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12:00 AM
@xiaohouzi79: FWIW, Jeff had answered that question, and then opened a new one and copied his answer into it after the deletion: meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/84668/…
 
oohhhh
that makes more sence now
 
@Zypher The Nippon update is live on the App Store. It's a free download if you've already downloaded it from the App Store before.
 
sweet
i need a break from all this work crap
when i get home it gets installed
 
@Zypher You can do my work instead, that'd be a change of pace.
 
Hehe. Thanks. When you can, a review or at least a rating would be much appreciated.
 
12:06 AM
yep yep
 
@TimStone yea and then you can play Nippon. :p
 
@TimStone i dunno right now i'm accessing a console via a DRAC card booting off virtual media on my desktop, which im RDP'd into so i can enable PXE boot on the intel nics
whatchu doing i may trade you
 
Haha. That's quite a stack there, Z.
 
I'm not sure, since I fell asleep most of the day, but I know I should be doing something (and it's probably far more trivial than that :P)
 
hahaha
oh forgot to mention i'm on a 3G card that likes to drop to 2G randomly
on the train :)
 
12:08 AM
Icing on the cake, right?
 
I've been porting Java to Objective-C for a few days. Got another class done today. Java is sooo not Objective-C.
 
haha
yea no the icing was just the FUCKING BSOD
 
Ouch
 
So... Which (virtual) driver wants to take responsibility for that one? whistle....
 
i don't think BartPE likes 2k3 (did i mention intel only provides drivers for server os's)
win32sys.dll i think it was
 
12:10 AM
Thats. Um. Generic.
 
yea
although i am amazed the f-keys get passed properly
 
Cos I know based on the file name that it was the BartPE driver build 892 in the 3G card module that did it because of an outOfStarsException at memory faultline fifty five in sector 8. I know that from the filename.
Yep. All that deduction from good ol win32sys dot dee ell ell.
 
haha
 
But really. I am too tired and I should be studying Talmud now. Gonna take a quick nap and then get going.
 
enjoy
 
12:13 AM
See ya folks. @Zypher - good luck.
 
woohoo nother BSOD
 
12:46 AM
@Moshe you rang?
be forwarned I am in a terrible mood right now, heh
 
1:16 AM
@Zypher Sounds like you could use a change of pace. Perhaps try a WSOD instead?
 
1:32 AM
@the nope.
 
1:56 AM
0
Q: SQL Language Formating

Leigh RiffelDoes the SQL language hint not work on this site (perhaps because it is in beta)? I tried adding <!-- language: sql --> to a question, as per the meta information on language hints, but it didn’t change the formatting at all. Am I missing something?

 
@drachenstern Yeah, highlighting has to be turned on for the site.
 
@TimStone and so why isn't it?
because it's in beta?
 
is worn out
 
@drachenstern I think that, and then you have to say "please turn on the highlighting."
 
I must say, panel interviews are tiring. Especially when you didn't get much sleep the night before.
 
2:05 AM
So don't keep us in suspense
 
Oh, heh. Sorry. Like I said, I'm worn out. :)
I think it went well. I'm certainly excited about the possibility of working in a more methodical environment.
 
lmao, @RebeccaChernoff causing trouble :P
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Q: Eeeeek where is my slow performance‽‽‽

Rebecca ChernoffOver the past couple of days, I have noticed that Stack Overflow is faster than ever. This is severely affecting my thumb twiddling time. When am I supposed to practice my thumb twiddling if I don't have to wait for the pages to load?? Please think of the thumb twiddlers when considering futur...

 
They didn't rush me out the door like the last place. So, I think that's a good sign.
 
@GeorgeMarian Ah, very nice :D
 
Unfortunately, I was way to tired by the end of it pelt them with questions like I did in my other interview this week. I hope that doesn't count against me.
 
2:09 AM
I've never held that against anyone, but :P
 
I haven't ever held it against anyone I've interviewed
 
@TimStone me? trouble? never!
 
That's good to hear. Much of the time I end up with my questions answered without having to ask them.
 
@RebeccaChernoff Inconceivable, even!
@GeorgeMarian Any time frame as far as when you should expect to hear back from them if things go well?
 
2:12 AM
I should hear from them next week.
Which was another concern, as this process has taken over a month so far. :)
 
Good stuff
 
I'm working on a little thank you email right now.
 
Hmm, I suppose I should do some work.
 
@TimStone why let it stop you now?
 
Well, I haven't actually been doing anything for the last few hours, so I've managed to bore myself with inactivity. :P
 
2:17 AM
Hmm...should I use the IS manager's full first name or the shortened version, which is how the HR recruiter referred to him in both the email and my meeting with her before the interview?
 
Hmm
 
Full first name
wait
what are the choices?
 
Matt or Matthew
 
Matthew
 
Also, would it be ok to send them all one email or should I send them each an email, or just the manager?
 
2:23 AM
individual emails
 
defers to @drachenstern
 
@drachenstern I take it they shouldn't all say the exact same thing, huh?
 
not entirely. But it's not like they're gonna run it through a static analyzer or something
 
lol
Right, I doubt they'll be comparing emails.
 
2:56 AM
Also, @TimStone ... grrrr
 
:P
 
I really didn't want to give you yet another play
try and only play one letter
Even better would be skipping your turn
AA
AA
AA
WTF IS AA
 
Hmm, that actually might not have been my best move..
 
It's ok, I won :D thanks
who's giant orange head?
Hey, did you notice rchern never answered my question last night?
 
Ah, crap...I think I would have won otherwise. Oh well. :P
Good game ;)
I don't think she knows the answer.
 
3:04 AM
yes it was a good game
I was quite certain I was gonna lose
She just keeps evading it :p
 
Nah, I figured you'd win about five turns ago. :P
 
was that before you turned around and came up like 80 points?
 
Yeah, based on the tiles that had already been played I didn't think it was likely that I'd be able to come back, though I didn't do as badly as I thought I was going to, heh.
 
I need a title for this question:
How can I get Google maps to use a local GeoRSS file for a marker layer instead of having it reformed on the Google servers into a Kml layer object and having it poll the server for every popup.

I'm fairly certain the previous version of the API did what I want it to do, and they changed it for the most recent version. How, if at all, can I change it back?
I'm posting it on webapps
@RebeccaChernoff halp me halp me
 
I don't know that they accept questions concerning using the API of web apps. :P
 
3:15 AM
well google-maps is already a 60 question tag
what site would I goto? SO?
 
@drachenstern I forgot to check today. ): Perhaps I will remember tomorrow? |:
 
@RebeccaChernoff thanks but I'm asking about your old Alma Mater
 
Is this a valid Q for webapps?
What would be a good title?
 
I was answering your other question!
 
3:17 AM
I know, and I said thanks!
:p
 
@drachenstern Question about a web app?
That one's always a quality title.
 
@mootinator it's about the API of a webapp
oh, lol ..
 
@RebeccaChernoff Sometimes you just can't win ;)
 
lmao
 
@TimStone seriously!
 
3:18 AM
@TimStone normally she does win.
 
Sorry, had to pause a moment to eat Cheerios.
 
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A: Who do outsiders think web apps is for? Developers/power-users or Joe-user?

ChrisFWeb apps is for consumers of web applications. That consumption might be directly via the application's own web site, or through an API. For web development questions you want Stack Overflow For web management questions you want Webmasters For web server questions you want Server Fault

 
Interesting.
 
so I still need a title ...
I'm leaning towards:
> Peanut Butter Sandwhiches and Oreos
or
 
Oh, I was going to with:
 
3:23 AM
> Google broke their stupid API and they're meany heads
 
> How I do this?
 
apparently she did not win again >.>
 
> When you access Google maps API should you eat the red ones last?
 
watch for a frustrated: >_< in a moment
 
3:24 AM
@mootinator Hahah
 
Oh good, I just realized that might be considered an obscure reference ^_^.
 
@mootinator no, I was trying to think of a reasonably good title
I can't summarize it in less than 20 words or so
> Use local GeoRSS file without sending it to Google?
 
> Drach here again, This code don't work.
 
lol
lmao
 
3:26 AM
How to use Google Maps with a local GeoRSS file?
 
GAH no fair you cheated
you read the future
 
Bahaha.
 
> How do I create a Google Maps marker layer with a local GeoRSS file?
 
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Q: How to use Google Maps with a local GeoRSS file?

drachensternHow can I get Google maps to use a local GeoRSS file for a marker layer instead of having it reformed on the Google servers into a Kml layer object and having it poll the server for every popup. I'm fairly certain the previous version of the API did what I want it to do, and they changed it for ...

 
wins \o/
 
3:27 AM
> BREAKING NEWS: Google is being evil.
 
Is that a new dev ability? Did ya'll just get through with that one last night? I bet it was part of the recent builds huh? :p
@mootinator lol
 
I'm not going to count that as a loss since I was intentionally late with my suggestion (or something).
 
Yeah, I still don't like the verbage "local GeoRSS" file cos everyone's just gonna say "host it publicly"
which is what I am trying to avoid
 
I'm going to count that as a win, since I pay @RebeccaChernoff's salary. Somehow. I just know it.
 
so @RebeccaChernoff is Jeff gonna be hiring a lot more people now? I think that I need to consider applying :p
 
3:30 AM
Hanging around in chat rooms generates revenue.
 
You people and your job flexibility.. sighs :P
 
Somebody tell me that SEI needs to hire a lazy couch-holding-down bad-cook ... please
3
 
lmao
 
I could be REALLY good at it, I just know!
 
"Extremely proficient at anchoring stationary objects for extended periods"
 
3:44 AM
"Willing to self-sacrifice to perform duties." If you consider the increased risk of heart attack...
Gah.
Note to self: Install Visual Studio 2010 before SP1 next time.
 
I haven't written much code since I said I was going to start to...hrm.
@mootinator I still haven't been able to get SP1 to install, heh.
 
Maybe that's because you had it installed. ;P
 
I wish. I was going to go buy a copy for kicks, since the most recent I have readily available is 2005, but now that they're forcing me to get that MSDN stuff the price tag jumped up a bit. :P
 
It worked just fine over the C# Express for Windows Mobile I was wanting to replace.
It kept complaining at me.
"It looks like you're tying to use a feature. This edition doesn't have those."
 
Hahah
"You thought this process would be painless. Press Next to find out just how wrong you were."
 
3:55 AM
Kevin you seem to be on a roll tonight
Someone want to see if they can figure out what I'm doing wrong on my OpenStreetMap implementation for setCenter?
er, that's supposed to be OpenLayers
 
@TimStone you need to wait 6 months before you install SP's
 
I'd say yes, but given my lack of knowledge about what that is and how unproductive I've been so far, I'm not sure I have anything to contribute at this point. :P
@Zypher Well, given that this one keeps failing on me, it looks like I will wait that long, heh
 
hmm true
 
I'm glad I distracted my wife from Netflix otherwise this download would take forever.
 
4:11 AM
1
Q: Detect if a jQuery object is in on the page or not

mu is too shortGiven a jQuery object, $j, I need to know if it represents something that is already on the page or if it is something that has not yet been put on the page. For example, if I have this: $j = $('#id-of-something-already-on-the-page'); or $j = $('<p>Where is pancake house?</p>').ap...

 
Hahah, that's great.
 
why do some people not understand the things they answer on?
 
@drachenstern I'm not sure. . . Check Google.
 
@mootinator google said shoot them on sight
good thing I never see any other SO users
 
Evil again!
 
4:41 AM
holy crap, it's a quarter of midnight?
no wonder I'm having issues concentrating on the code
 
Jin
i just woke up
 
@Jin Good morning then
 
Jin
@drachenstern we live in the same time zone :)
 
no you don't. (;
 
@Jin ah but you just woke up. My philosophy is that it doesn't matter what the wall clock says, it matters what your personal clock says.
 
Jin
4:43 AM
@RebeccaChernoff one day, i shall have a normal sleep schedule
 
@RebeccaChernoff shhh, you'll spoil the illusion :p
 
@Jin yeah, my sleep schedule is textbook normal... rolls eyes
 
Does anyone wanna handle this question? The whole thing is wrong. I'm too tired to edit and im on iPhone.
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Q: Multiple ViewControllers with Paging

krishna rambathriHi.... I Have 4 ViewControllers with Xib files Now i want to set Pagecontroll to that 4 viewcontrollers how can i do this anyone know plz tell me... Thanks in Advance....

 
You people sleep on a schedule?
 
I wake up on the same time every day too, it's called "late".
 
4:45 AM
@TimStone well, my sleep schedule is similar to how I kept a Uni schedule, it was a GREAT suggestion and it changed regularly enough for me to not be used to it, how's that?
 
Heh :P
 
:-D
 
@Moshe I don't but I know somebody who does. It's called "flag"!
 
Yea I know. Like I said, I'm tired and on iOS.
I don't even need the wheel of blame, I just blame my iPhone every single time.
 
I know. I did it for you. Ok folks, I'm gonna pretend like I'm in Uni again, and go close my eyes for a few hours ;) [FD: I can't sleep in public places. Ask me tomorrow so I have a good reason to kill some time]
 
4:49 AM
night
 
Anyone who already rated/reviewed Nippon has a chance to do it again with the new update! Those stars help things along.
Night @drachenstern.
 
@drachenstern G'night
 
@Jin @Tim @Rebecca would any of you care for promo codes?
@Zypher did you sort out your BSOD?
Drachenstern leaves and suddenly it's quiet.
Meh.
Oh. ... I get it. I mention a certain game of the year edition and y'all pack out.
Okay. Gnight. If anyone wants a promo code for Nippon, ping me.
 
5:20 AM
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A: Related Accounts: textual list with icons -- vs -- only icons?

Jeff AtwoodThe associations tab now gets information directly from http://stackexchange.com and has a simpler, textual display sorted by rep.

\o/
@RebeccaChernoff I think you can save yourself the trouble of posting the comments if you want, since you can't see them in the favourites updates anymore, heh. Also, good job doing it before I convinced myself to. ;)
 
Hm?
The favorites tab in the user profile does the yellow highlighting, does it not?
 
I think so, but shouldn't you get that just by editing the answer?
Anyway, it's not important, was just trying to save you a few seconds, heh. :P
 
Hmm, if I ask a question, you answer = I get a notification. If you then edit that answer do I get another notification?
 
Jin
I was on a programmery pod cast
 
ooooh finally up?
 
5:35 AM
@RebeccaChernoff I think you get notified of everything if you favorite a question (except comments on answers)
 
Jin
si
 
@Jin I'll have to have a listen :D
 
@TimStone Favorites are treated as if you own the question.
 
Ah.
 
Jin
I can never get used to listening to my own voice
because i sound way more manly and sexier in real life.
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5:37 AM
lmao
@RebeccaChernoff The tooltip on the number suggests that you're right, and that I'm wrong.
"0 new answers or comments on your favorites today"
 
Don't act surprised.
hides
 
Yeah, yeah. I should know better, right? ;)
 
@Jin I don't think anybody likes the sound of their recorded voice. Or at least, nobody I know.
 
Jin
@RebeccaChernoff Charlie Sheen, because he wins.
 
5:46 AM
listens
Now we'll know all your secrets!
sends Jin bacon for Fireworks love
 
Jin
i was a bit nervous in the beginning but i think i eventually loosened up a bit :)
 
It's good so far :)
 
6:24 AM
@Jin You call yourself Batman, duh! ;)
 
 
1 hour later…
7:28 AM
There is an error with the feed account. @RebeccaChernoff I blame you!
someday this place will have feeds to actually useful stuff. Till then...
 
Aye, welcome Shog9, our Adjunct Overlord :P
 
We do have Feeds in here. We named the custom feed account @badpssockpuppet.
 
@RebeccaChernoff It's misbehaving
 
Uh oh, he's malfunctioning.
 
We may need Zypher to pull the ip-plug so to speak. (;
 
7:33 AM
Hooray for new reputation graph selection thingadongdong
 
@RebeccaChernoff How would that fix the bug?
 
It wouldn't fix it per-se, more just out of site, out of mind. q:
 
One second, my bad pun alarm went off. ;)
 
I'M GOING TO POST ON MY BLOG AND MAKE A VIDEO ON YOUTUBE, MAYBE EVEN A TWEET ON TEH TWITTERS. THOU SHALT PHEAR THY RAGE!!!!!!!1111111oneoneoneone!!!
 
NOT TEH TWITTERS!
 
7:37 AM
@TimStone Well not teh facebooks maybe. Teh facebooks stink
In other news, the record reputation/day seems to belong to Jeff on MSO; 1,233 rep on Mar 17, 2010.
I say "record" because if there's one with a chance to beat that it'd have been Jon Skeet, but his top rep/day is a paltry 755 on Jun 30, 2009.
 
@badpssockpuppet Only 755? That's almost laughable!
 
The sad thing is I can't see my rep graphs because I want to see that bounty tab reputation counter rise!
 
Oh, @RebeccaChernoff, any chance you could call a locksmith? :p
 
@badpssockpuppet LIES
 
LIES what?
 
7:47 AM
Thanks! :)
 
runs off to the shower
 
8:00 AM
Does anyone know a tool that would let me differentiate between bugs on a site and a possibly mis-configured caching proxy on my ISP's end?
I'm seeing a lot of "Request timeouts" coming from SO, but I can't quite figure out why
 
4
Q: 408 Request Timeout, is it just me?

wafflesDuring the day, almost every day, I get a handful of 408 Request Timeout pages when doing stuff on Stack Overflow or Meta Stack Overflow. Is this an Australia thing, or are others experiencing this intermittently?

 
@RebeccaChernoff Thanks. I'm hoping to find some way of telling my ISP "Something is misconfigured on your side". It almost seems like squid not honoring the expiry headers.
 
outta my league, sorry q:
 
Yeah, I don't know how I'd document that either. It's getting increasingly annoying.
 
@TimPost We have the wheel of blame for that
(This wheel has 100% more science! It's fully reproducible.)
(It's not science! if it's not italic.)
 
8:13 AM
Who is this "rchern" and why is everything always his fault?
 
@TimPost Codename RChern was balpha's side project of developing a bot in jQuery that would pass the Turing test; the only way to know she's a bot is her weird smiling. When the bot passed the Turing test, she got a real identity and a job at SEInc's, where @balpha can keep a close eye on her neural networks.
("RChern" is for Remote Controlled Humanly Empathic Robot Nippon™. @Moshe contributed financially)
5
 
it's full of bugs, though; unfortunately the error logging is quite minimal (it just outputs "oy" when an exception happens)
4
 
@balpha Yeah, well, women don't go around sprouting stack traces now do they?
Have you ever heard somebody saying «Caught IAmWrongException in socialLife.js, line 9,319»?
 
@badpssockpuppet I do, quite often too. $.social just doesn't work too well, for some reason
 
@badpssockpuppet bad example; IAmWrongException is always caught by a catch { } block that outputs "No, you are wrong"
 
8:22 AM
@balpha oh. I guess rchern never got that far in the function then
 
Can someone please help me make enough sense out of this to edit:
 
@TimPost He got/bought a calendar control thingadongdong. He wants to use it.
He solved it in the comments. I guess the question can be deleted :/
 
Huh, how did Shoggy get the badge twice for the same answer?
 
8:47 AM
@badpssockpuppet thats a she apparently
yeah delete it, its a lame question
 
9:19 AM
@Reno: and @badpssockpuppet: and @mootinator: and @drachenstern: MY lovable Devices yankodesign.com/2011/01/19/how-cool-can-a-flip-phone-get
 
o_O"
 
:)
@Reno: My lovable child image
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@Reno:Are you here
????
 
10:27 AM
chokes on choclate bar
that's something I was NOT expecting to read, sankar
 
what! who starred that chat >_< ... seriously guys
 
also, I think someone's escaped from the asylum and ended up on gaming.so...
-3
A: How does road maintenance work?

scotchbergSometimes I do disgusting things because I am a disgusting person.

 
yeah ... I got scary dreams of micheal jackson creeping on beiber and stuff
4
 
11:12 AM
@Reno I think that's the first reverse necrophilia dream I've ever heard of
 
@tombull89 enjoy your flag weight
 
11:41 AM
Anyone know of a free (as in beer is fine) program that tells me how long any given window has had focus? I'm trying to track my time better. For instance, it could tell me xx seconds spent in notepad ++, xx seconds spent in thunderbird, etc
 
@TimPost I don't know of any, but what OS?
 
@badpssockpuppet Windows XP would be a good start
 
Kev
is there a problem with the imgur feature? when I upload images I just see the image not found placeholder: i.imgur.com/v9v9j.jpg
 
11:56 AM
Um, no ↑
 
Kev
hmm....seems there's something wacky in the preview when editing. When I post the answer it's fine
 
@Kev Maybe imgur's servers are going wonky again
 
@Kev If I strip out all of the <pre> tags the preview works again
 
Kev
ah ok
 
12:03 PM
It could simply be bad raw HTML handling on the part of showdown.js
 
Kev
yeah....i'll pop a question onto mso and see what they say. main thing is that the answer renders after posting
 
12:23 PM
@Kev showdown.js is the JavaScript markdown parser that converts Markdown to HTML on the client side. I honestly have no idea if they had modified Showdown to do the tag stripping or if it is done afterwards
Also, the name's Yi Jiang, both words make up my last name. Yi doesn't mean anything :P
 
Okay, Jiang.
 
punches @badpssockpuppet
 
@badpssockpuppet: and @balpha: how can i gave my comments to moderators regarding chat room
 
@SankarGanesh you mean flag? for attention?
 
@tombull89 No About duplicate rooms
 
12:35 PM
@SankarGanesh Flag one of the messages using the 'flag for moderator attention' option in the left hand side menu
 
@YiJiang But that there room is write protected, i donot know how to do it, can you pls do it mate
 
or if you see a mod somewhere -- just say what you want to say
 
@SankarGanesh The option's still there for gallery rooms - look on the left side of every message, there's little arrow that gives you a set of actions, and one of it is to flag for moderator attention
Of course, there are mods here right now, so just ask them what you wanted to ask
 
@YiJiang: :581401 oh, Today a new room is created namely Mobile Application Development in Stack Overflow Chat, i saw their room description saysit is for Android and Iphone, we have many for room for Andorid Iphone Already, mate
@YiJiang: and @balpha: i had flagged a message in that room, but i was not able to description, why i had flagged that message
 
I see your point, but I'd give that room the benefit of the doubt...
 
12:41 PM
hello!
 
@SankarGanesh you have to "flag for moderator attention" to leave a message
 
hey Tyler
 
@SankarGanesh The menu on the left, not the flag button on the right
 
@YiJiang i had clicked a flag symbol, mate
 
Driving up to Los Angeles for another robotics competition..
getting up at 5 was not on my to do list this morning
 
12:43 PM
@YiJiang: and @balpha: can you guys pls do that for me, because i unaware of this
 
@YiJang:Thanks
 
Also, you don't have to keep calling us 'mate', we... don't usually talk like that
 
@YiJiang:Sorry, i had flagged it, thanks for your help, may what action will moderator take
 
4 mins ago, by balpha
I see your point, but I'd give that room the benefit of the doubt...
Meaning, he'll leave it alone for now
 
12:49 PM
Good morning everyone
 
Oh look, the BBC has a special feature on timezones: bbc.co.uk/news/world-12849630
 
1:31 PM
There's a view on GH showing the list of contributers to a project; where can I find it?
 
1:53 PM
Is there a situation when a "question" should be flagged, if it's not actually a question?
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Q: convert dd/mon/yyyy to mm/dd/yyyy in javascript

user676829Hi all, I want to convert dd/mm/yyyy to mm/dd/yyyy in javascript thanks in advance

for example
 
@gms8994 o_O How did that get 5 upvotes in 6 mins?
 
I wonder that myself
but, should it be flagged, as it's not really a question?
and, the fact that they offer no attempts?
 
Well, it is a question, albeit a bad one
 
make that 6 upvotes now
/me thinks someone is gaming the system for rep
 
@gms8994 Highly unlikely
Possible, of course, but if someone's smart / diligent enough to amass that many sock puppets he definitely won't have done the work with a question like this
 
1:56 PM
@YiJiang I don't doubt that it's unlikely. Just seems strange to get that many upvotes
so, "questions" in that vein should not be flagged, correct?
 
No, nothing suspicious to me. Trivial questions get upvoted all the time, its not that impossible to get that many votes in that amount of time
 
I don't mean because of the upvotes
I'm questioning the "question-ness" of the question
 
@gms8994 Its a perfectly fine question, although it might be a dupe
 
definitely a dupe
 
@Reno Its quite specific though
 

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