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9:00 PM
haha
 
instantrimshot.com
 
@Fosco I still say chat should have an instant rimshot command
 
Ooh...flair...now I only had a website...
 
In the "activity" tab of the profile, did they just implement a dynamic show/hide feature for answers you've posted, or is that something I got for 10k?
 
9:04 PM
makes a note about the note to get on that arleady
 
@PopularDemand I don't remember anything like that when I had the 10k tools
 
@PopularDemand Seems to be a new feature.
 
Yey for new features!
 
Yeah, new feature.
It sure sounds weird, though.
"When I had the 10k tools"
 
in The SO Tavern (General) on Stack Overflow Chat, 5 mins ago, by Dan Grossman
That's just strange, to say that you want to be part of the community of bug fixers but not the community of users.
Can anyone here describe what Meta is, and why it's more than just "bug fixers"?
in The SO Tavern (General) on Stack Overflow Chat, 3 mins ago, by Josh
Meta is for questions about all the sites themselves. Far more than just bugs :-)
in The SO Tavern (General) on Stack Overflow Chat, 2 mins ago, by Josh
And almost everyone on meta is a member of at least one of the individual communities. But some people start to feel a better use of their time is guiding the community instead of answering individual questions on any site
That was my lame attempt
 
9:11 PM
@TheUnhandledException I don't think you need the word "almost" in there.
 
@PopularDemand I disprove your point
 
@JoshsSocks So you do. How'd you get created?
 
You can look at meta as an SE site whose focus is SE itself. People that are active on the sites tend to get pretty good at them, and clearly they like answering questions, so it's a perfect combination. They know the answers to questions about the engine, and they like answering
 
I don't think anything else needed to be said, but then again I did :(
@MichaelMrozek -You can look at +You should look at
 
9:14 PM
Well said @Michael
 
Or, said even more differently, it's stackexchange.stackexchange.com.
 
It should be meta.stackexchange.com, but obviously...
 
On a tot toy!
What the heck..?
 
That said, if meta.SE required HTML5 like chat.SE did, it would be too sad.
Don't get strange ideas, team.
MSO is unicorns enough for me.
 
9:17 PM
FWIW:
7
A: Shouldn't you take the plunge and have a per-site Meta for Stack Overflow too in favor of meta.stackexchange.com?

Jeff Atwood rather than making the obvious switch to meta.stackexchange.com It's not at all an "obvious" switch until every single SE 1.0 site is decommissioned forever. meta.stackexchange.com is the official support site for all SE 1.0 sites. Once that's resolved, then perhaps.

status-noncommittal
 
[status-you-can-take-mso-when-you-pry-it-from-my-cold-dead-hands]
status-length-limits-ftl
 

meta.SO vs meta.SE

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Bookmarked 5 secs ago by badp

 
grumbles about cigar bands tearing the wrapper and how that has a negative impact on the experience
 
in Bridge on The Stack Exchange Network Chat, 6 hours ago, by badp
I guess that once SE 1.0 goes completely offline, SE discussion will find its home there.
 
> Conversation started 6 hours ago.
blinks
 
9:20 PM
Been a while since I've talked about cigars... ;)
 
I'm happy with that discussion, it brought the feed counter for Bridge to 12 :D
 
in The SO Tavern (General) on Stack Overflow Chat, 30 mins ago, by Josh
@Dan just post an image with a freehand circle, and you'll get 20 rep easily
Great, give away all the secrets
 
That's a secret?
I thought that was a given. Like, before you sign up on meta you have to draw a freehand circle before you even get an account!
2
 
@TheUnhandledException ...did you pay someone for an account? 'cause you know they're supposed to be free....
 
what!?!?!
Damnit! @Fosco I want my three-fifdy back!
 
9:29 PM
@TheUnhandledException Er, he spent it already.
 
Bah, no fun when he's not here and I need to make the XMPP user list show that he left
 
@TheUnhandledException How did you think I got my copy of Mindcrack?
 
Turning tricks @radp? ;-)
 
9:30 PM
a freehand right parenthesis is a good start
 
@radp One might even say it's halfway there...
 
He started to make a big circle, and decided he wasn't ready yet, so he went back and tried some smaller ones
 
At least it's not a backwardsmile.info
 
Yeah stop giving @Dan a hard time, i see three freehand circles!
 
9:32 PM
I think we should adopt sideways smilies to make everyone happy! o_o
 
\o/
 
(double facepalm)
 
9:33 PM
@radp You misspelled "nobody."
 
@PopularDemand I actually meant both "nobody" and "everybody"
 
@radp With the eyes on top and the mouth on the bottom? That just looks weird
 
@MichaelMrozek /blame @rchern
 
@JoshsSocks sure, easy for you to say, you didn't clean up the garbage disposal mess!
 
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9:36 PM
What is this "free hand"?
 
@mootinator You see that piece of tissue above your mouse?
 
Oh hey.
 
It's a hand!
It's probably yours.
 
@radp what the hell is that? You just puked all over my chat...
 
@radp Nah, I was just joking, I don't have a mouse today.
 
9:38 PM
-1 then!
 
@TheUnhandledException wget http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1036/5182918070_1f7ea3d145.jpg -O - | anytopnm | aview -contrast 128
 
@JoshsSocks I won't hesitate to stuff you down @TheUnhandledException's garbage disposal...
 
@radp oh HAHAHAHAHA!!!!
 
@rchern No!!!!11!11!!1 please! I promise I'll be good!
 
Tell him @rchern! (-:
 
9:40 PM
ssh + byobu is rather awesome.
 
I don't use byobu, but I have screen tightly configured and I agree wholeheartedly @radp
I should check out byobu sometime
 
byobu is screen with a default configuration
 
so if you have your screen configuration already done, you don't need any of that.
 
17
Q: Hidden Features of `screen`

JoshSince I use the *nix command screen all day, and I couldn't find anyone starting this question, I figured it should be started. You know the drill: community wiki, one answer per features so we all can vote.

I based it off that
 
9:42 PM
 
Hello !
 
Who is Chris Forman ?
 
@JoshsSocks nice.
 
9:45 PM
@radp Plus all the fkey bindings to match icons on my keyboard, F7 for prev, F8 for next, F9 for new, etc
 
@phwd Ummmm
That doesn't look legit to me. I'd email team@stackoverflow.com
2
(Is that the right email guys?)
 
@phwd Not listed on the team page: stackoverflow.com/about/team
@TheUnhandledException Yes, team@stackoverflow.com is the correct e-mail address.
 
besides, http://stackauth.com/synthetic-open-id/facebook gives 404.
 
stackauth.com is legit tho...
 
@phwd I'll bet those links don't actually go where they claim to... :-)
 
9:48 PM
it's owned by Kyle Brandt domains@stackexchange.com
 
@phwd Finally, the To: field is wrong.
I guess that's a dead giveaway.
 
@DanGrossman We know stackauth.com is legit, but does the link really go there?
 
However...
Seems to be high-rep user ChrisF's real name. (SO 30k, SU 17k)
 
my point exactly @radp
Oh, cool, didn't know that @PopularDemand
 
9:50 PM
@PopularDemand whose home page is chrisforman.me.uk, not forman.free-online.co.uk (which doesn't load)
 
@phwd, oy. You were bcc'd on that email...
 
@PopularDemand should I be able to load that page..?
 
the teacher's lounge may have been a better place to ask that (;
 
Very very well :P
Now the SO team sends spam!!
takes notes
 
@rchern oh yeah you are right.
 
9:52 PM
@radp I didn't say it was him, just that it was his name.
@TheUnhandledException Which page?
 
I wait for the team to let me know what is up
 
@PopularDemand the careers one
 
@TheUnhandledException Yeah.
It's ChrisF's public CV.
 
@PopularDemand I get a white page
 
@JoshsSocks I did once, too; just refresh.
If multiple refreshes don't work, then I don't know.
 
9:55 PM
@PopularDemand That's really weird. Third try worked
 
I got it at the first try.
 
hmmm....does chat use flash for something?
 
@GeorgeMarian Yes, for the beeping.
 
@phwd I don't understand what you mean. But the lounge. Or the WA mod room. (:
 
9:56 PM
Then i'm not too worried about the plugin crashing. ;)
 
...the beeping... the incessant beeping... MAKE IT STOP!!!!
 
@rchern I went in the lounge now of chat.se
 
calls shenanigans on Minecraft
 
Hello
 
grumbles about delicious.com's crappy tag editing interface
 
10:00 PM
I'm having some issues with some code again. Same annoying project, taking 3 days longer than expected.
Does this question belong on SO or on Math.SE?
0
Q: Forula for positioning a row of images

MosheI'm working on a program that displays a bunch of thumbnails on the bottom of the screen and I'm using the mouse's position to slide the images from side to side. The center of the screen is 0 on an x coordinate plane. Every frame, the mouse's X position is either added or subtracted from the x...

 
If it's an algorithm, I'd say SO
 
@TheUnhandledException - I posted on math, because I want a purely mathematical answer. I'm not interested in edge case checking and whatnot - I'm curious how the Math people will take it.
 
@Moshe It's okay on math, but it's not really in the spirit of that site.
 
If its possible, I want a pure equation, sans if statements.
 
I think math is appropriate then...
 
10:03 PM
Is this in one dimension? It seems like it from context, but you use the word "plane."
 
@PopularDemand - So, should I move it? It's kind of an in between question.
 
Even if I am going against Popular Demand
 
@PopularDemand - Yes, one dimension. What word should be used instead?
 
@Moshe I wouldn't, but then, I don't use Math SE.
 
(Goes to show how good my math is.)
 
10:04 PM
I also don't understand "(So if the mouse is at -15, each thumbnail will move -20 pixels.) "
 
@PopularDemand - I need to edit that. Good point.
 
You could just call it a number line.
 
vector?
 
If you're going to edit anyways, you misspelled "formula" in the title.
 
@mootinator - Explain please. (Or post an answer.)
@PopularDemand - done. (That's what I get for typing with my bluetooth keyboard on my lap.)
 
10:05 PM
@Moshe wait I think I've built something like that
 
Do the thumbnails get bigger and smaller, like the ones on OSX docks?
 
@TheUnhandledException - So did I, but I lost the fla.
 
@Moshe That was actually a question, rather than an attempt at help :/
 
@TheUnhandledException - Yes, like that.
@PopularDemand - No they do't and no to your next question.
 
Feel free to view source @Moshe
 
10:07 PM
Then can't you treat the row of thumbnails as one long, thin image?
 
Don't feel free to copy source, but feel free to examine and see the equation we used
This is a commercial product we sell, so...
 
@TheUnhandledException - heh, obviously. I'm writing actionscript, slightly different anyways.
 
@PopularDemand that's how we handled it
actually, two long slices
which we slide by, and when one is out of view we move it to the other side
 
@TheUnhandledException - Lemme see anyways.
Also, you seem to be looping, not something I want to be doing.
 
yes, that's why we use the two slices
@Moshe I think you just want to translate mouse coords to a speed factor right?
 
10:09 PM
@TheUnhandledException Yep
 
lemme send the relevant portion of the code
 
ok, thanks
 
    mouseMove: function(e)
	{
		var perc = ((e.clientX-this.containerPosition[0]-this.viewerWidth/2)/(.5*this.viewerWidth))*100;
		this.speed = perc*this.maxSpeed/100;
		if(Math.abs(perc) < 10)
			this.speed = 0;
	},
 
What is perc and what does 10 represent?
 
perc is the percentage past the middle line if I recall correctly. This is why I should comment old code better ;-)
 
10:11 PM
percentage?
 
10 is a 10% tolerance in the middle where no movement occurs
 
I guess that deals with varying browser sizes.
Ah, ok.
 
so if your cursor moves outside that stop zone, the speed is percent * maxSpeed
so as you go further left or right, speed increses
 
Theoretically, this should work for Actionscript too, and it should loop no matter how many thumbnails there are.
right, that's the intended behavior.
 
Theoretically being the key word :-)
 
10:13 PM
Yep.
 
this line:  var perc = ((e.clientX-this.containerPosition[0]-this.viewerWidth/2)/(.5*this.viewerWidth))*100; means:
 
I don't see you applying the speed change though...
 
hm
I crashed XMPP, LOL
take the X position of the cursor. Subtract from that the X position of the left edge of the slideshow. Subtract from that half the width of the slideshow. Devide that by half the slideshow's width, and multiply by 100. This is the percentage of the width of the slideshow where the mouse is
[-100% 0% 100%]
I set the speed thusly @Moshe: this.speed = perc*this.maxSpeed/100;
 
ah, so speed is a synonym for X, here.
 
Speed is how many pixels to move the thumbnails by every loop cycle
	run: function()
	{
		if(this.running)
		{
			this.slide(this.speed);
			this._queueNext();
		}
 
10:19 PM
ok
 
I hope that helps somewhat!
gotta return to this project now
 
@TheUnhandledException I was just about to say, our boss is going to kick your ass !
 
Thanks for the friendly reminder... =b
 
@TheUnhandledException - Thanks.
@JoshsSocks - Aww...
 
10:46 PM
UNICORN PINATA TIME! http://twitpic.com/37gsw3
 
AHAHAHAHAHAHA
/me is jealous
 
That's what we saw from Rovio I think.
 
You think? You mean you haven't hacked it yet?
(-;
 
oy.
Nov 10 at 19:51, by Zypher
user image
 
Oy vey or Oy gevalt! @rchern?
ah HA, that's why Zypher had that unicorn!
 
10:52 PM
oy!
 
Wow I don't believe XMPP could send that!
 
Actually I am pretty impressed
Not with my code, mind you, with Adium, xmpp4r, Ruby, OpenFire and XMPP in general
 
There's Hebrew that needs starring, where's @Moshe when we need him? ;-)
 
11:33 PM
grumbles about delicious.com's crappy tag editing interface
 
@GeorgeMarian How bad is it?
 
Pretty farking bad. You have to select a tag from a drop down. =/
 
..Ew.
 
What happened to the in-band suggestions they provide on the site and with the add-on? tsk tsk tsk
 
11:48 PM
@TheUnhandledException - I'm right here, hehe.
 
There's an "Oy" that needs upvoting ;-)
 
heh
Oy, I left my MacBook charger in the office and I'm back in school.
3% battery life
 
Oy, my back is killing me. My sweet chair isn't helping me today.
 

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