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not sure how HMH2 and Skullgirls are related

oh, through Marvelous.

@badp But not actually Half minute hero 2.

free fake cat

doesn't eat, doesn't poop, doesn't play.

@spugsley Would you actually package that up to send to somebody?

8:11 PM

@Frank I guess that was implied

@Frank hahahahaha now I would

@badp Not sure how. It's not in the list of things you get.

that deshedding tool is fucking awesome.

and Artie loved it :3

@Frank It's in it.

he even rolled over on his belly to let me get at it

8:13 PM

@badp Oh, it links to the Second Coming.

Well, that's a rather large oversight.

Twitch bought by Amazon, not Google

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wat

okay

kind of wondering what Amazon offered that google didnt

@Rapitor Bezos mindcannons

8:18 PM

@Rapitor More money, I suspect.

@Rapitor The purchase by Google was only ever rumored in the first place

@murgatroid99 true

I hate it when startups get bought by the wrong company. *stares at Oculus*

@Rapitor For all we know, the difference is that Amazon offered to buy them

> We chose Amazon because they believe in our community, they share our values and long-term vision, and they want to help us get there faster.

Yup, money

8:20 PM

@OrigamiRobot That probably just means faster than if they hadn't been acquired

@murgatroid99 Doesn't matter, got bought

Nothing matters when you just got $1Bn

Well crap

Looks like Amazon is buying Twitch now instead of Google

slowpoke.jpg

Let's all take a moment to appreciate how awful it is to post something someone else posted somewhat recently.

Wonder if it will be announced today or just slide by like the google deal :D

Twitch bought by Amazon, not Google

8:23 PM

7 mins ago, by Rapitor

@murgatroid99 Yes, because they would have less money if they hadn't been acquired. :P

Ill keep a mental note that someone else saying something means I can not comment on it :) Thanks guys, how silly of me.

:D

@James AND DON'T YOU FORGET IT!

that said I find it amusing that people on /r/dota (the only place where this was discussed on reddit so far) thinks that Amazon buying Twitch means better servers than Google would've provided

8:25 PM

@OrigamiRobot WHY DO WE ALWAYS HAVE TO YELL! :(

Google streams videos worldwide; Amazon only does that in the US

origami likes yelling. it's his job

BECAUSE I'M STILL USING AUTOCAD

Even Rapitor was late to the game, it's been top of HN for hours

EVERY TIME I'VE TAKEN OFF CAPS LOCK TODAY, IT HAS BEEN BY ACCIDENT

8:25 PM

@badp Amazon is known for weaseling money every way it can.. Google is known for being pretty fair to content creators.. Sooo I dunno :)

@badp Actually, Amazon does it outside the US too. Just under a different brand. ;)

@FEichinger Amazon branded in the UK

@FEichinger which one? beyond Twitch that is

@James google isnt exactly fair to content creators. they do own youtube, and thats a minefield

then again I'm not sure how much of that is Google's fault

@Rapitor It's a product of the industry

8:26 PM

@Rapitor Youtube is exactly what I am talking about actually :D

@fredley Yeah, they actually are in the process of rebranding a few right now.

@badp They acquired LoveFilm a while back (which, I suppose, @fredley is referring to), and recently began merging it into Amazon Instant Video.

The real question is, how are they going to lock you in their Amazon web

@FEichinger It's now AIV everywhere

@badp With Prime

I thought everyone knew that

One service to rule them all etc. etc.

eh

how does having Prime make you get a Kindle?

or a Fire?

Because Prime offers discounts/free ebooks.

8:30 PM

@badp It makes those devices oh so more desirable if you're on Prime, and vice versa

So, clearly you'd also want a Kindle!

@FEichinger Does it? All it does in Italy is cut on shipping costs for orders that don't qualify for free shipping

@badp It does

(I do have Italian Prime)

@badp Free ebooks, free video streaming, kindle library, free delivery, free audiobooks (I think), free matched ebooks for your physical books

8:32 PM

(I'm definitely not buying books there)

I guess it sucks to be an Italian Amazon customer then.

meme scientist

@FEichinger It sucks to be an Amazon customer anywhere but the uS

even the UK is years behind

actually, this whole stuff kinda breaks down when Amazon has separate prime programs in each country it does business in

@fredley Well, yeah, but it evidently could always be worse.

8:32 PM

I mean, Prime should be Prime right?

@badp Unless it's Primier

We don't even have Amazon here.

If Amazon doesn't make a Primier service I will be upset

@FAE Do you live in some kind of cave?

OK GUYS, COLOR SCHEME TIME

@fredley They might just skip straight to Primest

8:33 PM

@OrigamiRobot Monokai

WHAT DO?

@badp Primeception

@fredley Pretty sure that because of Dutch laws on book prices, that's one of the reasons Amazon doesn't come here.

NONE OF THOSE ARE MONOKAIS YOU ARE DOING IT WRONG

8:34 PM

@OrigamiRobot Monokai it

meme scientist

@FAE Oh I see, consumer protection laws, lol

@memescientist pls

@FAE Amazon actively doesn't serve NL?

@fredley They have bol.com here, which is the same kind of "we sell all the things" place/website.

I thought you'd just piggyback on .co.uk or .de

8:35 PM

@FAE Surely you can ship from any EU country's Amazon without paying any more taxes?

Hell the only book-related offer I've gotten from Amazon was on high school books

@badp There's no amazon.nl if that's what you mean. No Prime service for this country.

@FAE Yeah, that's what I mean.

Honestly if Prime was to expand beyond shipping I'd probably cancel it, because shipping is all I want from Amazon

No Dutch Kindle service.

@FAE But kindles work anywhere

8:39 PM

I love getting screwed out of e-book availability because of where I'm located.

@FAE Get a de account, fun, profit

@FAE I hear ya, but you probably don't want to buy ebooks on Amazon to begin with

@fredley My book club's currently reading a book that's kind of hard to get ahold of in dead tree form, so we figured we'd all go digital. Unfortunately, if you're outside the US, you can't even buy it. Those of us in Canada and elsewhere were screwed.

@badp I de-DRM them.

as unhelpful as it is to have people who can use the service tell you that the service you can't have is not worth having

because I sure know it doesn't help me feel any better

only Apple comes close in "our way or the highway"ness

And I'd really like to give money to the author, but I can't even do that when I want to! >:(

Blem

8:42 PM

@FAE ugh

@FAE the best way to give money to an author is probably to show up at a book signing and hand him cash :P

(of course that doesn't help the editor, the proofreaders, etc.)

Sterno

8:57 PM

@powerlord I want to get Shadowgate, but there haven't been any Shadowgate questions yet, and I've been waiting for the promise of potential rep to help me pull the trigger.

@Sterno Legend of Grimrock is coming to iOS and the sequel's entered closed beta

amazon.com/Eau-My-1-7-oz-Cologne-Spray/dp/B00GS83884

WAT

90% off The Bridge

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Humble Flash Bundle: Modern Retro

Full Bore!!

Was wondering when Humble would get that one

Also Minimetro is coming to IGS.

Not sure if he's interested in the PWYW deal yet.

Site traffic explosion

9:25 PM

I should probably stop buying music

@spugsley It may be up for grabs for ~$1 in the near future. Would you like me to let you know?

@GnomeSlice yes :3

Okay!

I'm pretty sure it's going to be an IGS feature.

also blagh I just realized I forgot to finish my online smartserve training

it's good for a month though, so I should be able to pickup where I left off

@GnomeSlice HOW DID YOUR TRAINING GO?

@OrigamiRobot First day went okay, aside from me probably bombing the report section

Also they didn't ask for any of the shit I was freaking out about yesterday

>_>

YOU CAN'T SAY "BOMB" WHEN YOU'RE A SECURITY GUARD!

9:29 PM

@GnomeSlice Did you talk to anyone about your dysgraphia yet?

I talked to the guy running the training today. He said for the training I should use the notebook, but there's other things I can do in the field once I start working.

Apparently he has a lot of trouble writing as well

So I'm not too worried about that anymore.

I think he uses a voice recorder or something

@GnomeSlice Ah okay, that's good. :)

Would be nice to be able to use my tablet to take notes though.

The training was a bunch of slides and then a quiz after each section

I think I did pretty well though.

9:48 PM

Wait, there's a new Journey being worked on?

No. Uh...

10:01 PM

There. Model battle damage repaired.

We're on sale today, peeps

@Frank It's a pretty good game though

58 mins ago, by GnomeSlice

90% off The Bridge

Until that level that's too hard

I want to buy it but I just spent $4.50 on music on impulse

So I guess I won't.

I already was supposed to not buy more music

qrtrtsychg

Bandcamp makes it way too easy to spend money...

Q: Wife Aela respawned with all items but doesn't remember we're married

10:20 PM

@StrixVaria @OrigamiRobot Patch 2.1 will be applied tonight.

Lazers

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I killed my wife Aela to try and remarry but I got no courier and later in the game Aela respawned but did not do anything a wife normally does, she didn't call me honey or give me money or cook all she did was follow me.

skyrim

@FEichinger meanwhile on Reddit

@badp I hope nobody is expecting Amazon to be a pleasant company to work for.

Or, more aptly: I hope everyone knows that working for the Internet monoliths is probably not as nice as it sounds.

Matt Giltaji

@FEichinger I heard they are replacing all employees with DRONES!

StrixVaria

Working for Google is good.

Q: Black square when trying to open Steam

10:28 PM

@FEichinger My six months at Google were very nice indeed.

Pretty much the only sour point was the (outsourced) HR support system.

and by that I don't mean the hiring process.

Unionhawk

This is literally the crappiest microwave holy crap.

Actually no that's not true, it isn't a turn dial, but it doesn't have a turntable or a functional handle or anything.

Lazers

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I am on Windows 7 and I updated Steam two days ago and it worked fine until today. Now when I click on it a dialog box shows up saying "Verifying Steam Installation" for about 3 seconds then a black box appears for about 5-10 seconds then nothing. It doesn't show up in Task Manager. I tried remo...

steam

11:04 PM

@FEichinger Working for Google is pretty great