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The amusing thing about that tweet is the way it relates the video to unit testing. You can write many tests to get "100% code coverage" (thus being ostensibly bug-free), which can engender a false sense of security. In the same way that guy steals a TV while there are cameras covering the whole store.

Undo

Jan Dvorak

nice. Lock en route?

Bart

@jadarnel27 "Testing shows the presence, not the absence of bugs" - E.W. Dijkstra

UniKitty

1:56 PM

@Undo if (post.contains("apowersoft")) then post.flag() post.close() post.lock() post.delete() post.purge() end

jadarnel27

@Bart I haven't seen that quote before, nice.

Bart

At some point you should read through the EWD archive. Great stuff

cs.utexas.edu/users/EWD

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[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: Argentina vs Paraguay, horario partido TV vivo y on line TV Pública by rokivai19 Jhb on patents.stackexchange.com

jadarnel27

Oh, wow. I didn't even know that was a thing. I shall bookmark that. Thanks, @Bart.

UniKitty

Yeah, I really need a flag tracker

Undo

2:02 PM

@UniKitty What kind of flag tracker?

UniKitty

@Undo With the amount of stuff I flag across sites I can't keep track anymore

user259867

Blacklist candidate hyperantivirus.com

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Manually reported question: El antiviruz mejor del mundo by Tenazas Max on webapps.stackexchange.com

UniKitty

Some people don't know what webapps is about

user259867

SPAM x3 on patents: patents.stackexchange.com/questions/3432/…

UniKitty

2:11 PM

I flagged all 3 as spam then realised Oh shit, I should have flagged to protect

Lynn Crumbling

More spam: patents.stackexchange.com/a/13117/13385

Same question.

They got in just before the protect. 2 5 seconds.

UniKitty

@LynnCrumbling Well done, you spotted your error. Have a sticker!

Lynn Crumbling

Hahahaha

Sorry. The 5 was upside down.

UniKitty

Thats a new thing.

Jan Dvorak

@UniKitty I don't think they'll obey just because you tell them to stop

UniKitty

2:18 PM

Never said that before

@JanDvorak IP bans? I feel evil today

Lynn Crumbling

Gone.

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[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive answer detected: Problems with time zones on a Micromax unite 3 with Lollipop by Aditya on android.stackexchange.com

Lynn Crumbling

sd tpu-

UniKitty

@SmokeDetector Flags Flags Flags Flags Flags....

user259867

spam answer webapps.stackexchange.com/a/79775

user259867

2:22 PM

blacklist candidate nowgadgets.com

Kevin Brown

@1999 gone

UniKitty

@KevinBrown We have our team. Spam doesn't last long here

bummi

needs more: patents.stackexchange.com/q/13115/11972

Kevin Brown

@bummi gone

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[ SmokeDetector ] Repeating characters in body: Java with Yocto - no bb files matched by aida_owi on stackoverflow.com

UniKitty

2:28 PM

@bummi That was fast...

SmokeDetector

2:42 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive answer detected: Turn off trade email confirmation by user117098 on gaming.stackexchange.com

UniKitty

@SmokeDetector NOOO My account there is suspended no flagging

Bart

Gah, it's surprising how wrong Unity gets Q&A. And aggravating.

blogs.unity3d.com/2015/06/30/…

UniKitty

Is there a way to view all messages by a user?

as a feed

bjb568

I don't think so.

Jan Dvorak

@Bart also, they ignore Chrome compatibility, putting the blame on Google.

bjb568

2:47 PM

Hm… seems wifi works better here on main camp. :D

SouravGhosh

delvote-plz stackoverflow.com/q/31140527/2173917

Braiam

@bjb568 yeah, wifi tends to be better the nearer you are to the base....

Jan Dvorak

unless you're too close

Braiam

3:04 PM

in which case, cables works better

Bart

3:17 PM

@JanDvorak how do you mean? Their Unity player? That is a result of Chrome abandoning NPAPI.

Now you'll have to go to a WebGL build.

Jan Dvorak

I'd say it's a result of Unity not adopting PPAPI

Braiam

the problem is that there isn't a 'standard' of sorts.. and if Unity goes the PPAPI way, they need Firefox, IE, Opera, etc. to support too

Bart

@JanDvorak not really a viable alternative unfortunately. it's much more restrictive to begin with.

WebGL is the right choice here.

Braiam

not sure if WebGL is enough for interactivity

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[ SmokeDetector ] Email in answer: Loan to buy a real estate in Germany by Azibo Abdullah Mohamed on money.stackexchange.com

Bart

3:19 PM

As in .. @Braiam?

user259867

@SmokeDetector tpu-

Braiam

Unity3D is more than a "player", you can interact with it @Bart

Bart

I know (Unity Dev here), but I don't know what you mean by "interactivity" and where WebGL would be an issue

user259867

gone

Lynn Crumbling

nice.

Braiam

3:22 PM

@Bart if I'm not mistaken, you can create games and stuff with it, no?

Bart

@Braiam yep

Braiam

you need to catch the keyboard/mouse/whatever events, no?

Bart

@Braiam sure.

Braiam

and WebGL is just a rendering API, I think they don't cover that

Bart

Ah, in that sense. But Unity creates more than just WebGL rendering output.

It pretty much encapsulates input for the platform it runs on. So as a Unity dev there's not much to worry about there.

It basically compiles the whole engine (or those parts you need/use) down to JavaScript

Well, c# -> IL -> CPP -> asm.js basically

Braiam

3:28 PM

ohhh

then... why uses N/PPAPI?

Bart

The old player did

before this whole pipeline

the new pipeline is to address the issue of NPAPI disappearing

Braiam

and which way they went?

js library with some renderer?

Bart

For now the WebGL pipeline I outlined above

So as a developer you still write C# (or UnityScript if you want to) and nothing really changes.

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[ SmokeDetector ] Blacklisted website in answer: How do I retrieve photos from an iphone backup? by Brurel P on apple.stackexchange.com

Bart

And in the coming months is should update to WebGl 2 (when supported by browsers) and move to WebAssembly at some point.

Braiam

3:34 PM

ok, I somehow got lost in the conversation...

Bart

:D

Probably just me being unclear.

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[ SmokeDetector ] Nested quote blocks in answer: Use a Glob() to find files recursively in Python? by Adriel on stackoverflow.com

Jan Dvorak

nested glob uses in answer?

Braiam

@SmokeDetector delete edited

SmokeDetector

3:52 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: ACCESS NESTED IIFS ERROR by BLkrn on stackoverflow.com

bjb568

@Braiam there are many…

Repeaters or whateveryacallem.

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[ SmokeDetector ] Repeating characters in body: MySQL subquery not going into Array in PHP by Rhys on stackoverflow.com

Feeds

We will be replacing hardware for two of the #stackoverflow edge routers at about 18:00 UTC today. No service disruption is expected.

Tweeted by StackStatus on June 30, 2015 at 3:59 PM

Jan Dvorak

place your bets: how many disruptions?

Bart

inb4 witty anecdote about how a simple routine operation took out an entire datacenter.

Jan Dvorak

4:04 PM

What do you mean? That has never happened before. Right? RIGHT?

PeterJ

Those Raspberry Pi's reboot pretty fast doubt if anyone will notice

Bart

whistles innocently @JanDvorak

Jan Dvorak

uh, did just somebody whistled at me? looks around concernedly

user259867

-1 whistling in a tavern

user259867

5

jadarnel27

4:12 PM

@1999 Hahaha, that is excellent.

bjb568

:p

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[ SmokeDetector ] Repeating characters in body: Android app crash sqlite by human on stackoverflow.com

Braiam

@1999 clever

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[ SmokeDetector ] Email in answer: What is the difference between man's soul and spirit? by George Hoffmann on christianity.stackexchange.com

Braiam

4:27 PM

@SmokeDetector ¬_¬

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[ SmokeDetector ] Nested quote blocks in answer: python floating number by recobayu on stackoverflow.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive body detected: Its been hours and still unconfirmed! by Helpme on bitcoin.stackexchange.com

nicael

0

Q: Why 2 links to the same thing so close to each other

I don't see any purpose of having careers links twice, within the same page and so close to each other. Please don't push careers so much on people, I think you should do a simple check: if (user is already registered with careers) bigOrangeCareersButton.Visible=false; else bigOrangeCaree...

Why the last edit, I can't get it.

And also OP votes to close this question as a dupe of another unrelated one.

Jan Dvorak

4:44 PM

World has gone insane. #nuketheplanet

3

Werner

5:07 PM

This is a poke for interested parties to get on this... well, because it's awesome:

93

Q: Should "move-to-chat" be provided on demand (as a button perhaps)?

When comments get too chatty the move-to-chat feature asks if you'd like to move it out. But this often happens after the fact and thus doesn't prevent it. I propose that: Move-to-chat be provided as a button along side so that a user who knows their question or conversation may become drawn ...

feature-request comments chat

nicael

meta.stackexchange.com/posts/259784/revisions - roll back to the first?

some unrelated discussion on another topic...

Aubrey

hello, I hope I'm in the right place. Today I asked this question: stackoverflow.com/questions/31138440/…

tchrist

Just hit 70,000 on the money. Where’s those awesome privs again? :)

nicael

wut on money if on English?

Aubrey

But I then realized I wanted to ask a more general question. I read on meta that I should not do it, as it duplicates the question.

I would think that my new question is much more to the point, and useful for the rest of the community. My first question was extremely specific (and it got downvoted too, for that reason I think).

tchrist

5:15 PM

70 grand and no pennies. :)

user259867

New site of University of Indiana, possibly a trend toward animated frontpages among universities?

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[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: ROTOR REMOVAL HELP by user11076 on mechanics.stackexchange.com

Jan Dvorak

Just spin it up. It will remove itself promptly

user259867

In particular, slightly animated people down on the page. I thought it was slightly creepy... mechanical, repetitive motion.

user259867

5:20 PM

Because of animation, I honestly thought that she might be the trash robot they're talking about.

Jan Dvorak

Animation? What animation?

user259867

I mean video. It autoplays in my browser.

Braiam

@1999 get a real browser... one that ignores autoplay

hichris123

@1999 Might want to check that name. ;)

user259867

@hichris123 Meh, they should all be standardized one way or the other.

hichris123

5:31 PM

@1999 It's... just a bit weird. :P

user259867

Not as weird as The Ohio State The University of The Ohio

Jan Dvorak

the great Rio Grande River is weirder

Braiam

only for those that know spanish

I probably would say 'the Rio Grande stuff'

hichris123

@1999 ... wha?

user259867

@hichris123 Exaggerating... they have The as a part of official name.

hichris123

5:34 PM

really? didn't know that.

Jan Dvorak

The third The, you mean?

user259867

@JanDvorak Just one, the first one. But that's one too many already

Jan Dvorak

should be "Ohio State The University of The Ohio, The"

bjb568

Ohio State University of Ohio, The, The, The

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[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: SQLPLUS QUERY HELP by SQL Newby on dba.stackexchange.com

Feeds

6:10 PM

I am starting work on upgrading the #stackoverflow #stackexchange edge routers. Once again no disruption expected

Tweeted by StackStatus on June 30, 2015 at 6:07 PM

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[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title, offensive title detected: FUCK ALL OF YOU by Deniz Bekleyiş Seven on stackoverflow.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Repeating characters in body: How do I not duplicate a text in while loop? by Thaqif Aiman on stackoverflow.com

hichris123

@Feeds You are, Feeds?

I think Feeds has become sentient...

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[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive answer detected: Is it possible to walk between all three terminals in Dubai Airport without leaving airside? by Malakhai on travel.stackexchange.com

Jan Dvorak

does it attempt to answer the question?

SmokeDetector

6:25 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Phone number detected in title: Windows task scheduler error 101 launch failure code 2147943785 by user1966843 on stackoverflow.com

SmokeDetector

6:48 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Repeating words in answer: How to get iMessage to use my phone number on Mac and iPad? by a deleted user on apple.stackexchange.com

Kevin Brown

@SmokeDetector ignore-

@SmokeDetector tpu- user is gone, but that still needs to be removed

SmokeDetector

@KevinBrown 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.

Kevin Brown

But.. I did use tpu :\

Andy

Use it better then. Obviously.

user259867

@KevinBrown You tried to blacklist a deleted user, which wasn't going to work.

Kevin Brown

7:04 PM

@1999 Yeah, I realized that after I sent the command. But the error message is still a bit... incorrect

nicael

cv-plz meta.stackexchange.com/questions/259799/…

user259867

Crypto election ends in less than an hour... meanwhile, Code Review is up to 10 candidates already.

Andy

facepalm stackoverflow.com/questions/31146439/getting-a-programming-job A 9K user

Jan Dvorak

gone

nicael

@TimStone approve-plz stackapps.com/review/suggested-edits/3907

SmokeDetector

7:13 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Blacklisted website in body, nested quote blocks in body: Neuroluma formula developed to help increase by oramyjacob on drupal.stackexchange.com

TGMCians

gone

Undo

7:56 PM

sd gone

user259867

Crypto election over... who won?

user259867

> 635 voters were eligible, 224 visited the site during the election, 149 visited the election page, and 122 voted

Andy

in Cryptography 2015 Moderator Election on The Stack Exchange Network Chat, 1 min ago, by Undo

> Winners are mikeazo, e-sushi, and CodesinChaos

user259867

Oh. Not Ilmari.

user259867

in Cryptography 2015 Moderator Election on The Stack Exchange Network Chat, 31 secs ago, by Undo

Yeah I did. Those results may be wrong

Andy

8:03 PM

Nope

user259867

I demand the recount of hanging chads.

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[ SmokeDetector ] Repeating characters in body: Johansen test on two stocks (for pairs trading) yielding annoying results by Johan Emil Rasmussen on quant.stackexchange.com

Brad Larson

-1

Q: How to replace the standard verizon of router with a third party router?

how do i replace the router standard by using third party customer service. Can u suggest me terms and conditions of that type help. Site-http://www.linksysrouter.supportphonenumber.com/

router

As an FYI, the hotline spammers have changed their method of attack yet again. They're now posting questions like this ^^ spamming help sites, since we're filtering out their phone number spam.

3

Undo

ahahahaha

wonderful

Brad Larson

Don't know if Smoky is looking for these, but reviewers are approving them: stackoverflow.com/review/first-posts/8628623

Undo

8:10 PM

We can't/don't do suggested edits, unfortunately :(

@BradLarson You can nuke that if you'd like, we don't need the live post to adjust blacklists

Brad Larson

No, I mean reviewers are approving the spam posts themselves. That's a paddlin`.

Kevin Brown

First posts*, I think suggested edits are actually possible (See EditMonitor)

Undo

Oh, crap

@BradLarson Ya know, that might be a good idea, if we could find a way to get to review tasks from a post.

I'm just going to blacklist supportphonenumber

nicael

@BradLarson why not nuke it then?..

Brad Larson

Some other recent examples.

Undo

8:13 PM

blacklist imminent, pending CI

Brad Larson

@nicael Wanted to make sure you saw the text first, before I burned it all.

Undo

!!/rev

SmokeDetector

@Undo 6e6fb1a (Undo1: +supportphonenumber.com)

Undo

Note that we don't see all questions, because SO is weird. So it won't be perfect.

also, we could pipe these into a room on chat.SO if you'd like

Brad Larson

Also, be on the lookout for off-topic questions being posted in the [e-commerce], [scrape], and [web-scraping] tags by users with all-lowercase names. Our Easy Data Feed spammers have been dumping piles of those each day in there, hoping that they'll survive long enough so they can post their spam in an answer. I've been deleting a ton of these over the last few days.

SmokeDetector

8:18 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Nested quote blocks in body: Goodstein's theorem without transfinite induction by a deleted user on mathoverflow.net

Undo

@BradLarson Looks like we get tag info in the realtime feed, we could theoretically catch those.

might be a lot of false positives, though

Although at least the first two seem to be low-traffic

Brad Larson

Possibly. Smoky might not be the best tool for that. I've been just doing regular sweeps of those tags, and examining every post by someone with an all-lowercase, no-spaces name. 90+% of them have been off topic spam seeds. They are hitting other tags, but the spam stands out the most in those three.

Undo

hrm. I'll look into adding it

If it's that accurate then we might as well

it'd be good to have tags in our regexes too

nicael

0

Q: Why am I getting "you may delete this post in 2 days" when trying to delete my question

I've just tried to delete my previous question. Instead of being deleted, this naughty question throws this error: Why is that? today I deleted only one post of mine today I voted to delete two posts and having three daily votes left the two-days limit typically applies only when deletin...