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My record with french toast is 43 slices (whole wheat bread, and ~3/4 gallon of milk and ~8 eggs, and ~1/4 gallon of maple syrup and ~1/4 cup of cinnamon)

@JasonC ping if you make it alive

@JasonC iirc you were really tall and skinny, right?

Jason C

I don't think I could even come close to 43 piece of french toast.

Braiam

2:15 AM

cv-pls stackoverflow.com/questions/24265354/…

James

@Braiam how....how did it get 12 upvotes

Jason C

Not super tall, like 5'11.

Which used to seem tall.

But now everybody is taller than me, which I can't explain.

Frank

That is almost as tall as me

Braiam

@James reasons

Frank

I think every generation averages around 1 1/2" taller than the last xD

But I'm the tallest in my family.

Jason C

2:17 AM

Lol. It's super weird.

Frank

extended family also

Jason C

I live across the street from a high school and these kids are enormous.

Braiam

is hungry THANKS!

Frank

I come from short heritage

@Braiam wat... enormous kids make you hungry? what are you, a dinosaur?

Braiam

> Thank you for reviewing 20 low quality posts today; come back in 21 hours to continue reviewing.

Frank

2:18 AM

@JasonC lolyeah

Braiam

@Frank yeah, kids seems delicious.... NO! the talk about food ¬_¬

Frank

@Braiam ik

was jokin around

I gotta go hit the sack.

ttyl y'all

@Frank the wot

@bjb568 the sack

sounds… weird

2:26 AM

@bjb568 'hit the sack' 'hit the hay' 'go to bed' 'drop' 'go night night' 'give them little grey cells a break' etc etc etc

bjb568

oh

Frank

lol

that you didn't know

Andrew T.

Why do I have some kind of suspicious feeling on these 2 users on Android Enthusiasts... John Sonderson and John Higginstyne

Both are John, both have Galaxy SIII, both asking style is to provide quite detailed explanation (not that's a problem)

Jason C

@bjb568 Hey looks like your server is working now?

If you just got a mail from nobody@nowhere.com it worked.

bjb568

wot really?

hmm… no bounce, but no email

I changed mydestination = $myhostname localhost.$mydomain localhost $mydomain

Jason C

2:37 AM

I just sent one from a real email address to bjb568@ also, didn't seem to bounce.

Andrew T.

yeah, no bounce, but got lost...

Jason C

Tried postmaster and root from a fake email as well.

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: MYSQL SUM HOURS WORKED WHEN MULTIPLE by Federico Gustavo Estivill on stackoverflow.com

Doorknob

cv-plz-dup meta.stackexchange.com/q/251674/180276

user259867

2:55 AM

@Doorknob gone

bjb568

Mail is hopeless.

user259867

Use USPS instead.

bjb568

:P

Jason C

@AndrewT. Here are Johns with S3s. You'll have to wait until Monday for Mr. Higginstyne to show up.

@Woodface Equally hopeless.

Incidentally I got in a near shouting match with the manager of the local branch yesterday, because it took them a week to deliver a package to my client's office in the same building as the post office. They kept putting it on the truck then trying to deliver after business hours.

Andrew T.

@JasonC thanks ;)

Jason C

3:01 AM

Lol, always glad to help.

Braiam

@JasonC that's aweso... err... terribad :/

Jason C

Although, I do admit to having a little fun pretending it was a business-critical package when all it really was was a couple of blank server rack panels.

Braiam

you should speak with Tim Post to share "experiences"

Jason C

But literally every time somebody sends me something anywhere with USPS I always end up waiting in line at a branch somewhere a week after the scheduled delivery date.

Undo

drat

@Doorknob is gonna win

Jason C

3:07 AM

(Although I suppose I could argue that keeping people from using the file server as a shelf for plastic forks and ketchup packets is "business critical".)

Doorknob

hahahaha! >:D

I fully expected to completely fail

Unihedro

Morning!

user259867

Spam time!

user259867

Arriving soon to be nuked...

user259867

ɥʇǝS

3:14 AM

Now that @Undo sees it I'm sure this game isn't over yet.

:D

Jason C

@Woodface ^ But then this happens.

Wat

omg cruel :(

Wot

poor @ProgramFOX

3:16 AM

RIP

Unihedro

RIP in peace

user259867

Is it a fox? I thought a squirrel.

ɥʇǝS

Rest in peace in peace?

Unihedro

@Woodface It doesn't look like a. squirrel.

Jason C

It's a squirrel.

Braiam

3:17 AM

SQUIRREL!

Unihedro

Support creature equality! Save our furry friends from being murdered!

Braiam

> Greeting everyone, for the record, this is just a question,not ads…

Unihedro

My views are my own.

Doorknob

@Undo Are you going to move? I'm fairly certain that you can't win :)

Braiam

wut meta.stackexchange.com/q/251675/213575

Doorknob

3:19 AM

cv-plz ^

user259867

^ spam

Braiam

@Woodface maybe...

it isn't a maklov chain...

Kevin Brown

@Braiam They have network accounts, already posted it at webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/75159/…

Alexis King

It's gone now.

user259867

Most of the spam is some Markov chain nonsense posted by bots... but not all of it.

Braiam

3:20 AM

I don't think this would be appropriate on any site in Stack Exchange. If you want to find out for sure, see the 'site-recommendation' tag at Meta Stack Exchange. — Al E. 43 mins ago

^ blame....

Kevin Brown

^ Also blame WebApps for pointing them to Meta.SE

ɥʇǝS

@Doorknob don't count your chickens before they hatch :-D

Braiam

actually, he most likely misunderstood something...

ɥʇǝS

This is the most interesting game I've seen in a while..

user259867

I still don't see new Server Fault design...

Doorknob

3:22 AM

@ɥʇǝS I (think I have) went through all the possible moves Undo could make, and none of them would save him from checkmate (I think). :P

Braiam

@Doorknob stop thinking...

Undo

I think it is

Jason C

@Woodface Whatever, it's still spam. It's conscious spamming to get beta testers. It's neither useful nor relevant, and it is effectively advertisement with no disclosure.

ɥʇǝS

@Doorknob Oh?

I can think of a way or two to lengthen the game ;)

Undo

do tell

I mean, I can postpone it, but...

Right now there's a one-step mate on the board.

ɥʇǝS

3:26 AM

Qg5

Doorknob

@ɥʇǝS Rxg5

? I don't see how that would change anything.

Undo

yeah

ɥʇǝS

re-evaluating.

I might have missed something.

hmm

yeah, I guess so. Undo has his king pretty badly stuck.

Can't move at all.

Undo

idea

I'm gonna play this out

Doorknob

I'm lucky I have pawns on h5 and f4. Otherwise moving the rook down could pose a problem with Undo's opposite pawns

ɥʇǝS

3:29 AM

I was sure I saw a way around that though.

Doorknob

argh I just saw that one

ɥʇǝS

oh duh

tchrist

Okay, I give up. How the heck does Community♦ close something as a duplicate?

ɥʇǝS

@tchrist That's a new feature, the OP VTC'd it and so Community finished it.

Doorknob

@tchrist There's a feature in which when there are pending dup votes, the OP can click a "that solved my problem" button

tchrist

3:34 AM

Whoa, cool!

Undo

41

A: Can we clarify to the OP that their question is not yet closed and the duplicates are only suggestions?

Update: implemented! Actual UI appears like this: If the author clicks the big blue button, the question is instantly closed (With the Community user listed as a close voter): If, instead, they edit, then the choice will go away... At least until another duplicate close-vote is cast. I...

tchrist

I had read it by had forgotten that part, since um well I don’t myself ask many dupes. :)

ɥʇǝS

Mind if I keep spitting things out or should I let you guys battle it out without commentary? @Doorknob/Undo

Undo

@ɥʇǝS go for it :D

user259867

Presumably they know where the ignore button is.

Doorknob

3:36 AM

Hmm... Rg2 might work, although it seems counterproductive.

Jason C

@Undo There's post where that's the main topic, too

278

Q: New UI encourages askers to confirm or dispute duplicate votes

As of the 9th of March, the banner shown to askers whose questions have attracted at least one duplicate close vote has a couple of new options: If the author clicks the first button, they're shown a confirmation that clarifies the results of this action somewhat: If they click "Ok", the qu...

Undo

@Doorknob main problem is you aren't forcing it

Doorknob

But then Undo can just snag another queen with the pawn at the end.

cv-plz stackoverflow.com/questions/29115289/…

Undo

3:37 AM

I might have time to promote that pawn, too

Braiam

@Undo smack!

ɥʇǝS

Bd5 is on my mind.

Undo

I'm gonna have to leave now, will pick this up again in the morning

Doorknob

alright

Undo

night, have fun creaming me

:D

we need to do these chess things more often

Doorknob

3:38 AM

Yeah, this is really fun

ɥʇǝS

that pins the pawn on f3 and allows for Ng4 followed by Qxa2! if Undo can't think of a good defense.

Jason C

@Roombatron5000 It's spam. That dude is the founder of the site in the link he posted.

ɥʇǝS

But he'd probably respond with Qe7+

Doorknob

what about Qe4?

that would pin the rook that I'm trying to use for checkmate

user259867

All his questions are spam seed, answered by the same sock with spam links.

Roombatron5000

3:42 AM

@JasonC ok. I just looked at the askers length on SO, so didn't look further. Is the accepted answer suspicious too or no? Both their last names are Patel.

Doorknob

wait, Bxe4. I'm an idiot

5

bjb568

again?

ɥʇǝS

No worries, I do the exact same thing all the time..

Jason C

@Shog9 I used my spam flag on stackoverflow.com/questions/29115289/… already and can't flag for mod attention. The dude who posted that is also a founder of the company he posted a link to, and I suspect is related to the answerer and pagetube.org as well (there's a pagetube.org "stream" on the giikers site), if you want to take some action.

Doorknob

@ɥʇǝS What about Nf7 in response to that?

ɥʇǝS

3:43 AM

Man, I had really forgotten how fun this all was! Thanks guys for bringing that back :D:D

user259867

OK, not all. One seems not-spam. But both Patels are likely to be the same person.

ɥʇǝS

Seems reasonable at first glance @Doorknob

the problem is he'll most likely respond with c8!

Roombatron5000

@JasonC 4 out of his 5 questions have accepted answer by the other Patel! cc: @shog

Doorknob

@ɥʇǝS Rxg1#, then

ɥʇǝS

or however you detonate promotion in the script.

@Doorknob Oh duh.

user259867

3:45 AM

@Roombatron5000 Custom mod flag time?

ɥʇǝS

I was literally just thinking that it's instant checkmate if he doesn't keep you moving lol.

Rxg6?

Jason C

@Roombatron5000 Yeah; there's a "pagetube.org" "stream" on that giikers site, and pagetube.org is registered to a "muktesh kumar", same first name.

tchrist

@JasonC That’s a good hunch: look at how they follow each other in pairs, and use links.

Roombatron5000

@Woodface done

tchrist

In fact, you’d think a halfway clever SEDE query could uncover more of that ilk. Damned voting rings anyway!

ɥʇǝS

3:48 AM

to which the obvious response would be Rxg6.. but I think I'm getting ahead of the whole thing.

well I need to get to bed @Doorknob.

Doorknob

@ɥʇǝS Yeah, I probably should too. Flying home tomorrow. This has been fun :D

ɥʇǝS

Bd5 does seem to be your best move though, IMO. I can think of 1 good defense for white but it's really sketchy. Interested to see what you end up doing :D

@Doorknob :D:D

I'd like to visit Utah sometime.

I actually live really close to a ski range so skiiing isn't a good excuse to go though :P

Doorknob

Hmm... How about 53... Rxg1+ 54. Qxg1 Rxg1+ 55. Kxg1 Be6? Not a checkmate and I lose a bunch of pieces, but then I've got the pawn at the end covered and Undo loses his queen. Then the only problem is his remaining knight, and other than that I've basically won.

Ok, actually have to go to sleep :P See you later!

Jason C

@JasonC ^ @animuson I know you like killing spam/voting rings too.

tchrist

@JasonC I think I’ve flagged all that make sense to do. What assholes!

And this is probably some of those people who think what they are doing is just fine, too.

Jason C

4:04 AM

@tchrist Yeah. These kinds of things really irritate me.

> @jason Then whats wrong with it if am trying to find out some other site who provide quality backlinks. – muktesh patel

Unihedro

-1

A: Simple java program-

You know it is probably easier just using Piazza cough cough. Don't want to get in trouble for academic dishonesty, just sayin'. p.s. I'm in your class!

um.

Jason C

With 2 upvotes on that comment, and I'm presuming at least one of those is one of his other accounts.

Unihedro

^ vlq plz, cv-plz the question

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body: Store in a very dry and cold place by benacourny on drupal.stackexchange.com

tchrist

@JasonC They are being annihilated with all due prejudice and celerity.

Unihedro

4:06 AM

@JasonC thanks!

tchrist

Read: It’s an ex-user.

Jason C

Yup; answering account deleted, asker account looks banned.

tchrist

I guess flag weight counts for something after all. :)

Jason C

Phear the tavern, spam kiddies.

Shog9

@JasonC Cleaned. what a mess.

Jason C

4:09 AM

Thanks! ^

Roombatron5000

Thanks!

tchrist

Yeah, thanks. And they were SO OLD, too!

Unihedro

Awesome!

~spam--;

tchrist

So this has been going on for a long time.

Jason C

I love these little moments that make us feel like heroes for 5 minutes, at least until we get distracted by pictures of cats.

2

tchrist

4:10 AM

That’s why I’m thinking that that pattern might be something to do some data diving against.

2

Shog9

Oh, this wasn't at all the first time that guy had been caught doing this.

Or had shit deleted.

Or been suspended.

If we're lucky, this'll be the last.

tchrist

This won’t onebox, but I see Bill got it ages ago: stackoverflow.com/a/14417917/471272

Thing is, it is trivial to test for those links, should they ever reappear. Just add them to some little list somewhere.

Now, why the hell Google is caching something deleted that long ago, I have no idea.

Jason C

@Shog9 Nah, we won't be lucky.

tchrist

For that matter, Google is also caching this one, which I presume is due to a deleted comment. Wow Google, just let it go.

@JasonC It probably pays for itself. That’s why they keep doing this shit.

Plus notice he’s obfuscating the link so it is not so easily searched for. In theory.

Jason C

4:26 AM

Usually when I see a question like that with a link in it I search around to see if there's a connection between the username and the site. This guy's mistake was using a name that was strongly connected. You uncover a few that way.

tchrist

@JasonC We’ll always know that that domain is a spam domain.

Somebody go teach Smokey.

Unihedro

What's the domain?

tchrist

That way Shog will be able to read it easier. :)

Jason C

@Unihedro giikers.com, pagetube.org, myenv.org

tchrist

Inter alia.

Of the Knife, if we’re lucky.

Jason C

4:31 AM

@Unihedro Also add locatemylocation.com (another site founded by that guy elance.com/s/manupatel)

Unihedro

Sent PR #45.

Brb, heading home.

Jason C

Looks like he did some work for Digital Ocean, and a few of his sites seem to be hosted there. Maybe I'll let them know.

user259867

SilentKiller

@ShadowWizard coffee coffee coffee

Morning!

user259867

Is Android Enthusiasts the only site where the logo has SE logo in it? Not a logo, actually, but the favicon.

user259867

4:40 AM

Ironically, its homescreen-sized favicon is named apple-touch-icon.png

user259867

SPAM askubuntu.com/questions/598971/…

user259867

SPAM askubuntu.com/questions/598976/…

user259867

Is Smokey on vacation?

Jason C

!!/alive?

SmokeDetector

@JasonC Of course

Jason C

4:51 AM

Doesn't mean he's not on vacation, though.

SilentKiller

Smokey ignoring spams. :/

SmokeDetector

5:08 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Blacklisted website: How you can raise by razi meer on meta.stackexchange.com

user259867

@SmokeDetector tpu finally

SmokeDetector

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

user259867

> We respect a laser-like focus on one topic.

user259867

Does not quite fit a spammer's profile.

bjb568

Is such late.

Night!

SilentKiller

5:11 AM

Night!

Shog9

it's time for BLUEBERRY COBBLER

SilentKiller

any relation with BlackBerry ?

James

I believe it's a type of US desert

user259867

*dessert

SilentKiller

yups it is.

user259867

5:15 AM

All-caps desserts are considered yummy and will be quickly eaten.

SmokeDetector

5:30 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, Blacklisted website: However take that same aesthetic and put by olivianewton on drupal.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body: How To Remove Dark Circles by uniza wioz on meta.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body: How To Remove Dark Circles by KPonim3345 on drupal.stackexchange.com

SilentKiller

spams

all spams still alive. ^^^

DroidDev

@ShadowWizard TO THE COFFEE LAND!!

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: Muscle she school student suffered posted last by victoria victoria on superuser.com

Andrew T.

spam android.stackexchange.com/a/103014/44325 (if not yet announced)

nicael

5:55 AM

@rene actually I wasnt, just had my tab open on smartphone. Now I am there :)

SmokeDetector

6:09 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: Amabella Skin Serum Cream Herbal-Supplement Scam! by Amanda Souza on webmasters.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: Amabella Skin Serum Cream Herbal-Supplement Scam! by Amanda Souza on askubuntu.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: Amabella Skin Serum Cream Herbal-Supplement Scam! by Amanda Souza on meta.stackexchange.com

bummi

@SmokeDetector tpu

SmokeDetector

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

bummi

@SmokeDetector tpu

SmokeDetector

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

bummi

@SmokeDetector tpu

SmokeDetector

6:14 AM

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

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body: juju can not work with openstack juno ( trying for 10 days ) by tian domolo on askubuntu.com

Andrew T.

@SmokeDetector fp, euh...

SmokeDetector

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

bummi

spam superuser.com/a/891759/172747 3 posts

SmokeDetector

6:32 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: How to Burn Fat and Build Muscles by molli tust on meta.stackexchange.com

bummi

@SmokeDetector tpu

SmokeDetector

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

bjb568

@SmokeDetector tpu

Andrew T.

@bjb568 tpu

!se juju openstack juno

bjb568

'keystone' Answers By New Users - Stack Overflow

SmokeDetector

6:42 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: whom remove the dark wrinkle? by pilakhwajuriya on drupal.stackexchange.com

bummi

@SmokeDetector tpu

SmokeDetector

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

Andrew T.

!!/wut?

SmokeDetector

@AndrewT. Whaddya mean, 'wut'? Humans...

Andrew T.

laggy internet is lag...

SmokeDetector

6:48 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in answer: Structure theorems for modules over 'good' rings by e-r on math.stackexchange.com

Hobo Sapiens

SPAM: stackoverflow.com/questions/29160916/…

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title, Bad keyword in body: Skin Care Better Result Then Others by cameron white on drupal.stackexchange.com

bummi

@SmokeDetector fpu

SmokeDetector

@bummi Registered answer as false positive and whitelisted user.

bummi

@SmokeDetector tpu

SmokeDetector

6:51 AM

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

bjb568

@SmokeDetector tpu

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: The All Surprising Vitamin A B Gives Wrinkle Free Youthful Skin In 10 Days by Fiona tins on meta.stackexchange.com

Alexis King

@SmokeDetector tpu

SmokeDetector

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

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body: I bondage okay any highlighting concealed my niece by Judy Emerson on drupal.stackexchange.com

bummi

@SmokeDetector tpu

SmokeDetector

6:56 AM

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

bjb568

@SmokeDetector tpu

Alexis King

@bjb568 wtf are you doing? o.o

Or is it the bjbot now?

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