The Bridge

4:00 AM

SpaceX works. Tesla works. PayPal ... Well, it's PayPal.

The iPhone? Is still an overpriced pointless device that gets replaced by people because they want the newest fancy thing with the logo on it.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@OrigamiRobot Let's put it this way; I expect in 200 years that Steve Jobs will be as prominent in history books as Eli Whitney, Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, etc. Musk will not be.

FEichinger

And the hyperloop is definitely met with scepticism from all sides.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@FEichinger And yet, take a look at what cell phones looked like a year before the iPhone and a year after. The world is a dramatically different place post iphone, even if you've never owned an apple product.

OrigamiRobot

@LessPop_MoreFizz I wish this was the same world it was before smartphones. :(

@LessPop_MoreFizz I did say got out of proportion.

alexanderpas

@LessPop_MoreFizz depends on weither he manages to bring things to completion.

OrigamiRobot

4:05 AM

Best phone I ever owned.

I still use it as an alarm clock.

alexanderpas

@OrigamiRobot now imagine it unbranded.

OrigamiRobot

@alexanderpas I don't even know what you're getting at.

alexanderpas

@OrigamiRobot verizon logo.

OrigamiRobot

I know what unbranded means.

I don't know what that has to do with anything.

alexanderpas

@OrigamiRobot unbranded always beats branded phones.

OrigamiRobot

4:08 AM

I care zero percent about this.

Lazers

4:36 AM

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Q: pcBF3 expansion pack cannot launch

downloaded BF3 premum on my pc windows 8,when I try to launch it gives me BF3 limited? It says I own the expansion packs but wont play!

battlefield-3

spyder

5:16 AM

I want Lenovo y510p with two GT750M. It's... beautiful

LessPop_MoreFizz

Yeah... Close your eyes and imagine someone saying the questions to themselves... sounds a bit like a serial killer. :) — Blue Ice 15 mins ago

Lazers

0

Q: What is this object on my map?

In Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, I was spectating and pressed Ctrl to enlarge my map. A strange object appeared on my screen. Around the object were white rings the expanded and eventually faded away. As one ring faded away, another smaller one formed around the object. What is this? what...

counter-strike-go

Blem

7:13 AM

morning people

Robotnik

7:25 AM

@OrigamiRobot - Any luck finding the discussion about the terminology tag? As per our discussion on gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/126063/what-is-a-speedling

spyder

7:40 AM

@Blem \o

Blem

:)

Kevin van der Velden

Morning

Lazers

8:15 AM

0

Q: FML is not installed, you cannot connect to this server

I have a linux ubuntu Tekkitlite server setup. I have it running when when I use the new launcher for minecraft 1.2.1 set to 1.4.7 all I get is logging in, then straight to that error. "FML is not installed, you cannot connect to this server". Minecraft Launcher 1.2.1 Tekkitlite 0.6.5 Please h...

minecraft minecraft-tekkit

Lazers

9:00 AM

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Q: Modifying Naming Simplifications in FTL: Faster than Light

Does anyone know anything about the simplified names in FTL? This isn't much of an important issue for the most part, but it would be nice to learn how to use the naming methods to my advantage when naming my crewmembers Is there any way to choose which name simplification method the game uses f...

ftl-faster-than-light

0

Q: How do I safely uninstall mods added to borderlands 2?

A while ago, I added this mod to Borderlands 2. At that time, my Borderlands did not include any DLCs or other mods of any kind. However, a week later, I bought the following DLCs: "Krieg The Psycho", "Borderlands 2 ultimate upgrade pack" and "Tiny Tina's assault on Dragon keep". On that day, whe...

pc borderlands-2 mods dlc borderlands-2-ttaodk

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Q: How can I loose ranking score in Starcraft 2?

I am a Bronce player, but the last 20 games I only got opponents with a LOT more skill than me. I think the system put me on a far too high internal ranking. I tried leaving the League and playing new placement matches. I was placed in the bronce league, although I reaally tried hard in those p...

starcraft-2

Lazers

9:42 AM

0

Q: How can you take a horse home without a saddle?

I've got a small problem. I've found a horse, but I don't have a saddle. However, I would still like to take him home, because I haven't had a horse before, and they're really useful (running is really inconvenient for food). Is there any way to do this, or do I have to leave the horse to live a...

minecraft

0

Q: Counter Strike Source Anti-Cheat

I'm trying to start a Tournament between Counter Strike: Source (Cs:s also) players on the Internet. There is a Really Important Problem, somebody do cheats on the game. There are several powerful anti-cheats for Counter Strike 1.6 (Cs 1.6) like sXe Injected, But i need Anti-Cheat for Cs:s. Is Th...

cheats counter-strike-source

FEichinger

10:01 AM

Aaand Ravaged Zombie Apocalypse is now on the front page as a "new release".

Blem

11:09 AM

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Lazers

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Q: Buying World of Warcraft

I'm planning to buy World of Warcraft but i just wanted to be clear regarding the entire process. I've made a BattleNet account and it shows the current offer for all the expansions upto MoP for $59.99. Does this include in game time ? After i purchase the expansions, how do i get the actual g...

world-of-warcraft

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Q: MMO NOT RPG list or ranking?

Is there list or ranking of MMO games that are not classic RPGs like WOW or Guild Wars with knights and magicians? Few games I know of: ace online eve online black prophecy dark orbit needforspeed world If there's no such list can you name some examples?

mmo

spyder

"You are a National Democratic Socialist"

politicaltest.net

OrigamiRobot

11:33 AM

@Robotnik Oops, I forgot because I am terrible. D:

FEichinger

@spyder "You are a cosmopolitan Social Democrat."

spyder

@FEichinger politicaltest.net/test/result/368241

FEichinger

@spyder politicaltest.net/test/result/368266

Blem

a social democratic Cosmopolitan

politicaltest.net/test/result/368273

FEichinger

@spyder "43 percent are more extremist than you." Makes sense, you're lacking on the 'communistic' rating.

OrigamiRobot

11:45 AM

> The resources have to be managed by society.

What resources?

FAE

@OrigamiRobot Yeah, I was wondering that too

FEichinger

@OrigamiRobot Natural resources.

It's better in some of the translations, gotta admit.

OrigamiRobot

@FEichinger Two questions ago it specified natural.

StrixVaria

I got something like "neoliberal Democrat" but I don't have a link to it any more.

I don't even know what "neoliberal" means.

OrigamiRobot

I am using neutral to mean "I don't know the implications of this question"

StrixVaria

11:47 AM

@OrigamiRobot Same.

FAE

@OrigamiRobot Same

FEichinger

Neoliberalism

Neoliberalism was an economic philosophy that emerged among European liberal scholars in the 1930s attempting to chart a so-called ‘Third’ or ‘Middle Way’ between the conflicting philosophies of classical liberalism and collectivist central planning. The impetus for this development arose from a desire to avoid repeating the economic failures of the early 1930s which conventional wisdom of the time tended to blame on unfettered capitalism, and a simultaneous concern with avoiding the inhumanity of National Socialism. In the decades that followed, neoliberal theory tended to be at varian...

StrixVaria

I was specifically trying to avoid answering economic questions because I have no opinion either way really.

Both sides have compelling arguments and I can't be bothered to actually understand them and come to a conclusion.

FAE

I dunno how much checking weighted/unweighted affects the results

Kevin van der Velden

@Blem me to apparently, politicaltest.net/test/result/368277

OrigamiRobot

11:51 AM

> You are a cosmopolitan Social Democrat. 14 percent of the test participators are in the same category and 97 percent are more extremist than you

Kevin van der Velden

I'm kinda sad that I only got 66% secular :(

OrigamiRobot

I am just taking that to mean "You don't know shit about politics" because I left most of them neutral.

Blem

@KevinvanderVelden WE WILL BUILD A NATION AND RULE IT WITH THE SAME IDEALS!

FEichinger

I love how I'm in the largest category here, but furthest on the extremism.

FAE

@FEichinger Jochem got 10% and 10% on those

(same category)

FEichinger

12:08 PM

@FAE Interesting.

Ben Brocka

Ouya continues proving their incredible ineptitude and incompetence with new hilariously bad ad

Get some

I've never seen so much VC money go into quite such a trainwreck

StrixVaria

> Our Medal Of Duty gamer then proceeds to fill half of his living room with vomit, rip out his spine, and start beating himself to death with it.

Ben Brocka

Yeah I do that all the time. Darn $60 games

Where'd they get the cartoonist from early MTV?

Private Pansy

So I visited my local comic book store and found a copy of Hyrule Historia on the shelves for S$70

StrixVaria

12:24 PM

Private Pansy

Amazon has it for US$21

Blem

@StrixVaria looks legit

I would have gone with "Saints Row X" for the last one

Private Pansy

@Blem Then it goes up to Saints Row X 10.1, Saints Row X 10.2...

Ben Brocka

I think you mean SR X-2

Sconibulus

0

A: How do I prolong my family tree and get Generals in Rome Total War?

I have used Family tree and yes it does have some nice features.I've been waiting for a review from someone who has tried both Reunion and Family Tree.

spam or just wrong?

I'm leaning towards just wrong

Ben Brocka

12:32 PM

SHOWERS ARE A SOCIAL CONSTRUCT. YOUR BODY DOESNT NEED IT

Tweeted by TumblrTXT on August 20, 2013 at 11:05 PM

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@Sconibulus Leaning towards spam, either way no harm to the site in any way if it gets spam-deleted

Family trees are a social construct anyway

Sconibulus

Not in vidya games!

Ben Brocka

Touche

Martin Sojka

@Sconibulus Probably just hilariously off-topic. Family Tree (Maker) and Reunion are just well-known genealogy packages.

Sconibulus

yeah, off-topic was what I meant... not wrong. Couldn't think of words... coffee not yet into system

Martin Sojka

@BenBrocka Aren't showers just places where you can discreetly compare your body to that of your fellow men without it being seen as if you'd try to hit on them?

Private Pansy

12:40 PM

@MartinSojka I think that's what gyms are for

Besides, public showers aren't all that common here

Blem

@MartinSojka It is places where you can make other uncomfortable by dropping your soap

Private Pansy

I presume public showers are more common in colder countries

fbueckert

@PrivatePansy Eh?

Private Pansy

Well, they are in China anyway

Kevin van der Velden

@PrivatePansy they're not common here, holland is pretty cold

Ben Brocka

12:56 PM

You mean it's unusual that I just walk into other people's showers?

Kevin van der Velden

@BenBrocka no, the unusual bit is you breaking in at night and standing next to people's beds when they're sleeping. I thought we told you not to do that?

Ben Brocka

You can't tell me what to do

OrigamiRobot

@KevinvanderVelden It wouldn't be so bad if he didn't breathe so damn loud.

Ronan Forman

@BenBrocka What gives you that idea?

Private Pansy

Driving test next Tuesday.

Once I pass I'll get a military license and a 'New Driver' badge

Kevin van der Velden

1:04 PM

@PrivatePansy does the badge have sirens and lights to warn people?

Private Pansy

The latter of which I apparently have to wear until I clock 1000km. It's like a noob badge.

@KevinvanderVelden It doesn't, but it should

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Fbueckert why did you feel the need to post a meta link onto a comment thread that already had the same link?

OrigamiRobot

@LessPop_MoreFizz Don't be such a party pooper.

Private Pansy

The driving test consists of driving around for 50 minutes on the streets of Singapore with a tester. If you don't kill anyone, you pass.

Kevin van der Velden

@PrivatePansy that can be fixed you know :) We do have an EE site.

LessPop_MoreFizz

1:07 PM

@OrigamiRob I will poop all over your party. By the time I am done, your party will look like a German porno set.

OrigamiRobot

D:

Blem

:D

Ben Brocka

Gran Turismo 6 vs real life

OrigamiRobot

@KevinvanderVelden Not so much EE as Electronic Hobbyist, sadly.

Private Pansy

They're letting us, soldiers who are so old we laugh when the tester use the word 'testees', drive around Singapore in a 10-ton truck

What could possibly go wrong

OrigamiRobot

1:09 PM

@PrivatePansy What kind of grown man doesn't laugh at the word testees?

StrixVaria

@BenBrocka The textures are pretty lackluster.

Ben Brocka

@StrixVaria Yeah, but pretty amazing considering it's the interior of a car in a game where 95% of the time you see the exterior

OrigamiRobot

@BenBrocka Amazing, or pointless?

Private Pansy

@OrigamiRobot Amazingly pointless!

Sterno

I'm so tired right now I could HOW EVERYTHING OUT.

StrixVaria

1:14 PM

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fbueckert

@LessPop_MoreFizz Derp. Missed that.

Anyways, good morning, Bridge.

LessPop_MoreFizz

> The Obamas do not have any white dogs.

SOMETHING SOMETHING BENGHAZI.

Sterno

With the addition of Sunny, the Obamas now have two black Portuguese water dogs.

Water dogs. Water boarding. Guantanamo!

GnomeSlice

@LessPop_MoreFizz This is news?

FEichinger

@GnomeSlice That's kinda his point.

Sterno

1:29 PM

Why the hell can I not find anywhere on the internet selling a serial IR dongle?

OrigamiRobot

@Sterno Like RS-232?

Sterno

Yes

LessPop_MoreFizz

@gnomeslice the Obamas getting a second dog is 'news', albeit of the fluff variety, no pun intended.

Sterno

Maybe I can just use a USB one with a USB to Serial converter

LessPop_MoreFizz

The 'no white dogs' is a moronic racist jab by a right wing publication desperate to find an anti Obama angle in said fluff story.

OrigamiRobot

1:32 PM

@Sterno Do you not have a spare USB port? Or one at all?

Sterno

@OrigamiRobot I'm writing software for something that specifically does serial communication to IR devices. I need one for testing. The one the client gave us doesn't work and they're super slow to get us a new one, so I'm just going to buy one myself.

OrigamiRobot

@Sterno tomtop.com/…

Sterno

@OrigamiRobot upvote

OrigamiRobot

Or just make one. They're not hard.

Then write your own drivers.

Sterno

@OrigamiRobot downvote

OrigamiRobot

1:34 PM

D:

Sterno

@OrigamiRobot Answer accepted!

RedRiderX

@LessPop_MoreFizz The heck?

Was that honestly a headline?

Sterno

Let's hope @OrigamiRobot didn't create that site to steal my credit card info.

fbueckert

@Sterno Well, if he did, you wouldn't know until it's too late.

RedRiderX

Oh wait, I scrolled up.

sigh I again underestimate American ~~Politics~~ News.

Sterno

1:41 PM

So, my company had a fitness competition. I'm not sure what 1st place got as a prize, but 2nd place got a signed and framed picture of the winner, saying to try harder next time.

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RedRiderX

Hmm, 8 clicks from chat.stack for that story...

fbueckert

@RedRiderX Sensationalized news brings in the ratings and viewers, sadly.

RedRiderX

Oh gosh I scrolled up further.

It just gets crazier...

Sconibulus

@Sterno ... I don't even want to know what third place got

RedRiderX

@Sterno Bahahaha, that's fantastic.

LessPop_MoreFizz

1:50 PM

@sterno steak knives.

@BenBrocka WTF

Diablo level cap going to 70 = "ugh we can't figure out how to fix all the things so we're going to just try again".

Lazy.

Ben Brocka

@GnomeSlice They, uh, don't seem to know their marketing

LessPop_MoreFizz

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GnomeSlice

1:52 PM

@BenBrocka That was absolutely terrible

LessPop_MoreFizz

First prize is a Cadillac. Second prize is a set of steak knives. Third prize is you're fired.

fbueckert

@StrixVaria Really? They're adding a whole 10 levels?

StrixVaria

@fbueckert Yeah.

Grace Note

Diablo 2 just had one max level and never needed to raise its level cap, neh?

fbueckert

That's lazy. Either way, unless they remove the, "Must be online, all the time!" crap, I ain't buying any more Blizzard games.

StrixVaria

1:55 PM

fbueckert

@GraceNote Level 99.

Grace Note

Yeah, since you got 99 skill points plus the handful of skill points from quests in each difficulty level added to just a bit over 100 or so.

fbueckert

But not leaving room for expansions to raise the level cap is leaving money on the table!

Grace Note

Lord of Destruction didn't seem to run into any issue there and just went by with "Let's add THOUSANDS of brand new toys for you to play with!"

Sterno

So what happens to all those pseudo-levels that you could get after level 60?

paragon levels, or whatever

Ben Brocka

1:57 PM

@GraceNote Continual updates and level cap boosts weren't big for non-MMOs in 2000

Grace Note

I don't have much knowledge of how that all goes since the only game I played as such was DFO, and I hit level 70 on the last day of the game's service.

Sterno

I like the Loot Run idea, though.

Grace Note

Most of my friends were less than fond of such systems though because it basically leads to more focus on all this late-game stuff and consequent stagnation and untouchedness to early game stuff.

Wipqozn

Loot 2.0 : drops less, but the drops are better and more meaningful.
If for an act 3 run you get 275 rares and 1 legendary in Diablo 3, you'd get 83 rares and 6 legendaries in Reapers of Souls. Some of them smart drops.
Smart drops : items you drop have a chance to be tailored for your character (looking at what stats you have on your current items?)
Level cap : 60 -> 70 (new skills and runes for every classes)
New artisan : the Mystic. Can transmogrify items (combine the look of an item and the stats of another into a new item) or reroll affixes on rares and legendaries.

source reddit.com/r/Games/comments/1ksntq/…

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