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Mysticial

Nov 1, 2019 20:54

@djsmiley2k-CoW It's nothing to do with HK, nor is the comparison necessarily a good one at the top-level. But there's a ton of random small things which do line up well.

Mysticial

Nov 1, 2019 20:40

@Machavity So you're not the only one who sees the random parallels of the recent SE drama and Hong Kong.

Mysticial

Oct 25, 2019 17:03

These things get buried fast.

Mysticial

Oct 25, 2019 17:02

Here's the HN link: news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21340965

Mysticial

Oct 25, 2019 17:00

@divibisan And Hacker news. Why couldn't I find it?

Mysticial

Oct 25, 2019 17:00

@divibisan Oh it did land on reddit. I tried really hard to find it and couldn't.

Mysticial

Oct 25, 2019 16:44

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Q: Stack Overflow is doing me ongoing harm; it's time to fix it!

Over the last month, Stack Overflow has violated its own policies and precedents to cause egregious and unnecessary harm to me -- to my reputation (personal and professional), to my health, and to my safety. This harm is significant and ongoing. It is past time for the company to correct its e...

Mysticial

Oct 25, 2019 16:44

Anyone know where this got linked from? It's at 19k views after one day without being featured. They have to be coming from somewhere.

Mysticial

Oct 23, 2019 23:22

@DavidA yeah

Mysticial

Oct 23, 2019 23:20

@DavidA That's the "closed" vs. "open" thing that tchrist mentioned in one of his comments. Pronouns are closed in English.

Mysticial

Oct 23, 2019 23:13

Thus the difficulty of forcing the entire population to change their language. I don't mind if 100 years from now English has more pronouns than Japanese. But changing this needs to start at the school level when kids are still young and haven't passed the age of plasticity where native language acquisition becomes much more difficult.

Mysticial

Oct 23, 2019 23:13

@DavidA Same. The compulsory aspect of it is what rubbed me the wrong way. Generally my attitude is, "if it doesn't significantly affect me, I don't care". But the 1st FAQ requires me to change the very language that I grew up speaking in ways that's not natural or face consequences. (namely the neopronouns since they aren't usually taught in school or used in media) That's a bridge too far because it requires native speakers to actively break established habits.

Mysticial

Oct 23, 2019 22:57

FWIW, I consider myself pretty far left on the social political spectrum. But the stance implied by that 1st FAQ crossed the line - even for me. And the voting and commentary seems to suggest I'm not alone.

Mysticial

Oct 23, 2019 22:52

@Shog9 Was part of the reason to get a sample of where the population stands on the issue? Not sure if anybody expected it to be as lopsided as 1:5 on the voting.

Mysticial

Oct 17, 2019 21:13

@Shog9 better late than never

Mysticial

Oct 17, 2019 20:40

@Magisch Now that I think back, I do remember seeing Ed's resignation. But it was sorta at the same time as Robert's.

Mysticial

Oct 17, 2019 20:38

@Magisch Oh you're right. I missed Ed. How could I?

Mysticial

Oct 17, 2019 20:35

Unless I missed one, it's the 4th only if you include Yvette who resigned before pronoun-gate.

Mysticial

Oct 16, 2019 22:36

@Gwideon no worries. A bit of meta drama is a great way to end a long day of work.

Mysticial

Oct 16, 2019 22:34

@SecretAgentMan That thread is impressive. It started out kinda okay. But towards the end, it's basically a shouting match between two opposite extremes that will never reconcile. I've seen plenty of these lately, but this one takes it to a new level. Trying to take any sort of a middle ground will automatically offend both sides.

Mysticial

Oct 16, 2019 21:24

@LightnessRacesinOrbit My message notifications got reset when they did some inbox change. And since I do check my inbox, it stays at zero. So I only see the red icon when I haven't checked my SE inbox. But the green rep icon is still counting.

Mysticial

Oct 11, 2019 04:28

thx

Mysticial

Oct 11, 2019 04:23

thanks!

Mysticial

Oct 11, 2019 04:22

@Shog Small favor: Can you fix the link in my comment here: https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/334900/official-faq-on-gender-pronouns-and-code-of-conduct-changes#comment1099449_334900

Looks like it tries to jump to page 2, but the answer that it's under has been upvoted onto the 1st page - thereby breaking the link.

Mysticial

Oct 9, 2019 17:21

@rene that's fair

Mysticial

Oct 9, 2019 17:11

@user58 You mean like half the stuff in here?

Mysticial

Oct 9, 2019 17:08

Wow, can't even crack a joke in here?

Mysticial

Oct 3, 2019 16:55

@TylerH Either way, it's just a technicality. The end result would've been the same anyway. Just was wondering if he was removed for one reason before the other became known.

Mysticial

Oct 3, 2019 16:54

@TylerH IIRC, it had been 2? months from his last activity to when the meta post went out (which is what I saw).

Mysticial

Oct 3, 2019 16:51

@TylerH Oh ic. Obviously I don't know the whole story since I only heard about it 2 months afterwards.

Mysticial

Oct 2, 2019 21:48

status-lololololol

Mysticial

Oct 2, 2019 21:48

Oh it's automatic?

Mysticial

Oct 2, 2019 21:47

@OptimusPrime How do you do a red tag instead of a grey tag?

Mysticial

Sep 30, 2019 22:38

@Stormblessed You're probably the 1st person I've seen disparage SAO except for part of 2 of season 2. (ALO2)

Mysticial

Sep 30, 2019 22:32

This is great. The last thing I'd expect in this room during a meta shitstorm is Anime. Is the world upside-down?

Mysticial

Sep 6, 2018 20:32

@TravisJ I'm not sure the alternate account detection is entirely automated. There's probably some manual process in there before say Brad decides that the OP is being a jerk and diplomatically burns him/her on it with a straight face to everybody's amusement.

Mysticial

Sep 6, 2018 20:25

It's funny though because the badge asks you to be nice and all while the OP is just pulling sh1t from their mouth.

Mysticial

Sep 6, 2018 20:25

Not sure if the "New contributor" tag is entirely appropriate here. haha #StackOverflow

Tweeted by Mysticial on August 30, 2018 at 6:30 PM

Mysticial

Sep 6, 2018 18:37

@PaulWhite Sounds like it might be a bug in the special case handling for mod comments? IIRC, if you don't have 10k, all comments on the deleted post are hidden from the inbox. (I'm not sure about a <10k user with comments on a deleted answer belonging to that user.) So in order for the user to see a mod-comment there might be an exception in there.

Mysticial

Sep 6, 2018 17:16

That's weird, somehow Shog9's comment doesn't show up in my global inbox. But the other comments to me on the same (deleted) meta.SO post do.

Mysticial

Sep 6, 2018 17:10

lol

Mysticial

Sep 6, 2018 17:01

Q: Pluralization Bugs in Rate-Limit Message

In a couple of recent meta.SO questions: Why have I been ban from asking questions from SO? [duplicate] New users have terrible experiences on SO, and will ultimately be the downfall of this site The following screenshot (from @Shog9) showed up of the rate-limit message that is shown to new u...

bug rate-limiting plurals

Mysticial

Sep 6, 2018 17:01

@rene Here you go!

Mysticial

Sep 6, 2018 16:40

/cc @Shog9

Mysticial

Sep 6, 2018 16:38

@Shog9 if you're watching, there's a lot of pluralization bugs in that message. Not just in the form of S's, but also the grammar of the entire first sentence. :) — Mysticial 10 mins ago

Mysticial

May 13, 2018 04:45

So not used to seeing chat flags last this long.

Mysticial

May 13, 2018 04:03

chat.SO died first. chat.SE went down a few minutes later. Wonder if here is next.

Mysticial

Mar 29, 2018 20:22

@SterlingArcher Call him/her a "jackass"? :D

Mysticial

Mar 29, 2018 20:16

To summarize:
1. Some jackass posted some dumb SVG exploit in the sandbox.
2. Everyone going to the sandbox gets pwned.
3. Shog edits the post, calls the guy a jackass, and spam deletes it.
4. We all laugh at it.

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Mysticial

Oct 9, 2019 16:40

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