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FAE

16:00

ugh, tired

RedRiderX

$25 smartphone coming form spreadtrum running #firefoxos #MWC14 http://t.co/1mZXLoBL5R

Tweeted by codepo8 on February 23, 2014 at 3:54 PM

If they can pull this off, it might actually be a game changer.

M'vy

hi @FAE

Lazers

0

Q: I logged on steam and found that all of my games on the D: drive wasnt installed, but are still in their folder

Why isnt the games in the library but they are installed on the pc? when I try to launch them, they want to install them http://puu.sh/77xVR.jpg http://puu.sh/77zhk.jpg any help would be nice, thanks.

steam

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Q: I cant change my avatar picture on steam using linux

When i click on Browse it opens some steam folder and i cant change it to open my folders. Please help me!

steam linux avatar

Ben Brocka

@RedRiderX damn, knew they were aiming cheap, didn't expect that cheap

GnomeSlice

@Lazers lol

RedRiderX

16:04

@BenBrocka Me either

I was think $250 at the low end

No a tenth of that

But is it subsidized?

badp

$25 seems ridicolous

especially for web apps

RedRiderX

@RedRiderX NO WHY DO I ONLY SEE THE TYPO NOOOW

2

badp

also @BenBrocka it turns out that very long command chains do not get queued

but truncated

RedRiderX

@badp They do seem like they have been doing a lot of work on their JS VM

And it seems like the whole os interface runs off that JS engine.

badp

that doesn't help!

(as anybody who tried Gnome 3 can attest)

GnomeSlice

16:13

@badp What?

badp

Mutter takes a ton of CPU and is barely functional

GnomeSlice

Somebody just discovered the star button.

7

RedRiderX

Omg star overflow

GnomeSlice

Hey, Cortex Command has Steam cards now

badp

WASTE ALL THE STARS

RedRiderX

16:15

Yes enjoy that star limit

Embrace it

Utkarsh

@badp who had discovered that button. can you tell. although you are a mod

badp

@Utkarsh WAS IT YOU?!?

Ben Brocka

@RedRiderX There's already android phones under $250

Utkarsh

no man!

RedRiderX

@BenBrocka True

badp

16:17

@Utkarsh WELL WAS IT!?!!?!?!

Ben Brocka

I'd have guessed $100, $50 for extremely cheap

RedRiderX

But what is their relative power?

Utkarsh

NO FRIEND!! I WAS NOT

badp

then I'm going to assume @Wipqozn

RedRiderX

Although with a different OS it's hard to gauge how far any hardware power goes.

Ben Brocka

16:17

@RedRiderX 1Ghz, presumably single core? I think the Galaxy S1 was a 1Ghz

Firefox OS may be better optimized than that early android though

Utkarsh

anyone has tried chrome OS?

Ben Brocka

it's all webapps after all not shudder java

Wipqozn

@badp This is because I'm a Turtle, isn't it? TURTLE HATER!

RedRiderX

Yes

It was Chrome

And only chrome

user43095

Thief Gold is free if you have an Amazon account, no need to give them your personal information

RedRiderX

16:18

that is pretty much Chrome OS

Ben Brocka

There's a desktop now. I think the "icons" are mostly just links to webapps

badp

@Wipqozn well look at who was lurking!

RedRiderX

@BenBrocka Yep

So you can have multiple Chromes at once.

But it's still just Chrome.

badp

all of the chromes

Utkarsh

yes you are right

but still, chrome OS seems to be good :D

RedRiderX

16:19

@Utkarsh If you like chrome

Wipqozn

@badp I wasn't lurking! I was, uh, um...LOOK OVER THERE! THERE'S SOMEBODY BEING MOD ABUSED!

RedRiderX

And only need a web browser

Utkarsh

no no!

RedRiderX

So it seems like an ideal thin client os

Ben Brocka

It's not as limited as you'd think though. With RDP support (which chrome apparently has) and Steam In Home Streaming (which I'm almost certain it doesn't) it would easily replace my laptop for 95% of use cases

RedRiderX

16:20

@BenBrocka Ah right

rdp

Utkarsh

@RedRiderX it also has google docs, calender and everything else!

RedRiderX

But that is still a Thin Client

@Utkarsh Yes but so does any computer with Chrome on it.

Utkarsh

@RedRiderX yes

RedRiderX

Or any web browser

Ben Brocka

I wish we got a chromebook for my grandma instead of a windows laptop

RedRiderX

16:21

@BenBrocka Hmm yeah

Utkarsh

@BenBrocka why?

Ben Brocka

price aside I bet she'd figure it out easier. She's already better with her nexus 7 than the laptop

Lazers

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Q: What's a good trophy army for a town hall 8?

I've maxed out my troops for town hall 8 and I'm trying to do a big push, any suggestions?

clash-of-clans

Utkarsh

yes it is also, it is easy to use

anyone here, tried windows 8>

?

Ben Brocka

@Utkarsh Logging in, updates, virus scans, desktop icons, it's a lot of unnecessary complexity for a device she only needs to use facebook, email and share pictures on

MBraedley

16:22

@Utkarsh yes, I have it installed on my desktop

Ben Brocka

plus chromebooks are cheaper, harder to "break" software-wise and probably more battery efficient

Utkarsh

@BenBrocka you are right!

Ben Brocka

I could get an acceptable-grade chromebook for only twice the price of my laptop's (dying) battery

Utkarsh

@MBraedley how much is its idle ram usage?

MBraedley

@Utkarsh never really checked

Utkarsh

16:23

@MBraedley so, check next time :D

@BenBrocka but still, chrome is hungry of ram and battery as compared to firefox

firefox must have their =own OS

MBraedley

@Utkarsh using 3 of 12GB

Utkarsh

@MBraedley i am asking RAM usage, not disk usage

MBraedley

@Utkarsh you think I only have a 12GB HDD?

Ben Brocka

@MBraedley you could be on a 1998 e machines for all we know!

Fluttershy

Or a Wii U!

MBraedley

16:26

@BenBrocka And still able to run Win8, let alone all my game?

Ben Brocka

@Utkarsh 2GB is probably plenty for chrome alone though. 4 would probably be ideal. With no Windows 7 you're saving like 1GB of ram or more I think

Utkarsh

@BenBrocka yes you are right

Ben Brocka

Does Chrome OS have Flash?

Utkarsh

my idle ram usage of windows7 is 899mb out of 1528mb

and in ubuntu, 181mb out of 1528mb

MBraedley

@Utkarsh you only have a gig and a half? Seems low for anything other than Linux.

Ben Brocka

16:28

I could barely stand 4GB on my laptop. Paging file, even on an SSD, is awful

And it's not good for the SSD, so I upgraded to 8GB

I hope to never have to use a non-work PC that uses a paging file ever again

Hoping to do that at work too once I can finally upgrade to a 64bit OS

MBraedley

Mind you, windows is using so much because there's so much available. If I only had 4 gigs, usage would be a lot lower.

Utkarsh

@MBraedley no, i just have to do simple work like surfing internet and etc. why? its is not good for windows 7?

Ben Brocka

My laptop was plenty content to sit at 75% usage on 4GB with only a browser open

2

Utkarsh

@BenBrocka os?

MBraedley

@Utkarsh Microsoft recommends at least 2 gigs these days

Utkarsh

16:31

@MBraedley microsoft is mad!

Ben Brocka

@Utkarsh win7 x64

FAE

@JeffreyLin So you have to upload a video?

GnomeSlice

Today's Listening

Utkarsh

@BenBrocka x64 takes more ram than x86?

MBraedley

@Utkarsh my XP machine has 4 gigs, my HTPC has 6. Memory is cheap

Lazers

16:33

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Q: Inventory Slot Detection

In Sethbling's snapshot 14w07b video, he uses a command block to give him jump boost while he is wearing his Boots of Leaping. I am trying to imitate this for a multiplayer map I am making. Wearing golden boots called "Stealth Boots" is supposed to give that player invisibility. I am using this ...

minecraft snapshot

MBraedley

@Utkarsh 64-bit can use (a lot) more, and applications expect more available.

Ben Brocka

Anyone watching Twitch Plays Pokemon? I can't make sense out of the "updates" stream. SEems like they've deposited lots of stuff

Raven Dreamer

@GnomeSlice Art question for you

Do you know how to save .PNGs without gamma adjustment?

GnomeSlice

@RavenDreamer I don't even know what you mean by Gamma Adjustment.

Raven Dreamer

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Q: How can I get pixel data from a .PNG?

Without using System.Drawing? I have a C# application that receives a list of filepaths pointing to a number of .PNG files. I would like to extract an array of pixel (color) data from the image, but I am having trouble determining the best way to extract that. I had originally hoped to be able ...

c# bitmap unity3d png

Basically, I have a PNG that when I open in paint, the pixels are one color

And then I open that file programmatically, and the pixels report being a different color.

I'm trying to verify if there's some aspect of the PNG that I can remove to get the two colors equivalent.

GnomeSlice

16:36

That sounds odd.

Ben Brocka

MS Paint? MS Paint won't save transparent PNGs I think

can you save it in something else?

GnomeSlice

Sorry, I don't know anything about that.

Raven Dreamer

@BenBrocka It doesn't, and I'm not using transparency.

Have also saved it with Paint.net, no change.

Utkarsh

chrome too hungry

user43095

@FAE no, you have to submit a random name and email, and then it will give you an amazon coupon for 100% off the game

FAE

16:37

@JeffreyLin You don't even have to verify the email?

user43095

@FAE nope

Ben Brocka

Somehow RNG plays pokemon is 7 badges in to pokemon crystal

user43095

You do need to give Amazon a credit card number though, it doesn't matter if it's real or fake

Ben Brocka

Wonder why Crystal is going so well when they got stuck forever in Red

MBraedley

@JeffreyLin I kinda does if the files contain a virus

badp

16:42

"Rngplayspokemon: Bias is now left"

OrigamiRobot

Dux and Cabbage were released :(

MBraedley

Oh, sorry, I thought you were talking about the actual download

Ben Brocka

@badp wait they're adjusting it? I thought the only bias was to keep it from pressing start all the time

@OrigamiRobot are bird jesus and lapras safe?

user43095

@MBraedley download is from steam

OrigamiRobot

@BenBrocka They're in the box, so not really.

MBraedley

16:44

@JeffreyLin the website just looked a little sketch though

Ben Brocka

@OrigamiRobot ffs. Did they even manage to withdraw zapdos?

OrigamiRobot

Yes

Utkarsh

@MBraedley who says, it is cheap? it is so costly here in india

FAE

@JeffreyLin looked like it was just for windows

user43095

@MBraedley all it does is give you an Amazon coupon

user43095

16:45

@FAE I don't know about that, you'll have to look at the steam page

badp

@BenBrocka I dunno, I see spinning kappas

Utkarsh

What game will you recommend to a 14 year old?

3ventic

> The best way to teach people is to teach them in a way that they don't realize they're learning until it's too late.

user43095

@Utkarsh Minecraft!

Ben Brocka

@OrigamiRobot but they'll still need the box again to get someone with Surf right?

Utkarsh

16:47

@JeffreyLin but its not free

OrigamiRobot

@BenBrocka According to the progress doc, yes.

Raven Dreamer

I just called my city councilperson and told them to give Google Fiber a thumbs up!

MBraedley

@Utkarsh I mean prices haven't come down recently, but in the grand scheme of things, it can be a small portion of the cost of a new computer

Raven Dreamer

Woo! Go Cary municipality!

Ben Brocka

Why is that something they have to ask about

"Hey would you like competitive, cheap extremely fast internet?"
"Ehhhh nah"

6

Raven Dreamer

16:50

@BenBrocka It's something similar to this:

4

But with Comcast / TWC, and the politicians.

Ben Brocka

That gif is way less funny without the mountain dew explosion

Utkarsh

82%

Raven Dreamer

@BenBrocka You're welcome!

Look at me not hotlinking to images! What a guy!

badp

yesss edit war autoflags

@RavenDreamer Did you give them your thumbs up or did you tell them the Official City Council of Sharks Monocled Or Otherwise gave them their Official Bitemark Of Approval?

@BenBrocka "RNG is running with a 5% bias on start, a 15% bias on A, and a 10% bias on B. The movement bias will be set for ~2% toward the current goal in the event it's needed, and if RNG is on to make it current."

"C sometimes needs assistance. These assists vary from reloading savestates (to prevent losing an important Pokemon) to teaching TMs and HMs, and changing party members (for HMs required to continue). Assists are always voted on beforehand. A list of past assists can be found on the progress page."

Ben Brocka

@badp oh, hm

It's an interesting system but it's not really RNG playing if it's getting that much assistance

badp

17:03

 Save State Zone 1: 19:55:20 - ~ 21:20:00
Progression: New Bark Town - Union Cave Pokemon Center
Intervention 2: ~46:50:00
The Great Confusion; Teaching Cut
Intervention 3: 72:00:00
Buying a TM48 for Ty, putting Hot Pidgey into party, renaming Swift Rat (I)
Intervention 4: 73:10:00
Morty puzzle
Intervention 5: ~77:05:00
Putting Ty in party, catching water pokemon, teaching surf
Intervention 6: ~113:20:00
Boxing Abra

Ben Brocka

I wish they'd list gametime not realtime, realtime is meaningless with the emulator on speedup

badp

non-constant speedup, too.

I guess that's what makes it so hard to get the actual in-game time

Ben Brocka

you can see it when he saves...which happened a lot more in the gen 1 version

gen 1 must have defaulted to save for the start menu?

badp

Ben Brocka

I can't tell if TPP went insane or botting like mad

Lazers

17:09

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Q: The Wolf Among Us - Season Pass

I have purchased The Wolf Among Us - Season Pass last night, but couldn't find it in my download list. But the product page shows it as purchased. Also Do I need to purchase the "The Wolf Among Us : Episode 1" game too? (Which costs few more bucks)

ps3 psn playstation-plus the-wolf-among-us

OrigamiRobot

@RavenDreamer I wonder if Pineville is technically Charlotte enough

spugsley

HELLO BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE

Arperum

@spugsley HI BEAUTIFUL WOMAN

spugsley

@Arperum :D

Lazers

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Q: Assasin's Creed 1 help needed! Unable to complete missions?

I've started playing the entire Assassin's Creed saga again, however in AC1 I'm having some problems. In the assassination missions, you need to scale a tower and synchronise viewpoints in order to see your objectives and further your progress in the game. However, I've already scaled all of the ...

ps3 assassins-creed-2

Utkarsh

17:21

HI BEAUTIFUL WORLD

fredley

►

MBraedley

@fredley I'm laughing already, and I haven't even clicked on the link

Unionhawk

@fredley It annoys me that it says "Sochi 2014", but depicts Vancouver 2010.

fredley

@Unionhawk What do you think this is? Some kind of pedant hangout?

Ben Brocka

Apparently Nintendoland was removed from the eShop. It's like they WANT people to have no use for the gamepad

Unionhawk

17:23

@fredley YES

fredley

@Unionhawk Any idea what upset that guy last night? I was very confused this morning

Unionhawk

@fredley Nope.

We're pretty much on the same page. I have no idea.

fredley

@Unionhawk I searched through the chat log and could only find two interactions between us, neither of them were anything to write home about

I haven't exercised any mod powahs against him

spugsley

@fredley are we talking about that guy who kept talking to me and linking to your SE profile?

fredley

@spugsley Yeah

Arperum

17:28

@fredley You should clearly stop being a psychopath. (No clue here either)

spugsley

@fredley ugh. That was super weird. I finally ignored him. First time I've ever ignored anyone :/

fredley

I'm kinda bugged by it, I'm trying to find out what it is that caused the outburst, but I can't find anything

spugsley

@fredley anything on meta? like a comment or something?

Unionhawk

I've got absolutely no idea. This particular user is... I don't even.

fredley

@spugsley Not on this site's meta

I'm checking other sites now

spugsley

17:29

he might be mad that you pointed out he was awkwr or whatever his name was.

fredley

But I've read every google result page featuring both of our usernames, and come up with nothing

spugsley

@fredley he told me that you called him a name or something but he wasn't being super clear. And that really didn't seem like something you would do

fredley

@spugsley Yeah. I scoured the chat logs, there's nothing like that.

spugsley

@fredley I didn't think so :/ wish I could help. I probably could have pried it out of him but he was really pushing my patience limit

fredley

@spugsley It's just bugging me that's all

spugsley

17:32

@fredley understandable.

fredley

Found this

Sterno

I missed drama. Sad.

fredley

Probably related, but it only deepens the mystery

spugsley

@fredley huh. Strange.

did you try searching your name and his old username?

fredley

@spugsley Yup

spugsley

17:34

@fredley super weird. I have no idea why you're the target of his ranting then

Utkarsh

good nuight

fredley

@3ventic I'm sure that comment won't contribute to this drama at all

3ventic

What drama?

spugsley

@Sterno eh, there wasn't much to miss. It was really weird and confusing

Sterno

Who are you even talking about?

Arperum

17:37

@3ventic That user kind of acts like @fredley is a reincarnation of some evil god.

3ventic

What user

Unionhawk

3ventic

I'm totally not understanding anything you're saying right now.

Arperum

fredley

@Unionhawk inf

3ventic

17:37

...and?

Unionhawk

@fredley Yeah yeah yeah

Arperum

1 min ago, by Arperum

@3ventic That user kind of acts like @fredley is a reincarnation of some evil god.

Where "that user" is the poster who you replied to.

anyway, I'm back out, food making time.

3ventic

I'll be back later when I can wrap my head around this

spugsley

for anyone who thinks abandoned places are cool, here are some abandoned restort pictures: weather.com/travel/abandoned-hotels-and-resorts-photos-20140219

Ben Brocka

Netflix agrees to pay Comcast to ensure movies, TV shows stream smoothly - @WSJ http://on.wsj.com/1jqXewQ

Tweeted by BreakingNews on February 23, 2014 at 5:30 PM

NETFLIX NO

3ventic

17:40

Abandoned places are creepy

Unionhawk

@BenBrocka NETFLIX WHY

spugsley

@3ventic I like to explore them :D

fredley

BAD NETFLIX. VERY BAD NETFLIX.

3ventic

Unless it's my home that's abandoned by the rest of my family

that's awesome.

Wipqozn

@3ventic A user was in here yesterday going on about how @fredley is a Psychopath without actually providing any specific examples of what fredley has done.

Lazers

17:42

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Q: How to keep stuff when you die in terraria

When I die all the things we work out. I've seen the joutube that they remain with them. If you know how to make me stay with me, let me know.

pc

fredley

@Wipqozn I am trying, and failing to find examples of my own psychopathy

MBraedley

(sigh) Netflix, I think you just screwed yourself

Unionhawk

Wipqozn

@fredley Well there was that time you burned down that childrens hospital.

MBraedley

@Unionhawk you were like a brother to me! Wait, that didn't hold up.

Unionhawk

17:44

@Lazers play on "mediumcore" or easier (default - and it says right freaking there in the tooltip for that setting)

fredley

@Wipqozn Yeah, but I didn't call anyone any names!

Sterno

I hate the joutube.

Unionhawk

If anyone's maybe a psychopath, it might be @fei. But I doubt even that.

Ben Brocka

@MBraedley They were supposed to be fighting this

Also wasn't comcast saying like a WEEK ago that they weren't throttling netflix?

MBraedley

@BenBrocka I know, hence the sigh

Sterno

17:47

@Unionhawk There's a button on that page you can click to answer the question. Try it today! :)

Unionhawk

@Sterno nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo okay

Ben Brocka

And I KNOW they just said that if they bought Time Warner Cable they wouldn't do this (but they already are)

Unionhawk

if you insist

Sterno

And downvote it while you're at it.

If it weren't for the title, I'd totally be VTC'ing that question as unclear.

Unionhawk

@3ventic inb4 me, not even mad

3ventic

17:49

Wat?

Unionhawk

Because I would have apparently gotten it wrong

Frank

@Wipqozn Is this Alex? Just remember, he's the one who used to (and apparently, still is) posting random images and videos.

Unionhawk

I thought softcore was "keep everything"?

Lazers

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Q: How Can I Improve My Macro & Micro?

How can I improve my micro/macro skills from the bottom?Which hotkeys are most useful for macro?

starcraft

MBraedley

@Frank isn't that @GnomeSlice?

fredley

17:50

RIGHT

Wipqozn

@Frank yes, it was Alex.

fredley

I think I know what happened

Wipqozn

@fredley find your psychopathy?

Unionhawk

@MBraedley Like GnomeSlice but 1) Not, and 2) Worse, and different.

fredley

@Wipqozn Yes, @Frank is my psychopathic side

Frank

17:51

@Wipqozn His username used to be axwrkr, or something to that effect.

fredley

@Frank Worked out that Alex was awkwkxrw, and it would appear that he got confused and thinks it was me

@Frank was the psychopath all along!

3

Wipqozn

@Frank Yeah, I know.

@fredley It all makes sense now!

Frank

@fredley I'm not a psychopath! You guys are just too uptight about things like death and murder!

user15026

@fredley well, at least there is that mystery solved, hopefully.

user15026

@frank we did murder the murder tag after all.

fredley

17:53

@AshleyNunn I got to feel what it's like to be @Frank for a day though! *shudders*

Wipqozn

Oh snap, almost all my wooden houses are upgraded to stone.

Unionhawk

Oh snap

2 BUSINESS DAYS UNTIL I CAN GET THAT GAME STILL

Wipqozn

@Unionhawk Banished?

Unionhawk

Yup.

Frank

Not sure how you can confuse @fredley with @fbueckert. They're nowhere near similiar!

fredley

17:55

@Frank You... you spelled fredley wrong...

spugsley

@fredley how terrifying :o

user15026

They both have f and e and r and...that's all I have got in terms of connection.

fredley

But then I could never spell fbeuekert right without autocomplete

@spugsley I never want to be @Frank ever again

Wipqozn

'MERICA

Ben Brocka

@Wipqozn fuck yea

Frank

17:56

@fredley Aw, c'mon! It's not that bad!

fredley

amusing, in context

@Frank Such hate

Unionhawk

@fredley very @Frank

fredley

wow

Wipqozn

Oh, my church is full.

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