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user15026
12:00 AM
Programming is hard and I don't know how any of you do it ever.
 
@AshleyNunn Whatcha learning? :P
 
user15026
Python
 
Python is good. Python is simple.
 
user15026
It is not simple :( It is hard. At least it is for me at the moment because I don't know how to get a thing I am working on to do what it is supposed to do
 
12:06 AM
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Q: How can I take over Flores?

happy_emiThis looks like a very stupid question. I've bought 3 shares and I have like 150K left, but I cannot buy the island because I don't know how to do it! So, how can I buy Flores and terminate this mission?

 
user15026
cscircles.cemc.uwaterloo.ca/7a-strings - specifically the string shaving exercise. I know that I need to somehow use len-1 to figure out the end character of the string, but then I think I need to plug that number into my thing that makes a substring, and I don't get how :(
 
user15026
Because it can't take non-integers as values
 
user15026
AHAHAHHAHA I GOT IT
 
str = input()
print(str[1:len(str)-1])
Like this?
 
user15026
That works too. I ended up with something a little different (I had an extra step)
 
12:10 AM
@AshleyNunn What are you trying to do? Get the last character of the string?
 
user15026
@Wipqozn I am trying to cut off the first and last characters :) But I figured that out. Next challenge - swapping the first and last characters. Here goes!
 
well, there's a much better way than that @YiJiang'sEvilClone did
print string[1:-1]
 
Ah. Sorry, I don't usually work with Python.
 
@YiJiang'sEvilClone I WIN! HAHAHAHAHA
but yeah, Python is awesome.
str[-1] gives you the last element in the string
 
print(input()[1:-1]) works, yup
 
12:13 AM
basically str[-i] just counts from the end of the string
with -1 being the last element, -2 being the second-to-last
also, doing string[i:] will print the etire string, starting at position i
 
user15026
This is so confusing and I don't know how anyone ever keeps it all in their head ever
 
i.e. s = "Hello"; print s[2:] will output "llo"
@AshleyNunn Experience.
 
Yup. Just keep doing it, and the syntax and stuff should come naturally.
 
Well snap that went well. Take that you stupid trolls.
That'll teach you to raid me.
 
And now she goes off to play Dungeons of Dredmor :P
(And now I feel inclined to implement the StackSort mentioned in the title text)
Oh my... this sort is probably going to be running in O(MG) time
 
12:39 AM
0
Q: Where is the amount of Zorkmids I own displayed?

ErikI just started playing Dungeons of Dreadmore. I guess I own some Zorkmids, but I can't find them in the inventory. How do I know how much money I have?

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Q: What effect does rank have on your spirits?

A.C.M.When I create I spirit I see that its rank will increase with more ingredients however I'm not sure what the rank represents. I would like to know if it effects leveling rate, stats, disposition etc.

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Q: Where can rare ingredients be found?

A.C.M.I would like to know if there is a spot in the game where the rarer ingredients such as brilliant, epic, savage etc. fantasies can be farmed.

 
@Lazers Huh? Is this a question that people will actually have?
 
come with us now... on a journey through time and space!
 
HI CHAT
 
HI!
 
This is amazing.
9/11 truthers are the worst.
 
12:43 AM
@LessPop_MoreFizz It does make me want to watch the original. Just to see how bad it is.
 
@YiJiang'sEvilClone Have you never watched Loose Change?
It is worth seeing just to see how batshit crazy these people are.
 
Yeah, no I've never seen it before.
 
user15026
@LessPop_MoreFizz I am intrigued now.
 
wow there are multiple versions of loose change?
 
@BenBrocka I like the version I just linked.
 
user15026
12:47 AM
I have never seen this Loose Change thing but now Iwant to
 
@BenBrocka Apparently
 
@AshleyNunn It is basically just batshit insane conspiracy nonsense.
 
It's on da internetz, but it's over an hour long
 
user15026
@LessPop_MoreFizz Which is why it intrigues me
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz I meant official versions. Crazy so many people put so much work into crazy
 
12:48 AM
Can I just find the segment that YouTube video was a parody of?
 
user15026
@LessPop_MoreFizz O.o Oh man. People are messed up.
 
By contrast the Pop Mechanics article tearing it apart is good popularmechanics.com/technology/military/news/1227842
 
I mean, I usually would love to lay back and enjoy a good (if completely stupid) conspiracy theory, but currently I've got this equally (if not more) stupid code to write
 
@AshleyNunn Jeff Boss is a special guy.
 
user15026
@LessPop_MoreFizz I am getting that impression!
 
12:52 AM
> I WILL CHANGE THE LAW SO DOGS ARE PERMITTED INTO RESTAURANTS, THEATERS, CLUBS, LIKE THEY ARE IN FRANCE.
> 15. OPEN THE WORLDS LARGEST PETTING ZOO IN PROSPECT PARK
 
He is... one of a kind
 
I hear the US government staged dog-restaurant attacks to get them banned
 
user15026
@BenBrocka Oh, that's gotta be true. There is no fault in that argument
 
Ugh steam desparately needs a one-click "install this game" feature
 
1:00 AM
@YiJiang'sEvilClone No. Just, no. Please, I can deal with ponies in general, but keep the creepy shit out of here, kthx.
4
 
Fine fine, no more dirty jokes
How's Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist, for those who read it?
 
@Wipqozn I'm going to go with "aliased".
 
Now, to see if I can get my new space station core into space.
 
1:24 AM
@kalina :(
 
A conspiracy theorist I work with responded with "that article has been debunked" when I mentioned the Popular Mechanics article to him. He refused to elaborate. That's pretty hard to argue with!
 
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A: When do Snow Golems despawn in Minecraft?

Henkin MatsuoSnow Golems do not de-spawn if the player leaves the area. They'll always be alive, i think, like the wolves. And, as you can check in there: http://www.minecraftwiki.net/wiki/Snow_Golem#Behavior [They will attempt to move towards hostile mobs, and, as of 1.0.0, will even open and go through d...

So what do you do with outdated answers?
 
user43095
The radio bleeds?!?!
 
user43095
 
user43095
who would've thunk it?
 
1:35 AM
I don't see any references to doors in the wiki now, and the bug is long fixed
So... that leaves us with an answer that doesn't really add anything
 
user43095
So...kill it
 
@YiJiang'sEvilClone Comment and downvote them. Leave a new answer.
 
user43095
When doubt, BURNINATE!!! laughs evilly
 
Last seen: Dec 17 '11 at 14:17
I don't think he's coming back soon. I'll just edit the answer.
 
1:40 AM
And, yeah, downvoting too.
 
user43095
@YiJiang'sEvilClone what cutie mark does the red pony have?
 
Dunno. Not a show character. Pun pony, if you want to search for it.
 
user43095
Just odd, since its blacked out
 
@Lazers So I just checked, and it's not terribly obvious, but it's not hard to find either. I'm not sure if they covered this in the tutorial
 
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Q: Towns - Nobody's Using the Mill and No Option to Enable/Disable Mill in Menu

Tom ThorogoodMy citizens keep starving, despite there being wheat in an adjacent stockpile, but nobody is milling. I've read that you can right-click the mill to toggle it on or off, but I do not have any options except to destroy it. I've set a target number of wheat in the labors menu, as well as bread. I h...

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Q: As science research points increase in Civ 5, why does the research itself not hasten?

nixustrickIn the ancient era I may have +32 science and it takes 18 turns to research the Wheel, for instance. In the modern era I may have +520 science and it still takes me 18 turns to research Atomic Theory, for instance. Why does the increase in science points not hasten the research itself? Or does it...

 
user15026
1:47 AM
@TimStone This is awesome :D
 
om nom nom oreos
 
user43095
Talk about abusing capslocks
 
2:02 AM
@jeffreylin_ Its a "one-liner"
It's just one black line
 
@YiJiang'sEvilClone "minor language errors" :P
 
HIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIII
 
user15026
HELLOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
 
HELLOOOOOO
Guys! Guys! I'm donig it! I'm developing android!
 
2:18 AM
DO IT
 
user15026
@RavenDreamer Oooooh fancy
 
Huh. I just found the Dark Souls easter egg in Borderlands 2.
 
My poor little rover. It got some air, then promptly broke 5 out of 6 wheels
:(
 
@MBraedley Poor rover is right.
 
@MBraedley KSP?
 
2:28 AM
@RavenDreamer yes, the latest update, all stock
 
@spugsley By the way. Since I now own a smartphone, I set it up with an authenticator, which means no more getting battle.net hacked again!
 
@RavenDreamer WOOT!
 
Oh well, the first 5 minutes were a success. Despite the fact that I launched something like 5-10 days early (read: massive increase in delta-V requirements). Good thing I over provisioned (as is typical), since the sky crane had about twice as much fuel as was required.
anyways, off to bed. Later all
 
> "Trust me, most of the names I've been called, you can't translate in any language. They're not even real words so much as a succession of violent images."
 
user15026
2:46 AM
@LessPop_MoreFizz O.o :(
 
user15026
.....okay, this show needs to stop being awesome RIGHT NOW because I can't stop watching because I want to know what happens.
 
@AshleyNunn What show?
 
user15026
Once Upon a Time. Started watching it this weekend, am on episode 13 now
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Why is this a thing?
 
user15026
@OrigamiRobot Because crazy.
 
2:52 AM
@OrigamiRobot Because he is a crazy person from New Jersey.
 
I'm sad now.
 
user15026
@OrigamiRobot hugs and cupcakes
 
> I ALSO HAVE OVER 40 AFFIDAVITS FROM PEOPLE SAYING THE NSA GAVE THEM $20,000 TO KEEP QUIET & THREATENED TO KIILL THEM IF THEY TOLD ANYONE, VOTED FOR ME, OR DONATED MONEY.
In that case, good job getting those people killed.
 
user15026
Also, all his font sizes and bolding just breaks my brain
 
3:15 AM
@StrixVaria @FAE @Mana And anyone else who likes Super Hexagon, this is pretty incredible.
 
user15026
@Fluttershy Wow - I could barely handle watching that, things were moving so fast - I cant imagine playing.
 
@AshleyNunn I can only make it about 34 seconds on the easiest difficulty. x_x
 
user15026
@Fluttershy I think my record is 7.
 
> In the 2012 election, Boss received 907 votes for President of the United States.
Why do I keep reading about this guy?
 
4:03 AM
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Q: Skyrim buying hjerim

Chance MacriEvery time i talk to the steward at windhelm, he says somethings happened so i cant buy it. I know that i have to do the blood on ice quest, but i did the dark brotherhood kill Nilsine quest so tova committed suicide,but when i go to her room, her body isnt there. Whenever i go to the graveyard, ...

 
Yay, my city has slums now
That's 5644 souls stuck inside a single building
 
@OrigamiRobot Forget that, in 2008, he got 10,000 votes for Senate.
TEN THOUSAND PEOPLE.
 
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Q: CPU temperature range while Gaming

PKMI'm checking the Core temperature using CoreTemp utility in Windows while gaming (GTA4, Batman Arkham City 2) on the following hardware: Intel i7 2600 (LGA 1155), Asus P8Z68 PRO/GEN-3 Mobo, 8x2 GB Corsair DDR3 RAM, Gigabyte Nvidia Geforce GTX 570 1.25 GB DDR5 Graphics Card, Cooler Master Extreme...

 
user15026
@LessPop_MoreFizz That is alarming
 
4:18 AM
@AshleyNunn He has a very good ad campaign.
 
@AshleyNunn If you look carefully there's a lot of patterns, which means that after some practice it does get easier
That said, that run is still pretty amazing - especially after the 60 second difficulty spike
 
user15026
@YiJiang'sEvilClone Yeah, I noticed that when I watched it, but it goes SO fast.
 
user15026
@LessPop_MoreFizz Obviously those people never looked at his website.
 
@AshleyNunn I'm pretty sure they got more or less the same message.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz No! The NSA is blocking his ads! Didn't you read anything?
 
user15026
@LessPop_MoreFizz Oh dear.
 
@OrigamiRobot His posters are ubiquitous
 
user15026
The fact that others believe him scares me
 
@AshleyNunn I just want the worlds largest petting zoo in Prospect Park.
 
user15026
4:23 AM
@LessPop_MoreFizz Honestly, that would be kinda cool
 
^ Terry Cavanagh Completes Hyper Hexagonest mode in Super Hexagon on stage
 
user15026
@YiJiang'sEvilClone O.o Wow.
 
Speaking of silly politicians, Mr. The Rent is Too Damn high just did an AMA on reddit
 
user15026
@YiJiang'sEvilClone ???
 
And of course the crowd is eating his shit up. Seriously, rent control? What?
 
4:36 AM
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Q: Do you get a new character trophy for every difficulty level in classic mode?

CodeMooseI've recently picked up SSBB, and noticed that I get a character trophy when I clear Classic Mode on easy, and a different trophy when I clear it on Normal. Two related questions: 1) Does Classic give a different trophy for all 5 difficulty levels? 2) Will clearing it on Normal earn me that cha...

 
42.16 seconds on Hexagoner
Also, I think I just played 20 games at Hexagonest without making it past 10 seconds (11.45 is the current record)
Oh man, I'm not getting better at this
Today's subreddit of the day should be interesting to @AshleyNunn - reddit.com/r/Logophilia
I got excited thinking it might be a subreddit for logo lovers, but no
 
user15026
4:52 AM
@YiJiang'sEvilClone So many pretty words!
 
Oh, and my friend wrote this essay during his trip to China. I think it's rather good. He's looking for feedback, so if you can, make changes or add feedback to the document (I've already enabled change tracking) and send it back after reading through it
Let me put it up on Dropbox
 
user15026
Where can I edit it?
 
I think you have to download it to edit it
 
user15026
Holy vocabulary, Batman.
 
Yeah. I asked him about that.
(9:17:34 PM) Yi Jiang: Did you intentionally use bigger words, or do you always write with such flourish? :P
(9:17:45 PM) Yi Hua: A bit of both
(9:18:18 PM) Yi Jiang: Maybe... a little too much, you know.
(9:18:20 PM) Yi Hua: Mhmm. Maybe toning down the sesquipedalian locquaciousness might be in order
 
user15026
5:06 AM
Also, this person seems very....angry. Or sarcastic.
 
user15026
I am not sure if that is intentional or not.
 
user15026
@YiJiang'sEvilClone snorts
 
@AshleyNunn Oh, he is fairly sarcastic in person too.
That is his personality
 
user15026
Alright. I wasn't sure what this was being used for, so I wanted to check to make sure that it was an okay tone to take :P
 
Not angry so much as cynical
 
user15026
5:09 AM
Yes! Cynical. That is the word I wanted, but it is late, and my vocabulary is apparently sleeping ;P
 
user15026
Okay, edited. Guess my best option is to throw it back into dropbox?
 
user15026
It was very well written. Mostly just some verb tense stuff that I edited. :)
 
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Q: What are the details of the Thor's new High-Impact Payload mode?

WikwocketIn Heart of the Swarm, the Thor's Strike Cannon were removed, replaced by an ability called High-Impact Payload, which is supposed to be good against air units. But what are the details; I cannot find the numbers or good discussion of tactical advice for it. Specifically: Is High-Impact Payloa...

 
user15026
5:13 AM
there you go. Hope I was helpful!
 
No problem. He appreciates any feedback he can get on the piece
 
user15026
Awesome. I liked reading it - I especially liked the ending - it drew the whole thing together nicely.
 
This Nyquil isn't working...
 
user15026
5:31 AM
That sucks. :(
 
5:46 AM
0
Q: My Collector's Edition ultralisk skin doesn't show up, what do I do?

ResorathThe Heart of the Swarm digital deluxe and collector's edition comes with a special Ultralisk Skin, the Torrasque. However, the skin isn't showing up automatically. How do I make this skin appear?

 
6:22 AM
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Q: Are all Leviathans equal?

ResorathIn Heart of the Swarm, the Leviathan that serves as Kerrigan's command ship is completely massive It is well known that the game can shrink down large ships to fit on the battlefield (most commonly seen with Battlecruisers). Is there any lore to speculate that this is the same Leviathan that w...

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Q: Where can I find "box art" / game images for computer games?

corgrathI am currently developing a website and need box art / game images for different games. Just like twitch.tv has in their "browse" section, or howlongtobeat.com: http://www.twitch.tv/directory http://howlongtobeat.com/ Anyone know where I might find images I can use for my own website? Or alt...

 
 
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7:28 AM
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Q: Is hard disk also responsible for game performance?

HeartMe and my friend has same laptop. Both have same specifications. But game's performance on his laptop is lag free. Well, the only difference is about our hard drives. He has hard drive just empty (270/290 GB) with four partitions and I have (180/290 GB) with only one partition. My friend suggeste...

0
Q: Can you still earn the diablo 3 kerrigan wings if you buy Starcraft 2 now?

corrodedIs this still possible or was it only for pre-ordering?

 
8:04 AM
1
Q: How can I tell if a passive trap is set in a multiplayer game?

Jeff MercadoTraps found on the map are an interesting element to the game. Some are active (i.e., you have to shoot them to set it off) and some are passive (i.e., set it and forget it). Whenever I come across a passive trap, I try to take a moment to set it to hopefully catch an enemy for a free kill or d...

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Q: XCOM: Encounter lower tier aliens in late game

AnzeoI'm on my first XCOM: Enemy Unknown playthrough on Normal and am just about to enter the end game. I've finished the Gollop Chamber and got one of my soldiers ready to use it. However... I'm kind of an achievement wh*re, as such I'd like to complete as much achievements as possible on this easie...

 
8:41 AM
*yawn*
I suppose weirder things have happened.
 
Considering that's not even what someone might consider weird, then quite easily, weirder things have happened.
 
9:01 AM
Oh hey, after three days the download from Bandcamp has finally finished preparing
 
9:12 AM
mornings people
 
So. There are no pies in Singapore. At least the ones I'm looking for.
 
(Oldie, but a goodie)
 
I'm reduced to asking on Facebook. Which may not be a bad idea.
 
9:34 AM
I am here
 
You are here.
 
@kalina @YiJiang'sEvilClone We are here
 
woo
 
I am broken, like my sleep pattern
 
9:36 AM
i'm broken today
gave up on the idea of going into work feeling this crappy
 
I nearly made that call
but as I wandered out of my house somebody from work passed and picked me up
saved me from walking
 
@kalina I have started a Sleepio course, I'll let you know how it goes
 
I don't need a course
I need flexitime
 
@kalina I have flexitime and still terrible sleep
 
well you're just weird
it was playing simcity all saturday that did it
I've not decided if I should have gone to bed 9 hours earlier or stayed in bed when I did finally wake up
 
9:40 AM
i hardly got out of bed
but i was sick on friday night, and again last night
 
I woke up yesterday at 10pm
 
twice means it wasn't the pasta on saturday that I ate either.
only on sunday night did I recall being sick on friday XD
i should get some breakfast.
 
I am pretty certain that I'm still stoned from lastnight
 
@kalina Insomnia is not nice :-(
 
@fredley I am about to enter a period of insomnia
it will start around the time I start being off work on holiday
and it will end about a week after I'm officially back from being on holiday
 
9:43 AM
@kalina Are you going on holiday just to play SimCity?
 
...no
 
Looking at the food diary, it's a bit early to draw long term conclusions, but I see that:
1. I'm not eating enough fruit
2. Meals at home are thrown together rather haphazardly
3. We eat a lot of leftovers
Maybe meals would be better if they were planned
 
@YiJiang'sEvilClone looking at your food diary you should be concluding you have too much free time, since you created a food diary
 
@kalina Oh, definitely.
I have far too much free time.
 
once you start planning your meals, you start losing your spontaneity
just be random, random is good
 
9:46 AM
@kalina You also save a tonne of money
 
Well, the reason why we have so much leftovers is because meals are thrown together
 
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Q: Are there any SNES emulators that allow background input?

ssbI'm looking for an emulator for SNES that will continue the emulation and accept joypad input even when the window doesn't have focus. Numerous emulators for other systems allow me to do this, but at least trying zsnes and snes9x I can't do this. I found a modified version of snes9x that sort of ...

 
@fredley you save money by not being random?
 
@fredley Well, we don't really throw away much of our food, and supermarkets here don't give out coupons, so that's not much of a reason to start planning meals
 
@kalina Yes. By planning what you're going to make and when you never have to throw out gone-off food
 
9:47 AM
@fredley I disagree
 
@YiJiang'sEvilClone We used to throw away alot of food
 
Well, sometimes we throw out processed food which we can't finish, like that bottle of mustard or the pickles which only my father would eat, but never fresh food.
 
can you make smaller portions?
 
Well, there's only two of us. We sort of alternate between eating freshly prepared food and leftovers from the day before
I suppose my main complaint is the way my mother cooks, which basically involves diving into the fridge and throwing together the least fresh vegetable and meat in there into dishes. Which is fine, except sometimes the result can be rather disgusting
 
Hey people
 
10:01 AM
@Blem Hey person
 
My middle name is actuly people
 
Blem People Person.
 
my middle name is Inuit
 
Given the fact that every single form and 403 forbidden page I'm looking at here while accessing the National Service "e-services" portal is different, I'm guessing every one of these "e-services" were constructed independently of each other
Given that there are dozens of these "e-services", the backend must be a mess
 
10:20 AM
Posters for Doctor Who's second half of Season 7 imgur.com/a/y8fsO
 
I just upvoted @fredley
I feel dirty
4
 
10:42 AM
@kalina What did I do to deserve such adulation?
@YiJiang'sEvilClone How was this not already protected?
 
how rude of you to use such long words at me when I am sleepy
@fredley it doesn't have an accepted answer
 
@kalina Protect, regardless
 
@fredley I don't know, I can't see the deleted answers
How many deleted answers did it have?
 
I disagree, and I'm too tired to argue, therefore by default, I win
 
@YiJiang'sEvilClone 5
I made a mistake, silly me. Memory is not 100 times faster than HDD, it is 200k times faster.
 
10:55 AM
Hi @fredley
 
@BaileyRowland Yo
 
how is the server
 
@BaileyRowland No idea, I'm at work
 
ah work
boring day huh?
 
Not really
 
10:57 AM
ah.
is it weird if i use my xbox avatar?
 
@fredley Oh wow, that is a lot
I thought the limit should be 3
 
@YiJiang'sEvilClone Quite. New users had their chance.
 
@AshleyNunn So my friend was asking about the ending. I thought the ending was positive, but he said he meant the imagery to be more pessimistic.
 
user15026
@yijiang because he related it back to the light, which was the cheap toy from the vendor, in a way it felt hopeful until you realized it was just a cheap toy trick and it kinda brought home his whole negative experience.
 
11:07 AM
Yes, I suppose that what he meant there
 
user15026
At least, I thought he was referring to the toy. If not, it does change it to a more hopeful and positive tone.
 
It's the toy, no doubt. Have you seen those before? Those vendors are everywhere in Chinese cities
Especially in places where tourists frequent
 
user15026
I am not entirely sure if I have - I can't get a clear enough picture in my mind. Do you have an image of them? (I wouldn't know what to search)
 
Neither do I, but I'll have a go at searching anyway
One of these things
 
o_O
what a strange moment to look in.
 
11:11 AM
They can launch pretty high up into the sky
 
@YiJiang'sEvilClone Anywhere east of about Istanbul, those things are everywhere
 
I'm not sure if the one in the picture can actually fly, but the idea is about the same.
 
user15026
Oh, yeah, I have seen things like that. Knowing that is what he means makes the story all the clearer. (we don't really have a lot of street vendors, especially ones who aren't selling some sort of sausage based food so the idea of these being tossed into the air at random alarms me - I fully imagine them hitting people on the way back down)
 
FAE
11:40 AM
@Fluttershy That is crazy.
 
@FAE My record is 12 seconds, and I'm very proud
 
yaaaaaaaaay
new stuff delivery
 
FAE
@fredley I've beaten the Hexagon level but not Hexagoner.
 
@kalina What stuff?
 
company donated wrist rests and foot rests
I know... easy to please
 
11:59 AM
@kalina You are dirty!
 
I am obviously the cleanest person here
 

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