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> I’m going to go out on a limb and say the @stackoverflow people who created the export to PDF feature for the traditional view for developer story never tried to print it. pic.twitter.com/9wK79BIKe1 -- George Stocker at 7:32 PM - 28 Feb 2019

user302202

Reminds how I tried to print a MathSE Q&A a day ago...

Shog9

ha!

Reasons I miss using XSLT #1: easy creation of "print friendly" versions for webpages

user302202

user302202

Could be better.

Journeyman Geek

Got my SO watch. @Derpy will be disappointed its one watch. ;p

user302202

3:41 AM

Lifehack: switch to mobile theme before printing.

Firelord

5:34 AM

Does anyone know how this user is able to make the profile looks the way it does here: stackoverflow.com/users/895245/…?

Journeyman Geek

@Firelord my guess is just shoving a load of stuff into the profile

Bookends

6:10 AM

@Firelord if it's about the squished About Me due to location... then this bug report

Rob

@Firelord I agree with Bookends, see this alternative view. A lengthy location pushes the left side.

@MSOGA I like how it realistically 3D printed the banana.

Firelord

6:35 AM

@Bookends I see. Thanks. :)

Shadow Wizard

7:27 AM

@YvetteColomb congrats! :D

plz-delete Matlab meta.stackexchange.com/questions/324653/… @rene @Bart @Glorfindel

Magisch

The watch arrived this morning

Surprised to see how heavy and expensive it looks. I expected something like a casio

Shadow Wizard

@Magisch nice!

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ who is the real @Sha?

daily ping for @M.A.R. even though he already got one

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

Feasting on pings

in Shadow's Den, yesterday, by KennyBOT

~ Shadow on the Wall

Tinkeringbell

@Magisch Still waiting for mine... should arrive 'by end of day'

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

@Tinkeringbell exactly at 23:59 then

Tinkeringbell

7:40 AM

I hope not!

Bookends

end of day... UTC+14 ._.

Mithrandir

Mine should be here on Tuesday.

Magisch

I wonder what kind of brand this watch is

it doesn't say

Bookends

Timex by Printex?

I always think about 3D-printing when hearing Printex :/

Magisch

did they really send us a 80$ watch? :O

Bookends

7:54 AM

try customize Timex

Magisch

definitely looks cool and all fancy like

never had a good looking watch before

Tinkeringbell

@Magisch I bought one from my first real wages. Together with a necklace, earrings and bracelet. I'm not thinking this one is going to top that (or match any of my jewelry :P) but it is nice to have a watch for more day-to-day use :)

Magisch

@Tinkeringbell I'm a total utilitarian when it comes to clothes and accessories. Outside of my glasses (which are by far the most expensive thing on me) everything I wear is discount 10€ or less. I buy clothes in bulk and my last 2 watches were discounted casio digital plastic watches.

Journeyman Geek

@Magisch I'll snap a picture of the packaging if I'm not too distracted

I'm building a new PC ;p

Well I will be when I reach home

Bookends

TIL packaging is more expensive than the content

(wait, I didn't learn that...)

Tinkeringbell

8:06 AM

@Magisch Hmm. I like my more expensive clothing (most of it is bio-cotton). They fit better, are warmer, and last longer than the cheaper stuff I own.

Magisch

I've had this 7.50€ clearance jacket for 3 years now

thorough abuse of sales at the local clothing retailer. Whenever I find something nice on sale that I can see myself wearing, I buy all of the remaining ones of my size

Tinkeringbell

8:30 AM

Gone

rene

9:31 AM

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Tinkeringbell

YAY! End of day is already here :)

Magisch

@Tinkeringbell at 10.30 am?

Tinkeringbell

Yeah

Magisch

hah :D

Tinkeringbell

It is a heavy watch...

Magisch

9:42 AM

Looks cool right?

Tinkeringbell

I dunno... looks a bit big? I was expecting it to be smaller, I guess. Also... it's cold.

Magisch

Well it's probably cold because metal holds heat well and you haven't worn it long enough to heat it up with your body temperature yet

Tinkeringbell

I know :P

It is really big compared to my usual watch :P

I need to buy new shirts. This one doesn't fit over the watch.

Magisch

10:10 AM

11:10 am and I'm out of flags on SO

Tinkeringbell

Oh no! What are you going to do for the rest of the day? :P

Magisch

Not flagging serial voting on SO

Bookends

ninjo'd

Sonic the Wizard Werehog

@Magisch How many flags do you have per day?

Magisch

@SonictheWizardWerehog I can raise 100 per day

Sonic the Wizard Werehog

10:15 AM

@Magisch I have 100 daily flags there too; how do you run out so fast?

Magisch

Not by organic browsing. I have a thing where I flag serial voting found via creative means

Can't say more then that, have been asked not to share the methods by mods

Mithrandir

10:56 AM

@Tinkeringbell big watch = good

Looks a bit smaller than my current watch from that picture

Tinkeringbell

@Mithrandir I'm not so sure... I've been wearing it for a while now and it still feels weird and bothersome :/

Mithrandir

@Tinkeringbell Doesn't any new watch / jewelry / glasses / etc do that for a bit?

Tinkeringbell

@Mithrandir Yeah, a bit :P I'll see at the end of the day if my opinion has changed ;)

user310756

@Magisch the flags the flags lol

Mithrandir

@Magisch waits for you to realize that there are other sites in the network :P

user310756

11:05 AM

also I just spammed litter box with pics of my horses :)

Magisch

11:33 AM

@YvetteColomb ooh

Sonic the Wizard Werehog

@Tinkeringbell Have you tried a plastic/digital watch? I didn't like metal watches either, but I found a cheap Casio watch to be just fine.

Tinkeringbell

I posted a picture of what I usually wear. Does that look like plastic?

Then I probably massively overpaid for it.

user310756

@Magisch did you look?

Magisch

@YvetteColomb yah. neat horses

you're amassing an army!

user310756

yes. An army of horses. To pillage all teh places of grass!! we shall eat the grass!!

Sonic the Wizard Werehog

11:36 AM

@Tinkeringbell No, what I mean is, if no watch is suitable for you, why not go outside of the "designer" type and opt for functionality instead? I wear a cheap Casio watch that has rubber straps and it doesn't retain heat or coldness.

user310756

Now.. I'm handling your flags man :D Don't interrupt me (that's an invitation to interrupt me @Magisch :D)

Sonic the Wizard Werehog

@YvetteColomb May I interrupt you? :)

Tinkeringbell

When did I say no watch is suitable for me? I'm wearing that other one daily, if it wasn't suitable I wouldn't do so.

user310756

@SonictheWizardWerehog hmm.. I need to think about it comes back two hours later and says yes :D

Sonic the Wizard Werehog

@Tinkeringbell This is what happens when it's late at night and you're chatting at 5:30 AM...

Magisch

11:39 AM

@YvetteColomb Leave some for the others :D

user310756

@Magisch they

user310756

oops

Sonic the Wizard Werehog

Thankfully my classes are cancelled tomorrow because...a flu epidemic is going around, affecting my professors. Thankfully I insisted on a flu shot earlier this year.

user310756

They've been well shared.

Mithrandir

something I didn't expect to hear today: "Don't put my cactus in the dishwasher!"

Sonic the Wizard Werehog

11:44 AM

Speaking of clock: as I said, I prefer digital watches, but I also prefer to have an analog wall clock.

One recent find at my local IKEA was an analog clock with no second hand, but which lights up the seconds instead. One AA battery to power the clock's main hands, plus four to power the light mechanism.

Bookends

I prefer digital 24-hour clock. No need to think if it is early morning or dusk...

Sonic the Wizard Werehog

@Bookends When the U.S. mostly uses 12-hour time it's hard to use one of those.

Tinkeringbell

@Mithrandir They also sometimes end up in laundry machines, so yeah... Valid warning :P

Shaymin

12:21 PM

I reeeally didn't think this through xD

Mithrandir

12:34 PM

@Shaymin you be silly, you pay the price

Shaymin

@Mithrandir Was I complaining? :D

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

12:49 PM

@Shaymin Well, you could pay the price and not be complaining

Not mutually exclusive

Shaymin

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ OOOOR I could get Mexico to pay it for me... :p

rene

1:33 PM

needs spamflags: meta.stackexchange.com/a/324675/158100

@rene + 1 -1

One cleanup done ;)

\o/

3:07 PM

user302202

3:33 PM

@Feeds How to annoy a mathematician: label the basic concepts of probability theory as "statistics".

user302202

Hey, it's working.

Shaymin

xD

rene

4:34 PM

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user302202

5:42 PM

> It's time for the News as the data-challenge paper is accepted @msrconf #msr2019. "This is insane! My machine learning based artificial algorithm has earned 25 reputation and one badge in the first two days of its debut at stackoverflow. (1/2) -- Abdul Ali Bangash at 10:59 AM - 1 Mar 2019

user302202

> ... I myself have never been able to gain reputation at stackoverflow, as it's highly policed (with some politics) by high repute members. Anyhow, now my algorithm has done what I could not" (2/2) pic.twitter.com/NYn5uddq5Q -- Abdul Ali Bangash at 11:00 AM - 1 Mar 2019

user302202

Looks like... a bunch of suggested edits?

rene

yes

stackoverflow.com/users/11015282/…

user302202

> This tag will increase the visibility of this post

rene

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user302202

5:46 PM

So artificial. Much intelligence.

Bookends

Either the algorithm works for correctly suggesting an edit, or catching robo reviewers :/

rene

What did the machine learn? That it can add a tag?

ArtOfCode

How to annoy developers: vim.dev

Bookends

> I believe this question will get more visibility with this tagged added.

Tinkeringbell

@ArtOfCode What's wrong with Emacs? It's a really pretty version of Notepad :P

Bookends

5:49 PM

@ArtOfCode that's harsh :D

rene

I still EDLIN

user302202

Not like a hacker recommendation for recovering bitcoins

Bookends

Though the resemblance with inheritance scam email is uncanny

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

@Bookends Congrats, you probably passed a Turing test

Now this one

-5

Q: I see tags that I don't watch

Why, sometimes, I can see questions with tags that I don't follow in the home page ? I dislike it and I have always do add new tag in my list of ignored tag. An upgrade of this thing will exist ?

discussion tags

O.o

Bookends

Custom question filter and/or SE Filtered Questions can help...

user302202

6:07 PM

The last CQL update was from December.

user302202

Feb 6 at 22:03, by Mrs. Robinson

What will arrive first?
a) saved custom searches in left nav rolled out for everyone
b) year 2020

user302202

Meanwhile, bookmarking search queries...

user302202

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ Makes sense. If I am not watching a tag, why should I see it?

Bookends

darn... now I'm thinking it as watching a glass box with the text inside it floating along a river...

John Dvorak

I always consider passing the Turing test a personal failure

Kevin B

8:01 PM

🎂

Sonic the Wizard Werehog

8:22 PM

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Q: Why can't email notification of new comments be fixed?

There are many questions posted on SE sites by people who, like myself, do not reliably get email notifications every 3 hours for new comments posted for our questions, even though our preferences specify it. Some answers give instructions that do not work. Other answers give workarounds that d...

discussion comments email-notification

user302202

9:20 PM

What is Islam's position on nudity in space, I wonder.

Sonic the Wizard Werehog

9:39 PM

@MSOGA Random guess: the question is from WB?

user302202

10:44 PM

Sure.

user302202

The Muppets | Pigs in Space | “Alien: Look Who’s Coming to Dinner”

►

user302202

10:59 PM

Import Excel data just by photographing a spreadsheet

user302202

If this doesn't make you happy, I don't know what will.

user302202

Suddenly xkcd.com/2116 makes perfect sense.

user302202

11:16 PM

IMO, Ana's Twitter feed is more interesting than that of any current employee.

user302202

Maybe it's because she has more time after leaving SE...

Rob

11:28 PM

You need to be an Office Insider to get the Beta. I plan on using it backwards - take photo, import into Excel, make screenshot of Table, upload.

user302202

> I used to work at Stack Overflow, which means I have the equivalent of a master’s in how developers at different experience levels smashing into each other breeds resentment. -- Ana Noemi at 11:22 AM - 14 Sep 2018

user302202

It's a Stack Exchange™ SuperCollider™.

ArtOfCode

11:57 PM

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