The Bridge

badp

18:00

What doesn't?

MadMAxJr

Largely self sufficent. They require regular play, which some first time owners overlook, causing the cat to act out a fair bit.

Also cats stare at things only they can see. We filed a bug report for this and will push an update OTA to cats in the future to address this. (Watch for wiggling ears)

badp

Cats need attention from their humans

MadMAxJr

Your cat may attempt to run at high speeds through your home at early hours of the morning. This is normal. Your cat has rebooted and is performing a simple POST check.

badp

Why would they entertain the idea to have humans otherwise

MadMAxJr

A cat, when not directly observed, is everywhere and nowhere at once.

I've yet to formally test my theory, but I suspect cats enter our reality through right angles, like the Hounds of Tindalos.

Kevin van der Velden

18:05

@badp and many many death wild animals

badp

@KevinvanderVelden prey predator you know how it is. Tiny birds, small rodents, occasionally a butterfly

One jump one swallow. Glomp!

Kevin van der Velden

Prey predator bred over many many generations to kill whatever is there without really eating it

Doing way more impact then just what is needed for food

badp

Do you want them to get FAT?

Cats prefer EXT2

First extend the two front paws then the two rear paws

Wipqozn

@MadMAxJr Tha reminds me, I need to pick up a new string toy for my cat on the way home. She destroyed her other one.

MadMAxJr

Cats are a sometimes liquid.

badp

18:11

Occasionally a rear paw my linger in its extended form for a little longer, this is normal and not an indicator of wear and tear in your feline appliance

MadMAxJr

They are solid but they also conform to their container.

badp

Cats are mathematicians and know how to solve the local maximum problem for non linear comfiness functions in three dimensions through a combination of good starting points, gradient walks, successive approximation, far evaluation, and tree pruning heuristics

It is unclear what the output of this function is, but it is very likely rich in dimensionality

MadMAxJr

Cats will solve math problems, mostly just to spite your assumptions.

badp

or sleep on your clothes. That's what the formula comes up with; you can't argue with maths, or cats

Ellesedil

My uncle and aunt have the bitchest cat I've ever met.

As a new kitten, she'd at least curl up and nap on people.

badp

18:16

@Ellesedil that doesn't really end with age

Ellesedil

Once she started growing up, though, she despises just about everyone. Avoids everyone, hisses at all visitors for simply getting too close, etc.

MadMAxJr

The existence of a cat in your home will cause property within 200 feet to have occasional cat hairs on the surface. This ability works even through solid barriers/material.

badp

"occasional"

Ellesedil

@badp This cat will not sleep on anyone.

If she still had claws, I'm pretty sure she'd use them.

badp

Maybe she's pissed off about her claws, and her womanhood

Ellesedil

18:18

shrugs

badp

NEVER WILL SHE KNOW THE JOYS OF MOTHERHOOD

MadMAxJr

They will simply extract joy from others.

Lazers 2.0

0

Q: What am I supposed to do with the Fliegercorp?

It's over 30 years old, but Eastern Front (the later produced cartridge version) is still getting a fair bit of playtime in my Atari 800XL. Playing the Advanced game, you get this new unit: Fliegercorp How am I supposed to use them? I give them orders, but they don't move. Is there some trick to...

8-bit

badp

THE MIRACLE OF LIFE

THE GRATEFULNESS OF BEING ABLE TO GRANT MOTHER APPLE ANOTHER CUSTOMER

MAY ITS DONGLENESS PROTECT US ALL FROM TINKERERS FOREVER AND EVER

MAY THE ADAPTORS KEEP THE ADOPTORS BUSY, MY ADEPTS

MadMAxJr

.... This is why we don't let Apple build churches.

Tim Stone

18:23

Hmm, I forgot to renew my passport

Who to blame, who to blame

badp

LET US PRAY THAT APPLE'S VISION AS REIFIED THROUGH THEIR COURAGE DISRUPT THE FILTHY PLEBS INTO A FUTURE OF ENLIGHTENMENT, EACH IN OUR OWN LITTLE BRIGHT WHITE EXITLESS FEATURELESS ROOM

Wipqozn

@TimStone I did forget remind you

Tim Stone

You did! You could have used it to remind me I was getting old, but you failed. ALAS

Wipqozn

@TimStone Dang that's true

badp

@twobugs you asked someone at some point to remind some of you of some inadequate thing for some reason

Wipqozn

18:26

I sometimes forget that people other than @Sterno age

Tim Stone

He is ageier than the rest of us

badp

18:40

@KevinvanderVelden I was talking with a Russian coworker last friday

He told me that people around him don't say "goede abundance" (-typo) but "fine abundance" (-typo), with "fine" pronounced like in English

arda

yus

badp

That doesn't mean what we think it means does it?

arda

and aaaaaaaaahhaha (cry sounds)

Just got stuff OKd, I'm going on an hour of code on 16th of oct.

^yus part

Kevin van der Velden

@badp what's the dutch word used in conjunction? Fijn is a positive dutch word

They can be used interchangeably sometimes

badp

"evening"

Kevin van der Velden

18:43

"Fijne avond" vs "Goede avond"? Yeah they're both the same pretty much

badp

Okay

Kevin van der Velden

Goed would probably be used more as a greeting and fijn more when you depart

badp

Oh?

So should I read a goed as an invitation to start a conversation?

Kevin van der Velden

Nah they're pretty much interchangeable. It'd sound a bit weird if we just came across each other and we started with fijne avond

badp

So they're the same but they're not. LANGUAGES!

Kevin van der Velden

18:45

Yup

arda

the aaaaaaaaahhaha part (short hair doesn't fit me at all)

Lazers 2.0

0

Q: If you destroy a civ, do you still get the "You declared war on our friend!" penalty?

As per the tag, this is in Civilization 4 (BTS).

civilization-4 civilization-4-bts

Ellesedil

19:07

@Lazers2.0 I'd imagine the answer is yes and a new penalty of "You destroyed our friend!" gets added. If that's not a thing in Civ, it should be.

badp

19:45

╻ ╻╻ ╻┏━┓┏━┓┏━╸┏━┓┏━┓┏┓ ╻
┃╻┃┣━┫┣━┫┣┳┛┃╺┓┣━┫┣┳┛┣┻┓┃
┗┻┛╹ ╹╹ ╹╹┗╸┗━┛╹ ╹╹┗╸┗━┛┗━╸

        \   ^__^
         \  (==)\_______
            (__)\       )\/\
                ||----w |
                ||     ||

Lazers 2.0

0

Q: Why do I lose control of my ship near the Mun?

I built a ship and launched it into orbit, then set it on a trajectory for the Mun. I accelerated time until the ship was near it. At this point, the Mun was between my ship and Kerbin. I went to do another maneuver in order to orbit the Mun, but the ship was nonresponsive. I had plenty of fu...

kerbal-space-program

0

Q: Painkiller lowers rendering resolution when taking damage

Please view screenshots in fullscreen The game seems to lower rendering resolution when the player character takes hit (second image), the effect lasts around three seconds. Happens in both original Painkiller and Painkiller: Overdose, potentially also applies to sequels. How to disable?

painkiller painkiller-overdose

0

Q: Fusion Cores in the Corvega assembly plant?

I started a new game completed a couple of quests and collected four fusion cores and stashed them away for later. I then started the mission to clear the Corvega assembly plant I cleared the outside of the plant with a sniper rifle filled my inventory with loot and ran back to drop it off. The...

fallout-4

Unionhawk

In Praise of Prague (and other small worlds) | Game Maker's Toolkit

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Such a good series of videos about games

Screw game theory, I want more about design

MBraedley

What!? @Unionhawk changed his avatar?

@Lazers2.0 Oh, the update has dropped?

Arperum

20:01

@MBraedley Back to one he's been before.

MBraedley

@Arperum I only remember the latest avatar.

(Which isn't exactly true.)

Wipqozn

@Unionhawk Mark Brown is so much better than game theory

I've always considered Game THeory to be fun content, but not something you take alook at for anything serious

A lot of his videos are just him making ridiculous leaps and stretches

Lazers 2.0

0

Q: Can I still use the new Battle.net mobile authenticator if my phone does not have internet?

The Battle.net mobile authenticator has received an update earlier this year that replaces the manual entry of a code with a single tap of a button in the app itself. However, this requires the app itself to have internet connectivity. If my phone does not have internet connectivity when a code ...

world-of-warcraft battle.net

Unionhawk

20:28

Lazy Uni just has like 8 things on Gravatar to cycle between so I can keep everyone on their toes

Oh apparently 10

Lazers 2.0

0

Q: Stardust bug - levels won't change

Stardust levels same. On all my Pokemon. They do not change. I have logged on and off. I have rebooted. I have deleted app and reinstalled. I have sent numerous emails to Pokemon go issues.

pokemon-go pokemon-series

Unionhawk

10 items including 2 ganon, 1 boat, 1 scrub, 4 WW link, 1 triforce, and 1 other

Arperum

Question of the now: how many times am I going to die in the last part of act 4 of titan quest? I'm playing pure pets for the achievement to beat normal in under 100 kills.

cc @twobugs

SaintWacko

@Unionhawk And a partridge in a pear tree?

Arperum

I died ~10 times to machae.

Unionhawk

20:47

Man this match is worse to watch now that I know the result

This would be really suspenseful right now if I didn't know the outcome

Goddammit

1 HEALTH

NO

WOW

THE 1 HEALTH CLUTCH

NO WAY

James

CS:GO?

Unionhawk

Overwatch World Cup, Iceland vs Germany

INTERNETHULK the only one contesting the point, 1 health, held on long enough for respawns to come in

Ellesedil

Is anyone in tune with XKCD enough to know why Munroe has drastically reduced the frequency he releases new What If? posts?

They were pretty much the best thing on the internet until he stopped doing them every week.

MadMAxJr

I suspect they're research intensive and he's cherry picked what he considers 'fun' topics.

Next best guess is he has another book he wants to do and it saving it all up.

Ellesedil

@MadMAxJr I'm actually a little afraid that's the actual reason, which is too bad.

GnomeSlice

21:10

GosT "Arise (feat. Kriistal Ann)" [Music Video - "Non Paradisi" - 2016]

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Lazers 2.0

0

Q: Why does game not run on PC after tutorial?

In Oblivion IV on PC the tutorial runs with no problem. However, the sewers section does not load. Every time I click on the sewer cover the game kicks me out. What can I do about this?

oblivion

GnomeSlice

strangeloopgames.com/…

> Climate model. Air pollution from human sources will contribute to the C02 content of the atmosphere, raising global temperatures (potentially destroying farms and biomes) and melting ice caps to raise the sea level.

> Farming model. Plants and animals now rely on temperature and soil moisture, which can be impacted by a number of factors, both natural and man-made. Farming becomes a lot more about planning and irrigating the land and understanding the impact and where crops will grow best.

Fucking really hope this game delivers

Wipqozn

Maybe I'll play Divinity Original Sin (I blame @Sterno if I do, et cetera)

GnomeSlice

Eco Pax Trailer 2016

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@Wipqozn I started Styx and failed a good way through what I'm guessing is the tutorial mission (haven't found the dagger yet, but had a cutscene about the tree) and it made me start the whole thing over

Wipqozn

@GnomeSlice You gotta save. The game doesn't autosave often.

GnomeSlice

21:19

Didn't know that lol

Mad Scientist

@Wipqozn Who relies on autosaves anyway ;-)

GnomeSlice

@MadScientist Me, LOL

Mad Scientist

I save far too often, I'm just too paranoid

user15026

So since I finished Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep I have been craving crumpets. Finally found a grocery store that sold them and they were out of stock. I am not destined to have crumpets.

Mad Scientist

crumpets are just very british cookies, or?

Lazers 2.0

21:22

0

Q: I'm dying a lot at the start. How do I survive the beginning?

I started a new game but I'm dying constantly. I get into a fight and I'm dead in 10 seconds. What am I doing wrong? How do I survive in this game?

everspace

Ronan

They're not at all cookies.

Yuuki

@GnomeSlice That definitely looks interesting.

GnomeSlice

@Yuuki Alpha was really rough but a good foundation when I tried it a while back. Game has been steadily moving forward

It's my understanding they're also hoping to get the game into schools to teach... something

politics or environmental studies or something

I don't like the goal of 'stop the meteor' though, it feels contrived

it should be just a balance of expansion + planetary preservation

murgatroid99

But without an end goal, what's the motivation for expanding?

badp

number go up?

user15026

21:28

@MadScientist they're a bread type food

Ronan

What foods are bread-type foods weak against?

GnomeSlice

@murgatroid99 I dunno. They could add... some other reason to expand

basically you have to expand fast enough to get the technology to stop the meteor without wrecking the planet in the process

Yuuki

@Ronan I imagine soup-types are strong against bread-types.

Ronan

That makes sense.

Ellesedil

Does anyone know if a Pokemon can be forced to evolve against it's will in the anime? When Pikachu declined to evolve in the original series, could Ash have just forced the issue anyway?

Frank

21:40

@Ash What did you think?

Yuuki

21:53

@Ellesedil Well, the implication of the episode in question is that Lt. Surge evolved his Raichu against its will, I think.

Ellesedil

@Yuuki I was thinking about that, but Raichu seemed content with it's progress in life. Raichu and Surge were often in-sync with their body language when Surge was expressing himself.

Surge's Pikachu was probably indifferent at worst, or even eager. We have no idea since it was off-screen, of course.

user15026

@Frank I loved it. It's hard not to tho because Tiny Tina is my favorite other than Ellie

arda

22:11

> Killing enemies in Assassin's Creed 4, low hp, on both us and the few remaining enemies
> Windows 10 upgrade popup

Arperum

Wooo! Normal hades dead! with ~70 kills total.I am so done with petmancers for a while now though.

Lazers 2.0

0

Q: Can't evolve in Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky

I beat the main storyline, and I unlocked Luminous Spring. The first time I went there, they told me I couldn't evolve due to some space related shenanigans, and the second time I went, the narration told me to leave. Is it true? Can I not evolve at all? The Pokemon I wish to evolve are Eevee and...

pokemon-mystery-dungeon

badp

22:40

@Ronan ravioli

Ronan

Just ravioli? Or pasta-type foods?

What's ravioli's alolan form?

Unionhawk

Goddammit now I want some sort of thing like ravioli or lasagna or something

Lazers 2.0

1

Q: What does the second XP marker mean?

There's a second number with XP written after it. Does anyone know what it means? It's not the XP remaining.

pokemon-go

user15026

Madam Secretary is such a good show. Very tense and drama(in a good way).

fredley

[cc: @badp]( boingboing.net/2016/09/18/italy-on-the-verge-of-the-stup.html

cc: @badp

user15026

22:54

twitter.com/570NEWS/status/777906561247285248?s=09

user15026

This isn't far from my house.

arda

@Ash :(

user15026

They had to euthanize the deer because it got hit by two cars and went through the window

Yuuki

Unionhawk

OH GOD DAMN YOU DOMINOS

🍕🍕 = ❤️❤️. Buy one pizza at menu price and get one free of equal or lesser value. Online & carryout only. https://t.co/KMTsaK2EFV

Tweeted by dominos on September 19, 2016 at 11:00 PM

:(

Let's... see how this combines with other deals

two bugs

23:08

Haha

Suffer the horrible fate of BoGo pizza!

Unionhawk

Oh it does not combine

Ok

@twobugs I'm currently at +-0 on the whole weight tracking thing on the week, BUT THAT'S PROBABLY GOING TO CHANGE THIS WEEK

two bugs

Weight tracking is meh, I wouldn't worry about it TOO much

Unionhawk

I am worried about it a nonzero amount

two bugs

Hmm I am 12k away from 1 million gold in WoW

Not particularly impressive in the grand scheme of things, but a personal milestone

GnomeSlice

My problem with weight is that I can't keep it on

I had two big macs today

Unionhawk

23:20

lol

I ideally want -20 eventually. That's... you know, a stretch goal a this point. BUT.

GnomeSlice

I'm 6'2" and last time I checked I was around 158

I feel like I've lost a bit more again

Maybe I have a tapeworm

Unionhawk

I'm 5'6" 180

Yey

GnomeSlice

managore.itch.io/perisher

cc @badp

Unionhawk

But at least meh

two bugs

Is two big macs all you had today

That's really not THAT much

GnomeSlice

23:23

Also shawarma

... and a few burgers I grilled

Unionhawk

I need to go to the gym, and stop ordering food as much

badp

@Unionhawk or accept DANGOROTH in your life

two bugs

You may have a tapeworm or something @GnomeSlice

Anyway I'm 6'5" ~200

GnomeSlice

If I do it's like a 24 year old tapeworm

6'5" wtf

Yuuki

@twobugs ... I have almost 50k?

two bugs

23:29

Yes well, I'm more of a dork than you

:)

user15026

@Unionhawk I just hit that! Although my goal is -100 so I have a long way to go

two bugs

Yay mobile chat!

user15026

But I will get there.

user15026

@twobugs someone who would actually make me feel short!

two bugs

@Ash That's great, though! The key part is making personal progress

Ellesedil

23:30

@Yuuki I never had the time to really build up gold in WoW. It got to the point where the only time I had was to raid, or do quests/farm mats in preparation for raiding. Not exactly big gold-makers.

I think 50k was my max, and that was probably shortly after finishing leveling.

user15026

@twobugs I figure I might be losing weight at a turtle pace but I am trying really hard and this way I feel more confident I will keep it off. I'm currently 300ish on a 6ft frame.

two bugs

Hey - it's your pace. Nobody else's.

user15026

Exactly. I am doing this for myself, so there is no pressure.

user15026

I'm actually heading to aquafit, I do like a weekly strength training water fit class thing now that I love

two bugs

Yup :) I'm glad you're making progress, though! That was a big motivator for me

@Ash Nice! That's a good way to get exercise in without putting as much strain on your joints

Yuuki

23:34

I've been doing running mostly. ~3 miles a day.

user15026

@twobugs Yeah, I have a lot of motor issues and pain things so this is good for me

Yuuki

I did a 9 minute mile last week!

user15026

@Yuuki that's impressive

two bugs

I run a lot now but I should do more variety stuff for cardio

user15026

I walk about 5km a day and then do aquafit once a week

user15026

23:35

Not having a car really helps the walking :)

two bugs

Yup :)

Unionhawk

Yeah, walking to class is great for apparently logging more active time than most of the android users in the city

two bugs

I don't walk as much as I used to at my old job, but I still get in several miles a day

user15026

Yeah, my walk is mostly the walk to and from my bus for work

Wipqozn

Are we talking about weight loss? Because I lost 20lbs since may, so that's pretty rad and makes me feel good about myself.

at least an hour of walking a day + eating healthier + other exercise is basically a lifehack

Unionhawk

23:39

No

user15026

@Wipqozn hey same here!

Unionhawk

A lifehack would be...

Uh

Wipqozn

@Unionhawk Let's ask @Sterno or @fredley, they're the experts.

two bugs

Lifehack: Eat only Pizza and lose over 1lb per week!

The trick is you just don't eat

Also Scuba gear

user15026

@twobugs well, if you follow weight Watchers, technically you could...dont know how well it would go though

user15026

23:41

But technically you are supposed to be able to eat anything as long as you stay within your points. I've never tested that theory over much though

two bugs

Darn. I can't even come up with a lifehack if I try.

Unionhawk

LIFEHACK: DO SOMETHING COMPLETELY UNRELATED IN CONJUNCTION WITH ACTUAL THINGS THAT WORK AND ATTRIBUTE IT TO THAT OTHER THING

there

PROBLEM_SOLVED

Ish

two bugs

My earlier postulate of it not being a true lifehack unless it involves the chance of death or maiming is a good guideline, I think

Lazers 2.0

0

Q: How can I tell what is causing low fps?

Is there a way to tell if low fps is CPU or GPU-bound? How would I do this? Can a slow hard drive cause low fps?

performance

two bugs

Do we really have a just performance

Unionhawk

23:45

Yes

user15026

This VN sort of game I am playing has a gamer character who plays a game called LOLOL and for some reason that cracks me up

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