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user202362

12:07 AM

It's great to know that there is someone who is more bitter and sour than yourself over a question. An intelligent person might be happier than a dumber counterpart, because she knows that, maybe her answer is deleted, but maybe that stopped her from wasting time on a useless event. Winners of useless events probably just wasted more time and emotions on that useless event. Then I thought about Darwin awards and the winners of the biggest losers.

Jason C

... wat

Lol

user202362

user315433

I don't search for GIFs often, but this place has experts... What animal GIFs best illustrate the process of taking a stand?

Jason C

12:39 AM

user315433

I was thinking something like giphy.com/gifs/cat-jump-6R3YDo1J0Ymoo but the cat would be jumping onto a TV stand, not from it.

Jason C

1:22 AM

@zaq What about bobvila.com/slideshow/…

Oh nm I brain farted to "making a stand".

user315433

1:35 AM

Speaking of farts, Tim Post's answer is at -11 currently.

user202362

people need to learn to move on with life ...

bjb568

2:04 AM

Nick Bostrom

Nick Bostrom (English /ˈbɒstrəm/; Swedish: Niklas Boström, IPA: [ˈbuːˌstrœm]; born 10 March 1973) is a Swedish philosopher at the University of Oxford known for his work on existential risk, the anthropic principle, human enhancement ethics, superintelligence risks, the reversal test, and consequentialism. In 2011, he founded the Oxford Martin Programme on the Impacts of Future Technology, and he is currently the founding director of the Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University. He is the author of over 200 publications, including Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies (2014), a...

dank

qwer

I've been avoiding SO (as a site, not overall company), if that can be considered as moving on...

user315433

Some upbeat pop music to cheer you up...

user315433

Pet Shop Boys - Building A Wall

►

bjb568

mending wall

user315433

2:40 AM

Here's something even more cheerful: new xkcd what-if. How big a hole do I need to dig before people suffocate?.

user315433

2:54 AM

TIL: veg*n means either vegetarian or vegan. From new private beta, Vegetarianism, which is already considering a name change

qwer

Is that the first site with custom beta logo since private beta?

(or perhaps Aviation was the first, but I forgot)

user315433

They are all kind of custom: someone has to choose letter size and position...

qwer

Aside of the usual alphabet-only logo...

user202362

maybe if I can finish fixing these 2 apps in time, I will work with C# again next month

user315433

Aviation had a nice airplane icon in beta, possibly better than the current moustache-favicon. Craft CMS has a different background color.

user202362

3:05 AM

I also need to renovate one of places and build a carport in between

user202362

yellow stone national park, is it too cold in late April?

user315433

The number of pro-tem mods often drops from 3 to 2 without causing any trouble. But Internet of Things is unusual in that it's starting off with 2 mods. This is a first, I think.

qwer

3:20 AM

@Telkitty according to National Park Service, around 1℃~15℃ (assuming late April is May)

user202362

:/ ... when it's warm enough to visit yellow stone park & Seattle, it's too warm for visiting Vegas

user315433

Private betas can be classified by the number of committers at the time of launch. Just over 200 => full of Area 51 regulars, going to be a slooow boooring "typical SE" beta.

user315433

300+ => a lot of new folks, might implode spectacularly, or become something of note.

user315433

Ukrainian Language has 421.

qwer

> However, if you feel that you can't fully represent your question in Ukrainian, feel free to represent it fully or partially in other language.

> Note, that not every member of the site community is be able to understand question in foreign language. While Russian, English and, in some cases, Polish are widely recognized within Ukrainian-speaking Internet community, understanding of other languages may vary.

user315433

3:35 AM

Yeah, it would be interesting to have a language site with non-binary language options.

user315433

Of course, with the current trends we may expect Crimea-themed flame wars on the meta.

bjb568

4:17 AM

@zaq why not just food.SE?

or diet.SE or lifehacks.SE

user315433

Because lifestyle. They may be talking about vegan shoes and whatnot.

qwer

Lifestyle.SE

user315433

But there are... different kinds of lifestyles. Would be pretty hard to manage such a site.

Shog9

I am not optimistic about this site. :(

user315433

Dilbert and vegans: one, two.

user315433

4:29 AM

Is there a site that you are optimistic about?

Shog9

...mechanics?

Yeah. They're ok.

user315433

Have very few moderation-minded users. Maybe that's the key.

Shog9

That means you focus on the problems in front of you instead of looking for new ones.

(not joking. Watch Paulster2)

user315433

Familiar with him. Voted for him despite the appalling lack of downvotes. Maybe that is also a part of their recipe.

user315433

A kinder, gentler site.

Shog9

4:33 AM

The advantage of a good bureaucracy is that once established it sustains itself, even without sufficient support. The disadvantage is that once established it sustains itself, even without sufficient need.

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user315433

So, how about speeding up the aging of Close Review items even further?

Shog9

...ok, I just said this in another room, but... Gonna go to bed before I insult anyone else.

user315433

To, say, 1 second.

Shog9

...especially myself.

user315433

Is "Never go to bed before insulting each other" one of those things family people put on a fridge?

user315433

4:35 AM

I may be remembering it wrong.

user315433

4:48 AM

in 2017 we witness the memefication of "taking a stand" on SO sites — prusswan 7 mins ago

user315433

Yes, shouldn't be long until "Time to take a stand against [tag]" burnination requests.

user202362

personally I like the great outdoors and physics sites

user202362

but that's probably because I love physics and the great outdoors to start with

user202362

both sites accept rather 'wild' questions

user315433

I'm sorry this is off-topic. Please come ask at The Pitstop. — Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 ♦ Jan 28 at 18:13

user315433

5:02 AM

That's the kinder, gentler moderation of the Mechanics site. Nobody downvoted the question... except me of course.

angussidney

5:23 AM

!!/reboot

Ah, smokey died. Yay!

user315433

Yay!? Are you a spammer?

user315433

I imagine they are celebrating every Smokey crash.

Jon Ericson

@zaq And yet, the quality on that site is exceptional.

user315433

The answered part of it.

user315433

There is also that un- or semi-answerable or maybe-guessable-but-who-knows part.

angussidney

5:28 AM

@zaq I'm about to boot up a copy, 2secs

qwer

!!/alive?

feels like 6-8 seconds

angussidney

Well, 5 mins

user315433

This thing is great: Helping our new users make the transition by Zaid on meta.mechanics.stackexchange.com

user315433

Can't tell how many of those new users read it, though.

Undo

5:59 AM

!!/alive?

SmokeDetector

@Undo Watching this endless list of new questions never gets boring

Undo

!!/stappit

SmokeDetector

6:43 AM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title, link at end of body, pattern-matching website in body: Approaches To Bulk Up Build Muscle Mass Quickly by Floydkeller on drupal.stackexchange.com

Shadow Wizard

7:11 AM

I went to my local Pitstop. I'm in NZ, not USA... — Bevan Jan 28 at 18:19

That what happens when you choose such names for your main chat room. LOL

I mean... come on!

Shadow Wizard

7:28 AM

plz-delete Should have been deleted yesterday already @rene @Bart :/

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