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12:00 AM
@jeffreylin_ SpartanDonut
@Powerlord the second season was not nearly as interesting as the first... stopped watching in January =/
 
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Q: How does village border growth work in Reus?

yatima2975What are the factors that control when and how the border posts move? I've read a couple of theories, and made some observations, but it's still pretty unclear to me. I saw a number of ideas floating around on the internet, and did some pseudo-exact experiments of my own; I'll put some of those ...

 
12:17 AM
@Fluttershy 8 on my current one. I've set up shop in the middle of a pig village, so I have protectors :D
 
@SaintWacko That's the best place! Unlimited manure!
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@Fluttershy What?
I haven't seen any manure
But there is a field of beefalos not too far away, so I get manure there
And there's a stone area and a spider den very close to the village
And the village has a carrot farm, a berry farm, and a grass farm in it
So I'm good on food
Plus I've made a couple farms of my own
And now I'm off on a date
back later
 
Well that was a new definition of fun
Nothing like being walked in on
 
@SaintWacko If you feed pigs berries/carrots/flower petals, they poo all over the place.
 
@kalina eh?
 
12:29 AM
Nevermind
A night that was going so well is just ending in me sleeping on a sofa playing with my phone
 
So Star Trek: Into Darkness is kinda awesome
 
I heard the opposite
 
@kalina If you don't know the lore, then yeah, you can kinda get lost. But without saying too much, I've watched the relevant original timeline movie more than enough times to stay with the story.
 
How'd it go, @Ullallulloo? :D
 
@John okay :D
 
12:41 AM
Why is it that 7z e extracts files and throws out their paths?
I accidentally used that instead of x
 
I have a dog trying to sleep between me and the sofa
I am not happy about this
 
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Q: What is there to do in the post-game?

CyberSkullI've cleared all the sidequests in Blood Dragon before taking on the last missions. Walking around a bit in the post-game, I don't see anything to do. Are there any post-game missions?

 
12:56 AM
In fact I am just genuinely unhappy about the whole of tonight
 
@kalina :(
 
1:21 AM
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Q: Does the laser sight have any advantages?

kotekzotBecause of the fact that the laser sight seems to remove the reticle without actually providing a dot, only a beam, my experience with it was limited to shooting rats in Venice. Does the laser sight have any effect other than replacing the reticle with an (arguably inferior) laser beam, like redu...

 
1:39 AM
Hello
 
Hello.
 
Hello..
 
everyone else is asleep
 
hello
 
Anyone play DotA 2 here?
 
1:53 AM
@infiniteLaziness Not much, and not recently, but ... why are you asking?
 
I wanted to ask about the Compendium thingy they're selling.
 
Yes?
 
Do you use it immediately after getting it? Or so you wait for the prize margin to go up?
do*
 
I don't think waiting really makes any difference.
 
Hello.
 
2:09 AM
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Q: How can I download/install Second Life?

KrystalI have heard about Second Life, but I have no idea where to download it from, nor how to download it. What should I do?

 
@GamingTopicsFromOutside Anyone running Ubuntu and willing to make a walkthrough for that?
 
2:32 AM
Yayy! My first Twitch stream went well!
 
fix the bars?
 
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Q: Can I be bankrupted by an ill-timed import?

ToomaiSay I have $30,000. One delivery of metal costs $21,000; one delivery of alloy costs $42,000. I am importing metal and alloy to create and export processors for about $100,000. (Exact numbers not important, but relative values are.) As it turned out, a metal truck came in first before I sold a b...

 
@BenBrocka Yep. I didn't even do anything differently, so it was odd that it just worked right.
Maybe a change I made didn't go into effect into my next stream or something.
 
3:07 AM
collapses into the Bridge Somedays I hate public transit
 
@Blem I usually use DotA and Dota2 ; either DOTA2 and Dota2 would be acceptable but DotA implies an acronym and Valve is explictly not allowed to use it as an acronym, even though it obviously is
 
@Decency Explicitly not allowed to use it since when?
 
@BenBrocka China has a few million Dota players, so they can't really do that without overloading their servers far worse than the Diablo 3 or Simcity launch could have imagined. I guess if they gave every current account the game that'd possibly work.
@Powerlord Since their court decision with Blizzard. Let me find you a link.
@badp The point was the majority of the top current rated players by Elo were Zergs. If I had linked to the sc2-Korean version here it's even more dramatic.
 
Everyone knows our language is referred to as the King’s English.
 
@badp And anyway I didn't even bother submitting it as an answer, even though it is an answer "for now".
 
3:20 AM
I've never heard of it referred to as The King's English. Now the Queen's English is a different story/
 
@Powerlord Found it! That was actually pretty hard: ttabvue.uspto.gov/ttabvue/v?pno=91202572&pty=OPP&eno=1
 
@Powerlord Yeah, no, usually it is the Queen's English, as far as I have heard of it
 
3:37 AM
Well that was fun.
My internets died. =(
 
@Fluttershy :(
 
What does it mean if it says "Withdrawal of Opposition"? Does it mean that Valve can use DotA as an acronym now?
 
OH MY GLOB I HAVE THE MOST AWKWARD WEDDING STORY
it's so much longer than the snippet I'm about to share with you, but for the sake of time and sanity, here it goes:
I got asked by the 40ish year old Italian Guido groomsman with 3 children and a wife if I would like to, and I quote, "Get out of here for 15 minutes of pleasure."
FOLLOWED BY
"realistically it'll be more like 2 minutes....but I promise it'll be good"
 
@spugsley oh. my.
that is indeed awkward
 
Maybe he meant para gliding and some casual sport.
ping pong
 
3:46 AM
@infiniteLaziness that does sound like a pleasurable 15 minutes. I'm going to go with that
 
Oh he meant something casual alright.
 
But it is creepy for that man to outright say that.
You should tell his wife.
 
@infiniteLaziness lol I'm a professional photographer so I was also trying to work...and be professional
lol
also, it sounds so nice to say that :3
 
@OrigamiRobot This
@spugsley heck yes professional you :D
 
A sad man...
 
3:48 AM
@infiniteLaziness it got so much weirder than that with awkward dancing and drunk serenading
 
He needs counseling more than pleasuring.
 
I think I need @ktash to come on down here and either beat him up and/or out creepy him
which might be impossible
that was the most amount of creeped on I have ever been
 
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Q: How do filters and gas masks work?

kotekzotI'm a little puzzled by how filters work - in Metro 2033, you had a number of filters, and when the old one ran out you had to replace it. In Metro Last Light, you have a total filter capacity expressed in minutes, and it gets incremented by some number when you pick up a filter. Are my filters m...

 
@spugsley I wouldn't be so sure. =P
 
@spugsley Oh lord
 
4:22 AM
Ping me if anyone here is available to keep a browser tab open for a bit.
 
@Mana What do you need
 
one sec, trying to rally in a few more people
 
I can keep a tab open.
 
awesome! open this link: akbiggs.github.io/angelhack2013
and keep it open for a bit
 
What are we doing?
 
4:28 AM
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Q: Removing Aspects

YawusI placed a couple Fruit Aspects onto some Strawberries for extra Food. Now that I don't need it anymore, I want to place some other Aspects to I can upgrade it. Is there a way to remove already placed Aspects?

 
distributed computing
 
@Mana What does that mean
 
my server breaks a large problem into a bunch of subproblems
and maps them to the connected clients, whose browsers solve them while the users play a game to keep themselves on the web page
then the client sends the solution to the subproblem back to the server
and eventually the subproblem solutions are merged into a solution for the full problem
 
I just see some squares
 
yeah, the game part isn't quite there
 
4:30 AM
So basically, your own version of folding@home.
 
I'm just testing the distributed computing part
@fbueckert yeah
 
I'm going to bed. I'll leave it open overnight.
 
@fbueckert whats that?
 
kk, it'll be done in like five minutes
 
More or less using something along the same lines to do complex medical calculations.
 
4:32 AM
@fbueckert odd.I dont understand it one bit.
 
@AshleyNunn Your computer is doing grunt labor for @Mana right now.
 
@fbueckert I see.
 
The idea is that some calculations or simulations are incredibly complex.
 
@infiniteLaziness From what I can tell they made a private agreement- Blizzard isn't allowed to use DotA or DOTA or "Defense of the Ancients" commercially, but VALVE also has to refer to their product as "DOTA2" and nothing else- it's technically thus not an abbreviation.
 
And to figure them out would take millions upon billions of calculations to solve.
 
4:34 AM
@fbueckert so my computer is like....helping with that?
 
So rather than using a single computer to figure it out, they "distribute" it to multiple computers to cut down on time.
@AshleyNunn With folding@home, yes. With whatever @Mana's doing, no idea.
You can think of it as a really long string. And every centimeter needs a knot tied into it.
If only one person is doing it, it'll take forever to finish.
But if you cut it into parts, multiple people can help tie knots in it.
 
kay, finished now. thanks!
 
@Mana So who's house did we just pinpoint for you?
 
you just found the number of words in about 5% of Project Gutenberg
 
@Mana Interesting
 
4:41 AM
Anyways, I really want to go to bed now, so I shall.
G'night!
 
@fbueckert sleep well
 
5:04 AM
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Q: Duplicate parts but place them in a separate stage?

Steven LuThis is relevant for building asparagus staging rockets. Basically each asparagus-stage should be ejected separately, so they should be on a separate stage, but for consistency and quick building they should not be constructed individually (I have found the need for many separatrons on my large a...

 
 
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6:19 AM
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Q: HOW TO KILL THE W4RD3N?

riggggeeeddddThis machine is madness.Takes approximately 1/100 of its SHIELD and a tiny bit more damage on the shield when i shoot the red eye with my shock sniper rifle.All these crazy flying surveyors and this one badass loader already chunking my health like crazy when i have a 600 health shield. How in t...

 
 
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8:23 AM
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Bodybuilding

Proposed Q&A site for professional and amateur bodybuilders and for those who want to get into bodybuilding.

Currently in definition.

 
9:02 AM
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Q: Gaming black-lit keyboards - do they work on ubuntu?

GabuntuI am planning to buy gaming keyboards with back-lit illumination , specifically this one : http://www.saitek.com/manuals/K140_slimline_Keyboard.pdf but i'm confused if whether the black-lit illumination , or the multimedia shortcut keys work with Ubuntu (13.04, specifically) . So , the questio...

 
9:17 AM
Eugh it's morning
 
AAH IT'S KALINA RUN!
 
yes it is me
I AM HERE
 
YOU! YOU OF THE HYDROFLUORIC ACID!
 
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Q: Which PS1 Memory Cards work on a PS2 Slim

TicVikingSo I've got a few PS1 memory cards, and game that I want to play on my PS2 slim, but despite several years of searching I have yet to find a memory card that my PS2 will manage(mostly I just need to clear out the crap the previous owners left on it). Is there some trick, or rule that I'm not awa...

 
acid \o/
TV has taught me that every phone number in America starts with 555
 
9:36 AM
So I'm safe, my US number is(was) 781
:P
 
555 781?
that's a bit short
 
Started with a (1) 781
Malden, MA
 
 
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10:44 AM
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Bored
 
Would love to know why my answer was modded down
sigh
it's not wrong.
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A: Restore the Thieves guild - Special Mission in Solutide

djsmiley2kThe key is you need to do 5 jobs in each city, then you'll get a bonus for that city (something unlocked for the thieves guild.) Unfortunately if your unsure which cities you've done, you will need to start counting now. What I did was go to Devlin and get a mission from him, then go to Vex and ...

and star oceans super rare drops are annoying now
:(
 
Some people just like downvoting
 
11:00 AM
@djsmiley2k you will likely never know why it was voted down. Because anonymous votes are anonymous and people likely didn't agree or didn't find that it worked regardless of you knowing or thinking it is right. Or maybe they don't like you, or they like downvoting or today is Sunday and thus down votes all around who knows.
 
:D
fun times
It seems someonje voted it up too moments after I noticed it (before I came in here)
 
Votes happen. Rep fluctuates. People will not always agree.
Okay now the fact that it is 7 am an I have yet to sleep is really hitting me so I am going to go and have sleep now
 
nn :p
 
 
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12:05 PM
hi
 
takes the broom and starts destroying users
 
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Q: What is the relevance of young animals in AC3

flemOn occasion, I see bear cubs and fawn. Do they have a purpose other than adding additional realism to the game? Can they be hunted? Are they worth more or less?

 
1:12 PM
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Q: When will it stop "Scanning for Steam games updates"?

Doozer BlakeOn trying to fire up any game in Steam, or Activate a Product on Steam, a popup will display stating "Scanning for Steam games updates.", and just sit there. It never does anything, and only offers a Cancel button (which sometimes is even disabled), which doesn't allow me to start the game from S...

 
1:35 PM
Must be hometime soon
 
@kalina Hometime on a Sunday?
 
@fbueckert She has ritual kidnappings in weekends
Oh btw. @kalina There's the Monaco Grand Prix next week. It's the longest and slowest of the year. You've been warned.
(However if things go south it's also the most fun.)
 
@djsmiley2k Presumably it's -2 because you're telling the asker something he claims to already know. If you read the question, it's quite explicit in stating that he's done exactly what you advise and isn't getting the expected result.
Essentially, your answer does not actually address the question and is noise.
If I weren't of the opinion that a mod would simply see paragraphs and countermand the flag, I'd flag it as Not An Answer personally.
 
1:51 PM
in The Comms Room, 2 days ago, by tombull89
1x Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor code for Steam going free if anyone wants it.
 
Hometime from boyfriend...
 
@kalina If he is holding you hostage, I do not think it qualifies as a romantic relationship.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz That's because "Not An Answer" is so generic and unhelpful
People abuse it for wrong answers or dupe answers that don't suck
 
lol. When in incognito mode Youtube gives me japanese toyota ads on my own videos
 
@BenBrocka once I suggested to make more specific text flags like "this is a comment of X answer" and then Raven complained about that, saying that those flags were driving him insane
 
2:01 PM
you'd think it could at least notice "hey this video is in english" if not "hey this video is about games"
 
Do you suddenly have a strange urge to take your new Camry to get sushi?
 
@badp NONETHELESS IT IS APPROPRIATE.
Paragraphs do not an answer make.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz If a post is Not An Answer but it isn't glaringly obvious at first glance I prefer to leave an "other" flag and say why the post is useless (and would prefer more people did that on UX, a couple people have started to use Very Low Quality for that and it's really annoying)
 
@BenBrocka I'm aware of this limitation of flags which is why I didn't cast one, but it does not invalidate my right to be MAD ABOUT LAZY @BADPS AND OTHER MODERATING TYPES.
Just because I can, y'know.
You are all trying to educate someone who is already educated and willfully ignoring the facts in pursuit of a reason to yell at an Italian dude.
 
RABBLE RABBLE RABBLE
 
2:07 PM
@LessPop_MoreFizz My undefined?
 
@badp I used an apostrophe so as not to break the ping.
@TimStone Exactly.
 
Who said anything about romance?
 
@kalina It is usually implied by the word 'boyfriend'.
 
Nah this is just about sex
I hate the guy he drives me nuts
I hate you for starring that
3
 
Legit new guilty gear coming out! With cel shaded models that look as good as sprites
 
2:14 PM
Worktime for me.
Later chat.
 
Hf
 

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