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Infinite Recursion

7:03 AM

cv-pls stackoverflow.com/questions/29691291/…

user259867

This answer, next to one reported above, is also spam: apple.stackexchange.com/a/181285

bummi

already flagged

SilentKiller

status-closed

apple one at -6 while other at -5

Infinite Recursion

-2

Q: How difficult to build another facebook?

Trying to build another Facebook. Is it really possible by single developer. What technology I should use..how many days it require?

ProgramFOX

@InfiniteRecursion closed

Unihedro

7:07 AM

@InfiniteRecursion Judging from the low skill set inferred by their not-professional attitude, it'd take forever :D

Infinite Recursion

...but...the world needed another Facebook....

Roombatron5000

@InfiniteRecursion google plus?

ProgramFOX

@SmokeDetector fpu

SmokeDetector

@ProgramFOX Registered question as false positive, whitelisted user and added title to Bayesian doctype 'good'.

J. Steen

Uhm.

-8

Q: How difficult to learn C#?

Lord of Light (1967) is a science fiction/fantasy novel by American author Roger Zelazny. It was awarded the 1968 Hugo Award for Best Novel,[1] and nominated for a Nebula Award in the same category.[2] Two chapters from the novel were published as novelettes in the Magazine of Fantasy and Science...

functional-programming

Infinite Recursion

7:11 AM

@Roombatron5000 Yesh, Google plus !!

ProgramFOX

@J.Steen gone

J. Steen

I think it's a troll.

Unihedro

Google Plus is awesome! It's too awesome for me though.

@J.Steen probably a nonsense post for front page poisoning

Alexis King

!!/addblu stackoverflow.com/users/3977215/metrics-qa

SmokeDetector

@AlexisKing User blacklisted (3977215 on stackoverflow.com).

J. Steen

7:12 AM

All the kids use Google Plus, apparently.

Unihedro

I'm a kid now, apparently.

J. Steen

Kids, and open source beards.

Not the people. Their beards.

Unihedro

My chairs each have their Google Plus accounts too!

Infinite Recursion

cv-pls another-facebook stackoverflow.com/questions/29356292/…

Alexis King

@Unihedro I think the Internet of Things has gone too far.

Roombatron5000

7:14 AM

> If you like to give some suggestions to me or friendship with me you can email me

J. Steen

I want to friendship!

ProgramFOX

@Unihedro The whole chair, one account? Impossible. All chair legs should get a separate account.

J. Steen

That's the name of my new social network.

Friendshipping.

SilentKiller

Me too .

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Phone number detected: Outlook Helpdesk ~!~1-844-780-6751-^.^- Password Support Support Services Online Customer Support Services USA @#$#@ @##$ #$ by Ijack Moriyal on gamedev.stackexchange.com

Alexis King

7:15 AM

@SmokeDetector tpu

SmokeDetector

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

Alexis King

@J.Steen I'd definitely ship some of my friends.

Roombatron5000

@J.Steen already taken :(

> Friends Shipping & Logistics is a company specialized in sea and air transportation,

J. Steen

No, that's Friends Shipping.

I want Friendshipping.

Vital, ad-opportunistic difference.

ProgramFOX

cv-pls stackoverflow.com/questions/9124298/…

J. Steen

7:20 AM

Why are you...

Oh well.

Andrew T.

Probably need edit crusade to fix the title stackoverflow.com/search?q=How+difficult

ProgramFOX

cv-pls stackoverflow.com/questions/29239808/…

J. Steen

Hahaha.

most of the social networking sites run on php, it's hosting is cheaper as compared to java or microsoft stack, if it is a personal project, language is not a concern. — theinvisible Mar 24 at 18:10

Alexis King

@J.Steen k

J. Steen

Tres amusing.

Roombatron5000

7:25 AM

wait, wait for it, how to make a better social networking site than fb?

J. Steen

I'm going to post a question about how to write a worse social networking site than Facebook.

Roombatron5000

@J.Steen that'd be impossible!

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, blacklisted website: The whole group of processed food items by ann johnsion on drupal.stackexchange.com

Andrew T.

A bit sad that someone with 5k+ on SO asking an unclear question on Android.SE :(

bummi

@SmokeDetector tpu

SilentKiller

7:26 AM

gone

SmokeDetector

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

J. Steen

Dammit, I didn't have time to post a smarmy comment.

SilentKiller

that was quick.

Patrick Hofman

cv-pls Well, this is sad @AndrewT.: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/253708/…

Andrew T.

:(

bummi

7:35 AM

spam drupal.stackexchange.com/q/155448/20140

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, blacklisted website: What are the benefits of it? by shadijuriya on drupal.stackexchange.com

bummi

@SmokeDetector tpu

SmokeDetector

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

J. Steen

Is it just me, or is the Drupal.SE design still stuck in the 90s?

Infinite Recursion

cv-pls another-facebook stackoverflow.com/questions/28650712/…

J. Steen

7:42 AM

inb4 meta-post requesting new canned close-vote-reason: Questions about making The New Facebook are off-topic

Infinite Recursion

feeling lonely here. — user1749141 Feb 12 at 13:34

J. Steen

Welcome to life.

Infinite Recursion

cv-pls stackoverflow.com/q/29692608/2982225

bummi

mhmmmm apple.stackexchange.com/a/181309/55266

J. Steen

WHO in their RIGHT MIND codes ctrl+enter to be "voice call contact" in a chat client?!

I hate Lync.

Shog9

8:00 AM

that thing is still around?

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive answer detected: How can I sleep my iMac's internal display when it's not in use, but not my attached tv (playing video) by ImRightYoureDumb on apple.stackexchange.com

bummi

@SmokeDetector tpu

SmokeDetector

@bummi Blacklisted user.

J. Steen

@Shog9 It's actively being developed and promoted as a premium chat option.

Shog9

that's a shame

J. Steen

8:02 AM

It really is.

Also. The new Skype for Business product? Lync.

bummi

uff, did not see this before : not an answer – bummi 10 hours ago declined - Post was edited; now it is an answer.

J. Steen

Personally, I think those should lead to disputes...

But, I have a lot of weird opinions. =)

Andrew T.

I actually haven't cared much about flag status on all but main sites (SO, MSE, Android.SE).

Unihedro

8:49 AM

Write code. I accept Paypal. — Unihedro 26 secs ago

I've extended my "Write code" / "Read a book" comments.

"Automatic number" gives no information about what your code is attempting to do at all. Without knowing what purpose the code is supposed to achieve, there's no way anyone could advice on fixing. — Unihedro 13 secs ago

@SmokeDetector fp not spam but crappy

SmokeDetector

@Unihedro Registered question as false positive and added title to Bayesian doctype 'good'.

bummi

spam stackoverflow.com/a/29694653/1699210

Patrick Hofman

I flagged this answer as NAA. Why would it be declined? stackoverflow.com/a/4957801/993547

It is the same answer as the dup (by me obviously)

Andrew T.

@bummi lol

bummi

9:05 AM

cv-pls stackoverflow.com/q/65820/1699210

cv-pls stackoverflow.com/q/5100347/1699210

Andrew T.

@PatrickHofman AFAIK, mod doesn't really like removing answer with a lot of votes & accepted since it's deemed as useful by community (also, it's an old answer) (might be related

Jan Dvorak

Maybe they should stick a notice to such answers then?

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body: find the number of strings in 2D array of strings by Guru on stackoverflow.com

bummi

baba ;)

Patrick Hofman

I totally disagree such flag should be declined. The answer isn't helpful in any way. He will keep the rep since it is very old. So why keep it?

Andrew T.

9:14 AM

@SmokeDetector ignore

SmokeDetector

@AndrewT. Post ignored; alerts about it will no longer be posted.

bummi

a couple of OT's here: meta.stackexchange.com/questions

Patrick Hofman

@bummi That are a lot of questions... It is the entire question list...

bummi

@PatrickHofman easy to spot IMHO

still alive apple.stackexchange.com/a/181285/55266 >> last target: fonepaw.com/store

Andrew T.

Have you ever actually been on ELU? The singular they is widely embraced. As of course it should be. It's been used since Chaucer! — curiousdannii 8 mins ago

pwn'd :|

tchrist

9:27 AM

Not this again.

Not a bug: this has already been status-declined and the non-bug bug report bugging the devs to change it has received 22 downvotes. Please add yours to the tally. :) — tchrist 1 min ago

*legitamate

Sigh.

Peevers always screw up.

Marked as dupe.

Jan Dvorak

As in "I'm legit a mate for you"?

tchrist

Oh, he’s from Texas. That explains everything.

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Email in answer: Sources of information about postdoctoral/PhD grants and funding by Natalia on academia.stackexchange.com

Andrew T.

@SmokeDetector erhm...

tchrist

Oded got it. But of course, our little tejanaco is still bucking.

I’ll let somebody else handle the deluded peever. I can think of nothing constructive to say.

bummi

9:47 AM

spam superuser.com/q/902695/172747

blacklist candidate supertechgolfsuites.in

curious how long the other spam on Meta and SU will stand

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, blacklisted website: Help Eliminate extraordinarily Damaging Toxins That Have engineered Up Over the Years by tzripogorilia on drupal.stackexchange.com

bummi

@SmokeDetector tpu

SmokeDetector

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

bummi

spam superuser.com/q/902697/172747 (10 min is enough)

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: Novus Serum Natural Skin Care Products by julieroya9 on meta.stackexchange.com

bummi

10:02 AM

@SmokeDetector tpu

SmokeDetector

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

[ SmokeDetector ] Nested quote blocks in answer: Why 1.5IQR whiskers in boxplot? by user70638 on mathoverflow.net

bummi

spam drupal.stackexchange.com/q/155458/20140 still standing

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body: No out a lifelong vitality by Jazzi Chota on stackoverflow.com

bummi

@SmokeDetector tpu

SmokeDetector

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

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: What is this weight loss formula? by user46447 on drupal.stackexchange.com

bummi

10:11 AM

@SmokeDetector tpu

SmokeDetector

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

tchrist

@SmokeDetector Somebody flag that to get its user destroyed, please. Look at the picky.

Unihedro

I'm back! I flagged some of the posts which were still alive.

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title: http://garciniacambogiavibeadvice.com/ by davidlap on askubuntu.com

bummi

@SmokeDetector tpu

SmokeDetector

10:14 AM

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

ProgramFOX

Do you agree that URL-only titles should be blocked by the quality filter? If yes, I could open a feature-request on Meta.

bummi

@ProgramFOX sounds good

ProgramFOX

k, will post after lunch

brb

bummi

cu :)

is HunterSoft on the backlist?

MARamezani

Hullo!

SmokeDetector

10:25 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, blacklisted website, repeating characters in body: Groundbreaking cell verbal exchanges and evening out by janybakcy on meta.stackexchange.com

MARamezani

@SmokeDetector Flagged as spam.

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Repeating words in answer: Minix 3.2.1 Modifying do_mkdir to print the absolute file path by Parizaki Ifantis on stackoverflow.com

Unihedro

@SmokeDetector tpu

SmokeDetector

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

MARamezani

@Unihedro Should we answer SmokeDetector with a "tpu" to "blacklist" someone?

Unihedro

10:31 AM

@MARamezani tpu = true positive & bad user

@SmokeDetector tpu abusive

SmokeDetector

@Unihedro Blacklisted user.

MARamezani

@Unihedro Aaah. Thanks. Newbie ya know. It'll get some time to get used to this.

bummi

spam superuser.com/q/902708/172747 super nested

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Repeating characters in body: How to display xml returned from server in a DataGridView by Newbie2015 on stackoverflow.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, nested quote blocks in body: That Is Natural Products by muyl cgdl on superuser.com

bummi

@SmokeDetector tpu

SmokeDetector

10:38 AM

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

bummi

@SmokeDetector ignore

SmokeDetector

@bummi Post ignored; alerts about it will no longer be posted.

ProgramFOX

10:58 AM

returns

Welcome back!

thanks

Hullo!

Hello!

Hello!

11:03 AM

@bummi Another guy from Germany!

Ya know, we get lots of chemists from there.

@ProgramFOX Hmm, it's the first time I meet someone from Belgium, or is it?

:?

ProgramFOX

@MARamezani if you never met someone from Belgium before, then yes :)

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Blacklisted website: Can any one give us a comparative list for kali's tools are in Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty? by Akshay Katariya on askubuntu.com

MARamezani

Hmm, well, I'm not that much of a programmer, but a "mad scientist".

ProgramFOX

:D

MARamezani

The profile pic demonstrates that, I guess.

I'm learning the culture of this mad meta.

Usually, I read the lowest voted questions.

Not to make the same mistakes.

ProgramFOX

11:08 AM

that sounds like a good idea

but it's also a good idea to read the high voted questions, to see how to write good Meta posts

bummi

@SmokeDetector just NAA

ProgramFOX

@bummi Not sure; it is a monetized sh.st link again.

MARamezani

@ProgramFOX Nah. That's impossible. I can't turn into a Tim post.

ProgramFOX

:P

bummi

@ProgramFOX linking to a possible duplicate, did add a comment (related)

ProgramFOX

11:10 AM

@bummi There is no answer that links to a duplicate; only the sh.st answer.

MARamezani

I guess all it takes for a good question/answer is to be phuunny and serious at the same time, and choose between using lots of blockqutes or some very wise thingies.

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Repeating characters in body: I have a Ask about this code to get system call table address by Laser Frame on stackoverflow.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Nested quote blocks in answer: How do I burn .img files onto floppy disk? by jihed gasmi on superuser.com

ProgramFOX

0

Q: Blocking posts with URL-only titles

In The Tavern we report and flag spam on the network, and it seems that some of the spam that still passes through the quality filter, has only a URL as title, nothing else. I believe posts like this can be blocked by SE's filter: I've never seen a legitimate post with only a URL in the title (an...

feature-request spam quality-filter

bummi

@ProgramFOX I know, but I'm not sure if someone clueless using an url shortener for a NAA needs to be punished with an spam flag

@ProgramFOX +

ProgramFOX

@bummi Yeah, but in this case it's monetized... that does make some difference.

@bummi thanks

hah, it's a dupe

bummi

11:15 AM

@SmokeDetector tpu

SmokeDetector

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

MARamezani

@SmokeDetector funny spam!

ProgramFOX

@SmokeDetector gone

MARamezani

A Q: Is welcoming new users often on SO, SU, SF, and AskUbuntu?

Hehe! It's good I wouldn't make mistakes like this even if I didn't read the posts.

-26

Q: Should smilies be turned into images in questions and answers?

A lot of mention has been made of the seriousness of Stack Overflow (and presumably Server Fault). Would it be a good idea to turn smilies (e.g. :-)) into actual images, the way phpBB does, in questions and answers?

discussion fun

bummi

@SmokeDetector fp

SmokeDetector

11:22 AM

@bummi Registered question as false positive and added title to Bayesian doctype 'good'.

bummi

tried to edit, but my English is not good enough to repair the last sentences

user259867

I'll edit then

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Email in answer: Do I have an option to transfer parent plus loans to myself? by Hillary Clinton on money.stackexchange.com

bummi

@SmokeDetector tpu

SmokeDetector

@bummi Blacklisted user.

bummi

11:28 AM

Second IIRC

Infinite Recursion

> Going by your name, this is what voting looks like in your neck of the woods.

J. Steen

HAHAHAHA

Wow, not so casual racism.

Infinite Recursion

I am weighing the options of editing it out or ignoring it.

Mooseman

> 2. Please UNINSTALL (not disable) all the following programs:
> - Your antivirus and Internet Security Software
> - Emulation programs
> - Download programs (torrent, etc.)
> - All unused programs

^^ Readme file for a game

MARamezani

@Mooseman That's,

Well, I dunno what to say.

Unihedro

11:34 AM

Why am I not surprised that its operating system is not included in the list? ;)

Mooseman

@Unihedro I'll add to it then:

> Delete the system32 folder (Windows) or /lib (Linux)

Infinite Recursion

3. UNINSTALL your computer.

Unihedro

The third step is always profit :D

Doorknob

4. ???

MARamezani

4. Look at us like a dork while we laugh at you.

5. If you made it this far, installation is successful! Congratulations.

Infinite Recursion

11:37 AM

6. Post on SO: I am unable to play the game, halp!!

bummi

7. format the internet

MARamezani

@InfiniteRecursion No, you made grammar mistakes, and forgot the appropriate capitalization: GAME NO WORKING! HALP PLZZZZZZ TNX BAI

8. Repeat the steps 2 to 7.

Doorknob

... what was step 1?

Infinite Recursion

1. Buy the game

MARamezani

No no, that's step 0.

SilentKiller

11:41 AM

9. Buy another game.

Second Rikudo

4

bummi

Hmm looks if I'm the only one who would see superuser.com/a/902701 points to zhangduo.com

Doorknob

@SecondRikudo relevant xkcd

Infinite Recursion

All pictures should be blurry and sideways in bjb format

Jan 2 at 6:51, by bjb568

@Behaviour HOW TO DO THE ANGLE ADDITION THEOREM blurry sideways photo of homework problem

Second Rikudo

@InfiniteRecursion ex-parrot.com/pete/upside-down-ternet.html

SmokeDetector

11:51 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: Effective Daily Skin Care Routine by hora cgrot on meta.stackexchange.com

Doorknob

@SmokeDetector tpu

SmokeDetector

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

Doorknob

24 seconds to deletion!

user259867

Wasn't needed here, but serum could work as a bad keyword without boundaries. Unless there's a word it's a part of? I'm not good at Scrabble.

Doorknob

@pizza stackexchange.com/search?q=serum

> About 28,800,000 results

ProgramFOX

11:55 AM

@Doorknob that's inaccurate; I can only get to 2 pages of results

> About 14 results

^ that's what I get on page 2

Doorknob

O_o

That is... weird

yeah, happens for me too

user259867

Some of results are cached, already deleted.

jurgemaister

I get 16 results

ProgramFOX

A real Google search returns 616 results.

terdon

@SecondRikudo Please tell me that actually arrived at its destination.

Doorknob

11:56 AM

@pizza But 28,799,986 of them?

user259867

The search shows posts that no longer exist.

user259867

@Doorknob The 28m is nonsense; I'm talking about actual results shown in search.

Doorknob

Oh, right.

user259867

@ProgramFOX Some due to comments, perhaps?

tchrist

@pizza Checked OED. Only words that have serum as part of a larger word referencing serum. None are in common use.

ProgramFOX

11:59 AM

@pizza That could be. So... blacklist or not?

Doorknob

There are 88 results on Scifi alone.

ProgramFOX

and 67 on Biology

tchrist

So people talk about serum legitly.

Unihedro

Legitimately, yes.

Don't Stack while you drive.

2

bummi

waiting for a decline on my close flag here: android.stackexchange.com/q/5585/39544

Unihedro

12:03 PM

How can a close vote be declined?

tchrist

@Unihedro BUSTED!

bummi

@Unihedro sorry, flag

tchrist

searches for sorry flag

bummi

okokok I'll stop it ...

spam drupal.stackexchange.com/q/155476/20140

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body: Do they feature food plans, menu advice or meal replacements for weightloss? by mark twain on drupal.stackexchange.com

bummi

12:07 PM

@SmokeDetector tpu

SmokeDetector

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

ProgramFOX

@SmokeDetector fp

SmokeDetector

@ProgramFOX Registered question as false positive and added title to Bayesian doctype 'good'.

[ SmokeDetector ] Repeating characters in body: Generalisation of Lebesgue differentiation theorem to Orlicz spaces by bjk1806 on mathoverflow.net

Patrick Hofman

12:36 PM

cv-pls stackoverflow.com/questions/29699311/how-to-clear-canvas-html5

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Email in body: Command line options with argument in shell script by SM_IND on unix.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body: The particular key of total this work by prisciiil labaker on drupal.stackexchange.com

Mooseman

12:54 PM

area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/86382/…

^^ The OT SE

ProgramFOX

nuke-pls stackoverflow.com/a/29699774/2619912

and the question cv-pls

bjb568

@tchrist flags aint sorry

SilentKiller

@ProgramFOX nuked and closed

Cya!

Unihedro

@Mooseman LOL

Mooseman

@Unihedro ikr

Patrick Hofman

1:00 PM

OMG

0

Q: Why is it a bad practice to connect a sql database from javascript?

Following this question looks that connect a sql database from javascript is strongly in recommended and has security issues. Could you please specify what exactly is problematic and why? Thanks

javascript sql sqlconnection

Unihedro

@Mooseman uv-plz area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/86382/middle-of-nowhere/…

Mooseman

status-completed

Unihedro

^~^

Mooseman

@Unihedro uv-plz area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/86382/middle-of-nowhere/…

Unihedro

@Mooseman completed. cv-plz dv-plz area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/86382/middle-of-nowhere/…

ProgramFOX

1:07 PM

abusive answer stackoverflow.com/a/29699891/2619912

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Nested quote blocks in answer: What is ::: in the Local Address of netstat output? by anakin on superuser.com

Mooseman

0

Q: Can we rename this simply OT SE?

Proposal: Middle Of Nowhere I think OT SE (Off-topic Stack Exchange) would be a better name. Shall it be changed?

life

ProgramFOX

@Mooseman Actually, that site should be closed. There's some Meta or Discuss.A51 post around that explains why (after another attempt), but I cannot find it back.

aha, found it: discuss.area51.stackexchange.com/a/18260/92433

Unihedro

63 rep to new privilege on Area51... time to go farm the hell out of everything :D