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Catija

12:19 AM

It's SNOWING!!! :D

John Dvorak

where?

Catija

@JohnDvorak Central Texas

user315433

12:51 AM

Gordon Linoff is the first SO users to reach 40K answers. I didn't notice when he passed Jon Skeet by answer count.

user315433

All SO users with 500+ answers, there are 6103 of them in SEDE.

Andrew T.

Morning, and I'll be late

Optimus Prime

got him

user315433

Morning, late? This reminds of an apocryphal professor who got scheduled to teach an 8am class and replied "I can't stay up that late".

user202362

1:09 AM

How could california be burning again in winter? Doesn't compute.

user202362

I blame it on the burning man

user202362

idiots summoned fire demons </trollololo>

Catija

Winter can be pretty dry... and it's cold... so people who camp build fires... and then those fires get out of control... and the forest goes up in flame because they've been short on rain and fires are actually sort of necessary in keeping the underbrush free of dead stuff that goes up quickly...

so when they prevent forest fires, they run the risk of a future fire being... much much worse unless they do controlled burns of some sort or somehow clear the underbrush.

user202362

you probably don't go camping enough, it's hard for fire to sustain in low temperature

John Dvorak

Proposal: let it burn at a predefined time, and just shield humans from the consequences

Catija

1:12 AM

It's California, though... it's 71... so it's not that cold.

"Cold" is relative... too. :D

John Dvorak

Celsius, please

or at least denote your units

Catija

22

John Dvorak

thanks

That's cold ... for mid-summer

Catija

... Um... I don't think it's ever 71 c on earth without something affecting the temp... you know... like lava.

It's not mid-summer?

It's nearly midwinter.

John Dvorak

again, you assume USA :P

Catija

1:18 AM

We're talking about California...

John Dvorak

I know :-)

user202362

@JohnDvorak people have been doing pre-burning for ages, burning of a segregation area

user202362

It would be interesting to see how many people would turn up for the burning man next year ...

user315433

Jon Skeet still leads by the number of accepted answers, with 20992. Gordon Linoff is second with 18274.

user315433

Fewer than 3000 users have 300+ accepted answers.

Andrew T.

2:05 AM

But how many users got 100+ answers and have accepted all of them?

Or reversing the question... what is the maximum number of answers from someone who accepted all answers?

Journeyman Geek

@JohnDvorak in nature you usually have lots of smaller fires

one of the reasons these things get so big is ironically...

not enough fire

Andrew T.

need more Michael Bay

user315433

@AndrewT. One can't really accept all answers unless there is only 1 per question. These are most accepting users, there are 6174 with 100+ acceptances. B. Clay Shannon leads with 1991.

Andrew T.

Probably I stated my question poorly... to put it simpler, who has 100% acceptance rate (yeah, that taboo word) with the most questions?

Catija

So, askers?

Andrew T.

2:20 AM

yeah, not the answerer...

Catija

So, the highest accept rate of users who have asked more than 100 questions?

Andrew T.

umm, I revised the question to: the highest number of questions of users who have 100% accept rate.

Catija

1.

:P

Andrew T.

so sadd~~~

;)

Catija

"One shot, one kill" -- things you probably don't want to hear your PR folks mumbling as they work on writing things.

Tweeted by tinkertim on December 7, 2017 at 5:23 PM

:/

Journeyman Geek

2:26 AM

0_0

I hope that's not my fault

Catija

You need to be sniped?

Journeyman Geek

lol

I've posted a few complaints about the blog? ;p

Andrew T.

"One vote, one closed question"

Journeyman Geek

@AndrewT. "What is the best and worst thing about being a mod?"

Catija

4:24 AM

@JonEricson Everything OK your end of the continent?

Jon Ericson

@Catija It's a big continent. ;-) But I'm not in any danger from the fires near us. Thankfully the hills near us already got burned earlier in the year so there's not much fuel up there.

Catija

@JonEricson I'm glad to hear that. :) I've seen some of the video of people driving on highways surrounded by fire and it's scary!

Jon Ericson

That's the freeway I used to drive to work every day. Crazy!

Lot's of very expensive homes up there.

Catija

Eeek! Are you working remote so you don't have to drive?... I'm not even sure if people are going to work... also I didn't realize that there was an office in the LA area.

Jon Ericson

Oh. That was years ago before I got this job.

Catija

4:33 AM

Oh. HA HA. "used to"... :P

Jon Ericson

I could have meant "used to before the fires". ;-)

Catija

Technically... my question was "so you don't have to drive"... not "so you don't have to go to work" :P

user315433

Does SE have an office in California? Not sure Jon would have somewhere to drive to even if he wanted.

user315433

I think there is (or used to be?) a small rented thing in San Francisco.

Catija

No, they just have offices in NYC, London and their server farm thingy in Colorado... I think that closing the Colorado office was part of the layoffs?

I'm actually trying to update an MSE answer but this page says that they still have all three: stackoverflow.com/company/contact

user315433

4:41 AM

Oct 25 '16 at 22:53, by zaq

> We are seeking a Strategic Customer Success Representative to work on Stack Overflow Talent [...] the position will be out of our San Francisco WeWork office http://stackoverflow.com/company/work-here/490210/strategic-customer-success-rep‌resentative

user315433

Perhaps WeWork doesn't count as a real office, but it's a place one could go to work.

Catija

I think "WeWork" isn't an official office... they're those ... places they rent on a short-term basis?

Anonymous

@CrazyIvan We also had a WeWork space in Toronto. Had the company logo on the door, but wasn't considered a real "office".

user315433

> Current status: Hammered thumbs: 1 Broken toes: 1 Life: 2 Nick: 0 Floors to install tomorrow: 1 JavaScript frameworks: 1,434,173,964,225 -- Nick Craver at 8:40 PM - 7 Dec 2017

user315433

I expect better from an Architecture Lead...

user315433

4:48 AM

To be fair, architects don't actually hammer things down.

Journeyman Geek

@Catija IIRC Colorado was mostly sales

Catija

@JourneymanGeek Yeah... trying to figure out if "was" is accurate, though... the contact page hasn't been updated but I was pretty sure that they closed the office there.

Journeyman Geek

@CrazyIvan different sort of architecture ? ;p

Catija

@JeremyBanks I don't suppose you know if the San Francisco one is still active?

Journeyman Geek

Also I think (nearly?) all CMs are remote

Anonymous

4:50 AM

I do not know.

Catija

@JourneymanGeek They have to be difficult to find... and they have a propensity for hiring CMs from users, so it makes sense to let them live where they already are. :P

Journeyman Geek

(and heh, If I ended up working at SE or anywhere remote, I'd probably have to move out, or get some co-worky space somewhere cause my parents have gotten too used to randomly asking me for help ;p)

Catija

I wonder how many of the mods would apply for a CM job if there was one available.

Journeyman Geek

Well, I know Monica's interested. I would be as well (and I'm available ;p)

Catija

How did your interview go?

Journeyman Geek

4:53 AM

AT the same time, this feels like roughly the worst time to ask ;p

Catija

Heard anything else?

Journeyman Geek

They decided not to follow up

Andrew T.

@JourneymanGeek teach your parents how to Stack Exchange!

Catija

:( Sorry.

Journeyman Geek

@AndrewT. eh, I vacuumed a room today

Catija

4:54 AM

@JourneymanGeek Yeah, those two are obvious ... they mention it every chance they get. ;)

Journeyman Geek

@Catija eh, jobhunting is a pain

who me? ;p

lol

I'd rather use the same tactic I used to be a mod personally.

Be awesome. Let other people do the bothering ;p

Catija

< Is a person who is bothersome.

user202362

<--- dealing with a lot of troubling things

Journeyman Geek

@Telkitty kill em all.

Then you just need to deal with one troubling thing.

user202362

5:14 AM

have gone through worse, fortunately there is nothing $ can not solve @ moment

Andrew T.

strange.... too few spam...

or Charcoal HQ was working overtime...

Catija

Or the five minute delay is long enough for people in Charcoal to kill them all?

Andrew T.

Based on the trend, 1-hour ago should be the "spam time"...

user315433

5:31 AM

balpha's twitter effort should be more widely appreciated...

user315433

> Back in the day, people bit coins because they worried their money might not be real. These days, people worry their money might not be real because bitcoins. -- Benjamin Dumke-von der Ehe at 12:02 PM - 7 Dec 2017

user315433

> How many years before hacking the keys becomes an issue? 5 minutes after General AI comes online and figures out how to really get the most out of quantum computers? bitcoin.stackexchange.com/a/64517

user202362

6:00 AM

San Francisco Bay Area, California has had: (M1.5 or greater)

    1 earthquake in the past 24 hours
    6 earthquakes in the past 7 days
    27 earthquakes in the past 30 days
    383 earthquakes in the past 365 days

The largest earthquake in San Francisco Bay Area, California:

    today: 1.8 in Angwin, California, United States
    this week: 2.6 in San Leandro, California, United States
    this month: 3.1 in Rio Vista, California, United States
    this year: 4.1 in Seven Trees, California, United States

user202362

why do the self claimed most intelligent people building headquarters in earthquake pro zones?

user202362

dumb person like me do not understand

Catija

So they can learn how to build earthquake safe buildings?

user202362

earthquake safe servers

Andrew T.

Umm, say that to Japan?

user202362

6:05 AM

Japan area: 377,962 km²

user202362

US area: 9.834 million km²

user202362

sometimes you have little choice

Journeyman Geek

6:58 AM

cv-plz nlp-not-mlp meta.stackexchange.com/questions/304174/…

also cv-plzhttps://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/304172/power-bi-embedded-au‌thentication-through-azure-ad

Journeyman Geek

7:35 AM

→ 5 messages moved to Chimney

Andrew T.

9:36 AM

Quiet Friday...

Andrew T.

10:19 AM

at last, some activities! cv-pls npm meta.stackexchange.com/questions/304180/…

Dukeling

11:02 AM

We really should be able to VTC questions on the individual Meta sites as duplicates of questions on Meta SE... Or we should migrate non-site-specific questions to Meta SE as a rule.

It's too much of the bad kind of redundancy.

Journeyman Geek

@Dukeling I think that's intentional

user315433

1:06 PM

Finally, an answer to every unanswered question.

user315433

-2

A: My blockchain.info wallet was hacked. How can I create a double send to foil the attacker?

Wake up earlier next day, make a cup of tee, enjoy it near next to window and look outside. Idea will come in to your head by itself.

Journeyman Geek

2:01 PM

what's that phrase SO uses... minimum verifiable code something? for questions?

Andrew T.

MCVE: stackoverflow.com/help/mcve

Journeyman Geek

oh

Bluefeet nuked it before I could comment, lol

Stijn

No need to type it manually btw, just type [mcve] in your comment, it's a magic link.

Andrew T.

[mcve] [tour] [help]

Journeyman Geek

2:16 PM

oh, this is on MSE - usual lost soul

I don't use SO much sooo, I know its a thing but not what the thing is

Andrew T.

3:30 PM

@Derpy I just realized this was about the incoming MM 11... slow sloth is slow

I just saw the screenshot on Wikia. I appreciated the improved graphic, but disappointed in making Mega Man a 3D character...

oh yeah... Mighty No. 9...

Feeds

4:34 PM

"Oh my God, why did you scotch-tape a bunch of hammers together?" "It's ok! Nothing depends on this wall being destroyed efficiently."

Andrew T.

@Feeds parsing HTML

Andy

5:34 PM

Interview with Wes McKinney creator of pandas. It also has data from Stack Overflow with some quotes from David Robinson

rene

6:52 PM

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SmokeDetector

7:38 PM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Link at end of answer: Bitcoin as an investment? by Chris Crypto on bitcoin.SE

SmokeDetector

7:50 PM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Username similar to website in answer: New ICO from PlexCoin by Invacio on ethereum.SE

user315433

@SmokeDetector Affiliation is obvious, so I don't flag spam but...

user315433

> Unfortunately although it is common for me to be awake for 2-3 days on end i won't be able to respond to any questions here, however follow the links, join the group at the end, and coins will be distributed with invites, and fed out in batches, the group will be our main holding base for people for when we're ready to go active.

> You can also obtain an understanding of Invacio at https://www.invacio.com before we release the white paper, including our invitation to address the United Nations, Invacio will launch post ICO on a array of releases of it's products, so the time frame will b…

user315433

I don't have a lot of confidence in people who address the United Nations after being awake for 2-3 days, and misuse apostrophes in the process.

user315433

8:10 PM

My pandas answering period was less than 30 days in Dec 16 - Jan 17 (winter break). The tag doesn't suffer from the lack of answerers and there is not much mathematically interesting stuff.

Andy

I agree with that assessment.

I don't think I've had a pandas question not get answered yet.

user345817

9:04 PM

Happy hour?

Catija

In two hours.

Shog9

This is grimly-focused hour. AKA, handle flags on MSE hour

Adam Lear

9:29 PM

@Shog9 I recommend bourbon for that.

Shog9

good call

John Dvorak

I'm sipping on Fernet already

rene

9:46 PM

@Shog9 does this mean you declined my flag?

That turned out okay, without being suspended or wiped from the database ...

thanks!

user202362

10:11 PM

user202362

flower inspected

rene

:D

Magisch

10:37 PM

@Telkitty rene smelling extra flowry today

user315433

Fresh report: Beginning College Students Who Change Their Majors Within 3 Years of Enrollment. Math leads the way, with 52% leaving the major. CompSci is at 28%.

user315433

The report is reasonable; Inside HE is predictably raising alarm about how those students are missing out on the gravy train that's waiting for everyone who can memorize the proof that sqrt(2) is irrational.

Catija

I loved algebra in high school, calculus can't be that much harder, right?!?

user315433

10:52 PM

Most prospective majors take calculus in high school, not that it does them much good.

user315433

The way I see it, a student who is actually good at math will likely find a better paying thing that they are also good at. Which is fine with me.

Catija

True. :D I do sort of wonder what the actual numbers are... if it's 52% of a million, that's somehow different than 52% of 1000... It'd be interesting to see the percentages compared to the number of people entering each major.

Though, I'm pretty sure that 100% of people who started with my original major changed it... I was "Undeclared Liberal Arts".

user315433

The report appears to track changes to declared major.

user315433

As for counts, about 20K graduated with math/stats in 2014. nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d15/tables/…

user315433

Compared to 55K in CS or 350K in business.

user315433

11:56 PM

Suggested edit replacing "centre" by "center", with summary "Grammer mistakes". :-/

Catija

@CrazyIvan Irony? I mean... it's not even "grammar"... it's spelling.

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