The Bridge

spugsley

00:00

I had to nap :( My body was like nope that's it

GodEmperorDune

@Yuuki are you blaming batman for this?

Yuuki

Not saying it's his fault, but he might've had a higher chance of survival if he stayed in his car and called AAA or something.

LessPop_MoreFizz

@Yuuki I know that stretch of highway; visibility straight ahead for miles.

Yuuki

Again, I'm not saying the accident was his fault. I'm saying that if he stayed in the car, at least he would've had the body of the car between him and a Toyota Camry.

GodEmperorDune

I think we need to take out this Camry, aka the jokermobile

Yuuki

00:04

Or rather he would've been in the car rather being struck by it, after having read a bit further.

@GodEmperorDune Are you saying that it's simple? That we, uh, kill the Camry?

GodEmperorDune

@Yuuki yes, and well played sir

10/10 would reference again

@spugsley so now you're awake and ready to post hawt pics? Where is @ktash?

spugsley

denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_28652523/… live stream of a corpse flower getting ready to bloom

@GodEmperorDune no hawt pics. I gotta get used to this insane schedule

Yuuki

@spugsley Rafflesia?

spugsley

@Yuuki Amorphophallus titanum

GnomeSlice

Heh "phallus"

Yuuki

00:11

Ah, rafflesia is also called the corpse flower, for the same reasons, but they're distantly related.

Sepia Lazers

0

Q: Link colors don't match in both sites

Why are links blue in the main site, but orange in Meta? Was there a contrast issue? I wouldn't know, simply because I am a relatively new user.

discussion

Yuuki

So it blooms every 7-10 years supposedly.

MBraedley

KILL IT WITH FIRE! (possibly NSFW)

spugsley

@Yuuki yup and it smells like death

Yuuki

@spugsley Yeah, rafflesia also smells terribly rotten, though it doesn't have the same bloom cycle, IIRC.

spugsley

00:16

@Yuuki it's a also a lot smaller right?

Yuuki

Agave plants bloom roughly every 20-ish years.

@spugsley Some can get really big.

Agave can also get really tall.

Chippies

@Yuuki VILEPLUME IRL?! :O

spugsley

@Yuuki whoa

Yuuki

@Chippies Yeah, it's what Vileplume is based off of.

Ugh, that's tiny. Image size, that is.

> The flower stalk may reach up to 8 m (26 ft) in height

You can see tons of them in West Texas.

Private Pansy

@Yuuki Wait, so those 'leaves' are stamens?

Yuuki

00:21

@PrivatePansy Blossoms actually.

Chippies

@Yuuki the stalk looks like asparagus

Yuuki

The agave shoots up this stalk with all its flowers (so stamen included, I guess) at the end of its lifespan and dies.

Chippies

a really big asparagus

spugsley

BLOOOOOOOOOOOOM FLOWER

Private Pansy

spugsley

00:23

I WANT TO SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Private Pansy

Bahahahahaha

Tim Stone

@spugsley Boooooooooooooooooring, make it happen already.

taps foot

GodEmperorDune

TL;dr: crickets

RedRiderX

@PrivatePansy This is the greatest thing.

Raven Dreamer

@Wipqozn @Fluttershy I wish to talk about Sword Art Onlinnnnnne!

Frank

00:28

Bridge, I picked up another kit to add to the backlog.

Raven Dreamer

Mostly that I finished the first 14 episodes, and have no desire to see more.

Frank

@RavenDreamer Skip the last half of Season 1.

spugsley

DAMMIT RELEASE YOUR FART GAS

Frank

Just assume all ends well, and then start Season 2.

Wipqozn

@RavenDreamer Good.

The first season is good.

Raven Dreamer

00:29

But I'm not sure I agree with that statement. :|

Maybe it's just a matter of mixed expectations

Yuuki

@RavenDreamer Ugh, I could not get into that series.

Raven Dreamer

but it just felt really unfocused to me.

Wipqozn

@RavenDreamer That's also fair

I enjoyed the first arc, aka the whole first game world

Yuuki

I also couldn't get into Mahouka.

Wipqozn

I couldn't stand the second

Raven Dreamer

00:30

And then all of a sudden there's random fanservice, and I'm like, whaaa?

Wipqozn

it just was creepoy

Yuuki

But everyone else I know raves about the two.

Frank

@RavenDreamer Now that you've seen the Aincrad arc, you can play Hollow Fragment.

Fluttershy

@RavenDreamer Good plan.

Frank

The second season is quite good, in my opinion.

Tim Stone

00:31

@spugsley In the interview they said it might not bloom until the 18th D:

Fluttershy

@Frank That's the gun one, right?

Frank

A bit of filler in the middle, but the last arc has all the feels.

Tim Stone

"Sometime around August 16th to 18th", they're worse than the cable guys!

Frank

@Fluttershy First half, yeah.

Yuuki

@TimStone Even then, it seems to only bloom for about a day or two.

spugsley

00:31

@TimStone NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Wipqozn

I'm going to go lose in SC2

Raven Dreamer

I was really proud that when he came out of the machine he was all atrophied and emaciated

Wipqozn

and then wish I went to bed isntead

Raven Dreamer

proud of the writers, I mean.

Fluttershy

@RavenDreamer Yeah, but he was still able to walk away.

Raven Dreamer

00:32

@Fluttershy And there were no people in the hospital.

And also, no one on the show has any concept of programming.

"I used the GM console to hack her program into an item, no big deal"

etc.

I don't know.

Frank

@RavenDreamer If you like the Aincrad arc, there's a novel series ongoing called SAO: Progressive (not to be confused with the manga by the same name), that goes into more detail, floor by floor.

It does retcon the story slightly, though.

Raven Dreamer

I think I kept watching through those episodes because I was incredulous, and not that I was actually enjoying them.

Premise: Awesome! Execution: Ummm...?

Private Pansy

@RavenDreamer Yup, pretty much

Raven Dreamer

And here y'all are sayings its pretty good. (Except @Yuuki), and now I'm concerned because I have different opinions from my internet friends.

COGNITIVE DISSONANCE ENGAGED.

Private Pansy

@RavenDreamer PEOPLE CAN'T HAVE OPINIONS ON THE INTERNET

Fluttershy

00:35

Now you should watch Kill la Kill. :P It's a deconstruction of the fanservice trope, and it is excellent. If you can handle all the fanservice.

Raven Dreamer

Like, I don't think it was bad.

Frank

@Fluttershy It is fanservice.

Private Pansy

*PITCHFORKS ENGAGE*

Frank

The whole damn thing is nothing but fanservice.

Raven Dreamer

I just think it was incredibly Japanese.

Frank

00:35

@RavenDreamer 'tis. Very.

Raven Dreamer

So much so that it drowned out everything else?

The Tsundere was strong with Asuna.

Fluttershy

@Frank It's a deconstruction of the fanservice trope in the same way that Evangelion was a deconstruction of the teenage mech pilot trope, and it worked.

Frank

I do like that it explored how life would be in a video game if you couldn't leave, and death was permanent.

Raven Dreamer

If I am understanding that word correctly.

spugsley

ughhhhhh my first school tomorrow is 60 miles away

Fluttershy

00:36

@RavenDreamer You are.

Private Pansy

@RavenDreamer I think that... goddamn it, whatshername girl who works the smith was a better example of the trope

Frank

@PrivatePansy Lisbeth.

But Asuna isn't very tsundere at all.

Private Pansy

Right

Raven Dreamer

@PrivatePansy I don't know. I don't recall her hitting anyone.

Frank

She's just a typical japanese girl that smacks a guy when she's embarrassed.

Raven Dreamer

00:38

That's probably it, then.

Private Pansy

About halfway through the season it feels like the show was developing a harem for Kirito... if I spelt his name right

Frank

She's a much stronger female partner than many series have.

@PrivatePansy Yeah, sadly, it does kind of go that way.

At least he chooses one and sticks with her.

Private Pansy

It does get better, and yeah

Raven Dreamer

Also. Wtf ending out of nowhere.

Frank

@RavenDreamer Yeah.

You don't see that coming at all.

Raven Dreamer

00:39

And the random foray into "Here we are as a happy married couple"

@Frank Well, I saw the reveal coming, but I didn't see the, "we're going to fight for 2 minutes, then you're going to override the game's programming to sacrifice yourself, and then your partner is going to override the game's programming to survive death and then I'm going to allow you to stab me without trying to do anything".

And the Chekov's gun of the Resurrection item remained upon the mantle.

Private Pansy

Kind of a literal deus ex machina, isn't it?

Frank

@RavenDreamer Shock can make people do crazy things.

I think it was believeable, as that was the whole point of his experiment in the first place.

"Here is the world, with these rules. Can sheer willpower overcome the rules?"

Raven Dreamer

There's crazy things, and then there's, "I didn't think anyone could overcome X! Oh, ho ho, isn't it amazing, the things that can happen in MMORPGS?"

@Frank Except I never saw that as a theme. :\

I saw it more of, "Here is the world, with these rules. Good luck (but not really)"

Frank

@RavenDreamer It was the exploration of psychology. If you're stuck in a video game, and you will really die, are you going to still treat it as a video game?

And different players reacted differently.

Raven Dreamer

And there might be an awesome anime that focuses entirely on that. But SOA just sort of dances upon the issue, never really goes too deeply into it, IMO.

Frank

00:43

@RavenDreamer If you want a real mindthink exploring that theme, to a degree, Log Horizon focuses more on gameplay issues and living in a world you can't leave.

Raven Dreamer

I mean. The anime influenced me strongly enough to want to rant about it, which is positive, but it's all a very confused rant.

So I'm not sure how I feel? Mostly bemused.

Frank

Like I said; there's novels that are going more into depth.

Raven Dreamer

Contrast to: Mass Effect 3, where strong feelings made me literally sick to my stomach for an hour or two. Erf.

Frank

Not skipping over two full years.

Raven Dreamer

Yeah, the timeskipping was the worst part.

Frank

00:44

It was based off of a light novel originally.

So they really had to rush the character development.

Raven Dreamer

It didn't help that the only time the dates were displayed was briefly at the start of each episode, and I couldn't be bothered to look when the last episode started and see how much time had actually passed.

Frank

Since it was so popular, the author is going back and fleshing out the story much more.

Fluttershy

@RavenDreamer If you'd watched episodes 15-25, you'd want to rant angrily about it, instead of confusedly.

Frank

It has the makings of an actual good MMO, I think.

Although some mechanics would make most players ragequit.

Such as the floor boss' last attack bonus.

Raven Dreamer

I forget who I was talking to

But I'll reuse an analogy: I was expecting Yu-gi-oh levels of gamification, where the anime was about literally playing the game. Instead I got the Pokemon Anime, where the "players" exist inside a game world, but everyone pretty much knows how the world works (even if those are oddly MMO-styled rules by anyone else's standards)

Frank

00:49

@RavenDreamer Log Horizon focuses on and exposes more of the game mechanics, and introduces the watchers to them better.

SAO is just, "Here's the world, and, oh, don't die. Have fun!"

Raven Dreamer

I've never heard of it.

Frank

And then 20% of the players die right off the bat.

@RavenDreamer "Being trapped inside a game" is a popular anime theme now.

Log Horizon did it after SAO, and Overlord is this season's.

Raven Dreamer

Maybe my biggest disappointment was that the first boss fight had a really awesome battle sequence... and then there basically wasn't any more awesome fight sequences for the rest.

Chippies

.hack had that theme forever ago

Frank

@Chippies Yeah, it did.

And it was boring as all get out.

A total snoozefest.

Raven Dreamer

00:51

@Fluttershy shrug I will defer to your better judgement!

Chippies

@Frank I think the theme in itself is kinda a snoozefest

SaintWacko

That flower is taking a long time to bloom

Frank

@Chippies There are good ways to take it, though.

The game was pretty decent. I liked those.

Chippies

either it's done good and realistic (ha!) and is a snoozefest or it's done bad and unrealistic with loopholes and whatnot and that's not a snoozefest

Frank

The anime, though, I have no idea what they did.

StrixVaria

00:53

@GnomeSlice Six.

Chippies

I've only watched a scattered couple episodes of the anime, it didn't seem interesting to me, but I enjoyed the games on PS2

I guess it's very meta to play a game about playing a game

Frank

@Chippies Especially when it's supposed to mimic an MMO.

Chippies

@Frank when the real game is a single player game

Frank

That said, I do enjoy Hollow Fragment. Bad translations and all.

Chippies

weird stuff

it was quite fun though

typical japanese grindfest (I suppose less than some others), but it was enjoyable nonetheless

I played episode one and two, but never finished either, since I sold the PS2

Frank

00:57

Ooh! Apparently, the new translation got patched into the Vita version!

goes to download

Lazers 2.0

0

Q: Fallout Shelter :: Does Mr. Handy Pick Up Loot?

I know that Mr. Handy will pick up caps when on walkabout; will he also pick up weapons and/or outfits?

fallout-shelter

Wipqozn

Whoa guys. WHoa.

I just won a match! Man, I'm so pro.

First human match in HOTS actually. Did unranked, got matched up against a bronze playerr.

StrixVaria

@Wipqozn Heroes of the Storm?

Wipqozn

I out macro'd the heck out of that guy

StrixVaria

Oh, Heart of the Swarm?

Wipqozn

01:01

Tim Horton commercial with Amanda Tapping 1989

►

@StrixVaria Yeah

Tim Stone

I still feel like that was a poor naming decision.

StrixVaria

@TimStone Especially since they're both by the same company.

Wipqozn

I'm not a fan of MOBAs, but if I ever try one again, it'll be HOTS

Chippies

did blizzard really name two of their games so their abbreviations are the same? Really?

Wipqozn

@TimStone I know. Blizzard is all "deerr"

@Chippies Yes

IT's so confusing

StrixVaria

01:03

@Wipqozn If it's anything like it was at launch, good macro gets you to gold.

Tim Stone

Also Hearthstone, because why not.

Chippies

@TimStone Hearth Of The Stone

two bugs

@TimStone Absolutely

Wipqozn

@StrixVaria Probably

Macro is the most important thing

I've mostly been playing against AI since I'm just trying to refine my macro

GodEmperorDune

I thought macros were meh programs in word and excel

Tim Stone

01:09

Oh man, that's messed up

@spugsley, someone brought in a girl in a wheelchair now, she can't even run away if it gets stinky

spugsley

@TimStone O_o omg

Unionhawk

@Chippies @Tim of the Stone

GodEmperorDune

@Unionhawk 0/10, abbreviation totally ruined, would not read again

@HawtPics of the @spugsley works much better

spugsley

ughhhhh I might have to leave the house even earlier than Starbucks opens

that's a fucking travesty

Unionhawk

RIP

Rapitor

01:22

starbucks is a travesty

Unionhawk

ur a travesty

Tim Stone

But you'll arrive after they open, right? RIGHT?

Rapitor

so is your face

Tim Stone

PLEASE LET THERE BE COFFEE

spugsley

@TimStone NOPE

Lazers 2.0

01:22

0

Q: Which items give free buffs?

I'm building a boss arena, and I'm trying to figure out which items I should put in it. For example, Campfires have a constant aura buff that increases life regeneration, so that's a no-brainer, and the Sharpening Station gives me a 10-minute melee buff whenever I click on it. Are there any o...

terraria

spugsley

they open at 5:30, I think I need to leave the house at 5:20 :O They are right across the street

Unionhawk

wat

Oh, wait, is this an episode of Where in the World is @spugsley? Or do you just have a starbucks next to your house?

spugsley

@Unionhawk right next to my house :D

Private Pansy

Is there any way to stop the albums window opening whenever you open a picture on Windows 10?

Tim Stone

I mean there's literally a Starbucks everywhere, so

spugsley

01:24

I'm literally traveling like 60 miles into the middle of nowhere tomorrow

all that's out there is a stoplight and a school

and farms

and cows

Private Pansy

@TimStone *looks behind me* There is not a Starbucks behind me, therefore Starbucks is not literally everywhere.

QED

Tim Stone

Did you use your x-ray vision to see through the wall and several blocks down?

GodEmperorDune

@spugsley the school must have coffee... What do the teachers drink?

spugsley

we aren't allowed to ask for things :_;

Private Pansy

Also, there is not Starbucks in the air I'm breathing, the water I'm drinking or the keyboard I'm typing on

spugsley

01:25

EVEN THOUGH WE BRING THEM DONUTS

GodEmperorDune

RIP @spugsley

spugsley

WE CAN'T HAVE THEM

Private Pansy

I also do not have Starbucks for fingers

spugsley

my job is not donuts. That's the lead photog's job. I WILL ASK HIM TO GET ME COFFEE

he will be like what is wrong with this girl

GodEmperorDune

What donut place is open at 5:20?

Tim Stone

01:26

@spugsley plz to be bringing me donuts

spugsley

@GodEmperorDune lol maybe he went and got them tonight :p

Private Pansy

*looks down at finger* Wait, do I have Starbucks for fingers...?

spugsley

also some Krispy Kreme's are 24 hours here

because this is the south

and nothing else is open 24 hours except Krispy Kreme

GodEmperorDune

Now I want donuts, thanks @spugsley

Private Pansy

7/11?

Tim Stone

01:30

@spugsley For failure to mention Waffle House I'm afraid I must revoke your Southerner Card

spugsley

ew, not mentioning Waffle House is a service to mankind

you should knight me

Lazers 2.0

0

Q: Nintendo 3DS XL

What will happen if I remove my loaded 4GB SD CARD from my 3DS XL and put it into another 3DS/3DS XL? ['Cause when you take out the sd card,everything that is on it stays in the sd card,but not in the 3DS System and when you put it back in the 3DS XL,it does.So,will it have the same effect if I j...

3ds

Tim Stone

> You are literally saying cargo shorts are horrible while endorsing cut off jeans. This is the shit post to end all shit posts.

BuzzFeed has gone too far. TOO FAR.

spugsley

Spugsley: Denier of Waffle House

Spugsley: Waffle House Naysayer

Put those on my tombstone

GodEmperorDune

Cargo shorts are awesome. Buzzfeed can go into the sea or whatever that British expression is

Tim Stone

01:36

I don't care so much about having the pockets, but the above-knee male short is an abomination.

GodEmperorDune

Above the knee? Then you have insufficient room for massive pockets

Fluttershy

@TimStone I would rather wear cargo shorts than any other pair of shorts they showed. The rest of them just looked... uncomfortable. Constricting would be a good way to describe them.

Lazers 2.0

0

Q: problem with importing net.minecraft.block.Block

when I try to import net.minecraft.block.Block it gives an error. Do I need to set up forge with java?

minecraft-forge

1

Q: How do I make peace between the Guarians and the Geth?

I have an imported save from ME1 and 2. I've saved Legion, Tali was not exiled, I destroyed the heretics, I brokered a peace between Tali and Legion, I completed Rannoch: Admiral Koris and saved Admiral Koris I have 4 bars of Paragon However, I still don't get the option to be able to m...

mass-effect-3

Ktash

01:59

@Yuuki That's what I like to hear :D

MBraedley

@Fluttershy There was one pair that I thought was acceptable, but yeah, the rest of the alternatives were horrible.

Also, anyone who stores more than a wallet or phone in their cargo pockets are doing it wrong.

Lazers 2.0

0

Q: Can you remove a mom and dad from the living quarters once the mom is pregnant?

Does it interfere with the mom's pregnancy? e.g. delayed birth

fallout-shelter

LessPop_MoreFizz

02:28

@SPUGSLEY @UNI IMPORTANT SYNTHPOP NEWS ANNOUNCEMENT:

CHVRCHES - Leave A Trace

►

NEW CHVRCHES VIDEO..

@GodEmperorDune TBQH most donut places are open at 5:20 AM in my experience. The super early morning coffee/breakfast rush is a major major moneymaker time.

Frank

02:44

Wow. This guy does some awesome Gundam artwork.

Aequitas

02:55

wow your painting skills are pretty good

:p

Lazers 2.0

0

Q: How do multiple Mobile Processing Labs work?

Related: How does the Laboratory work? I had a orbital station with 1x Mobile Processing Lab (MPL-LG-2) in LKO. With another small vessel I did a tour of Mun and Minmus, collecting science as I went and finally docking with the station. Now I've got way too much data being processed way too...

kerbal-space-program

Frank

@Aequitas Not my work. But you've seen some of my stuff, haven't you?

GodEmperorDune

@Frank I was about to complement you on those flames

Ktash

@LessPop_MoreFizz heh, that thing needs a seizure warning :P

Frank

@GodEmperorDune I already said that wasn't my work!

LessPop_MoreFizz

02:59

@Ktash It needs a SYNTHPOP WARNING.

Aequitas

yeh

GodEmperorDune

@Frank mobile lag

Frank

@GodEmperorDune Okay. I'll let you get away with it. This time. :P

GodEmperorDune

@LessPop_MoreFizz did you watch show me a hero yet?

LessPop_MoreFizz

@GodEmperorDune Nope, just got into my hotel a little while ago. Plan is to curl up with iPad either tonight or tomorrow night, depending on how quickly i pass out after writing these emales

Unionhawk

03:28

@LessPop_MoreFizz OH MAN

I assume you've seen this but just in case

CHVRCHES - Never Ending Circles (lyric video)

►

GodEmperorDune

3

Lazers 2.0

03:55

-1

Q: Minecraft 1.0.15 Server

Does anyone have or know where I can download a 1.0.15 server jar? My friends and I want to play a really old version of Minecraft and 1.0.15 added survival in multiplayer. If anyone knows where I can download the server jar, please link me. Just in case there is another version with the same nam...

minecraft hosting

two bugs

I did it. My first gold badge! All thanks to Fallout Shelter

Frank

Wow. Amazon doesn't sound like a very good place to work at all.

Burn

Might as well destruct the user, too.

Ktash

04:16

@Frank Haha, yeah, if you didn't know that already, that's the sort of thing I've been hearing from people who work there for a while

GodEmperorDune

04:35

@twobugs grats

Lazers 2.0

05:04

0

Q: Is it possible to download an older version of minecraft_server.jar?

My friends and I were wondering if there is a website or something that allows you to download old versions of the Minecraft server file "minecraft_server.jar". I tried https://mcversions.net/, but the latest version you can get is 1.2.1. I also tried MCNostalgia, and http://assets.minecraft.net,...

minecraft hosting

0

Q: When does the Deathclaw start attacking your vault?

I've been playing the Android version for a few days now, and have 33 Dwellers (slow growth FTW?) and I've noticed that I've never been attacked by the Deathclaws that I've heard about. Do the Deathclaws and other stronger enemies like Raiders with more guns or molerats only show up after a cert...

fallout-shelter

Lazers 2.0

05:21

0

Q: Why are my buildings and zones completely disappearing in Cities Skylines ?.

I am completely new at this and have no idea of gaming lingo !! I'm learning by watching 'You tube' and reading blogs, so if you are nice enough to answer my question please be kind !!! I'm also old !! I have built a really nice city in Cities Skylines and all is going really well, everyone is ...

steam cities-skylines

Lazers 2.0

06:19

0

Q: VBScript Error When Launching Minecraft Server

Whenever I try to launch my Run.vbs file to start my Minecraft Server I am greeted by the following Error Message... The Launch.vbs is trying to launch the following code... java -Xmx1G -Xms1024M -jar minecraft_server.jar nogui This code has worked before but for some reason it isn't workin...

minecraft minecraft-server

Lazers 2.0

06:36

0

Q: How do you backstab in Bloodborne?

I can't seem to figure out how to backstab in Bloodborne, it doesn't seem to be like in the previous Souls games, Can someone give me a bit of insight on this?

bloodborne

Lazers 2.0

07:22

0

Q: What is the name of this 3D flying arcade game that I remember playing in the 1990's?

This game was a 3D/first person flying-and-shooting game, and the gameplay was a bit like the 1983 Star Wars arcade game in that you had an aircraft-yoke controller that would position a target reticule on screen, and moving the reticule would (eventually) cause your aircraft to tilt and fly in t...

arcade

0

Q: What % of Your Dwellers are Exploring? (Fallout Shelter)

In Fallout Shelter, I have 31 dwellers total. At any given time I have about 6-7 out in the wastelands. As I train my dwellers stats to higher levels, I am moving towards having 7-8 exploring at once. That's around 25%, growing toward one third, of my workforce exploring. How does this compare to...

ios fallout-shelter

Arperum

@Chippies Thank you very much for checking that.

Lazers 2.0

08:08

0

Q: how to update Witcher 3 on GoG

I bought Witcher 3 in a local store at the time, so I installed it through discs. I've noticed the game hasn't updated since then though. In-game it says I'm still at version 1.02, though the changelog of the GoG Galaxy program talks about version 1.08 being implemented already. Does anybody kn...

the-witcher-3 gog

Kevin van der Velden

\o

Arperum

o/

badp

hallo from A'dam

Kevin van der Velden

\o

Had a good flight?

badp

There was turbulence but somehow the landing was smooth.

The only annoyance is that the person I gave my OV-chipkaart to a couple years ago vanished so I had to buy a new one.

now I probably have to take public services 195 times to make up for the €7.5

Kevin van der Velden

08:15

Heh, I don't think 7.5 euros will get you that far

Lazers 2.0

0

Q: When should I perform the inclination matching maneuver?

I'm sending a manned mission to Minmus and, as Minmus' orbit is inclined to Kerbal I need to perform a maneuver to align inclination. From one of Scott Manley's newbie career guide videos I hear that I should do that as early as possible, i.e. at some LKO as it will be more efficient, but its not...

kerbal-space-program

Private Pansy

08:50

Okay. New laptop. Let's do this

Erm. So. It's 1080p on a 13.3" screen, which a weird sort of resolution

I'm using what I think is 125% scaling mode, but it only sort of works. The text is quite blurry

At least in some places

Lazers 2.0

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Q: Do upgraded birds become more powerful?

So, I'm pretty sure there's no Angry Birds 2 documentation within the game, so I can't quite figure it out. When you collect enough feathers in the Arena, your bird gets "upgraded" - that is it goes from vanilla to bronze to silver etc. When a bird gets upgraded, its card background color change...

angry-birds

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Q: Is it safe to abandon a child when moving in with your husband?

Frank seduced Pauline, who was dating Hank, and convinced her to dump him. (Yes, Frank is a d*ck) Things happened, and Pauline somehow got pregnant ; Frank proposed to her, and they eventually got married. The thing is, Pauline's child was already born, and Frank wasn't there because you know, ...

sims-3

Kevin van der Velden

Well it either has to scale the image slightly (causing blurring in text) or duplicate every 4th pixel

Might wanna try disabling cleartype

That produces images that are not meant to be scaled

Private Pansy

Already did, though I have no idea if I'm doing it correctly

I untick the 'use cleartype' option in step one, and the computer still takes me through 5 adjustment steps

I hope Windows 10 would help here

Kevin van der Velden

"Please adjust how we aren't going to be not using disabled cleartype functoinallity"

Private Pansy

The text on the Bridge for instance is really bad. Verdana, I think?

Kevin van der Velden

08:58

Yes

Private Pansy

100% scaling makes everything looks like they're for ants

Words are so small it's hilarious

badp

@KevinvanderVelden that's not how that works

125% should make all text 125% bigger

crossing fingers that the UI will scale to match the bigger labels

Kevin van der Velden

@badp so scaling as in purely font scaling? Ah ok

badp

this HAS been a feature since 95...

Private Pansy

No, it's scaling of all items, at least that's what this Control Panel option here says

badp

09:02

@KevinvanderVelden I guess graphics would be upscaled too

but text should render fine.

Private Pansy

That looks weird because of the lack of ClearType

Hmmm, Ubuntu, Xubuntu or Ubuntu Mate?

badp

oh. oh. I see. I was wrong. @KevinvanderVelden was right. It actually is every window upscaled in post

Kevin van der Velden

I've not heard of ubuntu mate before

Private Pansy

@KevinvanderVelden I think it's a Gnome 2 fork

Mate, that is

Kevin van der Velden

Makes sense

Private Pansy

09:07

> The MATE Desktop Environment is the continuation of GNOME 2. It provides an intuitive and attractive desktop environment using traditional metaphors for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems.

badp

but that's only until you sign out and back in again

Private Pansy

Hmmm, yeah, I should probably restart to see if things get better

But the Windows 10 installer is downloading files right now...

badp

although some things remain upscaled such as Steam

Private Pansy

xfce is nice

badp

Private Pansy

09:09

I'm not on Windows 10 yet

badp

Kevin van der Velden

@PrivatePansy it's what I use in my VMs

Private Pansy

Yeah, lightweight, gets out of the way. I don't hate Unity, but I don't really need it. Although this laptop does come with a touchscreen, so I guess I could use Unity better...

badp

@PrivatePansy Do you have a numberpad on your laptop?

Private Pansy

No. It's a 13" laptop

The bezel is a little on the big side, but still not enough space for that

badp

09:13

I'm not sure I see how well Unity would... scale on a 13" 1080p monitor

but definitely Gnome is better equipped to support higher DPI than Windows

since they've been allowing users to change the system font and size since forever

Private Pansy

How about xfce?

badp

dunno. Don't they still use GTK?

Private Pansy

I found an article from someone with a 2560x1440 13" laptop saying Unity worked better than Xfce

Of course 2560 is a pretty good resolution since you could just use 2x scaling and get 1280, which is pretty good for a 13"

Then again 1920/1.5 is also 1280

Kevin van der Velden

But that half is killer =p

Private Pansy

Yeah

Kevin van der Velden

09:17

With x2 scaling you can just duplicate every pixel

badp

09:36

One Way Heroics is $0.50 on Playism

fredley

Lifehack of the day

Lazers 2.0

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Q: Multiple screen on Flight Simulator Steam

I'm trying to use Flight Simulator on multiple screen, how should I do that? I already checked the Microsoft Page but it doesn't help: when I have FS full screen, it occupies only one monitor and the second one does not appear black: it appears with the usual background. How to fix it?