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6:00 PM
@GraceNote Dwarf Fortress although a different genre
 
@CRoss I think Dwarf Fortress does a lot more than just kick you in the teeth.
 
@GraceNote it is a special relationship ...
between a gamer and Dwarf Fortress
 
@CRoss like a pedophile and the local mcdonald's playplace?
 
@agent86 More like the relationship between that pedophile and the serial murderer he's moving in with after he gets caught.
 
@agent86 more like a broke crack addict and his dealer
 
6:12 PM
They just released 1.6. Figures.
 
0
Q: How do you reassign an XBox controller's ID under Windows?

AlmoI had a controller connected as #1. The plug was loose, and it disconnected. When I reconnected, it was #2. Subsequent connections and disconnections always result in #2. Can this be changed without rebooting?

 
@Lazers activate mod power migrate to meta! launch every zig!
 
Ooh, when'd STO go F2P?
 
@agent86 I follow the link, and I'm shown an open, not-migrated post with 5 close votes. I try to cast mine and it says locked posts can't be voted on...
 
@Lazers this question has no chance to survive make its time
 
I wonder if this is targeted especially for me...
 
I played that last night. For anyone with GMod, HL2:E2 and an hour to kill, I'd suggest it
 
@ArdaXi make it so, number one.
 
@agent86 Wrong series.
 
Elevator: Source includes such excitement as looking at your watch and coughing
 
6:24 PM
Is that a scene from ME3?
 
@ArdaXi capn picard is the only capn worth mentioning. and if you disagree, I will make worf fight you
 
@agent86 Hell no. Picard is no match for Janeway.
 
CAPTAIN ARCHER
TROLOLOL
 
@ArdaXi oh you asked for it
 
6:27 PM
@agent86 See? Such a weakling.
 
agent86 uses Send Worf to Fight! It's not very effective :(
 
Now Tuvok, that's a Chief of Security you can count on.
 
@DavidB RAWR
 
@ArdaXi Today
 
6:29 PM
Neat.
 
If I was beaming down to some hostile planet, I'd want Data backing me up. You can keep your half-borg and/or vulcan science experts. I want the one that's nearly indestructible.
 
@agent86 Well, we've got the Doctor.
 
so - you want The Doctor
 
Great minds..
 
I wonder if there's a TAS of BIT.TIP RUNNER...
 
6:31 PM
psh, holograms don't count.
 
@agent86 And why not?
 
Data has been captured by the borg. The Doctor? never
 
@ArdaXi I said so?
 
@agent86 Nuh uh!
 
@DavidB didn't the borg like assimilate his magic box thingy at one point?
and if they hadn't stopped that, it would have meant crazy advanced superborg?
 
6:31 PM
@agent86 You mean his mobile emitter?
 
yeah, but all he needs to do is download himself somewhere else
yeah, holoborg
 
@ArdaXi meh, same difference.
 
I remember in The Eye of the Needle he couldn't be downloaded anywhere.
Then suddenly, he can.
 
@GraceNote it'd be interesting to see a run that can be fully completely just by holding 'x'
 
6:33 PM
Heh
 
Eye of the needle is season 1, way ahead of the mobile emitter (which was future tech, if I recall)
 
(and autotravel downstairs)
 
@DavidB You're right, it is.
 
Well, I've learned why we have an inconquerable /review backlog.
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Q: Posts I've already reviewed show up in the review section again

lunboksI noticed that some posts I definitely already reviewed at some point show up again. It is impossible for me to suppress these; clicking "review answer/question" increments the review count, but the post still shows up when I reload (and the review count correctly resets, which shows that at som...

 
But still, the future tech didn't change the Doctor.
 
6:34 PM
THEY'RE IMMORTAL
 
-1
Q: Why can't I comment on others' answers? Does it have something to do with reputation?

Trumpet Possible Duplicate: Why can you comment on some questions/answers but not all of them? I can only comment on my own post, not others.

 
future tech had a higher capacity - that's the limitation. Normally The Doctor takes up a significant amount of Voyager's memory capacity (I think there's an episode where they have to delete some of The Doctor to clear storage capacity).
 
@John IMMORTAL DOG
 
@OrigamiRobot It makes reviewing so depressing. :(
 
anyway - Janeway > Picard. She commands, he asks for options and chooses one.
 
6:37 PM
@DavidB But then he could be downloaded across the universe to the alpha quadrant using an outdated relay network.
 
Is this on topic?
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Q: How to construst a //g command with World Edit in minecraft?

allindalhttp://wiki.sk89q.com/wiki/WorldEdit/Generation I'm looking for an example of how to construct an arbitrary 3D shape from formula to script. Example: SK gives an example formula for a stone torus, which is as follows. //g stone (0.75-sqrt(x^2+y^2))^2+z^2 < 0.25^2 The mathematical formula ...

 
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Q: Best 30 inch LCD for gaming

ChickenFurI want to buy a 30 inch lcd for gaming running at 2560X1600 I found four on newegg. Does anybody have experience with any of these? The Dell Ultra Sharp HP ZR30w Black 30" 7ms DoubleSight DS-307W Black 30" I am leaning towards the DoubleSight as I like the black aluminium look and the HDMI...

 
Sounds more like math and programming to me.
 
@Lazers I used to feel bad when new user came in and asked question like these that immediately got closed
Like in an "Aww they don't know what they are doing...they just need a hand" sort of way
 
@OrigamiRobot It becomes satisfying after a while. Then that feeling passes too and you just feel empty inside.
 
6:41 PM
Now, I am bitter and jaded
 
@OrigamiRobot This is why leaving comments when you close is good
 
yeah, I don't like closing people's first questions, even with a little "Nice try! :)" comment I feel like it sort of reduces the chances they'll return. I suppose it has to be done, though.
 
@FallenAngelEyes I still felt like it was unwelcoming even though it was the right thing to do
 
@OrigamiRobot Nowadays, I'm like "They didn't read the FAQ.... they deserve it. Downvotes"
 
oh god jellies are stupid terrible
 
6:50 PM
@badp What game?
 
Brogue
 
@OrigamiRobot it's a barrier to entry, for sure. having your first post heavily edited or closed or deleted is a pretty poor first introduction to the site. I wish there was a better way, but so far I've not come up with one
as "power users" of the site we run the risk of being desensitized to the "average user" and "new user" experience
 
basically they're like minecraft slimes
 
@agent86 My very first question on SE was downvoted and closed...I feel I've come a long way since then. Looking back on my first posts I'm like "Ugh! I posted that?!"
 
we have a sort of community amongst ourselves that comes from investing time in it that others don't have, and that can quickly become an elitist attitude.
 
6:52 PM
except it splits on hit
 
I would think most new users come to the site via an existing question. So their first ask isn't really the first experience.
 
I've said enough on community philosophy though :)
 
@badp This reminds me of that time in...Runescape I think, when one person made an army of slimes and unleashed on the server, killing everyone and crashing the server.
GAHHH! I never thought making a video on YouTube to post it in an answer would mean people would start commenting on it! Now I have to deal with YouTube commenters! hyperventilates
 
@John You can always disable them.
 
And for cryin' out loud, why must Google email me whenever I get one?!
 
6:56 PM
@John YouTube. Also, because you've enabled it.
 
@Ullallulloo I had forgotten about this. I think I will.
@ArdaXi YouTube = Google. And where do I unenable it? The enabling was an automatic thing. I didn't actually do that.
 
@John No it isn't, and in your preferences somewhere.
 
@ArdaXi Fine. Google owns YouTube. Happy now?
 
@John Thing is, they're still completely separate. YouTube is merely owned by Google, it's still relatively separate from Google. Which is very annoying.
 
@ArdaXi Having a Google account will create a YouTube one now, I think.
 
6:59 PM
@ArdaXi I did not know this. I assumed they became a Google entity like any other.
@Ullallulloo Only if you try to log into YouTube with your Google account.
 
@Ullallulloo Well, having a Google account means that once you visit YouTube, a YouTube account will be created and linked to it.
 
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Q: How to get Lydia Out of my house?

TerryWhy has Lydia also moved into my home ? I bought breezehome and move into it, furnished, and with my new wife. I have not used Lydia as a follower for some gaming weeks now. However she has decided to make herself at home and pretty much moved in !! Any advice please before I get wife trouble ...

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Q: What does the STAG City Takeover allow me to do?

The Communist DuckI just finished the STAG party mission in Saints Row 3, and gave Birk to Cyrus so now I have a STAG city takeover option. If I use this, will it just class the neighbourhood as 100%, but will I still need to buy the shops/complete the diversions etc? If not, then will they count in my stats/100...

 
old news, saw it on reddit, posted that last week comments go down there --v
 
@Lazers dupe
 
@FallenAngelEyes really? aww, I thought I knew SR3 questions pretty well. dammit.
 
7:12 PM
Hehe that's funny. It looks like @OrigamiRobot will get the convention badge basically solely for his magic card question and answers.
 
Hey @ashleynunn - make sure you only tell people to ask their "NEW" question in a new page when this new question is on topic
unlike, e.g., "What app did you use to record your screen?"
now let's see if Twitter can do what Meta couldn't
 
Hex your non-US keyboard, @badp
 
7:27 PM
Please. It's already aging unnaturally fast, it doesn't need extra help
also - TF2 update inbound
 
@badp You just gave him a legit reason to delay our lazers. ಠ_ಠ
But I guess fixing one thing is better than fixing neither.
 
It's not like he needs my help to delay lazers.
 
@badp True. See: my previous message.
 
@badp ooooooooh
 
@Mana You know it's true. People have been sending Jin reminder pings on that question for over a year.
 
7:35 PM
@John shrug'
I never said it wasn't.
 
@Mana Your apparent shock implied that that's how you felt.
 
@John My apparent shock was me going OH SNAP SON
 
@Mana And does not "OH SNAP SON" usually signify shock?
(Look at me! I'm turning into a regular Arda! :P)
 
@John Not usually in my case.
 
There is no regular Arda.
 
7:37 PM
@Mana Then you defy stereotypes.
 
user20683
only context free Arda?
 
@John what question?
 
@John @Mana doesn't defy stereotypes, he defines them so he can destroy them better
if you want a demo try mentioning that day when combustible lemons took an arrow to the knee
 
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Q: Make the mothership shoot its lasers on hover.

Oak All trilogy sites, and almost all other SE2.0 sites, have a hover effect on their "ask question" button. It can be argued the "ask question" button looks less "clickable" than how it looks in all the other family sites, it's very close to a decoration and thus really needs some way to emphasize ...

 
then add people laughing about it and Mana. It's like a nuclear bomb - take three inert components and mash 'em together
 
7:44 PM
WTB Bounty Rights on Meta.Gaming
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz you can bounty on MSO though.
 
@badp Doing so would lose me sufficient rep to comment. So no.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz well, then you WTB mso rep.
I suggest this crafting recipe: stating the obvious + freehanded circles = REPS!
 
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Q: Can I join the legion and do the Civil War quest line AFTER completing the main story?

BobI understand that the main quest can be completed without taking sides in the civil war, but I'm at the point where I'm contemplating finishing the main story line. I'd like to go back and do the civil war afterwards....has anyone done that successfully?

 
user15026
@badp My bad. I thought I had taken that out. :( Thanks for the reminder, though :)
 
7:49 PM
@AshleyNunn no worries :)
 
Why?
 
People who are better at Skyrim than me:
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A: How do I create Fortify Alchemy enchantments up to 29%?

sumhumI had the same problem, so I made some Fortify Restoration potions and drank a few of them before and while I made more Fortify Restoration and Fortify Enchanting potions. It worked pretty well.

is this an answer?
 
@Mana I... don't think so. I can't imagine that would actually help
I'm a pretty crappy pretend-alchemist, though
 
@DaveMcClelland yeah same :|
 
@Mana I...I...what ?
I don't see how that is an answer
unless he got potion names mixed up...
I'm going to leave a comment.
 
7:56 PM
I've been playing skyrim far too much and not trolling the bridge enough recently. Why has everyone become a brony all of a sudden?
Also... the "trolling the bridge" pun was very much intended
 
@DaveMcClelland Because Wipqozn.
 
@DaveMcClelland I have no clue and I want it to stop :(
 
@RonanForman Oh my no
for once I can't take credit for this
@Tristan changed his avatar to fluttershy and... that's how it started
 
Can we blame gnomeslice anyway? That's always fun to do
 
I realize he was a brony... he realized I was a brony...
 
7:58 PM
Pony fans are even worse than Homestuck fans for shoving their favorite thing down your throat at every possible instance.
 
When did my pic get 2 stars?
5 hours ago, by Ronan Forman
user image
This one.
 
@Wipqozn I wish I could unstar this
 
@DaveMcClelland Well you sort of can.
 
@badp Flags aren't as good :(
 
8:00 PM
@DaveMcClelland No, no, no, that's not what I meant.
 
@badp Oh?
 
@DaveMcClelland Nope.
 
@badp What'd you mean then?
 
I think badp means to say that you can remove any stars that it might gather
 
@Mana Not even that.
@DaveMcClelland Something subtler.
 
8:01 PM
you're dumb
 
@Mana Wow. You're so mean.
I'm happy that I poisoned your food now.
 
@Mana How can I do that?
 
@Wipqozn why do you have to be so me-centered? Mana obviously didn't say that to me.
@DaveMcClelland You can't do that, but you can do this.
 
oh god I'm so hungry........
 
@badp That joke actually went over my head.
 
8:03 PM
@Wipqozn It's okay, it was bad anyway.
FUCK
 
yay, someone starred my picture!
 
I couldn't push the brony picture off the screen fast enough
well done @Dave, well done.
Just go silent on me will ya!
 
Enough with the brony stuff. It's not funny.
 
@badp I tried my best, I guess
 
:(
 
8:05 PM
@GnomeSlice we're not doing it to be funny.
 
I find that hard to believe.
 
We're doing it because it's awesome
@GnomeSlice Have you even watched the show? It's awesome.
 
Dave tries his Best? Why not try his Aest?!?
 
@Mana That would be a good angry asian father picture
Sadly, quickmeme is blocked at work :(
 
@DaveMcClelland I was going for that
 
8:06 PM
@DaveMcClelland I read that as luckily.
 
Would flagging brony pictures as offensive be a correct flag?
 
@DaveMcClelland No.
 
Probably.
 
@Mana I know.. I meant that I was going to make it for you, but can't :(
 
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Q: Use widescreen for embedded YouTube videos

KipFor embedded YouTube videos, can the player be 16:9 instead of 4:3? Most video game videos will be in this aspect ratio nowadays. And it takes no additional screen real-estate: if you just make the video player as wide as the answer area, and leave the height the same, you'll have a 16:9 player. ...

 
8:07 PM
I don't understand what you people have against My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.
 
It would be funnier though if I gave @John owner access so he could abuse of his migration powers to move gratuitous brony stuff away from my eyes.
 
@Wipqozn More like Friendship is Tragic
 
I don't have anything against the show itself
It's like the same thing I have against XKCD; it's more about the fanbase than the actual thing.
 
I've tried to watch the first 5 minutes of the first episode - I couldn't stop cringing at how far away I was from the intended audience
It's probably quality stuff or whatnot... it's just not for me.
Meh.
As for the fans... meh. All I know is I don't want to see this explode
 
I'm hypocritical because I do the same thing about Homestuck though
 
8:10 PM
@Mana maaan, how can you put your avatar and a pony on the same level?
 
I need to go eat some cereal or something and then go to class, bbl
 
@badp I agree. My Little Pony is a lot better than Homestuck.
 
oh look. There is one pony on the list of top starred pictures too.
Nov 30 '11 at 15:27, by Raven Dreamer
user image
 
@badp :(
 
if you're wondering what the TF2 update will be about
Pre-Purchase Now: Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoningâ„¢, receive 3 exclusive TF2 items!: #PrePurchase http://bit.ly/yBGhMX
rolls eyes
 
8:17 PM
@badp The surge of emotion that shot through me when I saw this image taught me an even more valuable lesson - where animated gif support is in my browser. animated gif support deleted Goodbye, animated batman eating a pony.
 
@agent86 Or in Firefox, you can hit Escape to stop them for that page for that visit.
 
@Ullallulloo He was "quoting" Glados, just in case that flew over your head.
 
@badp I haven't played Portal 1 or 2, so yes, that would have.
 
Then see to it that you fix this.
 
@badp I am. My brother bought them for me, he just hasn't gotten around to sending them to me yet.
 
8:24 PM
so @GraceNote, is brogue superior in some way to other roguelikes? looking at it, I'm tempted to play it, but I could just as easily load any one of a billion other ones instead.
 
@agent86 You can turn into an AMPERSAND.
But to be more specific - it exchanges vastness in complexity for a more condensed library of concepts that interact with each other.
It's like, between your standard high-depth Roguelike and your standard Mysterious Dungeon-style.
 
@GraceNote can I turn into a little note character? ♪
 
@agent86 That's the icon for scrolls.
 
@GraceNote Yay, Skyrim!
 
@GraceNote so would you recommend it? can you give it an arbitrary numerical rating on some pointless scale?
 
8:30 PM
@agent86 I'd recommend it. It's a smooth experience.
 
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Q: How can I separate a stack of an item in my inventory into "stolen" and "legally obtained"?

MarceloNidoru is an Iron Dagger collector. In her short 11 levels of being alive she has smithed, collected and stolen about 100 Iron Daggers. The Iron Dagger stack is marked as stolen whether in her personal inventory or in a container. I'm pretty sure she has just stolen about 5 or 6 of those daggers...

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Q: Battlefield 3 elaborate chain of explosions

C-dizzleI found this video on youtube and trying to figure out how is this possible? How would you set up such an elaborate chain of explosions?

 
@GraceNote hmm, okay. I'm a bit disappointed in the mid- to late-game experience in Dungeons of Dredmor. It's got charm, but it's just not doing it for me. Perhaps I'll give brogue a shot soonish.
thank you for the opinions :)
@Lazers eh, this video's a little... borderline. it's a video of some guy drawing a giant penis with some sort of explosives in BF3. I guess it's a valid question, but it feels a little troll-ish to me.
 
@agent86 Yeah, It's a valid question, the vid just makes it questionable...
If we can find another video with something similar, we should replace it.
 
@Wipqozn indeed.
 
@badp I thought nuclear bombs were made out of just one (atomically) reactive material
 
8:39 PM
I am so Goddamn sick of people posting My Little Pony shit everywhere.
 
@GnomeSlice That's kind of an odd thing to say given the last MLP thing posted was 30 minutes ago.
 
@GnomeSlice Seriously? Why?
 
Oak
@agent86 agreed. It got charm but it's quite repetitive.
At least that's the biggest downside in my eyes
 
@Wipqozn I'm not just talking about here.
Everywhere on the Internet, there's someone posting My Little Pony shit.
 
8:41 PM
@GnomeSlice Can you... tone it down a little?
 
I looked at the users history, and I think it's a legit question.
 
Tone down?
 
@GnomeSlice Arda is trying to watch MLP, and your loud speaking tone is making it hard to hear.
 
Oak
@NickT it looks like an apple and a yellowish carrot sitting on a small pillow
 
@GnomeSlice You're cursing
 
8:42 PM
@GraceNote Not very much. I thought cursing was deemed a-okay in here.
 
@Oak indeed. I think the skills are interesting in theory, but most of them are just sort of meh. I have a pet now, and I find it to be relatively annoying/buggy on the whole rather than more fun.
 
Team Fortress 2
- Added new promo items
- Fixed paint preview not working for Mann Co. Store items
- Fixed the Lucky Shot not hiding the base Soldier helmet
- Did not update the localization files
 
@GnomeSlice I think it's more that we understand your anger (hejudas, I have come to find ponies invading corners of the net I had hoped they'd never touch), so going all out with how angered you are is just a tad excessive. Especially out of the blue, so to speak.
 
Did not? Was that intentional or not?
@NickT I need to play through DeathSpank... only got partway through the last time I played it.
 
All out? Pfffffffff.
Alright, I'll watch what I say next time.
 
8:44 PM
@Powerlord Seems pretty intentional...they would type "updated" otherwise, mm?
 
Oak
@agent86 yea, pets are problematic and buggy. The first time I loaded a game with a pet active it just followed me around doing almost nothing, but I was able to summon another one :\ but that has been fixed since
 
I'm not suspended yet, so how can you even think that I would have gone all out?
 
Anyway, I wonder which promo items. My guess is Saints Row The Third.
(Seeing as how Saints Row the Third is adding TF2 masks to its game)
 
@Powerlord someone linked a pic with the game, I think it was kingdoms of amalur or whatever
 
Weird. I've got a white dot on me screen that's scrolling up with the chat, but not at the same speed. It looks like one of the snowflakes from the christmas thing.
 
8:45 PM
@GnomeSlice Well, let's just try to avoid getting another one.
 
@Powerlord Nope, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning.
 
If I scroll the text down to below my typing box, it's still there.
 
badp posted it a bit ago
 
@Mana Don't listen to him @gnome! For every 100 suspensions you get the next one Free!
 
8:46 PM
@Oak Steam blocked at work.
 
@Wipqozn Don't make me invalidate your existence.
 
Oak
@Powerlord interesting :) anyway it confirms what everyone else is saying
 
ASTRONOMY TIME
 
@NickT Most modern bombs use an initial fission bomb with something for fusion too to really escalate it.
 
bbl
 
8:47 PM
@GnomeSlice We got snowflakes?
 
@GnomeSlice Woah, what's that pop-up?
 
@GnomeSlice you have way too many extensions for your own good
 
And once again, you completely focus on everything but what I was asking about.
 
8:52 PM
@ArdaXi I see no such thing...
 
@Ullallulloo Only supported on Chrome.
 
@ArdaXi Drat.
 
I have an extension that does it for facebook too.
@Mana Those are just the ones with icons that go in the status bar.
 
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Q: Is it possible to uncorrupt a Dead Island save on the PS3?

ScottI have played this game twice, both times making it to about 80 percent through the main game. Both times that I turned the game off (making sure especially the second game not to do so when it was saving), it corrupted my saved file. Is there anyway to still play that file, or do I have to start...

 
@GnomeSlice Using Paint? Really?
 
8:56 PM
@Ullallulloo To do what? My screenshots? None of those capture extensions work correctly in this chat.
 
@GnomeSlice Anything. Get Paint.NET.
 
@Ullallulloo I have photoshop CS5.
I just didn't feel like opening it.
...Even though it's already open...
 
@GnomeSlice trying to justify laziness is too much work
 

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