The Bridge

Unionhawk

2:00 PM

I'm trying really hard

It's hard not to flag a mod saying "can someone flag something"

djsmiley2k

yeah, so i star'd it

Serverfrog

I will the Pebble Time to my birthday... but it won't come so fast Q-Q

djsmiley2k

I'm willing more money into mah banks

Unionhawk

Aug 1 '14 at 13:01, by Wipqozn

If I ever make another typo, I shall delete my account.

Yuuki

wut

Unionhawk

2:08 PM

Oh wait, you deleted some random account already

Damn

Yuuki

That may or may not be a bannable offense, but reinstatement requires a 500 line essay?

Unionhawk

@Yuuki That is amazing.

Serverfrog

@Yuuki Back to Schoooool

Unionhawk

No that's not mod abuse

originaluser

@Yuuki He initially said 500 words

But that's hilarious either way

Unionhawk

2:11 PM

That is reeducating idiots

God fucking dammit @fredley

originaluser

Honestly I think that's a good idea across the board

Unionhawk

Oh you're not a @fredley sock

Never mind

originaluser

Assuming no modabuse, of course

Lazers 2.0

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Q: CS:GO workshop awp skin scrambles

I was starting make my awp skin, but I was wondering that my skin at CS:GO looks bit different than on photoshop. So I came here for help. I will show just a test skin (fully red). First I was save my skin with photoshop to .tga format (32 bits/pixel). Then importing to VTF editor, but not chan...

fredley

@Unionhawk pls

@ori has been around for a while

Unionhawk

2:13 PM

@fredley Look in the user list you dolt

GodEmperorDune

hi @unikitty

UniKitty

Hi @GodEmperorDune

GodEmperorDune

@UniKitty you sound like someone who is right all the time

originaluser

I'll change my name one of these days

UniKitty

Mabye...

StrixVaria

2:15 PM

People who change their names are the worst.

2

UniKitty

I just changed my usename and image so @fredley can have have a laugh since he couldn't do it with @Unionhawk

Unionhawk

I mean, he could do that, what he wanted to do was revert me to my original avatar because he's an old man and hates change

Or something

But since it's now been established that that isn't something that SE wants mods to be able to do...

StrixVaria

@UniKitty I don't know who you are, but assuming you're not someone I should recognize, my comment was mostly an inside joke and not actually aimed at you.

Unionhawk

@StrixVaria Can confirm, is not

UniKitty

I'm ok with anything. Except swearing

Wipqozn

2:18 PM

@Unionhawk I think we all knew I was lying when I said that.

Unionhawk

@Wipqozn BUT THERE WAS HOPE

YOU GAVE US HOPE AND TOOK IT AWAY FROM US

Kevin van der Velden

THERE IS NEVER HOPE WHEN TALKING ABOUT @Wipqozn

HE IS THE WORST

Wipqozn

@Unionhawk Taking away hope is my favourite past time

Kevin van der Velden

HE ABANDONED THE TURTLE!

StrixVaria

@Wipqozn the Hopeless

3

GodEmperorDune

2:19 PM

@Unionhawk @Wipqozn said he would delete his account so many times now

Unionhawk

This has been a productive day.

Wipqozn

@GodEmperorDune Yeah, I saw it at least once week

Unionhawk

@Wipqozn That would be why your favorite gif is what it is

Yuuki

Wipqozn

@Unionhawk Man, I 'm so happy @GnomeSlice made me that gif

Man,. I haven't been doing much reading at all lately, even though I'm loving my current book

It's terrible

I blame everyone who isn't me

GodEmperorDune

2:22 PM

@Wipqozn does not compute

Unionhawk

@Wipqozn UNHANDLED BLAME EXCEPTION: Valid blame targets limited to: Wipqozn

@Yuuki So.. the man in the earth pooped out the moon?

try {
   blame(user);
} catch (BlameException e) {
   blame(Wipqozn);
}

...

today is not my day

Yuuki

blame(User user)
{
if(user != Wipqozn)
throw new BlameException();
}

user15026

Wow, I feel so freaking useless here.

user15026

I tried doing some of the stuff I was infodumped last week, and I couldn't even figure it out :(

originaluser

@AshleyNunn At least you aren't Wipqozn

Yuuki

2:33 PM

Blargl, I give up with code block formatting in chat.

user15026

@Wipqozn Goblin Emperor?

Unionhawk

blame() // overload to just blame the default user
{
blame(Wipqozn);
}

Wait, caching is a valid blame target

Hmm

Yuuki

@Unionhawk caching == Wipqozn

Unionhawk

Excellent

Sterno

Guys, my daughter's new cartoon of choice is Team Umizoomi

It's so much less awful than Dora. I weep for joy.

Unionhawk

2:37 PM

@Sterno Do I want to know what this means?

Sterno

It hopefully means I'm done watching Dora FOREVER

Unionhawk

FREEDOM

RIP @DogeTheExplorer though

Sterno

No, I can still troll.

Er, I mean, I can still ask very important questions.

3

Unionhawk

How can you troll if you don't have any more dora questions?

It won't be the same!

NOT THE SAME I SAY

Wipqozn

@AshleyNunn Yes

fredley

2:41 PM

@UniKitty Best @uni

@AshleyNunn It'll get better

Unionhawk

@fredley Yeah, that @Unionhawk guy is the worst

Wipqozn

@Sterno Good. Goooooood.

Sterno

@Unionhawk How can you even doubt my trolling skills?

Lazers 2.0

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Q: Can't link my clash of clans account from my iPod to my iPhone

I am trying to transfer my Clash of Clans account from my iPod to my iPhone. The problem is that when I try to log into my Game Center on my iPod and iPhone, nothing happens! I don't know how to transfer it!

clash-of-clans

originaluser

For real, though, @AshleyNunn don't worry about your first few weeks. Nobody sane expects you to be able to do stuff immediately

Unionhawk

2:42 PM

@Sterno Come up with another dora question and I will believe.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Sterno You deserve to get the same joy from this link that late night chat got: herecomestheairplane.co

UniKitty

@Unionhawk is this: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdH6hyq-t4Q a dora question?

Yuuki

> Dave Choe once interviewed me for a job that he did not have the ability to give me.

I went in for an interview at this startup, in a small office, and as I was waiting for someone to come and get me, he basically fell, Kramer-style, out through his office door and was like, "Hey, what's up?" To which I said, "Hey, I'm here for an interview?"

He was like, "Oh, great, great, so do you have a resume and stuff?" and I said I did, so he took it out and looked over it, we talked about it some... He asked if I had a portfolio, and I said I had some of my work from college online, so he took m…

user15026

@originaluser I don't expect me to be able to do this stuff, my boss does

user15026

which is the basic disconnect - he thinks "show me once and let me make notes, then throw me on the phone and expect me to use it" is a learning style I possess

user15026

2:44 PM

and it is not.

originaluser

@AshleyNunn :( Your boss should understand that as long as you haven't burned downed the office and salted the earth you're doing a good job

Learning and training takes time

user15026

@Wipqozn You should read it. It is very good

originaluser

You can't rush competency

Unionhawk

Yuuki

> Q: If particles do not exist unless observed, why can't I close my eyes and walk through walls?

> A: It's actually the reason that NSA domestic espionage programs are so important to your security. The NSA monitoring provides sufficient observation to ensure that walls constantly exist. Before these systems were put in place, blindfolded burglars could just walk through people's walls instead of fiddling with your locks.

user15026

2:45 PM

@originaluser Nope. And I am trying to use products I never saw before....thursday last week? Where he "trained me" by talking for hours and going through things really quickly and when I asked stuff and for repetition, he kinda went "its a steep learning curve, you'll get it, you have potential"

fredley

@Yuuki #nightvale

@AshleyNunn You'll get there

user15026

Yes, I know I am awesome, my ability to believe in myself is not teh issue here. my issue is I go "this is a lot, I am not ready, I need help" and you go "you will get it"

originaluser

@AshleyNunn Well, if he understands that it is a steep learning curve then he SHOULD understand the trouble you're going through

fredley

Meanwhile, other moderators are now having to handle flags

user15026

@fredley I know I can - my own competency is not the issue

Unionhawk

2:46 PM

@AshleyNunn Well, I give you a cat poster just in case

user15026

I know I am smart and can learn - my problem is that I am not getting the help I need to figure any of this out.

originaluser

You may need to ask your boss for better training or see if he can point you in the right direction. It sounds like a crappy situation

user15026

Hoping when my boss comes in at noon I can be like "look, I tried the things, I failed miserably, I don't understand what I am seeing despite my copious notes I tried to make while you were talking head at me"

user15026

@originaluser Going to try asking him today.

originaluser

If all else fails, might as well ask on Workplace.SE. There are some smart people there who could give you some better ideas than anything I could come up with

user15026

2:48 PM

I think we are running into a problem where he is very new at the managing/training and kinda expected my admission that "I don't know stuff" to be "I am not confident" when really it is "no dude I have no idea how this thing works"

user15026

Sorry, guys, I don't mean to complain

Kevin van der Velden

Everyone needs a place to complain =p

Unionhawk

Meh, we complain all the time about things

originaluser

@KevinvanderVelden That, and porn, are the reasons the internet exists

Unionhawk

Like about how I didn't have coffee for today

That's a first world problems level complaint

originaluser

2:49 PM

And the complaining part predates the rest!

Unionhawk

Can I blame @fredley for me not having coffee since he's a coffee moderator?

Kevin van der Velden

@Unionhawk Yes.

originaluser

Here's my first world problem: Fed Ex refuses to deliver the water jugs for our newly purchased water cooler

Unionhawk

Excellent

Kevin van der Velden

Though you shouldn't, you should instead blame @Wipqozn

user15026

2:50 PM

@originaluser But then how will you have water that is cool and delicious?

LessPop_MoreFizz

The Martian | Official Trailer [HD] | 20th Century FOX

►

fredley

@Unionhawk Your fault, you have no account on Coffee se

Kevin van der Velden

@AshleyNunn You, take a bottle. Fill it with tap water and put it in the fridge?

LessPop_MoreFizz

Well this looks great.

originaluser

@AshleyNunn We have to trek though the perilous maze of our building to get to water that isn't gross

We're in an old building with bad plumbing

Yuuki

2:52 PM

@LessPop_MoreFizz Indeed, I'm interested.

originaluser

Man, I really want to see Snacks In A Place now

Also I'm very hungry

Yuuki

> I'm gonna have to science the shit out of this.

Unionhawk

@Yuuki ew

Sterno

@LessPop_MoreFizz awesome

Unionhawk

:o I forgot I can get free Panera coffee this month

:ooooooooo

originaluser

2:56 PM

Yay, LightSail managed to deploy

Unionhawk

I may be saved

Sterno

@LessPop_MoreFizz I'm sure there's someone out there disappointed that this isn't a real thing.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Unionhawk how do

@Sterno Well, I mean, it looks like trashday.co is, so...

Unionhawk

@LessPop_MoreFizz I dunno, they told me I have a Panera reward for it

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Unionhawk like, all month?

Unionhawk

2:58 PM

Yup

LessPop_MoreFizz

Or just, hey sometime in June come in and get a free coffee once

give.

originaluser

@Unionhawk Wow, I only get to save $2 off my next salad

Unionhawk

No

fredley

@oli

originaluser

Google news, science category

> Dowsers tap into far more than water at annual convention

Yuuki

3:02 PM

@originaluser What'd they tap into, human gullibility?

Kevin van der Velden

They have been sold (and purchased, by at least the US military) as bomb detectors

I am not even kidding

originaluser

@KevinvanderVelden Yeah, that story was wild

Yuuki

Although interesting thing about dowsing. While the whole metal rods thing in all likelihood doesn't work, dowsing itself is plausible.

Kevin van der Velden

ADE 651

The ADE 651 is a fake bomb detector produced by ATSC (UK), which claimed that the device could effectively and accurately, from long range, detect the presence and location of various types of explosives, drugs, ivory, and other substances. The device has been sold to 20 countries in the Middle East and Far East, including Iraq and Afghanistan, for as much as $60,000 each. The Iraqi government is said to have spent £52 million ($85 million) on the devices. Investigations by the BBC and other organisations found that the device is little more than a "glorified dowsing rod" with no ability to perform...

Yuuki

I mean, elephants and camels can smell water from miles away.

Kevin van der Velden

3:04 PM

@Yuuki only if you define the word dowsing to mean something that is the opposite of what dowsing means today

SaintWacko

Morning, Bridge

Kevin van der Velden

o/

originaluser

@Yuuki We're able to detect water on other bodies in the solar system via remote means, but it's pretty much as different from "dowsing" as possible

Yuuki

@KevinvanderVelden I thought it had something to do with determining the closest location of water?

originaluser

@Yuuki It does, but we're talking about methodology

Kevin van der Velden

3:05 PM

@Yuuki it is determining the closest location to something using a wooden stick

originaluser

Modern dowsing is basically: pick a spot. any spot. Dig deep enough and you'll probably find water, given the groundwater supplies

Granted, that might not work so well in California right now

Yuuki

Ah. I thought it just had something to do with detecting water.

Kevin van der Velden

It may even have originated as a way to find metals, starting in the 15th century

> In the South of France in the 17th century it was used in tracking criminals and heretics

fredley

Oooh, I got the SO sticky vote buttons

originaluser

@Yuuki That's what you might think, but like most of these weird belief things it's turtles all the way down

Unionhawk

3:06 PM

@fredley Huh?

fredley

162

Q: A/B testing the sticky vote controls - give your feedback, please

First, apologies for not creating this feedback thread earlier - in hindsight, a change to such an established feature of our sites really does warrant some explanation. We're running an A/B test on Stack Overflow only that places half of registered users with >= 15 reputation in a variant group...

discussion featured voting experimental

SO sticky

user15026

@originaluser :(

Kevin van der Velden

@Yuuki using it for water is late 19th century even according to the wiki, huh

@fredley oh that thing, I have that at home

SaintWacko

@KevinvanderVelden It's mind-boggling that this could become so widely used without anyone bothering to test that it actually worked

@originaluser Wait, so dowsing was originally used for finding turtles?

Unionhawk

I knew it was @Wipqozn's fault

SaintWacko

3:09 PM

It always is

originaluser

@SaintWacko Well, given the article people have used it to find pets, so I'm sure someone was looking for turtles

Oliver Salzburg

@fredley Huh?

Sterno

@LessPop_MoreFizz I tried to sign up just to see.

Kevin van der Velden

@SaintWacko looks around at half a dozen churches in 300 meters Yeah no, I'm pretty used to the feeling of WTF from such things

SaintWacko

@KevinvanderVelden Heh

Unionhawk

3:11 PM

@KevinvanderVelden HamStare

originaluser

@SaintWacko You mean like PhoneSlice's autocorrect?

Arperum

Holy shit. I just read that there are about 45 youth that end up in the hospital for drinking themselves in a coma in Belgium every week. I didn't find an age range though, so I assume mostly teens.

user15026

@Arperum youth generally seems to mean 13-18 or 21

Kevin van der Velden

@Unionhawk don't worry, I also include the 1 synagogue and 1 mosque around here in that feeling

Sterno

I mean, if I can pay someone else to feed me, I'm not going to put my own food in my mouth like some chump.

Unionhawk

3:13 PM

@KevinvanderVelden Still applies.

Arperum

(I had it happen to me once, the one and only time I ever drank alcohol, I was 14 and really stupid)

Sterno

Or I don't understand the form submit process, because the trash one does the same thing, which makes me assume it's fake too

fredley

@OliverSalzburg quite :-P

Sterno

That one has a phone # though

Oliver Salzburg

@fredley Why did you ping me?

fredley

3:14 PM

@OliverSalzburg It's a link to a post about 3 letter pings

Unionhawk

I want to change my name to @fre now

originaluser

Typical @fredley mod abuse

Unionhawk

But I can't

So you win this time

fredley

I didn't think we had any @oli's in here, I was wrong

Oliver Salzburg

@fredley Ah ;D

fredley

3:14 PM

@Unionhawk I can do it for you! Unless @Oded has nerfed that too

Lazers 2.0

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Q: My world works, but my modded minecraft world doesn't

---- Minecraft Crash Report ---- // My bad. Time: 6/8/15 7:54 AM Description: Exception in server tick loop java.lang.NullPointerException at info.satscape.simukraft.common.FolkData.hasLoaded(FolkData.java:169) at info.satscape.simukraft.common.FolkData.loadAndSpawnFolks(FolkData.java:1...

minecraft mods

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Q: What is the deal with this OP weapon (110k damage with +54 billion experience) a player dropped in my game?

I left my game open after giving up trying to play with my mate using Australian internet. While I was inactive, a player joined my game and dropped this weapon: Professional Russian's Fast Sword 109, 973.9 Dmg +540 Damage (Rubies) +8, 921 - 11, 050 Damage +107% Attack Speed Monster kills gran...

diablo-3 xbox-live xbox-one

Unionhawk

No don't

fredley

@Unionhawk too late

Kevin van der Velden

@fredley change everyones name to @fre something

Unionhawk

Nope

Kevin van der Velden

3:15 PM

Just a number or whatever

Sterno

btw, @uni

BALLS

2

fredley

Just prefix your existing username with @uni

@uniSterno

@uniKevin

@uniuni

Unionhawk

Do you have to be such an idiot?

originaluser

Then I'll change my name to originalUni

Unionhawk

#shotsfired

fredley

3:16 PM

@originaluser @ori @uni

UniKitty

@fredley I don't think you meant to do the @ thing

Unionhawk

@UniKitty He did

fredley

@UniKitty inb4 merged accounts

Unionhawk

1 min ago, by Unionhawk

Do you have to be such an idiot?

UniKitty

Ok. He is being annoying right? Thats why we "avoid thinking about fredley."

Unionhawk

3:17 PM

THE QUESTION STILL STANDS

originaluser

@UniKitty Avoid thinking about who?

UniKitty

The chat room description says avoid thinking about @fredley

MBraedley

@LessPop_MoreFizz I'm excited!

@UniKitty No, that's not why, and you don't want to know why.

UniKitty

@MBraedley What if I want to know why?

Arperum

@UniKitty Ow. I did not want to think about that. I'll go and poke into my elbow for a bit to get some actual pain instead of the pain caused by remembering that.

Unionhawk

3:20 PM

YOU DON'T

MBraedley

@UniKitty Trust me, you don't want to.

UniKitty

@fredley What bad things did you do?

Unionhawk

This is as close to a hint as you will get.

Arperum

@UniKitty He moved. And stop asking. The knowledge hurts.

fredley

@uni and @uni are clearly both the same account

MBraedley

3:20 PM

I don't know the full story, and I'm quite happy about that, while still feeling very disturbed.

originaluser

@UniKitty Imagine something horrible. Something so bad nothing could possibly be worse. Now stop thinking about @Wipqozn, because @fredley is even worse

8

Unionhawk

@fredley @UniKitty is TheMonsterCoder. Stop.

fredley

@Unionhawk (I am aware)

Unionhawk

GOOD

UniKitty

@Unionhawk @fredley is it your magic moderator things?

Unionhawk

3:22 PM

>_> is watching you

fredley

@uni is not a magic moderator thing

Yuuki

@originaluser Is it bad that reading the first two sentences actually had me thinking about @Wipqozn?

MBraedley

@fredley But you have access to such moderator magic, right?

Lazers 2.0

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Q: most interesting pokemon game nowadays

Today I got an idea that I would like to play pokemon a little bit. I'm looking for an interesting game. That could possibly be ran on phone emulator ??? Thanks

pokemon-series emulation

UniKitty

You look at some logs?

Arperum

3:22 PM

continues stabbing into tennis elbow to drown out imagined pains

fredley

@MBraedley I can see all of your previous names, sins, etc.

@Arperum Cross your legs harder

MBraedley

@fredley As I said, moderator magic.

fredley

It helps

Tim Stone

@Unionhawk Technically, sure. But etiquette-wise I feel like I'd have been in the clear

Unionhawk

And I am an expert at user history, to the point that whenever we need to identify @Retrosaur, I am your guy

fredley

3:23 PM

@Unionhawk That's actually a pretty useful skill

StrixVaria

Every time I see @Unionhawk's avatar I think it's @OrigamiRob and I'm tempted to change his avatar again.

Arperum

@fredley I can't.

fredley

@StrixVaria THIS IS HAPPENING TO ME TOO

@StrixVaria But yeah, looks like we can only reset now, sorry

Unionhawk

RIP @OrigamiRob

fredley

I modabused too hard

Unionhawk

3:24 PM

@fredley The secret there is look for the jarate question

UniKitty

Its not moderator magic, I looked at my user profile about me.

Unionhawk

Actually you're a mod, never mind

You don't need the secret

But the initial identification comes from seeing a user I don't recognize with 15k-ish

Or w/e

Yuuki

Note to self: change username to 'Retrosaur' to mess with @Uni.

StrixVaria

@Yuuki Please don't.

fredley

@Yuuki pls

Yuuki

3:26 PM

Followed by 'Retrohawk' or maybe 'Unisaur'.

Unionhawk

@Yuuki Same question I asked @fredley.

fredley

Unisaurus Retro

UniKitty

Now everything is confusing because we have 2 @Uni

Unionhawk

This is all @Wipqozn's fault.

fredley

Every day I'm amazed Bridge still hasn't collapsed in on itself

2

UniKitty

3:29 PM

London Bridge is falling down, falling down, falling down.......

Unionhawk

@fredley It's all because @AshleyNunn tells us not to set The Bridge on fire

user15026

And I am happy you listen :)

UniKitty

Unionhawk

All right. FOOD TIME.

UniKitty

So this happens if we don't listen to @AshleyNunn

fredley

3:33 PM

UniKitty

@AshleyNunn will get very angry and set everyone's username to UniKitty right?

Unionhawk

As you can see, the real bridge is 20% less on fire

user15026

@UniKitty I am sure I will find some way to exact my revenge.

UniKitty

@AshleyNunn What will you do?

Yuuki

@UniKitty She'll hug you.

UniKitty

3:36 PM

But she's like halfway across the world.

user15026

@UniKitty gestures to hug gun

Yuuki

@AshleyNunn Beat me to it.

UniKitty

Ow. That hurt from halfway across the world

djsmiley2k

meow

LessPop_MoreFizz

Tiny Hamster is a Giant Monster!! (Ep 7)

►

user15026

3:39 PM

@UniKitty Also, I don't think I am halfway across the world.

Unionhawk

I imagine if the bridge was a literal bridge, it would probably be smoldering just a bit all the time

UniKitty

@AshleyNunn Then where are you?

Unionhawk

Canadia

Private Pansy

@AshleyNunn Actually, it really is

About 12 - 14 TZs is halfway across the world

UniKitty

@PrivatePansy you're also from Singapore? Watching SEA games now?

Private Pansy

3:44 PM

No. It's boring and pointless and too much of a dick measuring contest rather than sports

UniKitty

Well, Singapore did well for fencing. But lost to Vietnam by 1 point

Private Pansy

fredley

tos;dr

Yuuki

@fredley What does tos;dr say about tos;dr?

fredley

@Yuuki They don't do anything with your data, so...nothing

Wipqozn

3:54 PM

@AshleyNunn I know. I'm terrible. I just haven't been in a huuuuge reading mood.

Yuuki

Avengers: Age of Ultron original script.

Wipqozn

@Yuuki Yes. You're a monster.

@Yuuki hahaha wow

Unionhawk

@PrivatePansy meh

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