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DMA57361

9:13 PM

ah! hah haha... I have SU access again :D

haven't got a bloody clue why, but it's started working again

KronoS

@DMA57361 congrats!

DMA57361

@KronoS erm - has the election headline banner gone?

cos I can't see it... :/

nhinkle

whoa... it did just disappear

@DMA57361, i just refreshed a page, it's gone

DMA57361

@nhinkle OK, maybe I am back to normal

nhinkle

superuser.com/election is still showing up though

DMA57361

9:18 PM

yeah

odd

nhinkle

The most recent nomination (Joe) is a bit... unusual

DMA57361

hello btw

@nhinkle indeed, although I'd possibly go with "concerning"

check his profile's activity page

KronoS

@DMA57361 @nhinkle yep... dont know why

@nhinkle ya... he's an oddity that's for sure

nhinkle

"I am quit from Super User from Dec 16th 2009 . Now I am working on Yahoo answers :-)"

KronoS

ya....

maybe he decided to be a SU mod becuase of the decline of yahoo

nhinkle

9:25 PM

Heh

Anyhow, I doubt they'll get far in the primaries, given that

DMA57361

oh, yes, we have enough nominees to have primaries now

nhinkle

haha, yep

KronoS

@DMA57361 I'm kinda sad about that... I was hoping to just go straight to elections

nhinkle

the actual election is going to be really hard. i won't know who to vote for...

@KronoS, with the current 11, I think we can easily guess the one user who won't make the primaries...

KronoS

wanna know my prediction?

nhinkle

9:27 PM

hm?

DMA57361

@nhinkle indeed

nhinkle

the actual election will be tough though. i think many of the candidates would make excellent mods, and at this point am unsure who I'll vote for

at least we don't have hundreds of candidates like Stack Overflow though. their election is looking a bit vicious

DMA57361

the difference shows, doesn't it?

KronoS

@nhinkle @DMA57361 i think there are a few that stand out more than other though...

DMA57361

@KronoS indeed, but more than the 3 votes you get at the end

KronoS

9:33 PM

@DMA57361 what do you mean?

DMA57361

I can see at least 5 people I'd like as a mod

you only get 3 votes

and they aren't 3 "votes" - they are 3 STV preferences

KronoS

I see

So how does it work then... the person with the highest "rank" i guess wins?

DMA57361

STV?

KronoS

DMA57361

step 1: count up the 1st choice of each voter

step 2: the lowest ranking candidate is elimnated

step 3: everyone who has their vote with that candidate has their vote moved to the next candidate on their list

step 4: repeat 2-3 until only the required number of candidates remain

(I think)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Single_transferable_vote

^ for probably more accurate details

Mokubai

9:39 PM

I would have set up a score system, a 1st place = 5 points, 2nd place = 3 points, and 3rd place = 1 point. Add up which candidate got how many of each and serve up the new mods

DMA57361

oh no

KronoS

@Mokubai that's what I thought it was to begin with

DMA57361

I described the "Alternative Vote" system

disregard that and read the wikipedia page

KronoS

anybody here familiar with MATLAB?

Mokubai

used it once about 13 years ago...

DMA57361

9:40 PM

Ivo is, I believe, but he's not here right now...

KronoS

oh man my programming for dummies room is gone :(

@DMA57361 wanna help me debug?

nhinkle

@KronoS I have some experience with it

We're learning it in my engineering class, but so far just doing very basic stuff

DMA57361

what you got?

KronoS

pastebin.com/8m9xg4gR

DMA57361

oh, wait, MATLAB stuff? yeah.... can't help so much with that

KronoS

9:46 PM

here's the code... prob is it's only sending out the first iterative answer

nhinkle

/me is opening up matlab

KronoS

notices @nhinkle's scripts still aren't installed

nhinkle

(it takes a while... we have this weird network thinapp thing)

@KronoS, wdym?

i have scripts? what scripts?

KronoS

the scripts that turns: / me to

github.com/rchern/StackExchangeScripts

these @nhinkle

nhinkle

ahhh

brb. gotta help a client

(I'm at work)

KronoS

9:50 PM

tried this as well but didn't work

Mokubai

@KronoS How do you install those scripts?

KronoS

click on the links found here

Mokubai

Do I have to be using Chrome or Greasemonkey or something? All I get is the text of the files

KronoS

chrome automatically installs...

DMA57361

and FF needs Greasemonkey

Mokubai

9:59 PM

Right, that'll be a "not on my machine then" ;)

KronoS

later fellas I'm off to go see wicked) with the misses

Mokubai

Have fun

digitxp

Lucky you

DMA57361

cya later

nhinkle

@KronoS is terminal a function you wrote or a built-in function? MATLAB tells me it's not a defined function

Man, I hate it when people "correct" me on things that I'm actually right about

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