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user315433
12:03 AM
Time for trivia! How many SO employees are Twitter-verified?
 
user315433
As the definition of an employee I take stackoverflow.com/company/team
 
hichris123
hichris123
Nick and Joel for sure.
 
user315433
So, for example, Michael Pryor doesn't count (Member of the Board of Directors). Neither does Jeff Atwood
 
user315433
Apparently, three: Alexa, Joel, and Nick.
 
hichris123
hichris123
If Kasra's list can be taken as fairly complete, then that's true.
 
user315433
12:10 AM
 
user315433
Does anyone remember what this thing is for?
 
user315433
Is that how we spell "steak" now? #phillycheesestack
Tweeted by EmmanuelTrufel on October 30, 2016 at 11:56 PM
 
user315433
The Philadelphians are getting confused by the trending hashtag...
 
user315433
That bar should have written the company name as "Steak Overflow"
 
user202362
12:44 AM
Steak overflower
 
user315433
2:00 AM
<p><span>Due <span></span></span><span><span></span>1</span><span><span></span>1</span><span>‌​<span></span>/</span><span><span></span>0</span><span><span></span>2</span><span>‌​<span></span>.</span><span><span></span>
 
user315433
I didn't do any fancy editing... just typed "Due 11/02." in a text box on Blackboard. And this is what it created...
 
user202362
2:12 AM
 
user202362
 
user202362
Am I the only one who sees the parallel of the two?
 
bjb568
bjb568
:3
 
JamesENL
JamesENL
Elon Musk is much less fluffy
 
user202362
maybe he got smaller bones ...
 
bjb568
bjb568
3:52 AM
MIT app done. Life drained. Sick again. Blah.
 
tchrist
tchrist
Why are folks so surprised to learn that the foreign power manipulating the election behind the scenes turns out to be Sauron?
Seeing how it’s the first-ever Orkish candidate, why settle for the lesser evil?
 
SmokeDetector
SmokeDetector
4:20 AM
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in title, blacklisted username, blacklisted website in body, link at end of body, pattern-matching website in body: As you age, your body’s ability to produce testosterone by gartjuriya on gaming.stackexchange.com
 
user202362
@tchrist coz orcs not trolls - we have been lied to by Sauron, thus Sauron can not be trusted
 
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[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in body, link at end of body, link following arrow in body, pattern-matching website in body: How to get Fair Skin? by pearliepatrick on superuser.com
 
user202362
like Sauron has an army of trolls
 
user202362
then when he's resurrected in the internet age, he trained all the trolls and sent 'em on the internet
 
user202362
of course, those are lesser trolls, not 1337 ones like ... ~cough~ ~cough~
 
SmokeDetector
SmokeDetector
4:46 AM
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in answer, bad keyword in link text in answer, pattern-matching website in answer: Correcting paper size in Microsoft Word without losing the existing page formatting by yesh Noti on superuser.com
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Link at end of body: EFI VMWare Virtual SCSI Hard Drive (0.0) by Giorgi on superuser.com
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in title, blacklisted website in body, link at end of body: 3 Important Habits For Healthy Skin by donadleresn on security.stackexchange.com
 
tchrist
tchrist
5:03 AM
@Telkitty All becomes clear.
 
user202362
@tchrist tl;dr
 
user202362
or maybe just the first 2 paragraph ...
 
user202362
5:21 AM
@tchrist are any of the famous hiking trails near you accessible by public transport or does one need a car?
 
SmokeDetector
SmokeDetector
5:31 AM
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in body, link at end of body, pattern-matching website in body: On A Mission To Get The Best Skin Maintenance Systems? by Duaewfasne on superuser.com
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in body, blacklisted website in body, link at end of body, link following arrow in body, repeated URL at end of long post: Your survival. Whether you come up with your own by Amy Ryan on drupal.stackexchange.com
 
 
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7:48 AM
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in answer, blacklisted user: How to block outgoing packets to Google DNS Servers on dlink router? by alalshi on superuser.com
 
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8:01 AM
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Link at end of answer: Bullet vs ODE to simulate robotic arm by user15159 on robotics.stackexchange.com
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in link text in body, blacklisted website in body, pattern-matching website in body: Causes of mobile radiation by schwans on physics.stackexchange.com
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Link at end of answer: Developing Event Receivers in Sharepoint 2016? by user61405 on sharepoint.stackexchange.com
 
user202362
8:24 AM
 
user202362
8:48 AM
 
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[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title, link at end of body, pattern-matching website in body: How Place In An Easy Diet Plan by billyolivier on gaming.stackexchange.com
 
user202362
put something between your legs, hawk, you are doing it wrong
 
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SmokeDetector
9:12 AM
 
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SmokeDetector
9:37 AM
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Shortened URL in body: Is The Riemann Zeta an Infinite Function by Hokusai on math.stackexchange.com
 
Shadow Wizard
Shadow Wizard
Blacklist request for Smokey: beautyforever.com @ProgramFOX @hichris123 @ArtOfCode (I never remember who is adding, sorry)
!!/test beautyforever.com
 
SmokeDetector
SmokeDetector
> Would not be caught for title, body, and username.
 
Shadow Wizard
Shadow Wizard
@Telkitty don't hawks got something in there already? (males, at least ;))
 
ProgramFOX
ProgramFOX
@ShadowWizard Added.
 
Shadow Wizard
Shadow Wizard
@ProgramFOX thanks!
!!/rev
 
SmokeDetector
SmokeDetector
9:43 AM
 
ProgramFOX
ProgramFOX
it's pulled now
!!/rev
 
SmokeDetector
SmokeDetector
 
Shadow Wizard
Shadow Wizard
!!/test beautyforever.com
 
SmokeDetector
SmokeDetector
> Blacklisted website in body, blacklisted website in title
----------
Title - Position 1-14: beautyforever
Body - Position 1-14: beautyforever
 
Shadow Wizard
Shadow Wizard
yay!
spam is no beauty
 
ArtOfCode
ArtOfCode
10:01 AM
@Sha I don't think that's been used in spam on SE before - at least, we don't have any record of it in metasmoke
 
Shadow Wizard
Shadow Wizard
@ArtOfCode true, I saw it on MSE earlier.
(and good chance spammer will be back)
 
ArtOfCode
ArtOfCode
Huh, mkay :)
 
 
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11:07 AM
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Link at end of body, pattern-matching website in body, repeated URL at end of long post: How will Niacin Max Reviews Work? by felipjekint on gaming.stackexchange.com
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in body, link at end of body, pattern-matching website in body, repeated URL at end of long post: Testo Vital - Scam or Legit product? Get Free Trial Here! by onow9268 on drupal.stackexchange.com
 
 
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user315433
1:04 PM
 
user315433
The (presumably) water bottles look huge:
 
user315433
 
Magisch
Magisch
Who came up with #PhillyCheeseStack
Thats hysterical
 
Feeds
Feeds
Stack Overflow Blog: Stack Overflow Podcast #93 - A Very Spolsky Halloween Special
posted on October 31, 2016 by Kaitlin Pike

A warning to all souls before you go further: We know you’ve been dying to hear this special Halloween edition of the podcast, but due to its frightening nature, we recommend you proceed with caution and put all small children and ghosts to rest before hitting play. But if you are so adventurous as to continue…

 
user315433
> Our new and improved profile page design is intended to give all members of Experts Exchange the ability to showcase their accomplishments and history, both on site and off, in an organized and professional manner.
 
user315433
1:17 PM
 
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
Teehee
 
user202362
 
user202362
speaking of halloween ...
 
user202362
giant chicken vs giant spiders
 
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
 
user202362
1:50 PM
fillycheesesteak
 
user202362
meh
 
user202362
sometimes strange ideas hit and run me
 
user202362
2:13 PM
s/filly/unicorn/
 
Shadow Wizard
Shadow Wizard
@Telkitty the spiders are real?
 
user202362
no, they are halloween decoration
 
user315433
2:41 PM
One benefit of switching to .blog domain is immediately obvious:
 
user315433
> We were unable to load Disqus. If you are a moderator please see our troubleshooting guide.
 
user315433
 
user315433
A lot of people at the cheesy thing.
 
SmokeDetector
SmokeDetector
 
user202362
I get it, dim lighting is the key to this meetup
 
user202362
2:47 PM
is meetup the new team building?
 
Aaron Hall
Aaron Hall
3:06 PM
Wouldn't it be nice if everyone curated their content? stackoverflow.com/posts/30316760/revisions
 
user315433
Sure. But it looks like unpaid work for me to do that for my posts, and I've got enough of the paid kind, so...
 
user315433
Easier to delete the account associated with the posts; then their obsolescence is Somebody Else's Problem.
 
Aaron Hall
Aaron Hall
SEP shield? nice.
My heuristic is to glance at material as it gets upvoted (or commented/downvoted, but that happens much more rarely) and see if I need to update anything.
 
user315433
Wouldn't it be nice if one could sort own posts by the number of views they are getting (all time or in the last month)?
 
user315433
But implementing this also sounds like work for SO devs, so Eh.
 
user315433
3:16 PM
Let's watch it burn instead...
 
user315433
Last night @kevinmontrose and @Nick_Craver watched it burn #PhillyCheeseStack https://goo.gl/photos/pEgJkNjrSNN4MWDa9
Tweeted by SuperDalgas on October 31, 2016 at 12:04 PM
 
Aaron Hall
Aaron Hall
Sometimes I have to fix things. Believe it or not, I can be wrong sometimes.
Most people find that hard to believe.
(Just kidding, I avoid credulous sycophants in favor of dismissive skeptics.)
 
 
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user315433
5:04 PM
Like this answer...
 
user315433
-1
A: Why don't we just delete crappy questions?

Stijn de WittJust leave them alone I don't understand, and probably never will understand, this need from Stack Overflow community members to try and moderate these things beyond what the community already does automatically. The search engines will solve this for you 'Crappy' questions will not get many a...

 
user315433
This time, short link oneboxed...
 
user315433
 
user315433
^ Mystery solved: oneboxing regex assumes there's user Id at the end.
 
user315433
Which it shouldn't. I might onebox an interesting post from a site on which I don't have an account.
 
user315433
5:06 PM
 
user315433
Same for questions.
 
Shadow Wizard
Shadow Wizard
5:46 PM
MSE awaits your bug report!
 
bjb568
bjb568
6:07 PM
Not only is your argument based on an overly simplistic model, your assertion that mods cause deletion is completely wrong. Mods are among the most anti-deletion people on meta. Perhaps familiarizing yourself with the reality here will allow you to analyze complex problems on the site better. — bjb568 24 mins ago
I love just swinging by meta every once in a while and brightening peoples' day.
 
user315433
6:24 PM
Yeah, when people complain about "SO mods" they are usually misguided. But I like the idea of time being the judge.
 
user315433
Time and search engines
 
TRiG is Timothy Richard Green
TRiG is Timothy Richard Green
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Q: Why don't we just delete crappy questions?

MD XFSomething that has bothered me ever since I joined the Stack Overflow community is the large number of awful questions. I know that if a question is low quality, it will get closed, but the question still stays on the site cluttering it up unless a moderator or the OP deletes it. So here's my qu...

discussion support questions low-quality-posts quality-improvement
Remove trailing slash and it works.
 
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SmokeDetector
6:45 PM
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Shortened URL in answer: Descent of flatness from algebras to monoids by Math lover on mathoverflow.net
 
rene
rene
both spam ^
 
Aaron Hall
Aaron Hall

Full Stack Web Developer - Work from home - A Players Wanted

Powerfront Inc

c#sql-serverjqueryamazon-web-services

Work on the latest online engagement technology Further your career with an international, innovative web company Work…

Posted on Stack Overflow Jobs on October 1, 2016

is that compensation a monthly figure or did someone leave off a 0?
It does say, "A Players Wanted."
 
user315433
Don't hate the player, hate their salary.
 
user315433
Speaking of players, this could be a street theater performance with a different background...
 
user315433
 
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
6:54 PM
Hamlet.
 
Aaron Hall
Aaron Hall
where is that, and why are they sitting on the floor?
 
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
@AaronHall They want someone who can self-replicate.
 
user315433
 
Aaron Hall
Aaron Hall
:?
@M.A.R. yeah, I was thinking like that:
in The Whiteboard on The Stack Exchange Network Chat, 2 mins ago, by Aaron Hall
You probably could work 3 or 4 yourself, and then you'd want to outsource some of the gigs to India, then you'd be taking on more gigs, more outsourcing, then you hire a manager, then sell your company for 10 million - based on revenue growth.
 
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
@bjb568 After every rain, there's sunshine I guess
 
Shadow Wizard
Shadow Wizard
7:29 PM
@M.A.R. not rainbow?
 
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
@ShadowWizard The rainbow caused a lot of hiatus
 
Shadow Wizard
Shadow Wizard
@zaq theater? @James should know about it.... ;)
@M.A.R. hiat what?
 
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
2s
hia2s
 
Shadow Wizard
Shadow Wizard
> an interruption in time or continuity
Why would a rainbow cause such a thing? :D
 
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
The rainbow logo in meta.SO caused a hiatus in doing whatever meta.SO normally did
I guess the references were too obscure
 
Shadow Wizard
Shadow Wizard
7:34 PM
@M.A.R. really? I missed all the fun? :(
 
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
Huh
You seem to be a year behind everyone already
And well, it wasn't fun
Nothing politically correct is fun.
Every single effing post derailed into conversations about fake ethics.
 
Aaron Hall
Aaron Hall
Don't forget the virtue signalling. You can't leave out the virtue signalling.
 
Shadow Wizard
Shadow Wizard
walking away slowly
 
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
I don't remember any signal. Just some people were too loud and the really sensible ones weren't.
 
Shadow Wizard
Shadow Wizard
bumping into @Bart
 
Aaron Hall
Aaron Hall
7:39 PM
signals his virtue by dumping a bucket of ice and water over his head
s-ss-see? I'm-mm-mm-vir-tu-ous...
posts the video on facebook
 
Shadow Wizard
Shadow Wizard
flags video on facebook
 
Aaron Hall
Aaron Hall
7:55 PM
makes a new facebook account and posts the video again
 
user315433
We could use this time to talk about anything, and we are talking about making our product successful. #PhillyCheeseStack #RightPeople
Tweeted by AndrewBrobston on October 31, 2016 at 7:37 PM
 
user315433
When I saw this, I thought "must be someone from Careers". Correct.
 
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[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Blacklisted user: Developing Event Receivers in Sharepoint 2016? by user61405 on sharepoint.stackexchange.com
 
user315433
8:35 PM
This edit should be rolled back. The post describes what was proposed. What was eventually implemented is stated in the answer.
 
M.A.R.
M.A.R.
OK.
 
user315433
9:25 PM
14
Q: 2016 Stack Overflow Moderator Election Q&A - Question Collection

Grace NoteStack Overflow is scheduled for an election starting next week, November 7th. In connection with that election, we will be hosting a Q&A here for candidates. This will be an opportunity for members of the community to pose questions to the candidates on the topic of moderation. Participation is ...

discussion featured election
 
user315433
Oct 25 at 20:07, by zaq
And... this is it for the time being. No other elections scheduled or even announced... hmm, I wonder why... is a big SO-related announcement coming?
 
hichris123
hichris123
10:03 PM
Lovely, wondered when I'd have the opportunity to downvote candidates.
 
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[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in answer, bad keyword with email in answer: How I retrive a lost password without changing or resetting it by Jonathan May on apple.stackexchange.com
 
rene
rene
@hichris123 wut?
 
Aaron Hall
Aaron Hall
hmmm - should I nominate myself for moderator? :D
 
user315433
Three mod positions... stackoverflow.com/election/8
 
hichris123
hichris123
@rene A B C - always be downvoting. ;)
 
user315433
10:18 PM
The 364-day interval between elections #7 and #8 is the second longest in history. The longest was 420 days between 5 and 6 (2014-02-10 to 2915-04-06).
 
rene
rene
@hichris123 you're so negative lately ...
 
Aaron Hall
Aaron Hall
Well, he's got a point...
I was worried I might not be active enough, but I spend more than 30 minutes per day on the site - so maybe I should nominate myself. Feel free, anyone, to talk me out of it.
 
rene
rene
Just imagine we are all going to be like that: down vote all the thingz
 
hichris123
hichris123
@rene I'm not sure who I'd end up voting for in an election. A lot of the people I suspect will run I wouldn't want to be mods. Now, if you ran...
 
user315433
@hichris123 11 votes in the month of October?
 
rene
rene
10:22 PM
@hichris123 why don't you run?
 
user315433
A classification problem: study the statistical traits of the current 19 moderators; identify the users most similar to them in the population.
 
hichris123
hichris123
@rene Not going to be elected and I don't have the time. See @zaq's helpful statistic about how many votes I've cast. :P
 
rene
rene
you can work on that till the 7th ...
 
Aaron Hall
Aaron Hall
I see no encouragement, but on the other hand, I see no discouragement either.
 
rene
rene
@AaronHall if you're hiding your communities I would think you're not ready for a mod position
 
Aaron Hall
Aaron Hall
10:29 PM
Why is that?
I do that so that people will see the activity I want front and center.
 
rene
rene
Because I think a mod needs to be as transparent as possible
 
Aaron Hall
Aaron Hall
Not because I have anything to hide.
I use the same name on all my accounts.
same description too
 
hichris123
hichris123
I only hate that because you make me take more clicks to get to your network account.
 
rene
rene
I'm just sharing what I see and what kind of idea that brings up with me
 
Aaron Hall
Aaron Hall
exactly. :)
@rene how did you determine that I'm hiding communities?
I'm hiding UX, for example, because I only asked a couple of questions there that blew up.
 
rene
rene
10:33 PM
I clicked your MSE profile
 
Aaron Hall
Aaron Hall
I'm hiding workplace because I'd rather potential employers see my technical abilities, as opposed to my savvy navigating workplace politics.
 
rene
rene
I'm a bit disappointed by your number of downvotes looking at your SO profile.
 
Aaron Hall
Aaron Hall
lol, too few?
:D
Yeah, I should downvote more, but we all should.
 
rene
rene
and your lack of a significant amount of reviews
 
user315433
Let's restrict attention to users with 15K+ rep. There are 6414 of these, of which 19 are mods. That's already problematic, in a needle-in-haystack way. Add former mods to increase the size of the group. What parameters could be relevant to mod-candidacy? # of Meta answers (and their total score), # of answers/edits/upvotes/downvotes/reviews/... various badges that go into candidate score... anything else?
 
Aaron Hall
Aaron Hall
10:35 PM
I'm still much better than average.
Lack of reviews? I've earned 6 gold badges from reviews... :P
 
rene
rene
given that the average is pretty low given the sheer size ;)
 
user315433
Can't access the close/reopen/delete/undelete vote counts easily...
 
rene
rene
@zaq do you have my query?
 
user315433
Is it something that can work for 6000 users at once?
 
rene
rene
@AaronHall this is what I mean: stackoverflow.com/users/541136/…
@zaq let me check
 
Aaron Hall
Aaron Hall
10:39 PM
well, keep in mind that I spend time on other sites too: stackexchange.com/users/258754/aaron-hall?tab=activity
 
rene
rene
@AaronHall sure, but you're running for moderator on SO and based on your profile you wouldn't have my vote so you better write a pretty good nomination post then to convince me
 
bjb568
bjb568
 
user315433
Yes, extracting that data is a pain, and it's not clear if those votes are really that relevant... after all, mods can be pro- or anti- deletion, and that's fine.
 
user315433
@bjb568 MIT?
 
user315433
But you applied just yesterday...
 
bjb568
bjb568
10:42 PM
 
user315433
> As our UKI Content Writer, you will promote and further the Stack Overflow brand by creating inspiring and powerful B2B materials. stackoverflow.com/company/work-here/495981/uki-content-writer
 
user315433
Never seen UKI thing until now.
 
user315433
10:59 PM
Speaking of applications, I keep getting rec.letter requests from students who took my (pretty large) Business Calculus class >2 years ago. "Sorry, I've no clue who you are, may as well ask bjb for a recommendation..."
 
rene
rene
also note that due to the only 2 featured posts the election post doesn't seem to show up in the meta post box at the right due to the current 3 posts with the featured tag
 
user315433
I don't have a problem with that comment. Except for less -> fewer, of course.
 
rene
rene
OK
Should it be something that nominees should state?
 
user315433
I think the comment is of no consequence. My opinion on it is that it doesn't deserve to be red-flagged, that's as much as I care about it.
 
rene
rene
I see Patrice left a good comment
I'm out, need some sleep
 
user315433
11:28 PM
When (if ever) will SO hit 10m daily visitors on this page (which takes the median over 14 days)? Of course, they get more than that on weekdays already.
 

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