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13:00
Olympic brexiting
'lympic pregnant elsa foot check-up
Olympic!!! END!!!
@PrivatePansy At some point that's going to be bad for your bus.
'lympic!!!!! start!!!!
13:00
@badp EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
@fredley ಠ_ಠ
'ympic dinner
/remove fredley
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Q: How do I feed the locals?

TelestiaI DON'T CARE WHAT THE SIGN SAYS!! It's cute and I need to stuff food in its.... wherever that species traditionally stuffs food! The internet told me that I can feed the little critters that I've discovered. Is this an ability that you get later on, or is it something that I can do on my startin...

'lympic continuous integration
13:02
Olympic message moving
'lympic replacing people with a very small bash script
Olympic @badp pls
@Lazers2.0 Please do not feed the mods
@fredley I never even received the message where you moved things
'lympic packet loss
2 mins ago, by fredley
13:03
'lympic not-listening-to-you
There were so many messages, it bork the Olympic system
man we can hold our own olympics now
Olympic pls
refresh yeah
@fredley It did. I didn't get the notification, and the message didn't show up for me
13:04
and remember, everyone is a winner, and a winner is not you
And all the messages were still there.
@PrivatePansy I know, I had to Olympic refresh
badpls
If I add everyone as room owner it'll refresh their screen
bridgepls
13:04
s/add/remove/
@twobugs sorry, 'lympic mousing didn't make the cut
maybe next time
maybe as "'lympic APM"
English.SE's elections page layout is pretty borked on Firefox
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Q: Election candidate statistics overlap candidate's user card, plus sprite CSS problem

Brock AdamsThere is a display problem on the current election page. Information overlaps the "user card" and hurts legibility. Compare (bad):           To better from the current Philosophy election:           Note that this issue occurs on both Firefox and Chrome and has also been reported by Tyle...

same on chrome
Ah, spriting. Fun times.
Let's all hope that the internet will move to HTTP/2 some time in the next decade so that we won't have to worry about that any more
13:08
Okay I have like 5 auto-notification things set up
I will buy a 1080 GTX one way or another
And not from a damn scalper
My phone has been idle for 1.5 hours and it's used up 15% of battery already :|
Samsungpls
I'll just replace the battery! ... oh
^^ What I imagine @twobugs's expression was while observing Olymbridge
@twobugs Can't be that hard surely?
This is an S6, friend. I'm not allowed to replace the battery
@fredley what an hater
13:12
Samsung is Apple without the competency
I bet he has inadequate happiness in his life
@fredley Hahaha
@twobugs To be fair, so is apple
In the UK at least you could take your phone to any dodgy phone shop and they'd do it for you
Meh, I feel like at that point I might as well just upgrade to a decent phone
I'm really tired of all the nonsense Samsung has put me through
13:15
@twobugs New nexii soon
If you can hang on a few weeks
@fredley Ooh!
I can and probably should hang on for roughly a year
That's when my contract is officially up but we have an upgrade I could take if I really needed it
@SaintWacko yeah, usually they come out Sept/Octish
I should also probably get onto my own phone plan at some point in my adult life
There are loads of leaks out already
13:22
@twobugs Through work now?
Nah, family
wow
how old are you?
69 years old
(26)
ok you should really get your shit together
get a sim-only plan, but a nexus phone, live the dream
... My parents have never payed for my phone.
@fredley but the phone?
13:24
Well there have been like 4 points where I was about to go onto my own plan but then Stuff Happened and it got delayed
I pay for my own phones
@twobugs But the plan is on their name?
I've offered to pay in for the plan =/
Yes
Man you guys are making me feel more inadequate than normal
cc @badp
I have the phone plan of my sister, but that's only for "provider only offering "free" phone to long-time clients" and she pays whatever costs are caused by said plan.
Success as Some Service
13:28
@fredley I already have the second half of that (sever 2 year contract)
@$x{ qw(a b) } = qw(c d);
wat
wow, dailymotion is still a thing
I assumed that died out years back
@fredley Hold on, "Project Sauron" is a pretty kickass name for espionage software
I give it a 10
ಠ_ಠ
13:32
ctrl+f "plaintext" SUCCESS
But this is apparently ProjectSauron working well so I'll allow it
Now you need to drink
use Success; use inb 26;
I feel that the success jpg has insufficient jpeg. Someone fix that
13:33
Man we're already rebooting Donald Trump. Maybe this is just a rights-holder thing?
I bet @badp stuck with Windows XP until like, last year
I used, and liked, Vista
I did too
I skipped vista
13:35
@badp kill it with fire
until sp2 anyway
0
Q: Does getting a soft ban make it harder to catch Pokemon after?

13aalOkay so here's the story. I wrote a bot for Pokemon Go. I know it's against the terms of service, I just wanted to see if I could do it, I used it once fully expecting to get banned and got soft banned, deleted the source codes and everything, haven't used it since. Long story short, I went to Ne...

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Q: Duna: Is it always more efficient to aerocapture or to do a capture burn?

JSiderisI know this sounds like a dumb question, but hear me out. Capture burns are obviously extremely expensive because the spacecraft needs to carry a bunch of fuel with it all the way to Duna. However, heat shields are also pretty massive. For larger spacecraft (e.g. a return mission), with large or...

@fredley "Yay", Belgium is in the list of existing targets!
@badp so did I. It was pretty.
@Arperum gg
> and possibly in Italian-speaking countries
13:46
cc: @badp
I don't know if there is more than one Italian-speaking country.
@Arperum all 1.195 of them
Italian is an official language in Switzerland
well okay there's also San Marino and Vatican
so 1.197
33
Q: What is QuadRooter? Are 900 million Android devices vulnerable?

iAmLearningWhat actually is QuadRooter and how does it work on Android devices? It is currently in the news that 900 millions Android devices are vulnerable: Serious security flaws that could give attackers complete access to a phone's data have been found in software used on tens of millions of Androi...

ouch, my phone is vulnerable
13:49
At least mine won't be for a very long time
And at least this one isn't related to MMS
QUALCOMM... ALL HACKED
0
Q: Who can see a new name of the planet?

AgafonI've discovered a planet and renamed it to "New name". Will any person who discovers that planet see this "New name"?

also great job sony. This was in the security bulletins of last 2 months but you didn't fix with the latest update (last month - a big one - android 5 to 6)
@arda @KevinvanderVelden I got the OnePlus One patch too, it still has one of the four exploits open in it :(
13:52
Hmm. Affected by two of the exploits...
@arda Did they launch said update today?
@Lazers2.0 NMS is out?
ooooo
@Arperum nope, a while ago
@GnomeSlice PS4
2 weeks or so
13:53
@GnomeSlice on PS4 as of today
NMS is out on PS4.
@Arperum Perfect
@GnomeSlice Yup, PS4 today and PC friday
on PC in like 3 days
Uuugh too bad I have no money
don't care about PC
13:53
because reasons I think?
idk
@Unionhawk Something something worldwide release
I'm getting it on PS4, definitely the kind of game I'd rather have on that platform
in other news, 1 day until Demon Hunters
Also... I hate to admit it, but you guys were right. Overwatch is too hard to play on PS4
13:53
Glad I got it on PC
@sequoiad 1 day? They're out today :)
I've played FPS on PC for too long to do it on a console.
@arda This got announced yesterday. Two weeks ago only Qualcomm and the researchers knew about it. so blaming sony is probably incorrect here.
I don't know what name to go with. I have "Gokunaruto" reserved, but it breaks my naming convention
@twobugs ah shut it, we get the actual expansion earlier :P
13:54
The ability to track targets up and down just isn't the same on gamepad.
@twobugs two Gokus one Naruto
@Arperum oh, ok. The android.se answer made it seem like it was known for a while
Gokugokunaruto?
Gokunarutogoku
Do you use that name as a joke
Hm those are both good suggestions
@GnomeSlice I would use it as a joke thing, yes... but it would be my characters name unless I paid to change it
13:55
over 1 day for me anyway, since I wont be able to play until about 7pm after work
@twobugs lol
@twobugs Same. I managed to snag Illidunk on my server a long time ago, but I'm not sure I could actually stick with it
@sequoiad See I'm not sure if the launch is going to be smooth or not
yeah
I expect a DDOS among other things
13:57
IT'S PROBABLY GOING TO BE A TYPICAL DIABLO 3 RELAESE
- people
Man, this beach volleyball match.
every exp launch i think they MUST have sorted it this time
@MBraedley mens or womens
@arda The CVE pages give dates of early last month for two of them, early may for a third and two days ago for the fourth.
Well Blizzard actually had great launches aside from Diablo 3 and Warlords
13:57
follow up question, where can I watch
@GnomeSlice Men's
@twobugs shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
Overwatch launch
then, login queues, lag and pain for several days
@MBraedley nevermind
13:57
Those never happened
Canada and Brazil, third set
Never had any issues with Overwatch launch /shrug
Smoothest launch ever
Mists of Pandaria had a very smooth launch, it seemed like they just flipped a switch on their end and everything became active
There were a few quest problems, but that was poor design, not infrastructure :)
Never forget Alliance helicopters
13:58
well... MoP launch my server crashed 3 minutes after the quest came up
Apparently there is an army of horrible internet poodles just waiting to shut the fun off.
People are horrible and dumb, news at 11
Warlords there was a DDOS and some really big infrastructure oversights on Blizzard's part
I heard they had their internal database exposed so maybe the poodles will be thwarted
But they got things working as quickly as could be hoped
13:59
as every single alliance player gathered in 1 spot and got stuck in a cinematic
@SonofaSailor Well, there was that recent DDOS which was quite successful
Last week, even
@MadMAxJr I really don't get that. Why DDOS with the sole intention of blocking others from having fun?
Or was it two weeks ago?
Because some people get off on the thrill of denying other things.
Part of the recent DDOS was people upset that they were banned from Overwatch for cheating
14:01
@twobugs yeah WoD launch had issues with the garrison instances especially i remember
You know, the thing Blizzard was very upfront about doing
@twobugs last week
(EU & US) Blizzard #Offline #PoodleCorp @BlizzardCS @PoodlesInBlack @Gh0stPoodle
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Q: How do i run a script on a CS1.6's server that i don't own?

MehdiI want to create and run a script in any CS1.6's server(s) to do some particular function for me only (e.g playing music) even if I don't own that server and the server doesn't provide this function (playing music) for all players. Which programming language should i use to create my script?, wh...

@twobugs "MUH FREEDOMS"
but the zoned intro bit worked REALLY well in terms of funnelling people in without overpopulating one small area
14:02
@sequoiad Yup, it was a very good idea
And the Legion way of letting people pick their area order and just scaling areas is pretty genius
Plus it lets them make all zones have relevant max level content
yeah, i really like that idea
Wow, Canada wins 2 sets to 1, third set 16-14
after playing guild wars 2 with its scaling I wanted it in WoW
@MBraedley woah
See I don't like the way GW2 handled scaling, I thought it scaled too much. But the Legion implementation seems to strike a very good balance
14:04
@fredley It was a good match, always pretty close
I'd also much rather stuff scaled up than my character scaling down
@twobugs I'm hoping they won't be successful with the Legion launch since Blizzard can see them coming
@twobugs yeah same... especially since char scaling in timewalking dungs really messes up my secondary stats
Biggest lead during the third set was only 2 points
14:04
@SonofaSailor I certainly hope so! I have to decide when to take my vacation
go from 24% Haste normal to 13% haste in WotLK dungeons
@John -1 I liked stealing cars as a dog more
I just can't stop laughing while watching it.
which really screws over my balance druid
14:06
#Rio2016 used an incorrect #CHN flag during medal ceremonies. What's worst, the flag was made in #China. @XHNews https://t.co/q4LDQGzm58
pls to onebox
I can't remember how exactly it works in other games but some games do scaling where it just templates you to an 'average' for your level
So it's entirely possible that people who aren't being scaled will be stronger than you
Which I always thought was ridiculous
@arda -1 for giving me -1
@fredley spot the difference!
@Unionhawk I'll admit it took me a while
TIL about star alignment
Yes
Apparently the stars aren't supposed to be vertical
TIL
14:08
@fredley I think Jasmine has the best response TBH
@PatrickYuen_36 @XHNews @Olympics @iocmedia Who care cina?
Who care John Cina indeed
That's funny that they screwed the stars up though
@John I like this one more
@arda "Sharkhammer"
@fredley pls
I assume
14:10
plstobecaring
hmm there is also this
@John This is the second time today you come in and post some random thing and demand people to look. At least tell us why we should look.
And saying "hi" or something shouldn't hurt either. This feels spammy. Even if it might be related to the (supposed) topic.
(I didn't intend for that to be ajax loader but I decided that was a funnier joke)
"I had to wait a week to get my haircut. BUILD A WALL."
14:19
And that's how I got a concrete mohawk.
@twobugs in WoW though, ilvl tends to be the more important than actual level
in terms of player power
@sequoiad Yeah, it just stinks when they scale you to something like what they've determined to be "average" item level
And it ends up be noticeably lower than the potential maximum for that level
FF11 did this where it just used a lookup table and give you normal quality gear with no stats :|
i like the description of the room
seems fitting
+3 Hauberk of Extreme MurderKill? Don't worry, it'll scale down to a -1 Leather Jerkin Of Inadequacy
@twobugs Ripped-Up Leather Jerkin of Inadequacy and Innaccuracy
FTFY
14:24
Greater T-shirt of Arthas's Lazy Sunday Slaughter +4
Lesser Sunday Track Shoes of Smelly Foot Fungus -2
@twobugs if you've done timewalking dungeons, check your ilvl... it actually scales lower than the average player had at the time usually
Yeah, that bothers me
Thankfully timewalking stuff is easy mode so it's not a problem
@twobugs What a collossal bellend
@twobugs The dungeons themselves were easy, even at the time
14:28
@sequoiad Yup, but people always deny this if you try to point it out ;)
I've heard some people say they really enjoy timewalking because its more challenging than WoD heroics but I'm not seeing it
@fredley indeed
I have 0 tank gear but I was tanking cata timewalking as a guardian druid last week and had no issues
Timewalking is easy unless people try to treat it like WoD heroics which they have like 100+ item levels of overgearing
If you just do things reasonably you will steamroll them
@SonofaSailor WoD heroics right now are unbelievably easy, players outgear them massively
14:31
Legendary Trump Coat of Make America Great Again +420
I've dodged like 95% of the articles and hype/hate for NMS since I first heard of it, so I'm looking forward to trying it.
I haven't bothered for a while but I remember some damaging stuff not scaling properly
@MadMAxJr That sounds like a very wise idea, I hope you enjoy it
I'm curious about the game and mostly avoided the hype as well
I remember Loken in timewalking not scaling brilliantly
@MadMAxJr I do want to get it, but I'm not sure it's worth $60 just yet. I'll be waiting a bit to see if it's truly worth it
since the scaling drops you quite low, his attacks are much more punishing than they were
14:35
I remember at WotLK launch his big explosion could 1 shot you
Blizzard had this list of NPCs with the highest kill counts and he was a very strong contender
still does on some runs
I wonder if they still do that
I remember the end of the beta when they killed everyone with infinite amounts of Burning Legion.
@twobugs can't find it anymore :(
Diablo 3 has some enemy abilities on T10 that can one shot, sometimes they're glitches but other times...
14:39
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@GnomeSlice @fredley pls
This makes me a little hopeful.
@MadMAxJr yeah, seen videos of Onyxia, Raggy etc spawning in Stormwind and murderising
The NMS team certainly seem like good folk
NMS actually looks like a game I'd probably enjoy.
14:41
@twobugs they were on BBC news the other day
Slow placed and relaxing seems pretty cool.
I should get the Witness.
They had a pretty good response to the whole leak thing - "We have a day 1 patch incoming, we ask that you don't judge the game until then"
@twobugs they seem so
Rather than the Reddit NMS going nuclear
I'd really love to love their game, but it isn't my thing.
14:43
"Hello, you're about to go into space and explore. There are some bad things in there. We're very sorry about this. We didn't mean for those things to be there and it's simply too late to round them up and put up safety barriers."
Not so, it seems
> The problem, then, is that those parts are so constantly interrupted or put on hold for the sake of a survival loop that just isn’t very fun. Shit, I’m almost out of carbon, which means I need to wander over to some local plant life and slowly cut it down with my mining tool. Damn, I’m ready to leave this planet but my thrusters are low on power; time to wander mindlessly until I happen across some plutonium.
@GnomeSlice Oh right.
Parts of that do sound cool but the resource stuff sounds like it could be frustrating
Wow the font on this Polygon page is unreadable.
Apparently as you get further into the game it gets better because you can carry more shit
14:46
The letters are all sorts of different heights.
no repro
it is a bit blurry on mine though
@StrixVaria that is awful
why is 'r' huge?
and why is 'a' tiny?
Looks good to me
#retinamasterrace
Dammit you guys are going to make me click
14:48
that actually hurts my eyes to read
@StrixVaria Oh my god
This should be punishable by death
Serif fonts on low-dpi screens are terrible
This is a 1080p screen.
It's not the screen's fault; every other site is fine.
@StrixVaria dpi, not resolution
@fredley I guess this is a pretty big screen for 1080p (i.e. lower DPI than a smaller 1080p screen), but like I said every other site is fine.
I didn't take a picture of the screen with a camera and post that.
So DPI should be irrelevant.
14:51
@StrixVaria Yeah, I reckon everyone at Polygon probably has macbooks, and it didn't occur to them other people might not
I'm on Ubuntu right now.
@StrixVaria Put your zoom to 200%, then it'll look fine
Because it'll be drawn with the same number of pixels as an @2x screen
It's actually fine at any zoom except 100%.
Even 90% looks fine.
@StrixVaria lol
Linux font-smoothing has never been good in my experience
Solution: smash Polygon
14:53
@StrixVaria wtf
@StrixVaria i am also on Ubuntu... and yeah, once zoom changes the text is fine
@StrixVaria mine is too, mine's actually a TV
Polygon has 2 different fonts, iirc
sizing is right but it's a bit blurry
so it's harder to steal
except it causes weird things
14:54
wierd
@fredley read a JS article/rant yesterday where the opening line included "...makes me want to smash all my Macbooks and quit web development..."
@sequoiad About right
I have a work macbook, a home macbook, and another work macbook
I don't know anyone who doesn't use a macbook for work, except (bizarrely) for our marketing director
Hello
I use not a macbook for work
I know you meant at your company

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