Software Recommendations

Undo

00:39

@danijelc About your answer here: It's an awesome answer, but it doesn't really fit the question. It would be great if you would ask a new question with the same requirements, except asking for Linux software. Then answer it with your current answer.

Ben Miller

00:59

@Gilles You pinged me in the comments, but you deleted the answer before I could respond. I've written about that question in this meta answer, and I'm wondering if perhaps the question should be edited to better fit the OPs original intent and the valid answer that was deleted could be restored.

Gilles

@BenMiller Oh, sorry, I forgot that this would notify the author of the answer but rob you of the notification

> @BenMiller No: Windows is listed as a requirement, other platforms as a bonus. This mention of Puddletag should be an addendum to your answer (especially as Puddletag advertises itself as a Linux equivalent of Mp3tag). Since this answer doesn't purport to answer the question, I'm deleting it. danijelc, if you want to recommend running Puddletag under Cygwin or otherwise under Windows, edit instructions on how to achieve this and flag for undeletion.

Given that Puddletag advertises itself as a Linux alternative to Windows's Mp3tag, it's best to have a single answer mentioning both anyway

Ben Miller

@Gilles Windows is only listed as a requirement now, but it was not a requirement from the OP. The question was worded poorly, but based on the OPs comments and meta question, it is clear now that he can use any OS, and simply prefers Windows. My meta answer explains in more detail.

Gilles

@BenMiller I know the question went through multiple stages. The last edit by the OP did say “works on Windows and is free”

Ben Miller

@Gilles Puddletag may advertise itself as an alternative to Mp3tag, but that doesn't make it the same program. I rolled back the edit to my answer, because I don't personally use Puddletag and can't recommend it. I believe it is generally accepted that only one program should be recommended per answer.

Gilles

@BenMiller er, no, it is not generally accepted

On the contrary, I recommend a single answer per poster

especially in the case where there's one program for Windows and one for Linux, it makes no sense to offer them in different answers

they aren't competing solutions, they're alternative solutions depending on clear external constraints

Ben Miller

01:15

@Gilles Actually, the last edit by the OP said "works on Windows and is free, but I am still curious to know about other OS and non-free applications." This is awkwardly worded and ambiguous, but based on the OPs meta question, it now appears that it is being misinterpreted to mean that he could not use a Windows solution. If the question is now edited to be more clear and inline with the OPs intent (based on his meta question), would the deleted answer be restored?

Gilles

He's still saying he wants a Windows application in the meta question

Ben Miller

@Gilles The problem is they really aren't the same program. The linux program offers a function that the Windows program doesn't have that would be useful to the OPs task.

Gilles

I guess it would make sense for the question to say “I have both Windows and Linux and I don't mind which one I use for the task”

Ben Miller

@Gilles And that is exactly what he says in the meta question.

Gilles

@FranckDernoncourt If a Linux solution is ok, edit your question to state it clearly, then flag to have the Linux answer undeleted

Journeyman Geek

05:12

hm

-1

Q: Good games for Kids

So, I want games for my 14 year old son. He likes to play games like Subway Surfers, Cut the Rope, Fruit Ninja. I was able to download Subway Surfers but need some more games like those. So, please suggest some games. and also, we can't use Bluestacks because it does not work on our PC (we dont h...

game

I wonder if this is really Utkarsh's dad

Benjol

05:35

@Caleb, wow, you even updated the link for me. Thanks!

kalina

09:21

@JourneymanGeek

Journeyman Geek

@kalina: yes?

kalina

@JourneymanGeek can you reject this softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/review/suggested-edits/1612

we already have a operating-system to use for these kinds of things

well, or improve or accept and edit it

<3

Journeyman Geek

Actually, I'm kinda iffy over the question itself ;p

kalina

well obviously any further action is up to you

:P

Journeyman Geek

Well

Why don't I ping the editor and ask? ;p

kalina

09:30

yeah why don't you do that

:P

Fractaliste

Morning'

Journeyman Geek

@Caleb: Ping ^^

kalina

@Fractaliste o/

Journeyman Geek

I don't even need to use a superping, I'm dissapointed.

Caleb

@JourneymanGeek The question is worse than iffy, but we're going to want a tag for questions dealing with distro recommendation as its a pretty specialized field of interest.

Journeyman Geek

09:32

@Caleb: Thats a different issue. I'd close if it someone flagged or closevoted it (hint hint)

I do think its a slightly meta tag - I mean, if you're using linux, you're invariably using a distribution, right?

What's that add over the linux tag, and how would we handle the tag wiki?

kalina

@Caleb we have operating-systems

we don't need a separate tag for linux distros, just use operating-systems + linux

Caleb

09:49

@JourneymanGeek The linux tag is going to be over-run with reqs for apps that run on linux. The expertise for that is not the same as for linux itself, and more than the sum of two parts.

(I argued a similar case somewhere, looking for that...)

@kalina That does not enable the sort of user who would be a distro expert to follow their area of expertise.

Journeyman Geek

>_>

Is there such a thing as a distro expert?

kalina

@Caleb considering that probably 99% of the questions that get tagged with operating-system will relate to Linux, I don't really see this as much of a counter argument. Anybody who is an "expert" in Linux distributions could just follow this tag

Journeyman Geek

I think I'd approve the edit, but you're going to have to handle the tag wiki if I do. ;p

Caleb

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A: We should NOT have hybrid tags

I think this would need to be examined on a case by case basis, and sometimes there is a purpose to the hybrid tags. I think hybrid tags need to be evaluated on a case by case basis. Do they identify a field of expertise or interest that is not of fully of interest to one or more of the compon...

kalina

we can't use linux-distributions for all operating systems but we can use operating-systems for linux

Caleb

09:53

@JourneymanGeek Yes. And it's not the same as a linux user that knows a bunch of apps. And those guys may NOT be interested in following a behemoth like linux

@kalina Of course you can't. We're talking about taxonomy here. We're trying to split questions up based on meaningful areas of common expertise so that they get the right attention and can be found when needed. The point isn't to bring everything under one roof. Experts in picking Windows versions or in choosing between tablet ROM's are not going to be the same guys that know when to use one distro over another.

If you don't see or agree with my point we should probably take this to meta.

I realize its not a cut and dry case, but I think it's important enough that I'll make my case there if anybody really thinks I'm missing something.

The real issue is that it's going to be rare that questions in this space are not either cock fights or gorilla vs shark :-/

Journeyman Geek

Yeah

Izzy

10:16

Jumping in I'm pro the "linux-distributions" tag, and contra "pressing" that into a common "operating-systems". To compare, see what a bunch of graphics/image tags we have which are much more specialized. Considering Linux distros often focus on special needs, such a tag makes much sense IMHO.

Caleb

As it stands, the answer to this question is either "none of them" because it really might not suit your use-case at all or "most any of them" because most major distributions these days fulfill these criteria equally well. There is not enough information about your users' workflow or how you would like to admin these boxes (rolling release? updates handled by users? re-image and distribute disks from scratch periodically?) or your other preferences to make an informed recommendation. — Caleb 18 secs ago

@JourneymanGeek I don't see anything that is mod flag worthy (i.e. closure is part of the normal life cycle of a question like this not something a mod intervention is required for), but I did VtC.

Izzy

@Caleb Just upvoted that comment – you beat me to writing something similar :)

Journeyman Geek

@Caleb: my VTCs would be an instalkill, so I'm a bit gunshy for now.

Caleb

@JourneymanGeek Do you think any attempts to answer that question right now are likely to result in a answer field that is easy to rank based an suitability of the solution (rather than favorite of the voter) and that will draw towards a conclusive resolution rather that become a fly-trap for everybody adding answers to defend their favorite distro? On what basis would you moderate flags that come in an answers the the question as it stands?

Izzy

@JourneymanGeek As Caleb placed his VTC, it's in the queue for everyone above 500 rep (which currently means 27 users). Assuming 10%+ checking that, you can join the Q at pos #3 or #4 then, so it's not a "sledge hammer", but a normal one :)

kalina

10:29

@Caleb if we're going with linux-distributions these questions shouldn't also be tagged linux, then

Journeyman Geek

@Izzy: That would be ideal, yes.

or, XD. another mod can instahold it

Izzy

@JourneymanGeek But than you should kick in. 27 possible voters is not enough to be sure it gets nailed otherwise :)

Journeyman Geek

@Izzy: I would kick in at one or two in that case.

Izzy

@JourneymanGeek Oh, too late :)

Journeyman Geek

;p

Still getting used to this

Izzy

10:31

Gilles already did :)

Journeyman Geek

Actually, there was this conversation on RA where someone had a older computer, a younger kid, and was trying to find a distro to throw on it (the computer, not the kid)

Re-framed, it would probably be a better example of that sort of question

Caleb

Who did I piss off over at U&L? I haven't even been there much lately and just got serially downvoted across some of my better received answers.

Gilles

@Caleb contrariwise, distribution-choice is the only tag I ignore on U&L

Caleb

@kalina That I would probably agree with, but not positive.

Gilles

@Caleb only on U&L? I'd bet on a Christ.SE user who's trying to hurt you where (in his view) you can't retaliate

Caleb

10:34

@Gilles Doesn't that bolster my point that it is a distinct area of [dis]interest?

Gilles

@Caleb yes

Caleb

@Gilles Yes, only on U&L. And you might be right.

Gilles

but I don't think linux-distributions is good, I prefer a more general tag.

Why not operating-systems?

kalina

@Gilles this is sad

@Gilles \o/

Izzy

shrug

Caleb

10:36

Gilles

Or do we want to separate the OS choice questions (which are more likely to have real arguments) from the Linux distro choice questions (which are more likely to be “whichever”)?

Journeyman Geek

@kalina: Would sourceforge.net/projects/kerberos-server-vm work for softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/248/… ?

Caleb

I don't see anything in common except the timing and the fact that they are mine :)

kalina

@JourneymanGeek well outside of my area of expertise

Gilles

How do you notice these things anyway?

Journeyman Geek

10:37

I have no idea about kerebros either ;p

Oh wait, you edited it. My bad

Izzy

@Gilles Not sure for the "whichever" part, Gilles. Name me a good distro for musicians. Or for kids. There are quite specific ones.

Journeyman Geek

Waiiiit a second

Caleb

@Gilles Something like that. I think they are pretty distinct.

Izzy

@JourneymanGeek I was thinking whether I should throw in my Trac answer again. IMHO supports Git as backend as well. Not being too familiar with Git, I'm not sure if it would fit the other requirements.

Caleb

See the MSO post above. I think it's a case of a hybrid tag being more useful that the sum of its parts.

Journeyman Geek

10:40

@Izzy: Look at that link... ;p

Izzy

@JourneymanGeek Huh? Link?

Checking...

Journeyman Geek

"Brought to you by: nicolas_raoul"

Izzy

@JourneymanGeek Which one? That SF link from your previous post?

Journeyman Geek

yup

Izzy

Ouch, we're talking about different Qs, sorry...

Caleb

10:42

@Izzy Git support in Trac is dodgy and the DVCS workfow of merge requests that the question specifically asks about is pretty much something you have to do on your own.

Izzy

I was on this one: Github-like collaboration platform

@Caleb Thanks! That was the kind of answer I was looking for. So no link to Trac there :)

Caleb

Just my opinion (but I do admin 20+ Trac installations on which to base said opinion).

Izzy

@Caleb Beat me again. I have 2 Multi-Env installations (3 if counting my old server)

What was that? "Stake Exchange"? Must be a spelling error. Should have been "Steak Exchange" probably. And now has been eaten (deleted)...

Journeyman Geek

Stake Exchange - the Q&A for vampire hunters ;p

Izzy

Wasn't that "Stoke" Bram?

Oh, sorry: You meant that for that "final answer" to vampires...

...not that for "bits and bites"...

danijelc

12:17

@Undo I believe that OP question was edited wrongly in this case. As I see it, we shouldn’t delete part of question but eventually reword it in better way. OP was asking for windows solution but would accept other OS too as he clearly stated latter in his meta.

@Undo I'm not disputing deleted answer, after all you guys need to mederate site and make it as good as possible. What I'm stating the original question could be interpreted in different way that’s all

Izzy

@danijelc that clout belongs on my and Caleb's heads. We felt the question being much too broad (A or NOT A, B or NOT B), and needed some more strictness. We tried our best to figure the user's real need. Unfortunately our edits crossed with your answer.

kalina

Woman slapped across the face with a large fish, police outraged <-- for some reason I am unable to read this article without laughing...

danijelc

12:35

@Izzy Yup agree on that quite borderline to broad question

Journeyman Geek

@kalina: I don't trout that

danijelc

@Izzy that was more or less good explanation of why i consider it can be interpreted differently

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A: Do I have to ask one question per OS?

You can ask one question and include multiple OS options as possibilities. The problem with this question is the way you originally worded it was a little ambiguous: works on Windows and is free, but I am still curious to know about other OS and non-free applications. This could be t...

Caleb

@danijelc I understand the question could have been interpreted in the way you propose, the problem was that was going to make far too broad a question. Hence why I tried to channel the OP into the other reading that would make a focused enough question for the answer field to not be a mess-in-the-making.

Those exactly highlights why this is a problem: "but the two answers you have now are both valid and distinct". The way you would have us redirect this question, a plurality of completely different answers might all be equally valid. The voting will stop reflecting a good recommended solution for a particular use-case and start reflecting everybody's favorite way to manage music on any platform. This question could be read two ways but one of those ways leads to a mess and one offers a way to keep it tidy. — Caleb 31 secs ago

danijelc

@Caleb yep getting your point, not necessary agreeing but I'm not disputing at all. I mean at end we need to filter such questions in best of ways to avoid mess and keep quality as high as possible

Fractaliste

13:07

Approximately 100 new users everyday on SR : img21.imageshack.us/img21/1997/y4yl.png

Caleb

Caleb, Izmir, Turkey

1k 1 20

linux version-control windows android git osx ldap

And I can edit!

@Fractaliste I don't think that will let up either. The problem I suspect our attrition rate will be high too.

Braiam

"attrition"?

Fractaliste

The site is still young

These number are not really representative yet

But the number of user is quite impressive

Caleb

> a reduction in the number of employees or participants that occurs when people leave because they resign, retire, etc., and are not replaced

Braiam

13:34

@Caleb oh... for some reason I was seeing it as militar term

Undo

@Caleb Yay!

Izzy

13:52

@Caleb Congrats!

I need +61 to "work the flags" :)

Undo

@Izzy I just cleared out four VLQ flags ;(

It's going to be nice having someone else in the queue that can make suggestions and whatnot.

Izzy

@Undo Cleared out? As helpful – or "content lost"?

Undo

@Izzy As in helpful and content lost/deleted.

Can I edit the comments on meta.softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/a/662/46 to make them less... caps-locky?

Izzy

@Undo Definitely! Looking forward to fill that gap. Shouldn't take that long. Either later today, or tomorrow, I guess.

@Undo Look whom they are from.

I'd say go for it.

Undo

Yay!

Braiam

13:56

Q/days will not be our problem... apparently

Izzy

Well, I was tempted to say "remove all CAPS", instead of replacing them by lowercase...

Undo

There, now my eyes don't burn :D

Izzy

@Undo Yupp! Looks much cleaner now :) Good job!

Undo

Thanks ;)

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I have cube on MS SQL Server and I wanna to install some web visual client tool for exploring and analyzing OLAP databases. A cube is an array of data understood in terms of its 0 or more dimensions. That web-based app should be used for data exploration and data auditory, generation of reports, ...

web-apps

@Izzy ^ Suggestions for the poor guy?

Stack Exchange

14:33

0

Q: Could/Should the thresholds for Suggesting tags and synonyms be lowered during Beta?

There are currently no external users with enough reputation to even suggest new tags and/or synonyms yet the site is in Beta which is the perfect time to build such framework items. Wouldn't it make sense to lower the thresholds for at least suggesting such items during the (private) Beta pha...

discussion

Izzy

@Fractaliste Letz cleanup commentz here: Iso to avi converter software. You might still want to add information concerning track selection (or state it's not important as all of them only have a single track) ;)

Journeyman Geek

@Izzy: done ;p

Fractaliste

Do you delete Dante's answers ?

Izzy

@Undo If you mean the cube question: Not my area (M$; I only understand "Ihave" and "I wanna", that's all). Or do you rather refer to the linked comment and our special chatter?

@JourneymanGeek Ooops... Thanks :)

Undo

@Fractaliste He self-deleted his

Fractaliste

14:50

@DanteTheEgregore Why do you delete your answer? I havn't had time to read it :o

DanteTheEgregore

@Fractaliste I thought DVDx was free, but it would appear to actually require a $49 license registration.

Journeyman Geek

I'm wondering if VLC would work

danijelc

@JourneymanGeek which is question you re talking about

Journeyman Geek

or possibly handbrake

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Q: Iso to avi converter software

My new laptop doesn't have optical disk reader anymore. So I need to save my DVD on a more readable format for my different devices (HDD MediaCenter, iPad, computer, ...). Iso files are enormous and I just would like to get 700Mo video files. For the moment I've saved a dozen of my DVD on ISO di...

media-converter iso

DanteTheEgregore

@JourneymanGeek I was going to suggest Handbrake.

Journeyman Geek

14:58

handbrake should work

DanteTheEgregore

I see no reason it wouldn't.

danijelc

handbrake nope

DanteTheEgregore

Would probably be a better solution than DVDx honestly.

danijelc

cant read dvd

DanteTheEgregore

Really?

danijelc

14:58

yap

dvd have protectiosn and handbrake cant read it

Journeyman Geek

it can if you have VLC installed

danijelc

idk on win

on Linux u need a lib for that but yes with workarround is possible to rip DVD than use handbrake

Journeyman Geek

hmm

webluke.net/2011/08/handbrake-windows-7-64-bit-dvd-ripping

and blah, as I said, too late at night ;p

Maybe I'll try tommorrow

unless someone else answers. I am cool with that ;p

danijelc

ISO wouldn’t be best way but generally u can rip and convert

Journeyman Geek

IIRC VLC can also play ISOs straight up

without any conversion

danijelc

15:01

yap il maybe reply latter aws too busy now

Journeyman Geek

ya ;p

Its almost bedtime for me XD

danijelc

see VLC and handbrake together can do that just last time i done it like idk yers agoo would need to look in that

nite and latters

user58869

@danijelc i've used a program called ripit in the past, it copies the whole dvd into a folder, then you can play that with vlc or use handbrake to create an mp4

user58869

ripit is for os x

danijelc

yes

On Windows idk sicne im not running win for long time

on Linux u basically rip dvd than use handbrake or vlc to convert

VLC is kinda slow to convert at least slover than handbrake

vlc it self need libdvdcss libdvdread4 libdvdnav4 installed to decode DVD at least on ubuntu

idk for other distros since i mostly play audio vide stuff only on ubuntu

gotta run

latters

Actually handbrake in theory shuld be able to rip if libdvdread4 is installed, will test latter

Izzy

16:09

@danijelc for your Flickr thingy: Have you checked the addons available to Gwenview? I remember there was something with Flickr integration. But not using those services, I'm not sure how far that goes.

Urgs. Sorry for premature euphoria. Seems like Gwenview only uses Kipi, which only supports export...

Nick Wilde

If I exclude suggested edits I've done more than 10% of the review queue :D

Suggested edits nowhere near - around 2.5%

(yeah I'm after those little silver badges)

kalina

16:29

@NickWilde sorry about that, I submitted so many edits at certain times of the day that some people have artificially high review scores for suggested edits

danijelc

@Izzy as much as I know only updating to Flickr is possible with Gwenview

Undo

16:47

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Q: Are hosting recommendation requests on-topic?

I just saw this question: Looking for hosting for Laravel It's asking for a hosting recommendation. Are these on topic here?

discussion questions scope

^ Opinions wanted.

kalina

@Undo that's a service recommendation, not a software recommendation

Undo

That's what I was thinking too.

I suppose we should close it as off topic,

There is a new (beta) SO site for "software recommendation" Q&A - softwarerecs.stackexchange.com. Based on this (meta.softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/44/…), your question might be on-topic there. But it is definitely off-topic here. — Stephen C 24 mins ago

^ Aha! So that's what happened!

Braiam

@Undo WHACK HIM!

Undo

He's... 233,000 rep on SO :O

Braiam

@StephenC hosts are not software but service. Please, read our guidelines before directing users to us. — Braiam 15 secs ago

ventic

16:55

Well SR is kind of considered a trash bin by those who aren't using it..

Undo

Oooh, he has an SR account >:D

Stack Exchange

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Q: Are hosting recommendation requests on-topic?

I just saw this question: Looking for hosting for Laravel It's asking for a hosting recommendation. Are these on topic here?

discussion questions scope

Nick Wilde

@kalina well that queue also needed the 1000 since we went public so I was off that queue for a few days

Braiam

17:27

@StackExchange wow... so many NOES

ventic

Hosting question: "Guyz can I haz hugs ???"
Community: "NO GO AWAY!"

Undo

haha

DanteTheEgregore

Wait so a Stack Overflow user directed the guy that was asking for a web service recommendation here? 0.o

ventic

Yup

Undo

@DanteTheEgregore Yes. A 233k Stack Overflow user >:(

DanteTheEgregore

17:28

That's lame of him. .-.

ventic

Trash Bin of Stack Exchange™

6

Undo

And we're the janitors tasked with keeping trash out of what everyone thinks is a trash can.

ventic

Unfortunately.

But you have the power of ♦ with you, so we'll be fine.

user58869

@Undo i'm waiting for stack exchange 3.0 where there is no distinction between sites, you just ask a question and it gets assigned to the correct place for you

Izzy

@danijelc That's what I figured meanwhile with some Google-Fu as well. Sorry for the false alarm.

Undo

17:30

@Alex Yup. I hope one of those places is /dev/null

3

ventic

@Alex The mobile apps actually take a small step towards that direction with the "select a site" input when asking a question

danijelc

no worries @Izzy See this downloading from Flickr is kinda pain in ass thing

user58869

@ventic that's interesting, does it make suggestions of which one to choose?

ventic

Not yet at least

Undo

No, not really. And I doubt it will.

ventic

17:32

It should be possible considering MSO is doing suggested tags already

user58869

@Undo when you ask a question on any site it makes suggestions down the side of possible answers. so i imagine the technology is already there to enable such a thing as suggested site

Undo

Oh, huh.

It does expect people to apply some thought, though, which they don't always do.

@Izzy is so close to shiny tools :D

DanteTheEgregore

Well

Stephen C popped up on the Meta.

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A: Are hosting recommendation requests on-topic?

I have no opinion on this. But I would like to point out that the most of the opinions in other Answers are at odds with what is said here: Are web service recommendations off-topic? If you want to make a distinction between hosting service recommendations - off-topic and web service rec...

Braiam

@Undo can we change web services for web apps in the other meta Q?

the original actually talked about a web app (such gmail)

Undo

Mm?

Izzy

17:41

@Undo Got some :)

Undo

@Braiam Not sure I understand.

Are you saying we should group web services in with web apps?

Izzy

@Braiam I'd say: a clear community decision. Even though I bet at least one member might start fighting... (no names, please)

danijelc

:)

Izzy

@Undo Ouch.

Undo

Yeah, it makes me >:(.

Izzy

17:43

OMG. And look what new question just pops up...

DanteTheEgregore

Or just be a big baby and downvote every answer in the Meta discussion. That works too...

Izzy

@danijelc I don't like "foreign hosting" of my private stuff, so I'd not even consider trying it :)

Undo

@Izzy What happened?

Izzy

@Undo "Shut up, or I'll convert you into a tiny little shell script!" (ThinkGeek t-shirt for admins ;)

Braiam

meh, I would say that if this cause so much trouble lets just ban anything you can't run localy

Izzy

17:45

softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/1718/…

Undo

@Izzy Closed and deleted already.

Oh, he self deleted.

Want a screenshot?

danijelc

@Izzy see i do sell my pics too so flickr is kind of web shop window

Undo

Actually:

> I've been looking around for a hosting for my laravel website but haven't got a clue if a web hosting is okay to use or best to get VPS?

> Not entirely sure what are the requirements needed to run this framework else where apart from my computer :/

> Hosting companies I planned to try/use. Freezone.co.uk, Vidahost, Hostpapa

danijelc

But of course i do not us e it as a backup @izzy

@Undo to make it fast off topic, too broad and very low quality all in one

Izzy

@danijelc Oh – that's a completely different case then :)

danijelc

17:48

@Undo its like asking i would like to watch movies and i heard VLC, BS player and SMPlayer are good which one should i use

Undo

Yup

Izzy

@Undo Yuck "I don't understand what I'm doing. Can you help me for better confusion?"

Undo

I didn't have a question about whether it should be closed, it's more about the on-topicness of the core question.

danijelc

@Izzy yap hence i need something for easy downloading and removing my "art"

Izzy

@danijelc You mean, we should have kept that as "bad example"?

danijelc

17:50

@Undo idk for me off topic since is about service and not software

Undo

Yeah

danijelc

@Izzy maybe idk I'm not experienced enough active here only like 21 day is all and occasionally on AU

Izzy

Yay! Gimme anotha 21 pointz and I deal with your flagz ^|^

Undo

Yay!

Except there are no flagz

Izzy

Oh – OK, then you can delay those 21 pointz a little :)

Undo

17:52

There were four VLQ flags when I woke up, though.

And earlier there was a boring closed w/o comment flag.

danijelc

I made few when i woke up just sayin'

Undo

;)

Izzy

@Undo Hm, so who dealt with my "obsolete" flags on several comments then?

Undo

A mod

I wish 10kers could deal with comment flags.

Izzy

@Undo Ah! There are more of them then... #D

Undo

17:55

Yup :D

Izzy

Good! I would feel bad raising flags 24/7 otherwise.

Apart from the fact I couldn't even do that, as I'd be running out of flags after 1/4

Undo

Journeyman handles most of the flags when I'm asleep. I handle most of the flags when Gilles and Journeyman are both asleep/out. If Gilles and I are both awake, Gilles ends up handling most of the flags because I sit here and think about them for too long.

Fractaliste

@Undo Oh you used to develop with Laravel ? I started to learn it on january !

Undo

Me? No.

@Fractaliste That was a copy-paste of a deleted question

Fractaliste

Ok I thought you're talking about your deleted question

Undo

17:58

Nope, not mine

Izzy

@Undo That last part could be me ("think about them for too long") #D

Wha... Oi!

Gimme one more pointz #D

Undo

Yeah. I finally decide what to do and hit 'delete answer' or whatever and it says "already deleted" and I go "aaaargh"

@Izzy Hahahaha

Izzy

1999 reached :)

Undo

@Izzy You should suggest a tag wiki edit ;)

Izzy

Nah, that givz 2 pointz

Undo

18:00

@Izzy You could remove a downvote on an answer that got edited

Izzy

That would be it, yeah. If I'd remember which one I "doned" that got edited later.

Nevermind, something will happen :)

Looking for tags... What is an ipad? #D

Undo

@Izzy Shiny tools acheived.

I was hoping to get a tag wiki excerpt out of you, but someone had to go upvote a question ;(

Oh, didn't notice that I had access to those 10k tools :P

Izzy

Archived? Ah, yeah. That one from the drawer, where one cuts onions on. Remember the TV ad now...

@Undo Huh? Checking...

YAY! Me haz 2k! :D

Looking for modz hiz toolz...

Undo

Now go handle those... uhm... hmmm

Whoa brand new migration

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Q: Simple online text editor with vertical split window

I am looking for a simple, usable without registration, online web text editor that supports a vertical split pane. I want be able to paste/write on one side and at the same time having text on the other side. Do you know of any web application that offers that? In other words, something like ...

untagged

>:(

Izzy

Yeah! Tools link there. Hm, empty room – no flagz...

@Undo Ouch. I was on the edge recommending a mig from ASE today. Why didn't I do that? Seeing this one, my candidate would have been a... "shiny little thing?"

Throwing AutoReviewComment

Undo

18:10

It's a good question, I just want the precedent to be, "You ping someone before you migrate anything to SR"

Izzy

@Undo I neither downvoted nor VTCd it. Only seeing it reminded me of the one I VTC'd on ASE today. I was really close to request a migration, as it was a good one. Guess next time I just do it (quality given, of course).

Fractaliste

softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/1721/… Are we going to replace google search engine ? :/

Izzy

And yes, that's what I like about Seth. He always comes asking first. And when it tends to be a "no", he asks again whether we could give the user an advice at least.

Giving the best to both ends – a clear win-win. I'm proud I voted for him on AU :)

Undo

yup :D

danijelc

@Undo something for ya again

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Q: Battery Charging log

Can someone please recommend a software for win8 laptop, that can show vital battery stats like discharge rate, charging cycle, health and most importantly charging time and discharging time(backup obtained). thanks

backup performance-analysis

:)

Undo

18:21

@danijelc Whatcha want done with it? :)

Fractaliste

It's the same guys that :

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Q: Realtime system monitior as floating bar

Can someone recommend a software that can display the CPU/memory stats real time on a floating window on desktop ... (Win8.1 laptop) thanks....

gui windows-8 performance-analysis

danijelc

see tag :) backup

Izzy

Wooosh!

danijelc

yap same one @Fractaliste

Undo

@danijelc Retagged to [battery], we'll see how that goes

And made a few edits to make it look better

danijelc

18:23

yap.. this actually is not that bad question as it looks on first sight

other of his questions is really to broad

Undo

Awww there's a VLQ flag in the queue, but it's custom and thus @Izzy can't see it ;(

danijelc

and another VLQ :) maybe @izzy can see this one

Undo

Oooh yay he can!

@Izzy softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/tools/flagged

Izzy

I was already on it. Left my comment for now (as the A is salvable if the poster will put in some effort).

Tricky thing: "Please describe how it meets the OPs req... wait: which requirements?"

Our old trouble: Answer matches question. But question is LQ...

danijelc

yes exactly no requirements, and well to me looks fishy since OP is new user to SE in general

got reply and accepted all in like 10 minutes

Izzy

18:36

Yupp. I thought something similar.

Gives no requirements, receives an exactly matching answer, tests it, finds it fitting his needs, and accepts the answer. Within 10 minutes. Wow. Either very effective, a wonder, or a fake...

danijelc

exactly

Izzy

OK, sorry folks, gotta go... BBL :)

ventic

Finally bothered to stylize the ticker feed at the top left as well

Undo

Cya!

ventic

Looks much better than the white box it used to be

danijelc

18:38

cya

ventic

Undo

Oooh shiny

ventic

I think I want it less grey... brb

kalina

@Undo I upvoted your close vote suggestion just because of intent - you still need to word it better, maybe a more generic thing pointing to a page listing the things outside of our scope... like along the lines of 'this question has been closed as it is off topic as defined in our [scope](link)' or w/e

I also updated the documentation thing on meta

Stack Exchange

19:00

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Q: Overzealous deletion of answers

I recently answered Realtime system monitior as floating bar with an admittedly too short answer. I received a couple of downvotes and some comments asking me to improve on the answer. So I did. Then I wrote a somewhat lengthy reply to the comments, and was planning to proceed to edit my answer ...

discussion answers answer-quality

Undo

uh-oh

DanteTheEgregore

Quick question for you all.

One of our flags

> This question does not appear to be about Software Recommendations Stack Exchange or the software that powers the Stack Exchange network, within the scope defined in the help center.

Why does it contain this snippet "Stack Exchange or the software that powers the Stack Exchange network"?

Anyone know?

Oh wait that's just the Meta.

Nevermind. >.>

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