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Rob

2:47 AM

@ShadowTheVaccinatedWizard @rene Sloshy lives:

in Sloshy the Thawman on Stack Overflow Chat, Jun 14 at 11:35, by tripleee

Sloshy was granted permission to run in SOBotics so the regular nightly run will be moving there

bobble

3:23 AM

first rejection as me and not an anonymous cookie... was hoping to hit 10 accepts first but eh I'll strongly disagree with the post author's decision and feel righteous over here

Rob

3:54 AM

The added tags seemed fair, but:

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A: Questions in titles need to be repeated, why?

You're looking at this wrong. Question titles should not be repeated in the question body. That's, at best, noise. It should be expanded in the question body. The question title is supposed to be a very short, concise, version of the question you're about to ask. The question body should provide...

bobble

I repeated it because it was the most obvious eat to make the body self-contained. As-is, it requires context from the title to understand the body.

I repeated it because it was the most obvious way to make the body self-contained. As-is, it requires context from the title to understand the body.

bobble

4:13 AM

shouldn't have edited in the first place since it's an obvious dupe... just got annoyed at the lack of useful tags

Rob

By that argument the tags should have been included in the body because: "... it was the most obvious way to make the body self-contained. As-is, it requires context from the tags to understand the body.". - Can the three parts not exist separately and still all be in context and relevant to the question?

The tags are useful, should roll them back in and remove the title duplication - but ⏰ = 💸

Feeds

4:43 AM

stackoverflow.blog/2021/06/18/…

rene

4:58 AM

@Rob do we organize a birthday party?

Rob

@rene I've never heard of a "birthday party" for age zero, the first party is held at age one. I think a better word is: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initiation

For people the word for the age 0 event is baptism, christening, etc.

Ah,here we go:

Baby shower

A baby shower is a party of gift-giving or a ceremony that has different names in different cultures. It celebrates the delivery or expected birth of a child or the transformation of a woman into a mother. == Etymology == The term shower is often assumed to mean that the expectant mother is "showered" with gifts. A related custom, called a bridal shower, may have derived its name from the custom in the 19th century for the presents to be put inside a parasol, which when opened would "shower" the bride-to-be with gifts. Alternatively the term possibly denotes a "first showing" of the new baby to...

rene

Let's do a shower then ...

Rob

5:16 AM

But I'm a guy: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q._Are_We_Not_Men%3F_A:_We_Are_Devo!

Though I've never heard of this either: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dadchelor_Party

Which sounds like a code-word for a stag.

rene

@Rob meh. let's ignore technicalities .... ;)

Rob

^^^ Chat wrecks URLS that end with an apostrophe.

@rene I'm not Captain Man, I'm not going to a moms party.

rene

@Rob Yeah, it has to decide on his own when an url no longer is an url and does so in weird ways now and then. It is screwed in posts as well, for example when I have a stackapi url with a custom filter.

@Rob :D

Rob

Glad you understand that obscure reference.

Even Fandom fails to mention it, though it's in the comments: henrydanger.fandom.com/wiki/Ray_Manchester_(Captain_Man)

Journeyman Geek

6:01 AM

@Rob As opposed to a Baby Shower, where one Showers a Baby, or a Baby Shower, where babies fall from the sky (Its very messy)

Meta Andrew T.

6:13 AM

It's raining ~~money~~ babies!

rene

There is a song in there ....

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

9:01 AM

@Glorfindel Would you mind writing this for me?

0

Q: Request for user script to load moderator candidate scores from the time the user nominated in the election

I'd like a user script that, on moderator election pages, queries the API for user's candidate scores at the time they nominated in the election in question. Election pages, including historical election pages, always load the candidate score live; this user script should add in an additional bar...

Glorfindel

9:13 AM

@Luuklag I believe it's NAA - it's the OP and it should be an edit

Luuklag

Hmm yeah I erred on the side of just get rid of it, its all links to their own site full of clickbait crap

Glorfindel

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog I'll have a look, but I have many other things on my plate right now.

@Luuklag yeah, Webmasters tends to receive that kind of questions and the mods there clean up a lot.

Luuklag

9:43 AM

@JNat cross site spammer: stackexchange.com/users/21928188/turnipguy30?tab=accounts

Feeds

1:01 PM

stackoverflow.blog/2021/06/18/…

Meta Andrew T.

1:49 PM

@Feeds Onebox; works or borked?

Journeyman Geek

→ 20 messages moved to Chimney

Feeds

"Although fresh juice DOES sound--" "NO! For humanity to survive we must learn from the mistakes of the past."

Catija

2:07 PM

The link should go to the mobile site so that I can see the alt text on my phone.

Journeyman Geek

@Catija heh, I tend to edit the link for that

Catija

@Feeds So... I guess Randall isn't a fan of juice? Did someone make him do a juice cleanse at some point?

Journeyman Geek

@Catija Oh its a reference to the juicero...

Catija

Oh, that thing was stupid.

Journeyman Geek

Juicero

Juicero was a company that made a device that was marketed as a fruit and vegetable juicer that extracted juice from pre-processed packets. The company's product was called the Juicero Press, a Wi-Fi connected device that used single-serving packets of pre-juiced fruits and vegetables sold exclusively by the company by subscription. The San Francisco-based firm received $120 million in startup venture capital starting in 2014 from investors including Kleiner Perkins and Alphabet Inc.The company attracted significant negative media attention when consumers and journalists discovered that its juice...

@Catija Ave was impressed by the engineering

Catija

2:19 PM

Ave?

Journeyman Geek

Slightly... well very foulmouthed Canadian maker of teardown videos and dubious engineering that mostly works...

BOLTR: Juicero, Cold Press Juicer for Rich Weirdos

►

Catija

Ah. I mean, I have a breville juicer... It's a pain to clean but it does good stuff. And buying actual fruits/vegetables seems like the right place to start if you're really trying to get fresh juice - rather than packets of pre-mashed fruit.

Journeyman Geek

lol

Catija

Apparently you could manually squeeze the juice out of the pouches as easily as by using the machine? bloomberg.com/news/features/2017-04-19/…

Journeyman Geek

Beautifully engineered but completely pointless

@Catija yup :D

bad_coder

2:26 PM

@JourneymanGeek I got it man, I got it !! :D

Journeyman Geek

@bad_coder got what?

bad_coder

@JourneymanGeek the secret man...!! The secret for your CM appointment !!

Journeyman Geek

@bad_coder moving to a better timezone?

Catija

... Well, at least someone's figured something out.

bad_coder

@JourneymanGeek NO! Time-zone is totally unrelated!!

@JourneymanGeek you notice how a lots of staff say "y'all" since Shog's time??

Journeyman Geek

2:28 PM

@bad_coder Actually, I picked that up from cat

bad_coder

That's the secret @JourneymanGeek , you need to learn how to Yodel..!! And instead of going "y'all" you invent the transcription of yodeling and use it in your posts :D

Journeyman Geek

Like @YaakovEllis's Haiku?

I'm half certain me singing...

Either would be considered torture, or convince people torture was going on

bad_coder

@JourneymanGeek there's no going wrong with "Y'odeling", the same way there's no going wrong with "Y'all". It's a "Y'ippikayee" thing :D

Journeyman Geek

"Y'ippikayee munster muncher"...

gets suspended for conduct unbecoming

Meta Andrew T.

Y'ippikayee Y'odel-Ay-Ee-Oooo

bad_coder

2:36 PM

@MetaAndrewT. that's it, we have to develop the transcript corpus and formalize it :)

@JourneymanGeek it'll be a success, guaranteed :D !! Franzl Lang - Happy Yodeling

@Catija please don't take it the wrong way, Yodeling is what I'm reminded of every time I read "Y'all" (that and John McClain off course :D )

Meta Andrew T.

Now we get Franzl Lang in the CM team instead...

bad_coder

@MetaAndrewT. SE can't hire Franz Lang, he only does World Class live venues.

Catija

I'm used to people complaining about my use of "y'all".

Journeyman Geek

Also, @Catija is texan, she has an excuse :D

user728672

@Catija I needed a good laugh! I was stodgy Minnesota kid transplaneted into the relaxed south. I used to be so harsh on the locals talking like that. 50 years later, its in MY vocabulary

user728672

2:51 PM

"Let;s go over to Y'alls house" (thinking) who's Yall? Is that his imaginary friend?

Catija

Weird... Shog's from Minnesota (I think) and he uses it all the time, too :)

Journeyman Geek

Shog's shog :D

user728672

awkward

user728672

I think I saw the etymolgy of the slang word somewhere.. Your, meaning you, All meaning everyone. 's is the possessive so.. etc etc.. easier to say you all's then everyone's .

bad_coder

@JourneymanGeek it's not texan, it's TEXAN! C'ause everythin's bigger in TEXAS! (Thou shall write the word in CAPS.)

user728672

3:05 PM

user728672

source: wikipediyall

bad_coder

@GWarner LOL that's AMAZING :D

user728672

one more: i reddit somwhays yall

user728672

hmmm

bad_coder

@GWarner mmm, it's a contraction. And it's short, handy, and sounding. But still, lots of "y'all's" become reminiscent :D it's unavoidable, especially for the foreign ear.

user728672

3:12 PM

reddit dont like i taking there picture addys

bad_coder

@GWarner Minnesota where that? Let me look at a map (sorry 50 states is a lot.)

Kevin B

somewhere north of here

user728672

@bad_coder Minnesota, smack in the middle of the US at very top

bad_coder

@GWarner they have a texas in Minnesota :D

user728672

I first started using SE through English Language Learner's. So I read alot of posts from confused foreigners

bad_coder

3:16 PM

@KevinB you can't be from Iowa, the few folks I met from Iowa had a temper.

user728672

Wow. texas in minnesota, I bet they get ribbed alot. Or treated like lepers by others in the state.

Kevin B

iowa is also north of here

a lot is north of here

In in the middle of mississippi, on the alabama border

user728672

If i had to guess iowans probably have an image problem s as the poor neglected part of minnesota

user728672

I am also an UHH-merican, living in Flori-DUHH the past 50 years

bad_coder

@GWarner the most noteworthy trait in wikipedia is actually this one: "Minnesota was the second most agreeable and fifth most extraverted state in the nation"

user728672

3:21 PM

yea they be thinking they is da sheet of YouISa

user728672

but i dont want to say what you is.. :)

user728672

Oh also a Tamp-UHH bay area WE-sident.

user728672

or is that CHAMP-a Bay?

user728672

BRB I need a WE-feel

bad_coder

@GWarner my friends from New Jersey says that's where folks go to retire.

user728672

3:26 PM

Yea. Newlyweds and Nearly Deads.

bad_coder

@KevinB mmm, Forest Gump style. Judging from TV seems like the prettiest part of the US, rivers and the lush green.

Enough chatting for me today, I'm off folks o/

user728672

Ok i got my WE-feel like more coffee.

user728672

@bad_coder Ciao, main dude!

user728672

Good withthe bad... Mosquitos. Humidity. And majority of the pop-yall-ation have terrible driving skills.

user728672

I just saw that pinned comment.. im feeling guilty. damn motor mouth. it is spam

user728672

3:45 PM

wth i got -1 for downvoting a bad answer?

Kevin B

downvoting while leaving comments is a sure-fire way to receive downvotes

user728672

I think I should be glad I dont jive in Meta SE very much

user728672

oh wait. down vote OR leave a comment. No both

Kevin B

eh

user728672

answer was deleted anyway

Kevin B

3:48 PM

ideally do both

and just live with the fact that you might get a downvote

:shrug:

though i only leave comments when i think doing so would actually lead to an improvement

cases that cause revenge voting clearly aren't such cases

user728672

well i looked at that smoked answer. it side stepped the question to promote business

user728672

mehh.... i dont partis-UHH-pate on MetaSE enough to really be bothered. I was just confused.

user728672

I get a lot of DV when I do. I think its coders and I have a very different field of vision.

user728672

Nothing personal. no offense to them meant.

user728672

This relates to why I forsook an architectural degree. I am a designer.. I have the vision of what I expect. I have trouble dealing with the details to make it happen.

user728672

3:59 PM

I am neglecting my laziness zen, and my 5 cats. Stay safe ya'll.

rene

→ 17 messages moved to Chimney

Tinkeringbell

7:40 PM

→ 10 messages moved to Chimney

Kevin B

8:41 PM

🚽

user728672

too much coffee

forest distrusts StackExchange

@KevinB Hey look, a box.

Wolf

hi

forest distrusts StackExchange

hi

user728672

Is the Chimney the same as the furnace for burning documents? In this case obsolete and useless messages

forest distrusts StackExchange

8:48 PM

It's where the noise goes.

Wolf

just a place to move unwanted messages

forest distrusts StackExchange

As opposed to Trash which is where bad things go.

user728672

Okay. adding fuel to the fire then...

Wolf

lol

user728672

But which messages? off the sites? or chat?

Wolf

8:50 PM

messages that are off topic in the chat

user728672

didnt know there was a topic here.

Wolf

really waffles

user728672

in which case where can i test meta reviewers on how i might ask a question favorably?

Wolf

🤣😂😂🤔🤔🤔

user728672

@rene hello. maybe i should ask you.

Wolf

8:52 PM

waffles

user728672

yea about them waffles. what IS that waffle pattern doing on pancake headed nails anyway?

forest distrusts StackExchange

@GWarner The Chimney thing was because of messages from a bot.

Wolf

waffles waffles waffles 🧇🧇🧇🧇🧇🧇🧇🧇🧇

forest distrusts StackExchange

Which is normal and expected. But when the messages are no longer needed, they can be moved.

Wolf

i just got 36 reputation

forest distrusts StackExchange

8:55 PM

Congrats. You are now Jon Skeet.

Wolf

ok

user728672

yea . i get that. like 5 and 10 year old YT videos that explai something that has since been changed or became obsolete. Yet YT can't do anything about them.

Wolf

and who is john skeet

user728672

OMG i saw one of his posts

forest distrusts StackExchange

He's the guy with the highest reputation on SO (at least last I checked).

user728672

8:56 PM

i need better rep on meta how do i do waffles

Wolf

ok

user728672

/waffle

user728672

jon skeet, great sage of meta. how can i reverse this negative treand of my contributions on meta?

Wolf

in stack overflow i have 34 reputation

user728672

i am obsolete. i am clueless when it comes to emoji. im an emoticoner

Wolf

8:59 PM

LOLL

forest distrusts StackExchange

Emoticons > emoji

Always.

Wolf

🧇🍕🍔🌭🤔🤔

what are those emojis

guess

¯_(ツ)_/¯

user728672

waffle pizza burger hotdog 'thinking' or 'ponder' or ' i got spinach caught in my teeth'

Wolf

let me guess you googled

user728672

naw i can still see fairly well, had to squint a bit

Wolf

9:04 PM

ok

😶🥶😱🤮🤢🦁🐯

user728672

speechless cold fright bane ill lion lioness

user728672

im looking for ctrl char equivalents for that first line. only found # for waffle so far

user728672

okay i looked at my rep it went up 130 and down 20 in 7 days.

user728672

I have a preemptive bookmark set to just delete from meta SE. I can't seem to get any positive feedback on anything I ask, answer, OR comment.

user728672

Kind of makes one want to forsake anything code related or SE specific and just stick to grammar, hammer, and 'laziness zen' perfecting.

forest distrusts StackExchange

10:24 PM

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A: User data in light of Stack Overflow's / Stack Exchange, Inc.'s acquisition

I fully understand the worries that you and others may be feeling about how private user data may be used and shared with other companies after the acquisition of Stack Overflow by Prosus is completed. To date, we as a company have always treated maintaining the security and safety of user data a...

> Are there plans for Prosus to use private user data from SO/SE and/or share this data with other Prosus-owned companies?

The answer was "no". I hope I'm not reading into this too deeply, but this sounds like it's open to allowing third party (non-Prosus-owned companies) access to user data.

Rob

@JourneymanGeek Should be OK, if you yodel this way:

Focus - Hocus Pocus {alternate version, extremely rare} (Old Grey Whistle Test 1972)

►

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

10:50 PM

@forestdistrustsStackExchange It would require a change to their privacy policy.

forest distrusts StackExchange

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog If a privacy policy is changed, does it only apply to data collected after the change, or can it apply to data already saved?

> I don't know how to say this, but all i can see is that the illuminati is real, because i have finally see the goodness of being a member of illuminati, the illuminati is a big brotherhood family, which help and protect human in this earth, the illuminati is real

hahaha

> and if you join the illuminati on your induction day you will be given so many benefits and a cash of $2,000,000.00 to start a new life as a new member of illuminati

Scammers are amazing.

Ryan M

11:28 PM

in Charcoal HQ on The Stack Exchange Network Chat, Nov 26 '20 at 5:25, by Ryan M

You'd think the Illuminati would host their email on their own domain. Secretly running the whole world, but can't get good IT help...

forest distrusts StackExchange

hah

How do you know it's not their own domain? If they run the world, they run Gmail. :P

Rob

11:55 PM

snopes.com/fact-check/national-secret-society-agency

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