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jadarnel27

6:00 PM

Apparently, it cannot handle the traffic of being linked in The Tavern.

That site looks like garbage on mobile, by the way.

I can't even tell what I'm supposed to be looking at.

RyanCarlson

animuson

Lame. I'd still be living in Nebraska on that map? But this place sucks. >_>

Ryan Carlson

I'd be living in "Empire"

Pops

@jadarnel27 s/Tavern/Washington Post

3ventic

I'd be living somewhere around the red X:

animuson

6:04 PM

Is Iowa the only state that doesn't change at all on that map?

Ryan Carlson

@animuson Hawaii, too

jadarnel27

North and South Carolina look the same.

Ryan Carlson

@jadarnel27 I was just about to say that

Doorknob of Snow

Idaho too, but a bit is chopped off

Pops

Connecticut, unless West Connecticut is a geographically separate part of the same state.

qwertynl

6:05 PM

-1

Q: Can we *stop* creating new [winterbash-x] tags?

Can we please stop creating new winterbash tags? It seems that every year we will have a new one: winterbash-2012winterbash-2013winterbash-2014winterbash-2015winterbash-2016winterbash-2017winterbash-2018... And every question that has to do with winterbash current and winterbash of the past wi...

jadarnel27

@Pops Ah, that makes more sense (the Washington Post thing).

qwertynl

Let the downvotes begin :-D

Ryan Carlson

@qwertynl You stole my idea!

user219322

Upvoted

3ventic

I don't think we should keep around most of the old winterbash questions anyway

there's only a few that seem to be useful later on

qwertynl

6:08 PM

@RyanCarlson :-)

@3ventic Which should be tagged with the general winterbash tag!

Doorknob of Snow

@qwertynl okay, so do that. Problem solved?

qwertynl

@DoorknobofSnow Way over my head...

How did you get the lightbulb hat? @DoorknobofSnow

Ryan Carlson

wat

Doorknob of Snow

@qwertynl You said they "should be tagged with the general winterbash tag". So tag them with the general winterbash tag.

@qwertynl it's a sekrit :3

qwertynl

@DoorknobofSnow :-(

jadarnel27

6:10 PM

This whole experience has taught me that @Pops is one of those few people whose bare, unfamiliar links I feel comfortable clicking (that sounds weird as I reread it).

Doorknob of Snow

@qwertynl Hint: you have to figure something out to get it.

and it's manually awarded.

jadarnel27

And maybe a little creepy.

Pops

@jadarnel27 And yet you still posted it.

qwertynl

@DoorknobofSnow By whom?

Pops

BEE ARR BEE, calling cops.

jadarnel27

6:10 PM

Hahaha

Doorknob of Snow

@qwertynl SE employees

I think.

jadarnel27

Well. It seemed funny weird, not call-the-cops weird (though now I'm not sure).

=)

Ryan Carlson

@DoorknobofSnow Hint plz?

Just a tiny one?

Doorknob of Snow

@RyanCarlson It's very meta. (not the site, the meaning of the word)

qwertynl

2 mins ago, by Doorknob of Snow

and it's manually awarded.

Doorknob of Snow

6:12 PM

It's a meta-hat!

Ryan Carlson

@DoorknobofSnow What is the exact definition of "meta"?

In that context

Doorknob of Snow

@RyanCarlson referring to its own kind.

It's a hat that involves hats.

Ryan Carlson

I though meta meant "after"

!!define meta

Oh wait, that doesn't work here

qwertynl

There is no bot here...

Doorknob of Snow

@RyanCarlson Caprica's not in here :(

google.com/search?q=define+meta

> referring to itself or to the conventions of its genre; self-referential.

Ryan Carlson

6:15 PM

Hmm....

3ventic

> In writing, this means your writing sucks.

I like that one

Doorknob of Snow

lol

qwertynl

in JavaScript on Stack Overflow Chat, 21 secs ago, by Caprica Six

@RyanCarlson meta (informal) Self-referential; at a higher level

Lance Roberts

Dang, hit the meta rep cap, but I already have that hat.

rene

sorry, I'll downvote some of your questions

Lance Roberts

6:16 PM

It's encouraging that so many people are will to help out :P

rene

any time, you're more than welcome

user219322

What the heck! Christmas is over and I am still Santa Claus

Ryan Carlson

So it is self-referential, and you have to figure something out.

But you don't get it by figuring out how to get it.

user219322

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Display name may only be changed once every 30 days; you may change again on Jan 23 '14 at 17:57

Ryan Carlson

As in, figuring out how to get it is the only requirement to get it

@SantaClaus That's weird

Doorknob of Snow

6:22 PM

@RyanCarlson you could get it by figuring out how to get it.

Ryan Carlson

40 secs ago, by Ryan Carlson

As in, figuring out how to get it is the only requirement to get it

Doorknob of Snow

@RyanCarlson that's one way.

Ryan Carlson

But I already said that a really long time ago

And I didn't get the hat yet

Doorknob of Snow

when?

Ryan Carlson

A week or two ago

Doorknob of Snow

6:24 PM

@RyanCarlson Did a dev see? :P

Ryan Carlson

I don't know

Doorknob of Snow

remember, it has to be manually awarded

Ryan Carlson

Ah

Here it is: chat.meta.stackoverflow.com/transcript/89?m=1701651#1701651

イオニカビザウ

Hi guys, just want to say you Happy New Year! and if you want, checkout my Github project: ionicabizau.github.io/WebcamSnow :-) Also, thank you for all your help on passed year. StackOverflow helped me so much!

Ryan Carlson

@DoorknobofSnow Should I ping a dev with that message?

Doorknob of Snow

6:27 PM

@RyanCarlson I guess. @Pops was here a while ago

Pops

You haven't quite figured it out yet.

Ryan Carlson

-.-

I already tried looking at winterbash2013.stackexchange.com/eureka

Doorknob of Snow

ya, that's why I said "I guess" :P there's another way.

4 mins ago, by Doorknob of Snow

@RyanCarlson that's one way.

Ryan Carlson

and winterbash2013.stackexchange.com/archimedes

Doorknob of Snow

very similar.

Laszlo Papp

6:31 PM

hey guys, I do not understand why the include statement is not visible in my answer: stackoverflow.com/a/20861745/2682142

Doorknob of Snow

@LaszloPapp you only had 3 spaces before it.

Laszlo Papp

can someone help with figuring that out? If I go to edit the post, I can see that I did not leave the include out. I am lost how to fix it, but my answer looks weird due to this.

wow, and that makes it invisible, heck?

sounds like a bugreport on meta, or feature request?

Doorknob of Snow

@LaszloPapp why is that weird? anything between <> outside of code is invisible because it's parsed as HTML

and I believe there's already a meta post about it

jadarnel27

Panama-a-a-a-a-a

#EVH #VanHagar #frankenstein #Neal

Hash tags are cool, right kids?

amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A

@jadarnel27 You rang?

Doorknob of Snow

6:34 PM

@amanaPlanaCAnalPAnaMA Ahahaha, perfect timing :D

how did you...?

amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A

I lurk under a psuedonym :-)

Laszlo Papp

@DoorknobofSnow: because it is weird, and I would not know the issue myself without thinking a bit and experimenting.

Doorknob of Snow

hmmmm... too many users in here to find you :P

amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A

How do you know I even use the same pic? :-)

Laszlo Papp

@DoorknobofSnow: it is suspicious to have 3 spaces, so that could be a special case, or even two.

jadarnel27

6:36 PM

@Doorknob He's learning C++ and Qt.

What's up, @amanaP?

amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A

@jadarnel27 Nothing much, you?

jadarnel27

Livin' the dream.

qwertynl

@TinyTim Hows it going? :-)

amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A

@jadarnel27 Cool story bro.

Laszlo Papp

@DoorknobofSnow: thanks, btw.

amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A

6:39 PM

K I am out. back to lurking. If you figure out who my sock puppet is, you win a prize!

Ryan Carlson

I really really want that Eureka hat

It's driving me crazy

Doorknob of Snow

@RyanCarlson the name is a big clue.

ProgramFOX

I think I know how to earn it.

Pops

@amanaPlanaCAnalPAnaMA A prize, you say? I want to play this game.

qwertynl

@DoorknobofSnow hint?

amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A

6:42 PM

@Pops Not for SE employees. You know too many of my secrets!!!

Doorknob of Snow

@qwertynl hmm, how do I not give it away... umm...

Pops

Aww. What's the point of secrets if you won't let them be useful?

Ryan Carlson

Should I sit back and think about how to get it, or just start going to random webpages and trying random other things like that?

amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A

@Pops :-P

Doorknob of Snow

To get the Eureka hat, you must do something involving hats.

qwertynl

6:43 PM

SILENCE WILL FALL!

Doorknob of Snow

there, that's an ok clue

qwertynl

@DoorknobofSnow Ummm figure out all of the hat names?

Doorknob of Snow

@qwertynl nope, not that

Ryan Carlson

I thought it might be figuring out how to get all the secret hats, but that doesn't make sense

qwertynl

@DoorknobofSnow You have to brag about your hats on meta?

jadarnel27

6:45 PM

I figured it out.

qwertynl

What is it?

Doorknob of Snow

@qwertynl not that either :P

@jadarnel27 shhhhhh

jadarnel27

(Neal's sock puppet, and the Eureka hat)

amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A

@jadarnel27 Tell noone ;-)

Doorknob of Snow

@amanaPlanaCAnalPAnaMA All the users currently in here seem to be active and non-puppety :P

jadarnel27

6:46 PM

Then again, I already have the Eureka hat. So I must know how to get it (maybe).

amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A

@DoorknobofSnow Or so you think ;-)

Doorknob of Snow

@amanaPlanaCAnalPAnaMA :O

Another clue: you could get the Eureka hat without getting any other hat.

jadarnel27

Panama, your secrets are safe with me.

amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A

@jadarnel27 Want to whisper in my ear what you think? maniator (a) google's mail service?

jadarnel27

Okay, I was bluffing.

amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A

6:48 PM

@jadarnel27 Suuuure.

jadarnel27

=)

amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A

Wha? Who?

I am Jewish. But not Yaakov

Doorknob of Snow

@RyanCarlson he's an SE dev... :P

Ryan Carlson

oh

amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A

My name is Naftali. Everybody knows that...

Ryan Carlson

6:49 PM

I knew that

amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A

@YaakovEllis Hi!

Noone will ever know :-) (except the SE team cuz I told them :-D)

jadarnel27

And me. Don't forget me.

amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A

@jadarnel27 I have received no emails from you confirming that yet...

Yaakov Ellis

@amanaPlanaCAnalPAnaMA I'm not?

amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A

@YaakovEllis :-P Hi!

Doorknob of Snow

6:53 PM

@YaakovEllis oh hi there :P

qwertynl

Hi

amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A

Hi

Doorknob of Snow

Hi

qwertynl

Hi

amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A

Hi

Yaakov Ellis

6:53 PM

Hi

Hi

Hi

Hi

31 secs ago, by qwertynl

:1709504 Hi

Ryan Carlson

Hi

Doorknob of Snow

6:54 PM

Hi

amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A

hi

Hi

hi

> Hi

הי

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Ryan Carlson

6:54 PM

HI

3ventic

Hi

amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A

hi

qwertynl

hI

Doorknob of Snow

안녕

Ryan Carlson

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Doorknob of Snow

6:55 PM

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qwertynl

:1709504 Hi

Ryan Carlson

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jadarnel27

It looks like a 90's ICQ chatroom up in here.

amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A

@jadarnel27 a/s/l ?

qwertynl

@amanaPlanaCAnalPAnaMA 93. Yes. Here.

amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A

6:58 PM

Shalom Aleichem @YaakovEllis How was the snow a couple weeks ago?

Ryan Carlson

@DoorknobofSnow does Eureka involve source code?

of a webpage?

Doorknob of Snow

@RyanCarlson nope

Ryan Carlson

darn

I spent that last 15 minutes looking through the source of various pages

Doorknob of Snow

lol

Ryan Carlson

Does it have to do with hats in general, SE winter bash hats, or seekrit hats?

Doorknob of Snow

7:03 PM

@RyanCarlson Yes.

;)

qwertynl

@RyanCarlson Does it have to do with the price of tea in China?

3ventic

lol

Ryan Carlson

@qwertynl Is that a hint?

Doorknob of Snow

@Ryan It has to do with Winterbash hats. @everyone My plane is arriving soon (I'm in an airport), gtg. I'll be back when I land :P

qwertynl

@RyanCarlson To what? I do not have it...

Ryan Carlson

7:04 PM

@DoorknobofSnow Bye!

@qwertynl good point

amanaP lanaC A nalP A naM A

Latr ppl. Remember if you figure out my secret identity email me :-)

qwertynl

Who?

Ryan Carlson

@qwertynl Who what?

when where why how

qwertynl

@RyanCarlson Who that?

Ryan Carlson

@qwertynl Who is who?

qwertynl

7:06 PM

@RyanCarlson Frank something.. idk the message u deleted.

Ryan Carlson

lol

A random name off the top of my head

Like Bob Loblaw?

lol

Gets me every time :-)

Ryan Carlson

Bob Loblaw’s Law Blog Lobbing Law Bombs

That eureka hat

I can't not think about it

ತಎತ

ლ(ಠ益ಠლ)

⊙﹏⊙

◖|◔◡◉|◗

jadarnel27

7:13 PM

All shall be revealed after the Bash.

Ryan Carlson

@jadarnel27 Hopefully

jadarnel27

(I can relate, though. I was frustrated until I figured it out)

Ryan Carlson

But then I can't get the hat

jadarnel27

True.

I certainly don't want to downplay the importance of hats.

qwertynl

@jadarnel27 Soooo what is it?

jadarnel27

7:16 PM

I'm not very good at hints =/ And you would be disappointed if I just told you.

qwertynl

@jadarnel27 No. I won't. Maybe that is just how I get it :-D

jadarnel27

There have been some very decent hints in this room. That's how I figured it out.

Pops

If you only get it because someone tells you, you don't get it.

qwertynl

@Pops Can I have it? :-) We can swap secrets. I won't tell!

Pops

Nuh uh. Boy, don't you feel silly for not allowing me to participate in your prize giveaway earlier?

qwertynl

7:25 PM

@Pops Eh?

Tiny Tim

There's nothing like the smell of spent gunpowder in a fog of smoke so thick you can't see a meter ahead.

qwertynl

Is that a hint?!

Pops

The cigarette companies will stop at nothing to retain customers.

Tiny Tim

@qwertynl No, that's basically the entire Philippines right now

qwertynl

@TinyTim Is there a reference that I am missing?

jadarnel27

7:28 PM

@Pops I would be interested to know who the first person was that figured out Eureka (if you know...and if you're allowed to tell me that).

Pops

Immediately, or when WB is over?

I don't know off the top of my head, though I could dig it up.

jadarnel27

I was thinking of immediately, if you knew offhand.

qwertynl

I wish the list would tell me when someone earned a hat...

ProgramFOX

@qwertynl Yes, that would be useful.

qwertynl

@ProgramFOX :-(

hichris123

7:30 PM

@Pops What was the first hat to be earned besides the vote/post on 5th?

ProgramFOX

@hichris123 L'chaim

hichris123

And Old Hat also.

Pops

Yep. Since we didn't officially start WB until after the 5th, everyone who earned L'chaim, With Great Power, Old Hat (and possibly another one or two I'm not remembering) tied for first when the hatboxes were opened.

Oh, dangit, you edited while I was typing.

There should be a rule against that.

That's harder for me to look up. I'll ask for it to go in the end-of-WB announcement.

Ryan Carlson

Does Eureka have anything to do with Archimedes (or any part of that story)?

Do I have to get out of my bathtub and run naked down the streets shouting how to get the Eureka hat?

ProgramFOX

@RyanCarlson It's worth a try.

Johannes Kuhn

7:37 PM

First!

hichris123

@Pops Rule against editing while anyone's typing? That would be no fair.

qwertynl

@ProgramFOX Pics to prove it too. With acceptable nudity.

Ryan Carlson

@ProgramFOX Ok, I'll be back soon.

hichris123

gets popcorn

Pops

@RyanCarlson Just be glad that that message got you First! rather than arrested.

Ryan Carlson

7:40 PM

Can I get the hat now?

qwertynl

@RyanCarlson not enough NSFW

Ryan Carlson

@qwertynl D:

By the way, that picture is totally a photo of me.

Definitely not from a google search

jadarnel27

Did anyone else hear that every NFL head coach has been fired because football?

Ryan Carlson

@jadarnel27 Noooo...

?????
?????

hichris123

@jadarnel27 Sure it isn't because brown?

ProgramFOX

7:43 PM

@RyanCarlson ???

Ryan Carlson

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????????????
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??????????????

ProgramFOX

@RyanCarlson !!!

hichris123

@RyanCarlson ¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿??????????

Ryan Carlson

@ProgramFOX ̿ ̿ ̿̿'̿'\̵͇̿̿\=(•̪●)=/̵͇̿̿/'̿̿ ̿ ̿ ̿

qwertynl

What is going on here... all I see are question marks and boxes...

Ryan Carlson

7:47 PM

@qwertynl ಥ_ಥ ▄︻̷̿┻̿═━一 \☉_☉\

hichris123

@qwertynl What browser?

qwertynl

@hichris123 Chrome

hichris123

@qwertynl I see it on Chrome dev.

Pops

Ease up on the champagne, kids.

hichris123

@qwertynl OS?

Ryan Carlson

7:48 PM

ಥ_ಥ ▄︻̷̿┻̿═━一 ٩(☉_☉)۶

qwertynl

ЯegDwight

@DoorknobofSnow bah. Rookie.

qwertynl

@hichris123 Windows 7

Pops

@jadarnel27 is the e-mail address in your profile good to reach you?

Ryan Carlson

qwertynl

7:52 PM

@RyanCarlson What the what?

ProgramFOX

@qwertynl When the when?

qwertynl

@ProgramFOX Doctor the who?

Ryan Carlson

@ProgramFOX What the When?

ProgramFOX

@RyanCarlson Where the What?

qwertynl

@ProgramFOX Where the who what when why?

Ryan Carlson

7:54 PM

@ProgramFOX Which the Where?

@qwertynl Who the Which the How?

qwertynl

@RyanCarlson No.

Ryan Carlson

@qwertynl YESH

jadarnel27

@Pops Yep, that's the only one I check.

Well. Except my work email.

qwertynl

I have too many email addresses to count...

jadarnel27

Which I check sometimes.

qwertynl

7:55 PM

I emailed you from my work account @Pops

Ryan Carlson

qwertynl

I have no access to gmail in my office :-(

@RyanCarlson Lemons.

Ryan Carlson

ThiefMaster

I think I know how to get the Eureka hat, too...

qwertynl

@ThiefMaster Ummm how?

ThiefMaster

7:57 PM

It wouldn't be secret anymore if I told you! ;)

Ryan Carlson

@ThiefMaster TELL ME

qwertynl

@ThiefMaster Just email it to me.

no :p

@ThiefMaster

7:59 PM

@ThiefMaster but...

ThiefMaster

A WATERMELON OUT OF A LAKE. There is no "but"!

Ryan Carlson

@ThiefMaster Your

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