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Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

12:01 AM

It could be the number of submissions. r/mylittlepony sees a lot of submissions

Lazers

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Q: Where is the glowing tree in the Scarlet Pillars?

I'm trying to do the quest "Slime mold of the gods" and think I've mapped all of the Scarlet Pillars, but apparently not because I can't find the glowing tree described in the quest. Where can I find it?

etrian-odyssey-4

RedRiderX

sigh I think I might give up on Star Conflict:

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

> Greece reclassified to 'emerging market' from developed

RedRiderX

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Wouldn't that require some kind of growth or something?

user58869

is there a way to display FPS on screen in Crysis 3?

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

12:16 AM

@RedRiderX No, it's going backwards

kalina

MOAR HOT CHOCOLATE

RedRiderX

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Yes, I realize it's a down-grade. I was just reading the definition of 'emerging market' in a sarcastic light.

Emerging markets

Emerging markets or emerging economies are nations with social or business activity in the process of rapid growth and industrialization. The economies of China and India are considered to be the largest. According to The Economist many people find the term outdated, but no new term has yet to gain much traction. Emerging market hedge fund capital reached a record new level in the first quarter of 2011 of $121 billion. The seven largest emerging and developing economies by either nominal GDP or GDP (PPP) are China, Brazil, Russia, India, Mexico, Indonesia, and Turkey. The ASEAN–China Free ...

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

> Wow, it really shows how poor our language for describing the level of development of an economy is. It's like we never even considered that an economy could move from a higher level of development from a lower one, and so we just labelled all of the less developed economies "emerging" as though there was only one direction to go. Hilarious (unless you are Greek).

murgatroid99

@YiJiang'sEvilClone You sure that's not gaming (which is default and different from games)?

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

reddit.com/r/Economics/comments/19kdkg/…

@murgatroid99 No, it's games. I don't subscribe to gaming.

murgatroid99

12:20 AM

@YiJiang'sEvilClone I mean that gaming is the one with lots of subscribers

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Yes, games have 200k subscribers. programming have 400k. mlp has 55k

murgatroid99

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Ah, so it does. I guess it probably is the number of submissions, then

RedRiderX

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Yes, it does seem that the people that make these labels are primarily concerned with exponential growth.

MBraedley

12:39 AM

FAIL!

RedRiderX

@MBraedley What is rage quit in Russian?

MBraedley

I BLAME YOU, @fbueckert!

SaintWacko

@RedRiderX ярости бросил

RedRiderX

@SaintWacko Thank you.

LessPop_MoreFizz

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Rumor Control

Proposed Q&A site for those who wish to maintain a factual digital society. Help provide answers to keep runaway rumors, deliberate trolling spam, internet urban legends, and the forwarding of social media scams in check.

Currently in definition.

SaintWacko

12:43 AM

Pronounced yarosti broseel

MBraedley

Maybe third time's the charm

SaintWacko

with a hard o

LessPop_MoreFizz

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Recognizing Propaganda and Bias

Proposed Q&A site for people whom have recognized bias in textbooks, news reports, and other sources for students and the general public. This site is for those of us who would like to discuss the affect of this upon society and how it can create arrogance and ignorance.

Currently in definition.

MBraedley

@LessPop_MoreFizz Fox News. I win!

Lazers

0

Q: How to display FPS in Crysis 3

On Windows, how would I go about displaying FPS in Crysis 3. I found some console commands on this link CRYSIS 3 IN GAME CONSOLE COMMANDS FOR GRAPHICS TWEAKS But it doesn't seem mention how to display FPS.

crysis-3

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Q: How to get things off your head in Minecraft Mo' Creatures mod

I installed the Mo'Creatures mod into Minecraft, then made a fish bowl. After catching a fish I went to put it on top of a bookshelf in my room, but instead of placing it, the bowl just dropped at my feet. When I tried to pick it up my character put it on his head. Now I'm stuck with a fish bowl ...

minecraft mods

MBraedley

12:48 AM

Ahh, I feel better now.

Powerlord

I can find every GameCube game I own EXCEPT Luigi's Mansion

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Okay, last one I promise.

Raven Dreamer

Dear Parents: Thank you one thousand fold for steering me away from student loans.

4

Holy @#$*ing hell. Cousin got a 66k loan. He now owes 138k.

SaintWacko

@RavenDreamer Holy shit

Raven Dreamer

"now" meaning 2 years later.

LessPop_MoreFizz

1:02 AM

@RavenDreamer Welcome to America.

Raven Dreamer

But still. Yeesh.

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Why is the pony engineer whipping a rubber chicken around in her teeth?

2

(Today in, "Sentences I thought I'd never say")

SaintWacko

Also, where's the pyro?

CruelCow

over 100% interest in 2 years? That's legal?

SaintWacko

@CruelCow That's my reaction

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@RavenDreamer One of Pinkie's more memorable moments

Also, I think Fluttershy is suppose to be the engineer (with the sentry). Pinkie is the demoman (with the cannon)

Lazers

1:20 AM

0

Q: Are expansion civs/natural wonders more likely?

I've played several games of Civ 5 with the Gods and Kings expansion, and it seems like every game has involved a similar cast of characters (Austria, Sweden, Byzantium) as well as many of the new natural wonders (the ones that give faith). This was interesting to see the new content, but now it...

civilization-5 civ-5-gods-and-kings

fbueckert

@MBraedley Wow, that didn't take long.

MBraedley

@fbueckert The tutorial didn't grab me, and the account bullshit didn't help

fbueckert

@MBraedley Yeah, their account processes need SEVERE updating.

I didn't even get an account confirmation email.

MBraedley

@fbueckert Nor did I, the first time round

fbueckert

@MBraedley Best part is, creating an account automatically logs me in, and changing your password doesn't require knowing the old one.

@CruelCow I don't believe it is; you need a ~40% interest rate in order for it to double in two years.

Wow, that match in Star Conflict was so one-sided.

badp

1:46 AM

@BenBrocka Didn't Win3.1 use "pixel-perfect" progress bars though?

Fluttershy

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Isn't Fluttershy the Medic? The sentry's probably just there for flavor, but that's the medic's lab coat.

badp

@Fluttershy yes, and he's using the crusader's crossbow. So I hate him

I don't quite get the cannon thing.

Fluttershy

@badp Pinkie Pie has a party cannon.

badp

...or the two different spies

Fluttershy

►

LessPop_MoreFizz

1:50 AM

Chicago's NPR affiliate has a really strange ad campaign telling their listeners to make babies.

badp

@LessPop_MoreFizz an homophobic variant on the theme of make love not wars? :P

I'm not visiting that site anyway

LessPop_MoreFizz

@badp It's a totally innocuous facebook page.

@badp chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2013/02/19/…

badp

Oh, okay, reverse idiocracy

@MBraedley "YUPLAY" sounds legit

MBraedley

@badp Point taken, but it's the only way to play Star Conflict

StrixVaria

I lost rep again because someone's account got deleted.

This has to stop.

MBraedley

1:56 AM

@StrixVaria I lucked out this time, but I know how you feel.

StrixVaria

I only lost 5 rep, but Internet points are precious.

I wish it would show me which question lost an upvote.

badp

10 reps

have no idea

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@badp You can't see recently deleted users?

Powerlord

@StrixVaria I don't think so. If people want to leave, they can leave.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

It's probably an unregistered that was automatically deleted

Unregistered accounts with less than 100 rep and no activity for a month are automatically cleaned up, IIRC

fbueckert

2:03 AM

I got lucky, then. No rep loss.

badp

@Powerlord Honestly I don't see why deleting users needs to delete their votes as well.

Is that what you intended to do when you deleted your account?

...did you expect that to happen in the first place?

Raven Dreamer

@StrixVaria If it makes you feel better, that person never voted for me.

badp

@RavenDreamer He might've upvoted you once and downvoted you five times.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

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A: Remove the most popular tag from the title using JavaScript

While SOIS might not want to do it, we, as the user, can. And the script is absolutely ridiculously simple - so simple that I'm surprised nobody has posted it yet. Ah well, free Meta rep here I come: // ==UserScript== // @name StackExchange Title Tag Remover // @namespace yijiang /...

Shameless plug - if you're tired of seeing tags show up in your tabs, use this script

badp

@YiJiang'sEvilClone users are hard deleted, so the system wouldn't have much to tell me about them even if it did give me such a list (which it doesn't).

LessPop_MoreFizz

2:08 AM

Jim'll Paint It.

> Please paint me a bat in a leotard being distracted by a violin sticking out of a rainbow coloured bottle bank next to a three legged toffee crisp holding a mushroom and half a wasp. In the background is a turtle having a tennis lesson, and an upside down Taj Mahal covered in ears.

4

SaintWacko

@LessPop_MoreFizz Psh, you call that tennis lesson in the background?

badp

I should probably start my own art tumblr.

@YiJiang'sEvilClone keeps giving me the best ideas

...unwittingly for the most part

LessPop_MoreFizz

> Brave little toaster (from the children’s animation film) in bed with two slim sexy soldiers (the bread type), smoking a cigar with used pop tart wrappers strewn across the floor and an empty tub of ‘I cant believe its not butter’ on the side. To the side of the room, an egg has walked in to find the scene and has spurted his yolk everywhere in anger, as the soldiers are HIS bitches. Also note he has matching Marmite curtains and bedsheets with slogan, keeping toast filthy since 1914!

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@badp I.. do?

Ben Brocka

@badp I forget. I think I've seen win 3.1 but if I have it's been al ong time. But I know there were many games/programs in the early 90s that still had similar progress bars

Raven Dreamer

2:12 AM

@LessPop_MoreFizz New avatar for @Wipqozn, IMO.

LessPop_MoreFizz

> Please paint me an anthropomorphised New York skyline battling a giant religiously fanatical prawn. Meanwhile the diamond falcon contemplates.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@LessPop_MoreFizz This is... art?

LessPop_MoreFizz

@YiJiang'sEvilClone I'd say so.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

2:32 AM

I just dropped through the starred list on a whim and read the Guardian article about Terry Deary in the Guardian

And now I feel incredibly sad. I loved reading his books when I was younger. I actually still have one of his books sitting on my bookshelf

LessPop_MoreFizz

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Donate his book to a library.

Be sure to get a receipt and mail it to him along with a nasty letter.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Strange to think that I won't have bought that book if not for the library. His books aren't cheap, and I only got it because I was a fan of his work, which I wouldn't have been had I not already read them in the library

Raven Dreamer

@YiJiang'sEvilClone It's just like piracy.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@LessPop_MoreFizz Hmm, it's actually not easy to donate books to National Library. School libraries might be easier though

Raven Dreamer

Librarians are pirate facilitators, guys!

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

2:39 AM

@RavenDreamer It's actually not an entirely absurd comparison. I've seen the argument used before. Let me see if I can find an example.

Raven Dreamer

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Don't. I already agree with you.

And as much as the bridge likes to argue for the sake of arguing... :P

fbueckert

@RavenDreamer Hey! That's what I do! Nobody else is allowed to do that!

MBraedley

@badp Don't you see the exit survey?

fbueckert

Hmm. Apparently, it is possible to install the Homebrew channel and all on the Wii U already.

Didn't think it would be that easy, but since they're exploiting the Wii mode, it makes sense.

@Wipqozn Welp, it seems the Wii U can do everything I wanted it to do.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@fbueckert I don't think it can make you coffee. Yet.

fbueckert

2:55 AM

@YiJiang'sEvilClone That's alright, because I didn't want it to make me coffee, anyways.

Delicate electronics and liquids tend to not go together.

Lazers

3:05 AM

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Q: Are "Games on Demand" loading times faster than that of games installed from disc?

Microsoft sells "full" (non-Arcade) games on its Xbox Live Marketplace as digital downloads ("Games on Demand"). On average, are GoD loading times significantly faster than that of the disc version "installed" to the hard drive? Or are the access times identical because the data and retrieval tec...

xbox-360 xbox-live game-installation

LessPop_MoreFizz

/cc @OrigamiRob

OrigamiRobot

@LessPop_MoreFizz ಠ_ಠ

Ben Brocka

Doom review: "lf only you could talk to these creatures, then perhaps you could try and make friends with them, form alliances… Now, that would be interesting."

LessPop_MoreFizz

3:22 AM

@BenBrocka It would be interesting.

spugsley

3:40 AM

hihihihihihihihihi

fbueckert

@spugsley Good evening

Lazers

0

Q: How do I upgrade minon weapons?

How do I upgrade my minon's weapons in Impire? I've noticed that one of my groups' weapons have all upgraded, but I am not sure why.

impire

fbueckert

This edit seems suspect; links to a non-existant page. Also, double-checking against the (presumed) correct page, it doesn't seem right.

Powerlord

Yeah, apparently I can't read.

Therefore, I should TF2

Although. maybe I should finish cleaning first.

I still haven't located Luigi's Mansion, though. >:/

Retrosaur

4:24 AM

@powerlord Is that avatar OC

Retrosaur

4:38 AM

Wait a minute. Did Powerlord remove himself from Arqade?

Ullallulloo

5:12 AM

@Retrosaur Roughly one year ago.

One year and one week.

theUg

Just to get more attention on this Q. Had anyone ever heard of some service or server addition that would do that?

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Q: Notification about status of the population on BF2 server

Is there a service or a plug-in for a dedicated Battlefield 2 server that would monitor, and ping via cell-phone text message, e-mail, Twitter, FaceBook or otherwise communicate that there are players on the server? Preferably, something that can be adjusted to be triggered by a certain amount of...

server-administration battlefield-2

fbueckert

@theUg Ehh...that sounds like a software recommendation.

theUg

@fbueckert Oh, didn’t even think of it that way. :)

spugsley

@RavenDreamer why are you logging in and out of Diablo O_o

fbueckert

@theUg I know you're just trying to get an answer, but I'm not sure if it'll get anything beyond, "Hey, try this <insert name of program X>!"

theUg

5:23 AM

@fbueckert I just want to see if there such thing even exits. Is it possible for me to reword it to make it less like a rec. request?

Maybe ask for generic term for such software?

fbueckert

@theUg Hmm. I'm not sure. You're looking for a method outside of a game. There are things that are related to playing the game, like D3's or WoW's Armory, and we have questions like that. But those are official websites, and you're looking for a third party program.

theUg

I haven’t played WoW for ages, but is armory really official? I thought it was a fansite. Hard to know, there are so many.

Lazers

0

Q: What's the difference between AVO and DDG?

When providing battle support, units offer AVO, which is Avoidance. I know it directly lowers enemy's chance to hit. But units can also increase DDG. I can't find anything in the in-game help about what it does, or what it stands for. Presumably, it's meant to be short for Dodge, but I've see...

fire-emblem-awakening

theUg

What if there is an official server plug-in, or any sort of mod notification.

fbueckert

@theUg It's not so much a problem of it being official or not; it's that any answers you get (if it's not just, "Nope, doesn't exist."), is that it's an unbound list. No way to keep an answer up to date, or even ensure an answer is complete. It'll become a popularity contest.

It's the main reason we don't like recommendation questions.

theUg

5:35 AM

@fbueckert Another point, however, most questions related to server administration, as tagged, would be outside the game (as in actual gameplay).

fbueckert

Check out this question. It presents a problem. I don't know if you can re-word your question to present the problem without asking for a piece of software.

Doing a fast search, I can't seem to find any question about "out of game" that's not related to games that have a central server type architecture.

theUg

@fbueckert So, like a second paragraph in my question?

@fbueckert By central server you mean?

fbueckert

@theUg Well, no. As it stands, your question is essentially, "I have a server. I want it to do X with Game Y. What can do that?"

@theUg I mean you can't create your own.

theUg

@fbueckert But why have server-administration then? If you cannot create your own, sure as hell you cannot administer it. :)

fbueckert

@theUg server-administration is a different beast than asking for software rec. It's about creating and setting up your server, and if you have a problem, you come ask us. It's not to be used for the example above.

theUg

5:42 AM

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Q: How do I make an automatic server backup in Minecraft?

There is no built-in implementation in a Vanilla Minecraft server to force a save every X minutes, then back up the files into a folder. I would like a script or something else (maybe a plugin that's configurable) to do this for me. I know how to do log rotations and I can also do a normal backup...

minecraft-smp server-administration minecraft-server

fbueckert

Mostly because that seems to just be a stealth software rec.

@theUg Bleh. That's a horrible question, and an even worse answer.

Our stance is somewhat vague on that sort of thing; we're going through a phase about mod recommendations, and that's throwing some recommendations into gray areas.

Hence why there's no close votes on yours, or that one.

theUg

Me lucky. :D

Should I ask on meta about rewording it? Pro-actively, before I get axed?

fbueckert

@theUg Ehh. It shouldn't be a luck sort of thing.

@theUg If you want to be proactive about it, it might spur us to define right where we want to draw the line on catalogue type questions.

Ktash

A question being closed doesn't necessarily mean it is "axed". Just that it may need clean up (sometimes)

fbueckert

@Ktash What's your view on the Minecraft question above? Is it a catalogue question?

Ktash

5:49 AM

I've voted to close your question, by the way. Personally, I feel it falls to close to the recommendation line

The minecraft one?

fbueckert

@Ktash Yeah

Ktash

@fbueckert Hmm, don't know a lot about minecraft, but give me a sec to read it over

> I would like a script or something else (maybe a plugin that's configurable) to do this for me

software rec

fbueckert

@Ktash Good. That's the way I read it.

Ktash

Also, I kind of laughed at the fact that if that was asked on SO, it would have been met with a "what have you tried" or "do it yourself"

fbueckert

@Ktash SO is for programmers; we don't automatically assume the person asking the question has the expertise to create their own.

Which I'd really like to do, sometimes.

Ktash

5:52 AM

Heh, no. But I chuckled :)

theUg

@Ktash, so, how do I fix that?

fbueckert

Sidenote, @theUg, I've also VTC'ed for the same reason.

Ktash

@theUg Honestly, I'm not sure it can be made to fit this site. It is a good question, and one I hope you can get an answer to. But list questions just aren't a good fit for our format :/

You could maybe get away with a simple "is there a way to retrieve the number of players on BF2 server", though that might lead to a solution you'd have to code/create yourself

theUg

@Ktash I was asking fbu, can I reword it to ask for a category of software, instead of specific solution, at least? Problem is, I could not even come close on several Google searches to find anything remotely like this, which is probably cause I am looking for a wrong thing (which picks up unrelated search noise).

Ktash

A category of software would still lead to a list, which wouldn't fit our format

Alright, I'm gonna head towards that pillowy, soft surface where I rest my head for the evenings

gotta get up early tomorrow to skip work and go snowboarding, and my roommate is watching twilight so I have to try really hard to not take my life before going to bed

user15026

6:05 AM

@ktash sleep well!

user15026

I have completely messed up my sleep schedule. It's kinda impressive.

Ktash

@AshleyNunn Thanks. You too (when you get there)

theUg

I edited it a little bit:

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Q: Notification about status of the population on BF2 server

Is there a way to monitor a dedicated Battlefield 2 server that would ping via cell-phone text message, e-mail, Twitter, FaceBook or otherwise communicate that there are players on the server? Preferably, something that can be adjusted to be triggered by a certain amount of players (minimum of fo...

server-administration battlefield-2

user15026

@fbueckert I am reading Heaven to Wudang and I am kinda mad at Kylie Chan and want to throw rocks at her head

user15026

Well, not really. I just think she is kicking Emma while she's down.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

6:33 AM

Lazers

7:12 AM

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Q: When should we edit game names out of question titles? And why?

I like including game names in my question titles. I feel it makes more grammatical sense and gives a clearer indication of what the question is about. From time to time, though, I see an editor come through and delete the game name from the title, calling it unnecessary. And I'm ok with that ...

discussion

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

8:40 AM

reddit.com/r/shittyfantheories

djsmiley2k

lol

Lazers

8:57 AM

0

Q: Why does unoccupied cart have so much higher friction?

...or is it other effect? Kinetic energy cap vanishing? I've built a test setup: six powered rails on the bottom of a 40-block incline of unpowered rail, and a short loop of rail on the bottom. If I ride in a cart slowly onto the powered rail, it pushes me near the top of the incline, almost ...

minecraft

kalina

9:57 AM

eugh

internet connection in our office is practically dead

my rdp session is like a slideshow

djsmiley2k

are you hosting posterous?

kalina

I would respond but I got as far as "I would" and then all of my typing didn't appear on screen

oh finally

djsmiley2k

D:

Your doing this chat via rdp?

kalina

yes

you're*

djsmiley2k

10:14 AM

yey grammer ¬_¬

djsmiley2k

10:36 AM

urgh wtf teamviewer.

badp

10:51 AM

turns out that sending me a replacement unit is a more complicated process than expected

I thought sending an item with irreparable defects for warranty would be a faster process than what it's turning out to be

Now I can't help but imagine that somebody is actually performing surgery on my Nexus 7 to replace just the thirty or so dead pixels - each smaller than the eye can see.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

I don't think tablets these days are repairable, even by professionals

Some of the teardowns have steps that don't appear to be reversible

BoltClock

75

A: Should questions include "tags" in their titles?

Stack Overflow has an extensive tag system which allows users to identify what technology is involved in a question, watch or ignore certain subjects, narrow their searches to a specific area, and even learn about the tag's subject via its wiki. This tag system works. You can rely on it to noti...

kalina

@BoltClock looks like Steve's question is more about the auto-suggested questions list rather than the actual act of putting the tag in the title

which from the point of view of Arqade does look like a problem, in that the auto-suggested questions list for 'how can I change difficulty' contains one for each game we have a tag for pretty much

dammit typing long sentences with this much lag is painful

badp

11:07 AM

@kalina then the question would be titled "Please add tags to the list of suggested questions"

fredley

@YiJiang'sEvilClone I'd say adding a new battery is a useful thing to be able to do, but lets face it, by the time the battery is gone your tablet is obsolete anyway.

kalina

@badp It wouldn't have to, the question is clearly about the list of auto-suggested questions based on the fact he drew freehand circles all over the list of auto-suggested questions

I'm just approaching it from the point of view of how to resolve the cause of the question, rather than linking off to what we all know is the policy on putting tags in the question title

badp

I think the Nexus 7 can be opened; opening it to lock the speakers in place is the canonical internet solution to the Nexus 7 speakers problem apparently

...but you can't fix a broken display

@kalina the thing is, adding tags to the question is the last thing you do in the workflow of asking a question

BoltClock

Also, Steam won't download anything for me anymore. "Preparing files for install..." goes on forever

badp

by the time the user writes in the tags, it's already too late

kalina

11:10 AM

@badp yes, I know

but exposing the tags in the suggested list of questions would be a workaround without changing the workflow

if we put tags further up the workflow people would just put the questions in as tags anyway

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@BoltClock I'm at the talk.js meet up right now

badp

yes, it would fix the "user story" - as in, it wouldn't have gotten Steve to ask on meta in the first place

I don't think that's what Steve is after however

BoltClock

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Ooooh

badp

Is there a standard for when we should edit game names out of question titles?
If there is a standard, what's the rationale?
If not, can I use my judgment?

Now, as for the rationale for putting tags in the question title to begin with

BoltClock

@YiJiang'sEvilClone I remember reading about that yesterday or so

badp

11:12 AM

Simply and sadly enough, when SE didn't, Stack Overflow was getting outranked on Google by scrapers that did.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@fredley Well, extended battery used to be something that's standard for most work laptops

kalina

@badp yeah, it's for SEO

fredley

@YiJiang'sEvilClone I thought we were talking tablets?

badp

Putting the tags at the start was the only thing that did work

kalina

meh, I just looked at it from a point of view of how to prevent the issue rather than how it applies to policy

fredley

11:13 AM

Tablets are inherently a consumer device, nobody can actually do productive work on one

kalina

I really don't want to have a long debate with 15-20 seconds of latency

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Well, there are business tablets too

badp

@kalina again I agree that if this was true, Steve wouldn't have asked the question in the first place

[MSO]

how did magic links work

faq

[meta.stackoverflow]

sigh

kalina

Verizon can DIE IN A FIRE

fredley

@YiJiang'sEvilClone They are clearly for PHBs so it doesn't even matter.

@kalina Why do you care?

kalina

11:19 AM

@fredley we're getting 75%+ packet loss

fredley

@kalina Oh. I had no idea they were operating in this country.

kalina

@fredley enterprise solutions

fredley

@kalina Both those words make me shudder. Luckily they were a half-step out of phase.

kalina

I complained about them

suddenly our connection sprang back into life

even huge American companies are scared of my wrath

time for EVE now that I get more than one screen update every minute

fredley

@kalina

badp

11:26 AM

tried that once. It's really slow

kalina

@fredley BRB automating my mining operation

fredley

@badp It's not too bad. Given what I assume the time-spans in EVE to be like it should be more than appropriate.

badp

@fredley yes, but isn't the EvE hud transparent?

fredley

loop: click(mine); sleep(5); endloop;

kalina

@badp kinda, but lets be fair, it's transparent with stars behind it.

fredley

11:27 AM

@badp Doesn't matter. Sikuli works from screenshots.

badp

@fredley Exactly, it works with exact matches from screenshots

(afaik)

fredley

@badp No, it works from best matches.

badp

@fredley false positives

fredley

@badp As long as the 'Mine' button looks more like itself than any other piece of GUI it'll be fine.

Also, it can support manual coords

badp

yeah, coordinates sound safer

kalina

11:29 AM

the mine button isn't what I would be focusing on

to automate mining you want to check that the mining laser is active

which is much easier to do than monitoring the state of the mining button

the hard part would be auto targetting the next asteroid

or unloading your cargo hold

fredley

@kalina True, I guess asteroids all look different.

Does EVE have an accessibility interface?

kalina

also not a problem

survey scanners will return all asteroids in range into a list

oh god

new levels of sad

I have just been sent this

pickuplinesgalore.com/computer.html

badp

I don't think I want to click on it

kalina

it's really really sad pickup lines

fredley

@kalina You merely adopted the sad. I was born in it, molded by it.

badp

11:35 AM

"Are you an angel, because your texture mapping is divine!" [Your model however...]

kalina

@fredley -.-

fredley

> You put the SPARC in my workstation.

kalina

"Computer techs have skilled fingers if you know what I mean."

past experience says they don't know how to use them in that way.

badp

stereotypes!

kalina

"Your beauty rivals the graphics of Call of Duty."

pukes

badp

11:37 AM

@kalina "Bloody screen! So real!"

fredley

> I'd switch to emacs for you.

Nobody is worth that

badp

@fredley dawwwwwwwww

kalina

@fredley lol

fredley

I guess you could just use evil, but still.

> I must be using Apple maps, because I keep getting lost in your eyes.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

No. Just no.

kalina

11:42 AM

ok, now that I feel better about my past dating experience

the sun has just come out

because the sun is obviously directly linked to my current mood

which is why it rains a lot around here

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

I think the Met office would like a word with you

kalina

they probably would

that and many governments of the world

fredley

@YiJiang'sEvilClone That's in a Douglas Adams book. A guy who is a rain god, and makes money by running a protection racket on holiday resorts.

kalina

inb4 I get shipped out to resolve forest fires and droughts

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Oh yeah, I remember that.

djsmiley2k

11:46 AM

Oh outlook 2003, you so funneh

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

The rain god truck driver

fredley

Rob McKenna

djsmiley2k

Oh the pst for the archive is 2Gb, I'll siently stop archiving

Oh, the users main PST is too big too, I'll siently stop recieving emails.

kalina

time to rename to trillian

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

McMillion?

kalina

11:48 AM

McMillan

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

It's been a while since I read h2g2

kalina

the best Trillian was Zooey Deschanel

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Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

"Java syntax is pretty nice. It's the JVM that sucks"

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