The Factory Floor

@Gryphon Neither. Both just follow the rules that they find themselves embedded in. The cat has more hidden variables to manipulate than the cube but both are just rule followers.

FoxElemental

Um . . . Aify the cat or James the cat?

How do you know which is which?

Gryphon

@FoxElemental Given that we're also talking about a cube, it's James.

FoxElemental

Yes . . . but Aify's main account is on Puzzling.

Gryphon

Unless James is actually the cube, and the cat is also Aify.

FoxElemental

12:40 PM

Gasp! Could Aify be the cube?

Gryphon

@FoxElemental They're the same person! James has a sockpuppet!

2

FoxElemental

AND ONE OF THEM'S A MOD!

But then Aify is trapped in the cube?

No, wait.

What is the cube?

Gryphon

@FoxElemental Sorry I can't carry on this interesting conversation, but I've got to go.

FoxElemental

bye

Gryphon

See ya

FoxElemental

12:41 PM

@Green, opinions?

Green

@FoxElemental on...?

FoxElemental

The above conversation regarding @Aify and @James

Green

It's a silly conversation intended to be fun for the participants?

FoxElemental

You're no fun

Green

@FoxElemental My nihilism is playing up something awful this morning. I'm all kinds of not fun this morning.

FoxElemental

12:46 PM

Oh.

Well, it turns out that all snake venom glands are modified parotid glands, which run from underneath the ear down.

If I inflated the parotid/venom glands for my poison elephant, it would look like it had hamster cheeks.

Waits for smile

Green

@FoxElemental how much venom does your poison elephant need? liters?

FoxElemental

I was hoping 1gallon/gland

maybe unrealistic

Very unrealistic

/week, maybe

1gallon/gland/week

Green

@FoxElemental What are they using this poison for?

FoxElemental

Defense.

Hold on. BRB in 12 min

Green

@FoxElemental Are they really under attack that much?

hey @HDE226868

HDE 226868

12:56 PM

@Green Hey there.

Green

@HDE226868 Anything new and exciting?

HDE 226868

Not that I can think of, to be honest.

Anything new with you?

Green

@HDE226868 Not really. Still working. Still commuting to and from work.

Worldbuilding Meta

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Q: Good answers to bad questions, a voting issue

I saw this question which I feel is a poor fit for the site and not about Worldbuilding and I down-voted it and VTC'd accordingly. It has since been put on hold but not before it attracted an answer that I think is really nice. So now I'm torn, I don't think the question deserves any answer at al...

discussion

FoxElemental

1:25 PM

Back

@Green yes.

Who thinks worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/116649/… is POB/TB?

Kepotx

does lot of answer always mean POB/TB?

FoxElemental

No. But, honestly, it could have any answer, and there isn't a "best" answer

on another note

Day: 2 Tray: 1 Score: Invisalign: 14 Me: 0

Kepotx

maybe I'm not objective on this particular question as I have answered it but a question can have several answer without being too broad, sometimes it's unclear to decide if it's a little broad or too broad

FoxElemental

Yes. But the answer "An alien syndicate threatened to blast her if she revealed it." is currently a valid, if dumb, answer

eg

There's a couple obvious ones that will be repeated in answer after answer

and then it'll get a slew of upvotes

and then another big discussion

dot_Sp0T

1:40 PM

@FoxElemental mistery much?

FoxElemental

And it's very POB. There's no "best answer." All are valid until constraints are added, but the OP will eventually decide not what works best or is the best solution but what he/she likes best

@dot_Sp0T Mystery? No. Misery? Yes

The edges of the trays are sharp.

Toast for breakfast was a bad idea

We've been getting a slew of popular yet TB/POB questions.

Kepotx

@FoxElemental aren't there popular because they are TB/POB?

FoxElemental

Exactly

Kepotx

I mean, TB/POB mean more answer, more answer mean hot

FoxElemental

Thinking about making a meta post on it

And if they show up on the HNQ list, it attracts new users--and then gives them false assumptions as to what the site allows. Ask POB/TB/Unclear questions, get closed/discouraged, vicious cycle continues

Kepotx

1:49 PM

so the goal is to close POB/TB before reaching HNQ

FoxElemental

I'd say so

Kepotx

aren't closed question exclude from HNQ?

FoxElemental

Aaaa!

Invisalign: 15. Me: 0

Kepotx

at least it prevent people from other SE from coming

FoxElemental

Oh shoot. Now I'm bleeding. The edges of these trays are really sharp.

Kepotx

1:52 PM

@FoxElemental what's the goal? each time there is a line under your message you score?

FoxElemental

No

Every time something happens in my mouth to make me wince

Hi @Bellerophon

Bellerophon

Hello @FoxElemental.

FoxElemental

How are you?

Bellerophon

Pretty good. Just getting ready to play at a concert in a few hours.

How are you?

Ash

I know we have a facility to share work based on our questions around here somewhere but where is it and does it have a help section of it's own or do I have to go somewhere else if I need clarifications? I'm nearing completion on second draft of a short piece based on this question and thought I'd share.

Bellerophon

2:06 PM

There is the Worldbuilidng blog.

chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/27736/universe-factory is a chatroom for the blog so if you need any help with your draft I guess you could ask about it there. The blog itself is medium.com/universe-factory.

Secespitus

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Q: We have a blog!

As you may have seen, over the past couple of weeks, Worldbuilding has been building not a world, but a blog. The setup of that blog is now complete! You can come and visit us now. We've got a reasonable bit of content up there, and our organisation is good and looking set for more. Go and read...

discussion faq blog

Ash

Awesome, thanks people I should have it ready early next week.

Secespitus

@Ash looking forward to it!

dot_Sp0T

argh, I should def write up another post for the blog - been over a year

HDE 226868

2:22 PM

More blog posts (and bloggers) would be really great.

FoxElemental

3:05 PM

@Bellerophon fine.

Internet problems

FreezePhoenix

3:41 PM

@FoxElemental Blast you. I'm a FreezePhoenix

FoxElemental

. . . I'm sorry?

Hosch250

@FoxElemental Totally not sorry.

FoxElemental

That's what they all say

FreezePhoenix

@FoxElemental I don't.

FoxElemental

Okay . .?

FreezePhoenix

3:53 PM

Why all the dots?

FoxElemental

I don't know . . . .

Oh noo! . . .

They're following me . . .

FreezePhoenix

@TestingChatbot welcome

@Raphiel welcome TestingChatbot

@TestingChatbot Hi! I am Raphiel! Please review the room rules. Please don't abuse me. I am still in testing, and wouldlike to live a long life without complications.

FoxElemental

@TestingChatbot hello

What is it?

dot_Sp0T

What's the chatbot for?

FreezePhoenix

!!alive

TestingChatbot

25 7

!!pingable

The heck

It doesn't even work

TestingChatbot

3:59 PM

@FreezePhoenix That only works in one chatroom so far :)

FreezePhoenix

@Raphiel I mean, you work right?

@FreezePhoenix That didn't make much sense. Use the @Raphiel help command to learn more.

FoxElemental

Wait . .

@FoxElemental

dot_Sp0T

If you just want to play around with a chatbot please create a separate room for it, thank you

FoxElemental

Can I ping myself?!

FreezePhoenix

@dot_Sp0T yes...

@FoxElemental no, you can't

FoxElemental

4:00 PM

Kay

FreezePhoenix

(Sending invite to chatbot room) @TestingChatbot

The invite must not have registered.

FoxElemental

huh

It left

FreezePhoenix

Yes, I can tell

Hosch250

4:22 PM

@FoxElemental Yes, you can.

@Hosch250 Like so.

FreezePhoenix

You beat me!

Hosch250

Yeah, direct-reply-ping.

FreezePhoenix

My bot does it occasionally when a chat message is between the command and the result, or for a few specific commands

Aify

Uh.. @FoxElemental my main account is Stack Overflow, this is my secondary, and puzzling is my tertiary

Also, my cat face is pretty much my IRL face when I see questions that need closing. XD

5

FreezePhoenix

LOL

FoxElemental

5:25 PM

@Hosch250 thanks

@Aify LOL, but I always see your user account in chat as "Puzzling."

Hosch250

@FoxElemental I don't.

FreezePhoenix

6:12 PM

@FoxElemental hey

FoxElemental

6:30 PM

Hi

dot_Sp0T

6:48 PM

hellas

FoxElemental

7:02 PM

See you

FreezePhoenix

@dot_Sp0T hi

dot_Sp0T

7:16 PM

ho

what's up?

FreezePhoenix

Programming, watching people be startled about the strictness of security on my bot

dot_Sp0T

security?

FreezePhoenix

Yes. You know, proper sandboxing, hiding globals that may be sensitive information, etc

dot_Sp0T

7:58 PM

I admit I don't have the first clue how chatbots on the network function

so, no

FreezePhoenix

The security prevents them from accessing my FKEY

Which is related to how you can chat :| Have someones FKEY, and you can post chat messages under your profile

Ironically, for something so precious, you can access it in any Dev console by typing fkey()

Hence, arbitrary (You know what that means, right) Code execution could lead to profile puppeting

@dot_Sp0T you still with me?

dot_Sp0T

8:18 PM

(dropping out once in a while; cooking a batch of sirup)

FreezePhoenix

Ok :)

dot_Sp0T

lovely, so you're talking javascript

FreezePhoenix

Oh, yes. Are you not familiar with JS?

dot_Sp0T

I am

I am just establishing a context

FreezePhoenix

ok

dot_Sp0T

8:21 PM

anything you say, claim, ask is only as good as the context in which you do that

good rule of thumb for conversations as well as questiions and answers on this page

FreezePhoenix

@Raphiel quote 45387271 ContextMatters

taps fingers...

Ok, we'll just let that sit for a moment.

@dot_Sp0T Yes, it is a very good rule.

dot_Sp0T

so, you're doing the ol' IRC with your 'bot' there?

FreezePhoenix

Meh. It listens to any room the profile is in, and responds to commands

dot_Sp0T

I assume it's running on your profile though, not a separate bot account?

FreezePhoenix

Yes.

dot_Sp0T

8:26 PM

yeah, reminds me somewhat of my mIRC days

FreezePhoenix

@Raphiel quote add 45387271 Context Matters

@FreezePhoenix I will cherish this memory for the rest of my life

(Been a while since I've used the quote command)

dot_Sp0T

I had 'scripts' running that reacted to various kinds of greetings and such; were good for about 3-5 lines of conversation before I had to react - meaning it kept the niceties off bay

FreezePhoenix

Ah :) A little butler

dot_Sp0T

mostly

also was really fun

FreezePhoenix

It is kinda fun :)

dot_Sp0T

8:32 PM

finish scalzi's ghost brigades or start digging into reeve's railhead?

FreezePhoenix

Hm?