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7:01 PM
at any rate it becomes fairly reasonable to assume that the additional complexity Blizzard added to their authenticator might become additional attack surface
Battle.net again shows about five times more levels of security measures you'd assume a game company would need, and as many times security trouble
I wonder if those things aren't related
yknow, "security theater" and all that
 
@AshleyNunn til?
 
@SaintWacko Home.
 
@Wipqozn Ah
 
@Wipqozn >:(
 
7:21 PM
0
Q: Social Icon Meaning

SabreWolfyWhat does the "1" mean on the following "Social" icon:

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Q: How are StreetPass items rewarded?

Hyper AnthonyIn Animal Crossing: New Leaf, I've noticed that players that StreetPass with you more than once will give you handheld accessories when you visit them at the Happy Home Showcase. These items are handheld accessories... things like balloons and party favors. Is there any order or pattern to ho...

 
8:00 PM
0
Q: Minecraft slime swamp spawn... In the sky?

BobOk slimes will now spawn in swamp biomes. The question here, and nowhere really had a great answer beyond low light (>8) and they spawn in swamps now. I built an 8x8 pad 5 blocks down from the skycap. In a swamp, verified with f3. Zero light, enough space for any size to spawn (enough for all bu...

 
8:10 PM
Jay Hanlon on June 25, 2013

It pains me when I hear people say that our sites are unfriendly, or that we chase new users away. But it’s a hard problem, because our highest priority has always been the quality of content on our sites.  And it still is. We can’t lower our standards. We won’t.

But we have been working hard to make our sites more welcoming, reminding users that feedback can be clear and nice, and helping new users learn the ropes before they get frustrated.  And, as of today, we’ve completely overhauled closing. …

(no news there btw)
 
@badp Does that mean we've been invaded by Sea Monkies?
 
@Sconibulus No. We all were sea monkies all along.
 
user20683
@badp There might be news to the average Bridge goer whose attention span is somewhere between a hyper-caffeinated gerbil and a coked out hamster.
 
user20683
;P
 
@WorldEngineer I was looking for something like "oh, and those changes will go live in 3, 2, 1, now."
 
user20683
8:19 PM
@badp The change will be live when the server falls down dead from shock.
 
@badp When does this actually go live for us?
 
@StrixVaria Soon™
(as in I don't know but now that they've announced it we can't be far off)
 
Ahahahahaha, "Too broad" is now a valid close reason. It's now official that we can close questions soliciting list answers!
 
@Powerlord not yet, and that's not what it says
 
We need some official policy on deleting negative-score answers.
I still don't get the argument for keeping them around.
 
8:28 PM
> There are either too many possible answers
is the very first part of that reason
 
@Powerlord 1 item per answer is obviously a non-starter
 
@badp Only the 9 days part is new here, btw
 
Only the C++ lounge can love a question like this
 
@badp Ooh, ooh, perfect question to use the new Too broad close reason on!
 
@Powerlord It was closed and reopened 4 or 5 times now
 
8:37 PM
@MBraedley: you around?
@Krazer I...what.
 
103 degree fever = no fun
 
@Sterno Nasty. You or your kids?
 
@Wipqozn just me so far. Desperately hoping my 1 year old daughter doesn't get it
 
@Sterno :(
 
9:10 PM
My computer may be finally snapping
 
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Q: How do I comment rather than answer?

BobOk, firstly, sorry if this is obvious or is covered somewhere I should have seen. However, I can't seem to figure out how comment on a question. Looking around the page all I really see is the options to edit or post an answer. Is it to do with my low rep? I seem to remember me having commented...

 
HIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII
I've been away!
But now I'm home!!!
@AshleyNunn @ktash @WorldEngineer @everyone else who cares omg omg I'm the Featured Artist over at Find Your Art School :3 They interviewed me and everything!!!! findyourartschool.com/resource/artist-profiles/samantha-pugsley
 
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Q: How often can i expect egg-laying animals to lay eggs?

kutschkemI captured several war Jabberers and cave crocodiles from goblin sieges; i am trying to breed them, by chaining them right next to a nest box. Since then, none of them occupied the nest boxes. Am i doing something wrong? How often would a "normal" egg-laying animal lay eggs? Can such an animal c...

 
@spugsley That link refuses to open for me, -1
 
@spugsley welcome back welcome back welcome back welcome back welcome back welcome back welcome back welcome back welcome back welcome back welcome back welcome back welcome back welcome back welcome back welcome back welcome back
 
9:17 PM
@TimStone OMG NO I WILL FIND ANOTHER
 
THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE!
 
eye
 
Nope, it's borked. Will try again later ;.;.;.;.;.; and it was so happy too :(((((((((((
 
I did nothing at work today, yet somehow nothing was exhausting.
 
> PDOException: SQLSTATE[42000] [1203] User fyas_fyasdbuser already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connections in lock_may_be_available() (line 167 of /home/fyas/public_html/includes/lock.inc).
@spugsley you're so popular you broke their site
 
9:19 PM
@badp OMG WAT
 
it's the ONLY logical explanation
 
I was going to say the same thing, so you know it's true.
 
@spugsley That's what happens when celebrities post links.
 
On the bright side, at least it's PDO and not the older PHP database constructs.
On the dim side, why are database errors being presented to users on a production site? :O
 
That poor site. Didn't know what hit it
 
9:30 PM
why is it so borked? :((((((((((((
 
Because not web-scale, clearly.
 
FAE
@spugsley Congratulations!
 
They should've known better than feature the pugsley
 
@badp DAMN THEM PUGSLEYS!!!!
 
Also, @FAE, I managed to get there before 11:00 today, so I did pretty good. Then I left at 3:00, because why not? :P
 
FAE
9:42 PM
@TimStone Haha, nice
 
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Q: Flag count is missing from profile pages

Monica CellioThe part of the profile page that (if you've flagged anything) gives a total and a link to your flag history has gone missing: Note in the screen capture that I am a moderator on that site, and trust me I've flagged posts. I first noticed this absence in my user profile on Hermeneutics, where...

For your up voting pleasures.
 
@TimStone I flagged a few more things since though, and it shows up saying I've only flagged four things ever.
Yet it's fine on M.SO...
 
Break ALL MOST OF the sites!
 
Oh dear...
 
FAE
9:56 PM
Also, yay, got my renewed passport in today.
I was surprised processing was so much faster than when I was in the US, considering they have to send it to the US.
 
@FAE How long did it take?
(I just got mine renewed a week or so ago too. Took about a month.)
 
FAE
@LessPop_MoreFizz I mailed it out on the 11th and it got back here today.
Sent it registered mail both ways too, which may have slowed it down a bit.
(to and from the Amsterdam Consulate, that is)
 
@FAE Did you pay for expedited service?
 
New close reasons online! Lesspop's off-topic close reasons are now online too by popular demand.
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If not, that's impressive, and I'm guessing it's because there's less of a queue to process things at the consulate in Amsterdam than in random office in Philly.
 
10:01 PM
I BLAME PUGSLEY
3
 
@TimStone yeah it's not missing, it's been reset
 
FAE
@LessPop_MoreFizz Nope.
 
@badp Quick, someone ask a terrible question as we can use our shiny new close reasons!
 
@badp DAMN YOU PUGSLEYS
 
my super uber flag weight now only allows me to flag 22 things a day
 
10:02 PM
Site says I've handled 3 flags since ever, rather than ~3,450 or so
 
FAE
@LessPop_MoreFizz Yeah, that's what I figured, though they do have to mail it overseas and all.
 
@badp I don't like 'em.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz I need to find my flags where we can edit the custom close reasons
 
FAE
@LessPop_MoreFizz The issuing date was the 17th even.
 
@badp Where's "confuses @badp"?
 
10:05 PM
BAM
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Q: Is there a PC controller that behaves exactly like an Xbox 360/PC Windows Controller?

DrakeI have an Xbox 360 Wireless Controller for Windows and I know that it's very good and one of the most or even the only, sometimes, PC controller supported by recent games. A friend of mine would like to know if there is an alternative product, possibly cheaper, that behaves exactly like the Micr...

I knew I'd find an old close worthy question if I just went backwards through new.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz There seems to be no link with to the mystery page
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Random office in Philly is actually quite quick if you go pay for the express service. They renewed mine in a few hours one day.
 
maybe they haven't added it yet to the list of magic fairy dust mod links.
 
FAE
@Wipqozn Wouldn't this be more accurately closed as OT?
 
@FAE Sure. Either is fine.
 
10:08 PM
oh I found the link
 
0
Q: Is Puzzle Quest 2 available for the PC?

MojoFilterI've seen Puzzle Quest 2 on XBox live for some time now, but I've been holding out for a PC version, but I've had a hard time finding any info on it. I'm assuming they are just delaying the PC release to try to curb piracy and whatnot, but I can't find anything about a PC release date.

Here's another one
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Q: XBox 360 wireless microphone

Mehper C. PalavuzlarI have recently bought Xbox 360 wireless microphones. What Xbox 360 games other than "Lips" currently support these microphones?

1
Q: Are the Lips wireless microphones for Xbox 360 compatible with Guitar Hero and Rock Band games?

JaydlesIf it's some, but not all, which ones (other than the early GH games which have no singing)?

Dups.
 
@badp Let me make one last revision if you're going to copypaste what I wrote.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz I've deactivated the close reason about privacy and added instead your third one for now, but it needs approval from another mod.
(We don't get to just edit them in-place)
 
@badp Actually, never mind anyway.
 
@Wipqozn Isn't that cataloging? That'd make it OT.
 
10:13 PM
AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
 
@badp Checks? On Moderatorial Authority? UNHEARD OF.
 
@Fluttershy Yeah, I was thinking the same thing.
 
my first image went live on ninestock AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
MAYBE I WILL BECOME FAMOUS NOW
 
Although I was thinking it was more of an unbound list.
 
Did something change the way Helpful Flags get calculated?
My count jumped up by several dozen since this morning.
 
FAE
10:15 PM
@Wipqozn Honestly, it's a pretty short list.
 
@FAE It's not about the length of the list but whether or not it needs to be updated without any sort of indication.
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Q: Psychological components of Petville?

Nekoyoubi GamesCan someone (preferably someone with a background in psychology) tell me what makes a game like Petville (Facebook game) appealing? I know there must be certain quantifiable factors that a game like this must be playing on to get its audience to continue coming back, but I would like to get a pr...

Feel free to delete.
 
FAE
@Wipqozn No one's really making music games anymore, so not really. :P Said list. It's quite reasonable and unlikely to become anything close to untenable for maintenance. If you really want to close it, then leave the other open, as it's a perfectly acceptable specific question.
 
Flags are baaaaack
 
Huh, my flag history claims that I flagged this answer as offensive, which I'm skeptical of >_>
 
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Q: Where to buy/download Commodore-64 games

Mehper C. PalavuzlarWhere can I buy/download Commodore-64 games to be run by a Commodore-64 emulator on my PC?

Shopping advice
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A: What controls how much bonuses you get in Mafia Wars?

txwikingerMaybe this explanation answers the question.

And that's why link only answers are bad.
 
FAE
10:21 PM
@TimStone There's one underneath it that's been deleted, maybe you misclicked?
 
Huh, maybe. That would have been an epic fail on my part.
 
So many game series tags to remove.
 
FAE
@OrigamiRobot 404
 
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Q: Did something change in the calculation of Helpful Flags?

LessPop_MoreFizzThe count of Helpful Flags on my profile has jumped up by several dozen since this morning, but I haven't flagged anything in the interim. Did something change in how this is calculated? Is something broken?

Anyone else notice this?
 
10:24 PM
Old flags have just come back on the site
The numbers on the mod abuse classifications seem to match their previous levels
 
Someone was reporting that the close-votes-being-reported-as-flags bug was back again, too.
This seems to have happened on SO now... — ben is uǝq backwards 33 mins ago
 
@FAE If you clicked it, it would show up.
 
@TimStone The numbers don't seem to match up for that. I only gained ~40 new helpful flags.
I cast a lot of close votes, so that doesn't seem to mesh.
 
user43095
 
10:26 PM
@OrigamiRobot Did you get anew cat?
 
@OrigamiRobot oh hi origami. Whose are those legs?
 
> primarily opinion-based 2 Many good questions generate some degree of opinion based on expert experience, but answers to this question will tend to be almost entirely based on opinions, rather than facts, references, or specific expertise.
 
Did you get a new human?
 
@Wipqozn Yes
 
So the changes are out.
 
10:27 PM
@OrigamiRobot She/He is adorable.
 
I guess that's what broke the flags.
 
FAE
@OrigamiRobot Holy shit, really?
 
mmmmmmmMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM??????????????????????????????????????????????????????‌​?????????????????????????????????????????
Already typing...
 
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Q: Did something change in the calculation of Helpful Flags?

LessPop_MoreFizzThe count of Helpful Flags on my profile has jumped up by several dozen since this morning, but I haven't flagged anything in the interim. Did something change in how this is calculated? Is something broken?

 
user43095
@OrigamiRobot so you bought a human and a cat? One can only be so lonely, you know...
 
10:28 PM
@FAE Yes
 
@jeffreylin_ Robots are always lonely.
 
He was crying on the drive home so I let him out and he went to sleep in my lap.
 
@OrigamiRobot BAWWWW YOU DIDN'T TELL ME THISSSSS
 
WEll, I'm going to go hug my cat, so brb.
 
user43095
 
10:29 PM
ME TOO
@jeffreylin_ Just no
 
user43095
 
okay, added the close reasons for other mods to activate
added an entry in the community bulletin
 
user43095
I saw a thing on 9gag today
 
user43095
 
10:41 PM
@badp by our powers combined, I AM CAPTAIN CLOSE REASONS
3
 
user43095
WHCIH reminded me of Jeff Atwoods thingy
 
user43095
 
user43095
 
user43095
Side by side comparison
 
instant headache
instant relief
 
10:50 PM
@jeffreylin_ That was on 9gag today?
It was also on the normal internet like 10 years ago
 
user43095
@ArdaXi yeah
 
YTMND, I can still hear the music
 
user43095
Who copied who?
 
Pretty sure 9gag has no original content. Ever.
 
user43095
Oh my god I love you chrome. I lost the URL for my Candy Box when my computer died. But it synced to my iPad! WhooHoo!
 
10:53 PM
That music just brings back memories of looking at that thing for ages
 
user43095
OMG THAT THING HAS MUSIC..?.!?!?
 
yes
This is the original. (Well, a mirror of)
 
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Q: How do I bring the Unusual Gem to an appraiser?

RevI found 2 Unusual Gems (one I found in Kodlak's Room). So I got a quest to bring that gem to house mark near Riften. When I reach there, the house door is locked and only unlocked with key! Am I missing something? What am I supposed to do?

please murderlate
 
user43095
@Sconibulus someone got there first?
 
@badp New close reasons could use some hyperlink love.
 
10:59 PM
guess so
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz I have put in an edit with your one link
 
Also, a little markdown love to make a few key words bold probably wouldn't be amiss.
 
be aware that the close reason length limit is now 400 characters, so I had to use a shorter link format.
 
@Powerlord I did listen to that afterwards, but it's much more calm and soothing and solemn and... not quite what I was looking for.
 
11:01 PM
@badp Shorter link formats are fine and to be encouraged. I was just lazy.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz meh, if I were to do things my way, I'd just have used my own close reasons wouldn't I?
 
I did encourage people not to overlink and we didn't overlink
 
Also, Half-Life 2 is doing a basic reinstall. :|
 
BL 2 DLC4 anyone?
 
11:08 PM
@OrigamiRobot Awww very cute.
 
@BenBrocka It's out?
 
Sloth DLC
 
@OrigamiRobot yes, just dropped today
just finished downloading here
 
@BenBrocka I'm in
 
Anyone else?
 
11:10 PM
Well, here's a different version of the Zelda 3 ending:
Apparently you can only get it by beating the GBA bonus dungeon, which requires game genies codes or 4 Swords multiplayer games to even enter.
 
Link to the Past rules. More games need alternate dimensions
 
Shopping advice questions currrently should be closed as Off Topic
 
@badp Shopping advice fits pretty cleanly under the first off topic close reason we now have.
"Questions that ask for games or products that meet criteria"/
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz oh, right.
I'm too new to this sorta stuff
IN BOTH MEANINGS OF THE WORD "TOO"
 
@badp Didn't we have a shopping advice category?
Like, I'm pretty sure I closed something for that reason.
 
11:27 PM
argh
got an ad for ACNL
 
@Ullallulloo That's a custom one that was written by the first voter.
 
Yep, if you pick the fourth option you get to write your own close reason, which becomes a comment
This question appears to be off-topic because it is asking about Shopping Recommendations, which we do not support as per the FAQ. — FAE 1 hour ago
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz oh, I see.
 
then the close reason box gets the standard wording (which we can change)
 
11:45 PM
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Q: Tags are spilling over to ads

SimonLThe tags are currently out of control. On Internet Explorer 10, Windows 7 Professional you can see the tags spilling over onto the ads. I did this while not logged in and I tried some other *.stackexchange.com sites but only this site had the tags over the ads on the right. Could not reproduce in...

 
Firefox Nightly please don't update stepwise through every single release in the last couple weeks
 

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