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1:27 PM
Huh
Eyeballutils IO is broken
FileReader
 
!!/lick
 
@S.L.Barth licks ice cream cone
 
52 mins ago, by Uniforms For Sale
Grabs @inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M's ice cream cone and throws it away
But now with @S.L.Barth's ice cream
 
This is an outrage! 😃
 
Sorry sir
 
1:31 PM
That's better.
 
Licks melted ice cream of floor
 
Now, FileReader.. SE chat is written in Java??
 
The mint ice cream was just to good
@S.L.Barth ???
Huh lol
 
You mentioned FileReader.
 
java.io.FileReader
com.eyeball.utils.io.FileReader
@S.L.Barth Not SE Chat
 
1:32 PM
Ok.
 
Just polishing things in Java 6
Ya know, why not?
Take a break from javascript
And shellscript
And robotics competitions in C
 
I like strongly typed languages.
 
Thinks what else
Oh! And Arduino in C#
 
With dynamic languages, you're always one typo away frim a bug.
 
1:35 PM
From.
 
Its a pun?
Talking about typos and having one
 
I should have pretended that was deliberate.
 
With any programming, you're always one typo away from a bug.
 
But I guess it illustrates the point.
 
1:36 PM
Why do you think I facepalm all the time due to typos?
 
True, @tchrist, but some can be prevented.
 
Huh, didn't pick up italics
This kind:
Facepalmm
 
@S.L.Barth Like?
 
Cool!
There's Area51 dev
Might be something new
Kick away those nasty aliens
 
Well, if you have to declare variables, the compiler warns you if type the variable name wrong further down in the code.
 
@S.L.Barth That has nothing to do with dynamic languages.
 
Community just bumped something
Not important
 
What is this Area51 Dev? Where is it?
 
Go to dev.stackexchange.com
Click on the SE dropdown bar
 
1:44 PM
Stop reposting
 
Indians FTW.
 
Not being racist or anything, but somehow a lot of the shouters are Indian
Did you knotice that?
 
Yes.
I'm not being racist either, but since India is the 2nd or 3rd traffic driver to SE, most crap is from them.
 
Never noticed
Finds crap to edit
Hmmm
 
@S.L.Barth You have no badges in dynamic languages, so I'm not sure you understand the distinction between dynamic typing and implicit declaration and implicitly typed declarations. If all you know is Java, this is bound to limit your breadth.
 
1:47 PM
I haven't edited anything for the past 2 days
 
@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M s/too/either/
 
I've just been sitting here flagging spam
@tchrist ????/
 
@UniformsForSale You cannot use "too" with a negative.
 
@tchrist Right.
 
I realize I've just blown your cover as a spy. :)
 
1:48 PM
FREE ENGLISH LESSONS!
 
I think I'm using my terminology wrong. Need to look it up.
 
Drags English teacher here
 
@S.L.Barth I rather despise languages that don't give errors on missing declarations.
 
@UniformsForSale Start from English Language Learners.
 
Thanks for the advice
 
1:54 PM
[ SmokeDetector ] Pattern-matching website in body: Need Help in K2 Blog by Amirali Panjwani on joomla.stackexchange.com
 
@tchrist They can be quite a pain.
 
BTW where is @Normal? The star board is missing his messages.
 
You just summoned @Normal
 
@UniformsForSale Then my summoning must be broken.
 
Gets @Nor's fkey
@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M Try harder
 
1:59 PM
[ SmokeDetector ] Pattern-matching website in answer: Need Help in K2 Blog by Amirali Panjwani on joomla.stackexchange.com
 
Summoning is black magic. And we know what Smokey does to black magic. ☺
 
NAA
What?
 
Using answer space instead of edit.
Common mistake among new users.
 
Could be because I sent in an edit and he can't edit until its approved
 
2:03 PM
Yes. Although as OP he has a binding vote on your edit.
 
His approval vote is binding.
 
But perhaps the OP does not know.
 
Since when did 1 rep non mod users get binding votes?
(I know)
Scratches head
 
Is that a too-broad question or just spam in disguise....?
 
2:10 PM
Hard to say
 
Because the "answer" mentions another site with a similar fishy name.
 
Flagged.
 
I'll say its not spam
 
Wait which question?
 
The one on Joomla.SE.
 
2:11 PM
Not spam.
 
Who here prefers a dark theme compared to a light theme?
 
I do that at 4 a.m.
Not now.
 
???
In computers
 
So you like dark themes
 
2:14 PM
Kinda.
 
[ SmokeDetector ] Pattern-matching website in body: Does eating certain food types alter your body temperature? by Tom Mickey on skeptics.stackexchange.com
 
fixing things…
 
[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, link at end of body: Cleanse your face in the evening by mrazaad on meta.stackexchange.com
 
status-cant-be-bothered
 
2:25 PM
[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: TRAVEL WITHIN SCHENGEN COUNTRIES- PASSPORT CONTROL by user34785 on travel.stackexchange.com
 
2:38 PM
[ SmokeDetector ] Link at end of body: such as all the animals, store excess energy by Prining Sam on meta.stackexchange.com
 
sd gone
Sad life, 2 min
 
DD is up
 
yay
@bjb What did you add?
 
Applesauce.
 
2:47 PM
:D
 
//SYSIN DD * DOO-DAH, DOO-DAH
 
Hello @bjb568! We were already wondering where you were.
 
His mom took him shopping.
 
Seriously?
 
2:52 PM
!!/lick
 
@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M licks ice cream cone
 
WHAT IS UP WITH LICKING??
 
Isn't there an SE blog post about that? "Shopping is hard, let's do Q&A" ? ;-)
 
Takes laser and kills @inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M's ice cream
 
@UniformsForSale We're trying to make @bjb lick his fur. No successful attempts.
 
2:53 PM
:(
!!/lick
 
@UniformsForSale licks ice cream cone
 
Rejects ice cream
 
licks fir recursively.
 
!!/blame
 
2:53 PM
@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M It's S.L. Barth's fault.
 
So you broke @bjb? ლ(ಠ益ಠლ)
 
@SmokeDetector How did you do that, @inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M?
 
@S.L.Barth ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ It randomly makes someone "the chosen one" and blames them.
!!/blame
 
@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M It's S.L. Barth's fault.
 
2:57 PM
LOLLLLL
 
@S.L. Smokey seems to have feelings towards you.
 
super ping @Lol
 
What can I say... Smokey and I have interacted a lot lately...
 
!!/blame
 
@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M It's Uniforms For Sale's fault.
 
2:59 PM
Hah!
 
!!/blame
 
@S.L.Barth It's Uniforms For Sale's fault.
 
!!/blame me
 
@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M It's Kyll's fault.
 
Does it ever select the person who spinned it?
 
3:00 PM
I'M NOT KYLL.
@S.L.Barth Yes.
It also used to respond to blames in a better way.
Blame me would've blamed me.
 
I thought you could also explicitly target a room member...
!!/blame @inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M
 
@S.L.Barth It's tchrist's fault.
 
@S.L.Barth You could. I dunno what happened later.
 
Maybe it reverted to an earlier version.
 
BTW!
The meta logo down there shouldn't have that background.
Since meta is written on the right, and not in the empty space.
 
3:04 PM
 if content_lower.startswith("!!/blame") and ev_room == GlobalVars.meta_tavern_room_id:
     GlobalVars.tavern_users_chatting = list(set(GlobalVars.tavern_users_chatting))  # Make unique
     user_to_blame = random.choice(GlobalVars.tavern_users_chatting)
     return "It's " + user_to_blame + "'s fault."
So... no test for parameters.
 
!!/blame some random words I typed here 123 456 789 1000000 Haha hehe hoho hihi hrhrhr
 
@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M It's S.L. Barth's fault.
 
Of course it is.
 
Just because I'm exposing you, Smokey, doesn't mean you can blame me!
   if "smokedetector" in content_lower and "fault" in content_lower and ("xkcdbot" in ev_user_name.lower() or "bjb568" in ev_user_name.lower()):
        return "Liar"
@SmokeDetector smokedetector's fault
I need to study that code in more detail.
 
No it has to be xkcd bot or that cat.
I think.
 
3:10 PM
Yes, that seems to be the problem. @bjb568, could you blame smokey for something?
 
It's smokedetector fault.
 
I asked the cat, not the cat-ion :-)
 
So @SmokeDetector can't blame teh catz?
 
ಠ_ಠ OK here kitty kitty kitty . . .
 
3:11 PM
Tosses cat food on teh floor
@bjb Rings bell
 
That's not the blame code, @UniformsForSale. It's the line below the code for the blame command.
 
So it checks if the user is the xkcd bot or teh kettez?
 
Then returns Liar if it is?
 
Yes. If either of them blames smokedetector, it will tell them they're liars.
 
3:12 PM
Cool
How to invoke XKCD bot?
>>help
..help
 
!xkcd
 
@ProgramFOX Unrecognized command. Use !xkcd commands for a list of commands.
 
!xkcd commands
 
3:13 PM
Usage: !xkcd [command][ params( optional params)]
 
!xkcd commands
 
!xkcd commands
 
about – Get information about xkcdBot.
find [searchTerms] – Search for xkcd comics with Google (100 queries/day).
[comic ID] – Post oneboxed comic.
last – Onebox most recent xkcd.
blame( [user]) – Find out who's to blame for your maladies.
owner – Find out who owns xkcdBot.
status – Get xkcdBot's status.
 
!xkcd blame smokedetctor
 
It's smokedetctor's fault.
 
3:13 PM
!xkcd blame @SmokeDetector
 
@S.L.Barth misspelled :P
 
Oops!
 
!xkcd blame smokedetector
 
It's smokedetector's fault.
 
@xkcdBot Liar
 
3:14 PM
Lol
@bjb come do teh honourz
 
!xkcd blame me
 
@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M It's inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M's fault.
 
!xkcd blame
 
@UniformsForSale It's Uniforms For Sale's fault.
 
3:17 PM
Hmm...
19 hours ago, by bjb568
licks fir thuroly
This is a fir:
 
So, does @bjb like licking trees?
 
I'm pretty sure every cat that has sunglasses with no support on likes licking trees.
 
Tosses Christmas Tree At Teh Ket
> is very ugly in all plateforms windows 7 and linux ??
???
 
3:20 PM
?
 
> Is there any good practices for creating tray icons .? format , size etc..
 
Hmm, how to find out how many questions have titles in the form of "X vs. Y"?
SEDE? Search?
 
Meta Post
 
It's SmokeDetector's fault.
 
@bjb568 Liar
 
3:24 PM
LOL
 
!xkcd blame not smokedetector
 
It's not smokedetector's fault.
3
 
@xkcdBot Liar
 
It took you guys quite a while to notice that I was saying fir, rather than fur.
 
I don't expect proper spelling from someone who consistently spells "school" as "skewl".
 
3:25 PM
@bjb568 It could be that some of us didn't care.
 
@bjb568 I saw that a long time ago, but I was like "ugh, intentional misspelling again" and I looked up what "fir" means just now.
 
:p
@ProgramFOX Of course you were like "ugh… misspelling"
 
Indeed. :P
 
> Note: If you prefer, you can use "shadow" instead of "pam". This will use MD5 hashed password transfer and is perfectly secure.
… this is how you identify an outdated tutorial
 
3:39 PM
[ SmokeDetector ] Email in answer: Idiom: to be off the wall by William Thomspon on english.stackexchange.com
 
@rene THXBAI
 
Hmm, I need to study SQL one day.
 
[ SmokeDetector ] Link at end of body: In the first study consumed the participants by priningsam on drupal.stackexchange.com
 
3:47 PM
#procrastinationFTW two years later.
 
mongodb is also kewl
 
4:03 PM
[ SmokeDetector ] Few unique characters in answer, repeating characters in answer: Can we add any two vectors? by thytrhytfhytfhy on physics.stackexchange.com
 
@SmokeDetector tpu-
 
[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: Weight loss as function temperature by Raldenors on physics.stackexchange.com
 
@SmokeDetector ignore- haha!
 
That needed a little editing though.
 
4:24 PM
[ SmokeDetector ] Pattern-matching website in body, phone number detected in title: +971569772862 Are Dubai Escorts Club Providing Indian Escorts in Dubai ? by Indianescortsindubai on stackoverflow.com
 
Tagged "indexoutofboundsexception".....
@SmokeDetector tpu-
They probably tried "out of bounds", and haven't got the faintest idea what an index-out-of-bounds exception is....
 
4:42 PM
Spammers are lazy today.
 
[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: Nike Air Zoom Vomero 10 vs Nike LunarGlide 7 by Batty on fitness.stackexchange.com
 
4:59 PM
[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive answer detected: What are the advantages and disadvantages of Duo-Queuing? by user124119 on gaming.stackexchange.com
 
Good question. I'm inclined to say yes.
 
@S.L.Barth It does answer the question, though... sort of.
 
Someone to keep an eye on at least
 
I can't decide if I should flag.
I voted to close both questions as "off site resource" fwiw
 
5:12 PM
When in doubt, I use a custom flag. "Possible spam. I'd use a spam flag if I was certain."
 
@S.L.Barth He's providing a tool request to a tool request question
The question is the real problem in both cases.
> If there are no answers worth saving (all of them are little more than the names of tools without any guidance on how they can be used to solve a specific problem),

Then close the question and vote to delete it. No need to flag every answer; technically, they still answer the question and when that is removed they will go with it. - Shog - http://meta.stackexchange.com/a/264398/200235
That suggests to me I should not flag at all here.
 
This answer to one of the questions seems useful, and worth keeping.
 
@durron597 With some time in between; not all of them refer to the <video> tag. Similar but not the same.
Either way, I think that particular answer should be kept.
I see it's more actively discussed in the SOCVR room; I'll go there.
 
 
1 hour later…
6:31 PM
Hallo?
 
Hallo!
 
Hallowa!
 
6:52 PM
18
A: What are the alternatives to the FHS?

Michael HomerFirst, an up-front conflict-of-interest disclaimer: I am a long-time GoboLinux developer. Second, an up-front claim of domain expertise: I am a long-time GoboLinux developer. There are a few different structures in current use. GoboLinux has one, and tools like GNU Stow, Homebrew, etc, use some...

This answer is beautiful.
 
@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M this got flagged. Better not call out groups of people.
 
72 hours already?
 
yeah...
 
Dammit!
Looks around for eyes
You can't detect eyes in Tavern.
 
6:56 PM
What is "72 hours" in this case? The length of a possible ban?
 
BTW good people The "F" in "FTW" doesn't stand for the F-word. Sheesh.
 
I know, obvisouly the rule is now: don't call out people, either good or bad .. :(
 
@S.L.Barth Someone got chat-banned three days ago because their messages got flags. We thought there might be possible retaliations.
Anyways, K @rene.
 
@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M people here can also flag cute kittens, I'm not surprised
 
Just when I thought this place was better than the social media...
 
7:00 PM
It still is but you don't want to have Haney rush in, acknowledge all flags and move on...
 
@rene or worse, Shog
hides
 
/me hides behind @ShadowWizard
 
/me hides behind @rene
 
Uh?
 
circular reference
 
7:02 PM
I find politics on reddit…
Why do people do these things IRL?
 
Are you snakes?
 
No, a wizard and a flower
 
@bjb568 doing what? Drawing lines?
 
@bjb568 Because IRL there're terms known as "money", "fame" and "profit".
 
@ShadowWizard fighting in the middle east
 
7:03 PM
@rene but flower big enough to let me hide behind it :D
 
Or maybe a wizard that can shrink.
 
@bjb568 oh
 
@bjb568 "It's complicated".
 
Duh. Shadow Wizard. Of course he can create a few dark places to hide in.
 
@bjb568 42
 
7:06 PM
You seem to have a bat signal, @Oded.
 
:P
 
@hichris123 more like a bit signal
2
 
@ShadowWizard Great idea! Stack Overflow's own superhero... Bitman!
 
@S.L.Barth yup. Man that can swim in bits, change them, make bitcoins out of thin air...
 
...and his nemesis... a twin brother who had an accident with an XOR operator?
 
7:17 PM
OK, so does "bitman" mean "a man made of bits" or a "bitten man"?
 
@S.L.Barth ...and turned to the dark side, whose name we must not mention...
 
@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M He was bitten by a radio-active web spider program.
 
Oh, "a bitten biting bit man made out of bitten bits biting bitten bits", I take it.
 
Bitman was also stuck inside infinite recursion as a child
You know, like that poor small black square in Xonix
 
So will @Oded repeatedly die and come back to life?
!xkcd latest
 
7:21 PM
@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M oh no, he can't die. Each iteration only makes him stronger.
 
He doesn't dodge bullets. He just shifts
2
 
Hmm, in all of the review queues but two, I'm the top 3rd reviewer of all-time in chem.SE.
 
7:37 PM
[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive answer detected: Statistics, calculating mean and standard deviation by LOSTER on math.stackexchange.com
 
@SmokeDetector tpu
 
@S.L.Barth Blacklisted user.
 
@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M you really should get a life...
 
@rene Right. But hey, I'm not even trying.
I click "review" in random times of the day, and voila.
 
You should stop not even trying, you see what happens...
Get some rep on SO so you can not even try in the CVQ....
 
8:15 PM
You mean it's not supposed to literally be a defense of your thesis? That takes all the fun out of it! :( — Mason Wheeler 23 hours ago
lol
 
@S.L.Barth Than other social media, you mean. :)
 
@tchrist Strictly speaking, yes.
 
[ SmokeDetector ] Few unique characters in answer, repeating characters in answer: when to use younger than and younger to? by dddd on english.stackexchange.com
[ SmokeDetector ] Manually reported answer: How to ping automatically to pingomatic in PHP? by sayed halik on stackoverflow.com
 
8:44 PM
 
@SmokeDetector fp-
 
9:01 PM
[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: TASCAM US-224 + JACK 1.9.10 by asdfgasdfas on askubuntu.com
 
> You voted to close this question 9 mins ago
 
BUAHAHA! ME AM SMTP MASTER! ME GET IT TO WERK!
 
did I?
oh, and has anyone seen this?
17
Q: "move this discussion to chat" not working

markhunteI and the OP of this post are unable to move it's discussion to chat. When I try I get: Am I missing something obvious here? or can this be fixed. Cheers.

 
yeah
 
Could've been a simple 'move comments from x server to y server', but y server was being moved and was offline and moving the comments to chat failed.. — cybermonkey 11 mins ago
most likely it
judging by the comments above my own, that is
 
9:20 PM
[ SmokeDetector ] Few unique characters in body: JSON to datatable C# by Cristian Tabuyo Liñan on stackoverflow.com
[ SmokeDetector ] Few unique characters in body: Parse data from JSON API(URL) c# by Cristian Tabuyo Liñan on stackoverflow.com
 
9:37 PM
@SmokeDetector tpu-
 

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