@Displayname I don't like being a jerk, and I don't find it particularly easy. However, on SO when I tell people what they can improve in their post to get a good post, people prefer to throw insults at me than actually improving their post. A few times people even revenge-downvote if they can.
Users younger than 13 are deleted immediately once SE is informed about the case. The reason for this is COPPA, the US law intended to protect children online.
The guidelines as far as I understand them for me as a moderator are that I should report such users to SE, and they'll use a special de...
@incesterror21 That's just me :-) Racking up 65k on SFF taught me a lot about search-fu, and then being a mod taught me a lot about finding my way around meta.
On the sunny morning of April 5th, 2063, an alien spaceship started orbiting the Earth. Among the cries of "It's an alien spaceship!" and "Ohm my god!" from the people, governments noticed that they were beaming down a colorful message:
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@Sumurai8 I only have 4k on SO and haven't been active there for a while, so I don't have much experience. But does the example you described really represent the majority of new users you've encountered?
@Displayname I've not been doing much on SO in the last few months. But in general, if I receive a comment on one of the comments I leave of a low quality question, it is not very nice. That is the stuff I can't really edit to improve to something worth keeping myself. I think it has to do with the kind of person asking the question. If I can't really improve a question myself, they really did not put a lot of effort into it. They just come for a quick reply and do not care about anything...
...after that. I guess telling them anything but the answer they are seeking is bound to get a negative reaction from such users. I can't really get used to it though.
@Displayname Just out of curiosity, why did you post a copy of my user info up there? I'm not objecting or anything, just puzzled. Something to do with the discussion of specialization? Or was there something earlier that I missed? (I haven't been here much this weekend.)
@Randal'Thor I'd be fine with it. I've seen clues like "Destroyed acccomplishment indeed (8)" for DE(FEAT)ED. Some people don't allow word-splitting, but if it's along etymological boundary lines I don't mind.
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So last night I left my computer running. You know - when computers get older they want to bend the rules a bit. Don't go to sleep when you tell them to and so on. I didn't feel like discussing it with them last ...
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So last night I left my computer running. You know - when computers get older they want to bend the rules a bit. Don't go to sleep when you tell them to and so on. I didn't feel like discussing it with them last ...
Surely most languages have a built-in or freely available implementation of an unlimited integer type? (and IIRC longs are only a Python 2 thing, I think ints in Python 3 automatically have no limit)
In Python and Java I know about them. In C, C++ I don't think such a thing exists natively. In javascript, I think it will turn things into floats, and finally gives up with +Infinity.
What isn't. My wireless router - which is my main front door router, so is the interface between my internal network and the internet - puked and died yesterday. Replaced it with one that's supposed to support the same custom version of firmware I use, but the new one is proving to be a serious hassle getting that new firmware actually loaded.
and now today, my browser has decided it won't load all the tabs from my last browsing session without hanging, so it took me forever to even get back in here
my other machine blew up its main hard drive a couple weeks ago
@Displayname Ah, yes. I saw the comment about someone only good at writing or solving riddles, but somehow misread it and failed to notice the "or solving" bit. D'oh.
On the sunny morning of April 5th, 2063, an alien spaceship started orbiting the Earth. Among the cries of "It's an alien spaceship!" and "Ohm my god!" from the people, governments noticed that they were beaming down a colorful message:
Unfortunately, because of interference from the atmospher...
This puzzle follows the convention that anything outside a quote is flavour text.
So last night I left my computer running. You know - when computers get older they want to bend the rules a bit. Don't go to sleep when you tell them to and so on. I didn't feel like discussing it with them last ...
