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Jan Dvorak

07:00

I can kinda understand [weight], but WTH is [loss]?

DroidDev

WE HAVE TAGS weight AND loss ON SO!!!

Jan Dvorak

Somehow I think that tag can go...

stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/loss

Andrew T.

support burninate

DroidDev

^

user259867

Or synonymize with data-loss

Jan Dvorak

07:02

the other tag is just as diverse...

stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/weight

spam? superuser.com/a/861174/176340

user259867

@JanDvorak No, the page to which it links at the end is a personal collection of links to mostly free software.

Unihedro

Triage queue is a close vote leecher :(

user259867

07:21

@SmokeDetector fpu

SmokeDetector

@Fundamental Registered as false positive, added title to Bayesian doctype 'good', whitelisted user.

user259867

New @StackExchange designer @kjbeavers starts today. My immediate reaction: "OMG you look like such a designer" http://t.co/1sWJW0c3OP

Tweeted by df07 on January 5, 2015 at 3:53 PM

user259867

Looks like just the right guy to fix all the CSS bugs that @bjb568 reports.

SmokeDetector

07:40

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: Best Weight Loss Tips For Fast Results by Lisa Usher on meta.stackexchange.com

Jan Dvorak

gone

Andrew T.

@SmokeDetector tpu and nuked

SmokeDetector

@AndrewT. Registered as true positive: added title to Bayesian doctype 'bad' and blacklisted user.

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: Best Weight Loss Tips For Fast Results by Lisa Usher on drupal.stackexchange.com

Jan Dvorak

@SmokeDetector tpu

SmokeDetector

@JanDvorak Registered as true positive: added title to Bayesian doctype 'bad' and blacklisted user.

Jan Dvorak

07:47

-7 and alive

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: LOAD PARTIAL VIEW BY JQUERY by shakil ahmad on stackoverflow.com

Jan Dvorak

vlq; spam gone

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: CRONTAB HELP REQUIRED by Praveen Pandey on askubuntu.com

Patrick Hofman

08:21

POB? stackoverflow.com/questions/27788814/exceptions-in-contructor

SmokeDetector

08:42

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: Ew99 Styles Homme Nike Free Run 6.0 Grise by dsad on serverfault.com

Jan Dvorak

@SmokeDetector tp

SmokeDetector

@JanDvorak Registered as true positive: added title to Bayesian doctype 'bad'.

Jan Dvorak

SPAM superuser.com/questions/861205/…

nicael

lifehacks.stackexchange.com/questions/1534/… - it was a nice lifehack question

:(

Jan Dvorak

08:58

Why was it deleted?

nicael

It seems to have been deleted by Shog during cleanup. This cleanup costed me 220 rep (5 answers deleted), and I would agree with it. Except of this question... (I had a non-top +5 answer there)

@Shog ^^

SmokeDetector

09:13

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: GREAT FUTURE FOR DISTANCE EDUCATION MA ADMISSION IN INDIA by Distance Learning Education on stackoverflow.com

Jan Dvorak

@SmokeDetector tpu

SmokeDetector

@JanDvorak Registered as true positive: added title to Bayesian doctype 'bad' and blacklisted user.

Jan Dvorak

still at -1

Bart

People are really closing that? Just flag it

PeterJ

spam: electronics.stackexchange.com/questions/146791/…

@Jan, just put the final nail in that one

Jan Dvorak

09:29

@PeterJ you mean closing it? err...

SO spam gone

oh. you did.

PeterJ

spam: serverfault.com/questions/656577/…

(with more close votes by the look lol)

Jan Dvorak

gone

ele spam at -5

SmokeDetector

09:49

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: Chaussures Homme NBskt Nike Blazer Low Premium Vintage Daim Rouge Blanc by zhang on serverfault.com

Jan Dvorak

@SmokeDetector tpu

bjb568

@JanDvorak Registered as true positive: added title to Bayesian doctype 'bad' and blacklisted user.

SmokeDetector

@JanDvorak Registered as true positive: added title to Bayesian doctype 'bad' and blacklisted user.

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: HOW TO DRAW MY MODEL by Ismail Ladele Ladipo on tex.stackexchange.com

Jan Dvorak

10:40

all spam gone

RT @rgacz :-P - Albert Einstein

Tweeted by vtipy on January 6, 2015 at 10:31 AM

SPAM meta.stackexchange.com/questions/246658/…

SPAM meta.stackexchange.com/questions/246659/…

WAT stackoverflow.com/questions/27797070/…

closed

This question appears to be unclear because the statement quoted is. — Jan Dvorak 10 secs ago

GreenAsJade

10:57

It looks like this needs a moderator with a big broom: stackoverflow.com/questions/26732172/…

Not the question, but the silliness in the answers. I have a feeling that this might be one person using 2-3 new accounts: take a look at the edit to the bottom answer - what's with that?

Jan Dvorak

That's unfortunate. I only have a small broom and I'm not even a moderator.

GreenAsJade

Actaully, I should be in LQPHQ to report this eh?

Jan Dvorak

@GreenAsJade use a custom flag

GreenAsJade

Hmm - whenever I've done that in the past, the moderator who reviewed it has swatted me :(

Jan Dvorak

oh. Mods don't judge correctness, but they do judge sockpuppetry. If it's only a quality issue, ask the python room for a bunch of downvotes.

Or, you mean the deleted ones? Seems like a standard spam flag job.

Bart

11:07

The one with the blue feet is on it

GreenAsJade

Can't ask for more than that then :D

... and lo the room is swept clean. Thx.

Unihedro

dv-pls stackoverflow.com/q/27797374/3622940

Bart

Oh wonderful, Scratch questions

Unihedro

No, app inventor

Also, emphasized text

downv-pls stackoverflow.com/questions/27797397/…

GreenAsJade

I wish there was a single click way of typing "

Welcome to Stack Overflow. Unfortunately, pasting a link to a place that could contain anything, and asking people to debug what might be there is not going to work here. Please have a look at [How to make a good example case](http://stackoverflow.com/help/mvce) for what you need to do. "

Unihedro

11:13

@GreenAsJade You should get the automated comment userscript.

GreenAsJade

Why is the latest one "downvote please" and not "flag for close please"?

Oooo - automated comment userscript ... sounds cool!

Patrick Hofman

Any C# tag gold badge holder here?

Unihedro

you

Bart

Was that you bragging @PatrickHofman? :D

Patrick Hofman

@Bart Lol. Need someone to switch a duplicate.

@Unihedro Lol. Indeed. Someone else who didn't close a specific question yet...

Bart

11:22

My 55 whole upvotes won't get you there :p

Patrick Hofman

Maybe the class tag? ;)

Unihedro

I don't even have a silver tag badge.

Patrick Hofman

It was about this one: stackoverflow.com/questions/27797380/…

Bart

You could attempt to ping Oded ... but at your own risk

Unihedro

be warned

Patrick Hofman

11:32

@Bart Not that important. I don't want to wake him...

Bart

He's UK-based iirc. So he should be awake.

Unihedro

And it's not on weekends, so probably at work.

DroidDev

11:48

Breaking news: We can't even ping @Oded from this room anymore (or did he change his name on MSE?)

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] URL in title: How Hudoop Help in large Trafic Websites Like irctc.co.in and solical networking by user6690 on datascience.stackexchange.com

bjb568

12:24

Morning!

Unihedro

Morning!

Go back to sleep!

bjb568

There's snow here.

@Unihedro @skewl

user202362

-1

A: Dealing with contributing but abusive users

Duplicate of this question ... from the second person's aspect. If you are an 'insider' or do a bit of research, you will realise that the cause of this thread was related to vlad from moscow, one of the person whom I have mentioned in that question. If you dig a bit further, you will see that th...

DroidDev

@bjb568 MEW!

bjb568

MEEEW!

Jan Dvorak

12:28

delv-pls stackoverflow.com/questions/2378120/…

nuke-pls stackoverflow.com/questions/27798730/…

bjb568

@Fundamental :D

Jan Dvorak

delv-pls stackoverflow.com/questions/27782095/…

@MartinR did you forget to vote to close? You might have caused the question to be answered... — Jan Dvorak 1 min ago

:-<

Pham

Bad Tag(s) Used: [website] | Creating my own CMS, by Ship, on stackoverflow.com.

DroidDev

12:44

> I am in charge of building a website. Since I am not very good at web design

Are you kidding me? IN-CHARGE!!!

Unihedro

@DroidDev I love how the Very Low Quality flag isn't blocked.

Jan Dvorak

@Unihedro you have to draw quickly, then the opponent won't have the time to block

Mooseman

Bluefeet deleted this, but my spam flag was still disputed :(

Jan Dvorak

@Mooseman NAA would have been safer

Bart

Or an "Other" flag. Given that the user seems to have a habit of linking to his own site. Sometimes validly so. Sometimes not.

Mooseman

12:51

@JanDvorak Possibly, but the link was to the user's own site.

Patrick Hofman

0

A: Creating a GMarkerGoogle in GMap throws a Nullreferenceexception

The problem isnt this part of the code. Imo there must be something wrong with the code what comes next. I think you have to call the method VerplaatsTrein!

^^ You have to call a method only I know exists...

Strange...

Jan Dvorak

@Mooseman assume good faith

Bart

I've edited out some pure links to his website (the general site, not a sub-section) @Mooseman.

Jan Dvorak

rollbacks dispute spam flags IIRC

Bart

@PatrickHofman our dear Arnout's plan backfired it seems :)

Pham

12:56

Low Quality A (55.6%): READ..EDIT BUTTON IS NOT THERE FOR ITEMS THAT REPEAT!!, by virginia, on apple.stackexchange.com.

Jan Dvorak

^ suggested course of action?

Patrick Hofman

@Bart I guess so. The question is still bad, and possibly a canonical dup

I wonder how it got two upvotes already...

DroidDev

now that question has an upvote and even the comment too!!

Yes the constructor throws the exception, and no object gets instantiated. — KlaasKluizenaar 3 mins ago

Whats so upvote worthy in this?!?!

Patrick Hofman

How can he have the custodian badge btw? stackoverflow.com/help/badges/2278/custodian?userid=4374600

Bart

suggested edit on his "answer"?

Jan Dvorak

12:59

editworthy? superuser.com/questions/861293/use-proxy-in-terminal

DroidDev

might have reviewed some edit or something on his own post

Patrick Hofman

Indeed. Missed that @DroidDev

Jan Dvorak

wait, no, closeworthy, not editworthy

DroidDev

those useless upvotes are really bugging me. isSensingSomeFriendship or isSensingSomeSockPupttery

Bart

isSensingASpellingError

DroidDev

13:04

! isGoodAtEnglish

voluntarily removed by its author

Bart

Good. Annoying Dutch people.

Patrick Hofman

@Bart Are you talking about me ;)

nicael

13:22

1

Q: Anchor tags don't work and stay selected until I click again

I'm creating some sort of dashboard which gives the different statuses for data. If you click a status only the objects with that status should be shown. Right now I still have <a href="#">*TEXT*</a> for all the anchors. But when I click them my URL doesn't change and when I move my cursor to...

wat...

anyone can explain me this question?

nicael

13:37

Hey, anyone there?

approve-plz stackoverflow.com/review/suggested-edits/6663469

DroidDev

not enough repz

Jan Dvorak

not sure if the question is worh editing

nicael

stackoverflow.com/posts/27799722/revisions - roll back to mine plz.

@Vit Why did you remove the snippet????? — nicael 1 min ago

Mooseman

reopen-pls meta.stackexchange.com/q/246624/202832

Jan Dvorak

SPAM bicycles.stackexchange.com/questions/27439/…

DroidDev

13:55

lol

Mooseman

reopen-pls meta.stackexchange.com/q/246624/202832

2

Bart

14:09

@PatrickHofman all of them. You, Martijn, Rene, .... me ....

bjb568

Fun optimization chapter here in AB calc.

Bart

Always good fun

bjb568

Aww… Got third highest score on Calc exam (out of 150)

DroidDev

cats are always clever

Bart

14:24

Next time use glasses, not sunglasses @bjb568.

2

Pham

Low Quality A (47.2%): Suck me, spaghetti hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, by Dave, on physics.stackexchange.com.

SmokeDetector

14:40

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: HELP PLEASE I NEED THIS TO ANSWER OUR ASSIGNMENT by Jessa Mendez on math.stackexchange.com

Pham

Low Quality A (100%): fuck off this is no help you utter willys, by user30406, on diy.stackexchange.com.

Unihedro

@Pham clean

Braiam

@Pham clean

Unihedro

@Pham sanitize

NOOOOOOOOOOO

Braiam

must

Bart

14:51

@Pham babywipes

Braiam

scroll

the

screen

up

mm...

Pew pew pew pew! — David H 9 mins ago

O_O

Jan Dvorak

what if we only scroll it up after it gets removed?

Braiam

mm... click bait

Pham

Low Quality A (100%): hahhahhahahaha troll hahahahhahahhaha, by user30406, on diy.stackexchange.com.

bummi

new abusive diy.stackexchange.com/a/56355/30000

Pham

14:55

Low Quality A (100%): yoU WHADDUP that's some cray sh- you bragg bout, by fdsfsdf, on ell.stackexchange.com.

TGMCians

o/

Unihedro

\o

Bart

\o/

Braiam

offensive posts above ^

Jan Dvorak

What if we autoflag people with usernames matching [asdf]+?

Braiam

15:05

@JanDvorak you would flags fads?

Unihedro

@JanDvorak But...

bjb568

15:21

@Bart Buht… Mi sunglasses r kewl!

Bart

@bjb568 you've got to choose. Either you go for cool, or you go for as intelligent as I am .... you know what .... stick with cool.

bjb568

:D

20

Q: SVG Flairs (In Addition To PNG Flairs)?

A few weeks ago, Flairs were sent to the client as HTML data (in one way or another). Now they are simpler to use—a single PNG is generated and sent to the client. This is a good improvement, except for one tiny detail: Flairs contain a lot of text and straight lines, and these elements aren't ap...

feature-request flair

4.5 years ago.

Cheetos looks like cent os

ProgramFOX

15:43

@bjb568 Yep, it works now. Thanks!

Jan Dvorak

nuke-pls stackoverflow.com/questions/27802000/…

Mooseman

reopen-pls meta.stackexchange.com/q/246624/202832

Patrick Hofman

@Mooseman: You might want to give some some context on the why. Also, you reposted this a few times already. Let the review queue do it's work.

Mooseman

@PatrickHofman It's getting ignored on the home page by people who think it really is a dupe

Patrick Hofman

15:58

@Mooseman: Well, I already voted so you are stuck at 4.

Mooseman

@PatrickHofman Thanks

Braiam

anyone seeing a registration form here? aim400kg.ru/en/reg

Bart

yes

Braiam

do you have flash installed?

Unihedro

16:15

:/

Bart

@Braiam yep

ProgramFOX

16:35

@rene Not anymore ;)

The code has been restructured and ws.py is split up in multiple files.

Unihedro

16:53

cv-pls no repro stackoverflow.com/q/27776302/3622940

Sompuperoo

17:22

cv-plz stackoverflow.com/q/27793706/3041194

Braiam

blog.so slow for anyone?

Bart

Nope

Mooseman

@Braiam Nope. Where do you reach with a tracert?

Braiam

@Mooseman mm... maybe hiccup

GnomeSlice

17:37

Today's Listening | Glitch Hop / Funk

Mooseman

►

^^ Be prepared to laugh

Braiam

146

Q: Send authors an inbox message if their question gets closed

I think it would really help if you get notified that a question of yours was closed. Especially for the multi-site power user, usually (at least for me) a question is asked and then left alone for while. I rely on the network-wide inbox to tell me when someone has commented or answered, but if ...

feature-request closed-questions global-inbox

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: MY TRUCK WONT CRANK by nolan on mechanics.stackexchange.com

Unihedro

in Java on Stack Overflow Chat, 29 mins ago, by Unihedro

http://jam.unihedro.com

^ crowdsource music

user259867

@SmokeDetector CRANK DAT TRUNK!

gunr2171

17:46

I've got a chat user which says the parent account has 17 rep, but the actual account has 23 rep. Do I need more patience?

user259867

It shows "23" to me.

gunr2171

gur, changed just a few seconds ago

ok, on to bot testing

Mooseman

review-request stackoverflow.com/q/27799025/1234256

gunr2171

^ question sounds like too-broad

^ also seems unlikely that anyone could have made an answer like that without seeing source code

I've VTC as "why isn't this working"

Sompuperoo

shouldn't the winterbash blog post be featured on all sites? i only see it featured on SO

bluefeet

18:09

@Sompuperoo question for you.

why'd you vote to reopen this dup?

Braiam

@bluefeet skip needs more love ;P

rene

@ProgramFOX let me get my red-pencil and review your work....

Sompuperoo

@Braiam i do use skip probably more than any other action in most queues. However he edited it saying it was not a dup and seemed like it was a fine question so i voted to reopen.

bluefeet

@Braiam yes. That is obviously a duplicate so I'm curious

ProgramFOX

@rene School is over for today...

bluefeet

18:17

@Sompuperoo Did you read the dup? The edit is wrong, it is an obvious dup

I can edit a comment into many posts, claiming it's not a duplicate but that doesn't mean I'm right

rene

> # Any errors thrown there won't be caught, so only insert code here if you are really sure it works fine.

@ProgramFOX hopeful start ...

ProgramFOX

@rene Yeah, because our except hook starts there.

... but perhaps the message can be changed to something better.

# Our except hook will be installed here, so any errors before this point won't be caught if they're not in a
# try-except block. Hence, please avoid adding code before this comment, but if it's necessary,
# test it thoroughly.

@rene ^ That is probably better :)

rene

That will pass my review!

ProgramFOX

:D

rene

18:36

I'm not enough into python to state anything really usefull ... but how come you are sure you need a new ws socket if you catch an exception?

ProgramFOX

@rene If an exception occurs there, it can be a WebSocketClosedError.

Sompuperoo

@bluefeet that's true. Wasn't an obvious dup for me though since not an expert at it. My bad.

Shog9

@nicael Write a better question. "How do I melt butter?" is pretty crappy, unless you can qualify it with something like "... while stuck in a blizzard"

ProgramFOX

It won't always give a WSClosedError, but if it does not... it certainly doesn't hurt connecting again.

Shog9

I mean, butter tends to melt on its own unless you go out of your way to keep it cool.

Braiam

18:41

@Shog9 LH answers should be less than obvious, right?

Shog9

@Braiam LH answers should solve the asker's problem

LH questions should have a good reason for being asked on LH

How can I hold down a stack of papers in zero gravity?

How can I eat soup without a spoon or hands?

How can I shave without a razor?

How can I spread hard butter without softening it?

Braiam

@Shog9 that is interesting

Shog9

and of course, you should be able to explain why you're trying to do this.

"The queen will have my head if I don't butter this massive pile of toast in the next 30 seconds!"

Infinite Recursion

Their questions aren't original, just low quality cross-site dupes

Shog9

"My religion forbids me from using a razor!"

"I broke both of my arms"

"I went into deep space in order to ask a LH question"

Braiam

18:45

@Shog9 dog's way

Shog9

Lick it off another dog's face? Eh... That is pretty hacky.

Braiam

in that case I must know the dog... I don't lick a random dogs face

Shog9

@InfiniteRecursion notice how much more detailed and specific that question was than @nicael's? That's how you tell someone has a real problem.

"I'm baking CAKES, dammit - and I need soft butter NOW"

Frank

@Shog9 use.a.microwave :p

Shog9

@Frank there's a trick to that

Frank

18:48

what

Shog9

well, not so much a trick as... Use the right container and calibrate the timing for your exact microwave

butter contains a reasonable amount of water; if it boils it'll throw melted butter all over the inside of your microwave

Frank

Well yeah. Usually defrost works

If you have a defrost setting

speed defrost is even better

Shog9

yeah, cutting the power down gives you more leway in your timing

Frank

You can even put hard ice cream in the microwave and have it come out just right

4

Q: How do I separate multiple 5-gallon buckets efficiently?

Related to How do I separate 2 drinking glasses that are stuck?, but also quite different. Sometimes I have some plastic five gallon buckets stacked up (usually 2 or 3, sometimes 4) for storage, and they slowly sink together. I might not need them for years. Then when I do need them, I can get th...

container time separation

That one isn't as bad^^ :D

Mooseman

@Shog9 "How can I eat without food?"

Frank

18:52

lol

Shog9

HARD ICE CREAM IS JUST RIGHT

Frank

@Shog9 Not if you cannot stick a knife in it...

I've had that happen

Shog9

hot knife

@Frank again, note how he goes into detail on his problem? BECAUSE IT'S A REAL PROBLEM.

Frank

gets cold after the first inch, then freezes on

ProgramFOX

@Mooseman Open your computer and eat the chips in there.

7

:P

Mooseman

18:53

1

A: How do I separate multiple 5-gallon buckets efficiently?

Your third bullet point (Holding the buckets between your knees firmly, and twisting the top one.) is a good start. Do this, but drip soapy water between the buckets as you go. This will help loosen the seal and therefore break the vacuum.

Frank

@Shog9 All of my questions are real.

Shog9

mmm... eels...

bluefeet

@Sompuperoo well then vote to close it silly :) I'm not trying to pester you, just was curious

Frank

@Shog9 Uh? Seafood is gross.

Sompuperoo

@bluefeet will do if still open in 5 hours, 0cv's left

Shog9

18:55

@Frank so, fresh-water eels then.

Frank

Fresh-water food is also gross

too fishy.

It's for ducks.

Shog9

Dear Lifehacks,
I don't like sea food or freshwater food. How can I eat?

Frank

yeah people will wonder what happened to me when I ask that

Braiam

aren't you are a damn tree! what you know of aquatic food?

Infinite Recursion

@Frank But the others are intentionally from cooking.se, that's the sad part :(

Discussion about Lifehacks copying content

Dec 27 '14 at 1:46, 15 minutes total – 16 messages, 2 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked Dec 27 '14 at 6:01 by Infinite Recursion

Frank

18:56

@Braiam Well I am a tree, but really not damned.

Braiam

@Frank uhh... frosted?

Frank

I was cursed by Balpha, but that's different.

Braiam

O_O

note to self: not to mess with balpha, he's a sorcerer

Frank

@Braiam I didn't mess with him, he just came and cursed me.

:D

Sep 12 '14 at 5:18, by balpha

@J.Musser curse you for making me think "What kind of bug has caused the pause indicator to appear inside a message" there for a second

But seriously. Why did @Shadow ask a dumb question?

What's wrong with a plunger? — Quincunx yesterday

Lynn Crumbling

o/

ProgramFOX

19:04

\o

TGMCians

\o/

Frank

\o

Infinite Recursion

@Braiam Never say no baby wipes, your post gets doomed

apaul34208

@Shog9 Would you mind offering some guidance on: meta.lifehacks.stackexchange.com/questions/1343/… I'm guessing Lifehacks isn't the first to have this question/issue

Braiam

@InfiniteRecursion why I wasn't notified?

Mooseman

19:07

@InfiniteRecursion Always say vinegar

Lynn Crumbling

^ Windex's lawyers would like to speak to you a moment

Braiam

people don't know how difficult is cleaning a touchscreen... really

Lynn Crumbling

:)

Frank

@Braiam I find it easy.

It doesn't even take a hack.

Braiam

@Frank oil?

or more precisely grease

Infinite Recursion

19:13

Use scuba gear

Frank

@Braiam yeah, wiping it with a cloth with warm, soapy water on it (grease-cutting dishwasher detergent), and then wipe again with a plain damp cloth, til it squeaks. That's a sign that the oil and the soap are gone. And it's super fast. And it's not a hack.

@InfiniteRecursion That one is... contrived.

Braiam

@Frank won't soap damage the screen?

Frank

@Braiam Why would it?

Just don't get it in the cracks.

Works great for me.

Braiam

@Frank antiglear thingy seems quite sensible towards soap

Pham

Low Quality A (100%): derp derp derp derp derp derp derp derp, by derp, on android.stackexchange.com.

Lynn Crumbling

19:17

derp.

Frank

lifehacks.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/2188

@Braiam why^^

Braiam

> dirt is ambigous (unless talking about soil), and can apply to several elements that can make a screen unclean

Sompuperoo

@Frank at best reject and edit

you mispelled dust in the title @Braiam

Frank

@Sompuperoo I just did reject...

Sompuperoo

\o

Frank

19:19

@Sompuperoo and that

...

:D

Braiam

@Sompuperoo I copied OP's "gets dirty and dusty"

where the heck that k came from...

Mooseman

cv-pls meta.stackexchange.com/q/246681/202832

cv-pls stackoverflow.com/q/27802647/1234256

Braiam

19:35

MSO doesn't have a "caching" close reason :(

bjb568

Ooh, just learned about Taylor polynomial and how they work. So enlightening!

Frank

@Mooseman eh, I'll accept it if I try it and it works well.

bjb568

Approx functions by setting value and derivs to right values and have constant nth deriv, eventually with infinityth deriv.

Pham

Low Quality A (47.2%): helpp im stuck on a question!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, by user69170, on physics.stackexchange.com.

user259867

@bjb568 Grr, there is no "infinityth derivative".

bjb568

19:45

@Fundamental Whatever, use a limit

The Guy with The Hat

@bjb568 Aren't they so useful?

user259867

There was a cute little applet game that used Taylor polynomials of degrees 0,1,2 for launching missiles at your spaceship; the higher the degree, the more difficult it was to evade the missile. Can't find it now...

bjb568

Kewl

Bart

Ah, Taylor polynomials. The friend of every person working on physical simulations

user259867

That is, the 0th degree aimed at your current position, f(a). The 1st degree took your present velocity into account, and aimed at f(a)+f'(a)(x-a). The second took also acceleration into account, and was damn hard to escape.

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