Not a problem if we really want to showcase the best question, since I have once removed a bad HNQ question on a site which made me questioned "why the heck this Q&A got upvoted so much..."
*graduated site with less than 50 visible active users
Ugh, someone asked a really interesting question and, as I was looking up the answer reading research papers from the 70s to track it down, they deleted it.
Why do people do that kind of thing? I mean if someone found out what the answer was, why wouldn't they just self-answer? Deleting their question is silly.
@CharlieBrumbaugh Nah. The max age is 30 days, so we've shortened the total period by 8 hours... or 1/3 of a day... so that still leaves 29-2/3s days of eligibility. There's a max amount of time on the HNQ of 3 days but that doesn't start until the question enters the HNQ list, so there's no impact due to minimum age.
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Edit history highlights the changes in ad strategy. "it's in our best interest to keep ads high-quality and relevant" is no more. Also, "not relevant to your community" is replaced by "inappropriate".
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"We also don’t accept rich media like animated ads, expandable ads, or video" is gone as well.
Heh reading this only now. So it all started with a bug. Who says such bug won't happen again? Who says others didn't abuse the bug, put some backdoor, and now just wait patiently until it's forgotten and they can use their new powers?
@NoDistractionWizard hmm.... well here in Israel we are divided between those who follow and support our current PM and those who want him to step down and hate him. It boils for years but no riot, just people cursing each other on social media.
@Magisch It would be quite easy to fool most forensics firms.
Depending on what level of access they got, at least.
@ShadowWizard Probably depends on whether or not they got a shell, or just a generic privileged account that can do nothing more than a few moderation tasks.
@rene pointless if question isn't edited... but it's too late now, it won't get back from -8. Feel sorry for OP, but they can ask again if they read the comments at all.
@forest if SE wants a proper in-depth investigation they should give that firm full access, otherwise it's totally pointless anyway.
Nah the Who says others didn't abuse the bug, put some backdoor, and now just wait patiently until it's forgotten and they can use their new powers? part.
If they got a shell, they could have escalated privileges and put in a backdoor.
Dunno how easy that is on Windows. Only ever messed with *nix.
@ShadowWizard I see. Then without an integrity check on the files, they could have easily established persistence. Give me access and I'll flash the BIOS itself. :P
point is, I think nobody can claim to act ethically if they discover vulnerabilities and use those to mess around or damage instead of reporting them to be fixed
@ShadowWizard If "employee access" is what it sounds like, then they could have trivially dumped the entire database, password hashes and emails and all.
The community version of the server software that allows for plugin and mod usage that most minecraft servers use (used to be buckit) has some "interesting" security defaults
@forest Sounds fun. My brother also was pretty good at using something called 'Ape' to do something similar, but for Zoo Tycoon. We had furbies walking around in our zoos :P
I never cheated to make the game easier, just to see what weird things can be done. I loved all the weird Mario Kart DS cheats that would bug the game out badly.
And I was trying to make a specific comp that relied on a perfect EV/DV sweeper type of one specific pokemon that was relatively rare to catch to start
@Magisch I just really disliked not being able to catch everything. And I didn't have the patience for trading.
That's also why I stopped playing those games, as soon as they limited storage so you couldn't keep everything, and you had to store stuff online (and pay for it, IIRC)... I was out.
How many Pokemon can one have in Pokemon Emerald, assuming no trading, no event Pokemon, no cheat devices, and no exploiting arbitrary code execution glitches?
In other words, if one were to be locked alone in a room with only a GBA and Emerald cartridge and as much time as they need to play, h...
I haven't followed the game since gen III (and a little of IV).
After that, it just went to shit. I mean can't you get like, 3 free legendaries in the store before you even start the game? And don't they take like, half a dozen great balls to catch even the most extreme legendaries?
While selecting a new badge to track, I came across something odd on the badge tracker gui:
I'm looking specifically at this part:
I've never noticed it before. (And I go through the badge tracker a lot.) It doesn't actually seem to work; I still can't track a custom badge after entering on...
@MEEthesneakyuser heh, so my edit failed? I think the question is on topic and not dupe.
It's a fact that once upon a time, simple questions got upvotes and were considered good. These days those same questions, when asked again (in different form, not dupes) will be downvoted and closed. So it's valid to discuss why and what changed.
It's not asking to make those questions legit, just what changed. Simple answer is "sheer amount of questions and fighting to keep high quality", which of course needs to be more detailed as a real answer there.
I didn't vtc. I just saw 4 close votes, wondered for which reason and saw that interesting screen from above. I haven't read the question carefully enough to make a qualified decision on this.
@NoDistractionWizard Perhaps give it some more time? :D
After all, IPS has only had 1 question on there, and that one briefly. (At least, it was out this morning when I read the chat transcript, and rightfully so ;) )
@NoDistractionWizard money.stackexchange.com/q/109076/68021 < This one then? There's two answer there that don't even mention whether or not there's an actual way to get money back... and it's had plenty of time for cleanup? :P
@NoDistractionWizard I'm not sure... I mean, the larger sites also have to wait those 8 hours, meaning there's still less HNQ voting on their questions in that period too....
Also, I have to brag but... I'm amazing :P I just solved a co-workers three day problem in 10 minutes. XD Now I only have to sort the stuff I've been working on for this week.
@rene If they make me do it, that thought has seriously crossed my mind as well.
I mean, there are so many amazing people that would like such a spotlight, or to provide propaganda for a specific viewpoint... Even if you just limit the pool to females. I don't get why they have to pick the 1 person that just wants to be a person like everyone else to force that person to set themselves apart :/
I recall I had cases in the past where european funds for positive discrimination were only awarded when specific events / action were organized. Are you sure you're not simply used to secure those funds?
@rene Not sure, and honestly, I'm not interested to find out either. It would only make me more pissed off at the whole thing, it's already such a drain of angry energy :/
sure. If you're forced into this and have no way out, do know I'm happy to brainstorm ideas to make sure this will be a once in a life time experience without incurring too much damage on your position.
For me, it's more the principle of the matter, being asked because you're female is just wrong. And no-one has yet told me any other good reason for why they specifically want me for that job, and not any other suitable candidate that likes doing that kind of stuff. The timing is way off too, right around the time I get in trouble with the manager for repeated attempts to disassociate myself from the women-in-tech-company club.
Feels more like I'm being told to write lines as a punishment, then actually thinking I should do this because of some good reason.
Well the rationale is to foster positive role models in the industry
Under the assumption that {More positive female role models in tech} -> {more girls will follow their interest to join the industry} -> {more women in tech}
@Magisch Oh. Well. I guess I'll throw that picture of me dressed up as black pete out there then, that should positively ruin my chances of being a role model.
@Magisch Which is absolutely disgusting, implying that only females can be role-models and you can't learn anything from guys. Best teachers I've had were guys. Remember the story I told about being mentored by that female coworker in IPS chat? :| If that's the kind of role-models they want, I wish them good luck.
@ShadowWizard That's just too hot. I could use a bit more sunlight, and a few degrees of warmth. Just enough that you can go out in a longsleeved shirt, feel the breeze, but not get cold :D
Lag BaOmer (Hebrew: לַ״ג בָּעוֹמֶר), also Lag B'Omer, is a Jewish holiday celebrated on the 33rd day of the Counting of the Omer, which occurs on the 18th day of the Hebrew month of Iyar.
This day marks the hillula (celebration, interpreted by some as anniversary of death) of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai, a Mishnaic sage and leading disciple of Rabbi Akiva in the 2nd century, and the day on which he revealed the deepest secrets of kabbalah in the form of the Zohar (Book of Splendor), a landmark text of Jewish mysticism. This association has spawned several well-known customs and practices on Lag BaOmer...
@Mithrandir If you haven't completely upgraded laptops between the last one we talked about your laptop, I think it's better to use your phone than your laptop :P
@ShadowWizard Or "This doesn't meet EXACTLY what I expected so I'll just walk out without even trying it first, and try to avoid paying even though I took up a slot of your time"
That's why many places have a strict "cancellation fee" policy.
@Mithrandir I'm bit confused now.... so your job involves both tourists and "natives"? Or did you mean from the beginning "People from outside your own place" by "tourists" that are annoying? :)
Anyway, promise to not be annoying if I arrive. :D
I'll try what you suggest even if not meeting exactly what I expect.
lol now it's clear you're on phone (missing space ;))
@JohnDvorak first part makes some sense, though the musician comes to work, so not just "visitor", but Poland and Czechia are different countries, so can't see the logic in the second part?
It would have been unfortunate for it to have sat where it was. I guess 'convert question to an answer and merge to another question' comes up too infrequently for there to be a button. :)
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