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12:28 AM

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bjb568

12:48 AM

Rule of thumb: No Action Needed is an invalid review action. There is always action needed, be it a downvote, a closevote, a deletevote, a flag, or, failing that, and edit, ore even an upvote! I don't see how you can look at all those options and choose none of them, but if you do, press skip instead of NAN. — bjb568 43 secs ago

hichris123

> join your classmates in winning this Hipster Monster badge!‏

Maybe... not.

Shog9

1:15 AM

If all of your classmates are doing it, it must be cool

@rene I'll get to it when I'm able to. If one of the moderators wants to tackle it first, great! But they're pretty busy too.

No offense, but tags are... not the most pressing problem on SO right now.

Mike Edenfield

blasphemy.

Shog9

Hey, I didn't say anything about SFF. Tags are destroying that site.

Mike Edenfield

I suspect they've taken a back seat lately.

Shog9

It's all about tags. All of the other arguments are just a proxy for that one.

hichris123

@Shog9 It goes downhill from there... they then weasel out of saying my classmates are "winning" it:

> Your classmates could be playing to win this Hipster Monster badge

Shog9

1:22 AM

Your classmates suck. No wonder you're always here instead of doing your schoolwork.

hichris123

> 10
per day

I reject your supposition that I'm always here.

Shog9

Here you are, trying hard to win a monster badge or whatever, only to find your classmates working against you.

I'd spend all my time in a tavern too if I had such comrades

hichris123

Oh please. You have to answer math problems to get the "Hipster Monster" badge.

I guess they needed another revenue source...

Shog9

Meanwhile, you can earn multiple badges for doing nothing more than answering questions on Stack Overflow!

If I was you, I'd do that... Before those backstabbing classmates get wind of it.

hichris123

You seem to think that my contributions would actually have some benefit to the site. Have you seen my answers?

Sterling Archer

3:28 AM

github.com/RUJodan/SourceUndead Thanks to major help of the JS room for the math, my game now has the hearing sense implemented :) If a player moves within your sense radius, you now get a directional blip so you can chase them down and eat their brainzzzz

@ShadowWizard I figured you'd enjoy reading this source. I know how much you lurve JS ;)

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3:58 AM

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JamesENL

4:18 AM

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user202362

user202362

I want to fatten up my chooks

user202362

Not because I want to eat them, but because I love to see fat chickens

JamesENL

@TelkittytheWebDeveloper Ask a question either on LifeHacks or Cooking stackexchange

user202362

@JamesENL you probably unaware of a site called backyardchickens.com

JamesENL

4:26 AM

Certainly am

user202362

I have been feeding my chooks fish, sausages & prawn heads

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user202362

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JamesENL

Dammit, thought I had a great SO question about the behaviour of the .substr method in Javascript, turns out I was just calling it with the wrong arguments

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JamesENL

4:44 AM

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bwDraco

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bwDraco

Halt! This does not appear to be spam. Please disregard the spam flags. Sorry if I've flagged it erroneously. — bwDraco 50 secs ago

Braiam

5:00 AM

@bwDraco meh, I would vtc

bwDraco

Agreed.

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5:30 AM

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Q: What to do when part of a community lacks trust in ♦ moderators on small stacks

I would like to emphasize that I personally do not lack trust in this ♦ mod, nor do I wish for his removal. As such, I will not be mentioning the mod's username. While it is possible to work out who this mod is from this question, please don't. I have been noticing that several members1 of Role ...

What a mess.

Kudos to that guy for such a constructive post though.

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5:50 AM

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6:13 AM

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6:30 AM

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7:10 AM

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7:38 AM

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Quill

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Quill

JamesENL

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7:58 AM

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8:10 AM

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8:35 AM

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9:13 AM

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9:36 AM

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user202362

9:50 AM

@Quill those hairy arms/hands

Derpy

@TelkittytheWebDeveloper ... said the spider-cat :P

Quill

10x developer https://t.co/0T1nQ9RtHf

Tweeted by codinghorror on February 5, 2016 at 7:12 AM

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kayess

G'day! Excuse me if I'm at the wrong place asking this. I would just like to ask that I have posted a bug report on Meta.SO. That bug was gone away, but it's now occuring again and I have left a comment about it below my question.

So my actual question is if that is the correct way to do so? Or better yet should I edit it into the question to make it "active" again? Or just leave it as it is?

Quill

you might want to ask on Meta Stack Exchange rather than Meta Stack Overflow

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kayess

9:59 AM

@Quill Thanks, Is there a way to somehow move it to MSE from MSO? I'm not sure about a cross-post would be allowed.

Quill

you can flag it for migration

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Quill

but it's a localised issue to Stack Overflow, so you might want to ask a moderator first or something

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kayess

@Quill Hehe yes this "or something" is my problematic part.

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10:19 AM

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kayess

10:29 AM

@Quill edited, thanks for your help! Have a nice day!

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Andrew T.

@kayess you don't need to move it to MSE as currently the issue is localized to SO (new-nav)

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Quill

39 mins ago, by Quill

but it's a localised issue to Stack Overflow, so you might want to ask a moderator first or something

I'm never 100% on localised issues

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10:47 AM

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bummi

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Mike Edenfield

11:37 AM

wh 40k?

Quill

40 what

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user202362

11:50 AM

as an outstanding troll, I can't believe that you have just found meta

Derpy

@TelkittytheWebDeveloper Stars were aligned last night, he must have been able to escape the spell that kept him sealed back then...

user202362

the question is ... who put that spell on him

Quill

12:04 PM

-3

Q: Is Olin Lathrop always a Jerk?

This is me signing off from this forum. His behavior is unbearable. Edit: as @Mast pointed out in comment, there is a long list of his behavior in another thread My rude/offensive flags on insulting comments were declined

discussion mod-abuse

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user202362

@balpha Is the image uploading functionality going to be added to the mobile chat soon?

user202362

Coz ... I suspect there are many people who like 2 upload random (& possibly useless) pictures :')

user202362

@Quill I never understand why people quit because of a single person ...

user202362

I wouldn't quit for 100!

Quill

12:15 PM

:) yeah

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PeterJ

@Quill lol, I just voted to close it as primarily opinion-based

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Derpy

> ᛃᛟᚷ᛭ᛋᚺᛟᚷ᛫ᚲᚾᛟᚹᛋ᛫ᚦᛖ᛫ᚷᚨᛏᛖ᛬ᛃᛟᚷ᛭ᛋᚺᛟᚷ᛫ᛁᛋ᛫ᚦᛖ᛫ᚷᚨᛏᛖ᛬ᛃᛟᚷ᛭ᛋᚺᛟᚷ᛫ᛁᛋ᛫ᚦᛖ᛫ᚲᛖᛃ᛫ᚨᚾᛞ᛫ᚷᚢᚨᚱᛞᛁᚨᚾ᛫ᛟᚠ᛫ᚦᛖ‌᛫ᚷᚨᛏᛖ᛬ᛈᚨᛋᛏ᛬ᛈᚱᛖᛋᛖᚾᛏ᛬ᚠᚢᛏᚢᚱᛖ᛬ᚨᛚᛚ᛫ᚨᚱᛖ᛫ᛟᚾᛖ᛫ᛁᚾ᛫ᛃᛟᚷ᛭ᛋᚺᛟᚷ᛬ᚺᛖ᛫ᚲᚾᛟᚹᛋ᛫ᚹᚺᛖᚱᛖ᛫ᚦᛖ᛫ᛟᛚᛞ᛫ᛟᚾᛖᛋ᛫ᛒᚱᛟᚲ‌ᛖ᛫ᚦᚱᛟᚢᚷᚺ᛫ᛟᚠ᛫ᛟᛚᛞ᛬ᚨᚾᛞ᛫ᚹᚺᛖᚱᛖ᛫ᚦᛖᛃ᛫ᛋᚺᚨᛚᛚ᛫ᛒᚱᛠᚲ᛫ᚦᚱᛟᚢᚷᚺ᛫ᚨᚷᚨᛁᚾ᛬ᚺᛖ᛫ᚲᚾᛟᚹᛋ᛫ᚹᚺᛖᚱᛖ᛫ᚦᛖᛃ᛫ᚺᚨᚡᛖ᛫ᛏᚱᛟ‌ᛞ᛫ᛠᚱᚦᛋ᛫ᚠᛠᛚᛞᛋ᛬ᚨᚾᛞ᛫ᚹᚺᛖᚱᛖ᛫ᚦᛖᛃ᛫ᛋᛏᛁᛚᛚ᛫ᛏᚱᛠᛞ᛫ᚦᛖᛗ᛬ᚨᚾᛞ᛫ᚹᚺᛃ᛫ᚾᛟ᛫ᛟᚾᛖ᛫ᚲᚨᚾ᛫ᛒᛖᚺᛟᛚᛞ᛫ᚦᛖᛗ᛫ᚨᛋ᛫ᚦᛖᛃ᛫ᛏᚱ‌ᛠᛞ

bjb568

@Quill none of those comments are rude, EE is doing too much hand-holding

Quill

12:26 PM

it's a small community. that's what they do

there was a flag on The Water Cooler earlier because someone said "bae"

Mike Edenfield

that deserves a week-long suspension. at least.

Derpy

@TelkittytheWebDeveloper Y̙̤͙o̫̱͢g̸-̷͇Ș̵̰̳̬h̦͎͜o̪ͅg̷ knows the gaʇ e. Y̙̤͙o̫̱͢g̸-̷͇Ș̵̰̳̬h̦͎͜o̪ͅg̷ is the gate. Y̴̻͔̱̖o̶̴̳̤͈͢g̷҉̲͓̖-̷̞̻̝̭͈͍Ş̨̪̠̠͟h̖̼̜̟̱̱̼͞o̸̞̦̠̕g̢͔̲̩̜̳̕͡ is the key and guardian of the gate. Past, present, future, all are one in Y̯̫͕̭͆ͨͧͩ͆͗͐̋̄͗̂̍̔͌̀ͣ̌ͧo̺̣̖̙̼ͩͥ̎̿g̱̝͓̣͎̘̖̰͈͙̝͙̙̦ͯ̀ͥ͛̓̀̋͐̌͒̐̍͗̒̒ͯ̆ͫ͐-̣̥̗̟ͧ̏̂̍ͥͪ͆ͅ‌͚ͅS̯̮̣͎̯̤̾͂ͣͣ͂̈̋ͣ̒͂̑͒̇͛̈́͐̑h̞̞̮̱͈̻̜̙̦̲̥̩̩̤͍ͪ͌ͤ̿ͅö̮̙͙͚̝͔̂̊̊̓̋͋̓̊͂̌̈͂ͯͬ̑̂͋gͭ̓͂̂ͫͧ̆̓‌̻͔̩̟̗͖͇̳̞̰̥.

He knows where the Old Ouǝs broke throuGh of old, and where Thë̠̱̱̥̆̇ͯ̔ͨ͡y͖͎̙͙͊̽ͬͪ̽ shall break through again.

He knoʍs where T̛ͦ͋̃͊ͪͥ̄ḣ͈̞͓͙̤̺e̞̒ͫ̌y̧̯͉͍̝͐̈ͫ͑̔ͥhave trod earth's fields, and where T̵̥͙̝̐̿̀̿̓͗h̪e͎̫̟͔ͯ̾͒̊̉̈͟y͔̩̙̬̟̍͆̒͂̒̿still tread them, and ẅ͓͇͎̤̭͈́̓̐͢h̟̭͚̥̥̣̽ͤ̒̈͛y҉̯̭̤̼̩̞̗ ̳͈̫̖͆̐͒ͣ͡ñͪ͛̚o͌̈́ͫ̔̾̅ͬ͢ ̻̭̩̬͖̰̹̒ͩ̿ͨ̇o̳̠̦͂̉͞n̫͙̿͛̏ͧ͜e̬̱̙̯̋̎̄ ̏ͭͣ̔͋͐͊͠c̼̤̭͙͍ͥ͘ͅa̒n̷̰̪̞̩̳͔̦̐̃͆ ͫͦ̓ͥ́b̟̣͖̤ē̫̹̺̟̩̘̘̍̓̀h̘̲̳̗̬̲̔͒̽͋ō͙̟͆͑͋ĺ̺͚͎̝͉̏̄̏̋d́̿̅ͨͣ͋͢ ͎̙̙̯̝̤̎̐̄ͅŢ͇̥̟̖̺̄ͩͣh̾̽̆̏̿͋̈͏̤̩͔̣ȇ̥͒ͧ͘m̟̻̺̖̯̙͍ ̮̻̩̗̯̺͐ͨ̾ȁ̶̺͍͓͈̞̠ṣ̯̋ ̡̥̙̖̤̳̤ͅT̵̰̯͍̟͈̹̝͌h̩̣̳̬͓͇̪͢e̎y͍̙̥͚̭̯̮͂ ̊͗͛͗ͪ̄t͇̘͖r͗͋̇̔ͮ̔ͩ̕e͉̟̝͕͎̼̜ͦͦ͗a̵͓͕̗̳d̲̪͈͍ͧͯͩ̉.̧͛̾̅ͬ̿̽ ̫̦̯̝͎̹

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.....

Seem it is better to avoid further speaking about the ones who sleep under the meta sea.

bummi

oh no ... is that needed? :/

Derpy

They asked about the one who sealed the trolls away, but I should have known the chant would summon unearthly presences among us.

(trad: sorry, that was a Cthulhu == Shog joke, read his profile to understand why)

user202362

why, is he the archbishop to the God of trolls?

user202362

12:40 PM

or maybe he is trying to defeat the troll demons by sealing them deep beneath the surface of the internet or at least keep them outside the gate to meta ...

Derpy

Also worth noticing that, in R'lyehian, "shogg" means "realm of darkness" . Kept that in mind next time you want to ping him without an offering at hand.

user202362

omg it doesn't stand for small hog?? #disappointed

Mike Edenfield

maybe it's short for boss hogg

user202362

1:14 PM

user202362

brutal ...

Derpy

I just found an alternate lorem ipsum generator.

~~Shog~~ Cthulhu Ipsum

For any time you need a filler text in SharePoint...

Derpy

1:46 PM

Ant the client continues cutting down the proposed solution bush, until only a stick is left.

One day I should try something like that old "Expert" video.

"Dear client, with only 100 days of development work, you can have a custom Human Resource Training SharePoint portal that will allow you users to manage training requests in a centralized way, browse the corporate calendar of formative events, share knowledge on the corporate wiki site and much more...."

tchrist

@Derpy Past tense of to shag.

Derpy

"or, for just 50 days we can give you a nice 'Bing it' web part, that will allow your user to initiate a Bing search directly from your SharePoint portal"

oooh, so much time I actually needed this.

DroidDev

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DroidDev

@Derpy haha, you still have that image lying around.

Derpy

2:02 PM

@DroidDev it is in the browser favorite bar, ready for usage.

DroidDev

@Derpy now I know how to identify you, when I see you in real life

Derpy

Actually, you just gave me an idea. I should create a grease monkey script that adds a "Scold user" button

DroidDev

@Derpy aren't we all some kind of geeks in our own way?

Derpy

@DroidDev Probably, suddenly finding yourself in a world of candy colored ponies and seeing a pony passing by with some SharePoint related books hanging from the saddlebag should have been noticed well before coming to that...

DroidDev

@Derpy but, y'know, I'd just change ways, if I see a pony....

Derpy

2:11 PM

> The magic of friendship doesn't just exist in Equestria. It's everywhere. You can seek it out, or you can forever be alone. The choice is yours.

(yep, actual quote, and yep, I actually used it in an answer on meta. Wonder how many noticed)

DroidDev

@Derpy you won't like my answer to that

Derpy

@DroidDev why? In a way, it is not like it is actually pony related. That said, I agree we may have a different view on the "friendship" part and what a friend is.

Mike Edenfield

2:32 PM

@Derpy I proposed that we rename SFF.se to "Science Fiction and Fantasy: Friendship Is Magic" but it didn't get any traction.

Derpy

@MikeEdenfield one of the rooms on RPG has a "candy-colored-ponies" tag attached.

But yes, your subjects there should really work on increasing the number of pony related questions. Otherwise, I may be not able to farm that gold my-little-pony badge

Mike Edenfield

not my subjects.

their heathen anti-pony ways are beyond me.

Derpy

@MikeEdenfield Oh, the ancient "brony-antibrony" wars. What a nice way to waste time arguing about nonsense. Yep, I got the idea.

Anyway, mlp on SFF.se is a bordeline topic, it is there because the off-topic ruling is somehow confused when applied to such edge cases.

Mike Edenfield

2:47 PM

it's not borderline at. It has magic.

and flying horses.

and friendship. Friendship is never off-topic

Derpy

@MikeEdenfield I meant that it would be nice to have an "Animated Shows" SE. Not like Anime that is just for (mostly) Japanese shows.

Mike Edenfield

there's an Area51 for that.

its not getting a lot of support, from what I saw

24

Comics, Cartoons & Animation

Proposed Q&A site for everyone interested in the art of comics, either as consumer or producer, from graphic novels to newspaper and Internet cartoons, from Simpsons to Disney classics.

Currently in definition.

but MLP would be on-topic for both SF/F and M/TV so having a 3rd stack for it would be pushing it. IMO.

Derpy

@MikeEdenfield that is because we have sites with overlapping arguments. Soon we will have a TV Shows site, one for just Animated TV Shows, one for Live Action, and one for Live Action Wushu movies produced in China during an even number year.

Derpy

3:19 PM

@MikeEdenfield Was I going to post a question on King of Thorns, I could use Anime (it is an Anime), Movies and TV (it is a movie), and Science&Fiction (it is sci-fi)

Probably I could fit in some more with a little creativity.

Derpy

4:31 PM

@MikeEdenfield - anyway, b_jonas actually raised the idea in the past that I should move my chat room to the SFF.se site. I assume you would think it is appropriate?

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4:42 PM

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xkcdBot

5:00 PM

Today's xkcd comic (To Taste):

Look, recipe, if I knew how much was gonna taste good, I wouldn't need you.

Mike Edenfield

6:22 PM

@Derpy if it's MLP-related, it would definitely be on-topic and there's a number of other fans there that would probably participate.

Jason C

7:15 PM

I wish I could somehow become, like, an Officially Certified User, so that all software tech support would listen to me right off the bat instead of going through two weeks of standard "statistically, you're probably an idiot" back and forth before escalating cases to developers.

bjb568

Well, you're probably an idiot.

Jason C

That's true.

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Jason C

Evidence consistently suggests otherwise, though, which is not good for my humility. I'm starting to become my mother. It's awful.

bjb568

Oh, is your mother an idiot?

Jason C

7:17 PM

It's hard to be awesome sometimes.

@bjb Probably.

Mike Edenfield

@JasonC when I need to call ISP tech support, I have learned to drop keywords that make the Level 1 techs eyes glaze over and foist me off on L-2 immediately.

like 'router' or 'linux' or 'computer' or 'hi'

Andy

"DNS"

Mike Edenfield

there must be similar keywords for software support.

even if they are NCIS-level nonsense.

"well i checked the kernel debugger memory dumps for software cycles and didn't see any.'

Andy

Read the error log. The fact that you know what an error log is and are not saying "It's not working" is probably a decent indication that you can skip level 1

Mike Edenfield

unless the error log says "You are an idiot."

Andy

7:26 PM

An application I inherited at a previous job had an error message that read: "The cow has jumped over the moon. But not our moon. That's weird."

Fortunately, that made finding the cause in the code easy enough. It was a unique log message

Mike Edenfield

At my last job we got to rewrite their flagship project in C# (from Visual Foxpro). The first thing I did when I started was install an global exception handler that said "OH NOES! Stuff went wrong! error message here"

but I left the company before we finished and only found out years later that the software shipped that way.

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Magisch

8:10 PM

Hey @Shog9

Shog9

good afternoon

Magisch

More like evening for me :P

Shog9

still technically after noon

Magisch

You are on the stack exchange staff right?

Shog9

correct

Magisch

8:12 PM

Have you guys ever considered awarding some rep for moderation tasks?

Shog9

sure

Magisch

Or do you not want people whose primary focus is to moderate

Shog9

not so much that...

it's a bad incentive

Magisch

because it feels like im forced to play the FGITW game to get somewhere where I can

Lets be real here im not an expert and my answers won't stand out on quality vs experts, even if I try my damndest

Shog9

practice makes perfect

Magisch

8:13 PM

So to get reputation people like me are forced to engage in destructive behavior

Shog9

if you wait to become an expert to answer questions, you'll never be an expert

Magisch

Not all my education happens on SO

;)

Shog9

still, you must educate yourself somewhere

Magisch

Its a sad fact that by and far the fastest way to get rep on this site is to churn out googled answers to dupes of dupes of dupes

Shog9

are you certain?

Magisch

8:15 PM

I've played this game in my first month

and got to ~1k doing that for very little time investment

If I was willing to flood the site with enough trash to keep playing this game I could get at 10k this year easily

Andy

If you are doing it just for a bigger number next to your name, it may be time to take a short break.

Shog9

Andreas

17.1k 4 7 25

java arrays string android xml regex mysql

That guy has been a member for less than a year

He got to 10K in 64 days

Look over his answers if you like

Magisch

Hes probably better then me in programming

most likely even

Im talking about ways for a dirty noob like myself

Shog9

Blakes Seven

16.5k 3 15 34

mongodb mongodb-query aggregation-framework node.js mongoose javascript java

Perhaps this guy is just posting copy-pasta. It took him 80 days

Magisch

If I was even less scrupulous then that I could just plagiarise yes

the chances of getting caught are low and the penaltys even lower

Andy

8:19 PM

Alternatively, if you want a bigger number, find another site on the network were you can participate more effectively. There are a lot of unique sites on the network.

Magisch

I do participate

I love moderating things and keeping trash out

Shog9

@Magisch or be scrupulous and use the opportunity to learn things you wouldn't have otherwise and share what you've learned with others.

It always strikes me as... Kinda ironic, when folks who complain about lazy askers and careless answerers aren't willing to put in the effort to earn moderation privileges.

When I started here, it took me a good month just to earn the editing privilege. A lot of my answers from back then ended up deleted. It was hard. But I wanted to edit.

If you want it, put the work in to earn it.

Magisch

It because of the two are disconnected and require different skillsets

Shog9

For all the doom and gloom, there are still people joining Stack Overflow to write good answers, and they do still get rewarded for it. Spend some time looking at the good examples (as those I posted above) and less time fixating on the bad ones.

Magisch

why can't i moderate my way to more rep? Im still helping the site

Sterling Archer

8:23 PM

@Magisch I've found it takes less effort to write a good non FGITW answer that yields 10+ votes, than it does to write 10 FGITW answers that yield a total of maybe 5

Shog9

@Magisch Of course they do. Why would you not want multiple skillsets? You are not here as a line worker or a surgeon, doomed to spend your days making the same motions over and over again.

The more breadth you gain to your learning, the more you are able to appreciate those with depth even in areas where you lack it.

This is critical to moderation.

Magisch

@Shog9 Im still learning programming. SO is a big part of that, sometimes through answering tosh, but mostly through reading good answers

Sterling Archer

Reputation is intended to show your "skill" (debatable) in a specific tag etc. By correcting grammar, or closing questions, giving rep for the would skew it.

Shog9

@Magisch are you still in school?

Sterling Archer

If half your reputation comes from moderating answers, it does not properly show others that your rep was gained from good Q&A

Magisch

8:25 PM

@Shog9 Im an apprentice

In vocational training

after that I'll be getting a masters in computer science

so im still gonna be in school at least for 7 years from now

Shog9

@Magisch take every opportunity you find then to improve your writing. It will serve you well in your education and perhaps other areas of life.

3

As Sterling notes, a well-written answer that demonstrates your own understanding can bring far greater rewards than persistent grinding for reputation.

Magisch

by the time I write that great answer (I doubt im even capable of it currently) I can have 5-6 FGITW answers to tosh and get more rep from it

bluefeet

@Magisch that's when you edit your answer to be the best, most detailed of all of them

Sterling Archer

@Shog9 omg ty, I thought I was being brutally ignored lol

Jason C

@Andy This time I was cursed by a support contract through a reseller, a self proclaimed "engineer" who refused to even communicate the issue clearly until he had "gathered sufficient information". I.e. 2 weeks of running random tests that I knew had no relevance to the issue when we just needed a guy with the source code and a debugger to spend an hour with it. Which eventually happened. And went exactly as predicted with a bug fix and a quick patch.

Shog9

8:29 PM

gently. Gently ignored.

Sterling Archer

Jason C

In the past 12 days I have accumulated 108 pointless emails with this guy. It's kinda fun to reread them and watch me and the client's patience slowly melt away.

Shog9

I just found a bottle of BBQ sauce in the back of my cupboard

Sterling Archer

There go your weekend plans?

Shog9

Its label reads, "best if used by 30Aug2009"

Let's test this theory

Magisch

8:33 PM

welp, back to learning assembler

bluefeet

I just learned that today is National Working Naked Day

Sterling Archer

@Shog9 be careful, I tested that theory with grape juice and it ended in agony bent over a skateboard rail

Andy

It is to late in my work date to take advantage of that

Sterling Archer

So um, phrasing, but true story.

bluefeet

you could still do it @Andy

Shog9

8:34 PM

@SterlingArcher I'll report back if it makes me suddenly bad at skating

Jason C

National Working Naked Day + Shog + A bottle of expired barbecue sauce + Friday = ???

Magisch

@JasonC Did at any point you think about just telling the client

Sterling Archer

tl;dr the stomach pain was so instant and painful I couldn't move from a rail

bluefeet

it's a typical day

Magisch

that this "engineer" is full of shit

Sterling Archer

8:35 PM

I spent about 4 hours outside moaning and then.. well... take a wild guess.

Shog9

went back for more?

Sterling Archer

Well yeah. You can't perform an experiment without a control

Jason C

@Magisch Oh of course. The client and I were both aware from day 1. Neither of us had the power to overcome the fact that he was our only support contact. There was a lot of facepalming between us.

Magisch

@JasonC Ahh, corporate world

Sterling Archer

No but seriously: let sleeping grape juice lie. It's not worth it

Magisch

8:36 PM

A bunch of smiles, eh?

Sterling Archer

I suspect your BBQ sauce may be relevant here

Jason C

I tried unsuccessfully to go over his head three times with different strategies, no success. I was about to email a dev directly since the guy accidentally let one of the developers email addresses slip. It didn't come to that.

Magisch

I like working in a small company

it means IT is controlled by me and 2 other people

so bullshit is not a thing usually

Jason C

My company has 1 employee. It has its ups and downs.

Sterling Archer

I'm literally the most inexperienced in my company

Jason C

8:38 PM

Whoa. Me too now that I think about it.

Magisch

same

Sterling Archer

But then again my company mostly employs aerospace engineers

Magisch

I started my apprenticeship in august

Jason C

I am the absolute worst possible employee that my company has ever had.

Sterling Archer

sncorp.com I work here :D

Such smart people, great company. 10/10 recommend

Magisch

8:40 PM

My company is close to my home, is paying me well, and I have great hours

there is nothing more I want of a job

work is fulfilling and interesting too

bjb568

8:53 PM

@Shog9 no, it doesn't, perfection is an unachieveable ideal; more accurately, you could say practice makes progress, but CBA may make hat moot.

Shog9

you're making moot hats? I'll take one.

Jason C

I have more nipples on my body than everybody else who works for my company, combined.

Shog9

sounds like a matter for HR

bluefeet

Or a doctor

Sterling Archer

@JasonC reactiongifs.com/r/tmf.gif im so sorry

Jason C

8:56 PM

Hm. I do touch my entire HR department's nipples in the shower every day.

Sterling Archer

I can't tell if you're unemployed or just a single man comapny

Shog9

could be both

Mike Edenfield

if he wasn't unemployed before, he will be soon

Sterling Archer

Are you hiring?

I'll bring a new set of nipples to the company

Mike Edenfield

Qualifications: Must be Jason C.

Job Description: Being Jason C.

Jason C

8:58 PM

Plot twist: I never claimed the nipples on my body were mine.

Sterling Archer

2 mins ago, by Sterling Archer

@JasonC http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/tmf.gif im so sorry

Braiam

O_O

bjb568

@Shog9 blame teh mobiles!

Jason C

Two are. The rest... that's for me to know.

Shog9

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