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Moshe
Moshe
12:07 AM
Happy Chanuka.
 
 
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Chris
Chris
1:20 AM
Wow
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Q: Reputation extravaganza (500) - most useful Java posters?

bestsssThis is not a standard question regarding some programming problem/issue. It might be considered to be moved to Meta Stack Overflow or just closed as noise. I ask, please, leave it here. There are very few people attending Meta Stack Overflow and it will shrink the audience. The question is very...

discussion meta poll
"More on the extravaganza: this is the first of a few questions that are to feature lavish bounty, so stay tuned."
 
Nine Shogs Shogging
Nine Shogs Shogging
2:13 AM
@badp Wait, you closed hat-faces as OT?! Sorry man - I don't think you can handle MSO.
Gotta say, for a site about games, you guys really hate fun.
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
I have the high score in fun-hating.
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Jason Plank
Jason Plank
2:35 AM
Anyone else notice something odd about the comments to this question?
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Q: What's the total rep cap limit on Suggested Edits?

Conrad FrixAccording to How do suggested edits work? the limit is 1,000. When a suggested edit is approved, the user who suggested it gets +2 reputation. The regular daily reputation cap applies, and the total cap is 1,000. However at least one user has exceeded 1000 points earned from suggested edi...

bug status-completed suggested-edits
particularly the 7th comment
 
Chris
Chris
I think it's a right-to-left Unicode control character at the end of the user name
Blast from the past?
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Q: I messed with DOS

Judy QuinnI went into DOS and changed some "things" without knowing what I was doing. How do I restore it to its original format. When I boot up it requires me to pres F1 to continue ever since I "messed" with it. thanks

discussion
I mean, really?
 
Jason Plank
Jason Plank
@Chris his earlier comment doesn't appear the same way though
 
Chris
Chris
@JasonPlank Maybe he changed it?
@amanaPlanaCAnalPAnaMA Care to explain?
 
Jason Plank
Jason Plank
@Chris perhaps, but I thought it worked differently, i.e. you only see the latest revision
in any case i was intrigued to see <naps/> in the source, haha
 
Chris
Chris
@JasonPlank Oh, good point. Hm.
 
Jason Plank
Jason Plank
2:43 AM
@Chris i wonder if he was posting from dos
 
Chris
Chris
Heh
@JasonPlank You know, on second thought I think that @aman posted that Unicode control character at the end of his comment, mucking things up
 
Anonymous
Aw, the big anti-EE post alleging all kinds of nasty things was deleted.
 
Anonymous
 
Jason Plank
Jason Plank
@Chris it's definitely somewhere in that comment, you can see it in the source on his user activity page too
yeah, you're right @Chris, it's E2 80 AE, aka "right to left override"
inserted right at the end of the comment
 
Chris
Chris
3:05 AM
shenanigans!
 
Jason Plank
Jason Plank
pretty novel trick, good placement too :)
 
Chris
Chris
I seem to remember @balpha teaching him how to do that, but I could be wrong...
 
Nine Shogs Shogging
Nine Shogs Shogging
That'll teach balpha to teach people things!
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George Marian
George Marian
4:25 AM
> Obviously, Red Hat is still the poster child – more of a pin-up teenager with 1970s hair these days – for how to commercialize open source software.
The reason I read The Register.
 
 
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Benjol
Benjol
8:12 AM
Anyone know what happened to Dori and HedgeMadge? They seem to have disappeared off the radar... meta.stackoverflow.com/posts/99341/revisions
 
Sathya
Sathya
they no longer work for SE @Benjol
 
Benjol
Benjol
@Sathya, yeah, I got that far on my own... :) They've completely stopped participating as well, that's the bit that makes me suspect the 'no longer' may not have been 'by mutual consent'. I guess I shouldn't be asking for the dirty laundry...
 
 
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Tim Post
Tim Post
9:47 AM
Streisand effect
The Streisand effect is a primarily online phenomenon in which an attempt to hide or remove a piece of information has the perverse effect of publicizing the information more widely. It is named after American entertainer Barbra Streisand, whose attempt in 2003 to suppress photographs of her residence inadvertently generated further publicity. Similar attempts have been made, for example, in cease-and-desist letters, to suppress numbers, files and websites. Instead of being suppressed, the information receives extensive publicity and media extensions such as videos & spoof songs, often b...
However, some things are personal, and don't need to be aired out in the open. Note, I have no idea what happened either, I didn't realize HedgeMage was gone as well.
 
 
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badp
badp
10:50 AM
@NineShogsShogging We all love fun so much we hate others taking our own fun having opportunities from ourselves! Have ALL the fun!
 
Tim Post
Tim Post
Aww, cmon .. what's the worst that can happen when you don't validate your input?
 
badp
badp
11:05 AM
@TimPost It depends. Is the alternative using regexes to validate the input?
 
 
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Shawn Chin
Shawn Chin
1:41 PM
I'm absolutely hopeless at the bounty game. All 3 expiring and no answers to award any of 'em to :(
 
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
2:09 PM
@JasonPlank what the fruit... why did balpha delete it?
:-(
@Chris :-(
@balpha what is your definition of an answer?
 
balpha
balpha
2:25 PM
Answer
Generally, an answer is a reply to a question or is a solution, a retaliation, or a response that is relevant to the said question. In law, an answer was originally a solemn assertion in opposition to some one or something, and thus generally any counter-statement or defense, a reply to a question or response, or objection, or a correct solution of a problem. In the common law, an answer is the first pleading by a defendant, usually filed and served upon the plaintiff within a certain strict time limit after a civil complaint or criminal information or indictment has been served upon th...
 
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
@balpha but what it says in the faq: 
Answers that do not fundamentally answer the question may be removed. This includes answers that are …

- commentary on the question or other answers
- asking another, different question
- “thanks!” or “me too!” responses
- exact duplicates of other answers
- barely more than a link to an external site
- not even a partial answer to the actual question
 
balpha
balpha
> not even a partial answer to the actual question
there ya go
 
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
And my answer did not fall into anything
yes it was
@balpha then how does this one fall in? meta.stackoverflow.com/a/107514/155556
its the same type of thing
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
> You were fascinated by it, which is fine, but it never gained traction with anyone else (except in the past, and even then not really). This is the many memes of Meta, not the many memes of Neal. – Popular Demand 17h ago
> @PopularDemand that is true. that is true. I realize that. if you feel i should delete it I will. It was a meme at some point. I saw the whole string of it once (although I do not remember where). – amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A 17h ago
raises brow
 
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
@TimStone so what?
we should PURGE ALL MEME s it seems
@balpha should i continue. there are quite a few that are not related to the community as a whole but are left there. with people having the ability to vote on them as they see fit
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
2:30 PM
So you're arguing over the fact that @balpha deleted the post that you were willing to delete if @PopularDemand thought you should delete it?
I haven't had coffee yet, but that makes my head hurt.
 
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
@TimStone lol no. i did not think it should be deleted
and it seems @PopularDemand did not either. so it was not removed
@TimStone see comments here: meta.stackoverflow.com/a/19496/155556 was that one ever deleted? NO.
 
balpha
balpha
I've asked you before to stop making so much noise on meta, both in public and in private. And your only answer to that is "But everyone else is making noise, too!" -- really?
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Shawn Chin
Shawn Chin
/me cowers in the corner while the big boys argue...
 
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
@balpha no not rly. I do not see my answer as noise
 
Popular Demand
Popular Demand
2:47 PM
@ShawnChin Good luck with that:
Oct 13 '10 at 19:01, by The Unhandled Exception
I'm offended that /me support isn't implemented ;-)
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
@PopularDemand Now we know he doesn't use the userscript, too. tsk.
 
Shawn Chin
Shawn Chin
@TimStone Now I do :)
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
\o/
Ugh, which reminds me, I have an incredible backlog of code to do. sigh I really need to be better organized, or focused, or something.
 
Tiny mooTim
Tiny mooTim
\o/
 
jadarnel27
jadarnel27
3:13 PM
RAWR, everybody.
 
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
3:35 PM
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Q: Why can't we share on LinkedIn anymore?

amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM AWell the title says it all. Why is there no link to share on linked in anymore? [I realized this from an answer here]

discussion support linkedin
 
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
4:15 PM
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Q: Are the links at the bottom in any particular order?

amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM AThe links at the bottom of all Stack Exchange sites look like this: I understand that the great Stack Overflow goes first in all accounts. But what is the theory behind the ordering of the rest of the sites? I know that SciFi and Fantasy was just upgraded out of beta status, it seems it was j...

discussion feature-request hyperlinks
 
Yi Jiang's Proble_
Yi Jiang's Proble_
@amanaPlanaCAnalPAnaMA The list at the bottom is in the order in which the sites are launched
 
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
@YiJiangsProble_ I realize that. I even said that in the OP
but new users wont know that
and the ordering is confusing
 
Yi Jiang's Proble_
Yi Jiang's Proble_
@amanaPlanaCAnalPAnaMA So what's with the title?
 
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
@YiJiangsProble_ better?
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Q: Can we change the way the links on the bottom of SE are ordered?

amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM AThe links at the bottom of all Stack Exchange sites look like this: I understand that the great Stack Overflow goes first in all accounts. But what is the theory behind the ordering of the rest of the sites? I know that SciFi and Fantasy was just upgraded out of beta status, it seems it was j...

discussion feature-request hyperlinks
new title ^^^
@YiJiangsProble also it is getting waaaaaaaay to cluttered there.
 
Yi Jiang's Proble_
Yi Jiang's Proble_
It's okay. Have you seen the list in the dropdown menu?
That one is way too cluttered
 
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
4:23 PM
lol
@YiJiangsProble_ which dropdown?
 
Yi Jiang's Proble_
Yi Jiang's Proble_
The Stack Exchange menu
 
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
@YiJiangsProble_ where? (sorry now im confuzzled)
 
jadarnel27
jadarnel27
@YiJiangsProble Agreed. It seems to use the "whichever site I'm looking for at the bottom" ordering scheme.
 
Yi Jiang's Proble_
Yi Jiang's Proble_
The one on the top left hand corner of every page in the network
 
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
@YiJiangsProble_ lol that one is in an even weirder order
 
Yi Jiang's Proble_
Yi Jiang's Proble_
4:27 PM
@jadarnel27 Yeah, but you have to use it to switch between beta sites and launched sites
Quite annoying
@amanaPlanaCAnalPAnaMA It lists the ones you're on in order of reputation, then randomly after that
 
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
@YiJiangsProble_ thats so dumb...
 
Santa Claus
Santa Claus
5:15 PM
Hello. Is this the right chat to ask site questions?
 
jadarnel27
jadarnel27
@SantaClaus I don't think anyone would disagree with you asking a question (about the site) here. It's a general chat room =)
 
Rob Hruska
Rob Hruska
@SantaClaus I want a pony. Please can send me a pony.
 
Shawn Chin
Shawn Chin
Possibly the most calming OT question I've come across so far: stackoverflow.com/questions/8584103/…
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Q: converting oscillating motion in a video to a frequency

Stuve VillgeI was walking a long in bush and there was this cool breeze coming up the valley. The coolest breeze I have ever felt. There was a cool bit of flax right there too which was wobbling perfectly in the cool breeze. We watched it for ten minutes and it did not faulter. I got a video of this happenin...

audio video guitar
 
Santa Claus
Santa Claus
Was just wondering why the rejected message for tag wikis was: "This edit is incorrect or an attempt to reply to or comment on the existing post."
 
Shawn Chin
Shawn Chin
@SantaClaus Might help if you also post a link to the suggested edit in question
 
jadarnel27
jadarnel27
5:19 PM
@ShawnChin Oh, that is fantastic
 
Santa Claus
Santa Claus
 
jadarnel27
jadarnel27
@SantaClaus By the way, that's one of the canned reject messages I believe.
 
Santa Claus
Santa Claus
Yeah, I marked it as "invalid edit" because the accuracy was pretty dubious, just didn't understand why the message mentioned replies/comments
 
Shawn Chin
Shawn Chin
The edit is "incorrect" or is "an attempt to reply/comment".
Just two separate (but sometimes related) reasons for using the same flag
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
I'm a little confused where tag wikis come into the picture, since that was a suggested edit on an answer.
 
Santa Claus
Santa Claus
5:26 PM
@TimStone Oh wow, it was an answer. I don't know why I thought it was a tag wiki
 
jadarnel27
jadarnel27
5:53 PM
Why isn't the [plz-send-teh-codez] blacklisted / banned on SO?
I just edited it out of this post when someone added it.
(I mean...the question is awful, but that tag isn't really necessary)
 
Rob Hruska
Rob Hruska
@jadarnel27
erg. stupid auto completion.
@jadarnel27 Yeah, I don't know why it's not blacklisted either. I'd vote for it if it were a meta issue.
 
jadarnel27
jadarnel27
@RobHruska Good to know I'm not alone =) It seems like outright blacklisting is rare, but worth it in this case.
 
Popular Demand
Popular Demand
Tags that are not used by any questions are considered nonexistant by the system.
 
Rob Hruska
Rob Hruska
@PopularDemand They get cleaned up / removed nightly, correct?
Although that doesn't prevent them from being used again.
 
Popular Demand
Popular Demand
That sounds right.
 
jadarnel27
jadarnel27
6:06 PM
@PopularDemand That makes sense. Michael Myers comment on the post just made me think there had been problems with that tag being added back in
 
Rob Hruska
Rob Hruska
@jadarnel27 If you do end up requesting the blacklist, also include [plzsendtehcodez] (no hyphens)
 
Nine Shogs Shogging
Nine Shogs Shogging
And [tehcodezcanyouplzsendthem]
 
jadarnel27
jadarnel27
Haha, indeed. Anything with [plz] in it =)
 
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
vote to reopen anyone? ^_^ meta.stackoverflow.com/q/116522/155556
 
jadarnel27
jadarnel27
@amanaPlanaCAnalPAnaMA LOL. I think it is exactly too localized =)
 
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
6:18 PM
@jadarnel27 :-P
twas fun though ^_^
 
jadarnel27
jadarnel27
Haha, I read that last night. Hilarious
 
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
Ummmmm read this one:
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Q: Cycles in family tree software

Partick HöseI am the developer of some family tree software (written in C++ and Qt). I had no problems until one of my customers mailed me a bug report. The problem is that he has two children with his own daughter, and, as a result, he can't use my software because of errors. Those errors are the result of...

c++ graph cycle assertions family-tree
wth is goin on there lol
 
jadarnel27
jadarnel27
Hahaha
That is bizarre
 
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
quite lol
 
Moshe
Moshe
7:17 PM
 
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
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Q: RAGE QUIT an answer

amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM AHow does one rage quit an answer. To explain: What is the proper etiquette for leaving an answer as it is and ignoring the OP when they post comments? The standard Stack Question is asked. An answer is given. That should be it (maybe a few minor edits based on comments). But When an OP start...

discussion answers rage-quit
anyway i can update that question to make more sense?
rrrrg @random closed it
 
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
7:47 PM
lol the utf-8 hack breaks my chat app
 
Moshe
Moshe
@amanaPlanaCAnalPAnaMA what happens?
 
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
 
jadarnel27
jadarnel27
8:32 PM
0
Q: Blacklist the [plz-send-teh-codez] tag?

jadarnel27I think we should blacklist the [plz-send-teh-codez] tag (and possibly variations1 thereof). There are not currently any questions tagged as such (anymore), but at least one user (this person) has been actively trying to resurrect it (1, 2, and 3). All three instances above happened this month....

discussion tag-blacklist-request meta-tags
@NineShogsShogging and @RobHruska : Posted =)
 
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
8:44 PM
@jadarnel27 im mean :-P
 
jadarnel27
jadarnel27
@amanaPlanaCAnalPAnaMA LOL
Tim Stone shut you down
@amanaPlanaCAnalPAnaMA Well, I thought it was funny =)
 
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
9:03 PM
@jadarnel27 Bo0o0o0o00o0o0o0o0oooo
@TimStone :-P
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
:)
 
Chris
Chris
Just out of curiosity, is there any way to get Google to prioritize Stack Exchange content?
I find that many of Google's top results aren't as good
But it's annoying to type site:*.stackexchange.com at the end of every query
 
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
@Chris lol i was abt to say that
@Chris u using chrome or ff?
 
Chris
Chris
@amanaPlanaCAnalPAnaMA Firefox
 
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
@Chris hmmmm when u can create a new search thing
for ff
well chrome its easier to do
not sure how to do it in ff
you would need to add something like:
http://www.google.com/search?ix=sea&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=site%3A*.stackoverflow.com+%s
where your search replaces the %s
works fine in chrome @Chris
 
Chris
Chris
9:22 PM
Thanks, I figured it out
Though it is a bit hackish
(1) Add a new bookmark in Firefox
(2) Change its address to google.com/search?q=%s+site%3A*.stackoverflow.com+OR+site%3A*.stackex‌​change.com
(3) Add a keyword ("g", for example)
You can then use the keyword from the "Awesome Bar" to search across the Stack Exchange network
Reference:
 
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A
@Chris ahhh haaaa
 
The P.G. Rep Mining Co.
The P.G. Rep Mining Co.
10:17 PM
Is it CSS naked day already?
 
Chris
Chris
10:38 PM
Is that a thing?
 
 
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Jason Plank
Jason Plank
11:48 PM
Wow, didn't think I had that many suggested edits... I'm set to lose 619 rep due to the recent 1000 rep cap fix ):
 

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