The Bridge

12:15 AM

i've put together a bunch of screenshots of my game development. all the wide images with 2 screens are comparisons between the default RPG Maker XP which is 640x480 and RPG Maker XP using the XP Ace upgrade with the resolution set at 800x600

it's not everything as there are some systems i haven't customized yet (like the shop) and they are still 640x480

the single images are the new systems that have been created since the upgrade (before upgrading i was on the Level 3 Tent but didn't make the Cartographer yet)

Buns Glazing

1:19 AM

7 hours ago, by Buns Glazing

Convoy for $2.50

Anyone who enjoyed FTL would almost certainly like this for $2.50

Lazers 2.0

1:30 AM

0

Q: Starcraft 2: can you permanently display the frames-per-second?

In Starcraft 2, you can display the frames-per-second by pressing ctrl-alt-f but then it goes away in after the current game ends. Can you permanently display the frames-per-second?

0

Q: How are favorite foods determined in Miitopia?

In Miitopia, you’re able to feed characters different foods collected as enemy drops, which increase the characters’ stats depending on the food. How much those stats increase depends on how much the character likes these foods, ranging from absolutely hating the food (seems to give about 50% of ...

miitopia

Chippies

2:01 AM

@BunsGlazing is it as difficult as FTL?

Buns Glazing

Nope

Chippies

I enjoyed FTL, but I suck at it terribly

Buns Glazing

I beat it after a handful of attempts

Chippies

Convoy always looked appealing

Buns Glazing

It's more accessible

Chippies

2:02 AM

maybe I'll buy it...

Buns Glazing

I never beat ftl and i didnt have a ton of trouble with this one

Chippies

I bought it... gonna try it out tomorrow

Memor-X

2:41 AM

@ToxicFrog i think you was talking to me about delays with the Atelier Arland Trilogy DX on Steam. can confirm that Plus was getting it in Meruru on the Vita for anything which needed access to the container and the delays slightly worse the closer i get to 1999 items in it and generally this delay is like once per scene

ie. i get a slight delay with synthesis, go out to the tavern to complete a requests and get a delay there, get a delay with synthesis again when i come back but no delay when i exit synthesis, save and go back to make something else

not going to say i know how the game works but i would suspect that how the container stores items in code isn't as good as i could have been

Private Pansy

5:13 AM

God damn it, I have a race condition in Exapunks

Oh... I crashed the game

Dungeons of Dredmor actually has a achievement if you managed to crash the game

Lazers 2.0

5:40 AM

0

Q: World of Light current completion percentage?

How do I see my current completion percentage in World of Light in Super Smash Brothers Ultimate?

super-smash-bros-ultimate

Lazers 2.0

6:00 AM

0

Q: Will it still be possible to complete the Genocide ending?

So basically this is happened, I got to the end thinking I was still on track to get the genocide ending, but then I fought Asgore and then the game ending with Sans calling me and telling me to go to Hell, and instead of the game restarting like normally it goes back to right before the final bo...

undertale

Lazers 2.0

7:35 AM

0

Q: What can be done with broken Humanoid bot in Vault 0 Cryogenics area?

I have found this broken Humanoid bot in Vault 0 Cryogenics area, I have tried talking but no dialogue would appear also using science and repair skills on him without luck. Is there a quest or something that can be done with this robot?

fallout-tactics

Lazers 2.0

8:33 AM

-1

Q: How to turn off record highlight feature?

How to turn off record highlight feature? I believe it records everything in the background, and then, when I press the button it cuts part of that recording, right? But that background recording should reduce my fps and I would like to get rid of it. How to do it?

overwatch

Ave

8:55 AM

god, why.

(how to see if you have problematic users when you're an image host: search for your domains on sites where problematic users hang out)

Kevin

9:35 AM

Morning chat

Nzall

@Ave So you have users who link to your images on Gab? that sounds rough

Wrigglenite

Morning @Kevin

Ave

10:04 AM

Morning @Kevin

@Nzall not my images, but images on elixire, and yeah

I already poof'd one of them

Nzall

@Kevin Morning

Kevin

10:29 AM

Coworker who does planning "How busy are you today?" ... "You did the planning... you know I am just doing random unplanned things"

Buns Glazing

10:48 AM

@Kevin how busy are you with those unplanned things tho

Lazers 2.0

11:06 AM

0

Q: Could someone please explain to me how to edit the .DAT files in the PlayerData folder in minecraft?

I Tried opening them with NotePad++ and it just came out as garbled junk, is there any way i can edit the .DAT file to make myself go in creative? (Note, It is modded minecraft)

minecraft

Lazers 2.0

11:25 AM

0

Q: Low resolution textures on Ultra graphics settings?

I have an RTX 2080 Ti and a high end Threadripper CPU. I can run Metro: Exodus on 1440p Ultra-wide with the Ultra graphics preset and RTX On at around 70-100 FPS quite happily. However, I'm noticing really low resolution textures around the place. I have annotated some screenshots below (click t...

metro-exodus

Kevin

11:47 AM

@BunsGlazing nothing that couldn't be stopped =p

Private Pansy

12:24 PM

There's a lot of neat little touches in Exapunks that's really neat

The EXAs are modeled after phage virus which changes as you code in different behaviors

The CCTV cameras in some levels that lets you see the chaos you're causing

Moacir

How complicated is it?

Private Pansy

Simpler than writing assembly :P

The solutions all have size limits. Most of my solutions so far are less than 50 lines of code

Moacir

But not as simple as 7 billion humans for example

Private Pansy

I assume not. Like TIS-1000 this game deals with distributed programming, so you have to content with synchronization, deadlocks and race conditions, all of which are very fun

Moacir

Got it

Private Pansy

12:33 PM

Oh yeah, the game has asynchronous multiplayer, which is pretty cute

Moacir

Wait

Multiplayer?

Is this a first for programing games genre?

Buns Glazing

Nope

Moacir

I know there is a game out there where you program JS and do your own thing

But this specific "puzzle" game with programming is new, right?

Buns Glazing

[Gladiabots] Quick gameplay video 🎮

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@Moacir doctor brain had a bunch of light programming elements in some of the games back in the 90s

Lost Mind of Dr. Brain - Part 5 - Motor Programming

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Invader Skoodge

@BunsGlazing This looks fucking amazing.

Buns Glazing

12:46 PM

It's on Android too. Last time I checked it out it was pretty bare bones but it seems to have come a long way

Think it's like $10 on Steam?

Invader Skoodge

$15

Buns Glazing

Ou up to $20 now

Oh. Yeah CAD

store.steampowered.com/app/871930/Gladiabots

Invader Skoodge

Wishlisted.

I try to be picky about what goes on there but this is such a cool idea.

Buns Glazing

I used to have a mobile game where you"programmed" a virus in a grid. Like how it expanded, captured antivirus, etc. And you'd run it and compete against other viruses

That was cool

Can't recall the name

ToxicFrog

Sounds like a virus-themed Corewars variant?

Buns Glazing

12:54 PM

Maybe

It doesn't exist anymore though I remember it died so I had to stop playing it

Kevin

We should totally have a bridge-corewars server

Private Pansy

At one point you're given a region locked video game to crack. Once you crack it, (which took quite a bit of effort), you find game's entirely in Japanese, including the help

The only part that's in English is the splash screen which warns you that selling the game outside of Japan is against the law.

This is hilarious

Moacir

So, about copyrigth on a github project. The copyright is MIT, so it has "Conditions:License and copyright notice ". Where do I need to put these? In the eula when first starting? In a txt with the game? Both suffice?

Buns Glazing

@InvaderSkoodge have you heard of screeps.com

Oh I think that's the one @Moacir was referring to

Private Pansy

@Moacir MIT only require you to keep the license with the original source of the library

Invader Skoodge

1:04 PM

@BunsGlazing Yes. I looked into it briefly but didn't love the implementation.

Moacir

@PrivatePansy So if I use it I dont have to pass it foward?

forward

Private Pansy

Only if you distribute the source

ToxicFrog

@PrivatePansy it requires that you include the license and copyright notice with all "copies or substantial portions of the Software"; it's not clear to me that that excludes binaries

@Moacir it is not a requirement that it be prominently displayed to the user. IME most software includes a file next to the readme, or a button next to the credits, that lists the copyrights and licenses of all included components; that should be sufficient.

(that said, if you do have a splash screen, it's generally considered polite to include the logo(s) of your dependencies on it somewhere, if they have any)

Moacir

@ToxicFrog My specific case. I am using gamemaker and there is a script on github that handles twitch connection. I should add a copyright file of the script inside my program, so it is at least inside a folder when it is installed, right?

ToxicFrog

@Moacir yes. A copy of the LICENSE/COPYING file from the repo should be sufficient. In larger projects these are usually all consolidated into a single OPENSOURCE.txt file or similar.

Moacir

1:16 PM

Got it

ToxicFrog

If you make improvements to the script it would be polite to share them, but you are not required to by the license (unlike e.g. (L)GPL)

Moacir

These are generally applied to open source things, right? If, I have a license to use a resource because I bought it, do I also need to show copyright?

Oh no, I wont be changing anything

ToxicFrog

Only if the license says you have to.

Moacir

I will use the outputs to a different thing

This licence thing is hard

ToxicFrog

The "you have to include the license and copyright notice" bit is part of the MIT license itself.

Moacir

1:18 PM

I'll have to check the humblebundle license

I am using some sprites from them

(That I bought from humblebundle some time ago actually)

ToxicFrog

I have no idea what the license is for any resources you may have bought, but it's probably a non-transferrable commercial use license of some kind?

nods

MIT at least is very simple: tldrlegal.com/license/mit-license

Moacir

@ToxicFrog Yes. I dont have the right to give it for someone else to use, but I may use it in any projects I want (The original license had a wording where I could only use at ONE project but this got rectified)

Or something like that

I have to read it again

ToxicFrog

Anyways, the requirement to include the license and copyright notice for MIT-licensed stuff is baked into the MIT license itself (it's the second paragraph). It's not something intrinsic to all use of copyrighted components, although many licenses do include attribution requirements.

Moacir

I just checked the gamedev one

Im cool as long as I dont share the originals or modified versions of originals without a media that actually uses them

ToxicFrog

This one, right? gamedevmarket.net/terms-conditions/#prolicence

Moacir

1:31 PM

As long as its part of the media, Im cool as cucumbers

Yep. The 4.1 one

Afaik, If I got a bundle that has dogs and ducks, and only use the dogs, I cannot leave the ducks in

However if the dogs and ducks are at the same source, I'm ok sharing the ducks together

ToxicFrog

That's also my reading of 4.2(b), but I am of course not a copyright lawyer.

It's not clear to me if 4.2(c) requires you to actually make it difficult to extract individual assets or if it's enough that you don't give the user permission to do so; I would assume the latter, since the former is ultimately impossible.

Moacir

Well, I think I wont get sued for it as long as I dont do anything stupid, like uploading the source to github

Then all the files would be there and that would not be good

Lazers 2.0

2:18 PM

0

Q: Does Gibbering Gemstone only drop once?

I had been hunting for Gibbering Gemstone for days on end! And I grow tired and wary of it and decided to teach my fiancee how to do it when I took a couple hours break taking a shower and such. I never know if she ever get the gemstone, because she might miss it or mistaken selling it! Because...

diablo-3

Lazers 2.0

2:37 PM

0

Q: Where can Goldenfry be found in the Elder's Recess?

The ingame Monster Field Guide lists the Elder's Recess as one habitat where the Goldenfry is found, but I have never, in 600 hours, seen any fishing spots with Goldenfry in them. Where can I find Goldenfry in the Elder's Recess?

monster-hunter-world

Yuuki

3:02 PM

cc @GodEmperorDune @Wipqozn @Ash

Jason Berkan

That's awesome.

user15026

@Yuuki augh yes but augh the pun

Yuuki

@Ash Are you saying it's an offal joke?

user15026

Hahaha yes that is exactly what I am saying

quartata

Tweeted by hrcha1010 on March 17, 2019 at 12:54 PM

bombsfall retweeted this

how is this even possible

Matt E. Эллен

3:19 PM

@quartata How are pictures of cats on the internet possible? I've never thought to ask, but there are so many now it's probably an important question

Lazers 2.0

3:35 PM

2

Q: Is there a distance limit for minecart tracks?

If I build a (correctly powered) very long track to transport goods via chest in minecart (so without the presence of any player anywhere during the trip except at the starting point), Is there a distance limit in blocs or chuncks after which the cart will stop or something, or will it work inde...

minecraft

Yuuki

Toy Story 4 | Official Trailer

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Lazers 2.0

3:54 PM

0

Q: How much XP is required to gain each player level in Apex Legends?

I recently started playing Apex Legends. At first, I was gaining a player level after almost every single match, but as I've continued to play this has slowed down. I now need to play several matches (perhaps an hour of gameplay) to gain another level. (This is different from the Battle Pass Leve...

apex-legends

Nzall

4:21 PM

Reasearchers at Bern University of Arts have discovered that Emmental cheese exposed to six months of hip hop while it is maturing has a stronger flavor and aroma than that exposed to Mozart or Led Zeppelin.

Tweeted by qikipedia on March 19, 2019 at 4:03 PM

Yuuki

QI is a comedy panel show, IIRC.

user15026

Yes, but the stuff they post is actual randiom fact stuff

user15026

thisisinsider.com/…

user15026

Thats more on the cheese and music thing

SaintWacko

How much variation is there in wheels of cheese that aren't exposed to music?

user15026

4:27 PM

Probably a reasonable amount

user15026

I don't think this is any sort of strong correlation that we can really build on :P

SaintWacko

Right, that's my main concern :P

Yuuki

So they only used one wheel per type of music?

SaintWacko

Yep

And didn't have a control group that wasn't exposed to any music

Yuuki

I thought that's what the middle one was?

> Soundwaves at low, medium and high frequencies were played for three others while one wheel was left in peace.

user15026

4:30 PM

This is mostly making me want cheese

Yuuki

Curse my lack of naturally-produced lactase.

user15026

I'll eat teh cheese for you and tell you how it is. in the name of friendship and helping

SaintWacko

Yeah, I'm going to go grab a chunk of cheese from the fridge

Yuuki

@SaintWacko And some wine?

user15026

I should have packed a cheese string or two in my lunch, i am full of regret

Lazers 2.0

4:32 PM

0

Q: MotoGP '08 not starting!

Whenever i start the game, firstly a dialog box opens to choose settings for motogp 08 and when i click "OK" after finishing up settings, my screen zooms up to the resolution for 2 seconds and get back to normal resolution and nothing happens. No errors! nothing else. My computer specs:- OS Nam...

technical-issues windows-10

ToxicFrog

@Yuuki that's what lactaid is for! Also, in cultured aged cheeses the lactose is one of the things that the culture eats, so older cheeses like cheddar, emmentaler, parmesan, etc are generally safe to eat without it

SaintWacko

Alright, I had the gouda yesterday, I'll have the havarti today

Ooh, that's fantastic

Yuuki

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Kevin

@Ash I thought you wanted cheese, not whatever unholy abomination so-called 'cheese' strings are

user15026

@Kevin I think they're actually cheese

Kevin

4:35 PM

HMMM en.wikipedia.org/wiki/String_cheese

user15026

Like the cheese is just heated a certain way or something to make it stringable afaik

Kevin

Wikipedia seems to be in on the conspiracy

SaintWacko

Yeah, it's definitely cheese

Kevin

They're not really a thing in the netherlands, because we just have regular cheese

ToxicFrog

(don't try this with young cheeses like mozarella or uncultured ones like halloumi or paneer, though, or you will be very sad)

Kevin

4:37 PM

Mozarella is apparently the one they use most often?

In heresy-land that is

user15026

Yeah, I was about to say, mozzarella is what like most cheese strings are.

ToxicFrog

Yeah. It's low-moisture, high-salt mozzarella with orange dye.

We've been keeping them on hand for Alex (who alternates between wanting cheesestrings and wanting aged cheddar) and I mostly just find them really bland.

SaintWacko

Orange dye?

Wtf kind of string cheese are you eating?

ToxicFrog

@SaintWacko the ones here are usually either orange or orange-and-white striped

There are also white ones but they're less common

SaintWacko

@ToxicFrog o.0

Here you can find them orange-and-white striped

Kevin

4:38 PM

They come in different flavours, according to the wikiepedias

SaintWacko

But the orange ones are not string cheese, they're cheddar

And by far the most common string cheese is white

Wrigglenite

What the heck is string cheese?

ToxicFrog

@SaintWacko e.g. cheestrings.ca/assets/images/landings/en/strings-products.png

SaintWacko

Mozzarella

Kevin

I'm just going to make grilled ham-and-cheese-sandwhiches tomorrow to spite all of you

SaintWacko

4:39 PM

It's sticks of cheese that you can peel strings off of

ToxicFrog

@Wrigglenite we just went over this -- it's low-grade mozzarella shaped into individually packaged logs that can be peeled apart into "strings" as a snack

Kevin: don't forget the pickled onions, garlic butter, and cumin

Kevin

No

SaintWacko

Mmm, garlic butter

Kevin

Ham, cheese, bit of paprika powder, maybe some sauce if I'm feeling fancy

Yuuki

Pretty sure if the labeling says "cheese" then it's real cheese, otherwise it has to be labeled "Pasteurized Prepared Cheese Product".

user15026

4:40 PM

@Kevin ooooh good idea

Jason Berkan

@Yuuki Cheez Whiz. Totally not cheese.

Kevin

It'll be my reward to my self for going out and voting tomorrow

SaintWacko

@Yuuki The best thing about this is "Jesus' Fiverr Page"

WWJD for five dollars?

Yuuki

@Kevin Don't forget the dill pickles.

user15026

@Yuuki I think that's why lunchables call it 'cheese food" (or at least tehy used to)

Kevin

4:41 PM

@Yuuki DEFINITELY no

Yuuki

And no ham-and-cheese sandwiches is complete without hummus.

ToxicFrog

@Kevin what sort of sauce?

SaintWacko

Mmm, dill pickles

The only good kind of pickle

Kevin

This will be food, not a Yuuki (pronounced yucky) sandwhich

ToxicFrog

@Yuuki IME I can't fit both dill pickles and pickled onions in a grilled cheese sandwich

user15026

4:42 PM

....some of these sandwiches are abominations. :P

ToxicFrog

And I prefer the latter, so

Kevin

@ToxicFrog probably some chili sauce?

user15026

@ToxicFrog agreed.

ToxicFrog

(although if I have branston pickle on hand that takes priority over both)

@Kevin oooo, laoganma?

Jason Berkan

Wasn't there an Internet thread about how adding things other than cheese and bread makes it NOT a grilled cheese sandwich?

user15026

4:42 PM

I'd leave the cumin out though because no thank you

Kevin

@ToxicFrog Which ever is the store brand =p

Yuuki

@JasonBerkan I think that's still the top post of all-time on /r/grilledcheese.

Kevin

@JasonBerkan well I'm saying ham-and-cheese to start with

And I'm not adding ingredients except spices

DESPITE SOME PEOPLE'S ATTEMPTS TO LEAD ME ASTRAY, FROM THE ONE TRUE PATH OF GRILLED HAM-AND-CHEESE-SANDWICHES

ToxicFrog

@Kevin I mean, I use laoganma as a generic term for all kinds of crunchy flaky chili sauce whether they are Traditional Angry Lady Sauce™ or not

Kevin

I am picky about food, I don't like crunch unless the entire thing is crunchy

ToxicFrog

4:44 PM

Aah

So not laoganma then

Kevin

(I generally don't care what texture a food is, as long as it's the same texture)

Jason Berkan

One of my kids refuses to each cheese. Except he loves pizza. Kids are weird.

Kevin

(assuming texture is the correct word)

@JasonBerkan Pizza is weird

Invader Skoodge

@JasonBerkan We have to be careful that anything we give my son isn't too hot because if he touches it and it's too hot there's no hope of getting him to touch it with his hands again. He will still eat it, but we have to hand-feed it to him.

user15026

@Kevin yep

Invader Skoodge

4:46 PM

Even after it's well cooled off, he'll just stare at it and cry rather than touch it again.

Jason Berkan

@InvaderSkoodge I have a picture of one of my kid eating corn on the cob like he's bobbing for apples. It was too hot to touch.

Invader Skoodge

And by hot of course I mean warm; we wouldn't give him anything that can burn him.

ToxicFrog

@Kevin I mean, when I do a grilled cheese the texture is already heterogenous (crispy outside, soft interior bread and cheese, crunchy pickles), so...

Kevin

@ToxicFrog hmm, it's more variation between bites that sets me off?

Because yeah molten cheese isn't crunchy =p

user15026

Dear Inbox I know you're going away in two weeks please stop telling me every time I open the app

Invader Skoodge

4:48 PM

Solution: Fry the cheese instead of melting it between the bread so the bread and cheese are both crunchy.

Fried cheese is unbelievable.

Jason Berkan

I'm apparently unable to type today. That is a lot of spelling errors.

user15026

@InvaderSkoodge This is making me think of making a sandwich with the breaded cheese from Metro Restaurant that I had with @ToxicFrog et al at one point.

user15026

(which was not crunchy cheese but it was fried cheese.)

ToxicFrog

@Ash oh noooooooo that would be dangerously good but also probably kill me

user15026

(Although now I am thinking like a parmesan crisp sandwich, I don't know how well that would work

ToxicFrog

4:50 PM

(that was a fantastic lunch, though)

user15026

@ToxicFrog yeah it would be a delicious way to go out, no?

user15026

@ToxicFrog It was! The company was pretty fantastic too ;)

ToxicFrog

:D

Buns Glazing

5:17 PM

theverge.com/2019/3/19/18271702/…

user15026

5:33 PM

I just hope this rush for all these cloud gaming services doesn't mean increased fragmentation of access to games and also doesn't mean that downloadable/offline stuff stops being an option

Wipqozn

@Ash On the flip side, a cloud gaming service can actually makes games more affordable for those with access to internet, but who are unable to afford a good PC or gaming console.

There's lots of folks with shitty internet or no internet, for a variety of reasons, but there's also a lot of folks that can get good internet but then can't afford a gaming console.

Although I personally have no interest in cloud gaming.

user15026

@Wipqozn yeah, it's a hard balance, to make sure you're getting both groups

Nzall

@Wipqozn I've tried that with PS Now on my PC. It failed miserably

A very limited selection of games, poor framerate and resolution, and too much lag to make the game playable

Invader Skoodge

5:56 PM

@BunsGlazing I'm concerned about input lag on these kinds of things.

Wipqozn

@Ash I think the issue is looking for a one size fits all solution. Cloud gaming can exist without traditional hardware going away. At the very least I don't see cloud gaming becoming the only path forward for quite a while, if ever. Any input lag is a no go for competitive multiplayer, and way too much of the US has shitty internet that would equate to lost business.

GodEmperorDune

@InvaderSkoodge same, i'm not sure how they can overcome speed of light limitations

it's always going to be faster to input to a box a few feet away as opposed to tens or hundreds of miles away in a datacenter

Invader Skoodge

@GodEmperorDune Right. Even if they essentially eliminate network lag by literally having all the players on the same server, there's still going to be input lag.

Wipqozn

@GodEmperorDune You just increase the speed of light, duh.

murgatroid99

@GodEmperorDune Speed of light isn't that bad, in terms of human perception. A mile is a few microseconds. A thousand miles is a few thousand milliseconds. Which is still well under human perceivable reaction time

Yuuki

5:59 PM

System Shock 3 Teaser - Unity Keynote (GDC 2019)

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Invader Skoodge

@murgatroid99 A few thousand milliseconds is a few seconds.

Did you mean a few thousand microseconds?

Moacir

Unity is epicstore right?

murgatroid99

@InvaderSkoodge Right, I mixed up what I was saying. A thousand miles is a few milliseconds

Yuuki

@Moacir Unity is platform-agnostic, I think?

Invader Skoodge

I wonder how pricing is going to work for Stadia.

Moacir

6:06 PM

@Yuuki Wasnt there something that if you publish on epic store you dont have to pay for unity resources?

Buns Glazing

@InvaderSkoodge same

Yuuki

@Moacir I think you might be talking about the Unreal Engine?

Moacir

@Yuuki Yep. Got them mixed up

user15026

@Wipqozn Yeah, agreed

user15026

@InvaderSkoodge I am curious about that too

murgatroid99

6:07 PM

I think you could reasonably render at 30FPS on a cloud service like this, which means 33ms to process and render a frame. So even if the nearest datacenter is 2000 miles away, the server still has almost as much time to process a frame as a local computer would at 60FPS.

Lazers 2.0

0

Q: Need a give command for custom diamond sword

I need a /give command to obtain a diamond sword with enchantments, a name, and a description of the sword. Can you give me a command? Making a adventure map in MCPE.

minecraft-commands minecraft-pocket-edition minecraft-bedrock-edition

Yuuki

If I had to go off the video alone, I would have no idea what Stadia is.

Wipqozn

@Yuuki I think it's a flying type Pokémon

Invader Skoodge

@Wipqozn Maybe you're thinking of Staravia?

Unionhawk

@InvaderSkoodge no that's the google streaming game thing

Wipqozn

6:25 PM

@InvaderSkoodge Oh that's exactly what I'm thinking of. I'm just being HILARIOUS.

Also I really like that Pokémon

Pidgey is a frequent part of my parties, and starvia was the Pidgey of that game

Yuuki

Talonflame was the strongest Pidgey up until they nerfed Gale Wings.

Wipqozn

Never heard of it

Oh Pokémon x

I never finished that.

I think I had one of those in my party...

Unionhawk

pokemon x was a good game and I hope character customization is as good in sword and shield as it was in that gen

Nzall

6:44 PM

Ugh, hearing old people talk about Youtube and how it should just hire more humans to do manual content verification is just idiotic. And then when you tell them Youtube would have to hire over 30,000 people in order to do so who speak pretty much every language in the world in the right proportions, they say Youtube should restrict uploads so they can manage it. THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS DAD

user15026

It's not how it works, but....could it? Should it?

user15026

(Okay no maknig humans look at hte garbage of the internet is a bad idea but so is pure computer verification)

Nzall

@Ash There's also the problem where people actually get affected by the tripe they have to review, like people who genuinely get convinced by some of the conspiracy theories on Youtube because they need to watch that content

user15026

@Nzall nods among other things like PTSD and burnout and stuff, for sure

Unionhawk

yeah and the working conditions on top of that are apparently Fun

for values of fun meaning "You're a contractor with a quota and an accuracy score and if either of those fall below targets you're in danger of losing your job where you get paid too little to watch the worst content on the internet all day"

user15026

6:55 PM

nod

Sepia Lazers

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Q: Add Google Stadia tag

Google has announced its new game stream service Stadia, it allows to play high tier games in low tier devices with a good internet connection. Also it will deploy a Developer site for creating new features and games. Does it deserve a tag in Arqade? Maybe in other site? Or just no? I have que...

discussion tags

Yuuki

@SepiaLazers I think the answer is no tag right now?

user15026

@SepiaLazers ....fine, delete it while I am writing you a nice answer :(

Yuuki

@Ash I never wanted your green checkmark in the first place! *runs off in tears*

user15026

that's me right now yes how did you know

MBraedley

7:03 PM

@SepiaLazers Is a tag without a question even a tag at all?

Unionhawk

(technically, yes, but we can't exactly create it without having a question first (I mean we can but that'd be an incredibly stupid edit then revert on some unrelated question))

Wrigglenite

gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/347967/… This happened, for context

MBraedley

Feels like the first day of ‘Pool.

Tweeted by VancityReynolds on March 19, 2019 at 1:48 PM

(Disney-Fox deal closed today, for context)

user15026

@Wrigglenite At least they deleted it - we'd end up closing it.

Moacir

7:34 PM

Wait

Now fox is owned by disney?

Nzall

@Moacir yep

SaintWacko

Apparently

Nzall

So now Disney also owns Simpsons

And Futurama, And Family Guy, And Bones

Yuuki

Fox in its entirety or just 20th Century Fox?

> Assets such as the Fox television network, Fox Television Stations, and Fox News Channel spun off into a new company called Fox Corporation

I imagine that Disney didn't particularly want the Fox News Channel in the first place.

user15026

I'd not want it, if I were them

Nzall

7:41 PM

ign.com/articles/2019/03/19/…

Yuuki

Although it's interesting that Disney won't have the Fox TV network but will have the IPs that appear on the Fox TV network.

Nzall

so apparently, the TV shows still belong to Rupert Murdoch

Yuuki

Ah, never mind.

Yeah, I was wondering about that because Disney owns ABC.

GodEmperorDune

@Ash this is the key question imo

Yuuki

@Ash I can't remember where I read it or the exact numbers, but I recall that the suicide rate for members of certain FBI task forces is significantly higher than other FBI agents.

user15026

7:51 PM

@Yuuki that would not surprise me.

Yuuki

I can't imagine that kind of work being anything other than soul-crushing.

Nzall

Tweeted by ERBofHistory on March 19, 2019 at 7:59 PM

user15026

8:54 PM

Found a romance novel called 'The Hero and the Hacktivist" and i think I need to read it, just based on the title.

Lazers 2.0

-2

Q: Copy PS2 memory cards to PC for cheaper than an entire PS2?

I have some PS2 memory cards, a PS3 slim, and a Win7 PC that runs PCSX2. I don't have a PS2 anymore. I want to copy my saved games from the cards to the PC, either directly, or via the PS3. What kind of PS2 card reader should I get? I expect that ebay's $5 gamepad adapters won't work. I'm re...

ps2 pcsx2

Trent Hawkins

@Nzall As much as I agree that hiring that many humans to verify content would be unreasonable (and likely cruel to said humans for reasons already mentioned here). I do think the number of people employed could/should be increased somewhat to better aid in catching things that fall through (or fall victim to) cracks in the layers of automated systems.

The number of creators who are just one malicious actor away from having their livelihoods demolished, while only the Uber-popular have any immediate means of having their channels restored is disheartening.

Nzall

True. I feel like the bots should do the first part and then certain categories should automatically be verified that the bots did the right thing

SaintWacko

9:18 PM

Okay, I think I finally have everything set up the way I want on my new work computer

I copied off some of the configs from my old one, but I missed the most important ones

My vimrc and zshrc

Lazers 2.0

9:38 PM

0

Q: Halo Lore, Were Spartan III's Sterile?

In the Halo lore, I'm to understand that Spartan II's were rendered sterile from the bodily augmentations. The procedure itself also held possible side effects of reduced, to near non-existent sex drives. The Spartan III program had also made a lot of major advancements over how the Augmentations...

halo-reach halo-series

Frank

Bridge, I nailed the interviews. Company wants to make me an offer.

12

So now it's down to the brass tacks and bean counting.

Memor-X

@Frank Congrats

what's the job?

Frank

@Memor-X Consultant. Not sure if senior or not.

The company is primarily a finance company, but has a consultant department to meet client needs for Dev and IT work.

SaintWacko

9:53 PM

@Frank Nice!

I'm loving my new job :D

Frank

@SaintWacko Woo!

I still need to go through the negotiation process, but I'm hoping that goes well.

So it's not a done deal yet.

Lazers 2.0

0

Q: Does getting the "bad" ending in Far Cry 5 change the pause menu?

I finished the game a little while back and earned the "good" ending in which you This ending affects the pause menu in a way I find distracting and unrewarding. If I were to replay the game again and choose the alternate ending in which do the in-game changes that stem from the good endin...

far-cry-5

SaintWacko

Ugh, Google, stop giving me a countdown til Inbox goes away :(

user15026

10:09 PM

@SaintWacko I know right

Memor-X

10:49 PM

Introducing #Stadia, an all-new way to play from Google. Coming in 2019 → http://goo.gl/jCshXn #GDC19 https://t.co/UQvD3m4jkJ

Tweeted by Google on March 19, 2019 at 6:46 PM

skeptical, not just because of internet connection charges (because even if streaming might be "free" now, so was SMS when it first appeared) but because i don't see this as being a free service so it's more giving google money for permission to their games, games that they can take down when they want

ie. netflix for games

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