The Bridge

I'm surprised that a business-is-business country like Netherlands may have something such as "koopzondag"s - sundays where shops are allowed to open between 6am and 10pm

FallenAngelEyes

What @LessPop said

Arda Xi

@badp KoopzondagEN

FallenAngelEyes

@badp Why is this surprising?

Arda Xi

Plural is more complicated in Dutch, it's not just noun-s.

@FallenAngelEyes He comes from Italy, which I'm fairly sure is a lot less secular.

badp

11:12 PM

@ArdaXi Sorry, I'd put the quotes incorrectly

FallenAngelEyes

This doesn't help my confusion

user30

UK businesses (in general) are limited to 6 hours opening on Sunday

FallenAngelEyes

Ooooh okay

See, it's weird for me for stuff to be closed on Sunday

Practically the only stuff open on Sundays are the Appie and the Gamma :P

Arda Xi

Anyway, if @badp is already startled by one siren going off nearby, he's going to have a lot of fun next week.

LessPop_MoreFizz

Meanwhile, in the States it varies wildly down to the county level.

Arda Xi

11:13 PM

@FallenAngelEyes And the entirety of Amsterdam, at least the centre.

badp

@FallenAngelEyes Yes, exactly, so why force 'em to be closed? Because otherwise competition would force everybody to keep everything open 7/24?

FallenAngelEyes

@LessPop_MoreFizz I had a Wegmans by me growing up, so 24/7 stores have always been "normal" for me

badp

Unduly advantage for these pesky atheists?

Arda Xi

@badp Well, in certain areas you'll be greatly understaffed on a Sunday.

LessPop_MoreFizz

And of course, then there are the jurisdictions where stores can be open on Sundays but they can't sell certain merchandise (most notably alcohol)

FallenAngelEyes

11:14 PM

@badp People really don't like to work weekends here, in my experience

LessPop_MoreFizz

@FallenAngelEyes I miss Wegmans.

FallenAngelEyes

@LessPop_MoreFizz Me too, muchly

badp

@FallenAngelEyes I can see the point with "people don't want to work at those times" but that doesn't mean stores are denied to open.

FallenAngelEyes

I love being able to talk about upstate with @LessPop, it makes meh happeh

user30

@badp That's what God said as well

LessPop_MoreFizz

11:15 PM

@FallenAngelEyes It Snowed yesterday!

user30

ergo Sunday is day off

LessPop_MoreFizz

I was up near my sisters place in Rockland... 19 fucking inches.

Nine. Teen. Inches.

In October.

October. Snow.

FallenAngelEyes

@LessPop_MoreFizz I heard! Holy shit, I didn't know it was that much

badp

@ThomasMcDonald AFAIK the only ones that take religion-based days off seriously are the Hebrew

FallenAngelEyes

Damn.

LessPop_MoreFizz

11:15 PM

kjbksabdjka sdh asdh ashjd sahid jkas djkashb djas djhsa djhas d

FallenAngelEyes

I remember having snow on Halloween a couple times as a kid but not that much

LessPop_MoreFizz

@badp Yeah, Shomer Shabbos is a Very Big Deal for observant folks.

badp

The Christians for ones certainly don't give a shit, and just give the Sundays as a right rather than a religious obligation to do absolutely nothing.

user30

If it snows over the January period I may well end up sectioned

badp

Especially if that means working more on Saturdays to catch up.

user30

11:16 PM

@badp problem?

Ronan Forman

@badp What did I do?

FallenAngelEyes

Apparently you have to pay people a really high salary to work after midnight here too, which is why normal stores aren't open that late

badp

SATURDAYS ARE FOR PARTYING. And additional chatting here if you're here now.

@FallenAngelEyes I thought it was for lack of customers rather

LessPop_MoreFizz

@badp That's because there isn't any specific restriction on work in christianity. Shops closing on Sunday is more about providing convenience to attend church, not about the holiness of the actual day.

Arda Xi

@badp That's not true.

FallenAngelEyes

11:17 PM

@badp I'm sure you won't have a lack in student cities

LessPop_MoreFizz

@badp There is always somebody that wants to buy a hot pocket at 3 in the morning.

Arda Xi

I know plenty of Christians who will never ever work on a Sunday.

@FallenAngelEyes Really high? 150%.

FallenAngelEyes

@LessPop_MoreFizz ...I really miss being able to do this

Arda Xi

Sunday is 200%.

badp

Well, as in, "not enough customers to make a profit in the off-hours given the increase in expenses to keep things up and running 24/7"

user30

11:18 PM

this conversation is getting a bit serious for my state

FallenAngelEyes

@ArdaXi Well depends on your contract. Jochem would get 200% for after midnight.

LessPop_MoreFizz

The key question is whether what it costs you to keep the lights on to sell him said hot pocket is lower than the profit you derive by selling it to him.

Ronan Forman

@badp Why am I being banned?

LessPop_MoreFizz

@RonanForman Because you deserve it.

Arda Xi

@RonanForman Impersonation of heritage.

badp

11:19 PM

@RonanForman I was writing in jest as @ChrisF joined the room. He's clearly your sockpuppet.

FallenAngelEyes

There's a Super Wal-Mart in the city nearest to where I grew up and I have no idea how it stays open

Arda Xi

@FallenAngelEyes Yeah, but still, that's the same as a Sunday.

badp

And if he isn't you're doing it wrong man!

Arda Xi

@badp That's a brilliant alibi. Gets around the same IP issue.

FallenAngelEyes

@ArdaXi That's a crazy lot though

Arda Xi

11:20 PM

@FallenAngelEyes A retail store generally pays about €5/hour at most.

FallenAngelEyes

my American salary sensibilities make me go :O

LessPop_MoreFizz

And on that note, I need to go rummage up some food before I go pick up a friend from the airport. Later all.

Ronan Forman

@badp I just wanted to show him something posted here.

LessPop_MoreFizz

Uggggggggghhhhhhhhh EWR

FallenAngelEyes

@LessPop_MoreFizz I'm sorry

badp

11:20 PM

Yeah, yeah, that's what they ALL say!

user30

show us as well.

FallenAngelEyes

Try to avoid the ghetto bits! Oh wait...

I still hate it less than JFK though

LessPop_MoreFizz

WTF Flag

@FallenAngelEyes JFK is easy.

The most hatable airport is clearly LaGuardia.

FallenAngelEyes

@LessPop_MoreFizz Yeah I was a little wtf at that too

@LessPop_MoreFizz I wouldn't know because I have so far managed to avoid that one at all costs

LessPop_MoreFizz

@FallenAngelEyes If you're just transferring through it LGA is fine. It just sucks balls to drop off/pick people up from as a driver.

I dislike the road structure around it greatly.

JFK's is pretty simple because the highways are mostly looped around neatly.

Newark is a simple loop, but the areas outside the airport are a mess.

FallenAngelEyes

11:24 PM

Well I'm mostly going by transferring through experience.

@LessPop_MoreFizz That's because it's, well, New Jersey. >_>

GnomeSlice

@badp Which?

@ArdaXi How does it show nothing of the game?

Physics engine.

badp

2 hours ago, by GnomeSlice

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=RFjGiJmnqZQ

FallenAngelEyes

@GnomeSlice Nothing important about the game

GnomeSlice

@badp Ah. It surprises you that I'd link that?

It's like the Saints Row 3 trailer.

badp

No, but it should surprise you that your link was appreciated!

GnomeSlice

11:26 PM

@badp Most of us are men. I'm not really surprised.

user30

@ArdaXi fun integral for you

user30

1/sqrt((x+4)(x-2))

badp

@FallenAngelEyes I'm afraid it can be perceived as important to the videogamer target demographic of sex-depressed constantly-horny hopelessly-immature male.

Arda Xi

@ThomasMcDonald (2 sqrt(x-2) sqrt(x+4) sinh^(-1)(sqrt(x-2)/sqrt(6)))/sqrt((x-2) (x+4))+c

badp

WE NEED MORE OF YOU.

user30

11:27 PM

LOGS

FallenAngelEyes

@badp True :[ Kind of... insulting to the rest of us

Arda Xi

@FallenAngelEyes You are the 1%.

@ThomasMcDonald Sheesh. One moment.

Ronan Forman

How would my sockpuppet gave higher rep than me surely I'd be his?

badp

@FallenAngelEyes You could probably take it as self-irony, if you consider gamedevs are typically gamers too.

Although the teams that made that ad probably are not made of the same people that made the game itself, if you aren't Valve.

Arda Xi

@ThomasMcDonald WA isn't giving me logs.

GnomeSlice

11:29 PM

How can I not find that trailer again?

x_x

user30

@ArdaXi Do it by hand.

Arda Xi

@GnomeSlice redd.it/luixp

@ThomasMcDonald I can't, I have no idea how integrals work.

GnomeSlice

@ArdaXi Not that one.

user30

oh.

GnomeSlice

Oh, that was on reddit?

Figures.

Arda Xi

11:30 PM

@ThomasMcDonald 2 log(x) sinh^(-1)(sqrt(x-2)/sqrt(6)) exp(i pi floor(-(arg(x-2))/(2 pi)-(arg(x+4))/(2 pi)+1/2))

This has a log?

badp

@GnomeSlice No, Arda just put it.

Ronan Forman

Is integrals a maths thing with a funny name to make it sound harder than it actually is?

GnomeSlice

downvotes

Arda Xi

@badp No I didn't.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice lololololololololololololololol

Ronan Forman

11:30 PM

Like differentiation?

Arda Xi

@RonanForman It's the opposite of a derivative IIRC.

badp

@ArdaXi "submitted 7 minutes ago by arienh4[F]"

FallenAngelEyes

woo new Coheed and Cambria song

user30

@RonanForman I wish

Arda Xi

@badp Exactly, arienh4.

I'm Arda Xi.

And I'm not [F]emale.

badp

11:31 PM

arienh4 is you. Good try though.

FallenAngelEyes

@ArdaXi Who knows, you could be a really convincing drag king!

Arda Xi

@badp Prove it.

Ronan Forman

It's his ALT we established it was female earlier.

Arda Xi

It sounds like a really tacky username.

Ronan Forman

Remember

badp

11:32 PM

@ArdaXi chat.stackexchange.com/search?q=arienh4&user=44&room=35

Couldn't be easier

Arda Xi

So I own arienh4.net

user30

boom.

Arda Xi

I also own adsweep.org but I didn't write that.

John

Arien Holthuizen the 4th. That's a mouthful.

Arda Xi

@John Hence why I am Arda Xi.

user30

11:33 PM

also WA is stupid

user30

if it had expanded the brackets

user30

it would have ended up with a much much nicer solution

John

@ArdaXi And yet, "Xi" still leaves people wondering if they said it right.

user30

I thought yours was a bit contrieved

FallenAngelEyes

@ArdaXi Are you really a 4th?

Arda Xi

11:34 PM

@FallenAngelEyes No.

@John Ksi.

Disclaimer: You won't say it right no matter how hard you try.

John

@ArdaXi What else could the 4 mean?

Ronan Forman

Xi is pronounced how Americans say Z.

Wipqozn

@ArdaXi dang. You would be more awesome if you were.

Arda Xi

@RonanForman No it isn't.

John

@RonanForman That's what I thought.

user30

11:34 PM

@RonanForman incorrectly, then.

GnomeSlice

user30

since the Americans say it wrong

GnomeSlice

Spengbeb.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice that... what....that.... what

John

@ThomasMcDonald flags as offensive

GnomeSlice

11:35 PM

Jesus Christ.

Arda Xi

@RonanForman Zed is pronounced zee by Americans. Xi does not have an ee sound.

badp

if I really needed to find more proof that you go by that nick on reddit, one of our mods on gamerec is 'arienh4'

Dec 15 '10 at 21:16, by Arda Xi

Hmm, so, as a mod, I could also do this

GnomeSlice

@badp We have a gamerec site?

Ronan Forman

@Thom yes @Arda close enough and @gnome AAAHHHH!!

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badp

but I think I'd already convinced pretty much everybody but you that you're arienh4 on reddit.

Wipqozn

11:36 PM

@GnomeSlice /r/gamerec I believe

John

howjsay.com/index.php?word=xi&submit=Submit

Arda Xi

@badp No, no, I'm bp_.

badp

@GnomeSlice It's kind of a failed project

Ronan Forman

@Arda p_. is an odd whale.

John

@GnomeSlice You've been living on it.

Arda Xi

11:37 PM

@RonanForman Yes.

badp

@ArdaXi Your being me would explain a few things, but I'm afraid it breaks on the girlfriend stuff, as clearly it's unrealistic to expect people to believe I've had one.

FallenAngelEyes

@badp a boyfriend then?

badp

@FallenAngelEyes Neither.

Arda Xi

Aww.

FallenAngelEyes

Obviously you need to dip into the Gaming.SE dating pool!

Wipqozn

11:38 PM

@FallenAngelEyes We have a dating pool?

Arda Xi

@FallenAngelEyes We have available females?

badp

I've certainly had crushes, mind you

FallenAngelEyes

@Wipqozn I didn't say it was a very clean pool...

Ronan Forman

Any underscore followed by a full-stop looks like a whale. o_. is a monacled whale.

GnomeSlice

Kongredate.

Wipqozn

11:39 PM

@ArdaXi @FallenAngelEyes is technically always available. She's a <can't recall the name> and what not.

FallenAngelEyes

@ArdaXi If you look hard enough, I'd imagine we do

John

I made it back into Mumble! :D

badp

btw if I was desperate about getting a date I probably could fix that also

I'm not though. Not right now.

GnomeSlice

I almost had a girlfriend last year.

FallenAngelEyes

@Wipqozn lol

@John woo

Arda Xi

11:39 PM

@badp That's what they all say.

badp

@ArdaXi I'm not the 1%!

Ronan Forman

Are you sure you can't remember or do you just not wish to say it to her face?

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice Wait, what? I thought you and @Mana were an item?

Ronan Forman

I can think of many names, most are incorrect but still.

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn You'd best be joking.

FallenAngelEyes

11:41 PM

@Wipqozn Also I'm not available, as my relationships are closed, so nyah :P

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice I am.

Ronan Forman

What's the reverse of a womaniser? I can only think of mana-niser...

user30

@GnomeSlice bad batch of Rohypnol?

GnomeSlice

And now for a song whose opening lyrics sum up my entire life.

badp

@FallenAngelEyes Which probably implies you're going to look absolutely amazing, since that's usually what engaged women do. :P

GnomeSlice

11:42 PM

@ThomasMcDonald ?

Wipqozn

@badp wait what. @FallenAngelEyes is engaged?

GnomeSlice

@badp 'closed' doesn't necessarily mean engaged...

FallenAngelEyes

@badp Riiiight. I'm a short, chubby gamer, yo.

user30

@GnomeSlice never mind.

badp

Probably not, but practically... that's what she said :P

FallenAngelEyes

11:43 PM

I'm not exactly not engaged? If I cared about getting married, my b/f would've asked me years ago.

badp

@FallenAngelEyes I said 'probably,' just in case.

Stop flirting @badp.

Fine.

GAWD.

Besides I'm trying to open this box.

FallenAngelEyes

11:44 PM

@badp ARE YOU CALLING ME FAT runs away crying

badp

Too busy to flirt.

Ronan Forman

That's going to be the oddest out of context star.

user30

THEN WHO WAS FINE????

John

@RonanForman And the least funniest.

@ThomasMcDonald Badp?

Ronan Forman

@John sadly so.

GnomeSlice

11:44 PM

When Winning is Losing: How Activision’s Indie Games Competition Tricks Devs

badp

Okay. Box opened. Chocolate swallowed. Life may proceed.

Ronan Forman

I hope you mean swallowed otherwise how did you get the chocolate infected, pregnant or fat?

John

@GnomeSlice That's just ~~evil~~ business.

badp

Whooops. Thanks for that @RonanForman.

My English has been slipping as of late.

FallenAngelEyes

Though I'm slightly less chubby now that I've taken up jogging \o/

Ronan Forman

11:47 PM

Great, now I look weird!

Wipqozn

@FallenAngelEyes She hasn- god dammit fallen, you ruined my joke by responding.

John

Noooo!!!! My Pandora applet quit working. :(

Nick T

Wipqozn

@RonanForman You always look like that.

FallenAngelEyes

@Wipqozn mwahaha

Ronan Forman

11:47 PM

@Fallen And aerobics judging by that emote.

Nick T

stab all the childrens!

Wipqozn

@NickT damn kids have it coming!

FallenAngelEyes

\o/

aw that doesn't line up

Wipqozn

@NickT I want to go hunting now...

Nick T

use fixed font

Ronan Forman

11:48 PM

I wish I had my PC to illustrate that post @Nick

Nick T

\o/
 |
/'\

John

@Wipqozn Bwahahah!

Nick T

use shift+enter to add linebreaks, then when done click the fixed font button

or just add 4 spaces to the start of every line

user30

.

.______.

Ronan Forman

\o/ o \o/ <-- Aerobics.

user30

11:49 PM

SE CHAT Y U COLLAPSE MY WHALE

@NickT Ah, thanks

Can someone post that staring face?

Arda Xi

This was just open on my Reddit frontpage.

FallenAngelEyes

@ArdaXi that is way too expensive for chocolate

user30

11:51 PM

yesss whale.

user30

2 mins ago, by Thomas McDonald

.

.______.

FallenAngelEyes

though admittedly, I'm not a big chocolate fan

Arda Xi

@FallenAngelEyes Just a little over my budget.

GnomeSlice

Ahahaha I love this excerpt from an interview with the dungeons of dredmor devs.

Ronan Forman

ಠ_. Angry whale.

user30

11:52 PM

Also, we decided that we should probably get a bottle of Nuclear Tactical Penguin

GnomeSlice

FallenAngelEyes

This is cool

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LIMBO pumpkin!

user30

Tactical Nuclear Penguin

Ronan Forman

Tried to make a mana pumpkin today, it kinda failed.

FallenAngelEyes

I haven't carved a pumpkin in ages

Halloween isn't as big here in the NL as in the US (though that can nearly be said for all holidays) and I kinda miss the atmosphere

GnomeSlice

11:55 PM

@RonanForman I should try that, seeing as how I'm kind of the resident pumpkin overkill guy.

Ronan Forman

I don't want to waste another pumpkin trying again...

@Gnome I give you permission to borrow my meme this once.

GnomeSlice

Nick T

@FallenAngelEyes Is that a real pumpkin with an absurdly bright light in it?

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman Unfortunately, not this year.

Wasn't going to have time before, and with this funeral, will have even less time.

Ronan Forman

Awww, I might use our last pumpkin then.

GnomeSlice

11:57 PM

@NickT The skin has been thinned in different areas.

Nick T

yeah, but to get it that bright it would have to be paper thin

Ronan Forman

This really tells me a lot about the question.

Can you answer this? What are "additional points" awarded for? http://gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/33719/what-are-additional-points-awarded-for #pc

Tweeted by StackGaming on October 30, 2011 at 11:18 PM

GnomeSlice

@NickT Yes, it's an advanced technique.

Ronan Forman

It also tells my alot about the question, but not much.

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