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6:00 PM
Let's go with "checksum". Ascending, please!
 
I'll take Criminal Offense for $1000, Alex.
 
List of problems with Shog9 (custom sort)
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OutOfMemoryException at line 249 - bailing out
 
ah, see... You're querying for problems not defects. The former is exponentially long!
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Q: How about a new stack exchange site about understanding women?

BrunoNo.. seriously! :) Think about it! Different cultures, different points of view and a mature community. If just one relationship could be saved it would be worth it!

Speaking of problems...
 
@Shog9 Seriously...he should've proposed it on area 51, not MSO
 
balpha is too fast for me.
 
6:10 PM
+1 @balpha!
 
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A: How about a new stack exchange site about understanding women?

Al EverettPeople who would turn to a Q&A website to learn to understand women are precisely the ones who shouldn't be breeding.

 
who said anything about breeding?
 
Rimshot.
 
I'm now very, very scared that on April 1, stackoverflow.com will redirect to understandingwomen.stackexchange.com.
 
Okay, we need to pull one more feature out, so the word "Eeeek" can be added to the meme list. Suggestions?
 
6:12 PM
@balpha Change Welbog's name.
 
Turn tag pop-up into a pie menu.
@PopularDemand ...to "Welbog"
Delayed decision making
Diminished concentration
Apathy
Impaired tracking
Distortions in time estimation
Paranoia
 
@Shog9 We get it, you allocated enough memory to list all your defects.
 
Wait, what are you listing now?
I thought those were features to remove at first.
 
@balpha Eeeeek why'd you take away all the <span>s that are really <a>s and turn them in to real <a>s q:
 
sitting through drug & alcohol testing policy training. Name. That. Drug!
 
6:16 PM
or in a similar vein, eeeeek why'd you take away the mouse-only features, who let those keyboard freaks in!
not what you were going for? (;
 
@balpha The purpose of these sites is to get good answers, right? You could remove all the questions from all the sites. It'd make the databases way smaller.
 
Eeeek! Who put this classy light-on-dark theme on the site?
 
Feb 20 at 21:19, by Rebecca Chernoff
If we took out all the features that people abuse, there wouldn't be too many left.
Feb 20 at 21:20, by balpha
@RebeccaChernoff yeah, that "ask question" button is a real pain
 
Financial problems
Frequent, extended absences
Isolation and withdrawal
Secretive behaviors
 
6:19 PM
Eeeek! @RebeccaChernoff is still mutilating emoticons and posting their carcasses upside-down!
 
Unusual defensiveness, anxiety, agitation
Wide mood swings
 
closes @Shog9 as "list of X"
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@Shog9 Heroin?
 
Nope.
But here's a decorative candle by way of consolation
Mood changes
Impaired mental functioning and alertness
Depression and apathy
 
Harmful or fatal if swallowed.
 
6:22 PM
@PopularDemand pfft!
 
Bah, they're grouping Opiates and Amphetamines together. That's so wrong.
 
@balpha do you really not have enough Apr 1 ideas yet?
 
waves hand there is no April 1st
 
@balpha If that's the case, maybe you should unpin the link to your post soliciting April 1st ideas.
 
Anybody know the site that collects examples of really bad UIs and makes fun of them? I can't remember the name of it now
 
6:30 PM
@PopularDemand meh... Good ideas are still coming in :) And that message will be auto-unpinned within 24 hours anyway
(I didn't pin it, btw)
 
@MichaelMrozek websitesthatsuck.com?
 
No, it was desktop programs. I should've bookmarked it
 
The interface hall of shame?
 
@balpha I'm just happy to know that auto-unpinning exists.
 
Although it's pretty old.
 
6:34 PM
Is Physics going to be Sketchy permanently?
 
physics isn't sketchy; the real css is applied along the imaginary axis -- turn reality 90 degrees to see it
 
Hey, it really works!
Although now I can't see any humans. Except balpha. Why is that?
 
@PopularDemand They're being punished for rejecting the awesome light on dark design
 
Oh good, 271 upvotes is totally reasonable for that high-value question
 
6:51 PM
I thought it got deleted.
Oh, it did.
 
@balpha wait so pinned messages eventually fall off? What's the listed time on that?
 
Fourteen days.
 
Well, at least it's nothing ridiculous
Like, say, fifteen days.
 
The horror that would be!
 
7:08 PM
Time limits are no obstacle for @RebeccaChernoff. Just ask the poor abused system messages on SE sites
 
@Shog9 I was imagining something about a fortnight being unreasonable there ...
 
@RebeccaChernoff Urge to star... rising....
3
 
Resist!!
3
 
How frequently are the site statistics on a beta site updated?
 
7:15 PM
Without looking I'd say every 3 hours.
 
@RebeccaChernoff - thx!
 
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Q: When porting code, must I follow the original license?

MosheI'm an iOS developer and I've found myself porting code from several other languages recently for various projects and it got me thinking about code licensing. When porting code, is that considered to be "use" of the existing code, or since I'm not copying and pasting anything, is the code a ne...

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Q: What tips can you offer to someone porting code?

MosheWhat advice (tips, techniques, gotchas, et cetera) do you have for someone who is porting a code library from one language to another?

</shamelessplugs>
 
Jan 20 at 17:45, by Moshe
</shameless plug>
Jan 20 at 17:45, by Moshe
shameless plug
Sep 28 '10 at 19:02, by Moshe
which, by the way, are here: (shameless plug)
Jan 5 at 3:57, by Moshe
And, once again, shameless plug:
....
 
7:30 PM
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A: Javascript troubleshooting tools in IE

GateKiller@Mike and @Dave. Thanks for those useful answers. This is why I'm finding Stack Overflow so useful, even in it's beta :)

Good old days!
 
7:43 PM
What happened to the Eeeek post?
 
@Richardakacyberkiwi It was deleted
 
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Q: What topics can be discussed here?

0xA3 Update: Maybe we can convert this question into an FAQ-style question? I didn't find a place where the style and type of questions for meta are described (as it is the case e.g. in the SO faq or in Jon's howto). Original question: Can someone please explain what happened to the discussion...

 
1 hour ago, by balpha
Okay, we need to pull one more feature out, so the word "Eeeek" can be added to the meme list. Suggestions?
 
@PopularDemand I think that we should nominate "Unanswered"
They want todo it anyways, might as well pull the plug
 
Without replacing it with /review yet. That could work.
 
7:46 PM
@balpha tag tag tag ... read the previous post from myself and the following conversation
 
@drachenstern I missed that - what's wrong with Unanswered?
 
@Shog9 the "eeeek" meme list
 
Since Stack Exchange has the best layout and the most informed communities about computer stuff, I think subjective questions like mine should be discussed on at least one of them. (That is the kernel of my OP.)
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Q: Dispute the closing of "What is the Ubuntu of Web Development Frameworks?" on SO

Lao TzuThis question http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4645739/what-is-the-ubuntu-of-web-development-frameworks-what-framework-should-i-use was closed for being "subjective and argumentative". I'd like it to be re-opened. I'll admit that I did respond heatedly to some of the answers. I think that's ju...

It's a blast from the past. Where are my aviator sunglasses?
 
@Shog9 Aviators? Don't you mean zoot sui... oh, right, no body, sorry. Don't you mean bowler hat?
 
@PopularDemand lmao
 
8:01 PM
heh... bowler. Just referenced bowling in a comment on that very question.
 
@Shog9 +1-ed!
 
I'm tempted to repost this on SO to see how many upvotes it would get: reddit.com/r/PHP/comments/g4ctu/…
 
@MichaelMrozek DO IT!
 
@MichaelMrozek I'm torn between yelling "Do it!" and
Well, thanks, Shog.
 
Shog9 has never experienced indecision
 
8:05 PM
@MichaelMrozek Only indigestion?
If you do do it, onebox it for us.
Gyargh, clicking your rep doesn't take you to the privileges page anymore?
 
I just ran into that about an hour ago, I was completely confused for about 5 seconds
I just stared at the new rep page blankly, trying to remember what I'd just done to end up there
 
Know what AT&T's portal needs? A way to SMS from within my "view accounts" pages
I'm obviously authenticated on the network.
 
@drachenstern Seems like a heck of a lot of work on AT&T's end for minimal benefit. What's your use case?
 
Also, if you're on AT&T and haven't talked to them lately, "Free mobile to mobile calling on any network" if you're already paying for a family plan and the ~$30/mo texting unlimited plan.
IOW: we can drop our rateplan by one tier and save an additional $20/mo over what we're paying now
reason: they're trying to be more competitive.
@PopularDemand so I can SMS from my keyboard on my computer. Sheer laziness. What does it buy them? One more feature on the checklist "look what we offer"
Found it! I knew they had to have one on there somewhere
 
8:33 PM
@drachenstern yeah, was gonna say - sprint's been offering that for about a year and a half now
of course, sprint needs all the help it can get
 
@Shog9 yeah, ATT is finally modernizing
 
goes to do something more productive than whine on a the internet to complete strangers
 
Well I think you're doing it wrong, but ok @Moshe ... (doesn't know what the whining was about)
 
@drachenstern I was whining about my iMac being robbed.
 
8:44 PM
?
 
Sometimes you just need the other geeks in your life to be on your side ;)
 
@drachenstern Who ever heard of geeks not being on the same side? We're too vulnerable to predators individually!
 
@PopularDemand Moshe thinks that he can't whine to us.
 
@drachenstern Well, we're not facing a common enemy at the moment.
 
I just think it's a waste of time. I doubt that whining here is going to bring back my iMac.
 
8:47 PM
@Moshe it won't. You're right.
 
@Moshe Unless you finally get Michael Mrozek to confess.
 
@drachenstern For now.
 
@mmyers Wait, what? I have become interested in this conversation all of a sudden.
 
The wheel of blame does not lie.
 
@mmyers As I keep telling people, there's a big difference between "saying something that is not true" and "telling a lie."
 
8:49 PM
@PopularDemand I ... would like to subscribe to your newsletter
 
@drachenstern Wow, it's been years since I published an issue of my newsletter.
 
Is @Nyuszika7H here, or it's my imagination, I thought some sort of grounding had occurred. (Just asking.)
Hi @Zypher - What's up?
 
He is still able to read the transcript even if he is banned. Those are public.
 
9:10 PM
I was just asking.
@drachenstern - Two questions. You had some feedback about the 'how to play" screens. And you had some input regarding a "light" version of Nippon. Do you remember what those were?
 
the "how to play" is in the transcript, hold for a link back to.
 
@drachenstern sure, thanks
 
6 hours ago, by drachenstern
take out "to learn how to play, swipe through these slides" ... "you must repay your debts" -> "don't forget your obligation to the credit union for helping you get started" or something.
light version: 10 days gameplay, for starters
 
less locations?
 
Mar 2 at 15:23, by drachenstern
And for the 15 day version, lose the funizushi?
 
9:12 PM
I added the other 2 btw, for build 11
 
there's the start of the transcript of the version
 
ok
reading
 
Also, did you remove/gray the "continue" when no save game is present?
 
hi all, I can't seem to find the meta question where it explained how the featured questions are evaluated (weighed).
Was the question clear?
I mean the algorith they use to decide which qualify as featured
(I'm sure I saw that explanation)
By featured I mean this get here: stackexchange.com
 
@drachenstern No, there's just an alert when you tap on it. It's easier to do, IMHO.
 
9:18 PM
@Moshe no. It's easier to not give the option to the user. It's lazier to you.
Doesn't iOS have a "disable button" command?
 
Heh, okay, open it on GitHub and I'll get to it.
@drachenstern Oh there is a button enabled property, wasn't thinking about that.
 
yeah
@Trufa I don't know for sure man.
 
 
1 hour later…
10:33 PM
@drachenstern I'm sorry for the delay
I was asking about this:
 
@Trufa ok
sadly I'm about to leave tho ... :\
 
@drachenstern thanks anyway!
 
@Trufa go ahead and describe the problem with this
 
@drachenstern I'm searching for the question that explains (the algorithm of) how those questions get there.
 
@Trufa oh, well so for starters you know those are the same questions as on the front of stackexchange.com right?
 
10:37 PM
1 hour ago, by Trufa
By featured I mean this get here: http://stackexchange.com/
@drachenstern yes, agreed
 
oh ok
so I'm not sure where they derive that from. I know as a post gets viewed more it tends to have a higher "heat factor" and so ranks higher on that but I'm not sure what triggers it to begin with
 
@drachenstern agreed, I do understand that but (I may be wrong) but I'm quite sure I once came across a meta post that explained all the factors that came into consideration and how important (wieght) they had on the final result
 
yeah but I think that information is old
bbl
 
but again, I may be confused, since I've done quite an extensive search and wasn't able to find it
@drachenstern ohh that may be true!!
 
11:27 PM
Oy.
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Q: Is there a policy around CW? Are they escape answers like comments?

Richard aka cyberkiwiSee answer here: Change sort in SQLite It was entered as a CW. I'm not sure if the author believes the answer to be correct, but I am about to investigate a way to do it properly using the data posted. I read on some meta posts recently about people using comments because they won't take the r...

 

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