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7:00 AM
^^
1. it's some random CPU fault Op caused by a weird bit of code in the witcher 3 (unlikely)
2. dodgy hardware (likely)
I need to do a number of avatars I think.
I have a selection of 'lego' superheroes to choose from.
 
Really is no one around?
 
you mean ops?
sorry, mods?
 
I don't care. Just tell me is anyone around?
 
Maybe
 
Hi
 
7:24 AM
Bye this is too boring
 
Well, we're not here for your entertainment, mate.
 
Morning.
 
Morning @Arp
 
@GodEmperorDune thanks for the Portal 2 gift! :)
 
7:41 AM
 
Heh, why am I surprised there is MLP fanart of the steamsale?
 
@PrivatePansy Do you like My Little Pony?
 
@KevinvanderVelden Yeah, why are you surprised?
 
@5pike I have no idea
 
@Chippies If you ever want to play multiplayer let me know, I'd love to find someone to play with again.
 
7:49 AM
@Arperum oh I'd be down for that
 
@Chippies The multiplayer happens chronologically after the singleplayer, so it does contain a couple spoilers about the ending/story of single player
 
@Arperum I have actually beaten the co-op mode of it with a pirated version long ago (when it was just released)
I don't think I ever did single player though
actually no, I did single player too
but the game is awesome anyway
and the co-op was the best part
 
@Chippies Ah, so spoilers are no problem :)
I also still need a couple achievements in that game (one of them being "beat calibration course with someone who hasn't played co-op before after you've beaten co-op)
 
I've never played Portal 2 co-op before
 
@PrivatePansy it's quite fun, the robots are awesome
 
7:56 AM
Yea, it's a lot of fun.
There are some other multiplayer achievements I have still to unlock, like beat course Y without loosing a ball or something
But just playing it would be fun again.
 
achievements are the best
woah, there's splitscreen co-op? :O
that's neat
 
8:14 AM
morning @Bridge
 
hey @Serverfrog
 
@fredley Huh, interesting
 
@fredley Using more than double of your actual CPU power, sounds awesome. Is that some form of cloud computing?
 
@Arperum multicore
Also unix reports it in terms of how much is asked so even singlecore systems can show +100% if they have multiple threads
 
8:18 AM
urgh
things that show load as usage
makes me rage.
 
@KevinvanderVelden That doesn't explain how you get 228% of CPU power.
 
@Arperum Yeah, it's a stupid way of showing CPU usage on multicore
 
Load != usage.
 
afaik I have 4
 
@KevinvanderVelden That does explain though.
 
8:18 AM
load is how much is being requested
usage is how much is used
 
(i.e. 100% percentage is "This thread has wanted to compute stuff for the entire time it could")
 
so theres 2.288 threads requesting a single cpu core.
 
@Arperum it does if it's 228% of a single core
 
@KevinvanderVelden UR A single core.
 
1:2.228 if you like
 
8:19 AM
@djsmiley2k Pretty sure it is showing usage, but out of 400%, because fuck you that's why
 
See, that's dumb too :D
IOwait can add load, even with cpu usage is at 0.
As if the thread is sitting waiting for IO, the load will increase.
 
It's useful in the small case where you're trying to see if a bottleneck exists
 
hmmm
 
It can't help you identify which one it is though so it's no further use
 
cept if the bottleneck is IO
 
8:21 AM
IW?
 
it'll show 0% usage
 
Ah
Are you sure? I thought it counted blocked waiting as well
 
And you'll be like WHAAAT IS GOING on?
I don't know what that stat @fredley posted is from
 
@djsmiley2k Activity Monitor
 
load on unix does @KevinvanderVelden
 
8:22 AM
Mac's Task Manager
 
brb, installing Photoshop
 
He's on a unix =p
 
see, i have soemthing else, and i t gives me proper load
 
Belgium is playing the "rapists/terrorists/criminals have free play now"-card because a judge has said that the law requiring telecom companies to store all kinds of data is illegal and a breach of privacy.
 
8:23 AM
OSX can report load.
but stupid tools go, oh right, load*#cores/100 = %!
 
@Arperum uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu‌​uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu takes breathuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuugh
 
errrrr maybe -|% or something
but either ay you can't just convert load into usage.
 
"It's like we are now chasing criminals in a racecar on a bike"
 
You can convert it into 'busy/notbusy' time.
 
"There hasn't been a single lawsuit about this law before, so it isn't bad." *Because people don't know that you have access to all their stuff you lunatic. "I'm going to keep using the data I get through that law anyway, if it's allowed or not."
 
8:28 AM
I've got a Bioshock Infinite Bundle for $8, which means I have an extra Bioshock Infinite game code
Anyone want to swap something with me?
 
@Arperum Well, data retention is also coming back to Austria, despite being declared unconstitutional by the freaking Constitutional Court
Seems Politicians don't give a fuck about our constitution
 
@5pike Yea, it's all kinds of terrible.
 
And also they don't care that there are tons of research that clearly show that data retention does not prevent crime or terrorism
I have a feeling that this is just a preparation for another dictatorship.
 
Hehehe, we also have a newspaper that's called Standard
 
8:44 AM
wooo I broke 1k
 
0
Q: In diablo 3 the hellfire amulet do you have to wear it to get the passive?

grouchi want to know if it will stack with my others or not

 
....yes
 
@djsmiley2k In D2 that was not necessarily the case, so that explains the confusion.
 
In diablo 2 according to the answer you might not have to
 
Ah ok :D
 
8:53 AM
0
Q: What are the steam trading cards you can get for the steam summer sale 2015?

PatrickI can't get into the steam game thing that they have that gives you card drops for the steam summer badge, so I was wondering if anyone has the names of the cards so I can just buy/trade for them. Thanks~

 
wtf is this about gnomeslice's phone?!
 
@djsmiley2k The auto-correct on his phone fudges with his sentences, which often results in hilarious posts.
 
FU US. WHy do you have three cities named Amsterdam?
This shit is confusing.
 
Because why not?
 
9:06 AM
@Arperum Because the settlers thought it was a good idea?
 
@5pike THey were stupid.
 
How many amersfoorts do they have?
 
@Arperum Well, they clearly lacked imagination. Just look at ... New York, for example.
 
@5pike There are worse cases. Worst one I can find in our DB is "Franklin" with TWENTY-SEVEN towns with this name.
@KevinvanderVelden Our DB does not find doubles for Amersfoorts.
 
@Arperum How many Springfields are in the DB?
 
9:09 AM
@5pike 24
 
Huh, I thought there was one in every state.
 
@5pike DB might be incomplete.
It certainly does not contain every town in the whole friggin world.
 
@Arperum Well, it should :P
 
This is the top list.
@5pike Go get me a list with all towns in the world, with the regions they are in, and the country these regions are in and I'll put them in.
 
And then delete them because they're not useful? =p
 
9:13 AM
first column of numbers is just an indication that it is the US we are speaking about.
@KevinvanderVelden Nah, that would mean I could reduce the possibility of people to fuck up on entering them. So it would certainly be a good thing.
 
@Arperum have fun
 
DNS does not seem to exist
 
@5pike ANd how on earth a I supposed to turn that into a DB import?
 
IDK, the list also is totally incomplete ...
 
ALso:; very incomplete. Does not contain "Aalst", which is a city in Belgium
I'm pretty sure we have this shitton of US cities because the previous dev found some import of US cities he could use and was like "sure, why not."
 
9:17 AM
@Arperum That's very likely.
 
9:33 AM
0
Q: Do invading monsters increase the number of rewards in guild quests?

PyritieThe amount of rewards you receive at the end of guild quests is determined by a complicated points system, where each monster has a certain number of points, and killing more difficult monsters gives you more points, which means more rewards. This is the reason why quests involving rajang and de...

 
9:52 AM
slaps random people "DEAD SEA" IS NOT A BLOODY CITY.
NOR IS IT TWO CITIES.
 
uhoh incredibily bored at work today.
and why is the google search just a general google search? :D
 
CloudFlare (our DNS provider) is having issues serving around the world. A fix is being deployed now.
 
Have fun with that, StackOverflow!
 
so what is an expanded usercard and how do i see it
 
0
Q: What's the changes after multiple playthroughs of You Must Build A Boat?

christian studerThe ace level increases and the games supposedly gets harder. Are there other changes from one playthrough to the other? The only thing I found so far was a figurehead for my boat in the garden.

 
10:00 AM
@djsmiley2k It is when you have more that 1000 rep. You put your mouse over the avatar
Must be in main site, not chat
Hmmm, yours seems to be bugged.
Go raise it in meta or something
 
:D
it only went over 1k this morning?
 
Maybe
 
@djsmiley2k Isn't that the thing you get when hovering over the gravatar of a user on an answer/question?
 
yup seem so
 
It then slightly expands.
 
10:02 AM
cept mine doesn't work \o/
 
do "gaming.stackexchange.com/reputation"
Might need to wait for a while
Or not enough text
 
@djsmiley2k Wait until tomorrow, if it still doesn't work -> report bug on MSE.
 
** total rep 1031 :)
 
Try adding more text first :)
 
Oh as mine only says 'I'm Tim'
 
10:03 AM
I'm Tim and this is a test for my namecard
copy it 10 times
 
I'm pretty sure it'll work soon. Stuff like this usually takes some time.
 
Ah there we go
 
LOL
Very funny
 
Deservers a lol
 
10:10 AM
:D
4 years, 116 profile views :(
 
Now put "Yay my namecard workz!"
 
rofl
nah it's got some sensible stuff now
 
Looks better
 
DNS for http://sstatic.net is now propagating around the world - if you’re seeing issues a few minutes from now, please let us know.
 
@OKAY,PANIC Err looks fine. Thank you
 
10:18 AM
@UniKitty FYI - OKAY, PANIC. is a feedbot, and not a person.
 
I know its id is negativw
just pretend its a person
a real human
 
ok
 
with flesh and blood
 
@UniKitty as opposed to a person without flesh and blood?
 
@fredley *shhhhh* You'll let him in on the necromancy I've been practicing in the basement
 
10:26 AM
@fredley the bot can also wrap himself in a dead body... is he than also a real human?
 
@Serverfrog Yes, you robot-hater
 
5 nights at @fredleys ?
 
@djsmiley2k I wonder how many times this joke has been made now
 
:)
it's only because of a robot wrapped in human skin...
 
haha
And it's only 3, that's not so bad
 
10:30 AM
@fredley Skeletons are/were also people...
 
Update: we are seeing additional routing issues due to a BGP route leak coming out of Asia - certain ISPs are affected reaching our sites.
 
> BGP route leak coming out of Asia
Ugh, it's Pakistan all over again isn't it?
 
Eh, BGP has no security what so ever, could be anything
 
CHINA MORE LIKE.
 
@KevinvanderVelden I mean it's like the Pakistan incident
 
10:36 AM
Where else routed all their traffic through them...
iraq I think once?
 
China redirected US military traffic through them once
 
in Root Access, 15 mins ago, by Journeyman Geek
global internet issues: GBLX (AS 3549) / Telekom Malaysia (AS 4788) are leaking substantial amount of routes: bgp sessions flap everywhere
oh quotception
 
Needs more quotes
 
in Fantasy Stories (Spoilers), 12 secs ago, by djsmiley2k
in You're spoiling it!, 19 secs ago, by djsmiley2k
in The Bridge, 2 mins ago, by djsmiley2k
in Root Access, 15 mins ago, by Journeyman Geek
global internet issues: GBLX (AS 3549) / Telekom Malaysia (AS 4788) are leaking substantial amount of routes: bgp sessions flap everywhere
Happy ?
 
10:42 AM
/facepalm
 
/\facepalm
 
bgp is a hot mess
 
It's like when you misconfigure your router, and have to faff around while you work out what's wrong, except you can take down the entire internet
(well, sorta)
 
Not sorta, you can route everything into a black hole
Well, the IP traffic anyway
 
10:49 AM
@KevinvanderVelden /facepalm\
 
@KevinvanderVelden Yeah. Like YouTube.
 
0
Q: How to get the Steam Monster mini game started?

TrollwutWith the recent Steam Summer Sale, they introduced a Steam Monster Mini game, where you can level up and get some additional extras in the sale. Unfortunatelly, it appears that it won't start for me. It doesn't matter whether I join a friend's game or create a new one. The game loads (x/97) and ...

 
11:04 AM
current internet traffic totals: NAN
oh dear oh dear.
 
11:17 AM
0
Q: Do people still play Gears of War online on PC?

Dr R DizzleI've had an overwhelming urge to replay Gears of War recently, specifically on PC, which I have never done before. Before I purchase the game, I'm curious - does anyone still play Gears of War multiplayer on PC?

 
Goooood morning Malaysia! http://t.co/DMiGfnUW3e
 
11:44 AM
@fredley That reminds me just how much Marie Curie looked like Helena Bonham Carter. Though I think the latter never played the former.
 
@MartinSojka Until Tim Burton makes that film
i just learned about this. FFS don't do that. Don't do that that's a bad thing to do.
No wonder there's skepticism of vaccines in the region
 
Submitted without further comment
I don't even
wtf m8
 
11:59 AM
@Unionhawk I did not realize his reputation was so high
 
@Wipqozn Didn't either, but it has the jarate question, so it's a confirmed match
 
You can tell, the avatar/username combo is always @Retrosaury
 
What would happen if 4 SVN clients tried to svn update from the same repository at (almost) the exact same time? Could the connection time out for some or all of them?
 
18 on Arqade, 1-2 on assorted other sites
@fredley And user on ignore that I didn't remember ignoring with high arqade rep
This one in particular though confuses me
Like, I understand the joke
But
 
@Unionhawk There's a joke? I've never got any Retrosaur username jokes
 
12:04 PM
@fredley I mean, it's more of a Twitch reference this time, I guess
I need to remember that I can't talk to boss people on Fridays since the build is Fridays and it's an all Dev5-on-deck conference call until it's done
 
o/
"Having a jam-packed lineup of games to show at E3 means that there simply isn’t enough time to give each of our upcoming titles its well-deserved time in the spotlight. We’ve decided to save some of our most eagerly-awaited future titles for gamescom in August. Rest assured that titles like Crackdown, Quantum Break and Scalebound will be front and center at gamescom along with new game reveals for both Xbox One and Windows 10."
gah... was really hyped to see more scalebound..
 
Xbox 10
 
@Unionhawk yes.... actually. it is getting it's own version of Win10.
 
So who here played FF Type 0?
I'm just wondering how long it is.
 
@Unionhawk Blackberry still exists?!?
 
In an effort to stop digging the hole of "we only want to make phones with physical keyboards tiny screens and our own operating system"
@fredley I guess?
Barely?
 
dat keyboard o_O
 
They have <1% of the market.
 
errr
so like 60million handsets?
that's more than I sell to :(
 
12:22 PM
 
@Unionhawk Cool, I'd participate.
 
@djsmiley2k I have. I didn't beat it yet, but people are saying about 25-35 hours to 100%
 
Hmmm ok
Just wondering how much use elidions are etc
as I've just got the 3rd one, and not used one yet.
 
I only used them when you were forced to because I think it counts as your characters dying which tanks your rating?
Might be wrong about that
 
12:26 PM
ah yeah it kills the lead doesn't it?
Dunno if that counts as a death, or you just can't swap back to them. Hmmm\
 
I could see them being useful outside of missions
if you needed the power boost
 
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Q: Recover Skyrim saved game from condemned computer?

SohamMy computer is affected by virus and so is Skyrim. Can a copy the saved games file, put it on a pendrive, and play skyrim from the last saved point after formatting the whole computer? Also, will this trick work or is the saved game file also affected by the virus?

 
I was about to answer that question but @fredley already got it
 
@twobugs After tidying it up I thought I might as well
 
You covered everything I was gonna say anyway
 
12:29 PM
@twobugs I played the translated psp version, until I finished the prologue. Dropped it as soon as it started with the school setting. Does the game return to the gritty tone of the opening or is it another one of these school games?
 
I do not understand the Steam monster game
 
I do not understand your face.
 
@5pike It sort of does. It's a bit like Persona where you hang out at high school and then go off to fight in a quasi-gritty war
 
I started and was already dead. Had 750 gold. A minute later I suddenly have 100k gold
I'm clicking to buy upgrades like mad (because they only cost a few hundred gold, and I have a 100k gold) and die again while upgrading
 
It's not a good video game, from what I understand
 
12:30 PM
5
Q: How should Old School RuneScape questions be tagged?

corsiKaLast year, RuneScape released a version of the game that reverted to the 2007 state of the game, wiping all accounts. This is in response to the "Evolution of Combat" update that completely changed how combat works. This clearly has an impact on how questions should be asked, since while much of ...

My eyes are twitching - I'm sure the tag should be [old-school-runescape] — Private Pansy 21 secs ago
 
The school is basically your HQ so you end up there after missions
 
@PrivatePansy What's that? 20 chars?
 
@twobugs Gah, shit. Then I won't play it. First you get this awesome opening, and then it drops into a beautiful school. What the hell man? Couldn't the just make a field camp instead of a school?
 
@Unionhawk Definitely not over the limit
 
Yeah
I can count
20. Definitely 20.
 
12:31 PM
@5pike I know what you mean, but apparently the "school setting" games are pretty popular nowadays
 
@Sterno I think you can still upgrade while dead
 
I counted those characters 3 times to verify
 
@Unionhawk You can math good!
 
Which is 3 times more than I wanted to admit
 
The problem is the fact that the severs lag so much your client is constantly descynchronizing
 
12:32 PM
@twobugs Yeah, I know. Sometimes it works out nicely, but this time, NOPE
 
@Unionhawk F12, enter "old-school-runescape".length
 
"old-school-runescape".length
20
boopm
that's a hybrid between boop and boom
deal with it
 
The browser console is very handy for simple stuff like that
 
And pray the boom came first
 
@Unionhawk You booped the big red button and it went boom?
 
12:34 PM
Sure
 
@Unionhawk I'm anti-GMO (genetically modified onomatopoeia)
 
...
 
ok
 
And yes, I had to look up how to properly spell that
 
12:36 PM
Good
Otherwise there would have been much judging
 
@KevinvanderVelden *silently judges anyway*
 
@KevinvanderVelden loudly judges anyway
 
I never said there wouldn't be judging this way. I just said it's less then much
 
I say it should be more
THE JUDGING WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MORALE IMPROVES
 
I smell drama
 
12:39 PM
Nope
None drama
Only typos
 
@5pike The school thing isn't really any part of it
 
And judgement
 
it's just a settingfor the 'base'
 
Yes, slightly less then much judgement
 
Only slightly
 
12:40 PM
I like how they try to justify it as "oh, only high school kids can use magic"
 
@Unionhawk flag drama
 
It's like, how much we judge you vs how much we judge @Wipqozn
 
@Sterno Oh flag drama
I see
 
@djsmiley2k Still, it's there and it's totally out of place and doesn't fit the tone the intro gave the game.
 
12:40 PM
DO YOU? DO YOU SEE?
 
The intro has a chocobo covered in blood murdering some dude and then ITS SCHOOL TIME
 
I mean, I am a 10k, so yes
 
GO TO CLASS
 
@twobugs Exactly
First - Gritty war
 
Yes I do see
 
12:41 PM
Then - HAPPY SCHOOL TIME
 
I did see, anyway
 
@5pike This sort of plays into an element of the plot, but yeah, it's jarring and goofy
 
@5pike it'\s a frikkin castle!
 
In the intro, too, a country gets fantasy nuked off the face of the Earth
 
@djsmiley2k and a school
 
12:42 PM
""D
k.
I'm enjoying it :D
 
Yeah, I enjoy it too
 
I'm just saying that an army base or field camp would have been much better.
 
I don't mind the goofiness of it, but I can see why it would bother someone
 
Yeah it would
but i don't find it kills teh game at all
 
I'm just fed up with this trope.
 
12:48 PM
What are we talking about?
 
@Yuuki FF type 0
 
Ah.
 
Is Type 0 a unique setting or is it a spinoff of yet another FF? I couldn't tell at a glance.
 
@MadMAxJr It's somewhat based on the FF13 setting, in that it has a lot of similar mythology
It was originally part of the Fabula Nova Crystalis project which was going to include like 5 games or something
But as far as I'm aware it's a unique setting
 
I'm wondering if they'll do a big budget remaster of 6 in my lifetime.
 
12:56 PM
@MadMAxJr I'd take that to a remaster of 7 any day, honestly.
 
@twobugs And sound bites ripped from FFVII as far as I could tell.
They maybe from earlier/later games, I couldn't tell.
 
@MadMAxJr For some reason they seem to be very averse to doing this. I've heard it's because "6 isn't popular in Japan", but I don't see how you can verify that
 
I'd especially would love to see a remaster of Sabin suplexing the train.
 
I just want to see the city of Zozo in beautiful 3D.
I enjoyed Kefka because he had no grand master plan. He was like The Joker in that respect. He was just mad.
 
@UniKitty This is not the way to treat new users who have done nothing wrong.
I would appreciate if you left moderation efforts to moderators until you have a better grasp on how we do things here.
 

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