The Whiteboard

12:53 AM

@Snowman Enjoy it while you can. It does tarnish after awhile, unless you're already independently wealthy.

user114359

1:55 AM

Is there a way to do the opposite of make a tag a favorite, make it so questions with that tag either do not show up or have a different background in the question list?

user55340

yep.

user55340

user55340

Or programmers.stackexchange.com/users/preferences/22815

user55340

sigh

user55340

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Q: Can Ruby do the following?

Below, is what I need to code up/program in a computer language. But can Ruby do this? - 1) The software created on the disc which runs on a circuit board (or created on & runs on the faster hardware meant for it - IBM's TrueNorth programmable neural synapse micro processor chip) is going to: ...

user55340

1:58 AM

Ruby is a general purpose language. — MichaelT 53 mins ago

user55340

That doesn't answer my question. — Friendly Person 44 3 mins ago

user114359

@MichaelT of course, the easiest way to hide something from me is to put it in plain site. Thanks.

user55340

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Q: If I write a code and release it under GPL 2.0 (or other license) do I have to follow it myself?

I know that since I own the code rights I can change the license in a newer version. But does it mean that while it's under GPL I have to comply with it my self? Or can I do whatever I want with it? Like not disclosing the source or stating changes I committed after.

licensing gpl

user55340

Find the dup... Go!

user114359

Browsing Movies and TV SE I mostly loathe the "identify this XYZ" questions - 99% are useless.

user114359

2:02 AM

Here is another one that needs to be nuked from orbit:

user114359

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Q: How many lines of CSS have been written?

There seem to be hundreds of thousands of web developers in the US (per the Bureau of Labor Statistics), and approximately a billion web sites (per Internet Live Stats), of which more than 90% have a CSS file (per W3Techs.com). How many lines of CSS do these websites and developers count among th...

css

user55340

Sic Fi are sometimes good things to read... but yep, trivia questions are problematic.

user55340

Found it!

user55340

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Q: Use my own GPL licensed code in a commercial product

I am developing a software project in Java/Swing licensed under GPL v3. Later, I want to create a Android application which uses the algorithms of the Java/Swing application. This Android app will be a commercial product (sold on Google Play Store). Is this a problem, when I use my OWN GPL code ...

android licensing gpl commercial

user114359

@MichaelT Every one in a while an "identify this" question can be interesting, especially on SciFi. But most are, in my opinion, boring and stupid.

user114359

2:06 AM

Although I have been introduced to new material to watch or read a few times, which is why I say "usually" and "most" not "all."

user55340

Sci-fi also has some highish bars for identify this...

user55340

and gaming is very high bars.

user55340

(Gaming requires media)

user114359

I am not a fan of high bars. If I can't put my feet flat on the ground while I'm drinking, I could fall off my bar-stool by the end of the night.

user55340

scifi.stackexchange.com/tags/story-identification/info

user114359

2:08 AM

Ruby is Turing-complete, by definition it can do anything. Also, your question is a massive wall of text. While I am sure you feel it is extremely important to you, the odds of anyone else reading the whole thing and providing a point-by-point analysis is exceedingly low. — Snowman 5 mins ago

user114359

Why anyone feels the need to spend that much time typing into the question box but can't be bothered to spend a tenth of that time reading the help center is beyond me.

user55340

gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/tagged/game-identification

user55340

> USE WITH CAUTION: These questions are allowed only if you have an actual screenshot, video, etc. of the game you want to identify; not just a description of vague recollections. Questions about identifying games in movies, pictures, videos, or anywhere an unknown game appears.

user55340

(yea! community closed dup!)

user114359

@MichaelT That means the asker is honest enough to flag it as a dupe after we VTC. I never knew about that until @durron597 VTC'd a question of mine on SO as a dupe, and I could close it as a dupe despite not having 3k rep.

user55340

2:13 AM

@Snowman Yep. Saves a few close votes from the community and gives you that warm fuzzy that you got it exactly

user114359

I still like this identification question:

user114359

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Q: What game (rpg?) is this?

I've just found this cute and awesome picture from the web: The laptop behind seems to have a game running. I'm curious: What game is that?

game-identification

user55340

Otherwise, you'd have to do something like go write a self answered question about composition and inheritance so others can find the dup.

user114359

@MichaelT I actually kind of like the Wikipedia article on that, and it is usable as supporting material. That might be the answer, because the need for having a dupe target is probably not that great.

user114359

But there have been a few times where I read a question about an inheritance problem and the answer is "use composition"

user114359

2:16 AM

Maybe the right thing to do is frame a question as "I have a problem with my inheritance hierarchy" and the answer is "use composition and here are concrete reasons and examples why" which is what I find lacking from the existing questions.

user114359

lolz. I just found a fly in my freezer, it must have flown in there earlier today. Frozen solid.

user55340

2:40 AM

@Snowman store.steampowered.com/app/250600

user114359

@MichaelT Nifty. I'm downloading it now.

user55340

The plan: don't get stuck in the freezer.

gnat

5:03 AM

"Hint" post at Math meta is closed. Lovely

Martin Sleziak

6:00 AM

Well, if 5 users consider the post off-topic and vote to close, the post is closed. What is so surprising about it? It is in the reopen review queue, if enough users vote to reopen, it will be reopened.

I personally did not vote either way. I think that if it should be closed, better reason would be: "Unclear what are you asking."

Martin Sleziak

6:13 AM

I mean, it should not be surprising for anybody who has some experience with per-site-metas that the question at least got some off-topic close votes. Are you saying that you did not think that there is a possibility that your question is going to be closed?

Duga

8:16 AM

This question is too vague for Stack Overflow, and isn't a programming question. Maybe it would fit better in a forum or possibly on the Programmers Stack Exchange. — Kupiakos 33 secs ago

Duga

8:36 AM

I think that more people will be able to answer your question there --> programmers.stackexchange.com. SO is mainly code-oriental, less conceptual, while programmers.stack is more about software architecture. — Frederik.L 44 secs ago

Martin Sleziak

9:21 AM

Sorry if my message above sounded too hostile @gnat. (On the other hand, you're post can sound a bit condescending - depending on how somebody reads it.)

The main point is that I doubt there is something which can be down about this on the side of Math.SE. And you did not suggest any concrete steps either.

The only concrete suggestion I see there is this one:

@NajibIdrissi it is not so much a "go out and tell everyone Programmers.SE isn't for poorly specified or incomplete questions" but rather "have this notion in the back of your mind and if you see someone suggesting Programers, remember what it is and is not. And if people are suggesting that '*.StackExchange.com' is for undergraduate questions while '*Overflow.com' is for research level, point out that this is only true for math and not necessarily other sites." It is about making sure that these incorrect memes don't take root in a given community. — MichaelT 16 hours ago

And as far as I can say, I have never seen somebody on Math.SE saying that this is the difference between SO and Programmers.SE.

Maybe I saw somebody suggesting SO or Programmers as a more suitable place for some programming question.

But this might be situation which I do not see more often than once or twice a year. So I doubt that any effort of mine would have any measurable effect.

Google search seems to support my gyess that it does not happen very often that programmers.SE is mentioned on Math.SE: google.com/… and google.com/…

Duga

10:50 AM

@gnat Thanks for the reading. May I ask you why this question cannot fall into "data structure concepts" which is a valid topic according to these guidelines? I think the criterias for a good candidate in Programmers.SE are too complex, hence not understood correctly from users refering from SO. — Frederik.L 44 secs ago

Martin Sleziak

BTW does this bot monitor only StackOverflow, or some other sites, too?

ratchet freak

SO only I believe

Martin Sleziak

I was just wondering whether from the comments posted by Duga we can see whether some users were directed here from math.SE. (In connection with the discussion linked by gnat in his last message.)

Jimmy Hoffa

11:38 AM

Happy Coffee Day.

....coffeee...

durron597

12:55 PM

So, computer is cleaned off of software and personal files, Chrome is not cleaned of cookies and saved passwords (obviously, otherwise how I could be in this room)

trying to decide if I should clean chrome before or after I give notice

Jimmy Hoffa

@durron597 do you really think they'll give you marching orders?

durron597

@JimmyHoffa no

ah dammit i forgot my flash drive. nooooooooo

whatever, the only thing still on this computer is itunes

i'll live

Jimmy Hoffa

I wouldn't worry about Chrome; it's not like they're going to use your cookied browser to start reading your personal e-mail or other such.

(unless those are the type of people they are)

durron597