Ye Olde Hat Shoppe - 2017-01-07

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David

01:34

@CalebKleveter did you know that AlexanderO'Mara already did that meta.stackexchange.com/a/288813/278094?

David

01:58

@AlexanderO'Mara isn't that exactly what I linked to?

Alexander O'Mara

@David Oh, derp.

David

@AlexanderO'Mara lol np

@CalebKleveter you deleted all of your comments?

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

02:28

yeah apparently

Andrew Li

03:05

Did you guys change the chat's parent back to SE? It's back to dark blue navy theme

1 hour later…

David

04:11

@AndrewLi yep bluefeet did it this morning

Andrew Li

yay

David

@AndrewLi and now let me test a little theory I have.

Andrew Li

?

David

you'll see, hold on

room parent site changed to communitybuilding.stackexchange.com

Andrew Li

!!!

David

04:22

:)

the site nobody uses.

Andrew Li

I removed my account on it

David

I want to see if we all get the hat.

Andrew Li

Which one?

David

star a massage in chat

that one

First Responder

Andrew Li

Uhhh.... It's way after Jan 1.

David

04:23

no,no that won't work it had to be within 12 hours of the new year

@AndrewLi yep, that is why this is a test

we all still have stared messages here, now the room is on a different host, so next time the hat bot runs I think we will get the hat on a new site.

Andrew Li

kinda doubt it

David

@AndrewLi communitybuilding.stackexchange.com/help/badges/69/…

Andrew Li

oh wow

But I don't think time is taken account

David

and I sure did not do that, so I bet it will work

David

05:01

thanks @Andy

Andy

Hey.

David

as you can see this room is under your site :)

well I just learned that a mod on a different site can't change the host.

so can you change this rooms host to be just Stack exchange network?

Andy

room parent site changed to default (no parent site)

David

I was experimenting with an idea (which did not work)

@Andy thanks.

Andy

I aim to please

And do science too

What were you testing?

David

05:03

to see if you could get the "First Responder" hat retroactively.

see lot of us got the hat from stared messages in here, so if the room changed after the fact would we all get the hat? answer no the hat bot stops checking for that hat at some point.

Andy

Lazy bot.

David

lol not really just a smart bot. why bother checking when it is too late to get the hat?

2 hours later…

Anonymous

07:02

I just got Like Clockwork on PPCG. Profile

DavidPostill

09:11

@David lol. I was wondering why a just got another hat :)

2 hours later…

Eran

11:17

Hello

1 hour later…

Willeke

12:31

Hi

2 hours later…

David

14:45

@DavidPostill 952?

DavidPostill

@David No, the "First Responder" I got today :)

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

lol

Willeke

I left a message on a chat that had not been visited for so long that non of the last people to post were pingable, might still get a hat next week, ;)

David

@DavidPostill on what site?

so it did work!

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

15:01

yep

David

(not sure why I did not get the hat)

but wow.

told you @AndrewLi!

lol

Willeke

I think it is a pitty that we can not see the total of hats we got, with the different sites showing up as distinct diferent ones.

I mean I have 33 hats but I have many more than 33 'you got a hat' messages.

David

you could make a script to count that, pretty easy the hats are in jason

DavidPostill

@David Yes, it worked.

Willeke

That is for those who know how to make scripts. I do not even know how to run scripts, I hardly know what they are. (Remember, not all of us are computer buffs.)

DavidPostill

15:06

@David On Community Building

Willeke

Looking back, it seems that I earned on hat on a site, it was the 11th for me and the 20th for the site, so it earned me two more hats. Fun.

DavidPostill

@Willeke I have 43 "I Am Your Father" hats :)

I got bored trying to get it on every site.

Willeke

You have been busy collecting :)

DavidPostill

I have accounts on nearly every site so I can flag spam ...

Willeke

That is a very good reason.

I just found a few sites where I can participate, which I am happy with.

Those got me running ragged and the top of the WB leaderboard on the sites.

David

15:21

@DavidPostill hehe. :) I like finding out how the hat bot works.

DavidPostill

@David Yeah, we've learned a few tricks for next year, right? ;p

David

lol

will you be back?

DavidPostill

@David Next year? I suppose so ...

David

I think we also just learned that you can not earn a hat for a site that you do not have an account on. (which is why most of the users here did not get the
First Responder hat)

DavidPostill

That's not surprising ...

David

15:32

well I did not know.

8 hours and 26 mins left till the bounties fly.

DavidPostill

Yes, I've got one prepared. And a big note next to me to remind me to award it :)

David

lol a sticky note?

@DavidPostill I've got 2 ready, just in case.

DavidPostill

@David On my notebook in big letters ...

David

Hay you, yes you. DO NOT FORGET to award the bounty. There is a hat riding on it.

4

@DavidPostill something like that?

:)

DavidPostill

Something like that.

Willeke

15:41

I will wait till I see the first 'hats' for the bounties, for awarding the first, the second is one a own posted Q and A without further activity.

So if two people post, one would get my bounty (if some quality is there) and the other the hat.

If you want to try your hand: travel.stackexchange.com/questions/84990/…

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Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

17:29

@AlexanderO'Mara are you just giving up on maverick? or are you still trying

Alexander O'Mara

@David Is today the last day?

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

no, tomorrow

Alexander O'Mara

@EᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏIʀᴋ Still hoping.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

but you can start bountying in about 6.5 hours

Alexander O'Mara

@EᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏIʀᴋ ?

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

17:30

you can award the bounty and earn the phil hat starting in 6.5 hours

that's what he was referring to

I assume he doesn't want to wait until the last edge of that

Alexander O'Mara

@EᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏIʀᴋ Ah, yes, I have one ready to go.

Unfortunately, my attempt at maverick got stuck at +0 & +4.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

ouch

MasterBob

sad

Alexander O'Mara

I really think the question is better than the -3 it got though.

MasterBob

still wanting hatter hat

i posted a question, got it all typed out

but i had to solve a captcha and it went to :31:04

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

17:46

ouch

Andrew Li

Going to ask and self answer on SO wish me luck ;S

Willeke

Good luck

Andrew Li

Darn. It's been asked before.

David

18:14

@AlexanderO'Mara no, this is how much longer in the bash

Andrew Li

Wait bash ENDS on 00:00 UTC monday or ends end of monday at 23:59 UTC monday?

David

@AndrewLi Jan 9, 2017 at UTC 00:00:00z

Andrew Li

Ugh

David

so 23:59 UTC monday is almost a day late

Andrew Li

So I should award my bounty on the 8th?

David

18:17

yes, because the 9th is too late.

Andrew Li

Ok then

David

look at it this way, Sunday the 8th (UTC) is the last day of the bash

Andrew Li

Yeah

In ~6 hours

Ankit Sharma

in Tavern on the Meta on Meta Stack Exchange Chat, 4 mins ago, by steelersquirrel

Does anybody know on the Egoist hat if the question that you self answer has to be asked during Winter bash?

steelersquirrel

Hahaha! OMG! Ankit is totally stalking me :P

Andrew Li

18:24

Pretty sure it has to be

Ankit Sharma

@steelersquirrel Hey I came first here

steelersquirrel

Bummer. :(

Argh! Now I have to go answer one of my newer questions. Argh ;)

Gheez. I went and wasted like an hour of my life to answer that question, too :P

Ankit Sharma

I can feel your pain

Andrew Li

The hope I get when I think I can self-answer a fresh new question on SO is immediately crushed when I find the duplicates :(

Ankit Sharma

@steelersquirrel Anyway I did nothing much for my self answer, just searched the required video proof for days and finally got it. Lets see if I can get 2 more vote for egoist badge

@AndrewLi lol

steelersquirrel

18:30

@AndrewLi Yeah, I'm sorry. That sucks.

Andrew Li

I was just about to ask one when I found a duplicate.

steelersquirrel

@AnkitSharma I already upvoted. I'm just waiting for one more upvote for the maverick hat!

Andrew Li

Your vote doesn't count towards Maverick BTW :P

Sorry to say

steelersquirrel

@AndrewLi My problem usually lies within wanting to ask a question and it is easy to google.

Andrew Li

SO has a plague of those.

steelersquirrel

18:31

@AndrewLi Yes, I know. I still only need one more :)

Ankit Sharma

dreamcrusher award goes to @AndrewLi

Andrew Li

@steelersquirrel Good luck!

I still need an accept on my lifesaver thing

steelersquirrel

@AndrewLi Thanks :)

This is so exciting!!!

Andrew Li

There's 1 more day and 5.5 hours left

Ankit Sharma

I still can get 2 hats

steelersquirrel

18:33

Awwww. That's it? I thought that it was 2-3 more days :(

Andrew Li

I need maverick, lifesaver, philanthropist (getting this), and egoist

DavidPostill

Winter Bash Countdown Timer timeanddate.com/countdown/…

Ankit Sharma

9th is end

Andrew Li

But my profile pictures looks nice in Guy's hair and goatee!

steelersquirrel

Bummer :(

Andrew Li

18:34

00:00 UTC Jan. 9th is the end

Ankit Sharma

End of the fun :(

steelersquirrel

Guys hair and goatee on a wolf no less!!

Ankit Sharma

wolfs always look good

Andrew Li

When do the employees pick the "Who wore it best"?

Ankit Sharma

and kiwifruit too

steelersquirrel

18:35

Yeah. Wolves are awesome!

2

Ankit Sharma

I didn't had wolf avatar from long long time

Maybe I can add it into the list

steelersquirrel

I will have to stick to my drunken squirrel until after the playoffs ;)

Eran

Hello

steelersquirrel

Hello!

Ankit Sharma

hello!!

Willeke

18:44

Hi

steelersquirrel

Hi!

I can do this all day... :P

Ankit Sharma

lol

steelersquirrel

@AndrewLi What is that for?

I'm new to this whole hat business. I didn't participate last year.

DavidPostill

@steelersquirrel The people who wear their hats in the most imaginative ways get immortalised in a blog post stackoverflow.blog/2016/01/Winter-Bash-2015-Hats-Off

steelersquirrel

@DavidPostill Oh, cool!

What date did winter bash start? I need to go find one of my questions to answer that I asked during that time. I thought it was 12/19 wasn't it?

Ankit Sharma

18:58

December 19th through January 8th

steelersquirrel

Okay. I'm off to go and self answer another question ;)

Eran

@DavidPostill My baby got immortalised on the WB 2014 closing post - stackoverflow.blog/2015/01/so-long-winter-bash-2014

Andrew Li

19:15

@steelersquirrel also my first year in hatness

@Eran So cute :D

Alexander O'Mara

19:38

PSA: I have a +100 bounty expiring on this question: stackoverflow.com/q/41432527 I obviously cannot award it to my existing answer, so if anyone posts an answer that adds something, they will probably get it.

Andrew Li

@AlexanderO'Mara Not sure anyone can add anything new :/

Alexander O'Mara

@AndrewLi Possibly suggesting a use case for which it might be useful? Or an explanation of why negative values were made valid? Just some thoughts.

Andrew Li

I sure love some good history

Also: 1 more UV on the question for maverick

Alexander O'Mara

Too bad my own upvote on the question doesn't count...

Andrew Li

darn

I'm going to try to bring something new but I doubt it will add much.

Willeke

19:49

Anybody game to answer my travel question? I will even edit it for you if you see a way to answer but need a slightly different question? travel.stackexchange.com/questions/84990/…

I would love to award that bounty, not let it go to waste.

Andrew Li

Wait what. I thought KLM went bankrupt

Willeke

It merged with Air France, needed to, but it did not go bankrupt. And it still operates as its own company in many ways.

Andrew Li

Oh. The more you know

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

@AlexanderO'Mara what question?

Willeke

You can even make the comments into an answer, accepted on Travel.

I have an other bounty set up to get the hat, that one I can award whatever happens.

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

19:53

I'll do it?

Andrew Li

@EᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏIʀᴋ It's about CSS

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

ah, okay

Andrew Li

I'm seeing if I can do something

Huh. A stray upvote

Glorfindel

I just got the 180 before the question was actually reopened (it's still on 2 reopen votes).

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

yeah

Andrew Li

20:02

Yeah. It only needs to be votes

Not full reopening

Glorfindel

Ah, OK.

Oh, and my close vote on that question was from 2015.

Andrew Li

Geez

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

20:26

lel

Andrew Li

20:40

What the heck

My code snippet just allowed me to type in 2 places at once

Andrew Li

21:04

@AlexanderO'Mara Having a hard time with uses

Rand al'Thor

Anybody want to downvote this answer before I delete it?

If this is the place to beg for hats, it's probably also a good place to get help with badges :-P

Thanks!

Andrew Li

What badge?

DavidPostill

@Randal'Thor I did. Was there a particular reason asking for DVs? Most people here seem to beg for UVs :)

Andrew Li

Peer pressure?

Rand al'Thor

@AndrewLi Yep.

Andrew Li

21:10

Okay

DavidPostill

Ah

Rand al'Thor

@DavidPostill I was going to delete it anyway, so DVs wouldn't affect anything in the long run except giving me that badge.

DavidPostill

Interestingly enough I got "First Responder" today in Community Building :) A bug when room ownership is changed ...

Rand al'Thor

meta.stackexchange.com/help/badges/36/…

DavidPostill

I think I will post a meta bug report :)

Andrew Li

21:14

@DavidPostill @David was experimenting yesterday

He changed the parent site to CB.SE to see if the hats were awarded

Sure enough, they were

DavidPostill

@AndrewLi I know :)

Andrew Li

oh ok

10 Replies

21:26

I just got the 6 hat a few minutes ago!

MasterBob

@AlexanderO'Mara answered the question

I just got the 925 hat after I got yearling

bc of association bonus

Hats Stack Exchange

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Q: Bug in awarding "First Responder" hat

I was awarded the "First Responder" hat late yesterday on Community Building. As you can see the hat was awarded later than "Epiphany" (Jan 6th). This is because there is a bug (or loophole) in the way the "First Responder" hat is awarded. When the room parent site - in this case for Ye Olde...

bug winterbash-2016 winterbash-2017

Willeke

I realized this week that I will be in a good position for yearling on two sites next year, joining them this WB

I might be able to arrange getting a gold badge for visiting in the right week, if I plan it right.

DavidPostill

@Willeke Yearling is a silver badge not a gold badge

David

@DavidPostill how cold you do such a think like that? going and posting a "bug" in the hat system?

lol just kidding

MasterBob

21:30

XD

Willeke

I know, I will need to start visiting daily in time to get the gold bagde during the next WB

MasterBob

for... fanatic or what?

David

but it was not everybody, here I think it was everybody here with an account on community, and a stared message.

Willeke

Yes, Fanatic.

MasterBob

wow

thats one year

David

21:32

@MasterBob no Fanhatic

3

MasterBob

@David agreed

Willeke

I have it on three sites already, I do not find it hard to do it, as I am online (on at least one site) every day.

DavidPostill

@David Correct - I will update the question

MasterBob

@Willeke then reduce your visiting time, as the badge must be earned during WB

at least

if youre aiming for next year

Willeke

I know, I also said I will be aiming to get the gold badge during WB, (say NYE).

David

21:33

@10Replies good for you. when was the last time you posted a comment?

Willeke

I do not need to visit all my stack exchange sites every day, I just do at least one every day.

Andrew Li

I visit everyday

10 Replies

Not recently I don't think... Let me check

MasterBob

@Willeke ah. how many sites u have?

cuz you'll need about 4

David

@10Replies well then all that means we the OP actually came back and edited their post.

Willeke

21:34

At the moment I have 7 listed, but I am active on three or so

10 Replies

@David last commented 21 hours ago

David

@MasterBob 4 for what?

Willeke

Workplace does not seem to like my answers.

MasterBob

@David 4 sites to visit

David

why?

MasterBob

21:35

although 3 could work

if you not visit a site enough

Willeke

I got running ragged from my most visited site and two new to me.

David

it was meta, sifi and blender for me

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

gaming, ppcg, meta.se

MasterBob

what about the association bonus? XD i have 303, 101, 101

but i need 150

David

does not count

Willeke

21:36

But I got polymath from one of those and two others

Association bonus does NOT count

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

@AndrewLi how does maverick go?

Willeke

Not for running ragged.

MasterBob

@Willeke aw......................................

Andrew Li

?

David

@AndrewLi ?

Andrew Li

21:37

@EᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏIʀᴋ wat

MasterBob

@AndrewLi ?

@David ?

David

@MasterBob ¿

10 Replies

!

MasterBob

darn

David

lol

MasterBob

21:38

beat me to that

Willeke

@MasterBob for two days I needed two more votes on one site, or one good answer on an other. And thus I am certain.

MasterBob

@David ¡

is ¡ = i

oh no it doesnt

David

how about just a little question

﹖

MasterBob

oh yeah

flipped (irony) ⸮

David

did you use rtl to do that?

MasterBob

21:39

nah

its unicode

David

؟

got it

MasterBob

irony punctuation mark

but i guess you got it

David

no

:) you have do this:

MasterBob

facepalm

DavidPostill

‽

MasterBob

21:42

um... what

DavidPostill

The interrobang (/ɪnˈtɛrəˌbæŋ/), also known as the interabang, ‽ (often represented by ?! or !?), is a nonstandard punctuation mark used in various written languages and intended to combine the functions of the question mark (also called the "interrogative point") and the exclamation mark or exclamation point (known in printers' and programmers' jargon as the "bang"). The glyph is a superimposition of these two marks. == Application == A sentence ending with an interrobang asks a question in an excited manner, expresses excitement or disbelief in the form of a question, or asks a rhetoric...

MasterBob

oh, interrobang

yes, i searched it up

dont underestimate my searching skills

꘏

፧

Finally, we have ⳺ and ⳻

Andrew Li

₽

MasterBob

@AndrewLi nah

⁉ and also ⁈

Although really, this is better❗

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

@AndrewLi ?

that was askign how your search for maverick went

Andrew Li

21:48

I was on a search?

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

I thought so

2 hours ago, by Andrew Li

Also: 1 more UV on the question for maverick

Andrew Li

That was for Alexander

Eᴀsᴛᴇʀʟʏ Iʀᴋ

oh

oop, sorry

Andrew Li

22:02

@AlexanderO'Mara It's posted. Not the best answer but it's something

Andrew Li

22:17

Everyone don't forget to award your bounties in 2 hours time

Willeke

In two hours I hope to be asleep. We do have 24 hours to award them. I think 9 hours from now will be great for the first while keeping the second open, in the hope of getting some answers.

If I get answers on that I will award it before going to bed tomorrow.

Andrew Li

Where are you @Willeke?

Willeke

Netherlands. It is 11:20 PM for me right now.

DavidPostill

@AndrewLi Of course you have to wait 24 hours after you started the bounty ...

Willeke

Or will be on the next beeb.

Andrew Li

22:20

@DavidPostill I know

Willeke

And on that note I am going to say 'good night'.

DavidPostill

@Willeke Welterusten

Willeke

Dankjewel.

Good night all.

Andrew Li

That's a cool word

Good night!

"dank jewel"

DavidPostill

@Willeke Alstublieft

Andrew Li

23:19

I can't decide between The Hatter or Fiery

Isuka

Seems like I finally got 8,243,721. So to those still searching: you don't have to delete them all at the same time (I did it on several days). Also, most of the comments I deleted were not part of the 8,243,721 Eligible Comment Query. And, finally, recent comments work too.

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