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12:20 AM
@WELZ I would say this it it. 33 hats this year.
and we are already into the last day of the bash.
 
12:33 AM
@David how many did we have last year?
 
41
 
I was hoping they would somehow incorporate one of the user submitted hats in the last secret hat...
 
Why doesn't SE tell us the specific time periods for hats, like you have wait X days to get the hat?
 
@WELZ I only need one more vote on either - answer
 
I thought this was a pretty good Q&A. I've been hoping to get Silencium for it.
 
12:41 AM
^ 'twas good, but sadly I already upvoted both
 
@WELZ 👍
 
tnx
 
@Li357 Man, you are quick! ;p
 
@AlexanderO'Mara risky move, some people are really nasty and will purposely comment (not me, but I know there are some Hathaters out there)
btw, I also earned Extra toppings on that answer, since I posted 2 answers to same question, and OP initially accepted my 1st answer (2nd got +3)
 
@WELZ Wait WHAT?
There is no time period for Extra Toppings?
 
12:50 AM
@Li357 oh and it was within 20 minutes or so
I guess not
 
I've been waiting 2 days
 
which post
 
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A: Block-level variable redeclaration with var vs. let/const

Li357Why does line 4 not throw an Uncaught SyntaxError: Identifier 'number' has already been declared? As Sébastien already mentioned, variables declared with var are declared in the current execution context and can be redeclared. The concept of an execution context can be compared to a box. Per ...

 
@Li357 I don't think there is either. I got it over night, when an upvote pushed me over +150 on the third site.
 
Then there's something up
My post clearly fits the criteria
 
12:52 AM
there's gotta be some kinda missing criteria
@Li357 did your post or the q or the other answer get any downvotes?
 
Nada
Nope
Question has one downvote
But that doesn't make sense, why would that be part of the criteria?
 
That may be it, dunno why
 
Oh wait, I'm thinking of the wrong hat...
 
Well WELZ still proves the point right?
 
well I got mine in 30 minutes (and post was posted less than a half hour after the accepted one)
 
12:55 AM
I got it on 2 sites where I posted an answer after the accepted answer, and got +3
 
maybe it had to be posted within a certain time period after original accepted one?
 
@WELZ So it might be that the competing answer has to be within 30 minutes?
 
@Li357 I think they'd be more generous (12 hours)
 
Nope
Monica got her hat yesterday from this:
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A: Mention signing bonus from current company in salary negotiations with new company?

Monica CellioWhen HR or a recruiter asks you about salary, they're generally looking for two things: (1) ongoing compensation expectations or history, and (2) any specific amounts that they might need to overcome -- money that you will lose if you leave your current job. If your signing bonus, tuition, 401(k...

She posted her answer a year after...
 
hmmm
 
12:56 AM
3
Q: Why haven't I gotten the Extra Toppings hat?

Andrew LiI recently posted this answer on Stack Overflow and to my knowledge it meets the criteria for Extra Toppings: Has > +3 score Competing with already accepted answer Answer & Question were after Winterbash started Could it be that I answered a day after the competing answer was accepted or that...

^ I posted a bug
No response though
Martijn Pieters from SO also says it didn't work, and his answer eventually got accepted so he got disqualified for the hat...
 
Someone else's answer that got accepted at some point: 2017-12-30 07:41:59Z ... My answer: 2017-12-30 05:01:37Z
 
@Li357 Maybe they just dislike you :P Lol
 
If I get this hat, I'll become #1 in SO
I should be #1
 
@Li357 that's why... they need to "eliminate" comp
 
 
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2:12 AM
@Li357 that's got to be a bug. I can't see any reason for you not to have that hat.
 
2:55 AM
screen shot your hats now. they're all going away in 21 hours.
 
Time to start caching!
Can you cache hats?
Is it private?
Oh wait.
Can I use wget?
archive.org?
I need to stop posting on multiple lines.
 
your the type that uses enter as a space bar
@HenryWHHackv2.1 yes archive works for the leader board (do your site)
 
 
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12:00 PM
Uff I can't get Great Answer badge, stuck at 87 score :(
 
 
3 hours later…
3:19 PM
winter_bash_generosity <- function() {
  i_am <- c("generous", "kind", "the Grinch")
  classify_me <- sample(i_am, 1)
  nice_question <- "https://stackoverflow.com/q/47894225/1270695"
  nice_answer <- "https://stackoverflow.com/a/48036465/1270695"
  stub <- "this question (%s) and this answer (%s) to help hungry programmers get waffles."
  generous <- "I am %s so I will upvote "
  stingy <- "I am %s but I will still upvote "
  if (classify_me %in% c("generous", "kind")) {
    cat(sprintf(paste0(generous, stub), classify_me, nice_question, nice_answer))
Pleeeeaaassseee?
 
Syntax error in ShamelessVoteRequest.js - Damn not found.
 
Bummer. Must be the hunger....
 
4:07 PM
How do I "save my hats"?
 
you could take a screen snippet of it
but there's no in-SO mechanic to save your hats after winter bash
 
5:06 PM
HALLELUJAH
0
A: Why haven't I gotten the Extra Toppings hat?

Adam LearSorry about that, turns out the query has been timing out for a few days. I am rolling out a fix now, so the hats should award shortly.

 
5:19 PM
I reign supreme
 
5:46 PM
@AnkitSharma I UVed it days ago
 
@David thanks ;D but I think I can't get 100 and might lost chance of being on #1 position networkwide
 
:/ yah looks like it.
 
For the first time I almost reached that place \o/, so it's victory by itself
 
They are going to take my hats by force soon :/
 
I don't like there positioning, technically I am at #2 position, but it show #5, due to 4 people being on #1
 
6:00 PM
If I get just 8 more UVs here, I'll have both Unverse brain, and the Unicorn hat!
92
A: A Moose, Some Silly Putty ... And A Desperate Plea For Help

X-27The helmet of festive illumination Which is simply this hat-shaped frame, with a several hundred Christmas lights interwoven into it :)

 
6:25 PM
@X-27 you already had my vote
I wish I had 10 more on my scifi answer to get the last remaining hat
 
6:46 PM
@AnkitSharma Hint taken :)
 
lol
I gave clear link few minutes back rather then hint ;)
7 hours ago, by Ankit Sharma
Uff I can't get Great Answer badge, stuck at 87 score :(
 
That is weird - do you have your sci fi account hidden? I couldn't get to it form your network profile, I had to search for your name on scifi.
 
I hide it in past due to reasons, forgot to unhide :D
done
 
7:02 PM
@X-27 have one from me
@AnkitSharma and you too
 
thanks :)
 
7:16 PM
@RoryAlsop lol - I hadn't UVed yours either. Apparently we both wanted to pass eachother XD
 
Lol
 
And the possible trigger you list "awarded for getting all teh hats" - If you added that hat, then you could never get it. You'd need to have the hat for collecting all hats before you'd qualify for having all hats.
Basically, does a set containing all sets contain itself?
lol
 
So many people said that - I was tempted to edit it to say "all teh otehr hats" :-)
 
lol, then it would be correct :)
 
But I need just one more hat before they all disappear :D
 
7:22 PM
Ahh - the bash came and went so quickly.
It feels like just last week I made this:
 
7:33 PM
is it too late to get the glasses with a number on top hat?
=(
 
@hellyale Not if you are a time traveler ;)
 
@X-27 there as one new hat for new year because they can't recycle that one ;) :D
 
 
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10:03 PM
@Li357 I thought only Jon Skeet had this power i.stack.imgur.com/r9pL5.png
 
Top 10 Plot Twists
 
10:57 PM
did I just win? (on SO)
 
11:07 PM
>1hr left, :'(
 
11:59 PM
One more minute
 

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