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20:00

@Jamal What are you crapping about?

Jamal

That's a long list of crap.

Santa Claus

@Jamal Didn't I say it was good?

Anna Lear

Not all of it is actual flag-worthy crap. Many just need an edit.

Jamal

And I've just crapped myself... with joy.

Yeah, I'm not blindingly flagging them.

Anna Lear

Moderator advisory: read before you flag.

hichris123

20:01

@AnnaLear Yup.

Santa Claus

@AnnaLear There might be a few that could be fixed with an edit.

Hmmmmm...

> "SESSIOON"? Spell check please!

A decent answer?

Bart

@AnnaLear read stuff? Man, this whole thing starts to sound like work ...

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Jamal

It looks like a lot can be fixed, but they're too minor for a suggested edit.

Santa Claus

@Jamal Hmmm thats what I thought. Some can be flagged VLQ and then count on them to be edited or deleted there...

rlemon

@AnnaLear busy?

stackoverflow.com/users/3911855/zigi is also chat.stackoverflow.com/users/965090/zigi who is making new accounts (daily it seems) to spam users in the chat then troll them on main

it is a daily annoyance

(and when I say multiple accounts - I mean more than I care to count anymore)

Bart

20:06

At least 2 then @rlemon?

Jamal

0

A: Confused about angular scope. Why does this not function as expected?

I found the solution, please see my edits.

rlemon

:D

if I need to do anything past 1+1 I open the console.

user163250

I hope this guy doesn't learn the hard way about the other side of Stack Overflow:

user163250

1

Q: On which network I can share stories

Few days ago I was stuck with one Spring integration issue for days, there was no one I could ask ('am living in Sub-Saharan Africa region) so I joined SO and posted the question, within few minutes someone answered it. I just couldn't believe it, it took us days, I was very happy and wanted to...

discussion

Shadow Wizard

spam answer meta.stackexchange.com/a/237586/152859

Jan Dvorak

20:09

cv-pls stackoverflow.com/questions/1005525/…

Sterling Archer

@rlemon thanks for already posting those links. I just wasted so much time between flagging crap on my answers and telling the OG zigi I believe it's not him

Jan Dvorak

@ShadowWizard are you sure? There are other answers involving tools

Anna Lear

@SantaClaus $10 says it's the answer.

Santa Claus

@AnnaLear Your $10 is speaking loud and clear.

hichris123

Gah, baba spam again.

rlemon

20:11

@SterlingArcher how does he even expect us to humor that - "I've created other accounts using Tor just to mess with people on SO .... BUT I SWEAR I'M NOT DOING IT NOW! THAT IS NOT ME!"

hichris123

SPAM: stackoverflow.com/questions/21777966/…

Santa Claus

@hichris123 That was my last flag.

Shadow Wizard

@JanDvorak yes I'm sure. scamaudit.com/domain/sitecomber.com

> This website seems suspicious.

Sterling Archer

@rlemon I only believe him because I'm usually pretty nice to the guy. He likes my music and I'm not one of the guys who gets into it with him

Jan Dvorak

@hichris123 gone

Sterling Archer

20:12

But if it's him, whatever, no skin off my ass. I just want the spam over.. JS room is too off topic lately and I'm not learning like I used to d:

rlemon

@SterlingArcher in either case - I'm kinda bothered the second account isn't removed yet

desc is "fuck off" and it is trying to mimic another user

Sterling Archer

The one that has "fuck off" as the profile description? Yeah, me too.

Santa Claus

@AnnaLear I guess the question was really the thing that should have been closed (as you did). My only reason for flagging that answer was it could easily have been better fit for a comment. I'll watch out for similar occurrences in the future.

Jamal

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A: Proxy-Authorization not sent over HTTPS

i thank the Proxy-Authorization is encrypted.

Haha. A typo got him into the query.

rlemon

so @mods - really? stackoverflow.com/users/3911855/zigi this is allowed?

(see deleted post(s))

Braiam

20:19

@rlemon yup

rlemon

account created today - just to insult another user in a answer?

and mimics another user

doesn't sound right to me

Sterling Archer

Meta post it?

Gets more hype

hichris123

-1

A: How to get someone's home phone number in address book on iOS?

i am trying to find percell scott in pulaski va. but have no number, please help

Sterling Archer

@hichris123 oh god.. I dated a girl from Pulaski VA

It's 15 minutes from where I went to college

Shadow Wizard

@rlemon if you see such answer, flag it as abusive. We don't care what users write in their own profile, there are thousands of spam accounts sitting there anyway.

rene

20:22

@SterlingArcher I'll let them know we found you

hichris123

@rlemon Click the link. :)

Sterling Archer

LOL Thankfully he's not looking for me. I live 200 miles north of Pulaski now

rlemon

nice. done and done

Sterling Archer

@ShadowWizard what about impersonation accounts?

That seems like it could very easily tarnish the reputation (not # rep) of a good SO account

rlemon

I had someone impersonate me not too long ago - came in here and pinged a mod . dealt with.

Shadow Wizard

20:26

@SterlingArcher same thing, as long as they're sitting silently it's fine, but once they do any action (post or comment) they should be dealt with.

Sterling Archer

Mmkay, thank you much!

user163250

@cupcake From where I am people walks for hours to get electric power let alone internet connection and I didn't expect people from such companies have the time to answer my question. — tangobee 2 mins ago

user163250

Awwwwwwwwww!

Sterling Archer

@mods thanks for deleting that account. (bluefeet especially for cleaning my post with the other troll)

user163250

@SterlingArcher oh, someone got nuked again?

user163250

20:27

Excellent <evil laugh>

Sterling Archer

Couple people actually

Wanna see the comment thread? it's kinda hilarious

user163250

@SterlingArcher I saw a bit of it earlier.

hichris123

@SterlingArcher Oh, this is better:

6 hours ago, by hichris123

^ Programming question on Earth Science.

rlemon

:(

wish I had 10K on every site

Sterling Archer

Deleted, can't see it D:

@Cupcake I lost it when they said my question ruined the revenue of stack exchange

user163250

20:29

@SterlingArcher oh boy, that I didn't see.

Sterling Archer

:3

rlemon

lol

I laughed

Santa Claus

cv-plz stackoverflow.com/q/5628175/2446155

Jamal

1

A: Oauth - Merging Accounts-Do Twitter and Facebook use same Oauth Id?

The answer is...drum roll please........ No.

Sterling Archer

HOORAY MORE SPAM!

0

A: Permanent session storage in Node

Really it's not me believe me I just wanted to let it know through you I am crossing my heart I was not even on my PC I am not a douche I like the music you post I would never hate you even if you mute me cause it must be for a reason

hichris123

20:31

@SterlingArcher @rlemon ^

Sterling Archer

lmao you didn't hear that JavaScript is directly correlated with the temperature of geothermal hotsprings?

animuson

> Do this, and you will be rewarded. Do not do this, and you will get nothing. Understand?

hichris123

> So... let's sing together:

Sterling Archer

Whoever "protected" my question -- just FYI the last spam account was 11 rep, so that does nothing methinks

hichris123

@SterlingArcher That guy is no longer there. :D

Jamal

20:34

So much weirdness today. Is Shog sharing his acid with others or something?

Sterling Archer

@hichris123 he'll be back. Historically speaking those who have a grudge against the JS room are... very incredibly persistent

rlemon

I'm not 100% convinced they are not all one and the same

hichris123

@SterlingArcher Just post it in here and we'll deal with things/poke people to deal with things. :P

rlemon

myself (as well as a few other JS room regulars) have had cyber stalkers over the past little bit

i've never been stalked. it is interesting experience

Sterling Archer

@hichris123 thanks :) I'm just flagging and posting here

Jamal

20:36

cv-plz stackoverflow.com/questions/12567706/dreamweaver-alternative

rlemon

damn, clicked the wrong reason

ohh yay I can undo it now

Santa Claus

Can someone make a chat room for cv-plz

rlemon

booooo

now I can't vote again

how useful is that?>

Sterling Archer

There's a nice plugin for cv-pls

Jamal

It's worse for flagging. It cannot be taken back at all.

Santa Claus

20:37

@SterlingArcher Link?

rlemon

I fat fingered the close vote reason - undid it thinking I could change reasons - nope!

TIL...

Santa Claus

Mwahahahahaha I found it github.com/cv-pls

rene

@SantaClaus already exist: chat.stackoverflow.com/rooms/41570/so-close-vote-reviewers

hichris123

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A: Stack Overflow helped me with my problem, on which network can I share my success story?

This is the reason I log into Stack Overflow each day, so I can help people like you with your questions. I love to share my knowledge for free, just so I can help the OP or a reader in the future. I know I'm helping to create a better central hub of information on the internet. The best way fo...

Sterling Archer

@SantaClaus github.com/cv-pls/cv-pls

rlemon

20:39

if you devs have the opportunity to try a standing desk for a week. I suggest it - I'm almost a year in and loving it

Sterling Archer

I don't think I could do it

I have a bad knee from a very nasty break so standing for long long durations really bothers it

Yet I can still grind a 20ft box and hit a 10ft kicker on my snowboard... weird, eh?

rlemon

standing is better for you than sitting

just don't lock your knees and shift your weight

(I listen to music, get a nice little natural sway going)

Sterling Archer

But I do both D:

user163250

@hichris123 I'm a little afraid of what will happen with continued usage of the site, however :/ For every success story, I'm sure there are plenty of traumatized users from non-Western countries who can't even comprehend what happened to them here.

bjb568

@SantaClaus :D

user163250

20:41

Like this poor guy: chat.meta.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/1441767#1441767

user163250

What I did to him haunts me to this day.

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user163250

I hope he ended up coming back to the site.

Sterling Archer

@Cupcake tempted to star this for sheer out of context humor

hichris123

Hmm, what was my first post here?

Santa Claus

Hmm the cv-plz plugin doesn't work on chat.meta.stackexchange.com

Sterling Archer

20:45

ah

I use it on chat.stackoverflow that's why

didn't know it didn't support meta

Santa Claus

That's unfortunate :(

Sterling Archer

Very much so -- it's incredibly handy in the JS chat

Santa Claus

I think I'll be in the JS chat...

hichris123

We should just spam the JS chatroom now.

Anna Lear

@SantaClaus Why a better fit for a comment? A short answer is still an answer. (Assuming it's actually addressing the question in its entirety, etc.)

Sterling Archer

20:47

@hichris123 we have many room owners :P

bjb568

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A: Stack Overflow helped me with my problem, on which network can I share my success story?

Stack Overflow helped me with my problem, on which network can I share my success story? To answer the title, here: On Meta Stack Overflow. A problem on Stack Overflow is that there are new users who just want answers and post low quality and off-topic questions, we do our best to guide the...

(is this helpful at all?)

hichris123

@SterlingArcher Meh, room owners don't really help anything. :P

Sterling Archer

Well, unless you meant spam cv JS questions

spam spam we handle semi-decently

and sometimes the spammer is ridiculed at his/her expense!

hichris123

Well, we have SmokeDetector in here to detect spam. :D

Santa Claus

@AnnaLear I was wrong. I originally thought it didn't directly answer the question. I read it as "Hey, you better check your spelling". I should be more careful.

hichris123

20:51

cv-plz stackoverflow.com/q/25147911/2581872

Jason C

I had a little bird,
And its name was Enza.
I opened the window
And in-flew-enza.

Anna Lear

I hear ya. Took me three tries to figure out that he actually did have that in his code.

Jason C

^ :'(

Jamal

@GauravThakkar: Why did you accept this answer? It just asks for clarification. — Jamal 1 min ago

sigh

Anna Lear

@JasonC Inspired by this, I'm gonna go have a-bowl-a chips.

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hichris123

20:52

@Jamal lolwat?

user163250

@bjb568 I'm not sure.

user163250

Just imagine what will happen when he discovers the concept of a "downvote" for the first time, even on posts that aren't his.

user163250

Not to mention closing questions, deleting posts, etc...

bjb568

Meh, he'll hopefully understand the value of it.

user163250

All scary things for someone who comes from a culture so different from ours.

Sterling Archer

20:54

@AnnaLear read that as "ebola" chips

3

was like :>

Jason C

@AnnaLear Everybody's always dissin'-Terry, but she doesn't really deserve it.

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: INSTALL_FAILED_MISSING_SHARED_LIBRARY on android.stackexchange.com

user163250

Bluefeet just went on a rampage with a flamethrower...

user163250

Jamal

@SterlingArcher I'd like a bag of Ebola chips, hold the Ebola

Jason C

20:57

@SterlingArcher Was like ... "hey I got the joke"?

Anna Lear

@SterlingArcher #thatsthejoke

Sterling Archer

oh for the love of god..

wow that was dumb

my b

Santa Claus

@AnnaLear I see what you did there...

hichris123

@Cupcake More like I poked her to [status-completed] some stuff. :P

Anna Lear

Homeopaths without Borders discover 87 cures for Ebola virus

Jamal

20:59

@AnnaLear And I starred it before you mentioned that. facepalm

Anna Lear

:)

Jason C

Man, Anna always gets all the credit.

Shadow Wizard

@JasonC and when she's not, she can just write the code to give it to her anyway :D

user163250

Yo, what's up with all the downvotes on this thing?:

user163250

-4

A: How to react about massive downvoting on an unique tag?

You're assuming that just because a bunch of questions (that aren't even yours) seem to have gotten downvotes, that it must then be the act of some Evil User who went on a rampage through the system? Do you have any concrete evidence of that? A more plausible explanation is that multiple users ...

Shadow Wizard

21:02

@Cupcake guess 5 users disagree with you while 1 user agree.

Santa Claus

> At press time, the World Health Organization was revising its Ebola Treatment Guidelines to simply read: ‘Run. Run away. Run as fast as you can.’

Jason C

@AnnaLear Homeopaths Without Borders discover 87 cures for Ebola virus; die of polio.

Look out, Fark

hichris123

cv-plz stackoverflow.com/questions/16079978/…

Jason C

@Cupcake I fail to see what is so disagreeable about your answer as well. shrug

hichris123

Well, the way I see it, I would personally rather not see meta posts "Thank you Shog9!" etc etc. Seems like way too much room to spam. — Sterling Archer 4 mins ago

bjb568

21:13

@Cupcake I dunno. +1'd

hichris123

Thank you Shog9!!!!1111 YOU ARE MY GOD!

bjb568

THANK YOU ANNA LEAR FOR FIXING THE BORKED LOGIN THING SORTA!

Jamal

All out of flags...

hichris123

@Jamal You used all 100?

rene

He thinks upvotes are flags...

Jamal

21:16

@hichris123 Yep, though I did also waste a flag on this.

rene

cv-plz stackoverflow.com/questions/25131714/…

hichris123

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A: Stack Overflow helped me with my problem, on which network can I share my success story?

Shog9 answered one of my meta questions incredibly well, and I wanted to thank him. Many people have easily accessible email addresses so I sent him a love note (by a, I mean about 491) (kidding). He responded, and that was that. I was happy, and if I know praise, I'm sure he felt good about help...

gasp @SterlingArcher sent Shog a love note?

Jason C

21:38

@Cupcake meta.stackoverflow.com/a/267835/616460

Sterling Archer

lol I did

I hope it made him happy

Because it really helped me out, despite it being a meta question

Braiam

please, someone tell me he's joking: meta.askubuntu.com/questions/11690/…

Pops

22:03

Pops-Perturbing Pedantic Problem of the Day: people who leave unparsed Markdown in titles

5

Braiam

Hours wasted by Pops till now: 552258

Pops

@Braiam That's not fair. The actual number hit INTEGER_OVERFLOW and rolled around, so it only looks as small as 552258.

animuson

Shouldn't that be people who leave **unparsed *Markdown*** in *titles*?

Pops

Jul 13 at 21:24, by Pops

Pops-Perturbing Pedantic Problem of the Day: @animuson

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Braiam

@Pops HALP! I can't parse this

and I'm sure is a language problem

Pops

22:15

@Braiam Ugh wall of text.

Braiam

hits Pops with a wall of text

Pops

Suit yourself, I don't help out when I'm unconscious. Loss of consciousness starting.... now.

iStimple

This is the correct answer - a particular user was just upvoting, then undoing the vote, over and over. While this doesn't occur often, it's annoying to see in the logs. Look for some vote throttling in the future. — Jarrod Dixon ♦ 54 mins ago

Braiam

@iStimple D:

Shadow Wizard

22:49

umm.... when did this happened?!

> This account is temporarily suspended for rule violations. The suspension period ends on Aug 21 at 16:07

Not a fan of Laszlo but...

iStimple

is that a new suspension?

hichris123

@ShadowWizard Oh, a while ago.

I think July 21st. Think it was a month suspension.

Shadow Wizard

@hichris123 yup, it started at July 22nd

Guess he pissed off too many diamonds...

hichris123

cv-plz stackoverflow.com/questions/22374081/playing-mkv-files-issue

iStimple

@Unihedron Looks like the 7,777,777 question was deleted : ( b.c when try to find it stackoverflow.com/questions/7777777 it goes to something else instead of a question :(

Jason C

23:01

@iStimple So not worth the hype.

Braiam

@iStimple an answer...

iStimple

@Braiam wow, that's embarassing, i totally messed up in my thinking about this whole thing and seeing things that i wanted to see but which didn't actually exist, nothing to see here

-2

Q: rep barrier to entry is @#$&@ stupid

The noob questions have all been answered so you use search you found something helpful but you can't vote up you need clarification so you can't comment you have a $120k degree from a top-five institution in a related field (electronics.SE) but aren't allowed to provide input (should I fax my ...

bug reputation rant

Anna Lear

"plenty of rep at Stack Overflow" apparently means 141.

Braiam

wut? there's a a rep requirement for posting more than X characters in comments?

Anna Lear

Nope.

Although hey, there's an idea... :)

Braiam

23:21

user163250

How tangobee, library and off-site recommendation questions aren't actually allowed on Stack Overflow, as explained in bullet-point number 4 in the help center. You can ask such questions over at Software Recommendations, as long as you follow their question guidelines there. — Cupcake 44 secs ago

user163250

Already he's stepping into the hornet's nest, and doesn't even know it.

hichris123

@Cupcake /s/how/hello

user163250

@hichris123 /s/f**k/thank you

hichris123

hehe

user163250

23:28

He has to walk miles to get electricity and an internet connection.

user163250

I'm not sure if he even has time to read a help center.

Santa Claus

23:39

ping

Unihedron

23:53

8 minutes until a new Stack Overflow day everyone :)

user163250

@SantaClaus pong

user163250

@Unihedron I measure time according to the Stack Overflow clock too, even in real life.

user163250

SOST

user163250

Stack Overflow Standard Time

user163250

or SEST.

user163250

23:55

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Q: I found users who appear to have been serially upvoted, why hasn't this been reversed?

I recently stumbled upon the Data Explorer and figured I'd give it a try to practise my SQL. I wrote a query to fetch all users that had received serial voting (here defined as having more than 10 posts created on previous days, which were all upvoted in a short time interval) on the same day tha...