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Robusto

21:00

Yes. Answering, too.

It's a slow day.

simchona

It is indeed. There are some Meta questions you could take a whack at, though

Cerberus

21:42

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David Wallace

@tchrist by which you mean the hundreds of millions who live in your immediate vicinity. I, and the people I hear every day, normally use the possessive forms with our present participles. You can neither prevent our speaking this way, nor tell us that we are not speaking English when we do so.

Cerberus

Do you know vocal fry?

David Wallace

A relative of Stephen's?

Cerberus

I only understood what it was by listening to this girl.

@DavidWallace Alas, no.

It's okay if you're being a little bit Americanocentric now and then.

@tchrist Hey, be polite.

I can't validate that flag, but I agree that you shouldn't be calling David a jerk.

OrigamiRobot

EVERYONE BE NICE OR I'LL GO CRAZY AND STUFF

Cerberus

21:45

Indeed.

Oh, dear.

simchona

Calm down, it isn't a suspension.

Cerberus

Oh, thank goodness.

So when does one get suspended?

Manishearth

@simchona technically it is

simchona

@Manishearth I deleted, though, not responded to a flag

Manishearth

Ah

Cerberus

21:46

Oh, good.

Manishearth

Sneaky

Cerberus

So when exactly does one get suspended from chat over a flag?

simchona

@Manishearth I was taught that by another mod a while back.

Cerberus

Do you know how it works?

simchona

@Cerberus When the flag is validated.

Eugene

21:47

@Cerberus does she have an every day job as well?

simchona

That was simply me deleting a message

Cerberus

@simchona As easy as that? And any other user can validate it?

Manishearth

@Cerberus If a spam/offensive flag is validated--3 users(I think) flag it or a mod does, then you get a 30min suspension

@Cerberus No, it requires 3 or 6 flags of the same type on that post

Cerberus

@Eugene I don't know, but this should suffice as an Important Daily Activity to Better the World!

David Wallace

It requires 3? Gosh, I must have been REALLY bad last time.

Manishearth

21:47

@simchona nice :)

@DavidWallace Generally a mod validates it

OrigamiRobot

@Cerberus Any 10kers

Cerberus

@Manishearth Hmm ah, three users. So the flag will be shown to three users even if it's flagged?

Manishearth

THere are enough mods online to respong to a flag within 10 seconds

Plus, 10k users see some flags

Cerberus

Some?

We usually all see the same flags.

Manishearth

@Cerberus Not the custom ones

OrigamiRobot

21:48

Well, we don't see mod flags

Manishearth

Only we see those

Cerberus

Custom flags?

How do those work?

I don't think I have ever flagged anyone but myself.

Manishearth

@Cerberus click on the down arrow next to a message>flag for moderator

David Wallace

Did one head offend the other two?

Cerberus

@Manishearth Oh, ah, I see.

So "flag for spam/offensive" is shown to everyone?

10k+

Manishearth

21:50

@Cerberus 10k, and maybe room owners (not sure)

Cerberus

@DavidWallace One head forgot to delete private information in time.

@Manishearth OK got it.

David Wallace

Yes, two minutes (or whatever it is) goes by remarkably quickly.

Cerberus

Indeed.

Manishearth

10k+ chat rep, btw. The stuff shown on your chat profile. WHich is the sum of all rep across the network (greater than the flair rep)

OrigamiRobot

Stay classy EL&U

David Wallace

21:51

Huh, I knew I shouldn't have had half my accounts deleted. I was a 16k user once.

Cerberus

Hmm then I'll create a sock puppet, collect 100 reps on one site, then create accounts on 99 other SE sites, and voilà, 10k reps!

David Wallace

Cerberus banned for voting irregularities.

Do we have 100 sites?

Manishearth

@Cerberus I know, that works as well :/

@Cerberus it's 200 btw

Cerberus

Do people actually do that?

Fine, 200 + 98 sites. shrugs

Manishearth

@Cerberus dunno

David Wallace

21:53

Or 203 + 97.

Manishearth

There aren't that many sites :P

Cerberus

If I didn't already have Cerberus, I would!

Who doesn't enjoy looking at dirty pictures posted in various chat rooms?

Manishearth

94+MSO+Area51 at the moment

Cerberus

We're getting there.

@DavidWallace Earning 3 more reps is probably harder than simply logging into another site...

David Wallace

I imagine that stopping at exactly 200 would be pretty hard.

Cerberus

21:55

But it would be the aesthetic thing to do!

Delete questions/answers if you cross the 200 line.

Manishearth

9k-ish of my 40k chat reps is ill-gotten :P

Cerberus

You wh...you know what you are, or what almost one quarter of you is! Probably one of your hind quarters.

Manishearth

I created accounts on all sites one day cos I didn't like having to (a) log in to my openId (b) allow the site access to my email (c) merge with SE profile whenever I wanted to post on some meta.

(My SE is always logged in, but this isn't always the case with my openids)

@Cerberus Well, I have a chat diamond, so I guess that compensates for it :P

Cerberus

Probably ill gotten as well, tsk tsk.

From a former client?

Manishearth

Dunno, I found it lying on the side of the road

picked it up when nobody was looking

Found it right here:

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I earned this one, though :)

Johan Larsson

22:05

@Manishearth what is chat rep?

Manishearth

Also visible on my chat profile

Sum of all reps across the network

Johan Larsson

ok

Manishearth

(the rep shown on your flair is sum of all rep on sites where you have >200 only)

10k chat rep lets you see some flags

Johan Larsson

Are flags persisted? Do you see how many I have?

Manishearth

yep

Johan Larsson

22:09

Is it secret or can you write how many total and how many occasions?

Manishearth

0

Technically secret, but you have 0, so that's OK

Johan Larsson

hm, I was suspended once for a pic.

but no biggie, ty

Manishearth

I think it the flag history expires

But it's there for quite a while

David Wallace

@Manishearth How is it OK for it not to be secret just because it's zero?

Johan works so hard at being the resident bad boy, making us all think he has a supreme wicked streak; and now you've ruined it for him!

Manishearth

@DavidWallace Eh, the total count is also not really sensitive info. The exact flags are

David Wallace

22:17

But now we know both!

Johan Larsson

@DavidWallace lol

Manishearth

But it's not a good idea to say "you have X flags" in public, if X>0, since that's a sorta defamatory statement :P

David Wallace

Ignore me. I am just being a troublemaker. You can tell I am not the sort of person who has zero flags.

5

Manishearth

@DavidWallace :P

Johan Larsson

But I explicitly asked for it

Manishearth

22:18

@JohanLarsson That too

David Wallace

@JohanLarsson Don't spoil my fun.

Peter PAD

23:13

anyone here?

Manishearth

@PeterPAD me

Peter PAD

I'm so confused with there words.

I've got addition time.

and

I've got extra time.

Which one is true? and What does it mean?

May anyone help me :(

Manishearth

"I've got extra time" is OK

"I've got additional time" is better

simchona

It would need to be additional to be an adjective here

Peter PAD

so, is "I've got additional time " Ok?

Cerberus

23:17

> One should not underestimate the role and power of Byzantine icons. Unfortunately, such holy, cathartic and enlighteneing imagery cannot rival with the current overflow of debauched imagery, despite the fact that it's scientifically proven now tjhat such debauched imagery even causes blindness (google it).

This is from an e-mail I received after filling in a survey on icons composed by a Romanian student of iconography, or something.

Johan Larsson

@Cerberus did you notice my blatant abuse of star power?

Cerberus

@JohanLarsson Hmm isn't all starring abuse?

I can't see who has starred what...

Johan Larsson

Maybe but why is the feature implemented then?

@Cerberus I starred you swearing, can remove it of course. I starred it because it looks so wtf without context

Cerberus

Oh haha.

I think people will know I do not have children.

simchona

23:39

@Cerberus OMG you don't? And here I was, knitting onesies

Cerberus

@simchona How-many-headed onesies?

Depending on the mother, they may come in handy in the future.

Or were you planning on an elastic neck band, to accommodate any number of heads?

By the way, I have created an RSS feed for Prudie.

feed43.com/8780288458535668.xml

simchona

@Cerberus I was planning on just making one giant neckhole. Who knows what might happen. Can you imagine your children with a Hydra?

Cerberus

Use it as you please. It is updated every 6 hours.

simchona

Cool. Will check it out.

Cerberus

@simchona Yeah exactly. Fortunately I am not attracted to hydras.

@simchona I can also change it if you would like a different layout.

Robusto

23:48

@Cerberus Proper hydration is important, whether you're attracted to it or not.

Cerberus

They used to say that it was.

But customs have changed.

Novel forms of families are now accepted.

Robusto

@Cerberus @Cerberus & Hydra, sittin' in a tree, k-i-s-s-i-n-g.

simchona

@Robusto Wouldn't some of the heads feel left out?

Robusto

@Cerberus gives good heads.

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