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Oh Tom.
This requires too much brain power.
 
And SWRs too little. :)
 
ERR_PARSE_FAILED
 
heh
 
sips coffee
 
2:02 PM
What, don’t you know Jabberwocky? :)
 
Maybe later.
 
@tchrist Haa, so those words exist on Earth too.
 
’Twas brillig, . . .
 
...The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!....
 
stackoverflow. dluat
someting fishy?
 
2:04 PM
Just another scraper?
 
I prefer Dickinson... "I’m Nobody! Who are you? Are you – Nobody – too?"
 
IIRC that scraper came up on Meta once.
 
Is there anything I can/should do about it?
 
@DroidDev The CSS is horrible.
 
@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M haha, "The horrible scraper"
 
2:05 PM
@DroidDev stackoverflow.com/contact to report
 
@DroidDev That actually might be a scraper of a scraper
 
@DroidDev Search for "scrapers" on meta, and write an answer to that question.
 
2
Q: What is stackoverflow.xluat.com, and is it a dodgy fake site?

Marco PrinsSo I found this site http://stackoverflow.xluat.com/ Does it have anything to do with the StackExchange company? Or is it a phoney hoaxy type of thing. And if it is, how do they get away with using the same name?

Almost the same
 
@bjb568 To make the spelling and grammar perfect, check the edit summary :D
 
So they have changed the domain name at least once. O.o
 
2:06 PM
@bjb568 Y U ROLLBACK?
 
yup, reporting to stackoverflow.com/contact
 
You might also include that in your report @Dro.
 
@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M umm...include what?
sorry, I am kind of in-between windows
shifting
 
@InfiniteRecursion It's a valid alternate spelling, and it's how all my posts are.
 
I think I'll report later, if someone can, please go ahead
 
2:08 PM
'morning Inf
 
@DroidDev They're changing their domain names to escape from the blacklist. The SE team should do some IP voodoo or something.
 
@LynnCrumbling Morning :)
@bjb568 Ur spelling is wrong. Fix it!
 
No!
saying ugh all the time is wrong
 
It's a CW, I will feel free to edit it :P
 
no, it's still my baby!
 
2:10 PM
@bjb568 Quack!
 
@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M ok, I am reporting. Thanks for the input :)
 
@bjb568 No wonder your are so good at parenting :D
2
 
status-done
 
But yay! It's over.
 
@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M actually, if searching actual content was a bit more difficult than removing dualt, I wouldn't have done it right now. As I said, in-between windows(and desktops). On the other note, hey! I've upvoted that question and answer. Never remember doing that :/
 
2:16 PM
 
2:27 PM
:p
 
@SmokeDetector tpu- spam
 
THE BAMWAR IS BACK
TIME FOR MOD NUKES!!!!
 
2:28 PM
What is Bamwar anyway?
sd tpu-
 
@balpha seems like Bamwar is attacking more sites now
@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M Dunno
The last time they attacked apple.SE, half the tavern was out of flags
WATCH OUT:
 
Is the background on the "Ten. Million. Questions" banner new? Because I just confused it for dust on my screen
 
Yep
Its some atom?
 
-1
Q: Your question couldn't be submitted. Please see the error above

awsedgYour question couldn't be submitted. Please see the error above.

 
2:33 PM
? Indeed.
 
Tempura Shrimps on the right, raw agrodolce duck on the left. Luckily for the duck, ponies are vegetarian
 
Commented
Ummmmmm what are you asking? — Uniforms For Sale 27 secs ago
And flagged
 
Are the "m"s necessary?
 
What a lovely site. Three of the five first questions aren't worth s*it.
 
2:36 PM
 
@tchrist ... I had to dust off my donkey-killer
 
@Braiam Good for you; my own mataburros refused to do its job.
 
btw, where the heck are those defined?
 
[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: NETEZZA BACKUP AND RESTORE by SAIPRASAD on stackoverflow.com
 
Most are in the OED; a few are not but easily locatable. One is a google whack.
Of course, to discover which are not google whacks, you have to check them all for that property, thereby solving the other problem. :)
 
2:40 PM
"cryptonescient" was the first one that I look for, and google returned me crypto-science
 
user259867
@KevinBrown As new as the banner itself. Also on Meta: "Ten. Million. Questions." message looks dirty by cubuspl42 on meta.stackoverflow.com
 
Wow
@NormalHuman looks like @SmokeDetector
 
@Braiam Look for crypto- and nescient. That’s the whacker, of course.
 
@tchrist yeah, I suspected that it was a construction rather than single-word
 
“Today’s Feechered Site is ELU” — o frabjous boy! What have we done to deserve this singular honor?
 
2:44 PM
@NormalHuman I guess I just didn't see it earlier, or I just ignored it
 
@tchrist Feecherosity.
 
@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M Where Sim City meets Planet of the Apes.
 
there should be spanish equivalents...
 
To which thing? The troglodyte matter or the sesquipedaliana?
Almost all the latter are of Latin or at least Greek extraction, so should be easily turned into cognate forms. Although you’d have to find something more exotic than farol.
5
A: "�" causes a problem on opening question with cyrillics (с кириллицей)

Marc GravellThere are some unicode cobinations that IIS just hates and refuses to play with no matter how much you %-encode them. You seem to have found another one! Congrats. This will be fixed in the next build.

 
[ SmokeDetector ] Pattern-matching website in answer: Recover pictures from damaged phone by Kemolly on apple.stackexchange.com
 
2:58 PM
@tchrist for all that is good and correct in the universe... I can't open that question!
 
@SmokeDetector tpu- I'm going to call that spam
 
user259867
Yes, it is. Text written without awareness of the question.
 
This question opens in the mobile android app, but not on the mobile theme in a browser — Andy yesterday
Yep, it sure does. Please don't put that back into the title while I fix it! I've edited at the database level to make this question available. — Marc Gravell ♦ 42 mins ago
@Braiam Yeah, that’s the stumper. I can finally open it today.
 
[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title: It's a greatly modern anti aging by uasontsrra on drupal.stackexchange.com
[ SmokeDetector ] Email in answer: How to add a photo using the res class? by hefce on tex.stackexchange.com
 
@SmokeDetector ignore- needs edit
 
user259867
3:11 PM
edit suggested
 
@NormalHuman Thanks for your help this morning (or whatever timezone you are in ...) I'm hopeful about getting meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/302903/… revived now (only one more reopen vote required!)
 
user259867
3:34 PM
> DUH! If only we'd thought of a simple legal agreement where the content was placed in escrow! Thanks, Hacker News! :/ pic.twitter.com/1oVPXRonne -- Jason Punyon at 4:57 AM - 24 Aug 2015 via Twitter
 
user259867
 
user259867
Is this Google Hangout chat? Unclear why the icons are all default ones.
 
Looks like the sidebar comments in Google Drive
 
user259867
I see; "Marked as resolved" is a system message when someone checks a box.
 
user259867
I had ... maybe 1? occasion to use comments in Drive. Wouldn't mind using it more, but it seems nearly everyone else still wants to email drafts back and forth.
 
user259867
3:43 PM
/has a flashback to the one time he sort-of convinced a committee to use Google Wave/
 
ROFL
Err hi Github?
> 23:47 SGT
Minor service outage.
Makes sense
 
Either someone forgot to reset the status or GitHub has been having trouble all week
 
You know, if github had an error system, I would have reported that long time ago, and get some cash
Github gives cash for reports like that
 
4:17 PM
[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: Bodybuilding Workout Programs To Build Muscle by ashleedouglas on drupal.stackexchange.com
[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: Best weight loss product by user32578 on money.stackexchange.com
[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: Bodybuilding Workout Programs To Build Muscle by ashleedouglas on academia.stackexchange.com
 
sd 3tpu-
 
Poor spammers
They never realise a mob is here, waiting to mob delete spam
 
[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: Bodybuilding Workout Programs To Build Muscle by ashleedouglas on ham.stackexchange.com
 
@SmokeDetector tp-
 
[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: Bodybuilding Workout Programs To Build Muscle by ashleedouglas on android.stackexchange.com
 
4:22 PM
Shutup spammers. I don't take Liquor
 
[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: Bodybuilding Workout Programs To Build Muscle by ashleedouglas on anime.stackexchange.com
 
Ugggg
MOD TIME
Nevermind
 
sd 2tpu-
 
Cool!
Just found a way to do paintbrushes
 
@UniformsForSale Using paintbrushes?
 
4:30 PM
In HTML5 canvas
 
Aha. Thumbs up
 
[ SmokeDetector ] Pattern-matching website in answer: How to recover deleted voice memos from iphone 6 by kemolly on apple.stackexchange.com
[ SmokeDetector ] Blacklisted website in body: Patterns! In this period of current science by treum229 on askubuntu.com
 
Chemistry!
 
Blech
There are just those times you wished you didn't waste rep on that bounty
 
DUH
lass Bike
 
@SmokeDetector tpu- reported last post as spam, this one shows a pattern
 
I fell asleep writing that answer
 
@UniformsForSale You worked really, really hard answering an obvious dupe.
Sorry about that.
 
NoOOooo
Nevermind
Took me only 3 minutes to write that
Since I have Eclipse up and everything
 
4:53 PM
@UniformsForSale Ah, I didn't read carefully, it just looked long.
 
Proceeds with clean up operation -- clear up junk from writing answer
@durron597 cant
Thats in the dupe
 
@UniformsForSale What can't you?
 
@durron597 The dupe target has an error
Just tossed it in:
 
@UniformsForSale approved, needs 2 others
 
one more needed
 
5:00 PM
"understand that why"?
It should be "understand why we can't".
 
Whoops
Updated now
 
Over 6000 rep and then pointing a comment as an answer. I'm surprised.
 
don't be...
 
reason for naa:
it's adding to the other answer, but doesn't actually provide (or attempt to) answer the question itself
 
I've seen moderators knowing that they are answering off topic questions, answer anyways...
 
actually, the whole question could be closed..
 
5:14 PM
It already is On Hold now.
 
question's just been closed. hell, that was fast
 
@cybermonkey That's the power of the SOCVR room :)
Personally I think it's too risky of a flag. It might work, might not. When I have doubt, I don't flag.
 
nah, once flagged I just go trough the LQRQ and pile "recommend delete"
 
huh
First, i tought it was the correct answer, second "deal with it ~emoticon~" — Marcos Vasconcelos 2 mins ago
 
user259867
@Braiam I don't think you can review a post you have flagged.
 
5:52 PM
[ SmokeDetector ] Pattern-matching website in title, url in title: http://deal4supplements.com/prolongz/ by almpeker kinr on drupal.stackexchange.com
 
@SmokeDetector tpu-
 
[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: TETET?GAGA HABABAXXDE by spain on stackoverflow.com
 
@SmokeDetector rolled back
 
6:20 PM
[ SmokeDetector ] Link at end of body: Speculation of doxxing by microsoft by Brewmaster on superuser.com
 
@SmokeDetector fp
 
@KevinBrown Registered question as false positive and added title to Bayesian doctype 'good'.
 
user259867
@SmokeDetector ignore-
 
user259867
6:52 PM
@SmokeDetector fp- weight loss
 
7:05 PM
[ SmokeDetector ] Email in body: where did they get my gmail address? by a deleted user on security.stackexchange.com
 
user259867
@SmokeDetector ignore-
 
user259867
7:23 PM
Engineering team meeting:
 
user259867
> OH "Let's start with @Nick_Craver, let's start with the clusterf**k" -- Marco Cecconi at 12:04 PM - 24 Aug 2015 via Twitter
 
user259867
Hardware Recommendations reached 100% commitment. Will they be launched tomorrow, on Beta Launch Tuesday? Stay tuned...
 
[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: SUGGESTION FOR TECHNLOGY by IBgroup on stackoverflow.com
 
user259867
@SmokeDetector OT for many reasons.
 
0
A: 10 Million Questions - Let's Share Some Stories That the Number Doesn't Convey

cybermonkeyDetecting an SSD in Windows I had asked this question as I found a way to optimize the server load on a gameserver, but this depended on whether the drive was fast enough (an SSD or faster equivalent). I thought I had it sorted; I had all the code in place, bar the ability to detect an SSD. Ins...

anyone else posted an answer on this 'question'?
 
7:39 PM
4
A: 10 Million Questions - Let's Share Some Stories That the Number Doesn't Convey

Kevin BrownHow can I make a chain of function decorators in Python? Specifically, the second answer who I'm going to give the credit to e-satis because the system is crediting 77% of the answer to them. e-satis has provided a few highly upvoted python answers, which is probably why a co-worker first descr...

 
this whole award thing must be costing SE quite a few $$$
 
user259867
AstroCB has an answer there, too. And durron597. And Andy. And Patrick Hofman.
 
There are 116 answers so far, they're probably just getting rid of old swag stock piles
 
user259867
Also Tiny Giant, rounding off the list of regular Taverners answering that.
 
user259867
Shockingly, no rant from bjb yet.
 
7:45 PM
I wonder if SE will pay shipping for international, probably will.
because shipping all that stuff to me would cost quite a lot I'd imagine
 
user259867
They will. Sending gifts with postage due on delivery would be kind of strange.
 
true
 
@SmokeDetector why
 
user259867
@SmokeDetector del already edited
 
user259867
@SmokeDetector del
 
user259867
7:55 PM
Shog's inbox has just 1 unread notification... disappointing. I wonder who has the most. Probably some user who was very active in the past but then quit cold turkey. I know one such legendary user on Math; who would be a good candidate on SO?
 
user259867
It has to be someone who quit the network, not just a particular site, since the inbox is global.
 
I can think of someone.
Previously a mod.
@NormalHuman ^
 
user259867
Yeah, but... an unpleasant story, I won't go there.
 
Exactly.
 
user259867
Come to think of it, Smokey should be the winner. He gets a notification for each response.
 
8:03 PM
Haha
 
@NormalHuman I think someone mentioned that they periodically go in and reset Smokey's inbox
 
Smokey would make a pretty good mod though :-)
 
user259867
Someone would have to be Undo, right?
 
user259867
{action: "4606062-topbar", data: "{"Inbox":{"UnreadInboxCount":9746}}"}
 
user259867
We have a winner. (Smokey's inbox ^)
 
user259867
8:05 PM
Is there a prize for 10,000 unread notifications?
 
user259867
Magento primary voting has just begun. 13 candidates, a record for a beta I think. Code Review had 12.
 
user259867
Many strong candidates, too.
 
user259867
@SmokeDetector fp-
 
8:20 PM
[ SmokeDetector ] Email in body: Soap web services by user123601 on android.stackexchange.com
 
user259867
@SmokeDetector ignore- hopelessly OT.
 
Ugh. I wonder if they were banned from SO.
 
@SmokeDetector delete
I quite like the redesign of AE.SE
 
[ SmokeDetector ] Repeating words in body: Trash before string by Coffeeman on stackoverflow.com
 
user259867
 
8:34 PM
@SmokeDetector why
 
@S.L.Barth There is no why data for that post (anymore).
 
user259867
There is no why data for "repeated", ever. It's not a regex.
 
user259867
It's still reasonable to ask why people think that padding their code block with random text is a good idea. They will probably complain later than SO voters are mean...
 
[ SmokeDetector ] Email in answer: where did they get my Gmail address? by user618 on security.stackexchange.com
 
Probably to get past the quality filter.
 
user259867
8:35 PM
@SmokeDetector naa.
 
@SmokeDetector fp- black magic
 
user259867
Yes, of course they put something because of the quality filter. But the decision to put gibberish, instead of reconsidering the way they ask, is theirs...
 
The answer is in there: it wasn't the website that got the info, it was the Google Drive pane.
 
@S.L.Barth no, it's the OP of the question attempting to reply to comments on their question...
 
8:41 PM
"black magic" was introduced in this commit, but how many tps do we get for all the fps?
 
user259867
Let's try to detect it only if near the beginning of a post (actual spam would have it early). ^.{0,200}black magic
 
user259867
In real posts it's usually at the end, when the user summarizes their impression of the technology.
 
user259867
Position 484-495 in the most recent fp.
 
@cybermonkey Some of it should be comments or edits to the question. But the answer is hidden inside it.
 
@S.L.Barth read the comments on their question, and then re-read, all the answer is doing is replying to the comments
 
user259867
8:47 PM
If SE developers answered questions within 10 minutes, like Tim Stone does...
 
@cybermonkey Let's agree to disagree.
 
@S.L.Barth I disagree
 
I agree with that :-)
 
The whole Stack Exchange platform is based on Windows and MSSQL; those functions do not exist in MSSQL. Still, as SEDE does not directly execute queries, it should be possible to 'emulate' that functionality. — cybermonkey 27 secs ago
damnit
but then, anyone in the know of how the SE platform works would be able to answer the initial question
ok, thank you for responding. PS I really liked your moderator stats page for the elections... and your avatar. :) — David 2 mins ago
anyone else got a 100% 'helpful' flag stat on any SE site where they are active?
 
What do you mean by "active"?
I have 2.5k rep on Code Golf and a 100% helpful stat there (sure, it might be four flags)
 
8:59 PM
All my flags on Android.SE were helpful so far, but I have 2 pending.
 
Moderate rep, participating often in comments, answers, and questions.
 
Not very active on Android.SE - and the flags mostly came via Smokey. So that doesn't really count.
 
user259867
Grab some popcorn, Server Fault election has begun.
3
 
user259867
> Oh yeah? Well I've been unbanned for two years. Vote for me! -- Doorknob
2
 
user259867
(It doesn't seem possible to quote comments under nominations in the usual way).
 
9:03 PM
> why would you want to moderate a turd, even if it can be polished? - Thomas Owens
 
I wonder if the world will explode if (when) Jon Skeet reaches 1m rep...
 
Did SF not have mod elections after HopelessN00b stepped down then?
 
user259867
@S.L.Barth "stepped down" isn't quite the right word. This one is the election after that; better to have it after some of the heat subsided.
 
I see. Seems wise.
 
user259867
:3873777 fp- black magic (yeah... I know) This one was right at the edge of the 200 char limit.
 
user259867
9:11 PM
In analogy with Beta Launch Tuesday, Monday has become Election Start Monday. They begin on Monday 20:00 UTC and end two weeks later on Tuesday at 20:00 UTC.
 
user259867
This week we have a doubleheader: ELL election also began today.
 
@NormalHuman yes, but after someone else does ;)
 
Hmmm.... this is a request for off-site resources, but not one for resources that will be outdated quickly: security.stackexchange.com/q/97698/5405
 
@S.L.Barth did it work?? :)
 
user259867
Joel's blog post announcing SE 2.0 is a pretty important one... it links to SE blog for details, but the link is brokent.
 
9:25 PM
@ᔕᖺᘎᕊ Well, diamond mod schroeder seems to have answered it in the comments now.
 
@S.L.Barth schroeder?
 
@ᔕᖺᘎᕊ Their latest addition to the mod team, winner of the recent election there.
 
user259867
I don't suppose someone could go in and fix the link in Joel's retired blog... Also, I'm going to pretend that "brokent" is a little-known verb tense in English.
 
@S.L.Barth that's a mod on Information Security... I think you've got me mixed up with someone else...?
 
user259867
@ᔕᖺᘎᕊ Your "did it work??" messages referred to... ?
 
9:28 PM
cc@S.L.Barth ^^
 
Ah, now I see where the confusion comes from.
 
[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive answer detected, repeating characters in answer: Is teleporting possible? by What an AssHole on gaming.stackexchange.com
 
user259867
Well this isn't what chat indicates.
 
@S.L.Barth lol what?
 
user259867
@SmokeDetector tpu-
 
9:29 PM
I thought you were referring to my comment about a question on Information Security.
 
@S.L.Barth LOL
no... I thought you'd remember me... ;P
 
I do, but I have other things on my mind as well.
 
@NormalHuman yeah.. I thought he'd remember what I meant
 
Well, posting on Apple.SE certainly helped, but I didn't get it solved last Friday.
 
@S.L.Barth lol I understand...
 
9:30 PM
I'm having some time off now, so I won't get back to it until Monday.
 
@S.L.Barth oh - well I guess good for you - a holiday! ;)
 
@ᔕᖺᘎᕊ Quite happy with it!
Apple SE has been a very positive experience.
 
user259867
> OH: "I don't want our team page to look like Geocities threw up all over it!" @aalear -- David Haney at 1:06 PM - 24 Aug 2015 via Twitter
 
user259867
I take it the silly GIFs are not coming back.
 
user259867
9:53 PM
> Added STUFF and also removed STUFF meta.magento.stackexchange.com/posts/637/revisions
 
user259867
Grace Note's revision summaries read like commit messages in late stages of development.
 
user259867
10:07 PM
When I tweet a post on a per-site Meta, the expanded tweet has a large icon: example. But when it's on Meta.SE, there is no icon. Why?
 
[ SmokeDetector ] Pattern-matching website in body: Can't Find Maintenance.flag by user3704920 on magento.stackexchange.com
 
user259867
@SmokeDetector ignore- a wannabe peddler of supplements can't get the site up.
 
@NormalHuman different layout?
 
user259867
The markup is identical. The only difference I see is that Meta.SE uses relative links to resources, because it does not involve CDN.
 
user259867
Maybe expanded tweets can't handle relative links to primaryImageOfPage
 
10:19 PM
so, time for science?
 
user259867
Yes, looks like this is a known issue with how Twitter cards treat image URLs: "All examples I've seen always use absolute url and Twitter validation tool fails on relative one." github.com/getnikola/nikola/issues/1488
 
user259867
Since this is just a meta tag, not a requested resource, changing to an absolute URL would make perfect sense.
 
user259867
<meta property="og:image" itemprop="image primaryImageOfPage" content="http://meta.stackexchange.com/content/stackexchangemeta/img/apple-touch‌​-icon@2.png? .... " />
 
user259867
Hm... since nicael isn't posting about such things anymore, maybe I should.
 
I'm not sure, if the spec doesn't say that relatives aren't allowed, maybe twitter should fix their stuff?
 
user259867
10:33 PM
@Braiam Open graph can resolve relative url? by ebattulga on stackoverflow.com
 
user259867
10:47 PM
Posted... "Oh noes, tweets with links to Meta.SE don't have the site icon!"
 
user259867
11:31 PM
@SmokeDetector fp-
 
user259867
> @sassiestone @haneycodes moar chops, this time from @snakeriverfarms - probably the best I've ever had #humblebrag pic.twitter.com/U1edE56pik -- Jarrod Dixon at 3:59 PM - 24 Aug 2015 via Twitter
 
user259867
Food fight update ^
 
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