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user315433

12:40 AM

@Nick_Craver @cjmaclachlan so.. where can I learn more about #PhillyCheeseStack ? I live near Philly.. so there's that

Tweeted by csharpfritz on October 30, 2016 at 12:38 AM in reply to Nick_Craver

user315433

The answer is obvious: at meetup2016.stackexchange.com where non-classified presentations / pictures are posted. Well, not really. But... could be.

user315433

Would be more interesting than another issue of SO podcast debating the merits of liquid soap vs bar soap.

user315433

1:04 AM

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A: How does one stop sushi seaweed wrapping being too chewy?

I use a propane blowtorch to crisp up my sushi. If you try this, expect to ruin a few sushi rolls before you get it right.

user202362

1:20 AM

weird theory: if you cuddle, you get more love

user202362

not sure if true

hichris123

1:50 AM

stackoverflow.blog? They switched over to that?

user315433

@hichris123 Needed another domain for CORS reasons, it seems. chat.meta.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/5364776#5364776

hichris123

Ah. Still looks... not so great.

user315433

It used to be possible to see all blog posts together, be it an engineering update or podcast. Not anymore, got to pick a bucket first.

user315433

CFAL and Talent buckets are marketing drivel, seemingly composed by a Markov chain.

user315433

The Company bucket includes podcasts, but not the same posts you'll see if you choose the Podcast bucket.

user315433

2:00 AM

And the Speakers bucket has out-of-date job title for Nick Craver.

user315433

My role at Stack Overflow is "Architecture Lead”, but they still haven’t let me design any offices yet. I was lied to.

Tweeted by Nick_Craver on October 29, 2016 at 11:54 PM

user315433

@hichris123 I think .blog TLD is not a bad idea. My blog has .org domain for random availability reason. I'm not an organization...

user315433

Does the switch mean the old sites' blogs are dead now?

user315433

No, for example webapps.blogoverflow.com still exists, all two posts of it.

hichris123

They'll be dead soon enough.

Jon Ericson

2:20 AM

The latest plan I've heard is that they will be available as a static page if the community wants that. We'll support blogs that are active that want to move to another host.

user315433

@anildash @StackOverflow Official launch for .blog is Nov 21 (https://get.blog/). We're special :)

Tweeted by kcpike on October 27, 2016 at 9:19 PM in reply to anildash

user202362

2:59 AM

If I come close to where you are in 3-4 months time, will you tremble with fear and hide like a fluff sensing an apex predator is approaching? @zaq

rene

7:20 AM

@zaq I'm not sure if that is a thing everywhere but here in the Netherlands the real architects were indeed claiming that the title was protected and couldn't be used in the software engineering context. Didn't change much though ...

Shadow Wizard

11:21 AM

Two more delete votes needed @rene @Bart

rene

done, needs 1 more

SmokeDetector

1:52 PM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Pattern-matching website in body: That is when skin begins to hang giving a technique by getsona5 on drupal.stackexchange.com

Bart

@ShadowWizard awww, I missed out on that one

rene

2:09 PM

I somehow have the feeling you'll get another chance in the near future ..

user202362

2:26 PM

Curious hawk checks out weather cam in Lincoln, NE

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hichris123

→ 12 messages moved to Chimney

Shadow Wizard

@Bart I know! In your absence, @Robert did the job... ;)

user315433

3:09 PM

Dusted off my diamond hat for our trip to #PhillyCheeseStack! (En route to YYZ.) https://t.co/C4mcb8UGmd

Tweeted by jeremyBanks on October 30, 2016 at 2:45 PM

user315433

Shouldn't the mod hats expire at the end of term?

user315433

The term was remarkably short...

hichris123

You can't really take back a hat...

user315433

Remotely controlled self destruct...

user315433

7

A: Physics Problem Solving: NOT a duplicate of physics

The Stack Exchange network has become a labyrinth of confusing backstories and derivative subjects where folks have to read through uncounted support discussions just to figure where to ask a question. I can appreciate that there are different interests in the physics community and even different...

user315433

3:17 PM

I like the Frank assessment of the situation.

user315433

Short answer links still don't onebox.

hichris123

Maybe only a discuss.A51 thing.

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A: Physics Problem Solving: NOT a duplicate of physics

The Stack Exchange network has become a labyrinth of confusing backstories and derivative subjects where folks have to read through uncounted support discussions just to figure where to ask a question. I can appreciate that there are different interests in the physics community and even different...

Mm, no? Weird.

user315433

I've had the same with other short links to answers.

user315433

3:32 PM

Anyway... A site on subject X disallows questions of type Y because those who formed the majority at the time of site creation dislike them. Those who want to ask and answer questions of type Y don't succeed in convincing meta regulars (a small self selected group) to change the way. What options remain?

user315433

The situation could be different if the site was formed by those favoring Y. But one can't turn back the clocks, and there are no second takes. Site's are scoped by whoever was first to occupy the high ground.

user315433

The situation could be different if the site was formed by those favoring Y. But one can't turn back the clocks, and there are no second takes. Sites are scoped by whoever was first to occupy the high ground.

user315433

Over and over, the idea comes up of classifying questions by "level" (was there a "beginner" tag at SO once?) But nobody sees how it could really work with the system being what it is. What are the levels, and who gets to classify questions? Mis/using tags for this purpose.leads to more issues.

user315433

3:49 PM

> If you really only enjoy solving medium to difficult problems, that's what we need to prioritize showing you ... meta.stackexchange.com/q/285889

hichris123

6:41 PM

→ 4 messages moved to Chimney

user315433

7:20 PM

On Area 51, users committing to a proposal are asked to self-identify as "Just Curious", "Beginner or Learner", "Avid Enthusiast or Prosumer", "Professional or Expert"... what if the same applied, and was mandatory, when registering for a Q&A site?

user315433

In my experience, the best way to determine the quality of a question is by knowing the user asking it.

bjb568

8:01 PM

Thank FSM again!

Apparently an AI assignment for me is due 2016-11-01. I thot I forgot about it and missed it, but apparently there are 31 days in October now.

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a test comment...

user315433

9:18 PM

> I think that it would actually attract traffic to Stack Overflow, because coders wouldn't have to deal with "noobs" if they didn't want. It also means that newer coders aren't discouraged, and would later progress onto SO. I'd be interested in your thoughts on this. I've attached a screenshot of another user in a similar boat to me, I'm sure there are plenty. -- discuss.area51.stackexchange.com/q/25682

user315433

11:43 PM

Talking about word for grape harvest in Hebrew, Italian, and Portuguese at #PhillyCheeseStack - hell yeah world per… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/792825405166215169

Tweeted by haneycodes on October 30, 2016 at 8:28 PM

user315433

Left to right: sklivvz, Konamiman, ?, Oded

user315433

Then I don't know why it's Portuguese, when Konamiman is from Spain...

user315433

Perhaps they drank enough so the difference doesn't matter.

hichris123

Maybe the third is from Brazil?

Or Portugal itself I guess...

No one on the team page currently lives in either, so... maybe they were born there.