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Infinite Recursion

1:34 PM

@Uni: Having fun with your new sock? I see it gained some rep too :)

Unihedron

@Inf: Yep, really interesting experience... And baring with the lack of commenting :P

Infinite Recursion

Now you have 63 rep, so that hurdle is crossed. Else, you can always give a bounty to it's good answer from this account.

So, how rude is SO to a newbie?

Unihedron

I'm not sure. When I first joined, the comments made me delete my posts twice, until I got the hang of it.

It was around the lines of "Are you sure someone's going to get something out of your messy code" and "-1 (downvote reason)"

I guess my answering skills has improved. :P

Infinite Recursion

That was a really rude comment, you should have flagged it.

Nice, positive attitude !

Braiam

meh, I have only deleted 1 question that was a duplicated and it's because I actually didn't search

Unihedron

1:41 PM

I didn't know when I first joined, so I went "Meh" and deleted the post anyway. Afterall, internet communities are full of grumpy people.

Braiam

meh, meh, meh... meeeeeeeeeehhhhh

Unihedron

Mehhhh.

But eventually I got the first checkmark ever. It was really great sense of achievement. Like having a first Hello World program.

Infinite Recursion

I never asked a question on SO, so that experience is pending. I like the checkmarks too, just the thanks man and thanks sir that used to come initially used to dampen the happiness. Now I flag them as too chatty.

Unihedron

xD

Sam

@InfiniteRecursion It happened again lol...

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Infinite Recursion

1:54 PM

The teeth look sharper than my beak

hides

Now I am safe :D

Sam

Looks like he's going to eat @Unihedron now...

Unihedron

(Leap-!)

Infinite Recursion

yes :D

Braiam

damn

Sam

lol :D (goes to warn @Andy ...)

Doorknob

1:58 PM

Uh oh, I'm next, must escape

There, now unless he says something I'm safe!

Unihedron

I hope our SmokeDetector doesn't get eaten...

Doorknob

Quick, post some spam so that it talks

Unihedron

RUN SMOKEDETECTOR RUN

Sam

phew He's only got 1 rep, we're safe.

Unihedron

RUN FOR YOUR LIFE

Sam

2:03 PM

Runs past @Unihedron ...

tchrist

@animuson The regular edit-review process seems good enough now that the user will be notified why his proposed edit was not meeting the intended standards. It just looked weird to me, because the body seemed almost generic text and the excerpt was super-too-short. Both suggested edits were ultimately rejected for the same reason, using the new ones for wikis.

I didn’t know whether there was a run of these, because there is no “look at last N edited wikis” listing in the 10k tools.

Unihedron

aaaaaaaaa

Doorknob

uh oh

Unihedron

Hope his cool glasses saves him...

DroidDev

oh oh

Doorknob

2:14 PM

0

A: How much disk space does SO take up?

I have a problem. My Ubuntu Server not running on ESX. How to take file on /var/www? Help me please :)

Infinite Recursion

3

A: Is the "Hi" filter working?

There was a bit of a problem when we rolled out the Genuine StackDeSalutatorSuperDeluxe, it automatically 'de saluted' entire paragraphs beginning with "Hi". All that you've linked match this: Hi, I've got this problem with the ointment Apple sent me, I'm not sure where it goes Instead of...

Braiam

darn!!!!

Infinite Recursion

wonders why no one is happy to see a happy face

Braiam

@InfiniteRecursion because we are racist!

Unihedron

Happy face? where?

Infinite Recursion

2:22 PM

@Uni: Do you see a smiling smiley?

Doorknob

@Unihedron The one eating Andy

Sam

I wouldn't call that "happy"...

Unihedron

Infinite Recursion

Next time sumer comes, inbox it @Sam

Unihedron

:D

Infinite Recursion

2:24 PM

he will instantly leave

Unihedron

XD

Sam

lol :D

@InfiniteRecursion I think this would be more effective though.

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tchrist

@bjb568 and @iStimple You two seem a bit more prone to suggesting closure than appears to be the average in users of longer standing here. Might you care to theorize why this might be? Note that this is not meant to imply that you are wrong nor that there is anything amiss in your actions. It is but idle musing.

Braiam

@tchrist they see more crap than the average user :P

tchrist

Ah, so it’s the opposite of rose-colored glasses, or the opposite of la vie en rose, if you would.

Support fatigue?

Braiam

2:30 PM

I wouldn't say they are biased... just that the circles they move around are where all the crap is

Unihedron

They are more active in moderation...

Stijn

I think the cv-pls here is/was meant for questions that would likely remain open without directly asking people to CV them, and some users also do it for questions that would get closed without linking them here. Same as @tchrist, not implying it's wrong, just idle musing.

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tchrist

@Braiam And here I was trying so hard not to mention la vie en merde, and there you go telegraphing it anyway. :)

Crap circles.

Braiam

@tchrist tl;dr cv-pls internet

Infinite Recursion

@tchrist: Your sentence structures are beautiful. Apart from the last two words - crap circles.

tchrist

2:37 PM

@InfiniteRecursion Depends on whether one has the TRAP-BATH split.

Braiam

cv-plshttp://stackoverflow.com/questions/9354544/python-developing-on-mac

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: VIDEO ON FACEBOOK NOT WORKING on webapps.stackexchange.com

Benjamin Gruenbaum

@Unihedron oh hi @Zirak

Unihedron

I'm... not... Zirak... But hi

Benjamin Gruenbaum

No, not you, the picture

Zirak, Parsons, WV

13.4k 5 32 61

Unihedron

2:45 PM

........ XD

Infinite Recursion

Certainly @tchrist. Yet those who have it can still appreciate the beautiful sentence structures. It doesn't impact a person's reading experience. It may impact you though, if you hear them read it out aloud :)

Your choice of words was so good, I had to pay you a compliment.

@Benjamin: The picture above Zirag is upset because you didn't say hi.

Benjamin Gruenbaum

It doesn't look upset :D

Stijn

3:07 PM

I keep leaving a room and every time a new message is posted I get an alert... is that how it's supposed to work?

bjb568

I feel invaded.

Unihedron

Oh?

bjb568

With Benjamin here.

@Unihedron And this picture

@tchrist Too much spare time, too much crap everywhere, must zap all crap.

Unihedron

bjb568

:O

tchrist

3:14 PM

@bjb568 That is a hole without a bottom.

bjb568

@tchrist Meh, all holes are good holes.

tchrist

Quoth the sailor.

Infinite Recursion

@Stijn: Am able to repro the issue, tested it.

Benjamin Gruenbaum

@bjb568 huh?

Infinite Recursion

remembers the rabbit hole in Alice in Wonderland

Stijn

3:27 PM

@InfiniteRecursion yeah, something's really broken. meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/269549/…

bjb568

@BenjaminGruenbaum Huh?

Benjamin Gruenbaum

Invaded :P That was funny, I wasn't aware there was still beef between us, I thought we moved past that a long time ago.

bjb568

Meh, all R17 people seem to have negative reactions toward me.

Benjamin Gruenbaum

I had problems with the way you handled yourself when you were a new user, then we had arguments in the JS room - that was a long time ago and you've improved sense, in fact I don't even recall speaking with you in the past few months.

bjb568

What happened here? meta.stackoverflow.com/posts/268173/revisions

Bart

3:34 PM

"/me hands out baseball bats with nails and grabs popcorn"

GnomeSlice

Today's Listening | Electronic / Retro Dance / 80's (Mixsets day 22)

Bart

What do you mean @bjb568?

bjb568

@Bart Why did some random user feel the need to submit an invalid edit?

Bart

I have to say that the sentence does read rather wonky

Or I just have difficulty parsing it

Infinite Recursion

@bjb it looks like a valid edit to me. And you have already rolled it back, so what are we trying to discuss now?

AstroCB

3:40 PM

@bjb568 Looks fine to me except for the fact that your last sentence was removed.

I'm burninating modify if anyone wants to help.

bjb568

@AstroCB Which is a problem.

I fixed the errors.

Braiam

@AstroCB Are you also VtD, VtD, flagging, etc.?

AstroCB

@Braiam Well, I can't close or delete, but I'm flagging some of them (most are already closed, so a few downvotes ensures that the system will delete them in a week or two).

AstroCB

4:13 PM

@bjb568 Possible robo.

Actually, wow: he just failed a suggested edits review audit.

Those are always overt vandalism.

So...definite robo.

This guy keeps removing "Thanks in advance" from posts without doing anything else: it's fine so far because nothing else is wrong with the posts he's editing, but I'd just watch him.

Unihedron

Robos... robos everywhere

AstroCB

cv-plz stackoverflow.com/questions/21951219/…

cv-plz stackoverflow.com/questions/20825780/…

cv-plz stackoverflow.com/questions/20592079/…

Unihedron

4:29 PM

Closevotes

Post questions you want closed here with the same syntax as ex...

^ Non-urgent close votes

Whatever.

o/

TGMCians

\o

Unihedron

:D

TGMCians

TGMCians, India

10k 4 25 52

android java android-intent eclipse android-studio android-activity string

Unihedron

Congrats on 10k!

TGMCians

\o/

thanks :)

bjb568

4:36 PM

0

A: Does the current down-vote system incentivize improvement of poor questions?

Well, you posted a bad question and wasted people's time. That can't be undone. Not only should you feel good helping the community, you also get rewarded by the community in the form of not getting downvoted more! This isn't really a problem anyway, since most well-meaning users read the faq or...

Unihedron

Well deserved :)

bjb568

Is it legal to screenshot 10k tools to send to poor peasants?

I'd like to see them.

Unihedron

I think it's legal - they do it on Meta. But don't quote me on that.

TGMCians

even I don't know how to access those tools..:D

bjb568

stackoverflow.com/tools duuur

TGMCians

4:42 PM

@bjb568 thanks!

Unihedron

Day 1 :D

TGMCians

bjb568 : do you know how to vote to delete a question ?

Unihedron

@TGMCians Is there a "delete" button?

TGMCians

I haven't found any button there

bjb568

@TGMCians Need screenshot!

Unihedron

4:47 PM

> You must wait for a question to be closed for 2 days before you can vote for deletion. This restriction is removed for trusted users when a post scores -3 or lower. If you feel a post should be deleted despite having lots of votes or for being new, please flag it for community moderator attention.

It's documented here.

TGMCians

@bjb568 ok

@bjb568 ^ ^

@Unihedron oh man no I won't call moderator....

Unihedron

@TGMCians Just adding the excerpt for your reference :)

TGMCians

because I want to keep my flag history good,, :)

bjb568

5:06 PM

@TGMCians How about the stats tab?

TGMCians

let me take screenshot

Infinite Recursion

Congrats @TGMCians :)

TGMCians

I found a way to delete crap question.. @Unihedron your comments seems helpful thanks :)

thanks Infinite !

Unihedron

welcome

TGMCians

@bjb568 ^^

bjb568

5:11 PM

Most commented? Wow, that's just free flags.

TGMCians

5:25 PM

@bjb568 most commented is pointing to those answers which have a lot of comments

bjb568

@TGMCians Which most certainly have comments that should be flagged.

Unihedron

@bjb568 Flag ALL the commentS!!!

TGMCians

let me check

@bjb568 see this for ex stackoverflow.com/questions/24978212/…

I don't think there is any comment to flag

Unihedron

71 comments...

TGMCians

yes but it seems all ok, useful

Unihedron

5:29 PM

I don't know...

TGMCians

:)

bjb568

@TGMCians CV pls.

I flagged it asking for the comments to be moved to chat.

TGMCians

done

Infinite Recursion

5:51 PM

@TGMCians What is considered a good flagging history?

Unihedron

@InfiniteRecursion high helpful flags % maybe...

TGMCians

^^

iStimple

@InfiniteRecursion more than 1000 flags and 85% helpful imo

Infinite Recursion

How high? E.g. I have >1.3k helpful flags, and 36 declined flags, 6 disputed. Is that good, bad, average? I never came across this concept of good flagging history till now

iStimple

thats good

Unihedron

5:55 PM

Not bad... >97%!

Infinite Recursion

Ok. Thanks for the info @iStimple

Andy

@Unihedron Got that spreadsheet somewhere so I don't have to recreate it?

Unihedron

you want xlsx or xls?

bjb568

dv pls:

-2

A: Does the current down-vote system incentivize improvement of poor questions?

I agree completely. Many new users are not initially interested in asking a robust, well-written piece of literature that will add substantial value to the community and has such quality that it could be cited in a Wikipedia article (we do have high standards and that is a good thing). They are...

Andy

@Unihedron Whatever. I'm not picky :)

iStimple

5:57 PM

@Unihedron xlsx with viruses prty plse

bjb568

^ Here's mine.

Unihedron

Google is trying to redirect me somewhere...

JonK

Is the MSE newest questions view updating for anyone? I posted a question a couple of minutes ago, and I can see it via my profile, but it's not visible under newest questions, even after a CTRL F5.

TGMCians

just wait for a min..

JonK

Gah, that's typical...it appears as soon as I ask

Infinite Recursion

6:00 PM

0

Q: Ability to embed a snapshot of a main site post into a meta post

On any main site, if you post a link-only question or answer you're likely to get downvoted (possibly heavily) and your question or answer closed or deleted. This is good: links can break or change, rendering the linked content, and by proxy the question or answer, useless. Where the consistency...

feature-request specific-question per-site-meta

bjb568

@Unihedron Requested access.

Infinite Recursion

I meant I am able to see Jon's question at the top of the list

Unihedron

download

JonK

Yeah, I clearly hadn't waited long enough

bjb568

@Unihedron 403

Andy

6:05 PM

@Unihedron VIRUSES EVERYWHERE! EVERYONE PANIC! RUN FOR THE HILLS! BURN THE BRIDGES AS YOU FLEE! RUN!

Oh wait. It is clean

Unihedron

Is it really a 403?

Andy

False alarm everyone! Bring out the fire hoses and clean up.

No, it downloaded for me

Unihedron

dropbox.com/sh/w0aapa7yh1oad2m/AAACoZgtoQxX_AjPybFEX6Apa?dl=0

Sam

@Unihedron Not for me.

JonK

Worked fine for me

Unihedron

6:06 PM

Cool beans!

SmokeDetector

6:43 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: CONTINUE HANDLER FOR NOT FOUND on stackoverflow.com

rene

8:26 PM

I'm getting compliments:

Ugh, you're no fun. — Won't 8 mins ago

Santa Claus

Whats special about the syntax at:

Closevotes

Post questions you want closed here with the same syntax as ex...

rene

@SantaClaus Not sure what you mean?

Santa Claus

@rene Why do posts always have to be like "OffTopic/13 <post link>" (or unclear, etc)

rene

To indicate with what reason they should be closed...

@rene GIGO, basically — Marc Gravell ♦ 6 mins ago

lol

Santa Claus

@rene Well, is it meant for some bot to close them? I'm trying to figure out how OffTopicReasonIds can help be close a question. I don't have each id memorized (yet).

rene

8:38 PM

@SantaClaus Oh, that might be...

hichris123

cv-plz stackoverflow.com/questions/24952195/…

cv-plz stackoverflow.com/questions/25283951/…

cv-plz stackoverflow.com/questions/1158243/gpu-benchmark

@Stijn Pretty much that. If I don't post it here, my close votes either expire or stay there with one vote on the question.

@rene poke

bjb568

10:14 PM

translate: test(this)

Feeds

test(this)

bjb568

Meh, doesn't support JS -> English.

hichris123

Oops, wrong thingy.

translate tlh: this is in klingon.

Feeds

qaStaHvIS tlhIngan.

bjb568

@sgroves This is meta, quit complaining about "wasting space" on opinions. — bjb568 8 secs ago

Dave Chen

10:28 PM

this user just posts the same answer ... here, here, here, here, and here. What's super annoying is that his answer is actually incorrect too. Should I just flag one of his answers and select Other?

Jon Ericson

10:54 PM

@DaveChen Yes.

iStimple

11:46 PM

@doorknob stackoverflow.com/users/2036003/door-knob ?

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