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Journeyman Geek

12:26 AM

@Xnero :essentially someone in denial about covid and refuses to do the sensible thing to deal with it

Journeyman Geek

5:58 AM

@Xnero chat.meta.stackexchange.com/users/707129/xnero?tab=recent might work if you're looking for something recent

Tinkeringbell

@JourneymanGeek And you can fiddle with the URL to get the next pages: chat.meta.stackexchange.com/users/707129/…

But it doesn't sort by room, so you're just seeing whatever rooms that user was active in, not just 1 room.

Luuklag

@Catija wow, I couldn't imagine ever doing so. Is it because people don't trust their co-workers?

Catija

6:15 AM

... it's not that people don't know our real names... it's just that we never or rarely use them. No one ever calls JNat anything other than JNat... and most people call me Catija or just Cat.

And Shog was always just Shog... the persona is internal and external.

Journeyman Geek

@Luuklag Most of my friends call me geek :D

And I think its the opposite - Handles are real names, and identities for people on the internet

(even if your handle is your ~~real~~ legal name)

rene

6:30 AM

→ 44 messages moved to Chimney

Luuklag

7:12 AM

@JourneymanGeek yeah ofcourse friends use nicknames amongst each other

rene

9:42 AM

@Tinkeringbell I wasn't sure if there is an Account manger and "Manager Hierarchy" in the business tier of SOfT ...

My guess for salesforce didn't make sense. Let's move on.

Tinkeringbell

Oh... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Luuklag

11:10 AM

@JNat cross site spammer: stackexchange.com/users/19498424/muzammil-k?tab=accounts

Luuklag

11:25 AM

@JNat cross site spammer: stackexchange.com/users/19752405/fast-custom-boxes?tab=accounts

Rob

11:38 AM

@Luuklag I think the secret is to have multiple residences, so no one will know where you live. 😕

SPArcheon

12:04 PM

@JourneymanGeek Well, in some countries that could get you in a reality game on the national TV station

Feeds

2:04 PM

Understanding quantum computing through drunken walks

Ryan Donovan on April 14, 2021

The jumping off point for exploring quantum computing is to understand that while many of the principles are counterintuitive, the classical universe we know and love is but a mere shadow of the quantum fabric of reality. To get a feel for that fundamental difference we will walk through an example that helps to illustrate the power of quantum computation.

bmike

With respect to this:

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A: The cookie consent dialog (coming from cookielaw.org) keeps popping up

Three times (different days) I’ve sat down when it’s quiet and reviewed my settings and extensions and I can’t figure why I can’t accept cookies effectively on all my devices either. Abhi’s comment that cross site blocking may be relevant. This OS level feature by design learns how the device is...

Does anyone here use iOS a lot?

John Dvorak

I just got a teams ad banner even though I'm logged in. Is this normal?

bmike

@JohnDvorak I saw it just now as well.

John Dvorak

sweet. Who opts to flame about it on meta?

Tinkeringbell

2:25 PM

@bmike Do we look like people who use iOS a lot? :P

user400654

yo that wasn't an ad, that was a service announcement!

incredibly important information

(it took up half my screen)

bmike

No, that’s why I has to ask.... Rotfl

Journeyman Geek

@bmike I think there's a certain awareness of the problem

rene

The main problem is that Aaron (front end dev) doesn't have an Apple device, at least that is what I concluded based on some tweets.

user400654

I use ios, but i avoid using SO on mobile, mobile doesn't have all my adblock rules

Mad Scientist

2:35 PM

@JohnDvorak it's also animated a bit, and it looks like everyone is seeing this on every page

rene

@JourneymanGeek maybe you need to switch status review from this one (because that turned out to be a local plugin problem, aka not related to SE software) to the one @bmike answered: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/362091

Maybe my answer can go on another question then ...

John Dvorak

maybe they just needed to dump a lot of spare bandwidth

Journeyman Geek

@rene ... messy :(

status review also means there's a ticket

rene

2:52 PM

Hmm, okay

we don't want to add more confusion. Or risk that it doesn't get fixed because the ticket got lost.

bmike

Who is supposed to drop a status review tag on any meta question? SE staff only?

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Q: New Cookie Dialog on SE Websites, iPhone only

iPhone SE (first generation), iOS 14.4.2 (18D70), iOS Safari I have regularly used this phone to browse the SE sites in which I'm interested: Travel, Expatriates, Mechanics, Home Improvement, and Ask Different. The phone's now running 14.4.2; over the past months I've updated it promptly as new v...

rene

Mods can do that see: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/348642/…

bmike

I know I can I don’t know if I should

rene

> Is it a bug report that others have been able to reproduce? If you replied “yes” to at least one of the above, then that question is a good candidate for escalation.

bmike

Looks like I should and missed the manual escalation in TL. BRB - fixing that

Luuklag

2:55 PM

On mobile android it is horrible as well

takes 90% of the screen

rene

@bmike Say hi from me in the TL ...

Journeyman Geek

@rene someone could drop a link to the other post in the comments

shouldn't be too hard to make sure its seen

Luuklag

Also I thought SE had a policy on animated adds

now this banner really is one....

rene

@JourneymanGeek I think I've linked everything already

Journeyman Geek

I'm not seeing the banner

unregistered only?

rene

2:58 PM

@JourneymanGeek nope, I had it on SO as well

@JourneymanGeek nope

ah

kick the cache?

MSE had a different banner

Luuklag

SU has it as well

bmike

2:59 PM

@rene lol

Luuklag

It's also on beta's

So perhaps just not on MSE

Journeyman Geek

wierd

for extra fun

I had a different banner on MSE which I can't replicate on incognito mode now

user400654

that is one of the most annoying cookie banners i've ever seen implemented

Journeyman Geek

MSE has this

(cookie banner below since I have a UHD screen

user400654

3:19 PM

gotta hide the questino, can't be having the cookie banner on the right where the teams ads are

wait

there's one on the left too

SPArcheon

3:40 PM

I have to watch an online course composed by about eighty online videos. Each video has a title....

And the videos are supplied in... ALPHABETICAL ORDER

with no way to find out the actual intended order.

user400654

shuffle would probably get you closer to the intended order

SPArcheon

@Tinkeringbell I suppose I could start embroidery since right now I really feel the need to stab something (see message above)

@user400654 the current user experience is like youtube related videos browsing....

Tinkeringbell

@SPArcheon Embroidery is a great way of stabbing things :)

I don't have the patience for that kind of stabbing though.

SPArcheon

3:57 PM

Shadow The Vaccinated Wizard

@user400654 for me not "one", it's the most annoying cookie banner I've ever seen, taking all the others with ease. It's HUGE, and it's sticky.

SPArcheon

@Tinkeringbell I assume you already know this one picture.

Basically that is the idea.

rene

@SPArcheon I may hope the videos are about how to compile a sorted list of videos in SharePoint?

SPArcheon

@rene Must be sincere - very few to do with my actual job, and I can't even figure a position that could benefit from it.

Seems a "all you can eat" mess with every dish you can think off randomly thrown in

rene

LOL

SPArcheon

4:01 PM

but that is not the point, if it was just that I wouldn't be so mad

The "like we just said in the previous video" is the thing that is getting to my nerve.

NO WE DIDN'T BECAUSE YOU CAN'T EVEN PROVIDE ME THE VIDEOS IN THE RIGHT WATCHING ORDER!

Tinkeringbell

@SPArcheon Yeah, I know that one :)

user400654

@ShadowTheVaccinatedWizard i didn't even notice it was sticky, since it takes up most of my viewing area anyway

but arent they all sticky

Shadow The Vaccinated Wizard

@SPArcheon oh no, angry pony.

Can't you just skip this course?

:D

SPArcheon

4:17 PM

@ShadowTheVaccinatedWizard nope. Because we have a required total of watched hours to meet, but they have scheduled my project allocations so that I have to do all of them now.

and the other courses are either even less related to what I do (there isn't a single one that is even remotely related to actual writing code) or live webinar for future dates (so unless you have a Delorian to lend me...)

Shadow The Vaccinated Wizard

@user400654 yeah, normal banners for accepting cookies sit in the bottom or top, don't take all screen, and got little nice "X" to close them.

user400654

It's become more common for the X to not exist

Shadow The Vaccinated Wizard

@SPArcheon just click randomly and call it a day then... ;)

@user400654 that's pity.

user400654

as it doesn't really... adhere to the legislation they're trying to appease

Shadow The Vaccinated Wizard

SE used to be different in a good way (i.e. coming towards its users, e.g. super fast loading of pages), now it's... not really, anymore.

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user400654

4:24 PM

i'm looking for a post

where they announed a revamped banner system

SPArcheon

ok..... who want to make this into a "Troll"?

user400654

might have been during the joe friend time frame

Shadow The Vaccinated Wizard

@SPArcheon who?

SPArcheon

I say we post a question on ux.stackexchange.com that asks why the cookie banner is a mess and what one could do to fix it.

(yep, today I am in what Tink once called "angry parrot" mode)

Shadow The Vaccinated Wizard

@user400654 Maybe this?

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Q: Code of Conduct banner looks awkward on some sites (GD, AU)

The new Code of Conduct banner is displayed awkwardly on some sites; there's a rather large gap between the top bar and the banner. Check Graphic Design (... the irony ...) and Ask Ubuntu: On Photography, similar problems have been reported.

bug status-planned design notification-bar code-of-conduct

Still planned...

user400654

4:33 PM

it might have been part of that theme deal

i recall it called specific focus on a new type of "New Feature!" banner revolving around the logo

that was... lol, again only used for jobs, and never for Q&A

ah, found it, that was the previous navbar

-82

Q: Announcement: New feature notification

Background We’re kicking off the first bit of work that will allow us to better communicate with members and visitors via the website. This work will be done incrementally over the coming months. Ultimately it will work across the entire Stack Exchange network, but initial usage will focus on Sta...

discussion notifications

3

A: Usage of the New Feature Notification

We have a variety of things we can use to promote new features and/or changes on the site. For the Code of Conduct we used an announcement banner. It wasn't really a "new feature" per se. So that seemed appropriate. Also, it was a change that potentially impacts everyone who comes to the site, so...

Tinkeringbell

@SPArcheon You really need to stop remembering what I say like it's gospel :P

Shadow The Vaccinated Wizard

@user400654 ohhh lol

user400654

if that feature still exists, i most assuredly have it blocked

Shadow The Vaccinated Wizard

Poor Joe, 113 downvotes on something he worked so hard on. No wonder he left.

Tinkeringbell

Meh, could be worse :P

SPArcheon

4:48 PM

FAR worse if you remember the record.

Ollie

@SPArcheon Which is... ?

Oh wait, never mind I found it.

SPArcheon

@Ollie meta.stackexchange.com/search?q=score%3A-2000..-1000

Scandals played their part there.

Ollie

@SPArcheon I was counting deleted posts as well, but OK.

user400654

is that the one where voting was reset

SPArcheon

I doubt any REGULAR post not tied to tire-fires ever reached that low

user400654

4:54 PM

yeah i think it was

downvotes went from 300+ to 142 overnight

nah

i'm misreading the timeline

user400654

5:08 PM

Oh, so the site satisfaction surveys only get shown in locations that are also used for teams advertising

So even if I did get picked... it’s unlikely I would have seen it

Luuklag

6:44 PM

Does anyone know what the current policy on suicide prevention is? Any of the mods perhaps?

And is this post in line with that?

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A: How should a user's death be handled?

We re-examined this issue recently in light of Aaron Swartz's tragic suicide. We concluded that, for a site like ours, a formal policy or process around memorializing the accounts of the deceased might do more harm than good. Here's why: On a site like ours, it's not as necessary as it is on mor...

Tinkeringbell

@Luuklag meta.stackexchange.com/q/355421/369802 is the official post, why would that post from Jaydles not be in line with it?

Luuklag

because i read things about calling that number would be a stupid thing to do

Tinkeringbell

@Luuklag Oh yeah. I seem to recall having that talk with you before :P See the comments under the answer to that post I just linked ;)

The answer you're thinking about is unofficial. And it's not that useful either, since it expects random internet strangers to act like professional support should act, when random internet strangers aren't supposed to have to deal with this on these sites in the first place ;)

Luuklag

"TL;DR: Do not copy/paste. Do not suggest a suicide hotline. Don't lie. Don't treat them like a baby. Don't try a quick-fix."

So should that suggestion be removed from jaydless answer?

Tinkeringbell

I don't think so.

But I could ask a CM, if you really wanted to be sure?

Luuklag

6:51 PM

@Tinkeringbell That would be great

Tinkeringbell

Sure thing then.

Luuklag