The Bridge - 2013-07-14 (page 1 of 4)

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12:00 AM

Do I even want to know what those two are doing together?

@Powerlord they're taking a photo.

(ta-bum-dssssssssh)

That's just SO hilarious!

I'll be here all night.

UNTIL I WON'T! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

The list of most active users (posts + votes + edits + comments, last 60 days) looks rather surprising

@Powerlord ...to me, anyway

@badp Why?

So anyone else here playing Cubeworld?

12:08 AM

@SaintWacko Looked at it a few days ago and the site didn't have a way to buy/download it, so I stopped thinking about it.

Is the site fixed?

@StrixVaria picroma.com/buycubeworld

@SaintWacko @James is.

It sometimes works

> You must be logged in to buy Cube World.

It doesn't even tell me a price until I log in?

@Wipqozn I started a few days ago with my coop buddy, and have really been enjoying it

12:09 AM

Nope.

@StrixVaria No, 15 pounds

@SaintWacko @RonanForman and I are gaming right now actually

@StrixVaria That's really stupid.

Along with some other friends

@SaintWacko Also nope.

12:09 AM

@James Ah, nice

I'm on my friend's server

@SaintWacko twitch.tv/crysyn

Thats us :)

I discovered rangers with crossbows are incredibly OP

How are you enjoying ti thus far @James?

Oh cool, I can hear my pings

@James

That's quite the delay.

uh, I didn't get the email about it tonight

That's me! I'm famous.

12:12 AM

Usually I'm like "2am? yeah okay no." But it's 2am now.

It was theTortoise you silly cat, @James

Oh ma he's talking about us, we're famous!

I think @Wipqozn is broken.

@StrixVaria That's possible.

@StrixVaria Art does that to people

ART. NOT EVEN ONCE.

(also I wish james' stream came in qualities lower than 720p, for I apparently can't watch the stream like that)

haha, @James died.

12:15 AM

(I guess that redefines "only the best for you guys")

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... I should've just written an answer. — LessPop_MoreFizz 55 secs ago

@LessPop_MoreFizz Be careful he who argues with dice.

As @fbueckert can contest to.

G'night all.

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Q: How do I get the Mahopons and the Megapons?

In Patapon 2, I am having some difficulties figuring out which existing fighters of my Patapon army can be upgraded to discover the Mahopons, Toripons and the Megapons. So far, I have: Yaripon,*Tatepon*, Yumipon, Kibapon, Dekapon, and Robopon. Help me!

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Q: Civ5 BNW: Does the location of Great Works matter?

So you can move your great works around in the culture overview screen. But is there any benefit? Does the number of works in a city matter, is there sometime of exponential bonus? Does it matter if it is closer to foreign boarders, as in the tourist don't have to travel as far to be influenced...

civilization-5 civ-5-brave-new-world

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Q: How do i get my Stuff back in jetpack joyride?

So ive been playing on Jetpack Joyride on the iphone 4 and i unlocked aall gadgets, Jetpacks and vehicle upgrades. and it took me forever to do that

jetpack-joyride

@James: does the game have a skill point system?

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12:23 AM

I didn't realize how many words I'd written until I hit enter and it didn't post and I copied it to a notepad to chop into sections.

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Anyone want to trade something for 10% off Toki tori 2+?

Primarily directed at those who already follow one or more of the MindCrack guys

@jeffreylin_ I have three of those as well.

store.steampowered.com/app/220660

How does this compare to something like SoaSE?

@MBraedley I've heard bad things.

The general consensuses seems to be that the game isn't finished yet, and they released it several months too early.

@Wipqozn Do you know if it's RTS type and just not as good as SoaSE?

12:29 AM

@MBraedley Most of the complaint I have seen is that it has a potential, but in it's current state is just really unpolished.

I haven't looked into the game in a bit, so I can't remember any specific details.

@Wipqozn But it is an RTS?

@MBraedley IT's a 4X strategy game tat just happens to be in real time.

@Wipqozn Yes it does

Okay, I don't know the 4X terminology. What does that mean?

"explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate"

It's the genre of games that the civ series falls under

With the focus being on building up an empire.

12:31 AM

SoaSE, to at least some extent, probably falls under that too. It's RTS as well.

Yeah. 4X games can be real time or turn based, but turn based is more common.

So I guess the take away is that it's a crappy SoaSE, so don't buy it.

Yes.

IT might be good in a few more months, but the last time I looked it sounded like it was still in bad shape.,

Really? Does Twitter hijack my keypresses? Even common one like F5?

@MBraedley the browser refresh button is still there

12:39 AM

@badp I know, but it was unexpected.

@MBraedley eh, the page polls anyway. There's little point in refreshing

Also, it's usually easier to hit F5 than it is to hit the refresh button.

@badp This was on a tweet detail page. F5 brings up retweet, which doesn't happen on the main feed page.

Mind you, on your feed F5 does nothing.

12:55 AM

RCT3 for $5?

Yes please.

@badp translate.google.com/#da/en/pik

1:11 AM

can someone help me with a Skyrim thingy?

@spugsley What's up?

If I wanted to start using some mods is that a complicated thing to do?

I think Steam supports that natively.

You go to steamworks for Skyrim and just click on the mod you want.

Then re-launch the game.

@StrixVaria whaaaa that is the best thing ever

thank you!

:)

1:12 AM

I wonder why Steam is still allowed to sell BG: Enhanced Edition when the guys who made it can't

@Wipqozn Indeed. I respect him, but he can be impossibly frustrating at times.

@StrixVaria wait so I just hit 'subscribe'? that seems like a weird choice of words....

@spugsley It's because if the author changes the mod, you'll automatically get the updated version.

@spugsley that's true

@StrixVaria :D

I WILL ADD SO MANY MODSSSSSS

1:13 AM

("subscribe" is still silly.)

SKyrim gonna be awesome(er)

@badp agree

@Wipqozn 4X also generally tend to be space-based, rather than focusing on a single planet.

To anyone who liked Hotline Miami's soundtrack, there's some pretty great stuff on this compilation.

omg seriously how is steam so awesome?

Hotline Miami is a terrible game and everyone who likes it, which is apparently everyone but me, is super uncool.

1:18 AM

:(

Jul 2 at 23:37, by StrixVaria

@Sterno WE ARE SOUL MATES

well...alright...

(the music might have been okay. I don't remember)

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@sterno BG:EE through Steam is being sold by Atari.

Is there a Skyrim mod that makes the combat not suck?

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1:19 AM

@Sterno The Witcher

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The guys who made it have been enjoined from continuing to sell it for nonpayment of royalties to Atari.

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:)

@Sterno Skyrim combat is 1) the best combat in the entire series by a light year and 2) fucking awful.

NN people

@StrixVaria Agreed. Well, I can't comment on Daggerfall, I guess.

I tried to get it running a few years ago but no luck.

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1:20 AM

I can comment on Daggerfall. It's for the best if I don't.

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@StrixVaria I played Oblivion. Combat was like pulling teeth while drunk.

Skyrim combat didn't get fun until I got my skill high enough that I could pretty much one-shot backstab everyone

Skyrim might also be the only game I've ever played where I turned the difficulty notch back down to normal.

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I only do stealth in TES games for the most part because backstabbing is fun and fighting isn't.

TES 6 should have turn based combat. That way it'll only sell 10 copies, but be awesome.

@StrixVaria should I be...careful....with how many of these I download? Because I want many many many of them O-o

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1:24 AM

From the Daily WTF:

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@spugsley They're not all compatible with each other.

There's no good way to tell until the game stops working.

@StrixVaria :(

@StrixVaria yeah I already fucked something up. Now my mouse isn't working right in game :(

I wish Steam would just give me the trading cards for the games it DAMN WELL KNOWS I HAVE PLAYED FOR OVER 20 HOURS ALREADY.

@Brant Only time since they added cards counts towards them.

1:31 AM

@Powerlord Which is exactly my issue

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@brant srsly. I have other things I want to play now dammit, but CARDS.

Stupid Facebook, doesn't do the 2-Factor auth standard properly.

foreach (var game where UserHasPlayedTheDamnGameAlready()) { GiveFrigginCardsToUserFor(game); }

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Ooh! So I had an interview recently where the most technical question I was asked was "If someone told you they used object-oriented programming, what would that mean to you?"

I think I sat there for like 10 seconds trying to decipher that statement.

@Brant I think the answer is "Good things".

Prooooobably not going to take the job.

1:34 AM

@Brant Is there a second technical interview?

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@spugsley I hope you know I am now super addicted to Orange is the New Black and almost done with the first season

I assume there must be, because the only other technical question I was asked was "Describe polymorphism", but if it's more important for them to go over my work history than it is to know I'm a decent programmer, it's probably not the kind of place I want to leave my current job for, y'know?

I wish I could take a screenshot of my iPad right now, because I have so many duplicate entires in my approved Facebook login locations.

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@ashleynunn only season.

@MBraedley Hold down the home button and press the power button

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1:39 AM

@ktash screenshot is just press both at same time.

@Ktash I only use an iPad because there wasn't a good Android alternative when I bought my first one.

It's okay, we don't think less of you.

@AshleyNunn :D

@LessPop_MoreFizz That order is easier often then pressing both, because if you press the power slightly before, it locks

Ummm....I forgot what I'm supposed to do if I accidently kill Lydia.....help?

1:40 AM

@MBraedley Hey, I've got an iPad not 3 feet from me

@Ktash Sorry, I thought you were being sarcastic

@spugsley Stuff her in the trunk, drive out to the woods and bury her. Tell no one

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@ktash not in my experience; I find that home first tends to invoke Siri by accident.

@LessPop_MoreFizz Yeah, depends on generation

My iPad does not have Siri, though I think the retina ones do

Or, at least, I have it turned off or something

@StrixVaria help me? :(

1:42 AM

iPad 3 (retina) + iPad minis have siri

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But, yeah, @mbraedley, home +power = screenshot on iOS.

@spugsley Find a new follower.

I've got a Mini, so it must be turned off on mine

@StrixVaria :O nope time to load

FUCK YOU LYDIAAAAAAAAAA

time to find a mod for this shit

I'm still waffling back and forth about whether or not to buy Tomb Raider.

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1:43 AM

Lydia stinks ditch her.

@spugsley It's okay! There are plenty of other companions out there who would love to spend some time with you!

@LessPop_MoreFizz @spugsley This is good advice.

Get a follower who isn't a passive aggressive useless wench.

Oops, probably don't want my contacts in there.

@StrixVaria I bought it. Haven't played it yet though

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@LessPop_MoreFizz Apparently there will be more

1:44 AM

I would have preferred PS3, but I have a controller and hope it has support

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So said my internet research

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@ashleynunn as long as you're watching Netflix originals, seen House of Cards?

Been playing Saint's Row 3

HoC is great!

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@LessPop_MoreFizz I haven't, I don't know much about it. Worth it?

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1:45 AM

@brant it really is. Seeing Stamper in Superman weirded me out.

@LessPop_MoreFizz who's better?

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@ashleynunn completely riveting.

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I will have to check it out, then. :)

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Kevin Spacey is awesome.

1:47 AM

Aaaaaaah I just realized my comment is not valid c# and now it's too late to fix it

This is why I don't code while drunk

My cat was asleep upside down and I just played his belly like a drum for a good two minutes before it woke him up

@AshleyNunn So... 999?

999!

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@Brant I've have like 500 cards if they gave out cards retroactively

man, I really want a 3DS. I wanna play the sequel so badly.

1:49 AM

@WorldEngineer You're limited as to the number of cards per game.

~> cd /kitchen/fridge; fridge> more rum | coke

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@mana NEW ARCADE FIRE 10/29

@Mana It's also on PS Vita

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@Powerlord meh

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@Powerlord currently updating my Mii Plaza

1:49 AM

@LessPop_MoreFizz wooooooah

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but likely later I will restart

Isn't it cat rum coke > /dev/mbraedley

boo-urns, the inline code markup doesn't work on multiline in chat.

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new VNV Nation in September as I remember it :)

haha, VNV Nation is still around? oh man.

good times.

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1:50 AM

@WorldEngineer This intrigues me greatly

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Woooooah, Zimmerman verdict inc.

@MBraedley I complain about that once a year... oh and lets @Jin this too

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Riots = Zimmerman.verdict unless guilty

In chat, anything with line breaks disables markdown, since it's assumed you're pasting in crap from elsewhere that won't be markdown-formatted.

@Brant I was going to direct you to the ThinkGeek T-shirt, but I can't find it anymore.

1:57 AM

I forgot how to play Skyrim :o

@spugsley Alt-F4

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@spugsley I don't know how to play Skyrim to begin with

@Powerlord HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

@Mana O_o are you ok?

HA HA HA HA HA... huff...huff...huff... HA HA HA HA HA

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1:59 AM

@Mana /hands Mana a cupcake

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Oh shit. Acquitted.

Riots inc.

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@LessPop_MoreFizz Shit, really?!

@LessPop_MoreFizz ?

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@WorldEngineer looks jealously at the cupcake

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@AshleyNunn enviously

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2:00 AM

Yes. :(

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/hands @AshleyNunn a block of fudge

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@mana George Zimmerman just found not guilty.

my dad is probably doing a happy dance. I hate my family

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@WorldEngineer is placated

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@spugsley hug

2:01 AM

oh my god, really...

what the fuck.

:/

excuse my language.

select * from drink where alcohol = 'RUM' and mixer = 'COKE';

That's better

Is Steam only able to download one game at a time or something?

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@StrixVaria no

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it can download many

Whenever one download starts, the other suspends.

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2:04 AM

I see it do it routinely

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unsuspend

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@StrixVaria I have that happen to me all the time

@StrixVaria no, it should be able to do multiple. but you can't download and play at the same time AFAIK

Maybe it's because I'm streaming video and it's just trying not to kill my bandwidth...

@StrixVaria Steam is good about that. It wouldn't surprise me if it had built in QOS

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2:06 AM

there's a bandwidth cap

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you can adjust it in the settings IIRC

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Today I learned what Daft Punk is. I read the lyrics to Get Lucky. What. The. Heck.

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@jeffreylin_ you only just...WHAT?

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how can you not know?

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2:09 AM

@WorldEngineer Oh good, I am not alone in that reaction

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@LessPop_MoreFizz How can he not know?

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I'm gonna be a good mod and not suspend you for Heresy.

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@WorldEngineer I asked here a month(?) ago what I was and that was starred.

woah, Steam has that setting at the moment?

sweet!

2:10 AM

@WorldEngineer This was known. I didn't have the heart to say anything at the time

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chat.stackexchange.com/…

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goodnewsnetwork.org/civics/malala-16-birthday-speech-at-un.html

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Some good news

Jun 8 at 17:57, by jeffreylin_

What is Daft Punk?

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I got these Haribo Lemon Ginger things

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2:13 AM

they made of delicious

The main reason I didn't say anything is because my first introduction to Daft Punk was a junior high video dance where Around the World was played. I can't say I like the song.

My first introduction to Daft Punk was a MvC2 combos video set to Aerodynamic.

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let's see, I think mine was the harder faster stronger thing but I forget from where

That's still my favorite song by them.

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oh, wait, I think it was an FMV

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2:14 AM

I can't remember

@MBraedley but the music video is so good

@Mana No, I hate the video for it.

Mar 29 at 3:42, by StrixVaria

@LessPop_MoreFizz Around the world around the world around the world around the world around the world around the world around the world around the world around the world around the world around the world around the world around the world around the world around the world around the world around the world around the world around the world around the world

:(!!!

why is everyone so full of hate and contempt today

come on guys lighten up. play some Barbie Princess Bear Brawlin' or something

I thought it was stupid in grade 7, and I still think it's stupid.

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2:17 AM

I appreciate what Daft Punk can do musically, I generally find them boring to listen to for long stretches but that's true of me and most House.

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@Mana if you don't want to be subjected to hate, I will oblige. Unfortunately, I have a soft spot for early 80s New Wave and related nonsense, so I may flood the Bridge with this.

@James Ranger is so awesomely broken :D

@SaintWacko Yes it is :)

@James Have you tried Retreat + hang glider?

2:20 AM

While I'm reliving my youth:

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Q: How can I tell if Religious Tolerance is working?

In Brave New World, the Piety social policy tree has a new policy called 'Religious Tolerance'. How do I tell if my civilization is getting the benefit of Religious Tolerance and how can I tell what that bonus is?

civilization-5 civ-5-brave-new-world

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Q: Does Extra Damage on Abilities Round Down?

For abilities in League of Legends, does extra damage on abilities (AD and AP Scaling) round down to the number shown on the ability tool tip? Or does it stay at the actual number. I'm especially curious for percentage health skills.

league-of-legends

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Q: Lost wife in Skyrim!

So I married Aeri from Angi's Mill and now I haven't seen her since our ceremony. It's been quite a while now and every time I return to the temple, she still isn't there! She's not at her mill or either one of my houses either. HALP!

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Holy shit it doesn't suck

You had to go to Ohio to get decent hotel internet? What sort of crazy world do we live in?

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@TimStone Ohio is awful in all sorts of other ways. :(

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@MBraedley

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2:25 AM

@WorldEngineer They did a reunion album? I only remember Barbie Girl because it got a lot of radio time.

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@MBraedley they did indeed

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it's a delightful mix of bubbly and Danish style snark.

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It's also the eternal shame of my friend Ivan that he shares a nationality with this band

Mind you I didn't actually pay much attention to No Doubt's reunion, despite thinking that they were actually somewhat musically inclined.

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2:30 AM

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my favorite of their classic work

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Q: Why is there such a theme of a Superhero's friends becoming their enemy/frenemy?

For example, in Spider-Man (at least the film from 2002), Peter Parker is friends with Green Goblin (or his son?), and in X-Men, Wolverine's "brother" becomes sabertooth. Why this is so popular?

marvel-comics x-men spider-man recurring-themes

SCI FI.

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@LessPop_MoreFizz That's a Marvel thing

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DC doesn't really have that as much

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or at all really

2:32 AM

@WorldEngineer Yeah, I think the general consensus at the time was this was better than Barbie Girl

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@WorldEngineer No, it's a fiction thing.

@LessPop_MoreFizz Wow, so broad.

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I made up a name for those: Shedzillas

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They are bikeshed questions gone Kaiju

@LessPop_MoreFizz That's actually somewhat respectable

Gaming Topics From Outside

2:36 AM

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Q: Issue with skyrim, steam, and wine

I am having an issue. My goal is to play Skyrim on my Ubuntu computer. I have already downloaded wine, the windows version of Steam and Skyrim. I have downloaded other games and they work just fine but not Skyrim. I have noticed that the main difference between Skyrim and other games is that duri...

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@MBraedley for hotel wifi? It's incredible

@GamingTopicsFromOutside Good luck

@LessPop_MoreFizz Wait, what? That's significantly better than what I'm on.

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@MBraedley Yup. That's the free wifi in this shitty best western (and it is, a very shitty best western in a tiny little shithole town in central southern Ohio that isn't even near a goddamned interstate.)

@LessPop_MoreFizz Best Westerns are typically better per star than other hotels, if the ads I've seen are to be believed.

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@MBraedley ehhhhhhhhhhh...

2:41 AM

@LessPop_MoreFizz As far as wifi and other such amenities go.

Maybe it's just the ones in Canada...

I stayed at a Best Western in Germany, and the wireless Internet there was really good, actually.

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Best Westerns exist in this weird zone of quality in between your low-end budget chains like the various choice brands, and your super-8's et al, and your more established mid-scale chains that act as the low end brands of the upper tier guys, like your Hampton Inns, Holiday Inn Expresses, etc.

@StrixVaria outside of the US, all bets are off with respect to the statements I make, though by all reports, quality is just higher across the board at the chains overseas.

but yeah, the thing about Best Westerns is that they are wildly variable because unlike the other chains, BW is not a franchise or a corporate chain, but rather a membership-based marketing cooperative.

@LessPop_MoreFizz Which is essentially a wholly independent franchise.

UGHHHHHHHH IM STUCKKKK

@spugsley ?

2:45 AM

Best Westerns (at least in Canada) are held to a certain standard of quality and amenities.

@StrixVaria fucking singing red rocks and I've tried every fucking sequence and it's not opening the door long enough for me to get through

@spugsley "singing red rocks"?

@spugsley I think the question was more "What game?"

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@MBraedley Yeah, there are standards, but the enforcement is relatively lax, and, more to the point, the quality of those offerings varies wildly.

@MBraedley No, I knew she's playing Skyrim.

2:45 AM

@StrixVaria the Ustengrev Depths or whatever

for the damn horm

@MBraedley he knows what game

@spugsley Oh, the horn.

Skyrim

You need the dash shout to get it.

Just trying to help

If you're at the part I think you are.

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2:46 AM

Also, this hotel room reeks of weed.

@StrixVaria ughhh I never use shouts -.- let me remember how to do it

Run, trigger the 3 things, and then WULD

Okay, I need more YouTube nostalgia pop music. Get on it Bridge!

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2:49 AM

@WorldEngineer Nope, didn't like it then, not watching it now.

@StrixVaria :o

@WorldEngineer and just no. No.

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@spugsley did you know there was a sequel to that song?

@StrixVaria omg what fucking menu is the shouts even in?

@spugsley Magic, I think.

But you assign it to its own special button.

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2:54 AM

@WorldEngineer You're from the south, aren't you? Yeah, that's not the type of music we listen to in the Maritimes and New England.

@StrixVaria I am totally inept at this. I favorited it but but not sure where it assigns it? Any idea?

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@MBraedley These are Swedes playing at Bluegrass

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and I'm from California

@spugsley If you're using mouse+keyboard, the shout key is Z.

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lived in the South a good while

2:55 AM

If you're using a controller, I don't know.

@StrixVaria yaaaaaaay

@WorldEngineer But it's stereotypical southern music.

@WorldEngineer Also, your profile says Georgia

FUCKING YESSSSSSSSSSSSS

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@MBraedley been here since High School

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Yeah, I definitely smell weed. I am beginning to suspect that the walls are porous and the neighbor is smoking.

2:58 AM

@LessPop_MoreFizz Could it just be that they carpet/drapes/etc. weren't cleaned properly?

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@StrixVaria That was my initial impression, but the fact that the odor is growing stronger is making me suspicious.

@LessPop_MoreFizz Did you just move in to a new place?

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@MBraedley I'm in a hotel. I checked in 4 hours ago.

@LessPop_MoreFizz Right. Sorry. See earlier posts about rum...

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Then I went to dinner, and came back and have been sitting here, either laying on the bed/watching tv, or sitting at this awful desk/chair trying to get some work done, as I am now.

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