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jt0dd

00:09

@any moderator: My question was marked as a duplicate by a user who did not leave a comment, so I can't respond to the duplicate claim. Please review the duplicate claim here beyond the title (If the question fit the title, it would indeed be a duplicate)

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Q: Is it good to suggest a simplified, summarized edit on a long-winded question?

Note: Is it OK to edit and cut down an overly verbose question to try and make it a more “canonical” question? and all of its answers are specifically geared toward a very bad example of this concept. That title should be: Is it ok to take a big question, remove important details, and cond...

The question claimed to be a duplicate is:

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Q: Is it OK to edit and cut down an overly verbose question to try and make it a more "canonical" question?

I landed upon a question about how to convert CP1251 to UTF-8 in Python, which was helpful to me, but it was overly verbose, taking a screen to ask a question that should have been 1-2 sentences. So I edited it, with the intention to make it better quality from the POV of a Google searcher landi...

discussion edits

However, that question would more accurately be titled: Is it ok to take a big question, remove important details, and condense it to 2 lines?

Furthermore, it asks about a very specific case. I'm asking about the practice in general, including a more appropriate example.

user163250

Undelete please, I just wasted several minutes of my life answering this, it's not cool that it was deleted: stackoverflow.com/questions/24481335/…

Braiam

00:25

Shog9's answer on the master question you mark as duplicate is general, but it doesn't really give any answer. It sort of just offers general advice on editing. There's no definitive answer given. @random — jt0dd 3 mins ago

@jt0dd didn't you know the Shog?

@Cupcake give me 9k's and I will help :)

jt0dd

@Braiam huh?

ManishBot

[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive title detected: $\rightharpoonup77$ $SHIT\rightharpoonupCRAP$ on mathoverflow.net

hichris123

^ Offensive

This too: mathoverflow.net/questions/172942/…

Braiam

@ManishBot boom

ManishBot

01:34

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: SYNTHESIS HYDROGENSULFATED FULLERENOL on patents.stackexchange.com

Braiam

@ManishBot uh?

Jan Dvorak

02:06

SPAM meta.stackexchange.com/questions/234820/…

user163250

duplicate cv-plz meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/261956/…

Jan Dvorak

weight loos supplement? Is that made out of sh*t?

SPAM meta.stackexchange.com/questions/234820/…

@Cupcake done and gone

user163250

Thank You!

Jamal

YUM YUM SPAMZ

user163250

Yay! It's gone. I think that was about 3-4 minutes.

user163250

02:09

Not bad.

Jamal

And there may be more coming.

user163250

BRING IT! >:D

Jan Dvorak

SPAM meta.stackexchange.com/questions/234822/…

Jamal

BOOM HEADSHOT

Jan Dvorak

Currently listening to: Youtube mix - Blackmore's night - no second chance

user163250

02:18

Are the spam filters not good enough to pick up on a pattern?

user163250

We've been nuking a lot of spam recently.

Jan Dvorak

there's not much pattern in those selling us weight loos

LOO meta.stackexchange.com/questions/234824/…

Jamal

Probably q-banned on SO.

user163250

Yup

user163250

02:41

cv-plz opinion-based stackoverflow.com/questions/12529083/…

Jan Dvorak

SPAM meta.stackexchange.com/questions/234825/but-was-talking-as

hichris123

03:02

Just nuked some spam.

More like... some what are you talking about spam.

Jan Dvorak

SPAM meta.stackexchange.com/questions/234826/…

hichris123

Hey, I want to lose some weight! Why are you calling the health experts "spammers"? ;P

ɥʇǝS

Got it.

hichris123

03:19

cv-plz stackoverflow.com/q/4577520/2581872

ManishBot

03:59

[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive title detected: Is every “fuck” sexist? on english.stackexchange.com

CapDroid

Good Morning...!!!

Jan Dvorak

wow. Cabal installs are slow.

or rather, compiling one specific dependency took a long time

user0000000

04:19

@hichris123 meta.stackoverflow.com/a/261898/3041194

hichris123

Hehe

I guess that's a hint to get a bit more rep. ;P

user163250

04:39

Need two more close votes on this one if anyone has them: stackoverflow.com/questions/3380805/…

user0000000

04:54

Just one more cv here stackoverflow.com/questions/4577520/…

Jan Dvorak

05:16

SPAM @hichris123 might like meta.stackexchange.com/questions/234827/…

Final Contest

hmm, I made an 5K user fall under 5K by downvoting an answer to a clearly off-topic question: stackoverflow.com/a/24348309/2682142

Oddthinking

So where's a good place to ask a basic question about the data.stackexchange.com schema?

Jan Dvorak

@FinalContest you might want to explain your downvote ;-)

Oddthinking

Is meta.stackexchange the right place?

Jan Dvorak

@Oddthinking it is, but first consider if the existing "what's the schema" question answers your question

this chat is also fine

Oddthinking

05:24

@JanDvorak Hunting for that question now.

Here it is. Didn't answer my question.

Jan Dvorak

ask here

Oddthinking

I was just preparing a question for meta.SE, and trying to find if anyone else has already answered it, so here is the premature version: How do I find a count of anonymous feedback votes (helpful/not helpful) on a post?

Jan Dvorak

If there's no table or column for it, you probably can't. Try checking for votes with null userID

Oddthinking

@JanDvorak Thanks. Tried that. Got a lot of UpMod/AcceptedByOriginator/ModeratorReview type votes.

Jan Dvorak

nice

ManishBot

06:10

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: (BRICK) SAMSUNG GT-I9100 on android.stackexchange.com

Final Contest

06:25

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Q: An error occurred while reviewing this item. Please try again

I do not seem to be able to proceed with the review in any way as there seems to be no buttons available, not even skip. I have been waiting for a while now, so I believe it is just stuck. The only option is to navigate away from this screen or close the tab. This had been preceeded by clicking ...

bug review

Jan Dvorak

07:14

SPAM meta.stackexchange.com/q/234830

rene

07:38

@Cupcake done...

Final Contest

I am not sure why a bugreport got an unexplained downvote, but feel free to explain how this is a negative post so that I can learn not to ask suck questions. — Final Contest 1 min ago

How do you know it's not mine or I didn't explain it in the tavern? Similarly for others whom you ignore. — Jan Dvorak 1 min ago

should I flag such posts non-constructive? ^

Jan Dvorak

07:53

Can I respond to that?

Final Contest

(It is just a clear distraction from the point in a very negative way)

rene

I left a comment on that post. Will you both stop argueing? You both are correct. There is no wrong in here.

Final Contest

@rene: he is surprised why ignore him when he is full of such comments. I have not seen many people downvoting bugreports. It is clearly about persons, not objectives and such people should have no place on this infrastructure IMHO.

I will not argue with him, I will just keep ignoring him is all.

and I flagged his comment as non-constructive of course.

hoping you doing so, too, as you seem to be unhappy about such comment, too.

Shadow Wizard

@FinalContest I upvoted your bug report, looks like something went wrong with that specific item. We can't know what and why, only a dev can, and good chance it can't be reproduced.

Jan Dvorak

noted: don't downvote bug reports just because you can't reproduce them.

Final Contest

08:11

such person = such comments => what I meant.

Jan Dvorak

I still wish to see Final's avatar wall.

Final Contest

anyway, I will delete my question, and will never ever consider to report any bug ever again

I hope for this deletion, I will be banned from the crappy meta, too.

Shadow Wizard

@FinalContest really? due to one downvote. sigh.

Jan Dvorak

Could anyone forward @FinalContest my apologies for the downvote?

Shadow Wizard

@JanDvorak sarcasm aside, that's quite right. But nobody can tell you how to vote. :)

Jan Dvorak

08:15

as an aside... @FinalContest still hasn't explained a downvote he has made

3 hours ago, by Final Contest

hmm, I made an 5K user fall under 5K by downvoting an answer to a clearly off-topic question: http://stackoverflow.com/a/24348309/2682142

Shadow Wizard

@JanDvorak write a letter, attach it to a piegon's leg and send it away, with an olive branch in its beak. :D

Jan Dvorak

could he be reminded to?

Actually, whom doesn't Final ignore?

Shadow Wizard

@JanDvorak his friends of course

Final Contest

08:32

@rene: bugreport removed now along with several, valid and well-thought, answers on SO. Hope, the destructive people have now achieved what they wanted.

I will never ever report any bug again.

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TheLittleNaruto

Heya Everyone :)

Jan Dvorak

hello

TheLittleNaruto

How are you Jan ?

Jan Dvorak

doing fine

CapDroid

@TheLittleNaruto Hello

TheLittleNaruto

08:38

My messages has been flagged by someone. He keeps doing that.

And finally I have got suspended for 22 minutes!

:(

Stijn

@TheLittleNaruto which messages?

TheLittleNaruto

this one

Final Contest

I would have flagged that, too.

because upvote is more proper once you have enough reputation.

+ word choice.

Stijn

@FinalContest it's a chat message

TheLittleNaruto

But what about this one :

in Leaf Village Ninjas on Stack Overflow Chat, 2 hours ago, by TheLittleNaruto

How are you ? @Hinata

it was flagged too

Final Contest

08:42

why?

Shadow Wizard

@TheLittleNaruto it's veeeery offensive

TheLittleNaruto

I dont know

someone keeps flagging my messages

balpha

I seem to be missing something -- what exactly was the problem with @FinalContest's bug report?

TheLittleNaruto

and I donot have any idea

Final Contest

maybe that someone should get suspension.

provided that it was a thank you chat message with bad word choice, but smiley, I do not understand.

TheLittleNaruto

08:43

Can we know ?

Final Contest

flag the person for moderator attention and explain.

ah, you cannot know.

TheLittleNaruto

:(

Final Contest

@balpha: that it was submitted by me, I think.

CapDroid

moderator can know who flagged ?

Final Contest

there are people with valid posts, who just get downvotes, not matter what, me, Hans, H2CO3, Your Common Sense, etc.

Shadow Wizard

08:47

@balpha it got a downvote so he deleted it.

Final Contest

the difference is that some people do not care (Hans, Your Common Sense, etc) and some do (me, H2CO3, etc), but yeah, that is my explanation to myself.

TheLittleNaruto

I got access again :)

Shadow Wizard

@CapDroid yes of course, they have a list of the flags with full details

TheLittleNaruto

I can chat now. :)

Thank you :)

Final Contest

do not write anything :D

balpha

08:49

@ShadowWizard I see that (it actually got two downvotes), but I don't see the problem with the post

Final Contest

@TheLittleNaruto: I will flag your thank you here, it is offensive! J/k.

Shadow Wizard

@balpha see above, one downvote was due to not being able to reproduce

Final Contest

@TheLittleNaruto: if it continues, talk to a moderator.

Jan Dvorak

for which I've already apologised

TheLittleNaruto

@FinalContest Okay :)

Shadow Wizard

08:50

dunno about the other downvote, @balpha, but that user does have a habit of, well, alienating people.

Jan Dvorak

do I?

Shadow Wizard

@JanDvorak not you, the OP of the deleted bug report :/

Jan Dvorak

Oh. Thanks :-)

balpha

be that as it may, that's not a reason to downvote a valid bug report

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TheLittleNaruto

Later guys :)

Shadow Wizard

08:53

@balpha I know. Most of us here know. But we can't force our opinions on others or tell anyone how to vote. Can we?

Final Contest

see you.

Jan Dvorak

or change our votes past the five minute mark

Shadow Wizard

@JanDvorak easily fixed by a minor edit.

Jan Dvorak

if OP undeletes and edits...

Shadow Wizard

@JanDvorak I smell a bribe here ;)

Final Contest

08:55

@balpha: as you can see, reason-free downvotes hurt at times...

Jan Dvorak

"If you give me your hand, I will pull you out of the s****" - is that a bribe?

Final Contest

in this case, there could be a potential bugreport loss, but I do not care that much as long as SE does not care about addressing this IMHO systematic issue, either.

Jan Dvorak

Could someone notify @FinalContest that he has not yet explained a downvote he's made?

4 hours ago, by Final Contest

hmm, I made an 5K user fall under 5K by downvoting an answer to a clearly off-topic question: http://stackoverflow.com/a/24348309/2682142

Shadow Wizard

@FinalContest I asked it more than once, will ask again. What you expect SE team to do? Ban all users who downvote you?

oh, think he's ignoring me too. Great.

balpha

@FinalContest I'll undelete your bug report. Let me know if you want me to disassociate it from your account.

@JanDvorak I've made an edit, thus vote lock is cleared.

Shadow Wizard

08:59

one-more-delete-vote-needed meta.stackexchange.com/questions/234834/how-to-manage-scrollbar

link for those too lazy to scroll up or find it on MSO

Jan Dvorak

Reverted. Thanks.

SPAM english.stackexchange.com/questions/181458/…

Final Contest

@balpha: please disassociate me, not for my sake, but SE's.

the post will get a more productive discussion by default if my name is not there.

balpha

okay, done

Final Contest

thanks.

Shadow Wizard

@balpha so you know what happened there that caused the bug?

Final Contest

09:04

@balpha: this, however, does not change the fact that I have given up posting bugreports. I do not want to start my Monday morning (or any for that matter) again with annoyance when I am trying to help.

balpha

@ShadowWizard there were a few DB timeouts around that time, which was the immediate cause (and the reason for the 30 second delay). But the main problem here is that the skip/edit/etc. controls aren't re-enabled after an error

@FinalContest noted

Final Contest

ok, cheers.

Shadow Wizard

@balpha sounds familiar, think it was reported a while ago on Meta (now MSE)

Jan Dvorak

is this a valid answer on math.se? math.stackexchange.com/a/851927/49851

cv-pls stackoverflow.com/questions/24486580/…

Stijn

@JanDvorak I don't think so. OP asking for such a link doesn't make it a valid answer.

Shadow Wizard

09:12

@JanDvorak link only, but maybe those are valid on that site

Stijn

math.stackexchange.com/help/how-to-answer

> Links to external resources are encouraged, but please add context around the link so your fellow users will have some idea what it is and why it’s there. Always quote the most relevant part of an important link, in case the target site is unreachable or goes permanently offline.

Shadow Wizard

@Stijn hmm.. so guess not a valid answer. Still, I prefer not to mess with sites I'm not really familiar with.

Jan Dvorak

flagged anyways. Worst case I get an automated warning

Shadow Wizard

crap-reposted meta.stackexchange.com/questions/234836/…

Stijn

@ShadowWizard where did your comment go?

Shadow Wizard

09:19

@Shog9 there used to be a suspension reason on Meta like "Posting programming questions on Meta", did it go away in MSE?

@Stijn recycle bin ;)

deleted it, it got no real value

Bart

09:49

At what point do we rename the star-board to the "Final Contest board"?

Jan Dvorak

It's the fi-nal con-test (cue Europe music)

Stijn

@Bart is that your way of saying you currently only have one starred message? :)

@JanDvorak thanks, that's stuck in my head now

Bart

@Stijn it's not me causing the downfall of this chat

Shadow Wizard

@Bart but you can help preventing this downfall! :)

Bart

Can't star my own brilliant contributions though.

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Final Contest

10:18

@balpha: is it ok to report bugs via the team contact address?

or just meta, and that is it?

I am still happy to help in whatever way I can, outside meta.

Jan Dvorak

... and answering, I guess?

Final Contest

@balpha: asking it because I have just found another (IMHO major) bug.

Alex

10:35

what is it?

Final Contest

sorry, I do not wish to get another demotivating argument here.

Jan Dvorak

:facepalm:

Alex

oh... did i argue with you previously? if so i was not aware of that, or perhaps i forgot, anyway, i promise to strive toward the avoidance a repeat performance

Jan Dvorak

He doesn't trust anybody, @Alex

LOO meta.stackexchange.com/q/234838

Final Contest

@Alex: nah, it is not about you or past arguments with you. :-)

Bart

11:31

@FinalContest you could. Best thing is to simply put it up on Meta though. Then it's documented for everybody, avoiding duplicates. Unless it's a serious security issue, in which case a direct ping might be better.

Final Contest

11:42

@Bart: well, yes, my opinion was that it would be appreciated there, too, but apparently it is not the necessarily the case, so it is better to spare frustration and negative posts from there.

user163250

Duplicate cv-plz stackoverflow.com/questions/6794110/…

Final Contest

@Cupcake: done.

Bart

@FinalContest Or just ignore it. But up to you. I'd simply post it there and move on. Whatever happens to it is up to others.

Final Contest

seems people did not take the duplicate handling seriously in 2011 or there was none, I do not know.

@Bart: fine, we are all different though with different preferences.

user163250

@FinalContest thanks!

Final Contest

11:45

@Cupcake: btw, don't you wish to implement some missing features for me in git? ;-P

user163250

@FinalContest I'd have to learn C and Perl first, and significantly improve my Bash :P

Stijn

@Final regarding the whole unexplained downvotes on good answers, even I get those every once in a while and I'm a relatively low-rep user. They annoy me too but I just try to move on, it's best to ignore it. In the end, you've helped people and that's what counts :)

Final Contest

@Stijn: well, maybe for you, that is what counts, and I appreciate that. My expectation (hope?) is constructive atmosphere, though.

@Cupcake: :D

@Stijn: I think it is cultural and/or preference thing. I have been working in projects for years after years, and it had not really happened that over a codereview or mailing list discussion that "your stuff sux, that is about it", or if it had happened, it was clear that it has no any value.

and I did not start picking these up after 5-10 downvotes, but after about 30-50.

Stijn

@FinalContest I think it's just the internet being the internet

Final Contest

codereview and mailing list have been over the internet, too. My point is that SE provides a platform for this potentially non-constructive atmosphere. You can call me a troll, an unwelcoming person, etc, but that remains my sincere opinion about it.

I could also tell people "accept such opinions, and just move on" ;-)

Stijn

11:53

Fair enough. Anyway, just wanted to tell you my insight :)

Final Contest

thanks for sharing.

user163250

2 more close votes to go on this one stackoverflow.com/questions/12529083/…

user163250

@rene thanks!

user163250

Sweet, closed, thanks guys!

rene

You're welcome...

Final Contest

12:06

rene never stops closing :)

rene

For me having a maxium number of votes is good, yes.

I was looking at my progress to reach the dupe hammer privilege but I'm not at 50% yet...

user163250

It's quite agonizing not having a dupe hammer.

user163250

I still have about 97 upvotes to go...

user163250

I'll be swinging that thing everywhere once I get it >:D

rene

In which tag?

user163250

12:12

DUPLICATE! CLOSED! DUPLICATE! CLOSED! MWA HA HA HA HA HA!

user163250

git

user202362

@balpha I have been suspended for posting a remark about my skinny pet roosters on the chat, is it normal?

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rene

Aren't skinny pet roosters off-topic across the network?

user202362

well, someone else was complaining about a dog so ...

balpha

senses rhetorical question, is confused whether answer is expected

2

user202362

12:20

I said my pet chickens were too skinny for my taste, because I like them large and fluffy, then I was banned for 30 minutes on the chat ...

balpha

reads message that lead to suspension, thinks "you were asking for it"

2

user202362

:'(

balpha

Unsuspended. Now go play nice.

user202362

thanks :p

rene

Kindergarten...

rene

13:00

cv-pls stackoverflow.com/questions/24490727/…

user163250

13:24

cv-plz stackoverflow.com/questions/18216991/…, duplicate of stackoverflow.com/questions/5195859/…

Braiam

@Cupcake smells XY problem

user163250

@Braiam hmm? What do you mean?

Alex

467

A: What is the XY problem?

What is it? The XY problem is asking about your attempted solution rather than your actual problem. That is, you are trying to solve problem X, and you think solution Y would work, but instead of asking about X when you run into trouble, you ask about Y. The Problem This can lead to frustrati...

user163250

No no, I get that.

Braiam

@Cupcake people always assume they need to do something different

user163250

13:28

@Alex I mean what in the specific questions I pointed out are an instance of the XY problem.

Braiam

"Create a tag in X repository"

user163250

That's why I tried closing it as a duplicate of pushing tags to a Git remote in general, or am I misunderstanding what you mean?

Braiam

@Cupcake no

just finding amusing the 3k views on that question

user163250

Newb programmers just don't really understand how Git and GitHub work yet.

user163250

Or even what the difference is between them :P

Braiam

13:31

@Cupcake this is the reason

which is a consequence of the first one...

Stijn

apparently we're doing death threats now

4

Q: Can this person be prosecuted?

I was shocked to see this today: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24491034/hi-my-name-is-sumer-kolcak-and-i-want-to-kill-the-fuckin-dutch-martijn-pieters It's one thing to threaten a member; it's another to threaten his daughter when you claim geographic proximity. I hope something is done ...

discussion

Bart

Pff, him again ...

user163250

Holy shit.

user163250

@Bart that user has posted stuff like that in the past?

Bart

I have a sneaking suspicion this is not our first encounter

Including death threats and the like

Shadow Wizard

13:39

@Cupcake yes he did, it started on AskUbunto I think, then he moved to Meta, aiming at Tim Post because he banned him, etc etc.

Bart

In fact, I pushed Tim into being the target by pointing him at that user. I basically used him as my human/monkey shield.

user163250

Tim Post manually banned him permanently, or he was just question banned by the system?

Stijn

Is it the same guy who threatened to rape our families a while ago?

user163250

Wow, I obviously missed a lot of shit that happened...

Bart

@Stijn I'd guess so. Let's hope so. Imagine there are more like that out there. :p

Shadow Wizard

13:42

@Stijn yeah, now that you mention it I think he targeted you too, right?

Stijn

@ShadowWizard Yeah cause I placed a comment on some meta question and he just picked me out :P

Braiam

@Cupcake shit always happen when you are not arround

Bart

Cupcakes and shit don't mix.

user163250

I think the world would be a better place if everyone just had a cupcake.

Braiam

@Bart leave it at that

user163250

13:45

Tim just deleted the Meta question.

user163250

Oh well, done, moving on...

Bart

Time for coffee

Shadow Wizard

@Bart you're late, I just finished my own

rene

@Bart with milk please...

Bart

BLASPHEMY @rene

Braiam

13:49

@Bart rene talking about chocolate, right @rene? RIGHT!?

Stijn

@Bart milk and sugar for me!

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rene

@Braiam nope...

Bart

I always have cake with my coffee. ... might explain a lot really ...

hichris123

Where's my coffee, @Bart????

Um... ;P

Shadow Wizard

@hichris123 he doesn't have enough stars

no stars == no coffee for us :(

ManishBot

13:55

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: AJAX GO TO PAGE PASSING DATA on stackoverflow.com

rene

Aren't there any Feyenoord fans here?

hichris123

@ShadowWizard Then we must star his posts!

Shadow Wizard

@hichris123 that's the one thing he can't do D-:

now that we have star virus roaming free and starring random messages I fear Bart is powerless

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ManishBot

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword detected: +91 -9950211818 WORLD famous LOVE V@@ASHIKARAN SPECIALIST BABA JI on english.stackexchange.com

Jan Dvorak

^

Stijn

13:59

gone already

hichris123

Um... how fast was that?

Shadow Wizard

we need to tell baba Tim is busy with Indian teenager, he doesn't have time for him

rene

We currently don't accept spam because we are busy with some Hacker team

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Shadow Wizard

@Cupcake afraid of his wrath? (it's a team of one)

(removed)

Braiam

(scrubbed)

Shadow of the Shadow

14:10

(shrubbed)

Jan Dvorak

(shrugged)

rene

Does anybody know what to do with this:

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Q: Size Tolerances for 3D Model Components - Site Recommendation?

I'm building a 3D model with individual components that fit together once printed. I'm unsure of the best way to describe it, so I have included this image for illustration purposes: As you can see, this cuboid has a cap that slots into it once it's 3D printed. My question is, will they fit t...

discussion site-recommendation printing

Shadow Wizard

@rene nothing, site recommendations are on topic for MSE.

doubt he will get what he want, but it's totally legit to ask :)

Braiam

What are you using to make the model? Blender? — Braiam 23 secs ago

rene

@ShadowWizard I'll mark that comment and when the next 3D Model question on MSE is posted I help you rember that one...

Bart

14:22

@ShadowWizard my smiting stick begs to differ

Shadow Wizard

@rene @Bart bring it on! {Fire Shield is Up and running}

Braiam

@rene meh

Shadow Wizard

Guys, anyone knows what happened to DroidDev? He's MIA :(

Bart

Probably had a run in with iOSDev and lost

Shadow Wizard

@Bart this would be just sad!

Bart

14:33

Life is sad @ShadowWizard.

Shadow Wizard

But we always have a full half in the glass, @Bart.

Braiam

does anyone knows if this will find home in SO? unix.stackexchange.com/questions/139919 is being migrated

hichris123

Free flags! stackoverflow.com/q/24491733/2581872

Braiam

@hichris123 you mean "Downvote the question!"?

hichris123

That too.

There were 4 deleted answers.

Stijn

14:47

@Braiam flag/close it, off-topic

I used the network/infrastructure reason but on second thought a custom reason would be useful here, it's caused by downtime of a third party service, useless question.

hichris123

More free flags: stackoverflow.com/questions/1979793/python-dll-extension-import/….

I really need to get to 10k. :/

Braiam

15:06

@hichris123 stop flagging, reviewing, closing, and anything that implies moderation and answer questions D:

hichris123

@Braiam That... doesn't work though. Try browsing android and you'd see. I click on a question to answer it -> edit/close/downvote for a good chunk of them.

:(

Jan Dvorak

s/android/SO/

Braiam

@hichris123 friends don't tell friends to learn android... or java for what matters

hichris123

@JanDvorak yeah, pretty much. a lot of crappy questions.

@Braiam What??? Android is awesome!

The reason why it gets so much crap is because it's popular. :P

Braiam

@hichris123 that is so wrong in many ways...

hichris123

15:12

@Braiam ...?

stackoverflow.com/tags

^ Android is 5th.

rene

Still c# is second...

This is a competition, right?

hichris123

@rene C# has less questions asked today than Android. ;P

For q's asked today, it's JS, then Java, then Android.

rene

Let me create some socks to rectify that...

Crappy Question Bot

How hard can it be?

I'm wondering if my stomach ace has something to do with the empty bag of licorice on my desk.

TGMCians

\o

rene

o/

Braiam

15:21

darn, where's @FinalContest when you need him...

Bart

15:35

@Braiam if you want I can put you on my ignore list. I guess that should achieve the same?

ManishBot

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: USING THREE GREP COMMANDS TO SORT AND ABC ORDER on unix.stackexchange.com

Andy

cv: stackoverflow.com/questions/22363936/…

Braiam

cv stackoverflow.com/q/9437974/792066 stackoverflow.com/q/1137748/792066

Final Contest

16:44

@Braiam: you have spare downvotes? :D

Braiam

summons @FinalContest casting downvotes D:

nah, just wondering if this is worth of migrating to SO unix.stackexchange.com/q/139856/41104

ProgramFOX

If it's closed as unclear, it won't fit on SO.

Braiam

@ProgramFOX was the first revision that was closed, he edited it afterwards

ProgramFOX

Ah, I see.

Final Contest

17:04

@Braiam: yeah, I think it is worth it. Although, screenshot is worth of thousand words here.

Braiam

@FinalContest does it needs something else? if not I would just flag it to get it migrated

Final Contest

The topic is SO worthy, but the quality is not the best:

1) Long title

2) No QtCreator version specified

3) QT is written, not Qt.

4) Screenshot would be nice.

Braiam

@FinalContest "QtCreator 4.8.0"?

Final Contest

5) No code shown, just in case.

6) No steps provided to reproduce.

The OP has no idea apparently that that is not the QtCreator version. :)

Braiam

ohhh

Final Contest

17:13

it would likely get closed in its current form, but if the OP improves the above things, it could be a challenging question.

he would also need to explain why the "<unavailable synchronous data>" google results did not help, so yeah, it is low-quality as it is now.

Braiam

@FinalContest fixed

everything else was asked in a comment

jadarnel27

17:27

Cereal.

rene

@jadarnel27 bon appétit?

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