The Bridge

ardaozkal

20:00

Pull the battery / energy cable. Thank me later.

Jokes aside, there might be a way to disable it.

Check superuser.

djsmiley2k

machine settings -> 'allow this device to wake from sleep'

was discussing exactly this at work

the opposite problem with usb keyboards and mice on the dell docks. If the machine is hibernating, then put on the dock, it doesn't pick them up

Dragonrage

@ardaozkal ive checked superuser, and none of the methods worked for me

two bugs

Dammit I don't even know if I can do to the gym or if I have to be ready to make a move on a car ASAP

djsmiley2k

:/

buying something @twobugs?

two bugs

Yeah, I need to get a car for my new job since there's no good public transit to that area and it's not really a bikeable or walkable route (across several busy streets)

djsmiley2k

20:06

:<

Yuuki

> I was talking to a GNOME developer who was working on the new clocks application recently. He said on a plane on his way to the developer meetup he was working on the countdown timer specifically.

Imagine someone using an unfamiliar OS on your flight, constantly switching between a bunch of code "gibberish" and a ticking clock.

He realized this and put his laptop away.

SaintWacko

@Yuuki Haha

djsmiley2k

;D

Yuuki

> The New York Times article suggests that there was some evidence of encryption software being used elsewhere. A witness reported seeing a terrorist with a laptop, and told the investigators that as the computer powered up, "she saw a line of gibberish across the screen:

two bugs

Explode.exe has failed to compile and your bomb has now disarmed itself

Yuuki

20:14

> "It was bizarre—he was looking at a bunch of lines, like lines of code. There was no image, no Internet," she said." The New York Times writes: "Her description matches the look of certain encryption software, which ISIS claims to have used during the Paris attacks."

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from terrorism."

According to the New York Times, how to enable strong encryption.

Nate Kerkhofs

@Yuuki Corollary: "There is no technology basic enough that sufficiently stupid people can distinguish it from terrorism"

djsmiley2k

@Yuuki lol wut?

Yuuki

4 mins ago, by Yuuki

> "It was bizarre—he was looking at a bunch of lines, like lines of code. There was no image, no Internet," she said." The New York Times writes: "Her description matches the look of certain encryption software, which ISIS claims to have used during the Paris attacks."

djsmiley2k

...

note to self

never play dwarf fortress in public

ardaozkal

TIL: I'm a terrorist.

murgatroid99

20:20

It's like one of those false syllogisms: "This person was working on software. Terrorists use software. Therefore that person must be a terrorist"

Sterno

You're a Bridge terrorist.

two bugs

"This person exists. Terrorists exist. Therefore this person is a terrorist."

ardaozkal

@Sterno No, if I hated you, I'd propose memes.se

Nate Kerkhofs

Imagine playing Uplink on a plane and getting arrested for it

ardaozkal

Also it doesn't fit in any categories, I checked before. Life maybe?

Nate Kerkhofs

20:23

So you got software, which the code, hardware, which is the physical computer, you got the firmware, which is what makes the physical computer work, but is there also a -ware term for the user?

ardaozkal

userware.

AND OF COURSE IT IS A THING

two bugs

Meatware

Lazers 2.0

0

Q: Change Username in less than 30 Days

My Ex-Girlfriend, who knows my password on Minecraft changed my username to AlabamaHotPocket, if u don't know what that means than search Urban Dictionary, but i could be banned off servers with this name, how do I change it early?

minecraft

ardaozkal

"Create HTML5 apps using only C# and XAML" hmmmmm

user15026

@Yuuki oh man I can see that not going well

ardaozkal

20:27

@Lazers2.0 why did I google that why did I google that why did I google that why did I google that why did I google that why did I google that

murgatroid99

> My Ex-Girlfriend, who knows my password

Well, there's your problem

djsmiley2k

@murgatroid99 not once, not ever

ardaozkal

He has a nice joker skin though. mcskinsearch.com/skin/AlabamaHotPocket

djsmiley2k

don't share passwords with girlfriends or mums

as @ardaozkal is learning

Powerlord

Wow, apparently one of our DB tables is missing its data from the 2010 census. Not good.

It still exists on our Dev server, though.

ardaozkal

20:29

If I was his GF and was looking for revenge, I'd change his minecraft skin to something inappropriate while keeping the same hand skin. More likely to get banned, less likely for "AlabamaHotPocket" to recognize it.

Nate Kerkhofs

@ardaozkal The question is: did she become his Ex BEFORE or AFTER she changed his username?

ardaozkal

burn

Nate Kerkhofs

@Powerlord Why does your dev server contain live data? Isn't that one of the basic no-nos?

djsmiley2k

lol

Nate Kerkhofs

And an even more pertinent question: Why do you not have any backups of 6 year old data?

ardaozkal

20:32

that doesn't matter though, you shouldn't share your minecraft password and security questions with anyone.

Powerlord

@NateKerkhofs What makes you think we don't have backups of it?

@NateKerkhofs This application is a large mapping application with a bunch of edge cases that have to be tested with real data.

Nate Kerkhofs

@Powerlord Because your first instinct is to go to the dev server

@Powerlord no, it doesn't need to be REAL data. it has to be AUTHENTIC data, but not real data

Developers having access to live data is a big privacy risk, one that could lead to lawsuits

Powerlord

@NateKerkhofs Did I mention this is an internal application?

Nate Kerkhofs

btw, if any of you know about this question, feel free

0

Q: converting all shutdown requests to sleep requests

My Windows 10 home desktop computer has a broken power button. I have already had 3 different occasions where I was messing around with cables, power outlets and slightly shifting my PC so the power button just might work and I don't want a 4th time. Since shutdown is not really needed on this ma...

windows-10 sleep shutdown

Powerlord

(Most of the data in this application is public anyway)

MBraedley

20:46

I don't want to go to work tomorrow.

But I have to

ardaozkal

Shouldn't this be closed, as it is specifically trying to launch a pirated copy through steam? gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/259600/…

Don't go "but DVD and gflw" on me, GFWL version doesn't ask for steam.

murgatroid99

@ardaozkal It's definitely not clear to me that it's trying to launch a pirated copy

ardaozkal

@murgatroid99 the game is added as non-steam game.

non-steam copies of the game doesn't ask for steam either.

Powerlord

Some developers do silly things like checking if a game is in a Steam directory to see if they need to do Steam integration.

MBraedley

@ardaozkal That doesn't definitively mean that it's pirated.

ardaozkal

20:51

His bully copy is pirated/non-steam too. the icon and name is different

Powerlord

I wonder how they handle Steam libraries these days

ardaozkal

@Powerlord afaik through steam-api.dll

Another example: Nekopara has a launch value for that -steam=1 or smth

Powerlord

Day of the Tentacle GM Intro - Part 1

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In preparation for tomorrow

Sterno

I hate The Division supply missions

walk slowly from point A to B

GREAT GAME DESIGN

cc @StrixVaria

ardaozkal

@Sterno that is how borderlands is like too though

You unlock cars at some point, but yeah, %90 of what you do in game is walking

And %99 of the percentages given in Bridge is made up.

Powerlord

21:06

For some reason, I just read the owner of The Daily WTF's name as applepotamus instead of apapadimoulis.

Lazers 2.0

0

Q: Steam only downloads after I've paused it

I recently downloaded steam, I've downloaded Garry's mod and ARK survival of the fittest, Garry's mod while only a 2gb file took an incredibly long time to download and survival of the fittest flat out will not download, I've realized Steam only downloads when I've paused it recently it will down...

steam technical-issues

0

Q: Skyrim civil war

So I started the civil war quests a while ago and never finished them because they were time consuming and quite boring to be honest. I am in the imperial legion. So for I while I stopped but then I started doing it again. Currently, I am on the quest, The Jagged Crown, which takes place in Korva...

skyrim

0

Q: In skyrim how do i get merchant chest without moving through walls i have tried moving through walls and it corrupted my Xbox 360

It is really hard to find gold and merchant chest are my best bet and I want to by a home

skyrim

Sterno

@ardaozkal No. I mean, yeah, you do a lot of walking in The Division. But what I'm talking about is missions where you pick up supplies, which makes it so you can only walk slowly and use a pistol, and then you slowly move towards the dropoff point at a snails pace

ardaozkal

Oh, that should be terrible.

what were they thinking lol

Powerlord

@Sterno So, in other words, it's an escort quest?

Sterno

@Powerlord Sort of

ardaozkal

21:10

Would steam power users here be interested in a Steam Bundle checker?

Powerlord

@ardaozkal Depends on what it does. Right now, Steam tells me even before I click something in the store if I own all the items in a bundle. Checking the bundle page itself also tells me which items I own in it already.

ardaozkal

@Powerlord basically ddosing steam every hour.

Powerlord

(The "own all items in a bundle" thing is relatively new)

ardaozkal

store.steampowered.com/bundle/230 to store.steampowered.com/bundle/300

Powerlord

@ardaozkal I'm at work and can't check those right now.

Note to self: re-read chat post to make sure you actually typed ALL the words and didn't just hit a period in mid-thought.

ardaozkal

21:13

Nothing important to see in them.

Powerlord

It's actually possible to have bundle URLs that have nothing in said bundles... ones removed from the store are like that iirc

ardaozkal

Bundles start at store.steampowered.com/bundle/230 end at store.steampowered.com/bundle/256, I'll make a website that basically checks if it exists, and the price if it exists.

@Powerlord Fully removed ones redirect to steam main page, purchase disabled ones just don't have a purchase button.

Also yay, my pebble shipped.

(Replacement)

GnomeSlice

21:29

Juan Cristobal - Under The Sheets ft. Jay Max

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lmao

Chippies

The Culling + free game 75% off

2

Ronan

@GnomeSlice You forgot #blessed

ardaozkal

@Chippies #blessed

@Ronan #ruined

GnomeSlice

@Chippies WOW that's like what I paid for the game by itself

Lichdom ;_;

Chippies

@GnomeSlice I got that one in a bundle, I think

bundle stars is where I get most of my games lately ._.

they got some really good bundles

sometimes better than humble even, if you want AAA titles

ardaozkal

21:39

Bstars is really awesome.

Humble has a different cause though, charity.

Nate Kerkhofs

@ardaozkal You paid 100 USD for a rock?

GnomeSlice

bundlestars has great store deals too

Chippies

@GnomeSlice I assume what you call store deals I count as bundles, but I guess you're right

they have 75% off deals on many good games

GnomeSlice

@Chippies No, I mean like sales on individual games

Yeah

ardaozkal

@NateKerkhofs pebble.com

Chippies

21:41

I bought Shadow of Mordor and Mad Max from there

GnomeSlice

Mad Max is awesome

ardaozkal

Even @fredley has a watchface.

Chippies

it is

there's also a new

Humble Mobile bundle

GnomeSlice

Solving 3 Rubik's Cubes in under 20 seconds whilst Juggling Mills Mess

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the fuck

ardaozkal

@Chippies awesome bundle.

Chippies

21:43

@ardaozkal eh, idk anything about mobile games

Desktop Dungeons is good though, I remember playing that forever ago on a desktop

before it became a paid game

ardaozkal

Prune, Lara Croft Go and Grim Fandango itself are enough to pay 6$.

I'd buy it if I had an android device though.

Chippies

I'm considering getting it maybe, since I'm planning on buying a new phone sometime soon

Arperum

@Chippies Either the percentage or the free game is a lie. It's the culling + lichdom battlemage package for 75% off. Which basically means that you buy the culling and get the other one for free.

I call false advertising.

ardaozkal

@Arperum Culling costs 15$, so you still save money.

Chippies

@Arperum I think the price you're seeing in the bundle for culling is the -75%

but idk

nevermind, it does seem to have a listed price at 14.99$usd

GnomeSlice

21:47

@Chippies Yep, it's only like $16 list price

Lichdom on the other hand is like $40

Chippies

@GnomeSlice 17$ cad

Arperum

@Chippies Nope. There is an actual 10% reduction on the culling plus a free game.

GnomeSlice

Should have labelled it Lichdom + Free Game %75 off

Chippies

so it's still cheaper there

no one cares about Lichdom, because it's been bundled

GnomeSlice

I don't have it

I heard some mixed stuff about it like that it's too empty but it looks fun as funk

Arperum

21:49

Yes. My issue is that they are calling it 75% off PLUS a free game. WHich it isn't. Even if I was interested in Buying I wouldn't because fuck false advertising.

Chippies

I watched the Total Biscuit review on it long ago, it seemed a bit average, had some flaws, but overall not too bad

Dragonrage

guess what, this april fool's day is on friday, so we can hide rebbeca black videos in links for it

Arperum

It's 10% off plus a free game or 74% percent of for the two combined, and no free game.

Chippies

@Dragonrage I thought the april fool's would be that there are no RB links

ardaozkal

Working!

Dragonrage

21:50

@Chippies oh, i know, we could replace the rebbeca black links with rickrolls

Chippies

@Arperum I'm sorry, it's me who false advertised

well, I guess uhh

idk

wording

Frank

I've been attempting to smash Power Query to construct a recursive API call.

It's...been fun trying to get it to work.

Arperum

@Chippies Nope. they are doing it too on their page.

GnomeSlice

Chippies

Yeah, I guess The Culling + free game 75% off does imply that The Culling is 75% off...

GnomeSlice

21:51

seems accurate to me

Chippies

actually, yeah, that is what I was going for

the 75% off is for the bundle

Arperum

My image is a lie.

Chippies

@Arperum well, to be fair, the -74% is not part of the image

GnomeSlice

"The culling plus lichdom" then, it's just a mistake

and yeah

Chippies

not the ad image at least

Dragonrage

21:52

@Arperum urface is a lie

murgatroid99

@Arperum Clearly, that's just because Steam doesn't magically take into account the name of the bundle when calculating the discount

GnomeSlice

@murgatroid99 (It's not steam)

> Bundlestars Exclusive

Arperum

@GnomeSlice Yes. And no. I don't think it's a mistake.

murgatroid99

Well, whatever bundle seller

Dragonrage

yay, i won my fantasy draft

Chippies

21:53

I think this confusion stems from the way I worded it, which engrained it into your mind that The Culling is 75% off and you are getting a free game

GnomeSlice

@Arperum Pretty sure it is, Bundlestars are pretty non-scummy.

Fluttershy

@Arperum This image isn't a lie. o_o You pay for The Culling, and get a free game.

Chippies

when really, you're getting The Culling for 10% off and a free game, with actual combined value being 75% off

GnomeSlice

It's just badly worded

Fluttershy

Oh!

Arperum

21:53

@murgatroid99 My problem is with the naming of the bloody bundle combined with the baseprice.

Fluttershy

I missed the 74% off thing.

Arperum

Chippies

@Arperum the bundle name does not mention 75% off

GnomeSlice

Probably a limitation of their storefront, it can probably only show a percentage based on the combined price of every item in the thing

murgatroid99

@Arperum You're paying 75% less than you would have if you bought the games individually at full price. That sounds basically accurate

Chippies

21:54

@GnomeSlice I think it pulls prices from steam

Arperum

@Chippies Yes. Either one is correct, but the combination is not.

GnomeSlice

@Chippies Don't think so, they have their own store.

Arperum

@murgatroid99 Yes. But then you don't get a free game.

murgatroid99

There is an unfortunate juxtaposition of that information with the name of the bundle, but that doesn't make it wrong

@Arperum You're not getting a free anything, unless it costs $0

Chippies

@Arperum the game is free, what you are looking at is how much more you would have to pay if you paid at full price

which would be 75% more

GnomeSlice

21:56

> All recommended retail prices are based on Steam's retail prices, which may vary depending on your geographical location. To the best of our knowledge prices are correct when each promotion begins.

Nevermind

Arperum

@murgatroid99 Exactly. So the free game should not be calculated into the bloody price. or it should not be called free.

GnomeSlice

They're showing their price compared to steam's

For some reason @Arperum is really mad about this so why don't we just talk about something else

Chippies

@Arperum it just shows a comparison to the normal pricing

GnomeSlice

like how fun The Culling is

Fluttershy

I still don't see where the free game is calculated into the price.

Arperum

21:59

@Chippies Yes. Which means you don't get a free game. you just get a discount on the bundle. I understand you basically get it for free, but that's not what the thing says. It says that you get a 74% discount AND a free game. WHich you do not get. You get a 10% discount and a free game. Or a 74% discount and no free game.

@Fluttershy They calculate it into the baseprice on which they calculate the 74%.

murgatroid99

@Arperum It doesn't actually say that. It says "you get a 74% discount" and it separately says "you get a free game"

Chippies

@Arperum it does not say you get a 74% discount AND a free game

GnomeSlice

It says "Free Game! 74% discount!"

Chippies

you get two games at a 74% discount OR 10% discount on culling and a free lichdom

murgatroid99

It's like saying "50% off" and "buy one, get one free". It doesn't mean you get both discounts, they're just different ways of saying the same thing

GnomeSlice

22:00

@StrixVaria @Fluttershy Paragon get

Arperum

8 mins ago, by Arperum

Chippies

none of the image ads imply that there's more than 10% discount

Arperum

That image looks like it gives both to me.

murgatroid99

@Arperum Those are clearly different descriptions calculated from different values

Chippies

more words so you can udnerstand better

you save 75% by getting the free game, compared to buying them separately

GnomeSlice

22:02

I think everybody in here understands how the deal works and nobody is going to change their mind

Arperum

gives up and goes washing dishes

Nate Kerkhofs

Wait, the culling is a survival horror game, right?

Chippies

I got the flu and I'm sick and I have to go to work later, or else I'm not getting paid for easter holidays

yay for part time job

GnomeSlice

@NateKerkhofs Not at all

@NateKerkhofs It's basically The Hunger Games: The Game

Nate Kerkhofs

So basically survival

Does it have a decent singleplayer?

GnomeSlice

22:03

@NateKerkhofs zero

@NateKerkhofs sort of, the last survivor wins but the goal is to kill everyone else

Nate Kerkhofs

Okay, that's enough for me

I don't have any friends to play with, which means that I'm reliant on cheaters, quitters and stupid people in random matchmaking

that's why I play singleplayer

GnomeSlice

@NateKerkhofs Haven't seen any cheaters yet, and there's no teams. Free for all.

I mean there's a team mode where it's teams of two, but free for all is the big one

Nate Kerkhofs

Doesn't matter. part of the enjoyment in versus multiplayer is outsmarting your opponent

GnomeSlice

Yeah, you can place traps and shit

It's really fun

There's snares you can make, spike traps, gas traps around the island

Nate Kerkhofs

and I don't get much fun out of outsmarting people who can't tell attack from jump

GnomeSlice

22:07

ＴＨＲＩＬＬＨＯＵＳＥ

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ardaozkal

Bundle Checking System: Works.

Chippies

@ardaozkal instead of DoSing the website, why don't you just use isthereanydeal.com ?

ardaozkal

Bundles != Individual Games

Isthereanydeal doesn't check bundles afaik

Chippies

@ardaozkal well then you "afail" very hard, because it does

isthereanydeal.com/specials

if you subscribe to it, it emails you all the bundles

once a day

ardaozkal

@Chippies not those bundles

store.steampowered.com/bundle/230 for example

isthereanydeal.com/#/page:game/info?plain=borderlandstriplepack < it does get this, but it doesn't get the actual percent for individual games in it.

Chippies

22:13

@ardaozkal well, that's not a game bundle...

ardaozkal

It is a "Steam Bundle"

user15026

@ardaozkal image not found?

GnomeSlice

Megaman stuff

@AshleyNunn works for me

Chippies

@ardaozkal so?

user15026

Hm, refreshed and I still don't see it

Chippies

22:14

steam doesn't only sell games these days

ardaozkal

@AshleyNunn pw is known for spam mails, your workplace might have it banned.

user15026

@ardaozkal I'm at home

ardaozkal

@Chippies store.steampowered.com/bundle/257

Oh, then I have no idea why it doesn't work.

Chippies

@ardaozkal I don't understand what you're trying to tell me here? You linked yourself to the isthereanydeal listing of that bundle

ardaozkal

My actual reason is that "bundle". You can get TPS for 4$ if you own the others.

Chippies

22:16

@ardaozkal that... is not how bundles work...

you still have to pay the full price for it, regardless of what you own from the bundle

ardaozkal

But isthereanydeal just says "yeah that costs 20$ now", it doesn't say prices for individual games.

@Chippies No.

This is a new addition to steam that allows extra discount.

Dragonrage

@AshleyNunn no work today?

ardaozkal

Do you have Valve complete but only some games in it? If not, try this link store.steampowered.com/bundle/232 if you are logged in, it'll do a special discount.

user15026

@Dragonrage Since I work saturdays my weekend is sun/monday

Chippies

@ardaozkal huh, so it is

StrixVaria

22:18

@GnomeSlice cool. Not sure when I'll be able to play because of some family stuff :(

Dragonrage

@AshleyNunn ah, that would explain it. i was pretty sure you worked somewhat similar hours in the day as i do

GnomeSlice

@StrixVaria Hope everything's okay, np

Dragonrage

just didnt know the days you worked

music

ardaozkal

I do reinvent the wheel sometimes, but not this time.

GnomeSlice

neat

StrixVaria

22:19

@GnomeSlice it's not, but that's life. Heading off to be with family now.

ardaozkal

@GnomeSlice Totally, I'm planning to make a notifier that will mail people (and display it on the website) that want if the bundles go on discount. As I said, TPS costs 4$ or smth right now if you have BL1 and BL2.

store.steampowered.com/bundle/257

GnomeSlice

TPS? BL1? BL2?

$61.18 lol

oops

Chippies

@ardaozkal idk how you're getting 4$ though

GnomeSlice