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2:00 PM
I can even prove I know the password for one of them but... I lost the email address (was a 10minutemail) and apparently they consider that private information...
So that means the email address is part of the password...
And the first account I lost actually lost everything, password included.
 
@EKons Manga doesn't need to prove anything. I probably read in one comics.
 
Hard drive died with my password manager on it, and my latest backup was before I created the account on SE, so meh. I doubt staff will trust stylometry...
 
ok. Have some work. good bye! @JourneyWizard
 
wait didn't you have cloud password manager like LP?
 
Ew no.
I stay far away from anything with "cloud" in it.
 
2:01 PM
wait not even using Google Drive?
 
I stay even farther away from Google...
 
@Pandya as forest said, it is a picture of Derpy from MLP:FiM.
 
If I need to store something online, I rsync it to my dedi.
 
you can't stay far away from Google...
 
Sure I can. I never use Google services.
 
2:02 PM
Android = Google, for example
Chrome = Google, Google Search = Google, etc.
heck, even YouTube = Google
 
Can I install Android on this?
 
wait that's actually yours?
 
And I use Firefox, not Chrome/Chromium. And I don't use YouTube.
 
And it is purposely off-centered since the character is known for her strabismus
 
@EKons Not that specific one.
 
2:03 PM
but... you still have one of those?
 
Yeah. It's the only phone I use.
 
 
I love a phone you can slam in anger without worrying about a screen cracking.
 
@forest lol probably get an iPhone... oh, right, that's Apple, other bad thing
 
I don't use smart phones in general. Or smart devices.
 
2:05 PM
so you go outside phoneless?!
old Motorola not 100% perfect for today :P
 
I don't really need a phone outside.
If I really do need one, I can dust off an old mobile Nokia I have.
Assuming I can find the battery.
 
but... what if you need to call the police?
Nokia 3310? :P (meh)
 
Yeah the 3310. Probably the only phone that will last as long as it can.
 
heh you don't need police or battery then that's ultimate weapon
 
And why would I need to call the police? I have a gun if I need to use it.
 
2:07 PM
just throw it at criminal and culprit unconscious ;)
 
Revolver with 6 subsonic .357 SIG hollow point rounds.
 
lol I see how far you've gone to avoid the bitten apple and goggle stuff
 
:P
I like to live a life without any tech that I don't fully control.
 
I bet people might've called you "old-fashioned and stuck in the past" eh?
 
Plenty lol
I hang my laundry up to dry!
No drying machines. Those are huge wastes of energy.
 
2:09 PM
yeah we do too
 
In some places, people think that looks old fashioned.
I think that's silly. It's better for your clothes.
 
nah in Greece that's not really old-fashioned
most people hang clothes to dry here
also yeah not to mention that clothes need air too
 
Good for them.
It's part of a better lifestyle.
 
I... guess you can go a step further (behind) and sell that washing machine altogether :P
 
Planning on doing that when I get the time.
It's not like I have that many clothes.
But that's mostly to save water and power.
Not so much for ideological reasons.
 
2:13 PM
yeah... and you probably don't want to put e.g. a tux in the violent and unforgiving environment of a washing machine cylinder :P
 
Don't have a tux. :p
 
yeah, I said "e.g.", any good suit can replace "tux"
 
Actually I don't think I have anything delicate.
 
@forest no delicate socks?!
 
@forest some dads have old cars
My dad has a dryer I am convinced will catch fire one day
and has its own breaker cause it trips a lot
 
2:15 PM
My grandmother has a house with the worst wiring.
 
at least it's not a Samsung :P
 
And her oven doesn't even have temperature controls, just "high/low/med".
She's like 100 something!
And had that house since my father was a kid.
 
lol that's even older than my 92
 
Temperature controls? I just have four knobs that control how much flame you get.
 
@forest Well so does mine
 
2:17 PM
five knobs
 
@JohnDvorak um... oven, not stove
 
@forest we have this little plug in breaker thing
 
One knob then
 
they use it in sensitive installations like hospitals too so they don't trip the power and kill everyone
Also...
no one else can turn on my router... which would be a problem
 
You know what really messes with home circuit breakers? Backfeeding generators...
 
2:19 PM
SE Bangs (Short-cut searches) at DuckDuckGo!:
 
not all of us live off grid ;p
 
With their horrifying suicide cables.
 
Its impossible for me XD
 
:)
 
I live in an apartment like ... 90% of singaporeans
 
2:20 PM
@Pandya oh they finally implemented those?
 
I only live sorta off grid. Halfway, perhaps.
I get power but no water etc.
 
and internet
no water 0_0
well water?
 
Yep.
I mean no water from a central water supply.
 
ya
india's odd
 
And my internet isn't mine. :D
 
2:20 PM
@forest maybe you can sell a few taps and sinks... :P
 
you have 2-3 different water souces
 
So I don't consider it to be connecting to the grid.
@EKons No way I need all the water I can get for long showers!
 
oh so they're connected to the well?
interesting...
 
All my water is.
Which also means every water source is clean for drinking.
 
0% flint? :P
 
2:22 PM
heh
 
well... wells don't generally suffer from industrial pollution
 
Which is good. I don't like feeling unwell.
 
unwelled? ;)
 
:p
 
@EKons they can
 
2:28 PM
if they're connected to a polluted river?
 
Presumably they test the water priodically
 
They're not connected to any river, but bad ground water would be an issue.
 
@EKons and possibly of microbes, pollution...
 
I'm talking about industrial pollution, i.e. factory waste thrown into rivers
 
2:28 PM
wasn't flint the pipes?
in part
 
Yeah it was, but it was also way overexaggerated.
While the amount of lead was above safe levels, it was far, far too low to cause any short-term damage (but may cause damage if continued over several decades).
 
> three things to please forest:
a) a simple house, with good wiring, internet connection and a phone outlet or two, and space free of "smart" items
b) total freedom of mind from these keywords: Google, Facebook, Apple, Samsung
c) a clear atmosphere and water source
 
^^
 
Food?
 
nah that's basic survival needs, not related to pleasure
 
2:32 PM
Well yeah food is always a must. I'd love to say that all I need is good soil but... I'm not much of a gardener.
 
also, regarding Flint... pretty sure it still is, but media cover it up
 
Can we already print food in 3D printers?
 
ew no forest + 3D printer = ouch
 
The way to automatically restart our mailserver is to put a SHUTDOWNNOW.SEM file into its installation directory
who thought of that
 
Why? Without internet connection it's just a printer.
 
2:33 PM
no, internet connection is good
 
It can be lead to hacking
 
3D printer is just useless for the average person
 
eh, All I need is internet, food and water ;p
and for that I need money XD
 
3D printers are too expensive and can't print everything I'd want.
 
oh and hardware
 
2:34 PM
that too, 3D printers can't replace normal printers, they don't have ink and paper...
 
I'll wait until Star Trek replicators come along.
 
@forest buh. We'll see in 10 years then.
 
or the ones from the Orville
 
@ShadowWizard so keep your printer off the 'net!
 
@forest truly terrifying
after all, the teleporter kills you and clones you at the destination
 
2:35 PM
No not transporters, replicators!
But arguably, we are already destroyed and put back together. The atoms in my brain that give me the memories of the childhood are not the same atoms when I was experiencing childhood. In a way, I did not survive my own childhood.
I've been replaced with an imposter who has all my memories.
 
they say that when you remember something, you remember the last time you remembered it
 
head explodes
 
Ship of Theseus in action!
So that's why I would not be worried about transporters. :P
 
Some good examples here, @Magisch
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A: Star Trek movie or episode containing on-screen example of replicating something else than food

ValorumThere are a considerable number of examples of replicators producing something other than food, cutlery or crockery. In TNG: Data's Day, we visit the Replicator Center to see a child replicating a toy. In DS9: Civil Defence, we see the replicators generate an automated weapon. In TNG: Mask...

 
But yeah, replicators seem safer since they only make inanimate stuff...
I wish I could replicate a meeseeks.
 
omg
But... will they help me get in touch with my inner self?
 
sure they will
 
hands @forest his spleen
that will let you get in touch with your inenr self
 
TL;DR: Geek unlicensed criminal
:P
 
2:54 PM
Now now. It takes skill to do that...
hands @EKons his inner ear
 
Oh, you mean this!
 
awww, that spleen
 
Is that a crocheted kidney bean?
 
You really give up on that precious thing?! @Journeyman ^^
 
@JourneymanGeek ouch... I can't see clearly sideways...
 
2:55 PM
omg that's so cute
 
It looks like a malformed poop.
 
@Tinkeringbell spleen, not kidney!
 
@ShadowWizard it's forest's spleen..
 
crochet critic here :P
 
2:55 PM
so he can get in touch with his... inner self
 
Rob
It's a log.
 
@Tinkeringbell well.... in theory one can make almost any shape with poop. :D
 
Yeah, go have fun in your Den :P
 
I should not have mentioned the P word in here! :D
 
2:56 PM
Too late! evil grin
 
@ShadowWizard You need high quality defecation though, with the right amount of moisture
 
@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ moisture can be taken by evaporation or added though...
 
@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ nah... can also use them as building rocks
Or lego bricks
 
@Tinkeringbell It'd take too long to create a homogeneous starting material if it's from an external source. Needs to be natural
Reminded me of that recent Biology question about a bat that poops cubes
That's gotta be painful
 
2:58 PM
O_o
 
I can write .BAT file that do it
 
@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ wombats aren't bats :P
 
That's wombats
 
Whatever. I wasn't paying attention
 
@JourneymanGeek so those are bats with womb?!
:P
 
3:00 PM
One bats or two bats, who cares
 
@Rob I think now I'm grateful that this image is not going to load for me
 
._.
Can we keep this classy guys?
I don't think most of us want to see that 0_0
 
Rob
K
 
3:01 PM
@Rob looks like crap
 
@JourneymanGeek pointing on "move messages" button ;)
 
@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ No one bats their eyes.
 
oh, that works too lol
 
@ShadowWizard At
 
Rob
Twas me whom removed it.
 
3:02 PM
Prepositions have gotten more kills than carbon monoxide.
 
@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ hey, I'm the nitpicking guy here! :D
 
Since when
 
@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ prepo what?
 
@ShadowWizard you don't have that button here >:D
unless you're a hacker...
 
@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ since.... now!! :D
 
3:03 PM
Disclaimer: I am about to post a BIG update to my 2019 Bash suggestion.
 
@ShadowWizard lol. I rarely do that on RA... I'm trying to work out who trains who ;p
 
Good luck
 
If implemented, could turn out great.
 
@Derpy After I edited it? :(
:D
 
you want your name under the post eh?
 
3:04 PM
@Derpy That's more like a PSA not a disclaimer
 
@EKons always
 
Also, could turn out as a valid excuse to mix actually app purchases in the Bash event....
 
Nitpickometer: MAR 1 — SHA 0
 
@Derpy "app purchases" EEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
 
so, basically... it could spell our doom too.
 
3:05 PM
First Doom was good
 
Jeez stop making me procrastinate. I'm back to the book
 
Proof: took dozens of years to reveal all its secrets!
 
please, forgive me if this will be the start in the path to our downfall.
 
RLGREYLIST.SEM - reloads the file file for the graylist of the graylist
why, technical translator?
 
@Magisch planting SENDTOHACKER.SEM file on server
 
3:08 PM
adding an user with the API: place a ADDUSER.SEM file in the program directory containing all user profile fields in tab-separated values form
 
@Rob good chance it's a fake done to get attention.... hard to believe 3 years old kid can reach so high and, umm... have so much of that. lol
 
pretty sure the brown isn't even the real thing
 
@Magisch sounds odd
 
@EKons Exactly
 
@JourneymanGeek tis'
 
3:11 PM
@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ my experience tells that the rate of procrastination is directly proportional with the deadline of the exam
 
@Magisch sounds almost like they wanted to let people do stuff without anything other than file read/write rights
 
@andmyself his exam is only in 170 days or so
Dec 19 '18 at 20:52, by M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ
No school, no strings attached. I just have a big ass exam in 191 days
 
that's already near...
 
yeah... that might be way too near if we're talking about the harder kind of exams...
 
3:13 PM
hmm.... I don't think I ever learned more than 5 days for an exam.
In school, that is.
 
yeah, in Greece we have so-called "Panhellenic Exams"
 
... and I had a nightmare (again, as always) about having an exam this morning...
 
For that one I learned for two weeks, 8 hours every day in a special course:
The Psychometric Entrance Test (PET, colloquially known in Hebrew as "the Psychometric"—ha-Psikhometri, הפסיכומטרי) is a standardized test in Israel, generally taken as a higher education entrance exam. The PET covers three areas: mathematics, verbal reasoning and the English language. It is administered by the Israeli National Institute for Testing and Evaluation (NITE) and is heavily weighed for university admissions. The test may be taken in Hebrew, Arabic, Russian, French, Spanish, or combined Hebrew/English. There are generally five dates the test may be taken each year, between February,...
 
@JourneymanGeek I don't get that, the configuration gui (manual) has no admin login so if you can open it you can change stuff anyways
 
waiting for my turn to take a bath in the morning, as always...
forgetting what's today exam, as always...
 
3:15 PM
@Magisch ._.
 
woah what
"forgetting what's today exam"?
 
@andmyself take the bath at night, will save you the need to wait in the morning. ;)
 
hmm? yes. Everytime I had a nightmare about "there's an exam today", those happened
(inside the dream, of course)
perhaps that's the curse of able to remembering dreams ._.
 
My idea for winter bash 2019: Tamagotchi! Each user will get a random pet by default. Actions made by the user will affect their pet. The pet will be displayed alongside their avatar. Etc etc. :D
 
@ShadowWizard Only if I can get a mini-me!
 
3:20 PM
why should it be random and not a customizable unicorn?
 
Wait... that's @Derpy idea. :P (I think! Didn't fully understand it yet.)
 
@ShadowWizard StackEgg
 
@EKons also an option
@Tinkeringbell using own avatar as the pet? Not sure. -1
:D
 
so... then I guess that downvotes make the unicorn D: and upvotes make the unicorn :D? :P
 
Yup
But doesn't have to be unicorn
 
3:23 PM
can it be pooch too? ;)
 
oh gawd I miss this...
 
lolz
@EKons of course
 
How come new answers from new users don't auto protect the giveaway question anymore??
 
Rob
@ShadowWizard There was also a painting of a famous dictator, but I thought that might be offensive. Searching for " 'that word' painting" turns up the image TOF (top of the fold, near the top of the page without scrolling).
 
3:25 PM
Did Shog cast some dark spell?
 
might be too many auto-protects
 
@ShadowWizard The Community is tired...
 
@EKons nah, it still happens, but at much slower rate or something. Weird.
@andmyself lol
 
maybe giveaway question lower activity?
 
Ugh, I hate Visual Studio sometimes. I've been trying to view some XAML UI for several hours now, but the designer keeps crashing :(
 
3:29 PM
Visual Crash 7.0
@Rob did I miss something? Can't see anything like that in the results?
oh wait
lol
 
Rob
Initials are, ironically, A.H.
 
Ah Ha!
Well, that links to something even more gross
LOL
 
@ShadowWizard Glorfindel has a script running, and wasn't it something like 3 answers within 'timeframe'?
 
@Tinkeringbell oh... yeah, I'm never sure of the auto protect algorithm.
 
22
A: Auto-protect questions that get more than N answers from new users in a 24-hour period

OdedThis has been implemented pretty much as described in the question and is now deployed across the network. Default threshold is 5 answers in 24 hours (by new users i.e. users who earned less than 10 reputation on the site, excluding any association bonuses), at the point of which the question ge...

Upvoting new answers as they come in helps too :P
 
3:35 PM
hehe, yup
 
@ShadowWizard look at this site.
they create a robot avatar picture from an hash
kinda what Unicornify (@balpha) does, but made simpler since they just mix standard parts instead of doing actual generation
now... look at one of the options there...
 
looking
lol
Easter egg
 
Cats generation based on hash.
now, suppose those hash are the hats...
let's say that you have... 20 ears, 20 tails, 20 colors, 20 eyes shapes, 20 mouths....
that alone is 20^5 combinations, right?
say goodbye to "seen all hats on day 2"
 
So "make your own hat"?
You could just say that lol
 
nonono.
 
3:39 PM
So?
 
you don't have access to the parts.
the gacha machine get you a random cat
different each time
see the updated version of my posts.
But I like your other idea, so I will add it too.
The more, the better.
 
still fear all of my suggestion fall in the "Not worth the cost for a feature that is available only for 20 days/year" category...
 
There's Neko Atsume... and then there's also Android easter egg...
Unicorn Atsume? 🤔
 
maybe I posted in the wrong question, should have posted that idea in the "suggestion to improve users profiles" one
 
3:48 PM
(I feel I was pinged from somewhere, probably just my imagination...)
 
@andmyself meh N is old O is better
 
@andmyself just tested on a coworker smartphone - it actually works.
 
invader :P
 
also consider that this is the first step into turning SE to a pay-to-win business model.
first, I need them to implement pets.
 
4:03 PM
 
then we will add rep gain multipliers bonuses to the pets based on their rarity.
 
Is there a meta about comment asking for upvote and answer acceptance? I found only a ton of meta question about how to force someone to accept your answer (my interpretation of the "Op didn't accept", "My upvoted answer is not accepted etc").
 
pretty sure you just flag those as NLN
 
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Q: Comments asking for upvotes/accepts

BortI happened upon this question, where the questioner commented on every answer with "I'd love an up vote!" Is it correct to flag such clutter, perhaps as not constructive / off-topic, or is there a better way to correct users that beg for up votes (and similar behavior) via comments.

It's actually better than the duplicate.
 
I don't know how I missed it. I will blame friday and sleep deprivation. Thx
 
4:09 PM
it's Monday...
 
Well, IT'S ALWAYS FRIDAY IN ICELAND!!1!
 
Some sleep deprivation huh
 
sd f
 
MEE
4:28 PM
I am currently trying myself in programming user scripts. Can somebody ping me so that I can see how the red notification looks like?
 
@MEE no! :P
 
@andmyself You can ping yourself here...
 
MEE
@MEE Uh that is interesting, why did nobody tell this to @MEE?
 
but wait until 5 (or 15) minutes until it gets to the inbox :S
 
Could be a coincidence, but I notice an uptick in dev activity on MSO over the past few days. Hopefully the trend continues :)
 
4:37 PM
... back from long holiday?
 
a very long one, then :P
 
@Stijn New Year? :P
you know what's fun? trying to post a message that's a reply to itself without editing it
 
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title, link following arrow in title, pattern-matching website in body, pattern-matching website in title, +3 more (495): SHOP@>> www.supplementbrand.com/dermavix-philippines/ by waplzozalkpa on askubuntu.com
 
4:53 PM
@Stijn did you check twitter? They might go wild there ... ;)
Not about Stack Exchange Network software /cc @sha @bar @glo convert string to unsigned char in C‭ - xvasxvas‭ 2019-01-07 16:34:24Z
 
:7477717
 
you waited for that one a long time?
 
nah, I count it with Fibonachos sequence
 
Is that the one with cheese?
 
Close enough... that's Fibonacheese...
 
5:15 PM
(found here)
 
@SmokeDetector k
 
5:34 PM
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Link at end of answer (60): How should Muslim weddings be? by hatebadja on islam.SE
 
5:44 PM
@SmokeDetector marriage package in Indonesia. flag and move on...
Fourth user having a newly created account on SO and MSE and stumbled upon the Tavern? I wonder if something out there is referring to this chat room...
Or maybe they want to join the swag contest, in which case, please wait until someone's script auto-unprotect the question in under 5 minutes... then please refresh the page
 
@andmyself it is unprotected, and has been for the last 6 hours
 
Just thinking out loud, perhaps too loud...
 
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Link at end of answer (60): Are serverless web applications safe? by Ory Segal on security.SE
 
@andmyself :D
 
5:59 PM
Before going to sleep (if possible, after caffeinated), does the reversal script also catch serial vote on per-child meta? :D
 

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