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S.L. Barth

21:00

Better, but not yet where it will help, I'm afraid.

Ahmad

If you note I answered it by myself

and the accepted answer is mine

S.L. Barth

Yes, it was a self-answered one. But that's perfectly OK on Stack Exchange.

If you're going to change anything about this question, remove "what is the best way to" from the title. Asking "what is the best way"... some people immediately go for the "Close as primarily opinion-based" when they see that.

Before you edit...

....what you'll want is a bit of a description of how the User and Post table relate, which are the relevant columns, and how the system keeps track of messages sent.

The hard part is to give all the relevant details, without overwhelming the reader.

Ahmad

I just changed the title

S.L. Barth

Yes, I saw that. Good!

It still asks "what is the best way" further down in the question though.

Fortunately it's halfway, and not at the top of the question.

If you already have a way of doing this, but are looking for a better way.... then give a short description of what you have, and ask "is there a better way?"

hichris123

cv-plz stackoverflow.com/questions/28141386/…

S.L. Barth

21:06

(People might tell you to post it on CodeReview.StackExchange.com though, when you do that. And sometimes they are right).

Ahmad

I yet editted it

S.L. Barth

Yes, I saw that. It's getting better now.

Ahmad

So! you say that in stackoverflow my question should be localized as possible and some practical issues...

S.L. Barth

It's a difficult balance!

Too general, and it will be closed as "too broad".

Yet at the same time people want it to be useful for future visitors.....

Ahmad

Where can I ask more general questions, Programmers...?

S.L. Barth

21:10

As a rule of thumb:

Stack Overflow is for specific problems.

Programmers is for problems when you're still designing the program.

Stack Overflow is for when you're behind the keyboard. Programmers is for when you're behind the whiteboard.

In practice, it's better if your question is too localized then if it is too broad.

We used to have a "too localized" close reason, but that one was removed.

Jan Dvorak

What if you're behind the schedule?

user259867

@S.L.Barth If I'm behind the whiteboard, I'm probably hiding from someone...

S.L. Barth

@JanDvorak I think that's one for the The Workplace :-)

LOL @Fundamental!

Ahmad

Thanks, I just think I will get my Doctra sooner than the time I understand the mechanism of SO

user259867

@JanDvorak I'm sure there is a lifehack for that.

user259867

21:14

It's boring when you are out of downvotes, closevotes, and delete votes. Nothing left to do on the site.

rene

@JanDvorak realistically, make a new schedule that does fit the capabilities of the team...

Ahmad

You can a little bit think of up votes too

Then its not surprising why I never get those upvotes to leave the ban

Even modifying my questions bring me more downvotes, as some users like @Fundamental are in ambush to down vote

rene

If you're getting into that mood consider switching to this room

S.L. Barth

@Ahmad Asking questions is, indeed, a skill.

Jon Skeet wrote a good piece on the subject: codeblog.jonskeet.uk/2010/08/29/writing-the-perfect-question

I need to go now. @Ahmad, I hope I've been at least a little help.

Ahmad

@S.L.Barth Sure! thank you very much for the time .... sorry my English is not that good, just thank you much

Here is late too

S.L. Barth

21:20

You're welcome. Your english was quite OK actually.

(Then again I'm not a native speaker either!)

Jan Dvorak

@S.L.Barth um...

Ahmad

However I should review those questions, but need a trade off to my duties and enhancing the questions, wish the site also thought of that burdon

S.L. Barth

@JanDvorak I could understand him perfectly well. I've definitely seen worse english.

MUCH worse.

Ahmad

worse English !!! oh

it means that I was bad :)

S.L. Barth

No.

It means you were a lot better than other things I've seen.

But don't worry too much about your english.

Ahmad

21:22

was kidding :)

S.L. Barth

Ah, OK. fortunately.

Ahmad

could I ask you where are you from? you know here if I ask it anyone they give me a link and some....

S.L. Barth

I'm from the Netherlands.

Ahmad

Great nice to meet you, I am from Iran

S.L. Barth

Was nice to meet you as well.

But, it's time for me to go.

Good night, and best of luck!

Ahmad

21:25

Thank you again,

S.L. Barth

You're welcome.

Ahmad

see you, good luck

S.L. Barth

Until later!

Bart

@GnomeSlice thanks

GnomeSlice

@Bart rhythmusrecords.bandcamp.com/album/rr002-fade-runner

Bart

21:29

bjb568

@GnomeSlice weird

GnomeSlice

a bit yeah

Bart

Cool though. It reminds me of something and I don't know what.

DragonLord the Fiery

21:44

People keep talking about Greasemonkey and user scripts

Just installed the extension, how do I get started?

Jan Dvorak

download some userscripts

DragonLord the Fiery

It's a bit confusing, where do I start?

I don't understand why Greasemonkey is such a big topic here on Stack Exchange

Jan Dvorak

find one, then open it. It will offer an install.

... or write your own. You just need a bit of javascript knowledge.

DragonLord the Fiery

Not great with JS, but I'm wondering what userscripts are recommended

Is there an "essential" script for SE users?

Jan Dvorak

Whatever you need. I've made one to colorise the chat.

There's one to reveal vote splits to sub-1k users

bjb568

21:49

262

Q: AutoReviewComments - Pro-forma comments for SE

No more re-typing the same comments over and over! This script adds a little 'auto' link next to all comments boxes. When you click the link, you see a popup with 6 configurable auto-comments (canned responses), which you can easily click to insert. This script was inspired by answers to thi...

Jan Dvorak

Stack Overflow Unofficial Patch

DragonLord the Fiery

@bjb568 I'm one of the leading reviewers for Super User, so this looks great, thanks!

bjb568

@JanDvorak no

Jan Dvorak

Why?

bjb568

meh

bjb568

22:04

I've decided that until there is a real problem with spam on DD, links will not be nofollowed.

Bart

22:24

@bjb568 give it time :p

bjb568

:P

hichris123

@bjb568 Oh, so you want some spam? fires up bot

bjb568

:O

Bart

calls Baba

bjb568

Hm… I have a good deal of homework in things in my locker.

I don't even know half of the assignments.

Tomorrow will be a disaster.

hichris123

22:29

@Bart looks up phone number

sigh Your signup page is horrible, @bjb.

bjb568

Ok, I'll add some javascript anti-bot stuff.

hichris123

I'm more referring to the "your password is too simple" box and the having to click an email -- no, not giving my email to you.

Frank

Fixing a drywall hole with my bare hands.
*grabs phone with bare hands to call a guy who knows how to fix drywall holes*

bjb568

@hichris123 Uh… your password must suck.

hichris123

@bjb568 Well, I'm testing stuff, so my password is test! And so is my username! And my email... is [email protected]! See where I'm going here?

bjb568

22:36

So make a better password!

hichris123

... I already did, but I can't sign in since I don't have access to [email protected].

Because I'm testing!

bjb568

duh

hichris123

Yeah, well that's never clearly stated that you must have access to that email account.

bjb568

If you want to create a legitimate account… you need to have legitimate info

hichris123

So obviously you should fix my account.

bjb568

22:37

@hichris123 Really?

hichris123

And I think I already forgot my password so...

bjb568

…

hichris123

wait, I'm logged in?

bjb568

Nice gravatar.

SmokeDetector

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hichris123

22:39

What did you do to my account?! :P

bjb568

@hichris123 no…

hichris123

bjb568

yeah that's a bug

user259867

@SmokeDetector ignore

SmokeDetector

@Fundamental Post ignored; alerts about it will no longer be posted.

hichris123

22:41

@bjb568 Go fix it.

And fix my account please? :)

bjb568

no

u get delete

bam

hichris123

> Invalid Credentials.

:(

That's another bug: refreshing shouldn't try to log me in again.

Braiam

@hichris123 POST + refresh?

bjb568

@hichris123 you resent a post request

@hichris123 It was only a GUI error, no actual log in.

hichris123

@bjb568 Sure, but it should post via AJAX and then only refresh if the login was successful.

Braiam

22:45

that's the expected... didn't your browser asked?

bjb568

uh… no

hichris123

@bjb568 Uh, yeah. That's the way all modern websites do it.

@Braiam nope. And Chrome usually does. So it's probably an implementation error. :P

bjb568

@hichris123 What… exactly is the benefit?

@hichris123 probably user error

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive answer detected: How to configure a static IP for a specific access point on OS X? by mrtvocich on apple.stackexchange.com

DragonLord the Fiery

@bjb568 I have a huge set of pro-forma comments in a text and I'm currently in the process of importing them.

Braiam

22:55

@SmokeDetector O_O

> Thanks! :)
Body must be at least 30 characters - fuck you, i just want to reply thanks!

Kevin Brown

@bjb568 I've hit issues with that in the past using Firefox. It only happened if you used location.reload though, so it was an easy fix.

Braiam

this is why we can't have nice things

DragonLord the Fiery

@Braiam Flagged as not an answer.

SmokeDetector

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bjb568

What is wrong with those people?

DragonLord the Fiery

23:09

### Q: Hardware recommendation
Unfortunately, hardware recommendation questions are off-topic as they [tend to become obsolete quickly](blog.stackoverflow.com/2010/11/qa-is-hard-lets-go-shopping) and often aren't useful to other readers. Instead of asking for a specific product, you should ask about *how* to find a particular device that meets your needs.

### Q: Product, service, or learning material recommendation
Unfortunately, questions which ask for product, service, or learning material recommendations are off-topic because they tend to become obsolete quickly and attract subj…

hichris123

@bjb568 User gets very quick feedback on if they typed their credentials in correctly, email can stay in if the password is wrong, prevents cases like this.

bjb568

@hichris123 not significantly faster, that already happens, like you thinking you reloaded but actually didn't and complaining for no real reason?

hichris123

@bjb568 Nope, I actually did reload.

Anyway @bjb568: google.com/…

bjb568

yea sure

@hichris123 … I don't need a wordpress plugin for it

hichris123

... that's not... the point... facepalm

DragonLord the Fiery

23:18

WORST. SNOWSTORM. EVER.

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: NPN SWITCH WHAT IS WRONG? by 7uc0 on electronics.stackexchange.com

DragonLord the Fiery

@SmokeDetector ignore

I've suggested an edit.

hichris123

23:35

@DragonLordtheFiery All-caps are auto-ignored for the next 24? 48? hours after it's first posted.

DragonLord the Fiery

lololol

user259867

2.5K user, active for 3 years.

DragonLord the Fiery

Wow, what the heck

hichris123

@SmokeDetector delete

user259867

@DragonLordtheFiery mod-deleted, safe to remove from here

hichris123

23:39

No rep penalty from that. :(

user259867

He posted another one :(

hichris123

Flag plz ^

user259867

@David I have already asked the mods to delete my account a number of times. And yes, I'll continue. — Bartek 15 secs ago

bjb568

(removed)

DragonLord the Fiery

Beat me to it

Never seen this happen on Super User.

I've dealt with my share of spammers and the occasional offensive post, but nothing like this.

user259867

23:42

Math can do such things to people. Especially if they are borderline to begin with.

DragonLord the Fiery

Suspended for 7 days.

See ya later.

SmokeDetector

23:57

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bjb568

um… ok

sounds like sound advice

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