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7:01 PM

@MSOGA no meta contribution, no reviews...

user302202

An interesting idea I haven't tried yet...

user302202

> I'm using a browser extension to hide comments everywhere on Stack Exchange sites, in an attempt to make a more efficient use of the site. If you need to reach out to me, @mention me in La Tertulia. spanish.stackexchange.com/users/13628/walen

Sterling Archer

If they're the only one that runs... are they guaranteed a spot?

Bookends

@SterlingArcher no, election on graduated site needs spot+1

user302202

No, it's a graduated site, an election must be competitive.

user302202

7:03 PM

ninja'd

Sterling Archer

oh word

user302202

OTOH if there is a second candidate of the same kind...

Bookends

oh word

Tinkeringbell

That comment XD

Sterling Archer

@Tinkeringbell random question, as a developer, how come you personally don't use SO?

Tinkeringbell

7:13 PM

@SterlingArcher Ehh.. I know how to use the search bar? :)

Started with java, that already had all the answers, basically.

Now I'm doing magik, that's not on SO :)

Sterling Archer

No interest in answering questions?

Not a bad thing, just curious is all

Tinkeringbell

@SterlingArcher Hmm. Perhaps. It's kinda hard to figure out what is a good question to answer and what not though, and I got busy on IPS.

Sterling Archer

Hurd dat

8 years and I still don't know what a good question is

Tinkeringbell

:D. I just don't want to answer stuff that should be closed, or is duplicate.

I must admit I never really took the time to figure out which ones didn't fall into those categories and might benefit from an answer ;)

Bookends

I'm at the low-mid level of understanding technology, where I'm already lazy to answer beginner questions but cannot answer the more advance one.

or.. I'll just be honest, I still haven't caught all the new features on Android SDK and Android Studio...

Sterling Archer

7:17 PM

@Tinkeringbell don't worry, you're not obligated to try lol you have like 170 different stack accounts. I have a hard time keeping up with 3

and by 3 i mean uber meta is way off my charts so like 2.1

user302202

I wish SO leadership would drop the idea that the developers who don't participate on SO are somehow missing out.

Tinkeringbell

@SterlingArcher Hahaha most are just for SmokeDetector autoflags ;)

Sterling Archer

Cheater :P

Tinkeringbell

I think I have actually earned reputation on 6? 7?

Sterling Archer

@MSOGA I wasn't aware there was that kind of pressure

Tinkeringbell

7:18 PM

And I moderate the two that I'm actually active on. The other ones that I have rep on it's been more of a hit and run thing

user302202

The tone of SO blog was sort of... OMG these people are not participating! What do we do? What do we do?!!

Sterling Archer

Oh sure on the internet a hit and run is fine but when it's with my car all of a sudden I'm Virginia's Most Wanted

Tinkeringbell

@SterlingArcher Just be careful what you hit. If it's a rock, you won't be in much trouble other than you need to duct tape your car as well.

Sterling Archer

I like the looks on their faces

Tinkeringbell

Hmmm. Perhaps you should go play GTA or something ;)

Sterling Archer

7:22 PM

That game hasn't appealed to me in a long time actually

I remember playing the original GTA where it was a top-down game. Those were the days

I was also like 10 and definitely shouldn't have been playing them

Tinkeringbell

News just posted this with a title of 'marijuana plantation destroyed'... Looking at the amount of greenery there, the person will not even get a fine... Quite the plantation.

@SterlingArcher Hahaha I see, you picked up bad habits from it!

Sterling Archer

NOOOOOOO I haven't even come close to acquiring a tank yet

Turns out... not that easy to find one.

Tinkeringbell

perhaps you can buy them in parts? A quick look through marktplaats shows a periscope, goggles and hatch :P

Or these guys might be of help: mortarinvestments.eu

rene

@Tinkeringbell for personal use?

Tinkeringbell

@rene Looks like it?

From the amount of greenery, I'm judging one plant and a nasty neighbour.

rene

7:29 PM

probably true

Tinkeringbell

I just discovered I have enough money saved to actually buy a tank :D

Dilemmas. Apartment, or tank?

rene

Tank!

So much more fun on the A28

Tinkeringbell

So this one or this one or this one or wait two more paychecks and get this one?

@rene Except that I take the A50 to work, but okay :)

Sonic the Wizard Werehog

You could buy a small airplane

rene

makes mental note to not use A50 anymore

Tinkeringbell

7:33 PM

@SonictheWizardWerehog We don't have a landing strip.

I could easily park a tank here.

rene

the VT-34 seems handy, specially on the A50 ;)

Tinkeringbell

This site is fun! Anyone want an entire field hospital?

@rene Oh yes! Perfect fit for snowy weather too!

rene

@Tinkeringbell I need just one moar paycheck to be able to afford that one ....

Sonic the Wizard Werehog

Say...where does that weird spelling of "more" come from?

Is it a meme?

rene

it comes from me

Sonic the Wizard Werehog

7:36 PM

Heh...we have a furniture store here called "Mor Furniture for Less"

Tinkeringbell

@rene Hey! I call dibs.

I found that one, go find your own tank supplier.

rene

lol

Tinkeringbell

Oh wait... you can have the field hospital, I guess ;)

rene

I could also look into buying the Slotervaart Ziekenhuis .... has more (moar) beds

Tinkeringbell

Yeah but it's not that mobile...

rene

7:39 PM

True, I totally fancy going on holiday with my field hospital

Tinkeringbell

Hey, it's better than a sleurhut! :P

Hey, is it me or did the field hospital just get cheaper? mortarinvestments.eu/products/other-6/… I thought it was over 400k first?

rene

I'm a returning customer, the discount is in the price, 340k for me

Tinkeringbell

Yeah, same here.

Hmm. Now you can buy it without waiting for your paycheck!

rene

Let's see if my customer wants to pay that first ...

ArtOfCode

8:28 PM

The Patron Saint of copying people into emails is St Francis of a CC

Tweeted by iamscassidy on March 19, 2019 at 11:15 AM

@ArtOfCode +1

I don't get it :(

Saint Francis of Assisi (Italian: San Francesco d'Assisi, Latin: Sanctus Franciscus Assisiensis), born Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, informally named as Francesco (1181/1182 – 3 October 1226), was an Italian Catholic friar, deacon and preacher. He founded the men's Order of Friars Minor, the women's Order of Saint Clare, the Third Order of Saint Francis and the Custody of the Holy Land. Francis is one of the most venerated religious figures in history.Pope Gregory IX canonized Francis on 16 July 1228. Along with Saint Catherine of Siena, he was designated Patron saint of Italy. He later became...

Sterling Archer

oh lol

user302202

9:15 PM

still confused by the concept of copying a person into an email

ArtOfCode

9:26 PM

well you lie them down on some paper, trace around them, downscale it, scan it in, and attach it to the email

John Dvorak

Just add their scanned brain as an attachment...

Nick Alexeev

10:10 PM

Folks, is this our closest thing to a meta.SO chat?

@Tinkeringbell I wonder if the Flying Spaghetti Monster is the patron saint of copy/paste ...

user302202

The moderation of SO is mostly discussed in SOCVR.

user302202

Programming, in language specific rooms.

user302202

Anything else... is there anything else?

rene

@NickAlexeev related: meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/348331/…

user302202

If there was a chat room attached to metaSO... so it did not have to compete with main site rooms (and this is possible)...

user302202

10:21 PM

nobody would notice it, anyway.

user302202

A conspiracy theory I haven't heard before:

user302202

> My opinion: Stack Overflow is controlled by moderators that support every technology stack except M$ technologies. They promote other technologies than M$ tech. It would be nice to have a Stack Overflow partner driven site that support c# users by the moderators. -- Marc Noon at 2:56 PM - 20 Mar 2019

Catija

:/ but... mods don't support tech stacks in that way.

user302202

That's what they want us to think

user302202

10:38 PM

Likely explanation: "I had a bad experience on SO, I'm a [c# user], therefore they are bad to [c# users]"

Sterling Archer

Any mod/employee available to nuke a very horrible user profile?

I mod flagged it, didn't know you could flag deleted answers. It will be handled soon I hope

and handled. much better

Nick Alexeev

11:06 PM

@MSOGA Question migration [aka "horse trading"].

user302202

When in doubt, don't.

user302202

@TravisJ Jon linked this trend to the prevalence of debugging questions.

user302202

> The answers per question decline also indicates these are questions that have one, definitive answer. If another answer has already pointed out the bug, why write up another answer? But many non-debugging questions can be answered several ways and tend to attract more answers.

Journeyman Geek

@NickAlexeev we're advised to mostly not ;p

Unless somehow it's a fantastic question in the wrong place

@MSOGA Two Words. Jon Skeet.

user302202

He doesn't answer much nowadays.

user302202

11:29 PM

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Q: Introducing Text Ads! AKA Sponsoring That Fine Manual!

tl;dr; — There's a new ad type coming in the form of dynamic text that will lead users to documentation and courses offered by our clients, and ultimately community-curated canonical questions. When it comes to page views on Stack Overflow and the content that we show, you basically have two...

user302202

Do these ads exist? Don't remember ever seeing one.

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