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Greg Bell
Greg Bell
12:56 AM
So are we discussing things here or just shunting people to softwareengineering.stackexchange.com ?
 
 
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Robert Harvey
Robert Harvey
3:15 AM
@GregBell Duga is a bot.
 
Greg Bell
Greg Bell
4:02 AM
Well that stifles natural conversation a bit, doesn't it!
 
 
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Greg Bell
Greg Bell
6:36 AM
So where does everybody go for general chat about software modelling / design?
(if not here)
IRC somewhere?
 
 
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amon
amon
9:25 AM
@GregBell If you ask something here, someone may answer … but it could take 4 to 40 hours.
 
 
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Greg Bell
Greg Bell
12:11 PM
Well, that's not really chat, is it :) That'd be more like a forum or... hey, stack overflow!
 
Duga
Duga
Asking for software recommendations is off topic here. Asking for advice on setting up monitoring may be on-topic at PSE or ServerFault, but you would have to provide a lot more information about what you want to monitor. — kdgregory 45 secs ago
 
Duga
Duga
12:46 PM
This question isn't in-scope for StackOverflow. It might be better on the Software Engineer stack, but make sure to check their rules before posting. — numaroth 13 secs ago
 
 
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Duga
Duga
2:10 PM
Please update your question by properly indenting your code. Python is sensitive to indentation, as are python programmers. — quamrana 52 secs ago
 
Robert Harvey
Robert Harvey
3:00 PM
@GregBell This room used to be a lot more active when the Software Engineering site used to be Programmers (a.k.a. Facebook for Programmers) and people posted their "Favorite Desserts and Music while Programming."
Is it a better site today? I think it is. There are fewer participants, but those that remain are committed to a much more coherent and focused topic area. You can find more background about that here, if you're so inclined:
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A: How can I encourage Stack Overflow to rein in the 'subjective' vigilantes?

yannistl;dr We already tried supporting those questions, we even gave them their own site. Sadly, it didn't work out. C'est la vie. In 2010, a Stack Exchange site called Not Programming Related came out of Area51, the Stack Exchange staging zone. NPR was supposed to be a site where questions that ...

 
River
River
3:51 PM
Trying to find a home for this question. OP seems open to editing heavily, but is the premise on topic here?
 
Duga
Duga
Maybe look through the sites list to see if any look applicable. Be sure to read their posting FAQ before posting though. Maybe SF.SE would be a fit? — River just now
 
Robert Harvey
Robert Harvey
4:40 PM
@River It's not of sufficient quality to be migrated anywhere.
 
 
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Duga
Duga
6:05 PM
This might be a better fit for softwareengineering.stackexchange.com or codereview.stackexchange.com — WhiteHotLoveTiger 56 secs ago
 
Duga
Duga
6:42 PM
Since this is not a technical question, maybe programmers would be a better place to ask this? — ferc 46 secs ago
 
Duga
Duga
7:02 PM
It would have been much better if you have edited your previous question on exactly the same issue: stackoverflow.com/questions/49845134/… — Simon Sobisch 29 secs ago
 

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