The Bridge

More on the robotic theme

@badp Oh thank crap

@BenBrocka How has this not been a thing until now?

@fredley 4 years ago Jeff was stubborn and only now did anyone bother to go and do the right thing

Talking about removing close votes?

1:03 PM

WHO CALLETH ME

@Fluttershy yeah

Gaming Topics From Outside

WHO AWAKENTH THY MODRATER

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Q: Mobile app scores verification

I was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction here? I have a mobile app running on iOS and Android which submits scores to a website/service where there will be prizes up for grabs for top players. The web service needs to be absolutely sure the score submitting player has/is...

@badp... he comes

I AM HERE TO RATE YOUR MODS IN A SCALE FROM 0 TO ARDA XI

1:04 PM

He̴ ͠co͡me͏s

@badp Are positive scores possible?

@fredley ARDA XI IS A NUMBER GREATER THAN ZERO

NOT BY MUCH

@badp 0 to Arda? So... Terrible mod to Terribler mod?

0 is no mod

@Fluttershy Terrible mod to not a mod at all

@͏bąd͝p̧ Where do you fall on the scale?

Now I'm curious where I rate on that scale.

1:06 PM

I AM NOT A GAME MODIFICATION

@Fluttershy You are not a mod at all, so 0

FOOLISH PESKY USER

@̷b̡ad̡p RATE YOURSELF

@fredley MY RATING IS BADP AND A HALF

\o/ Yay! No expectations of me! Brb. Asking ALL the ITGs!

1:07 PM

@̡ba̶d҉p̷.5

So, I finally beat Ys II for the first time ever.

Well, I actually did that yesterday, but eh

Good morning, Bridge

mornin'

@fbueckert Since when are mornings "good?"

@Powerlord Since forever?

I should mention, I am a morning person. Ungodly cheerful first thing in the morning.

1:18 PM

you should have that checked out

I'm sure there are pills for that

@badp Being cheerful isn't a bad thing.

StrixVaria

@fbueckert Cheer leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.

@StrixVaria Suffering leads to fire.

Fire leads to glee.

Glee leads to cheer.

The circle is complete!

Urge to make poor taste joke rising...

So what's everyone realistically hoping for in today's deals?

@Fluttershy Everything 95% off.

1:28 PM

@Fluttershy Bacon.

@Fluttershy More cards.

I wouldn't mind if the Ys series was in an 8-hour sale so I can pick them up for a friend.

FEichinger

@badp That seems likely.

@Fluttershy The game you want isn't on sale, but another game that has been itching you for a while is 75% off

so you'll end up buying both

FEichinger

@Powerlord It was a few days ago. :/

1:29 PM

@FEichinger I don't remember seeing it. :/

Q: How can I automate the hacking minigame?

@Powerlord Here ya go. :/

Private Pansy

WACKY WAVING INFLATABLE FLAILING ARM TUBE MAN is a valid object in Scribblenaut Unlimited

Lazers

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Fallout New Vegas has a hacking minigame that's basically Mastermind. You have a bunch of passwords and four tries. When you get the wrong password, you get the number of letters that were correctly placed. That's it. How can I play this minigame effectively without resorting to pen and paper ...

fallout-new-vegas

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Q: How many friend slots do you start off with, and how many do you get per Steam level?

According to What use are Steam Trading Cards?, additional Steam levels grants extra friend slots. Given that I have as many Steam friends as there are fingers on my hand, I didn't realize there was a limit in the first place, so in the interest of finding out how useful gaining a Steam level act...

steam steam-trading-cards

@PrivatePansy So is NyanCat. And they got sued over it.

@PrivatePansy What happens if you put in "Al Harington's Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man Emporium and Warehouse"?

1:31 PM

@PrivatePansy so is FELINE JUMPING TEENSY-TINY PREGNANT TUBE MAN

Ooh. Apple might be buying the company that made the Kinect.

That'll put a damper in Microsoft's plans.

Private Pansy

@Fluttershy Proper nouns aren't acceptable

@fbueckert "iPhone, watch tv."

The real question is, if you burp in the middle of "XBOX WATCH TV" does it still work?

> During development of the PlayStation 4 hardware, Sony went through a number of different models for the DualShock 4 controller, including one that sensed players' stress through sweaty hands, lead architect Mark Cerny told Stuff.tv.

that would've been cool

1:38 PM

@fbueckert Might be too late for that. They have the license for the current model and probably won't update to a new version until next gen, or at the earliest, halfway through this gen or later. But two models of Kinect would sort of screw with the whole "everyone has a kinect, for sure" promise they gave to devs

So as long as they can keep making the current one they're probably pretty safe

Surprised MS was contracting that out though, I would have thought it'd be all in-house or a company they aquired

They could've acquired the know-how and moved the production in-house

@BenBrocka Yeah, ditto.

It's not like them to leave critical aspects hanging.

@badp they still need the license to make new stuff though I assume, since they licensed the tech

If they made their own they might be violating patents. And it'd be hard to claim "oh no, totally original work" when they were JUST licensing those patents for the last model

well they might have to change the name? perhaps?

oh well we'll see

My understanding is the company Apple wants to buy is behind the tech, MS owns the name

1:43 PM

iKinect.

Or, if they want to get snarky, iConnect.

Gaming Topics From Outside

More like iMove

...though Sony might sue them for that

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Q: Problem runing wow with wine

I have my wow folder from windows so i just run it with terminal i have optimus so i do optirun wow/wow.exe Here's the output The game starts off good , i can only run it in D3D in Good graphics settings but after some time like 2-3 minutes parts of the terrain and objects start flickering and...

nvidia wine games nvidia-optimus bumblebee

Sony relaxes Video Unlimited DRM for playstation devices

I never looked into it before, but the old DRM scheme was NASTY, you only got one download