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8:02 PM
@janos I think I might no what your theory is.
But I don't want to yell it out loud and ruin everyones shot at hatting
 
@GiantCowFilms for EE, could it be that the first answer was posted on the day the bounty was started?..
 
No
The other answer has to be posted within the bounty
nvm
Oh, wait, maybe
@alecxe Lots of data to check D:
 
yes, but I mean, specifically there should be an answer posted on the same day the bounty was started
 
at least one answer..
 
but do we know when the bounty was started?
 
Sure
look under the edit history
 
ah yeah, thanks
 
@GiantCowFilms fine with mine
 
fine with you?
 
8:06 PM
works with my theory
 
It would fit into mine
but the data disproves it
 
8:17 PM
@janos I replied to your mail, I need you to clarify your guess.
 
@Pops Still wrong D:
What on earth is even left....
 
@Pops replied, I hope that's clear, and good :)
 
If it is don't spoil it :D
@Pops when I said "question" in my email in the last sentence, you knew I meant the answer awarded the bounty? Sorry for that error....
 
I'll come back and check in a minute.
 
oh the suspense....
 
8:21 PM
yeah
 
I need 3 Uvs on both the question and the answer.
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Q: How can I make my gear simulation in the BGE work?

X-27 I have the movement and rotation restrained properly, but the simulation is not behaving like it should. both objects are rigid body objects. How can I make my gear simulation work?

(for the selfy hat)
X-27 Needs 27 hats!
 
@GiantCowFilms That wasn't the only problem. You know, at one point, someone made a suggestion to you and you said they were wrong but they were actually right.
 
NOooo!
Really?
Q: How dumb can a cow be
A: Really
@Pops Well, lemme try some more guesses
@Pops did janos get it?
 
I'm not just trying to mess with you... the point is, double-check your assumptions.
 
I checked it against actual data...
there could be an error in my data
 
8:34 PM
@GiantCowFilms Yes.
 
@Pops I'm messing with myself at this point
In circles I go
 
But his guess wasn't 100% exactly entirely perfect, so I guess be a little careful if you work together.
Back to the TV for me.
 
@Pops Sent anther one
 
THANK YOU POPS !!!
 
I give up if that one is wrong.... I have no idea which suggestion, and I am completely lost
 
8:38 PM
@X-27 UVed, hope you'll get the hat before the end of WB
 
Clearly I am misinformed somewhere (mistake in the data....?), and have not the will to dig up the error
 
@GiantCowFilms I think we are both circling around and need one more step in the EE trigger.
@janos good job, congrats!
 
thanks @alecxe!
 
@Pops In the post concluding the Winter Bash, are you going to include the best looking hat wearers of each hat? (because, I'd probably be the best looking one for the bath tub :-)
 
@X-27 @Pops I think the boat also fits perfectly!
 
8:46 PM
@X-27 What'd you get the tub for?
 
@GiantCowFilms After hint pack 3 came out I logically connected the red baron (pilot) with the flying tigers (pilots)
And with the red barron being a hat form 2014, it was too good guess not to send to pops.
got the cleanup crew!
YEPEYYY!Y!Y!Y!Y!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
need another UV in this answer for the copernious hat
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A: how to add object to a keyframe range?

X-27An easy way you can do this is kind of cheating, but it does work. On frame 11, set a location keyframe on your laser object. On frame 15, do the same. On frame 10 and 16, move the laser object along any axis an absurd distance away. 9999999 blender units is usually enough. that way, on frames 11...

 
done
 
Thanks!
hat #26 coming up!
@JoshCrozier I just relied that I dont have the Odinson hat. Can you help me with a dup hammer?
that would be #27!!!
does it end at 00:00 UTC?
that would be in about 3 hours...
 
9:20 PM
@X-27 Every! Body! Gets! A Hat! was awarded nearly 100,000 times. I am not sorting through all those avatars to look for "who wore it best."
 
@Pops Review queue time!
We'll need audits, of course
 
@Pops lol, I mean of the rarer hats.
 
@Pops I sent you a mail....
 
"Help us decide whether people are wearing hats correctly: [awesome] [good] [poor] [yuck]"
 
I don't have a convenient UI for users with hat X and I don't feel like scraping one up.
I'm checking e-mails as we speak.
 
9:22 PM
"STOP! Look and listen. This hat was worn poorly, but you chose "good". Bad user. Go away."
 
Looks like hotornot.com is a social media/dating service now? Didn't expect to visit that site today. Or ever.
 
@X-27 Sure..
 
@JoshCrozier which question should I vote to close?
 
@X-27 It's really asking a lot to ping him into here and not even have a candidate question or two picked out in advance. If he knew of one he would've closed it already.
 
9:34 PM
@Pops good point. I will look for one.
Nver mind! I just got speedy delivery
No more hats!
If I enable "I hate hats" will that keep me from getting any more?
 
> This will turn off all hat-related events on all sites for you. You won't see people wearing hats, you won't be alerted when you earn a hat, and you won't be seen wearing a hat by any other users.
 
oh, so you can still earn them?
bummer
I have 27 hats
HAPPY!!!!!!!
 
@X-27 You could VTC this as a dupe of this...
 
but that would be 28 hats!
I wasn't counting on one of my answers form a few days ago on getting accepted. It earned me speedy delivery.
which was #27
 
@alecxe Any chance of awarding that bounty in the next 2 hours before hats disappear? :-)
 
9:44 PM
@randal'thor oops, thanks for reminding :)
got Edward Edwards :D
 
Doesn't look as though I'll get Field Work. I took 3 shots at it, but nothing scored more than 4 (although questions I posted last week got to 20) :-(
 
posted the second answer to the same question and asked the author to award the latest answer
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A: Getting a DHCP client list with Python

alecxeI would switch to real browser automation and selenium. Aside from regular common browsers like Firefox or Chrome, you can also control the headless browsers, like PhantomJS. Here is the complete login code to get you started. Note that, according to the page source, the login form itself is ins...

 
@alecxe You did? Congrats!
 
thanks! Should I award you a bounty now?
 
I see nothing wrong with bounty swapping....
 
9:47 PM
@alecxe Well, you've already offered it, so yes please :-)
Of course, I've no idea whether it'll get me the hat or not...
 
well
we have theories
I think there should have been an existing answer before you post yours
so, if this is true, you are not getting the hat unfortunately..
but I might be wrong
 
There's only 2 normal hats and 3 secret ones I haven't got ...
@alecxe :-(
 
let's try
 
Got the bounty - thanks!
Now let's see about the hat ...
 
okay, now if I guess the Edward Edwards, I get to 39 hats
@Pops can I get the bathtub for actually getting Edward Edwards by intentionally tricking the system here: stackoverflow.com/questions/34405808/…? :)
@randal'thor no hat?
 
:)
 
10:26 PM
hm, I haven't seen an EE before for an answer with score below 2 :-/
 
Edward Edwards
 
10:39 PM
@alecxe If you tell me why the intentional trickery worked, then yes.
(In other words tell me the trigger for the hat, just like it's always been.)
 
A cargo cult is a Melanesian millenarian movement encompassing a diverse range of practices and occurring in the wake of contact with the commercial networks of colonizing societies. The name derives from the belief that various ritualistic acts will lead to a bestowing of material wealth ("cargo"). Cargo cults often develop during a combination of crises. Under conditions of social stress, such a movement may form under the leadership of a charismatic figure. This leader may have a "vision" (or "myth-dream") of the future, often linked to an ancestral efficacy ("mana") thought to be recoverable...
 
@Pops How about "get awarded a bounty for an answer which is neither the first nor highest-voted answer to the same question"?
 
No.
Pretty sure that combo was guessed before by someone too but I can't remember when...
 
Sorry, I haven't been following all the guesses.
 
10:44 PM
No need to apologize. It's interesting to me that everyone keeps coming back to the same few points, that's all.
 
I assume it's not something really close, like the same as what I just said with one of the two neither/nor conditions removed?
 
It's not.
 
@randal'thor with only 1 hour and 15 mins left just give up. :) </joke> really though, somebody should be able to get this.
 
in today's transcript alone you can find 7+ examples and 7+ counter-examples that should help
 
lol
 
10:50 PM
Which ones are still unknown? Just Edward Edwards and Onion Knight?
 
the Cleanup Crew has been sort of revealed in this room today, but I don't find the explanation clear at all
 
@randal'thor yep
@janos delete some number of comments (I think it is 10) where the post owner has edited after you commented.
 
thanks @David. The lowest number I've seen so far was 40
 
It should've been edited into the Meta post
 
btw, something that helped a lot in discovering and verifying theories about Edward Edwards was a little trick I learned very recently: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/36303/…
 
11:00 PM
Yeah, most of the Archie holders used that
I didn't though
 
@janos that would of been super useful. I did not know regular users could get the that. (I got to it through the mod tools on BSE)
 
11:34 PM
30mins left :(
make sure you take pictures of everything you want to save.
 
in Tavern on the Meta on Meta Stack Exchange Chat, 8 secs ago, by SmokeDetector
@Quill-HATMANIAC HURRY UP AND EARN MORE HATS! Winterbash will be over in 0 days, 0 hours, 19 minutes, and 1 second. :(
not joining us at 39 @alecxe?
 
@David If last year is anything to go by, the leaderboards will still be available for a while after WB is over.
 
interesting, you can see users in the leader board that "I hate hats"
@randal'thor true, (about) how long did they stay up?
 
11:50 PM
@David Not sure. A couple of months maybe?
 
cool
10 mins left
 
Can users remove bounties?
There was a bounty on this: superuser.com/q/1012901/374942
I answered before, and the bounty never got assigned
 
Can 6 people upvote this or this in the next 8 minutes?
 
I had one (or two) upvotes when the bounty got removed
 
@Quill-HATMANIAC I don't think so?
 
11:52 PM
good luck to you @randal'thor
 
@Quill-HATMANIAC no
 
@Quill-HATMANIAC Probably not enough for it to be awarded automatically. superuser.com/posts/1012901/revisions
 
I thought with one upvote half the bounty is assigned automagically
 
@Quill-HATMANIAC Thanks! :-) Woo, 4 to go on the SFF one ...
@Quill-HATMANIAC Maybe it's two?
 
No, two you get it automagically
one and you get half
I remember reading that on SO
 
11:54 PM
You never get the whole thing automatically.
Half is the most you can get that way.
Unless things are different on SO from the sites I've been on.
 
ah, I must've read it wrong
 
@randal'thor I UVed. what are you chasing?
 
@David Thanks. Field Work.
 
oh, they have to accept your answer
right
try pimping it in Mos Eisley
 
Woo, exciting - 2 more votes and 3 more minutes to go!
@Quill-HATMANIAC Yeah, I just did.
There are some grumpy sods there though, who downvote anyone who begs for upvotes.
Gotta be careful...
 
11:57 PM
@randal'thor ok althoug you wil probably run out of time
 
Almost certainly. 1 minute to go!
 
Nooooo!!!!!!!!!!!1
WE CAN'T LET THE HATS DIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
 
On the bright side, at least I get a Fanatic badge at the same moment the hats disappear.
 
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