The Bridge

1:00 PM

Thanks for making me think of that.

hrm, while looking at Grace's different gravatars I noticed this message on CrossValidated

> MathJax no longer loads a default configuration file; you must specify such files explicitly. This page seems to use the older default config/MathJax.js file, and so needs to be updated. This is explained further at mathjax.org/help/configuration

Grace Note

You can look at the (incomplete) Grallery here.

badp

I still think your SO one is pretty kickass.

Wipqozn

@GraceNote I really like this one:

Arda Xi

@Wipqozn I like (removed) too!

Grace Note

1:03 PM

@Wipqozn She's a game development company. ♪

(Specifically, she's Idea Factory)

Wipqozn

@GraceNote Fancy.

googles idea factory

badp

The Ask Different one is nice too.

Arda Xi

Oh, it's We All Love Grace Note Hour again?

Dave McClelland

@Wipqozn That is most excellent

Arda Xi

Hmm, looks like nobody is going to be left out of the Gaming promotion.

Lazers

1:10 PM

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Q: TF2 - Medic Help?

I keep dying as a medic, now I don't run into the battle as a medic, I just stay behind my allies, but still, I'll die before I can deploy an Ubercharge. Any tips for Medic? Selfdefense? What Medigun? Help please.

Wipqozn

@ArdaXi I believe they have 11 people, so one person will be left out.

Arda Xi

I count 10.

Precisely 11 comments, and the one by Dave is to withdraw.

Wipqozn

My apologies, dave withdrew.

Yi Jiang

@Lazers Needs a much better title than that

Dave McClelland

Sadly, I had to. I didn't want to be "that guy"

it's okay though. while you guys are cooped up in your rooms playing games, I'll be on the beach :)

Powerlord

1:16 PM

We have one working lift (out of four lifts) in a building with >1000 people in it.

Wipqozn

@Powerlord that must be fun.

Arda Xi

@Lazers I tried to leave as much of the question in-tact while still making it a bit more readable.

Grace Note

Yayarda!

Powerlord

@Lazers Sure, I checked for questions I could answer this morning, so as soon as I go to work, a TF2 question is posted.

Arda Xi

@GraceNote It's just copy-editing... you know, routine work.

Grace Note

1:18 PM

Routine important work. It's what makes sjohnston such a demon.

Arda Xi

I've always done that.

I should really update my Wikipedia userpage.

Yi Jiang

Lazers

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Q: How to win a Civ V game with super powerful adversary

I am playing a Civ V game in a standard map with 2 continents. I thought I was doing fairly well this time, but when I met the civs in the other continent, I discovered a super powerful civ. Time has passed and the situation is more or less the same. I dominate my continent, but Siam is so much m...

civilization-5 strategy

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Q: How do I fix a corrupted Minecraft world?

Of course the first and best answer is to have backups. I couldn't believe there wasn't a question for this, so I figured I'd start one to hold the answer that worked for me, and hopefully collect a few more methods.

minecraft

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Q: How can I defeat The Indomitable?

Of all the bosses I've encountered in Desktop Dungeons, this guy seems like the most difficult. He only has about 200 hit points, but he has death protection of 50. That means that after I get him down to 1 hit point, I have to hit him 50 more times. And if I walk away, he heals back up. He a...

boss-fights desktop-dungeons-paid

Wipqozn

Oh nice, Skyward Sword is coming out November 20th

@Lazers That question gives me some pause.

> Of course the first and best answer is to have backups. I couldn't believe there wasn't a question for this, so I figured I'd start one to hold the answer that worked for me, and hopefully collect a few more methods.

I don't know, something about that bothers me. The fact she's doing this to collect methods suggests a list type question, although it is a useful question.

Grace Note

Lists aren't the devil, y'know

Wipqozn

1:31 PM

And now she's just posting a bunch of methods

@GraceNote I know, just something about her question bothers me.

Grace Note

If you have a concrete, solveable problem, it's fine to have multiple answers.

Wipqozn

@GraceNote I agree, but I don't know. There is just something about it that is bothering me.

I really can't put my finger on it.

Arda Xi

I can.

It's a solved problem.

We've dealt with an exact question like this before.

Grace Note

Asking and answering your own question is acceptable. We've always noted that it's fine to be hasty about it, and fine to wait.

Arda Xi

I have this problem. I solve it like this, how do you solve it?

@GraceNote Answering it in the question however is something else.

Grace Note

1:33 PM

@ArdaXi That is something to be fixed

Arda Xi

@GraceNote This question should be answerable by 'backups' and nothing else.

But that doesn't satisfy the asker.

Wipqozn

The fact she is posting multiple answers also bothers me.

Arda Xi

Wow, now, this is something lots of people disagree with, but I personally find horrible.

We are a place where you solve actual problems you have.

Not just a place to dump your own knowledge.

Wipqozn

@ArdaXi which is what she seems to be doing.

Arda Xi

@Wipqozn Exactly.

But, like I said, consensus is to embrace them, so I'll abstain.

Grace Note

1:38 PM

I think argument can be given for the degree of dumping but that depends on how one looks at the big picture parts of some of our mission versus the big picture parts of other parts of our mission.

Arda Xi

@GraceNote I thought our mission was to help actual people with actual problems, not imaginary people who might or might not have certain problems.

Grace Note

@ArdaXi Our mission is to have the answers that people seek. Which is why you have a valid point.

However, not everyone sees it in the same perspective that we do right here.

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