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9:13 PM

ah! hah haha... I have SU access again :D

haven't got a bloody clue why, but it's started working again

@DMA57361 congrats!

@KronoS erm - has the election headline banner gone?

cos I can't see it... :/

whoa... it did just disappear

@DMA57361, i just refreshed a page, it's gone

@nhinkle OK, maybe I am back to normal

superuser.com/election is still showing up though

9:18 PM

yeah

odd

The most recent nomination (Joe) is a bit... unusual

hello btw

@nhinkle indeed, although I'd possibly go with "concerning"

check his profile's activity page

@DMA57361 @nhinkle yep... dont know why

@nhinkle ya... he's an oddity that's for sure

"I am quit from Super User from Dec 16th 2009 . Now I am working on Yahoo answers :-)"

ya....

maybe he decided to be a SU mod becuase of the decline of yahoo

9:25 PM

Heh

Anyhow, I doubt they'll get far in the primaries, given that

oh, yes, we have enough nominees to have primaries now

haha, yep

@DMA57361 I'm kinda sad about that... I was hoping to just go straight to elections

the actual election is going to be really hard. i won't know who to vote for...

@KronoS, with the current 11, I think we can easily guess the one user who won't make the primaries...

wanna know my prediction?

9:27 PM

hm?

@nhinkle indeed

the actual election will be tough though. i think many of the candidates would make excellent mods, and at this point am unsure who I'll vote for

at least we don't have hundreds of candidates like Stack Overflow though. their election is looking a bit vicious

the difference shows, doesn't it?

@nhinkle @DMA57361 i think there are a few that stand out more than other though...

@KronoS indeed, but more than the 3 votes you get at the end

9:33 PM

@DMA57361 what do you mean?

I can see at least 5 people I'd like as a mod

you only get 3 votes

and they aren't 3 "votes" - they are 3 STV preferences

I see

So how does it work then... the person with the highest "rank" i guess wins?

STV?

ya

step 1: count up the 1st choice of each voter

step 2: the lowest ranking candidate is elimnated

step 3: everyone who has their vote with that candidate has their vote moved to the next candidate on their list

step 4: repeat 2-3 until only the required number of candidates remain

(I think)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote

^ for probably more accurate details

9:39 PM

I would have set up a score system, a 1st place = 5 points, 2nd place = 3 points, and 3rd place = 1 point. Add up which candidate got how many of each and serve up the new mods

oh no

@Mokubai that's what I thought it was to begin with

I described the "Alternative Vote" system

disregard that and read the wikipedia page

anybody here familiar with MATLAB?

used it once about 13 years ago...

9:40 PM

Ivo is, I believe, but he's not here right now...

oh man my programming for dummies room is gone :(

@DMA57361 wanna help me debug?

@KronoS I have some experience with it

We're learning it in my engineering class, but so far just doing very basic stuff

what you got?

pastebin.com/8m9xg4gR

oh, wait, MATLAB stuff? yeah.... can't help so much with that

9:46 PM

here's the code... prob is it's only sending out the first iterative answer

/me is opening up matlab

notices @nhinkle's scripts still aren't installed

(it takes a while... we have this weird network thinapp thing)

@KronoS, wdym?

i have scripts? what scripts?

the scripts that turns: / me to

to

github.com/rchern/StackExchangeScripts

these @nhinkle

ahhh

brb. gotta help a client

(I'm at work)

9:50 PM

tried this as well but didn't work

@KronoS How do you install those scripts?

click on the links found here

Do I have to be using Chrome or Greasemonkey or something? All I get is the text of the files

chrome automatically installs...

and FF needs Greasemonkey

9:59 PM

Right, that'll be a "not on my machine then" ;)

later fellas I'm off to go see wicked) with the misses

Have fun

Lucky you

cya later

@KronoS is terminal a function you wrote or a built-in function? MATLAB tells me it's not a defined function

Man, I hate it when people "correct" me on things that I'm actually right about

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There are three speeds you need to take into account with wireless routers: Wireless LAN speed: This is the max speed you will get between the router and all computers connected to the wireless router cumulatively. The speed may be lower if there is interference from other sources, or even just...

10:09 PM

heh, especially when they're trying to be pedantic

zerodaythebook.com

Awesome, the main guy that wrote the SysInternals tools wrote a realistic book where malware used as a powerful weapon.

@nhinkle Yeah, odd...

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Q: The nomination links have disappeared?

It seems than on all three SOFU sites the nomination links have disappeared, it is a bug or by design?

bug moderator-nomination

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A: The nomination links have disappeared?

Jeff stated that the banner would only show for 48 hours. You can still find them at http://stackoverflow.com/election

Can anyone confirm this?

Nevermind...

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A: Close button for "community moderator election is underway" notification?

This notification will last for 48 hours, so all you need to do is wait.

10:54 PM

Well that explains that then

11:17 PM

Finally back home and finished reading transcripts

@kronos whats the code supposed to do? And where does it fail

Welcome back @IvoFlipse

Had a birthday party and sleeping over at my parents, so typing on my ipad :p should go to sleep though... But hi nathan :)

Was it your birthday?

11:35 PM

No an aunt of mine ;) but theres a lot of family, so thats fun

sounds like fun

my family's had some birthdays this month, too

Mine isnt until the 20th of april

Mine's not 'til summer :P

Well no rush, time flies fast enough already...

But i think i should get sleeping now, as my mom tends to wake me early, like in the old days ;p

So see you tomorrow :)

Haha. Alright, sleep well.

See you soon

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