The Bridge

8:00 PM

I dunno, this is 2015 and we're using Java at work and we still need to be actively on the watch for randomly-introduced mojibake

and encodings were still a pretty ugly mess in Python 2

Blender Warrior

does everyone here ignore me?

badp

(SEE THAT'S FUNNY I AM TALKING OF PYTHON 2 IN THE PAST TENSE)

@BlenderWarrior no.

murgatroid99

@BlenderWarrior yes

Blender Warrior

@murgatroid99 How so?

badp

I mean, the Windows API should be now be roughly completely UTF-16. That's awesome. So why is the default encoding still goddamn codepages?

Kevin van der Velden

8:02 PM

@BlenderWarrior ... the fact that he replied to you means he doesn't ignore you

Blender Warrior

@KevinvanderVelden AH... perhaps I only thought of the simple Q&A format: me -"does everyone here ignore me?", murgatroid99 - "yes"

murgatroid99

@BlenderWarrior Is there any particular reason you thought people were ignoring you?

@BlenderWarrior It was just a joke. I was saying that everyone was ignoring you, but the fact that I responded to you contradicted that.

Unionhawk

For what it's worth, you're on my ignore list for reasons that I cannot remember.

(show posts is my friend here)

Blender Warrior

@murgatroid99 Yesterday i said "Hello" and received no greetings which indicated to me I am not welcome here.

Yuuki

@Unionhawk I think it's a name change, because this person's on my list too but I don't remember ignoring them.

murgatroid99

8:07 PM

@BlenderWarrior We don't respond to everything everyone says. Maybe you showed up in the middle of a conversation. Maybe people weren't around

Blender Warrior

@murgatroid99 I see

Unionhawk

@Yuuki Well, obviously

murgatroid99

Oh wait, you're 7Blue_beast7

That probably explains why you're on people's ignore lists

Blender Warrior

@murgatroid99 Lol darn it, thought i'd get away.

Unionhawk

And now things are beginning to make sense again.

(I didn't investigate beyond "isn't 20k; isn't retrosaur")

Blender Warrior

8:10 PM

I think the next time I will change my blank

murgatroid99

@Unionhawk I didn't either, until I went looking for the "hello" to figure out context

Unionhawk

That's actually probably an easier way to figure out who a user previously was than my methods

murgatroid99

you have to search for something they said as their previous username, though

Unionhawk

Sure, but that can't be too difficult probably

Look for 'hello' look for '@Wipqozn'

Blender Warrior

@Unionhawk If i played this scenario smart yes.

Yuuki

8:12 PM

Hmm... I might be able to write something that returns all usernames used by a specific userid.

Unionhawk

Well in either case moderators have a record sheet of who you were so if you ended up causing problems to the point that playing it smart is a factor then they can just find out who you are

murgatroid99

@Yuuki That might actually be a useful userscript

Yuuki

Although I'll need to figure out a way to optimize it, considering my current plan involves going through every page of the chat transcript.

Blender Warrior

@Unionhawk You misunderstood me

Let me lay out my plan

murgatroid99

@Yuuki That should be fine. We only have 2.3 million messages to check, spread across 5 years or so

Tim Stone

8:14 PM

@badp Down with UTF-16. Long live UTF-8!

But otherwise yeah, that's silly.

shakes fist at Microsoft

murgatroid99

@Yuuki But you could pre-generate a list of every user name used by each user ID, and then look up that ID when a new user appears

So you don't have to do it in real time

Texenox

@TimStone Ah, I see people are having negative opinions of Windows 10.

Yuuki

True.

Unionhawk

@Texenox more like micro$oft amirite is shot

Texenox

@Unionhawk rip in pieces

Blender Warrior

8:15 PM

@Unionhawk I could simply register a new account and well I wouldn't get caught

Tim Stone

@Texenox Not I, I'm letting everyone else have negative opinions and for those opinions to be addressed before bothering with upgrading.

user15026

@Unionhawk Nah, they wanted to charge me to answer my "what does this stupid generic error mean" today so yeah thats about right :P

MadMAxJr

Looks like a decent version of the start menu is back in 10.

Texenox

@MadMAxJr Agreed.

Blender Warrior

@Unionhawk Or the moderators could block me by IP

Unionhawk

8:16 PM

@BlenderWarrior Then down the road we run into multiple account weirdness and let's just not go there aye?

Whatever, at this point, it's not relevant. Just don't cause any trouble shifty eyes

You know, no lollygagging etc

Blender Warrior

@Unionhawk Aight o7

Unionhawk

dons skyrim guard persona

murgatroid99

@BlenderWarrior Yeah, what Unionhawk said. If you just participate reasonably and don't annoy people, it should be fine

MadMAxJr

Something something, curved swords.

Blender Warrior

@murgatroid99 Okie

I will try this again

Hello all!

Unionhawk

8:19 PM

@MadMAxJr Curved swords!

user15026

@BlenderWarrior Pretty much what they said. Be an awesome reasonable chat partaking human, and stuff will work out from there. Don't make multiple accounts, we'll find them and just cause more sadness for you down the line.

user15026

Damn, Yetee, you have cheap shipping to Canada. There goes talking myself out of a SGDQ shirt.

Blender Warrior

@AshleyNunn jUST TO BE SAFE

@AshleyNunn Caps, sorry

Unionhawk

@AshleyNunn They have "Antarctica" as a billing address option which is amazing

user15026

@Unionhawk That's rather awesome.

Blender Warrior

8:22 PM

@AshleyNunn How exactly can you find out how multiple accounts can be linked?

user15026

@BlenderWarrior I'm a mod, we have our ways.

MadMAxJr

Mods have extra tools for viewing account data.

user15026

Don't try to test it.

Unionhawk

Here's some actual footage of the account-link destruction process

user15026

@Unionhawk Yeah, that's about how it looks!

Blender Warrior

8:23 PM

@AshleyNunn Aweeee....

You guys are just that lucky

You have everything

Unionhawk

The user actually sees an INCOMING MISSILE warning before their account is destroyed, too

It's fantastic.

user15026

I mean heck, I do have my fantastic hug gun.

Blender Warrior

Lol

@Unionhawk I prefer to be happy than to be left in the dark

I wonder what happened to fredly

Lazers 2.0

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Q: Gta V isn't working

I do not have internet at my house but i do got internet at my friends house, When i play gta at my non- internet house it says "You must be signed into xbox live to save your data and earn achievements." Xbox live or Xbox something when i'm already signed in.. Please help me?

grand-theft-auto-5

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Q: In which Li Yong-Rui systems does the 15% outfitting price reduction apply?

The Power Play stats screen for Li Yong-Rui lists the 15% outfitting price reduction under the heading "Control systems", so naturally I would assume that only control systems have this bonus. On the other hand I have read somewhere the suggestion to go to the Diaguandri system for outfitting be...

elite-dangerous

Blender Warrior

@Lazers2.0 There you go Lazers. My answer should teach a good lesson.

user15026

8:37 PM

@BlenderWarrior I am not sure why your snark is necessary, or even how it relates - what do you mean it would be nice to know where they are having the problem?

user15026

It seems pretty clear to me - they are signed in at a location without internet, and want to know why they are getting that error.

Blender Warrior

Well he can't say he is having a Xbox live problem if he doesn't say where

user15026

@BlenderWarrior What do you mean where?

Blender Warrior

Like is he trying to play online...

murgatroid99

@BlenderWarrior He says "at my non-internet house". I assume that he's trying to play at his house, where he doesn't have internet

Blender Warrior

8:39 PM

Of course

Without internet he can't play online but he can still play offline

Does that make sense?

murgatroid99

Yeah, I get that part. What I don't understand is why you are asking where he is having this problem?

Lazers 2.0

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Q: How to get livestock onto remote island in Minecraft?

I have created a complex base on a remote island hundreds of blocks from land. It's got everything I want/need except livestock like cows and sheep. Is it possible to get livestock to spawn in this situation? If I can't get livestock to spawn what is the easiest way to get livestock to a remote...

minecraft

Blender Warrior

@murgatroid99 Im saying how is he producing the error

user15026

@BlenderWarrior Then I think you need to clarify that is the info you are looking for

user15026

(also, this strikes me as more of a comment than an answer, if you're seeking clarification)

murgatroid99

8:42 PM

@BlenderWarrior You mean what steps he's taking to produce the error?

Blender Warrior

@AshleyNunn The answer would be.... he needs internet to play

user15026

@BlenderWarrior You just said he could play offline?

Blender Warrior

@AshleyNunn Yes

user15026

@BlenderWarrior So he doesn't need internet to play?

Blender Warrior

@AshleyNunn He needs internet to play online and no internet to play offline.

murgatroid99

8:44 PM

@BlenderWarrior no shit

Blender Warrior

Im going to edit my answer sorry for the inconvenience

Yuuki

How do I set a listener to a div (in this case, the user pop-up) becoming visible?

Tim Stone

I'll just assume I know what you're trying to do and say that it's easier to install a global AJAX completion handler

Yuuki

(I don't do JavaScript much, so sorry if this is blindingly obvious)

Kevin van der Velden

It's not

I don't know if it's possible

Also: Visible how? Display: none, created, moved from off-screen?

Yuuki

8:47 PM

@TimStone Trying to write a chat extension userscript.

Tim Stone

But you're specifically trying to determine when the user popup shows up, aren't you?

Or no?

Yuuki

Not really? I just want to add a link to the user pop-up.

Blender Warrior

@AshleyNunn How does my edited answer sound now? Does it qualify or meet the standards?

murgatroid99

@BlenderWarrior Are you sure that you can play the game offline?

Yuuki

The user pop-up also has a rather easy way to get the user ID.

Blender Warrior

8:49 PM

@murgatroid99 Yeah, my dad does. Why?

Lazers 2.0

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Q: My friend and I are trying to connect and play on the same world what do u think is wrong?

We have tride restarting are phones and multie player is on, it's just not working plz help us

minecraft

Blender Warrior

@murgatroid99 Is there something im misunderstanding or missing?

MadMAxJr

@BlenderWarrior Basically we just make sure answers are speaking from experience and not from opinion.

murgatroid99

@BlenderWarrior OK, I just wanted to be sure. The error message in the question seemed to indicate that the only save-functionality was online, which would imply that the game is only playable online

Blender Warrior

@MadMAxJr Okay, I see.

murgatroid99

8:52 PM

@BlenderWarrior The fact is that I could say "online play requires internet, and offline play doesn't" without knowing anything at all about the game

Blender Warrior

@murgatroid99 No, I wasn't implying the save function lol but sure I can um... re-edit

murgatroid99

@BlenderWarrior No, the question. The error message in the question

Blender Warrior

@murgatroid99 Hm... this is what I am saying he isn't descriptive enough on how he produced the error

Im going to remove my answr and see what answers others come up with

murgatroid99

@BlenderWarrior The question seemed to imply that he got that just by starting up the game

Blender Warrior

@murgatroid99 "I do not have internet at my house but i do got internet at my friends house, When i play gta at my non- internet house it says "You must be signed into xbox live to save your data and earn achievements." Xbox live or Xbox something when i'm already signed in.. Please help me?" - Any key words you can tell me about that implies that he is getting the error from playing online?

murgatroid99

8:56 PM

@BlenderWarrior I didn't say that

Tim Stone

@Yuuki err, so...you want to do exactly what I said but not do it? ;P

$(document).ajaxSuccess(function(event, xhr, settings, user) {
    if (settings.url.indexOf('/users/thumbs/') === 0) {
       $('.user-popup') // do the stuff
    }
});

Blender Warrior

@murgatroid99 "The question seemed to imply that he got that just by starting up the game" - Hm... ok

Tim Stone

user.id gives you the user id, though there's plenty of other ways to get it too.

murgatroid99

@BlenderWarrior Yeah, on his console that is not connected to the internet and not signed in to Live

Texenox

Whenever I see a new user who never comes back, I think about those lovely Identicon patterns that are being wasted and immediately feel sorry for them.

Blender Warrior

8:59 PM

@murgatroid99 Sighs

Seems like you know the answer

murgatroid99

@BlenderWarrior I don't know what you're talking about

But now that you mention it, GTA5 cannot be played offline

Yuuki

@TimStone So, if I want to add a link to a Javascript function, I'd write $('.user-popup').append("<a href=\"javascript:function_name()\">Function</a>");?

Texenox

Just think about it, all those nice Identicon patterns being used up by new users that probably never come back. They just keep going to waste.

murgatroid99

@Texenox They're not used up. They're generated from the hash of their email address

You wouldn't get the same one anyway unless you used their email address to log in

Texenox

@murgatroid99 ...oh.

Blender Warrior

9:04 PM

@murgatroid99 That doesn't make sense but okay

Kevin van der Velden

@BlenderWarrior looks at the last dozen games made by Ubisoft Yeah

murgatroid99

@BlenderWarrior actually, I'm finding some conflicting information

Kevin van der Velden

That doesn't mean it doesn't happen

murgatroid99

So, I'm not sure

Blender Warrior

It alows you to play offline with Live?

murgatroid99

9:05 PM

What are you talking about?

Blender Warrior

Hm... never seen such in games I played lol

Tim Stone

@Yuuki At the bottom, yeah, something like that, although I'd recommend $('<a>Function</a>').on('click', function() { // do the stuff }).wrap('<div>').parent().appendTo('.user-popup') maybe, to keep it cleaner/consistent with the links there

Blender Warrior

I can play Assassins creed offline with no problems, I guess Ubisoft is stepping up there security. Anyway I hope theirs a smarter person to answer that guys question

Lazers 2.0

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Q: new to mass effect group

I'm new to the Mass Effect games, and I have just started Mass Effect 2, importing my character from a completed Mass Effect 1. I hear everybody talking about the characters, but when I go to the journal, I don't have any entries. Is it because I imported a level 48 character?

mass-effect-2

murgatroid99

@BlenderWarrior I think Ubisoft stopped doing online verification for their recent games, because of the UPlay backlash

Tim Stone

9:07 PM

@Lazers2.0 I seem to recall this exact same question being posted

Yep

Blender Warrior

@murgatroid99 Im happy for the backlash

Chippies

@murgatroid99 oddly enough, that seems to mostly affect steam versions. It seems the Social Club version has less issues with offline mode than steam version

Lazers 2.0

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Q: Minecraft: Console Minecart Glitch?

I am making a theme park on my XBox in Minecraft. All is going well, but I run into some troubles with minecarts. When I place them they're fine, but they sink into the ground when the ride starts, therefore when they return to the station, they are useless and you must destroy them because they ...