The Bridge

Wipqozn

12:00 PM

@KutuluMike aka the exact kind of behaviour the review queue supports

Personally I don't agree that counts as "link only answer" that should be deleted.

It explains what you can find in the link, along with a very short summary of something they need to do.

The answer could definitely be improved with more information in the answer itself, but that doens't warrant deletion

COMMENT TIME

Unionhawk

Some people like to hit the "this is the reason" button inside low q even if that reason is already in a comment

Which is not right because you can skip that step if there's already comments

Though that's only the case for one of those 3

At least it's not 3 distinct review comments

Which also happens

Because people like checking boxes

Wipqozn

people just want to get their review queue stats up. Clipping skip gives you no credit at all. Gotta get them numbers.

Unionhawk

@Ronan *AMC

Wipqozn

Either way left two comments.

LEft them as seperate comments so mods can delete that when/if they delete the duplicate comments (comment flags for great justice).

Ronan

@Unionhawk I'm pretty sure I'm watching them on the CBS website.

Unionhawk

12:12 PM

@Wipqozn Well, even hitting "no comment needed" makes number go up if there are already comments and you think recommend deletion is a thing

@Ronan wat

Ronan

@Unionhawk Ermmm...

Lazers 2.0

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Q: Is there a way to get more than the alloted ships per day?

I've noticed that, on occasion, once I've exhausted my supply of ships in Sky Force Reloaded, I see a small button appear right above the big START button on the home screen. When pressed, this button shows and ad and gives you a new ship. Is there any other way to increase my number of ships a...

Wipqozn

@Unionhawk ah right

I basically always open up the posts in a new tab and click skip

Ronan

@Unionhawk Do you watch it?

Unionhawk

Yes

@Wipqozn Well you have real delete votes

Wipqozn

12:13 PM

I greatly prefer taking all my action and review of the post in the post itself

Unionhawk

Reviewers have fake delete votes

Wipqozn

@Unionhawk ah true

Ronan

@Unionhawk The last two episodes will be so good!

Wipqozn

Real delete votes best delete votes

Unionhawk

So if an average reviewer wants to recommend deletion, they have to do it within the review

two bugs

12:14 PM

@GodEmperorDune The event won't even launch for me

Wipqozn

@Unionhawk yeah, didn't think about that

I think I've had deletion powers ever since those review queues came into existence

Unionhawk

Besides, Low Q is the easiest one to make number go up in

Since it's usually straightforward and there's usually some amount of them in there

Ronan

@Unionhawk I am now 100% sure it airs on CBS.

Unionhawk

It's an AMC original series

It might in the UK because the UK is weird

two bugs

@GodEmperorDune Also it apparently broke my phone

Unionhawk

12:16 PM

But it's an AMC series

Ronan

@Unionhawk I'm not watching on UK channels, but it's on Channel 5, and like 2 seasons behind.

Unionhawk

Wait

We might be thinking of different shows

two bugs

@AshleyNunn I'll check it out if I can ever unbreak my phone after @GodEmperorDune's damage :P

Ronan

@Unionhawk What are you thinking of?

Unionhawk

The show I'm thinking of had a pilot 2 weeks ago and is being directed by Seth Rogan

two bugs

12:17 PM

Feed The Beast?

Ronan

@Unionhawk No that's a different thing.

Unionhawk

It's probably based on the same source material though

two bugs

I'm so glad that I can't just open my phone and disconnect the battery

Ronan

@Unionhawk Person of Interest is on season 5 and is finishing forever in 2 weeks.

two bugs

Yay it rebooted

Unionhawk

12:19 PM

Oh, that's... not even the same show

Now I'm completely confused

Ronan

I'm changing my vote for mod.

Unionhawk

@RONAN CLOSED AS CONFUSES @UNI

two bugs

...And my phone is still fuct

Ronan

@Unionhawk How is this my fault? I mentioned a show and you decided a different show.

Unionhawk

I mentioned a show, @fredley asked about it, and you apparently had an entirely different show in mind or something?

I'm not even sure

Ronan

12:21 PM

@Unionhawk Oh right, no @fredley said he was looking for things to watch, so I suggested something.

Unionhawk

Oh

Oh I'm dumb

3

Ronan

Crisis averted.

Unionhawk

It's Friday morning

That's my excuse

@fredley It's pretty great

Lazers 2.0

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Q: Best locations for Symmetra's Teleporter?

I'm getting pretty good at annoying the enemy team with Symmetra's turrets and Photon Projector however whenever she charges her ultimate I start scratching my head. The Teleporter needs to be close enough to the action to be useful but well hidden at the same time so that it doesn't get destroy...

overwatch

two bugs

There's a pricing error for Fallout 4 on Xbox One right now making it free

Last time something like this happened people who took advantage of it got banned

Unionhawk

12:24 PM

Well, RIP some dudebros, hopefully

Well, maybe

Wipqozn

@Ronan @fredley I suggest watching something called "Read a book instead" and to start with "Assassin Apprentice" by Robin Hobb

Unionhawk

Is there a chainsaw fight scene with a vampire in it?

Because that's the level preacher is on in case anyone is wondering about if they should watch it

KutuluMike

@fredley i just installed your porkchat extension, it's doing something wierd in the SF/F chatrooms, in case your interested.

two bugs

Oh Preacher. Yeah that's a quality comic series

KutuluMike

!! Preacher

I keep forgetting to watch that.

can you watch AMC shows online?

Unionhawk

12:26 PM

@KutuluMike Yes, Eps 100 and 101 are available free no cable login too

KutuluMike

nice.

Unionhawk

@twobugs I have Preacher #1 on Google Play, the rest is available too I just haven't gotten it

Wipqozn

@Unionhawk No, but there's excellently written characters.

I suppose you PLEBS need your mindless action thoug

LE PLEBS

2

GET ME SOME FANCY MUSTARD

KutuluMike

I liked the Lucifer TV series to, though it was much more of a network-style comedy

Wipqozn

I gotta say, the best part of not getting cable, is I have more time and moeny for things are actually good.

OH SNAP! LOOK AT ME GO

but I actually need to get back to work

BACK TO WROK

Unionhawk

12:34 PM

This is a repost from rooms/39222, but I've been watching this gif all morning and it's amazing

two bugs

Okay Adventure Capitalist is just broken on my phone I guess

That settles that

Sterno

@Wipqozn There's good TV. You might just be TV'ing wrong

two bugs

His TV is very inadequate

Wipqozn

@Sterno nah man

tbh most of the shows folks rave about seem very bad.

Weak characterization, over reliance on shock/cliffhangers to draw in viewers, and really bad at just drawing things out as long as possible.

BACK TO WROK

Ronan

12:55 PM

@Wipqozn My life already has weak characterisation and is really drawn out, so it appeals to me.

Florian Peschka

well that went dark quickly

Ronan

@FlorianPeschka I'm a tortured soul.

MBraedley

@Unionhawk I still can't tell if that headshot on Widowmaker was skill or just luck, or the rest of if for that matter.

Florian Peschka

the hitboxes are so big in this game, its hardly skill if you just steadily aim at "head height"

Lazers 2.0

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Q: What is the correct formula for Timer Balls?

I was looking into the mechanics of Poké balls, and there's a lot of conflicting information about how the bonus from timer balls is calculated. Earlier than Gen 5, everywhere agrees that the bonus starts at 1 and increases by 1 every 10 turns, to a maximum of 4 at t=30. Bulbapedia gives a conti...

pokemon-series

Unionhawk

1:03 PM

@MBraedley I dunno, I don't believe that ice blocking in the path of a moving platform wasn't planned

Florian Peschka

she is level 65, so... probably planned

MBraedley

@Unionhawk Yeah, that seemed planned. Getting picked up by the platform at the right time seemed pretty lucky though.

Kevin van der Velden

Probably a case of "Fuck this noise I'm already dead. I'm gonna kill that widowmaker"

Unionhawk

Honestly, might have been a case of "this widowmaker is ruining everyone's day, I'm going to ruin hers"

MBraedley

@FlorianPeschka Yeah, aiming can be very generous.

fredley

1:06 PM

@Wipqozn Books are not fit for (this purpose). I am looking for book too atm though, and will give that a try

@KutuluMike screenshit?

MBraedley

@Unionhawk Oh, that was definitely the intention.

Wipqozn

@Ronan Rebel

@fredley It comes @StrixVaria AND @wipqozn approved! He can you go wrong?

Unionhawk

And then "ah crap that's a d.va right in my face"

MBraedley

The D.Va probably caused the plan to change significantly.

StrixVaria

@Wipqozn It was good. Looking forward to the rest of the series.

SGR

1:07 PM

The large hitboxes definitely seem to be a concession to consoles. Blizzard have said they will balance console and PC separately, so hopefully an adjustment to headshot hitboxes on PC would sort the issue.

Florian Peschka

i mean, i shouldnt complain... with the current hitboxes at least i stand half a chance... xD

GnomeSlice

fredley

@GnomeSlice ...

GnomeSlice

@fredley Bamboozled again

MBraedley

@SGR Not just headshot hitboxes, all hitboxes. I've hit targets that I know I had no right to hit. For instance, one Roadhog hook I was complimented on my aim for grabbing a Tracer (I think), but my thought was that I was just lucky to get her.

Sterno

1:10 PM

@Wipqozn TIL @Wipqozn works at a talk radio station

WROK (AM)

WROK (1440 AM) is an American News/Talk radio station in Rockford, Illinois. It is owned by Townsquare Media. The station is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to serve Winnebago County, Illinois. On August 30, 2013, a deal was announced in which Townsquare would acquire 53 Cumulus Media stations, including WROK, for $238 million. The deal is part of Cumulus' acquisition of Dial Global; Townsquare and Dial Global are both controlled by Oaktree Capital Management. The transaction was consummated effective November 14, 2013. == Programming == The station features Riley O'Neil...

SGR

At the same time, I like that Overwatch isn't CSGO like in it's percision

Sterno

He's probably not even Canadian

Florian Peschka

but even with those hitboxes i prefer to play "hardly aim" characters XD

Wipqozn

Actually I love all the things you guys like, and dislike all the things you dislike. VOTE FOR ME!

@Sterno I'm pretty sure Wrok is orcish

Kevin van der Velden

Naah, not enough WAAAGH

Fluttershy

1:14 PM

@Sterno I was starting to wonder if his use of "wrok" was just another meme. :P

Memeqozn

fredley

An immovable object meets an unstoppable force

Sterno

-1 not friday

Unionhawk

> This might be the least safe thing that anyone has ever done.

fredley

@Unionhawk ikr

He wasn't even wearing protection other than on his hand

StrixVaria

What if you fill a blender with thermite, then toss in a match and turn on the blender at the same time?

Sterno

1:18 PM

Well, I was going to link my hyperdev site because it's Friday, but:

> {"status":"Error","statusCode":403,"statusDetail":"Blocked Due to Blacklisting"}

fredley

@StrixVaria Fill it with FOOF then turn it on

Florian Peschka

@StrixVaria why, you create a new sun... what do you expect? :D

fredley

@StrixVaria Actually this would be really boring, a match isn't nearly hot enough to ignite thermite

Drop in some burning magnesium though...

StrixVaria

@fredley I was afraid of that when I said it, but substitute with something that is.

Wipqozn

@fredley They really do make the best blenders

Kevin van der Velden

1:20 PM

@fredley ClF3*

StrixVaria

WELCOM TO HUDRALIC PRESS CHANNEL. TODAY WE CRUSH BURNING THERMITE BLENDER.

5

Unionhawk

Best channel

fredley

Meanwhile, in drawn-on-gifs

SGR

It's more like 'Velcom to the hudrolic press chanel. Today ve vill be crshing this termite blnder. Eet lukes veery dangerus'

KutuluMike

@fredley SF/F chat is the only one I've been in that has an image background.

fredley

1:25 PM

@KutuluMike background image? bah. background-image:none;

but i like the stars

@KutuluMike denied

impeach @fredley

Lifehacks Q: @fredley is mean, what can I do?

Unionhawk

1:28 PM

pls

RedRiderX

@KutuluMike background-size: cover;?

fredley

@RedRiderX Nah, would look terrible

RedRiderX

@fredley Yes but it looks terrible now

KutuluMike

I just turned off background-image: none !important;in dark.css

I'm confused why turning off the background image didn't remove the background image, only shrunk it.

RedRiderX

@KutuluMike There might have been multiple

SGR

1:31 PM

css man

fredley

@KutuluMike yeah

Newly Opened Proposals for Entertainment

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Tropes

Proposed Q&A site for the use of figurative language for artistic effect.

Currently in definition.

KutuluMike

yeah looking for what others might be there

RedRiderX

@NewlyOpenedProposalsforEntertainment Oh no

This is a dark road

fredley

no

Unionhawk

1:34 PM

Oh no

pls

ardaozkal

Took the books home

Gave back the keys

School is now semi-officially over!

Wipqozn

You know, sometimes I still have dreams that I'm in high school and forgot my locker combination.

I don't think that ever happened to me once in RL

MBraedley

@NewlyOpenedProposalsforEntertainment Close as dupe of TVTropes.org

two bugs

If someone's account shows 1 rep, they must have unlinked right?

Oh, nevermind

SGR

My only beef would tropes would be what questions could you possibly ask other than 'What the name of this trope?' everything else would be a discussion about the trope, which is outside the Stack Exchange remit IMO

two bugs

1:43 PM

There's no point to tropes if you don't include a space for tropertales which is the best/worst thing

Great, I forgot my granola bar so today is going to be suffering

SGR

At least you wont have to clean up the inevitable granola explosion.

two bugs

"Let's not check in the updated versions of files" - people who need to be punished

Yuuki

Movie Night will be taking place tonight at this time. Theatre room will open roughly 5-10 minutes before showtime.

9

Whoops, added 12 instead of 24 to current hour.

Fixed.

Unionhawk

two links

"Let's post a link to a thread in chinese and not even bother to hyperlink it" - people on social.msdn who are the worst

Are you

StrixVaria

2:00 PM

@Yuuki I may be home in time for this.

If so, I'll almost certainly hop on to watch.

Unionhawk

I hope that isn't the theme for the day, everywhere on the internet except SO being the absolute worst

MBraedley

@Yuuki I probably won't be around for this. A friend is getting married next weekend, so we're headed out on the town tomorrow night.

StrixVaria

@Yuuki "In 32 hours" is going to be meaningless soon. Do you want me to edit this to a specific time instead since it's pinned?

Unionhawk

Jeez, step your pin game up @Yuuki

Yuuki

@StrixVaria Probably a good idea. For some reason, I forgot that SE chat simplifies to "1 day ago" instead of a specific hour mark after a day.

StrixVaria

2:04 PM

I'll edit it tomorrow to say "tonight".

Yuuki

Thank you.

StrixVaria

@badp can feel free to add correct earth time; I don't know european time zones.

badp

Correct Earth Time is hardly european

two bugs

IT's also African

badp

There

@Yuuki can check if the time is actually right

I believe it is?

Ronan

2:09 PM

@badp You're 4 hours off.

StrixVaria

It's 2300 UTC

Yuuki

I should bookmark this site though.

badp

There I fix it

Ronan

I still think that's wrong.

Yuuki

Time is right, date is wrong.

badp

2:11 PM

can't set the date I'm afraid

Wipqozn

@Yuuki I hope I remember this.

badp

hence the "tomorrow" in bold.

Yuuki

Well, I think this is right.

StrixVaria

@badp your recent link wasn't doing a time zone translation for me, but the one I just edited it to is.

Oh, that one is even better.

badp

@badp lies

Wipqozn

2:12 PM

It's at 8PM Wipqozn time. That's all that matters.

StrixVaria

It thinks I'm in Brooklyn.

Stupid website.

badp

tri-fixed

MadMAxJr

Omni-fixed

badp

@StrixVaria well where are you.

StrixVaria

@badp Manhattan.

badp

2:15 PM

> Manhattan has the same time as Brooklyn.

WELL THEN THE CASE IS SETTLED FOREVER

Yuuki

@StrixVaria Or this.

StrixVaria

@Yuuki That is really pretty.

Url-shorten it and I'll edit again.

Yuuki

Shortened

badp

I SAID THE CASE WAS SETTLED FOREVER

WHY DO YOU UNSETTLE IT

Yuuki

And yes, I did add Lijiang as an Overwatch joke.

badp

2:17 PM

DO NOT UNSETTLE THE CASE

GODDAMMIT

RedRiderX

@Yuuki 24 Hour time?

Ronan

@badp I'm unsettled at least.

badp

StrixVaria WorstVaria

Yuuki

@RedRiderX I think that's a customization option for yourself.

MBraedley

@Yuuki timeanddate.com/countdown/…

RedRiderX

2:22 PM

@Yuuki Can't find it

MadMAxJr

I wonder how long I can make a clientside page load, if I use a link shortener, and then run it through a dozen more link shorteners.

RedRiderX

I'm just very unsettled now.

Unionhawk

@Yuuki -1, you picked the worst map

Yuuki

@RedRiderX Three bars icon in the upper right -> "Customize" -> Time format -> 24 hours.

badp

Well I guess the page shows a reference timezone no one in the world uses, three timezones for the US, one for Europe represented by the most rancid hellhole in this extended continent, and a joke. Somehow that is more helpful than a page detecting your timezone and showing you just that

RedRiderX

2:24 PM

@Yuuki Oh thank you

I'm now very settled.

two bugs

Lijiang is fine but the control tends to go on too long

Yuuki

@Unionhawk Well, I didn't bother checking Dorado; Nepal is an entire country that already falls under Lijiang time, IIRC; Numbani doesn't exist; Route 66 spans multiple timezones; King's Row is already covered under London; Watchpoint: Gibraltar is probably also covered under London; Hollywood is in California; I have no clue where Volskaya is.

Unionhawk

@Yuuki ILIOS

Yuuki

Is Greek. They're too poor to afford a timezone right now.

Unionhawk

Ilios best map

Yuuki

2:25 PM

41 secs ago, by Yuuki

Is Greek. They're too poor to afford a timezone right now.

I wonder what the background lore behind the Ilios map is. So far, it's just a vacation spot, nothing else special about it.

GodEmperorDune

@twobugs i'd apologize but I'm not canadian

Unionhawk

I got a card for 3 environmental kills on Pharah on ilios yesterday

It was a good game

I pushed a 76 off twice, I'm sure he was not happy about that

StrixVaria

TIL Dorado is in Puerto Rico, which means it's the same as NY time.

SGR

Ilois is one of my favourites as well. For some reason, I do really really well as Roadhog on that map

two bugs

It seems decent aside from the fact I can't view an ad which means it's stupidly slow

SGR

2:29 PM

Like, as soon as I see the map load I'm like 'Okay, Roadhog time'

StrixVaria

Whenever I'm on KotH I default to Zarya.

Unionhawk

It's a pretty good hog map

SGR

I think all the white makes it really easy to aim the hook

MBraedley

I hate it when a design aspect is stated as a requirement. It overly restricts the design, and for no good reason.

Ronan

@MBraedley That's basically the whole of what I'm working with now.

MBraedley

2:40 PM

> data, produced by [one set of] systems, shall be transferred to [another system] via Ethernet for archive, display and processing.

Besides the obvious "Yes, this is how data will be transfered between computers", it's a useless requirement.

It's basically saying "You must use at least 1 ethernet cable to transfer data"

Arg, forcing employees to change their passwords every X months doesn't do shit for security, so please stop making me change my password!

Journeyman Geek

@MBraedley heh. My government has decided that all civil servants should not have internet on their work PCs. "For security"

and our ~~benevolent leader~~ PM claims he did it for 2 weeks and he's fine

forgetting that he has an entire staff to do these things for him

Lots of 'security' is theature

strong, changing passwords means people can't remember them

ardaozkal

oh god

Journeyman Geek

so they're on a post it

MBraedley

@JourneymanGeek reddit.com/r/DailyTechNewsShow/comments/4n4cv2/…

Journeyman Geek

Yup

that's where I'm from

Lazers 2.0

2:49 PM

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Q: Can I run Maniac Mansion with ScummVM?

Is it possible to play Maniac Mansion that comes with the Day of the Tentacle Remastered Edition through ScummVM? If possible, what do I need to do to play it?