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user202362

12:07 AM

This must be a great hour in any universe ~_~

[ SmokeDetector ] Pattern-matching website in answer: Is orange juice (or vitamin C) a stimulant? by uneric1 on parenting.stackexchange.com

DragonLord the Fiery

12:46 AM

sd why

SmokeDetector

@DragonLordtheFiery I don't have any messages posted after the latest reboot.

DragonLord the Fiery

Why is SmokeDetector constantly rebooting?

tchrist

@SmokeDetector why

SmokeDetector

@tchrist There is no why data for that post (anymore).

tchrist

Dumbot.

DragonLord the Fiery

12:50 AM

!!/errorlogs 20

SmokeDetector

  File "/home/smokey/SmokeDetector/ChatExchange/chatexchange/messages.py", line 32, in scrape_history
    data = self._client._br.get_history(self.id)

  File "/home/smokey/SmokeDetector/ChatExchange/chatexchange/browser.py", line 318, in get_history
    'messages/%s/history' % (message_id,))

  File "/home/smokey/SmokeDetector/ChatExchange/chatexchange/browser.py", line 110, in get_soup
    response = self.get(url, data, headers, with_chat_root)

  File "/home/smokey/SmokeDetector/ChatExchange/chatexchange/browser.py", line 104, in get

DragonLord the Fiery

!!/status

SmokeDetector

@DragonLordtheFiery Running since 00:27:55 UTC (23 minutes)

DragonLord the Fiery

Hmmm

Seems to have recently crashed, and I see no indication as to why this happened here or in Charcoal HQ or Smoke Detector School.

Logs aren't telling us much.

tchrist

1:07 AM

!!/manual english.stackexchange.com/a/276134

Or however you do that.

Dang it I forget.

DragonLord the Fiery

@tchrist !!/report.

!!/report english.stackexchange.com/a/276134

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Manually reported answer: Is there a word to describe the organisation of cells? by yosa on english.stackexchange.com

tchrist

Fast.

DragonLord the Fiery

sd poof

tchrist

Would that the spam were also poofed.

tchrist

1:39 AM

WHY IS THIS STILL HERE?

DragonLord the Fiery

@tchrist Already flagged.

tchrist

Needs more delete votes. :)

DragonLord the Fiery

Please don't downvote spam or offensive posts. Doing so makes them harder to find, allowing the spam or offensive content to remain on the site longer. The Community account automatically downvotes posts that are flagged as spam or offensive. — DragonLord 8 secs ago

It's at -6 but still live. This means someone has downvoted it.

tchrist

That’s for questions, not answers. For answers it makes no difference.

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive answer detected, repeating words in answer: Phrase to trigger Action items in Office 365 (Outlook/OWA) by big dick on webapps.stackexchange.com

DragonLord the Fiery

1:44 AM

sd trueu-

sd poof

!!/report webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/52887/…

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Manually reported answer: Phrase to trigger Action items in Office 365 (Outlook/OWA) by big dick on webapps.stackexchange.com

tchrist

¿Más?

The Tavern is weak tonight.

bjb568

2:11 AM

Me am awakes

user259867

2:48 AM

> graduation (sans a new design) is on the table. We've done a quality check and I fully expect that we'll be announcing a moderator election in the very near future. -- Status check after one year in beta by Jon Ericson on meta.emacs.stackexchange.com

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: HOW TO BIND EXE.FILE IN PDF? by user306206 on meta.stackexchange.com

SmokeDetector

3:10 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: DOMESTIC TRAVEL IN INDIA by BOOPATHY on travel.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive answer detected: Can smoking marijuana reduce the risk of cancer in cigarette smokers? by huiy on skeptics.stackexchange.com

DragonLord the Fiery

@SmokeDetector trueu-

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: MEDICATION MATH by KIM on math.stackexchange.com

Undo

tag:cv-plz

DragonLord the Fiery

3:26 AM

@SmokeDetector true-, question is exceptionally low quality.

tchrist

@Undo And the "answers" are miserable.

Undo

heh, I just noticed that I completely botched that cv-plz

@tchrist Yep, found it from an answer in review

Oh well. It's late here and I shouldn't be reviewing stuff

DragonLord the Fiery

!!/help

SmokeDetector

@DragonLordtheFiery I'm SmokeDetector, a bot that detects spam and low-quality posts on the network and posts alerts to chat. A command list is available here.

DragonLord the Fiery

!!/lick

bjb568

3:32 AM

licks fir softly

SmokeDetector

@DragonLordtheFiery licks ice cream cone

bjb568

right… I should add sd to blacklist

DragonLord the Fiery

Sep 21 at 21:21, by Normal Human

@bjb568 By the way, this is why Smokey privilege is unlikely. Giving it to a user running an undocumented bot with occasional undesirable behavior seems imprudent.

user202362

Fir 😂

tchrist

The is unsanitary.

@Undo I was going to needle you for not delete voting the lame linkers, but the CV request was better.

bjb568

3:35 AM

Ding ding ding. Yet again, D.G. saves the day :) — abby hairboat ♦ 23 mins ago

nc :o

bjb568

3:54 AM

12

A: Is it possible to take a flexible agile approach to projects that require estimates of both time taken and time saved?

As other answers have stated, Management has every right to get a high level estimate upfront of a project. They are not unreasonable for trying to determine ROI. One of the approaches that I like about Agile however is that the scope of a project is not fixed. It can be initially sized out at...

such buzzwords…

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Chinese character in title, phone number detected in title: 文凭办理Q/微信2516986537办理美国匹兹堡大学毕业证成绩单文凭University of Pittsburgh学历学位认证真实教育部认证 by user35640 on travel.stackexchange.com

DragonLord the Fiery

Here we go.

sd trueu-

Undo

I've got invitations to Keybase.IO, if anyone wants 'em

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title, url-only title: http://loseweightgarcinianow.com/vivexin/ by bessierios on askubuntu.com

Undo

sd tpu-

SmokeDetector

4:04 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title: Put On Aging With Pro Anti-Aging Advice by davidrob64 on stackoverflow.com

DragonLord the Fiery

Sep 19 at 14:05, by DragonLord the Fiery

garcinia needs to be globally blacklisted server-side for users with <10 rep.

Undo

@SmokeDetector tpu gone

SmokeDetector

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

[ SmokeDetector ] Repeating characters in body: Help Please! asdf by Kresta Padilla on chemistry.stackexchange.com

Undo

@SmokeDetector looks like homework

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: How to use Belladermx cream from wrinkle reduction? by Cherry Verry on serverfault.com

Undo

4:16 AM

sd tpu-

SmokeDetector

4:36 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body: Long Term Wellness For Your Skin by user52442 on drupal.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title, url-only title: http://healthrxpuregarcinia.com/cleanse-total-diet/ by kristalarrick on askubuntu.com

DragonLord the Fiery

sd 2trueu-

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body: We get weight since we consume the wrong items by cruzparker on security.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: Life changing weight reduction may be defined in many instances by stevcoria on askubuntu.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, link at end of body: Lose Belly Fat And Remain Slim Forever by stevcoria on meta.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body: Do not go thinking the treadmill is all you need to burn fat by stevcoria on stackoverflow.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, link at end of body, pattern-matching website in body: to obtain healthy looking skin by darrencampos on drupal.stackexchange.com

user202362

5:04 AM

Po, iOS 9 moved things around a little - they put in an app called 'find friends'

DragonLord the Fiery

5:19 AM

sd 5trueu-

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title: the wrinkles you recommend? Auralei Anti Wrinkle Moisturizer by user502004 on stackoverflow.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title: Choosing Skin Care Items For Skin Problemsd by Bruce Rowe on superuser.com

DragonLord the Fiery

6:10 AM

sd 2trueu-

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: HOW TO DISPLAY LIST OF EMPLOYEE JOINING ON A PARTICULAR DATE by GOPAL on stackoverflow.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in answer: Backup iPhone without iTunes by Lakenya on apple.stackexchange.com

SmokeDetector

6:31 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Manually reported answer: Android/iOS application security testing checklist by Mathew Karein on security.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Manually reported answer: Headers to hide recently deleted album in photo app ios 8 by Mathew Karein on stackoverflow.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Manually reported answer: What are my options to provide minimum privacy security with URL requests from iOS or Android app to server? by Mathew Karein on stackoverflow.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: Skincare Products For Your Face by Dianeruss on drupal.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, pattern-matching website in body: There have also been reports which were manufactured by user454797 on askubuntu.com

wythagoras

7:01 AM

!!/report rus.stackexchange.com/questions/4322/…

!!/report rus.stackexchange.com/questions/4322/cлышать-запахи/417496#417496

I also suspect there is a sockpuppet upvoting these answers. They were once at -4.

SmokeDetector

7:18 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Repeating characters in title: this string distort website design ex. aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa by yogi on stackoverflow.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title, blacklisted website in body: Online QTP QC Training by Suji Reddy on stackoverflow.com

SmokeDetector

7:29 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Email in body: How do I extract wallpaper PNG files from iOS 9 .IPSW file? by Bruno on apple.stackexchange.com

SmokeDetector

7:47 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: Genius Ultimate Anti-Aging Cream by Otelialifordes on drupal.stackexchange.com

SmokeDetector

8:30 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body: Natural Beauty Strategies For Pure Beauty Pageant Contestants by user502047 on superuser.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title: Download Improve Your Brain Power NOW by ceymaiapy on drupal.stackexchange.com

SmokeDetector

9:03 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: to go to a qualified Skin Care technician by darrencampos on superuser.com

ᔕᖺᘎᕊ

9:35 AM

@rene See:

try incognito/hard refresh ?

rene

9:49 AM

@ᔕᖺᘎᕊ yeah, you're correct. I blame caching ... or my intolerance to admit something has changed...

bjb568

(removed)

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in answer: How do you automate copying file with path too deep issues in Windows? by gregory on stackoverflow.com

rene

sd tpu-

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: Is there a good online opening training software? by Joe on chess.stackexchange.com

rene

10:05 AM

@SmokeDetector ignore

SmokeDetector

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

ivin raj

I have one doubt?
You have reached your question limit?how to slove this problem
Sorry, we are no longer accepting questions from this account.

when i able to post questions?

PeterJ

@ivinraj this is the general post about it:

52

Q: What can I do when getting “We are no longer accepting questions/answers from this account”?

Do not repost the question you were about to ask until you have READ EVERYTHING WE ARE ABOUT TO TELL YOU. While trying to ask a question, one could get: We are no longer accepting questions from this account. See the Help Center to learn more. Likewise, for answers: We are no longer a...

rene

that ^^^^

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, link at end of body: Explaining How A Brain Freeze Works by alish crooker on drupal.stackexchange.com

rene

10:13 AM

sd tpu-

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Link at end of body, pattern-matching website in body: how to use this Viril Performance by patsysmith on drupal.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in username: Any Love Problems in Your Life? by Love Problem Solution Baba Ji on webapps.stackexchange.com

SmokeDetector

10:41 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in answer, bad keyword in username: How to view your Facebook likes? by Love Problem Solution Baba Ji on webapps.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title, bad keyword in username: Any Love Problems in Your Life Help by Baba Ji on Facebook Page..? by Love Problem Solution Baba Ji on webapps.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Email in body: Need help on what programming course i should study by Bash on codegolf.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in username: Any Love Problems in Your Life ..? by Love Problem Solution Baba Ji on webapps.stackexchange.com

SmokeDetector

11:20 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body: Therefore, in order to reply your current dilemma by user306225 on meta.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, pattern-matching website in title, url in title: http://www.supplementsdeal.com/king-size-male-enhancement/ by mercy on meta.stackexchange.com

ᔕᖺᘎᕊ

@rene no, I'm wrong: the design has changed but the profile layout is still the same! So I guess it hasn't made the completed list yet...

rene

@ᔕᖺᘎᕊ that was what made me wondering. But it the question is about the design, and that it is needed if a site gets the new user profile. That doesn't mean though that the new user profile IS the new design. I think they are somewhere between on the deck and completed ;)

SmokeDetector

11:38 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Email in answer: Is it normal to be running out of spells? by ozugbo ozugba on rpg.stackexchange.com

ᔕᖺᘎᕊ

12:01 PM

@rene yeah, in between is the best category right now! :P

SmokeDetector

12:17 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Chinese character in title, phone number detected in title: Q/微信2516986537办理墨尔本皇家理工大学毕业证成绩单文凭学历认证RMIT University by gdkgjd833 on travel.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: THE KINEMATICS TWO DIMENSIONAL by M.BHOOMIKA on physics.stackexchange.com

SmokeDetector

12:47 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body: A Healthy Body Begins With Food That Is Great by Jiendwardsy on superuser.com

United States Of America

sd tpu-

Lol

sl - display animations aimed to correct users who accidentally enter sl instead of ls.

sl Displays animations aimed to correct users who accidentally enter sl instead of ls. SL stands for Steam Locomotive.

Lolwat

bjb568

(removed)

United States Of America

Writes telegram bot after it downloads

SmokeDetector

1:12 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Blacklisted user: Magento products will not show in category by mage-kat on stackoverflow.com

SmokeDetector

1:29 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Repeating characters in body: Python .PyQt. widgets in different windows by Алексей Яковлев on stackoverflow.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Blacklisted website in body: Where to get Unsecured Business Cards That Are Guaranteed? by janicebrown on stackoverflow.com

United States Of America

sd gone

sd fp

SmokeDetector

@UnitedStatesOfAmerica [:4014063] Registered question as false positive and added title to Bayesian doctype 'good'.

United States Of America

> vi:3: attempt to perform arithmetic on string

Lolwat

Slaps face

In lua to join string you must do "hello " .. "world" and not "hello" + "world"

tchrist

1:47 PM

Good idea.

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: PLS HELP BIG EXTRUSION PROBLEM! by Blender_User on blender.stackexchange.com

United States Of America

Way

hichris123

2:58 PM

@rene I can give you the data I have for the CV queue graph.

It's from a MySQL database.

rene

3:14 PM

@hichris123 Oh, that might be useful. You have not on your to-do list to bring that server back on-line? Just trying .. ;)

and sorry for calling you out .. ;)

hichris123

3:32 PM

@rene Well... long story short: I ran out of AWS credits and didn't feel like paying for the server myself. I did earn more credits though... but I have to figure out how to redeem them. ;)

rene

@hichris123 OK :D

United States Of America

3:48 PM

Wow

You can kick room owners

rene

Sure, why not?

United States Of America

Thought you can't?

rene

RO's are still human and can make mistakes that need a kick

United States Of America

Kickin' competition

rene

It would be strange if it was needed but that is a different discussion

SmokeDetector

3:54 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: NAME A SOLVENT FOR THE FOLLOWING by Siddharth Agarwal on chemistry.stackexchange.com

United States Of America

Lolwat

No research??/

Then again, you just can't but chemicals off the shelf at your local supermarket and cause an @Nuke at your house

OMG

Perfect timing

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@SmokeDetector WHAT A QUESTION

United States Of America

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M please kill the chem.SE question

Lol

5

Q: The Great Retagging Event - Episode 1: The one-taggers

I'm about to set the first event to start this Friday. If you're inconvenient with the time, let me know. I might change the time, or even the day of the start. What good is in working so much on cleaning tags if they're not applied to questions? I thought, we should do something extraordina...

discussion featured tags retagging chat-event

The Great Retagging Event - Episode 1: The one-taggers http://meta.chemistry.stackexchange.com/q/2940?atw=1

Tweeted by StackChemistry on September 25, 2015 at 10:02 AM

sd fp-

Belongs on SO, though

Link:

-1

Q: OCR TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION

How can I perform an OCR to have it read and input a serial PIN/number on a mobile credit recharge scratch card unto my apps console. I'm building an app that helps visually impaired people (mostly in parts of the world where recharging mobile data plans [i.e call credits, internet data, etc], i...

sms images text-input copy-paste ocr

SmokeDetector

4:48 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Email in body: Mac Mail: Replying from "Redirected-to" address by David Carson Kidd on apple.stackexchange.com

rene

5:02 PM

@SmokeDetector fpu-

SmokeDetector

5:16 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Pattern-matching website in body: How make Dynamic Interface UI by Faisal Alotibi on stackoverflow.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Blacklisted website in answer, pattern-matching website in answer: поврежденные цифровые фотографии by romansedov on ru.stackoverflow.com

United States Of America

sd tpu-

tchrist

5:42 PM

"IEEE’s membership is going off a demographic cliff these days as their membership ages, and it must be awful knowing they’ve got decades of delicious, piping-hot research cooked up that nobody is ordering while the world’s coders are lining up to slurp watery gruel out of a Stack-Overflow-shaped trough "

SmokeDetector

6:17 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Few unique characters in body, repeating characters in body: Java - How to do third by Ben S on stackoverflow.com

DragonLord the Fiery

50

Q: Why do computers count from zero?

Computers traditionally tally numerical values starting from zero. For example, arrays in C-based programming languages start from index zero. What historical reasons exist for this, and what practical advantages does counting from zero have over counting from one? Note: This question asks for...

computer-architecture computer-science

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: I WANT MY WINDOWS BACK, HELP PLS! by Edvardas Vabuolas on askubuntu.com

tchrist

@DragonLordtheFiery One of the demigreats, that one.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@SmokeDetector Haha!

@tchrist The article reads like a rant. - says a guy who doesn't know how to spell Perl

DragonLord the Fiery

@tchrist foreach not being in C is an issue?

Well, the state of computer science research isn't exactly great.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

6:29 PM

exple.tive.org/blarg/2013/10/22/citation-needed/#comment-33005

Are all bloggers jerks like that?

DragonLord the Fiery

Do we temporarily close Stack Overflow?

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

I've never seen Jeff or Joel do it though.

tchrist

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M Your proven prowess both margaritic and nacreous belies that statement.

DragonLord the Fiery

> the world’s coders are lining up to slurp watery gruel out of a Stack-Overflow-shaped trough

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@tchrist \translate{English}

DragonLord the Fiery

6:30 PM

I'm very tempted to ping a CM to have Stack Overflow blacked out temporarily to address this complaint. (No, I'm serious.)

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@tchrist Three Googles tell me I should say "thanks!".

tchrist

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M Tu demostrada destreza tanto margaritesca como nacárea desmiente esa afirmación.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@tchrist Tu demostrada destreza tanto margaritesca como nacárea desmiente esa afirmación to you too! ლ(ಠ益ಠლ)

tchrist

@DragonLordtheFiery Which? And how? And why again?

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M He asked that the English be translated, so I kindly did so after a fashion that carefully preserved the original abstruse register.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@tchrist I know. Just fooling around. :)

bjb568

6:37 PM

(removed)

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

(removed)

tchrist

frags

Damn it, I missed.

bjb568

(removed)

tchrist

@DragonLordtheFiery I cannot say I have wanted for it.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@bjb568 pinging you because pings are as annoying as bots.

tchrist

6:40 PM

That said, I rather like the foreach aliasing and freedom from indices afforded by those programming languages in which such things occur.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@bjb568 Almost.

@bjb568 I mean almost as annoying.

@bjb568 . . . as bots.

tchrist

This is the only tavern I know that readily admits minors who cannot buy alcohol by virtue of their tender years — and it shows.

4

DragonLord the Fiery

6:54 PM

@bjb568 This is why you need to document your bot. It's driving us nuts.

2

bjb568

(removed)

Undo

Ooookay

That's a... feature, I guess?

DragonLord the Fiery

Sep 21 at 21:21, by Normal Human

@bjb568 By the way, this is why Smokey privilege is unlikely. Giving it to a user running an undocumented bot with occasional undesirable behavior seems imprudent.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@DragonLordtheFiery No, but this is why you should hate kids.

Undo

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M :(

I don't think I should be hated

bjb568

6:59 PM

I'm not b\'rkedat all!

I'm not b'rkedat all!

Undo

!!/alive?

I thought Smokey responded to !!/help. Uh oh

DragonLord the Fiery

!!/status

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@Undo I'm a kid too . . . OMG we have so much in common. (づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ

Undo

@DragonLordtheFiery it's dead, somehow

!!/alive?

DragonLord the Fiery

SmokeDetector is up again.

Undo

7:02 PM

!!/status

SmokeDetector

@Undo Running since 19:00:15 UTC (2 minutes)

tchrist

@SmokeDetector Do you hear what I hear?

DragonLord the Fiery

!!/help

SmokeDetector

@DragonLordtheFiery I'm SmokeDetector, a bot that detects spam and low-quality posts on the network and posts alerts to chat. A command list is available here.

DragonLord the Fiery

Okay, it works.

Undo

7:04 PM

-1

A: How to prevent API calls to be called more than once

Use some sort of lock or other synchronization tool.

sounds helpful

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Wait @Undo how old areth ye?

DragonLord the Fiery

@Undo How? That doesn't really answer the question.

Undo

@DragonLordtheFiery Forgot the <sarcasm> tag.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@DragonLordtheFiery He meant "helpful".

DragonLord the Fiery

Some people just don't put in the effort to write a reasonably detailed answer.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

7:06 PM

I believe chopping your computer in half also prevents API calls to be called more than once.

Should I go and answer?

Undo

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M Was 14 when I got appointed to SR, shouldn't be hard to reverse engineer it from there

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@Undo Oh I expected 30-something.

Undo

lol

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Kids have surrounded @TCh. ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ

Undo

On the internet, no one knows you're young and dumb. Unless you tell them.

tchrist

7:09 PM

Oughta be a law.

DragonLord the Fiery

COPPA requires users to be at least 13. This is reflected in the Stack Exchange Terms of Service.

tchrist

Gumps and kitties oughtn’t fraternize.

DragonLord the Fiery

Children's Online Privacy Protection Act

The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA) is a United States federal law, located at 15 U.S.C. §§ 6501–6506 (Pub.L. 105–277, 112 Stat. 2681-728, enacted October 21, 1998). The act, effective April 21, 2000, applies to the online collection of personal information by persons or entities under U.S. jurisdiction from children under 13 years of age. It details what a website operator must include in a privacy policy, when and how to seek verifiable consent from a parent or guardian, and what responsibilities an operator has to protect children's privacy and safety online including...

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

I'm young and dumb, if anyone wondered.

tchrist

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M Please tell me you haven’t watched Top Gun.

@Undo The dumb cannot speak.

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

7:10 PM

@tchrist You haven't watched Top Gun.

DragonLord the Fiery

> Subscriber certifies to Stack Exchange that Subscriber is an individual (i.e., not a corporate entity) at least 13 years of age. No one under the age of 13 may provide any personal information to or on Stack Exchange (including, for example, a name, address, telephone number or email address).

tchrist

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M Wrong movie.

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Repeating characters in answer: String... <varname> whats does String... mean by Computerprogramingsucks on stackoverflow.com

hichris123

@SmokeDetector tpu-

Undo

7:54 PM

Computerprogramingsucks

1

Such an unfortunate use of a nice round 5380000 id

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

（ノT＿T)ノ＾┻━┻

DragonLord the Fiery

!!/addblu stackoverflow.com/users/5380000/computerprogramingsucks

SmokeDetector

@DragonLordtheFiery User blacklisted (5380000 on stackoverflow.com).

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

!!/addblu stackoverflow.com/users/5380000/computerprogramingsucks

Undo

:4014605 Already in the blacklist because of hichris' tpu-. To manually add, it's addblu

SmokeDetector

7:55 PM

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M User blacklisted (5380000 on stackoverflow.com).

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Triple Addblu ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ

user259867

@hichris123 For low-intensity data gathering/reporting, Google Spreadsheet + Apps Script combo works fine, and is free... I use it for Twitter bot and now also for Normal Bot, favoriting questions by 1K users.

hichris123

@NormalHuman Hmm, can it scrape a webpage?

Undo

@hichris123 So you have a promo code and can't redeem it?

user259867

@hichris123 It sure can. POST requests, too.

hichris123

7:59 PM

@Undo Yeah, which just means I need to email someone & wait a week. But that takes work. :P

@NormalHuman Hmm, nice.

Undo

@hichris123 I sent them an email and got it applied within 12 hours, IIRC

hichris123

That actually seems like a better idea.

Undo

user259867

I guess I'll make one for Math, since we now also have a nontrivial Close queue.

Undo

Those surveys are awesome

user259867

8:03 PM

Oh, I got some AWS survey credit too and then forgot about it...

Undo

@NormalHuman ProTip: Use it to buy an all-upfront reserved instance if it's about to expire.

bjb568

8:20 PM

@Undo That's not very round…

Undo

@bjb568 much rounder than most IDs here

bjb568

8388608 would be roundier

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

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Q: Top user's answer victim of Reddit mob behavior

I don't know Hans Passant, but he's the 5th highest rep user on SO, and I'm sure that's no fluke. He clearly is very active and knows what he's talking about. His answer to the question at VB.NET - Interrupt form loop and end form did not satisfy the OP. He asked for the answer to be accepted an...

discussion down-votes high-rep-users reddit

This is sad.

I regret making an account in reddit.

Danack

8:38 PM

Reddit is toxic on purpose, to encourage more page views.

bjb568

AGH ALL THE CRAPPY UNIVERSITIES ARE SPAMMING ME

They all have the same format and link to an "exclusive questionnaire" to "learn about yourself".

I'm going to block that email now.

And what's with the emphasis on interdisciplinary studies?

SmokeDetector

8:53 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Pattern-matching website in body: How to make this HTML code opens in a new tab? by user3279936 on stackoverflow.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Few unique characters in answer: What did Enel do after being defeated? by penis on anime.stackexchange.com

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@SmokeDetector I could ask a better question than that.

bjb568

UChicago's new Institute for Molecular Engineering

►

:eek:

hichris123

@Undo Credit... can be used for reserved instances?

Undo

9:14 PM

@hichris123 worked for me every time

hichris123

Seriously?

I tried once... the credit didn't cover any of it.

Hmm... superuser.com/questions/517160/… seems like it was dupe-d the wrong way, 100 score with 2 good answers -> 1 score with 1 good answer.

user259867

9:30 PM

One day that I leave my laptop at home... They are painting window frame in my office. Yeah, I understand not expecting me there at 5 pm on Saturday... But still, argh.