The Ink Spot

@DᴀʀᴛʜVᴀᴅᴇʀ there's a big comic & gaming convention here this weekend I haven't decided if I'll go to yet. Leaning against it. In which case I probably won't do much of anything this weekend

DᴀʀᴛʜVᴀᴅᴇʀ

@Ryan I really like your convention center

went there twice for conventions and it was fun

WELZ

@DᴀʀᴛʜVᴀᴅᴇʀ I'm gonna post signs that say "VOTE 4 WELZ" all over the ~~world~~ stackexchange sites - in every major ~~city~~ chat room xD

DᴀʀᴛʜVᴀᴅᴇʀ

1:46 PM

since this room seems to be dead. Do any of you grow your own vegetables? Trying to work on a smaller eco footprint and thinking of making my own compost from leftovers and was just curious to know if others did it or grew their own

@WELZ if you'd like Id cut you a deal on printed campaign signs

Ryan

yeah but I go to conventions all the time for work so it loses some appeal. Then Megacon's price just keeps going up. $50 to get in this year, then $15 for the parking. @DᴀʀᴛʜVᴀᴅᴇʀ

WELZ

@DᴀʀᴛʜVᴀᴅᴇʀ my family runs a huge print shop, I'm good, thanks tho

@DᴀʀᴛʜVᴀᴅᴇʀ I have (still do occasionally - we do compost in the summer)

DᴀʀᴛʜVᴀᴅᴇʀ

@WELZ oh do tell machinery. when I see those machines I feel like a kid in a candy store.

WELZ

I don't know any of the names, I'm not involved, but anything I need done I get for free hehe

like campaign posters

Vincent

@WELZ you might need the whole shebang. posters, flyers, buttons, pens, signs, roll-ups, stands

Ryan

1:57 PM

I'll take a Moleskin notebook with the GD.SE logo on it please kktnx

:'( sneif

DᴀʀᴛʜVᴀᴅᴇʀ

@Ryan still looking at computers, lol

Ryan

@DᴀʀᴛʜVᴀᴅᴇʀ shush lmao

WELZ

@Vincent might?! of course I do!

Vincent

@Ryan you mean this one? :P

Ryan

so cruel!

Vincent

2:05 PM

you know me

DᴀʀᴛʜVᴀᴅᴇʀ

@Vincent still have mine! and my shirt, lol

Ryan

HAT YOU BOTH

DᴀʀᴛʜVᴀᴅᴇʀ

HAT you too man, lol

Vincent

lol

Oh I wear my shirt very regularly

and my HAT

Ryan

was there really a hat?!?

I thought it was just notebook, sticker and shirt

DᴀʀᴛʜVᴀᴅᴇʀ

2:06 PM

no but we can make one

Vincent

uh... I got a hat with the mod symbol on it

Ryan

pics or it didn't happen :P

Vincent

just a blue cap

WELZ

@Vincent Is that like a moderator gift? It looks pretty awesome...

Ryan

@WELZ the top like 30 users or something were all supposed to get notebooks, shirts, and stickers when the site graduated from beta

except I never got mine and they apologized and said they'd get on it, and then I still never got it >.<

Vincent

2:09 PM

@Ryan have you ever kicked them again?

WELZ

@vincent - I have the same keyboard as you (on my home computer)

Ryan

Q: Graphic Design SE - Top User Swag!

For our thanks to the users that helped make this site the resounding success that its become, if you appear on the first two pages of this list, I'll be reaching out to you within the next 7 - 10 days to get your shipping and size information. Why would I want such information, you ask? Well th...

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Vincent

Ryan

@Vincent no, I figure at this point they probably don't have any

Vincent

@WELZ ah, the Logitech? I love it

@Ryan just hope for the next time :/

Ryan

2:11 PM

@DᴀʀᴛʜVᴀᴅᴇʀ hey look he really does have a hat. Now you can feel cheated with me!

WELZ

@Vincent at first I didn't like the layout (switching from and old kbd) but now It's great, and no messy wires - and its one usb piece for that and my mouse

DᴀʀᴛʜVᴀᴅᴇʀ

I wouldnt wear that hat, I'm really particular by the hats I wear

Ryan

should I make a new post about my swag as a bug? lol

DᴀʀᴛʜVᴀᴅᴇʀ

didnt you contact them?

Ryan

i talked to Abby about it in chat once or twice and left comment on that post for Tim. Just left another comment for him. Have never received any sort of reply

DᴀʀᴛʜVᴀᴅᴇʀ

2:18 PM

use the contact form to get in touch with them

Vincent

@DᴀʀᴛʜVᴀᴅᴇʀ I rarely wear hats anyway

WELZ

what happens to an account when they post spam

specifically referring to those real spam attackers

Zach Saucier

@WELZ account is deleted

IIRC sometimes the IP is blocked

Ryan

@ZachSaucier this is news to me

Zach Saucier

> Some IP addresses are placed in a sort of temporary block, but I have no clue how long it's for. this meta post

Ryan

2:28 PM

that part is true. The reply was for the account is deleted statement

they're not deleted unless a moderator gets to it before the bot

Zach Saucier

mmhm

@Vincent I like the selfie reflection :P

@Ryan If you do end up getting swag, let us know so some of us can ask :D

Vincent

@ZachSaucier yeah I know :)

@Ryan bots do this? I've been havind very slow days in which I deleted spam accounts from weeks back

Zach Saucier

A: Would anyone care for some processed meat-like substance with a gelatinous glaze?

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Vincent

@ZachSaucier uhhh.... tl;dr? :)

today is not a slow day ;)

Zach Saucier

there was 4k-20k spam posts blocked automatically daily in 2014. Probably a lot more by now

Ryan

2:39 PM

@Vincent bots don't delete the accounts. That's why I was saying Zach is mistaken on that

we have to manually delete the accounts if we want to delete them

Zach Saucier

ah, that's what he means :P

DᴀʀᴛʜVᴀᴅᴇʀ

any of you fellow devs play with cron dev on auto post generation?

Vincent

lolwut? sweatdrop

DᴀʀᴛʜVᴀᴅᴇʀ

2:56 PM

@Vincent WP has the ability to be emailed and if you write it correctly, you can insert posts automatically that were written in JSON. Bought an iMac 24" from a buddy and am playing with auto post generation from a scraper, to see if I can get it to work. Auto scheduling posts in 15 min intervals would be a big win for me

Vincent

ok. sounds useful

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BESW

10:41 PM

Mistakes have been made https://t.co/GKTUDgXIrv

Tweeted by landpsychology on May 25, 2017 at 7:06 PM

WELZ

@BESW Thanks, I am now permanently stuck scrolling through his twitter feed. - thos animals tho....

Cai

If one of you gentlemanly moderators would mind switching the featured from here to here when you see this, that would be much appreciated.

WELZ

@Cai, your answer to my question was very good, I think the reason it didn't get many votes was because it didn't get that much attention / was unnoticed\

Cai

Well, if it helped you then I'm happy. Votes aren't all that... I'm sure I've got better answers with less votes :)

Meta Graphic Design

11:28 PM

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