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1:04 PM
Which robo upvoter thought this was an usefull answer?
 
His sock puppet account, perhaps.
Or his mother.
 
@rene And it even got through the First Posts review queue!
So... I have 999 rep on SO.
hint, hint
nudge nudge
 
flexes his down-vote finger
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*takes screenshot*
 
@RyanCarlson downvoted
 
1:19 PM
@Flyk ...
I still have 999 rep...
 
It is more fun if you get 1000 rep and THEN we down vote...
 
@RyanCarlson if I was actually going to downvote you, I wouldn't tell you about it first
 
Need more downvotes on this crap so we can delete it ourselves
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A: Alert for unsaved changes in form

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SARCASM IS SO DIFFICULT IN A TEXT ONLY MEDIUM
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@Flyk true, true
 
1:21 PM
@rene Good idea!
 
@Flyk why text only we can post images too ;)
 
@ShadowWizard done
 
@Flyk O RLY?
 
@rene good, now 2 more delete votes... :)
 
Hmmm, don't have that power yet...
 
1:26 PM
AHAHAHAHAHA Now I don't need your silly upvotes anymore!
I just made a suggested edit
That got approved
Combined with the -1 rep from downvoting that weird answer, I now have exactly 1000 rep!
 
@RyanCarlson congrats, next stop: 10000! ;)
 
downvoter-script.ps1 /user/238586
 
@ShadowWizard You're funny
 
@rene nope, his ID on SO is 2846923
 
/users/2846923/ryan-carlson
 
1:29 PM
I'm just randomly downvotimg users
 
@jadarnel27 I was wondering this too. Doesn't he realise we're not supposed to leave?
 
 
1 hour later…
2:31 PM
@Duncan maybe he's on vaccation?
 
I've got an edge case here. The accepted answer to stackoverflow.com/questions/5863637/… is completely wrong, apparently the OP realised this and asked more or less the same question a month later: stackoverflow.com/questions/6182402/… The accepted answer to that one is correct. Should I VTC the first one as a duplicate of the second one?
 
@rene the author of the answer think the OP is using the Excel interop, looks like innocent mistake.
 
@Stijn I would do that. The newer question is better phrased as well.
 
The answer in the original question answers the question as it is asked
It won't be removed
 
2:39 PM
@ShadowWizard You are more forgiving than I am in that case. I'll leave it then...
 
@JeroenVannevel How so? As I see it, the question is how the switch case with DayOfWeek can be improved, the answer is about a DateTime.
 
@rene downvote is proper though :)
 
did that, can't remember if I flagged it earlier...
 
@Stijn ah, the DateTime.Now in the method threw me off. Yeah, it probably wasn't a good answer
 
@rene His insistence on posting piles of code into the comments isn't helping my love of him.
 
2:45 PM
Reading and understanding is not the core compentence of that user @Duncan
 
3:18 PM
Auto-comments a-go-go! stackoverflow.com/a/20951634/474189
 
@Duncan status-completed ;)
 
Another one bites the dust.
 
wishes to win a 4.8k rep bounty on SO
 
Hullo
 
olluH
 
Brown.
 
3:43 PM
Why are some of the stars in this channel hollowed out? Is that a sign of a very high star score? Not sure I've seen that before..
 
Those are pinned messages. Something a room owner can do.
 
It's for those comments that are witty, but ultimately hollow and bland.
 
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Q: Chat star colors

BotI was on chat in stackoverflow and noticed that some of the message had grey stars with a black border and others were just black stars? What is the difference between the 2?

 
Oh, Oded beat me to the punch
I like my explanation better.
 
3:44 PM
I like your explanation better too
 
Thanks everyone.
 
@Oded what happens if there are more than 10 pinned messages?
 
@Pëkka You're really on the ball with the witty comebacks lately
@ShadowWizard I don't think that's ever happened anywhere
 
@ShadowWizard The room reaches critical mass and collapses on itself
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@Oded brave enough to test? ;) (that was what I thought, by the way!)
 
ha
 
@ElfSlice this is a good training ground!
 
@Pëkka Heh. ;]
 
Trial by fire
 
"You can perform this action again in 1 seconds"
 
3:47 PM
Exactly.
 
where's Jeff and his giant S?
 
4:00 PM
Hey!
 
Any community manager around? Tim?
 
I'm around.
 
Me too!
But I'm not one of those things.
 
I used to be one of those things. The Tim one.
Not the Community Manager one.
 
@jadarnel27 Now you got me confused! :S
Oh well... anyone here sent email to team@stackexchange.com once?
 
4:19 PM
We were all a Tim once upon a time.
@ShadowWizard I emailed team@ once. When I was very new here, the first time I ever got serial downvoted. I think Jeff replied to my email himself.
And invalidated the votes, too.
 
@ShadowWizard: I have. :P
Not sure if I should flag such comments. Perhaps someone in here can offer some insight?
Look at this Google search result: link
 
@AmalMurali Looks fine to me. He's just closing down dupes and providing a link to an answer (admittedly his own) to assist.
Occasionally people do this in big batches. I've done that before when trying to clear up the world a bit.
 
Yeah, there's too much of that "mysql_fetch_array() expects parameter 1 to be resource, boolean given" crap in :/
 
4:35 PM
@ShadowWizard Huhwha? IT WASN'T ME
 
4:54 PM
What magic is this?
 
Ugh. "Off topic -> Unclear what you're asking" is not an appropriate response to a tl;dr post.
 
5:11 PM
@AmalMurali Who designs a scripting language with exception that returns boolean values as success code? That sounds a lot like C for me, which should a good scripting language abstract.
But I forgot. php is not a programming language, its a mess.
 
5:22 PM
Unit @Pëkka be advised, we have a code 84 in progress on Meta Stack Overflow, repeat, a question about kbd functionality newly posted on Meta Stack Overflow.
 
@Pops should I get confirmation that I sent email? And being there can you check such email arrived, pretty please? :)
@jadarnel27 wow that's super cool! the good old days... :D
 
@ShadowWizard To team@, you mean?
Or to me directly?
 
team@ I'm pretty sure
 
@Pops to the team, dunno yours:)
@Pops oh, it's in your profile lol
 
I see it. (Had to look at your profile for your e-mail address. Guess we're even.)
 
5:35 PM
@Pops thanks! just wanted to know it wasn't lost in the Void :)
 
No problem. As for the meat of your request, one of those questions has an official response from a dev that said they're investigating, so as far as I'm concerned everything is working as planned.
 
5:51 PM
This is really getting old, having to always check my profile to see if I had vote activity on a post.
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Q: Have Rep Dropdown show Non-Rep votes

Lance RobertsIn the prior top bar, the rep dropdown would show you the votes you got after you hit the rep cap, just with no rep showing. The new dropdown for the new top bar no longer shows you that you received those votes. I end up having to go to my profile and hit the reputation tab to see if I got any...

It didn't used to be that way.
 
Up until a few minutes ago I had 1024 rep! XD
(1024 = 2 ^ 10)
 
@RyanCarlson: What's up with your profile pic? It doesn't show up.
 
@ProgramFOX Huh?
It looks fine to me
Does it show up here?
 
Uugghh, now they're marking it as a dupe of something related, but not the same thing.
 
@RyanCarlson Not to me:
 
6:01 PM
Can you see my profile pic @Lance?
 
I see his pic as well
Rape the refresh button a few times
 
Oh, I found the reason, I just blocked Gravater in Ghostery. I'll unblock it.
Now it shows up fine.
 
@RyanCarlson, yes, I see it just fine.
 
I come across missing profile pics a lot at work because of people using their Facebook photo (and Facebook is blocked here).
 
Today is now my best day for reputation, excluding the days I got a bounty and the Association Bonus!
 
6:10 PM
Noooooo Amazon!
> You can grants others
 
6:23 PM
Snazzy, @Ryan. Congrats.
 
Hi all
 
Hi
 
Hi
 
Hi
 
6:36 PM
Hi
 
Hi
 
@Pops Copy, Unit Pops. 10-19.
 
@Pëkka NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
 
@Pëkka Where?
 
10-84, @Pops (Arrived at Scene).
10-90 (No immediate danger).
Status of <kbd> functionality remains secure. Repeat, status remains secure.
 
6:41 PM
Ten codes are notoriously inconsistent from one locality to another. You're usually good with 10-4, 10-2, 10-3, 10-20 and 10-88, I think, but other than that....
 
@Pops yeah. Suggesting we stick to NYPD code as specified here
What with SE headquarters being there and all.
 
Huh, even 10-2 and 10-3 are inconsistent. I guess that makes sense, people making up their own are likely to start at 1.
 
@Pops lol
 
Can I ask what you guys are talking about?
 
@RyanCarlson Click on the up-and-to-the-left arrow in Pekka's first message in the chain.
 
6:54 PM
My idea on migration:
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A: Shall migration be further tuned in the sense of moderation theory?

Lance RobertsI like the idea of having high-rep users vote-to-close/migrate on the front end (maybe make it a 20k privilege), and then have high-rep users vote-to-accept on the back end (maybe just a 10k privilege). After the first migration vote, you could have it in those respective queues on both sites to...

 
You have 50K and do not know about the editing grace period? I am baffled... — qwertynl 18 secs ago
 
@LanceRoberts agree it's wrong dupe, what about this one?
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Q: Include vote count in Achievements drop down

WardVarious SE staff have said the hover popup is not coming back and have suggested "make a case for putting that information somewhere else." Ok, here are some thoughts and suggestions: Loss of the hover popup was the highest-voted complaint about the new top bar when it was tested on meta. Vo...

 
@ShadowWizard, no I don't think that really covers showing non-rep votes, it seems more about placement and hovering (which I don't really care about).
 
OK, voted to reopen.
 
7:02 PM
Thanks.
They could probably be merged into one feature-request since they're very related, but this will probably help bring it to the Team's attention more.
 
@Pops sorry can't find such answer, unless you mean my own answer on this question? I am indeed web developer but last I checked, no payroll from Stack Exchange... ;-)
 
It wasn't an answer, it was a comment.
Closed the tab long ago, stand by....
 
@Pops oh, OK.. thanks!
 
We are aware of the issue and are looking into this, though I don't expect that anything will happen before the new year (people are on vacation at Stack Exchange too...). — Oded Dec 23 '13 at 21:22
 
7:20 PM
Wow, that was weird. Posted a problem with the rep summary showing me an unupvote that wasn't being compensated for. It was pointed out to me that it was probably based on an older vote. I deleted the question. Now suddenly I got 10 more rep, and I see that the unupvote in my rep summary is no longer showing a value.
 
7:52 PM
@LanceRoberts when a post with score of 3+ that is at least 60 days old is deleted you don't lose the reputation, guess that's the reason
 
The question I deleted was just posted and had no votes either way. It was a different post that had the answers.
@ShadowWizard, here's the link to the question:
And here's what my rep tab looks like now:
 
8:37 PM
Hey @jadarnel27 Hows it goin'? :-)
 
@animuson So even mSO mods can't edit the privs pages any more?
 
Nope.
 
;(
And I thought they were mean to take it away from 2kers...
 
The previous threshold was actually 1,000.
 
Ah
Those mean help-center-making people!
 
8:51 PM
Dumb question for you: what does LKML stand for in txtspk? Urban Dictionary didn't have an entry, and Google tells me it's "Linux Kernel Mailing List."
 
@Pops Never heard of it either
Wherever you see it, that person probably just made it up
 
> If you want to scream RTFM then may I suggest LKML. There should be no place for you on Stack Overflow.
 
Maybe Linux Kernel Mailing List is what he meant?
 
 
@animuson Only devs can edit it?
 
8:55 PM
Leave a comment and ask what it means, maybe?
 
But if the Tavern can't just tell me immediately, then what good is it?
 
@Pops 42
 
And lo, 1272 days after he first came to the Tavern, Pops did learn that it was a place with absolutely no value.
 
@Pops What good is what?
Oh.
 
Ooh, I'm "being ignored by 1 user" on chat! I'm somebody!
 
9:05 PM
@Pops How do you know?
 
I guess mods can see "being ignored by n users" on chat profiles.
 
@Pops You can? What purpose is that for? We all know that everyone ignores power, especially mods.
 
@Pops I'm also being ignored by 1 user. :P
 
@Pops Hmmmm I wanna knooow!
 
That is probably the community user.
 
9:07 PM
@hichris123 Dunno. Might be a good barometer for whether a person is a problem user, I guess?
 
@Pops Huh. Good idea. Can you see it on every user's chat profile?
 
I think so.
 
@Pops I think that's actually what he meant by LKML.
If you want to scream RTFM, go to LKML (where that behavior is common and acceptable).
I've heard mailing lists like that are sort of unwelcoming to new users and simple / obvious questions.
Oh. I missed a notification. Hello, @qwerty. I'm good, man. You?
 
@rene What?
 
It seems like you can't see the revision history of an answer.
 
already solved @hichris123
 
Oh, I guess you can, you have to click on the link in the text, interesting.
 
@jadarnel27 I am good. Sailing a canal.
 
9:33 PM
That seems like an odd activity for a computer programmer, @qwerty.
 
@jadarnel27 Maybe he's playing Aquadelic GT
 
@jadarnel27 Well you know what they say about a man and a canal.
 
A man, a plan, a canal, panama.
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Palidromes are awesome
 
@ElfSlice Yes. Yes they are :-)
 
9:40 PM
Did you get your movie yet @jadarnel27 ?
 
10:06 PM
I'm not sure, @qwerty. I realized after you sent it that my old address was still on there. Fortunately, my Dad lives at my old address, so he said he'd let me know when it comes in =)
 
in You Are Here on The Stack Exchange Network Chat, 2 mins ago, by Pops
Guh! @Undo! Did I fall asleep? Is this the Tavern? Looks different....
Hehehe
 
Then I updated my address on Amazon.
Like the smart guy I am.
 
I should follow @Pops around and post Tavernish things in the rooms he's in.
 
@jadarnel27 But but but.. I asked you if amazon had ur correct address. :-(
 
...I feel like I'm really missing out by not having a public Amazon wishlist.
 
10:12 PM
@jadarnel27 rrrg how do I update my wishlist address correctly? It still has my address on there from 2 years ago :-(
 
What is this public Amazon wishlist?
 
@hichris123 Apparently a way for you to give your address to people and then they can send you either (a) something off of your wishlist, or (b) a bomb.
 
@Undo No address given on amazon for a wishlist
 
Then....
How... do you get stuff?
 
I have no idea what @jadarnel27's address is
 
10:16 PM
I echo Undo, how does this thing work?
 
It must be for grandmothers who are tech savvy and come up with the idea to google your name with "amazon wish list" after it, then hope they get the right person.
 
You just select an item from the list and say to ship to <username>'s address on file
 
@Undo You must be a fun person, sending bombs to everyone.
 
status-heres-a-bomb-and-a-big-red-sign
 
Anyone even use it?
:P
 
10:18 PM
Probably Amazon employees and shareholders.
 
@qwertynl Psh he said he fixed that ages ago after I sent him a book to the wrong address... He obviously lies.
 
And no one else.
 
@animuson lol
 
Apparently @animuson is either an amazon employee or a shareholder, because he uses the wishlist thingy.
And @jadarnel27
 
How do i change my wish list address? This is making me nutso!
 
10:19 PM
Wow, it's amazing what you can find out about people when you are open to new ideas and faulty logic.
 
@Undo I use it more to keep track of the things I want, not because I actually expect people to send me things.
 
Oh
 
@Undo I say a spy who was told to infiltrate the Stack Exchange system, and find out their secrets.
 
There's actually a few lists that I have private because I explicitly don't want people to buy them.
 
rofl
No, you weren't supposed to buy me a barrel full of tree bark! Yes, I know it was on my wishlist, but you aren't supposed to buy things for me from that one. You buy things for me from my wishlist, not my wishlist.
 
10:22 PM
Well sometimes I throw things on there that I'm considering because it's easier to find on my wishlist than in my trash heap I call my bookmarks.
 
Hehe
Playing with this wishlist thing.
 
bah, just tried to tab-complete
way too used to irc i guess
 
Gah, using this username might just scar me for life.
 
People still use that thing called bookmarks or favorites?
 
Who what? What did I do?
 
10:23 PM
@hichris123 For now, but Barnes & Noble seems to be the only one left these days.
 
@hichris123 To build trash heaps apparently
 
(Sorry.)
 
@Undo That's saying you removed the coffee maker from the people who you're sending a bomb to.
@Pops Hah, good typo on my part. :P
 
this is an ancient bookmark trash heap, created long ago by the moderators of Stack Exchange land
@hichris123 Ah, makes sense. I don't know why I would do that, though, as I don't drink coffee.
 
Coffee isn't too bad.
 
10:25 PM
 
It's made by crushing brown beans. How much worse can you get?
(no, @jadarnel27, no brown memes please :P)
 
@Undo I think @jadarnel27 will have an opinion on that... :P
 
I know.
He's probably typing up a reprimand for me right now.
 
Probably deducting brown points.
@qwertynl Hah, I now know your name!
What the heck, @qwertynl?
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B001K3IXW8/ref=wl_it_dp_v_S_ttl?_encoding=UTF8&colid=32PRD07QMK3H6&coliid=II6PHJ0KHO7F8 - List Price:
$145,000.00 Price: $78,875.09 + $9.95 shipping
You Save: $66,124.91 (46%)
 
@qwertynl What about a chunk of C4?
 
10:28 PM
@hichris123 :-) Why not? If you want to get it for me :-P
Read the hilarious reviews lol
I need boots... :-(
 
@qwertynl But then he'll be the one saving money and you'll just have a lousy $145,000 watch.
 
@trojansdestroy ;-)
 
i see we have someone else ask a question and learn about the rep cap
sometimes i wonder if i'm actually the outlier among the actively contributing users by never hitting the rep cap
 
Interesting question. I suppose it depends on how you define "actively contributing."
 
@Pops Well, for starters, we're obviously not including anyone who's in a ban, or likely to be banned soon
 
10:34 PM
Just curious, would it be feasible to tone down the repcap during private beta?
 
i don't think i've even hit 120, let alone 200
partly because of my answering frequency
 
@Undo What do you mean by "tone down"? Make the cap a smaller number, like 100 rep? Or make make the cap less likely to occur by increasing the amount of rep it takes to hit it?
 
@Pops Make the cap higher.
 
Might increase activity, but might be only for a few users.
 
Certainly seems technically possible. I don't know how the system is coded, so I don't know how much dev work it would be. If you really think it'll help a lot, take it to MSO?
 
10:38 PM
hmm. Looks like by rank, there's still at least a few thousand people above me who haven't hit the rep cap before either
 
Added a bunch of stuff to my wishlist.
 
I think it makes sense, because it allows early contributors to be rewarded more. OTOH: if you only hit the rep cap a couple of times, the difference between "earned" and "allowed" rep is probably small, and the rep cap probably doesn't hurt too much; and if you hit it a bunch of times, you'll probably continue to do so, since you're obviously an active user, and your rep will eventually speak for itself, capped or not.
 
Anyone want to buy my used iPhone 4?
 
@qwertynl How much and will you accept a payment from my Nigerian prince friend?
 
@Undo .... Nothing ...
 
10:42 PM
My Nigerian prince friends never need to ask "how much."
 
I am trying to sell my iphone 4
 
Who wants those iOS devices?
 
lol, saw that and though "$10? What kind of scam is this?"
 
Everyone knows Android's the rage.
 
@hichris123 People who like their things to work.
 
10:43 PM
@Undo You too can get it for $10 (although I hope to sell it for more...)
 
@qwertynl Hehe
If it's in the final seconds with no bids, I will give you $10 for it.
Maybe even $20.
 
We could drive up the price artificially for you
 
@Undo ...
Ummmm then you might actually have to pay for it...
 
Or mutually agree not to complete the transaction. Then list it again :)
 
@qwertynl Nah, my prince friend will. Do you accept money transfer by camel?
 
10:45 PM
@Undo again -- ...
 
Hehe, I'll stop
Good luck with your auction
 
Thanks...
 
@qwertynl Now let's not be Android vs. iOS fanbois now...

 Android

Sometimes we even talk about Android. Please read the rules (r...
 
10:49 PM
@hichris123 You started it!
 
@Undo Exactly @hichris123 :-P
 
@Undo It's actually a good post.
 
@hichris123 Yeah, I've read it
 
@hichris123 that made my day
 
10:53 PM
:P
 
that could even spawn another discussion about how Apple is like General Grievous
 
I think you're reading into the picture too much... :P
 
i blame not having my morning coffee. makes me loopy
 
I updated my profile with my wishlist :-)
 
The Illusionist, The Prestige. I approve
 
11:05 PM
Oh yay my $20 rebate card came in the mail today. :)
 
11:40 PM
@Undo !!!
 
I wonder if you created a Wishlist on your own site, and linked all the items to Amazon with your referral link, you'd get the associates bonus and the item shipped to you?
 
@trojansdestroy Excellent films.
@animuson Whoops =P
For what it's worth, I thought I did update it. I even had something shipped to my new address.
Apparently, my old address was still in there, and it was somehow associated with the on-click purchase feature, which was what my wishlist was using.
 
@animuson Only one way to find out! (Well, actually two. You could ask amazon. They would probably tell you. But it's much more fun to con someone else in to buying something for you to test it)
 
11:55 PM
Finally got a DB question for the Database site, we'll see how that goes.
 

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