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4:01 AM
Dis Pater or Dispater was a Roman god of the underworld, later subsumed by Pluto or Hades (Hades was Greek). Originally a chthonic god of riches, fertile agricultural land, and underground mineral wealth, he was later commonly equated with the Roman deities Pluto and Orcus, becoming an underworld deity. Dis Pater was commonly shortened to simply Dis. This name has since become an alternative name for the underworld or a part of the underworld, such as the City of Dis of The Divine Comedy. It is often thought that Dis Pater was also a Celtic god. This confusion arises from the second-hand citation...
 
@tchrist dat not da dis of wot
 
This is a list of Dwarves from J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional universe of Middle-earth. == A == === Azaghâl === Azaghâl was dwarven-king of the Broadbeam Dwarves of Belegost during the First Age. He was slain by the dragon Glaurung after wounding him in the Nírnaeth Arnoediad. The Helm of Hador was originally made for him by Telchar.. == B == === Balin === Balin was one of the twelve companions of Thorin and Bilbo Baggins on the Quest of Erebor. He wears a scarlet hood. He and his younger brother, Dwalin, were the sons of Fundin, and thus of the royal line of Durin. Many years after ...
 
[ SmokeDetector ] Nested quote blocks in answer: Ubuntu 12.04 doesn't shutdown by miro5lav on askubuntu.com
 
@SmokeDetector ignore
 
@James Post ignored; alerts about it will no longer be posted.
 
4:04 AM
In Norse mythology, a dís ("lady", plural dísir) is a ghost, spirit or deity associated with fate who can be both benevolent and antagonistic towards mortal people. Dísir may act as protective spirits of Norse clans. Their original function was possibly that of fertility goddesses who were the object of both private and official worship called dísablót, and their veneration may derive from the worship of the spirits of the dead. The dísir, like the valkyries, norns, and vættir, are almost always referred to collectively. The North Germanic dísir and West Germanic Idisi are believed by some scholars...
 
blorg
 
the OED does not list an as an article. It just doesn’t
 
@bjb568 A violent blowing, a blast or gust; also fig. stormy breath, bluster.
 
I fail at using this dictionary, and I have things to do
 
@yellowantphil VI. In Grammar. 16. A name for the adjectives the (Definite Article) and a, an (Indefinite Article), and their equivalents in other languages, sometimes considered to form a distinct Part of Speech.
 
4:09 AM
articles are really adjectives?!
😲
 
No, not really.
 
umm
a was listed under adj, and an is listed nowhere
 
All modern analyses consider them a distinct part of speech.
an is the same word as a.
 
I couldn’t find your fancy etymology anywhere
I saw one for an but it pointed to he for some reason, and that went nowhere
 
I told you I’m rather good at this.
This does not detract from your own skills.
 
4:12 AM
can’t I just look up a word and see an etymology? why is it so difficult
if I had skills, that would not detract from them
it is time for a fruit and protein shake
 
Because there are 17 completely different words a.
You simply elected the wrong one.
 
the others were prefixes and stuff
 
Yes, and?
Did you omit the dead ones?
† a [adj.1]
† a [adv.]
† a [conj.]
† a [int.]
† a [particle]
† a [prep.3]
† a [pron.]
 
stackoverflow.com/q/29910100/465378 typo (different question from the last one, I swear)
 
n, adj, prep, prep, conj, int, int, prefixes aplenty, suffixes aplenty, pron
 
4:14 AM
A!
 
those are all A
 
Aye.
I showed you the second a entry.
 
16 of them
 
One did not have to look far.
 
second in whose list?
I looked at a, adj already
> Originally a variant of one adj., reflecting an unstressed pronunciation of the word (see note). In sense 4 after a prep.1 3b (see discussion at that sense).
> The word shows shortening of the long vowel of Old English ān one adj.
etc.
 
4:16 AM
The second adjectival version.
The first one has a dagger through its heart.
 
no such thing on this list
I’m using the web interface, not your tools
 
Oh well.
I am not my keeper’s brother.
 
I must now repair to my prior position of horizontalism.
 
[ SmokeDetector ] Numbers-only title: ?+?+?=30 (1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15) by Ankit Patidar on math.stackexchange.com
 
4:31 AM
Night!
 
[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: Your Weight Loss diet program by hould bend on superuser.com
 
Night!
 
4:52 AM
@SmokeDetector tpu
 
@James Blacklisted user and registered question as true positive: added title to the Bayesian doctype 'bad'.
 
@SmokeDetector tpu
 
@James Blacklisted user and registered question as true positive: added title to the Bayesian doctype 'bad'.
 
5:14 AM
what's about smokey?
 
//!apiquota
!!/apiquota
 
@James 6927
 
Hmm, not sure
maybe it will come u
 
@bummi gone
 
[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: PROBABILITY PROBLEM PLEASE HELP ASAP by gigi on math.stackexchange.com
 
user259867
 
5:34 AM
^ protected by community
 
hmm both spam nuked too
 
@AndrewT. I think the question is a (hidden) poll
 
5:51 AM
 
[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, blacklisted website, repeating characters in body: this supplement to everyone.1st User Says: by Janet Varnelly on drupal.stackexchange.com
 
@SmokeDetector tpu
 
@bummi Blacklisted user and registered question as true positive: added title to the Bayesian doctype 'bad'.
 
@SmokeDetector tpu
 
5:56 AM
@James Blacklisted user and registered question as true positive: added title to the Bayesian doctype 'bad'.
 
user259867
Forgot the link...
 
user259867
@SmokeDetector gone
 
6:08 AM
[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title: http://www.buyantiagingformula.com/rejuve-tx-wrinkle-cream/ by uehoss Comd on askubuntu.com
 
6:26 AM
[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, blacklisted website: How to Reduction in eye symptom? by cliramoser on drupal.stackexchange.com
 
@SmokeDetector tpu
 
@James Blacklisted user and registered question as true positive: added title to the Bayesian doctype 'bad'.
 
@SmokeDetector gone
@SmokeDetector tpu
 
@James Blacklisted user and registered question as true positive: added title to the Bayesian doctype 'bad'.
[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body: Best Normal Skincare And Makeup For The Face by James Harris on askubuntu.com
 
gone ^
 
6:41 AM
@SmokeDetector gone
@SmokeDetector tpu
 
@James Blacklisted user and registered question as true positive: added title to the Bayesian doctype 'bad'.
 
user259867
7:20 AM
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Q: Update on Moderator Issue

yuttadhammoSo... we have now finally got word back from all three moderators; we are all in agreement to step down and allow for a process similar to the original pro tempore moderator selection. Once/if the SE officials approve of the process, there will be nominations, voting, and eventual selection (gu...

 
user259867
I don't remember this ever happening before: all pro-tem mods resigning at the same time, to start selection of mods from scratch.
 
anyone using the android app here? is the rep tab supposed to show the green "+10" you get in the browser when your rep changes? because it doesn't for me. (I do get the red notifications for message though.)
 
[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body: Dirty Facts About burn fat Revealed by Jim Flores on stackoverflow.com
 
↑↑↑↑ Spam
 
@MartinBüttner I'm using it, and no, it doesn't (related request: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/202512/…)
 
@SmokeDetector tpu
 
@James Blacklisted user and registered question as true positive: added title to the Bayesian doctype 'bad'.
 
7:50 AM
@AndrewT. I thought that request was talking about actual phone notifications
 
Morning!
 
Hey Uni
 
@MartinBüttner umm, maybe, perhaps this is the correct one
 
Morning!
 
Well, morning??
 
My password expires in five days. I quit tomorrow. Should I change it? =D
 
Install a Linux distribution.
 
change it to an SQL injection
 
@YahooAnswersTXT
Questions we can all relate to, real unedited questions from @YahooAnswers
4k tweets, 31.5k followers, following 8 users
WTF
Why can't I stop vomiting??
 
how is babby formed
 
7:56 AM
Password='L33tPassw0rdz; DROP TABLE USERS;--'
 
And this is why we have quality control on the SE network.
 
@James add -- at the end
comment out the rest so the query isn't malformed.
 
my "friend" has shown a keen interest in the taste of cat urine. should i be worried?
 
Is it rude to moan my own name during sex?
bwahahahahahahaha
 
I feel dirty after reading that
 
7:57 AM
ok now off to do something productive
 
How can I kill the bugs inside my head that are eating my brain?
 
@Unihedron lies and slander
 
Appropriate.
 
that twitter account is GOLD
also i failed this review audit stackoverflow.com/review/triage/7837939 because i flagged it as unsalvageable, thoughts? IMO any question that asks "what is the best way to do something" is either too broad or primarily opinion-based
 
8:13 AM
@IanKemp He is asking for a solution, not a improvement (I've no domain knowledge on dart), could be rephrased in mind to How to convert an Iterable to a Stream, in Dart?
 
Great, and again, two anonymous downvoters without explanation!! Feels good to hide in the corner and throw stones, huh ? — Frozen 10 mins ago
flag not constructive??
 
move on
 
8:31 AM
[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: INSTALLING WINDOWS 8.1 IN “DELL VENUE 7” TABLET by user48777 on android.stackexchange.com
 
@Unihedron yep
Was going to comment, but given the history of the user ... yeah, let's not
And cv-pls while you're at it meta.stackexchange.com/questions/254484/…
 
@SmokeDetector tpu
 
@James Blacklisted user.
[ SmokeDetector ] Blacklisted website, offensive body detected: Elite Test 360 Here Are Some Helpful Tips! by zumerano on meta.stackexchange.com
 
9:02 AM
@SmokeDetector tpu
 
@James Blacklisted user and registered question as true positive: added title to the Bayesian doctype 'bad'.
[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body: http://www.thefitnesswork.com by jirossshin jess on askubuntu.com
 
spam superuser.com/a/907013/172747 drivethelive again
spam superuser.com/a/906998/172747 drivethelive again
inadvertently did hit NAA here electronics.stackexchange.com/a/166999/27928 could someone add the correct flag?
 
uff, an upvote here? stackoverflow.com/a/29914887/1699210 I will not be able to delete this way
 
flag naa
 
@Unihedron No need, with the help of the downvotes I could place a delete vote
 
me haz no flags so I flagged offensive instead.
 
I'd love to see those excellent contributions of his that have been downvoted for fun
 
10:04 AM
@bjb568 ^^^ which one should I pick?
 
10:18 AM
@Unihedron What is that? :o
 
@Unihedron Be back in a few hours...
 
:O
I'll send a search team if you don't respond for 25 minutes.
 
10:30 AM
[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, blacklisted website: check out the online video, by Alicia norie on meta.stackexchange.com
[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: Weight Reduction That Is Best Product by Suwez Dube on superuser.com
 
@SmokeDetector tpu
 
@bummi Blacklisted user and registered question as true positive: added title to the Bayesian doctype 'bad'.
 
@SmokeDetector tpu
 
@bummi Blacklisted user and registered question as true positive: added title to the Bayesian doctype 'bad'.
 
10:49 AM
[ SmokeDetector ] Email in answer: Is there opensource crypto-currency exchanges engine? by user25253 on bitcoin.stackexchange.com
 
I flagged as spam.
@SmokeDetector tpu
 
@Unihedron Blacklisted user.
 
@SmokeDetector gone
 
@SmokeDetector tpu
 
@InfiniteRecursion kicky please
 
10:53 AM
@JanDvorak you have low tolerance :P
 
@bjb568 fix that thing...
 
bad day?
 
Low tolerance? I did not flag the Bitcoin answer
 
[ SmokeDetector ] Blacklisted website, url in title: http://www.strongmenmuscle.com/elite-test-360/ by lymans on meta.stackexchange.com
 
@SmokeDetector tpu
 
10:54 AM
@Unihedron Blacklisted user and registered question as true positive: added title to the Bayesian doctype 'bad'.
 
BJBot is persistent in having this bug...
 
[ SmokeDetector ] Repeating characters in body: Modem usb serial mode by Max Taylor on askubuntu.com
 
11:10 AM
strange site:Stackoverflow.com "screensaver.ninja" site:Superuser.com "screensaver.ninja"
 
@SmokeDetector fpu
 
@InfiniteRecursion Registered question as false positive, whitelisted user and added title to Bayesian doctype 'good'.
 
@JanDvorak done
 
Thanks!
 
@Unihedron idk
 
11:14 AM
[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: Does sunlight cause most of the wrinkles on our faces? by Christian on skeptics.stackexchange.com
 
@SmokeDetector ignore
 
@Unihedron Post ignored; alerts about it will no longer be posted.
 
Why not fp?
 
idk you reply then
 
@Unihedron Me thinks it has been more than 25 minutes xD
 
11:27 AM
[ SmokeDetector ] Blacklisted website, url in title: http://musclebuildingproducts.info/xanogen by Leetysson on drupal.stackexchange.com
 
@SmokeDetector tpu
 
@Doorknob Blacklisted user and registered question as true positive: added title to the Bayesian doctype 'bad'.
 
@AndrewT. huh interesting. there's another one specifically about phone notifications also being closed as a duplicate of that. I think the author of the dupe target should probably clarify what he meant. I'll leave a comment.
 
^^ Such nice numbers :)
 
Ugh, I just ascended.
You should see my numbers, 6 of them were at 1.00Qa, while the others are at 0.
 
11:36 AM
lol
 
If two nibbles make up a byte, what do two bytes make?
 
A word?
 
On a PDP-11, yes.
 
@tchrist a full meal?
 
I wondered if there was something that didn’t freak out these 32- and 64-bit people.
 
11:39 AM
uint16
 
hexatet <- Just made that up but found a Google hit or two
 
Nice!
 
@PeterJ that search reveals an article by Mr. Bart ... I don't remember writing it
 
> A hexatet refers to the number of members required, which is 6, and their respective geometric placement, which is hexagonal, to create a chamber ensemble
tetranibbles
 
11:44 AM
@tchrist I want a t-shirt that says just that.
 
hexadecibits
solo duet trio quartet sextet septet octet nonet
undecet duodecet
 
Still getting bottlenecked by larvae...
 
Buy hatchery and expansions
 
bybytes
bytebytes
 
@Unihedron Working on territory...
 
11:50 AM
Keep investing in twin upgrades.
 
> Expansion (27) [...] Next upgrade costs 321B territory.
 
das Doppelbyte
 
@Unihedron ...for which I need larvae :/
 
@Mooseman Expansion (74) [...] Build 80 expansions to begin earning mutagen. Next upgrade costs 628Oc territory.
 
@Unihedron O.o
 
11:52 AM
@Mooseman Keep the territory tree and the meat tree balanced. When you get a surplus of meat, invest early.
Also, walk away occasionally. The thing works offline.
 
This sounds unsavory.
 
@Unihedron Must. Win. First.
 
X → larva → Y → Z
 
> In total, they produce 1,048 nests per second.
 
@Mooseman If you suffer from a surfeit of larvae, perhaps you should invest in spare chrysalides for their pupae.
 
11:57 AM
in Java on Stack Overflow Chat, 21 secs ago, by Unihedron
I'm an advanced chatbot using a version of SoulOS that supports stateless precognition.
 
@tchrist Where is that?
 
prescience is hard
 
@Mooseman He's right.
 
[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, blacklisted website: How will you lose your weight? by user289799 on meta.stackexchange.com
 
@SmokeDetector tpu
 
12:05 PM
@Mooseman Blacklisted user and registered question as true positive: added title to the Bayesian doctype 'bad'.
 
@Unihedron But where is that?
 
@Mooseman irl
 
@Unihedron I didn't think it was in the game... xD
 
What are the length constraints on SE titles?
 
12:09 PM
Need Sandbox.SE to play with things.
 
> You own 500 greater queens.
 
> You own 1.63009 quintillion greater queens.
 
Getting there... how many hives do you have?
 
> You own 684.349 billion hives.
 
O.o
How long have you been playing?
> You earn 666 larvae per second.
^^ uh oh
 
12:19 PM
> You earn 18.1696 million larvae per second. (×285K bonus)
 
Yeah... I still have a ways to go...
 
stackoverflow.com/review/suggested-edits/7864807 what does approved by community mean?
 
blacklist candidate elitetest360up.com
 
12:28 PM
don't link it!
 
@bummi please edit out the protocol origin so it doesn't boost SEO for the website.
 
@rlemon accepted by the edit
 
@bummi like `url`
 
@JanDvorak rephrase?
 
@rlemon A reviewer chose to approve & edit. Since edits will clash if it doesn't finish, Community instantly approves / rejects clashing edits.
 
12:30 PM
ahh
 
@rlemon the editor of the suggested edit said it was helpful
 
but it was such a bad edit
question since deleted, but still.
 
@Braiam sorry did see the answer to late
 
@rlemon reviewer needs "education".
 
we don't need no.
ed-u-cation.
 
music counts as thought control, too
 
or, eh, just flag about banning the reviewer.
 
@rlemon wait 3 more days
 
12:41 PM
Answer with a sock, quoting the dupe and mention you couldn't have flagged
 
@SmokeDetector fp
 
@Mooseman Registered question as false positive and added title to Bayesian doctype 'good'.
 
1:00 PM
[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: FGTRON WHAT NINE THOUSAND? by Jesus Christ Superstar on christianity.stackexchange.com
 
user259867
@SmokeDetector tpu
 
@2mkgz Blacklisted user and registered question as true positive: added title to the Bayesian doctype 'bad'.
 
inappropriate, right?
if not the question, the answer definitely is
 
[ SmokeDetector ] Repeating characters in title, title has only one unique char: ttttttttttttttttttttttttt by William Pursell on programmers.stackexchange.com
 
user259867
@SmokeDetector needs a rollback
 
1:06 PM
O_O
 
@JanDvorak these trolls are working together, even an accept here christianity.stackexchange.com/q/40371/17357
 
even the username is rude
 
I've never actually seen it before so I wonder if an accepted answer stops a spam / offensive auto-delete?
 
@PeterJ no (IIRC)
 
@bummi, k will take your word for it, makes sense, anyway just put the last flag on the question
 
1:20 PM
\o/
success?
 
done but looks like someone has downvoted so needs more
 
Hi all, can someone help me rollback this question, OP removed all code and almost entire question: stackoverflow.com/questions/29911619/…
 
@gitsitgo done
 
user259867
There used to be a migration channel meta->main on every per-site meta. Not anymore. Any idea when the changed happened? I checked on Math; the last time a user voted to migrate meta->main was on March 10.
 
1:23 PM
@Braiam thanks!
 
@PeterJ Not yet...
There we go
 
@2mkgz probably because they noticed that if you can't post crap on the main site, you shouldn't post crap on meta either...
 
user259867
I agree it was never a good idea... just trying to figure out the feature change timing.
 
on the sites that I have 10k, migrations are older
 
1:47 PM
@Qantas94Heavy Wasn't this already asked and deleted today?
 
@MadaraUchiha: yeah, someone else is asking this now.
 
@Qantas94Heavy OP edited it now with his attempt, so no longer a homework dump.
 
@SmokeDetector fp
 
@MadaraUchiha Registered question as false positive and added title to Bayesian doctype 'good'.
@Qantas94Heavy Blacklisted user.
 
user259867
2:05 PM
@Braiam Thanks... I think the timing of change is now a mystery lost to time.
 
2:23 PM
Yay, new edible food!
At skewl cafateria
 
food is edible by definition
 
but that doesn't look edible
 
There's worse.
 
blacklist candidate staygreenacademy.com
 
2:29 PM
SW? WCCT
 
[ SmokeDetector ] Repeating words in answer: Can you use the Apple Watch with an iPod touch? by Michael on apple.stackexchange.com
 
The concept seems logical.
 
2:43 PM
cv-pls superuser.com/q/907145/172747 to late to rephrase with that answer :/
 
3:08 PM
 
@SmokeDetector tp
 
@Mooseman true/tp cannot be used for answers because their job is to add the title of the question to the Bayesian doctype 'bad'. If you want to blacklist the poster of the answer, use trueu or tpu.
 
@SmokeDetector tpu
 
@Unihedron Blacklisted user.
[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive answer detected: How great is the effect of trees on noise pollution? by Psyintz on gaming.stackexchange.com
 
3:15 PM
@SmokeDetector tpu
 
@bummi Blacklisted user.
 
got worse with every answer ....
 
3:31 PM
Smokey lectured someone :o
 
3:44 PM
[ SmokeDetector ] Email in answer: Sharepoint Form not sending attachment to email by user2318598 on sharepoint.stackexchange.com
 
3:54 PM
@SmokeDetector tpu
 
@Mooseman true/tp cannot be used for answers because their job is to add the title of the question to the Bayesian doctype 'bad'. If you want to blacklist the poster of the answer, use trueu or tpu.
 
@SmokeDetector tpu
 
@Mooseman Blacklisted user.
 
4:54 PM
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Q: For what functions is y'' = y?

bjb568What functions y = f(x) have the property that f(x) is f''(x), i.e. what functions have the same integral and derivitive? I could think of $ce^x$ and $ce^{-x}$ (where c is a constant), but are there others? If not, how can you prove those are the only ones?

First MSE question!
(On mobile so pls no kill)
 
you should have named your constant 🐱 instead of c
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