Things - 2016-12-08

anonymous2

00:46

Welcome to anyone who cares to enter!

anonymous2

12:43

Hi, @Helmar!

Helmar

Hi

anonymous2

How is your day (morning, evening, whatever it is :) ) going?

Helmar

Working my way through the after lunch tiredness ;)

anonymous2

@Helmar After lunch... You must be in Europe?

Hi, @10Replies!

Helmar

I am.

I live in Munich

anonymous2

12:47

Germany, I believe?

Helmar

Exactly

anonymous2

Neat! Know a couple people on SE from Germany now.

So where did you start getting your knowledge about IoT, out of curiosity?

Helmar

Professional hazard so to speak

anonymous2

Lol.

Helmar

Started out with factory automation which morphed into smart factory and IoT in general.

anonymous2

12:49

@Helmar Neat!

Helmar

So I have a certain interest in getting a SE quality level Q&A site about IoT off the ground :)

anonymous2

@Helmar Gotcha. We'll do all we can...

Seriously, I do hope it can take off the ground. There is so much of a future for IoT.

Helmar

It certainly is an emerging topic :)

What time zone are you in?

anonymous2

Estern Standard

It's nearly 8am now.

Helmar

Let's hope for some more questions when you guys wake up. There seems to be very little Asia Pacific input right now.

anonymous2

12:55

@Helmar Yes. Theoretically, with the number of committers there were, we should have a bit more activity than this, but of course, not everyone follows through with commitments, unfortunately.

I'm going to try to fulfill the commitment even though I didn't actually commit...

Helmar

@anonymous2 Yeah, I don't have the numbers, but the not already active SE people don't get an SE ping but an email. Not everybody checks emails daily.

anonymous2

@Helmar True enough. We may have a few more coming on a bit later.

Helmar

Not sure how area51 counts site users. It says 237 committed and site stats say 274 total users.

anonymous2

@Helmar Users are just anybody who has created an account.

Helmar

Of course it's possible those are automatically generated from the commitments and do not represent logins

anonymous2

12:58

Even if it has been deleted or hasn't done anything.

For instance, iot.stackexchange.com/users/201/bilbo-pingouin

Or iot.stackexchange.com/users/205/bogdan-emil-mariesan

Unfortunately, I have very little expertise, so my involvement on this site risks taking more of a moderator approach. Not necessarily as a moderator, just more in the line of reviewing, closing, re-opening, commenting, checking potentially tense situations, etc...

Helmar

oh Robert Cartaino has negative rep and is just down voting on his SE staff privileges :D

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anonymous2

@Helmar Yes, I noticed that.

What I would like to know is what happens if he gets down to 1 rep.

And downvotes.

Helmar

hui 500 rep, a new review queue just opened :)

anonymous2

@Helmar Congratulations!

@Helmar, say, since you're the first person to show any interest in this chatroom...

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Helmar

13:04

The definition is perfect.

anonymous2

Might as well have a couple.

@Helmar definition?

Helmar

The official ELU chat room has no definition but the people are always discussing things

Or as someone put it all the English experts just hang in the chat and discuss latin, politics and philosophy

anonymous2

@Helmar That's the case with all the chat rooms, basically. At least the ones I've seen.

And if you think of any improvements, let me know... or actually, implement them yourself. :)

room topic changed to Chat of Things: This is a chat to discuss "things." Any "thing" qualifies... within reason. [things]

Forgot to tag the room.

10 Replies

things tag lol

anonymous2

Lol, what do you expect...

10 Replies

13:08

idk, I don't know how the other main chats get their tags

anonymous2

Actually, looks like most main chats don't have tags.

10 Replies

The Renderfarm

A place to talk while we wait for our renders to finish. Site ...

This one does

anonymous2

You're right.

I was looking at these ones:

Chat of Things

General discussion for iot.stackexchange.com

The Pitstop

For the motormouth in you! (mechanics.stackexchange.com)

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Ask Ubuntu General Room

Normally: General discussion around Ask Ubuntu, Ubuntu & offic...

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Videonauth's Help Box

Channel to provide chat help

Though that last one isn't a main chat.

10 Replies

Maybe its an anomaly to have tags. The things tag is appropriate for this though.

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Although Chemistry has tags have gone a bit overboard chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/3229/the-periodic-table

anonymous2

Looks a bit like Shadow's Den.

So @10Replies, how's your day (evening, morning, etc.) going?

10 Replies

13:16

Pretty good. I'm in school right now. Physics...

anonymous2

Fun!

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10 Replies

I didn't take the intro class, I just skipped to physics 2 C, so its pretty hard.

anonymous2

@10Replies The challenge may help make it memorable.

10 Replies

I hope so.

anonymous2

13:49

So first plagiarism detected.

I didn't notice if the account was still there.

anonymous2

14:15

Welcome, @Ghanima!

Welcome, @Aurora0001!

Welcome @Dom!

Aurora0001

It's like a parallel universe of chat

anonymous2

Goodbye, @Dom. :(

@Aurora0001 Something like. :)

Ghanima

crazy people!

anonymous2

@Ghanima why? :)

Aurora0001

I'm going to go back to the other room before I confuse myself

anonymous2

14:16

@Aurora0001 Aww..

Aurora0001

Chat of Things may become the official name soon anyway

anonymous2

Yes, per meta post.

Come to think of it, I should really rename this one to something else to avoid confusion when (if) that happens.

Aurora0001

Anyway, back to the main chat!

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Ghanima

no! you've opened the box of the Pandorra, now it's too late

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anonymous2

14:50

room topic changed to Things: This is a chat to discuss "things." Any "thing" qualifies... within reason. [things]

anonymous2

15:03

I didn't realise that you're not supposed to be able to get into a private beta without having committed. Oops.

Weird, because I followed the proposal (was interested) and they gave me notice when the private beta started. Had no issues setting up an account.

But when I came by with another account on which I hadn't followed, I was unable to sign up. Huh. :)

I guess they figure if you have applied yourself enough to follow and you actually notice the little notice in your inbox, they won't prevent you from joining.

Henry WH Hack v2.0

17:52

@anonymous2 Hello! :) What is this room about?

anonymous2

@HenryWHHackv2.0 It about things. Any thing you can think of that has to do with anything. Within reason that is. :)

Henry WH Hack v2.0

Ah!

I can see things everywhere.

10 Replies

Things and stars

anonymous2

@10Replies You can say that one again.

Henry WH Hack v2.0

Internet + Things = Internet of Things

10 Replies

18:01

Internet of Things - Things = .... things??

Henry WH Hack v2.0

Nope it's Internet of Things - Internet = Things

10 Replies

But... we are on the internet.... or are we... Δ

The Renderfarm

Chat of Things

The Pitstop

Ask Ubuntu General Room

Videonauth's Help Box

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♦ Things