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12:18 AM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Mostly non-Latin title: In Phil 2:7, what does εν ομοιωματι ανθρωπων γενομενος mean? by a deleted user on hermeneutics.SE

iDebug

12:53 AM

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog @SensibleAlexander Thank you. I didn't even realize it's borderline offensive.

Journeyman Geek

1:10 AM

@iDebug If it makes you feel any better I've had similar complaint on SU chat when I was a newbie, and it is a work in progress.

However, I'd rather focus on my content, and it being helpful, than forcing myself to check for its/it's errors all the time

user202362

1:26 AM

I am amazed that we are getting swag despite SE is shedding like a molting chicken ...

user202362

user202362

Journeyman Geek

.... for some reason I nearly wrote "Dave" when referring to @AdamLear in a comment.

@TelautonomousKitty :(

Aaron Hall

1:48 AM

in Python on Stack Overflow Chat, 1 min ago, by Aaron Hall

Maybe, like the review queues, regular questions should have a "skip" button that pulls up the next question to review/maybe answer.

user202362

@JourneymanGeek but chicken becomes better after molting when she gets all her feathers back ...

Journeyman Geek

@AaronHall 0_0

@TelautonomousKitty lets hope that happens

Sensible Alexander

2:01 AM

Moltin' Morning...

Journeyman Geek

@TelautonomousKitty I can't find any reference to SE moulting any more staff

Sensible Alexander

Molting, melting, molding

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

2:27 AM

@rene You see, on traditional discussion forums, the administrators just put up a board regarding a general topic, designate some users as moderators, and then it's up to the moderators to enforce the scope. Those users don't understand the scope is actually part of the site, and not just something the moderators are enforcing, which is often the case on regular discussion forums.

@JourneymanGeek Just a suggestion. After all, users who correct mistakes in others' posts do get a share of the rep generated from that post...

@JourneymanGeek They must be focusing on your moderation prowess rather than just your grammar sense. Which is a great thing, and what should be happening in real life.

Journeyman Geek

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog most people don't actually focus on minor errors like that

and ehh, I have bigger errors, and general flow to think about

user315433

@JourneymanGeek There were some tweets, although quickly deleted. And my API-based page records such changes.

Journeyman Geek

2:43 AM

._.

ok...

seems a bit stalky 0_0

user315433

It's not stalking if you write a script to do it for you, is it?

tchrist

@SensibleAlexander Molten mourning is only to be expected after a pyroclastic disaster.

Journeyman Geek

its especially stalky IMO 0_0

user315433

Oh well. 1_1

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Offensive answer detected: Bitcoin cash testnet core crash by Your Dumbass on bitcoin.SE

Sensible Alexander

3:03 AM

That's not stalky, that's... documenting the history 2_2

user202362

well said, stalkers are generally documenting the history of stalkees in their memory ...

tchrist

I love the little love-taps you get when the Roomba fires up.

user202362

I am fond of becoming a stalker, but I can't seem to be able to find a prey

tchrist

A prey what?

user202362

Did I say prey, damn. I mean stalkee ...

Journeyman Geek

3:06 AM

@SensibleAlexander @if.... now, if there were a way to opt out and/or SE was explicitly ok with this (and I consider an API implicit only...)

user202362

^ wrong way of doing stalking

user202362

next stalk anything that's 10 times your size, you might end up being physically violated ...

user202362

3:34 AM

:6640848 Rule of thumb: you can purchase investment on a loan, but never an expense.

Sensible Alexander

Purchase a cardboard, with fancy circuitry and game

user202362

Property, shares ... even education are considered investment. Cars, computers, clothes etc are considered expense

user202362

Investment generally increase in value. Expense ... on the other hand, decrease in value over time

John Dvorak

I don't think game would fit into a cardboard box. Did you mean a game (which kind)?

Sensible Alexander

Actually, a cartridge...

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

3:41 AM

@SensibleAlexander Or a disc

Sensible Alexander

Oh, yeah, a discartridge!

John Dvorak

I was wondering if he wanted to stuff deers into that box...

Sensible Alexander

That would work too...

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword with email in answer, email in answer, pattern-matching email in answer, blacklisted user: Impact of downgrading a credit card on credit history (specifically avg age of account)? by mary on money.SE

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Username similar to website in answer: How to give admin access to all user's mail by Goldy Arora on webapps.SE

Sensible Alexander

3:56 AM

@SmokeDetector I.. don't see anything wrong with that. There's an implicit disclaimer "old video I have"...

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@SmokeDetector fp

SmokeDetector

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog Registered answer as false positive and removed user from the blacklist.

John Dvorak

2 TP / 3 FP so far

BoltClock's a Unicorn

4:42 AM

@rene No, that's just guest271314 being themself. I don't know why they continue spending time on the site tbh, let alone why we allow them to

Catija

Ugh... why is there no magic link that works for MSO?

If there is, someone should tell me what it is because I can't figure it out... I know only a diamond on MSE can see it but the number of things I tried and failed here... meta.stackexchange.com/questions/306348/…

Sensible Alexander

Yeah, there's no magic link for MSO or other per-child meta since [meta] only works on their own respective site.

Catija

But I link to MSO in comments on MSE ... like... always. :(

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

5:09 AM

@Catija Perhaps adding magic links to per-site metas, perhaps for MSE only, would be a good idea for a new feature-request

e.g. [meta.so], [meta.su], (Travel Meta or Travel Meta)

@SensibleAlexander Hey, it actually works for per-site metas for sites hosted as subdomains of stackexchange.com

[meta.stackoverflow.se]

I'd thus say that the inability to magic-link [meta.so], [meta.su], [meta.au] etc. is a bug, since [meta.travel.se] and [travel.meta.se] both produce Travel Meta

Ask Ubuntu Meta

[meta.ubuntu.se]...that's a rather crude way to link to AU Meta, exploiting the old name of the site

Also, another test: Software Engineering Meta ([meta.programmers.se])

[meta.stackoverflow]

[meta.a51]

[meta.area51.se]

Area 51

[discuss.a51]

Area 51

^^ That link is misleading. Separate bug.

[meta.mathoverflow.se]

@Catija A bug report already exists:

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Q: Adding magic link for Meta Stack Overflow?

In comments here on Meta SE I can use the magic link [so] to link to http://stackoverflow.com. Consequently, I would have expected the magic link [meta.so] to link to http://meta.stackoverflow.com but that magic link does not seem to be available. Can it be added, please?

Also, I filed another bug report: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/306352/…

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Q: Area 51 Discussions magic link shows wrong title

When magic-linking to Area 51 Discussions using [discuss.area51.se] or [area51.meta.se], the link shows up as: Area 51 That should be fixed to say "Area 51 Discussions" instead, because the actual link is to the discussions site. Proof: https://chat.meta.stackexchange.com/transcript/messag...

bug area51 magic-links

SmokeDetector

6:29 AM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Manually reported answer: "Restoring previous versions of Windows" error loop in Windows 10 Home by robertosburn on superuser.com

SmokeDetector

6:51 AM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Pattern-matching website in answer: Wordpress refuses to send mail, "...your host may have disabled the mail() function" by Kr Rajveer Singh Rathore on wordpress.SE

SmokeDetector

7:02 AM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in body: Enhancing Men Fertility Next Vasectomy Reversal by Darnelhick on drupal.SE

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

7:24 AM

cv-pls meta.stackexchange.com/questions/306354/…

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in answer: Why are there bubbles in my bathroom toilet and sink? by user81026 on diy.SE

SmokeDetector

8:05 AM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Potentially bad keyword in answer: Can I waterproof a tent just before it rains? by Leopold Tenny on outdoors.SE

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

8:30 AM

@SmokeDetector tpu-

rene

8:52 AM

@BoltClock'saUnicorn Ok, I'll put them on my mental ignore list. Thanks for explaining (/cc @SonictheAnonymousHedgehog )

Is there a regression in the Move to chat functionality?

Maybe you get the error because the other party doesn't have chat privileges yet? If that is the reason the error message could be more clear, or even better: don't offer move to chat if you know it is going to fail — rene 21 mins ago

SmokeDetector

9:10 AM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Shortened URL in answer: What is so special about corona beer? by Ruchi Jain on alcohol.SE

Sensible Alexander

9:45 AM

Will this year be... the first time I don't participate in SO Dev Survey..?

John Dvorak

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog re our recent conversation: youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc

Sensible Alexander

Oooh.. drama on MSE? but seems already ended...

-2

Q: Make x the Subject — Polynomial of Degree 3

I have a polynomial of the following form. $y = a*x^3 + b*x^2 + c*x$ (It happens to be possible to express it in the form, “$y=x(ax^2+bx+c)$”.) I do not (necessarily) have values for the constants; I want to work with variables for the constants. I need to make $x$ the subject. …please. Th...

polynomials

that's a looooooooooong one

Journeyman Geek

10:04 AM

@SensibleAlexander yup

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Blacklisted user: Bitcoin public key to private key by Support Blockchain on bitcoin.SE

SmokeDetector

10:57 AM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Pattern-matching website in body: Why is it necessary to choose hacks while playing online games like Star Wars Battle Front 2? by Emma Gross on superuser.com

user310756

11:16 AM

@TelautonomousKitty nice to see you :)

user202362

11:34 AM

@YvetteColomb <3 u 🐎 🐴 & 🐔

user310756

11:51 AM

@TelautonomousKitty same xoxo.

Sensible Alexander

12:41 PM

Community Promotion Aaaaaaaaads

user202362

do you want to know how the chicken submit to my advances?

Sensible Alexander

by ads?

user202362

apparently you don't know anything about chickens, you have to dine them if you want to pat and hug one

Sensible Alexander

12:56 PM

well, I know Kentucky

rene

True, but your hands get pretty greasy when you pat those...

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Potentially bad keyword in body: China Portable X-ray machine metal plastic milling prototype by xcjdd5v on codereview.SE

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Potentially bad keyword in answer: How to Uninstall Lightspeed From Mac by Bob on apple.SE

SmokeDetector

2:55 PM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Offensive answer detected: How to make a layer change size in an animation in Photoshop? by yournan on graphicdesign.SE

rene

@JonEricson I know Jon Clements asked something similar but would you mind leaving a comment or edit somewhere so we can point users to something semi-official irt Documentation? For example I'm stalked here and that user has a point.

SmokeDetector

3:41 PM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Manually reported answer: How to write a good MathOverflow question? by DanielAllen on meta.mathoverflow.net

Sensible Alexander

@SmokeDetector metawut

@SmokeDetector f

rene

I have a Marshal badge on SU.

Sensible Alexander

You shot the Sheriff

SmokeDetector

4:07 PM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Repeated URL at end of long post: como obtener la ultima de un redirect PHP by Fumatamax on es.stackoverflow.com

rene

delv-pls already on MSO so no longer needed here nor does this one need to be migrated meta.stackexchange.com/questions/306365/… /cc @Bart @ShadowtheHedgehogWizard @JourneymanGeek @TravisJ (needs 1 more)

Feeds

The establishment doesn't take us seriously. You know who else they didn't take seriously? Hitler. I'll be like him, but a GOOD guy instead of...

Sensible Alexander

@Feeds great... uBlock blocked it since it has campaign on the URL...

SmokeDetector

4:22 PM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Potentially bad keyword in answer: Remote desktop is not working - no port 3389 is bound by Mitesh Gangaramani on superuser.com

John Dvorak

@SensibleAlexander in all due respect, it's all just spam anyways

user315433

4:52 PM

@JourneymanGeek Well, it was going to be public soon enough; and now it is.

user315433

> I have some exciting news: today I'm joining @DataCamp as their Chief Data Scientist pic.twitter.com/wiN9J4qSjx -- David Robinson at 5:24 AM - 29 Jan 2018

SmokeDetector

5:54 PM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword with email in body: Help withmy account by John Wiley on webapps.SE

SmokeDetector

6:13 PM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad NS for domain in answer, potentially bad keyword in answer: No secure ad-hoc network with Yosemite? by hamza arif on apple.SE

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

6:29 PM

del-pls meta.stackexchange.com/questions/306354/…

@rene I have over 1,500 helpful flags on SU because it's so easy to find non-answers on the front page

@ShadowtheHedgehogWizard What sort of official source do you want?

Catija

@rene I'm glad you're happy to be featured in my answer about stars in chat.

rene

;)

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@rene I edited as the anonymous editor that if you're awarding an existing answer it's better to wait until the bounty reaches the grace period because due to the additional publicity involved, the answer can get more upvotes.

rene

6:44 PM

noted

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

That was personal experience. I was awarded a bounty for an exemplary answer, and the awarder chose to wait until the end. His investment more than doubled due to the upvotes I received.

Catija

I'm getting so close...

I'm guessing this answer isn't going to get a ton of upvotes :P

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@Catija If you get at least five upvotes, @rene's investment doubles

Catija

It's a 100 point bounty?

Oh, also @SonictheAnonymousHedgehog thanks for the offer of help... at this point, I don't know that the stickers thing is going to happen and I'm pretty sure Art wants to limit access to PII, so if it does happen, I'll probably try to handle it on my own.

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@Catija "as required"

If there is no requirement, no problem!

@Catija 50 points

Catija

6:51 PM

> This question has an open bounty worth +100 reputation from rene ending in 7 days.

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@Catija Oh, I was looking at the wrong post

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

7:17 PM

@rene chaos-emerald-pls meta.stackexchange.com/questions/306375/…

rene

7:29 PM

FWIW, balpha's working on rendering comments without using a table; this is now disabled until a fix is found. — Shog9 ♦ 34 mins ago

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

Safari: why we can't have nice things. — Shog9 ♦ 44 mins ago

rene

this is disabled. What is? balpha? rendering comments? a table?

until a fix is found ... optimistically 6 to 8 weeks is not mentioned ;)

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@AdamLear Someone told me that in your previous username, "Anna" and "Lear" were the names of two cats, and the person shown in the avatar is their caretaker. Was this true at the time?

Adam Lear

Not exactly.

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@AdamLear Can you please explain?

Adam Lear

7:36 PM

That was my name before I changed it.

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@AdamLear runs off to blame someone

@AdamLear Is it true, that you can flag something as NAA multiple times, bypassing normal system measures, by custom-flagging an answer as "not an answer" and exploiting an ancient piece of system code that converts it into a normal flag?

Adam Lear

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog Maybe! It certainly sounds like something we'd do. I'd have to look (but I'm in the middle of something else right now.)

SmokeDetector

8:05 PM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Offensive answer detected: In a formal paper, should I censor "brainf**k", the name of a programming language? by 65234265 on academia.SE

Catija

8:19 PM

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog Yes... I don't remember who but someone I know is regularly complaining about that.

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@Catija Actually, I was just trying to see if @AdamLear would recall the previous response he made, which was "meh".

2013 Multiple flags as NAA

Nov 8 '13 at 19:49, 46 minutes total – 29 messages, 3 users, 0 stars

Bookmarked 1 min ago by Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@AdamLear Is that still your response today?

Adam Lear

Heh. I barely remember what I said last week, nevermind 4 years ago

Catija

Speaking of "meh"... I don't suppose that you saw the weird discussion in the TL over the weekend about "meh" and the chat flags admin page, @AdamLear?

Adam Lear

@Catija No, can't say that I have

Catija

@AdamLear Apparently the use of "meh" on that page (in reference to the "not sure" option in chat flagging) is not a universal term... and anyone who uses it is being intentionally exclusionary of people who don't know what "meh" means.

Adam Lear

8:33 PM

@Catija which page is that?

Shog9

@Catija that entire page is... built around the notion that if you need to use it, you already know how to use it

Catija

@Shog9 I know... which is what made the entire discussion even more absurd.

@AdamLear The handled chat flags page.

Adam Lear

I mean... got a link to it? :)

Catija

@AdamLear chat.stackexchange.com/admin/recent-flags

Adam Lear

Oh that page

Meh :P

Catija

8:39 PM

HAHAHA

It's so pretty :P

rene

Y'll are intentionally exclusionary of people who don't have access to that page :(

Catija

@rene Get a diamond, be part of the crew :P

rene

Meh

SmokeDetector

8:55 PM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Manually reported answer: Unable to delete a file or take ownership on Win7x64 by kenik on superuser.com

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

@SmokeDetector tpu-

user202362

10:57 PM

Removing an iCloud account from your Mac is a relatively painless process. Go to the Apple menu at the top left of your screen and select System Preferences. Choose the iCloud panel. Then click on "Sign Out" to disable the iCloud account on your Mac.

user202362

what if I never signed in to start with

user202362

macbook is annoying

Adam Lear

"relatively"

user202362

are we talking about relativity now?

user202362

if I move at the speed of light, maybe time would slow down and I can remove iCloud before macbook launches it

user202362

11:09 PM

technology is the best way to reduce people's available life span - every now and then, I find a new problem that didn't exist before and I have to solve it

user202362

I have to sign in iCloud to disable it, how retarded

2013 Multiple flags as NAA

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