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11:06 PM
@TheUnhandledException what movie did you go to see?
 
@PiersMyers Let Me In
It was a poor remake of the original
If you want to see it, see the original, Let The Right One In
 
@TheUnhandledException - Don't say "let me in!"
 
Thought there was an invite lol
 
it's not out in the UK till November I think, probably give it a miss then
 
11:11 PM
Seriously, got a XHR listner going for key phrases lol
 
do we know the SO pass yet?
 
Man, I learn something new from Stack Overflow every day:
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A: What's the difference between JavaScript and Java?

MuktadirCodes in JavaScript is always open-source B-)

 
@Chacha102 I tried 'Unicorn', 'waffle', 'password' ... so no
 
dammit @MarcGravell Why can't you give us the password?
 
@PopularDemand ROFL
 
11:15 PM
Why do you all care so much about the password?
 
@Chacha102 - I was trying not to kick it off again. @PopularDemand bordom
 
@Chacha102 why don't they just open SO chat to everyone
 
I'm close to lobbying Marc to give it to you all so you'll go there and I don't have to listen to the clamor anymore, heh.
 
@all did you just hear @PopularDemand inviting the pain
just kidding. Im trying not to think about it, a previously starred comment about "it being the same as here, just with a different domain name" is true
Just without Popular
Which isn't necessarily a good thing
Though I 100% want dibs on Python chat
 
you should call it The Dead Parrot
 
11:18 PM
"muffin" is a funny word.
 
depends in what context
 
Y'know when you see a word too many times, it starts to look weird and lose its meaning? Most words get boring when that happens. "Muffin" just gets funnier. (Is there a word for that... occurrence?)
 
@PopularDemand - I find bubble is similar
 
@Chacha102 Thank you.
 
11:21 PM
ha, just knew that had to pop up
 
I expected that a lot earlier, to be honest.
 
I'm working out ...
takes time to put down the barbells and answer you people..
 
@Chacha102 are the 'barbells' full of beer?
 
no
 
Tim
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Q: How much does Microsoft pay Stackoverflow and does this have an influence on the content provided?

weneedanswersHow much does stackoverflow get paid by Microsoft and do they influence "the marketing" push of the content and the delivery on stackoverflow. I get the distinct impression that there is a definite bias for pro Microsoft and new tools that they are pushing, and questions get slapped down for not...

 
11:30 PM
lol
 
Tim
Where's my Microsoft money?!
 
@Tim - I swear, some of these posts are uncool. Repost
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A: What's the difference between JavaScript and Java?

MuktadirCodes in JavaScript is always open-source B-)

 
@Tim Certainly not being diverted to my offshore account. Relax.
 
Tim
@AidenBell That makes me sad.
@PopularDemand Oh, well, I can rest easy then
 
@PopularDemand - That question was a rep farm though
 
11:36 PM
@AidenBell "was"?
 
@AidenBell yeah, and we all missed the harvest.
 
good point
 
I don't think that guy gets how SO works..
cause there isn't much room for subjectivity in SO..
 
Interesting that @waffles doesn't like the stay on bottom.
Works fine for normal reading for me
 
11:46 PM
hmm, why did someone ask if @waffles is my sockpuppet? o:
 
@rchern because he used a backwards smiley (:
 
I'm about to go ape shit on that Microsoft $ guy...
 
@Chacha102 ?
 
@TheUnhandledException, are you my sockpuppet too?
@Chacha102, i have no idea what you're talking about...but hint....don't?
 
Yo, one more vote to close plz
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Q: How much does Microsoft pay Stackoverflow and does this have an influence on the content provided?

weneedanswersHow much does stackoverflow get paid by Microsoft and do they influence "the marketing" push of the content and the delivery on stackoverflow. I get the distinct impression that there is a definite bias for pro Microsoft and new tools that they are pushing, and questions get slapped down for not...

 
Tim
11:49 PM
I don't haz teh powah, unfortunately.
 
i would but my meta rep is low
only about 10% of my SO rep
 
@Chacha102 Is it really noise?
 
it also only needs 3 more flags
@PopularDemand Yes
 
fwiw, you don't have to be paid to have a bias
 
wait
what the heck?
 
11:50 PM
Currently it is flagged twice as spam, and once as offensive
 
why would that question get flagged or closed?
 
I'm pretty sure the OP is a troll, but it's a valid (if ridiculous) question on its own.
 
but I agree that the guy isn't reading what you wrote
 
@rchern Nope. I am original. JoshsSocks is my sockpuppet
 
haha, it's at -7
 
11:51 PM
@rchern It is more being closed as argumentative than noise..
 
nice
 
@TheUnhandledException, you used a real smiley though
 
well, that's a coincidence. I flagged it as spam. He's got at least three identical questions, same topic, some deleted.
 
@rchern I translated for your sake (:
 
the question seems perfectly valid to me, but i just sat down
 
11:51 PM
deleting, then reposting
 
@MichaelPetrotta Well then the solution is to flag for a mod for suspension.
 
Do you think SO would pay me to push Microsoft products, then they could sell that evangelism to Microsoft for more bucks.
 
@rchern I agree with you and @PopularDemand
> but it's a valid (if ridiculous) question on its own
 
fair enough. I'm getting in the habit of doing that on SO, for non-answers.
 
Although as @Chacha102 says it is also argumentative
 
11:53 PM
we just need one question. not a bunch of identical ones.
 
I would vote to close if I could
 
i wouldn't
 
My biggest problem with it is the authors complete lack of logic...
 
i'd vote to reopen.
maybe some editing, but i really don't see what's invalid
 
If you asked it @rchern I wouldn't vote to close
 
11:54 PM
@Chacha102 you're just not being objective enough
 
@rchern: really? needs more editing than not
 
Given the author it seems purely argumentative
 
@LanceRoberts Really? The title is bursting with argumentative...
 
i'm not looking at the author or anything the author has done
 
11:55 PM
i'm looking at this specific question
and it seems absolutely fine.
 
like rebuilding a pinto to build a ... what analogy am I looking for? not a car person.
 
@chacha102, I was making a facetious comment based on your comments with the OP
 
Honestly, I think it fits:
> This question does not add anything useful; having it present on the site is actively harmful because it distracts from other more useful questions.
because it really doesn't...
 
i disagree
 
I think there's a valid question in there, somewhere...
 
11:56 PM
Aiden's vote: Let it stay, is is a question, but a retarded one, which will garner down-votes for the asker and up-votes for answerers. Let it stay
 
@LanceRoberts I'd agree the question of "Is Microsoft Influencing StackOverflow Quality?" might be valid
 
if it wouldn't just get closed as a dupe i'd have no problem posting the question myself
 
@rchern I don't believe it would..
 
edited, it might be valid. now, it's not. and we've got only the now to look at. I'd edit if I could, but it'd end up a completely different question.
 
what isn't valid about it?
 
11:58 PM
Just put a backwards smiley in it, and tell them that it isn't a dupe, because the original didn't have one.
 
Sigh, it closed while I was editing it.
 
@rchern I meant it wouldn't be closed as dupe
 
...i'm being serious here.
 
"Does this mean that Stackoverflow is a lobbyist for Microsoft"?
very incindiary
 
If this question was put in a way that wasn't argumentative, it would be a perfectly valid question
Also, people generally don't close as dupe when the original is closed as well
 
11:59 PM
@AidenBell Gotta love Reversal farms.
 
@chacha: I agree with that, fwiw
 
G'nite all. Remember to ping if "that thing" develops
 
@Chacha102 Actually, they do, all too often.
 
This is really the issue:
 
for those that have edit powers (and if you have close powers, you do), shouldn't a valid question be edited for improval (it's a word, shush) before voting to close?
 
11:59 PM
5 mins ago, by The Unhandled Exception
If you asked it @rchern I wouldn't vote to close
It shouldn't matter who asks a question, the question has to be judged on its own.
 
anyone want to help kill this? stackoverflow.com/questions/3910625/…
 
agreed with @PopularDemand ala quote
 

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