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With 180k rep one has 100 flags/day even without prior helpful flags. One can get Marshal in five days, assuming you begin the first day by posting 12000 accepted answers.

bjb568

I don't get why accepts are a thing, less so an exception to the rep cap

tchrist

8:39 PM

More of a vote cap.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@NormalHuman Totally possible.

@bjb568 IIRC they said they have "vote cap" in mind, but to stop it from being overly confusing, they call it rep-cap.

Then again, it's confusing enough.

tchrist

The fundamental idea is to cap the daily rep you can gain through upvotes.

It affects nothing else.

Braiam

so you can dream of ever reaching Jon... someday

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Can you guys tell me if you're seeing an "oops" when clicking on the "Questions" tab?

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Q: I'm getting a big "oops" when clicking on the questions tab

Oddly enough, I'm only getting this when I click on the "questions" tab. I can open links to questions, go to "tags" page, successfully reach the home page by clicking on the logo etc. I'm using Chrome version 44.0.2403.157 m, Win8 OS. (Reproduced on Firefox 39.0)

No repro, IE 6. — Won't 16 secs ago

Hee, so they're secretly optimizing for IE?

hichris123

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M nope. Do you have the new nav?

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

8:47 PM

No, it's the old nav.

hichris123

huh.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Hmm, my network tag in dev tools says "internal server error".

Braiam

yeah, it returns a http 500 error message along with the personalized oops page

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@Braiam Repro?

Braiam

no, I'm just pointing why you get that message on the dev tools

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

8:55 PM

Well, I dunno how much detail Won't wants, since I'm the only one that's not a programmer here.

But I think the 500 error message is enough?

user259867

9:08 PM

"the only one that's not a programmer" isn't true... There are others: Braiam studies economics, I teach math, bjb licks fur.

tchrist

What is a programmer?

CRABOLO

someone who programs

tchrist

In what faculty?

How much, how often, how well?

Someone with a doctorate in the computing sciences?

But who drives taxi?

Braiam

Shog

tchrist

Somewhat who sets up their video-recording box?

CRABOLO

9:11 PM

>0, >0, NAN

tchrist

I didn’t realize Shog drove taxi.

Braiam

shhh!

tchrist

I do know this long-haired sort with a Masters in philosophy who drives taxi.

That might be him.

user259867

Does typing "integrate sin(x) from 0 to pi" into Wolfram Alpha count as programming?

tchrist

Yes.

Programmer is considered pejorative in our modern age. You should refer to such individuals as persons who program.

user259867

9:15 PM

I hear persons who code is en vogue.

bjb568

@NormalHuman 2

user259867

Good job, computer.

Braiam

bjb568

One of the things I needed to memorize for calc.

user259867

Boo. Why memorize it? It's cos(0)-cos(pi) = 1-(-1).

3

CRABOLO

9:17 PM

@Braiam oh gosh, scary, climb in the back seat, "can you take me to 5th street and main" , looks over shoulder "what have you tried so far?" "this isn't just a cab that will drive you to your destination without you attempting to get there yourself" "blah blah blah"

user259867

I don't think Shog was ever a proponent of WHYT.

bjb568

@NormalHuman I know, but we used it a lot when doing the "what is an integral?" chapters

net change! area! infinite sum!

user259867

If it something that you naturally remember after computing it a bunch of times, that's different.

bjb568

well, teacher said it was 2, then we just kept using it so I didn't need to ever compute it.

He then showed us why later when we learned actual antidirivitives.

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M Accept is a vote, just a strange special one that shouldn't exist

tchrist

9:34 PM

@bjb568 No, it is not.

It does not contribute to the vote total.

Thus it is not a vote.

user259867

Votes to delete don't contribute to vote total, either.

tchrist

They contribute to the total votes to delete, eh?

user259867

Going by the database structure, the following are Votes: accept, upvote, downvote, offensive, favorite, start bounty, award bounty, delete, undelete, spam, mod-review, approve a suggested edit.

user259867

Meanwhile, votes to close and reopen are flags.

Jon Ericson

@NormalHuman At one point, all flags were votes.

SmokeDetector

9:40 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive answer detected: Charge distribution on conductors? by mother fucker on physics.stackexchange.com

Jon Ericson

It's a relational database, not a rational one. ;-)

tchrist

A Start Bounty vote. Go figger.

user259867

@SmokeDetector voted abusive

user259867

There are 8 types of posts: Question, Answer, Wiki, TagWikiExcerpt, TagWiki, ModeratorNomination, WikiPlaceholder, and PrivilegeWiki.

user259867

Let's see how many are in actual use...

user259867

9:48 PM

All are. On Stack Overflow, there are
10030251 Questions
16586196 Answers
167 Wikis (?)
36312 Tag Wiki Excerpts
36311 Tag Wikis (hm, off by one)
237 Moderator Nominations
4 Wiki Placeholders (??)
2 Privilege Wikis (???)

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: FROM SQL QUERY TO LINQ by N'oel C'alero on stackoverflow.com

bjb568

Maybe something in the help center?

user259867

@bjb568 Sort of... data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflow/query/355460/…

user259867

LastEditorUserId = Oded

user259867

Wiki Placeholder = editable bits of the Tour.

user259867

9:57 PM

For example,

<p><strong>Stack Overflow</strong> is a question and answer site for professional and enthusiast programmers. It's built and run <em>by you</em> as part of the <a href="http://stackexchange.com">Stack Exchange</a> network of Q&amp;A sites. With your help, we're working together to build a library of detailed answers to every question about programming.</p>

user259867

Wiki (typeId=3) is an old kind of tag wiki, not used since 2011.

user259867

Just got this from Blogger interface:

user259867

> European Union laws require you to give European Union visitors information about cookies used on your blog. In many cases, these laws also require you to obtain consent.
As a courtesy, we have added a notice on your blog to explain Google's use of certain Blogger and Google cookies, including use of Google Analytics and AdSense cookies.
You are responsible for confirming this notice actually works for your blog, and that it displays.

CRABOLO

if anyone wants to read a tldr meta.stackexchange.com/questions/261817/…

user259867

HackOverflow reached the commitment stage, and is at 45% commitment already.

user259867

10:11 PM

Sorry, you lost me at "Create ... review queue"

user259867

I'm anti-queueing in general, with some queues tolerated as necessary evil.

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Few unique characters in answer: Angular JS in factory can i access $scope? by dsdsd on stackoverflow.com

user259867

sd sd sd dsdsd tpu-

CRABOLO

@NormalHuman good thing there's a part about making it so you can easily search for these obsolete questions after they exit the queue!

oh btw, this is spam meta.stackexchange.com/a/264280/244519 , pretty sure very failed bad spam attempt, since there was suggested edit attempt of the same kinda thing that was obviously spam

user259867

@SmokeDetector fp- weight loss

CRABOLO

10:28 PM

> Ikitelli Ikitelli emergency locksmith services Locksmith safe car door lock switch closest to the core services we provide to change 7/24

this spam still there webapps.stackexchange.com/a/82818

user259867

10:53 PM

@SmokeDetector fp-

user259867

Is there an online pronouncer of Chinese names?

user259867