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M.A.R.

5:46 AM

Hmm, I think it was nicael or someone else that managed animated svg avatars years ago

@PM2Ring whoa it's like going up and then . . . Woah

Q: Imgur feature allows animated avatars

6:29 AM

@PM2Ring true, I've done it with @Sonic in the past. Well, just some fun text hidden inside the image, but yeah it's "known issue".

@RocketNikita upload where? SE can only up to 2 mega.

@M.A.R. don't think so, that's the last known case:

Established Stack Exchange policy and the existing community consensus is that animated avatars are not permitted, as discussed in: Are animated GIFs allowed as avatars? Can I have an animated profile picture? Animated Gif Profile pic on StackOverflow doesn't animate Is it possible for us to use...

6:45 AM

@ShadowWizardStrikesBack ? I thought 20mb

Non-fun fact: the hype around the strike cause a surge on activity on MSE, now ordinary bug reports and feature requests gain lots more upvotes than before. :/

Boomerang effect.

gotta downvote them! </jk>

@RocketNikita nope. 20mb is probably the imgur limit, but SE uploads to imgur via API which limits the size much more.

Probably for a good reason

or not

@RocketNikita money

Upload more, pay more.

6:50 AM

Also notice my new pic

@RocketNikita not very different from before, both are nice.

@ShadowWizardStrikesBack The previous one was 256x256, and I think the middle lines were too close, so moved them further away, and filled the middle with a little circle.

Also I noticed that your SE profile is still "chasing stars"

@RocketNikita yeah, too lazy to synch it. :D

"synch"

7:42 AM

Tighten it down 😁

@ShadowWizardStrikesBack so more engagement? 😁

@JourneymanGeekOnStrike not from me, but e.g. this would have normally get few upvotes, but 18 is totally the "meta meta effect" of the strike and so many users visiting MSE.

Sure not too surprised

Same, and no big deal, hopefully the effect on the smaller sites is bigger and might have actual impact.

8:23 AM

Well, meta is where those in the know go for news ;)

'My' sites and some of the others I'm keeping an eye on seem mostly alright other than the spam waves

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The hardest part of building software is not coding, it’s requirements

2:16 PM

How can I access RSS feeds for a specific search query?

Feeds

Ryan Donovan on June 26, 2023

Why replacing programmers with AI won’t be so easy.

@Feeds The hardest part of building oneboxes is not coding, it's requirements

@PetLinux I don't think you can

its generated as needed

@JourneymanGeekOnStrike But how is it generated?

Q: A new search engine for Stack Exchange

uhhh

Something to do with elasticsearch I believe

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After the performance problems we have run into with Lucene.NET we've decided to make a change, we're moving the network on to elasticsearch. Here's where to get started: https://stackoverflow.com/search What works: All search operators should be in Many changes below from the old search beha...

discussion search elasticsearch

PM 2Ring

3:19 PM

@RocketNikita I made an SVG version of your avatar. I just "eyeballed" it, so the proportions may be slightly off.

sagecell.sagemath.org/…

Feeds

3:50 PM

Listen, you're very cute, but if you rearrange the alphabet to put U and I together it will RUIN the spacing!

4:04 PM

@PM2Ring nice! Now make the eye blink and it's perfect. :D

PM 2Ring

4:44 PM

@ShadowWizardStrikesBack Thanks. It doesn't look much like an eye to me, and animating a blink would be a bit tedious.

PM 2Ring

There's a subtle shape transition in this "proof" that 8×8 = 5×13

in Mathematics on The Stack Exchange Network Chat, Apr 18, 2021 at 5:14, by PM 2Ring

Meta Andrew T.

gradient 😉

5:20 PM

@PM2Ring cool!

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SPArcheon

7:08 PM

@JourneymanGeekOnStrike left a message in another room too. If by chance you know anyone who can do this, I would like to have my signature removed from the open letter

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8:32 PM

@SPArcheon wrong person. @CodyGray-onstrike can be of more help, not directly, but those who can directly do it (mousetail, ArtOfCode) aren't here and Cody can ask them on your behalf to remove your signature.

I did ask about it in the very beginning...

The Unhandled Exception

8:50 PM

@balpha it sure has been a while! I've been super busy recently, multiple new jobs since I hung out in here so not much free tome. Being back in here briefly sure did bring back fond memories though!

SPArcheon

@ShadowWizardStrikesBack already asked mousetail. noted down the other option about ArtOfCode. That is the very reason I asked here

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