The Bridge

GnomeSlice

4:00 PM

pale blue meme

Lazers 2.0

2

Q: Details of incense and how to make the most of it

What is the best way to make use of an incense? I'm wondering about these details: Do they lure actual pokemon in your vicinity to your location, as in do they move from where they are at toward you? Can other people make use of your incense? Does the area you are at affect the type of poke...

pokemon-go

GnomeSlice

huffingtonpost.com/deborah-cruz/…

GodEmperorDune

@GnomeSlice child beauty pageants are a bit fuct if you ask me

GnomeSlice

Yeah

fredley

> I understand competing in a teen beauty pageant for scholarships but there has to be more to it than just the way you look.

Wat, that's a thing?

GodEmperorDune

4:07 PM

@fredley yeah, something about not being able to give cash rewards to kids under 18, so they do scholarships instead

fredley

Actually, this article really descends into a weird tone at the end.

> We wonder why teens are getting pregnant and having sex at younger ages, maybe it’s because they are being taught to be sexy when they are 2-years-old by their own parents. Little girls are being taken, raped and murdered at an alarming rate, don’t give pedophiles an invitation to oogle your little girl. Protect your daughters.

GodEmperorDune

yeah that's where it lost me

fredley

I mean, yeah, pageants are awful, but I doubt there's any provable link between pageants and kidnapping/murder rates.

GnomeSlice

^

GodEmperorDune

child beauty pagents are a bad thing, but they are not responsible for pedophilia or anything else they allege

GnomeSlice

4:09 PM

although I think they were talking more about how young girls are dressing

but yeah, good riddance to those things

GodEmperorDune

especially when teen pregnancy rates have dropped

as has the kidnapping/murder rate

sequoiad

if anything, those things hurt the contestants more than anything else

GodEmperorDune

and it doesn't make the news as much now that nancy grace is off the air

@sequoiad yeah, the parents need to deal with thier own issues instead of trying to live vicariously through a kid

fredley

Seems like Democrats really do want an ex-First Lady to be president. Michelle Obama.

Fluttershy

@twobugs I'll be getting No Man's Sky at launch, I just haven't decided if I'm getting it on PC or PS4 yet.

GodEmperorDune

4:13 PM

@fredley her speech was so good

fredley

@GodEmperorDune ikr

GodEmperorDune

@fredley the best part is that we'll hear it again from melania in a few weeks

fredley

"I wake up every morning in a house built by slaves"

I mean, damn

MadMAxJr

I'm going to vote GiantMeteor. It's not polling very well, but I really think it'll have an impact on our political system.

fredley

33 secs ago, by GodEmperorDune

@fredley the best part is that we'll hear it again from melania in a few weeks

31 secs ago, by fredley

"I wake up every morning in a house built by slaves"

lol

GnomeSlice

4:15 PM

Delete your account. https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/740972317191352320

Tweeted by HillaryClinton on June 9, 2016 at 6:27 PM

Never tweet. https://twitter.com/realdonaldtrump/status/757777369272815617

Tweeted by BernieSanders on July 26, 2016 at 3:29 AM

looooool

GodEmperorDune

@fredley the sad thing is that it's almost true, given how trump treats his contractors. they may not be slaves but they sure weren't paid minimum wage

Private Pansy

So this is a thing

fredley

@GodEmperorDune But for real though

GnomeSlice

@GodEmperorDune source?

fredley

49 secs ago, by fredley

@GodEmperorDune But for real though

GodEmperorDune

4:21 PM

@GnomeSlice @fredley linked one, but i was thinking of the illegally underpaid polish workers that did work on trump tower

fredley

^^ I mean, this is 'legal' underpaying, but still

Ellesedil

Is it post unflattering images and links about Trump time?

fredley

@Ellesedil It's always post unflattering images and links about Trump time

Ellesedil

reddit.com/r/EnoughTrumpSpam/comments/4r2yxs/…

Lazers 2.0

1

Q: In Pokemon, how does the ability "Flash Fire" work?

Specifically, does a Pokemon with Flash Fire take damage the first time it is hit with a fire move AFTER which it is immune to fire moves and gets a damage bonus? Or the first time it is hit with a fire move will it negate that damage immediately? I would prefer confirmation from someone who has...

pokemon-series pokemon-sixth-gen

GodEmperorDune

4:23 PM

@fredley not paying the last installment and telling the other side to go after you in court for it doesn't strike me as legal

GnomeSlice

@fredley that's fuct

Kevin van der Velden

3 hours ago, by Kevin van der Velden

@GnomeSlice That's like saying being shot in the gut and getting stung by a mosquito are both painful. Yes it's technically true

@GodEmperorDune it is if they accept it as the money

GodEmperorDune

@KevinvanderVelden that's if you deliver a check for less than the agreed amount

from what i've read its like there are payments at various milestones

fredley

@GodEmperorDune he told them to accept the money (and risk immediate bankruptcy) or go to court (and risk long, drawn out and painful bankruptcy)

Kevin van der Velden

@GodEmperorDune that's entirely up to your contract

fredley

4:25 PM

@Ellesedil nice

GodEmperorDune

@KevinvanderVelden trump has done it to many contractors

Ellesedil

@fredley I gotta admit, though. I like this chat better when we're just talking about Pokemon Go.

GodEmperorDune

but yes i am not a contract lawyer and i'm not going to try to read all of them

fredley

-politics

Politics of any country is now off-topic in this chat room

GnomeSlice

@fredley ...No

Dragonrage

4:26 PM

good morning bridge

fredley

Politics of Bridge is double-plus off-topic

Kevin van der Velden

@fredley Except making fun of brexit right?

fredley

@KevinvanderVelden oh yeah

GnomeSlice

Oh did somebody delete my politics chatroom?

fredley

Brexit is the exception that proves the rule

Dragonrage

4:26 PM

In other news, @Frank is a bot.

GnomeSlice

Of course they did

fredley

Because that's not a dumb phrase

GnomeSlice

Guess there was stuff in there somebody didn't like

badp

@fredley pls

GodEmperorDune

@GnomeSlice it wasn't just frozen for inactivity?

GnomeSlice

4:27 PM

@GodEmperorDune Nope, it's gone

fredley

@GodEmperorDune I'll freeze you for inactivity

GnomeSlice

chat.stackexchange.com/rooms/43036/politics

New one

GodEmperorDune

@fredley ice threat you made there

badp

okay, a separate room for politics gets my disapproval, too

GnomeSlice

@badp Cool

GodEmperorDune

4:28 PM

cc @Wipqozn on that cool pun

badp

sounds like a pretty good way to get an unhealthy echo chamber going

Dragonrage

@GodEmperorDune cc @Wipqozn on that cool pun

fredley

@badp Let it be, until the inevitable flag-storm, then we can nuke it from orbit

GnomeSlice

Flags for politics will be a new low

badp

@fredley pls

GnomeSlice

4:28 PM

7 hours ago, by Nzall

@KevinvanderVelden instaflagged? for what? expressing my political stance?

fredley

GodEmperorDune

maybe we should check out politics.se chat and see what is on/off topic in that room

@GnomeSlice best gif

StrixVaria

@GnomeSlice Do not post that gif.

Dragonrage

@GodEmperorDune politics

Frank

@Dragonrage Maybe that explains my focus on quality over everything else.

StrixVaria

4:29 PM

I told you a long time ago.

GnomeSlice

@StrixVaria It's not against the rules

It is now.

That's a dumb rule

cc @sterno for drama

That gif is awful on so many levels.

GnomeSlice

4:30 PM

You're awful

StrixVaria

I'll take it if it means that gif is gone.

GnomeSlice

wtf

I worked hard on that gif

it took like 5 minutes

StrixVaria

It incites reactions, it's offensive, it's distracting, it moves attention of the issue to stupid places.

GnomeSlice

so in other words, it's hilarious

StrixVaria

It's inappropriate in general.

Lots of things you think are hilarious are inappropriate in general.

Dragonrage

4:31 PM

@Frank yea, maybe. though you haven't made all time reviews for first posts yet

GodEmperorDune

@StrixVaria i don't see how it's offensive

badp

@GodEmperorDune it's offensive against people who flag.

"HURR DURR I HAS FLAGSSS DERRRRRP"

GnomeSlice

@badp But yeah good point

fair play

fine, I won't post it

badp

@GnomeSlice FIFY

Dragonrage

@GodEmperorDune grats on steward badge. just noticed you got one

GodEmperorDune

4:34 PM

@Dragonrage i have 2 :D

Ellesedil

There's a level 8 Instinct gym outside my work. If it's still around this afternoon, I might try adding to it. There's some pretty decent CP Pokemon in there though, so that could be a process.

Dragonrage

@GodEmperorDune well, double gratz.

GodEmperorDune

@Dragonrage lulz

Ellesedil

The two gyms outside my house have also been taken by Instinct all night, which is... odd.

two bugs

Tacos are delicious

NBN-Alex

4:35 PM

@Ellesedil Instinct has a new Lt. Surge at life since the trainer was reveled

Ellesedil

@twobugs Truth

two bugs

I played a few games of Hearthstone. Some guy was spamming "Thank you" after every move I made. So I killed him :)

Ellesedil

@NBN-Alex It's interesting that being on a popular or unpopular team both have pros and cons.

It's easier to take gyms down than build them up... but it's harder to keep more than a few at any one time.

When I go out in the evenings, I try to take and hold 4 gyms near my house to claim my bonus.

Sterno

Wish I knew what .gif the drama was about

GnomeSlice

@Sterno flags

Ellesedil

4:38 PM

But there's a group of valor players that hang out at a pokestop near the first gym, so I don't always hang on to that one... although they've been nice enough to let me keep it for a few hours on occasions.

Sterno

Would probably just be disappointed

Oh, the hurr durr one

Kevin van der Velden

It's the hurr durr flags one

badp

I thought you had everyone but me on ignore, @Sterno

GnomeSlice

I've changed my mind, it's a shitty gif

won't post it again

badp

I did explain what the gif was, @Sterno

I see you have not been paying attention, @Sterno

Sterno

4:38 PM

@badp I got pinged, read a few lines around it, and gave up

Reading all of The Bridge's transcript would be madness.

MadMAxJr

When you look into the transcript, the transcript looks back.

GnomeSlice

on an unrelated note

wikiwand.com/en/Peter_principle

MadMAxJr

(Please do not tap on the glass of the transcript enclosure)

GnomeSlice

> Peter suggests that "In time, every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out its duties"[2] and [the corollary] that "work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence." He coined the term hierarchiology as the social science concerned with the basic principles of hierarchically organized systems in the human society.

Hahahahaha that's so scary

and probably true

two bugs

So anyway

Anyone heard about this new "video game" thing?

6

GnomeSlice

4:41 PM

yeah actually makes sense

Sterno

@twobugs go on

NBN-Alex

@GnomeSlice can confirm

two bugs

@Sterno They're like games, you see. But there's a video component

Sterno

@twobugs I'm not sure I understand. Elaborate.

So it's like TV?

So like:

Private Pansy

@twobugs Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.

two bugs

4:43 PM

It's like TV, but you can control the TV show

Kaizerwolf

oh dude candy land was my jam

two bugs

For example, the ball is going towards the hoop but you press A and then it goes up

MadMAxJr

But once you play the tape once, the game is fixed with a predetermined randomization seed.

Sterno

press a what?

MadMAxJr

There's no replay!

two bugs

4:45 PM

@Sterno A lever

Dragonrage

so, are Niantic's servers messed up more now?

Ellesedil

@Dragonrage I haven't had any consistent issues. I'll get some occasional glitches, but nothing restarting doesn't solve.

Dragonrage

currently i cannot see anything anywhere on the map

Kaizerwolf

maybe you should make a new thread about it

Ellesedil

Yes, ask a question about it.

Kaizerwolf

4:48 PM

we'll be happy to assist you

Ellesedil

Or close it as a duplicate.

two bugs

Pokemon Go - but where?

Dragonrage

okay, well I restarted it 3 times, and it is working again

two bugs

Where do the Pokemon Go?

Dragonrage

@twobugs nowhere, it's broken

Kaizerwolf

4:49 PM

make sure you include that in the thread, it will help us help you help us all

two bugs

So they should change the name to Pokemon Stop then

MadMAxJr

Our company released an internal memo with a picture of something we put on our worksites. "Pokemon Go Somewhere Else."

GodEmperorDune

@badp nah that was me

MadMAxJr

There have been security breaches from Pokemon Go players accessing work sites.

Dragonrage

@Kaizerwolf pretty sure it is a dup. and I am in the business of closing dups rather than posting them.

Kaizerwolf

4:49 PM

noooooooo no way

are you trying to tell me that ~50% of the most recent questions are about not seeing anything on the PoGo map?

come on man

nice joke

Dragonrage

Basically, Pokémon Go questions have become Minecraft status in that if it is a valid question, it is probably a duplicate.

@Wipqozn's law of gravitation has returned.

Private Pansy

@Kaizerwolf I think you broke my sarcasm detector

Kaizerwolf

it's one of those interpersonal skills on my resume

MadMAxJr

I fear the day we get Pokemon Go Mod questions.

Frank

@Dragonrage That's because I don't review through the queue.

Kaizerwolf

4:54 PM

"I modded PoGo and spoofed my GPS and now I can't play and nothing shows up on the map help plz tell quick!"

Dragonrage

@Frank your script doesn't hit those queues?

Frank

@Dragonrage First Posts only allows one person. I find it rather inefficient in actually finding things.

MadMAxJr

I installed OnlyMew mod on Pokemon Go and now there are only Ratattas wearing fedoras everywhere, here is my android crash log.

6

Private Pansy

@MadMAxJr Think of them as pentesters

Frank

@MadMAxJr I would close that SO hard.

Dragonrage

4:55 PM

@Kaizerwolf take your phone, hit yourself in the head 4.56 times with it, then spin around in 3.14159 circles, and wave your hands for 2.73 seconds, and it should work

Private Pansy

@Dragonrage Also make sure to charge it by sticking it in the microwave

Kaizerwolf

@PrivatePansy now that's the good stuff

MadMAxJr

To be fair, a regular user pulling an android crash log would be somewhat impressive.

Dragonrage

@PrivatePansy that is a last resort if flying it on a kite and having it get hit by lighting doesn't work

@Frank that is the queue i have most reviews in

Frank

@Dragonrage I am by far and away the most prolific suggested edit reviewer.

MadMAxJr

4:59 PM

I'm not sure I ever want access to the close queue.

Dragonrage

@Frank yea, you have almost 6x the reviews there that I do

Frank

I'm second for the Close queue, even with me initiating closure more than going through the queue.

two bugs

@MadMAxJr It's not bad. You basically just choose whether you agree or not

MadMAxJr

The close queue is pretty much the only one that we ever use over on RPG.SE

Lazers 2.0

-4

Q: How much XP do I gain for training my own Pokemon at gym?

How much XP do I gain for battling my own Pokemon at the gym? I see the XP being going all over the place, from 10, 25 and 150. It's never been constant. Is there something that I should be looking for? This is merely talking about XP not Prestige. Thus, it is not a duplicate of How much xp/pres...

pokemon-go

-2

Q: Pokemon Go google wont load after glitch

LG Tribute 2 with android 5.1.1 I had a gps glitch Sunday where I wasn't moving anymore so I closed and restarted app. Never to get in again! like another post I have tried all the fixes I found including the permissions one but on my phone no permissions were listed. when I start the app and se...

pokemon-go

1

Q: Same XP when evolving vs catching a pokemon?

If I evolve a pokemon and it turns into a pokemon that's not registered in my pokedex, will I get the same XP, candies, and stardust that I'd get if I caught one in the wild?

pokemon-go

Kaizerwolf

5:09 PM

whatever happened to Lazers 1.0...?

Ellesedil

@Kaizerwolf Upgrades.

Dragonrage

@Kaizerwolf we murdered it

Ellesedil

Now with moar lazers

WTB more Eevees, PST.

Kaizerwolf

good to know

@Dragonrage i understand the presence of the murder tag now

Dragonrage

@Kaizerwolf alas, murder was murdered

RIP murder

Kaizerwolf

5:18 PM

rip in peace

Dragonrage

@Kaizerwolf rip in pieces

ftfy

Ellesedil

Saliva - Rest In Pieces

►

Kaizerwolf

TIL what ftfy means

Sterno

TIL what ~~ftfy~~ FTFY means. FTFY

Kaizerwolf

bb plz

Dragonrage

5:21 PM

@Kaizerwolf don't hurt me, don't hurt me no more

Ellesedil

@Dragonrage Ace of Base? WTF?

two bugs

Vectors have been defeated

Ellesedil

Oh good, not Ace of Base.

Dragonrage

@twobugs This is a resounding victory for the scalar community.

@Ellesedil Haddaway

Frank

Pokevision is pretty good, but sometimes, it gets it wrong.

Unionhawk

5:23 PM

> Why don't they have a normal type eeveelution that's just a bigger eevee. And they could call it eeveevee

Ellesedil

@Dragonrage Yeah, I see that now.

Kaizerwolf

also quick question how does one post a tag in the chat?

i'm learning still :(

okay, thank you!

murgatroid99

[tag:tag-name]

Ellesedil

hmm, that simply just added the tag.

Dragonrage

Unionhawk

5:24 PM

that's comments

Kaizerwolf

murder

Unionhawk

[tag] is comments and maybe main

Kaizerwolf

nailed it

murgatroid99

@Unionhawk I'm pretty sure you still have to use the [tag:tag-name] syntax is both of those places

[tag-name] is only for search

Dragonrage

@murgatroid99 correct. source personal experience

Unionhawk

5:26 PM

Oh right

I knew [tag] was a thing in at least one spot

Frank

Should I play more Monster Hunter? Or continue painting my model?

Kaizerwolf

@Unionhawk if you really want to follow proper Pokemon syntax, you gotta name it Eeevee-Two

Dragonrage

so, i vtc a question as a dup, the op agrees, then like 5 minutes later edits to say it is not a dup

MadMAxJr

Hmm. I did that wrong.

meownster-hunter

Dragonrage

@MadMAxJr need a hyphen

Kaizerwolf

5:29 PM

spaces not allowed in tags?

meownster-hunter

RedRiderX

I've done it!

Kaizerwolf

yay

Frank

@Dragonrage Still a dupe.

Dragonrage

@RedRiderX done what?

RedRiderX

I have a drop of Gaolers honey!

Dragonrage

5:29 PM

@Frank i know, i just thought it was funny that he was like oh yea it is a dup, oh wait never mind i change my mind.

GnomeSlice

@StrixVaria final phase fight 7 is complete bullshit

I think it's impossible

StrixVaria

I'm done with that game. I started playing Street Fighter 5 on my PS4 again instead because that's all the best parts of a good fighting system without bullet hell nonsense.

Furi could have been so amazing but instead it's just mediocre and it's 100% because of design decisions and 0% because the developers are shit.

@GnomeSlice I spoiled myself, and the optional final boss is bullet hell in every phase.

two bugs

@StrixVaria How's the online nowadays? My friends and I had a lot of trouble playing together

StrixVaria

@twobugs I never had any issues with it even in the beginning.

I also set it to 4-5 bars only because lag in fighting games is the absolute worst.

Ellesedil

This is a duplicate, no?

@Ellesedil This question is asking why is it blank? , the other question is asking What is the blank space?. Different questions, similar answers — Wondercricket 3 mins ago

StrixVaria

5:41 PM

I'm actually amazed at how good online play feels in it. I remember thinking to myself in the past "I should just quit fighting games because there's no good local play near me and online play will never, ever work."

two bugs

Well we were trying to play in private lobbies

Frank

@Ellesedil Ehhhh. That one's in a strange place.

two bugs

Which half the time didn't work at all

StrixVaria

@twobugs How far away are you located physically?

two bugs

One of my friends could never connect to me and I could never connect to him

@StrixVaria I'm in Michigan, guy I couldn't connect to is in Toronto, guy I could connect to is in Arizona

When it worked things were fine

Sometimes the viewer would be behind the action though

StrixVaria

5:42 PM

I've never tried playing with a specific other person, so I can't comment on difficulties there. The feel once you get in game is great though.

Ellesedil

@Frank I guess I fail to see that "why" and "what" to be distinct enough to warrant them to be unique questions... particularly since the answer in the "why" applies to both as-is.

two bugs

The weird thing was if we both connected to the Arizona guy, it worked fine

StrixVaria

That's really strange.

Frank

@Ellesedil I'd say a good answer would answer both of those, and we'd only need one question about blank spaces on Pokemon pages.

Lazers 2.0

-2

Q: Pokemon go account "gone"

I'm trying to help my nephew who all of the sudden can't log in to his account. He downloaded the game with an Australian account before it came to Denmark, and have been playing for a while. Today he accidentally preset something about starting a new game, and then everything he had been worki...

technical-issues pokemon-go

Frank

5:45 PM

If anyone here has done any hobby electronics, I'm trying to figure out a way to connect some bits with three wires.

Unionhawk

ugh

two bugs

I should play SFV more, I bought the special edition with a decent fightstick

Frank

If there were only two, it'd be easy enough; core the peg and wrap the outside.

StrixVaria

@twobugs I play on pad, have never owned a fightstick.

Unionhawk

@Frank You mean like this guy?

two bugs

5:45 PM

"Things are finally working, now to build..."

Unionhawk

or...

two bugs

> I hit build, errors are increasing nonstop

Frank

@Unionhawk This is literally why I have three wires, yes.

two bugs

We are at 14k errors and counting

Unionhawk

@Frank I mean I assumed

Frank

5:46 PM

But I want to keep the circuits at least removeable.

Unionhawk

I think the center is common/ground

and left/right is each color

Frank

So I can yank arms and heads off to make repairs.

two bugs

Technically these are just warnings but it's blocking so I'm going to call them errors

StrixVaria

@Unionhawk So it's just 2 LEDs in 1 essentially?

Frank

@Unionhawk The circuits themselves, I think I got.

two bugs

5:47 PM

Yay I crashed things \o/

Unionhawk

Ah it's a matter of wiring it

Frank

It's the connectors I'm trying to figure out.

Unionhawk

I see

Frank

I found things like this:

two bugs

Yup it's reproduceable

Frank

5:48 PM

But I have no idea how big those are.

I need them super super tiny.

I'm using 30 gauge wire.

two bugs

I would ask if these guys have a bug bounty but haha I could retire if they did

Dragonrage

@Frank can you make your own?

Unionhawk

@twobugs "YOUR ENTIRE PROGRAM IS SHIT, NOW PAY ME"

Frank

@Dragonrage I was thinking of using the actual arm/head pegs.

Just core the center, and wrap around it.

But that's only two wires.

Kaizerwolf

@Frank a couple of cables like those shipped with a string of adhesive LEDs I bought a while back. I haven't used them at all, but I guess they're for connecting multiple strands together

two bugs

5:49 PM

Attack reported on a French Church

2016 pls

This is too much

Unionhawk

In the future, the answer to "when did this shit happen" will be either 2001, 2003, or 2016

or 2008 I guess

StrixVaria

@Unionhawk What was in 2003?

Frank

I found these, too: