Tavern on the Meta

12:00 AM

@Unihedron nuke-pls @animuson

user259867

It's kind of small, and easy to overlook on a large screen. Also confusing that you have Ask as a name for QA section of the site, and Ask as the action button for asking a new question. Maybe "New Question"?

user259867

With position, it's hard to know because we don't see the rest of the page. Presumably there'll be other stuff there competing for attention.

bjb568

@CareBear It's a hot questions list.

@CareBear New question sounds good.

user259867

I think the position is not a problem if the text sticks out more on the page. Maybe not as much as on skeptics but something with more contrast than dark gray on light gray.

user259867

and heavier font

lostsock

12:33 AM

Wonder if @Bart has returned yet to see his 11+ inbox messages from the tavern

bjb568

@Bart would have complained if @Bart had seen his 12+ inbox notifications from the tavern.

@Bart will not be happy.

3

Or maybe @Bart will be.

lostsock

@bart doesn't complain, he gets even

bjb568

@Bart does seem to do that.

lostsock

@stop @bjb568

bjb568

@stop ?

lostsock

12:36 AM

@stop @it

are you out of cv's and flags for the day? stop trolling if not

bjb568

me likey trololo

hichris123

@bjb @is @ @lost @cause

bjb568

@Bart

hides

lostsock

@lostsock , you're the coolest!

spam edit? meta.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/31942

bjb568

rejected

@3ventic That good?

3ventic

12:44 AM

idk

I'm really bad at designing good user experience

bjb568

Well, maybe @Bart would know.

Braiam

Bart definitively will not be happy

user259867

@bjb568 Do these appear on hovering over "Q&A"? I hope not.

bjb568

@CareBear What's wrong with that?

user259867

I guess I just don't like to hover... and the folks with touchscreens don't, either.

lostsock

12:53 AM

LMAO

lmao

hichris123

stackoverflow.com/q/26132391/#comment40960058_26132391

lol

> You spelled Illuminati wrong.. Otherwise, great suggestion.

lostsock

> Thank you for reviewing 20 low quality posts today; come back in 23 hours to continue reviewing.

@hichris123 the comment is gone? illuminati must be a 1 flag remove word

hichris123

@lostsock nah, it's a spammy answer.

bjb568

@CareBear If I have both the right-floated button and the nav subitem, would that fit both mobile and desktop better?

hichris123

> Banana do you enter the snack?

lolwut

bjb568

1:04 AM

Where?

hichris123

user259867

@bjb568 Maybe, but I get confused when two buttons on the same screen lead to the same place. It makes me suspect they don't.

hichris123

jp.SO is going to public beta on October 28th.

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Q: 次のステップ：10月27日（月）までの活動

10月20日（月）〜10月27日（月）出張の為に数時間時差のある所にいます。もちろんバグの投稿等を進んでも良いですが、回答は1週間かかります。この機会を利用して、プログラミングの質問をメインに投稿しませんか? 10月28日より、専門用語を固定し、さらにユーザーを誘って、パブリックベータになることを検討します。パブリックベータをするまでに、少なくとも100件ぐらいの質問があればいいですので、良い質問があれば日本語で投稿ください！

討議注目

user259867

Anyway, I don't think you can design good UX without functioning backend. Once someone other than you starts actually using it, a whole lot of things will be seen in a new light.

bjb568

@CareBear Internet. Not chain.

hichris123

1:06 AM

@bjb568 Oooh. Chat finally got intra-word emphasis

user259867

@hichris123 is it jp.SO or ja.SO? The main URL is ja, with jp being an alias.

bjb568

@hichris123 Long time ago.

user259867

(according to the API /sites info)

hichris123

@CareBear Dunno.

I'm browsing it on the web -- yay for tricking it into making me an account!

> To get to the question, the answer, it is not digress

Google Translate sounds yoda-ish.

Braiam

@hichris123 whose evil plan was?

hichris123

1:09 AM

That was supposed to be:

> Ask questions, get answers, no distractions

@Braiam Mine. :P

Braiam

@hichris123 O_O

user259867

2

Q: This is the most awesome question ever!

Upvote, post haste.

go

user259867

^^ Only two upvotes. Pathetic.

bjb568

@CareBear *awesomest

hichris123

lol. Bounty translates to thanks via Google translate.

user259867

1:11 AM

(I don't know how hichris123 got in; I just posted a question URL from Android app, and oneboxing works even though it's a private beta).

hichris123

@Braiam It gets better. You know the unicorns & dasies question? The title is this:

> Unicorn is to not to eat the daisies

lostsock

ja.SO? japanese?

hichris123

ya.

@CareBear I.. uh... have my ways.

> The? Stack Exchange Do you like, in a network where there is a Q & A site of 129, this site is like the site just this. Complete list of sites please visit.

lolol

> Stack overflow is the site of the questions and answers of people eager to programming and programmers. Stack Exchange as part of the Q & A network site you have created, I will run. We are working hard at all to the help of you, and trying to build a library of detailed answers to all questions related to stack overflow.

bjb568

I think that's how spam is made.

hichris123

@bjb568 I think you're right. They probably write it in some other language, and feed it to Google Translate. :P

user259867

1:14 AM

Or look for equilibrium with Translation Party

Andrew T.

The focus on Japanese SO right now is finishing and fixing the translations, and getting an initial community of enthused people in there (while still in private) to test everything thoroughly while asking and answering some questions. We'll polish up everything else (including a stub Area 51 proposal just so everything works) when we're much closer to actually opening it up, which will be sometime near the end of this year. Our primary goal right now is to continue to fix a bunch of the translations. — Tim Post ♦ Oct 7 at 13:37

user259867

sometime near the end of this year does not sound like October 28. Perhaps October 28 is the beginning of a prolonged private beta.

hichris123

@CareBear This is what the meta question said (via Google Translate):

> Consider that from October 28, to fix the terminology, and invite more users, it is in the public beta. And before the public beta, because it is good if you have any questions of about 100 at least, please post in the Japanese if there is a good question!

Andrew T.

oh Google Translate >_<

hichris123

@AndrewT. ;P

It... kinda works.

AstroCB

1:22 AM

Isn't it a bit odd that you're not notified if your question has been closed?

Or is that just because the question is on Meta?

lostsock

@AstroCB No.

AstroCB

@lostsock Wouldn't that be a nice thing to know, though?

hichris123

140

Q: Send authors an inbox message if their question gets closed

I think it would really help if you get notified that a question of yours was closed. Especially for the multi-site power user, usually (at least for me) a question is asked and then left alone for while. I rely on the network-wide inbox to tell me when someone has commented or answered, but if ...

feature-request closed-questions global-inbox

animuson

5

AstroCB

> Bounty ended 1 hour ago

lostsock

1:26 AM

@hichris123 thanks, downvoted that, and upvoted jeff's answer

hichris123

@lostsock ?

3

bjb568

@animuson :not(-realworld-designer-is-incompetent) { width: waytoosmall }

hichris123

... why do I has star?

OFFENSIVE: stackoverflow.com/a/26457342/2581872

cv-plz stackoverflow.com/questions/26457258/…

bjb568

Y YOSEMITE NO SUBSTITUE DOTDOTDOT FOR ELLIPSES?

…

sets up substitution

omw -> On my way! seems unnecessary

thinks is for demo purposes

hichris123

1:47 AM

Google

Google /ɡuːɡ(ə)l/ is an American multinational corporation specializing in Internet-related services and products. These include online advertising technologies, search, cloud computing, and software. Most of its profits are derived from AdWords. Google was founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were Ph.D. students at Stanford University. Together they own about 14 percent of its shares but control 56 of the stockholder voting power through supervoting stock. They incorporated Google as a privately held company on September 4, 1998. An initial public offering followed on August 19, 2004...

wait, that works for non-mods?

cool.

lostsock

since 1967

hichris123

Epoch

An epoch, Epoch or EPOCH may refer to: == An epoch (periodization) == Epoch (reference date), a moment in time chosen as the origin of a particular era Epoch (geology) or geologic epoch, a span of time smaller than a period and larger than an age Epoch (cosmology) or cosmologic epoch, a phase in the development of the universe since the Big Bang Epoch (astronomy), a moment in time used as a reference for the orbital elements of a celestial body Epoch (race), racial periods in Blavatsky's esoteric theory of the root races Epoch, a step in the training process of an artificial neural network ��2...

bjb568

Test

Test, TEST or Tester may refer to: Test (assessment), an assessment intended to measure the respondents' knowledge or other abilities == Science and technology == test (Unix), a Unix command for evaluating conditional expressions TEST (x86 instruction), an x86 assembly language instruction Experiment, a part of the scientific method Test (biology), the shell of sea urchins and certain microorganisms Test method, a definitive procedure that produces a test result Physical test Chemical test Statistical test == People == Desmond Tester (1919–2002), Anglo-Australian actor John Test (1771–1...

Test

Test, TEST or Tester may refer to: Test (assessment), an assessment intended to measure the respondents' knowledge or other abilities == Science and technology == test (Unix), a Unix command for evaluating conditional expressions TEST (x86 instruction), an x86 assembly language instruction Experiment, a part of the scientific method Test (biology), the shell of sea urchins and certain microorganisms Test method, a definitive procedure that produces a test result Physical test Chemical test Statistical test == People == Desmond Tester (1919–2002), Anglo-Australian actor John Test (1771–1...

Huh.

lostsock

yesterday, by lostsock

In my life there's been tests I thought I failed, in which I failed, and other tests which I thought I passed, but I failed.

bjb568

In my spanish class, there's too many tests which I think I'll fail but that I pass.

lostsock

1:58 AM

:ppofff"

The Wobbuffet

Hi

Goodbye

AstroCB

2:10 AM

@bjb568 Because ... is ellipses.

Frank

Hey

AstroCB

cv-plz stackoverflow.com/questions/26457601/…

You can pretty much downvote everything here: stackoverflow.com/questions/26323276/…

bjb568

2:30 AM

44/50 points for my essay. 1/5 for MLA guidelines?! WTH? It isn't like I did it in comic sans! WTH are MLA guidelines anyway?

AstroCB

The MLA Style Manual

"MLA format" redirects here. For other uses, see The MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers or Modern Language Association. The MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing (2008) is the third edition of The MLA Style Manual, first published by the Modern Language Association of America in 1985. It is an academic style guide widely used in the United States, Canada, and other countries, providing guidelines for writing and documentation of research in the humanities, especially in English studies; the study of other modern languages and literatures, including comparative literature;...

bjb568

There's a manual?!

hichris123

@bjb568 owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01

Times New Roman, 12 pt font

bjb568

I goggled it of course, and sources are conflicting. There isn't a simple list of things anywhere, it seems.

@hichris123 Did that.

I did 1-inch margins too. (ugly!)

AstroCB

@bjb568 Double-spaced?

hichris123

2:33 AM

@bjb568 Header.

@bjb568 owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01

AstroCB

hichris123

yeah ^

bjb568

@AstroCB I made it 1.5 spaced because it looked close enough and if I made it double spaced it would be "too long" on some word processors (points are taken off for > 2pages)

hichris123

The thingy in the corner is optional; I only see it sometimes.

bjb568

@AstroCB I thot that was a joke. Looks like an old person puked on it.

hichris123

2:35 AM

concise

Adjective: concise (comparative more concise, superlative most concise)

brief, yet including all important information
concise

bjb568

Yes… I know what that means.

I would have gotten a 94% (can't believe I can't do mathys) if it hadn't been for those stupid rules which I followed mostly anyway…

hichris123

My point is: length requirements are for a reason. They're to force you to write concisely.

bjb568

@hichris123 My paper, concisely: "There are no objects that are actually important to me"

hichris123

@bjb568 Now grade yourself on the AP scale

@bjb568 ... what was the essay topic?

bjb568

@hichris123 Object of memory

hichris123

2:38 AM

@bjb568 meaning what?

Doorknob

@AstroCB Eww. That's the format we have to write our outlines in for Speech class. It just doesn't feel like LaTeX when you take all the pretty away from it... :/

bjb568

@hichris123 IDK

@hichris123 Isn't that for writing about literature stuffs?

Doorknob

(no, they didn't tell us to use LaTeX. They suggested Microsoft Word, but obviously I don't have Microsoft Word, nor to I want to. :P)

bjb568

@bjb568 This essay is a personal narrative centered on an object of memory. The object should be anything in your life that has significant meaning or personal importance. The essay will discuss the importance of the object from a first person point of view perspective. The focus of the article is not on the object itself; rather, the focus should be on the memories the object has created for you. You must convey the significance of the object with personal details.

hichris123

@bjb568 Yeah, kinda, but were you insigtful?

@bjb568 So you lied.

7 hours ago, by bjb568

@Undo :0 how do you live without computer?

bjb568

2:41 AM

@hichris123 Well, it's confusing. Wut am I writing about given that I don't care about objects?

hichris123

@Doorknob ... you use LaTeX?

bjb568

@hichris123 Who doesn't?

Doorknob

@hichris123 Of course. It's great.

bjb568

@hichris123 Mediumishly.

hichris123

@bjb568 ... wait, so you ask someone how they live without a computer, but yet you "don't care" about computers?

@bjb568 me.

bjb568

2:42 AM

@hichris123 :O

hichris123

@Doorknob It's work. More work than a WYSIWYG editor.

Doorknob

@hichris123 Less work if you know how to use it.

bjb568

@hichris123 I care about computers. I don't care about a specific one.

Doorknob

And makes prettier output.

bjb568

Me likey.

Doorknob

2:42 AM

(Except when brutally forced to conform to ridiculously dated-looking "style")

bjb568

lack of style

hichris123

@bjb568 Oh, so what would happen if I smashed your computer into a billion pieces? What would you say, act, do?

Doorknob

@bjb568 Hence the scare quotes. :P

hichris123

@Doorknob Style == something that I can bear to look at and not puke. The heading is annoying, but the rest works.

@Doorknob eh. I dunno.

bjb568

@hichris123 Ugh, that computer cost money. Money has value because people value it. So it bad. But I don't care about the computer, I care about the money. If you repaid with money (assuming no inconvenience of delays and whatnot), I wouldn't care the slightest provided the mess is cleaned up by notme.

@Doorknob Quotes are scary. Yes.

hichris123

2:45 AM

@bjb568 So money isn't an object? Nor is the data on the hard drive? The memories you stored inside that computer are gone. That's not a personal object, the objects themselves?

Doorknob

@hichris123 I just find it really nice because a.) Don't have to use the mouse ever at all (and also not have to memorize keyboard shortcuts instead), b.) Have every single thing laid out right in front of me instead of buried in some menu, so I know exactly what settings I'm using and I don't have to worry about whether maybe that line is 2 pixels off but I don't know because it's stuck under a menu I've never used and gahhhh (can you tell this has happened before?), and (cont.)

bjb568

@hichris123 Can't describe the experiences with money, not much to say to prove its worth. No, I have backups. What's not a personal object?

Doorknob

c.) It's faster and easier and more efficient to use if you're a power user (and you can do more stuff and get better results, with less effort).

hichris123

> The object should be anything in your life that has significant meaning or personal importance.

Isn't that something you could have answered it with? Money?

Data?

Anything?

Doorknob

@bjb568 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scare_quotes <noonebox>

hichris123

2:47 AM

@Doorknob Okay, agreed, but 99.99% of the time, you never need all of those features.

bjb568

@hichris123 Data has meaning, fine, but… is that what it's looking for? Nothing has personal importance for me.

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: STPM CHAPTER 6 DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION on math.stackexchange.com

bjb568

@Doorknob I know what they are… They're scary.

hichris123

@bjb568 So you wouldn't care if you lost all of that data? You wouldn't care if you lost your home, your family... anything?

A person is an object.

Doorknob

@hichris123 So you don't have to use them. But they're there when you need them and that's really convenient. (Also that's not the point; the point is that if I don't want those settings I can be sure that no weirdness is happening with my document. I have total control.)

bjb568

2:49 AM

@hichris123 I would care if I lost my data, but teachers don't have a clue about data so it would be risky. No, I don't care about specific house or people.

@hichris123 I'll reach that maturity level! Sometime!

no haz friends

hichris123

@Doorknob too lazy to reply; will do tomorrow

Frank

creeeaaaak

3

Oh, there goes my branch :(

bjb568

Does it hurt?

hichris123

@bjb568 "teachers don't have a clue" - maybe, but it's insight. You don't care about your parents? You don't care about brothers or sisters? You don't care about the food you eat?

Frank

@bjb568 Of course not. No nerves :D

bjb568

2:51 AM

@hichris123 Well, not really. I care about the monitory worth and services provided, but not about them/it.

@Frank :D

Frank

How's y'all?

hichris123

@bjb Aren't those objects, though?

bjb568

@hichris123 Not of significant memory of importance.

hichris123

@bjb Then what do you care about?

bjb568

Abstract concepts.

(non-objects)

hichris123

3:00 AM

... like what?

bjb568

Internets, javascript, xkcd.

SE, moderation, github.

hichris123

Then hasn't a computer created these concepts for you?

bjb568

Not a specific one.

Frank

@bjb568 What a (not) life!

hichris123

Haven't the developers of these platforms created these concepts for you?

Hasn't electricity created these concepts for you?

bjb568

3:03 AM

"An object that is very important to my life is Randall Munroe…" Teacher: "Wat? BOOOOOO"

hichris123

Something is an object which creates memories in your life.

bjb568

Mah brain?

Huh, I could actually write about that.

hichris123

@bjb Who cares if they don't know what or who it is; it's how you explain it. I can probably write a brilliant essay on how atoms in stars relate to Caesar...

It's the idea or concept that counts.

bjb568

But it has to be on-topic. If I have to take up 3 out of the 2 pages explaining the object, there's no room left for the memories of it and why it's important.

hichris123

Then don't explain

bjb568

3:06 AM

That's dangerous.

hichris123

Telling why it's important should be the explanation.

Because what or who it is makes it important.

bjb568

Anyway, GTG, essays complicated. ENGLISH SHOULD DIE!

Andrew T.

^ offensive :p

user259867

ok, that's it - i'm adding the all-caps warning here too. — Shog9 ♦ Oct 17 at 1:40

user259867

23 mins ago, by SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: STPM CHAPTER 6 DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION on math.stackexchange.com

user259867

3:11 AM

That warning did not seem to help.

Infinite Recursion

@lostsock "pokeafterppofff"

Frank

Hiya @Inf

Infinite Recursion

Hiya @Frank

@bjb568 wait till @Jan sees that offensive comment :P

OT meta.stackexchange.com/questions/242323/…

bjb568

3:27 AM

@InfiniteRecursion :O

Night

Infinite Recursion

Night

Frank

3:58 AM

Community user can bounty? gardening.stackexchange.com/posts/5488/revisions

Infinite Recursion

3

A: A bounty set by the Community user?

For that question, the bounty was issued by a user with 100+ reputation. The user has (been) deleted the account after that. The only purpose for the bounty is to raise the attention of the most downvoted question as said in the bounty description. As I remember, the user is from other SE and get...

15

Q: How Does the Community User Set Bounties?

I decided on poking around some profiles and I hit the Community user. I knew that Community was a background process but then I noticed that it had set some bounties. What criteria does Community follow to know what questions to set bounties on? Are these questions with a lot of views or upvotes...

support bounty community-user

Andy

spam meta.stackexchange.com/questions/242325/…

lostsock

5:01 AM

skill

Infinite Recursion

@lostsock Good job :D

lostsock

The dog is Chris F. .. he almost had it.. but it's 4 Chris's in a row b.c of hichris

Infinite Recursion

I am in the queues now, reviewing :(

my cv filter: unclear what you're asking; [php]

lostsock

watch out for audits

Infinite Recursion

@lostsock stackoverflow.com/review/close/6035175

lostsock

5:09 AM

Gustavo Muratalla

1

php search search-engine

@uni ^

Infinite Recursion

@uni's other eye will pop out after seeing this ^

cv-pls stackoverflow.com/questions/26456155/…

lostsock

> Daily close vote limit reached; please try again in 18 hours

Infinite Recursion

cv-pls stackoverflow.com/questions/26450304/…

@lostsock :(

3

Unihedron

... I'm changing my gravatar when I'm home.

Infinite Recursion

@Unihedron noooo

Unihedron

5:18 AM

Good grief ..

Infinite Recursion

#blame @lostsock

Unihedron

yes I need a texture change to stay original

lostsock

SPAM meta.stackexchange.com/questions/242328/…

Unihedron

Who's that?

Infinite Recursion

I am on janitorship break...

Unihedron

5:22 AM

:o

A well deserved break :)

2

Infinite Recursion

@Unihedron not important enough, you don't need to know about her

lostsock

impressive: all different users on the star wall

5

Infinite Recursion

@lostsock except Bart :(

He is missing

@lostsock lies ;)

lostsock

?

Infinite Recursion

@lostsock :D

1

Q: I'm pretty sure I'm bound for the mental asylum

Ok, so I'm 25, I live alone with my three year old (fiancé moving in with us next year) her father isn't involved enough, her behaviour is awful, time outs don't work and everytime we have a showdown I can feel an anxiety attack coming on and I want to cry. I feel like such a faliure and I'm so t...

behavior

lostsock

5:35 AM

has a good answer

Infinite Recursion

@lostsock also OP has a multi-image profile picture, your favorite

SmokeDetector

6:10 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: C CODING EXAMPLES FOR MC9S08SE8 MICROCONTROLLER on electronics.stackexchange.com

lostsock

@InfiniteRecursion ::poof::

Infinite Recursion

@lostsock night :)

Sam

7:05 AM

Morning.

Andrew T.

Morning!

Jan Dvorak

7:18 AM

SPAM drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/134258/…

Andrew T.

@JanDvorak poof

Vogel612's Shadow

::foop::

Patrick Hofman

Another question on downvotes on off-topic questions: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/242331/…

How many of these will we see and downvote?

Shadow Wizard

7:42 AM

@Anna hope this bug is on the team's radar?

5

Q: misspelled "chcecked" in the notification mail

I just received an email from Stack Exchange <do-not-reply@stackexchange.com>, which has a misspelled word "chcecked". It should be "checked". The following items were added to your Stack Exchange global inbox since you last chcecked it on Screenshot:

bug notifications spelling email-notification

It really doesn't look good

Braiam

@ShadowWizard seems an easy fix

Shadow Wizard

@Braiam yup, that's why I'm surprised it didn't get official attention yet, maybe they missed it

Jan Dvorak

7:59 AM

SPAM tex.stackexchange.com/questions/208046/…

Andrew T.

@JanDvorak ugh, at -8...

rene

@ShadowWizard someone needs to get hit with a giant C

Patrick Hofman

cv-pls stackoverflow.com/questions/26460874/…

Vogel612's Shadow

cv-pls exact dupe stackoverflow.com/questions/26461010

Bart

8:15 AM

grabs smiting stick

Sam

grabs popcorn

Braiam

eats all of Sam's popcorn

Sam

gets more popcorn from Pham

Vogel612's Shadow

raises "other"-flag requesting question-merge

then grabs some popcorn, shielding it from anyone

Jan Dvorak

starts growing corn

Braiam

8:17 AM

awaits patiently

Infinite Recursion

wakes up lostsock,

Vogel612's Shadow

async request timed out: status 408

Jan Dvorak

@InfiniteRecursion stop pinging everyone everytime, please

Infinite Recursion

@JanDvorak ok

@Ben - The tag should be burninated because 1. We don't want questions like, I am trying this algo from Courseera and it doesn't work (I mean, why say from where you are trying this problem?). 2.Course-era is an external resource, so there is very little chance of people asking valid questions about it. I would also suggest burninating Coding-bat tag. — TheLostMind 2 hours ago