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Braiam

01:53

spam askubuntu.com/q/493382/169736

hichris123

@Braiam nuked it.

ManishBot

03:29

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: WHICH TRAINS TO TAKE ACROSS CENTRAL EUROPE? on travel.stackexchange.com

user202362

04:17

class FindSpam:
  rules = [
   {'regex': "(?i)\\b(baba(ji)?|nike|[Vv]ashikaran|[Ss]umer|[Kk]olcak|porn|[Mm]olvi|[Jj]udi [Bb]ola|ituBola.com|[Ll]ost [Ll]over)\\b", 'all': True,
    'sites': [], 'reason': "Bad keyword detected"},
   {'regex': "\\+\\d{10}|\\+?\\d{2}[\\s\\-]?\\d{8,1o}", 'all': True,
    'sites': ["patents.stackexchange.com"], 'reason': "Phone number detected"},
   {'regex': "(?i)\\b([Nn]igga|[Nn]igger|niga|[Aa]sshole|crap|fag|[Ff]uck(ing?)?|idiot|[Ss]hit|[Ww]hore)s?\\b", 'all': True,

user202362

Is there no better way to find spams?

user202362

At least do a analysis on the spam reported by the bot to spam actually deleted due to real users interaction?

user202362

Good concept BTW, needs polish though ... other wise the spam bot will become the spam generator itself ~_~

R.J

cv-duplicate meta.stackexchange.com/q/235287/216721

Final Contest

04:55

cv-pls-duplicate stackoverflow.com/questions/21467118/…

-2

A: Holding down a button for repeated action -- is there an android:onClick for holds? (in XML files)

Please explain further your question.

user202362

06:27

The Pentagon funded study of Lady Gaga's tweets

user202362

yesterday, by chmod 711 telkitty

As a rule I try to stay away from all social networks, now it seems it's a right decision ...

user202362

speaking of which I would not be surprised everything we said here were collected for analysis purpose - it's called data mining, when you become a number ... awesomeness!

nicael

07:34

@AnnaLear About bug with reopen votes I told Sha on the next day after I discovered it ;-) And he posted this bug on MSO

Stijn

reopen stackoverflow.com/questions/24275626/dummy-html-attribute

nicael

@Stijn Eh, if I could, I would vote ;-)

Stijn

@nicael I'm sure you can find a way around the system ;)

nicael

@Stijn You are sure? Well, of course, I'll try... :D

Bart

@Stijn ... why would that be too broad?

Stijn

07:38

@Bart I have no clue. It caused someone to fail an audit: meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/263069/…

Bart

07:54

Well, done.

ManishBot

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: MUSCLE BUILDING SUPER TRICS on meta.stackexchange.com

Stijn

damn, it's removed, now I'll never get big muscles

tombull89

08:49

It's okay, buy a soccer jersey instead

-3

Q: NetEase sports reported on June 18 in Jin dynasty:15th! Yu Hanchao took Conca shirt number fear invisible stress

Conca out evergrande the 15th Jersey left behind, lastly includes a successor. Just move from Dalian aerbin Guangzhou evergrande Yu Hanchao would put on the shirt play for evergrande, 15th, Li Xuepeng 35th number is chosen. Evergrande within the second in the Super led each of the way in when th...

linux

(and chuck a spam flag on it too)

user163250

Is it possible to find out who starred chat messages? Even on old messages?

Stijn

@Cupcake afaik not, you can only see it by watching the socket connection

user202362

I know there is a site for outdoor activities on stackexchange, but without having to sign up there. Is there anyone who is experienced with abseiling & rock climbing here?

user202362

09:12

& could help me with gears?

Final Contest

09:28

crap at its best: stackoverflow.com/questions/24649140/why-a-segfault-on-define

lol, someone upvoted it :D

Why the close and down-votes? It's a reasonable question and it's obvious from the three lines what his misunderstanding is, isn't it? — Rup 12 secs ago

sometimes I think that there is another - less developed - human species living among us.

Final Contest

09:51

Oh, hey, forgot to mention... I was playing around on your computer yesterday and failed like 15 audits in a row... — Your Boss 5 hours ago

lulz ^

Final Contest

10:13

my boss will not use boolean variable... — user3819278 10 mins ago

lol, SO is a circus today :D

Final Contest

11:15

I think this is a well-thought question:

-1

Q: Writing a MAC printer driver

I need to implement a print driver and generate a panel on print button for my print driver.

osx printing driver

Jan Dvorak

@FinalContest is it not too broad?

Oh. Sarcasm.

Bart

11:30

Perhaps we have to rename this room to "Laszlo's point-at-crap-and-laugh emporium" ...

2

Jan Dvorak

Except he's in write-only mode

Bart

Maybe it's a Laszlo-bot?

Jan Dvorak

Nope. Just a guy that ignores everyone

Alex

11:45

shiny happy people holding hands, shiny happy people laughing

Stijn

yay!

Vote to Close

12:18

lol

Is one of your siblings named Robert, by chance? — ThisSuitIsBlackNot 20 hours ago

Final Contest

one room would not be enough for all the crap ...

Vote to Close

@Bart Who's Laslo? I haven't seen him on here in quite a while.

Jan Dvorak

@VotetoClose AKA FinalContest

Shadow Wizard

@JanDvorak great, you spoiled what could be few minutes of great fun!

Vote to Close

@JanDvorak I can't believe that. Laslo seemed like such a nice guy.

Jan Dvorak

12:21

@ShadowWizard oops, sorry

Shadow Wizard

lol

Vote to Close

Is there any proof that they are the same?

Jan Dvorak

@VotetoClose why would I tell you?

Vote to Close

@JanDvorak You don't have to, just seems like he got a new personality with the name change then.

Jan Dvorak

also, a new set of ignores

Shadow Wizard

12:24

@VotetoClose ask @FinalContest, he won't answer but it's worth asking :D

And if you really want a solid proof, see here

> Info:stackoverflow.com/users/2682142/laszlo-papp

Everything is cached, somewhere.

Jan Dvorak

somewhere over the rainbow?

Shadow Wizard

yup, you'll be surprised by the amount of treasures hidden over the rainbow, @Jan :)

Jan Dvorak

I've heard there's a golden sky

and a sweet silversong of a lark

Bart

@VotetoClose Click on the username here and all will reveal itself: chat.meta.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/1513419#1513419

Vote to Close

thanks @Bart

Shadow Wizard

12:32

Geniously simple, @Bart! Didn't know the transcript cache the name

Bart

Shadow Wizard

That star is disturbingly similar to the chat star, @Bart.

Bart

Just a gentle hint @ShadowWizard

Vote to Close

can you guys upvote this comment please meta.stackexchange.com/questions/235255/…

because this feature request has 176 upotes / 0 downvotes, 7 bounties have been offered and no mod/employee has even left a comment on it, let alone an answer

Shadow Wizard

@VotetoClose going to downvote now because begging

oh wait

Seriously now, even 1000 upvotes on your comment won't improve chances to get official response.

Vote to Close

12:40

I have hope @ShadowWizard

Shadow Wizard

If you feel strongly about a feature request you can always email the team and pledge your case. Other than that, nothing we can do. :)

Bart

Given that it's Laura who asked, I'm sure she can more effectively poke some at SE

Shadow Wizard

You know what... let's try a different approach

@AnnaLear hey, got a second? (or two :))

Bart

Put down the gun @ShadowWizard!!!

Ah, ask Anna ... nevermind.

Shadow Wizard

yup

She is the Expert

Shadow Wizard

12:55

> This post is locked to prevent inappropriate edits to its content. The post looks exactly as it is supposed to look - there are no problems with its content. Please do not flag it for our attention.

Wonder how many flags they got?

Vote to Close

what post?

Stijn

@ShadowWizard don't leave us hanging!

Shadow Wizard

oh, thought it's trivial

4428

A: RegEx match open tags except XHTML self-contained tags

You can't parse [X]HTML with regex. Because HTML can't be parsed by regex. Regex is not a tool that can be used to correctly parse HTML. As I have answered in HTML-and-regex questions here so many times before, the use of regex will not allow you to consume HTML. Regular expressions are a tool th...

Is there anyone here who isn't familiar with this post? :)

Stijn

it's famous by now :)

Bart

@ShadowWizard 61

Jon Clements

13:00

I've always loved the sentence from the following answer While it is true that asking regexes to parse arbitrary HTML is like asking Paris Hilton to write an operating system :)

Bart

Since it was locked.

Shadow Wizard

If it wouldn't have been locked I'm pretty sure it would have passed 10k score long ago

@Bart any hidden power you hide from us, @Bart? ;)

Bart

MUWAHAHAHAHAhahaehm ... nope, not really.

Shadow Wizard

oh my, guess I should roam MSO more often. But something in there feels odd, can't point my finger exactly. So I stick with MSE.

ManishBot

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: POPULATE CELL FROM TABLE 1 FROM AN AUTOFILLED CELL OF TABLE 2 WITH CONDITIONS on superuser.com

terdon

13:43

Does anyone have any idea why I get double pinged (the sound plays twice) each time anyone pings me? I don't have any other browser windows or tabs open in chat, I have restarted the browser and the computer, I've cleared all cookies. This does not happen in chrome, only firefox and it does not happen if I open a private firefox window. However, it does happen even if I disable all addons and userscripts in my regular session. What else can I check?

Alex

@terdon doubled?

terdon

Hmm, I think not. Could you do that again please?

Stijn

@terdon ding dong

Alex

@terdon I typed this one

@terdon I didn't type this one

Shadow Wizard

@terdon it can happen when one edits the message shortly after posting it. Like this.

terdon

13:48

Huh! Nice, no, it only pings me once here. So it looks like a chat.SE thing, not a chat.meta one.

Alex

interesting

Shadow Wizard

and it's by design

-6

Q: Don't repeat the ping when editing chat messages

If you use an @notification in chat messages it will notify the corresponding user with a small circle (or snowman) on their gravatar and (if enabled) a sound effect. Now, when you have notified a user that way they will be notified again if you edit the message containing the @notification. I ...

feature-request status-declined chat

Stijn

@terdon join chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/5/the-so-tavern-general and we'll try

terdon

@ShadowWizard I know, but that's not what's going on.

Shadow Wizard

@terdon oh, OK. So probably Firefox issue.

terdon

13:49

It is a firefox issue, works fine in chrome.

Worked fine in firefox until yesterday too. And no, I don't remember what I did to break it :)

Shadow Wizard

Latest version, I assume?

terdon

Yes.

But as it worked until yesterday, I doubt it's anything to do with the version. Especially since it works in a private window.

What else apart from addons/login info changes between a private and normal firefox window? WTF is it working on one and not the other with all my scripts and addons disabled ?

Stijn

Then a fresh profile should also not have the problem. Can you verify?

terdon

Indeed. Hang on.

Back in a sec

Right. Could you ping me again please @Stijn?

Stijn

@terdon test

terdon

13:57

Yup. Single ping with the new profile.

Dammit though, I've disabled everything on the old one, what else can it be?

Back in the old profile again.

Stijn

So addons were disabled. Did you check userscripts?

terdon

Also disabled.

Via greasemonkey

@terdon test

idiot forgot it doesn't have the issue here :)

Now where would this question be on topic?

Not SU since it's a webpage issue. Meta.SE perhaps?

Stijn

@terdon meta.stackexchange.com and tag it as support chat

terdon

Yeah, that's what I figured. But since it's obviously something specific to me, I thought it might squeeze by on one of the tech sites.

Shadow Wizard

@terdon how can you reply to yourself?

terdon

14:05

@ShadowWizard It's a plugin

Shadow Wizard

so you did not disable everything... ;)

maybe that's the culprit?

terdon

12

Q: Chat Reply Helper for Stack Exchange sites

Press : to start replying to a previous message. Press ↑ as many times as you need to mark the desired message. What does it do? First of all, the Chat Reply Helper for Stack Exchange sites provides a simple key combination to select a message to reply to. This removes the need to grab the...

script chrome-extensions chat greasemonkey

@ShadowWizard I had, I only just reactivated it now.

Shadow Wizard

oh, fair enough. If it happens again, guess you better file a bug report to Firefox :)

Lix

14:18

Hello all :) Something to share with all the good folks of SE

Shadow Wizard

oh, lovely!

Best thing I've seen today

Lix

4

@ShadowWizard - hey! Keeping safe?

Shadow Wizard

@Lix yeah, only one alarm so far, yesterday night. Not nice with children but not big deal too. You?

Is this screenshot real?! (goes looking)

Lix

@ShadowWizard - I head two of them (in ramat gan)... even heard quite a serious boom on the second one...

@ShadowWizard - oh right... we have repzillas here ;)

Shadow Wizard

@Lix the boom was most likely the Tamir missile (Kipat Barzel) being launched

Lix

14:22

stackoverflow.com/q/24655822

@ShadowWizard - yep... this is what everyone is saying

Shadow Wizard

I favorited that question. Plain hilarious!

Alex

why was it deleted?

Lix

TIL: it is possible to favorite deleted posts....

Shadow Wizard

Tempted to leave a comment on one his existing posts asking about his Momma...

Lix

@Alex - we hate fun ;)

Shadow Wizard

14:24

that was plain trolling, not fun :)

Lix

@Alex - the last comment by a mod (also the one who deleted the post) pretty much sums it up: "If this is a serious question you'd get a lot further by using different variable names."

Alex

@ShadowWizard not trolling... more like playground name calling phenomenon

Maternal insult

A maternal insult (also referred to as a "yo mama" joke) is a reference to a person's mother through the use of phrases such as "your mother" or other regional variants, frequently used to insult the target by way of their mother. Used as an insult, "your mother..." preys on widespread sentiments of filial piety, making the insult particularly and globally offensive. "Your mother" can be combined with most types of insults, although suggestions of promiscuity are particularly common. Insults based on obesity, incest, age, race, poverty, poor hygiene, unattractiveness, or stupidity m...

Shadow Wizard

@Alex but on a professional site which clearly forbids those things it becomes trolling. I would flag such thing as abusive, as the user is abusing the power to ask questions in a bad manner.

Stijn

oh wow that question is hilarious :D

Andy

spam: stackoverflow.com/a/24656441/189134

Alex

14:37

@ShadowWizard it is offensive, I suppose there's no point putting it on hold and leaving it there, I can just imagine someone posting a link to it in a chat room to troll with

it could be argued that the offensiveness of it would merit a deeper kind of deletion, since the post is still visible to certain members, it has the potential to offend them just as much as it would anyone else who happens to see it

i am unable to see it, but I was able to see the screenshot that was posted here, i'm tempted to flag that as offensive

Lix

@alex To flag my link to it here?

Alex

i find it offensive

Lix

@Alex - sorry to hear that

Stijn

It's humour, it's bound to offend someone.

Andy

@Stijn Is this supposed to be humorous? I'm slightly offended.

/sarcasm

Lix

14:47

hmmm... I am now offered to review your flag, @alex...

with such power comes great responsibility ;)

Tim Post

So "Your mama codes procedurally in PHP" is the new "Your mama wears combat boots"?

I'd say that's an improvement, because my mama, quite frankly, looked ridiculous in combat boots.

Shadow Wizard

@TimPost I think it all boils down to "your mama is fat", cross language. The message was quite clear!

Lix

mama-agnostic

Alex

@Lix i was never good at all that "your momma" stuff when I was a child, I've always felt that it's really awful.

i can only hope it that post wasn't made by an adult, it's really the sort of thing you expect a child to do

Tim Post

@Alex It was written by someone that's obviously struggling with maturity. It's not really a matter of age.

2

Lix

14:55

Well said tim...

Tim Post

I also detested that sort of mindless fallacious taunting that children often did. But that's not what this was, this was just someone trying to be clever and rather falling on their nose in the process. The intent seemed to be to make people laugh, and it's really the perceived intent that matters.

user202362

After spending the past 3 hours pondering whether I should finally upgrade my 2 season sleeping bag to a 4 season one or to buy another tent (currently I have 1 cheap flimsy one, one that's too small/not enough for me and my bag - both that the same time, and one that's too big & heavy.) I figured out that if I participate in an activity that has a 0.2% chance of killing myself every weekend, more than half of the chance I would be dead in 7 years.

user202362

diving & real adventure caving would probably exceed that fatality rate ...

user202362

So if I stick to those two activities ...

Stijn

So I was browsing through unanswered discussions on MSO. Are meta.stackoverflow.com/tags/retag-request/info and meta.stackoverflow.com/tags/burninate-request/info the same thing?

Tim Post

15:02

@chmod711telkitty Have you tried decaf?

Shadow Wizard

@Stijn I don't think so. Retag means changing name of a tag, burninate means just burn a tag, without replacing with other.

I've just burninated accounts on MSE :)

Stijn

@ShadowWizard The excerpt of retag-request does mention what sounds like burninating: "This tag is for requests to replace one tag with another existing tag. It also applies to requests that one tag should be merged into another, or simply abandoned."

Shadow Wizard

hmm... so this is a gray zone indeed. Needs an Expert. @TimPost what you think? :)

Tim Post

@chmod711telkitty Is diving statistically more dangerous? I'd think it would be, because you don't have much chance of error correction once you've realized it's needed.

user153011

15:39

@YiJiang if you read this, your SE profile says you're 20 but meebleforp.com says 19 :P

Stijn

cv-migrate stackoverflow.com/questions/24656713/…

ManishBot

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: TOO MUCH CUMIN IN MY CURRY on cooking.stackexchange.com

user153011

huh, I have an account there?

user153011

"delete" only deletes my account for that site, right?

user153011

(since when is there a "delete" option for your own user profile? :O)

Stijn

15:49

@nyuszika7h I think it's an option when you have no questions, answers or comments on the site.

146

Q: How can I delete my account?

How can I delete my Stack Exchange account(s) and what happens to content I've posted when my account gets deleted? For more information, see "How do I delete my account?" in the Help Center. Return to FAQ index

support faq delete user-accounts

> If your account has never voted or posted a question or answer more than once, you should see a self-delete option on your user page next to the edit link:

user153011

ah

Anna Lear

16:05

@nicael yeah, and then you cast a bunch of votes you shouldn't have. that's more my point. ;)

@ShadowWizard what's up?

Final Contest

@TimPost: is it normal that a moderator removes an upvoted comment which brings up some critics with the answer? If it is so, there is not much point in doing anything more other than downvoting an answer.

(first time I saw it happening)

(well semi-second'ish...)

GnomeSlice

Today's Listening | Electronic / Downtempo / Ambient

ManishBot

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: IS THE US 3611966 PATENT STIL ACTIVE? on patents.stackexchange.com

user163250

cv-pls duplicate stackoverflow.com/questions/1402993/…

user163250

The other question is gets more traffic. The answers should be merged.

user163250

16:14

@ManishBot that's neat, I didn't know we had a stack exchange for patents.

ManishBot

16:26

[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive title detected: Crap audio interface sound and I can't find out the problem on music.stackexchange.com

TCPMAN.EXE

Ofensive? Crap is just sound engineer for "almost everything".

hichris123

lol

Andy

@Cupcake Blog Post about it

Alex

i wonder what it's like for people who have to watch films and decide what age rating to give them

how do they decide if a film is rated 12, 15 or 18

sometimes when watching family guy i wonder what age rating that would get

Adult animation

Adult animation (also known as adult cartoon) is genre of animation geared towards adults and sometimes teens. Works in this genre may be considered adult for any number of reasons. They may be noted for using risqué themes, graphic violence, sexuality or black comedy in a manner that is unsuitable for younger audiences. Works in this genre may explore philosophical, political or social issues. Some productions are noted for sophisticated and/or experimental storytelling and animation techniques. Before the enforcement of the Hays Code, some cartoon shorts contained humor that was aimed...

Final Contest

16:43

@Cupcake: I voted on the dup, but I realized it is very hard to get votes from here lately.

I posted this here twice already, and could not get another vote, even though it seems clear case: stackoverflow.com/q/21467118/2682142

user163250

@FinalContest well, that is a very long question, and not everyone has expertise in PHP.

ManishBot

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword detected: What harm is porn? on parenting.stackexchange.com

user163250

@ManishBot oh boy.

user163250

7

Q: What harm is porn?

It is generally accepted that porn shouldn't be seen by children, and we even sometimes punish parents who fail to stop their children from finding porn. What is the justification? The only "damage" I've seen caused by porn is other adults' outrage. Like, the child gets suspended from school bec...

age-appropriate psychology sex cognitive-development internet

Andy

I think we need a bot (in it's own room) that just replies to @ManishBot. I can imagine some hilarious responses

2

user163250

16:47

Ansis Malins, Riga, Latvia

144 5

age-appropriate cognitive-development internet psychology sex

user163250

That guy is obviously going to make a fantastic parent.

user163250

Great decision making skills.

user163250

Trustworthy.

user163250

Competent.

user163250

I'd let him babysit kids any day.

user163250

16:52

cv-pls opinion Is it acceptable to use the marquee element in HTML?

user163250

cv-pls recommendation stackoverflow.com/questions/3781423/…

Braiam

eats some members of Cupcake family

Final Contest

@Cupcake: well, but it is clear, even the OP admits the duplication.

yet, s/he misuses the duplicate system for some reason. :/

delete-vote-pls-rubbish stackoverflow.com/questions/24649914/…

Andy

17:15

Do this user's answers count as spam? All three are promoting his code, without notice that it's his. However, they do kind of answer the question in a VLQ sort of way.

user163250

@FinalContest personally, I'd give the OP a few days to revise the question before voting to delete it.

Final Contest

@Cupcake: well, normally, me, too, but his further comments are facepalm, and it is very unlikely to change. He is from another planet IMHO

user163250

Oh, I didn't read the comments.

user163250

@Andy stackoverflow.com/questions/17789204/… delete voted the question, problem solved.

Final Contest

0

A: Error trying to add fragment for facebook login

!!!!!!!!!I have the solutions, In the MainFragment Class, i delete the import android.app.Fragment and add android.support.v4.app.*; and it solve all

someone wishes to edit that post to increase the IQ by 50?

user163250

17:19

@Andy close as recommendation, stackoverflow.com/questions/7470629/…, then delete vote, problem solved.

user163250

@Andy stackoverflow.com/a/17886145/456814 flagged as VLQ (link-only), problem solved...meh, I put in a delete vote for it too.

Jan Dvorak

@FinalContest better now?

Final Contest

@Cupcake: ojay is own his way to banning

user163250

He hasn't been back to the site since...

user163250

Since he posted his last answer.

user163250

17:24

He used the site for about 2 days to post his (self-promotional?) link answers.

Final Contest

you brought me to serial downvoting :p

Braiam

I'm not sure if downvoting this answer to hell or just asking to the question be deleted altogether

Jan Dvorak

@Braiam downvoted and flagged

rene

gone

user163250

@Braiam Question? What question? I don't see any questions here...

Jan Dvorak

17:27

^

user163250

...only lost points and broken dreams.

Final Contest

lol

spoiling someone else's fun is fun? xD

user163250

Disturbingly amusing. More fun than it should be :P

Final Contest

ojay

1

rene

Hmmm, I felt the comment from Eric Lippert on that question was worth keeping but it won't onebox anymore...

nicael

17:31

@FinalContest wait, why he has 9 tags?..

Final Contest

because he is ojay.

GnomeSlice

►

Amazing

Shadow Wizard

@AnnaLear hey, what is the team's opinion about flagging a comment after already upvoting it? It's one of the most upvoted feature requests in MSE, yet no shred of official response. So hoping you'll save the day! :) (even a "maybe" will do :))

Anna Lear

@ShadowWizard You have good timing. :) We're actually discussing that this week. Internal opinions differ, so we'll see what shakes out. (cc @VotetoClose)

Shadow Wizard

@AnnaLear Cheers, credit goes to Mr. @VoteToClose who bountified the request and brought this up earlier. Hope to see some response there soon and thanks again!

@nicael deleted posts. The tag score might be 0, but I think the tags themselves stay forever.

@Andy there was such a fight actually in other room. It was very messy.

Braiam

17:50

@nicael the script runs sometimes... and updates its values

user163250

@rene for you...

user163250

Wow that's tiny.

rene

:)

Bart

50 weeks a year? Slacker ....

rene

17:54

zoom 200% works

Anna Lear

or just click the image

rene

Oh Anna..

user163250

I just tried to quote the text here, but it's actually too big to post in chat.

user163250

According to chat :/

user163250

Wait, lemme try...

user163250

17:57

> I've studied C# for eight hours a day, five days a week, fifty weeks a year for five years, and I'd think it would be reasonable to say that I've mastered the language, but of course I know almost nothing about the debugger, the IDE, the framework, the garbage collector, the interop layer, the security system, and so on. If you want to master something, I recommend you do the same as I did: study it eight hours a day for five years and you too can be an expert on one thing.

user163250

> That said: I learn new things about C# every day, so there always seems to be stuff left to learn. – Eric Lippert Jun 29 '10 at 3:01

user163250

TADA!

rene

There you go

ManishBot

18:08

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword detected: How to make Nike+ Connect software work in Ubuntu. (Nike GPS Watch) on askubuntu.com

Anna Lear

@ManishBot Now I really want to know which of those words is "bad".

It's probably Nike.

hichris123

Yup, Nike.

Anna Lear

Manishbot must be an Adidas fan.

rene

That makes me wonder why there is no Adidas spam? Isn't it as popular as Nike, is Nike easier to copy? Adidas is more active in hunting down chinese copy-shops?

Or are all SE users known Nike lovers?

That last statement is not true: chat.meta.stackexchange.com/transcript/89?m=2119737#2119737

GnomeSlice

18:59

Please stop uploading the game highlights to Pornhub... Our public humiliation category is full. #BrazilvsGermany

Tweeted by Pornhub on July 8, 2014 at 9:19 PM

loooooooool

Anna Lear

@GnomeSlice youporn doesn't want them either.

GnomeSlice

@AnnaLear Hahahahahaha that's amazing

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Stack Overflow Academy

Proposed Q&A site for programmers who want to ask good questions on Stack Overflow

Currently in definition.

Whut

@Shog9 explain yourself

Bart

Must ... resists ... to troll ... proposal

Shog9

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A: Boundary between Stack Overflow Academy and Meta Stack Overflow?

Meta Stack Overflow could work for this purpose... ...But in practice, it usually does not. The focus of meta is primary focused on the policies and behaviors associated with Stack Overflow; while this includes the nature of the questions asked on the site, it's not particularly obvious that you...

Bart

So there I can ask how I can get rid of this pesky question ban, right? :p

GnomeSlice

19:10

@Shog9 Makes sense.

Bart

@Shog9 on a serious note, would that lend itself for a Q&A though? I imagine that becoming a "here's my question, is it good enough?" kind of deal ...

Shog9

@Bart who knows?

We have a Code Review site; if that can function...

Bart

Myeah, "that's why it's a proposal" I guess ...

ManishBot

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: CAN AN O2 SENSOR CAUSE FAULTY SPARK PLUGS ON DRIVER SIDE ONLY WHEN THE SPARK PLUGS WERE JUST CHANGED? on mechanics.stackexchange.com

rene

Ask a question to ask a question

Bart

19:24

I wonder if, when you find it difficult to ask a good question on SO, you're able to ask a good question on that site.

Braiam

@rene so meta

Bart

@Braiam So not meta ... specifically.

:)

user163250

Apparently a certain problem user has "turned over a new leaf": meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/263086/…

user163250

Not sure if I actually believe it though.

Bart

O ye of little faith

I guess I don't need to do the trolling

area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/72987/stack-overflow-academy/…

Final Contest

19:34

the Holland match is approaching ...

hichris123

@FinalContest 24 minutes, right?

Bart

yep

hichris123

Hmm... I need a good livestream...

Final Contest

there is plenty available when the match starts, but I prefer telly because of the connected big screen.

and the home audio system :D

badp

Not sure why the emoji wouldn't render.

Final Contest

19:40

you alright?

Braiam

@badp Windows + Chrome... yeah, get a real OS/browser ;)

:P

badp

@Braiam Tsk. It renders just fine in the address bar.

rene

@FinalContest dutch tv is broad casting live pictures of the stadium atm with a count-down-clock. Everybody is bored to death as soon as the match start...

mmyers

chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/2433/the-clubhouse

^ FYI

Final Contest

@rene: well, I am reading an interesting networking book which I will probably continue during the match partially.

rene

19:45

social networking?

Final Contest

nope, TCP/IP Illustrated Volume 1 - Richard Stevens.

rene

Nerd

@FinalContest glancing over the contents that seems to be a deep-dive...

Final Contest

I am just a wannabe without beard and all that :D

well, Volume 1 is the basics, mostly the common protocols.

but I work in the networking industry, so ymmv. :-)

rene

I smiled at chapter 30 par 4

Final Contest

:) why is that

Andy

19:53

spam: stackoverflow.com/a/24662592/189134

Final Contest

I am not sure if that is spam.

isn't it just link-only?

Andy

It is one of the few "free" things at that asset store. It looks like it's trying to get people there to click one of the other options

Final Contest

well, spam means off-topic crap to me

it seems well on topic

Bart

Do tell me you're standing up, singing the anthem @rene

Final Contest

@rene: fasten your seat belt ...

@Andy: also, it is free, so he is not trying to monetize anything

rene

19:58

@Bart like this: youtube.com/watch?v=VhQwLeMcbRY ?

Final Contest

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A: Dispose WWW if timeout occurs in Unity3d

Timeouts work great in WWW wrapper for Unity Try it from asset store (http://u3d.as/content/webjema/www-wrapper) Free

hmm, another post with the same thing...

@Andy: he had one relatively valid question in the past, so he is probably not a spammer.

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