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Yessss, been too long.

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Hey, look at the pages of content we are generating for this room.

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12:33 AM

:5162151 notspam

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12:49 AM

A user with 1 rep (and no posts) got nominated for a pro-tem mod on Monero... the nomination has +5 score.

Morning

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^ a thing I made today, basically a First Answers queue for multiple sites at once.

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Fetch 10 newest answers from several sites (100 from SO), show only those from users with rep = 1. The "flag" link flags as NAA using the API.

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At least I hope it flags as NAA, rather than spam or abusive...

1:06 AM

triggered

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1:22 AM

Wikipedia article about Joel states his year of birth, but not date. So the age is "50-51". This doesn't look optimal... did anyone around here or on Twitter ever mentioned his birthday?

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The article talks at length about string concatenation...

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No mentions of his birthday, unless we count the site howold.co/joel-spolsky which declares it to be January 1. Yeah, right...

@redredwine wat

The article is like [relevant intro] [useless coining terms, hope the reader is done by now] [boring personal history] [openly gay] [oooh, hey, did you know this thing about string concatenation?]

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1:37 AM

Anyway, I went there trying to guess how close Joel is to retirement (as a CEO, he already retired as a blogger). The industry standard for mandatory CEO retirement seems to be 65, though this probably doesn't apply to founders.

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@redredwine When the date is unknown, January 1 is about the worst guess one could make. Aim for the midpoint of the interval (July 1 or so), not an endpoint.

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1:54 AM

The Wikipedia category Living people has 780,243 pages. Counting two who are both dead and alive...

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> Please add articles to this category by using {{BLP living dead}}.

2:25 AM

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2:59 AM

Anyone around? Looking at this: gaming.stackexchange.com/a/… looks an awful lot like spam, especially if you read the comments

What do you guys think?

@JamesENL umm, somehow the URL is malformed

A: Do I need to use Incense to find Pokemon?

My bad

Look at the answer

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How to find Pokémon Pokémon Go somewhat mimics the traditional games, so you are more likely to find Pokémon in areas such as parks and you’ll be more likely to find water Pokémon when you’re near, well, water. It’s not limited to those areas though, and you can find Pokémon no matter where you a...

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@JamesENL I flagged as spam

I flagged it too

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3:11 AM

If that's the case, I'll smokeyit

!!/report gaming.stackexchange.com/a/280628/80115

The profile does look very spammy

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sd 3k

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6:12 AM

sd k - k k k

@James so you caught lots of Pokemons?

I have caught some Pokémons.... when they aren't vanishing into electrons

@JamesENL heh, so weird.... but it's only one! ;)

I know

Cheers for the Upvotes

I'm assuming it was you guys & gals

6:33 AM

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@ShadowWizard someone's proposed an edit removing all the funny things I wrote :( Is rejecting an edit for destroying the fun in a post allowed?

I'm not going to review it, but I'm also not going to get into an edit war if it does get approved

I hope it doesn't

@JamesENL yeah, to a limit. Fun is allowed, as long as it's not just noise.

6:48 AM

YAAAAAAAAASS!

lol

Link to the edit?

No, comment that was made

by a decently high rep user

I meant can you please give a link so I can see for myself? ;)

gaming.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/199738

@JamesENL heh, reject! ;)

> You need at least 2k reputation to review suggested edits.

6:51 AM

I don't have 2k on Arquade :(

You can't see the changes?

@JamesENL you can review edits on your own posts though, with a binding vote

@JamesENL I can see, just not review (i.e. can't approve or reject)

Ahhh

Wasn't sure

Someone agrees it would seem, there's already 1 reject vote saying 'causes harm'

@JamesENL yep, same user who posted the comment. He left a custom message.

You can see that?

Or does it get commented on automatically?

@JamesENL in the link you gave me... ;)

No, the comment is not automatic.

6:56 AM

Bahahahahaha

Rejected! :D

@James wins ;)

Yay!

But user with 2k can still edit, so don't build your hopes too high that your question is safe....

True

anyway hope you'll get a decent answer. :)

6:58 AM

Still, if someone does edit it, I'm sure it'll get rolled back

@ShadowWizard That I'm less hopeful on. I suspect it's just a random bug somewhere

Q: User with Negative Age in network profile

@JamesENL not sure, it's not really worth edit war as you said yourself :)

@JamesENL yeah, maybe connection burp causing the local data to not be sent properly to the server

Anyway, we need to greet a visitor from the future!

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I noticed a network profile of a user with the age shown as -972: I dug further to see if there are more such cases but my analysis shows that this is a lone case, though there are a lot of users who have not added their age to their profile. I believe it is a bug in the system that allows...

7:13 AM

@JamesENL upvoted (it's an interesting question too, although I don't play). Hopefully it gets into HNQ~

I have two SE goals pretty much all the time: have something starred here, and get something to HNQ.

2

@JamesENL one goal achieved. No need to thank me. :D

Anyway, without answers, it can't become HNQ

Gah, I forgot about that

Damn

@Portal yes you did!

7:18 AM

yes I did!

Indeed!

Certainly!

7:33 AM

Intermittently

7:44 AM

Outermittently

Invertedly

Mittens! Kitten Mittens!

Qwerpline Ep01 - Pot Hole Mystery

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I only just discovered Qwrpline. Holy hell it's funny

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8:14 AM

@JamesENL listening now. It's awesome :D

sd 3k

@Bart Bloody funny stuff

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@ShadowWizard is the date format different for Russian datetimes?

@JNat cross network spammer, can you please nuke? stackexchange.com/users/8289485/rajat-k-jain

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8:18 AM

@Quill might be, good call. Worth adding a comment on the question.

JNat

@ShadowWizard gone

the only thing more fun than localisation bugs are localization bugs

JNat more like JRekt

2

:D

@JNat whoa, that was fast. Thanks! :D

JNat

;)

8:21 AM

@Quill you mean fixing those bugs... lol. Poor devs. :D

@Quill same format for SE.... :/

@ShadowWizard Couldn't you have tried for some other site than one that contains bloody Russian?

No offense to Russian, BTW. It's nouns sound cool

@TIPS I did already, but @Quill raised a valid point that maybe the validation there is different

@TIPS He did already in another screenshot

@ShadowWizard @Quill? Valid point?

@TIPS yeah, surprising, right? ;)

8:26 AM

9 mins ago, by Quill

@ShadowWizard is the date format different for Russian datetimes?

That's not valid at all. It's a question

A valid point looks like "this is a valid point".

I know, right? I don't make valid points

Valid points hate you too.

@ShadowWizard SOMEONE ELSE HATES FUN TOO! gaming.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/199755

8:31 AM

@JamesENL heh, well, at least he left some fun there, probably missed it. :/

@TIPS find the valid points here! :P

@JamesENL ┬─┬ ノ( ^_^ノ)

@ShadowWizard Row 21, dot 32.

@ShadowWizard Row 12, dot 2.

When I try to send a thing on my server:

The server implodes.

events.js:160
      throw er; // Unhandled 'error' event
      ^

Error: write after end
    at ServerResponse.OutgoingMessage.write (_http_outgoing.js:426:15)
    at /home/bjb568/Aquaforces/server.js:63:24
    at next (native)
    at callNext (/home/bjb568/Aquaforces/node_modules/yield-yield/index.js:54:19)
    at yieldCallback (/home/bjb568/Aquaforces/node_modules/yield-yield/index.js:145:13)
    at /home/bjb568/Aquaforces/essentials.js:50:2
    at next (native)
    at callNext (/home/bjb568/Aquaforces/node_modules/yield-yield/index.js:54:19)

Caused by:

res.write('...');

So it does implode.

8:36 AM

If I console.log(res):

ServerResponse {
  domain: null,
  _events: { finish: [Function: resOnFinish] },
  _eventsCount: 1,
  _maxListeners: undefined,
  output: [],
  outputEncodings: [],
  outputCallbacks: [],
  outputSize: 0,
  writable: true,
  _last: false,
  chunkedEncoding: true,
  shouldKeepAlive: true,
  useChunkedEncodingByDefault: true,
  sendDate: true,
  _removedHeader: {},
  _contentLength: null,
  _hasBody: true,
  _trailer: '',
  finished: true,
  _headerSent: false,
  socket: null,
  connection: null,

> 200 Moved Permanently

PSA: @Portal's a foreteller.

wat

lol

it says you're trying to write to a closed connection

It says writable: true in res.

And I tried to try-catch the res.write, but it's an asynchronous error so it still breaks.

When catching an exception throws another exception: Ex-ception

Q: Time to replace The Joel Test?

8:41 AM

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Job posting in StackOverflow (although I have not seen it in recently postings) have the Joel Test grade attached to them. It is 12-software development practices a company should be using. The number of practices used give candidates an idea of the quality of a company's development environment....

discussion jobs careers

Ahahahaha

!!/report gaming.stackexchange.com/q/280672/80115

@Quill junkee.com/…

Maybe we should move to Europe

9:26 AM

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@JamesENL yeah, come over here. Besides terrorist attacks, increasing right-wing politics and a declining economy, life here is great.

12:07 PM

Antarctica seems nice

@Bart At least we have healthcare still :/

@Quill isn't it occupied by penguins?

@ShadowWizard And Barts

@Bart Well, life around the world is shitty in some way.

There is no good living unless you're especially good at it.

@Magisch yup, my wallet feels that one every month

@Bart In a positive way

12:12 PM

Everywhere's objectively the worst place and the best place to live

@TIPS nah, @Bart doesn't rule. Just observes. ;)

@Magisch when I ultimately need it, sure. But otherwise I'd love the extra 450 Euros to remain in my wallet. :p

@Bart You'd love it less when a doctor bills you <20k for a MRI scan

Absolutely

Or if you call 911 and they take you to the hospital for checkup and suddenly you sit on a 50k bill

12:14 PM

@Magisch heh, here in Israel if your house burns, you pay the bill for the fire fighters. (and the insurance won't return it)

I never had anything serious come up yet, but I'd sure as hell not take that chance. It would mean one serious injury and you spend the rest of your life paying it off

I feel like an MRI machine wouldn't cost 20k

My SO spent 2 weeks in hospital a while ago for complications with an appendix surgery ... in the US that stay could have easily cost her 150k or more

@ShadowWizard They're making sure your house doesn't get on fire

@Quill yeah, "only" 2.6k time.com/money/2995166/why-does-mri-cost-so-much

12:17 PM

@Quill when we tried to acquire a smaller version at a previous job, we were looking at 500k minimum, and those weren't even the size of hospital MRI machines.

@TIPS lol, I wish! They arrive only after it's burnt

> as cheap as $150,000 or as expensive as $1.2 million

@ShadowWizard I like it more crispy too

@Quill machine only I guess?

@Quill the machine itself, not a single scan

12:18 PM

I just don't think people should have to worry about going bankrupt of healthcare

@Quill As cheap as the cost for an R8?

As cheap as the cost for the new iPhone

I don't think healthcare is a sector thats fair game for profit-seeking companies

Its a captive market, and there is no real competition

Healthcare in what sense? To the consumers you mean?

@Magisch Drug companies, however

12:20 PM

In a broad sense

Our govt applies harsh limits on what drug makers and hospitals can charge

thats how it needs to be

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries

@TIPS like this one?

Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (Hebrew: טבע תעשיות פרמצבטיות בע"מ‎‎) is an Israeli multinational pharmaceutical company headquartered in Petah Tikva, Israel. It specializes primarily in generic drugs, but other business interests include active pharmaceutical ingredients and to a lesser extent proprietary pharmaceuticals. It is the largest generic drug manufacturer in the world and one of the 15 largest pharmaceutical companies worldwide. Teva's facilities are located in Israel, North America, Europe, and South America. Teva is a member of both the New York Stock Exchange the Tel Aviv Stock...

Those are huge indeed

Well, that certainly looks like 2016 Europe.

Its hard enough to get people to go to the doctor when they need it here, its even harder in a country where its super expensive, too.

1:21 PM

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1:32 PM

business.stackoverflow.com/blog/…

they don't onebox :'(

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1:42 PM

[pagetitle](url) would still work, including in the starboard....

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> we only hire more experienced developers

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Not entirely true anymore, since they had those two apprenticeships (though that could be a one-time thing).

do a majority of people learn the entirety of their skills at work?

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Yes, but it should be at some other place, probably less glorious one than SO.

2:01 PM

the only things I learn at work are parts of the stack that aren't parts of my personal stack

Probably not all people as lucky as you

how so?

I learned 99% of my IT knowledge from work and SO

Rory Alsop

2:18 PM

@Magisch for those of us at my age, SO was not an option for learning IT

:-(

Q: is tealplum a good name for a non-governmental organisation

@RoryAlsop You also know yet substantially more then me, and make probably about 30x as much

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2:41 PM

@RoryAlsop you don't learn new things any more? :'(

Rory Alsop

@Telkitty loads of new things every day, but I probably become equally less current with modern IT.

@Magisch in my area of expertise, maybe...

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is tealplum a pleasant to hear & remindful name for an animal/human care organization ? How does it sound to you ? Do you have some good idea for me ? I'm looking for a good name for my new car organisation and i want it to be clear and remindful also as pretty.

discussion

heh heh heh

A: How come a rigid body has 6 degrees of freedoms (DOFs) ? Isn't velocity a DOF?

3:24 PM

Cars? Plums? No veo la relación.

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i want complete answers for all qutions step by step dint copy internet

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3:46 PM

A tale of moderation posted by a WP mod candidate.

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I don't usually see mod candidates using a blog to supplement their (necessarily brief) nomination. Interesting.

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4:25 PM

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Our new office hours system tells me to enter instructions for entering...

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Wonder if the "hint" value is actually shown to others if I leave the box empty (similar to SE displays some default strings in profiles).

rene

4:54 PM

Is the author from this comment upset/angry about my answer?

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Maybe a little bit. I'd remove "You should be thankful" bit, lest it be understood as a recommendation to leave thank-you comments on answers.

rene

Ok, I'm rewording a bit anyway, I'll remove that part

Thx

hichris123

5:33 PM

→ 1 message moved to Sandbox

Q: Down-vote reputation penalty is too big

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Over my time using many of the Stack forums, I have of course asked questions that others thought weren't adequate. I could hardly see why and frankly, It felt somewhat unfair as I could spot many far worse questions than mine which were getting lots of up-votes. This conundrum has meant that I ...

discussion reputation voting down-votes

"I get a lot of downvotes. Here's how this can be improved:"

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Does subtracting rep with a downvote even serve a purpose? I guess it generates notifications... But I doubt those lead to improvements often. It's just one more thing to shrug off.

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The possibility of someone losing privileges due to downvotes is hypothetical, outside of serial voting by a gang - which we probably don't want to enable.

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I think Documentation got it right by not having rep change attached to downvotes.

A: Should we participate in the Stack Exchange Winter Bash?

5:59 PM

I'm with ya

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6:27 PM

Then again, participation in SE is a good workout for shrugging muscles anyway.

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At the time I write this, the leading option in the poll is SHRUG. If SHRUG wins, then instead of hats, CSTheory should get epaulettes.

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6:49 PM

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A: Analogue of "orphan" for someone who's lost their siblings

One of my friends is a bereaved sibling. I have suggested we coin the term "sidow" for her - like a widow, but for siblings.

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Like her life wasn't hard enough already...

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7:02 PM

hichris123 got Popular Question badge for How do weather models work?, a question answered by Jon Ericson...

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(Considers flagging as Too Broad...)

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8:08 PM

WordPress got 5 mod nominations for 2 positions, one nomination arriving in the 11th hour... On a graduated site, it's kind of hard to vote for someone under 3K, despite them having a strong record otherwise. Having never closed/reopened things in a normal way, and then given power to do so on your own...

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8:30 PM

New election: English Language & Usage

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So I wanted to edit some posts to farm rep for voting, but this proves to be difficult. I need a new dictionary for this one...

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A: "bucking for" .. like Klinger

Its slang put you brought up prision bucking for solitary, in prision bucking means the oppisite of trying to obtaian something. For example im bucking work call,or if some is gonna jack or take something from you.Im bucking the jack..if someone is called out to fight and doesnt he bucked the cal...

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Perhaps @tchrist will know what ^ is saying, or if it should be left as is for authenticity. (The post is scored +3 currently)

9:15 PM

@redredwine a Tavern special

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Meet Adam Francoer, the SO Corporate Attorney. He obviously knew the right answer to all interview questions.

quid

Not to forget life, universe, and everything.

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I hope Adam won't sue me for misspelling his last name (Francoeur).

He probably has more Stack Overflow rep than I do

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? As far as I can tell, he has no account on any site.

Shog9

9:24 PM

I would hope that any attorney worth his salt would know better than to use his real name on The Internet

Also, I would hope to some day find an attorney willing to be paid in salt.

quid

Yeah, surely, it should be spelled Francœur

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Sure, his username could be Œur42 or whatever. But there is no link to his SE profile on the company page, which I assume means no profile.

A: iOS9: configure spotlight news suggestions

it says he's good in immigration law. is SE looking at becoming an immigration service?

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They do employ people overseas, and some are non-citizens working in the U.S. (Gabe for example).

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Amazing that you can't configure the news sources. It's funny ever since I got my iPhone 6s, all I see are news stories about how bad Donald Trump would be for the country.

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9:31 PM

iPhones are ruining this country.

You can actually configure the news sources, but it takes a drag-to-top on the side page to refresh them

bwDraco

@redredwine Flagged—not an answer.

Stack Exchange finally has in-house counsel.

I hope he'll be as twitter-funny as VideoGameAttorney

english.stackexchange.com/election?cb=1

the candidates are so stellar they broke the CSS!

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This is worth preserving for posterity.

9:42 PM

Love finding stuff by looking at src for other projects (now OpServer). Latest find: UnconstrainedMelody! Thanks @jonskeet and @Nick_Craver

Tweeted by stebets on August 8, 2016 at 2:42 PM

A Nick Craver and Jon Skeet combo will be unstoppable

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It's not something specific to the candidates, it's just that ELU has a fancy border for usercards (example: english.stackexchange.com/q/341793) and the box model doesn't account for that.

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Does any other site have such a border? never saw it before. It's around the question title, too.

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> @jc4p the main lesson here (I think) is "don't take a job that pays below market but gives good stock options, you can't afford them." -- kasmanian devil at 2:30 PM - 8 Aug 2016

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Stock options also don't help much until there is stock to be bought or sold...

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9:54 PM

sd gone