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6:02 PM
CHEMICAL WARFARE
 
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Q: What Do I Get If I Connect a Uplay Account?

KatieKJust Dance 2014 (on the Xbox 360 if it matters) wants me to create a Uplay account (for Ubisoft) and connect it to the game. What will be the in-game benefits if I do this? Will I get free songs or other DLC? Are there other ways to get those goods?

 
Oh my there are so just so many things you can do with Neath-Snow!
It's just so versatile!
 
yes I did just spill coffee on my nexus 7
 
@kalina Ouch
 
@kalina :(
 
6:03 PM
Doesn't have too many holes, it should be fine
 
yeah it's fine
any lesser device would have been unhappy with that much coffee
 
@SaintWacko Would you care to come over for a meal?
There are some recipes I've been dying to try out.
 
@RedRiderX Eh, sure! I'm curious as to how recipes involving neath-snow taste!
I'll have to wait 5 minutes for another action
 
@SaintWacko Righty-o then!
 
I've been expeditioning in the Forgotten Quarter
 
6:07 PM
Hello World isn't really a hat
 
@kalina What is it with you and spilling coffee on devices?
 
I can't help it, I missed my mouth
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@SaintWacko Oh my, and what have you found so far?
 
A lot of stuff seems to "miss your mouth".
 
6:09 PM
@RedRiderX A Storm-threnody and quite a few gems
 
@SaintWacko Oh my that sounds nice!
 
Also, codecademy does not have many languages
I wanted C++
 
@FEichinger ....must....avoid....innuendo...
 
@Powerlord Why bother?
 
@SaintWacko Don't learn C++. It will only teach you to hate.
 
6:10 PM
@fredley I need it for work, though
 
@Powerlord You have no idea.
 
@SaintWacko Quit your job, burn it to the ground.
 
What's wrong with C++? It's my third favourite language behind COBOL and FORTRAN.
 
@TZHX Strings?
 
what about them?
 
6:12 PM
@TZHX In C++, are awful
 
@RedRiderX whoa. Increased all my attributes, as well as Nightmares
What did it do for you?
 
you only need strings when dealing with user input or output.
 
Oh my. Are we having an argument about programming languages? gets popcorn
Also, Python is obviously the best language.
 
outside of that, for the bulk of programming, they're irrelevant.
 
@Wipqozn I'm not joining it.
 
6:13 PM
@FEichinger You should. We should get frank and the robot involved too!
It'll be highly amusing.
 
@SaintWacko Same here.
Dang that was quite a ride...
 
@Wipqozn I will not.
 
Swankest hallucinogens I've ever taken.
 
@RedRiderX No kidding
 
6:15 PM
@SaintWacko Might we expunge are devilish thoughts together?
 
wow this language debate is getting super-tense!
 
@tugs IKR
 
@RedRiderX Yes, I suspect that would be a good idea
 
Wow, that was a very literal Searing Enigma.
 
@RedRiderX Heh, doing to Advent?
 
6:19 PM
@SaintWacko Yeah I'm catching up on the last few days.
I may also renew my acquaintance with Prisoner's Honey.
 
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Q: Are any guns in Planetside 2 'hitscan'?

JLaBellaHitscan weapons mean that the bullet has no travel time/velocity. I notice guns have a bullet velocity here, so I wonder if any of the guns are hitscan?

 
Dang Favorable Circumstances is what I was wanting!
Nice!
Haha I finally have a real profession now!
This is great!
 
@RedRiderX er... what?
 
@Powerlord Oh in Fallen London that is. :P
I was doing a bunch of small jobs for a while but now I have something a bit higher up.
 
@RedRiderX EVERY TIME someone says this I think of Hellgate London.
It's so annoying.
I know it's not the same game. Why, brain?
 
6:27 PM
Oh man christmas is a week from now I can't wait for it to be here so I can unwrap my presents and play Video Game!
 
In real life I've found out I'm going to be going into full production in my job with about 1.5 weeks of training missing.
So :/
 
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Q: Should employees with head injuries be allowed to post on meta?

Tiny TimWhile yodeling to myself quietly in our warehouse today, a pallet full of mugs came crashing down on my head, and gave me a concussion idea. First, it's very unlucky to go yodeling around on a skate board in a dark warehouse, and second, we could really use a short creative writing contest. Fort...

Go for it
 
I'm ahead of @FEichinger on the hat leaderboard, even though we're tied. It must be because he's older than me.
 
@SaintWacko I just had a neat idea for my 360.
 
How far along with that are you, anyway?
 
6:33 PM
@TimStone I just bought two spare shells so I can start working with the dremel that I'm going to buy.
 
Yay, dremel. I don't have one of those yet, unfortunately.
 
I wonder if I can get a nice pulsing/flicker effect in my furnaces by hooking the 4 LEDs to a 4-bit binary counter and just feeding it a steady signal.
Well, now that I think about that more, it would probably look weird.
 
@3ventic Didn't we already nuke on Meta.SO?
 
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Q: Brood War Multiplayer Maps

VectaI'm going to have a Brood War LAN party and may end up playing some team games, mostly just teams of 2. Are there any map packs for Brood War with maps similar to Starcraft 2 where team start positions are close/connected? Thank you.

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Q: Healthy Gaming Snacks

ZibbobzI tend to snack on junk food whenever I settle in for a long gaming session, but I can only imagine this being a terrible thing for my health. What are some alternative healthy snack options for gamers? Ideal qualities include: Longevity: Game sessions can last a very long time, and thus ...

 
6:46 PM
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Q: Should employees with head injuries be allowed to post on meta?

Tiny TimWhile yodeling to myself quietly in our warehouse today, a pallet full of mugs came crashing down on my head, and gave me a concussion idea. First, it's very unlucky to go yodeling around on a skate board in a dark warehouse, and second, we could really use a short creative writing contest. Fort...

 
@Lazers Quick, somebody answer bacon before the question gets closed.
 
@kalina @3ventic beat you to it ^
 
@TimStone I was busy creatively writing
 
@kalina SLOW
 
so, #careface
 
6:47 PM
Excuses!
 
This is what happens when stupid tags are allowed to live.
 
Most always-friday-in-iceland posts have been burned on Meta.
Unfortunately, I don't care about Meta.SO enough to gain rep there so I can't close stupid posts.
Despite having like 35k rep on SO itself, because Meta.SO is "special"
 
I'm only 800 rep away from close vote privs
 
@kalina Um
 
because... reasons
@Sterno yeah that's right, who didn't read the context before jumping in?
 
6:51 PM
NO ONE LIKES A SMARTASS
 
Your mom. Oh buuuuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.
 
(that's not true... smartasses are my favorite people in here)
 
@Sterno What do you people have against intelligent donkeys?
 
@Sterno The only people who say that are old people.
 
my ass is smart, @Sterno said so
and he's old, so respect your elders
 
6:52 PM
I don't like the direction this conversation is heading.
 
oh, sorry Mister Sterno Sir.
 
Sir Sterno of Arqadia
 
I just used all my votes for the day to get a stupid hat.
I feel dirty.
 
Sterno, the only person on Earth who is old enough to know the truth behind the bible
 
I could go downvote a bunch of her posts for you Mister Sterno Sir.
So win-win!
 
6:55 PM
@kalina Or you just did!
 
no, you bought it up
THERE IS NO EVIDENCE
 
Let's keep talking about it!
 
That reminds me, I need to log into my alt account!
 
NO LETS NOT
 
for..reasons...not related to this...
 
6:55 PM
let's go back to the previous conversation
 
There.
 
about how you're so old that you were Jesus' 13th disciple
Sterno, the old
because you were old back then too
 
@FEichinger is older than me.
 
He is?
I thought fe was in his 20s.
He's 18.
you're a liar!
 
Hrm
Maybe I'm confusing him with someone else.
 
6:56 PM
I'll never be able to trust another senior again.
 
I'm older than you.
 
@JasonBerkan is older than you.
 
MY ILLUSIONS OF OLD PEOPLE BEING CORRECT IS SHATTERED
 
hivemiiiiinnnd
 
There was someone in here who had kids throw a ball up onto his apartment balcony or something. THAT GUY IS OLDER
 
6:57 PM
agent86
 
No
 
@Rory when he's in here
he's older than you
well, just
I'm sure he's like 60
so... couple of years older than you
 
@agent86 is never in chat anymore, because he hates us.
 
he hates arqade
REPLACE ALL THE MODS
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@Sterno Thank you, I totally don't feel old right now.
 
6:59 PM
I feel old :(
 
Moderators for 2014 should be Wipqozn, badp, jmfsg, RavenDreamer and me
 
Everyone thinks I'm old. But @Sterno saying I was older than him is probably the most disappointing estimate ever.
 
I'm looking through transcripts trying to figure out who I'm talking about.
 
then again you don't see much of jmfsg or Raven these days either
 
Pin this:
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Q: Should employees with head injuries be allowed to post on meta?

Tiny TimWhile yodeling to myself quietly in our warehouse today, a pallet full of mugs came crashing down on my head, and gave me a concussion idea. First, it's very unlucky to go yodeling around on a skate board in a dark warehouse, and second, we could really use a short creative writing contest. Fort...

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7:00 PM
@kalina I think it's because I asked the first question on a tag with multiple questions.
And got upboated.
 
INTERESTING
I need a crack hit squad of 5 to test this theory
 
I think @LoganM is testing it right now.
 
I am going to create a tag and ask a question
 
No, pin this!
 
I need 2 others to ask questions afterwards
 
7:01 PM
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Q: Should employees with head injuries be allowed to post on meta?

Tiny TimWhile yodeling to myself quietly in our warehouse today, a pallet full of mugs came crashing down on my head, and gave me a concussion idea. First, it's very unlucky to go yodeling around on a skate board in a dark warehouse, and second, we could really use a short creative writing contest. Fort...

 
and then
we need to upvote them all
and then if I get a hat
we'll reproduce it as confirmation using , , and
WHO IS WITH ME?
*rallying cry*
 
@kalina NO ONE
 
Did anyone figure out Chuck Yeager, because I think I know what it is.
 
*actual tears*
 
@Yuki Fastest gun.
 
7:02 PM
@Yuki answer a question and get upvoted
within 30 minutes or so
 
Aug 18 at 23:45, by Sterno
There you have it, The Bridge. @FEichinger is the real grumpy old man, not me.
 
Thought so.
 
@kalina Just because they're not in chat doesn't mean they're not moderating like a boss.
 
@kalina Awww, poor @kalina. I'm still not helping you.
 
Maybe you're just spiritually older.
 
7:03 PM
@Sterno That does not make it any better.
 
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Q: TDS Holiday Scene for jawa

user64270One of the '?' characters in the Holiday Update is a jawa. What scene does he unlock? Why doesn't this question meet quality standards?

 
@Wipqozn yes and no, considering the number of unactioned flags that were at +20 when I woke up this morning, I'm going to go with maybe
 
@Sterno That said, that story is still ridiculous as ever.
 
@kalina That could be more of a result to do with timezones than anything else.
 
@Wipqozn I've been banging on about getting a super active moderator in my timezone for ages
 
7:04 PM
Or Christmas. I have absolutely no free time at the moment.
 
NOBODY TAKES ME SERIOUSLY
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Not to say we don't need new mods, but it could be less an issue of activity and more about when people are active.
 
@kalina Gee, I wonder why.
 
@FEichinger because they're all sexist
@FEichinger because they don't like cake
 
@kalina I doubt that.
 
7:05 PM
@JasonBerkan Yeah, 2 of our moderators are parents. They are probably really busy right now.
 
@FEichinger because they're anti-kalina
@FEichinger because they smell
 
@kalina Yes, we have already established that @Fluttershy doesn't like cake.
 
maybe 3. I can't remember if oak is a parent.
 
@kalina Nobody is anti-ka--... Well, maybe not nobody ... But still.
 
@FEichinger because they no longer like gaming
 
7:05 PM
@Lazers you know, if part of your question is "Why doesn't this question meet quality standards" there might be problem with your question
 
@kalina I like you and am glad you are on the site but I think you would make a terrible moderator.
 
@kalina Yes, yes they do.
 
Too much rage!
 
@kalina I doubt that.
 
If you're not old enough to be president of the United States, you're not possibly old enough to handle the responsibility of being a moderator on Arqade.
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7:07 PM
Pin this
this
@Sterno So, we're going to get rid of most of the existing mods?
 
@Sterno I agree with this! I am not qualified to be either president or a mod
 
We gotta do what we gotta do!
 
@Sterno how I approach being a non-mod and how I'd approach being a mod are two completely different attitudes
 
@Sterno I see what you're doing there. It's not going to work.
 
And all people are like me, so....
 
7:08 PM
I won't be qualified to be a mod for another 3 months.
 
@kalina We'd miss the non-mod.
 
what is it, 35?
 
I would create a sockpuppet
 
@Sconibulus Yes.
 
and, nobody would miss me chatting way too much
 
7:09 PM
@kalina Not true at all.
 
All of my content outside of chat surpasses the quality you'd expect from somebody who is a mod
 
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Q: When is a Store's Inventory Determined?

ChargingPunWhen is the inventory of a Store set? at the beginning of the sector right before the store is visited some other time Will visiting the same store multiple times offer different buy options or more fuel/missles/drones?

 
cough cough ego cough cough
 
I just wouldn't be able to tell people that their mother sucks more than a vacuum cleaner anymore
 
Your face sucks more th-- ... Wait, no, that's not where I was going with this.
 
7:11 PM
...
 
"Pervert."
 
saved me from typing it
 
I was hoping I could then inb4 you.
 
somebody doesn't like my creative writing!
yet doge is acceptable
confused by MSO
 
@FEichinger Don't worry you're old.
 
7:13 PM
@RedRiderX Go away.
 
:P
 
I want to downvote that doge post but my current rep is too round
 
the worst of it is, one of the requirements is that the answer is about using a stack exchange site
yet mine is the only answer that meets that criteria
what button did I press to piss the internet off
can I unpress it?
 
user15026
I suspect it depends how you define "using it"
 
My entry:
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A: Should employees with head injuries be allowed to post on meta?

fredley"Your hat man, give it to me!" whispered balpha, urgently. "But...but..." I replied, not wanting to forfeit my hard-earned headgear. It had been a treacherous hat to obtain, requiring me to venture into the darkest depths of Area51 to find a new area to explore. It had been tough, but after man...

 
7:14 PM
it says "using it", not "menioning"
@AshleyNunn oh, have you not seen the post?
 
user15026
@kalina ....I have, and I can read
 
user15026
I still think that can be pretty widely defined.
 
ARGH
 
user15026
I mean I am obvs not Tim Post, so.
 
user15026
I downvoted doge
 
7:16 PM
I open the achievements menu and move my mouse out of the way and suddenly I'm looking at the sites list
 
user15026
because that meme needs to die
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I'll just let it get to -3 and delete it like normal
 
@fredley Too long.
 
@AshleyNunn this
 
@FEichinger :(
 
7:16 PM
@AshleyNunn MOD ABUSE
 
@fredley 1024 chars
 
user15026
@RedRiderX I am not a mod there
 
@kalina bums
I will cut it down
 
you're not the only one that missed the obvious
 
@AshleyNunn Well you're a mod again.
So any action is possible mod abuse now.
 
7:17 PM
♫ Oh baby you.... got what I neeeeeed ♫
 
...
 
user15026
....doge poster added a...rap thing
 
user15026
it is still terribad
 
If you work HOW EVERYTHING OUT into it, you'll get my upvote
 
user15026
Okay, I gotta stop paying attention to that post
 
user15026
7:22 PM
otherwise there will be a face crater in my desk
 
Face craters are the best, though.
 
user15026
@FEichinger but I suspect then I will have a head injury
 
user15026
and I have an exam to write today yet
 
@AshleyNunn So, how is Zelda going?
Or should I ask after exams?
 
... Why, yes, then you use metal plating to cover your face on impact.
 
7:24 PM
I finished my last exam today!
In fact, just two hours ago!
 
user15026
@Powerlord ask me at like......9pm my time tonight
 
user15026
:P
 
@AshleyNunn What time zone? :P
 
user15026
@Powerlord EST
 
user15026
so 6 and a half hours from now
 
user15026
7:25 PM
that will give me enough time to write it AND get my mental faculties back to normal
 
OHMYGODOHMYGODOHMYGOD!
 
Agh, still 100 chars to remove
 
user15026
One of my morning exam questions today was "spell Lovecraft's most well known monster correctly"
 
Shall I write it in txt speak?
 
I accidentally backed up something last week ...
And accidentally deleted the live version earlier today.
 
user15026
7:26 PM
@FEichinger and what broke?
 
And now I found the backup!
 
Gah 1089
 
The answer that is being upvoted on this question is wrong
 
1058 ffs
 
7:33 PM
@kalina ... So ... wait ... yours is wrong?
 
...
no, I just did in game testing for mine
I mean the answer that said "maybe it's like this, but maybe it's like this"
 
@kalina Actually it was correct, because it was "maybe like this". :P
 
@kalina Yes, but that's no longer the one being upvoted!
 
@JasonBerkan grrrrrrr
 
I like that it says "I'm not sure. Edit: See Kalina's answer".
 
7:35 PM
also, I appear to have rep capped at 195
woe is me
damned bounties getting in the way of my greatness
 
now I have two android devices I find that I am forever dismissing notifications
why are more than half of the stars in the starlist things that I said?
 
@kalina Phone: "Hey, Listen! You got a notification on your tablet", Tablet: "Hey, Listen! You got a notification on your phone."
 
@KevinvanderVelden yes!
 
7:42 PM
except it's more like Phone: "hey! It will take you 25 minutes to get to work, you need to set off"
 
and then half way there, my tablet goes "hey! You're at work in 25 minutes, it's time to go!"
 
crap, I didn't hit the right one
 
@Sterno RIP zalgo
 
I don't know how to link a specific revision with side-by-side comparison
 
7:44 PM
@Sterno seems like it's a pure javascript option, doubt it's possible to link it
 
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Q: how to make easy money in AC4?

melnajjarjust I want to ask how can I make easy money in AC4 because the upgrade the ship cost to much money and naval combat crazy against powerful shipes

 
New Kirby game for 3DS coming next year.
"Kirby Triple Deluxe"
Sounds promising.
 
Wait, since when does the Review queue do this:
> This was only a test, designed to make sure you were paying attention. You passed. If you're able to fix the major problems with questions like this, Editing is very helpful. Otherwise, Closing is appropriate.
 
Context required.
 
@Powerlord Audit.
 
7:51 PM
Oh, I choose to Edit a question and that popped up instead of the Edit window
 
Should only happen on trilogy, unless they changed that now.
 
I complained about it not happening on SO earlier
I might have got somebody review banned
 
@kalina It was happening on SO. Audits have definitely been active on SO for a while. Just not effectively enough, apparently.
 
@FEichinger Well, this was on SO.
Strangely, the question in question was never actually edited and instead closed.
And going through the Review queue reminds me about why I usually don't bother with it.
 
might only be on betas actually
@FEichinger they do intermittently turn up on other sites too
since the last one I saw was on movies&tv
 
8:03 PM
@FEichinger There was a pretty significant bug where no audits were presented when you filtered the queue (which you'd typically do on SO, since it's huge), which probably didn't help. That was fixed a few weeks ago though.
 
@kalina That's interesting. Last I heard they should only be active on trilogy.
 
it was a while back
 
@FEichinger I've even seen one over here on arqade.
It confused the hell out of me. It was way after Guilo's ban, and suddenly one of his posts turned up for review.
 
I saw one on Arqade like the day they were first implemented
you too can spell words backwards
 
I have 20 hats
This is wrong
 
8:08 PM
@kalina At least it's a word spelt backwards.
 
I hate review audits
I failed one on SO for clicking close, when that's always my first action to see how people have voted.
 
@fredley You shouldn't let other people's votes influence you!
 
@fredley there has been a post about this on MSO recently
 
What are the consequences of failing an audit?
 
first time? you get an angry message
 
8:10 PM
@FEichinger Yes I should! I should at least see what they've all flagged it as so that I can look out for the appropriate things
 
it's supposed to escalate bans after that though
 
@Sterno A slap on the wrist
 
from the review queue that is
in fact, somebody has been banned from the review queues on arqade in the last yearr
because they came in chat to complain about it
that might have been moderator intervention though
 
They should give you a badge for sucking at reviewing
3
 
8:19 PM
Today is a Dragon day.
It just drags on... and on... and on.
 
@Powerlord It is.
 
@Sterno I'd never be able to earn that badge
it would make me sad
 
I hate puns.
 
Puns hate you, too, @Sternold.
 
8:35 PM
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Q: Obsidian pillar with lapis block on top

AndalurIs there any deeper purpose in these obsidian pillars? They appear most often in the twilight forest but I think I have seen them also in the the overworld.

 
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8:56 PM
@Sterno I haven't been to this page in almost a decade.
 
@MechanicalLoon That is a tragedy.
 
I am about to fix it all at once.
 
@Sterno I used to read that site frequently, then updates dropped off drastically, I only check it every few years now.
 

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