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Journeyman Geek

12:17 AM

There's something fishy

Supa Mega Ducky Momo da Waffle

1:48 AM

@SmokeDetector I see you have come back to life as an automatic script. Clever.

user302202

2:00 AM

Unicode
It gives us those nice bright 🌈
It gives us the 🌿 of summers
Makes you think all the world is a 🌞 day

user302202

And Shog wants to take our Unicode away... twitter.com/shog9/status/1095863454429175808

Shog9

I am enjoying the room's new Simon & Garfunkel theme

Aug 6 '16 at 1:54, by Shog9

Need more Garfunkel

Journeyman Geek

But does it need more cowbell?

Shog9

2:19 AM

Tori Amos - Happy Phantom

►

Journeyman Geek

@Mrs.Robinson you have clearly not seen what we have not seen

Bookends

2:45 AM

morning

Journeyman Geek

Woof

user302202

3:09 AM

Technically, there is no Garfunkel in that song.

Shog9

Concert in Central Park is the version I hear in my head

Bookends

looks like I didn't miss any conversation since last night...

Journeyman Geek

3:24 AM

I've been travelling

Was hanging out at my cousin's place talking about old family gossip, tech and baking...

So mostly like SE chat in real life

SmokeDetector

3:35 AM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Misleading link (14): cisco Static Route Problem (STATIC, RIPv2, TUNNEL). causing RECURSIVE ROUTING by stevdelros on networkengineering.SE

user302202

4:24 AM

Speaking of Kodak film ... spam on the subject photo.stackexchange.com/a/105074

user302202

And the question is about black-and-white reversal processing...

user302202

At some point, "everything looks worse in black & white" got changed to "better" - was that the Central Park concert?

Sonic the Introverted Hedgehog

!!/report photo.stackexchange.com/a/105074/77292

user302202

Magisch is so far the only The The WorkPlace election candidate: workplace.stackexchange.com/election

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Manually reported answer (94): Weird artifacts when using Tmax 100 for black-and-white reversal processing by yaalH on photo.SE

Sonic the Introverted Hedgehog

4:35 AM

!!/watch yaalherman\.com

SmokeDetector

@SonictheIntrovertedHedgehog You don't have code privileges, but I've created PR#2642 for you.

Shree

!!/approve 2642

SmokeDetector

5:35 AM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Username similar to website in answer (53): Empty 70-persistent-net.rules directory by cuencacigars on superuser.com

Bookends

6:33 AM

I'm starting to get Stack Overflow related articles on Google Feed, the latest one: dev.to/jorgecc/oh-stack-overflow-1mmb (critique/rant)

Interestingly, it's tagged as "trending" instead of the usual subject (e.g. "Stack Overflow")

Journeyman Geek

6:53 AM

@Bookends I get a little frustrated with the SO is toxic meme

I mean. Folks are devs. This is the equivalent of a 'its broken' bug report

Catija

> Gamification. People don't want to answer question, they want to earn a stupid tag, no matter if it is rushed or invalid.

Huh?

Journeyman Geek

@Catija oh that too

They completely ignore the voting system acting as QC

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Username similar to website in answer (53): Examples of front-end and back-end enrollment forms (module) (Magento 1) by Magezon on magento.SE

Asuna

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ it's just hibernation. A complete shutdown takes too long to reboot from

Sonic the Introverted Hedgehog

7:13 AM

Also they completely ignore the fact that comments and most moderation actions don't earn rep

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in link text in answer (80): Business Intelligence for developers by Bret Kinley on dba.SE

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

@SonictheIntrovertedHedgehog People usually rant based on emotions and perceptions, not logic. That's not gonna stop them from ranting

ɪBᴜɢ

Shadow Wizard

@Shog9 you mean me reopening and closing? I do take responsibility for closing, what makes you think I don't? If you want me to stop this "cleanup" then it's fine, it's an old habit I didn't think can cause so much mess.

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

7:32 AM

@ShadowWizard What does that image say?

IOW, what did you do?

Sonic the Introverted Hedgehog

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ He reopened and re-closed a question with an active reopen vote.

Shadow Wizard

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ umm... what image? It's text.

Sonic the Introverted Hedgehog

I actually raised this point with him before Shog did.

Shadow Wizard

@SonictheIntrovertedHedgehog well I couldn't reopen even if I wanted to so it was pointless to keep going about it.

But I never said "meh, it's not my problem" as Shog see it for some reason.

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ oh, the image @ɪBᴜɢ posted? It's a comic about counting sheep that overflows from positive number to negative number, i.e. programmers joke.

Sonic the Introverted Hedgehog

23 hours ago, by Shadow Wizard

@SonictheIntrovertedHedgehog I didn't clear the vote on purpose, I cleaned up the old messy dupe-close mechanism which left the "possible duplicate" text in the body of the question. I do it whenever seeing question closed in the old style and can hammer it.

Shadow Wizard

7:36 AM

@SonictheIntrovertedHedgehog right, that's explaining what I did and why.

Sonic the Introverted Hedgehog

Yes, your intention was not to clear the reopen vote, but the effect is that you did. Shog is complaining that you didn't take responsibility for that effect.

Shadow Wizard

@SonictheIntrovertedHedgehog take responsibility how, exactly?

You mean such comment?

@ahsteele sorry, I probably didn't look enough into it when re-closing, since it was already closed. I'll think twice in the future in similar cases. Also, you could have it reopened 6.5 years ago by editing/reopening (which would sent it to reopen review) or even flagging for mod attention. — Shadow Wizard 6 mins ago

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

@ShadowWizard They sell responsibility bars with chocolate flavor

It tastes pretty crappy, still

Sonic the Introverted Hedgehog

Your intention, I know, was just to change the old form of closure to the new form. But you should be a lot more careful when doing so (e.g. check if the closure is valid, check for active reopen votes, etc.)

Shadow Wizard

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ let me guess, 99% Cacao? Too bitter, even for me! ;)

@Catija where is it from?

Catija

7:54 AM

@ShadowWizard That link Andrew posted.

Shadow Wizard

@Catija oh.

Andrew... hehe, it's like calling me Yahav. Only few will make the connection. ;)

(though think @Book is still Andrew on SO, so not really the same? :))

SmokeDetector

8:46 AM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword with email in body (64): Cyber security, hacking desperate for advice by John lent on superuser.com

Shadow Wizard

sd why

SmokeDetector

@ShadowWizard [:7555010] Bad keyword with email in body - Keyword hacking, money, interested, hacking, hacking, pics, legit, employment, hacking, hack with email Funwithcolors@mail.com

Shadow Wizard

hmm

sd ignore

SmokeDetector

@ShadowWizard [:7555013] That message is not a report.

Shadow Wizard

appears to be non spam, even if totally unclear.

@SmokeDetector ignore

SmokeDetector

8:49 AM

@ShadowWizard Post ignored; alerts about it will no longer be posted.

Shadow Wizard

@Andy @ArtOfCode what you think of Smokey feature request that will make "sd" refer to the last valid report? (See above)

i.e. I sometimes want to ask "why", then act upon it.

(and I always forget who is Smokey dev and who isn't so sorry if you're not.)

Bookends

sd a i u e o

Shadow Wizard

?

Derpy

@Bookends ka ki ku ke ko

Shadow Wizard

hehe Kaki in Hebrew is an uncouth word. :D

> this is a childish noun which adults rarely use

Wrong! -1 for the Quora reply. lol

Asuna

9:03 AM

oof

Shadow Wizard

!!/coffee Asu

SmokeDetector

@ShadowWizard brews a cup of Mocha for @Asu

Shadow Wizard

Better?

Asuna

>.>

I don't like coffee <.<

Shadow Wizard

!!/tea Asu

SmokeDetector

9:04 AM

@ShadowWizard brews a cup of passionfruit tea for @Asu

Shadow Wizard

Better?

Asuna

I don't like tea either >.>

Shadow Wizard

!!/hug Asu

SmokeDetector

@ShadowWizard No such command 'hug'.

Shadow Wizard

Better?

Asuna

9:05 AM

yeah uwu

Shadow Wizard

:-D

!!/learn-command hug "hugs %1"

SmokeDetector

@ShadowWizard No such command 'learn-command'.

Shadow Wizard

lol

Derpy

weird... someone apparently upvoted this old question of mine

still no hope for an official answer though.

oh, another vote.

Shadow Wizard

9:42 AM

whistles innocently

Mithrandir

Well, my Google Code-In t-shirt arrived... but still no sign of the SE swag.

Tinkeringbell

@Mithrandir The cheese board? Or the watch, or the give-a-way?

TheLittleNaruto

@ShadowWizard that works with baby be'el

Shadow Wizard

plz-delete solidity meta.stackexchange.com/questions/323922/… @Bart @rene

Mithrandir

@Tinkeringbell Any of them.

Tinkeringbell

9:49 AM

Strange. I'd think the cheese board would've arrived by now.

Shadow Wizard

waffles! Ninja'd by parrot. :D

Tinkeringbell

I'm not expecting the watch and swag-box for at least another week.

Mithrandir

And, like, if it was stopped by Customs I'm supposed to get notified about it.

Shadow Wizard

@Mithrandir even the Cheese? I got mine few weeks ago, but it got stuck in customs, DHL had to contact me directly. Sure you gave your correct email and phone number?

Mithrandir

I'm pretty sure...

Shadow Wizard

9:51 AM

Worth checking, if possible.

@TheLittleNaruto so bring him here! :D

Mithrandir

@JNat is there any way to see the responses I submitted to the cheese board form thing?

Shadow Wizard

status-sad

In three days, a very historical room is going to freeze.

It was created two days after the Tavern.

balpha

@SupaMegaDuckyMomodaWaffle nice :) here, have a hi-res version:

Journeyman Geek

Lol

balpha

Shadow Wizard

9:54 AM

I can keep it open of course, but... what for? Looks like it lost its original purpose.

Journeyman Geek

Which one and why?

Shadow Wizard

@balpha whoa that's.... big! Whose that?

@JourneymanGeek the room of Pekka and Welbog

balpha

12 hours ago, by Supa Mega Ducky Momo da Waffle

Shadow Wizard

Welbog left.... no idea why... so Pekka doesn't bother to be there too.

Magisch

hey balpha

balpha

9:55 AM

since it's a 7 digit unicorn identifier, it doesn't actually "belong" to anyone

(since email-based unicorns would always have 32 digits)

Journeyman Geek

@ShadowWizard ah

Shadow Wizard

@balpha oh, thought the idea is to unicornify email hash.... no?

balpha

yeah, but unicornify doesn't care where a number comes from

Shadow Wizard

I see

balpha

it takes a hexadecimal number and makes a unicorn out of it, length doesn't matter

Shadow Wizard

9:57 AM

Negative too?

Anyway, still waiting for April Fool's prank that will replace avatars of all users with unicorns. @balpha ;)

balpha

@ShadowWizard you're nine years late

Shadow Wizard

Rebecca? But it's bit different.

balpha

Reminder: It”s April 1st

Jeff Atwood on March 31, 2010

Depending on what time zone you live in, it may be April 1st, aka April Fools’ Day!

April Fools’ Day or All Fools’ Day is a holiday celebrated in various countries on April 1. The day is marked by the commission of hoaxes and other practical jokes of varying sophistication on friends, family members, enemies, and neighbors, or sending them on a fool’s errand, the aim of which is to embarrass the gullible.

Update:

Do you remember last year’s April Fools’ joke? That one added a cornify button to every post. …

Shadow Wizard

ohhh

Derpy

@ShadowWizard that... was kinda the reason he made unicornify in the first place....

Shadow Wizard

9:59 AM

lol

balpha

@Derpy not really

this comment was:

But then someone needs to write a MonsterId that creates Unicorns instead. — Michael Stum ♦ Jan 28 '10 at 5:29

Shadow Wizard

Well, SE re-use hats every year.... so why not re-use April Fools pranks? :D

Derpy

@balpha I kinda hoped you would mention that your heart was touched by a comment....

Jul 21 '15 at 13:08, by SPArchaeologist

@ShadowWizard @balpha doesn't have time for this. He must work on important stuff, like my request for an alternate unicornify service that uses MLP:FiM flash puppets. ^_^

Dec 21 '18 at 14:38, by Derpy

TheLittleNaruto

@ShadowWizard Ok :-)

Tinkeringbell

@ShadowWizard Because I'm a parrot, not a unicorn.

Really, really bad idea to turn me into a unicorn

Shadow Wizard

10:04 AM

baby are you here?

:(

@Tinkeringbell you'll still be red! ;)

Anyway... anyone got idea what's this? Is it from a game?

Tinkeringbell

Looks like it?

Shadow Wizard

Found with my Random Image Generator

Tinkeringbell

Random dungeon map?

Shadow Wizard

@Tinkeringbell lol no. Code that generates five random letters or digits, and show imgur image with such URL. 80% of those actually got an image, since imgur have so many images hosted on it. Don't try at work though for... obvious reasons. :P

Tinkeringbell

Ah. I'm working from home, but I'll refrain ;)

Shadow Wizard

10:16 AM

lol

Tinkeringbell

Let me know once you've found my childhood pictures? :P

Magisch

then, at long last it'll be revealed, that you're actually a parrot

Tinkeringbell

I've not been keeping that a secret ;)

Journeyman Geek

featuredcreature.com/…

Tinkeringbell

Awkward!

Bookends

10:58 AM

Caw-kward...

JNat

@Mithrandir shoot me an email and I'll forward that to you? Anyway, I'm not sure which 5, but I got word from the vendor that due to some error in their system, 5 users were not sent the board in the original batch, and they're workin' on it

so it might be that yours hasn't been shipped yet :\

Mithrandir

11:16 AM

@JNat huh, interesting. I'll send you an email soon

JNat

thanks :)

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in answer (86): Are we slightly lighter during the day and slightly heavier at night, owing to the force of the Sun's gravity? ✏️ by Steve Johnson on physics.SE

Shadow Wizard

11:32 AM

R.I.P ^

@JNat :/

Bookends

0

Q: Profile is not getting update on Magento Stack Exchange

Today i tried to update and modify my profile pic and information. When i hit on save, The page is getting error.

Magisch

@ShadowWizard The rover held out 15 years though

so fair play

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Blacklisted username (92): Removing soot and smoke smell after a house fire by Russ Palmer on lifehacks.SE

Shadow Wizard

@Magisch yeah, that's really impressive. Think it can be considered as 150 years old person? ;)

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Blacklisted username, potentially bad keyword in answer (93): How to repair solid wood cabinet finish after fire? by Russ Palmer on diy.SE

Shadow Wizard

11:45 AM

wow old time cross network spammer!

sd k

Derpy

11:57 AM

..... I am speechless.

Shadow Wizard

That's rare.

@Derpy what caused you such a thing?

You saw a dragon?

Derpy

I was browsing the Android Enterprise Solutions Directory looking at the various phones to see which manufacturers provides the best update support

Shadow Wizard

And?

Bookends

Samsung.

Derpy

(you know, to avoid things like LGE not even providing security updates on the old G-Flex line)

@ShadowWizard and out of curiosity, I was looking at the prices ranges too.

Shadow Wizard

12:00 PM

@Derpy And?

it's like a book... to know what happens next you need to actively flip a page. :D

Derpy

@ShadowWizard nope, just wait for me to write the message, I'm slow

@ShadowWizard Turn out you can probably get a RUGGED smartphone for less than the average price of same-spec ones from popular mainstream brands

Shadow Wizard

@Derpy feature-request write it all up in Notepad, or your favorite text editor if it's not Notepad, then copy line by line here. :D

Derpy

Somehow I find it very funny when a MIL-STD 810G certified phone would cost me as a Pixel 3 XL one, with very few features dropped....

at least I could throw the rugged one at the wall next time I get mad at SharePoint and not break it....

the Pixel 3 doubt would survive ^_^'

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Blacklisted username, blacklisted user (161): What advanced equipment for the water damage restoration services arrived in the market? by Russ Palmer on diy.SE

Shadow Wizard

hmm... can't see any price ranges anywhere. You mean this site? @Derpy

Derpy

12:09 PM

@ShadowWizard you have to look for a reseller on google, not every manufacturer site has the price

What I meant is that when you compare something like this one - Sonim XP8 - 699$ with the average price of Sony / Samsung / Google / Apple smartphones....

you realize that by comparison a RUGGED phone costs less.

And... it even support advanced features like "has sd memory expansion slot".

Something that mainstream brands lately try to avoid to coerce you to buy the "more space available" model

SmokeDetector

12:27 PM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Blacklisted user (69): Олимпиадная задача комбинаторика ✏️ by Василий Пукан on ru.stackoverflow.com

SmokeDetector

12:39 PM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Potentially bad asn for hostname in answer, username similar to website in answer (54): Should I charge extra for project files? by Ada Fashion on graphicdesign.SE

Bookends

(unmoved)

Journeyman Geek

(immovable)

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

^ Someone move that to the trash can

Preferably with (unstoppable) force

Shadow Wizard

@Journeyman can just move it back :D

Tinkeringbell

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ Tempting, but probably Mod Abuse ;)

@ShadowWizard Doesn't matter, that at least proves the message is a lie :)

M.A.R. ಠ_ಠ

12:51 PM

@ShadowWizard As a nostalgic tribute to the pixelated ball games of the 80s

Not that I remember them. I only remember things from when I was -5 years old

@Tinkeringbell Oh so it's abuse when you don't wanna listen to me, but it's not abuse when you ruin my joke by editing your typo . . .

Heading to meta

Shadow Wizard

Heading to catch @M.A.R

Tinkeringbell

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ Talking 'bout meta... @MEEisJohannGambolputty... I was waiting to see you drop in here before replying to your message from last night (Sorry, it arrived just after bedtime), but I see you already posted on meta :)

Derpy

@M.A.R.ಠ_ಠ Marble Madness?

Shadow Wizard

Or this?

Derpy

a pretty poorly designed game, if you ask me.

Shadow Wizard

12:54 PM

MEE is Johann Gambolputty ...

@Tinkeringbell I was just wanting to ask regarding a comment from Anne Daunted on my meta post. They say that the naa faq doesn't speak about link-only answers (meta.stackexchange.com/questions/225370/…). Should this be updated or was there a policy change?

Derpy

Bad controls, could become very luck based

Shadow Wizard

Nah, I was pretty good at the game.

If you mean the NBA? Didn't play the one you posted.

Tinkeringbell

@MEEisJohannGambolputty... See revision 4 of the faq post: meta.stackexchange.com/revisions/… it was in there at some time. Now scrolling up trying to find out why it was taken out.

Deleted in revision 7.

MEE is Johann Gambolputty ...

@Tinkeringbell there is no edit comment...

Tinkeringbell

12:59 PM

@MEEisJohannGambolputty... Yeah. I'm going through the comments on the actual post now, seeing if those provide any info. There's 43 deleted ones, might take a while ;)

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Pattern-matching website in body, potentially bad keyword in body, potentially bad keyword in title (99): Meta title & description not showing in snippet preview in Yoast SEO by rohitkumar on wordpress.SE

Tinkeringbell

Not that clarifying either...

MEE is Johann Gambolputty ...

@Tinkeringbell so naa flags should be used, it is just not in the naa faq? :)

Shadow Wizard

Just ask whoever removed it... ? @Tink

You can use super ping to summon them here if they're not here already.

Journeyman Geek

@MEEisJohannGambolputty... If it's the one flagged earlier....

Tinkeringbell

1:03 PM

@ShadowWizard I'll read that other post carefully first, see if the comments start making sense ...

@JourneymanGeek Yep

Journeyman Geek

So a few things. It was a selected answer, closed as a dupe. And the answer linked back to the dupes

So if the master question went away we have problems

MEE is Johann Gambolputty ...

@JourneymanGeek yeah, but the "answer" wouldn't help if the master question went away:

> I believe you'll find your answer here

Journeyman Geek

On the other hand, if the post was fixed up, it still reflects the intent of the original user...

Which is better than deleting the answer....

MEE is Johann Gambolputty ...

@JourneymanGeek yeah but then the purpose of the dupe closure would be defeated: having all information at one place.

Journeyman Geek

Nope

The point if a dupe close is to act as a signpost

It's ok not to have things perfectly neat. Whats important is utility for someone who comes across it

Something I'd add I nag people about a lot ;p

Tinkeringbell

1:09 PM

So, if it would've been a different link, to not the dupe target?

MEE is Johann Gambolputty ...

@JourneymanGeek for now the question is closed as a duplicate and the answer adds nothing what is not said in the closure banner. I still think it should be deleted, but let's wait on the result of my discussion.

@Tinkeringbell IMHO it still should have been a comment.

Journeyman Geek

I'd still favour fixing over deletion

Tinkeringbell

Hmm.

Journeyman Geek

If a link only answer can be logically fixed - I'd lean towards it especially on an old accepted answer

Derpy

@ShadowWizard the one I posted. Very short game, isometric visual with not so great controls (games like Solstice of Snake Rattle&Roll had far better controls despite having isometric visuals too).

Unstable balance, meaning that playing bad enough in the first levels makes the later ones almost undoable (you have infinite lives, only way to get game over is by time-out. Residual time on the clock when you finish a level caries on in the next one. You need that in the later levels since the time they give you isn't enough to actually finish the level)

also very luck based since you had both bonuses and malus that were totally random

you could easily get a +30' bonus in a game, only to get nothing in the next one.

To give you an idea, the BASE timer for the last level without any second left over from past levels is 20 seconds

so, the bonus alone could easily DOUBLE that if you were lucky.

MEE is Johann Gambolputty ...

1:18 PM

@JourneymanGeek I just think that any suggested edit doing this would be rejected.

Derpy

But if the game hated you, you could as easily get a random animation of your marble breaking up every time you died. That animation played randomly without any way to avoid it. It took about... 3-5 seconds.

Kudos throwing the pad at the wall when you lost because the game decided it was time to steal 5 second by playing the animation.

Journeyman Geek

@MEEisJohannGambolputty... Plausibly but you could get around that with an excellent edit reason

Journeyman Geek

1:39 PM

Now if it was one answer of many I'd nuke it without a thought

MEE is Johann Gambolputty ...

1:52 PM

@JourneymanGeek submitted

Derpy

@Tinkeringbell ARGH!!!!! How could you! You just caused a data breach by exposing deleted posts for everyone to see!!!

Now we will have to fill a GDPR data breach incident report again!

MEE is Johann Gambolputty ...

@Derpy I think the real problem is that they were self-deleted and not for reasons of moderation...!!!

John Dvorak

I do wonder what GDPR says about SE's idea of deleted content

Tinkeringbell

as far as I know, GDPR is more about PII than content...

MEE is Johann Gambolputty ...

@JohnDvorak you can file a deletion request, but content's are not neccessarily pii and you agree to give them a permanent license.

Also there was a question deleted for privacy issues, I think it was the "what's your best programming issues?" question... (or at least I suppose)

I think chat messages should be starable (intersting) and upvoteable (disagreement). I don't know how often I see a message, want to express my agreement (other than +1 @XXXXX, I agree) and don't want to star a message...

Mithrandir

2:06 PM

@JNat update: I just got an email that it was shipped, so... disregard my email, I guess? :D

Tinkeringbell

@MEEisJohannGambolputty... upvotable (disagreement)? That's going to be a nice, confusing UI :P

MEE is Johann Gambolputty ...

@Tinkeringbell Ooops, I mean agreement of course :P

Mithrandir

@MEEisJohannGambolputty... like a Discord "reaction" vs "pin"?

MEE is Johann Gambolputty ...

@Mithrandir probably

Sonic the Introverted Hedgehog

YES!!! I am now the first person in two years to earn the Refiner badge, and the 16th overall

MEE is Johann Gambolputty ...

2:09 PM

@Sonic the last paragraph from my suggested edit was not quoted and I therefore didn't quoted it.

Shadow Wizard

@MEEisJohannGambolputty... unlike comments, chat messages aren't noise so having "me too!" messages in reply to a message is totally fine IMO.

Also... guess what?

25

Q: Chat Feature-Request: Thumbs-Up

Add an additional form of "I agree" besides starring or pinning (since pinning is restricted to a smaller subset to begin with) or something that we can use to not clog up the right hand star bar. This is because sometimes you want to say "I agree" but you don't want to star it because ... let's...

feature-request chat

MEE is Johann Gambolputty ...

@ShadowWizard +1

;)

Shadow Wizard

@MEEisJohannGambolputty... I agree

:D

Sonic the Introverted Hedgehog

@ShadowWizard That's a GroupMe feature

Shadow Wizard

@SonictheIntrovertedHedgehog Group what?

Tinkeringbell

2:12 PM

I can see one downside too that, and that's that it might turn discussions a lot more heated.

And create a 'us vs. them' vibe sooner

Shadow Wizard

@Tinkeringbell post answer ;)

Tinkeringbell

@ShadowWizard Perhaps.

Sonic the Introverted Hedgehog

GroupMe

GroupMe is a mobile group messaging app owned by Microsoft. It was launched in May 2010 by the private company GroupMe. In August 2011, GroupMe delivered over 100 million messages each month and by June 2012, that number jumped to 550 million. In 2013, GroupMe had over 12 million registered users. == History == GroupMe was conceived at TechCrunch Disrupt 2010. Founders Jared Hecht and Steve Martocci raised US$10.6 million in venture capital from Khosla Ventures, General Catalyst Partners, angel investors, and others. In August 2011, Skype acquired the one-year-old start-up for around $80 million...

MEE is Johann Gambolputty ...

Now that this one answer is solved, shall I delete, close as no-longer-repro or edit my meta question and include an update (this issue was resolved, what in general case...).

Sonic the Introverted Hedgehog

@JourneymanGeek Out of curiosity, do you accept requests to delete your answers so that authors of unpopular suggestions can delete their question to earn their rep back? meta.stackexchange.com/questions/323949/…

MEE is Johann Gambolputty ...

2:17 PM

@SonictheIntrovertedHedgehog I didn't know this was possible...

Journeyman Geek

@SonictheIntrovertedHedgehog ugh. No

And I don't think people should

MEE is Johann Gambolputty ...

@JourneymanGeek the answer was edited now. Can you answer my above question? ("what to do now?")

Sonic the Introverted Hedgehog

@JourneymanGeek Feel free to delete my second comment there then

JNat

@Mithrandir will do!

Journeyman Geek

@MEEisJohannGambolputty... I am on my phone. Link?

MEE is Johann Gambolputty ...

2:21 PM

@JourneymanGeek

2

Q: Are old, link-only answers not-an-answer?

Yesterday I stumbled upon this answer due to the question being bumped. It is, by the official definition, considered not an answer: If you strip the markup (link), you are left with NO useful content: I believe you'll find your answer here I flagged this post using the standard not an ans...

discussion answers meta declined-flags

Sonic the Introverted Hedgehog

In any case, while that post does raise a point I agree and sympathize with, in the end, it's just a rant. In an effort to be nicer I voted to close it as a dupe of a staff-answered question rather than downvoting or closing for a different reason.

Doesn't matter, because the author deleted it.

Shadow Wizard

@JourneymanGeek @Tinkeringbell can one of you please reset this chat profile so it will synchronize with the parent account? (They got 282 rep and I'd like to hit them on chat, but due to the 1 rep stuck in chat cache, probably can't). Thanks!

(or maybe just delete the chat profile, it will be re-created upon next visit to the page with correct data)

Journeyman Geek

@ShadowWizard on my phone so it needs to be tink

Shadow Wizard

2:37 PM

:/

waiting for parrot

John Dvorak

netcat --echo -i wifi0 && echo "knock yourself out"

Tinkeringbell

@ShadowWizard Downstairs having tea, on mobile too :P

MEE is Johann Gambolputty ...

@Tinkeringbell you could give me mod powers for a second and I would do it ;)

Journeyman Geek

@MEEisJohannGambolputty... Sorry about the terseness with the answer and flag comments

Been doing this on my phone and typing is a pain

MEE is Johann Gambolputty ...

@JourneymanGeek I know, I am also on phone sometimes and it is really not fun.

Journeyman Geek

2:42 PM

@ShadowWizard done cc @Tinkeringbell

Shadow Wizard

@JourneymanGeek yay! Thanks. :)

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Username similar to website in answer (53): Android and battery issue by Rogtechs on android.SE

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Chinese character in title (89): Baidu registration overseas 百度注册（从国外） by a deleted user on travel.SE

Bookends

2:59 PM

> I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it is off-topic.

Sonic the Introverted Hedgehog

@Bookends RC flaggers get an advantage there (they get a "blatantly off-topic" option)

Shadow Wizard

@Bookends lol! Real?!

Feeds

Recapping Stack Overflow’s First Ever Make-A-Thon

Rich Moy on February 14, 2019

After an exciting end to 2018, we kicked this year off with the first “hackathon” in Stack Overflow’s 10-year history. Unlike a traditional hackathon, it wasn’t just for our developers. Any employee working on our products or directly with the Stack Overflow community was encouraged to participate, which is why we dubbed the event a “Make-A-Thon.”

Employees from our engineering, design, and support teams spent a full week working on projects outside of their typical day-to-day responsibilities. For our inaugural Make-A-Thon, participants brainstormed improvements to our power user and moderator experience on Stack Overflow. …

fbueckert

3:13 PM

@Bookends We've had a few of those at Arqade, too.

Sonic the Introverted Hedgehog

Yet another "downvote without comment" rant: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/323954/…

Bookends

at least the comment is not self-edited into: "This is on-topic! Why is it closed?"

MEE is Johann Gambolputty ...

@Feeds That's why they were so productive. They should do this all the time ;)

@Monica you responded to me in a comment thread on a locked (migrated away) post :( [Context: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/323921/….

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Username similar to website in answer (53): Telling users passwords don't match and aren't strong enough by Marcellus on ux.SE

fbueckert

@SonictheIntrovertedHedgehog And gone.

user302202

3:29 PM

@Bookends People don't realize that although they are required to edit the custom OT reason, the edit does not have to add text. Deleting "because" works too.

Shadow Wizard

yeah lol

Bookends

@SonictheIntrovertedHedgehog And the SO question is also gone.

Shadow Wizard

How to convince people I'm not a bot?

in Room for Shadow Wizard and RASG, 10 mins ago, by RASG

now i hope i wasnt talking to a bot this entire time :)

:-D

Bookends

@Mrs.Robinson I'd be more amused if the custom close reason is "This is on-topic!"

Sonic the Introverted Hedgehog

@ShadowWizard there is no Metal Shadow :)

Shadow Wizard

3:31 PM

lol

@Bookends self deleted, yeah.

user302202

I regret to inform you that, due to the last round of "Summer of Love" negotiations, the term "thingadongdong" is now considered offensive, and you're no longer allowed to use it. — Robert Harvey ♦ 2 days ago

fbueckert

@ShadowWizard I guess they're cutting their losses.

user302202

This tweet might be considered offensive, so no onebox... but I share the feeling twitter.com/joelcipriano/status/1096063332652584960

Shadow Wizard

@fbueckert or realizing it's a lost cause, yeah.

Bookends

Just when I wanted to comment, if the source (i.e. the syllables) is clean, then all syllables should make words, then just brute force from the start... at least that's the starting point

though I'm really not sure if that comes from real speech data. What are the syllables of "I"?

nvm, too much thinking and my brain wanted to implode...

user302202

3:39 PM

@Feeds wonder what the Community Team achieved there

fbueckert

@Bookends That's me right now; trying to figure out dependency injection with windows forms.

Sonic the Introverted Hedgehog

User posted a question directly asking for an official response from SE, and was rightfully told to use the contact form. But they claim to have already done so, and they were told to post this question here. Can someone please shed some insight?

It was very likely a canned response that they sent you (which they normally send on feature requests), and that canned response likely makes the assumption that the feature you're talking about hasn't already been requested. You should reply to the message indicating that you're aware of the older request and that you want an official response there. — Sonic the Introverted Hedgehog 2 mins ago

Is this analysis correct?

MEE is Johann Gambolputty ...

@SonictheIntrovertedHedgehog I don't know. Probably though. I am inclined to find it out, but that's probably not a good idea...

Journeyman Geek

Eh. Never heard of using contact us for FRs

But I doubt demanding a timeline makes for a good question

Shadow Wizard

@SonictheIntrovertedHedgehog those replying to contact forms can't possibly know about all MSE questions, they don't check if the thousands of requests they get are already asked. IMO pointing people to post in MSE is totally fine, and if it's a dupe then so be it, it's not bad.

Sonic the Introverted Hedgehog

3:54 PM

@ShadowWizard Which is why my analysis was that they likely used a canned response.

fbueckert

@JourneymanGeek The only one who gets to ask for a timeline from me is my boss.

Shadow Wizard

@SonictheIntrovertedHedgehog yeah, probably, to save time.

Raul Cacacho

hi

can you help me look up the question where it says what parameters are required to request elections

fbueckert

@RaulCacacho Didn't you have a question that asked that just a little while ago?

MEE is Johann Gambolputty ...

@RaulCacacho

56

Q: When do moderator elections take place?

I'm really confused on this. I have no idea on several things: When do elections begin? Is there a set time each year? Do elections actually take place each year? Can I vote? Where do I vote? Etc. Can someone please help me?

support moderators election faq-proposed

user437611

3:57 PM

@Bookends It seems the Feeds is still only posting 30 out of the 100 HNQs in that room. Maybe we have to write the whole URL by hand with all the site names separated by +'s. ;_;

Raul Cacacho

no longer there was a question and they reported it as repeated

MEE is Johann Gambolputty ...

@Blue there was a meta.se question about this recently.

Raul Cacacho

@MEEisJohannGambolputty... thanks

user437611

@MEEisJohannGambolputty... Oh, link?

MEE is Johann Gambolputty ...

@Blue I am looking right now

fbueckert

3:58 PM

@RaulCacacho Which means it's already been asked.

You likely still have that question in your recently deleted questions list.

MEE is Johann Gambolputty ...

@Blue not so recently, but still:

5

Q: How to add HNQ to chat room feed?

I would like to MYOH (Make Your Own HNQ) by posting hot network questions (HNQ) as chat feed to a chat room. This offers following benefits: Filter out HNQ from specific sites, or equivalently, add HNQ only from specific sites Add HNQ to a "read later" list There doesn't seem to be any site-s...

support chat hot-questions feed

user437611

@MEEisJohannGambolputty... Hmm, I'm referring to a more recent issue. :P

Bookends

@Blue that's... strange, because if the RSS feed is based on the mobile app's, then it should list all 100 questions. The real question is, if the Feeds was getting rate-limited or not...

user437611

> The real question is, if the Feeds was getting rate-limited or not...

user437611

That's a good question!

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