=many?
 
Was that actually funny? Cool.
 
Dear China, please stop guessing usernames and passwords on my mail servers. Sincerely, the rest of the world.
 
Dear SysOp, don't leave your ports open, because I get curious.
Sincerely, China
 
user259867
3:43 AM
@JanDvorak It's 4:43 in the CR... (Not that you didn't know)
 
Well I can't really close the SMTP ports on my servers.
 
user image
3
 
My blacklist is growing nicely.
 
3:56 AM
I presume fail2ban doesn't support SMTP?
 
I dunno; I've taken to using Synology servers exclusively, they have their own blacklisting system.
 
4:22 AM
@hichris123 closed
 
user259867
Hm, I keep getting invited to upvote a good question in Triage (yes they exist!) but I spent all votes roombaing...
 
user259867
Apparently the lack of votes is not an obstacle for triaging.
 
shhh! If Shog hears ya, he would block anyone that used all their (close)votes|flags from using triage
 
user259867
4:39 AM
Ugh, about to get an hour stolen from me.
 
This title would have been inappropriate on Biology. — Jan Dvorak 9 secs ago
 
4:55 AM
@Braiam I actually want to be blocked from triage if I'm out of close votes. :P
 
^ fp?
I'm not sure what Smokey's detecting on that one
 
Maybe it has a dirty mind and doesn't like the word "backend"
 
> 3. Ctrl + Shit + Right click the project folder and choose "open command window here"
the only "ass" is in "passport" in hot questions, btw
 
Ah well, duplicate answers copy-pasted from a thousand other places around the web. Deleted.
 
5:10 AM
Is it worth editing? I would have missed it entirely without a fulltext search.
is it a duplicate answer?
 
Is the question too broad?
 
And Google also gives two pages worth of results from just the small excerpt I pasted into it.
 
(even if it isn't, it doesn't seem useful; deorbited using a downvote)
If smokey catches another one of these, what's the correct course of action? Custom flag?
 
If it's an exact copy-paste, we will still get an auto-flag with links to all the previous ones.
 
5:26 AM
This is what happens when you don't heed my warnings: discuss.area51.stackexchange.com/questions/19970/…
 
Hi all..
Whats up ?
 
My phone has a software update! Woo
 
Android or IOS ?
 
Symbian?
 
Android
 
5:32 AM
Symbian is gone
 
What is symbian?
!find symbian
TL;DR
 
user259867
Soon, a question on Android Enthusiasts: after OS upgrade (usually to 5.0) <list of horrible things>
 
One particular of android lollipop update is horrible, you have to unlock and then attend a call if your phone is locked..
 
@MetaWonder I still have a Symbian phone
 
5:36 AM
What? 2 updates? Apparently the first one was just a "this prepares your device for the second one" update...
 
Oh yeah !
@animuson what is the second one ?
 
The Lollipop update.
 
BTW, just curious which phone do you have ?
 
*do you have
 
Sorry for my bad english
 
5:39 AM
@Woodface aka, a tag page
 
HTC One M8
 
[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body: Calebaut cocoa butter callets by l b on cooking.stackexchange.com
 
Any news on the 2015 SO mode elections ?
 
Somebody is homebrewing sk1n car3 pr0ducts???
 
user259867
We (Jason C, Frank, Undo) had an extensive discussion of that post already... it's weird. Does not quite match my idea of spam, though. I wish their mod would just nuke it.
 
5:51 AM
No bad intentions detected.
 
The signature (r#1) makes it look very spammy
 
Therefor not deserving 100 rep penalty.
 
The latest edit trims quite a bit of stuff, though.
Still LQ, I believe.
 
user259867
But I see that OP's non-answer with identical text was removed; the spammy bio text and profile link were removed. So.. just LQ remains.
 
It's not that strain of spam, though. That strain has perfect spelling and sometimes even perfect grammar (if it's not just a random string of words)
 
5:57 AM
@MetaWonder There was a meta post about it a week or two ago. I don't think there are any elections planned for this season.
 
6:09 AM
0
Q: Do we need [texas-instruments]?

AstroCBDo we really need the texas-instruments tag? Its summary suggests nothing useful relating to Stack Overflow: Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) is an American company that designs and makes semiconductors, which it sells to electronics designers and manufacturers globally. Most of its questions a...

 
user259867
-1 no punny title
 
Night!
 
user259867
@SmokeDetector ignore I'm sick of this post
 
@Woodface Post ignored; alerts about it will no longer be posted.
 
6:24 AM
I passed your question on to Callebaut's support and will let you know if they reply. Somebody else here may have experience with their product as well. — Jason C 8 mins ago
you are trolling right, @JasonC?
 
No?
I just went through their contact page, it was easy enough.
Good night; laptop battery is going to die now.
 
7:04 AM
@AstroCB 10K+
 
@bummi That would do the trick; it's requesting every page of your flags at the same time whenever you click one of those buttons.
@Woodface I was having trouble thinking of something to go with [texas-instruments].
 
user259867
It does not have to be actually funny, by the meta standards... "Don't mess with texas[-instruments]"
 
user259867
Or something similarly cringe-worthy.
 
user259867
:(
 
user259867
I just lost an hour of my life. If anyone happens to find it, I'd like it back, please.
 
7:25 AM
@Woodface That's actually not bad.
 
0
Q: Bad alignment of badges in the user card in posts

nicael Should be moved to the right a bit.

96
A: How can I figure out which side of the car the gas hatch is on (without getting out)?

JaydlesPretty much every car made in the last couple of decades has a gas hatch indicator arrow right on the dashboard: Just look for the arrow next to the pump icon. I'd seen that little triangle thousands of times and never noticed it until a friend told me it indicates the side the gas cap is on.

 
7:40 AM
[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title, Bad keyword in body: What About Nike Free 3.0 v3 Trainer www.freerun50men.com? by www.freerun50men.com on webapps.stackexchange.com
[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in answer: How to link to a specific comment in Blogspot? by www.freerun50men.com on webapps.stackexchange.com
[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in answer: How to link to a specific comment in Blogspot? by www.freerun50men.com on webapps.stackexchange.com
 
@SmokeDetector tpu
 
@bummi Blacklisted user and registered question as true positive: added title to the Bayesian doctype 'bad'.
 
8:00 AM
[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive answer detected: What exactly does "All Items Not On Sale" mean? by Tomas Colquhoun on english.stackexchange.com
 
8:15 AM
[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: CAML QUERY ORDERBY IS NOT WORKING by user2582841 on sharepoint.stackexchange.com
 
8:25 AM
monumentally off topic — Sabre Tooth 12 mins ago
can u plz tell me ? — user4440416 10 mins ago
you won't get answer here - you need to clean this post up and post on Stack Overflow, be sure to read the How to AskSabre Tooth 5 mins ago
....well said, @SabreTooth! :)
 
8:37 AM
 
user273376
@Shokhet thank you - and it went well, the user has posted on SO, with 3 upvotes and a very nice answer (I edited his question for grammar, punctuation etc)
 
9:01 AM
@SabreTooth Oh! That's good. I didn't think about following that up; that was very nice of you!
....I was just excited to vote to close an MSE question that didn't belong to me :p
 
9:15 AM
@SmokeDetector tpu
oh, user already gone
... why don't I get a reply?
@SmokeDetector tp
!!/status
 
@ProgramFOX Running since 08:55:17 UTC (19 minutes)
 
huh
@SmokeDetector true
...?
@SmokeDetector tp
well...
The regex matches it anyway...
!!/status
 
@ProgramFOX Running since 08:55:17 UTC (21 minutes)
 
!!/errorlogs 50
@SmokeDetector delete
Hm, it still listens to that command.
@SmokeDetector tp
in Charcoal HQ on The Stack Exchange Network Chat, 18 secs ago, by SmokeDetector
@ProgramFOX Registered question as true positive: added title to the Bayesian doctype 'bad'.
hm, well there it worked
!!/reboot
@SmokeDetector tp
...
!!/status
 
@ProgramFOX Running since 09:18:46 UTC (0 minutes)
 
9:21 AM
@Pro I think it fails since it's trying to delete, and it's too late to delete. No?
 
@ShadowWizard It doesn't have to delete. It only should reply that it registered as TP. Deleting is only for FPs, and it still replies if it cannot delete.
By the way @Undo, your clock time seems to be two minutes off. I rebooted at 09:20:36, !!/status says it rebooted at 09:18:46.
 
@ProgramFOX hmm... so it's bugged D:
 
@ShadowWizard I don't know, it worked in Charcoal HQ.
 
!!/help
 
@ShadowWizard I'm SmokeDetector, a bot that detects spam and low-quality posts on the network and posts alerts to chat.
 
9:25 AM
!!/rev
 
@Pro maybe different version? ^
 
nope, that's the correct version
 
hmm.... so really don't know, guess its owner have to look in the internal logs/console
 
I looked at the error logs. Nothing strange in there.
Can you try TP'ing @ShadowWizard?
@SmokeDetector tp
 
9:30 AM
@SmokeDetector tp
@ProgramFOX tp
:D
 
@Undo ^ Smokey keeps failing to TP a post here, but it works in Charcoal HQ. I cannot seem to find any cause though, the error logs give no information.
@ProgramFOX gone
 
lol
>>listcommands
!!/listcommands
 
that command doesn't exist on Smokey
 
@SmokeDetector tp
testing another post
... weird, that one worked a few hours ago.
 
9:35 AM
status-needs-divine-intervention
 
The detector needs new batteries.
 
10:03 AM
I really can't see a problem... or are you showing off your badge tally? — Sabre Tooth 29 mins ago
:/
 
10:16 AM
Yet again, too minor to be worth spending the devs time over this. (In my opinion, at least) — Shadow Wizard 18 secs ago
 
11:03 AM
[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, Bad keyword in title: Want to lose weight in just few days? by Melissa on meta.stackexchange.com
[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive answer detected: Is it immoral to marry a young girl? by qdinar on islam.stackexchange.com
 
 
1 hour later…
12:17 PM
@ShadowWizard that Shadow Wizard is so annoying.
5
 
1:05 PM
@SmokeDetector tp
still no replies :(
 
The bot went silent
 
it still works in Charcoal HQ, but not here. pretty weird
!!/status
@SmokeDetector delete
 
1:31 PM
[ SmokeDetector ] Repeating words in body: How to custom wrapfigure environment in preamble? by Hyden on tex.stackexchange.com
 
@SmokeDetector fp edited
 
@ProgramFOX Registered question as false positive and added title to Bayesian doctype 'good'.
 
Hm, so FP still works.
@SmokeDetector tp
... okay, this is weird
!!/rev?
 
@SmokeDetector tp
in Charcoal HQ on The Stack Exchange Network Chat, 12 secs ago, by SmokeDetector
Exception message: too many values to unpack
We should stop wrapping that whole thing in a try-except block. We don't see errors anymore.
 
1:45 PM
[ SmokeDetector ] Repeating characters in body: Kodi startup problems on Linux Manjaro 32 bit by user4041795 on stackoverflow.com
 
@SmokeDetector tp
now full error details should go to the logs
uh oh
looks pretty much like a HTML change that broke ChatExchange
 
2:00 PM
While burning -related tags, I've found so many terrible tags.
 
take a shovel!
 
It's a rabbit hole of bad tags.
If you use one bad tag, you're bound to use 4 worse ones in addition.
Oh, and .
Wow.
^26,343 questions
 
2:15 PM
Ohh.... I found why CE's message-fetching is broken!
 
^ That one's my favorite; 61 questions.
 
The transcript page containing Smokey's message also contains a oneboxed link to a room. So CE finds two rooms, resulting in too many values to unpack, so it crashes.
 
0
Q: Welcome to [stackoverflow.com]

AstroCBSo, we have a stackoverflow.com tag: DO NOT USE THIS TAG If you need to ask questions about the site itself, especially if you are looking for support or reporting a bug, you should do so on Meta Stack Overflow: http://meta.stackoverflow.com/ Someone asked "Why do we have the [stackoverflow...

 
2:29 PM
By consistently proving that they know what they're talking about, and also that they know how the site works. You can assume that my 29k is fluke/divine intervention/etc if you like, doesn't bother me. Also doesn't change the fact that you should include the error message in the question, or at least provide more information about what you mean by "set up the tables", etc. No skin off my nose either way. — Clive 12 mins ago
 
@AstroCB XY
 
2:44 PM
get a bigger shovel!
 
@Shog was right about tags.
> No one picks good tags either. Not the author, and probably not you. Do your best though; you have some experience at least.
 
[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: SOME CLAIM TO SEE JESUS IN PERSON - HOW CAN THAT BE? by Lindy on christianity.stackexchange.com
 
3:22 PM
-1
Q: Would you support a new forum for questions that have been downvoted in Stackoverflow?

Marina DunstIm proposing a new forum in Stackexchange Area 51 to house ALL programming related questions that don't fit in Stackoverflow or Programming. People should be able to post programming questions without fearing they post will be downvoted. Follow it on Stackexchange - Programming General

 
3:35 PM
 
Quality reviews appreciated:
A) http://stackoverflow.com/q/28922784/3622940
B) http://stackoverflow.com/q/28922554/3622940
C) http://stackoverflow.com/q/28921188/3622940
 
Stop oppression and freedom to programmers! — Marina Dunst 16 mins ago
 
Oh, Brad got fed up with that user... better hide now...
 
3:50 PM
grabs popcorn
@JasonC don't reply to him
 
^
 
@JanDvorak Don't worry, I don't generally get sucked in.
I've already closed the tab.
 
Now you did
 
Nah.
 
@Unihedro Thanks for the fb post
 
4:00 PM
@JasonC You're still going to get the pings
 
@JanDvorak The horror.
 
@Jason C a link to a forum not google... A forum that is active and has at least 5 questions and answers marked as today. Doesn't exist. — Marina Dunst 1 min ago
 
Yes. I know.
Don't underestimate me Jan. I'm the best troll ever. I know full well the value of countering our attacks with silence.
2
 
oh hey the user account is gone
 
\o/
 
4:04 PM
\o
 
o/
 
o
 
\\//_
 
Apr 29 '14 at 8:06, by Bart
"Hello, my name is Shadow Wizard, and I am a rep vulture." ... HI SHADOW WIZARD!
 
user259867
@SmokeDetector fp edited
 
@Woodface Registered answer as false positive.
 
4:45 PM
Coincidence? I THINK NOT
 
All the followers are people who have accidentally set their keyboards on fire and think this is a fix.
 
@animuson How... do you "accidentally" set your keyboard on fire?
 
5:05 PM
It's animuson! DJ BUTTS IS IN DA HOOOOUSE!
@hichris123 Maybe if you're a really fast typer?
 
Maybe...
 
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5:22 PM
@SmokeDetector fp
 
@Woodface Registered question as false positive and added title to Bayesian doctype 'good'.
 
that was a VLQ question
same kind of crap as we got a few days ago
 
off, or spam?
 
Both. Total post is off, and it has spam links at the end.
 
I can't double-flag, unfortunately
 
5:25 PM
@ProgramFOX User blacklisted (104855 on gaming.stackexchange.com).
 
post gone
 
user259867
Sorry I overlooked the rest of the post.
 
I recognize that user name; was he doing something weird yesterday too?
 
Yes. From the same account.
 
indeed
 
5:32 PM
woah wait what's this "help and improvement" thing
 
61
Q: Help Improve The Help & Improvement Queue!

Tim PostA short time ago, we introduced the new triage queue - a place where users can quickly sort questions into various categories, where one of those categories is 'needs improvement'. Until now, we've been alluding to a special place where questions that weren't quite ready for prime exposure could ...

 
Essentially an experimental follow-up to the triage queue
 
I am so behind on SO news
 
It has been discussed in the lastest podcast; not sure when the recording will be posted
 
5:42 PM
We're probably lucky there aren't more Lisp questions on SO.
 
Lisp questions are hard to parse... I mean it
 
Not for computers
 
[ SmokeDetector ] URL in title: Is it a good idea to redirect example.com to htp://example.com or keep both? by www on webmasters.stackexchange.com
 
Mar 5 at 17:19, by AstroCB
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Read from there and you'll catch up.
 
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