Charcoal HQ

11:01 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title: Integration service on HyperV windows Server 2016 Tech Preview 5 by tanu on stackoverflow.com …

Ashish Ahuja ツ

@ArtOfCode So is the meeting with Pops tomorrow?

Byte Commander

@SmokeDetector f

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword with email in answer, email in answer: Pay down the student loan, or buy the car with cash? by DAVID MIKE on money.stackexchange.com …

tpu- by Ashish Ahuja

ArtOfCode

@AshishAhujaツ today, if Undo is correct

Ashish Ahuja ツ

Ah. So is it at midnight?

SmokeDetector

11:08 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] URL in title, bad keyword in body, blacklisted website in body, blacklisted website in title, link at end of body: fornatgaex.com/neuphoric-reviews/ by serainlara on security.stackexchange.com …

ArtOfCode

@AshishAhujaツ shrug

It'll be whenever Pops turns up

Ashish Ahuja ツ

hmm.. Anyways, if it is somewhere at midnight, or early morning, I won't be able to show up

ArtOfCode

Yeah, that's fine. Transcripts are still gonna be around.

It's not a compulsory you-must-attend-this-or-else thing :)

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, blacklisted username, pattern-matching website in body: Taking about which is a managed headquartered answer. It joins by elenjuriya on stackoverflow.com …

tpu- by FrankerZ

Ashish Ahuja ツ

@ArtOfCode Whenever I spam flag a post, after someone with the US already has spam flagged and sent feedback, why does the US give an error? Has happened to me twice today, but does not happen if I am first to send feedback

angussidney

11:17 AM

sd f

ArtOfCode

@AshishAhujaツ what does the console say?

Ashish Ahuja ツ

@ArtOfCode umm.. I did not check that.

I'll check that next time

Byte Commander

@AshishAhujaツ Has not happened to me today yet although I did that several times already.

Ashish Ahuja ツ

@ByteCommander then I think it should be something on my side. Lemme wait for a spam report to come..

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Blacklisted website in body, link at end of body, pattern-matching website in body: The center truly influenced how well tetracycline stains could be by Leon1965 on drupal.stackexchange.com …

Ashish Ahuja ツ

11:28 AM

^ @ByteCommander could you send feedback?

Byte Commander

ok, gimme a sec

SmokeDetector

tpu- by ByteCommander

Byte Commander

@AshishAhujaツ done

Ashish Ahuja ツ

Well, I got an error and a success. Here is what was in the console:

ReferenceError: StackExchange is not defined
 the-center-truly-influenced-how-well-tetracycline-stains-could-be:5:9
ReferenceError: jQuery is not defined
 the-center-truly-influenced-how-well-tetracycline-stains-could-be:53:1
ReferenceError: jQuery is not defined
 the-center-truly-influenced-how-well-tetracycline-stains-could-be:92:1
ReferenceError: jQuery is not defined
 the-center-truly-influenced-how-well-tetracycline-stains-could-be:116:1
ReferenceError: jQuery is not defined
 the-center-truly-influenced-how-well-tetracycline-stains-could-be:708:1

@Art ^

FrankerZ

@ArtOfCode Would it be possible to remove the error messages of NAA answers that I mark that aren't in metasmoke? API should return like a 200 response, not in metasmoke, and should fail gracefully.

Byte Commander

11:34 AM

Yeah, that would be nice ^

angussidney

+1

Ashish Ahuja ツ

I also agree

angussidney

Alternatively is there a way to check if a post is in metasmoke before reporting?

zaq

!!/report android.stackexchange.com/a/154592/76613

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Manually reported answer: Google Play Store accounts for over 50% of battery use! Solutions? by Sandra Decosta on android.stackexchange.com (@AndrewT.) …

tpu- by Yvette

Ashish Ahuja ツ

11:42 AM

@ArtOfCode I'm able to repro the error. This time also an error happened

zaq

!!/report travel.stackexchange.com/a/76451/22295

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Manually reported answer: How to find a Thomas Cook flight number? by Berenice Carissa on travel.stackexchange.com …

tpu- by Yvette

Greg P

@zaq what is the meaning of your current name?

and also how did you manage to change it so frequently?

zaq

!!/report travel.stackexchange.com/a/76285/22295

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Manually reported answer: How to get a new UK Driver's licence while travelling? by Berenice Carissa on travel.stackexchange.com …

tpu- by Yvette

Ashish Ahuja ツ

11:45 AM

@GregP urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Zaq ..

dunno how he changes his name though.

angussidney

@AshishAhujaツ through the settings tab of his profile I assume?

Ashish Ahuja ツ

@angussidney you can only change your name once a month

Byte Commander

You can change your name once per 30 days, unless you know somebody with mod powers.

angussidney

Right

@ByteCommander ie half of the people in this room

Byte Commander

Not my half, unfortunately...

SmokeDetector

11:50 AM

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword with email in answer: Bit hack: Expanding bits by Jerry Rogers on stackoverflow.com …

tpu- by Yvette

ArtOfCode

I can do these things, but... not right now. It's on GitHub, if anyone wants to do it themselves.

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title, link at end of body, link following arrow in body, pattern-matching website in body: Testo Vital - Biggest Muscle Supplement by GarleDonick on askubuntu.com …

tpu- by Yvette

angussidney

Night all

Greg P

sd why

SmokeDetector

@GregP [:31620524] Body - Position 75-80: molvi

Greg P

12:03 PM

@SmokeDetector f

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title, link at end of body, link following arrow in body, pattern-matching website in body: Tips To Increase Natural Testosterone Production by crystaoktombs on askubuntu.com …

tpu- by Yvette

SmokeDetector

12:28 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Link at end of answer: Multiple selection filter by boombo on ux.stackexchange.com …

tpu- by Ferrybig

[ SmokeDetector ] Pattern-matching website in answer: Custom Wordpress image size not showing in 3.5 Media Manager by Zara on stackoverflow.com …

Ferrybig

@SmokeDetector voted this for spam because he seemed affliated with the linked website and was linking to the home page instead of the project that featured the named creation

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Blacklisted website in body, link at end of body, pattern-matching website in body: flourishing, level of affiliations by Arne1981 on workplace.stackexchange.com …

tpu- by Magisch

SmokeDetector

12:54 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Few unique characters in answer: Font that makes Arabic and English look of a similar size when set to the same font size by asd on stackoverflow.com …

tpu- by FrankerZ

zaq

!!/report travel.stackexchange.com/a/76454

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Manually reported answer: Difference between Airport Hotels and Transit Hotels? by Gina on travel.stackexchange.com …

tpu- by Magisch

Magisch

I like this new feedback notification

Its organic and non distracting while still conveying the important data. Well done, @undo @ArtOfCode

@SmokeDetector why

SmokeDetector

@Magisch Body - Position 52-63: geniusbrain, Position 134-145: geniusbrain

zaq

@SmokeDetector f

FrankerZ

12:57 PM

@angussidney When you hit flag, it will show you "tp: 0, fp: 0" on the bottom of the post. If you see that, it's a valid metasmoke post

SmokeDetector

1:08 PM

API quota rolled over with 1590 requests remaining. Current quota: 9999.

stackoverflow: 1542
superuser: 597
askubuntu: 510
drupal: 285
unix: 228
gaming: 222
travel: 192
salesforce: 162
english: 152
electronics: 141
magento: 141
gis: 129
dba: 121
security: 120
sharepoint: 120
math: 119
webapps: 104
worldbuilding: 103
mathematica: 102
movies: 96
mathoverflow.net: 94
wordpress: 91
programmers: 89
workplace: 87
apple: 85
android: 84
meta: 82
ell: 81
money: 80
codegolf: 76
stats: 75
scifi: 72
physics: 70
puzzling: 67
ru.stackoverflow: 65
tex: 65
academia: 60
gamedev: 55
rpg: 54

SmokeDetector

1:26 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in body, bad keyword in title, link at end of body, pattern-matching website in body: Skin Care BellaVei by user65719 on drupal.stackexchange.com …

tpu- by Magisch

[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive answer detected: compare NSSet in Predicate for Fetchrequest XCode Swift OSX Core Data by Marcel Liebreich on stackoverflow.com …

[ SmokeDetector ] Repeating characters in body: Obtain NSImage from Pixel Array Problems (Swift) by ch_studend on stackoverflow.com …

Ferrybig

@SmokeDetector tp- (self vandalism)

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Few unique characters in answer, repeating characters in answer: Getting value of HTML text input by user6704385 on stackoverflow.com …

tpu- by FrankerZ

undo

1:53 PM

@ByteCommander or unless you have more than one account

I can change mine as often as I want without ever touching my diamonds

Magisch

And you can ... undo such changes

Hey undo :)

undo

@rene less backlog, more sleep

Magisch

If that thing happens today as you predicted, when today will that be? I'm headed off from work in half an hour, so I'll be away for 30-40 min then

ArtOfCode

@Magisch after that, I'd expect

undo

@Magisch I've been told afternoon US Eastern. That's (1) a few hours away, and (2) a rough estimate that probably isn't perfect.

Magisch

1:57 PM

In maximum 8 hours from now I'm going to bed though

So I may miss it

ArtOfCode

so basically anytime before 1900 there is good for me

but meh, it'll happen when it happens

Magisch

Its ~10 am in us eastern right now, right?

undo

aye

@rene Your account was approved anyway, though. You'll have to log in again

I don't see any new unapproved ones

Magisch

Should be fine. Afternoon usually doesn't extend beyong 6pm

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in title, phone number detected in title: windows 8 support number 18556394698 by sadygsags4 on askubuntu.com …

tpu- by Ferrybig

undo

2:01 PM

@ArtOfCode deploying...

sd f

rene

@undo thx

SmokeDetector

2:42 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword with email in answer: Does re-hashing a part of the password hash increase security? by tracy white on security.stackexchange.com …

undo

sd k

SmokeDetector

3:22 PM

Backoff received of 10 seconds on request to questions/24163;26205?site=emacs

Byte Commander

3:32 PM

@SmokeDetector What does that mean?

Ferrybig

@ByteCommander Sometimes, the SE api returns a backoff, this means that smokey has requested to much data in a short period of time, smokey waits the time (in this situation 10 seconds) and then prints it here.

Byte Commander

aha...

Thanks for explaining.

Ashish Ahuja ツ

@ByteCommander you might even want to read this page about throttles or backoffs

zaq

4:10 PM

sd f

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Link at end of answer: Draw arc through three point opencv by Giao duc Tuyen Sinh on stackoverflow.com …

tpu- by ByteCommander

zaq

!!/addblu- meta.stackexchange.com/users/336171/giao-duc-tuyen-sinh

ArtOfCode

Heh. Y'know what? It's actually looking like I'm not gonna be here when Pops turns up, unless it's later in the afternoon.

wythagoras

@ArtOfCode In the afternoon of which time zone?

ArtOfCode

I've gotta head out in about an hour, which is 13:30 EDT, and probably won't be back until 21:00 BST or 16:00 EDT

SmokeDetector

4:23 PM

Restart: API quota is 8477.

wythagoras

@ArtOfCode I will be here until approximately 21:00 BST, excepted when I have dinner.

I will ping Ashish, Magisch, GregP, Andy, Undo if you are not in the room as soon as Pops enters this room before 21:00 BST. I probably can have dinner before you leave.

ArtOfCode

@wythagoras excellent, you get the job of pinging almost literally everyone :)

Ash, Magisch, GregP, Andy, Undo, Ferry, angus

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Link at end of answer: How should I trace/vectorize my logo? by John Adel on graphicdesign.stackexchange.com (@JohnB) …

zaq

sd n

undo

4:42 PM

Easy-to-use list for whomever is around for the pingathon: @/Ash, @/Magisch, @/GregP, @/Andy, @/Undo, @/Ferry, @/angus, @/ArtOfCode, @/TIPS

4

just remove the slashes

undo

4:56 PM

afk again, have my phone with me. If ya'll can make it beep and buzz and such, I might have a decent shot at showing up.

Ferrybig

5:28 PM

I have sound notifications turned on for every post in this channel, so I can ping everyone when Pops shows up

undo

hey, that sounds

fun

to

exploit ;)

Seth

lol "undo exploit" in the sidebar.

TIPS

@undo And me. And me, dammit!

undo

@TIPS done

@SmokeDetector f, I guess

actually, that's a tp

!!/report travel.stackexchange.com/a/76452

sd k

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Manually reported answer: Can I get a hotel room in the US when I am 18 years old? by Berenice Carissa on travel.stackexchange.com …

undo

5:41 PM

copied from traveltips.usatoday.com/…, on a spammer's account

sd k

SmokeDetector

Conflicting feedback on Can I get a hotel room in the US when I am 18 years old?.

tpu- by Ferrybig on Can I get a hotel room in the US when I am 18 years old?

TIPS

@Ferry ?

Ferrybig

@TIPS What do you mean?

TIPS

1 min ago, by SmokeDetector

tpu- by Ferrybig on Can I get a hotel room in the US when I am 18 years old?

undo

2 mins ago, by undo

copied from http://traveltips.usatoday.com/minimum-age-requirement-renting-hotel-rooms-61923‌.html, on a spammer's account

See metasmoke.erwaysoftware.com/stackusers/30791, their previous posts are spam for travel service stuff

TIPS

5:44 PM

Oh, I somehow managed to miss that many messages

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Offensive answer detected: Why isn't Captain America worthy of Mjolnir? by Juno on scifi.stackexchange.com …

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in answer: Possible cheating in Online Poker (by the dealer) by 2SloJo on poker.stackexchange.com …

wythagoras

@SmokeDetector n

zaq

@SmokeDetector f

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in answer: Error trying to copy/paste large file through remote connection by Samantha Chloe on stackoverflow.com …

tpu- by Ferrybig

tpu- by ByteCommander on Why isn't Captain America worthy of Mjolnir?

zaq

6:14 PM

!!/report magento.stackexchange.com/a/131111/21075

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Manually reported answer: Getchildhtml only run once by user43282 on magento.stackexchange.com …

tpu- by ByteCommander

Byte Commander

!!/test

MID-NIGHT SALES - FLAT 60% OFF ON ORDER ABOVE RS.1,995 (VALID 10PM TO 4AM) FOR WOMENS + Get Upto 12% Cashback - See more at: http://www.savemantra.com/coupon/mid-night-sales-flat-60-off-on-order-above-rs-1-995-valid-10pm-to-4am-for-womens#sthash.u5N5LDp9.dpuf

http://www.savemantra.com/coupon/mid-night-sales-flat-60-off-on-order-above-rs-1-995-valid-10pm-to-4am-for-womens

SmokeDetector

> Url in title
----------
Title - Position 128-153: http://www.savemantra.com, Position 264-289: http://www.savemantra.com

Byte Commander

Why not caught then?

Andy

On which site?

!!/test-a MID-NIGHT SALES - FLAT 60% OFF ON ORDER ABOVE RS.1,995 (VALID 10PM TO 4AM) FOR WOMENS + Get Upto 12% Cashback - See more at: http://www.savemantra.com/coupon/mid-night-sales-flat-60-off-on-order-above-rs-1-995-valid-10pm-to-4am-for-womens#sthash.u5N5LDp9.dpuf

http://www.savemantra.com/coupon/mid-night-sales-flat-60-off-on-order-above-rs-1-995-valid-10pm-to-4am-for-womens

SmokeDetector

6:17 PM

> Url in title
----------
Title - Position 126-151: http://www.savemantra.com, Position 262-287: http://www.savemantra.com

Andy

I disagree Smokey. That's not a title. That's an answer.

Byte Commander

5 mins ago, by SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Manually reported answer: Getchildhtml only run once by user43282 on magento.stackexchange.com …

!!/test

MID-NIGHT SALES - FLAT 60% OFF ON ORDER ABOVE RS.1,995 (VALID 10PM TO 4AM) FOR WOMENS + Get Upto 12% Cashback - See more at: savemantra.com/coupon/…

savemantra.com/coupon/…

SmokeDetector

> Would not be caught for title, body, and username.

Byte Commander

Hmm...

Maybe "mid-night sales", "Cashback" or something like that should be added to the blacklist? @undo

Ferrybig

@ByteCommander Cashback would not work, but mod-night sales migth work

Byte Commander

6:24 PM

Mod-night sales? xD

Ferrybig

@ByteCommander At least, in the url it is correctly spelled, xD

zaq

6:39 PM

Some spam is just that, sporadic things doing from the internet. We can't have the Complete Catalog of Spam, 2016 edition.

@Ferrybig It promises millions of results, but if you click the second page, it will admit there are only 17.

Ferrybig

@zaq ah, based google search mistake, never thrust the counter

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in answer: Word for space with too few people in it by Fernand pol on english.stackexchange.com …

tpu- by Ferrybig

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in answer: Using dollar-store picture glass for print bed on top of original heated aluminum bed? by Samantha Chloe on 3dprinting.stackexchange.com …

DJMcMayhem

6:54 PM

The first of those is valid, I don't think the second one is

SmokeDetector

tpu- by rene

rene

@DJMcMayhem Long Path Tool is a long standing spam effort

DJMcMayhem

Oh, I did not know that.

zaq

Some samples of it : metasmoke.erwaysoftware.com/…

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in answer: Is "went out like stink, died like a pig" just an unfortunate choice of words? by Adham Rozario on english.stackexchange.com …

tpu- by rene

wythagoras

7:04 PM

!!/report english.stackexchange.com/a/342324/133955

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Manually reported answer: Is "went out like stink, died like a pig" just an unfortunate choice of words? by Racist stinks on english.stackexchange.com …

[ SmokeDetector ] Bad keyword in answer: Eeeeek - what happened to my @ salutation? by Samantha Chloe on meta.stackexchange.com …

wythagoras

sd k

SmokeDetector

tpu- by Ferrybig

Ferrybig

so apparently, the Long Path Tool spammers are really active today

zaq

!!/report english.stackexchange.com/a/342343/94657

SmokeDetector

7:08 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Manually reported answer: Is "went out like stink, died like a pig" just an unfortunate choice of words? by Adham Rozario on english.stackexchange.com …

zaq

Sorry, redundant report

zaq

7:22 PM

!!/report english.stackexchange.com/a/342345/94657

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Manually reported answer: How to Use Singular/Plural in this Respectively statement? by Anjelika hassan on english.stackexchange.com …

tpu- by Ferrybig

zaq

A lot of spam on ELU today

undo

7:42 PM

afk again. A ping should be enough to bring me back in a few minute's time.

Have confirmation that it is happening within the next few hours.

SmokeDetector

7:57 PM

CI on b41ac2c succeeded.

zaq

!!/pull

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] SmokeDetector started at rev b41ac2c (Normal Human: clothing, sale pattern, savemantra) (running on Raspberry Pi)

Restart: API quota is 7015.

SmokeDetector

8:11 PM

[ SmokeDetector ] Blacklisted username, offensive body detected: How can I make a script that scrapes mailserver for all e-mails by Fuck You Meagar on stackoverflow.com …

wythagoras

sd k

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Link at end of answer: Linux process in background - "Stopped" in jobs? by Hưng Ngọc Ngọc on stackoverflow.com …

tpu- by FrankerZ

wythagoras

8:27 PM

I am leaving, and @ArtOfCode Is not back yet, so someone else should ping.

SmokeDetector

[ SmokeDetector ] Link at end of answer: Should I go through recruitment company or apply directly? by Tara Allen on workplace.stackexchange.com …

undo

@wythagoras I'm around

SmokeDetector

tpu- by Ferrybig

Ferrybig

I'm too

ArtOfCode

@ArtOfCode is back now, actually

@undo define "next few hours"... I may need to wait up

undo

8:36 PM

@ArtOfCode "within the next couple hours" as of an hour ago

I didn't push for a hard time

ArtOfCode

sweet

where'd that come from?

undo

@ArtOfCode Email

ArtOfCode

ah right

undo

I sent an email as soon as I saw that was coming up (week or so ago) because I'm on a weird datacap situation.

Fairly stable right now, which is nice

Haven't even been pulling my weight on SO :(

Pops

8:54 PM

Why hello there, uh... firefighters?

undo

Oy @Pops!

Pops

(Do you have a name for yourselves?)

undo

@Ash, @Magisch, @GregP, @Andy, @Undo, @Ferry, @angus, @ArtOfCode, @TIPS

ArtOfCode

hey

@Pops Charcoal is probably the best we've got :)

undo

@Pops Charcoal, I guess. Charcoalers has been heard before, but always sounds weird.

Pops

8:55 PM

@undo Dang, do you have a shortcut for that or something?

ArtOfCode

4 hours ago, by undo

Easy-to-use list for whomever is around for the pingathon: @/Ash, @/Magisch, @/GregP, @/Andy, @/Undo, @/Ferry, @/angus, @/ArtOfCode, @/TIPS

undo

@Pops nah, just have a bunch of people who asked to get pinged if/when this happened. It's in the sidebar.

Pops

Ah. My window is so small I couldn't see it.

undo

Anyway, do you have any guidance on what you hope to get out this?

ArtOfCode

It's... just about morning in Aus, so angus and Greg might be able to make it

Pops

8:57 PM

Very little so far, I'm afraid. Been catching up after being out of the office a couple weeks, and it turns out I picked a busy time to be gone (not that there's ever a quiet time to be gone).

ArtOfCode

Let's be even clearer: what is this? Tim said feasibility study, is that right?

undo

Indeed. So that means we're wide-open for suggestions. Awesome.

Pops

The short version is that Smokey is an awesome project, seems really effective, and Tim and I are curious if we can harness its signal in some way that hopefully doesn't rely on a few of you to always be around manually poking at your keyboards.

Magisch

Hey

undo

@Pops That I can work with ;)

So first, a lay of the land: There are really two relevant projects here; SmokeDetector itself and metasmoke. SmokeDetector is the thing on the front lines, that runs incoming stuff through all the magic regexes and whatnot we're using.

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