The Factory Floor

1:42 PM

@Mephistopheles how much gold do your dragons consume?

Gold-free dragons are for [INSERT_TERM_HERE], gold-nomming dragons are best

Hello, @moonheart08. Have we met before?

Also, somehow I'm not sure eating gold would be very good if you want to keep flying since it's so heavy. Can't they just have a stash?

moonheart08

Well i wanted them to eat gold anyways. (I asked a question a while ago. Turns out gold is a great catalyst when ground down to dust)

Hosch250

Hmmm, that might help make some interesting reactions :)

moonheart08

It does. One of said reactions is go boom.

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Gryphon

1:59 PM

Going boom is similar to breathing fire. We can work with this.

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AndyD273

2:19 PM

What chemical reaction causes gold dust to go boom?

I mean, many things go boom when ground to a super fine powder

flour mills used to only be operated during the day, since flour dust in the air is very explody, and reacted badly to open flame.

Gryphon

2:36 PM

@AndyD273 "explodey" is a great word, but is not spelled "explody". Cool fact though.

moonheart08

@AndyD273 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulminating_gold

AndyD273

@Gryphon From a quick google search it appears that they are both valid alternate misspellings

@moonheart08 Sounds like a more expensive version of Nitrogen triiodide

moonheart08

probably

but dragons got lots

so why the heck not

AndyD273

@moonheart08 Because it's shock sensitive, and so the first time a dragon makes a landing it'll explode?

Kepotx

@Gryphon oh, that could explain why dragons like gold. They need it to breath fire

moonheart08

2:49 PM

@Kepotx exactly the solution i got actually. worldbuilding.stackexchange.com/questions/140387/…

@Gryphon well, if i can't compare BYOND to a dumpster fire, what should i compare it to.
*points at starboard*

AndyD273

3:05 PM

@moonheart08 Septic tank fire?

moonheart08

that works

but that's being mean to septic tank fires

(I've been doing disassembly/decompilation work on Dreamseeker. Septic tank fire is a big understatement.)

Example: BYOND has a poorly coded implementation for the following: Telnet Client/Server, IRC Client, and a CGI Server.

I dont think the CGI server even works

Hosch250

3:19 PM

Talking about the star wall, is there some history behind James and Nex Terren's comments about cats, molasses, and France?

Or are they just making things up on the spur of the moment?

AndyD273

@Hosch250 Yes

Hosch250

Want to share it? I searched the chat history for "molasses", and only found that comment.

AndyD273

Nex told a dumb pun, as happens, James said he should be ashamed, Nex decided to double down that he didn't regret anything, James asked if he regretted "The thing with the cat and the molasses", Nex declared that it turned out better than he thought it would, except for being banned from France.

The thing with the cat and the molasses

2 days ago, 4 minutes total – 7 messages, 2 users, 2 stars

Bookmarked 7 secs ago by AndyD273

Sounds like a Friends episode title

Hosch250

I read that.

I just meant, was there a past history with cats and molasses, or if they were just making things up.

AndyD273

@Hosch250 Oh, well, there was that one time... I mean, nope, that never happened, all made up.

Mephistopheles

3:38 PM

@moonheart08 Nah, its too soft. And plate armor is too hard. That isn't to say a dragon cannot grapple a knight with her jaws and fling it around like a ragdoll.

Feeds

4:52 PM

The flags were probably vaporized on impact, because we launched it before we had finished figuring out how to land. That makes sense from an engineering standpoint, but also feels like a metaphor.

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Mephistopheles

5:21 PM

Since my dragon-armor question fell flat, leading me to scream:"A nagytalpú k@rv@ Isten b;ssz_a meg az eget", we can maybe focus on performance instead

alternatewars.com/BBOW/Ballistics/Term/AP/AP_Pen_Formula.htm

I found lots of equations on this site, and I have other matters to tend to, so feel free to look into it.

AndyD273

@Mephistopheles That's some strong language there.

Mephistopheles

@AndyD273 Oh man, this is nothing.

Green

@AndyD273 hey

Mephistopheles

Hungarian specializes in allowing for the creation of as many curses as physically possible

AndyD273

@Green sup Green, how goes it?

Mephistopheles

5:24 PM

What happened to the question in the feed?

Green

@AndyD273 I've been on a troubleshooting call all morning (might miss some meetings because of it) (Boo hooO!)

Still really like my new job :D

AndyD273

@Green heh. You still ET? (It's long past morning)

Green

@AndyD273 I am.

AndyD273

cool. Thankfully it's pretty quiet here today... kept waking up with weird dreams.

Green

It's a far more engaging job than my last one....as evidenced by how little I show up here recently.

@AndyD273 I had one about weight lifting machines this morning.

AndyD273

5:33 PM

I don't really remember mine, except I think I was storming a tower, or something...

Or maybe a sporting goods store? There was a train display. And maybe a dragon. Lots of weird random stuff. Probably because I took a nap yesterday. I really need to quit doing that.

Green

6:02 PM

@AndyD273 Sounds pretty heroic (or horrifying)

AndyD273

@Green Yeah, I really wish I could remember it. It probably wouldn't make any more sense, but at least I would be able to see if there were any bits that could be recycled...

Green

Perhaps something to add to the story-go-round?

Mephistopheles

Where do I find the armor constant?

Hosch250

IIRC, that chatroom got locked down?

Green

for inactivity?

Hosch250

6:07 PM

chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/70113

> room mode changed to Gallery: anyone may enter, but only approved users can talk

And then inactivity after that.

And with that he left them to start their new adventure.
The End

Green

At least it had a definite ending.

Mephistopheles

@Green Well, it didn't surpass NGE

Congratulations!

►

AndyD273

@Green I locked after The End, as that story is "done". A sequel could be started, or (even better) something completely different

I personally feel that endings are important to stories. I kind of dislike it when things just keep going and going for no real purpose

Hosch250

I'd like to do one at some point around my idea of someone waiting through millennia for their judgement to happen. I'm imagining it ends up something like a deathless version of earth, except with a stronger incentive to "not get caught" since you know there will be a judgement.

Because they don't know (although I imagine many would believe so) whether the judge knows everything they do.

AndyD273

6:22 PM

It would be like if we were now on Harry Potter Book 15: Harry and the Midlife Crisis.

Hosch250

Or if they will get judged for their actions after they die pending judgement.

LOL.

Bellerophon

Is there any plan to post the story on the blog?

AndyD273

@Bellerophon Kind of? It needs to be edited, maybe have parts rewritten, but I think people were a bit burned out, and then later on forgot about it. I'm all for starting it again.

But the editing does need some coordination, especially if there is rewriting being done so as to avoid conflicting bits

Bellerophon

Cool. If there's anything I can do to help tell me.

AndyD273

@Bellerophon Well, right now it's on my google drive, which is also a good place to edit it since it keeps track of changes and versioning. If you want to send me an email to my username at gmail dot com, I can put you on the "allow editing" list.

Or if nothing else, we could work on getting some title suggestions

AndyD273

6:48 PM

@Bellerophon I think I did that right, let me know if there is any problems.

Bellerophon

Seems to work.

AndyD273

cool

Bellerophon

I'll read that tonight.

AndyD273

Provisional title: The Shadow and the Stone.

Bellerophon

7:09 PM

Pretty good.

James

Afternoon peoples and other

Mephistopheles

So, I want to suppress a zombie army that has access to lots of WW2 Soviet military surplus gear. Is there any question it could potentially be the duplicate of?

Hosch250

7:31 PM

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A: Would there be any possibility for rangers operating inside the US?

The Act for the US military is primarily against Citizens in a police like action. However, the military is used all the time for many things. The National Guard (and other branches) are activated frequently to help in disaster zones. If the Canadians were to over run Minnesota, all the bran...

LOL.

AndyD273

7:51 PM

@James I kinda want to respond to that, something about otherkin, but my brain is feeling too foggy at the moment to give it a real good effort.

James

@AndyD273 Allergies? My head has felt like an underground nuclear testing site for the last couple days.

Hosch250

Kind of early in the year for allergies in the north? It sounds like the beginning of the virus I just had.

Starts super tired, slight sore throat.

It's not a bad virus, but it's still a pain...

James

8:19 PM

@Hosch250 Ugh. Lets hope not.

AndyD273

@James I think it is just a mid afternoon slump. Probably need to take a brisk walk around the office, get the blood flowing.

Mephistopheles

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Q: The Elementary Evil vs You /Wights/ Preventing Henry from gaining (more) power

Heinrich, the First; formerly: Henry Glitchdom, was a soulless monster, in life and became a literal nightmare in death. After somehow coming back, he mastered the Dark Arts in a free online course, he went back in time. There, he killed and stole the identity of Henry the Fowler, raised an army ...

"So, we have to figure a way out to safely suppress and eliminate 1000 trigger-happy Soviet robot zombie plant guerrilla fighters. I take care of the gardener myself, don't concern yourself about that."

Bellerophon

8:50 PM

Why do you put so much extraneous information in questions?

Mephistopheles

@Bellerophon Oh for Linus' sake, ping me ping the ### out of me!

And because I don't know what you'll need

In what way will you try to break the system

The thing with the cat and the molasses

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