The Bridge

Jason Berkan

21:00

I'm confused why these Android things use their own store. As a consumer, I want to buy Super Game X on my phone and then also be able to play it on my GameStick and Ouya.

user43095

@Unionhawk lol

Lazers

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Q: What items can be enchanted?

I'm wondering if I need to continue saving chocolate for enchanting items or if I can make them all into pain au chocolait. In order to know when I can stop worrying about chocolate bars, I need to know what can be enchanted. So what items can be enchanted?

candy-box-2

Lazers

21:19

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Q: Does anything happen if you don't obey the commands to press buttons?

At one point in the Stanley Parable, the game asks you to press different buttons and then usually makes a joke about you afterwards. An example is: PLEASE PRESS 'Z' TO BE AT WORK IN THE MORNING. I've waited a couple minutes to see if anything will ever happen on one of these button push...

the-stanley-parable

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Q: Is Franklin more likely to attract police attention in Blaine County?

It seems like, when I'm driving around the northern parts of the map as Franklin, the police are on more of a hair trigger than they are when Trevor or Michael is around. They seem quicker to respond and it seems easier to increase your wanted level from one to two stars. Unfortunately this is j...

grand-theft-auto-5

Unionhawk

@Lazers Hmm. Interesting theory.

That would be a little funny if it turned out to be the case.

Gaming Topics From Outside

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Q: Give a programm an unconstrained amoind of ram

I am running a linux application, not wine. A) How can I find out if it has any memory constraints, if any at all? B) If it does have memory constraints how can I increase it? I have 12GB of system RAM. The process seems to be capping at 3.4GB of RAM. The name of the process is KSP.x86, its ...

games performance ram steam system-monitor

James

@GamingTopicsFromOutside Holy Crap... I think we should redirect that to engrish.se

Jason Berkan

@James He is a Kerbal. English is his second language.

kalina

fucking fly has been following me around for the last hour. It just landed in my soup so I drowned it.

Unionhawk

21:29

@kalina that's nice

kalina

well no, now I can't eat the soup

James

@JasonBerkan Oooh, I see I see

@kalina What kind of soup?

kalina

vegetable

FEichinger

Well, now it's no longer vegetable soup.

kalina

DONT SAY IT

you'll make me gag

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FEichinger

21:32

... I did not star that.

Unionhawk

Out-of-context stars ho! (I wasn't the first star on that, but while it's there, it may as well have a second one)

James

21:43

@kalina Ah, well no big loss then :D

badp

I'm unreasonably excited about the 1kg of long spaghetti I've impulse bought today

Unionhawk

@badp How unreasonable? Spaghetti is always worth excitement.

FEichinger

@badp <something something Italian>

badp

As unreasonable as the length of the spaghetti.

@FEichinger dude, you keep your sliced sausage meat salad, I'll keep my pasta, we're all happy.

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FEichinger

@badp ಠ_ಠ

badp

21:49

Being in Munich is making me realize how vegetarian of a diet I actually have.

I mean, it's not vegetarian because vegetarian is an all or nothing thing

like, you either love freedom, or you are a terrorist.

GnomeSlice

store.steampowered.com/app/213470

Grace Note

@badp It took me too long to realize you said "1kg of long spaghetti" and not "1km long of spaghetti"

GnomeSlice

Steam has games that are only demos?

OrigamiRobot

You don't have meat in your spaghetti?

badp

@GraceNote the combined length could very well be over 1kg

@OrigamiRobot I occasionally do.

OrigamiRobot

21:52

Occasionally?

badp

Yeah. Ragu' is left for the big occasions.

(the so-called scary-quoted "Bolognese")

OrigamiRobot

I wouldn't call spaghetti without meat spaghetti.

Wipqozn

@GraceNote That would be quite a bit of spaghetti.

Unionhawk

@OrigamiRobot Strictly speaking...

OrigamiRobot

If someone says I'm having spaghetti, I expect meat.

Unionhawk

21:54

I just expect strands of pasta and presumably a sauce

Jason Berkan

All Italian noodles are always noodle and sauce. Without knowing the sauce, you don't know if you are getting meat. (Disregarding meat filled noodles, of course.)

OrigamiRobot

Who wants just pasta and tomato sauce? That sounds terrible.

Unionhawk

@OrigamiRobot There are more sauces in the world than just tomato sauce.

Though I tend to agree, meat sauce > tomato sauce

Wipqozn

@JasonBerkan HOMM3 <3 I love that game.

OrigamiRobot

@Unionhawk I've never seen any spaghetti with non-tomato sauce.

Unionhawk

21:56

@OrigamiRobot You never know. @badp might be feeling crazy.

Jason Berkan

@Wipqozn It was awesome. I still play it once in awhile.

Wipqozn

@JasonBerkan Yeah, same here. Every so often I get a craving for it and start up a game.

Carbonara

Carbonara is an Italian pasta dish from Latium, based on eggs, cheese (Pecorino Romano or Parmigiano-Reggiano), The pork is cooked in fat, which may be olive oil, lard, or less frequently butter. The hot pasta is combined with a mixture of raw eggs, cheese, and a fat (butter, olive oil, or cream) Guanciale is the most commonly used meat in Italy, but pancetta and local bacon are also used. Versions of this recipe may differ in how the egg is added: some people use the whole egg, while other people use only the yolk; intermediate versions with some whole eggs and some yolk are also po...

Grace Note

@Wipqozn Indeed.

OrigamiRobot

@Wipqozn I wouldn't call that spaghetti.

Unionhawk

@Wipqozn There we go, I knew it was a thing, I just didn't know what thing it was

Jason Berkan

21:59

Sure looks like spaghetti noodles to me.

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot No, but it makes use of spaghetti noodles.

Unionhawk

> Spaghetti is usually used as the pasta,

OrigamiRobot

Don't care.

badp

Please do not feed the troll

Unionhawk

@badp :o

Wipqozn

21:59

@badp You could ban him and use "Inferior Pasta Knowledge" as the reason.

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OrigamiRobot

When someone says "spaghetti" to me, I expect noodles, tomato sauce, and meat.

I don't care what kind of noodles.

Unionhawk

I think we can just chalk this one up to "american" and move on

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot Your emphasis on what instead of kind bothers me.

badp

@Wipqozn Please stop feeding the troll

OrigamiRobot

I'm confused as to how I'm trolling here?

Wipqozn

22:01

@badp But if no one feeds him he'll die of hunger.

Jason Berkan

I think we should be feeding the troll spaghetti without meat sauce.

Wipqozn

@JasonBerkan This sounds like a good solution.

badp

Unionhawk

1 min ago, by Unionhawk

I think we can just chalk this one up to "american" and move on

FEichinger

@Unionhawk Oh, so I'm not the only one thinking that? Awesome.

OrigamiRobot

22:02

When I was growing up, this is what spaghetti always was. I don't care what spaghetti is by definition, I am going to think of what I ate growing up.

Unionhawk

@FEichinger Apparently not? Hang on, let me check the transcript.

OrigamiRobot

You can just chalk it up to "This is what my grandma made for me"

badp

@OrigamiRobot This is why there is no point in talking to you and thus talking about it is going to simply feeding the troll.

That answers your question.

kalina

@OrigamiRobot spaghetti != noodles

OrigamiRobot

@badp I'm not sure you know what trolling is.

Wipqozn

22:03

@kalina Spaghetti are noodles.

Aren't they?

FEichinger

@kalina spaghetti ⊆ noodles, though.

Jason Berkan

You know @badp, I'm going to have to visit Italy one of these days, just for the food.

badp

@JasonBerkan What kind of food would you be after?

Unionhawk

@JasonBerkan Having been there, it is where the food is at.

Jason Berkan

@badp Italian, of course.

OrigamiRobot

22:05

What I am doing is being stubborn. That's not necessarily trolling.

Wipqozn

Yup, they're noodles.

FEichinger

@OrigamiRobot When it's getting obnoxious and screams willful ignorance as well, yes it is.

badp

@JasonBerkan I mean: pasta? filled pasta? rice? pizza? cheese? fresh cheese? ice creams? fiorentina?

kalina

OrigamiRobot

Arguably, by saying I'm trolling, you could be trolling!

kalina

22:05

^ spaghetti

Jason Berkan

@badp Yes, yes, maybe, yes, YES, YES, yes, and yes.

Unionhawk

@OrigamiRobot Stop feeding the troll.

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot Accusing someone else of trolling is a common trolling tactic.

FEichinger

@kalina So, how did that soup thing go for you?

OrigamiRobot

Trollception

badp

22:06

@JasonBerkan The bold for fresh cheese determines you probably want Apulia

RedRiderX

@JasonBerkan Thanks for the rats, although I already have about a thousand to many. :P

Jason Berkan

@RedRiderX I have you and @AshleyNunn as options. I couldn't give rats to a girl, and the other option was to trick you into taking wounds.

@badp Noted.

RedRiderX

@JasonBerkan Yes, well...

There are a few others in the Bridge that play Fallen London, if you'd like some more compatriots.

I suppose dead rats are preferable...

Jason Berkan

@RedRiderX Sure, though I have to go catch a bus right now. I'll check back later.

RedRiderX

@JasonBerkan See ya.

badp

22:09

@JasonBerkan Martina Franca in particular is a place I've lived in where there's a rather typical city center (I do really hope they've closed it again to street traffic) and local production of all kinds of mozzarellas, mozzarella braids, provolas, burratas, etc.

Especially burrata's.

Oh god burrata's.

Unionhawk

STOP REMINDING ME HOW TERRIBLE THE FOOD IS OVER HERE @badp JESUS

badp

@Unionhawk I'm not in Italy either, dude.

Unionhawk

@badp True enough.

badp

The exception is Buffala mozzarella. For that you want to be in Neaples.

Also, don't play down a good risotto. I for one am craving for one.

If you don't want to go Milanese (just saffron), go for a seafood risotto. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.

Wipqozn

Now I want seafood.

badp

22:14

@Wipqozn It's a quarter past midnight here.

Unionhawk

I need to go back to Europe at some point... 's where the food is at.

Lazers

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Q: How do you get the purple shark fin?

I got it once but I reset and I forgot how to get it.

candy-box-2 candy-box

OrigamiRobot

@Unionhawk Where do you live?

Unionhawk

@OrigamiRobot Ohio.

OrigamiRobot

@Unionhawk You can go get great cheese in Amish Country?

Unionhawk

22:16

@OrigamiRobot That's too far. I'm on the opposite side of the state from that.

And I don't have a car

OrigamiRobot

I got nothing then.

Never have I gone to Ohio and had anyone tell me to try any local cuisine.

@Lazers Dupe

FEichinger

@Lazers Dupedupedupedupedupe

Unionhawk

@Lazers Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuupe

OrigamiRobot

Like, in the south we have BBQ and sweet tea.

Unionhawk

Yeah, we've got literally nothing unique.

OrigamiRobot

22:20

And other various things that I don't know how to classify other than "down home" cooking.

Hmm, I'm not getting any Google Juice. Anyone else having problems?

Unionhawk

I'm just thinking of other places I've been that have such awesome food, and it makes me sad to be eating dorm-related food.

Actually, no, we've got Cincinnati Chili as a unique thing

Though it is certainly not for everyone.

Hmm... I might want to go for some Skyline today...

Wait a minute, Skyline is a thing in Florida? Since the hell when?

ToxicFrog

22:39

Does anyone here use Origin?

I have ended up with a bunch of Origin keys, mostly for things I wouldn't want even if I did use Origin.

Powerlord

Time to go do something... Objectionable.

qwertyk31

@ToxicFrog yes, it sucks

kalina

under the dome steps over the line of tasteful so frequently

ToxicFrog

22:55

@qwertyk31 yes, that's why I'm trying to trade these keys to smoeone who minds the suck less~

qwertyk31

@ToxicFrog what games?

ToxicFrog

@qwertyk31 Battlefield 3, Dead Space 3, Dead Space, Burnout Paradise, Crysis 2 Maximum, Medal of Honor, Mirror's Edge, C&C3 RA:U, and Populous

qwertyk31

@ToxicFrog can i have Burnout Paradise?

Lazers

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Q: Messed up view in CandyBox 2

I started playing Candybox 2 and I was really getting into it, it was hard to make things out but I went along with it, then I saw these pictures where the lines where perfectly matched and easy to see detail and I think my view is messed up some how... What others seem to see: What I see: I...

candy-box-2

Unionhawk

@kalina Never seen it, but it wouldn't surprise me

ToxicFrog

23:02

@qwertyk31 got anything on Steam or GOG you want to trade for it?

GnomeSlice

@ToxicFrog No Desura =[

qwertyk31

@ToxicFrog I can send you $2?

ToxicFrog

@GnomeSlice afraid not, everything I have for Steam or Desura I've either used myself or already traded away.

@qwertyk31 hang on, you can do that with Steam?

qwertyk31

Paypal

otherwise dont bother

I dont realy want it

ToxicFrog

Nah, paypal is too much trouble

FEichinger

23:18

Welp, naptime.

Unionhawk

@FEichinger ...isn't it like, 1:30 over there?

FEichinger

@Unionhawk Yeh, just about.

LessPop_MoreFizz

Todays reading: Dutch people desperately flailing about and trying to defend a racist caricature

Fluttershy

@LessPop_MoreFizz Pay wall. :(

Unionhawk

> Sorry, you must be a registered forums member to view this page.

NNNNNNNNNNNO

LessPop_MoreFizz

23:26

@Fluttershy I can never tell which threads on SA are and aren't public

Brant

This video is pretty convincing, though.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Fluttershy Google for 'Zwarte Piet' and you'll see said racist caricature which is being defended as a 'time honored tradition which children love!'

Santa's helper in the netherlands is a fuckin' golliwog.

Unionhawk

@Brant Wow. Sign me up right now

TAKE ALL MY MONEY

James

@Brant Yeah I mean, no one wants to be eaten by a window...

badp

@Brant I'll pass

LessPop_MoreFizz

23:31

@badp Fine, you'll just end up like that guy.

Unionhawk

@LessPop_MoreFizz And look at his dumb ass now!

badp

@LessPop_MoreFizz Oh teh noes.

FEichinger

@LessPop_MoreFizz You do not rewrite folklore for the sake of political correctness, though.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@FEichinger When said 'folklore' is only about a hundred years old anyway, I don't see why not.

Brant

23:45

Is that particular caricature racist in the culture of the Netherlands, though? (Maybe it is, I dunno. It’s definitely racist in our culture.)

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Brant The depiction is 100% derived straight from touring american minstrel shows in the late 19th century

Brant

… and this is where none the examples I can think of to illustrate my point actually involve race so I realize this is a facetious argument and drop it immediately

LessPop_MoreFizz

It literally didn't exist before those showed up.

Brant

Oh. Yeah, also that.

FAE

@LessPop_MoreFizz Ugh, this is a nightmare of a conversation to have in this country.

Brant

23:54

Oh yeah… Happy World Pasta Day!

FAE

You should check out the Wikipedia talk page for Zwarte Piet. It's been heated for more than a few years now.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@FAE I'm just watching the frantic passive aggressive defense of racism in the sa thread and laughing/crying really hard

Unionhawk

@FAE Oh jesus, as with all Wikipedia drama... I don't even want to know.

LessPop_MoreFizz

Also, some goon linked a video of singing and dancing piets and oh god how the fuck can anyone not realize how horrifically racist this is: youtube.com/watch?v=-WnTZoq61Oc

Unionhawk

Though ArbCom cases are always interesting to read over. Like... this got that heated that we had to take it to a committee to look it over and apply remedies?

FAE

23:57

@LessPop_MoreFizz Yeeeeeeeah... around Sinterklaas, it's still super weird for me to walk around and see little kids in blackface.

@Unionhawk It went on for pages and pages and pages.

Unionhawk

@FAE And around in circles too, no doubt.

LessPop_MoreFizz

> His experience is steeped in centuries of racism and discrimination. Your experience is based on laughing at the funny black guy doing funny things. Think for a second which experience is a bit more meaningful here.

^^ Good post in SA thred.

FAE

Jochem brought me a chocolate letter once for Christmas while I was living in the states and still on SU campus. It had a Zwarte Piet on the box and I shoved it in my desk and was like "I can't have this visible, someone will write me up!"

LessPop_MoreFizz

You went to 'Cuse? I didn't know that.

Unionhawk

(I was involved in an ArbCom case in 2009. Fun times. I know all about Wikipedia drama)

LessPop_MoreFizz

23:59

If you were there in... 2003 or 2004, I probably harassed you at some point to vote to fund NYPIRG.

Brant

Ugh, Wikipedia drama.

FAE

Mentioned it once before to you IIRC, cuz you said you were with NYPIRG for a while around the same time I went.

Yeah, that.

Unionhawk

No it wasn't the Scientology case. It was a smaller case on ADHD.

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