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1:22 AM
@Noon Still you have to run the script everyday. :P
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A: Time for some more swag!

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3:19 AM
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3:37 AM
I updated my entry since I caught my kitty red-handed (pawed?) :P
and now the cookies are all baked and ready to go for tomorrow \o/
 
4:07 AM
@Mithrandir It's interesting that the youtube video you made is on a channel called "Kosher Frugal"
 
 
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7:09 AM
@AJ Alright then, you are, indeed, a Fanatic :P
 
7:26 AM
Good morning :)
How ya doing?
 
7:41 AM
@EmC Using cats is cheating on the internet! :P
@dhein Stuck in a car, on the backseat, in traffic :/
 
Well thats still more enjoyable than on the drivers seat, isn't it? :P
Are you commuting? Or how did you get there?
 
Yeah. My coworker picks me up and drops me off.
And yes, this is better than having to drive myself ;)
 
JAD
ugh traffic
although as a passenger you can at least do other stuff
 
True but there's not much to do! I can't really moderate well from mobile XD
 
8:03 AM
I agree ^^
you could take a nap, tho....
In theory
 
JAD
well, then get a laptop :P
or a book
 
.... a.....
NoteBook '^.^
 
Modding from mobile isn't that hard...
 
On mobile web is hard
 
 
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9:34 AM
So... Anyone here use Discord? If so, here's an invite to a server of a friend of mine that's really awesome: discord.gg/gEEGu2w
If not, you're probably not a gamer.
 
Uhm yeh I do use discord, but for what reason should I join that server? :x
 
It has awesome people
I just figured I'd share its awesomeness
 
it is a nice invitation for gamers who don't have found a gamer friend circle yet. I think I would give it a try if I were one of those.
 
Define 'gamer' ;)
I play rollercoaster, does that count? :P
 
but, me and my friends have our own server.
 
9:39 AM
@Tinkeringbell this <3
 
@Tinkeringbell rollercoaster tycoon?
 
Yep :)
 
noice! I played rct 2 for so long xD
 
I have three 'games' on Steam: Rollercoaster (that remake that combines 1 and 2), Stardew Valley and an aquarium simulation game
I almost never play that last one, so I've forgotten what it's called :P
 
I have over 100 games on Steam
 
9:41 AM
sounds funny that aquarium simulation xD
you should try the goat simulator :P
"you should try" = don't.
 
Goat simulator is fun
for a while anyways
 
after 10 minutes the appeal is gone
 
@JennaSloan Maybe you shoudl give it a try on arqade? I think they have a chat room tehre too, don't they?
 
The Bridge
 
Changing rooms is too much work
 
9:45 AM
haha
 
In other news, I think I've figured out the true identity of @Mithrandir
 
*raises eyebrow*
 
@JennaSloan is it Usain Bolt?
 
@Cashbee No.
 
@JennaSloan is it Mike Tyson?
 
9:52 AM
@Cashbee Seriously?
 
yes
 
I think it is God
@Tinkeringbell oh, i thought the actual rollercoasters ...
 
@avazula then it would indeed not count as gaming :D
but a fun activity nevertheless
 
@Cashbee Yeah, I thought about gaming as in "having leisure time"
 
@avazula God?
 
9:55 AM
hahaaaaa!
<3 South Park references
 
@Mithrandir :D
 
@avazula lessuretime with the aquarium simulator is best. You don't even have to feed your fishes as they are just simulated. I would never ever put such a thing in my living room, since there are these aquarium simulators you can buy for your living room
'^.^
 
tamagotchi fish?
 
@JennaSloan: and?
 
9:59 AM
And what?
 
I don't have a Facebook account ;)
But I redacted that anyway.
 
10:14 AM
Yeah, well I'm not the kind of person that'll just tell somebody the true identity of someone that prefers to not disclose that information.
 
@JennaSloan My true identity is that I'm an aircraft.
 
I'm Elfo!
(okay, last time)
 
@Mithrandir It looks really interesting though
 
@Cashbee I'm gonna change that avatar haha
Did you watch the whole season?
 
of course
 
10:33 AM
Did you enjoy it?
 
greatly
 
:D
 
its a funny show, from makers that I adore
 
@Cashbee Many Simpsons lovers didn't enjoy the show :/
 
@avazula I'm not a simpons lover :)
Futurama FTW
 
10:36 AM
@Cashbee Yeah, I prefer it too. But it's quite uncommon to find Futurama enthusiasts :D
 
TV is overrated
 
@JennaSloan TV per se, yes. TV shows that you can watch on a computer: yes pls
 
@JennaSloan I don't have a TV
@Noon lunch time? :p
 
TV All shows are also overrated
 
@JennaSloan A bit of explanation would be appreciated here ;)
 
10:41 AM
let's agree to disagree
 
I disagree to agree to disagree
 
@JennaSloan you you claim that I think all shows are overrated?
let's agree to disagree to agree to disagree then
 
@Pseudohuman how long until sunrise?
 
@JennaSloan 3 hours 3 minutes 33 seconds
 
That's a lot of threes
 
10:47 AM
that's a lot of untrustworthy data. what timezone? is the time of a sunrise calculatable down to seconds? Is it possible that the time remaining consists only of 3's? Let's use you for better tasks
o/
 
better
:D
 
@Pseudohuman what's your name?
 
@avazula I do not understand.
 
Come on
 
10:48 AM
@Pseudohuman I do not understand
 
@Cashbee I do not understand.
 
Replying to one of its messages has a different effect than pinging it
I haven't gotten around to fixing that yet
 
@JennaSloan you're the author of pseudohuman?
 
@Cashbee Yeah
 
@JennaSloan Nice
I've always had some interest concerning writing chat bots but never actually invested time in that.
 
10:54 AM
The source code for it is here: github.com/Jenna3715/ChatBot
 
@Cashbee I think the public criticism it received was way too harsh. I enjoyed it, too. Tho I have to say, the trailers were promising more than the show actually delivered. So as said I enjoyed it, but a bit of disappointment I had about it.
@avazula Me neither >.< Just had to buy one for my PS4.... to find out the Ps3 game I wanted to play doesnt run >.>
@avazula aka "backup please" If I may say that xP
 
@dhein My mother actually won one and had no idea what to do with it. My SO said "take it take it take it!" and now he uses it as his screen computer when he plays video games
I have to say, I think it's great for Netflixing
@dhein Exactly, although my phrasing was a little more polite haha :p
 
@avazula Hmmm, thats how I perceived it tho. Kinda interesting considering "sender and receiver"-communication x)
@avazula Probably it would even be great for watching tv ;P
 
11:10 AM
@Cash your comment on that Deutsch HNQ haha
(What am I doing on German.SE anyway?)
 
11:22 AM
@avazula Was just taking a break. Lunch time are between 1pm and 2pm (so, in 40 minutes)
 
@Noon ooh, ok :)
 
11:36 AM
@Noon That exhausting? :o
 
@dhein What do you mean?
 
11:56 AM
The work ^^
 
12:18 PM
@avazula lol where
 
@Cashbee The Zeichnen abbreviation question
 
@avazula aah. lol that has reached HNQ? xD
 
@Cashbee yup
 
12:35 PM
@dhein Work is fine, I don't understand what makes you feel it's exhausting ?
 
A J
12:54 PM
wassup everyone?
 
Nvm. Bad behavior I have concluding from my self on others
@Noon
 
A J
 
@AJ Hum, I think I will use another technic to improve code quality at my workplace XD
 
A J
Sure you will. ;P
 
@Tink that one is for you :|
 
1:01 PM
Hehehe Thanks!
 
I found an awesome collection of those. for devs who could use a laugh: boyter.org/2016/04/collection-orly-book-covers
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♥
"Bloated Jabbascript frameworks"
 
A J
When @avazula develops her own JS library it will be named as AvaScript ;)
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@AJ Good Cash no, should I ever write a library, it'd be in Assembly!
 
@avazula Am I a substitute for 'Lord' now? :D
 
1:07 PM
@Cashbee I was trying to avoid mentioning God yes, and we agreed with @Noon that using Cash instead is funny on many levels :p
 
hahahahaha
 
A J
 
sprayed water on monitor
thanks..
 
@AJ erm... Just try using JS on server side and let's see how it's going ... :p
 
xD
 
1:10 PM
^ Story of my life
 
@AJ yesss old memes
where has socially awkward penguin gone anyway
 
Wow, what a good NSFW warning xD
 
@AJ I don't get it, and I thought I knew how human eyes work
... /s
 
A J
1:17 PM
@avazula I am a very creative person. :P
@Cashbee well I can't help with this one. ;)
 
1:33 PM
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Q: Awkward Conversation

Depressed_ManWhy does everytime I talk to someone serious with a straight face, I feel awkward and try to look somewhere else instead and making my words clumsier and confusing, I just can't think of a word.

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Q: Responding to an Interviewer who is not paying attention

SaraOff-late, I have been attending interviews and I have had good and bad experiences, one of which is as follows. The interviewer asks a question and minds their own business, viz, working on their laptop or mobile, or simply utter the words "uh huh" repeatedly to everything that I say. In bot...

 
Ugh, php is the worst
 
A J
2:00 PM
Hmm
 
yay programmer fiiight
 
A J
Hmm
 
Someone here to comment under this answer from a new user?
 
I'll take a look
@Noon happy?
 
2:28 PM
@Cashbee Thanks :)
 
2:59 PM
Oh Dear Me, how much more details does this meta user wants?! Can't they just accept that their answer is bad and move on?!
 
I just ran into my coworker in the elevator and she asked if I got a haircut recently because it looked different... nope, it's just that my bus was 45 minutes late so I had time to blow-dry my hair this morning xD
@Noon which post?
 
@Noon I love your way of avoiding mentioning religion too, it's clever :p
 
@EmC Ahah XD The "your hair look different" is often something you should think before saying. In my experience, the answer is often something you didn't expected :P
 
let them escalate
 
3:05 PM
@avazula Well, I like refering to myself as an almighty entity. Plus, it's good for the self estime :P
 
@Noon oh yeah, that one..
 
@Noon I think this is pretty much everything we can do... I'm sorry BTW for the answerers, it must have been hard handling it.
 
@Noon haha true, fortunately the way she phrased it made clear she thought it looked nice ;)
 
@Noon But you are an extraordinary creature, so that's pretty fair :D
 
there is absolutely no point anymore in trying to reason with them. tink already told them to escalate if they wish
 
3:08 PM
@avazula blush
 
escalate to whom anyway? :/
 
@avazula CM's
 
@Cashbee erh. Good luck with that.
 
at least that is what I think where 'contact us' leads to.. ?
 
@avazula By now, I know that answers to vegan question can bit, so it is as much as a big deal than for my first question. It's just the fact that they updated their post made me remember their really stubborn behvior and I was really annoyed and needed to vent (which I did in here :P)
 
3:12 PM
@Cashbee I just saw the "then I'll escalate" part
 
d'oh I totally missed the "edited 22 mins ago" on that post... honestly I'd just leave it alone because it's already been explained and he's already been told to talk to CMs if he doesn't like it. I can leave a comment to that effect
 
I am tempted to comment this
> update: you have yet to edit your answer.
 
@Cashbee oooh, here comes the passive-agressiveness :p
 
@Cashbee XD
 
I mean, I'm really tempted-.
 
3:15 PM
@EmC I don't think there's much more to do either
Except getting exhausted by the confrontation
 
They just posted that on dhein meta moderation question:
@dhein You're correct, almost across the board. Another problem is Mods and some members don't actually read the questions or answers, or they just read it how they want it to read and take wrong actions based on their opinion or projection. — Johns-305 29 mins ago
 
@Noon Okay now that's too much
 
Well, if we"don't actually read the questions or answers", we can't moderate them and you should be happy about it...
 
JAD
@avazula :grabs popcorn:
 
@JAD oh man, I wish this chat would have a @gif addon like telegram
 
JAD
3:18 PM
@Noon not reading doesn't prevent you from taking arbitrary action, which is what he is accusing people of
 
I flagged that as R/A. This isn't the place to rant or make ad hominem attacks. I think they're upset and I get that this site is difficult to get to know but this is no reason to be unkind.
 
JAD
"you seem to have difficulty getting your point across. Have you considered asking a question about that on IPS?"
 
JAD
damn, that's some shiny hair
 
Moving on. Is it me or is the number of new questions really low these days?
 
3:21 PM
@avazula wow from one sad topic to another
 
The "problem" I find with asking questions on IPS is that to make them a good fit for this site I have to explain what I'm trying to do that determining the answer becomes a trivial exercise.
This may be a feature rather than a bug.
 
@Cashbee (The first one is actually quite tricky to discuss in chat and I wouldn't wanna have to cut a part of the conversation ...)
@sphennings You mean like in the rubber duck exercise?
 
@JAD XD
 
@avazula I know and agree with you, but rehashing the "Y U NO HNQ" discussion isn't that better of an option IMO xD
 
@avazula It works for programming. Why wouldn't it work for something as complicated and diverse as human interactions? :p
 
3:24 PM
@Cashbee Oh, I didn't want to bring HNQ back again ...
aaar
Anyway, moving on
DUCKS!
 
They are adorable and delicious.
 
PIGEONS!
 
Mmm the SO and I just had some amazing duck fat fries the other day
 
@Cashbee Ooh, I know you're in a bad place right now but don't call yourself that... :p
 
3:26 PM
I have a friend who purchased $100 of bulk rubber ducks because the fan convention she volunteers for thought it would be a good idea to give them a shenanigans budget.
 
@sphennings :D
 
After one day of installing something, realizing that I need to install soemthing else too, then something else, then something else, I finally manage to successfully run "mvn clean test" \o/
 
Yay! o/
 
@Noon hooray! I always exlude tests for my installs xD
 
@scohe001 I'd like to say "woa, yum!" but ...
:p
 
3:29 PM
Oh yeaaaaa I always forget about the French vegan culture here :p
 
@scohe001 Hahaha. I don't mind that you talk about it though :)
It's just that I find the situation funny
 
french vegan culture? have the french stopped forcefeeding their geese now?
 
(Are you mad at me for that joke @Cash? You know you're my TAS sunshine and that you're the last person I'd like to hurt, right?)
@Cashbee Lol. You wish.
Now they're forcefeeding them even quicker as they're already late for Christmas ^^
 
@avazula I don0t even know which joke you mean, so..
 
@Cashbee The pigeon one. But hourray!
 
3:31 PM
aha no you know me better than that ^^
 
@Cashbee :p
 
@avazula btw: aaaaw
 
I was gonna search for a sunshine GIF but my colleagues are lurking around... yuck
 
@Cashbee that's nice too
@Noon is "mvn" maven?
 
3:36 PM
@avazula yes
 
@Cashbee D: sadness intensifies
 
what's wrong with maven?
 
@Cashbee isn't it some Java tool?
 
what's wrong with Java? :D
 
@Cashbee erh...
I know I may sound very picky today, ranting about php and saying Java programming is sad ^^
I have very fine programming tastes (▀̿Ĺ̯▀̿ ̿)
 
3:39 PM
@avazula it beats the IBM Domino pile of *********** that I have to de-legacy-ize
 
@Cashbee what's that?
 
you don't wanna know
 
ugh
I miss C++ :D
I realize how picky I am ... haha
 
3:56 PM
@avazula This smiley XD
But I like java, so I'm happy with that maven (except when I have trouble with dependency, I hate having trouble with dependency ><)
 
of course
@Noon Huh, good for you then :D except dependencies resolution... ugh u_u
 
4:13 PM
@Noon yesterday all I did was resolving dependencies. To be fair it was completely my own fault and knowing now what I learned yesterday, it would take me less than 10 minutes
 
4:34 PM
@Cashbee I'm also getting better at it. But every time I stumble accross a new maven problem, I knowit will be hard to resolve. You can do a lot of things with maven but it also means that you can have a lot of different problem with it :P
 
@avazula I'm in the same boat--I miss all of the beautiful structure and strong typing of C++ :(
 
4:56 PM
0
Q: How to voice my disapointment with my adult daughter's choice to own a Canada Goose coat, without having a dispute?

user31423My 24 year-old daughter lives apart from me with her father. A year ago she bought a coyote fur-trimmed Canada Goose coat for over $1000, that she paid for mostly herself ,knowing that it was coyote fur. Her father helped her with an advance loan to buy it,that she later reimbursed. At the time...

 
@scohe001 Hang in there, buddy! The wind will change sooner or later :D
 
Ahh that makes me think of Windwaker. I miss that game...
Also holy moly this is frustrating: interpersonal.meta.stackexchange.com/q/3304/11811
Feels like I'm not being heard at all
 
5:19 PM
@scohe001 Have you seen the comments this user is leaving all over the place? I really am starting to dislike them...
 
@Noon yea I’ve noticed. It feels like they’re arguing for the sake of arguing on meta and trying to stir up trouble on main. I’m sure the mods have taken note
 
5:35 PM
0
A: Sandbox for Proposed Questions

NoonNot sure this is on-topic, so sandbox! public transport: sign to know if someone needs a sit tag: public-transport, strangers I'm someone who gets easily physically tired. This means that, on public transportation, I will almost always look for a sit. Some days, there is no sits available ...

 
 
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7:14 PM
This user is driving me crazy, how can someone be so stubborn and persistent? Also, do user get some sort of ban if they post to much undesirable comment?
 
Just let it be ;) If you don't react they have nothing to respond to ;)
You tried, and you tried well. Now perhaps it's time to just let it be ;)
 
Yeah, but they are also posting everywhere on main and complaining that their comments get deleted :/
 
flag them, please :)
 
@EmC Already done for the most recent flag. Should I use a custom mod flag?
 
I am not planning on responding to that user about it any more until they edit, I was very clear that is a requirement for further consideration
@Noon eh, I think normal flags are fine, since all the mods are aware of the context by now ;)
 
7:21 PM
I was wondering, are they any "rule for banning" that user can read to know what they shouldn't do and what would happen if they do it? Or are those kind of rules "mod only"? I know of other site that have those but SE don't seem to
 
There aren't hard rules.
That tends to help with users who constantly walk just up the line but try to avoid crossing it - doing as much they can to be disruptive while not technically breaking the rules.
 
Hum, I understand the idea but I'm not sure I agree with the conclusion without more back up :P
 
I think this answer is a good explanation :)
 
Nice, thank you (I didn't know that, you too, were a meta link master :P )
 
while mods do have a general set of reasons to suspend (for example, using sock puppets, or posting rude content), deciding when a user has crossed the line is hard to put down in black and white rules
like those examples are usually fairly straightforward, but things like suspending for low-quality contributions really depend on the context of the site/user history
 
7:31 PM
Oh, I didn't knew you could get suspending for low-quality contribution!
 
On a lighter note...
 
I was also interested in knowing what "punishing tools" you had. For example, "not posting comments for X", "not posting anything for X days" and what was the usual duration for such punishment (1 week for the first punishment, 2 for the second, etc...). But maybe you are not allowed to say?
 
Answering to @shcohe011The dad is conflict-avoidance ,so he doesnt express what he feels,but I would say that he tends to see me as the moral compass of the family. So he supports my position although he does not seem to have a personal opinion on fur-farming ethics or to act on it autonomously. — user31423 47 mins ago
I think that's the most botched I've ever seen my username O_O
 
> shcohe011The
 
I know only 4.

1. Low quality contributions
2. Rule violations
3. Voting irregularities
4. Cool down
 
7:33 PM
I'm almost tempted to change my tag to shcohe011The :p
 
Pretty sure that's everything that's possible for it to show up as on a profile page.
Well, there's also "temporarily suspended network-wide"
 
That is only done by CMs'.
 
@NogShine Isn't cool down just for chat? And how do mod detect "voting irregularities"? Isn't that something only an admin can know?
 
Rage of Shog. ;)
 
Ahh don't summon him!
 
7:37 PM
@Noon Magic (tm)
 
@Noon well, besides suspensions, the system also has some automatic bans built in, like question ban if you have posted a lot of bad questions
 
@NogShine if your swag contest post 'Tinker' is referring to me, would you mind switching to calling me a 'she'? :D
 
@Tinkeringbell Hahaha. It is another Tinker. He is a male.
 
Okidoki :P Thought I'd check before you got comments pouring in ;)
 
(He has a diamond too)
 
7:39 PM
Oh I think I got it now ;)
Btw, nice seeing another good story, instead of more ascii/programmed art ;)
 
@EmC Oh right, so question have auto ban but not bad answer if I take it?
 
@Tinkeringbell Thanks
 
@Noon nope, there's answer bans too
and edit bans and flag bans.. no comment bans, though it's been requested in various forms
(all links so I know I'm not giving away trade secrets ;P)
 
Hum, that's interesting. Thank you :)
 
and review bans, and suggested edit bans
 
7:48 PM
@Mithrandir I like the idea of review ban! Are they only decided by mod or is there some automatic stuff for it too?
 
depends on the site
some sites have automatic, most don't
if there are review audits, then there are automatic bans
IPS does not have audits
 
@Mithrandir I didn't know some site had review audit! I'm learning a lot of stuff today!
 
305
Q: What are review tests (audits) and how do they work?

asheeshrI recently received this rather amusing message while reviewing a user's first post: Congratulations! This was only a test, designed to make sure you were paying attention. This post has already been removed, but thanks for taking time to leave feedback for the author. What is t...

 
So much meta link to read :D
 
8:43 PM
@IPSCommentBot rude
Anyone to flagged it? I only flag as "NLN" by misstake
 
@Noon its gone :P
 
Nice! :D
 
9:22 PM
Ow, I really like this first answer from this new user!
 
9:37 PM
>I have had overall great success with this direct approach when said in sincere and serious tone. People are usually quite surprised when I pull out in the open what they were afraid to say aloud and are willing to listen to my correction. Alternatively they correct me on what they were thinking and it becomes a start for "let's clear things up" discussion.
I am a huge fan of this new user!
 
Bounties are a thing people ;)
 
@Tinkeringbell I must admit, I had forgot about those. Maybe I will place one in a few days :)
 
Bounties can be really helpful to encourage new users, especially now that they won't get flooded with HNQ rep anymore ;)
I can put one up later too, I have a bit more rep to spare ;)
 
@Tinkeringbell but then how will you ever catch up to @apaul?? :p
 
9:53 PM
Yeah, starting to use bounties more can be a good idea, especially for your old questions with not very satisfaing answers
 
@scohe001 I don't want to ;)
 

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