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So, the guys over in Charcoal HQ have been working on a Smoke Detector that detects potential spam so it can be flagged quicker.
One thing that has been noticed is the number of posts that get raised with an all-caps title. Here are some examples of things that have come through so far today - ...
@kalina So, all you've got to do really is to fetch messages from SE -- you can scrape the transcript (there's something called scrapy that does it very well!), making sure you don't hit the servers too much.
And then you just convert that data into an IRC log-style data
@ManishEarth then fantastic, I just need to transform/format the output in a way that looks like standard IRC logs and just import that straight into piespy
@kalina Actually, if you fetch like only 5 days worth of transcript at a time, I think that you can get the past transcripts pretty quickly. Much quicker than waiting for it to roll in
@kalina you still can :p Try to figure out ChatExchange (see test.py for usage) yourself.
It's great that you're taking the reins like this, but we generally don't look at appointing moderators until a couple of weeks after switching to public beta (though, we're watching now to see who stands out as good candidates) — Tim Postyesterday
Although maaaaaaybe they changed their minds.
I can't imagine them wanting to do anything other than watch the site like a hawk, though.
and if we (the network) aren't careful and you (your mods) aren't resilient it will probably turn into a dumping ground for any recommendation question
My name is World Engineer. I've moderated Programmers Stack Exchange for the last 11 months. I believe this site can work but will take a solid effort by everyone involved to ensure good content. This will not be easy. Recommendations are inherently subjective to a higher degree than much of the ...
@ManishEarth Get people to commit. Schedule a regular time (a few hours on certain days) and encourage people to bring a coffee or beer to chillax with
The biggest problem with Chem:SE is that many questions are indeed specialized or many questions can lead to 'very technical answers' depending on how far into the concepts the answerer wants to go. This is one of the main reasons why I have trouble posting answers to questions... because I know a little bit but not enough to give a 'proper answer' which can take a lot of effort.
If a gen. chem. student comes on and asks a question about orbitals, for example, you could give a gen. chem. response but if you've already taken phys. chem. or have done post-graduate work, you know that the answers can be far more complicated than the person asking even realizes.
@Undo my participation on Chem was not so motivated, initially. Sure, I wanted the site around and was sharing the proposal. But I didn't plan on getting too involved. But I really liked the place, so... :)
@Seth Kind of, yes. I have experience in the non-diamond tools, but only for a short amount of time (and the higher ones only on small sites). I'm not seeing myself as being able to offer what SR really needs.
@Undo I understand what you mean by seeing yourself, but I don't see how that experience you have isn't just as good as mod folks, with or without a diamond. The only difference I can see is that people with diamonds are more used with having the last say...
Am I missing something?
@hichris123 It's only temporary. I'll change it back next week.
@Seth The people with diamonds have gotten used to the diamond tools. I haven't, and I'd have to learn on what's probably the most challenging site on the network right now. And... I can't even drive yet.
Yes, that would be something only mods would really have. But then, how are you supposed to learn if you only leave it to other mods? (I'm not arguing with you, nor pressuring you to accept the nomination, more just thinking out loud)
but on the other hand, upon turning the same question against myself, I'm not sure I would accept the nomination either, although I've kinda wanted to get a moderator job myself.
I'm looking for an good IDE for Python that should run on Windows 7 and higher. The program should ideally support the following features:
Syntax highlighting
Code Completion
Debugger Support
Support to run Shell side by side
Support for CPython and IronPythin
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It's broad because I am very open to any suggestion of a Java application so long as it is i) open source, ii) requires the user to interact with the GUI, iii) actions within the application are not all immediate, some actions should take time to complete — user97375833 secs ago