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7:59 AM

@mootinator heh I figured C# was like Java in the 1:1 class name / file name mapping

shows how little (0) C# I've done

Partial classes add to that fun by allowing you to have pieces of the same class over multiple files.

9:12 AM

Greetings folks.

'Ello

I'm somewhat jetlagged.

@Moshe 7 hours?

I just got back from Israel 12 hours ago. Didn't sleep much on the plane, was up for 24 hours straight and then I crashed on the couch at midnight local. It's 5AM now.

@Flexo So I'm still tired, but I think I'm fighting the jetlag by having stayed awake until people here were going to sleep.

@Moshe I prefer the East to West jetlag to the West to East one

9:15 AM

I can't begin to describe how weird it is to have 24 hours of straight daylight. We flew west, from 11 AM Israel time.

@Flexo Yea, seems easier to handle.

@Flexo - did you change your username recently? I recognize the gravatar.

@TimStone Working on anything interesting?

@Moshe yeah, the new name suits the gravatar better

Depends on your definition of interesting, I suppose.

@Flexo What was it originally?

@TimStone Ok, allow me to rephrase: Whatcha working on?

Actual work-related stuff at the moment, which I suppose is rather uninteresting.

In just a bit I'm going to do the EL&U Town Hall Digest, and then if I have extra time before going into the office there's some Data Explorer stuff I was working on.

Cool. I need to learn to use Data Explorer.

In Israel, I learned that learning is more important than I thought.

9:20 AM

Heh :P

Well, there, and in Palo Alto in June, the weekend after WWDC.

I had the opportunity to meet a Google guy and an Apple intern working on some hardware for the iPhone 4S++.

Cool

Yup.

One more thing, JavaScript question, if you don't mind.

Sure

I'm trying to use jQuery to load data from the GitHub API, but I'm seeing Access-Controll-Allow-Origin.

I've used the same code for my blog feed, and after adding a line to my .htaccess, my site correctly allows javascript on my own site to read the blog RSS feed.

GitHub on the other hand fails.

When I use JSONP, by adding a parameter to the URL passed to jQuery, the GitHub API tries to return data but it chokes and returns either a specific subset or some other garbage.

Let me grab some code for you.

Actually, @TimStone, got a chat addy I can use to send you a URL?

So, the question is, why does GitHub refuse to load properly, and what can I do about it?

9:29 AM

I can neither confirm nor deny that I do. Just paste it here and delete it a few seconds later, not that many eyes about at this hour. :P

Clicked

So, there's a file called feed.js in that directory.

In there, the function that does the loading:

Your request to the GitHub API has a trailing / it's not supposed to have.

Which causes the API to return 404 error.

@TimStone What URL do you see being passed in to JavaScript? It should be api.github.com/users/mosheberman/repos?callback=?

https://api.github.com/users/mosheberman/repos/?callback=?

It should be

https://api.github.com/users/mosheberman/repos?callback=?

Still no dice.

Even without the trailing slash, it breaks.

9:36 AM

The API returns the right response now, though, which is pretty important. :P

Ah, ok. When I change the callback to a hard coded value, I get a response, wrapped in a function.

api.github.com/users/mosheberman/repos?callback=test

Right, right. The ? was just a placeholder.

I thought jQuery is supposed to replace it though.

It does, I just didn't copy that.

Your other problem is in your callback to getJSON()

What problem is that?

9:38 AM

how did the edit after mine on: stackoverflow.com/posts/11765671/revisions not get auto rejected for being minor?

The response you get from the API has a root property data, so you actually want data.data in your handler, not data.

@Flexo Looks like it diffed against your edit, so the implicit revert of your changes was enough to let it through.

Although that seems wrong...Hmm. Maybe the "more substantial" simultaneous edit check isn't working right with suggested edits?

Or, at least I assume that they somehow started editing before you had finished, and then took eight or so minutes to do so (...somehow >_>)

What benefit does diff against the head give when it was forked from an earlier version?

Well, none, which is why it doesn't seem quite right. :P

@TimStone Thank you! I think it works now, take a look please?

@Moshe Yep, looks good now!

9:45 AM

Great!

@TimStone so bug? it must be a dupe though

Possibly. I'm not confident in making judgement calls this early in the morning. :P

Let's see if there's anything out there..

they probably used to get rejected manually quite reliably though

@R.MartinhoFernandes Hey, aren't you usually in the C++ room?

Regardless, welcome.

Also, yay:

\o/

9:50 AM

@Moshe I'm lurking.

@Flexo Yeah, even though the system let that one through I'm confused why it was approved.

@R.MartinhoFernandes Welcome.

@Flexo, What was your old username? Been a while.

Right. :-D

There y'are.

balpha

@Moshe You know what would looks great on retina? Freehand circles!

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@TimStone I think new (single, just over 2k) reviewer hit improve

@balpha :D :D :D

9:52 AM

@Flexo Looks that way. >:/

@TimStone although their profile suggests they have a fairly sensible accept/reject rate

I checked on Meta, I don't see anything that's quite describing this scenario (probably since it's not one someone impacted by it would complain about, unless they were the original editor and happened to notice like you did)

I was expecting to see 100% or as good as

There's some stuff that talks about normal edits overwriting suggested edits or some such, but this is the opposite.

@TimStone yeah I found a fair bit of that, but nothing quite like this so far

9:55 AM

Ok folks, gotta finish unpacking (read: move everything off of my bed and back where it belongs) and freshen up.

@Flexo Well, I suppose I feel a bit better if we can classify it as some form of mistake, heh.

Have a good day folks.

Thanks @TimStone.

No problem.

AakashM

10:19 AM

> Nuclear plants in my country use a Microsoft Project MPP file to coordiante the maintenance operations they do

note to self: avoid said continent and anywhere downwind of it

balpha

12:14 PM

Well that's it, the internet will implode now.

google.com/#q=google Mwhahahaha.

2:14 PM

Somebody recommended that when I felt like complaining about something that happens on SO, I do it in chat. So I'm complaining. Please sympathize.

2:28 PM

@ErnestFriedman-Hill anything fixable?

Naw, just somebody copied my answer and got accepted. I am a whiny biyatch.

jokerdino

hi

Heya

3:03 PM

@ErnestFriedman-Hill That's pretty much all I do here is complain, so you're good =P

There used to be a room just for that. I think @mootinator made it.

It is surprisingly effective. Better than rubber ducking it, even.

Haha. I don't think I've ever heard of rubber duck whining.

The Whining Room (just a transcript; room is frozen)

No onebox for frozen rooms, I guess.

You can always depend on @PopularDemand to find obscure stuff =)

The Whining Room!

jcolebrand

@R.MartinhoFernandes wait, you didn't link to the IT Crowd?

3:15 PM

The top two answers here are great.

Great as in "Hilarious, I lol'ed", or great as in "Really good"?

I would say "great" as in "really good". Question is super off topic nowadays though, should be on Programmers

jcolebrand

@ErnestFriedman-Hill eh, it's not a GREAT topic for Programmers either, maybe The Workplace no?

3:31 PM

Half expecting Yannis to show by magic soon - he gets auto-notified of any message in any chat about moving to PSE right?

@jcolebrand agree. I'm not used to the existence of that site yet!

LOL, sorry to invoke the doomsday trigger

@DanielFischer As Ernest said, yeah I was thinking "really good". I can't imagine why you'd think I would be sarcastic ;-)

I haven't read the answers, so how'd I know?

Oh, right. Sorry. You're usually on mobile aren't you?

4:00 PM

@jadarnel27 No, I don't even have a mobile. I'm an old-fashioned guy, I like my phones tied to the wall.

I just didn't look - ask first, shoot later.

/me wonders, is it time for an "I like my women like..." joke?

Hahaha. I'm gonna go with "probably not."

Be ashamed, what a dirty imagination.

needs to stab a wasp nest in the face.

Shog9

@DanielFischer Unlike you, I'm a progressive guy, and like my women and phones wrapped in protective rubber cases, firmly in my pocket.

Golly, must have big pockets - or small phones.

Shog9

4:19 PM

@DanielFischer Yes to both

6:21 PM

in Lounge<C++> on Stack Overflow Chat, 3 hours ago, by rubenvb

The difference between a cat and a comma: a cat has claws at the end of its paws, and a comma is a pause at the end of a clause. — MetaEd 31 mins ago

Heh. Oneboxing a comment onebox from another chatroom is awesome.

Oooh, let me try that.

Hahaha. Well played.

7:36 PM

...brown.

You know?

7:48 PM

Nope.

You know.

8:09 PM

Is there an existing bug report for Markdown source diffs overflowing into each other?

I can't remember having seen one. goes to look

A: Revision mark-down source diff bug

@PopularDemand Already fixed

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It appears we've hit an area here where CSS browser compatibility can still use some work. I checked five browsers, and got three different results: Safari and IE agree, Chrome and Opera agree, and Firefox stands all alone, also being the only one where it looks really totally broken. When using...

I guess that's what happens when I skip my morning meta check.

Just have to have the post feed piped directly into your brain.

Ah yes. They've got that on Stack Apps, right?

Q: Why I have been banned posting answers in Stackoverflow?

8:49 PM

This guy seems to have been unfairly caught by the quality filter because of formatting issues (if he's not lying about not having any deleted questions).

Maybe consider helping him out of his ban with a vote or two where you can judge the quality of his contributions.

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Possible Duplicate: What can I do when getting “Sorry, we are no longer accepting questions/answers from this account”? I am new to Stackoverflow, but have been visiting for a long time. Recently, I posted answers to some questions, some people accepted me, but some people ...

You can get answer bans?

@Pekka He has at least one.

stackoverflow.com/questions/4788516/…

(but I don't have 10k to see it)

Ah, thanks.

To be fair, that's a question, and he was asked about deleted answers. Of course, the questioner isn't a dev, and neither am I, so for all we know deleted questions do factor into the answer ban algorithm.

9:02 PM

It'd be kind of wrong if system-deleted posts counted against you too, heh.

Boo, one of my questions got deleted. It's ragequit time. See you guys never.

But it was posted by popular demand! Who would do such a thing?!

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@TimStone No, it wasn't, it was a real question (i.e. on Stack Overflow proper).

Oh. Huh. Did it involve fun in any sort of way?

We do hate fun here at Stack Overflow.

9:06 PM

@TimStone No. stackoverflow.com/questions/2425920/… (>10k only of course, but the URL slug says it all)

stackoverflow.com/questions/2425920/…

Ah

All the way back from 2010

9:29 PM

Stuff like this is what makes me doubt "the summer of love".

See the Community Bulletin to the right please. "The Hunting of the Snark". First Example. — KickingLettuce 1 min ago

OP asks how to find a day of the week in PHP. Which you can fucking Google in ten seconds.

I point out that fact. (Politely and without swear words.)

Response:

> See the Community Bulletin to the right please. "The Hunting of the Snark". First Example.

Ah well.

On the other hand, we're all human.

The irony.

@Pekka The rudeness level of your comment completely depends on the tone you were using. I've known you long enough to know that you were trying to be straightforward and helpful (if a few years of occasional interaction on MSO counts as "knowing") but I can see how the OP, who's never met you before and probably receives a lot of snark, could have taken it differently.

@PopularDemand yeah, I thought the same thing after cooling down.

I was too harsh

From now on, all writing on the Internet should come with XML tags. E.g. <conversation tone="exasperated" inflection="upwards" facialExpression="joking">

@PopularDemand yeah! We should have the ability to post small YouTube snippets in comments.

Maybe someone should post that as a feature request

... and watch it crash and burn

:(

9:57 PM

<conversaton tone="mono">Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?</conversation>

10:15 PM

Indeed, we need a bunch of new markdown: %video%, ^tweet^, #lolcat#, +xkcd+

And of course, emoticons. Boatloads of emoticons.

Daer ones :) --

I am winting 2 know how u maek a website liek this here: %video%

Please cn i haz the codez ok thx bye #lolcat#

It would revolutionize stack exchange

#animatedGif#

Oh, indeed. Let's leverage that Imgur partnership!

@mootinator I heard about your Whining Room earlier today, what an excellent idea

I mourn its passing posthumously