Someone like @Mysticial could easily be a strong contender (currently, he's only missing Investor, which would be easy to get for a perfect score). But I'm pretty sure he has no interest in being a mod.
SO should just randomly community-delete questions with a half-life of a year. Anything really good will get undeleted quickly, and anything average will have another dupe posted within a couple days.
The Q&A model that SE is using is not going to scale well if individual users don't put in effort. When there are so many such users, it accumulates a lot of editing effort to straighten them up, and the editing effort has long exceeded the capacity of the community
And editing capacity of the community doesn't increase linearly with the number of users - even counting the users who have the privilege.
It decreases when people see too much trash and decide not to waste more of their time
The number of duplicates is, at best, quadratic in the number of questions. That's a very obvious problem that SO really has no solution for apart from getting requiring increasingly dedicated users to mark them without any reward.
@LoganM You have no idea. Mods get called out by name on MSO frequently, flags pile up faster than waterfall, and MSO people bicker over everything. It's a lot of responsibility and pressure.
But there are underlying problems with the declining quality, increasing quantity and a need of quality control, as well as role models to stand out and show the helpless askers being wrecked by cv-pls' requests what the site is about. That's probably why people volunteered - to give a try on fixing the problems and making it a happier place for everyone.
... Then again, maybe it's only me dreaming and everyone else just wanted the power. :p
> Mostly, you get a shovel and directions to the crap heap. The only reward of being a moderator is the satisfaction that you helped make the site better.
@LoganM You're right. Currently I have no interest in running for mod. I can't say about the future though. Right now is a particularly bad time since I'm in the middle of relocation.
at least "aaaaaaqaaaaahwjwjjhejhebsbbehehehsbdbbeveveheheueuwuuwuwwhatanimeisthisppicfroommmmjsjnsmflatisjuustice3nsjsjsjwjejewbsnnennennenenemkekeo" contained "whatanimeisthisppicfroom"
Have you tried doing a reverse image search? Because from what little research I did, it seems this image is from Kannagi Episode 5. — Nolonar2 mins ago
Must be another case of reverse image search giving different results to different people. I get nothing in my search results about Kannagi, though I do remember the image from that.
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In the Stack Overflow annual survey report, we find this paragraph:
Software development has a gender balance problem. Our internal stats suggest the imbalance isn't quite as severe as the survey results would make it seem, but th...
It wouldn't surprise me if SE's gender balance was worse than average in the tech industry. The one thing that studies about gender imbalance do consistently show is that women like to work in jobs where they interact with other women. Female developers aren't going to get that from their coworkers, but they could get it from their clients if they choose certain areas.
But working on SE, most of the interaction is with other developers, who again are primarily male. That would have an amplifying effect relative to other software jobs.
It seems there's a bit of a subtlety here though in terms of how you ask the question. Many women want to work directly with men rather than other women, especially for a direct supervisor. But they still prefer to be in environments with other women, just not necessarily working directly with them.
Honestly, there's a lot of research on this in the psychology community, but very few solid conclusions. Which is maybe not that surprising if you think that people's opinions and personalities don't correlate especially strongly with gender.
Baldr Sky isn't really accessible if you're only just starting to learn Japanese. The lines are pretty long and filled with technical terms. In addition, the gameplay elements make things very difficult to follow if you don't understand the language. I'd say you should spend at least a year or two learning before you try to read it.
If it were easy to understand, I (and a number of other people) would have translated it a long time ago.
may i ask you something, assuming you do know japanese? is kanji, actually chinese characters, and share the same meaning? I appreciating you elaborating on that. I figured as much though, particularly the techincal terms, it being a mecha series and all. It's one of those things I will be looking forward to, a treat at the end of my goal.
Yes, kanji is mostly Traditional Chinese characters (not sure if any modification has happened). No, they don't mean exactly the same thing (some are the same, some are similar, and some aren't).
@ʞɹɐzǝɹ Strictly speaking it isn't dropped according to the group. But it is on indefinite permanent hiatus with no forseeable return, which is effectively the same. I think Futsuu was translating it, but he wasn't satisfied at all with the results and doesn't have the time or energy to do a good job.
Unless Giga suddenly decides to about face and license it to someone like MangaGamer, it isn't likely Baldr Sky will be available in English any time in the near future.
@Frosteeze you guys are upsetting me even more, like it's not enough i cant play baldr sky, now you guys have to bring up MH4.... another title with no forseeble english release :(
@ton.yeung i'll be purchasing one this week. I was looking into getting a vita, but i think a 3ds is the better option, plus i miss portable/handheld gaming wayyyy to much
@Frosteeze thats what i was thinking, i was really hoping for it. but at the same time i dont know japanese. and like you stated 3ds seems to have alot more.
i also really enjoyed the first gen psp, when i came out.
most people didn't as my understanding goes. but yeah, i just miss nintedo.. in to many ways to count. hoping to maybe find some good Jrpgs, or well done japanese titles with a NA release.
was also looking into a WiiU but, that seemed to get alot of hate, and not many titles out for it, atleast when it launched.
You can look at this query on anime-planet. That will list all overweight female characters, you will have to manually sort out which ones are side characters, and which aren't. — mivilar13 mins ago
^^ wuuuuuuuuuut There's a "data explorer" for Anime characters? lolz
@Yuuki they can be serious, i expected it was some kind of 'art' photography thing or something lol
@Yuuki and you like both equally? what are some titles for the wiiU that are great, if you dont mind..i really plan on getting the new DS already but if there is reason do grab a wiiU then i might have to do that as well.
@ʞɹɐzǝɹ @ton.yeung i agree on that. i couldn't stick with it.
@Yuuki i like well made games, period. no particular genre i'd say. but shooters on a handheld is something, to me, that just isn't expected much of. Im more into original idea's, definitely a sucker for retro style gameplay/ plateformers. MH4 looks amazing, and any kind of good rpg, something that has alot of content, variety of items. something that makes it seem real, if that makes any sense.
@shaggy Nintendo has well-made games. At least nothing with release day bugs/glitches on the order of the Xbone/PS4 games being churned out by AAA studios.
I have seen this anime on a VHS somewhere in the middle 90s. I've only watched a few minutes into it (probably just an opening), and the few details that I remember are:
a spaceship, not too big, probably a single-pilot fighter, with a
streamlined design and a forward-swept winglet protruding f...
anyones thoughts on 2DS vs 3DS vs *new*3DS XL? looking to pick up a new handheld, just figured it would be nice to get some feed back from all the lovely users here in the maid cafe!
@ʞɹɐzǝɹ currently i have no handheld system. im about to go buy one later this week, and im trying to decide whats best. also just wanted to get peoples opinions on how the new 3dsXL is working.
what anime is this guy from?
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In the Stack Overflow annual survey report, we find this paragraph:
Software development has a gender balance problem. Our internal stats suggest the imbalance isn't quite as severe as the survey results would make it seem, but th...
Myself and a few others just noticed that HopelessN00b and Chris S are no longer listed as moderators. What is the story behind this?
A friend of mine told to me that theres is none. Is se right?
I have seen this anime on a VHS somewhere in the middle 90s. I've only watched a few minutes into it (probably just an opening), and the few details that I remember are:
a spaceship, not too big, probably a single-pilot fighter, with a
streamlined design and a forward-swept winglet protruding f...
