The Bridge

Fluttershy

3:00 PM

@GnomeSlice Define "shitty."

Kevin van der Velden

@Arperum I want a LAN D:

Wipqozn

@Fluttershy Big box detail. Walmart, Some pet store that tortures animals, et cetera

GnomeSlice

@Fluttershy Well, minimum wage. Like stocking shelves at grocery stores and stuff.

5pike

4

GnomeSlice

@5pike Yes.

Kevin van der Velden

3:01 PM

Hmm blah, the party isn't until the 18th of april :(

Fluttershy

@GnomeSlice Gotcha. Have you considered applying at restaurants? Wait staff, cook, etc.? My first like... 4 jobs were all fast food.

Powerlord

Clearly the answer is a Van de Graaff generator

GnomeSlice

@Fluttershy Yeah, decided to avoid food because of a certain tic I have with my tourette's. Snorting.

Kevin van der Velden

@Powerlord the answer is always more electricity

Sconibulus

Do you happen to do any sport-type things?

Arperum

3:03 PM

@KevinvanderVelden Come to my place :p. We are going to a concert on friday evening too.

Fluttershy

@GnomeSlice Ah, gotcha.

GnomeSlice

Pretty sure they're going to kick me out for a couple of days when they get home

Sconibulus

I managed to get my first job at an ice rink, because I play hockey, and a couple of my friends were able to do things like referee soccer and stuff

If you play the game you probably know the people you'd need to know to do things like that

Kevin van der Velden

@Arperum heh, I'd be game if I had transportation =p

OrigamiRobot

All my jobs during high school were via family members.

GnomeSlice

3:05 PM

I'm waiting on this employment center, they told me about this program they have where you give them your resume and some potential eomplyers in your field and they call them and try to set up a paid placement for 4-6 months with any of them.

It sounded awesome

Arperum

@KevinvanderVelden Get a train :p they should be moving again by then.

OrigamiRobot

I worked in the warehouse at the company my mom works for and then I worked at the woodworking shop that my uncle worked at.

Kevin van der Velden

@Arperum where abouts do you live? :)

Arperum

@KevinvanderVelden Train to Edingen needed.

OrigamiRobot

I said work too may times in that sentence.

SaintWacko

3:06 PM

Holy shit

5

3ventic

@OrigamiRobot ...and working there worked out just fine?

Arperum

@OrigamiRobot The worker worked at the woodworking workplace during his workhours.

Jason Berkan

@OrigamiRobot The job I have right now is the only one I have ever had that did not involve nepotism.

GnomeSlice

@SaintWacko lol

Fluttershy

I've worked fast food, warehouse stocking, forklift operation, retail, and military. Bleh.

fbueckert

3:07 PM

@SaintWacko That cat freaked right the hell out.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice Have you talked to your father about what you've been doing to find a job?

SaintWacko

@fbueckert oh my god yes

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn Yeah.

Kevin van der Velden

@Arperum that's only... 14 hours away from be via train (according to google maps)

GnomeSlice

Apparently just applying to places online isn't a good way to actually get a job

OrigamiRobot

3:08 PM

@SaintWacko Every time I see this, I'm surprised at how calm the lizard is.

GnomeSlice

And they don't believe anything I told them about the employment center program.

fbueckert

@OrigamiRobot The cat nearly lands on the lizard.

SaintWacko

@OrigamiRobot The lizard freaks out a bit when the cat lands on it

Arperum

@KevinvanderVelden Holy shit.

Kevin van der Velden

@Arperum or 8 if I don't leave in the middle of the day

OrigamiRobot

3:09 PM

@SaintWacko Not really, he just back up. He's like "calm down dude"

Kevin van der Velden

@Arperum maps.google.com/…

@Arperum the 6 hours difference is probably the trains not running at night, understandable =p

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice Some companies do look more favourable on someone who applies in person.

GnomeSlice

The person I talked to at the emp center told me that if I get any call backs the interview would be good experience, but since they're going to try to get me a placement as soon as possible, not to take any other jobs...

Arperum

@KevinvanderVelden b-europe.com/Reizen/Kopen/…

GnomeSlice

So basically I went in and came back telling my parents they told me not to accept any job offers

Arperum

3:11 PM

I didn't look at hours much though.

4 hours or something around that.

Kevin van der Velden

@Arperum that is significantly shorter

Arperum

@KevinvanderVelden and only if you leave around 7PM it gets to 5 hours.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice I'm not surprised at their reaction then.

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn Yeah no shit

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice I meant to say their

Kevin van der Velden

3:13 PM

Meh, still have to pass though I'm afreid :) Bit short notice =p

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn I figured.

Arperum

@KevinvanderVelden If you decide that changing your mind is a good thing: The invitation stands.

@KevinvanderVelden or you might try to get to the place where we go to a concert friday evening, that's way closer to netherland(vosselaar to be exact). We are going to a Powerwolf gig.

GnomeSlice

My mother took most of the money out of my account too so I can't buy anything else online.

Wipqozn

Why do your parents even have access to your account?

Kevin van der Velden

@Arperum thanks :) If you wanna go to a huge LAN around easter I'll be at the-party.nl

GnomeSlice

3:18 PM

@Wipqozn It's joint with my mother's because they didn't feel I could handle having my own

Or something

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice Make your own banking account and transfer your money.

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn All $70 left of it

Wipqozn

Yes, all $70 all of it.

GnomeSlice

Maybe when I move out

If I did that now they would kick me out

Arperum

@KevinvanderVelden pretty big yes.

Unionhawk

3:20 PM

user15026

@Unionhawk I can't stop laughing at this and I don't know why

Kevin van der Velden

@Arperum ooh new power metal band I don't know :O - Sold out though

Arperum

@Unionhawk WTF reaction from these people.

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn It comes up to their ankles, and they're freaking out about it.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice How would they even know what you did with the money?

Transfer it in small amounts.

Arperum

3:21 PM

@KevinvanderVelden They are REALLY good. also Battle Beast is awesome!

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn They would ask.

Wipqozn

Either way, make your own bank account and start putting any money you get from now on into your own account.

Fluttershy

@GnomeSlice Is it your money? Like money you've earned yourself?

GnomeSlice

@Unionhawk I love the guy on the right facepalming

@Fluttershy Yeah, I think so. Most of it, anyway.

It's not like it's a lot.

Arperum

@GnomeSlice He is praying that the cat won't attack him.

Wipqozn

3:22 PM

Just make your own bank account.

Do it right now. You should be able to do it online.

Fluttershy

@GnomeSlice Still, that basically means your parents just stole all your money. Make your own account.

FEichinger

@fbueckert If a crazy screaming fluffy blob came chasing and jumping at me I'd be freaking out for a bit, too.

Wipqozn

Or go to some local branches.

fbueckert

@FEichinger Hard to tell if it's screaming or not, though.

Arperum

@Wipqozn @GnomeSlice They will be happy that you are starting to do things on your own! They won't be angry!

Wipqozn

3:23 PM

and do it in person

GnomeSlice

3 mins ago, by GnomeSlice

If I did that now they would kick me out

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice For making your own bank account?

They don't even need to know about it.

GnomeSlice

Yes. Because it would mean they couldn't control it.

Arperum

@FEichinger I'm afraid my reaction might have been a kick in that situation.

Wipqozn

18 secs ago, by Wipqozn

They don't even need to know about it.

FEichinger

3:24 PM

@fbueckert Well, a "back off!" jump is usually accompanied by either a hiss or a scream, so ... I'd assume so.

Arperum

@GnomeSlice They are trying to make you do things on your own, like finding a job and such, this is a good first step.

fbueckert

@FEichinger The cat looks more freaked out than the people do, the way it's pelting down the hall.

Wipqozn

@Arperum No, that doesn't like what they're doing at all. Based on the things Gnome has told us over his years here it's fairly clear that his parents are very controlling, and that their are very serious trust issues between him and his parents.

Arperum

@Wipqozn Urgh. Trust issues between parents and kids are the worst.

Wipqozn

Either way, make your own bank account. Your parents don't need to know about it. You can open an account with no money, so you don't need to transfer anything into it right away.

Sconibulus

3:27 PM

kids are the worst

Wipqozn

Any money you get from now can go in there.

fbueckert

@Sconibulus Kids are what care for you in your old age.

And are little labor machines growing up.

Wipqozn

Also, you can transfer your $70 over to your account in small batches if you're worried about your parents finding out and kicking you out. If they ask what you spent it on lie.

Arperum

@Wipqozn This at the very least.

Sconibulus

Robots will eventually be better at it

Wipqozn

3:27 PM

Quite frankly it's none of their business what you spend your money on.

You also need to start saving up any money you have, because you need to move out asap.

and ideally you should move somewhere that you can take a bus to work / can walk to work.

aka in a city

Arperum

@GnomeSlice @Wipqozn is saying really good things here, you'll have to learn to do things on your own sometime, and the faster the better.

OrigamiRobot

@Sconibulus Hmm?

fbueckert

@Wipqozn That's a hard thing to do, especially if you've never done it before. I know I didn't want to move out until my parents left me home alone for a couple weeks.

kalina

BORED ALREADY

Unionhawk

@kalina *STILL

Kevin van der Velden

3:30 PM

@kalina run around in a circle until you pass out!

Wipqozn

@fbueckert Yup, it's not easy. But it sounds like it needs to be done.

OrigamiRobot

@kalina Jump on the bed.

kalina

@OrigamiRobot if I go anywhere near my bed, I will lay down and fall back to sleep

Wipqozn

Don't move out before you get a job and have some money saved up, but that's why it's important to make your own account and start putting all your money into that now.

somewhere your parents can't access it.

fbueckert

@Wipqozn In this situation, yes. Sometimes I forget how lucky I've been with my parents.

Wipqozn

3:31 PM

@fbueckert Yeah, I've been super lucky as well.

kalina

I like listening to stories of other people's interactions with their parents

OrigamiRobot

My mom made me start working at 14/15

Whatever age you're first allowed to work at.

I had to get a work permit

GnomeSlice

@AllenGould Sorry, going to have to do a raincheck on that. Something came up at home. — GnomeSlice 7 secs ago

Now I feel bad for that guy

Unionhawk

@OrigamiRobot Aye. Yeah, I started working at 16 because 1. I could drive, and B) I didn't need a work permit

also the department I wanted to work in was 16+

Actually, no, I started at 17 because lazy.

FEichinger

@Unionhawk And III. you like changing list style constantly.

Arperum

3:35 PM

My parents had a rule: You can go out as much as you want, but you are home at hour X (changed over the years) and we are not a taxi. find your own option of getting home on time and for getting to whereever you want.

GnomeSlice

Desura's 7 Days of Horror sale starts today.

Unionhawk

@FEichinger I was wondering whose OCD would spot that first.

OrigamiRobot

I never had a curfew, I just had to let my mom know if I was going to be home late.

Unionhawk

Congratulations!

Or something

FEichinger

@Unionhawk Well, I was just trying to give a witty response to it.

OrigamiRobot

3:36 PM

So I didn't scare her when I woke her up coming in the door.

Unionhawk

@FEichinger Meh.

OrigamiRobot

@Unionhawk Since I was working with my mom, I didn't need to drive.

Arperum

@OrigamiRobot The curfew was mostly for when we were 15-17 or something, later on the rule changed a bit. We could kinda say some hour ourself, and the rule "those who can stay up, can get up too!"

OrigamiRobot

Also, I didn't get my license till I was 18.

Unionhawk

@OrigamiRobot Ah. Well that works out then.

Minor labor laws for under-16's are stupid though

Arperum

3:38 PM

Gaming until late in the night was not allowed at all though, going out and drinking was. stupid rules of nonsense that one.

Unionhawk

Like...

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot I think I got my license when I was 17. Part of the reason being that Stock, the school bus system for Nova Scotia, is incompetent.

Students would need to stand in the aisles on my bus.

Kevin van der Velden

@Arperum my 2 year younger sister wasn't happy with me, I never went out so she had to do all the hard work of convincing my parents it was safe and stuff =p

GnomeSlice

Gas Powered Games goes indie

Unionhawk

All kinds of insanity that I had to read and sign for to acknowledge that "if I was under 16, I couldn't do XYZ", when I was 18.

OrigamiRobot

3:39 PM

I waited so long because I was terrified of driving.

Wipqozn

A bus that passed by our stopped 2 minutes before our stop was always half-empty/

fbueckert

I was the one who didn't really care about going out at all; my computer and books were all I needed.

Unionhawk

I started driving quick because I lost my bussing sophomore year

Wipqozn

So there was no excuse for it aside from pure incompetence on the part of the school bus company.

Unionhawk

And I was, at the time, carpooling with this kid who would literally, not shut up.

Wipqozn

3:40 PM

A bunch of us even called, from both buses, to let stock know of the situation.

Unionhawk

So yeah.

Wipqozn

They never did anything.

It was ridiculous.

Arperum

@KevinvanderVelden I went out for a grand total of one time. wasn't interested at all, my sisters went out way more.

fbueckert

@Wipqozn That sounds unsafe and dangerous.

And probably a PR nightmare, if it had ever gotten any public attention.

Wipqozn

@fbueckert It was.

Arperum

3:42 PM

@fbueckert Same, I once took a pile of 1m of books home from the library. I don't know how I got home with that.

Wipqozn

Now that I think about it we really should have called the media.

The news eats stuff like this up.

PR nightmares = viewers = money

fbueckert

@Arperum I had a duffel bag in high school; I kept everything in there.

No going to a locker for me.

Arperum

But the librarians gave me quite the look when I kept bringing in a book every day after that.

fbueckert

So I hauled this giant bag everywhere. Great for upper body strength, now that I think about it.

Wipqozn

I used to just carry my school bag around with me.

I almost never went to my locker.

Kevin van der Velden

3:43 PM

@fbueckert I did that to for a few years, my back was very happy when I started putting stuff in my locker

GnomeSlice

I should go do the dishes and all the other random shit my mother left for me to do because she was mad

OrigamiRobot

@Wipqozn Me too, even though it technically wasn't allowed.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice Yes... that would be a good idea.

OrigamiRobot

Of course, the only time I had a locker was in middle school

Wipqozn

In grade 12 I started using my locker more though.

OrigamiRobot

3:44 PM

Also the only time I had to wear a uniform

Wipqozn

Also, this one time I knocked over a teacher with my school bag by accident because it was filled with a bunch of books and I turned around a corner really quickly.

Also she had a cane.

and she was old.

I felt so bad about it.

kalina

@WIPQOZN PUSHES OVER OLD LADIES: DATA ACCEPTED

10

OrigamiRobot

I also never ate lunch in high school. My lunch consisted of two cookies and a cup of sweet tea

Wipqozn

You're next @Sternold!

Powerlord

Sometimes you just have to push old ladies down the stairs. A video game taught me that.

user15026

3:47 PM

@OrigamiRobot How did you not fall over?

OrigamiRobot

The tea was free refills so I'd take that to class (which was also technically not allowed)

Wipqozn

@AshleyNunn He's a robot.

OrigamiRobot

@AshleyNunn I pseudo lived with my grandma and she kept me very well fed.

Powerlord

It also taught me that you have to go back in time to change a statue or else said old lady in the rolling chair will grab said statue's arm, change direction, and knock YOU down instead.

Wipqozn

@Powerlord So what you're saying is I'm a hero for beating up old ladies?

Powerlord

3:49 PM

@Wipqozn Exactly!

OrigamiRobot

I only eat two meals a day anyway.

Kevin van der Velden

@Wipqozn only thing you need to work on is not feeling guilty about it, life's much better that way.

Powerlord

@OrigamiRobot That's... a lot of petroleum.

Wipqozn

@KevinvanderVelden Guilty? I'm a hero!

I'm not going to feel guilty about being a hero.

I should be given a medal.

Kevin van der Velden

6 mins ago, by Wipqozn

I felt so bad about it.

Wipqozn

3:52 PM

@KevinvanderVelden That was before I realized I was a hero.

Kevin van der Velden

@Wipqozn well then, problem solved!

I really feel I should star kalinas "WIPQOZN PUSHES OVER OLD LADIES: DATA ACCEPTED" to give it as much stars as the pinned message has

Arperum

@KevinvanderVelden soundcloud.com/napalmrecords/powerwolf-amen-attack

Kevin van der Velden

@Arperum currently listening to: youtube.com/watch?v=84xZYSQRhQ4

Arperum

@KevinvanderVelden No sound here.

Kevin van der Velden

I love my playlist, power metal followed by celtic or folk music xp

Arperum

3:58 PM

@KevinvanderVelden And combinations of those genres too? or are these seen as abominations of music?

Kevin van der Velden

@Arperum celtic metal? I'd probably listen to that to

OrigamiRobot

@KevinvanderVelden Great, now I have to listen to Finnegan's Wake a brillion times.

Kevin van der Velden

@OrigamiRobot you are welcome

Arperum

@KevinvanderVelden Look up Eluveitie

user15026

@KevinvanderVelden It is a fun genre

Arperum

4:00 PM

@KevinvanderVelden Or Primordial, although that is black with irish folk things or something.

Kevin van der Velden

I usually ask for music for christmas, I think I've got a few new albums to ask for this year :)

Arperum

@KevinvanderVelden Oh yes you do, Powerwolf, Battle Beast, Circle of Silence, and Eluveitie are awesome. Primordial is unique and not everyone likes them, I like them, kinda, at times, when my mood is right or something.

(I might have added another good band in that list)

Kevin van der Velden

@Arperum powerwolf sounds awesome and eluveite is even better (IMO) :D

Well, the half a song I've listened to now

Lazers

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Q: How to equalize in-game sensitivity between two FPS games

After playing a F2P FPS game I've decided to train my aim and recently found a guide which shows how to train your aim in CS:GO using harmless bots. After I tried a bit, I realized that I would need the same in-game mouse sensitivity between two games because first game had real-time weapon modu...

Arperum

@KevinvanderVelden I am on a picture with the singer of Eluveitie, but I don't know if I still have that picture.

@KevinvanderVelden and @otherMetallisteners: Might I suggest metaldays for a festival next year, the location is awesome (in the mountains, at the meeting of two rivers) and the music and crowd too every time.

anyway, hometime.

4:18 PM

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Q: Fraps vs. Shadowplay

NVidia recently introduced the video-capturing tool Shadowplay. As many gamers know, Fraps was the most common software to use for capturing your gaming performance. Many users, as myself, might be interested in what the differences (and the pros and cons) of both pieces of software are, even th...

graphics-card fraps

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Q: Skyrim's slow loading screens

Skyrim on the Xbox 360 has really slow loading screens on my xbox? Is there anyway of speeding up this progress or is it like this all the time?? The questions that I raise are Is it the xbox that can't process the game quick enough? Is it slow because of the buffering of the zone? Is there any...

skyrim xbox-360

fbueckert

@Lazers This seems a little broad.

fredley

CTO wanted (not us)

fbueckert

@iKlsR Hows OpenTTD treating you?

iKlsR

4:32 PM

@fbueckert haven't played in a while. Mostly LoL lately.

Papers Please was refreshing too, then Shank and Bastion. :)

Trying new stuff.

Kevin van der Velden

Jeah

It is now home time... and it has just started raining -_-

tugs

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Q: How to equalize in-game sensitivity between two FPS games

After playing a F2P FPS game I've decided to train my aim and recently found a guide which shows how to train your aim in CS:GO using harmless bots. After I tried a bit, I realized that I would need the same in-game mouse sensitivity between two games because first game had real-time weapon modu...

counter-strike-go mouse

I feel like the two edits done have removed information from the question

Wipqozn

@tugs How so?

All they did was remove some tags. Did you link the wrong question?

tugs

@Wipqozn Without the tag warface, I couldn't tell which game the asker was interested in practicing for

kalina

all of the game tags should have been removed and it should have had a genre tag

3

*hides*

FEichinger

4:40 PM

Nah, just video-game

user15026

@FEichinger retags everything

tugs

@Wipqozn I'm not sure about the macro tag, but something feels different when I see it without

Wipqozn

@tugs To be honest I'm not quite sure what he's asking.

kalina

@FEichinger untagged

FEichinger

@kalina We can't tag for untagged anymore, I'm afraid.

3ventic

4:41 PM

_ > untagged

FEichinger

(And we never should've been able to, for that matter.)

kalina

I know, blame @AnnaLear

FEichinger

@3ventic Nope.

tugs

@Wipqozn He's trying to practice his aiming for the game warface using CS:GO and bots

Wipqozn

@tugs That sounds like part of what he's asking, it also sounds like he just wants to know how to make the sensitivity identical between two games.

3ventic

4:42 PM

@Wipqozn He's asking the latter to accomplish the first

tugs

@Wipqozn Yes, it could be generalized into that.

kalina

@3ventic no point in playing that

3ventic

@kalina Why not

kalina

it's the same as the original game

3ventic

@kalina I never played the original

kalina

4:44 PM

oh in that case

go ahead, it's a pretty decent game first time through

3ventic

well, an hour or two

but that doesn't count

kalina

however, make sure before you get to the first boss that you have level 3 hacking or a weapon that does damage

tugs

Our FAQ has a bit about real problems that we face, and it seems that in removing the specifics of the asker's problem the question might become less answerable

kalina

or cloak so you can move between the explosives

because even though they claimed it had been revamped it's more like "we added a turret you can hack"

Wipqozn

@tugs I agree about the warface tag, but not about the other tags.

I've re-added the warface tag.

I also think there may be some merit to what @kalina said, which is we should remove the game tag and just use FPS.

tugs

4:46 PM

@Wipqozn check the asker's response to the answer, it seems he is looking for an automated method of some kind.

@Wipqozn And thanks

kalina

@Wipqozn I''m not a huge fan of genre tags but the recent burnination demonstrated we do have some questions that are deemed on topic that require a genre tag due to their broadness

Wipqozn

The more I think about it the more I agree with @kalina that we should be using the FPS tag, not the game specific tags.

I suppose it depends on the asker in a way.

Does he want a result that will work for any FPS games, or just one specific for csgo and warface?

tugs

@Wipqozn true

fbueckert

@Wipqozn From the question text, he wants a generic way to match sensitivity across any games.

Wipqozn

@fbueckert That's the impression I got as well, in which case the FPS tag would be more apprioate.

fbueckert

4:52 PM

@Wipqozn I still don't think it's very feasible to do so, though.

Wipqozn

Nor I.

Also, I made the edit.

I'll leave a comment explaining why.

He can roll it back if he's looking for a specific solution.

@ohemgee I edited the tags on your question a bit. It looks like you're looking for a solution that you can use across all FPS games, not just CSGO and Warface. Due to this the first-person-shooter tag is more apprioate than the individual game tags. If you're really just looking for a solution for the specific games you're playing then feel free to roll back my edit. — Wipqozn 4 secs ago

kalina

the acceptance of genre tags used in the right way saves the need to come up with a new tag for some of the leftovers from the last burnination

OrigamiRobot

I don't know what we're talking about so I am just going to disagree with @Wipqozn

It is Tuesday after all.

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot True!