The Bridge

Sterno

17:00

Man shoots down a drone hovering in his backyard and videotaping him. I'm not sure how I feel about this

Unionhawk

Though apparently all they got is "yup it's a thing that some people are calling themselves experts in"

Yuuki

@Sterno Wasn't there just a lawsuit decided on this?

Oh, that's the lawsuit in question.

Sterno

I don't know

Need an EMP gun

Unionhawk

Isn't it the whole "reasonable expectation of privacy" thing only applies when you're in your house blinds closed?

Or, bathrooms

Yuuki

I think the issue is while it may or may not be illegal, the man was not in life-threatening danger and should've called the police instead of destroying the drone.

user15026

17:02

@spugsley That is one of the reasons I love that comic.

Yuuki

At least that was how it was ruled.

Unionhawk

Yus

Good

In related news

two bugs

Yeah, I think it's hard to say that a robot flying into your back yard and videotaping you isn't a clear threat

Unionhawk

GoPro: Chimp Smashes Drone

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Yuuki

So they kinda sidestepped the whole "camera drones are an invasion of privacy" issue.

Unionhawk

17:04

@twobugs it's not an attack drone

Powerlord

So, the person who sits over the wall from me came in while she was sick (with a cold). Makes me wonder how many people have gotten sick because of that.

two bugs

@Unionhawk I mean, do you really expect someone to be able to tell the difference? And if it was okay to shoot attack drones, they'd just make attack drones look like normal drones

Unionhawk

Like it's suspicious as fuck but it isn't immediately threatening

Yuuki

@twobugs In many states, it's not self-defense until you are being actively attacked. So shooting someone trespassing on your property (which is pretty much this case you replace "drone" with "person") isn't self-defense.

Until they come at you with a knife or a gun.

IIRC.

Unionhawk

Yes

two bugs

17:06

I mean, it's not life-threatening, sure. But the drone isn't alive.

Sterno

You're not shooting a person.

Yuuki

#BotsRights

#RobotLivesMatter

Unionhawk

Goddammit I'm not looking forward to that phase of our society

Rapitor

i think it will be fun

Sterno

@Unionhawk The robots will kill you before it gets to that point.

Unionhawk

17:07

No it won't

Sterno

Not all of us. Just you.

Rapitor

a world without drama is not one i want to be in

too boring

Unionhawk

I don't think anyone is arguing it's murder, but it's still destruction of property

Sterno

Their property was trespassing.

Yuuki

Also, IIRC, the drone didn't cross property lines.

Unionhawk

17:09

Take that @Sterno

Sterno

@Yuuki I think that's a different case.

Yuuki

It was still in the drone owner's property, just sorta hovering near the line.

Sterno

The linked article mentioned a different drone thing where it was in the neighbor's yard

However, I haven't seen an official police report or such.

But let's for the sake of argument say it WAS in his yard, because if it wasn't, this isn't really worth discussing

Powerlord

@Unionhawk This joke is clearly bad as the asker is lying.

...because "angry" and "hungry" are not in the phrase "the English language"

Unionhawk

You're... Bad

Or... Something

two bugs

17:12

If the drone had crossed into his property then I don't see how that is defensible.

If it hadn't, then the guy had no justification shooting

Shooting was too far in either case

James

@Powerlord Hence the need of losing a hand

Wipqozn

16 Minutes of Dark Souls 3 Gameplay - Gamescom 2015

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Dark Souls 3 Boss Battle Gameplay - Gamescom 2015

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cc @GnomeSlice

Powerlord

I thought losing a hand was the punishment for being a male in the Skywalker family.

> Although AT&T, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile US, and Sprint each operate their own cell towers, in the states where the outage occurred they apparently all acquire backhaul from AT&T's network.

I see, so the wireless companies have been being dishonest about their networks.

GnomeSlice

Ms. Piggy and Kermit broke up. :(

Rapitor

wut

Unionhawk

17:17

:(

Powerlord

Oh yeah, did the new Muppet show start yet?

GnomeSlice

Not yet.

Publicity stunt for it I guess

Powerlord

Starts on September 22 or so it sounds

Here's hoping it does better than Muppets Tonight.

Bleh... had an egg, sausage, and cheese muffin for lunch... and now I want another one.

Wipqozn

yesss

That's exactly what I wanted to see.

user15026

@Powerlord I want it to be awesome, but am trying not to get my hopes up

Wipqozn

17:23

Randomly assigned classes was the stupidest feature.

Powerlord

(Yes, it's basically an Egg McMuffin)

Wipqozn

I am officially looking forward to XCOM 2.

Looks to be a lot of improvements to address the issues of depth the first game had.

GnomeSlice

I had a depth problem with Deadnaut

Probably because I couldn't figure out how to successfully survive tactical combat

Powerlord

X-COM: Terror from the Deep

X-COM: Terror from the Deep is a strategy video game developed and published by MicroProse in 1995 for the PC. It is the sequel to UFO: Enemy Unknown (aka X-COM: UFO Defense) and the second game of the X-COM series. == Gameplay == Terror from the Deep takes place mostly underwater, with base-building and combat all being submerged beneath the waves. This is also used as a plot device; all of the alien technology from the first game is unusable in salt water, forcing the player to capture and develop new technology. Just like UFO: Enemy Unknown, the game consists of two parts. The first is the real...

GnomeSlice

I just threw meatbags in front of the robots and aliens

Powerlord

17:24

I assume you don't mean this one.

GnomeSlice

Xcom reboot 2

Powerlord

See, this is the problem with resetting numbering in a game series.

GodEmperorDune

@Wipqozn what depth issues? Maps getting boring or something else?

Powerlord

It's almost as confusing as Metal Gear Solid 5 being the 7th numbered game in the series.

Wipqozn

@GodEmperorDune Geoscape not being fleshed out enough and the combat being way too easy.

Not sure how well the second will be address

GnomeSlice

17:26

Half life 2 episode 2

Powerlord

@GnomeSlice To be fair, the HL2 episodes aren't full games.

GnomeSlice

Which was the third installment of HL2

Unionhawk

Final Fantasy 13-2

Powerlord

What's even more fun with Final Fantasy is that X-2 was the first sequel... then came FF4-2, FF7-2, FF7-3, and FF7-4

GnomeSlice

Omfg stepcat is amazing

@Rapitor

One of the best debuts I've ever heard

Powerlord

17:27

And yes, I'm using numbers to exaggerate how silly it is as only X-2 actually had a number of the ones I listed.

Rapitor

oh?

Unionhawk

@Powerlord FF7-4=FFIndependenceDay

No? Ok

two bugs

@Powerlord Don't forget LIGHTNING RETURNS which I don't think was officially numbered even though it was obviously 13-3

GnomeSlice

JeffF Goldblum-4

Powerlord

@Unionhawk No, actually it's called Crisis Core: Final Fantasy 7.

GnomeSlice

17:29

Lightings boobs return you mean

That was just stupid

Unionhawk

@GnomeSlice Exactly

Powerlord

...which was released after Before Crisis and Dirge of Cerberus.

two bugs

@GnomeSlice There's a quote from the producers about how they added jiggle physics and increased her boob size.

That's probably what you were referring to

GnomeSlice

I know

Unionhawk

@GnomeSlice is the leading expert on jiggle physics

GnomeSlice

17:30

I mean I guess game characters can get implants too

Unionhawk

Wait, no, that's @Ktash

GnomeSlice

27

Q: Do Costumes Affect Breast Physics?

I've noticed that some of the female characters have two widely different costumes available. Do any of these different costumes have an impact on character breast-physics? The most obvious example would be Hilde who wears a suit of armor in her default costume, but not in her secondary costume...

soul-calibur-5

I forgot about thay

That

Answer doesn't really go into much detail though

two bugs

+27, eh? I could learn a thing or two from that question

Unionhawk

Something about jiggle physics are turned off with armor because clipping

MBraedley

@twobugs Please don't

Powerlord

17:33

@twobugs QUESTIONS ABOUT BREASTS GET UPVOTES: DATA ACCEPTED.

Unionhawk

Syntax error

GodEmperorDune

Yay, trickle rep from old answers!

Rapitor

@Powerlord answers probably do as well

boobs gets upvotes

LessPop_MoreFizz

The New Devil's Dictionary

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> lifehack (v.): To embarrass your ancestors by bragging about an "ingenious" solution to a trivial problem.

Yuuki

And that's why Asians don't post lifehacks.

spugsley

17:46

all parents should take advice from The Oatmeal

Yuuki

@spugsley Ew, drainage spigot.

spugsley

lol I know right

Yuuki

Dammit, @spugsley, I'm eating lunch here.

spugsley

YOU'RE WELCOME

that's for INB4ing me yesterday

Yuuki

Hey, hey guys.

2

It's Tony Hawk.

Rapitor

17:48

guess what.

you're fired

Yuuki

Oh, Houston. Never change.

> Police checked the area and found an open door in the back of the building. An officer went inside and called out, "Marco."
>
> Police found the suspect after he responded, "Polo."

Rapitor

RASH Trailer & Season 3 Tease: Killer Instinct

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MBraedley

RIP 301+

Unionhawk

Aw no more <300 club

MadMAxJr

... Am I seeing this right? Battletoad?

Rapitor

17:57

@MadMAxJr yes battletoad

Powerlord

Rash specifically.

If this were Smash Bros, Zitz and Pimple would be alternate skins.

Rapitor

they are probably alternate colors

Powerlord

Speaking of Battletoads, I hear that two different versions of it are in Rare Replay.

The NES version and the Arcade version.

MadMAxJr

I wonder if the NES version keeps the '2 players can't actually finish the game' bug.

Powerlord

@MadMAxJr No, they fixed that.

There was a "news" story about that a few weeks ago.

Incidentally, I'm surprised they didn't use the better looking (and easier?) Genesis version of Battletoads.

MadMAxJr

18:01

Patch-fix for a game from 1991. Good Job.

Powerlord

I find it weird that Rare skipped the SNES Battletoads sequel for the collection, but included all their Xbox games.

Then again, I guess that's part and parcel for being owned by Microsoft.

Rapitor

because that one wasnt as good?

djsmiley2k

hmmm

can you kill the yellow scorps in splunky?

Rapitor

the NES is the famous (or infamous one) and the arcade is the best fun

two bugs

The SNES one is only kind of a remake. It has some differences I thought. It's still hard, but not as hard?

Powerlord

18:09

@twobugs The SNES one is a completely different game.

Rapitor

yeah, the SNES is a sequel but it wasn't very good

Rares early (80s) games were pretty... weird and bad. but i guess that was the norm for that time

having them on Rare Replay is neat

also built in savestates, rewind, and cheats is very nice

two bugs

That sounds really good. Maybe I'll pick up the Rare Replay sometime.

Rapitor

i pretty much paid 30$ for blast corps and banjo games with some 20 bonus games

worth.

Powerlord

@Rapitor I've heard you only get those on the pre-N64 games.

Rapitor

@Powerlord correct

two bugs

18:12

Eh, I only really like BK and Nuts and Bolts. Never cared for Tooie.

Powerlord

@Rapitor The Banjo games are useless to me as I already own them on the 360 and they're the same version.

I liked BK, BT seemed to drag on for a bit but was still pretty good, and I disliked N&B

Rapitor

@Powerlord there's minigames to collect-a-thon

also conker. and Viva pinata is a strange, yet addicting thing

Powerlord

I'm half surprised that they didn't use the Xbox version of Conker

two bugs

Viva Pinata is great

I loved the first one, never played the others

Rapitor

they probably didnt want to put too many 360 titles in

MadMAxJr

18:15

I'm still surprised the 360 Conker is censored over the n64 one.

Jason Berkan

@Wipqozn TBH, combat was too easy because we all gamed it.

Powerlord

@Rapitor Conker isn't a 360 title, it's an Xbox original title.

MadMAxJr

Oh right. Older than I recall

Powerlord

I would say Xbox 1, but Microsoft ruined that naming scheme.

MadMAxJr

Next one better be the Xcrate.

Unionhawk

18:19

Xchest

Rapitor

xbox huge

Unionhawk

The logical next step from Xbone

duh

Powerlord

You've got Conker: Live and Reloaded for Xbox 1 and Conker's Bad Fur Day for Xbox One.

Unionhawk

Just call the new one the Xbone to avoid confusion

Powerlord

No WAY could that confuse people.

Unionhawk

18:20

or the original the Xbox

MadMAxJr

Xbox 10

Rapitor

idk what the selection process was, the games are there. the hell do I care what platform it plays it from

Unionhawk

Xbox 98

Xbox ME

Oh god

Rapitor

you shaddup

MadMAxJr

Go sit in the corner.

Unionhawk

18:21

@Uni you're a madman

MadMAxJr

Think about what you did.

Unionhawk

Yeah I know

My entire cube is a corner, basically

there we go, sitting closer to the corner of my (L-shaped) desk

Xbox XP

2

Rapitor

pls.

Unionhawk

Ok I'm done

Did someone really reallocate their star to that joke?

That's the worse joke

MadMAxJr

Worse would be Xbox: Powered by Ubuntu

Unionhawk

18:24

I mean, you've got 'XP is an emote too' I guess but then the ultimate would be Xbox xD

MadMAxJr

Xbox LOL

Unionhawk

And that's just silly

two bugs

@Unionhawk That would be a car crossover with Scion

Unionhawk

Yes

Exactly

two bugs

Or whoever made those horrible things

MadMAxJr

18:25

Xbox, now with tires and traction control.

Really, really immersive cart racing.

two bugs

Haha, Workplace.SE question about someone's boss using comic sans in emails with clients

Rapitor

@MadMAxJr xbox does need a cart racer.

two bugs

A mascot race for the Xbox One. Starring Master Chief, Marcus Fenix, CoDGuy, MilitaryMan, and Gun

Rapitor

you forgot all the Rare IPs minus DK,

MadMAxJr

Angry Army Action Man Kart

Rapitor

18:29

i'd play it

two bugs

So... Kameo, Banjo, Grabbed by the Ghoulies, and Conker?

Rapitor

don't forget everyone else in Diddy kong racing

hell they should just make a diddy kong racing without diddy

djsmiley2k

maaaaaaaaaan

Unionhawk

Kong Racing

djsmiley2k

I got offered an interview at Rare ¬_¬

two bugs

18:31

I never had diddy kong racing so I don't have much nostalgia for it

MadMAxJr

I've never played a DKC game or any of the derivatives.

Though I have the nintendo power promotional VHS tape.

Lazers 2.0

-2

Q: list of ONLY macro rts(or turn based) pc games

would like to have a list of macro rts(or turn based) games only. its okay if its not 100% macro as long as its atleast 80% macro. examples that come to my mind are : total annihilation, command & conquer, planetary annihilation, grey goo. i cant think of any others now. been searching the net fo...

pc

-1

Q: Why wont minecraft let me play mods

why wont forge let me install mods I have the mods folder and downloaded mods but it still wont let me play them PLZ HELLLPPPP

minecraft mods

two bugs

I played the SNES ones briefly. They're pretty good. I've played the returns games more extensively, and they're amazing.

MadMAxJr

Very glad I don't have any authority on this site. "Closed because you're six years old."

Arperum

@MadMAxJr Six year old is a bit more than just a close. That's literally "nuke from storage"

Powerlord

18:48

@Lazers2.0 Only needs one more vote

Yuuki

BOOM, BABY!

Got a 95 and 100 on my last two programming assignments!

I should have an A in Operating Systems.

user15026

Yay!

Yuuki

I was a bit scared on what I would get for Assignment #2 because I used Python instead.

(I couldn't get the sample C++ code to work over the weekend, so I switched to Python)

Powerlord

Is this an OS design course or what?

Yuuki

I think so? Course is just titled "Operating Systems" and the assignments were things like like rudimentary sockets and implementing semaphores.

badp

18:55

@Yuuki yussss

MadMAxJr

Ah yes, when the little man in your computer holds up two flags and communicates with a remote computer.

badp

@5pike my problem is I've just finished Ys II, too.

5pike

@badp That was quick

badp

@5pike I didn't have much left, just three boss fights or so.

Also I'd forgotten how good the Ys II graphics are given the limitations, and also the music is pretty good.

5pike

I see you have Recettear. Have you finished it?

badp

18:59

@5pike No, I was too greedy and screwed myself up.

From what I've read my only chance is starting it over.

heh

5pike

You could also play some teleglitch

But I guess you don't like gitGut games

badp

I saw "Final Fantasy 7" in my games list and thought, "hey, I didn't finish that one either and I have a LOT of shit to go through, let's see how large this download is"

and then this popped up

3 hours ago, by badp

I would have to download 10 GB's worth of tomb raider. Pass.

That is... a lot of preparation.

Unionhawk

Did you name Tomb Raider Final Fantasy 7?

BUT WHY IS THAT RELATED TO FINAL FANTASY 7

djsmiley2k

ooooooook

why can't i quit dark souls 2?

Am I being invaded?

badp

@Unionhawk I started installing Tomb Raider 3 hours ago and it was stuck like this

Unionhawk

19:03

I see

badp

When I double-clicked FF7, the Tomb Raider window came back up saying, "yo, I'm not done here"

@djsmiley2k simply beat it!!

Lazers 2.0

0

Q: Does the Joker have voice acting outside the main campaign?

About a month ago, I finished Batman: Arkham Knight on PC (the game was playable enough for me). I finished the storymode quite quickly, only having finished Hush and some partial missions before the moment that after watching some scenes from streamers, it appears that I finished this storyl...

batman-arkham-knight

0

Q: FO: New Vegas Sneak Detection Math

What is the sneak detection math in Fallout: New Vegas? What factors (other than perks and hiding behind things) determines if you are detected when sneaking? I have read a lot of conflicting information online about whether armor, guns, or even what's in your bags affects your chances of being...

fallout-new-vegas

djsmiley2k

@badp that was weird...

MadMAxJr

To quit the game you have to beat the quit menu boss.

MBraedley

Huh, so that's what my Pebble looks like when it's about to shutdown due to low batter.

badp

19:17

KILL
ME..

?

fredley

@MBraedley Pretty cool innit

Lazers 2.0

19:36

0

Q: What is a good in-game Pokemon X Team?

I am starting over on Pokemon X and would like some suggestions for a good in-game, four-pokemon team. Two good hm-slaves would be nice but aren't required. I will be starting with chespin and charmander, so suggestions must include them. I will be using chespin as a physical sweeper but i'm not ...

pokemon-xy

djsmiley2k

15 Outrageous Life Hacks

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two bugs

@djsmiley2k Is that a Danger Dolan vid? I really dislike his stuff

He makes a lot of dumb clickbait videos

GodEmperorDune

How is lifehacks.se these days?

Arperum

@twobugs He made a lifehacks video, of course it's clickbait.

two bugs

@Arperum True. I was talking about other stuff. My friend loves him so I watched one video (it was like "the 50 creepiest pictures science CAN'T explain!") and it was so bad

Jason Berkan

19:49

@twobugs @Wipqozn's socks?

GodEmperorDune

@twobugs was it all photoshop?

two bugs

It was a bunch of really tame pictures and/or easily explained ones that just get copy-pasted all over the net

I saw the comments and it was basically his fans saying "You have to prove they aren't supernatural!!!!!"

In summary: Danger Dolan is dumb and I will fight him in real life if given the chance.

Sterno

Guys, guys!

Farming Simulator 16 is releasing for iPad tonight! Now I can pretend I'm riding a tractor while I'm riding a tractor!

two bugs

> <div style=3D"font-family: Unfeignedly, Gascony, Pancakes;font-size:5=
px;">

Someone invented deep dream for text, apparently

Chippies

@twobugs you mean @GnomePhone?

two bugs

19:54

No, this is actually from an infosec.se question

A really strange spam mail that made it past a spam filter because it's full of complete nonsense

Jason Berkan

I finally feel successful as a father - my eldest son told me he no longer plays Clash of Clans because it isn't fun.

6

GodEmperorDune

@Chippies RIP @gnomephone

two bugs

@JasonBerkan "I've moved on to MOBAs, Dad!"

Jason Berkan

:P

He's moved on to XCOM.

badp

@Sterno yusssssssssss

fredley

19:58

Meanwhile, in take offs

badp

@fredley abort abort abort

GodEmperorDune

@fredley you're doing it wrong

Powerlord

@twobugs Could be worse, he could move on MMOs. ;)

MadMAxJr

Looks like a typical military rocket assisted takeoff?

@JasonBerkan Hey dad, my friends got me into WoW!

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