The Bridge

Unionhawk

18:01

something something @FEi's &heart;s something something <insert your own joke here>

FEichinger

@Unionhawk ♥

spugsley

@FEichinger :3

Frank

Stars are the worst.

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FEichinger

@spugsley Creeper.

spugsley

@FEichinger Awww you do care :3

FEichinger

18:03

@spugsley cough cough

Yuki

Wipqozn

well, I'm switching to the mutsu set for all my LBG needs I think.

That bonus shot is so useful. I just tried it with status shots, and it makes status attack +2 really handy. I can paralyze a rathian with less shots, as well as para it 3 times instead of 2 with a 12 para s

spugsley

:DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD

Yuki

@Wipqozn I was about to say "I thought Bonus Shot didn't do anything for..." and then I remember they're not called Large Bowguns...

I'm confusing LBG with LMG. Ahhhhh!!!!

Unionhawk

@Yuki LMG doesn't even stand for "large machine gun"...

Fluttershy

18:10

@Unionhawk This is true.

Also, there is nothing light about an LMG. It's light-er than a regular machine gun, maybe. But it's still not light.

Yuki

@Unionhawk I know. Someone told me it did when I first started playing shooters and I can't get it out of my head.

spugsley

PENGUINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

Unionhawk

@Yuki Yeah, I kind of did too. Because LMGs are really heavy... >_>

Lazers

0

Q: How do I let other people into my world in the newest version of Minecraft PE?

I want to let my brother into my world, but it's not working. We even changed the settings on both devices. I am using a kindle fire, he's using an iPad. How can we play with each other?

minecraft-pocket-edition

Sterno

I do not clear stars. That would be madness.

Unionhawk

18:15

You just comment about how dumb our stars are.

Sterno

Exactly

If I cleared stars, I wouldn't be able to complain.

Unionhawk

Exactly!

Yuki

TIL canoe polo is a thing.

Powerlord

You know, reading through EOR's privacy policy for Loadout makes me want to play the game less and less.

They basically say they use web beacons to collect information on your browser history and that agreeing with this privacy policy agrees to let them do it.

Fluttershy

@Yuki Oh gods... o_o That looked painful.

Powerlord

18:17

and collate it with the other information they have on you.

Yuki

@Fluttershy Yeah, the Reddit thread seems to hint that was an instant knockout.

Powerlord

In other words. they want to be just like Facebook

3ventic

hmmm

I got pundit and I have no idea for which comments

RedRiderX

sigh I'm a little sad to see all those stars evaporate.

I held the stars list with and iron "Oh My" for some time.

Yuki

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user43095

18:21

Beer.SE has 100% of their questions answered. That can't be a good sign.

Yuki

cc @spugsley @AshleyNunn

spugsley

@Yuki KITTTTTTTYYYYY ATTACKKKKKKKKKKKKK

user15026

@Yuki Kitties! :D Best reward for finishing this stupid assignment.

user15026

@JeffreyLin Why not?

RedRiderX

@Yuki instantrimshot.com/index.php?sound=rimshot&play=true

user43095

18:23

@AshleyNunn because there's no new answers, no flow of rep from powerful to newbs, and I don't know I just think it's bad

spugsley

@Yuki If I was this teacher I'd be like, "Yup, this kid understands how the world works. I can't teach him anything."

user15026

@JeffreyLin Considering we want to build a repository of useful info on the internet, which is the real goal here....having answered questions is good.

user15026

@spugsley Yeah, that would be my reaction too :P

Unionhawk

@Yuki Technically correct is the best kind of correct.

user43095

But it means that there are no new questions being asked

Unionhawk

18:25

</kalina>

spugsley

@Unionhawk it may have only been improved if the next question had the answer "Every new year is significant"

Yuki

Pretty much my experience with every Bethesda game.

user15026

@JeffreyLin Not necessarily.

Yuki

Baby musk ox.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@JeffreyLin That's not true, the current rate is 14/day.

user15026

18:27

It doesn't imply any sort of stasis, it just means that at the moment the stats were collected, everything was answered. There might have been some rounding in there as well. Besides, the site is super new, so staring at those stats is likely going to make you crazy rather than actually reveal anything all that useful right now.

LessPop_MoreFizz

That said, Beer.SE is currently trying to figure out what it is, so... yeah, I dunno how long it will last. The existence of homebrew.se really throws a wrench in things. There should've been one site with a very large homebrew tag from day one.

Also, I am still baffled as to why @JeffreyLin of all people is particularly concerned or interested in beer.se. :P

5

user43095

Also, according to Relationships and Dating meta, they're closing tomorrow.

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz Yeah, they likely should have been combined somehow, but then again, I can see people going "oh but what if I make my own wine" or something

user43095

@LessPop_MoreFizz Because beer.

user15026

@JeffreyLin Yep. It didn't work out, for a variety of reasons.

Yuki

18:28

LessPop_MoreFizz

@AshleyNunn Yeah, exactly that is going on right now.

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz Oh dear.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@JeffreyLin Which you cannot legally purchase or consume for another... what is it, 8 years?

RedRiderX

Obviously the solution is wine.se!

which doesn't exist at the moment!

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz Eh, having a healthy interest and curiosity didn't ever hurt anyone. Now when he can drink, he is going to be so prepared ;)

Yuki

18:30

@AshleyNunn What's the issue with combining Beer.SE, Homebrew.SE, and adding wine as an accepted topic?

LessPop_MoreFizz

@AshleyNunn IMO, the solution is throw out the winemakers and distillers, they have far less overlap with home beer brewers than beer drinkers do.

user15026

@Yuki Dunno, I am not really active in any of that, I am just throwing out ideas.

user15026

I drink a lot of beer, but I don't know a lot about the intricacies, and I am sorta happy that way. If it tastes good, I drink it, and that's all I think aobut.

user43095

Oh balls it's eight

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Yuki

@AshleyNunn Shoot, meant to reply to @LessPop_MoreFizz.

LessPop_MoreFizz

18:30

@Yuki Culturally, wine and liquor are fairly distinct from beer; both in terms of production and the standards of judgment at play and all sorts of other things.

Yuki

@LessPop_MoreFizz But why can't we combine wine, beer, spirits, and the brewing thereof into some big Alcohol.SE?

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Yuki Not really, IMO.

RedRiderX

Booze.se

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz Why not?

user15026

It makes sense to me.

LessPop_MoreFizz

18:31

There's just not as much overlap as teetotalers often think there is when it comes to the enthusiast markets.

user43095

@Yuki Speaking of, I'm also baffled as to why Bitcoin.SE isn't Cryptocurrencies.SE

LessPop_MoreFizz

Why can't we just combine physics.se and chemistry.se and biology.se into one big science.se

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz Even so, don't we risk too narrow of a scope?

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz Those are much bigger disciplines than beer vs wine.

user43095

Trippy!.SE

LessPop_MoreFizz

18:32

@AshleyNunn It's possible, but I think the bigger issue is one of a subject matter that isn't really suited to the format. inflating the subject matter so that it's big enough to cover that up feels disingenuous and counterproductive.

Unionhawk

I mean, if we're going to split scopes on those lines, we might as well get MinecraftCrashed.SE.

Yuki

@LessPop_MoreFizz Then why don't we split Gaming.SE into Real-time Strategy.SE, FPS.SE, and a whole host of others?

user15026

@Unionhawk Precisely.

Yuki

I mean, there's not much overlap between RTS's and FPS's...

Unionhawk

Since those questions are the furthest removed from anything related to playing the game.

user15026

18:33

@LessPop_MoreFizz I don't see how it is inflating, nor how it isn't suited to the format. Sure, you might get some stuff that is personal taste related, but there is like....also a lot of science and junk that could be asked about.

Unionhawk

There are people with degrees in wine and whatnot, I think it could potentially work.

user15026

I think so as well. I think it would be better than splitting all of those up.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@AshleyNunn So, lets look at the homebrewing/winemaking example: the only thing the two processes have in common is literally the fact that the end product is a beverage that impedes your judgment.

Unionhawk

This is where tags come in though, no?

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz The only thing gaming has in common is that it is a series of 1's and 0's that are interactive and entertaining.

LessPop_MoreFizz

18:36

@Unionhawk When your website consists of basically 3 communities that have minimal overlap between them, that's not how tags ought to be used.

RedRiderX

are most homebrewers also winemakers?

@LessPop_MoreFizz Right yeah I was now thinking this

Unionhawk

Not usually, I don't think

fredley

@RedRiderX (db reset) You can now complete the splat-the-rat quest!

RedRiderX

Omigosh

on it now!

Unionhawk

I've never heard of people who make their own wine until just now.

Yuki

18:36

@LessPop_MoreFizz MinecraftCrashes.SE, BestLeagueChampion.SE, and HOWEVERYTHINGOUT.SE don't have a lot of overlap either.

user15026

@RedRiderX not necessarily, I know some that just do wine, some that just do beer, etc

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz Dude, when it comes to gaming, there is minimal overlap all over the place.

user15026

I dont touch Minecraft, or LoL, or WoW, but there is other stuff I can do.

fredley

@Yuki MisleadingQuestionTitles.SE

Lazers

0

Q: Would using Fury / Arms armor while running in Protection spec improve my warrior's solo dps?

I'd like to create a secondary set of armor to use while soloing that improves my DPS without requiring me to switch specs. Some of the protection spells require dodge or parry to proc, and I know dodge / parry also increases my critical strike chance due to Riposte, but I'm still curious if I co...

warcraft

LessPop_MoreFizz

18:38

Why just alcohol.se? Why not drugs.se and make marijuana on topic too? you can inflate the scope of any site pretty much infinitely is my point. The idea, as I understood it from day one was that you ideally want the smallest possible subset that's sustainable.

There's a tension there in figuring out what that is.

and sometimes, SE sites have erred on the side of too big a tent and had issues like the programmers.se scope wars nonsense.

others erred on the side of too small and fallen apart from disuse as beer.se is rapidly barreling towards.

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz Yeah, so we could techincally have EVERYTHING.SE and be done with it, so what? I get that you want to make separate sites, obviously, but there is also a time to say "this thing is too narrow to work"

LessPop_MoreFizz

@AshleyNunn Yes. And what I'm saying is that the thought that 'alcohol.se is so obviously the right scope' is just as much of a judgement call as me saying that 'hay, if we took the beer consumption questions that beer.se has and combined them with the homebrews stuff, I think that might feel like the right sized scope.'

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz There are definitely scope issues from every end, sure, but that is not to say that we just have to disregard things out of hand because they might one day be a problem, either. Making problems appear because OMG THEY MIGHT SOMEDAY doesn't help.

Yuki

And this is why you shouldn't cosplay as the Death Star.

RedRiderX

@fredley Hey it works!

that's great

user15026

18:41

@LessPop_MoreFizz I am well aware of that. Thank you.

fredley

@RedRiderX Cool!

user15026

@Yuki snorts

fredley

@RedRiderX I think I may have to rejig it

Unionhawk

@Yuki literal facedesk

LessPop_MoreFizz

Experts are by definition at least somewhat narrowly focused in their expertise. Look at how experts define themselves, and derive scope from that.

RedRiderX

18:41

@fredley How?

Yuki

@AshleyNunn From the Reddit thread: She's looking for love in the Alderaan places.

fredley

@RedRiderX Currently the way quests and mob-kills are linked is not great

RedRiderX

ah okay

fredley

Thinking about extensability

LessPop_MoreFizz

There is no class of people out there defining themselves as 'alcoholic beverage experts'. There are cicerrones. Mixologists. Somelliers. Brewers. vintners.

user15026

18:42

@LessPop_MoreFizz But who gets to decide expertise?

fredley

@LessPop_MoreFizz Prosumers

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Yuki

Probably not the best time to take a selfie.

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz So then only those people should be touching the site? Then it will die like whoa.

user15026

@Yuki <3 it

spugsley

@Yuki or maybe the best time

LessPop_MoreFizz

18:43

@AshleyNunn No, of course not. But attracting those people to the site is what makes it worth using for everybody else.

That's the whole foundation of StackExchange.

user15026

@Yuki "And that is the last picture we have of him...." sniffle

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz I am well aware of that. In that sense, you are well and truly preaching to the choir.

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz Yes, but if the site dies before it can get to that point, because it is too narrow, then what?

Wipqozn

@LessPop_MoreFizz Similar to their being no Science experts, but their are physicists, chemists, et cetera.

Yuki

Wipqozn

18:44

I'm not sure if the scope of each of those things is wide enough to support it's own site though, but I can understand why you'd want to split them up.

Yuki

Goddamn Aussies.

user15026

I think that beer.SE is too narrow. I am not sure how to incorporate anything else that won't piss anyone else off (because OPINIONS! EVERYWHERE!)

fredley

@RedRiderX The problem is that mob fights can span several messages

user15026

I mean I see that there is overlap, but perhaps that is just my uneducated hick self talking.

fredley

So keeping track of the context is non-trivial

RedRiderX

18:45

Ah okay

user15026

Because I am far from being an expert in any of that stuff.

RedRiderX

making sure that it stays around

The progress on the quest that is

LessPop_MoreFizz

@AshleyNunn Right. I agree with that first sentence. I think that (given the fact that homebrew.se really is pretty okay right now, but maybe needs a bit of a shot in the arm, and given that homebrew.se doesn't really have much winemaking or distilling content anyway), combining beer.se with homebrew.se makes a lot of sense and results in an appropriately scoped site.

fredley

@RedRiderX Yeah, I think I can do it though

Given that once you're in combat mode you can't move around

RedRiderX

Could you not just have some progress ticker variable for each individual quest?

Or would that become unwieldy?

user15026

18:47

@LessPop_MoreFizz Yes, but then what if the wine people come in and go I WANNA ASK ABOUT MY WINE

LessPop_MoreFizz

So I'm not sure why there is such an eagerness on some fronts (generally from people who would very actively not really describe themselves as experts on the subject, and I don't mean that as an insult in any way) to try to inflate the scope even further.

user15026

are you going to say "yes please come in" or go "WRONG ALCOHOL GET OUT"

Yuki

LessPop_MoreFizz

@AshleyNunn I think a wine.se with a similarly broad production/consumption scope could work just fine.

Frank

@Lazers Close, but no cigar.

FEichinger

18:47

@LessPop_MoreFizz I don't think mixing production and consumption is a good idea.

LessPop_MoreFizz

I also don't think they would do that in a properly scoped beer site because, quite frankly, there just isn't that much overlap of communities.

user15026

@Yuki What even. I wanna know why he has all those mugs. I am the most curious.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@FEichinger In the case of alcohol, the high end of interest in consumption basically becomes all about knowing more about the production and the appreciation thereof.

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz but if homebrew becomes beer, then.....what if i wanna homebrew not-beer?

Yuki

@AshleyNunn Might be a shop?

LessPop_MoreFizz

18:48

The problem with homebrew as it's scoped right now is that it's basically only about super-small-scale production.

user15026

@Yuki A shop I could never go in because I know I would bump and break something.

Wipqozn

@AshleyNunn Probably just a collector.

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz How large of production before it isn't homebrew anymore?

LessPop_MoreFizz

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A: Why not expand homebrew.stackexchange to include beer.stackexchange?

I tend to agree with you. I will be evaluating the private beta of "Beer SE" soon, and this is what has become evident to me as I watch this site develop: My Beer SE Evaluation The cross-cultural interests between "Homebrew SE" and "Beer SE" have way more overlap than I would have anticipated. ...

@AshleyNunn Rule of thumb is "Once You Make Enough For The State To Get Involved."

fredley

@RedRiderX For each quest there's a quantity, and progress is tracked

user15026

18:49

@LessPop_MoreFizz Which tells me a fat lot of nothing, but okay.

fredley

It's about doing the necessary callbacks when the quest is completed

LessPop_MoreFizz

@AshleyNunn Because it's not clearly defined.

RedRiderX

@fredley Ah I see

fredley

Difficult without passing all the state around everywhere

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz I figured.

LessPop_MoreFizz

18:50

@AshleyNunn It's not like I can say "Once you make more than 12 barrels, you are no longer a homebrewer."

Wipqozn

I've swapped out Evasion +2 to Attack Up (L) (cc @Yuki).

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz I kinda gathered that, you don't need to repeat yourself.

Yuki

@Wipqozn That's a ballsy move. I approve.

Wipqozn

Going to see how I like playing without it. I may eventually make the nether armor for edgemaster, but I doubt it because it requires ALL the rare mats!

user15026

(sorry, I am just tired. we are going in circles, I think we agree, maybe? I dont even know anymore. This is getting ridiculous.)

user15026

18:51

I dont even care about the damn site.

user15026

(Although now I want beer)

FEichinger

@LessPop_MoreFizz Definitely. But I don't think the overlap goes both ways enough for a combined site.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@AshleyNunn I think we mostly agree on the principles and are just drawing different conclusions around them based on different experiences and hypotheticals.

Which is why we just end up talking past each other.

FEichinger

It could alienate the layperson or get cluttered with not-all-too-relevant questions.

user15026

@LessPop_MoreFizz Thanks for making an assumption about me and my approach.

fredley

18:52

@RedRiderX Structural headaches are the worst

LessPop_MoreFizz

@AshleyNunn I am not sure that I am making any assumptions at all>

badp

The real question is, would the homebrewers be annoyed by the laymen who just want to ask about Heineken and Budweiser things or whatnot?

LessPop_MoreFizz

Everyone has different experiences.'

You are clearly using different hypotheticals from me.

RedRiderX

@fredley Indeed

LessPop_MoreFizz

We have both cited the same principles repeatedly.

We are drawing different conclusions.

user15026

18:53

@LessPop_MoreFizz It is the assumption I am talking past you, and thus implying I am not considering your stuff, that pisses me off tbh

LessPop_MoreFizz

@AshleyNunn my apologies for an ill considered turn of phrase then.

fredley

@RedRiderX Think I've got a solution. Keep track of when fight is won, when it's won do a callback to the room object to handle any potential outcomes

LessPop_MoreFizz

@badp That's the million dollar question.

FEichinger

@badp That's the thing. Finding the balance between alienating the laymen and keeping the experts focused ... I doubt it would work.

badp

I think that there would be only so many questions about big-brand beers

RedRiderX

18:55

@fredley So quests would be limited to taking place in one room?

Tim Stone

Things seem to be getting a little serious in here, so if I may...SPORTSBALL!

badp

but I'm not exactly a beer mega-expert

FEichinger

That actually raises the question whether or not a Beer-consumer site is really viable.

fredley

@RedRiderX A quest stage

FEichinger

(Or any alcohol-consumer site, for that matter.)

RedRiderX

18:55

Oh

user15026

@FEichinger I think it could be, if it had something else to keep it going

badp

In my six months here in Munich I've simply learned "Weissbier" is an okay choice of beer

fredley

@RedRiderX Quest stages can be run in parallel, I think

Or they will be able to be!

user15026

As a person who knows not much about alcohol, but likes it, I would theroetically like A place I could ask about stuff

RedRiderX

@fredley Ah okay

FEichinger

18:56

@badp We really should've met and gotten you drunk ...

RedRiderX

That would be nice

badp

17 hours ago, by badp

You have missed the train

Lazers

0

Q: Name of the game where you build your own heroes, by farming weapons and body parts?

I'm trying to find this game, I can't remember the name. All I remember is you get like 1-3 heroes, there's PVE and PVP, and you can farm stuff such as additional weapons or armor or body parts and attach them to your own hero (like horns etc). It may be an older game, but you had some freedom of...

pc

FEichinger

@badp Hey, I don't care.

badp

Go see if I care about being gotten drunk.

Unionhawk

18:58

@FEichinger Do you really not care?

Or is that your way of showing you care?

RedRiderX

This is pretty interesting: http://bubblecursor.com/ I think I like the feature where it activates the input that the cursor is next to.

Tweeted by chriscoyier on February 2, 2014 at 6:31 PM

FEichinger

@RedRiderX Oh hell no.

RedRiderX

Why not?

FEichinger

@RedRiderX If I want to select something, I click right on it and not "next to it".

fredley

@FEichinger Trying it

Uninstalling

Terrible

FEichinger

19:04

The mouse cursor is a pointer for a reason, and our UI is created with pixel precision in mind.

fredley

@FEichinger Which is why it sucks so much on mobile

FEichinger

While that bubble thing makes sense for touch displays, it's horribly inaccurate and just not made for these UIs.

fredley

Where you have lots of links close together, for example the star list, it's awful, I have no idea what's going on and neither does it

FEichinger

@fredley Definitely. We need better UX on mobile in general. But we can't translate a good mobile UX to desktop - or vice-versa.

This is pretty much the reason MetroUI sucks.

RedRiderX

@FEichinger Yeah that makes the main difference.

fredley

19:06

@FEichinger Well, metro sucks if you're using a mouse, Desktop sucks if you're using your fingers

Other way round is fine though

FEichinger

1 min ago, by FEichinger

@fredley Definitely. We need better UX on mobile in general. But we can't translate a good mobile UX to desktop - or vice-versa.

fredley

@FEichinger Don't you quote messages at me!

badp

@fredley Windows 8 Start > Windows 7 Start in virtually all use cases

RedRiderX

@badp This is true

fredley

@badp I haven't used much 8

RedRiderX

19:11

It's mainly the preconceived notions of what a start menu should be that is the problem.

fredley

Start works the same anyway, hit win, type

@RedRiderX UX would be so easy if nobody had ever designed an interface before

RedRiderX

So true

spugsley

ughhh today is so anxious

badp

@spugsley is Ian home yet?

spugsley

@badp he is home from Seattle but he went to play Magic tonight. I have a weird home-alone anxiety thing lately

it used to never bother me

fredley

19:14

@RedRiderX You think? I think the opposite. If you want to design something people understand how to use, you design it like something semantically similar that they already understand how to use

badp

Significant other is significant?

Lazers

Recent Questions - Arqade: How to change the resolution?

posted on February 02, 2014 by DavidYell

I have started playing this game and I noticed that the default resolution is 1280x800 (16:10). My monitor is 1920x1200, and I would like to run the game at that resolution, but the highest available resolution in the game options is 1600x1200 (16:10) which looks incredibly bad. Does anyone know how I can enable the options to allow the game to run at my monitors …

fredley

The problem is when you want to change the function without changing the semantics. Hence the Start issue.

FEichinger

@badp -? +.

badp

or is it more like whispers and shadows or generic paranoia?

spugsley

19:15

@badp it's like...something bad is going to happen and I'll pass out or something and I'll die because no one is home

FEichinger

@Lazers A ... non-deleted question that is posted by @Lazers like a deleted one? wat.

fredley

@Lazers New Lazers?

Fluttershy

@spugsley Lately as in... within the past week? Or longer than that?

spugsley

@Fluttershy since I got sick. Almost a month

FEichinger

@fredley That's just how @Lazers usually posts deleted questions that made it to the feed.

Fluttershy

19:16

@spugsley Ah. There's the culprit!

fredley

Has @Mana made new lazers?

badp

@spugsley The thought crossed my mind a few times during those few weeks

spugsley

@Fluttershy yeah I'd imagine so :)

FEichinger

@fredley Last @Lazers worked.

fredley

@FEichinger Yeah I know, hence the oddity

badp

19:16

@fredley New Lazers are up and running but they're consistently being faster than the API and they don't onebox.

Fluttershy

@spugsley Are you still sick? Or are you better?

fredley

@badp Surely new ultra-lazers can tell when a post will onebox and wait until then to post it?

spugsley

@Fluttershy Still sick. I have some kind of stomach problem. I have an appointment with a GI doc later this month

badp

@fredley How?

fredley

@badp By using some kind of computer

badp

19:17

@fredley What'd the computer apparatus do?

fredley

@badp (hit the api endpoint that lazers does to generate the onebox and see if it would get a result)

badp

@fredley I think they're internal

fredley

@badp Then get it inside SE somehow

badp

unless you mean querying the API

fredley

@badp Well yes

badp

19:19

I'm listening to websockets because they're push, so I don't have to use the API

Using the API would defeat the purpose.

RedRiderX

@fredley Ah yeah good point it's easiest to teach people something by comparing it to something they already now

but then changing or deviating from that mental model once it's established?

badp

I mean, I might want at some point later in the implementation to interface with the API in order to post what LAZERS missed during some sort of downtime, e.g.

RedRiderX

Forget about it

fredley

@RedRiderX Yeah. This is the problem with skeumorphism.

Once you've made your beautiful wood-grain radio interface, where do you put the podcasts button?

badp

@fredley on the bar with all the station names, obviously

obviously

fredley

19:22

@badp People who use the word obvious when designing UIs should be shot. Right after the people who use the word intuitive.

badp

@fredley obviously.

FEichinger

@fredley But it's intuitively obvious!

fredley

HamStare @badp

(this may not work)

badp

@fredley Obviously.

fredley

(No, it's not going to work)

@badp :(

RedRiderX

19:23

@fredley Not to nit pick but skeumorphism is it controlling like an old radio, not literally looking like an old radio.

badp

@RedRiderX so it should sound like crap?

fredley

@RedRiderX The buttons should stop working after a while?

RedRiderX

@badp Perhaps

fredley

@RedRiderX The point about the podcasts button remains

FEichinger

@RedRiderX It should kill your ears when a phone comes into range?

RedRiderX

19:25

@fredley Yes totally.

Yuki

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RedRiderX

@FEichinger I CHANGED THE VERB OKAY

FEichinger

@RedRiderX I DON'T CAAAAARE!

RedRiderX

@Yuki You play with water, you're going to get doused.

Yuki

Elephant time-out:

RedRiderX

19:26

@FEichinger But now your nitpick nitpicks don't make sense!

FEichinger

@RedRiderX They do! Because I'm nitpicking about the original version!

Lazers

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Q: FTB Ultimate Can't Break blocks

Well I have been playing FTB for awhile..me and my friend play on a lan server a lot but then 1 day all the sudden I cant break blocks...I am not in adventure mode but I can use the left click key for other stuff...Please help

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FEichinger

Anyway, back to watching shitty TV.

fredley

@FEichinger Test Mamota!

FEichinger

@fredley Not again ...

fredley

19:29

@FEichinger :(

badp

"Are you working?"
"Yes"
*calls*

RedRiderX

@badp BUT THATS HOW I KNEW WHERE YOU WERE!

Tim Stone

Huh, apparently Philip Seymour Hoffman died of an overdose.

FAE

@TimStone I just heard this too. :(

RedRiderX

Yeah

FAE

19:33

He was from Rochester. :(

Yuki

@TimStone I thought the cause of death wasn't determined yet?

FAE

@Yuki He was apparently found with a needle in his arm. :/

Yuki

@FAE Ah, the news article I read didn't say anything about that.

FAE

We always heard about him a lot because the local news would report on him or his work because he was from the Rochester area.

FEichinger

> Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead of an apparent drug overdose — with a hypodermic needle still stuck in his arm — inside a Greenwich Village apartment on Sunday, cops said.

fredley

19:36

@FEichinger :(

What is the name of the guy in Mario Kart who picks you up if you fall off the track?

RedRiderX

the floating cloud Goomba?

No wait

Tim Stone

@fredley Lakitu?

RedRiderX

Lakitu

Lakitu, known in Japan as , is a video game creature in the Mario franchise. Created by Shigeru Miyamoto, it first appeared in the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) video game Super Mario Bros., where it dropped enemies called Spinies on the stage. It has a striped green shell, wears aviator goggles, and rides around in a smiling cloud. It has since appeared in several main Mario titles since, as well as Mario spin-off titles, notably the Mario Kart series where it acts as the referee and an unlockable playable character in Mario Kart 7. He has appeared in non-Mario titles, including the...

fredley

@TimStone 10/10

Lazers

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Q: FTB Monster lag spikes

I am getting massive 2-second lag spikes every 3 seconds when playing FTB Monster, including in menus and the inventory screen. I am not playing on a flash drive, and turning graphics settings to minimum levels has not reduced the spikes one bit. Despite this, the debug data shows that the majori...

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Yuki

19:45

> ~~Goomba~~ Koopa

fredley

@RedRiderX If you mod your world coordinates, Lakitu puts you back where you should be now...

badp

@fredley That's not how Lakitu works

fredley

@badp If you fall off the track, Lakitu puts you back

If you fall off the world, Lakitu puts you back

badp

@fredley but he doesn't put you back there

fredley

@badp ...

badp

19:51

@fredley Have you never seen a speed run of the relevant games?

fredley

@badp Surely in a speed run you wouldn't fall off the track?

badp

They always involve Lakitu being cooperative.

@fredley You have never seen a speedrun of the relevant games.

fredley

@badp I don't get it

All Lakitu ever did for me is pick me up if I went wrong

RedRiderX

@fredley :O

badp

►

I'm sure there's better runs than this but this is good enough for the argument I guess

fredley

19:56

@badp Lakitu is still collecting the fallen player

badp

@fredley but is it putting it back where the player was, or where he should be?

fredley

@badp No!

@badp Neither!

badp

Good!

fredley

@badp THERE IS NO ARGUMENT HERE

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