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Braiam

22:04

in Unix and Linux on The Stack Exchange Network Chat, 29 mins ago, by Faheem Mitha

We should change the system of reward here from Imaginary Internet Points to cupcakes.

sees as @Cupcake cowers in fear

Shadow Wizard

22:22

@AnnaLear a dev mentioned a need to "merge" something in order for mobile web changes to take effect. What does it mean?

user163250

@Braiam bring it on :P

Anna Lear

@ShadowWizard I didn't say we only use one branch. :)

Sklivvz has a branch for his mobile web changes and he merges things back into master when he's ready to deploy something new publicly

Shadow Wizard

@AnnaLear sounds complicated... is there a mechanism to prevent conflicts?

Anna Lear

No particular risk of conflicts here - he's the only one working on that part of the code.

Having a separate branch allows him to have a separate build to a different dev-tier site and test his changes without potentially jacking prod.

Shadow Wizard

@AnnaLear nice, so the whole redesign that you did recently was done by Sklivvz alone? (actual coding)

Anna Lear

22:27

Yeah, Jin and Sklivvz made it happen

Shadow Wizard

Talking about Jin, @Anna, why isn't he posting anymore? He fixed a bunch of bugs which is awesome, but without a squeak. Just curious... :)

Anna Lear

@ShadowWizard That's a question for @jin, not me. :)

Tim Stone

He can't type and eat bacon at the same time, that'd be disastrous for his keyboard.

Shadow Wizard

@Jin ^^^

Tim Stone

And bacon fuels the awesome.

Shadow Wizard

22:30

@TimStone flagged as dupe

Jin

someone summoned me?

Anna Lear

2 mins ago, by Shadow Wizard

Talking about Jin, @Anna, why isn't he posting anymore? He fixed a bunch of bugs which is awesome, but without a squeak. Just curious... :)

You must answer for your crimes, Jin

Shadow Wizard

yup

If you want bacon, @Jin, just say the word

Jin

i'm shy!

i'll be back posting on metas soon, hopefully!

Tim Stone

Telling me my design bugs are status-completed, I hope.

Jin

22:34

@AnnaLear I just nuked almost 4k lines of core LESS code...

Tim Stone

cracks whip

Jin

@AnnaLear this has been the most painful project I've done

and i have so much more to go...

Tim Stone

Tell me your secrets. The Data Explorer CSS file is scary. :(

Jin

@TimStone i just pretend that site doesn't exist

Tim Stone

Woah, woah.

WOAH

Jin

22:35

IN MY DEFENSE I HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THAT SITE!

Shadow Wizard

@Jin oh, so that's what's keeps you busy! all clear now. You can get back to removing lines of code. :)

Tim Stone

@Jin I know, it's my shameful burden ;_;

Jin

ha i'm j/k. actually i plan to give that site some lovin down the road

I'm in the mid of refatoring our css/less

Cole Johnson

github.com/cbrandolino/jQuery-basic-arithmetic-plugin

Anna Lear

What time is it? It's time to go drink beer with my better half and a couple friends. Later, y'all. Don't break anything major while I'm gone. ;)

Jin

22:36

hopefully when i'm done it will solve a lot of network wide css issues. it's just a technical debt i've been accumulating for the past 4 years..

Tim Stone

@AnnaLear If we break all of the minor things does that add up to something major, and if so, do we get by on a technicality?

Anna Lear

@TimStone try it and let's find out.

Tim Stone

@Jin That'll do wonders for your ~~credit~~ designer score.

@AnnaLear rubs hands together menacingly Excellent.

Cole Johnson

So apparently, you can bypass the "this message is too long" by inserting a line-break in it with Shift-Enter

Andy

@AnnaLear You heard it here folks. We can break all the minor things.

Shadow Wizard

22:38

Have fun @Anna and don't drive after drinking! ;)

Anna Lear

@ShadowWizard I live in NYC for a reason. ;)

Shadow Wizard

@AnnaLear sure, so that you can go shopping!

Tim Stone

@ColeJohnson Yeah, multiline messages have their own set of restrictions.

Anna Lear

well, two reasons. 1. various watering holes within walking distance of my apartment. 2. never having to have a plan for getting home without drinking and driving.

on that note, really out now.

Tim Stone

Enjoy

jadarnel27

23:00

I was reminded today why I strongly dislike VB.NET. Replace "strongly dislike" without whatever harshly negative, expletive-ridden statements you prefer.

Shadow Wizard

@jadarnel27 OK, I'll ask. What reminded you? ;)

jadarnel27

@ShadowWizard A very old ASP.NET web forms project, backed by VB. I had to fix some bugs in it today.

Shadow Wizard

yeah, VB tends to cause the most bizarre bugs

Tim Stone

@jadarnel27 "Well I know in C# I'd just do... compiler smacks you in the face 'Silly developer, welcome to VB.NET"

jadarnel27

@TimStone Haha, exactly.

Tim Stone

23:06

Alternatively, would you said you had a Dim view of it? instantrimshot.com

jadarnel27

@ShadowWizard Yeah? I think most of these bugs were either due to poor architecture, or the last dev that worked on it not totally understanding the old school, ViewState-oriented, web forms way of doing things.

@TimStone Hahaha

Having to put a daggum underscore at the end of lines when I want to break a line of code up just adds insult to injury.

Shadow Wizard

oh, missed the point lol. Well, long lines of code are usually a bad idea to begin with :)

Jin

@jadarnel27 @ShadowWizard you just reminded me, that I had a MCP in ASP.net VB..

jadarnel27

@Jin Congrats on that sentence being in the past tense? =P

Jin

I quit programming a week after my certification. I hated asp.net back then.

Shadow Wizard

23:14

So you deleted it from your memory, @Jin? That's an awesome skill! :D

jadarnel27

@ShadowWizard I sort of agree. Though this was String.Format, and I think those get a pass =)

Jin

@ShadowWizard i didn't delete it, i'm just suppressing it. one day i may snap.

jadarnel27

We'll know @Jin is past the breaking point if we see a stream of VB.NET answers coming from his Stack Overflow account.

Shadow Wizard

@jadarnel27 agree, usually 3 lines for those.

user163250

Hi @TimPost, this user has been trying to work himself out of a ban for quite a while. He seems to be making an earnest effort. With the current ban and anti-recidivism systems in place, would it just be easier for him to get a new account and start being throttled instead of completely blocked?

user163250

23:22

Q: Would it be ok to change a downvoted question into a completely different question so you can ask it when post-banned?

I am currently still banned from posting questions on SO (even though my rep has increased more than a 100 points and I now have vote down privilege), and at least one of the questions I see hurting me I find unrecoverable. Since I can't fix it, and it won't help to delete, would it be ok for me...