The Bridge

Wipqozn

16:00

@JasonBerkan I've got a nephew who is in the same boat. He only turned 5 in December, but he started school when he was 4.

FAE

@JasonBerkan I'm a June baby so my birthdays were always at the end of the school year. I was 5 in kindergarten and turned 6 at the end.

Wipqozn

It's annoying because his mother insisted he was too young for start school and wasn't ready, and now they're telling her he's having problems in school and it's because he's too young and wasn't ready.

Garan

The answer to this is, of course, homeschooling.

Wipqozn

and by "annoying" I mean "fucking ridiculous."

Yuki

Randall Munroe has announced publication for a What If? book, which will included some questions not answered on the blog.

FAE

16:01

@Wipqozn That sucks. :/

@Yuki Jochem is super excited about this.

Jason Berkan

@Wipqozn My son excels at school, which is why we started him. I just look at all the class pictures, and he's 6 inches shorter than everyone else.

He'll struggle in sports, if he chooses to play any.

Wipqozn

@JasonBerkan If he excels then starting him early was probably a good idea.

Yuki

@JasonBerkan Is chess still considered a sport?

Jason Berkan

@Wipqozn He already speaks French far better than I can.

Yuki

@JasonBerkan Kids learn languages really fast. Kids learn really fast period.

FAE

16:05

@Yuki Spongy braaaaaains.

Jason Berkan

@Yuki It's almost like their brains are built to learn.

3ventic

Did someone say brainsssssssss?

Yuki

@3ventic What are you, some kind of zombie snake?

MBraedley

@Lazers This and the previous three questions seem like they can be condensed down to 2 questions with overall greater utility. All four are about the skill Mirror Images and Teleport: Fracture, and their interaction with other skills.

badp

NOOOOOOOOOOOO

YOU ARE LETTING ME DOWN IN TIME OF NEED

Ben Brocka

16:09

magicant is cool

what the hell items are you storing? I don't think I've ever had that happen

Lazers

0

Q: How can I restore my HP pool?

Every time you die in Dark Souls 2, your maximum HP decreases slightly, and it continues to decrease more and more after each death until your maximum HP is reduced to about 50% of its normal value. In addition, your character model becomes more and more decrepit ("Hollowed") as this penalty incr...

dark-souls-2

badp

Pak of bubble gum, Bad key machine, Jar of Fly Honey, Pair of dirty socks, Counter-PSI unit, Sudden guts pill; HP-Sucker, Stag beetle, Magic truffle ×3, Hand-Aid, PSI caramel, Refreshing herb, Hamburger ×2, Rust promoter, Bomb, Magnum air gun, Defense spray ×2, Handbag strap, Brain food lunch, Backstage pass, Trout yogurt, Hieroglyph copy, Key to the tower, Rust promoter DX, Snake bag, Pencil eraser, Eraser eraser, Slime generator, Exit mouse, For Sale sign, Rock candy

I guess I'll grab the hambugers and the herb and sell them in about a bajillion trips

Ben Brocka

Just throw some hambrugers or other purchasable items

Chippies

can anyone remind me which one of you is Hicpotboy on Diablo? :x

badp

fbueckert

Chippies

16:14

k, thanks

@Frank I got your gem, let me know when you are available for a trade

Frank

@Chippies And/or me.

@Chippies In a little; playing with @Arperum for a bit longer.

GnomeSlice

@Chippies reconarena.com/play

Chippies

@Frank okay, no rush

@GnomeSlice NO!

GnomeSlice

@Chippies =[

Chippies

@GnomeSlice ]=

GnomeSlice

16:17

@Chippies learn how to use chat replies

Chippies

@GnomeSlice you mean something you only learned recently?

GnomeSlice

@Chippies What? No?

Wipqozn

yay, 20k

Ben Brocka

@badp dirty socks is a one time use item btw. I ditch all the one-time use ones

Chippies

@GnomeSlice I froze my Quassel :(

Wipqozn

16:20

Wipqozn, Nova Scotia, Canada

20k 32 103 207

dark-souls monster-hunter-3-ultimate guild-wars-2 zelda-skyward-sword etrian-odyssey-untold deus-ex-human-revolution dayz-2012

badp

@BenBrocka It's an unique

GnomeSlice

@Chippies Close it and reopen it?

Wipqozn

Take that @Fluttershy!

Chippies

@GnomeSlice but I was searching for how you were telling me to click on the triangle thingy and then reply

badp

ooooh is it finally the Wipqozn Gets Twenty Thousand Reputation And Gets Banned Forever day?

I've been excited about the Wipqozn Gets Twenty Thousand Reputation And Gets Banned Forever day.

Wipqozn

16:21

@badp Yes sir!

badp

@Wipqozn Wait. You have twenty thousand twenty four reputation.

That clearly won't do.

Ben Brocka

@badp It is time. The preparations are done. Release the otters.

GnomeSlice

@Chippies did you figure it out?

@Chippies You can use that thing too ^

Far right, the little arrow

Chippies

@GnomeSlice did I figure out what? how to reply? I knew that before you did

Wipqozn

@BenBrocka Oh god, not otters. A turtles worst fear.

Chippies

16:22

you were telling me to use the triangle thing

GnomeSlice

@Chippies ...No, you didn't.

Chippies

because you didn't know you could use the reply button on right

GnomeSlice

Oh,

Well

I did

I just never do it that way

Chippies

I can't be bothered to reach for my mouse and aim at a tiny button when I can just type @GnomeSlice

GnomeSlice

@Chippies reconarena.com/play

Play with me, I got it to work

pleeeease

Chippies

16:24

@GnomeSlice no, wife's been asking me to play Mass Effect whole morning, so you're second in line

GnomeSlice

@Chippies fuck your wife

...that came out incorrectly

Unionhawk

...

GnomeSlice

play with me instead

fine

Unionhawk

You hear that? That's the sound of everyone in the room facedesking at once.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice I want to star this so badly.

4

But I shall resist!

Chippies

16:26

it's a good time to make gems in Diablo, profit margins are good and don't seem to be dropping

so that's what I've been doing .__.

Garan

@Chippies Making real money?

Chippies

@Garan I wish... I play on American server, but my account is European, so I can't use RMAH

although I might attempt to convert my profits into $ on wife's account

Garan

@Chippies Ah. Otherwise I'd ask whether it's faster to do this or have an actual job for money.

Matt Эллен

Ah, the Richard Madeley Activity Horn

Chippies

@Garan I would assume a job is definitely faster, but also involves more "work"

FAE

16:29

@GnomeSlice If someone random flags this, you'll probably get banned, dude. :/

Garan

@Chippies Oh, work. The hardest part about obtaining money.

GnomeSlice

@FAE I can't change it now

I get banned a lot, it's not the end of the world.

FAE

@Chippies Do you live in the EU? :o

GnomeSlice

People are stupid

Chippies

@FAE I used to, but I moved to Canada

Garan

16:30

@GnomeSlice Unfortunately.

Chippies

well, officially in the process of "moving"

but I currently am in Canada

FAE

@Chippies Oooh okay. I'm kind of the opposite. I used to live in America, but I moved to the Netherlands.

GnomeSlice

@Chippies wait, what?

I thought you had been here for a long time

Garan

@FAE Similar story for me (though technically I live in Asia).

Chippies

@GnomeSlice I came here in august 2012

Wipqozn

16:31

@FAE that's why I'm resisting the urge to star it.

Jason Berkan

I live where I was born, like some ancient freak from the Middle Ages.

Chippies

so it's been a while, but not a long time

GnomeSlice

@Chippies That is more than a year ago

FAE

Expats all up in here, yo.

Wipqozn

oh, someone already starred it.

Chippies

16:31

@GnomeSlice yeah, I had to leave last february because you can only stay for 6 months legally

FAE

@JasonBerkan I was born in South Korea, grew up in America, moved to the Netherlands.

@Chippies Schengen stuff?

GnomeSlice

@Chippies What?

You left and came back?

wtf did you do, kill somebody?

Chippies

@FAE Canada isn't part of that stuff

that's only in EU

Jason Berkan

@GnomeSlice If you aren't Canadian, you can only stay here for a limited time.

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice No. Some countries have a limit on how long you can stay there without being a citizen.

Chippies

16:33

wait, not sure if that's the same thing I'm thinking of

yeah, that is what I was thinking of

Wipqozn

I mean, he could have killed someone, but that would be unrelated to the 6 month limit.

Jason Berkan

I know a woman from Hong Kong, who has two kids who are Canadian citizens. She has to leave every 6 months, while they stay behind.

Chippies

the schengen stuff lets you go between certain EU countries without any limits and no one cares

Matt Эллен

sadly, the UK cares

GnomeSlice

@Chippies Just become Canadian

problem solved

Chippies

16:34

@JasonBerkan she could apply for visitor visa extension

Garan

@Wipqozn I dunno, there's a large crowd of people that live here for upwards of 5 years before "moving" here.

Chippies

@GnomeSlice go read up on that and then tell me it's that easy

Garan

Though that's more to avoid the draft.

GnomeSlice

@Chippies don't be such a whiner

FAE

@GnomeSlice Dude, citizenship is a shitton of paperwork and red tape.

GnomeSlice

16:35

@FAE I'm just messing with him, relax.

I know it's probably not that easy.

FAE

Hell, residency is a ton of work, let alone citizenship.

Garan

@FAE That's why I'm glad I have organizations that take care of it for me.

For FREE!

Wipqozn

@Garan Depending on your situation the duration can be extended or shortened I believe.

GnomeSlice

Chippies and I are bffs

Jason Berkan

@Chippies She has. She's been doing it for many years now - it's at the point where Immigration tells her she has to stay out of Canada for an extended period of time before she is allowed back in.

Chippies

16:35

I'm going the easiest route for permanent resident status and that's still shit ton of crap to go through

GnomeSlice

@Chippies The easiest route is probably to become an illegal immigrant

Garan

@Wipqozn Well, these are people that deliberately don't immigrate because they don't want to be drafted (or be a functioning part of society).

Chippies

@GnomeSlice that doesn't give you a permanent resident status though, so it's not really a "route" :>

Martin Sojka

@Chippies Couldn't you just marry a Canadian?

Jason Berkan

@Chippies The easiest route would be to marry a Canadian. You'd immediately become a resident.

Chippies

16:36

@MartinSojka I did, that's the easiest route.

FAE

@Chippies Yeah, I finally got my residency card without an expiration date a year ago, after living here for 5 years. It's still dependent on my partnership with Jochem though.

Chippies

@JasonBerkan nope

GnomeSlice

@Chippies I'm telling

Jason Berkan

@Chippies Nope to what part? That's what my mom did.

Chippies

@JasonBerkan @MartinSojka when you are married to a Canadian, the Canadian can sponsor you in as a family member. It's still a shit ton of paperwork and crap.

@JasonBerkan they changed it some years ago

FAE

16:37

@Chippies Which country are you from in the EU?

Chippies

@FAE Latvia

Canada changes immigration stuff like every year

GnomeSlice

@Chippies How long does it take though

just take a weekend, fill all that shit out and be done with it

Jason Berkan

So you are married to a Canadian living in Canada, and you still have to leave? That's a bit moronic.

Chippies

@GnomeSlice 2-4 years for application to get processed

GnomeSlice

@Chippies wat

Ben Brocka

16:38

"The Big Bang Theory is renewed for three more seasons" please stop

Tweeted by kanra__ on March 12, 2014 at 4:31 PM

noooooooooooooooooooooooo

Chippies

@JasonBerkan yep. It's easier to get visa extended though.

GnomeSlice

move to a better country

FAE

@Chippies Ah okay. I don't know if there are different rules for Canada depending on which country you're from. I know it was easier for me to get into the NL because I was from the US.

Martin Sojka

That's why I like the current EU rules so much: I can live and work in any of the constituent countries. No questions asked. No rules to follow. I just can.

Matt Эллен

3?

GnomeSlice

16:38

@BenBrocka Yiss!

Origami Robot

@BenBrocka :(

Frank

@BenBrocka No? I love that show!

GnomeSlice

@BenBrocka More Kaley Cuoco pls

Matt Эллен

@BenBrocka but we've already had 3 seasons can't it be over now?

Jason Berkan

@Chippies Well, I am less proud to be a Canadian at the moment.

Origami Robot

16:39

Ugh, @Frank is the worst.

Martin Sojka

@GnomeSlice She's Kaley Couco-Somethingorother now.

Chippies

@FAE as far as I know, most countries are treated the same here. I don't even need a visa to go to Canada for 6 months.

GnomeSlice

@MartinSojka whaaaat nooooooooooo

She was miiiiiiiine

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice Somehow I don't think you were going to wind up with her, or meet her.

FAE

@Chippies Oh nice.

GnomeSlice

16:39

@Wipqozn shush

FAE

@Chippies Good luck with all the red tape.

Chippies

@FAE but if you don't have a small fortune with you and you tell the customs you're staying for 6 months, be prepared to stay in the questioning room for an hour or more

FAE

For moving over here, I had to get a certificate that doesn't even exist in the US and is completely laughable.

GnomeSlice

@Chippies Are you serious?

FAE

It's basically a "certificate of singleness" stating that you're not married.

GnomeSlice

16:40

What the hell do they ask you

Origami Robot

@FAE Wait, what?

FAE

@Chippies Eugh.

Chippies

@GnomeSlice well one of the questions was "Do your parents know you're here?"

Origami Robot

Why?

Chippies

>.>

Jason Berkan

16:40

@GnomeSlice - Have you ever left the country?

GnomeSlice

@Chippies NOPE

Matt Эллен

"No but, your mum does"

Wipqozn

@MattЭллен oh snap!

FAE

@OrigamiRobot Because in order to move here, I was coming over for "family reunification" reasons to be with Jochem, basically like what @Chippies is doing, and in order for him to sponsor me as a partner, I had to provide evidence that I was not married in the US.

Wipqozn

That'll show them customs agents who's the boss!

Matt Эллен

16:42

@Wipqozn right until I hear the snap of the rubber gloves

FAE

Which is kind of silly, seeing as there's no unified marriage database in the US.

And they know that, but still need it anyway.

GnomeSlice

@MattЭллен wat

Wipqozn

@FAE So how did you prove you weren't married...?

GnomeSlice

@Wipqozn no ring?

Garan

Wow. This makes immigration sound so... COMPLICATED. For me it's just "Contact this organization and they help you with whatever you need!"

Matt Эллен

16:43

@GnomeSlice well, not rubber, but you know. they'll fake like they suspect I'm anally tranporting drugs

Ben Brocka

@Wipqozn in the not-marriage database of course

FAE

@Wipqozn They gave me a custom created "certificate of singleness" that I had to sign and get notarized in the town I lived in in the US.

GnomeSlice

@MattЭллен Just for funsies

Origami Robot

@FAE Did you make your own certificate with crayons?

FAE

And then I turned that in here.

Matt Эллен

16:43

@GnomeSlice exactly

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice I don't think that would work.

FAE

@OrigamiRobot No. :P

Origami Robot

That'd be so romantic.

GnomeSlice

Glyph is a new DRM-free games platform from Rift developer Trion Worlds

FAE

Somehow, I don't think the Dutch officials would've accepted that.

@OrigamiRobot I also had to state I wasn't in any other relationships, so. >_>

Jason Berkan

16:44

@FAE Pfft. If it was notarized, you would have been fine. I don't think notaries can use crayons, though...

Origami Robot

@FAE Well it's not that different than what they did accept.

Wipqozn

@FAE Oh snap!

FAE

@OrigamiRobot Essentially true.

Wipqozn

@OrigamiRobot I concur.

Mocking the silly policies countries have is fun.

FAE

@Wipqozn Yeah, Jochem and I got to that part in the paperwork and we both burst out laughing.

Frank

16:46

Wow, everyone's undercutting everyone in the gem RMAH.

Prices are in massive freefall.

Jason Berkan

Immigration Canada once had a website where you could enter your information to see if you would be allowed to immigrate to Canada. Hilariously, both myself and my wife would not be able to.

Chippies

@Frank they dropped A LOT yesterday when diamonds came into market

they've been somewhat stable since though

FAE

@JasonBerkan But... but why

Chippies

@JasonBerkan they still have it

Jason Berkan

@FAE We're actually pretty strict on immigration. If you don't have cash to invest, or skills we need...

GnomeSlice

16:47

@JasonBerkan Don't like hockey do you?

Rookie mistake

Wipqozn

@FAE Probably because of the robotic arm.

FAE

@JasonBerkan Ah, gotcha.

MBraedley

@Chippies Does immigration know you're married to a Canadian?

Jason Berkan

@GnomeSlice Actually I don't like hockey. I prefer curling.

GnomeSlice

@JasonBerkan Weird, that should have been close enough

Chippies

16:48

getting a work permit is ridiculous as well. You need a job offer to get a work permit, but the employer has to advertise the job offer on a government website for 2 weeks before they can even look into getting someone from outside.

@MBraedley they do now. We got married last summer

GnomeSlice

@Chippies what the fuck

Jason Berkan

@Wipqozn Damn. It took me a long time to get this.

GnomeSlice

@Chippies so you have to get a shitty job nobody wants?

FAE

@JasonBerkan hahaha

Jason Berkan

I was like, what does Canadarm have to do with anything immigration related?

MBraedley

16:50

@Chippies So more than 6 months ago. That should get you landed immigrant status

Chippies

@GnomeSlice only if the employer is willing to go through ton of paperwork to hire you

GnomeSlice

Mar 7 at 1:06, by Chippies

I leech my money off of wife

best plan

FAE

@JasonBerkan That's awesome.

Chippies

@MBraedley nope, that was changed some years ago.

GnomeSlice

@JasonBerkan I still don't get it

Jason Berkan

16:50

@GnomeSlice Ed has a robotic arm. And leg.

FAE

@GnomeSlice His avatar's from Full Metal Alchemist.

Fluttershy

@GnomeSlice His avatar.

Chippies

apparently people were abusing the marriage stuff and they made it more difficult to immigrate

GnomeSlice

@JasonBerkan Who?

@FAE Is that good?

@Fluttershy What?

FAE

@GnomeSlice It's an anime series. Very good.

MBraedley

16:51

@Chippies Oh, well that sucks.

Chippies

@MBraedley it does suck indeed.

Jason Berkan

@GnomeSlice My avatar is Edward Elric, the Fullmetal Alchemist. Watch the show. Read the comic. It's awesome.

GnomeSlice

►

YOHOHO

@JasonBerkan Does he have a robot hand?

Chippies

BUT I get to stay at home and play videogames all day long until my permanent residence gets approved, so I got that going for me.

Jason Berkan

@GnomeSlice Arm, and he uses alchemy to turn it into a sword whenever he's fighting.

MBraedley

16:52

Oh, that was fallout from the RBC foreign contractor thing, wasn't it?

GnomeSlice

Mar 7 at 1:06, by Chippies

I leech my money off of wife

Lazers

0

Q: How do you unlock each of the stages?

I've managed to unlock one stage (Spellforge) by playing through the entirety of Quest mode. A friend has told me that he got one randomly by selecting random in the stage selection, and another by the end of a versus match on a specific stage. What are the definite ways to unlock these stages?

towerfall-ascension

Jason Berkan

Origami Robot

@JasonBerkan And doens't aafraid of anything

FAE

@JasonBerkan And he's short.

Chippies

16:55

@FAE don't say that with him around!

Jason Berkan

@FAE And his brother's an empty suit of armour.

FAE

@JasonBerkan Who is awesome.

@Chippies haha

Origami Robot

And he hates milk.

GnomeSlice

chat search, y u suck

Wipqozn

That reminds me, I still need to watch brotherhood.

Origami Robot

16:56

@Wipqozn What a monster.

Krazer

@Wipqozn Y U SO SLOW

Wipqozn

Did they ever make an English Dub of it, and if so, was the dub as good as the original?

@Krazer I read the manga, so I haven't been in a rush to watch the anime.

FAE

@Wipqozn FIX THIS

Jason Berkan

@Wipqozn Netflix has everything but the last 10+ episodes. The dub is fine - uses the same voices for the main characters.

Wipqozn

@JasonBerkan Okay good. The original dub was fantastic.

MBraedley

16:57

Breaking news:

Origami Robot

I haven't seen the 2nd movie.

MBraedley

►

Krazer

@Wipqozn Pick it up, Phones!

GnomeSlice

I can't find the burrito quote

I have failed

I'm gonna go eat and watch match game

FAE

@OrigamiRobot I've heard mostly mediocre things about it.

Wipqozn

16:58

Maybe I'll start watching the episodes on my breaks if HULU has uploaded them to Youtube or something.

FAE

@MBraedley holy shit what

badp

@Chippies I think the same is technically true for the US, actually.

Origami Robot

@FAE The first movie was... decent?

Krazer

@Wipqozn that's mostly a matter of preference

MBraedley

@FAE Yeah, I know. Probably not terrorism, but still scary.

Wipqozn

16:59

@Krazer I prefer the dubs if they're well done. the original one was really good, so I was hoping brotherhood would be just as good.

FAE

@MBraedley Yeah, that's terrifying. :( Geez

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