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@bummi true/tp cannot be used for answers because their job is to add the title of the question to the Bayesian doctype 'bad'. If you want to blacklist the poster of the answer, use trueu or tpu.

I'm currently making my report look longer with LaTeX.

Q: How to make a document occupy more pages?

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As opposed to this question: Squeezing scientific paper to fit within page limits, I would like to find as many ways to make a document become longer without adding any real text. The motivation for this is that for example a mathematical thesis is usually very thin and it might not look good. T...

there's a already answered question for everything

user259867

12:15 AM

@hichris123 Yep. \baselineskip7mm and \documentclass[12pt]{..} would be the first things to try.

> Input chapter 3 again as the chapter before last and if anyone notices blame it on the typographical devil or the TeX engine.

beautiful

@Fundamental I have to use 12 pt font & Times New Roman, single spaced.

TNR?!

Yup.

what are you thinking you are using? Word 97?

12:17 AM

It's like the font of every educational paper. :/

user259867

I never used Times New Roman in LaTeX... stayed with default Computer Modern for ~10 years, before mostly switching to Palatino (\usepackage{mathpazo}).

I personally don't like CM

what is undo being congratulated for? is he a player on the patriots?

19 mins ago, by Braiam

I don't know why you all are congratulating @Undo, because he's not on the list ಠ_ಠ

@Braiam he is

12:23 AM

Congrats Undo!

4

@hichris123 I Ctrl + F and typed "undo" and he wasn't found ¬_¬

the star wall don't lie

!!/hats?

@bluet WINTERBASH IS OVER! :(

@Braiam lol

Shog9

@Braiam that's because he spells it wrong. Like @ɥʇǝS.

12:25 AM

OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Q: What is this squeak in my Dodge Ram 1500, and how can I fix it?

First question on mechanics.se:

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Vehicle: 1999 Dodge Ram 1500 laramie slt, with extended cab. 212k miles on the engine, all original under the hood except for a steering box and steering pump (put in in the fall of 2014). The engine is a 5.9 liter magnum v8 (360). Problem: A loud squeak, which I believe is coming from one of...

troubleshooting noise dodge pulley ram

@SmokeDetector if you're still experiencing symptoms of hats withdraw, don't worry, it's perfectly normal to experience these symptoms for 6-8 weeks

@Shog9 Wait, so how does he spell Undo then? Redo?

@Braiam See Undo1's profile on github

user259867

@Frank needs a link to the recording of the squeak.

12:32 AM

@Frank upvoted

117 lqpwfr

1nad

nad = new acronym detected

@Fundamental just proved me, again, that everyone has a little Black Hat inside them

imgur.com/r/funny/zZyDj5o

@Braiam heh

Spoiler alert: @Undo didn't really win GCI, he just wanted a lot of stars today.

3

12:39 AM

@hichris123 hey, sometimes you have to go through a lot of trouble to set new star records.

@Undo Right, but it seems some might be going... supernova on you. :P

@hichris123 So, @Undo is Black Hat... that explains many things, not everything but many

... I don't think our rainwater system can handle this much water coming out of the sky.

Y'know, I realized I never got this on the starwall, so...

Congrats Undo!

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lol

for completeness:

Congrats Undo!

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12:43 AM

@Undo you schemer ¬_¬

@Braiam I am so good at this internet thing

Smokey totally needs to post it now.

@bluet noyadidn't

ugh, why do I have to do everything?

12:44 AM

@Frank no account :( but i did click the up arrow thingy

gr8 m8

halpful

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: CONGRATULATIONS, UNDO! by Fundamental on meta.stackexchange.com

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ahaha

SuperScript

So, sometimes I try to beat FGITW by answering a (valid) one-liner and editing to make it a Really Good Question.

Is this not so good?

wonders what the question was

12:46 AM

... I got a low-quality meta post in my honor.

@Undo Hey, you can't beat lorem ipsum.

@SuperScript IMO it's fine

@hichris123 Yeah you can

SuperScript

Has this already been asked on MSO, or should I ask?

@Undo Okay, yeah, Flack Overstow is pretty funny.

@SuperScript if that one liner solves the issue, that is fine. But I wouldn't leave a guess answer like that. Also, if you read any other answers that come in, and want to use what they said in their answer, make sure to credit them. Otherwise it will look very shady and would hopefully lead to account suspension.

user259867

12:50 AM

> Please have a detailed step-by-step answer with a boxed in answer. -- new low in asking math questions

diagnosis herbs plant-health fruit-trees vegetables transplanting trees

@bluet lol

@hichris123 I know lorem ipsum. He is awesome.

Lorem Ipsum

7.4k 6 28 63

:P

kewl

chat.meta.stackexchange.com/search?q=congrats+undo&room=89

[ SmokeDetector ] Repeating characters in body: Could someone explain to me what this line from my apache2 log is trying to do? by Adam G on serverfault.com

naa mechanics.stackexchange.com/a/15269/7325

1:06 AM

@SmokeDetector ignore

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

[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive title detected: A claw of (a) crap by Joea on english.stackexchange.com

I think I'm late to the party, but...

Congrats Undo!

6

Thanks! :)

oh and btw...

downvotes

1:09 AM

Congrats Undo!

7

I already downvoted!

lol

> You cannot star your own messages

oops :|

lol

@AndrewT. Wait, you're a sock of @Jan's? ;P

1:11 AM

things start coming together

Of course not! It's Bar... umm, never mind :p

@SmokeDetector ignore, typo

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

lol, funny typo.

It's like when I type, 'Oh good!' and miss an o in good. Sends quite a different message.

@AndrewT. lol

webmasters.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/29949

1:27 AM

... yay for minor edits! Now, go do your homework @bjb. That's a good ~~boy~~ cat.

meh

I'll give you a treat!

[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive answer detected, Repeating characters in answer: Save OS X Grab images in formats other than .tiff? by fuckmacs on superuser.com

> Are questions about SEO off topic on webmasters?

user259867

@SmokeDetector tpu

1:28 AM

@Fundamental Blacklisted user.

@Braiam they on topic i think, but likely dups

approved

user259867

@SmokeDetector gone

how bad of voting inconsistencies get picked up by the system?

medium

1:38 AM

... what does that mean?

nothing

"Can I serially vote and not be detected?" :P

@bjb568 I wasn't talking to you, I was replying to Frank's message, but chat acted up on me again. :(

@Frank we need to corroborate with @Bart... it could be Shog's trying to confuse us

hehe webmasters.stackexchange.com/posts/25377/revisions

@Braiam lol

1:41 AM

> Disable all user-generated content

brilliant

suspend all teh userz!|!

@bjb568 blames Christofian

whorepresents.com o_O

53.0159817352 rep average on each day I've visited GL. 438 days total. Nowhere near hitting the cap everyday

1:55 AM

hey! sig figs!

:D

@Frank Jon Skeet has an average of 323.14946004/day.

2

@AstroCB everybody wants to be like Jon

teh skeet!

[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive body detected: Change input variables of a Matlab function by Liam on stackoverflow.com

> Found rows: 404

2:18 AM

►

user259867

It took me several attempts to spell throughout correctly... I blame @bjb568.

8

:D

thruout!

thrughoughoughoughought!

@Fundamental that means that you were trying to write "throughoutout"

[ SmokeDetector ] Repeating characters in answer: How can I clean up item drops on my server? by logaa2 on gaming.stackexchange.com

user259867

@SmokeDetector tpu

Q: What part allows a steam wand to have a moveable joint

2:27 AM

@Fundamental Blacklisted user.

user259867

Engineering meets Coffee...

user259867

0

On espresso machines, there is some kind of pipe joint which allows the steam wand to move while maintaining its seal. What is this component called?

design pressure

2:40 AM

Q: why do we equate it to 0 or 1 in diff and inte

2:54 AM

-4

why do we integrate or differentiate a function and then equate it to zero or one in probability and my many more please make me understand why do we integrate or differentiate a function and then equate it to zero or one in probability and my many more please make me understand

integration derivatives

ugh

user259867

Yeah. I see ~100 of that every day. Already downclosed.

o_O

3:09 AM

@Fundamental Downclosed. That's an interesting verb.

@Fundamental "Downclosed" seems to roll off the tongue better than downclosevote.

@Doorknob better that upreopened

user259867

Let's see: so far I cast 15498 downvotes and 9381 closevotes. But moving forward, downvotes grow by 40/day while closevotes by 50/day. So... in 611 days the two totals should be about equal, around 40000.

Unless you go on vacation

user259867

To go on vacation, I'd need to write a downclosing bot first.

3:17 AM

lol

that would be complicated

@Frank no actually, you just need a regex

No it wouldn't. Just automatically cast closevotes and downvotes on 50% of all new questions on math.SE.

@Braiam but it would have to choose legit questions/answers

user259867

I already have a filter with pretty good accuracy rate, based on keywords, current score, and OP's rep.

@Fundamental not infallible.

user259867

3:20 AM

True. But neither are people.

@Doorknob s/50/90/

remember, 90% of everything is crap ;)

@Fundamental I am, when it comes to GL.

Never have I stood corrected on that site

user259867

Also omniscient and omnipresent.

lol

user259867

@Braiam With 577 new Q/day, one can't downclose even 10%.

3:25 AM

@Fundamental you need more bots!

user259867

SPAM stackoverflow.com/questions/28290855/…

flagged

bye spam

user259867

When was the last time SE shut down a public beta?

When I first reached 20k:

Now:

3:32 AM

@Fundamental mmm, trying to think.

user259867

@Frank You increased browser zoom... eyesight going?

they shut relationships down.. and arduino.. I'm sure there is/was something between that.

OSes maybe? Something like that.

user259867

That was ages ago. OS sounds closer to now.

I have trouble keeping up with my own site, much less the network ;P

user259867

But that was private beta. Actually, I think Home Automation was the most recent private beta shut down.

user259867

3:34 AM

But public... been a while.

ahh, yes. That sounds right.

Oh you asked public.. facepalm.

Wow.

Startups?

(Old) Economics? Law? (actually I don't remember if they were public/private)

@Fundamental different computer

Hopefully not Vim

(speaking of which, it should be launching tomorrow hopefully :P)

@ɥʇǝS startups is still alive

3:37 AM

@Frank the new startups is.

@Doorknob Oh hey, so it should! yay!

What time do they normally do that?

@ɥʇǝS yeah. didn't know there was an old one

I want to be early to a site for once in my life >_>

@ɥʇǝS 00:00:00 UTC

@ɥʇǝS that rhymes ...

@Frank Are you sure?

user259867

@Frank Nope, 19:00:00 UTC.

3:39 AM

Anyone got a source ;P

@Fundamental why

@ɥʇǝS api.stackexchange.com/docs/sites#pagesize=999&filter=!wwzcH7dRdbpB3Ehu&‌run=true

user259867

@ɥʇǝS Hover over "private beta start" in recent proposals, such as coffee. It's Tuesday 19:00 UTC.

user259867

@Frank API simply omits the time, I think.

oh

why did it cut the link

well well, so it is.

3:41 AM

@ɥʇǝS At the worst possible time for me during school.

Nice @Fundamental

user259867

@Frank So that the SE HQ people are awake. It's the afternoon in the U.S.

Now I need to figure out how 1900 translates to my timezone.

:P (usually it's about 2PM in CST)

hm, that's about 12:00 here.

3:42 AM

Fundamental is the ultimate SE knowledge engine

yeah, I don't think 19:00 is accurate

Puzzling, for example, launched at around 20:30 IIRC

nope

And Data Science was an hour or two later than that.

huh, exactly 19:00. well then.

maybe it goes live after it actually "starts"?

Or maybe you're time is just off :P

Data Science was at 19:00 too. O_o

I distinctly remember trying to post a question while at a Boy Scouts meeting...

3:44 AM

@Doorknob looks like they all are ...

heh oh well

So that's 1:00 PM here

huh... that's during my activity period. Maybe I can convince my teacher that I'm working on a "school project" and she'll let me use a computer :P

user259867

@Doorknob 2 pm here

user259867

Why do they even have those servers? ^^

Fallback?

Q: Where to go when Stack Overflow isn't the best place for Cloud Computing Platform Questions?

3:47 AM

-2

I have found that there are many questions about cloud computing platforms that do not fit well on either Stack Overflow or ServerFault. Some questions like this would be about topics like billing, how do I do something from a webUI, or which cloud platforms include Machine Learning solutions? I...

discussion

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MEASURE THEORY AND PROBABILITY THEORY by AMRUTHA on math.stackexchange.com

user259867

^ downcloseflagged

shouting fits right in on that site

Make default font all-caps

Everything's shouting except peoples' posts

I don't like that

so why is this still alive?

4:01 AM

wait! 1:00 PM is lunch time tomorrow!

plans to attempt userid #1

Anna's going to get #1, @Doorknob

heh, yeah

Okay, an early userid.

And post ID.

user259867

Or whoever sets the site up; apparently it was Anna recently, but not always.
Yes, it seems she gets #1 in all recent betas.

Just make a bot, @Doorknob. That's what a programmer would do!

@hichris123 I tried. CAPTCHAs :(

(I literally made a bot that loads up the A51 page, clicks the "visit" button, creates an account, and submits the /questions/ask form)

4:06 AM

... how often were you hitting the site? o.o

it was only ~5 page loads per run. I guess SE is really good at detecting bots

I never encounter SE CAPTCHA's, except for on SEDE.

Yup, me too

@Doorknob Were they all in rapid succession? How often was a run?

@hichris123 I only added a sleep between them after about 5 test runs, so that might have been part of the problem. I only tested about 10 times, and each test had about 4 page loads.

maybe I should just try it now and see if it works.

Meh, I'll just post manually during lunch. :P

user259867

4:09 AM

Fortunately, exactly zero other annoying internet behaviors have developed during this time.

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body: How to Boost up Physical Performance? by mitasidead on drupal.stackexchange.com

@Fundamental posts first Vim.SE question of "OMGWTFBBQ FR0ST P0ST!!!1!!!!!11!!one!!"

user259867

@SmokeDetector tpu

@Fundamental Blacklisted user and registered question as true positive: added title to the Bayesian doctype 'bad'.

user259867

SPAM askubuntu.com/questions/581055/…

4:15 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body: Tested Mlm Training Suggestions To Explode Your Home Based Business? by rokhse on askubuntu.com

user259867

@SmokeDetector tpu, you're slow

@Fundamental Blacklisted user and registered question as true positive: added title to the Bayesian doctype 'bad'.

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: PROBABILITY AND RANDOM PROCESS by Aditya on math.stackexchange.com

took nap

Meta Wonder

@rene I was trying to tell the same thing as what the user random had answered..

4:31 AM

noice

user259867

@bjb568 better delete it

Check.

Is there a feburary 29 2001?

user259867

Yeah, looked like the continuation of your habit of leaking and deleting PI.

hehe

it would explain the unusualness to be born on the most unusual day

4:49 AM

css-tricks.com/progressive-enhancement-data-visualizations doesn't get why svg/js needed

user259867

No one must know

2

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: INVENTORY SOFTWARE by user3839326 on askubuntu.com

carves the removed messages into @Frank

3

What was that about?

kills bluet

user259867

5:01 AM

@bjb568 Your exact location, real name, age, and last semester's grades.

:O

Really?

@bjb568 Ever been to King's Island? ;)

What's that?

An amusement park?

It sounds familiar, heard of it. But I moved to my current location 1/2 year ago.

So IDK

5:04 AM

It's outside of the city.. about 5 miles NE of it...

ah

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body: I should also mention that these training? by Deidrewe on askubuntu.com

@bjb568 I missed the removed message while I was afk :(

5:26 AM

> took nap

@bjb568 sleeps?

Triple-ping

not now

still awakes

Ooh, who's this new cat?

Why'd you approve stackoverflow.com/review/suggested-edits/6568723 ? @Praxeolitic

5:45 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body: Do you want get super star player about fifa 15! by ting wang on gaming.stackexchange.com

user259867

@SmokeDetector tpu, gone

@Fundamental Blacklisted user and registered question as true positive: added title to the Bayesian doctype 'bad'.

5:57 AM

@bjb568 Um, honestly I don't remember, that was a while ago.

@bjb568 Looking at it now it seems fine.

This new cat is someone who wandered in here not knowing what to expect.

@Praxeolitic Not much improvement.

@Praxeolitic stars and bots

I haven't been reviewing edits long. I was never sure what to do about those.

I see a lot that make very small changes but they're not unreasonable, just not big improvements.

What is the accepted protocol there?

I broke this intentionally a while ago, not considering the consequences of my actions. I'll work on a fix this week. It's trickier than it appears, if that makes anyone feel better. ;) — Haney ♦ 12 hours ago

added bounty anyways for extra incentive

seems like a bug that i was able to choose the reason i did

That says that the person who submitted the edit shouldn't have done so, but then once that's been done, I don't know if there's much reason to reject it, besides... deterring that person from making those sorts of edits in the future... ?.

6:02 AM

Where's the thing that says edits should make multiple improvements to a post?

Can't find it.

@Praxeolitic Deterring is a good reason.

Rewarding them with 2 rep definitely doesn't accomplish what you want.

Good to know, I was very unsure about what to do with those.

NAA? stackoverflow.com/a/28292365/2821954 edit: I guess so, seems a comment..

user259867

@AndrewT. Hm. But it could be "I suggest to use NSApplication's keyWindow and access the title property of NSWindow."

I reminded me of "answer without confidence" meta post

kill-plz stackoverflow.com/q/28292398/2389078

6:07 AM

SPAM stackoverflow.com/questions/28292402/weight-loss-flowing

that many repz and that kind af qeastion, kannot be tolerated

user259867

SPAM superuser.com/questions/872941/…

user259867

@Praxeolitic expect stars, bots, and spam flag requests.

Stars?
Oh, bots, that explains a lot of the junk.

user259867

@AndrewT. edited by OP to be more answer-y, after my suggestion.

6:13 AM

today's raspberry award for question goes tooooooooo.......

have you ever heard about constructors? — DroidDev 1 min ago

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: Weight Loss Supplements About nutritionists, protected, healthy Body by CorrineL Williams on meta.stackexchange.com

@Fundamental thanks :)

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, Blacklisted website: Best Ways to Boost Your Weight by Glenda Briggs on drupal.stackexchange.com

user259867

@SmokeDetector tpu

@Fundamental Blacklisted user and registered question as true positive: added title to the Bayesian doctype 'bad'.

user259867

6:14 AM

@SmokeDetector tpu

@Fundamental Blacklisted user and registered question as true positive: added title to the Bayesian doctype 'bad'.

review-plz meta.stackexchange.com/suggested-edits/15100

Or did I change the focus too much?

user259867

Looks good to me. In any case Haney knows what's up.

@Fundamental :- should be :—

see vsause

MEW @bjb568

user259867

6:19 AM

@bjb568 Don't know what you are talking about. Looks like you need some detox.

@DroidDev MEEW

vsause? vsa use? v sause? I know vsauce though (YouTube channel)

►

@AndrewT. teh u toobz

oh, mai Engliz

[ SmokeDetector ] URL in title: this site provide trust onion link onion.is-found.org by ooaibuyew on tor.stackexchange.com

6:33 AM

Night! Gonna miss moar skewl :(

Jan Dvorak

...

[ SmokeDetector ] URL in title: this site provide trust onion link onion.is-found.org by sotomis on bitcoin.stackexchange.com

spam i think

spam and spam

@SmokeDetector tpu

6:37 AM

@AndrewT. Blacklisted user and registered question as true positive: added title to the Bayesian doctype 'bad'.

FlamePrincessϡ

morning

@InfiniteRecursion heya :)

@FlamePrincessϡ *sheya :)

FlamePrincessϡ

@bluet lol. close one :P

:)

fibonacci-sequence lolcode

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Q: I HAZ A FIBO, RLY

First LOLCODE program, run here. This program inputs a Fibonacci number from the user, then determines and prints whether the number is in the Fibonacci series. What do you think? HAI 1.2 HOW IZ I GetNum VISIBLE "Entr yr numbr: " I HAS A WatzNum GIMMEH WatzNum ...

> LOLCODE is an esoteric programming language inspired by the funny things that cats say on the Internet. Use this tag to identify questions where the programming language is LOLCODE.

surprised @bjb568 is not a top user for it

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, Blacklisted website: Even if the oil does not slide smoothly by bessiemartin on drupal.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive answer detected: IntelliJ IDEA 13.0.3 and Tomcat 8.0.9. Cant get it to work by lei zhang on stackoverflow.com

bummi

6:45 AM

@SmokeDetector tpu

@bummi Blacklisted user and registered question as true positive: added title to the Bayesian doctype 'bad'.

Jan Dvorak

Only in lolcode you encode x>y as x == max(x,y)