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starball

00:40

@Eleeza the Other World Wizard: What am I doing with my life

@EleezatheOtherWorldWizard lmao nice

@user152859: :9442333 so maybe you zoomed in somehow by mistake, I once hid something in the dev console by misclicking something, took me hours to add it back. Did others report such behavior?

@ShadowWizardChasingStars probably. <kbd>ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>+/-</kbd> on windows/linux.

Meta Andrew T.

01:13

@cocomac: Can Beta sites graduate without getting a design? I think yes by reading MSE, but I'm not totally sure

@cocomac yes, currently all beta sites graduate without design

Journeyman Geek

03:42

@JNat stackexchange.com/users/27970618/woemorre?tab=accounts spammer for the backlog

@cocomac: Can Beta sites graduate without getting a design? I think yes by reading MSE, but I'm not totally sure

@cocomac Uhm they did, then they're trying to backfill the backlog

so in theory until they all do, future ones might

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cocomac

@Journeyman Geek @JourneymanGeek Thanks, I was just going through the glossary and wanted to check (see meta.stackexchange.com/posts/40354/revisions for my edit)

tripleee

06:04

flag-pls spam survey (MS) ux.stackexchange.com/questions/146935

uhoh

06:26

+641 glitch in the matrix? ghost in the machine? uhoh fan clubery?

Tinkeringbell

Well the votes on SX look like they will probably be automatically reversed. Could be fan clubbery, but could also be someone that hates you and deliberately did that, so you'd also get the -200 message later ;)

user152859

07:16

@tripleee @tripleee kaboom

user152859

@cocomac: ?

@cocomac don't be upset, that's his way to say "hi". :D

user152859

@starball: :9442367 probably. <kbd>ctrl</kbd>+<kbd>+/-</kbd> on windows/linux.

@starball that would zoom the entire screen though, poor @Jason has only the console being huge as dinosaur. ;)

cocomac

07:29

@user152859 @ShadowWizardChasingStars I wasn't offended or anything, just a bit confused. Thanks for explaining though, and Hello to @KevinB !

user152859

@cocomac @cocomac lol all good, but I'm afraid you used wrong language to greet Kevin, need something in Toiletish. ;-)

starball

07:48

@user152859 @ShadowWizardChasingStars nope! if the current focus is within the devtools, those keyboard shortcuts will zoom the devtools instead of the webpage. At least on google chrome.

user152859

@starball @starball huh! @Jason here is your answer, you asked how to zoom the dev tools. :D

starball

08:04

@Tinkeringbell @Tinkeringbell that's some pretty next-level system-aware trolling

tripleee

08:19

flag-pls spam (MS) bricks.stackexchange.com/a/17794

user152859

Both gone already

user152859

08:38

My achievements are sick...

user152859

That's a sick-ish green...

user152859

Waiting until it would light up before clicking. :D

Tinkeringbell

09:46

@starball @starball I'm a mod. We're good at that kind of stuff :P

Ryan M

12:02

@Spevacus: and maybe @RyanM if he doesn't mind those pings ^

@Spevacus sure, why not.

user152859

12:27

echo?

user152859

Double David?

user152859

@JNat cross site spammer to the backlog, which won't be tiny soon. ;)

user152859

Smokey missed lots of spam from that user, weird. Oh well.

user152859

@DavidPostill: :9443141 According to Hugging Face, the chance that this post was generated by OpenAI is 97.88%

@DavidPostill your feedback is wrong. This is spam, it doesn't matter a bit how the spammer wrote it.

user152859

Spam should be marked as such and flagged as such, first priority. Really not relevant if it was written by AI.

user152859

12:37

SF mods are slow... well latest elections were 5 years ago, more than enough time for people to get tired.

user152859

Over one hour, super active spammer roaming free.

user152859

buh

user152859

!!/coffee

SmokeDetector

@user152859 @ShadowWizardChasingStars brews a cup of Americano for @ShadowWizardChasingStars

DavidPostill

12:57

@user152859 @ShadowWizardChasingStars fixed

user152859

@DavidPostill @DavidPostill thanks

user152859

SF spammer still alive with all spam or ChatGPT answers, in this rate JNat will nuke them first. Maybe rename the site to Spammer Fault.

user152859

13:28

OMG, spammer gone. Really thought they're going to miss that one on SF. Glad to have good surprises sometimes.

user152859

ChatGPT crap (which wasn't spam) also nuked which is good.

user152859

Now where I put those keys...

DavidPostill

@user152859

> Now where I put those keys...

> It's always frustrating when we misplace our keys! Here are some tips to help you find them:

> Retrace your steps: Start by thinking about the last time you remember having your keys and retrace your steps from there.

> Check common areas: Check common areas where you usually keep your keys, such as your pockets, purse, or a designated spot at home.

> Look in unusual places: Sometimes, we may absent-mindedly place our keys in unusual places, so it's worth checking areas such as drawers, couch cushions, or even the fridge!

Not a bad answer from ChatGPT :)

user152859

13:51

lol

Feeds

15:06

After the buzz fades: What our data tells us about emerging technology sentiment

Erin Yepis on March 09, 2023

Information technology has always had a lot of hype around new developments. New tech emerges, piques the curiosity of technology enthusiasts, and optimistic speculation about the future begins. But sometimes when the technology gets field tested, it doesn’t always enter into wide adoption. Gartner even has a phrase for this process: the hype cycle. We…

Kevin B

15:23

i mean, when you specifically avoid collecting data from users who block your ads, how trustworthy is the data for anything unrelated to ads?

user152859

@Feeds @Feeds I was correct! When the author of the blog post has no title or "about me", their name will appear correctly in the onebox. Having either a title or about me would make the onebox show Ryan. SE bugs are wonderful, probably Marc or Nick doing, maybe even on purpose as easter egg.

user152859

Doubt any of the new generation developers are capable of such amazing bugs.

user152859

@Kevin B @KevinB 🚽

user152859

15:44

The clock towards removing reputation and privileges from Stack Exchange has started ticking.

user152859

It will no doubt happen, as when SE management decides the reputation system is broken, and "too many new users complain how hard it is to earn reputation", it means the only way to "fix" it, is to remove it.

user152859

They'll gather feedback now for few months, keep discussing this for few years, then arrive to the one possible conclusion. So... three years?

user152859

16:07

@Journeyman isn't this spam?

user152859

> i learned most of what i know/knew about this subject from these amazing people .. [spam link here]

user152859

Looks like spam to me, but one of the SU mods decided otherwise. I think they are wrong.

user152859

(also can't flag, probably because the mod messed up with the answer.)

user152859

(it's the above spammer, so they do have proven spam in the past.)

user152859

ohh I see what happened. It was deleted as spam (probably by Smokey users), then a mod came by, removed all the spam flags, and undeleted the answer, but forgot to unlock it, so now it's locked.

user152859

16:11

Total mess, that's for sure.

WhatsThePoint

17:25

what happens if you add a bounty to a question, and no answers are posted within 7 days and the grace period? where does the reputation go?

DavidPostill

@WhatsThePoint @WhatsThePoint Nowhere. It's lost forever.

How does the bounty system work? - Meta Stack Exchange

> What happens if there's no answer after the bounty period?

> If, after the end of the bounty period, a question has no answers, the bounty will expire and the reputation will disappear.

WhatsThePoint

@DavidPostill @DavidPostill thanks, I was reading this meta.stackexchange.com/help/bounty and it said "If there's no answer meeting those criteria, no bounty is awarded to anyone." but it didn't specify what happens to the rep

Mithical

17:58

> The problem with Stack’s approach
Stack Exchange [...] awards various privileges based on your reputation score, which is calculated largely by votes on your posts.

This… is a bit problematic, in a couple different ways.

First off, reputation itself is wearing way too many hats. It’s simultaneously supposed to be acting as:

…a general indication of a user’s proven expertise on the site’s subject matter. (More simply put: It’s supposed to give you a rough idea of how much that user knows about whatever that specific site is about. A high reputation score on a site such as Math shows tha…

(quote from myself)

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