The Bridge

GnomeSlice

8:04 PM

@AshleyNunn Did you ever get around to trying Pushcat?

SaintWacko

@fbueckert I said in. Because I doubt Charr would have much trouble eating civilians

user15026

@gnome yes. It is just as awesome as I wanted.

GnomeSlice

@AshleyNunn I love it. The music is so good.

Internet warning, it's storming outside.

user15026

Also, Bridge, important science question, would jello conduct electricity?

SaintWacko

@OrigamiRobot It's more of a plunk than a ping

user15026

8:06 PM

This is science and I need to know it.

SaintWacko

@Arperum I doubt civilians would be doing much living in a Charr

@AshleyNunn Probably

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GnomeSlice

user15026

@saintwacko hell yeah science

user15026

I get curious about the oddest things.

Sconibulus

is Young Guilo complaining on meta about bad answers getting downvoted?

GnomeSlice

8:12 PM

He's allowed to

Doesn't mean he's correct, mind you

Sconibulus

I was just wondering if that was an accurate assesment of the situation

fbueckert

@Sconibulus Yes. Par for the course.

Ullallulloo

woops, ignore that last flag. I'm pretty sure that Steam ID answer's fine.

user15026

@sconibulus essentially, yes.

fbueckert

I'm the creator of VacBans.com. I poured my sweat and blood into this project. The developer page on the Valve site explains how to use Steam IDs to determine the age of accounts. It's no secret. It's common knowledge in the gaming community. People will judge people based on the length of their steam ID with or without my site. I just make that judgement more accurate. :) — user51895 Jul 20 at 19:20

That meets the definition of self-promotion in my book.

user15026

8:16 PM

Oh, lovely.

user15026

Well, he did acknowledge it, so that changes it some, No? forgets the rules, her brain is full of econ and rainbows

GnomeSlice

I don't have a problem with self promotion if your thing actually helps answer the question.

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn Five days after posting it. And only due to the downvotes.

Sconibulus

acknowledging it in a comment seems insufficient, as comments are transient

acknowledging it in the body would probably work

user15026

@fbueckert fair enough.

GnomeSlice

8:19 PM

I self promoted my hosted files in this answer, and although it's not quite the same I feel like if it answers the question, why downvote it?

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A: How do I unlock the hidden/secret vehicles?

There are two vehicles which cannot be unlocked just by playing the game: Core Drone "Intimidator" Knight Cycle However, if you do some jiggering with the game files, you can enable them both for use in the game, and have them show up in the list of vehicles. If you'd like to do this...

user15026

@sconibulus yes, that is true, comments are much more prone to disappearing

GnomeSlice

We have people recommend external services in answers all the time.

fbueckert

@GnomeSlice Self-promotion is biased.

It's inherently unobjective.

Wipqozn

@AshleyNunn Yup!

GnomeSlice

@fbueckert Maybe, but that doesn't automatically make it a non-viable answer

fbueckert

8:20 PM

@GnomeSlice It makes the answer instantly suspect.

Lazers

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Q: cannot reset ps3 video

When I plug in the component or composite video cables I hear the startup sound but there's no video. I've tried relentlessly to do the video reset where you put the system in standby, hold down the power button, then in 5 seconds you get a beep. However, when I hold down the button there's nev...

ps3

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Q: Changing Depth of Field focus speed

I'm playing Skyrim on my PC with DoF enabled, but the speed at which my focus changes is annoyingly slow. Is there a way to make it a bit faster? Is there a parameter in the file(s) which changes that?

skyrim pc

GnomeSlice

Does the website not work?

fbueckert

@GnomeSlice It doesn't matter.

Sconibulus

You said "I've taken it on myself to make a better set which also features in-game vehicle descriptions and thumbnail images.

My unlock files can be downloaded as a .zip directory Right Here."
In addition to having a long answer with explanations. Your self promotion is both acknowledged, and in the realm of additional information not required for the answer.

GnomeSlice

@fbueckert It does if you're going to vote on it.

fbueckert

8:22 PM

It's self-promotion, with no disclosure.

GnomeSlice

You vote on how helpful the answer is, not whether or not the poster is recommending something he made.

Sconibulus

If all you did was provide your own link, and it came out that it was self-promotion, we'd likely downvote it

fbueckert

And the SE communities tend to frown on that immensely.

GnomeSlice

Actually this works pretty well

I'm gonna upvote it.

fbueckert

There are rules in place to govern against it.

Would that I could downvote it again to counterbalance your vote.

GnomeSlice

8:24 PM

@fbueckert You're the one who always tells me that 'pity upvotes to counterbalance downvotes' are a bad thing.

That works both ways.

I find it helpful so I'm upvoting it.

I actually went and tried it.

fbueckert

@GnomeSlice Because pity upvotes have way more weight than downvotes.

OrigamiRobot

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A: Limits for self-promotion in answers

Thanks to everyone who participated in this dicussion, particularly Ira. Based on what we've decided in this question, I have updated the /faq on all sites to make it policy: May I promote products I am affiliated with here? The community generally frowns on overt self-promotion and ten...

fbueckert

@GnomeSlice So did I. I downvoted it because it's a link.

GnomeSlice

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A: How can I find my steam ID?

You can easily get your ID with service like Steam ID Finder, just copy and paste your profile address. To get your profile address: Launch Steam Click your email address in the upper right to get to a drop-down menu From the drop-down menu select "View Profile" Once the profile loads, right c...

So is that.

It just also lists how to get to your steam profile.

fbueckert

@GnomeSlice Which actually has steps to try.

GnomeSlice

8:26 PM

@fbueckert No, the steps just tell you how to get to your steam profile url. Anyone who uses steam often doesn't need those steps at all, but it's still nice to have them.

fbueckert

...You know what? Arguing with you is pointless.

GnomeSlice

Add those exact same steps in and it's literally the exact same answer, wiith a different link.

OrigamiRobot

> Post good, relevant answers, and if they happen to be about your product, so be it. However, you must disclose your affiliation with the product in your answers.

GnomeSlice

@OrigamiRobot Aha, that is more like it.

So yeah, he didn't do that.

It's been fixed though, so it's probably okay.

user15026

But since this was only in a comment, someone needs to tell that dude to put it in the answer if it isn't.

GnomeSlice

8:28 PM

badp edited it in

OrigamiRobot

@AshleyNunn badp put it in

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spugsley

HI PEOPLES <3333333333333

fbueckert

@spugsley Afternoon!

user15026

@origami brain goes dumpster diving

user15026

@spugsley helllooooooooooo

fbueckert

8:30 PM

@AshleyNunn Star, lady! Star it!

spugsley

@AshleyNunn bhahahahah yesssss

GnomeSlice

> Is the ID only created if I buy a game?

Now that I look at this again, none of the answers on that page answer that part of the question.

user15026

@fbueckert on mobile, needed someone else to star first

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn Figured. Helped you out with that.

OrigamiRobot

I'm so famous today.

GnomeSlice

8:33 PM

@OrigamiRobot emails

FEichinger

KSP WTF of the day: People blaming the new KSC for the performance issues ... because it was made using SketchUp

spugsley

ok. Ian is playing Magic after work which means I can eat whatever I want for dinner...what should I eat?!??!

OrigamiRobot

@GnomeSlice I set up a filter to auto-delete anything from @fredley's email adress.

GnomeSlice

@OrigamiRobot lol

OrigamiRobot

@spugsley Magic cards.

GnomeSlice

8:34 PM

@spugsley Pizza

Blem

@spugsley order some pizza so you can spend your time on your dirty fanfiction

@Blem OMG NO WAT

@spugsley Artie

@OrigamiRobot :o

He's very meaty.

8:35 PM

@Blem also I finished reading it >.> ALSO IT ISN'T DIRTY

Blem

NN people, time to get some sleep

OrigamiRobot

@spugsley Your camera

GnomeSlice

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spugsley

@OrigamiRobot IF YOU DO THIS I WILL START THAT GAME WHERE I PAIR TWO FOODS TOGETHER THAT SHOULDN'T GO TOGETHER EVERY TIME YOU'RE HUNGRY. YOU HATE THAT

OrigamiRobot

@spugsley Kitten waffles

Airplane pudding

Powerlord

8:37 PM

If you really want to figure out what a Steam ID is from a profile ID.... (profileId % 2) is the auth server and middle part, (profileId - 76561197960265728 - authServer) / 2 is the right part. The left part is either STEAM_0 or STEAM_1 depending on the game.

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GnomeSlice

youtube, y u no thumbnail

fbueckert

@spugsley Just feed him sloth and ketchup.

GnomeSlice

@Powerlord wat

Wipqozn

@fbueckert I like this idea.

GnomeSlice

@Powerlord vacbans.com

Wipqozn

8:38 PM

We should lock @OrigamiRobot in a room with a sloth.

OrigamiRobot

I would throw up.

Powerlord

@GnomeSlice Yeah, but someone was complaining about links, right?

user15026

@spugsley fly to my house. I am making pie because today is a happy day so therefore pie

GnomeSlice

Yeah I guess. :P

badp

I'm leaving Italy for six months the day after tomorrow and, as planned, I now don't want any of this

GnomeSlice

8:39 PM

You should add that as an answer.

Coronus

@OrigamiRobot Silly robot. waffles go with everything.

spugsley

@AshleyNunn :D why happy?!?! Also, yes I will be there in x-number of hours/days!

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn Isn't pie baking day always a happy day?

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badp

Pre-travel anguish is the worst

OrigamiRobot

I just imagined a sloth crawling into my cubicle and got freaked out.

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badp

8:39 PM

@OrigamiRobot are you sure it was just your imagination?

spugsley

@OrigamiRobot OMG OMG OMG SPEAKING OF FREAKOUTS

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LET ME TELL YOU

remember that glass you picked up at the abandoned nursing home?

Wipqozn

@badp Why are you going there? School, or family?

FEichinger

@spugsley That is so spugsley of you.

spugsley

and put in that purse I had in my car?

badp

@Wipqozn Internship

OrigamiRobot

8:40 PM

@spugsley Yea?

Ronan Forman

@OrigamiRobot IT HAD A SLOTH IN IT! dun dun duuun

Powerlord

Also, did Valve get rid of the permalink button on a Steam profile? You used to be able to use that to get the profile ID.

OrigamiRobot

The suspense is killing me

Ben Brocka

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spugsley

@OrigamiRobot WELL. Today. It somehow got put back in my bag of stuff I tried to sell at Platos. I was taking the stuff that didn't sell to Goodwill and I checked the purses to make sure there was nothing in them before I donated them

WELL

I opened that one and I was like

"OMG WHAT IS THIS DRUGS?! DID THEY PUT DRUGS IN HERE?!?!"

OrigamiRobot

8:42 PM

Don't sell my glass.

spugsley

It looks like drugs.

Wipqozn

@BenBrocka It's so satisfying when you redo an okay day, and then do excellent. I only got two fruit in a day, but I knew if I restarted I could get 3. I ended up getting four.

OrigamiRobot

If you're a crazy person maybe.

spugsley

I AM A CRAZY PERSON

Shotgun Ninja

@spugsley Buhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

HA

I caught a star!

Ben Brocka

8:43 PM

@Wipqozn I'm not worried about fruit, but I reset to lose less pikmin and actually capture the stupid boss's corpse

fbueckert

@spugsley I never doubted you.

Wipqozn

@BenBrocka I reset a few times because of those damn whiptongue bulborbs.

user15026

@spugsley happy because my world is suddenly full of interesting possibility.

spugsley

@AshleyNunn YAY! <3

Ben Brocka

@Wipqozn haven't found those yet, only on day 5

spugsley

8:44 PM

@AshleyNunn and at first I thought you were talking about my purse drugs and I was really confused

Shotgun Ninja

@spugsley Also, this made me think of:

Ben Brocka

I had to stop becuase I couldn't get to britanny in time and it was too late to try again

Wipqozn

@BenBrocka They're huge jerks.

spugsley

@ShotgunNinja why? :o

Shotgun Ninja

@spugsley Because I bumped your post out of the way as someone was giving you a star, and they gave it to me instead by mistake ;P

spugsley

8:46 PM

@ShotgunNinja this

@ShotgunNinja That movie is the best.

spugsley

OH and if anyone here is interested in graphic novels, I'm selling this on Ebay: ebay.com/itm/…

it's brand new. I needed it for school, spent a ton of money on it, and then the stupid professor never fucking used it

Shotgun Ninja

Wow, what a dick

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spugsley

@ShotgunNinja yeah. Thank goodness I didn't open it. I can at least get some of my money back

StrixVaria

8:49 PM

@BenBrocka I finally actually got a chance to play.

The final boss of arcade mode is stupid.

Here's all these mechanics based around combos and blocking! Oh, also, here's a character with constant super armor who doesn't give a shit about the rest of the game mechanics.

Maybe it's not the final boss, but I'm done with arcade mode.

I guess I'll have to just get wrecked online or something.

GnomeSlice

@StrixVaria Marie?

StrixVaria

@GnomeSlice Yeah.

GnomeSlice

Final boss

She's stupid

StrixVaria

Ok, well it's still stupid.

GnomeSlice