Ye Olde Hat Shoppe

alecxe

00:06

@DavidPostill I just voted up some random answer on random SE network site. That's my statement.

DavidPostill

@alecxe lol

Hats Stack Exchange

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Q: How do you make a background like winter bash?

I love the background on the Winter Bash page (found here winterbash2016.stackexchange.com). How is it done? I noticed that there are some images, but how did they make the images and how are they positioned and spinning? A great answer would say the software used to make the images and the cod...

ekhumoro

01:11

yeah, I need only 100 more votes on this answer for a gold badge. (just sayin')

2

David

05:05

Google spread sheet of all users that have TheyLive and the suggested edits they reviewed.

feel free to dissect the data.

Bhargav Rao

07:21

@David Wow, How did you do that?

Kaz Wolfe

07:31

Just got Like Clockwork.

No idea how, but it happened.

iYoung

Got Don't Wanna Taco 'Bout it :)

iYoung

08:03

How can we earn a silver or a gold badge?

Kaz Wolfe

@iYoung stackoverflow.com/users/3840908/iyoung?tab=topactivity

Next Badge section.

shows the closest you are to a badge you control attainability over.

iYoung

I was asking for a silver badge in hats

which is mentioned here

Kaz Wolfe

oh, that's just any silver/gold badge on the site. not in hats specifically.

iYoung

Ohhh Thanks for the info

Bhargav Rao

Wow, I'm at 105 rep in MSE and 130 in StackApps. So close to 150.

piRSquared

11:47

anyone have good info on how to find the "elementary" hat?

Lloyd Dominic

Hi, guys!

Can I earn the " Mmmm Bacon " hat now?

iYoung

Yes its still 30 dec

Lloyd Dominic

@iYoung Oh, okay thanks!

By the way, do Winter Bash add additional hats every year, or not ? ...

iYoung

no idea

Lloyd Dominic

12:04

Me, neither ...

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Okay, so I answered a question on android.stackexchange.com, but it seems that, I still don't have the hat yet.

DavidPostill

@David That is surprisingly few users (91) ...

Lloyd Dominic

My answer"

0

A: All apps are disabled

All I know about "disabled apps" is when the device is booted into Safe Mode. Maybe your device is on Safe Mode. This happened, when you "accidentally" pressed a button on your device while booting up. Try checking, if it has a "Safe Mode" displayed on your screen, usually at the corners. Reb...

By the way, I also voted up to a question

Still got no hat ...

iYoung

12:31

Wait for some time

@piRSquared Confirmed for elementary hat Edited 5 questions from 2008 on SO which got approved.

Hats Stack Exchange

12:49

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Q: Would it have been possible to get both versions of "Where in the World" with an account-merger?

There are two different versions of the hat "Where in the World?", which, according to the list of hat-triggers, is awarded [f]or participating on a site, when it's December 21 (the December solstice) anywhere in the World. (This hat comes in two forms, but you can only get one.) What w...

support merge-accounts winterbash winterbash-2016 secret-hats

Lloyd Dominic

13:00

Okay, thanks!

I now got the hat!! ...

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Is the " Search You Must " hat working on any other site? ...

... I've searched on the Search Bar of stackexchange.com

muddyfish

13:22

@David es.stackoverflow.com/users/127/mariano has They Live with no edits

Panda

@muddyfish es.stackoverflow.com/users/127/… (?)

muddyfish

The spreadsheet is wrong then

Panda

@muddyfish Lol

muddyfish

@Panda :)

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

13:41

@LloydDominic it needs to have at least 1 vote

you can also get it from commenting or voting though

iYoung

Anticipating Amped Up Hat

David

@iYoung The share link needs to be for a question not an answer

iYoung

Ohhh Let me do that

Anticipating Amped Up Hat for question

@David After how much time does it reflect?

As I think I have got 5 unique clicks

David

13:58

@iYoung approximately ten minutes

iYoung

Okh thanks :)

redstarcoder

@iYoung I clicked just in case. Mind helping me out too? I think I'm at 3/5 still :).

iYoung

@redstarcoder Done :) Happy to help

redstarcoder

Thanks! (4/5)

iYoung

Welcome

Lloyd Dominic

14:13

@redstarcoder I clicked on your link!

redstarcoder

Thanks 5/5! Hopefully I get that hat :)

iYoung

I still didn't got Amped Up :(

Lloyd Dominic

¯_(ツ)_/¯

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Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

what's with posting longs strings of ----? it's really getting annoying

Lloyd Dominic

Oops, sorry ... :(

Well, that's only because I will start a new topic from my previous post ...

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

14:16

yeah, you don't need to post big lines there though

Lloyd Dominic

Okay ...

Anyways, is the " Search You Must " hat working for any other site?

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

yeah, it is

Lloyd Dominic

I used the search bar of stackexchange.com

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

you have to search 3 days in a row, UTC days

@LloydDominic no, you need to use a site search bar

any site will work

Lloyd Dominic

@EᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏIʀᴋ You mean, for example Stack Overflow?

iYoung

14:19

Need just 1 upvote for Snaphat can someone help me?

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

@LloydDominic yeah

@iYoung done

Lloyd Dominic

@EᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏIʀᴋ Okay, thanks!

... I was doing it the wrong way ...

@iYoung I upvoted to your post!! ...

iYoung

@EᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏIʀᴋ Thanks now waiting for Snaphat :)

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

yep

iYoung

@LloydDominic Thanks

but still not got Amped Up :(

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

14:20

snaphat was easy for me, I accidentally got it on meta.se somehow

@iYoung I don't see 5 people who've clicked your link :P

iYoung

Ohhh

Where can you check this?

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

no, like when did you post the link?

there are only 3 active people in the room right now

so unless you get verbal confirmation from 5 people, it's unlikely they clicked it

David

@muddyfish @Panda The spreadsheet only had columns for Approve, Edit, Reject, and Reject and edit; those edits did not show because Mariano had Aprobar, Editar, Rechazar, and Rechazar y editar

iYoung

I had clicks on this yesterday as well

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

@David :) this folks, is why you learn spanish: so you can hunt for hats better!

@iYoung on a question?

iYoung

14:22

Yes

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

28 mins ago, by iYoung

Anticipating Amped Up Hat for question

that's the question, right?

iYoung

Yeah

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

it's maybe gotten 3 clicks max

me, david maybe, and lloyd

nobody else is active in the chat right now

iYoung

I had clicks on this question yesterday as well

David

@muddyfish the spreadsheet now has the edits

iYoung

14:24

Does all clicks needs to be on same day?

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

probably not

just try again with a fresh link

iYoung

Okh

Anticipating Amped Up for a new question. Kindly let me know who ever clicks this so that I can track this time. Thanks in advance :)

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

1/5

iYoung

Thanks

David

@iYoung 2/5

iYoung

14:27

Thanks @David

Still 3 more to go

Lloyd Dominic

@iYoung Should I only click the link, or do something to it, like upvoting?! ...

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

no, just click

Lloyd Dominic

Okay ...

@iYoung I've clicked on your link!!

iYoung

3/5 Still 2 more to go

Lloyd Dominic

By the way, I also just got " I Have A Little Dreidel " and " Mmmm Bacon " hats recently, because of the upvotes (I actually upvoted it ...) on iYoung's links ...

iYoung

14:30

Ohhh Thanks @LloydDominic

& Congrats :)

Lloyd Dominic

:)

iYoung

I got snaphat :)

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

congrats!

Lloyd Dominic

Congrats, too! :)

iYoung

Thanks

Thank you all for help till now

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

14:31

if anybody has a question they're going to ask, let me know

iYoung

But still waiting for Amped Up

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

I'm trying to get mild mannered

iYoung

I am also planning to go for that now. I believe this is difficult on SO

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

not really

SO is the biggest site possible, and the busiest

iYoung

But people upvote first on that if they find answer helpful

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

14:33

just answer a question really fast during peak activity and leave a comment for the OP asking to accept your answer

@iYoung try to find a new user's question, they can accept but not upvote

iYoung

Hm let me find

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

.... tfw you see somebody with 2 hats, but one is for the gold badge

AccidentalFourierTransform

hi chaps

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

o/

AccidentalFourierTransform

I just got Elementary after editing an old post

it was a post from 2010 in physics.SE

the oldest posts in physics.SE are from 2010

so, my theory: the hat is triggered by editing a post from the first year of the SE

David

14:40

piRSquared recently got TheyLive

iYoung

@AccidentalFourierTransform I am anticipation Amped Up Can you please check my shared link? Let me know when you do so I just need 2 more.

Panda

@David Oh, it didn't detect Spanish. Great spreadsheet btw :D

iYoung

@Panda Can you do me a favour of clicking my shared link so that I can get Amped Up hat

Panda

@iYoung Done :P

iYoung

Thanks @Panda 4/5 just 1 more to go

AccidentalFourierTransform

14:43

@iYoung it won't work. You have to share it with people outside SE

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

@AccidentalFourierTransform it's not the first year

@AccidentalFourierTransform no you don't

inside SE works

many many people have tested it

@AccidentalFourierTransform I got it on a post from 2013, so it's not the first year of SE

AccidentalFourierTransform

@EᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏIʀᴋ really? cool, ty

Lloyd Dominic

Um ... How do I find posts from 2010?

AccidentalFourierTransform

@EᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏIʀᴋ oh :-(

iYoung

Search the last pages in questions

AccidentalFourierTransform

14:45

then I don't know

Panda

@LloydDominic Sort by Newest then go by page

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

it's for old questions, we know that

Lloyd Dominic

Oh, cool! I just got " I Am Your Father " hat on Android Enthusiasts ...

AccidentalFourierTransform

@iYoung I clicked on the link BTW

you should get the hat now

iYoung

@AccidentalFourierTransform Thanks lets now wait for the hat :)

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

14:46

well, went for mild mannered -.- got an upvote literally 5 seconds after posting my answer

like, I posted the answer, it refreshed the page for me, and immediately gave me the +10 notice

AccidentalFourierTransform

lol

Panda

@EᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏIʀᴋ It's quite difficult not to get upvotes ;)

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

yes

iYoung

Yeah that's what I was saying

Panda

I finally got the hat from an answer on Ask Different

iYoung

14:48

to not get upvote for providing correct answer

Panda

After all my SO answers got upvotes eventually

AccidentalFourierTransform

can any of you please check my question so I get the hat too :D

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

well, if anybody has a question let me know so I can answer it and hopefully avoid the cursed green internet points

iYoung

@AccidentalFourierTransform Done

AccidentalFourierTransform

thanks :-)

ghosts_in_the_code

14:57

Anyone interested in puzzles (or in giving me the hat) can check out this interesting one: puzzling.stackexchange.com/q/11780/4269

@AccidentalFourierTransform Done.

alecxe

@ghosts_in_the_code what a nice puzzle!

AccidentalFourierTransform

@ghosts_in_the_code same to you :-)

redstarcoder

15:10

Hmm I got 5 confirmations for this link and still no hat!

AccidentalFourierTransform

@redstarcoder fwiw i clicked too

Catija

Dose UTC really matter for Mad Hatter? Is there any timezone in the world where the quarter hours don't line up?

redstarcoder

^^ Thanks! Hopefully I get it now :)

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

@Catija I think it's actually just "on the hour anywhere", because 2 timezones in the world are off by 30 and 45 minutes

TheSharpieOne

Anyone have a better idea on how "They Live" works based on the speadsheet?

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

15:15

nope :/

David

in David's hat store, Dec 17 '15 at 0:18, by Quill - HAT MANIAC

Pure freaking magic

TheSharpieOne

@David apparently so....

a user with less than 4 edits has it, another that has just 5 approvals and 5 edits got it... I have way more than that... Maybe old edits or edits on older posts (adding another factor which is not captured in that spreadsheet)?

nvm... I just go it

AccidentalFourierTransform

Those who got They Live: please check the suggested edits history and look for any pattern about the ratio of accept to reject votes for a particular edit. For example, the hat might be triggered by very disputed edits, e.g., two-to-five (as in the hint above) votes. — AccidentalFourierTransform yesterday

David

@TheSharpieOne how?

TheSharpieOne

I was going through the suggested edits and improving them

Perhaps it is improving suggesting which others have just rejected?

I did 6 improvements today... probably only needed 5. I also just approved and rejected some

iYoung

15:39

For Fiery hat should the answer be of winter bash duration?

Got Amped Up, Thanks @All

TheSharpieOne

@iYoung The answer needs to be posted during winter bash, not before

iYoung

Let me find the ratio of my answer for this. I believe I need 5 answers with 3 votes each

Is it fair to ask votes on an answer if if has 1 vote & is accepted so that I can get close to achieve Fiery hat?

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

no

that's literally what was disallowed

iYoung

Okh thanks :)

AccidentalFourierTransform

you might get banned if you ask for votes

iYoung

15:50

That's why I asked what's fair & what's not

Uffff...

TheSharpieOne

To be fair, he/she/it did ask if it was fair rather than just posting a link and asking for votes... but some do say it's better to ask for forgiveness than permission :P

iYoung

hahaha agreed

Lloyd Dominic

Oh, hi @TheSharpieOne ! I just recent

TheSharpieOne

@LloydDominic You did?! congrats!

AccidentalFourierTransform

I recent too but you dont see me bragging about it

Lloyd Dominic

16:07

@TheSharpieOne What I meant, is I've recently seen your edit on a post on Stack Overflow (which I also edited ...)

Willeke

I think I got the 6 when I commented on an answer, the guy who posted the answer edited to include the information into the answer, and I deleted the comment. ( I do not think it got upvoted, but I am not sure there.)

Lloyd Dominic

Sorry for the wrong / incomplete information ... ✌✌

By the way, which hat are you trying to earn / get?

Willeke

I am going for most of the regular ones, I got many of the secret ones.

AccidentalFourierTransform

hi :-)

if you click here you'll help me get a hat

its a link to a question of mine :D

Willeke

I am testing whether a link to my profile works. travel.stackexchange.com/users/27650/willeke?tab=summary

I always forget how to do those nice hidden links

Hi to you as well.

AccidentalFourierTransform

16:22

to get the hat you have to click on the share button in whatever post you want, and post the link somewhere (and get people to click it)

Willeke

Ah, they did not explain that well here. Thanks

I need more hats, someone overtook me on my main site. The annoying thing is that I won two hats on other sites but not there.

iYoung

16:59

@AccidentalFourierTransform Clicked

RamenChef

Guys star this I want the hat

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

you can't get it

it's not 12h until new years

AccidentalFourierTransform

@iYoung hey, thanks

I should get the hat soon

Willeke

As far as I understand that is New Year UTC and not 'anywhere in the world'

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

yeah

which is in about 30 hours

not +- 12

Willeke

17:04

Yes, + - 12, but not -14 + 12 on top of that.

If I calculated right just now it will be just under 18 hours.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

?

Willeke

For many of the hats goes that it is anywhere in the world, which is 14 hours before UTC till 12 hours after, this hat is 'just' 12 hours either side of UTC midnight new year.

RamenChef

Guess I set my hat reminder a day too early.

Oops.

craig_h

For mild mannered it looks like the question has to be posted during winter bash, I got an accepted answer posted a few weeks back (but accepted in winter bash) with no upvotes and didn't get the hat.

user65768

17:32

Weird, I'm not seeing hat stuff anywhere anymore, except in chat.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

did you hate hats?

user65768

Nope, at least not deliberately.

Even if I did, the snowflake should still show up and let me turn it back on, right?

And I'm not even seeing that.

Willeke

you are wearing one though

Snapchat, Q answered within 30 minutes and answer accepted and voted up.

user65768

Yeah, as I said, chat is the only place I can see anything to do with hats anymore.

Or winter bash in general

AccidentalFourierTransform

Im looking at your profile now, and you have 14 hats

it doesnt look different than the rest of profiles

maybe try some other browser?

craig_h

17:45

@user65768 I can see all your hats. Is it the same on "Movies & TV"? Maybe it's just an issue affecting one particular site :\

user65768

Restarted browser seems to work. Just seemed like an odd thing to break when nothing else was wrong. ;)

But yeah, it was across all sites while it happened.

except the chat ones

craig_h

Probably just a strange browser caching issue, they happen sometimes.

DavidPostill

Something has definitely changed. My script to display hat counts has stopped working ...

It was displaying hat counts next to the badge counts in the site avatars.

Kaz Wolfe

20:05

and there we go, i think i just got every secret hat.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

nice!

Kaz Wolfe

There is no secret hat for unlocking all the secret hats.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

aw

well, we knew that

@KazWolfe which non-secret hats don't you have?

Kaz Wolfe

@EᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏIʀᴋ ragged, first responder, docs, lifesaver, neverending story, philanthropist, repcap, polymath, epiphany, maverick, lounging around.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

polymath isn't too hard

@KazWolfe are you going for AU hats onl?

Kaz Wolfe

20:08

@EᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏIʀᴋ basically.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

I did that on PPCG for most of mine, gave up on that when I hit 1st by 3 hats

Kaz Wolfe

(with the exceptions where i'm forced to go elsewhere)

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

polymath isn't too hard

Kaz Wolfe

What's considered a "well-received" answer?

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

+1

that's all you need

Kaz Wolfe

20:08

really?

huh.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

you should go for polymath and running ragged on PPCG, it's pretty easy

all you need is a good, quick answer in python and you get tons of upvotes

Kaz Wolfe

or... java?

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

java is unlikely to work, never mind then

you should learn python if you can't though

Kaz Wolfe

i know some, just not good at it.

MaryBeth

Super late, likely, but I noticed that the bacon and eggs for a post on the 30th showed up for me over a day ago. It wasn't the 30th in UTC...is the site off on time or was the hat premature?

Kaz Wolfe

20:12

i think it's 30th anywhere in the world.

i mean, it's just a guess.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

>_> stupid wrong chatrooms

MaryBeth

I wish I could find a timestamp on when it showed up :) Thanks. I was under the impression that it was UTC...but that maybe makes more sense?

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

yeah, it's like a 38 hour timeslot

kiribati or something is 14 hours ahead, plus 24 hour day

MaryBeth

Thanks! I was going with a 24 hour slot, but now that I actually think, that makes more sense. Need more coffee, apparently :)

Seth

20:40

I just earned like clockwork.

Did we figure it out yet?

Kaz Wolfe

current guess is something to do with voting X days in a row.

Can't be flagging, because then mods can't get it (iirc mods can't flag, right?)

Seth

I haven't voted this UTC day

@KazWolfe we can, we just don't usually (no reason)

oh wait, I lie. I did cast a downvote today.

Willeke

I think it is 9 days the same action, but as I am rather active when i am on the site, I would not know out of own experience.

It has been said that no hats were given for flagging.

I got a gold badge for helpful flags and the badge gave me the hat.

Kaz Wolfe

i wish SE had an easier way to check voting streaks.

Willeke

I just got a bounty and I am not happy. I was almost sure not to the bounty but to get the hat out of it.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

20:49

ouch

Willeke

I do not really need the rep, I am just behind the #1 on the site.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

lol

bishop

Just got a hat 6 when one of my answers got 6 upvotes. Can't be that easy? stackoverflow.com/questions/41400762/…

Kaz Wolfe

@bishop I don't think so.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

I think it's for deleting 6 comments posted during winterbash

Willeke

20:54

Neither.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

what do you think it's for?

Willeke

I got it when I posted a comment, the guy updated his answer and I removed comment.

It may have been one of a series of that action.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

yeah, you nuked a comment

I think it's for nuking 6 comments total, not necessarily all at once

bishop

@easte I've not deleted any comments. Ever.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

hmmmm

Willeke

20:56

I vote a lot and I have deleted a lot of comments much earlier in the WB, which did not get me 6

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

I got it shortly after deleting 6 comments in a row

I had no active answers at the time

bishop

Maybe it's "6" of a variety of things.

Willeke

Maybe there are several triggers, to keep us on our toes?

bishop

Not just "6" of one particular thing.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

oh, true

bishop

20:56

@Willeke Yes.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

6 comments made in a short time, 6 things voted on in a short time, 6 answers posted in a short time?

bishop

Somebody put that in the Google Doc?

Willeke

I heard of more people that deleting comments after edits were the trigger

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

@bishop got it

bishop

@Easte Excellent, thanks.

Willeke

20:57

It was certainly not 6 in a short time, as it was several hours after the last action for m.

came back from being out part of the day.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

hm, okay

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