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Q: I need some help getting rid of a body

corsiKaI've just lifted the siege of Battlehorn Castle and there are bodies everywhere. I'd really like to make my new home presentable. I am, after all, a lord now. I'm trying to lift the hands and feet and head because they seem the easiest, but I'm really not making very much progress. It's been 10 ...

Also, fun fact: my Arqade user ID is 69998.
 
 
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4:40 AM
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A: How to create own mailbox in php

IAteYourKittenThis is not a question. Furthermore, definitely not the kind of question you will have answered here. For something of this magnitude, learn PHP, HTML, CSS, and build one. It's not a difficult process. However, for your sake, I'm including a location where you can read the documentation and l...

 
Lol
I'm going to bed now.
 
5:37 AM
I have 41 tabs (and still counting) open to The Oatmeal. Help me...
It's like TVTropes, but with images.
 
done
 
thanks, done, too. :)
 
no problem :)
 
6:59 AM
It is going to be a beautiful day....
@nhgrif No, I'm not obligated to do that but now that I'm here anyway: The question is asking for opinions (which is off-topic and might be better suited for progammers.se if the question had more focus). Given the broad and opninion based nature of the question this answer is maybe a start of an answer but I can't imagine it being useful for anyone, maybe it is for the OP. For me that makes the answer not useful (and that is what the downvote expresses). — rene 1 min ago
 
@rene yup, but I agree with what you wrote. :)
The answer is also better be a comment anyway, it's far from being full and detailed.
 
Good news: dealt with all 41 The Oatmeal tabs. Bad news: still have 18 TVTropes tabs.
 
7:16 AM
@michaelb958 Congrats!!
 
Please do not feed such poor questions with answers. — Laszlo Papp 10 secs ago
 
@LaszloPapp this is smelly. I smell socks. I'll keep an open eye.
 
why do you think so?
 
@LaszloPapp initial impression is because OP approved this minor edit, both OP and editor are totally new
 
perhaps he just did not want to seem rude as a newcomer :)
 
7:25 AM
I have a feeling this is the master, but of course first have to come with more proof
hmm... maybe I'm just paranoid though :)
 
it is possible.
 
-1
A: PHP MYSQLi INSERT after error not work

Your Common SenseI cant help it, but this is just fabulously excessive, repetitive an inefficient code, pursuing absolutely wrong goal, using wrong methods. Throwing exception manually only to get the trace is smart, but, I am afraid, not too reliable solution. To make it sane, you have to Use prepared statem...

 
7:40 AM
@JanDvorak yeah, he's trying to fix the world, bad practice after bad practice. Useless, if you ask me. :)
+1 for his efforts which are, after all, useful for others, -1 for being snarky on the verge of rude to the OP so I'm not voting.
 
please let me know if you know the solution for fixing the world. I will +1 it
 
@LaszloPapp too easy. 42.
 
@LaszloPapp maybe if christianity.se allowed "what is the truth" kind of question, I might post more.
 
oh, it is just YCS... without making it CW this time. :)
 
@LaszloPapp in the meantime, please check jw.org
 
7:45 AM
well, the OP is not correct.
anyone can submit an answer... even if you had got your answer.
 
@LaszloPapp but he didn't answer his specific question, rather told him "you do it all wrong" in his face.
 
that is fine, I do that sometimes, too... ;-)
Although not with this tone.
I am trying to explain why the whole approach is wrong.
 
That's why people are afraid of asking in Stack Overflow and to be honest I can understand them.
 
because they can learn better approaches?
I would say this is also rude from YCS: stackoverflow.com/a/23443189/2682142
 
@LaszloPapp of course, but I fear many users aren't careful with their tone.
 
7:48 AM
I am not sure why he is not getting warnings from the mods.
 
when someone is being attacked, the initial response is to get into defensive position, so he doesn't really learn anything.
 
yeah, I know. I am an advocate of eliminating such comments and posts.
 
@LaszloPapp because there's no rule against such behavior, after all this is NOT personal help forum.
 
Although, I get mad at times when OPs are trying hard to make me mad, like modifying the question into completely something different triggering answers useless and they claim that it is the original question no matter how politely we ask to roll back and ask a new question.
 
@LaszloPapp don't ask to rollback. Rollback.
 
7:52 AM
well, he seems to be rude often, even in answers, not just comments.
@JanDvorak: I am not rolling it back again after the OP rolled back my roll back :)
 
then flag
 
@LaszloPapp you should, then flag as @Jan says so mod can lock the post.
Users sometimes need a nudge in the right direction.
 
not really worth my time to get into :)
usually, I would leave a comment, but it tends to be a nightmare discussion at times, so I just skip it.
Also, I am considering creating a socket with 50 rep.
to get rid of the non-anonymous critics.
more often that not, they end up being drama.
 
8:09 AM
(j/k)
 
Mat
8:30 AM
What do you think about this sort of Q:
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Q: Find the array status after k turns

user3243499Code Chef Problem: Given array of N integers A and a number K. During a turn the maximal value over all Ai is chosen, let's call it MAX. Then Ai = MAX - Ai is done for every 1 <= i <= N. Find out how will the array look like after K turns. Input The numbers N and K are given in the first line o...

Code competition/challenge site, OP dumps his solution saying "it doesn't work".
 
@Mat unclear/too broad?
/not enough info
 
Mat
Yeah, I guess unclear does fit. There's no indication of when/how the code breaks.
 
8:45 AM
I use "unclear" a lot,actually.
 
9:00 AM
is it legit to vote as "caused by a typo" even if I haven't found one yet?
 
You can close any question like that. Sometimes there is just a huge amount of typos.
 
> Would you like some cola?
> Dude, how can you make four typos in a single word?
 
9:50 AM
@LaszloPapp Flagged for attention! Prepare to be suspended. :p
 
10:09 AM
\o
 
@Bart: eh?
 
Yeah, you did not think your j/k would get you out of that one, did you? For shame!!
j/k though
 
ah, the joke thingie
 
:)
 
thought you flagged YCS.
 
10:17 AM
Ah no, I won't bother with that any more
 
Quick Question , might be duplicate
Do you guys flag any answer which has link only of the doc ?
 
Not necessarily, no
 
I do! :D
even it it has 600K upvotes.
 
rofl 600k upvotes
 
especially if it is not selected because then mods cannot get in my way. :P
 
10:21 AM
@LaszloPapp here for you then stackoverflow.com/a/3886114/1741671
 
done
 
question also seems off-topic
 
yep
I voted for closure.
 
me also
thnx
 
Meh, I'd just go for the question. It caused the answers to happen back in the day.
 
10:25 AM
I migrated the answer into a comment.
 
How do you do that ? Can I ?
 
Magic
 
haha
 
I said abracadabra
 
lol
 
10:27 AM
sorry, migrate is not the right word, duplicated is.
 
done
 
yah closed, thanks :)
 
10:43 AM
yeah, we have too many robo-closers
 
@LaszloPapp should I apologise?
 
YVHBR
 
Meta question to be asked soon: "This group of sockpuppets seems to be closing every question on the site"
 
10:50 AM
yeah, the power-hungry puppets.
 
11:03 AM
Just pick any one at random. Your app will then work 1/3 of the time, which is much more than my current app is achieving. — Martin James 23 secs ago
LOLOLOLOLO
 
:D
Lovely little question though
 
user153011
hi
 
@Bart: absolutely, finally a question that got me thinking.
 
user153011
haha, first time I see something like this:
 
user153011
11:17 AM
>
Congratulations!

This was only a test, designed to make sure you were paying attention. You passed.
 
I should read the algorithm tag more.
@nyuszika7h: pictures or did not happen
 
A review audit @nyuszika7h
We have plenty of terrible reviewers, so sometimes they need to be tested
And you passed. :)
 
user153011
@LaszloPapp too late, already clicked next
 
ok, so did not happen :P
j/k
 
11:20 AM
this is not a proof being audit. :P
 
user153011
> Review audit passed 5 mins ago:
 
well, it kind of is since it is proposed by community.
 
user153011
or am I the only one seeing it?
 
nah, you passed it and that is great.
 
user153011
> Our system has identified this edit as possible spam; please review carefully
 
user153011
hehe, looks like the system is right
 
user153011
haha, another test
 
it got closed when the OP put the answer into the question, but I rolled it back. Not sure why it got so many downvotes, probably because it is an easy question, but it is not unclear anymore.
 
11:38 AM
done
 
user153011
have to go, cya
 
bye @nyuszika7h
 
user153011
ooh, the wheel of blame is still there
 
user153011
such nostalgia
 
11:51 AM
The OP even mentions the possibility of closure due to the question being opinion-based ("subjective")!
 
yeah ^
 
@Louis there are some interesting comments on that question..if it gets closed I expect a meta question...
I close voted as well...
 
@rene It'd sure like jfriend00 to bring it up on Meta.
 
we're ready for that...
 
I'm not making any comment on the question now because I don't want to spook any of the pple who commented into posting an answer before this thing gets closed.
That it was a typo is evident from eyeballing the question or from the answer.
 
12:00 PM
done
 
suspicious...
someone submitting a 6th answer when the other answers already got upvoted... and in 36 secs or less, it already gets one upvote....
 
how ? link ?
 
feels very puppet'ish.
 
@LaszloPapp this alone isn't suspicious, it bumps the question so it's getting lots of views. If it gets accepted so fast then it's smelly.
 
hey @ShadowWizard !
 
Hey @TGMCians !
 
@ShadowWizard: relative long answer and upvote within 35 seconds
when there were 5 answers upvoted already, so the thread became old in a common tag.
it is also a "low-rep" user.
450-500 rep.
even 30 seconds was not enough for me who went through the question, answered it thoroughly, etc.
:)
 
12:26 PM
@LaszloPapp well, there are always the "robo upvoters", maybe it appeared in the "Late Answers" review queue?
 
the question is 1-2 hours old :D
 
user153011
12:38 PM
hi!
 
hallo! :p
 
@Bart: I am really annoyed by giving feedback by now.
usually, it ends up "you are incorrect", and "I am right" attitude.
perhaps, it is just not worth it and downvote without explanation is the way.
 
user153011
also, TIL my user ID is in share links :O
 
12:44 PM
(in this case, I did not even give a downvote, in fact, I gave an upvote even though I had an alternative answer. :)
 
Yep @nyuszika7h, so you can be awarded a badge if you attract enough visitors
Myeah @LaszloPapp, feedback can be tricky. There are always those who only welcome it in theory.
 
btw, nyuszika sounds hungarian'ish.
welcome it in theory, LOL :)
nyuszika means dear little rabbit or so
 
It somehow reminds me of en.wikipedia.org/wiki/…
 
user153011
It doesn't imply "dear", actually, I think.
 
12:59 PM
yeah, I am probably over-exaggerating to sound cool :)
 
Well done @LaszloPapp. That's very important if you want to fit in with all us cool people here ....
 
also, I do not think there is a proper translation 1:1.
 
user153011
sandbox is frozen?
 
@Bart: haha :)
 
@nyuszika7h on mobile? Yes
Oh, you mean the chat room
 
user153011
1:00 PM
yes, the chat room
 
I have to be cool here, otherwise Bart flags me.
 
user153011

Rename TheMountainException

Every 30 days a new exception is raised!
 
not frozen
in Sandbox, 21 secs ago, by Shadow Wizard
Frozen?
 
user153011
nostalgia much
 
user153011
haha, another review audit
 
user153011
1:03 PM
also
 
user153011
 
@nyuszika7h when you'll get two in a row, that would be something to tell your grandchildren :D
 
user153011
> This room is frozen; new messages cannot be added.
 

Sandbox

Formatting Sandbox
 
you will be the audit king soon :)
 
1:04 PM
It was frozen and unfrozen many times as far as I can tell :)
 
@3ventic Look at the version before your version; the OP removed that line and probably your edit added it again without you added it manually.
 
odd
 
It's not odd if you started editing the post before the OP removed that line. It is only odd if you only edited it after the OP removed the line.
 
I don't think he edited it after I started editing it, but hard to say
The title I edited was "LAN messenger (multi-platform)"
 
Then you edited after the OP edited. Then it's odd indeed.
 
user153011
2:51 PM
> Daily vote limit reached; vote again in 9 hours.
 
user153011
ಠ_ಠ
 
Ha, we had the same idea @Mat
 
@nyuszika7h or in simple words "you spent enough time here today, go get some rest!" :D
 
Mat
Yep, thanks for the cleanup @Bart. Didn't look like that question was on the right track at first.
 
Nope. That was going to get nuked pretty fast
 
3:09 PM
If I have a bug reported on stackapps.com should I also post on MSE?
 
Mat
3:24 PM
No, don't cross-post.
 
3:36 PM
Why does this (reasonable?) question get 4 downvotes? meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/253513/…
 
Yeah, I upvoted
 
@Bart because dupe?
 
And left a comment
 
Ah ... hmm ... maybe @JanDvorak. Glanced over that link even though I edited ...
But then vote to close or flag
 
also, you yourself admit in your answer that the question is somewhat unclear
 
3:41 PM
? No I don't
Is there something confusing about my answer then @JanDvorak? Because I don't see where I say that ...
 
sorry; I misread
 
Okay. :)
 
I read "depending on what the question is" as referring to the meta question.
 
Ah, like that ...
 
4:29 PM
Today's Listening: electronic/reggae
@Bart @rene
 
Listening now...
 
 
1 hour later…
6:04 PM
@GnomeSlice lovely
 
6:14 PM
It is fishy if you ask me ...
but I have not downvoted, close voted, yet, etc.
I would go for lacks minimal stuffy?
I have the whole game logic in C++ without even using Qt, so I really don't know where to start from, can't even find a related tutorial. What I have found are just some tutorials with texts and placing buttons, but that's not really what I need. Just needs some tips where to start at. — White dracke 34 secs ago
yeah, right ... ^^
 
I'd let it be I guess @LaszloPapp.
 
I wouldn't VTC
 
I voted to close
he does not even show any projects files, code, anything.
You have not provided any information how to reproduce it. This way, the only person who can solve it is you, but I am not sure if that is useful for the community in its current form. — Laszlo Papp 1 min ago
 
Well, I guess this is one of those cases where the answer tells you how to reproduce it.
 
6:19 PM
well, it does not tell me.
he missed some resource file somewhere sometime somehow. :)
 
Meh, I've done enough evil today. I'll let this one slide
 
no, problem I will delete vote it at the first occasion if it does not improve :)
Seems you beat the lack of information issue for the question with this answer. — Laszlo Papp 10 secs ago
oh hack
I cannot link a question to another thread because the answer is not accepted and it is not upvoted. :P
but it would be exactly the same answer!
 
Upvote the answer, close as dupe, undo the upvote
/evil
 
my answer :P
cannot upvote, nor select, but thanks.
 
Create sockpuppet, earn reputation , ...
 
6:29 PM
lol
 
If anyone wants to help out with with closing the typo questions, join me in Room 51975.
 
just please do not close "useful typo" questions.
 
@LaszloPapp This is only a specific subset of "typo questions". See the above meta post for more details.
 
I answered an imo useful typo question in the past, but a mod closed it because it is typo.
even though a language element was put into C++ for that typo.
since then I try to warn people to be careful.
 
7:12 PM
cya
 
Good night, @TGMCians!
When do you usually see "This question may already have an answer here"?
This is the question I'm talking about. I can't see any close votes on it. Could it be due to a flag?
 
Probably a flag
 
Hmm.
Someone flagged this question as a dupe of this one. lol
 
Lol, maybe they got the dup and the target mixed up :P
 
lol
 
7:26 PM
it is a bit unfortunately that closed canonical duplicates do not get out of way.... from the original duplicate, i.e. C -> B -> A does not get re-evaluated as C -> A.
 
Sometimes that helps me (each question in the chain has a bit of new information). But I agree, and I'm pretty sure this has been discussed before on MSE.
 
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Q: How are all the c++ functions finally defined?

a curious programmerfor example, we know that printf() function displays text in the console screen. But how are functions like printf() defined. Is it possible to write code to display text without the use of any library files?

yeah, right ....
 
7:48 PM
@Doorknob I don't think that's the case here.
The author of this question probably got upset when his question got CV'd and he probably flagged the canonical as a duplicate. That's a big assumption though.
 
Perhaps.
 
I flagged for a comment cleanup here but it has not been actioned yet. But one of the "not constructive" flags I made on a related question got actioned immediately. Why's that?
 
@AmalMurali There's a huge backlog of "other" flags, I believe.
 
@Doorknob I'm guessing "Other" flags takes more time to process.
 
Yep
Especially really complicated things like sock puppet / voting rings.
 
7:54 PM
True. One of my sockpuppet flags got response after several weeks (probably one month).
 
rejected?
 
Was marked as helpful.
 
Oh darn. I can't CV anymore. "Daily close vote limit reached; please try again in 4 hours"
@LaszloPapp But I flagged another account as possible sockpuppet here, and the other account was deleted very soon and the flag was marked helpful. Depends on the moderator and the backlog, I guess.
 
strange.
 
8:00 PM
I talked to that guy in chat recently. I asked him if he'd used multiple accounts but he said he didn't.
The usernames and the locations were almost the same. Question asker: PHPLover. Answerer: PHPGeek. Both of them from Pune.
 
they are twins, thinking the same way.
 
Twins use sockpuppets?!
 
no, that is the point. :)
I got such defense, well, they called themselves colleagues, whatever.
rene for the rescue!
 
@LaszloPapp Why? Is he a socketpuppet buster or something? :-D
 
no, he gave the fifth close vote for a crappy question I was awaiting to be closed.
 
8:12 PM
Ah, I see.
 
8:39 PM
Night everyone!
 
ninis
is it just me close to reporting this avatar?
I am not sure if it can hurt my eye, but I surely feel painful looking at it.
and he always appears in the review queue, it is kinda hard to "dismiss" it.
I would not like to get any eye problems by that, personally....
or maybe it is just fake and I am generating the pain myself... I do not know.
 
Seems like a perfectly fine avatar to me @LaszloPapp? Are you okay?
 
8:58 PM
it makes my eyes bleed
I hope I do not get any injuries.
I see this daily, and it is painful to see for me.
can I delete it somehow on my end?
I cannot contact the user directly either as he has no contact information.
 
Pff, I'm sure you can userscript it out if you wanted to.
Or you could get him banned from reviewing altogether by finding something particularly awful and then flag it. :D
 
9:34 PM
It would be really nice if I could customize it on my end to avoid any hurt against my eyes.
it was ok 5-10 times, but seeing it very often is not that I feel good.
is there a way to globally turn avatars off?
or any kind of?
 

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