The Bridge

Sterno

7:00 PM

I don't think I've even opened all the packs

user15026

@GnomeSlice That was actually my next question :P

GnomeSlice

@AshleyNunn =]

Sterno

@GnomeSlice You really need a non-selfie

GnomeSlice

I am just finishing up an order right now.

@Sterno Whatever. I know.

Sterno

Make a cool graphic of yourself instead. Show off your wares via your profile!

user15026

7:02 PM

@GnomeSlice Hopefully something comes of it. She's kinda flaky, so she might never actually get around to it, but I like being able to point to my friends when people need stuff!

Sterno

Bonus points for it being a graphic of a selfie

GnomeSlice

@Sterno It's better than the one I had before where I look baked

user15026

@GnomeSlice Yay!

The Stack Exchange Blog

Blog - Stack Exchange: Podcast #57 – We Just Saw This On Florp

Abby T. Miller on April 24, 2014

Welcome to Stack Exchange Podcast #57, recorded Friday April 11, 2014 with your hosts Jay Hanlon, David Fullerton, and Joel Spolsky. Today’s podcast is brought to you by the Heartbleed bug.

We have lots to talk about (which makes Joel scared), starting with Community Milestones (after we discuss 2048 strategy, that is)!

Expats is newly in public beta. It’s a site for people that are dealing with the bureaucratic messes involved in living outside your home country. Check out their top-voted questions. Can I lose my US citizenship for accepting employment within a foreign government? …

SaintWacko

user15026

7:05 PM

@GnomeSlice Well, she tells me she likes your stuff, so that is a good start!

Wipqozn

@SaintWacko The Canadian stereotype that we're all really nice is the best stereotype.

GnomeSlice

@AshleyNunn Women always like my stuff.

totally not star bait

2

=[

4

Lazers

0

Q: Is there any point in buying the shack next to Onett?

There is a shack you can buy next to Onett which costs $7,500. On the inside, there's not much to do. You can't even rest. The only thing is a magazine in the upper-right cabinet. It says it's Issue 3, and it has some weird story about a spy having a demon baby. So is there actually any ...

earthbound

agent86

@AshleyNunn a buddy of mine has joined our co-op. I apologize for not asking beforehand, he snuck in before I had a chance.

user15026

@agent86 Psh, no worries, the more the merrier!

Coronus

7:16 PM

@agent86 may I join? How do I find you?

badp

@Lazers I wonder if I'm being unhelpfully criptic there

but the music that plays as that scene plays is so soothing

agent86

@Coronus it's a co-op @Ashley started, so you'd have to ask her I suppose :P it's open to the public, though, so I assume she doesn't mind.

and you do know what game I'm talking about, right? I didn't think there were many players amongst the arqade folks. I'll have to remember you when I come across interesting stuff in that vein in the future.

user15026

@agent86 Like I said, I don't care. Jellybean has SPACE FOR ALLLLLLL

agent86

YOU HEARD IT FOLKS! COW RUBBING FOR EVERYONE!

if you ask nicely, @Ashley will send you an african american woman to work your farm for free! (totally not slavery, promise)

Coronus

Woo, Jellybean Farms!

user15026

7:20 PM

@agent86 ....that makes me sound like a monster

agent86

@AshleyNunn I know! <3

hmm, there's a lot of quality in the humble weekly bundle this week. Cave Story+, VVVVVV, Thomas Was Alone, Reus, etc. several solid titles.

2

Yuki

@agent86 @ASHLEYNUNN IS A SLAVE TRADER: DATA ACCEPTED

badp

@agent86 Tell me something new. Like, games I don't already have

Coronus

@Yuki She doesn't trade. She gives people to you on loan.

agent86

@Yuki she's sent me at least 4 already! I put them to work in the mines. they come back with quartz! I sell the quartz for money. the people disappear, though. Oh well, I'm sure it's fine.

Yuki

7:24 PM

@agent86 Spoken like a true South African.

user15026

@Yuki No, you have to give the people back!

Yuki

Only, replace "quartz" with "diamonds".

agent86

no, the people are disposable. they're single-use.

2

like a wet-nap. but human.

GnomeSlice

►

whut

Yuki

@agent86 That doesn't make your case any stronger.

badp

7:25 PM

@agent86 hahahahaha. I used you several times

agent86

@Yuki I think you misunderstand my case. My case is that rubbing cows is awesome.

GnomeSlice

@agent86 Dustforce!

badp

and you're still in excellent shape

agent86

@badp Mint A++++ NRFB Condition

Coronus

@agent86 Yes, I am the new arrival.

@agent86 Can I rub your cow?

agent86

7:26 PM

@Coronus well come rub my cow! or you can plow my fields. either way, I'm good.

2

@Coronus I think you have to send me a person in order to get to cow rubbing. you can admire it by viewing my farm. I'm "Maxwell S"

SaintWacko

agent86

I'm working on a sheep, but damn those things are expensive.

user15026

@agent86 If people are in my co-op, are they then friends I can send those seeds to?

agent86

I need one more copper to get my current stamp, and so far, despite the best effort of my people and Ashley's disposable ones, no copper has been found in the mine.

Yuki

@SaintWacko They knew the Earth was round in the 15th century.

In fact, they knew the Earth was round long before the 15th century.

agent86

7:28 PM

@AshleyNunn I don't know, I think we should be able to find out now.

SaintWacko

@Yuki Shhhhh

user15026

@agent86 Yay! Let me know if you get to sciencing that, I can't check rightnow

Yuki

Columbus just disagreed on how big the Earth was. And he was lucky the Americas were there or he'd have died trying to get to India.

agent86

@Coronus in case you want to friend me on the facebooks - facebook.com/maxwell.smith.71465

I'm not sure what you can do with co-op friends vs. facebook friends

Yuki

The reason why everyone refused to finance Columbus's expedition was because they all knew he did the math wrong. He thought the Earth was much smaller than it really is and he wouldn't have to travel far to get to India. He lucked out when he found North and South America.

So, on Columbus Day, we are actually celebrating the incredible luck of a math illiterate. Which, disturbingly enough, is somewhat appropriate for America.

3

> Columbus' ideas in this regard were based on three factors: his low estimate of the size of the Earth, his high estimate of the size of the Eurasian landmass, and his belief that Japan and other inhabited islands lay far to the east of the coast of China. In all three of these issues, Columbus was both wrong and at odds with the scholarly consensus of his day.

Sterno

7:36 PM

The amount of America-bashing that happens in here always amuses me.

Yuki

@Sterno Not so much bashing America as I am bashing our unadulterated adoration for Christopher Columbus.

Sterno

Who are you referring to when you say "our"? Because most people don't give a damn beyond "Hey, maybe I have today off work/school/whatever!"

SaintWacko

►

Origami Robot

@Sterno I don't and therefore I give zero shits about Columbus.

Wipqozn

I was always under the impression that most people just thought columbus was "that guy who proved the earth wasn't flat and discovered america".

and didn't know or care about anything else with regards to him.

Even fi the first half of that statement is just wrong.

And the second half is wrong to some degree, depending on what the person understand it to mean.

Sterno

7:40 PM

I mean, hell, we celebrate birthdays, and there is absolutely no accomplishment associated with those other than managing not to die for another year.

Wipqozn

THat is to say the vikings did it first.

Vikings are pretty cool. They fly around on dragons and shit.

At least that's what How to Train Your Dragon taught me!

Also fun fact: Vikings never had horns on their helmets. That misconception was due to them damn poets and writers and their artistic liberty!

Sterno

I was so disappointed when I found out that there wasn't actually a bottomless pit in Sparta.

Yuki

@Wipqozn Nope, people knew the Earth was round since ancient Greece.

user15026

@Wipqozn well, that and finding drinking horns near helmets and going "oh well that must have been two parts of the same whole"

Yuki

@Wipqozn There are some arguments that the Chinese did it first, but that theory's somewhat controversial.

Kevin van der Velden

7:44 PM

Another fun history fact: Iron maidens were probably never ever used as torture devices, they were probably pieced together to make something interesting for a museum

I think we can all agree that the native americans discovered america first

Wipqozn

@Yuki pfft, you would say the chinese did it first! I'M ONTOYOUR GAMES!

Also, I'm pretty sure Canadians were the first to discover North America. Also Europe. Also the Moon.

badp

ONCE YOU START LOOKING AT THE ALBUM, NOT STOPPING IS MANDATORY

Origami Robot

@KevinvanderVelden I bet I could find someone who thinks Adam discovered America.

Kevin van der Velden

@OrigamiRobot I do believe there are plenty of religious idiots

So I'm sure you could

Yuki

@Wipqozn I did qualify that the theory was controversial.

Wipqozn

7:48 PM

@Yuki and I just qualified it with your face.

Also historty is awesome. Just saying.

@KevinvanderVelden Nah man.

Yuki

@Wipqozn History, even.

Wipqozn

You obviously hacked my internet by using the heartbleed virus to change my message.

Sterno

Double blood shards is such a lame, lame bounty bonus

Kevin van der Velden

@Wipqozn history proves you wrong

Sterno

@KevinvanderVelden Does it count as discovering something if you START there?

Kevin van der Velden

7:50 PM

@Sterno yes

Wipqozn

@KevinvanderVelden HEARTBLEED

@Sterno I thought the theory was that they migrated there from Russia.

And by "thoguht" I mean I'm pointing out that you are TECHNICALLY INCORRECT!

Sterno

@Wipqozn I'm technically absolutely fine since all I did was ask a question!

Origami Robot

@Wipqozn In which case they weren't native

Sterno

@Wipqozn causes typos.

2

Wipqozn

@Sterno YOU IMPLIED SOMETHING

@OrigamiRobot True!

Sterno

7:52 PM

@Wipqozn I IMPLIED YOUR FACE

Wipqozn

We should start calling them Immigrant Americans.

I'm sure that won't cause any controversy.

It just occurred to me this is probably why they're now referred to as First Nations People.

remember when First Nations People were referred to as Indians because Christopher Columbus thought he discovered a new path to India?

SaintWacko

@Sterno I've seen this tip, but I have never seen one of the special highlights it talks about

spugsley

HI CHAT HI CHAT HI CHAT

user15026

@spugsley HELLO HELLO HELLO

Origami Robot

Everyone be still! Her vision is based on movement.

3

spugsley

7:59 PM

D:

badp

Humble Weekly Bundle buyers beware: the OST for Cave Story+ only has the (awesome) "original" tracks, unnumbered and without tags.

spugsley

seriously, where is everyone?!?!??!

Sterno

@spugsley spugly pls

2

badp

@OrigamiRobot spugsley is a feline: data accepted.

spugsley

@badp NO I AM A MONSTER

Kevin van der Velden

8:02 PM

@badp NO, she is a T-Rex!

badp

@KevinvanderVelden A feline t-rex is probably a monster.

Under this theory, she purrs and sleeps and claws robots to until they almost stop moving, then waits for them to recover only to smash them some more.

Humans feed her and give her comfy places to sleep in, though, so she's cool with those.

WIN-WIN

spugsley

I LOVE BEING A FELINE T-REX

@Yuki I've taken on this form now, so adjust your worship accordingly

badp

whose turn is it for the tummy scratch?

spugsley

@badp touch my belly and die

4

badp

nonsense. Felines love tummy scratches.

also they can't taste sweet things.

Chippies

8:06 PM

@badp they do, but will never admit it.

Origami Robot

@Chippies My cat asks for belly rubs.

Chippies

@OrigamiRobot and then scratches your face off when you do it, until you stop, so it can ask for more

Origami Robot

@Chippies Nope, he just falls asleep.

Chippies

your cat is broken

fredley

Bronn (no spoilers)

Origami Robot

8:09 PM

I'm ok with it.

Coronus

@OrigamiRobot Mine asks for belly rubs when she wakes up. Any other time is an invitation to bite your hand off.

Lazers

0

Q: Why am i getting "Cant reach server" and "end of stream" with my Tekkit server?

My Tekkit server was working fine up until about a week ago when Mojang went through it's problems with their login servers. They said that their problems were fixed, but none of our server's users can connect. In the Minecraft multiplayer screen, it shows "Can't reach server" underneath the se...

minecraft minecraft-server minecraft-tekkit

0

Q: If the side that I played loses, will I still get the reward?

Playing an operation mission I sided with the Grineer, but seems after all Corpus are about to win. Grineer are the invaders, the status is 1.7% If at the end Grineer loses, will I still get the battle pay prize?

warframe

Fluttershy

@BenBrocka Can you hit level cap in True Vault Hunter Mode?

agent86

@AshleyNunn, you can visit and friendship fertilize folks in your co-op who aren't in your facebook friends. You have to tap the sign to see them, and then you can visit their farms. The "friends" question answer has been updated to reflect this info.

Origami Robot

@agent86 I don't want to know what "friendship fertilize" means...

3ventic

8:22 PM

Review dropdown menu Chrome/Opera extension, source code thingy

agent86

@Fluttershy sure, I don't see why not, really. I don't know if the new "challenge pack" level cap increase causes scaling in TVHM to match, but you could always grind low XP monsters.

3ventic

In case someone's interested

agent86

@OrigamiRobot you know you want to come join in on this hot plowing action. I've got some corn for you.

user15026

@agent86 <3

Origami Robot

@agent86 What if I don't want to be plowed or rubbed?

7

agent86

8:24 PM

@OrigamiRobot what kind of monster are you?

Origami Robot

@agent86 I'm just shy :(

agent86

@OrigamiRobot you can watch if you want.

my goat is pretty happy. you can just watch his head bob up and down

Sterno

This is getting weird.

Wipqozn

Princess Luna is best Princess

Lazers

8:44 PM

0

Q: EA season ticket how to transfer madden 25 on ps4

Is it possible to do this? I have ps4 with madden 25 and the season pass attached to my psn account. However I don't seem to be able to get the benefits on the ps4. I heard mixed things that it works/some things work on next gen with the season pass.

ps3 psn ps4 madden ea

Blem

@Lazers It is EA, so my guess is you are screwed!

GnomeSlice

spacejade.com

ooooo

badp

9:00 PM

I want to like either of the current humble bundles but can't

GnomeSlice

@badp wat

user15026

Oh?

GnomeSlice

The humble weekly is amazing

badp

@GnomeSlice perhaps as a gift

GnomeSlice

Dustforce. Thomas was Alone. Reus. VVVVVV. Cave Story+. Limbo. Teslagrad.

Blem

9:03 PM

@badp The room two and Carcassonne are both great

GnomeSlice

Carcassonne is tempting me muchly.

Bag-it would also be nice to have on my tablet.

I got it in an indiegala bundle a while ago but the apk never worked >_>

user15026

I already have most of the mobile bundle that I would want

GnomeSlice

Speaking of android games

New type of @ikoid deal where they have a single game with a big discount - Highlight #1 Daggervale https://ikoid.com/deal/highlight-1-daggervale #Android #Gaming

Tweeted by CrisR82 on April 23, 2014 at 11:54 PM

ikoid is doing single game features now. Neat.

Now they just need to start picking better games.

and also, and also

Braveland - a turn-based strategy game now available on Android. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tortugateam.braveland.v2 and Windows Phone http://www.windowsphone.com/s?appid=0f1a1307-d92c-4412-bf3e-3462dd9cde92

Tweeted by TortugaTeam on April 23, 2014 at 8:33 PM

SaintWacko

@GnomeSlice that looks like fun

GnomeSlice

And it has zero IAPs.

3ventic

9:10 PM

lol'd @ flag

Doorknob

So another Bridge Flag Party? :D

Braiam

...

badp

I ALWAYS MISS THE FUN

Braiam

@Lazers wait, that Q has 5 tags!?!?!?!

Fun is afraid of you, @badp!

badp

@Braiam Fun is mandatory

SaintWacko

9:21 PM

This is quite interesting

user15026

I am reading M.SE for fun and entertainment because I am out of things to do at work.

SaintWacko

It didn't do a very good job profiling me, but I don't use Facebook much

Origami Robot

> Login with Facebook

I can't tell if it is being intentionally humorous with that.

Lazers

0

Q: becoming vampire,but which purity one?

I don't know which purity it is,but all I know is that I only did purity of revenge.When do you do it?What number of the companion's quests is it?I am new,but my friend did it though.I want to know.

skyrim

user15026

@SaintWacko Doesn't work here

2

SaintWacko

9:23 PM

@OrigamiRobot I was a little hesitant about that, too, but it's just the easiest way for it to get pointed to your public profile

Unionhawk

Random star is random

Coronus

> We know what makes you tick: Insufficient Data

SaintWacko

@Coronus Haha

You must use Facebook even less than I do

Coronus

I only signed up because I needed to be a backup admin for my company's account.

SaintWacko

@Coronus Yeah, that would do it

user15026

9:33 PM

Man, LoL announcers get REALLY into the games.

3ventic

It's their job and they seem good at it.

(Humble bundle related:) Thomas was alone and Element4l were really fun to play

Lazers

9:55 PM

0

Q: How do I move a peaceful monster out of the way that's being just a bit too heroic?

So, I got to the last level of Sokoban, and then this happened: That dwarf in the doorway is friendly, and it's great that he's trying to be a hero for me and all, but now I'm kind of just stuck here. The enemies won't attack the dwarf, and the dwarf won't attack them. If it was a pet, I woul...

nethack

0

Q: EDF 2025 - Max number of crates on field?

In Earth Defense Force 2017 there was a maximum number of crates that could be on the field at any one time (to guard against the machine running out of resources). I am wondering what is the maximum number of crates that can be on the field at any one time in EDF 2025, since they are not sprites...

earth-defense-force earth-defense-force-2025

Frank

I need a good 4X to play.

Lazers

0

Q: Bf3 Freezes During Loading Screen?

Whenever I try to join a game, campaign, or co-op I sometimes click the BF3 Icon thing and it looks normal but after a short period of time it freezes. If I dont click on it, it will just do the same thing. The screen will go white for both ways after a period of time. I just finished installing ...

pc battlefield-3

RedRiderX

10:12 PM

@Frank Age of Wonders III?

badp

@Frank Extend Exterminate Exhaust Exhale?

Frank

@RedRiderX Not a 4X. At least, not in the conventional sense.

RedRiderX

@Frank Yeah I guess

But if you're willing to go off the deep end with unconventional there is The Last Federation.

It seems a bit like building an empire from the shadows

Frank

@RedRiderX I looked at that. The ship designer looks way too simplistic.

And the combat is way too busy.

RedRiderX

Travel into the future and hope Beyond Earth is good?

Frank

10:17 PM

@RedRiderX I am quite hopeful for it, yes.

It still doesn't really scratch the 4X itch, though.

RedRiderX

Really?

Frank

It's still Civ.

Just not on Earth.

RedRiderX

How does that not scratch the 4X itch?

Civ is literally the description of a 4X

Frank

@RedRiderX No spaceships. No other planets.

Limited tech trees.

RedRiderX

Ah true

Frank

10:19 PM

Not that I don't appreciate the suggestions.

RedRiderX

Yeah not many space 4x stuff recently.

Other then that last one that came out

Can't remember the name.

store.steampowered.com/sub/28756

Endless Space

That's the one

Oh wait that's 2 years old now

Wow

Frank

@RedRiderX It's quite pretty, but it's ship designer also leaves quite a bit to be desired.

And combat is a straight rock-paper-scissors deal.

Just like Gal Civ.

Lazers

0

Q: Can I see which Jecht Spheres I've already collected?

I'm playing FFX HD, and currently going back to collect Jecht Spheres. I've obviously missed one somewhere as I don't have the trophy or Auron's final overdrive, but looking at a guide I'm not sure which one. Is there a way to see which Jecht Spheres I've already collected, so I can more easily ...

final-fantasy-10

Fluttershy

@Frank Civ V?

RedRiderX

I'm not sure there is a 4x with a good unit designer.

Frank

10:23 PM

4 mins ago, by Frank

@RedRiderX No spaceships. No other planets.

RedRiderX

4X is birds-eye-view in a way that doesn't lend itself to specific unit design

Fluttershy

@Frank That doesn't mean it's not a 4X game. <_<

Frank

@RedRiderX The best I've found is Space Empires V.

And has, quite honestly, ruined me for any lower level of ship design.

GnomeSlice

store.steampowered.com/app/269570

huh

@Fluttershy Darkwood is on Steeeeeam

RedRiderX

@GnomeSlice So... you're buying access to some videos?

Or is a kind of program?

GnomeSlice

10:27 PM

@RedRiderX That's what it seems like, but idk.

Fluttershy

@GnomeSlice I saw! But it's neither purchasable, nor playable. So... :(

GnomeSlice

Paid video tutorials are not unheard of.

@Fluttershy I backed that shit

It's coming "soon".

RedRiderX

@GnomeSlice Well yeah

Sites like Lynda.com have been a thing for a while

Coronus

@RedRiderX I think it's the tutorials with the assets.

RedRiderX

Ah okay

Interesting.

Frank

10:31 PM

We've been getting a few D3, "What do I reroll on this weapon, and into what?" questions lately.

Coronus

@GnomeSlice I've been meaning to check it out when I had free time. I haven't had much of that lately.

GnomeSlice

@Coronus Which thing?

Frank

I propose we dupe them all to this:

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Q: How do I determine the true DPS increase?

I've been looking to upgrade my gear slowly, starting with my weapon. I've been looking at AH but I'm a bit uncertain as to how I should read out the differeces in DPS. The following SS show a Manticore that has higher stats than my current. I can't really imagine that my current Manticore is t...

diablo-3

And bounty it for a good answer that takes all affixes into account.

Currently, we have several questions scattered around that take on different aspects of this.

Or perhaps ask a brand new question that asks, "How does each weapon affix affect my DPS?"

Coronus

@GnomeSlice The tutorial thing. I only wonder if we might be better off watching video series on Youtube. But hey, what's a few dollars?

GnomeSlice

@Coronus Is it on Youtube too?

Coronus

10:38 PM

Sorry, I meant others' video series. I've come across some that looked like I wanted to watch them, but... free time. sigh

RedRiderX

How do I make these notifications go away?

Coronus

Swipe them right.

RedRiderX

Whoops

Wait

ugh mobile

@Coronus That doesn't work for the chrome ones

Coronus

Oh, then they must be one of those "Ongoing" notifications. Not sure those can be removed while the app has them there.

RedRiderX

These ones

Hang on

user15026

10:42 PM

@RedRiderX Image not found, 404's on click

RedRiderX

Ah forget the screen shot

I shut down chrome

user15026

Did that work

RedRiderX

Nope

So weird

SaintWacko

@Frank I should get this

Frank

@SaintWacko If you do, I'd be interested in starting up an Arqade PBEM game.

It's multiplayer system is somewhat antiquated.

SaintWacko

10:46 PM

@Frank Alright. Are you looking for turn based or realtime?

Endless Space is a kinda cool turn based

Frank

@SaintWacko Turn-based preferably.

SaintWacko

Sins of a Solar Empire is a really great real-time

Frank

25 mins ago, by Frank

And combat is a straight rock-paper-scissors deal.

There's no real tactics in Endless Space.

SaintWacko

@Frank Yeah, that is a problem with it

Right

Frank

SE V was done by a single guy.

And I have bloody clue how he got it so right.

SaintWacko

10:48 PM

SoaSE is really fun, although there's not much in the way of ship designing

Frank

His graphics leave something to be desired, but he's got more or less everything else right.

Including infinite tech trees.

SaintWacko

@Frank Ooh, how does that work?

Also, more RTS than 4x, but any of the Homeworld games are fun

Frank

@SaintWacko Uses a formula to determine upgrade effectiveness.

And hard-codes points where techs unlock new ones.

SaintWacko

@Frank Hm, interesting

Ha, though so. SE V has been on my wishlist for a while

Frank

@SaintWacko Did I mention that you can create AI profiles to determine how it should act in battle?

So carriers can hang back, but not too far so that the fighters can get to the battle, and any non-combatants can develop a severe allergy to weapons fire.

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