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9:00 PM
JSON was one of those things I never, ever pronounced in my head properly - pretty sure I just said each letter individually. Then I went to a developer's conference and could not figure out why all the speakers were talking about me.
 
Heh
 
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@JasonBerkan laughs
 
@JasonBerkan I don't like it being pronounced like the name. I like J-san, like a Japanese person named "J" I guess.
 
@JasonBerkan We had a troublesome user at work named "Jason", so we had to think about it a bit when we heard reports of a Jason/JSON error
 
9:02 PM
Too bad that failed, that was a neat concept.
No idea how it would have turned out though.
augmented reality boardgame
 
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I tend to pronounce the name Jaysen and format Jay-sohn for that reason
 
I'm actually with @StrixVaria. I pronounce it with a short a and with the stress on the second syllable.
 
@JasonBerkan Oh no, the stress is still on the "J" when I say it.
 
Not a short a. I'm bad at phonetics.
 
@WorldEngineer People I work with do that too
 
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9:05 PM
@AshleyNunn I've seen Ubergoose of SDA play it a bit. It looks like a very good NES style platformer
 
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@GnomeSlice "I need to pee". This is the only reason you need.
 
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@WorldEngineer I keep thinking it might be something I like.
 
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@AshleyNunn It's a very simple game in regards to base controls
 
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jump and attack
 
9:09 PM
Which game?
 
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@GnomeSlice Shovel Knight
 
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@WorldEngineer That works for me, I like simple.
 
That's what I figured.
@AshleyNunn It's pretty difficult, from what I hear, and the checkpoints are frustratingly far apart.
 
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@GnomeSlice Like I said, NES style platformer
 
@MBraedley Currently, no
 
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9:12 PM
@GnomeSlice Yeah, I assumed that from the NES style part :)
 
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I like games like that though, even if they make me wanna throw stuff
 
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(I am weird like that)
 
@GnomeSlice It wont let me add you :/
@Frank Trials int he Sky?
 
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Q: Is there any auto mod installers for minecraft that WORK?

user83548I use everything i can to install mods for minecraft, like when i was using magic launcher i did as said but it said NOT FOUND and now I'm really upset I am just a person who wants to improver her minecraft. I know how to install Maps and texture packs but not MODS! Please help me!

 
@OrigamiRobot That's the one.
 
9:14 PM
hiya
 
@Frank Doneski
 
Grumble
 
@OrigamiRobot Is that your search word of the day?
 
I am attempting to make a solar power satellite
It is not going well
 
9:15 PM
@StrixVaria Nope, bed is fine.
@Frank No, that is always watermelon
 
When I attempt to unfold the arms, all the solar panels fall off >.<
 
I am home
 
Maybe it'll work better on my home computer
Where there's more computational power
 
@OrigamiRobot Then I have no idea what you mean by that.
 
FAE
@badp I'm really enjoying this game so far. The unlocks make so that even if you die, you still feel like you made some progress.
 
9:19 PM
@FAE What game? I like unlocks
 
FAE
@SaintWacko Crypt of the Necrodancer. It's a rogue-lite rhythm game, still in Early Access, now available on Steam.
 
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@FAE That sounds intriguing.
 
@Frank Done-ski
 
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@FAE ProfessorBroman over on Twitch plays that regularly
 
@OrigamiRobot Ah, OK. Thanks!
 
9:22 PM
@Batophobia Is there any way to automatically turn wood into planks?
 
FAE
@AshleyNunn I'm a big fan of rhythm games, so I've been waiting for it to be available on Steam for a while now. There's lots of youtube vids if you want to check out what the gameplay's like, and as @WorldEngineer, there's lots of people that stream it too.
 
I could really use some Children McNuggets
 
FAE
@WorldEngineer It's a lot of fun so far!
 
@MBraedley Villagers
 
@Batophobia I have those...
 
9:23 PM
Oh yea, can you give me a link to that now that i'm home?
 
Maze generation is broken atm, working on that now
@OrigamiRobot gdriv.es/clickcraft
@MBraedley Have you trained them?
 
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@FAE Wooo :) I will likely do that
 
@Batophobia I HAVE TO TRAIN THEM!?
 
you can give them 10 of a tool and they will begin working for you
 
@AshleyNunn I missed you asking this... I've played about 2/3 the way through the game.
It's weird because one of the hardest parts of the game I've played in the game is right near the beginning.
 
9:25 PM
ummm
how i craft for fish?
 
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Soundtrack is by Danny Baranowsky of Meatboy and Binding of Isaac fame
 
@Batophobia so, how does that allow me to automatically make wood into planks?
 
@MBraedley Give one of them 10 axes and they will be a builder
 
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@WorldEngineer This is relatively meaningless to me as I haven't really played either of thise
 
9:27 PM
2
Q: Can Gnar jump multiple times?

Ben CraigThe new champion Gnar has been released on PBE, and one of is skills is a jump. According to the champion page, Gnar jumps in a target direction and gains a moderate attack speed boost. If Gnar lands on a unit, he bounces, hopping again in the same direction. If Gnar hops onto an enemy un...

 
@MBraedley which makes planks among other things
 
FAE
@AshleyNunn He's one of my fave indie game composers.
 
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@AshleyNunn Chiptune with a certain edge to it
 
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He also did Canabalt's OST, the endless runner.
 
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I don't really pay much attention to the music in games.
 
9:28 PM
do multiple crafting tables do anything?
 
@OrigamiRobot Currently, no
 
Whelp, that was a waste...
 
FAE
It's hard, but very rewarding to play and get a little further in.
 
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@Wipqozn There is a band called Trampled by Turtles. (I discovered this today and it made me laugh)
 
@OrigamiRobot Eventually I'm thinking they might be used for remote bases in Adventure mode
 
9:30 PM
@AshleyNunn Nifty. I assume they're made up of turtles?
 
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@Wipqozn I would assume.
 
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Shovel Knight's soundtrack is very properly NES chiptunes
 
@murgatroid99 Updated the maze generation so every labyrinth can be solved
 
@WorldEngineer It can be played on an actual NES according to the download page.
 
0
Q: In Tomodachi Life, how can you make the apartments expand?

Mayer55How do you make the Mii apartments expand in Tomodachi life?

 
9:45 PM
@RonanForman Weird, I didn't think the NES supported pitch bending like Shovel Knight uses
 
FAE
@badp I just found what will kill you for missing a bit. If you hit a Shrine of Rhythm, it'll throw you to the next level and then if you miss a bit, you get instakilled.
 
oooooh. That explains it.
How long is a run through? I've seen people finish the game in ~5 minutes but I dunno how realistic that time estimate is when you're playing "just for fun"
 
@OrigamiRobot craft for fish?
 
FAE
@badp I'm assuming those are speedrunners who have played a lot and actually know all the enemy patterns. >_> There's 3 zones in release so far, at least 3 levels to a zone. I've not gotten all the way through Zone 1 yet. YMMV due to skill of course.
 
@FAE but how quickly are you getting killed in each run? I'm kinda concerned about length
 
9:55 PM
Random question: In 'A Dark Room', I have half a laser rifle... It takes up 3 spots in my bag. Is this just a sweet bug that lets me get away with carrying more, or is something clearly effed up?
 
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Q: Is Arqade an "asset location service"?

badpCan people looking for "assets" find help in their "location" on Arqade? I'm sorry for the amount of scare quotes here, but I cannot do justice to the "Arqade is not an asset location service" statement that has been floating around. The main supporter of this policy, Frank, does not wish to par...

 
FAE
@badp Kind of depends on your gameplay style. I fully explore each floor (sometimes until the end of the song... oops) so I get a good 10 minutes out of each run so far trying to beat the 3rd floor in zone 1, if I don't do something dumb on the first/second floors.
 
@CanadianLuke I haven't played the game, but could the 0.5 perhaps be weight of the item?
 
@SepiaLazers Really? Really? We're gonna go with passive aggressiveness, are we?
 
Bullets and Energy Cells are fractions of weight, but the gun usually weighs 5 units. It only took up 3 in my bag, and apparently, I can still fire it! I think i just found an awesome bug
 
9:59 PM
I expected more from our mods.
 
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@CanadianLuke Hey, if it works for you, don't push it :)
 
I think so! Awesome
 
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:D
 
@Frank What? I'm just doing my "job."
You said we haven't been sparking discussion on the topic. That is probably true. Here you are
 
Yeah, I have no issue with it happening. I have a massive issue with you portraying me as a whiny brat, due to me not automatically kowtowing to mod authority. — Frank 13 secs ago
'Nuff said
 
10:01 PM
@Frank You misspelled "mod abuse"
 
@Frank This is what happens when the person who discusses a policy change is not the person who agrees with the policy change.
You refused to discuss this and just started using this phrase.
 
Y'know, ever since Strix became a mod, I've been having never ending mod clashes.
 
Meta can work if it is done right and I am okay with deleting my question and my answer and start a proper thread anew if you promise me that you're going to start a new question about this.
 
I can't help but wonder if those two actions are related.
@badp How about let one of the mods who disagrees with me start the thread?
 
I am one of the mods who disagrees with you.
 
10:02 PM
Because you haven't really done much to make me want to actually discuss the issue.
 
I don't have to make you want have the discussion
We need to have this discussion
 
@badp And you couldn't come up with a better way to phrase that? Really?
 
If you don't want to take part in it, I am afraid we will have to make do without you
 
If there are problems, bring up the damn problems.
 
I cannot force your hand
This is the damn problem, Frank
This is it
 
10:03 PM
@AshleyNunn ThunderCastTV is my favorite NecroDance streamer! He's worth checking out.
 
Your attitude.
 
What you've done is automatically dismiss anything I bring up.
 
backs away slowly
 
No, Frank. What I've done is post what I think you've brought up and dismantled it.
I have not automatically done anything.
 
@badp So expecting respect from you mods is a lost cause, is it?
 
10:04 PM
We have been BEGGING you to have these discussions on the MERITS of our disagreements.
 
@badp I have zero issue with your answer.
 
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@Fluttershy Sweet! Thanks for the recommendation!
 
I have no idea why this has suddenly become a problem.
 
I have a TON of problems with your question.
 
It has, and it is a problem.
 
10:05 PM
Because the phrasing is absolutely stupid.
 
@Frank @Frank Very good. Are you going to ask a question about this? I'll delete my question, my answer, and we can start anew from a blank state.
 
@badp And, again, how is you portraying me as a whiny brat conduicive to respectful discussion?
 
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@Frank I am not sure how you are seeing that implication.
 
I am sorry, but I have done this at the best of my abilities.
I suppose my abilities aren't just that good in portaying opinions that have never been fleshed out, at least in my presence.
 
So my choices are: Ask the question myself, or have you ask it, and do it in a passive aggressive manner that is not conduicive to discussion?
How is that even a choice!?
 
10:08 PM
0
Q: Minecraft Forge keeps crashing?

Laricus RichI am trying to install the Mine & Blade:Battlegear 2 -Bullseye mod for Minecraft 1.7.10.I am using the Windows Installer version of Minecraft Forge 1.7.10 as well.I have installed Minecraft Forge succesfully.However,each time I launch Minecraft,after starting up.It crashes.After pressing the play...

 
Yes. Either way we must have a discussion, and I want to know if you are interested or not. If you are, you get to ask the question and show the argument in its true form so that we can discuss what you mean and not what I think you mean.
The important part here is that at the end of the day we must all be on the same page.
 
All you're telling me is that if I refuse to do something you tell me to do, you're going to turn it into character assassination.
 
If you are not, then perhaps somebody else who agrees with the stance will volunteer to ask the question in your stance
 
Ok, let's start this again.
 
because this is not about you, but about this issue AFAICT you have been championing.
 
10:10 PM
There has to be some middle ground here between me not agreeing with your stance, and your passive aggressive question.
Because neither is acceptable to the other.
 
I'll start going for this middle ground with a deletion
 
That would be appreciated.
 
The question and the answer are gone
Apparently, I debunked a point no one was making, and that's not useful.
 
Alright. So, yes, it is a discussion that needs to happen. I have no problems with that.
 
As a third party, would you like me to make the meta?
 
10:11 PM
@Batophobia I'm not sure it would help, unless you are familiar with the argument and what it really means.
If I've been barking up the wrong tree it doesn't automatically mean I'll be barking up the right tree.
I feel there is a kernel of truth here, but it is not quite in focus.
 
"How should we deal with questions asking where to find files and other resources?"
 
I can't quite make it out, but something is probably right about it not being our place for, say, locating or identifying, say, the fonts that a game uses.
I believe this is closer to what you meant?
 
I don't have enough time to really formulate my arguments in full, but I'll provide them in point form here.
 
@Batophobia I believe it's more about links in general than files, but apparently what I believe doesn't match what actually is the point
@Frank That would be brilliant
 
@badp You sound kind of steamed right now, I suggest taking a quick walk to the restroom or somewhere away from the room for a minute to calm down a bit
then again, I could be reading into the neutral characters on the screen
 
10:15 PM
I'll simply let Frank make his points, then we can ponder on them with calm and give them the time they deserve.
 
1) They tend to be link-only answers.
2) Turn it around a bit; they can easily be described as website recommendations.
3) The asset in question tends to be the essence of too localized.
I believe those are my main points. I will ponder while I'm out, see if there's anything more to my dislike of the question class.
 
Can you clarify a little what does "asset" mean here? I suppose it doesn't mean everything from "save file" to "object in game" to "build maker" to "wiki" to "soundtrack store"
 
@badp I mean questions falling into the category of, "I need file of type X"
 
Okay.
Thank you for your time. I appreciate it.
 
Now that the discussion has been sparked, at least a little, do we need the comment thread on the latest question?
 
10:18 PM
@Frank Do you feel it should be pruned? I can prune it if you'd like.
Okay, I've pruned the thread.
 
Fire applied
Bread not teleported.
 
And now, I must go see the postal service about a sword...
And then practice dancing. For four hours.
 
Palate cleanser
 
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Yo, do any of you play online poker?
 
10:28 PM
1
Q: Steam voice chat is not working

Shadow ZorgonMy friend has been with me and my other friends on Steam for a while. We would always hang out and talk with each other. But one day, his Steam group chat and VC stopped working. We went through the normal troubleshooting, but to no avail. He can enter the group chat, but it never registers as be...

 
@AshleyNunn No I do not.
Having trouble learning the ins and outs for work?
 
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Yes
 
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It is hard
 
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and really right now I just click buttons
 
What do you need to know about it?
 
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10:32 PM
how it works
 
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I just don't even
 
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like I am like herp derp derp herp
 
0
Q: What Badges don't you get in Picnic Difficulty?

Memor-XI read that i could change the difficulty while in town so when i went to confirm it, on selecting the difficulty option i got a notice. while telling me about the differences between the difficulties the last page talked about how "some" badges can't be obtained in Picnic. Now i've been playing...

 
@AshleyNunn Oh what level? How poker works (which I'm going to guess is hold 'em?) or what buttons do what? I can help with the former, not at all with the latter
 
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10:42 PM
@Ktash The former. (and yes, hold 'em)
 
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I keep intending to simple english wikipedia it
 
Do you know any variations of poker? (5 card is pretty common)
 
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@Ktash Kinda? Like I played a few times? but I barely remember how
 
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Like I nkow you want ot get certain cards in a bunch and some bunches are better than others
 
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but I forget who is better
 
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10:44 PM
and I don't get the whole like raising and stuff
 
There is the basic ranking of poker hands
 
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@Ktash Okay, cool, that helps
 
@Ktash Still don't understand why they always separate "Royal Flush" from "Straight Flush". They don't separate "Four Aces" and "Four of a Kind".
 
Now, hold 'em isn't usually that common in households, do you remember if you played 5 card draw or hold 'em? (it helps in explaining it)
 
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10:47 PM
@Ktash 5 card draw.
 
@StrixVaria its for the drama because its the highest hand, but you could call it Straight Flush, Ace high.
 
Alright, so in 5 card draw, you hold all of your hand in your... well, hand. Those are the only cards you can play with. In hold 'em, everyone gets 2 cards that are their own, and everyone shares 5 cards. You make a hand with the best set of 5 cards that you can, and that is how you are ranked
 
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@Ktash Okay, I think I kinda get that
 
For example, if you have a 2 and a 4 in your hand, but on the table is a royal flush, then everyone gets a royal flush, and everyone ties
 
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how do you break a tie?
 
10:49 PM
Highest other card in your hand.
 
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Okay, cool.
 
They just divide up the pot in a complete tie (if there are no tie breakers like high card)
 
So if you both have a pair of 10s, but you have an Ace and your opponent only has a Jack, you win.
 
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Oh, shiny.
 
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So what does it mean when I call/check/raise?
 
10:50 PM
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Q: What do the multiplied defense stats mean?

Enmos Proje The stats "Max Time Portal Held", "Max Time Link Maintained", and "Max Time Field Held" are pretty easy to understand but "Max Link Length x Days" and "Largest Field MUs x Days" are a little confusing. How are they calculated? If I had a link of 100 km up for 20 days would the "Max Link Lengt...

 
You keep going down, so if you both have an Ace, you go to the next-highest-card.
 
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(I feel so dumb)
 
@AshleyNunn Ever play Yahtzee?
 
Call = matching a previous bet. Check = don't bet (when no one else has bet before you in the round). Raise = Bet more on top of someone else's previous bet.
Fold = don't call, you give up the hand and any money you've put in the pot so far.
 
A call is when you call the previous bet. A check is when you wait to see what other bet. And a raise is when you raise the previous bet. You can never bet smaller than the largest current bet on the table for that round
There is a small blind and a big blind at the beginning of each hand, and it rotates
 
10:52 PM
@RedRiderX ikoid.com more local MP stuff
 
the small blind is half the minimum bet, and the big blind is the minimum bet
 
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@Ktash I don't quite understand
 
Basically, the "blinds" are forced bets on the first hand, when everyone just has their two cards
 
@GnomeSlice Carcassonne would be a big draw if I didn't already have it
 
It is a way to keep the money moving
 
10:53 PM
Hmm seems pretty good
 
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@Ktash ohhhh I see
 
@RedRiderX "Damn Little Town" looks pretty dope too
 
@AshleyNunn If the minimum bet is $10, then to start a hand, the person to the left of the dealer must bet $5, and the person to the left of him must "raise" to $10, automatically. You don't even go through the motions of betting; you just put that money forward at the start of the hand. It only happens on the first round of betting in the hand.
 
The other ones look meh
 
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@StrixVaria Just to get some money on the table?
 
10:54 PM
Thus the person 3 spots to the left of the dealer is the first one to actually act each hand.
 
@AshleyNunn Pretty much.
 
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Man you guys are so helpful
 
@AshleyNunn Yes. It's in lieu of "antes" in other types of poker.
 
A round of betting starts with the person to the left of the "dealer", and goes from there. Everyone has to either bet the current bet (the highest amount someone before has bet/raised) or fold. If no one has bet, they can check
 
Where everyone puts a set amount in the pot at the start of each hand.
 
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10:55 PM
Okay, this is making a lot more sense!
 
Once everyone has put in the same amount of money (or folded), then that round of betting is over
 
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I feel a lot more prepared for this stuff.
 
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And now it is soup and vegetable acquisition time! Yay!\
 
Cards are revealed between each round of betting. Blinds, bet, 3 cards revealed, bet, next card, bet, final card, bet, finish.
 
I assume this is Texas Hold Em?
 
10:56 PM
At that point, the dealer places cards on the table. The first time, the dealer puts 3 cards out. Then more betting. Then 1 more card. Then more betting. And the final card and final betting. And finally, everyone shows their hand to see who won
Unless, at some point in this process, one person is the only one left who hasn't folded, in which case, they win the pot
@OrigamiRobot Yes
 
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@Ktash We've not watched enough TNG to see much poker
 
@WorldEngineer They play poker in TNG?
 
@Ktash yeah, Data has that green visor thing
 
I love Texas Hold Em! :3
 
Do we need to go into side pots?
 
10:59 PM
Meh, I've never watched Star Trek.
 
looks like it's not green :S
 
@Fluttershy Typical
 
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They play a fair bit of poker in TNG
 
@RonanForman Those are hopefully relatively rare :/
 
11:02 PM
I learnt from Poker Night at the Inventory!
 
Basically, you can only win as much off everyone as you put in, so if you only had 1 chip and everyone goes all in you can only get 1 * number of players, the rest goes to the second best hand.
 
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Q: Minecraft - Commandblocks With No Name

EpicMinecartzBy Using Commandblocks, is there a way to /say without it outputting [CommandBlocks Name]/Say Command Basically Is there a way to get commandblocks to not have a name? Sot instead of [CommandBlocks Name]/Say Command It Would just be /Say Command

 
wow I just deleted my Yury save data
 
Oops!
 
11:13 PM
There was no confirmation. I was just trying to quit. The menu is awful, and laggy.
Ugh
 
I'M SO FANCY
Chicken, kale, and apple salad with homemade honey balsamic salad dressing
 
@spugsley that is fancy
 
@Ktash it's so fucking good. I did not think it would be so good
 
Kale tastes like dirt.
 
11:30 PM
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Q: Minecraft weird jumping glitch?

Problemcauser112So,guys, I have a big problem, whenever i go on my survival world i'll go up a mountain to go to my house and the mountain has a sheer drop off on the side where my house is, but however, there are some blocks that you can hop across and get to the top where my house is but for some odd reason, i...

 
> Any author who's trying to get on one of the national bestseller lists should insist to their publisher that their e-book be priced at $9.99 or lower.
 
I just all respect for the goodreads community.
cc @AshleyNunn
 
@Wipqozn Because one person on the site is a teenager?
 
11:46 PM
Most people, actually. And also because those books are popular and accessible
But of course, that's what you get if you ask the entire site for what's good - the lowest common denominator
You should add some friends and use that instead. You added me, right?
 
@PrivatePansy I think so.
Was just poking through.
My point was that 12,000 people voted for twilight as best book ever.
 
Really, I've read most of that list, and I liked most of what I read
 
gotta love them romance novels which portray abusive relationships as perfectly health
@murgatroid99 I was only talking about Twilight.
I don't mind most of the list, just twilight.
 
@Wipqozn No, they gave it a 5. You can hover over the score when you rate a book to see her scoring guidelines.
 
@Wipqozn I've gotten over the fact that people like that book. Actually, there's this great Authors at Google talk that covers why so many people like Twilight (or, specifically, Edward Cullen)
 
11:49 PM
I regularly books I read a five, even though I'd never consider them the best book evar
 
@PrivatePansy: Actually I don't think I have you as a friend
wait, yes I do
Yi Jiang
You've been @PrivatePansy for so long I forgot what you real name was.
 
@GnomeSlice I did it!
 
@Wipqozn Here it is: youtube.com/watch?v=p-A8GvUehq4. Warning, it's sexuality related so you might not want to watch it at work
 
@murgatroid99 Nifty
Might need to check it out
@OrigamiRobot yay!
I have no idea what you did.
I hope ti wasn't blow up a puppy orphanage or something.
 
Personally I use Goodread ratings to populate it's recommendation engine with data
 
11:55 PM
@Wipqozn I think one important thing to remember about Twilight is that it's not good as a novel, but it's also basically shitty softcore erotica, which skews people's preferences.
 
@murgatroid99 Oh I know why people like it
Doesn't make it any less upsetting though.
 
@Wipqozn I'm just saying that there's nothing really wrong with enjoying shitty erotica, even if it's also a shitty novel
 
In other enws, I need to shower and jump into bed, and read some more daughter of the empire.
 

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