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12:00 AM

I've been naughty.

@MετάEd "Lose weight" is a very strong spam indicator. Very very strong.

MετάEd

@tchrist Solved. Thank you.

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SmokeDetector

6:20 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive body detected: English equivalent to "Do not expose others' misdeeds"? by Michael Jones on english.stackexchange.com

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9:08 AM

Is this correct?

How to check multiple string are exists in the database?

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Cerberus

12:50 PM

> How to check whether multiple string exist in the database.

1:14 PM

@Cerberus thank you

1:24 PM

@Shafizadeh I think you should pluralize "string" to "strings".

Agreed ..

Mr. Shiny and New 安宇

1:52 PM

@KitZ.Fox facebook.com/IFeakingLoveScience/videos/1318126151541726/…

2:04 PM

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 what is under that blankets?

@Mr.ShinyandNew安宇 Cute and disturbing all at once. We were warned that someone has fed a fox on campus so now it is not afraid of people and just hangs out around the parking lot.

I saw it the other day and nearly jumped out of my skin. It was sitting quietly about five feet from me in a bed of pine needles, just watching.

user116848

2:31 PM

@KitZ.Fox Have you ever had any foxes as pets?

user116848

I just asked the weirdest question I think.

user116848

;-)

The only foxes that are domesticated are the ones from that long-term Russian breeding experiment.

@Arrowfar No, foxes aren't meant to be pets.

@tchrist And they still aren't fully domesticated.

The rest are always still wild animals.

@KitZ.Fox Right, just much further along that path than I think anyone imagined in so short a time.

If you type "domest" into youtube's search, its fifth autocomplete is "domesticated fox".

2:42 PM

I will never be fully domesticated.

Mitch

2:55 PM

Slate article on gender neutral 'guys'

@Arrowfar I'm sure we could think of weirder ones.

@KitZ.Fox Me too! I can barely keep the linen closet straight!

MετάEd

3:24 PM

@tchrist I've probably mentioned before that I love that experiment.

@Mitch Straight doesn't need a closet.

3:57 PM

@MετάEd Unless you're Ani DiFranco.

Mitch

@KitZ.Fox Does she do windows?

user116848

4:14 PM

I have cold and I feel like shit.

user116848

Aaaa chooo!!

Bless you.

user116848

And how are you Kit?

A little better.

Heavily dosed on medicine.

Breathing much better.

Q: Site design for English Language Leaners community

4:42 PM

I'm Stéphane, a senior product designer at Stack Exchange. First, I wanted to announce that this site is now starting the process of moving out of beta to become a fully-graduated site! Congratulations! Graduation and Your Site Design Graduation comes with a few perks. I have already be...

@KitZ.Fox Can we do something about our site's design?

MετάEd

5:34 PM

@Mitch @KitZ.Fox Ani DiFranco is probably more of a Mac person.

6:02 PM

@Rathony Like?

@tchrist I am not sure, but brighter? more welcoming? I mean compared with ELL's new design, ELU looks like a old school.

It's supposed to.

I know.

@tchrist No change from the beginning?

It's got branding.

I thought ELL's new designs looks better than that of ELU.

If you can't change anything, no complaint.

6:22 PM

@Rathony I'm not a visual designer and I don't work at StackExchange. You could ask the community moderation team, maybe put it up on Meta.