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Q: Star Lord's mix tape and Walkman

DaftAs a preface to this question, I'm asking this under the assumption that Star Lord uses both of these items very regularly and as such they are subject to wear and tear. We can see that the cassette player is in his pocket during that whole scene right at the start when he's fighting Korath The...

 
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Nuke from orbit please:
 
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Q: Data collection with in-app purchases

privacyquestionsI am currently working in privacy law and I was wondering if you developers could help me answer a couple of quick questions. I know I could discover the answers to these questions and if I produced an app myself or if I had access to the iOS/Android developer console, but I'd rather avoid going ...

 
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Close votes reset two minutes ago, no excuses!
 
user55340
Its another of those "you need to listen to it to understand why I linked it"
 
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12:08 AM
Btw, we love javascript - don't we?
 
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796
Q: Why does ++[[]][+[]]+[+[]] return the string "10"?

JohnJohnGaThis is valid and returns the string "10" in JavaScript (more examples here): ++[[]][+[]]+[+[]] Why? What is happening here?

 
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What does everyone think about ? No tag wiki, and it seems awfully superfluous. I was contemplating detagging the six questions that share that tag, does that seem reasonable?
 
user55340
@Snowman couple meh. Make sure you look at the questions because removing tags makes them less visible - so if they need some votes, cast them.
 
12:49 AM
@gnat I get that, and I totally agree, which is why I asked here first, and I'm not going to post my question. However, I would say that the question I linked to is a very high quality source of information. If you went to any other forum and asked the exact same Java vs C# question, there would not be nearly as many good and thorough answers even though it would not be considered "off-topic" for the forum. — DJ McMayhem 7 hours ago
@durron597 ^^^ can you tell how many deleted answers are in that "very high quality" question?
 
1:27 AM
@MichaelT yeah, relying on the type system in JavaScript is like deciding summation is best done by putting the numbers next to eachother and presuming it's the right sum.
 
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1:56 AM
@gnat @GlenH7 Some delete vote therapy might be in order.
 
2:10 AM
bleh, there's no well known library to do partial binding of generics with multiple type parameters in .NET is there?
ie Dictionary<K,V> -> Lookup<V> : Dictionary<int,V>
 
@Telastyn I don't understand your example? What's a Lookup<V> do?
 
it's just a dictionary where the key is always an int.
 
oh
of course that works
public class Lookup<V> : Dictionary<int,V> is valid
 
sure, but I'm trying to do this in the compiler and would prefer not to rebuild all of the CIL boilerplate necessary to make that work.
 
ah, good luck. Alls I know is the tag line "Roslyn makes dealing with CIL significantly better" but I've never touched Roslyn so I have no idea
 
2:15 AM
I should probably invest the time someday.
 
Do you just do straight IL emit?
 
yeah.
 
Aye, it's really not terrible, but it would probably be worth your while to wrap some Roslyn around your finger for that
I could think of much worse things to construct than IL
 
the IL isn't so much trouble as the type/method/etc-Builders
 
aye, just lots of boilerplate
 
2:26 AM
boilerplate and weird temporal coupling.
 
I'm pretty sure you made that second part up
I'm going to suggest you try reversing the polarity?
 
I just have to say it; that guy has a terribly unfortunate last name.
 
"you have to do things in a certain order, or else they blow up"
 
ah yes, in other words, statefulness.
 
2:29 AM
yeh, fragile statefulness
 
2:44 AM
like this. NotSupportedException on GetConstructor because TypeBuilder is in some illegal state.
Can't include that in the exception message or anything...
 
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3:08 AM
@maple_shaft news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9842868 - not everyone on HN complains about trying to hide old closed questions (the tool we have is deleting them)
 
3:59 AM
@gnat Just 4 deleted answers.
 
 
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7:05 AM
@durron597 thanks! that's about as I expected :)
 
7:23 AM
Hi, I have a in question that doesn't fit into stackechange. I'll try to ask it here and see if you guys can help. I'm creating my first web app and have decided to use Pyton with Flask and to host the web app on AWS. What more technologies do I need and are popular together with Flask and AWS?
 
 
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9:40 AM
I'm voting to close this question as off-topic because it belongs to programmers.stackexchange.comRosdi Kasim 39 secs ago
 
 
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10:54 AM
StackOverflow is for concrete issues in implementation, not conceptual planning - see programmers.stackexchange.com Anyhow, first ask your client about their precise specs what real time means. You actually can't get that much faster than with a well made spring application. — Andreas Hartmann just now
 
11:47 AM
@user1283776 I don't think you will get a answer for that. It's like asking what motor engine you need for riding a bus. I think this a pretty good write up of a "Hello Flask" application.
 
12:21 PM
 
 
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@MichaelT I haven't used any of my CVs yet today. woot
 
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Q: Why does it seem so hard for non programmers to understand versioning?

Andrew CoxIn the past I have worked with designers, BAs and project managers, all who regularly produce project artifacts, yet very really do they understand the concept of versioning. When I try to explain it to them (even in its most simple form of mulitple differently named files) they seem to have som...

 
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Most of the questions are bike shed "how do I explain..."
 
@gnat Not every question about programming style is a duplicate of How would you know if you've written readable and easily maintainable code
 
@durron597 agree. Only those that are bikeshedding
 
user55340
I can come up with arguments for each.
 
I think it's answerable. shrug
 
@durron597 borderline. I have re-read it 2 or 3 times before I decided to vote
 
@gnat I would have far less of a problem here with a "primarily opinon based" vote than a duplicate of that question
 
This might be better suited to programmers.stackexchange.com, although I'd recommend that you read their Help Center and consider asking on their Meta/in their chat before posting. — jonrsharpe 59 secs ago
 
1:49 PM
^^^ problem is, it looks answerable like that. Granted, not that blatant but still. For a positive example, look at recent Employee-Office question, as far as I can tell it managed to cross that borderline (to the positive side:)
 
@gnat NICE catch!!
@gnat ha ha. Anyway, I actually think there are practical differences between the two systems.
@gnat do you have a script that automatically checks for plagiarized content / cross posts?
 
@durron597 nope, original was simply recently bumped so I immediately recognized it
 
@gnat I imagine that wouldn't be very hard to do... a bookmarklet that when you click on it says "not a duplicate" or says "cross post of <link>"
 
@durron597 system is capable of looking for and detecting cross posts and it even does it, but only in the moment of migration...
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A: Check to make sure a duplicate does not exist before migrating

Shog9This was implemented about two months after it was requested, and apparently never documented. A migration will be rejected if... ...An exact, word-for-word duplicate already exists on the destination site, or... ...A question created within a week of the one being migrated exists on the dest...

 
:22665645 That would require the community spend their votes first.
 
1:59 PM
@MichaelT How do I explain to my colleagues that writing all our business software in LabView is a terrible idea?
 
@MetaFight Are these the same people that wanted you to make it possible to turn all the safeties off in a wind tunnel?
 
Ask them if writing a ERP in Excel sounds reasonable?
 
@MichaelT I have now voted to close all of the open questions
 
@durron597 this is (almost) fair. Check is probably quite resource expensive and system needs a solid signal from community to justify triggering it. Though, if we're talking about smaller sites (like our), and if there are already close votes, it may be considered strong enough already...
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Q: Perform automatic checks for cross-posting and question block at SO when post enters close queue, not only at attempt to migrate

gnatSuggest to perform automatic checks for cross-posting (including deleted SO cross-posts, like this one for example) and question block / warning at Stack Overflow when post enters close queue, not only when it is attempted to migrate. If check detects a problem, system would raise automatic flag...

 
2:12 PM
@roryap This does not belong on Programmers, and contains hypothetical code which makes it explicitly off-topic on Code Review. Also, could you please tell me what exactly makes it off-topic for Stack Overflow? — Simon André Forsberg 20 secs ago
 
How do you compute the result of an integer overflow?
 
Anyone with 3k on SO can you VTC that last duga one
 
Do you mod the original number with int.max, and then take the two-s complement?
(the original number can be larger than int.max)
 
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Q: How do you calculate integers overflow?

e-r-a-nI try to calculate, based on given parameters, integer overflow. for example, if I have an integer than is <= 200, but when I insert it to an unsigned int, it will be > 200. What is the actual arithmetic process for that?

 
So add int.max to the original number, and throw away the top bits?
Eh, bit math was never my strong suit.
 
2:16 PM
@RobertHarvey What is unclear about the answer in the question I just linked?
 
Throwing away the bits above 2^64, I think.
That, and you have to make a decision whether to add or subtract 2^64 to keep it within range.
 
@RobertHarvey No bits are thrown away.
 
So if it's bigger than 2^64, you subtract 2^64?
 
@RobertHarvey Yes.
Well, actually
 
@durron597 yup. the exact same people.
 
2:18 PM
I guess that's equivalent to throwing away the bits
@MetaFight I don't know. Good luck.
 
Yeah, I guess I'm overthinking it. So is the guy who I'm talking to. There are several duplicates on Stack Overflow, but he wants it explained to him again.
Now he's got two duplicates. That should be good enough.
 
Ah, you guys need to let that one go.
 
Woah! Who's the over-zealous moderator who deleted perfectly legitimate comments? — roryap 14 secs ago
 
2:26 PM
@RobertHarvey I want a link to that visitor pattern question to be there. I'm putting it back with less vitriolic language
 
Works for me.
4 flags, 18 deleted comments. Someone hasn't had their breakfast today.
@durron597 Is that first answer the Visitor pattern?
 
@RobertHarvey No.
I refuse to actually bother to answer the question because it's a duplicate and I won't get sucked in
 
Wow, the Wikipedia article uses shapes as examples too.
The same shapes, in fact.
 
@RobertHarvey Yeah, that answer is a copy-paste from Wikipedia, isn't it?
 
Yeah, saw that. Talk about a drama queen.
 
2:35 PM
@RobertHarvey I actually answered a code review question to get enough rep to VTC that question.
 
Don't really understand the hate on that question.
 
@RobertHarvey It's not on topic for code review.
 
Ack, @Metafight.
 
@MetaFight come on now
 
2:43 PM
Adding another log to that bonfire of a question
 
The answers that have arrived have convinced me that there are a lot of developers I don't want to work with. What a mess this industry is. This is exactly why people think I'm a hardass at work. — MetaFight 6 mins ago
Such a hardass.
 
oh, lol.
excuse: I have a headache. That means everyone is wrong by default.
 
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A: How can I make a switch statement more object oriented?

LuaanTo add to this, while some might consider this not OOP at all, you can use dynamic overloads to handle this: public bool ValidateAny(dynamic val) { return Validate(val); } private bool Validate(string val) { ... } private bool Validate(int val) { ... } private bool Validate(decimal val) { ......

Awesome. I should use dynamic more often.
 
@RobertHarvey Reminds me of Variant in VB. Makes me want to vomit
 
I guess you must not like Ruby then. Or Javascript.
 
2:46 PM
@RobertHarvey The main reason I don't use dynamic more is that I don't trust that the developers inheriting my code will know how to use it responsibly.
 
@MetaFight With great power comes spiderwebs
 
nice
Do you mind if I use that?
 
It seems like an elegant solution for certain point problems. Rob Conery wrote a mini-DAL using it that's only 500 lines of code.
 
Jan 23 at 19:51, by durron597
It has also renewed my hatred for javascript.
 
Ah, confirmed.
 
2:48 PM
in SO Close Vote Reviewers on Stack Overflow Chat, Jun 23 at 18:21, by gunr2171
well, with great power comes spider webs, or something like that
And it is also slow as hell not to mention that it can potentially lead to run-time and compile-time problems as IS is not working — Fabjan 3 mins ago
 
Which is quite amazing, considering some of the great ideas he put into it. And that it works at all.
Great talk. I love how he calls it yavascript.
 
@RobertHarvey drama queen was yesterday at MSO, "grey dictatorship" question from someone hurt by evil downvotes
 
@gnat Do you have a link? I don't think I can search for deleted questions
 
@gnat yeah, deleted:yes doesn't work
 
2:56 PM
And greece is not a country. – Vladimir Nabokov 8 hours ago

Well, not for much longer maybe. – TZHX 8 hours ago
 
@RobertHarvey Those two comments made the whole thing worth it, lol
 
@durron597 instead of closing that "switch" question, just cast 2-3 more upvotes on it and enjoy seeing it getting and sticking at the top of hot list. Seven answers in 50 minutes, satisfaction guaranteed. All the SO lemmings will be yours, ready to vote up and add more c00l answers
@RobertHarvey by the way the guy quoted Nabokov's American Years... or to be precise, misquoted
 
@gnat No! I refuse to help duplicate bikesheds
 
@durron597 but why. Most of SO / Programmers hot stuff is just that, dupe bikesheds. Easy questions that were asked and answered many times, just spelled / tagged in a way that makes it harder to find a dupe...
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Q: How okay is it to rehash and repost an old question without referring the source?

gnatI noticed this in a question from today: I remember there was another question on this site regarding this, but it was less focused, and the answers haven't satisfied me The question was eventually closed as duplicate but I can't tell if the dupe target is the one mentioned above; the wordi...

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Q: Copying questions that had a misfortune of being widely exposed in the hot list

gnatThis question had a misfortune to be widely exposed in the hot list: Some of the employees don't check if everything has been flushed properly and that the bowl is clean Newer question is a slight variation of above, and is in the hot list too (why wouldn't it, having magic combination of wor...

 
@gnat That question was not asked in a slightly different way
I found multiple questions that were asked in almost exactly the same way
 
3:07 PM
Including unnecessary code makes me (the guy that will read your code after you find another job) wonder why you put it there. That costs me time I could have spent doing something else. — Robert Harvey ♦ 45 secs ago
 
@durron597 doesn't really matter for answerers who pile on stuff like that...
Sorry, I am not. I'm just already annoyed by people doing bad reviews, posting crap, not searching for dupes when they should, and behaving like hyenas just to get some extra points. The proposed system only encourages that. Your answer certainly doesn't address these problems. Once they are addressed, I'm fine. But before that, I 100% agree with Raff. (Just some stats: I've got 480 answers and only 28k rep on TeX.SX, because I care to answer "unpopular" questions. I have 100+ meta posts, 55 of them of score 10+, hundreds of helpful flags and edits. Do I look like a rep hunter to you?) — yo' Nov 28 '14 at 13:05
"behaving like hyenas just to get some extra points"
 
Not the only reason people behave like hyenas.
 
@gnat I have more than 480 SO answers and only 12k rep. What do you think?
 
[sigh]
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A: How can I make a switch statement more object oriented?

Andriy HorenFirst of all I'd start with implementing simple interface for validation: public interface IValidator { bool Validate(object value); } Then number validator may look like this: public class NumberValidator : IValidator { public bool Validate(object value) { return (int) v...

 
lol, I saw that.
 
3:10 PM
@RobertHarvey If only it had been closed as dupe an hour ago.
 
It wasn't a dupe of the proposed question
 
You're right it wasn't a dupe of my first one
 
Oh, balls.
 
Someone else found the better dupe and then retracted it for some reason
 
@RobertHarvey I know I know. They love to help. BTDTGTTS
 
3:12 PM
Guybrush : Hey, I think I hit something!
(ducks) Oh boy! It's a T-shirt! Not my size, but a nice one
nonetheless. Well, I guess I should put all this dirt back now.
(returns to work)
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A: Is there a better alternative than this to 'switch on type'?

Jon SkeetOne option is to have a dictionary from Type to Action (or some other delegate). Look up the action based on the type, and then execute it. I've used this for factories before now.

Looks an awful lot like the accepted answer ;)
If I buy this, should I get the wrong size? cafepress.com/mf/25861933/…
Looks like there were already 9 duplicates of that question in 2012
 
Good Lord.
 
@durron597 probably time to make an MSO post and set up canonical target
 
@gnat work just asploded. I'll upvote it if you make it though ;)
 
although hyenas won't care, I swear
@durron597 C#, I am not qualified...
It seems pretty obvious that the question was about managed C++; that is, doing C++ in conjunction with the .NET framework. Given that your top tags are in the Java realm, I'm not surprised that you don't understand it. But why would you conclude that no one understands it? — Kyralessa 17 hours ago
 
I'd ask this on main but it would probably get closed as opinion based, so I'll just ask here:
how do you name your version numbers in feature branches?
for example, lets say the last released version is 1.1.0
 
3:30 PM
@durron597 so, neither are you. As much as I ignore tags for non-dupe close reasons, for canonical it indeed matters. Not just knowledge of the topic (one can have it without tags) but precisely being active in the tag
 
then there's the "latest" branch which is maybe 1.1.1-SNAPSHOT
what would I name a feature branch? What happens if 1.1.1 gets released before the feature is finished?
(I will ask on main if consensus is that this question is answerable)
 
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Q: How to continuously build and deploy feature branches with Maven?

Oliver GierkeMy team is using feature branches to implement new features and continuously deploys snapshot builds into a remote repo for our users to use. Thus 'deploy' really only means 'distributing to a remote Maven repository'. We're currently only running continuous integration builds for the master bran...

 
@gnat There's no consensus there.
> but it would probably get closed as opinion based
 
@durron597 and there isn't at all I think. Opinion based, probably :)
If you're going to post an image, I'd expect it to be a selfie of you with the code in the background, anything less is just being silly. — gbjbaanb 21 mins ago
 
@gnat when referring other sites, it is often helpful to point that cross-posting is frowned upon
 
3:46 PM
@RomanC I know what you mean, and there was a time when I believed myself that askers are able to differentiate. But after I discovered that 99% of them interpret "take a look at site" as "go there and repost", I totally dropped that. Now I prefer black'n'white. If I'm 100% positive that it will fit, I flag for moderator to migrate. Otherwise I abstain of recommending any particular site (sometimes referring asker to Which computer science / programming Stack Exchange do I post in? - again, without mentioning any specific site) — gnat Aug 14 '14 at 17:35
 
@gnat You should probably adjust your canned "recommended reading" to include a link to the MSE cross posting tag, is all I'm saying.
 
^^^ I even specifically edited that MSE post to point to help centers instead of sites themselves, to throttle at least those who can read
@durron597 yeah I am thinking about this, haven't yet figured most efficient way. It's tricky because there is a very tempting option to simply edit that cross-post warning into the reference post itself
meanwhile, I sort of workaround this by commenting only on posts that are firmly on their way to close and deletion over here
 
> recommended reading: Which computer science / programming Stack Exchange do I post in?. If you do repost, please remember not to cross-post and delete this version.
 
The ideal canned comments are those that cover every possible permutation, which of course makes them useless.
 
@durron597 won't fly. "do-repost" is a no-no, because that's just what they will do, as soon as you spell that magic word
> I discovered that 99% of them interpret "take a look at site" as "go there and repost"
 
3:52 PM
@RobertHarvey Ah, that reminds me, I meant to replace my canned comment with the entire SO help center and faq
 
Because people read everything they see.
And by that, I mean nothing you ask them to read.
"Did you read that article I linked? Seriously, you need to read it."
 
4:07 PM
@durron597 cross-post at SE network only qualifies if both sites have the question open. Reposting closed question is legitimate (save for plagiarism:). A bunch of flag declines and discussion with moderator convinced me to follow this... definition
 
@gnat That's not true, either. You can legitimately post a question on multiple sites. It's discouraged, but if it's a well written question that's on-topic on multiple sites, there's nothing preventing it. Ideally, you should post it where you think you'll get an answer that will actually help solve the problem.
Someone did an experiment between Programmers and Computer Science to prove this, I think.
 
@ThomasOwens so what? it still is cross-posting, just one of okay kind. Guess what, if asker simply mentions that they cross-posted (preferably with the reference), it also becomes okay to me. Still, I call this cross-posting
because, well it is
closing is special in this sense because it prevents getting answers. If one can't get answers, to me it is as if they didn't ask at all, I learned to think that calling this cross-posting sort of stretches common sense too much
 
@gnat You don't need to mention cross-posting. In fact, I'd encourage that to be edited out of the question because it's not relevant.
In other words, unless a question is off-topic and you're looking to migrate it, there's absolutely no need to even think about cross-posting as a thing.
 
> this can be OK, so long as the question is tailored to each audience on the different sites and is materially different in each case. Just to be 100% clear, copy-pasting a question across sites with no changes is considered abusive behavior.
this can be OK, so long as the question is tailored to each audience on the different sites and is materially different in each case. Just to be 100% clear, copy-pasting a question across sites with no changes is considered abusive behavor. — Jeff Atwood ♦ Jan 15 '11 at 3:51
 
@durron597 I don't agree with that. It can be abusive behavior if it's not a good question. But it's possible to work a very good question that is on-topic on multiple sites. Especially now, with the number of sites that exist or are popping up.
 
4:22 PM
@ThomasOwens It doesn't matter whether you agree with it, it's "word from god"
 
@durron597 No, it's not. Jeff isn't involved with Stack Exchange anymore. And policies change over time.
 
@ThomasOwens tell that to answerers who may benefit from learning what was there at other site. I would de_emphasize the reference if it looks too prominent to my taste (because it's of secondary importance) but completely removing potentially useful bit of info, why?
 
If I saw a flag on a post because it's "cross-posted" and it was on-topic and a good question, I'd dismiss that flag.
 
@ThomasOwens If the policy has changed, can you ask Shog or someone in TL please?
 
@gnat I'd put information about cross-posting in a comment.
I wouldn't delete a comment like that, unless the other question went stale (closed, deleted, etc.)
 
4:23 PM
@ThomasOwens I have a lot of respect for you, and I see where you're coming from, but I'm not going to community moderate differently than stated policy without an explicit policy reversal.
 
@durron597 What you do in comments and flags is whatever you want. But I've been dismissing flags on good questions as not helpful if the only reason was the question was cross-posted.
 
May 17 at 21:03, by gnat
@RobertHarvey yeah. and not only on Stack Exchange. Programmers everywhere dislike to be cheated, and cross-posting is typically perceived as cheating. That's why I say I don't need mods help in handling cross-posts. If (if) they want to be aware of it, fine - I can share. If not, no problem, they only maybe will have to be involved later to cleanup snarky comments from readers who despise cheaters
 
4:39 PM
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A: stackoverflow induced passivity - how to cope?

chrisbest practice is git er done!

 
without an explanation, this answer may become useless in case if someone else posts an opposite opinion. For example, if someone posts a claim like "best practice is to avoid *git er done!*", how would this answer help reader to pick of two opposing opinions? Consider editing it into a better shape, to meet How to Answer guidelines — gnat 32 secs ago
^^^ easy peasy
 
@gnat Or you could just flag as NAA like I did.
 
standard way
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A: Why was this answer deleted?

gnatWithout an explanation, this answer ("No!") may become useless in case if someone else posts an opposite opinion. For example, if someone posts a claim like "Yes!", how would this answer help reader to pick of two opposing opinions?

@durron597 on posts with solid positive score, it is just safer to back your flags up with an explanatory comment and downvote
 
5:38 PM
Thanks for answering, but the goal is to know how many times a table record has been accessed and I'm wondering is there a better table design to do it? — user1570083 26 mins ago
[sigh]
I need to dig a post-hole, and I'm wondering what kind of snow shoes I should use.
 
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5:54 PM
@RobertHarvey Did somebody say, "snow shoes"?
 
6:05 PM
@gnat You know, that answer is CW
 
@durron597 I am disappointed. Where's my -1? how do I get rep refund?
 
@gnat huh?
 
@durron597 I mean, if one downvotes CW answer, nothing flashy happens. Nor when it's deleted :)
@durron597 ah, got it. That answer about wings / claws
...ain't gonna edit, let it stay in comments
 
@gnat Yeah. What were you talking about?
@gnat I already did edit
 
@durron597 I see, okay. :) system made your first note on it look as continuing our prior chat about "best practice is git er done" and I first replied about it
 
6:11 PM
@gnat Oh yeah
I didn't :12345678 though
That "git er done" is still pending
 
@durron597 I know. I already seen that system sometimes makes it look like reply even without ":<number>"
 
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what is going on in that persons head
 
@whatsisname He was probably trying to make the people in the "The Whiteboard" chatroom laugh
 
lol
 
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@whatsisname I don't know, ask his drug dealer.
 
6:19 PM
WHAT ABOUT ALL CAPS COMMENTS? — Snowman 2 days ago
@Snowman WE NEED TO FLAG THESE FOR MOD ATTENTION (WITH FLAG MESSAGE IN ALL CAPS) — gnat 2 days ago
 
user114359
Nice, it is now a block, not a warning
 
@gnat How long did it take you to write this post?
 
@durron597 about two-three days if memory serves. Not typing per se but collecting ideas and facts, composing, stuff like that. Most impressively looking part, that mega-list of related questions was relatively easy, 2-3 hours IIRC. I just browsed a tree of linked questions and made a... sorted set :)
 
@gnat I meant actual typing and clicking. Because that is a very impressive list of questions.
 
@durron597 2-3 hours. I got used to browsing trees of linked questions when looking for duplicates, so that was rather smooth. Hardest part was to sort origially drafted list and remove duplicates, much manual work
 
6:36 PM
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> Yes you can build custom application for that but you have to make sure how much files may undergo file writer. Its a huge and challenging work. It also will take lots of time and efforts. Instead of it,you can just copy and paste the code into word document.
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A: How to copy complete source code of project from visual studio 2010

siddheshYes you can build custom application for that but you have to make sure how much files may undergo file writer. Its a huge and challenging work. It also will take lots of time and efforts. Instead of it,you can just copy and paste the code into word document.

 
 
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@gnat Stop reminding me I don't have 10k on progs please
 
@durron597 hovering over link would suffice, I respect disabilities :)
 
> deleted by 'Karl Max'
Ha, punny
 
user55340
Karl Max, India
1 1
 
that user just spent missing letter "r" in their name on Revolution
 
7:55 PM
wheres Engels
 
Close enough +1
 
user15026
Today is a day of "Sorry, that's not an ISP related issue" with a side of "Your speeds are what they should be."
 
8:04 PM
@André wow
 
> Apparently, this user prefers to keep an air of mystery about them.
 
wonder if they still have escort services...
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Q: User accounts that are blatant ads for escort services

the_pantless_coderI was searching for an account and typed "Russian" into the search. I noticed a few results with names like "russian-escort-shanghai", "A-Russianescortmalaysia", etc... So I then searched "escort" and a whole bunch came up that are obvious escort services with links/phone numbers in their profil...

 
@André I have a site moderation activity squarely within your abilities
 
I'm sorry @durron597, I failed to understand that, would you kindly reword it? I'm not native english speaker.
 
8:08 PM
@André Can you downvote anything with a positive score in these questions:
in SO Close Vote Reviewers on Stack Overflow Chat, 35 mins ago, by durron597
more here too: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12953875/convert-an-array-of-audio-bytes-in-j‌​ava-to-the-frequency-scale-fourier-transfor http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11337445/swimlane-diagram-softwares-with-expa‌​nd-collapse-features http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14934308/static-code-analysis-tool-for-ruby-w‌​ith-custom-config-mechanism http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7324345/using-gantt-charts-usdp-vs-agile-proj‌​ects
 
Sure
 
(both questions and answers)
 
> Sparx EA
egadh
 
8:13 PM
@durron597 That ^^^ is my coworker
>
haha i thought it was impossible
then my friend helped me out
@André I've got another one: stackoverflow.com/questions/3692655/…
 
> Yes OSGi is the best solution, at least in the Java world.
Cleaning old stuff at SO?
 
@André cleaning the SO
All the questions are closed now, trying to get as many of them roomba eligible as possible
 
cool, anywhere I can keep updated on it?
 
@André As of now, just the close vote reviewers chatroom
However, there are locked questions in the tag, so....
 
nods
 
8:29 PM
0
Q: This tag is such a [software-tools]

durron597The SO Close Vote Reviewers (warning, link contains mild profanity) chatroom has been taking on the blatantly off topic software-tools tag for a couple of days. Every question in the tag is now closed, and many of them are roomba eligible waiting the 9 days for deletion. However, there are a f...

 
Nice picture
 
@André I'll probably get downvoted for the picture not being animated nor trogdor
 
Well, the pun at the title does balance it
 
@André I thought the pun in the title would be more likely to get downvotes
 
Oh yeah, I forgot that SO hates fun
 
8:32 PM
@André No, they like fun, just that particular pun is pretty terrible.
 
I thought it was funny, anyway, nice burnimation(?) request
 
1
A: Zap the [advice] "meta-tag"

Jeff AtwoodAgree. The very picture of a meta tag .. How can you tell you’re using a meta-tag? It’s easier than you might think. If the tag can’t work as the only tag on a question, it’s probably a meta-tag. Every tag you use should be able to work, more or less, as the only tag on a question. Me...

(Click the link in that answer)
 
user114359
8:50 PM
Some spammers don't try very hard: programmers.stackexchange.com/a/170765/22815
 
user114359
 
lol
 
user114359
Whiskey tango foxtrot, Batman?
 
@Snowman I love that spam flags don't need a diamond to look at them. That might be one of my favorite features on the site
burinate-request's keep on going to put more and more drama for their appearance here. I certainly should try to bang my latest question about such in similar shape. — πάντα ῥεῖ 8 mins ago
 
user15026
@Snowman wtf is tibia gold?
 
user15026
8:55 PM
imagines bones made of gold
 
@AshleyNunn gold is pretty soft. if you had a gold skeleton you probably couldn't stand and certainly couldn't run / play sports / etc.
 
user15026
@durron597 That's what I figured.
 
user15026
It made an amusing picture in my head.
 
user114359
@durron597 Gold is softer than many other metals but it is still hard. Have you ever tried to bend a gold stick with your bare hands?
 
9:04 PM
@Snowman In that linked youtube video he said "gold was alloyed with other metals, that's why"
 
user114359
Answers.com says in a very scientific answer with plenty of references that gold is stronger than bone.
 
Huh. Well, I learned something today then Oh, you were being sarcastic.
 
user114359
Now I am curious. I know that people used to bite gold coins because of their softness, but compared to bone, which would make a stronger skeleton?
 
user114359
@durron597 Did you read the answer I linked?
 
user114359
> yes it is
 
9:06 PM
I didn't before the <strike>, I did after
 
user114359
Google did turn up this question, though, which was a nice diversion:
 
user114359
17
Q: How can Wolverine stand with so much Adamantium?

BlueAdamantium is an indestructible metal in the Marvel Comics. Wolverine was infused with the metal. But since the metal is indestructible it means it is dense, very dense. How can Wolverine stand when his bones are laced with Adamantium? That would either cause his bones to become stiff, due to...

 
user114359
Thank you, SciFi.SE, for answering the truly important questions in life!
 
@Snowman Would this question be most on topic on physics, biology, or engineering stack exchange?
 
user114359
I was just thinking that myself. I wonder if chemistry would be the right place actually, because it is about the chemical properties of two substances.
 
user114359
9:09 PM
density, tensile strength, etc.
 
user114359
I'm asking at chemistry
 
user114359
actually, maybe physics would be better since the answer would discuss physical forces
 
engineering
 
user114359
2
Q: Stacking gold Bars

James BuchananI once heard that because gold is so malleable, while also being very heavy; that if one were to stack several layers of bars on top of on another (like is so familiarly depicted in movies & TV), the shape of the ones on the bottom would be smushed down because of the weight of the ones on top an...

 
user114359
If I were to build a T-800 out of pure gold...
 
9:19 PM
Question might be better suited for programmers.stackexchange.comSam 53 secs ago
 
user114359
This is either going to be down/close-voted into oblivion or end up on the hot list:
 
user114359
0
Q: Would a T-800 with a gold skeleton deform under stress?

SnowmanOver in Programmers chat we were discussing whether a gold skeleton would be feasible. That got me thinking: If I were to build a Terminator (T-800) using pure gold as the endoskeleton, would the skeleton be able to support the weight of the terminator? If so, what type of force would cause it t...

 
user20683
9:43 PM
@AshleyNunn Tibia is a German run MMO that uses 2d graphics. My dad and my brother both played for a long while. I saw it as boring.
 
user20683
It's fairly popular in the "completely crap computer" niche
 
user20683
 
user20683
It seems to be browser based now
 
user20683
Nine Inch Nails on PBS
 
user20683
9:49 PM
2 mo0re days for that video to be up
 
11:08 PM
ugh, one of those 6-hours-straight-in-the-IDE days today, no lunch, just working out OAuth request signing which is ugly and gross and terrible and evil
Now my head is swimming... @MichaelT @Telastyn you guys don't spend the 80%+ of your day just crunching through reams of code without break or context switching most days right? Those days, you guys find yourself a bit fried too?
I'm partially regretting using OAuth, I wanted to get it done because it's a "standard", so it should be easier to interoperate with, but the custom signature I put together uses practically all the same amount of information for input and has basically as many guarantees, just without the "urlencode, then concatenate, then splice in half, then add commas, urlencode, get the base64 of the utf8 and urlencode 2 thirds and concatenate with a dog..."
the endless steps of text transformation in just the perfect sequence are what make the OAuth signature a bitch to create, if I could just send the data in plain text rather than url encoded three different times it would be a third as much code
 
user55340
11:44 PM
@JimmyHoffa On a good day, actually - I do spend entirely in code. Context switches are often the "can you help me with this problem" and I do that quite a bit.
 
11:57 PM
I find the days I'm straight in the IDE 100% of the time to be the days I'm the least fried
 

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