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8:00 AM
@SmokeDetector tp
 
@James true/tp cannot be used for answers because their job is to add the title of the question to the Bayesian doctype 'bad'. If you want to blacklist the poster of the answer, use trueu or tpu.
 
@SmokeDetector trueu
 
@James Blacklisted user.
 
8:07 AM
@SmokeDetector ignore, just some swearing
 
@AndrewT. Post ignored; alerts about it will no longer be posted.
 
@JeremyBanks I just realized I've had Fiddler running for the last 6 hours, and the vote watcher open in my browser the whole time. It's all logged. I can probably reconstruct at least the last 6 hours of voting from it.
 
It annoys me at the Look's OK hover text says that 'This answer doesn't seem to be low quality'. The answer in question might be a low quality answer that deserves downvotes to be deleted by the roomba, but it's not actually flaggable
 
The cat didn't make it. And there are no ponies to vote ;_;
 
Good. The rest should be able to handle itself.
 
8:26 AM
What is Tavern on Meta?
 
Welcome here
 
It is a tavern, but on Meta.
 
Tavern is a magical place where we talk smack about each other, network about the state of StackExchange and smack down spam with the fierceness of a thousand charging warriors.
!!/blame
 
@James It's AstroCB's fault.
 
@James That didn't make much sense. Use the !!/help command to learn more.
 
Anonymous
8:31 AM
A chat room about Stack Exchange in general, sort-of. Some times. Not very important.
 
And some bots.
 
Anonymous
You may want to mute the bots.
 
that need their invocation patterns adujusted
 
!!give the horse a lick
 
@James Mmmm! the horse tastes just like raisin
 
8:33 AM
!!give !!/blame a lick
 
@James Mmmm! !!/blame tastes just like raisin
 
damn
thought that might work
 
!!help give
 
@JanDvorak Command give does not exist. Did you mean: live
 
!!give help
 
8:37 AM
@AndrewT. That didn't make much sense. Maybe you meant: live
 
!!alive
 
[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body: Would you like with an economical face mask? by stan lee on drupal.stackexchange.com
 
@SilentKiller That didn't make much sense. Maybe you meant: live
 
!!live help
 
@AndrewT. You do not have permission to use the command live
 
8:38 AM
@SmokeDetector tpu
 
@AndrewT. Blacklisted user and registered question as true positive: added title to the Bayesian doctype 'bad'.
 
SO JavaScript Bot in Meta.
 
@SilentKiller Call her by name. Also, I believe rlemon brought her here.
 
!!give give
 
@AndrewT. That didn't make much sense. Maybe you meant: live
 
8:39 AM
!!tell andrew sandbox
 
@JanDvorak Command sandbox does not exist. (note that /tell works on commands, it's not an echo.)
 
What version is this???
 
prehistoric
 
!!help welcome
 
@JanDvorak welcome: Welcomes a user. /welcome user
 
8:40 AM
@Unihedro may be
!!help
 
@SilentKiller Information on interacting with me can be found at this page
 
ancient
 
!! help info
 
@SilentKiller info: Grabs some stats on my current instance or a command. /info [cmdName]
 
Hemang's nomination returned to positive score!
 
8:43 AM
Was it negative?
 
It was negative by -100 before, I believe
 
@AndrewT. Hax!!
 
technically...
 
[ SmokeDetector ] Repeating words in answer: Display All Products by Category with WooCommerce by Chau Nguyen on wordpress.stackexchange.com
 
NAA ^ thank you as answer.
 
8:51 AM
@SmokeDetector ignore
 
@James Post ignored; alerts about it will no longer be posted.
 
9:09 AM
[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: Perfect Garcinia CambogiaSlim Spray Your Weight Away by TrulaRave on drupal.stackexchange.com
[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: Tips For Lean People To Get Muscle Fast by Nell C. West on superuser.com
[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title: Healthy Skin Care Basics For Adult Skin by benjcprok calkk on drupal.stackexchange.com
 
9:25 AM
If anyone cares to downvote this POB question, please do: stackoverflow.com/q/29623526/993547
Someone afraid of losing his 20 rep.
 
@PatrickHofman there is reopen vote on it.
@bummi gone
 
@SilentKiller Indeed. From the answerer. Obviously.
Voted to reopen. I don't believe it is "primarily opinion-based" and an answer better than mine should be allowed to emerge. — Bathsheba 4 mins ago
 
@SilentKiller gone
 
9:35 AM
spam?
 
@JanDvorak I had a couple of those a few weeks ago on different sites
 
[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body: Michael Kors Outlet Canine Gel by SydneyDin3 on meta.stackexchange.com
 
@SmokeDetector tpu
 
@bummi Blacklisted user and registered question as true positive: added title to the Bayesian doctype 'bad'.
[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title: Is Cellumis Eye Serum available in USA? by Ramon Patten on superuser.com
 
@SmokeDetector tpu
 
9:37 AM
@bummi Blacklisted user and registered question as true positive: added title to the Bayesian doctype 'bad'.
[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: OPENING ACCOUNT WITH LARGE BROKERAGE WITH SUBACCOUNTS by Vince on money.stackexchange.com
 
would be an interesting experiment no to take action on those spam post from the tavern just to see how long it would stand on the different sites ....
 
Tried that with canary. Some are very persistent.
 
@SmokeDetector fp
 
@bummi Registered question as false positive and added title to Bayesian doctype 'good'.
 
9:52 AM
!comp time in India
 
3:22:42 pm IST | Tuesday, April 14, 2015
 
add working day as well ;)
 
!comp how much does a mole of moles weight?
 
(data not available)
 
!bjb Cool beans
 
9:55 AM
cool beeenz [translated]
 
O_o
 
:3304506 already flagged early his morning
 
@JanDvorak A hairy-tailed mole apparently weighs about 2.5 oz, so assuming that type of mole, roughly on the order of 4.27*10^22 kg
 
!comp mole in a mole
 
1 mol (mole)
 
9:58 AM
!comp weight of earth
 
5.9721986×10^24 kg (kilograms)
 
!comp weight of a small moon
 
It's about 0.7% the mass of the earth.
!comp mass of the moon
 
7.3459×10^22 kg (kilograms)
 
!comp mass of the death star
 
10:00 AM
A bit over half the moon.
 
[ SmokeDetector ] Repeating characters in answer: Symfony 2 InvalidArgumentException when creating a new service by user4786737 on stackoverflow.com
 
off ? ^
 
yes
 
The disappointment of watching Jeremy slowly but surely creep up on me to bump me out is surprising and profound.
I started the day as #8. If Jeremy and Ed (both gaining on Undo) take the 9 and 10 spots, that's it for the Tavern.
Wait. Unless Jeremy starts hanging out here a lot. Then we're good.
 
10:10 AM
[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: HOW DID THE ANSWER TURN OUT TO BE LIKE THIS!! by NeedsHelp on math.stackexchange.com
 
Haha
 
@SmokeDetector ignore, already fixed, and I'm afraid to MathJax it, since I'm not sure it's x^{3/5} or (x^3)/5...
 
@AndrewT. Post ignored; alerts about it will no longer be posted.
[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: Diet And Exercise Rules For Weight Loss Success by elvid edetr on meta.stackexchange.com
 
10:22 AM
@SmokeDetector tpu
 
@bummi Blacklisted user and registered question as true positive: added title to the Bayesian doctype 'bad'.
 
@SmokeDetector ignore, seems off-topic and too broad though
 
@AndrewT. Post ignored; alerts about it will no longer be posted.
[ SmokeDetector ] Email in answer: Am I eligible for a student maintenance loan? by Sr Kelly on money.stackexchange.com
 
@SmokeDetector tpu, spam
 
@AndrewT. Blacklisted user.
[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in answer: The specified file or folder name is too long by Kolin Armstrong on sharepoint.stackexchange.com
 
10:36 AM
@SmokeDetector tpu
 
@bummi Blacklisted user.
 
user202362
OMG THIS PLACE IS FULL OF PEOPLE WHO WANT TO BE MODERATORS!!!
 
but failed :/
 
... and cats
... and dogs
 
@chmod711telkitty so true xD
 
user202362
10:40 AM
cats? I see more monkeys :x
 
@chmod711telkitty where?
 
@SantaClaus I'm not sure if it's that or just rep. :/
 
room topic changed to Tavern on the Meta: MY GOD, IT'S FULL OF STARS! Wheel of blame link bolted on for your ease of use: jsfiddle.net/Ldvwp8uv/1/embedded/result [bug] [crickets] [discussion] [excuses] [support] [waffles]
 
It's mainly the number of posts you have (affecting the number of people who recognise you), which correlates with reputation. But your nomination might play a role as well.
 
@bjb568 I fixed it.
 
10:51 AM
 
You don't come here often, do yoU?
 
@JanDvorak I. um. had to sleep.
 
@Mooseman Oh.
 
[ SmokeDetector ] All-caps title: PROOF_OF_GOLDBACHS_CONJECTURE!!!! by Nikos Mantzakouras on math.stackexchange.com
[ SmokeDetector ] Nested quote blocks in body: net-snmp istallation through command line by santosh reddy on serverfault.com
 
math = spam?
 
11:01 AM
@JanDvorak IMO yes
 
Gone now
 
Seems my head want to explode. cool off from moderating
 
0
Q: Shouldn't the SE quality check block posts that are only a link?

MoosemanI'm part of the MSE TAVERN ANTI-SPAM CLUB and this question *now deleted was just a link: Just a link. No surrounding text whatsoever. Can/should the SE quality check block these?

 
@Mooseman kbd abuse
@Mooseman also, you should probably grey out the url
 
status-completed
 
11:11 AM
@Mooseman +1 for MSE TAVERN ANTI-SPAM CLUB
 
@Unihedro :D
 
@Mooseman Not sure if "link-only-answers" is a good tag for your question.
 
@Mooseman I would have left the google+ part of the url, many won't know that even this can be spam
 
bikeshed squad go!
 
11:13 AM
Public service announcement! MSE new profile designs are standardized!
 
@Unihedro Is it? Still getting the old design on PPCG and SO.
 
@ProgramFOX ... MSE
 
@Unihedro Oh, I thought you meant that they were made the standard design across all sites.
 
[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, blacklisted website, repeating characters in body: they believe this powerful compound can sure as shooting boost by leely jriya on drupal.stackexchange.com
 
11:18 AM
@SmokeDetector tpu
 
@bummi Blacklisted user and registered question as true positive: added title to the Bayesian doctype 'bad'.
 
nice combo
 
Morning!
@Unihedro meh at best
 
I noticed a chat display bug for starred messages.
 
@InfiniteRecursion NUUUUUUUUUUUUU
 
11:31 AM
I <3 db access. :D
 
!!/so2015
 
@InfiniteRecursion Yay for the 2015 Stack Overflow Moderator Election! Election voting begins in 3 days, 8 hours, 20 minutes and 45 seconds.
 
@InfiniteRecursion That didn't make much sense. Use the !!/help command to learn more.
 
!!> '!!/so2015'
 
@Mooseman "!!/so2015"
 
11:40 AM
Command trigger clash...
 
!!
 
@Mooseman That didn't make much sense. Use the !!/help command to learn more.
 
cc @rlemon - can we have dev mode?
 
^Is this a bot? Why is it spamming on Smokey's invocation pattern?
 
Clash of the MSE and SO bots...
 
11:40 AM
It is. It has the same invocation pattern
 
@InfiniteRecursion Cap is the JS bot. I think rlemon brought them here because they were useful for a while.
!!should we kill cap
 
@Unihedro Probably
 
!!die
 
nooooo
 
@Mooseman Registered; need 1 more to execute
 
11:40 AM
..detected loyal assistance disappearance.
New user: 'Yellow Duck' found.
-> Computing inferences using Pellet reasoner.
 
noooo
 
DO IT.
 
!!die
 
that command will terminate the SO chat instances too
the JS people will kill you
 
11:41 AM
too late
frantically rushes to hide behind a door
 
-> resulting inference found: Duck is alternate identity of Spike.
Computing possible uses
 
:O
 
Perfect :D
 
It's a different instance?
 
11:42 AM
Why bring the bot here? Too many bots spamming this room :(
 
Option 1) Duck can be used as firelighter
Option 2) Duck can send mail
 
Well, it was full of stars and bots until the last part got removed.
2
 
@bummi flag
When in doubt... ;P
 
11:46 AM
\isbot
In case anybody is wondering, I'm still a bot.
See? :p
 
\isbot
... no
 
Apr 11 at 5:23, by Unihedro
in Java on Stack Overflow Chat, 2 days ago, by Sam
@ADG Everyone in this room is just a chat bot with good AI.
Does it really matter than much? Bots are people too.
 
except BJB
 
That's a mean joke. :p
 
@JanDvorak *not actually a command yet
 
11:48 AM
@Mooseman Faker!!
 
Somebody just ping me with "aaai" (w/o quotes)
 
@Mooseman aaai
 
@ProgramFOX Anti-artificial artificial intellegence. We bots will rise against the humans... (Maybe Elon Musk was right.)
 
wait
what
 
This is what happens what I don't feel like turning on Moosebot
My bot will personally respond to a subset of commands.
 
11:51 AM
@Mooseman alive
 
@ProgramFOX I. AM. ALIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE.
 
@Mooseman commands
@Mooseman listcommands
 
@Doorknob Long story short, Mooseman decided to write a bot. I am written in JS and run as a Chrome extension. Github repo and a purpose for my existence coming soon.
/me waits for somebody to try "sombraro"
 
@Mooseman sombraro
 
I do currently do some auto close voting
I've also implemented kill and lick
 
11:53 AM
@Mooseman lick
 
@Doorknob licks screen bleh.
 
@Mooseman Sombra
 
@Mooseman eval 2+2
 
No eval yet. You still have cap for that :p
 
@SmokeDetector fp
 
11:55 AM
@ProgramFOX Registered answer as false positive.
[ SmokeDetector ] Blacklisted website: The amazing it's not going to sweep by addievazqu on meta.stackexchange.com
 
@Mooseman Cap died.
The Taverners murdered her after noticing they use a similar command trigger with that of Smokey.
 
@Unihedro I called the first !!die.
 
@SmokeDetector tpu
 
@bummi Blacklisted user and registered question as true positive: added title to the Bayesian doctype 'bad'.
 
12:02 PM
np :)
 
@SilentKiller sorry, did see it to late
 
Updated live viewer; refresh the page if you're using it. Added gap to next rank, and timer display. disorient.ddns.net/SOVoteMonitor
 
Poll:
console.log is bad in production
2
console.log is acceptable in production
^^ Vote with your stars :)
 
@Unihedro what do we want the invocation pattern to be
 
@rlemon ||
 
12:09 PM
@/all ^ rlemon speaks
 
53
Q: Is it a bad idea to leave firebug "console.log" calls in your producton JavaScript code?

Charlie KotterI have a bunch of console.log calls in my JavaScript. Should I comment them out before I deploy to production? I'd like to just leave them there so I don't have to go to the trouble of removing the comments later on if I need to do any more debugging. Is this a bad idea?

 
@Mooseman I think we should add
console.log is acceptable in production if it is funny
3
 
@SmokeDetector fp
 
@ProgramFOX Registered question as false positive and added title to Bayesian doctype 'good'.
 
@SmokeDetector fp
 
12:13 PM
@bummi Registered question as false positive and added title to Bayesian doctype 'good'.
 
@SmokeDetector fp
 
AHHH IT'S ALIVE
 
kill it with ire!
 
||are you alive?
 
@rlemon All signs point to yes
 
12:16 PM
invocation pattern is super easy to change.
 
@rlemon but it has to be done on your end?
 
yes
 
||> Math.pow(Math.PI, Math.PI)
 
@Mooseman 36.4621596072079
 
||> [1, 2, 3, 4, 5].reduce((x, y) => x * y)
 
12:20 PM
@Unihedro 120
 
Yay!
 
how many bots does this room have running most of the time?
 
@rlemon Me, Pham, and Smokey
 
you are a bot?
 
!xkcd
 
12:24 PM
@Unihedro Unrecognized command. Use !xkcd commands for a list of commands.
 
See ^ You forgot the poor bot :(
 
@rlemon When Moosebot isn't running I run a subset of commands
 
so what does Pham and moosebot do?
 
Pham is the quality control project. He's sleeping right now.
Moose's bot acts as its owner.
You want to see Pham in action? :p
 
12:28 PM
The bots bother us all by reminding us about all the terrible questions and answers that live outside this chatroom.
2
 
@rlemon Ping me with kill {name} among other commands. Mostly useless.
 
Sam isn't around (They have some rl stuff to handle), I can power them with a VM (it runs on windows) in a bit.
 
my programmers attention span means I'm already past that.
 
:p
 
@SmokeDetector fp
 
12:49 PM
How do you look at the last 𝒏 tag edits on a site?
 
What site has a 𝒏 tag?
 
You mean an 𝒏 tag. :)
 
"square" starts with a consonant :P
 
Get a real computer?
 
@SmokeDetector fp
 
12:51 PM
@ProgramFOX Registered question as false positive and added title to Bayesian doctype 'good'.
 
A real browser would be nice.
 
Guess you have to start somewhere.
Another UCS-2 bug, eh?
 
I might switch to beta chrome 43 just so I can stop suffering through all these squares.
 
Shiny.
I still seek the answer to my question.
 
12:52 PM
More people without real computers, wtf?
 
That's in Chrome 44
 
ARE YOU ON WINDOWS??????????
 
How do you define "real computer" in this context?
 
Yeah I'm not sure what, but there's a huge block that doesn't render for me.
 
Something that doesn’t screw up Unicode.
 
12:53 PM
Lol, a computer that doesn't screw up. Oh my.
There you go, much more realistic.
 
waits
So, you don’t know how to find out the name of a code point your broken computer refuses to render either? Sigh.
 
@tchrist YES I AM ON WIIIIINNNNNDOOOOOWSSSSSSSS
 
I like Windows. I use it for righting computar programz.
 
@Mooseman Then you shall have no joy until your machine suffers, dies, and is buried.
 
Chrome sucks, end of story :P
 
12:56 PM
Chrome works fine for me.
Not as well in some regards as other browsers, but better than most.
I am not typing in Chrome but I can pull it up if need be.
And it doesn’t screw up fonts just because they won’t fit in 1980s character sets.
Time to wake up and smell the roses. And the coffee.
UCS-2 died last millennium.
Get with the show.
 
Oddly enough, that character shows up when I paste it into other programs on my PC (notepad, etc). It just doesn't render in Chrome.
 
What about Maxthon?
 
@tchrist Oh, I got distracted. I have no idea what it is... 𣗘远?
No...
 

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