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3:49 AM

Q: Can we undo the libvirt -> virtualizartion tag synonym?

Currently, libvirt is a synonym of virtualization, and is mentioned in some ~800 questions (plus its client tool virsh is mentioned in some ~200 questions that don't mention libvirt). The synonym has caused ~200 renames, so there are people trying to use it, but are unable to.

andrew.46

@vidarlo Perhaps you should be learning Russian instead?

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vidarlo

5:44 AM

@andrew.46 To write on long distance rockets heading for Moscow you mean?

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andrew.46

7:09 AM

@vidarlo :). In these uncertain times it is good to be in Australia...

vidarlo

7:30 AM

Nevil Shute's On the beach...

andrew.46

8:36 AM

I have enjoyed reading the following, written by a former Stack Overflow employee:

jlericson.com/2023/06/04/signing_on.html

A great and balanced look at the events before and during the current debacle on SE

vidarlo

It's a great piece. I think he wrote some on Monica-debacle as well

andrew.46

@vidarlo I was pretty inactive on AU at that time but I certainly read up on it before I stood for the mod election

And the licensing debacle

andrew.46

8:57 AM

And a nice answer here: meta.stackexchange.com/a/389878/662263

And excitingly the letter of protest to Stack Overflow, Inc. will hit 900 signatures soon enough: 104 moderators (+0) covering 75 sites, 16 former moderators (+0) and 778 curators (+5) - 898 total (+5).

openletter.mousetail.nl

vidarlo

That debacle was the reason I skipped 2020 election...

andrew.46

9:18 AM

Time for Splitgate, I plan on teaching my grandson some valuable lessons :)

vidarlo

Best of luck.

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Dan

10:35 AM

There seems to be a big influx of spam now, I don't think I've ever flagged so many for spam in such a short amount of time :O

vidarlo

11:05 AM

@Dan because Smokey is not operating.

And a lot of moderators and curators are on strike, so not handling spam

@dan openletter.mousetail.nl You can consider signing as well if you identify with the criticism

Dan

11:37 AM

@vidarlo aha I was not aware of this! I just read the previous messages here as well.

thanks!

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Rinzwind

2:13 PM

AU is getting destroyed.

maybe it is time for me to start using MInt and start helping them :P

Or maybe Canonical should ditch AU.

Zanna

I can't see myself staying on strike for much longer

Rinzwind

hey zanna :=D

AU is pretty useless at the moment :P

Zanna

sorry!

Rinzwind

"even the swag we were promised never arrived" is far more serious :D from the academia SE

Rinzwind

2:39 PM

sigh. 2 days until 3 weeks off from work and am bored :P nothing to do at work

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Zanna

4:37 PM

@Rinzwind lol

@Rinzwind haha are you a victim of your own efficiency?

user68186

4:52 PM

@Zanna it is good to see you in here. I came here yesterday and found out about the strike. I hope this gets resolved soon. In the meanwhile stay cool and have a banana from the fridge. :D

In the meanwhile I will flag as many spams I can find.

Zanna

5:15 PM

@user68186 thanks! Actually I made baby banana chickpea cakes yesterday so I'm all out of bananas but I've got some really nice fuji apples

I also hope for a quick resolution

Rinzwind

yuck :D

still need to eat acc. to my stomach :P

@Zanna yeah I am the only one that codes by making imports. All others code top/down so a lot of replication. B

I am twice as efficient :D so my work is generally done somewhere on wednesday. Only if I need to alter code someone else made it often takes longer :P

spam on au seems to have stopped. India is sleeping probably

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Random Person

7:39 PM

Q: GPT on the platform: Data, actions, and outcomes

In a meeting with some moderators last week, I committed to releasing the data sets from our initial studies around the efficacy and false positive rates of ChatGPT detectors to them. Tuesday afternoon, we did so. This post contains as much information from that discussion as we are able to share...