The Bridge

Chippies

13:00

@fredley I have 1gb shared with wife. It's good for not a whole lot

fredley

@Unionhawk Yeah I have a few playlists cached for underground usage

Unionhawk

But I mean at least this time I still own my old phone, and my phone is still okay

Wipqozn

@fredley Mind giving me a quick tl;dr about why the OnePlus is so popular?

Chippies

@Wipqozn high specs, cheap

fredley

@Wipqozn Bloat-ware free, cheap for what you get

Chippies

13:01

the android on it is as basic as it comes

besides nexus, I guess

Nzall

@Chippies One last question: do you wear glasses?

fredley

Relatively pure Android experience, not the skinned Samsung/Moto crap you get from them

Unionhawk

Motorolla is pretty close to stock

Chippies

@Nzall yes, but not at the computer, so... no?

Wipqozn

@fredley sums it up. So woul you say OnePLus and Nexus are fairly equal, or do you prefer NExus?

@Chippies thanks

Unionhawk

13:01

It's not completely stock, but it's closer than most

Chippies

@Nzall lemme find the headphones and see how they are with glasses on :P

Nzall

@Chippies great

Chippies

@Nzall well, it is squeezing the glasses into the sides of my head a little, but it's not nearly as bad as my Steelseries Syberia V2

and the headphones itself are light, which is a plus

if the room is warm though, your ears might get hot after long use, but I think that's a problem with all headphones

I think I'm gonna listen to some music with them, for nostalgia purposes :P

two bugs

I swear they programmed this software to stop working after the training was over

Nzall

@Chippies Could that be because your padding has slightly worn?

Chippies

13:07

@Nzall that is very probable, because the padding on mine is very bad

that being said, the padding was never very thick

I'm still wearing them with glasses on and after I got used to the feeling, it feels just fine

I don't think you can get perfect comfort with headphones while wearing glasses anyway

fredley

@Wipqozn Never used a OnePlus

One of the things I like about Nexus is the pure Google experience: you get pure Android, and are the first to receive upgrades and patches.

jokerdino

And you get to brag about it.

fredley

OnePlus phones are more performant for the money, and run ~~Cyanogen~~ whatever they've rebranded their AOSP fork to, so if you don't want to rely on the Google mothership, it's a better bet.

Unionhawk

So he'd end up shooting straight from, what, 4.1 to... what... whatever number N is probably at least 6 right?

Chippies

I have the OnePlus X, which is their mid-range phone and the "pure google" experience is kinda there, but the updates aren't as quick obviously. (in fact, my phone, since it's not the top of the line, is still waiting on marshmallow...)

sequoiad

13:10

N is 7

Chippies

@fredley they don't ship with cyanogen anymore

fredley

> ~~Cyanogen~~ whatever they've rebranded their AOSP fork to

Chippies

@fredley they got OxygenOS, which is quite different from Cyanogen

Unionhawk

All I know is I'm on... lolipop? I think?

Chippies

OxygenOS is a very slightly modified base android

Lazers 2.0

13:11

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Q: cant sign in to pokemon go

Whenever I try to sign in with my trainer club account I see the spinning Pokeball but then it brings me right back to the title screen. When I try signing up with my google account it gives me the error our servers are humbled by your incredible response. I have not been able to play since the...

pokemon-go

jokerdino

@sequoiad code name?

Think I am on Marshmallow myself.

sequoiad

@jokerdino Nougat

Unionhawk

Yeah, lolipop

I don't know if I can wait until october for a new phone though >_>

jokerdino

It's a good way for me to learn new dessert types.

Unionhawk

since this screen is cracked

Chippies

13:13

@Wipqozn keep in mind that most high-end phones are massive

it's very hard to get a decent specced phone that's under 5"

Unionhawk

Yeah, 6P is the same size as the iPhone 6S Plus

that is to say large

Chippies

I got the OnePlus X partially because it was one of the smallest phones I could find with good specs at the 300-350$ CAD range

and it's still 5"

most other phones are 5.5" or larger

fredley

6" is too much for me

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Arperum

@fredley Oh hai there Starbait.

fredley

ಠ_ಠ

badp

13:19

@twobugs I for one hate gnocchi. The farfalle look weird, but maybe they're good.

Arperum

@fredley I did not star it.

badp

That said the sauce with those gnocchi looks legit

jokerdino

@Arperum He was asking for it.

badp

maybe you could ask to have pappardelle with the gnocchi sauce.

two bugs

@badp Hm okay

The Papardelle sound really good, I might just do that. Or seafood Risotto

Wipqozn

13:21

@fredley I bet it is

two bugs

I'll read reviews

badp

@twobugs there's no shame in checking tripadvisor for what others have liked or not

yeah

fredley

@badp Which do you hate more, gnocchi or snapped spaghetti?

badp

@fredley yes.

Okay, snapped spaghetti is just senseless cruelty.

Lazers 2.0

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Q: Is there bulk fishing?

In MH4U there was an area you go could go to do some bulk fishing, that is, catch a lot of fish in a very short time with the help of your palicos. Is there something like that in Generations? I tend to favor fish items (especially whetfish), and would like to begin stockpiling asap.

monster-hunter-gen

0

Q: How to Create a Poké Stop on Pokémon GO

Is this possible? According to this post there is (or used to be) a way to submit a request for a Poké Stop. Looking at the request page linked there is no option for this any more. Was this request removed or is the information in the linked post incorrect?

pokemon-go

badp

13:23

Some people like gnocchi

fredley

two bugs

Apparently the pork tenderloin dish is a favorite

badp

@fredley but yeah that's basically this pear

arda

@BADP about this that is extremely fucked up. We are now trying to determine if if affected any teachers in my school or mom (she is an English teacher)

Chippies

Battleborn and Borderlands: TPS in the 15$ tier of humble bundle

badp

13:24

@arda D:

arda

(phone transcript doest give link or post ID)

Unionhawk

@Chippies yup

two bugs

@Chippies Not a bad deal

Unionhawk

TPS is fun if you liked Borderlands 2

badp

@Chippies I have neither, but I also don't think I have interest in either

BL2 was okay, but the NG+ wasn't

what I do need is something that will keep me entertained while offline on Linux for a week or so

that's probably a tall order :/

Unionhawk

13:26

If any of you get TPS, I might be interested >_>

Probably as someone other than Claptrap this time

I dunno though, I had tons of fun as claptrap

arda

+1 to both

fredley

Is claptrap a genre of house?

cc: @GnomeSlice

Unionhawk

I built him like a tank and it was awesome

So many team revives

badp

@fredley I thought it was a 4th gen pokeman

arda

Claptrap is OP in tps

two bugs

13:27

@Unionhawk I'll give it a shot maybe

Unionhawk

@arda He falls off in NG+ a bit

two bugs

BL2 just felt like... it didn't have any of the magic of 1 of but it had all of the parts I didn't like

Unionhawk

as far as the "never die while picking up teammates" thing goes

Tim Stone

"Pokemon Go enthusiasm has reached its projected peak." "Good. Now announce the legendary Mewtwo can only be found on Mars." "Yes, Mr Musk."

Tweeted by MicroSFF on July 20, 2016 at 1:18 PM

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Chippies

@twobugs I didn't play BL1 because supposedly it was a bad port on PC, but BL2 was somewhat boring to play alone

Unionhawk

13:28

I should also replay 2

Chippies

I didn't really like any of the available builds...

arda

I should too

Unionhawk

Since I tried to do Zer0 alone

Which didn't work

two bugs

@Chippies MEh, 1 wasn't a terrible port

Unionhawk

Since I thought I was a fan of sniping at the time

Turns out I am not a fan of sniping

arda

13:29

Hey @Unionhawk where did you live again? If on Europe, wanna coop?

Unionhawk

I'm in NA

two bugs

IT just lacked basic features that all PC ports would have which Gearbox acted like tehy were doing us a huge favor by returning

Such as the option for vsync

And I wanna say aspect ratio

Chippies

@twobugs Eh, I don't know, never tried it, but all the info I read said it had poor performance and was lacking pretty basic PC things

two bugs

I never read about poor performance but it was definitely bare bones

badp

@TimStone that's especially cruel because it'll be a looong while before we get GPS working on mars

arda

13:31

@Chippies performance is good but settings are bad. They do their job though

Chippies

@badp you don't need GPS to be able to locate yourself, cell service is enough

Tim Stone

@badp At least they'll be preconditioned to the long server load times

MBraedley

@twobugs You don't realize how bad the port is until you play it after playing BL2. It was functionable at the time, but they also made vast improvements in the UX for BL2.

badp

the BL2 menus were actually pretty crappy

I hated the inventory management

Unionhawk

Yeah

MBraedley

13:32

It was still much improved over BL1

arda

Let's put our servers to moon so they stay cold AND sending sysadmins on-site is more fun

Unionhawk

That's frightening

arda

@Chippies oh Bl1? Terrible optimization

badp

that said I look forward to the Y2K-class thing where systems get a lat and a long and assume they're running on Earth

two bugs

@MBraedley Fair enough, I haven't played BL1 in yeasr

Lazers 2.0

13:34

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Q: How to tell Max CP?

I'm comparing different pokemon of the same type (e.g. comparing pidgeys with each other), to see which ones I want to keep and which to transfer. I want to select based on Max CP -which differs per each pokemon-, but it's a bitch to find what a pokémon's max CP would be. Even though the bar fil...

pokemon-go

badp

/me googles "timezones on mars"

two bugs

I love that the solar day on Mars is 25 hours

arda

Does Mars use DST?

badp

@twobugs just off enough to fuck things horribly

40 minutes every day

MBraedley

@arda No, rovers and landers use normalized local noon.

badp

13:36

you know it's a new month when it's noon at noon!!

(that's once every ~36 days)

Wipqozn

@fredley Only thing I'm wondering now is if I decided on NExus if buying a 6P now would be a dumb decision, if it's a year old

Unionhawk

Yeah

badp

at about 29 36-days long months, every mars year is a month of months!!

so beautiful

fredley

@Wipqozn You can always ebay it if you want to upgrade, and only pay the difference. Up to you whether that's economical enough for you, would probably end up costing you a few $100

It's not for me, hence I'm waiting. However I have a usable phone right now

badp

it's funny that at the end of the day the only thing that can really work anywhere is the unix timestamp

Unionhawk

13:40

I might just get a 6P and then do 2 years on it and get a Nexus 2018 or whatever

badp

going up by one unit per second

Wipqozn

@fredley yeha, and I don't haha. Not sure if I mentioned this, but I can't even download a lot of apps anymore, bcause my phone just gets stuck trying to do it for 5 hours and then just fails with no error message.

badp

@Unionhawk if you get a 6P do get a cover, the screen is hyper scratch happy

Unionhawk

@badp Of course

badp

WELL I WISH SOMEONE TOLD ME

MBraedley

13:41

@badp A martian year is only 669 sols

badp

the Nexus 7s didn't have any problem

@MBraedley I'm talking days, not sols.

"you know it's a new month when it's noon at noon!!"

Unionhawk

We just need to start terraforming immediately

MBraedley

@badp You're still way off. It's 687 days. 29*36=1044

badp

oh right I calculated 687/24

two bugs

@Unionhawk Pro-tip: DON'T use bioengineered cockroaches for this

badp

13:43

687/36 yield a much less exciting 19.08

Unionhawk

So we can get to creating a solar empire

And then, a galactic empire

badp

I thought we had agreed that there would be no countries outside of Earth, @Unionhawk.

THE ONE TIME WE AGREE ON SOMETHING

Unionhawk

When did that happen?

I never agreed to this

fredley

@Wipqozn nice

Unionhawk

I bet you want a galactic federation

pfft

PFFT

Can you believe this guy @TimStone

badp

13:44

no, merely an Universal Europe

Wipqozn

@fredley yup. Also, is the main difference between 5 and 6 screen size? I was thinign 6 was just a newer model, but it looks like I'm wrong.

Tim Stone

@Unionhawk What a monster

badp

/cc @fredley

sequoiad

@twobugs yes. they do not make good terra formars.

Wipqozn

I know so little about smartphones. Maybe I should ask the old librarian for help.

two bugs

13:46

@sequoiad Yup. RIP everyone

MBraedley

@Wipqozn The 5X and 6P were released at the same time

Wipqozn

@MBraedley ah I see, ok

fredley

@Wipqozn Yeah, they're same gen. 5X is smaller and a bit slower

@badp :(

Wipqozn

@fredley but still better than my current phone, an cheaper. Plus smaller is probably better, if the 6 is too huge

fredley

BADP? MORE LIKE SADP AMIRITE

Wipqozn

13:47

plus I'm not used to a big piece of equipment.

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fredley

@Wipqozn Go to a store and try them out?

badp

@sadley YUP YOURRITE

fredley

@Wipqozn starbait granted

Wipqozn

and starbait aside, I've gone from flipphone -> blackberry -> small android, and everytime it's like "ZOMG SO MUCH BIGGER"

@fredley yeah I will

badp

@sulkley you sure know what's up

@bluesley well done.

Sterno

13:48

I'm too lazy to read all that chat. Is @Wipqozn going to get a new phone so that 61 year old ladies aren't more hip than him?

Unionhawk

Yes

Wipqozn

@Sterno Yeah, strongly considering it.

badp

@Wipqozn do not fall to the smartphone lie

two bugs

@Sterno They'll still find some way to destroy him

Wipqozn

As much as it's nice to have free phone, having the freedom to upgrade my own phone and having my own number would be good. No need to worry about "well when I leave lol new number"

sequoiad

13:49

hip, hop, and happening, daddeyo

fredley

@Sterno He's getting a hip replacement, yes

Wipqozn

Plus my phone barely works

@fredley :(

@Sterno Quick, NExus 5, 6, or OnePlus 3?

fredley

@Wipqozn Buying today? OnePlus 3

Unionhawk

/remove Sterno

fredley

→ 1 message moved to Android Hell

two bugs

13:50

@fredley So buy a 4? got it

Sterno

Mod abuse best abuse.

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Wipqozn

@fredley Yeah, OnePLus 3 is new, right? So it's basically just the best bang for my buck right now.

fredley

@Wipqozn Yup

Wipqozn

in Android Hell, 51 secs ago, by Sterno

lamePhone

MORE MOD ABUSE

(That was me not @fredley)

Unionhawk

@Wipqozn OnePlus 3 = 4

Tim Stone

13:51

@fredley Unless Project Fi is of interest to you, I guess

Wipqozn

@Unionhawk I like you

Tim Stone

Is that available in Canadia? I don't see why it wouldn't be, but

fredley

@TimStone Yeah but he is in Canada, decent wireless services will never come to Canada

Wipqozn

@TimStone It is, but honestly that's a legit question. We do sometimes get screwed over.

Sterno

See, the thing that's cool about the iPhone is that when cool apps come out, you don't have to be all "Man, I can't wait until that comes to Android"

MBraedley

13:52

@TimStone I would use Project Fi if I could get it. I cannot.

fredley

Project Fi isn't even available in the UK, and Google usually rolls stuff out here first outside of the US

Sterno

Android is the Mac of phones

MBraedley

I would also use Ting (which was started by Canadians) if it were offered here.

badp

@fredley and then doesn't roll them out anywhere else usually

fredley

fi.google.com/coverage

Chippies

13:52

@Sterno The cool thing about iPhone is that ignorance is bliss

badp

@Sterno you just have to go "Man, I can't wait until that comes to $country"

fredley

Does have 2G coverage in NS

Unionhawk

The cool thing about iPhone is that it's $200 more than the Nexus 6P

fredley

2G

MBraedley

@fredley Oh, I get reception, but I can't port my number to Fi.

fredley

13:53

2

G

Sterno

All I really want to do with my phone is: play games, make calls, web browse, look at maps

Chippies

@fredley wtf, it shows there's 2G in my area, but to sign up, I must have a US account

Sterno

You people with your crazy extra shit you do, meh. I have a PC for that.

Chippies

why even have it in Canada, if I can't sign up?

MBraedley

@fredley There's that too.

@Chippies American travellers.

It's just roaming agreements.

badp

13:54

I'll make games, I'll make the best games, on iOS, and then I won't make them available to $sterno_country

Tim Stone

@fredley Even North Dakota has better coverage in some areas, that's just sad!

two bugs

@badp Sterno officially lives in Trumpland now

Tim Stone

Or South Dakota, the only place anyone cares less about than North Dakota

badp

@twobugs Trumplandia: unsupported

Chippies

@Sterno you can't even request a desktop version of websites on iOS

badp

13:55

Trumpanistan?

two bugs

Trumpxico

badp

Trumprreich?

fredley

@Chippies wat

two bugs

Trumpemala

badp

Trumpr.

fredley

13:55

I know Apple is really anti-web, but this is ridiculous

badp

slide left for Trump, slide right for Trump

fredley

Trump-a-loompa-doompa-dee-dee

two bugs

@badp Hahahaha this is the best one probably

sequoiad

Apple's against anything they can't slap a patent on

two bugs

@fredley I've got another wall for you

Oh that would be for the dee doo part

WELL NEVERMIND

Chippies

13:56

@fredley I googled it and apparently I am wrong. The option has been there for a while

since iOS 8, apparently

so, almost 2 years, I guess?

fredley

@Chippies confirmed wrong

Chippies

Apple is so innovative

fredley

@TimStone Wyoming?

two bugs

Wyoming isn't real

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