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12:36 AM

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog I guess this could be a meta post.

From what I understand - there is a CM handling emergency escalations over the week tho

Yeah, because otherwise unsavory users would choose a weekend to spam the site because they know it'll be a long while before an employee can arrive to give them a network-wide suspension.

Journeyman Geek

I think in a (public) conversation (somewhere) it was mentioned that the general reasons are

1. SE needs to have someone handling payroll and such. They've opened up hiring to other places in the eurozone and such from my last rejection

2. Its apparently difficult to run a team across timezones

@SonictheAnonymousHedgehog I guess we'll need to deal with it, and generally network suspensions take some investigation to get moving

Journeyman Geek

12:54 AM

and in theory, if we have a network wide issue, we can superping a CM or two, or just superping the affected mods

To me (and I've been personally affected by the timezone requirements ....) Its more about 'knowledge' coverage and hiring the best folk no matter where they hang their hat. I know at least one other person who expressed interest in the past who'd be a good CM in future, and currently probably would be ruled out for geography

Journeyman Geek

1:32 AM

Looks like I'm having vaccination number 3 next week cc @ShadowWizardIsVaccinatedV3

Ekadh Singh - Reinstate Monica

2:24 AM

@Tinkeringbell would the TL count?

Journeyman Geek

2:36 AM

@EkadhSingh-ReinstateMonica not really

A significant point of the TL is that its a space for mods to provide support for each other

likewise with the mod team

Ekadh Singh - Reinstate Monica

Thank you :) (I wasn't sure because info about the TL on meta is pretty old)

Journeyman Geek

CM availability is best effort and has been anywhere from 'we can mug a CM whenever' in the good ol days, to 'there's never a CM around' (in the worst days) and somewhere in between (most days)

Ryan M

@Ollie Works on my machine ;-)

Journeyman Geek

3:14 AM

@RyanM I have the same issue ollie does

soooo, browser/version?

Rob

3:26 AM

A new question would be better (fair) if research was done to determine all the problem sites and compile a full list:

Not the same problem, but still the gear logo is not very visible on a light background compared with its appearance on the site.

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

5:44 AM

Considering the formerly SO-only Triage queue is now implemented on multiple sites (Physics as well, plus the technical ability to enable on more sites), I'm going to repost the MSO guidance on Triage as an answer to the review guidelines FAQ.

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

5:56 AM

I've posted it here. I cut out a lot of details specific to SO; it'd be nice if others could improve it so it matches up with the other answers.

Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog

6:30 AM

Do we want accepted answers unpinned on Meta Stack Exchange?

Shadow Wizard Is Vaccinated V3

6:52 AM

@JourneymanGeek awesome!

Turns out the third boost actually worked, COVID fourth wave in Israel is pretty much behind us. But... nothing is being done to prevent fifth wave, when new variant will arrive. No protocols, no research, nada. So still annoying...

They just wait for this to happen, and they'll give fourth vaccination booster. And people will die for nothing.

Meh, better have...

!!/coffee

SmokeDetector

@ShadowWizardIsVaccinatedV3 brews a cup of Cappuccino for @ShadowWizardIsVaccinatedV3

rene

→ 17 messages moved to Chimney

Shadow Wizard Is Vaccinated V3

sips Cappuccino slowly and taking a waffle from @rene

rene

I'll waffle you with the iron ...

Shadow Wizard Is Vaccinated V3

sitting on Iron Throne

M.A.R.

7:57 AM

@JourneymanGeek the biggest form of flattery is imitation.

Or was it imitation flattery?

The biggest of one of those is the other one.

Shadow Wizard Is Vaccinated V3

The biggest bag begs for bugs

Journeyman Geek

8:26 AM

@ShadowWizardIsVaccinatedV3 We restarted opening

Basically pre and post trip PCR tests for a buncha countries including the US and UK

Shadow Wizard Is Vaccinated V3

@JourneymanGeek won't work if they got infected day before the test; only real effective measure is few days quarantine.

But yeah, better than nothing, I guess.

Journeyman Geek

@ShadowWizardIsVaccinatedV3 we were doing that...

apparently... it dosen't work

Shadow Wizard Is Vaccinated V3

@JourneymanGeek only because people don't do it.

And it's really hard to enforce.

Journeyman Geek

We've been doing it

we've had hundreds of cases

Rob

@M.A.R. It's flatulence imitation.

Shadow Wizard Is Vaccinated V3

9:41 AM

@JourneymanGeek well thousands here, but media kept showing people who just ignore protocols and roam free after arriving from other countries. (red, i.e. they should stay at home for whole week.)

Instead of sending them to jail, they just got fame.

@Rob flute-less

Rob

@ShadowWizardIsVaccinatedV3 The TOI says: One step forward, one step back (all the "reopenings") are subject to special conditions and only in green cities: timesofisrael.com/… timesofisrael.com/… - the fifth wave will be upon you before they get their shit together.

Shadow Wizard Is Vaccinated V3

@Rob well the third booster will hold the next wave for couple of months, then the new wave will hit in full force. Sadly, the way it's handled is beyond terrible, it just does not exist.

Ministry of education came with grandiose plan called "green class", but schools have no green idea what it actually means.

Good luck finding what it really means, i.e. what exactly school should be doing. Nobody was able to find, yet. :D

Rob

10:01 AM

@ShadowWizardIsVaccinatedV3 They are going to let in tourists who don't understand "social distancing" (see photo at airport): jpost.com/israel-news/…

Shadow Wizard Is Vaccinated V3

10:20 AM

@Rob social distancing doesn't exist in Israel anyway.

Journeyman Geek

10:30 AM

@ShadowWizardIsVaccinatedV3 We kinda did everything 'right'

Masks everywhere, most folks WFH...

now?

"Pretty much everyone is going to get it eventually"

Shadow Wizard Is Vaccinated V3

@JourneymanGeek sounds like giving up... :(

Journeyman Geek

10:49 AM

More or less

On the other hand

everyone's life has been on hold for 2 years

Rob

@ShadowWizardIsVaccinatedV3 That's where the problem lies: One dose drastically reduces the likelihood of death or severe illness for a long time, and two reduces the likelihood of both the former and lesser severe cases, with a third dose after five months providing continuing protection - but that doesn't mean that you can't become mildly infected, spread the disease, or incubate the next wave.

Journeyman Geek

@Rob that's generally the plan here

get a PCR test before and after you come into the country, have your shots, and you are fine

Rob

Without masks, social distancing, and avoidance of high risk activity, everyone keeps the virus in business. cnn.com/2021/10/06/health/pfizer-vaccine-waning-immunity/… pfizer.com/news/press-release/press-release-detail/…

Journeyman Geek

@Rob we're doing all 3 and we've got a surge

we also do have rediculous levels of testing tho

Rob

@JourneymanGeek This December, or January next year (depending on what you consider the starting date) is three years (not two); so "lives should have been on hold" for over 2 3/4 years.

Journeyman Geek

10:57 AM

@Rob time's a bit wobbly...

@Rob shit hit the fan here around april for us

Shadow Wizard Is Vaccinated V3

@Rob true, so it all falls on those who don't get vaccine.

Journeyman Geek

@ShadowWizardIsVaccinatedV3 oh, the lovely thing is... it keeps us mostly safe

the unvaccinated might not do so well

and they can get it from us

Shadow Wizard Is Vaccinated V3

@JourneymanGeek yup

Rob

17 November 2019:

COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei

The COVID-19 pandemic in Hubei was first manifested by a cluster of mysterious pneumonia in Wuhan, the provincial capital of Hubei, China. A Wuhan hospital notified the local center for disease control and prevention (CDC) and health commissions on December 27, 2019. On December 31, Wuhan CDC admitted that there was a cluster of unknown pneumonia cases related to Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market after the unverified documents appeared on the Internet. The potential disease outbreak soon drew nationwide attention including that of the National Health Commission (NHC) in Beijing which sent experts...

Journeyman Geek

@Rob It took a few months to spread, and a little longer for things to get bad....

Rob

11:07 AM

I stand corrected:

From and including: Sunday, November 17, 2019
To, but not including Sunday, October 10, 2021
Result: 693 days

It is 693 days from the start date to the end date, but not including the end date.

Or 1 year, 10 months, 23 days excluding the end date.

Or 22 months, 23 days excluding the end date.

Journeyman Geek

But who's counting? Especially when lots of folks have messed sense of time... :D

Rob

11:32 AM

It took a while for countries to be forced to act, by a pandemic being officially declared:

From and including: Sunday, November 17, 2019
To, but not including Wednesday, March 11, 2020
Result: 115 days

It is 115 days from the start date to the end date, but not including the end date.

Or 3 months, 23 days excluding the end date.

Shadow Wizard Is Vaccinated V3

12:16 PM

Forget about COVID! It's Sunday Funday today! :P

Tinkeringbell

I'd rather have COVID, I guess.

John Dvorak

No, you wouldn't

Tinkeringbell

I mean, I'm fully vaccinated. So getting covid comes with a chance of feeling like nothing more than a bit of a cold. That pizza definitely has no chance of being tasty.

John Dvorak

that said, one of these fundays would be a fine way to catch it :P

Tinkeringbell

Definitely. Wonder how long the ability to party will last here, numbers are going up again.

Journeyman Geek

12:29 PM

@Tinkeringbell tbh, I wouldn't mind testing positive if there's no or mild symptoms

then locking myself in my room for 2 weeks for the greater good

Tinkeringbell

XD I want at least mild symptoms so I don't feel too bad also taking sick days from work :P. Otherwise, agreed!

Jitendra Singh

@ShadowWizardIsVaccinatedV3 I'd love to have that pizza even at expense of Covid.

John Dvorak

I don't mind staying at home for 14 days straight, but i don't fancy the idea of grocery deliveries

Journeyman Geek

@Tinkeringbell I won't even feel bad

Tinkeringbell

@JourneymanGeek You're a better person than me :P

Journeyman Geek

12:32 PM

You mean worse :D

Tinkeringbell

No, I know what I said.

Shadow Wizard Is Vaccinated V3

@Tinkeringbell om nom nom

@Tinkeringbell no soup for you! :D

@JitendraSingh sure! Come over and I'll order one for you. ;)

Tinkeringbell

@ShadowWizardIsVaccinatedV3 Good, soup isn't my favorite food either.

Journeyman Geek

@Tinkeringbell after the fun last month, I don't really think I got any reason to feel bad for taking a break :D

Shadow Wizard Is Vaccinated V3

@Tinkeringbell I know! :D

Tinkeringbell

12:40 PM

@JourneymanGeek Deifnitely not :)

Shadow Wizard Is Vaccinated V3

@JitendraSingh nope, best you have to chat with active staff members is here, if you want to chat with Jon (former staff member) he has his own room where he usually reply:

Jon's Java Jitter Joint

Please ping @JonEricson if you drop by. Office hours start 20 ...

But really depends what you want, if it's private stuff just send contact form, don't put it here.

Rob

@JourneymanGeek When researching my prior comment I discovered that the greatest protection against COVID comes from having had the virus and getting the shots.

Jitendra Singh

@ShadowWizardIsVaccinatedV3 Thanks for the link. I will write my message tomorrow to him if the issue I have isn't resolved because I am currently too tired to write a message

Journeyman Geek

@Rob maybe, but having the virus means "might die"

having the shots is "much less likely to die"

Shadow Wizard Is Vaccinated V3

@JitendraSingh note Jon isn't working for SE anymore, but he does have lots of past experience and insight.

Journeyman Geek

12:43 PM

Not getting it all is "Might die of something else"

Shadow Wizard Is Vaccinated V3

Something else?

That applies anyway, no?

COVID vaccine doesn't make you immune to car crash...

Jitendra Singh

@ShadowWizardIsVaccinatedV3 "Come over" I have already met with you. Your profile says I am the shadow. I have already met my shadow but still not received pizza. When are you planning to deliver it ;)

Rob

@ShadowWizardIsVaccinatedV3 With the long weekend (over here) Munday will be just as funday.

Shadow Wizard Is Vaccinated V3

@Rob yeah they're being country-specfic. :)

Journeyman Geek

@JitendraSingh THE SHADOW KNOWS WHAT PIZZA LURKS IN THE STOMACHS OF MEN

Shadow Wizard Is Vaccinated V3

12:45 PM

@JitendraSingh you're smart! You get 5 Shadow Coins as reward. :P

(1 SC = 50 BC)

Rob

@JourneymanGeek I didn't say it was the safest method, just the best protection; well, second place to death - that works best.

Shadow Wizard Is Vaccinated V3

@JourneymanGeek sadly only after it's out......

:D :D :D

(sorry couldn't resist ;))

Journeyman Geek

@ShadowWizardIsVaccinatedV3 In which case, the shadow might wish he didn't know...

Shadow Wizard Is Vaccinated V3

hmm will a big J work here?

kinda

@Jitendra ^

Can't do this magic with imgur, they have only pre-built fixed sized images.

Jitendra Singh

@ShadowWizardIsVaccinatedV3 I wanted pizza 😫

Shadow Wizard Is Vaccinated V3

12:50 PM

@JourneymanGeek :-D

Jitendra Singh

@ShadowWizardIsVaccinatedV3 Anyway I don't have any other reply to this message than my above one

Shadow Wizard Is Vaccinated V3

Jitendra Singh

@ShadowWizardIsVaccinatedV3 Am I supposed to save this image and print it and then eat it? I hope not so ;P

Btw the pizza is looking so cute and tasty. Thanks for this.

Journeyman Geek

@JitendraSingh YOU WOULDN'T COPY A PIZZA...

I feel like I'm making a bunch of reference no one is going to get...

Shadow Wizard Is Vaccinated V3

@JitendraSingh only with lots of water

Eating Paper

►

@JitendraSingh :)

Jitendra Singh

12:59 PM

@ShadowWizardIsVaccinatedV3 And definitely I can say that my reaction after eating pizza will be "This is the best thing I ever had" ;P

Shadow Wizard Is Vaccinated V3

@JitendraSingh totally!

Built Angular project, feeling proud. :P

> Time: 22642ms

Now to publish and hope for the best...

Yay! It's working! :D

Jitendra Singh

"MY GOD, IT'S FULL OF STARS" I can only see currently 1 stared measage ;P

Journeyman Geek

1:30 PM

@JitendraSingh I blame light pollution

Shadow Wizard Is Vaccinated V3

@JitendraSingh buy a bigger screen.... I see 10 ;)

Journeyman Geek

I think 10 is the 'max'

Shadow Wizard Is Vaccinated V3

Jitendra Singh

@ShadowWizardIsVaccinatedV3 If I decreased my browser size then I can see many

Any IPL watcher here?

Rob

Just print Bánh Tráng Nướng style pizza.

Shadow Wizard Is Vaccinated V3

1:44 PM

@Rob this?

Rob

That's not printed.

Shadow Wizard Is Vaccinated V3

Still yummy

Rob

55 mins ago, by Jitendra Singh

@ShadowWizardIsVaccinatedV3 Am I supposed to save this image and print it and then eat it? I hope not so ;P

Oct 3 at 22:13, by Catija

Slowing down to get context is often valuable when you jump into a conversation.

Shadow Wizard Is Vaccinated V3

I didn't jump, I was inside all along.

==> Invalid Argument Exception

!!/print pizza for @Jitendra

SmokeDetector

@ShadowWizardIsVaccinatedV3 No such command 'print'.

Shadow Wizard Is Vaccinated V3

1:53 PM

:(

Journeyman Geek

@ShadowWizardIsVaccinatedV3 Unlike the pizza

Shadow Wizard Is Vaccinated V3

@JourneymanGeek it's inside @rene he's too quiet

Journeyman Geek

That's blurry

Shadow Wizard Is Vaccinated V3

Flower busy moving messages all over the place and hardly talks recently. :(

Journeyman Geek

message moving is mostly userscript driven these days

Shadow Wizard Is Vaccinated V3

2:05 PM

@JourneymanGeek oh so he's just clicking a button?

clicking @Ollie's button

Journeyman Geek

hm

I have one of those absolutely stupid/brilliant questions that I have no idea where to ask ._.

Shadow Wizard Is Vaccinated V3

@JourneymanGeek here! :P

Rob

PAZZI, the pizza robot: First customers reviews & key facts!

►

Better than printed pizza.

Shadow Wizard Is Vaccinated V3

Printing costs bit less.

Journeyman Geek

So, most modern mechanical switches are variations on the cherry mx

the one on the right is a 'stock' one (a cheap clone that I removed as part of what I was doing over the weekend)

thanks to that bump, you can't mount it on protoboard

the one on the left... I chopped off the nub, the bit of the plunger that sticks out and... it seems to work

Rob

2:11 PM

Links? - The ink won't be cheaper than bulk ingredients.

Journeyman Geek

I'm trying to grok the point of that bump - whether its for mechanical stability (and the standard PCB mount has 2 more little bumps on either side, the same size as the pins) or cause extra travel is needed (but you could shorten the plunger)

which I did