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GnomeSlice

12:15 AM

Algiers - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

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@LessPop_MoreFizz

Aequitas

Length zero = Length.ZERO;
Length zero0 = new Length(0.0, Unit.MM);
System.out.println("Does zero equal zero? ");
System.out.println(zero.equals(zero0));//false
does anyone think this is correct behaviour?

Frank

This needs so many more downvotes

It just adds a ton of extra overhead to site curation.

Unionhawk

12:33 AM

I will form my own opinion thanks

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Frank

@Unionhawk Yes, you do that. And I'll form my own.

That that stance is dangerous.

Lazers 2.0

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Q: Can you build on top of every vehicle?

E.g. can I build on quads? Racecars? Or is the capability limited to a chosen few vehicles?

unturned

Aequitas

i think it's so unfair that a user would lose rep just because the game got an update

wether that be by downvotes or deletion

Frank

Wait...I just re-read his proposal.

Deletion of accepted answers, I would support, for those about online games.

GnomeSlice

@Aequitas I raised this issue in a comment. Not a fan of that either.

two bugs

12:39 AM

It's complicated. It's certainly true that an accepted answer can become completely invalid

Frank

@twobugs Which is true.

Unionhawk

@Frank The only technical problem here is the only people who can delete positively scored answers are moderators

Frank

Generally that only applies to games that effectively only have one version.

@Unionhawk Yeah. It adds to the moderation overhead, any way you look at it.

two bugs

I guess it just feels wrong that a positively scored answer could be deleted. Maybe marked with some sort of [LEGACY] header?

Frank

@twobugs After a certain point, answerers don't lose rep from deleted answers.

GnomeSlice

12:41 AM

Frank

So those very little reason to keep outdated answers.

two bugs

True, I just don't think the answer should be completely deleted. I think it still serves a purpose, just a less important one

Frank

@twobugs How so?

two bugs

If I can come up with a coherent point I'll post it as a meta answer, but I view it kind of like old newspapers. They're useless to most people, but for someone trying to understand context and/or how things used to be, they're important

They shouldn't "compete" with an up-to-date answer, though.

Frank

@twobugs Which would be good, if that was a role Arqade was meant to fulfill.

two bugs

12:43 AM

I think that's a fair counterpoint. I'll have to mull over this.

Frank

I'd be interested in hearing what you come up with.

Unionhawk

And, now that I think about it, there is literally a flag reject reason in the moderator tools that indicates that mod flags should not be used to point out technical inaccuracies.

(iirc, anyway)

Frank

@Unionhawk There is. But I'm sure where you're going with that.

Unionhawk

1:00 AM

I'm just thinking out loud, naming specific reasons why we currently don't do this

Frank

Derp. Missed a word. I wasn't sure where you were going with that.

Unionhawk

1:14 AM

I feel like, while it is undesirable to have a positively scored answer hanging around that is inaccurate, it isn't the job of the moderators to determine the accuracy of an answer.

Lazers 2.0

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Q: can you stop clipping whilst building in fallout 4?

Are there any console commands or tricks in fallout 4 to enable you to place objects next to or slightly overlapping other objects in settlements like fence to remove annoying spaces where the collisions normally stop you from placing objects?

fallout-4

Aequitas

I agree with the legacy thing on the answer, legacy answers go beneath all other answers maybe even if accepted

but that's not a current feature of SE sites is it?

user15026

@Unionhawk yeah, it's "flags should not be used to indicate technical inaccuracies or an altogether wrong answer"

user15026

Something like that.

user15026

@Aequitas no, it's not.

Frank

1:31 AM

I think requesting new features is a bit of a non-starter.

Aequitas

@Frank defs

Can always edit in "This answer is outdated as of Patch x.x on dd/mm/yyyy." But the problem with this is it doesn't affect visibility.

Lazers 2.0

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Q: Getting duplicate tile entities where there shouldn't be?

I'm a long-time programmer, but I'm very new to both Java and Forge/Minecraft modding. I'm working on a lightweight mod just to start learning, and I'm almost done with it, except I'm having a very strange issue. The mod adds a new type of hopper, for which I mostly just copied the BlockHopper/T...

minecraft-forge

GnomeSlice

1:59 AM

I find this funny

Gun Makers' stocks surge in wake of recent US shootings

ಠ_ಠ

Yuuki

@GnomeSlice Basically, "dey're gonna terk err gerns".

I love /r/shittyaskscience so much.

Aequitas

@Yuuki i don't get it, they know theres a line tool, octagons are still just a bunch of lines, why did they freehand it?

Yuuki

@Aequitas Because this is /r/shittyaskscience.

Studoku

Circles are not polygons

That's all I have to say

Lazers 2.0

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Q: Elizabeth and Booker saying things like "huh"

In BioShock Infinite, as I walk around I'll hear Elizabeth or Booker say "huh", "hmmm", etc. Does this mean anything? It doesn't seem to happen when I do anything specific like standing around for too long, they just do it.

bioshock-infinite

Private Pansy

2:09 AM

> Simple mathematics tells us that the population of the Universe must be zero. Why? Well given that the volume of the universe is infinite there must be an infinite number of worlds. But not all of them are populated; therefore only a finite number are. Any finite number divided by infinity is as close to zero as makes no odds, therefore we can round the average population of the Universe to zero, and so the total population must be zero.

Aequitas

@PrivatePansy that's correct though, on average it is

or probably is, we don't even know if there's life on mars let alone in other galaxies

Yuuki

@Aequitas No, it's missing the word "density".

You don't divide by anything when you're calculating population.

Unionhawk

Yes

Yuuki

You just count up. Population density is when you divide by the area the population covers.

Aequitas

average population is the same as waht you're saying you add zeros and divide by an extra 1

GnomeSlice

2:16 AM

vimeo.com/124566248

Yuuki

Average population is when you take the summed population of similar things and divide by the number of similar things.

So "average population of a city" is if you total up all the people in X number of cities and divide by X.

"Average population of the universe" involves finding multiple universes.

But when you're looking at one universe in particular, you can't talk about "average population".

Except when you're referring average populations of things inside the universe, like the average population of a galaxy.

Aequitas

@yuuki I don't think thats right, you would count the population on each planet and average those otu

Yuuki

How would you do that? And why?

Finding population is a very simple (if tedious) counting game. There's no need for averages.

murgatroid99

@Aequitas Then that's the average population of a planet

Aequitas

@Yuuki because thats what the quote said, "average population"

Yuuki

2:24 AM

> " the population of the Universe must be zero"

And if you're referring the last part, "average population of the Universe" is a weird term. Most because what are you averaging against?

Aequitas

@murgatroid99 an average ppopulation of a planet in the universe, you need a larger enclosing container, with the city example you need to specify, state, country, continent planet etc.

@Yuuki yeh I was talking about the last part, that part surely meant average

Yuuki

@Aequitas For the average population of a planet in the universe, you need to calculate 1) total population living on planets and 2) number of planets. You can't derive an average population from a single planet.

Aequitas

since they say it later

Newly Opened Proposals for Entertainment

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Make

Proposed Q&A site for people who fashion things with their hands, 3-D printers, cosplayers, costumers, glassblowers, makerspacers, robotics, woodshopping, metalsmithing, art and jewlery, papercraft, etc

Currently in definition.

murgatroid99

@Aequitas Yes. But the average population among all planets in the universe is different from the average population among all cities in the universe. You can't just say "average population of the universe" and assume that it means "planets"

Yuuki

2:27 AM

Calculating an average involves multiple data points, you can't derive an average from a single sample.

Aequitas

@murgatroid99 yeh but since the universe is infinite it won't matter what you compare it against

GnomeSlice

damnit

murgatroid99

@Aequitas That doesn't make any sense

By definition, every city has people in it. Therefore, the average population of a city is at least the minimum population of a city

Yuuki

@Aequitas You cannot say "average population of a/the Universe" without multiple Universes!

Aequitas

@murgatroid99 except that there are infinite zero populated things in the universe, so it doesn't matter that there's a few planets/galaxies/wateva with life on it

murgatroid99

2:29 AM

@Aequitas That's why it matters what you're averaging

The average population of all populated planets is clearly at least 1

Aequitas

@murgatroid99 hows that now?

Yuuki

@Aequitas Okay, I need to understand what you think when you read "average population of the universe".

Because I think we're having some major miscommunications here.

GnomeSlice

"Traditional Internet dating sites don't understand the passion people have for all things Disney. But we do."

murgatroid99

@Aequitas by definition. If a planet is populated, it has population>=1. So if you take the average of the populations of all such planets, the average is at least 1

Yuuki

@GnomeSlice Finally, a dating site for me.

Aequitas

2:31 AM

@Yuuki for the universe split into any sized chunks the average population of all these chunks has zero people in it

Yuuki

@Aequitas Then you're talking about population density.

Aequitas

@murgatroid99 why are you only counting populated planets?

murgatroid99

@Aequitas Because I can

Yuuki

Announcement: average population != population density.

Aequitas

@Yuuki it's the same thing as average population except density is an area and average is a thing

such as planet, galaxy, city

murgatroid99

2:32 AM

@Aequitas What if you split it into 1 chunk? We're all in that chunk

Aequitas

@murgatroid99 i gettit now

Yuuki

@Aequitas No, it's not. Whenever you say "average population", you need to clarify that. "Average population" of what? Once you define that "what", then the calculation is simple.

Aequitas

okay I see how you need to define your chunks more clearly

@Yuuki ye what I just said

Yuuki

It's total number of people in every what added together / number of whats.

Aequitas

that's the same for density though

Yuuki

2:35 AM

@Aequitas You can calculate population density of a singular object.

Population density of a single universe is an understandable concept.

Aequitas

but you still need to define your chunk size

murgatroid99

The total number of people in every known universe divided by the number of known universes is at least 7 billion

Yuuki

Average population of the universe is a term that makes no sense.

Average population of a universe makes sense.

You cannot calculate average population of a singular object.

Aequitas

the only difference is that density is of an area or volume whereas average is of a thing (which can also be an area or volume)

GnomeSlice

what even is this discussion

Yuuki

2:36 AM

Average population of the city is a nonsensical term.

Aequitas

@Yuuki i agreed about that already

you have to say what

Yuuki

When you talk about "average population of the Universe", an equivalent term is "average population of Houston".

Aequitas

average population of the buildings in a city

Yuuki

There is no such thing.

@Aequitas Which is not the "average population of Houston".

murgatroid99

@Aequitas You can say that, but that is a different thing

Aequitas

2:38 AM

i don't get how many times I have to say I agree -.-

Yuuki

Average population of the buildings in a city is just the average population of the buildings in a city.

Aequitas

@Yuuki you said the same thing?

Private Pansy

‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens

murgatroid99

OK, he agrees with us, we're done

@PrivatePansy I've lost count of how many times The Onion has published that article

Yuuki

@murgatroid99 'No Way to Prevent This', Says Only Satirical Newspaper Where This Regularly Happens.

This being "publishing this same article again".

murgatroid99

2:41 AM

They do it to make a point

Private Pansy

@murgatroid99 4 times - you can scroll down to see every republishing

murgatroid99

They publish it every time there's a mass shooting in America, to underscore how much nothing is changing

@PrivatePansy I did not even notice they were all on one page

Trent Hawkins

@murgatroid99 I think they'd have published it considerably more often if they published it every time there was a mass shooting... a little more than once a day for the entire year on average.

Frank

@TrentHawkins That's the scary part.

The US has had an average of one mass shooting a day this year.

Trent Hawkins

@Frank and we still have most of December to go. :/

Aequitas

2:50 AM

@Frank dafuq

how do mass shootings even happen, doesn't everyone have a gun? shouldn't they shoot the guy shooting everyone?

Fluttershy

There has been more mass shootings than calendar days this year. We're up to 355 mass shootings so far in 2015.

Yuuki

@Aequitas Are you by any chance Republican?

Fluttershy

By "mass shootings," the study refers to any shooting event in which more than 4 people are injured.

Aequitas

@Yuuki well obviously, they're the good guys i'm not gonna be team vader now am I

Private Pansy

@Yuuki Non-American, I'd imagine

Fluttershy

2:53 AM

We’re making Psychonauts 2! But we need your help to do it! Back Psychonauts 2 here: http://www.fig.co https://t.co/Ag2553VrAK

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GUYS

STOP

EVERYTHING

Private Pansy

@Aequitas Bahahaha

@Fluttershy HAMMER TIME

Trent Hawkins

@Fluttershy Including backing Pshyconauts 2? ok...

user15026

@Fluttershy I never finished the first one

Aequitas

@Fluttershy also there's 365 days on the calender isn't there?

Private Pansy

@AshleyNunn I got stuck at the stage where you're being chased by a huge fish

Fluttershy

2:57 AM

@Aequitas There is, yes. But we're only on day 337.

Aequitas

@Fluttershy oh right so far

that's insane holy shit

why'd I get called a republican though?

Lazers 2.0

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Q: Porto Darsena base entrance

I get that Porto Darsena has a entrance on the top that will teleport you to another part of the map and that should be an Easter Egg. The problem is, after entering that metal door+hole on the floor, the base is just not there. I'm sent to another place on the map. Is that metal door the correc...

just-cause-3

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Q: Where is "Northwest" in The Dusty Path?

In one question I saw, it says the compass points Northwest in the Dusty Path. I looked for an arrow or some form of marking for Northwest in the map, but I couldn't find anything. How do you know where Northwest is then?

a-dark-room

MBraedley

Yay, I get to work for another couple of hours even after putting in a full day.

Aequitas

@MBraedley lucky as!

MBraedley

At least I can consume alcohol now in order to dull the pain.

Yuuki

3:06 AM

@Aequitas One of the sentences you can count on to pop up after a mass shooting (really, it's like clockwork) is "if those people had guns, they could've shot the mass shooter".

And it's pretty much overwhelmingly said by a Republican.

GnomeSlice

For Honor looks like a fun game

Yuuki

@GnomeSlice I have problems with it but they're stupid problems and it definitely looks like fun.

Aequitas

@Yuuki why is it wrong though?

Yuuki

@Aequitas For a number of reasons. In no particular order, "not everyone wants a gun", "having a gun doesn't mean you're good with a gun", "why is the solution everyone has a gun instead of not allowing them to get guns", etc.

And also predicated on the average citizen being willing and capable of killing someone.

Even if it's in self-defense, that's a bit of a chilling proposition.

Aequitas

well not allowing them guns is obviously better

murgatroid99

3:12 AM

Also, guns don't make you bulletproof. They just give you the opportunity to shoot first

Aequitas

but if other people are gonna have guns you can be damn sure i'd be getting one too

Yuuki

And that's what we call "proliferation".

Aequitas

I get that lots of people will still die, but it will reduce the number of people killed,

user15026

Augh the idea of a bunch of people who don't know how to use guns having them so they can possibly use them on each other is so fucking frightening

user15026

@Aequitas Nope nope nope noep nope nope opne nope nope nope nope

user15026

3:13 AM

So much nope.

Aequitas

why is it nope? it's better than more people dying

murgatroid99

@Aequitas I don't think giving everyone deadly weapons is a good way to reduce deaths by said weapons

user15026

@Aequitas MORE PEOPLE WILL DIE

GnomeSlice

Jim Jefferies -- Gun Control (Part 1) from BARE -- Netflix Special

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user15026

More guns is NOT EVEN REMOTELY THE ANSWER.

user15026

3:14 AM

Yes, I am yelling, and I do apologize, but just...nope.

GnomeSlice

Jim Jefferies -- Gun Control (Part 2) from BARE -- Netflix Special

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Relevant, and surprisingly well articulated

user15026

Giving people who don't know how to properly and safely use a DEADLY WEAPON is not going to make ANYONE safer.

Yuuki

"If everyone has guns, then nobody has guns."

I think I have that quote wrong.

Aequitas

I imagine that people would learn how to use a gun if they had one

Yuuki

@Aequitas That's cute.

user15026

3:15 AM

@Aequitas hahahahahahahahaha

user15026

hahahahahahaha

user15026

breathes

murgatroid99

@Yuuki If everyone has guns, then nobody's left

Aequitas

lolwut?

Yuuki

"I imagine that people would learn how to <drive a car> if they had one."

user15026

3:15 AM

Not. Gonna. Happen.

murgatroid99

@Aequitas You vastly overestimate the intelligence/sanity/motivation of people

@Yuuki If everyone had a car, then fewer people would die in car accidents

Yuuki

Possession of an item does not automatically engender a motivation to know how to use said item.

Aequitas

@Yuuki a car is a mode of transportation, a gun is a deadly weapon

user15026

@Aequitas Cars are deadly weapons we call transport.

murgatroid99

@Aequitas There is an order of magnitude more car deaths than gun deaths every year

Yuuki

3:16 AM

@Aequitas What kills more people every year: cars or guns?

Aequitas

you don't just let anyone drive, surely you have to have some sort of gun education?

Rapitor

so. in Video Games. Splatoon won Best Multiplayer game.

@Aequitas Pfffffffffffffffffff

murgatroid99

@Aequitas education is not the same as knowledge

LessPop_MoreFizz

3:17 AM

A bunch of idiots in Texas decided to try to prove that A Good Guy With A Gun could've stopped the Charlie Hebdo shooting by engaging in a reenactment. They all 'died'.

Aequitas

@murgatroid99 driver's have practice and tests and deaths are generally not intentional, there's a difference

Yuuki

You underestimate the amount of stupidity when it comes to guns in the US right now.

murgatroid99

> You underestimate the amount of stupidity ~~when it comes to guns in the US right now.~~

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Yuuki

Case in point, my dad bought a gun. There was no aptitude test required at all.

user15026

@Aequitas Yes, let's give people DEADLY THINGS while they are panicked and under stress

user15026

3:18 AM

That strikes me as a brilliant idea

user15026

nothing could go wrong

Yuuki

Now we lock our gun with a trigger lock and we put it in a safe without a clip loaded (not even an empty one). But not everyone is careful with their guns.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Aequitas QUite the opposite. You explicitly don't need any sort of education in most states, and many would argue that to require a burden on ownership identical to that required for car ownership is explicitly unconstitutional.

It is much, much, much, much easier to acquire a gun than a car in most of the United States.

GnomeSlice

You constitution sounds like it should be revised

LessPop_MoreFizz

@GnomeSlice That is a very difficult thing to do.

Yuuki

3:20 AM

2 mins ago, by Yuuki

Case in point, my dad bought a gun. There was no aptitude test required at all.

Aequitas

well say everyone carried a gun, was sensible and knew how to use it. When someone came around trying to kill everyone, everyone around them would pull out their own guns, how is that a bad idea? the given here is that you can't change that people will have guns

LessPop_MoreFizz

4 mins ago, by LessPop_MoreFizz

A bunch of idiots in Texas decided to try to prove that A Good Guy With A Gun could've stopped the Charlie Hebdo shooting by engaging in a reenactment. They all 'died'.

murgatroid99

9 mins ago, by murgatroid99

Also, guns don't make you bulletproof. They just give you the opportunity to shoot first

user15026

@Aequitas That's never, ever, ever gonna happen

murgatroid99

Plus, if one person in the middle of a crowd of people pulls a gun, and everyone else in the crowd shoots at them, a lot of people will die

Even if the first person never fires a shot

LessPop_MoreFizz

3:23 AM

There are plenty of legitimate argument against gun regulation. I don't neccesarily agree with them, but there is definitely a case to be made about government control and personal liberty and and and. "Everyone should have a gun so they can stop a mass shooting by firing at the crazy person" is not one of them. It is the argument of a child who has seen too many action movies.

Aequitas

@murgatroid99 why's that

GnomeSlice

I have never heard a Canadian say "unconstitutional" in regular conversation

Rapitor

@Aequitas crossfire

Unionhawk

@Aequitas panic and confusion

Aequitas

is aiming that hard? I have no problem in cs

murgatroid99

3:24 AM

How would the responsible gun owner decide who to shoot? Do you just shoot everyone who pulls out a gun before they can shoot you? A crowd of people with that strategy turns into Highlander.

Powerlord

Sooooo....

Aequitas

surely it's similar right? haha

Unionhawk

...

Powerlord

Shadow Complex Remastered is free right now: epicgames.com/shadowcomplex

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Aequitas Yes. Aiming is 'that hard'.

user15026

3:25 AM

Okay nope, I've got nothing.

Aequitas

@murgatroid99 hmm

Powerlord

I didn't even know they were doing a remastered version of it.

murgatroid99

@Aequitas Yes, everyone has perfectly steady hands and heads, and also has a crosshair in the middle of their eyesight

LessPop_MoreFizz

I would strongly encourage you to go visit a firing range sometime. Take a few shots. See what happens. Learn a little respect for the highly lethal killing machines that you simulate the use of.

Aequitas

okie you guys have such a crazy problem then

dunno

Unionhawk

3:25 AM

I am going to tell you all how awful of a time I am having working with VGA, because that sounds like more fun right now

I'll give you a hint: it's a pretty awful time

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz Having shot a number of guns...yep. It's hard as heck.

user15026

And I'm just shooting at giant freaking targets that don't move.

GnomeSlice

@Aequitas yep

Yuuki

@Aequitas I have gone to the range several times with our 9mm. Headshots are not that simple. Even body shots are not simple.

Even at 7 ~~yards~~ meters, I'm nowhere near reliable.

Aequitas

do other countries are allowed guns like merica?

wow butchered that sentence

Yuuki

3:29 AM

@Aequitas Some.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Yuuki 'headshots' are not a thing that anyone with a gun should ever be trying to take, to be fair.

You aim for center mass and you unload the clip, because if you are using the gun, you have already decided that you want the person you are shooting at to die.

Yuuki

But they probably don't have the confluence of weak gun restrictions and regularly available firearms that the US has.

LessPop_MoreFizz

Canada has roughly similar gun ownership per capita.

Yuuki

@LessPop_MoreFizz Well yeah, but I was trying to illustrate the difference between shooting in games and shooting in real life.

Unionhawk

the difference is literally the core concept

okay, so I have a thing that does something now

Now I need to turn that into a thing that does what I want

Somehow

But at least the monitor isn't telling me that the settings are wrong

And... also... it's VHDL not Verilog. So I guess that's another thing.

GnomeSlice

3:34 AM

Oh, is the right to bear arms rooted in a thing where you can rebel against a tyrannical government?

Aequitas

why are people going on mass shootings daily anyway?

GnomeSlice

@LessPop_MoreFizz

Yuuki

> Family might be planning a trip to Denver.
> Goes to find his pipe that he bought in London.

Aequitas

i thnk thats more of an issue

Yuuki

@Aequitas So you're asking why people kill people?

LessPop_MoreFizz

3:34 AM

@Aequitas Answer that, win a nobel prize

Unionhawk

VTC: too broad

LessPop_MoreFizz

@GnomeSlice That's certainly where it starts, yes.

GnomeSlice

Huh.

Neat. But that seems like it might be a bit pointless now.

LessPop_MoreFizz

Shadow Complex is free on PC for a limited time.

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GnomeSlice

@LessPop_MoreFizz I somehow never even knew they ported it

Aequitas

3:37 AM

@Yuuki touche

StrixVaria

Actual second amendment text:

> A well regulated militia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed.

I hope all the signers of the bill of rights learned something about vague laws.

GnomeSlice

"Well Regulated"

LessPop_MoreFizz

@GnomeSlice in the parlance of the time, this probably meant "well trained".

Yuuki

@GnomeSlice To be fair, the sentence doesn't mandate a well-regulated militia to have the right to bear arms.

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Unionhawk

Two things:
1) They made stuff like that intentionally vague as far as I understand it
2) They're dead.

GnomeSlice

3:38 AM

@LessPop_MoreFizz That's what I meant, actually

do you have to pass a test to own a gun?

Yuuki

It just says "well-regulated militias are important so you guys can have guns".

Doesn't necessarily mean a militia needs to be formed nor does it mean that gun ownership is predicated on being a member of a militia.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@GnomeSlice No. DC vs. Heller has fundamentally gutted most restrictions on firearms ownership.

GnomeSlice

So isn't that unconstitutional

Yuuki

@GnomeSlice What's unconstitutional?

StrixVaria

The founding fathers originally intended new constitutions to be written periodically to reflect changing times.

Arguing about what's "unconstitutional" has always seemed a little twisted to me.

Yuuki

3:41 AM

Or at the very least amendments to be passed somewhat more regularly.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@StrixVaria [citation needed]

They expected the constitution to be amended, and it has been.

GnomeSlice

how recently?

StrixVaria

@LessPop_MoreFizz I'm way too tired to retrace the entire history of random possibly incorrect factoids I've acquired forever, so I'll just cling to the hope that I'm right without proof but accept that I'm probably wrong.

LessPop_MoreFizz

But Marbury v. Madison was pretty much right after the establishment of the constitution, and was decided by a supreme court chaired by one of the authors of the Federalist Papers, so calling judicial review 'a little twisted' seems fairly off base.

Yuuki

Twenty-seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution

The Twenty-seventh Amendment (Amendment XXVII) to the United States Constitution prohibits any law that increases or decreases the salary of members of Congress from taking effect until the start of the next set of terms of office for Representatives. It is the most recent amendment. It was submitted by Congress to the states for ratification on September 25, 1789. The amendment became part of the United States Constitution on May 7, 1992, following a record-setting ratification period of 202 years, 7 months, and 12 days. == TextEdit == No law, varying the compensation for the services of the...

After I was born, actually.

LessPop_MoreFizz

3:42 AM

@GnomeSlice About 20 years most recently.

Yuuki

> a record-setting ratification period of 202 years, 7 months, and 12 days.

Damn, son.

LessPop_MoreFizz

Leaving aside the bill of rights, we've averaged an amendment once every 15-20 years. We're due for another one.

But... ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

Yuuki

I propose that the next amendment be fixing the voting system, but good luck with that.

StrixVaria

@LessPop_MoreFizz The process of the judicial system sounds fine in theory; the twisted part to me is that we're still basing modern decisions off a document written 200+ years ago. It has aged surprisingly well, but it's a bit dated.

Yuuki

@StrixVaria Better than the UK, which bases modern decisions off a document that doesn't exist (they don't have a written constitution, IIRC).

@LessPop_MoreFizz Ew, I have to create an Epic Games account and install their launcher.

GnomeSlice

3:45 AM

It's called an "Amendment"

LessPop_MoreFizz

I'm an Amendment to Be (Simpsons)

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GnomeSlice

@LessPop_MoreFizz Lmao, I'm surprised they got away with this

@LessPop_MoreFizz This is actually clever even for the simpsons

LessPop_MoreFizz

@GnomeSlice Even moreso if you know about the mid 90's context regarding flag burning

GnomeSlice

I don't

LessPop_MoreFizz

@GnomeSlice tl;dr, in the late 80's/early 90's, the Supreme Court decided a series of cases, most notably (and starting with), Texas V. Johnson, in which they held that laws prohibiting the burning of the American Flag are in conflict with the first amendment, and that flag burning is in fact protected political speech.

Since then, an amendment referred to as the "Flag Desecration Amendment" or the "Flag Burning Amendment" which explicitly prohibits the act has been reintroduced in congress regularly, but it always fails.

Aequitas

3:52 AM

stackoverflow.com/questions/60904/… hmm accepted answer is above higher voted answer

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Aequitas It happens. Can happen for a host of reasons.

Maybe accepted answer came in first, was right, and higher voted answer came later, but asker never revisited the question

Maybe the accepted answer includes some key detail that is more relevant to the asker.

Maybe the asker has a grudge against the person that wrote the higher voted answer.

it doesn't really matter.

Aequitas

but I showed an example on arqade where higher voted answer comes before accepted answer

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Aequitas Oh, you mean in terms of sorting.

Aequitas

ya

is arqade and so different in this?

LessPop_MoreFizz

If accepted answer is a self answer, they will always be sorted based on votes, ignoring the check mark.

StrixVaria

3:55 AM

You can also manually change sorting, which could mess with things.

Aequitas

@LessPop_MoreFizz hmm i don't think that was the case but I can't find it anymore

LessPop_MoreFizz

4:08 AM

The Dessert Must Flow.

/CC: @AshleyNunn I think I found a project for you.

user15026

Duuuuuuude :D

user15026

That's awesome

LessPop_MoreFizz

So when do I book my ticket to Canada to eat this worm

Aequitas

@LessPop_MoreFizz haha spice worm, cinnamon

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz Whenever, preferably on a sun/monday so I have time to bake :P

SaintWacko

4:28 AM

@LessPop_MoreFizz Oh wow, that's amazing

Lazers 2.0

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Q: Differences of gamplay between Skyrim and Oblivion

I've played Oblivion and Skyrim a lot, but I don't know the difference between these games. Can anyone help me explain what it was like in Oblivion and Skyrim? it's no like I'm saying, "Which one is better, Oblivion or Skyrim?". I'm just asking about the differences.

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Q: How do I fast travel in Just Cause 3

I saw a stream where the player was able to right click and select fast travel. How can I enable this?

just-cause-3 fast-travel

Private Pansy

4:46 AM

If Starlight was a stallion, she could have been a colt leader

Private Pansy

4:56 AM

*crickets*

Unionhawk

awful times status: less awful

Nope I lied

Oh I see

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[test](www.google.com)

(test)[google.com]

???

murgatroid99

You need the protocol

r3tr0 t3h PeNgU1N oF d00m

[test][1] [1]: www.google.com

murgatroid99

[test](http://google.com) == test

r3tr0 t3h PeNgU1N oF d00m

5:04 AM

Oh....

Thanks a bunch

murgatroid99

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Just letting all of you know you can now permanently get rid of unwanted games like Pregnancy and Bad Rats from your Steam Library!

two bugs

Huh, apparently Kojima was barred from accepting any MGSV awards.

Unionhawk

5:20 AM

All right. Come on. Work this time. Please.

Please.

Nope. Dangit.

...

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Q: Fallout shelter - Dwellers in the wasteland always get no more than 1 item found?

On my fallout shelter, when I send out a dweller to explore the wasteland he or she always finds an item within the first two hours, then simply doesn't find anymore items. The message log is normal and I he continues to find caps and earn Xp. Even after 12 hrs of exploring he has only had the on...

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Unionhawk

5:52 AM

Oh goddammit I forgot to declare a couple things as 32 bits wide

Okay, now I have a thing that draws a box in the upper left based on parameters in verilog. Now I need to turn that into a thing that draws stuff based on inputs...

This is fun. We're having fun.

Lazers 2.0

6:17 AM

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Q: Xbox 360 plugged in to a different TV and still have all saves?

Can i unplug my Xbox 360 from a TV, Then plug the xbox into a different TV and still have all my saves and achievements and ECT.And also not need to make a new Xbox account? kind regards Jake.

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Hisham Maudarbocus

7:20 AM

Q: Long lost 3d fps game
Hi, there's a game i used to play but unfortunately if forgot the complete name. All i remember was that there was the name "sub zero" on the cd. Its not mortal combat. Its an FPS game where you are in the future, i believe you are a mech and have upgradable rocket on your right or left shoulder. If am not mistaken, on stage 3 or 4, you get to fight giant robotic spiders.
Its a game i've always dreamed to play again, although its a very old game. By the way it has 3d graphics. Please help me in finding the game that marked my childhood, thanks.

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@HishamMaudarbocus It's definitely Mecha Mortal Kombat 3Doom

Hisham Maudarbocus

nope sure its not Mecha Mortal Kombat 3Doom

LessPop_MoreFizz

Daily News doubling down:

GodEmperorDune

7:37 AM

@LessPop_MoreFizz nice

Trent Hawkins

@LessPop_MoreFizz Oof. I see their point, but I'm not sure including Mr NRA guy under the terrorist label like that is doing their side any favours. I mean, if we're being honest, the issue is sufficiently polarized that nothing this side says if going to convince the "gun nuts". But it may just be enough to convince the few people who are open to being swayed that your position is crazy any you shouldn't be listened to at all.

LessPop_MoreFizz

yesterday, by LessPop_MoreFizz

Lazers 2.0

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Q: How do I efficiently scrap junk?

I have hundreds of pieces of junk that would weigh less if they were scrapped. I know I can drop and scrap them while in Workshop mode, but the quantity of items makes this impractical. Is there an efficient way of breaking down junk items into their scrap components?

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Trent Hawkins

8:07 AM

@LessPop_MoreFizz I know. I've seen that. While my atheistic leanings may make me very biased while processing this, I feel you might be able to convince a fair number of theists (with the exception of the sort who believe prayer alone is a superior cure cure than any proven modern medicine) that prayer alone won't solve this problem, and that 'we' need to do something more than pray.

I also fully believe that if we keep calling these domestic terrorists what they are, the label might stick and something might come from that... But to include LaPierre, no matter how much you hate the NRA's influence on politics, that may be a bridge to far and only serves to feed an echo chamber (Like a reverse FOX).

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