The Bridge

8:10 PM

is @Lazers a bot that just posts every new question on arqade into chat? (just wondering because it certainly seems like it)

Sterno

@allquixotic Yes

LessPop_MoreFizz

@allquixotic That is exactly what lazers is.

There is also Sepia Lazers for meta posts.

Though really, it oughtta be greyscale lazers.

/glare @badp

Ben Brocka

Instalasers

LessPop_MoreFizz

Dilemma

Problem the First: I am hungry and desire food.

Problem the second: I really don't feel like driving anywhere to get food.

Problem the third: The hotel restaurant/bar does not open for another 100 minutes.

Problem the fourth: the only delivery options are really bad chinese food or dominos.

So, I have to choose between giving up and driving somewhere, waiting two hours to eat mediocre food, or waiting an hour to eat bad food.

Fluttershy

@LessPop_MoreFizz Have you tried domino's pastas? Those aren't bad.

badp

8:20 PM

@LessPop_MoreFizz laze

allquixotic

Dominos: medium handmade pan pizza with parsley, green peppers, onions, banana peppers and black olives, extra sauce, well done... it's the best bad food possible ;p

Ben Brocka

IIRC we had Dominos for my birthday once and it was impressively underwhelming

allquixotic

it will take an hour to deliver, though -_- it seems the more you order the faster they get it there

just ordering a pizza for one person is not going to get it done

Fluttershy

I've never had a problem with Domino's delivery. Pizza Hut on the other hand.....

allquixotic

oh yeah, Pizza Hut is even worse

StrixVaria

8:23 PM

I can't wait to work in NYC so I can get good pizza.

Sterno

I'm mad that good pizza discriminates against the rest of the country.

allquixotic

pizza is yummy, but I'm trying to get off of it because of wheat

FAE

@Sterno Is Indiana known for good anything?

Sterno

I will accept a 3% tax increase if the federal government mandates good pizza in my area.

Fluttershy

I'm glad that I can get an Imo's pizza about half an hour away from here.

Sterno

8:24 PM

@FAE Good... um... basketball? I think. That's a sport, right?

Ben Brocka

Iowa City surprisingly had a couple of okay pizza places, we don't have much here though

LessPop_MoreFizz

@StrixVaria I can't wait to go home to NYC so I can get good pizza.

@Sterno It's the water. Our tap water is better for making bread-things in NY like bagels and pizza crust and matzoh.

FAE

@Sterno You're apparently mildly thought to have Worst Scenery.

What Americans really think of each other

LessPop_MoreFizz

@StrixVaria Where in the city will you be working? I will make Pizza Reccomendations.

Ben Brocka

Yeah tap water in most places is bad to okay

StrixVaria

8:26 PM

@LessPop_MoreFizz 8th and 16th (Manhattan)

I don't know the area at all yet.

Just how to walk there from NY Penn.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@BenBrocka NYC tap water is particularly pizza-suited because of the mineral content and the lack of significant filtration.

StrixVaria

Apparently there's another cross street with those same numbers in Brooklyn.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@StrixVaria And in Queens too probably.

But yeah, if you just give a cross street like that, Manhattan is assumed. :P

MBraedley

Burn it with fire

Ben Brocka

I'm really glad spam/offensive flags aren't buried behind a second click anymore

LessPop_MoreFizz

8:33 PM

@StrixVaria Gotham Pizza on 9th and 19th is non-terrible for a slice joint.

MBraedley

@BenBrocka were they, I thought it was just NAA and VLQ

StrixVaria

@LessPop_MoreFizz I will remember this. That's not far at all.

allquixotic

@LessPop_MoreFizz @badp is the code for Lazers open source and can it run on Linux? because I'm interested in maybe putting that in Root Access for us Super Users... we already have a chat bot from chat.SO/javascript, so I'll talk to other regulars of RA about the concept of a Lazers-like bot for posting new questions, if your bot is open source... :)

LessPop_MoreFizz

@allquixotic It's just a feed; standard SE chat feature.

allquixotic

oh okay

Ben Brocka

8:34 PM

@MBraedley I recall multiple clicks, but I can't exactly recall the old UI

allquixotic

actually, now that I think about that, I'm not sure if RA really needs a bot like that, because SU is one of the classic trio sites, and our volume of questions is quite high... not as high as SO, but still, I think we're #2 on the network?

LessPop_MoreFizz

@StrixVaria Honestly though, Chelsea is a bit of a pizza wasteland. There's a Grimaldis in the old limelight space I think (20th and 9th IIRC?) but going there always just makes me miss Limelight and get sad.

StrixVaria

@LessPop_MoreFizz Not knowing what Limelight is/was, maybe I can enjoy that pizza place.

allquixotic

what do you guys consider are the distinguishing factors of "good" pizza vs bad pizza? I mean it's definitely subjective because I've loved pizza that other people hate and vice versa, but I'm interested to know what someone from NYC (or going there soon) thinks is good

FEichinger

@allquixotic In terms of Q per day, SU is 4th.

LessPop_MoreFizz

8:38 PM

@StrixVaria legendary night club in an old church. Now it's a mall.

allquixotic

@FEichinger ah, I forgot about that useful applet, thanks :)

LessPop_MoreFizz

@allquixotic Quality crust; ideally cooked in a coal oven which allows it to stay relatively soft even as it gets charred and stays relatively thin and unleavened from the short cooking time. Sauce with the right mix of spice and sweetness; usually made from san Marzano tomatoes.

allquixotic

a strong second in visits per day, but 4th in questions per day... it sounds like we're appearing a lot in google results and actually satisfying peoples' inquiries (enough at least that they don't write their own question), which is good. nice.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@StrixVaria also, if you feel like taking an adventure down to the West Village, there are a bunch of old pizza institutions like Joes and Johns

Michael Dunfield

►

Why can't big budget games come up with stuff as intuitive as that

MBraedley

8:41 PM

@LessPop_MoreFizz wood oven is good too. Had some wood oven pizza overseas

StrixVaria

@LessPop_MoreFizz That doesn't look too far.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@MBraedley Different goal.

allquixotic

@LessPop_MoreFizz a coal oven? will have to try that... I found a coal fired pizza restaurant in my state (MD) by googling but I've never been there

coalfireonline.com/index.php

LessPop_MoreFizz

@allquixotic coal oven makes a huge difference.

Because it cooks hotter, the pizza doesn't stay in the oven as long, but still gets that nice char.

@StrixVaria Also, bookmark this it is the best website: realcheapeats.com

Lazers

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Q: Are there differences between the races?

There a lot of different races in Star Command, but I don't see any obvious differences in them so far. It would make sense that Midorians are better at science jobs, but I never see this indicated anywhere or notice a difference in gameplay. Are there actually any differences between races, or ...

star-command

LessPop_MoreFizz

8:42 PM

(and has a great mobile UI)

MBraedley

Speaking of pizza and pizza like foods:

StrixVaria

@LessPop_MoreFizz This already looks like the best site.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@StrixVaria (FYI, the neighborhood you work in is considered Chelsea - the West Village is close though and also worth looking at.)

allquixotic

@LessPop_MoreFizz I've definitely noticed that pizza that cooks in particularly low oven temperatures tastes awful -- I've made pizza in the oven at home, and those only get up to, what, 450 or so, usually? -- and then there's places like Little Caesar's that essentially use a TurboChef, and theirs tastes like cardboard

MBraedley

If I didn't already have something planned for supper, I'd be getting that

badp

8:43 PM

@MBraedley hmmm calzone.

Ben Brocka

Calzones are great but hard to find around here

MBraedley

@badp except they don't actually call it a calzone

badp

@MBraedley well, I'm not hmm'ing at that, I'm hmm'ing at a calzone.

That sorta kinda looks like one.

MBraedley

They call it a panzerottis

Fluttershy

I am currently hungry.

StrixVaria

8:45 PM

@LessPop_MoreFizz I am going to learn so much about NYC. My previous experience has been having someone else guide me to Times Square via the Path.

Michael Dunfield

Can you guys do me a favour and vote for Full Bore on Steam Greenlight.

This game is already pretty great.

FAE

@StrixVaria Belated congratulations on your new job, by the way!

StrixVaria

@FAE Thanks!

LessPop_MoreFizz

@StrixVaria Also, detour over to Koreatown en route to Penn Station some time for BBQ and Fried Chicken deliciousness.

FAE

@StrixVaria Is the move going to interfere with you and your fiancée's wedding plans at all?

Michael Dunfield

8:47 PM

???

StrixVaria

@FAE No, I live close to a train station so I'm going to be dealing with a long commute until our lease is up.

Mana

@MichaelDunfield what a bore

StrixVaria

Then, depending on how awful the commute is, we'll probably move in February.

Michael Dunfield

@Mana huehuehue

allquixotic

@MichaelDunfield extremely relevant

StrixVaria

8:48 PM

@FAE Also the wedding is this Saturday.

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Michael Dunfield

@allquixotic clearly

Ben Brocka

I've noticed google seems to actually be doing worse with some searches than ever

Anything not popular to a certain degree it seems to assume was a typo

FAE

@StrixVaria Oh wow, I didn't realize it was this soon. Congratulations on that too!

LessPop_MoreFizz

(K-town is in the 30's over near 5th-7th ave. ish.)

badp

@StrixVaria oh wow. Grats!

StrixVaria

8:49 PM

@FAE @badp Thanks!

If I'm in this chat at any point in the week following, make sure to ban me.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@StrixVaria Grats! Didn't realize that being in the city was a New Job thing neccesarily.

StrixVaria

@LessPop_MoreFizz I got a job at Google.

FAE

@StrixVaria Are you guys going anywhere for a honeymoon?

StrixVaria

@FAE In the spring, but I do have a week off.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@StrixVaria Oh, okay! Now I know where you are; for some reason it didn't click with 8th and 16th. :P

StrixVaria

8:50 PM

@LessPop_MoreFizz I could have just said Google I guess, knowing how well you know the city.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@StrixVaria Well, IIRC Google does have more than one office around town. :P

FAE

@StrixVaria Nice, at least it'll hopefully be after moving's settled in and stuff and you can relax.

StrixVaria

@LessPop_MoreFizz I actually don't know. That may be true. I will be working in the big-ass one, though.

FAE

@StrixVaria What are you going to be doing?

StrixVaria

@FAE The title is Developer Programs Engineer. I will be supporting some of their public APIs, writing client libraries, code samples, etc.

Right now it's time to go bake cookies with my fiancee.

Later!

FAE

8:53 PM

@StrixVaria Have fun!

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LessPop_MoreFizz

@StrixVaria Later! Holler at me if you need a hand finding anything in the city. :P

Michael Dunfield

@Sterno

@FAE /r/surprisedcats?

badp

@FAE sometimes you gotta walk the walk

LessPop_MoreFizz

(Though admittedly, my west side knowledge is a bit weak above Houston.)

FAE

@MichaelDunfield I dunno, someone linked it in a chat I'm in.

Michael Dunfield

8:58 PM

@FAE reddit.com/r/StartledCats

StartledCats, my bad

> Fuck strawberries, I hate strawberries

These are the best.

badp

@MichaelDunfield try rosemary. My cat literally walks in reverse gear when you try to let her smell that

Michael Dunfield

Kind of like that?

badp

@MichaelDunfield but less cruel

Michael Dunfield

I think the cat did it to itself.

I love how it manages to avoid walking into things too

FEichinger

@MichaelDunfield Cats have a terrifyingly good memory.

Raven Dreamer

9:03 PM

I come into the room and see funny kittens. I want this to happen more often, bridge.

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Michael Dunfield

@FEichinger Mine doesn't.

FEichinger

@RavenDreamer Less ponies, more kittens!

Michael Dunfield

Man cuts off testicles, delays wedding

wat

FEichinger

@MichaelDunfield HP;dc

Fluttershy

@MichaelDunfield That story is very confusing. Was it the groom or wasn't it? Those two have no business reporting on things.

Ben Brocka

9:10 PM

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badp

@Fluttershy The groom's testicles?

Fluttershy

@badp Yes. I'm leaning toward no, but they are making it seem like it was(n't) maybe.

badp

ah right, groom is the husband-to-be and I ruined that line.

FEichinger

@badp Yep. Double yep, in fact.

badp

@FEichinger yep to the yep's power.

FEichinger

9:15 PM

@badp No, that'd be yepuple yep.

Michael Dunfield

►

@BenBrocka This is amazing

FAE

Googling for it, it seems that it wasn't the groom, as far as I can tell.

Ben Brocka

@MichaelDunfield Like the rainy background

Michael Dunfield

@BenBrocka indiegamestand.com/store/87/8-bit-night

I've heard good things about it, but it never really interested me much.

Raven Dreamer

@FAE What a way to put a damper on your wedding night if he had.

badp

9:21 PM

@FAE ow

I thought he was going for a "marriage is not valid if we don't procreate" angle

Wipqozn

@BenBrocka Maybe it was someone else then. I'm still blaming you though, because you're a penguin.

FEichinger

@RavenDreamer Well, it's one way to put the in-laws to silence, I guess.

Ben Brocka

@Wipqozn that's just plain discrimination right there

let me know how it is though, I was thinking of getting the new 3DS one

Wipqozn

@BenBrocka You beter believe it.

fredley

What does Mana like?

Wipqozn

9:30 PM

Also, this talk happened months ago, back when 5 ame out.

fredley

Also: I promise this is the last one

Wipqozn

@fredley The pain and suffering of others.

fredley

@Wipqozn How would you sum that up in a simple, icon-sized image?

Wipqozn

@fredley Hitler mustache?

fredley

@Wipqozn I think I can do better

badp

9:32 PM

@fredley You are so clueless. You obviously want a bucket.

fredley

@badp ...

badp

@fredley I told you you're clueless.

@badp >.<

@fredley Homestuck.

9:35 PM

Mana likes his own face on his own butt

Case closed

I'm not doing any more of these spontaneously, but I will continue to do requests

Michael Dunfield

@fredley the mouth isn't right

fredley

@MichaelDunfield ...

Michael Dunfield

Sec I'll fix it for you

Oh wait

Right his avatar changed

fredley

@MichaelDunfield 3L3T002000B2B2B2FEFFFF00920EAFE00UF183700E000000X0000000FF7FFF0V107F3FCC004CB2

Michael Dunfield

@fredley ???

fredley

9:37 PM

@MichaelDunfield PONYCODE

Michael Dunfield

I was just going to pixlr.com it

Nevermind, I forgot his avatar changed.

I thought it was still the one you have on his butt there

Raven Dreamer

@MichaelDunfield You could pixelify the eyes to be yellow with black pupils

Michael Dunfield

@RavenDreamer They are already aren't they?

fredley

@RavenDreamer Yeah there wasn't an appropriate eye type in the editor

Michael Dunfield

Oh, entirely yellow

Raven Dreamer

9:38 PM

yeah

fredley

Michael Dunfield

aw

fredley

@MichaelDunfield Better colour match

Michael Dunfield

@fredley Mine is, yeah.

I eyedropper'd the things on this butt

5

fredley

@MichaelDunfield Why that edit?

Oh wait I see

Michael Dunfield

9:41 PM

@fredley It's slightly more amusing.

fredley

@MichaelDunfield Ping!

Wipqozn

...@MichaelDunfield is taking part in the pony editing? We've reached peak ponyfication.

Michael Dunfield

@Wipqozn I enjoy fun as much as anyone else.

Lazers

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Q: i can't update to minecraft 1.6.4

I tried doing what the others told me to do and 50% of the time I don't understand any of them, and the other 50% of the time they don't work. Please help me.

minecraft

Raven Dreamer

@Wipqozn how do you dodge straight up or down underwater?

Wipqozn

9:43 PM

@RavenDreamer Start swimming up and press dodge, I think that'll do it.

The underwater controls leave much to be desierd.

Raven Dreamer

@Wipqozn I think there's a way to dodge straight up even if you're not moving up

Wipqozn

@RavenDreamer Just press up and press the dodge button.

That might do it.

Raven Dreamer

That'd dodge forward

I am pretty sure

Hrm.... quite the conundrum.

SaintWacko

@Wipqozn I still stand firm against the ponification!

fredley

0

Q: When I'm reviewing the close votes, let me see dupes side by side

So I'm reviewing a close vote that's a potential dupe. I click close and hit up the suggested dupe to see if it is a valid dupe. This is what I see: The modal completely obscures the original, and when I scroll it stays in place. Is there some way to display the dupe so that it doesn't obscure...

feature-request review close-dialog

@SaintWacko Sicko

SaintWacko

9:50 PM

@fredley Agh!

badp

2 days ago, by fredley

SaintWacko

@badp >.>

I...

I am ashamed

I have been assimilated

badp

if you want it deleted just say the word

SaintWacko

@badp No, it doesn't really bother me :P

I don't really have an opinion on ponies

fredley

@SaintWacko More people should this

Wipqozn

9:56 PM

IT WAS @STERNO AND @GRACENOTE, NOT THE PENGUIN!

and also Yuki to some degree

you guys are all the worst

and the penguin is an innocent victim!

Grace Note

...eh?

fredley

What's the deal with stuff like this?

Wipqozn

21 hours ago, by Wipqozn

@BenBrocka Damn you penguin, I'm going to spend money and it's your fault :(

21 hours ago, by Wipqozn

@AshleyNunn Etrian Odyssey 4.

I think I'm going to pick up the remake of the first game when it comes out on Tuesday.

Grace Note

But I've never even played Etrian Odyssey 4.

badp

@fredley I think it looks fine in terms of full disclosure

Wipqozn

10:00 PM

@GraceNote You've talked about it in the bridge, which is why I knew it existed.

The series as a whole that is.

It's mostly sternolds fault though.

Grace Note

Things exist, that ain't my fault 'til I'm the one who makes what exist.

Wipqozn

It really is.

badp

If a tree falls in the forest and no one hears it, did I really botch this sentence?

Wipqozn

wait, you still haven't picked up a 3DS to play EO4?

Which you own?

Grace Note

No, I got a 3DS XL back in August during tax-free weekend.

Because, hey, tax-free weekend and the 2DS hadn't been announced yet so it's not like I knew of things getting any cheaper for the next many years.

badp

10:03 PM

so I wasn't feeling too well and tried to go to sleep at 8pm

woke up at 10pm

I need to be aware at 8am

I'm not sleepy and it's midnight

WHAT DO?

Grace Note

Well, consciousness usually lasts you fair for about 8-10 hours. So as long as you don't sleep then you're good!

badp

@GraceNote I tried that; tends to work up to 6am

Grace Note

Wake harder then.

badp

then sunrise happens and the dawn of the new day literally dawns on me

Grace Note

Solution: Stay in the basement. Or a local casino. Whichever route you go, you'll be deprived of sunlight or any means to know how much time has gone by.

More realistic solution: Get someone you know who would be willing to wake you up by whatever means necessary, ramen or otherwise, and go to sleep with an arrangement with them to wake you up.

Private Pansy

10:30 PM

Hello Bridge

Fluttershy

@PrivatePansy Hi.

Private Pansy

I'm staying in, and it's miserable

And 2 more months of this. Urrgh

Sterno

10:46 PM

@Wipqozn So it's my fault that it's your fault that I'm buying the EO remake?

Wipqozn

@Sterno Correct.

Sterno

So I need to track me playing EO4 originally back to you somehow.

Or just blame you anyway, since that's the default.

Wipqozn

It's in the FAQ.

Oh, wait, was I the reason you bought a 3DS, @Sterno?

Sterno

No, EO4 was.

I just got MH3 because you guys kept talking about it.

Wipqozn

Ah, okay.

Sterno

10:49 PM

I can blame you for having just ordered a Circle Pad Pro for it though

Wipqozn

That works.

badp

@GraceNote ramen?

Sterno

I beat the main game for EO4 but don't know if I care enough to grind out the post game content

The only motivation for doing so is that the main game was pretty easy and I'd like the choices I made with my characters to matter.

Lazers

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Q: What happens if you choose One City Challenge and No City Razing?

When setting up a Civ 5 game, can you choose both "One City Challenge" and "No City Razing"? And, if you do, what are the effects? Originally asked here: http://forums.2kgames.com/showthread.php?90964-1-city-challenge&p=1334993#post1334993

civilization-5

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Q: How do I "Minimize" Civ 5 on Windows 7?

I only play with the Direct X 9/10 - havent tried the other option(s), so this question may only apply there. When I run Civ-5, the game takes over my desktop. It can never be 'minimized' to the task bar. The full screen window is always in the background. I can alt-tab to "Desktop", but as ...

civilization-5 windows-7 civ-5-gods-and-kings

FEichinger

11:11 PM

@badp You know, for some people that works.

badp

@FEichinger ramen?

FEichinger

@badp ... You aren't seriously asking what it is, are you?

badp

@FEichinger I don't see how it wakes up

FEichinger

As I said: For some people, that works.

Grace Note

Let it be said that you do not fall asleep on the couch of people with too much free time on their hands and too many cups of ramen in their cupboards.

FEichinger

11:13 PM

@GraceNote Indeed.

It's also a reasonable incentive to wake up. In a variety of ways.

badp

ramen?

Grace Note

Ramen.

MBraedley

11:29 PM

offensive flags needed

badp

ramen.

Unionhawk

I could see it working. Never tried it myself as a wake-up device, I usually have caffeine/ritalin on hand for that job

MBraedley

I have a 10 point lead in my fantasy football matchup with all my players done, but my brother still has Tom Brady and Julio Jones yet to play. I have a bad feeling about this.

Fluttershy

Enchantment?

Raven Dreamer

@Fluttershy highfives

Lazers

11:47 PM

0

Q: How to have a character shirtless?

I know that it could be possible since I've found Trevor shirtless while switching character. But when in the wardrobe. .. no option to have a shirtless character or remove t-shirt. Anyone knows how?

grand-theft-auto-5

spugsley

11:59 PM

I just had the weirdest experience at Starbucks

Ben Brocka

@MBraedley some people are so dumb

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