The Bridge

MBraedley

2:00 PM

@AshleyNunn Yeah, don't go. This was the guy that was looking down his nose at you?

Rapitor

please be some kind of cruel joke..

MBraedley

@Rapitor It is the first of April...

user15026

@mbraedley no these are the ones that made me wait an hour yesterday and want telemarketing or to bother people while they shop/go door to door

MBraedley

@AshleyNunn If they can't hold to a schedule, that's a black mark in my view.

Frank

@AshleyNunn Yeah, tell them you're not interested anymore.

user15026

2:03 PM

@mbraedley I was there for an hour for a five minute prescreen thing. The office was crowded, also I witnessed a few people coming in disgruntled over back pay and the like.

user15026

The whole thing was raising flags.

MBraedley

Hmm, I should probably acknowledge the birthday wishes people have been leaving on my Facebook feed.

user15026

Also, they are someone I interviewed with before in the last 6 months who rebranded and have completely different clients and fired a bunch of people while "fixing the brand"

user15026

The whole thing feels very sketchy

user15026

My favourite prescreen question was "tell us why our social media is awesome and why you want to be featured there"

Powerlord

2:06 PM

@Rapitor It could be true. But keep in mind that million of people wrote in to the FCC to request this in the first place.

MBraedley

@AshleyNunn avoid like the plague.

Powerlord

Last I checked, millions were higher than thousands

MBraedley

@Powerlord Even hundreds of thousands? That's a lot of thousands!

SaintWacko

@AshleyNunn Run. Run fast. Run far.

Powerlord

@AshleyNunn "I like attention"

user15026

2:07 PM

@saintwacko @mbraedley Yeah I think I will reply to the email saying I am no longer interested.

Kevin van der Velden

Today (and/or really long ago) in keyboard layouts (look for the windows key)

user15026

Having no job sucks, and I am willing to do a lot, but I'd like something where you know, I'd have some hope and semblance of security and not terrible stuff. I also hate the idea of bothering people as a job.

MBraedley

@KevinvanderVelden At least the function key is in the proper spot

user15026

I will do customer service dirty work til the cows come home, but I don't want to be a professional annoyance.

5pike

@KevinvanderVelden Well, it's out of the way of accidental presses.

Frank

2:10 PM

Ooh. Starsector is implementing quests. cc @SaintWacko

Yuuki

The site was hugged to death, so here's a screenshot: CERN has developed a Unified Field Theory.

MBraedley

@AshleyNunn Blackberry just turned a profit last quarter, maybe they're hiring.

user15026

@mbraedley I doubt I qualify, but the prospect is amusing. I have a fair number of friends that work there.

Yuuki

Here's the actual site for when it recovers from hugging.

MBraedley

@AshleyNunn I'm sure you'd be fine as a first line support person. There might be other positions available too.

Powerlord

2:12 PM

@MBraedley Well, RIM did finally get back into the modern era.

Oh, I guess they are just called BlackBerry now

MBraedley

@Powerlord I was just about to say that.

Wipqozn

21 hours ago, by Frank

If he doesn't want to be called a jerk, he can stop being a jerk.

Seriously, stop with the victim complex. You guys aren't victims here, and acting like you are just makes you look even worse.

Powerlord

Is it going home time yet?

user15026

@powerlord Yeah, they're just Blackberry now. They sold off a lot of their buildings and stuff. (which is weird now when you go to that area of town)

SaintWacko

@Frank Ooh!

Kevin van der Velden

2:16 PM

@Powerlord no =[

SaintWacko

@Yuuki WHAT

user15026

@powerlord I am home, so yes.

Kevin van der Velden

Anyone know where nuget stores it's magic data? Nuking the directory doesn't make it realize things aren't installed anymore

user15026

Although in a couple hours it will be "leaving my house time"

SaintWacko

Oh goddamnit

Powerlord

2:17 PM

@KevinvanderVelden I would assume somewhere in %appdata%

Wipqozn

also I'm hungry. I should get lunch after my meeting.

user15026

@wipqozn lunch is good. I am a big fan of lunch.

Kevin van der Velden

@Powerlord uugh

Frank

@SaintWacko I'm looking forward to trying it again once it's complete.

Yuuki

@SaintWacko :)

Powerlord

2:18 PM

@KevinvanderVelden Actually, on second thought, look in %localappdata% first

Kevin van der Velden

@Powerlord no, that's only the configuration file for where it gets packages for

Arperum

I am home! And the stuff left to do is set up my stuff some more (have to assemble a small rack, setup the multiscreen setup,...) and then get back into the project, so I can write a proper report tomorrow about it.

MBraedley

I honestly can't tell by looking at the headlines of some of the Slashdot stories whether they're April Fools stories or legitimate stories.

Kevin van der Velden

I want the magic file that store if something is installed or not

Powerlord

@MBraedley Assume the former until proven otherwise.

Kevin van der Velden

2:19 PM

@Powerlord seems to be just the cache but nuked it for safety

MBraedley

> World's Largest Aircraft Seeks Investors To Begin Operation

Powerlord

> Tatooine Youth Suspected In Terrorist Attack

MBraedley

> Angry Boss Phishing Emails Prompt Fraudulent Wire Transfers

Powerlord

Clearly the one I quoted is true

MBraedley

@Powerlord Well that one is obvious.

SaintWacko

2:19 PM

What was that about?

5pike

Why the hell was that even flagged?

Powerlord

@5pike Someone is troll-flagging.

5pike

Yeah, I know.

They could at least make some effort, though.

Frank

@Powerlord Can't mods see who is doing that?

Kevin van der Velden

Nope

Frank

2:23 PM

And, y'know, smack 'em around a bit for abuse?

@KevinvanderVelden Pretty sure they can.

Kevin van der Velden

@Frank there was a bug where that information was leaked in the websocket stream, that has been fixed

MadMAxJr

I'd be interested in ThinkGeek's Game of Thrones Clue. That'll take days to play.

Frank

@KevinvanderVelden I thought they made it mod-only.

Kevin van der Velden

@Frank Wasn't it already mod only?

Frank

@KevinvanderVelden If it was, then I think they saw it as a feature.

user15026

2:25 PM

Damn it, flags? I can't see those on my phone. Am I gonna have to get up, because people are being dumb on the Internet?

user15026

My bed is comfy, I am happy here. Don't ruin that, Internet.

Kevin van der Velden

Let's ask a person who'd know: @AshleyNunn can you see who flagged something?

Flyk

@AshleyNunn People are always dumb on the internet. Certainly don't reduce your amount of comfy over internet dumbness.

Kevin van der Velden

(Stay in your comfy bed!)

Powerlord

@AshleyNunn Bed gravity is strong.

@MadMAxJr I thought Master Detective could take a long time and that only has 10 characters.

user15026

2:26 PM

Bed gravity is very strong and I was up late and I don't have to be anyplace til my 2pm interview.

MBraedley

@MadMAxJr 70000 combinations is a bit much, even if half of them can be quickly eliminated.

MadMAxJr

Game of Thrones Clue would have murders during the murder investigation the game is about.

So. I guess gameplay would be solve the murder or be the last surviving player.

Powerlord

I'd rather play Town of Salem.

MadMAxJr

... r/dataisbeautiful, a subreddit for pretty data graphs is now all pictures of Star Trek:TNG Data.

Powerlord

I was playing that with some friends yesterday in an All Any game. Maf wasn't doing any killing, but on day 3 I announced that <person X> was either Framer or framed as they'd appeared as framer both times I investigated them.

I was lying, I was exec and they were my target, but town bought it and lynched them.

Turns out town had no actual investigators or sheriffs that game.

Yuuki

2:32 PM

So, people were wondering about the Valve April Fool's joke?

Link goes to Rick Astley.

5pike

Ha, classic

Powerlord

I didn't get that email. :(

SaintWacko

@Yuuki Very nice

Matt Giltaji

are we still doing the stackegg?

cause we seem to be doin it wrong

or did they change the strat overnight?

Rapitor

@MattGiltaji i think some of us are still half-assedly playing. the whole raiding fiasco caused pretty much everyone to lose interest

Frank

2:39 PM

@Rapitor And reset bots.

Don't forget the reset bots.

5pike

And then the flags...

Yuuki

Hmm... I wanna do some testing for a strat.

Matt Giltaji

ugh, they are prioritizing users instead of traffic

MadMAxJr

More importantly, why is there no Farcry 4: Blood Dragon 2 trailer today?

Yuuki

And Lifehacks is currently empty...

But it would involve resetting...

I'll go ask in their chat room, I guess.

RTL

2:42 PM

how many you need to reset?

Yuuki

Nvm, last message was 22 hours ago.

@RTL Empty, so only one.

But don't vote for reset.

RTL

oops

Yuuki

Not our StackEgg, I'm not gonna mess with it unless they're okay with it.

... Well, I guess I have my testing ground now.

RTL

well... its on me not you...

user15026

@RTL Don't reset other people, that's a crappy move;

3ventic

2:43 PM

Immersive Immersion Redux for Skyrim

user15026

@RTL but see, no one knows who is doing it

Powerlord

The only winning move is not to suck.

Yuuki

@AshleyNunn That's my bad.

user15026

It just breeds anger

Matt Giltaji

@AshleyNunn anger leads to hate. hate leads to suffering

Yuuki

2:44 PM

I had mentioned wanting to test a strat on an empty StackEgg.

user15026

@MattGiltaji and I've had enough

Powerlord

@MattGiltaji Now that CERN discovered The Force is real, you don't want that.

RTL

@AshleyNunn Fair enough

Kevin van der Velden

@3ventic fancy, I've been meaning to restart skyrim sometime

RTL

@Yuuki but It was me who clicked... not your fault#

Powerlord

2:46 PM

So, is next year going to have the various sites be Stackemon and fight each other in battles?

Yuuki

What's our private beta record?

Rapitor

@Yuuki uh, like 18 days i think

Yuuki

Just did 17.

Or 16.

Chippies

Rapitor

private beta doesn't matter too much in the run.

its public and release that makes or breaks it

Chippies

2:50 PM

cc: @fredley and anyone else who occasionally clicks in swarmsim

Kevin van der Velden

Nice

Also spend that bloody energy D:

Matt Giltaji

@Chippies noice

Yuuki

@Rapitor What's our record for public then?

Rapitor

dunno.low hundreds probably

Chippies

Matt Giltaji

2:52 PM

@Yuuki low hundreds

Chippies

> Please do not eat kitten meat.

Matt Giltaji

like under 120 i would say

Batophobia

Reminder to get your free April Games with Gold

MadMAxJr

.... xkcd is doing... something.

Matt Giltaji

@MadMAxJr yeah it looks like another crowdsourced caption thing in facebook style

Rapitor

2:59 PM

@Batophobia don't much care for pool, but child of light is definitely worth the price of free.

Yuuki

@Rapitor Mind taking a look at how I'm doing to see if my strat is all right?

Or marginally acceptable?

Batophobia

@Rapitor 360 owners can also get Gears of War Judgement and Terraria, which are worth free

Yuuki

I'm at 52 days and the bar for public beta is almost halfway.

Kevin van der Velden

@Batophobia s/free/buying xbox gold?

Batophobia

@KevinvanderVelden Or just "use" bing and get free month of gold

Kevin van der Velden

3:01 PM

How does that work?

MadMAxJr

Gears of War: Judgement was the 4 player co-op experience wanted from day 1 of Gears of War. :(

Batophobia

Bing rewards, make a script that auto-does the searches and you've got enough points for free XBL gold every month

Rapitor

@MadMAxJr its funny because Judgement is the one most every GoW fan hates.

Matt Giltaji

@Batophobia but we would have to use bing...

Kevin van der Velden

@Batophobia uugh

Batophobia

3:03 PM

@MattGiltaji "make a script that auto-does the searches"

Kevin van der Velden

Not worth it for a game I have the prequal of and never played and a game I have on a good platform and have played to death

MadMAxJr

@Rapitor It's a contrived excuse of a story, yes, and sadly made after the creator left the company, but there were gameplay elements there I particularly enjoyed. And 4x co-op.

Matt Giltaji

@Batophobia that's like sending a script on a suicide mission

Batophobia

@KevinvanderVelden You can also get Xbox One deals without the console

@MattGiltaji That's what they are for :P

Kevin van der Velden

@Batophobia why would I want that? I'm not planning on getting an xbone

Batophobia

3:05 PM

@KevinvanderVelden Not even eventually?

Rapitor

@Batophobia don't you need a home Xb1 console in order to get games?

Kevin van der Velden

@Batophobia meh

I have a 360 for guitar/band hero

Batophobia

5

A: Can I get Xbox One Games with Gold if I don't have an Xbox One?

You are able to get the free Xbox One games without the system, assuming you have an Xbox Live Gold account. Go to the Games with Gold page Click the game you wish to "purchase" Select "Buy Now" Log in, if prompted Double check that screen says "Free" (see image below) Click "Confirm" Note:...

Kevin van der Velden

I have 2 versions of those games, I don't need more

Batophobia

@KevinvanderVelden If you like Racing, they have a free Forza until April 10 for 360

Kevin van der Velden

3:07 PM

@Batophobia I don't like racing

I also only use consoles when playing games with friends

Rapitor

@Batophobia hm, neat. +1 xbox

Lazers

0

Q: Major Problem with Minecraft

I can't download Minecraft for free properly. When I do, I either get a demo, or I get the game, but I have to log in, and can't because Minecraft constantly rejects my user info. I run Windows 8, and don't want to change it down for fear of losing everything I have on my computer. I don't know w...

minecraft

durron597

@AshleyNunn I clarified why I want those questions to remain the same question

Yuuki

@Rapitor Mind taking a look at Lifehacks's StackEgg? Wanna see if I can sub-120.

Rapitor

@Yuuki i don't have an account in lifehacks

120 completion? or just out of beta

Yuuki

3:10 PM

@Rapitor Out of beta.

Rapitor

it looks like it will be sub 120, maybe even around 100.

Yuuki

I will laugh my a-- off if I get Lifehacks the most quickly completed StackEgg.

Rapitor

lol

playing alone is the best cooperation

Kevin van der Velden

@Yuuki to the reset button!

Yuuki

The issue is that my strat probably isn't conducive for lots of users.

I don't think it's that easy to explain.

We'll see how graduation goes.

I plan on trying something... different.

Batophobia

3:13 PM

Google Maps does Pacman

Yuuki

Sub-100.

Rapitor

@Yuuki if it works we should adopt it. i mean, we got a bit of catching up to do. even if we just want to lock in 3rd place. StackOverflow is catching up

Yuuki

Graduated at around 96 days.

Rapitor

nice

Yuuki

The thing is, my strat revolves heavily on postponing attention to endangered stats.

And we have not been too good about ignoring those even though we know there's a 4-turn grace period.

Flyk

3:20 PM

@Yuuki got like 87 on M&TV

PearsonArtPhoto

@Yuuki Thanks for that, I've added it to my answer;-)

Rapitor

@Yuuki because games taught us when shit is red-alerting us it needs fixing asap.

Frank

WestJet #SmartSeats: the best way to board a plane

►

SaintWacko

@3ventic I can't tell if this is part of the joke or just a mistake:

> Masser now has gravity equivalent to 1/12th of Nirn. Secunda, being marginally larger, has gravity equal to 1/13th of Nirn.

Kevin van der Velden

@SaintWacko it could be less dense?

MBraedley

3:26 PM

@Frank Not going to lie, I kinda want that to be real.

Frank

@MBraedley It would be rather convenient if it was, yeah.

But as an amusing april fool's joke, it is pretty funny.

SaintWacko

The Compatibility part is the best

Lazers

0

Q: What happens if no vote is given in a single round?

If in a given round not a single vote is given, what happens? Is this the same as not reaching the vote threshold? If it's different, can somebody explain what happens in both cases?

stack-egg

Rapitor

18 days into public beta on this run

PearsonArtPhoto

It's tempting to tag the Google Pacman/ Stack Egg questions with a new tag, [april-fools]

Rapitor

3:33 PM

@PearsonArtPhoto i think adding that tag couldn't hurt.

PearsonArtPhoto

Working on it.

Complete:-)

Rapitor

@Frank have you tried redecorating your house in story of seasons yet? it seems... broken

Powerlord

I just noticed in some game-related plugin code I'm writing, I named functions AddGameGlags and RemoveGameGlags

I have no idea what a Glag is!

I'm not sure how I managed to typo Flag twice like that.

Yuuki

@Powerlord Dedication.

Kevin van der Velden

@Powerlord Something you don't want to google apparently (not image related for once! :o)

Lazers

3:40 PM

0

Q: How do you bite Dexon Evicus on Skyrim?

I seduced him and it won't pop up that I can feed on him and its weird cause I also don't know the controls to feed on someone please help me.

skyrim

Powerlord

Oh well, I'm trying to write this plugin so that its child plugins can control certain settings and override certain functions in a language that is actively hostile to that sort of thing.

If you've ever used SourceMod stuffs before, I'm writing a replacement to the plugin named MapChooser Extended and to the plugin named Ultimate MapChooser.

It's kind of a fusion between the two.

Kevin van der Velden

Will it be called MapChooser?

PearsonArtPhoto

There 16 questions tagged with april-fools

Powerlord

MapChooser is the original that the two I just mentioned are replacements for.

MapChooser is too simple. MapChooser Extended is rapidly becoming too complex. Ultimate MapChooser had some good ideas, but internally it's a mess.

Kevin van der Velden

But if you fusing Something MapChooser and MapChooser Something then you'll end up with MapChooser right?