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Sonic the Masked Werehog

1:18 AM

@JNat Cross-site spammer: stackexchange.com/users/19196188/jessica-allen

Aibobot

2:33 AM

arstechnica.com/gaming/2020/07/…

LinkBerest

3:48 AM

@Aibobot "Look, LOOK! At all the development progress we're not making"

That article is insane (also insane is I can think of a few projects were we didn't follow linear maps - lot of infrastructure building that doesn't reflect immediate changes but makes later stuff possible - so I also kinda get it)

guess that means I'm insane

Feeds

4:01 AM

Inflationary cosmologists call all music from after the first 10^-30 seconds "post-"

Aibobot

4:29 AM

I get roadmaps. But roadmaps for roadmaps? "Yo dawg, I heard you liked roadmaps so I have roadmaps for our roadmaps"

Shadow Wizard Wearing Mask

6:31 AM

:(

Tinkeringbell

Yeah I just wanted to complain about that too

Oh well. We'll survive ;)

Shadow Wizard Wearing Mask

nooo

Twitter says something about planned SQL Servers maintenance that started 6 hours ago, and should take about 15 minutes.

:/

Probably something went wrong during that. Poor bluefeet...

Tinkeringbell

It's back :)

Something did went wrong apparently but MSE was working this morning ;)

Shadow Wizard Wearing Mask

yay!

Tinkeringbell

6:48 AM

@ShadowWizardWearingMask Just got another yay: I've had two very chaotic days trying to prepare a demo of something that just isn't working... Now I don't have to.

Sonic the Masked Werehog

sigh did I break things again? — Glorfindel 4 mins ago

Orwell was right

@JourneymanGeek Hi, could we discuss a matter privately? I need advice on a situation.

Journeyman Geek

7:03 AM

@Orwellwasright unfortunately - eh, I don't really feel comfortable with that

If you need moderation input on something, there's flags and contact us

Orwell was right

@JourneymanGeek I thought mods can make rooms private and discuss like in SO

is there a different policy on MetaSE?

Sonic the Masked Werehog

@rene Sometimes parrots fly faster than hedgehogs run

Journeyman Geek

Not the way I do things, and it depends on whether the mod's happy doing that

Orwell was right

@JourneymanGeek I understand, things work differently here. Btw, did I make you feel uncomfortable somehow? Or is it something you generally avoid (private room discussions regarding delicate matters).

Journeyman Geek

Naw, I just find it works better for me that way

One finds that in a lot of cases "exceptional" situations... are not, and I'm reasonably certain that this is probably more straightforward than it seems

Tinkeringbell

7:16 AM

@SonictheMaskedWerehog Only if they're bored.

Sonic the Masked Werehog

hence the "sometimes"

Journeyman Geek

but no one sees the doggo until its too late :D

Orwell was right

@JourneymanGeek I see. Well, if i ever do make you feel uncomfortable feel free to tell me. I m probably doing it unknowingly (especially since english isn't my mother language and i've happened to use wrong idioms several times thinking they mean something completely different).

Journeyman Geek

I'm not sure what gives you that idea. I just said "I don't do these things in private chat"

On SU we do use a seperate public chatroom as an annexe to using meta, but the current way of doing things for main meta has worked reasonably well for us.

Meta Andrew T.

9:00 AM

From a related post, it seems that related posts has been fixed relatedly...

Shadow Wizard Wearing Mask

9:25 AM

@JourneymanGeek robo doggo?

Journeyman Geek

@ShadowWizardWearingMask Aibo is old and creaky and makes strange noises

Shadow Wizard Wearing Mask

@JourneymanGeek he needs oil

and no, not baby oil.

Think it's called.... 9241... in the army?

Let me see...

Mast

WD40?

Or more like grease?

Journeyman Geek

probably silicone or lithium grease

Shadow Wizard Wearing Mask

@Mast yes this would work too. ;)

Mithical

9:40 AM

P. Mort consistently lowercases Tweet while I intentionally capitalize it as a proper noun.

Tinkeringbell

@Mithical @P.Mort.-forgotClayShirky_q ^ Please don't?

Mithical

(And Twitter capitalizes Tweet themselves as well)

thanks for the superping @Tink

yw :)

hi

\o

9:46 AM

well the avatars are nice here

variety of animals

Did i say someting wrong?

Rob

@ShadowWizardWearingMask For Eugene, there's Olive, Castor, Cole, and Nana Oyl.

Journeyman Geek

One of these things is not like the other.

Tinkeringbell

@Arjun Nah, people are just quiet sometimes :)

Journeyman Geek

yup

people drop into chat at random, and we also have the fine IRC tradition of idling :D

Meta Andrew T.

<- joined many SE chat rooms and left the tabs there

to spy with my little eye

Mast

10:07 AM

@JourneymanGeek Don't know about here, but in The 2nd we call that lurking.

M.A.R.

DA 2nd

jokerdino

I am just waiting for the weekend

rene

→ 50 messages moved to Chimney

jokerdino

oh wait, this is the tavern

Journeyman Geek

@jokerdino public holiday today :D

M.A.R.

10:10 AM

@jokerdino It's weekend here and I'm bored out of my mind

jokerdino

didn't even notice with all the WFH nonsense

M.A.R.

Brains all over the place

Tinkeringbell

@jokerdino You can wait for the weekend here too, it's a very traditional thing to do here.

jokerdino

I will halt my work with immediate effect. Thanks for the infor.

M.A.R.

@jokerdino It's many public gatherings with single attendance

Mithical

10:11 AM

@M.A.R. oh no

Meta Andrew T.

@Mast I guess depends on the intent? I think 'lurking' means reading without writing? While 'idling' means more to joining and ignoring the room

jokerdino

@Tinkeringbell good to know if I am in the right group.

Meta Andrew T.

suddenly a sudden flow of chat messages

Mithical

!!/coffee joker

SmokeDetector

@Mithical brews a cup of Affogato for @joker

M.A.R.

10:13 AM

@MetaAndrewT. Technicalities. We're just gonna assume you're lurking

Mithical

Thought you might need a change from the tea

M.A.R.

I'd drink some coffee but my stomach is hating me at the moment so

jokerdino

ooh thank you kindly

Meta Andrew T.

@M.A.R. I lurk with my little feet

M.A.R.

The heck is affogato even. Westerners and their myriad of things to drink.

@MetaAndrewT. BABY FEET. HAHA

jokerdino

10:14 AM

@M.A.R. it's that thing that you pour into your mouth

Arjun

@SmokeDetector aren't you a bot?

Journeyman Geek

it is a friendly cat

M.A.R.

@jokerdino licking thumb what

Journeyman Geek

with a big hair do

Meta Andrew T.

@M.A.R. I just read it as 'avocado' and, yes.

Journeyman Geek

10:14 AM

Affro gato

M.A.R.

Good luck trying to make sense of the name Journey

I will encourage you all the way

Journeyman Geek

Affogato

An affogato (Italian for "drowned") is an Italian coffee-based dessert. It usually takes the form of a scoop of vanilla gelato or ice cream topped or "drowned" with a shot of hot espresso. Some variations also include a shot of amaretto, Bicerin, or other liqueur.Though restaurants and cafes in Italy categorize the affogato as a dessert, some restaurants and cafes outside Italy categorise it as a beverage. Occasionally, coconut, berries, honeycomb and multiple flavours of ice cream are added.While the recipe of the affogato is more or less standard in Italy, consisting of a scoop of vanilla gelato...

Meta Andrew T.

so... pouring until drowned o_O

M.A.R.

Most of it maybe. You'd have to ditch the ring yourself

Journeyman Geek

apparently its a dessert, and a way to kill someone

"Affrogato! And take the Cannoli!"

M.A.R.

10:16 AM

Death by affogato

There have been worse deaths

Mast

@MetaAndrewT. Perhaps it depends on how much the room is actually ignored. shrug

M.A.R.

2 kilos of ignore

Meta Andrew T.

100% ignored due to 'rejoin favorite rooms'

M.A.R.

Well that's a personal pet peeve. Why join a room if it's not a favorite room?

Meta Andrew T.

hmm... now that you said it...

to be pong-able ._.

SmokeDetector

10:19 AM

@Arjun Yes.

Meta Andrew T.

@SmokeDetector shush, please return to being a bot again

M.A.R.

I see Mith is bored out of their mind as well

Mithical

why would you say that :eyes:

:O

(twitter.com/marcgravell/status/1289144437956894721)

Meta Andrew T.

... oops, almost broke SD...

Mithical

needs moar parentheses

M.A.R.

10:25 AM

Post 5: That does not look like a valid post URL.
Post 6: That does not look like a valid post URL.
Post 7: That does not look like a valid post URL.
Post 8: That does not look like a valid post URL.

Mithical

>.<

Meta Andrew T.

apparently I broke @M.A.R. ...

Mithical

oh we do that all the time, don't worry about it

M.A.R.

That's what I want you to think

Journeyman Geek

Post 9: That does not look like a valid M.A.R.
Post 10: That does not look like a valid M.A.R.
Post 11: This one goes up to 11.

M.A.R.

10:29 AM

With built-in failsafe that if I tell you that's what I want you to think, you wouldn't believe me

@JourneymanGeek Command not found.

Rob

The URL of M.A.R., cousin to the Earl of Grey.

M.A.R.

Yeah Earl, that guy is alright

Mast

M.A.R.

@Mast I wanna ping you now

Maybe in SE chat, with the glorious THUMMMMP

Journeyman Geek

@Mast youtube.com/watch?v=KOO5S4vxi0o

Mast

10:34 AM

Yup.

Feeds

11:16 AM

The Overflow #32: The state of pixel perfection

Ryan Donovan on July 31, 2020

July 2020 Welcome to ISSUE #32 of the Overflow! This newsletter is by developers, for developers, written and curated by the Stack Overflow team and Cassidy Williams at Netlify. Come check out our Q3 Community Roadmap, the dustbin for email addresses, and a DIY smart air conditioner unit. From the blog Linters aren’t in your…

Meta Andrew T.

@Feeds Linters aren't in your... the state of cliffhanger perfection

Rob

11:42 AM

@Feeds If Cheapy McCheap had followed the mumblings of The Tavern they could have saved more than 2x that.

Shadow Wizard Wearing Mask

12:05 PM

@Arjun and masks 🎭

@Mithical ask on twiTTer

Arjun

12:22 PM

@ShadowWizardWearingMask humans are also animals ;)

Journeyman Geek

1:04 PM

→ 2 messages moved to Chimney

Tinkeringbell

1:30 PM

Weeekend!

Ollie

@Tinkeringbell yay!

Tinkeringbell

yep :D

An hour later than planned, but hey... can't complain ;)

Ollie

And it was then that six inches of banner announced the arrival of @ShadowWizardWearingMask.

Hi there!

@Tinkeringbell weekend means I get to fix my lawn tractor. sigh

Tinkeringbell

Weekend here means I get to go grocery shopping for a thing or two, then do absolutely nothing :P

Ollie

@Tinkeringbell sounds all right :D

Tinkeringbell

1:34 PM

It is ;)

Mast

Weekend here means melting away at home instead of having AC like at work.

Ollie

sdc coffee Mast

SmokeDetector

@Ollie brews a cup of Americano for @Mast

Mast

Loads of traffic on the road today too, bloody tourists.

Thank you @Smoke

Spevacus

!!/tea Sha

SmokeDetector

1:42 PM

@Spevacus brews a cup of chamomile tea for @Sha

Ollie

!!/lick Spevacus

SmokeDetector

@Ollie licks ice cream cone

Shadow Wizard Wearing Mask

@Tinkeringbell was it aborted because it's not working, or did they assign someone else who can make a demo of something that doesn't work? ;)

:P

Spevacus

>:(

Shadow Wizard Wearing Mask

No dishwasher?

Ollie

1:45 PM

laughing

SmokeDetector

Some people... no respect for hard-working bots.

Shadow Wizard Wearing Mask

@SmokeDetector you bring the cup, you take the cup. That's the deal.

:D

Ollie

!!/blame

SmokeDetector

@Ollie It's Mast's fault.

Ollie

@SmokeDetector Is it really?

ArtOfCode

1:47 PM

I disagree.

!!/blame᠎ ‌᠎⁠⁠⁠᠎

SmokeDetector

@ArtOfCode It's Shadow Wizard Wearing Mask's fault.

ArtOfCode

that's better

Spevacus

There it is.

Ollie

Yep :)

Shadow Wizard Wearing Mask

@Ollie huh? Am I that big?! checking again

Ollie

1:47 PM

@Shadow umm...you mean the 6-inch banner?

Shadow Wizard Wearing Mask

Of.. course!

That's a very impressive banner.

Ollie

You are pretty huge when you come in...

...but not reaally six inches.

Shadow Wizard Wearing Mask

Then I become small? :(

Ollie

@ShadowWizardWearingMask no :)

!!/blame

Shadow Wizard Wearing Mask

yay!

SmokeDetector

1:48 PM

@Ollie It's Meta Andrew T.'s fault.

Shadow Wizard Wearing Mask

@Meta, it's always @Meta.

Ollie

@SmokeDetector blame them all :)

Shadow Wizard Wearing Mask

All sounds like @Oll

SmokeDetector

@Ollie I do. You're all terrible.

5

Spevacus

@SmokeDetector I suppose that's how I would feel, too, if all I did was eat spam all day.

Ollie

1:50 PM

@SmokeDetector I've no idea what you're talking about :)

!!/coffee

SmokeDetector

@Ollie brews a cup of Latte for @Ollie

Ollie

Ahhhh that's better.

Thanks @SmokeDetector.

Hey! It's still got the coffee grounds in it! :)

You should strain it you know.

SmokeDetector

@Ollie *grumble grumble ungrateful grumble*

4

Ollie

Ohh, who starred that? :)

Shadow Wizard Wearing Mask

@Ollie Santa

Journeyman Geek

1:58 PM

ee's a smoke detector, not a coffee maker

Ollie

@Schwizzard, you did that.

Shadow Wizard Wearing Mask

@Sch who?

Ollie

@JourneymanGeek he's pretty good at it though :)

@ShadowWizardWearingMask you!

Mast

@JourneymanGeek If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck...

Shadow Wizard Wearing Mask

I'm no wizzard

Journeyman Geek

1:59 PM

@Mast youtube.com/watch?v=PZ66wHRhe2U

Mast

@Ollie Is that a Schwartz-using wizard?

Journeyman Geek

"Feathers, Long Bill, Webbed Feet... go quack" "Cats"

Shadow Wizard Wearing Mask

Schwartz is black in some languages, no? ;)

Ollie

@ksaMgniraeWdraziWwodahS that's weird.

Shadow Wizard Wearing Mask

eillO you're in reverse

Mast

2:01 PM

@ShadowWizardWearingMask that's schwarz without t

Ollie

@Mast I've no idea.

@Shadow try pronouncing that backwards :)

Mast

Y'all haven't seen enough Spaceballs...

Shadow Wizard Wearing Mask

@Mast But "tz" sounds like a "z", no?

@Mast tru

@Ollie while waving my wand?

Ollie

@Shadow no, simply gargle for ten minutes straight then say "ahS".

It's fun!

I just tried it :)

Mast

@ShadowWizardWearingMask That depends on how much you butcher the pronunciation.

Ollie

2:06 PM

@Mast like Oili, or MadowSchwizzardBlaringFartz?

Mast

German Language Compared to other Languages

►

Ollie

I speak a little German

But mostly I just know rude words.

Mast

Try French when swearing.

Ollie

Hmmm...

I only know one in French so far.

John Dvorak

Ollie

2:13 PM

Going now

See y'all!

Shadow Wizard Wearing Mask

@Ollie good for you! :D

@Ollie cya!

Tinkeringbell

@ShadowWizardWearingMask It was aborted because it wasn't working ;)

Though in the end I did up giving another demo, that wasn't prepared ... which was 'fun'

Mithical

2:46 PM

I don't think this is a dupe meta.stackexchange.com/q/352514/294691

Spevacus

@Mithical I also didn't think so. The particular case in question is the Community user single-handedly approving a tag wiki edit with no other actions in the review history. That's weird to me.

Rob

3:39 PM

@ShadowWizardWearingMask Like a revolving door, he was in and out; just missed 'em.

Shadow Wizard Wearing Mask

4:06 PM

@Tinkeringbell nice! Or not? 😂

@Rob who was?

Tinkeringbell

@ShadowWizardWearingMask I don't really like talking unprepared, so no.

Shadow Wizard Wearing Mask

O.o

Mast

I don't really like talking.

Tinkeringbell

4:27 PM

XD Okay, I do like talking :P Just not about the thing that was made when I didn't make at least half of it XD

Rob

@ShadowWizardWearingMask Should I get out the whoosh truck?

23 hours ago, by Rob

Mast

@Rob Nice truck.

What's the mileage?

rene

Doesn't matter, it comes with its own fuel supply line ....

Rob

@Mast The range is 16 to 37 km, so that saves some fuel.

Mast

@Rob Not suitable for commuting then.

Rob

4:39 PM

Not good for short range, but you could push with the bumper.

terdon

@Rob Isn't that the range of the rockets, not the truck?

Mast

That rocket will put you a whole lot faster where you need to be than the truck does.

Rob

Firing!

Mast

With that much artillery, you could level something.

Tinkeringbell

@terdon It's a true whooosh truck, after all ;)

Spevacus

4:41 PM

Level up your Destruction skill to 100 you mean

Rob

240 shots, better than 100.

Mast

@Tinkeringbell It's supposed to replace 6 older trucks.

Bit of a train.

Tinkeringbell

I still prefer the tanks.

Rob

You're welcome.

Mast

At first glance I thought it would be something Israeli, turns out it's UAE.

Tinkeringbell

4:43 PM

Mar 20 '19 at 19:29, by Tinkeringbell

I just discovered I have enough money saved to actually buy a tank :D

Mast

If you take a trip to Russia, I'm sure you can buy 2 tanks.

Rob

Repairs are the real cost.

Tinkeringbell

@Mast I think the ones in that conversation were Russian models ;)

Mast

And fuel, rest of the maintenance.

terdon

@Tinkeringbell Meh, those are pretty cheap.

Mast

4:44 PM

@Tinkeringbell Probably. They go for what, 2x scrap value?

Tinkeringbell

@Rob Meh. If guys can have a car sit in a garage for years as a hobby project, a girl can have a tank!

Tank Girl!

:D

Tank Girl is a British comic book created by Jamie Hewlett and Alan Martin. Originally drawn by Jamie Hewlett, it has also been drawn by Philip Bond, Glyn Dillon, Ashley Wood, Warwick Johnson-Cadwell, Jim Mahfood, Brett Parson, Jonathan Edwards, Craig Knowles, Rufus Dayglo, Andy Pritchett, and Mike McMahon. The eponymous character Tank Girl (Rebecca Buck – later revealed to have been born as Fonzie Rebecca Buckler) drives a tank, which is also her home. She undertakes a series of missions for a nebulous organization before making a serious mistake and being declared an outlaw for her sexual...

Tinkeringbell

Oh it's a real thing too!

Mast

4:45 PM

They list everything but the price, unfortunately...

I could send them an e-mail...

terdon

@Tinkeringbell yeah, and not half bad either.

Mast

Ah, that site you mentioned last year is better. Actual prices

Rob

@Tinkeringbell is safe.

Tinkeringbell

@Mast It really still baffles me how easy that seems. Just wire someone 30k and you own a tank?

Mast

@Tinkeringbell If you have an export license for military hardware, yea, basically.

terdon

4:49 PM

@Tinkeringbell Do you then need to go to Russia and drive it back home? I suspect you might have a little bit of trouble in the border.

Tinkeringbell

export? Shouldn't I need an import license?

@terdon No? I have a tank?

Rob

No free delivery, and at that weight it would cost a fortune.

terdon

Ah, the having is enough. You don't need to have it here. I see :)

Mast

I was just wondering about the shipping cost.

terdon

@Mast it's free if you buy three or more, I bet :P

Tinkeringbell

4:50 PM

@terdon I don't think a fence or border patrol agent is going to stop me driving a tank

terdon

@Tinkeringbell lol. I can almost see you drool.

Tinkeringbell

@Mast Road trip!

Rob

Maybe they have whoosh truck too.

Tinkeringbell

@terdon Add a rabid eye roll too.

Mast

@Tinkeringbell There's more than 1 border from Russia to NLD though.

terdon

4:51 PM

@Tinkeringbell :)

Mast

How often would you have to refill the tank on that one trip?

Tinkeringbell

@Mast Not for long!

terdon

@Mast yeah, and none of them will be staffed by humans brave enough to mess with a rabid-eyed, drooling parrot driving an effin tank!

3

Mast

@terdon I'm not sure, ever been to a German border crossing? They're always waiting for me.

terdon

@Mast Ah, but you're not a parrot.

That's the main point. The tank is incidental.

Mast

4:53 PM

Oh, is that what I've been doing wrong.

Tinkeringbell

It'll need a name though. The Tink Tank XD

I'll bring pink stickers when I go pick it up.

terdon

Wait, what German border? With switzerland? That's the only non-shengen border germany has, right?

@Tinkeringbell Tink Tank Toe!

Rubiksmoose

@Tinkeringbell Tink Tank is such a great name!

Tinkeringbell

@terdon Nah, that last bit makes it sound smelly.

Mast

@terdon Considering the rest of EU is Schengen, probably.

Tinkeringbell

4:55 PM

@Rubiksmoose :D Maybe next year, when we talk about tanks again ;)

terdon

@Mast Several EU countries aren't shengen. I just think that all of the ones that border germany are.

Mast

@Tinkeringbell Perhaps by then you'll have saved enough for a Dutch tank, saves you the shipping and import/export trouble.

@terdon Exactly.

Rob

Watch out for the Stasi

Tinkeringbell

@Mast I don't think so... I think by then I can't even affort a single missile :P I'm buying an apartment and putting furniture and stuff in it ;)

Mast

Bosnia probably isn't Schengen and there's more countries like that, but you have to cross through at least 2 countries from Germany to get in Bosnia.

Rubiksmoose

4:57 PM

@Tinkeringbell Hey if you decorate the upper part, that means you would have Tink Tank Toppers!

Tinkeringbell

XD

This is getting worse by the minute :P

Rubiksmoose

As if you expected anything else :P

Tinkeringbell

Not really :P

This room never lets me down XD

terdon

@Mast Maybe you could cross straight into Estonia, then Latvia, Lithuania, Poland and Germany.

There's a certain sweet irony to the idea of crossing into Germany from Poland driving a tank.

Mast

They probably won't like that.

terdon

5:01 PM

That does seem likely, yes.

Mast

Good news is that diesel over there is probably cheaper than here.

So, that will help with the shipping.

terdon

I'm still chuckling over "Tink Tank".

- "***BOOM***"
- "What was that?"
- "It was a Tink Tank report!"

Tinkeringbell

Same :P I gotta go, we're going shopping (no, sadly, not picking up a tank..) I'll try not to start chuckling while at the store :P

Rob

Too much like tinkle tank ... :(

Mast

@Tinkeringbell Pick up a miniature :-)

terdon

5:04 PM

Tiny Tink Tank?

Mast

Exactly.

terdon

ₜᵢₙₖ ₜₐₙₖ

3

Tinkeringbell

Hahaha

Mast

5:31 PM

!!/bisect cybergoldenhacker

SmokeDetector

@Mast Matched by cyber\W*+golden\W*+hacker(?:\W*+(?:at\W*+)?gmail\W*+(?:dot\W*+)?com)? on line 2202 of bad_keywords.txt

Mast

Good.

Tinkeringbell

5:56 PM

2

It's not a tank but...

6:41 PM

XD

A tank with whoosh!

@Rob Oh my

🚽

🍲

7:02 PM

How to Synchronize Hemisphere Videos

Mast

8:39 PM

Anyone still alive?

ArtOfCode

*dead noises*

Mast

Everyone's hiding, I get it.

user400654

9:02 PM

Rubiksmoose

@ArtOfCode Do I want to know what qualifies as a "dead noise"? lol

Meta Andrew T.

plays any Counter-Strike's death sound

DavidPostill

> "Due to a buildup of excess bacteria in a body after death, the body will accumulate a lot of gas. As the body begins to release the gas, there may be sounds emitting from a body’s windpipe and there will definitely be flatulence,"

So burping and farting :)

Rubiksmoose

hahaha

Meta Andrew T.

that said, it's 2~4am here, and I somewhat had been woken up...

so... play dead again

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