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00:43
and then there was another comment... getting the Silencium hat is hard.
01:28
@David I got one upvote so no way to test the theory
 
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04:14
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/… very interesting.
 
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05:18
Is there a hat similar to Tumbleweed badge?
 
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10:00
@JohnP I got the Dany hat for Skeptics and 3 day rule is must as I said
we'll see if I get it on Mythology & Folklore
Hey crew
I got one not yet listed on the meta page
'row of many candles'
chanukah hat
for the last day of chanukah
I'd hazard a guess
10:07
I don't know
It's not yet the 20th where I live
Well, tonight's the last night, so....
and historically, it's been when it's the date anywhere in the world
Seems to be 'vote on the last day of Chanukah'
Actually the last night of Chanukah is tonight (19th). Maybe they got the date wrong. I wonder if you have to do something specific to get it, or just any participation
Yep - days start at night ;)
Oh, I got it now.
@Eran I haven't done much today, comment and vote on the same question, post an answer to a question I edited and that's aboutit
10:13
I got it on just one site at the moment. My last action there was a vote. I'm assuming the trigger for that hat started 15 minutes ago.
I just got the row of candles one also. Last action was answering and upvoting a question.
@Snow I upvoted the question I answered so that could be it yes
Nevermind that was all lies...
I got the row of candles, the last thing I did was upvote a few answers to a question
More specifically, the question and 3 of its answers
10:25
Must be date related. I dare say we'll see a run of these on the leaderboards (whenever they get updated next)
One vote is enough. I got it on a site in which I only voted once a few minutes ago. I'm assuming other actions (post answer/question) will work as well.
I just got row of candles for voting on an answer (and commenting) on a site where I haven't been active for a while. Ireckon this could be 20 Dec anywhere in the world as it's past midnight in (e.g.) Kiribati
Just came here to clarify how I got this hat; thanks everyone
@Mithrandir 72 hours done?
@AnkitSharma nope
10:37
Row of many candles: Upvote or downvote something
@Mithrandir then you will surely get it soon
Row of many candles masterrace checking in
@WillParky93 aaaaaaaand? What did you do?
I was hoping someone could tell me that
voted
or something
on this date
I wasn't fussed about hats until i got one. Now I want more
10:42
@WillParky93 that's how it starts.....
@Stephie wow calm down, put the gun away
@WillParky93 lol, just too much coffee here, I guess ;-)
I have voted, still no Candles.
Perhaps it needs a post, question or answer.
Has anyone got it without posting?
just be patient, caching
@yper-trollᵀᴹ wait for a few minutes. A vote is enough
10:48
@yper-trollᵀᴹ sometime it come without notification
I just got row of many candles after doing the following
ask a question, get an upvote, get a bronze badge, post a comment
It was my first question on the site, so the badge was 'student'
I didn't cast any votes
I'll guess it's 'do any action'
@Mithrandir to test that, I've just logged into a different site and cast a single vote
nothing so far
@NickC it take time sometime, I tested on many site, got it on all
@NickC wait a bit. It takes a moment for them to be processed.
10:59
total 10
2 even for downvoets
#blamecaching
Even hat notification is messed up today
It's probably "post or vote on the last night of Chanukah", similar to all the date-based hats last year
Just vote, probably. My last post was 9 hours ago
I got it on maths without voting, I think. I'd say it's post or vote
11:02
Is the last night of Chanukah on 19 or 20?
20th.
Inguess it's the 20th already somewhere.
Starts on the night of the 19th
Starting at 10:00 UTC makes sense.
@yper-trollᵀᴹ 10:00 where?
It's 00:00 next day somewhere in the Pacific
11:05
@Stephie Yep, got it now - so it's probably as @Panda says - post or vote today
@Stephie I meant UTC
Ok, so up/downvoting seems confirmed. Anyone running a test about other actions? I just left a coment and upvoted a coment on another site.
Hello hatters!
So what's this "row of many candles"?
@Stephie editing doesn't seem to get it
Upvoting alone seems to work
11:20
Is it just one of those "post or vote on [date]" things?
apparently
11:36
Agreed. A simple upvote will pop the hat.
Ale
Ale
I've just upvoted and I got the "row of many candles".
o/ Can we ask questions about the hats here as well
Does anyone have a clue about the Row Of Many Candles yet?
I just got it on Travel.SE, but I don't have the foggiest why.
No theory is listed here yet:
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A: Winter Bash 2017 Hats

EranSecret Hats Click on each of the hats for a larger image. Ooh, Shiny! Cosmic Brain Galaxy Brain Universe Brain Rep Cap Mother of Dragons Row Of Many Candles

@Mast You probably just voted. It seems voting or posting gets it.
@Stephie I'd expect to have gotten the hat on multiple sites then.
11:51
It has a time trigger: must be the 20th somewhere.
I just got the "Row of Many Candles"
Don't really know how I got it
I think it's a time trigger
cuz I just answered a question and got accepted -- that's it
-1
Q: foreach loop returns only one item from the array

user9117670I have an array that I loop through with for each loop it returns only the first iteration but if I change it to echo it prints all of them to the screen, new to PHP not sure why is it acting this way tried looking for an answer but did not find one. the code below: function getData($values...

Ohh, they updated the winter bash post
> Participate in a site (vote, post a question, post an answer, etc...) while it's 12/20/2017 (the last day of Hanukkah 2017) anywhere in the world. The hat was first triggered on 12/19/2017 10:00AM UTC.
lol, that was updated 4 mins ago
So the first trigger was less than 2 hours ago. Figures.
And know I got it on the other usual suspect sites. Simply took a bit longer than expected.
 
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13:41
@David Konami code in regular, button reversed and full reverse does nothing on both the winter bash site and the hat wearing gui. Can confirm it.
@Derpy as I had already tried.
but I expect we are at least on the right road.
There is only one page on Stack where the code does anything AFAIK and it is unrelated to Bash.
@Derpy oh I did not know there was such a page. link?
the logo changes.
And before you ask, no, the "snowflake" thing in the middle wasn't added during winter bash
@Derpy how do you enter it there?
13:47
@David directional arrows , B , A , Enter Key
@Derpy in the search field, or just on the page?
@David on the page
@Derpy strange I can't get it to work.
up up, down down, left, right , left , right, B, A, return/enter
It is small b and a
13:52
yep
sorry, didn't think of that my bad. No need for caps lock/ shift
@Derpy Oh shoot I was not pressing enter.
@Derpy thanks. got it now
14:04
and in the meantime...
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A: 🐔 The Quest for the Winter Chicken of the Bash, Part 2

SPArchaeologistAnd here it is, in all its glory. finally, years after my original request the Konami code works. But since I try every year... They had to mix it a little. The code is up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right, A, B, Return notice the reversed B and A button. Probably a reference to a...

@Derpy you beat me to that by just a little.
yet everybody will think it is a troll :)
@David they only need to try. And as I stated in another chat room
VERY weird, I would swear I already tried that
@Derpy I know I did, but I was not pushing enter.
@Derpy @David I tried that.
or I think I did
I looked over the js last night. might be able to tell if they added something.
14:16
Guys I am here to say:
Sorry about hating hats! :)
YOU... YOUUUUUU
I said sorry.
@HenryWHHackv2.1 holy cow are you in every chat room!?!
sorry no cure
@David No that's impossible.
14:18
Yay I got the new hat :D
you got quite a long list of them.
the candles?
@Derpy any particular location that we need to use the code?
@dimwittedanimal homepage of the bash winterbash2017.stackexchange.com
14:35
lol, there's two davids
i was wondering why ppl kept randomly mentioning me
lol that will happen a LOT in here. (people ask me a ton of WB questions)
to everyone. when you want to ping me type "@da" then press Tab until the green avatar is selected.
@David dosen't work
there's a meta post - it pings both @David's
@JourneymanGeek why not?
because...
its like that?
so you just did one to him, and one to me there?
14:46
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Q: How do I ping the right bob?

Journeyman Geek We have two bobs at the moment. Bob (with the fox avatar) is a long time user, and bob, with the green avatar. I'd like to ping Bob, without bothering bob with my pings. I see two ways to do this - It's trivial for me to get the username - so could we have a way to ping a user by user id numbe...

well so I learned two new SE things already today.
15:02
@David you can use replies
Or, @David - superpings ;)
It's a weird day. I finally rep-capped, accidentally, and not on my main site.
@tchrist 'cause of this I suppose :P When you have ~65 k rep on a site you shouldn't be surprised that you repcap, even though it is not your main site :D
@Mr.Xcoder Well, it's something I've a Gold Tag Badge in, and I've corresponded heavily with the Oracle dev who answered that bug report. We got Java 7 in far better compliance than Java 6.
Do the 12 hours for explorer start when the answer is posted or when the answer is accepted?
15:21
am relatively new here ... what on earth are the hats?
@jonathanjo basically there's a event every year where you can 'get' and 'wear' cosmetic items on your avatar... aka hats.
its a way to fill in what's usually a quiet period.
@Mithrandir ehhh. I think that's an abuse of a superping.
ah okay .. are we supposed to guess the secret hats? I got the hanukkah hat
@jonathanjo I think you get em then figure out ;p
No one knew about the hanukka hat
@JourneymanGeek Why?
@Mithrandir cause regular users can't ;p
15:34
in The Awkward Silence, Nov 18 at 22:11, by Mithrandir
My philosophy on superpingd is just use common sense. If it makes sense to ping them - this is worth notifying them about - then ping them. I wouldn't superping for a silly joke, but I don't think you need to fear using it.
(also, I'd much rather they fix pinging with nick collisions)
16:06
Here's a list of all hats with common criteria over the past 6 Winter Bashes :)
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Q: Winter Bash: Common Hats

PandaThere are a few triggers for Winter Bash hats that are reused throughout the years. Since it's the 6th anniversary of Winter Bash, here's a post that lists all the hats with common criteria throughout the 6 Winter Bashes. Hope that this list of criteria will be useful in guessing the triggers f...

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+1 nice idea
Hahaha thanks
 
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17:14
@Mego there's always more sites though
17:31
I earned a "Row of many candles" secret hat!
On Aviation SE
17:47
Hrm. I have 11 hats on PF, but no milliner.
@JohnP usually the answer is to wait
And I think the Dany hat description is wrong, 3 up with no downvotes.
it'll turn up next check
@RoryAlsop no the answer is to post a meta.se question saying "BUG: MILLINER HAT NOT AWARDED WHEN I HAVE 11 HATS", using all caps
and then bluster when somebody points out you do have it
@Riker oh, ok. brb
17:48
@b_jonas yep, 'do anything on the last day of hannukah'
And oddly, you can earn "mad hatter" twice on the same site.
Although it doesn't show it as such.
really?
meta?
@Riker lol
Hang on...
nm, I can't count. Or read an interface, apparently.
18:29
If anyone is interested in earning a real prize for earning hats during this years Winter Bash, Bricks SE is giving away a LEGO set (worth $100) in a prize draw for anyone who earns 3 or more hats!
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Q: Winter Bash 2017 (now with a prize!)

jncratonIt's that time of year again! We're once again participating in Winter Bash! While this is a "just for fun" activity, I've reached out to TLG about it, and it sounds like they are willing to provide a prize for this. The winner will be selected randomly from everyone who earns at least 3 hats. Y...

It's very easy to take part and it only takes a small amount of effort to earn three hats. Excluding moderators we only have one person eligible to win at the moment so the odds are very good at the moment.
@Ambo100 that's easily possible without posting
the hat for voting today, visiting 10 days straight, vote 7 times via app, and oprah hair
@Riker That's right, especially today with the "Row Of Many Candles" hat
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Q: Can't view a user's hats on a meta site

RikerIf a user is wearing a hat, and you click on the hat on their user page, it shows you hats they have. This doesn't work on meta sites. You can click on the hat all you want and it just reloads the page. You can test this here: Main site, Meta site.

^ quite annoying bug
@WELZ other hats though?
not just the one they are currently wearing
18:44
@Riker yep yep, missed that part
yeah, that's my problem
I edited to clarify thanks
@Panda good post. I might be able to fill some more in there.
I earned Mother of Dragons \o/
grats
@David That would be great, thanks
19:05
@Mithrandir nice. I should get mine soon too.
@Riker better search for 3 days over visit on 10
well - that's interesting. Just got Mother of Dragons for a question :-)
nice surprise
@WELZ oh true forgot that
@RoryAlsop why is that a surprise? it is a first post is it not?
@David I hadn't seen what it was for (although someone hinted about new sites) and had forgotten about it other than following the very useful link in the answer I got
19:12
oh. well that is kind of how they are meant to work. good going.
I wonder how many people are going to be on the lego leaderboard with three hats, and 101 rep...
@X-27 heh - well I have 2 hats and 700 rep
19:35
Arghhhh!! Enough with the random mentions! xD
@David we had this problem on Security (quite a few Rory's) so Rory [1] inserted a unicode o so we would never be arbitrarily roried again
> arbitrarily roried
xD
that would work i guess
@RoryAlsop LOL
great collection of rory
19:39
oh:
> Display Name can only contain letters, digits, spaces, apostrophes or hyphens and must start with a letter or digit
@Riker all the rories
are belong to rory
@David take a letter o from a European language
oh, k
or a, I guess, in your case
@David definitely not a k
19:40
there's a cyrillic 'a'
@David here: а
that's not a normal a though it looks the same
try ctrl-f'ing it
oh good, that's better
try mention me now
waiting for chat profile refresh
@Dаvid
oh, k
there you go
either that or i copied the wrong a xD
cool, thx
19:44
lol that pinged me every time :)
only problem is that when someone tries to ping you by typing "@da" your name will not come up
oh, right
i need a cyrilic i then
you could just do something like "David not the hat guy one" lol
xD lol
19:46
here you go: і
і vs i, looks the same
thx
updated
If I got just 6 more UVs on my entry for the physical hat contest, I'd be in fifth place!
(I've already rep capped on meta today from that answer - so if you want to help without it being like a reputation scam, now is the time to do it :)
20:04
@X-27 if I just get about 200 more mine will be in first!
@X-27 What does it matter who comes in first? "All answers that have a net zero or positive score at the end of the contest will win." You all get swag anyway ...
20:39
@DavidPostill But there are three pages of answers now, and all but one are positive scoring. Its like a participation prize – Unless you post something really bad, you'll win. I can’t imagine they are actually going to send a prize to almost everyone who entered.
21:33
@X-27 I would imagine they will until they run out, so being on page 1 is good
page 3 may be less lucky
I've never been ranked this high in any official SE/SO contest, so this is pretty exciting either way :)
@X-27 lol
I think 1st place is the only important important one - as that hat sounds like it will be used
But getting more swag is always a nice thing
my kids keep stealing my SE water bottles
whoa. you're a mod on seven sites? You probably have enough swag to go around :)
@X-27 most of my swag was not from my mod role
Okay, on Security, most of my swag is from my mod role, but for the others it was just being involved
It used to be very common that when a site hit a certain stage after graduation, the first 2 pages of users would get swag
21:51
@RoryAlsop I never got a water bottle :/
@DavidPostill I got ones from Bicycles, and then from one of the competitions
on SE
I never see the bike water bottles - my two eldest kids nicked them
@RoryAlsop water bottle? I did not know there was one.
@RoryAlsop it still is. when a site graduates (eventually) the top users get stuff.
But all we got when Blender graduated was a shirt, and some stickers...
I'd actually use a water bottle!
I never wanted to wear the shirt, because it might have gotten damaged :)
@X-27 lol. so your swag is never used but put in a "swag museum" for future posterity?
22:01
Turns out I have 3 kinds...
@RoryAlsop sweet!
Bicycles, SE and SO
@RoryAlsop Well you don't but your kids do ;)
@DavidPostill sadly true
But one of the sponsors I managed to get for B-Sides Edinburgh provided cool water bottles, so I hope the kids nick them instead
@DavidPostill I did something similar with mine. I have an SE and BSE shirt in a safe spot. Some day (maybe a conference) they will impress the world with their pristine condition.
22:03
@David I wear all my SE t-shirts, I have a few so rotating them means they won't wear out fast
but I never want mine to wear out.
Huh. I wear mine when I have a dress down day at work (during the summer). What's the point of having a t-shirt and not wearing it?
@DavidPostill yah, I know. but you ever have something so nice you dont want it to get wrecked?
@David No :)
I wear one of mine most Fridays. And if it's cold - my SU hoody! :-)
(we get to dress down on Friday)
22:16
so who thinks there will be a hat for the solstice? (I do)
@David a hot? or a hat?
:-)
and going with tradition, there will be two verients.
@RoryAlsop if you wear too many hats you get too hot, then you will want to hit the hot hat off your head.
*fixed
@David I hate the hot hat on my head
hit the hot hat right off
no hut?
@David well, when I'm in the hothouse, sure
22:20
all we need now is a "het" word
@David luckily for you the phrase "het up" actually is a real phrase here
as in "I wis aw het up aboot hid"
het up
hɛtˈʌp/
adjective informal
angry and agitated.
"her husband is all het up about something"
@RoryAlsop interesting. but you all in the UK spell stuff wrong. color does not have a "u" in it. :)
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@David pffft
we started it. Actually - I'm from Viking country, so immune to that England/USA conversation about which version is most right: both wrong ;-P
@RoryAlsop what do you mean both are wrong?
@David Obviously Scotland is right
and we spell and pronounce things very differently
even within Scotland - the difference between the Doric, Gaelic and Norn is astonishing
22:26
@RoryAlsop lol :)
I found a flaw in your design... It's prone to stack overflow. — Pluto 1 min ago
I'm impressed
my hat got lost in there. quite a few of em now.
23:08
I did a thing ^ :-)
@David gave it an upvote :-)
@RoryAlsop thanks
got the dragon.
grats
it's a great feeling when you find a secret hat, discover its trigger, and then get the hat.
@Riker you not gotten it yet?
23:24
nope I'm waiting
1.5 days
got the +3 already though
@Riker nice. for some reason I have a tendency to join sites that don't vote

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