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7:02 PM

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7:13 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: GREEK YOGURT BAKING by Kakuhiro Kazama on cooking.stackexchange.com (@Unihedron)

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user259867

Candidates #18 and #19: our very own josilber and Jason C.

rene

\o/

user259867

Nominations close in 43 minutes.

user259867

Generally, Taverners don't do well in the SO elections but there's a first for everything.

Lynn Crumbling

That's because everything they say is recorded! :)

<grin>

rene

7:21 PM

@NormalHuman Interesting, why would that be? To dominant in their opinions?

Lynn Crumbling

This should be an interesting election. Although, it speaks more to look at the other individuals running....

There are a few that you would THINK would already be mods.

user259867

Let's see... as a working definition of "Taverner" I can use (privileged SD user ) || bjb

user259867

By this definition, 8 out of 19 qualify: Undo, Andy, Jason C, Ed Cottrell, Madara Uchiha, vaultah, josilber, bjb

user259867

Not a perfect definition, Madara isn't around often.

rene

So your hypothesis is that none of those will become a moderator, right?

user259867

7:37 PM

Well, last time 11 Taverners ran: Qantas 94 Heavy, bjb, Ed Cottrell, hichris123, Andy, Undo, AstroCB, Jason C, Mooseman, Madara Uchiha, Unihedron.

user259867

None elected.

user259867

Obligatory xkcd.com/1122

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

Who got elected last time? Scratching head Martjin and?

bjb568

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user259867

@Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ. stackoverflow.com/election/6

bjb568

7:38 PM

+29/-26

one delv pending still from forever ago, do these not age?

Shog9

Former Taverners who've been elected as SO mods:
Tim Post
George Stocker
jjnguy
animuson
Jeremy Banks

(probably others; my memory of who's active in chat ain't perfect and I'm too lazy to query)

@bjb568 they do not

bjb568

@Shog9 no longer regulars :(

Shog9

well, what's that tell you?

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

Oh. If getting elected completely equals not visiting Tavern I don't want them to get elected.

bjb568

Maybe the Tavern is a training ground for potential mods.

Shog9

7:41 PM

animuson still drops in now and then to delete spam like a madman

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

Animan.

rene

@bjb568 Maybe it was, those times are long gone ... ;)

bjb568

something something dank memes

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bwDraco

sd trueu-

nicael

7:56 PM

> Nominations close in 3 minutes.

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

:o I should nominate.

nicael

YES GO FOR IT :D

> Nominations close in 51 seconds.

> Nominations close in 12 seconds.

> Nominations close momentarily.

bjb568

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

（ノT＿T)ノ＾┻━┻

nicael

stackoverflow.com/election?cb=1#post-33617840

vote up

stackoverflow.com/election?cb=1#post-33658073

vote up

bjb568

8:02 PM

will close just now - grammar error

Post bug!

Andy

Don't forget me, @nicael. :)

nicael

just was going to :D

stackoverflow.com/election?cb=1#post-33617646

vote up

Dammit, I want live vote updates and sorting by votes :/

Andy

Undo has one: soprimaries.erwaysoftware.com

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nicael

all the zeros are incorrect

Because once a nominee gains the score less than zero, the zero is displayed...

user259867

Why is the red line moving up instead of separating top 10 from the rest? bug

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

8:06 PM

@NormalHuman The bloody hell is rising.

2

bjb568

Oh hay, didn't know I could do this

nicael

@Andy anyone please put it in the topic or pin

user259867

Meanwhile, the sad election at Japanese Language still doesn't have enough candidates, despited extended nomination period.

nicael

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

Poor Snailboat.

Nov 11 at 19:46, by Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

If @BJB gets elected, I'll eat my hat. :P

LOL

Poor cat. Gives BJB some tuna

nicael

8:12 PM

+24/-51

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

The last three places are a bit shaky. :(

bjb568

Yay undo leading!

nicael

Almost

GO UNDO

bjb568

@Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ. I actually just ordered a tuna salad sandwich at Panera

rene

What are those chips doing there?

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

8:20 PM

@rene Used for luring fish.

rene

That sounds logical

bjb568

:p

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user259867

Looks like a face...

user259867

8:22 PM

Is this a portrait of bjb?

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

Must be.

ɥʇǝS

@bjb568 yummmmmy!

bjb568

@nicael appears to be caching

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

Andy made it to 10. \o/

bjb568

And I to -25

Andy

8:25 PM

@Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ. \o/

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Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

Meanwhile, I'm writing a decaffeinating meta post on chem. I myself felt sleepy, so I'll finish it tomorrow.

@SmokeDetector tpu-

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Sterling Archer

^ lol

user259867

Cincinnati - University of Cincinnati #203055
120 Calhoun Street
Phone: 513-961-6300

user259867

8:31 PM

Google Street View, but I don't see any cats in sunglasses coming or leaving.

Bart

@NormalHuman that's because you forget to account for one thing ... who is taking the picture?

bjb568

:o

user259867

I can call them to say that a tuna-eating cat must be stopped at all costs. Don't let him out alive.

user259867

Or else, SO is doomed.

bjb568

Too late

Sterling Archer

8:46 PM

Hovering just above 0. My nomination dreams have come true <3

Bart

Just wait until you moderator nightmares come true

Sterling Archer

I live for nightmares!

my life is a nightmare

help me pls

Jason C

I'll trade you nightmares.

Sterling Archer

Mine is a world without Burt Reynolds

Jason C

2 months ago I went to the doctor for constant headaches and numbness. I got blood tests and a CT. Nothing showed up. Should have got an MRI but insurance denied it. That's still happening. Yesterday I got a 3/4" splinter stuck in my hand and broken off. Insurance system was down. No customer service on weekends, because who gets hurt on weekends? Had to go to sleep with it.

I checked the site today to make sure my insurance was cool, and got a $3000 bill for the routine blood tests.

I am moving to Canada.

Sterling Archer

8:52 PM

What the hell!

Dude I'm sorry :(

Jason C

For some reason it's illegal to not have health insurance. It should be illegal to have it.

rene

That is the joy of the free market ...

Sterling Archer

Yeah I'm currently uninsured until January.

Jason C

The customer service lady was mind blowingly heartless. "How do I not pay for this?" "Have the doctor change the procedure codes to something my plan covers." "To what?" "I couldn't tell you." "You don't know what the plan covers?" "You'll have to have the doctor change the codes." "Wait what?"

And they can't actually go back and retroactively change the paperwork anyways.

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Sterling Archer

8:54 PM

And it's going to cost me $246/m for coverage, because the $165 cheapest option was literally paying all that money for no coverage

Jason C

Yeah it's retarded.

Sterling Archer

I'd rather take the $700 tax hit than the $2000 a year and nothing is covered hit

Jason C

Plus it's like...

I go to the doctor with headaches early. If it turns into something worse, it costs the insurance company more, it strains the system more. I go to get the splinter taken care of right away. If it gets infected, same deal. I don't understand how denying those things is a successful business model.

Sterling Archer

Healthcare is worse than it ever was

Jason C

I know.

Sterling Archer

8:56 PM

Literally everybody I know that had health insurance was either dropped or the plan changed to something terrible or the costs skyrocketed for good coverage

Jason C

The lady on the phone said "Well that's how insurance works."

Sterling Archer

what a c-word

Jason C

I know.

I don't understand what all the health care changes accomplished either other than making buying insurance confusing as hell.

Sterling Archer

Ugh.

I gotta run. I hope everything turns out ok man

Jason C

I have a fantasy of sitting down at a table with Obama and the CEO of Highmark and just being like, "So uh... not sure if you guys are aware of this, but your crap doesn't actually, you know, work. Let's talk about this. Did you know this? Did you make a mistake?"

Peace.

Shog9

8:59 PM

@JasonC the problem is that "health insurance" should be something you rarely/never need to use. Getting a splinter removed should be a few bucks, something you'd just pay out of pocket. But that's not what we have; health "insurance" has skewed pricing so much that it's impossible to pay what a procedure is worth.

Which is why when I get a splinter I remove it with a razor blade, pour alcohol on it, and then superglue it back together.

(and I have really good insurance)

Jason C

@Shog9 I'm all about the razor blade but I can't even see the deep end of this one. I'll have to wait until it comes out a bit more and just, not close my hand for a while.

Shog9

@JasonC palm?

Jason C

Yeah right in the middle.

Shog9

ah, so not the fleshy part. That sucks.

Jason C

Well, closer to the thumb.

Shog9

9:01 PM

the trick is to cut just the skin

but if you think it's gone deeper than that, that's a problem

Jason C

It's way deep. I'm going to wait on a dr visit until I get the $3000 thing worked out. I don't really feel like dealing with insurance right now.

Another good trick is cut the surface then dump some wood glue on it.

Then it pulls right out.

(For tiny ones)

Life hack!

Shog9

yeah, or the duct-tape trick for getting rid of a bunch of tiny fibers

Jason C

I wish there was some kind of insurance break for like, hardly ever going to doctors. Like when you get car insurance breaks for driving safe.

Andy

I worked at a hospital who's food trays didn't hold up well in their dishwasher. They embeded plastic splinters in your palm and were tiny. Duct tape was awesome at getting those out.

Jason C

Lol that sounds like some kind of poorly thought out conspiracy to get return customers at the hospital.

Looks like your leg healed up just fine. Too bad your hands are full of fiberglass, wonder how that happened? We'll just have to take a look at that.

Benjamin Gruenbaum

9:14 PM

@Undo rooting for you ^^

user259867

I'm partial to mod candidates with some academic background... Bill was/is a part-time college instructor, and now josilber has a chance of becoming a PhD-bearing mod.

Benjamin Gruenbaum

Why?

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Doorknob

I still don't know to whom my third vote's going... (aside from Madara and Undo)

Benjamin Gruenbaum

If sterling makes the cutoff it's sterline, otherwise IDK. Also Madara and Undo

user259867

9:21 PM

deceze looks like a strong candidate.

Benjamin Gruenbaum

Yeah, definitely, I'd trust him as a mod

Doorknob

The name sounds vaguely familiar (not just from previous elections), but I don't know why.

user259867

@Doorknob SEDE: Have we met?

rene

Let's see if the humor of @JasonC is still ok...

Jason C

rene

9:24 PM

I take that as yes

user259867

The election monitor has Jeremy Banks as candidate #20.

Jason C

Lol

user259867

And still doesn't keep the Red Line of Doom in its proper place.

Benjamin Gruenbaum

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Q: Ghost Haunting the Election Page

Well, obviously Jeremy Banks isn't running for moderator this time :D Why am I seeing this? Is this a bug? An illustration?

Doorknob

Maybe that's what happens when someone who already has a diamond submits a nomination

user259867

9:26 PM

I think mods can nominate themselves again, there is no check to stop them.

user259867

After all, they have to do that as pro-tem mods.

nicael

^ yeah, they can

rene

If we elect him will his diamond be removed?

Or does he get two?

nicael

One. The diamonds will be merged ;)

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Undo

9:30 PM

@BenjaminGruenbaum Thank you, that means a great deal to me coming from you ;)

Benjamin Gruenbaum

:)

Bart

@JasonC ... must ... obey ... Jason C ...... will ... haunt ... @bjb568

Jason C

@Bart Yes, yes. Now, go to the nearest McDonald's. Order 300 Egg McMuffins and ALL of the ketchup. Then, bring it to the compound. I am counting on you.

Remember: ALL OF THE KETCHUP.

user259867

Congratulations! Signal Processing is graduating! by Grace Note on meta.dsp.stackexchange.com

user259867

Congratulations! Emacs is graduating! by Grace Note on meta.emacs.stackexchange.com

user259867

9:37 PM

Congratulations, Worldbuilding is graduating! by Grace Note on meta.worldbuilding.stackexchange.com

user259867

Congratulations, Aviation is graduating! by Grace Note on meta.aviation.stackexchange.com

Bart

Grace Note Spam!

user259867

Emacs takes over as the youngest graduated site, started 2014-09-23, graduated 2015-11-16

bjb568

@JasonC I read that as Eggs Mclarin. I do too much SO.

Jason C

FETCH ME THE YOKE OF EGGS MCLAREN AT ONCE!

Lynn Crumbling

9:40 PM

@Bart Doesn't seem like you can reason with them...

Bart

You must be yoking.

Jason C

(improved)

Bart

@LynnCrumbling Grace Note? Or MSO Toxic guy?

Jason C

Ouch, I yoked my eye

Lynn Crumbling

Toxic guy.

Bart

9:41 PM

Myeah, I'm out of that one.

user259867

Signal Processing and Emacs got two exclamation points from Grace Note; Worldbuilding and Aviation only one. Hmmm.

Doorknob

@NormalHuman woah, Emacs is graduating already? O_o

user259867

And Vim is not. :P

Jason C

John Bonham, yoked to death on his own vomit?

...

Doorknob

@NormalHuman >:(

Jason C

9:42 PM

Sorry that's no yoke

@rene ^ Nope, sense of humor is busted.

rene

:)

Jason C

It's a sign that I should get back to work. Peace.

Bart

@LynnCrumbling okay, last comment, now I'm out :p

(Yeah, I have nothing better to do)

Lynn Crumbling

You sure?

:)

"but... it still itches..."

Bart

All part of my toxic grumpy old man quota ... I'm good for today

Lynn Crumbling

9:46 PM

42 comments.

Bart

Too many really.

rene

@Bart you're not over 50, right?

Bart

I said old @rene, not dead.

5

nicael

LOL :D

bjb568

+200/-186

At least I'm not underwater.

nicael

9:53 PM

Cool!

Bart

Lol, when even Pekka is fed up with someone, you know the discussion is over.

Lynn Crumbling

Grumpy developers... toxic culture... you run a pretty big mouth for someone who hasn't really, you know, done much on SO, as such. Armchair quarterbacking is always super easy. How about you hang out a couple years, post a couple of thousand comments trying to, you know, help folks (including pointing total newbies the right way, even when that isn't SO yet), try to moderate the stream of incoming questions (10,000+ every day!) productively, and then we'll talk again. — Pekka 웃 3 mins ago

Indeed.

Halt die Klappe.

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