The Bridge

user15026

7:00 PM

@badp this makes a lot of sense

> In fact, the implementors of INTERCAL feel so strongly about the poor programming habits that GOTO encourages, that they implemented GOTO's opposite number, COME FROM.

Someone clearly doesn't have a sense of humor (i.e. the grader).

Sterno

> Declare an integer called number with an initial value of 1, and then perform the same block of code 12 times, incrementing the value of number by 1 each time for the purposes of computation

I'm pretty sure we've got a client with a coding standard that requires comments like this

badp

> Use the { character to let the compiler know where the for loop ends

kalina

There are some sick people in the world

roommate ordered pizza

Sterno

@badp OH GOD WRONG CHARACTER

Kevin van der Velden

7:06 PM

@kalina clearly a sign of a diseased mind

kalina

got me one with pineapple on it

OrigamiRobot

@kalina I thought I was sick last week, but it turned out to be nothing.

badp

@kalina I heard ham and pineapple pizza actually doesn't suck

kalina

you're wrong

Sterno

@kalina Where is the problem?

badp

7:07 PM

let me know how it ends if you do eat it

kalina

pineapple doesn't belong on pizza

Yuki

Pineapple is delicious and you should be condemned to Mass Effect-less hell for saying otherwise.

Unionhawk

I like it, but it's not everyone's thing. shrug

Sterno

Your roommate got you pizza. What the hell are you complaining about?

badp

@kalina I agree, but I heard this about pineapple and ham from people I respect so...

OrigamiRobot

7:07 PM

I love pineapple, but not on pizza

user15026

I like pineapple on pizza

kalina

Only Hitler eats pizza with pineapple on it

Sterno

Hitler doesn't eat any pizza. Hitler is dead.

Yuki

Also, Hitler was German. You might be thinking about Mussolini.

kalina

Hilter was Austrian

Just saying

Yuki

7:08 PM

No, "Hilter" was not Austrian.

Well, maybe he was. I don't know a "Hilter".

user15026

guys, guys, guys did you know PEOPLE DIE

user15026

so you need to get new people to work on your codez

RedRiderX

@AshleyNunn WAIT REALLY?

wow

kalina

Goddammit mobile chat and autocorrect

3

user15026

I know I am just as shocked as you, @RedRiderX

Sterno

7:10 PM

@kalina Stop using my excuse.

badp

NO NO NO NO NO I REFUSE

kalina

DIE IN A FIRE

Yuki

I have unleashed the doges of hell.

SaintWacko

CONVERSATION RESUMES

RedRiderX

very demon

Unionhawk

7:11 PM

@kalina <3

badp

→ 5 messages moved to Very Hell. Much Android.

5

Sterno

NO

badp

→ 2 messages moved to Very Hell. Much Android.

OrigamiRobot

aww, what a jerk

kalina

you renamed android hell?

user15026

7:12 PM

my laptop has a trackpad and one of those weird mice nubs - can I turn the littel nub off some how

user15026

it is way too sensitive

OrigamiRobot

@badp very joke. so humor.

SaintWacko

@AshleyNunn Your nub is too sensitive?

2

Also: topical

I know a lot of people hate these, but I prefer them to touchpads.

Sterno

Nov 8 at 16:16, by badp

room topic changed to The Bridge: General gaming chat room, wherein everything is fireproof and LAZERS are the new fire. [-....] [-badp-headcanon] [-doge] [-fun] [jin-fanclub] [lazers]*

user15026

@SaintWacko I was trying really hard not to make it sexual

Sterno

7:13 PM

Doge is clearly off-topic

SaintWacko

@AshleyNunn Oh, don't worry! I can do it for you!

:P

user15026

@SaintWacko I appreciate that

user15026

and yes there is too much sensitivity in my nub

user15026

it is making things awkward

RedRiderX

> badp has invited you to join Very Hell. Much Android.

user15026

7:14 PM

rawr

user15026

how do I turn this nub offffffff

badp

@kalina No, I made a special android hell - just for that

so it doesn't taint the actual hell

kalina

@ashley nipple mouse, stop flicking your nipple

Yuki

@AshleyNunn Talk to your physician if nub sensitivity lasts for more than four hours.

user15026

@kalina I cant help it it is just there and I keep accidentally touching it

kalina

7:16 PM

Stop accidentally touching your nipple

badp

Star bait: 0/2

Sterno

NSFW

OrigamiRobot

Now sounds like a great time to explain how to play the didgeridoo

SaintWacko

@OrigamiRobot Well, you see...

Or we could discuss techniques for playing brass instruments

Yuki

@OrigamiRobot 1) Take didgeridoo. 2) Apply blunt force to intended target with said didgeridoo.

kalina

7:17 PM

oh he ordered pineapple pizza on purpose

He just admitted it

SaintWacko

@Yuki Well, that escalated quickly

OrigamiRobot

First, you put you lips in the hole. Then you blow, making sure to vibrate your lips. To change the tone, try moving your tongue around. Experiment to ge the sound you want.

user58869

@RedRiderX it's world of warcraft 9th anniversary

Unionhawk

@kalina Well of course, I mean, one doesn't accidentally order pineapple pizza...

RedRiderX

@Alex wow

Yuki

7:18 PM

@Alex Wow, it's been 10 years since I played that game.

SaintWacko

It's been never since I've played that game

RedRiderX

must resist...

kalina

So mean

user15026

@badp I am not starbaiting

user15026

I JUST WANT IT TO STOP

badp

7:19 PM

@AshleyNunn That wasn't for you

SaintWacko

@AshleyNunn He was talking to @kalina

user15026

@badp oh shiny :)

user15026

sorry, I keep accidentally selecting things and moving things and this nub needs to be not a thing

user15026

I am a little testy today

kalina

i don't star bait. You lie.

Lazers

7:19 PM

0

Q: Walking glitch in Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckonig

I recently tried to get back to playing Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning on my PS3 after a year-long break and I've run into a strange glitch (as I think of it now, it might have been a reason I stopped playing the game). Whenever I try to move my character he takes a couple of steps and just freez...

kingdoms-amalur-reckoning

SaintWacko

@kalina I'm surprised the universe didn't just collapse from the sheer weight of that untruth

kalina

Well it didn't, so I'm obviously telling the truth

user58869

@RedRiderX vol'jin lives

Yuki

@AshleyNunn Have you checked the mouse properties in the Control Panel?

RedRiderX

@AshleyNunn in the start menu type "mouse" > choose "mouse" under the control panel list >

go to the hardware tab >

find the nubby mouse

and then disable the driver

kalina

7:22 PM

if she has the relevant drivers installed there will likely be a check box to disable it

Yuki

> The DON'T BE LIKE THAT. YOU REMIND ME OF MY MOTHER statement is currently a valid statement in INTERCAL though if used upon an IGNOREd variable will not cause a change of state in that variable, i.e., it will still be IGNOREd.

user15026

@RedRiderX it just tells me there is one mouse plugged into the PS/2 port

user15026

which....I dont get

RedRiderX

@AshleyNunn What do you have on your laptop?

badp

@Yuki Did it mention the PLEASE statement semi-requirements?

RedRiderX

7:28 PM

A pad and a nubby?

user15026

@RedRiderX a trackpad and a mouse, both built in

Yuki

@badp Yeah, earlier.

badp

because PLEASE is easily the best part of INTERCAL.

RedRiderX

Hmm

Hard to say then.

kalina

@ashley do you have something like synaptic sat running in your system tray

Sterno

7:29 PM

Dr Who promo ads were boring 2 days ago

RedRiderX

@Sterno And...?

Sterno

@RedRiderX And I have to suffer 5 more days of them

They keep showing up everywhere.

Kevin van der Velden

@Sterno I've never seen one :(

user15026

@kalina Not that I can see

Yuki

@Sterno Considering how bad ad scheduling is, you probably have more than a week to suffer through.

Sterno

7:31 PM

I'm specifically thinking of the "7 days", "6 days", "5 days" ones

Yuki

I remember one TV channel still showing ads for a movie that had ended its theater run.

"Now in theaters" Nope, that was last week.

user15026

oh my

Sterno

For what it's worth, I still hate LifeHacks more than Dr Who ads. Nothing has ever replaced the horribleness of LifeHacks.

Lazers

1

Q: Are all my old game saves backed up?

I just signed up for Playstation Plus, mostly so that my games saves are safe. That's a lot of time and energy that I don't want lost! I assumed that it backs-up all my game saves automatically, however, after I signed up, I started playing a game, I was prompted to enable backing up the game's...

playstation-plus

kalina

Apparently some ps4s are having issues

Yuki

7:34 PM

@kalina It's been the first week, did anybody expect it to go smoothly?

Sterno

OMG WTF I HATE YOU THIS ISN'T AN ANYTHING HACK

OrigamiRobot

@Sterno What about things like the Uberman Sleep Cycle and other things that trick your brain/body into doing things? Is that an acceptable use of "life hack"

Sterno

IT'S ALREADY GOT A NAME AND THAT NAME IS GRAVITY

kalina

Flashing blue light or some shit

SaintWacko

> INTERCAL is not even vaguely modular and nothing I can say would persuade you that it was.

Sterno

7:36 PM

@OrigamiRobot Unless it involves an axe and a human body, it is not an acceptable use of life hack

Yuki

@Sterno What about a hacksaw?

Sterno

@OrigamiRobot Incidentally, I knew a guy in college who tried that, though it was the shit, and did it for months. And then failed out.

OrigamiRobot

@Sterno That was just the first specific example I could think of.

Sterno

It definitely did lead to him having more free time!

Yuki

@OrigamiRobot I've read those kind of sleep cycle things are good if there's a temporary need for them (crunch time at work, leading up to finals week, etc.) but not healthy or remotely good for you on a permanent basis.

Unionhawk

7:38 PM

free time != doing things, incidentally.

SaintWacko

> The author of this paper is currently residing in a home for the criminally insane after attempting to rewrite the Linux kernel in Object Disoriented INTERCAL.

Sterno

No, this is called What Any Idiot With Half A Brain Cell Does

user15026

@Sterno This is not a hack, this is just not being an idiot

Sterno

@AshleyNunn I humbly protest that even idiots can accomplish this.

Yuki

@Sterno Honestly, my house is so close to the pizza place, I don't need a seat warmer.

Sterno

7:39 PM

Lifehacks are the worst. Thank you, and good day.

SaintWacko

Even more lifehack: put it on the floor!

Lazers

Recent Questions - Arqade: PS4—Mystery Port

posted on November 18, 2013 by Vecta

In this picture there is a port on the bottom left of the PS4 that is shaped like an oval and appears to be faintly labeled "test". What is the purpose of this port? Thanks! Edit: Sorry for the forbidden error. It's the 6th image down: http://www.the-magicbox.com/1311/game131116a.shtml

FEichinger

@SaintWacko But then you need an oddly shaped table-replacement so it doesn't get "dirty" from the floor!

OrigamiRobot

Ganzfeld effect

The ganzfeld effect (from German for “complete field”) or perceptual deprivation, is a phenomenon of perception caused by exposure to an unstructured, uniform stimulation field.Wolfgang Metzger, "Optische Untersuchungen am Ganzfeld." Psychologische Forschung 13 (1930) : 6-29. (the first psychophysiological study with regard to Ganzfelds) It has been most studied with vision by staring at an undifferentiated and uniform field of colour. The visual effect is described as the loss of vision as the brain cuts off the unchanging signal from the eyes. The result is "seeing black" - apparent b...

What about this?

SaintWacko

@Lazers I want to answer that "I believe it is a port for testing purposes"

Sterno

7:40 PM

@OrigamiRobot I'm not even going to read that because the answer is "no"

Tim Stone

@Sterno Lifehack: Read side of box, have them deliver, STFU.

SaintWacko

@FEichinger What?

FEichinger

@SaintWacko It's already deleted. ;)

user15026

@TimStone amen.

SaintWacko

@FEichinger Yeah :(

I know

OrigamiRobot

7:41 PM

@Sterno What about identity theft? Is that a life hack?

SaintWacko

@TimStone Costs extra

FEichinger

@SaintWacko Sarcasm. Playing on the whole impractical but tooootes necessary and awesome lifehacks thingy.

SaintWacko

Not worth it

@FEichinger Ah, okay

Sterno

Now I'm just raging

The pumps already have a mechanism for this all by themselves.

OrigamiRobot

@Sterno T_T

Tim Stone

7:42 PM

@SaintWacko But you had to pay a five cent deposit on that plastic bottle!

OrigamiRobot

@Sterno Do people not know about this?

SaintWacko

@TimStone Maybe you did

Yuki

@Sterno Please tell me this is a joke.

Unionhawk

@Sterno ...

Sterno

@OrigamiRobot You can see it in the picture!

FEichinger

7:42 PM

@Sterno ... lolwut.

Sterno

@Yuki Every lifehack ever is a joke.

Kevin van der Velden

@Sterno that is a GREAT way to spray gas EVERYWHERE

FEichinger

Like ... why? Seriously, just ... why?

SaintWacko

that has to be a troll lifehack

Yuki

@SaintWacko What I meant.

Sterno

7:43 PM

twitching with uncontrollable rage

OrigamiRobot

Unionhawk

@KevinvanderVelden The mechanism should work as to not overfill still. I think. It's still dumb.

Tim Stone

@KevinvanderVelden There's a corresponding lifehack that shows you that you can make fire using chopsticks to keep your sushi warm. The plan is in motion.

Yuki

Lifehack: Tie your shoes to prevent from tripping on the laces.

2

SaintWacko

@Unionhawk I don't think so...

Kevin van der Velden

7:45 PM

@Unionhawk that mechanism as far as I know works by forcibly releasing the trigger. Which is being blokked by the cap

user15026

THe prof is really upset because that girl was so rude

Unionhawk

@SaintWacko If you hold it down by hand, it still releases.

user15026

he was like "I am sorry that was terrible and not what I intended at all"

SaintWacko

@Unionhawk Oh, really?

Huh

Yuki

@AshleyNunn What happened?

SaintWacko

7:45 PM

@AshleyNunn Wait, was she invited in for a presentation?

user15026

@SaintWacko yes!

SaintWacko

@AshleyNunn Oh, wow

I thought she was just someone in the class

OrigamiRobot

Best way to tie shoes ^

FEichinger

I'm pretty sure that we would have all stood up and left the room if such a presentation ever happened to us.

Jason Berkan

@Sterno Not modern self serve pumps, though I still would not do that.

user15026

7:47 PM

@FEichinger I spent a lot of it freaking out and grumping

Yuki

Wait, what's going on?

SaintWacko

@Yuki Very full-of-herself presenter

Sterno

@JasonBerkan I have never seen a pump that doesn't let you have the little metal thing that makes it keep going

Though it does turn off when your tank is full, which is a bonus feature, not a minus

Yuki

So, the professor is apologizing because he brought in a horrible presenter or something?

Jason Berkan

@Sterno They got rid of all of those up here when every station went self-serve.

Sterno

7:49 PM

@JasonBerkan I've never been to one that isn't self-serve.

FEichinger

@AshleyNunn I would definitely have just left the room. It's a waste of time and warrants visible protest.

OrigamiRobot

@JasonBerkan All the stations here still have them.

Unionhawk

@SaintWacko Yeah, it does. There's some secondary cutoff, or something.

Yuki

@Sterno New Jersey?

Jason Berkan

That's why I purposefully find a full serve station now. I'm not standing in -40 pumping gas for 15 minutes.

Sterno

7:49 PM

@Yuki No. Isn't that the one where you can't do self-serve?

Why the hell does it take you 15 minutes to pump your gas?

Do they regulate you to one gallon a minute or something?

user15026

@FEichinger I was so tempted

user15026

She was the rudest bean ever

Jason Berkan

@Sterno I'm not certain of the actual speed, but it is slow. Welcome to socialism at its finest.

Unionhawk

Wait what?

Jason Berkan

38 litres per minute is the maximum, according to the government. I swear its slower at the pumps, though.

Sterno

7:52 PM

@JasonBerkan I think it takes me two minutes tops to fill my tank. That includes getting out of the car, scanning the credit card, obsessively trying to hit an exact dollar amount, and then waiting forever so I can press the "NO, I DON'T WANT A STUPID CAR WASH" button

OrigamiRobot

I get mad when it takes more then 2 minutes to pump gas.

Unionhawk

It usually takes me slightly longer than that, but that's because I have a bad habit of filling at empty...

OrigamiRobot

@Unionhawk Me too, I have have a tiny tank.

Jason Berkan

If it was 38 lpm, it would take just over 2 minutes to fill my tank. I'll have to time it next time I get gas.

SaintWacko

I once filled up my 14-gallon gas tank with 15.045 gallons of gas

Sterno

7:55 PM