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12:24 AM

@M.A.R. Try Emu eggs, they are smaller:

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12:42 AM

Or your favorite egg:

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3:23 AM

@M.A.R. sure is getting a lot of stuff down that chimney!

4:11 AM

@ColumbiasaysReinstateMonica Registered question as true positive. If you want to blacklist the poster, use trueu or tpu.

5:03 AM

I'm compromising by picking a weird hill to lie on.

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1 hour later…

6:09 AM

Anyone else encountering an issue with notifications not staying dismissed?

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

Not me

2 hours later…

7:44 AM

I can't find a Policy on Meta about approving archive.org links to deleted posts (specifically the -2K post), and am torn between the bumping, archive.org, and the rehashing of approving meta.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/69787 @JourneymanGeek (or other Meta mod).

7:57 AM

ibb

@Rob I rejected that edit. Deleted posts are deleted, anyone who want to access those need to get to 10K if they want to read those. On site we don't need to cater for giving access to deleted posts, otherwise we better remove deletion as a moderation option.

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@M.A.R. Ik ben toch zeker Sinterklaas niet!

This can be re-opened if you ask me as I can answer it and that is definitely about the software that powers SE, as a matter of fact, their markdown parser is opensource.

8:16 AM

@rene Thanks, I agree. If the two parties have resolved the matter and aren't discussing it further that's their choice; harrassing answers out of them is not OK. Whether we should or should not have 10K links (privileges) is a different question, and I can't see why we need people to go through all old posts and defeat the linking and privileges for the sites.

So I chose other and provided this reason: "10K links are for 10K, if you disapprove of 10K links raise the issue on Meta.".

@Rob sound good as well.

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Help keep the Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange blog running

The link I provided to @M.A.R. earlier applies here as well...

8:33 AM

@Mithical Yes! It was happening to me earlier. Not sure if it's still going on. At least it's not just me.

@rene Agreed. (Even though I have <10k on MSE as well :P)

...Yep, notification issue is still happening.

Journeyman Geek

8:50 AM

@rene that's a definite no no

djsmiley2k in darkness

Morning all

Here i am, at work again

Almost entirely pointless, except I personally have a project I can work on

but most people here, don't..... so.... will be very bored today.

Journeyman Geek

As per the help center

> Don't abuse this privilege to stir up trouble when someone has wisely decided to remove a problematic post

Wisdom on both ends may be a matter of debate

With something official. Legal even, edits should be absolutely minimal and spelling/grammar

Shadow The Burning Wizard

9:35 AM

@JNat long time no cross site spammer... thanks! :)

@djsmiley2kindarkness :(

@JourneymanGeek agreed

@Rob Easter egg?

@Feeds I'm compromising by picking a weird hill to lie on.

Damn straight.

Shadow The Burning Wizard

@M.A.R. who?

@ShadowTheBurningWizard Damn

It's an African name.

Journeyman Geek

Belgian actually

Never heard of "Damned-claud van Damn"?

Re: Giving +1 rep for to the voter for (indiscriminate) upvoting, this could be the end of civilization as we know it — De Novo 7 hours ago

@JourneymanGeek I only know Poirot

Journeyman Geek

9:48 AM

@M.A.R. and not the great comedian Marzipan? I hear his works are sweet but a little nutty

No I'd forgotten that and you reminded me.

Today we're gonna buy a computer. I want something really durable. Any suggestions?

I doubt I will do much gaming with it but I also doubt my brother would be able to keep away from PC games and retain sobriety.

Journeyman Geek

@M.A.R. I'd still go with thinkpads

@JourneymanGeek Meh, not laptops.

Journeyman Geek

Oh

hmm

I've replaced most of the function of a laptop in smaller devices.

Journeyman Geek

9:53 AM

Not many options there + I don't know how much avaiability you have there

For this one, space isn't an issue. It could be as big as a room

Journeyman Geek

I've got a 7 year old DIY desktop under my desk :D

@JourneymanGeek No I was just looking for general tips

Journeyman Geek

oh

Core i3 or i5 (NOT CELERON), 4-8 gb of ram, SSD....

"Don't settle for a RAM less than X GB" or something like that.

Journeyman Geek

9:55 AM

I'd go for close to standard ATX as far as possible, mini PCs are hard to maintain

SSD is vaguely optional but great quality of life

@JourneymanGeek Not i7?

It's supposed to be my partner for quite a few years so we're not that picky on the budget.

BTW check this out

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Q: December 21st thoughts

Almost a year has passed since I first signed up on this site, and I - wearing my "Where in the World?" hat - wanted to say thanks to the Chemistry StackExchange community. During this year, I shared some protein crystallography history, learned how compounds are named to reflect oxidation state...

There's apparently happiness in this realm still.

Do not fret, ring bearer

Journeyman Geek

I think i7 is overkill for 5 year builds

fingers forzed send halp

Journeyman Geek

Relatedly - look up the logical increments guide as a starting point.

I'm probably not going to DIY it though

@Mithical Hahahahaha

No really. Instead of chatting rub your hands together.

BRB

Journeyman Geek

10:03 AM

@M.A.R. still gives you an idea of specs

@JourneymanGeek What sort of keyboard do you recommend? Wired? Big? Small?

I will be doing a LOT of typing.

Journeyman Geek

@M.A.R. mechanical

I have had what's now a black widow classic for about 7 or 8 years

You have more options now. When I got mine only cherry made switches

I like cherry blues. Some folks like quieter or different switches

There's also a bunch of clones

10:27 AM

@M.A.R. Egyptian vulture

o.o

@JourneymanGeek For me, it's usually that I get used to my keyboard, not that I get to choose the sound

They (the News) were saying that some areas were blocked again. Glad you made it back/out.

Thanks, there hasn't been a blockage here

Tabriz is a pretty dormant city.

It's somewhere between a quaint desolate green British village and the normal "city" you'd be used to.

Journeyman Geek

@M.A.R. well also the feel.

I'll see what I can do

Journeyman Geek

10:32 AM

@M.A.R. the sort with dark secrets and murderous cults? And really good pie?

I'm aiming to get something I'd be using for ten years or what.

@JourneymanGeek Yeah, Hot Fuzz

Except if the cult members were also dormant and too lazy to wear black hoods

There's of course a pretty large gap between the richer parts of the city and poorer ones.

My experience mostly has to do with areas of the city where people do make ends meet but are still far from what you'd call rich. Few financial problems but not a luxurious life either.

And I'm also kinda sick of luxury and what it entails.

Up for fifteen minutes on AU, huh. It truly must be the apocalypse.

I think the better question is, is it possible to watch The Last Jedi and make sense of Rise of Skywalker. I contend that the answer is 'no' — Valorum yesterday

Meanwhile, SciFi keeps being SciFi

Journeyman Geek

Or Valorum being Valorum 😁

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Well that's just a given

11:00 AM

how to report stories ?
https://stackoverflow.com/story/qhd720p-watch-1917-online-2019-full-for-free-streaming-download

Journeyman Geek

Oh. Probably contact us

Reported for you. Probably worth asking a question on MSO about it for awareness

@JourneymanGeek, okay. Will post 1 question on MSO

Exactly one units of question. No more, no less.

@JourneymanGeek calling @Journey

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Q: How do I flag a developer story for moderator attention?

I have just seen a developer story that was pure spam. It was just publishing links to a fake movie site. So, how do I flag a developer story for moderator attention?

support flags developer-story

Journeyman Geek

@Raju ^

@M.A.R. ah. We don't have that on SU or MSE 😁

@Journey ^^^

@JourneymanGeek They're just too scared of you.

11:14 AM

@M.A.R. Thank you reported my own question with spam user profile link as reference

@Raju no hay problema

Columbia says Reinstate Monica

12:03 PM

@SmokeDetector tpu-

@M.A.R. apparently SE dosen't want any of the non developer tech market :D

djsmiley2k in darkness

12:45 PM

This will be their downfall

they don't want any non-tech market either

Journeyman Geek

12:57 PM

Sanity check

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Q: When is the "massive exodus" effective?

Yes, I know the company tne Monica Cellio reached to an agreement, and what day will the self-declared "resignation" take place? I know personally a moderator resigned at Philosophy, and 2 declared the same resignation at the ELL. They all publicly announced their resignation. But nothing looks...

I'm not sure what most of this is about.

Did I miss some kinda mass exodus to a new site, or a mass mod quit, or a conspiracy of mods claiming to quit but not?

@JourneymanGeek if anything, seems misinformed or jumping on a band wagon that already left.

Journeyman Geek

@rene or trying to spark up drama again I guess

that is a side-effect, yes.

meta is not haskell ...

Journeyman Geek

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1 hour later…

Columbia says Reinstate Monica

2:10 PM

@ShadowTheBurningWizard I'm reverting my username but keeping the profile image.

djsmiley2k in darkness

2:24 PM

Massively confused user.

gets question closed

gets more angry.

/me just watches

I think they saw lots of people saying they'll quit, and now they're wondering why there's so many mods still.

Journeyman Geek

2:41 PM

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"+2 User was removed"

I wonder if its someone I DVed or someone who DVed me

@djsmiley2kindarkness I have my own theories on that bit :D

djsmiley2k in darkness

@JourneymanGeek hmmmm if someone DV's you, isn't that -1 ?

or -10

2x

Journeyman Geek

If I DV its -1, If someone DVs me its -2

djsmiley2k in darkness

@JourneymanGeek people say stuff in anger?

Journeyman Geek

Well that's obvious

and people act in anger

There's something to be said for having good people to grab you by the tail ad pulling you out of situations you will regret.

2:44 PM

and if he DVs 2 people it's -2, and +2 when you get it back - like Q deleted.

Journeyman Geek

yup

Or DV someone twice

@JourneymanGeek Turns out some American football teams have a coach whose job it is to prevent the head coach from running onto the field in anger to yell at officials or draw a flag. I'm strongly reminded of that guy. :P

djsmiley2k in darkness

@JourneymanGeek yas

dear lord, why is work today :<

3:00 PM

Hi y'all! I'm new to The Tavern, so I'll just watch and wait...

wait for what?

djsmiley2k in darkness

/me waves

@rene the bonfires and pitchforks?

.. but two questions: (1) Is/Are Ole Smokey and "rene" the same as in SOCVR? (2) Do you serve beer here?

djsmiley2k in darkness

or do we have to hide those from new comers?

!!beer @AdrianMole

@AdrianMole yes/yes

djsmiley2k in darkness

3:01 PM

hmmmm....

@rene - Are you actually confirmining that you are Ole Smokey?

djsmiley2k in darkness

:O

@AdrianMole smokey does report all spam posts network-wide here

I saw that - many posts I have no influence over.

accounts are free

and with 100 rep you can flag everywhere

3:04 PM

… and I get the "101" rep, I guess - so I can flag stuffs?

yep

→ 32 messages moved to Chimney

... oooh! Such power is very tempting. But I'll wait a while...

Think of it: A gold "Marshal" badge on a site on which I have only 101 rep! 😊

djsmiley2k in darkness

Good luck being fast enough

Journeyman Geek

on the contrary

all you need to do is nothing but flag

:D

.. sorry, jet-lag, I'm flagging now?

Journeyman Geek

3:15 PM

@HDE226868 tbh, There's multiple times that'e nearly happened :D

(All in all)

... anyway, I'm done with "Badge Hunting" ... now I'll stick to "Rep Hoarding" (deliberate misspell).

Journeyman Geek

@AdrianMole Its more of a grind in my experience

@AdrianMole I'm at 107 rep on Stack Overflow (three edits) and . . . 440 flags. I think it's doable for you. :-)

@JourneymanGeek That's relatable.

But it's also a service to the community (when done properly).

Journeyman Geek

@HDE226868 with recent events, quite a lot :D

3:19 PM

Ya.

1 hour later…

Robert Columbia

4:32 PM

Who upvoted this blatantly off-topic question: how to determine a priori probability distribution of sigama2 in montecarlo simulation?? That's not helpful.

Journeyman Geek

@RobertColumbia I;m doubtful anyone here :D

@RobertColumbia the upvote fairy ...

4:47 PM

@JourneymanGeek yea I think it's cool to have a tail

5:14 PM

@rene heh, Wile E Coyote style checking for empty space below you and then bomb whistling sound to the bottom of the valley

@JourneymanGeek Oh . . . That guy is actually trolling CC @rene

Journeyman Geek

Seems plausible yes

I was writing an angry comment but I just digressed.

I urge you to take a look here (@Sha you too), if you wanna understand slash get even more confused at their stance. My only remorse is that people spent any time on that thread. ell.meta.stackexchange.com/users/17814/…

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6:00 PM

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Q: INTERNET PROBLEM IN KALI LINUX

I AM VERY NEW TO KALI LINUX . I LOOSE INTERNET CONNECTION IN KALI (OPERATED IN VIRTUAL BOX) AFTER SOME TIME . THEN I HAVE TO RESTART THE SYSTEM AGAIN TO GET BACK THE THE INTERNET CONNECTION . I AM USING NAT CONFIGURATION.THIS PROBLEM STARTED OCCURING AFTER I TRIED USING DNS SPOOFING THROUGH PYTHO...

There are uh, more important problems than internet connection.

Hearing loss?

6:11 PM

The previous Kali advice was deleted, leaving only more polite hints.

Stevoisiak supports Monica

6:31 PM

Dang, I forgot to award my bounty on Shog's post about duplicate comment messages

Well, he's not in financial trouble when it comes to rep

3 hours later…

9:03 PM

Who's happy this hour?

djsmiley2k in darkness

o/

Happy? What's that?

9:39 PM

It was the name of this seal in the zoo

2 hours later…

11:21 PM

The one in the lower right seems to be the happiest.

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