The Bridge

fredley

15:00

Why do trains slow down under water?

Matt Эллен

to let the fish past

Lazers

0

Q: Do mirror images created by the wizard casting Slow Time: Time Warp increase the damage recieved by 10%?

Using the Diablo 3 Wizard Spell "Mirror Images" or "Teleport: Fracture", do the created mirror images make use of this secondary effect? theoretical build example: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#QlgkSd!RWeS!YZbZYb Slow Time: Time Warp - 10% more damage from all sources to enemies...

Martin Sojka

Stronger friction as opposed to air?

FEichinger

@fredley "Speed limit to prevent tunnel collapse", I assume.

fredley

@FEichinger Shoddy tunnels

FEichinger

15:03

It's nonsensical, but makes for a nice game mechanic, I suppose.

badp

@MattЭллен the game has a limit of 5 lines btw

Matt Эллен

@badp ah

Kevin van der Velden

@fredley because the water creates extra drag, duh

badp

@fredley I agree, that's just a thing that doesn't happen in real metros

I guess it's there to give you a little extra thing to worry about though

In the end it's not too bad.

fredley

394, new record

badp

15:07

(In previous builds, they capped the amount of bridges you could make but trains could go through at full speed.)

Lazers

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Q: Do mirror images created by the wizard get the bonus from Magic Weapon: Ignite and (passive) Conflagration

Using the Diablo 3 Wizard Spell "Mirror Images" or "Teleport: Fracture", do the created mirror images make use of both effects? theoretical build example: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#QlgkSd!RWeS!YZbZYb Magic Weapon: Ignite - added fire damage to all attacks Passive Conflagrati...

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badp

also Matlab 2014a is out. God help us all

It's even got Raspberry Pi support. WTF.

Matt Эллен

Does arqade get a lot of matlab questions?

Kevin van der Velden

@MattЭллен ... yes! All the time

badp

No. It's just, argh Matlab.

StrixVaria

15:09

@GnomeSlice Accidentally read this as, "I like to do beautiful asian women."

Classic @GnomeSlice

Kevin van der Velden

How to get the best highscore in matlab, what the cheat codes are, what this copy pasted error log means

badp

@KevinvanderVelden They removed the score counter :(

Ben Brocka

How do I beat the final boss of Matlab

badp

(flops)

Matt Эллен

@badp I was kinda excited to hear that you could get a free version of matlab for Raspberry Pi

Kevin van der Velden

15:09

@badp well jeah, you have to know the proper cheat codes

badp

@BenBrocka How do I eat the corpse of the final boss of Matlab

Ben Brocka

@badp Should I eat the corpse of the final boss of Matlab?

Kevin van der Velden

How do I murder people in Matlab

badp

@BenBrocka How many corpses of the final boss of Matlab can I eat before I get pregnant?

Matt Эллен

Do mirror images created by matlab get the golden ratio bonus?

Ben Brocka

15:11

Last time I left @Wipqozn with my copy of Matlab he got a cow pregnant

badp

@MattЭллен The License Overlord banished me to Octave help

Matt Эллен

lol

fredley

woah

Ben Brocka

yeah, that looked really cool. Not a fan of the name though

fredley

@BenBrocka Squirting words directly into your brain

I really like this

Matt Эллен

15:18

it doesn't help on stack exchange. it just displayed to me all the links at the bottom.

none of the useful content of the question

fredley

@MattЭллен It reads me the answer, but not the question

Matt Эллен

ah

there weren't any answer to that one...

fredley

But you can select the text you want it to read

GnomeSlice

@fredley whoa

fredley

I'm comfortable at 550 wpm, which is insane

Kevin van der Velden

15:19

@fredley I wonder if this bookmarklet works with pdfs viewed in chrome

fredley

@KevinvanderVelden Maybe!

Kevin van der Velden

Seems like no

Martin Sojka

I can already read at about 400 wpm from normal (English, German or Polish) text, this one just gives me headache while not being helpful much at all.

Kevin van der Velden

Course, there are tools for that so

fredley

No :(

@MartinSojka What happens if you dial the speed up above 400?

Matt Эллен

15:20

@fredley that's not working for me

Martin Sojka

@fredley I get annoyed that it displays just one word at a time. And headache.

Chippies

come on people, are we gonna be THAT lazy now that we can't move our eyeballs while reading?

Martin Sojka

In normal text, I typically read clusters of two to five words at a time.

Ben Brocka

@Chippies It's not about being lazy, it's about reading faster (and if it doesn't help you read faster well, don't use it)

Chippies

we don't even have to read each word to understand the meaning

GnomeSlice

15:22

We're buying more games than we can play

Jason Berkan

Isn't speed reading the art of not reading one word at a time?

Chippies

if you skip over sentences, your mind will fill the gaps

Martin Sojka

@GnomeSlice Phew. I dont, thankfully.

Chippies

reading every word is just too much work and as @MartinSojka said - gives me a headache

GnomeSlice

@Chippies do better at english

Chippies

15:23

@GnomeSlice do better at any other language

Arperum

@GnomeSlice That's nothing new there. angry stare at steam library

GnomeSlice

@Chippies no

@fredley flappy bird update

Chippies

@GnomeSlice so as a lot of people predicted, taking it off the market was just a marketing trick

GnomeSlice

bees

Wipqozn

@BenBrocka Ah, memories.

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Q: I've impregnated a cow. How long until it gives birth?

My cow is pregnant, but the game doesn't include any instructions for pregnancy, so I'm not sure how long it takes for the cow to give birth. Furthermore, how long after birth does it take the baby cow to produce milk?

harvest-moon-anb

GnomeSlice

15:25

@Chippies I think it's more of a courtesy statement, rather than 'I'm actually bringing it back'

Chippies

we'll see

Kevin van der Velden

@GnomeSlice so that's how bees kill you in minecraft! CC: @Arperum

Frank

@Wipqozn I have come to the conclusion that this game is no longer worth playing. :(

GnomeSlice

@Frank So stop playing it

Frank

@Arperum You up for some more Diablo?

Martin Sojka

15:27

BTW @GnomeSlice, the graphic doesn't tell anything about the selection criteria for the survey, so it might be just biased to hell and back.

Kevin van der Velden

@MartinSojka it also seems to be self reporting which adds another layer of bias

Arperum

@Frank I should do some more work first. but blergh. I guess that's a yes. I'll be online in a sec...

GnomeSlice

Valve hires artist who worked on Mirror's Edge, Dear Esther, Nuclear Dawn

Martin Sojka

Isn't Dear Esther the walking simulator on an island?

Matt Эллен

That's... um...

Martin Sojka

15:32

(As opposed to Oblivion, which is a walking simulator in a pseudo-medieval fantasy setting)

FAE

@GnomeSlice Oooh. I loved the environments in Dear Esther.

FEichinger

Matt Эллен

@MartinSojka Proteus!

Ben Brocka

@FAE I got mad at that, I spent 5 minutes walking along a coast and got stuck. Gave up and didn't try it again

@MattЭллен dear esther is also on an island I think

Matt Эллен

@BenBrocka oh, right. I've not played it :D

I quite liked proteus

Origami Robot

15:35

@FEichinger WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP LINKING THESE THINGS? WHAT IS IT?

Martin Sojka

@OrigamiRobot Crowdsourcing further Tubes development.

FEichinger

@OrigamiRobot A GAME, AUTOCADBOT.

Ben Brocka

@MattЭллен I liked proteus a lot. Partly because I didn't get stuck. Would have appreciated a run button though

Matt Эллен

@FEichinger make the olympic loops!

FEichinger

@MattЭллен I think that might even be a viable design.

SaintWacko

15:36

@FEichinger AUTOCADBOTS, ROLL OUT

GnomeSlice

@OrigamiRobot Mini Metro

Wipqozn

@Frank I'm glad I ruined it for you.

Matt Эллен

@BenBrocka I liked chasing the bunny like things and making the mushroom like things make noises

FAE

@fredley This does not go fast enough for me. :(

fredley

@FAE You can dial up the speed

FAE

15:39

@fredley I mean 950 is not fast enough.

Does it go higher?

fredley

@FAE FAE IS A ROBOT: DATA ACCEPTED

FAE

@fredley I read roughly 1,100-1,200 wpm or so.

fredley

@FAE Arts degree?

FAE

@fredley No degree.

@fredley Is this done by the same people who do Spritz?

I recently heard about that.

fredley

@FAE Nah, some people who saw that and copied it :P

@FAE How did you learn to read that fast?

FAE

15:41

@fredley I dunno. I just read. I started reading when I was 2 and a half or so; I don't remember learning how or not knowing how to read.

fredley

@FAE That's amazing

FAE

It's why I don't prefer audiobooks, because they're slower for me.

GnomeSlice

Cyberpunk game jam voting is open

FAE

From what I understand, my mom read to me when I was a little and I just took to it well.

Yuki

I moved to America from China when I was 2. Didn't know English, so I couldn't talk to the other kids in the daycare/preschool. I don't remember how I learned to read, but I just spent the entire time at daycare with my nose in books.

Origami Robot

15:46

@MartinSojka I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THOSE WORDS MEAN IN THAT ORDER

Yuki

I remember reading chapter books in kindergarten though.

GnomeSlice

10 mins ago, by GnomeSlice

@OrigamiRobot Mini Metro

Ben Brocka

@Yuki I think education in general could be sped up quite a bit, at least in the us

Origami Robot

@FAE I PREFER AUDIOBOOKS BECAUSE THEY'RE SLOWER

I ALWAYS GET TOO FAR AHEAD OF MYSELF WHEN READING.

Yuki

@BenBrocka Honestly, I think prekindergarten and kindergarten should be spent developing social skills. I find those harder to grasp than anything else.

Sterno

15:48

Dude is curious about Mirror Image!

Yuki

Okay, who have I not added to my friends list on D3?

FAE

@Yuki I apparently had a 6th grade reading level in kindergarten or something. They wanted to advance me ahead a grade, but my parents wouldn't let them, which I am, in retrospect, really really thankful for

Ben Brocka

@Yuki Then they should be actually oriented toward that, I don't recall them being very useful...well, at all, but for that, either

GnomeSlice

@Yuki Me. But I don't play D3

Yuki

@FAE Unfortunately, I did skip first grade.

In retrospect, a terrible idea.

Garan

15:50

@FAE This is why I hate video tutorials.

FAE

@Yuki It would've been a social nightmare for me. I had girl scouts with a troop where everyone else was in the grade ahead of me and it was awful.

@Garan Yes, this so much.

Jason Berkan

I'm never certain skipping a grade is a good idea. It puts you in the wrong group socially.

fredley

Drone flies into active volcano

Lazers

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Q: Do my arcane spells hit harder if my mirror images cast Wave of Force: Arcane Attunement?

Using the Diablo 3 Wizard Spell "Mirror Images" or "Teleport: Fracture", do I get the arcane damage bonus if my mirror images cast Wave of Force: Arcane Attunement or is the bonus linked/limited to the mirror image? theoretical build example: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#QlgkSd!R...

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Garan

I don't always speedread, but when I do, I read pages in around 10 seconds.

Yuki

15:50

For me, it gave me the double whammy of being younger than everyone (impairing me socially) and gave me some crippling overconfidence regarding schoolwork.

Ben Brocka

@FAE I wonder if this would be better if we didn't train people be be so incredibly niche in their social groups as kids. 1 year...really shouldn't matter as much as it does even at that age. Being a kid is really fucking weird

Origami Robot

@JasonBerkan EH, I WAS ALREADY IN THE WRONG GROUP SOCIALLY.

Yuki

To this day, I wonder if I would have a better work ethic if I didn't skip a grade.

FAE

@BenBrocka In developmental terms though, 1 year is pretty big at 5 and 6.

Jason Berkan

@OrigamiRobot I mean, developmentally. When you are young, a year is a big difference.

FAE

15:51

Like, we look back and are like "It shouldn't be a big deal" but we're in our 20s now.

Garan

I was among people, hence the wrong social group.

Ben Brocka

@FAE yeah, but we're also trained pretty hard that you are NOT to interact with those drooling cretins that you used to be a year ago or those strange aliens that you will be in a year

Origami Robot

@JasonBerkan ALL MY COUSINS SAVE 1 WERE OLDER THAN ME SO IT WAS PAR FOR THE COURSE.

Ben Brocka

and it continues well into high school...then college too, to a degree

Garan

@BenBrocka Eh, I'm actually going to the the weird guy a year older than most.

Mostly because of the gap year.

Origami Robot

15:54

THEN, BY THE TIME I WAS A SENIOR, ALL MY FRIENDS WERE YOUNGER THAN ME

FAE

@BenBrocka Yeah, that's also true.

Jason Berkan

I'm sometimes concerned about my eldest. He was born in December and we started him in school when he was 4. There are kids in his grade that are almost 2 full years older than he is.

FAE

@JasonBerkan So he was 4 in kindergarten? :o

Jason Berkan

@FAE Four when he started. Five when he finished.

Lazers

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Q: Does (passive) Cold Blooded apply to enemies if they were frozen by my mirror images and not me?

Using the Diablo 3 Wizard Spell "Mirror Images" or "Teleport: Fracture", do the created mirror images make use of passive effects? theoretical build example: http://us.battle.net/d3/en/calculator/wizard#QlgkSd!RWeS!YZbZYb Cold Blooded - Do enemies frozen/chilled by my mirror images count as "fr...

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