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Moshe

1:17 AM

What is the max Flag Weight?

Shog9

64

A: What is flag weight?

What is flag weight? As explained in this answer, flag weight is a measure of how reliably you flag content. When your flags are positively reviewed (generally resulting in some sort of action), your flag weight increases by 10 points for flags on posts, and 5 points for flags on comments. Likew...

Moshe

1:45 AM

@Shog9 Thank you.

Tyler Chacha

2:03 AM

Is this not the best API Documentation you've seen? storage.102content.com

George Marian

@TylerChacha I dunno about the best, but it looks pretty good.

Tyler Chacha

Personally, I'm just glad that it all works

George Marian

I suggest a little more space between the methods, so each section is easier to read.

Tyler Chacha

Can't wait to get it integrated into an app

George Marian

@TylerChacha heh. Fair enough.

Tyler Chacha

2:13 AM

try that

George Marian

There yah go. Very nice.

Tyler Chacha

working on making an actual site front end...

George Marian

I need to do that for my own site. =/

Tyler Chacha

I mean, the JS lib front end looks nice: storage.102content.com/js/test.html

That window pops up when you start up an app for the first time, logs you in, and then lets you load data into the app

But, the site is different. It actually deals with your data, account, and everything else

George Marian

@TylerChacha That looks nice. You should provide guidance for the password. Max/min length and allowable chars.

Tyler Chacha

2:21 AM

Ah, yeah the text was mainly a placeholder... I haven't created requirements for the user/password system yet..

George Marian

hehe

Tyler Chacha

Right now I just create user via the database and they log in through the window

Moshe

Hiya folks, getting into SU again a little bit.

Tyler Chacha

mso/msoisawesome is one of them

George Marian

@Moshe hey there

Moshe

2:22 AM

@TylerChacha - Still no back button?

@GeorgeMarian Hey

Tyler Chacha

@Moshe No, but I have an API Documentation: storage.102content.com

Moshe

@TylerChacha Neat.

Is it just me, or are there less and less questions worth answering? I'm afraid that SE is accumulating questions and will soon become saturated. There will be nothing left but dupes (or questions that I don't know how to answer.)

Tyler Chacha

@Moshe Yeah, at some point you hit a mass where unless a new technology comes out, you are just answering dupes

Moshe

@TylerChacha Exactly.

Tyler Chacha

Or the questions are so incredibly complicated/localized that it takes a ton of effort to answer it

and not many people will appreciate it..

Moshe

2:25 AM

@TylerChacha See this:

3

Q: "New/Recently updated technology" tab?

I've got a question about Xcode 4 and I've gone to post it on StackOverflow and then it hit me just how many Xcode 4 questions there are. Similar to every UI update on StackExchange, when something in the tech community changes, a barrage of new questions is generated. I propose that new techno...

Anyone know what SE's business model is? Someone asked me the other day and we kinda skimmed it because I want' exactly sure.

Tim Stone

49

Q: What is Stack Overflow's business model?

I once answered a question that asked how Stack Overflow makes money, but that was before the time of VC. Now, Stack Overflow has cash, and they have an ever-growing list of employees, but where's the business model? The Experts-Exchange team took the time to answer its own Q&A about its si...

discussion stackexchange business business-model

John

2:41 AM

That's kinda cool.

Not the business model, the userscript.

Tyler Chacha

Behold my amazing duplication skills

This storage.102content.com/login was derived from this storage.102content.com/js/test.html

first is in CSS, second is in jQuery

John

Looks good!

Moshe

2:57 AM

I learned what Huffman code is today! http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5616264/bad-huffman-code/5616307#5616307

Tweeted by bermaniastudios on April 11, 2011 at 2:49 AM

@John Ditto that.

John

@Moshe Well I'm glad there are people that can answer those "Here's 3 pages of code, where my bug?" questions.

So +1

Moshe

@John I didn't. The title was cool and so I googled it.

Well, thanks.

:-)

John

Well you still helped the guy. And you're welcome. :-)

Moshe

@John Well, thanks. Can't argue with an upvote. :-)

John

@Moshe haha I figured you wouldn't. :-)

Moshe

3:02 AM

@John - Do you know Objective-C, iOS SDK?

John

@Moshe Nope. Considered learning, but I don't have a Mac and I'm not going to buy one just for that.

How about you?

Moshe

@John Ok, I did, and it paid for itself. (then got stolen)

@John I do know Objective-C, was going to ask you a question, but it seems that Google has the answers.

John

@Moshe doesn't it always?

I do Android though, you can ask me questions on that. :-)

Moshe

@John I'm not up to Android dev. I'm actually working on a Windows version of a client app for a web service. So at the moment, I'm on Windows.

happy sigh

Thank Gd, been a good day.

John

Glad to hear it.

Moshe

3:07 AM

Upped my flag weight above 500, (from like upper 300s) got a few edits on SU and learned something from an interestingly named question.

Hey, @John, I'll take that pity back. Windows is annoying to use when you're not used to it.

:-)

John

And I added a new feature to my web chat. :-) I guess today's been good all around.

@Moshe Ok, you can have it back. :-)

Moshe

@John Nice.

Tyler Chacha

I guess flag weight is the new reputation ...

3

Moshe

Aaaaaand that OP is back, reporting that I've narrowed the problem down.

@TylerChacha T'is, of course.

John

I got mine over 500 in the first week of it.

I figured out how to find "Not an answer"s really fast. :-)

Moshe

3:11 AM

@John How so?

John

1. Visit the review page.

2. Sort by "First Answers"

Moshe

:-D

John

3. CNTR-F "hank"

4. Flag all the "Thanks!" answers. :-)

Moshe

Nice!

John

Thank you. :-)

Moshe

3:13 AM

@John but really, what have you got against this Hank fellow, anyway? :P

John

@Moshe It's a leftover from when I had to do case-sensitive searches and wanted to get "Thanks!" and "thanks!".

Moshe

@John I know.

John

I figured that's what the ":P" meant...just checking! :P

I have to go now. Good night everyone!

Moshe

G'night!

0

Q: website problem

Hi All, i just want to ask/seek help regarding the web application of my friend. The website can be only be viewed using Mozilla Firefox, if you try to use another browser like IE, Chrome, Safari. it doesn't work; i mean you can't access the website. the web application is made of php (i dont kn...

php javascript web browser

Close ring, Go!

Moshe

4:22 AM

Oh, speaking of poking with a sharp stick:

►

Tyler Chacha

4:56 AM

Anyone alive?

storage.102content.com/stores/…

Moshe

5:26 AM

@TylerChacha There?

Tyler Chacha

yes

Moshe

@TylerChacha I need an opinion.

Tyler Chacha

As do I. You first

Moshe

Heh, ok.

Basically, I've got this app geared to religious Jews. There is a prayer which is said only in the spring, being a "count" of the number of days since the first day. We say a prayer with insertions for the given day.

My app shows the prayer and then some. I want an opinion on some ads.

Mind?

Tyler Chacha

not at all

Moshe

5:28 AM

wait for it... please

Tyler Chacha

waiting for it... your welcome

Moshe

there are six in all but you get the idea

Tyler Chacha

I'm guessing Jewish people would know what 'Sefira' and 'Omer' and 'counting' is

Moshe

Yea

Sefira means "the count".

roughly translated

Tyler Chacha

"lets you keep track of the days you've counted"

Moshe

5:31 AM

and "omer" is an amount of wheat

@TylerChacha Ah, thanks.

Tyler Chacha

The ad looks nice.

And catches attention

Moshe

Thank you. Just threw those together for a Jewish website.

@TylerChacha Heh, if you knew what I'm competing with... Flash, animated GIFs and the works.

What did you need an opinion on?

Tyler Chacha

I'm sure you're just praying for a chance to compete with them..

storage.102content.com/stores/…

UI

Moshe

@TylerChacha funny

Tyler Chacha

Just any general flaws in the UI

besides that the app menu doesn't work..

Moshe

5:34 AM

@TylerChacha Is that a top level menu, or are you still missing that back button ;-)

Tyler Chacha

its a top level menu

Moshe

Ok, very nice then.

Tyler Chacha

The app side of the menu just doesn't work because of how the JS is set up

Moshe

I'm assuming it's read-only though. Is it?

Tyler Chacha

Yes

Moshe

5:36 AM

@TylerChacha So you have some debugging to do, I gather?

@TylerChacha Yea, then it's fine. You may want some export options somewhere.

Tyler Chacha

Well, I need to add some bugs and then get rid of them..

Moshe

@TylerChacha Hehe, indeed, the story of programming. Adding bugs and removing them.

Tyler Chacha

@Moshe Yeah. First step is getting the data off of localStorage and onto a server. After that, I can do export to file stuff

Moshe

I have to check the Apple Guidelines for a second, see if that banner is required to link to the App store. If it is, I may throw those into a SWF and alternate.

In a SWF, I can mess with the links, you know, App Store badge to the store and the rest going to my site.

Actually, once we're discussing UI, @TylerChacha, I have an app site and i need to rework the UI. I had an idea, mind hearing it?

Tyler Chacha

@Moshe Yeah, because this is mainly a developer platform, the actual UI doesn't provide much in terms of Write access. You will be able to delete repositories and stuff, but not much in ways of writing your own JSON

@Moshe sure

Moshe

5:39 AM

Please look at apps.mosheberman.com/apps.html

Aside from the whole site needing a facelift.

See the list of apps?

Tyler Chacha

oops back

I assumed it would have taken a little typing .. so I went to the little programmers room..

yes

Moshe

@TylerChacha np

Ok, so that list...

Tyler Chacha

Bah! The Icon is too far over...

Moshe

I'm thinking of replacing it with just the icons, with tooltips on mouseover.

@TylerChacha Which one?

Tyler Chacha

All of them..

Moshe

5:42 AM

Too far over where?

Tyler Chacha

The text below the icons extend past the icon

Moshe

Not sure what you're referring to specifically.

The text wraps the icons, if that's what you mean.

Tyler Chacha

Line 1:                 [icon] text text text
Line 2:               text text text text

Moshe

Huh? What browser?

Tyler Chacha

chrome

Moshe

5:43 AM

Oh, I see.

Yea, the images are a little inset.

Like I said, needs a facelift.

I'm thinking of showing the icons all next to each other, like a home screen.

Tyler Chacha

You could fix that by putting the images in the gutter

Moshe

What do you mean by gutter? (Heard the term, not familiar with the definition in context.)

Tyler Chacha

Just do a margin-left: -80px; on the image, and now all the text is lined up against the left margin, with the image in the margin

Line 1:     [icon] | text text text
Line 2:             | text text text text

Moshe

Okay, that would align it, but I'm thinking something different.

I'm thinking:

Tyler Chacha

Yes, home screen would look cool

Moshe

5:45 AM

[icon] [icon] [icon] [icon] [icon] etc...

Perhaps rows, dunno how I'd do that, see, I'm no CSS ninja these days...

Tyler Chacha

the biggest problem is, there is a bunch of icons. How do I find out the title of each?

Moshe

@TylerChacha mouse over.

Tyler Chacha

and it would do a tooltip like thing?

Moshe

Or perhaps the title can be displayed beneath them, in a container, like the home screen on iOS.

@TylerChacha Exactly. :-)

Tyler Chacha

I don't know why .. I just don't like that..

it is an improvement .. but...

Moshe

5:46 AM

@TylerChacha I can understand that.

No offense taken. :-)

I did ask for input, right?

Tyler Chacha

I'm not thinking you'll take offense, just BTW. I'm just trying to figure out how to put it into words..

Moshe

@TylerChacha ok

Tyler Chacha

When you have pretty much any info on the page, you want to make it visible without any effort..

anything important that is..

Moshe

like the "click to buy" link. :-D

@TylerChacha - I'm sure you've seen the SE store by now?

store.stackexchange.com

Not official, but it's there.

Tyler Chacha

When you make important info only available on hover, it makes it A) Annoying to read several, and B) Confusing to find

Moshe

5:49 AM

@TylerChacha True.

Actually, looks like the catalogue is empty. meh.

Tyler Chacha

There was stuff on earlier today

I don't know why it got taken down

Moshe

It wasn't ready for the public but @GeorgeEdison discovered it by mistake, I believe, while userscripting.

Tyler Chacha

idevs.com/our_work

The name of the app and the artwork right there in the front. And the screenshot of the device with the app open makes it more apparent what the app actually is..

Although because they are doing games, it works better

Moshe

@TylerChacha Nice, but I don't like the alternating device rows.

right.

Tyler Chacha

Well they just do the device that they made it for, or want to advertise it under..

Moshe

5:52 AM

@TylerChacha Right but they have rows of devices, which kinda annoys me.

I'll have to see.

Anyway, it's late here. I have to sleep.

Tyler Chacha

yeah, the device thing is interesting..

Moshe

Thank you for your input.

Tyler Chacha

Ok, enjoy your rest

Moshe

Thanks.

Tyler Chacha

no problem. I'm here all week

Moshe

5:53 AM

@TylerChacha Why?

Tyler Chacha

Spring Break

Moshe

@TylerChacha Ah, passover break here. ;)

And, I can't officially advertise here, but you know what I'd like you to download. (If you haven't yet.)

:-D

Night!

Tyler Chacha

I'd like to put it on record that I have never ... ever ... ever! taken you suggestion to download the unspeakable app

Moshe

@TylerChacha Oh well, your loss - you don't get to compete with over a hundred folks on the global leaderboard. :P

Seriously, I'm out. gnight!

@TylerChacha - One more thing.

Tyler Chacha

2 mins ago, by Moshe

Seriously, I'm out. gnight!

Moshe

5:57 AM

@TylerChacha I know. I know. Have a promo code:

Tyler Chacha

:P

Moshe

.

Tell me when you got it.

Tyler Chacha

let me get my iPod..

Moshe

Ok.

@TylerChacha - When you are ready.

Tyler Chacha

ready

Moshe

6:00 AM

LXN7NNLP7K4R

In the app store, at the bottom, redeem.

Tyler Chacha

iPod or iTunes?

Moshe

on the iPod, at the bottom, or on the right in iTunes.

What iOS are you running, btw? (only if you know offhand)

Tyler Chacha

not sure

Moshe

k nvmd, not important

Are you going with iTunes or iPod?

Tyler Chacha

downloading now on my iPod

downloaded

Moshe

6:02 AM

Great!

Let me know if you (like || hate) it.

Tyler Chacha

i will

Moshe

Feel free to become addicted and sell it to several friends who in turn do the same.

:-D

Good night.

closes safari

badp's sockpuppet

7:28 AM

I'm annoyed

The university offices buidlings open at 0800

however, to reserve your ticket you must wait til 0900 for no good reason whatsoever

so you must queue at the reservation touchscreens, standing, because those queues can get really long

brb

experimentX

12:08 PM

was trying to tweak likes and dislikes on fb

why facebook.com/pages/Stack-Overflow/105665906133609?sk=wall is so silent

Tim Post

12:25 PM

@experimentX Not a lot of SO users use facebook very much

experimentX

1:16 PM

perhaps, it would be better i could get update like bbc

about whats happening if i were not using SO

Acorn

2:00 PM

Is it possible to see what flags have been submitted on a question?

Yi Jiang

@Acorn If you have 10k, you can see questions flagged as offensive or spam in a special tool menu

Acorn

Ah, not quite there yet.. thanks Yi

Tyler Chacha

2:16 PM

Good Morning

ircmaxell

2:38 PM

Morning

Moshe

3:01 PM

Good Morning

Tyler Chacha

storage.102content.com/stores/…

Moshe

I submitted those ads to a site, which is technically 3 sites, but yea.

@TylerChacha Wow! Really cool.

I like the menu overlay on top.

"Inspect Element" is the new "View Source", since 2008 or so.

Tyler Chacha

ya

Moshe

Although that of course depends on which browser you use.

Tyler Chacha

I need to get a cookie based auth going soon..

get rid of the auth token in the URL

Only thing it will do is save the token in a cookie though..

rather.. in a session

Best part about this site is that the site (what you are looking at) is just the HTML version. You can go to any URL and type &format=json and get what the API is looking at

storage.102content.com/stores/…

drachenstern

3:48 PM

That would be ... the opposite of what the tin said. But thanks for trying slashdot.

Charlie Sheen

4:19 PM

I can't believe how incredibly hard to use godaddy can become

it just has to much randomly grouped options

drachenstern

Trufa, what's up with the new nom-de-plume?

Charlie Sheen

@drachenstern he's my absolute idol, I want to be like him when I grow up and so I thought I would start by changing my meta account

And I was bored with Trufa

drachenstern

how ... odd

Charlie Sheen

@drachenstern agreed

Sankar Ganesh

@drachenstern hi i need your help

Charlie Sheen

4:26 PM

@SankarGanesh maybe we can all help?

drachenstern

@SankarGanesh I agree with Trufa, perhaps everyone can assist you in your problem?

Sankar Ganesh

@drachenstern: and @CharlieSheen: i have another question regarding studying the Master degree in Japan, in that they told obtain valid passport from ur country and then apply for visa, before obtain for visa , make sure u have Residence Approval Certificate of Eligibility , do u have an idea of how to obtain the Residence Approval Certificate of Eligibility, my bother got an offer from Nagayo Institue of tech, in japan

Charlie Sheen

@drachenstern I see you didn't like my new name :)

drachenstern

@CharlieSheen not ... particularly. But it's cool if that's what you want to do ...

Tim Post

@SankarGanesh Visit the Japanese consular at the embassy in your country

Charlie Sheen

4:29 PM

@drachenstern do you find it offensive or smth?

drachenstern

@SankarGanesh I have no idea. I imagine there is a consule in your country to ask at ... damnyou@TimPost ... :p

Charlie Sheen

@SankarGanesh absolutely no idea, sorry

Tim Post

@SankarGanesh They have a pre-made information packet that contains all of the forms and a checklist

drachenstern

@CharlieSheen just really really dumb. It's a pop-culture thing that has died here

Sankar Ganesh

@TimPost hmm, before going to him, i thought i can grab idea from our friends

Tim Post

4:29 PM

(we looked into moving there)

Charlie Sheen

@drachenstern ohh I was not aiming for smart

drachenstern

@SankarGanesh So that's like saying "before I go to the store I want to make sure they sell bread and milk there"

Sankar Ganesh

@CharlieSheen: hmm, no probs

drachenstern

You can't buy bread and milk from us.

Tim Post

@SankarGanesh For these matters, it is always better to go directly to the embassy. I don't think you need an appointment to get that, but call ahead and check.

Charlie Sheen

4:30 PM

I was just bored

Sankar Ganesh

@drachenstern hehehehehe, lol

drachenstern

The Japanese Consule in your region would be the best person to ask.

Sankar Ganesh

@drachenstern Sure

Popular Demand

Feb 14 at 16:39, by Popular Demand

I have a rather complicated and messy desktop consisting of four 1900x1200 monitors ← I want this guy's problems.

Sankar Ganesh

@TimPost: Thanks for your lovable Advice

drachenstern

4:31 PM

@PopularDemand Yatta!

Tim Post

@SankarGanesh I travel, extensively in Asia, immigration rules change frequently and often without notice on embassy web sites. It's always best to call them and ask, and make an appointment if needed.

Popular Demand

@PopularDemand For however brief a moment... I'm close to having them.

Tim Stone

@PopularDemand Mine are only 1920x1080, alas (and I only have three).

drachenstern

Wow ... 41 really?

41

A: The Many Memes of Meta

Meme: Eeeek! Originator: Marti First Seen: 4 Mar. 2011 ~ Eeeek what happened to my envelope? (sorry guys, 10k only) Cultural Height: Probably still to be reached, given the increase of developers working for Stack Exchange. Although see comments here for first signs of possible decline (2 wee...

Tim Post

I think I'm voting @SankarGanesh "Most polite in Chat 2011" even though it's only April

4

Popular Demand

4:32 PM

A 1680x1050, 1050x1680 (portrait), two 1920x1080s.

Tim Stone

Ah, nice. I definitely don't have that kind of desk space, how did you manage to fit them all?

Popular Demand

Got a new computer at work, and I thought it'd be easier to copy certain settings directly off the old computer than to try to figure them out from scratch.

Charlie Sheen

@drachenstern Eeeek!

Moshe

Hey, it only took half a work day for everyone to become unproductive again.

@PopularDemand Congrats on the new machine.

Popular Demand

Ostensibly, having all four monitors on my desk at once is to support that, but really it's just so I could say I did.

@TimStone Uh... with difficulty.

Tim Post

4:34 PM

Wait, it is 2011, right?

Popular Demand