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Aibobot

2:45 AM

@Daniil you need to have two two keep a room unfrozen no?

rene

6:50 AM

@ArtOfCode isn't that against the fundamental rule that AI should do no harm? I'm happy to make exceptions ... ;)

Sonic the Stay-Home Hedgehog

@rene Now it needs 1 mor

Glorfindel

Another one: meta.stackexchange.com/q/348907/295232

Tinkeringbell

Gone :)

Do we have an 'my account was deleted, help' faq?

Sonic the Stay-Home Hedgehog

7:11 AM

It doesn't seem like we do.

Tinkeringbell

Hmm. Perhaps also not worth the effort :/

Sonic the Stay-Home Hedgehog

The suspension FAQ does mention the 14-day automatic suspension levied on having an account deleted for specific reasons, so you can use that FAQ for that.

Aibobot

@Tinkeringbell typically we don't generally want them coming back :D

Tinkeringbell

Yeah, I know...

user707129

11:25 AM

Was there a recent UI change specifically on the review page?

user707129

user707129

Especially the buttons in the top-right corner (the oval circle) and the view your complete review history...

Yaakov Ellis

maybe. anything not working?

user707129

Everything seems to work fine apart from shouldn't there be a blank line under view all review queues because there is a new line under Return to the Drones and Model Aircraft Stack Exchange Homepage?

rene

That has been like that for at least 6 to 8 weeks

user707129

11:31 AM

Really? I didn't notice...

user707129

@YaakovEllis Was this change recent?

Mithical

I haven't been on the actual review page for a while. When did the "Tools" link disappear?

Yaakov Ellis

@Daniil there have been recent refactorings of button styles, moving things from old css to stacks. But nothing that should have touched things more than that.

user707129

Also when are the review changes happening: meta.stackexchange.com/q/346902/707129 ?

user707129

@Mithical Um... Not sure. There is still a link on the main review page:

user707129

11:35 AM

Mithical

oh it's all the way over there

rene

Even without the flex-basis:50% there is no space between those lines of text. It looks marginally better, so meh.

user707129

Why is there a ghost picture at the top of the imgur page?

user707129

Picture taken at a super-slow recording of my screen when opening the review image above, the ghost then disappears...

rene

11:42 AM

in SO Close Vote Reviewers on Stack Overflow Chat, 6 mins ago, by Dharman

It looks like I can get a silver badge for review if I only review -2372 more

I have that as well on MSE

I already have the reviewer badge on the LQ queue, still need -183 more to get it ...

Mithical

From SFF

user707129

@Mithical From where?

Mithical

Science Fiction & Fantasy

rene

this is mine one MSE: i.stack.imgur.com/UXwc3.png

Mithical

feel free to use my screenshot in a bug report, anybody

user707129

11:50 AM

The mod advanced review stats overflow the page:

user707129

Mithical

haven't they always done that

user707129

(Names redacted and numbers randomised)

user707129

@Mithical Have they? I'm not sure... Just something I noticed

user707129

@Mithical I would but I can't repro :) (since I haven't earnt the badge anywhere)

user707129

11:58 AM

Why don't we have a feed of MSE questions here?

rene

why would we?

user707129

To not have to refresh meta every 20 minutes :)

Yaakov Ellis

@Daniil already underway

rene

I have the active tab open, I see a notification when a Q/A gets active

user707129

@YaakovEllis Great, so will it be SO only for now or across SE?

rene

12:01 PM

@Mithical I've done that

Yaakov Ellis

@Daniil wherever possible the changes will apply to the whole network. SO has some special cases related to its own review queue scenarios and volume that sometimes necessitate custom attention. But the overall changes are intended for everywhere.

user707129

So is there a launch date for the new changes?

Yaakov Ellis

@Daniil nope

at least nothing that I can commit to publicly

but we'll try to get out individual sections if they can be released on their own, when they are ready

Mithical

@rene (thumbs up)

ArtOfCode

@Daniil welcome to mod tools, half of them break things

Spevacus

12:08 PM

@ArtOfCode Is there an instruction manual?

ArtOfCode

hell no

2

user707129

@ArtOfCode I figured

Journeyman Geek

@Spevacus funny story there....

In the past, the tag synonym tool was rather... Ragged.

Tinkeringbell

12:24 PM

I feel the story stops there :P

@Spevacus We just push all the buttons, then hope nothing goes wrong XD

Spevacus

I was hoping there was more :(

@Tinkeringbell Hahaha, I haven't seen anything broken yet. I saw a botched migration or two, though. The system doesn't seem to like them too much, especially when performed by a CM to toss it to another Meta site.

Tinkeringbell

We usually fix stuff quickly, and then pray no one actually does see it :P

Spevacus

How often do things break, speaking broadly?

Tinkeringbell

Hmm. To be honest, I can't really remember the last time ;) So either I haven't done enough modding lately, or it's not actually that bad ;)

It's mostly broken tools in the sense that you need to know a bit to use them effectively...

Spevacus

#ModeratorInstructionManual2020

Tinkeringbell

12:38 PM

Nah, we like explaining over and over better than maintaining a manual :P

Spevacus

I suppose that approach is a bunch more personal.

rene

It is an Inter Personal Skill ...

Tinkeringbell

Nah. No skills needed.

rene

1:01 PM

Don't underestimate or under value yourself. That is not needed, at all.

Tinkeringbell

Repeating things really isn't a skill though...

Journeyman Geek

@Tinkeringbell Technically, if you're a parrot...

Tinkeringbell

Then you're made for it and it still isn't a skill ;)

doppelgreener

@ArtOfCode We are making some internal instruction manuals now though :D

ArtOfCode

kinda sorta, aye

πάντα ῥεῖ

1:20 PM

@Art I've been inviting you for a private chat. Could you have a look please?

user400654

2:18 PM

🚽

Tinkeringbell

Glad to see your daily lifesign again :)

Shadow Keeps Social Distance

@Rob the first is nice, thanks!

@user400654 do you post it when you actually go there?

user400654

i won't speculate on the meaning of said toilet emoji appearances

Shadow Keeps Social Distance

New idea! Write a script that detects when you enter a toilet room, then auto post a message here. :P

@user400654 meaning is explained nicely here.

> Google, Microsoft, and Twitter’s designs left the seat up.

LOL

Probably done by males ^^

doppelgreener

@ShadowKeepsSocialDistance the nerve of those people

tsk

Shadow Keeps Social Distance

2:25 PM

:D

Tinkeringbell

@ShadowKeepsSocialDistance Unpopular opinion: toilet seats are overrated.

Shadow Keeps Social Distance

@Tinkeringbell you mean you don't always use them?? (i.e. not always sitting on the seat?)

Tinkeringbell

I won't speculate on the meaning of that statement :P

Shadow Keeps Social Distance

lol

Well, it means one can, in theory.... hover.

Tinkeringbell

Which, I admit, is done more often than people talk about because of how dirty some seats are ;)

Shadow Keeps Social Distance

2:28 PM

I had my share, yeah... but it's not comfortable.

During army I was in places with toilets that simply had no seats. o_O

Tinkeringbell

I've been on digsites where there was no toilet (most often temporarily).

No seats was actually pretty common I think, if there was a portable toilet... it just had a seat shaped hole

Shadow Keeps Social Distance

ouch

Journeyman Geek

lol

@ShadowKeepsSocialDistance y'all didn't have field toilets and "field" toilets?

Spevacus

nice

Shadow Keeps Social Distance

@JourneymanGeek you mean portable toilets with the blue chemicals? No, that was very rare.

Journeyman Geek

2:32 PM

field toilets - nice deep hole to do your duty in. "Field" toilets. You dig your own hole, cover it in powder and bury it.

Shadow Keeps Social Distance

@JourneymanGeek well, my case is different. During actual field training when away from camp, we just had no toilets. During the night parking, we were ordered to go a bit to any direction we want, do what we need to do behind a bush, and get back to the parking point.

No digging of any holes.

All the above is about the times in camp, which always had toilets - of some sort. ;)

Journeyman Geek

I have also dug a hole with an earth auger

which is my third favourite impractical to own tool

Shadow Keeps Social Distance

@JourneymanGeek you're nice to nature.... we just didn't put much effort into this.

Journeyman Geek

@ShadowKeepsSocialDistance also we had ONE island to train on

Shadow Keeps Social Distance

Anyway.... my body adjusted just fine to those field trainings: usually I passed the whole time without the need for toilets, sometimes even a full week. :)

(pee doesn't count, of course.)

@JourneymanGeek island?? Now I lost you.... :(

Journeyman Geek

2:39 PM

@ShadowKeepsSocialDistance singapore has a island specifically for basic and field training

Shadow Keeps Social Distance

ugh... need to go for shopping.... cya!

@JourneymanGeek oh, didn't know. We have a big-ish desert area.

Journeyman Geek

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