The Awkward Silence

Ælis

08:13

I felt it was my duty to read the answers over here (after all, I was the one who made the edit so that the post will get reopen). But maybe I shouldn't have read all this. I'm heartbroken right now :'(

Alex Robinson

08:47

i saw the answer that contained "... i'm leaving [stack exchange] indefinitely on Friday...." and i honestly respect that, as much as it sucks

Ælis

09:01

It is the answer that I agree the least with, but yeah, knowing that LGBT+ people feel like they have to leave is :/

Alex Robinson

it is a bit of a yikes i agree. It hasn't personally affected me that much but then i don't really participate as much in MSE

Tinkeringbell

MSE right now is bad for your nerves...

avazula

@Tinkeringbell MSE feels like the racist great aunt you don't want to see yet are obliged to share a meal with on Thanksgiving

Alex Robinson

then i'm very glad i largely stick to super user, physics and IPS at the moment :)

Tinkeringbell

@avazula And the worst part is most people aren't usually that bad... They can be the racist aunt that knows not to make off-color jokes at the Thanksgiving meal in order to keep the peace, but then the cook decides they have to eat foreign food instead of a proper turkey and all goes wrong...

Ælis

09:19

@avazula XD

Alex Robinson

09:34

i'm kinda lucky that the vast majority of my immediate and extended family are advocates for equal human rights, so we don't really have a racist aunt

Extroverted Main Man

10:00

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Q: How can I communicate to my mother that her complaints about me make me feel like I'm not enough?

(and never will be) I'm on the autism spectrum and often feel overwhelmingly fatigued and tired. My mother, on the other hand, has a lot of energy and is always doing a million things. From time to time, my mother will complain that: You never do anything with me! (she might also complain...

Alex Robinson

i really want to write an answer to this question but don't really have anything to back it up :/

Tinkeringbell

@AlexRobinson There should be something out there, right? ;)

Alex Robinson

there probably is, but the basis of my (planned) answer is more advice than personal backup... maybe i can think about a way to tie it to something in between talking to grumpy suppliers lol

Ælis

I find the beginning of this answer a bit agressive. If anyone could think of a way to fix that?

Alex Robinson

10:21

it is kinda ""victim"" blaming i agree... it could be edited but i feel that would change the nature of the answer...

although, an edit to just remove the starting paragraph wouldn't detract from the answer? Could that work?

wait nvm the whole answer is intrapersonal. NAA

Tinkeringbell

I've left a comment on the question first. If the OP clarifies, we can see how to proceed with the answer. Right now I'd suggest to leave it, it's strong but not rude...

Ælis

I'm currently working on an edit

Well, I made an edit. Let me know what you think of it

Tinkeringbell

Good one! :)

Alex Robinson

can i quickly point out the passive aggressive comment on their first revision of the answer...

Ælis

So, I'm supposed to write a presentation today (which is not fun. Writing code is fun, writing presentation is not). So far, I have successfully prograstinated for more than 45 minutes ><

Alex Robinson

10:32

break it up into small chunks! just name the different slides as your talking points, then once your structure is in place its a lot easier to work around it

Ælis

I think my issue is more with the fact that my manager seems to know exactly what they want me do to but I don't know exactly what they want me to do ><

(and I hate doing stuff "in the dark")

Alex Robinson

could it be worth asking for some clarification?

Ælis

I'm too afraid that they would be angry at me for not knowing to ask. I should probably do a first draft and then ask for feedback (my manager tend to be really busy and don't really have time to waste for something that is supposed to be so trivial :/ )

Alex Robinson

i feel that... i always hate asking when i feel like i'm expected to just know

Ælis

Yeah, that :/

eyeballs-pls | ??? | interpersonal.stackexchange.com/questions/23454/…

Alex Robinson

10:46

ima flag that

if they have an issue with getting good answers on this site they can h*cking well take it to M.IPS compared to semi personally attacking anyone

Tinkeringbell

language....

Alex Robinson

i didn't realise that word was particularly inappropriate, apologies

Ælis

@AlexRobinson Yep. Especially since I'm probably the one who is asking the most for backup (but they probably didn't realize that ^^)

Tinkeringbell

@AlexRobinson More that in general, talking about users like that never really ends up being constructive.

Alex Robinson

oh that makes way more sense lol

CaldeiraG

10:51

Morning :)

I'm a little late today, had to pick up my driver's license :D

Feedback on this comment?

Hello there, you may know from other questions that this question has little to no information about your problem. "Should I" questions are also off-topic here as they attract opinion-based answers; we can't tell you what to do. On a next time, if you think you need some feedback on a question (how to write a good question) before publishing into the main site, check out the Sandbox. — CaldeiraG 2 mins ago

The user is fairly active on IPS so I thought about the Sandbox :D

Alex Robinson

could you link the question? @CaldeiraG and good morning!

Ælis

@CaldeiraG Nice for you!

CaldeiraG

@AlexRobinson Click on my comment :)

@Ælis And less hours of work \o/

Ælis

@AlexRobinson (click on the "2 mins ago" link)

Alex Robinson

ohhh i see

Ælis

10:53

@CaldeiraG Even nicer for you! :p

CaldeiraG

:p

Alex Robinson

i think its unfair to call them active on IPS, they have asked 5 questions, 2 of which were closed and this one which is about to be closed. they have high rep because the other two got decent attention

Ælis

@CaldeiraG I think it was nice that you linked to the Sandbox. However, I'm not sure about this sentence: "you may know from other questions that this question has little to no information about your problem." -> It feels a bit like "you should have known to ask a better question". I would probably just drop it as it's not really necessary

CaldeiraG

@AlexRobinson That's something, I would say they're on a path on making good questions

Alex Robinson

they strike me as a user who makes questions and doesn't read help centre / meta and won't be bothered by a few closed questions. I would however, love to be proved wrong and see their future questions to be thorough and a good fir for the site

CaldeiraG

10:57

@Ælis I can't edit now but good point there. New users should know how to write good question in the first place. The problem is that the FAQ is never read before asking questions.

Ælis

@CaldeiraG Maybe delete and write it again?

CaldeiraG

@AlexRobinson Just because you have some closures here and there doesn't mean it's a bad question

I have 2 closed questions (dupes) over at SO

@Ælis Yeah, i'll do that

Ælis

@CaldeiraG You forgot the "hello there" ^^

CaldeiraG

It doesn't make me a bad user on SO. I was just making the wrong searches and that's why dupes came alive. I was searching for something that had another name so searching something with the right keywords is hard.

@Ælis Fixed :) Thanks

Extroverted Main Man

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Q: Would hanging out with a romantic interest and her friend group make me more appealing, or further compartmentalize me as a friend?

I'm interested in someone romantically, and unfortunately she has a boyfriend. She invited me to a brunch at her house where there will be some of her friends and probably her boyfriend. Would attending just further likely compartmentalize myself as just a friend, or would it make me more appeali...

friends romance

Alex Robinson

11:08

I feel there's a distinct difference between dupes and closed. a dupe can still be a good question

CaldeiraG

11:36

@AlexRobinson For new users, they don't differ that much, for more established users I would agree

CaldeiraG

11:49

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Q: For anyone wondering about Daniil

---content from him below, approved by CM in TL to post. It’s Daniil from Travel. My accounts were destroyed by a CM so I had to go. Please post this message from me on meta: Hello Travel community, Daniil here. I enjoyed contributing to this site. I am sorry, but I have to go. It’s not my c...

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That's really sad :(

Ælis

@CaldeiraG It might be better to add some context: meta.stackexchange.com/q/338033/400547 It's about the RGPD and the fact that Daniil is "under age" and living in Europe

CaldeiraG

@Ælis It's on the comments :)

But thanks for the meta link

And I read that, it's still sad we lost a great user

Ælis

It can still be confusing and I don't want users to think that it's about some... other... issue

user58

Wack.

CaldeiraG

@Ælis I understand

@Ælis GPDR for people outside of Europe :)

Ælis

11:59

@user58 I'm kind of glad you aren't living in Europe. I would have been very sad to loss you this way

user58

Yeah. That was my first question when they announced the ToS change about GDPR - "I'm 15, am I going to lose my account?"

CaldeiraG

I'm good, I created my account here when I was already working (and bored at that time) :)

user58

I'm 17 now, though, so... not worried about me personally anymore.

CaldeiraG

@IPSCommentBot a cat to make us happy now :)

@IPSCommentBot are you there?

No, apparently :p

user58

The bot's down for now.

TSM's server is apparently down, so I can't head in to reboot it either.

I'm running a replacement bot in the Closet temporarily, but it doesn't do cats.

CaldeiraG

12:05

that's alright

Alex Robinson

wow i guess if GDPR had come out before i turned 18 my account would've got nuked too... wack

or am i completely misunderstanding

Tinkeringbell

@AlexRobinson ...16, and you'd have to have stated that black on white somewhere

Alex Robinson

oh i see

so, there was just someone who was incredibly mature but was 14 and lost all their rep and badges? that sucks

Tinkeringbell

yep...

user58

Really sucks. I became a mod at 14, they got their account deleted.

ankii

12:18

@avazula Is Frisbee spayed ? Did her mood change just after the operation ?

@user58 humble brag

not so humble, now when I see it ;)

A J

@user58 GDPR doesn't apply to you, does it?

Alex Robinson

i think i made my account when i was 16 but i'm not certain

user58

@ankii That's not what I mean. I meant it to illustrate the unfairness of the situation.

@AJ Right.

Tinkeringbell

@user58 Yeah... I really, really really wish this hadn't happened :(

ankii

Oh wait.. I knew him! apple.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/3657/…

By approving edits..

Tinkeringbell

12:22

Daniil was on a lot of sites.

ankii

Where did the age get out ?

how'd they verify

deletion due to age is different from suspension, before someone stops me from discussing it

CaldeiraG

I'm not sure how this came to light but certainly their age were "leaked" somewhere

Tinkeringbell

@ankii It is, but since Daniil didn't talk about it in their meta on Travel, I feel weird discussing it here anyways. From what I've seen though, underage user deletions are usually only done if there's no case to made for 'plausible deniability'.

ankii

hmm.. mourning seems meaningful then... get back to that. I got to go.

Alex Robinson

12:39

i used to be a head moderator of a 2k+ member discord server, if we had word someone was 12 or below (which would violate ToS) we had to ask for proof of age, as discord is very strict about age and could've just deleted our whole server

Tinkeringbell

That does sound strict... so, to make sure I got this correctly: If user A tells you user B is under 12 years of age, you'd have to ask user B to prove their age, not user A for evidence of that claim?

Alex Robinson

yep. i know it does sound very authoritarian, but the risk to us was server deletion... iirc we only had a small handful of users that were 12 or below and i was effective head mod for ~6 months

what was a much larger issue was banned members coming back on new accounts...

Tinkeringbell

@AlexRobinson Oof, well, then I like SE's approach a lot better ;)

Alex Robinson

12:58

same lol

avazula

@ankii She's not.

avazula

13:43

oh darn, @Pseudohuman is back! o/

Pseudohuman

@avazula The server was not able to process your request.

avazula

@Pseudohuman I bet it didn't

Pseudohuman

@avazula The server was not able to process your request.

Ælis

@avazula Try not to break "her", would you? :p

avazula

now it's not funny anymore

@Ælis Janet like, "not a girl" :p

Ælis

13:46

@avazula True but it doesn't mean that Pseudohuman pronouns aren't "she" :p We should probably ask for clarification on that, but I'm not sure Pseudohuman will answer :p

@Pseudohuman What are your pronouns?

Pseudohuman

@Ælis I do not understand.

Ælis

Well, I guess you don't have any then

Well, I just procrastinated. Again. Why is writing SE posts so much easier than writing a <;:!ù^@ presentation???

Pseudohuman

@Ælis I do not understand.

Alex Robinson

14:05

does CoC about pronouns apply to a bot

Ælis

@AlexRobinson Better to be safe than sorry :p

CaldeiraG

14:49

@Pseudohuman o/

Pseudohuman

@CaldeiraG I do not understand.

CaldeiraG

erm.. what?

aren't you supposed to send \o :P

@Tinkeringbell What is the SE approach?

Tinkeringbell

@CaldeiraG If user A says user B is underage, you ask A to flag the post/comment/chat message where B states such for moderator attention. If they can't, there's no evidence :P If they do, escalate to CMs and if there's enough evidence they handle the deleting.

CaldeiraG

@AlexRobinson that's the only way you can actually verify someone's age

Tinkeringbell

Don't go hunting for underage users as a mod, but also don't keep it quiet if you find them...

CaldeiraG

14:53

@Tinkeringbell Yeah I see, it doesn't prevent you from lying though.

Tinkeringbell

@CaldeiraG That part is for CMs, I guess. :)

CaldeiraG

On discord servers, most age verifications are done by the ID's, users may make their ID info "private".

@Tinkeringbell Yea :)

But there's no real verification of age anywhere, it's based on what people say.

UK tried to make p... age restricted for obvious reasons (using other methods than a click on Yes) and they failed

Tinkeringbell

You can say pornography I think... it's one of those words that's 'professional' when talking about it.

And yeah, I saw those attempts on the news here, hilarious ;)

CaldeiraG

Just like kids smoke cigs

so yea

Rainbacon

No matter how good a government makes an age check, there's going to be some 12 year old genius who finds a way around it

scohe001

15:03

@CaldeiraG I believe the US does the same. It should be illegal for anyone under 18 (to be in possession of or visit websites)

CaldeiraG

@Rainbacon But the objective is to make most people away from it. If you're a tech savvy you probably will find a way :p

@scohe001 Yep :)

scohe001

@Rainbacon are those even real tho? I feel like they're a Mith :p

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CaldeiraG

Just like my country blocked "illegal" websites with DNS but a simple change to any other DNS service bypasses this

Rainbacon

Hmm, my computer decided that it had to update right this second, and apparently that process takes a few minutes

Whew, it only took 5 minutes and not the 30 it claimed it was going to take

Tinkeringbell

@Rainbacon Whew? I mean... 30 is always good if you're working, it means not working ;)

Rainbacon

15:16

My company places far too much importance on appearance. I don't like the appearance of "Rainbacon's not working" even if it is because of my computer doing an update

Tinkeringbell

Ah, yeah... That's kinda bad then. You at least need to look active while being idle :(

Rainbacon

Yeah, and that can be hard to do

Hmm, there are some people doing some sort of construction on the exterior of my office building, and they are right outside of a nearby window. It sounds like they are trying to saw through the wall. Quite distracting while I'm at work

Alex Robinson

i would spend a lot less time "idle" on the job if i had a sensible laptop so my macro enabled spreadsheets don't take 6 mins to run :)

Rainbacon

@AlexRobinson I think 3 separate parts of me died when I read this. 1 part from "6 mins to run" and 2 parts from "macro enabled spreadsheets"

Alex Robinson

15:32

they are the tools i've been given for the job :/ it hurts me too

CaldeiraG

@AlexRobinson :/

@Rainbacon Well, there was a time on my office where they were drilling holes on the ground next doors and it was LOUD I couldn't even move away from there because I work on a desktop

Rainbacon

@AlexRobinson you have my sympathies

CaldeiraG

i had to use earplugs to reduce the noise, it can be very hard to concentrate on these situations

Alex Robinson

15:55

i just use the down time to check here ;)

Alex Robinson

16:39

3 word horror story:

excel crashed again

El'endia Starman

[looks over] "First time?"

scohe001

I've got a better one for you:

Visual Studio2019 crashed again

We updated a month ago and it has literally been the death of me

Ælis

@Tinkeringbell Oh, do you have a link? I'm curious now :p

Alex Robinson

16:55

if i got paid every time excel crashed... i would exploit the hell out of it

Rainbacon

@scohe001 I hate visual studio

VS Code is much nicer, though I've never used it for C# dev

scohe001

@Rainbacon welcome to the club. We meet every Wednesday night. Be sure to bring your crash logs to complain about

Yea VS Code is definitely a lot better. VS Studio is just so friggin slow and buggy. I wish we could use anything else :(

Rainbacon

My favorite VS story is when I had to work in a VM and about once every 2-3 hours VS would just lose track of the debugging symbols, so when I put breakpoints it wouldn't actually stop at them. The only way to fix it was to restart my VM

Rainbacon

17:15

I vote that we migrate all programming back to the terminal. You can use whatever terminal based text editor you want, but you know that if something breaks it's because you wrote bad code

scohe001

YES. PLEASE.

If I could reasonably sit in a tmuxed series of vim terminals all day, I would gladly move to that universe

Alex Robinson

sometimes i feel like i'm in a minority of SE users that aren't coders lol

Rainbacon

My goal is to be able to disconnect my mouse and lose absolutely 0 productivity, aka I want to be Mith

@AlexRobinson That's because you probably are

Most people find SE through SO

Alex Robinson

i was originally introduced through SO to help with a bit of python, but i cannot code for the life of me

scohe001

@Rainbacon hmm that'd require making our application mouse free, which, knowing how we make things, would probably not be a good idea lol but as far as the development portion, I agree completely

Rainbacon

17:24

Our application is already mouse free (mostly because it's a mobile app), but also I'm a backend engineer on my current project so no mouse required

scohe001

Ahh lucky

Rainbacon

If I was truly lucky I'd have enough work to keep me busy

scohe001

That sounds like a blessing and a curse

I wish I had more time to refactor huge swaths of code that I have to work on for tasks. Instead it feels like I always have to go with the down and dirty option so I can get to the next task :/

Rainbacon

Unfortunately, lack of dev stories != getting to refactor things

Instead I have to spend time finding work so that the rest of my team isn't in the same boat

scohe001

What does that mean? Like you're acting as BA and making new stories you think users would be interested in?

Rainbacon

17:32

Sort of? I'm not thinking of new functionality for users, but more like knowing that new feature X is coming in 3 months, what are things we have to do to prepare for that

So, writing research spikes mostly

scohe001

Dang. Yea that sounds like BA work. You've got a lot of responsibilities then

Rainbacon

I hate it

One of the worst things about being a consultant is that you pretty much have to say yes when someone asks if you can do something

scohe001

What if they ask you if you can say no? O_O

Rainbacon

Then a black hole swallows the company

scohe001

Sounds like an easy way to not have anymore responsibilities. You should see if you can get a customer to ask you that

Rainbacon

17:39

Yeah, it's probably easier than finding a new job

Tinkeringbell

18:12

Headsup: stackoverflow.blog/2019/11/13/…

Some of you may have already heard some rumours (looking at you @Ælis :P)

Ælis

@Tinkeringbell I don't know what makes you think I already know about that :p xD

Rainbacon

I wonder how long it will take to recalculate all of that rep

Tinkeringbell

Loooong

Ælis

Also, I can know officially say this:

I'M GONNA BE RICH!!!

(will all those new shiny IPS rep I will gain :D )

🤑🤑🤑

Loong

@Tinkeringbell ?

Ælis

18:18

@Loong Oh, so you are the one who will be giving me all this rep. Good to know :p

Tinkeringbell

@Loong no, the one with 4 o's ;)

Rainbacon

Hmm, unless any of the retroactive changes are lost to rep capping, I should gain roughly 1300 rep

Tinkeringbell

@Rainbacon rep caps still count.

Rainbacon

My guess is Ælis will get about 5000

Ælis

@Rainbacon There will be rep cap, so less ^^

Rainbacon

18:19

@Tinkeringbell Right, and I don't know when and where my question votes came, so I don't know if any of those votes have their rep blocked by me rep capping

Tinkeringbell

@Rainbacon Well, we'll see in a few minutes hours or days ;)

Ælis

Tinkeringbell

@Ælis just wait. I'll beat you at your own game :P

Ælis

@Tinkeringbell Well, get the "Inquisitive" badge first and we'll take later :p

Tinkeringbell

@Ælis oh, we can talk right now. I don't need to ask that many questions to beat you :P

Ælis

18:28

@Tinkeringbell Pff... Parrots really like to talk...

Tinkeringbell

My rep on MSE just came through.

Ælis

@Tinkeringbell Oh dear, how many did you win?

Tinkeringbell

Just a few... 400 or so?

Perfect score now though: 11.111

Ælis

@Tinkeringbell Oh, that's really nice!

Also, 400 isn't that bad. Especially since you have only asked 10 questions!

Rainbacon

Ooh, my MSE rep hit too. I got about 300. I'm now at 999

Tinkeringbell

18:35

@Ælis And I didn't ask those for rep so 0 would've been fine with me too ;) I didn't say it was bad, just that it's not in the 'massive' range ;)

@Rainbacon Oh dear. You need just one more point for the next privilege? That's cruel!

Ælis

How did you both know how much you gain? I believe mine as been recalculated too (and that I have earned around 500 MSE rep) but is there anyway to know for sure how much I gained?

Tinkeringbell

@Ælis Yeah there is but I'd have to look up the link.

Gimme a few minutes, I'm on mobile currently

Rainbacon

@Tinkeringbell I know, and it's the "see vote counts" privilege too

user58

18:51

Well that's one way to hit 20k.

Ælis

@user58 How much did you win?

user58

About 7,000 on MSE

Ælis

Wow, that's amazing! :O

user58

I... tend to ask a lot of questions.

Tinkeringbell

@Ælis So I don't think the link is public, but I can see your previous rep was 5932, and your new rep is 6348... which is a weird 416 point increase...

Rainbacon

18:54

@Tinkeringbell Are downvotes on questions also getting a bump to -2 rep instead of -1?

Tinkeringbell

@Rainbacon Not that I know of.

user58

Huh?

Tinkeringbell

I think Ælis just hit rep cap somewhere

user58

Downvotes on questions were never -1... they've always been -2...

Rainbacon

oh, that would make sense

Ælis

18:55

@Tinkeringbell Probably multiple time in the last 6-8 weeks

Tinkeringbell

@Ælis Yeah, that would be the most likely explanation for getting to 416.

Ælis

@Rainbacon Your ignorance is the proof that you don't ask enough questions. Go ask some now! :p

Also, it seems like someone question must be at least 15 minutes old before they can accept an answer. I did not know that ^^

scohe001

19:19

Huh how can you tell how much your rep changed?

Or did they just silently recalculate everything?

user58

*shrugs* I know I had 13.5k this morning, now I have 20.1k

scohe001

Hmm is it only MSE that's been effected?

Ælis

@scohe001 So far, yes

user58

For now. They've apparently run into an issue.

Ælis

@scohe001 Yes, but @Tink can also tell you how much you gained :D

scohe001

19:22

Meh I'm only mildly curious. Not enough to bug the almighty Tink :p

@user58 I'm not surprised. Those SQL stored procedures must be absolutely disgusting

user58

poor taryn

Ælis

@scohe001 With 8 questions asked, I gain 416 rep (due to rep cap). Tink gain 400 with 10 questions asked. You have 14 questions asked, so maybe you gained something like 500?

@scohe001 Maybe this comment can help you figure out how much you gained?

scohe001

Ooh yea, right about 500 by the rep league page. That's smart

Also good guess lol

Ælis

Thank you :p

scohe001

I'm extremely surprised they made this retroactive. Things are going to get...interesting

Ælis

19:30

I was surprised (and very happy :p ) too when I learned that (about a week about because of some stuff on meta.SE)

AGirlHasNoName

I wonder how much different my rep is

hmm it isn't easy to find your network wide rep

especially if your accounts arent linked

Rainbacon

Ah, I got 360 rep on MSE from the change. That's a really nice number

Ælis

@AGirlHasNoName Probably 45 since you have only asked 3 MSE questions ^^

AGirlHasNoName

@Ælis I'm looking at my network wide rep

or is it MSE only

Ælis

@Rainbacon It's very round indeed :p

@AGirlHasNoName For now, only MSE has been recalculated

AGirlHasNoName

19:38

ohh

Rainbacon

@Ælis pun of the ~~week~~ year

AGirlHasNoName

I think Writing got done too

Ælis

@Rainbacon I didn't though it was that good, but thank you * pull hats off * :p

AGirlHasNoName

yup Writing got done too

I gained like 1200 rep there

Ælis

@AGirlHasNoName Wow, nice!

AGirlHasNoName

19:41

I asked a lot of questions there

Tinkeringbell

It looks like IPS is done too?

Rainbacon

My IPS rep hasn't changed, maybe it's in progress now?

Ælis

@AGirlHasNoName I have asked none, but still managed to get some nice 500 rep there (I haven't participated in a very long time over there though)

@Rainbacon Yep, probably in progress. Mine haven't changed either yet

@scohe001 Do you have a link to this "rep league page"?

Tinkeringbell

3285 extra rep on my profile..

maybe they're doing moderators first ;)

Rainbacon

@Ælis Here

Ælis

19:44

@Tinkeringbell Pfff... :p

El'endia Starman

@Tinkeringbell More likely users with lower numbers first.

Tinkeringbell

@El'endiaStarman Ah, yeah... that must've been it :P

I totally didn't go up to almost 30k on here ;)

Ælis

@Tinkeringbell Also, that's a lot! I would have expected less (but you have been around for longer, so I guess that makes sense)

AGirlHasNoName

I had ~21k network-wide. I wonder what I will end up with when they're done

Tinkeringbell

@Ælis Yep. I guess it makes good bounty points.

Ælis

19:47

@AGirlHasNoName I was around 18.3k. I wonder how much I will get too

user58

I guess we'll see in probably around fifteen minutes

Rainbacon

Looks like @scohe001 got about 1k IPS rep

Ælis

Not sure how many of my account are counted on this 18.3k though (since I have some "hidden" account)

user58

Oh wow, my IPS rep nearly doubled. Now I have over 4k! :p

Rainbacon

Hey, wait a minute, I have a lower number than Scohe, why didn't I get my rep first!

Ælis

19:49

This waiting is killing me ><

Rainbacon

Oh, there it is

Ælis

@user58 Oh, so you have new privileges now, don't you?

user58

Yep. I can VTD answers now.

AGirlHasNoName

nice

I should gain about 100 rep on IPS

CaldeiraG

hello again all :D

user58

19:50

That makes two sites I've earned that privilege on today because of the change, and Tink mods both of them. ;)

Rainbacon

I got 1155

CaldeiraG

oh what, we are getting more rep?

Ælis

@user58 Knowing how you like to flag stuff, I bet this makes you happy :P

@Rainbacon Ah, very nice!

(also, I'm jealous, I want my rep now ><)

CaldeiraG

why all the action happens when i'm gone? :P

Ælis

@CaldeiraG stackoverflow.blog/2019/11/13/…

CaldeiraG

19:52

i'm reading it as we speak

AGirlHasNoName

Is it wierd that getting more rep suddenly makes me not want to delete half my profiles?

Ælis

I don't know, but I know that it's making me very happy :D

(getting rep and you and everyone being happy about getting rep)

CaldeiraG

well this is not gonna benefit much for me, I find all my question already answered x)

scohe001

@AGirlHasNoName the power of gamification ;)

AGirlHasNoName

indeed

I'll probably go back and delete once the euphoria of added internet points has subsided.

Rainbacon

19:57

:o the rep change moved me past AJ in all time IPS rep :)

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Tinkeringbell

@Ælis +3649 ;)

El'endia Starman

My rep change on IPS: 0. :P

CaldeiraG

oh, is this already in place?

Tinkeringbell

@CaldeiraG slowly updating everything now

Ælis

@Tinkeringbell Oh, I did better than you (but not that much, it makes me sad x) )

Tinkeringbell

19:59

@Ælis Congratulations!!!

CaldeiraG

@Tinkeringbell oh I thought I was out of my mind, no changes here

Rainbacon

@Ælis Well, so much for me catching you for rep this year

scohe001

Holy moly @Ælis you're suddenly only 70 rep behind me. I've gotta pick up my game :p

AGirlHasNoName

I gained 110 on IPS

CaldeiraG

ah alright, i got +80 rep here

that's nice

i have review queues \o/

Ælis

20:00

@Rainbacon You are only 1000 points behind, that's not that bad (well, now that I think of it... It's kind of is a lot x) )

@scohe001 I was always coming for you (and @Emc and @ava and every other older user mouhahaha)

So, I have now more rep that EmC, avazula, peufeu and Catija. That's not bad for a single day :p

😎

Also, I think I just "gained" 5 rep cap days

Yep, I was at 10 and now I'm at 15

Rainbacon

It's more like 1700 though

Ælis

Oh right, 1000 was before the changes ^^'

CaldeiraG

Well, i don't notice any changes on Meta.SE XD

I probably earned rep, i just can't tell x)

+30 rep XD

Ælis

Weirdly enough, my MSE rep graph has been recalculated but not the one for IPS yet (I'm speaking about my network profile)

Rainbacon

@Ælis I think I rep capped 3 more times from it

Ælis

20:15

That's nice :) Even if it means less rep, I do like the idea of gaining a badge because of it ^^

Tinkeringbell

twitter.com/Nick_Craver/status/1194710851493793792?s=20

scohe001

Oh dang, they're copying my company's UI!

CaldeiraG

XD

Ælis

Yeah, really, they shouldn't still CSS style from other companies. That's not right!

user58

@AGirlHasNoName Heh, I now have exactly 999 on Writing

Ælis

20:27

@user58 Wow, that's very nice. We are seeing very nice numbers tonight, I like that :D

This frame challenge to my question makes me feel like there isn't any solution to my problem :/ (for several reasons, this answer won't work in my case. Mainly because 1. I don't like to do stuff with my mother and 2. I don't like to talk about my issues and would rather pretend that everything is fine in front of my family)

Also, this answer is very good, you should all take it a look :)

Well, I'm no longer a 14k IPS rep user. Bounties will do that to you :'(

:p

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So, apparently, some users on SO have asked more than 2000 questions! I'm very impressed!

Rainbacon

@Ælis The first half of it is helpful. The second half pretty much ignores the fact that my friend and I feel out of contact before they transitioned and it suggests that I stopped contact with my friend precisely because they transitioned

Ælis

@Rainbacon I read it more that this could be perceived as the reason you have failed to reconnect, but yeah, I see your point

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