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Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
00:02
@JasonC hmm I actually use pets sometimes
Jason C
Jason C
Me too
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
and unlike health there's a lot of non specialised questions - a lot of stuff people don't get is about training (and there's different schools of thought there...)
user315433
00:29
What would happen if all the water on earth changes to chocolate milk? by klokklok on worldbuilding.stackexchange.com
user315433
What would happen if the Sun was a giant bag of nachos?
user315433
So many potential WB questions.
SmokeDetector
SmokeDetector
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Link at end of answer: Is there a software package designed to automatically check the assumptions of various statistical tests? by Ahmed Negida on stats.SE
Jason C
Jason C
00:55
@JourneymanGeek data.stackexchange.com/health/query/676818/… is somewhat fun. Haven't checked on other sites yet. Health's answer rate has been in decline, though.
user315433
Job ad: JavaScript Pirate (because pirates > ninjas)
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
ow
user315433
They didn't get the xkcd memo
user315433
Should be JavaScript Zombie, or something involving a sandwich.
user315433
Example: Is this a sandwich?
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
00:59
@JasonC seems too slow to run on SU too
Jason C
Jason C
Bummer. It's good for small sites at least.
I might work on trying to optimize it later I'll have to think about it again from the start
 
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user315433
02:20
Profile & Developer Story Usability Findings has some promise of another "tearing down the structure of" post.
user202362
so I gather that from now on, SE will concentrate on mainly serving programing/software related issues?
SmokeDetector
SmokeDetector
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Link at end of answer: What's the deal with USA SENTRI pass? by belmon selma on expatriates.SE
user315433
!!/report expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/11043
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SmokeDetector
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Link at end of answer: Applying a visa for working in Spain by belmon selma on expatriates.SE
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Manually reported answer: Working in USA, for a USA company, temporary without a green card? by belmon selma on expatriates.SE
user202362
02:55
“ I know you think you understand what you thought I said but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant”
user202362
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Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
03:37
@Telkitty Its probably a little more complicated than that.
The impression I get off the SO blogs is, SO essentially has better brand visibility and the stuff that pays the bills is careers and such
On the other hand, QA's a mature enough product that messing with it is risky as you've seen from the new top bar.
On the gripping hand stuff like documentation may have value elsewhere but SO's probably the best place to test it out.
user315433
I like the "tearing down" approach. Maybe it should be applied to Q&A.
user315433
Like: nominate a Q&A feature to be removed.
user202362
@JourneymanGeek I am pretty clear on that part ... have you ever been treated like this:
user202362
T-Rex Befriends Dog: Funny Dog Maymo
►
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
hmm
Not yet
user315433
03:50
Examples: 1) question migration; 2) answer accept
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
@Gerry I think TPTB have considered/wanted to get rid of question migration a while
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
04:05
I personally think migration needs to be approved at the reciving end
Jon Ericson
Jon Ericson
04:26
@Gerry Yes. And 3) tag synonym suggestions.
user202362
04:54
@JonEricson why is gerry pedobear baiting with an underaged kid's pic?
SmokeDetector
SmokeDetector
05:06
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Manually reported answer: What are most important recommendations for choosing clothing for my dog? by user9567 on pets.SE
SmokeDetector
SmokeDetector
05:44
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Few unique characters in answer, mostly dots in answer: What is the term for an incorrect word used in a sentence by user238091 on english.SE
Elephant
Elephant
06:37
Talking about Healthy site, any other sites that have this kind of problem; e.g. high rep users gone with the wind?
@Gerry of course 4) downvote
My dog^^appreciate it sir. Did not know that word existed. — user238091 1 hour ago
!!/reportall expatriates.stackexchange.com/users/11824/belmon-selma
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[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in body: With that said, I am not without my by Alivajamal on workplace.SE
 
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rene
rene
09:15
Thanks @JasonC
SmokeDetector
SmokeDetector
10:02
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Pattern-matching website in answer: How can I recover files from a phone that won't boot? by NinaOrtiz on android.SE
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in answer, blacklisted website in answer: Copy a folder from one library to another and maintain permissions on the folder structure by amit pathak on sharepoint.SE
user202362
how do we know if our pets have mental disease?
Elephant
Elephant
you ask them
user202362
then?
Elephant
Elephant
based on their reply, you'll get answer about the mental disease
user202362
dog says 'woof', cat says 'meow', bird says 'chirp chirp', what can you infer?
Elephant
Elephant
10:18
then you have to ask more
until you understand them
Shadow Wizard
Shadow Wizard
@Telkitty mirror.co.uk/tech/translate-your-cats-meows-human-7935711
user202362
surely cats don't have accents
Shadow Wizard
Shadow Wizard
Oh yes they have
user202362
then that tech would not work well
Shadow Wizard
Shadow Wizard
Each meow is unique, ask @bjb
Related: comicbook.com/blog/2014/07/22/…
Each "I am Groot!" is unique.
rene
rene
10:39
@ShadowWizard Don't mix Dutch and English in one sentence. It is confusing ...
Shadow Wizard
Shadow Wizard
10:53
@rene hmm? Groot is in Dutch?
rene
rene
Yes
Ahmad
Ahmad
any SE employee here?
Shadow Wizard
Shadow Wizard
It's Sunday
Ahmad
Ahmad
been so long on this website but I don't know how to report a bug
oh true
I didn't even realize lol
Shadow Wizard
Shadow Wizard
@Ahmad meta.stackexchange.com/questions/ask?tags=bug
Ahmad
Ahmad
11:02
it's just a small bug
Shadow Wizard
Shadow Wizard
umm... so?
Ahmad
Ahmad
kk will post then
SmokeDetector
SmokeDetector
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Mostly non-Latin answer, non-Latin link in answer: Mac Mail - Account already exists error when adding gmail by user7514655 on apple.SE
Shadow Wizard
Shadow Wizard
11:32
@Ahmad when?
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
@Ahmad Its almost certainly better to post on meta - if nothing else, you don't have to wait around, and they'd have something they can look up much more easily
user315433
12:00
Is Stack Overflow getting too crowded? got closed as "no repro". :/
user315433
@Elephant Not to the same extent. Android Enthusiasts, Cross Validated, and Web Applications are short on answering power, but have at least a couple of active users/mods who take care of the queues.
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
@Gerry well, its pretty hard to repro SO
also the person who asked that question gets THAT GUY status
> I'm the creator of the official Serial-Downvoter App Suite, a collection of scripts to assist you with voting posts in just one direction: down.
rene
rene
@Gerry there had been a discussion earlier on MSO about robo-close-voting, meaning whatever turns-up in the CVQ will get closed, no matter what.
@JourneymanGeek yeah, you can question their motive why they ask, still we have to assume good faith until proven otherwise.
user315433
It's Nick Craver's birthday. What would be a good present, a new and interesting botnet?
rene
rene
We can sent him some ransomware to chew on?
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
12:16
@rene I must admit - its an interesting problem.
also, THAT GUY ness is totally about the person, not the question
But.... its tricky anyway
You need the visitor numbers to keep the site active, while keeping your core users engaged, while somehow dealing with issues no other site really needs to worry about
rene
rene
delv-pls 20K android meta.stackexchange.com/questions/296487/… needs 1 more /cc @bart @sha
user315433
That most questions get only a few views is a good thing if those are boring questions. I know I'm not going to open another "ValueError/TypeError: blah blah my python program doesn't work" question, even to downvote it.
user315433
OTOH it's a problem if serious questions get lost in the shuffle, as they probably do.
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
12:31
in which case how does one sort those out? Once again, its something most other sites probably have less of a problem with
user315433
If JasonC asks a Java question, it's probably more interesting than an average 1-rep user's Java question.
user315433
But nothing in the question finding interface recognizes that.
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
ah, cause its about the question, not the user
user202362
@Gerry sincerity, I sense nil
user315433
It's about the question, all right. The quality of a question depends on who's writing it.
user315433
12:35
When I pick a new book to read, I tend to pay attention to author's name.
user202362
@JourneymanGeek I can't believe that you still trust gerry
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
@Gerry ah, I don't. I go topically
with a few exeptions
there's this guy called Ali Chen on SU. He's a bloody expert on anything USB
user202362
when I pick I book, I read user review first - ideally > 30 user reviews and at least 4/5 stars with 3 stars being average
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
I just go "Oh, I am bored"
then grab something random out of my ebook library
or see a review that looks interesting and see if I can find a copy
or pick up random stuff at used book sales or the rare proper book store visit
user202362
Just between you me & the whole internet, kz, nowadays I don't buy books from amazon, I read free e-books. But I always go on amazon to read user review first before deciding whether to read the book. Should I feel bad?
user315433
12:41
> Is there a Pythonic way to test if my Left Tail is actually a Fat Tail or not?
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
@Telkitty probably. I mean, if everyone downloaded their novels from the russians...
(A good chunk of my ebook collection's from baen bundles and their old free library cds)
Elephant
Elephant
@SmokeDetector I kind of remember a surge of questions like this recently on that site...
user202362
on the other side, I stopped using torrent long time ago - I mainly watch Chinese youtubers broadcasting synopsis of various movies and TV series ... with an adblocker
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
smells like the same ol troll
user202362
I probably have gone through nearly 1000 movies + TV episodes this way in the past year
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
12:51
most of the youtube stuff I watch is original, no TV things
Elephant
Elephant
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Q: Do four random common words make a stronger password than passwords like "Tr0ub4dor&3"?

user3419556In xkcd comic #936, Randall Munroe claims that passwords like "Tr0ub4dor&3" (uncommon base word, caps, common letter substitutions with a number and punctuation prefix) has ~28 bits of entropy, while taking four random common words, like "correct horse battery staple", has ~44 bits of entropy, an...

computers security
not closed yet..
user202362
I don't watch originals once I am addicted to synopsis from a good summariser
user202362
why spending 2 hours when you can go through it in 10 minutes
user202362
some of the channels got banned/sued though
user202362
the good ones too!
user202362
12:54
so if you are crappy, you don't have to worry about violating copyrights
Ahmad
Ahmad
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Q: Personal statement doesn't appear in developer story preview

AhmadMy personal statement does not appear anywhere on my developer story at https://stackoverflow.com/story/<username>. Pretty sure this is not intentional, is it?

bug
actually made more sense on meta.SO
user202362
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user202362
Opera house
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
@Ahmad Yeah, it does
Ahmad
Ahmad
for me it doesn't
tried without adblock and on chrome and safari
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
13:07
Oh, I mean it being on MSO
Ahmad
Ahmad
aah okay
👍
 
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Shadow Wizard
Shadow Wizard
14:24
@Ahmad see my comment
@JourneymanGeek how? His story isn't public nobody can see it. (except mods, perhaps?).
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
@ShadowWizard that it was asked on MSO over MSE ;p
Shadow Wizard
Shadow Wizard
@JourneymanGeek oh, as usual missing context in your messages. :/
:D
@JourneymanGeek it was tasty.
See? Now you should guess "what was tasty?"
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
@ShadowWizard I am starting to suspect you did not spend enough time on IRC...
Shadow Wizard
Shadow Wizard
@JourneymanGeek IRC? Try 0 seconds...
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
@ShadowWizard I'd assume something spoken recently involving food... which never happened
@ShadowWizard that explains it.
IRC had no reply to, or transcripts so you had to infer context.
Shadow Wizard
Shadow Wizard
14:28
:/
Elephant
Elephant
I love IRC.
Shadow Wizard
Shadow Wizard
:\
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
Which reminds me
I switched over to vivaldi recently and I need to add this to it chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/chat-reply-helper-for-sta/…
Elephant
Elephant
@JourneymanGeek Not sure, but probably this works too
Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
@Elephant Yeah, but that's what I was using on FF for ages
Ahmad
Ahmad
14:41
@ShadowWizard just updated the question to clarify it a bit more
bjb568
bjb568
15:26
@ShadowWizard mew
Jason C
Jason C
@Gerry A happy birthday ddos?
user315433
15:40
Yes, because it may put a picture of him instead of the front page (500 page pics)
user202362
samoyed fur jumper is a thing
user202362
shave your dog before every shedding season
user202362
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user315433
16:14
There are 5 posts scored <= -200 on meta.so and meta.se combined. Four of them by employees. For the sake of completeness, SE should hire whoever "Ispirer SQLWays Migrations" is.
user315433
Actually, I think this may be all network-wide. The lowest SO has is -154 for Forcing a function to return if false
user315433
Yes, those 5 are all posts scoring <= -200 network wide
user315433
Hmm. SEDE has stackoverflow.com/q/4729670 with score -166 but the page says "We couldn't find the page you requested". This is not what we see with deleted posts, those say "removed for reasons of moderation" or some such. ?
hichris123
hichris123
@Gerry Except spam/offensive deleted...
user315433
16:30
Ah. Still, the SEDE updated just this morning. And the post is there (in Posts, not withdeleted)
hichris123
hichris123
Strange... not sure then.
user315433
@hichris123 Also, this is not true. See drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/237221 or any spam flagged thing in your profile.
user315433
They get censored more than normal deleted posts. But they still say that there was a post, which was deleted.
hichris123
hichris123
Ah, yeah, it's just the related questions stuff, right.
user315433
And the URL slug.
user315433
16:33
Can a 10K user, like @JasonC, see anything at stackoverflow.com/q/4729670 ?
user315433
For the record, the query for lowest scores network-wide is here
user315433
Wait, since the post is in SEDE, we can just read it there.
user315433
> <p>Vote Rook for evil!</p>

<p>As a campaign promise I will hand out harsh punishments for minor infractions. Everyone is a criminal and retribution is my duty.</p>

<p>(This is a serious nomination. I honestly believe that SO needs tougher moderation to foster a more constructive environment.)</p>
hichris123
hichris123
So it's an election nomination...
user315433
Yes, should probably restrict PostTypeId to (1,2).
user315433
16:42
It's on the site at stackoverflow.com/election/1#post-4729670 -- it's just that /q/Id path does not work for nominations
user315433
17:46
> The worst readers are those who behave like plundering troops: they take away a few things they can use, dirty and confound the remainder, and revile the whole.
Jason C
Jason C
@Gerry no
user315433
still needs flags, 15 hours later: expatriates.stackexchange.com/a/11044
rene
rene
19:09
@Gerry sorry, now gone
Jason C
Jason C
19:30
→ 4 messages moved to Chimney
rene
rene
20:05
I have rejected this: meta.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/50964 as should be a comment. The original link is not great but has a different message then the link proposed. Thoughts, as it also has an approve?
rene
rene
20:25
nvm : it is accepted
Jason C
Jason C
21:07
@rene There have been some very odd characters on mse lately, heh...
user315433
21:18
ᔕᖺᘎᕊ, The Intersect
14k 3 39 75
feature-request support discussion bug design status-completed chat
user315433
^ very odd characters
user315433
But not so active on Meta lately
user315433
Drama: I'm leaving, EL&U has stopped being fun by Mari-Lou A on english.meta.stackexchange.com
Jason C
Jason C
@Gerry Simultaneously annoyed at people who feel the need to announce "I'm leaving" (poor you, just go quietly, really, don't flatter yourself), bummed because I'll miss Mari-Lou's comments and answers, and facepalming because whatever, more often than not they end up back.
user315433
21:41
Is this rude? comment link
user315433
Obviously there was more than a one ill-advised comment there...
Jason C
Jason C
22:04
@Gerry Categorically rude. I just flagged the whole post, all those comments suck.
 
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Journeyman Geek
Journeyman Geek
23:44
@Gerry He broke pinging for a bit ;p

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