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Q: minecraft 1.7.10 server error

personi've been having a problem with this one error when i try to log onto a server, and i've looked for answers but haven't found any. can anyone tell me what causes the error and how to fix it? Internal Exception: java.io.IOException: An existing connection was forcibly closed by the remote host

 
8:18 PM
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Q: Terraria: Is there a way to directly create another .plr file for a character?

user177107I have an endgame character with a lot of gear and I'd absolutely hate losing it. So I thought of making a backup by copying the .plr file.... except it's not there. There is only the .plr.bak file. Thing is I deleted the .plr back some time ago, and when I recovered it from the recycle bin it wa...

 
Why doesn't every site look like this? It just looks glorious.
Microsoft knew it was great and added it to W3.1, but the poor mortals were too stupid to appreciate the greatness of the hot dog stand, therefore Microsoft removed it.
 
@Chippies pls
 
8:37 PM
huh, the US ambassador here is resigning
> The problem, of course, is we don't want someone who has the president's temperament
 
Trump dismissed many (all?) key ambassadors effective immediately upon his taking office, for some reason
 
haha, amen buddy
 
@TimStone Well, because they didn't donate to his campaign
 
They're political appointees so they usually tend to get replaced anyway, just not like, immediately
 
That's the requirement for holding a position of authority during his term
 
8:40 PM
Since, y'know, someone has to be prepared to take over their job
 
@TimStone apparently that's not that unusual, it says here that 13 of 18 ambassadorships here have been handed out as "political plums" instead of going to Career diplomats
since 1960
 
> just not like, immediately
Political positions like these usually get phased in and out over the course of the first year or two of a presidency.
 
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Q: Duel Links: how to trigger Mai event

Stupid.Fat.CatI've unlocked Mai as an opponent through the gate (I am at stage 10) but her mission to unlock her did now show up like it did for Tea. I've beaten her twice both level 10 and level 20. How do I trigger her event? EDIT: Eh, downvote with no feedback?

 
Trump is quite literally changing the entire administration overnight.
 
Someone within the campaign apparently had the mind to change the whole "Dismiss the captain of the D.C national guard" thing though
Given that that was mildly insane
 
8:43 PM
Only the ambassadors to unproblematic countries are handed out as rewards, usually. The countries where it actually matters are staffed by experienced diplomats
 
"Let's interrupt the chain of command for the unit providing extra security for the incoming president's events!"
 
@Yuuki kinda his platform wasnt it
 
@TimStone Yea, the one in Belgium is trying to figure out a system so her daufghter can finish her year in school before getting kicked out of the country.
 
@GnomeSlice I'm pretty sure when people heard "drain the swamp", they were mainly talking about Washington D.C. And hilariously enough, a lot of the "swamp" in DC is stuff that the president has no control over so go figure.
 
I knew the US ambassador to Hong Kong's kids under the Bush administration, gotta suck getting thrown around like that
 
8:45 PM
this is really big and hard to get pictures of
lmao shots fired
 
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Proposed Q&A site for site builders who want more info on html

Currently in definition.

 
man the columnists are on point in the Sun lately
 
@NewlyOpenedProposalsforEntertainment wat
 
9:01 PM
thank god he got rid of her
 
3 soldiers died on that latest mission. Also @Ash got turned into a zombie
I haven't managed to kill @TimStone yet
 
I would agree with her on twitter v. voting booths though
 
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@Wipqozn Braaaains
 
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@NewlyOpenedProposalsforEntertainment wiki? Do you know where you are
 
@Ash Especially since SO just launched that new Documentation thing.
Which is even more literally what they want
 
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9:08 PM
This is true
 
9:20 PM
@GnomeSlice What's the being-born-in-Iran thing?
If it's literally just the fact that she was born in Iran being counted against her, that's a bit messed up.
 
I'm already dead, right?
 
9:35 PM
@SaintWacko you were dead the moment you joined @Wipqozn's squad, it's just a matter of time
 
@SaintWacko different campaign than the other one you died in
 
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@GodEmperorDune So true
 
You'll have your chance to die again though, so no worries
 
@djsmiley2k i think you keep confusing me with @Dragonrage
 
@GodEmperorDune yus, not sure why :D
 
9:41 PM
@djsmiley2k we're both in southern california and appreciate puns
@Wipqozn i will watch this later to see if i survive
 
@GodEmperorDune you were actually a total bad ass I'm that last mission. You didn't take a single hit.
 
he hid behind a tree?
 
An alien tried to do some alien and things, so you shot him up real good
@djsmiley2k Yes
 
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Q: Wrath of the Machine Raid question: Activating Monitors after unlocking Outbreak Prime

Twitch_CityOnce my clan has unlocked the Outbreak Prime quest chain from turning on the 5 monitors during Wrath of the Machine, is there any point in searching out the monitors on subsequent runs? Or is this all they accomplish?

 
@Wipqozn clearly i went to france for more funds and came back with more gunz
cc @ash
 
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9:52 PM
grins And so, the balance shifts
 
Does @Ash have a hug gun this time?
 
@SaintWacko yeah, after they rendezvous with Rochambeau to consolidate their gifts
 
@GodEmperorDune I... did not understand that
 
Hooooooly shit Kevin oleary
He thinks that we should let people buy Senate seats
 
9:58 PM
@GodEmperorDune Ah, okay, I have not seen that
Sadly
 
@Wipqozn it's the next logical conclusion to Citizens United
Basically
 
@SaintWacko nor have I, but i listen to the soundtrack
 
@Unionhawk o hope he doesn't give trump ideas
 
@Wipqozn i dare them to try and pass that law
it will be closing the ethics thing down a thousandfold
 
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@GodEmperorDune laughs you're so good at the quoting
 
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10:03 PM
@SaintWacko I've not either but the soundtrack and mixtape are well worth the listen even without the show (if you listen to it in order you are literally only missing one short spoken scene so you can get a good feel for it)
 
@Ash not gonna lie, i had to look up the rochambeau spelling
 
@GodEmperorDune unfortunately the phrase "we're concerned about the ethics in x" has been ruined by certain groups
 
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@GodEmperorDune that's totally understandable, I had to look up the lyrics to figure out what they were saying the first times I listened to it, let alone knowing how to spell it :P
 
@Unionhawk i was speaking more about the backlash they got, but yeah
 
@GnomeSlice what would be the difference though? aside from the fact you're trading one system which you have to physically break in to change/remove the votes to another one where you can do it remotely
....which Russia or China can probably do
 
10:06 PM
@GodEmperorDune oh right
 
I'm replaying ME2 as Paragon, but I just can't resist the opportunity to headbutt a Krogan, even if it's a renegade action
 
@MadScientist unless you're going 100% Paragon what's stopping you? a couple of Renegade actions here and there wont ruin things
 
@MadScientist is it possible to get the "good" ME3 ending if you went renegade through the first two? i would think you wouldn't have enough war resources if you pissed everyone off
 
@GodEmperorDune define "good" ending
 
@Memor-X hue
but i remember there was some threshold for getting certain endings only if you had enough war resources
 
10:10 PM
If I remember correctly, ME2 renegade is pretty harmless, compared to the ME3 renegade where you betray and kill your friends and perform some minor genocide
 
@GodEmperorDune that's correct and to maximize that you need to do the online Galaxy at War thingy
 
@Memor-X oh that was s stupid thing
 
I don't think I ever finished my ME3 renegade run
 
i think i did multiplayer like once and it was terrible
 
either way, headbutt a Krogan is always a good thing
 
10:13 PM
oh, looks like the DLC that "fixed" the endings also redid the required levels, so you could succeed through singleplayer alone
 
@GodEmperorDune i never did so with everything i got only 50% was counted
 
@GodEmperorDune i think that's why i got the Synthesis ending and my did didn't. my didn't didn't have that ending expansion DLC while i did. i also got Leviathan because yeh, that was good
 
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Q: What is the art style of games like Zelda BotW or GW2 called?

steveroch-rslike everybody right now I am very excited for Zelda Breath of the Wild and I really love the game's style. It really looks like if a storybook with drawings came to life. Is this a peticular style in game design one can search for? I think Guild Wars 2 has its loading sequences and story tellin...

 
there is no good ending in ME3, I simply ignore it entirely. I enjoyed the parts before the ending a lot in ME3, but I never played the end more than once
 
10:15 PM
@MadScientist Mordin? as in that other Salarian who was trying to cure the Genophage in the second game?
 
@MadScientist i wanted to revisit once the DLC adjusted it
@Memor-X spoilers bruh
but at launch ME3 was an amazing game until the ending
 
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Dear A+ certification - you thought you were safe from me, but I am coming for you. There's nowhere you can hide. This is MY year.
 
@GodEmperorDune how? if it's the same guy i'm thinking of it was a loyalty mission which you never see the guy again so him appearing in the third game and dying is actually a surprise (considering how many important characters they killed off)
 
@Memor-X it was possible for all the companions to survive ME2
 
@GodEmperorDune survive ME2 but not ME3
 
10:20 PM
@Memor-X i am also trying not to spoil it for the people who haven't played through yet
 
@GodEmperorDune i don't think generally saying main characters dying can be all that much of a spoiler given ME3 is kinda dark, especially since you're dealing with galaxy wide genocide by a race of machines who have done this thousands of times. while saying that they all survive ME2 isn't a spoiler either because there's an achievement for it
or does no one check out the available achievements before starting a game
 
@Memor-X some people don't
@Wipqozn you need to turn your mic up in the stream, it's very hard to hear your insightful commentary
 
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@Memor-X I don't
 
@Memor-X I only check mid game sometimes, especially if I got like %5 of achievements and I'm at %90 of the game
That happened, only in a couple games though.
 
@arda i can not imagine a game that would be like that
 
10:32 PM
@GodEmperorDune yeah I will when I play again
Should be in an hour
 
man @Arperum is a badass
 
@TimStone Same reason that Obama did the same exact thing, perhaps? voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2008/12/…
 
@GodEmperorDune that's why I named him Rockin' @Arperum
 
@Memor-X Life is strange, read only memories, poly bridge and saints row 3/4 are some I remember
@Wipqozn yay, I don't get to die today
oh and black mesa
Those games basically award stuff when you complete side stuff, not main story.
 
@DVK-in-Florida interesting, i was not aware of that
 
10:36 PM
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Q: I lost disk 1 of GTA 5 for XBox 360

maryI lost my disk 1 to GTA 5 on Xbox 360. I still have disk 2 but I lost all downloadable content off the xbox's hard drive. What can I do to recover my data?

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Q: Minecraft LAN not working

Great GriffinI am having a lot of trouble opening up a single player world to LAN. My Brother and I have used the Open to LAN button before and it just works great, but I got a new computer and now it doesn't work at all. When I host the game on my Windows 10 computer, my game wont pop up in the server list l...

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Q: How can I remove poison from a stack of weapons?

slowball16I've collected a large mixture of shuriken through polypiling. The different enchantments and BUCs are easy enough to mitigate for stacking, but I have quite a few that are poisoned (of differing ench/BUC). None are rustproof yet (that's one reason I want to stack). Besides using and waiting for ...

 
@GodEmperorDune you were the MVP of the "terror" mission I did
 
@Wipqozn :D
 
@DVK-in-Florida Honestly I have zero interest in having a conversation with you, so I'd appreciate it if you'd stop stalking the transcript just to find things to reply to
 
@arda i was about to say "that's odd. i got Saint's Row the third and i didn't notice that. could be because i was on the PS3?" but it might be explained by me having been doing the side activities
 
And Trump called NATO obsolete again. I'd prefer some stability in foreign policy, but it looks like we're in for chaos
 
10:38 PM
@MadScientist Well yeah, it's obsolete now that the Russians control the US. /s
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@Yuuki "since poland is a nato member, maybe we should rename it to some sort of pact, originating in warsaw"
 
yussss
I'm officially a Linux Foundation member
 
@GodEmperorDune For the exact context of why this is done in general: the ambassadors who are political appointees are typically NOT appointed for any other reason than political rewards and loyalty to the president who appointed them. Here's examples for Obama, although I'm fairly certain that the same examples can easily be found for Bush, Clinton etc....
@GodEmperorDune Ex1 (Center for Public Integrity, decidedly non-rightwing group: publicintegrity.org/2017/01/04/20577/…). Ex2: Observer (observer.com/2016/09/…)
 
@DVK-in-Florida washington post is a good enough reference IMO
 
@GodEmperorDune True but they didn't have the data to back up the general statement. I tend to prefer things to be backed up with data if possible
 
10:47 PM
@DVK-in-Florida i mean i knew obama filled the ambassadors as a reward, most presidents usually do, i just didn't know that he did the same resignation wave on Jan 20th
it seems silly to me that either side doesn't keep the ambassador or other appointee in place until the new one is confirmed
 
From what I read, usually the resignations are staggered and not all the diplomats are replaced at once
 
@GodEmperorDune That depends on how you view the ambassador. If it's a direct representative of a ruler (which is what Ambassadors used to be for all of history), then clearly the old one is no longer even remotely valid for the role. And political appointees indeed fit that dynamic, as opposed to career FS ones.
 
@arda how?
 
@GodEmperorDune One thing that escapes notice in this discussion is that ambassador!=embassy. You still have actual FS professionals who do the actual work, who aren't affected.
 
@Memor-X magic and stuff (nah, more like this)
 
10:55 PM
@arda so what does being a Linux Foundation member mean anyway? or is it just something you can buy for a resume to make it look better (like me saying i completed VCE which is actually just means i completed high school and didn't drop out 2 years early to be a tradie)
 
@Memor-X nothing much, really
 
@arda right, so it's resume fluff
"hmmm, these 2 people have the same skills and qualifications, but @arda is a Linux Foundation member so he must be the better choice"
 
@Memor-X It's a signalling mechanism. It means you care enough about topic X (in this case, Linux and its success) to contribute financially. What someone reads into that signal is of course subjective.
 
@Memor-X arda is also a microsoft student partner which is confusing
and that, is more than resume fluff
 
For sheer trollery, Ballmer and Gates should purchase Linux Foundation membership. Then watch slashdot's collective head explode.
 
10:59 PM
@Wipqozn \o/
 
You can think linux is good while also thinking windows is good
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Those things are not incompatible
 
most annoying part of getting a new mail address is having to update my PGP public key and having to put it everywhere
 
@TimStone I apologize if the fact that i'm able to factually refute incorrect politics-related assertion you made makes you uncomfortable. I'd be more than happy if the need to do that did not exist for want of factually incorrect assertions being posted.
 
@Unionhawk b-but muh lenax
 
@Unionhawk +1. They each have their own niche where they have relative strengths. I admit I was never good enough to get games working under Linux - despite having worked as Linux sysadmin for a living at one time.
 
11:07 PM
@DVK-in-Florida Everything he said was factually correct
 
Honestly both has weak points, but I prefer linux atm.
 
So
Don't act like you're just doing this out of a duty to correct people, say what you mean and say that you're on a mission to point out that this move isn't unprecedented
 
@Unionhawk "key ambassadors" is not (as someone else noted, key ambassadorships go to non-political appointees).
 
Which, fine
 
@Unionhawk I don't have a duty to correct people. At least I dearly hope I don't. <insert XKCD>
 
11:10 PM
Well good, then don't make some non-apology for fulfilling that duty
 
@TimStone oh hey, that guy is back. I was wondering why @Unionhawk was talking to himself
 
Aight neato, ardaozkal@linux.com is working fine.
 
Is that the only thing you get?
An "at linux dot com" address?
 
technically no
in practice yes
 
And a resume thing and such
 
11:12 PM
And brag rights
 
In a related note, Holy fuck TFA has enough questions to have a gold badge?
 
@DVK-in-Florida The fact that you're searching the transcript to get into debates with people is what annoys me. Your entire purpose in coming into this room is to antagonize people
Let's not pretend like this isn't a theme
 
@TimStone My purpose was to correct the incorrect thing you said. I won't speculate as to the reason you posted that thing in the first place.
@Unionhawk Didn't it like have more viewers than original Star Wars?
or was that just profits
 
@DVK-in-Florida For comparison, this site, which is like number 4 or 5 in traffic or something, only has gold badgers in
 
@Unionhawk I would guess it might be because game fandoms are far more uniformly distributed. Aside from Pokemon Go, are there any games that a super large set of people play? (vs, people who 50% say play COD and 50% other similar games)
 
11:22 PM
I dunno
 
Wonder if that'd be ontopic to ask on main site, or too broad/subjective
 
.@NBCNews is bad but Saturday Night Live is the worst of NBC. Not funny, cast is terrible, always a complete hit job. Really bad television!
He's nothing if not predictable
 
(as in, how does distribution of players look like between various games)
 
@MadScientist The real question every time this happens is, if he hates SNL, why does he consistently watch it
 
@MadScientist awww, did someone not like the people SNL chose to parody him?
 
11:24 PM
Does he expect Alec Baldwin to suddenly go "I'm Donald Trump and I am a really nice guy with no ties to russia"
 
@Unionhawk que Putin walking out on stage from the bedroom with just a towel
 
Or is he not watching and just tweeting at the time it comes on
 
eff it, i'll go ask, if it gets VTCed, it gets VTCed
 
@DVK-in-Florida I posted it because @GnomeSlice thought it was odd to force ambassadors to resign, and I was merely pointing out that it wasn't, nor was it limited to the specific case that he mentioned. Why were you searching through the transcript to find that statement to begin with?
That's a rhetorical question, your behaviour is expected
 
@DVK-in-Florida The reason is actually because John Podesta pays this room to dislike donald trump
It's expensive, and a dubious investment, but
 
11:34 PM
@Unionhawk I'm pretty sure people argue politics on Internet for free. People are weird.
 
@Unionhawk you guys are getting paid? I was promised raffle tickets to some pizzeria in DC
 
@GodEmperorDune room owners and mods, at least
You should have gotten something from the vote rigging in California anyway
Again, extremely dubious strategic investment, but
 
@Unionhawk Wait, you guys got paid for that?
I flew all the way out there and everything!
 
cc @GodEmperorDune twitch.tv/wipqozn
Let me know if my mic is fine
If it's too quiet again I'll turn it up further
 
11:54 PM
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Q: Are there any games that have an outsized amount of fans/interest?

DVKBackstory: Someone pointed out that there was an outsized number of questions on [the-force-awakens] tag on SFF SE site; compared to usual numbers of questions per-game on Arquade. I don't know of a real reason, but a theory arose in my mind is that this may be because games have more equal spli...

 
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@Lazers2.0 This is basically "list me a list of things" and I don't know how quantifiable it actually is and I just am not sure this is a good question....
 
user15026
It feels really broad.
 
user15026
Also, what's the market tag for?
 
@Wipqozn mic levels are good but you don't talk much
 
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