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user202362

00:32

err ... MehSoDumb, election ended, of course it's quiet here ...

user315433

Election... if Data Science does not come up with one more candidate within 19 hours, they'll become the first ever site without enough candidates despite the already extended nomination period. Uncharted waters there.

user315433

And Stats also have 19 hours to come up with one more candidate, or else their nomination period gets extended too.

user315433

In case of DS, I hope the election gets called off because the candidate pool is just awful.

user202362

00:54

what's the ratio of people:bear in places such as yellowstone national parks or canadian rockies during peak season?

Elias

oh great...

user202362

your activity schedule doesn't look like you are actually living in Indonesia :p

Elias

¯_(ツ)_/¯

well, let's just say... "morning all" :p

JamesENL

01:47

Morning

user202362

05:54

Los Angeles to San Francisco on 'Cabin': A luxury sleeper bus is better than flying

user202362

Top comment:

user202362

Very Common In India, are called Volvo buses and easily cover more than 10 hours journey. I am sure some smarty pants must have travelled on one whilst touring India

user202362

Brutalness score: 9.5/10

user202362

07:03

Elias

The description I gave to the image above, then changing the "cat" with "dog" gave this image...

user202362

@Elias you searched for 'My Dog Is Friendly'?

user202362

Elias

I described your image as "Cat holding other cat's neck" (probably a wrong term, but anyway it's my personal thought :), then...

user202362

07:18

I searched for "cat hug" or something similar, I don't think dogs hug each other as much

Elias

07:54

Here it is!

user202362

true ... although, we are talking about labradors :p

Derpy

Wondering about this question.

Elias

On the other side of SE....

Derpy

No one seems to have considered that (most?) workplaces could have an (unwritten) policy "you can eat in the office unless it starts to annoy your coworkers"

Obviously, that was not the point of the question, but I do wonder how uncommon is for a workplace to prohibit workers from eating in the office, especially foods with strong smell that could annoy others (fish, fried food etc...)

Journeyman Geek

08:49

@Derpy many offices have designated eating areas...

I personally have quiet spots where no one will bother me ;p

Derpy

@JourneymanGeek I know that, but the question seems to point at "eating at your own desk".

Journeyman Geek

yup

(and most places I've in have been pretty clear about whether its nay or yay)

Error in Exception

09:06

utilised the saturday and sunday to make a minor release for flag comments app. Progress : 78%. New UI

Elias

10:45

I just knew you can edit your comment on a deleted post while it's still in 5-minute window. (provided you have the privilege to see the deleted post)

Error in Exception

11:10

I CVed a Q on SO and after it closed, I can't see my name on the CV'ers. Spend more than 5 minutes to realise that I've changed my name last week.

Journeyman Geek

HA HA

Bart

11:27

@ErrorinException gg wp

Error in Exception

@Bart tq :-)

this make me happy. Simply typing a url in the address bar, sitting back and enjoy some music. After some time, the flag count will be +ed by hundred.

huh CVQ contain only 7.9K items. I think I should push some items to it

Error in Exception

11:45

@JourneymanGeek ?:

Journeyman Geek

@ErrorinException its a funny thing to happen to someone. Worth a nelson HA HA.

Error in Exception

12:05

@ErrorinException still 7.9K

user315433

12:59

Top 10 sites by visits per question (daily visits / total number of questions).

user315433

Interpersonal Skills	11.20
Lifehacks	8.15
Seasoned Advice	5.54
English Language & Usage	4.53
Anime & Manga	4.43
Motor Vehicle Maintenance & Repair	4.36
Portuguese Language	3.91
Beer, Wine & Spirits	3.75
Pets	3.59
Parenting	3.55

Error in Exception

@Michelle SO ??

user315433

SO is near the bottom with 0.64

user315433

Speaking of which, the bottom 10 sites by the same statistic:

user315433

MathOverflow	0.18
Mi Yodeya	0.17
Mathematica	0.17
Theoretical Computer Science	0.15
Meta	0.10
Tridion	0.10
Esperanto Language	0.10
CiviCRM	0.08
ExpressionEngine® Answers	0.07
Community Building	0.06

user315433

13:08

Mathematics is 13th from the bottom with 0.19. But August isn't the peak time for math/science sites, anyway.

Error in Exception

13:22

this is awesome

visiting this git mdn.github.io/dom-examples/pointer-lock and clicking the red ball is funny

buh time to revisit the close -> typo reason

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Q: Typo3 TypoScript active rootNode in Webseite in Menu

I've got a Typo3 page (6.2.31) and want to make the root node actvie in typoscript. roodnode is the globe. my typoscript looks like this at the moment: NAVIMAIN = HMENU NAVIMAIN.entryLevel = 0 #NAVIMAIN.excludeUidList = NAVIMAIN { 1 = TMENU 1 { expAll = 1 wrap = <u...

looks like both the new mods won't chat

user315433

13:45

What happens to people's leisure time after they get elected on SO is a mystery.

Error in Exception

even the elected people can't say the reason

Elias

They have their exclusive chat room already, so you won't know

Bhargav Rao

Yeah, we stalk users in the private chat.

user315433

Considering how weak the pool of candidates is (except you) I'd rather see this election terminated than having to choose 3 from there. — Michelle 6 mins ago

user315433

Panic time for DS and Stats, 6 hours left in the nomination period.

user315433

13:59

@Michelle Seeing what brings in traffic, there may be room for a few more SE sites: celebritygossip.stackexchange.com, picturesofcats.stackexchange.com, and top10lists.stackexchange.com

Magisch

SEDE queries are off topic for stack apps right?

user315433

I think so, since SEDE has nothing to do with the API.

Magisch

Petter wanted a query from me and then just went afk

user315433

There is a tag but it's about web apps interacting with SEDE (tricky business, that)

user315433

Meta is where SEDE is normally discussed.

Derpy

14:13

How the old Super Mario Movie should have locked

Super Mario Maker In Real Life (Live Action Parody)

►

Elias

@Derpy We can still expect a sequel... uh, right?

Derpy

@Elias In His halls in the depth of R'lyeh the mighty Cthulhu itself just shivered at the idea of that ~~movie~~ thing getting a sequel.

Magisch

14:29

@Michelle Do you think it'd be worth it to make a meta thread about my fraud detection SEDE queries

bluefeet

@Magisch I wouldn't. That's just going to create a witch hunt

Derpy

Wait. Wasn't fires, torches and pitchfork the standard equipment for meta users?

Magisch

15:05

@bluefeet You mean because people wouldn't read properly that it's not a definitive proof

But just an indicator

Derpy

oh.... btw....

in Shadow's Den, Jul 25 at 9:22, by Shadow Wizard

@Gattsu worse. Ponify you.

please, explain @ShaWizDowArd

Sha Wiz Dow Ard

15:24

Oct 27 '14 at 14:46, by SPArchaeologist

@DroidDev and we will ponify you even in the Den.

Derpy

oh, btw. I will probably ask for removal of a message that seems to be about me that I didn't notice before. As I said, don't really mind being mentioned, but there are people that can use a free "downmark/suspension precedent" on their usercard.

Just wanted to tell you before, so that if any message will be missing you know where it went.

Feeds

15:56

There were traffic jams for the eclipses in 1970 and 1979, and that was *before* we had the potential for overnight viral social media frenzies.

Elias

@Feeds really? Solar eclipse was that big event for common people?

The first time I took a solar eclipse photo in 2009 from a MRT platform, no one around me cared...

user315433

Total eclipse crossing mainland U.S. is pretty rare.

user315433

Lots of people who don't need a very big reason to drive a few hours somewhere

Elias

True tough.. I haven't experienced total/annular eclipse in my life...

user315433

16:20

It's going to be partial where I am (75% max) but I'm not particularly excited. I like lunar eclipses, night is a better time to hang out sky-watching than the middle of a business day.

user315433

Next total lunar eclipse for me is January 21, 2019.

user315433

18:03

Augur appears to be in decent shape despite almost no meta activity. Out of 107 questions, 52 are answered by the same user, but the user appears to know what he's talking about.

rene

→ 26 messages moved to Chimney

user315433

18:25

@Feeds Randall should have used log scale there, probably wouldn't need two versions of the plot then. OTOH,

user315433

Knuth Paper-Stack Notation: Write down the number on pages. Stack them. If the stack is too tall to fit in the room, write down the number of pages it would take to write down the number. THAT number won't fit in the room? Repeat. When a stack fits, write the number of iterations on a card. Pin it to the stack.

user315433

20:19

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Q: Community Moderator Election has been cancelled

We regret to inform that due to insufficient nominating candidates, we are currently terminating the ongoing election here on Data Science Stack Exchange. As explained previously, in order for an election to proceed to voting phases it is required that there is at least one more candidate than th...

discussion featured election

user315433

\o/

user315433

As for Stats, the 3rd nomination arrived at 19:56:58Z (the deadline being 20:00) but the election was already given an extra week.

user315433

> Just a regularly scheduled process that is not any of regular, scheduled, or a process.

user315433

Grace should start writing poetry in revision summaries, like random used to do (and still does, but not often)

rene

I get all kind of exciting responses on my flags Thanks. I learned about a new feature :-), new mods and their toys ...

user315433

20:26

> Pools of sweat collect at the base of the fountain as the lures and flowers sprinkle on the map, the smell of which brings another pit stain to germinate and fuse with the nostrils stronger than would have the fairy floss in the ear canals -- random

M.A.R.

@rene I bet they sound like duck toys

rene

@M.A.R. could be

Magisch

20:47

@Michelle Thing is right

Even if I joined data science now by the time I would be anywhere deep enough in the subject matter all of the shebang would be over

rene

Can someone explain if in this comment I'm being considered not honest and knowledgeable? It is probably true but still ...

user315433

You are an honest, knowledgeable flower. Not included in the statement.

rene

:)

Well, i'm probably loosing that discussion but ... meh ...

user315433

Comments are not for discussion, they are for clarifying the question...

user315433

> Not knowing what I'm doing + database write access + caching = pic.twitter.com/fRPdvxX6l7 -- Jon Ericson at 12:50 PM - 14 Aug 2017

user315433

21:02

Uncharted waters, indeed.

user315433

> It's annual performance review season here at @StackOverflow. Coincidentally, I need to go buy a bottle of Red Breast 12 year tonight. -- David Haney at 11:46 AM - 14 Aug 2017

user315433

What grade does one get for building and then sunsetting a product?

rene

21:27

A+ for managing the full life cycle of a product?

user315433

A+ is not the best grade on Haney's scale, though.

user315433

> B: Could be more awesome. This is a good thing to work on over the next year — and your manager will help. This can also be applied for new employees who haven’t been in the company long enough to demonstrate that they deserve a higher grade.
A: Does as expected, at our high Stack standards. Completely, utterly able to accomplish what is needed.
A+: Does more than your team expects, even at our high level. Exceptional and noticeable skills.
A+++: Widely recognized level of amazingness. Does and teaches. When people think of this skill, they think of you (or would if they knew you). This w…

user315433

What grade should "see full text" get?

user315433

22:06

> We have lots of data organised in different databases on different platforms and in different formats. We need someone that is super interested in financial data and can build out time series models of how our expenditure and revenue will evolve. If you’re an organised data guru that can think outside of a box, join our data team.

user315433

"organised". Also, they obviously treat employees as inanimate objects. :/

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