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6:00 PM
@murgatroid99 Neat! Congratulations!
 
Just to clarify, what's the term again for how you can split a long line of code in Python into multiple lines a bit like this?
print("\nName:", name,
         "\nEmail:", email,
         "\nAge:", age,
         "\nGender:", gender)
 
Come on computer come back to me
Don't do this
 
@Texenox Implicit line continuation?
 
@murgatroid99 Is that what it's called?
 
@murgatroid99 Yeah, I was going to say, this doesn't seem like anything special.
 
6:02 PM
Fuck
 
Because I'm trying to ask a question on GameDev.SE to see if the GameMaker Language supports this.
 
@murgatroid99 How the hell did you reply to @StrixVaria's message before he sent it, without editing?
 
@Texenox All you're doing here is not finishing your statement on the first line, so the language keeps looking into the next line until it finds the end of the statement (in this case, the closing paren followed by not more things).
 
Wait, no
Nevermind
 
@StrixVaria Yeah, yeah, I know what it is.
 
6:03 PM
I'm not aware of any language that doesn't
 
@SaintWacko I didn't
 
But I just wanted to know the terminology for that.
So, implicit line continuation.
 
@SaintWacko Multithreading! (man, this works on a few levels)
 
Just got confused due to the way chat does highlighting, and the fact that I forgot I have people ignored
 
I don't know of a "name" for that, but I also don't know of a sane language that doesn't have some form of that.
 
6:04 PM
Performing a system restore
 
@SaintWacko It's nearly impossible without edits
 
Come back to me laptop
@SaintWacko caching
 
Your laptop has broken free. Best to let it return to the wild.
 
@Unionhawk Always blame caching
Very different from kaching
 
If you do too much caching you won't have enough kaching, but if you don't do any caching you won't have any kaching
 
6:06 PM
Welp I guess I'm stuck here until it completes
 
Well, I guess you could still have kaching without caching, but it would be less than with an adequate degree of caching!
 
Ah, alright, so it looks like the GameMaker language supports it.
That's reassuring.
@SaintWacko At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if I was one of them.
 
@Texenox I just glanced at this language, and it looks like it explicitly requires a semicolon at the end of statements. This is a strong indicator that you can pretty much whitespace however you damn well please because the interpreter/parser never has to guess when the statement ends.
 
@StrixVaria Yeah, I should have probably realised that.
 
Yeah, that should do it. Python only needs something special because it assigns meaning to whitespace
 
6:09 PM
Yeah, that almost always means it doesn't care about whitespace
 
Considering that I used to do some stuff in Java when I was younger and that also uses semicolons, that should have served as a reminder.
 
Hm, I guess this is the best time to start limiting my red meat intake
It's a shame because red meat is so yummy :(
 
@twobugs Now you're making me hungry for steak.
 
cc @Yuuki your food trolling is needed
 
@twobugs don't worry about that study at all
 
6:12 PM
It's coming back
 
everything causes cancer.
 
True, but evidence is suggestion a pretty strong link between significant red meat consumption and increase cancer risk. It's a good thing for me to work on anyway.
 
@Rapitor in the state of California
 
@twobugs But does the evidcence outline direct causation, or just correlation?
 
6:14 PM
@Texenox I haven't gone over the data directly, but the WHO is strongly cautioning people to think carefully about red meat intake. That's pretty serious.
 
@Unionhawk there. have a glass of milk with your steak and it probably cancels out (although that sounds like a gross combo)
 
@twobugs Understandable nonetheless.
I'm not saying correlation on its own means the evidence is bad.
 
Come on... Work damn you
 
I mean, this is not really a shock. Evidence has suggested for a while that red meat is something you should only consume in limited amounts.
 
I will reach into the heavens and rip your screaming laptop soul back
 
6:16 PM
@twobugs that's true for most things
 
@Unionhawk Yay, everything simultaneously causes and prevents cancer!
 
Yeah, it's almost as if eating a balanced diet is a good idea :P
 
OK, do long boring meeting over... am I the only person in this chat that got Tri Force Heroes?
 
So far
I don't know where my 3ds is
 
I was thinking about it but ultimately held off. Super busy right now.
 
6:17 PM
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Q: Is it normal to have a 'Can't keep up' event on reload?

bobI am currently setting-up a Minecraft server on a VPS. For the most part, the server is brilliant and does not have any lag (with one player online, the entire VPS only uses 0.4% CPU [reported by top]). However when I trigger a reload (using /reload ingame), I am kicked after around ten seconds ...

 
I'm pretty uninterested in it, plus. Halo5 > anything else on the horizon.
 
Ughhhhhhhhhhhh
 
Yeah, Halo 5 comes out tomorrow and Afterbirth comes out on Friday
 
@murgatroid99 Apparently you're supposed to eat it
 
Apparently Halo 5 spoilers are floating around. I guess someone spoiled it during some streamer's donations
 
6:19 PM
I wish I was morally capable of being "sick" tomorrow
 
Cmaan...
 
I just have to avoid them for a little bit longer!
 
YES
 
@Rapitor I'm taking a day off on Wednesday
 
IT LIVES
 
6:20 PM
@Rapitor Are you not morally capable of being on vacation tomorrow?
 
@twobugs it's too late to put in for vacation time
gotta do notice for that
and i didnt because eh
 
Oh right, I keep forgetting how lax my work environment is now
 
@Unionhawk That would explain me being such a Disney fan.
 
I forgot to ask for vacation earlier so I asked my boss today and she said "I don't know what Halo is but it sounds important, see you Wednesday"
 
@Rapitor Huh. I could decide right now to take today off, except I'm already at work
 
6:21 PM
(My boss rules)
 
why must big releases always be early in the week anyway
 
For some reason Tuesday became the release day for a lot of stuff. Sony and Nintendo have been changing that, though.
They've been doing Friday and Sunday releases
 
Retailers have convinced publishers to do it to get people in stores on a Tuesday
Like actually
 
There's the old story about how Dragon Quest games have to come out on Sunday in Japan otherwise everyone would skip work
 
I wonder how enjoyable Dragon Quest Heroes will be for someone who has never played a single Dragon Quest game.
Since I will be in exactly that situation come Christmas.
 
6:25 PM
I would recommend playing Dragon Quest games first, but I'm having a good time with DQ Heroes right now.
Definitely has more RPG aspects than Hyrule. You control a party of 4 characters (you swap between them), you have spells rather than special moves which stop time, etc.
If you're looking for a play to start with the series I would recommend 4, 5, or 6 on the DS (and iOS/Android now I think) or 8 (also on iOS)
 
I might look into an Android one.
Might be worth picking up today or tomorrow before my mandatory 17 hours of being on a plane over the next 3 days.
$15 each is steep, though.
 
They're all great games with 30-40+ hours of content
I understand if $15 is more than you want to pay for a mobile game, though.
These were originally the DS remakes
 
Wait. Final Fantasy Tactics is on Android?
 
3 is great as well (it has a GBC and SNES version, both of which are good remakes, but it's dated by modern standards)
 
There goes $14.
 
6:30 PM
Yes but it's the PSP version. So no calling out spells, and I don't think they fixed the half-speed animation bug
or if they did it was in a really hack-y way.
 
"calling out spells"?
 
Also different translation, which bugged some people (I prefer the new one)
@StrixVaria Sometimes your characters would say like a little incantation or whatever when using spells
Which is just... completely gone in the PSP version
 
@twobugs Meh.
 
@twobugs soo, the cliche "call out the name of my spell as I cast it" thing?
I'm sure we can all live without it
FIREBALL!
FIREBALL!!
FIREBALL!!!!
 
@Chippies Sort of, but they each had a neat little flair thing. It was more than just the name of the spell.
Hardly a big deal, but just trying to be thorough!
 
6:32 PM
@twobugs probably fun for the first couple hundred times, but I'm sure it gets old quick
 
It's rare enough in the PSX version I found it more of a treat than anything
 
any game with that crap, I mute the voices if possible or sound completely if not
I suppose it's fine if it's rare
 
It was maybe a 1/10 or so chance to just get a little extra one to two line flourish. I liked it.
The PSP version is slightly harder because they fixed some of the more egregiously broken stuff, but it's still a game you can completely and utterly break
They also gave a lot of the later enemies abilities so you can't steal or break their equipment, which was a lot of fun :(
(Keep in mind that every complaint I'm listing is really minor and you would never know if you just started with the PSP version)
 
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Q: Mining for a beginner

C-dizzleI've recently started playing Minecraft. Aside from all the building I've been doing, I think I've spent more time mining than necessary for rarer items. I realize I won't find diamonds on the surface, but I've spent hours underground to find one stone deposit of it. Obviously, some of the bette...

 
On the plus side, they added some new scenes, two new characters, and a whole new playable class (the oft-requested Dark Knight!)
New characters are Baltheir and the guy from Tactics Advance 2
 
6:48 PM
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Q: Why the console command of Vampire Lord doesnt work in Skyrim Dawnguard DLC?

swswswsWhen i want to increase my perk of vampire lord skill in Skyrim Dawnguard DlC. I used console command but it doesn't work.Like i used Power of the Grave a Vampire Lord ability or something console command [player.addperk.02005998] but it didnt work. Can anybody help me please.

 
@Yuuki IT's the employee discount!
@StrixVaria How goes Mistborn?
 
Man, Destiny is pissing me off. There are these really cool cosmetic weapons and armor (basically, Boss weapons/armor, it's like Monster Hunter) but they're super rare. That's fine. The problem is they have random talents on them when they drop, and some are super bad while others are absurdly powerful.
 
@Wipqozn Slowly.
I was too tired to read much on the train this morning.
 
The real question now is do I stay up late until Halo 5 unlocks or go to sleep early and wake up early to play...
 
I also didn't go to work either Thursday or Friday last week for unrelated reasons, which cut into my reading time.
I do, however, have two annoyingly long flights coming up this week, so I wouldn't be surprised to finish it then.
 
7:01 PM
@twobugs no sleep
it depends on what you want to do. if you want to go straight into multiplayer, there may not be that big of population.
 
I usually beat the game first cause I'm terrified someone in multiplayer will spoil it for me
Or someone asking a goofy Arqade question like "Why does Master Chief die at the end of Disc 1?"
And then they tag it with spoilers at the end
 
I like to go through the campaign first just cuz.
I probably won't even be able to go into multi until the weekend. they say the campaign is pretty lengthy. normal difficulty avg was 8-12 hours
 
Oh wow, that'll probably take me all day then
I was going to do normal first as well. No need to force legendary on my first playthrough
 
heroic solo first playthrough. legendary co-op afterwards
 
I could never beat 2 in legendary but people said 3, ODST, and reach were really hard in legendary and I had no trouble with them /shrug
 
7:10 PM
I hope they didn't touch my beloved covy carbine or storm rifle too much :l
 
I was reading that basically every gun is viable in multiplayer now. Even the smg!
 
smg was a monster in the beta
although I think since warzone is large scale maps, it won't be too common. mostly BRs and DMRs I expect
 
Warzone sounds super fun. I am very excited.
 
indeed.
classic Big Team Battles are coming out too later. they have to do special maps for that as it's not as big as warzone, but still bigger than arena.
 
I wanna play landsharks again.
 
7:16 PM
landsharks?
 
Super fast invisible zombies with grav hammers.
On Sandtrap.
 
i'm sorry what, that sounds incredble
 
That was my jam.
It's ridiculous good fun.
 
I hope they do release it on PC
There's talk
 
Everyone jumped on a vehicle and did laps around the map.
And then out of normal, you'd go flying.
Screaming and yelling the entire time.
It was the best couch multiplayer mode.
Blah, "normal" -> "nowhere".
 
7:19 PM
@SaintWacko I wouldn't say talk, they just didn't outright say no
 
That sounds awesome
I always enjoyed Rocket Race
 
yeah, rocketrace on crazy forge maps was what we usually did
 
And I helped make a really cool multiplayer mode/map
We called the map Pandora
It was a bunch of big rocks floating in the air
The gamemode for it was everyone had jetpacks with unlimited flight and swords
 
Now I want Landsharks with jetpack zombies.
 
It was all air combat
Jetpacking around each other slashing and blocking
 
7:23 PM
Landsharks taught me that Warthogs have a higher top speed than Mongooses (Mongeese?).
 
Do they really?
That's surprising
 
yeah
 
mongeese are so much fun
 
Yeah. Their acceleration isn't as good, but they have a higher top speed.
 
i mean, that makes sense. one is an ATV, and one is a jeep.
bigger engine
 
7:25 PM
Yeah
 
Haha, apparently Nintendo originally suggested that in Goldeneye 64 Bond should shake hands with enemies instead of killing them
 
hwat
is that why there is slaps instead of punches
 
> “The second point was, he felt the game was too tragic, with all the killing. He suggested that it might be nice if, at the end of the game, you got to shake hands with all your enemies in the hospital.”
That's from Miyamoto
 
oh Miyamoto.
 
I love Miyamoto. It's gonna be sad when he passes away.
 
7:29 PM
So... like some sort of fourth wall thing where all the characters are actors?
 
@Yuuki It's not clear, but they did say it was the inspiration for the credits sequence at the end where you get to "meet" all the guards.
 
I'm getting the strongest feeling that my school's canteen has no idea what words mean.
There was the beef chili on "no meat day" and now pork gyro at the "halal station".
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Wow
 
user15026
@Yuuki oh dear
 
Krazy Kosher day: Cheeseburgers for everyone!
 
7:32 PM
@twobugs bacon cheeseburgers, even
 
@murgatroid99 My favorite kosher meal
 
At least their bakery station is on point.
 
Bakery station: Enjoy some veggies!
 
7 hours ago, by Wipqozn
@Arperum It is extremely disrespectful. Doing something like that just makes a person an asshole.
Your school is an asshole.
 
@Arperum Yep
 
7:34 PM
@SaintWacko We had a whole "we all agree" thing earlier today.
 
Well, they're not being deceptive about it. The display clearly says "pork".
At the very least, they're idiots.
 
I don't think they're assholes, I think they're probably just ignorant.
 
@Arperum Wow
 
Well meaning ignorant fools.
 
@Yuuki Placing it in the Halal section kinda ruins said halal section though.
 
7:35 PM
Yeah, they're being dumb about it, but not malicious
 
@Unionhawk It causes some serious problems for the halal-ness of the halalbooth though. (See my previous quote and then read that part of the transcript)
 
Yeah, the end result is bad. But I think their intentions were probably good.
My take is they probably had miscommunications and/or were trying to offer specific types of food without actually learning what they were.
 
@Texenox How limited a time?
Also, where?
 
their intentions were probably "fuck it"
 
The result cvertainly is.
 
7:42 PM
@GnomeSlice Lasts 24 hours, but I have no idea how much time has elapsed so far.
On Steam. Vertiginous Golf.
 
I can maybe understand them not getting halal right, but beef chili on "no meat day" is just downright absurd.
 
If it's anything like the cafeterias where I went to school, they probably intended it to be no meat day but someone just did their own thing because it was really disorganized
 
well did it have beef it in? i've seen chilis without beef
just beans and veggies
 
@Rapitor Yes, but calling a non-beef chili a beef chili is exactly as dumb.
 
Yeah I know the game. Sweet.
 
7:44 PM
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A: Insane tick lag in Minecraft

RobertThese answers are ridiculous and ignorant. I'm having the same issue, and reducing settings does NOTHING. It's some kind of memory leak inside Java, possibly caused by one mod, or two conflicting mods. You'd have to experiment for an insane amount of time before you could find out which two are d...

 
Also, Duelyst is in open beta now cc @Wipqozn
 
Should this be flagged? Maybe not.
 
I mean... as long as they're not like "PEANUT FREE DAY!!!!!!" and then as soon as you enter they throw peanuts at you
 
Flag as not an answer
 
Well, from a glance it looks like it provides an answer.
 
7:45 PM
@GnomeSlice Cool. I've lost interest in it. It's a lot of fun, but it's just pay 2 win, like most ccg
 
It does not.
@Wipqozn ah, shite
I haven't even played it yet, wasn't in the close beta.
 
Yeah. That's not an answer and I don't like the tone it takes. Still, they're trying to further the discussion without the rep to add a comment, and I've seen this tolerated on other sites (no clue what the Arqade ruling is)
 
Worth checking out or no
@twobugs its a forum post, not an answer
 
Answers can be converted to comments.
 
Not that one, lol
 
7:46 PM
Anyways, I've got a pending edit on the tag wiki.
 
It's huge
 
@Texenox It's not really providing an answer, though. It should be a comment, except it's way too huge.
 
@GnomeSlice Yeah, I'm just saying. I can see the other side to it.
 
@Wipqozn Ah, yeah, true.
 
THis is the problem with tech support questions, thoughl, they really require a forum format to solve usually.
 
7:47 PM
Yeah, looking at it, it doesn't look like it's an answer.
 
Usually I associate NAA with "HELP I AM DYING fix my minecraft HELPPPPP"
 
Have I ever mentioned how much nicer the front page of Arqade is with hidden?
 
@Texenox It actually looks to me like there is an answer in the first paragraph
 
@murgatroid99 Yeah, I was thinking the same.
 
> It's some kind of memory leak inside Java, possibly caused by one mod, or two conflicting mods
 
7:48 PM
There's a "that answer is wrong", which is not actually an answer
 
It's a bad answer, and full of garbage, but I think it counts as an answer
 
Eh, any flags there will probably just be declined.
 
Or that
 
I don't know if I'd consider that enough to really be an answer, though.
 
Tell you what, I think hiding would also be ideal.
 
7:49 PM
It's just an extended comment
Just hide every tag ever and the Arqade front page is pristine and sterile
 
@twobugs I don't think we have some sort of "minimum answer-ness" to qualify as an answer
 
There's a lot of extra junk in it
 
@Rapitor I forgot to mention Landsharks also had the lowest gravity setting.
 
@murgatroid99 True, but it doesn't really provide a solution at all. It just says "these other answers are wrong".
 
And it's not a complete answer
 
7:50 PM
@murgatroid99 Actually, having just reread it, I agree.
 
It could be improved to be an answer, but I think as it stands it isn't really one.
 
@twobugs Sure, it's not a complete answer. But, again, that's not the qualification for "not an answer"
 
Right, and I agree above that I wouldn't flag it as NAA.
 
@twobugs The quotation I mentioned does answer part of the question
 
I agree, I just think it occupies this kind of borderline between comment and full-fledged answer.
 
7:54 PM
@Arperum Yes, but typically they replace the entire trays and such anyway so it probably doesn't matter
 
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Omfg
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
 
It's also BttF day today!
 
No its not
October 21 bro you missed it
 
Yeah...
 
4:29 PM
 
7:55 PM
@GnomeSlice Yeah, that's the joke
 
Oh, right
 
@GnomeSlice I read a few days ago that future Biff was modeled on Donald Trump
 
Also, Kaley Cuoco is getting divorced...
Well, nows my chance
 
Who?
 
7:56 PM
@murgatroid99 it says that in here
First line
@SaintWacko actress. Blonde. Penny from big bang theory
 
@Unionhawk Technically, we do have a prototype for hoverboards.
 
@SaintWacko Bing Bong Theory person I think
 
@GnomeSlice Ah
 
Big bong theory..... Omg
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Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
 
Hahaha
 
7:57 PM
Omfg best typo EVER
K back to work
 
I can't believe I missed that joke opportunity. I'm ashamed.
 
It's alright
Earlier, LadyWacko was telling me how bacon is now determined to be carcinogenic
I asked "Determined by who?"
And she missed the chance to answer "Yes."
 
I like to just talk about TV shows I've never seen before that have rabid fanbases (e.g. BBT, Doctor Who, etc.) and just start making stuff up and talking nonsense. It's fun.
 
I'm still eating bacon and red meat.
If that makes me a rebel now, then whatever
It won't make me a rebel though
 
Well the real question is, are you paleo?
Because then you'd be a rebel without a carb.
That's probably the funniest thing I've ever said, and it was dumb as hell.
 
8:02 PM
Your mom's paleo
OH BUUURRRNRNN
OH MAN @GodEmperorDune DID YOU SEE THAT SICK BURN
@GnomeSlice I was going to make the same joke about it now being your chance.
 
All right, time to murder everything
@twobugs No.
 
Time for your mom tomurder everything!
OH MAAAANN @GodEmperorDune HOW AR EYOU MISSING ALL THESE SWET BURNS
 
Your mom, Tomurder
 
People's lack of basic mineralogy and metallurgy annoys me. Gold is not a very tough metal and diamond is brittle, guys!
To say "I can bend pure gold" is nowhere near an accomplishment.
 
@Yuuki wThis is correct.
In fact one of the reasons gold is so gosh darn popular is because of how easy it is to work wit
 
8:16 PM
"I can lift pure gold" is impressive. Bending, not so much.
 
@Yuuki I dunno, if it's a tube a few meters in diamater I'd be impressed
 
Pure gold deforms just by squeezing it.
 
@Yuuki Nah. Everyone can lift pure gold. That says nothing about how much gold you are lifting.
 
It isvery malleable.
Diamond is also very brittle. Yes, it's hard and can cut through most materials. But it's not very durable.
You'll probably scratch most steels, but a diamond blade will likely shatter within three or four strikes in a battle.
 
it's also heavy
 
8:23 PM
awwwww yay
swiftcast
 
@Yuuki That's not what Minecraft has taught me
 
Minecraft also teaches that you can generate infinite water with two buckets. Or a single bucket if you make two trips.
 
gat dam, 89 rep away from hitting 2k
 
Dammit it where are you when I needed you
 
@Texenox I can make it 91 if you want?
 
8:36 PM
@Arperum What? No!
 
@Wipqozn i worked a weird shift and just woke up
 
@GodEmperorDune I see
 
@Unionhawk nicely done
 
@Arperum Wait, I'm confused, are you saying you're gonna downvote?
Because I can't tell.
I absolutely agree m8 — Huntlord 47 secs ago
Also, I don't think this guy is willing to cooperate.
 
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Q: How can I tell that I am on track for the Genocide ending?

UnionhawkI'm doing a Genocide route of Undertale now, which involves killing literally everyone (not only ending all encounters with a fight, but hunting down every monster in an area and killing them). The problem I'm currently having with this is I have to count, and I don't want to count. That, and I'm...

 
8:38 PM
@Texenox I din't say I am, I'm offering you the option of receiving a free downvote!
 
@Arperum ...m8
 
@Texenox Talking about round rep numbers in chat can and will result in down or upvotes. Anything to remove balance.
 
who are we downvoting?
 
Fair enough.
 
Dammit, I need more spawns so I can kill things
 
8:41 PM
@GodEmperorDune everyone!
 
> You can't vote for your own post.
(instructions unclear)
 
bridge i'm off work the rest of the day. Should I do something productive, like run errands, or blow the rest of the day playing games?
 
Only talk about your rep in chat if you don't care about getting downvotes.
 
You know our answer shut up
 
8:45 PM
@GodEmperorDune Whatever you do, you should give me $5.
 
@Yuuki @godemperordune has sent you $5. Click here to read your reciept
 
That link looks strangely like the song of our peoples.
I feel like that was the more appropriate post to star rather than "welcome to the bridge".
 
@Yuuki Both of them have been starred.
 
Were.
Should've kept the second rather than the first, imo.
 
Don't make me turn this bridge around
 
8:51 PM
just star them all!
its the only way to be sure
 
@ronnie take the wheel!
 
@Yuuki ...who?
 
Take it from my hands / I'm just not that pro much
 
i know you posted this a while back but am too lazy to search history
 
8:56 PM
 
K, so the enemy just shot my rocket outta the air in destiny :/
 
@Unionhawk Ah, thanks m8.
 
@djsmiley2k Haha
 
@SaintWacko blowing up in my face killing me D:
 

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