The Bridge

ello

@AshleyNunn Condolences.

Why does Amazon default to making everything I order a gift?

Because then it can charge you extra?

@AshleyNunn bleh, my condolences as well :(

3:13 PM

Hmmm, it seems to have set my default address as my gifting address

And I can't choose another one as default

Unless I enter another address

Well, 16000 Pennsylvania Ave it is!

Drat, they need a phone number

Does anyone have Barack Obama's number?

Will they accept 911 as a phone number?

user15026

555-555-5555?

user15026

That's what tehy use in the movies!

Otherwise the ever common 0118 999 881 99 9119 7253

politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2015/jan/15/…

3:21 PM

Hmmm, no. This doesn't seem to work. Amazon, please stop trying to make me gift myself my books

@PrivatePansy What? You don't like books?

WHY DO YOU HATE FREEDOM

user15026

@PrivatePansy Even if you used another address? Like if you say, used mine as your "giftable" and then could set yours as your default?

No, apparently gift address and default shipping address are one and the same

user15026

Thats weird

I think that's the address which people use to send gifts to you

But that still doesn't explain why Amazon wants to make everything I buy a gift

Even when it's being sent to my default address

3:30 PM

Tax reasons?

I know that over here you don't have to pay our variant of VAT if it's a "gift"

Arperum

@AshleyNunn condolences from me.

Nope. Taxes for stuff shipped into Singapore is dead simple - as long as the declared value of the thing you're shipping does not exceed S$400, there's no tax

Huh

Otherwise it's a flat 7% goods and services tax, like everything else sold locally

Arperum

@KevinvanderVelden seriously? Wouldn't that result in everything ever being a gift? Like I buy food as a gift for myself.

3:31 PM

@Arperum yes, but that's illegal so =p

Also wait no I misread you

This is only when packages from outside the country get sent in

Omg I can't stop listening to Set Your Wheels on Fire

@KevinvanderVelden pretty sure the person purchasing said gift has to pay VAT

Arperum

@KevinvanderVelden ah, that makes stuff a bit more specific.

@Chippies well yes, but VAT from $country, not from the netherlands

@Chippies get Crash Drive 2 and lets play the tank battle mode some time

It's actually really fun

3:33 PM

@GnomeSlice is that on PC?

And hence me using the airquotes, cheap chinese retailers quite often mark the package as a gift so it's cheaper

@Chippies yes.

And it's cheap

Like $5

$5 is not cheap for a game I might play once

I'm also in super-saving mode right now, so I don't buy shit I might not play

Singapore's tax laws are relatively simple and transparent

I got a job, so I'm saving for a PC

3:34 PM

But that means it doesn't make exceptions, for things like essentials

Which makes the tax regime more regressive

I could have sworn you had a PC

@GnomeSlice I have a pretty decent laptop, but I want a beast gaming PC

@PrivatePansy well, as long as it's not america's system it's already super simple by comparison

You've been on a laptop this whole time?

my wife has a PC that I built couple months ago

3:36 PM

Bah

@GnomeSlice yes

Dutch VAT is pretty simple, as long as you're the person buying it

I'm at in-laws now on my laptop :P

The government makes it up by giving back the money to the lower class families in terms of vouchers and subsidies

one of the great benefits of having a gaming laptop, I can take it anywhere

3:36 PM

The person buying it just pays money, the person selling then gets to declare it (and in certain cases, declare part of it as this percentage and another part as that percentage and such)

Maxthor kind of sounds like Phil Collins

but the mobile cpu is showing its weakness in cpu-bound games (any MMO)

@KevinvanderVelden Here there's a minimum amount for retailers to make before they have to declare their taxes

A pretty high number, if I can remember correctly.

That I don't know about, the only customers we've had would probably fall under it

I'm gonna get a car and license so I can listen to this while driving

3:39 PM

Yeah we have no exceptionally weird VAT

USA USA USA

A million dollars, yes. If you don't make more than $1M in a year, you don't need to do anything

@Unionhawk hahahaha

Otherwise, you have to charge 7% on all goods and services sold, then claim 7% for all input expenses

I mean, sure, I don't believe the USA federal government has VAT... but

Many states do

3:40 PM

@PrivatePansy my point

That's what makes it complicated =p

That's sales tax it's different

@Unionhawk value added tax = sales tax

Also commonly known as "general sales tax"

Our tax department makes cute infographics

3:42 PM

At least we're not like the UK that has a special VAT for chocolate covered biscuits, iirc

Pretty sure that is a real thing

There are some odd tax relieves here.

There's one for Angel investors investing in startups

One for the handicapped, and another one for everyone who has someone in the family complete conscription

Yeah, that's what I mean. We don't have anything stupid (percentage on all purchases with some exceptions for food at 0%, and sometimes alcohol and tobacco at higher%) and we don't have anything that makes it worth pretending to be in China gifting it to one's self or whatever

user15026

So tea that has steeped in a cup for an hour is....strong.

I lost track of the nonsense @KevinvanderVelden is pulling

user15026

(and kinda gross. But it's warm, so I am gonna drink it)

3:53 PM

You can stick it in the microwave

@PrivatePansy it's already warm =p

@AshleyNunn add more hot water!

user15026

@KevinvanderVelden I can't believe I didn't consider that.

user15026

Gonna do that. More water + another sugar packet should set me to rights.

This is why we hired you @KevinvanderVelden

@Unionhawk my advice on hot beverages is awesome

3:58 PM

I'm back.

Huh, the tax relief for people who have completed conscription is really high

Again.

Like, high enough that my entire family won't have to pay income tax for the next decade at least

So at least something good came out of it

user15026

@PrivatePansy well, that's good at least

4:02 PM

So is anyone playing the Mad Max game yet?

Yeah, I won't have to pay any taxes if I earn below ~S$55 000, ~S$70 000 if I had any reservice obligation that year

user15026

Nope, I've not even seen Fury Road yet. I should fix that.

Max Rockatansky Fucking Dies

@AshleyNunn Here's a reason to play the game.

►

Stupid giant Metal Gear refuses to leave the LZ.

So now I can't extract Emmerich.

It's a clip from the game,

user15026

4:04 PM

@PrivatePansy Nice you get some benefit out of that miserable time.

@AshleyNunn what do you think of the game, just from this one clip?

user15026

@Texenox I'm at work, I'm not clicking.

@AshleyNunn okay

user15026

...why the italics?

I just do that sometimes.

user15026

4:09 PM

I tend to read it either as action text (aka person x is doing things italics) or as emphasized text (aka in this case it sounded...well, not positive)

@Texenox why do you keep changing your avatar to weird pics?

@AshleyNunn I usually use them with things like okay, or wot (sometimes bold is used for that one) or lel, you get the idea.

@GodEmperorDune I don't know.

fair enough

@AshleyNunn one could read it with an implied is. I guess.

Actually no

I officially hate the f--k out of this mission.

4:21 PM

Your mom's a mission

OH BUUURRRNNN

Oh hey, security update. Please let this be the mms thing

You still haven't gotten that update? O_o

Don't think so

I dunno

I mean, it wouldn't be surprising, just disappointing.

I might have. But it's prompting me to install a security update so I imagine that's the one

4:25 PM

The whole carrier/manufacturer roadblocks with security updates in Android is infuriating

Hmm, should I do work, or should I play Elite? Decisions.

@TimStone elite: decisions? is that the sequel to elite:dangerous?

@GodEmperorDune that's the prequel where you make bad decisions, thus making the sequel dangerous

nice

4:41 PM

@Yuuki Which one?

@twobugs Rescuing Huey.

Really? I loved that one

Just cleared it.

@twobugs It's annoying when it loses sight of me and then decides to camp the LZ.

Oh, that part was frustrating. Don't worry, you'll get your revenge eventually!

Are you using the sneaking suit? I love me some sneaking suit.

@twobugs R&D team isn't good enough yet.

4:46 PM

Soon! You're getting to the point where stuff starts really taking off

I'm wondering if I should go back through old missions and just do "recruiting drives".

Eh, I wouldn't worry too much. Just keep forging on and you'll find guys to kidnap.

As you progress through the game the average guard quality will improve. Definitely applies to missions and free-roam... I assume it applies to replaying older missions as well.

Is free-roam unlocked later?

Because I don't think I have proper free-roam.

You do, it's just weird. Easiest way to do it from the ACC is select a side op and it'll give you drop locations.

Yeah, but you can only complete a side-op once.

After that, I can't select it again.

4:51 PM

They actually respawn, it's weird.

As you unlock more you'll get to the point where you pretty much always have sideops all over the map

But you can also go into free roam by finishing a mission and then exfiltrating by foot

user15026

5:08 PM

@TimStone It is rather maddening. I have the update, my mom does, but my dad's phone and their house cell (don't ask, they wanted a third phone for some reason) doesn't

@Pinkerman has the worst edits in the world

pinckerman, Rovereto, Italy

4.8k 8 19 39

gaming.stackexchange.com/posts/214382/revisions

@pinckerman The next time you edit anything, try putting a little more effort into it, yes?

user15026

@twobugs having played a lot more Chibi Robo last night when I could not sleep, I will say it is a really fun game. Confused about some of the level unlocking mechanics, but it's a cute puzzle platformer, lots of little things to find and stuff.

@AshleyNunn I always wanted chibi robo as a kid

reminded me of playing rats maps on counter strike

where you were this super small guy and a single room was magnified so you could explore it

user15026

@oamlyya The DS game is more like that than this one, but this one does retain a lot of the cute feel (and the garbage picking up!)

I remember always reading about it in Nintendo Power but never getting the chance to actually play it

at least it's in the unofficial smash brothers game :)

user15026

5:17 PM

I kinda regret not getting the Chibi Robo amiibo even though I don't have anything that uses amiibo (like not even a system that I can tap them on)

user15026

It was just so cute

@fredley That's even worse than the actual song.

Q: How does outfit unlocking work?

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I saw that there is a feature using Miiverse to unlock 5 digit codes for Chibi Robo outfits. Problem is, I can't really figure out how I am supposed to unlock these codes, and the game is kinda short on information. How do these codes work? How do I figure them out?

chibi-robo-zip-lash

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Q: What is the point of the Destination Wheel?

So the Destination Wheel moves me 1,2, or 3 levels once I finish a world. What's the point of this? Will I ever want to skip levels? Do I have to finish each level in a world to complete it?

chibi-robo-zip-lash

user15026

5:32 PM

I just bought Chibi Robo Park Patrol and also a weird game called Boing Docomodake DS for $10 total. I love ebay.

user15026

(Also man there were a lot of weird DS games)

user15026

(although my favorite weird video game ever is It's Mr. Pants! which was just a fun little puzzle game, but the name cracks me up)

Oh wow, the last episode of Friendship is Magic... wow...

I don't think I've felt so uplifted after watching an episode of anything

Q: Do I need more than 1 Antenna / Comms / Communotron?

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What might the reason for taking more than 1 Antenna into orbit / space?

kerbal-space-program

@PrivatePansy That reminds me, I still need to get caught up on MLP

Also Gravity Falls

ALso your mom

5:44 PM

@Wipqozn Don't bother catching up, just watch the last episode

My mom would probably appreciate the company

Mistakes status: [ ] not made [x] made

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@Unionhawk oh dear.

@PrivatePansy well, 3 seconds in. Prediction: They finally get their cutie mark.

shrugs we shall find out

5:45 PM

@Unionhawk This seems to be becoming a theme

Though to be fair I didn't go to sleep until 4 am last night so I too am a maker of mistakes.

@TimStone no not like that

This is if anything athematic

Or whatever

Ah

Hmmmmmm.

I read that as arithmetic, and wondered how mathematical things are going to get

Oh, yes, before I forget, 5th anniversary!

@PrivatePansy I read it as asthmatic at first and thought there'd be a lot of wheezing.

also Pip wins, and turns out to be an evil tyrannical overlord, and becomes the next big bad

user15026

5:49 PM

@TimStone That's how I read it as well

@Wipqozn I can neither confirm nor deny this statement, because spoilers

And also national security

It's true, the Singaporean stock exchange is based largely on pony-related speculation. Disrupting the surprise could lead to disaster.

HAHA SHE LOST HER ONLY FRIEND BECAUSE HE'S THE FUCKING WORST

JUSTICE

but yeha, pip is obviously going to go evil or something

CC @Pip who is sadly not in this chat

\fuck at&t uverse

5:53 PM

But seriously, spoilers

worst fucking internet in the world

Oh wow he mother is the fucking worst

even worse than @fredley

Oh hey, @Retrosaur changed his name again

She did lose, though.

@PrivatePansy Ah true

@PrivatePansy Have all the episodes this season been more song heavy, or just this one?

3 songs so far

This is a musical episode, yes

Third or fourth one so far, depending on how you're counting

@twobugs So I may have gone back on my non-lethal promise.

6:00 PM

@Wipqozn Fig 1.1: Your mum

Not my fault they decided to use child soldiers.

This is a really good episode

Recent Questions - Arqade: What determines the winner of a virtual PF battle?

posted on October 10, 2015 by Jeff Mercado

For some time now, I progressed far enough into the game where I was eligible for virtual battles. At the time, everything seemed pretty straight forward, you "battle" with other PFs and gain points for successful attacks and defenses. Generally, the higher the numbers, the more likely you're able to succeed. As with most people I've battled with, it was almost gua…

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Q: Cant save subassembly "THE SELECTED PART IS NOT ATTACHABLE!"

When trying to save a 'science prob' (see below image), I keep getting the above message and can't save it. Action taken to produce result: Build the module (see image), drag and drop the OKTO pod to the 'drop zone'. What might be the reason and can it be saved?

kerbal-space-program

@PrivatePansy That was fantastic. I kind of figured that's where they've been going with those characters for a while, since they've been buiding up to it/ character growth / et cetera, so it was nice to see it actualy happen.

ALso, I might need to pick up prison architect now that it's fianlly out of EA

Q: How to remove translucent gray bar across world

6:16 PM

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Today while my daughter was playing Minecraft I noticed that there appeared to be a translucent gray bar covering most of the screen - everything except a margin at the top and bottom. It went away any time I went into the menus, and after fiddling around with the settings I couldn't get it to g...

minecraft xbox-one

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Q: Heroes VII memory usage > 8Gb issue

When I try to run Heroes VII on My PC it runs out of physical memory during game load (even before it gets to the game main menu) and windows stop responding until finally crash. Sys: intel i7 / 8Gb Ram / windows 7 Anyone else having the same?

technical-issues

Q: How to run Mortal Kombat X on laptop with two video cards?

6:43 PM

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I have Intel Graphics and GT 540m. Apparently game at the start chooses integrated graphic card and message pops out "Your video card or drivers do not meet minimum system requirements". I set global parameter in Nvidia control settings to be GT540. I've set same specifically for this game, but ...

technical-issues mortal-kombat-9 mortal-kombat-x

@twobugs Sneaking suit get!

6:57 PM

@Yuuki Nice! I used it pretty much the whole game. It's very useful.

@AshleyNunn Neat. It's getting kind of middling reviews but I don't really base decisions off that anymore

user15026

@twobugs My only issue is the weird level unlocking, but other than that it is super fun

Q: No Preparation mission items available in Preparation system

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I recently pledged allegiance to Zachary Hudson. From reading forums and wiki pages, I understand his Preparation missions are supposed to be completed as follows: Go to a system listed in the Powers Preparation tab Go to a station (not sure if it's any station or has to be a specific one) Acce...

elite-dangerous

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Q: What does the direction of the compass in A Dark Room mean?

Whenever I purchase a compass to unlock The Dusty Path, it always points a certain direction. What does that direction mean? Is it significant? Does the compass always point toward a certain location (i.e. the Old spaceship) or does it just point to a location with a large number of places to exp...

a-dark-room

@Wipqozn mobile bug report for Tuesday

Q: What preset do I use when playing mortal kombat online

0

When I'm playing online with mortal kombat I have no control with my character

controllers

7:15 PM

@MBraedley What's the issue you're seeing?

ah there we go

It only seems to work if it's just the URL, no ?

I'm of next week, but I'll let the guys know

The person who built that site will probably take forever to fix it

he's really incompetent

that site meaning the mobile one

That page is supposed to be an exception on the mobile site iirc

Q: How do I set my controller to play mortal kombat online

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When I play mortal kombat x online I don't have any control with my characters. I need to know how to set the controllers right.

controllers

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Q: Reset button killed my control pad

I accidentally (not concentrating) reset the new control pad for our ps3 by mistake. Now the pad is dead when i connect it with the cable it say's unknown USB device connected can anyone help please :(

ps3 controllers

and ticket submitted

Thanks @MBraedley

I wonder if that will cause any drama while I'm out. The fellow who did most fo the work on the mobile site is on really thin ice.

@Wipqozn maybe you'll get the job :P

@MBraedley I really don't want to have to work with his terrible code haha

There was some drama before I went out because he didn't get two simple tasks done within a week, and other people ended up needing to do it for him.

but before I go on a rant about the terrible developer, I'm going to go to family for turket

Later all

Already with family, hence why I'm on mobile

7:46 PM

Status: it's fine everything is okay

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Q: Damaging AT-ATs on Hoth

Do the AT-ATs, once their shields are taken down, take part-based damage? If I shoot the head or neck, will I inflict more damage than if I shoot the body? Or do all parts take hits equally?

sw-battlefront-2015

Q: Minecraft Pocket edition 0.12.1

8:24 PM

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Me and my cousin just updated to 0.12.1 and when we try to play local it's not working...like we are connected to the same wifi and I can't see if she is on her world

mass-effect-3

user15026

you know, as much as I sometimes wish I had normal people weekends, working Saturdays isnt so bad. They're chill, I love the other guy that works here then (he's an older guy, been working with computers since forever, knows his stuff and tells good stories)....its pretty chill.

user15026

(and its a earlier day than the weekdays, which is cool.)

@ashleynunn chill, chill, cool ... everything is some type of cold with you canadians

user15026

@GodEmperorDune Well, we spend so much time around it, we become one with it and it sneaks into our everything.

lol

any luck with the dervish?

user15026

8:40 PM

Not yet, but I've not really played today (been mostly distracted)

Q: Minecraft Pocket edition 0.12.1 local multiplayer

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When I try to play minecraft pocket eddition with my cousin i cant join her world cause it dont say that shes in her world and i wanna know to join it

minecraft-pocket-edition

@AshleyNunn i sent you some more delevelers, hopefully they help

user15026

Aww, thanks! That's awesome of you.

np

Q: Is there any way to change the Item Route before you reach the 10th Floor Innocent town?

9:36 PM

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I am mostly using the Item world to subdue Innocents for now. I am moving Innocents I want into Items I want to level up. But I cannot find a way to change the Route to Innocent Enhance before I get to the 10th floor.

disgaea-5

news.microsoft.com/stories/building87

That's kinda nifty

for fuck's sake

"hey son I think I'm going buy a tv today, any advice?"

"it needs to be full hd and big. everything else is garbage, just get a €35 chromecast"

(three hours later)

"you like it?" points at a Samsung Smart TV piece of garbage

WHY IS SAMSUNG EVEN BETTER THAN APPLE AT SUCCESSFULLY MARKETING GARBAGE

AND WHY HAS MY FATHER NEVER FAILED TO FALL FOR IT WITH BOTH FEET

you sound upset

TIL @badp has at least one parent

that is an accurate representation of my current emotional status

@GodEmperorDune I am lucky enough to still have both alive and kicking

9:45 PM

@badp grats

if he wants a smart tv then let em

@Rapitor NO. I REFUSE.

sometimes its better than having the deal with chromecasts

chromecast is decent

i love it, but it can get really finicky

9:46 PM

2009: "oh man this Samsung win mobile 6 thing sure is shit"

2011: "oh man this Samsung android mobile sure is shit"

finixky for sure

2013: "oh man this Samsung mobile is even worse"

i think the new chromecast probably fixes everything.

2016: "oh man this Samsung tv sure is garbage"

WHY THE FUCK DO YOU KEEP BUYING SAMSUNG

HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO CONNECT THE DOTS

I don't know how its sound is even worse than the absolute 4:3 15" trash from the VGA era it replaced

Was it a CRT?

Because if so, it's because speakers that are large are easier to get good sound out of

9:50 PM

@KevinvanderVelden No, but it was like early era off-brand chinese LED

Still probably at least 5 times as thick as the new one right? =p

still old enough to have analogue tuner, green-only controls, etc.

@KevinvanderVelden why does it even matter how thick it is so long as it isn't a CRT form factor. AT LEAST IT DOESN'T PRETEND IT'S SMART

@badp talking specifically about the speaker!

I'm sure owners of early smart tvs from Samsung are SUPER HAPPY to see their "apps" being deprecated one by one

Probably

However it is time for bed for me

Cya o/

9:55 PM

hey what happened to the MCU spoiler chatroom?

I don't know about "quiet" but that room sure is dark

IS IT PERHAPS SUPER QUIET BECAUSE IT BREATHES FROM ITS ENORMOUS SKIN SURFACE

@badp it's quiet because it's a samsung product and doesn't turn on properly

MCU Discussion

If you enter, you will be spoiled. Anything MCU is fair game ...

found it, but it's locked :(

Don't let nobody say @badp didn't do nothing for the people

10:24 PM

@Unionhawk too many negatives...

It's probably exactly the right number of triple negatives

I SAY WHAT I MEAN

gfycat.com/NegligibleWelltodoDromedary

Sterno

10:49 PM

@Wipqozn Good looking game, definitely fun for a few hours. Unsure if they've fixed any balance/gameplay issues yet. It had the potential to be a "grind to win" game which was a concern to me. I haven't revisited it since early alpha

I will say it concerns me when an Early Access game does a 40% off sale

@badp I don't have that kind of time.

@Sterno no, you are somewhat of a decent enough human being to have an actual backlog to tend to.

Sterno

@Wipqozn I just checked and there is currently still no end game dungeon. So you still can't win. I'd probably wait until it's out of EA.

Though they say that will be by the end of the year, which I guess is only 2 months away.

FLIP A COIN, TURTLE