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Ben
12:00 AM
But then again, I am in the class of people that enjoy (most) lore questions
 
@GnomeSlice The "connectivity" row for the phone should really have 4G and WiFi too
 
Ben
I have a friend... who has an acquaintance... that is a Apple nut.
She suggested to my friend recently, after the tragic death of his laptop to "Get a Mac"
 
Yeah, that's a little bit of a disingenuous comparison.
 
Ben
The conversation pretty much just went like this:
"You should get a Ma---" "No."
"But they've got--" "No."
3
etc.
 
12:10 AM
After all what do USB to HDMI adapters go for?
 
Ben
Her final argument was "You can get a Mac, and then just Windows for Mac"
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz quick Google Search says $15 to $20
 
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Q: Game Dev Tycoon: how do you get a rating of 11/10

ArcadeMasterhow do you get a rating of 11/10 like this

 
Ben
I lost it at "Windows for Mac"
 
12:12 AM
@murgatroid99 most of the ones I see that actually can be used for audio and video output are 50-75 bucks.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz The comparison is stupid, but $80 for a usb adapter is also kind of dumb.
 
@GnomeSlice video adapters are not like any other cable you connect to your computer, and will generally cost more.
(Key word: adapter, not cable.)
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz The issue I see is that they seem to be removing standard functionality from the laptop and then selling it to users at what looks like an inflated price
 
@murgatroid99 90%+ of notebook buyers have no desire whatsoever to hook up to an external display.
 
Ben
And in case anyone was asking, this girl is not knowledgeable in the ways of the PC (or Mac effectively), so no, she wasn't talking about boot camp or anything like that. She was suggesting that it was an actual package that you could buy when you purchase a Mac
 
12:16 AM
And the price doesn't seem inflated at all.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz A lot of them do want to use existing USB devices, though
 
@murgatroid99 you'd be surprised actually.
 
@Rapitor Nice, I haven't had much good progressive house lately
 
aren't apple mice only wireless?
 
12:18 AM
listening
 
Also, USB C is not some weird proprietary thing.
 
and I assume no one uses external keyboard with a macbook
 
@Chippies the ones apple makes; but you can use any mouse you want.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Sure, but people might still want to use existing flash drives or whatnot
 
@Rapitor pretty ravey
 
12:19 AM
Plenty of companies make very nice Bluetooth mice.
 
quite
 
Not bad, but I'm not as big a fan of that style as I used to be
still enjoying it, really upbeat
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz is it plug and play? I was told by someone who uses apple stuff exclusively that only apple mice work on it
but it could have been something he was told by the apple "geniuses", so take that with a grain of salt
 
@murgatroid99 and they can buy an el cheapo USB-C to USB adapter. Or there is this thing called Dropbox. It is very popular.
 
@Chippies If they only use Apple stuff, how do they know whether non-Apple stuff works?
 
@murgatroid99 they were most likely told by someone when they were looking to buy a mouse
 
listen to that if you haven't @Rapitor
 
@Chippies he is an idiot, And you are an idiot for suggesting that a genius bar employee, who are very well trained technical professionals, would suggest anything of the sort regarding mice.
 
oh i have. doesn't mean I won't listen to it again. Unless it's Trap, I listen to all monstercat
 
name calling ftw
 
12:21 AM
@LessPop_MoreFizz I sense a lot of sarcasm in that last part
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Considering you're one of the few people who isn't on the Apple hatewagon, I can't help thinking this isn't sarcasm.
 
@Rapitor did you get that?
 
@Chippies you shouldn't. I sent 5 years working in an Apple Store. Geniuses have to know their shit inside and out to at least a reasonable extent. Certainly enough to never be dumb enough to say with a straight face that "only an apple mouse will work."
 
@GnomeSlice it took a long time to load but yeah
 
heh
 
12:24 AM
And yes, it is plug and play. Any USB mouse that isn't from Mars is going to just work on any Mac from the last almost 20 years.
 
@Rapitor what is trap? i saw it on some songs I dled and thought the riaa had busted me
 
@MattGiltaji trap is basically rap with a techno spin (at least thats how i see/hear it..)
 
trap is generally rap with a garbage minimalistic style that's pretty much just bass and/or non-melodic synth leads
exception:
actually good trap
 
@GnomeSlice just because it's minimalistic, doesn't mean it's garbage :>
 
@GnomeSlice checking it out now
 
12:27 AM
@Chippies a lot of trap is just bad
really bad
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz so I guess we're all idiots except the apple geniuses, coolbeans
@GnomeSlice I like some, but I can't speak for it all
 
I can
most of it is bad
 
@Chippies no, just the people who believe you need to use an apple mouse on a Mac in the 21st century.
 
TIL @GnomeSlice is an expert on all EDM music
 
@GnomeSlice That song title.
 
12:29 AM
@LessPop_MoreFizz well, that idea had to come from somewhere. And you pretty much called me an idiot because I asked a question :>
 
@StrixVaria sadly the song has little to do with it
 
@StrixVaria "she's got some tig ol' bitties" is one of the only lyrics carried over into the remix.
It's not particularly serious.
 
No, I called you an idiot for essentially calling me and many of my former colleagues either morons or shady agents of fraud. Either one is unflattering and is going to get a reaction .
Or is that not what you intended with the scarequotes on what is essentially just a job title?
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz it's a silly job title
just like sandwich artists in subway is a silly title
 
@GnomeSlice I actually like this song. Well, at least parts of it.
 
12:31 AM
We didn't choose it, and either way, we're certainly not engaging in fraud, nor were we incompetent morons, so...
 
5 mins ago, by GnomeSlice
actually good trap
 
@Chippies i would say "pretentious" rather than "silly", but yeah
 
Trap always sounded interesting in theory, but I never found trap music that wasn't the worst to listen to.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz I had assumed he heard it from a single employee, but I might be remembering the transcript wrong.
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz unless you imply that the people are actually geniuses, I think my "scare" quotes are appropriate
 
12:32 AM
@Chippies hey I have a torrent challenge for you music.simplifyrecordings.com/album/stephan-jacobs-afterglow
I should probably just buy it but my mom is gonna be pissed
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Apple Geniuses, from my experience at my local Apple store, are first and foremost salespeople.
 
@GnomeSlice i thought we had the whole "separate accounts" discussion a while ago
 
A good number committed borderline fraud to push items.
 
@MattGiltaji yeah I know
 
I suggest you get a what.cd account
 
12:34 AM
wtf is what.cd
 
No. Mac Specialists are first and foremost salespeople. You do realize that roughly 90% of the staff in a given Apple Store are not geniuses, right?
 
@GnomeSlice with all the shouting adoray has been doing, I'm surprised you don't know
 
@GnomeSlice piracy torrent tracker.
 
I just ignore him when he talks about that stuff
I don't torrent enough to care about private torrent sites or whatever
I mostly just torrent porn and tv shows
and sometimes music if I can find it, which is usually never
 
@GnomeSlice honesty is refreshing, if unsettling
 
12:35 AM
well, what do you expect
 
what.cd has like, all the music
 
true dat
 
@Rapitor you should check out simplify recs
 
@GnomeSlice I'm subscribed to them
 
pick any release at random and it's probably phenomenal
Probably the most consistently good label I know
monstercat at close second
 
12:38 AM
@Yuuki Sweet. Thanks for taking care of that :)
 
@OrigamiRobot you up for some salem?
 
@Ktash ah damn, i totally wanted to see it but am moving apartments this weekend :(
 
@MattGiltaji Well, we'll definitely do a saturday show, and may do one on sunday. But I know moving is a big thing that isn't really a 1 day process :/
 
@MattGiltaji Well, next week is Spring Break for me so I might up for doing a mid-week showing.
 
I forget people still have things like spring break
Which is funny, considering most of my siblings are teachers
 
12:43 AM
Okay, SSD is devolving into sniping, so I'm out.
 
do you have the list of showtimes yet?
 
@MattGiltaji What's your timezone?
 
@Ktash pacific
 
About every 2 hours starting at 2pm. Last time we did ... 2 shows? Maybe 3
 
@Ktash Basically, 5-10 minutes between each showing.
@Ktash 3, I think.
 
12:45 AM
@TheAce What game is this? cc @GnomeSlice
 
@John Ziggurat.
first person BOI with magic and less gross shit
 
@Ktash cool, i'll try to get the comp set up before then
 
@Yuuki Considering it is about 100 minutes long, I was rounding up a little
 
Also a bit less complex, but still has a ton of upgrades
 
@Ktash can you do my timezone>
 
12:47 AM
@Frank ...?
 
 
damn thats 6 here
 
Wait, do you live in Greenland or something?
 
newfoundland
 
Ah, got it
 
12:50 AM
@TheAce Given how much time that's passed, shouldn't it be Oldfoundland?
 
the super weird timezone :P
@Yuuki har har
 
@Frank With a voting history like that, what a vote says about the question is lost in the interference from what is says about the voter. — SevenSidedDie 40 mins ago
That seems to be an awful lot like a sideways jab at me apparently intimidating the userbase.
And now it needs closing again.
 
@TheAce which part of newfoundland, if you don't mind me asking?
 
@Chippies west coast. why?
 
@TheAce just curious :) I'm in NL as well
 
12:54 AM
@Chippies OH WOW really :)
 
small world, lol
 
@GnomeSlice What game is that?
 
@Chippies very apparently :P
 
Not sure you would like it
it's like a really shooty roguelike
 
12:56 AM
@Sterno think first person BOI
 
Gah, it seems that Cities: Skylines is getting released at 10:00 PDT tomorrow (not sure if official or not)
 
I like shooters and I like roguelikes, though the last shooty roguelike I tried was pretty ass
Can't remember the name of it, but it was cheap
 
@Sterno Tower of Guns?
 
No
 
probably one of those lame ones with sprite graphics then
 
12:57 AM
It had terrible graphics
it was sci-fi theme
 
@Sterno FTL?
 
@Sterno that's unheard of
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz Nope, that's not a shooter
Though I guess "shooty" would have been fair
looking through my Steam library to find it
 
@Sterno this
 
it's taking a while
@TheAce Yes, that
The shooting was very very meh
 
12:59 AM
@TheAce that actually looks neat
 
@Sterno it really is tho
 
not I-would-play-it neat, but still neat
 
@Chippies get it on a sale thats all im saying
 
I'm going to read this and then buy Ziggurat no matter what it says.
 
it doesn't look like something I'd even look at outside of a bundle
 
1:00 AM
@Chippies The shine wears off after about 10 minutes. There isn't much variety to it
 
@Sterno which is why I'm fine with just looking at couple of screenshots
the style is nice, but it does look cheap
 
@Chippies 2:30 am for us :(
 
@TheAce pm actually, tomorrow day time
 
@Chippies it looks like a half-step above student project
 
I was just hoping I'd be able to try it out a bit tonight, but I guess not
 
1:02 AM
me too
 
downloading
 
@Chippies @OrigamiRobot had a kind of idea we could do when we all got it
 
@TheAce hm, does it have multiplayer?
 
no i don't think but we could all use the same map and see who gets where
 
I thought a new map is just plain flat stuff
as in, anything we do would be vastly different
 
1:05 AM
true
 
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Q: Diablo III Ancient Legendary drop rate

Sadly NotNow that ancient legendaries have been introduced, a lot of end-game is trying to acquire ancient legendary versions of your legendary gear for the improved stats. Assuming I only run greater rifts, what's the drop chance/rate for an ancient legendary based on my greater rift level? Is there a...

 
either way, I'll be sharing my game time with wife, since it was her idea to buy the game
I'll be playing it through family sharing, lol
 
your wife has good taste lol
 
steam family sharing still sucks though, I wish they'd get rid of that crap that kicks you off of the game if the game owner decides to play anything
 
don't have anyone to share with :P
im not downloading it till Wednesday though
 
1:08 AM
@TheAce any reason why?
waiting for reviews? :)
 
upgrading our internet :P
right now i get less than 1 MB/s
 
Apparently we had a door to door salesman come by today.
 
ah
I got 75/30 mbps :P
 
@Chippies data cap?
 
@Frank I didn't know those still existed
@TheAce nope
 
1:10 AM
damn thats good
 
@Chippies They do. They wanted to sell me a TV package, to go with my internet.
@TrentHawkins sent him on his way by pointing out how shitty TV service currently is.
 
@Frank did you tell them you don't even have a TV?
 
@Chippies No, that would be a lie. I HAVE a TV.
 
:P
well, I have a TV as well, but I have no intent to ever get a cable
the only reason we bought a TV was for the Wii
which we only played like once, then we bought a Wii U...
 
But seeing as how downloading shows, with zero commercials, to watch when I want to, as many times as I want to, is so much more convenient than letting a station dictate when something is on, there's no contest.
 
1:12 AM
@Chippies how's that going :P
 
if we had a Wii U to begin with, we probably would've just bought a 27" monitor instead
@TheAce I don't really care much about console gaming, but wife loves nintendo games, so I play with her
we've certainly got the money's worth out of it though
 
@Sterno paranautical activity
it's pretty bad, yeah
Ziggurat is very good.
 
@GnomeSlice not sci-fi, not the game he was playing
 
oh
Rogue Shooter
 
@Chippies thats good it finally seems like the library is on the upswing for that thing
 
1:19 AM
Anybody want to play town of salem?
 
fuckin giant bomb man
well jeff gerstmen to be more clear
 
@TheAce what about him
 
@Sterno Ziggurat is fun. I need to play that game some more.
And I don't even like FPS's (with very few exceptions)
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz he gets so much right about the games industry
i was watching their pax panel
about how steam is going to shit
and he's right
 
You know, I'm fairly certain I could write an article titled "How X Is Going To Shit", where X is literally anything, and be hailed as a visionary.
Isn't that some Internet Law or something?
 
1:32 AM
fuck you SAO II. It's 2:30AM. I WAS SUPPOSED TO GO TO BED EARLY.
 
with the way the world is today your right
 
well bed time for me night all
 
He... is not good with popcorn.
 
1:42 AM
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Q: is there a way to show a players score on a sign?

DatFatGuy_is there a way for a specific players score from a scoreboard to be shown on a specific sign. for example in a game of ice hockey a scoreboard shows the score of the 2 two teams (this would be the signs on minecraft) this is a screen shot of what the physical and virtual scoreboard look like.

 
2:02 AM
@swasheck Life Protip: Calling anyone 'retarded' is to insult the disabled.
HTH.
 
I still miss not being able to see deleted messages. :(
 
@Unionhawk I do not know when this happened. :o
 
Room owners can't see deleted messages now?
 
2:10 AM
That @Sterno character is pretty awesome. :3
 
I guess they realized you could exploit it by creating a room full of room owners, then deleting every message so that only you and those people in it can see the messages (ie. creating truly private chatrooms)
 
No, room owners can read such things. @Fluttershy didn't know he had such status.
 
Yep. Don't even know how I missed it, since it was seemingly immediately after my saying something related to not being an owner.
 
@gnomeslice The perspective in Ziggurat is weird. It makes me feel incredibly short.
 
@Sterno you can change the FOV but I don't think that would help
yeah it is kinda short now that you mention it
barrels are taller than you are
 
2:21 AM
@Sterno I noticed that in some of @GnomeSlice's screenshots. It bothered me. <_<
 
I think they did that to make shooting small enemies easier maybe
like the carrots
 
That's okay. I'm just going to pretend I'm a midget
 
heh
thanks for ruining the game for me
 
So what is exactly our stance
 
2:26 AM
now I can't help but notice how short he is
 
on cheats
If it's built in, is that legit?
Example: Konami Code
 
Killed by spike trap :(
 
Or if it's GameShark
which could be purchased
 
@Sterno that has literally never happened to me
 
I had 4 health at the time
 
2:28 AM
nice
 
@LessPop_MoreFizz I knew it was out. I heard a couple tracks. Might take a few listens for me to really like it. That's usually how it is with her
@AshleyNunn <3333333333333333333333333333
 
@0-framelinks Gameshark is external
 
@0-framelinks if it's going to get you banned from an online service, we don't want it here.
 
GameShark literally modifies the game's memory directly. It's hard to get cheatier than that
 
I just took a buttload of Nyquil
 
2:43 AM
@spugsley That is a lot of Nyquil.
I would assume a lot of Nyquil can fit in a butt.
Also... Surely Nyquil wasn't meant as a suppository.
 
win number 2!
 
Well, shit
I got to the 4th level
or 3rd maybe
then decided to stop
 
@Sterno 4th floor?
 
But didn't see a save option so figured it would do it automatically. Nope
 
2:48 AM
There's only 5
 
Yeah
 
you have to do it in between floors
save+quit
 
Boo
 
if you quit mid dungeon (or your pc bluescreens) you lose it all
 
Well, now I know for next time
 
2:48 AM
it's kind of dumb
yeah
you made it to floor 4 already?
 
@GnomeSlice Stop making me want this game I can't afford!
 
wtf
@Fluttershy you missed the sale
 
@Fluttershy weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
 
@GnomeSlice Still wouldn't be able to get it. I spent my expendable moneys on Helldivers.
 
@GnomeSlice I can't remember if I was on 3 or 4
Probably 3
I only remember 2 bosses specifically
 
2:50 AM
3 is where it gets hard
 
The first one died in like 6 seconds
 
probably 3 then yeah
@Sterno Sir Arthur?
or the big hammer guy
 
Not sure. He was a dude with a big helmet
 
it's not always the same bosses
 
probably the hammer guy
 
2:50 AM
big hammer guy is really easy
 
I just machine gunned him down
the other was some floating banshee looking chick
 
I've only had her once
she's annoying because she looks like the minions
 
She actually hurt me but I also pretty much stood there and machine gunned her down. She dropped enough potions when dead to heal me to full
 
PLS NO
Okay I need to go to bed
peace
Tomorrow's Listening | Electronic / Shoegaze / Chillout
 
3:29 AM
Uggggh electronic and chill out are words that don't go with shoegaze.
WORDS MEAN THINGS.
In other news, Holy shit at tonight's better call Saul.
That speech by Mike was a thing.
 
3:46 AM
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Q: Insect Glaive Upgrading and Progression

Matthew PigramI am new to the Monster Hunter series and have started off using the Insect Glaive weapon as my weapon of choice. However when I have gone to upgrade the weapon there is a ton of information involving feeding the kinsect as well as levelling the weapon. From what I have learned so far it seems t...

 
 
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Q: Can I throw away the flower pot?

StephenOften times I'll be racing and the game will give me the flower pot. This item seems to be a timed item which will be used up after a certain number of seconds. I often want to ditch the item before the next series of ? boxes. Is there a way of doing so? Is there any way to drop the flower in...

 
6:03 AM
The Quota Digest Digest is such a good format
....even Jamie Zawinsky (-typo) is borrowing it
So please enjoy his serving of your favourite moment of the "week"
Special Energy Saving Edition
 
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SavedByJESUSAs a new Monster Hunter player, I recently learnt that skills are obtained through: armor, talismans and decorations and that these three elements should be chosen in such a way that the desired set of skills is obtained. Now, when it comes to armor specifically, I know that armor sets (e.g. the...

 
 
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Бодан S.I am here to ask about advice on how to get un-psyched for the skill bracket that I am currently in for Dota 2. Do not get this confused, I am here to ask about how to get un-psyched, I am not actually asking a question about Dota 2 I just want to know how to stay calm even though I feel like I a...

 
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MarissaIs there any way to make an entity follow a player, such as an armor stand? No mods please. I'm doing a vanilla minecraft project. Thanks!

 
 
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Gamer007I am planning to buy fanatec wheel, pedals, shifter & stand for my xbox 360. What is the purpose of fanatec wheelbase(https://www.fanatec.com/us-en/wheel-bases) and is it essential to have one for the racing wheel setup ?

 
10:16 AM
I HAVE COME TO THE FOLLOWING CONCLUSION: @OrigamiRobot is a monster. A handsome, clever monster.
I was planning to hold off on cities skylines until lat this month.... but then he's all "I'm going to buy it"
 
Is the about Cities?
 
and now I need to make a decision again
Because playing at the same time and comparing cities is so much fun
Was the best about Banished, which I should play more of.
@Brant I think the review embargo lifts at the same time the game releases, which will be around 3pm your time.
@OrigamiRobot I hope everyone says no. Because then I'll be more likely to wait.
 
The game is released today
So the embargo should lift
 
@PrivatePansy Yeah, but not yet.
I think 19:00PST is the time the game unlocks and the embargo is lifted.
18:00CET is the unlock time
oh nope, looks like it's 6AM pst the embargo lifts...
so in a couple hours
tl;dr I really have no idea
 
10:38 AM
The pre-order stuff includes a dog park
 
also, remember how Apple is only releasing their macbook with one port?
WELL NO FEAR!
 
I'm going to make a Night Vale style one
 
Um, why can't I install Cities: Skyline?
> When will it go live on March 10th?
> Expect release late afternoon/evening European time, around or after 19:00 CET. This is unfortunately out of our hands and relies on Steam.
Really?
 
@MBraedley Hoping to start the install before work or did you take the dayoff?
 
10:53 AM
@Wipqozn The former. Mind you, I'm going to the Video Games Live concert tonight, so it's not like I was going to be playing anyway.
And speaking of work, I need to get ready.
 
@MBraedley Oh, that's this week.
Thought it was closer to the end of the month.
I should decide if I want to go, because there are still tickets left.
 

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