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16:00
@GnomeSlice I'm getting into more of a paranoid, conspiracy mode now. Employer already are likely to investigate you online presence. This makes sense I guess. But how far will that go? Will my lack of interest for these venues someday make me seem like a risky hire?
@OrigamiRobot Depending on your industry... likely.
I mean think about it.
They're going to get a bunch of applicants.
If one of them is clearly very involved with his industry online, they're going to think he knows his stuff.
He's going to be a good asset.
@OrigamiRobot The size of your digital footprint can be either a curse or a blessing.
If you're basically nowhere to be found... they won't really know.
There's always ways to outweigh the blessings, though.
Absolutely.
16:01
@GnomeSlice I'm not talking about only industry involvement. I'm talking about all online involvement. I don't have to have an online presence to keep up with things online.
@GnomeSlice Do you see how this could end up being bad practice?
@OrigamiRobot Newspapers still exist, as do TV broadcasts, after all. Seeing social network presence only gives a potential image, so it probably doesn't have as much of an impact as what style of presence you present.
@GnomeSlice That's why I use my real name on SO.
@JasonBerkan That's why I have my real name and surname on my SO Careers profile.
@OrigamiRobot Which?
"Not having a presence" versus "Not having a noteworthy presence" are probably going to pass very similar, depending on the sphere of application.
16:04
I don't need to give up partial anonymity to get credit for what I do
However, my Facebook account is closed to outsiders, because nothing I do there has any reflection on my programming ability.
@GnomeSlice Judging a person based on their online presence. I can read Twitter feeds without having a Twitter account. I can keep up with things without "being part" of that site.
@OrigamiRobot There was once a time that this chatroom was practically "As if I was following a couple people on Twitter", heh.
@OrigamiRobot It really depends. But if you want my personal opinion, then yes, depending on your field.
@OrigamiRobot Honestly, I imagine that if you were in a field that your online presence would have an important impact, you'd know that and also have the corresponding network presence.
16:09
@GnomeSlice Of course there are certain situations where looking at things this way makes sense. I'm talking about the potential future where it has an impact on all fields.
online presence can be an interesting thing in general, social media or not
@OrigamiRobot I really can't say. However... based on the rate of online expansion over the past decade or so... yes, I can see it potentially becoming an issue.
@GnomeSlice Yes what?
for example, there's an actor named Ian Pugsley who starred in two things ever, one of which is "Ganja Queen" - I wasn't pleased to find that associated with my name, lol
@OrigamiRobot Sorry. Yes, I can see it possibly becoming an issue.
16:11
The internet is growing too fast for it's own good.
probably posted, given its popularity, but here's the hotdog's revenge:
its* And yes, probably.
@IanPugsley Heh. There's a mediocre pitcher with my name, though he spells his last name differently, but enough sites get it wrong that it shows up when I Google my name.
@IanPugsley Sounds like my kind of thing.
@agent86 Where have I seen this before.
Oh right.
16:12
@agent86 what I wouldn't pay to see someone animate Hotdog vs. Hamsolo
Reversed.
@GnomeSlice I went to get some coffee and now I can't fix it. That's going to cost me a job someday.
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@OrigamiRobot .............
@IanPugsley When is the last time you checked?
The only thing I found that isn't you (I think) is this: imdb.com/name/nm0700131
And I don't see that movie listed.
And he's a cinematographer, not an actor.
third to last result on the first page of Google: movies.nytimes.com/person/1106628/Ian-Pugsley
@OrigamiRobot I probably made the same mistake a line or so down. English is my worst language.
16:18
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Q: What's the most efficent combo to take as much health points as possible in 5 turns?

PierreLet say that my opponent won't cast any spell during the 5 first turns of a duel. What is the best spells combo to take him as much health points as possible?

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Q: What do the different colours mean in the names of armour and weapons?

Trinity3SixtyWhen looking in my inventory I can see that most of the weapons and armour are in a green text, but some are yellow, blue and purple. The yellow seems to indicate that the item is part of a set, but what do the other colours mean? Also, are these ones worth holding onto, because I have no where...

@GnomeSlice you are correct about this, though - he apparently helped film Ganja Queen, not star in it :P (last result on the second page of Google is also this)
You can actually hear my voice starting to go due to boredom.
@GnomeSlice That's my point (in an extreme form). The internet makes a lot of information available. That is great most of the time. It also makes out of context information available and that is the worst kind of information.
I'm glad for my obscure name.
Yes. Which is why you actually need to pay attention to how you appear online.
16:24
@RonanForman I'm surprised there's as many Googleable Ian Pugsleys as there are (there are at least three including me)
...well, hexes, someone already has my name as their website name.
@GnomeSlice Yes, but that's because people use it as a source of bad information. there is absolutely nothing I can do to stop someone from masquerading as me on the internet.
@GraceNote Hexxus?
No, more of... hexes.
Or perhaps curses
user20683
16:27
Well that's an image to start my day
@badp ...no, more of hexes, still
Hexes is a British hardcore punk band featuring the former A bassist, current guitar player for Bloodhound Gang and presenter of BBC Radio 1's Rock Show, Daniel P. Carter. On 2008's "Eyes Like Knives" EP they covered Death from Above 1979 song "Blood On Our Hands." The band are signed to Undergroove Records. They have toured with the likes of Gallows, Finch, CKY, Lostprophets, Kids In Glass Houses, The Used and The Ghost of a Thousand. In 2008 the band played the Radio 1 lock-up stage at the Reading and Leeds Festivals and in 2009 they played the Tuborg stage at Download Festival and ...
@GraceNote I don't think you're allowed to hex on valentine's day. Some sort of international witchery ban.
Hexis (ἕξις) is a Greek word, important in the philosophy of Aristotle, and because of this it has become a traditional word of philosophy. It stems from a verb related to possession or "having", and Jacob Klein, for example, translates it as "possession". It is more typically translated in modern texts as "state" (e.g. Rackham) but "disposition" is perhaps a less controversial choice. Joe Sachs however, who in the tradition of Klein tries to be as literal as possible, translates it as "active condition", in order to make sure that hexis is not confused with passive conditions of the soul...
@IanPugsley I doubt you know off hand but you had the patience to figure out of you could just guard while facing away (I can't even just guard normally), so maybe you can figure out the answer to my new question too :)
16:29
@agent86 You're just afraid of what kind of witchery I could pull on you
@Ronan Question, by the way
@StrixVaria the Yoshi one?
@GraceNote your witchery is indeed scary and frightening concurrently.
also, for all the KoA:R players, I posted this late and I want to make sure everyone knows about these keyboard shortcuts (they are a lifesaver):
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Q: What interface-specific keyboard shortcuts are there?

Ian PugsleyI've noticed when in the menu, there are a few undocumented keyboard shortcuts. I've found the following so far: 1 appears to work the same as Enter 2 will compare items in the menu 3 will automatically junk something for you I've noticed inconsistent behavior in dialogues - when speaking to ...

@GraceNote The answer is yes.
@IanPugsley Yep.
16:31
@IanPugsley I'm wondering if these aren't the same as the xbox buttons. "A" is "select this" and "Y" is "junk this" and "X" is "compare this"
"b" is just cancel
@StrixVaria I'll check it out - at first I figured it was a just version but you mentioned an additional just version
@RonanForman That's a poor answer to a time question, haha. I was curious, as I don't know what kind of video work you have to do after the initial recording, but what usually goes into the delay between posting parts of the same Game On event? Is it because you're just pacing things or are their mechanical/exercised restrictions?
@agent86 that makes sense
@IanPugsley Yeah that's why I was so confused when I couldn't do it.
@StrixVaria yeah, I'll check it out
16:32
The fastest way to Super Dragonfly is 8A.
To aid in your testing.
@StrixVaria not 8A+K?
Is that even a thing?
@GraceNote Most of the time is upload time, it takes me about 6 hours for each video.
8B+K goes to normal Dragonfly.
@StrixVaria no idea really, I haven't played Yoshi in SCV
16:33
@RonanForman Ah, that would be the main staying point, wouldn't it?
Then 8B+K again from normal Dragonfly goes to Super Dragonfly.
but in SCIV there were two flying stances - a mid and a super-high version
But 8A just goes straight to super.
@RonanForman And I imagine that uploading prohibits you from doing a lot of other things at the time as well, neh, making it ~6 hours that you have to either do something else or just lose outright?
8A+K was a great way to get to the super high version
@StrixVaria yeah, I'll check later
16:34
Other than that it's just stitching together the video snippets, levelling the audio and picking a good cut point,
I'll take a look at his moveset again; I'm still in the middle of figuring him out.
@IanPugsley, @StrixVaria - your terminology scares and confuses me.
@GraceNote Well I normally upload overnight so it's no big deal.
@RonanForman Editing out nosedrool.
@StrixVaria also, on the subject of Just Guarding, @Maxx isn't wrong about the "pressing before" business in one of his two answers
16:34
@JasonBerkan The numbers are actually pretty simple. They stand for directions, the same as on the numpad on your keyboard.
So 6 is forward, 8 is up, etc.
a really quick guard just before the attack contacts is what you're looking for
if it's not working, press guard even faster
@IanPugsley Maxx?
@RonanForman That would save time
@IanPugsley Just before it would hit me, or just as the swing is beginning?
@StrixVaria Makes more sense than press A eight times.
@StrixVaria the idea is to have that "twitch" occur just before it would hit you - nothing directly to do with the beginning of the swing itself
@GraceNote Yeah, it takes about an hour to render too, but I have to get it to end before I sleep to start the upload.
The main delay is me not wanting to spam the channel.
@IanPugsley I thought that's what I was doing when I was trying out just guards :/
@RonanForman So there is some measure of pacing, then?
16:36
The only way I ever got it to work was to mash G as fast as I could and then I had a 25% chance to just guard, a 50% chance to block normally, and a 25% chance to eat the hit.
Which isn't particularly useful.
@GraceNote I try to at least make it less than daily, but it depends on how much footage I have.
Right now I've got loads so I may post quicker.
Ahha
Which reminds me, I should catch up on the Dreadskull Keep videos at some point
@StrixVaria I'd recommend pulling up somebody like Pyrrha and setting her up to attack easily, like I mentioned in this: gaming.stackexchange.com/a/50564/7816
@GraceNote I wouldn't bother, it's pretty boring.
and just try over and over to hit block quickly one time, until you start to get the feel for it
16:40
@IanPugsley I'll do this the next time I get a chance to play. Blasted Valentine's Day is going to keep me from trying it out tonight, though.
@RonanForman @GraceNote ^this
Boring in a bad way?
There's another way?
user2334
Boring can be a source of comfort and familiarity
Anyone have any ideas what game this question is for?
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Q: Why is my character suddenly attacking really slowly?

CortMy character is performing his (visual) attacks much slower than before. I'm pretty sure it also affects the dps. With the following equipment/skill set: Dagger (2att, speed: very fast) Chainmail (4def) Defensive Lesser Ring of Power (1att, 1def) Resourceful (extra food) Observant (more gold f...

16:42
@MarkTrapp I don't think I'd call that boring.
I'm cleaning up the questions, and that's the only one left.
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Q: What side quests, DLC, and achievements should I make sure to complete in preparing myself for Mass Effect 3?

LessPop_MoreFizzMass Effect 3 is coming on March 6th. I have resolved to finally get off my butt and play through these copies of ME and ME2 that I have played a dozen or so hours of and never finished in both cases. I understand that a fair amount of stuff carries over between the games if you bring saves forw...

@Wipqozn Try @badp
user2334
@Wipqozn Google cache says it was once tagged "hinterland"
user2334
16:43
@MarkTrapp Thanks.
@Wipqozn I did 10, then looked at the homepage.
@Lazers Wow, you've gotten faster now that you're green.
@RonanForman Oh now my new SC5 question is never going to get any attention.
@LessPop_MoreFizz Well, it is coming closer after all
I suppose that shorter wavelength makes a big difference.
16:44
@RonanForman ah, didn't notice that. However, I don't think it's a large problem. It's not like all these games are for on genre/series, so the homepage still has variety.
A few of the questions are unanswered too, which could prove useful.
@RonanForman It could be boring in the "uneventful" kind of way as opposed to the "unentertaining" kind of way.
Sad that that question needs the disclaimer I added, but I know someone is going to try to call me out on it if I don't.
@ArdaXi You'll like that ^
@MarkTrapp I confirmed with Cort
16:50
@GraceNote OP of that question I was asking about earlier.
Oh, Person person.
@Wipqozn The only time I asked a lady out, I used a picture of a T-Rex with a top hat and monocle smashing through a wall saying "Pardon me [Name], but would you like to go on a date sometime?"
@OrigamiRobot You sir, are the definition of awesome.
an edited version of this:
@Wipqozn I can attest to the fact that he does also occasionally wear a top hat
16:57
@IanPugsley HE just gets more awesome and awesome.
I need to stop giving a fuck about what people at work think and wear it here.
@Wipqozn he got recognized at the beach a couple years ago by other tourists who happened to go to the same university he and I did - the guy was like "That's the guy who wears a top hat!"
@OrigamiRobot You should
I feel silly for not including this in his avatar now.
@OrigamiRobot this.
16:58
@RonanForman There's always time.
@OrigamiRobot But there's not enough!
Process question: If you see a question that is a dupe, but you don't have high enough rep to vote to close as a dupe, should you flag the question for moderator attention?
am I the only one more excited about Twisted Metal then I am about Mass Effects demo?
@Sterno Is there not a flag as dupe?
Flag > doesn't belong here > exact dupe
@Sterno You can flag it, or you can mention it in here
17:06
@RonanForman Cool, didn't know that was an option underneath "doesn't belong here"
Or both!
I mean, the question DOES belong here. It's just a dupe!
dupes don't belong by deffinition
you could always put in a comment "possible dupe" and a link to the origonal
17:07
@Pyrodante Someone already did. I was trying to figure out, essentially, how to +1 that
Pro tip: If you're not sure, link it here.
@Pyrodante Yes they do. They allow multiple search terms to find the correct answer.
@RonanForman Eh, it's more a matter of me wanting to learn how flagging works. I hadn't realized that sub-menu was there, and "doesn't belong here" didn't seem to fit to me, so it wasn't something I ever clicked on to see there was a sub-menu
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Q: What happens if the target of Nautilus's ult teleports?

StrixVariaNautilus's ultimate, Depth Charge, seeks out opponents and pops up everything en route, and finally pops up the target when it reaches him. What happens if the target teleports just as Depth Charge is cast? Does it slowly make its way across the map? Does it have a maximum range? If it has a maxi...

O.O an employee! Run!
17:11
We should add this to the game-on rotation.
@Pyrodante How would that be "by definition"?
I mean, I guess since it's under the sub-menu of "doesn't belong", you can say "Yeah, it doesn't belong!" but that's kind of circular reasoning :P
@RonanForman No, don't run, you can't outrun them! Hide!
@LessPop_MoreFizz We can hide but we can't run?
@RonanForman You can't do either.
@RonanForman Correct!
17:14
The only solution is to offer them a sacrifice.
@badp Metro is a bit of a mess at the moment, a lot of the apis are poorly documented/not working
@Wipqozn I vote @Wipqozn!
@Wipqozn I vote @GnomeSlice
@LessPop_MoreFizz Fuck off.
@GnomeSlice I like how you emphasize the off.
It adds character.
17:16
@GnomeSlice that's like your catchphrase now
That's how I'd say it.
Sounds impatient
I'll record it and upload it at some point.
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Q: Should different questions that yield similar/duplicate answers be closed?

sunpechI asked a question: What's the proper way to deal with someone who Team Kills and harasses you constantly in Starcraft 2? This yielded answers/comments such as: Report it to Blizzard (The accepted answer, also with most votes) Immediately quit the game, join another Block them A few weeks la...

I guess by the my understanding of the definition of what is acceptable for the site
@Pyrodante Closed != Deleted
Closed questions stick around - they just can't be answered.
17:19
@Pyrodante Duplicates are good when phrased in a variety of ways because they improve the google footprint of the canonical variant.
@LessPop_MoreFizz Exactly.
@JasonBerkan The end goal of a closed question is to either be reopened or deleted, unless we keep it for seachability (as @LessPop mentioned)
There is also the fact that dups are often asked because the user simply couldn't find the original question, in which case you want to keep the dup.
@GraceNote Really? Is that a mod thing then - going through and deleting old, closed questions?
@JasonBerkan It's a 10k user thing as well.
17:22
@GraceNote So, with regards to searchability, do you leave close as dupes, but delete all others?
Oddly, this is the third time the question about item colors in KOA came up, which surprises me since 1) It uses the same color system as every other game and 2) They flash that info on the loading screen a lot
If a question is off-topic, if it isn't comprehensible, if it isn't usable, then it doesn't benefit us to keep it on the site - that is why we close in the first place. We close, however, because the judgment isn't always correct - closing acts as a window to prove the question's worth as much as it is a sentence to its death.
@JasonBerkan Duplicates are the only common exception to closed questions - we keep them closed (or possibly merged) and live because we do have a benefit to keeping them around - a larger footprint. Otherwise, the stuff we close, we generally don't want people to find our site through.
@GraceNote Makes sense - I was just wondering how mods/10K users decided which closed questions to keep versus which ones to delete.
@GraceNote Closing also acts as a window to force the asker to fix a bad question, during which time they can't be downvoted into oblivion.
@JasonBerkan There's a 2 day limit before a closed question can be deleted. So most patrols will pretty much check what's been 2 days closed and then delete if it's something that we don't expect has an argument to get reopened.
17:25
@LessPop_MoreFizz "can't"?
Let me pull up a post I put on Security recently on this - it might just be rehashing what I said, but it's how the general "Fate of Closed Questions" process works.
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A: Why is this closed question not being deleted?

Grace NoteI don't know enough about security to know exactly how that question fits or does not fit. What people tells me implies it doesn't, but I'll give advice on the general topic of closed questions getting deleted. This will hopefully make the specific case here be crystal clear. With the exceptio...

@badp won't I guess.
Can't attract bad answers to the bad question though
which is just as bad.
@GraceNote - A follow-up question. Using the data explorer, I can query the number of closed questions on a site - is that the number of closed, but not deleted questions?
@JasonBerkan Yes
Interesting. I guess that makes the numbers in my close ratio spreadsheet wrong.
17:33
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Q: Demonology Warlock PvP strategy

imaginativeI am currently playing a demonology spec'd Warlock on a PvP server. As someone with little experience in PvP, I do understand that each situation is different and everyone has a unique play style. What I find difficult are encounters where I get attacked first, particularly while questing, even i...

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Ah, rats, I already own three of those games.
Still... $5... aren't those all like $10 each on Steam?
I have been wanting to check out the ball.
...The link is broken.
WOW at this game's environment design!
@GnomeSlice I got it in the potato sack
@RavenDreamer Any good?
Hm.
I honestly only played the portal ARG level
> Top down arcadey vehicle-based shooter Wasteland Angel, dimension bending graffiti platformer Sideway: New York, combo centric score attack FPS Xotic, physicsy platformer with robot construction BEEP and finally First person Ball 'em up with a giant ball in it: The Ball.
Minimum: $5
17:42
And I got fiendishly annoyed with some of the puzzles.
@RavenDreamer Gift? :D
As in, I couldn't figure out hwat to do next.
Oh, you didn't play the actual game?
@GnomeSlice It's not giftable.
Why not?
Why didn't you play the actual game... =[
17:42
I did.
Only the portal levels.
@GnomeSlice Wow... that was one fo the best trailers I ahve ever seen.
Which is why I can't gift it. I bought it.
Well, was it any good?
Wait, waht?!?!? The game came out today?!?!
17:43
@RavenDreamer Yeah, I get it.
I never even heard of this game before!
WHoa, thanks @GnomeSlice.
@Wipqozn Please don't look at the suggested videos.
@GnomeSlice I ran into a lot of issues of "Okay... what do I do next?"
@RavenDreamer Ah... but most puzzle games are like that.
I haven't tried Sideway or Xotic yet, Wasteland Angel wasn't as good as I'd hoped.
I think @StrixVaria has, though.
Wow. This game looks amazing @GnomeSlice. THank you.
17:45
@Wipqozn I have no idea what it's even about. I just saw someone mentioned it had amazing environment design.
It was previously a source mod.
(looking up details on the game now)
Apparently it's more an interactive story than a game, and is only 2 hours long. which, to me, seems the perfect length if it's meant as an interactive story.
That sounds about right
@agent86 so. Mass Effect 3 Demo?
Two hours left until we have our new mods.
@RavenDreamer That isn't out yet, or?
17:51
@Fabian It was released early on xbox.
So I think it is out.
@Fabian That was a question
Spoilers... I guess?
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A: Can I find a set item more than once?

CyberSkullSet items would seem to be unique and should not be encountered more than once per character. On the tier system they are the step past unique items. You can check the in-game manual for more details. Quoting the manual (bold mine): Item Rarity Items in Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning™ ha...

17:53
@Wipqozn two hours left until you have your new mods.
I have refuse to acknowledge their authority until they have proven themselves.
Trial by combat.
@LessPop_MoreFizz I'm Raven Dreamer and I approve this message.
NO MODS NO MASTERS
@LessPop_MoreFizz Works for me.
I'm Raven Dreamer and this is my favorite shop on the citadel.
17:54
@RavenDreamer Clever shark.
@ravendreamer I hope that message plays for me when I enter the shop in ME3.
New Dwarf Fortress version?!?
@Ullallulloo Indeed.
@Ullallulloo SCRABAGALHFRABLAHGA!
It's a good thing I had no plans for today.
17:55
Damnit.
Stuck in class. >.>
Having the day off when you weren't planning on it is boring.
@LessPop_MoreFizz This 'cause your doohicky broke?
@RavenDreamer Yup.
Can't get an appointment to fix it until Thursday
Ha. I love this patch note:
> demons masquerading as gods will try a little harder
The amount of battlefield control Powertechs get is absurd.
I have a pull, and a charge, and tons of cleaves.

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