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1:06 PM
You keep your waffels, but you eat your wafels
Some nice Dunglish for you
 
@Bart Bartlish
 
@Bart Now it sounds like some Dutch stingy-ness :P
 
also... can we lock the cheese post now?
 
that would need a mod CM?
 
1:12 PM
morning...
 
@Derpy no, we need a diamond.
I commented to Tim Post, but I'm pretty sure he's busy with more important things.
And will be busy for long days.
 
spam for dinner
 
4 messages moved to Chimney
nom nom nom
 
1:31 PM
@ShadowWizard well, he only has 10 before we get mad make a twitter post about missing cheese cutting boards
 
I missed the pun but yeah, probably true. ;)
 
> Winners will be notified via email within 10 days of the contest closing. As we will be ordering these based on demand (they're not cheap!), you'll need to allow approximately 30 days for delivery
 
In line with that, they still have a full week before it's due
 
@Derpy oh. I'll be really surprised if such email will be sent within 30 days, luckily (?) it's not relevant for me this time. :)
 
but I'm kinda disappointed that this was the only contest
I could go for some swag
 
1:37 PM
@Magisch On behalf of all of IPS, I'm sorry? :P
 
Think in the Silly Moose event there was delay of several months, maybe half year.
 
@ShadowWizard Hmm. Lemme look.
 
@Tinkeringbell I'm pretty involved in IPS myself, so sorry to myself?
:D
 
So back then I made a decision: I stop caring. And it works!
 
@ShadowWizard It took until March
 
1:39 PM
personally, I am currently intrigued by that other line
> If you win but don't care for cheese, we'll give you a selection of other items of approximate value.
 
@Magisch ;) I really do hope they manage to push out another contest before winterbash starts ;)
 
@Tinkeringbell I got the package in April.
@Derpy yeah, it "happened" to me, I asked for Plush Unicorn but since they don't have one, they asked me in email what I want instead.
 
@ShadowWizard Mine arrived March 8 or 9, I think.
 
"Yes I would like all of that in stickers. Just keep them coming"
suddenly you get a 2kg box full of stickers
 
I dunno. I think stickers may be more expensive than you think ;)
 
1:42 PM
oh wait... no... I asked for unicorn bucks. They didn't have any too. :D
 
I saw the charcoal stickers thing so you're probably right
 
> You requested some unicorn bucks, which we don't actually have available to send to users anymore. Even though I'm disappointed you never edited to actually count down by 1s instead of 10s, I'm willing to send you something else if you have any ideas of something you'd want. Or I could send you something very random.
lol
 
@ShadowWizard they can always send me an hoodie instead
 
@Catija you mentioned those supersecret t-shirts, that you didn't want to show. When are we going to see those? :D
Oh wait, you're on leave. I'd better ask whether you have one and if we can get a sneak preview of that one ;)
 
@Tinkeringbell huh, not sure. They're SO, not SE, as a note.
 
1:46 PM
I always get confused with american vs european parental leave
cause everyone that took parental leave here for instance took like a full year
 
SE's leave isn't anything like American parental leave.
 
@Catija Oh, so the contest may just be held on SO. Does anyone in this room know if there have been swag contests on SO?
 
You're not taking a full year though right?
I remember reading about you returning early next year
 
No... but I'd go crazy if I had to. The five weeks I am taking full time leave is already a struggle.
 
@Tinkeringbell as far as I know there was one about writing an inspirational story
let me find it
Tis' the downside of having a job you love
 
1:48 PM
I'll be back part time after Thanksgiving.
 
being on leave sucks because you can't work but want to
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Q: 10 Million Questions - Let's Share Some Stories That the Number Doesn't Convey

Tim Post Have a look at this Meta post for the current status of your swag! It's easy to look at numbers; numbers tell us that many developers have been helped by what we built. That alone is very warming and makes us feel exceptionally great about what we're doing, wouldn't it be nice to take a li...

 
@Tinkeringbell pretty sure I saw something on MSO, yeah. SO also got swag for the SOReadyToHelp thing in the past.
 
Yep. And I'm always here anyway... and this is a big part of my friends circle, so trying to stay away actually hurts because I feel lonely.
 
on the flipside, at least you like working here, which is more then most people can say about their dayjob
 
And night job?
 
1:51 PM
@Magisch Oh, I meant more as a part of the 10 year celebrations.
@Catija And to be honest, I find it hard to talk with people here and not have the conversation inevitably run back to SE...
IPS question: How do you do smalltalk with a CM? :P
 
personally I just pretend they don't work here for a while
usually when CMs come here to socialize it's not to get accosted about work stuff
 
Yeah but ... I do discuss SE a lot with people that don't work for SE :P
 
that's ... a quandry
 
@Tinkeringbell Same way you chat with anyone else? Shog and I used to talk about all sorts of random stuff before I was hired...
 
@Tinkeringbell shog does smalltalk ok ;p
 
1:55 PM
@Catija Hmm. Okay. How's the weather?
 
Cold.
 
@JourneymanGeek Perhaps I've never paid attention then :P
 
@Tinkeringbell or missed a lot of it.
Don't forget
 
It's scalding for mid november here
21C and it's mid november! scandalous
 
my primary reason for coming here was to listen into SE gossip ;p
 
1:56 PM
Shog and Tim are both suckers for talking about food.
 
@Catija I thought that was a prerequsite for being hired ;p
 
@Catija See, that's where I always disconnect :P I don't cook a lot, and if I do, it's just vegetable, potato, meat.
 
Tim sometimes responds to bad puns
They're so easy to make
 
Tim and Adam are pun masters.
 
I'm not good at those either.
 
1:58 PM
Well, Shog and I have also had long talks about coffee and booze.
 
@Tinkeringbell You could just parrot some from other people :p
 
I guess I have to learn a lot still ;)
 
booze for Happy Hourâ„¢
 
@Magisch That makes them really bad puns though, as they were already made once ;)
 
@JourneymanGeek but others much less...
 
1:59 PM
I'll stick to reading and smiling at my screen ;)
 
@ShadowWizard true
but quite a lot of historic CMs were friends
 
Oh, and LED lighting.
 
hehe, found a Funny Shog Fact!
Oct 26 '11 at 23:25, by Shog9
I grew up on a dairy farm, where daily I would - you guessed it - forget the milk.
 
Hmm, hmm... food... booze... LED lighting... _φ(・_・
 
@Catija that sounds a lot like ... well what people talk about anywhere ;p
 
2:00 PM
@andmyself Sounds like a party ;)
 
Ideally that's what CMs should be though
 
Other than the tomatos.
 
@JourneymanGeek well, we are people.
 
@Magisch Aarthi was pretty much my favourite former CM ;p
 
2:01 PM
(even if she confused me and someone else)
 
Being friendly with regulars & the community makes CM work a lot easier, as they tend to give you quite a bit of deference where it counts.
 
@Catija but of course.
 
Oh yeah... his garden. Also car repairs.
 
@ShadowWizard Missing something edible.
 
2:02 PM
 
@ShadowWizard Are those tomato bits!?
triggered
 
@ShadowWizard it has tomato. @Tinkeringbell wouldn't consider it edible
 
@Tinkeringbell nope. Shrimps.
 
and it probably dosen't have enough garlic ;p
 
Shrimps are okay :) It's the tomato one should be wary of ;)
 
2:04 PM
@Tinkeringbell all I need is tomato... and lots of garlic
I think I used to throw in half a head for a single one person serving.
 
@JourneymanGeek Oh, perhaps if you add enough garlic so you won't taste the tomato? Never tried though.
 
I think the red bits are bell peppers.
 
It might be edible then! Yay!
 
I was thinking the light redness of the pasta
 
2:04 PM
I'm going to flag that
 
I like tomatoes.
 
Its penne though
 
Penne for your thoughts?
 
Penne is the stuff I basically can always make to how I like it cause I used to make it a lot as a student.
 
2:05 PM
 
My parents prefer spirals. And they overcook it. Then cook it again.
 
Penne is our go-to. Bennett also likes tiny shells.
 
oh we also make it fresh with a machine.
 
You're going to scare @Tinkeringbell away. 😥
 
2:06 PM
but I have better luck with ramenish noodles.
 
@Catija She's strong. :P
 
@JourneymanGeek You're a dog, you can lick anything.
 
I still need to try Tim's pasta recipe.
 
@Catija ours is just water and bread flour. And oil IIRC...
 
2:07 PM
Maybe I'll do that sometime this week.
 
no eggs for us ;p
 
@Catija (I'm going to be scared away anyways, co-worker is pushing buttons again)
 
Bread flour? That's surprising.
 
I hope to be back soon!
 
@Catija that would be copy&pasta!
 
2:08 PM
@Catija for noodles you want it to be springy.
Its what the book suggested and seems to work
 
soon later...
 
Huh. Interesting. I've never made noodles, only Italian-style pasta.
 
@Tinkeringbell keep things from exploding!
 
2:09 PM
I think I remember you mentioning that before.
 
probably had photos of my pasta too
and el was like "no good would come of it"
 
Blue pasta :/
 
lol
my brother would have demanded it as a kid...
actually, there's a certain local foodstuff that's blue
coloured with... pea flower water?
 
There's a line... they crossed it. Food shouldn't be that shade of blue.
Same color as the MSE banner.
 
Butterfly-pea flower tea is a caffeine-free herbal tea, or tisane, beverage made from a decoction or infusion of the leaves of the Clitoria ternatea plant and dried Lemongrass. The ternatea is also known as butterfly-pea, blue-pea, Aprajita, Cordofan pea or Asian pigeonwings. Derived from a plant that is common to most South East Asian countries butterfly pea flower tea has been brewed for centuries but only recently been introduced to tea drinkers outside the indigenous area. Butterfly pea flower tea retains many of the medicinal properties of the Clitoria ternatea as well as extracting the deep...
 
2:14 PM
there's also blue curry :/
 
I didn't realise it changes colour
 
That flower has an unfortunate Latin name.
 
My brother would insist on blue rose milk
 
I think I just accidentally outed myself to coworkers
 
@Catija probably cause it looks a bit like...
especially if you're victorian
 
2:15 PM
@Magisch ??
 
@Magisch as? 0_0
 
@Magisch ?
 
As a cactus?
 
I usually draw patterns during a lecture to concentrate
 
As being disengaged from work?
 
2:15 PM
so when unpacking my notes from the CCI lecture material a coworker saw my pattern drawing and loudly exclaimed "Are you autistic?!"
 
@JourneymanGeek yeah...
 
@Magisch ... who the f says that?
 
@Bart someone who is...
 
And my hesitation to answer sort of gave the game away
 
@JourneymanGeek inconsiderate?
 
2:17 PM
@Magisch I think technically they outed you... that's not the sort of question you ask, particularly not publicly.
 
@Bart well that too
 
ugh, I drew anything during lecture/class, from labyrinth/maze until Chip's Challenge map...
 
@Magisch its possibility they are too
and I doodled a lot
and I'm not autistic.
 
I used to doodle dark and depressing little cartoons on calls, which some of my coworkers found disturbing :D I found them hilarious
 
My dad used to doodle constantly... some people just doodle.
 
2:19 PM
11
Q: Book centered around a labyrinth/maze

mazeinquiryI'm not really sure when I read this book (or series of books), but it was definitely when I was a kid, so I'd say at least 10 years ago. It's about a maze which when successfully navigated, gives the person great power. One of the powers that I remember was that a singer who had navigated throu...

 
@Catija I draw repetitive patterns all the time when listening to static lectures
 
 
It helps me concentrate
 
@Magisch well, that's no different from yelling at an overweight person "You're fat!" or yelling "You're a cow!" to an overweight woman in order to insult. People can find something to insult others with easily.
 
that's actually... for a lot better purpose... compared to me who was bored :/
 
2:22 PM
I'm not mad they exclaimed or asked
I'm a bit mad at myself that I reacted poorly and now people know
 
Or like "You're a Wizard!" to someone who is a shadow @ShadowWizard
 
@Magisch actually
 
The fact they choose to insult is the problem... if there is some official policy in your company you should file a complaint, hopefully leading to firing that offensive person.
 
that's exactky how I would have reacted
or went
"SAY WOT M8?"
 
@ShadowWizard You're a shadow!
 
2:24 PM
@andmyself you're... myself!
 
@Magisch My dad draws lines and shapes. Lots of circles and dots. Small scale. He'd do it while on the phone... it's interesting.
 
@ShadowWizard flagged Shadow as a sock of myself
 
@Magisch so what? So you're on the autistic spectrum. But here you are, with a decent job, with better skills than most of those who insult you, and more. I'm sure they are just jealous. Or maybe jealous and having a bad personality. Anyway... hope you have thick enough skin to keep working, it won't be fair to let them win.
@andmyself I'm no sock! flags @and as sock of @Bart
 
@ShadowWizard That is one of the advantage of being a Frisk. You look just like a Chara.
 
> pass the hands over (someone) in a search for hidden weapons, drugs, or other items.
This frisk??
 
2:30 PM
He's a shadow of the wizard he once was.
4
 
rofl!
 
@ShadowWizard no, the other Chara
 
KABOOOM
 
and I'm facepalming myself why I could forget my GitHub's password...
 
@andmyself Chara is scary! runs away in terror
@andmyself meatballs
Must be meatballs.
 
2:32 PM
@ShadowWizard Eh. Most likely there'll be concern trolling on every single decision I make now, which is going to suck but alas
 
Alas indeed. :)
 
if that was asked on TWP, I think the answer will more-or-less... be the bigger person than them...
 
Related...
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Q: What are the pros and cons of disclosing a spectrum disorder when applying for a job?

FolksLordShould one reveal having an Autism Spectrum Disorder when applying for an IT job? From the one side this information could help getting the job. Asperger Syndrome is related with high intelligence and very poor social skills, so people with that syndrome are often brilliant programmers, but they...

Pretty sure @Magi read that already though.
 
yeah
 
@JourneymanGeek Nah, I managed not to explode this time around.
@Magisch That sounds like crappy co-workers :(
 
2:49 PM
I've literally never met anyone who doesn't do this
at work, anyways
 
if that "double negative" is intended then... :(
 
Hmmm. I've had several co-workers on the spectrum over the years, but most of them didn't make decisions I could question :) The only one that did, was an amazing programmer and always did a good job of explaining them when asked, so I didn't really questions the decisions but I did ask him about the reasons for them and learned a lot.
(granted, the asking had to follow a specific format or he'd get angry)
 
@Magisch doesn't do what? Mock you for being autistic when getting to know about it?
 
No, treat me differently
sometimes much differently
they often mean well, but...
I need to be called out on things and treated like a normal person, it's the only way I learn to interact
 
Well, you are different. But everyone is different from anyone else, that's the whole point of being humans and not robots. :)
Anyway... tempted to start a +100 bounty to drop below 100k again... ;)
 
2:55 PM
@ShadowWizard wait a second.....
 
@Derpy I waited. Second has passed. Too late!
@SmokeDetector k
 
@ShadowWizard seems you haven't yet learned the lesson about Equality. Quick reminder:
 
@ShadowWizard If you do, I'm not going to congratulate you again :P
 
@Tinkeringbell lol... well, so I won't. :D
 
2:57 PM
@ShadowWizard boo for dropping below 100k 😩
 
@Derpy sorry, I was late for class. Blame @Tink. ;)
 
oh, the emoji got italicized too
 
@andmyself well, yeah.. it's part of the font.
 
@andmyself That looks really weird :P
 
Pretty sure it can also get color.
(not on SE, markdown doesn't support font colors)
 
2:58 PM
@ShadowWizard Hey, I'm innocent.
 
@Tinkeringbell no you're not! :D
 
Oh yes I am.
And if not, I'm going to call in my right to remain silent!
 
@Tinkeringbell can't be, I ruined your innocence! ;)
Or... maybe... perhaps... innocence can grow back?
:D
 
innocent green parrot?
 
2 mins ago, by Tinkeringbell
And if not, I'm going to call in my right to remain silent!
Byebye!
 
3:01 PM
@andmyself If you'll call @Tinkeringbell a green parrot she'll get really mad.... :-P
 
she left :(
trying to catch her
 
@andmyself pretty sure she will be back. :)
 
lol
We love @Tinker, innocent or not, red or green. Right? :)
 
@ShadowWizard should I just post the link to the Den on twitter?
 
3:17 PM
@Derpy nah, you can get it closed much easier if you really want to. :)
 
3:33 PM
@ShadowWizard I'm becoming too predictable, am I?
@ShadowWizard I do!
But I still like me best red :D
 
4:32 PM
hehehe
 
 
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6:13 PM
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Manually reported question (93): nadi astrology by Umang taneja by Anirudh Thakur on hinduism.SE
 
7:00 PM
@ShadowWizard hey, that almost pinged me!
 
 
1 hour later…
8:02 PM
waffles
 
@rene My Android app does show meta sites but no rep.
 
@rene you can add meta sites without the app...
 
Yeah, I can add meta sites to the my communities list as well. I must have overlooked something when I tested that earlier
 
yeah, just saw you ninja'd me
 
@AndrasDeak so almost oops! ;)
 
8:08 PM
I would even argue it is a bug that you can add them
 
I don't think so...
 
Adding meta sites to My Communities list?? Why bug?
 
What use it to have those on your communties list
 
they're sites too, no?
 
Yes, but not communities
 
8:12 PM
Some people might want to visit some meta sites often.
 
not a bug
 
posts on MSE
 
I mean, you could argue with the intent of design there, but it's definitely by design :)
 
Pretty sure it is already asked. ;)
 
tbh the two sites I actually use in my list are MSE and MSO
 
8:13 PM
Okay, I argue the design then ....
@AdamLear but MSE is a main site ...
 
@rene it's technically both
 
MSE is its own beast :P
one of the three parts of SE
 
@rene I have MSO but not SO. :)
 
@AdamLear main_site ... ;)
Okay, I'm on the wrong end here ... Y'll are right ....
 
8:18 PM
I think that everyone can use things differently. There's no right way.
 
@AdamLear That is unfair! You have inside knowledge ... LOL
 
> If you aren't sure, ask the experts.
 
@Catija by that reasoning LifeHacks.se should be MSE ....
 
@AdamLear If a staff member wants to migrate a question older than 60 days, is it an easy task? Is this functionality unlocked in the UI if a user has the staff bit, or does that involve having to manipulate the database?
 
IIRC it just bypasses the 60-day check, usual UI works
 
8:21 PM
? I'm not sure I understand. A program can have a variety of features. One person doesn't have to use all of them for them to be of value. I don't use keyboard shortcuts but I'm not going to argue against them existing just because I don't use them.
 
@Catija Tell that to Google
Microsoft understands that very well.
 
bastards removed my backspace to go back
 
(!back)space
 
One of the cat in our house gave birth to 3 kittens last month and I took this video last week
 
those are very strange looking bats
 
8:33 PM
;p
the tail
 
@rene communities, just not the right kind of communities (arf arf arf)
 
@AdamLear I'm pretty sure you won't be able to hit anyone properly with them.
 
idk throwing these is probably at least scratches
so hitting is probably possible
 
@AdamLear woohoo! Source code! ;)
@OptimusPrime lol they behave like little dragons... :D
 
8:44 PM
@scohe001 So that makes two rooms where you've ruined the mood :P
 
He merely ascended to a higher plane of existence. Sunglasses made of energy and whatnot
 
@Tinkeringbell there was too much awkward silence over there! :P
 
@scohe001 They were having a moment of silence in remembrance!
 
@Tinkeringbell actually, more than two rooms have heard of that already...
 
Ahh it's hard to tell the difference. They both sound the same from this monitor
 
8:45 PM
@scohe001 :(
 
@EKons Scohe posted it in the IPS chatroom too ;)
 
yeah, and somebody else posted it in a third room too... not gonna say who, where or what :P
 
@scohe001 ping sound should be different...
 
no, he was referring to the types of silence
 
@ShadowWizard I think the ping sound is the same whether it's an awkward silence or a silence in remembrance--they're both absent :p
 
8:51 PM
@EKons loud silence vs. silent silence?
 
well, total silence doesn't actually sound like nothing
your heart still makes a sound
 
Blood running in veins must make some noise too...
 
@EKons There are rooms that are so silent they drive people nuts.
 
@EKons depending on how define "sound" or "total silence" there is no silence anywhere in our environment. Sound is just waves after all, right?
 
where there are no waves, there is silence ;-)
 
8:56 PM
Does there exist such a place? And wouldn't being there defeat the purpose? :p
 
9:11 PM
depends on what the purpose was
 
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Manually reported answer (94): Bringing the cold water to room temperature by Billy on lifehacks.SE
 
@Mithrandir 3spoopy5me
 
10:30 PM
morning
 
10:51 PM
GOOD MORNING
 
o/
 
11:49 PM
@Mithrandir I've been to a silent room like that and the silence was unexpectedly eerie
Like being underwater, but it doesn't match with your other sensory stimuli. Really uncanny.
I presume that's also explained in the video but I'm sure my personal experience is way more interesting :P
 
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