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00:31

The most viewed SO question of 2016 is mere three weeks old... Compiling an application for use in highly radioactive environments

Quill

How do people feel good posting answers like:

3

A: Simple node.js readline on the console

Once I came across this readline-sync node module

user315433

Userscript idea: format all question links in SE posts as [title](url), cross-network, and supporting https.

user315433

The built-in feature is heavily restricted (doesn't work for MathOverflow posts on Math.SE, or for SO posts on Web Apps, etc), and completely breaks down over https.

user315433

Hm, maybe I'll just adapt my chat-formatting thing for this purpose.

Quill

Feature request: onebox all SE links in posts

user315433

00:39

The most-viewed 2016 question on Math is kind of nonsense: here's a bunch of symbols with no clear meaning, why do I get absurd results from them?

Quill

isn't that how maths works?

on another point, he's one of the PPCG moderators

user202362

Oo limit theory

user202362

I would vote the maths question (as interesting), the top voted answer doesn't sound so reasonable though

bjb568

@sandwich Meh.

user315433

01:06

No, that's not how math works. Before asking questions about X one is expected to explain the meaning of X is clear terms.

bjb568

01:30

Yeah, without clear definitions you basically lose rigor. This results in philosophy.

user315433

01:48

So, my voting record on Math is mostly one-sided. But the voters ##2-4 are combined 62098 to 2082 in upvote-downvote department.

user315433

Together with me, voters ##1-4 have the combined record of 62177 to 48079.

user315433

Bringing balance to the ~~force~~ votes since 2014.

user315433

03:02

-1

Q: Being spied on, and I want to know by whom it is!

I'm not very technology savy, but I know I'm being managed. I am willing to do the work, I just need a set of blue prints on how to exspose,and yet stay hidden from, my tormentor. Please help, binary bonehead!!

user315433

Adding "binary bonehead" to the list of possible future usernames.

user202362

03:25

Attention whore> omg why aren't more people spying on me?? That warm and fluffy feeling of being watched

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03:44

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UNIMATRIX 424 GRID 116

05:32

We are the borg

Universal indicators are commonly used here

Quill

@sandwich I feel harsh lately talking to regulars about downvoting... I downvote an off-topic post even for new users and yet they'll "never" downvote a new user... ugh

bacon

I donwvote new user's question, especially if it's wayyyy too off-topic, or very unclear.

Quill

I don't downvote without leaving a helpful comment, but downvotes are taken so personally, I think many are scared of insulting others

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bacon

!!/report android.stackexchange.com/a/144914/44325

SmokeDetector

05:50

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bacon

@SmokeDetector why

SmokeDetector

@bacon Blacklisted user - blacklisted for superuser.com/a/1061230 (metasmoke.erwaysoftware.com/posts/by-url?url=//superuser.com/a/…) by chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/28741819

hippietrail

07:16

hey where should I ask technical level questions about Mac hardware? The Mac site doesn't seem to like combining both "technical" and "hardware" but I feel SuperUser might tell me it's the wrong site to ask about Mac hardware even if it's technical.

inspired by the reaction so far to this question of mine: Can a skilled electronic technician with proper tools upgrade the RAM in a MacBook Air?

bacon

I'm not sure your question is off-topic yet. The help/on-topic mentions Apple Hardware, but I don't know much about Apple. Perhaps modifying Apple hardware is under ToS that some of the communities don't like it? I don't know... you might ask to get some inner sights from the community on their meta though.

hippietrail

in fact which if any of our sites support hardware hacking that would involve soldering? superuser definitely covers things that are intended to be upgradable via slots

I got a similar reaction on Quora so my feeling is it's part of the Apple reality distortion field (-:

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hippietrail

my hunch is it wouldn't be on topic on electronics.stackexchange.com but i'm just going to read their help section now

"... and it is not about … consumer electronics such as media players, cell phones or smart phones, except when designing these products or modifying their electronics for other uses"

my hunch is it wouldn't be on topic on electronics.stackexchange.com but i'm just going to read their help section now

"... and it is not about … consumer electronics such as media players, cell phones or smart phones, except when designing these products or modifying their electronics for other uses"

hippietrail

07:47

grr sorry for the dupes. my connection went bad and stack chat has a race condition bug they don't want to fix under bad connections

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10:18

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rene

sd 3k

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Quill

in The Nineteenth Byte on The Stack Exchange Network Chat, 29 mins ago, by Mars Ultor

> I'm about to commit a crucial bug - Quill 2016

Quill

11:22

huh... I never noticed facebook.stackoverflow.com before

rene

@Quill yeah, from back in the days, used to end on stackoverflow.com/tags/facebook I believe

Quill

it does like facebook-* to get all of the facebook tags

how long does someone have to not talk in chat before they become unpingable?

user202362

anyone else experiences slow loading problem on SE/SO chats?

Shadow Wizard

@Quill 7 days

but not talking isn't enough, you must not be in the room

user202362

it takes me forever to load chat pages

Shadow Wizard

11:34

The timer is started when you leave the room

@Quill e.g. this user didn't talk for 5 months, but is now pingable because he's still in the room, and will be for 7 days after leaving the room.

user202362

what's going on? same time as last night, having problem loading chats ...

Shadow Wizard

@Telkitty no problem here

Announcing facebook.stackoverflow.com

Alex Miller on August 24, 2011

Without question, the greatest asset we have here at Stack Exchange is the members of our community, their collective knowledge, and their desire to help others. Similarly, there's no greater feeling for us than when others recognize that strength and wonder how they can use it to help their users too -- ultimately, it just helps make the internet a better place.

Quill

@Shadow , there's a /pingable API-style page, and the results are written as four values: [UserId, Name, TimeSinceLastVisit, TimeSinceLastMessage]

back in the days when integrating Facebook logins was important and a thing people did

chat.meta.stackexchange.com/rooms/pingable/89

Shadow Wizard

@Quill dunno, never saw it... as far as I know, it's TimeSinceLastVisit plus 7 days, don't think time since last message has any effect. (unless of course user never posted, in which case he's pingable only if currently in room)

Quill

I think they won't be in that page if they're not pingable... I'm yet to prove anything though...

I had a really helpful conversation about Chat with balpha once... maybe I'll ask him a few questions some time

Shadow of The Shadow

11:41

@Quill you can use me as a test case, will leave room now and let's see for long I'll be pingable

user202362

neither shawg or balfa is here when you want to ping them

Quill

@ShadowofTheShadow okey :)

Shadow Wizard

@Quill that makes sense, judging by the page name.... ;)

user202362

how convenient

Shadow Wizard

@Quill that "API-style" page is probably used by the auto complete

And name will auto complete only if pingable.

Quill

11:43

that'd make sense

I'd still be interested to get the lowdown on how the sidebar calculates opacity and a few other things

Shadow Wizard

@Quill so try asking balpha, worst case he won't reply... :)

Quill

I'd really rather not ping a staff member unless necessary

Shadow Wizard

IMO it's using simple timers, cleared when a message is posted... but can't be sure and too lazy to check the source code.

rene

@Quill you want to be looking at sidebarActivity in the chat.js

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14:40

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rene

15:03

Why do I end up with the feeling that I'm the bad guy: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/279332/…

Shadow Wizard

@rene because people don't like to hear the truth

actually those weren't really turds, but his edits were indeed just too minor.

rene

I just have grown a thicker skin I guess ....

Shadow Wizard

yep, most people haven't... :/

Anyway, 120 degrees tomorrow at my place. Yay!

rene

Be careful with water, it will definitely boil at that temperature

bjb568

322K, wow.

Shadow Wizard

15:15

@rene you know, maybe when dealing with those without thick skin and/or not familiar with SE and its culture, it's better to not use such terms as they can, and usually will, take it in the totally wrong way. Something like "there is no point editing those questions to begin with, because their low quality".

@rene 120 fahrenheit, lol... used what I think most people here know. :)

rene

@ShadowWizard OK, noted

Shadow Wizard

:)

Sumurai8

@rene You are the bad guy. What is your supervillan power? What does your "this is how I am going to destroy the world" monologue sound like? :3

rene

@ShadowWizard maybe I have to agree with the kitteh here and switch to the Kelvin scale

Shadow Wizard

lol

rene

15:18

@Sumurai8 I use flower power

Sumurai8

@rene Cool! It is not really going to destroy the world though.

rene

Srsly? Imagine what happens if everybody is stoned ....

turns out there isn't a english translation for that

Shadow Wizard

"stoned" means "high", from drugs.... that's the only English meaning I know of. (or, of course, made of stone. ;))

Sumurai8

Everyone would be living very very slowly, because the world magically sped up @rene

Shadow Wizard

With too many flowers, there would be too many bees. They will take over the world!

rene

15:24

@ShadowWizard high is different from stoned.

Shadow Wizard

@rene not that I know of, guess I'll have to read about it :)

bjb568

Could be past participle of to stone, i.e. to kill by throwing stones at.

Shadow Wizard

From what I know, just two terms used to describe the same thing, though "stoned" might be more intense

rene

@ShadowWizard stoned is used for a more laid back effect where high is hyper/ euphoric

I sound like I'm talking from experience ...

Shadow Wizard

@rene and you don't? ;)

Sumurai8

15:30

"No, function x works perfectly, so I won't share it with you." -- OP
(yet, their code, literally `if(x()) return false;`, does not work)

You sometimes wonder why people even ask questions

rene

@ShadowWizard Nah, but the coffeeshop is nearby and their customers like to smoke their stuff in the parking lot...

@Sumurai8 we expect your magic to solve the issue in x(). If you can't please give back that reputation...

Sumurai8

@rene Here you go *gives all the reputation back*

rene

Accepts reputation and resets profile of @Sumurai8

S.L. Barth

15:46

Trying to find something back. Years ago, there was a Meta.SO question about editing one's unanswered bad questions.

(It was before the MSO/MSE split).

Much to my surprise, a mod or high-rep user replied that it was OK if the question didn't have answers.

We now have the same question on MSO, and I'm trying to find that old question back, for reference.

hichris123

16:05

-5

Q: How to prepare for Final exam on Calculus in short time and easy

Please suggest the best ways(advice) to study. Suggest book, video, link, notes I have ability of understanding is normal and I just need basic knowledge about calclus. Examples are also would be good which are mostly used in exams

calculator deep-learning calculus case-study

bacon

cv'd

Sumurai8

added a cv too

user315433

It was to be roomba'd in a week, just missed last week's run

bacon

Make it roomba'd in a day :)

user315433

@S.L.Barth The closest I see is Can I replace an old question by editing it? but there is no such answer there.

S.L. Barth

16:12

@sandwich That wasn't the one, indeed. But thanks anyway.

user315433

@bacon Why? The 30-day run is the beginning of Saturday UTC. If the question is closed, it's subject to daily roomba, but 9 days have to pass after closure. So for this one, closing doesn't speed up the deletion.

bacon

Ah, I forgot about 9-day rule... granted the last time I fed roomba was with old, closed questions.

hichris123

@sandwich Yeah, maybe I should post a disclaimer with these... "please don't close vote, it will be roomba'd"

user315433

I don't mind closevoting such a question, it makes me feel I did something for the site without spending any effort.

user315433

A low-hanging turd.

bacon

16:19

Well, the least us mortals can do...

hichris123

@sandwich That's why I'm going through the roomba-able custom-OT questions. Not much effort to get some decently off-topic questions off the site.

user315433

> Asked my first question on @StackOverflow. Took me long enough stackoverflow.com/questions/37240551/… … -- Steve Trout at 9:19 AM - 15 May 2016 via Twitter

user315433

I didn't know one could force a file download with JS like that...

hichris123

I didn't realize that either. That probably shouldn't be allowed... :/

1

A: Browser download file prompt using JavaScript

As of August 2015, adding the "download" attribute to your tag enables the behavior you're looking for, at least in Chrome.

user315433

Wider support for it now: caniuse.com/#feat=download except IE and Safari.

hichris123

16:34

Question stayed around for two years even though it was a typo... stackoverflow.com/questions/20154780/… (now roomba eligible)

bjb568

@hichris123 By knowing the material? I know some classes that will help with that…

user315433

Use -stable, -unstable, and -yolo for package pre-release versions across NuGet, MyGet, and CI feeds., Nick Craver's proposal.

hichris123

-1

Q: TM4C123GXL Specifications

i am working on a low earth orbit (LEO) satellite, as an embedded platform we are thinking of using TM4C123GXL launch pad, first of all i need to know that is there any military graded micro controller equivalent to this controller is available or not, and then please tell me that how many CAN in...

microcontroller launchpad

I sure hope this isn't a real satellite...

bjb568

18:32

boop

S.L. Barth

@bjb568 Hello @bjb568!

bjb568

Hello @bjb @bjb @bjb @bjb!

Sumurai8

Greetings, oh thing that booped.

bjb568

:D

Sumurai8

I would boop back, but that would make two of the things that boop, which is impossible by design. There can only be one, and we have chosen you.

bjb568

18:35

Yay!

S.L. Barth

So Boop is a Singleton.

Boop.getSingletonInstance().boop()

bacon

BeepException: Cannot boop() before beep() on Tavern.room:4910908

S.L. Barth

@bacon Beep beep = Beep.init(); beep.beep(); <-- Fixed that.

Sumurai8

Can't we create a BeepFactory for that?

S.L. Barth

@Sumurai8 In favor!

Then we can all beep(); and boop(); to our heart's content!

bjb568

18:43

@Sumurai8 ur mom is a beepfactory

Sumurai8

@bjb568 Dad?

bjb568

boopfactory

S.L. Barth

But if we can only boop() after a beep(), shouldn't we have some kind of combined factory instead?

Starts a website named DevBoople to discuss it.

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bjb568

20:22

Damn eslinters broke DevDoodle. github.com/eslint/eslint/issues/6173 cc @quill

Quill

haha

bjb568

This tool for checking code should have a tool that checks its code and prevents it from breaking DevDoodle.

I make tools for managing job-hunting sites for people who make tools for managing job-hunting sites for people who make tools for ...

Quill

you should totally write unit tests

bjb568

meh

DevDoodle is the unit and the users are the tests.

S.L. Barth

@bjb568 So you're saying, if DevDoodle breaks, it's the user that failed...?

bjb568

20:31

Yes.

:p

S.L. Barth

Say that too loud, and you'll have a lot of tests that want to fail.

Quill

/Users/Quill/Documents/DevDoodle/server.js:5
	let t = this,
	^^^
SyntaxError: Unexpected strict mode reserved word

@bjb568 do you know what's up with that ^

bjb568

Uh.. looks like a syntax error.

Are you running node 6.1?

Quill

MacBook-Air:DevDoodle Quill$ node -v
v0.12.0
MacBook-Air:DevDoodle Quill$ npm -v
2.5.1

bjb568

Yeah that's old.

sudo npm install -g n
sudo n latest

Old node doesn't do ES6.

Quill

20:42

I usually just have babel with my ES6 projects

Error: listen EADDRINUSE :::80

bjb568

Do you have anything running on port 80?

Quill

apparently chrome and atom

bjb568

Huh.

You can always ~~murder them~~ change the port in config.js.

Quill

looks nearly as pretty as main :o

bjb568

May 2 at 1:35, by bjb568

@hichris you guys broke flexbox with position absolute

user315433

21:37

Jon Skeet's answers by month: 780 at his peak, 78 in April.

bjb568

Holy downward trend!

user315433

I didn't write a query for this, but from poking around, the record for most answers in a month appears to be 920 by Gordon Linoff, February 2014

user315433

22:08

user315433

The first comment on imgur is "what is stack overflow?".

bacon

22:23

Degree Overflow!

bjb568

Now I want sushi.

bacon

Just snatch from your nearest supermarket...

Quill

@sandwich he does like one convention every month

bjb568

23:34

1

Q: Such weird inequality

Prove that inequality $$\sum_{k=1}^n (2k-1)^m \geq n^{m+1}$$ holds if $n,m$ are integer positive numbers. Karamata`s inequality doesn`t work.

inequality

Wowee.

HNQ.

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23:52

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user315433

@bjb568 A descriptive title with a bit of MathJax provided. Should be out of HNQ

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