The Bridge

1:00 PM

I'd say it's tense, but Trump won't be impeached until a full case can be built against him

Technically he has to commit actual crimes against the country, which he is close to doing

A state leaving the whole of the US is insanely hard and problematic for a lot of people so it's very unlikely

@n_palum Is it even possible? I think I read once only Texas has the option of doing so, all the other states don't even have the option.

Fredy31

@Arperum there was a few states that had petitions on we the people when obama was reelected, but it didnt amount to anything

Yuuki

@Arperum Nope, Texas doesn't have the option.

Well, not legally.

No state currently has the ability to legally secede from the US.

n_palum

washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/06/27/…

There's 4 options

Fredy31

Its probably like brexit, yes its possible, but its a lenghty and complicated process

Yuuki

1:11 PM

> Option 3: Withdraw by force

Not legal.

> Option 2: Amend the Constitution

Technically, not a state option.

Arperum

@Fredy31 No. Brexit is through article 50, something that was added semi-recently. Before that it was impossible in a legal way.

@Yuuki "also a case of: not allowed within the law? Change the law!"

Option 4 : just wait a little, it seems to be coming soon

n_palum

@Yuuki I wouldn't say it's illegal it's just frowned upon

Fredy31

@RedRiderX such great political discussion going on there

Kevin van der Velden

1:15 PM

@n_palum an armed insurrection is very much illegal

n_palum

Wellll

I'd still say frowned upon ;)

"Asking the U.S. if you can secede from it is a bit like asking your iPhone if you can use it as an iron lung. It's not built to do that, and also: No."

Fredy31

What frowned upon is gonna do when the states will have FREEEDOMMMMM. cue eagle scream

BlueBarren

I mean seceding from anywhere usually ruins economies, right?

like if Quebec seceded from Canada

n_palum

Usually

Because new currencies, laws, governments etc etc have to be built, put in place, enforced, justified, etc etc

It's bad for the state, the country, other countries

Fredy31

Lol yeah quebec leaving canada. Such a nice project, but from a quebec resident, never gonna happen

This generation doesnt give much of a damn

BlueBarren

1:21 PM

Which is a good and bad thing

Arperum

@n_palum That's like me coming over to you, tearing your arm off, and then slapping you in the face with it until you agree that I can keep it. And write so down on paper. Still illegal.

BlueBarren

I can't wait for someone young and relevant to be the president

Fredy31

There are the few diehards, but the rest dont gove a damn

BlueBarren

they'll actually care about the environment and the people

n_palum

^ please

Yuuki

1:22 PM

@n_palum It's frowned upon the same way robbery is frowned upon.

BlueBarren

I think Trudeau does a decent job of the two he just screws up sometimes like any normal person

Arperum

@Yuuki Or the same way my example is frowned upon.

n_palum

@Arperum If you have the strength to rip my arm from my body, and I don't die from blood loss, it's all yours buddy

BlueBarren

It's weird that we consider Trudeau young and yet he's over 40

that's not young to me

yet he's still young

n_palum

Considering Trump is 70 somethin it's young

BlueBarren

1:23 PM

young is like less than 30

but that's all subjective

n_palum

businessinsider.com/…

BlueBarren

my Oma would call anyone younger than her young and I think she's 84 or something

Arperum

sets a reminder to set @BlueBarren on fire next year

n_palum

California out here tryna take the brexit path

BlueBarren

@Arperum that just gives me a year to prepare

Fredy31

1:24 PM

Arperum

@BlueBarren me too!

BlueBarren

@Arperum ...touché

n_palum

@Fredy31 And then after planet it should say about 30 other things he's said 'screw it' to

Fredy31

My bet would be on calif would be the first to leave

BlueBarren

I just find Trump to be a prime example of greed

Fredy31

1:26 PM

Their economy would survive

BlueBarren

and I just have to ask why? when people are greedy

honestly after a certain amount of money what's the point?

Fredy31

Would be rocky for sure, but wouldnt be apocalyptic

@BlueBarren setting A NEW HIGH SCORE

BlueBarren

@Fredy31 actually

that's a pretty good incentive

and a great way to think about it

Fredy31

Meanwhile Bill Gates is like 'Pff... Amateurs'

BlueBarren

@Fredy31 and just donates money away

"My high score is so high I can just give my points away"

Fredy31

1:28 PM

Really if i would have 10 mil in my bank account id retire right away. The guy has billions

Wtf

BlueBarren

If I know I could always live the same life I live now I'd do the same

but I'd be tempted to say buy a Cadillac CSV

Or slightly larger house

Or a penthouse rather

I like the idea of penthouses

n_palum

@Fredy31 No it wouldn't be apocalyptic.. say a few states leaving, that'd be much worse

BlueBarren

hmmm look at that car

n_palum

Meh

BlueBarren

I also realize it's CTS-V not CSV

Private Pansy

1:32 PM

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Q: How do I see what streaming accounts are already tied to my PS4?

Playstation recently updated their OS and I'm having trouble finding what accounts I've already added to my PS4's broadcasting settings. Is there a new menu that allows me to see the usernames that are currently tied to the console? I believe there is a way through the PS4 App, but I'm looki...

n_palum

@BlueBarren Also about the money thing.. some people don't care that much about the money.. at least they portray that way.. e.g Gates and all his funding to stuff/charity.. or Zuckerburg trying to provide internet to the world etc

BlueBarren

@n_palum that's because they realize you really only need x amount of dollars

they already have their large houses and nice cars

it's not like they realize that then have an average house or an average

It's great that they realize this but their also enjoying the benefits of their money at the same time

not saying they shouldn't

I also don't really know what my point is

ugh a CTS-V is $85,995 USD

Arperum

@BlueBarren Why do you want a super large house? Do you have any idea how much work that is? A not super-large house is already way too much work.

n_palum

^ cleaning up homes is annoying

Arperum

1:35 PM

@n_palum ALso maintenance.

BlueBarren

@Arperum by large house I meant slightly larger than my parents, which I understand is an irrelevant comparison to you guys

but they had an average house

But I would rather have a larger apartment or penthouse

I realize having a lawn around your house is pointless

I don't go outside

Arperum

@BlueBarren That's saying nothing. Twice. "House like my parents", "slightly larger". Neither says anything.

BlueBarren

or at least not in my yard

n_palum

Hmm I'd rather have the yard to have some reason to go outside.. or kids someday

BlueBarren

@Arperum I realize that but unless I magically find the units of measurement for their house I can't really put it in perspective for you

Arperum

1:37 PM

Eh, I am only annoyed that my lawn decides to require me to mow it every so often. I don't mind having it.

n_palum

Also I'd much prefer this car to your Caddy en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McLaren_P1

BlueBarren

@n_palum the kids thing sure but for just going outside just go to the park or something

n_palum

@Arperum It forces you to go outside at least

Arperum

And here I am barely even knowing what car I have...

n_palum

It's not realistic IMO to buy a car that's super expensive unless you're making stupid amounts of money

BlueBarren

1:39 PM

@n_palum what's the point? Where will you ever be that you can fully reap the benefits of having that performance? I won't deny it looks like nice though

n_palum

There are so many more useful things you can spend your money on

Arperum

@BlueBarren No park nearby. Plus going to the garden to BBQ in the summer is good, going to the park to BBQ is annoying and a lot of work, if it is even allowed.

n_palum

@BlueBarren I don't care about the performance lol it just looks sweet

@Arperum Mmm grilling outside in the summer is super nice

Arperum

Or randomly being able to go out and sit in the grass for a bit when you feel like it. Or eat fruit you grow at home on a couple plants.

n_palum

I'd like to grow a fruit tree or some sort of garden when I own a home.. still another two years or so away from that though

Arperum

1:42 PM

All of those are annoying to do when it's a park.

BlueBarren

@Arperum BBQ is valid, my only counter to that is have a friend who has a house with a yard? But then they would have to go against this arguement... yeah idk urban sprawl and stuff are an issue though

@n_palum ehhh I need a little more logic for a purchase like that personally

hence I'll buy a caddy rather than a lambo (Lamborghini is my fancy car of choice)

n_palum

I'm not saying I would ever get it, just if I ever came across that much money, I'd think about it

BlueBarren

To be realistic though I will buy a car with the most efficient fuel consumption

the caddy is a pipe dream sort of deal

n_palum

I'd still prefer an R8 to your caddy

BlueBarren

okay but that's almost twice the price

the caddy is my realistic pipe dream

n_palum

1:45 PM

It's so pretty though

Arperum

I know the name of the model of my car is something like 300something. I contantly forget the make.

n_palum

Chrysler?

Chrysler 300

The Chrysler 300 (KRY-slər-THREE-hundred) is a full-sized luxury sedan produced by Chrysler. Designed by Ralph Gilles in 2001, and first shown at the 2003 New York Auto Show as a concept car, sales in the United States began in April 2004. The 300 was Chrysler's first rear-wheel-drive full-sized sedan since the 1981 Newport and New Yorker. The 2011 second generation model was sold as the Lancia Thema in Europe, except in the United Kingdom and Ireland, where it was sold as the Chrysler 300C. == First generation (2004–2010) == The Chrysler 300 was designed to be a modern interpretation of ...

Arperum

nonono, it's some 300+ number.

n_palum

Apparently you have to yell when you say the 3 in 300

Arperum

probably peugeot 305 or something. Don't really care.

n_palum

1:48 PM

Are you in another country outside of US?

Arperum

Or 308. Hell if I know.

@n_palum I am in the country I lived in forever. Which is Belgium.

BlueBarren

I'm driving a 2011 Toyota Matrix

solid car

not a fan of hatchbacks

Arperum

Keep in mind that half of the Bridge is European.

Fredy31

2013 Toyota Corolla

BlueBarren

but I like it none the less

Fredy31

1:49 PM

That thing I'll have for a while

Ronan

@Arperum Slightly less than half now.

Arperum

I don't know how long I'll have this car. Depends on what work does with it.

n_palum

@Arperum Ahh that would've helped xD

@BlueBarren I've got a '07 rav 4 lol

BlueBarren

Not sure if it's relevant but it's my parents car too

@n_palum that's before they did that edgy redesign, right?

n_palum

A little relevant

I believe so..

BlueBarren

1:51 PM

My parents also have a 2013 Rav4 I believe

n_palum

@Arperum Yeah I forget sometimes.. and in the puzzling chat there's a lot of people from all around

Arperum

@Ronan Nah, you're still European. It's not because the soon-to-be-not-so-United Kingdom leaves the EU it stops being part of Europe. You can't get of this continental plate.

Ronan

I'm sure that'll be the next vote.

BlueBarren

Making their own continent sounds more like an American thing to do

because Trump doesn't want to share a continent with Mexico or something

and maybe even Canada

n_palum

@Arperum If they try hard enough they can

Arperum

1:58 PM

@n_palum If they pull that off I'll be very impressed. I'll first make sure to get the fuck away from anywhere near 1000km from wherever they are going to break the continental plate.

n_palum

@Arperum Probably the safest thing to do

BlueBarren

Sounds like some Man of Steel Terra-forming

Arperum

That's fucking with the planet on a level that would literally dwarf supervolcano eruptions. I want to be at least a planet away when that happens actually.

BlueBarren

Well you should start getting buddy buddy with Elon Musk now then

Kevin van der Velden

@Arperum that's what we have robots for

That and vacuuming

Arperum

2:01 PM

@BlueBarren By the time they start to try to figure out how many nukes they need for it there will still be enough time to do so.

n_palum

Don't say that you'll give trump the idea to nuke our way into being our own continent

BlueBarren

@Arperum why do they need nukes? :o

@n_palum aren't we talking about Elon?

Arperum

@n_palum He needs more nukes for that. Pretty sure there are not enough nukes on earth to do that.

Kevin van der Velden

"Guys, I just had the greatest idea, just the best, what if we, and this is brilliant, just launch nukes to make a new continent. It'll be the best continent"

7

n_palum

We can all come BBQ in Belgium to get away

@BlueBarren Yeah but you can never be too careful who's listening

Arperum

2:03 PM

@BlueBarren Do you have any idea how insane the idea of breaking a continental plate is? Do you know the insane scale we are talking about?

BlueBarren

@Arperum I was talking about going with Elon Musk to Mars...

HazyKingdom

@BlueBarren Even on Mars that's some pretty risky business! lol

Arperum

@BlueBarren I only need to figure out how to get to mars if they start collecting nukes to break the continental plate under my feet.

BlueBarren

@HazyKingdom nuke martians if you see them? Isn't being instantly hostile going to get us into some trouble?

n_palum

There's like over 20,000 nukes (90% owned by US and Russia)

BlueBarren

2:06 PM

@Arperum and that's why you get buddy buddy with Elon Musk now, so you're prepared for a quick escape

n_palum

"100 nukes would fill the Earth's atmosphere with black soot and render the planet inhabitable"

Arperum

Yes, making the earth inhabitable is easy compared to smashing up a continental plate. Stop talking about unrelated side effects.

n_palum

Well I mean.. if it's uninhabitable we can't break the plate if everyone's dead

Arperum

details

n_palum

lol

If they set off nukes in Britain it would destroy all of Britain

Arperum

2:10 PM

59 secs ago, by Arperum

details

n_palum

"Central London would be completely destroyed by a single megaton bomb, meaning the U.S.' 1,027 megatons would eliminate around 1,027 cities the size of central London, or would instantly kill 647 million people, if set off in urban areas."

Arperum

@n_palum unrelated

You need to bomb until you reach the bloody earth core?

n_palum

"Globally, however, according to the 2010 Blackaby Papers, there are at least 23,000 nuclear weapons in existence, sufficient to wipe out the entire human population of the planet many times over."

Kevin van der Velden

@Arperum I dunno, I think making the earth inhabitable would be pretty difficult

Arperum

goddammit. All this casualties nonsense is unrelated. We're talking about breaking a continental plate into two or more pieces.

n_palum

2:13 PM

@KevinvanderVelden We're on track already without nukes

BlueBarren

@n_palum doesn't Trump want more nukes?

didn't he say that?

Arperum

so that Brittain can literally drift out to sea.

n_palum

He says a lot of things

Kevin van der Velden

@n_palum inhabitable != uninhabitable

Arperum

@KevinvanderVelden sets fire to english language

n_palum

2:14 PM

@Arperum I'm just pointing out that we can't get Britain to drift out to sea without everyone being dead

BlueBarren

why do we need to use nukes to break a continental plate?

Arperum

@n_palum I DON'T CARE

n_palum

@KevinvanderVelden Fair.. well we are on track to be uninhabitable

BlueBarren

wouldn't more precise methods be more efficient?

n_palum

@BlueBarren No.

Arperum

2:14 PM

@BlueBarren Where else are you going to get the power?

Kevin van der Velden

@n_palum I was mostly annoying @Arperum

BlueBarren

@Arperum uhhh fiction?

Yuuki

@Arperum Flammable == inflammable.

Arperum

@BlueBarren NUkes are super precise on the level we are speaking about.

n_palum

@Arperum So we are just gonna have to hope that it works while we're dead

Arperum

2:15 PM

Ok, change of plans.

sets fire to @BlueBarren

BlueBarren

I think we need to nuke conversations that'll lead to our demise

@Arperum Hey! I thought I had a year!

you're cheating

Yuuki

sets fire to Britain

Arperum

37 secs ago, by Arperum

Ok, change of plans.

@BlueBarren Nah, I'll set your ashes on fire next year. I refuse to be old when I'm 30.

n_palum

Orrrrrr @Arperum set fire to Barren, Britain, and the English language

BlueBarren

@Yuuki uses @BlueBarren as the match

@Arperum just because you said "change of plans" doesn't make it not cheating

n_palum

2:17 PM

Why not?

He set the Terms of Agreement

Arperum

Hey, @kalina, I need some setting-people-on-fire lessons. They seem to not understand that being on fire is a bad thing.

BlueBarren

isn't setting fire to my @Ash-es (hehe, aren't I clever?) a little over kill?

@n_palum and I agreed to those terms, not these new ones

Avery

@BlueBarren shit, seems like my dad found out bridge

BlueBarren

@Arperum it just means I'm popular right? That's why I want my mixtape to be fire

Arperum

@BlueBarren I never said I wouldn't also set you on fire at an earlier point too.

BlueBarren

2:19 PM

@Avery hey, @Yuuki has been making dad jokes way longer than I have

Kevin van der Velden

@Avery serious or just pointing out that @BlueBarren is a terrible person for making such terrible jokes?

BlueBarren

@Arperum it sounds like we need to write a contract. Too much is left to the imagination

Avery

@KevinvanderVelden latter

Kevin van der Velden

Oh good

Avery

@BlueBarren @Yuuki is a cool guy though.

Kevin van der Velden

2:19 PM

I was getting worried for you =p

BlueBarren

@Avery are you implying I'm not...? ;_;

Yuuki

@Avery Which is not unexpectedly difficult to do in Houston.

Arperum

@BlueBarren Yes. Feel the burn.

Yuuki

Thank god for A/C.

BlueBarren

@Arperum is this what you truly meant by "setting me on fire"?

Avery

2:20 PM

@KevinvanderVelden he should just disown me. would make my life easier.

Yuuki

@BlueBarren He has altered the deal. Pray that he does not alter it further.

BlueBarren

@Yuuki crap I know where that's from, where's that from?

don't tell me

I got this

I'll remember

Avery

@Yuuki how hot is houston?

n_palum

The hottest

Yuuki

See, this is why your dad jokes aren't cool as mine, I intersperse puns with witty pop culture references.

Avery

2:22 PM

yes and he uses reddit, which makes him instantly cool

Yuuki

@Avery Honestly, it's not that hot compared to other hot places, it's just the humidity makes everything worse.

BlueBarren

@Yuuki sounds like you need to train me via montage

Yuuki

Like Phoenix is definitely hotter than Houston on average, but Phoenix has dry heat. You can relax in the shade.

Houston has wet heat, it's hot no matter where you go unless you have A/C.

BlueBarren

IT'S SNOWING

WHY IS IT SNOWING!?

Avery

@Yuuki it was only 64f today in ankara but it feels so hot

I can't even imagine houston

Arperum

2:24 PM

Nope. Sun is shining. It was warm enough this noon to eat outside.

Avery

ankara has dry cold and wet heat which's like... global warming pls

Yuuki

@Avery Houston has three seasons: Fall-ish, Summer, and Not-Quite-Summer-Yet.

BlueBarren

My friend Elijah was right. Always bring your toque, you never know when the weather in Canada will change within an instant

Avery

@Yuuki Ankara has two states: frier and freezer.

Yuuki

Although as I've heard it from other people, it might feel like Not-Quite-Summer-Yet, The Surface of the Sun, Wait-I-Thought-Summer-Ended-Three-Months-Ago?.

Avery

2:27 PM

we're on frier today compared to freezer from last month

BlueBarren

@Avery is it at least a deep frier?

it'll make things tastier

Avery

no

Great turkeys are made in oven, not friers.

BlueBarren

deep fried turkey

now I'm just getting hungry

Nzall

this is SOO weird. I have a JDBC query that is done through a Prepared Statement which can set a maxRows, and for some reason, this maxRows is sometimes persisted across multiple queries, but only on my machine

Yuuki

Nanjing is just as bad, arguably worse. It's on roughly the same latitude, but it gets much colder than Houston (it snows in Nanjing!). Now you'd think summer wouldn't be as hot, but Nanjing, like most major Chinese cities, is a concrete jungle so it's like living in a frying pan.

This is a sphere.

SaintWacko

2:31 PM

@Yuuki Gaah, vantablack is so cool

Unionhawk

Free coffee is best coffee

user15026

@SaintWacko The fights around it in the art world are also fascinating: gizmodo.com/…

Yuuki

Thing to note: Vantablack is not a pigment. It's a material that is similar to asbestos in structure.

(Leave it alone and it's fine. Disturb it and you have asbestos-like fibers flying all over the place)

@Ash One thing that interests me is the equating of "exclusive agreement" with "ban".

I mean, I guess they're effectively the same thing.

SaintWacko

@Yuuki Well, saying that this one person is the only one allowed to use it is the same thing as saying that no one else can use it

Yuuki

But "nobody else is banned, only artists" is a bit of a misconception as I'm pretty sure I'm also banned from using Vantablack and I'm not an artist.

SaintWacko

2:38 PM

@Yuuki Yeah, I was curious about that

Yuuki

It's definitely a bit of a tricky area because Surrey Nanosystems is the only company that can make Vantablack.

If Sherwin-Williams was the only company capable of making blue, are they obligated to give or sell their paint to anyone who wants it?

If Surrey Nanosystems didn't offer Vantablack to anyone for use in artistic purposes, would there be a controversy?

Avery

hmm, I should get around to posting some answers

badp

twitter.com/ChevreBoueri/status/846862126589362179

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Q: Just entered a new arena, what about the free chests?

I was thinking, I just came to a new arena with great difficulty. I believe that when I start playing again I will lose 50 trophies and return to the previous arena. Theoretically, I can stop battling and get cards from the new arena through free chests, right? I mean, it does not say anywhere I...

clash-royale

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Q: What different title screens are there in the game?

I realized that my title screen's background had changed to a black screen with 2B's sword and 9S's pack. Are there other title screen backgrounds I can unlock? If so, how do I get them?