The Bridge

Unionhawk

15:00

Professional diver, anyway

Well, non-teaching-status professional diver

MadMAxJr

I'm a professional vote to closer.

Unionhawk

Oh, so you're a member of PACV? (professional association of close voters)

Wipqozn

@Unionhawk As a professional diver, can you instruct me on how to best clean my Laptop using scuba gear?

Unionhawk

@Wipqozn Don't. Next question.

Wipqozn

10

Q: How do I safely clean a laptop using scuba gear?

I have a laptop that keeps getting dust in it and I have a complete diving equipment (tank regulator BCD ext.). Now normally you would blow out a laptop using a compressed air can and I was wondering if there is a safe(not like using a vacuum with all the risk of static electricity) way to use th...

like how does this only have 5 downvotes

StrixVaria

15:02

@Unionhawk But if the laptop was really dirty and literally all you had was scuba gear.

Wipqozn

At least that sit e seems to have finally died

Unionhawk

RIP Lifehacks

Lazers 2.0

-2

Q: For CODBO 2 PC i need quick help plzz a soon as possible..send it to my email

Im having a problem with black ops 2 not opening at all not even bringing a window and saying not responding it is just no loading MY SPEC graphics_ card intel hd graphics processor_intel core i3 m370 cores-4 os windows 7 ram 6gb Plz reply me to my id quick I will be thankful Viratbakshi4@Gmail...

pc

badp

@Unionhawk how can I use an oxygen tank to tie my shoelaces

MadMAxJr

Hey, I need diving tips but I also only have a plastic freezer bag for an air supply.

Unionhawk

15:03

I HATE ALL OF YOU

ardaozkal

OH NO

Unionhawk

Except @twobugs I guess

ardaozkal

Unionhawk

l3clipboard

badp

@Unionhawk is a fish bowl good enough for diving

Unionhawk

15:06

No, you should not drink and dive. (I'm disappointed that Fish Bowl (drink) is not a wikipedia page)

Though I guess it's not a drink as much as it is a way of serving a group

ardaozkal

STARTING NOOOOW

Unionhawk

STILL THOUGH

two bugs

@Unionhawk Yay

Ktash

@ardaozkal Beat me to it

ardaozkal

I was ready on wednesday

Yuuki

15:11

@fredley Part of me wonders if France and Germany will block the UK from joining the EEA out of pure spite.

KutuluMike

it sounds like France is getting in line to Article 50 itself now, too

ardaozkal

5k already

wow

near 6k

StrixVaria

If Scotland leaves the UK would they change the British flag?

Since right now it's a combination of England/Scotland/North Ireland

ardaozkal

6k

two bugs

The Divided Kingdom!

Sterno

15:26

@Unionhawk You had me all excited it was gone. Don't tease me like that.

ardaozkal

Unionhawk

I mean, it's not dead, but it's inactive or whatever

ardaozkal

I might add covers of the games that are going to be played

KutuluMike

@Sterno does SE ever prune dead sites after they've made it to public beta?

I thought they just left them in public beta forever

Sterno

So if I donate do I list the donation as "Arqade" or "Arqade.com"?

two bugs

15:29

Despite my better judgment I ended up buying some Steam games yesterday

Ktash

@Sterno If you donate using the link, you can use any website. Otherwise it won't get added to our site directly

If you did donate and it doesn't get added, just let me know and I can add it to my matching :)

Sterno

K

two bugs

In my defense DOOM being 40% off already is a damn steal

ardaozkal

@Sterno you are a great person

@Ktash you are a great person

Sterno

Donation ahoy

Ktash

15:39

Hey, look, and Arqadian won a t-shirt :D

ardaozkal

another donation from an arqadian

I think that they forgot to use the link

Ktash

Looks like we have 3 donations in our tracker

MadMAxJr

Blocked by work filter. Booooo.

user15026

@KutuluMike they used to but now I think they just leave them in beta forever

Frank

Zestiria has an extra skill system I'm not sure I'm a fan of.

Private Pansy

15:53

> European markets have been well and truly spanked, however

Dear BBC: Thank you for this used of the word 'spanked'

ardaozkal

@Ktash so close

Sterno

I dislike xaml

Lazers 2.0

0

Q: I cant custom my skin because there is no button that says custom skins

Every time I go an minecraft to Change my skin there is no button to change my skin. I hate it please help

technical-issues

MBraedley

@Lazers2.0 (sigh)

Lazers 2.0

0

Q: On a xbox 360, can wireless be turned off?

I would like to know if I can turn off WiFi on an Xbox 360. Thanks

ps3 wifi xbox

ardaozkal

16:15

WHY IS THIS A THING

murgatroid99

Because some people have problems with fine motor functions

GodEmperorDune

@twobugs tbh the game is not as important as the streamer

user15026

@ardaozkal because people with disabilities?

ardaozkal

... makes sense

Private Pansy

GodEmperorDune

16:21

@ardaozkal yeah ease of use can be a bit annoying when it comes on but it is very helpful to people who need it

ardaozkal

I didn't think of the accessibility part

GodEmperorDune

@PrivatePansy wat

the brits are supposed to be smart

two bugs

@GodEmperorDune Okay, well I'll figure something out then

Anyway today is going GREAT so far. Unrelated: I might be Hitler

3

GodEmperorDune

they didn't know that they were part of the european union?!

two bugs

In lunchtime Hearthstone I went 3-0 today... forced someone to concede on his third turn

GodEmperorDune

16:23

@twobugs nah i think trump, boris johnson and nigel farage have that covered

Private Pansy

@GodEmperorDune I now imagine scientists in lab coats going around kindergartens asking toddlers if they think the UK should be a member of the EU

two bugs

@GodEmperorDune Yeah but does Trump make people concede in just two turns?

One turn per bug, you see

GodEmperorDune

@twobugs only if they have low energy

two bugs

Hearthstone does not work that way!

badp

waterfordwhispersnews.com/2016/06/24/…

6

GodEmperorDune

16:24

@PrivatePansy to be fair, word choice in polls is a huge thing and can wildly affect the outcome

badp

@GodEmperorDune well look at how they voted

GodEmperorDune

although i don't know why they didn't have the ballot say "should the UK leave the european union"

considering the campaign was all about "leave"

Lazers 2.0

0

Q: Do the new command blocks still cause lag by sending a bunch of packets?

So basically in 1.8 the was a 63 block update limit (as explained here) My question is when the command blocks changed, does the server still send packets every tick telling the client that the command block were powered? If so is there anything I can do to remove that so I can have a large amou...

minecraft minecraft-commands minecraft-server

badp

that said a lot of the discussion was indeed about "leave" and "remain"

two bugs

Vote to LEAVE HELL or vote to REMAIN HELL

badp

16:28

You have successfully left HELL to join HYPER HELL

(MEGA HELL is the next step)

Trent Hawkins

Tv service went down- go to check internet, cable is down, phone them; known issue. tv/internet/phone are down in my area... so why would anyone want all three from from the same provider? Service goes down and you have no means of contacting support.

murgatroid99

@TrentHawkins cell phone?

Trent Hawkins

... oh well, I'll just take this time to get caught up on FiM while playing DS games.

two bugs

I'm confused. There seems to be a lot of fear about other countries taking Brexit-like leave of the EU but... why?

It's not working out very well so far...

Private Pansy

@twobugs IT'S THE PRINCIPLE OF IT THAT MATTERS

Studoku

16:35

Most of the debates I've been in have accepted that leaving was the wrong choice

two bugs

Well yes, that is important

It just seems weird that there's this fear of it cascading

GodEmperorDune

@twobugs because it shows the EU as weak

two bugs

When the consequences seem pretty clear

Studoku

we're debating whether peoples' right to vote is more important than the greater good

two bugs

@GodEmperorDune Right, but why would people want to leave?

Studoku

16:36

an alarming amount of otherwise intelligent people think that 51% of people are right

two bugs

It's weakening the UK's economy significantly

Studoku

@twobugs Watch idiocracy

that's basically what's happening

Unionhawk

Insert relevant xkcd

GodEmperorDune

@twobugs leave campaign basically convinced them that they could leave the EU and still have all the benefits of the EU without the drawbacks by "renegotiating the deals"

Studoku

insert logical fallacy infographic about appeal to authority

two bugs

16:37

@Studoku I don't like this movie

Studoku

It's like 1984

two bugs

@GodEmperorDune Ah, so it's about ridiculous elements in other nations duping the populace

SaintWacko

Keep in mind that they still don't actually have to leave

Trent Hawkins

@murgatroid99 That could also work and is how I'm on the bridge now, Shaw doesn't dabble in cell service (yet?). But there is a provider (MTS) that does everything; tv, internet, home phone, and cell phone... they drop all service, and you,'ve got to hoof it to a store (or, at least a pay phone if you can find one (though those are also mts))

Studoku

a scary vision of what the future will be

Unionhawk

16:37

It's not a goddamn documentary

two bugs

I don't even like it as a movie and I don't think it makes good arguments

I think Brave New World is more accurate in terms of chilling predictions

GodEmperorDune

@twobugs people are rightfully upset about their economic conditions, and blaming them on "eurocrats" is easier to swallow than "the entire economy is shifting and no one has any idea about how to smooth that transition or where it will end up"

badp

@Unionhawk I thought it was a walkthrough

@GodEmperorDune 1. not at all 2. poorly

you can trust me, I'm an expert

The Expert (Short Comedy Sketch)

►

brexit.mov

two bugs

I get that people are upset about things changing but things change no matter what

It's similar to Trump and his notion of American Manufacturing

Just tarifs on everything will not recreate the economy

GodEmperorDune

@twobugs yes it is

the manufacturing jobs are gone to places with cheaper wages, and when those wages rise they will go to robots which are cheaper than human labor

two bugs

16:43

There's a saying - microchips stole more jobs than mexicans ever did.

GodEmperorDune

when the big tech companies start to succeed with AI it will start to push out the thinking style jobs as well (but that is much further out)

two bugs

Scientists successful in first British Accent transplant

GodEmperorDune

so if robots are better at doing physical things and AI is better at doing thinking things, then what the hell are the humans going to do all day?

two bugs

Explore space like in Star Trak

GodEmperorDune

@twobugs that would be awesome

two bugs

16:45

Just watch out for those holodecks

GodEmperorDune

they just have to make a holodeck where you can't turn the safety protocols off

and have an airgap so it can't take over the ship's computers

two bugs

Yeah until Obama wants a holodeck override for the FBI

Wipqozn

Thousands Of British Refugees Make Dangerous Journey Across The Irish Sea

I think that's satire... but I'm not sure

GodEmperorDune

31 mins ago, by badp

http://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2016/06/24/thousands-of-british-refugees-make-d‌angerous-journey-across-the-irish-sea/

half an hour ago's news today, with @Wipqozn

Wipqozn

@GodEmperorDune so tempted to mod abuse that away.

GodEmperorDune

16:56

@Wipqozn mod on mod abuse best mod abuse

Wipqozn

MUST RESIST THE URGE TO MOD ABUSE

Unionhawk

remember that @badp can perform counter mod abuse

Wipqozn

and then I can counter with more mod abuse!

It would just be mod abuse all the way done

two bugs

@Wipqozn I think this is how WW3 gets started

Clearly we need a modabuse cold war right now

ardaozkal

lol

GodEmperorDune

17:03

didn't some of TNG say that world war three started in the mid 21st century? now we know what started it

Wipqozn

@GodEmperorDune You are correct.

Kevin van der Velden

Oh hey, oculus removes the DRM that locked it's software to the oculus headsets CC @MBraedley motherboard.vice.com/read/oculus-steps-back-drm

Frank

@KevinvanderVelden Took 'em long enough.

MBraedley

@KevinvanderVelden I have an Oculus Rift, but my friend that bought a Vive will be happy about this.

ardaozkal

9k

StrixVaria

17:15

The British are frantically Googling what the E.U. is, hours after voting to leave it

10

Wipqozn

@StrixVaria my respect for humanity grows ever larger

SaintWacko

@StrixVaria People are stupid

Lazers 2.0

0

Q: Resetting my village

How can I reset my CoC village cause I by mistake rushed my village Can I undo this? I just have absolutely shit I have been watching videos and reading information about how to do this and been talking with supercell.

clash-of-clans

Wipqozn

Brexit must start immediately, EU leaders say

badp

@StrixVaria an Ars commenter speculated that these are actually the real victims: those younger than 18

Unionhawk

17:17

> French far right touts 'Frexit,'

/flip

Wipqozn

also, I don'tsee how other countries are looking at the plummeting UK pound and are thinking "This seems like a good idea. I should leave too."

Unionhawk

Especially those on the euro

Like

Yuuki

That's a very unflattering image.

badp

"we shouldn't be the last to jump off this sinking ship" said today an italian asshole

5

who also leads a relevant party

Wipqozn

> Vladimir Putin said the result is "understandable" in light of the economic and security issues.

two bugs

17:19

"The ship is fine" "But it will sink someday!"

Wipqozn

Don't worry guys, you've got the support of Trump and Putin!

3

Unionhawk

cc @fredley

GodEmperorDune

Putin is so proud of the EU crumbling

badp

you know what, I'm in full No True Scotsman mode today

he's a small-I italian

two bugs

If Trump and Putin would just kiss already this election would be a lot more interesting

Instead they're just completing each other's authoritianism

I can only bear the foreplay for so long

StrixVaria

17:20

@badp exitalia

Dragonrage

Five reasons Brexit could signal Trump winning the White House

MadMAxJr

Trump wants tanks, but only if they come in gold.

badp

@MadMAxJr gold sharpies are good enough right?

two bugs

Putin can give Trump Judo lessons or whatever

MadMAxJr

Trump plays Bastion. Putin plays Widowmaker.

fredley

17:21

@Unionhawk :(

badp

:30599165 I thought he would be pretty gay about an EU crumbling

@fredley pls

fredley

Britain: “I want a divorce, but let’s live together for a couple of years.” EU: busy changing locks

Tweeted by Pinboard on June 24, 2016 at 5:14 PM

This is possibly what hurts the most

6

Wipqozn

@fredley oh man, you guys are so proud of being allowed to be smug about that too!

Unionhawk

\o/

Wipqozn

Oh snap

MadMAxJr

17:23

We're the UKs kid that moved out and became successful but now dad divorced mom and he's not really sure why he did it.

Wipqozn

That means Canada can be be smug against America and the UK!

MadMAxJr

Will Quebec use this to try to leave Canada again?

fredley

@MadMAxJr probably

Especially if Scotland goes

Secession. So hot right now. Secession.

MadMAxJr

Texas not only leaves the US, but rips out of the ground and becomes a flying continent.

GodEmperorDune

@fredley even gibraltar wants to join spain now

fredley

17:25

@GodEmperorDune spain wants gibraltar to join spain

two bugs

@MadMAxJr I think it'd more likely slide into the mantle

MadMAxJr

No it stays aloft by constantly firing guns.

fredley

And the alternative to gibraltar is massive amounts of pain (they rely on free movement with Spain, without EU protection of that they'd be fucked)

MadMAxJr

Spain just has to win the capture point on Gibraltar. It's not a terribly hard OW map.

2

GodEmperorDune

@fredley they've wanted that for a long time, but now they have a VERY compelling argument

StrixVaria

17:26

As much as I hate people in the South voting and having a say over what happens in sane states, I'm also terrified of what would hypothetically happen if the South seceded and then was adjacent to the country I now live in.

fredley

That feeling when you're aware of Nigel Farage

Tweeted by mattdpearce on June 23, 2016 at 11:40 PM

@GodEmperorDune yup

Unionhawk

I think I've said this before, but Nigel is an offensively british name

ardaozkal

Unionhawk

I've not run out of stars in at least 2 years

Wipqozn

@StrixVaria I'm pretty sure the solution is to just force everyone to relcoate,so there's a mixture of north and south folks in all parts of the country.

badp

17:28

@Wipqozn that was perhaps the one thing compulsory military service was good for

GodEmperorDune

@Wipqozn the south is not big on integration

Wipqozn

@MadMAxJr oh huh, didn't even think of that. They might, but given how bad Europe is likely to hurt it shouldn't pass. Like, thre's ane xample, right there, of why you should not do this thing.

badp

people from the south would serve north, people from the north would serve south

Wipqozn

@GodEmperorDune well it wouldn't be optional silly

fredley

@Wipqozn ethnic blending

badp

17:29

CLEARLY WE MUST REINTRODUCE COMPULSORY EU-WIDE MILITARY SERVICE

FOR EVERYONE UNDER MY AGE

fredley

@badp Or we could just ship northerners into London as servants, that would probably work too

MadMAxJr

Then they're all terrified they have to fight Putin.

Not the Russian army, just one Godzilla sized Putin.

badp

ITALIANS TO ICELAND, FRENCH TO ROMANIA, AUSTRIANS TO AUSTRALIA

Unionhawk

@MadMAxJr What would be scarier in a fight, one Godzilla sized putin, or one hundred putin sized Godzillas

MadMAxJr

... Are the Putin sized Godzillas politically active? This is important context.

badp

17:31

oh yeah @fredley I thought I should mention you're not dumping us, we are dumping you for australia

we don't even need a vote

fredley

I knew the whole Eurovision thing was a trojan horse

two bugs

@fredley Russia got their payback

fredley

Some fredley experiences from today: Walking around the City of London, it is deserted, nobody is on the streets, everyone is inside trying to prevent the markets going into meltdown. It's eerie. Later, cycle past Boris' house, protestors/news crews have gone, but there's still a very heavy police presence.

Welcome to Brexit Britain.

badp

SBAHJ PREDICTED THIS

MadMAxJr

I'd rather see a relevant XKCD for this topic. :|

fredley

17:33

MRW

badp

OUR LORD AND SAVIOUR ANDREW HUSSIE WARNED YOU

two bugs

Homestuck raising a homestink

badp

YOU WOULDN'T LISTEN

MBraedley

Woo, I broke a 3rd party application (as well as the API we bought from them) with a simple 21.5MB file.

Unionhawk

\o/

MadMAxJr

17:36

I thought homestuck ended? I don't have to pay attention to it anymore right?

StrixVaria

fredley

cc: @LessPop_MoreFizz

badp

Banking tips https://t.co/8Q90f056EZ

Tweeted by ajlobster on May 24, 2016 at 10:47 PM

Studoku

Just to clarify, would people genuinely prefer to go with the majority than the greater good?

because I swear I don't get humanity sometimes

MBraedley

I don't know if it's actually broken, but if it isn't, it's taking much longer to process the file than it should.

two bugs

17:38

Welcome to Democracy

Studoku

that's the thing

democracy is apparently good

but nobody can give an example of why

MadMAxJr

Well as long as The Bridge doesn't vote to leave Arqade, we're totally safe here.

Studoku

Cameron being elected?

the AV referendum?

brexit?

Unionhawk

@Wipqozn getting elected?

Studoku

Cameron again?

Sterno

17:39

There's no guarantee the non-democracy chooses the greater good.

Studoku

I'd be willing to take that risk

Unionhawk

Clearly we should have used the alternate option where @TimStone hand selects me to be moderator instead of the turtle

Sterno

@Studoku Move to Saudi Arabia?

Studoku

tempted

MBraedley

What's the Winston Churchill (I think) quote? Democracy is the worst. It's just the least worst of all the options.

SaintWacko

17:41

Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all of the other forms

Unionhawk

Everything is equally the worst, but some things are more equally the worst than others

SaintWacko

That's not exact, but it's pretty close

GodEmperorDune

nah i think it was something about urmom

badp

what really grates me is that this keeps happening. Other people vote in stupid ways and all we can do is just take it

SaintWacko

Actually I'm pretty sure it was urdad

MBraedley

17:41

@SaintWacko That's it

StrixVaria

@Studoku You can't objectively define "greater good", is the reason.

Although a straight up popular vote for things like this also has its issues, clearly.

Unionhawk

@StrixVaria "alligns with my opinions"

clearly

StrixVaria

@Unionhawk Right, that's the issue.

There was a call somewhere in history that I heard about for decisions to be made by trained professionals, economists and scientists etc., whoever has expertise for the decision.

That sounds like a nightmare to set up, but a nice pipe dream.

badp

someone in mos easley voted leave and thinks it's a good idea

Sterno

Scientists are nerds

badp

17:43

I pity da fool

Sterno

I'm a computer scientist. I count.

StrixVaria

@Sterno And if there's a bill about something computer-science related, encryption or open internet or whatever, then people like you should be consulted.

badp

@StrixVaria we had a "government of experts" in the wake of the end of our la(te)st Berlusconi sprint. It didn't go very well

StrixVaria

@badp Yeah, it sounds better in theory than I'm sure it would work in practice.

Studoku

so does democracy

Unionhawk

17:45

I nominate @Studoku to be emperor of the universe so he stops complaining about things

I mean what

fredley

The Greater Good

►

Studoku

yay

GodEmperorDune

@badp so someone on twitter came up with a list of the new brexits

StrixVaria

We should just pick like 10 forms of government, divvy up the planet into 10 areas with resources or whatever to be self-sufficient, and then everyone can choose which government they live in.

fredley

@GodEmperorDune This was posted at least 12 hours ago

two bugs

17:45

@badp Haha

GodEmperorDune

@fredley there's too many brexit memes, i can't keep up

fredley

@StrixVaria Can't have totally free movement of people and a welfare state, those two things don't add up

StrixVaria

(People keep taking me seriously, so just to clarify: I very rarely make any actual serious political suggestions.)

@fredley I meant you pick once and then you're stuck there.

Unionhawk

FOREVER

fredley

@StrixVaria are they democratic?

Unionhawk

17:46

One of them might be!

fredley

We should just stratify the globe, from the equator (most right wing) to the poles (most left wing)

Too right wing for you? Move North.

GodEmperorDune

> grexit
departugal
italeave
czechout
oustria
finish
slovakout
latervia
byegium

badp

@fredley what if I just like the weather

which I don't because I moved to the Netherlands

ardaozkal

@MadMAxJr Brexit

fredley

Belgium exit would be great, since Brussels is the capital and all

Lazers 2.0

17:49

0

Q: minecraft won't launch after the frostburn 1.10 update window 8

minecraft won't launch after the frostburn 1.10 update window 8 try re downloading java that didn't work and redownloaded mc nothing really work here's a image of the game output and launcher log have any question ask me http://imgur.com/a/YDFlo