« first day (1222 days earlier)      last day (3802 days later) » 
00:00 - 05:0005:00 - 15:0015:00 - 18:0018:00 - 19:0019:00 - 20:0020:00 - 22:0022:00 - 23:0023:00 - 00:00

Lazers
Lazers
6:00 PM
0
Q: What are the conditions for the base invasion to happen?

PhilippWhat are the conditions which must be met before the aliens invade your base? Can it happen again? When I got raided by the aliens, this was my current progress:

xcom-enemy-unknown xcom-enemy-within
 
FEichinger
FEichinger
@Sterno Bing is even worse than SO search.
 
RedRiderX
RedRiderX
@SaintWacko Oh yeah.
 
Raven Dreamer
Raven Dreamer
@John We don't have separate game mode tags for TF2 or League of Legends; I just don't think it's big enough to need its own tag.
 
Powerlord
Powerlord
@RavenDreamer WHY NOT?!
@RavenDreamer In TF2, there is only one gamemode that is significantly different from the rest: Mann vs. Machine.
And that has its own tag: tf2-mann-vs-machine
 
TZHX
TZHX
Does everything about a question need to be covered by tags?
 
3ventic
3ventic
6:05 PM
There are a few in LoL that might be different enough to have a tag
 
TZHX
TZHX
Can't a guy just say in the question whether it's x mode or not, and that be enough?
 
3ventic
3ventic
@TZHX No
Absolutely not
The body of the question should define it, tags should be there to give context and help search
 
TZHX
TZHX
The people interested in Dota 2, are likely interested in the new game mode for Dota 2. If the question doesn't have enough content to differentiate which is being asked about, it's a bad question.
 
Ullallulloo
Ullallulloo
@TZHX There's lots of people who couldn't care less about it.
 
3ventic
3ventic
Diretide is different from the core gamemode, but I don't think it's big enough that there's any use for a tag
And the gamemode is not new, it's just returning from last year
 
Ullallulloo
Ullallulloo
6:08 PM
@3ventic It's different this year though.
 
3ventic
3ventic
based on what I heard not by much
 
Ullallulloo
Ullallulloo
Roshan doesn't die now, candies don't matter to him in the third round, immunities have been reworked.
Not everything though.
 
3ventic
3ventic
It is the only gamemode I'm interested in the game, however..
 
Kevin van der Velden
Kevin van der Velden
As someone who has played uuh to many hundreds of hours of dota, I don't think it warrants a seperate tag. Title and/or body should be more than enough
 
Ullallulloo
Ullallulloo
I don't know how many question there would be about it, but most would be distinct from the main game.
Hero interactions stay the same, but strategies are really different, and Roshan's behavior is original.
It's probably about like Mann vs. Machine.
 
OrigamiRobot
OrigamiRobot
6:13 PM
GUESS WHAT TIME IT IS!
 
Lazers
Lazers
0
Q: Why did I lose my field upgrade?

Zero StackI see this message across my screen from time to time stating (roughly): You have lost your service field upgrade. I know that field upgrades are given to squads from their commander, but why did I lose it? Did my commander demote our squad? Or do I have to accept the field upgrade as Squad Le...

battlefield-4
 
Powerlord
Powerlord
@OrigamiRobot 6:14pm UTC!
 
Sterno
Sterno
@OrigamiRobot Pants removal time?
 
OrigamiRobot
OrigamiRobot
@Sterno I WISH
 
That Brazilian Guy
That Brazilian Guy
@OrigamiRobot It is now 1384798484 (UTC) in Unix time
 
Sterno
Sterno
6:15 PM
@boo Literally worse than Hitler
 
Powerlord
Powerlord
> Take off your pants for the naked dance (question 4!)
Which reminds me, You Don't Know Jack is on Steam now
 
LpSamuelm
LpSamuelm
@Powerlord It's been there for ages.
 
Sterno
Sterno
What the what for the what?
 
FEichinger
FEichinger
@TZHX Ideally, the tags specify entirely what the asker is asking about
not the problem itself, but its context.
 
RedRiderX
RedRiderX
@Sterno You don't know You Don't Know Jack?
 
Powerlord
Powerlord
6:20 PM
@LpSamuelm The new one has been, but now the original 6 You Don't Know Jack games are as well.
 
LpSamuelm
LpSamuelm
@Powerlord Oh ho ho!
 
Sterno
Sterno
@RedRiderX I have played it on the console. I don't remember pants removal and naked dancing
They really make Wasteland look good, there.
 
Powerlord
Powerlord
 
Sterno
Sterno
WTF are they charging $6 for Wasteland 1?
You Don't Know Jack is a fun party game, but doesn't seem terribly well suited to the typical PC setup
 
Powerlord
Powerlord
(I think 5 is Headrush, but I dunno)
 
badp
badp
6:22 PM
@Sterno If you find the nomads agreeable, read paragraph 581, otherwise read paragraph 6,591
 
Powerlord
Powerlord
@Sterno On the PC, it uses the Q, V, and P keys for players to buzz in, as I recall
I forget, it's been a while.
 
Lazers
Lazers
0
Q: Does "aim assist" in X-Rebirth work the same as it did in X3?

AxiomIn X3-TC and X3-AP, assisted aiming was something that you had to purchase (via ship software), activate in the UI, get the target's vector cue into the main reticle and then trigger using the left control key. In X-Rebirth, there is an "aim assist" option in the configuration menu but it's no...

x-rebirth
 
user15026
THere is a girl in here trying to tell us about hackers and her codez and stuff
 
user15026
she is being a giant rudeface
 
SaintWacko
SaintWacko
@AshleyNunn Heh
 
user15026
6:35 PM
and a lot of her historical data is wrong
 
SaintWacko
SaintWacko
Ask her what she thinks of ROT13 encryption
 
user15026
she is all like look at me I use github
 
user15026
and this is my code
 
user15026
look it is code
 
user15026
I am a smart
 
user15026
6:35 PM
and i do open source
 
SaintWacko
SaintWacko
EHRMAGHERD CEHRD
 
OrigamiRobot
OrigamiRobot
I AM MADE OF CODE
 
SaintWacko
SaintWacko
And tears
 
OrigamiRobot
OrigamiRobot
WELL, I USE TEARS AS FUEL
SPECIFICALLY, @Wipqozn'S TEARS
 
Braiam
Braiam
@OrigamiRobot no, you are made of junk I threw way back...
 
RedRiderX
RedRiderX
6:36 PM
Please don't open your source in here, thank you.
 
user15026
she keeps name dropping google stuff that isnt supported anymore (she has admitted to that) but she is all like LOOK I DO THE THING
 
user15026
I DO THE GOOGLE THING
 
Powerlord
Powerlord
@AshleyNunn Hey, look at my Github!
 
SaintWacko
SaintWacko
@AshleyNunn I hear that to the tune of Monster Mash
 
Arperum
Arperum
@AshleyNunn Tell her that you know people who work FOR google!
 
RedRiderX
RedRiderX
6:37 PM
I do all the googles.
 
Powerlord
Powerlord
(Sorry, had to do it)
 
SaintWacko
SaintWacko
@Powerlord I DON'T WANT TO SEE YOUR GITHUB
THAT'S DISGUSTING
 
user15026
@Arperum I wonder if her brain will explode if I say I am dating a Googler, because I am
 
user15026
@RedRiderX ooooh all of them u must be teh smartz
 
SaintWacko
SaintWacko
@AshleyNunn Oh, you should tell her that
And then tell us what she says
And also ask about ROT13 because ROT13 is amusing
 
Powerlord
Powerlord
6:38 PM
I must be important because it says I contributed to ValveSoftware/Source-1-Games
 
RedRiderX
RedRiderX
Yes every good coderz can implement 128 bit ROT13 encryption.
 
user15026
@Powerlord Hahaha yes you are important
 
user15026
she is like I KNOW ALL THE LANGUAGES
 
user15026
ALL OF THEM
 
SaintWacko
SaintWacko
Although 2ROT13 is even more impressive
 
RedRiderX
RedRiderX
6:39 PM
It's just part of the job description.
 
user15026
am I mean if I wanna ask her if she can do Brainfuck
 
user15026
I am feeling like a total bitch face today
 
Tim Stone
Tim Stone
Tell her you wish her face was open source so you could contribute a mute function.
 
SaintWacko
SaintWacko
I mean, if one level of encryption is good, two must be better, right?
@AshleyNunn That is a wonderful language and you should ask about it
 
OrigamiRobot
OrigamiRobot
@AshleyNunn I PREFER OOK!
 
Powerlord
Powerlord
6:41 PM
Speaking of ROT13, the No More Zombies From Hell team apparently ROT13ed their CTX key in the game's source code. Not that it stopped people from locating it.
 
user15026
@SaintWacko SO tempted
 
OrigamiRobot
OrigamiRobot
> Ook! is a joke esoteric programming language created by David Morgan-Mar. It is identical to Brainfuck, except that the instructions are changed into Orangutan words. It represents the first, although unfortunately not the last, in a long line of trivial Brainfuck command substitutions.
 
user15026
this girl is basically buzzwording all over the place
 
user15026
@OrigamiRobot Love it
 
user15026
I assume that is what teh Discworld Librarian uses to program
 
OrigamiRobot
OrigamiRobot
6:41 PM
I LOVE HOW IT SAYS "ORANGUTAN WORDS" AS THOUGH THAT IS A NORMAL THING
 
SaintWacko
SaintWacko
@AshleyNunn You are awesome
 
user15026
@OrigamiRobot totally normal they have to communicate too duh
 
SaintWacko
SaintWacko
@OrigamiRobot Thank you, I was trying to find him
 
Powerlord
Powerlord
Funny thing: The Visual Studio SDK sample for writing a new language parser uses Ook as the language being parsed (and C# as the language the parser is written in)
 
user15026
I am sitting here ignoring her, snarking, and then also teaching myself Python
 
SaintWacko
SaintWacko
6:43 PM
That page has the best esoteric languages
Look at Piet
Piet is awesome
 
user15026
I like Chef
 
user15026
@SaintWacko ooooooh, Mondrian
 
user15026
SHe told us we were too dumb to understand Turing-complete
 
SaintWacko
SaintWacko
@AshleyNunn Yeah. programs in that language are so cool
@AshleyNunn Uh...
 
user15026
I have decided she needs to be trebuchet-ed
 
SaintWacko
SaintWacko
6:44 PM
@AshleyNunn I fully support this
If only I still had my trebuchet constructed
 
user15026
My one classmate offered to be my getaway driver if I trebuchet her
 
SaintWacko
SaintWacko
I had a trebuchet that needed 30 feet of vertical clearance to fire
Well, technically my sister did, but I designed it and helped with construction and firing
 
Powerlord
Powerlord
@AshleyNunn So, why are you talking to this person?
 
SaintWacko
SaintWacko
After reading this paper
 
user15026
@Powerlord she is doing a presentation for my digital anthro class
 
user15026
6:47 PM
I wanna hit her
 
SaintWacko
SaintWacko
Also, is anyone here familiar with the Jargon File?
 
user15026
she also said we would never understand LaTex or HTML or Python
 
user15026
@SaintWacko SOmewhat yes
 
SaintWacko
SaintWacko
@AshleyNunn But of course, she does, right?
:P
 
user15026
@SaintWacko Dude she knows all the languages
 
SaintWacko
SaintWacko
6:48 PM
@AshleyNunn I love it. So much fascinating stuff
 
user15026
She is trying to explain open source and Creative Commons and proprietary software
 
RedRiderX
RedRiderX
@AshleyNunn lolwut
 
user15026
and somehow we are talking about spaghetti
 
SaintWacko
SaintWacko
@AshleyNunn Print out a program in Piet and go up to her really humbly and say that you're having some trouble with a program, and you can't figure out what you're doing wrong and since she's so good at it maybe she can take a look at it and tell you what you're doing wrong
 
Mad Scientist
Mad Scientist
Nobody understands that crazy language LaTeX uses behind the scenes ;-), or at least I found it incomprehensible enough that I never bothered to try
 
SaintWacko
SaintWacko
6:49 PM
Then when she says yes hand her the code image
 
badp
badp
I have 43k coins in PvZ2. The game designers would probably be weeping in my general direction
 
RedRiderX
RedRiderX
@SaintWacko I support this plan.
 
Powerlord
Powerlord
@badp You spend too much time playing it.
 
user15026
@SaintWacko Oh that is lovely and terrible
 
SaintWacko
SaintWacko
@AshleyNunn I know :D
 
Mad Scientist
Mad Scientist
6:50 PM
@badp I found PvZ2 too grindy, I pretty much stopped playing it near the end of world 2
 
badp
badp
@MadScientist star grinding is bad but the star grinding at the end of world 2 is the last star grind you have to do
 
user15026
I DONT KNOW WHY WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SPAGHETTI
 
user15026
WHY
 
badp
badp
@AshleyNunn spaghettis are long and tangle each other and that's good if they're actual pasta
 
RedRiderX
RedRiderX
@AshleyNunn Ask her what the spaghetti smells like.
 
badp
badp
6:52 PM
@RedRiderX I was just about to say they're a code smell.
So she may snarkily reply, "they smell like code you'd write"
 
RedRiderX
RedRiderX
@badp Oh snap
Yeah that could happen...
 
Powerlord
Powerlord
Ask her what a Von Neumann architecture is.
 
user15026
"It is often necessary to change data from one type to another type. Just as you can convert a sandwich from solid to liquid form by using a blender, you can change data from one type to another type using a typecast function."
 
user15026
I love this thing that I am using to learn Python
 
Lazers
Lazers
0
Q: How do I get the processor factory to transport their goods to the trading depot?

user61905On Sim City 5, I have two factories producing processors. I put a trading Depot right next to each one, but both factories say that they stopped production because they're full. I bought the maximum amount of trucks for both the factories and the depots. I also have three trading depots, with mul...

simcity simcity-deluxe
 
badp
badp
6:53 PM
@AshleyNunn O__O
@AshleyNunn O____O
 
user15026
@badp Can I hit her then
 
badp
badp
typecasts... in Python?
 
user15026
@badp ....apparently?
 
badp
badp
@AshleyNunn O______O
 
user15026
". You write the name of the desired new type in the same way as a function call, for example

x = float("3.4")
print(x-1)
changes the string "3.4" to the float 3.4, and then prints out 2.4. Without the typecast, the program would crash, since it cannot subtract a number from a string."
 
user15026
6:54 PM
(thats the next paragraph)
 
badp
badp
@AshleyNunn O________O
 
Powerlord
Powerlord
@badp Python is strongly typed, which is odd for a dynamically typed language
 
badp
badp
That is not typecasting
 
user15026
I mostly jsut liked the bit about hte sandwiches in blenders
 
badp
badp
That is very much not typecasting
although I can see how they'd be confused
 
user15026
6:54 PM
it teaches me what I need
 
Kevin van der Velden
Kevin van der Velden
@badp this is creating a new object not typecasting o.o
 
badp
badp
@AshleyNunn You don't want to learn that that's typecasting
 
user15026
Can I remember the sandwich bit?
 
badp
badp
Yes.
 
user15026
Okay
 
user15026
6:55 PM
replaces typecasting with sandwiches
 
badp
badp
So long as you think that any time you want to have a liquid you'd use a blender
 
Powerlord
Powerlord
(sandwich)bread + bacon
 
badp
badp
I have no strong feeling about liquid making
 
Powerlord
Powerlord
Whoops, did I just cast the bread to sandwich instead of the bread + bacon?
 
SaintWacko
SaintWacko
Holy shit
 
badp
badp
6:56 PM
@Powerlord You can't add bread and bacon anywhere you silly thing.
 
Powerlord
Powerlord
@badp That would depend what the super class is and whether there's overload for +, wouldn't it? :P
 
Wipqozn
Wipqozn
@OrigamiRobot My tears are pretty delicious.
 
Powerlord
Powerlord
What if I overloaded + to add Food + Food. :P
 
SaintWacko
SaintWacko
Overloading operators is fun
 
badp
badp
@AshleyNunn When you type in a "type" in the same way as a function call, what you get is a new instance of that "type." It so happens that the code that makes new float's, int's, etc. happens to convert things for you because you asked so nicely.
 
SaintWacko
SaintWacko
6:58 PM
Especially when you don't tell anyone
 
Powerlord
Powerlord
As amusing as this conversation is, I need to leave for a few.
 
SaintWacko
SaintWacko
@Powerlord I know the feeling
 
badp
badp
So float("3.4") gets you a float instance with a value of 3.4, but Sandwich(kitten) doesn't turn a kitten into a Sandwich.
 
SaintWacko
SaintWacko
So I'm going to take the opportunity to do the same
CONVERSATION IS ON BREAK
 
badp
badp
Likely, it gives you a kitten sandwich.
 
Yuki
Yuki
6:59 PM
> Information hiding is a time honoured tradition of computer programmers, although sometimes it goes by its other name, "job security".
Oh god.
 
SaintWacko
SaintWacko
@badp Thank goodness
@Yuki Yesss
 
RedRiderX
RedRiderX
@Yuki Bwahahaha
 
badp
badp
 
00:00 - 05:0005:00 - 15:0015:00 - 18:0018:00 - 19:0019:00 - 20:0020:00 - 22:0022:00 - 23:0023:00 - 00:00

« first day (1222 days earlier)      last day (3802 days later) »