@ArtOfCode You do have a nice badge collection. I may get another goldie soon, if I get 10 more upvotes on my Astronomy answer about global warming (or lack thereof) on Mars. But I guess that might not happen now that it's dropped off the HNQ.
I'm kinda tempted to write a MSE answer, or maybe even a question, just to collect enough rep to downvote answers. But with my luck, I'd probably lose rep instead. ;) OTOH, my few SO meta posts have done fairly well, vote-wise.
I am thinking about changing display name by adding something to show that I support Monica but having a difficulty to choose wording, could someone advise? I considered several phrases so far but feel like it can be spelled out better: "support Monica", "bring back Monica", "fairness for Monica", "I am with Monica", "Monica for moderator", "apologize to Monica"
That specific old question could be protected by the amount of views it generated or the total amount of answers, since protection kicked in whenever a question had over 10 answers or 10,000 views. Whatever happened first.
Right now isn't like that, protection only kicks in:
when 3 to 20 (depe...
@LinkBerest Prob just didn't look too closely; the text he did alter had been edited previously by others and thus stood out. I also didn't spot the other utterances until you just said that, because I wasn't looking
Also sometimes the CMs have been locking posts if they are going to be offline (i.e. all of them) and they know it needs special attention. I'm personally fine with this cause they deserve their sleep.
@LinkBerest That's the rule for low rep users whose edits will hit the review queue, simply for reducing workload for others. In the main, there is no such rule. You don't have to promise fix absolutely everything; an improvement is an improvement. I'm sure Martijn would have changed the other instances had he noticed them.
I don't think anyone disagrees with "disrespectful and blatantly bigoted behavior [..] is unacceptable". Most people agree that "intentional misgendering" falls under that. But we're all trying to assume good faith, and your answer does not.
I really think it's important not to misconstrue "being tired of this conversation" or "XYZ issue with SE mgmt" with some "we hate Gwideon and what he stands for". Because we don't! Okay, some people do, and they've been emboldened lately. I'm sorry you've had to read posts from them. But please don't think that it's the main crux of the issue here. It isn't.
Feel free to express your identity however you want, we're not going to attack you for it. Though it might be removed from technical posts where it isn't relevant.
So you absolutely do not need to "just shut up". The fact that I am not interested in further endless debate about this issue shouldn't have any bearing whatsoever on what you say and where and why. Have fun :)
@Gwideon hey, what a coincidence we both happened to drop in here :) just wanted to say, I hope my comments didn't cause more problems for you. I did get a bit overly annoyed when I was responding. wishing you the best - it's really not that strife-filled outside of meta in my experience :)
That is part of the human cost of all this cascading management failure. People are driven to argue opposition to everything and the backlash to this is much bigger then it would have ever been
it's not just anti company sentiment sometimes. I understand there are concerns but sometimes I feel those concerns aren't put out there in the most respectful manner and um yeah it makes me sad that respect seems to be flying out the window sometimes.
Its been discussed before (have to get ready for work so cannot find the quotes right now) but there is a definite feeling of the handling of this and other issues by the company leading to a huge backlash against LGBTQ members
@Gwideon I'm seeing the same from the other side. The best answer so far that touched on the effects on religious people ... openly equated SOinc with the Roman empire prosecution, and was negatively received by the community.
@LightnessRacesinOrbit it was engaging at times, a bit slow at times, overall my enjoyment of the show BB kept me there probably a bit more than the movie
This photo gives you an idea of how small sugar gliders are, although this one isn't fully grown.
We had a fairly mild winter here in the southern hemisphere. And spring kind of started early, but there have still been a few cool days & chilly nights.
Oh, ok. It looks a little bit like a huntsman, I guess they could be related. Huntsmen can jump, but it's pretty unusual, and they rarely attack humans unless they're cornered and can't escape.
@JohnDvorak There are over 90 huntsman species, with a fair variation in looks. The ones I've seen tend to look hairier than the ones on WP en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntsman_spider
@Magisch Agreed. I've often had to trap them & take them outside, because they freak some people out. And I must admit, I'm not exactly pleased if one decides to set up camp in my bedroom. :)
To be fair mammals are better food for spiders than invertebrates. No exoskeleton to pierece through with your fragile teeth, and no poison in the majority of cases.
Also, mammals suck in defense against agility build predators.
You aren't gesticulating wildly. You're vividly tugging on a sticky trap rated for humans, and mostly restricted to just one pose. Also the spider is behind you and fully aware of your danger zones.
Oh, you mean the tarantula. A leather boot will do the job.
The thing was running at me, and my brain froze up. It was trying to process what it was seeing and not being able to accept it. The monster got to three inches away before I realized "you know maybe I should just move and reevaluate later."
This was a wild one. I had recently arrive in the Amazon and was helping fix up an abandoned house for a team member. The thing apparently had taken possession of the house and was not pleased with our invasion of its territory.
I wish that I could say that we set it free. You are totally right that is the right thing to do. They keep other pests under control, and in my four years there, I never heard of a human getting bitten.
I did get bitten by lots of other nasty stuff. And what the natives told us is that the tarantula bite, for a grown person, is not worse than a nasty wasp bite.
The worst bug attack I had was when leaf-cutter ants invaded our kitchen and living room in the middle of the night... why?... they never go in a house! ... what do you do? you can't exactly squish a couple thousand ants.
@Eleeza Blame John. I posted some cute animal pics to make people feel safe & welcome. But JD decided to turn the conversation to arachnids for some reason. ;)
@JohnDvorak - "were they aggressive?" - I did not stick around to find out. I got up in the middle of the night to get a drink of water, find a blanket of ants all over every surface in the kitchen and living room, and went back to my bedroom, to pray they did not decide to go in there.
FWIW, huntsman spiders feel incredibly silky. I've never tried to pat one, but I have had them run over my hand or foot while I was trying to trap them so I could take them outside.
Many do care for their young. What they won't do, is coddle their young so much that their young are, from the outset, almost completely incapable of actually surviving on their own when the time comes.
Let's just say there's no Stack Overflow in the insect world. Baby spider coder got to solve his own problem... but he's better off for it!
Kids books about insects generally don't get into the juicy details of insect sex lives. But the amount of variation in those details is incredible. But I guess that's to be expected after hundreds of millions of generations of evolution.
That specific old question could be protected by the amount of views it generated or the total amount of answers, since protection kicked in whenever a question had over 10 answers or 10,000 views. Whatever happened first.
Right now isn't like that, protection only kicks in:
when 3 to 20 (depe...
