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Quill

15:00

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If your name is on the first two pages of this page you'll be hearing from me soon... but that's good news! this time We want to send you a little care package, as a token of our appreciation for being awesome and making this site the success it has become! Inside this little box, you'll find: A...

UNIKITTY 2.0

lol

you getting?

Swears at CF first

Quill

yeah, I'm middle of 2nd page

Shadow Wizard

15:11

@Quill congrats! What you choose?

Quill

uh you get all of them...

UNIKITTY 2.0

Well night!

Shadow Wizard

oh, lol, thought you get to choose

Quill

@unikitty night

Shadow Wizard

@UNIKITTY2.0 sleep tight!

What will you do with the rubber duck, @Quill?

Quill

15:15

sit it on my desk, I guess

ask it Java questions

Shadow Wizard

hmm.. @Quill off topic note - 2016 Winterbash will begin (hopefully) in 11 months or so.

You might win it too, but that's still not sure.

Quill

lol thanks

Shadow Wizard

!!/hats

SmokeDetector

@ShadowWizard Winterbash is over. :(

Shadow Wizard

When will Smoky begin counting again? @Pro

ProgramFOX

15:17

When we know the dates of next WB?

Shadow Wizard

oh. Makes some sense.

But we weren't sure about the exact date this year when it started counting, no?

It was a wise guess as far as I remember

Quill

there was a countdown on the page

ProgramFOX

I don't remember when we started counting for past WB.

Anyway I'm not going to add a counter when it's not certain yet. :P

Shadow Wizard

I think @Norm did. Hey, why isn't he pingable??

ProgramFOX

Because he hasn't posted here recently, duh. :P

Shadow Wizard

15:22

Winterbash 2015 Smoky Countdown begins

Nov 20 '15 at 3:22, 34 minutes total – 9 messages, 5 users, 11 stars

Bookmarked 6 secs ago by Shadow Wizard

rene

He gave up on us

Shadow Wizard

@rene well, at least he keeps his zombie chat account.... ;)

Orphan is better word though, as it got no parent account

huh, OP approved my edit. Yay!

Damkerng T.

Sorry for the interruption, but how could we help this user?

@DamkerngT. I don't understand why I can't sign up. It is said English Language Learner Stack exchange requires external java script from another domain, which is blocked and failed to load. — student 3 mins ago

Shadow Wizard

@DamkerngT. posted a comment. Those are usually tricky, as it's not on SE side, but on the user's end.

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

@DamkerngT. Load their Javascript for them? O_O

Damkerng T.

15:28

Maybe their browser doesn't allow cross-site scripting?

Shadow Wizard

@DamkerngT. there's no such thing to begin with in SE.

They're using plain AJAX, if anything.

Damkerng T.

@ShadowWizard Got it! Thanks for the comment over there!

Shadow Wizard

No problem! :)

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive answer detected: N-queen backtracking in Python: how to return solutions instead of printing them? by nas dennis on stackoverflow.com

rene

@DamkerngT. I left another comment with a link to what is supported/needs to work

Damkerng T.

15:33

@rene Thanks!

Oh, that's a very good meta post!

rene

Yeah, it might a bit technical though

Shadow Wizard

@bluefeet hey, I got a pending flag on this question for two weeks now... any chance to put an end to its misery? Even decline, not that important for me. :)

rene

She tramples on you, will that do?

Shadow Wizard

@rene she's too light for trample, so I'm not worried.

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Few unique characters in answer: actionscript 3 transfer from one scene to another by yee on stackoverflow.com

rekire

15:42

sd k

bluefeet

@ShadowWizard well there isn't a shrug reason to get rid of a flag and investigating it isn't a huge priority at this moment so it will probably just sit until someone has time to review it again :P

Oh and I'll hurt you if I trample you!

Shadow Wizard

@bluefeet holding breath for another 6-8 weeks

rekire

^^

rene

I think I made a mistake here, my last hours have started:

I will be deleted at 03:00 UTC when the clean-up script runs — rene 10 mins ago

bluefeet

@ShadowWizard good idea

Shadow Wizard

15:45

@rene lol!!

rekire

regarding 6-8 weeks what is with the swag? I got a mail at 2015-09-18; the swag was send out end of October let's say second November that means that the transport takes more then 10 weeks I am confused^^

Shadow Wizard

@rekire create account on Code Review, reach top 72 users, and maybe you'll get swag next year.

Quill

or go for a site that is nearly out of beta

like PPCG

rekire

I would say I am not impatient, but this long time is confusing me

Shadow Wizard

@rekire you can do what I usually do: expect the worst, and be surprised if anything better happens. :)

Quill

15:56

it's better to always be pleasantly surprised than always disappointed

rekire

I do :) I just remember that everytime when I read this 6-8 weeks joke

Shadow Wizard

When I was told I won a T-shirt I really didn't expect it to arrive. And was really surprised when it did. Profit. :)

@rekire huh, I see. 6-8 is quite popular on MSE and over here....

rekire

bye guys I have to go

Shadow Wizard

wait, @rekire are you talking about this swag?

37

A: Where's my swag?

We just, as in last week, got the last round of corrections and stragglers that contributed but hadn't filled out their details so we could compile everything and send it off to our warehouse to be shipped. Normally, we simply send off orders one-by-one as they come in, but due to the number of p...

rekire

yep

Shadow Wizard

16:00

It says ~2 weeks and edited in December 31 so it means it should arrive in ~8 days.

rekire

wow I missed that update

I will inform you^^

Shadow Wizard

Cheers!

Feeds

Winter Bash 2015: Hats Off

Pops on January 6, 2016

Stack Exchange Winter Bash 2015 wrap-up

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive answer detected: What does it mean when a party has a mandate? by Rusty Shackleford on politics.stackexchange.com

Quill

@Pops Thank you very much for WinterBash 2015, it was an absolutely fantastic event and surely would've been anywhere near so without your ~~insomniac traits~~ dedication.

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Shadow Wizard

16:08

@Jas @Inf Pin plz ^

Dan Pantry

(can you not use a countdown that is very slow to count with requestAnimationFrame next time though please - caveat of canvas is that it won't work when you tab out)

Quill

@balpha for future reference^

He had the WB page, IIRC

Dan Pantry

either that, or make sure to check the time between requestAnimationFrame so the timer actually continues (using interpolation) when the page is tabbed back in

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive body detected: Why College Sucks? by Pordo on academia.stackexchange.com

Quill

sd k

Dan Pantry

16:11

@SmokeDetector wtf

definitely spam

Quill

uh dude that's a bot

Dan Pantry

@Quill ye, which is why I flagged as spam

Pops

@Quill Thank you! Congrats again. Your tub will live on forever....

Quill

~roll titanic music

Shadow Wizard

@Pops why the first pic doesn't say who is the user? Is this on purpose?

The rest also include the name...

SmokeDetector

16:23

[ SmokeDetector ] Manually reported answer: How to check if number is bit palindrome or not by Lainoto99 on stackoverflow.com

Pops

No reason. And not all of the others have names, if you read the entire post. That screenshot came directly from him, right here, at the beginning of the event. Most (but not all) of the other ones were taken by me.

Also I did get your mail, it's starred for a reply, just didn't look like something that was "immediate on fire" priority.

Simon Klaver

16:37

@SmokeDetector k

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in answer: Put your comment on my post. Put your comment at my post by aja on ell.stackexchange.com (@Unihedron @Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.)

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

@SmokeDetector (づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ

@SmokeDetector k

xkcdBot

17:00

Today's xkcd comic (Judgment Day):

It took a lot of booster rockets, but luckily Amazon had recently built thousands of them to bring Amazon Prime same-day delivery to the Moon colony.

bummi

smokey is still not detecting Krojam ?

ProgramFOX

What's Krojam?

bummi

take a look here: krojamcleaner.com

they used it now with krojam cleaner

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

@rene That's sad to hear. Do we need to rise up against Roomba?

Quill

Hey @ProgramFOX does Smokey store statistics, like true and false counts?

ProgramFOX

17:07

@Quill metasmoke.erwaysoftware.com

@bummi Hmm, so "Krojan" as bad keyword?

rene

@Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ. If you feel it is worth keeping me ....

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

@ProgramFOX Bad site and bad keyword.

bummi

I think so, you took a look on this site :/

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

@rene If I don't?

Quill

@ProgramFOX what is black magic in *?

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

17:08

But I have to. Flowers make life more beautiful.

ProgramFOX

@Quill Black magic spam.

There was a big wave of that a while ago.

rene

@Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ. use the contact link then to prevent my deletion ...

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

@ProgramFOX Does moon affect spam waves? O_o

@rene We need Shog instead.

@ProgramFOX So the green ones are tpu or fpu?

ProgramFOX

green = tp

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

O_O

Black magic in username is more effective than that.

ProgramFOX

17:13

> Number caught: 1

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

But I remember two. :P

ProgramFOX

Link or it didn't happen. :P

Quill

good night

ProgramFOX

night!

bummi

night!

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

17:18

night!

SmokeDetector

17:46

[ SmokeDetector ] Few unique characters in body: Matrix Determinant using recurssive function by Antonia Daniela on stackoverflow.com

Jason C

18:41

2

nod

SmokeDetector

18:56

[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive body detected: is there such a thing as a 2 dimensional life form? by Lance Garand on physics.stackexchange.com

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rene

@SmokeDetector k

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Email in answer, pattern-matching website in answer: What is a good website to hack around using Selenium? by user15940 on sqa.stackexchange.com

rene

sd k

SmokeDetector

19:13

[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive answer detected: Wanted: additional quiz features in Python by liverpool.qa on stackoverflow.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Shortened URL in answer: Google not indexing my ajax hashbang urls by Mike on stackoverflow.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Pattern-matching website in answer: Best way to practice Selenium by user5754017 on stackoverflow.com

SmokeDetector

19:27

[ SmokeDetector ] Blacklisted user: I want to buy an existing business but don't have money for a down payment, do I have any options? by Chrischelle Lewis on mathoverflow.net

[ SmokeDetector ] Few unique characters in answer: how to make a td a link by Michael the minecraft lover on stackoverflow.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive body detected: How to show services n sub services ? by user86175 on wordpress.stackexchange.com

[ SmokeDetector ] Link following arrow in body: How to add Subscribe button under embedded youtube videos? by Vel Louise on stackoverflow.com

Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.

19:53

@SmokeDetector That's a new one.

ɥʇǝS

20:03

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Q: I want to buy an existing business but don't have money for a down payment, do I have any options?

The business I'm interested has been owner/operated from the same man for 21 years and he just wants to retire. The business isn't dying or anything, he's just ready to pass the torch. He wants 100k for the building (which is valued at 131k) and 100k for the business and all its inventory. Most b...

discussion

That looks like it might actually be migratable to Personal Finance & Money.

SmokeDetector

20:24

[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive body detected: How to have 2 (or more) distros share common /home and /usr partitions? by Evan on askubuntu.com

odnU

@SmokeDetector Where's the spam there? (cc @Ϻ.Λ.Ʀ.)

Jason C

21:16

@odnU Is "link following arrow" unclear? It's just a pattern.

odnU

21:26

Oh, okay

rene

you would expect that Undo knows how it works ...

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Few unique characters in answer, repeating characters in answer: MIT License - Dual Authors by Lightness Races in Orbit on programmers.stackexchange.com

bjb568

@rene such are dogs…

rene

Sure, but you are biased ...

So tempted to blacklist LRiO ...

2

odnU

21:47

@rene I just run it, I have no idea what it does anymore :P

rene

The next PR will turn Smokey in a spammer ....

bjb568

chat.meta.stackexchange.com/…

rene

:D

bjb568

Jan 20 '15 at 17:37, by bjb568

Hmmh, tylenol tastes better when inside jumbo marshmallow.

bjb's wisdom of the day ^

odnU

@bjb568 Looks more like the wisdom of not quite a year ago.

bjb568

21:55

That too.

odnU

man, wisdom has a weird timeframe

Quill

22:17

@Doorknob @ShadowWizard did you guys get one of these emails?

Doorknob

yes

Quill

\o/

UNIKITTY 2.0

22:33

Nuuuuuuu

I haz skewl

bjb568

22:54

Hooray?

Shadow Wizard

@Quill nope :(

Maybe @animuson didn't like my stories so the "at least 30" rule didn't apply.

Quill

probably just has't got around to it yet

I only got mine 3 hours ago

Shadow Wizard

meh

(never really expected to win, posted just for fun)

user202362

23:33

I like the part where the t-shirt they have only available in small, XL & XLL :p

user202362

so does any of those fit you?

Quill

yeah, I'm good

Winterbash 2015 Smoky Countdown begins

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