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Tim Stone

21:13

@ᔕᖺᘎᕊ Hm, do you think this is really true? It seems more applicable for script than app, but maybe you have a counterexample?

(script of course already makes this note, but)

user259867

Okay... looks like I at least partly succeeded at merging branches and making pull request.

Undo

@1999 well almost

oh nevermind, I was misreading it. You did it right

Undo

21:28

!!/rev

!!/rev?

SmokeDetector

@Undo 8b2991e (Manish Goregaokar: Merge pull request #59 from normalhuman/master)

Undo

there. @1999 ^ :)

user259867

Cool. I was surprised Manish merged it; he was mostly elsewhere recently.

user259867

I expected this question to generate more votes: How can I quit drinking coffee? by Gunn on coffee.stackexchange.com

Jan Dvorak

Don't worry. You'll stop drinking naturally as the mug gets emptied out over time.

Santa Claus

21:31

I didn't know there was a site for coffee, but I can't imagine it will last much longer.

Jan Dvorak

Are you going to drink it dry?

user259867

Speaking of sites, elementary OS started today.

Jan Dvorak

What kind of topic is that?

user259867

*nix kind of topic

Jan Dvorak

building your own?

user259867

21:41

> elementary OS Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for developers and users of elementary OS and applications.

user259867

The lowercase letter at the beginning is annoying.

hichris123

@1999 Next step on the git-fold-path: learn about the difference between rebasing & merging.

I do miss the Cupcake...

user259867

22:05

Crypto election ended two hours ago, still no announcement of winners. I suppose @Shog9 trusts that cryptographers will decipher the results themselves.

Undo

we already know the winners

in Cryptography 2015 Moderator Election on The Stack Exchange Network Chat, 2 hours ago, by Undo

> Winners are mikeazo, e-sushi, and CodesinChaos

user259867

Yes, my point exactly.

Undo

It's just a matter of getting a CM to make it official

Shog9

status-bydesign

Undo

We're working on poking one

user259867

22:08

And... it looks like CR will be the first beta site ever to have a primary round of election. (11 nominations)

bjb568

Wowee!

user259867

!!/report money.stackexchange.com/questions/47160/…

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Manually reported answer: Strategies for paying off my Student loans by Od_Finance on money.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Repeating characters in body: Symbolic link on a USB stick automatically adding extra characters upon opening by Steven on superuser.com

nicael

Does MSE work for you?

Undo

@nicael hit and miss, getting 523s

nicael

22:23

Yeah exactly...

Anything else borked?

@Shog what's up with MSE?

Shog9

CloudFlare.

nicael

Oh

It is working

Wait

Not really

Shog9

CF: "we may not be able to find your site, but we'll guarantee your customers will see an error page implying it's your fault"

6

nicael

Works partly.

Ugh

user259867

> Who's ready for the leap second to wipe out a bunch of unpatched Java and MySQL again in and hour and forty? -- Shane Madden at 3:20 PM - 30 Jun 2015 via Twitter

nicael

22:32

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

PANIC

Ugh, sooooo buggy error page.

hichris123

Still my favorite domain that Stack Exchange owns, courtesy of @JasonPunyon http://isstackoverflowdownforeveryoneorjustme.com

Tweeted by Nick_Craver on June 30, 2015 at 9:13 PM

user259867

lowercase: What tools are available to collect data online? by osbournei on stackoverflow.com

Tiny Giant

22:47

Where to bring up (seemingly unintentional) misuse of the stackoverflow logo?

user259867

lowercase: What's the best way to have Indeed.com scrape a jobs site? by carrissadv on stackoverflow.com

Undo

@1999 Running a script or something?

user259867

@Undo No, just looked at those tags

Undo

oh

user259867

lowercase: How complicated is it to scrape web pages with C++? by carmelhuc on stackoverflow.com

Feeds

22:49

We are aware of the issues with some people having issues access our site and are working on it.

Tweeted by StackStatus on June 30, 2015 at 10:42 PM

user259867

I don't know how to report them. Spam seeds, but spam flags would likely be declined.

user259867

lowercase: Any web scrapers that can handle forms in ASP pages? by barabarabw on stackoverflow.com

Undo

If it seems likely to be a spam seed, you might custom flag with a link to Brad's message here

user259867

But there are so many...

Braiam

@Undo don't mods have a dashboard, or similar, to coordinate stuff?

user259867

22:51

Is it reasonable to have a bunch of custom flags like that?

Undo

Use 'em wisely, but if it seems probable then do it

user259867

Just one more CV here: What is the best language, framework, or library for collecting/scraping public data like public records and social data about people? by donamb on stackoverflow.com

user259867

Many of them get closed "organically"

Undo

@Braiam if you really want to know you could ask on meta, don't know if I can say either way.

Tiny Giant

No one knows where a good place to bring up misuse of the stackoverflow logo would be?

user259867

22:57

@BradLarson Are other mods aware of this pattern? (Meaning: if I flag as spam, will they recognize it as such?)

Braiam

@1999 history says no

user259867

I see Bill the Lizard is aware; many of these are closed with him being the first voter.

Feeds

We're sending out a workaround for the routing issue now - access to sites should be normal within about 5 minutes.

Tweeted by StackStatus on June 30, 2015 at 11:02 PM

hichris123

Tried Atom for a bit -- it's okay, but not as fully featured as I'd like so far... and the built in git integration is fairly horrid.

bjb568

23:16

Finished reading Catcher in the Rye. I still think it's awful.

Even for fiction.

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive answer detected: What's in the package which Billy gives Madolyn in The Departed by Sarah jasinski on movies.stackexchange.com

hichris123

Jun 27 at 21:10, by Bart

@bjb568 because you're either too young or too old for it.

Tiny Giant

Good, Catcher in the Rye thinks you're awful, even for fiction

bjb568

:o

Tiny Giant

:P

hichris123

23:19

Wait wait wait... an AJAX request is made for the "top x % this year" rep thingy on the profile page?

Maybe only if it takes too long to load?

user259867

Here's a seed that stuck, CV pls: Is there any technique/software to collect data information like product detail & price from online stores? by nevttq808 on stackoverflow.com

santiago

Did @nicael break something? — santiago 2 mins ago

Tiny Giant

No one cares about misuse of the stack overflow logo?

santiago

what misuse?

user259867

Everyone has had it up ... to ... here with the SO logo.

Tiny Giant

23:26

smocan.com/#mpcth_icon_column_k2daf look at self-contained

Nothing to do with stackoverflow, but using the logo

bjb568

Noice

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: HOW I GOT MY LOAN by anita frank on money.stackexchange.com

Tiny Giant

No mobile version of the site I guess

Undo

@SmokeDetector spam

sd tpu-

user259867

@TinyGiant Indeed, looks copied. I suggest "contact us" form , "other"

Tiny Giant

23:29

It's using the font-awesome version, but not attributing it to SO

Undo

^ that

Tiny Giant

thanks for the idea :)

user259867

> Current status: Some of our stuff works. Some doesn’t. This is… not optimal. We’re workin’ on it. Hard. -- Stack Exchange at 4:21 PM - 30 Jun 2015 via Twitter

hichris123

@DadNeedsDecaf don’t be silly. Already called Yahoo! answers, & already hear back that someone’s cat had the same problem and is still sad.

Tweeted by StackExchange on June 30, 2015 at 11:27 PM in reply to DadNeedsDecaf

Who's in charge of the twitter feed?

(@StackExchange)

user259867

@hichris123 Jaydles

hichris123

23:32

Really, Jay is?

These tweets don't seem Jay-like. Color me surprised.

user259867

@TinyGiant Now I found official guidance here:

Shog9

You'd be surprised how some folks will behave when they get to write behind a pseudonym

santiago

colors @hichris123 in a shade of surprise

user259867

> If you ever stumble across anything that looks like it violates our copyright, trademark, or policies, please let us know. [link to [email protected] ]

user259867

@hichris123 His best impersonation of Buzzfeed writers

hichris123

23:35

@santiago :P

Tiny Giant

Already sent the email, thanks for confirming that my suspicion was not unfounded

hichris123

@Shog9 So... like your message, hmm?

user259867

Is there any difference between "contact us" form with "Other" reason and emailing team@ ?

Shog9

@hichris123 exactly

hichris123

@1999 At least it's less click-bait-y.

Undo

23:35

The contact form might have a better chance of getting past the spam filter if they have one

Tiny Giant

Well... I used the contact form...

Shog9

@1999 The former also tracks some information about you and your account.

nicael

O.o does @Shog write for @Jaydles?

Undo

~~offensive stackoverflow.com/questions/31149971/…~~

Shog9

perhaps we're both just pseudonyms for @Pops, thus explaining why he's been so quiet here lately...

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user259867

23:37

Ooh, fancy: dev.blog.stackexchange.com

hichris123

Gotta have my Pops.

Undo

@1999 oooooh

hichris123

@1999 Which is a public GitHub repo.

github.com/StackExchange/blog

Okay, now I'm wondering what WYAPaUEC stands for...

Shog9

oh, that reminds me... I need to whine about Disqus again

hichris123

Or is that just random characters?

bjb568

23:39

@Shog9 it sucks

user259867

> Go to our Blog Editorial and Calendar Trello board and add any and all of your ideas

user259867

Yeah, right. It's private

Braiam

@hichris123 what you ate puts a user experiment crop?

hichris123

@Braiam I was wondering why you were questioning what I ate & then realized what you were saying... :P

Undo

oh

comment oneboxing borked

hichris123

23:42

@Undo More like deleted answer.

Undo

lol

user259867

I like how the "about us" on dev.blog.stackexchange.com ends mid-sentence.

user259867

> We hope you

Undo

naa stackoverflow.com/questions/31144229/loop-through-excel-rows/…

hichris123

I feel bad for Rachel: github.com/StackExchange/blog/commits/master?author=rmaleady... she (or a dev) could've just used a script or a find & replace.

Shog9

23:46

bjb568

Yeah, and why can't I dv without a login?

nicael

Aaa how to exit mobile version in this dev blog?

user259867

@hichris123 Looks like she's editing from the web interface, every file change is a separate commit.

nicael

I click full version in chrome and it doesn't work.

Tiny Giant

@nicael Clear cache?

nicael

23:49

Wtf? How is clearing cache related?

Tiny Giant

I should have asked first, are you on a mobile device? If so idfk

nicael

Yes on galaxy s5

hichris123

@1999 Yeah... :/

Tiny Giant

I thought you switched to the mobile version on a desktop, then couldn't switch back

nicael

Need destop. Can't switch.

Tiny Giant

23:56

 lazy devs

nicael

And I forgot to reach 200 on MSE today...

And that's because of all these outages.

waits for new questions to flow

Tiny Giant

Well, it looks like my report of the logo misuse got past the spam filters

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