The Bridge

@twobugs Fran and Balthier were the only good things about the game. The rest was completely broken due to the Gambit system.

@Wipqozn I'll be alright. I'm just whining. The overtime pay will be fantastic, at least! Might even let me upgrade my bike.

@Fluttershy :(

@Fluttershy was gambit the autocombat system? i loved the autocombat system

Trivia question: without googling, does anyone know what the phrase "without wax" means?

3:49 PM

@Fluttershy Just have to make that decision as to whether the pay is worth it. I'm about to leave a kickass job because I'm moving, and facing a "need a job" situation -- don't really have the option to hold out for my favorite.

user4704

@GnomeSlice uh

user4704

i vaguely recall it from art history?

Context would definitely help

Yeah!

user4704

maybe something about making etchings?

3:49 PM

"presented without wax"

@GnomeSlice maybe @AshleyNunn she knows all the words

user4704

hm. not sure then

Yeah, doesn't help me XD

statue guys

also i had some ideas, i googled for the answer and definitely had it wrong

3:50 PM

would fix imperfections with wax

ardaozkal

@StrixVaria there is none

"An often repeated folk etymology proposes that sincere is derived from the Latin sine = without, cera = wax. According to one popular explanation, dishonest sculptors in Rome or Greece would cover flaws in their work with wax to deceive the viewer; therefore, a sculpture "without wax" would mean honesty"

cool

trivia of the day

that's cool

@GodEmperorDune It was, and it killed the game for me. :(

@TimS. That's how I ended up with this job! I moved and needed one pretty badly. Been here ever since.

@Fluttershy i mean i always ended up doing the same boring stuff in combat, so automating it was great

3:54 PM

Today warrants a second real-life-doodle

@fredley where is the first?

@GodEmperorDune in the search box somewhere

@fredley ಠ_ಠ

@Fluttershy What do you do?

SaintWacko

@GnomeSlice I did!

But I was in the shower

My work is making me come back into the office

The bedbug infested office

I have a cluster of bedbug bites on my arm from last week

My management is fucking awful

3:57 PM

oh that's nasty

Lawsuit go?

@SaintWacko isn't that against OSHA or something?

SaintWacko

@GodEmperorDune I think so, but I can't find anything that says so directly

@SaintWacko wtf

@SaintWacko Pretty sure that's illegal

take pictures, send to OSHA

Enjoy holiday

Yeah, would recommend reaching out to them

3:58 PM

@fredley you haven't said real life doodle before that

chat.stackexchange.com/…

In the cube next to mine, I'm hearing a manager and his employee (a very highly skilled engineer) discuss "how many trashcans they need for next year", and the conversation has been going on for almost 10 minutes now.

it wasn't until just a minute ago I realized they were talking about the new Mac Pro boxes... the black ones that look like trashcans... that's what they call them..

5 hours ago, by fredley

Today, in drawn-on-gifs

WHATEVER

@TimS. Seems fitting

@fredley \o/

hahahaha

4:00 PM

@Waterseas Seriously though, those things are pretty awesome. Would not say no.

@fredley Honestly not sure if I've seen them

SaintWacko

@fredley @Waterseas @GodEmperorDune I'm sending an email right now

It's a tarp

user15026

@TimS. that's awesome.

Oh man, they are a lot of money.

4:03 PM

@SaintWacko srs? Because I want updates on this

@Waterseas I've seen a few at creative agencies. Unless you're doing hardcore video/graphics work there's not much call for that much power

Or you could do this, because you've literally gone mad with power

And only if you don't require Windows machines

wat

where do the cords go?

Hopefully through the top

@fredley I'm sure they wouldn't notice if one or two went missing...

@GodEmperorDune Looks like the back is all ports.

@TimS. I grade inbound grain at a grain elevator, as well as coordinate paperwork across our entire region for specialty grains shipped to Japan.

4:06 PM

@Waterseas You can install Windows if you need it, most pro-level vfx software is mac-based I think

And do grain merchandising as well.

@Ronan No

Jun 12 '13 at 10:02, by badp

@Fredley It is, some game engines work better on windows machines though

I literally can't even fathom it. £100,000 per rack? Probably pushing that

@Waterseas I doubt you're using it for gaming if you're buying one of these

4:07 PM

@fredley Is that a no they wouldn't notice or no I shouldn't?

Q: Making and farming demon altars

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I want a demon altar in a 0.3.0 world with no demon altars how do I get one and farm it. I've tried defeating wall of flesh in another world but there is a glitch and the guide doesn't reaspawn and the first world is in hard mode and it generated with no demon altars what do I do?

terraria

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Q: Minecraft cant play past 1.9

I cant play anything past 1.8.9 on minecraft before it crashes. Ive tried removing it and re-installing it. Anyone have an idea?

minecraft

@Fredley Meant for game design

@Ronan No

@fredley Thanks for clarifying.

@Waterseas Possibly. You could run a VM on it and probably still out-power most middle-spec gaming PCs.

4:08 PM

@TimS. wait, but... @TimStone

@Fredley Ehh, I assume it also probably costs more than an equally powerful non-mac system

All for the price of a high spec gaming pc

@Waterseas Yup, but it comes with support, unlike anything you'd build yourself. For a business that's a much better deal.

Ehhhhhh

Depends on the business

Most businesses, the local IT will probably be better than Apple support

@fredley 2013 machines in 2016?

4:11 PM

@badp It's had all the hardware refreshes

I'm just saying it's a product that has a market, a large enough market that a company like Apple is targeting it. That market is not gamers, and probably not you. No need to get defensive.

good morning bridge

@Dragonrage morning

I didn't know the thing was still getting hardware refreshes

user15026

@Fluttershy oh no that is unhook I'm sorry :(

Don't think anyone's getting defensive

4:13 PM

@Fluttershy Generally it doesn't :(

I don't think the guys who invested in xserve are in a happy place right now

Job hunting time?

or well however many years ago

I wonder what DOES Apple run on their server racks

@badp The people who invested in Apple in 2002 are probably doing ok tho

@badp secrets and rumours

@fredley I didn't know that xserve came with a bunch of Apple stocks bundled

4:14 PM

@badp Actually, having interacted with Apple's online services, probably mac minis

Apple can't build online services for shit

@badp Yup. Literally just full of stocks.

I really need a pin for my pebble >_>

Went 2-1 over my lunch Hearthstone games. Last deck was a control deck... those are always hard to counter in my experience

@Fluttershy Ah cool

@Dragonrage don't forget to vote tomorrow

@Fluttershy Yeah I don't disagree. The other characters ended up either underdeveloped (Basch), taken in boring directions (Ashe), or non-existent (Vaan, Penelo)

4:23 PM

Erm... is chat transcript dying for anyone else?

@GodEmperorDune for california primaries?

Hmm, no, apparently that cleared on refresh

Still kind of strange to see error cat

I know it's a conspiracy theory kinda thing but the notion that Vaan/Penelo were added late in the cycle because they didn't think younger audiences could relate to the other characters makes perfect sense

@GodEmperorDune thanks for reminding me there's a special election to replace John Boehner tomorrow

there, now it is no longer strange.

4:25 PM

@badp It's still strange how dated that image feels

Like somehow transporting us back to the Internetz, circa 2009

@PrivatePansy RIP Geocities and Angelfire :(

The election begins in 3 hours. that means people besides @GodEmperorDune will start asking me questions right?

@Dragonrage What is your position on the excessive use of punctuation? Specifically the semi-colon?

@TimS. You mean; his position on the excessive use of punctuation; like the semi;colon;

@Dragonrage I think essentially @GraceNote will post 8 of the questions from the thread for us to answer

4:30 PM

Oh god that was painful to write

I don't remember exactly how this goes but I think that is it

@TimS. Punctuation is important. Improper use of punctuation can cause lives to be lost; proper use of punctuation can make you be understood. Excessive punctuation can make reading flow disrupted. There needs to be a balance.

@Dragonrage interesting,,,, xD

@badp if you would like a proper course on punctuation however, well, I'm not an English major, so you'll have to find someone else.

,,,,ok xD

@Unionhawk you might be forgetting the fun super sekkrit questions

4:36 PM

@badp 8 plus 2

Right

I don't think the format is that strict

but perhaps it is now

SOME PLUS SOME

but i suspect 4 commas in a row isn't allowed by standard rules. however the rules of @badp are peculiar, so it might be okay in your universe

AN AMOUNT OF QUESTIONS MAY BE ASKED

@Unionhawk is this amount greatre than 0?

4:37 PM

It is not less than zero

in alternative the entire afternoon will be spent typing @Unionhawk nommen'ts,,,, xD

StrixVaria

I CAN'T GET INTO /R/BADP I AM BEING OPPRESSED

someone seriously created /r/badp today?

@BADP IS MODABUSING OTHER MODS: DATA ACCEPTED

Grace Note

@Unionhawk Or MAYBE I'll make myself some mac 'n' cheese for lunch

4:40 PM

I mean, I don't see why these things are mutually exclusive

Grace Note

And not of the pizza variety

But I guess they can be if you want them to be

Well right now I'm waiting for PC Tech to check the encryption status of my machine, based on how long this is taking I'm betting it isn't

Woo it isn't

Nice work guys

Way to catch this a month later

minecraft technical-issues

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Q: FPS problem in minecraft

my Fps in minecraft is low can someone please tell me how to get more FPS in minecraft thank you

Well now this days productivity has ground to a screeching halt

lol, someone actually created /r/badp

who do I ask for access?

4:53 PM

inb4 people start complaining John Oliver forgave the wrong people $15 million in medical debt

@Sterno Oh wow, he bought - what - 7 people out of their debt? Cool!

Oh never mind it's fine

Kevin van der Velden

Actually buying debt is usually pennies on the dollar so maybe more

They only spent $60000

That was supposed to be a joke about how expensive healthcare is in the US

4:55 PM

@fredley I think it was tons more

> After setting up a bare-bones website, Oliver said CARP was offered a portfolio of nearly $15 million in medical debt for just $60,000. "Last Week Tonight" was able to pay less than half a cent on the dollar for all that debt.

I think he said on the order of 9,000

Okay, plan. Start debt purchasing company for $50. Buy my own medical debt

@fredley Your joke is dumb and you should feel dumb

@Sterno Probably difficult to actually buy your own debt once it's been packaged up and sliced up and sold as different financial products

4:57 PM

Oh hey we're a fortune 500 now

but srsly, start a Kickstarter to do this

$60,000 target

congrats this company

ardaozkal

@fredley I'd back that

I feel dumb

did today's Last Week Tonight upload get deleted?

4:58 PM

chat pls. stop pinging me when you are loading the messages

That's not a terrible idea

i can see strix has posted stuff in overwatch chat, but i cant see any of them

@Sterno The best part is the part where all of this was just an opportunity to one-up Oprah

Chat is being very goofy for me

Actually the best part was ripping on Trump in the beginning

4:59 PM

Yeah

Goofiness appears to have passed

I assumed that was my internet/my hard drive somehow

now i cant even see my messages here

Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Debt Buyers (HBO)

@badp No

►

@Unionhawk okay, then I just can't see it because the UK

@fredley pls

5:02 PM

wat

that's annoying

Chat pls

@badp you in the UK?

@fredley if you ask an IP-based geolocation service, yes.

Are you a geolocation service?

I guess if you were you'd probably respond "Cincinnati" or something

@Unionhawk I'd say "somewhere that has excessively convenient access to murder facilities"

why is this upvoted and accepted? gaming.stackexchange.com/a/269074/127901

5:08 PM

How convenient

the reason you get comments about flames is because you have high level in destruction magic

I watched The Big Short over the weekend.. it's a sombering movie and I learned quite a bit about debt packaging...

It's kinda sad

murgatroid99

@Dragonrage It's a good plausible explanation, and it would take some significant work to verify it.

ardaozkal

5 minutes to eating! Later, bridge

murgatroid99

In other words, the answer looks right, and there's nothing there to indicate that it's wrong

5:20 PM

Is the answer not right?

investigating...

@Dragonrage According to this answer, the comment is due to a specific spell. It's not unreasonable because townspeople get upset if you use shouts around them (yes, even the dash shout)

Q: Has anyone seen a REALLY HUGE snake in the AI mode in slither.io?

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So slither.io(for mobile) recently got an update with an AI mode, i.e, against computer. I have been playing the game in AI mode for 10+ hours(yeah, got nothing else to do) but haven't seen a really big snake, like, 8-9k+. They appear on the ranklist but I never encountered one. Is this a game fl...

mobile slither.io

im pretty sure it is based on relative levels of schools of magic. if the destruction magic is higher than the other schools, you get comments about it. if restoration is higher you get comments on it.

It not being unreasonable and it being wrong are not mutually exclusive, and it does sound like a guard voice line

StrixVaria

5:22 PM

@Dragonrage Yeah, this sounds more in line with what I remember of the comments.

@Dragonrage Right, nobody is denying that mechanic. The argument is if it applies in this case

If you have evidence that it doesn't explain this then feel free to present it

Perhaps I'm missing something but I don't see you presenting a strong argument here, just "This might be wrong"

I think he's technically right about the first half, but especially since there is no fire magic flag, and there is a dangerous magic flag...

@Dragonrage yes

similarly light armor vs heavy armor and stuff. and im 95% sure that the be careful with the flames is a guard quote, which are based on levels of the skill trees

4G is not cooperating with my searching for guard voicelines though

5:24 PM

@Dragonrage The answer is making the point that this magic one works differently

Nobody is denying that there are quotes based on skill levels

There's precedence within the game as well (re: Shouts)

I said I'm investigating, hang on

low battery 3G

I'm just trying to explain why the answer is upvoted, no worries

ugh

Yeah, I agree

It's not an unreasonable answer, and it makes sense

Feel like it could use some testing though

Right, that's what people are doing

But just saying "it's wrong" I think is missing the point

5:27 PM

Yeah

And I don't think the "it's wrong" argument is adequately addressing the actual answer

Regardless, meeting time

I mean, but it might be wrong

alright screw this I do it later

lol, where is your several hours now, PC Tech?

SSD FTW

djsmiley2k

hhhhhhhm

ssd in a ps4

someone must of done it right?

Wipqozn

@fredley That already exists, but it's private.

I assume so

Wipqozn

5:33 PM

inb4 you made it

@Wipqozn It didn't exist an hour ago

My bet is @badp created it so we couldn't

I have not. I should have, but I trusted you guys not to be lame.

that was probably a mistake

@badp you were wrong. Dead wrong.

5:34 PM

But I didn't do it

Anyway

yeah i don't have a reddit account

murgatroid99

I do, but I wouldn't do something like that

~2 hours left if anyone else is going to nominate.

maybe ronnie will come back

we need more pro much modrating

@GodEmperorDune yes, we need ronnie to make the arqade great again