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2:03 PM
Society research seems to be where it's at
Every special project so far has been Society
Naturally, it's my lowest income tech
 
hmmmm i wanna play ds2
need to get back to my ps4 nooow
 
heyya
anyone up for some D3? Specifically @Blem
 
well, it looks like I am not getting my gamertag
I have never had a positive microsoft/xbox support session. The first guy I was talking to seemed extremely helpless and I'm pretty sure I taught him more things than he did to me
the xbox guy at least seemed a bit more professional, but still pretty powerless without the email address
 
@Chippies what happened?
 
@Wipqozn I just got a nuisance ad served to me from the mobile CH site.
 
2:13 PM
@知りません long ago I deleted a windows live account with a gamertag associated to it. I didn't realize the gamertag was there until I associated the email address to a different live account
now the gamertag is hanging with no email associated to it
and I can't recover it
 
woah lol
try to get elevated
To idk, tier 3 or stuff
 
the support still sees that there's an email associated to it though, but the email I had associated to it, is now associated to my main account
and that is literally impossible according to support
so the only hope I have is to remove that email address from my main account and try again
but MS being awesome, it takes 60 days to remove an email from an account
 
it's not impossible as I've done the same in the past
 
so, I may try again in 59 days
 
at one point I had both djsmiley2k and smiley2k on my email address
 
2:15 PM
try that, if it doesn't work, I'll pass the word in
 
it broke various things in funny ways for awhile
 
@djsmiley2k that's different, I think
 
then there was the time someone tried to hack my account
 
although idk
 
@Chippies yup, but same issue
'shouldn't happen ever'
 
2:16 PM
well, my gamertag isn't associated to any windows account
 
It's great hearing that, when it's happening
 
your had two associated to one windows account
 
oh i think it is
 
user15026
@知りません pass the word in to who?
 
it's just assocated to a random one it's plucked outta thin air XD
 
2:17 PM
I deleted the windows account it was associated to
 
@AshleyNunn Xbox team.
 
hmmmm actually I might know someone on twitter who can point you in right direction
he gets various awards each year for helping out with xbox live stuff
 
user15026
@知りません does being a student partner really allow for that sort of thing, logically? That strikes me as a mess waiting to happen.
 
@Chippies you on twitter?
 
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Q: Create a "teleportable" object in minecraft

Joel WIntertonIs it possible? For instance say I have a house , and I want to teleport to it via the /tp username destination Could I assign a variable to the co-ordinates? For instance destinationvariable= 100x100x100 , Then I could go /tp username housevariable

 
2:18 PM
@djsmiley2k unless that someone can change the gamertag without asking me for the email, there's no point
the support has no access without verifying the email
and none of the emails I named are associated to it (or are associated to my main account, thus can't be verified)
 
@Chippies get someone here wth a 360 or xbox one to sign in as you
On your Xbox 360 console, sign in using your Xbox LIVE gamertag.
Go to Settings, then select Account.
On the Account Management screen, go to Your Information, then select Windows Live ID, where you can see the Windows Live ID associated with your gamertag.
 
@AshleyNunn I can mail some people that can actually lead me to people that will help.
 
@djsmiley2k I know someone with an xbox360, I might have to see if they'd do it for me... thanks
 
Can think ooof, liiike, 3 people right now. Future ref: ikivanc, ggear and maybe that one MVP?
 
I have 2, but they are packed away right now
if you're deperate, ask me next tuesday once i'm back from holidays
and I'll setup mine for you
 
2:20 PM
@djsmiley2k alright, will keep that in mind
 
I'm sure there's other people here you could trust too
 
I got someone on IRC I trust, he's just not online right now
I gotta go out now anyway
 
'night
 
Hold on you can sign into it on an Xbox but not a computer or something?
 
2:21 PM
gud luck
 
@Unionhawk from what I read, he can't do both
 
@Unionhawk computers require email
 
@Unionhawk on the xbox 360 you sign in via the gamertag
 
supposedly on xbox you can sign in with just gamertag
 
2:22 PM
on everything else you sign in via the email address
I don't know about xbox one
 
Why
Who
 
@djsmiley2k not sure, but the support guy did say to try it on xbox 360, so I'm assuming you need email on xbone as well
 
(Microsoft)
 
@MBraedley I'm not even a little surprised. I use adblock on our site all the time. The ads are out of control. What was the ad for?
 
2:33 PM
FIRST PLANET BEING COLONIZED
 
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Q: Whats direct x really ?? A driver or a simple software or a language

Mr. VampFoxI asked this quetion because by start of this generation of gaming , game are now being developed for only dx 11 or 12 supportable hardware. So from this perspective it look like a driver software . Again i investigated and i found written that now games are being written in dx 11 codes. So from...

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Q: Is there a way to upgrade my existing ships?

SternoI just completed the research for Coilguns and would like to upgrade my existing fleet for a damage boost. However, I'm not seeing an option for this anywhere. The only avenue I'm seeing is to design a new ship that uses Coilguns and build some of those. But if I have to keep incrementally upgrad...

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Q: why cant i see anyhting when i join mcpe servers?

Daryl Paul D. Guillermoplease help, I can't see anything other than my health bar and food bar and the GUI, but the terrains don not show up whenever i join a server.

 
@Wipqozn can't on mobile, which makes those nuisance ads even worse
 
@fredley Hah, I guessed it
 
@ChromeSlice into your modelling?
 
@MBraedley use firefox if you are on android and use ublock extension for it
 
2:48 PM
@fredley What? No I mean I guessed what was behind the link
 
0
Q: How do I get to the ball first during face-offs?

Mike RHow do I get to the ball first during face-offs in the soccer-style matches? If I drive forward and use turbo at the same time, my car flips back over front and doesn't have nearly enough speed to get there in time. If I only use turbo or only drive forward, I can get close but someone else alwa...

 
I completely gave up on Microsoft Edge. I might use it for the Surface Features but otherwise it's dead to me
I wanted to give it a try but it kept crashing, kept deleting my settings, etc.
 
@ChromeSlice Modelling?
@twobugs Microsoft still can't build a robust product, of any type, in my experience
Apple can build robust hardware, but its online services are shitty.
 
@fredley yes
 
The Surface itself seems fine! I'm just frustrated that Edge doesn't seem to work as it should
 
2:52 PM
@fredley Well, they built a robust puzzle.
 
Google can build excellent online services, but sometimes kills them on a whim. Chromebooks are terrible.
 
I'd be fine with using it as a primary browser because of the Surface integration, which is actually quite neat in some parts
 
I don't understand the red pants thing
why is that popular
 
@twobugs That's weird. I never had any trouble with it
 
And running Linux as a productivity OS is for weird kinds of masochists.
 
2:53 PM
@fredley After all, SharePoint is still withstanding any attempt at decoding it....
 
I did eventually switch back to Chrome, but only because Edge doesn't support plugins
 
@SaintWacko Keeps not properly recognizing keystrokes, crashing, forgetting tabs, etc
 
Oh, @twobugs, if you switch to Chrome, go in and disable hardware acceleration
 
I already switched but I haven't done that, thanks for the reminder
 
@twobugs o.0 Wow
@twobugs Otherwise Chrome on a surface just destroys the battery life
And makes it way too hot
 
2:55 PM
Ah, so that's why my battery life was lower :P
 
@twobugs Yeah, Chrome is definitely not optimized for the Surface
 
Oh, Pokemon Sun and Moon got a release date. November 18
Looks like they're using the 6th gen engine
Grass Owl, Fire Cat, Water Seal for the starters
 
What
Crap
I need to get this
 
The engine is a bit of a letdown because I didn't think the 3d models were that great. They felt like they had less character than the 2d sprites
Plus trying to turn on 3D mode TANKED FPS
 
Does it work on the original 3ds?
 
3:07 PM
After watching the video it autoplayed a Donald Trump video which is hilarious
 
I don't know much about the new 3DS
Do they share the same game library?
 
@SaintWacko Yes, I'm only aware of one game that is new 3DS exclusive (Xenoblade 3d)
 
@twobugs Ah, good
Because I need a fire cat in my life
 
New 3DS just has better specs so some games run better
Monster Hunter 4U is a pretty clear example of the performance difference
 
Alola
 
3:11 PM
@GraceNote Hello!
 
@GraceNote hi
 
Why does anyone use rails?
Or maybe just ruby.
 
@Ronan maybe they don't know any better?
 
It's taking 40 seconds to filter this nested dictionary of strings.
 
"ruby on rails" is something that should only happen when leaving the mines in Stardew Valley.
5
 
3:14 PM
applause
 
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Q: How do I let my friends join my single player world?

CraftyFlowerOk, So I have a friend who lives in the Netherlands and I want her to join my single player world to record and RP (Role Play). I gave her my port number at first, but that didn't work, so I did command R and typed in cmd and then ipconfig. I then got my IPv4 number and gave her that, but she sti...

-1
Q: What did I do wrong!

Ice manbut I did all that but it didn't work. I think I was at the wrong time. what time frame is it to catch him? I gave reg ice a nickname, I gave him Never melt ice and I tried to go there in the daytime. I even changed the time.

0
Q: Benefits to killing invaders as a host

KritnerI'm having a hell of a time getting summoned in DS3 for the "auto summon" covenants (Blue sentinels, Darkmoon, Farron, Aldrich) Now, I don't like PVP in this game, but the drop rate is so abysmal for the PVE farming of the items I figured I'd give it a shot. So I have had no luck getting auto s...

 
user15026
@ChromeSlice I like this.
 
user15026
@twobugs there are some virtual console things that are new 3ds exclusive
 
user15026
@twobugs noooo this is making me want it
 
3:22 PM
@AshleyNunn Oh, huh
Didn't know that
@AshleyNunn Right? It sounds and looks so cute... but I'm just so burnt out on my 'Mons...
 
0
Q: How do display minecraft scoreboard stat on website

MattI am currently running a small private FTB infinity Evolved server for a few friends. i want to be able to track scoreboard objectives and display them on a website. I have searched (probably not very well) and have not managed to find any information on the subject. Basically what i want to do...

 
Okay, I have begun watching Castle again
Fuck I love this show
 
user15026
@twobugs I just didn't play a lot of X because I got overwhelmed with stats and things.
 
I liked X but the inclusion of secret training was kind of a mixed bag for me
On one hand they made EVs easy to get, but on the other hand they made it so I no longer feel like I have an excuse to ignore them
The people behind the Resident Evil movies are working on a Slenderman movie. Weep for humanity
 
Good Morning.
 
@twobugs not urine?
 
@SaintWacko get your fill while you can.
 
@PrivatePansy do you know of some sort of decent series of youtube videos or something that's like a proper course to javascript
 
> “to inspire drinkers to celebrate America and Budweiser's shared values of freedom and authenticity.”
lololol
 
@KutuluMike What?
 
3:38 PM
something like weeks 5-6 of ocw.mit.edu/courses/electrical-engineering-and-computer-science/… except in youtube form
 
@SaintWacko Castle. I'm highly skeptical it's coming back next year.
 
@KutuluMike That would be terrible
 
it's doing bad in the ratings and Stana Katic quit
 
Why?
Well, shit
 
it's still "on the bubble", as they say... but it's an old show, and old == expensive, and it just lost one of it's stars.
and it's doing below-average ratings for ABC
 
3:41 PM
That's sad
It's such a good show
 
it is.
 
though, looking at ABC's list, there are still way worse shows they could cancel.
so it has a chance of coming back... though without Beckett I'm not sure it would be as good anyway.
 
Yeah, that would be tough
And would be very sad if they got rid of her
 
as far as I know that part's a done deal. She declined to renew her contract
though I guess they could keep her character alive to do guest spots
 
3:48 PM
@badp No, sorry. I almost always avoid learning programming by watching videos
So I can't recommend anything with any authority
I would suggest reading The Good Parts, but a lot of that you shouldn't need to worry about these days anyway
 
right, I guess it depends a lot on the version of JS that you can get away with using
I for one only need worry about whatever Chrome stable is. Others here are not so lucky
 
Then you might be able to use ES6
 
yep, that's what we're using
 
Which is nice, they've made some much-needed improvements
 
for-of loops, arrow functions and, uh, I guess other things
which, yknow, I can name, but I don't know what's actually to them
since all I've been doing so far is monkeying around\
I should probably just get the book and be done with it
 
3:57 PM
A proper Map type, lexically-scoped variables, proper constants
 
@murgatroid99 wait, so all that hubbub about closures created in loops is not a problem for me?
 
That, I'm not sure about
That probably hasn't changed. If you close over the loop variable and then expect its value not to update, it'll probably still break
 
for(var i of [1, 2, 3]) { setTimeout(function() {console.debug(i);})}
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3
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var isn't the keyword for lexically scoped variables
 
same with arrow functions.
OH WELL.
 
4:00 PM
You should use let
 
for(let i of [1, 2, 3]) { setTimeout(() => {console.debug(i);})}
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2
3
(same with the extended function notation thing)
noice
 
Huh. I didn't expect that to work
 
I'm sure there's a lot of snakes and pits around let that are surely going to be wrecking my day later
but for now I'm okay with this
I guess for(let i of [1, 2, 3]) is currently the ultimate expression of Javascript privilege
 
@badp From the documentation, it looks like that actually is the point of let
You'll have to be careful about using it it switch statements, but otherwise, it seems to basically do the sensible thing
 
4:04 PM
perl is actually pretty strict about scopes
my %hash;
my $hash{key} = "value"
{
  my $hash{key} = "nope"
  //$hash{key} is "nope" here
}
//$hash{key} is "value" here
 
Yeah, that's the same semantics as let in JS
 
wait, even for object assignments?
 
except for that part
 
of course this nifty-looking feature did wreck my day a few times through accidental usage
 
@MBraedley The mobile site originally had less ads, but then our User Advocate suggested putting big box at the top of ll pages.
 
4:07 PM
anyway, any pair of brackets is basically its own scope, so you can have if-local variables and so on.
 
0
Q: Dark Souls 3: How to press OK?

klm123I'm failing to find a button to remove messages from my sreen. For example, near Firelink there is a tree, which looks like a giant. You can "Examine" it by pressing "A" or it's equivalent for keyboard, then the message "A seed of the giant is yet to fall" appears, there is "OK" button under it,...

 
>>> def whatevs(x):
...   if x > 0:
...     y = 2
...   if x < 0:
...     y = 1
...   return y
...
>>> whatevs(0)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
  File "<stdin>", line 6, in whatevs
UnboundLocalError: local variable 'y' referenced before assignment
 
@Wipqozn the user advocate suggested that? They aren't doing their job then.
 
so I guess this whole class of errors doesn't exist in reasonable perl
 
4:09 PM
naturally that's because you end up with undefs instead :P
 
@MBraedley Yes. My old boss called her out on that, and she got pissed and made a formal complaint to his boss.
 
@Wipqozn comma operator worstest operator
I am henceforth going to call the comma operator the @Wipqozn operator
for lack of a terriworstest operator
 
MY INTERNET IS BACK!
 
@ChromeSlice Not on commercial jets, that's for sure
 
4:20 PM
Yeah no kidding eh
I think the whole thing seems a bit needlessly expensive
 
But that's gorgeous
I would love that
 
yeah
They should do the floor too
 
if you're going to use a screensaver, make it flying toasters
 
Even without the cameras outside, that would be cool
unless you want to sleep on the plane
 
@3ventic You mean like, a stock video?
 
4:22 PM
yeah, or possibly even interactive content
 
Ugh, the bit starting at 0:45 is so unrealistic
 
> stop the missiles!
 
Look at how the parallax shifts as the camera moves
You can't do that with screens
 
"During this safety demonstration we will show you what the outside of the plane might look like in an emergency situation."
 
good morning bridge
 
4:23 PM
"Wait, that is not a simulation. The engine is really on fire."
 
@SaintWacko I think that's the part of it that's not doable with existing tech...
 
@3ventic Yeah
 
he talks about it at some point in the video
 
@3ventic Oh, okay
 
I think it would be way more feasible to give everyone their own Rift
then you don't have to be on a plane anymore
 
4:24 PM
Heh
 
Not a terrible idea tbh
wouldn't need lights in the cabin anymore
 
the hardware would be probably cheaper
@3ventic you still do need the occasoinal bathroom break
or maybe talking to other passengers?
 
instead of shitty headphones you get a shitty vr headset?
Could work
But like I wouldn't want to wear that shit all flight
 
you do not need room-scale VR on an airplane
 
You do if you have more money than you know what to do with
 
@fredley NSFW
:p
 
@3ventic I honestly don't know what's cheaper. An nVidia 1080 + Rift unit per passenger or a Holothing. Either could be stolen from the airplane I suppose
 
@badp I mean they could put them on a non-removable cord but I guess you could cut it
 
Holothing™ is a trademark of King of Dictionary LLC ® ©
 
@ChromeSlice Actually, the idea is that it'll save airlines money. Every little bit of weight saved is money for the airline, and those windows contribute a surprising amount of weight.
 
4:30 PM
Why not just make a windowless plane, then
 
Because people like seeing the outside
 
Most companies don't invest in expensive tech like that because people like it
 
@ChromeSlice If it'll allow them to sell more tickets (products, services), then yeah, they just might invest in it.
 
Good point.
 
I don't see that happening for normal commercial airlines in years even if it becomes a reality
 
4:34 PM
It says the plane will be out in the next 10 years
Which probably means just one and elon musk will buy it
and take it apart for parts
 
I stayed in a hotel with no windows
instead, one of the channels on the tv was a view from a webcam or whatever outside
also atmsopheric lighting, I expected it to be horrible, but it was actually quite nice
 
@djsmiley2k wat
 
yah
 
lol not quite
 
4:57 PM
0
Q: Download Fifa 16 from torrent and use in origin

H_ZI have redeemed my Fifa 16 game and now Origin is taking too long to download it. I have Fifa 16 copy downloaded from torrent. Can I use that one in my origin and just play the game using origin.

 
What is that?
 
@djsmiley2k image not found
 
was meant to be a photo of the owl i'm oiling
3
 
5:13 PM
@Lazers2.0 before anyone rages at me (or asks for proof on legality on my statement) for getting this removed: EULA of Fifa 16, clearly states that "EA grants you a personal, limited, non-exclusive license" and "Your right to use the Software is limited to the license grant above", therefore they are obtaining an illegitimate copy of the game and their current license doesn't count in the legitimacy.
And they used torrents, which seeds files to others unless disabled. That is illegal according to "[...] you may not [...] distribute [...] the software", however this doesn't affect the question, but message above does.
 
You could have just gone with "we don't help with piracy"
 
@murgatroid99 gone with that already, and asker removed it over that.
However when I usually just say something and asker removes question, people rage and ask for proof. Extensive proof above.
obligatory IANAL on the stuff above btw
 
RIP Overwatch
 
Yeah, they cancelled it after the open beta ended
Shame, it was so fun
 
Heard it was because no one liked Mei, so they just gave up.
 
5:28 PM
@Dragonrage I liked mei ;(
I'll never forget you mei
See ya in the next sale :(
 
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Q: Cover and aim penalty for an overwatch shot triggered from enemy action

Kyle WIn X-COM 2, it's been reported that on overwatch shots, there is a 70% (when moving) or 60% (when dashing) penalty to aim, but the enemy no longer has cover to make up for it. When using an ability that allows overwatch to trigger on enemy actions, not just movement, what is the penalty? Do the...

 
anyone know a site that checks pc part compatibility?
 
PC part picker? I think they have that
 
ah thats the one i was thinking of. thanks
 
5:45 PM
I just added some metrics to the code I'm looking at. Ended up adding about 20 or so checkpoints in the same function
 
Please metric responsibly.
 
Be sure to implement a sensible metric system.
 
"Fam grab an America and come here"
"Grab a 6 pack of Americas while coming to BBQ"
 
@twobugs critical responsibility failure, the metric thingy doesn't really support AJAX
 
5:46 PM
"America Sucks"
 
"America, buy one get one free"
 
"America is crap, the German stuff is better?"
 
"New America is just trash, I prefer Classic America"
- Donald Trump
 
#makeamericadrinkableagain
 
@twobugs ahahahahaha he can't see the context
 
5:48 PM
Isn't Budweiser one of thos beers everyone hates and thinks sucks?
 
@知りません But what makes this year particularly American? Sure, there's an Olympics and a presidential election, but that happens every four years. And the Olympics isn't even here
 
@Wipqozn yes.
@murgatroid99 idk tbh
wip: hence I stated "America Sucks" thingy
 
.@Pokemon has been around in Canada since 1998! Which Pokemon do you think is the most Canadian? #PokemonSunMoon https://t.co/yfC0HHisF1
 
Google: Black is the new Blue
 
@知りません I fucking hate ab
This is the epitome of dumb
 
5:51 PM
 
@Unionhawk Okay then
 
@知りません Sometimes, Google tries new design options
 
@Wipqozn Everyone hates and thinks it sucks but still buys it, yes
 
@murgatroid99 idk but that sounds like something trollish
can you check your AD equilevent thingy and check if @fredley / @Sterno started working there?
 
@Wipqozn yes, it's a beer advertised toward people who don't give a shit
Shitting on people who do
 
5:53 PM
@知りません Trying out a different link color is "trollish"?
 
@murgatroid99 well obviously
 
@murgatroid99 black = worst
 
Twitter only ever changes design to troll people after all
 
make it green/pink/cyan/whatevs, it'll stand out, but black is confusing
 
Here, the Endgadget article has an official statement
> We're always running many small-scale experiments with the design of the results page. We're not quite sure that black is the new blue.
 
5:56 PM
"We're not quite sure that black is the new blue." it probably started as an internal joke
 
No
 
@知りません It was just a design experiment
 
I can see what you mean, but that statement is kind of jokish
 
This quote is from after the feedback
@知りません Yes, they responded to feedback with an explanation and a little humor
 
Humor? That's evil and banned
 
5:58 PM
^this
 

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