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I think I've mostly exhausted the hats I can get at this point
except for the date-based ones
I probably can't rep-cap 3 times or get maverick, and no sites I have review privs on have even close to full queues
and no 0 vote answers possble
SE ad on our site.
@EᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏIʀᴋ congrats on lifesaver! that is always a hard one for me.
yeah, I found a tumbleweed question by a still active user
on gaming.se, even though the user was really only active on SO
and the game in question is very niche and uncommon, only a couple questions tagged as such
00:46
I figured out Don't wanna taco bout it if someone wants to confirm. 5 helpful comment flags.
I received it just after doing this. codereview.stackexchange.com/users/flag-summary/41243
Possible alternative: 5 edits without leaving a comment.
01:10
@RubberDuck no way. I got it and I have flagged 0 comments. Quite sure of that, as I am a mod and I just delete the comments.
@RubberDuck that is more likely
01:27
@David it may be more than 5 then...
 
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04:38
@David stealing that for AskUBuntu
@KazWolfe was not me (but go ahead). that came up through the SE ad system (not the community ads)
still stealing it for community ads :D
will it even get displayed in time?
probably.
how often do they change the community ads?
04:39
AU is pretty liberal with their votes.
Tis true I gave Kaz a green check mark.
I'm sure you can get 6 votes on the meta, but when will SE run the ad?
anything new with They Live?
@David i have no idea. we'll see though.
(actually i won't, adblock. other people will/might)
@KazWolfe NO. driving me nuts. I have looked at too many people that have gotten it. and even with bluefeet's hint I still dont know the trigger.
i mean, 5 selections. unless it's edit queue, it's something really really obscure.
04:43
yah, it sure looks like it has something to do with suggested edits. everybody (that I have found) that has it has done them.
i mean, i hope it isn't as twisted as the Onion hat from a while ago.
no kidding! that was pure luck if you got that.
geh, 2 short of the whole secret collection.
TIF and TL.
04:48
I'm missing mild mannered and they live
probably no luck on mild mannered, PPCG is very vote happy
everything gets seens
come try on askubuntu
there have been 4 tumbleweeds in 7 years
unless you want to keep all your hats on PPCG (leaderboard)
I don't use ubuntu lol
@EᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏIʀᴋ is that a gold badge there?
04:49
where?
oh, maybe lol not sure
@KazWolfe the problem is I only really golf code, play tf2, and play nethack
and read scifi
so that doens't lend well to those hats
no it's not gold.
@KazWolfe that is always my goal, but this year with the 2 SO only hats, and then the 2 non SO hats they are making people move around.
that's just impressive. Also, why do you not have a design yet?!
no freaking clue
@KazWolfe what's impressive?
@EᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏIʀᴋ that tumbleweed isn't gold at this point.
04:50
oh, lol
@KazWolfe 2.5 more months and it's a full year graduated without a design!
i have TIF in the bag now, finally... but they live... HOW
WHY
IT MAKES NO SENSE
@KazWolfe tif?
it doesn't help that AU likes to queue-zero
04:51
o
didn't mean to onebox but still stands
makes the point :)
@KazWolfe this is fine wasn't hard for me, it's just the bountier awarded it at the end of the period, so took a while
@KazWolfe and yeah, PPCG probably has about 10 reviews a day
@EᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏIʀᴋ well i need to write a good answer, but not so good that it gets the bounty :D
@EᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏIʀᴋ the bounty I answered for that hat, I got the bounty!
04:52
hahaha
PPCG doesn't have that problem, you can easily be a good answer but not the best
yah, go figured. if there was not a hat, I bet I would not have gotten the bounty...
I was second place by the scoring rules for the challenge, just needed the 1 upvote
fixed
noted ;0
@KazWolfe any suggestions on how to get MM?
I normally are less careful in chat then on the site.
04:54
that's impossible on PPCG, doubtful on gaming or scifi
@EᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏIʀᴋ on PPCG?
no, just in gnereal
low-rep user, during peak site time.
@EᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏIʀᴋ what I did was answer a old question where I know the op was active, then go and be active to push it down the front page a bit.
game the system for hats!
04:55
but that one is kind of hard, just one vote in 12h will screw it up.
does anyone have an edit bot they can sic on AskUbuntu? /s
@KazWolfe not at all!
@KazWolfe define edit bot
@KazWolfe I dont
I wouldn't mind making good edits (i.e. retagging old questions like I did for mithrandir), but probably can't tonight
04:56
@EᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏIʀᴋ script that goes out and suggests edits.
@EᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏIʀᴋ things that do simple things like spelling edits, etc. (of course don't. it was a joke. hence the /s)
@David yeah, ik what he meant. I might be about to suggest some edits though, hence the "define' (i.e. does a human count)
it's 9pm and I'm 14, probably should go to bed
night y'all
@EᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏIʀᴋ night.
yah, I should head off too. (got to rest my head so I can put more hats on it)
04:59
cya all then
let's crack the rest of the hats!
btw, what time zones are you 2 in? I'm CA / PST
CA too actually. but meh.
05:11
hey ho... gd night
Anyone here with more than 20 hats...?
Rob
Rob
Yep
@KazWolfe, superb you have 25! ✌
@v́̎̈́̀̽̏̿̏͋ Yes
@v́̎̈́̀̽̏̿̏͋ i'm going crazy.
yep @Rob, you got 21.. just like me.. (>‿◠)✌
@KazWolfe yes buddy ... ᕙ(`▿´)ᕗ cuz, tis the season
05:14
I do like the Tumbleweed hat this year though. It's a nice touch.
@AlexanderO'Mara, SHUT UP.. ⁀⊙﹏☉⁀
@AlexanderO'Mara.. don't mind, it's just an expression... I got totally surprised!!!!
( ._.)
how in the World 35!!!!
alex is very crazy.
yup, u r Godfather of Hats... (⊙.⊙(◉̃_᷅◉)⊙.⊙)
@AlexanderO'Mara, I think remaining hats are only due to date constraint.. right?
05:19
@v́̎̈́̀̽̏̿̏͋ And Maverick and Clockwork (IDK why I haven't gotten Clockwork).
let me tell ya.. just you have to be active for 9 consecutive days in Bash.
Active refers to any of: voting, posting, reviewing, flagging
all 9 days
Done that.
But people got it after 7 days of bash.
it's 19 to 27 dec
Does Dec 19 count for Running Ragged?
@AlexanderO'Mara see this may be flagging all days is the criteria
05:27
just my 2c: i don't think SE staff would encourage flagging.
Rob
Rob
You get a badge for flagging, so..
well based on how people tend to act during winterbash...
@Rob I agree.. even it's a gold! I got hat for that also. ;) earned Gold medal
Maybe, I don't have a continuous flagging streak.
Clearly the secret hats are too difficult to figure out this year :P So few of them are understood!
05:36
actually, we have decent guesses/leads for all but a few.
I have flagged comments/ posts all days.. till 27th
But you can't reproduce them, so they're not updated in the answer?
Just got "don't wanna taco bout it" on Seasoned Advice...
yeah, they live is just confusing.
oh?
what's the trigger?
05:48
Review at least 3 edits of more than a year old posts...
How does that relate to the hint at all?
I reviewed just 3 edits on posts of 2014 and older
I've reviewed a lot more so far from a lot earlier, no hat.
Seems like the hint implies that the edit has to be accepted to some degree, either accept or accept and edit... that's what the hint tells me, anyway.
@Catija how do you pull that? (i'm curious, sorry)
05:51
@KazWolfe, we had this discussion previously as well.
> They Live. When presented with 5 possibilities, only 2 matter.
five edit approval possibilities, two of them allow the edit to "live" or survive....
just tried to accept / accept + edit / reject + edit in that order. will see what happens. (Courtesy of Arqade)
@v́̎̈́̀̽̏̿̏͋ oh, didn't recognize the carrot (?)
@KazWolfe yup, it was just beside sweet potatoes
06:09
0
Q: Dude gimme some hats!

Hanky PankyI had two questions in hot network questions list today. I find that quite exciting. Are there no hats for such stuff?

06:44
i will never ever understand MSE.
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07:43
Has anyone looked into They Live as being a result of tag edit reviews?
just another random idea.
08:14
Okay, I just got They Live.
Last two actions in review queue were Improve / Approve, in that order.
history of actions in the queue, if anybody's interested.
I also went back and re-edited this question during the ninja-period to fix something I missed.
another view.
first image is a full history of every review I made before getting the hat for the entire UTC day.
hope it helps.
as for my ninja edit, i just inlined the image. nothing fancy.
got the hat at about 08:13 AM UTC on 12/29
I also placed all of this in the doc, so it's there too.
 
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10:45
That moment when you have answered 20 [winterbash-2016] questions and realize you can't get a tag badge, because they are only awarded if the tag is used at least 100 times...
11:16
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Q: Is there something wrong with "Mmmm Bacon" hat mechanism?

Shalin PatelToday while searching I voted on a question and suddenly got a hat so out of curiosity I checked it and it said I received a "Mmmm Bacon" hat, as shown below. Now the question is how a hat that is to be awarded on 30th of December is awarded on 29th of December? Is this a bug or something els...

11:34
Hi, guys!
How do I own the " I Have A Little Dreidel " hat?
I just recently asked a question on android.stackexchange.com
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Q: No Microphone on CM12.1

Lloyd DominicMy microphone stops working, when I upgraded to / installed CM12.1 on my phone. It is still working, when my phone still doesn't have CyanogenMod installed. However, some apps, such as Cortana and calls (the stock calling app), can still detect / hear my voice; but not on Google's Voice Search,...

I asked it on 29 Dec 2016 , which is today , and is in the days of the Chanukah .
 
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13:49
@LloydDominic The description says you need to vote or post between Dec 24 and Jan 1

> ask, answer, or vote on any of the days of Chanukah starting December 24-Jan 1
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Q: Meaning of Hats, and who propose this design of Hats

MrLYIs there any meaning of the design of Hats or, this is just design, some one have an explication why this Hats look like this, some hats the meaning of them is clear, but others its not clear at all. And who propose this hats to be like this? Thank you.

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Q: Ability to suppress "participation medal" hat notifications - feature request

DVKI understand the obvious point of having "participation medal" type rewards, including hats (e.g. "logged into the site on specific date") in the larger design of the system. I'm talking about hats like "Bacon", "Dreidel", "Noel", "Epiphany" or "Just here for the hats" in 2016. The problem is,...

14:14
@CalebKleveter Well, " asking " is a means of posting something; and I actually posted it between Dec. 24 and Jan. 1 (Dec 29 is between Dec. 24 and Jan. 1)
14:38
If you post, your post needs to have a positive score to count for the hat.
15:26
Any more leads on they live?
Does anyone know what social medias are acceptable for sharing a link to get 'Amped Up' hat? I've sent a link to an answer in telegram and I'm sure the answer has been visited more than 5 times, but not hat has been awarded.
I have reviewed and edited a lot of posts, not in a special way I have to say, and no 'they live' hat for me.
@RezaAghaei it's really weird, just keep trying
I do not participate in any social media, I do not expect to be able to earn that hat. (Which I think is not nice of stack exchange, having to use sites outside stack exchange.)
you don't have to
all you have to do is get 5 people to click a share link with your userid
I don't use social media either, I have the hat
15:40
Mm, not sure I understand how but I will investigate when back in. Thanks
yeah you can just post the link in here
and get your 5 clicks
But I doubt posting here work. Here is not a social media. It's a part of stackexchange network. But we can give it a try: stackoverflow.com/q/33153932/3110834
Oh, I clicked that link to see what is was :)
@RezaAghaei Yes, it works on links clicked here ...
But community user can't earn that hat
Community user?! Like who?
@BhargavRao the community bot might get it if we made a share link for it and five user clicked on it
I tried
It did not work last time
@BhargavRao did enough users click on it?
It seems the hat is awarded. So click on links which are shared in chat also will work for Amped Up.
The shared link which was not working, was a link to an answer. But the link which was for a question worked.
Probably that's why my previous shared links didn't work.
Does it have to be a link to your question or any question?
The question was not mine.
Just realized that we can gift others hats using this method @David :D
Thanks!
16:02
@BhargavRao but if it did not work for the community bot, would it work for other users?
But use the Share link under the question to include your user code.
@David Hmm, Let's try it out.
@David I've not got the hat on MSE and my userId is 311398. Add it behind a link, let's test it out
that oneboxed
@BhargavRao this one should work, the aaa is anti-onebox
@David it's []()
Hello All, I did shared the link I got by clicking share & enough people clicked that as well still no luck
16:08
@BhargavRao For Bhargav Rao
Let's wait now
@iYoung it takes a long time to register
Approximately how much time?
I got it in less than 5 minutes.
Lucky you
16:12
So... what does eggs and bacon have to do with December 30th?
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Q: A list of what each of the Winter Bash 2016 hats are named after

Bhargav RaoContinuing the tradition of asking for the meanings of hats. Hats like What's up doc can be deciphered easily as related to our favorite cartoon. However, hats like Running Ragged are difficult to guess. bluefeet has already mentioned about the number-only hats in this meta answer. Hence the...

@TheSharpieOne It's "Bacon Day"
got it now. Didn't know such a wonderful day even existed
How can we get Elementary Hat? Is that related to search???
Got the AmpedUp now
@David o_O
stackoverflow.com/q/927358/-1 <- Testing for SO community user
@BhargavRao I'm not going to admit to click abuse to a mod ;p
@BhargavRao that's pretty funny
16:20
:D
Woah, We can all gift a hat to Jeff Atwood! :D
It also Awarded to community user.
community has it on stackoverflow
Now we should make it post answers and beat alexce :D
Awarded to community user for stackoverflow and blender.
@BhargavRao Yah! and Jon Skeet!
16:24
Yep :D
is this the right post to link to?
come on guys, we can give out free Amped Up hats!
who else should we award hats to?
:)
clicked once on all of them.
For Amped up does the question needs to qualify any condition?
16:34
Can I share a link here so that you all can help me?
Of course you can, read the few messages above :)
clicked.
@iYoung no, it doesn't even need to be your question. There just needs to be a valid share link, with your user number at the end.
Thanks @X-27
(hehce how they managed to give Community bot the hat!)
16:37
else I will try something else
Let's see if I can get a hat for my question
if five people click that, you will get it :)
Can other people click as well Pleaseeee?
so far we have 1/5 clicks.
Can other people click on my question - stackoverflow.com/q/41054035/3840908 ?
16:42
Hi @Lloyd
Um.. How do I post links in a chatroom as links, and not like transforming to what is in the content of the link.
Hi, @iYoung !
just do [click this](share link here)
@LloydDominic Put something before the link, like a full stop.
Okay, thanks!
16:44
... will try!
Worked. Thanks again @X-27
@iYoung no problem :)
Oh, I get it!
I used [some text](some link)
I think I didn't got 5 clicks till now :(
16:47
I clicked on your link ... (Is that, the "Click this onr" link?)
** one*
Yeah Thanks @LloydDominic
Still need 3 more unique clicks
You're welcome!
Do that work in Android's Browser? (That's what I'm currently using, right now ...)
What?
... and since, chat is still not available on the Stack Exchange app.
@iYoung What do you mean, "What?"
I was asking what should work in Android's browser?
16:51
Well, maybe it'll work, because it is a browser (just like any other browser on a PC, right?)
Yeah I believe so
17:11
Okay, one help needed, can anybody help me with the "What's up doc" criteria?
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Q: Hats from the future

WilfI appear to have just got this hat But for me atleast it is still the 29th of December. Is this due to timezones? I am UTC+00 (i.e. GMT) timezone, but at a guess Australia etc currently are already in December 30th... Or does a poor wombat need taking care of (I hope it isn't that serious :)?

@Videonauth. Thanks
@redstarcoder. Done, and thanks!
18:30
yes it does
I got it from SE
what
but it doesn't work for announcer??
no, it does.
I've done this wrong the whole time
K i clicked on it
18:31
anything new with they live?
or are we still chasing our tails on it
19:03
nothing new yet afaik
the only lead i could get/find was Improve then Accept but i'm not sure that was the hat trigger
or just hatlag.
hm, I'll try that
(I added a writeup to the doc about what i did pre getting the hat)
19:18
@ekhumoro clicked
@redstarcoder clicked
Thanks :D
@X-27. Much obliged :)
@iYoung clicked
19:52
@redstarcoder clicked
20:44
@Zach, can you help me test they live?
on ppcg
Wait... what? What is "They live"?
basically just make a couple good edits so I can approve them
@ZacharyT a secret hat
Link please?
Link please?
@Mithrandir thanks 3/5!
20:48
nobody knows what causes it, can you help me test it?
it seems to be for reviewing suggested edits
Where would I suggest these edits?
just on ppcg
i.e. something like removing "Update:" from this post
Um... it just went there straight away. not suggested.
Sorry, just saw the peer review msg.
A-I F-R K?
>_< sorry my wifi is shit
@ZacharyT hm, okay. then you have the instaedit priv apparently, I didn't realize it was only 500 rep (I thouhg it was 1k)
sorry about that
21:04
No, just saw the awaiting peer-review message at the top,
oh, okay
well, no dice
thanks though
Any other ideas?
@EᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏIʀᴋ what did you try?
improve edit -> approve
huh.
what happens if you go back and improve the edit you improved?
21:06
can't test right now, sorry
we can test it in a bit, you and me
afk for lunch, but i did that and the hat followed soon after, so might be worth looking into
21:27
for 3rd times the charm is that 3 rep caps on the same site?
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