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user202362

12:00 PM

That's the answer that would be given by a high school student. If you hand over a paper with such a quality in a reputable university, you would probably get a fail (still ranting about the answers given to my question in SE economics)

Shadow Wizard

@bob IMO just a plain and stupid troll

bob

@ShadowWizard they could've at least answered another question with it, lol

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title: Do You Need A Brain Booster - Essential Specifics by OdamUoop on askubuntu.com

bob

@SmokeDetector tpu-

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title: Why I ought to go for Replennage Cream? by kurtisbondtn on meta.stackexchange.com

Shadow Wizard

12:06 PM

@bob true that :)

@MiceElf looks like you solved a long time mystery:

7

Q: Why are there 2 different comment flag rate limitings?

When I flag a comment, I get 2 different limits: and The first one was triggered by me trying to flag 2 comments on the same post that were obsolete - it popped up when I clicked the flag button (i.e. it is preventing me from opening the dialogue 2 times in 3 seconds): The second was enc...

you can post answer in there with what you told me in the comment

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

Huh?

-8

Q: Why not have a 'Ranting' site?

This might sound like kind of a silly suggestion. But lately, I've been looking around in the Stack Exchange site directory and I've noticed about 6 billion different sub-sites of Stack Exchange. There's nothing wrong with this. In fact, I think it's a great idea. Why don't we have a site devot...

feature-request

bob

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M there needs to be an answer ranting about pointless questions like these

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@bob We need to look for every "this might be a silly question" and downvote it, possibly.

SmokeDetector

12:24 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] URL-only title: http://naturalsmaleenhancement.com/natto5/ by meredithdurham on askubuntu.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body: Do not Verify Your Brain in the Border by user138127 on drupal.stackexchange.com

Bart

12:35 PM

@inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M whatgrindsmygears.se?

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Repeating characters in answer: Warning: mysql_fetch_assoc() expects parameter 1 to be resource, string given by dffasdfsdf on stackoverflow.com

inɒzɘmɒЯ.A.M

@Bart yudownvote.SE

Bart

:D

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Link at end of body: How to diagnose Blue Screens in Windows 7 (64bit) by a deleted user on superuser.com

PeterJ

sd ignore- and I suggested an edit because link was dead anyway

Shadow Wizard

12:45 PM

👍

user163250

22

Q: Can my employer see that I am using Netflix on my phone using their wifi?

I work at an office typing numbers into a computer. It could get quite boring sometimes so I go on Netflix while using their wifi on my phone. Can they see what apps I'm using?

wifi

user163250

LOL

user163250

A+* employee right there!

Shadow Wizard

@JonEricson hey, if you got a minute can you please have a look here? My guess is IP-level ban on other account, which isn't really "fair". Thanks!

Bart

I'm guessing that "For unrelevant reasons, I get banned by the StackExchange system on the past year" omits some relevant details

bob

1:13 PM

cv-plz stackoverflow.com/questions/33081932/… (unclear)

Bart

@bob how about you don't try to update from a url every millisecond?

bob

@Bart what?

Bart

"I have a Winform Program retrieving CSV from a URL every tick(Every millisecond)"

bob

@Bart good catch. likely to be treated as DoS by the hosting company

Also: Winform Program retrieving CSV from a URL every tick(Every millisecond): this is very likely to be classed as 'DoS' by the hosting provider, and they will block you. If you need the DataGrid updated constantly, do not update it every millisecond (you realise that you'd be polling the webserver 1,000 times a second, and it's not physically possible to send data from a server to a client that fast unless the web-server is hosted on the same machine). — bob 9 secs ago

that sock puppet from yesterday's been nuked

Shadow Wizard

1:40 PM

7 hours ago, by Shadow Wizard

Anyway, justice has been served elsewhere! Yay!

sock nuked, rep removed :D

bob

ah, good

Yummy Unicorn Rainbow Tails

Yay

bob

I'm surprised the main account wasn't suspended

maybe they were sent a warning email

Yummy Unicorn Rainbow Tails

What main account?

bob

Patric Nøis

40 9

php mysql c# javascript jquery debian webbrowser-control

sock puppet was: stackoverflow.com/users/5433732/terje-bredesen

Yummy Unicorn Rainbow Tails

1:43 PM

How did they find it?

Username isn't similar at all

Andy

@YummyUnicornRainbowTails We can tell you, but then we'd have to kill you.

Yummy Unicorn Rainbow Tails

NOOOO

bob

@YummyUnicornRainbowTails sock puppet was upvoting the other account's posts, and vice versa

Yummy Unicorn Rainbow Tails

DON'T

bob

also the occasional answer & comment

Yummy Unicorn Rainbow Tails

1:45 PM

Ahh yeah

Andy

Well, @Bart just sealed your fate. I'd avoid leaving your house for the next 6-8 weeks.

Yummy Unicorn Rainbow Tails

"User was removed"

bob

I'm now @Bart apparently.

Bart

Correct.

Andy

Whoops.

That tiny little icon next to your name looks like smaller glasses.

Bart

1:47 PM

This whole Tavern is really just one giant internal monologue I'm having ... and I'm a mere figment of Shog's imagination.

2

Yummy Unicorn Rainbow Tails

And I'm his spy!

Andy

He's on vacation. He shouldn't be having such detailed thoughts about the Tavern

Yummy Unicorn Rainbow Tails

Real?

Andy

All the CMs are in San Diego for their annual meeting.

Yummy Unicorn Rainbow Tails

Oh wow

Fun.

Andy

1:50 PM

They are still available, just busier than normal

Yummy Unicorn Rainbow Tails

And for once @Shog is not in the tavern. LETS PARTY!!!!

bob

Yummy Unicorn Rainbow Tails

@bob Vomiting?

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Pattern-matching website in body: How can I get in touch with Outlook Support? by andrewbond1307 on askubuntu.com

Yummy Unicorn Rainbow Tails

Lol just made this"

compileStyle({
    "a": {
        "background-color" : "#aaaaaa"
    }
});

sd tpu-

bob

1:53 PM

at risk of hitting my daily rep cap at Money.SE because of this:

24

Q: Why does the introduction of chip & pin appear to be so controversial in the United States?

The past few weeks there have been many news articles about the introduction of chip & pin in the United States; most of these articles are against it and citing such 'issues' as: "Some people are experiencing a 20 second wait times with these chips," said Avivah Litan, vice president and a...

risk fraud chip-card

Yummy Unicorn Rainbow Tails

Wow

That's fast

Shadow Wizard

41.099 hotness points. Well done @bob ;)

Kevin Brown

@bob That's been sitting in the HNQ list for the last day, you're probably going to hit the rep cap

Yummy Unicorn Rainbow Tails

bob

hm

@ShadowWizard was it not a good idea to ask that question after all? :)

SmokeDetector

2:04 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Blacklisted user: How to drag and drop table rows to swap them using JavaScript? by Katherine Aholloah on stackoverflow.com

Yummy Unicorn Rainbow Tails

?? why blacklist?

Kevin Brown

@YummyUnicornRainbowTails Past USB-related spam?

Yummy Unicorn Rainbow Tails

Oh

bob

@KevinBrown This account is temporarily suspended for promotional content. The suspension period ends in 21 hours.

Katherine Aholloah, Stockholm, Sweden

1 7

cache email gmail google-chrome mac thunderbird

Yummy Unicorn Rainbow Tails

Oh lol

bob

2:06 PM

IMHO the account should be destroyed..

I'm thinking the two questions on SU of theirs are decoys

Derpy

wonders how long it will take Yummy to realize that that one avatar of his has a Cutie Mark and as such is not just a colorful unicorn but an actual mlp OC

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps body: Error opening sqlite table using pandas by user308827 on stackoverflow.com

Shadow Wizard

@bob it was great idea! :D

Yummy Unicorn Rainbow Tails

Um

I'm logged out on SO

Ah

I know why

New login system

SmokeDetector

2:29 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: ITERATE THROUGH UL AND LI LIST JQUERY by raghu on stackoverflow.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Blacklisted user: Share remote repository using git? by Katherine Aholloah on stackoverflow.com

Shadow Wizard

think we can remove the user from Smoky black list, no?

Jon Ericson

@ShadowWizard I'll answer that. Sneak preview: it's got nothing to do with their IP.

Yummy Unicorn Rainbow Tails

@SmokeDetector That user again?

user163250

@YummyUnicornRainbowTails old answer.

Shadow Wizard

@JonEricson fair enough. Looking forward to see the answer.

user163250

2:32 PM

Someone must've updated something on that page.

Yummy Unicorn Rainbow Tails

And smokey found it?

Shadow Wizard

@YummyUnicornRainbowTails when there is any change in a question, it probably go over all answers.

Yummy Unicorn Rainbow Tails

Oh, so my edit

Shadow Wizard

yup - your fault

!!/blame

SmokeDetector

@ShadowWizard It's gunr2171's fault.

user163250

2:33 PM

Oops.

Yummy Unicorn Rainbow Tails

Or not

!!/kill?

No? Sad

Shadow Wizard

!!/test YummyUnicornRainbowTails

SmokeDetector

> Would not be caught for title, body and username.

Yummy Unicorn Rainbow Tails

2:59 PM

!!/test Tim Stone

SmokeDetector

> Would not be caught for title, body and username.

Yummy Unicorn Rainbow Tails

!!/test Free Usb for sale!

SmokeDetector

> Would not be caught for title, body and username.

Yummy Unicorn Rainbow Tails

Lol wat

Derpy

!!/test Baba black magic expert

SmokeDetector

3:01 PM

> Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title, bad keyword in username
----------
Title - Position 1-17: Baba black magic
Username - Position 1-17: Baba black magic
Body - Position 1-17: Baba black magic
Title - Position 1-6: Baba
Body - Position 1-6: Baba

tchrist

@YummyUnicornRainbowTails Seek not to beard the lion in his den.

Yummy Unicorn Rainbow Tails

(?:free )?\w+ for sale

Derpy

!!/test Watch games of thrones seasons online

SmokeDetector

> Would not be caught for title, body and username.

Derpy

This one is strange too.

SmokeDetector

3:03 PM

> Would not be caught for title, body and username.

Derpy

at least baba is still there

tchrist

@YummyUnicornRainbowTails why

Derpy

resuming my sleep in the Sugarcube

Yummy Unicorn Rainbow Tails

@tchrist ??? What about

watch (?:\w+| )+ online

Yey upvote on arqade... so boring

tchrist

@YummyUnicornRainbowTails Why /(?:free )?\w+ for sale/ instead of /\w+ for sale/? (edited to make clear where the pattern delimiters are)

Yummy Unicorn Rainbow Tails

3:06 PM

Because I suck at regex and didn't see that

tchrist

Free things for sale are cheap at half the price.

Yummy Unicorn Rainbow Tails

.+ Will report everything. Lets add it as a smokey regex!

tchrist

If you ask about running credit cards though for sales without first running them through for authorizing that amount, will it trigger noisy false positives in Smokey the hypochondriac?

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Pattern-matching website in answer: Software for converting *.qmg files to *.png files by hamedb71 on softwarerecs.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: FATAL EXSEPTION MAIN by jaka292 on stackoverflow.com

tchrist

@YummyUnicornRainbowTails I actually don’t know why /\w+ for sale/ is any better than /(?:ix) \b for \s+ sale \b / but I still question whether that mightn’t give too many false positives.

user163250

3:17 PM

cv-pls duplicate stackoverflow.com/q/25760062/456814

Jon Ericson

0

A: Am I a victim of any sort of StackExchange's banning system bug?

The good news is that this is neither a bug nor a ban as the result of being on the same IP as someone else. Instead it is a garden-variety question ban: Stack Exchange has automatic filters in place to ban questions from accounts that have contributed many low-quality questions in the past. ...

Pandya

status-feature-request

4

When I tried to start chat-room with a user, I clicked on "start a new room with user" and chat-room created under specific site : Unix & Linux. It may be because the parent site of my profile is Unix & Linux. So, Why there is an option for specific site not provided, Unlike when starting a n...

feature-request support chat

user163250

I hate getting comment responses on Meta on things that were posted last year! sigh

Yummy Unicorn Rainbow Tails

Mod only I think

SmokeDetector

3:35 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Link at end of body: It will expand your long haul memory by alisonevans on drupal.stackexchange.com

Yummy Unicorn Rainbow Tails

sd tpu-

SmokeDetector

3:55 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Few unique characters in answer, repeating characters in answer: what do you call a civilized person? by fuck on english.stackexchange.com

user163250

@SmokeDetector tpu-

xkcdBot

Today's xkcd comic (Frankenstein):

"Wait, so in this version is Frankenstein also the doctor's name?" "No, he's just 'The Doctor'."

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Pattern-matching website in answer: How do I wire this 240v fan motor and thermostat by JpaytonWPD on diy.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Blacklisted website in answer: How to share single 3G dongle network connection over a LAN which is connected via cable by Muhammed riyas Kv on superuser.com

bjb568

4:11 PM

[Error] Refused to load frame 'blob:localhost/d7339bc7-eafe-4919-9fa3-27bd67c0309a'; because it violates the following Content Security Policy directive: "frame-src blob:".

Is this right?

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Email in body: Do you need a loan? by Nuzzi Anthony on money.stackexchange.com

user163250

4:26 PM

I almost used up all of my downvotes for the day again :/

bjb568

Meh, frame-src is deprecated. Safari requires the new child-src, FireFox require the old frame-src, Chrome is happy with either or both. Using both borks Safari…

Unless I do browser detection…

header['Content-Security-Policy'] =
	"default-src 'self'; " +
	"connect-src 'self' wss://" + req.headers.host + ":81;" +
	" child-src blob:; " +
	(req.headers['user-agent'].indexOf('Firefox') != -1 ? ' frame-src blob:;' : '') +
	"img-src *";

meh, ugly

SmokeDetector

4:57 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: USB FLASH DRIVE WRITE PROTECTED by Pavle on askubuntu.com

SmokeDetector

5:11 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: How To Remove wrinkles and dark circles? by jackloreiny on askubuntu.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Manually reported answer: Can CloudFlare perform automatic failover to a different backend? by iGroup on stackoverflow.com

user163250

@BoltClock'saUnicorn I bet I've got something that will make you laugh.

user163250

Or cry.

BoltClock's a Unicorn

Try me

user163250

0

A: Android app slows down after adding minSdkVersion

I think Android turns on hardware-acceleration by default if you target a specific SDK-Version (> 4.0 I think). That is probably what causes the difference.

user163250

1

A: ViewPager runs slower on the same device while changing minimum SDK version

I think Android turns on hardware-acceleration by default if you target a specific SDK-Version (> 4.0 I think). That is probably what causes the difference.

user163250

5:21 PM

Now look at the first guy's bio.

user163250

So are you laughing or crying right now?

ProgramFOX

Do you have a bio link? The first answer is gone...

BoltClock's a Unicorn

I'm disappointed that none of his most recent answers are actually plagiarized

user163250

LOL

BoltClock's a Unicorn

Just this one

What a poser

user163250

5:24 PM

ProgramFOX

... xD

BoltClock's a Unicorn

Sometimes I wonder how people feel about Stack Overflow having a brony on the mod team

user163250

A brony?

user163250

Who are you referring to?

BoltClock's a Unicorn

I mean you go to stackoverflow.com/users?tab=moderators and then you see a goddamn pony avatar

@Cupcake myself

SmokeDetector

5:25 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: ***PLEASE SHOW ALL WORK!! by REHAM on math.stackexchange.com

user163250

@BoltClock'saUnicorn well, what do you think most people will feel when they realize that minitech is still in highschool?

user163250

He's like 16 now, right?

user163250

Been modding since 13?

BoltClock's a Unicorn

@Cupcake That isn't nearly as obvious anymore though

The age field is no longer shown

user163250

On his profile, or anyone's profile?

BoltClock's a Unicorn

5:28 PM

Anyone's

Ever since they introduced the new profile layout I think?

user163250

Oh, I didn't know that they got rid of that.

BoltClock's a Unicorn

The birthday field is still there, I checked

user163250

Never noticed.

BoltClock's a Unicorn

They just uh, don't do anything with it anymore

ProgramFOX

It's still shown on your network profile.

user163250

5:29 PM

I wonder if it had anything to do with having to nuke anyone under 13...

BoltClock's a Unicorn

@ProgramFOX Ah, so it is

@Cupcake You can't specify a dob that makes you under 13

user163250

Huh, never noticed that either...for obvious reasons.

user163250

@BoltClock'saUnicorn honestly, it fits right in with the wombat, the robot, the ninja dog, and the imu.

user163250

Bohemian ♦, Melbourne, Australia

177k 31 201 317

java mysql regex sql string generics arrays

user163250

BoltClock ♦, Singapore

320k 73 795 945

css html css-selectors css3 php jquery javascript

user163250

5:35 PM

Flexo ♦

47.6k 14 85 142

c++ swig c python java c++11 linux

user163250

Jon Clements ♦, England

62.2k 9 88 146

python list python-2.7 python-3.x regex dictionary string

user163250

Matt ♦, Reading, United Kingdom

43.5k 9 78 119

javascript jquery html ajax json php jquery-selectors

user163250

You don't stand out from the crowd when everyone else is just as odd as you.

BoltClock's a Unicorn

nah m8, a brony will always stand out in all the best and worst ways

0x7fffffff ♦, Florida

62.9k 22 143 192

ios objective-c iphone xcode swift uitableview cocoa-touch

Brad Larson ♦, Madison, WI

139k 32 316 472

iphone ios objective-c opengl-es cocoa-touch gpuimage core-animation

casperOne ♦, Brooklyn, NY

54k 10 115 190

c# .net linq wcf asp.net sql sql-server

ChrisF ♦, United Kingdom

83.9k 14 147 236

c# .net wpf silverlight winforms asp.net visual-studio

Looking for someone with as many gold tag badges as I have, don't mind me

George Stocker ♦, Springfield, VA

35.8k 21 123 190

c# asp.net-mvc asp.net .net javascript asp.net-mvc-3 html

Gordon ♦, Essen, Germany

187k 39 336 411

php zend-framework oop xml arrays html mysql

Jeremy Banks ♦, Canada || California

41.4k 47 195 240

javascript python php jquery html regex json

Martijn Pieters ♦, Cambridge, United Kingdom

405k 44 842 1035

python python-2.7 python-3.x list dictionary string regex

There we go

user163250

They're so... shiny ...

BoltClock's a Unicorn

5:38 PM

(Why was I dum enough to onebox profiles of those with < 100k rep)

Andy

I'm surprised Martijn has so few gold badges.

user163250

Meagar almost has all gold badges.

user163250

meagar ♦, Canada

113k 13 165 212

php javascript ruby-on-rails ruby jquery git html

BoltClock's a Unicorn

@Andy Fewer gold badges in total than me :O

user163250

Same with minitech.

BoltClock's a Unicorn

5:39 PM

He's passed 1k bronze badges though

I'm still trucking along

Now that you mention it, I have no idea how I have that many gold badges

Martijn has 17 Great Answers, I have 42. Mah gawd

josilber

Oh wow, I'm slow. I never made the connection that BoltClock's a Unicorn was BoltClock.

BoltClock's a Unicorn

stackoverflow.com/users/106224/…

jfc

Andy

@BoltClock'saUnicorn whistles in admiration I'm going to be happy when one of mine reaches triple digits.

BoltClock's a Unicorn

@josilber To be fair, "BoltClock's a Unicorn" is written in the third-person perspective

josilber

@BoltClock'saUnicorn Yeah, I guess that's what threw me off. Hi BoltClock!

BoltClock's a Unicorn

5:54 PM

10/10 would attend "BoltClock's School of HTML/CSS and MLP" — rlemon Mar 4 at 18:54

bob

cv-pls duplicate of stackoverflow.com/questions/23834001/… Visual Studio C# grammar/sentence structure-checking method. - Jordan Saunders - 2015-10-12 17:54:51Z

bob

6:19 PM

@SmokeDetector why

Infinite Recursion

So many oneboxes!! :O

SmokeDetector

@bob There is no why data for that post (anymore).

bob

@SmokeDetector delete

rene

6:55 PM

is this worth a re-open / close against the correct dupe?

user163250

@Cupcake, The "community" isn't what it used to be years ago. I used to use stackoverflow extensively. But I joined relatively recently to help push back on this aberrant bullshit behavior. The entire mechanism rewards most the sort of character that feeds on control and pedantry, not on help. — tgm1024 4 hours ago

user163250

Talk about someone with an agenda. <eyeroll>

rene

@Cupcake thanks, you made me smile :)

bjb568

7:11 PM

Hallo, me eat good panera sandwich

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title, pattern-matching website in title, url in title: http://healthsupplementcare.com/adderin/ by zvzvzjuriya on meta.stackexchange.com

rene

@rene pr0blam solved

Shadow Wizard

7:34 PM

@JonEricson thanks!

DragonLord the Fiery

sd trueu-

Any ideas on how I could use my old 2012 Nexus 7? It's considered end-of-life by Google and will no longer receive any official updates. I'm 100% willing to unlock the bootloader and flash arbitrary OSes on it.

hichris123

@DragonLordtheFiery People are working on porting Marshmallow. I'm in the same boat, btw.

DragonLord the Fiery

7:49 PM

(My current primary tablet is a Nexus 9 running CyanogenMod nightly builds, so Android modding is not new to me.)

Pikamander2

8:00 PM

Hey guys, you know how some users post a link to JSFiddle or CodePen and then don't include the code in the question itself?

There are a few problems with that, like making it harder to find the question via search, and the question becoming unusable if JSFiddle or CodePen ever shut down

I wrote a query to find those kinds of posts: data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflow/query/374895/…

Shadow Wizard

@Pikamander2 nice, but I suspect many more include only partial code (e.g. only HTML) and still lacking critical parts.

Pikamander2

@ShadowWizard - Probably, but finding those without too many false positives would be close to impossible

Shadow Wizard

@Pikamander2 that's very true :)

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title, phone number detected in title: ^^^ *//1-844-247-1987*//HP Canon Brother Printer technical support phone number, HP printer Tech s by Riya Kaur on webapps.stackexchange.com

DragonLord the Fiery

sd trueu-

Keyword stuffing, that's pretty much it. — DragonLord 7 secs ago

SmokeDetector

8:15 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title: [[[{I-844-23I-5378>hotmail customer support phone number by Kumari Sneha on webapps.stackexchange.com

DragonLord the Fiery

sd trueu-

SmokeDetector devs, please be advised that the title of this spam post used letter substitution in the phone number to circumvent spam filtering.

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: MPU9150 (JEFF LIB) + FIFO_OVERFLOW INTERRUPT + SERIAL PRINT by ozzmanli on arduino.stackexchange.com

DragonLord the Fiery

sd ignore-

!!/rev

SmokeDetector

@DragonLordtheFiery 62f7a8a (ProgramFOX: No all-caps body filter for body summary)

Shadow Wizard

8:50 PM

!!/report meta.stackexchange.com/a/267807

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Manually reported answer: Textual Smilies/emoticons usage by user25253 on meta.stackexchange.com

SmokeDetector

9:30 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Numbers-only title: $(-2-2)^2$ - (-2+3)(-2-3)-4($-2^2$+2) = 69? by Julian Nikolay Krogh-Fredrikse on math.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Email in answer: calculating aggregate confidence intervals for forecasts by Sam Savage on stats.stackexchange.com

SmokeDetector

9:49 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Repeating words in answer: Sides of a quadrilateral by ENSWEG on math.stackexchange.com

DragonLord the Fiery

@SmokeDetector false-

@SmokeDetector trueu-

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive answer detected: Simple Producer-Consumer example by emma on stackoverflow.com

DragonLord the Fiery

sd trueu-

tchrist

Who knew that @bob's smart-card question would be such a hotbed of hotness?

32

Q: Why does the introduction of chip & pin appear to be so controversial in the United States?

The past few weeks there have been many news articles about the introduction of chip & pin in the United States; most of these articles are against it and citing such 'issues' as: "Some people are experiencing a 20 second wait times with these chips," said Avivah Litan, vice president and a...

risk fraud chip-card

Sparr

10:04 PM

Is there a common practice for re-asking the same question months or years later on meta sits, about site features/policies/processes, if the community consensus might have changed in the interim?

tchrist

Well, it happens, but it isn't very well looked upon in some circles.

SmokeDetector

10:18 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in answer: Can't copy files because file names are too long by barifon on stackoverflow.com

user202362

Oo, bounty does get questions good answers

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Email in answer: How to have wifi connected raspberry pi control an arduino? by messyfresh on raspberrypi.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive answer detected: How to order an array in Ruby by Lost Bam on stackoverflow.com

SmokeDetector

10:48 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Numbers-only title, phone number detected in title: 123456789101112131415 by Dzmitry Rybalko on stackoverflow.com

hichris123

> The compiler does not answer.

user202362

Compilers almost always only give extra explanations on the bad news, when it comes to the good news, it's done quickly.

DragonLord the Fiery

100% normal. The Unix philosophy calls for command-line apps to simply return silently on successful execution, rather than to spew out unnecessary output.

> If you're reading my Puzzling profile, please be aware that my reputation score earned from posts there is 26262 and not 1.

rand al'thor, Shayol Ghul

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riddle word logic-puzzle math rhyme lateral-thinking enigmatic-puzzles

Why is this user suspended?

The user's probably just confused about the rules. A 12-month suspension is not justified.

user202362

11:11 PM

suspensions are random

DragonLord the Fiery

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Q: How not to be a spammer (redux)

A number of community members have recently been launching puzzle sites of their own. This is something I'm actually personally proud of - that Puzzling might be an inspiration for original content puzzling sites around the 'net. Not only that, but a number of community members have existing site...

discussion faq plagiarism spam

Okay, the user was found to have plagiarized content. However, I think a 12-month suspension from the get-go is too heavy-handed.

30-90 days?

Oh, okay. Ongoing spam and sockpuppetry. Gross abuse.

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Q: Publishing puzzles both on Puzzling.SE and elsewhere

A riddle was recently posted, but it seems to have been mistakenly deleted as "spam". As with many puzzles on Puzzling.SE, it was an original creation, posted by the person who wrote the puzzle. In this case, the same person had also published the riddle elsewhere; however, a link was clearly dis...

discussion deleted-questions

12 months is a bit harsh, though, when you consider the user's existing contributions.

I'd be more inclined to suspend for 30 days first.

Perhaps 90 days given how severe the case was, but 12 months is a bit heavy-handed for a 20k+ user.

user202362

No offence, since I have been suspended 7 days for posting a cat picture, I am not really surprised if someone else gets 60 year suspension for breaking minor rules - there is no consistent rules on suspensions.

user202362

Suspension rules on SE is like marine laws in Somalia.

user202362

It's highly 'flexible'

user202362

it's retarded

DragonLord the Fiery

11:24 PM

Looks like there was grossly promotional content. Revision histories indicate that Rand (and associated users) was not 100% willing to release content under CC BY-SA 3.0 as required by Stack Exchange: puzzling.stackexchange.com/revisions/20487/1

> Source and copyright holders: the Riddler's Den.

This is evidence that the user wanted to maintain full rights over the content.

In addition:

Minder Daemon

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rhyme riddle word

Seems to be very concerned about copyright. Again, user was probably not willing to release content under CC BY-SA 3.0.

user202362

sock puppets seem to be highly bannable offence nowadays

DragonLord the Fiery

This concern about copyright, with a seeming unwillingness to release content openly, is a good indication that there's a conflict of interest.

user202362

Weird thing is that, there is usually no reason stored in the system for suspensions

user202362

this is why suspension system is so prone to abuse

user202362

rules should not be based on 'feels' just like good laws are not based on circumstantial evidence

user202362

11:35 PM

On that note, SE suspension system is very broken

DragonLord the Fiery

Lots of decisions like this are fueled by a desire to get vengeance, not merely an attempt to solve the problem.

user202362

exactly what I meant

DragonLord the Fiery

In all my years on Super User, a core goal of mine is to make sure every user is fairly treated. I just try to stick to the facts.

A highly-established user engaging in spammy conduct of this sort need not be suspended for 12 months right from the get-go.

I suppose there was an intention to commercialize Riddler's Den content (hence the unusually strong copyright assertions), but Stack Exchange is not the appropriate platform for this purpose.

I don't remember seeing anything like this happen on Super User, but I've seen misguided attempts by otherwise well-behaved users to promote content.

TOOGAM

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A: How can I get more low memory with the following setup:

Agreed with using better drivers. I saw OAKCDROM.SYS and instantly thought of alternatives. I didn't know about UIDE when I researched this many years ago. But I still found better alternatives than OAKCDROM.SYS : See TOOGAM's Software Archive: CD-ROM drivers. CuteMouse is also a great recomm...

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive body detected: the meaning of the phrase 'all the lawyers standing on the shoulders of the butchers to get a better look' by whitecap on ell.stackexchange.com

DragonLord the Fiery

The user takes branding of his own site seriously enough that he writes ][CyberPillar][.

Although your answers have been relevant, most or all of them are promotional in nature. This is likely to result in your account being suspended. If you'd like to promote your own products, please consider purchasing ads on Stack Exchange. See also the help center and meta.superuser.com/questions/2352. — DragonLord Jan 6 at 19:23

The user now contributes legitimately, but needed a bit of a heads-up.

user202362

11:54 PM

You know what? Internet communities remind me a lot of early human societies: there is a relatively small group of people, everyone seems to know everyone else more or less or at least aware of their existence. And the 'justice' system consists of one or a few elderly (you know, those who have been around for a long time) to decide on things :p

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