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17:00
So the bagel place was a lie. It's just the production facility over here, sadly
Tim Horton's is actually open, though! Got some inoffensive but meh food from them. Came back to leftover Pizza from a meeting so it all worked out
@twobugs I've had this happen. Google Maps told me there was a bagel place near my last apartment. I tried to go there one day, and it was actually an apartment complex. I was confused and disappointed.
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Q: Steam has "forgotten" all of the shared libraries on the device

Ilya ChernomordikI have a shared library from my friend. I was able to play it fine until today, now it says that that it has to be authorized again on this device and asks to send a request to a friend to do that which in turn fails: "In order to allow game sharing the owner must login to this machine..." which...

17:19
@Sterno Have you considered just being better at the game? I find it helps a lot.
All right, now we just got even more free food. Best Workplace
@twobugs Is this that job where they wouldn't tell you the salary before you started working there, or am I mixing you up with someone else?
This was that job, but that had a lot to do with the recruiter being a complete doofus
He kept giving them inaccurate info and was supposed to be discussing salary and whatnot but just... wouldn't
ah okay
Basically I see no reason to work with recruiters again. This guy didn't lie or anything like others have but he also made the process more annoying than it needed to be by far
17:26
@twobugs I didn't know you were Canadian! :o
I still remember one job where it was like "Hey, you'll be making $30/hr as a contractor!" :) "You got the job, you'll be making $23/hr" :|
Nah, but I do live in Canada Jr.
@StrixVaria Google will lie to you pretty quick. It tells people there's a bridge to Kentucky by my office. But it's actually a toll ferry that's been out of commission for almost a year.
@twobugs ?
Michigan
Oh. Okay.
@Fluttershy I actually reported a bridge near me that was out last summer, and they updated the map to not route people that way until it was done being built.
Not even as an employee, just with my personal account.
user15026
17:34
I've usually just updated like closed businesses and stuff.
Isn't Waze a Google brand now too?
Cops around here got mad at Waze. They'd setup Waze accounts to mark parked cop cars/speed traps as 'not accurate'. Waze now weighs accounts that only mark information inaccurate close to zero compared to accounts that mark content useful in addition to other features.
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Discovered we still have a handful of users on dialup connections. I feel bad for them. :(
It blows my mind that Al Franken is still a congressdude. Reading an article about him calling for Oculus to release information about the wealth of data they collect on you as you use their headset
user15026
17:40
(Although I don't know if it is because we don't offer anything else, or if they've just been grandfathered from when we did dialup and they never upgraded)
I remember thinking he was going to be a bad congresser because writing funny words is pretty clearly different from actually legislating. But he seems to be doing a pretty good job
From SNL writer, to comedian, to senator. He's always had a foot in politics.
Yeah, but there's a difference between making fun of politicians and actually doing stuff. I'm just glad he's being a good senator
17:54
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Q: Summoned Zombies acting weird

LethaIitySo I'm summoned a spawner via: /setblock ~ ~1 ~ minecraft:mob_spawner 0 replace {SpawnData:{id:"Zombie",ArmorItems:[{},{},{},{id:skull,Damage:2,Count:1}],Attributes:[{Name:generic.followRange,Base:200}],Silent:1,LeftHanded:1,Team:"Attack",Passengers:[{id:"Squid",Air:9999999,Silent:1,Team:"Attack...

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Q: Great Chaos Fireball from Chancellor Wellager

KritnerI'm going for the platinum trohpy hopefully prior to DS3 hitting the US next week and I think I'm down to just a handful of spells/hexes/miracles. One of the NPCs sells a spell or two that you would otherwise get from covenant ranking. Info on Chancellor Wellager. According to this, bonfire as...

Fuck, I have a heap corruption bug, and I don't know where it's coming from. I don't know why it's happening.
@MBraedley Are you sure it's the heap? Are you writing to any arrays without checking bounds? Are you using anything after freeing it? Are you holding any pointers to anything on the stack that may become invalid?
Also, try valgrind
@murgatroid99 It's complaining on delete []ion, but the size it's trying to delete is the same size that was used in new[]
I may be writing past the end of the array, but the debugger should catch that and say "no no no!"
@MBraedley Is it the same pointer? Are you sure it's only getting deleted once?
@murgatroid99 Considering that the same code works with just a slight settings difference, I'm pretty confident that I'm double freeing it.
18:09
Maybe you need a shared pointer. Or a unique pointer.
> At some point in its history, there was some kind of debate(1) in the USA about whether the states could leave the USA after they had joined it, and the people who said that it was not possible finally convinced the other people
That's one way of putting it
I hand this array off to a third party lib, which makes a copy of the contents, and then I'm left to delete the array. I could probably throw it in a std::vector, but I don't know if I can hand that off to the this particular function.
@MBraedley SPANK SPANK
@MBraedley That seems pretty straightforward. Are you sure it makes a copy? Are you sure it doesn't delete the array?
@murgatroid99 Yes, because this same code runs just fine in another situation that is only marginally different.
18:14
@AshleyNunn dialup still beats the crap out of whatever mobile service you could get in some of the remoter parts
@MBraedley I'll rephrase: are you sure it always makes a copy? And that it never tries to delete the array?
Are those guaranteed in the API?
@murgatroid99 There is no reason for the API call to act differently in these two situations.
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@badp Oh, yeah, I'm not knocking it, I just didn't know before today that it was a thing my company provided.
@MBraedley spite, despair, hatred. Computers have FEELINGS, man, and Perl feels very clingy
@murgatroid99 Looking closer at the call, one of the parameters that I pass in says I get to keep the pointer. I wonder what will happen if I tell it to take ownership and not delete the pointer myself. I fear a memory leak.
18:24
Dialup is definitely better than nothing. But it still sucks!
though I don't envy having to deal with C++ crashes
@MBraedley If you do that, you would probably have to use whatever allocator that corresponds to how they try to deallocate the memory.
@murgatroid99 We'll see. It just takes a pointer and a size.
What I mean is that if it tries to free the pointer, it will fail if the array was allocated with new[]. And if it tries to delete[] the pointer, it will fail if the array was allocated with calloc
Well it's not crashing...
@murgatroid99 Yeah, I get that. Memory didn't seem to be leaking...
Unfortunately, nothing is showing up on the screen (the array is image data).
18:30
@MBraedley So, you're passing the same data, but indicating that you're transferring ownership of the pointer, and that's changing the behavior of the function?
@murgatroid99 Yep
Actually, I'm not sure if I'm transfering ownership or not.
But the behaviour has changed.
No, it seems I have to use the parameter that I was using before.
Gaah.. Gotta make it to 5. Then will have exactly 3 hours for DM prep.
@MadMAxJr A lot of comedians are into politics, funnily enough. Some of them use their bits to express their opinions
18:46
@GnomeSlice Any thoughts on Stories: The Path of Destinies?
Not familiar with that one
been busy
Busy playing The Culling and Dark Souls? :P
This is weird. Offering some support for one of this companies products to one of my former coworkers
19:09
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Q: Can you change the difficulty settings in System Shock after you start the game?

DerekI'm finding that I don't like the difficulty options I chose at the start of System Shock. Is it possible to change them part-way through the game, either via an in-game option or even possibly by editing a save file? It would be frustrating if I have to start completely over at this point.

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@twobugs Small world....
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Q: How to un-enrage a wave in GemCraft: Chasing Shadows?

GothdoI accidentally enraged a wave that I didn't want to enrage. Is there any way to undo this?

WTF!?! Now everything is working!
CODE, WHY YOU DO THIS TO ME!?
user15026
19:25
Gremlins?
Must be
I did make some other changes, but nothing that should magically make it work
Mind you, it shouldn't have been broken in the first place.
@AshleyNunn Right?
Anyway, as I was about to email him my email started not working so I had a panic attack and I couldn't find our tech support person for about 15 minutes
Then I finally see her, and she comes over to my desk
Everything works and she thinks I am crazy now :|
@MBraedley If you don't know why it isn't working, then any change could make it start working
The fun part is when code you know is wrong consistently produces the right result.
Two wrongs don't make a right, but sometimes two bugs do produce correct output
19:30
@MadMAxJr I've had that happen before too
And three bugs causes a singularity from which no data can escape.
Also, why does TortoiseSVN still host their downloads at SourceForge? I know they've improved since the ownership change, but I am out of good will for them.
@murgatroid99 This is the nicest thing anyone has ever said about me
@murgatroid99 sometimes @twobugs is better than @onebug
Actually, the ads are still terribad.
user15026
19:34
@twobugs You're new, its okay, it will be fine :)
#thingsihaveenoughof https://t.co/6cxeQlH13p
Product only works when viewed by other employees. Proposed solution: Extract other employee eyeball, point at screen eternally.
It just annoys me that it was working fine until I needed it, then it stopped, then it started working immediately when I brought in backup
@twobugs just thank her for getting it working
Already did :) I wonder if my coworker will comment on it being me despite me pointing it out in a super obvious way
19:41
coworker was female
 was plot to get coworker close to @twobugs
Sorry, I meant my ex-coworker I was fielding the support response for
Who is a guy. A kinda weird guy.
Twist: one of the @twobugs is attracted to guys.
There is nothing wrong with that!
2 mins ago, by djsmiley2k
 was plot to get coworker close to @twobugs
19:44
i'm so confused agian :~D
@djsmiley2k I am of the firm belief that @twobugs is actually literally two bugs using a Stack Exchange account.
also a possiblity.
I will neither confirm or deny that allegation
then theres the possiblity that everyone else is just AI in stack exchange, and only me and @twobugs are real
unless, stack exchange has learnt to play Destiny,....
Hmm... back to Dark Souls?
19:45
SO CONFUSING.
Or play something else?
Yah dark souls
while i sob
My monitor kept blanking earlier and I have no clue why
I'm gonna play more Dark Souls 2 tonight and stream it!
I don't want to turn on my PS4 to check it again
Probably some Hyper Light Drifter as well
19:47
I'm trying to figure out whether I should go ahead and do Darkroot Garden or try to complete the DLC first.
I never played the DS1 DLC. I heard it was quite good though
I need shelves in here D:
So I spent a while trying to get this one thing working only to find out it wasn't working for the stupidest reason
Oh well. At least it works now
Hey chrono.gg supports paypal apparently
@KevinvanderVelden yeah, for a week or smth, its really nice that it got the support.
*since last week
19:59
@Yuuki DLC. You get a special reaction from Sif if you do the DLC first. I won't spoil it though.
Hydra is dedz0rz.
Still haven't gotten the Rusted Iron Ring though.
@Yuuki I don't remember where you get that. :(
@Wipqozn How would you know?
@Fluttershy Revisiting the Undead Asylum.
Haven't made the effort because I'm lazy.
That and I keep forgetting about it whenever I head back to Firelink.
It begins (again) https://t.co/eTrJOmj66e
mah desk
20:13
Things I miss from Dark Souls 2: ability to two-hand your off-weapon.
@Yuuki you can do that if you don't have anything in your main hand, can't you?
@Chippies Yeah, but I like being able to two-hand my shield even while wielding a weapon.
Consumes less stamina when you block.
@Yuuki how does that even work?
@Chippies Actually, no you can't.
also, do you have a separate button to dual wield main and off hands?
20:16
@Chippies In Dark Souls 2, you hold the stance change button.
because that just seems confusing
stance change button?
@Yuuki is that a new addition? I don't recall DS1 having such a thing
@djsmiley2k Switch between one-handing and two-handing.
o that burttron
20:17
oh that one
If you're able to dual-wield your weapons, it dual-wields.
If not, it two-hands your off-weapon.
iirc on ps4 that makes you use 2 hands ur main wep
oh
:O
@Yuuki I don't think there's any weapons you can't two hand in DS1
have you tried having a shield in main hand?
Two-handing a shield in your main hand doesn't let you block.
afaik, anything in main hand can be two handed
20:19
You get a bash attack and a shield charge attack.
anything that's being two handed uses left triggers too
so I'd assume you can block, but Idk
you can block with two handed weapons
@Yuuki Oh yeah... That second asylum demon is awful.
so why not a two handed shield?
Doesn't work the same as it does in Dark Souls 2.
If you wield a normal weapon in your off-hand and shield in your main-hand, you can only block with the weapon unless you two-hand the shield.
And you can't two-hand your off-weapon.
@Yuuki I don't understand what you're trying to say
20:22
It's really a minor issue but it's something I miss.
you can block with a shield in main hand while having a weapon in off hand?
He's saying you can't two hand block with a shield in Dark Souls 1
@twobugs but is that actually true?
You could do this in 2, but it was weird
yeah, it sucks
20:22
@twobugs Just tried it out and you can using the left buttons.
So @Yuuki was wrong the whole time?
when you two hand something, you can use both right and left triggers
But you can't block with a shield in your main hand if you're not two-handing it.
Wow, I hate you all
also two handing weapons give you almost no defence, but slightly helpful with ghosts
20:23
@twobugs Semi-wrong.
@Yuuki but if you're doing that, you may as well have it in off hand
@Parzival some weapons have pretty good block rates
@Chippies There's some minor utility in being able to switch between one-handed and two-handed blocking.
Two-handed blocking increases stability and decreases stamina consumption.
I wouldn't know, shields are for pussies
ooooooooh burrrrrrn
@Chippies true, but not as good as a sheild that blocks 100% of all damage, I use an enhanced grass crest sheild.
but seriously, shields are for parrying only or a rare just-in-case-but-i-hope-i-don't-get-hit-anyway block
20:24
thats bull
Nah, shields are super useful
agreed
@Parzival well, yeah, but reducing dmg by 60% is better than taking full dmg
You just shouldn't over-rely on them if you want to go into NG+ or higher since stability doesn't continue to scale
With how weird some of the attack animations are, it's useful to block with a shield instead of trying to dodge-roll straight into a smash.
20:25
there's only two shields I ever use - grass crest for stamina and dragon crest for the magic resist
@Chippies grass crest shield builds stamina slowly and blocks 95%, which is almost notheing
@Parzival you don't need to have it out though for the stamina effect
@Chippies yes you do, same with drake sword and everything else.
as in, you can two hand your main hand and receive the shield effect as long as it's in your off hand
I also like having a shield to turtle while I figure out animations and tells.
20:26
true
(Which is where two-handing shields for the bonus stability and lower stamina consumption comes in handy)
yeah, but having a kick ass weapon helps as well.
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Q: Save point in enter the gungeon

Deepak BalaI managed to defeat Gatling gull and the twin bullets on chamber one. Chamber two is a little more difficult; I get creamed after visiting 3-5 rooms. When I die it sends me back to chamber 1 with the same character or a new one. Does this game have a save of sorts which would let you start from ...

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Q: Blaster damage over multiple ranges

ParzivalI've noticed that the weapons in Battlefront do a lot of damage at close quarters, but the damage reduces with distance. Is there a formula for this? And if so, is it the same for all weapons?

20:28
@Chippies Jokes aside, blocking is more efficient when you're trying to learn your opponent.
literally dark souls
XD
Shields are great. They removed them in Bloodborne because they were just too effective
@Yuuki I find blocking to be great for trash mobs, but not so much for bosses
Granted, Bloodborne gave you so many I-frames and so much stamina it didn't really matter
20:29
bosses will just use up your stamina if you block and you'll die faster than you would if you just rolled away
Not really, you can block most boss attacks and punish
@Chippies That's why you don't hold your block like an idiot.
No wonder you don't like shields.
I mean yeah, if you just hold block the whole time you're going to be frustrated
I used to play with shields until I learned that being naked and rolling made me a better player than blocking in a full set of armor
Most bosses have enough downtime between attacks that you can drop your block and recover stamina back to full before the next attack.
20:30
You're describing something totally different now
@Yuuki true enough, but if you have that much stamina you just win. lol
Nobody is saying you should skip the best roll animation
@Yuuki not if a boss hits you with 2-3 hit attack that drains most of your stamina with each hit
@Chippies I've never had that happen in any souls game on just NG
I think my biggest issue with shields is that I can't decide quickly enough if I should roll or block
20:30
NG+ maybe
@twobugs we must be playing different games then :P
You must just be using crappy shields
@Chippies You'd take less damage than if you predicted an attack badly and rolled past the first hit in the combo but got wrecked by the next two.
@Fluttershy lol busted
I haven't been following games as much lately
The point is that shields are extremely useful for bosses that you haven't encountered yet.
Yes, if you know an enemy inside and out, you should probably be rolling around while two-handing your zweihander, but that's a risky proposition if you know nothing about your opponent.
20:32
I think they're really useful in general. Dodging might be more efficient but it's higher risk for only slightly higher reward
who doesn't know whats coming? thats what wiki's are for.
@Yuuki We just play different and that's okay :P I'm not gonna lie, I spend a lot of time running back to the boss when I first try to kill it
dying a lot has taught me how to avoid trash mobs and travel quickly from point A to B
I just don't trust shields tbh
every time I die while blocking, I get frustrated, because if I had died while rolling, at least I tried
maybe I should attempt to kill Gwyn again...
i'm not very far in the game
first time I tried, he looked so easy, I almost got him dead
and then with every next attempt I did worse and worse
@GnomeSlice Check it out. It looks pretty great.
20:36
it's an issue I have, my skills drop the longer I do something without a break :/
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Q: League of Legends - Super Low FPS

FelicceI know this topic has been discussed a few times, but I have never found a solution to my problem, so I will try it this way.. First of all, I only play League of Legends, so I don't know whether this is a game issue or my pc. After buying my pc a few years ago, I tested the game and set the fra...

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Q: What floors are cage keys on?

PowerlordAre Cage Keys always located on the same floor as Cages? I found a cage on Floor 3 in one of my runs, but didn't find a Cage Key to unlock it. However, there was an area of the floor I couldn't reach because it was behind a spiked floor that I needed some sort of flight (i.e. Jetpack) to reach.

Oh yeah, I need to go the Duke's Archives before I can go to the DLC.
Which means Sen's Fortress and Anor Londo.
Which means Ornstein and Smough. Good luck! :D
gotta love a game that kills you over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over...
20:47
oh dark souls, why do you always choose to use my Logitech G13 gamepad as a controller instead of my actual controller... the G13 isn't even a controller...
@Fluttershy I beat them third try this time around
even with shitty cleric
HOLY FUCK THEY DID IT! Congrats, SpaceX!
Can't remember but does reinforcing armor lowering its weight?
Eurgh, gonna need 32 Endurance to fast roll in Elite Knight armor.
Even with Havel's Ring.
And don't feel like using two ring slots to make my equip load manageable.
Oh, forgot to account for weapons, it's gonna be even higher.
Well, Dark Souls 2 is definitely easier on equip burden.
user15026
21:05
@MBraedley ???
@AshleyNunn They landed the first stage on a droneship!
user15026
That's awesome!
user15026
I love that my Twitter feed right now is pretty much OMG ROCKETS
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21:22
@Yuuki Mid roll is serviceable
That's what I go for on my armored classes
@AshleyNunn I don't use Twitter, but that's how I am!
user15026
It's so awesome :D
@AshleyNunn ...I may be partially responsible for this...
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Q: Killing NPC's in Dark Souls

ParzivalMy strategy for meeting anyone in Dark Souls is: See if they have anything I can use, if so, get it. Put on best armor and equip best weapons and spells. Kill the NPC, if I can. I have a feeling that this strategy will come back to bite me in the but later on, but killing them is so rewarding...

user15026
@MBraedley Just a touch, but it's more than just you. :) And I'm super excited too so its all good :)
21:39
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Q: How do I melee with Boba Fett?

ParzivalWhen I'm Boba Fett, I keep getting killed by people who come up to me and popping a personal shield and then meleeing me and taking a lot of health, how do I melee back? I realize I could use the flamethrower, but I like to keep it charged for use against heros and large groups.

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Q: Fallout 4 pip boy companion app wifi requirement

user320055So, I've gotten the pip boy companion app, thinking I could use it offline simply by using the local connection that goes between my wireless printer and my pc. Since it is technically a wifi connection, albeit one without internet, I thought it ought to work. However, when I connect both my PC a...

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Q: Is there any reward for gaining all the collectibles in Valiant Hearts: The Great War?

ParzivalI love this game, and have explored it almost all the way, and I have all of the collectibles... except one. I want to know if there is any reward for finding all the collectibles in this particular game.

22:04
... Forgot how annoying those f--king cats are.
It's quiet today.
For copied content.
It's a straight copy paste from Wikipedia.
i need ~1300 more rep for that
@Frank got it fam
@Fluttershy my 1300 rep, or @franks veto?
22:11
Forgot to link the reply.
user15026
22:25
@Parzival Please don't just copy/paste from Wikipedia for tag wikis.
> As a result of systems maintenance, this service is not available at this time.
Why are you doing maintenance during tax season?
(This is the Canada Revenue Agency website, BTW)
Also, Americans, you have a week to file your taxes. Canadians, you have about 3 weeks to file your taxes.
(Someone should pin that)
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cough @AshleyNunn cough
I like listening to lore videos, but I really dislike VaatiVidya's style.
Which really sucks because he's like the only person who does Dark Souls lore.
I need someone who voices in CGPGrey-style but for video game lore.
i liked his style actually
What didn't you like about it?
He explained his process really well
I feel like it's too soft and "atmospheric".
11 mins ago, by MBraedley
(Someone should pin that)
22:50
So... all of our kitchen cutlery has mysteriously disappeared.
Well, except for the shears and the butcher's knife.
user15026
@Yuuki Gremlins?
Yeah, my santoku has been missing for a week and now I suddenly can't find the Western-style chef's knife.
And the Chinese chef's knife is also gone.
I am unskilled in knifework as it is, I don't think I can do much with a cleaver and a pair of kitchen shears.
user15026
Yeah, that's getting tricky. Any idea where the knives could have gone off to?
I'm thinking maybe someone took them to their room, but I don't see why.

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