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Glorfindel

7:01 PM

@JoErNanO Charcoal HQ, where diamonds are made, smoke is detected, and new Travel SE users are recruited :P

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Yvette Colomb

@Glorfindel I nominated myself for a mod job ... don't think I'll make it somehow

Glorfindel

Where?

prepares to fix the grammar of 25 posts so he can vote for Yvette

Yvette Colomb

pets

lol

NobodyNada

nice!

ooh, we get to vote on a Meta post -- we don't even need to get rep!

Mithrandir

There's an official list of routes on [bus.co.il](https://www.bus.co.il/otobusimmvc/en). But I would recommend using the [Moovit app](https://www.moovitapp.com/splash) - it's very useful. You can look at different routes, and it gives you the different times and lists connections that you can make.

If you are planning on doing a lot of bus travel in Israel, I would highly recommend that you get a [Rav Kav](http://www.citypass.co.il/english/ContentPage.aspx?ID=9). This allows you to get certain discounts on busses, and it's very easy to get one - you walk into the office, take a picture, an…

Yvette Colomb

7:06 PM

really? hang on we can upvote with our 101 rep on the main sites, just not downvote - goes to check privileges

Glorfindel

@YvetteColomb yes, I just upvoted yours.

CalvT

@YvetteColomb do you have a "don't flood the front page with edits" policy?

Yvette Colomb

@Glorfindel yeh was just checking and thanks!

NobodyNada

2 mins ago, by NobodyNada

ooh, we get to vote on a Meta post -- we don't even need to get rep!

Yvette Colomb

@CalvT nope

we are a small site and encouraging people to chat and contribute

Mithrandir

7:08 PM

@JoE see above - how does that look?

Yvette Colomb

well I know who my friends are, you guys are so sweet sniff

Mithrandir

Voted, @Yvette

CalvT

^ same

Yvette Colomb

@Mithrandir thank you!!

@CalvT thank you!!

I want to give you all kisses and hugs

xoxoxoxox

I'm editing my answer to answer James questions in the comments

CalvT

So this isn't your usual election type then? I don't need to get 150 rep? :)

Mithrandir

7:10 PM

Right

It's an appointment not an election

I wasn't elected ;)

Glorfindel

@CalvT nope. Pets will stay in Beta. It just works like Mithrandir's 'election'.

CalvT

Ok - I wasn't around then :)

Glorfindel

In the end, Stack Overflow will decide who's going to be the new moderator.

Yvette Colomb

@Glorfindel yep, but community support helps

Glorfindel

Oh, definitely.

Yvette Colomb

7:12 PM

I was on the site when it started

when I wasn't going so well

full disclosure

do you think I should add that to my answer ^^^ ?

Glorfindel

Yes.

Mithrandir

Maybe. If you don't, you might get blasted for trying to hide it.

Glorfindel

Transparency is everything.

Yvette Colomb

ok thanks. It's on my profile as a top network question

Rand al'Thor

@YvetteColomb Well, those who actually make the decision (CMs) will already know. But being transparent is a good thing anyway.

Glorfindel

7:15 PM

Also, there's a reason you're not allowed to run in an election when you've been suspended in the last 12 months. That means if it's longer ago, you're supposed to have learned something and can apply for key positions in the network.

Rand al'Thor

@Glorfindel That only applies to elections though, not pro-tem nominations.

Glorfindel

(otherwise, they'd just exclude everybody who has ever been suspended)

Yvette Colomb

@Randal'Thor oh yeh. Tim Post knows me very well and he knows about it, I am in email contact with him whenever I step into a new zone

@Glorfindel yep

Glorfindel

@Randal'Thor I know, but I doubt SO would appoint anyone who would not be able to participate in an election.

Yvette Colomb

ny suspension ended some time ago >12 months

Rand al'Thor

7:17 PM

This is a special case anyway.

Mithrandir

Ouch, yeah.

o_o

Rand al'Thor

If the suspension was for 20 years, it must have been actually lifted / deemed invalid at some point.

And the CMs reserve the right to make exceptions in such cases.

Yvette Colomb

yep

Rand al'Thor

Sometimes people are wrongly suspended.

Yvette Colomb

Tim Post knows the full story

oh I needed to be

I was slightly not well at the time (understatement), but my situation has much changed,

if I feel myself slipping now I go offline and get the correct treatment

Mithrandir

7:20 PM

(pings @JoErNanO )

J F

Got a link to the meta post @YvetteColomb?

NobodyNada

@JF meta.stackexchange.com/questions/293213/… .

Yvette Colomb

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Q: Moderator Position Open -- Nominees Needed

We last had a pro team nomination thread in late 2015, so it's time again to fill in a 3rd Moderator for this site. Ideally Moderators are elected by the community, but until the community is large enough to hold a proper election, we will be appointing three provisional Moderators to fill those...

NobodyNada

Oh, that meta post

J F

Thanks!

SmokeDetector

7:38 PM

tpu- by Glorfindel on Are you supposed to do the whole: who, what, where, when and how? For an account question? And if so did you? [MS]

Yvette Colomb

@JF thanks!

I updated that mod post answer if anyone would like to give feedback?

Mithrandir

@Yvette can you please change 'pro team' to 'pro tem' in the first sentence of the question?

Yvette Colomb

oh sure!!

Rand al'Thor

@SmokeDetector That was deleted an hour ago, @Glorfindel :-P

Mithrandir

Thanks :P

JoErNanO

7:44 PM

@Mithrandir Sorry dude, was writing the introduction to my thesis. The answer looks good.

Yvette Colomb

@Mithrandir ;)

Mithrandir

@JoErNanO great. I posted it ;)

Thanks for the feedback

Yvette Colomb

@JoErNanO thanks.. and what's your thesis?

JoErNanO

@YvetteColomb It's a headache, grey hair in my beard, lack of sleep, general hatred for the entire human population, strong urge to get my weekends, holidays and public holidays back. Oh and the deep desire for an actual salary to pay bills with.

Sorry folks gotta go, the lab closes in 5 minutes and I have to pack.

Yvette Colomb

@JoErNanO oh yes

talk again soon, I totally understand

Mithrandir

7:46 PM

o/

JoErNanO

Don't mean to rtfm you @YvetteColomb I'm just in a rush: joernano.com

See you in a jiffy

Yvette Colomb

> I am a computational neuroscientist currently working on memory systems and anaesthesia.

unreal! I loved studying neuroscience!

Glorfindel

@Randal'Thor yes. But that doesn't mean it doesn't require feedback...

Mithrandir

8:11 PM

Congratulations @Cai!

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Yvette Colomb

@Mithrandir what for?

Rand al'Thor

@YvetteColomb Becoming a mod.

NobodyNada

\o/

Mithrandir

@YvetteColomb they were elected as mod around ten minutes ago

Yvette Colomb

oh awesome!!!

@Cai congrats!

Rand al'Thor

8:14 PM

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Q: 2017 Community Moderator Election Results

Graphic Design's third moderator election has come to a close, the votes have been tallied, and the 2 new moderators are: They'll be joining the existing crew shortly — please thank them for volunteering, and share your assistance and advice with them as they learn the ropes! For details on ...

discussion featured election

SmokeDetector

8:27 PM

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Few unique characters in answer, repeating words in answer: Did Albert Einstein contribute to math? by hihihi on math.SE

tpu- by Gothdo

J F

What would happen if you edited the results meta post?

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Link at end of answer: First Web Scraper - Python by supernl on stackoverflow.com (@quartata)

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Link at end of answer, non-Latin link in answer: Match 1:many on excel by Avishay Burla on stackoverflow.com (@quartata)

tpu- by caffeineaddiction

DavidPostill

8:56 PM

@Cai Congrats :)

@Wrzlprmft Congrats :)

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Cai

thanks everyone!

DavidPostill

@JF lol. I edited the SU one :)

First action as mod: Correct a CM's grammar. Yup, this one'll do just fine. — ArtOfCode Mar 28 at 20:04

NobodyNada

:D

DavidPostill

"and the new moderators is" -> "and the new moderator is" :)

CaffeineAddiction

9:12 PM

@DavidPostill mod of what?

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Bad keyword in body: Canonical URL error in Facebook by Scott Griffin on stackoverflow.com (@quartata)

CaffeineAddiction

did we not have enough Diamonds in Charcoal?

SmokeDetector

fp- by NobodyNada

DavidPostill

9:28 PM

@CaffeineAddiction When I was elected a su mod I edited the meta.su post election results (announcing that I had won) to correct the CMs grammar. It was my first edit as a mod.

CaffeineAddiction

lol, nice

SmokeDetector

NobodyNada/Raspberry Pi received failover signal.

Restart: API quota is 19718.

ArtOfCode

that doesn't sound good

NobodyNada

(cc @ArtOfCode)

oops; ninja'd

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] SmokeDetector started in reverted mode at rev 6b40e5d (ArtOfCode: Merge pull request #820 from Glorfindel83/master) (running on ArtOfCode/EC2)

Restart: API quota is 8714.

NobodyNada

9:42 PM

!!/errorlogs 50

SmokeDetector

UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x80 in position 0: invalid start byte
2017-06-06 21:40:59.430569 UTC
  File "ws.py", line 75, in <module>
    load_files()

  File "/home/ubuntu/Smokey/datahandling.py", line 43, in load_files
    GlobalVars.why_data_allspam = pickle.load(f, encoding='utf-8')

  File "/usr/lib/python3.5/codecs.py", line 321, in decode
    (result, consumed) = self._buffer_decode(data, self.errors, final)


UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf-8' codec can't decode byte 0x80 in position 0: invalid start byte

ArtOfCode

!!/standby NobodyNada/Raspberry Pi

NobodyNada

@SmokeDetector poof

ArtOfCode

!!/standby NobodyNada/Raspberry Pi

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] SmokeDetector started in standby mode at rev bd3f9bd (SmokeDetector: Auto watch of chevron\W?finance\W?firm by tripleee --autopull) (running on NobodyNada/Raspberry Pi)

ArtOfCode

9:44 PM

!!/master

SmokeDetector