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12:00 AM
I got both good news and bad news at work today.
The bad news is the application I've spent months working on and was ready for UAT just got axed.
The good news is that I'm now the head of IT for all our facilities. I head a team of one. Me.
I'm not sure how I'm supposed to feel about this.
 
user15026
12:23 AM
@Dragonrage I literally just took a call that was someone asking me (their ISP) how to shut down their Win10 machine because they couldn't figure out where to do it without like manually holding down the power button for 10 seconds
 
... push the power button once?
 
@KevinvanderVelden doesn't that default to putting it to sleep?
 
user15026
@KevinvanderVelden Nope, that just made it reboot
 
user15026
We eventually found the start menu and the shut down command, it just took a bit
 
Next raid starting soon! Come one come all!
 
12:40 AM
@ToxicFrog not on desktops
@Ash tilts head quizzically Wut
 
@John I'll be home in roughly 40 minutes if you do another
@Ash I feel sorry for them.
 
user15026
@KevinvanderVelden I'm just going by what they said!
 
user15026
@Dragonrage We eventually figured it out, even though that's not strictly within my range of support
 
@Ash use the cmd and the command "shutdown /s" if all else fails
 
@Ash >_> well it happened to my dad
and he's terrible with computers
 
user15026
12:51 AM
@Dragonrage That's good to know.
 
user15026
@ASCII-only what did?
 
@Ash he got his computer locked out by some Indian scammer calling himself Mark Williams <_<
 
user15026
Oh, yeah, that's a thing that happens
 
user15026
In this case the guy just couldn't find the start menu and the shutdown button
 
user15026
I mean TeamViewer can be a useful tool but it can also be misused
 
1:06 AM
0
Q: Applying Gift cards on ps4

Hailey GI got a gift card for the ps4 and I was wondering if when I use the code for one account, if it would be available to other accounts on my ps4

 
1:23 AM
0
Q: What determines the damage multiplier during a chain attack?

Steven VascellaroWhen performing a Chain Attack in Xenoblade Chronicles 2, a damage multiplier is shown on the left of the screen. I’ve seen the multiplier range anywhere from 300% to 5000%. What determines the damage multiplier size when starting a Chain Attack?

 
1:52 AM
Just noticed this when I was cleaning up some reviews on a Github PR:
> quartata dismissed stale reviews from angussidney and themself 30 seconds ago
nice
 
2:05 AM
Guys guys guys, I'm on a plane!
 
nice
i got an excal articula
 
user15026
@MBraedley yay plane
 
user15026
Unrelated but I just finished Scott Kelly's book Endurance and it was so good and I loved it. It was a cool look at his year in space.
 
So I might do some Night in the Woods speedrun attempts next week
It's an objectively stupid game to run but
Also I like it and want to put my name on a leaderboard
And above last will probably be pretty easy
 
2:12 AM
So far, nobody has taken the middle seat. I'm hoping it stays that way
 
user15026
That would be nice
 
It happened, but at least it's not three big dudes
Only two big dudes (me and my co-worker)
 
@Sterno I do not have you on Epic.
 
This is not a good time to be awake
If you are in the dutchlands
BYE CHAT
 
2:32 AM
Go the fuck to sleep
 
2:45 AM
Well, this will be a late night. Pushing back nearly an hour past scheduled
 
@PrivatePansy Ok, ok, I'll go to sleep too.
 
I'm being told to turn my phone to airplane mode now.
 
2:59 AM
@MBraedley Byyyyye! Safe travels!
 
@Unionhawk So if you'd recommend it as a solid purchase then, that's worth the price?
 
0
Q: Minecraft Linux Don't Work

AnonymousAfter I pressed the "Play" button, Minecraft crashes after about 3 seconds. Here is the message: Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: com/mojang/patchy/LegacyXMLLayout : Unsupported major.minor version 52.0 at java.lang.ClassLoader.defineClass1(Native Method) ...

 
@Wipqozn I have it on a 2 year payment plan but yeah
 
3:22 AM
@Unionhawk cool, thanks
 
3:57 AM
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Q: Make mobs attack other mobs

user197974Thanks in advance for your help So I am trying to make a castle defense map for minecraft 1.13 where you design a wall to keep mobs out. One central method I want to use for the map is to have mobs pathfind to a specific place. For example, if I have 3 mobs, 1, 2, and 3 I want them to pathfind t...

 
@Ash I'm off to bed, but I just uploaded a new version of the game for your investigation :)
It doesn't detect errors yet -- that's next on my list -- but it does detect victory and comes with an index of ~7100 puzzles.
( funkyhorror.ancilla.ca/toxicfrog/nono.jar if you've lost the link)
 
user15026
4:28 AM
I will have to check it out :)
 
5:51 AM
I should have told my thermostats to go to home mode earlier, because my bed is cold.
 
 
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7:43 AM
just did jv :)
 
7:56 AM
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Q: Running a terraria server on an older pc and playing on my better pc

Deadlyjojoi have a laptop from lets say 2015 thats upgraded to windows10 would it be beneficial to run a modded server on the older laptop and play on my newer pc? its not like this pc cant handle doing both at once but would it be better to run it there and play on my gaming tower? about 50 at max mods ...

 
 
1 hour later…
9:19 AM
@PrivatePansy I did! It was lights out at that point
I mean literally, I turned off the lights at that point
Is kinda creepy wat information a smart light set stores
Glad I'm the one sorting it
... storing, I blame mobile
 
10:17 AM
Holy crap this last episode of Violet Evergarden
How can a show reduce me to tears twice in less than 22 minutes
 
Swift kicks to parts best left unmentioned?
 
My feels. The show keeps kicking my feels.
 
11:47 AM
0
Q: Component was not an object (Bedrock Edition, Pocket Edition 1.2.10.2)

MegafoxWhy I see this error? This copied from example for Bedrock Edition, but not working...

 
Why is replacing a nexus battery sucha pain in the ass
GET YOUR HEAT GUN HANDY FOR REMOVING THE BACK PANEL
They obviously never intended or wanted you to replace it
Guess this is standard, but man
Please just let me replace my battery jesus
 
12:07 PM
@Wipqozn well nowadays a lot of phones are like this aren't they
 
@ASCII-only yeah was just reading that
6P was the first phone I had that wouldn't let me, all my previous phones could... but only one of those was a smart phone, so yeah.
 
12:40 PM
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Q: MINECRAFT: Whenever i press the f3 screen nothing shows up but when i press any other f key like f5 it works like a charm? Is there a fix

Indom_R3xxSo I have been playing minecraft for a long time but i just started it up and pressed the f3 screen and nothing seemed to happen. I pressed the f5 key it worked so can someoneplease help me It will be grealy appreciated

 
@Wipqozn I didn't even look into how much it'd cost to replace that battery lol
I knew it was going to be miserable
but yeah I think most 6P batteries are either completely or almost flat by now
what a feat of engineering
knowing that no mobile is going to be usable for longer than a year, a year and a half
 
1:18 PM
@badp that's the plan because it coincides with the latest release of phone
so you get the hyped people who want the newest gadget despite it being marginally improved and at the same time you get the people who are happy to keep their current phone but are forced to change because the battery is locked down
 
1:35 PM
@StrixVaria programming languages are tools
and programming languages that help you be lazy become comfy over time
you quickly learn where the good bits are, where you want to keep well away
eventually you start toying with the bad stuff out of morbid curiosity, and also because everyone's idea of good bits is different, so your code and all of your dependencies end up exercising the whole of the language, warts at all
those warts make for excellent war stories, too
you find joy in accumulating horrific trivia
and occasionally exploiting them to make your code slightly better
"wow, I could never have gotten away with this in Java/Python/etc."
eventually the thing grows on you
and you find yourself wanting to minimize other's pain in the learning of the thing
which in my analysis mostly comes from people trying to sugarcoat the world of horrors that lies under you
that casts in your mind a simplified but inaccurate model in your head that creaks upon inspection
finally you find yourself realizing that the things that make your language unique and awful have actually been borrowed by other languages with great success, only refined, and restricted somehow to maintain sanity
e.g. perl lists become the python star/double star operator or the javascript spread operator
except saner
but you're still stuck with the full unbridled power of the thing
so why not put it to use
or something
my feelings about perl are complicated but I don't regret having worked with it for over two years now
 
Ave
2:36 PM
@Wipqozn apparently recommended way is to use a heat pad or heat pack or rice heating pack or whatever they're called.
or you can just pry the top and bottom glass pieces without heating (probably breaking them in the process) and replace those, though that might end up more expensive
 
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Q: Does it make sense to make claims when I not yet intend to declare war?

PhilippI am currently surrounded by multiple "friendly" or "cordial" empires who have not yet realized that ultimately their conquest through me is inevitable. But it might still take a while until I will start my galactic conquest. However, I have noticed that I can still "Make Claims" on their territ...

 
2:54 PM
@Ave yeah but that still sounds like far too much of a pain
 
3:19 PM
@badp programming languages are like onions
 
@quartata The further you get into them, the more you cry?
 
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Q: Is the red zone location entirely random?

Shelby115I was told that there had to be people in the area of the red zone in order for it to spawn, is this true? I was always under the impression it was entirely random.

 
4:21 PM
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Q: Whats the name of this pacman game?

Tom BritoThere was a pacman game for Windows 95 that, when it eats the large pill, it would screem "YYYHAAAA!", like a cowboy and go faster. I'm trying hard to find this game again, with no success... Does anybody knows the name?

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Q: Bandcraft application

Saiisha DeviI am trying to apply to this support role for Bandcamp but they give their email through a puzzle, please help! "To apply, send a resume and writing samples (and/or a link to your blog) to the address given when you append the class obscure-movie-reference to this tag." https://bandcamp.com/jo...

 
user15026
@Lazers2.0 I really don't feel like this counts as a video game/gaming related question.
 
4:37 PM
So this is something you don't see everyday in a video game
 
what is
singapore?
I mean it's usually unsupported
 
5:26 PM
Hmm... I need more potato seeds.
 
6:24 PM
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Q: Minecraft Bedrock edition remove added NBT tags

MegafoxWhy, when I tried to add one tag for a fireball to make a small but powerful bomb, did the game specifically remove this tag? I did everything as described in the wiki: name - ExplosionPower, type - int, only for Fireball and a few more, but the game removes it !!! Why can not I find a list of NB...

 
@Lazers2.0 bandcamp support question why
Hey guys, how do you feel about a dedicated chatroom for game identification
 
@Yuuki lot of fissures being run right now
 
Some people like finding that shit and it would give us a nice canned response to posts that was still helpful
 
@GodEmperorDune Yeah, I'm doing a few runs as well.
@GnomeSlice I'm not against it, but I'm not sure if we want to set a precedent of just shunting problematic topics/questions to chat.
 
6:40 PM
@Yuuki we already say its ok to ask in chat
 
https://t.co/5huZ0mctxk
 
Ave
big deployment in 30 mins a
 
7:00 PM
 
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Q: How do I set my clan tag in Starcraft 2?

DaveI've tried looking for official faqs, forums, etc. I know how to create/join a clan but I can't find any proper instructions to get my battletag to display something like: <clan_name> battletag I'm sorry if the answer to this is incredibly obvious but I've tried to change both in game and on ...

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Q: Can you transfer game files on Mac to a PC?

WillowSo here's my situation,i downloaded Slime Rancher on Steam on a Mac computer. When I try to play it on my new PC it's very, very slow. My suspicion is that it's because I downloaded a Mac version and I need to buy the PC version for it to work. If I buy it again I would assume it wouldn't have my...

 
Tigris Prime with corruption buff is ridiculous.
 
ugh, was waiting for dude to show up at exit so i went to another tab and when i came back, relic prize selection was already done ><
 
7:15 PM
If you want, we can do relic runs together so I can yell at you before that happens again.
Ooo, I could make Euphona Prime.
 
need another relic farmer?
 
MR14 though so gotta wait a bit.
 
7:27 PM
just had 2 gold drops in the selection window
 
user15026
Opened ticket 9001 just now at work, wanted to make "It's over 9000" jokes but there's no one here to make them to
 
Aww... >.> ... <.< ... :3

Ash, what does the scouter say about the ticket number?
 
7:43 PM
@Ash i lolled
 
user15026
@TrentHawkins hm?
 
@GodEmperorDune did you want to do endless neo?
i seem to have dropped as host on that alert
 
@Dragonrage nah i gotta drop soon
 
alright
 
i'll do one offs
 
7:52 PM
managed to find a guy to do JV raid with last night, he said if anyone wants help with raids, to direct them over to his discord, as he will be running raids for the next few days
 
@Ash just trying to help you celebrate the ticket number properly.
 
@TrentHawkins what?! 9000?!
 
user15026
@TrentHawkins This is where I admit I don't really know the reference material all that well
 
@Dragonrage Did you rush the injector or do it without?
 
@Ash hehe.
 
7:56 PM
@John did without it, he had 2 others who knew how to do the raid with him that also had injectors
 
still making the injector though so i can try and help out if we do it tonight
 
Ave
aaaa migration scripts are confirmed working time to move everything aaaa
 
3/4 baro mods bought
 
8:11 PM
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Q: What Resident Evil games are in the main series

KevinTheGreatI just completed the 4th resident evil game. Now I am on a bit of a Resident Evil hype and want to play more games. Something that bothered me was not understanding all the relations that characters had with each other. Therefor I am looking to play more of them. I have however trouble identifyin...

 
8:32 PM
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Q: Minecraft Bedrock Edition remove added nbt tags for customisation

MikeWhen I tried to add one tag for a fireball to make a small but powerful bomb, the game is specifically removing this tag? I did everything as described in the wiki: name - ExplosionPower, type - int, only for Fireball and a few more, but the game removes it! Why can't I find a list of NBT tags f...

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Q: Downloaded songs missing after restart

paultamalunasI can only play the songs that come with the disc. Anyone have an idea what's going on? Incidentally, saves sometimes go missing on Kinect Adventures, if that makes any difference. Thanks.

 
user15026
@Chippies Cats are weird little liquid collectives
 
@John I'm getting slightly hyped about the bestiary league in PoE
 
But there's no upvoted answer, and different account, so can't dupe.
 
8:48 PM
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Q: Minecraft Bedrock Edition: Change the GUI Inventory hot bar

E. HuckabeeI am porting a resource pack over from Java to Bedrock Edition and I cant figure out how to change the button that opens the inventory. I cant find the texture that changes it (and, before you ask, the one located in textures -> gui -> gui.png doesnt change the button that opens the inventory) ...

 
Oh boy, I got a Dread riven.
 
Nice
 
@Lazers2.0 "Maybe there is someone who will carefully read the matter and watch the video? And without any silly reasons"
 
9:08 PM
@Lazers2.0 Hilariously, while viewing this question, this question showed up in the sidebar
 
Hoi
youtube.com/watch?v=gG62zay3kck we should make German illegal
 
pass
 
Ave
9:26 PM
> Planned downtime in around 15 mins, for around 15 mins
I posted that 70 mins ago :notlikethis:
 
Ave
9:38 PM
well everything is up but we're still making last minute patches so /shrug
 
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Q: How do I make a block only be placed on a certain block when crafted?

JuanLFHI'm trying to make a map but I'm stuck on a command When a player crafts an item I want to let it only be placed on a block, like when a player crafts a crafting table, the command block will make so it's only placeable on gravel. I seen it in other maps. How do I do it? Also I want to make it so...

 
Bleh, My first riven is MR12 locked :(
 
9:56 PM
My power just went out.
 
10:30 PM
checks weather forecast for Texas
 
I should cook a food
 
Ave
oh hey @Ronan got a new pfp!
@Unionhawk what food should you cook?
 
@Ave a food
duh
 
@Ave I have a pack of chicken in the fridge that needs to get grilled I think today or tomorrow, so that
 
@Lazers2.0 really never understood the point of why they made the bedrock edition
it seems like the original Java would be easier to port...
although granted it is spaghetti code
 
Ave
10:35 PM
@Unionhawk fun
 
@Ave Yeah I realised I'd had the last one for 3 years
I used to change it way more often
 
Ave
I should commission a new one probably
just set a reminder. might get one tomorrow.
 
I drew this one after getting my haircut that matches it
 
Hmm it's raining
It's sell by Monday, so tomorrow or Monday then
 
11:25 PM
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Q: What do elemental icons next to enemy names mean?

Steven VascellaroWhen fighting an opponent, sometimes there will be an elemental icon to the right of an enemy’s name. I suspect this indicates either an elemental weakness or resistance, but I’m not sure which. What does it mean when an enemy has an elemental icon next to their name?

 

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