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12:00 AM

A person who I know voted for some of my questions had his account deleted recently, but I don't see any lost rep from "user was removed". Why would this be?

hyper-neutrino

12:12 AM

@forestdistrustsStackExchange how can you be certain they actually voted for you?

also, when an account is deleted, what happens to the votes can change

for example, deletion for reasons of sockpuppetry will cause all votes to be destroyed

typically, deletion will remove votes within the last 60 days (IIRC)

but it's also possible to not touch the votes at all (I think CMs can choose when they delete, and I'm not sure what the standard is for self-deletion)

forest distrusts StackExchange

@hyper-neutrino They were a friend of mine on another SE site who got fed up with SE and closed their account. I know they voted for me because they've said "I just voted for you" right after I see a +10.

hyper-neutrino

Was that vote recent?

forest distrusts StackExchange

But on another SE site which they were slightly less active, I did get a -30 (User removed) message.

Not particularly recent?

hyper-neutrino

within 60 days? if you can remember - might be hard if it's been that long already

forest distrusts StackExchange

Probably some times within 60 days, some times prior.

hyper-neutrino

12:15 AM

and to be clear you're sure they deleted their account on that site too? since you can choose to delete some profiles without others

forest distrusts StackExchange

Uh, dunno let me check.

hyper-neutrino

(I don't suppose you necessarily have a way to know what your friend decided to do without asking, but there might be a difference between self-deleting a bunch of profiles and requesting via contact form to delete the whole network profile, if you can do that)

forest distrusts StackExchange

in The DMZ on The Stack Exchange Network Chat, 2 days ago, by J supports Palestine

Just wanted to let you know, my profile is scheduled for deletion.

That's all I know. Shortly after, his questions/answers were anonymized.

hyper-neutrino

strange. I'll see if I can find anything

forest distrusts StackExchange

ok

My only guess might be that he had enough activity on Sec.SE that his votes weren't removed, but on Crypto.SE he had so few votes that they were removed?

hyper-neutrino

12:30 AM

that's a possibility. I'm not exactly sure what happens when self-deletion occurs

forest distrusts StackExchange

hm

Rob

12:46 AM

@Spevacus It's easy to remove the half dozen non-useful reports from The Tavern @Sha, simply:

May 16 at 0:04, by Rob

@above_4 Request a Rooms Configuration for The Tavern, msg_types & no-<reason>: This room won't receive reports with the specified reason (e.g no-all-caps body)

Spevacus

Oh yeah, that is an option. Thanks for pointing that out, I didn't think of that.

Rob

👍

hyper-neutrino

1:36 AM

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A: How can I delete my account?

If you want to delete your account on a single site, the Help Center explains how. On your user page (on the main, not child meta, site), click "Edit Profile & Settings". Go to "Delete Profile" link: Read the carefully the page that will appear. If you're sure you still want to delete, mark t...

> If you did cast a lot of votes, your votes may be kept (or more accurately, moved to the Community user) to prevent high-impact, widespread changes to other users' reputation. See the next section for more info.

@forestdistrustsStackExchange FYI ^

forest distrusts StackExchange

ah!

That would explain it.

hyper-neutrino

yep. so your speculation was correct, it seems!

forest distrusts StackExchange

1:56 AM

Unrelated, but about a week ago, an 11yo British girl was killed right outside her home when she was hit by a car. Please, always look after your kids. Teach them car safety!

</PSA from concerned parent>

forest distrusts StackExchange

2:10 AM

Oh my god. That goddamn bug happened again, and this time I didn't even try to trigger it.

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Meta Andrew T.

@forestdistrustsStackExchange is it on Chat.SE? I noticed your current parent user is Security.SE which has Miu profile picture

forest distrusts StackExchange

2:28 AM

@MetaAndrewT. It was changed to the one on this account (but I changed it back).

forest, Laniakea

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science-based science-fiction magic biology technology reality-check brain

Meta Andrew T.

If I'm not mistaken, that's a merged account?

forest distrusts StackExchange

2:45 AM

It is, but this bug has been triggered before the account was merged.

I reported the bug in April 2019, but only got accounts merged this year.

hyper-neutrino

3:36 AM

I nuked that in 17 seconds and someone still managed to flag it before me :P

forest distrusts StackExchange

3:57 AM

Sara Chipps is no longer working at SO, right?

Her about me still shows "Director of Community at Stack Overflow".

hyper-neutrino

There are countless accounts with outdated profiles mentioning being a mod despite not :( but yes, Sara Chipps left SE on May 11th

forest distrusts StackExchange

@hyper-neutrino Yeah but reading her profile nearly gave me a heart attack.

hyper-neutrino

fair enough

Feeds

4:46 AM

stackoverflow.blog/2021/06/11/…

Meta Andrew T.

5:00 AM

@Feeds SE users are learning by building chat bots and hacking onebox

Meta Andrew T.

6:34 AM

Umm... did the font revert?

to system font again, on MSE

DavidPostill

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support bug status-completed design fonts

Meta Andrew T.

@DavidPostill ah, thanks

rene

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Meta Andrew T.

6:56 AM

I see Apple/Mac-related fonts on CSS for Windows, perhaps just my imagination...

font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", [...]

Meta Andrew T.

7:07 AM

never mind, that's how it's really implemented to prefer system fonts :|

Rob

12:23 PM

3 spam posts in 1/2 an hour: meta.stackexchange.com/users/1017525/sarah

Luuklag

12:35 PM

@Rob only 1 left

@JNat cross site spammer:stackexchange.com/users/21781188/olki-vbgt?tab=accounts

Tinkeringbell

@Rob Well they won't be posting any more :)

Rob

🍄☁️

Tinkeringbell

a toadstool and a cloud?

Journeyman Geek

Mushroom Cloud :D

Tinkeringbell

Oooohhhh

Sorry, in English 'toadstool' is the word I think of before mushroom XD

Feeds

1:10 PM

stackoverflow.blog/2021/06/11/…

Luuklag

1:20 PM

Hey @Catija, sorry about the confusion the other day.

Catija

Confusion?

You mean the review vs revision thing?

Luuklag

In the comments here:meta.stackexchange.com/a/366367/361484

@Catija yes

Catija

Somehow I missed your reply. :)

No worries. :)

Luuklag

Good thing I didn't flag all for deletion yet then ;)

But I think the post I linked there deserves a status tag non the less

You were quicker then I could type :)

Catija

Yup. Someone (you?) had flagged it.

Luuklag

1:23 PM

Wasn't me, I only have spam flags on my first page of flags :)

Catija

Though, I think it was flagged when you linked me to it yesterday, so maybe not you. I can check easily, it's just not presented to me on the page and I'm being lazy.

Luuklag

No worries, there are more important things to do I guess ;)

Catija

The userscript I have for flags was created by Shog and it's slowly dying as the site changes.

Luuklag

@Catija Have our newly appointed stack apps mods take a look at it ;)

Journeyman Geek

lol

Catija

1:25 PM

:D

Luuklag

How is life in Texas at the moment? I guess snow storm season is over by now?

Catija

Yes, I should see if someone could fix it. I think one of the SO mods was planning to poke at it but maybe doesn't have the time. It's sad that it's not working because it's a truly wonderful script.

We had 2-3 weeks of rain and may have a bit more (the sky is really dark grey currently) but it's headed towards the hot times of summer.

Luuklag

I already mis the rain we had

Were having two weeks of hot weather now, and I'm already sick and tired of it

where hot is 25-30 C

Probably nowhere near as hot as in Texas

Catija

Yeah, we're up in the 35 range

Luuklag

I hope we'll stay clear of that this year

last year we had some 40 weeks, that was horrible

Meta Andrew T.

1:35 PM

@Feeds Onebox’s exciting next chapter!

Tinkeringbell

@Luuklag Tomorrow will be much better already, end of next week is looking good too :)

Rob

Jul 21 '20 at 19:43, by Rob

An AC starts at U$150.

Tinkeringbell

Waste of money and energy. Curtains and sunscreens work just as well, it's 21 degrees inside here now.

Luuklag

@Tinkeringbell I could definetly use one. Our house is so well insulated that no matter how hard you try it always heats up

I hang old curtains on the outside of my windows, and closed the windows and curtains on the inside

M.A.R.

Easy for you to say Netherlands

Luuklag

1:42 PM

still getting 25 indoors

M.A.R.

Your days don't span over a range of 40 degrees, do they?

Luuklag

It won't cool off at night, cause well our house is propperly insulated

Tinkeringbell

You're doing something wrong :P

Because 'properly insulated' should mean no heat coming in either.

Luuklag

@Tinkeringbell Having a south facing house ;)

Tinkeringbell

I am worried that my apartment will have the same defect though :P

Being too well insulated, so that you never get heat out.

Luuklag

1:44 PM

@Tinkeringbell yeah chances are it will be

Our downside is that we can't open too much windows against each other, as our indoor cats will escape

Tinkeringbell

Maybe I will change my opinions on airconditioners at that time then ;)

@Luuklag Ahhh... yeah that's not so great. I've been opening all windows here in the evenings, and all indoor doors.

Things drop considerably then.

Luuklag

@Tinkeringbell yeah, and our bedroom only has one relatively small window, so that doesn't help either

In good news, I got an appointment to get vaccinated :)

Tinkeringbell

Woohoo!

When's it your turn?

Luuklag

28th

Tinkeringbell

That's quite soon :)

They're getting up to speed, it seems.

Luuklag

1:50 PM

yeah, last few days a lot of years were "called"

Tinkeringbell

Fingers crossed things keep going that way :)

Luuklag

I just heard we will be allowing larger events without social distancing soon

Tinkeringbell

yay?

I won't be going to those anyways, never did before either XD

Rob

@Luuklag Yup, depends on the climate. If you wastefully use your AC for 45 days and chuck it out that's $3.50 / day to live in comfort; needless to say they are sturdy and last decades, especially with infrequent use. - Some people don't need them:

Luuklag

@Rob They might want to switch it to heating mode ;)

Also something really cool is this: linkedin.com/posts/…

Too bad no oneboxing

Rob

1:57 PM

Just install it backwards.

Luuklag

@Rob Our office just has a mode on them to use them for heating

Not that I ever find it usefull

Journeyman Geek

Windmills? :D

Luuklag

@Luuklag Don Diablo partnering with Just Diggit. Every 25 streams regreen 1 sq m of africa

Rob

> The abbreviation for meter is "m."

> The mile was usually abbreviated m. in the past but is now written as mi to avoid confusion with the SI metre.

Luuklag

2:40 PM

@Rob I've never seen anyone use that here...

rene

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Rob

@Luuklag I could regreen a square meter in a minute, if you just want it watered.

Mile

The mile, sometimes the international mile to distinguish it from other miles, is the British imperial unit and the US customary unit, both systems are based on the older English unit of length equal to 5,280 feet, or 1,760 yards, and standardised as exactly 1,609.344 metres by international agreement in 1959. With qualifiers, "mile" is also used to describe or translate a wide range of units derived from or roughly equivalent to the Roman mile, such as the nautical mile (now 1.852 km exactly), the Italian mile (roughly 1.852 km), and the Chinese mile (now 500 m exactly). The Romans divided their...

A mijl is equivalent to a league, which isn't a mile at all:

Dutch units of measurement

The Dutch units of measurement used today are those of the metric system. Before the 19th century, a wide variety of different weights and measures were used by the various Dutch towns and provinces. Despite the country's small size, there was a lack of uniformity. During the Dutch Golden Age, these weights and measures accompanied the Dutch to the farthest corners of their colonial empire, including South Africa, New Amsterdam and the Dutch East Indies. Units of weight included the pond, ons and last. There was also an apothecaries' system of weights. The mijl and roede were measurements of distance...

@Rob with one stream.

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