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12:02 AM

I spent a bit of time digging into this. I looked at the past 365 of questions posted on the site to get the numbers. Here is what I found: Over the past 365 days, there were 6,534 questions asked, of these: 3,313 have received at least one close vote or flag, 2,135 questions were closed, 1,5...

Jon Ericson

It is incredible the number of ways posts can get deleted and how ineffective the actual delete link is.

Shog9

Well... It's super-effective for post authors

Jon Ericson

Should said "delete vote". ;-)

Pritt Balagopal

12:31 AM

Hello

I have a question that bugged me for a while

Why do we prevent users from asking too broad questions anyway?

Sorry its "answering" not asking.

If a good answerer has an easy way to deal with a broad question why not let him?

Journeyman Geek

12:44 AM

@PrittBalagopal because we also want to discourage people from asking overbroad questions and an answer is positive reinforcement

Much better we help them understand what a well scoped question is first

user315433

1:05 AM

@JonEricson Which it is for post authors, too. It even consumes one of their delete votes if they have any.

user202362

1:26 AM

watching pros flying racing drones through high quality VR is freaking awesome

user315433

2:45 AM

Mathematics Educators is categorized as Science, while Computer Science Educators as Professional. Further confirming that anything with "science" in the name isn't.

hichris123

3:06 AM

→ 9 messages moved to Chimney

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rene

5:30 AM

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Elephant

6:04 AM

@Guero nah, CSE is Professional Science, but SE discourages repeated thing, so the "Science" is omitted

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rene

7:08 AM

delv-pls 20K php meta.stackexchange.com/questions/297575/product-quantity /cc @bart @sha @tra

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Shadow Wizard

8:54 AM

@rene nidz 1 moar

Shadow Wizard

9:38 AM

@Shog9 I like the way you Rant! :D

(good song title ;))

Well, admit I expected a bit shorter response, but then again, I can rarely expect your (re)actions... which guess is a good thing, otherwise it would be too boring. ;)

From the little I read (don't have more than 5 minutes here and there during day, both at work and home (at work I have to, well, work, and at home have to be with wife/kids, watch over kids etc, so using those small gaps we have during those things) so only time I can really read things is during night) I understand your point of view and admire you for surviving so long in such a job. Kudos! :)

rene

10:08 AM

Work, wife, kids ... get a life will you ...

Shadow Wizard

10:56 AM

@rene I know, missing cat, dog, or a goat.

@caz you forgot your Today's Listening today

cazc_941

11:18 AM

@ShadowWizard ha

Today's Listening

Shadow Wizard

Now that's better. :D

cazc_941

11:41 AM

Weekend listening too so it's a full EP

Primate is fantastic

Shadow Wizard

@cazc_941 who is he? You know him other than the playlists?

user202362

12:04 PM

I broken my new drone today, I better not cop a speed fine as well

Shadow Wizard

@Telkitty :(

cazc_941

@ShadowWizard I just know his music

Super good instrumental electronic stuff

Shadow Wizard

12:39 PM

@cazc_941 nice!

user315433

1:29 PM

I told everyone the cloud was an illusion that will fail one day, but did anyone listen to me? Of course not. — Nick Craver ♦ 2 days ago

Shadow Wizard

Hey @Walt and welcome to the Tavern! :D

user202362

1:48 PM

Walt ... Wait ... that 1mm makes all the difference

cazc_941

2:15 PM

@ShadowWizard newest release is likely to be my favourite of the year smallprintrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/simulated-reality

user202362

if you are not paying for it you are the product

user202362

that's okay, I know my place, I still <3 this site

Shadow Wizard

3:00 PM

@cazc_941 sounds promising! :)

user315433

SO users that make their CV/Dev Story public are the product that can be sold, the rest are more like a by-product, industrial sludge of some sort.

Elephant

Does Jon Skeet make his CV/Dev Story public?

user315433

Okay, some are more like equipment.

user202362

tools you mean

user315433

Went for a politically correct term.

user202362

3:21 PM

that's why google & facebook worth so much, everything is built on a pile of sand

user202362

who cares ...

user202362

when you look at any thing: valuation of shares, property, salary ... everything is so irrational

user202362

p.s. humans seem to be the only one that produce useless stuff on the face of earth, everything else has their place in this ecosystem

user202362

even chicken/cow manure - you have to buy them if you grow vegetables

user202362

3:36 PM

welcome to my world

Disney

e.g time

+ timezone + calendar system

user202362

I went to my friend's house, she has 2 cute dogs and 1 cute cat

user315433

Q: Why do so many good programmers waste their time on Stack Overflow?

I get depressed when I see so many good programmers answering other's easily googlable answers, and writing code for them. I mean, why do you guys do that? How do good programmers have this much time? You must be having a job? Or not? Is it hard to get a job for programmers? Instead of answerin...

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user315433

Not limited to programmers, of course.

user202362

Josh Poor - that name, rofl

user202362

3:45 PM

who do people share stuff on facebook?

user202362

you don't need to press things, because if you do, everything falls apart

user202362

trust me on this: a lot of 'valuable' things are built on piles of sand, on the other side, we have the lifespan of a mayfly, so as long as the sand pile doesn't collapse in our ephemeral lives, it should be fine

Shadow Wizard

5:50 PM

So, we have @Walt @Disney now. Who is up for @Donald @Duck?

cazc_941

6:29 PM

@Inspector @Gadget

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