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Sensible Alexander

1:55 AM

Morning with runny nose 🤧

user202362

3:42 AM

A lot of SEO offers for my site

user202362

spammers getting creative with titles recently

Sensible Alexander

After the first (and only) time I published an app to Play Store, I got many spam to increase ad revenue

and fake reviews

Sensible Alexander

7:16 AM

MY GOD, IT'S FULL OF SPAM!

user202362

7:40 AM

Australia's broadband slower than Kazakhstan's

Sensible Alexander

@Telkitty uhh... top speed or on average?

user202362

It didn't say

Sensible Alexander

> with an average download speed of 25.88 Mbps.

well... it's still a lot faster than my country...

Sensible Alexander

8:04 AM

@SmokeDetector f

not spam, just off-topic

hmm? the other answer on Ask Ubuntu...

@SmokeDetector k

chirlu

Hi, there are a couple of spam posts on Astronomy that could use flagging.

Sensible Alexander

I think still need 1 more flag for each... but consider them "gone"

Apowersoft...

chirlu

8:20 AM

Thanks.

rene

8:31 AM

cv-pls cms meta.stackexchange.com/questions/305490/… (OP responds weird in a comment) /cc @SensibleAlexander @ShadowtheHedgehogWizard @Bart @JourneymanGeek

→ 39 messages moved to Chimney

Sensible Alexander

@rene relax... take a deep breath... NUKE IT ASAP

rene

delete voted ....

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Mostly non-Latin body: moment and shear force and influence line examples by user14442 on engineering.SE

Sensible Alexander

@SmokeDetector legit question, if you know Arabic...

Stijn

9:10 AM

some workers here installing a door and windows around the stairs between our two floors at the office

to reduce noise

of course they're making loads of noise right now to install it :\

Sensible Alexander

wear headphones ;)

Stijn

the best I have available is little earbuds

those don't help unfortunately :p

Derpy

11:00 AM

@Stijn Next time, instead of spending all your budget on SE Hats lootboxes, buy some work headphones.

user202362

11:13 AM

This is the sound of a bird called Boobook

SmokeDetector

11:32 AM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Potentially bad keyword in answer: keyboard layout (United Kingdom) is automatically added by crazzle vishnu on superuser.com

Stijn

@Derpy don't give them any ideas :p

Derpy

@Stijn Bet they will do this for this year April Fool Day. SE Lootboxes with items like "rep multiplier for X hours", "downvote power increase #% for X hours", "+#k Rep potions" and such

and the real joke will be that on 2th, April they will actually really charge you for the items :P

Sensible Alexander

11:47 AM

> Can I buy hats from you guys?

> I...we...You know what, make us an offer and we'll talk. We only accept unicorn dollars, though.

balpha

@Derpy you're pretty much describing UniCoins -- we already did that in 2014 :)

Sensible Alexander

@balpha That was fun :)

Derpy

@balpha Unicoins gave you choice on what to buy. Lootboxes... not at all! And again, the "actually charge the users" is the part you want to add :P

user202362

unicoin shaped chocolates <3

Derpy

@Telkitty available on amazon

user202362

11:57 AM

ponies ! = unicorns

Derpy

just only keep Rarity ones and give me the rest

user202362

also compare ponies to unicorns are like to compare brussels sprouts to cabbages!

Derpy

@Telkitty considering the only official recognized difference between a pony and an horse is size I fall to see your point

I think ponies should be under 150cm tall?

Sensible Alexander

12:43 PM

I searched for 'mega pony'. I didn't expect that.

or, I should expect that...

If ponies should be under 150cm tall....

chirlu

1:30 PM

!!/report astronomy.stackexchange.com/questions/24424/…

SmokeDetector

@chirlu You are not a privileged user. Please see the privileges wiki page for information on what privileges are and what is expected of privileged users.

chirlu

Ah, well … :-)

Feeds

2:04 PM

Take the 2018 Developer Survey

Rachel Ferrigno on January 08, 2018

It’s that time of year again—the annual developer survey is now open! This survey marks the 8th year we’ve been asking the developer community for their thoughts on everything from programming languages to career preferences. This year, we added in new questions about artificial intelligence, ethics in coding, and more.

As in previous years, anonymized results of the survey will be made publicly available under the Open Database License. We encourage you to download and analyze the dataset yourself when it becomes available. Throughout the survey, certain answers you give will be treated …

Derpy

2:30 PM

@SensibleAlexander you expected this one instead?

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword with a link in answer, link at end of answer: Why are planes using rivets & not welded construction? by aman on aviation.SE

Derpy

CV please. meta.stackexchange.com/questions/304391/…

(btw, there is still time to add the chicken tag.)

SmokeDetector

2:47 PM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Pattern-matching website in body: easy way to get more and more backlink insted of spending more and more time? by Shivanta Technology on webmasters.SE

Stijn

3:14 PM

Is the Developer Survey not tested with real users before releasing it? Only in-house testing?

Every year it only takes an hour for multiple issues to pop up.

SmokeDetector

3:26 PM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in body: 50 Ton Crane in Pakistan | Hydraulic crane for rent Pakistan | Crane providers in Pakistan by autolinkpk on superuser.com

Sensible Alexander

3:56 PM

The issues on Developer Survey are to make sure that you are not robo-surveying... uh, wait....

b_jonas

Is there a list of SE sites that have changed site name? It seems like there's a lot of them.

@Derpy Supposedly. But I'm quite sure the 2 inch "blind bag" ponies are deliberately made such that you can just barely tell which pony it is from the outside, because there's a small transparent window to see the color, and you can feel the shape from the nylon bag.

Stijn

@b_jonas define 'a lot'? I know of Programmers -> Software Engineering

The API provides the list I think, one sec

Sensible Alexander

I only remember
- Not Programming Related -> Programmers -> Software Engineering (scoping)
- Moderators -> Community Building (scoping)
- Lego -> Bricks (trademark)
- Beer -> Beer, Wine & Spirits (scoping)

Stijn

You can parse api.stackexchange.com/2.2/sites?pagesize=1000 for aliases, but IIRC there was an easier way even. I just can't find it.

Shog9

Chip Hacker -> Electronics and Robotics -> Electronics -> Electronics Design -> Electrical Engineering

Sensible Alexander

4:12 PM

^ ... not a joke :O

b_jonas

@Stijn "Sci Fi" to "Sci Fi & Fantasy", "Games" or maybe "Gaming" to "Arqade", "Cooking" to "Seasoned Advice" IIRC, and recently "Mythology" to "Mythology and Folklore"

user315433

@chirlu Astronomy set a new personal record in December, with 173 spam posts. Not bad considering that SO, which is 2000-3000 times larger, had 372.

Derpy

@b_jonas only few of the blind bag sets had the small preview window. Most didn't. You could still use the serial number since they had a recognizable code format printed on the bag (so for example you would know that A13 was Fluttershy) but... good luck trying that and don't get an angry stare from the shop owner.

also...

user315433

I would call this spam rate astronomical, but we already used that one.

Sensible Alexander

@if.... the real problem/question is... they slipped through Smokey?

Derpy

4:19 PM

why would you want a blind bag pony anyway? I mean.. this is supposed to be Fluttershy!

user315433

No, Smokey reports them. Astronomy is ahead of Drupal in reports for the last 30 days.

user315433

Reading about GSoC now, since SymPy is participating in it as always... for a good cause, but it does look like a major headache.

user315433

Math equivalent of it would be REU programs, I guess. Except those rarely produce anything of value to the discipline (they are of value to the participants of course).

Feeds

I like the idea of cartograms (distorted population maps), but I feel like in practice they often end up being the worst of both worldsânot great for showing geography OR counting people. And on top of that, they have all the problems of a chloro... chorophl... chloropet... map with areas colored in.

user315433

@Feeds ur late

user315433

4:31 PM

Those two in Hawaii and Alaska look lonely, I wonder if they'd like to meet up and chat about their internal skeletons.

user315433

Since most other topics would have to be carefully avoided.

Stijn

So this makes me not want to take the survey at all.

Why were there so many questions about advertisement? Is this whole survey thing just a cover for you to evaluate how to improve your advertising revenue? Because that's exactly how it felt after 3 pages of asking about my advertising preferences and habits... — musefan 1 hour ago

Sensible Alexander

Last year was about.... SO Careers?

user315433

Is this news? The survey was always a marketing effort.

Sensible Alexander

Next year will be about SO Blogs

user315433

4:38 PM

Looks who's posting

user315433

Time to Take a Stand: boycott the SO survey!

Shog9

@if.... this is absolutely true:

> We need a Stack Overflow Annual User Survey.

1. Why? – To measure our user’s demographics

2. Why? – Potential advertisers judge our site by demographics to see if we fit in with their goals

3. Why? – You’ll see more relevant ads increasing the value of our advertising

4. Why? – With more valued advertisers, we can spend more time developing awesome new features

5. Why? – New features create a better user experience, supporting Stack Overflow’s mission to make the internet a better place than we found it.

Stack Overflow Annual Survey

Alison Sperling on December 21, 2010

As you’ve seen from the site analytics, Stack Overflow grew significantly in 2010. We noticed some major technical shifts – more global visitors and an increase in use of Chrome as a web browser. But, our visitors are more than just their web browser, operating system and screen resolutions, they are real people with real careers – valuable knowledge which isn’t measured by Google. Some people may ask why we need to do a survey at all – so, taking poetic license on the 5 Whys, here’s how we got to the root answer: …

Stijn

I always thought those surveys were for the greater good, I feel a bit dumb now :p

user315433

"What's good for us is good for you"

Sensible Alexander

Social engineering at the best

Shog9

4:50 PM

The primary purpose of the survey has always been about improving our ability to serve relevant advertising, @musefan. We've expanded it considerably over the past 7 years to try to make the results more generally useful and interesting, and last year's results seem to have been widely successful in achieving that secondary goal, but that core need remains in place - IMHO, that's a far better bargain than the sorts of intrusive analytics (with secret results) that certain other sites use for this purpose. — Shog9 ♦ 36 secs ago

Tim Post

5:24 PM

and here I thought the free breadsticks was just because Olive Garden cared. You monster.

Shog9

can't make the bread if you don't have the dough

Sensible Alexander

breadnut

Shog9

breadnought

fearsome scourge of the yeasty seas

Tim Post

Now I want to make some bread.

Shog9

5:39 PM

good time of year for pretzels

Optimus Prime

6:06 PM

^

~~certificate overflow~~ certoverflow

Sensible Alexander

-1

A: What disease did Kenshin and Kaoru catch that killed them?

To me, I still don't understand, I THINK IT WAS NOT 1.1% FAIR FOR SAMURAI X(Hitokiri Batosai- Himura Kenshin) TO DIE! after watching all 3 seasons of Rurouni Kenshin, my life changed. And sadly, it changed when I found out I finished it. So I did research on why tis happened, I got many results a...

> This is Alex, the 10 year old 4th grader signing out.

user315433

Is Olive Garden one of those things that the previous generation found attractive for reasons that are difficult to fathom?

Sensible Alexander

That's why under 13 years old should be...

And that's also the problem of Anime & Manga compared to Movies & TV and Science Fiction & Fantasy: pre-teens audiences.

Optimus Prime

@TimPost, have one question

Optimus Prime

6:26 PM

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad NS for domain in body: How the "buy followers" work on social media? by Ashar7 on webapps.SE

user315433

I can't believe there are no tags [excel] or [spreadsheet] on Programming Puzzles & Code Golf

user315433

I answered a question that involved a meta-formula: for example, ="=HYPERLINK(""" & A1 & """, """ & B1 & """)" is a meta-formula that outputs the formula =HYPERLINK(A1, B1). Next logical step: a formula that, given any Excel formula (as a string input), will output its meta-formula.

hairboat

6:55 PM

howdy folks! i’m in touch with the moderator of a panel at the next SXSW about programmers protecting themselves from illegal and/or immoral things they are told to do by employers sometimes. (it’s based on this article)

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the organizer/moderator is looking for panelists to share experiences around that topic and talk about what the software industry should do to protect programmers. she reached out to us thinking some SO folks might have some opinions on that subject

anyone in here interested, or have a suggestion of someone who might be? (SXSW gives panelists a free pass to the conference, so that’s an incentive i suppose. not sure about travel expenses though)

Sensible Alexander

sudden town hall meeting

rene

7:12 PM

@hairboat I've pinned a message in SOCVR.

hairboat

8:33 PM

@rene thanks!

Jake Symons

8:50 PM

Is this rant on topic?

Félix Gagnon-Grenier

9:05 PM

I have grown somewhat fond of ycs over the years, so maybe I am partial, but yes, I believe it is. Up or down votes are welcome, but I would not be voting to close, except if maybe a suitable duplicate target were to be found.

that being said, o wow, that Shog's edit. My previous comment refers to the current version.

user315433

11:33 PM

> BY DAY: I execute projects on both mobile and on the web at an uncomfortable pace, but with obsessive perfection.

user315433

But not at SO anymore.

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