The Bridge

4:00 AM

@StrixVaria I think it violates the Principle of Least Surprise too much

Like, I expect a bare name to refer to something, not execute it

@murgatroid99 I like innovation. I think trying new things and breaking conventions is a good idea, and something more people should do. If they don't work, though, you should give up and go back to what's currently working instead.

Just because what you're used to is a convention now doesn't mean it's necessarily the best way to do things, and without experimenting we won't improve.

I just don't like Ruby.

murgatroid99

I think Python did it right: they started with a single guiding concept (everything is an object) and basically built the whole language around that

StrixVaria

@murgatroid99 I mean, if you read Ruby literature or textbooks or something, they had a guiding concept too (which may be the same as the one in Python).

It's been a while and I got confused by a lot of the logical leaps they made, so it didn't work out so well in the end, but they tried.

In Ruby, the way you check for nil is by calling .nil?

Which means that nil itself is an object with methods.

murgatroid99

I think None in python is also an object. It just doesn't have methods

LessPop_MoreFizz

Yuuki

4:13 AM

How did I only learn about this after more than a week?

Lazers

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Q: Minecraft best chicken areas?

i need to farm feathers for my arrows but i cannot find any chickens.... where are they???? i finally found 2 sheep but no chicken. just hordes of cows and pigs. so, there i have a bow sitting in my chest doing nothing. help???

minecraft

Matt Giltaji

@LessPop_MoreFizz so how do i get that discount again?

the $25, not the $60 for 3

LessPop_MoreFizz

@MattGiltaji You send money to a backer.

And they buy you a key.

@Wipqozn HEY YOU. LAST CALL COMING SOON IF OBSIDIAN ISN'T KIDDING ABOUT KEYS COMING SOON FOR PRELOADING.

@MattGiltaji Alternately, it's 33 bucks on greenmangaming if you'd prefer not to fuck around with trying to send moneys to a human being.

:SIREN: POE MANUAL IS UP. :SIREN: (And of course, it wouldn't be an Infinity Engine successor if the Manual wasn't riddled with inaccuracies. Here's the errata to date.)

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also, ahahahahaha the manual is already out of date.

GOOD JOB GUYS.

I guess it wouldn't be an authentic Infinity Engine experience without an inaccurate manual.

Matt Giltaji

@LessPop_MoreFizz is that through a special offer? its showing $45 for me

LessPop_MoreFizz

@MattGiltaji According to thing I just read, click "VIP" link or something?

Matt Giltaji

4:23 AM

@LessPop_MoreFizz ah, found it in my email

thanks

hrm, they didn't give a steam code

Chippies

@MattGiltaji if the game isn't released yet, they'll give you the code as soon as it's out for preloading or released

unless they gave you a 3rd party code, idk how PoE works

Matt Giltaji

@Chippies ah, good to hear

i plan to flood thursday's chat with screenies to make @Wipqozn jealous

Chippies

they emailed me Cities Skyline key an hour or so before release, but it depends on publisher

LessPop_MoreFizz

So, I am reading a thread of custom portraits for characters and somebody posted some PoE character fanart of random dudes of the various races. Simple enough. And there is this cool one of an Anamua (think part fishemen, part orcs) wizard and then I looked more closely at it, and OH MY GOD I GUESS I KNOW WHY HE IS EXCITED, BUT WHAT THE HELL.

(NSFW if you see what I see in that image, but honestly, probably sfw for most.)

Chippies

@LessPop_MoreFizz penis.

I think that may just be a thumb though

or some other finger

thumb actually wouldn't make sense

Matt Giltaji

4:37 AM

@LessPop_MoreFizz dat purple penis. much excite. wow

LessPop_MoreFizz

5:07 AM

YESSSSSSSSS PILLARS IS PRELOADING. WOOOOOO.

Trent Hawkins

5:20 AM

Damn, why does the internet only fubar* after* @Frank goes to bed?

Trent Hawkins

5:31 AM

Although, by the sound of the one cat stampede up there, Bela is doing her best to try to wake @Frank.

Fluttershy

@LessPop_MoreFizz I didn't get my code. :(

Lazers

6:06 AM

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Q: Persistent Browser-Based Brick Buster Game?

I've playing Wizorb when I suddenly remembered that there was this game online in the past I've played before a few years ago but I can't seem to find it online. Here's what I remember of it: Brick buster gameplay (i.e. Breakout, DX ball) Played within browser Needs an account to be played Has...

breakout

Trent Hawkins

Argh... seems something triggered ISP's content filtering service. So everything is going through contentfiltering.mts.net, and the filtering 'service' is slow as hell and timing out.

Matt Giltaji

6:27 AM

@Fluttershy nor did i :(

Trent Hawkins

I... think everything's normal again? ... well, just loaded my entire webcomic folder. nothing seems to be blocked anymore.... I'll chalk this up to more ISP fudging around during low traffic times.

Lazers

6:50 AM

0

Q: If I Type A Command, Error

Help please! In Minecraft PE, I Cannot Put Commands. I put /time set 1500 /gamemode 0 /wand /kill all mobs.And It Said Error Command.AHHHHHH!!!

minecraft-pocket-edition minecraft-commands

Lazers

7:11 AM

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Q: What should my connection speeds, both download and upload and NAT Type, be at to be considered good enough to play?

Recently, I got better internet speed from my old satellite internet. I got uverse but no fiber optics. Still live in an area untouched by "upgrades". was happy to finally get uverse. When I try to connect to online Co-op or multiplayer matches, I get disconnected. Or lost connection to host/par...

ps4 far-cry-4

5pike

8:05 AM

Morning @bridge

Arperum

8:29 AM

Morning.

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