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user302202

01:05

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A: What is Serverless?

serverless computing is "server less" as a "chicken burger" is vegan as you didn't personally meet the chicken

user302202

I'm going to adopt this definition of "vegan".

Catija

Nick tweeted that a couple of days ago.

Journeyman Geek

Yup. I was thinking the same thing

user302202

Argh, I upvoted plagiarism...

Catija

I........yes. Yes it is. https://twitter.com/iamdevloper/status/1123531597314019329

Tweeted by Nick_Craver on May 1, 2019 at 10:27 AM

Retweeted.

user302202

01:26

I'm happy for you, and I'ma let you finish, but can we please remove the 'featured' tag now? It's been three weeks, it's not really news anymore. Thanks a lot :) — hiergiltdiestfu 16 hours ago

user302202

"stfu applied here"? I don't know much about German acronyms.

Rob

It's like a serverless restaurant, with a server:

user302202

01:57

In case of food, I strongly prefer serverless.

user302202

Wish Panera's model was more widely adopted.

forest

02:08

@VoteDukakis I've visited and then become a member of sites because of HNQ, as well as asked questions and gotten great answers. I would never have known those sites existed if it weren't for the existence of HNQ.

Rob

What is with Peter's editing closed posts (particularly ones by @ShadowWizard) - he received a comment about this earlier.

forest

What's wrong with editing closed posts?

Rob

02:24

It bumps it and puts it into the Review Queue, so instead of being closed by one person (Hammered) it becomes re-reviewed by up to five more people. If either one had edited prior to closing it would be preferred (and unnecessary). What are your thoughts, forest, as to why it's a good idea?

forest

Well from that edit at least, it looks like it fixed several mistakes.

It'd be better if there were an option to not bump an edit though.

Something like an IB's "sage".

No Distraction Wizard

@Rob semi-automated script. Has been asked and told many times but no response.

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

@Rob If you're looking at my comment, for context to others, that was not related to the reopen review queue at all. Rather, I was referring to the edit summary, which asserts that he "did not bump it" since it was already bumped earlier as it was closed (it wasn't, since closing posts doesn't bump them).

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Q: Add a checkbox to indicate whether a third-party edit makes the question reopenable or not

This is not a duplicate of Give 2k users a 'don't put this in the reopen queue' checkbox. That request has been declined; this is a request to reconsider that decision. There is a known issue of users editing questions that get closed recently after they get closed, for grammar. While the edits ...

@Rob @forest You might consider supporting this feature request, for what it's worth.

Rob

Unbumped it would have been Roomba'd slightly sooner. Sort of like washing dirt before throwing it on the floor, only to vacuum it.

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

@Rob Duplicates aren't Roomba'd 9 days after closure.

Rob

02:31

See also: Requesting a “Stop Polishing Turds” Edit Suggestion Reject Reason, which shog9 answered.

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

@Rob Some users think it's an invalid reason though

(Eventually, that specific situation was resolved as a CM gave it a binding Leave Closed review)

Rob

It's the bump and requeuing that I dislike the most, not the pedantry.

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

@Rob I mention that user (not by name) at the end of my request.

The answer makes the mistaken assumption that he uses a fully automated script, rather than semi-automated. (You know it's semi-automated since he's published said script.)

Rob

Yes, there a Moderator Ⓜ️ (unnamed) whom spellchecks where he moderates, I know it's a spellchecker because occasionally it will swap one letter for another and change the meaning of the sentence (and catching the editor).

When the result is correct it's a bit more difficult to argue with the method - that doesn't mean that I enjoy the bump & grind.

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

I'm complicit there too. When I edit posts for grammar and spelling, I've often been accused of editing valid British spellings to American - in many cases, those are flagged by my (American) spell checker as incorrect, and in others, I've either never seen a word spelled that way or it sounds very weird (e.g. BrE prefers an 's' instead of a 'z' in many words, and in AmE both are pronounced very differently; I often read words letter-by-letter rather than letting my brain interpolate).

tl;dr I tend to make localized spelling changes. (I actually typed "localised" there, but my system "helpfully" autocorrected it to "localized".)

Rob

02:46

Technically, initially, it ought to be American English spelling, but if it turns out to be Canadian or British then is the edit really needed.

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

Back to the main issue at hand, in the meantime, you can support this feature request:

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Q: Let users editing a question know if editing it would add it to the reopen queue

This is sort of similar to Let reviewers know if a suggested edit will push the question into the reopen queue, which was positively received, but was declined for technical reasons. I propose that users who are editing a post that was closed within the last five days be shown a notice on top of...

feature-request review edits vote-to-reopen

It won't resolve the specific problem you mentioned, but it will at least quell it when it comes to others. Plus, it's positively received and thus more likely to be implemented.

(I did request the same for suggested edit reviewers, and it was much more positively received, but declined for technical reasons.)

Rob

@SonictheInclusiveHedgehog I can't think of many words that are pronounced differently in AmE and BrE, other than aluminium. The vast majority are the same

Rob

I read that carefully and skimmed the linked one. A solution seems to be that if it stays closed the edit gets no credit That way the editor gets paid for useful work (even robo-edit work) but if it remains closed they get no edit credit - and we either keep or reject the edit.

Rob

lieutenant/leftenant is another.. but much rarer

Rob

If you like writing those similar sounding (but not duplicate) requests it's yours.

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

02:56

@Rob If the rule was clearly documented in the UI I'd agree, but it's not, so given the current state of the UI I'd disagree with that.

(since there are multiple Rob's, I'll use replies to make it clear who I'm talking to so only the relevant person gets pinged)

Rob

Rob, it's that one person has 'completed' the work (hammer closed, no edit) and after closing it gets edited (possibly by script) re-entering the queue for five people to deal with.

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

@Rob I'm on the neuro-atypical spectrum, and one of my "oddities" is that I read words letter by letter, so for instance when I see the word "realise" I think "realisssssse? Oh, he meant realize (with a clear "z" sound)".

Rob

I GTG, so you'll be replying to the other Rob. Thanks for the chat.

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

For the same reason, the word "manoeuvre" confused the hell out of me; I literally had to Google it and find out it was BrE for "maneuver"

Rob

Or more accurately, French English ;)

Rob

03:00

Or manure.

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

The word "diarrhoea" gave me diarrhea (and was also "helpfully" autocorrected)

Rob

@SonictheInclusiveHedgehog Hmm. Trying to think of a counter example, but for the most part 'ise' is pronounced the same as 'ize'

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

Well, it does have an upside: I can easily spot typos

Rob

@SonictheInclusiveHedgehog Out of curiosity, does that mean you're unable/have extreme difficulty reading something like this?

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

I remember at a local science museum there was an exhibit where you had to count all the letter F's in a sentence. I correctly answered 6, but so many other museumgoers answered 3 and I couldn't figure out why initially

Rob

03:05

That one of those multiple 'of' things?

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

Yeah, because in AmE the word "of" is pronounced with a "v" sound, and there were three "of"s in the sentence, so people would only spot the other three

Rob

It's pronounced with a v sound in all versions of English I know

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

Not in Indian English; there it's pronounced like the word "off"

Rob

Not in my experience

At least, the difference is subtle

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

@Rob Actually three

But those three are clearly willing and OK to do it

Rob

03:14

It looks like it's OK afterall, extrapolating that Q&A to someone over 2K it's thought to be useful - maybe Waffles would be willing to waffle ...

It seems like my earlier proposed solution would be most useful. Reasoning: If the edit was rejected there's no 'edit credit' and no bump. If it was closed and the OP edited, and it wasn't reopened, it would remain closed (though the OP does get an 'edit credit', even a Badge if they don't already have one). So why give a bumper a credit if it remains closed - tag fixing is arguably better but minor edits that remain

closed just bump (and reward the pedantic).

No Distraction Wizard

03:32

How do you reject edit by fully privileged user?

forest

You don't. You can revert the edit though.

No Distraction Wizard

... and it bumps. Again.

forest

well yeah

Journeyman Geek

@NoDistractionWizard well the idea is we trust folks past that point to make any edits, with the bumping + notifying the OP acting as a impetus to review

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

Exactly that

Journeyman Geek

03:35

also damn it wizards. I can't remember which is which except the ~~OG wizard~~ ShadowWizard

Rob

I felt like rolling it, but my only concern was undoing the close (which shouldn't happen, and I didn't need 5 minutes of helping the queue to turn into 10 minutes of researching "what happens when ...") so I just pressed "Leave Closed" (which isn't wrong).

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

Apr 23 at 14:28, by Sonic the Wizard Werehog

Might as well topple the wizardry tower while you're at it.

tl;dr I'm the one who encouraged it in the first place; now I'm officially dis-establishing it

Journeyman Geek

ITS ALL YOUR FAULT!

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Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

!!/blame me

SmokeDetector

@SonictheInclusiveHedgehog It's No Distraction Wizard's fault.

Journeyman Geek

03:41

Actually the whole themed username has been going on for longer

and its confusing.

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

1

A: The Many Memes of Meta

Meme: Wizards Originators: Shadow Wizard, Ask a Question Wizard Cultural height: As tall as the wizardry tower goes Background: Shadow Wizard is one of the most prolific users here on Meta. While their name previously didn't hold that much significance, after another prolific Meta user, Sonic,...

Three other users did so after I adopted it, then four more after the SO feature rolled out (three if you discount the usual NH/AT game)

Journeyman Geek

I don't

ANYWAY

its confusing and I will complain a lot.

No Distraction Wizard

The real problem is on NH/AT though

even it spawned a userscript to fix it...

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

Yeah, I found it confusing too (which is part of why I posted that answer, as a log of it). Unfortunately, as soon as the 30-day restriction lapsed, the SO feature rolled out and more users adopted it into their usernames, so I couldn't bring myself to move away.

Eventually I got fed up and decided to dis-establish it

Rob

The Robs have discussed Rob, and apparently Rob won't be changing his name; nor will I.

forest

03:46

@JourneymanGeek I still don't even get it.

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

I blame @Shadow since he's the one who decided to muddle hedgehogs and wizards together.

No Distraction Wizard

@forest In otter words: following users who frequently changing name every 1 month to other unrelated names is hard...

forest

For the longest time, I thought these everyone with Wizard and Sonic in their name were the same people. It was quite confusing.

Rob

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

No Distraction Wizard

03:56

But if the only problem is the "wizard" meme, not the NHAT game, then I'll gladly stop the former (not that I participated in the first place) and continue the latter...

Though in the end, we are just another dogs behind the monitor...

Journeyman Geek

@NoDistractionWizard yup

It's not wizards specifically

It's constant unrelated name changed

No Distraction Wizard

Alright, I'll keep in mind.

Over-respecting someone is dangerous...

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

04:18

At least I try and make it less confusing, by always beginning my name with "Sonic".

forest

HNQ is cancer. It should be that votes from outsiders aren't counted.

The top voted answer will be literally whichever one gets 5 votes first.

And then the 50, 100, 200, 500 other votes have almost no meaning.

Rory Alsop

07:32

@Rob Rorys took a different approach to avoid accidental pinging: security.meta.stackexchange.com/a/881/485

Some have interesting unicode chars in their names

as there are so many

@forest I'm with you on this

The only sites where I see a valid reason for HNQ are those small enough to need the traffic uptick

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Margarine

11:00

@forest oof, emotions

If this was a movie it would have turned out HNQ killed your best friend or wife or something

Hard to picture a forest with a grey, noir-as-heck hat though

@ShadowWizard YOU DID THIS

No Distraction Wizard

12:50

TGIF⁉

Margarine

@NoDistractionWizard NIPIIWS

Saturdays are infinitely better than Frydays

Even here. Being the Monday of our week.

No Distraction Wizard

13:42

If a mod getting review "banned" due to failing audits too many...

Olivia

14:01

is there a meta post on when feature requests should be closed?

aside duplicates and anything that isn't a feature request, but still tagged with feature-request

Tinkeringbell

@Olivia I don't think there is one, but taking the two exceptions you mentioned below into account, I can guess they're only supposed to be closed when they're too broad or unclear (which would be rare for a feature request, I guess)

Olivia

Good, probably handled it correct then ^^"

Jenayah

Hi there. I realised earlier that spam/RA answers were shown "fully" in the dialog box when dupe-closing. I wanted to post about that on Meta but isn't sure whether it's a bug, or intended behavior and therefor a FR. Can anyone shed some light on this please? :)

There is meta.stackexchange.com/q/303671/398063 which is related but from the phrasing I don't get what the "not hiding it is the point of it"is...

Better screenshot if needed: i.sstatic.net/MRHqj.png. The post is otherwise flag-nuked as it should

Mithrandir

14:16

I'd call it a bug. It should be hidden unless you're explicitly looking for the text.

@NoDistractionWizard ...I think @JourneymanGeek did that at some point...

Journeyman Geek

14:41

@NoDistractionWizard happened to me

Margarine

@JourneymanGeek You're full of surprises

Also I'm probably gonna make Google Calendar remind me this every time I wanna tease you.

Journeyman Geek

Well, remember when they tweaked the thresholds?

Margarine

Technicalities . . .

Journeyman Geek

so we had a few hundred posts in the review queue, and mods don't have limits

I was basically doing a few hundred correct reviews a day

and failing a few

Margarine

Mods do have limits. They're human. You, on the other hand.

Journeyman Geek

14:44

and then I got review banned. And I was like "oh well"

@Margarine I can be dogged

then someone requested I be unreview banned

and another mod was like "Yanno, you can unreview ban yourself!"

and I was like "REALLY?"

Margarine

@JourneymanGeek Ugh, these social media fans

Journeyman Geek

@Margarine chat actually

Margarine

Ugh, these social media chat fans. OK that doesn't make sense.

Journeyman Geek

@Margarine shrug I'm a visible, mildly popular part of the community

sometimes even outside the sites I mod ;p

Margarine

@JourneymanGeek Then you realized you've been review-sober for 3 minutes and 46 seconds and you wanted to break a record?

Journeyman Geek

14:48

@Margarine shrug we had trouble clearing it

eventually it was under control

Margarine

@JourneymanGeek Ugh, these egotistical social media figures

Journeyman Geek

@Margarine honestly, its slightly baffling

Margarine

@JourneymanGeek The review queue, or your review count?

Journeyman Geek

@Margarine the former

Margarine

@JourneymanGeek Fame has been called many things, but not baffling

But yeah, it's baffling

fbueckert

14:49

@Margarine Depends on your level of fame, I guess.

Margarine

Woot, I got electorate on meta.SO.

No Distraction Wizard

Or level of infame...

Margarine

So what if you're infamous for being famous?

Tinkeringbell

@Margarine Then I guess you're a Kardashian?

fbueckert

@NoDistractionWizard Same thing just *-1

Margarine

14:53

Journeyman Kardashian. Sounds legit.

fbueckert

And fame is somewhat subjective as well.

Margarine

Now that's subjective

fbueckert

My statement about fame being subjective is subjective?

I feel like we're starting the inception.

Margarine

Careful, random objects are falling on your head.

fbueckert

And everyone is looking at me?

I'm not liking this attention. Am I famous?

Catija

14:58

Only if you want to be.

Margarine

-6

Q: Invisible Chains and Breaking them

The parent who tells their child that the child has no chance at being a singer because he or she does not have a superstar “look! What is the impact?

children

The impact seems to be getting upset about and posting it on Skeptics (!).

fbueckert

@Margarine Well, that's a crappy parent.

Margarine

@fbueckert Maybe the child is 35?

fbueckert

@Catija Can anything be done about all the user457782 leaving and rejoining spam?

@Margarine Okay, not a crappy parent. Just an adult that can't face reality.

Catija

@fbueckert Unfortunately, no. :( You can ignore them, I think that will make it so that you don't see it ... but I'm not 100% sure.

@Margarine Wasn't there that wonderful but homely singer from England who made a big splash on one of those competition shows years back?

fbueckert

15:04

@Catija I'm assuming both users are the same one?

Margarine

@Catija IIRC ignoring made them small (. . . yep) but it does help with the entrance animation

Catija

@fbueckert ... Not actually sure. I've been kinda in NYC for the last week so I'm a bit out of the loop.

canon

@Margarine refer them to Adelle or Jay-Z, imo.

fbueckert

And don't kicks prevent rejoining the same room?

Margarine

@fbueckert for a minute

fbueckert

15:05

@Margarine Successive kicks make it longer.

Tinkeringbell

@fbueckert Yes ;)

Catija

But you can't kick someone if they've not talked, I think... someone tried to last week.

Margarine

Oh that's a dangerous wink

fbueckert

@Tinkeringbell Figured. Thanks for the confirmation.

Tinkeringbell

@Catija Also true, that was me :)

No Distraction Wizard

15:06

@Margarine I guess the claim is if you can break an invisible chain

Margarine

Can you kill the Schrodinger's cat?

BUT CAN YOU DO IT IN A BLACKHOLE

fbueckert

That explains the very quick network ban, anyways. Wasn't sure why they ate one that quickly.

Margarine

I'm such a genius

No Distraction Wizard

@Margarine Nah, it's already dead. Or not.

fbueckert

@Margarine That depends; where's the observer? In the box with the cat? Or outside the event horizon, where time moves differently?

Mithrandir

15:08

...the cat scenario was an example of how ridiculous a certain quantum theory was, not intended to become what it has...

Margarine

@fbueckert Both inside the box and outside the box.

fbueckert

@Mithrandir Was it? I used it to explain quantum theory to my wife.

No Distraction Wizard

Uh oh, QC.SE powered by Physics.SE, here we come!

fbueckert

Her response: "You suck at explanations".

Margarine

I think that's a pretty decent response to someone trying to explain quantum

fbueckert

15:09

@Mithrandir Did you by chance check out those books I mentioned?

Mithrandir

> Schrödinger did not wish to promote the idea of dead-and-alive cats as a serious possibility; on the contrary, he intended the example to illustrate the absurdity of the existing view of quantum mechanics. - Wikipedia

@fbueckert not yet, haven't had a chance

Margarine

And so far it seems what we practically have done with the knowledge is colliding tiny marbles and HOLY CRAP that's got some zap

No Distraction Wizard

Fifty Shades of Black Hole

Margarine

How did anyone get to count them? o.O

I can't reliably count the number of keys on my mousepad.

Journeyman Geek

@Catija Susan Boyle

fbueckert

15:19

@Mithrandir Fair enough. I think it's a good primer to quantum mechanics, though, as it makes your head hurt.

Catija

@JourneymanGeek Thank you!

fbueckert

Which is a pretty reliable indicator of what quantum mechanics does to you.

Mithrandir

My introduction to quantum physics was basically George and the Big Bang by Stephen and Lucy Hawking :P

fbueckert

Physics is hard.

Kevin B

15:38

meh

Margarine

16:04

1

Q: Are pictures of this or that past dictator appropriate as avatar pictures?

I just came across a user who used this picture of fascist dictator Mussolini for his avatar. Is that legit, or well, not?

discussion profile-picture

Orwell was not a dictator. Not as far as I know.

Or maybe they're asking Orwell. Closes as a dupe of animal farm

No Distraction Wizard

16:20

Are pictures of this or that future dictator appropriate though?

fbueckert

@Mithrandir Once you do, let me know how you like them. It's always fun discussing books.

Margarine

@NoDistractionWizard And what about pics of people like Genghis?

No Distraction Wizard

I don't think you Khan use it

Margarine

Or Attila

Or ice creams with too much sprinkles

> What is the definition of a “duplicate”? [duplicate]

Another day, another meta irony

fbueckert

@Margarine Not so much irony, as, "This, again?"

Shadow Wizard

16:30

@Margarine pic or it never happened

No Distraction Wizard

Waiting for "Stop closing questions as duplicate! [duplicate]" now...

fbueckert

@NoDistractionWizard We've had that before.

People are hurt when they don't get an answer they can't just copy and paste.

No Distraction Wizard

Yeah, your question is in another castle though...

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

18:58

@JNat @Shog9 Offensive remarks towards Super User moderators in network profile: stackexchange.com/users/7402729/userthatgotbulliedbybadsumod

(a CM is needed to clear a network profile bio)

Feeds

19:19

The interactive experience is built on a single theological framework that unites Dante, George R. R. Martin, every major heist movie, and Erin Gloria Ryan's "Kevin is dead" Home Alone theory.

Journeyman Geek

@SonictheInclusiveHedgehog funny thing is I think the mod in question is aware of the username

Kevin B

meh, what's so bad about that profile?

rene

Utterly disappointed by following all links ...

Margarine

Khkhkh the username

I had a kindergarten flashback

Kevin B

> thats the evil man:

lol

Margarine

19:25

And David, of all people. I would understand if it's Journey

Maybe they took David as Dr. Eggman? Haha

He just lacks the very definitely charismatic mustache.

Rob

@Catija Fair enough, I deleted my comment and moved a more technical explanation to G's first link.

John Dvorak

19:43

Just 30 minutes until I see Endgame

fbueckert

Welp, another sockpuppet, another protest.

rene

@fbueckert yeah, it is a lost case. I discarded my answer when I saw yours come in

fbueckert

There's not going to be anything we can tell them they'll ever understand.

If it doesn't validate their position, you either don't understand, or you're wrong.

rene

They have come to meta for a different outcome. That is not for us to decide but I would be surprised if anything will be unsuspended.

fbueckert

I'm more surprised of the support for the question.

rene

19:54

I ... didn't notice ... :/

Catija

... meta.stackexchange.com/questions/327320/… (and answers) This is all in code markup... which - if I understand correctly - isn't accessible to screen readers? Can someone fix it?

Olivia

How though? Lists?

rene

@Olivia I fixed the question by adding a list yes

I try Glorfindles answer first

@Catija It is a bit hard to fix as you have to prevent SE markdown creates an <ol> which will screw up the numbering. Can you check or ask if the person having issues reading the answer can check this one as I gave that one an edit for testing purposes

Catija

20:16

UL?

rene

semantically it is not that ...

@Catija that ... does look weird : meta.stackexchange.com/a/327693/158100

Catija

What about no list at all... just put two spaces between paragraphs to keep them in a clump?

rene

Ok, that is now done on that answer in the sanbox (1st and 2nd block)

thoughts?

Catija

Looks good to me.

You could bold the number/name?

Will help with multi-line ones.

rene

Ok re-edited @Glorfindel his answer once more. Just pinging him for context

Catija

20:28

Looks good to me.

rene

20:44

@Catija the big answer is done as well

Catija

@rene You're awesome! <3

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

21:10

@rene Sorry, from the title I assumed it was about Stack Overflow.

rene

don't assume ... facts matter ..

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

Null is just a very low value of zero, it makes sense to me. — Tim Post ♦ Oct 1 '14 at 14:38

@TimPost Since my idea to survey askers of blatantly off-topic questions got stuck in the mud (one year ago you told me you were working on an officially-run version which never materialized), is it possible that I can restart my unofficial one?

ᆼᆺᆼ

21:45

hi? not sure if it's the right place to ask but can anything be done if after i reported a user's comment, they go ahead and downvote a post of mine? (just 1 post)

user302202

Nothing

user302202

Also, users do not know that you flagged their comment. Flags are invisible to anyone except moderators.

user302202

If you have a habit to declare "I am flagging your comment" in another comment, that's not a good habit.

ᆼᆺᆼ

in this case they can guess

fbueckert

Still nothing to do.

user302202

21:47

They don't know if anyone flagged the comment at all. What would they be guessing about?

fbueckert

It's a single downvote.

ᆼᆺᆼ

yes it's nothing

ocæon

@vote you removed an apostrophy yesterday, i think it's funny

user302202

*apostrophe

ᆼᆺᆼ

Vote Dukakis: no, i pointed out in a comment why their behaviour was unreasonable

ocæon

21:52

@VoteDukakis sorry thanks

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

@VoteDukakis That message got flagged; please be a bit more careful.

user302202

FTS

ᆼᆺᆼ

what does that mean? 😅

ocæon

i think it means fire that secretary

user302202

> I was editing a Stack Exchange post all the morning, and took out an apostrophe. In the afternoon I put it back again.

Sonic the Inclusive Hedgehog

21:55

I think I saw a case where a user editing posts would also intentionally make typos, so that their edits would be reviewed faster (as reviewers would use the Improve button which is binding)

user302202

Also supposedly a good strategy to get your report approved. So that the reviewer has something to point out and sign off with the satisfaction of the job well done.

Catija

Please, don't try to correct the behavior of other people. That's what moderators are for. Flag and move on and keep comments on topic.

ocæon

gawsh, i hadn't thought of mods as 'behavioural correction officers' until you said that.

Catija

I mean... they are the ones who send out moderator messages telling people to cut it out...

@ᆼᆺᆼ Oh, and you're wrong, by the way. The two events are unconnected.

ᆼᆺᆼ

oh, is that the case? that is reassuring

ocæon

22:10

sometimes when following a user's profile, to see what knowledge and experience i can assume them to have, i forget what i'm doing and get lost in their posts. then i spend ages fretting because i've bumped a decade old post or voted on the same user again

ᆼᆺᆼ

the SO equivalent of accidentally liking your ex's post from 1998

ocæon

22:28

@ᆼᆺᆼ lols, if i meet any exes here i will probably tiptoe away

Rob

23:11

@ᆼᆺᆼ If it's "Why does for-of ..." the answer might be that someone else thought one might know the difference. Sometimes technical people are less forgiving of less technical people, and on more technically oriented sites it's easier to get downvotes where people prefer difficult questions. -- To me it seems OK to ask, the DVer could have just moved on but chose to leave a mark before they left.

ᆼᆺᆼ

23:40

@Rob True. it's just that the timing was suspiciously close and also that question is what one would see on top looking at my profile

actually thinking about it now it might be off-topic for StackOverflow because it's more about why for..of was designed this way, but i don't know where it belongs (although I'm still not convinced it was designed this way

forest

@ocæon I do that occasionally. It's gotten me accused of serial downvoting when I happen to look through the profile of someone who has a lot of really bad posts.

ᆼᆺᆼ

/me hides their profile from forest

forest

:p

ocæon

23:57

makes no difference if it's dow, up, or a mix, going via a profile can result in a block

i just realise their name keeps coming up and think "why did i have all these pages open again?"

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