The Bridge

Ian Pugsley

16:00

@Tristan if it's in Charlotte I'll play some MTG with you :P

Grace Note

Let's all sing songs for @Arda!

Tristan

@IanPugsley It's not. It's in Chicago. =(

Grace Note

@GnomeSlice I don't think of you that way, even when you almost appear to be attempting to assert such an image.

Tristan

@agent86 Possibly.

Ian Pugsley

@ArdaXi impressed with the speed at which said quip was conceived

Tristan

16:00

@GnomeSlice You played Killing Floor?

GnomeSlice

@Tristan Nope.

Ian Pugsley

@Tristan post on the mtg subreddit, somebody'll probably play with you

Tristan

@GnomeSlice Any interest in it?

GnomeSlice

Not particularly.

Any reason?

Tristan

@GnomeSlice It's on sale today. Was just gonna return the favor for the PvZ purchase.

Ronan Forman

16:01

I ought to re-render the finial dreadskull too.

GnomeSlice

@Tristan I saw a friend playing it before. Didn't strike me as particularly interesting. Thanks for the offer though.

@RonanForman It's very disappointing that we can't use the standard logo...

That means I can't use that as a portfolio piece any more, either.

Until I edit it.

Tristan

@GnomeSlice No problem. If anything does go on sale that you're interested in, let me know so I can return the favor. =)

agent86

@Tristan it's worked out in the past for me, but it helps if you don't have a lot of luggage...

GnomeSlice

@Tristan Ah, don't worry about it.

Tristan

@agent86 I have one checked bag and a carry-on.

Grace Note

16:02

@GnomeSlice Sounds like something fixable, though ♪

GnomeSlice

@GraceNote Well...

Tristan

@GnomeSlice Well... The offer's open ended if you ever change your mind.

agent86

@Tristan I'd give it a shot, at least ask. the worst that can happen is they go "NO, DEAL WITH IT!" and then you're right back where you started.

GnomeSlice

It will take some doing. I had the heart at the base level, it wasn't added in AE, I'd have to edit the photoshop image, then re-create the effects on the new image.

OrigamiRobot

What? I missed the big reveal that @GnomeSlice was @SelfImpostor?!?!

Wipqozn

16:03

@OrigamiRobot It was very dramatic.

Mana

@OrigamiRobot Not really much reason to ping the latter anymore

GnomeSlice

@OrigamiRobot Sorry.

Tristan

@agent86 I will do that.

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice dl.dropbox.com/u/895336/Game%20on%21%20LoL.mp4

Grace Note

@GnomeSlice Uf... I guess I'm happy that I didn't say "Sounds like something quick and easy to fix".

OrigamiRobot

16:04

@Mana It was more that I am lazy and didn't wanna type it out

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice rode in on a horse, clad in armour and wielding a spear. It was really impressive.

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman Looks alright, I guess. The very beginning doesn't look nearly as good in blue. =[

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice I know.

OrigamiRobot

Well GSE Chat can check that off its to-do list

GnomeSlice

What resolution/bitrate is that?

It seems... low quality, but then again it's trying to fill my screen.

Ronan Forman

16:05

It's too blue da bu de da bu dah.

agent86

@Tristan sometimes your bag will already be on the later flight or whatever, but sometimes they'll go ahead and mark your bag for the earlier flight, and then it's just at the baggage claim early... if your stuff is super valuable or you don't want to go a day without it, make sure you make that clear.

OrigamiRobot

1. Solve a mystery: Check
2. Rewrite history: Check

GnomeSlice

I always thought he was saying "I'm in need I would die" in that song.

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice It's 720p so maybe it's streaching.

Wipqozn

So, @agent86, how long until you become corrupt with power?

GnomeSlice

16:06

@RonanForman Yeah, probably. Bitrate?

Grace Note

@OrigamiRobot Rewrite history? This is Stack Exchange. We got plenty of that.

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice How?

@GnomeSlice I can't check while it's rendering.

Ian Pugsley

Tristan

@IanPugsley A-woo-ooo.

OrigamiRobot

@IanPugsley Woohoo!

GnomeSlice

16:06

@RonanForman Listen to it.

The lyrics make sense in the song, and it sounds kind of like it.

Hard to say.

agent86

@Wipqozn oh, that happened ages ago.

then I got bored and became uncorrupted

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice I don't know what it's called.

GnomeSlice

Me neither.

StrixVaria

@GnomeSlice I always thought it was "if I was green I would die"

GnomeSlice

@StrixVaria Heh.

Ronan Forman

16:07

@StrixVaria What's the song called?

FallenAngelEyes

@RonanForman Blue

StrixVaria

@RonanForman Blue.

OrigamiRobot

@StrixVaria I thought it was"It's not easy being green."

Wipqozn

@agent86 Ah I see. Well, don't worry. When you return to corruption I'll be there to call you out on it. Just like I did with @Mana!

GnomeSlice

Sounds more like 'if I were green'

FallenAngelEyes

16:08

By Eiffel 65

GnomeSlice

Blue:

►

@FallenAngelEyes Oh, thanks for specifying.

(That isn't the one you're looking for)

FallenAngelEyes

@GnomeSlice Haha, yeah I imagine it's not an uncommon song title.

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice Apparently .6, that can't be right.

OrigamiRobot

@GnomeSlice I actually knew someone that thought it was "I'm in need of a guy." and refused to sing it.

GnomeSlice

Ahahaha.

FallenAngelEyes

16:09

@OrigamiRobot I have friends who thought it was something like that too

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman Uh.......

@RonanForman Set it to the maximums.

OrigamiRobot

@FallenAngelEyes Maybe they are the same person

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice 300?

FallenAngelEyes

@OrigamiRobot Do you have friends who went to high school in upstate NY?

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman Yeah, that's just the target bitrate.

Ronan Forman

16:11

@GnomeSlice I see.

agent86

@Wipqozn okay. sounds like a plan!

GnomeSlice

Basically, that means your machine will give it the highest bitrate it can.

Ian Pugsley

@FallenAngelEyes uh actually we do know somebody who fits this criteria

Tristan

@IanPugsley Is it me?

Wait, no.

I should start reading up for context more often.

Lazers

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Q: Is there a way to get an NPC's RefID in game?

When using the console to affect NPC characters you always need their RefID. I always get this on one of the two Skyrim wikis because the following help command returns only their BaseID: help <npc name> 4 Is there a way to get their RefID through the in game help search?

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Ian Pugsley

16:12

@Tristan if the stars list proves anything, it's that context is no fun

3

FallenAngelEyes

@IanPugsley Haha really?

In the Finger Lakes?

OrigamiRobot

@FallenAngelEyes Well I did meet this person in college so it's possible.

Ian Pugsley

@FallenAngelEyes I'm not actually sure, I'll have to ask him - his name is Steve, just on the off chance that it's the same guy (that would be crazy)

FallenAngelEyes

@IanPugsley Hm, not too many Steves in my class. My HS was in a very small, rural area.

StrixVaria

@FallenAngelEyes Isn't all of Upstate NY like that?

Ian Pugsley

16:16

@FallenAngelEyes my grandparents have a little schoolhouse that they use as a vacation home in Keene Valley

and @spugsley's family is from...Hudson? I think?

FallenAngelEyes

@StrixVaria Well, not in like, Syracuse, Rochester or Buffalo.

StrixVaria

@FallenAngelEyes Aren't those western NY?

I was thinking closer to Lake George.

That's where I've visited, at least.

FallenAngelEyes

@StrixVaria It's not very common for people who haven't lived around NY to refer to places in NY that aren't NYC as anything other than "upstate", so I usually don't specify.

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice That makes it so much bigger.

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman Yeah.

FallenAngelEyes

16:18

But yeah, Syracuse is more central, Rochester and Buffalo are more western

GnomeSlice

I'm still not very great at bitrates.

StrixVaria

@FallenAngelEyes Being from NJ, I am actually moderately familiar with NY.

FallenAngelEyes

@StrixVaria Yeah, I know you are, but I've met people from NYC who have no idea where the Finger Lakes are either. >_>

StrixVaria

@FallenAngelEyes NYC is like it's own little (gigantic) world. I don't like going there.

Grace Note

Hey, @Mana, help me figure out which site to use my newest avatar on

StrixVaria

16:20

It's too crowded and people there are generally assholes.

Ian Pugsley

@GraceNote Martial Arts!

Ronan Forman

Well my main videos use a max of 9, so I should set that as the target really.

StrixVaria

To be fair, the only reason I know anything about NY other than NYC is because my grandparents live about 15 minutes from Lake George.

Grace Note

@IanPugsley That would be terrifyingly wargh

Mana

@GraceNote I really need to run, though, or I'm gonna be late for class

FallenAngelEyes

16:21

@StrixVaria I never even went there until I was 18

Grace Note

@Mana Why do you always have time convenience on your side?

Ian Pugsley

@GraceNote I'm pretending I have any idea what this means

FallenAngelEyes

@StrixVaria It's a nice area

Grace Note

This is actually one you would know (and in fact I would have to disown you if you didn't recognize it)

StrixVaria

@FallenAngelEyes The only reason I ever go to NYC now is to see a broadway shows, which is not very often.

Mana

16:21

@GraceNote kk, post it quickly

FallenAngelEyes

I haven't been to Lake George in well over a decade though

StrixVaria

@FallenAngelEyes It's the same.

FallenAngelEyes

@StrixVaria haha, I'm not surprised

StrixVaria

Visiting Lake George is like taking a trip to the 90s.

Grace Note

@Mana I haven't had time to crop or shrink it, so here's just a quick link to the full image

Mana

16:23

@GraceNote Bitcoin.SE

bye

StrixVaria

@GraceNote Do you have an avatar for RPGs yet? It would fit well there.

@Mana Does this really exist?

Grace Note

@StrixVaria Yes

@StrixVaria Also Yes

FallenAngelEyes

@StrixVaria yes :(

Arda Xi

@GraceNote ಠ_ಠ

StrixVaria

@GraceNote Should we make an AmericanDollar.SE now too?

Grace Note

16:24

@StrixVaria RPG image

Arda Xi

Q: Is Bitcoin a viable currency? A: No. end-of-site

Grace Note

I bet you guys would shudder to think that Bitcoin is actually outperforming other Beta sites

StrixVaria

@GraceNote It will die once all its users fail to pay their Internet bills.

GnomeSlice

I should de-propose tattoos.se

Arda Xi

@GraceNote Well, no. I mean, it's so vague it raises so many questions.

Grace Note

16:27

...Bitcoin beats both Literature and DSP (both of which came before it) combined. That makes me shudder.

badp

@GraceNote is it? They probably forgot their mobile.

Ian Pugsley

@GnomeSlice I see this as too specialized - maybe opening it up to body modification in general would be helpful

@GraceNote I don't know how DSP made it into beta in the first place, good lord

StrixVaria

@IanPugsley What is DSP?

Grace Note

Signal Processing

Ian Pugsley

@StrixVaria Digital Signal Processing

badp

16:28

Data... Sound... Petroleum?

StrixVaria

That seems awfully specific.

Grace Note

Ultrasound Graphics Synthesis!

FallenAngelEyes

@GraceNote That is depressing

StrixVaria

Is there no Electrical Engineering SE site?

Why isn't DSP just a subset of that?

Grace Note

There is, and I have no idea

StrixVaria

16:28

Or do I just not know what DSP is?

Ian Pugsley

@StrixVaria same reason there's a MtG proposal but a boardgames.stackexchange.com

StrixVaria

I know my EE friend in college was in love with DSP.

So I kind of clustered them together.

@IanPugsley That's...stupid.

badp

because really engineering isn't the study of one field of knowledge

Grace Note

Well, let's be clear, the site is actually just "Signal Processing", not just digital. DSP is just the URL

badp

it's more like knowing about enough multiple fields in order to make them work together as a whole

Grace Note

16:30

And the EE site is... well, it's a complex fun of its own. Since EE is its fourth name running now.

StrixVaria

@badp Should we have separate sites for FPS games and RPG games and RTS games?

GnomeSlice

@IanPugsley That seems like a good idea, actually.

Ian Pugsley

@StrixVaria in an ideal world, I'm a proponent of things large enough to support an entire proposal being subdomains of the original site, like facebook.stackoverflow.com

GnomeSlice

draw3cards.com

StrixVaria

And then separate sites below those for Skyrim, StarCraft, Minecraft, etc.?

GnomeSlice

16:30

Unless that got shut down.

StrixVaria

@IanPugsley That's a good idea, actually. mtg.boardgames.se would be awesome.

Grace Note

@GnomeSlice This is the pushing factor behind why there's an M:tG proposal

Ian Pugsley

@GnomeSlice it's still up, but questionable

badp

@StrixVaria no, but electrical engineers, at least at the Polimi, study thermodynamics because "it's a fundamental Engineering topic".

Ian Pugsley

@GraceNote the webmaster of D3C is actively supporting the proposal

badp

16:31

That wouldn't make thermodynamics on topic on an "elecrtical engineering" SE now would it?

Grace Note

Aye, he is

That and our current lack of ability to properly support Magic is why we don't have nearly as much of a backing on Boardgames as is.

StrixVaria

@badp I'm not sure I understand your argument. I said DSP should be part of EE. I didn't say EE should be part of "Engineering in General".

badp

I'm replying to your "FPS/RPG/RTS" argument.

GnomeSlice

Hm... Miner Wars won't load...

Ronan Forman

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A: Community Promotion Ads - 2012

Lazers

16:36

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Q: Is it possible to realistically use Lydia for the entire game?

I'm concerned with the information I've gathered about followers. Namely the tidbit about how a follower's stats\level are set to yours when you aquire them. I've heard of console commands that supposedly reset a follower, allowing you to level them up with you as you progress through the game, b...

skyrim xbox-360 ps3

Grace Note

@GnomeSlice Did you (ever) finish updating it?

GnomeSlice

@GraceNote Yeah, I did it just now on my laptop. I'm at school. Had to come in really early today.

Grace Note

Ahha

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice dl.dropbox.com/u/895336/Let%27s%20play%20terraria.mp4

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman Lol, that won't even play on my computer. I guess the bitrate is too high.

Sorry.

Ronan Forman

16:39

Yeah it won't play on mine either.

GnomeSlice

I had that problem with a few things on my pc after rendering. If you put it on youtube it should work though.

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice Well youtube decreases the bitrate to 9mbps

GnomeSlice

That'd be why then.

Try rendering at 8

Ian Pugsley

@GraceNote I still like my idea I posted on that meta thread - if we can't do an image popup, at least do an auto-link to the card on the MtG site

Grace Note

@IanPugsley Don't find that to be a bad idea, m'self

Ian Pugsley

16:41

if that was in place, it'd be very easy to write a user script and stick it on StackApps for the image popup

Ronan Forman

I'll put it at tgt 8, max 9. That's premiers suggested youtube HD setting

Ian Pugsley

in which case SE assumes zero liability

Tristan

@Wipqozn Dear Esther is... interesting.

Ian Pugsley

there are actually user scripts out there right now that parse every page you go to and create image popups for MtG cards, lol

@GraceNote can you use your employee/witch powers to make this happen? :P

FallenAngelEyes

@Tristan What exactly is that about?

GnomeSlice

16:47

I have no idea what Dear Esther is about, I just saw someone commenting on the fact that it had amazing environmental design.

Tristan

@GnomeSlice I bought it solely because someone said it gave video games a chance in the whole "Video games are art" debacle.

GnomeSlice

@Tristan Any good?

Grace Note

@IanPugsley Neither one, alas

Tristan

@GnomeSlice I'm not entirely sure... I've only been walking around the first area for about 20 minutes so far.

fredley

Is there any way of accessing chat that isn't so conspicuously not-work?

FallenAngelEyes

16:54

@fredley go straight to chat.stackexchange.com?

OrigamiRobot

@fredley Don't maximize your browser.

Grace Note

@fredley I never really had a problem back when I had my old job, but I mostly worked off of the transcript

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice Try now. dl.dropbox.com/u/895336/Game%20on%21%20LoL.mp4

GnomeSlice

@RonanForman same deal

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice It works for me, wait for it to buffer.

fredley

16:56

@FallenAngelEyes I'm more concerned with the look of chat itself. Images and gifs pop up occasionally that are quite conspicuous.

LessPop_MoreFizz

Can we get some reopen votes here:

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Q: Rogue pvp rotation Cataclysm 4.3?

I played Wrath of the Lich King as rogue up to lvl 80. I did some pvp but I never actually was really successful. Most of the kills I got were because of the difference between gear. I've returned to the game late in Cataclysm& will soon be 85 and want to go pvp but have no idea what to do. I...

world-of-warcraft

@fredley plaintext chat sounds like an MSO feature request to me.

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlice It's so smooth! I apologise to all the videos with the crap one on.

Grace Note

@LessPop_MoreFizz Mobile UI

Not entirely plaintext but I believe it does summat about the prominence and sense of the images

(Also it's how I actually did chat outside of the Lounge)

fredley

@LessPop_MoreFizz an IRC bridge would be ideal

Trying out github.com/ghewgill/soirc now, but it looks old

LessPop_MoreFizz

@grace images still get one boxed in the mobile UI.

Grace Note

16:59

Ah. That would be problematic

Ian Pugsley

you could also just set up Adblocker or something similar to block images from imgur

fredley

The interface is quite image heavy, a simple, image-free interface would be great

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