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12:00 AM

@JasonC nice! Looks like heartbeat monitor...

;)

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Blacklisted user: Is it possible to calculate the energy required to speak a word? by user30698 on biology.SE

Jason C

@ShadowWizard I suppose, for a patient who clearly didn't make it past the end of the graph, lol...

Shadow Wizard

@JasonC and is very brown.... :)

Jason C

chat.meta.stackexchange.com/transcript/89/2011/2/4/0-24 is the day with the most lols.

Feb 24 2017 is the last day we went in here without a single lol.

Lol... this got weird:

A: Can I speed up stain drying with a hair dryer?

I used my wife's oven to speed up stain and polyurethane finish. Needed to ship wooden yard dice quickly to a customer for a wedding gift. Unforgettably, the finish was not drying fast enough due to snowing/sleeting outside and high humidity in my shop. 12 hours after applying, and the finish ...

Unsure if I should write "Agreed. I'm a huge fan of your wife's oven."

Lol, but his avatar has a picture of his wife (I presume). It's too weird.

Journeyman Geek

12:15 AM

uses gas oven MASSIVE EXPLOSION

electric might be semi safe

Jason C

Lol, now I'm questioning my judgment here. It's conceivably possible that that answer is completely made up and has no purpose beyond serving as a build-up to "You got to LOVE your wife's oven."

Journeyman Geek

1:02 AM

Naw. Low temperature might work.

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user315433

2:08 AM

I hate phone interviews... Well, using phone in general, but interviews much more. And even more when the interview is because someone else is applying for a job. :(

user315433

It could still be worse, though... I could be on the other end of the phone line.

Shog9

yeah...

Talking to yourself is fine. Talking to yourself with lag over a phone...

user315433

Yeah, and hearing own voice over the phone is no fun either.

user315433

FR: replace phone interviews by Google chat or somesuch.

user315433

Pro: there's an actual record of conversation, to be referred to later if needed.

user315433

2:19 AM

Normal University will be in semi-shutdown for the second day in a row. I'll keep insisting on being essential personnel, though...

bjb568

2:34 AM

seems like Normal U is an an abnormal condition

user315433

It's ironically named

user315433

@SmokeDetector Spam is still alive, boo.

Journeyman Geek

HEH!

SMOKEY! THO ART FALLIBLE THY KNAVE! I SHALL SMITE THE SPAM WITH SMOL PAWS OF FURY!

user315433

> We recently moved our company blog to a different hosting platform (again!) meta.stackexchange.com/a/292364

user315433

What platform is that? The source mentions "batcache" at the bottom of page, which looks like a WordPress plugin?

user315433

2:46 AM

Yup, wordpress. Media files have URLs like zgab33vy595fw5zq-zippykid.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/…

Jason C

3:55 AM

color red

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user315433

5:24 AM

@NormalHuman So, funny thing about that... Turned out that WordPress is a massive pain to maintain and host on-prem for us given the low activity on community blogs, but is actually pretty alright for non-technical contributors. I'm not up on all of the details, but as far as I know we ended up with hosting at a third-party provider who takes care of the infrastructure maintenance for us and consolidating company blogs from Jekyll and Hubspot into one location. — Adam Lear ♦ 2 hours ago

user315433

From WP to Jekyll and back... well yeah, the idea of Marketing people pushing commits to GitHub was perhaps a bit ahead of our time.

user315433

As a non-technical blog contributor, can confirm: WP is pretty alright when you don't have to host it.

user315433

5:42 AM

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Q: Disconnect between Meta Assumptions and Actual User Behavior

I should first point out that I have read and understand the reason that downvoting works in the manner that it does. That said, there are numerous instances where the Meta community's justification for allowing a behavior does not apply. For reference, here is the specific question that brough...

discussion

user315433

I remember there was an actual user Behavior here, but with a u in it.

Stijn

8:49 AM

How to use a dishwasher:
1. Take the clean dishes out of it
2. Put the dirty dishes in it
3. Be sure not to skip step 1

Some of my colleagues don't seem to understand that

Derpy

9:22 AM

@Stijn F.I.N.O. pattern

First
In
Never
Out

angussidney

@Stijn 1.5: be sure to put the clean dishes back in the cupboard, not on the same side of the sink that dirty dishes are meant to go....

Derpy

@angussidney good ol' "Mobius Ring Dishwasher" pattern?

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M.A.R.

11:59 AM

> We are a web design company. One day the company chairman calls us in the design studio.

Chairman: You guys do software, right?

Me: Well, yes.

Chairman: Great. There’s another company I’m starting. I want you to write missile guidance software.

Me: Um…

Chairman: Don’t give me that. Software is software.

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Derpy

1:03 PM

@M.A.R. Country? I am pretty sure that in many countries you can't be requested to work on war-related topics without consensus. Actually, I think that in many countries if you opted out of military related services using one of the "moral choice" laws you cannot no longer work in war/weapon related sectors

(also... Therac-25 - never try to do software you never did before)

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user315433

2:22 PM

> People are losing the spirit of the Ides of March. It's not about just stabbing. It's about coming together to stab in groups. -- Joseph Scrimshaw at 8:32 AM - 15 Mar 2012

user315433

Also known as Meta participation.

Stijn

What to do when people won't stop an off-topic discussion in comments on a post of mine? I want the notifications to stop.

Journeyman Geek

flag ?

Stijn

It's on MSO, so flags take 6-8 hours :>

but I've flagged it now

Bart

Why on earth did the PHP question get that many upvotes? It's horrible.

It shouldn't have survived that long

Shadow Wizard

2:39 PM

@Bart what question? Oh, has your flag been handled?

Stijn

@Bart it slipped through the net I guess

Bart

23 hours ago, by Bart

Shadow Wizard

@Bart lucky you!

@Stijn maybe they want their dishes cleaner

Stijn

3:02 PM

Aww, I used some C# 7 syntax but our build servers haven't been upgraded yet :(

Stijn

3:26 PM

@Bart mine was handled in 1 hour :D

Bart

See, they are just ignoring @ShadowWizard

Shadow Wizard

3:48 PM

Jason C

4:44 PM

@ShadowWizard muted

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Shadow Wizard

6:55 PM

@JasonC :(

Travis J

7:12 PM

@ShadowWizard - Don't worry, they handle the easy flags first ;)

user315433

7:32 PM

> Best part of leaving programming for a job that intersects with both dev and marketing? I get to be confused by twice as much jargon. -- Shog9 at 11:14 AM - 15 Mar 2017

user315433

> You will own and drive MOFU and BOFU marketing strategies and corresponding initiatives for the North American market to meet market-specific business objectives. You will work with the Inbound Evergreen Group to supplement any TOFU objectives with campaign-specific initiatives. You’ll leverage global/functional/core initiatives stemming from product marketing, branding/PR, content marketing, digital marketing,... stackoverflow.com/company/work-here/265058

mikeTheLiar

9:41 PM

Am I supposed to be able to access chat rooms on sites that are still in private beta?

Stijn

@mikeTheLiar probably. Private beta's aren't really private either, anyone can join them.

mikeTheLiar

I can't join the devops private beta. Says I needed to have committed to the proposal.

Stijn

@mikeTheLiar Go to area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/97295/devops and click the visit link below the days counter, at the top left

Anyone can access private beta by simply clicking the link to it in the Area51 proposal. This whole thing needs to be removed. (the private beta thing only protects it from being indexed or accessed by mistake by outside visitors) — Shadow Wizard Apr 2 '15 at 20:17

mikeTheLiar

Ahh yeah, just figured that out. I was trying to go directly to the site and getting blocked.

Stijn

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user315433

11:12 PM

New job ad: Ad Operations Campaign Manager

user315433

> we’re looking for someone who is patient and dedicated, possess great time-management skills, has a keen ability to multitask, and most importantly knows how to have fun and laugh out loud in the workplace

user315433

LOL

Shadow Wizard

@TravisJ some of my flags were easy.... :(

user315433

So I got at least part of it covered. (Also, should be "possesses" instead of "possess", but maybe it's a test for how "detail-oriented" the applicants really are.)

user315433

> Willing to eat daily free lunches, have great benefits and be part of a fun team

user315433

11:15 PM

This discriminates against vampires and other undead applicants.