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Shog9

00:11

@redredwine I haven't read up on this latest thing yet, but there's a type of attack that relies on analyzing the time it takes a server to respond; different payloads will take different amounts of time to retrieve or compress or whatever.

And since hot network questions is random each time a page is loaded...

SNAFU

00:43

We’re prepping the upgrade of our SQL Server 2016 primaries to CU1, the AG replicas are already updated.

Tweeted by Nick_Craver on August 4, 2016 at 12:39 AM

user315433

Hm. The banner message about upgrade is shown only at SO. And it's not a system message, but the 10M celebration banner...

SNAFU

Heads up: taking Stack Overflow offline in 6 minutes for a very brief outage in order to failover quickly to our replica database servers.

Tweeted by Nick_Craver on August 4, 2016 at 12:54 AM in reply to Nick_Craver

Taking Stack Overflow offline now, we’ll be right back!

Tweeted by Nick_Craver on August 4, 2016 at 12:59 AM

And we’re back - that should be the only outage tonight.

Tweeted by Nick_Craver on August 4, 2016 at 1:00 AM in reply to Nick_Craver

user202362

01:14

Nick Alexeev

I'm tempted to migrate this to the central meta.SE .

5

Q: How to search comments for an exact quote?

I have tried searching for a statement (a quote) that is made in a comment, with zero results. For example, if I search for comment "news in 1983", which is an exact quote for my own comment, I get zero results in search. The comment I made is found here In chat room, it was suggested tha...

user315433

There is already Can I search my comments using some keyword(s)? and several questions linked to it.

user202362

I was going to start a question on whether users could get an option to turn on notifications if one of their comments have received a lot of upvotes.

user202362

01:30

But then I remembered that I rather have more reps on the main site than on meta

SNAFU

Stack Overflow and the rest of Stack Exchange network are all on SQL 2016 CU1. CPU is looking way better.

Tweeted by StackStatus on August 4, 2016 at 1:27 AM

Nick Alexeev

@redredwine We might as well keep the dupes in one centralized location.

SmokeDetector

02:17

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword with a link in answer: Como pegar valores CSS de um elemento e aplicar em outros elementos. Stick Footer by Gudanglagu on pt.stackoverflow.com …

Quill

02:28

Friend: Do dates make you nervous? Me: omg yes especially when doing math across timezone boundaries

Tweeted by dcousineau on August 3, 2016 at 2:42 PM

user202362

I must repent. There are some butcher birds that like to come and beg for food. They are usually given meat fillets. But one butcher bird has become lazy. It comes & begs for food all the times. No suitable meat left in the fridge. I found a large piece of butter in the freezer, so the bird was given frozen butter everyday ...

user202362

butcher bird fermentation ~puff~

user202362

Still very thin ...

SmokeDetector

03:24

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword with email in answer, link at end of answer: USB Barcode scanner splitter by HEESOO KWAK on hardwarerecs.stackexchange.com …

SmokeDetector

04:05

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, blacklisted username, link at end of body, pattern-matching website in body: tilization of a factor with persona have an have an effect on on within by glais juriya on drupal.stackexchange.com …

SmokeDetector

04:37

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title, link at end of body, link following arrow in body, pattern-matching website in body: How to increase my penis Size? by NorinePonce on superuser.com …

SmokeDetector

04:50

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, link at end of body, pattern-matching website in body: Curing Hair Loss Ways To Regrow Your Hair by user55844 on workplace.stackexchange.com …

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title, link at end of body, pattern-matching website in body: Yoga Dvd Review: Yoga Body Burn by doqsnald on superuser.com …

Quill

sd - 2k - k

SmokeDetector

05:49

[ SmokeDetector ] Link at end of body, pattern-matching website in body: What is the hypoglycemic file by inezcwenger on meta.stackexchange.com …

SmokeDetector

06:41

[ SmokeDetector ] URL-only title, link at end of body, link following arrow in body, pattern-matching website in body, pattern-matching website in title: crack-serials.com/kmspico-activator-latest/ by user577555 on askubuntu.com (@kos) …

TIPS

0

Q: "Legions of insanely-pedantic users": not against the be-nice policy?

I read the following comment on meta: So far everyone has missed the REAL reason why SE sites will always be freely-accessible: legions of insanely-pedantic users. Doesn't it go against the be-nice policy (http://meta.stackexchange.com/help/be-nice: "Name-calling. Focus on the post, not th...

discussion comments flags

Dude, you realize you just flagged Shog9?!

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] URL in title, bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title, pattern-matching website in body, pattern-matching website in title: healthonlinereviews.com/dermagen-iq/ by Nichozi on codegolf.stackexchange.com …

SmokeDetector

07:02

[ SmokeDetector ] Blacklisted website in body, link at end of body: Fitcrew Usa Pump 2400 Regular potatoes by TarshaYoung on arduino.stackexchange.com …

rene

07:54

I VTC-ed this a long time ago: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/212979/… then got re-opened because of regression but it now is again no longer reproducible. Can someone put it in the CVQ?

TIPS

@rene I did it JUST for you.

rene

@TIPS Oh ... thanks ... I guess?

TIPS

Make me a sandwich.

rene

!!/coffee

SmokeDetector

@rene brews coffee for @rene

rene

07:57

gives coffee to @TIPS in the hope it goes for a sandwich

TIPS

Bites coffee

Hey, this isn't a sandwich!

rene

hides

Use your imagination

Bart

coffee beats sandwich

TIPS

Only at night

SmokeDetector

08:16

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, blacklisted username, link at end of body, pattern-matching website in body: considerations large amounts nevertheless effectively to a couple measure by glaisjuriya on superuser.com …

rene

eagle eyed Meta veterans ... that is now an euphemism for voting mob?

Bart

:D

@rene I just get annoyed by the assumption that the Meta effect equates to nonsense votes being cast out of spite.

TIPS

08:37

It's votes being cast of spite that are not nonsense at all!

Bart

Haha, nah, it's votes the user didn't expect to get when their request for an honest opinion results in opinions that do not match theirs.

"OMG you guys are so cruel and mean" ... "no dude, your question just sucks"

TIPS

OMG you are so cruel and mean @Bart

Bart

Derpy

@Bart wait, I always assumed that votes aren't required/enforced to make any sense in the first place. Isn't the whole "I won't comment on downvotes because I am entitled to vote like I wish and if I want to downvote because I didn't like you avatar that is fine too" based on that?

Now you tell me that I was supposed to vote based on the post usefulness and quality??

Bart

@Derpy you're not required to justify your votes, sure. I would however assume we hope they do make some sense.

rene

08:45

ha ha ha ha ha ha ....

Derpy

Discord - What fun is there in making sense?

►

ok, tricked @Bart in prompting my daily MLP reference, I am done for now :P

Bart

How you manage to operate a computer at all with those hoofs of yours is beyond me. But well done.

user202362

Depression - when you spot a thread with goodie goddies (people who you to troll the most), and you don't have the impulse to troll at all ...

Bart

There there. It will all be fine. Get a cup of tea, relax, and you'll be back to trolling in no time.

user202362

iWish

user202362

08:54

user202362

using cuteness therapy

Bart

"It's so fluffy, I'm gonna die!" Agnes - Despicable Me (2010)

►

Derpy

@Telkitty Are those some low price knock-off? They don't look like the actual show characters at all! You should get a 4de plush instead.

user202362

you know, there is an actual dog inside it too right?

TIPS

New post.

0

Q: Undeletion, Unbumping and the Potential For Abuse

There has been some concerns on how bumping can be abused to garner some extra reputation. I'm going to question the opposite. A scenario where not bumping can be abused. Today of all days, a post was reported by Smoke Detector in Charcoal HQ and while it was obviously spam, it was deleted so fa...

feature-request spam bump

Derpy

09:03

@Telkitty I know of plushies having hearts, but of plushies having dogs I never eared off.

Quill

Actually you know what, this is not fine https://thenib.com/this-is-not-fine

Tweeted by kcgreenn on August 3, 2016 at 2:22 PM

SmokeDetector

09:25

[ SmokeDetector ] Link at end of answer: Turtles All the Way Down by nhabep on codegolf.stackexchange.com …

Quill

sd k

SmokeDetector

09:38

[ SmokeDetector ] Blacklisted website in answer: Transfer Whatsapp Chat from iOS to Android by Holidaycool on android.stackexchange.com (@Portal) …

Bart

i am leaving this discussion now as it's such a bad vibe here and really not going to try and educate a mob who has already decided that abusing powers granted is acceptable and god forbid you give that up and let the entire community decide. just keep your closed society. peace out as i must leave this discussion before i really blast you guys.... enjoy the karma — Samuel Jackson 6 mins ago

Somehow not surprising

rene

@Bart that conclusion took 2 days?

TIPS

@rene You should wait and see what they comment under their own post after six months.

rene

will do ...

Bart

@rene do note that "bad vibe" means "you actually discuss and have a view that is not mine". And somehow that's never a good thing. ;)

TIPS

09:48

Guys guys, may I divert your attention to scholar babies?

-6

Q: What is the view on / process for handling dimwitted down votes?

From time to time you encounter a meaning request, and provide a word which is obviously directly relevent. You reference your definition, provide a sample phrase etc. Yet someone still downvotes your answer. For clarification I am referring to questions here that are well formed. My question ...

discussion

They're much more fun to watch.

(Not to mention I'm sometimes technically one of them)

Bart

Don't people realize that they are potentially insulting the very community they're trying to address when writing such titles? "Hey buncha idiots, how do I handle you being idiots?"

rene

@Bart Is idiot insulting? I always took it as an compliment ...

TIPS

@Bart I guess when they're all fired up, blood covers their eyes and they can't see.

@rene We're talking about "idiot" as in "human idiot", not "flower idiot".

rene

...

Bart

@rene I can see how for you that's the best it will ever get.

Derpy

09:56

Chaaaaaargeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!

TIPS

Did that image just get larger after the edit? O_o

Bart

:D

TIPS

@Derpy Why are they attacking windmills?

Bart

@TIPS Donkey Xote

Derpy

Tilting at windmills

Tilting at windmills is an English idiom which means attacking imaginary enemies. The word "tilt", in this context, comes from jousting. The phrase is sometimes used to describe confrontations where adversaries are incorrectly perceived, or courses of action that are based on misinterpreted or misapplied heroic, romantic, or idealistic justifications. It may also connote an importune, unfounded, and vain effort against adversaries real or imagined for a vain goal. == Etymology == The phrase derives from an episode in the novel Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes, wherein protagonist Don Quixote...

TIPS

10:03

When people are getting negative comments and downvotes, I have observed that it is never because of the quality of the user's questions, answers or even attitude - including their usually exceptional sense of humor - but always because of high-rep trolls getting their jollies by abusing innocents. Hang in there. The truth will see the light of day. — medica Nov 5 '15 at 4:03

-13

Q: I really don't see why ignorant idiots should be allowed to edit my posts

My question Here's one for the Brits I guess was edited five times, beginning with the title. It is now unrecognizable; a whole different question. Not my question; not anymore. I asked whether "blag" was the British equivalent of "chutzpa," because I remembered reading something to that e...

discussion

WTF

I just remembered why meta.ELU is a scarier place than meta.SO.

SmokeDetector

10:19

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in answer, pattern-matching website in answer: Custom entities created time is always the same by user65438 on drupal.stackexchange.com …

user202362

@TIPS because more people can write in english than those who can program thus higher chance of abuse?

TIPS

10:42

@Telkitty No, because meta.SO never gets persistent trolls with several thousand reputation.

rene

11:08

@TIPS but ... I'm there ...

TIPS

@rene You're not considered persistent.

rene

Oh ... let me work on that

user202362

@TIPS Are you telling me that I am not working hard enough?

TIPS

Yes. I'm indicating that some people need to do harder.

Also looking angrily at @Bart

. . .

. . . and Shog. Hides

Bart

anger reflects off glasses

user202362

11:13

you need to ping him, he loves pinging

TIPS

@Bart Not chemico-anger.

user202362

especially around 3am-5am

TIPS

@Telkitty Be my guest

Bart

@TIPS I'm coated against that.

TIPS

@Bart I'm equipped with THE ANTICOAT

user202362

11:14

s/c/g

TIPS

No, I don't milk goats.

user202362

12:00

milk oats

Bart

The Anticoat sounds like a name for a vilain

user202362

and antigoat that of a comedian

SmokeDetector

12:20

[ SmokeDetector ] URL in title, link at end of body, pattern-matching website in body, pattern-matching website in title: Apex Vitality Booty Pop WASTE YOUR MONEY! www.fitnessbites.org/apex-vitality-booty-pop/ by user577549 on arduino.stackexchange.com …

bjb568

Quill

@balpha @df07 @JayHanlon https://t.co/yzZbaz8an8

Tweeted by Nick_Craver on August 4, 2016 at 12:04 PM in reply to balpha

user315433

12:58

> London is the capital city of England. It is the most populous city in the United Kingdom, with a metropolitan area of over 13 million inhabitants. Standing on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its founding by the Romans, who named it Londinium. -- live and learn

Bart

13:23

ChrisF abusing his power again, mindlessly deleting such gems.

user202362

who wants power if not for abuse

Shadow Wizard

@Telkitty Bart, of course.

user202362

that's why he has no mod power

user202362

Bart

13:42

@Telkitty gimme powerz!

user202362

I can give you powderz

rene

@Bart I believe there is an let's hate iText crowd somewhere

Bart

@rene I'm not part of it at least. I'm certain they have the best intentions. If anything they should perhaps reformulate the text on their website.

Duly noted, the paragraph about bugs will be removed. — Amedee Van Gasse 1 min ago

Okay, they are officially awesome now

rene

13:58

:D

Bart

I do however still prefer their competitor :p

rene

pekka testing comment load times

Bart

:D

Are those genuine comments though? Or are these some of Pekka's knock off imitation comments?

Derpy

This voice choice is perfect

user315433

15:21

I2P proposal reached 100% commitment.

user315433

Name could be better... too close to 4U2P signs.

Bart

15:32

Shouldn't that proposal be invisible?

Quill

16:07

always worth a laugh

Bart

:D I get the "so negative as of late" as a suggestion

Quill

Given a few decades, the meaning of the Stack Overflow name will be lost

All praise High-level languages

wow.... I just gave the Software Q&A room a hit with the mod defibrillator.... after a 755 day absence of activity

user315433

16:26

Generally, the absence of vital signs for 755 days suggests that defibrillation won't be effective.

Quill

Another user literally made a new general chatroom which only got frozen like 40 days ago

SmokeDetector

16:56

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword with email in answer: Can I make my own driftwood for my fish tank? by Joan Hardy on pets.stackexchange.com …

Shadow Wizard

17:40

!!/report meta.stackexchange.com/questions/283026

spam, advertising own services.

Magisch

hichris123

@ShadowWizard Spam? Eh. Seems like a kind, misguided offer.

110 suggested edits? Vacation time for reviewers or something?

TIPS

17:58

@hichris123 Where?

hichris123

SO, of course.

TIPS

@hichris123 Well, since you said it here, I took a look at meta.SE and saw nothing.

hichris123

21 hours ago, by Shog9

@ShadowWizard Currently 40 everywhere but SO (where it's 200) and Japanese (where it's 50).

SO is the only site where it can be >50. :)

TIPS

18:15

What's the point of this limit?

I mean, with all the other limits that exist.

Jason C

My favorite cereal clone.

Quill

my favourite cereal clone is probably friends

Shog9

I miss Post Toasties :(

@TIPS there were no other limits until a couple weeks ago...

TIPS

@Shog9 I knows, but doesn't this need reconsidering? It sounds totally extraneous with the per-person limit AFAICT.

Shog9

why?

arguably if you got that many edits in queue, the site is broken

the fix isn't to ignore the problem

(as I say this, I've just increased the Triage cap to 200, so... My excuse is I don't have time to fix it today)

Shadow Wizard

18:20

@hichris123 email address, "doing free services".... spam-ish enough for me.

Jason C

@Shog9 cereal.com/Breakfast-Cereals/toasties.htm Ymmv

Oh, nope. Broken link.

TIPS

@ShadowWizard You is too harsh :o

Jason C

Sorry to get your hopes up.

Magisch

@Shog9 I actually maxed out all but 2 queues today

Which is more painful then it sounds

>_>

My excuse is that I was doing it while chain testing old HDDs >_<

Wow

Someone really, really doesn't like me

I got 15 downvotes today on my top 15 posts in 2 short bursts

TIPS

@Magisch That isn't me.

user315433

18:25

Odd that it's the suggested edits that mean brokenness, not first posts or close votes.

TIPS

At the moment

Quill

tfw you handle 2 mod flags in one day

new record

Magisch

I assume the serial script will catch it

If there are remains, I'll modflag

user315433

I think the help center says use contact form after... 48? hours.

user315433

24 actually. But should be 48. webapps.stackexchange.com/help/serial-voting-reversed

Magisch

18:28

I'll wait until after the script runs

And that runs daily

user315433

Contact us form should be as easy to use as rebate forms.

Quill

user315433

In the history of SE elections, only two were cancelled: Web Apps 2011 and Japanese Language 2015.

Magisch

18:43

@redredwine Why were they cancelled?

user315433

See meta.stackexchange.com/q/78411 and meta.japanese.stackexchange.com/q/1450

Shadow Wizard

@TIPS offering free candies to everyone, just email [email protected]

hichris123

@ShadowWizard You are too harsh. :P

Shadow Wizard

Déjà vu

hichris123

There we go, for the correct intonation & emphasis.

user315433

18:50

> A group of crows is called a 'murder'.

Shadow Wizard

@hichris123 offering free candies to everyone, just email [email protected]

here you go!

@redredwine doesn't appear cancelled to me...

14

Q: 2015 Community Moderator Election Results

Japanese Language's first moderator election* has come to a close, the votes have been tallied, and the 3 new moderators are: They'll be replacing the pro tempore crew shortly — please thank them for volunteering, and share your assistance and advice with them as they learn the ropes! And d...

discussion election

user315433

I think "free candy" would be more idiomatic there, but...

hichris123

@ShadowWizard There's a difference and you know it... it's the difference between a good-faith offer of a well-meaning user and spam.

Shadow Wizard

oh wait... meta.japanese.stackexchange.com/questions/1450/… self slap

user315433

@ShadowWizard The election is dead, long live the election.

Shadow Wizard

18:53

@hichris123 I'm sure spammers also come with goof faith... but oh well, I know what you mean. :)

Magisch

I caught an unicorn

An answerer who took review comments to heart and improved their answer

What is this, the twilight zone?

hichris123

Yeah, people improve answers. Not as often as you'd like but they do...

Shadow Wizard

> Member for 6 years, 3 months

Not the typical newbie...

So yeah, those have good chance to fix their mistakes. :)

lol, Peter just polished the ~~spam~~ turd

user315433

The proposal to bump at undeletion makes sense for preventing a kind of abuse.... But it would enable another, delete-undelete to bump own post for extra attention.

user315433

They can already do that with edits, of course... But this makes it easier.

Shadow Wizard

19:01

@redredwine that is right, but user can do the same with trivial edits like you said, so if someone notice, flag is due and if repeated too many times, it can lead to suspension.

@red why just 50 and not 100? ;)

TIPS

Because not 100.

user315433

Because I don't have much rep of meta

user315433

Because of this bounty I had to undelete an answer to restore some rep, so I could downvote.

user315433

Ironically, this was easy because it doesn't bump.

Shadow Wizard

@redredwine now I finally understand why you delete upvoted answers. So you have a stash. Nice!

TIPS

19:08

@redredwine Hey

I'm trying to work here

Although I wasn't

the guy that proposes bumping.

Shadow Wizard

@TIPS but you brought this up, reviving that old discussion/request.... ;)

TIPS

Gilles did it! Points at Gilles

Shadow Wizard

nah, you won't fool me

TIPS

I'll fool that @Shadow guy.

user315433

19:24

5

Q: Documentation Update, August 4th

This is the second post in our series of regular (roughly weekly) updates on the Documentation Beta. See also the previous post in the series. Shipped Changes Review Rules We've just enabled an update to creating and review proposed changes, so that now: Users with a silver or gold tag badg...

discussion featured documentation

Shadow Wizard

@TIPS maybe fuel, not fool.... :D

TIPS

Burns @Sha violently

@redredwine Thank you my ~~man~~ feeds

Shadow Wizard

burning happily ever after

TIPS

Being in the same chat as @red is equivalent to be aware of every single big thing happening in SE or concerning SE.

</compliment>

Shadow Wizard

@TIPS yup. He's like a Feed with AI. Well, HI.

user315433

19:37

@ThomasWeller Absolutely. I was already planning to pull 1 extra person to make up for that Tim Post guy stealing one of the spots. Pffft. That guy. — animuson ♦ Jul 25 at 20:52

user315433

Employees don't get top user swag, apparently.

Shadow Wizard

Oh, BTW @Portal isn't it time for you to change ~~name~~ identity as well? ;)

@redredwine so unfair...

!!/blame

SmokeDetector

@ShadowWizard It's Quill's fault.

TIPS

@ShadowWizard Who's Portal? CRABOLO?

Shadow Wizard

@TIPS nope. CRAB is lost. He used to be an "Andrew" in the long long past.

user315433

19:40

Andrew T., never Andy

TIPS

@SmokeDetector One lesson to be learned here, is that it's always @Quill's fault, even if it's not Quill's fault.

Shadow Wizard

then when @Norm started his name rampage, he started too...

@redredwine whoops. Yup. Both starts with "And" though.... :P

TIPS

So Andrew was CRABOLO? WTH

Shadow Wizard

@TIPS no no... CRAB is lost. Still CRABOLO.

TIPS

Stop changing clothes people

I mean, I change names too, but at least I follow a theme.

Shadow Wizard

19:42

CRABOLO

9.8k 4 28 86

discussion support feature-request review vote-to-close bug suggested-edits

TIPS

So there were two Andrew T.'s?

Shadow Wizard

...

TIPS

This just got Matrix-y.

Or wait, I'm too dumb ATM

Shadow Wizard

@TIPS not enough sleep?

user315433

Let's blame this on an ambiguous use of "he"

TIPS

19:43

Tough day

Shadow Wizard

@TIPS why?

TIPS

Too much math and physics.

@redredwine @Sha's ambiguous even when he doesn't want to

Now I'm eating whole words.

Shadow Wizard

@redredwine well, I meant @Portal used to be @Andrew... duh :D

user315433

Shadow Wizard

@TIPS blech

user315433

19:45

I'm afraid I don't have answers to most of those. Does Google?

Shadow Wizard

@redredwine of course!

user315433

Well, the top hit for that is Yahoo Answers. Followed by Quora.

TIPS

@ShadowWizard One day, this ambiguity will get you killed

Shadow Wizard

@redredwine top of the art contents...

TIPS

Also a lack of commas and correct grammar

user315433

19:46

So if you think math is boring, those are the right Q&A sites for you...

TIPS

@ShadowWizard Well, it's nothing weird and nerdy, really.

Shadow Wizard

@redredwine exactly! ;)

TIPS

Just so many functions to integrate and derivativate-ate-ate.

Shadow Wizard

@TIPS heh, I used to like both in highschool. Got top grades...

@TIPS integrals?

TIPS

That's why you're stuck with being a groprammer

@ShadowWizard Yah

Weirdest thing ever.

I used to understand derivatives.

Shadow Wizard

19:48

@TIPS yeah, and friends telling me it's a good thing. And I listened.... :P

TIPS

And now all you do is type wrong ellipsees.

Ellipsisses. Whatever

Shadow Wizard

@TIPS true... my company product is called Integral. lol

TIPS

What . . . SO YOU ARE THE PEOPLE THAT got us into this trouble?

Swears he'll take revenge

Shadow Wizard

hides behind @Oded

SmokeDetector

20:21

[ SmokeDetector ] Shortened URL in body: The abc-conjecture proof by ulysse on math.stackexchange.com …

TIPS

SD K

Oded

hides behind @ShadowWizard

TIPS

Puts @Sha aside Hey, this is @Oded, not @ShadowWizard!

Oh there you are

Oded

Eeek!

I've been found! Hat tip to ya

hichris123

So... how did Shog's Triage change affect things so far?

TIPS

20:24

hichris123

Shadow Wizard

20:52

@hichris123 huh? What did he change?

@Oded hey, that's not fair! And not smart, you can't hide that big diamond you wear....... :P

bluefeet

@ShadowWizard we increased the max number of items allowed in Triage at any moment from 100 to 200 - which then allows 40 reviews a day in that queue

Shadow Wizard

@bluefeet oh. Nice! And guess people still max their daily reviews. :)

user315433

from sstatic.net/img/life-instructions.png

user315433

21:47

Shown when unsubscribing from SE emails.

user315433

2

Q: Flagging low quality answers: an experiment

The handling of low-quality answers has been a point of contention and friction, on and off, for a fairly long time in this site. For low-quality questions, it happens that every so often someone sees a terrible answer, flags it as low quality, and finds out that it gets declined with the message...

discussion flagging review non-mainstream-physics

user315433

So so long... Someone should hire this person as a CM.

tchrist

22:24

It's certainly elegantly written.

Wait, that's just Georgia.

user315433

22:52

So few of SE sites use serif fonts for main text... English, Math, Physics, and Christianity are all I know of (there may be more). The former three use Georgia, the latter uses Lusitana.

user315433

Now that I think of it, I'd rather have Lusitana than Georgia for math. (Because of my poor taste re: lining vs text figures, of course)

user315433

23:09

Also: Chemistry, RPG, Judaism, and Patents have Georgia. This is all...

tchrist

I like text figures in text.

And moreover, variable-width ones.

Text is not a spread sheet.

Of course, when summing columns, I want fixed-width digits.

user315433

Summary: 8 serif sites, 150 sans-serif sites. Of those 8, Georgia is used on 7, and Lusitana on 1. Serif seems to go well with hard sciences and religion.

user315433

I remember Christianity had Georgia at some point, possibly until the great CSS update of 2015...

user315433

@AndrewLeach I love Lusitana. I think it's a more elegant serif than Georgia, especially for the design of this site. My concern is that it may not render too well as body font. But, I'll switch the question and answer body text over to it tonight, and see if we get any complaints. In my experience, web fonts just don't render well on Windows, especially at smaller size. — Jin May 31 '13 at 19:23

user315433

I'm confused... Russell Crowe is back on Crypto 404 page, after being removed for copyright reasons...

user315433

23:26

The permission-seeking tweet was left without an answer, perhaps plan B is to ask forgiveness instead...

user315433

Speaking of copyright and such things...

user315433

Stack Overflow is hiring a real-life lawyer. Know anyone? http://stackoverflow.com/company/work-here/188175/corporate-attorney

Tweeted by samthebrand on March 24, 2016 at 10:32 PM

user315433

The ad has been deleted, but I don't see any attorneys on the company page.

user315433

Similarly, the Chief of Staff ad is gone, without a corresponding addition to the Executive team:

user315433

Not enough of you are applying for this job. I'll sweeten the deal: you'll be able to hang out with Taco regularly. http://stackoverflow.com/company/work-here/233631?gh_jid=233631

Tweeted by spolsky on June 15, 2016 at 5:30 PM

tchrist

23:36

@redredwine I'm glad English is now considered a hard science.

Well, that or a religion.

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