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user259867

00:02

@hichris123 No we didn't. Time to ask on Meta.

user259867

@bjb568 It's only useful in conjunction with your social security number and home address.

Frank

user259867

Coffee went from private to public beta

Frank

I got the email

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in answer, Offensive answer detected: Prove that $\\angle DAP=\\angle CAB$ in a parallelogram $ABCD$ by padla on math.stackexchange.com

user259867

00:18

But if I had to guess, 13.

bjb568

Hm… I wonder where that came from.

Um… lets cover it all up with a mountain

Jan Dvorak

@SmokeDetector tp gone

SmokeDetector

@JanDvorak 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.

Jan Dvorak

@SmokeDetector gone

Why do I bother?

user259867

If we just define strict enough rules, people will behave well. Also, Play-Doh spaghetti tastes just like the real thing.

Tweeted by shog9 on February 9, 2015 at 8:58 PM

user259867

00:27

Is there a connection I'm missing?... Oh, I see (looked up "Play-Doh spaghetti")

Braiam

@FamousBlueRaincoat maybe

bjb568

00:39

humh, seems reasonable

hichris123

@FamousBlueRaincoat You do it. I don't want more meta rep.

bjb568

y?

hichris123

... I dunno. I don't need it for any reason, so...

Frank

@hichris123 lazy..

Braiam

@hichris123 there's never enough rep in your account...

bjb568

00:49

imgur.com/gallery/Q3WBmJf kewl

user259867

01:04

@hichris123 You could donate it to homeless people...

Frank

^^

iz homeless peeplz

jk

user259867

No new sites this week. Music Fans is getting close to full commitment, but I'm skeptical about its viability.

user259867

Accidental foretelling.

hichris123

@FamousBlueRaincoat So... you'll post the question? :P

Frank

whoops meant to edit

I'm clumsy

bjb568

01:09

►

user259867

@Frank When you become a mod, that'll be "oops didn't mean to delete you"

Frank

exactly.

xD

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive answer detected: What exactly are harmonics and how do they "appear"? by bob on electronics.stackexchange.com

Frank

@SmokeDetector tp

SmokeDetector

@Frank 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.

Braiam

01:13

@FamousBlueRaincoat that has happened

user202362

►

user202362

classic

user259867

@SmokeDetector gone

Braiam

58 mins ago, by Jan Dvorak

Why do I bother?

hichris123

Ugh does that mean I have to post it @FamousBlueRaincoat?

user259867

01:23

@hichris123 No it doesn't...

hichris123

@FamousBlueRaincoat Well, you never responded, so... :P

(so hard to get people to take meta rep!)

user259867

01:34

@hichris123 You can't closed off-topic questions on meta.

Frank

/me wants watermelon

@FamousBlueRaincoat *close

bjb568

Now that's just embarrassing.

user259867

lol Trained dog to ring bell to go out, now he rings it all the time

2

user259867

@Frank Watermelons consist of water and meh.

bjb568

[toilet-training]

Frank

01:41

@FamousBlueRaincoat *sugar

bjb568

AND RED!

Frank

that's just plant blood

humans'll just drink the stuff

or orange

and there's yellow.

hichris123

@FamousBlueRaincoat I kinda like it that way. :P (flags!)

Frank

I've growth them they're distinctly sweeter than the red ones

bjb568

AND GREEEEN!

Frank

01:45

@bjb568 nope

bjb568

Frank

that's the skin

almost looks like camo ..

redneck watermelon.

2

bjb568

AND RED!

:D

Frank

@bjb568 you .. already said that

bjb568

Really?

Frank

01:53

12 mins ago, by bjb568

AND RED!

bjb568

:O

hehe a pair of boobs

Frank

ha

Shokhet

@ShadowWizard I like your new avatar. It's cute, and matches your name well :)

bjb568

bbc.com/news/technology-31296188

Braiam

02:16

@bjb568 old

bjb568

whatevar

I'm old.

Frank

lie

hichris123

02:28

Uh... I think not. Watching people code could be the next big thing in live streaming video

Braiam

@hichris123 actually, people like to watch others create things, the birth of a new thing, when things comes together, etc. so, yeah, watching people code can become the next big thing

Shokhet

Meta: need tag instant. Meta: is instant coffee on-topic? Is it even coffee??? — Shokhet 2 mins ago

user259867

@Shokhet yes and yes. I don't drink it, but there are worse coffeelike substances.

Frank

@FamousBlueRaincoat amen

user259867

Way too much coffee today, btw... meeting ran 8:30 - 18:15...

Shokhet

02:42

@FamousBlueRaincoat I agree; I do, however, know several people who do not believe that instant counts as "coffee" (I do not think any of them participate in coffee.se)

@FamousBlueRaincoat that's a loooong meeting, whoa

Braiam

> They can eat anything, whether it is stones, bones, or even meat.

I think you should give proper order to your priorities...

the damn thing can eat stones!

@FamousBlueRaincoat was there any bikeshed issue?

user259867

@Braiam The tastiest Paul Simon album

Frank

3

user259867

@Braiam No, just a lot of decisions to make.

AstroCB

ok,how do i run bash scripts? — Hellos Addme 25 mins ago

user259867

02:46

Why Windows 98 can't able to install on latest computers?

AstroCB

0

Q: Why do we have an edit grace period?

As I see it the purpose of the "grace period" (the period of time when you may edit your question/answer without said edit showing up in the reivision history) is to either: Reduce the clutter in the SO database so multiple minor edits don't show up as "expensive" versions. Give the OP an oppor...

^ I want to answer that and describe why I think it's useful, but the OP is being a bit disrespectful to those who disagree with him (@bluet).

bluet

Just answer, you can't lose rep on meta!

AstroCB

@bluet Yes, but I'd rather not get into a comment-battle.

Shokhet

I think the better question is, why are you trying to install Windows 98? — nhinkle ♦ 8 mins ago

Frank

@AstroCB takes two people to argue.

..

bluet

02:59

not unless you do a self-argue

Braiam

> So it’s just a matter of coaxing a little kid.

Frank

My point is, if you don't want to answer cause you hate participating in comment wars, you can still answer. just don't comment-war.

AstroCB

@Frank Very true.

Braiam

I'm extremely dubious of your morals basis

AstroCB

3

A: Why do we have an edit grace period?

It's #2. The UI simplification is a nice bonus - I've yet to see a revision history for trivial edits that wasn't unbearably frustrating - but #2 was the original design goal for this feature, and was considered critically important even in the very, very early days. Why? Because these mistakes ...

hichris123

03:01

Asking for hichris123. — Famous Blue Raincoat 2 hours ago

Frank

@Braiam Why?

hichris123

lol

bluet

@Frank very wise advice

Braiam

@Frank because

bluet

@hichris123 +1 people helped

user259867

03:03

@Shokhet I like Win98. Also, compare to an older SU classic: Is there a modern browser that runs on Windows 3.1?

Shokhet

@AstroCB Nice edit summary :)

Frank

@Braiam I'm extremely dubious of your .. reason.

xD

bluet

haha nice edit @ast

Shokhet

@FamousBlueRaincoat Haven't used 98 much. Your linked question is kinda cute, though :)

Braiam

@Frank well, at least I'm not coaxing little childs... I think

AstroCB

03:05

Although I can never beat @Shog:

Too slow, @Astro - I'd already edited it twice by the time you got there. — Shog9 ♦ 37 secs ago

Frank

@Braiam lol

bjb568

@Braiam children

Braiam

@bjb568 you are such a child for pointing out that

bjb568

:P

y'all

user259867

@bjb568 why? childs is preferable from the consistency viewpoint.

bjb568

03:08

But it's wrong.

user259867

You're not the one to defend obsolete spellings, are you?

bjb568

And children can be special, right?

AstroCB

> This means that as apps try to cooperate and share the CPU, they don't necessarily have to, and some app or browser window may use up all of the CPU, throwing off the timing for the controller software. That may not end well. This is in fact a bandsaw.

Frank

@bjb568 no. They're all the same. exactly.

user259867

@bjb568 Yes. Like you.

bjb568

03:09

weird

@FamousBlueRaincoat :)

Doorknob

03:27

Okay, I'm not even going to pretend to understand this translation

Braiam

@Doorknob "Porto"

Doorknob

Huh?

For me the result is "Pokettokoirumattoresu" O_o

bjb568

Must be something like poke. So probably "poke with sharp stick".

pokes with sharp stick

Braiam

is the name of the red teletubby, so simply "Po" should do

Doorknob

No it's just my cousin's dog's name :(

user259867

03:30

SPAM pm.stackexchange.com/questions/14202/hadoop-online-training

Braiam

and because it's a name it has weird translations

hichris123

!!/alive?

SmokeDetector

@hichris123 Watching this endless list of new questions never gets boring

Braiam

coarse balpha into making kb shortcuts global

grrrr...

user259867

@FamousBlueRaincoat gone

Doorknob

03:32

Oh also, ooga booga shooga is... interesting

bjb568

I think it's a markov chain special cased for rubbish like that.

Try lorum ipsum.

Doorknob

No, they're actually all real Somali words :P

bjb568

yeah, lorum ipsum is all valid latin

but it considers it to be garbage

so spits garbage back out

user259867

@Braiam *coerce

bjb568

Balpha is coarse too, tho, right?

:P

Braiam

03:48

@bjb568 he's german, so of course

bjb568

:P

hichris123

Free offensive flags: stackoverflow.com/questions/28423506/…

user259867

@hichris123 gone

Lynn Crumbling

cv-pls pls-send-teh ~~codez~~ regex stackoverflow.com/q/28423849/656243

SmokeDetector

04:11

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body: How to Best legal various to steroids? by antatasye on drupal.stackexchange.com

user259867

@SmokeDetector tpu

SmokeDetector

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

Hobo Sapiens

SPAM gone.

user259867

Grad school recommendation form asked me to rate...
10) Ability to work through a challenge
11) Willingness to work hard
12) Problem solving ability
13) Sense of humor
14) Ability to work well with others
15) Integrity
16) Maturity
17) Self-confidence
18) Problem solving ability
19) Potential for career success
20) Organizational skills
21) Analytical skills

user259867

I see what they did there. Checking if I'm picking the options at random, don't they?

user259867

04:33

What does this sound mean? (Youtube link) I half expected a rickroll...

SmokeDetector

04:55

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body: Hand Treatment To Save Your Hands From Aging by dosmihy on askubuntu.com

user259867

@SmokeDetector tpu

SmokeDetector

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

bjb568

05:06

Night!

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: STEREOGENIC CENTERS IN DISCODERMOLIDE! by PRATIBHA SAHA on chemistry.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: best skin care Hey there by Amber Rebecca on meta.stackexchange.com

user259867

@SmokeDetector tpu

SmokeDetector

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

user259867

@SmokeDetector Do I hear STEREO and DISCO?

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Blacklisted website: You change your lifestyle? by kuri nasi on meta.stackexchange.com

user259867

05:18

> Think about it: they are more likely to munch on a packet of crisps when you have to get into a store located two miles away, or when you're sitting there in the fridge? The answer is obvious.

user259867

Yes, when I'm sitting in a fridge, the temptation to munch on crisps is just too much.

user259867

all spam gone

bluet

05:55

lol i got called a b**** lifehacks.stackexchange.com/a/4210/143

another offensive lifehacks.stackexchange.com/a/4208/143

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: Weight Loss Google by james james on meta.stackexchange.com

Braiam

#lifehack

user259867

@bluet and other answers need DV / VLQ.

bluet

@FamousBlueRaincoat other flagged for mod

user259867

@SmokeDetector tpu, domain maletestosteronebooster.org

SmokeDetector

06:04

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

bluet

someone upvoted his acid answer

SmokeDetector

06:18

[ SmokeDetector ] Blacklisted website: Besides the benefits of fat burning, the fiber by kieranlittle on drupal.stackexchange.com

user259867

@SmokeDetector visit this site ~~~~~~~~~ http: Another arrow-like syntax.

Bart

@bluet nuked

SmokeDetector

06:34

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body: Top Skin Rejuvenation Treatments by jokd bhuy on superuser.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, Blacklisted website: Let's Guessing Possible Improvements FIFA 16 on September! by user101820 on gaming.stackexchange.com

SmokeDetector

06:52

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: Amino Muscle Review : Get Awesome And Musculer Body by Darin Clarks on drupal.stackexchange.com

bluet

SPAM meta.stackexchange.com/questions/248366/…

Shadow Wizard

07:06

@Shokhet thanks, took me four years to find a proper avatar ;)

bluet

@ShadowWizard what? so you're saying when you use to take family photos you aimed the camera at the people and not their shadows?

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Repeating characters in body: Category listing page shows fatal error by Praseetha on magento.stackexchange.com

SmokeDetector

07:35

[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive answer detected: Does Alice actually sleep with Larry? by user7026 on movies.stackexchange.com

SmokeDetector

08:37

[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive answer detected: What is causing my low framerate in Prototype 2? by Mantis on gaming.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Blacklisted website: http://funmac.com/miracle-slim-cleanse/ by Prentissoi on askubuntu.com

Sam

09:10

Morning

Shadow Wizard

Morning?

Jan Dvorak

That's what he said

Bart

Coffee

Shadow Wizard

Coffee!

@bluet yeah, silly me! D:

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: BUY FAKE PASSPORTS([email protected]) DRIVERS LICENSE,VISAS,ID CARDS,ETC by sherryroberts on travel.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: PURCHASE FAKE PASSPORTS([email protected]) VISAS,ID CARDS,ETC by sherryroberts on travel.stackexchange.com

SmokeDetector

09:45

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: I'll semi songs and stable here once again in here weight loss by Mary Zoller on drupal.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: NEGATION SUPPORT IN PYTHON by ronald osoo on stackoverflow.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body: http://powerupmale.com/blackline-elite/ by Rodneydf on askubuntu.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: Three Steps To Effective Weight Loss by Timo Kilm on meta.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Repeating characters in body: Handle soap response from php toolkit by esydev on salesforce.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: HYPERLINK TO SEVERAL SHEETS IN THE SAME XLS DOCUMENT by xtina on superuser.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive body detected: Mounting Drives, Replacing with an Array by Lachmonster Libke on askubuntu.com

bummi

10:19

spam superuser.com/q/876019/172747

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: Herbal,And Diet Supplement For Muscle Building by Nathan Galli on drupal.stackexchange.com

SmokeDetector

10:39

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, Blacklisted website: Easily Improve Your Health With An Alkaline Diet by noah spren on meta.stackexchange.com

Unihedro

@SmokeDetector gone

SmokeDetector

11:08

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in answer: Find distribution and transform to normal distribution by Eshetu on stats.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title, Phone number detected: Kabristani--Best=इल्म+91-8441977406 Black Magic Super Specialist Molvi Ji by gurusai on webapps.stackexchange.com

Jan Dvorak

baba-fakepassport crossover?

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body: Adware/Malware - adultcameras.info by Mrinmoy Dey on askubuntu.com

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: PAST CONTINUOUS JUSTIFIED by user5577 on ell.stackexchange.com

Sam

Ahh! The tavern is full of smoke!

Frank

coughs, sputters, and passes out

Mooseman

11:32

Morning!

J. Steen

Afternoon!

Sam

Evening!

Unihedro

Good night!

Mooseman

Morning!

Sam

Afternoon!

J. Steen

11:40

Lunch!

Unihedro

Mine!

Mooseman

@J.Steen gone

NAA? stackoverflow.com/a/18944853/1234256

cv-pls too-broad stackoverflow.com/q/28430489/1234256

Sam

@Mooseman fp

Frank

posts comment

@JonSkeet because this is only in the grace period, people reading the page will see the banner, "an edit has been made to this post; click to load", even when there is no record left. I use it myself, when I'm like, "Did I really post thay instead of that?", I fix it, then see another. Without the grace period, I'd be bumping my post to the top again and again. I suppose you could say 'just be more careful', but the thing is, you often don't catch something til after you post. — J. Musser 4 mins ago

just cause everyone else was

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body: Adware/Malware - adultcameras.info by Mrinmoy Dey on askubuntu.com

Mooseman

11:50

@SmokeDetector fp

SmokeDetector

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

Frank

well now, ima head out

Sam

Cya

Mooseman

Cya

Pham

Low Quality Q?: C++ HELP: Memory allocation probem, by □ Transcend97, on cs.stackexchange.com.

Mooseman

11:57

@Pham fp

Shadow Wizard

pure crap meta.stackexchange.com/questions/248375/…

Sam

Eww, I ain't touching that.

gets barge-pole

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in answer: Find distribution and transform to normal distribution by Eshetu on stats.stackexchange.com

Sam

12:29

@Pham gone

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Blacklisted website: Only can you expect to be on good by abov below on drupal.stackexchange.com

SmokeDetector

12:54

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in answer: Find distribution and transform to normal distribution by Eshetu on stats.stackexchange.com

Pham

Low Quality A (TPA'd by Mooseman): Many thanks ! It works! Magento 1.9, by □ Rumata, on stackoverflow.com.

AdrianHHH

13:39

There are 6 recently posted almost identical answers to 6 questions on the [Notepad++] tag. All posted by user stackoverflow.com/users/3911264/mystupidstory . As far as I can see the 6 answers differ only in the whitespace and newlines before and after curly (ie { and }) braces. I believe there is an automatic check for duplicate answers, but due to whitespace differences it might not catch these. What should be done about this sort of duplication?

Bart

Flag it

Use the "other" flag option and explain what you're seeing. Link to the profile perhaps. Then a mod can take the appropriate action.

SmokeDetector

13:57

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in answer: Find distribution and transform to normal distribution by Eshetu on stats.stackexchange.com

ArceusMaster0493

What is Bad keyword?

Kevin Brown

@SmokeDetector why

Unihedro

@KevinBrown It's a Pham command.

Kevin Brown

:(

The bad keyword is probably in the code anyway

ArceusMaster0493

@Unihedro How do you determine "Bad keyword"

Unihedro

14:00

@ArceusMaster0493 It's hardcoded by SmokeDetector devs.

ArceusMaster0493

@Unihedro Okey.

Bart

It's quiet in here today

J. Steen

It was.

bjb568

14:22

RAAAAAAWR

Unihedro

RAAAAAAAAAWR

bjb568

:D

Tim Post

→

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Repeating characters in body: error "HTTP Error: Unable to connect: 'fopen(compress.zlib://googleapis.com/calendar/v3/...): failed to open stream: when delete a event php by user2515445 on stackoverflow.com

Bart

WinRAR

Tim Post

14:33

You win.

Unihedro

Perfect!

Lynn Crumbling

@SmokeDetector fpu

SmokeDetector

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

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: ASUS A455L BIOS BROKEN AFTER INTERRUPTED WINDOWS 8.1 INSTALLATION by Fathin Luqman Tantowi on superuser.com

Lynn Crumbling

^ edit submitted

@SmokeDetector fpu

SmokeDetector

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

[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive title detected: A more politically correct term for “Rep-Whores” by KyleMit on english.stackexchange.com

Lynn Crumbling

14:53

Dear Community-Reject-Because-The-User-Edited-Their-Post: I hate you.

... attempt #2

SmokeDetector

@LynnCrumbling Could not register title as false positive.

Lynn Crumbling

@SmokeDetector fpu

SmokeDetector

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

Lynn Crumbling

@SmokeDetector fp

SmokeDetector

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

Lynn Crumbling

15:07

sooooo quiet...

jadarnel27

Brown.

Unihedro

@LynnCrumbling ...yeah..

Bart

Lynn Crumbling

Image not found. sigh. Isn't that epitome of the last hour.

jadarnel27

@Bart Fantastic.

Braiam

15:17

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Repeating characters in answer: Need some help with this query or some ideas for change it to better model by eemeeeee on dba.stackexchange.com

Unihedro

Is anyone here not busy?

(Just curious)

Lynn Crumbling

@Unihedro o/

Cerbrus

I'm totally busy

Lynn Crumbling

cv-pls dup stackoverflow.com/q/28435129/656243

^ rep whores descending on this question en masse

Cerbrus

15:20

@LynnCrumbling: Not a accurate dupe.

Although

Lynn Crumbling

@Cerbrus go on.. listening

Cerbrus

Sec, re-reading both

Lynn Crumbling

k

Cerbrus

Nevermind, cv'd

Lynn Crumbling

k...thanks

@Cerbrus it's disappointing that a 41k user answered that.

Unihedro

15:22

Judging by the amount of basic regex questions we might need a new site... RegEXchange? — runDOSrun 4 hours ago

2

Braiam

@Unihedro I say I'm busy, but most likely I'm just ~~procrasti~~ being a Bart

Lynn Crumbling

@Unihedro It's called the owl book. :) "tell 'em we've already GOT one"

SPArchaeologist

@Braiam ♦! I banish you, creature of the night. Return to the darkness you belong to.

(seems that for Bart-demons the ♦ is like a cross for vampires)

Cerbrus

Ikr

Lynn Crumbling

cv-pls unclear || off-topic? stackoverflow.com/q/28434606/656243

free flags here .. and here - both NAA

Bart

15:38

@SPArchaeologist ... why does my skin feel like it's burning?

bjb568

15:49

Oh ughughugh, spanish presentation

jadarnel27

@Bart Your paleness has reached the level where the light from your computer monitor burns your skin?

2

bjb568

He looks black to me...

Jan Dvorak

He's already been burned, apparently

Bart

@jadarnel27 it's my main source of vitamin D

Tim Stone

@jadarnel27 It's because the backlight isn't Brown

Ilmari Karonen

16:16

cv-pls stackoverflow.com/questions/28435877/…

Lynn Crumbling

16:40

@IlmariKaronen closed.

jadarnel27

@Bart I'm not a doctor, but...that sounds legit.

@TimStone Agreed. Someone should make a monitor like that.

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: JS BACKGROUND IMAGE ZOOM by claire on stackoverflow.com

Lynn Crumbling

17:05

@SmokeDetector fpu

SmokeDetector

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

Bart

Say @Shog9 (or anyone team-side), if you have some time at all, could you have a look at my question? meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/284271/… Is what is being said there what you guys would have said? Anything to add. Because now I see a comment like meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/285754/… and I still don't know what the deal is

Not to mention the earlier meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/284271/…

Lynn Crumbling

@Bart Is this whole thing a technical issue, or a policy decision?

Bart

More policy and "is that the advice you want to be handing out?".

It is seemingly technically also somewhat unclear (how does the process work if you advise it) but that's not my main concern

Lynn Crumbling

@Bart Or is it a policy decision created by a technical issue? (ala It's really hard to PREVENT new accounts, so lets just say that they can do it, if they want to.)

Bart

17:11

@LynnCrumbling yet there is a moderator in a comment warning a user about creating new accounts. So what's going on? And as far as I know it's not really "new" accounts as such, but deleting your existing one and then creating a new one with the same underlying ID

Lynn Crumbling

yeah.. +1 on the question.

@Bart Really makes you wonder what the hell the point of the ban is, then.

Bart

@LynnCrumbling exactly. If you're going to limit them anyway, just don't ban.

Lynn Crumbling

"We're banning you...! ...but only if you don't feel like creating a new account."

Bart

So all in all I'm confused. But that's more or less a permanent state anyway.

Lynn Crumbling

HAHAHA

@Bart Well, I just want to tell you "good luck.. we're all counting on you."

Bart

17:19

:D

Lynn Crumbling

@Bart Hit a 10th grader with that line recently... blank expression. le sigh

Bart

Duct tape. Chair. VHS

Lynn Crumbling

Unsure I can help this person any further. stackoverflow.com/q/28436806/656243

Not sure I should have tried in the first place.

@Bart Not as bad as recently having had one of the younger coworkers here tell me that he's never seen Back to the Future. gasp WHAT?

Bart

Would you like to borrow my smiting stick?

Lynn Crumbling

I'm afraid of what I'd do with it.

Pham

17:39

Low Quality A (TPA'd by ProgramFOX): sorry but this is not suitable for MO., by □ foxacid, on mathoverflow.net.

euphoria overlord

17:54

Could using internet archive as a mandatory source of links help prevent link rot?

Kevin Brown

...and then the archive dies away...

euphoria overlord

the internet never dies

just ask james bond

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