I've made a 'Magic links enhancer' userscript to make magic links more useful across all SE sites.
It uses @M'vy's idea of having a basic format of [SITE:type:id], and works the same way across the network.
Links are expanded at POST time, so readers don't need to have the extension installed t...
Recently I learned "Magic Links" are a thing
Paul White: Magic links now work e.g. [mcve] and [example] and [repro] for the new help page
Jul 10 9:45 PM
This is awesome, but I have a nagging feeling there's more of these that I'm not using and very much could be.
Are there more magic lin...
> What happens if a bounty question is closed or deleted? / **Why can't I vote to close or migrate a bounty question?** Bounty questions cannot be closed directly.
It's possible to offer and award bounties of reputation on questions.
What is a bounty?
How can I find questions that have a bounty attached?
How do I start a bounty? When can I start a bounty?
Why is the system requiring me to choose a bounty amount that's higher than the minimum?
Can I use Ma...
> So today, with a renewed energy, we’ve decided to bring it back. We’ve got three new hosts:
Ben Popper, the director of content here at Stack (that’s me) Sara Chipps, the director of Public Q&A at Stack, a veteran developer, and Stack user number #4140
Paul Ford: a writer and technologist who serves as CEO of Postlight, a digital product studio
We’ll be chatting about what it’s like to work in software development, how folks can learn to code, and the way in which computer programming is influencing business, culture, and society.
> I was surprised to hear the concept of a compiler being defined at all, let alone with a scrambled egg analogy. > Please assume your audience are programmers and take it from there.
I am surprised they find time to make podcasts while the users are furious. It's like the captain and crew of the Titanic decide to join the band while the ship is sinking.
This is just the Brexit Season 1 cliffhanger finale. Season 2 is going to be even more depressing. I wish they'd never commissioned this series in the first place, it's too dystopian
@Philᵀᴹ I don't really know anything about him, except he seems more popular with the base than his MPs? Anyway, my point was Labour will not support the government to get the deal done because they want to be in power, and presumably think they would get a better deal, or would find some way to creatively cancel Brexit.
@PaulWhite I think leaving the EU would have quite an impact on Scotland. I haven't done the math but I assume the EU money that's going to national parks and nature preservation makes for a substantial part of Scotlands GDP
@PaulWhite The money behind Brexit is coming from folks who have been using the UK's liberal financial transparency laws for tax evasion on a biblical scale. The EU has implemented an agreement requiring member states to crack down on this sort of thing.
@PaulWhite I appreciate the conspiracy aspect, but when you look at the major advocates for leaving the EU, nearly all of them would be materially affected in a big way by the new evasion laws (lot's off offshore funds won't be allowed anymore)
I think my real anger at this whole process is that whilst this sideshow continues we have people dying. Homelessness has risen dramatically. Crime has risen. Life expectancy has stopped rising. The NHS has been critically underfunded
I wonder if the same 'non-binding' argument would be heard from the same people if the referendum had been 52/48(ish) to stay, but the government had decided Leave.
@ConcernedOfTunbridgeWells It's hard to take such numbers seriously. Might be right? Might be wildly wrong? The track record on such predictions has not been great.
Does anyone remember the turnaround from Trump when he said the NHS had to be on the table in trade deals? That's the one thing you don't say to us Brits hahaha
@PaulWhite I've seen what a US style model of healthcare looks like up close, and had to fork out for it on quite a few occasions. Even at Indonesian prices it's not a pretty sight.
I guess we can expect to see a bunch of spin blaming the non-acceptance of the deal on Corbyn, remainers, immigrants, the Establishmentᵀᴹ or Santa Claus.
The roads around Tunbridge wells are nice - lots of country lanes. AA Milne used to live not far from there (in Forest Row, near East Grinstead). You can go to the site of the original Pooh sticks bridge.
I've made a 'Magic links enhancer' userscript to make magic links more useful across all SE sites.
It uses @M'vy's idea of having a basic format of [SITE:type:id], and works the same way across the network.
Links are expanded at POST time, so readers don't need to have the extension installed t...
Recently I learned "Magic Links" are a thing
Paul White: Magic links now work e.g. [mcve] and [example] and [repro] for the new help page
Jul 10 9:45 PM
This is awesome, but I have a nagging feeling there's more of these that I'm not using and very much could be.
Are there more magic lin...
