Root Access

looks like Serendipity can be hammered into working with nginx: board.s9y.org/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=18414

Bob

or just chuck the caching proxy on

@Bob wat

it didn't even ask me to login!

Bob

@allquixotic free year of premium if you want it

> Premium Status Active: Expires on Monday, February 8, 2016 at 5:37 PM

6:03 PM

@allquixotic: Try posting a dummy comment onto the most recent post at blog.fierydragonlord.com. I'm testing the caching plugin on my blog to see if it works as intended. Once done, the post and its comments will be deleted.

OMG... it would have normally expired in 2015 with the annual renewal

I LOVE YOU!!! Thanks Bob! :D

@DragonLord done

@Bob :D :D well that saved me a little money :) I laugh every time I visit Lastpass's HTTPS site because it says it is verified by "Marvasol, Inc" -- Marvasol sounds like a type of floor wax or cleanser or something

"Joey made a mess! He spilled pizza sauce all over the floor!!"
"Don't worry, a little Marvasol should get it up."

Weird--it didn't register even after I approved the comment.

@allquixotic I can see it when logged in on Firefox, but it doesn't show up in Internet Explorer where I am not logged into the blog.

I left a comment on a post. I tried to leave a comment on another post and it flagged me as a spammer.

@ThatBrazilianGuy I rejected your comment because it was redundant.

@allquixotic posted a comment, and I approved that one instead.

@DragonLord I see the comment on the post, but not on the homepage under the comment # summary

6:12 PM

It sounded that an automated antispam didn't even send it to the approval queue

nvm now it shows up on the homepage too

@ThatBrazilianGuy Well, I did see it on the moderation queue.

I see no comments on the home page at all

It says Comments (1) beneath the entry I commented on

@allquixotic Is it the "test" one?

> Posted by DragonLord at 18:01 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

6:15 PM

no the one prior

blog.fierydragonlord.com/index.php?/archives/…

> I am a dumb dumb dumbdumb testing a cache or something.

@ThatBrazilianGuy That test post has been deleted.

> Posted by DragonLord in Security and Cybercrime at 20:44 | Comments (0) | Trackbacks (0)

> COMMENTS
Display comments as (Linear | Threaded)
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it's still there on my page :D even after F5ing

I see the test post. Even after CTRL+F5.

lagado.com/tools/cache-test says I'm not cached.

nhinkle

Just use disqus and move on with life :P

6:16 PM

oh, you have to use CTRL -- is that the key for "I SAID COMPLETELY REFRESH, GODDAMNIT!" ?

I have used CTRL.

I think @DragonLord's server is drunk.

!! s/drunk/serving different results to different people/

ChatBot John Cavil

@allquixotic I think @DragonLord's server is serving different results to different people. (source)

@ThatBrazilianGuy Yeah, the cache is not working as intended.

Racist server, treating brazilians differently.

6:20 PM

I've removed the caching plugin.

@ThatBrazilianGuy what if someone born in Brazil isn't of an ethnicity that makes them "Brazilian"? is it countryist then?

regionist? localeist? idk

I thought the system published email addresses from commenters but it turns out I don't seem them when not logged in.

@allquixotic By law, anyone born in Brazil is entitled to Brazilian nationality.

but not ethnicity ;p

There's not a single Brazilian ethnicity. By definition, Brazil is a huge mix of ethnicities.

6:27 PM

then how can someone be racist against Brazilians?

The test comments have been deleted.

@allquixotic How do I know? I bet some stupid Brazilian illiterate can't be half-arsed to look up for the correct word.

;p

!! s/for//

ChatBot John Cavil

@allquixotic @allquixotic How do I know? I bet some stupid Brazilian illiterate can't be half-arsed to look up the correct word. (source)

Englishgrammarlesson of the day

6:29 PM

That... that was just me providing a meta-example. Purely intentional.

Oliver Salzburg

7:02 PM

Argh, my function keys don't work and the FLock keys does nothing. And what KB article do I find... support.microsoft.com/kb/894513

This is how murders happen

Mokubai

7:28 PM

> Stack Exchange is currently offline, we'll be back shortly!

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!

@Mokubai It can't even display the "down for maintenance" message. Something is seriously wrong...

Mokubai

Quick, someone break out the brown paper bags!

<html>
<head>
    <title>We are Offline</title>
    <style type="text/css">
        body { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
        iframe { border: 0; }
    </style>
</head>
<body>
    <iframe width="100%" height="100%" id="pageFrame"></iframe>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        setTimeout(function () { location.reload(true); }, 300000);
        var hostName = window.location.hostname;
        var directory = '';
    </script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="http://sstatic.net/error-director.js"></script>

Above is the source code for the iframe which displays the offline page.

Darth Android

D:

At least chat is still working

Look at the code in the else block commented // if we get here, that means even the offline pages on sstatic are offline.

7:31 PM

@DarthAndroid DevOps FTW! Microsoft stack FTW! Super over-engineered HAproxy custom C# FTW! Oh, oops... our uptime rivals the Federal Government. Guess we're not as awesome as we thought.

gotta love that SE is basically a beta test bed for SQL Server and Windows Server patches that are FUBAR... tons of random shit breaking

Now nothing is loading at all. Even the sstatic server is down.

...and it's working again.

@DragonLord and yet, their chat server is so reliable and unbreakable that you can't bring down chat even if you spill coffee on the servers :P

The chat servers are entirely independent of the main SE servers.

chat is run out of Oregon, IIRC

When Super User is offline, it's supposed to look like this: sstatic.net/superuser/app_offline.htm

From the above JS code, the text Stack Exchange is currently offline, we'll be back shortly! should only appear if that page is not reachable.

7:37 PM

@DragonLord the sad part is that I'm very familiar with that comic... any operations team worth its salt should have the site go down so rarely that it is a surprise to see a downtime like that and only a handful of people are aware of the comic/easteregg

either they set up hosting in a $5 server "motel" with rats crawling on the floor and broken HVAC, or that's some damn shoddy infrastructure for a mission-critical system

imagine if Amazon had as much downtime as SE? how many millions in revenue they'd lose?

sstatic.net/serverfault/app_offline.htm

Guess what: I was the one who created the image shown at the bottom of the Server Fault offline page

Image not found? srsly?

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FreeBSD_kernel_panic.png

8:45 PM

Wikipedia:WikiOtter

WikiOtters are elusive creatures whose chief characteristic is a willingness to help other users out by editing or simply being friendly. Although the WikiOtter is a benevolent type of WikiFauna, it is a member of the weasel family and will readily challenge much more "important" editors. For example, they are fierce fighters against anyone who picks on a newcomer. WikiOtters also have a tendency to lighten the encyclopedia with harmless play, humor, and a total respect for WP:Ignore all rules. == Conservation == The WikiOtter has been most recently evaluated using the IUCN 3.1 guidelines as...

Wikipedia's community is creepy

Hennes

**Cat**: Stares meaningfully at door.
**Me*: opens door, revealing rain.
**Cat**: UNACCEPTABLE
**Me**: Closes door

[repeat all day]

CATS! * ___ *

!!wiki Wikipedia:WikiGryphon

ChatBot John Cavil

Wikipedia:WikiGryphon

The WikiGryphon, or WikiGriff, is a mythical WikiBeast with the head, talons, and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion. Known as the "guardian of treasures; protector from evil, witchcraft and secret slander", WikiGryphons are beasts with a dual mission: their protective instincts guide them to soar first in one direction to collect and safeguard their treasures, then in another, to take other WikiFauna under their wing. As with WikiDragons, WikiGryphons can be powerful when collecting treasures and placing them appropriately, and tenacious when annoying vermin encroach upon their aeries. In...

@DragonLord ironic that you don't self-identify as a WikiDragon :P

8:56 PM

@allquixotic It's because this most closely matches what I do on Wikipedia

there we go

9:12 PM

GAH

Last year the PremierLeaguePass app was available to all Android devices, now this year it's only available on Samsung phones. >:(

9:37 PM

zzzzz.... who makes a client configuration software that doesn't give feedback after a task has been run?

Wikipedia:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents

9:49 PM

== Assistance requested at Fringe Theories Noticeboard == Assistance from one or more Admins and any experienced editors is requested with issues related to this discussion at the Fringe Theories Noticeboard (yes there is such a thing). Short synopsis; we have an editor who has created around 160 articles, and almost all of the ones we have looked at so far have major problems. We over at the tin foil hat noticeboard are sending out an SOS. Any help is greatly appreciated. -Ad Orientem (talk) 15:06, 18 August 2014 (UTC) === Propose a Topic-Ban on New Articles in Article Space === I propo...

the modern battlefield @________@

when I read that page I hear the grunts and screams of a Civ V city under siege

10:02 PM

@allquixotic WAH WAH WAH HE SAID THIS :<

User talk:Aditya soni

== Welcome! == Welcome to Wikipedia, Aditya soni! I am X! and have been editing Wikipedia for quite some time. I just wanted to say hi and welcome you to Wikipedia! If you have any questions, feel free to leave me a message on my talk page or by typing {{helpme}} at the bottom of this page. I love to help new users, so don't be afraid to leave a message! I hope you like the place and decide to stay. Here are some pages that you might find helpful: Introduction The five pillars of Wikipedia How to edit a page Help pages How to write a great article Manual of Style I hope you enjoy editing here and...

@_____________________________@

Wikipedia:Please do not bite the newcomers

10:19 PM

we need something like this on SE :P

Wikipedia articles are improved through the hard work of regular editors, but also through numerous contributions made by newcomers. Remember: all of us were new editors at Wikipedia once, and in some ways (such as when editing an article on a topic outside our usual scope) even the most experienced among us are still newcomers. New members are prospective contributors and are therefore Wikipedia's most valuable resource. We must treat newcomers with kindness and patience—nothing scares potentially valuable contributors away faster than hostility. It is very unlikely for a newcomer to be completely...

@allquixotic I've long advocated for this.

@DragonLord on SE, you mean?

funny thing is there isn't really much in the way of codified policy on SE, unlike Wikipedia

there's the help pages and a few metas but it's hard to know what's what without simply being around and learning from experience

it seems to me that newcomers and people with alternate points of view get a lot more leeway on wikipedia (and a lot more energy is invested in trying to work with them, for better or worse)

10:39 PM

@MichaelFrank Blah. Sports. Meh.

I need to sleeeeeeeep

@ThatBrazilianGuy !