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12:04 AM

@RyanCarlson I think there's a userscript out there that allows you to censor certain words locally. Most people in chat probably don't mind them

jadarnel27

I don't mind them, but I've noticed that there's not really a lot of swearing in this room. So I try to avoid it.

Undo the Snowman

@ThiefMaster In songs? That sounds like an amazing userscript :P

Oh, I should have read the context :P

Ryan Carlson

@UndotheSnowman Yes, but you won't tell me.

Undo the Snowman

I will tell you right before WB ends.

Ryan Carlson

...

ok

Hint?

plz

plzplzplzplz?

ThiefMaster

12:13 AM

Can't find it :/ I thought it was on stackapps.. And I remember someone who used to be in the JS room wrote it.

Undo the Snowman

@RyanCarlson Hint? you have to know it to earn it.

Ryan Carlson

@UndotheSnowman I know that much.

Undo the Snowman

gtg

hichris123

@Undo Tell me then.

Laszlo Papp

1:27 AM

which option to choose when flagging this "question"? stackoverflow.com/questions/20864591/…

it is an answer posted as question.

Lance Roberts

I don't know how you tricked the system, but your hat repetoire is interesting.

Definitely a good case for "Not A Question".

Laszlo Papp

I do not see such an option.

what is interesting about my hat repertoire?

Lance Roberts

Yep, no option, but maybe it needs to be there.

You have a Milliner, but not very many hats.

Laszlo Papp

21 hats

surely, you have not checked my SO hats?

Shall I open a thread on meta or Not a Question?

or is there a thread for that, already?

Although, it is not quite frequent a use case to be honest.

so I think an "other" option will suffice.

Lance Roberts

I don't see any SO hats. Only Meta ones. When I click on your SO profile I see your 4 meta hats and NO picture on the left. figure you had figured how to trick the system into thinking you had a hat.

Laszlo Papp

1:41 AM

I have 21 hats on SO.

but SO hats are turned off for me since "I hate hats".

Lance Roberts

Ahh, it's wierd that it still shows you here with a hat. Here's what your SO hat profile looks like to me.

Maybe because you don't have hats turned off on Meta.

Laszlo Papp

bizarr; what do you see now? I turned hats on.

Lance Roberts

I see all the hats, but on your SO profile there is still no pic on left, just on the Meta profile.

Laszlo Papp

well, I could not care less about hats.... seems others are overly concerned though. :)

hichris123

You... don't care about hats? fire :P

Laszlo Papp

1:46 AM

you are the second person within a very short while to comment on my hat.

actually, I am turning it off now even on meta.

there we go... not hats visible in here. :)

Lance Roberts

Hats are the magnet, I am the steel.

Laszlo Papp

it is better than magnet being your hat. :)

Lance Roberts

Well, maybe there's a little lag until your hat goes away in here.

Laszlo Papp

well, it went away for F5 on this end.

hichris123

It's cached.

Lance Roberts

1:49 AM

Hmmm, I did a reload and still see it.

but I didn't clear the cache

hichris123

@Lance No, I meant on chat.

It may be cached in general, but that would be at the server side.

Lance Roberts

Ok

Laszlo Papp

I think we should have cats rather than hats

we could also get more females on the site.

Lance Roberts

2:26 AM

Wow, is Doorknob of Snow a secret moderator, or did he just get a moderator to do his sleazy work of synonyming my new tag?

Laszlo Papp

@lance: easy close vote if you can help, stackoverflow.com/questions/20858943/…

Lance Roberts

Done.

Laszlo Papp

it is somewhat surprising that kind of question does not get closed all of a sudden

let us bump it with edit. :D

Lance Roberts

I"m sure the close review queue will take care of it before the end of next year.

Laszlo Papp

I am not sure.... IMO, the close queue is unmanagable

since my join, it only got worse and worse.... there was some upside due to the hats, but even that does not help anymore since it keep growing.

it was around 65-70K when I joined in August.

now, it is plus 30-35%.

Flyk

2:49 AM

All of you Americans are so last year.

Yi Jiang

I need a #9, I have extra #2, #5 and #6

Oops, wrong chat. But hey, if any of you have Steam, you'd know what I'm talking about

animuson

> This is not a recruiting attempt I am started a web based business I need someone who can program those services and If they can I will hire them. Thank you (source)

Laszlo Papp

This reminds me getting 10k+ rep is a must have to see these deleted posts....

hichris123

3:10 AM

@animuson I thought it was beneath you to post NAR posts (not a recruting post).

animuson

Look at all the people who just got the "edits" badge: meta.stackoverflow.com/help/badges/228/edits

Laszlo Papp

@animuson: what to look there?

hichris123

@LaszloPapp How billions of people just got a new tag badge since a some posts were retagged to it.

animuson

Where a billion means 27.

Laszlo Papp

yeah, it is not surprising with high-score posts.

hichris123

3:33 AM

@animuson I didn't exagerate that much. I mean, a billion is so close to 27.

Laszlo Papp

3:47 AM

wow, this female is suspended for one year? stackoverflow.com/users/1479606/eli Isn't that kind of weird with that huge reputation level and profile views?

Lance Roberts

Yeh, pretty unusual, since she has real answers.

Laszlo Papp

IMO, one year long suspension is excessive.

animuson

@LaszloPapp Check out May 14, 2013 in her reputation history...

Laszlo Papp

-2826 rep, strange.

If I get an upvote from someone, and the user is removed, then I will get -10 rep?

Lance Roberts

To balance the 10 rep he gave you.

hichris123

4:03 AM

@animuson Socks?

Laszlo Papp

so the lady got many votes from users who got deleted. What is the proof that it was artificial? What if a female user just gets some fans?

(not sure why the other users got deleted)

Either way, I feel one year still WAY too excessive.

hichris123

@Laszlo I'm betting they were determined to be sock puppets. Guessing though, @animuson probably would be better to determine.

animuson

@LaszloPapp There was plenty of pretty indisputable proof.

Laszlo Papp

(unless she got many increasing suspensions before)

like what?

She had almost half of her answers zero scored.

if she was a cheater, she would not have spent time writing those?

hichris123

@Laszlo The mods have ways to figure out if a user is a sock puppet. They're seckrit, though.

Mr. Peanut Monopoly McManish

4:17 AM

@LaszloPapp Information behind suspensions is private. If you feel a suspension was a mistake, email the community team.

Pops

5:02 AM

Happy new year, everyone!

Mr. Peanut Monopoly McManish

@Pops Happy new year to you too!

9 Shogs a-Shogging

5:14 AM

It's not the New Year yet in The Proper Timezone, but I'm posting this here in hopes of getting a hat:

-6

Q: can i just post this question just to get a new 2014 hat?

Is it ok if i post this here and maybe delete it in few hours ? No this is not serious, but i have nothing to ask so far. In the meantime, happy new year everyone.

Mr. Peanut Monopoly McManish

@9Shogsa-Shogging here ya go

Mystic Magic

Morning all... Happy new year :)

Tiny Tim

Happy New Year! - The first three people to @reply to this (as determined in the transcript) get a T shirt and assorted mystery goodies.

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Mystic Magic

@TinyTim he he. Are you sure? :P

Tiny Tim

@MysticMagic Yep.

Mystic Magic

5:23 AM

Then I am first :D

Happy New year, Tim :)

Mr. Peanut Monopoly McManish

@TinyTim me!

Happy New Year!

Isn't it almost Jan 2nd for you, though?

animuson

@TinyTim Do I count?

Milche Patern

Greetings to all

and happy new year ..

Mr. Peanut Monopoly McManish

So, how was everyone's new year's eve?

animuson

Probably my worst New Year's Eve ever, but whatever.

Mr. Peanut Monopoly McManish

5:27 AM

Aside from Shog, who apparently lives in the past or something

Milche Patern

Can someone tell me if there is another way to delete an already answered question without having to flag for moderator ?

scrblnrd3

@TinyTim Do I count if @animuson doesn't count?

Mr. Peanut Monopoly McManish

@MilchePatern it's getting deleted

@scrblnrd3 I may not count either, already won one of the contests. There probably is a sekrit rule against getting too much swag.

scrblnrd3

Well my parents would probably be mad at me; they already think I'm wasting too much time on SO as it is

9 Shogs a-Shogging

@Mr.PeanutMonopolyMcManish The new year flows like molasses near the hub. I can almost watch it spreading through the valleys, a dark shadow amid the pines... Probably a good hour and a half before it reaches 7000 feet.

Milche Patern

5:29 AM

thank, but the question is marked has [on hold]. Is there something else to do?

9 Shogs a-Shogging

@MilchePatern Have a beer

Mystic Magic

My New year eve was very peaceful. Watched movies @home :P

Milche Patern

Be right back, on my way to the fridge

scrblnrd3

I watched Mr. Bean before Netflix deleted it

Tiny Tim

@MysticMagic @Mr.PeanutMonopolyMcManish @animuson Send me your shipping and size deets, tpost@stackoverflow.com

animuson

5:30 AM

@TinyTim Do we get to choose what t-shirt too?

Tiny Tim

@animuson Yes, indicate the one you'd like (if I have it in your size, I'll send it)

Mr. Peanut Monopoly McManish

@TinyTim seriously? /me thought it was a joke :p

k then :)

Tiny Tim

I AM LORD OF THE SWAG. I DO NOT JOKE ABOUT SHIRTS.

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Mystic Magic

:D cool.

animuson

And mystery goodies. :P

Mr. Peanut Monopoly McManish

5:32 AM

@MysticMagic I was with someone, then watched the fireworks over the city from the lake, and then roamed about the greener parts of campus listening to music.

@TinyTim bows to the lord of the swag

Pays homage by burning a Google t shirt

animuson

I swear I just stared at the GMail window for 40 seconds going "Hmm, I never send emails through this. Where is the Compose button?"

jadarnel27

@TinyTim Aw, I am all kinds of late to the party!

Mystic Magic

LOL. I definitely know about the red Compose button but I'm still staring at compose mail window :P

jadarnel27

@animuson What do you normally use for email?

Sorry you had a crappy New Years, by the way. That's lamesauce.

animuson

I only really check emails. Most of the time when I send emails it's replying to an existing email or through the company's website.

Undo the Snowman

5:35 AM

wonders silently if should look through spam folder for swag email

jadarnel27

@animuson Ohhh, I see what you're saying.

Mr. Peanut Monopoly McManish

@animuson They've moved the compose cheese so much that it's now bleu.

Mystic Magic

Wondering if I could write subject as New Year MSO chat contest :P

Undo the Snowman

@TinyTim Now that I know you're lord of the swag, I have a question: I might have a chance to go to WWDC this year (Apple's dev conference). On Sunday before everything starts everyone mills around and I have very little to do. Would SE be interested in having someone pass out swag?

I would even do it for free.

Mr. Peanut Monopoly McManish

@animuson Well, hope that the rest of the year goes well then! :)

animuson

5:40 AM

@UndotheSnowman You can't pass it all out to yourself, though.

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Undo the Snowman

@animuson SSSHH!

I would probably never do that (one can only take so much swag)

but you just spoiled a perfectly good option.

options are gold.

Milche Patern

@Mr.PeanutMonopolyMcManish i don't understand why my question is still accessible.

.. and i finished my beer

Can you help ?

Mr. Peanut Monopoly McManish

@MilchePatern I added a delete vote. Can't help more

Undo the Snowman

@Manish Something needs delete voting?

Milche Patern

Should i ask others to vote to delete it ?

Undo the Snowman

5:46 AM

@Milche You could just ping @animuson and ask him to hammer it.

Milche Patern

@animuson I need this question (meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/214499/…) to be deleted. Can you help ?

@UndotheSnowman Thanks.

Mr. Peanut Monopoly McManish

@UndotheSnowman see Shog's starred message

Mystic Magic

What is Happy Hour event exactly?

Undo the Snowman

@Mr.P Aww, my poor 10k privs won't let me VTD that one D:

Mr. Peanut Monopoly McManish

@UndotheSnowman peasant

Undo the Snowman

5:52 AM

@MysticMagic We become happy at that time.

Mr. Peanut Monopoly McManish

@UndotheSnowman Aren't we happy all the time?

Mystic Magic

Sounds great. Though I agree with Manish and wish to become happy for 24*7

Undo the Snowman

@Mr.P Meh, only when we have a programming question to destroy. Otherwise we are sad Meta people. This is the hour in which we can become happy for a whole uninterrupted hour without programming questions.

Milche Patern

@9Shogsa-Shogging Did you get a hat .. at least?

jadarnel27

> Happy hour is a marketing term for a period of time in which a public venue, such as a restaurant, bar, bowling alley, stadium, or state/county fair, offers discounts on alcoholic drinks, such as beer, wine, and cocktails. (source)

In case you're unfamiliar with the actual phrase =)

It's a joke on the name of this chatroom.

Milche Patern

5:57 AM

@jadarnel27 Are there any restaurant, bar, bowling alley, stadium, or state/county fair, offers discounts on alcoholic drinks, such as beer, wine, and cocktails for the Happy new year?

Undo the Snowman

No, but we offer discounts on stars for hats.

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Milche Patern

héhé

It's on me

jadarnel27

I think this should be an honorary Happy Hour, considering it's New Year's Day.

pours the adults each a scotch

Mystic Magic

:) I was aware with actual term. Was wondering about event :) Thanks

jadarnel27

pours the kids sparkling grape juice

@MysticMagic Ha, understood =) Just making sure. We don't actually do anything in particular during the event.

Maybe they did back when this room was new. I don't know.

This place Hotel California'd me back in 2011, but this place was around before then.

Milche Patern

6:01 AM

Well, well, well, time to get back to work, my break time is over. Greetings to all of you and maybe this bad question of mine will disaprear in the midst of binary winter

jadarnel27

@MilchePatern Enjoy the rest of your day!

Mystic Magic

Sure @MilchePatern New year wish for you that it will be deleted today ;)

Milche Patern

Well -9 question vs +9 answer .. makes it even.

jadarnel27

Try not to be embarrassed or down on yourself about it. Just Meta silliness.

Tiny Tim

@UndotheSnowman Fill out the swag request form - We'll send shirts for the event organizers / users attending, and stickers / pens / sharpies & stuff

9 Shogs a-Shogging

6:04 AM

@MilchePatern I did!

And whiskey!

Although I probably would've had the latter anyway.

Still, you never know

so Cheers!

scrblnrd3

@TinyTim would this swag request form translate over to giving prizes at a charity tournament? Or is there a different form for that

animuson

Oooo My First! hat was also my 20th hat. Hello, The Milliner.

Tiny Tim

@scrblnrd3 You could use that, it's a generic 'event' sort of form, I'd likely reply with whatever questions we had. Just make sure you link to some sort of page explaining what the event is all about

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scrblnrd3

@TinyTim got it. Will send the form soon!

Milche Patern

I won't feel 'so down' about it @jadarnel27, i just got cought doing stypidity without beeing able to repair. But i won't obscess about it. Cheers.

.end transmission.

animuson

6:50 AM

By the way, thanks @TinyTim by brightening my dark New Year with some mystery swag.

9 Shogs a-Shogging

7:01 AM

a'ight - Happy New Year, tavern!

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