The Bridge

Very interesting

Looks like I was wrong

fredley

cc @Powerlord This article and yours say contradictory things

(shut up it's SE I'm technically working)

Jason Berkan

sigh - Avadon has the far too regular "you picked the wrong character at the start, so f--- you" end battle.

I really did not like the story in this game.

8:02 PM

Hah, expensive placebos are even more effective than cheaper ones

Kevin van der Velden

Well that explains homeophathy

@fredley unfortunately I trust Ars Technica a lot more

fredley

Yeah.

It seems like it doesn't apply to everything, though. A study on asthma showed the placebo to be within margin of error of no treatment

Still, very interesting. Thanks for speaking up, @murgatroid99 ! Being wrong is fun

That said

it's not like the EU has, yknow, such a vibrant IT startup scene

SO LET'S KILL WHATEVER SCRAP OF A CHANCE THEY MIGHT HAVE ANYWAY TO MATTER

The only Italian company that matters in this industry is Arduino

8:07 PM

Heh

HEH

and I guess we've heard about that indie game website a few times from @GnomeSlice

Indie game Minecraft

Which is about as far as you can get from Indie now

fffuuu

just noticed the place I was going to get food from is clsoed on tuesdays

BAH HUMBUG I SAY

HEH

TAKE THAT TURTLE

user15026

Aww that sucks.

8:08 PM

Oh well, I'll just order from a different chinese food place

Not quite as good, but good enough.

@twobugs no: Indie Gala.

Tuesday is a random day to be closed

Why not monday

Indie gala sucks eggs too

If anything

@GnomeSlice And now it'll be in slow lane internet on top of all that

@GnomeSlice It's literally the second Italian company I see the name of thrown around in my circles

I don't know of any other Italian presence that gets talked as much. Which is saying a lot.

8:10 PM

@badp Yeah I'm just throwing it out there. Not saying Minecraft is an Italian game!

Huh

Well I mean they definitely get a lot of traffic

I guess France has Le Quadrature Du Net, which is a pretty good advocacy group.

but what else?

I guess Germany is where SAP was founded.

So that's something.

How much of something?

How many somethings is that worth/

Looks like I'm going on strike starting Saturday

Sunday

@Unionhawk Quite a lot of somethings.

8:11 PM

GIVE ME A NUMBER

Or is it an alot of something?

@GnomeSlice bring a 3ds and limply wave a sign every hour or so

@Unionhawk 38.374 billion somethings

calculates

15 minutes

@Unionhawk that's about 42.7 billion orothers

8:12 PM

We need to upgrade the Unicalc. It's pretty slow nowadays.

@twobugs I've been meaning to upgrade it to int_64

I wasn't able to calculate either of those

I guess I should have said "milliards" both times

so as to displease both the long and the short scale fans

Oh right, Europeans do the "billion means... a million million?" thing

no

no

8:14 PM

I mean

We just say milliard for a thousand million

and billiard for a million million

Then what's a billion

a bajillion

I'm confused

You're confusing

we don't really say "billion"

VTC @badp as confuses @Uni

8:15 PM

There's the short billion scale, the long billion scale and the no billion scale

We use the third

In...teresting

@badp Something something pool cues.

I looked up "bilione" on the dictionary

bilione, n.
1. 10^9
2. 10^12

Uh

@SaintWacko It's the same in English

8:17 PM

10^9 == 10^12: DATA ACCEPTED

That's not useful

Right, what @Unionhawk said

It's exactly the same in English.

See also: bi-weekly

Some people use it to mean a thousand million, and weird people use it to mean a million million

bi-weekly
1. twice a week
2. once every two weeks

Q: Witcher 3 crashes constantly

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So the witcher 3 has been crashing constantly ever since I started playing it and I'm having a hard time diagnosing it. I've still played it a fair bit but now I'm at my wits end (playing 10 minutes before a crash is considered good, often it'll crash while loading). I'm pretty sure it's some fau...

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8:19 PM

@Unionhawk The dictionary says 10^9 is the "current Italian, French and US use" and 10^12 is the "ancient Italian, English and current German use"

I see

I also was under the impression that the long scale (billion = 10^12) is the current use in UK? /cc @fredley

So... germans

And maybe @fredley

OTOH milliard only means 10^9

so that's unambiguous

My only familiarity with the long scale is people using it to intentionally confuse others

Which is, admittedly, funny

8:20 PM

and the same number of syllables as billion! so they're equally as handy

Fak

although milliard is literally ten myriad myriad, with myriad being 10^4 (ten thousand)

so ten times ten thousand times ten thousand

or something?

Iunno

there I fixed it

huh

Windows 10 determined that the best time to install updates is 7:18

...because I usually forget my computer on and leave about 30 minutes earlier for my commute

clever girl

Q: What's the best room to assign dwellers to?

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I have a quest that requires me to assign 15 dwellers to the right room for them, and I seem to be stuck at 9. I don't have access to all possible rooms yet, so that may be a part of my problem, but in general... Is there a way to tell which room a dweller will like best short of assigning them...

fallout-shelter

@Lazers2.0 OMG WTF SHE USED THE B-WORD AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA mental breakdown

@badp "but"?

Q: How to assign particles to an item in Minecraft

8:35 PM

0

Does anybody know a way to add a command to an item (emerald, stick, other ingredients), then when left or right clicked, it produces a command?

minecraft

@Unionhawk "best"? I don't care this would've been funny a few years ago I think. Um.

I mean, given the last couple days of "ZOMG THIS STRATEGY QUESTION IS TOO BROAD"

user15026

@badp I am not sure why this has broken you, but have you tried turning the system off and on again?

USA CHALLENGES JAPAN TO GIANT ROBOT DUEL!

►

INITIATE LAUGHING SEQUENCE

user15026

8:36 PM

(don't press the reset button, or you will lose all your settings and will not regain connection.)

I really really hope this happens.

Sterno

wtf is "open internet"?

@Sterno A complete and utter misnomer designed to make a bad thing sound benign

John

@Sterno sounds like jargon to say "hey guys half of it's good, ignore the other half"

@Sterno it's like the internet but it's open to non internet-like things!!

and in order to keep the non-internet-like things and cat pictures separate, lest they mix and spill out, they'll just make two separate lanes for each.

This ensures the non-internet-like things work while you can still can look at cat pictures.

8:40 PM

@Sterno it's when you and your internet have an understanding and can pursue other networks

Non-internet-like things include, but are not limited to: the internet

user15026

@GodEmperorDune facedesk

@AshleyNunn spoken like an ISP :p

This round goes to @GodEmperorDune

Sorry, @badp, but @GodEmperorDune's joke was funnier

John

@Chippies Is there a Terraria server going up? I've had about 3 people ask to play with me and it'd be great if I could send them all to the same place. Assuming more people are ok, that is (cc @James)

8:41 PM

Wait wait wait am I the sorta person who makes funny jokes?

Better luck in the next round

That must be why @Wipqozn hasn't been talking to me.

@badp Oh my no

I'm envious over your art skills

Stack Exchange

Sterno has added Wipqozn to the list of this room's owners.

Wipqozn has removed Sterno from the list of this room's owners.

Sorry, it's the rules

DOES THIS PLEASE YOU @fredley?!

oh wait, we just need balance

8:44 PM

Let me bring balance

@John I haven't heard from @James yet

man, too lazy to find a room owner to remove

wife and I are playing on our own server for now, trying to gear up a bit

@Wipqozn Just remove them all.

Feeds

badp has added Unionhawk to the list of this room's owners.

8:45 PM

There

@fredley Except they also approved of fast lane internet at the same time ( see this

Have a room owner to remove

Feeds

Wipqozn has removed Unionhawk from the list of this room's owners.

probably best to do that before we join his server anyway, as with all of us starting from scratch, the resources will be scarce

Feeds

Wipqozn has added Sterno to the list of this room's owners.

8:45 PM

BALANCE

Oh, did Terraria drop or something?

THUS ENDED @UNIONHAWK'S REIGN OF TERROR AND OWNER ABUSE

REST IN RIP

@MadMAxJr 1.3

Shiny new hats?

new UI, new stuff, it's quite nice actually

8:46 PM

GOD DAMMIT I KNEW THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN RIGHT AFTER I SHUT DOWN MY COMPUTER

3

@MadMAxJr steam achievements, 800+ new items, new other things.

well, not new UI, but improved old UI

ability to quick stack to nearest chests!

@Unionhawk gg

having to manually click on each chest and quick stack was the worst

Oh man, acheivements. Fffffff. That'll do it.

8:47 PM

Dammit, I forgot to run my dishwasher this morning

Maybe if I can overcome my disappointment in Starbound I can play that.

@MadMAxJr That was easy

I never learned the ins and outs of Terraria, but the bosses look neat.

@MadMAxJr Terraria is way more fun than Starbound

Sterno

@Wipqozn You're dancing like a monkey for him. Stop dancing, monkey-man.

8:51 PM

I still hope one day Starbound will be amazing, but Terraria is just better until then

Sterno

On second thought, you can dance if you want to

user15026

I think I own Terraria but I am not sure I have ever played it for more than like 5 minutes when I first got it.

You can leave your friends behind. Then come back and loot them later.

@AshleyNunn it's certainly more fun with other people

> Looks like the MegaBot Mk II is packing a paintball AC10 long barrel cannon and paint LBX10 shotgun cannon (or possibly paint flamer, hard to be sure). The frame is heavy and sturdy and the armor is impressive, making for an imposing battlefield presence.
The Suidobashi Kuratas is clearly a more agile opponent, its 3 wheeled leg design offering superior mobility and adjustable height. The targeting systems are quite advanced, freeing up the pilot to take advantage of the mech's mobility. We've only seen light armaments so far, 2 gatling BB autocannons and a SRM6 water bottle launcher.

I can't wait until next year.

F--KIN' GIANT ROBOT FIGHTS, MAN.

9:01 PM

Ah yes, the reddit comment that gave them Battletech loadouts.

Unfortunately after watching the DARPA Robotics Challenge Finals, biped walkers will be a ways off. Those wheel-feet are neat thoguh.

> Holy shit. These are mechs. People are fighting mechs. We live in the future.

The Japan one isn't terribly far from a Tachikoma leg setup.

Well even if only with paintballs and limited mobility, it's still better than Hawken.

The Mk. II needs to install the Liberty Prime voice module.

Following the rules for Japanese robots, the Japanese robot might take a beating, but when it is at its weakest, it is also at its peak threat value.

THE GUIDE SHOT AT A SLIME. WHAT IS GOING ON.

9:06 PM

WTF?

inf

once I click it: that's not much speed at all.

@MBraedley I almost thought it was 250/100 mbit/s

Also: upload higher than download?

@Arperum hah, I didn't even notice that

@MadMAxJr Depends on who's piloting it though.

9:09 PM

@Arperum the Borderlands bundle added more dlc for Borderlands 2 in BTA tier

If it's an angsty 14 year old (and it's his first time in the pilot's seat), America's f--ked.

Otherwise, it's anyone's game.

Japan under no circumstances should be allowed to field a small team of group-themed robots.

On the other hand, America, I need you to work with me here. We need a giant robot with a classic car for a head.

@MadMAxJr I understood that reference.

It was a lovely show, canceled for not pulling in expected audience numbers.

Granted, it doesn't hurt that Megas XLR is like America's only giant robot show.

9:12 PM

Forever in my heart, because of the ever-changing dashboard/control console.

'All the Missiles' button, you are my best friend.

Technically we get to claim half of Big-O. The second season was made possible with funding from Cartoon Network.

Big o was great

A bizzare tribute to noir film.

> I'm ok living in a world where people risk life and limb fighting giant robots, probably shouldn't be, but I am.

So we have robotic sport combat in the works. I'm waiting for the robotically-enhanced olympics.

You better believe I want to see a humanoid robot designed to throw a javelin at peak performance.

9:18 PM

Is that where @orgyrambo went? To practice for the Olympics?

Robots vs dinosaurs

I need Real Steel in my life.

I think Robot vs Dinosaur football would be okay as a promotional event, but not a regular season event.

Robot dinosaurs are a thing

Well after we got equal rights for dinosaurs and the robot bill of rights, robot dinosaurs still face lots of discrimination.

9:20 PM

@MadMAxJr They had plans for a 3rd season but CN execs axed it

@twobugs That's okay. The plot does that weird loop-back-into-self thing.

Yeah the end of Season 2 was pretty goofy.

Big O, Hellsing, and Batman make me want to know where the heck you go to hire a butler capable of immense feats of combat.

@MadMAxJr I hear robot dinosaurs don't even get a break! They just have to be entertaining all the time

@MadMAxJr Bah. Why humanoid?

murgatroid99

9:28 PM

@SaintWacko Because watching an automatic speargun compete in the Olympics probably won't be very entertaining

@SaintWacko The challenge of either using robotics to enhance the human form or emulate the human form is of interest to me!

Also I'm pretty sure Japan would just win everything if it was single-task robot olympics.

Their precision arm assembly line robotics are /insane/.

The DRC Finals was the first real interesting step. While many of the robots failed, they had to be able to finish their task without instruction from their command console. Sort of like telling your million dollar 4 year old to open the door, go into the next room, pick up the object on the table, and come back. If they can't reach you for help, they have to know how to finish the last task assigned.

They're still learning to walk. Not quite there yet for two legged sprint. Four legged sprint, Boston Dynamics has you COVERED. Big Dog and Spot are terrifying robots.

Powerlord

glances at clock

Oh hey, it's going home time.

Trent Hawkins

@Yuuki Although the sidekick was a child-sized sentient robot, We've also got Big Guy from Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot

Team RoboSimian Time Lapse 2 - Day 2

►

That guy right there is pretty impressive. JPL labs 'Robosimian'

@AshleyNunn I bet it sounds good if you like jellyfish

user15026

9:35 PM

@Wipqozn Yeah, probably.

@Wipqozn Finally.

Also, today was payday.

And our payroll company screwed up.

D:

Meanwhile, this month I got paid for June and a 14th month :D

(which actually means "what you earned with us last year divided by 12" so for me that was about 140% the usual as opposed to 200%)

(but it's all smoke and mirrors because it means every month I get 1/14th of my yearly salary instead of 1/12th)

I should have demanded that they fix my internet tonight.

Happily, I'm not living on paycheck to paycheck, but it's still not awesome for the company.

Doesn't give me much confidence in company stability.

9:47 PM

Well there's a difference between a missed paycheck and an honest error

I think you meant the latter happened?

although I supposed "an honest error" would be fixed ASAP

Well, that's what they've said.

Whether it's true or not, I have no way to verify.

I'm inclined to give them the benefit of a doubt, but if I'm not paid by the 15th, all bets are off.

Hmm, I wonder if there's any unsecured wifi networks I can join for the evening?

That would be a no

Hotels, fast food, small businesses, many tend to have that.

In residential areas, people are getting better about it.

Nothing close

However if they're WEP or WPA there are ways to ah.. let yourself in.

9:56 PM

I live in a 106 unit steel and concrete building. It's not easy leeching wifi as it is.

You need a can-tenna

I could probably make one.

Man, what should I read once I finish the goblin emperor

it was going to be powder mage, but now I'm thinking the farseer trilogy

I only have a little under 2 hours to decide!

No wait, I can go over to @Wipqozn's place! You've got FibreOp, right @Wipqozn?

@MBraedley Of course

All the cool kids have fibre op

9:58 PM

@MBraedley wikihow.com/Make-a-Cantenna

This needs another shopping rec close vote

Okay I'm going to go finish my book

That's better!

At least it's pretty close to what I'm supposed to be getting

I guess I should call Bell back and cancel the service appointment...

spugsley

@Sterno not playing it yet :p SO THERE

HI GUYS

Q: How do I delete my town and player on Animal Crossing New Leaf

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In my game of Animal Crossing New Leaf I can not delete my town and player because (I think) its old. I don't have Isabelle in my game and some buildings that you are supposed have at the start of the game. I started in a taxi not in a train with Rover. I have done a lot of research on this and h...

animal-crossing-new-leaf

10:12 PM

O.o ooh can I play

Well. That's disconcerting. I'm not even getting 40% of the download speed I'm supposed to be.

Tim Stone

My upload speed is (according to the test) half of what it usually is. So I'm a bit skeptical of the results still.

Okay, that's better.

Q: What can I craft with these weapons in tf2?

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So I have some spare weapons that are taking up space and/or I just don't use them. I have a second wrangler, razorback, jarate, mantreads, warrior's spirit, natascha, eyelander, ambassador, powerjack,and the axtinguisher. What can I craft with these weapons that will be worth-while? (this is not...

team-fortress-2

Why is everyone using SpeedOf.Me for speed tests?

10:21 PM

@Frank I wasn't talking about SpeedOf.Me at the time, but this might apply:

Apr 28 at 23:53, by Yuuki

@Ktash The reason why I posted that speed test is because apparently speedtest.net is so popular that ISPs don't throttle your traffic to speedtest.net so your connection appears faster when you're not actually getting that speed.

@Yuuki I figured, but it also gives wildly inconsistent results.

Hi @spugsley

@Lazers2.0 Yeah, no. So totally POB.

pob?

/urban POB

@Aequitas Primarily Opinion Based.

10:26 PM

/help

\help

Questions that are based more on opinions than actual facts or reference don't work very well here.

And this question fits into that category extremely well.

no

didn't you read it?

he said it's NOT an opinion based question

@Aequitas I did! And it totally is, regardless of what he said.

That said, if he adds in additional details about what his class is, and what he likes to do, we might have the makings of a good subjective question.

I mean the core question is 'what can I make with this stuff'

Seems pretty straightforward to me, although asking if any of it is worthwhile is subjective, but I don't think the bad kind.

Because you can say 'this is a great gun for snipers' as I'm sure there are widely accepted popularity rankings for different weapons in a game like TF2

@Aequitas we don't have any chat commands, sorry.

why no chat commands what

10:40 PM

Nobody made a command bot

@Aequitas this is the bridge help bot. how may I be of assistance?

Seems legit.

buttistance

I should probably go back to work, my 15 minute break is already more like 25

!uptime

wait this isn't twitch either

That command wouldn't even make sense

Q: Don't close questions where the user has requested that it not be closed

Sorry, I didn't get that. For billing help, say "billing". For techinical assistance, say "tech support". For status on the robocapalypse, say "I submit to my new overlords". music plays

OKAY, PANIC.

We are aware of the issues with some people having issues access our site and are working on it.

Tweeted by StackStatus on June 30, 2015 at 10:42 PM

murgatroid99

10:48 PM

@Aequitas Does that mean I can ask whatever I want, as long as I say "This is not off topic"?

-157

The system should search posts for the word "please" in proximity to the phrase "don't close" or "do not close", and if found together disable the close link for the following reasons: They asked nicely They knew enough about the system to understand that posts can be closed, and thus are exper...

feature-request vote-to-close fun

@okaypanic it sounds like you need technical support. Please make sure all cables are securely attached, reboot the affected machine, then pray to RNGesus.

Thank you for contacting bridge support. Goodbye.

Please stay on the line for a brief survey.

Your feedback is important to us.

So... character swapped out needs 1727 xp for level up, win 34 from battle, now she needs... 1673.

Wat.

@murgatroid99 exactly!

Maybe I did get 54 instead of 34 and misread the battle report :|

kappagasm

What's going on with this thing

i can't even submit answers

and everything is lagging out

i can't even submit answers

murgatroid99

10:53 PM

5 mins ago, by OKAY, PANIC.

We are aware of the issues with some people having issues access our site and are working on it.

Tweeted by StackStatus on June 30, 2015 at 10:42 PM

kappagasm

and everything is lagging out

@murgatroid99 Gah, css isn't loading on that question for me. so it looks terrible.

@Arperum yeah, me too. It's like the 90s all over again

wut

10:59 PM

So... so much rain.

kappagasm

jc

a

All of you should be watching Titan's Grave geekandsundry.com/shows/titansgrave

OKAY, PANIC.

We're sending out a workaround for the routing issue now - access to sites should be normal within about 5 minutes.

Tweeted by StackStatus on June 30, 2015 at 11:02 PM

Q: i cant find my husband, help?

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I married Marcelo and I told him to move to breeze home. I keep going there but he's not there. I've gone to the temple of Mara and to the bee and bard in Riften. I don't know where he is. Where's my husband? Also I can't find Cicero I spared him and lied to Astrid so he'd be my follower but I d...

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LessPop_MoreFizz

Linking brilliance before I delete it:

0

A: Where can I find a dog to fart on?

This past answer is offensive and wildly incorrect. I don't know what types of drugs you people have been consuming, but it sounds as though the instructions given above direct you to completing some type of video game. Here in the wild, we have far different tactics when it comes to dog-farting....

user15026

11:13 PM

Okay, that was a much needed amusement.

dafuq

Indeed

Advantages of 10k: i can see that later if I want

@LessPop_MoreFizz okay, who upvoted that?

@Unionhawk Boooh. I'm only halfway there.