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6:00 PM
> What we're doing now is keeping a history of these odd posts that spam networks like to target, and if a new spammer is caught targeting one of those, we dish out a much heavier penalty in the system that keeps only anonymous edits from that neighborhood out.
My Chrome browser has borked copying again..
 
EN question on PT SO...
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Q: Graph API - Get Likes from a Facebook post result in different numbers bettewen array and summary

MelquíadesI'm using the Facebook Graph API to return users who likes a particular Post. On the Facebook page query summary return me a number of users, only in the array have less users. The post below, for example, had 27 likes, but return 26 members in the array. Why does this happen? Is it any user priv...

 
@JasonC True, except they're hiring wizards - you'd have to have proven skill to even think about it :p
 
@Unihedro They'd have to pay me what my clients pay me for me to even think about it :P
 
What if I like being poked with sharp sticks?
 
6:06 PM
Odd...
this tag wiki suggested edit is taken verbatim from wikipedia
from a 19.5k user.
 
Edit it and add attribution.
 
approve.... then edit...?
or reject, then edit?
 
Why not both?
 
@MartijnPieters The most recent edit was flagged as PostSuggestedEditSpamHoneyTrap, which blocked the IP. I think it was immediate. As a result, 6 other suggested edits were blocked later. So the trap was pretty effective. It's just annoying that they seem to hit the same posts over and over again.
 
[ SmokeDetector ] Nested quote blocks in answer: decimal to hex converter function (python) by PyNico on stackoverflow.com
 
6:13 PM
Hey @Jon did you used to write articles in a popular blog or something before (or while) you worked for SE? The first time I saw you here I felt like I recognized your name from somewhere on the internet in the past 5-10 years.
Were you ever associated with Microsoft / MSDN?
 
@JasonC Um... I've written a lot of stuff, but not for a "popular blog". Maybe comp.lang.perl.misc?
@JasonC Nope.
 
Hm, maybe. Or maybe I was thrown off by the Eric; I could be thinking of Eric Lippert.
 
@JeremyBanks did your issue with the torrent got resolved? We have a meta post here
 
That's likely. ;-)
 
@JonEricson Borland / Codegear / Embarcadero?
 
6:19 PM
@rene It's not resolved.
 
Anonymous
@rene I don't think so; I'm pretty sure we need a new data dump release to fix it.
 
Ok, could you leave comment on the post for that?
 
Anonymous
Sure. Although the fact that he's only getting to 7%, instead of the 60% or whatever that we were getting to before, suggests that maybe they are in the process of uploading a new release..?
 
@Andy thanks for that link
@JeremyBanks your guess is as good as mine..
 
xkcdBot initialized.
 
6:26 PM
@JasonC 'Fraid not.
 
Anonymous
Ohh... we can just download the data dump pieces individually, directly from IA. So if the the torrent metadata isn't actually corrupt, and those files aren't either, we might be able to manually download and seed the pieces. Maybe.
 
@JeremyBanks The direct download didn't work for me either. First, it's listed as .zip when it should be a .7z. I can at least open it when I change the extension, but it can't extract many files. It fails with CRC errors on most of the StackOverflow XMLs.
I'll admit I didn't try smaller sites. I was just interested in the SO ones
 
Anonymous
@Andy Ahh... that's unfortunate.
 
Yeah. But, I'm playing with the Sept 2014 one now, so I'm happy that one was still being seeded
 
[ SmokeDetector ] Repeating words in answer: Is it possible to COMPLETELY delete an iBooks? by guest on apple.stackexchange.com
 
Weird indeed.
 
@xkcdBot Nice.
 
Weird indeed.
 
you need a choose.
 
Mustachify probably couldn't find a nose.
 
!!choose a or b or c or d
 
@JonEricson See, that's the kind of info that helps me tolerate the suggested edits.
 
Anonymous
6:38 PM
Heh. Just tried manually loading the stackoverflow.com-Users.7z into my torrent client to test. It didn't match the torrent hashes. I guess the torrent might actually be describing the valid data, and could work once that data is ever seeded.
 
I can't edit this to include attribution until it's out of pending status.
 
!mustache help
 
@AstroCB Command format: !mustache[ 1-5] directURLToImage
 
@MartijnPieters Hmmm... We could probably stand to toot our own horn on this a little more. At least it might be worthwhile to let people on the review page know that by blocking this spam edit, they blocked X more edits.
 
beer!mustache 1438
well that didn't work :/
 
6:41 PM
@rlemon Intentionally, I might add.
 
@xkcdBot I was running a local version of Caprica (Ziraks bot)
 
@Unihedro :P
 
the websockets are not handled correctly on chat.meta.se
 
@rlemon chat.SE vs chat.meta.SE vs chat.SO
 
ohhh I know! I'm setup to ignore myself.
 
6:43 PM
@xkcdBot That should be 0-5. Interestingly, though, if you do anything else, it throws an Internal Server Error.
 
someone else beer!mustache 1438
 
... Just unignore yourself.
 
@JonEricson That'd certainly help here; only because I was aware of Tim Post's explanation on how these suggested edits are now treated did I not grumble (much) about this before.
 
@Unihedro then I have to change source code
 
You're a programmer. :P
 
6:44 PM
Hi, am on windows. Very suk.
 
!mustache help
 
This is not the alert you want to show up on your phone:
 
@AstroCB Command format: !mustache[ 0-5] directURLToImage
 
> MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
2
 
What's a mobile home?
 
6:45 PM
> DAMAGE TO ROOFS...WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR.
 
I need 4 repz to not be pushed before AStro.
IO hate this keayboard
it sukz
 
@bjb568 O_o
 
@Andy Oh right, you guys are going to be getting some pretty nasty stuff this evening.
 
6:46 PM
@hichris123 That was issued 5 minutes ago to the town I work in. I'm glad I stayed home today. We're just getting some rain right now. The bad weather looks to be about 30 miles north of me
 
@Andy Uh yeah. Run away. Run very away.
 
@Unihedro (skewl computah)
 
... What's a mobile home??
 
<rant>I hate CVS. Not the drugstore -- the thing that was developed in the 20th century for version control</rant>
 
I hate both.
 
6:47 PM
@Unihedro A trailer, but usually a bit beefier.
 
????????
 
Google sucks. (performs the search again in ddg)
Oh.
 
@hichris123 Uh yeah. I remember a long time ago migrating from CVS to SVN. The increase in productivity gained by not having to manage source structure directly on the CVS server and fix corrupt repositories was incredible.
 
@JasonC I'm working with a project that still uses CVS. :(
I proposed a move to Git/SVN/Hg but nothing yet.
 
6:51 PM
I'm sorry to hear that.
 
Answered the best question I could find. It's still crap tho.
 
and we're using PHP
 
less featured things please...
 
Synology finally removed the CVS server from their fileserver app list relatively recently. That made me happy. People were holding onto it for a loooong time. Every time support for a CVS server is dropped, humanity moves forward just a little bit.
 
@JasonC This is Sourceforge.
 
6:54 PM
[ SmokeDetector ] Email in body: Whonix-Workstation doesn't verify by user109855 on unix.stackexchange.com
 
@hichris123 Oh, yeah, they'll hold on until the bitter end. And maybe beyond the bitter end.
 
... I don't think it did anything.
 
@JasonC >:(
 
!mustache help
 
@AstroCB Command format: !mustache[ 0-5] directURLToImage
 
6:56 PM
Too many bots, too many command prefixes.
 
I'm surprised it didn't pick up anything on that one.
 
6:58 PM
@AstroCB encodeURIComponent will fix that
 
@Unihedro I'm convinced that DuckDuckGo is set up by the government.
 
@rlemon var urlToStache = "http://mustachify.me/" + num + "?src=" + encodeURIComponent(url);
 
The people that use it are the people they really want data about
 
@AstroCB hrm
 
@Undo By the what government?
 
6:59 PM
pretty sure Cap handles that :? could be mistaken
 
@Unihedro US, if you ask me
Although meh
 
@Unihedro The Freemasons.
 
nope
nvm
 
@Undo me supports
 
7:01 PM
@rlemon It's a Mustachify problem; that URL throws an internal server error.
 
@Andy Where are you?
 
@AstroCB yea, I just recall us having 'fixed' the url in the past
 
OH GOD.
3
It's district 13.
 
@LynnCrumbling Like I said, run very away.
I hope that's not moving east.
 
Notice the blob of PA that is carefully trying to stay out of the mix.
 
7:06 PM
PA's skilled at the art of hiding behind the mountains.
Pittsburgh always ends up taking one for the team.
 
Go pitt!
 
I've got the Appalachians to hide behind :)
 
@cybermonkey Circuit breaker fail.
 
yep
 
7:09 PM
@LynnCrumbling We're under a severe rain warning all the way up here in Toronto
 
@meagar Yeah, Toronto gets all the same bullsh*t as Pittsburgh and Erie.
 
@meagar Does Toronto see lake effect weather?
 
Very yes
Not often, but it can get pretty bad
 
@Mooseman Tuesday, slight chance of death.
Haha
Oh god this is gold, how have I never seen this.
 
7:14 PM
@SmokeDetector ignore
 
@cybermonkey Post ignored; alerts about it will no longer be posted.
 
@SmokeDetector delete
 
> Every single Sim City game ever played.
 
@JasonC I just found the channel this morning!
 
7:21 PM
@LynnCrumbling Flagged as dupe.
 
@cybermonkey Thanks. It's such a common sql server question...
 
Yay, ahead of AstroCB now.
 
ok - this if finally to the point where I'm ok with a stackoverflow.com/q/29542477/656243
 
user259867
@bjb568 You answered a question for the first time in 2015. A clever election move...
 
7:30 PM
@SmokeDetector fp
 
@cybermonkey Registered question as false positive and added title to Bayesian doctype 'good'.
 
@bjb568 gets out the popcorn
 
sooo much better now:
 
@bjb568 I see you 29 points behind, actually.
 
@LynnCrumbling reopened
 
7:35 PM
Don't steal features from other apps, they are potentially copyrighted. This question is also far too broad to be answered in its current state (hint: I'm thinking it's the proximity sensor. not the camera). — cybermonkey 7 secs ago
 
@Undo cheers
 
@LynnCrumbling Comments need to be cleaned up.
 
@cybermonkey Yep, I yanked mine a while ago.. but @JasonC and @jadarnel27 can delete theirs, now.
 
Comments cleaned:
 
7:40 PM
@Mooseman flagged as Questions must include the desired behavior, a specific problem or error and the shortest code necessary to reproduce it. Questions without a clear problem statement are not useful to other readers.
!!/alive
 
@cybermonkey Kinda sorta
 
@SmokeDetector tp
 
@cybermonkey Registered question as true positive: added title to the Bayesian doctype 'bad'.
 
7:47 PM
@LynnCrumbling okay with you leaving that comment? Yes.
might wanna change note>noted
 
Cool. Done.
 
@LynnCrumbling Where?
 
user259867
@SmokeDetector ignore....
 
@pizza Post ignored; alerts about it will no longer be posted.
 
@SmokeDetector delete
 
7:58 PM
in Stack Overflow 2015 Moderator Election Chat on Stack Overflow Chat, 1 hour ago, by AstroCB
@yellowantphil Possibly as the result of foul voting, but yes.
 
@hichris123 The first bounty is mine ... but it might be a pyrrhic victory given the new bounty ;)
 
@JasonC The comment got deleted somehow. Guessing a mod came along (unless you already deleted it?)
 
@LynnCrumbling I didn't delete anything and I don't remember what comments were there (assuming you're talking about stackoverflow.com/q/29542477/656243... I had to trace it back through chat comments). Guess it's taken care of.
 
Does LittleBobbyTables hang out in any chat rooms?
 
@AstroCB You should have named xkcdbot LittleBottyTables.
 
Ha.
@AstroCB Thanks.. doesn't look like he's in one currently.
 
@JasonC Brilliant.
 
Can any other 5k'er throw in another approve vote for this tag edit
 
@LynnCrumbling done, one more needed
 
8:13 PM
@Undo thanks
 
approved
@SmokeDetector tpu
 
@Doorknob Blacklisted user and registered question as true positive: added title to the Bayesian doctype 'bad'.
 
wow, @Doorknob is 20k on three sites now
 
@Undo I've had 20k on three sites for a while now
 
8:15 PM
well this is the first time I've noticed
 
In fact, ever since November of last year
 
If only there were three things I were good at...
 
@Doorknob Another reason why Doorbell's the best SO moderator ever.
4
 
@meagar Well, Stack Overflow and PPCG are both programming sites, and... well, I guess does having 20k on meta mean you're good at Stack Exchange? :P
 
That poor guy isn't ever going to live that down
@Doorknob 20k on meta means you're good at all the topics of every site, obviously
 
8:19 PM
I think PPCG rep should count negative towards SO rep.
 
... so now I only have ~5k on SO? :(
many people would end up with negative rep
 
Pretty much.
I suppose you could just limit the negative contribution to GolfScript and Brainfuck PPCG answer rep.
 
[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: USB BOOT MISSING, USB WORKS by M.J. Banks on askubuntu.com
 
What is the plural of xkcd?
xkcd?
xkcd comics?
xkcd cartoons?
 
@MartijnPieters oh noes
will have to repwhore some more
@AstroCB xkcds
 
8:33 PM
[ SmokeDetector ] Nested quote blocks in body: How to find the second order perturbation to wave function? by beginner on chemistry.stackexchange.com
 
xkcd, sometimes stylized as XKCD, is a webcomic created by Randall Munroe. The comic's tagline describes it as a "A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language" (formerly a "Stick-figure strip featuring humour about technology, science, mathematics and relationships"). Munroe states on the comic's website that the name of the comic is not an acronym but "just a word with no phonetic pronunciation". The subject matter of the comic varies from statements on life and love to mathematical and scientific in-jokes. Some strips feature simple humor or pop-culture references. Although it has a cast...
 
I feel less bad about this one
 
thank you a lot. Such great comments and great explanation. — Vad Zelenin 1 min ago
 
@bjb568 The asker there has a gold badge, which boggled my mind. Turned out it's for this terrible question. stackoverflow.com/q/19445238/465378
 
8:48 PM
 
9:01 PM
 
Aren't those 2-4?
New idea for requests: just post the keyboard shortcuts. ;)
i.e. some-question m-c-2-4-⏎
@SmokeDetector fp
 
@AlexisKing Registered question as false positive and added title to Bayesian doctype 'good'.
 
@AlexisKing OffTopic/13
 
@bjb568 I dun get it
 
OFFTOPIC REASON ID 13
 
9:06 PM
oh
I'm so sorry I don't have the off-topic IDs memorized. :p
 
^
Need a bot for that, too.
Add to bjbTrnsltr.
 
-1
Q: Javascript enabled full webpage automation without graphical user interface?

Matteo MontiWebsites nowadays make wider and wider use of javascript to dynamically load, render and manage content on a webpage. The automation of interactions with such webpages, therefore, relies more and more on the ability of the automation software to process javascript. I am aware of libraries (e.g. M...

wow
That's a block of text.
ot16
 
oh great, now the whole Tavern is speaking in some weird question-closing language :/
 
@Undo ot 17 m-c-8-12 m-x c-x butterfly
 
:ot 17 looks a lot better :P
 
[ SmokeDetector ] Email in answer: Verification code through SMS not recived by xramesh95 on salesforce.stackexchange.com
 
^ naa
 
9:31 PM
 
@bjb568 And the "sorry for the mess" message overlaps the vertical scrollbar on chrome ...
 
Where is the MSE question on ethics of asking OP to accept your answer?
 
bjb 4 mod & soon we'll b talkng in notn but lolspeak & abbrvs
 
@bjb568 I don't even bother, I just flag those comments as NC and move on.
 
9:37 PM
@JanDvorak wotz rong wit dat?
 
[ SmokeDetector ] Nested quote blocks in body: Kernel debugging - how to set breakpoint at DriverEntry? by user1680791 on reverseengineering.stackexchange.com
 
A client just asked me for a specific list of preinstalled unwanted software that should be removed from any arbitrary computer purchased for a site installation. "The stuff you don't need" is both the only actually correct answer and completely unacceptable.
Pulls out hair.
 
@JasonC Oooh you could have some fun with that
"You don't really need a GUI"
 
!!blame
 
@JasonC "I have compiled the list of 1000 most common pieces of bloatware according to the Google search "...". It's up to you when you stop reading through the list."
 
9:42 PM
!!/blame
 
@TheWobbuffet It's xkcdBot's fault.
3
 
it's a bot's fault?
 
@SmokeDetector Let's not turn this into a war of the bots.
 
!!/blame Who's the one who programmed the bot whose fault it is?
 
@Doorknob It's AstroCB's fault.
 
9:47 PM
rofl that's actually true
 
!xkcd blame
 
@AstroCB It's @SmokeDetector's fault.
 
That was weirdly delayed.
!xkcd blame
 
@AstroCB It's @SmokeDetector's fault.
 
@AstroCB Hmm, I wonder why... suspicious glare :P
 
9:49 PM
!xkcd blame
 
It works in the Botling room.
 
@rene hah
 
!!/blame Why doesn't it work here?
 
@Undo It's ProgramFOX's fault.
 
in Botlings practice room, 56 secs ago, by xkcdBot
@AstroCB It's @SmokeDetector's fault.
 
9:50 PM
LOL
 
@JanDvorak Basically.
 
!!/blame Whose idea was it to make the function called "connect" instead of "join" in Rust?
 
@Doorknob It's Qantas 94 Heavy's fault.
 
hmmmm
 
!xkcd help
 
9:51 PM
@AstroCB Hello – I'm xkcdBot. I listen for things you say in this chat room and suggest possibly relevant xkcd. I can also search xkcd on commmand and onebox comics given an ID; I will post new xkcd as they are posted on xkcd.com. For a list of commands, use !xkcd commands.
 
I might just go for a more generic approach for now: "Do you need it?" Yes: Don't touch it. No: Remove it. I don't know: Does it display anything on the screen that you have to close? If so, remove it, otherwise, don't touch it. Which is basically the process I go through anyways.
 
!xkcd blame
 
@AstroCB It's @SmokeDetector's fault.
 
@AstroCB It's @SmokeDetector's fault.
 
i have the magic luck, it'll be xkcdbot's fault
!!/blame
 
9:52 PM
@TheWobbuffet It's Qantas 94 Heavy's fault.
 
There we go.
 
:/ fine don't cooperate
 
!xkcd blame
 
@AstroCB It's @SmokeDetector's fault.
 
@Undo It's @SmokeDetector's fault.
 
9:52 PM
i wonder if he can blame himself?
 
Smokey can
 
!!/blame yourself
 
@Doorknob It's bjb568's fault.
 
... I knew @bjb568 was a bot all along!
 
!xkcd blame
 
9:53 PM
@AstroCB It's @SmokeDetector's fault.
 
Why is that so random?
 
it would be awesome of the blame part of smokedetector continuously edited its message so it showed an animation of a wheel
nah, it rate-limits you
 
!!/blame the least worthy user in the room
 
@SmokeDetector Beat me to it.
 
@Doorknob It's Braiam's fault.
 
9:53 PM
:O
 
!!/blame Doorknob
 
@hichris123 It's Jon Ericson's fault.
 
nah, it rate limits you in editing
 
Socks, hmm?
 
!!/blame me
 
9:54 PM
@TheWobbuffet It's Jan Dvorak's fault.
 
!!/blame somebody for watering down the star wall with "It's .*'s fault"
 
@JasonC It's SmokeDetector's fault.
3
 
^ Basically.
 
@hichris123 drat! People were starting to get suspicious seeing us both hang out on Puzzling all the time; it was only a matter of time before someone found out
 
9:55 PM
!!/blame the undercover illuminati who is planning to overthrow everyone who uses tabs instead of spaces
 
@TheWobbuffet It's cybermonkey's fault.
 
Oh, I forgot to share my lesson of the day. Remember kids, <= != >=.
 
@hichris123 But does >= == !<?
 
@Doorknob :o
 
@Doorknob yes...
 
9:56 PM
But, does o|-< ?
 
do you guys prefer <> or !=
 
!xkcd blame
 
@AstroCB It's @SmokeDetector's fault.
 
@Undo It's @bjb568's fault.
 
user259867
I prefer $\ne$
 
9:57 PM
@TheWobbuffet I like <> when it's around because it makes me nostalgic for my BASIC days.
 
I prefer /=
 
psshhh, everyone knows the best way is !(x < y) && !(x > y)
 
!xkcd blame
 
@Undo It's @bjb568's fault.
 
9:59 PM
!xkcd blame
 
@Undo It's @bjb568's fault.
 
@Doorknob x==max(x,y)
 
If I'm using C++ I prefer to just hide != behind 60k lines of templates and a few binary functors.
 
much clearer than some arrows
 

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