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Shadow Wizard is Vaccinating

8:03 AM

@Rob but no monkeys

Rob

Primates, though.

Shadow Wizard is Vaccinating

@Tinkeringbell this one.... which is just plain perfect:

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A: Why is SE giving so much attention to the "be nice"-policy?

Maybe it's the drought here in Colorado, but... I've been thinking a lot about water lately. In our society, water is simultaneously essential and a menace, a problem to be dealt with and a treasure to be chased after. Water doesn't care what you want. No amount of pleading or nicely-worded sign...

Indeed, this one should get +2000 first.

Rob

8:27 AM

If water didn't care it would neither freeze nor boil, or find it's own level.

Journeyman Geek

8:50 AM

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Shadow Wizard is Vaccinating

9:12 AM

@Rob assuming water have will of their own is far fetched, next leap is to believe water control the world. ;)

Anyone remember these?

Rob

9:57 AM

@ShadowWizardisVaccinating And you said: "water have will of their own is far fetched, ...", but blue ice seeks you out.

Shadow Wizard is Vaccinating

@Rob not much water in the blue ice.

It's just yellow snow painted blue.

rene

Shadow banning isn't a thing on SE, right? meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/404797/…

We need to ban @ShadowWizardisVaccinating of course but that is a different story ...

Shadow Wizard is Vaccinating

10:17 AM

@rene I can't ban, yeah.

:D

rene

:D

Journeyman Geek

@rene that... could be arranged

@rene nope

Rob

@ShadowWizardisVaccinating Here's what the inside of the jet looks like; featuring two views of the bathroom.

@ShadowWizardisVaccinating It's not 100% blue either.

Shadow Wizard is Vaccinating

10:34 AM

@JourneymanGeek I dare you :D

Journeyman Geek

/me bans @ShadowWizardisVaccinating from dying for a period of 1 year

DONE!

BANNED

YOU SHALL REMEMBER THIS DAY! (for at least a minute or so!)

Shadow Wizard is Vaccinating

@Rob yes, I just read about the rise and fall of this airline company.

Journeyman Geek

THOU SHALT RUE THIS DAY LIKE A FRENCH STREET!

Shadow Wizard is Vaccinating

People think Trump is excellent businessman, but things like that airline company proves the total opposite.

@JourneymanGeek yay! I'll show the Angel of Death this message in case he (she?) will come over. :D

Journeyman Geek

hmm

If its a bony guy, ask him if he fancies a curry.

If its a young goth lady, say hi :D

Shadow Wizard is Vaccinating

10:37 AM

@Rob depends how many people tinted it.

@JourneymanGeek I'm old fashioned, imagine it as the bony skeleton with scythe, but who knows... times change, maybe even that role has seen change of staff and re-organization. ;)

Rob

He was allowed to not pay over 100M of the debt when it went bankrupt. An airline is a difficult business, most people want the lowest possible price for the 2nd most expensive transport.

Journeyman Geek

bony skeleton on a combine harvester? :D

(Reference to the Death of discword, and Death of the endless)

Shadow Wizard is Vaccinating

Know the first, not the second, so dunno. :D

I think discworld were the first fantasy books I've ever read, so they left a mark.

Might be Dragon Lance books as well, are RPG books considered fantasy?

Rob

SpaceX is fairly expensive for a flight, what were you going to suggest ...

Shadow Wizard is Vaccinating

(books based on RPG games like D&D)

@Rob SpaceX is not a failure.

They do mistakes, sure, but I can't imagine them falling.

Rob

10:42 AM

2 mins ago, by Shadow Wizard is Vaccinating

Know the first, not the second, so dunno. :D

So, which is first; if you know it?

Shadow Wizard is Vaccinating

@Rob that's for "Death of the endless" by JMG

Anyway time has come for the weekly Tower of Schnitzels, cya!

(should have been yesterday, but we had burgers to celebrate my son's birthday)

Rob

Excess "c" and "n" detected.

Shadow Wizard is Vaccinating

@Rob dunno, it's weird for me too but that's the correct grammar

Schnitzel

A schnitzel is a thin slice of meat (or a vegetarian alternative, like cheese) fried in fat. The meat is usually thinned by pounding with a meat tenderizer. Most commonly, the meats are breaded before frying. The breaded schnitzel is popular in many countries and made using veal, pork, chicken, mutton, beef, turkey, cheese or textured vegetable protein as a vegetarian or vegan alternative. It is very similar to the dish escalope in France, tonkatsu in Japan, and the milanesa of Italy, Mexico, Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina, Brazil and chicken fried steak of the American South. == Etymology == The...

Rob

schnitzel - "c" -"n" = shitzel

Shadow Wizard is Vaccinating

@Rob can you please remind me to ask Mith a question later? Don't want to ping them now as it's Shabbat, and later I'll probably forget.

@Rob ohhhh. Smart!

Rob

10:48 AM

Is 24 hours OK?

Journeyman Geek

@ShadowWizardisVaccinating From the sandman :D

Shadow Wizard is Vaccinating

1:30 PM

@Rob yes. Thanks!

Rob

3:34 PM

✔️

Shog9

3:48 PM

@Shog9 I settled on one of those:

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Q: Contest: what was the most impactful change on Stack Exchange in 2020?

Short summary for short attention-spans: Read answers below, vote them up or down based on how they align with your own perspective. Write your own answer to the question, What change has the company made to Stack Exchange made in the past year that will have the greatest long-term impact? Summ...

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Rob

4:16 PM

^^^ The chipmunk bag: 🐿️

Jan 14 at 1:01, by Rob

@Shog9 If offered as a prize will it be filled with chipmunks?

Shadow Wizard is Vaccinating

5:01 PM

@Shog9 Huh, brilliant!

I know you don't like bounties, but what about if others (cough cough) will offer +500 bounty to second best answer, +400 to the third, etc? Do you agree to this? @Shog

This will hopefully attract some more people, as when people will see answer with score of 100+ they won't have real incentive to try.

Journeyman Geek

@ShadowWizardisVaccinating we could do what we did with the haiku contest?

Shadow Wizard is Vaccinating

@JourneymanGeek well, yes, something like this, but not for all answers. I think. And Shog doesn't like the bounty system, hence I ask for his permission. :)

I originally thought to offer another swag (I have few unused swag items) but on second thought decided to keep it for now, and maybe start another contest in the future.

Shog9

@ShadowWizardisVaccinating y'all can do what you want; I would humbly suggest waiting until that situation arises before discussing it though.

Shadow Wizard is Vaccinating

@Shog9 you mean wait until there's answer with 100+ score? Won't take long, I can bet on that. :)

Shog9

Personally, I find thought-provoking existing answers more motivating than bounties.

My gut feeling is that a question which gets 10 answers is more likely to get an 11th than a question with 1 and a bounty is to get a 2nd.

Shadow Wizard is Vaccinating

5:11 PM

@Shog9 no worry, bounties will be given only after it all ends, not during the contest.

Shog9

So, y'know... If you wanna promote the exercise, write an answer! 😜

Shadow Wizard is Vaccinating

@Shog BTW, what about avatar change? It's very... gloomy (?) now and since you're on a new road and all... maybe something more shiny? :)

Shog9

It's looking up 🙂

Also I'm just not... All that shiny as a person. I respect R, but just can't really get into it

I'm that guy who starts washing dishes at a party, as a conversation starter

Shadow Wizard is Vaccinating

@Shog9 this explain everything. :D

DavidPostill

@Shog9 Is that to hint to everybody it's time to end the party, or because you have run out of fresh glasses and there is still lots of booze remaining? :)

Shog9

5:33 PM

Well, I hate the whole, "everyone left and I'm tired and there are dirty glasses everywhere" thing. But the biggest motivation is just... I don't like sitting still. Gotta be something to do; walking, working.

bad_coder

6:11 PM

@Tinkeringbell I got the badge (barely with exactly 202 rep) and I'm really happy about it. If the last 3 votes cast where by folks who considered my request: if you're reading this, thank you!! :D

Tinkeringbell

6:37 PM

@bad_coder You're welcome ;)

Ollie

Great looking contest @Shog9. I'll be providing an answer.

Journeyman Geek

wee

2 repcaps to go to legendary

Ollie

Nice going, Journeyman ;)

A question:

Why isn't the the tag allowed?

There isn't a the tag, to start.

So why does the tag-editing bar say:

Journeyman Geek

6:53 PM

hm

Could be blacklisted

Ollie

Looks weird.

Tinkeringbell

Yeah well if you can make it say anything you say, and you're saying weird things, it is going to say weird things.

Ollie

So if I enter "bollocks", it'll scream at me?

Tinkeringbell

Probably, yeah :P

Ollie

It didn't, no.

Tinkeringbell

6:56 PM

I wouldn't try it though XD

Ollie

Funny. Why "the" and not... something else?

Journeyman Geek

Someone did something

Ollie

How could you make anything dodgy out of "the"?

The Shog? The chickens?

Journeyman Geek

The tag

how much more meta can the get?

Ollie

I don't think it the can.

Journeyman Geek

6:59 PM

I also would guess someone used it to test

Ollie

7:48 PM

Should MathJax render in stackexchange.com/search?

E.g. stackexchange.com/…

Rob

8:02 PM

@Ollie The ow tag is not a loud either; yet they allow it.

Ollie

8:25 PM

@Rob Weird.

Mithical

I mean, unless something has proven a need for being blacklisted it... won't have been blacklisted.

Sonic the Curiouser Hedgehog

11:33 PM

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Q: What is a blocked tag?

Following Implement a Tag Black List, I would like to know what exactly it means for a tag to be marked as blocked (formerly blacklisted) on a Stack Exchange site. Does it mean I can't use that tag on my question? What are the reasons for blocking a tag? Who can block tags? Why am I being prompt...

support tags faq-proposed terminology blocked-tags

Rob

@Ollie There's a very old post about blocked tags, but there doesn't seem to be a list; maybe it's mod-only.

Sonic the Curiouser Hedgehog

> Generally, tags are only blocked if they have been recreated and removed multiple times despite [a consensus to remove them].

@Rob Only mods can see what tags are blocked, though only SE employees can modify the list.

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