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Infinite Recursion

17:00

Yay!!

Lynn Crumbling

@ɥʇǝS ɥʇǝS 'ǝɯ sʇɔɐɹʇsᴉp ǝɯɐu ɹno⅄

ɥʇǝS

lol, I just tabbed back here and my first reaction was "what the? Shog saying 'yay!!'? o_O"

@LynnCrumbling Your 'y' appears as a little box for me, so you said "Our name is distracting me Seth" ;P

Infinite Recursion

#blame Shog

he gave the idea to use his profile image

ɥʇǝS

ahh, I'm so confused now >.>

user259867

I am not distracted by avatars as much as I'm distracted by real names. Hate those.

Infinite Recursion

17:04

If it talks like a gal, it ain't Shog @ɥʇǝS

Hi @babaji, how are you? Can I have your phone number please?

^that's to scare ɥʇǝS, the next tome he tabs back here ;)

user259867

Phone calls are too distracting. I'm trying to think of a meta question to post, to test Smokey...

ɥʇǝS

lol

Infinite Recursion

Smokey only watches MSE, it doesn't watch child metas

ɥʇǝS

this is so weird.

@InfiniteRecursion because, according to SE, child metas are never "active" :/

user259867

I have 38 questions on MSE already. Would editing one of them be enough to trigger the detector?

ɥʇǝS

17:09

yes

Infinite Recursion

Yes, editing bumps the post with the name of the original author, so bump your own post

!!/alive?

SmokeDetector

@InfiniteRecursion You doubt me?

Infinite Recursion

Nope :)

He is colorless, too boring....I love colors

@babaji, let us know when you edit a post :)

user259867

Already edited... Hm.

ProgramFOX

!!/alive?

SmokeDetector

17:15

@ProgramFOX Of course

Infinite Recursion

You missed babaji Smokey :/

ProgramFOX

weird

user259867

I suspect bribery. You treacherous bot!

Infinite Recursion

Nice avatar @babaji :)

ProgramFOX

Hm. I also edited it and SmokeDetector still did not catch it.

And it actually appeared on the realtime tab.

Infinite Recursion

17:18

Run your bot @ProgramFOX and debug...

ProgramFOX

Okay, apparently it isn't watching the realtime tab anymore.

in Charcoal HQ on The Stack Exchange Network Chat, 36 secs ago, by Undo

... looks like it gave up

!!/status

SmokeDetector

@ProgramFOX Running since 17:19:23 UTC

ProgramFOX

Ok, restarted.

user259867

Should I edit again?

ProgramFOX

yes

SmokeDetector

17:20

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in username: Binding closevotes should be recorded for moderators as they are for gold badge owners by baba ji on meta.stackexchange.com

ProgramFOX

@babaji ^

Infinite Recursion

A lot of MSE users are going to get scare attacks by seeing the active tab being edited by baba ji

2

user259867

Success! Now don't whitelist the name...

Undo

@InfiniteRecursion what are you doing with Shog's avatar?

user259867

(unless it whitelists by user Id?).

ProgramFOX

17:22

Ok, I will use it, let's see if it distracts you when I use your avatar :) — Infinite Recursion 1 hour ago

@babaji yes, it does

Undo

It distracts me

Infinite Recursion

It doesn't distract him :(

Undo

I guess it's fine as long as you have his permission and don't use his username :/

Infinite Recursion

@ɥʇǝS must have collapsed by now seeing me chat with babaji :P

2

Of course, I gave attribution in my profile that this is Shog9's picture

As for permission, content is licensed cc-by-sa 3.0, like all other stuff :D

user259867

Anyone noticed w3facility.info ? Looks like an interesting project.

Infinite Recursion

17:27

@Shog9, I am formally seeking your permission, can I use your profile picture here?

If you object, I will remove it.

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in username: how can I get a smooth distortion on a circle with a function g(x,y) by bob - Master of black magic on math.stackexchange.com

Infinite Recursion

^I whitelisted that user earlier....hmm

Undo

is it a per-site whitelist?

user259867

^^ I think it is; the bot records the profile URL.

Infinite Recursion

@babaji, please contact babaji and take formal permission for using his name

2

Undo

17:31

We know his phone number

Jan Dvorak

*phone numbers

Undo

I would probably prank call it if it wasn't long distance / international

user259867

Skype... BTW, is Baba a male name? This is not what I thought.

Braiam

@Undo I'm sure is a paypercall number

Jan Dvorak

still cheaper than travelling and making a local phone call

Undo

17:32

it has to be

Andy

@Andy Let it go, let it go. Can't keep them in the fridge anymore. Let it go, let it go. When they thaw, you'll be out the door. / I don't care what they're going to say, let the reports pile on, the paperwork never bothered me anyway! — MichaelT 6 mins ago

Bravo claps

Infinite Recursion

Judging by the quality of his posts @Undo, I doubt what the quality of the prank call would be

Jan Dvorak

Aargh.... I really should go see that newest Disney musical just to really enjoy the references...

Infinite Recursion

Hmm, Shog didn't give permission :(

Will revert back to my original image

...or to something else...

Conclusion of my experiment: Shog's profile image distracts users, even though he thinks it doesn't

@babaji, aren't you messing up the google search reasult for those users who are looking for babaji?

Undo

17:50

@SmokeDetector fpu

SmokeDetector

@Undo Registered as false positive, added title to Bayesian doctype 'good', whitelisted user.

user259867

Argh, I thought bob was already whitelisted. I specifically answered & edited his question to see if whitelisting works.

Undo

It might have a problem with the hourly reset

Infinite Recursion

If they google for him, your high quality math posts will show up and scare them...maths scares most people in general...

user259867

No, I think the reason is that nobody fpu'd the earlier appearance of bob on math.SE

Infinite Recursion

17:54

Or maybe it's just my personal prefs due to which google is showing me maths.se posts...hmm...

Got it, I will stop my soliloquy now

@babaji, on how many of your profiles are you using this name?

user259867

This one: on all of them. Don't worry, about to change to something else.

Infinite Recursion

Good, else some users are going to report your profile for sure

user259867

Now that the account deletions are so easy, and creating an account gives a free pass on network-wide username change... I wonder why would anyone have the same username for two days in a row.

Undo

Mainly because we want to be recognized

Infinite Recursion

Yes that^, this becomes an alternate identity and a habit. I identify with Inf and Undo identifies with his name

Oct 26 at 12:05, by Bart

Wait ... so your name is not Infinite Recursion? .... my whole life is a lie ...

^see, how devastated

Sam

18:08

Hiya

Infinite Recursion

Hiya

Quick question: Is usage of Shog's image distracting you ?

Andy

I see a duck

Sam

^

Undo

^

Infinite Recursion

^ I reloaded, am normal again :)

Sam

18:13

"normal"? And here I am thinking it wasn't possible...

Infinite Recursion

Why?

Jan is borked, and Bart is away, everything else is normal, isn't it?

2

Undo

... someone borked Jan?

Sam

Oh, I didn't notice. I guess so.

Undo

This sounds like a crisis

Sam

@Undo <music> Who ya gonna call? Spam busters! </music>

Infinite Recursion

18:16

Yeah, he is strange nowadays, asks a lot of questions about himself...on a self-evaluation mode

He is a person, not just a spam buster anymore

@Jan, any questions...feel free to ask! Sam and Undo are here to answer :)

Sam

But we can't answer any of your "self-evaluation" questions though. ;)

Infinite Recursion

They are pretty simple questions...like do you like me? Why? Should I try harder? Am I not comical when I am angry etc

You guys can answer them very easily :)

Sam

I think Jan needs a holiday.

Infinite Recursion

.... not borked?

Sam

... who knows?

Infinite Recursion

18:34

... hmm

Sam

... notices the train

Infinite Recursion

... if any of you answer him, it may help him. I can't answer, because of reasons, but any of you can tell him your opinions and complete the self-evaluation

Sam

... Ok, just as long as he doesn't send me spam emails asking me to fill out a "Jan survey".

Infinite Recursion

... Spam him back with Sam, Pham and Gham surveys

Sam

... Alright lol.

bjb568

18:41

… Lol?!

Infinite Recursion

... @Jan, are you here?

Sam

... "seen 32s ago"...

Undo

that just means the browser is open to this page

Sam

So he's still kinda-ish here.

Undo

or it means he got kidnapped and the kidnapper didn't bother to close this tab.

Which you can't blame them for. Kidnapping is a stressful occupation

TGMCians

18:46

o/

Sam

\o

@Undo I guess you've had some experience :P

Infinite Recursion

The best solution to curiosity is to ask and get answers... so poke @Jan to ask away

TGMCians

welcome @Pham!

Pham

Hiya

Infinite Recursion

No wonder we don't see any spam on SR

even baba stays away from SR

TGMCians

18:49

@justabrickinthewall nope

Sam

>>status

Pham

Current status: Beta.

TGMCians

anyway babaji discussion is also a spam

smokey is also active

Infinite Recursion

Try pinging @babaji and see the magic @TGMCians

TGMCians

ah nah i don't want to see black magic

:)

Infinite Recursion

18:54

You will be surprised, try it

TGMCians

ping @babaji

#nomagic

#lier :p

Infinite Recursion

Conclusions: Jan has been kidnapped, or is shy, or angry, or didn't read the SE be nice policy!

TGMCians

oh i also didn't see him here

why ?

Infinite Recursion

#checkthebabajiautofillpopup

Babaji has finally put his numerical skills to good use and become a high rep user on maths.SE

no one knows why, he is missing :(

TGMCians

guys/gals cv here

cv-pls stackoverflow.com/questions/26681711/…

Frank

19:10

Back I am.

bjb568

TIL that there is cranberry sprite!

TGMCians

hey frank

Sam

@Frank Back welcome.

bjb568

@bjb568 There's some in the lobby at my apartment. And a pile of candy. Me eat! Is yum!

Frank

@bjb568 Cranberry sprite? Yuck!

bjb568

19:11

@Frank It's good when mixed with lemonade.

Then again, you're a tree…

Frank

@bjb568 Yuck! I thought you were a cat!

bjb568

@Frank Sorta.

Frank

Cats hate cranberry sprite and lemonade! And candy...

Infinite Recursion

A very old cat, it's taste buds are hardly active...

Frank

Oh yeah, he's 94.

Sam

19:12

*A very old cat wearing a bra...

bjb568

Aug 20 at 21:46, by bjb568

Because I'm a genetically modified and electronically enhanced kitten, I go thru time at varying speeds.

Infinite Recursion

As soon as he completes his next year and gets a yearling badge, report his profile! 94+ not allowed on SE

TGMCians

yes i agree

we will do :p

Infinite Recursion

:D

TGMCians

flagged sam

4

gone

bjb568

19:17

gone

Sam

That was quick.

Undo

user nuked

Frank

cv-plz stackoverflow.com/questions/26620545/…

Undo

I may or may not have pulled some strings ;)

Sam

:D

Frank

19:18

cv-plz stackoverflow.com/questions/26522879/…

cv-pls stackoverflow.com/questions/23751295/…

Infinite Recursion

Thanks @Frank, for cleaning SO

TGMCians

^

bjb568

Infinite Recursion

Is the cat borked too? It said pls o_O

bjb568

dekrob zi ton

Infinite Recursion

19:23

doog

bjb568

hides from doog

Frank

@InfiniteRecursion Actually, those were old active flags on my list :/, I flagged them because they were cv-pls'd in here, but they didn't get finished off...

user259867

Say, what's with the name changes today? And you had your previous also only for a couple of days. Have mercy with an old man, I can't keep up with the speed of change. — Daniel Fischer 35 mins ago

Infinite Recursion

@bjb568 ouy knaht ot ton era ew dna

user259867

I should try to limit it to once a week or so.

Infinite Recursion

19:27

tell them the tavern spoiled you ;P

Frank

@justabrickinthewall Haha. I could crumble you with my root system now that you're a brick...

Infinite Recursion

Nice @Frank :)

Frank

@InfiniteRecursion What? crumbling bricks is nice? Ok... That's new.

Infinite Recursion

Frank was a green tree with his real before he entered the tavern, now look what we did to him :D

he got a gold badge on a 3 year old post...all golden

Frank

@InfiniteRecursion That's not evil.

Infinite Recursion

19:31

no @Frank, I meant your cv-pls flagging is nice

Frank

@InfiniteRecursion /me is getting old :D

Infinite Recursion

Yes, it's not evil, it's tavern effect

:D

Use underscore for italics

Underscore/me is a duckUnderscore

Frank

@InfiniteRecursion Flags aren't very effective, I just want to get a Marshal badge, while still at 101 rep. :)

Infinite Recursion

Like jan has one on drupal

Frank

@InfiniteRecursion Ha! Jan on drupal... I wonder why that site gets so much spam.

Infinite Recursion

19:36

It gets longer life span...have seen spam hang on for more than 3 hours there, that's hardly possible on other sites

Frank

@InfiniteRecursion asterisks work too.

Infinite Recursion

Ok

Sam

@InfiniteRecursion I always use * (and so does Pham) ;)

Frank

@Inf we're the same color...

That's weird.

Infinite Recursion

Yes @Frank :)

Frank

19:39

@InfiniteRecursion Was that... your plan?

Infinite Recursion

not at all

Shog9

yellow.

Infinite Recursion

I saw just now....after you said it

Frank

@InfiniteRecursion Good.

@Shog9 orange.

Shog9

auburn.

Infinite Recursion

19:40

Hi @Shog, now I don't look like you anymore, but users did get distracted by your picture...just so you know

Shog9

crazy users.

2

Frank

@Shog9 russet.

@Shog9 Me?!

Me = not crazy in the least.

Shog9

amber.

Frank

@Shog9 golden.

Why are we wagging in the taern?

Jan Dvorak

SPAM apple.stackexchange.com/questions/154090/…

Infinite Recursion

19:42

Not you @Frank, crazy users is in the context of an experiment I did some time ago

hiya @JanDvorak :)

Frank

@InfiniteRecursion OOh. Interesting. Tell me about it.

Infinite Recursion

I thought you were eaten by a bicycle @jan

jadarnel27

Brown.

4

Shog9

Finally.

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: PDF.JS ASP.NET MVC 4 by Ryan Alford on stackoverflow.com

Infinite Recursion

19:46

Someone deleted the post @Frank, Shog wrote on a MSO post that his profile image doesn't distract users, so I kept it for a few minutes and checked, everyone was distracted

Seth was surprised when he saw Shog's image say Yay!!

Frank

@InfiniteRecursion Haha!

Shog9

To be fair, I do say "yay" a lot. Just not to Seth.

hichris123

@Unihedron huh wha?

Infinite Recursion

3 hours ago, by ɥʇǝS

lol, I just tabbed back here and my first reaction was "what the? Shog saying 'yay!!'? o_O"

3 hours ago, by Infinite Recursion

If it talks like a gal, it ain't Shog @ɥʇǝS

2 hours ago, by Undo

It distracts me

^those are the crazy users

bjb568

hallo

Infinite Recursion

19:51

bai

Frank

@InfiniteRecursion funny.

@InfiniteRecursion yes, always say bai when bjb shows up. It's a good habit to get into. :P

Infinite Recursion

:D

cats can climb trees, so be careful

Frank

@InfiniteRecursion Not him... he can't see where he's going anymore.

From being 94, and wearing sunglasses.

He's as blind as a bat.

Infinite Recursion

A cat on the keyboard is more dangerous

Frank

@InfiniteRecursion ...but he won't climb me. :D

Infinite Recursion

19:59

He will type gibberish in chat

Frank

@InfiniteRecursion He already does.

Infinite Recursion

:D

Frank

Do you know what would look really wrong?

Infinite Recursion

what?

Frank

Shog8

Jan Dvorak

20:02

SPAM apple.stackexchange.com/questions/154096/…

Frank

Oh, I thought I would bring death, but no...

just made it -6.

Infinite Recursion

I don't have an account there

also, I tried to be nice and help meanie, and he is ignoring me...hmm

Frank

@InfiniteRecursion Looks like they will get spam... why not create one?

hichris123

@InfiniteRecursion Jan == meanie now? ;)

Frank

@InfiniteRecursion Which one?

Sam

20:06

>>add-b-qt-spam (?i)watch.*vs

Pham

@Sam Blacklist term added.

Frank

the Strigiformes one?

Infinite Recursion

Yes

Your fault @hichris123 ;)

hichris123

@InfiniteRecursion What did I do?

Frank

@hichris123 exactly.

bjb568

20:13

in Teenage Programmers Chatroom on Stack Overflow Chat, 19 mins ago, by its_justjack

@bjb568 If I had a static footer, I would have to create a header. If the header was static, the user would still have to scroll around to navigate.

:eek:

Frank

I don't want to go in that room because it appears I am the wrong age and in the wrong field. :P

Sam

@Frank Good for you. Hopefully you shall never have to face the horrors that lie in that room.

Frank

@Sam Now I'm curious...

Infinite Recursion

Oct 26 at 18:23, by hichris123

And @Jan, stop being a meanie to the duck!

3

hichris123

@InfiniteRecursion Oh, so you get stars for my message, but I don't any stars for my message? I see how it is.

;)

Sam

20:17

in Teenage Programmers Chatroom on Stack Overflow Chat, 6 hours ago, by Imagine Studios

Frank

@Sam Haha!

Looks like fun.

Infinite Recursion

Hardly

Frank

That thing is clearly to old to be useful.

Infinite Recursion

Not for the utility, but I don't think it's my definition of a "fun" room

Sam

@Frank The guy isn't that old ;)

Frank

20:23

@InfiniteRecursion I meant what the guy in the pic is doing.

Infinite Recursion

Okay

Frank

@Sam Whaa? 85 if he's a day!

Infinite Recursion

I am innocent, I don't know why no one stars @hichris123's messages

meanies!

Frank

@InfiniteRecursion I can do a count, and prove that wrong...

hichris123

@InfiniteRecursion I have 6 pages of starred messages. ;P

Infinite Recursion

20:27

No thanks @Frank, I was just kidding

Frank

@hichris123 I have only 3 :(

Infinite Recursion

How do you find that?

Frank

@InfiniteRecursion chat.meta.stackexchange.com/rooms/info/89/tavern-on-the-meta/…

bjb568

Sep 1 at 15:21, by bjb568

Morning

^ Wow this is my most starred post

Frank

Oct 21 at 17:20, by Frank

¡ǝʎq

Sam

20:29

Oct 15 at 20:19, by Sam

^ I want you to send me a naked picture

^ that's my most starred (out of context) message :P

Frank

Mine is above sams.

hichris123

Sep 7 at 16:51, by hichris123

Do I really have to say this? Please stop starring trivial things. Thanks.

Infinite Recursion

Thanks, I have 6 pages too, my first starred message was on Aug 11

hichris123

@InfiniteRecursion My first starred message is from Dec '13.

Frank

My frst is on August 29th, I'm very new. :P

Haha, my highest starred message is higher than you guys'

Infinite Recursion

20:34

My first star was Aug 11, 2014

You and I came to the tavern at the same time @Frank

Frank

@InfiniteRecursion You were first.

Infinite Recursion

yes

Sam

in Low Quality Posts HQ, 1 min ago, by Pham

Low Quality Q (33.3%): Connected component labeling on binary Image in using c#, by arvee, on stackoverflow.com.

Infinite Recursion

I miss Cupcake, he brought me here and vanished from here

2

Frank

@InfiniteRecursion I never had the pleasure.

He sounds delicious.

Infinite Recursion

20:40

Users come and go all the time from here, I am a passer-by too, you can't meet all :)

Aug 31 at 11:41, by Bart

Users come and go @InfiniteRecursion. Some leave for a while. Some never come back. There is nothing to disturb here and no need to apologize.

Frank

@InfiniteRecursion I may be around for a while yet...

Infinite Recursion

Good :)

You can learn from Bart

Oct 17 at 8:21, by Bart

Stay with me @InfiniteRecursion. You might pick up a thing or two.

Frank

@InfiniteRecursion conceited...

Infinite Recursion

But offers free coffee :)

2 days ago, by Bart

@InfiniteRecursion come over here. Free coffee for us.

Frank

@InfiniteRecursion He hasn't been on much recently.

SmokeDetector

20:49

[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: AGILE TEST DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT by user595985 on sqa.stackexchange.com

Infinite Recursion

Only today, afaik

Frank

@InfiniteRecursion I mean, actively talking.

rene

Today I was contacted for the first time based on my careers profile. Unfortunately it was a headhunter...

Infinite Recursion

Hmm

I reported your profile and you got noticed @rene ;)

Frank

@rene It's good you are a flower and don't have a head then.

rene

20:54

hehehe

Pham

Bad Tag Used: [software-engineering] | Engineering Student Programming, by CaptainPandemic, on stackoverflow.com.

Frank

Found a question with a very un-expert answer. Yay!

answered

bjb568

arr[i - 1][arr[i - 1].length - 1] srsly

Frank

Shall I try to reach 20k on GL by December 1, or January 1?

bjb568

21:10

Ok. Yes.

rene

@Frank Wouldn't it be more challenging to reach 1 on DIY without a suspension?

Frank

@rene No.

1 50 bounty and some bad questions...

rene

In that case, reach 20K on GL on November 1st 2014

Frank

@rene I'll try.

I need you all to go to your gl accounts and dump your 101 rep on my answers.

Ha! one of my first messages that got starred:

user259867

Read Meta every second of every day for the rest of your life. If Stack Overflow is crack, then Meta is 100% pure grade-A Colombian snow. Some people find Meta to be way more interesting than the questions they find over on the main site. — Cupcake Jul 29 at 21:05

user259867

21:23

^^ last meta.SO activity: August 21.

hichris123

@justabrickinthewall sigh stap changing names on me!

user259867

@InfiniteRecursion taught me how, blame her.

user259867

Earlier I was changing display names every 30 days. Now it's probably going to be at least once a week.

user259867

Over on Math, people know enough to stop referring to me by current display name.

user259867

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A: Specific user "spamming" questions of the same type

This is more of a supplement to an answer by another user whose display name frequently changes, but there are automatic systems in place for when a specific user posts too many "poor quality" questions. When too many questions by a particular user have been closed/put on-hold, an automatic fla...

Frank

21:36

@justabrickinthewall You can be George.

Cupcake's last post:

@DanielSank try C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\etc\gitconfig. Not sure if that's the right one though. — Cupcake Sep 25 at 20:43

user259867

His last words... sniff.

Frank

Moment of silence, like @Uni like to do.

:)

I mean, :(

bjb568

HALLO

Frank

WED BE THY NAME

THY KINGD

Sam

Y U SHOUTING?

Frank

21:47

@Sam That's not the next part...

Frank

21:58

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A: Edit an incorrect commit message in Git

git commit --amend -m "your new message"

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