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6:00 PM
ah, I think I got it
 
@jmfsg Just the election stuffs
 
I don't know what I assumed he meant... anyways, I'm allowed one mistake a year
 
@jmfsg Only one.
And we're still at the beginning of the year. <_<
 
@Fluttershy I'm gonna have to pay more attention from now on
 
@jmfsg Yep. When you go to bomb the Russians this year, make sure you're in the right place.
 
6:14 PM
So Netflix US has tons more TV shows than Netflix Canada. Movie selection is fairly similar - the extra movies the US has appear to be low budget crap.
 
@JasonBerkan Netflix Argentina has a very limited catalog in comparison with the us
 
@jmfsg Scroll up to LessPop's link. We're not allowed to complain about Netflix anymore. :)
1 hour ago, by LessPop_MoreFizz
For those of you whining about Netflix et al outside of the US: Here. Have a solution. Now plz to quit whining.
 
yeah, I have a VPN... I was just making a comment (in fact, my VPN is the way I know it's different)
there are movies available in HD in the us, and only non-hd in my country's
weird
 
FAE
6:32 PM
@James Starbound announced they're going to have streaming from Twitch native in the client, apparently.
 
@AshleyNunn Eh?
 
@FAE o.O
 
FAE
Just got off the phone with twitch.tv, you're going to be able to stream to twitch from directly inside Starbound! :)
 
Just finished a client meeting! Result: I have enough work to keep me busy for months.
 
FAE
Also @fbueckert, I didn't realize they were the ones doing Stardew Valley.
 
6:34 PM
@FAE Eh? Starbound devs = Stardew?
 
@FAE Yeah but I am still all o.O about that game due to the previous developer's history
 
FAE
@fbueckert Ah, they're publishing it, not developing. Still was surprised to see them involved.
1000th tweet! Ok so we chatted and now we're officially publishing Stardew Valley! http://www.Stardewvalley.net Go vote it up on greenlight :D
 
@FAE ...Does a greenlight game NEED a publisher?
 
FAE
@fbueckert Unsure.
 
@fbueckert No. Steam essentially becomes the publisher
 
6:38 PM
So I'm not seeing what value they're adding for the devs.
Not that it matters, it just seems a strange thing to do.
@Krazer Post got edited. What's the exploit?
 
@fbueckert A publisher or Steam?
 
@James The publisher.
For this case, specifically.
 
@fbueckert Marketing and Distribution
@fbueckert Oh, and loans
 
@James You honestly think the Starbound devs have the cash to loan out?
Marketing, maybe. But Steam handles distribution.
 
@fbueckert Let me see.. did Tiy make a boatload off of Terraria??? Hmmm yeah :)
 
6:45 PM
"Just found out a bug where players are able to drop demonic essences and other players are able to pick it up. The player needs to split the demonic essence stack, then WHILE the "new" stack is held by the mouse, drop it on the ground. That stack won't be BoA.

Step-by-Step:
1. Player A has 10 Demonic Essence. Player B has 0
2. Player A Shift-click his demonic essence stack, enter any number, click ok.
3. While the "new" demonic essence stack in held by the mouse, he drops it in the ground.
4. Player B pick it up.
 
@James Oh, Starbound is being written by the guy who wrote Terraria? Ok, that makes more sense then.
 
FAE
@fbueckert They're also about to publish console versions of Terraria which will probably sell pretty well.
 
@Krazer Wow, that's a simple exploit.
@FAE I hadn't associated Terraria with Starbound. Link has been made, info has been provided.
 
@fbueckert Tiy was the artist, I think some of the other dev staff are also there.
 
Acer AL1721 power brick. 2000-2013
 
6:47 PM
@fbueckert To gone unnoticed for so long, shame on the Devs.
 
._.
 
FAE
@James Redigit isn't on the Starbound team, is he?
 
Tiy was pretty kewl.. came to his defense on the terraria forums.. stupid whiners were ganging up on him.
 
@Krazer It also took a while to notice on the players' part.
 
@Krazer Very much so. Their QA should get a department-wide reprimand for missing that.
 
6:48 PM
@FAE People tell me he is nto.. But I do believe he is.. I think its just hes not the lead or something?
 
@badp A day.
 
FAE
@James Ah, gotcha.
 
Or more, depending on if it was figured out during the PTR.
 
@fbueckert Wait what? I thought the new end game stuff was out for a while
 
@badp It's been on the PTR for a while.
Only got officially released yesterday.
 
6:48 PM
@James I was under the impression that Starbound was the whole reason he stopped updating terraria. <_<
 
@Fluttershy As was I.. but look at the Team page.. Unless he is 'Omniblahblah' I do not see his name on there :)
 
@James Huh... Well... Maybe that's why Redigit is now looking to update Terraria again! =D
 
@Fluttershy Could be.. I do think the rep following him for quitting terraria where it was might be weighing things down for him a bit.
Maybe he learned his lesson
Starbound does look pretty neat... but if he is in there.. I dunno if I can give em more money.. Tiy, sure.. red... grrr
 
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Q: Saving images in Draw Something for Windows Phone

AndrewI know Draw Something for iOS and Android can save drawings. For the life of me, I can't find this feature in the Windows Phone version. I'm not sure if the WP version is as up to date as the other two, so I'm not sure if it has this feature. Can someone point out where it would be if it existed ...

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Q: How are astroid belts and exploration sites generated

ResorathAre astroids belts and exploration sites always consistent within a system? or do they change from time to time. Specifically about exploration sites, are there guaranteed to always be exploration sites in each system? e.g. if I use my scanner probes and find nothing, is that just because my ski...

 
FAE
@James My brain always wants to parse his name as "Regedit" >_>
 
6:54 PM
So... do I replace my monitor's power brick for €23 or do I replace it altogether?
 
@FAE LOL... I think I always go to some sort of idjit pronoun-cation...
@badp How old?
 
@James ~12 years
Not a single faulty pixel
 
@badp Replace the monitor, you poor, poor man.
 
@badp CRT or LCD?
 
Wait, no, it's from 2004
So that makes it 8 years old.
@James It's LCD.
 
6:57 PM
1 min ago, by fbueckert
@badp Replace the monitor, you poor, poor man.
 
FAE
@James My secondary monitor is a 19" CRT still.
 
I've had mine for...huh. Almost four years now.
I guess if it does 1920x1080, that's all you really need.
 
This answer is just giving the exact same information as the existing answer while saying "I like this other source better" It should be a comment on the previous answer.
 
← 1280x1024
So, if I were to replace it what'd you suggest?
 
@badp Then replace it. Welcome to the widescreen revolution.
Hmm. I've got a couple ASUS 24" that have treated me pretty well.
 
6:59 PM
@fbueckert My laptop's screen is widescreen, but I can't use that and keep the laptop upside down
(Yes, I keep my laptop closed and upside down - or fanside up, if you will - with external keyboard and mouse and... ex-monitor)
 
@badp Honestly if its lasted this long and all that is wrong is the power bar then Id say stick to it man.. The newer LCDs are not going to remain to the quality of the older ones
@FAE Id suggest an upgrade :)
 
Everyone, I'm sorry if I spoiled anything for you guys
 
FAE
@James Yeah, it's still working okay though. I mostly only have a PuTTY session and The Bridge open on it, so it's not too critical. :P
 
I really fucked up. I am sorry and apologize to anyone who was offended by my spoilers/comments
 
@Retrosaur are you sure you're not secretly Gnomeslice?
 
7:01 PM
@FAE I would think that is actually what Not to put on it, text based things.
 
@badp, you removed me from the steam group.
:C
I'm kinda sad. Really.
 
FAE
@James It's 1600x1200, so it's not too bad. I'd rather game on my primary and keep chat stuff open on the secondary.
 
@Retrosaur You can redeem yourself by upvoting each of my questions in intervals long enough to avoid the serial upvote detection.
Answers too, kthxbai
 
@FAE Oh thats nice for a CRT :)
 
lol
I wonder if @kalina is on. Hopefully I can apologize to him/her/it
 
7:03 PM
@Retrosaur You can use the off times to hit mine up.. I am so close to 10k so I can see all those deleted things :D
 
FAE
@James Yeah, so an upgrade is more of a "want" rather than "need" at the moment.
 
@FAE Hehe, arent all upgrades a want? Its replacements that are a need :D
 
@Retrosaur I told you man. I told you about the group
 
FAE
@James Haha, that's true!
 
@James Except when stuff dies on you.
 
7:05 PM
@badp Why'd you remove me though?
 
Which happens disturbingly often, to me.
 
FAE
@fbueckert Like I said, you're a wizard.
 
@Retrosaur I'm roughly the fifth person to tell you that was the old, no-more-joiners group with the wrong name and icon
 
@FAE One that works with tech on a daily basis.
 
@badp Isn't it invite only?
 
7:06 PM
In which case, I should set up a protection racket.
"Pay me X dollars to stay away from your office for a week."
 
@ronan Someone invited me on Dec 26th
 
@RonanForman because it can't get any stricter than that?
 
yesterday, by OrigamiRobot
Every time @Retrosaur doesn't use the reply button, @agent86 kills a @Wipqozn
T_T
 
@fbueckert Thats a replacement :)
 
So we've got a tortoise slayer in these parts.
 
7:07 PM
@OrigamiRobot How many @Wipqozns have been killed already?
@James Also an upgrade! Wee, pedantry!
 
@fbueckert Too many or not enough. I don't know where I stand.
 
Just curious guys
Does @badp have sock puppet accounts
 
O_O Did I convince @badp of something? Does that make me a god?
 
Because this
 
@Retrosaur No
 
7:10 PM
I wonder if you would've asked had I named it "badp's sockpuppet (no, really)"
Damn you English
 
Wait, so did he use a sockpuppet
The @Wiipoqzn has arrived. Grab your hammers boys!
 
@Wipqozn - Thanks to LessPop, I was able to check Netflix US - they don't have those two movies either. Looks like the library is your best bet.
 
@Wipqozn Give me a C! Give me an O! Give me an N! ...
 
@JasonBerkan which movies are you looking for? Have you checked solarmovie.eu
 
@badp Are you calling me a con artist? you must be.
also, making my move now.
 
7:14 PM
Hey guys I've got this really crazy theory that is probably true
What if
 
@Wipqozn Give me another C! Give me an L! Give me an A!
 
we're all sockpuppets of Jeff Atwood
 
...and give me the Diseased giant rat pack that's about to feast on your eyes if you don't move fast
 
Hey @Flutter, sorry about spoiling those stuff for you
 
7:15 PM
That's it for the left side of rats.
 
Oh look, this encounter is now easier
Just one unblinking eye
 
I feel like I'm insulting @GnomeSlice by asking this
but, @Retrosaur - are you @GnomeSlice?
 
(spoiler alert: most unlikely)
 
OMG @badp you spoiled it for me, I was enjoying that -.-
 
@badp Gnome is cleverer than you give him credit, he'll find a way to trick us all somehow
 
7:20 PM
@kalina Pay no attention to the man inside the brackets
 
@kalina
 
so much pinging
 
Stupid werepigs
Way too OP
 
@RonanForman Good for him!
 
Really @kalina?
 
7:22 PM
why with the big pictures?
 
Why does everyone think I"m freaking GnomeSlice
 
I'll give @GnomeSlice credit where it's due: he never was drunk on chat writing sentence word fragments
 
First Badp, then Pixel, then OrigamiRobot I believe
 
@Retrosaur I can't answer that without getting banned.
 
What, is it in faq?
 
7:23 PM
go to bed @kalina you got a big day in front of you tomorrow
 
Tell meh
 
what's happening tomorrow?
 
Nobody will ever know our little secret @kalina
stab stab
 
@Retrosaur Probably your childish nature, ability to annoy, and inability to know when to stop
 
wink wink nudge nudge poke poke
wink wink nudge nudge poke poke
 
7:23 PM
@Retrosaur Primarily? A lack of ability to understand what people are telling you.
 
@JasonBerkan Which is classic Gnome.
 
@badp So... You just take it upon yourself to delete a question that's actively being discussed on meta?
 
Next step was usually, "You guys don't know what's going on, I'm ignoring your advice and doing it anyways."
 
@Fluttershy Yes, yes I do take it upon myself to listen to the most upvoted answer for the very sound argument it makes.
If we do allow the question, it should be asked again to make justice to it.
 
yay for flags
YAY
I wish I could bold to further emphasis my YAY
 
7:25 PM
3 hours ago, by OrigamiRobot
Stop flagging stupid things.
 
instead I will just yay
 
Why does contributing to this site come with unavoidable shackles of additional responsibility
 
Both guys I have ignored are arguing and I'm missing it :P
 
@badp That's ridiculous. That's what editing is for. The question is not off-topic. We need to have some consistency in how we deal with these things, and your removing it before it's been adequately discussed (4 to 1 isn't really that big of a gap here) is unnecessary.
 
@tiddy Such as?
 
7:27 PM
Can you turn off flag notices
 
@StrixVaria yay?
 
@Fluttershy It's been discussed for 12 hours. No amount of editing will remove 6 downvotes from that question. Origami makes an excellent point. The answers on that question suck. All in all there's very little to salvage from that page, and it's very much beyond the point of being saved through editing.
 
12 hours is not long enough to conclude a discussion
 
@kalina I just thought it was funny that something by someone I had ignored about someone else I had ignored got flagged.
 
and if it's still being actively discussed you shouldn't have deleted it tbh
 
7:27 PM
@badp Twelve hours of the most inactive time on the site.
 
@Fluttershy And my argument was that it was on-topic. It just didn't deserve to be re-opened.
 
Someone is maliciously downvoting all my stuff
 
@Retrosaur It will get reversed.
 
I'm getting a huge chain of -2s
 
@badp You mean the accepted answer with 18 upvotes? That one sucks?
 
7:28 PM
I have made the call. You can hate me for making the call the way you would've appreciated it, but making the calls is what moderators are called
 
FAE
@Retrosaur It'll be caught.
 
I thought Arqade was about community @badp, not one man decisions
 
@Fluttershy One line, a screenshot and a huge chunk of wikipedia copypasta
 
Deleting it doesn't warrant shit. Arqade is a COMMUNITY run Q&A site.
 
@badp Since when is that a bad answer? A huge chunk of our answers come from quoting outside sources.
 
7:30 PM
@Fluttershy Does that make it a good answer that salvages the question? In my opinion, no.
 
It did have 4 more close votes already.
 
@Retrosaur The call is supported by the voting on meta
 
@Retrosaur Moderators are exception handlers. Their job is to help enforce the will of the community, and make decisions in the best interest of the community when required.
 
Who made the call to delete the question? Jus tone moderator?
 
@Fluttershy To misquote your Dragonvale answer: Things that are painfully obvious should not be allowed.
 
7:31 PM
>implying best interest is placed in the hands of the few
 
UH OH IS THIS MOD ABUSE AGAIN
 
@Retrosaur Not really - if it had 4 close votes, then 4 members of the community had already agreed it did not belong.
 
@Retrosaur said few are elected individuals
 
It's a crap question from a couple years ago; it got closed, deleted, undeleted, re-opened, and was on the verge of being closed again.
 
In which case, it had 9 close votes cast on it.
 
7:32 PM
@badp just saved us some time by deleting it.
 
↑This. It's just not worth the attention.
 
Oh okay, that provides some context at least.
 
@fbueckert Honestly the deletion was an accidental one
 
I had no idea how many close votes were when it re-opened
 
@badp Next one wouldn't have been.
 
7:33 PM
...but it already did have 2 delete votes then
 
@SevenSidedDie Exactly. Optimally the right tools should be used in the first place, but just because a closable question is closed under the wrong reason doesn't mean it needs to be re-opened. It just makes it harder for it to be closed for the right reason. All closed questions (aside from duplicates) should end up being deleted eventually. Why not just delete the question instead of re-opening, re-closing, then deleting? — OrigamiRobot 43 mins ago
 
@fbueckert I agree. The question was garbage. There's nothing wrong with performing clean-up on old questions.
 
@fbueckert Next one wouldn't have happened because Ashley meant to give the 5th reopen vote instead.
 
@OrigamiRobot That is a very good point. I also realized I misinterpreted the comments on the question. What I'm taking issue with is how quickly @badp took it upon himself to act before anything was adequately resolved.
 
Alrigh tthen
 
7:34 PM
In fact, isn't this exactly what a lot of people were asking moderators to do a while ago? To take special steps in the cases of really crappy questions and answers?
 
@Wipqozn Exactly.
 
What do I do in this case? Delete this question meta.gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/6874/…?
 
@badp I meant, next delete vote, as in, after it got closed. Again.
 
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A: On quality, answers, and the task of moderators

user3389We were talking about this in chat, but I do think moderators should be doing something exceptional with low-quality answers. The problem Low-quality answers add nothing to the site, and given our influx of users from various promotions that do not understand or care to understand how Stack Exc...

RIP user3389
 
The best point of all is: We gain nothing by re-opening or undeleting that question. It was an awful question and it has been put out of its misery.
 
7:35 PM
It talksa bout answers, but the same reasoning applies.
We shouldn't be deleting crap as soon as it's asked. But a year or two after, when it has a net score of -6? Let's just get rid of it. It just clogs up the site.
 
@Wipqozn Except that 3000+ rep users can deal with questions. No mod required.
 
@JasonBerkan ACtually, no. Only a mod could deal with that question.
only 10k+ users can cast delete votes, and only on closed questions. As @OrigamiRobot already said, that question should never have been closed, but it should have been deleted.
 
I meant with regards to the tasks of moderators. I don't think mods should be super-closing questions. The rest of us can do it well enough.
 
This is exactly the type of situation that moderators exist for. Sure, maybe @badp acted too quickly, but I think the end result would be the same. Besides, mods make mistakes, they're only human.
 
@Wipqozn That's why close worthy questions shouldn't be re-opened just because the were closed for the wrong reason. It makes it that much harder for non-mods to keep the site clean.
 
7:39 PM
@JasonBerkan I'm not referring to closing, just deleting. Also, there is nothing wrong with a mod casting a super vote in cases where it's obviously warranted. If someone asks a game recommendation, there is no reason for a mod to abstain from casting a super close. Said mod is more than welcome to super close it.
 
HOORAY, ANOTHER DEBATE ON THE BRIDGE! BRB, GRABBING SOME POPCORN!
 
@Retrosaur That doesn't really apply here
 
Siderailing the debate!
-1
Q: DarkBasic cave runner demo

Chris BrowneMany, many years ago I had the opportunity to play with Microsoft DarkBasic on a Windows 98 machine. I don't remember anything about the version number, except that it was contemporary to Windows 98. I don't know if any subsequent or previous versions included the same demo, but anyway. If any...

 
All that said, I do think it was a bit hasty of badp to delete it before it got reclosed. But what's done is done. I got what I wanted. Isn't that what's really important?
 
Speaking of side railing, I made some delicious soup yesterday. Basically, I'm a handsome genius.
 
7:40 PM
@fbueckert game-identification is what we've been calling these things
I guess
 
@Wipqozn Let's not get ahead of ourselves
 
@Wipqozn Ah, I see. Though, even when warranted, I would prefer to let the community close all the things. Makes the site appear more community run.
 
bbl dinner
@JasonBerkan I agree, but think about the game-rec ordeal
 
@OrigamiRobot This makes me want to play The Cave.
 
@JasonBerkan Slight point of order: mods are part of our community, too.
 
7:41 PM
We spent six months arguing the topic to death, driving people insane
We reached a decision out of exasperation
 
Indeed, they were ordinary people like us, called to a higher purpose.
 
We should've closed the discussion way much faster than that
 
@fbueckert True, but a single person can be seen as corrupt. Five? Not so much.
 
@JasonBerkan I agree, but moderators are still welcome to vote. The trick is just knowing when to super vote. I think our mods do a good job of that.
 
I believe this rather shitty question from 2010 didn't warrant as much attention as it did.
 
7:41 PM
@badp I rage quit while that was going on.
 
@JasonBerkan Five can be seen as a cabal.
But, eh. Just pointing out that they are as much part of our community as we are.
They just become focuses for complaints and abuse when stuff doesn't happen the way we want it to.
 
All in favor of joining my team of ravenous closers fall in! We need 4 more to meet the minimum requirements.
 
@fbueckert Blaming other people is so much fun.
 
@fbueckert Whenever I hear cabal, all I can think of is Tiberian Sun
 
I'm going to preemptively count @StrixVaria as part of my team.
 
7:45 PM
@OrigamiRobot I already VTC anything I don't like for any excuse.
 
@fbueckert That seems like an abuse of the responsibility.
 
@JasonBerkan I was being sarcastic.
 
@fbueckert If you join my team, you wont even need an excuse!
 
@OrigamiRobot I'm voting by proxy?
 
Jan 19 at 18:51, by badp
@fredley CLOSED as "Confuses badp"
 
7:46 PM
@fbueckert Oops. Sorry about that then.
 
Works for me! VTCs everything
@SaintWacko Closed as, "This is a stupid question."
Or, "I feel like it."
 
@fbueckert That's one we really need
 
@OrigamiRobot We're making teams? For what?
 
Wee! Marshal abuse is being starred!
Only one step below mod abuse!
 
@fbueckert No, but we will no longer hide our nefarious intent behind the veil of the FAQ. We are the FAQ now!
@StrixVaria Closing questions on a whim.
 
7:48 PM
Damn, I'm getting starred a lot.
 
@OrigamiRobot I do that anyway.
 
@StrixVaria Right, that's why I counted you already. With a team of 5, we can rule this site!
 
3 hours ago, by OrigamiRobot
Stop flagging stupid things.
 
@Fluttershy Needs moar nesting.
 
Huh... I hope I clicked invalid on that... o_o
 
7:50 PM
Stop flagging stupid things? What @StrixVaria is doing is pure voting abuse
 
5 mins ago, by fbueckert
@JasonBerkan I was being sarcastic.
 
Not @fbueckert.
 
(So was Strix...)
 
He didn't say Jason.
I never assume things. And it seems like he's just VTC for arbitrary reasons
 
@Retrosaur Like what?
 
7:52 PM
Strix has strict standards of what he wants on the site and he does VTC things that don't belong. He does not VTC things on a whim.
 
because I feel like it
 
@Retrosaur Flagging is for offensive things said in chat, not for, "OMG! He's abusing his privileges!"
 
@StrixVaria Closing questions on a whim.
I don't know how to quote things
 
@Retrosaur Have you seen him actually do this?
 
@StrixVaria Closing questions on a whim., @OrigamiRobot I do that anyway.
I don't know how to quote chat messages actually.
 
7:53 PM
@fbueckert us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/7908401352#1 what great timing
 
But closing things on a whim seems like an abuse of powers.
 
I am a one-eyed one-horned purple people eater.
 
@Retrosaur Little down arrow to the left of a chat line.
 
@Retrosaur Arrow to the left of the message > copy the "permalink" URL > paste that.
 
See how I said that and it's not true?
 
7:54 PM
@fbueckert it's working?
Oh, I see it now. nevermind
 
17 secs ago, by Retrosaur
@fbueckert it's working?
Paste permalink into chat.
It'll onebox it.
 
@Ullallulloo hm
Woops, not working
Is there anyway I can copy the permalink without opening it
1 min ago, by Krazer
@fbueckert http://us.battle.net/d3/en/forum/topic/7908401352#1 what great timing
Weird, perma link is taking ages to load
 
@Retrosaur Right-click, save link as..., or something similar.
Will depend on your browser.
 
@OrigamiRobot Do you fly?
 
@RETROSAUR IS TRYING TO LEARN REPLY, BUT @RETROSAUR CAN ONLY LEARN FOUR MOVES. FORGET A MOVE TO LEARN REPLY?
@RETROSAUR HAS FORGOTTEN EAT AND HAS LEARNED REPLY!
 
7:57 PM
@OrigamiRobot I THINK ONE MOVE IS AN HM SO YOU CANT OVERWRITE
 
@RETROSAUR USED REPLY, BUT IT MISSED.
5
 
USED ATTEMPT TO REPLY! UNFORTUNATELY IT DID NOTHING
 
@OrigamiRobot WAS STARRED FOR 777 DAMAGE
 
@RETROSAUR IS CONFUSED. IT HURT ITSELF IN THE CONFUSION.
@RETROSAUR HAS FAINTED
 

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