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2:00 PM
screw hashtags....we have slash tags
 
@BenBrocka makes sense, but then there's also separate pre-order bonuses for different retailers
 
@Chippies No point crying about that - you'll never be able to get all of them anyway
 
@Chippies And until gamers as a whole realize the psychology going into it isn't in their best interests, it will continue to be.
 
@Chippies I hate those to death, but never bother
 
@PrivatePansy sure, as soon as the game is cracked usually
 
2:01 PM
@PrivatePansy of course, but one retailer might have something you'd want rather than the other one
 
@Chippies actually, steam from a teapot might just work...
 
there's usually just some awful, balance breaking gun you get for buying Gamestop or something
 
I hate balance breaking dlc's
 
And LBP actually has the best preorder bonus on amazon (costumes that are available for purchase separate anyway)
 
like "unlock everything as soon as you begin the game"
 
2:01 PM
Sometimes I have to type in all caps for work. During this time, I will be typing in all caps everywhere. The reason I don't switch between windows has nothing to do with my ability to hit the caps lock key or the effort required to do so. It has everything to do with the fact that if for any reason I forget to toggle my caps lock to the correct state for whatever I'm doing, I have to redo all my work. I could get well into whatever I'm typing before I realize this and could potentially have to retype a ton of stuff. I am one of those people who looks at their keyboard while they type, and
 
@Chippies I think every single Dead Space has had them, Dishonored too
 
like wtf am I gonna play the game for if I have everything unlocked?
 
not that bad, but you geat weapons/equips way before you should have basically anything
Dead Space should never start with anything but the plasma cutter
 
@OrigamiRobot Holy moses, that must've taken a while...
 
@RPiAwesomeness NAH, I HAVE COPY/PASTE BOUND TO MY MOUSE
 
2:03 PM
lol, nice
 
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Q: How close can villagers move to your house?

Nathan SabrukaMy house sits 5 spaces away from a cliff (meaning I could make a horizontal line of 5 flowers between my house and the cliff, for example). Knowing that a villager's house has a width of 3 (size is 3x3), can a villager move in between my house and the cliff?

 
Question, I've got a contest and the category is Ordinary. Anyone have any ideas of ordinary things that I could take a picture of?
 
@RPiAwesomeness what kind of contest is it?
 
Sorry, photography
 
ah
 
2:05 PM
@RPiAwesomeness GRASS
 
Interesting....might be worth a shot (no pun intended).
 
a boiling kettle would look cool (since you were already trying to get steam)
bonus points if you have a kettle that boils on the stove
 
@RPiAwesomeness water
 
@Chippies And that's the only kind we have.
 
@RPiAwesomeness that seems quite ordinary
 
FAE
2:07 PM
@BenBrocka oooh, it's good I take it?
 
@fredley That's just it, water can be done in so many ways. Any specific manners?
 
an ordinary item doing ordinary things
 
@Chippies ARE THERE OTHER KINDS?
 
@RPiAwesomeness Take a mundane task like washing the dishes. Slap on a crazy macro lens. Take crazy macro photos.
 
@OrigamiRobot electric ones?
 
FAE
2:07 PM
@RPiAwesomeness pencils
 
lol. Uno problemo. We no haz crazy macro lens
 
seem to be way more popular nowadays than the stove kettles
 
@FAE Very good. Platforming sections are great, looks beautiful and controls/UI are prefect
 
@RPiAwesomeness Turn your lens around, you can get crazy results that way
 
I GUESS I JUST WOULDN'T CALL THOSE KETTLES
 
2:08 PM
Que?
 
FAE
@BenBrocka Sweet! What platform's it coming to? PS4/Vita I assume?
 
@Chippies I know one person with a stove kettle, everybody else has normal (read: electric) kettles.
 
How on earth would I turn my lens around?
 
@OrigamiRobot what would you call them?
 
2:08 PM
@FAE yeah cross buy/save I think
 
I DON'T KNOW, NOT KETTLES
 
So, I hear that Crytek US just shut down all operations today... not sure if Crytek UK is following suit or not.
 
@fredley if you have an electric stove, it seems silly and wasteful to have a stove kettle
 
I only have access to the PS4 version right now
 
FAE
@BenBrocka Oh sweet.
 
2:09 PM
@Powerlord I think Crytek UK got bought out by Deep Silver
But wow. That didn't take long. Company gets into trouble, and that's all she wrote.
 
@Frank not entirely
 
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Q: GBA4IOS Won't Install?

UnknownGnomeI've been trying to install GBA4IOS 2.0 on an iPhone 4 with IOS 7. When I click on the download link, a message comes up that I couldn't connect to the website."Cannot connect to gba4ios.angelxwind.net"

 
Homefront was bought and I think they're poaching staff
 
@Frank Oh right, apparently everyone working on the next Homefront game were transferred to Deep Silver.
 
Wait, what happened to Crytek?
 
2:10 PM
but I don't think it's officially gone unless that changed in the last 24 hours
 
@fredley Well, problem, photos have to be mailed before or by tomorrow. :P I found out about the contest pretty darn late.
 
@Ullallulloo "they're idiots" happened
 
FAE
@RPiAwesomeness a desk
 
Took too many projects, failed to pay UK employees for months, Deep Silver bought Homefront
 
Don't have one that I know of :(
 
2:11 PM
They were on track to become THQ but Deep Silver probably bought 'em a year or so
 
CONSIDERING I JUST USE A POT WHEN I NEED TO BOIL WATER FOR ANYTHING, I NEVER HAD TO THINK OF WHAT TO CALL THEM
 
@fredley Though I will definitely remember that, sounds interesting.
 
BUT WHEN I HEAR THE WORD KETTLE, I THINK OF THIS
 
FAE
@RPiAwesomeness Uh... a chair? Windows?
 
2:12 PM
@OrigamiRobot that's what I'd call a stove kettle
 
Whoa...fancy tea-pot alert.
 
fancy electric kettle
 
Great, I bought two replacement keys for my laptop for $10 apiece, and then they send me an email asking if I want to buy extra hinges for $2 each. All I needed was the hinges. :(
 
@Chippies that's what the brits use.
 
Crytek Germany is still around (they're the parent company of the other two)... make me wonder what will happen to them though
 
2:14 PM
OH, I THOUGHT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS STYLE
 
@OrigamiRobot what the eff is that thing?
 
IT BOILS WATER
 
@RPiAwesomeness Nope, what we use typically looks more like this:
@OrigamiRobot That's a juicer
 
@Chippies @OrigamiRobot Agreed...it's like an auto-dog-food-dispenser married a Keurig and fornicated....
 
FAE
@fredley Yeah, we have those here too.
 
2:15 PM
Yes, there are many ways to boil water. Do we really need pictures of all of them? :P
 
@Chippies that's a fancy thing that boils the water when you press the button
 
@Frank YES.
 
@fredley ah
 
i.e. you press the button and get hot water out, no waiting
 
@KevinvanderVelden seems a bit excessive
 
2:16 PM
@OrigamiRobot Looks like a weird Japanese portable toilet.
2
 
@RPiAwesomeness At least, that's what it looks like to me
 
@fredley those are the proper ones
 
doubt it's used in regular people homes
 
@fredley Alfred told me I was needed
 
Well, @TrentHawkins needs to get into the game, then.
 
2:16 PM
@Chippies THAT'S THE ONLY KIND I'VE EVER SEEN
 
@Batophobia Hey! Been playing click-craft! What do you do with villagers?
 
@OrigamiRobot STOP HANGING OUT WITH THE RICH PEOPLE!
 
@Batophobia Might wanna read the transcript around there
@RPiAwesomeness Give them tools
 
user15026
@frank at some point some friends and I had what amounted to a three hour Tumblr and irc discussion about stove kettles, electric kettles and boiling water in the microwave.
 
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Q: Do I get a refund for parts that land on rails?

MołotIn the career mode, we have to take care about cash now. It means we need to reclaim as much as feasible. I fly high, it's easy. But it also means that when I jettison unneeded parts, they soon get far away that they gets put "on rails". Too deep in atmosphere, and they are gone. Do I still get ...

 
@fredley I figured that, but how do I do that?
 
@fredley No it's not
 
@AshleyNunn Boiling water in a microwave sounds like a shortcut to scalding
 
@Ullallulloo lol, it's kinda a small game, doubt I would get any answers
 
1 min ago, by fredley
@RPiAwesomeness At least, that's what it looks like to me
 
2:18 PM
@fredley you're probably thinking of the whole thing where the water seems like it's notboiling and then you move the glass and it explodes everywhere
 
FAE
@AshleyNunn I'm about to go outside in a bit and sit on my balcony in the sun and paint my nails! I'll send you pics of the results when I'm done!
 
You mean you guys have never seen a kettle like that before?
 
that only happens with pure water
which you'll never get out of tap
 
@Chippies Yeah, or you accidentally overmicrowave it to neutron-star hotness
 
user15026
@fredley it scares me because not only is the water hot but like there is no safe way to extricate the vessel either because it is also so hot
 
2:18 PM
@RPiAwesomeness I'm currently refreshing the homepage, start asking!
 
@AshleyNunn This also
Basically microwave worst water heater
 
@fredley well, as long as you're nearby, you'd see the water boiling
 
@RPiAwesomeness Click a tool like you are going to add it to the crafting table, then click the villager to give it to
 
I only reheat tea in microwave
 
@Chippies Not through the encrusted microwave door
 
FAE
2:19 PM
@fredley kind of ironic, considering how microwaves work
@Chippies oh god, why would you reheat tea?
 
@FAE Yeah
 
user15026
@FAE ooh yes. When I get out of bed I will take a picture of my sparkly nails for you. Norbert was all mesmerized by them catching the light last night
 
@Chippies Philistine
 
@FAE because I forget it exists and then I remember and it's cold
 
@Chippies yeah, unless the water doesn't start boiling and starts superheating
 
2:20 PM
@fredley You might want to clean that?
 
@Ullallulloo Nah, it's like granite
 
@Chippies INORITE? WHO HAS $50 TO SPEND ON SOMETHING THAT ONLY MAKES HOT WATER?
 
user15026
@origami where are you spending your money that they cost that much?
 
@OrigamiRobot 50$ seems a lot for an electric kettle when you can get a regular one for ~20$ or less
 
@AshleyNunn a fancy one
 
user15026
2:21 PM
I got my last electric kettle for like.... $15
 
@AshleyNunn he's talking about that super fancy non-kettle kettle
 
@Chippies Shitty kettles are bad though, worth spending a little over the minimum to get one that's not shitty
 
@Chippies OR I CAN JUST USE THE POT THAT I ALREADY HAVE
 
Shitty kettles take ages, are hard to clean, and bad ones have insecure lids/leak when you pour
(I'm talking £5 range here)
 
@OrigamiRobot I'd imagine it uses less electricity to boil water in electric pot than it does to heat up the stove to heat up your kettle to boil the water
 
2:22 PM
@fredley They can also burn your house down.
 
user15026
@fredley I learned that the hard way when I got scalded by a leaky kettle.
 
BOOM! LOOK HOW FANCY I AM!
 
@fredley if it's cheap, you don't clean the kettle, you throw it out and get a new one
 
@Chippies It's also much faster. In Brengland, it's customary to boil water in a kettle, then add to stove (if you're making pasta for example) because it's so much faster
 
2:23 PM
@OrigamiRobot also slow
 
@Chippies Yeah quite. TCOO is higher as a result >.<
 
as long as you only boil water, you don't need to clean it that often anyway
 
@Batophobia ah
 
whacks Microsoft Why did you remove all the useful information about the TFS Integration Platform.
 
I figured...
 
2:23 PM
I swear it used to have a list of which platforms you could import data from.
 
@Chippies Nope. You only boil water in them anyway. Cheap ones have an element that is a magnet for limescale
 
@fredley Yup, that's pretty common here too
 
@fredley @KevinvanderVelden Interesting ideas. The problem I have now is that I'm at the max size for cookies, so anything additional will either not be saved or require condensing the saved data
 
@KevinvanderVelden IF I WANT HOT WATER FASTER THAN THE MINUTE IT TAKES TO START BOILING, I'LL USE THE MICROWAVE.
 
@Batophobia localStorage!!
 
2:24 PM
@fredley probably. I've never had an expensive one, so I can't really compare
 
@Batophobia what fredley said
 
@Batophobia Or a database?
 
@fredley Don't have one of those, but definitely an option
 
@fredley nah, it's hosted on google docs. Database isn't an option really
 
So, I had a whole bunch of unsharpened Ticonderoga pencils, but apparently someone decided they could take them and hide them. One of the reasons being in a big family with four younger siblings is A PAIN!
 
FAE
2:25 PM
@fredley Wow, really?
 
@Batophobia You can get them for free: Speed warp runs on a free account
@FAE Yup. Boiling the kettle takes 30 seconds or so
 
-4
Q: Which abilities/summoner spells can be removed by using Cleanse or Quicksilver Sash?

CloudHow can I tell whether an ability or summoner spell can be removed using Cleanse or Quicksilver Sash? Is there a list of such abilities?

 
@KevinvanderVelden pls @bat
 
@fredley a full kettle? like, 1L? 2L?
 
Gosh, frickin. Dangit.
 
2:26 PM
@Chippies 1L
 
@fredley This is one of the best things I've ever seen
 
FAE
...one of the travel agencies here has really low offers to fly to Egypt right now. :|
 
@Batophobia 5quidhost are great
 
@fredley I think it takes like 2-3 minutes to boil a full 1L kettle with ours...
 
There are times I despise cookie blockers...you'd think that Chrome wouldn't block cookies on google drive, but nope...
 
2:27 PM
@FAE Which one? My gf is looking at flights to Egypt...
@Chippies De-limescale that sob
 
FAE
@fredley Hopefully not near Gaza. x_X And D-Reizen.nl
 
@RPiAwesomeness I've never had trouble with cookies being blocked, are you sure you're not using some extension that does that?
 
@Michel Seems to be a pretty objective question.
 
@FAE Nah, Cairo
 
@Chippies I was...but I was pretty sure I disabled it for google drive... :P
 
2:28 PM
@fredley I guess that would help :P Don't think I can with it though, it's a small kettle
 
time to script my way back :(
 
is there something you can throw in and it would dissolve the limescale?
 
@Chippies Yeah. Having a heftier kettle helps, esp one with a large flat-bottom style element
 
@fredley And now we wait
 
@Chippies pure white vinegar
 
2:29 PM
@FAE Where is "here" again?
 
@Batophobia pls to get the code on github while you wait :P
 
@fredley and you boil that?
 
@fredley Alright, alright
 
@Chippies Can do, depending on your fume tolerance
 
FAE
@Powerlord Netherlands
 
2:30 PM
@Batophobia What can you use chests for?
 
Now I just need to learn how to do version control
3
 
@fredley or would it be more efficient to just leave it overnight instead of boiling?
 
@RPiAwesomeness Nothing?
 
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Q: Do I have to write down contract rules on paper to ever get a real chance to fulfil them?

MołotTo get contract bonuses, one need to meet certain set of conditions. Is there any way to make a game remind / notify me, like: You are at proper altitude and speed to fulfil "Test Mk16 Parachute in flight over Kerbin" contract. Writing current contracts in real life notepad is really inconv...

 
kk...you can make them though
 
2:30 PM
@Chippies Leave it overnight
 
There is a trader in the Igloos but I don't remember what he asks for
 
cool, I'll have to try that sometime
 
@Batophobia It's not too hard for basic stuff (no branching)
 
@RPiAwesomeness You can make most everything up to cake, but not everything has a use yet.
 
2:31 PM
@Batophobia It scares me when people say things like that.
 
@Batophobia the workflow is basically (make changes) git add -A, git commit -m "I did this", git push
 
@Batophobia Do multiple furnaces do anything?
 
@Batophobia Yeah, I was never taught that, either.
So it's a fun thing to read up on.
 
2:33 PM
As a reminder, when you set up a source code repository... make sure its being backed up
 
@RPiAwesomeness ATM, no
 
kk...maybe it could make smelting faster up to a point?
 
Granted, DSCMs (Git or Mercurial for example) tend to have a complete copy of checked out branches on all clients.
 
@RPiAwesomeness Good idea. I have several as of now. Example: max number of item based on # of chests.
 
exactly
 
2:35 PM
Also, I have no idea what game we're talking about with furnaces.
 
I also was going to make it so the map did not display unless you had a map, but then found out map comes after cake
 
Also, is it scary that I've been at work for an hour and a half and have yet to open my IDE?
 
@Powerlord you should at least have it open in the background
 
@Powerlord If you've spent the time replying to emails and attending meetings instead, then congratulations! you've become management
 
2:36 PM
f you cookie blocker. f-ing f you.
 
@Rapitor Well, I kinda/sorta have an excuse... I'm currently looking into how to import a Bugzilla bug database into TFS.
 
I hate the fact that cookies are so needed for, like, everything
 
@Batophobia NEEDS A WAY TO SMELT MORE THAN ONE ORE AT ONCE.
 
@RPiAwesomeness You do understand what cookies are for, yes?
 
@OrigamiRobot Blacksmith Villager will smelt 1 ore for 1 ignot automatically
 
2:37 PM
@PrivatePansy Yes, I know
 
And also what cookies are
 
@PrivatePansy Cookies are for clicking, right?
 
Of course, they haven't actually given me access to the Java test TFS project, so I can't actually DO anything even if I do find a solution (a post on SO referred me to this for importing stuff from Bugzilla, but the list of things it can import magically disappeared from codeplex).
 
Yes, I understand. Then again, it depends on the type of cookie...
 
@Batophobia I DIDN'T EVEN GET ANY VILLAGERS
 
2:38 PM
@Batophobia I have random villagers, do they do anything? names like lekuzu and stuff
 
@OrigamiRobot First one costs 40? apples
 
@Batophobia I DIDN'T EVEN GET ANY APPLES
 
You've got the ones that are needed (login data + game stuff), the ones that are annoying (ads), the ones that are for clicking, and the ones for eating...nom nom
 
@Rapitor Aquire 10 of a single tool, give them that tool, then they will be trained with a job
@OrigamiRobot need an axe
 
@Batophobia what does that solve? faster rate?
 
2:39 PM
THAT'S DUMB. I NEVER MAKE AXES IN MINECRAFT
 
@RPiAwesomeness For removing ads, I suggest a combo of AdBlock Plus and Greasemonkey
@Rapitor As well as automation
 
@Batophobia I have both, and work great
 
@RPiAwesomeness cookies for eating are best cookies
 
@KevinvanderVelden Agreed
 
@RPiAwesomeness aren't you a bit paranoid with your ads?
 
2:40 PM
gathering is already automated when you get the tool. if i gave a village axes would he automate making planks?
 
I meant like the spying ad types
 
@Batophobia I'M SO USED TO ADBLOCK THAT IT'S JARRING WHEN I GO TO A PAGE ON SOMEONE ELSE'S MACHINE AND THERE ARE ADS EVERYWHERE
 
2 ad blockers and a cookie blocker? Isn't that a bit much?
 
@Rapitor yes
 
ok.
 
2:41 PM
@OrigamiRobot ikr
@Chippies Eh? No, I just have crappy internet so I don't want to have to load in a crap ton of junk I'm just going to ignore
 
@OrigamiRobot Same issue. Mine blocks Pandora ads, so when someone plays from their phone I'm always confused when an ad comes on
 
plus, it keeps my mom happier that I won't see bad things :P
 
@Chippies GreaseMonkey isn't an adblocker per se. It can be used to do so, on a per site basis, but it's not usually used for that in general. It also doesn't do very well as an Adblocker anyway
 
@Chippies Greasemonkey isn't really an Ad Blocker, it injects JavaScript
 
Morning, Bridge
 
2:42 PM
@SaintWacko Hi Dr. Nick
 
@OrigamiRobot Same here!
 
@Chippies No, just one adblocker (ad block plus) and no cookie blocker, I've just disabled them entirely.
 
@Batophobia I have this issue with Spotify
 
This is very distracting when trying to learn github
 
@Batophobia Do hoes do anything?
 
2:43 PM
@RPiAwesomeness is it worth the trouble?
 
@RPiAwesomeness Yes
 
@Chippies Mostly, yes. I have very few sites that I actually need cookies for and I just allow those
 
@Batophobia is dirt entirely useless like in actual minecraft?
 
@Rapitor Indeed
 
@Rapitor Scafolding...
@Batophobia Do adding multiple of a tool speed that process up? (eg. 3 pickaxes is faster than 1?)
 
2:46 PM
@RPiAwesomeness yes
 
KK
What about bows/arrows?
 
@RPiAwesomeness Special place on the map requires bow
 
@Rapitor What game?
 
I figured.
 
2:47 PM
I reiterate for the nth time: I hate Access.
 
@SaintWacko Click-craft
 
@Frank I didn't saw @StrixVaria edit =)
 
Access is a crime onto humanity
 
@badp Microsoft is crime onto humanity. Other than Xbox, Titanfall, and Halo
 
2:48 PM
Ahh I don't have enough monitors
 
@Michel Yeah, that happens sometimes.
 
I have Zero Punctuation playing on one
 
@RPiAwesomeness No.
 
And KSP on another
 
@PrivatePansy What comic is this?
 
2:48 PM
@badp And yet, it is prevalent throughout our systems.
 
@SaintWacko Well duh, you don't have infinite monitors do you?
 
Powerpoint is another good product of Microsoft's.
 
@RPiAwesomeness i disagree, not if you are a prgorammer C#is wodnerfull
 
Excel is good, also.
 
@Batophobia Heavenly Nostrils
Yes, that is the actual name
 
2:49 PM
Oh fudge me.
/me hides under a rock
 
@RPiAwesomeness simplified: microsoft game studios are exempt
 
The latest FUBAR is due to me updating the drivers an Access database uses to connect to SQL Server. These drivers are things old versions of Access do not like. So it went kerblooey.
 
Certain versions of Windows aren't bad.
(Usually every other major version)
 
actually good*
 
2:50 PM
@PrivatePansy No RSS feed makes Batophobia a sad user
 
(major version being there to exclude 8.1)
 
@Batophobia There is, it's just a bit hard to find
 
@Batophobia there's a RSS feed
 
@PrivatePansy In the Narnia equivalent of Atlantis?
 
2:51 PM
@Powerlord People really seem to enjoy their Vista Service Pack 3.
 
@Batophobia How do I change which item I'm putting in the crafting table?
 
Can't find where it's on the site but that's the one I'm using
 
@Batophobia I tried clicking on a tool and then a villager, but nothing happened...
 
@RPiAwesomeness do you have 10 tools?
 
2:52 PM
facepalm
 
@SaintWacko Click the one you want (note you need 10 of it)
 
That always catches me
 
@Batophobia Oh, right. Forgot about the 10 thing
 
I heard you can automate stick making?
 
@badp We called that version "Windows 7"
 
2:53 PM
@RPiAwesomeness 10 axes on a villager
 
Uh, nice name, guy...Zibepubo?
@KevinvanderVelden Danke
 
OK, person next cube over, if you're going to spend a lot of time scrolling through stuff on your smartphone, turn the damned click sound off.
 
@fredley Well I got to having a repository, but no files in it yet... github.com/Batophobia/ClickCraft
 
@Batophobia Awesome! Did you do the tutorial?
It walks you through setting up a repo and pushing it to github
 
Woo yeah! First villager automation!
 
2:56 PM
idk what villager to automate
 
Granted, github repos are public...
 
stick sounds most beneficial
 
@Rapitor builder first
For your own sanity
 
builder?
 
(unless you pay them a monthly fee, which lets you create private repos)
 
2:57 PM
@Rapitor Makes sticks and other stuff, give it 10 axes
You can then easily use the sticks he makes to make moar axes
 
@Powerlord thatsthejoke.gif
 
im guessing cobble axe would make him work faster?
 
@Batophobia Totally need a villager who will cook food
 
@Rapitor yeah
@RPiAwesomeness there is
 
2:59 PM
@badp No, the joke is that Service Pack 3 was released before Service Pack 2.
 
Oooo...
 
I think chef does that at least
 

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