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Unihedron

11:00 AM

Jan Dvorak

regex orgasm in 3...

Unihedron

@JanDvorak Here's the plot twist: I don't.

Jan Dvorak

then... because you love the challenge?

Infinite Recursion

@Unihedron because that is the only bot-code you found written in a language you were familiar with, love has nothing to do with it?

Vogel612's Shadow

@Unihedron compare against the latest commit in my repo please. At least events work there :/

Branch vogel that is...

Unihedron

11:08 AM

ok

#Inf: Perhaps, I did code it from scratch though..

Infinite Recursion

@Unihedron I meant found for participation, not found pre-written code, sorry

Unihedron

Oh. :P

Infinite Recursion

*being written from scratch

Unihedron

English... hard.

Jan Dvorak

Scratch (programming language)

Scratch is a free desktop and online multimedia authoring tool that can be used by students, scholars, teachers, and parents to easily create games and provide a stepping stone to the more advanced world of computer programming or even be used for a range of educational and entertainment constructivist purposes from math and science projects, including simulations and visualizations of experiments, recording lectures with animated presentations, to social sciences animated stories, and interactive art and music. Viewing the existing projects available on the Scratch website, or modifying and testing...

Infinite Recursion

11:11 AM

@Unihedron you sound like....ahmad :P

Unihedron

@InfiniteRecursion Ahmad who?

@JanDvorak :D I like the fox

Jan Dvorak

I thought it was a cat?

Shadow Wizard

please-click-leave-open: meta.stackexchange.com/review/close/32352

(the other one was only for the sites, this new bug was in SEDE and the portal)

rene

girls may also click...

Infinite Recursion

@Unihedron chat.meta.stackexchange.com/…

Shadow Wizard

11:14 AM

@rene yup, fixed

Infinite Recursion

> You need at least 3k reputation to review close votes

I have no rep, will answer more and get it :D

Jan Dvorak

"guys" is actually gender-neutral

^ I am ignoring that

^

^

11:15 AM

@InfiniteRecursion only 2500-ish reputation to go...

cVplZ

@JanDvorak so is dipshits

although not the most friendly way to greet people

Braiam

@JanDvorak you should learn of the Japanese and Dutch, just use "it"

rene

Oh, those dutch types again....

Shadow Wizard

so, what is "guy" in dutch, @rene? ;)

rene

@ShadowWizard Man / Jongen

Infinite Recursion

11:18 AM

@rene too easy to get ;)

cVplZ

@ShadowWizard why always ask @rene, @bart is dutch too

Braiam

@cVplZ we don't like @bart's

rene

@cVplZ He left for Switzerland, so he doesn't count as real dutch anymore

Braiam

bart is not a real dutch anymore

5

rene

That ^^^^ needs to be pinned...

Infinite Recursion

11:21 AM

@Unihedron it's a cat "better cat"

Unihedron

@InfiniteRecursion :D

cVplZ

SPAM meta.stackexchange.com/questions/243130/…

mm... -6, no boom :(

-7 :(

atlast spam gone

11:30 AM

Jan, want to fix this? drupal.stackexchange.com/q/135986/38388

finally nicael lost his rep successfully

vba4all

@InfiniteRecursion -5 downvotes mean there is something wrong with the answer i guess.. if i couldnt figure out what was wrong i thought deletion was better

Infinite Recursion

@vba4all okay

are the bounties green on MSE? meta.stackexchange.com/questions/242517/…

on SO, they are blue for me - i.stack.imgur.com/pq1Qc.png

Unihedron

11:45 AM

They're... orange.

hichris123

@InfiniteRecursion nah, just don't NAA flag accepted answers. Those go straight to mods, and mods deal more strictly with accepted answers.

Infinite Recursion

@hichris123 ok :)

SilentKiller

i don't remember when i received any bounty

Infinite Recursion

@SilentKiller it's easy, you can see all bounties in your profile's "bounties" tab

stackoverflow.com/users/1160282/silentkiller?tab=bounties

SilentKiller

none earned only offered

11:48 AM

1 earned for 50.

O_O

ok, I earned 3, gave 1 for 200

Unihedron

Earned 3, gave 5, on SO :)

hichris123

11:49 AM

@JanDvorak That's just VLQ.

And/or NAA.

I think it's obvious that it has nothing to do with the question.

cv-plz meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/276188/…

Deputy badge on SU

status-closed

6.7k 2 9

Unihedron

> This is a profile page virus. Add me to your profile so I can multiply.

rene

Did you mean to post this on Space Exploration? — Oded ♦ 11 mins ago

I was amazed to NOT find a spam link in that post

Infinite Recursion

12:05 PM

@ShadowWizard: did you see green for any of these bounties?

nicael wants blue - meta.stackexchange.com/q/242517/245167

or just answer his post saying it's blue already, and get that bounty :D

Shadow Wizard

@InfiniteRecursion that one is blue, but Nicael means in the summary tab:

(taken from Anna profile)

Braiam

@ShadowWizard mm... that's not a bounty

Shadow Wizard

@Braiam oh, oops

let me see then

SilentKiller

upvote on answer...

Pham

Low Quality Q (37.9%): How to set emoticons in the edit text in android, by user4204805, on stackoverflow.com.

Sam

12:19 PM

^ too broad?

Shadow Wizard

oh well, going to give Tom +500 soon so will see the color

SilentKiller

@Sam yes too broad

Braiam

cv-pls stackoverflow.com/questions/26779119/…

SilentKiller

cv-pls tb stackoverflow.com/q/26779320/1160282

Braiam

caching or all queues are full for SO?

Shadow Wizard

12:26 PM

@Braiam what do you mean?

9 suggested edit, 48 Low Quality, 10.8k Close Votes

Braiam

yeah, caching

Shadow Wizard

@Braiam weird, numbers are different... but no, no queue is full afaik

what's wrong in the above? ^

Braiam

misclick

that's the only sane explanation

Vogel612's Shadow

aaand 15k user link-only answer...

SilentKiller

@Vogel612'sShadow check other answers you'll find many link only answer. i already warned her twice about this.

Shadow Wizard

12:40 PM

@Braiam let's hope so!

plz-reject-backtick-troll stackoverflow.com/review/suggested-edits/6169007

Cerbrus

Rejected

SilentKiller

Rejected

Cerbrus

GameDroids reviewed this 5 mins ago: Approve

Shadow Wizard

thanks!

Cerbrus

Fuuuuuuu

Seriously, 2 people approved that

Shadow Wizard

12:42 PM

well at least this one didn't pass.....

Unihedron

... Should'a Rej & Edit'd to remove thanks :)

Braiam

@ShadowWizard cv-pls the Q

Unihedron

I'm back, btw

SilentKiller

welcome back @uni

Unihedron

@SilentKiller thanks!

Braiam

12:43 PM

bye @uni

Sam

@ShadowWizard Unfortunately this one did.

@Unihedron wb

(rolled it back already)

Pham

Bad Tag Used: [crash] | PayPal manual credit card entering crash, by Martin Kovachev, on stackoverflow.com.

Shadow Wizard

@Sam looks like many users really believe this is good usage of backticks. Maybe we need to block backticks only edit.

Jan Dvorak

too broad stackoverflow.com/questions/26779825/…

@ShadowWizard some backtick-only edits are good

Maybe we should block edits smaller than six characters.

Shadow Wizard

@JanDvorak actually unclear, how one can "solve a function"?

Jan Dvorak

12:47 PM

Wait, no, that's a bad idea. Also, it's already in effect.

@ShadowWizard You can look for its roots (zeroes)

Unihedron

This question appears to be off-topic because it is about customer services for PayPal, not a specific programming problem. Please take a tour. — Unihedron 10 secs ago

Shadow Wizard

@JanDvorak rare, not worth the flood of backtick spamming we currently have

Pham

Low Quality Q (17.9%): I want to change the color of following highlightened things, by Sai Nalla, on stackoverflow.com.

Jan Dvorak

yay! I've got a yearling on MSO

Unihedron

Congrats!

I have none ;(

Jan Dvorak

1:10 PM

If a tag wiki is expanded but still doesn't contain usage guidance, should it be rejected? Rejection doesn't help locate it, but the rejection reason does technically apply

Mooseman

cv-pls stackoverflow.com/q/26780336/1234256

Unihedron

@JanDvorak Reject it. The author of the suggested edit can repost another suggestion, but with new advice to follow.

Rejecting gives out the signal of what edits are expected of editors.

SilentKiller

status-closed

Mooseman

@SilentKiller +1

Jan Dvorak

is this an improement? stackoverflow.com/review/suggested-edits/6169500

Mooseman

1:13 PM

@JanDvorak Sufficient for approval, IMHO

Cerbrus

Nope

The abbreviations don't need to be explained

Jan Dvorak

What about the change MDC to MDN, @Cerbrus?

Mooseman

@JanDvorak This was my point for approval.

Cerbrus

stackoverflow.com/posts/5963688/revisions

That 1 letter is too minor for a suggested edit

Jan Dvorak

that's why there is the expansion, to bypass the limit

Mooseman

1:16 PM

@Cerbrus I though "too minor" went out the window...

cv-pls stackoverflow.com/questions/26731894/…

Pham

Low Quality A (62.6%): noperrinonopinopenopinopinopinope, by wqqqwwww, on gaming.stackexchange.com.

Cerbrus

Yea, and that's really not the intention of the limit, right?

Jan Dvorak

@Cerbrus that. The edit seems useful despite being only one character

Mooseman

@Pham Only 62.6%?

Sam

@Mooseman The filters are currently being recalibrated.

Pham

1:20 PM

Low Quality Q (38.6%): Need a PHP verification code, by isaac mathias, on stackoverflow.com.

user259867

The important thing is that Pham round the number to three neat digits, unlike some other bots I could mention.

Mooseman

404 useful flags on SO... what's the subliminal message?

Jan Dvorak

*rounds

Sam

@Rafflesiaarnoldii He actually rounds to 1 d.p.

Jan Dvorak

@Mooseman effort not found?

Mooseman

1:24 PM

@JanDvorak All is lost -- cannot be found :o

Pham

Low Quality Q (52.4%): Please help me with this program in C language using fork wait and exec, is my code correct? I am having trouble making P2 execute after P3, by Samuel Khoury, on codereview.stackexchange.com.

Jan Dvorak

@Mooseman 404 - spam not found

4

Mooseman

This'll be up for deletion in 2 days... stackoverflow.com/q/26780336/1234256

Pham

Low Quality Q (39.5%): I want some advise concerning an App that i want to do?, by user3334222, on stackoverflow.com.

SilentKiller

@inf that naa flag approved.. :)

Mooseman

1:27 PM

cv-pls stackoverflow.com/q/26768158/1234256

Jan Dvorak

@Mooseman What kind of code do you want - the ad code you want to prevent from affecting scroll?

Mooseman

@JanDvorak Whatever is needed to reproduce the error. I removed adscript because it was a unique tag and realized the question was useless, anyway. It's probably not possible to write an MCVE though for the ad code.

Jan Dvorak

that. I wouldn't say that it's an issue that needs debugging. Rather it's one that could use some theoretical approach.

One interesting thing to include, though, is - how is the ad placed into the page?

Infinite Recursion

1:42 PM

@ShadowWizard Thanks for checking

@SilentKiller yay!

SilentKiller

yay!

Infinite Recursion

@Rafflesiaarnoldii Pham is up and reporting only when Sam is around, but bots which run when dev is not monitoring them need more verbose reporting, if front end report is rounded, dev has to check the logs corresponding to those messages for the actual values.

tl;dr weird decimals are helpful :P

/me wants to change my username to weird decimals

SilentKiller

weird decimals ???

Jan Dvorak

1:58 PM

3.14159250...

SilentKiller

divisible by 0

Bye!

Bye!

Bye!

Bye!

Bye!

2:08 PM

Brown!

o/

\o

\o/

\m/

rips off everyone's arms and runs from the room laughing

Vogel612's Shadow

2:21 PM

O_O

Braiam

approve pls stackoverflow.com/review/suggested-edits/6169980

Unihedron

> Thank you for reviewing 20 suggested edits today; come back in 9 hours to continue reviewing.

Braiam

:(

Patrick Hofman

Any SO 20K user willing to undelete this one? stackoverflow.com/a/26781214/993547

@Braiam Done

Shadow Wizard

> This edit deviates from the original intent of the post. Even edits that must make drastic changes should strive to preserve the goals of the post's owner.

(not me)

Braiam

2:25 PM

if someone feels bored data.stackexchange.com/stackoverflow/query/201124#resultSets

@ShadowWizard yeah, because I deleted the self answer from the question body

Vogel612's Shadow

which is the best that could happen to that question in that state..

Sam

@Braiam Approved.

Andy

Ten of this user's last 11 posts all refer to the same JIRA plugin

I'd like an opinion on whether they are spam or legitimately trying to answer a question

Braiam

cv-pls recommendation stackoverflow.com/q/2694760/792066

user259867

@Braiam Real-time version of that search (so one does not go into what was already retagged): is:q [replace]. When sorted by relevance it puts the questions with only that one tag first. (Except that SO search ranking promotes two questions with very high score).

Andy

2:36 PM

A couple of the questions suck, but not all are recommendations

Braiam

@Andy he's trying to answer most, just that they are asking for plugin recommendations

Mooseman

cv-pls

-1

Q: QR Code as link to new div in Phonegap app

I am writing a phonegap app with jquery mobile and want users to scan a QR-Code which after scanning presents a button linking to display div 'st03' instead of 'st02'. The QR-Code has the following content: Very good, now you may advance further: Station 3 My problem: the link works but the op...

javascript jquery html cordova qr-code

Patrick Hofman

3:18 PM

Hooray!!!

3K @ meta :)

TGMCians

congrats!

Patrick Hofman

@TGMCians Thanks

bjb568

@Vogel612'sShadow Will post when home

Vogel612's Shadow

@bjb568 tip: meta.codereview.stackexchange.com/questions/2436

bjb568

3:36 PM

> Sure, there's some internet points involved too, but that is not actually the reason people spend the time to review your code.

wat

Vogel612's Shadow

see...

make it worth it..

Jan Dvorak

3:56 PM

SPAM travel.stackexchange.com/questions/38360/…

Mooseman

cv-pls

0

Q: To use some storage in google chrome browser for using on 1-5 different websites

Is there any solution to use some storage or session in google chrome browser, with some data in it that will be available for using on 1-5 different websites with same *.domain.com?

google-chrome subdomain storage

-1

Q: Expanding div, div below not moving

I have this page and the expanding div - click "DETAILS" on any row is not pushing the content underneath down http://www.theukwebspace.co.uk/comparebreakdown/quote-car-local/

jquery html expand

Pham

Low Quality A (100%): that is easy get the cheats. just look on ga..., by cody sik, on gaming.stackexchange.com.

user259867

Travel spam gone.

Jan Dvorak

the gaming post is spam

user259867

... Yes, I think so. The link to "cheats" has no relevance to the question.

Mooseman

4:09 PM

Thoughts?

0

Q: Why don't I get 2 rep for accepting my answer?

I answered my Stack Overflow question "Q&A style" (at the same time I posted the initial question.) Two days passed, so I accepted my answer. However, I was granted no reputation. Understandably, the +15 is not awarded. (I can see how this would attract spam) But I think the +2 should be awarded...

discussion reputation accepted-answer

Unihedron

@Mooseman Eh, accepting self-answer gains no reputation, that's documented in the help center.

jadarnel27

Need one more close vote here.

ProgramFOX

Done.

user259867

@Mooseman There is no action that adds to your reputation with no other user involved. And there should not be. 7 self-accepts => able to upvote => sock puppet ring. Even if this is unlikely to happen, the principle "you can't give rep to yourself" is simple and logical enough to be followed.

jadarnel27

Well done, @ProgramFOX.

Pham

4:13 PM

Spam A (100%): **** ******************** *** *****, by *********, on english.stackexchange.com.

TGMCians

SPAM ^

Unihedron

@Pham clean

Mooseman

@ProgramFOX Would you please delete your answer so I can delete the question?

ProgramFOX

@Mooseman Sure, done.

Mooseman

@ProgramFOX Thanks. Done.

Shadow Wizard

4:17 PM

spam eaten. nom nom nom.

Unihedron

4:28 PM

handle pls, probably dupe or closeworthy stackoverflow.com/a/9073015/3622940

Mooseman

cv-pls

-1

Q: HTML Images not lining up

This is my page http://suntmormon.ro/jarman-home-page/ and I want to know why my four smaller images are staggering and not aligned. I use wordpress.

html responsive-design

Thoughts?

0

Q: No message when flagging a comment

When I flag a question or answer, I get this: When I flag a comment, I get this: No confirmation that the ajax request was successful. Nothing. Can we have a message when we flag comments?

feature-request flags comment-flags error-message

Unihedron

Eh, I'm not going to like seeing popups after every comment I flag. ;)

Mooseman

@Unihedron It'd be many, I know. But I think there should be some confirmation that the flag was submitted successfully.

Unihedron

Hover over the message, there's no more upvoting icon and the flag button turns red.

Unihedron

4:52 PM

cv-pls codedumpheaven stackoverflow.com/q/24841579/3622940

Mooseman

@Unihedron status-not-an-mcve

Unihedron

@Mooseman I'm perfectly aware ;)

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: What is the basis for worshipping Sai Baba? Are there are references to him in the Vedas or other Vedic literature? by Vineet Menon on hinduism.stackexchange.com

user259867

@SmokeDetector False positive, wrong Baba.

Sam

@Pham del

Q closed.

Unihedron

4:59 PM

gg no re

Mooseman

Something about the existence of this gives me hope in humanity...

TGMCians

cv-pls-unclear stackoverflow.com/questions/26784998/…

Unihedron

> Daily close vote limit reached; please try again in 6 hours

TGMCians

:(

Unihedron

:(

I want more close votes!!!

Pham

5:07 PM

Low Quality A (40.1%): ifhkhdxzfyh d yxkrh vncfymjsrxfc nyrfh ok???..., by not Merril, on physics.stackexchange.com.

TGMCians

^

Unihedron

2

Good night!

Night!

Night!

Night!

5:08 PM

@Unihedron oh really great. I should learn something /

Pham

Low Quality A (46.4%): Yes, you calculate the mass. Okay???!!!??, by not Merril, on physics.stackexchange.com.

Sam

^ rude, imo.

user259867

The user posted three such "answers" in a row. This pattern qualifies as abusive.

Mooseman

5:46 PM

/me breaks the silence

user259867

5:56 PM

shh...

Mooseman

cv-pls

-1

Q: Fill specific XLS cell with DB data

I have an .XLS file with an shopping order with data of order/client. And I wanna know if there's a way to fill an specific cell with my DB data.

php

One more:

-5

Q: Expanding div, div below not moving

I have this page and the expanding div - click "DETAILS" on any row is not pushing the content underneath down http://www.theukwebspace.co.uk/comparebreakdown/quote-car-local/

jquery html expand

TGMCians

6:12 PM

Moose, please do like

cv-pls stackoverflow.com/questions/26783731/…

voted.

Pham

6:42 PM

Spam Q (62.5%): Apollon vs Borussia Mgladbach Live Stream 2014 Watch Online, by Rabb Shukrana, on sharepoint.stackexchange.com.

Jason C

@cVplZ Well, you know, real hammers don't put the nail in a queue of nails to possibly be pounded in by others, lol.

Well, depends on union rules I guess.

cVplZ

@JasonC i've hammered two nails at once before, but yea, not 5.. seems like it would be fun to try

TGMCians

@Pham ok

created account

ok flagged

gone

Jamal

SPAM stackoverflow.com/questions/26787097/is-this-really

TGMCians

Flagged, Gone

jadarnel27

6:50 PM

Warning: creating an account on Sharepoint Stack Exchange can result in unpredictable behavior, performance degradation, and use of an astoundingly difficult-to-maintain product.

TGMCians

I think @Jan also enter here like same.

SPAM, flag :D

Jamal

MFW seeing spam go away

TGMCians

When I entered here I had only one account

now 23 on different sites

still going on..

just for flagging spam

Sam

@TGMCians Meh, I've got 62 ;D. I think @Uni has more though.

TGMCians

:D

yes I will have same as like @Jan soon

Jan Dvorak

6:54 PM

umm...

TGMCians

oy hey Jan

what's up ?

Jason C

@TGMCians Me too; I just counted 73.

TGMCians

you counted ?

0_0

Jason C

Yeah I don't know where the number is displayed.

Is it?

Sam

It says on your profile.

Jason C

6:58 PM

Where...

cVplZ

@JasonC you're kidding right?

Jason C

No... stackexchange.com/users/305991/jason-c?tab=accounts

Sam

I mean on SO or some other site.

Next to the Badges section.

cVplZ

look between answers and bounties meta.stackexchange.com/users/230261/jason-c where it says accounts

user259867

Yeah, it's weird that the network profile lists all accounts but does not say how many you have. feature-request?

Pham

7:00 PM

Low Quality A (64.5%): Complete RIPOFFFFFFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!, by SLR, on apple.stackexchange.com.

cVplZ

yea, feature request!

Jason C

@cVplZ Oh on the actual profile. Thanks.

I never even use that account list, I think I always forget you can scroll down.

TGMCians

oh just had a skype call, i was afk

cVplZ

5

Jason C

^

I want to do it!!

user259867

7:02 PM

@JasonC Do it. I'll post a bug report instead.

Jason C

Ha

user259867

Here's my bug report, leaving FR to @JasonC

cVplZ

1

Q: Display number of accounts on network profile page

The user profile pages (example) display the number of accounts next to the account list: The network profile page (example) does not display this info: I think it would be handy if the number of accounts were displayed on the network profile page, and also consistent with the accounts list...

feature-request user-accounts network-profile

Jason C

Heh

user259867

Gah, I forgot to add a freehand circle. Oh well.

Andy

7:31 PM

cv-pls recommendation stackoverflow.com/q/26787703/189134

TGMCians

low quality stackoverflow.com/a/26787766/1741671

link only ^ flag

bjb568

Any feature request for penalizing users who upvote a question closed with VLQ marked helpful?

Ahmad

\o

Sam

@Ahmad I've just gone through your rep history and it seems you've had quite a few down votes over the past few weeks/days...

Which is legit cause for the ban to be raised.

Ahmad

@Sam let's address one closed question which I already edited ithttp://stackoverflow.com/questions/26636268/how-to-set-the-default-font-of-con‌trols-of-a-from

@Sam but most of down votes where on Meta, does it have any relation?

TGMCians

7:46 PM

o/ Ahmad

Sam

@Ahmad From what I know, no.

Ahmad

@Sam my questions are most ok, stackoverflow.com/users/2651073/…, and also on those you closed I left a comment, the answerer also admit its on-topic, I also edited, it could you check it again? stackoverflow.com/questions/26636268

Andy

@Ahmad, you have 5 out of 27 posts in negative score territory. You have 19 with a 0 score. Ask (and fix) your questions to be better received.

39

A: What can I do when getting “We are no longer accepting questions/answers from this account”?

Why am I getting this message? As stated in the about links on every page, Stack Exchange is a network of question and answer sites, not help forums. This implies that all posts are expected to have some value for later visitors too. To enforce that, and to prevent help vampires making the answe...

That is not counting deleted posts, which I can't see. Deleted posts also count against you

Additionally, your two most recent questions are at -1, which is probably what triggered the question ban

Sam

> This question was caused by a problem that can no longer be reproduced or a simple typographical error. While similar questions may be on-topic here, this one was resolved in a manner unlikely to help future readers. This can often be avoided by identifying and closely inspecting the shortest program necessary to reproduce the problem before posting.

^ There's not much you can do to get that question reopened.

TGMCians

^

Ahmad

7:53 PM

@Sam now I turned it to more general request about how to set default font, which can not be easily find in the web, and also doesn't need reproduction and is a streight question

@Andy Thank you, right my recent post had some negative points while most of them specially one with -3 was not fair, and just out of my debates

Sam

@Ahmad Look, you've caught me at a busy time, I have to sort some stuff out for a few mins, then I'll be right back and we can continue if you want...

Andy

@Ahmad Focus on improving your questions with 0 or negative scores. Edit and improve them.

Ahmad

@Sam, I see, sorry! see you later

@Andy what should I do with that closed one? or any closed one? should I delete them? one has already an answer

Andy

@Ahmad Personally, I'd focus on improving the ones that are still open. It's easier than attempting to get a negatively scored and closed post reopened.

And, you can't delete some of those questions anyway because answers on the question have upvotes.

Ahmad

@Andy I may not try to reopen them, what about to easily delete them, its a good or bad action, sorry to ask much

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