Winter Bash 2021

richardec

00:00

It surely has to do with something outside of SE. Because otherwise how could users with so little rep, and only one or two actions, and no other accounts, like Dejay, get it?

lyxal

@richardec only problem with that is that Arnauld on CG never linked outside the network and still got it

relevant profile

richardec

are you sure he never did? How do you know?

lyxal

the only 2 questions that could have got it

richardec

Oh, I see what you mean. I meant maybe you link to the network from outside it, not the other way around. But it's just guess.

Perhaps in some SE-specific channel/thread somewhere?

lyxal

then how did dejay get it?

and I haven't linked my questions outside of SE

richardec

00:04

Maybe others doing it?

But then it becomes impossible to figure out

caird coinheringaahing

That seems too "out of your hands" as well

lyxal

correct. How's SE going to track every single possible reference?

richardec

besides, it doesn't line up with Yaakov's hint at all, so must not be

caird coinheringaahing

Pretty much every hat is up to you to do something specific (then maybe requiring other users to do something as well)

lyxal

I was thinking maybe it's when you post on a day that's an even date but then more people on CG would have gotten it

heck, more people on the entire network would have gotten it

richardec

00:07

Maybe the URL your profile pic has...if you can even do that

it must have something to do with rep

Because there is a badge called Epic, for getting 200 rep in one day 50 times.

lyxal

Only problem with that is the 3 users you linked earlier didn't repcap

also I didn't repcap either

richardec

but that dash in E-pic makes me think it related to the profile "pic"

lyxal

maybe try clicking on your profile picture then

@cairdcoinheringaahing have you updated your about section on your profile lately?

caird coinheringaahing

Don't think so

lyxal

dang

richardec

00:22

what is the "box" in "out of the box"?

the question box? the page box?

Has anyone done anything that's not commenting, reviewing, asking, or answering?

Like extra reading of help pages...

lyxal

Nope

Wolgwang

01:01

@richardec The fact that only a few users on SO have it makes it more strange...

Wolgwang

01:15

Least active users with E-pic

13 hours ago, 30 minutes total – 7 messages, 1 user, 0 stars

Bookmarked 1 min ago by Wolgwang

U12-Forward

One guy on SO with E-pic

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Q: How can I hook a static function?

I'm trying to mock a static function without modifying the source code. This is because we have a large legacy base of code and we would like to add test code without requiring developers to go through and change a bunch of the original code. Using objcopy, I can play with functions between objec...

c++ c linker ld objcopy

One question during WB

Also this

Wolgwang

in Get triggered! 🦄🧇, 59 secs ago, by Wolgwang

4

Q: What's a Phony Word?

If a word conforms to a certain rule, I call it a Phony Word. Use the examples below to find the rule. Phony Words Not Phony Words FISH FROG BAGHDAD BOGOTA PACKED STUFFED MOONING SUNNING FUSS BOTHER TICKET COUPON MINIMA LOWS WORRY FRET TUT BOP ABU DHABI KHOR FAKKAN A...

word-property

in Get triggered! 🦄🧇, 39 secs ago, by Wolgwang

Question with zero comments, answers.

12 hours ago, by Wolgwang

@U12-Forward One should test by posting verbatim copy coughs,coughs

coughs

Vickel

@Wolgwang why would that make it e-pic?

Wolgwang

@Vickel IMO it is related to something written in the post.

Vickel

01:32

@Wolgwang I've analyzed a few of the posts, can't see any pattern

Wolgwang

@U12-Forward You there?

@Vickel Hmm.

in The Nineteenth Byte, 1 min ago, by Wolgwang

@cairdcoinheringaahing Hmm I wanna post verbatim copy(Yeah yeah I know it is not ethical) of this to test E-pic .

Vickel

or there are many triggers, or we don't see the one trigger

the verbatim wouldn't work, since other Q are completely different, IMO

U12-Forward

@Wolgwang I am here

Wolgwang

@Vickel Testing that.

windowsphone.stackexchange.com/questions/18256/… Temp upvote please.

@U12-Forward Test^

caird coinheringaahing

I'd downvote if I could

U12-Forward

01:37

Lol

Wolgwang

:-/

U12-Forward

I temporarily UVed

Wolgwang

@U12-Forward Ok no more required.

caird coinheringaahing

Winter Bash doesn't mean you can ignore the standard rules about SE, including "Don't post off-topic"

4

U12-Forward

lol

Vickel

01:38

that's never working, no way, what a crazy idea!!

Wolgwang

@cairdcoinheringaahing I'll delete in 3 minutes 36 sec.

Xnero

@Wolgwang That seems to be R/A + plagiarism. Please don't make me flag it as such.

U12-Forward

Real hat-addicts here!

Wolgwang

Deleted

Vickel

good

U12-Forward

01:41

Ok

Wolgwang

I shouldn't done that(test) (ー_ー゛)

Apologies :-(

U12-Forward

haha

Wolgwang

On a lighter note:

(P.S. : Don't ever try to think to do what I did...now I realise it was too damn immoral)

caird coinheringaahing

Huh

U12-Forward

WGFTTFTFTFTFT

caird coinheringaahing

01:53

I wonder if it's for having a flag raised on your question :P

hyper-neutrino

@cairdcoinheringaahing when did you get your hat if you remember?

caird coinheringaahing

in The Nineteenth Byte, Dec 31 '21 at 0:27, by caird coinheringaahing

Huh, I just got the E-pic hat

Like, no more than a couple minutes max before that

hyper-neutrino

hm, alright. unless it was on a significantly older question i don't see any flags on your questions around that time

caird coinheringaahing

It's definitely something to do with posting a question, but I'm not sure beyond that

Wolgwang

Can't an author undelete a question? (I wanna attribute msh210 and post apologies)

U12-Forward

02:16

I am testing E-pic

caird coinheringaahing

Dec 18 '21 at 13:27, by caird coinheringaahing

Unless it specifically mentions meta sites, are all hats only earned by actions on main sites? E.g. if you post two "well-liked" comments on a meta site but not on main, will you get Starfish?

I may have beat you to the punch @U12-Forward, I just never got an answer :P

U12-Forward

Haha!

richardec

02:30

so it seems like all the e-pic Q's have >0 scores

caird coinheringaahing

But it can't be that simple, as only 4 users on CGCC have it

richardec

of course, but that might be a clue

U12-Forward

02:56

I am trying it here, anyone wants to answer?

Trying E-pic

richardec

@Wolgwang so you got E-pic!?!?

U12-Forward

Uh hat isn't delivering yet

@richardec He did

I should post a verbatim copy as well lol xdxd

richardec

How can I see it? When I go to his activity page, I can't see it

stackoverflow.com/users/14219194/wolgwang?tab=topactivity

U12-Forward

He deleted the Q

richardec

So he un-got it?

U12-Forward

03:04

He did it on WIndows Phone

IIIIIII EEEEEAAAAARNNNNNEEEEEDDDD EEEEEPPPPICCCC OOOOONNNNN PUZZZLLLINGG

richardec

OMG you really did

I see it!

U12-Forward

This Q puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/114286/whats-a-tricky-word

WTFFFFF

richardec

It must be a combination of the score and the post contents/title

U12-Forward

38 hats!

richardec

wow, congrats!

U12-Forward

03:07

7 hat kead WTF

lead

Wolgwang

@richardec I have opt out of Winterbash. I was turning toxic :-/

richardec

ohhh

are you still that way? :)

Wolgwang

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@U12-Forward Winter bash is a simple game where Wolgwang tries to figure secret trigger of hats and @U12-Forward gets the hat. 😒

richardec

03:27

hahahahaha, I know.... U12 seriously gets hats somehow

U12-Forward

Instead of being like @Wolgwang posting a copy, I actually made a real challenge though haha

richardec

but you made a mistake: puzzling.stackexchange.com/questions/114286/…

U12-Forward

Edited though

@Wolgwang Well you got it too

user1271772

04:18

@Wolgwang it says that you got the editor badge one hour ago on WindwosPhone, but it also says that you've made 0 edits. How can that be?

@YaakovEllis Wow! Did it have something to do with 24-hour days in UTC vs 24-hour days in a local time zone? Also, I didn't know that our contributions to MathOverflow would not earn us any hats. I spent all day writing this question, which I hoped would give me New Moon and Sunrise:

5

Q: “Taylor series” is to “Volterra series” as “Laurent series” is to _________?

Preamble My question is similar to an earlier MathOverflow question: “Taylor series” is to “Volterra series” as “Padé approximant” is to _________? which I just answered (hopefully my first ever MathOverflow post wasn't too bad!) except I've replaced "Padé approximant" with "Laurent series". More...

reference-request fa.functional-analysis cv.complex-variables quantum-mechanics functional-calculus

U12-Forward

@user1271772 They deleted their question.

user1271772

@U12-Forward So to get e-pic, you have to ask a question on a site that hasn't had any activity for several weeks, then delete it?

U12-Forward

04:47

@user1271772 No way, I didn't delete mine

Also puzzling is a pretty active site

user1271772

@U12-Forward oh you have e-pic too! I didn't realize that!

U12-Forward

Yeap

user1271772

@U12-Forward The logo for E-Pic is two squares next to each other (as part of a pair of glasses). Those boxes could perhaps signify the compartments of a table. Your Puzzling question had a table in it. Could the trigger be associated with asking a question that has a table in it?

Or does it have to have 3 spoiler alerts, hahaha

How long ago did you get the hat?

@U12-Forward I just asked a question that has a table, and a spoiler alert:

0

Q: Does Windows Phone have something to help use Android apps, such as Wine helps Linux users use Windows software?

I'm curious whether or not such an app exists for Windows phone? I've created a table to help illustrate what I mean: Operating system of device Operating system of software Compatibility app Linux Windows Wine Windows Phone Android ?

android

user1271772

05:32

@Wolgwang Do you think I'm on the right track? ^

caird coinheringaahing

@user1271772 I haven't included a table in any of my questions, but have the E-pic hat

Wolgwang

@user1271772 Take a look here for wider picture.

@user1271772 Number of rows is low IMO.

This was a failed test:

3 hours ago, by U12-Forward

I am testing E-pic

user1271772

@Wolgwang wow, this user got E-Pic with barely anything in their question!

Wolgwang

@user1271772 There are two direct image links in the comments...maybe that has something to do with...

user1271772

05:50

The one on biology had a question with "e___c" showing up very often:

"can anyone tell me a not complicated way to extract fructans from garlic (i have access to highschool lab). I need this to be able to make an experiment on garlic extract and just fructan from garlic prebiotic activity"

Wolgwang

That's a nice find!

user1271772

@Wolgwang The other ones that got E-Pic didn't have something like that though!

U12-Forward

06:42

Epic is still strange

Now we need to know what is Cleanup and Helping Heart

Have <sub> text in the question text

Wolgwang

@U12-Forward For helping heart, target(interact,comment, answer, votes etc) new users post...

U12-Forward

Ok

U12-Forward

07:59

We need a hint for cleanup cc. Yaakov

Yaakov Ellis

12:03

@U12-Forward As the name implies, it is rewarding behavior(s) that are helping to clean up the site from content that…may be in need of being cleaned up

@user1271772 the bigger hint for e-pic is the name of the hat. Image not so much

mickmackusa

Kitsune -- Does the "answer" need to be upvoted or does the "question"? stackoverflow.com/q/70488925/2943403 If it is the answer, then shouldn't a green tick be enough?

SPArcheon

12:39

so... just wondering. Am I reading it wrong or the penny hat series is indeed impossible to get for users that already have the direct edit privilege (thus no longer requiring approval)?

... unless they don't start a new account on another site, that is...

Yaakov Ellis

13:08

Rep Hunter fix is up

mickmackusa

13:55

Why should the earning of the Kitsune mask be dependent on a heavily downvoted question recovering to a positive vote tally? I mean, the mask is for my efforts, not for theirs. Shouldn't my answer's vote tally be the only important criteria after the page is reopened?

Yaakov Ellis

19:02

@U12-Forward no

Least active users with E-pic

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