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19:00
I have the Twilight one, and it is adorable
@RedRiderX looks like a horrible deal
are you in the US?
No wings, but I don't really consider that a negative at all
are you willing to put it together yourself?
for 750$ you could get a lot better rig
@PrivatePansy Now I want a MLP plushie.
I have two figurines (Twilight Sparkle and Fluttershy, I think) but no plushies.
@RedRiderX the only sub-1000$ laptop that's okay for gaming is Lenovo Y500/Y510
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Q: Nethack: Revive My Old Corpse?

user1833028So I've got this ghost attacking me... a little understandable, I am standing on his corpse, which is piled on his headstone. Perhaps he doesn't like that! But, I'd like to do him a favor, and put him back in his former body - well, I guess it's a favor. I am a priest, but whenever I cast 't...

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Q: Good games suitable for use with the Pomodoro productivity technique?

MrPomodorosometimes I use the Pomodoro technique to help me stop procrastinating and get some work done. For those of you who don't know what that is, here's an article: http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/the-pomodoro-technique-is-it-right-for-you.html but the jist of it is basically you: Wor...

@PrivatePansy Twilight Sparkle - OUT OF STOCK.
Somehow, I'm not surprised.
Although in my group of MLP friends, I'm the only one who likes Twilight the most.
Two of 'em like Fluttershy more and the other guy likes Pinkie Pie the most. Poor under-appreciated Applejack and Rarity.
I don't know why, but I find this image hilarious
"Oh what are we going to do with this empty space on the bookshelf?"
"I don't know, let's fill it with Twilight Sparkles"
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@AshleyNunn do you think that questions about role playing would be appropriate for the gaming.se site? i dont have a specific question of my own, but i have cause to have an interest in this subject and noticed there is no mention of this in the tags or questions i could find on the site, i imagine it's something that crosses over onto the scifi and the rpg site, but, what do you think?
@Alex If it's not about video games, chances are pretty good it doesn't belong here.
19:12
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Q: My tekkit keeps crashing

toofast45Okay I would really appreciate if anyone can take their time to answer this. I love playing tekkit and I have gotten pretty good at it. My tekkit was lagging pretty bad so I did what I usually do and close it back to the technic launcher and re-open tekkit(this usually stops the lag). I just r...

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@Yuki i guess that's the most likely place to look... and i had a look just now, there is in fact mention of what i was looking for in there
user58869
reason i was looking into the gamine.se site is because it's role playing via a video game
user58869
which doesn't quite fit in with rpg.se, doesn't really fit anywhere, a small niche
19:28
KSP is planning on moving some mod and community stuff to Curse.com
@MBraedley What exactly is Curse and why is that bad?
@Chippies No Canada, which I feel might also not be helping
@Chippies Yeah that was the other issue
@MadScientist Curse started out as a mod loader for some old game (Warcraft 3, perhaps), and their launcher is now effectively spyware.
The person I'm buying for very much doesn't want to build it
@RedRiderX you can still get a better deal for 750$
user58869
19:32
@MBraedley curse is spyware? oh dear... i have it installed, are they spying on me? reading my credit card details?
but if building is not an option then idk
amazon is probably not the best place to buy a rig anyway
THUNDER!
@Chippies Honestly I was probably too generous with the budget
It's more 700-800
@RedRiderX I suggest ncix.ca
@Alex not actually spyware, but almost as bad. Mostly useless would be an apt description
19:32
it's where I order all my computer stuff
@Chippies Ah okay
It's where I bought my latest set of gear
user58869
@MBraedley i use it to update addons for world of warcraft, takes the monotony out of downloading and copying files manually
user58869
i could probably write a program to do the same thing myself, it's really that simple what it does
19:34
@MBraedley Ah okay so shipping to Canada works out all right?
@RedRiderX they're based in Vancouver.
Ooooooh
Didn't realize that.
@RedRiderX I have to ship to NL, which is probably the worst case scenario for Canadian shipping and it works fine :P
they have warehouses in multiple places
@Chippies Oh nice
Mind you, my motherboard and processor are currently stuck near Montreal, but I also didn't pay for upgraded shipping
19:35
I do select purolator though, I avoid canada mail or whatever that crap is called
@Chippies Canada Post?
usually express shipping is like 3-5$ more than regular
@RedRiderX yeah, that one, I don't use that
The Purolator guy here sucks.
That can really make a difference.
The UPS guy is super nice
@RedRiderX purolator is Canada post
Like, not even rude
19:37
@RedRiderX I think they have both UPS and Purolator as a choice, I think it also depends on where you're shipping to
I'm talking lies about delivering stuff
@MBraedley Hmm
Well we still get parcels through Canada Post
And our mailman is really nice
@MBraedley it's owned by Canada Post according to google :O but I think they work separately
> 7% owned by Barry Lapointe Holdings Ltd.
Huh
@Chippies yes, I was oversimplifying
> the name was originally an abbreviated form of "pure oil later".
The heck?
Anyway
Yeah so no Purolator if I can help it :P
Thanks this does help a lot
19:43
@RedRiderX if you live in Ontario or BC, they have stores as well ncix.com/contact
Oh neat
so you can order and pick it up in store
or go to the store and buy there, but I'd assume they don't have everything there
19:58
does the Processor make this not an option for much gaming?
It seems pretty weak
But everything else seems pretty good
@Blem The best part is, the guy at the front really doesn't care he's carrying you.
@Blem But not for D3, since loot isn't shared
@MBraedley it is still valid for D3, we are just seeing it from Jakes perspektiv
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not shared?
20:03
@RedRiderX It's an i7, it'll be fine!
@Blem touche
user58869
i played in a public game recently and loot was dropping from kills that they other people made, or so it seemed
Oh wait it doesn't have a disc drive!
@Alex Never has on D3
No more Rollercoaster
@Alex You don't have to actually kill the guy
@RedRiderX Rip it to ISO
20:04
@RedRiderX is it just me or is that site really slow?
@RedRiderX You were referring to the speed more than anything, weren't you? You might find a laptop that has a 2.4GHz processor, but that would be the top for something even somewhat conservative.
@MBraedley Yeah the speed seems meh
@RedRiderX Most games are GPU bound these days anyways, so you might not seem much difference.
@Blem non-optimized...
Oh wait integrated graphics...
sad trombone
20:09
201 requests and 4MB of images, gif, etc.
@RedRiderX And the resolution as well
Is this for you or someone else?
Someone else
Are they going to game on it?
What they want is about ~$200 more then their budget I think
Yes
But I think they want to do ~2012 gaming
For a laptop, you're looking at $1000 easily, even for 2-3 year old games.
Tearing things up is so tiring...
@RedRiderX The graphics would be a little overkill, but not much. Don't think you'd be able to find anything capable enough below that, though.
This is a glorious day.
(cc: @OrigamiRobot)
@Fluttershy I need dis
Wait, no, I have Cheerwine.
Baja Blast is irrelevant.
@OrigamiRobot I just got two 12-packs at Walmart. :P
20:17
@RedRiderX I mean if you look at that $900 one, you're saving the money on screen real estate, mostly.
We don't even have this in Canada.
@Fluttershy Yeah, my fiancé was sorts of excited.
@RedRiderX it would certainly be able to run most games on low-medium settings
probably a lot of games on high, if he reduces resolution to something like 1366x768
@Fluttershy CC: @benbrocka
http://www.ncix.com/detail/acer-v3-772g-9643-intel-i7-4702qm-8gb-6c-83177-1078.htm
this would be a pretty beast gaming laptop for the price, but it's Acer, so...
20:25
dupe
@Chippies ?
Is Acer a meh for laptops?
@RedRiderX Idk about their newer ones, but they did have a model of laptops that didn't have vent holes drilled in the bottom...
source: I own such laptop
Oh my
Acer sacrifices quality for performance
@Chippies V3-772G?
I'm using that right now.
20:29
@FEichinger I have heard their newer stuff is decent, but I got burnt with one acer laptop in the past, so I avoid them now
The recent Acers don't actually need ventilation all that much. I haven't had a single overheat on either of mine.
@FEichinger if it has a GTX760 it probably needs SOME ventilation when gaming
@Chippies It's running pretty hot depending on the load, but no noticeable problems, and no shutdown.
@FEichinger that's probably because both intel cpu's and nvidia gpu's downclock when they go over certain temperatures
"No noticeable problems" includes: no noticeable changes in performance.
In my experience, battery and connectors is a much bigger issue with Acer laptops than heat.
20:32
But ugh I can't tell what kind of graphics Radeon™ HD 8250 are supposed to be
acer 5536g and pretty much every other laptop using that same body had no vent holes on the bottom, it's terrifying how they let something like that slip past quality check
Oh my
@RedRiderX not great for gaming
Ah okay
it will run stuff, but it's probably not much faster than the integrated intel HD4600
20:34
Hmm okay
@RedRiderX I've never trusted Acer laptops
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Q: Voice-powered games

XodarapDue to a repetitive stress injury, it's painful for me to use a mouse and keyboard (or gamepad) for extended periods of time. So I'm looking for games which use, or can easily be modified to use, voice recognition. Any suggestions?

Well no getting around it I guess
How good are integrated graphics nowadays?
Can you play anything with them?
20:35
this is a decent deal
HD4600 is actually fairly decent for what it is
@Chippies Yeah I saw that too
8 GB SSD is weird though
you can play some fairly demanding games on low on 1366x768 at 20-30 fps
Someone get me a thumbdrive
@Chippies My 7735Z ran perfectly fine. (And, if I recall correctly, that was indeed the same body.)
that SSD is for caching
@FEichinger is that a 17"?
20:36
@Chippies Yep.
@FEichinger yeah, that's not the same body then
5536g is 15"
@Chippies Same design, same lack of proper ventilation.
it had lines etched on the bottom
but they weren't fully done
We had two of those, both still running to this day, bought back in ... 2009, I believe.
I couldn't use that laptop in summer whatsoever
20:38
Back in the day
2009
I had a laptop cooler and it would still overheat in summer
I drilled holes in the bottom and it changed everything
Mine was perfectly fine with pretty much any environment. The other one started overheating two years ago, due to lack of cleaning. Once cleaned out, it ran smoothly again.
if you search, you can find many people with the same issue, not just on the acer forum
it just shows how bad their quality control is
if you get a good model with no issues, all the power to you! :)
but I think everyone will agree that they sacrifice quality for performance
@Unionhawk Hey, for a laptop in this day and age, five years is a long time.
@FEichinger I know
20:42
my acer still runs as well btw, it did need the hole drilling though
and even with the holes it's still quite hot
I'm not sure if it's selection bias based on who's buying them, but when I was working as a computer tech, Dell and Acer laptops led the way in computers in for repair.
I've only had one encounter with a Dell laptop and it was horrible...
friend wife's dell died and we wanted to salvage the HDD and we had to take the motherboard off to get to the HDD
that was horrible...
@MBraedley Oh, as I said, Acers definitely have tons of problems. Heat isn't one I've encountered (without a "natural" cause, at least). Dell, I won't even speak of.
I'd probably pick an acer over dell
@Chippies their business units are good, but the consumer division produces mostly crap
20:44
@MBraedley I suppose that's a thing with most brands though
you get what you pay for
@Chippies except most brands don't have separate business and consumer divisions. Dell is one of the few. Lenovo would be considered business already
@MBraedley I've heard Lenovo has great business and crappy consumer laptops as well
I guess if you're getting a consumer laptop, it's better to get one from a brand that doesn't have a business division
@RedRiderX if you scroll down, there are some game benchmarks for Intel HD4600 notebookcheck.net/Intel-HD-Graphics-4600.86106.0.html
although there's always the option to go with an AMD system, which will have a MUCH better integrated gpu, but weaker cpu
somewhat better combination for gaming on budget, but not that great overall
Which is why I'm going back to Intel after nearly a decade with AMD
@MBraedley laptop or PC?
@Chippies PC
20:52
the FX8350 is pretty good for the price
easily competes with i5 in many cases
but if for some reason you need more power or better per-core performance, I guess Intel is still better
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Q: Does your location or equip influence drawn cards?

LohorisApart from the base char modifiers, does your current location or equip (such as items granting special chars like Bizarre or Respectable) influence the opportunity cards you draw?

There were other factors for me as well, mainly hat I didn't want a Crossfire only board, since I have a relatively new Nvidia card
@MBraedley can you not get an SLI-ready motherboard with AM3 socket? :/
that kinda blows
but I don't really care for SLI/Crossfire much
20:55
@Chippies can't get an AM3 board that's worth it. Only AM3+ from what I saw.
Note: The Chinese characters are actually supposed to read as a sign for edible fungi and whatnot.
I have an AM3 board with SLi already
@MBraedley AM3+ is what I meant, I guess. I don't know much about sockets >.>
at least AMD doesn't have a new socket every 6 months
@Chippies yeah, there are some, but not as affordable
@MBraedley that kinda blows
I don't think SLI is really that good price/performance wise tho
so I guess it doesn't affect me much
prices on gpu's don't go down much anyway
if anything, they go up...
if only GTX750Ti could do SLI...
21:00
Well, gigabyte has some, but I don't trust them enough. If Asus had an M5N series board out, I probably would have gone with that.
I'm gaming on a laptop, but as I'm upgrading wife's PC, I'm starting to want to switch to a PC myself as well
@Chippies Hmm
As long as you stay away from any resolution above 1366x768, the HD4600 can do some light gaming
So all told it seems like this might be the best bet for their budget: ncix.com/detail/lenovo-flex-15-core-i7-4500u-49-91416-1078.htm
it does seem that you need at least i7-4700MQ for it to be decent tho
I7-4500U is a low-power cpu, iirc
21:07
Ah okay
@MBraedley :O
I think that cpu compromise would be worth it.
I think
@RedRiderX the 820m is faster than intel HD4600
not by much, but somewhat faster
it's probably a better laptop for gaming than an i7 with HD4600 would be
how much of a gamer is this person that's getting the laptop?
Isn't it a 2GB video card?
21:10
the memory doesn't matter if it doesn't have the horsepower
It sounds like they will take what they can get
The current laptop is a rebuilt 2006 one I think
It was $200 on ebay
So they want to move up in the world
it's certainly better than HD4600
But not that much
Basically the 64MB graphics card is holding them back :P
@Chippies Hmm yeah
@Chippies Hmm yeah only a slight improvement I guess.
21:13
apparently 820m is based on an optimized 540m, and I know someone who had an alienware with the 540m and he could run most stuff fairly okay
but I haven't gamed much on HD4600 to say that it can't run most stuff fairly okay either :P
I know for a fact, HD4600 runs quite poorly at 1080p
I'm mainly worried about compatibility with intergrated.
But maybe that's not as much of a thing nowadays
intel has improved their drivers A LOT since pre-HD igpu's
but I'm sure there's still compatibility issues here and there
if gaming is important, I'd try to get nvidia or amd gpu in it
catty crush saga
also I hope they have screen protectors
@agent86 I really thought the middle one was a monkey until I looked in more carefully
21:28
COMICCON
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@agent86 Pika-Chew?
user image
2
I got this shirt
also wtf there were like 3 times as many hot girls wandering around this year than last time I went.
Is it suddenly cool to go to Comiccon?
21:44
@WorldEngineer ba-dum tish
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Q: "Housing invalid" Terraria XBOX 360

Smiley101 I have a castle in the sky. It is made completely out of stone bricks and walls. I have met ALL the requirements necessary and am still told it is not valid. I have 6 rooms in the upper part of my castle, 3 on the left-which are completely symmetrical to the 3 on the right. The rooms in the top ...

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@agent86 /rimshot ;P
21:55
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Q: I Forgot my MC PE External server password and now I can't play.

SteveWhat can I do? I've forgot my login password for external MC PE servers and now I can't join any of them because I forgot. Now what? Is there a way to get your password back?

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Q: Battlefront: Is there a specific number of units active for each side?

blainehAt the end of each match in both Battlefront I and II, there is a listing of all the unit names and their accomplishments throughout the match. Are all of these units active at any time during the match (assuming there are enough reinforcements to support them)? Or is there a smaller number actu...

22:12
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@Yuki So... like... NOPE NEVER MIND. NOT GOING THERE
23 hours ago, by badp
May 2 at 18:45, by badp
GUTTER STATUS: [ ] NO HEAD [×] HEAD
@Braiam Tsk, tsk, tsk!
This man has his own subreddit?
The hell
> nothing ever good happens when people are thankful for a tech being around.
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!
@Unionhawk HE DESERVES IT
@RedRiderX ROLLS ON FLOOR
Be sure to use this it you want to go back any farther
Mmm, donair. It's so yummy, but so not good for me.
CC @Wipqozn
CC @FEichinger
ROLLS ON FLOOR FASTER
> Me: Anyway I'm not interested in the position
VP: Okay what makes you good in the security environment then?
Me: You're not listening..... I don't want
It was about this time that the fight adrenaline started waring off and I decided to just go for it. I was going to do a TERRIBLE security interview.
Me: Well as you know I have Zero security experience.
VP: You did seem to do well trying to track down the desktop bandit.
Me: Yes, I did unfortunately fail.
VP: That's true although its this kind of honesty we need in a head of security.
> I look down at the busted remains of one of our new desktops. It was dead. If the rainwater hadn’t killed it, the drop down a flight of stairs would have.

Some people may ask, why was a computer sitting in rainwater? and how did it get dropped down a flight of stairs.

Good questions!
> So do we know who’s responsible?
Airz: Yep, he’s at HR now.
VP: Oh good, good. Im glad we hired you as head of security.
Airz: You didn’t.
VP : Heh, I know. It was a joke. Speaking of though you’re now acting head. Just till we hire a new guy.
continues to roll
22:37
@Unionhawk Why?
@FEichinger Reasons.
Or, more importantly, what for?
7 secs ago, by Unionhawk
@FEichinger Reasons.
Also, mmm, rum
@MBraedley Rum donairs?
22:42
REASONS I SAY
@RedRiderX rum and donairs! even better!
Stupid autocorrect
Oh my
> Sec: Tea anyone?
Me: I’ll take a coffee.
Sec: Only tea in these meetings I’m afraid. Coffee leaves the china with marks.
Does this happen?
The donair sauce from this particular place is also really good. Probably my favourite.
@RedRiderX my only question would be why would you serve coffee in tea cups?
22:46
@MBraedley Well apparently you don't
> I imagine your VP as Cave Johnson and it makes this infinitely funnier.
:O
IT MAKES IT EVEN BETTER
> Me: Have you seen any spare keyboards about?
User: Not keyboards… no but I have seen spare keys
Me: !?
User: Letters, you can put them in the keyboard if your key wears out we have a stack.
Me: A stack… Yes. I’d like to see this stack.

I followed as the user led me into a rather large stationary room. Inside he handed me a large garbage bag.

Inside the bag where keys. Hundreds of keys.

I took a deep breath.
> gifts on behalf of /u/airz23 have helped pay for 10.63 days of reddit server time.
Wow
How much does a day of server time cost? (I'm guessing a lot.)
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Q: Can you transfer characters on a WoW account to yourself?

Laurbert515I have played WoW for years but have not been playing for the past year or so (started in TBC, stopped about a year or more ago). I am interested in just playing around again without paying, so I am thinking about making a new account and playing a bunch of toons to level 20 just to see if the ga...

@Lazers bias makes me want to downvote
@MBraedley Depends entirely on the server.
4 mins ago, by RedRiderX
> gifts on behalf of /u/airz23 have helped pay for 10.63 days of reddit server time.
22:57
As for "reddit server time", I assume that's CDN rent, which I'd assume would be well into three digits a day.
> The VP secretary came out to greet me, and asked if I’d like any refreshments.

Me: Just a coffee. Please.
Sec: Sure thing Ill just go get it.

The VP strides into the office.

VP: No no, Im parched. Get us both water. I want me and Airz to be on the same page.
Could be more, depending on whether they also count backup storage and additional colocs.
ITS ALL GOLD
@RedRiderX the VP has gone from incompetent to just a jerk
@MBraedley Oh that happened ages ago
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