The Bridge

Pvt. Grichmann

20:00

Got an ETA on release?

GnomeSlice

No idea.

Haven't looked into it tbh

Gimme a min

Yeah, dunno

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Blog - Stack Exchange: Podcast #55 – Don’t Call It A Comeback

Abby T. Miller on February 24, 2014

Welcome to Stack Exchange Podcast #55, recorded on Friday Thursday the 13th with your hosts Joel Spolsky, David Fullerton, and Jay Hanlon! Today’s episode is brought to you by the city of Sochi, Russia.

It’s been a long time since we last recorded, so we have a lot to talk about, and we’re going to skip most of it. First we’re going to talk about all our brand new sites, so Joel learn about them for the first time. Pets is a site for (you guessed it) pet owners to wonder why their cats like to watch them making the bed. Also, we already talked about this site. Moving on …

Yuki

@TheStackExchangeBlog Oh snap! Stack Exchange podcast is calling you out, @AshleyNunn!

Lazers

0

Q: WhY wOnT mY mInEcRaFt StArTeR sCreEn WoRk?

So basically my minecraft loads all fine. and then its like the screen has been chopped in half and then someone has switched the sides over. The music and everything still works. It still works but only if you put your mouse where the buttons would usally be. It's very snnoying and i havent been...

Pvt. Grichmann

@Lazers Seriously?

Kevin van der Velden

20:09

@Lazers oh gods no

Yuki

@Lazers Closed as why on earth would you think that kind of formatting is acceptable?.

FEichinger

@Yuki The weird thing is that this takes effort.

Allcaps is easy. All lower case is easy. Leaving out punctuation is easy.

Pvt. Grichmann

@GnomeSlice Yeah, that won't even work for me. I'll probably take a look when it's out. Or sooner, if it accidentally falls in my lap.

FEichinger

Alternating upper and lower case is actually complicated.

Arperum

@BenBrocka Kill them with fire. Region locking is worse then literally mobile Hitler.

Pvt. Grichmann

20:11

@FEichinger And he actually managed to screw it up: "sCreEn".

Wait, he's a she? What.

Yuki

To our friends in the North:

user15026

20:29

@yuki what?

Arperum

@Yuki It hasn't even started yet... What nonsense is this?

Frank

Wee! I am home.

And almost got into an accident along the way.

OrigamiRobot

@Frank Could you start the dishwasher for me?

Frank

@OrigamiRobot No. That would require me to get back into my car and make a roadtrip to your place.

OrigamiRobot

@Frank You said you were already there!

Yuki

20:34

@Frank I think that's @OrigamiRobot's not-so subtle hint that he wants to move in with you.

OrigamiRobot

@Yuki Bela would probably beat up Carter.

Kevin van der Velden

@Yuki no, @OrigamiRobot's subtle hints include licking, this is just him being... well him

Yuki

@OrigamiRobot Animaldome: Two cats enter, one cat leaves.

Frank

@Yuki Like I keep saying, anybody that can make it here, I can at least put them up for a few days.

OrigamiRobot

Carter could probably just sit on Bela. He's getting big.

badp

20:36

Question

Unionhawk

Answer

badp

humblebundle.com/store

How much do you see Saints Row 4 priced at?

Kevin van der Velden

That's not a question, that's a link!

GnomeSlice

@badp Sorry, uploading video, can't load anything. =[

badp

@KevinvanderVelden I think you are mistaken

FAE

20:38

@badp €19,99 here

Chippies

@badp 24.99$

Kevin van der Velden

@badp no, you were faster than me

Yuki

@badp ~~$49.99~~.

badp

@FAE same

Unionhawk

@badp $24.99, down from $49.99

Kevin van der Velden

20:38

@FAE same

GnomeSlice

@badp $24.99

FAE

@badp Wasn't sure if Humble Store did Euro zone 1/2 pricing like Steam does

badp

@FAE It doesn't, apparently, but this deal is pretty even-handed in €/$ terms.

Dunno about £

@KevinvanderVelden Thus: mistaken. Bested. Defeated.

Kevin van der Velden

@badp no, just headachy and tired

Also playing minecraft

Frank

I bought a bag of Doritos' Inferno chips. Verdict: spicy, but within tolerances.

And quite tasty.

Yuki

20:45

@Frank How do they compare to Flaming Hot Cheetos (if you've had those)?

Frank

@Yuki Can't say I've tried those.

I didn't even know there were other flavors of Cheetos.

GnomeSlice

I win.

badp

nicely done.

you lucky bastard.

Braiam

oh crap, we are doomed... @GnomeSlice just won the internetz

GnomeSlice

I just wasted most of it on a foil badge.

lol

badp

20:54

>_<

GnomeSlice

I suppose I could have at least checked my wishlist first.

OrigamiRobot

3

GnomeSlice

@badp Eh. All the money I make from cards I just use to buy more cards and backgrounds and emotes.

I don't use Steam Wallet otherwise.

Frank

@OrigamiRobot The correct response is, "Always wear pants".

StrixVaria

@OrigamiRobot I usually just put pants on as soon as I order.

GnomeSlice

20:59

Gonna buy a bit of Krater DLC with it.

StrixVaria

@Frank In public, maybe.

GnomeSlice

Frozen Synapse just had a 3 mb update. Wonder what it was.

Jason Berkan

@GnomeSlice 3 million 1s and 0s.

Pvt. Grichmann

Huh. Just as I started another attempt at beating the campaign.

GnomeSlice

@JasonBerkan thxz

FEichinger

21:06

@JasonBerkan Technically, you're wrong.

Jason Berkan

Or if I was being pedantic, ~25,000,000 1s and 0s.

GnomeSlice

@Pvt.Grichmann I haven't beaten it either. :P

Yuki

@JasonBerkan '~' is hardly pedantic.

FEichinger

@JasonBerkan NO, I WAS GONNA BE THE PEDANT!

Jason Berkan

@FEichinger :P

Pvt. Grichmann

21:06

Wow, but Steam can notify you about turns waiting. I didn't know that.

StrixVaria

25165824 1s and 0s.

GnomeSlice

@BenBrocka gamezebo.com/news/2014/02/24/…

FEichinger

@StrixVaria Only if it was exactly 3MB.

GnomeSlice

> But that key component “If this bothers anyone, lets chat” was left out on twitter and so the reaction was swift and severe. I got about 200 messages on twitter ranging from name-calling to death threats. Someone wished that I would get cancer.

@BenBrocka The 'scumbags' he tweeted about were the people giving him threats.

StrixVaria

@FEichinger If we're being literal, then I have no reason to think he meant anything other than exactly 3MB, since that's what he said.

Blem

21:08

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StrixVaria

5

This is the best thing. CC @Wipqozn @OrigamiRobot @BenBrocka

FEichinger

@StrixVaria That depends on how we assume significant figures.

Arperum

@StrixVaria What happened?

StrixVaria

@FEichinger You're right, clearly it's 10,000,000 1s and 0s.

Pvt. Grichmann

@StrixVaria So, Twitch finally lost?

Jason Berkan

21:10

@StrixVaria Hah!

StrixVaria

@Arperum He was standing literally 1 tile away from the item that he needed to pick up when his last pokemon died to poison.

@Pvt.Grichmann No, the game is very forgiving about party wipes.

They'll just try again.

They've wiped countless times already.

Arperum

@StrixVaria That gotta hurt.

FEichinger

Also: Is it decimal or binary MB?

Unionhawk

@StrixVaria Welp.

Yuki

@StrixVaria Oh, that's beautiful.

Ben Brocka

21:23

@StrixVaria DAMMIT

cat caps

Krazer

Ben Brocka

I'm home early so he's being as annoying as possible

Lazers

0

Q: Move saves from cartridge to sd card

I wonna buy permament digital copy of the game; Can I somehow transfer my savedata from the cartridge to the inner 3ds memory and continue playing that town in digital game?

animal-crossing-new-leaf

OrigamiRobot

@Frank You must live a sad life.

Frank

@OrigamiRobot Remember: I don't live by myself.

OrigamiRobot

21:36

@Frank I stand by what I said.

Arperum

@OrigamiRobot Those who see the life of people who live different then them as sad live a sad life, Not the people who prefer to live different. Except if they would live a life they don't like. Which is stupid.

OrigamiRobot

@Arperum Wearing pants all the time is stupid.

Ben Brocka

pants are very offensive to my religion

Garan

@BenBrocka Religions are very offensive to my pants.

2

Arperum

@OrigamiRobot I tried not wearing them. I'm not a fan. I prefer wearing pants to not wearing them. Except on the rare occasion that I don't. And then I'm not wearing pants.

OrigamiRobot

21:47

What did a lack of pants do to you to make you feel this way?

Arperum

@OrigamiRobot I just don't like the feeling I guess. No idea. Like I said, I tried multiple times. Always end up wearing pants.

OrigamiRobot

You poor soul.

Ben Brocka

hah, assassins creed on all low settings looks like Morrowind with the Night Eye spell

Garan

Morrowind looks better than that.

At least the mountains would be ok.

And a bit better resolution for the buildings.

Also, I'm a bit disappointed with Jerusalem, but it's understandable because it the plans for then aren't clear.

It was rebuilt by the Turks between then and now, but they based in on the buildings from now.

To the point where I have visited several places that are in there now that were definitely not around 750 years ago.

Also, you enter from the east. You would have been entering from the north unless you had the desire to go through a desert to get there.

Lazers

0

Q: bombs in candy crush level 97

in candy crush level 97, my question is when a bomb Is colored green and you match 3 green candies that are not attached to the bomb, why does the bomb stay active, does the bomb have to be part of the match. and do you have to deactivate the bombs in sequential order ??? a little confused on ...

candy-crush-saga

Ben Brocka

22:05

@Garan with the weirdass lighting caused by light spells it can look pretty bad with stock assets

Tim Stone

"Verizon CEO: Netflix/Comcast deal proves Internet market doesn't need much regulation." trolololol

Do they have an emergency stash of drugs that says "In case of complete bullshit, break glass" that they turn to before making such ridiculous statements?

Garan

@TimStone Great, now I'm going to have the Trololo song playing for a few hours.

yourepeat.com/watch?v=2Z4m4lnjxkY

Lazers

22:28

0

Q: New levels not available?

New levels are showing ready to build. But when I try to build them, I get told there are none available. I'm using iOS version. Anyone else having this issue. Thanks.

tiny-death-star

0

Q: Should I max out my walls before going to town hall 9?

I've maxed out all my defenses and I have 55 lvl 8 walls and the rest lvl 7, should I go to town hall 9 right away or finish up my walls?

ios

Yuki

Oh. Oh God.

21

Q: Since when are multiline code comments supported?

I have noticed a few comments today that include multiline comment formatting (for example on this answer), and wondered when this was enabled and where this was announced. I've searched a bit on meta, but feature-requests like Add syntax highlighting and line breaks to comment formatting still ...

support comments code-formatting

Arperum

@TimStone You kind of expect them to have one of these.

Yuki

This will not turn out well.

Unionhawk

Nah, I'm sure everything would be fine

FEichinger

@Yuki Please be a bug. Please be a bug. Please be a bug.

Yuki

22:33

@FEichinger status-bydesign

Yuki

22:51

128G micro-SD cards now available.

Garan

Hey, I was right by a Sandisk building yesterday.

We considered going there and asking for free samples.

Tim Stone

Well, there is one reason... — Tim Stone 1 hour ago

/cc @Yuki

GnomeSlice

Tower of Guns will be available on Steam on March 4th

Lazers

23:05

0

Q: No more space for Pokemon

I want the egg from the day care pokemon please but I already have no space left for the day care and me can anyone help?

pokemon-xy

Yuki

@Lazers Sigh...

Lazers

0

Q: How did my dad loose the Blowpipe and Hidden Blade?

My dad has been complain about how he has lost the blowpipe for all the darts he keeps looting from bodies saying he had it in one mission then he lost it and has never been able to buy a new one or find it in his equipment, i've even seen him loot sleeping darts and berserk darts from bodies but...

assassins-creed-4

Yuki

... This assignment sounds a lot like Stack Exchange:

Description: XYZ is a web site to which qualified individuals are encouraged to contribute information about the law. Contributors may write original articles, or comment on and edit articles written by others.
XYZ wishes to encourage high-quality contributions by a wide range of contributors. For this purpose, it plans to extend its current computer system to provide incentives that will reward participation. The incentives are of four categories:
(a) Points for certain types of activity.
(b) Badges given as recognition of specific accomplishments.

Sterno

People love badges.

Fluttershy

23:21

Evening, Bridge!

Yuki

Oh, they're bringing back Heroes?

I'm not sure how I feel about this.

It was such a good one-season show, I'm not sure they could top it.

Fluttershy

@Yuki Heroes was three seasons. :P

Yuki

@Fluttershy thatsthejoke.jpg

And actually, it was four seasons.

Fluttershy

@Yuki Was it? :o

Yuki

Unless thatsthejoke.jpg too.

List of Heroes episodes

The NBC science fiction serial drama series Heroes follows the lives of people across the globe who possess various superhuman powers as they struggle to cope with their everyday lives and prevent foreseen disasters from occurring. The series premiered on American and Canadian television on September 25, 2006. The first season, which finished 21st of 142 American primetime television programs in Nielsen ratings, was released on DVD and HD DVD on August 28, 2007. The second season ranked 21st of 220 in the ratings, and was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on August 26, 2008 with the Blu-ray...

It was the one with the circus.

Fluttershy

23:28

I knew it was more than one season, I just wanted you to be sad about it being more than one season even though you were trying to hide it. I didn't know it was four though. That's awful.

Yuki

@Fluttershy Yeah. The writers' strike was pretty much the metaphorical aneurysm. No offense meant to people who are sensitive to the topic of aneurysms.

spugsley

BRIDGE PEOPLE

HI

Fluttershy

Dammit!

Yuki

hi @spugs!

Fluttershy

I would've inb4'd but I hit capslock on accident. :(

Yuki

23:30

@spugs @Krazer showed me a webcomic you might be interested in!

spugsley

@Fluttershy I WINNNNNNNNNN

FEichinger

@spugsley o/

spugsley

@Yuki oh?

Yuki

@spugsley blindsprings.com/comic/000

It's still short so the archive binge should only be about 30 minutes tops.

Frank

I am now the owner of a modded PS3!

spugsley

23:32

@Yuki :DDD THIS LOOKS LOVELY

Yuki

@Yuki cc @AshleyNunn

Frank

@Yuki Not sure how I feel about that.

I guess we'll see how it turns out.

Yuki

@Frank On one hand, I hope they bring back the writers from the original show. On the other hand, I hope they don't bring back the writers from the original show.

It really depends on which version of the writers they bring. First season writers, I'm all for it. Second season and later writers? GET AWAY GET AWAY GET AWAY.

Frank

@Yuki First season, was awesome. Second season onwards, all downhill.

Yuki

I don't like how they flip-flopped all over the place with Sylar.

Lazers

23:36

0

Q: Should I keep Chiss HSP & Kashyyk Shack dream job bitizens?

I have several bitizens taking up valuable apartment space. Their dream jobs are Chiss HSP and Kashyyk Shack (which can't be built "yet"). Should I keep them or boot them out the airlock?

tiny-death-star

spugsley

@Yuki OMG I WANT TO MAKE A PHOTO LIKE THIS blindsprings.com/comic/005

Yuki

@spugsley I'm not sure if you'll be able to find trees with thick enough trunks where you are.

I know you can find some really beautiful redwoods in California though.

spugsley

@Yuki :OOOOO IT NEEDS TO HAPPEN

Yuki

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Fluttershy

ALMOST REPOST

Yuki

23:39

cc @AshleyNunn @OtherKHFans

@Fluttershy Actually, it's a different song, if you're talking about the one I posted yesterday.

@Fluttershy It isn't this one:

23 hours ago, by Yuki

►

Although it is by the same person.

Fluttershy

Oh.

Yuki

It's his/her imagining of the field theme, whereas I posted the battle theme yesterday.

I can see why you got confused though.

MBraedley

I hate apartment cleaning, so I'm procrastinating.

OrigamiRobot

@Yuki It was a good 1.5 season show.

Yuki

DAMMIT, WHY DO I LIVE IN A REGION OF A STATE WITH NO SNOW EVER??!!

MBraedley

23:47

@Yuki it's for kids.

Frank

@Yuki That's really cheap for Disney to put on. $500 and assorted swag for free advertising photos?

Yuki

@MBraedley I have a younger sister I can ~~exploit~~ have help me with this.

Unfortunately, my environment is not so cooperative.

MBraedley

@Yuki how much younger? Because I was thinking 5-13yo

Arperum

> Unfortunately, here in California we don’t have much of a Winter so we’ll have to play Olaf and take some Winter photos on the beach.

Yuki

@MBraedley She's 13.

@Arperum Ha, I don't even have a marginally good-looking beach.

Galveston is fugly.

Arperum

23:52

@Yuki Anything nature? olaf would have loved any flowers/nature!

Frank

Why do I suspect this is a sockpuppet?

Guy gets accept, asker suddenly has upvotes on every single one of his contributions.

Arperum

@Frank Aside from the tickmark switching, and equal crap answers?

Frank

@Arperum I'm pretty sure the first accept was a sockpuppet, too, but I downvoted him before he got around to upvoting.

Arperum

@Frank Yea, I had seen that.

Frank

I guess we'll find out whether or not the serial upvoting gets hit. Pretty sure it will.

MBraedley

23:56

I'm not sure about sock puppet, but definitely related

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