Ye Olde Hat Shoppe

I've tweeted links to questions on three sites but no social-media hats yet. I wonder if Twitter's link-shortener messed that up. Real links: worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/q/64705/28 judaism.stackexchange.com/q/78283/472 writers.stackexchange.com/q/25587/1993

And if anybody can offer any answers to the last one, which is about Doxygen, I'd be happy.

Samuel Liew

@AndrewLi Ok cool. Do you mind if I award the bounty to the newer better-written answer instead?

Andrew Li

@SamuelLiew I don't, but I won't get the hat :P

ATaco

You're right, I don't want to sell my soul for hats, the post has been deleted.

Monica Cellio

@AndrewLi wow, that's weird. I thought the desktop site gave you all the features of the desktop site, even if you're viewing it on a phone. I wonder if the snowflake is using something that your phone's browser doesn't support. (Dunno what that would be, but...) . Have you tried multiple browsers?

Andrew Li

12:50 AM

@MonicaCellio Hmm. It may have been some weird bug. It's back now

Monica Cellio

@AndrewLi I noticed a few hours ago that the snowflake was slow to show up on page loads -- assumed it was us pounding the snot out of the server or something. So maybe it was that?

Andrew Li

Maybe

alecxe

Yeah, you are right, I don't have anything that will bring something new to the topic at this moment.

thanks though!

ATaco

Never let me stoop that low for a hat again

Samuel Liew

I'm going to open up more bounties now, suggest a question that you can answer well? @ATaco @alecxe

ATaco

12:56 AM

Suggest some, but I won't answer anything non-constructive.

Rob

@SamuelLiew Oups - didn't know you were awarding the bounty now - had one coming :P

Samuel Liew

@Rob aww, I'm going to open up more bounties, what else can you answer?

ATaco

Give me Lua, I speak Lua better than I speak English

Rob

Anything C# :D

Samuel Liew

@Rob What about this stackoverflow.com/q/6545254/584192?

Saiid

12:59 AM

@AndrewLi I was planning to answer it anyway

ATaco

Darn, I cannot Answer that one

Rob

@SamuelLiew Most of it's covered I feel. I'll have a think about it if you decide on that one. Though pick a question/answer you want to bounty - don't mind us just for the hats :)

I'm also curious - do you get the hat if you award a bounty to a competing answer?

I've already got a bounty going on a question I answered

Saiid

I don't think it works if you award the bounty

Samuel Liew

@Rob Yes, tested on a competing answer manually

Rob

Yes - you do get it, or Yes to Saiid?

Samuel Liew

1:03 AM

@Saiid Yes, manually awarded bounties are also tested

Rob

Ah, nevermind though - answer was posted long ago

Saiid

@SamuelLiew I meant I don't think it works for you if you are the one awarding the bounty

Rob

It's only for answers posted during WB right?

Saiid

@Rob I believe so

Has anyone gotten the This Is Fine hat from @SamuelLiew's bounty-giving?

Samuel Liew

@Rob Yes, has to be during WB, proven here stackoverflow.com/q/40581507/584192 (10k), user Emile didn't receive hat while I did, on a bounty self-awarded to a competing answer

Rob

1:05 AM

Alright, thanks

Samuel Liew

@Saiid It does, see above comment

Saiid

Yeah

Andrew Li

@SamuelLiew maybe just has to be in December

there was a Dec. 13th counterexample

Saiid

Just got This Is Fine

Andrew Li

Nice

but your answer is a bit subpar imo

Saiid

1:09 AM

Ehh

It works

Andrew Li

Sure @Saiid but it's not what they're looking for...

Samuel Liew

@Saiid Don't forget to delete your answer, or improve it.

Andrew Li

^

Saiid

@SamuelLiew I was about to head there in a second

@AndrewLi You have a point. Mine takes a bit less code than yours, though :P

Andrew Li

@Saiid Less code doesn't mean better by any means

Especially if they do different things

Saiid

1:12 AM

Please explain how they do different things

Samuel Liew

@Saiid In your example, c() is not a property of the string. It's a function call

Andrew Li

Rephrase: they do the same thing, but the OP explicity requesting a property, not a function

ATaco

Yeah, it's a valid suggestion, although not a great one.

Andrew Li

Not valid imo

Saiid

*shrugs*

Andrew Li

1:14 AM

Either improve or remove

Saiid

Am I wrong that I should have received another badge/hat?

I edited the question, then answered it

or does my answer then have to be accepted?

hmm

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

what badge?

Saiid

I'm not sure

I thought there was one like that though

Explainer

nvm, has to be less than 12 hours

oh well

Stephen Leppik

Anyone want to close a random question, pile on edits, and then reopen it 4 teh hatz?

Preferably one of my questions so that I can get Abominable and No Longer Grinchy

I don't have 3K anywhere :(

Monica Cellio

Please don't do that to random questions posted by unsuspecting users. Try to find a question that deserves the close/edit.

ATaco

1:26 AM

Do not sell your soul for hats

7

Saiid

I think you made a typo

Panda

Hi!

Saiid

ello

Panda

Wow, the Docs has a new formatting again :P

Saiid

@ATaco You clearly wrote 'not'. I believe this was a typo for ''.

Panda

1:29 AM

Any new discoveries for the hat 6?

ATaco

Do not sell your soul for hats

Saiid

Another typo

:/

Please fix your typo

ATaco

Do NOT sell your soul for hats

Saiid

So many typos

Andrew Li

@Saiid seriously though, no soul selling

Saiid

1:35 AM

:'/

Downgoat

@ATaco Too late

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

@KritixiLithos wat how you get bert

Stephen Leppik

@MonicaCellio I was going to suggest one of my own questions :P

Monica Cellio

@StephenLeppik ah. Ok, that's less bad. In general, let's try to remember that the things we do in search of hats can create work for other people (e.g. reviewers) or interrupt other activities (e.g. an in-progress answer to a question being closed/edited). I'm not saying don't do stuff; SE should be designing hats to stimulate positive activity. I'm just saying: let's try to be careful. General comment, not aimed at anyone in particular.

4

ATaco

As previously stated, Do not sell your soul for hats

Saiid

1:52 AM

:/

:/

\:

\:

:D

'_'/

1:54 AM

'_'/

@AndrewLi :D

no.

Yes.

\:/

\:/

:┑

1:55 AM

:¶

Andrew Li

Time to go hat hunting

Ramanujan

❍

ATaco

:§

MasterBob

anybody got a secret hat

Ramanujan

∫αωαδ

MasterBob

1:56 AM

i meant a secret secret hat

that somebody hasnt really figured out yet

Rob

@StephenLeppik If you want abominable, VTC this question duplicate before I hammer it

Ramanujan

No :(

MasterBob

UH

@Rob i dont even have close votes!

:(

Rob

@MasterBob Flag it

Then go 'should be closed' -> 'duplicate'

MasterBob

@Rob flagged

Rob

2:00 AM

@StephenLeppik You around?

@MasterBob Hammered - lemme know if you get it, haven't tested it with flags, only votes

Andrew Li

I have a feeling the secret hats have all been found.

MasterBob

@AndrewLi theyve been all found, but some people just dont know how they got it lol

Andrew Li

@MasterBob is it confirmed?

MasterBob

@AndrewLi what is confirmed?

Andrew Li

@MasterBob that there are no more secret hats?

ATaco

2:02 AM

The Taco Hat Will be MINE

Andrew Li

No soul selling :P

ATaco

I'm not selling my soul.

MasterBob

@AndrewLi nothing can ever be confirmed with 100%, but its not likely theres more

ATaco

I'm just editing a lot more than I otherwise would.

For the Tacos

Andrew Li

I'm editing for a gold badge

and 24

MasterBob

2:04 AM

@Rob did not get the hat, but its registered because i got the first flag badge

@AndrewLi really? i'm going for electorate (have to vote so much)

Rob

Hats are processed separately @masterbob

Andrew Li

@MasterBob Got that long time ago

Going for copy editor

Rob

Usually 10-15min delay

MasterBob

@AndrewLi oh well

@Rob but its already registered (at least, the badge is)

Andrew Li

469/500 edits!

MasterBob

2:05 AM

amazing

im like, 2 or 3, maybe even 1

oh its 3

Andrew Li

What's up with the highlighting

on the doc

Don't bold things that shouldn't be

MasterBob

@Rob i got the hat, confirmed with flags

Rob

@MasterBob \o/

MasterBob

@Rob yeah YAY!!!

thx

Andrew Li

Which one?

Rob

2:09 AM

No worries

Andrew Li

@MasterBob I must say, the "what's up doc" hat fits you very well

MasterBob

@AndrewLi you meant, it fits my cat very well

Andrew Li

@MasterBob goo.gl/images/PDljp1

Hats Stack Exchange

2

Q: Where's a lifesaver when I need one?

I've set myself to go earn the Lifesaver hat: So, I went and posted an answer which was accepted. And, here we see that that question did result in a tumbleweed badge for the OP. Am I misunderstanding the requirement or is there something else wrong? Any ideas?

Stephen Leppik

@Rob Sorry, bit of a break. I can't VtC yet

Rob

2:14 AM

No worries - I'll let you know when I find another, flagging works too

Andrew Li

@Rob which hat?

MasterBob

@AndrewLi abominable, proven by me!

JamesENL

For Where In The World, what counts as interacting with a site?

Panda

Upvotes

Andrew Li

Yeah. Flagging works

@JamesENL voting, posting, commenting, flagging,cving, etc

JamesENL

2:16 AM

Ty

MasterBob

@AndrewLi although im not really sure how to do a reopen flag

Andrew Li

@MasterBob must be 3k+

MasterBob

@AndrewLi i know, i checked the priviledges page

Rob

@StephenLeppik stackoverflow.com/questions/41125094/… .

MasterBob

@Rob how did you get the taco hat

Rob

2:21 AM

No idea

Was editing out 'thanks' from old posts

Panda

Taco hat seems to do with edits

Usually awarded with elementary

MasterBob

@Panda yes, not leaving an edit summary is one theory

Panda

^Yea

MasterBob

@Panda however, it has to be multiple, bc i did it 1 time and i didnt get it

Panda

I think I got it while aiming for some other hat

Andrew Li

2:23 AM

Who changed criteria for this is fine???

Stephen Leppik

@Rob showed up too late :(

Saiid

Me

jk

MasterBob

@AndrewLi eh, has good reason

Andrew Li

@MasterBob no it doesn't

MasterBob

@AndrewLi and why does it not?

Andrew Li

2:25 AM

answer is correct, not question

MasterBob

ok

editing

done

Panda

Are there any theories for the hat 6?

Saiid

Yeah, I got it from a question posted way before WB

Panda

I've tried it for 3 days in a row

MasterBob

@Panda 6 secret hats? XD

Panda

2:26 AM

Definitely not ;)

Andrew Li

6?

I got it from doing nothing

bluefeet

@SamuelLiew encouraging users to post answers that are immediately deleted after getting an upvote and you award the bounty is highly disappointing. I get you want to help people get hats but it's encouraging bad behavior and I'd recommend stopping it

3

Andrew Li

@bluefeet may I ask a question regarding secret hats?

bluefeet

Hats are fun but let's not litter the sites in the process of trying to get them.

3

Andrew Li

^^^

bluefeet

2:29 AM

@AndrewLi you may ask but I'm most likely not going to answer

Andrew Li

Have all the secrets hats been found?

Worth a try

ATaco

Do not sell your soul for hats

bluefeet

It's day 2. You've got lots of days left to find hats. Why try to get them all in two days?

Stephen Leppik

OK flagged

Panda

Compared to last year's number of secret hats, there seem to be much more

Andrew Li

2:31 AM

@bluefeet I wanted confirmation that our search hadn't come to a disappointing end ;)

bluefeet

You'll have to wait and see

Andrew Li

Ok

Balarka Sen

Have we figured what Blue In The Face is for yet?

Andrew Li

Nope

I got that one from doing nothing

MasterBob

@AndrewLi upvoting comments?

Rob

2:33 AM

I'm almost positive it's just having a bunch of comments upvoted quickly

All our tests only yielded about 5 comment votes, while @AndrewLi ended up with 10+ over two comments

MasterBob

that almost is key

Balarka Sen

Huh, interesting.

Saiid

Shall we mass-upvote some comments, then? It's not particularly harmful to the site

MasterBob

@Saiid seems tempting

anybody got an idea where

Balarka Sen

So we just have to upvote like 10 or so distinct comments?

MasterBob

2:36 AM

not 10 distinct comments i think

Rob

From what I saw: there were two comments. The first one was 'possible duplicate of...' which had 5 upvotes. Then immediately after was another normal comment, with (i think) 7 upvotes

Panda

Blue in the face?

I've one comment with 6 upvotes

Rob

The question didn't get closed, even though it had 5 upvotes

MasterBob

@Panda was the comment posted before winter bash or did you get the hat

Balarka Sen

Ah, ok, I see what you mean now.

Panda

2:37 AM

Posted yesterday

Let me see if I can find the link

veryRandomMe

@Panda I think we had 8-10 last year, somewhere in that range

Panda

Wait, it's 5 upvotes

You'll need to post your code. — Panda 19 hours ago

Pretty sure it was 6 yesterday

Rob

Yeah, it's not pure upvotes

veryRandomMe

hah, that's easy enough

Rob

We tested that

veryRandomMe

2:38 AM

aw

Panda

Anyone willing to try on my comment ;)

veryRandomMe

try what?

Alexander O'Mara

What's this about upvoting 10 comments?

Panda

8 to 10 up votes?

veryRandomMe

I did my part

Alexander O'Mara

2:39 AM

What does it do?

Panda

Blue in the face

veryRandomMe

It gives you a badge, and potentially a hat

Balarka Sen

Just to clarify, it's hypothetically about getting bunch of comments by a specific user heavily-voted each?

Panda

Which badge?

veryRandomMe

Well, if multiple times

MasterBob

2:40 AM

hmm... the number of blue feet is 2... maybe 2 comments?

veryRandomMe

nvm

Saiid

@MasterBob Let's test

Balarka Sen

Well, test on what?

Rob

It might be worthwhile using the sandbox question for this

Balarka Sen

need a guineapig to conduct an experiment yo

@Rob Ah!

Rob

2:45 AM

One person can post a bunch of comments (with links, etc, 'possible duplicate') etc, and then we all upvote them

Since this is really unorganized, can we just have one person making the comments until it's verified?

Saiid

Sure

Rob

otherwise we'll end up with 500 comments and none of them getting enough upvotes

Saiid

I've actually got two comments ready, though, if anyone wants to upvote them

no links, but

idk

maybe we should upvote with the [ask] and [tour]?

@Rob What sandbox question is this?

Rob

Hold on

Alexander O'Mara

Rep-capping is tough when nobody is asking good questions...

Saiid

2:47 AM

lol

Rob

Ah, it's a protected question

Annoying

Saiid

lol

Andrew Li

@AlexanderO'Mara yeah it is

That's why you go for bounties

@Rob My comments got 10+ upvotes?!

Saiid

Well, one comment, two comments

Balarka Sen

how about this? is doing stuff on meta sites fine?

Rob

2:49 AM

@AndrewLi You had one with 5ish and another with 7ish right next to each other

Andrew Li

huh

Rob

@BalarkaSen It's closed

Balarka Sen

so what? we can still comment as much as we want on any draft

Andrew Li

The doc is a bit cluttered guys

Rob

Ah, right

Well, we can comment on this question: meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3122/…

Andrew Li

2:50 AM

And the random question marks are not organized

Rob

It explicitly says we can 'post comments to this question or its answers'

Balarka Sen

yeah, fair enough

Andrew Li

Does my name show up as Andrew Li when editing?

Rob

So.. can one person post two comments there - one with a link, one without - and we all upvote both those comments

@AndrewLi Yes - if you mean the google doc

Andrew Li

oki

Saiid

2:53 AM

yeah

The comments won't load for me

veryRandomMe

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lol

that's horrible

ugh

All hail Zalgo!

emoji arts

Bobince's answer is amazing

veryRandomMe

2:55 AM

yeah'

MasterBob

uh, i dont have enough rep on the meta site, only SO

JamesENL

The pony he comes

Saiid

Sorry for spam, but

H̶̛̏̉̒͗̌̈́̉͒̈͛͒́̑́̐̀́̽̀̾̈̍̆̽̓̓̆̀̓̂̉̒͒̍̒͆̊͗̓̈́̓͛̃̀́͆̉̉̇̾͊̍̈̓̾͗́͊̈́͂͌̎̍̄͘͘͘̚͘͠͠͝͝͝͝͝͠‌̢̨̧̨̛̗̝̩̩̺̣̖̟̭̞͎̝͖̥̳͙͖̰̫̺̹͍̙̖͕̣̻͓̩͚̻̤̞͔̰̲͖̣̩̼̮̰̲̰͈͙̹̗͓͔͉̞͔͇̯̈́̌̀̎͒̈́̊̒̈́̈̈́̈́̇̄̂̾̒̚͘͝͝‌̢̧̧̡̢̰̠͎͕̫̼̺͔͈̝̩̦͖͈͖͎̤̩̫̖̰͈̳̜̦̲͎̻̭̬̭̥̲̤̙ͅa̵͋͐̿̔̿͂̓́̀̇̇͐̏̋͐̍͗̊̈́͒̂́̊̈́̽͛̉̊̔̋͊̕̕͘̚͠͝͠‌̡̢̛͚̠̜̞̦̣͖̠̼̰̰͎̙̭̜̣̫͋̀̐̄̌̆͐̓̽̈́̀̓̓̾̉͑̽͊́̂̑̍̏̅͊̽̄̌̇̑͒̆̆̄́̽̾̉̒́̋̇̓̾̓̽͗̋̊̓̾̆̀͂͌̇͒̚̚̕͝‌̡̨̧̡̧̡̡͎͉̘̟̞͖̭̠̘͈̩̞̠̮͈̬͇̥̥͉̫͈̼͚̳̲̟̥̤̖͚̙̫͇̬̘̲̠̲͔̪̟̹̖͍̰̥̜̗͚̤̘̥̱͖̥͙͔̳̼̞̫̫̘̭̝̝̦͜͜͜͜ͅͅ‌t̶̛̊̈́́̀̄̓͛̓͒͑́̈́͒͂̈́͌̄̈́̔͂̉̄͒̀͌̍͗͗̓̽̒̃̌̉͂̎̈́̄͛̍͌̈́͛̑̋̈́́́́̿̓́̈́̂̐̌̾̅́̓̌͂̑͛̽͘̚̕͝͝͝͝͝͠͝

ah, dammit

didn't work

oh well

Balarka Sen

glares

veryRandomMe