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12:01 AM

SO seems strange to me these days.

Like people don't seem to be motivated to answer questions beyond very basic debugging stuff any more. I could be projecting. But it also looks like the general skill level of askers has dropped since the last time I hung out there, too. Like it's too big for its own good.

user202362

my thesis was on data mining more than 10 years ago

Jason C

The unanswered questions count seems higher than I remember too.

And there's a lot of really aggressive comments.

It could also be that I only really look at c++ and java, but the focus is moved more towards newer technologies.

Quill

12:59 AM

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1:20 AM

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JamesENL

2:10 AM

sd 2k

SmokeDetector

2:32 AM

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JamesENL

Promo shot for my new show

I'm on the right in green

user202362

2:53 AM

Spamalot :p

Aaron Hall

> Examples for proper usage have been posted as comment. I'm not putting them in my answer in order to avoid stealing the comment's votes. Thanks for the support, Phil. - german.stackexchange.com/a/31498

Someone with German cred should go straighten that guy out.

Does Phil feel lucky?

Aaron Hall

3:50 AM

makes a Groundhog Day allusion.

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Shadow Wizard

4:07 AM

@Telkitty the usual, downvotes.

@JasonC people don't like your Thing, probably

(I guess they prefer actual source code, though in your case it won't really help for getting better answer)

@Telkitty I prefer Sir Yipsalot

Much cuter

user202362

Once I have been suspended 7 days for post a cat picture in the lounge by a moderator

user202362

I am sure most people would rage if they got the same treatment

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user202362

now mods are crying victims

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user202362

4:16 AM

yesterday, by JamesENL

@Telkitty never underestimate the wrath of nerds who think they've been wronged

user202362

the wrath of nerds who think they've been wronged

Shadow Wizard

@Telkitty true. But I'm 10000% sure it wasn't just innocent cat picture and/or there was some context behind that.

user202362

it was an innocent cat picture

user202362

100%

Shadow Wizard

you "forgot" context.

user202362

4:18 AM

please explain

Shadow Wizard

According to your logic you should have been banned from chat to 1000 years by now. You're not.

user202362

you would rage after you are wronged once, if you are wronged every single time, you would have either quit or become passive

tchrist

@JamesENL Really?

JamesENL

Yep, it's a wig

tchrist

@bjb568 Surely you can attend the second in parallel.

@JamesENL Good luck then!

user202362

4:23 AM

what's luck to do with wig?

user202362

>_<

tchrist

I go now to bed with silly songs singing in my head.

user202362

yep, you are going to end up with a silly dream

Shadow Wizard

@JamesENL what you mean "my new show"? Is it on TV?

JamesENL

@ShadowWizard My new musical :)

Shadow Wizard

4:26 AM

@JamesENL nice.. where can we see it live? ;)

JamesENL

@ShadowWizard You'll have to come to Western Australia I'm afraid. It's just community theatre

Shadow Wizard

lol, Google is smart

user202362

good luck :)

Shadow Wizard

@JamesENL how much it cost?

JamesENL

$25

Shadow Wizard

4:28 AM

too much. Not coming. :P

@James so you have a side job as actor?

JamesENL

God no it's just a hobby

It's all unpaid

Shadow Wizard

So where does the money go? Theatre? Or charity?

JamesENL

The money goes to the theatre

tchrist

Musical theatre!

Shadow Wizard

@JamesENL so isn't it bit unfair? I would expect such thing to go to charity, if anything... unless that theatre really need the money e.g. going to close without it?

JamesENL

4:33 AM

It's the theatre that hosts the production. It's subsidised by arts grants, but the theatre still has running costs

Shadow Wizard

@JamesENL hmm...

tchrist

This is totally normal. It's how such things are always done.

user202362

@ShadowWizard If the building that theatre is in doesn't make profit, it will be converted to apartments (in extreme cases). Plenty of petrol stations and golf courses have already been in Sydney. Welcome to capitalist world

Shadow Wizard

4:48 AM

@tchrist dunno, I just imagine the money goes to the manager's pocket, and the manager being happy for finding cheap employees. Maybe it's just me being pessimistic though. :/

Guess it also depends how much "ordinary" show costs? @James

JamesENL

@ShadowWizard Nah, the show gets a smallish budget for props and set. The lighting guy gets paid, but everyone else is donating their time. Also take into account that we are using the theatre space for like 4 months before the show to rehearse. That adds up because they can't hire those spaces out to other people

Shadow Wizard

@JamesENL oh well, you win. But I still won't pay! :D

How many people arrive to your shows usually? Or will it be your first?

JamesENL

This is my 4th show

Shadow Wizard

Oh, nice!

JamesENL

Theatre can seat about 150 people, but we usually don't sell out

8 shows

over 3 weeks

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4:51 AM

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JamesENL

sd 2k

Shadow Wizard

koorliny.com.au/whats-on/monty-python-s-spamalot.html

No credits though to the actors :/

Anyway that's a very special hobby... cheers! :D

Adam Lear

5:05 AM

@JamesENL Community theatre #highfive. I used to do some acting as a hobby with kwlt.org before moving down to NYC. Totally get where you're coming from re: costs, theatre space, etc. We at least owned the building itself, although when I joined up, it was being restored after a fire.

(Well, still own it, I suppose, I'm just no longer there, but you get the idea.)

JamesENL

Thanks Adam! It's such good fun

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Adam Lear

I miss it a lot. Should try again to see if there's a community group around or maybe branch out to New Jersey. Most folks around here IME try to break into the actual acting business which isn't my thing. :)

JamesENL

Me neither, my director told me that my acting while I'm singing is great, can't be faulted. When I'm not singing......

Adam Lear

AFAIK I can hold my own... when I'm not singing. :)

Unless the point is to sing off key. In which case, I'm on that.

JamesENL

5:11 AM

Lol, that's always the case

Adam Lear

Either way, few things beat the feeling of closing a good show, having the strike party, and then going "wait, where did I leave off in my life before the show went up?" :)

Shadow Wizard

@Adam maybe arrange Stack Exchange Musical? Convince Shog, Jon, and the others to join and sing? :P

Adam Lear

I uh... have been to a few company karaoke events. Nobody wants to see that ;)

Shadow Wizard

lol

user202362

@AdamLear you can start a youtube channel: alear & cats :p

JamesENL

5:14 AM

@AdamLear You underestimate our desire for funny things

Adam Lear

@Telkitty I'm afraid someone already beat me to that: youtube.com/watch?v=cxLG2wtE7TM

JamesENL

We'd instantly cease posting cat pictures and switch to bad karaoke

user202362

@AdamLear there are quite a few channels about (wo)men & cats

Adam Lear

Indeed. How could I possibly top that.

user202362

well, that will depend on your goal - to be the most popular or just to share your cat videos with the internet

Adam Lear

5:23 AM

Shadow Wizard

@Adam but since SE allows working from home, why won't you move back to your old place where you can keep that hobby?

Adam Lear

@ShadowWizard I like NYC, for one. My wife is American, which makes just randomly moving back to Canada more challenging for another. There are benefits to working from an office for third. There's lots of variables, and we haven't even got to saving up the $$$ for the move. ;)

Shadow Wizard

@AdamLear haha, fair enough x 3 :D

Adam Lear

On that note, time to get some sleep. Catch y'all later!

JamesENL

See you later

user202362

5:30 AM

laterz

user202362

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JamesENL

sd 3k

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JamesENL

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JamesENL

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Pandya

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6:53 AM

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JamesENL

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JamesENL

8:15 AM

sd 5k

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JamesENL

8:32 AM

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JamesENL

8:57 AM

sd 6k

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9:12 AM

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rene

9:26 AM

@Oded if you're around, badges awarding and notifications seems borked: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/283748/…

Quill

I got a caucus badge on Anime today and it was fine

rene

Yeah, I got mine yesterday. Do you have the badges in your profile?

@Quill but they don't seem to be recorded multiple times: ell.stackexchange.com/help/badges/80/caucus only the notifications go out

Quill

strange

probably just a broadcast error

rene

maybe the script got stuck on the insert and then was restarted

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Quill

9:44 AM

@rene that sounds like a likely explanation

Rolled back an edit on that question

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Quill

that question is spam bait

rene

@Quill and that doesn't seem to be appreciated

Quill

of course not, when are they ever

user202362

9:59 AM

I read about people complaining how that they were personally attacked on their social network pages, then I remembered why I don't put them in my profile here.

user202362

nearly 20 years on the internet has taught me well ...

user202362

anything you have ever said on the internet might be used against you at anytime least convenient to you

rene

Yes, I will remind you of one of your silly gifs you posted in a few years time...

user202362

Oo noz! now my life is stuffed, my reputation ruined!

Quill

thankfully nobody gets doxed on SE

well, at least not on MSE

Bart

10:09 AM

@rene lives in NL. Go get him!

rene

Yeah, there are not that many flowers here

Bart

As long as you're not hiding in the Keukenhof

rene

You're not going to find me there, ever.

I'm old but not dead ... yet

user202362

one of the worse things that could happen to you, is when you say something, someone else digs up old dirty from years ago and says 'here, you contradicted yourself', 'there you said otherwise', 'and remember this, it's totally opposite from what you are saying now.'

Bart

Because heaven forbid people change their points of view over time.

user202362

10:14 AM

@Quill define dox

user202362

the worst I have seen is find someone's rl picture and post it on the internet

Euri Pinhollow

@Telkitty Personal profiles should not be put anywhere because internet is not your mate. Kinda, did you ever see anyone wear a shirt with their FB ID everywhere?

Bart

/me takes off shirt ... just warm ... that's all

Quill

10:30 AM

Doxing

Doxing (from dox, abbreviation of documents), or doxxing, is the Internet-based practice of researching and broadcasting private or identifiable information (especially personally identifiable information) about an individual or organization. The methods employed to acquire this information include searching publicly available databases and social media websites (like Facebook), hacking, and social engineering. It is closely related to internet vigilantism and hacktivism. Doxing may be carried out for various reasons, including to aid law enforcement, business analysis, extortion, coercion,...

qwer

10:41 AM

oh, reddit

Shadow Wizard

11:10 AM

@Adam @balpha umm, looks like an oscillating bug has arrived

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Q: Badge Notification Repeats

Not sure if someone else has already raised this - I've got eleven notifications that I've received a Caucus badge on English Language Learners. Perhaps one notification for each community that I'm a member of? I am a member of the community, and did visit the election. Also, the badge hasn't be...

bug badges notifications

balpha

@MarcGravell is looking at that right now

Shadow Wizard

It's reproducing, and looks like it affects whole of SE. Thousands of notifications, 0 badges awarded.

@balpha oh. Thanks!

Why Nick isn't pingable? :(

Bart

Nick sees all anyway

All

Shadow Wizard

Yeah, via direct queries to the database

Maybe @Nick sends him an SMS via direct database trigger..... :P

Quill

I don't even see the code

►

Shadow Wizard

11:22 AM

@Marc I would love to hear some details about what happened... I know it's usually Nick's thing, but counting on you that you can do that too! :-D

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11:43 AM

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Marc Gravell

@ShadowWizard basically, I fucked up

did you want more?

here's the complex fix:

db here was the "read only" instance, not the active instance (sql server availability groups with read-only replicas)

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Marc Gravell

we run the "what badges need awarding?" on the replica, then award on the live instance

at least, until I broke it

Bart

No badges for you!

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