Game Development

Madcowe

19:01

@ToddersLegrande what's disqus?

ToddersLegrande

~~We were talking about the~~ [a] commenting system ~~"Disqus"~~ for ~~our own personal blogs~~ [web sites]

Madcowe

lol xD

ToddersLegrande

disqus.com

:P

Madcowe

looks cool actually :)

ToddersLegrande

I picked it up from reading a whole lot of engadget.com a few years back

Doesn't look like they use it anymore but it seemed pretty slick at the time so I've stuck with it over the years... even if I never did anything with it

Madcowe

19:08

neat :)

Can you use disqus on blogspot for example?

ToddersLegrande

Ummmmm

Well blogspot redirects to blogger which I believe is what @Byte56 said he was using so I assume yes?

Byte56

"No matter what platform you use, Disqus integrates seamlessly."

ToddersLegrande

@Byte56 Only true if you have open access to the platform.

Byte56

"We support major platforms with easy-to-use plugins or copy-and-paste code."

ToddersLegrande

If [free blogging service here] didn't let you embed certain types of tags or whatever there is no way to get Disqus onto your pages

Byte56

19:17

I think blogspot qualifies as "major"

I agree, it is marketing however.

Madcowe

oh well, only one way to know, trying it

ToddersLegrande

I don't know how blogspot works but WordPress and Orchard (the two I've used it on) have official places to get and install and manage plug ins. I would start there if blogspot has something like that

Madcowe

@ToddersLegrande yes it does, and I believe you can even create new stuff in there, but not quite sure about the latter

Byte56

Kentucky is really anti-education: i.imgur.com/CgyfK6J.jpg

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ToddersLegrande

++

Madcowe

19:30

++

I lol'd

FREEZE! WHO DIVIDED BY ZERO?! THE SLAMMER TO ALL OF YOU!

someone help me! xD

my gf keeps watching programs that make me lose faith in humanity! xD

Byte56

Reality TV shows?

Shotgun Ninja

Anything involving Weddings, Dresses, Cakes, or Live Cop Dramas?

Byte56

I mean "Reality" TV shows?

Madcowe

pretty much, on youtube x)

@ShotgunNinja oh wow, its actually a wedding dress reality show!

Shotgun Ninja

"Say Yes to the Dress" makes me want to stab my eyes out.

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Madcowe

19:37

brides go there choosing dresses, and are like "what? $34.000 dollars? that's under budget! :D"

@ShotgunNinja IT'S THAT ONE!!! D:

Byte56

I heard about that recently, and that there is even one for the brides maids dresses.

Shotgun Ninja

That's one reason why my last girlfriend broke up with me. I told her I didn't like that show.

Byte56

She did you a favor.

Shotgun Ninja

That she did.

Madcowe

++ to the last 2 comments

well, to be fair, at least she is NOTHING like those shows

but for some reason loves to see them

oh well xD

right now there's a girl trying on a $14k dress saying like "bah this looks like a shower curtain" I mean come on!

that's like enough to be more or less well in life with a house!

Byte56

19:40

My wife got her dress for something like $100

Madcowe

and was like "if I really like the dress my husband is just gonna have to get a second job"

seriously? help me! D:

@Byte56 yea, around here they are like that too, and arent that different actually

there is one thing I liked from the show though... the top comment was: "Meanwhile in Africa..."

Byte56

People focus way too much on the wedding day. Must be why so many marriages fall apart.

Madcowe

@Byte56 probably, this one was a complete b1tch though, can't even start to wonder why the man wants to marry her

Byte56

I mean, I know of people who go into debt to get married. That's just so crazy.

Madcowe

@Byte56 absolutely! I kind of understand that it is an important day and all but really...

well to be fair... at least this show doesnt have the annoying voice the kardashians have........

Byte56

19:44

There's something called "living within your means". More people need to apply that to their lives.

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Madcowe

@Byte56 yea, my country Portugal is full of poor people that think they are rich

It's ridiculous, we're going through a supposed "crisis" that we need to be careful with what we spend and all, salaries getting cut, aids lowering, prices rising, etc

but as soon as a new iPhone comes out it solds out on the day

"everyone" has a mac and a car

they all have a load of crap they dont even know what to do with them

and then they complain they cant buy food or whatever

Byte56

That's pretty much most countries now a days.

Essentially it comes back to what you said before, faith in humanity lost.

Madcowe

I have a great example, my ex house-mate from college had a bmw Z4, pretty sure it was to impress and bang girls, and then he was all pissed that they had removed his scholarship (is that how you say it?)

ToddersLegrande

We had a small wedding because we wanted to. Immediate family and significant others only. We made the food ourselves and got married at the court house. The whole thing, including the license cost probably cost us less than $300.

Add another $250 for her dress though

Madcowe

that car

oh I just remembered, does anyone want to help me fine-tune a program I made?

Byte56

19:53

I'm taking off to play disc golf. Hard day at work and all. Later.

Madcowe

@Byte56 disc golf? well, have fun :)

Byte56

Like golf, but with medium sized frisbees. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disc_golf

Madcowe

ah nice :)

Shotgun Ninja

Disc golf is kind of fun; wish it wasn't so often dominated by tools who hang out at frat houses.

Madcowe

guys, does anyone want to help me choose which game I should play? ._.
Since my choice making program still has some bugs? x)

Almo

20:22

play space chem

that's always good for taking a break from programming

because it's more programming! ARGH!

Madcowe

@Almo hahaha seen it once, but never really tried it

oh I know we're already over this topic but...

toddlers and tiaras... please kill me ._.

Almo

SpaceChem is a great game

but you have to be in the mood for real brain-twisting

Madcowe

@Almo it isnt free is it?

Almo

no

there's a demo though

check steam

demo is pretty big; you'll know if it's worth the small amount of money by the end of it

ok afk gotta finish a movie :)

Madcowe

@Almo k thanks :3

Shotgun Ninja

20:30

@Madcowe Kill it with fire!

Madcowe

@ShotgunNinja I wished... one thing I noticed about the program is that when the girls are on stage, you hear a lot of clapping and cheering and all, but when the camera turns pretty much all the people that are watching are the "moms" and the jury...

like who are they trying to fool? everyone hates baby pageants, pretty sure most do at least

dont even know why they are made

Jimmy

What's the complaint?

obviously not everyone hates baby pageants or the show wouldn't still be running

Madcowe

@Jimmy well I guess some people just want to be shocked

seriously I'm getting insane! She's still watching "say yes to the dress" or whatever it is, loud, next to me, even before I talked about it! D:

Jimmy

why are you still watching the show then?

Madcowe

not me, my gf :C

not watching but still hear it x)

Shotgun Ninja

20:55

Break up with her.

Jimmy

Is it wrong to like things that are expensive?

ToddersLegrande

As long as the "expensive" is within reason

Jimmy

even without reason

ToddersLegrande

well

Shotgun Ninja

Depends. What sort of things are you referring to under the purview of "expensive"?

ToddersLegrande

20:58

It's fine to like it

Jimmy

like, I'd hate for a girl to break up with me if I watched a show about supercars

ToddersLegrande

To actually buy a dress worth tens of thousands of dollars and only where it once because you like it is unreasonable

@Jimmy watching a show isn't expensive. I guess we were looking at your question from different perspectives :)

Shotgun Ninja

It's not that she's watching the show. It's that she's being insensitive to @Madcowe's revulsion over the show. She could watch it somewhere else.

Jimmy

I think people can usually draw a line between "like" and "need"

@shotgun or it's @Madcowe's revulsion that's insensitive maybe, is what I'm saying

There's nothing wrong with liking shows about expensive stuff

Shotgun Ninja

No, if you've ever seen these shows, they're pretty revolting.

ToddersLegrande

20:59

I sometimes enjoy watching bad shows just so I can get angry at them

Jimmy

Because it's about something that doesn't appeal to you personally?

Shotgun Ninja

Actually, opinions aside, we know two facts about the situation: (1) @Madcowe doesn't like the shows, and (2) @Madcowe's girlfriend is sitting right next to him, watching the shows he doesn't like in a loud and bothersome fashion.

ToddersLegrande

What we don't know: Did @Madcowe inform his girlfriend of the fact that this is bothersome to him? It's a mystery.

Jimmy

well, yes. I'm saying I can be in a room with people watching a show I'm not watching.

Just like most of my vegetarian friends can go to dinner and not mind me eating a steak at the same table

Madcowe

never seen my name mentioned so many times xD

well I dont really mind she watching it, I just feel that it could do her some kind of "harm" or something actually xD

Shotgun Ninja

21:03

Oh, that's a different story.

Madcowe

and Space Chem IS awesome

Shotgun Ninja

21:24

For your amusement:

consumerist.com/2013/03/26/…

Almo

I figured you'd like SpaceChem. :)

Madcowe

@Almo yea its awesome and really gets you thinking :)

ToddersLegrande

21:40

@ShotgunNinja nice

Dave

Evening

Shotgun Ninja

22:00

Howdy

Stack Exchange

22:23

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Q: How it comes I was able to edit someone else question?

Saw a question and noticed it could use some formatting on code, clicked on 'edit' and did the work. Then it occurred to me that I don't have rep enough for this. Checked the reputation list and indeed I would need 2k rep for editing rights. So is it bugged or did I misunderstand this rules?

jokoon

22:39

is byte56 here ?

i'm having trouble understanding how to steer balls with box2d without orientation

ToddersLegrande

You do a "Hey @Byte56 - [insert question here]" and the @username syntax pings him so he'll see it when he's available to answer

Dave

23:18

are there situations in games when to use D* over A* ? a developer i was speaking to told me D* is much more efficient

but alot of games use A*

Madcowe

23:43

@Dave Well, some girls love the D :P

Dave

lols

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