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1:31 PM

This fellow appears to be searching for messages with variations of "control-C" in them and adding <kbd> formatting. It's a marginal improvement, but doing it en masse seems a little odd. Is this rep farming? stackoverflow.com/users/3906965/abhishek?tab=activity

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[ SmokeDetector ] Nested quote blocks in body: implicit declaration of function even though i have included the file? by Martin on stackoverflow.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Email in answer: Is there Shape Metrics Toolbox or equivalent for ArcGIS 10? by Vit Paszto on gis.stackexchange.com

Ian Kemp

@WayneConrad it does seem to be a farmer

rene

@WayneConrad I'm rejecting the ones where there is more to fix

Ian Kemp

the same user got this edit approved stackoverflow.com/review/suggested-edits/7931509 when i really don't think it should have been

Wayne Conrad

@rene I'll do the same. Should anything else be done?

rene

1:38 PM

@WayneConrad I tried that before but that flag is still waiting to be processed, I'll leave a comment

sidenote: @Abhisek I'm currently rejecting some of your edits as they don't improve the question enough. Please make sure you only fix posts that need fixing and if you do fix everything. — rene 38 secs ago

Wayne Conrad

Nicely worded.

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[ SmokeDetector ] Email in answer: Is high contrast mode really useful? by Don Higgins on ux.stackexchange.com

Braiam

1:57 PM

@SmokeDetector naa/spam

rene

@WayneConrad If I put myself to it, I can be quite nice

anyway...

@WayneConrad I see Martijn stepped in...

Wayne Conrad

Outstanding

user259867

2:13 PM

> Does everyone else have a “Days Since Catastrophic Outage” sign hanging up nearby, or is that just us? -- Nick Craver at 6:54 AM - 6 May 2015 via Twitter

user259867

> Fresh off our worst outage in years, we’re deploying: 3 massive branches, new load balancers, firewalls, and a proxy. What could go wrong? -- Nick Craver at 5:31 AM - 6 May 2015 via Twitter

Lynn Crumbling

Calling all .net ppl:... Is this NAA? stackoverflow.com/a/13470489/656243

^ Really feels like it.

It's a comment to an answer.

rene

@LynnCrumbling Meh.... it explains what worked for the OP and with the link it is still OK-ish.

Wayne Conrad

@LynnCrumbling It seems like half comment, half not-very-good answer.

Lynn Crumbling

@rene k

Thanks for taking a look at it. (both of you)

rene

2:18 PM

You could set the location of where aps.net should put it's generated assemblies.

bummi

I have two of those candidates too, may I ask?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6378970/the-application-identifier-entitlement-is-not-formatted-correctly-ios-xcode-4/16268860#16268860
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5349425/whats-the-fastest-way-to-loop-through-an-array-in-javascript/30040383#30040383

Lynn Crumbling

@bummi 1) Either NAA, or plagiarism (but I don't think that was their intent.) Flagging NAA.

@bummi 2) NAA

user259867

@LynnCrumbling I'm more concerned that there are 6... or 7 answers there saying "clean temp folder".

user259867

The question should be protected.

Lynn Crumbling

@2mkgz Yeah. There's a lot of redundant answers in there. But there's also a lot of different paths (based on x86 vs x64, whether vs is running as admin, etc). I feel like there should be a CW. Protecting would definitely help.

bummi

2:26 PM

thanks and protected

Lynn Crumbling

Neat.

@bummi Is protecting something that any 10k'er can do on their own, without additional 10kers also concurring?

Braiam

@2mkgz how that would be answered in a Unix-like env: clean the $TMP directory

bummi

@LynnCrumbling single vote

Lynn Crumbling

interesting.

PeterJ

15k though isn't it?

user259867

2:28 PM

> Stack Overflow is now experiencing a DDoS attack. We are working to mitigate. -- StackExchange Status at 7:21 AM - 6 May 2015 via Twitter

user259867

Ugh, something they sorely needed after yesterday's.

Feeds

Stack Overflow is now experiencing a DDoS attack. We are working to mitigate.

Tweeted by StackStatus on May 6, 2015 at 2:21 PM

bummi

@PeterJ yes stackoverflow.com/help/privileges/protect-questions

Lynn Crumbling

Well.. I can't tell. SO's responsive.

PeterJ

Has been a bit average here with a few delays.

SmokeDetector

2:31 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Repeating characters in answer: I am the first on Earth, What am I? by Victoria Wheeler on puzzling.stackexchange.com

Unihedron

@SmokeDetector tpu

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@Unihedron Blacklisted user.

bummi

@Unihedron could be a poor answer letter e with some x to get the 15 ?

Unihedron

@bummi I flagged it as vlq because 1. it's a duplicate of the existing one anyway and 2. it doesn't add a solution, just an attempt that wastes space

durron597

@stackstatus @nick_craver Are you sure it isn't just @jonskeet hitting F5 to make sure he gets the freshest questions?

Tweeted by CrshOverride on May 6, 2015 at 2:22 PM in reply to StackStatus

bummi

2:37 PM

@Unihedron if we assume vlq wouldn't be tpu to hard?

Unihedron

It's per-site, I'm not sorry :)

user259867

> Best way to attract talent? Show off how attractive current employees are. (I’m starting w/ the handsomest.) themuse.com/companies/stackexchange/people/jay … -- Jay Hanlon at 7:18 AM - 6 May 2015 via Twitter

user259867

Notable lack of SREs on that page.

user259867

Or core developers.

Shadow Wizard

@Oded hey, if you got a minute can you please reset this poor soul's name back to what it was?

Shadow Wizard2, Berlin

147 9

He changed the name just to prove a point, and now he's stuck getting all my pings

(in chat)

Unihedron

2:49 PM

LOL

Can't they use the cross-site-name-changing cheat?

PeterJ

Just change your name to 5hadow Wizard

Shadow Wizard

@Unihedron no, they fixed it as part of new design

durron597

@PeterJ 5h4d0w W1z4rd

Unihedron

:P

ProgramFOX

@ShadowWizard Looks like that has been done now.

Shadow Wizard

2:53 PM

@ProgramFOX huh! nice, @Oded :D

Unihedron

You just had to ping them. Since @balpha appeared, I bet they changed their name instead.

Shadow Wizard

not sure who is/are "them"? ^

rene

Stop playing with your socks

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cv-pls math stackoverflow.com/questions/30029410/sqrt-and-decimals

Lynn Crumbling

@Rene you're using up your cv's! :)

rene

@LynnCrumbling Yeah, the questions in triage are going to have a lucky day...

Lynn Crumbling

3:07 PM

@hichris123 @bjb568 Those comments we left on that "is there a shortage of programmers" question are all deleted.

PeterJ

@rene earlier I was looking on MSE to see if a data dump schema was available and your name popped up on a few related questions and answers. I take it there's not an official one available and probably the easiest way is just to use the datatypes from the data explorer?

user259867

@ShadowWizard But the new design isn't everywhere yet. Can one still exploit the bug by changing the name on a site without it?

user259867

@PeterJ The dump has fewer tables than the explorer.

Shadow Wizard

@2mkgz I suspect that if you change your name on a site with old profile design, then change for all sites it would change it back on that site. Not 100% sure though, so try at your own risk. ;)

PeterJ

@2mkgz, but I guess for the common tables the data types would be the same? Just thought it'd save guessing the lengths etc.

Shadow Wizard

3:11 PM

@rene but... but... I love my socks! ;)

rene

@PeterJ beyond this one?

Braiam

@ShadowWizard so says a feet-less shadow :/

rene

@ShadowWizard you have to many anyway...

Andy

\o/ I made the hot network questions list :)

Shadow Wizard

@Andy don't you mean "made it into..."? ;)

ASCIIThenANSI

3:15 PM

@Andy That's awesome! Which question was it?

Shadow Wizard

@Braiam who says I wear the socks on my feet?? :D

Braiam

@ShadowWizard I knew that you wore it in your head D:

Shadow Wizard

@rene prove it! :P

Andy

@ShadowWizard Of course not.

2

silly typos

Shadow Wizard

status-head-too-big

ASCIIThenANSI

3:16 PM

@ShadowWizard Anything can be a hat if you try hard enough.

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Andy

@ASCIIThenANSI This one: scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/89127/…

PeterJ

@rene, found that one just thought there might have been ready-to-go DDL because I'm lazy ;). Anyway might go ahead and write something to do a from scratch SQL schema creation and import in the next week or so.

rene

@ShadowWizard my pleasure

Shadow Wizard

@rene not relevant anymore, I moved to a new place :-D

rene

In that case we need new pictures!

Shadow Wizard

3:18 PM

haha

Braiam

@ShadowWizard so, when you move you throw away all your socks?

that seems a rather weird cabala

rene

@PeterJ Maybe these help

@Braiam No, his socks stayed in the old house, there were to many and that is the reason he now goes bare feet (if it is cold bluefeet)

Shadow Wizard

couldn't answer better, @rene! :D

rene

:)

Shadow Wizard

(:

Braiam

3:27 PM

D:

PeterJ

@rene, thanks after a quick look the c# soddi importer was the sort of thing I had in mind so will check it out further.

rene

You're welcome

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3:42 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: AIR CONDITIONER STARTUP NOISE by BOB on diy.stackexchange.com

rene

@SmokeDetector ignore pending edit

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

Conspicuous Compiler

Did that guy try to fix a coolant/condenser problem by installing a voltage regulator?

rene

@ConspicuousCompiler Looks like it, yeah

In the spirit of DIY...

Conspicuous Compiler

Well, it's not all bad. Maybe his/her house is slightly safer with the back EMF protection.

Braiam

3:56 PM

@ConspicuousCompiler is the sound a "problem"? Most, even new, A/C I've seen had some kind of noise

rene

If it is true that the cluster failed is the correct mitigation to cluster the cluster?

Braiam

probably bad installation

bjb568

@LynnCrumbling Huh…

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[ SmokeDetector ] Email in answer: Can't get my old contacts by ranayaser on android.stackexchange.com

user259867

@SmokeDetector naa

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4:11 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Nested quote blocks in body: If you tell this to him, he will understand what you "say" or "said"?? tense shift by vincentlin on english.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Nested quote blocks in body: Coding Graphics and KeyListener in java by Jayesh Khullar on stackoverflow.com

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4:28 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Nested quote blocks in body: Complex Number Math by Avik on math.stackexchange.com

user259867

4:59 PM

@SmokeDetector fp edited

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@2mkgz Registered question as false positive and added title to Bayesian doctype 'good'.

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5:25 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Repeating characters in answer: What is the difference between "that's odd", "that' s weird", and "that's strange"? by HJGHSJD AS on english.stackexchange.com

Lynn Crumbling

@SmokeDetector tpu NAA

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@LynnCrumbling Blacklisted user.

tchrist

@2mkgz Doubtless rage-retaliation against the spambusters. "Let us spam or we will annihilate you!"

Mooseman

5:40 PM

uh oh

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[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive answer detected: Command not found -> did you mean -> Yes! by devnall on askubuntu.com

Mooseman

@SmokeDetector ignore

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

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: Increase The Muscle Size And Growth by Jection Ritz on drupal.stackexchange.com

Mooseman

@SmokeDetector tpu

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

Mooseman

5:49 PM

@Unihedron Just got my first ascension in swarm sim :D

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6:09 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Repeating characters in body: Lower bound on block-matrix by UserSN on math.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: MENCIUS QUOTE CITATION HELPHELPHELPHELP by Jacob Wakem on philosophy.stackexchange.com

bjb568

@Mooseman did that a couple days ago

Undo

This doesn't happen to have anything to do with homework, does it? — Undo 22 secs ago

Yes, I need it for my essay. It is urgent. — Jacob Wakem 20 secs ago

lol

Poor guy.

Braiam

what the...

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[ SmokeDetector ] Blacklisted website: How can I recover encrypted files after system reinstallation by Robert on security.stackexchange.com

Braiam

funny thing... is a dupe, I had answered....

Lynn Crumbling

6:25 PM

@SmokeDetector This looks like spam from 2011. Thoughts?

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[ SmokeDetector ] Repeating characters in answer: What is the best word to describe an "object of importance" without inquiring about its past? (i.e. not memento) by user120708 on english.stackexchange.com

Lynn Crumbling

@SmokeDetector tpu NAA

SmokeDetector

@LynnCrumbling Blacklisted user.

Braiam

@LynnCrumbling "How can I recover encrypted files after system reinstallation" !== how to recover deleted files

so, yea, spam

Lynn Crumbling

@SmokeDetector tpu spam from 2011

SmokeDetector

6:26 PM

@LynnCrumbling Blacklisted user.

Braiam

spam security.stackexchange.com/a/9521/27973

rene

6:57 PM

Does anybody know if it is by design that the same audit is given to two users at nearly the same moment?

Braiam

@rene the same audit task (/review/queue/id), no, it shouldn't. The same audit different task, yeah, maybe....

rene

Ok, we just had one on the CVQ during the close vote event

@Braiam the review tasks are locked for certain amount of time

You would expect the same for review audits

Is this also true for audits? Looks like two of us got the same audit at the same moment. This was in the CVQ... — rene 1 min ago

Braiam

@rene was the same tasks? that's weird....

rene

Yeah, but I guess the strict filter we used and the low number of tasks left might have played a role

This was the audit btw and @gunr2171 got exactly the same one.

Lynn Crumbling

NAA stackoverflow.com/a/30046120/656243

Mooseman

7:13 PM

@SmokeDetector fp

SmokeDetector

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

Lynn Crumbling

:3408300 TeX Needs formatted

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[ SmokeDetector ] Email in answer: Setting encode type in Excel Reader of FME? by Candace on gis.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Url in title: DevDemon Channel Videos is now returning youtube.com/devicesupport by Vaughn D. Taylor on expressionengine.stackexchange.com

Unihedron

7:35 PM

@Mooseman @bjb568 Very nice! :D

hichris123

7:53 PM

> In this talk, we introduce Voice Access, a service that gives anyone access to their Android device through voice alone.

Huh, interesting.

lol there was a DDoS?

@xxdesmus yeah, it was hacked WordPress instances this time around - wish the Railgun CPU issue was fixed at the moment :)

Tweeted by Nick_Craver on May 6, 2015 at 3:52 PM in reply to xxdesmus

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[ SmokeDetector ] Blacklisted website: Hiding "speaker gallery" in Skype For Business? by Da Rajib on superuser.com

bummi

looks like one of the persistent ones :/ stackexchange.com/users/5884711/da-rajib?tab=accounts

bjb568

8:44 PM

Strangest Time Zones of the World

►

ASCIIThenANSI

9:31 PM

@bjb568 Just the cover is enough to make me cringe.

Aaaand Daylight Savings Time makes it worse.

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[ SmokeDetector ] Repeating characters in title: What is life? Is ball life? whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaatttttttttttttttttttttttttt by Robert Zamboni on stackoverflow.com

Jan Dvorak

abusive, right?

gone, helpful

Braiam

9:47 PM

WTF? a search on google shows youtube in the top...

Jan Dvorak

inb4 "google self-promotion is bad"

Braiam

damn, I meant that I searched "you" on google, and it presented me "youtube" as first and second result

Jan Dvorak

I only got "youtube" as the first one

... and the rest are services I've never heard of and a song lyrics page

Braiam

@JanDvorak ... which in turn promotes youtube

cybermonkey

Did I answer this question right? The OP stopped responding to my questions... stackoverflow.com/questions/30082042/…

bjb568

10:01 PM

@JanDvorak DDG does that too.

cybermonkey

@SmokeDetector tpu

SmokeDetector

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

Jan Dvorak

@cybermonkey closeworthy?

cybermonkey

@JanDvorak I'd say so, in my opinion it's too broad and the OP hasn't provided enough information.

also

cv-pls: stackoverflow.com/questions/29785836/menu-problems-with-height

hichris123

10:29 PM

I thought this week couldn't have any more surprises. Then one of our major hosting providers announces sunset.

Tweeted by Nick_Craver on May 6, 2015 at 9:40 PM

user259867

10:39 PM

@Nick_Craver https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-diB65scQU … I”m going to go curl in a corner now

Tweeted by GABeech on May 6, 2015 at 10:06 PM in reply to Nick_Craver

hichris123

... when was your name changed again, @Yes?

Undo

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Q: Burninate [live]

We apparently have a live (x1221) tag. This seems to mean that either: Something is happening in real-time Something about a Microsoft API jQuery's .live() Live (auto-updating) search. A random sampling of questions from the first page: Broadcasting live video on Facebook Live search with A...

discussion tags burninate-request

user259867

@hichris123 After @ShadowWizard said this. I tested; no problem changing the name on a beta (new profile design and all).

Undo

@ShadowWizard Really? Darn.

user259867

@Undo My name change is a counterexample.

hichris123

10:43 PM

ah, I see.

This week in one convenient image. http://t.co/QUZsxhBPZY

Tweeted by aalear on May 6, 2015 at 10:00 PM

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Conspicuous Compiler

Did somebody cut out the story from the left side of the front page? Now I don't even know how awful things are because of this additional awful thing!

Braiam

> It’s there and ─── it’s coming!

Yes, that must be it. Have you noticed that people get really irritated when you invite yourself into their houses and crap on their carpets? They're so stuck up, with their guidelines about using the toilet. — jonrsharpe 2 mins ago

Jan Dvorak

Ridiculous. I thought America was the land of ~~freedom~~ anyone-can-do-anything?

@Braiam cv-pls unclear?

downvoted for calling us hungry hyenas.

Braiam

@JanDvorak I didn't want to take away the freedom of everyone in the room to chose not to close the question

Jan Dvorak

Don't worry. We don't need freedom without consequences, just some guidelines

user259867

10:57 PM

Closed now, deletable by 20K users if any are around.

Jan Dvorak