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20:00

@JanDvorak *reason

Jan Dvorak

@InfiniteHappiness typo, sorry

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rene

Jan made a mistake!

Bart

Point and laugh kids. Point and laugh.

rene

Star and Pin

Pham

Low Quality A (55.6%): "За что купил, за то и продаю"?, by user4747, on russian.stackexchange.com.

rene

20:07

No @Pham that IS russian ....

user259867

^ false positive, this is a good answer.

Infinite Happiness

^ human verified, find the human!

rene

Brace for impact

Ahmad

Hi

Bart

There are no humans in this room @Inf. You should know that by now

Infinite Happiness

20:09

Bye

Ahmad

You don't want to welcome me back?!

The people I expected to see are absent, just some robots

Bart

beep boop

Jan Dvorak

Are you the guy whom our mods have kicked for excessive pinging twice already?

Bart

Are you confusing him with Revious @JanDvorak?

Jan Dvorak

perhaps

oh. Are you the monologue guy?

Bart

20:15

Hahaha, I think I missed something.

TGMCians

yes @bart

Ahmad

@JanDvorak it was some weeks ago. Why? and what is the way speaking?!!

Infinite Happiness

@JanDvorak, no loves the tree guy

Ahmad

@JanDvorak Are you ok?

bjb568

palmface

Jan Dvorak

20:16

Sorry for the confusion. NVM then.

TGMCians

facepalm

rene

facebook

Bart

How did I end up in Shadow's Den?

Ahmad

Oh I forgot how I hate you ;)

Jan Dvorak

*hated

TGMCians

20:18

cv-pls stackoverflow.com/questions/27380065/…

too-broad ^^

Lynn Crumbling

^ yep

Ahmad

I looked for to see some people here, and they are absent! their treat was very shameful

2

TGMCians

cv-pls stackoverflow.com/questions/27361784/…

Infinite Happiness

@Bart wizardry

Ahmad

But I also had some questions, is there anyone here I can ask?

Bart

20:21

@InfiniteHappiness should have guessed

Lynn Crumbling

@Moosemaniseatingpizza answered your q on lifehacks.

Ahmad

@rene How are you?

@Bart How your doing?

Lynn Crumbling

@Moosemaniseatingpizza Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaand downvoted :(

TGMCians

cv-pls stackoverflow.com/questions/27355199/…

too-broad ^

Infinite Happiness

Welcome to LifeHacks @LynnCrumbling :D

Bart

20:23

Fine @Ahmad.

Mooseman is eating pizza

@LynnCrumbling I didn't dv, my friend who has a dog says it's a bad idea.

Lynn Crumbling

@InfiniteHappiness Meh.

@Moosemaniseatingpizza For the dog or for the jar? (grin)

Infinite Happiness

I didn't dv, just thought of welcoming you :)

Ahmad

OK have fun, as I thought I made some connection to this room but I mistook!

Lynn Crumbling

@InfiniteHappiness @Moosemaniseatingpizza Posted a "lighten up" response.

@nicael oh.. cool... your suggested edit just appeared for me..

@nicael I don't think I've ever seen that happen.

Infinite Happiness

20:33

Ana Havesi replied, it was regarding my profile deletion. Nothing bad, phew! :D

TGMCians

....ok night

Infinite Happiness

....ok night

Bart

....ok night

TGMCians

@InfiniteHappiness ah i flagged your profile..are they taking action ? :P

you did once mine :p :D

Lynn Crumbling

...ok night

TGMCians

20:35

hmm..just joking.

....ok night

Lynn Crumbling

@InfiniteHappiness sigh haters gonna hate.

Jan Dvorak

...ok night

Lynn Crumbling

...ok night

Infinite Happiness

yes @TGMCians, she nuked my chat.se profile due to your flag :D

bummi

... and night from me to all

Bart

20:35

cya

Jan Dvorak

OK glass...

Lynn Crumbling

@bummi hah; night

rene

.... wish it was morning...

Infinite Happiness

OK painting...

bummi

@rene heißt für mich ohne SO auskommen, Termine :(

rene

20:38

... had ik nu op de MEAO maar wel opgelet ...

bjb568

Note to idiots (eg buzzfeed): Defying gravity isn't a thing. Magnets! Ugh.

Bart

cough mobile site @bummi cough

@rene :D

@bjb568 cause gravity is just a theory, right?

bjb568

punches

Lynn Crumbling

@Moosemaniseatingpizza Ugh.. I tire of your friend wasting my time with off-topic comebacks :-(

user259867

3 hours ago, by Undo

A few people are going to get Math diamonds for Christmas :D

user259867

20:40

I'd take a humongous lump of coal instead.

rene

@bummi veileicht ist das echten leben besser? This is it. I'm not using my Deutsch enough to be any good at it ... ;)

bummi

Sure, but a slight dependence has unfortunately crept

Bart

@rene Mein Deutsch ist auch nur Rudi Carrell Deutsch.

rene

lol

bummi

@Bart klingt zumindest für Deutsche aber nett :)

Bart

20:44

Why thank you good Sir. I can read it, I understand it, but I haven't used it in such a long time now that it's all rather rusty.

rene

►

Bart

So cringeworthy

rene

sure

and you're welcome

Lynn Crumbling

@Bart Ganz genau!

Infinite Happiness

I like the new user hidden avatar, it's so cute

rene

20:47

The Dutch gave you tulips, legalized soft-drugs, same sex marriage and top entertainment

Infinite Happiness

Then they gave the Tavern a crazy pair of talkative glasses...

bummi

@rene und verstopfen mit ihren Wohnwagen die Bergstrassen ;-)

Bart

@bummi :D

Infinite Happiness

hiya bobboubka, welcome :)

Jan Dvorak

delworthy? stackoverflow.com/questions/1884060/…

Lynn Crumbling

20:54

Das KomputerMaschine ist nicht fuer der gefingerpoken?

@JanDvorak is it possible to del a question that had a bounty on it?

Jan Dvorak

Apparently

Lynn Crumbling

@JanDvorak huh. imagine that.

Jan Dvorak

Delvote at least

user259867

@LynnCrumbling Bounty prevents closing (hence deletion by regular users), but only while it's active. After that, it's not a factor.

Jan Dvorak

oh. Wait. NVM. The question I'm looking at isn't bountied.

bjb568

20:56

Lifehacks in beta!

Jan Dvorak

Yahoo Answers 2.0

user259867

The score of the question and the top answer factor into the required number of delvotes, however.

Lynn Crumbling

@JanDvorak HAHAHAAHAHAHA

@JanDvorak And for that, you get starred!

user259867

Yes. SE seems to be scraping the bottom of Area 51 pool.

Mooseman is eating pizza

@LynnCrumbling Who?

Lynn Crumbling

20:57

@Moosemaniseatingpizza I was thinking it was MattS; perhaps I'm wrong?

rene

@LynnCrumbling Uhuhuhu...sure

bummi

@JanDvorak Zero left :(

Mooseman is eating pizza

@LynnCrumbling idk who he is outside of se...

rene

@JanDvorak needs 5 more...

Lynn Crumbling

@Moosemaniseatingpizza Ah, ok. That user posted the same comment that your friend said; I thought they were one-in-the-same. My mistake.

Pham

20:59

Low Quality A (19.7%): try adding to the intent-filter, by user3608531, on stackoverflow.com.

Mooseman is eating pizza

@LynnCrumbling "that your friend said"?

Pham

Low Quality Q (38.5%): Add a jTextBox in a jTable, JAVA, by shoaib, on stackoverflow.com.

Low Quality Q (34.4%): How to make dynamic thumbails within modal window, by CoderXx, on stackoverflow.com.

Frank

I have 21, 201 rep, and someone else has 21, 207 rep. Almost the same.

:P

Infinite Happiness

Get moar repz @Frank :P

Frank

@InfiniteHappiness waiting for it. :)

Lynn Crumbling

21:05

@Moosemaniseatingpizza Yeah - I thought ("your friend" == "MattS")

Infinite Happiness

Also, your friend was here @Frank chat.meta.stackexchange.com/transcript/89?m=2758094#2758094

Mooseman is eating pizza

I haven't a clue...

Frank

@InfiniteHappiness Yes, I made myself scarce.

He doesn't know I changed my dp I think.

Infinite Happiness

Wise.

bjb568

OFFENSIVE! meta.stackoverflow.com/a/278842/2371861 (insults flaggers saying that they are bad programmers)

Frank

21:08

@LynnCrumbling I know Matt S.

rene

We should have badges for questions that get used as an audit

Infinite Happiness

Most of the posts on MSO were bad today, I hope someone posts something good there.

bjb568

@Brian Driscoll You wonder simply because you have problems with intellect. — Vlad from Moscow 35 secs ago

Bart

If we poke him a bit more @rene, I think I can call it a day.

bummi

@bjb568 why offensive, lively controversial discussion

Bart

21:11

The comments move in a different direction @bummi

Does my fish slapping room still exist? I should direct more people to it.

bummi

@Bart sad that people can not turn off

rene

@Bart It got renamed but yes: chat.meta.stackexchange.com/rooms/807/…

Infinite Happiness

@Bart your fish slapping room was a terrible idea

Mooseman is eating pizza

cv-pls lifehacks.stackexchange.com/q/76/15

Bart

I agree @InfiniteHappiness. The pay-per-view model wasn't nearly as profitable as I expected it to be.

Lynn Crumbling

21:19

@Frank Yeah, I see that user is active in G&L also.

Pham

Low Quality A (20.2%): Try to plug it into on of your USB 3.0 ports (x..., by soletrooper, on askubuntu.com.

Low Quality A (25.2%): Try Transferwise I had some experiences with HS..., by Akshayreddyman, on money.stackexchange.com.

Mooseman is eating pizza

^^ SPAM

bummi

more spam money.stackexchange.com/a/40242/22839

Lynn Crumbling

@bummi yep

Frank

@LynnCrumbling I And pets

and A51

Lynn Crumbling

21:21

@Frank Is that OP as snarky there?

Frank

@LynnCrumbling Not at all - great fellow.

Lynn Crumbling

@Frank Ok... unsure what happened here, then.

Frank

@LynnCrumbling where?

Lynn Crumbling

I can play this game too! Check out number 14. — Matt S. 45 mins ago

@Frank Encounters like that make me just want to delete my answer and stop wasting my time.

rene

@Bart I would have taken it as the final insult of the day...

Frank

21:28

@LynnCrumbling He has a point, but I wouldn't delete the answer, because you haz one too.

Infinite Happiness

@LynnCrumbling, after my first 15 minutes in there, I too felt the same. I won't be returning to that site anytime soon :/

Frank

Phlume's on there too.

I know him.

Lynn Crumbling

@Frank Yeah.. I'll probably leave it and just not respond.

@InfiniteHappiness The difficulty is that I'm used to sites that aren't subjective.

Jan Dvorak

SPAM meta.stackexchange.com/questions/244922/…

rene

that ^^^^

Frank

21:34

0

A: How can I clean a vase that I can't reach inside?

There is a tool I use for these cases: You can fit it into almost any vase, even if the neck curves. Letting the vase sit with hot soapy water in it for a while can help too.

My first answer

gunr2171

only 3 periods in that wall of text

even if i wanted to read it i would need to take a big breath

Infinite Happiness

@LynnCrumbling me too...

@Frank that user writes posts with lowercase i's lifehacks.stackexchange.com/questions/51/…

It's a bit inconvenient to read

Lynn Crumbling

@InfiniteHappiness Perhaps I'm overreacting and I just need to be a bit more fluid?

Infinite Happiness

...or that site isn't for techies like us...

Bart

22:08

Great. The site now has a question on removing blood from both coloured and white clothing .... see there the launch of SerialKillers.SE

Doorknob 冰

BREAKING NEWS HATS CAN BE ROTATED FOR WINTER BASH 2014

"turn your hat sideways and place it in the bottom left" -- testing bug fixes like a boss!

Tweeted by balpha on December 9, 2014 at 8:35 PM

Andy

You still need the question of "How do I remove blood from carpet?"

Bart

Or the classic "removal of a thick mist of blood spatter from the inside of my car"

user259867

@Doorknob冰 Old news, see the title-text of the screenshot in this answer.

Andy

"Does paint cover blood splatters on the wall?"

Bart

22:12

"How can I easily fill the gunshot holes in my wall before leaving my appartment?"

It was at this very moment that Bart realized he would become Lifehacks.SE's most promiment troll

Andy

Toothpaste and paint. For an added bonus, that might answer my question too

Jon Ericson

@Doorknob冰 A leak!

Andy

"One of my developers seems to leak. How can I repair this for less than $50?"

user259867

Dec 5 at 16:04, by Shog9

Let's not forget bladder control. That's pretty important too.

bjb568

This question appears to be off-topic because it is not about a problem that would require a lifehack to solve. — Matt S. 35 secs ago

Bart

22:18

@bjb568 oh come on ... how can you not go troll that question?

Hobo Sapiens

22:34

cv-pls Seriously bad question: stackoverflow.com/q/27389905/1864610

bummi

22:48

review please stackoverflow.com/q/765163/1699210 dupe

Braiam

@bummi just close it as too broad

in the case the other question gets deleted, you don't have a dangling duplicated

bummi

@Braiam lets keep the chain, some more a are depending e.g. stackoverflow.com/questions/27387008/…

Braiam

@bummi that's not a good example...

actually, that makes my delete finger itch

bummi

@Braiam yes, I'm dangling between delete and apply for historical lock

just since these questions will return an will need a close targed.

Braiam

@bummi the perfect close target is "POB", it sends the message "you should not ask those kind of questions here"

with time, you will not see them at all

bummi

22:59

@Braiam ok, just to late for my vote, I voted for dupe before

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: MERGE SORT SORTING ISSUE IN C LANGUAGE by Abdul Wahab on stackoverflow.com

Lynn Crumbling

@Moosemaniseatingpizza Aren't you done that pizza yet?

Mooseman is eating pizza

Question: do we ever get the rep gained from upvotes after hitting 200?

@LynnCrumbling 30 days until I can change my name, I'm afraid. Until then...

Lynn Crumbling

@Moosemaniseatingpizza Isn't that 200 per day?

Mooseman is eating pizza

Yes. I hit 200 today, but have gotten more upvotes. Will I get that rep in the future, or is it vaporized?

Doorknob 冰

23:05

@Moosemaniseatingpizza No, that would defeat the whole point of the repcap.

Lynn Crumbling

@Moosemaniseatingpizza No more rep for you today (other than bounty).

@Moosemaniseatingpizza No, you won't see it.

@Moosemaniseatingpizza Add comments: "Please wait to upvote my questions/answers until tomorrow!!!" <grin>

Mooseman is eating pizza

@LynnCrumbling 53 mins...

Lynn Crumbling

@Moosemaniseatingpizza Yep, UTC in 52.

Anna Lear

@LynnCrumbling ಠ_ಠ

Lynn Crumbling

@AnnaLear better?

Braiam

23:09

@Moosema rep from upvotes is capped at 200, after that the only way to keep getting more rep is with checkmarks and bounties

note that if you hit the rep cap from accepts only, the same applies

Anna Lear

@LynnCrumbling haha I don't even disagree about that...

Lynn Crumbling

@AnnaLear :) Wasn't sure if someone had flagged it for use of the phrase.

Anna Lear

Nah, I was referring to your "add comments" suggestion :)

Lynn Crumbling

@AnnaLear Ohh! hahhahahahaha. Yeah. Sadly, I'm willing to bet someone, at some point, has added that comment to an SO post.

Anna Lear

Oh, it's happened on multiple sites at this point.

Kind of sad and hilarious at the same time.

Doorknob 冰

23:11

gasp! It's a @YiJiang!

Lynn Crumbling

@AnnaLear Is all of this craptastic whether up in NYC too, or are you actually getting snow?

user259867

@Braiam Wait, what about accepts? I thought they were completely exempt from capping?

Anna Lear

@LynnCrumbling Just rain so far. We'll see what tomorrow brings - the forecast went back and forth between rain and snow a few times now.

Lynn Crumbling

@AnnaLear Our forecast keeps threatening freezing rain and sleet. So far it's been rain. I'd much rather just have snow. At least then you know what you're driving on.

Anna Lear

Indeed. Or, in the case of living in NYC, which shoes you need to wear because some of them really have no traction. :)

Lynn Crumbling

23:16

@AnnaLear Does the frozen slop impact subways in any way? (directly or indirectly?)

Anna Lear

Tends to slow things down. Not all lines are fully underground, so things tend to get jacked up a bit in a bad storm.

plus going down stairs to get into a station gets more interesting

Lynn Crumbling

@AnnaLear That's what I was thinking of the - the ones that are exposed.

@AnnaLear Hadn't thought of that. Slip 'n slide :)

Anna Lear

it really doesn't snow that badly here, though (compared to, say, Canada or the more northern states)

Apparently last winter was really bad and I barely noticed vs what I was used to in Ontario. :)

Lynn Crumbling

The privileges that I inherited just from the association bonus are crazy. 100 and I'm an established user.

Someone dropped a zero off of all of these.

Anna Lear

Private beta privileges are dialed way down.

Lynn Crumbling

23:19

@AnnaLear Ontario gets a lot?

Anna Lear

Assuming you're talking about Lifehacks.

Lynn Crumbling

@AnnaLear yep.

Anna Lear

@LynnCrumbling Varies by the area a bit, but quite a bit, yeah.

Lynn Crumbling

ok.. speaking of driving .. it's time.

'night all.

Anna Lear

see ya

bummi

23:22

night all again

user259867

feature-request VLQ flag for moderator nominations.

user259867

(Yes, I understand why this would not be implemented.)

bummi

23:38

cv-pls stackoverflow.com/q/2166048/1699210

Hobo Sapiens

cv-pls Off-topic stackoverflow.com/q/26916287/1864610

bjb568

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A: If I break a window, How can I keep out cold air while I buy another?

Duct-tape My personal favourite for a lot of 'let's fix this quick-and-dirty' situations. No cutting involved, again available at most hardware stores. It's quite strong and will hold a lot of wind. Applying multiple layers is usually a good idea to keep it airtight.

Can't all questions be closed as dup of a canonical duct tape one? :P

user259867

No, there should also be one about WD-40. Then close everything else.

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