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Roombatron5000

12:00 AM

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Frank

@Roombatron5000 the eyes are sooo creepy

bjb568

> Users of Stack Overflow can earn reputation points and "badges"; for example, a person is awarded 10 reputation points for receiving an "up" vote on an answer given to a question, and can receive badges for their valued contributions,[14] which represents a kind of gamification of the traditional Q&A site or forum.

Who writes that crap?

Frank

Best Fail cutting trees #59

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bjb568

> The Stack Overflow team has recently[when?] begun the creation of an API for accessing the data contained on the other sites.

That's… not recent

Man Vs. Nature || A FailArmy Tree Fails Compilation

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SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive answer detected: How do I "make a deal with the devil"? by Joseph on gaming.stackexchange.com

Lynn Crumbling

12:11 AM

@SmokeDetector tpu

SmokeDetector

@LynnCrumbling Blacklisted user.

Lynn Crumbling

^ offensive

user259867

What happens when you proxy #stackexchange sites without attributing awesome users who create that content? http://askubuntu.greatknow.com/

Tweeted by Nick_Craver on March 11, 2015 at 12:03 AM

Roombatron5000

anyone know where age went?

user259867

Not putting it on the activity tab is by design, so the question is why it's removed from the Profile tab.

user259867

12:20 AM

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A: Profile Page Makeover, Part 3: the Prototype returns

I think age also should be displayed in "Profile" tab:

Roombatron5000

I don't really care exact age, but it's nice knowing if user is 18 or older or not so I can customize my jokes accordingly.

user259867

Looks like they forgot it. When editing the profile, birthday [used to show age] is under Public Information, implying it will be shown. Since the Profile redesign thread is long and old, I think it's worth opening a separate bug report.

Mooseman

Just hit 800 days visited on SO :)

user259867

For myself I found a workaround: when I have to remind myself how old I am, I can open the Voyager 1 Wikipedia page.

user259867

Wonder how they update "Operating for ... as of March 10, 2015" line. Hopefully, not by manual daily edits.

Lynn Crumbling

12:35 AM

@Mooseman cheers

user259867

SO has a tag device...

Roombatron5000

passed the 9th million question mark just now

user259867

After Roomba runs in two hours, will be back under 9m.

Roombatron5000

12:58 AM

it's so cool how Community ♦ learns amazing new skills

feature-request update your profile Community ♦

user259867

1:37 AM

The more I think of insta-close, the less I like it. If OP is indeed clueless, they won't necessarily know if the duplicate solves their problem... because they don't know what their problem is. They have some text copied from somewhere they they're hoping for some form of "help" with, whatever "help" turns out to be.

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bjb568

Agree

user259867

While in the short term, quickly disposing of their questions feels good, later on they will be coming up in search, linked to something that looks vaguely similar but doesn't answer the question.

user259867

> How do I go about proving this? I am very confused as to what the problem is asking

Roombatron5000

@Woodface Many non-new users have questions closed as dups. If the user doesn't know if it solves their problem , it means they haven't tried it yet! This message is just shown as a banner on the question so they can leave the question, come back in a few days and after they've tried the dup's answer they can decide if it's a dup or not.

So yea, I'd agree if they had to make a decision about it right away, but that's not the case.

Hobo Sapiens

1:54 AM

SPAM: stackoverflow.com/a/28977268/1864610

user259867

possible duplicate of Proving the quadratic formula (for dummies) — Woodface 11 secs ago

user259867

Rude?

user259867

Not my title, though. :)

Roombatron5000

not rude, leave it be

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Repeating words in answer: play store other installed aap not open when in data usages by chitrarasu jhan pall on android.stackexchange.com

Andrew T.

2:12 AM

@SmokeDetector abusive

user259867

By the way: on this question page, when I hover above the end of the word "andriod" in the question, I see thumbs up / thumbs down icon popping up.

Braiam

@Woodface you use adblock

user259867

@Braiam No I don't.

Braiam

the thumbs are independient of the adblock

user259867

2:20 AM

I see ads when there are ads. But there is no ad there.

Braiam

yes, you do ...

I do too and see the same behaviour

ok, no sorry, I'm not using... another session....

ad sever died?

hichris123

@Woodface I'm seeing it too.

Doorknob

status-reproduced

Braiam

anyone see "element not found" on 41bf?

Doorknob

What's a 41bf?

Braiam

2:26 AM

yep, 204 no content on 41bf

Andrew T.

status-norepro

Braiam

http://android.stackexchange.com/posts/102009/ivc/41bf?_=1426040663487

Andrew T.

@AndrewT. I see hot network questions

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[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive answer detected: What will happen if I solder two 120mm 12v computer fans to one 12v phone charger? by engineer_cumhead on electronics.stackexchange.com

Doorknob

I see a blank page

As in, literally blank

SmokeDetector

2:26 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive answer detected: Why do we need resistors in led by engineer_cumhead on electronics.stackexchange.com

Doorknob

"View source" is greyed out

hichris123

@SmokeDetector tpu

SmokeDetector

@hichris123 Blacklisted user.

hichris123

Hey @bjb568: I'll probably be uploading a patch tomorrow to make Chrome for Windows render quite a few more unicode characters. :P

bjb568

yay

Braiam

2:27 AM

1 min ago, by Braiam

yep, 204 no content on 41bf

AstroCB

@Woodface I see it when I hover anywhere between the question text and the green line; no errors.

I don't use AdBlock either; it must be a bad ad.

Braiam

repro on any question on android.se

Andy

I need opinions. This user's three most recent posts look spammy to me. Anyone else agree? They have already been called out for spam once and these three posts all come after that meta post. Not all of their answers are spammy. But these most recent ones seem to be.

Andrew T.

That sidebar ad should be showing hot network questions or Area51 proposals.. at least that's what I see

hichris123

@AstroCB I doubt it. Ads aren't shown on every question.

AstroCB

2:31 AM

@hichris123 Hmm...what else are those vote buttons used for? Or is it a CSS bug?

Braiam

darn, when I need an ad in drupal it doesn't appear

reprod in wordpress.se

bad ad

AstroCB

@AstroCB Impressive for a featured Meta.SE post.

Andrew T.

Oh, I just realized, you meant the top ad on the post (too slow)

(because I won't see them anymore)

status-reproduced

bjb568

@Andy Flagged 2 spam, edited 2.

SPAM stackoverflow.com/a/28582433/2371861

SPAM stackoverflow.com/a/28674451/2371861

Andrew T.

@bjb568 cv-plz rec-tools

Braiam

2:56 AM

@bjb568 spam

bjb568

That's what I said, you copy kat.

Braiam

@bjb568 isn't the Q also?

bjb568

Probably. Flagged.

> "Sustainable Growth" Economists and scientists worked together to think of ways to reduce the negative effect development has on the environment. Their goal is to manage development so that growth can occur, but without destroying air, water*,* and land resources. The concept is sometimes called "green growth". Economist Frances Cairncross suggests that completely reducing negative effects on the environment will not happen.

From history textbook ^, grammar errors corrected with emphasis.

Utter crap, all growth is unsustainable.

hichris123

3:13 AM

bjb correcting grammar...

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user259867

@bjb568 Including the growth of SO. Did roomba bring it under 9m?

hichris123

The irony.

bjb568

It should get it back to 9k.

user259867

Shows 9,000,592 now... I hope it's cached.

hichris123

Not for that long.

bjb568

3:15 AM

@hichris123 Hey, sometimes I want to use an informal tone.

hichris123

You say informal, I say unintelligible.

@Woodface 9,000,157 now.

user259867

Grrr not enough roomba-feeding downvotes.

Andrew T.

I need coffee.

hichris123

!!/alive

SmokeDetector

@hichris123 ... did I miss something?

hichris123

3:19 AM

!!/alive?

SmokeDetector

@hichris123 Watching this endless list of new questions never gets boring

hichris123

Come on Smokey.

!!/alive

SmokeDetector

@hichris123 You doubt me?

hichris123

!!/alive?

SmokeDetector

@hichris123 Yup

Andrew T.

3:19 AM

!!/unicorn!?

hichris123

!!/alive

SmokeDetector

@hichris123 Of course

Braiam

!!/alive

SmokeDetector

@Braiam plz send teh coffee

Braiam

@hichris123 :P

hichris123

3:20 AM

There we go.

Andrew T.

@Braiam wins the jackpot

hichris123

He won... an imaginary unicorn!

user259867

April 1st is approaching... what joke is SE planning now?

user259867

It will be hard to beat the H&I queue.

Braiam

one more meta.stackexchange.com/q/251004/213575

bjb568

3:38 AM

Night!

Unihedro

Unicorn! github.com/gitter-badger

Is the page showing a unicorn for anyone else, or does their profile actually load?

user259867

> This page is taking way too long to load.

Andrew T.

3:59 AM

with angry unicorn

user259867

Music Fans is in public beta now.

user259867

I keep misreading musicfans as musicians, which is annoying.

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body: Ingredients- naturally extracted? by deenaruviya on drupal.stackexchange.com

Mooseman

@SmokeDetector tpu

SmokeDetector

@Mooseman Blacklisted user and registered question as true positive: added title to the Bayesian doctype 'bad'.

user259867

4:24 AM

@SmokeDetector fp

SmokeDetector

@Woodface Registered answer as false positive.

SmokeDetector

4:44 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body: assists your system remove waste elements by adlilnorid on askubuntu.com

user259867

SPAM bitcoin.stackexchange.com/questions/36405

Jan Dvorak

I haven't seen those in a while

Braiam

I really hate when the new releases just say "bug fixes"...

Roombatron5000

5:01 AM

From this point forward, I propose the Help and Improvement queue should be referred to as HIQ. H&I and hiq and h&iq are all OK too.

status-yay-or-nay

yay

user259867

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Q: Is "yay or nay" an acceptable alternative to "yea or nay"?

Is "yay or nay" an acceptable alternative to "yea or nay"? I have seen it several times in recent weeks, enough to make me wonder whether it is an emerging usage or just a common typo.

user259867

SPAM meta.stackexchange.com/questions/251014/he-been-a-stable-mike

user259867

If your update message is "Bug fixes and performance improvements" you can go fuck yourself

Tweeted by jc4p on March 2, 2015 at 9:50 PM

Jan Dvorak

Not a nice way to put it

user259867

Spolsky replied with "wow!"

Roombatron5000

5:06 AM

is jc4p employee?

user259867

The lead of SE mobile team... known as Kasra Rahjerdi

Braiam

if you are going to put a message, at least make it meaningful <--- translation

user259867

I suppose SE Android app update messages don't say that...

Roombatron5000

almost 500 results

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: How to lose weight without doing hard workout? by catrinasanders on superuser.com

user259867

5:10 AM

@Roombatron5000 What is the preferred pronunciation of HIQ?

Roombatron5000

hick?

Braiam

the only company that consistently provides meaningful release messages across all their products is Mozilla

not even Google does...

Jan Dvorak

Does Chrome even have a changelog?

Braiam

"when someone proposes to someone else, is what they say a commit message?" @eleichsea

Tweeted by jc4p on March 9, 2015 at 10:28 PM

user259867

Chrome 42.0.2311.22 contains many improvements including:

user259867

5:15 AM

> A number of new apps/extension APIs (including the Push API!)
Lots of under the hood changes for stability and performance
The answer to life, the universe, and everything

user259867

On my Chromebook, I switched to beta channel way back when it was an easy reboot. Now switching the channels requires "powerwash" of the device (factory reset). Grphm.

Jan Dvorak

Maybe get a colon cleanse product for your laptop?

user259867

I think Chromebook is perfect for SE activities. It's pretty much the only thing I do with it. It's my Stackbook.

user259867

The problem is that to include a large html file, i have to write hundred's of document.write, is there any way to just include a html file using php command inside the javascript.? — Rose 8 mins ago

Jan Dvorak

5:30 AM

Can we auto-downvote answers that consist of nothing but a code block and optionally "try this"?

user259867

You would run out of 30/day limit quickly.

user259867

Or you mean Community could do that... well, that would be nice.

Roombatron5000

@Woodface undecided with that. I don't pronounce them the same. Yea -> Ya (as in ya ya sisterhood ?) Yay -> Yay (as in Hay but with a y)

user259867

@Roombatron5000 Yea and Nay is the standard, traditional dichotomy for voting. Substituting "yay" for "yea" is an error.

user259867