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Braiam

12:01 AM

BTW, I have 100 flags/day in SO :D

^ we need that instead of bounties for SE employees

Braiam

12:23 AM

@DwarfSlice there are some tracks that will let you down :/

user259867

It's 00:30 UTC: do you know where your delete votes are (before LQRQ eats them)?

Braiam

chat.SE is down?

do SO wants this question? unix.stackexchange.com/q/170346/41104

user259867

From the comments it looks like an answer is forthcoming on U&L.

user259867

According to SE, this question helped 2500+ people. I feel so bad about voting to delete it now. (And that was my last delete vote for the day...)

hichris123

12:40 AM

@Raff If you want to say that the people helped stat is horrible, just say it.

cVplZ

@hichris123 needs at least 1 more

Jan Dvorak

It is

Mooseman

cv-pls stackoverflow.com/q/27180460/1234256

hichris123

@animuson go nuke some spam.

animuson

What the hell is with the flags queue today? You'd think it was a holiday or something... Sheesh.

hichris123

12:43 AM

@animuson Meaning... too many flags or too few flags? I can solve the latter. :P

animuson

Jumped from 20 yesterday to 270 today. o.o

cVplZ

@animuson that's like asking peasants how great the gold necklaces, rings, and purple capes are

hichris123

@animuson Well, at least it's not 1000+.

Doorknob

@animuson You know, sometimes a glance at the Tavern's starboard is enough to figure things like this out, but I don't see anything there...

animuson

I don't think I've ever seen this many spam/offensive flags at one time.

Ah nuts I got rate limited on destroying users. retry

cVplZ

12:46 AM

I've only did 1 spam/offensive flag today.. Tavern's been pretty quiet too. Not sure where they'd be coming from.

hichris123

@animuson Yeah, you missed two. one, two, three

Jan Dvorak

One would think the "trending videos" feed on Youtube would contain something decent. The best I've found so far was a poor cover of Mariah Carey at #142 - except a second voice took over in the second verse, and I had to stop the playback as well.

Braiam

adds limit to the amount of users moderators can nuke

user259867

Amount is for uncountable nouns. Everyone says "amount of people" nowadays, but that's still wrong.

hichris123

@Raff So shouldn't it be "number of people"?

user259867

12:49 AM

Yes it should.

Braiam

@Raff "amount of users", also, I don't know exactly how many either, so I'm just guessing

user259867

15

Q: "Amount" vs. "number" vs. "quantity"

For what values of x does one write the number of x, the amount of x, or the quantity of x?

cVplZ

> But it can also be used for things that can be measured (as @psmears points out below), especially money:

Braiam

^

cVplZ

starts new ELL post titled "Is the amount of crap on SO correct?"

user259867

12:54 AM

The top answer there is kinda wrong. The point is, users are distinct objects that can be counted, so "the number of users" is the correct option. For "crap", it's definitely "the amount of crap", because we think of crap as ... well, something that is not measured by counting distinct units.

cVplZ

self answers "No, it should be The 500 800lb horses worth of crap on SO"

Braiam

@Raff how about paper?

user259867

Depends on the meaning. "Amount of paper produced by a paper mill last year". Versus "The number of papers Paul Erdos published in his lifetime".

user259867

Jaydles has a degree in English, if I remember right.

user259867

... perhaps I don't remember right because his Twitter profile says "Ameteur Dad".

cVplZ

1:09 AM

^ finally back on topic

bjb568

2:03 AM

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Q: Is this a ship-shipping ship, shipping shipping ships?

This image has been making the rounds on the internet, with the caption: This is a ship-shipping ship, shipping shipping ships. The obvious question being: is this true or a photoshop? And yes, I spend quite a bit of time searching around, but reverse image search only turns up the same i...

transportation

196

A: How do I draw a pair of buttocks?

I have to confess that I see this as a proper challenge, as I am usually quite creative in finding/combining functions to provide a desired behavior. So I will give it another try. which is generated using box[x_, x1_, x2_, a_, b_] := Tanh[a (x - x1)] + Tanh[-b (x - x2)]; ex[z_, z0_, s_] := E...

user259867

> Before asking your LinkedIn API-related questions at StackOverflow, please make sure you:
Tagged your question with the #linkedin hashtag, or the LinkedIn engineers likely won't see them!

3

bjb568

wat

user259867

from Stacking Up API Support at LinkedIn

Andrew T.

2:31 AM

SO will be truly become a knowledge repository for all software developer... wot.

This search query might become useful soon.

Or.. #linkedin.. which will be converted to normal linkedin though.

hichris123

@AndrewT. stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/%23linkedin

wait what?

Andrew T.

@hichris123 yeah, it's possible to search, but it's impossible to create #linkedin when writing a question

Braiam

@Raff for some reason I prefer that the tag is called linkedin-api

people shouldn't ask "how to reset my linkedin password?"

hichris123

stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/software

:/

cv-plz stackoverflow.com/questions/27178332/…

cv-plz stackoverflow.com/questions/27144860/…

Andrew T.

2:46 AM

Not until, "Good, there are no questions at all! Our documentation is very clear." from LinkedIn official team.

hichris123

robot-vomit

status-wut

cv-plz stackoverflow.com/questions/27096903/…

Braiam

@AndrewT. it should be "Good, there are no questions at all! Our documentation is very clear and people is reading it."

hichris123

0

Q: Merge the [android-lollipop] and [android-5.0-lollipop] tags

android-lollipop is the same as android-5.0-lollipop, but android-5.0-lollipop a) uses the naming scheme that every other Android version tag has uses, and b) has been around longer. Can the android-lollipop tag be merged & synonimized into android-5.0-lollipop?

discussion tags retag-request synonym-request

user259867

@hichris123 *synonymized (no suggested edits on meta)

hichris123

SPAM? stackoverflow.com/a/27180941/2581872

@Raff Fixed.

user259867

2:57 AM

Looks more like VLQ, unless the user starts posting the same thing around.

hichris123

Ok.

user259867

Is the in-text tag formatting on meta.SO obnoxious, or is it just me?

hichris123

@Raff Is it a tool rec question? I can't tell.

@Raff Eh, I kinda like it.

user259867

@hichris123 It's not even about programming at all, as far as I know.

user259867

It's a gadget recommendation.

hichris123

3:00 AM

I'm just going with tool rec.

user259867

Could be in the scope of electronics.SE? But it's an old question anyway.

hichris123

cv-plz stackoverflow.com/questions/13529493/…

@Raff Hold on, I can see. :)

@Raff In scope, off-topic since it's a recommendation question.

Braiam

3:30 AM

@hichris123 I would go with too broad/is a moving target

each time a module comes out there's a new answer

Undo

3:47 AM

-1

A: How To hide Template Loading in browser console

un moonja pakathula kondu poi kami athuve odi hide agidum. I hope this will help

Kind of

But not really

Andrew T.

and the monologue starts

yen kumar yen ipdi pannunenga. unmayai sonnathum ipadi bongu agi viteergaley kobal.. — user3651830 1 min ago

user259867

4:03 AM

I'm trying out SageMathCloud, looks very neat. An IDE for mathematicians... or for anyone with math task that requires more that WolframAlpha.

user259867

^ not spam

bjb568

What should the answers heading be?

"Answers ($a-count)"? "$a-count answers"? What if there are none? "No answers?" "0 answers?" "Answers (0)" (<- probably not)

Andrew T.

Is commenting on Android.SE borked, or is it only me?!?!

I could press "add a comment", then write..... but couldn't submit???

bjb568

This is a test comment. Please ignore. — bjb568 6 secs ago

Andrew T.

4:15 AM

Ok, thanks... weird, since this happened just now. Let me restart the browser ._.

user259867

@bjb568 $a-count Answers, where $a-count could be 0.

Andrew T.

Problem fixed without knowing the cause :|

bjb568

@Raff okey

user259867

5:07 AM

SPAM drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/138244/…

user259867

Happy hour begins a little late today.

bjb568

Spammers eating turkey?

user259867

and building muscle on it, apparently. BTW, I assume it will be 1 Answer, not 1 Answers... or you will be channeling the spirit of Atwood.

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bjb568

Yay, spammers need hats too! — bjb568 12 secs ago

user259867

5:20 AM

Random SE fact: two sites show 0 Unanswered questions as of now: World Building and Russian Language.

user259867

On the other hand, at Software Recommendation only 57% questions are considered answered.

user259867

In a way, WB and SR are similar: questions from people arbitrarily imagining something. It's just that on WB the answers can be imaginary too.

user259867

Drupal spam is at -3. :-/

nicael

Do you think I should split my answer? Every answer there has its own point...

While mine has 6 points.

user259867

It would make sense if the goal was to vote on them separately. But votes don't really matter there. SE designers & developers will read (hopefully) and then do what they want. So, no need to split.

nicael

5:28 AM

Ok

Andrew T.

Happy hour seems not so happy today.

user259867

Yeah, we got one lousy muscle building post and it's still just -4.

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keywords in title: Packers and Movers pune by suchetaets on sharepoint.stackexchange.com

hichris123

[ SmokeDetector ] Score of 94.2339: Packers and Movers pune on sharepoint.stackexchange.com

user259867

> Which means this lengthy in addition to nutritious string associated with gurus carry out the particular moving perform consequently completely that will extraordinary probability of just about any destruction or even damage occur throughout the transferring course of action.

Andrew T.

5:39 AM

SPAM meta.stackexchange.com/questions/244300/…

DroidDev

WHY ME CLIENT ONLY ADD NEW FEATURE IN APP AFTER EVERYTHING IS DONE

WHY HE NO USE HIM BRAIN AND SAY THAT FIRST

AND WHY ME TESTER NO TELL ME BUG FIRST AND DIRECTLY TELL CLIENT ABOUT IT

user259867

You have an excellent Programmers question going on there. The body is copy-paste ready, just needs a matching title.

user259867

SPAM meta.stackexchange.com/questions/244301/weight-lose-supplement

user259867

"weight lose" not detected, @hichris123 . Could appear in either order.

Jan Dvorak

SPAM sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/122636/…

rest gone

bjb568

5:53 AM

Yes, the right site for this is Drupal Answers. — Raff 16 mins ago

Andrew T.

^ the bitter truth

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Infinite Recursion

6:26 AM

@bummi: The answer has been removed :)

user259867

6:49 AM

SPAM drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/138253/…

Jan Dvorak

SPAM ^

user259867

Let's see how it oneboxes... Not bad. ja.SO will enjoy onebox.

Jan Dvorak

That wasn't surprising

bjb568

Night!

Andrew T.

Afternoon!

user259867

6:52 AM

Something about ink cartridges, I gather from Google.

Andrew T.

yes, the same Japanese ink cartridge spammer by "Prada bag"

user259867

Username bagprada. BTW sharepoint spam is finally gone.

DroidDev

cv-plz link only stackoverflow.com/a/10054103/2389078

plus, doesn't answers question

user259867

SPAM drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/138255/…

DroidDev

wow! and OP really helped answerer here to write correct answer for him/her. Could this be marked duplicate of the linked post?

lol, fMRI

Jan Dvorak

7:12 AM

SPAM sports.stackexchange.com/questions/7218/…

SPAM meta.stackexchange.com/questions/244304/…

Why did I read "retail gasoline" as "rectal gasoline"?

bummi

@InfiniteRecursion thank you, my worry was less the answer itself, than the strange entanglements, which left room for different interpretations :)

DroidDev

That small font everywhere on SE is bugging me so much...

Jan Dvorak

userstyle?

user259867

125% browser zoom here.

DroidDev

same here, but for SO only, now applying on MSE too

user259867

7:19 AM

not getting any younger

Jan Dvorak

SPAM drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/138258/…

DroidDev

@Raff you can take advice from spammers about that :P

Jan Dvorak

@DroidDev have your books been stolen and silently replaced by the same books except with smaller letters?

DroidDev

@JanDvorak exactly! even for books of my friends, same thing everywhere!!

Andrew T.

7:33 AM

all spam should have ~~gone~~ been eaten now

cVplZ

Happy Black Friday!

Jan Dvorak

@AndrewT. but isn't?

SmokeDetector

7:58 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: EQUATION OF A CIRCLES by Robert Kibet on math.stackexchange.com

cVplZ

8:11 AM

I like how Drupal's 404 is a tear drop. B.c if you're on drupal, you might as well cry.

SmokeDetector

8:34 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: PROBLEM WITH PARTITION ( UBUNTU OS) by rhein on askubuntu.com

[ SmokeDetector ] URL in title: How to remove dx.doi.org string from doi field in BibTeX style? by Igor Kotelnikov on tex.stackexchange.com

Patrick Hofman

9:01 AM

cv-pls stackoverflow.com/questions/27184990/c-sharp-t-class-property

Jan Dvorak

SPAM drupal.stackexchange.com/questions/138266/…

Patrick Hofman

What made the Wheel of blame? It has the wrong like to the Tavern (old MSO).

@Pops: Can you change the URL to the Wheel of blame to jsfiddle.net/Ldvwp8uv/1 ? There is a fix for MSO > MSE.

Andrew T.

0

A: What is best tips to get wrinkle free skin?

Drupal is apparently very good for anti-ageing. Use of Drupal is very good for you skin. I suggest you use it. Much better than Wordpress which burns your skin off.

WAT.

Jan Dvorak

WAT.

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