Chat of Things

Henry WH Hack v2.0

00:01

I can't do anything in the review because there is nothing in the review.

and I can't edit post because there is no post that needs editing.

:'(

Any ideas?

anonymous2

@HenryWHHackv2.0 Hmm... Write posts? ;)

Sticking my foot in my mouth, btw...

Henry WH Hack v2.0

No

anonymous2

No - not write posts?

Practice makes Perfect!

@HenryWHHackv2.0 You wrote a good one.

Henry WH Hack v2.0

Oh yeah

I did! :)

anonymous2

Score of 7 is one more than my first post on mech.SE.

And here is my profile now.

Not ridiculously wonderful, but it shows what a bit of perseverance can do.

Even for a nut-brain like me. :)

Henry WH Hack v2.0

00:17

User number 5555 lol:

Henry WH Hack v2.0, Stack Exchange

101 1

5 triple 5

anonymous2

I'm double 2 - o double 2 on mech.SE.

Henry WH Hack v2.0

I'm 36661 on salesforce.SE. :(

triple 6 == :O

anonymous2

@HenryWHHackv2.0 Uh oh, I think I know where I've seen that one before...

It was a beast, now wasn't it? I don't think it was a wolf, but who knows...

anonymous2

04:05

:34383965 Sorry, missed it..

Oh, ok. Read you. :)

Um, let's see... A full sized electric impact wrench was the big article... And my brother got me a Torch SSD. Funny, my MB isn't fast enough to support my Disc Speed. Weird to think about.

Henry WH Hack v2.0

[reposted 34383965]: @anonymous2 What did you got for christmas?

anonymous2

@HenryWHHackv2.0 Yes, I saw that. :)

Henry WH Hack v2.0

Ah.

anonymous2

@HenryWHHackv2.0 Yourself?

Henry WH Hack v2.0

A laptop.

anonymous2

04:08

@HenryWHHackv2.0 Cool!

A system76?

Henry WH Hack v2.0

No system42.

anonymous2

Don't know them, I'm afraid.

There's a suggested edit in the queue.

At least, I think there is...

Henry WH Hack v2.0

04:28

in Root Access, 4 mins ago, by Journeyman Geek

@HenryWHHackv2.0 ahahahahahahaha

That Geek!^

Videonauth

09:21

Eric Brown looks at two IoT-oriented container technologies: Snappy Ubuntu Core and ResinOS 2.0:… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/814038187844730880

Tweeted by linuxfoundation on December 28, 2016 at 9:20 AM

anonymous2

12:27

@Aurora0001, when you see this, I'll upvote you're answer on my post once I have some UV's to spend... :) I'm out for today.

Aurora0001

12:53

@anonymous2 you ran out?

There isn't that much to vote on, is there?

Ghanima

I think...

he want's to outrank our most benevolent, most magnificent, and most gracious voter of all times...

Aurora0001

AND HE'S WINNING

Ghanima

you, oh allmighty, will have to put a stop to that

Aurora0001

I have a slight disadvantage though - I can't vote on all my questions

Ghanima

that's true

the air is getting thin up there

Videonauth

12:58

LOL

user223506

lol

Ghanima

@Aurora0001 you're from the UK, right?

Aurora0001

Yep

Ghanima

so, Oh Madnificent Aurora, what do you think. Will this bill about "adult content" lead to increased or reduced traffic on SE ;)

user223506

successfully made my first and second IoT devices

Ghanima

13:03

@Doc yeah, what is it

Aurora0001

@Ghanima honestly, I couldn't say

user223506

sun tracker and a 'transport spider'

Ghanima

what's the spider doing?

Aurora0001

This is interesting though (and on-topic):

bbc.co.uk/news/technology-38450658

Ghanima

relevant to one of your questions

user223506

13:07

@Ghanima aligning my measurement equipment

user223506

i invent my equipment for my scientific research

Ghanima

@Aurora0001 tbh, how would Alexa know whether you're trying to activate it or just going aaargh over being murdered

@Doc pretty cool

so what's your measurement about if you are able to tell

user223506

all sorts of things - atmospheric radiation measurements and separately, astronomy

Aurora0001

@Ghanima best to get a Google Home in that case - it's harder to say 'arrrggh-kay google' ;)

user223506

not bad eh?

user223506

13:14

don't need to communicate to them from a plane either

Ghanima

smart meters for the win, @Aurora0001

doc, yepp. I have heard of plenty of real science going on with the raspberry pi

user223506

working on a third device to fetch my drinks when i am taking measurements

Ghanima

that's what undergrads are for

user223506

true

user223506

i am getting good at scientific IoT

Ghanima

13:19

if you have encountered interesting aspects, don't be shy to provide a self-answered question here

user223506

I am no longer a member, remember?

Ghanima

well, you've joined chat

just the first step ;)

user223506

lol

user223506

not too keen to be a dv target (again)

Ghanima

well, as said last time, I am sure that this was an isolated incident and that all differences can be resolved

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but nobody is pressuring you to do anything

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user223506

13:22

true

user223506

but you can surely understand my wariness

Bence Kaulics

@Aurora0001 was wondering a couple of days ago about mysterious downvotes on their questions, without any indications about the reasons of the downvote.

Few will go without downvotes.

Aurora0001

Honestly, downvoting seems to have decreased a lot

At the start of the private beta, voting was a lot more volatile

Bence Kaulics

We do not have much to vote on nowadays.

:(

Aurora0001

Anyway, the privilege level for voting down will increase soon, so drive-by downvoting is far less likely

And, with my ~25 questions, I've only had about 5 downvotes

Compared to about 160 upvotes

Ghanima

13:27

@Aurora0001 and we all now that you deserve more

;)

Aurora0001

Hopefully you're locked in now :P

Ghanima

I would guess so

Aurora0001

We also now have a (non Internet-connected) smoke detector:

SmokeDetector

101 1

Bence Kaulics

BTW I have got rid of client and server on my questions.

Aurora0001

@BenceKaulics probably a good thing, they can always be re-added if needed

Bence Kaulics

13:32

They still exist, let's see if some new user will use it.

Aurora0001

They'll be deleted tonight

It's all automatic

Bence Kaulics

Every night? Did not know that it happens that often.

Aurora0001

Yeah, I think it does

Yeah:

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A: I accidentally created a tag. How do I delete it?

As waiwai said, there is a script that runs daily to hide (soft-delete) tags that don't have any associated questions. All you need to do is remove the tag from your question, and the script will pick it up automatically. In the case of a less popular tag such as the one you created, it isn't a ...

Ghanima

@Aurora0001 as it is written in the Scriptures

user223506

lol

Aurora0001

13:37

Also @Doc, just done some calculations with the 1k tools: only 4% of posts have a score lower than 0

And no post has ever had a negative score after December 8th

user223506

@Aurora0001 including mine - quite heavily too

Aurora0001

I think it was just bad luck that it was posted when everyone was eager to vote a lot (either up or down)

user223506

and make iot noobs feel like idiots?

user223506

anyway

Aurora0001

@Doc I agree - it was a bit unfair. Anyway, hopefully it won't happen again.

user223506

13:40

i am sure the 11 questions I had would have been a bit left of centre... all scientific

Aurora0001

I think that'd be a good thing to be honest

I like questions that are a bit different than the usual "what does <insert network protocol here> do?"

Bence Kaulics

@Aurora0001 So you do not like my questions?

Aurora0001

@BenceKaulics no, I do, I just like lots of variation too

Bence Kaulics

jk

Aurora0001

It's like food - potatoes are great, but it's nice to have some salad and some meat too

user223506

13:44

lol

Aurora0001

So if networking questions are our potatoes, the more unusual questions can be our salad

And honestly it would be bad if we didn't have questions about networks - otherwise it's not exactly Internet of Things is it?

user223506

well, i solved 6 of them myself (built 2), and 2 colleagues helped solve the remaining 5

Aurora0001

Well, do feel free to share (you can always post it in chat first if you want someone to check that it's okay)

Ghanima

@Doc that's fine. You can give us the salad with the dressing

user223506

@Ghanima caesar salad?

Aurora0001

13:48

Also, congratulations @Ghanima on your 7th hat!

Ghanima

or up to 11 different kinds of salad ;)

which hat?

Aurora0001

Black Hole

Bence Kaulics

There always be badly received questions. I had mine on Stack Overflow mainly.

Ghanima

overshot that one

Aurora0001

You only need Politician and Know-It-All now

Ghanima

13:49

there's but only one Know-it-all around here ;)

Aurora0001

Don't be mean to Helmar @Ghanima!

user223506

@BenceKaulics I literally did not know the answer to my question and felt shamed for asking it

user223506

well, it went down to -5, now at -2, more air travelling IoT-mentally-deficients like me? creepy!

anonymous2

@Aurora0001 Yep.

Aurora0001

Is there much left that you could possibly vote on?

user223506

13:56

okay okay - I got the point! Sorry I asked. — user254 Dec 8 at 9:44

user223506

felt quite low at that point - was looking forward to this site - some encouraging words from SE staff convinced me to stay as part of the network

Aurora0001

Honestly, I can sympathise - it is horrible when you get a lot of downvotes

user223506

i did not even understand what Sean was saying - 'regular backhaul'? never heard of it

user223506

before i could ask though

user223506

this:

user223506

14:01

An Internet of Things device without intenet connectivity is ... a thing — Mawg Dec 8 at 9:40

user223506

while not offensive per se, highlighted the stupidity of my question and well, of me for asking it

Aurora0001

Honestly, I think that was just an attempt at a joke (it probably would get deleted if there were proper mods around, but we don't have any pro tem moderators yet)

Bence Kaulics

@Doc, Yes that comment was not constructive.

user223506

found other resources elsewhere and was able to solve the remaining queries i was going to ask

Aurora0001

Well, I have flagged it as 'not constructive' anyway - there's no value in it.

Bence Kaulics

14:03

And how did you solve this question if I may ask?

user223506

the 'pile on' - dv's and upvote of the comment cemented my decision that I was too dumb to be a member here

user223506

@BenceKaulics we solved it by not bothering with it - found a couple of workarounds

user223506

3 of my colleagues saw the response and opted not to join - one was in the process of signing up apparantly

user223506

but having said that, John's answer, and part of Sean's comment we took note of for possible follow up

Bence Kaulics

There always be rude people on the internet. Over EE.SE we have a high repped user, with valuable knowledge but got suspended for a month because of rudeness.

Aurora0001

14:08

Well, all I can say about the issue is this: I'm sorry that it happened, and I can only hope you give the site another chance, because I'm certain the reaction will be different. A lot of those downvoters aren't active here any more (they just turned up when the beta opened), so I do hope the community can be more positive now

user223506

@BenceKaulics yeesh!

Ghanima

@Aurora0001 So say we all!

user223506

@Aurora0001 i'll have to think about it - some may not believe me when i say that i actually want the site to succeed

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Bence Kaulics

Soon we will have moderators, and IMO that will help a lot.

Aurora0001

@BenceKaulics indeed, the SE team simply don't have the time that the new moderators will have to guide the site

user223506

14:11

@BenceKaulics potentially

user223506

any hypothetical question from me would be a blend of consumer-level questions, re-engineering, a touch of code with a sprinkling of scientific-usefulness and invention

Aurora0001

All of those seem on-topic

At least in my opinion

user223506

i don't get funding for my research, so can't buy or even borrow the standard equipment, so I make my own

Bence Kaulics

I would welcome some engineering inovation on the site.

Also scientific usage of IoT seems quite interesting. After those smart-home questions.

Aurora0001

Yeah, it would be good to broaden the scope beyond smart home questions

Also, anyone who wants to should create some more tag wikis - there are loads that need writing here: iot.stackexchange.com/tags?tab=new

It's a good way to contribute behind the scenes

user223506

14:18

I am one of those scientists - have 5 jobs, not sure what this 'sleep' thing is, more caffeine than other bodily fluids.... up at 1 am, with 7 projects on the go with 3 laptops running

user223506

listening to Metallica

Bence Kaulics

I have to find some scentific IoT system now. Interested what can be out there about it.

But unfortunately I have to study now.

user223506

@BenceKaulics you might find my published work

user223506

@BenceKaulics study is good!

user223506

@Aurora0001 I'll think about it - would probably need to see some science based questions from others first

Aurora0001

14:28

@Doc I'll try to think of something (although it's not really something I have much experience in compared to my usual question topics)

user223506

you should see my kitchen bench.... parts everywhere

user223506

@Aurora0001 we'll see

Aurora0001

16:50

4 questions today - not bad

Ghanima

17:00

from you?

Aurora0001

No, overall

Ghanima

I got this while posting on RPi.SE

Aurora0001

Even the magnificent Aurora cannot write 4 questions in one day

Ghanima

how could I not take this personally?

Aurora0001

@Ghanima moderators are robots though

Ghanima

17:01

worse than robots

Aurora0001

Robots that take flags and food and convert them into deleted posts plus resentment from users

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Ghanima

exactly that

Aurora0001

18:13

Also, in other news, the message for anonymous users visiting the site is now "Warning: this site is currently in private beta for at least a few more days."

There was a proper counter

But now it's just 'a few'

Aurora0001

19:04

Anyone think this question might be good for this site:

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Q: UWP Mediabox - a few questions

I have a question to you and I really hope you can provide me some information. I wish to build a media center because I have not found any possibilities to cast my stuff straight to the big screen from my Windows mobile phone. Off course there is the wireless display adapter from Microsoft but ...

Also, does anyone think it would be worth having a weekly chat event to try and boost chat visitors?

Aurora0001

19:27

@Ghanima, minor bug report for RPi.SE: if you try to flag something, there's a capitalisation bug

"This question is completely unclear, incomplete, overly-broad, primarily opinion-based or is not about raspberry pi as described in the help center, and it is unlikely to be fixed via editing."

Bolded the issue for you

Hi @BenceKaulics

Bence Kaulics

19:49

Hi @Aurora0001

The question seems to be good but a bit broad. It is kinda 3-4 question actually.

But currently is not much probramming related but can become one later.

Is it evil to flag it as off-topic? :D

Aurora0001

21:45

@BenceKaulics It's more evil to actually close it (I could VTC :P)

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