2016 Mechanics Moderator Election Chat

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

19:00

@DucatiKiller - With large thanks to you and @Zaid ...

Zaid

Guys, it's hard to write something about meself

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

Get over it.

:o)

Actually, I'm terrible about it as well.

I need some super glue ... anyone?

Zaid

The trouble is I overcomplicate things

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

Too darn honest, I'm afeared.

Zaid

erm

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

19:02

Yesterday when I was writing mine out, I had to remind myself to try and stick to the gist of the question. I kept going off on tangents.

DucatiKiller

@Zaid perhaps asking yourself what you are trying to accomplish with each point can help to reduce the thought structure and distill it down for you.

Zaid

They call me Unflappable Zaid,

Motorhead of the finest grade.

With youth on my side,

I'll take in my stride,

Mod duties (without getting paid).

Is that enough?

DucatiKiller

You definitely don't want to put your reader into tl;dr mode

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

Oh, grade/paid ... nice

DucatiKiller

@Zaid I like your bullet points

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

19:03

ROFL

DucatiKiller

Simple and clean starting points.

Zaid

@Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 And Zaid as well

:)

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

Oh, I caught that as well.

I should be studying for my test I have tomorrow ... looks like I'll be cramming later.

Probably bomb this test, fail out of my course and never see you all again, lol.

Zaid

lol

DucatiKiller

Why do now what you can put off until tomorrow.

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

19:04

EXACTLY!

DucatiKiller

You can study on your way to the test if you really like the feeling of anxiety.

I can think of all kinds of ways to stress yourself out. :-)

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

Funny you should say that. I have about 3 hours between work and class I can study.

That should be about enough.

DucatiKiller

Pour a bunch of caffeine on that three hours too.

Just to get the heart really pumping.

anonymous2

@Zaid You're running?

Good for you!

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

@DucatiKiller - If I did that, I'd never get any studying done ... like a squirrel on speed ... argh.

DucatiKiller

19:07

shiny keys

Zaid

Yeah, I never understood why students would drink Red Bull before exams

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

I need about 4x4k monitors ... I think that would do me for now.

anonymous2

@Zaid, easy, it sends the teacher out of the room.

DucatiKiller

The best memory recall techniques involve putting yourself into a similar state that you study in. One is to chew gum while you study and chew gum while you take the exam.

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

That's intriguing.

improbable, but intriguing, lol.

:o) at least in my case, lol.

DucatiKiller

19:09

As an example....I'm sure there are better ones but....@anonymous2 probably knows some good techniques.

Zaid

@anonymous2 yes I am. I do a lot of flagging as a non-mod as it is

anonymous2

@DucatiKiller ...for sending the teacher out of the room?

DucatiKiller

@anonymous2 For memory recall

anonymous2

@DucatiKiller Oh, yep. Association is my thing. I write a sentence about something that is dear to me in which each word begins with the same letter as the keyword for the next concept.

Had never heard of the gum idea. Sounds interesting; I'll have to try it.

Something like Motors Rev When Nobody's Looking for a list of concepts that start with MRWNL.

I forget what the concepts were now, but I did use that acrostic. Oops, wasn't supposed to say that. ;-)

But I have sincere doubts that I'm anywhere near the best around here. I have trouble remembering my name, which is why my username is

...what was it, again?

DucatiKiller

Interesting

Zaid

19:14

School Lifehack #1 - pay attention in class

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anonymous2

Lol, that's pretty good.

DucatiKiller

The activity thing is neural pattern identification. During recall the brain replays a pattern of neural activity that was originally generated in response to events. It's like an echo of perception of the real event.

anonymous2

Hmm, sounds possible. Come to think of it, I do actually use that technique.

I get myself in a similar posture. (Elbow on desk, pencil above ear, etc.)

DucatiKiller

Obviously it's not a true replay and you know the difference between memory and events unfolding in the now, if you didn't then you might need something a psychiatrist would prescribe.

anonymous2

Hmm. I haven't done any counselling on the student/teacher level: you've got me intrigued.

DucatiKiller

19:17

but you can incorporate new ideas into the recalled paradigm while you are engaging in the act of chewing gum and synthesize them better. according to people smarter than I. I'm merely the parrot squawking.

I had a bunch of NLP training in the early 90's. There's some real science to support it though. NLP being a wonky with certain things IMO. 'Twas training as a counselor at the time, substance abuse.

anonymous2

It seems logical; I see no reason why it couldn't be, and there is a definite connection between the various feelings that experienced simultaneously with the memory.

For example, the smell of spring flowers may bring back the memory of a loved one passed on, etc.

Rory Alsop

@DucatiKiller We used the elements of NLP that were good for gaining rapport with clients, and spotting their concerns etc

DucatiKiller

@RoryAlsop As did I with the infrastructure/BC consulting I did. Also used it a lot in social engineering.

Rory Alsop

@DucatiKiller guessing you enjoyed social engineering (everyone does!)

DucatiKiller

@RoryAlsop That's cool. :-)

@RoryAlsop I did. I felt confident doing it. It mapped to me.

Rory Alsop

19:23

@DucatiKiller I always felt nervous about being cornered - especially when trying to gain access to corporate HQ's with large security guards. The women on my team were much better at it!

DucatiKiller

I'm sure they were. I've been social engineered by women all my life. Especially face to face.

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

@RoryAlsop - When I sold cars and became a new car sales manager, the general manager told me: "Be nice to the women. They'll make the best sales." Managers got a percentage of all sales, so it only makes sense to know where your bread is buttered.

I had to completely change my paradigm about one woman who I detested as a salesperson, because I knew as a manager, she was one of our best salespersons ...

I didn't like her methods, but her results spoke for themselves.

anonymous2

Say, I've got a general question for anyone who's standing.

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

So this includes you?

anonymous2

Kinda

Zaid

19:28

All ears

anonymous2

We all know that there are frequently a large number of users who join the site with no intent of answering any questions, whether or not they would have the capacity so to do.

Rory Alsop

@anonymous2 I'm sitting - and about to go pick up previous children from swimming

but I'll pay attention :-)

anonymous2

And there are a handful of users who join either with the intent of answering questions as well.

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

tracking thus far

anonymous2

Either that, or they soon discover they like the stackexchange mentality and start answering for the love of it.

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

19:30

Still tracking

anonymous2

How do you go particularly encouraging those who will become valuable parts of the site?

I mean, it's one thing just to say, vote for everything.

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

Since we don't know who is who in your line up ... we have to treat all the same, right?

anonymous2

I think that's right.

Or maybe I should say, I think that is right.

DucatiKiller

Be nice to them and make this place an emotionally safe low stress environment.

Zaid

@DucatiKiller is our champion

DucatiKiller

19:31

Make it emotionally attractive, if it's intellectually attractive, hopefully they discover that.

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

To that end, we need to be nice to them through posting in the comments and such.

@Zaid - Yup

anonymous2

Makes sense, and that's kinda where I was too.

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

It's what I'd expect all of us to do.

anonymous2

It's just I've met a good number of people who felt that it is more important to support the future answerers than the people who are just here for one or two questions and then gone.

Not on mechanics.SE, BTW.

On other stacks.

DucatiKiller

It's the 'Be Nice' policy on steroids with examples by the community that reflect that, which the community pretty much does.

anonymous2

19:33

Right. Makes perfect sense. Kind of wanted to make sure that we're on the same page here. I've always personally called the mentality I outlined as a "Be Nice If" policy.

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DucatiKiller

I look at it like fishing. Keep casting the net in a attractive fashion and you scoop up te ones that are looking for a better place. If they come here, I work under the assumption they have been other places like quora or wikipedia....

Zaid

Or Yahoo Answers <shudder>

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

@Zaid - erg

anonymous2

@Zaid, we ask you not to use offensive language. ;-)

DucatiKiller

egads....yahoo.....<salivating like a teenager that's stood at the keg too long> brrrp.

anonymous2

19:36

Sorry for starting out the question as devil's advocate.

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

No worries. Worthy question.

Zaid

@anonymous2 I'm calling a spade a spade :)

DucatiKiller

@Zaid Interesting Southeastern US etymology behind that saying.

Zaid

@DucatiKiller gambling?

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

@Zaid - Nope.

anonymous2

19:39

I think it came from a translation of some ancient scholar, didn't it?

When in doubt, Google it.

At least, that's what I seem to remember my mother telling me at some point.

DucatiKiller

The idea of calling something what it is, is more Plutarch but using the word 'spade' in particular is American thing tied to slavery.

anonymous2

I mean, the translation, not the Google.

@DucatiKiller Really?!

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

Yes

Zaid

oh, didn't realize that. I always thought spades were something undesirable in poker or something like that

DucatiKiller

Yes, it transformed into a racist remark, in some peoples beliefs in the 1920's I think.

So it's origination wasn't tied to it, it got hijacked much later on.

anonymous2

19:42

Oh, dear. I guess that one's dropping out of my vocabulary. :)

Zaid

Well, you learn something new every day

Thanks for pointing that out @DucatiKiller

DucatiKiller

Indeed. It's the nuance with this one.

anonymous2

@Zaid Indeed, so long as you are on stackexchange and not Y**o answers

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

@Zaid ... really wouldn't have expected you to know, so no worries.

DucatiKiller

NP @Zaid :-) weird American English idioms. What the hell? Right?

Zaid

19:43

My NLP is strong today. Won't forget that one in a hurry :)

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

@anonymous2 - BWAT!

DucatiKiller

LOL

These aren't the droids you're looking for.

anonymous2

@Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 ?? what does that mean?

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

Nothing, just an exclamation.

anonymous2

Blue Water Area Transit or Bunny with a Toolbelt?

@Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 Oh, ok.

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

19:45

No, no, no ... Bunny With A Toothache.

DucatiKiller

@anonymous2 I always took that as he was a little gassy.

-----That chili last night, BWAP-----

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

@DucatiKiller - That would have been more like: BWAAAaaaaaaaaaaTTTTT

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DucatiKiller

@Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 The nuances of English.

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

@DucatiKiller - Yup.

Zaid

@Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 like a two-stroke engine :)

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

19:46

@Zaid - With a bad exhaust, yes.

Zaid

LOL

anonymous2

@Zaid Hey, I like two-strokes!

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

Or what you'd hear on an episode of MCM

Zaid

Those guys are overdoing the innuendos if you ask me

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

I don't think you'd call them "innuendos" at this point, would you?

DucatiKiller

19:48

@anonymous2 mmmmmmm....two strokes....

anonymous2

It's in conversations like these that you figure out what people are really like, eh?

Zaid

true

DucatiKiller

indeed

Zaid

@anonymous2 Only if your name isn't "anonymous"

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anonymous2

Gotcha.

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

19:50

@Zaid - that is kind of a self fulfilling prophecy, isn't it?

DucatiKiller

It's a hall of mirrors inside a hall of mirrors.

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

No smoke involved?

Zaid

It's a paradox with a zen-like sheen to it

Perfect chaos

DucatiKiller

...with the sound of an air compressor and an air chisel in the background....

anonymous2

Lostcha.

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

19:51

@DucatiKiller - Zen if I've every heard it.

DucatiKiller

To help you overcome your conscious framework you so childishly cling to.

@anonymous2 I'm well known for inserting inane hyperbole into boxes that are already filled. Sorry for that but it's in my DNA and neural networks.

anonymous2

I'm catching up.

Okay, gotcha.

Zaid

LOL

Now I'm confused

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Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

As you should be?

Zaid

Yes, is it a self-fulfilling prophecy or a paradox?

DucatiKiller

19:57

@Zaid @anonymous2 You need to scroll up. @Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 and I went on segue from Zen garden to zen garden with an air compressor sound in the background. The air compressor helps you better at zen and challenges the silence.

Zaid

"Get to know Anonymous"

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

Only if I can do it without anyone knowing who I really am.

anonymous2

@DucatiKiller yeah, I was catching onto that very slowly.

My user ID is 22022. Check out the name of the guy right before me.

No, it's not a duplicate account.

Myself

chat.stackexchange.com/users/22022 ?

anonymous2

Oh, no, on the main site.

arnonymous, Japan

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DucatiKiller

19:59

lol

Myself

lol

DucatiKiller

My people! LOL....screwing up the Engrrish again.

anonymous2

@DucatiKiller No, it's called Englitch.

DucatiKiller

lol....it should be!

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

@anonymous2 And not the kind they speak in England.

DucatiKiller

20:02

So glad I didn't have to learn this language as a non-english speaker. I would have jumped out a window.

Myself

@DucatiKiller ahem, cough, cough

anonymous2

@DucatiKiller I do recommend that people jump out of Windows.

DucatiKiller

@Myself I hear you and respect the fact that you navigate through the hell of English quite well.

Myself

J/K

I always thought that I was fairly good in English, until my vacation in Australia and NZ

DucatiKiller

@Zaid 's English....next level. He can probably correct all of us.

.........and use math to do it..........

Zaid

20:05

@DucatiKiller curious to know what makes you say that

Myself

@Zaid even I understand why @DucatiKiller says that ;)

DucatiKiller

Because your English is perfect and you know a plethora of strange English idioms.

Zaid

I am a man of many languages, but English has to be the closest to what I can consider my mother tongue

DucatiKiller

Impeccable spelling and grammar.

@Zaid Trippy, I thought you may have had a different primary.

Zaid

I went to a British school and an American university, so it's hardly surprising

DucatiKiller

20:07

Well, there you have it. Impeccable English.

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

@Zaid - Properly corrupted like the rest of us.

anonymous2

I rrarrlee hvae inpekabel speelng.

DucatiKiller

Yes, properly corrupted!

Zaid

You guys are a riot

DucatiKiller

@anonymous2 Your Viking is very good.

@Zaid Your corruption of the English language is impeccable.

All of this chat will be great for the people that come after us and are trying to get to know which mod they are going to vote for. We're #helpingthecommunity and #winning.

anonymous2

20:10

@DucatiKiller Apparently yours isn't.

DucatiKiller

@anonymous2 I'm Viking challenged for sure.

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

@DucatiKiller - Don't feel lonely.

DucatiKiller

I'm never lonely when you are near.

anonymous2

@DucatiKiller me too, but I don't really care. In any case mechanics.SE is an Englihs-only site.

DucatiKiller

I'm sure that's a song title from the early 60's

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

20:12

Even with the last name of "Johnson" (derived from the Swedish, Johansen), my Viking is worse than rusty.

DucatiKiller

@anonymous2 What's your primary language, seems like it's Engrish.

anonymous2

Englitch & Franch.

Slightly more Engsquish.

DucatiKiller

I wanted to learn French once, there was this girl. OMG.....so wonderful. She obviously spoke French. When she moved out of the neighborhood, I lost interest in it.

Being American has it's privilege of ignorance. It's wonderful and my happiness level is relatively high as a result.

anonymous2

So your primarily language is Engl- er, American?

DucatiKiller

@anonymous2 LMAO...yes, it's American.

Myself

20:15

Actually I am interested in learning more languages, I would have the possibilities to learn them but not to practice them

DucatiKiller

I dont speak proper English. I'm convinced @Zaid does though.

anonymous2

Truth of the matter is that proper English is at least in part defined by whether you can effectively communicate.

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

@DucatiKiller Him and @Myself both.

anonymous2

In general, effectively communicating means communicating just one step above what your audience usually communicates at.

DucatiKiller

Interesting.....

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

20:16

@anonymous2 - So, 4th grade level?

anonymous2

It gives a sense of care and precision, and yet is completely comprehensible.

DucatiKiller

More attention given to the speaker in that scenario?

anonymous2

@Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2 Depends. Some groups it's more like kindergarten.

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

Yup

anonymous2

@DucatiKiller More specifically to the message that you are attempting to convey.

DucatiKiller

20:18

That's interesting. I'll have to google that.

anonymous2

For instance, in a science lecture, if the teacher only uses vocabulary as the students would already be able to use it, they won't learn anything.

On the other hand, if he employs the language with an overdose of complexity, they won't understand.

DucatiKiller

again, finding balance has it's rewards. Weird how that's a common life theme. Balance.

anonymous2

Definitely, especially if you ride a motorcycle.

DucatiKiller

LOL...very true

Or....in American..... Tru dat yo!

Zaid

Hey guys, had to tend to family here

Imma back, yo!

Rory Alsop

20:30

@anonymous2 both are part of it, but yes, you need growth and then you can finesse further down the line.

@DucatiKiller weird - here it's all about the difference between a shovel and a spade

DucatiKiller

@RoryAlsop It's one of those weird American things founded in making others suffer.

Rory Alsop

@DucatiKiller oh, Britain did a lot of that too...

DucatiKiller

@RoryAlsop You gave us a good baseline to build on.

Rory Alsop

@DucatiKiller ahh - the Crusades...

DucatiKiller

errrr...you meaning....Brits

Rory Alsop

20:36

and the Empire

@DucatiKiller yeah, I figured

DucatiKiller

@RoryAlsop Oh those heady times!

Rory Alsop

:-)

Zaid

20:53

mechanics.stackexchange.com/election/1#post-37290

DucatiKiller

@Zaid BAM!

Zaid

@DucatiKiller hope you enjoyed it as much as I did :)

DucatiKiller

OMG.....LMAO....too good!

@Zaid Are you adding in here as well?

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Q: 2016 Moderator Election Q&A - Questionnaire

In connection with the moderator elections, we are holding a Q&A thread for the candidates. Questions collected from an earlier thread have been compiled into this one, which shall now serve as the space for the candidates to provide their answers. With exactly 8 submissions we've compiled every ...

Zaid

21:09

@DucatiKiller Till morrow, amigo, till morrow

DucatiKiller

@Zaid Catch you buddy.

Rory Alsop

21:40

@Zaid that's wonderful!

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

22:56

@All ... I just got a text from @MoveMoreCommentsLinkToTop (Larry) ... he said he's dealing with his parents being out of power and a flooded basement. Hopefully he'll be able to take care of that and be back to nominate himself.

DucatiKiller

23:17

Sounds terrible.

Pᴀᴜʟsᴛᴇʀ2

Not good, that's for sure. He's in Fayetteville. They had a lot of flooding due to Matthew.

DucatiKiller

I have a very close friend in Florence, S Carolina dealing with a similarly craptacular situation.

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