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Journeyman Geek

1:03 AM

ow

-130 yesterday (one post moved to per site meta, one deleted)

Morning, isn't it.

Journeyman Geek

1:22 AM

morning

2 hours later…

Journeyman Geek

3:19 AM

:(

that's all sorts of wrong.

:( Yeah... that's really sad.

Journeyman Geek

The duck has her legs tied and the dog is clearly in distress

user202362

If I had my legs tied, I wouldn't be so aggressive

Journeyman Geek

Tying your legs would be inappropriate in most social situations too

→ 1 message moved to Chimney

Prefer not to look at that for hours...

Journeyman Geek

3:33 AM

@hichris123 oh yeah, thanks ;p

4:08 AM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] URL in title, bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title, blacklisted website in body, blacklisted website in title, +3 more: nutrahealthtrimsite.com/slim-u-forskolin/ by glmllyskahtp on meta.SE

4:39 AM

@ShadowtheHedgehogWizard diamond can’t help. I should be a dev, or at least CM :)

Journeyman Geek

@alexolut "QA^2"

@alexolut half certain SRE actually presses the red button on builds ;p

5:43 AM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] URL-only title, bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title, blacklisted website in body, blacklisted website in title, +4 more: www.seremolynbuy.com/jouliage/ by user775725 on askubuntu.com

6:00 AM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Pattern-matching website in answer, blacklisted user: Where can i ask a question such as: "would anyone be willing to help mentor a software developer student in the Toronto GTA Area?" by zahraoffice3 on meta.SE

6:48 AM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad NS for domain in body, bad keyword in body, blacklisted website in body, repeated URL at end of long post: If you are experiencing by Earon19 00 on graphicdesign.SE

Shadow the Hedgehog Wizard

7:14 AM

@hichris123 wrong room though, @Telkitty got by now special room for her big gifs. ;)

Chimney is for... well... smoke. :)

If anything, stuff that doesn't belong here and isn't made of Smoke can be moved to the sandbox.

user202362

Personally, I suspect that the gif got binned because many people here identify with dogs ...

Shadow the Hedgehog Wizard

heh, I'm RO in Chimney, cleaned it up. :D

@Telkitty true

@alexolut not to help, just to feel good. ;)

Journeyman Geek

@Telkitty and was seriously disturbing. This the third most disturbing thing I have seen this year

not lotus seed?

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad NS for domain in body: EPG Steel 75 EPG Steel 75 by haauajaksjer on apple.SE

user202362

7:30 AM

@JourneymanGeek but no animal was hurt ... other than the dog, which was bitten by the goose

user202362

sounds like you feel like sharing the other two

they grow on trees?

Journeyman Geek

7:49 AM

hmm

No?

No

2 hours later…

Shadow the Hedgehog Wizard

9:40 AM

@JourneymanGeek what were the other two?

Journeyman Geek

@ShadowtheHedgehogWizard lets just say they were worse

Shadow the Hedgehog Wizard

O_o

o_O

1 hour later…

10:46 AM

cue "ur face is worse" joke

uh.. the Blue Bomber has arrived, but Hat Man is already gone...

Shadow the Hedgehog Wizard

?

peek at JNat's avatar

Shadow the Hedgehog Wizard

Ohh

Journeyman Geek

er, isn't that megaman?

Shadow the Hedgehog Wizard

boss now meeting with client.... Expected tons of new requests after that, 80% of them useless

11:13 AM

@ShadowtheHedgehogWizard I'm a good by default :)

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Blacklisted website in answer: How can one use unstructured data for forecasting? by chrisbons on datascience.SE

The Think! hat made me think to comment on own post then edit it

(haven't tried it though(

Shadow the Hedgehog Wizard

@alexolut good what? ;)

11:29 AM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Link at end of answer: Why do phishing emails have spelling and grammar mistakes? by user166984 on security.SE

@SmokeDetector that's the... most obvious phising I've ever seen on SE?

The link is suspicious too! (don't click, let me be the victim)

[Click here to win $-1,000]()

Shadow the Hedgehog Wizard

fishing @Andrew

It opens a blank page then auto-close. Probably got some fo my data from HTTP Header...

@AndrewT. See DavidPostill's test.

Shadow the Hedgehog Wizard

11:36 AM

click here to get eternal life

^ that's the worst phising...

@ShadowtheHedgehogWizard Hey, only one person can get eternal life :)

A prevalent meme in China about the ex-president Jiang Zemin.

Shadow the Hedgehog Wizard

@AndrewT. it works...

in Shadow's Den, 1 min ago, by Shadow the Hedgehog Wizard

giving eternal life to @Itamar

;-)

user202362

@iDebug like the boy in red clothes?

@Telkitty You know?

user202362

11:41 AM

yeah

Hey, @ShadowtheHedgehogWizard Can you do online spell casting that fixes broken marriage? :D

user202362

user image

@ShadowtheHedgehogWizard any part of me, and myself wholly :)

@Telkitty Young man. You sure you wanna contribute your life second by second?

-1s

user202362

any second lived happily is not a second wasted

11:44 AM

@Telkitty Know the +1s meme?

user202362

no

Only applies on time.stackexchange.com

Shadow the Hedgehog Wizard

@iDebug sure! Spell name is "divorce". :P

I sense a great potential in opening a Mogic Stack Exchange :)

meme.stackexchange.com

11:46 AM

People would come from everywhere to express their happiness admiring ex-president Jiang and ...

Voilà, the Stack Exchange Network is blocked in China! Fully!

@iDebug tell it to this user

Journeyman Geek

@iDebug arn't you from...

@AndrewT. I know him. Talked a bit.

@JourneymanGeek Elite people all have VPN.

then there are those who go to jail for selling said VPN to the elite.

user202362

omgz, r u sayin that I am low end ppl coz meh not haz VPN?

11:50 AM

if not because of that, then because of the grammar

I didn't meant any offense...

I have a free VPN. Yeah I'm a pleb :(

@Telkitty Low end people is another term newly introduced by the authority.

What are their specs?

user202362

@iDebug I know that too :p Also I am not that young and I am not a man

11:53 AM

Not sure. Here's a Wikipedia page (Simplified Chinese) about that.

Beijing recently drove hundreds of thousands of ordinary people away in the name of "safety".

Documents from the government explicitly mentioned the term low end people.

Looks like Fallout's story?

user202362

not sure what they love about beijing though, I wouldn't want to be the bottom of a pyramid

That sucks. German Nazi did exactly the same to Judas in 1938.

Journeyman Geek

Jews ;p

@Telkitty your affection to apex predator...

11:56 AM

My English is bad :(

user202362

@AndrewT. why, would you rather be my prey?

That's less than 80 yrs after Nazi. Same story happens again.

@Telkitty I'd rather be a Freeman....

Could "computationally" assume "current Chinese authority" LIKE "%nazi%"

Journeyman Geek

chinese internal immegration is complex

user202362

11:58 AM

@AndrewT. you need a lot of resources or exceptional ability in order to do that

@Telkitty don't I need only a crowbar?

user202362

exceptional ability to be able to fight a squad of police with only a crowbar

user202362

or wait, you mean living as a freeman in your own fantasy?

I am my own fantasy?

@JourneymanGeek Complex and simple. Wherever there's chance to gain more money. Either by labor or illegally.

I'm not even sure about the exact mechanics.

user202362

12:02 PM

you can be low end population, living in the basement, has a old pc with internet and living as a freeman in your own fantasy, that's quite easy, yes.

@Telkitty Déjà vu in North Korea, except there's no PC.

user202362

@iDebug same as buying lottery

user202362

probably those people are not good with maths and logic

@Telkitty Not quite sure what is those people.

user202362

those people who earn less than 3500 yan a month and does not own a property in Beijing?

12:06 PM

Definitely NO. There's been quite a few protests since the government started the exiling.

user202362

they wanted the traditional 'imperial city' - the best to themselves

user202362

it's a shit thing to do I hope they get overthrown

user202362

the truth is that those 'lower end people' built the city pretty much, probably not themselves, but the prosperity of the city was physically built by those people, who are construction workers, little vendors etc

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Manually reported answer: Which 3D printer should I use to make custom miniatures for a tabletop game? by Printerstuff on 3dprinting.SE

Exactly! They spent their lives building Beijing, and now they get exiled? Nazi won't even do that!

Even workers that built palaces for ancient emperors got well-treated.

user202362

12:13 PM

pretty sure they don't when they done doing that

At least not exiled.

Side effects are immediate: No more men to deliver expressages and take-outs.

The so-said high-end people are now complaining about their food delivered in several hours or online shopping delivery rejected (for various reasons).

user202362

you know the old imperial city?

Sure.

user202362

emperor lives in the middle with family, then all the high official around him

user202362

middle level civilian further away

user202362

12:20 PM

it's a sh!tty system, but it's the one I see them trying to build

Yup. They've been trying to build like that since a few decades ago.

And now they set up a new place, Xiong'an New Area, hoping to direct more people away from Beijing.

Xiong'an New Area

Xiong'an New Area (simplified Chinese: 雄安新区; traditional Chinese: 雄安新區; pinyin: Xióng'ān Xīnqū) is a state-level new area in the Baoding area of Hebei, China. Established in April 2017, the area is located about 100 km southwest of Beijing. Its main function is to serve as a development hub for the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei (Jingjinji) economic triangle. Additionally, "non-core" functions of the Chinese capital are expected to migrate here, including offices of some state-owned enterprises, government agencies, and research and development facilities. The area covers the contemporary counties of Xiong...

BTW, How do you know so much about China?

... she is Chinese?

user202362

12:44 PM

@AndrewT. apex predator is my trolling theme, my real fantasy is to be a hobo or a cave dweller

user202362

but my ability is low, so unless I can gather some trustworthy fellow cavers ...

2:07 PM

...wait until they type in payment information, then use it to order yourself a replacement phone.

2:25 PM

I love the siren option

@Feeds hypnotize the thief to send money to your bank account. using wire transfer

Nu-uh. Convert to bitcoin and bounce through a botnet.

Or rather, through a currency that isn't losing value at an alarming rate ATM

And of course, detonate as soon as it gets into a police station building

2:42 PM

... or let neurotoxin gas blow...

(now I'm scared with my "smart"phone)

2 hours later…

5:02 PM

Stack Overflow Gives Back 2017

Robert Cartaino on December 27, 2017

One of the most lasting gestures of philanthropy is when folks give so generously of their time and hard-earned knowledge so that others may benefit from their efforts. 2017 marked the year we saw Stack Overflow surpass 15 million questions and almost 4 million more across the network. But this year also marked another milestone — making a lasting difference from our little corner of the Internet.

Every year we set this time aside to remember the people and organizations who desperately need our help. A few weeks ago, I contacted the 566 Moderators of Stack Exchange and asked each of them to select a charity for which we would make a $100 donation on their behalf. …

@Feeds gone

5:39 PM

@AndrewT. Heh, Feeds isn't Smokey :D

6:01 PM

Show off your hats!

> As a huge promoter of depression and suicide awareness, the mods and company have lifted my sad and weary heart today when I saw just how much was going to a suicide prevention group. I applaud all of you, mods and staff, for all you do for as many people as you can each year.

Why my donation has gone to IASP the two years it's been a choice.

Wrong link, but it's a comment on the blog post.

6:17 PM

Tip: When makers of decongestants write "non-drowsy" on the packaging, there's a very good chance that they're lying, or have a completely different understanding of 'drowsy' than the general population has accepted.

6:29 PM

@TimPost Does this mean that Tim is sleepy?

@Mithrandir I don't think sleepy is the best adjective. More like .. a rather high value of sluggish.

I guess that means that we have a high chance of lost keys today.

If you're going to throw random downvotes around, please focus your effort on Stack Overflow. You'll do much more good than harm.

@TimPost Decongestants like pseudoephedrine tend to be speedy, while antihistamines like diphenhydramine tend to be sleepy. In some subjects this effect may be reversed.

But just because they're not sleepy doesn't mean they have no cognitive effects.

It's Sudafed's fault.

6:36 PM

I hear that driving heavy equipment will wake you right back up.

vroom vroom

@TimPost Completely normal.

@Mithrandir I'm slightly astonished at the negative reaction that this is getting...

We hate fun

7:08 PM

This is pretty squarely on-topic. After all, we usually wrap up the event with a blog post that showcases some interesting or funny uses of hats, what better way to not overlook something than to set up a place where folks can just submit them? I'll reopen this if it gets closed. — Tim Post ♦ 27 secs ago

Shadow the Hedgehog Wizard

7:31 PM

@JohnDvorak and if one hates to hate fun, does it mean they like fun?

1 hour later…

8:41 PM

I had to return to Chicago from the mountains of Colorado for cold weather. It was 3 degrees when I got in... and we're not even into the cold months. :P

☃️

@canon C/F/K? (radians: xkcd.com/1643)

8:59 PM

lol

F

I gotta say 3 degrees is "too damn cold" no matter what the unit.

The weather app read: "3°F... feels like -15°F"

user image

Brr. I start complaining when it's less than 65F.

3C is perfectly fine. There's not even snow.

heh

3 hours later…

11:49 PM

I suppose it's time for me to receive an email about my swag.

I think I'll have spam for breakfast...

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