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12:01 AM
for those of you that can't read IPA (like me), the explanation:
@Radny11 if you have an American English accent it's normally the "-dd-" in "ladder", quite literally your tongue slapping the roof of your mouth!
 
12:13 AM
@Wipqozn Isn't the second gym in that gen bug? Of course Pidgeotto wrecks it.
 
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Q: Is it possible to improve reflexes for gaming?

lXBlackWolfXlI've always had a reaction time measured in seconds (literally). Recently, I bought pinball arcade and was trying to learn to play it. I'm too slow to 'nudge' the table. By the time I register what's going on, its already too late to do anything. I've tried to look up stuff online about this, bu...

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Q: Rocket League's Rocket Pass will be exclusive to console/Steam?

CarlosOroRecently Rocket League announced a Rocket Pass that will be a method to get more items based on seasons, mostly like Fortnite. I know that Fortnite can be linked to an account so the progress is the same on consoles and PC with the same account, but regarding Rocket League ... It has been some i...

 
12:28 AM
@GodEmperorDune that. Is. Amazingly cute
 
@TheMattbat999 RIGHT?
how are your goats doing, btw?
 
@GodEmperorDune ok. One died due to disease of recent, so we are down to twelve 😭
 
@TheMattbat999 oh no, that sucks
 
@GodEmperorDune yeah... but how are things going for you?
 
@TheMattbat999 pretty good, it's my daughter's birthday
 
12:32 AM
@GodEmperorDune wow. Didn't even know you had one, but, besides the point, did things go well?
 
and we were worried that our pug was starting to have health problems but the vet said she is in excellent condition for her age
@TheMattbat999 yeah. going well with her. she is "reading" these days, meaning she holds the book open and babbles a story to herself that may or may not have anything to do with what is actually in the book
 
@GodEmperorDune 😆
 
user15026
1:00 AM
@GodEmperorDune oh my heart
 
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Q: How to set a scoreboard that senses a citrin item?

Scott CampbellSo I want to make a scoreboard that makes it so when you hold a curtain item it changes it to 1 and when your not holding it I makes it 0 again?

 
Ave
hmm, my emoji plugin decided to break
that's definitely not expected behavior
 
@Staravia Yes. There's a fighting gym at some point that you'll destroy too.
 
@Ave ecks DEEEEEEEEE
 
Ave
that's significantly better.
now I just need to find a way to switch to mutantstd
 
1:16 AM
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Q: What does the medical cross symbol over a room mean?

WipqoznSo I'm doing the Tumble hospital, and I've noticed that both the reception and fracture ward have a Hospital Cross with an arrow symbol over them (see below), but I'm not really sure what they mean. They've been up there for a while, and I've mostly been ignoring them, but I'm starting to worry t...

 
Ave
1:27 AM
yay, it works
 
 
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2:32 AM
HE THINKS HIS PEOPLE
Also I love when it's big cats are basically just large house cats
Cc @Ash
 
3:01 AM
@Ave: Please see Matrix. Your homeserver needs a critical security update: matrix.org/blog/2018/09/05/…
 
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3:14 AM
@Wipqozn It's like when my cat tries to take over my chair but woooorse
 
@Wipqozn the lion is so sad when the group leaves
also i did not realize that was an RT video and now i'm gonna have awful youtube recs
 
Created new Azure account to try out their bot framework. Click on Create New Bot. Get redirected to sign up page.
Arrrgh
 
Latest Two Point Hospital patch replaced Denuvo with Steam DRM.
If anyone was holding off due to that.
 
3:29 AM
@GodEmperorDune I'm so sorry. IT was the first result that popped when I searched for a youtube source, and I was on my phone so I didn't want to find another.
 
@Wipqozn it happens to everyone, no worries
 
@GodEmperorDune you can remove an item from watch history
 
@Unionhawk saved, thanks comrade
 
You can also pause watch history if you're entering a rabbit hole
 
i just go incognito mode
 
3:51 AM
insert fbi open up meme
 
You ever think about how we as in us three probably know someone in the FBI sometimes
lol
 
i know someone who did IT work in one of the agencies back when he lived in virginia
he said it was a pain to get into the office because of all the security but once you were in it was pretty much the same as an IT shop anywhere else
 
I could never do a SCIF shop though
 
yeah he was working there before widespread smartphones were a thing
i don't know how i'd get through the day without it
 
@Unionhawk :thinking:
i did get the screencap that one time where my "who to follow" list was all FBI field offices
it spoke to me on an abstract level
 
4:16 AM
It's a fun game, considering where exactly that connection is
Are they full hyperradical cointelpro shit or are they low key
Or are they not here local at this point
:iiam:
 
 
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Ave
5:30 AM
@bwDraco I killed my homeserver
 
5:47 AM
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Q: Is there any way that I can get candies faster?

ThyrsoidMouse73I've just started playing the game and it takes very long to get enough candies to progress so is there any way that I can get candies faster or do I have to just?

 
6:26 AM
@Ave don't give them water Ave, they don't like it
Also good morning chat
 
7:02 AM
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Q: Is there a way to completely pause the game?

Ivo CoumansWhenever I open the map or the menu, the world around me seems to continue moving. Is there a way to completely pause the game? Playing on the PS4, it does not seem like the PS button menu pauses the game either.

 
7:17 AM
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Q: im minecraft, after the l1.13 update how do i give my self a damaged item with cheats in creative, lets use an elytra for an example

Virtual Ghostthe title explains it. I don't understand the new json arg style. writing this part because I have to same with this part

 
Ave
7:36 AM
@KevinvanderVelden morning kev
I'm outside trying to get a bank account
 
7:57 AM
Got a good sturdy net with you? I hear they try to run away a lot
 
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Q: Can I ever reattempt a horse race after placing lower than first place?

Ivo CoumansWhen horse races first become available, there are two races available. Both are bronze league, one easy, and one difficult. I placed second in the difficult race. The NPC won't let me try again, stating the race is not available. Can a race ever be reattempted, to try and get the first place re...

 
 
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Ave
9:19 AM
 
 
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Ave
11:29 AM
hmm, I'm tempted to make one of those
 
12:19 PM
This is my favorite mechanical contraption kind of in the same vein:
I had one of these as a kid, not sure what happened to it.
 
12:38 PM
@Staravia You probably lost the balls to use it and put it in storage
 
Ave
1:32 PM
found a better video
 
@Ave Do you have any handhelds of the New 3DS family?
 
Ave
@Nzall no, I can grab one if you wait a month
 
That won't be necessary
 
Ave
alright
actually I wonder, will check the prices
 
A new 2DS XL costs around 150 EUR
 
Ave
1:38 PM
regular old 3dses seem like they're 400try, which is quite a bit
blegh, new 3ds xls are 800try, what the hell?
that's half of a used switch
 
new 2ds is the best option
it has the hardware of a new 3ds and you're not paying for a useless 3d gimmick that no one uses
 
1:52 PM
yeah, and it's also the most recent version
I wonder if you can transfer bookmarks between a 3DS XL and a New 2DS XL?
like browser bookmarks, are they part of a system transfer?
 
@Unionhawk have you seen the NITW figurines
 
Awww yes, found a bunch of Animal Crossing amiibo on sale on my way back
 
@quartata yes
Oh yeah happy ISO and Europe 06-09 and also Nintendo direct day
 
@Unionhawk Nintendo Direct is delayed to some future date (TBA) because of an earthquake in Japan.
 
2:05 PM
Due to the powerful earthquake in Hokkaido, Japan, we have decided to delay this week’s planned Nintendo Direct. We will provide a new time and date in the near future. Thank you for your understanding.
 
2:17 PM
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Q: Can you use the USB Drive?

PearsonArtPhotoIn Lacuna Passage, one of the items that I have found exploring is a USB Drive. It could be dissected for parts, but I can't help but think that there is something useful on it. Can I actually do something useful with the USB, or should I take it apart?

 
Being head hunted for a job you might actually want is a good feeling.
 
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Q: Searching for dota 2 game coordinator

Pankaj DevraniEverytime I try to open dota it gives me error message, "searching for dota 2 game coordinator". And after that it says, "Connected to dota 2 Game coordinator; loggin in". But I am not able to do anything in dota. I tried restarting dota 2 several times and also tried steam restart but nothing i...

 
I miss Golden Sun.
 
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Q: In Uldir on Zul, do the Bloodhexers have the healing ability on normal, or only heroic/mythic difficulty?

ChildishforlifeLooking at this guide, it appears that the healing ability is only on Heroic. But in the fight, I was noticing that the Bloodhexers had the buff that if they were in 20 yards it would heal all ally's, and it was in the dungeon journal under normal. During the fight I can't remember it happening ...

 
@Yuuki Gosh darn it @Yuuki, now I miss it too
I blame @RedRiderX
 
If Smash didn't already have so many guys with swords, I'd demand Isaac be a playable character.
 
@Wipqozn You can look forward to Soul Calibur 6 instead.
 
2:51 PM
Well, maybe they could have him use an axe instead? And focus more on Psynergy?
 
@Staravia yeah but how long is that in megaseconds?
 
@Wipqozn 3.67
Counting down megaseconds is excruciating because each one takes so long.
 
3:22 PM
@Yuuki Is that the gameboy game with a light sensor in the cart?
 
@RedRiderX I don't think so.
It was the Final Fantasy-esque RPG with puzzle dungeons a la Legend of Zelda.
And the first one was on GBA, IIRC.
 
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Q: How many game modes in Battlefield one?

DimaHow many game modes in Battlefield one? I think 11 but don’t know for sure. Can’t find. Please help.

 
3:38 PM
 
So, Bridge, I have a story
A story which happened to me yesterday
I was sitting in the stall in the bathroom, doing what one does in that situation, when I hear the bathroom door open
The newcomer walks straight to my stall and attempts to open the door
Obviously it doesn't open, and I ignore it thinking he'll just use the free one next to me
Instead, he tries to open it again, so I call out that it's occupied in hopes that he'll go away
No such luck
He responds "Is there a radio in there?"
...
My response is a quite reasonable "What?"
"Is there a radio in there?"
At this point I'm uncertain what is reality anymore, so I begin looking around the stall for a radio
"...No?"
The visitor walks away leaving me completely bewildered
I hear the door to the bathroom open and close, and as it closes, my coworker, sitting in the next stall over, just completely loses it
 
3:55 PM
Maggie is in photo on wall behind Marge telling Homer she’s pregnant with Maggie
 
It was one of the most absurd and bizarre situations I have ever been in
Compounded by the rule in mens' restrooms that you Do Not Talk to other men while going to the bathroom
 
@SaintWacko whuh
 
@SaintWacko What even
 
Ave
@SaintWacko wth
 
@SaintWacko Yeah, if I wasn't the one being questioned about radios in bathroom stalls, I would probably crack up laughing as well.
 
user15026
4:11 PM
@SaintWacko that....what....like did he lose his radio or was like he concerned someone was listening to people's bathroom activities?
 
user15026
I HAVE QUESTIONS
 
o.O
 
@Ash I think he had left his radio in there
At the time, though I was far too confused to think about that
 
user15026
@SaintWacko Yeah I feel you on that one, someone interrupting you in the bathroom doesn't really give you time to logic it all out amid being startled that they're talking
 
Looks like today direct was going to talka bout Yoshi in some capacity, since I guess the Nintendo site had the full name up there at some point today
"Yoshi's Crafted World"
 
user15026
4:22 PM
@Wipqozn intrigued
 
I wonder if they were going to announce a release date
Nintendo's official website has accidentally revealed the title of next year's Yoshi game early - Yoshi's Crafted World: https://nintendowire.com/news/2018/09/06/yoshis-crafted-world-title-accidentally-leaked-early/
 
user15026
Did the direct not happen?
 
Due to the powerful earthquake in Hokkaido, Japan, we have decided to delay this week’s planned Nintendo Direct. We will provide a new time and date in the near future. Thank you for your understanding.
 
user15026
@Wipqozn ah, okay :)
 
I, for one, am already disappointed they didn't announce a new animal crossing game
I just know they won't
It's misery
I blame @Yuuki
 
Ave
4:43 PM
@Wipqozn weird that this didn't end up on the version bot
 
 
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5:50 PM
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Q: Can you GTS trade Pokémon that you're not the OT from?

HemicalI noticed a listing where someone asked for a poliwhirl, any lvl any gender. I have one of these but was unable to select it. The only reason I could come up with was me not being the OT, as I received it in a wondertrade. Hoping someone knows the answer. Thanks!

 
Incremental CC @Arperum
 
is it bad that i initially thought that office #150 would be on the second floor?
 
It's not got a lot to it but I find myself continuing to check it anyway, pretty neat mechanics.
 
@Nzall That's ridiculous
@Staravia Where does it show the number of coins I have?
 
@SaintWacko at the right of the progress bar
 
6:45 PM
@SaintWacko There's a separate currency for each progress bar.
You use the bottom-most one to buy the stuff below all the bars.
If you hover over something, it highlights what currency it requires.
 
@Staravia Oh, I see
 
I'm up to 34 bars so far.
And the best part is that it actually works if the tab loses focus.
 
7:01 PM
https://t.co/Vtug3uMXNa
dog
 
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@Nzall I am a terrible WoW player because this has no appeal to me :P
 
I'm considering dropping my subscription because I'm just spending so much more of my time on MHW.
@Ave ... I want to link this in my work's dev chat but I also don't.
 
8:14 PM
@Ave HUE
 
@Ave For anyone not aware of the context, this was made after it became public knowledge that Volkswagen the company used "defeat devices" to cheat emissions tests
 
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@Yuuki I like playing WoW, I just dont have any interest in watching others do it
 
Ave
@murgatroid99 ah til
 
@Ash Same here
 
Ave
Also apparently mastodon got headers at some point
w/e, I added one: queer.party/@ao
 
8:24 PM
It's been there for a while but the resolution is super weird
I couldn't really make anything meaningful (my Twitter header didn't fit)
...huh, on your instance it's much bigger
maybe something changed here
that's a good reminder that I should change my Twitter header to something less dumb
 
Ave
dumb stuff is fun
I want to buy one of these shirts just because they are extremely edgy:
 
It's the caste griffiti from Half-Life 2 with dril's head glued on the baby.
 
Ave
 
lmao
 
@Ash Yeah, it's mostly for those of us who like like to watch stuff like that
However, this is pretty exciting for those that like to watch PvE content, because Method are essentially the Brazil of the world first race
They have won the most world first boss kills out of all guilds ever AFAIK
 
8:32 PM
ok G'huun is going to be hard
 
@Staravia The cascade mechanic is very interesting
 
@Nzall They pretend to have career-threatening injuries and also don’t even make to the finals on home turf?
 
@Yuuki No, they are one of the most successful teams on a global scale and have a lot of fans as well as loads of merch
 
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Q: Dwarf Fortress: Kitchen/Brewing Stockpile "Remember to turn off prepared food."....why?

msmith1114So in the DF Wiki on the Workshops page it mentions to "Remember to turn off prepared food." on the stockpiles.....why exactly do we do that? Is this so the prepared food isn't broken down to be used again? or just in general it's a bad practice to store prepared food? As a side question...im as...

 
@Yuuki Oh BUUUUUUUUUURN
 
8:40 PM
@Yuuki Although there was that one time their main tank and GM broke his arm while armwrestling at Dreamhack like 2 months before the expansion launched
 
Honestly, not making it to the finals on home turf wouldn't be so bad if they didn't swagger around so much and treat it like winning the World Cup was a done deal.
 
@Ave lol
 
9:18 PM
Yay, CoD WWII has a free weekend. BOOO! it's only multiplayer
 
9:38 PM
So I visited the doctor yesterday. According to the email I received 2 hours ago, the part my healthcare pays has already been refunded to me. Although there does seem to be a 51 cents difference between what I paid and what the doctor told my health care I paid
although she might just legally be allowed to round up
 
 
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Ave
10:46 PM
blegh
Someone's datamining the fediverse
queer.party peeps: I contacted maffsie about it, should hopefully be banned from federation soon.
 
@Ave thanks fam
 
It's funny how Mastodon gets less spam than Twitter but it's so much more noticeable
 
Ave
because we care :tm:
 
@quartata That sounds like a symptom of having fewer people on the platform
 
yeah i agree with @murgatroid99
unless you're talking about promoted tweets
 
10:53 PM
True but it's larger than you might think. The problem is more the presence of the federated timeline
 
Ave
we're at uhh
1.2m members
or smth like that
 
Spam problems on one instance leak everywhere
@Ave Terrifying thought that 10% of all users follow Eugene lol
 
Ave
yeah lol
 
eugene is like tom at myspace, right?
 
I'd be frothing at the mouth if 10% of all Twitter users followed @jack
 
10:56 PM
@quartata maybe just the white supremacists
 
brand engagement there is locked in at 110%
 
Ave
> There are 1 527 512 user inscriptions
On 3 163 known instances
Average: 483 users per instance
Median value: 7 users per instance
Maximum users on instance: 406 933 users
1.52m
 
Wow the median is so low
 
Ave
that's a good thing
 
Yeah it is
smol instance
 
Ave
10:59 PM
makes stuff more distributed
i could set up an instance myself but ehh
maintaining masto is a pain
 
It's all in Node right
 
Ave
yuup
and only runs on certain versions
 
looool
 
Ave
I'd rather run pleroma
but pleroma has negative connotations
 
@Ave like >=N, or some random set in the middle?
Also, thank you, this conversation triggered a realization that I had a mistake in a Node compatibility version specifier in my own project
 
11:14 PM
Holy shit METROID PRIME RANDOMIZER is a thing that exists
 
And actually I hadn't made a mistake I was just thinking of the wrong thing, but whatever
 
@ToxicFrog wait what is this
 
Ave
@murgatroid99 random set in middle
 
@Ave That's not even easy to do. Node is usually pretty good about keeping backwards compatibility as much as possible
Unless it involves a native addon. That can create a whole mess very easily
 
@GodEmperorDune you feed it a Metroid Prime ISO, and it generates a new one with all the items shuffled around, like the LTTP and SM randomizers
 
Ave
11:27 PM
well, blame gargron
 
lol it depends on uws
 
@ToxicFrog but how can it even be completable if the items are shuffled? are the obstacles that block progress also shuffled?
 
@GodEmperorDune it's aware of the map topology and doesn't generate unwinnable layouts, but it may deviate very heavily from the intended routing
 
oh that is fancy
 
11:32 PM
There's also multiple difficulty settings, so you can tell it to (e.g.) generate a layout that may require suitless Magmoor runs or OOB glitches or the like to complete
 
I don't know if uws is the actual problem, but it does have a native module and the dev rage quit npm a few months ago
 
(which is to say, it's aware of known glitches and if you want to do a glitched run it will generate a layout that is "completable with glitches" a la low% MP1 speedruns)
 
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@Niro I have realized that Letterkenny has made me unable to read "allegedly" without hearing it in Squirrely Dan's voice.
 
@ToxicFrog oh so this is a speedrun thing not necessarily for "i love metroid prime and want more but different"
 
@GodEmperorDune it's both
The easiest setting "requires no advanced knowledge about the game, nor does it require any glitches or sequence breaks to be used, making it ideal for casual players"
 
11:34 PM
oh hell yeah i gotta figure this out then
 
It does note that while the game is always completable it can't 100% rule out softlocks from e.g. entering a room that requires the x-ray visor to get out of before you have the x-ray visor, but it does try
Re speedruns, randomizers have gotten really big in speedrunning, and the LTTP randomizer is probably the most popular -- a big LTTP randomizer race tournament just wrapped up (where both runners play the same seed, but neither has seen it before)
There's even an LTTP/SM combo randomizer, that combines LTTP and Super Metroid into a single game and lets you find (but sadly not use) items for one in the other
 
@ToxicFrog wuuuuuuuuuuuuuut
 
Yeah it turns out that they use almost entirely different regions of the ROM address space
 
that sounds ridiculous
but also kinda amazing that it works
 
So the SNES can load both at once without them overwriting each other and then you just need some glue code so that e.g. entering a door in LTTP takes you into Super Metroid and vice versa
 
11:39 PM
how do you transition between games? enter a new room and maybe its LTTP, maybe its SM?
ah gotcha
 
Yeah, that.
I think it tries to group them together so you aren't constantly swapping between games at every doorway but I haven't actually played it, so don't quote me on that
I'm just glad it exists
Back to the MP1 randomizer, it also has options to shuffle artifacts or not, and options to shuffle the entire item pool together or shuffle ammo upgrades separate from everything else.
I'm installing the Dolphin retroarch core right now and if it works on my laptop (probably not, honestly) I will report back.
 
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@ToxicFrog oh this hurts my brain
 
Ok, generated one!
 
Hey I'm speedrunning @donutcounty it should be cool but really unoptimized you should check it out https://www.twitch.tv/unionhawk
 
Looks like it includes some QoL options as well (you can skip the prologue in the space pirate frigate, and also skip the item pickup mini-cutscenes)
And it generates a "spoiler file" next to the ISO listing where it put all the items, in case you're having trouble finding stuff or you're doing a speedrun race and want the commentator to have prior knowledge or w/e
@Ash I am so excited for this, MP1 is quite possibly my favourite Metroid game
 
user15026
11:52 PM
I have enough trouble with games when they're in the right order, especially stuff like Metroid :P
 
I'm expecting lots of tragic flailing, but if I get stuck that's what the spoiler file is for :D
 
@Unionhawk You're not the boss of me. You can't tell me what to do.
Only my cat can give me commands good sir
 
@ToxicFrog there is a spoiler file? i love it
 

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