The Bridge - 2015-11-30 (page 3 of 4)

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5:00 PM

A mod just chimed in to basically say that huge rant was valuable.

I like how, despite the premise, some of them are not labeled.

Man, SciFi.

But at least I'm okay at American geography

Ben Carson’s campaign is being secretly funded by The Onion https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/11/18/ben-carsons-campaign-made-a-u-s-map-and-put-a-bunch-of-states-in-the-wrong-place/ https://t.co/PjempRHERP

Tweeted by ReformedBroker on November 18, 2015 at 5:47 PM

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@Strix Halp. Stuck in a pile of dice.

@Unionhawk How on earth is that a graphic designer mishap?

5:03 PM

I'm not even sure how one produces a map that wrong

I would hope that any graphic designer hired by a major political campaign would know to re-use assets.

(a.k.a copy-paste a map of the US and edit from there)

That's the thing though, the rest of it is correct

And each state is correct

@Unionhawk Yeah, it'd have been one thing if the state borders were incorrectly placed, but this is just...I don't even know

Except the position of the entire northeast

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Q: Skull Collecting

I'm about to start replaying levels to get the collectibles and was wondering if after collecting a skull (or intel), will I need to complete the level for it to register? Or can I go back to the level select right after I have collected one?

halo-5-guardians

5:06 PM

The insane part is that I only have 49 tricks unlocked. The later ones are going to be batshit insane.

@Unionhawk And they deformed Vermont. Maybe Carson has nightmares about Sanders.

I think they smashed Rhode Island into Vermont

Oh, I guess actually they merged Connecticut with Vermont

The Carson Vermont looks like a gun

Or whatever

5:08 PM

Yeah, Rhode Island too

Wait, I think that's their Vermont?

Which they kind of squashed

It's more like Vermontmont

Vermonticute Island, of course.

I don't even know how this happens on accident

You just... take a map of the USA and color it

You don't MAKE A NEW MAP

5:12 PM

We can only assume there's some vile inside joke from the campaign and someone accidentally saved that version.

Ahaha the linked Vox article about terrible maps

Possibly they grabbed regional maps and jigsaw puzzled them together or something

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Newly Opened Proposals for Entertainment

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Proposed Q&A site for people interested in all aspects of producing and consuming tea.

Currently in definition.

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Q: Terrriria blood moon

I can't get a blood moon and I have topazes and the ruthless war Axe of the night and I am ready for it am I doing anything wrong

5:14 PM

Nobody even knows where it came from, apparently. This horrible map just materialized

@Arperum I got bored of it, after a certain point you're doing same shit over and over with very little mental interaction

@twobugs There is so much wrong with this map I don't even know where to start.

@Chippies Yea, getting at a point where it's getting to monotonous, even for me.

Let's start with the United States conquest of North America

The more you look at that map the better it gets

@Unionhawk Or the part where ireland somehow has northern ireland included. Or scotland is a separate entity.

Or Australia is doing some weird shit.

5:17 PM

@Unionhawk And Greenland/Iceland, for good measure

I mean, to be fair, based on the Carson map we're already starting to annex part of Canada, so

@TimStone And Cuba!

I scrolled past this one but it's worth posting

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It's not a meta thing.

Bad maps are my new found joy in life

@twobugs What a cartastrophe

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London, Spain

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5:26 PM

Oh god I'm dying at work and it's because of maps

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That key

I like how some of the faces are only vaguely human

As you become less affluent, you get a more prominent chin

Okay, one last map

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Where is the refrance? Hell if I know.

@fredley wtf that one

5:33 PM

@fredley Sooo... poor people are aliens?

Matt E. Эллен

and rich people have perfectly circular heads

Blah, another several hour drive for work this week. At least it gives me more time for Monster Hunter

@fredley I can't get over this map

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It's simultaneously really a really clever and a really terrible way to represent it

5:43 PM

@fredley I like how everyone under age of 40 is happy they got executed

Wtf

Delaware has hanged somebody in that timeframe.

Wtf firing squad

@fredley Now this is a map!

We must go deeper

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5:45 PM

Jesus Christ

I don't even understand why we still use the death penalty given that it's more expensive, on average, than life in prison

THIS IS A CONVERSATION ABOUT MAPS

Now if the mosaic made up another face...

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I've starred some bad things today but I regret nothing.

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Oh god, he's going to do it

I have to go back to work, just in time

5:55 PM

24 hours and five minutes left until steam sale's end

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Q: Are the wilds safe (for beginners)?

I am a low level character still, and have spent all my time in Anhk-Morpork. I would like to leave the city and wander around the wilderness, but I'm not sure if I could survive. (a) At what point can I start exploring the open world, or (b) are there regions in the open world that are designed...

discworld-mud muds

So, not sure if this is a good thing or a bad thing, but China has an animal cloning facility planned to begin operations in 2016.

To be used to produce food.

2017: Feral Zombie Pandas break free

I wonder what animal lovers to say about that.

They could say whatever they want and the Communist Party would literally not give a s---.

5:58 PM

They might find that useful as it will cause China to kill less real animals.

@ardaozkal Uh.

Now we're getting into cloning ethics.

Aaaaand let's not get into that.

@Yuuki That's the other side of the coin.

as communist party will not give a s-, I'm just trying to justify it, by thinking optimistically.

Well, the concept of "real" when it comes to cloning is... contentious to say the least.

Holy shit

6:00 PM

@TimStone It begins

Judgment day...

@TimStone just hovering to see the link was enough for me...

no pun intended

Also, apparently the new AMD Crimson drivers are explicitly setting the fans to 20% and not dynamically adjusting.

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Good thing I haven't been gaming much since installing them |:

I think the best thing that could come out of the cloning facility would be significant knowledge that can be broadly applied to improve cloning. I doubt that it would be willing shared, but I have less faith that a significant breakthrough could be kept completely under wraps.

@TimStone can everyone please star this? We need to warn our AMD users here, like a PSA

6:22 PM

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Q: Is there any way to walk on PC?

I've just started playing Bully: Scholarship Edition on Steam. It says at the start of the game that you can change your movement speed with an analog input method, but I don't have a controller so I'm using KB+M. Jimmy seems to run at full speed all the time when I press "W". Is there any way to...

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Q: Minecraft infinite and flat mode

Is it possible to dress the character in "infinite" or "flat" mode in Minecraft? Thank you!

6:37 PM

Peter Jackson confirms - He's directing an episode of Doctor Who!

@Wipqozn That Dr. Who guy is in Jessica Jones. That's a good show. He's not really that great, though.

@Lazers2.0 I totally thought this was NOPE scrolling through stuff by the way

The character is, actually, but his acting is meh.

6:52 PM

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@StrixVaria You're the first person to say that.

well, to be fair, I don't trust the opinion of doctor who fans

So much blind fanyboism

I've never watched Dr. Who.

I thought David Tennant did a great job though

He's not bad by any stretch, but he's not particularly memorable.

I still don't "get" Dr. Who. I watched a few eps and it just seemed like an average show to me.

6:53 PM

@StrixVaria Yeah, I meant as in folks praising him who are who fans I don't really listen to

I have like 3 episodes of Jessica Jones left to watch.

The Who fanbaseis pretty shit, aka like most fanbases

tl;dr I hate fans

I do, as well.

Fanbases are s---, anti-fanbases are also s---, tl;dr everyone is s---.

@twobugs I always found the quality to vary a lot more than many other shows. There are some really great episodes, but also a lot of mediocre to bad ones.

6:55 PM

@Yuuki Agreed!

@MadScientist Ah, okay. I think I watched the first few from the 2005 reboot or whatever. The only thing that seemed really bad were the special effects in the first episode, which were horrible

I guess that's "part of the charm"? I dunno. I like shows that always try to do interesting and new things with effects.

If you want to find out what good Doctor Who looks like watch "Blink" in season 3. That one is pretty much independent of the greater story and a really good episode

I've heard that, but I've also had a bunch of people spoil large portions of that ep for my so I'm not sure if I would fully enjoy it

Maybe I'll check it out some day, but I don't watch much TV anyway

@MadScientist Blink is fantastic

"The girl in the fireplace" and the two-parter "The doctor dances" are very good as well, and also pretty much standalone episodes

6:59 PM

Also fantastic episodes.

More doctor heavy episodes as well, and each features a different doctor

I really can't blame anyone that stops the series if they first see e.g. the farting aliens in season 1. But there are some really great episodes in the series

My TV backlog is huge. I still need to watch Star Track. Any of them.

@twobugs I watched like the first 6-7 episodes of TNG and couldn't get into it.

I'm told TNG has a real weak start but gets better

I doubt I could make it through the first few seasons though.

That could be true. I don't know if it gets any less episodic, though.

I really prefer shows with one big plot rather than a separate plot per episode.

7:06 PM

I think they intentionally made it episodic

If you want a more central plotline, I'd recommend checking out Babylon 5

It's very good, but the first season is of decidedly lower quality

It sets up a lot of plot threads which are resolved later and are important, but it's more episodic.

@StrixVaria No, it pretty much stays that way.

@MadScientist That's what I figured. Great show for people who like episodic content, but not for me.

And the first episodes are really not great, it got much better later on

Babylon 5 has a few multi-season plotlines which are very satisfying

Babylon 5 is entirely about the long story arcs

7:09 PM

It also has quite good special effects (for the most part)

But I'd certainly recommend skipping the bad episodes in season 1 at least

I started watching Farscape but early on it's very episodic and I wanted to slap the main character multiple times per episode

Farscape has excellent alien design, though. Jim Hensen company brought their A-game

@MadScientist That episode was so bad.

@StrixVaria Season 1 is pretty terrible.

7:27 PM

I'm just going to assume this is Germans.

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It's Germans all the way down.

@StrixVaria watched Orphan Black?

Or Defying Gravity?

Never heard of either of those.

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I love TNG, but am starting to almost love DS9 more.

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Used to love Babylon 5 more than Trek, but now DS9 is nudging B5 a little lower.

7:38 PM

:O I have to watch DS9 then

Some people really like BSG but I've had a lot of trouble getting into it. I'm in season 2 I think? And things are starting to get goofy

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I've not watched BSG

It's a well made show for sure. I can see why people would like it.

I didn't like DS9 when I was younger

It just has a few themes that I think are really not handled well

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@WorldEngineer got me into Trek. I'd seen B5 like...7 or so years ago, because my ex-wife really loved it. I like it enough to own it all on DVD, but DS9 just fascinates me more. Not sure why.

7:40 PM

@twobugs BSG is retcons: the show.

@StrixVaria Defying Gravity only got one season, so its short. Orphan Black is on two or three

And it's so good

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@twobugs It's on my list to eventually check out, but with so much Trek, it will be a while.

@StrixVaria Oh dear. That kind of thing always bugs me

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@GnomeSlice I still keep meaning to check out Orphan Black

I think the last ep I saw Starbuck randomly fell in love with some dude and then left

7:41 PM

Tatiana whatever finally won an award for it this year I think

I really wanted Dollhouse to be good, but it wasn't.

It was kind of like "Hi" "Hey" "We're in love now" "Oh, okay"

The sad thing about B5 is several of the actors are dead now :(

RIP G'Kar

Andreas Katsulas :(

Is Peter Jurasik still alive?

I think so, but he's getting up there

There was a lot of disparity in the acting on that show

7:44 PM

Bruce Boxleitner is still kicking and getting work, which is good because he rules

Garibaldi is some nutty talk show host now

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@twobugs Yeah, that's kinda depressing.

Most of the aliens were great actors, and most of the humans were awful

Lita was pretty good

I saw one of the actors from Season 5 on a "celebrity ghost stories" show

Lol

I'm doing it, guys.

I'm finally upgrading to Windows 10.

7:46 PM

I think Vir is directing SyFy movies now

Ohhh cool

Vir was great

Vir was definitely one of my favorite characters, and that's saying something

God that show had so many good characters

Gonna have to watch it again soon now

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@twobugs The scene where he waves is one of my FAVOURITES.

G'kar is great, Sheridan is great, Garibaldi is great, Londo is great

7:47 PM

Remember the actor that replaced the guy on the planet though

@AshleyNunn That scene is amazing

He reminded me of the guy in futurama that goes WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF TOMORROW

@AshleyNunn to mordan?

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@twobugs I did like things like that in B5, where a little statement like that actually is remembered

So great

Vir is just one of my favorite archetypes - the bumbling but plucky guy

7:48 PM

Even the time travel shit was done well

And I think he's super well written

And that's rare

It's funny, season 1 is weak overall but it has some killer quotes

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F*CK

The first one was more episodic

7:49 PM

hey @AshleyNunn can you deal with this

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A: How do I earn gems in Clash of Clans?

Best way is to use a hack :) removed has everything and any hack you will need to have fun online. LINK WAS REMOVED, PLEASE STILL FLAG FOR SPAM

"Bad guy on station. Humans catch bad guy."

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@ardaozkal Why are you linking this

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Flag it.

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That's why we have flags.

Already did it.

7:49 PM

Yeah, the first season was weaker by far

Why post it then

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@ardaozkal Then we will get to it.

@ardaozkal when you flag, mods see it

@twobugs I still haven't watched all the movies yet

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@twobugs S1 is the slowest, but it is so important because it sets up so much.

7:50 PM

I should

Isn't faster = better?

@ardaozkal Isn't that... kind of... backseat moderation?

by linking it in the chat and asking to do something about it, your'e basically saying the mods are too slow

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@ardaozkal shrugs It's not the end of the world if it sits for a few minutes.

@Texenox come over steam

7:50 PM

The site won't blow up if it stays there for a bit

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Patience is a virtue and all of that.

@twobugs Remember Lorienne

> Londo: There was a time when this whole quadrant belonged to us! What are we now? Twelve worlds and a thousand monuments to past glories, living off memories and stories…selling trinkets! My god, man, we've become a tourist attraction! "See the great Centauri Republic, open nine to five…Earth time!"

On Za'ha'dum

I'm gonna have to watch B5 again now

@GnomeSlice That whole story arc was so good

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7:51 PM

Alright, I'm going to walk to the bank and deposit the giant pile of change I just rolled up.

Even the weaker characters are still good by most sci-fi standards

Like franklin

Yeah, I have to rewatch it too now

@GnomeSlice He's also dead :(

I transcribed the whole lorienne speech once just so I could read it from time to time

@twobugs :(

If it's not on Netflix I'm cancelling my subscription

Have you guys heard about the reboot in the works

7:52 PM

Netflix doesn't even have Seinfeld

I kinda don't even want it to happen

I hadn't. I can't see it working that well honestly.

I mean... it would be nice to do everything with a higher budget and whatnot but everything worked so well the first time around

Apparently a bunch of the surviving cast is planned to be invoved

Yeah I know

Was it even low budget? The effects were bleeding edge for the time

I think it had a modest budget, but it was more about really well done special effects

Nothing super flashy, but very intelligent and careful set design. Super-smart spaceship design, etc.

Everything just worked so well

ll the visuals were great

Sey design, costuming, lighting around the station

7:54 PM

It had a few CGI moments that kind of sucked but it was mid 90s and it still looks better than some of the GoT CGI moments :P

Yeah. When they tried to cgi aliens in a couple places

The costumes were far better

Hey @AshleyNunn, mind if I ask you about something?

There's one specific scene in season 5 where the alien is crawling up someone's leg and it's like.... baaaaaarf

@Texenox I think she went to the bank, so don't expect an immediate response

@twobugs Oh. Right.

@Texenox we all love the good, good sales of steam

7:56 PM

@ardaozkal Is there one up right now?

@Texenox facepalm hit the store button, there is a huge one

@ardaozkal Thing is, I haven't even been on the Steam storefront for quite a few weeks.

Oh, right, that.

I already missed plenty of it anyways.

Just waiting until the Holiday Sale.

Nah

You didn't miss anything. They're moving away from the flash/daily deals

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@Texenox ask away. Can't guarantee an answer, depending on the question, but you can always ask.

7:58 PM

@twobugs you are faster than me, I was just typing that

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Man, the Hamilton soundtrack makes excellent walking music.

Nerf guns are on sale on amazon!

@AshleyNunn I flagged an answer at one point on a question that I answered, and the answer I flagged was essentially a duplicate.

I'm getting one to shoot the cats when they do something they're not supposed to

I flagged it as a dupe, but then the flag got declined.

That's been happening with quite a few dupe flags recently. I don't understand, I thought dupe answers weren't allowed.

7:59 PM

@Texenox First of all, there are other mods than Ashley.

@StrixVaria Right.

Second of all, that's kind of still contested, as of the most recent meta on the topic.

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