Ye Olde Hat Shoppe

David

22:00

is there some inside joke here I'm missing?

Kaz Wolfe

AskUbuntu general room stuff.

Byte Commander

Attention, privates! Commander on deck.

:P

Kaz Wolfe

we like giving each other hell over there.

David

:) I know how regulars chat.

@ByteCommander well Commander I am a Maverick.

Kaz Wolfe

(well, the canid invasion is beginning)

Byte Commander

22:02

Strangely my dictionary translates "maverick" as "calf without mother"...

Seth

get the name straight. It's Ask Ubuntu. Note the space.

Byte Commander

We're just too used to camel case, I think :P

Seth

@ByteCommander goes his own way, loner, doesn't follow the herd.

David

@Seth I just call it AU.

Byte Commander

aha...

Kaz Wolfe

22:03

and i call it AskUbuntu :D

Byte Commander

Anyone calling it the Orange Hell?

;D

Seth

@KazWolfe ಠ_ಠ

WinEunuuchs2Unix

I like "AskUbuntu" from my C+ programming days... besides we say "AU" an not "A.U." :)

Kaz Wolfe

@Seth yes, mod?

@ByteCommander LinuxMint Forums

Byte Commander

@KazWolfe sed 's/d/m/'

Kaz Wolfe

22:05

[Room hostile takeover complete]

Seth

@KazWolfe LinuxMint forums is actually one of our top referrers

Kaz Wolfe

@Seth spoilers! i was waiting for 25k to discover that.

WinEunuuchs2Unix

So.... this is the room Kaz has been coming to in order to conspire and collude with others to give each other hats using secret voting strategies!!!!

Kaz Wolfe

yes.

WinEunuuchs2Unix

haha you were supposed to deny it!

David

22:07

@WinEunuuchs2Unix something like that.

WinEunuuchs2Unix

I clicked the link in the upper right and saw how I can get a cord-cutting hat when I start voting again at 5 pm.

Seth

@KazWolfe that's not part of the 25k tools

David

@KazWolfe do you know how you got the trendsetter?

Kaz Wolfe

@David i want to say wear a different hat a few days in a row.

@Seth i thought referrers are there, as per Google Analytics?

David

have been doing

Seth

22:08

@KazWolfe I lie. Missed a tab.

Kaz Wolfe

changed hats three days in a row, all upside-down

@Seth so i know things better than you? :D :P

David

@KazWolfe (and you dont even have access to them!)

Kaz Wolfe

@David magic!

Hats Stack Exchange

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Q: How can I save my hats?

The Winter Bash hats look too good to let disappear into the hat box at the end of the bash! Sure it's possible to screenshot them, but is it possible to download a copy of them, to have in all their vector goodness?

3

Seth

@KazWolfe I'm at that old folks part of my residency where you start to lose track of things :(

David

22:11

you guys have a theory on the they live hat? seams pretty common.

Seth

wait I just got trendsetter o_O

earned on AU. Did you figure that one out yet?

David

@AlexanderO'Mara Sweet! I have saved all the hats in the past years, but this year you did the work for me.

Kaz Wolfe

@David i'm trying to test the "one of every action", but the queue is empty ;-;

Byte Commander

Cool.

Alexander O'Mara

@David No problem!

David

22:13

@KazWolfe I doubt any hats are triggered by reviewing.

Seth

@KazWolfe I'm going to have to agree with this.

I just got it and haven't taken an action onsite in over 2 hours. The only thing I've done is browse and change my hat.

Kaz Wolfe

@David huh. not sure but still something worth looking at.

David

hmm, ok. I will know at UTC day change in a few hours if this works.

Byte Commander

Well, I used all my close votes, delete votes, comment votes and whatnot on one day and didn't get a hat for it. Seems like mass-reviewing and moderating is not rewarding.

You know what kind of hat I would really appreciate for next year?

Something steampunk-style, like that:

Kaz Wolfe

@ByteCommander a wolf hat? because i would wear the hell out of it.

David

22:15

@ByteCommander neat idea. whats the trigger?

Kaz Wolfe

@David something completely random, unrelated, and arbitrary to annoy everyone in this room.

David

lol

Byte Commander

That one looks also cool:

Kaz Wolfe

or something really really obscure.

Byte Commander

Maybe edit a post at exactly the same hour and minute of the day as it has originally been posted?

That would be really hard to find out or get though.

Kaz Wolfe

22:17

so, perfect!

Byte Commander

So maybe only the minute, ignoring the hour.

Kaz Wolfe

or in the anachronistic theme, answer a question bumped by community, edit it, and get +3 on the answer. And then just to annoy everyone in this room, the question must also get an upvote post-edit.

rekire

@Seth cool what did you do?

Byte Commander

Another suggestion: the original Doctor Who fez

Kaz Wolfe

@ByteCommander already happened.

Byte Commander

22:20

O'rly?

When?

Must have been before 2015, I guess.

David

@ByteCommander 2013 I think

Byte Commander

Well, I joined 2015, so that was before my time.

Seth

8 mins ago, by Seth

I just got it and haven't taken an action onsite in over 2 hours. The only thing I've done is browse and change my hat.

Looks like wear 3 hats over 3 days

David

@Seth what if you ware more then 3 hats?

rekire

@Seth interesting. changing my hat :)

David

22:23

I'll see soon

Seth

@David no idea

David

"it a secret"

Anonymous

@David It's fine - I wore way more than 3 hats while getting mine

Kaz Wolfe

i think it's "change your hat at least once every day for three days"

Anonymous

Three consecutive days is the key, I think

David

22:24

@KazWolfe sounds about right

@Mego yes

so in an hour and a half I should have mine

Byte Commander

Oooh... Interesting.

Well, then good bye Hatter hat. Let's see what I pick instead...

WinEunuuchs2Unix

Three consecutive UTC days probably. But do they have to be three different hats? Or can you just keep changing two hats if you only have two?

Kaz Wolfe

Added to doc.

Anonymous

@WinEunuuchs2Unix Yeah, 3 consecutive UTC days. I got it shortly after UTC midnight on the third UTC day, after the hat change.

Anonymous

Not sure if it needs to be 3 different hats, but I used 3 different ones

WinEunuuchs2Unix

22:28

Well my hat change I just made is it irrelevant or does it count for today, which changes at 5pm (UTC midnight), at which point do I change again?... hmmm so many complications!

Byte Commander

Let's just try to be creative...

blue in the face, upside down

Huuuge eyes for my wolf...

Seth

@WinEunuuchs2Unix if you only have two you're a real slacker :P

Kaz Wolfe

@Seth really. you get quite a few from just existing or voting.

David

The community bot has 11

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@Seth 18 hats, my look-up-challenged mod friend :)

rekire

22:34

That is a cool easter egg:

Tesla Model X Holiday Show Easter Egg and P100D Speed Update

►

David

which does pose an interesting test case for the trend setter.

WinEunuuchs2Unix

But I'll get a gold medal soon for 600 up-votes and will get a hat for that... at 5 pm I'll use my mobile to up-vote 7 questions and get a hat for that... and if you can tell me a good question to ask on mobile I'll get a hat for that too :)

Kaz Wolfe

@David How so?

David

@KazWolfe community has the trendsetter on two sites, I will change her hat on blender over the next 3 days and see if she gets it here too.

Willeke

Is the trigger for the 6 known by now?

Kaz Wolfe

22:38

@David wait, mods can set hats for users (or just Community)?

Byte Commander

@rekire That wing door flapping looks soooo cute! xD

WinEunuuchs2Unix

Wait... I was in Uinx & Linux site when I changed my hat 1/2 hour ago... Do i have to be in "AskUbuntu" / "Ask Ubuntu" when I change my hat?

Willeke

The 8,2and so on is deleted 10 comments with at least one (likely 5) upvoted.

David

@Willeke I'm testing my idea now. but because we have a working theory for 8mil, and bluefeet's hint said they can work together I have an idea.

@KazWolfe Ah, so there is something modish you dont know. Yes we can.

Willeke

May be day of the week, I got mine a few days back and several of us here did get it on that method

Kaz Wolfe

22:39

@David my knowledge is limited to the Help Center.

Last I asked about what secret things mods could do, I was told to stand on a section of floor marked "Not a trapdoor"

I don't want to have to escape the alligator pit again.

David

@KazWolfe lol, your best bet is read through the meta. SE is very open about what happens.

Willeke

For the trendsetter I can assure that it does not matter how often you change your hats, is just have to be done three days in a row. (I changed 20 or more times,) and all on the same site.

I am now testing if you use the 'only on this site' version.

Kaz Wolfe

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A: What does the site look like to a moderator?

If we told you, we'd have to kill you. No, it's not drastically different. There are just a few mod links in different places that pop up dialogues to allow us do things like merging, locking (etc) that aren't in the standard close/delete menus. I'd show you these but they're really very dull. E...

AU mods aren't.

Alex

it can be new hats image.prntscr.com/image/8a2014492b874de7a37fc7f933c8bc92.png

2

Kaz Wolfe

@Alex wait, how do you have those hats?

janos

22:43

the one in the top-right is mmmm bacon

Kaz Wolfe

did you trick the site into enabling them or something?

Alex

@KazWolfe yes i did it )

Seth

@David ooh, I forgot we could do that.

Alex

@KazWolfe joke) I watched the video on youtube and there was a frame with all hats)

2

Kaz Wolfe

Strange. All the mod sites 404 instead of 403/401.

Anonymous

22:47

So the only one that hasn't been seen is the derby hat

Anonymous

Specifically, that looks like Alex from A Clockwork Orange

Anonymous

Alex (A Clockwork Orange)

Alex is a fictional character in Anthony Burgess' novel A Clockwork Orange and Stanley Kubrick's film A Clockwork Orange, in which he is played by Malcolm McDowell. In the film, his surname is DeLarge, a reference to Alex calling himself Alexander the Large in the novel. In the film, however, two newspaper articles print his name as "Alex Burgess". In addition to the book and film, Alex was portrayed by Vanessa Claire Smith in the ARK Theatre Company's multi-media adaptation of A Clockwork Orange, directed by Brad Mays. == Character overview == Alex is the narrator, protagonist and antihero in...

Kaz Wolfe

so. 41 hats?

WinEunuuchs2Unix

who has 41 hats?

Kaz Wolfe

it seems like there are 41 hats total

Alex

22:51

@KazWolfe if believe the video Yes. I think we can ask the moderators)

WinEunuuchs2Unix

That link on the upper right doesn't have the Trend-setter hat I noticed... and I don't think there are 41 hats listed there.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

@AlexanderO'Mara only 6 more hats to go!

Kaz Wolfe

@Alex your random parenthesis annoy me.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

@WinEunuuchs2Unix it does have trendsetter?

WinEunuuchs2Unix

I did a Ctrl+F and searched... I'll try it again.

Alex

22:52

@KazWolfe ist smile :)

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

@WinEunuuchs2Unix wait which link?

Alex

10 mins ago, by Alex

it can be new hats http://image.prntscr.com/image/8a2014492b874de7a37fc7f933c8bc92.png

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@EᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏIʀᴋ The blue link in the upper right of this screen

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

it's a secret hat

Anonymous

@WinEunuuchs2Unix Secret hats aren't listed on the main winter bash page until you've unlocked them

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

22:53

I have that hat, so it shows up for me

Kaz Wolfe

so i think we know about 40 of these hats.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

yeah, all but 1

the clockwork orange one

Kaz Wolfe

We need more suggested edits over at AU. :/

WinEunuuchs2Unix

I made a suggested edit on U&L this morning... got 2 whole points!

Then someone downvoted an answer of mine on AU and lost 5 points...LOL

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

lel

rn I'm just hunting meta.se for more questions to answer, working on my running ragged hat

Kaz Wolfe

23:03

Do we get "This Is Fine" if the bounty expires with no award?

Willeke

I just posted a question from my phone and answered it. That should earn me two hats, I just need the upvotes needed to make it a 'nice question.

Kaz Wolfe

or if it's auto-awarded?

Willeke

Most likely I will never ask from the phone voluntarily, I hated the experience.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

@KazWolfe no afaik

Kaz Wolfe

@EᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏIʀᴋ damn

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

23:05

auto-award works

that's confirmed

Kaz Wolfe

woo!

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

but you might be chosen by auto-award ;P

Kaz Wolfe

@EᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏIʀᴋ i've made sure i won't be.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

lel okay

Kaz Wolfe

oh, the hat king is here

Willeke

23:06

/me is bowing.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

nah, not you

all hail alex o'mara, king of teh hatz

Kaz Wolfe

35 now. o.o

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

6 more lel

Kaz Wolfe

he can hit 36 rn if he wants.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

how?

Kaz Wolfe

23:08

pretty sure we cracked the 8m hat.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

oh, yeah we did

didn't know he doesn't ahve that though

Hats Stack Exchange

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Q: How is this still a thing? (Hat for accepted answer with no votes)

There was a hat last year awarded to answers that were accepted but did not receive any votes for 12 hours (Naruto). The only legitimate situation that comes to my mind for OP to not upvote the accepted answer is when OP is a new user and doesn't have the upvote privilege yet (less than 15 rep). ...

discussion winterbash winterbash-2016

Kaz Wolfe

what if the clockwork orange hat was "find all the secret hats without ever entering this room"

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

lol

WinEunuuchs2Unix

I love all the public secrets in this room!

Kaz Wolfe

23:23

We are Snowden.

or... "get suspended"

who was testing the trendsetter swap? you have 34 minutes until confirm! :D

Willeke

Ah, I just checked, the Egoist needs three upvotes Q and A. Maybe my competition did downvote. (He is still one on the leaderboard and I will get two hats if this Q and A give me egoist and lounging around for it both.

Kaz Wolfe

@Willeke was this today?

Willeke

He is downvoting often, most of his cast votes are down, he does claim something wrong with me as I mostly vote up.

Kaz Wolfe

on travel?

Willeke

Just now, posted a few minutes ago, got a downvote within the minute. Yes, travel.

Kaz Wolfe

23:31

those are very random downvotes.

lounging around is 10 upvotes i believe?

Willeke

Not sure, I will work on the question till the upvotes come in. Or just do without that hat.

Thanks for looking

Kaz Wolfe

yeah, Lounging Around requires you get 10 upgoats on the question.

Alexander O'Mara

@EᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏIʀᴋ Only 5 for me. 4 time delayed, and one near-impossible (Maverick).

Unless of-course more secret hats appear.

Willeke

I do not expect to make any dent on the overal leaderboard but I would like to be at or near the top in travel.

One user did have a headstart but is not getting more than the date restricted once recently. Several others and I are near him now, might overtake him if we are lucky with one or two more secret ones.

WinEunuuchs2Unix

@KazWolfe I was testing the trend-setter swap... Thanks for 30 minute warning... FTR I didn't ping you, simply replied to your message for trace-back purposes.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

23:46

@AlexanderO'Mara there's another secret hat

1 hour ago, by Alex

it can be new hats http://image.prntscr.com/image/8a2014492b874de7a37fc7f933c8bc92.png

leaked from the winterbash intro vid

David

@Alex only the bottom one is a yet to be determined hat.

iKlsR

hag

haff

WinEunuuchs2Unix

it's spelled "hat" but nice try

David

lol

iKlsR

Damn

David

23:48

@iKlsR what brings you to these parts?

iKlsR

@David (ノ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)ノ︵┻┻

David

O please...

Kaz Wolfe

@iKlsR ┬──┬◡ﾉ(° -°ﾉ)

iKlsR

@David y so mean David

@KazWolfe (ノ͡° -°)ノ︵┻┻

Kaz Wolfe

@iKlsR ┬──┬◡ﾉ(° -°ﾉ)

David

23:51

table flip right?

iKlsR

@KazWolfe (ノ͡ಠ _ ಠ)ノ︵┻┻

Kaz Wolfe

@iKlsR ಥ_ಥ

iKlsR

@KazWolfe s( ^ ‿ ^)-b

Kaz Wolfe

@iKlsR ლ(ಠ_ಠლ)

WinEunuuchs2Unix

ੴ

iKlsR

23:52

i need a small loan

David

@iKlsR how much?

WinEunuuchs2Unix

♥

Kaz Wolfe

@iKlsR Here's $1bn

David

I just noticed I'm in the video!

iKlsR

@David about tree fiddy

Kaz Wolfe

23:53

[̲̅$̲̅(̲̅ ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°̲̅)̲̅$̲̅]

iKlsR

@KazWolfe s m o l

Kaz Wolfe

new SE rule: @iKlsR and @KazWolfe may not be in the same room.

David

ok, I'm lost (but that is normal with @iKlsR)

@KazWolfe I am a mod, I can enforce that :)

Kaz Wolfe

@iKlsR ˢᵐᵒᶫ﹖

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