The Bridge

Matt Giltaji

20:00

@StrixVaria you could do an acid orb, kinda like spitting venom

StrixVaria

@Chippies The class I picked was incidental to what I wanted to do. I considered Druid, Ranger, Rogue, and Sorcerer. I wound up going Sorcerer because of the arcane-magic-based spider-based prestige class.

@MattGiltaji I do have that. I did 2 damage with it once.

Chippies

I suppose summon spider isn't really a ranger thing

Matt Giltaji

@StrixVaria 2 damage? you are doing something wrong

StrixVaria

@MattGiltaji Acid orb does d3 damage. Or is that acid splash?

I have the level 0 acid spell. I only have up to level 2 sorc spells at the moment.

Matt Giltaji

@StrixVaria dndtools.pw/spells/spell-compendium--86/orb-acid--4607

oh, level 2 spells, :S

StrixVaria

20:02

Oh yeah, ok. Yeah, that would be in character once I can learn 4th level spells.

Matt Giltaji

dndtools.pw/spells/spell-compendium--86/orb-acid-lesser--4608

2d8 at 3rd level, and you have 1st level spells

2 would be min damage

StrixVaria

I didn't see that.

I don't think that's in the base PHB. I didn't look past that, because I am not actually too interested in 3.5.

Matt Giltaji

oh, lol

StrixVaria

The prestige class was recommended by the DM, otherwise I would never have known abou tit.

Matt Giltaji

yeah if you have a limited set of books...

StrixVaria

20:05

The DM has all the books. I just didn't look past the PHB personally.

Matt Giltaji

oh, ok. sometimes the dm will only allow specific books

StrixVaria

This campaign was "anything ever officially published". I'm just lazy.

Matt Giltaji

@StrixVaria yeah there are a world of really kickass spells out there

StrixVaria

I actually managed to use obscuring mist in a useful way in last combat. Trying to do useful things with an awkward mix of spells is more fun than min/maxing, for me.

Matt Giltaji

for sure, unconventional uses of spells is what makes casting interesting

Rapitor

20:08

@GnomeSlice

StrixVaria

Then the last enemy throw down an alarm potion just as he was about to die, and my reaction was to run to my spider and cast expeditious retreat, since I was next to act.

No qualms leaving the other PCs to fend for themselves.

Lazers

20:34

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Q: How can my 2 boys both play on Mineplex? We paid to download the game on our PC I don't want to pay to do it again\

Both boys want to play Mineplex but the once complains the other uses all his coins? Is there anyway to do this without repurchasing another minecraft download?

minecraft

0

Q: How do you attack someone with a bounty even though they come up as clean?

After picking up the bounty scanner I'm able to scan people and get a pretty big boost in bounty rewards, but I noticed some issues come up. Namely when they are clean in the system and I scan them. If a bounty shows up they are still listed as clean, which means I can't attack them without becom...

elite-dangerous

StrixVaria

►

djsmiley2k

so i just got my hyperion/ambilight project setup

and already got leds on the back on my monitor reflecting the same lights as coming off my PS4

this is Soooo awesome

next up, blue tac em in place once I've made sure they all in the right order etc

StrixVaria

@StrixVaria 2:16, 2:40, and 8:13 for the best 3.

SaintWacko

@djsmiley2k I have the precursor to that: AmbX

@StrixVaria this is amazing

I can't stop laughing

StrixVaria

►

@SaintWacko I lost it at the chicken and didn't stop the whole video.

SaintWacko

20:42

@StrixVaria The cannon?

StrixVaria

@SaintWacko Yeah.

SaintWacko

@StrixVaria That was fucking hilarious

This video is giving me more ideas

Sterno

Meh. It was a couple of months and many thousands of questions before Stack Overflow's scope was defined beyond "questions of interest to programmers". Arqade went about 4 months before officially defining their scope beyond "gaming". Off-topic questions are rarely a big problem for new sites unless product recommendations become a big deal (and I don't see that here); ill-defined questions are a universal issue, and it bugs me that folks keep ignoring the latter in favor of hand-wringing about the former here. @Wipqozn. — Shog9 ♦ Feb 5 at 20:21

So, basically, Lifehacks.SE is fine! It doesn't really matter what's on-topic! Just ask clear questions and it will all be good.

StrixVaria

@Sterno But..."gaming" is a topic.

SaintWacko

@StrixVaria But it's not the topic that was decided on

Sterno

20:45

@StrixVaria Well, sure, but think how long it took us to decide on ITGs! SAME THING!

SaintWacko

There are plenty of questions that are gaming related but are deemed off topic

StrixVaria

@SaintWacko Yes but we started with something and then defined the nuance over time. Lifehacks doesn't even have that.

Sterno

Lifehacks.SE is seriously HowToDoStuff.SE

That's a hell of a scope

Wipqozn

@Sterno Yeah, I stopped replying after that.

Frank

@Sterno Who cares about scope! It doesn't matter!

Wipqozn

20:47

He does have a point, I won't deny that though.

but...well, the problem is their current scope is extremely huge, and they have no idea if somethings on-topic or not. Gaming is a scope: Does it involve video games?

But Lifehacks...well, they still can't decide if questions which have non-lifehack answers should exist, and for good reason: because it doesn't make sense.

Sterno

@Wipqozn Does he, though? Have ill-defined questions really been that big of a problem there, in terms of being left open?

Frank

FYI, Scale Modeling needs more questions!

Wipqozn

You either A) Shut down questiosn with a non-hack answer, which is ridiculous. You can't know if a question is on-topic until it's answered? B) Don't shut down such questions, in which case the site stops being Lifehacks.SE C) DElete non-hack answers, in which case your site doesn't care about the best answer, which is ridiculous.

Sterno

It seems like he's complaining about leaving open stuff when it's Unclear What You're Asking, and we're saying "Yeah, we already know to close those... but what the hell is Off-Topic?"

Wipqozn

@Sterno I'm referring to the scope part. Sites in early beta will have trouble with scope. However, the problems of scope lifehack has is much more than any other site has.

Rapitor

20:51

are you guys still complaining about lifehacks.

Sterno

@Frank Why would I need that site? I could just ask the same question on Lifehacks.

MBraedley

@Frank Read: people other than @Frank need to ask questions on Scale Modeling

Frank

@Sterno But you'll have a better chance of great answers on Scale Modeling!

Sterno

@Rapitor Up until the day it closes, and then for a few years afterwards, yeah

Wipqozn

It seems like he doesn't realize just how badly the issues of scope on the site are. Quite a few people quit the site since things were basically closed and open at random.

Frank

20:52

Plus, the scope is much better defined.

Jason Berkan

@Sterno But I promise to participate in Scale Modeling.

Sterno

@Frank I don't know. Experts on Lifehacks.SE are experts at life and problem solving.

Frank

@MBraedley And @JasonBerkan. And @KevinvanderVelden.

Sterno

That covers an awful lot of stuff, so they seem kind of like mega-experts

MBraedley

@Frank Well you have the top three questions

Kevin van der Velden

20:53

I asked 2 questions! Well one, I relayed another

Wipqozn

@Frank "How do I put my scale model together? I don't have any glue."

Frank

@Wipqozn Easy! It's a snap kit, moron.

Wipqozn

@Frank NOPE

YOU'RE A SCALE MODEL EXPERT, NOT A LIFEHACKS EXPERT, THEREFORE YOUR OPINION IS MEANINGLESS

Kevin van der Velden

Heck, they're tied 3rd (or 5 and 6 if you want to be boring)

Frank

@Sterno Experts at LifeHacks.SE aren't experts of anything, by their very definition.

MBraedley

20:53

@Wipqozn It's easy: drive back to the store and get model glue!

Frank

@MBraedley I'm quite surprised at that.

Wipqozn

@Frank I wrote a lengthy post about that! It's one fo their major problems.

Frank

I just asked the questions that applied to me when I was first getting started.

Wipqozn

They really shoudl just shut the site, and launch a new "EverydayLiving.SE" proposal. Rescoping the site was suggested in meta, but that was a bad idea.

I don't think everday living is a good idea either, but ti has a better chance than lifehacks.

Kevin van der Velden

@Wipqozn so they'll probably go through with it, I mean. The entire site is a bad idea so it's in keeping with theme

Wipqozn

20:55

At least everyday living is based on the problems, and not the solutions.

Sterno

There, I asked a question for you. I really should go ask the same one on Lifehacks

Wipqozn

@Sterno Link?

Sterno

area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/82797/rc-scale-modeling/…

Frank

@Sterno I would upvote, but I'm totally out.

Kevin van der Velden

@Frank same =[

Wipqozn

20:56

@Sterno I'll upvote that.

Kevin van der Velden

@Sterno Upvote 5 questions now!

Sterno

@Frank They are experts at hacking life.

Kevin van der Velden

You too @Wipqozn

Frank

I'm trying, but it won't take it!

@Sterno Lifehack: Life is unhackable.

Batophobia

@Sterno Modeling.SE really needs to be a thing that exists

Sterno

20:57

@Batophobia Does it, though? Because clearly there is a not a huge amount of interest.

Batophobia

@Sterno Like a serial killer?

MBraedley

@Sterno I think the answer is "Paint over it." Unfortunately, if the paint job is so bad that you'll lose all detail, you might be out of luck.

Sterno

@MBraedley Actually, I asked this because I recently saw a lifehack for it :P

Batophobia

@Sterno Probably because SE is not known for it's huge modeling community

Sterno

I WAS NOT KIDDING ABOUT THE LIFEHACK CONNECTION

Frank

20:58

@MBraedley Actual answer is to strip the paint and start over.

Jason Berkan

@MBraedley No, you can remove paint from a plastic model.

Sterno

And it further proves that people think just about anything is a lifehack

Frank

Simplest way I know of to do that is to use a gundam eraser.

Jason Berkan

You just can't use brake fluid or whatever poisonous concoction you use on metal models.

MBraedley

@Frank But most things that'll strip the paint will also attack the plastic

Frank

20:58

I don't know what's in it, but it strips paint like nobody's business.

Kevin van der Velden

@Batophobia then help it be a real thing =p

@Frank probably unicorn tears

Frank

@MBraedley Depends on what you use, yeah.

Kevin van der Velden

I mean, that's the only thing that makes sense

Frank

Nothing I use does that, though.

MBraedley

I'm not a modeler, so I don't know any of those tricks.

Batophobia

20:59

@KevinvanderVelden Already used all my votes last week

Frank

I put a tiny amount on a qtip to do some touch up. A single gentle swipe took all SIX layers of paint off without even trying.

MBraedley

Anyways, I'm going to say it's quitting time now. Later.

Wipqozn

@Sterno Yeah, this is why I don't commit to proposals I think are a good idea but wouldn't take part in. I think MOdeling is a good idea, and want it to succeed. However, if it launches with a bunch of people who don't plan to take part, then it won't work.

Sterno

Upvotes cast. Don't say I never did anything for you!

Wipqozn

@Sterno I casted 5 votes too!

Sterno

21:01

by the way, I only did it because your name is fbueckert there. Had it been Frank, no way

Wipqozn

Saw 5 questions that I was all "hey, when I did 40k I had these questions"

Frank

@Sterno I just got tired of people making fun of my username in chat.

Wipqozn

crap

movies.stackexchange.com/election

I forgot to nominate myself for movies.SE mod

Sterno

42 more followers, eh?

You guys are doooooomed

Wipqozn

WHAT WILL I DO NOW

Frank

21:02

@Sterno It's less than a week old.

Sterno

I really feel like the entire StackExchange network missed an opportunity when ronnie didn't make mod.

Wipqozn

@Sterno DAmn it, I know it's starbair, but I can't resist.

Frank

@Sterno It would have been an object lesson in how to quickly kill a site.

Wipqozn

Okay, I'm off. If I should be attacked by a polar bear before I return, then I want you to all know that @OrigamiRobot was always my favourite.

Frank

@Wipqozn Nobody is supposed to miss you. Got it.

Sterno

21:09

15 upvotes

15

Q: How to walk through deep snow at a faster pace and keep feet/legs dry as possible?

It just got done snowing about 30 inches, and my pregnant wife is having a strong craving for some tacos. We don't have any beef or chicken to make tacos at home. The taco place is only about a mile away. No way my car can make it through this snow since the streets haven't been plowed yet and li...

travel snow

shakes head sadly

Matt Giltaji

@Sterno i would downvote, but i only have enough rep to upvote

Jason Berkan

@MattGiltaji The solution is clear. Upvote all the other questions, so that this one is relatively less upvoted.

Matt Giltaji

@JasonBerkan meh, i'd rather play @Batophobia's incremental

Sterno

What amuses me about it is that he's all like "I need to go get these tacos right now! What can I do?" and the answer (bountied!) of "make some snowshoes" doesn't really sound like a "Oh, yeah, I'll do that in 2 minutes" sort of answer

If you had the time to construct yourself snowshoes out of tennis rackets before this happened, you had the time to just buy yourself snowshoes. or boots and snowpants

Matt Giltaji

@Sterno more like by the time the answers roll in, you already solved your problem and bought those tacos somehow

it's like "my house is burning down, i need a lifehack to save it"

Batophobia

21:13

@MattGiltaji Glad you like it, let me know if you have any suggestions

Matt Giltaji

@Batophobia save import/export so i can play at both work and home

Sterno

Dumbest lifehack

WHY AREN'T YOU JUST USING A FORK IF YOU SUCK SO BAD AT CHOPSTICKS THAT YOU NEED TO FUSE THEM TOGETHER?

Matt Giltaji

@Sterno or just learn to use chopsticks

Rapitor

"Request denied by WatchGuard HTTP Proxy.

Reason: Category 'Tasteless & Offensive' denied by WebBlocker"

Frank

@Sterno "Other Adult Materials"

Rapitor

21:17

work doesn't like lifehacks either, apparently

Matt Giltaji

my lifehack: wait until you are super hungry and only have chopsticks available to eat your food... you will figure it out pretty quick

Rapitor

are chopsticks really that hard to use?

Sterno

fixed?

meme scientist

What does the brown button with the number besides review indicate

I don't get it

Mines says 4 but when I click on it everything shows up as 0

Rapitor

@Sterno yep. and yep, that's dumb

Frank

21:18

Yep.

meme scientist

So it says 4 at the top but it says 0 close votes, 0 questions, etc

Jason Berkan

@Rapitor I certainly find them less effective at getting food into my mouth than a fork.

Sterno

A fork already is a lifehack. An awesome lifehack.

Matt Giltaji

@JasonBerkan i think the idea is that they force you to slow down and appreciate the food

Frank

@Sterno Wouldn't that technically be a spork?

Kevin van der Velden

21:19

@MattGiltaji yes, you just use your bloody hands =p

Sterno

@Frank I never need spoons though.

Things that require spoons are terrible

Matt Giltaji

@KevinvanderVelden like a savage? well i never...

Lazers

0

Q: starcraft disk footprint

Is it possible to minimize disk space usage? I only want to play multiplayer anyway and the biggest chunk of the download is the campaign. Since the game is playable after only 10% of the whole download I am wandering if one could simply stop it there somehow?

starcraft-2

Sterno

Though I guess I can't argue that having it there just in case hurts you

Rapitor

learn to use chopsticks the easy way

Matt Giltaji

21:22

@Rapitor yes, this is what i needed

Sterno

Why did I click that?

Jason Berkan

@Sterno Because if we have learned anything on The Bridge, it's that people will click any link given to them, even on Friday.

Sterno

meta.gaming.stackexchange.com/posts/5220/revisions

@Yuuki This was a terrible edit.

Matt Giltaji

@Sterno rollback war!

seriously though, how does one know when "spugsley needs a pls"?

Lazers

0

Q: In Clash of Clans, why is my war base not showing my upgrades?

I have two base set ups, one for my home base and one for wars. My war base does not show upgrades I have done on my defenses. How do I fix this?

clash-of-clans

Sterno

21:28

When she's freaking out about hating something

Here, we'll see what happens later tonight

-6

A: Community Promotion Ads - 2015

@fredley YOU ARE THE WORST

2

Matt Giltaji

@Sterno i upvoted, it's a great ad

Yuuki

@Sterno I figured we should at least have the decency to spell her name correctly.

Also:

0

A: Bridge Movie Night 2: Bridge Movie Nighter

Movie Decision All right, folks, given the close run between Guardians of the Galaxy and Big Hero 6 along with the fact that Big Hero 6 won't be released until the end of the month, here's what we're going to do. Sometime starting next week, we'll decide on a weekend to do a showing of Guardian...

Matt Giltaji

@Yuuki it's part of the joke...

Sterno

@Yuuki Except we don't. That's the point!

Arperum

@MattGiltaji urmom's a joke.

Yuuki

21:35

Also, I really wanted the Excavator badge.

murgatroid99

@Sterno Is that image loading extremely slowly for anyone else?

Arperum

@Yuuki I like your decision.

Yuuki

@Arperum Yeah, I forgot that Big Hero 6 doesn't release until late this month.

I felt this decision was more fair.

Arperum

@Yuuki I like it. I also like that it is not this weekend, because friday is going to be late.

Unionhawk

@Sterno I just realized this is referring to that stupid scuba question, at least indirectly. Goddammit.

djsmiley2k

21:47

woooo now unlocked the negative \o/

James

@Rapitor Can you slow that gif down and explain how I do it with a human hand instead of a paw? :P

Arperum

@djsmiley2k Fifth satan kill?

FYI: the satan path is harder then the isaac path IMHO.

badp

22:03

@Yuuki man there's a lot of interest for Google+ isn't there

murgatroid99

@badp well, once one person posts one of those links on a popular site, people will keep clicking it

badp

someday TF2 will stop crashing

MY BODY IS READY GABEN

Arperum

@murgatroid99 Then this one link has been posted to a very popular site. because it looks nearly like some idiot is spamming.

MBraedley

Dear Google: I'm interested in astronomy and space exploration, not UFO conspiracy theories. Please stop showing me crazy UFO stuff in my Google+ feed.

Lazers

0

Q: Is this item a bug or a real item?

I can only assume that this items label has not been replaced as it's clearly a description of the item rather than a name I think. So is this a real item or is it a bug / easter egg?

diablo-3

GnomeSlice

22:26

@Rapitor Still one of my favourite artists.

Wipqozn

@MBraedley From the corner of windsor & young. Fuck yeah, Canada!

Matt Giltaji

@Wipqozn i don't get it

Wipqozn

@MattGiltaji @MBraedley and I both live in the same city. Just saw this picture of the snow downtown.

Makes it look a lot worse than it actually is, and it's hilarious.

MBraedley

@MattGiltaji That is entirely snow, which looks to be over 20' tall

Matt Giltaji

@MBraedley 20 feet of snow? i'm so happy to live in LA

Frank

22:30

@Wipqozn That looks like our snow hills.

MBraedley

@MattGiltaji Plowed into a pile, of course

Lazers

0

Q: What frames are essential to a rep farm?

What frames are optimal to a rep farm? What frames will I need in order to better support my team?

warframe

Wipqozn

1

Q: How to remove lice

I have head lice. I tried: Pour vinegar on my head Spread mayonnaise to suffocate the lice Put on a tightly sealed shower cap It didn't work. Are there any better ways to get rid of lice? What are they afraid of? Light? Dark? Wet? Dry? Hot? Cold?

hair

"Guys, I tried nailing a nail in with my head, but it didn't work. What else can I do?"

Matt Giltaji

@Wipqozn use more nails, clearly

Frank

@Wipqozn Go get special lice shampoo.

Wipqozn

22:40

@Frank Congrats! You just guessed what the answer is.

Frank

At this point, you're risking your health in an attempt to not fix it properly.

Wipqozn

That had a score of +1 until I downvoted it.

MBraedley

@Frank And I hear there's special narrow bristle combs.

Frank

@Wipqozn See? I'm a lifehack expert!

And this expert says, "Go follow Scale Modeling!"

Or at least, ask questions.

Wipqozn

2 hours ago, by Wipqozn

@Sterno Yeah, this is why I don't commit to proposals I think are a good idea but wouldn't take part in. I think MOdeling is a good idea, and want it to succeed. However, if it launches with a bunch of people who don't plan to take part, then it won't work.

Matt Giltaji

22:45

@Frank i don't know anything about scale modeling

Frank

40 secs ago, by Frank

Or at least, ask questions.

I get that you wouldn't to follow it.

But you can certainly ask questions to help define the site.

Matt Giltaji

@Frank area51.stackexchange.com/proposals/82797/rc-scale-modeling/…

satisfied?

Frank

@MattGiltaji Woo!

Arperum

23:01

@Wipqozn They die in Hot. Very hot. Set your hair on fire and burn it all.

MBraedley

One of these things is not like the others...

That's a list of Target Canada creditors, BTW

murgatroid99

@MBraedley is it "Minneapolis"?

Matt Giltaji

@MBraedley nicollette is owed a lot of cash.... holding company?

MBraedley

@MattGiltaji Cookie for you

Partial list, since I wasn't clear.

murgatroid99

Only one of them is in South Korea

RedRiderX

23:09

@murgatroid99 Well it is Target Canada

murgatroid99

@RedRiderX are we not playing "spot the differences"?

MBraedley

That 3 billion, by my rough estimate, accounts for something like 90% of the list.

RedRiderX

@murgatroid99 True

MBraedley

But further down the list we see Target proper, which has the same address, so that's probably the holding company that owns basically all of Target.

RedRiderX

Where did you get this list?

MBraedley

23:13

Still, Target proper (including subsidiaries) are owed ~130 mil, and (as a group) are the second biggest creditor.

@RedRiderX thisbirdsday.com/target-canada-liquidation

RedRiderX

@MBraedley Oh Target Canada went bust?

Huh

user15026

@RedRiderX Yeeeep.

Wipqozn

I really need a hair cut.

I tried going last week in the middle of a snow storm, but they were closed!

The nerve.

MBraedley

In fact, the only other creditor owed more than $10mil is the Canadian Revenue Agency, and you know damn well they're getting paid.

user15026

@Wipqozn How rude.

Arperum

23:21

I really need to go to a dentist :( I broke of a piece of a tooth while eating a candy earlier this evening.

Matt Giltaji

@AshleyNunn i'm sure they'll apologize profusely when @Wipqozn goes next time

RPi Awesomeness

Wipqozn

@MattGiltaji Most likely.

Yuuki

For @Powerlord

RPi Awesomeness

@Yuuki O.O Is that Bacon Sushi?

Yuuki

23:23

@RPiAwesomeness Yes.

RPi Awesomeness

Oh my

Matt Giltaji

@Yuuki get the door, it's a heart attack

Wipqozn

@AshleyNunn I know!

user15026

@Yuuki I'd eat that

3

Wipqozn

@AshleyNunn I thought those were jeans at first, so I was most confused

James

23:49

@Yuuki Recipe or it doesnt exist :D

Yuuki

> 1. Take fish.
> 2. Wrap with bacon.

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