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[To use the HTTP server and client one must <code>require('http')</code>.


The HTTP interfaces in Node are designed to support many features
of the protocol which have been traditionally difficult to use.
In particular, large, possibly chunk-encoded, messages. The interface is
careful to never buffer entire requests or responses--the
user is able to stream data.


HTTP message headers are represented by an object like this:


<pre><code>{ 'content-length': '123',

Infinite Snowflakes

Post on SO @bjb: Is my botling borked? Halp plox!

bjb568

6:29 PM

no

yes

no

yesnoyesnoyesno

borkey needs 6-8 for fixing bugs

Nice use of hat @nic

!find double

bjb568

A 2013 British black comedy film written and directed by Richard Ayoade and starring Jesse... [DDG is kewl]

ProgramFOX

6:33 PM

!find SE-Chatbot

bjb568

Software description: a chatbot for the Stack Exchange chat rooms, called FOX 9000. Mainly for the chat.meta.stackexchange.com chat room Shadow's Den, but can also be used in other rooms (Python). [DDG is kewl]

Link to my bot :D

[DDG is kewl] o_O

O_o

What's next? [fruitloops are kewl]?

ProgramFOX

6:38 PM

!concatenate ":2840141 " "fruitloops are kewl"

ugh

!comp concatenate ":2840141 " "fruitloops are kewl"

bjb568

@InfiniteSnowflakes fruitloops are kewl

Sumurai8

9_9

ProgramFOX

@bjb568 No thanks, I still prefer while-loops.

Frank

6_6

bjb568

6_9

Infinite Snowflakes

6:39 PM

You can never build a botling without fruitloops @ProgramFOX

2

Frank

They're fake and gross

nicael

2 hours ago, by nicael

Let's make a conspiracy ;) Someone posts a request to keep the hatz always and we all who are there upvote this question. Who agrees?

don't forget.

bjb568

in Lounge<C++> on Stack Overflow Chat, 35 secs ago, by Lightness Races in Orbit

-2

Q: What is %:%: doing in this macro definition?

Consider the following code: #include <iostream> #define f(a,b) a%:%:b int main() { int wtf = 0; std::cout << f(wt,f) << '\n'; } // output: 0 (live demo) How is this possible? What magic is %:%:?!

Infinite Snowflakes

You are going down the lightness route as well @nic? :(

bjb568

Ughh

@nicael no

-3

A: What is %:%: doing in this macro definition?

It's an alternative token for ## :)

Self answers don't even count, right?

ProgramFOX

6:43 PM

@bjb568: If you don't understand the term you may simply Google it — Lightness Races in Orbit 44 secs ago

inb4 DuckDuckGo

@bjb568 No idea.

bjb568

I'm pretty sure they don't.

Infinite Snowflakes

Shog said some users posted all 5 answers themselves. I can only imagine how it ended for the poor souls.

ProgramFOX

Does the question need to have a positive score?

bjb568

I think so.

Frank

in The Junk Drawer on The Stack Exchange Network Chat, 8 mins ago, by Zach Saucier

commenting/voting/vtc on new people's answers and questions should automatically count as a "review" on it and count towards the badge

Yay!

e will post it.

I like it

Infinite Snowflakes

6:45 PM

No

bjb568

Both LRiO posts are in negative rep range.

nicael

@InfiniteSnowflakes Hey, wat? U really think that I can't find a more efficient way to get rid of rep? :D

Sumurai8

Is there a script that counts how many deleted answers you have?

(that is: deleted because the corresponding question got deleted)

Infinite Snowflakes

I know rep doesn't matter to you @nic :D

Frank

Truth: rep matters

Infinite Snowflakes

6:48 PM

It's not about about the virtual points @nic, it decreases your real reputation and credibility. Don't go down that route :D

bjb568

@Frank totes

Frank

You can't have privs on the site without having some rep.

Lynn Crumbling

Ha. No way...

Duck Duck Go is out of PA.

@Frank (Paoli)

Frank

@LynnCrumbling so r u

Lynn Crumbling

small world.

Frank

6:50 PM

very

Lynn Crumbling

Headed down to Nottingham to go on a Herr's factory tour tonight.

Frank

They still have the lights up I think

Lynn Crumbling

Should be fun (yay, warm off-the-press potato chips)

Frank

I was just there

TGMCians

in Lounge<C++> on Stack Overflow Chat, 2 mins ago, by Lightness Races in Orbit

bluefeet is a good guy

:D

in Lounge<C++> on Stack Overflow Chat, 2 mins ago, by Lightness Races in Orbit

bluefeet is a good guy

:D

Frank

6:51 PM

yeah they give you free chips that are still too hot to eat

Lynn Crumbling

@Frank nice. we're touring at 4:30, so by the time it's done, it'll be dark and we can check it out.

I'll wave as I fly by on 272.

I hate driving through downtown, though.

Frank

lol

I'm not on 272

Lynn Crumbling

Yeah, I just won't be any farther east than that, so it'll have to be a long-distance wave.

Frank

I kinda knew Jim Herr, the owner (former, he dies a couple years ago). Nice guy

Lynn Crumbling

Wow... is the company still owned by the family?

Frank

6:54 PM

@LynnCrumbling Use a huge flare gun - I'll keep an eye out

Infinite Snowflakes

Lighness calls me sir in jest @TGMCians, he knows we aren't male :D

rene

Is uni still around? or did he go to bed?

ProgramFOX

@rene I saw him leaving; I think he went to bed.

Frank

@LynnCrumbling yeah.

> Jim Herr handed over the Chairman of the Board gavel to his son, James M. Herr in 2005.

rene

Ok, I'll do the close vote event then with who ever is here now...

ProgramFOX

6:56 PM

in Java on Stack Overflow Chat, 46 mins ago, by Unihedro

I'm going to sleep now, good luck!

@rene ^

rene

OK

Lynn Crumbling

@rene In tavern, or elsewhere?

TGMCians

ahh i had some network problem that's why same message was posted two times..

rene /me ready

rene

@LynnCrumbling you can join here

bjb568

OFFENSIVE edit summary stackoverflow.com/posts/27694137/revisions

What do you do about that?

Frank

6:59 PM

idk, I'd flag it and tell a mod, and leave it up to them

bjb568

Somebody's CVing the question. Fair enough, I gave my vote.

KABOOM

Question deleted.

Frank

I wonder if u can search for offensive edit summaries in sede

bjb568

I think so.

@Shog Thanks for handling the chat room thing well.

nicael

@InfiniteSnowflakes You seem to mess everything. Your real reputation is measured in hats, did you forget? ;)

Frank

mess

?

Infinite Snowflakes

7:08 PM

@nicael No silly hats on Disney princess please! ;)

nicael

@InfiniteSnowflakes Do you see any hats on me??? ;)

Shogging through the snow

hey! That's a hairboat, not a buttboat.

Infinite Snowflakes

@nicael I see you on a hat :D

bjb568

:D

Frank

Abby Buttboat .. wut

3

bjb568

7:11 PM

Dietmar Kühl and LRiO may be in a vote ring.

Infinite Snowflakes

Do you expect a princess to carry a boat in her hair?

yes

no

crap ^

@SmokeDetector fp

7:13 PM

@InfiniteSnowflakes Registered as false positive and added title to Bayesian doctype 'good'.

Infinite Snowflakes

@bjb568 No!

bjb568

Why not?

TGMCians

cv-pls stackoverflow.com/questions/27645941/…

Infinite Snowflakes

@bjb568 Hyperbolic assumption

bjb568

@InfiniteSnowflakes I have some evidence.

Infinite Snowflakes

7:18 PM

@bjb568 Then flag for mods and mention evidence

bluefeet

@bjb568 do you now?

bjb568

Mods don't have access to individual votes, so I don't think flagging will help.

@bluefeet They're close in chat, on that last question there was bad behavior from both, saw a suspicious answer upvote.

Not a whole lot, I know.

Infinite Snowflakes

One upvote != voting ring

bjb568

I know.

bluefeet

@bjb568 very circumstantial

Sumurai8

7:22 PM

One vote can be a perfect circle! But only if you bug the system and vote on your own post.

bluefeet

plus I don't think we are going to intervene in a single vote

there are far more important things to worry about @bjb568 than your current argument with other users :)

bjb568

Ok, ok.

Infinite Snowflakes

11 mins ago, by bjb568

Dietmar Kühl and LRiO may be in a vote ring.

bluefeet

y'all just need to avoid each other

bjb568

I think I found another post involving both before, but I can't find it.

44

A: Does `sizeof` *really* evaluate to a `std::size_t`? Can it?

The standard just mandates that the type of sizeof(expr) is the same type as std::size_t. There is no mandate that using sizeof(expr) makes the name std::size_t available and since std::size_t just names one of the the built-in integral types there isn't really a problem.

+44 answer, pretty trivial, to LRiO question.

bluefeet

7:24 PM

if you find evidence, then flag it we'll take a look. But chatting in the same room and answering a question, receiving an upvote doesn't mean it's a ring.

bjb568

@bluefeet fine

bluefeet

@bjb568 don't be pissy :)

Frank

gross

Infinite Snowflakes

Be a pussy

user259867

@bjb568 trivial answers and double-digit upvotes tend to go together.

bjb568

7:25 PM

meh fine

bluefeet

for example @bjb568 you post a question on MSE, and it gets some attention in here. Your argument means that if people in here vote, that could be a ring.

THE TAVERN RING

bjb568

That's a valid argument.

Frank

@InfiniteSnowflakes gross

user259867

In fact, I have evidence of voting ring right here:

user259867

13 hours ago, by bjb568

gives rep

bjb568

7:26 PM

Ur FSM, you deserve it.

FSM is never in rings.

Infinite Snowflakes

^ suspend bjb please for voting fraud

bjb568

:O

bluefeet

@bjb568 they are users on the same tag - cross voting would be somewhat expected as long as it isn't completely targeted. Plus they both are long-term/high-rep users, the likelihood they have crossed paths on questions is entirely possible

Frank

Wow, I said gross three times on the same wall

bjb568

@bluefeet I'd say there's still a 7% chance of vote ring

bluefeet

7:28 PM

but like I said, if you have evidence of any such voting, then flag it - we'll check it out, even if you flagged it @bjb568

@bjb568 closer to .07%

lol

:P

lOl

> even if your flagged it @bjb568

bjb568

In related news, Chevron to Integrate Apple Pay at Gasoline Pumps in Early 2015

bluefeet

7:29 PM

just trying to give you some blue-footed words of wisdom @bjb568

2

bjb568

:)

bluefeet

I can be nice.... sometimes

user259867

Is blue-feeted or blue-footed more correct? non-native speaker

Frank

@Behaviour Blue-footed

bluefeet

@Behaviour I used blue-footed because I'm a blue footed booby

bjb568

7:32 PM

FSM isn't a native english speaker! English must be wrong!

bows down to lord and gives thanks

user259867

Yes, I understood the reason; I had an English question.

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: MACRO EXCEL PARA BUSCAR INFORMAÇÕES DE SITE COM LOGIN by Márcio on pt.stackoverflow.com

Infinite Snowflakes

!!/rev

SmokeDetector

@InfiniteSnowflakes 16e6d41 (ProgramFOX: Expand auto-reverter time)

hichris123

@Behaviour Wait, you're non-native? Wow, you type/speak like a native English speaker.

bjb568

7:37 PM

He's FSM, what do you expect?

user259867

@hichris123 Emphasis on type. You haven't heard my accent.

bjb568

:P

hichris123

@Behaviour Still. You use better English than a lot of natives. :P

Infinite Snowflakes

He speaks with bjb. Everybody's English looks good when they speak with bjb :P

user259867

A CSS question. Back in 2011, @Shoggingthroughthesnow said that spoilers use color instead of hidden to make the text copy-pasteable. But now one can make the spoilers permanently visible by clicking them. Is there still any benefit of using color?

Infinite Snowflakes

7:38 PM

(I agree that @Behaviour's English is very good. I thought he is a native speaker)

Shogging through the snow

I hate spoilers

user259867

You know what's worse than spoilers? Colored MathJax text in spoilers

Shogging through the snow

The hidden blocks, I mean. If I didn't want to know that Snape killed Obi-Wan, I wouldn't be reading the question. Or the site. Or anything.

user259867

Unless it came to you in a review queue.

user259867

status-by-design

bjb568

7:42 PM

You're welcome jsfiddle.net/aj6o0bzo

Make it live, Shog!

Way better than current implementation.

Infinite Snowflakes

*spioler

*curtesy

*fer

user259867

^ language trolling by bjb

Infinite Snowflakes

^ I wonder which part of the gift is worse - the spoiler or the English trolling

bjb568

Maybe transition should be half a second.

Infinite Snowflakes

Maybe you will get kicked for 30 seconds (not by me)

Puss in boots :)

Mooseman is eating pizza

7:54 PM

0

Q: Include tags in generic "Edited Tags" reason

I propose that names of tags added/removed are included in the generic "Edited Tags" Edit Summary. I think this would promote good reviewing and clarify revision history. Example: Instead of Edited Tags we would have Edited tags: -[html] -[css] +[jquery] +[unicorns]

feature-request edits suggested-edits

Infinite Snowflakes

^ Don't vote on that post, @bjb568 will flag for voting ring!

Mooseman is eating pizza

@bjb568 Wouldn't rob a good FR, would he?

bjb568

:P

user259867

Um, the modified tags are right there in red and green.

bjb568

in Lounge<C++> on Stack Overflow Chat, 1 min ago, by bluefeet

@Jefffrey when the participants act like 5 year olds, then yes babysitters will appear

Infinite Snowflakes

7:59 PM

If random edits the tags in your post, you get a piece of poetry :)

Mooseman is eating pizza

delete-pls stackoverflow.com/q/3363052/1234256

delete-pls stackoverflow.com/q/27467943/1234256

hichris123

[ SmokeDetector ] Score of 65.4351: How i recover my icloud username and password on apple.stackexchange.com

Sumurai8

that's a weird answer

Infinite Snowflakes

Yay! bluefeet is babysitting TL, I expect a mod abuse post on MSO :P

bjb568

:P

bluefeet

8:14 PM

@InfiniteSnowflakes probably

Infinite Snowflakes

:D

Infinite Snowflakes

8:26 PM

How can I join the Secret Voting Ring? I hate being left out...I wanna be one of the meanies — Plutonix 6 hours ago

user259867

@InfiniteSnowflakes For me, TL usually means Teachers' Lounge... if that room needs a babysitter, we have a problem.

hichris123

@Behaviour What, you think mods are older than 5 years old too? :P

Frank

how many dv-s does this post have?

user259867

8:41 PM

@Frank 6.

rene

^^^^

Frank

thx

user259867

Also, I have a bookmarklet showing vote splits on a post

nicael

58

Q: "View Vote totals" without 1000 rep

Screenshot About The vote counts are a great tool to determine whether an answer is disputed or not. Unfortunately, not many of us have enough time to join all Stack Exchange websites and get 1000 reputation. This script unlocks the "View Vote counts" feature for those who are not logge...

script chrome-extensions greasemonkey bookmarklet

AstroCB

This isn't a very good audit: stackoverflow.com/review/reopen/6605053

Sumurai8

8:55 PM

@AstroCB On what do you want to close it? It contains a mcve and an error message. It contains the expected behavior. It can possible be improved, but I doubt it is closeworthy.

AstroCB

@Sumurai8 I probably wouldn't close it, but as it was in the reopen queue, I didn't think it particularly worthy of being reopened.

Frank

wow I ran my truck engine out of oil

Sumurai8

Then it spontaneously combusted in a pretty shower of fire?

bjb568

:D

Sumurai8

because then it was worth it

Frank

9:00 PM

no it was running great actually...

which is weird, because it should have burnt out.

My oil gauge needs to be replaced

Sumurai8

Well, just give the engine a hug and it will forgive you.

bjb568

Give it some higgs!

Frank

#TreeHugger

I need power steering this year.

bjb568

You mean next year?

Not much year left this year.

Frank

yes.

this coming year

When you're going fast, it's okay, but in parking lots and such it's a pain.

Sometimes you have to do a 5-point turn just to get out of a parking space

bjb568

9:10 PM

Ur old fashioned. Upload ur mind to da interwabs already!

Frank

I don't care

user259867

9:22 PM

@bjb568 Ilmari Karonen proposed the same thing last year.

user259867

16

A: The CSS for spoilers is a mess. Let's fix it!

My suggestion is to scrap the whole set of spoiler styles currently in use, and replace them with the following: .spoiler > * { opacity: 0; transition: opacity 0.5s ease-in; /* + optional vendor prefix variants for old browsers */ } .spoiler:hover > * { opacity: 1; } Note tha...

bjb568

\o/

But I wrote it in 2 lines of simple CSS

nicael

9:37 PM

0

Q: How to deimport boolmarks from Chrome

I recently imported the bookmarks from Safari to Chrome on my Mac and got some kind of mess. So now I regret about it... Is there any way to deimport those bookmarks (remove the imported bokkmarks from Chrome and leave only unimported ones)?

google-chrome bookmarks

halp, chromers!

bjb568

Use Safari.

user259867

@nicael I never imported anything into Chrome, but opening chrome://bookmarks/ is a reasonable way to deal with many bookmarks at once.

hichris123

@Behaviour In which you can now copy multiple bookmarks! :)

(that was my Chrome patch)

user259867

@hichris123 Nice!

user259867

Now if we could also sort them by creation date... feature-request

user259867

9:52 PM

For so many years I was left-clicking share button, waiting for AJAX window to come up, and then locating Ctrl-C on the keyboard to copy the link...

user259867

instead of right-clicking and choosing "copy this link". #lifehack

Sumurai8

@Behaviour I personally find it easier to click, then do ctrl-c. I usually find it awkward to find the right option in a context-menu and I find the ctrl-c shortcut on autopilot.

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