The Bridge

5:01 PM

another thing I never do -> get into conversations about any technology with real life friends

@fbueckert Yeah, exactly. That is also why I totally dislike the whole "people should love you for who you are" dating advice. It stops people from getting outside of their comfort zone. (Not that I'm good at that).

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chuck_Lorre this is the guy behind a few of the more popular shows nowadays.

@pixel That only leads to one thing. You having to fix their computers ;)

pixel

exactly

Patrick Stalder

@Ids not when you are a dev. :P

"Cables? Whats that sorcery?"

pixel

plus I hate having such conversations with people who think that typing google into google will crash the internet

Ronan Forman

@pixel Get some less stupid friends.

Ids

5:05 PM

@PatrickStalder that has not been my experience. ;)

pixel

@RonanForman I know pretty much everybody of my age in this particular geographic location

Patrick Stalder

@Ids you're not using the developer stereotype for its full effect then.

fbueckert

@Ids It's also called, "Hey, guys, I'm a geek, sure. But I'm still going to charge you $40 an hour to fix your computer."

Ronan Forman

@pixel You live in a village I take it.

pixel

yes

fbueckert

5:10 PM

@Ids Usually, in cases like this, people who assume you can fix a computer equate the same skillset to re-wiring their home theater system.

One thing I've learned is that if you charge someone for fixing their stuff, they value it MUCH more than if you just went, "Yeah, ok, I'll fix that for you, no problem."

pixel

I would rather just not do it in the first place, playing dumb is so much easier

Ronan Forman

@fbueckert If you say it's easy they assume it is?

Patrick Stalder

@pixel How long does it take until the Fusang grind stops hurting?

fbueckert

@RonanForman If I say it's easy, it'll probably only cost them $40. If they complain that's too much, I tell them to take it to Geek Squad, where they'll charge them at least $100.

pixel

@PatrickStalder depends on your spec in fairness, I still get roflstomped by groups of 3+ but I'm a healer so I can't kill stuff

Ronan Forman

5:13 PM

I meant that they'll take your word on how much it's worth, so if you do it for free...

fbueckert

Speaking of Geek Squad, their solution to anything even remotely complicated is, "Reinstall Windows".

@RonanForman Exactly.

pixel

what is geek squad

fbueckert

They'll come whining to you about the slightest little thing.

Patrick Stalder

@pixel 75% of the enemies I encounter kill me in LESS than 4 seconds.

RESPAWN

Reminds me of an old friend of mine who used to do IT stuff. People would ask him to fix their computers and his response was usually along the lines of, "I already hate my job, so why the <expletive> would I want to do my job for free?"

StrixVaria

5:14 PM

Apparently Apple is introducing a new file system where you can't put folders in folders. You can only go 1 level deep. I guess no one will be doing any Java developing on a mac any time after that.

Ronan Forman

I hate pc shops, they charge far too much and have no clue what they're talking about.

pixel

@PatrickStalder sounds like you need more hp/resistances

Ronan Forman

I was once told that android devices have 'their own version of IE'

RESPAWN

@StrixVaria Wait. What? Is that some kind of joke?

StrixVaria

informationarchitects.net/blog/mountain-lions-new-file-system

fbueckert

5:15 PM

Now, if you charge them $40/hour, and asking you even one question starts the clock, they'll be much more circumspect about asking you questions.

Jason Berkan

@StrixVaria WTF?

fbueckert

And that's my personal tech rate, for people. For companies, I charge an absolute minimum of $90/hour.

RESPAWN

@StrixVaria Ah. I would guess that it's something that will be restricted to Finder. You'd probably be able to go as many layers deep as you wanted to from Terminal.

Ronan Forman

@fbueckert I've got a friend who is constantly complaining that people ask him for too much, but when I suggest he should maybe say no he stops complaining.

RESPAWN

Still... yet another reason that I really wish I could stray away from Macs at the office.

StrixVaria

5:17 PM

@RESPAWN No clue what these mean and no interest to learn.

I just thought I'd point out that, obviously, Java as a language can't work with that restriction.

fbueckert

@RonanForman I understand wanting to be helpful. But people WILL take advantage of you if you can't say no. It's a hard lesson to learn.

Ronan Forman

I know.

Patrick Stalder

@Pixel Probably. But is it worth to get hp/resistances from a PvE perspective?

RESPAWN

@StrixVaria Haha. Essentially, I'm guessing that it will be a limitation at the user interface level only. Otherwise, they'd seriously break OSX.

Jason Berkan

@StrixVaria Substitute Explorer for Finder and DOS prompt for Terminal and you have the Windows equivalent.

pixel

5:18 PM

@PatrickStalder staying alive is staying alive. Thing is, you don't need to gear for it you're a DPS

@PatrickStalder getting level 10 in all talismans skills gives you resists and hp

fbueckert

@JasonBerkan Either way, that's a stupid system. A single folder layer means you'll get folder names like "Program files-system32-drivers-etc"

Ids

Some people are also pretty unfriendly when you are fixing their computer. I was techsupporting and discovered that the router was broken. So she bought a new one, and somebody else installed it. Her reaction: "He could fix my internet". Yeah thanks... A well.

Jason Berkan

@fbueckert Agreed. I'm with RESPAWN - it must be a GUI thing only. OS X is unix underneath it all - you can't just get rid of nested folders / directories.

Patrick Stalder

@pixel Ok I thought so. Staying alive as DPS should be skill not gear IMO. And yes I already upgraded the skills to level 10.

pixel

@PatrickStalder bare in mind that a lot of people in Fusang are already full QL10 epic

fbueckert

5:20 PM

-1

Q: how do you get back to skuldafn on xbox 360?

I've just realized I need to get the dragon priest mask from this quest, but like others, thought I could go back and get it later, I have an Xbox, is there anyway I can go back there that won't affect my game play much?

skyrim

Delete, please.

He edited out the duplicate system text.

RESPAWN

@JasonBerkan Still, GUI thing or not, it's a change that's going to make my life more difficult as an admin with Macs in my domain. sigh

Patrick Stalder

@pixel Fairly high possibility that they are. I mean you simply can't see the difference 90% of the times. But I'll get there too, soon™.

pixel

What faction are you?

GnomeSlicE

@StrixVaria Lol. What about music libraries?

Patrick Stalder

@pixel Illuminati.

pixel

5:23 PM

@PatrickStalder just follow the swarm and cheese it for a bit

Patrick Stalder

@pixel How else could I aquire 232 Black Marks :P

pixel

;)

StrixVaria

@RESPAWN If it's really a "file system", then it will affect everything. It's at a lower level than any UI components.

fbueckert

@StrixVaria Wee! Apple will break the OS completely. Welcome to the post-Jobs era.

Patrick Stalder

They will probably sell you iFolders for 10 bucks a piece.

David B

5:26 PM

os uses filesystem, os != filesystem. it's possibly optional

GnomeSlicE

We were promised jet packs. http://bit.ly/LKvTTt

Tweeted by letterpress_se on July 25, 2012 at 5:23 PM

Good read, if anyone is interested.

Ronan Forman

@GnomeSlicE We have jetpacks, they just suck.

Lazers

-1

Q: Does blizzard actually slow enemies down?

Some runes like grasping chill slow enemies down. What about the others? My main use of blizzard is not really to damage enemy but to slow them down for poison hydra. The tooltips doesn't say it snares at all. It says it does cold damage it doesn't say it slows enemies. If it does by how much?

diablo-3

user2334

Jetpacks don't suck: they're the only way to fly in space

user2334

Manned Maneuvering Unit

The Manned Maneuvering Unit (MMU) is an astronaut propulsion unit which was used by NASA on three space shuttle missions in 1984. The MMU allowed the astronauts to perform untethered EVA spacewalks at a distance from the shuttle. The MMU was used in practice to retrieve a pair of faulty communications satellites, Westar VI and Palapa B2. Following the third mission the unit was retired from use. A smaller successor, the Simplified Aid for EVA Rescue (SAFER), was first flown in 1994, and is intended for emergency use only. Overview The unit featured redundancy to protect against failure o...

Ronan Forman

5:28 PM

@MarkTrapp They suck on earth.

fbueckert

@RonanForman Gravity's a bitch. :)

user2334

The Rocketeer begs to differ

fbueckert

@MarkTrapp The Rocketeer is fiction. :P We have yet to develop the technology to tell gravity to get bent.

user2334

Tell that to the tier 13 technology tree in Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri!

2

user2334

Dang SMAC had a lot of techs.

fbueckert

5:33 PM

@MarkTrapp Indeed. It's why I liked it so much.

GnomeSlicE

@MarkTrapp Jetpacks designed for Spacewalk wouldn't even move you on Earth.

pixel

Is there an equivalent to eyefinity on nvidia cards?

RESPAWN

@StrixVaria That's true. But you can't realistically do such a thing at the OS level without causing serious issues with compatibility

Koviko

@GnomeSlicE I've seen series extend beyond the intended trilogy.

user2334

@pixel nVidia Surround?

user2334

5:35 PM

I think that's pretty much the same

pixel

kk

RESPAWN

@StrixVaria I think this article is using the term file system very loosely here.

pixel

its just I have three monitors but I get bad frame rates with my current card so I'm looking for an upgrade

GnomeSlicE

@Koviko The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, for example, sure.

But I'm pretty sure the big-budget dark knight films are done.

Wipqozn

@MarkTrapp: Sorry to ruin your day, but I managed to get your favourite scfi.se question closed via the magic of flagging.

GnomeSlicE

5:38 PM

►

> Play in real time in an action movie and defeat all your enemies in this innovative beat'em up.

...Sounds interesting...

fbueckert

@GnomeSlicE They said the same thing about Heavy Rain.

user2334

@Wipqozn Wow, that question withstood like a half-dozen close attempts, at least two SE employees stepping in, myself as a mod, and the test of time. You're like the close vote whisperer

Wipqozn

@MarkTrapp They probably knew to respect my tortoise wisdom.

I also have the ability to down vote on SciFi now. Something tells me I'll be using that ability a lot.

Ids

@Wipqozn Then you will probably not have that ability for long ;)

Wipqozn

@Ids Down votes on questions are free!

Ids

5:41 PM

@Wipqozn Score!

Wipqozn

Which is the problem with SciFI. They're good at giving answers, just not at asking questions.

user2334

Yeah. It's quite hard to grind the Electorate badge if you actually care how you use your votes

Koviko

@GnomeSlicE Assuming Man of Steel works out. Which I hope it does.

Finally, a good Superman movie.

user2334

Superman II would like a word.

Koviko

@MarkTrapp I didn't say "decent." :P

user2334

5:42 PM

Superman II was enchanting!

Koviko

And for the Dark Knight to be finished saddens me. We just barely met catwoman. We never met The Penguin or Harley Quinn and Robin... well, we don't have spoiler tags here.

GnomeSlicE

@Koviko Uh? What's that have to do with the Dark Knight films lol.

Koviko

@GnomeSlicE Exactly. Until it does, I am a sad panda.

user2334

Batman frequently crosses over into Superman stuff. If Man of Steel works out, I know there were talks about doing a Batman and Superman crossover movie

Koviko

Justice League, anyone?

I wonder is the Flash is movie-worthy.

user2334

5:45 PM

Didn't he have a movie?

user2334

I guess not. Huh.

Koviko

I mean with the type of drama we've come to see in modern superhero movies.

The good ones, at least.

GnomeSlicE

What I want to know is where Spiderman was in The Avengers. It was in New York and everything.

I guess he was busy filming.

Koviko

Haha

user2334

Ah, The Flash movie has been in development hell for a decade

murgatroid99

5:47 PM

@GnomeSlicE apparently he was tied down by a Sony (?) copyright

Koviko

Spider-Man, possibly Marvel's coolest superhero

And he isn't in Marvel's biggest grossing movie

pixel

@Koviko deadpool

Koviko

If not for reddit, I wouldn't even know who Deadpool is

And from what I've seen, he breaks the fourth wall too much to have a movie.

pixel

anti heroes are always better than heroes

Koviko

Like Hulk? :D

No matter what anyone says, I love the Hulk movies

fbueckert

5:49 PM

@Koviko Hulk in the Avengers was awesome

GnomeSlicE

@Koviko The games have been largely terrible though.

pixel

big green guy with rage problems? sounds like a good story to me

Koviko

@GnomeSlicE Seems that way. I haven't touched them because they always cost too much for the reviews they get.

@fbueckert Hell yeah.

Patrick Stalder

Hulk is much fun in UMVC3 :P

Koviko

Only Iron Man came close to his awesome

And that's because he's RDJ

fbueckert

5:50 PM

@pixel That bullets bounce off of, and the madder he gets, the more invincible he gets? I have trouble trying to figure out HOW you could make a good game out of that.

pixel

@fbueckert games converted from other visual media nearly always suck

Koviko

@fbueckert Diablo 2 did it. Dynasty Warriors did it. Left 4 Dead did it.

You lay a path of destruction

And occasionally fight something worthy of your time.

Patrick Stalder

@fbueckert Name it Hulk of Duty.

fbueckert

@PatrickStalder Heh. That would be more amusing.

GnomeSlicE

I heard 'Hulk: Ultimate Destruction' was actually pretty fun.

Sandboxy.

fbueckert

5:51 PM

25-kill streak: Hulk out.

pixel

@fbueckert regarding how 'hulk' could have worked in a computer game, see 'prototype' as point of reference

Wipqozn

@MarkTrapp Damn, I thought they'd have that done in a Flash.

Koviko

It'd be like God of War style finishingmove mechanics

But every finisher is HULK SMASH

fbueckert

@pixel Prototype sucked. It was crazy one-dimensional.

pixel

@fbueckert story sucked, gameplay worked well

Koviko

5:53 PM

@fbueckert I only saw previews for that. It looked pretty.

It was bad, though?

fbueckert

@pixel When the entire game consists of, "Find target. Kill it. Rinse and repeat" the game is no good.

pixel

@fbueckert that's still a story issue, we already covered the story sucked...

fbueckert

@pixel That's a gameplay issue.

Koviko

@fbueckert Assassin's Creed comes to mind...

pixel

well I'm seeing gameplay as the way the game handled, it handled well

story being the bit that consists of 'find X, kill X'

the pretence behind the game was weak, the gameplay itself was pretty solid

user2334

5:54 PM

@Wipqozn ಠ_ಠ

fbueckert

@Koviko That's by Ubicrap. The only thing they published recently that I've played is Anno, and that's because I've enjoyed the series far before they ever started publishing it.

Koviko

@fbueckert I can't attach the word "crap" to the company that made Beyond Good & Evil

fbueckert

@pixel It's like evil GTA/Spiderman.

75% of abilities you unlock were to help you kill faster.

pixel

I don't see the problem with that in general

Koviko

Sounds like a lack of challenge.

I mean, is it really hard to die?

GnomeSlicE

5:57 PM

The 'Hulk' game based on one of the movies was horrible. Horrible. You just run through various linear areas picking up things and swinging them at hulkdogs and other things until they break, then you pick up new things. And it was WAY too easy to die.

pixel

in prototype? reasonably hard yeah

GnomeSlicE

A 'realistic' HULK game would be boring as shit because you'd be indestructible.

fbueckert

@Koviko Did they develop it, or just publish it?

GnomeSlicE

They should make a Hulk game more like Postal, where you have to either avoid getting angry and hulking, or find a way to get pissed and Hulk out on someone.

Koviko

@fbueckert If you can go by that logic for giving them credit for the good, why not for the bad?

fbueckert

6:02 PM

And either way, ever since their advent of, "We're going to screw over PC players by porting things over late and crappily, and, oh yeah, with always on DRM", I've tried to stay away from anything they release.

Koviko

Ports annoy me to no end... ugh.

It wasn't until this year that my PC was able to run GTA4 on Xbox settings.

pixel

porting games is bad when they port from inferior technology to a pc

Koviko

Yet it could handle everything else built for PC

pixel

I don't care when its the other way around

Koviko

Particularly when they try to keep the context-sensitive control schemes

fbueckert

6:05 PM

Consolitis is a disease. A game ported TO PC is nothing more than a money grab. Usually an extremely poor one.

pixel

porting games to PC doesn't push the technological limits of the PC

PC games always pushed the limits... cough Crysis

GnomeSlicE

@fbueckert That's not entirely true. Often people develop games for consoles, then if the game does well, they port it to other systems.

@Skydrift* was built for Xbox 360, for example.

Alok

@GnomeSlicE blastr.com/2012/06/the-amazing-spider-manave.php

fbueckert

@GnomeSlicE Indie developers understand this better than the big-budget publishers.

A port is not, "Take game, make as few modifications as possible for PC, slap new paint job, and call it done."

And Ubisoft absolutely adores this methodology.

"Oh! The game is doing well? Great! Port it to PC! You have a week."

Koviko

@fbueckert And they act as if they are doing us a favor, too.

fbueckert

6:09 PM

@Koviko Yeah. That attitude annoys me to no end.

Alok

@fbueckert Would be a change from all the games where you start off really weak; and several ways - Hulk can't control time; so he could have to rush over and find/kill baddies before they blow up bombs etc.

fbueckert

If they actually went, "Hey, this game is doing pretty good. If we port it to PC, what can we do to make it even better?"

Koviko

@Alok I think time would be the only way to make a true Hulk game challenging. But that means you're going to waste a lot of time on retries.

fbueckert

A new idea for a Hulk game: Hulk baseball.

Premise: Hulk has to destroy things without moving. Provide equipment for batting, and start throwing things at him. He wins when he can hit the designated target.

Koviko

@fbueckert "Street" basketball games already destroy the hoop with regular players.

fbueckert

6:12 PM

With designated targets being really out there. Like satellite death rays. And stuff like that.

Koviko

Oh, I read basketball.

I never got the impression that Hulk's hand-eye coordination and precision were particularly impressive.

More of an improvisation kinda guy.

fbueckert

Maybe add in some mechanics so that if he hits something really hard, it can do collateral damage through sonic booms or stuff.

Alok

@Koviko Time, puzzles, control (he can't rage while climbing weak buildings as the floor would collapse), protection (take care not to smash cars into bystanders, and protect them when villains try it), disguise (has to get to place X to catch someone, but must be in Banner persona en route because people would freak out otherwise) etc.

Koviko

@Alok Sounds like it'd annoy me as much as it'd annoy Hulk.

Alok

@Koviko Well, you wanted ideas other than time - and a lot of game features can be really annoying or really rewarding; depending on implementation

Koviko

6:15 PM

@Alok Very true. Personally, I think anything that leads to beautiful, pre-rendered scenes is rewarding.

Other than that, I can't tell the difference most of the time.

fbueckert

Add in trick shots! Bounce objects off of buildings or other items, and if you still hit the target, awesome!

Who wouldn't want to see the Hulk bounce a car off a satellite to crush a villain?

Koviko

@fbueckert I would love to. But then someone would have to punch Hulk and hurt their hand

Only to have HULK SMASH

And Rage meter. Rage meter is a must.

fbueckert

@Koviko So trick shot Mr. Stupid who thought punching him was a good idea. "Off the building, through the windows of another building, back to Hulk, who slaps him at hypersonic speeds into the target."

Alok

@Koviko I used to love pre-rendered cutscenes when games first started having them - but nowadays they try to be interactive movies sometimes and that is just frustrating :(. And then there are games like D3 where the cutscene graphics are great but the story they tell is complete POS

Koviko

@fbueckert Haha that sounds amazing

@Alok Sometimes, an interactive movie is all I'm looking for.

Alok

6:20 PM

@fbueckert A normal Mr. Stupid would blow up in mid-air from the wind resistance >_<

Koviko

@Alok ... ew

James

Alok

@Koviko Fair enough, so long as its mentioned clearly so I can ignore that 'game'

Koviko

@Alok XenoSaga was fun. :)

Alok

One of the many games I want to try but never did :(

fbueckert

6:23 PM

@Alok So make sure Mr. Stupid isn't normal. Although, there's a primal joy in converting sentient meatbags to a thin paste on a wall somewhere.

GnomeSlicE

Gorgeous offices from all around the world

fbueckert

@GnomeSlicE I'm not clicking on that at work.

Koviko

@GnomeSlicE Sounds like actual porn.

GnomeSlicE

@fbueckert You can click it now.

@Koviko Oh, I guess it does.

'studio porn'. My bad.

fbueckert

Most office designs that are built to be pretty are also crazy impractical. There's a reason most you have a desk in a cubicle/office.

GnomeSlicE

6:27 PM

@fbueckert Correct, it's cheap.

Jason Berkan

@fbueckert Darn. Gnome beat me to it.

fbueckert

@GnomeSlicE And efficient.

The point of your job is to get stuff done. If you keep getting sidetracked by how pretty your office is, you're doing it wrong.

GnomeSlicE

@fbueckert Right, you can get the most amount of workers into whatever building your company ends up 'owning' when you use cubicles.

fbueckert

@GnomeSlicE As an example, that screen up top would be completely distracting; what purpose does it serve?

GnomeSlicE

@fbueckert It's relaxed? Comfortable? Inspirational?

You don't know what kind of business it is, hah.

fbueckert

6:30 PM

@GnomeSlicE Unless your job is being a mad scientist, it's going to distract you from the job at hand.

Lazers

0

Q: Error Code=3 on start

I try to play 'Game Dev Story' on my Galaxy Nexus with Android 4.1.1. But when I want so start the App, I get 'Error Code=3'. The Demo runs perfect, but not the current version 1.0.7

game-dev-story

GnomeSlicE

What it's a board room?

You don't know.

Koviko

@Lazers If a question isn't stated in the form of a question, can I be picky and flag it?

fbueckert

@GnomeSlicE And there's the next argument. If it's a boardroom, the same effect can be had with a projector.

GnomeSlicE

@fbueckert With a what?

Like an overhead image projector? Or does projector mean something else.

fbueckert

6:32 PM

@GnomeSlicE Nope, you got it.

GnomeSlicE

@fbueckert ...Then I have no idea what you're talking about, what 'effect'?

fbueckert

@GnomeSlicE Although, modern projectors work much better for displaying stuff than overhead ones.

GnomeSlicE

@fbueckert a modern projector can be mounted on the ceiling...

'over head'.

fbueckert

Overhead projector

An overhead projector is a variant of slide projector that is used to display images to an audience. Mechanism An overhead projector typically consists of a large box containing a very bright lamp and a fan to cool it. On top of the box is a large fresnel lens that collimates the light. Above the box, typically on a long arm, is a mirror and lens that focusses and redirects the light forward instead of up. Transparencies are placed on top of the lens for display. The light from the lamp travels through the transparency and into the mirror where it is shone forward onto a screen for d...

GnomeSlicE

@fbueckert Whatever, you knew what I meant. A projector over your head.

It doesn't even matter what kind of projector I meant, I don't know what 'effect' you were referring to.

fbueckert

6:35 PM

@GnomeSlicE I thought I did. Thought I'd clarify, so we're on the same page.

@GnomeSlicE The display in the middle. The point is to provide the same information to everyone around it, yes?

GnomeSlicE

@fbueckert ...That's a window.

There's a room behind it.

You don't see the chairs?

fbueckert

@GnomeSlicE If that's a window, that's an awfully cramped room.

It's not even as wide as the table "below" it.

GnomeSlicE

@fbueckert Bout the size of an office room in most office buildings, I would think.

@fbueckert Uh... yes it is. It's wider, and it's across the room...

Look at the size of the chairs through the glass for reference.

fbueckert

That's a bad angle, then. And the point stands, actually.

A window into the building in my office would be crazy distracting.

GnomeSlicE

@fbueckert It's an interior window man...

user2334

6:38 PM

@fbueckert I was trying to play along at home, but I can't figure out what screen you're referring to in this picture which is the only one linked inline here. I can't seem to find any screens in any of the other images in GnomeSlice's link

GnomeSlicE

Oh, I see what you mean now.

fbueckert

@MarkTrapp That's the one

GnomeSlicE

@fbueckert Well, clearly the guys who built that room didn't think so, hah.

user2334

@fbueckert Where's the screen?

fbueckert

12 mins ago, by fbueckert

Most office designs that are built to be pretty are also crazy impractical. There's a reason most you have a desk in a cubicle/office.

:P

GnomeSlicE

6:39 PM

@MarkTrapp He thought the window was a screen.

fbueckert

@MarkTrapp It looked like a screen from the small picture.

user2334

If anything, the one thing that strikes me from looking at these pictures is how uncomfortable all the chairs would be. Except for the one with the Aeron chairs

fbueckert

Turns out, it's a really bad angle.

user2334

Ahhhh, I see

GnomeSlicE

@MarkTrapp Aeron chairs?

And before you tell me to 'Google it', it will take quite a while on my connection to Google and load an image of that type of chair.

user2334

6:41 PM

@GnomeSlicE Aeron chair they're in two of the pictures, including the one you guys are arguing about

GnomeSlicE

Ah okay, those the kind with with mesh back?

user2334

Among other things yes

GnomeSlicE

Oh, I see, it's a whole style-thing of chair.

MINE has a curved mesh back like that, but none of that Transformers shit on the bottom.

user2334

@GnomeSlicE No, it's a specific chair made by Herman Miller. The knockoffs are terrible

John

Oh boy. It's "What little feature of OSX made you smile?", part 2.

GnomeSlicE

6:45 PM

Here are some more beautiful workspaces from around the world.

user2334

@John Ahahaha, saw that coming a mile away

John

Okay....this place...

GnomeSlicE

@John Hah, I don't have enough rep to downvote.

Koviko

@John Apple.SE is pretty.

John

@GnomeSlicE I don't even have an account there, and I'm keeping it that way. I told the little "Was this post helpful?" thingamajig "No".

GnomeSlicE

6:46 PM

Koviko

I don't own any Apple products, so I wouldn't really fit in.

John

@Koviko Me neither.

GnomeSlicE

@John lololol I left a comment.

John

@GnomeSlicE "I wish I had enough rep on Apple.SE to downvote. As it is, you'll have to make do with an angry glare: ಠ_ಠ –" xD

Excellent.

GnomeSlicE

You know you can link comments right?

John

6:49 PM

@GnomeSlicE Yeah, but what's the fun in that?

Ooooho, I bet he's going for this.

user2334

@John What makes this even better is that there's a contest with prizes going on. All but one of the prizes will be earned by that question alone

user2334

All of them if someone writes a "contribute to the massive list" blog post

John

@MarkTrapp Hmm, the question was asked before Lauren posted, though...

user2334

Ahh, didn't catch that there was a start time: thought it was anything tagged mountain-lion

GnomeSlicE

Is this question actually allowed on Apple.SE?

user2334

6:51 PM

> The contest starts on Wednesday, Jul 25 12:00 AM UTC and ends on Wednesday, Aug 8 12:00 AM UTC

GnomeSlicE

This thing that I left a comment on?

user2334

@GnomeSlicE Yes, much to the chagrin of the entire rest of the network

GnomeSlicE

Isn't it... not a real question or something?

fbueckert

@MarkTrapp Gah. Such a list/discussion question make me want to cast close votes.

John

@MarkTrapp I didn't either, and this place says he actually is winning...

user2334

6:51 PM

Good times, good times

user2334

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Q: Exclude Community Wiki questions from the 'hot questions' list

It's no secret that Ask Different is more lenient than most other sites when it comes to allowing poll-like questions. We feel that a select few poll questions that are educational and well maintained are a great way to add some fun to our site, but to still stick to the principles of Stack Excha...

feature-request community-wiki hot-questions

John

@MarkTrapp Let's see, 12AM UTC would be...last night. So he's well within bounds.

@GnomeSlicE Most sites would say so, yes.

GnomeSlicE

Well, I left another comment in reply to his.

user2334

@John Yeah: he couldn't have asked a pre-release question and it would make sense to set the contest start date to coincide with the moment Mountain Lion was released

Koviko

@MarkTrapp And the community downvoted this to hell... Another of Jeff's babies is rebelling.

John

6:54 PM

@MarkTrapp Trying to remember...why I downvoted this...

GnomeSlicE

@Koviko I think maybe it's just dumb.

Koviko

@GnomeSlicE What is? I could use some clarification of the usage of "it" here as it can dramatically affect what you are saying.

GnomeSlicE

@Koviko it = the baby (one of Jeff's).

Koviko

@GnomeSlicE Agreed.

user2334

@John @Koviko It was down voted to hell because it's Ask Different missing the forest for the trees: it presents CW as for "fun questions" so let's just keep the Hot Questions list free of them so Ask Different can do whatever it wants without people bitching at them instead of correcting the real problem, which is Ask Different shouldn't be allowing those questions in the first place

John

6:56 PM

@MarkTrapp Yes! That was probably why I downvoted.

Koviko

@MarkTrapp Ah, I see. I didn't make it all the way to the answers yet. It's good to see that they have some people over there that care about the issue.

John

> This problem could be fixed—and should be fixed—by simply deleting 99% of the CW posts on Apple.se.

^^^ this

Koviko

@John Haha, that guy knows what he's talking about.

James

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Q: Is there any way to speed up or automate building in the Technic Pack?

There are a large number of ways to clear large areas very quickly in the Technic Pack, such as auto miners, quarries, and the various abilities of Red Matter tools. However, I cannot seem to find any way to automate or speed up building. Are there any techniques or tools that can accelerate bui...

minecraft minecraft-tekkit minecraft-technic-pack

Are we really adding in minecraft mod specific tags to questions now?

Koviko

@James Makes sense, IMO.

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