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user259867

8:02 PM

@Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ. He edited the post to add a bit of information, meta.security.stackexchange.com/q/2088

@NormalHuman Yeah got that.

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: INSTALLATION OF MORE THAN ONE VERSION OF NS2 ON THE SAME MACHINE by chacko mash on askubuntu.com

user259867

8:18 PM

Ryan O'Hara ♦, Canada

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user259867

Who is this guy with a diamond on SO, and why does he have such a weird name?

Doorknob

minitech

right?

user259867

Yes... but kind of shocking.

Doorknob

He's had that name for a while now, hasn't he?

At least on non-SO sites.

user259867

I don't remember seeing him like that on SO. I don't encounter him outside of SO or its meta.

user259867

8:20 PM

Say goodbye to your diamond.

user259867

No, a string of (removed) is a pointless train.

UNICYCLEZ R DE BEST IN DE HERE

Some conversation:

Lol everything is deleted

4 mins ago, 3 minutes total – 8 messages, 2 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked 16 secs ago by UNICYCLEZ R DE BEST IN DE HERE

user259867

When I collected info for my SO mod chart, he was still minitech. I'm not going to edit it...

S.L. Barth

@UNICYCLEZRDEBESTINDEHERE How did you do this, create a bookmark within chat and with your custom name as part of the URL...?

user259867

@S.L.Barth under "room" dropdown, "create new bookmark"

user259867

8:26 PM

But it doesn't include deleted messages (neither does the transcript), so the goal wasn't achieved.

S.L. Barth

Ah, thanks! Funny, never actually looked there.

user259867

@S.L.Barth There are some gems in there, chat.meta.stackexchange.com/rooms/info/89/… but unfortunately can't be voted on, so it's not easy to find the best ones.

UNICYCLEZ R DE BEST IN DE HERE

I need a mod to suspend me

Dec 5 '14 at 19:26, 9 minutes total – 43 messages, 9 users, 22 stars

Bookmarked Dec 5 '14 at 20:20 by gunr2171

S.L. Barth

@UNICYCLEZRDEBESTINDEHERE That's an old problem. I even recall a post, I think on Jeff Atwood's blog, about a Stack Overflow user who wanted to be removed... restored... removed...

I think it was from 2009. Jeff was actually happy with it, because it was clear Stack Overflow was something desirable. (My words, I think he phrased it differently).

user259867

user259867

8:34 PM

So... close. One of very few badges that I sort of care about.

S.L. Barth

Nice!

user259867

I undeleted How did Stack Overflow get its Twitter account? because the account stopped posting Jay's gibberish. In the process, found a couple of odd things:

user259867

(1) it had 3 undelete votes already, but only mine appears in the post history

user259867

(2) it's not logical that self-deleted posts are made harder to undelete because of their high score.

bjb568

What is happen?

UNICYCLEZ R DE BEST IN DE HERE

8:41 PM

Nothing

Go back to school

S.L. Barth

@bjb568 DevDoodle was burnt to a crisp when you weren't looking. That's all. :-P

UNICYCLEZ R DE BEST IN DE HERE

Waits for dec 18

Doorknob

What's then?

UNICYCLEZ R DE BEST IN DE HERE

GOLD BADGE

I would have gotten it 2 months ago if internet didn't die :(

S.L. Barth

So now it's hoping that your internet connections won't die for the next three weeks...

UNICYCLEZ R DE BEST IN DE HERE

8:45 PM

Yes

I can actually leave a computer logged in as me to reload a SO and SE tab every day if I'm not free

S.L. Barth

But, I think you'll still be in school during that time, so if your internet at home breaks, you could still try it from school?

...assuming your school allows it, of course...

UNICYCLEZ R DE BEST IN DE HERE

No more school

S.L. Barth

Places nearby that offer free Wi-Fi?

UNICYCLEZ R DE BEST IN DE HERE

Dunno

Shopping center

S.L. Barth

So, there's a contingency plan.

In addition to leaving a computer to automatically refresh... but that carries the risk of someone unlocking it, and getting access to your account.

UNICYCLEZ R DE BEST IN DE HERE

8:49 PM

Eh I'll use some old ubuntu 10.4 computer

S.L. Barth

And that is in some place where there will be an internet connection?

UNICYCLEZ R DE BEST IN DE HERE

Under my bed

S.L. Barth

Wait. When you said that your internet died, did you mean the network card on the computer you normally use?

Surely, if a computer under your bed has internet access, you can also use that access from another computer...?

UNICYCLEZ R DE BEST IN DE HERE

No, it previously died, now it's ok

S.L. Barth

The internet connection or the computer?

UNICYCLEZ R DE BEST IN DE HERE

8:53 PM

Internet connection was broken

S.L. Barth

Ah, reading the thread back, I think I see. This computer is for days when you're not free.

Still, Fanatic badge is the most worthless of gold badges. You can get it while literally knowing nothing about the SE site where you get it.

....which is why I'm going out of my way to get it on any SE site I can :-)

UNICYCLEZ R DE BEST IN DE HERE

Lol

I should write a bot to do that

Then put on GH

user259867

Does accessing site's posts via API count as a visit? If you do it with authorization (with a token))

S.L. Barth

Worth trying out.

Doorknob

@NormalHuman I'm almost certain that it does

because I'm pretty sure using the Android app counts

UNICYCLEZ R DE BEST IN DE HERE

8:57 PM

I'll try tomorrow

S.L. Barth

Smokey doesn't have it.

Doorknob

Smokey doesn't use an auth token

(why would it?)

If there's no auth token, how would the API know who you are?

user259867

Okay, I'll test this theory over the next hour.

UNICYCLEZ R DE BEST IN DE HERE

Uses flaggerbot to try

Adds to todo list

user259867

If it works, then setting up a simple script on any free online platform (I'm partial to Google Apps Script) gives Fanatic without even having access to computer.

UNICYCLEZ R DE BEST IN DE HERE

9:00 PM

That would be overpowered

S.L. Barth

...but a great contingency plan, in case your internet connection dies within the next 3 weeks.

bjb568

9:23 PM

@S.L.Barth @Pro @Unihedron Flexbox layout pull request: github.com/bjb568/DevDoodle/pull/258

user259867

Rebuilding (a wee bit) after "Not a real question": finding gems and burning garbage by Makoto on meta.stackoverflow.com

UNICYCLEZ R DE BEST IN DE HERE

FLAIRS ARE DEAD AGAIN

hichris123

or not

S.L. Barth

@bjb568 That URL gives me a 404. Even when I try to follow it (from my FractionalRadix GH account).

Problems remain, but maybe that's due to caching.

...hm, it seems that after a refresh, the problems are now gone.

Shadow Wizard

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Q: How to stop my husband from answering your questions?

Possible Duplicate: How can I keep from getting addicted to Stack Overflow? It is time for him to take care of our live problems.

discussion stackoverflow addiction

even better ^

bjb568

9:36 PM

@S.L.Barth added you as a collaborator

S.L. Barth

@bjb568 Yes, now I can see it!

Shadow Wizard

Let's see if I can lure him back here...

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Q: "Ban myself" button in user profiles

The purpose is to help the addicted user stick to a decision to concentrate on a different, short-term real-life problems s/he urgently has to deal with. I've seen this feature on some high-activity community forums. "Ban myself" button should offer several pre-defined periods for banning: start...

feature-request profile-page addiction ban

S.L. Barth

@ShadowWizard "Welcome Mrs. Skeet" LOL!

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Shadow Wizard

@S.L.Barth rofl! How didn't I figure this myself.... :D

S.L. Barth

IIRC his wife wrote a book too. I think it was a children's book.

Shadow Wizard

9:43 PM

@Doorknob yup, he decided to ditch the nick and use real name. Happens. :)

@UNICYCLEZRDEBESTINDEHERE you know what most teenagers stash in there, right? (hint: not a computer)

;-)

S.L. Barth

@ShadowWizard What else do you think is on that computer....? :-)

Shadow Wizard

@S.L.Barth not on @UNIC's computer! blech :D

S.L. Barth

@ShadowWizard That's right.... as far as we know that would be @UNICYCLEZRDEBESTINDEHERE's reaction.

@bjb568 It seems your fix for DevDoodle worked. It hasn't caused my browser to become unresponsive anymore.

SmokeDetector

10:01 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Email in answer: How to build credit history in the USA? by mark on expatriates.stackexchange.com

S.L. Barth

@SmokeDetector tpu- Someone please flag it.

user259867

10:15 PM

gone

bjb568

@S.L.Barth It's placebo, I haven't rolled it out to production yet.

S.L. Barth

....then it's weird that DD hasn't given me these problems anymore....

hichris123

10:38 PM

> So, it looks like one of our web servers threw a wobbly (technical term).

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

10:56 PM

@SmokeDetector Uh, never knew that site existed.

user259867

Today, I am thankful for phpfiddle.org which (apparently) helped me figure out why most restyleGC scripts around the web stopped working, including mine...

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Non-latin link in answer: Tweet to twitter user via href by hamada wady on stackoverflow.com

user259867

@SmokeDetector tpu-

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

@SmokeDetector What? If my broken Arabic assists that's an ad for a company in insecticide industry. SERIOUSLY?

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user259867

It would be nice if 4 years ago, I used a better version control system than "email edited php / css files to a colleague who hosts them"

bjb568

11:06 PM

@NormalHuman hey man, this graph theory concept is all the rage