The Nth Monitor

Ethan Bierlein

12:07 AM

Anyone have any programming ideas?

Quill

For this specific post?

Ethan Bierlein

No. I'm bored and looking for something to make.

I wanted to make something multithreaded that simulates time in two places near a black hole, but turns out, the math is way harder than I expected it to be.

bazola

you all done with Cactus already?

Ethan Bierlein

@bazola AnnonomusPenguin is on a trip. We haven't gotten much done on it recently.

I might push the new version just to get it out, and then write docs later.

Actually, lemme do that right now.

bazola

I've occasionally thought that i might try to implement the openGL based text rendering in libGDX just for fun, but last I checked you all were not interested in that approach

Ethan Bierlein

12:11 AM

Not yet. We were looking into colorama though.

Quill

You could implement Simon's shield into the readme too

bazola

what i like about the OpenGL approach is that you could do crazy stuff like if someone clicks on a key word, the letters could explode and fly off the screen. I'm not totally sure it would be easy to put together, but i think it would be

Ethan Bierlein

too. many. open. tabs

Quill

12:31 AM

SE blog has some python in it, @EthanBierlein

Ethan Bierlein

Such wow! Many amaze! Such horrid python!

Quill

don't use such twice, use very instead

link = "/" + link
wordpress_url = "http://blog.stackoverflow.com" + link

why didn't they append the "/" to the string in the second line

Ethan Bierlein

Exactly. SE BLOG DEVS NEED CR

Quill

Feel free to pull request the shit out of it

Ethan Bierlein

brb. Gonna go to dinner.

SirPython

12:41 AM

Wrote a python answer.

Ethan Bierlein

1:13 AM

Cactus v0.2.0-alpha is out!

bazola

post a link?

Ethan Bierlein

@bazola You can download it from the front page: shearofdoom.github.io/Cactus

Malachi

@RubberDuck what? that's crazy talk

all currently pinned messages?

SirPython

@EthanBierlein This project looks pretty interesting... I may have to try and contribute.

Ethan Bierlein

@SirPython Have a go at it! You can fork us and submit a PR! :)

SirPython

1:47 AM

Answered a Java question.

SirPython

1:59 AM

Thanks santa.

Ethan Bierlein

2:15 AM

Damn powershell.

Hosch250

3:12 AM

Killed a JS zombie

Ethan Bierlein

Changed my profile picture

rolfl

3:53 AM

Guess I should check my profile more often

Hosch250

4:52 AM

Night, all.

Malachi

1:13 PM

Monking

Ping me if you need me, I am going to try and actually get work done today.... it's my Friday!

Friday - Rebecca Black - Official Music Video

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Donald.McLean

Not that stupid song again. Blech.

Malachi

lol :) I figured new chat room, for idle chat why not idle music?

Malachi

1:30 PM

Friday Playlist, let me know what else I should add to this wonderful playlist of Friday (ish) music! --> youtube.com/playlist?list=PLecABhaW5_jcLTw68-zXJJZCuXPShkR30

DJanssens

Since when does this room exist? :p

Ethan Bierlein

@DJanssens Since yesterday, after the huge debate about what's on and off-topic for the second monitor. Think of this room as Codereview's "idle chat" room.

Malachi

@EthanBierlein wasn't it before all that stuff?

Ethan Bierlein

@Malachi The room was created slightly before that, yes.

DJanssens

Ic

rolfl

1:45 PM

3 mins ago, by Ethan Bierlein

@DJanssens Since yesterday, after the huge debate about what's on and off-topic for the second monitor. Think of this room as Codereview's "idle chat" room.

That is inaccurate

This is not code review's idle chat room

Ethan Bierlein

Okay. Feel free to remove it or edit it then.

@rolfl Is it just an idle chat room in general?

rolfl

this is the room for people who are not actively building the code review community to engage in idle banter.

2

SirPython

@rolfl Does this mean that the 2nd Monitor's chat scope has been redefined?

rolfl

Idle chat is fine on the 2nd monitor, just so long as the idle chat there is part of the community process, and stops when official business happens

3

NOTHING HAS CHANGED in the 2nd monitor.... why can't people understand that?

Ethan Bierlein

I think... I understand...

rolfl

1:47 PM

all that is different is that I am pushing the not-community-related stuff out.

Malachi

whoa, I need to get caught up on that post.

rolfl

(which is clearly defined in the 2n'd monitor's on-topic, and multiple meta posts, as not belonging.

Malachi

maybe on break

SirPython

@rolfl I'm sorry that I misunderstood.

Malachi

@rolfl will you edit that with Bold and italics around the last phrase?

rolfl

1:49 PM

No.

Malachi

okay

rolfl

You're a room owner, you do it.

(can you?)

Hmm. mod tool

Malachi

nope

I looked for it, before I asked....lol

rolfl

Anyway, there is zero reason for me to be in this room, it is not about code review, or anything official.

Ethan Bierlein

Hey @Heslacher

Heslacher

1:51 PM

hey

Ethan Bierlein

Oh man. Another person withdrew from the elections.

Malachi

@EthanBierlein it was mentioned in The 2nd monitor within the last hour.

SirPython

@EthanBierlein I think it was Rubberduck‌.

Malachi

@SirPython it was

Ethan Bierlein

Ah, yes. Sad to see Ducky go. :(

Malachi

1:54 PM

room topic changed to The Nth Monitor: people who are not actively building the Code Review community, engaging in idle banter. [bs] [idle-chat] [watercooler]

Malachi

2:14 PM

anyone want to help me get some rep on Workplace? or take some away if they feel the need?

0

A: I have Sick Leave for an appointment that got cancelled. What should I do?

You should call your supervisor and tell them what happened with the appointment, let them make that decision whether you should come in or stay home and enjoy the time off. This way you know what is acceptable and you let your supervisor know that you are a hard worker willing to come back into...

5

A: Why are interviewers unaware of what's on my resume?

The interviewer Wants to know that you are real Wants to know that you can communicate verbally, as well as on paper. Wants to know what you think is important on your resumé, because it tells a lot about you to know what you feel you have accomplished well Wants to hear your tone of voice wh...

Donald.McLean

One could argue that idle banter helps build relationships, and thus communities.

DJanssens

I totally agree, if there wasn't idle banter I wouldn't be here I guess.

Ethan Bierlein

Hmm. I need an idea for a new technology site...

DJanssens

?

Ethan Bierlein

On area15.stackexchange.com

You can propose new SE sites there.

Ethan Bierlein

2:38 PM

area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/88831/…

bbl. Gonna go do some work.

Jamal

3:39 PM

-2

A: how to suppress the reporting output from background tasks?

This is not a code review site. Get out of here.

That's... one way to redirect others to CR.

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Hosch250

Flagged as NAA.

And I think it is non-written code, so off topic here.

Sounds like he's done a couple implementations, but none of them worked the way he wanted.

Jamal

I flagged it as rude/offensive since it's pretty much that. Either way, it'll get wiped out.

Malachi

@Jamal And gone

Ethan Bierlein

3:54 PM

Holy shit. Something is making my fan run really fast.

Mast

4:23 PM

@EthanBierlein Too much voltage usually works.

Ethan Bierlein

@Mast Nah. Turns out it was Chrome eating all my memory. xD

Hmm. Methinks I has made a mistake with my bot.

@SirPython I have a question. When you made your bot, SirAlfred, did you ever get messages like,

messenger-self-1435852449299-0.354212605394423-{"sender":"1435852449299-0.35421‌2‌605394423","time":1435854191401,"id":40,"message":{"command":"announce","roomI‌d":‌25454,"focus":true}}

, and if so, how did you get rid of them?

Mast

@Malachi Have some upvotes.

I made one answer on that site once:

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A: After paid internship ends, employer keeps asking for help - how to ask for compensation/say no?

First, decide if you want to continue doing these tasks. If you can't afford the time, asking for compensation won't solve your problem. Nobody works for free (unless you're an intern or a volunteer). Even most interns are compensated for their time/effort in one way or another. Ask your supervi...

There are so many bad questions there though, I usually don't stick around too long.

Ethan Bierlein

4:45 PM

Aaargh. Now I've crashed one of my browser tabs.

SirPython

5:09 PM

@EthanBierlein No, I have not ever gotten a message like that. Are you getting that message with some bot code?

Ethan Bierlein

@SirPython Bot code?

Here's my source so far:

var messageFeed = document.getElementById("chat");

/**
 * Get the last message from the feed
 * of user posted messages.
 */
function getLastMessageFromFeed() {
    var lastMessageElement = messageFeed.lastElementChild;
    var messageInformation = {
        element: lastMessageElement,
        userName: lastMessageElement.children[0].children[0].children[1].innerHTML,
        content: lastMessageElement.children[1].lastElementChild.children[1].innerHTML
    }
    console.log(messageInformation.element);

I'm really not sure as to what's causing it.

SirPython

I'm going to run this and test it out.

Ethan Bierlein

k

I'm running it in this room, btw: chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/25454/ethans-playground

SirPython

Pardon me.

Ethan Bierlein

np

@SirPython Oh, and you should probably change the 2 in 1000 / 2 to a 60. I forgot about that.

SirPython