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02:49

user202362

everyday, I learn something new ... and possibly totally useless ...

Success

03:47

@Telkitty that's trivia for you...

user202362

04:03

sure ... so what if you put a hungry bear in a rat infested building ...

Journeyman Geek

→ 12 messages moved to Chimney

Success

04:35

@Telkitty a happy bear ...

Journeyman Geek

05:02

→ 8 messages moved to Chimney

@Success or a demolished building and an angry bear. And homeless rats.

user202362

05:31

@JourneymanGeek how can those rats be homeless when they live in a building :p

Journeyman Geek

cause there won't be a building.

TheLittleNaruto

06:31

Yo o/

Journeyman Geek

06:43

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rene

07:34

I'm really wondering why this get such a negative reception. It can't possible be that the OP missed the dupe offered by @gnat that only covers maybe 50% of the question asked. — rene 4 mins ago

It is a support question that isn't awful and they researched for how to gain reputation. They ask reasonable things , me thinks.

Journeyman Geek

08:01

→ 4 messages moved to Chimney

Mithrandir

09:06

5chdn ♦, Berlin, Germany

445 2 7 24

Shadow Wizard

@rene agreed, also upvoted, before reading your comment.

Mithrandir

Brian Yu ♦

41 1

gradebook id initials invalid pset2 speller certificate

David J. Malan ♦, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

41 1 4

untagged

Shadow Wizard

@Mithrandir why you post moderators? Is this a new game?

badp ♦, Italy

41.3k 40 195 388

minecraft team-fortress-2 steam die2nite achievements pc portal-2

Mithrandir

@ShadowWizard was responding to a claim that a 600+ rep mod was the lowest rep mod on the network

2 days ago, by Desire

His rep was 652, which means we have a new lowest-rep mod on the network now.

Shadow Wizard

@Mithrandir oh. Well only the first is valid, CS50 isn't really part of SE. Maybe only in theory.

Nov 21 '16 at 15:53, by Shadow Wizard

@zaq well, cs50 isn't a real SE site... it's some weird experiment that is still ongoing somehow.

4

A: Protecting a question has no effect on private beta sites

This is quite intentional - private betas are supposed to be very short, and lack many of the normal protections against abuse available to public beta sites. The cs50 site is... Unusual. Still, the fix there is to raise the privilege thresholds, which can be done independent of other changes. I...

> The cs50 site is... Unusual

It is kind of ever lasting private beta, afaik.

HOLY CRAP

Mithrandir

09:18

ouch

DV; VTC

Shadow Wizard

commented

Derpy

10:04

@ShadowWizard html + regex? now deleted, screen?

Shadow Wizard

10:18

@Derpy title is forced to lower case so it doesn't reflect the horror

I see Oded also nuked the account, well done.

rene

down voter!

Shadow Wizard

I downvote crap on spot, and that one was EASY to spot.

rene

Yeah, it was a tiny bit yelling ....

Mithrandir

117

Q: When did people decide that all caps means the writer is shouting?

Nowadays, writing in all caps tends to indicate that the writer is shouting. FOR EXAMPLE IF I TYPE LIKE THIS PEOPLE EQUATE THIS TO SHOUTING. My understanding from cursory googling is that letters were originally only in one case and a separate case was developed later, with most people consider...

culture language

Derpy

10:47

@ShadowWizard ugh... ok, I was the one asking for that...

Shadow Wizard

11:07

@Derpy indeed. Now eat what you cooked! ;)

Derpy

11:25

@ShadowWizard don't worry, I generally don't whine because I have to heat what I cooked. Yet, seems that common practice in the world is making you eat what others cooked...

TheLittleNaruto

11:38

Shadow Wizard

@Derpy and usually it tastes like something you don't really want to eat...

Journeyman Geek

12:37

@ShadowWizard .... someone needs to edit it to [ON HOLD]

Oded

12:53

@ShadowWizard nope, self deletion there.

Journeyman Geek

I guess he realised no one would help him with a code.

Shadow Wizard

@JourneymanGeek doubt even @Oded can do that... ;)

Oded

You could do it with a bit of CSS magic.

Success

just change the font to Comic Sans...

Derpy

13:21

@Magisch soap opera intensifies.

in The Bridge on The Stack Exchange Network Chat, Oct 25 at 15:08, by Unionhawk

Kaspersky releases details of internal inv.; says it uploaded NSA files after workr got infected frm pirated softwre http://bit.ly/2yKE96D

Tweeted by KimZetter on October 25, 2017 at 12:29 PM

Magisch

@Derpy Yah I already read that

Derpy

the funny part? even if this is totally made up, the original claim DID state that an employee copied secret tools and file on his home pc.

Magisch

tl;dr someone with access to toppest secret nsa hacking tools got pwned trying to pirate word and kaspersky detected the pwn and uploaded all the files suspected of infection (including some of the nsa hacking tools detected by heuristic scans) according to the option the guy left on on

Journeyman Geek

@Magisch or that's what the ~~kgb~~ FSB wants us to think

Success

Skeptics.SE?

Magisch

13:24

I believe that more then the what looks like a desperate attempt of the cia/nsa to save fac

Derpy

@JourneymanGeek as I said the best part isn't this counter claim that you can trust or not. The problem is that no mater who you trust both parties agree that an employee in a top secret agency copied top secret info on his home computer

Journeyman Geek

._.

Derpy

so, NYT seems to imply that the files on the home machine were "stolen" because the AV is tailored to search for secret tool and classified documents. The AV vendor claims the machine got infected and the tools were uploaded because of a scan that identified them as potentially unsafe. In both scenarios those files were on an home computer, outside of an office that I always figured was somewhere under the sea.

With a pack of robot ninja sharks protecting it

A 2m concrete wall.

Automated laser drones and machine gun turrets

etc etc etc.

now they only have to tell me the employee was fat, bald and vaguely reminiscent of Homer Simpson and all my 007 dreams will be shattered forever

Journeyman Geek

14:01

could be a woman

There was this ex NSA staffer with an improbable name

politico.com/story/2017/09/27/…

Mithrandir

And poof! Suddenly Paul *is* the FBI! They can't catch him now!

Tweeted by MTL613 on October 30, 2017 at 1:50 PM

Dukeling

Doesn't it seem weird that serial downvoters get reputation back when their downvotes are reversed?

Journeyman Geek

14:22

@Dukeling probably simpler to keep track of

and they'd get whacked with a suspension or nuclear fire anyway

SmokeDetector

14:42

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Link at end of answer: Usability of Ctrl + Enter Submitting of Forms by jordan on ux.SE

SmokeDetector

14:54

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Offensive answer detected: Can I block my ID when making a FaceTime Call? by Asil on apple.SE

Adam Lear

15:17

@rene No, the older account will "win" regardless of the direction of the merge.

Derpy

and in the meantime, I just discovered the new service Amazon has devised

Amazon Key: let our delivery boy unlock your front door so that he can safely deliver your package when you are not at home.

John Dvorak

I hope people can see the problem with that...

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword with email in answer: Identify this movie where seprated couple get back together and go to the flea market again by Stone Emma on movies.SE

user315433

15:39

Fine Amazon - I have a new service offering too

Tweeted by SuperDalgas on October 25, 2017 at 9:58 PM

user315433

> I'd like to meet the person who decided to install the "nostril cam" on the newer model @Dell XPS below the screen. Have they used a webcam? -- Dead Hauntey at 3:38 PM - 29 Oct 2017

Success

time to create a new trend: nosefie

Feeds

16:03

I spent a long time thinking about how to design a system for long-term organization and storage of subject-specific informational resources without needing ongoing work from the experts who created them, only to realized I'd just reinvented libraries.

user315433

We'll always have PDF readers. Right? Right?

user315433

@Feeds Needs a bar for Subject.stackexchange.com

user315433

Wonder where that one ends.

Adam Lear

16:21

@rene What's your assumption?

TylerH

16:32

@JonEricson Posted (in case you haven't seen it yet) meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/358600/…

user315433

16:56

Moderator Position Open - Nominees Needed by animuson on startups.meta.stackexchange.com

user315433

Animuson rarely does this kind of thing, might actually be the first time.

user315433

Presumably, that "Last seen Aug 10 '15" mod we talked about yesterday will no longer be one.

Success

And I didn't save the output from the scraping... there were some 2016s also...

rene

17:18

@AdamLear yeah, Animuson commented on my MSO answer with the same message.

@AdamLear my assumption is that id's (primary key fields in the database) like the Id in the users table are IDENTITY(1,1), in other words, there is no code or other functional mean that a user can change or influence the Userid that is assigned when you create a new user.

Adam Lear

@rene That's correct.

rene

Except possible fiddling with the db of course but that is cheating

Awesome. Then my answer on MSO is correct except for how the merge worked but I already fixed that with an edit

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Edit 2: fixed the edit.

Feeds

17:55

Podcast #120 – Halloween Spooktacular with Anil Slash

Jess Pardue on October 30, 2017

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Special thanks to this week’s sponsors: Oracle and Digital Ocean.

Stack Overflow appreciates Oracle’s support for this podcast and for our community. Learn more about all the ways Oracle supports open source, java, and developers like you at oracle.com/developers. …

user315433

1200x675.png, seriously?

user315433

What information does this convey that wasn't in the first word of the title?

rene

Didn't we complain before about those image sizes on the blog?

Shog9

18:14

The dimensions aren't the problem there; image is full of gradients - JPEG compression is tons more efficient.

Jon Ericson

18:27

@TylerH I saw it. It's on my list to go over before I present our current mockups. They depend in large part on the template test I hope to get started soon. We taking iterative baby steps rather than trying to create something incrementally. Lesson (hopefully) learned:

268

Q: Tearing Down the Structure of Documentation

If you have told us (or privately thought) Documentation isn't working: You are correct. It isn't. Yet. Since early on in the private beta of Documentation, we’ve used a simple, rigid structure: Tags => Topics => Examples + optional sections At the time, users wondered if this was the right s...

discussion documentation

TylerH

19:39

@rene yes, the complaint from me and others I saw was they are pointless and force us to scroll, AKA "too big"

@JonEricson Nice, thanks. Yes, best of luck with the reception of the templates

rene

@TylerH did you rant in chat or were you so annoyed that you went to Meta?

TylerH

@rene Worse, I think I left a comment under the blog

so I'm sure it was ignored :-P

rene

Ouch ....

TylerH

I think the blog posts would be far better served by making a background out of those header images

That way we both are happy - marketers and designers get the graphic and people who want the content don't have to scroll an extra 600 pixels

I mean really, I think SE can adhere a little better to 'don't put all your content below the fold' there

At the very least, duplicate the audio player at the top, above the graphic, so people don't have to scroll at all in order to find and use the point of visiting the page - the podcast itself

rene

I stay out of fights with Marketing, Communication and sales people. I'm not at work here...

rene

20:39

Ok, 10 more discussion answers and I've a gold badge / dupe hammer for that tag as well.

By now I don't have to worry much about quality. Anything will do ...

user315433

Updated stats: 700 pages of mostly-spam SU users, which is 25,000+ in 16 days.

user315433

"Free Download What the Waters" appears to be the first one of those.

user315433

21:11

user315433

Choosing 2 mods for Gamedev is not very hard...

user315433

Notable: most candidates have high % of downvotes and a low number of edits.

user315433

(Compared with elections on other sites)

Catija

@Desire Alexandre's mod score got cut off.

user315433

But knowing the kind of questions GameDev gets, I can't blame them.

user315433

21:13

Right, it's 28, but that's also sort of less important here, as he only trails in rep.

user315433

Moderation badges 7/8, vs DMGregory who has 4/8 but a lot more reputation.

user315433

And Alexandre is more active on meta, which isn't visible in the circles.

user315433

"I think I'd be a good moderator, because I'm very active on the site" says a user with 52 reviews, most of them in the last two days.

Dukeling

21:30

I think we should blame licence agreements for all our bad questions - they've been teaching people to ignore text for years now.

Jon Ericson

@Dukeling That's when people started ignoring text? I coulda sworn I was ignoring text long before I saw my first EULA.

But, it's hard to know for sure.

Dukeling

@JonEricson Or maybe the education system is to blame then, at least partly.

Jon Ericson

Been in a free fall since Socrates.

user315433

22:13

0

A: How to change the file size of images without losing photo quality using Photoshop?

I think PNG files turn me on guys. Does anyone else think this? Like i just love how big and strong those megabytes look mmmmnnnn. I'm getting hard just thinking about it.

user315433

You're missing out.

Catija

@Desire ... I just use "Save for web and devices".

Shog9

I'm... ok missing out here

user315433

22:29

Is anybody else super annoyed by losing this feature? How can I rename a Google Calendar event without opening an edit window?

user315433

No workarounds that I could find.

user315433

I usually create a repeating event like "Class: " at the beginning of semester, and then change the titles of individual events to "Class: Topic". :/

Catija

23:01

So... I've heard there's an SEDE chat but I can't find it in a quick search of any of the three servers... anyone know where it is?

Jon Ericson

23:11

Never heard of it. Here seems as good as anywhere to talk about SEDE.

Catija

23:24

@JonEricson Hmmm. OK. Thanks! :D I got an answer this time but I'll ask my question next time.

user315433

23:38

@Catija chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/13526/…

user315433

Notice the bustle of activity

Catija

23:51

@Desire Clearly that means that everyone's waiting for someone to help ;)

But I searched chat for sede and got nothing. Is chat search case sensitive?

... and, of course, now it comes up immediately. sigh

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