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2:06 AM

@Lix I'll deny everything. ;P

...also: Why the hell would you volunteer to moderate SO? That place is a madhouse.

Moderating SE 2.0 sites is quite different. We handle 5-10 flags per day, and then revert back to user mode and contribute to the site normally, and have fun. SO mods are flag eating machines with little time to do anything else.

user20683

2:44 AM

@YannisRizos where in the rulebook is the 2+ tag rule for meta?

Yannis Rizos

@WorldEngineer It's common sense, it doesn't have to be in a rule book.

[discussion] alone doesn't say absolutely nothing at all about the question. Try searching for a [discussion] six months after it was posted, and you'll understand why at least one more tag is essential.

user20683

@YannisRizos noted

Yannis Rizos

@WorldEngineer btw, I obviously won't suspend anyone for not adding a second tag, the comment wasn't exactly serious. I had a few tags open retagging Meta questions, and decided to post a comment in one. Picked yours randomly.

I barked at Thomas and maple_shaft a while back for doing the same thing...

user20683

@YannisRizos I'll remember to do so in the future. It was an extension of my "use as few tags as necessary" philosophy, since questions with loads of tags...well...they tend to suck.

Yannis Rizos

@WorldEngineer On Meta, there's the quirk of having to use at least one of the four required tags. But all four are Meta tags, and thus useless on their own.

user20683

2:52 AM

@YannisRizos yeah

Yannis Rizos

The [discussion] tag especially is like the [homework] tag on the main site.

user20683

always more to learn

Yannis Rizos

Our new mod, whoever that might be, will have to go through Meta and read (or re-read) all questions regarding the site's scope. It would be helpful if at least the important ones are tagged with [on-topic-definition] or [scope].

Jim G.

@Yannis Rizos: So are you saying that SO needs more "hands" to help with the flags?

Yannis Rizos

@JimG. There's an election starting in a few hours, four positions available.

stackoverflow.com/election/4

Q: On meta sites, require at least one non-required tag

A question with just a required tag isn't really a tagged question. discussion doesn't really explain what topics the discussion is about... it's basically a meta tag. A useful meta tag, but quite not enough tagging. Whenever I see a meta question with just the one tag on Meta Gaming, I always t...

Stupid chat.

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Yannis Rizos

3:59 AM

Change Risk Analysis and Predictions index

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Yannis Rizos

7:09 AM

This is absolutely awesome: Coding Confessional

> I've done about 2 hours of actual work so far this week. The other 30 or so I've spent building my rep on stackoverflow and reading hacker news.

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user55340

2:36 PM

-2

Q: List of algorithms

I'm looking for a comprehensive list of algorithms so that i can implement them in java and then i could use those implementations whenever i need. But i also want to be updated with recently published algorithms. I guess there is always IEEE, but i'm not sure of the subscription part, i don't kn...

algorithms

user55340

I'm so tempted to suggest starting with The Art of Computer Programming...

user55340

And then there is the "~4k pages of super thin paper tome" that is just packed with everything.

user55340

Given the recent number of "what hardware (in particular keyboard)" questions, should hardware be put in the FAQ as to a what not to ask about?

user55340

4:36 PM

@JimmyHoffa because I know it will bug you... I'm up +4 rep.

mri

5:56 PM

Haha, I love the "Implement ALL the algorithms" meme :D

user55340

6:10 PM

@gnat you finally got to reference that SCM document.

user55340

7:54 PM

The most peculiar random item found while chasing "related questions" today... The Peter Principle Revisited: A Computational Study arxiv.org/abs/0907.0455

user55340

> Within a game theory-like approach, we explore different promotion strategies and we find, counterintuitively, that in order to avoid such an effect the best ways for improving the efficiency of a given organization are either to promote each time an agent at random or to promote randomly the best and the worst members in terms of competence.

user55340

8:17 PM

Ohh... nasty hidden possible bug. if(foo && bar & qux) -- the single ampersand. It doesn't short circuit if bar is false, but it does if foo is false.

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Joe Humphries on February 25, 2013

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Dynamic

8:36 PM

blog.framebase.io/post/43973262180/…

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Jimmy Hoffa

9:43 PM

@MichaelT I'll get you back.

user55340

Just wait, I'll downvote enough answers for you to be ahead again.

Jimmy Hoffa

You're lucky I've been sick all weekend

somebody sent me to a wikipedia about Concurrent Sequential Processes, I could hardly pronounce it.

Yannis Rizos

10:34 PM

Vote for Andrew Barber for great justice!

user55340

> helpful flags: 8803

user55340

What in the world will mods do if he's not flagging?

Yannis Rizos

> Andrew Barber... that name sounds vaguely familiar. Where have I seen it before? ;) Seriously, giving you a diamond just so you'd stop flagging stuff yourself would be a huge reduction in our work load. Having you process other people's flags would just be a nice bonus. Good luck! – Bill the Lizard ♦

user55340

Can't link comments in here...

Yannis Rizos

@MichaelT stackoverflow.com/election/4#comment-21203457

You have to add the comment id manually.

user55340

10:43 PM

Testing to see if this works then...

user55340

(no reason to keep a duplicate thing around)... and it doesn't pull like it does the other comments.

Yannis Rizos

11:03 PM

Q: Election comment links

http://meta.stackoverflow.com/questions/135225/missing-links-to-responses-to-comments-on-nomination-posts Makes the datestamp into a comment link for election comments. Also fixes the issue in the responses tab (linked above). Installation Click here to install. Will only work in Chrome o...