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Q: Way am I not friends with someone on my friend list

Memor-XI went to send a trade offer to someone on my friend's list on Steam and i had to go into my email to confirm the trade offer. it the email i see this however I am as when i go into their profile and click "More" i have "Unfriend" at the end of the menu. is this just some bug with emails or i...

 
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@PrivatePansy well is it really worth then I mean honestly
 
@Ash honestly as long as it's still in a city with more dogs than children
 
 
Ave
aa more isp issues, this actually hurts me
how the heck do they manage to break my internet like 10 times in a day after having no issues for like a month
 
@Yuuki hey, they also made Thanos Purple again
 
12:21 AM
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Q: BL:GotY PS4 Online Timeouts

Dion PezzimentiI am currently having an issue where any online match I try to join in Borderlands Game of the Year times out. It's been a while since I played the series but it happens for every game i have tried to join with no success yet. I am trying to Google and YouTube and only found one relevant piece of...

 
1:12 AM
how shit dude, i just found out that SE can create images out from your clipboard
i thought when i said "or paste an image or link" it was just talking about a url
found out about it when i went to ask a question and was pasting in table data from excel
 
1:26 AM
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Q: Can't paste data to question, get prompted for Image?

BruceWayneI am trying to ask a Question on SE, and have some mock data in Excel I've copied, and am simply trying to paste in to my question. I've done this before dozens of times, but suddenly am having this issue. However, when I do so, I get prompted to upload an image. (This happens with CTRL+V and a...

 
@user26744 ahh so it happening with excel data is a bug
well i was just copying one column to be turned into a list so i just had to stick it in notepad++ to "clean" the formatting of it
 
@Frank Yes. I have seen several reviewers refer to composing word blocks in Baba is You as being evocative of writing code. Using code blocks to delimit word blocks in the post is very similar to using code blocks to delimit programming identifiers: typically not mandatory but acceptable and subject to the author's preferences.
 
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@user26744 using code blocks for things other than code is not something super recommended
 
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Q: Using code ticks for technical term highlighting considered harmful

SevenSidedDieLots of users across the Stack Exchange network have developed a habit of using code markup (backticks in Markdown) to give technical terms special formatting that stands out visually. This only seems to happen on sites that don't actually deal with code snippets, since "there's no other use for ...

 
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Q: Is the Tales of Hearts R - Adventure items Bundle all non Costume DLC?

Memor-XDoing come querying of the Playstation Store (Australia) to get DLC Princes and with Tales of Hearts R i noticed that there is 6 bundles. 5 are Costume Bundles so it's obvious what they have since the DLC states how many costumes are in the bundle and this can matched to the individual DLC (ie....

 
1:41 AM
@Ash I agree with that post: seeing code blocks overused for random terminology is annoying and impairs readability. I feel that Baba is You is a different case because you are actually composing the word blocks components into statements which are evaluated, in a way that is much more similar to code both visually and conceptually. A bow in Zelda does is not represented by the actual text BOW, or used as part of a proto-language, so I would not highlight it as bow.
 
user15026
I disagree that the sematics in the game warrant a use of code blocks
 
user15026
I see how you think the fact that they're statements matters, but at the core, it's not really code in any real sense.
 
@user26744 the reason you don't want to use code blocks for non-code text is because code blocks make on-screen readers spell out each letter, which is not needed in a game like Baba is You
the game doesn't use code, it uses words
 
@Ash Okay. I don't feel the same, but a Data Explorer search indicates that there are almost no uses of the code blocks on the site at all, so I don't really have any precedent on my side to argue against your interpretation.
@Chippies For what it's worth, I just tested it with a screen reader and that did not happen.
 
@user26744 I don't use a screen reader, so I don't know the exact issues it causes, but that is one of them that I have heard of and just because it didn't cause issues to you, doesn't mean it won't cause issues to someone else
quote blocks and code blocks are nearly the same
meta says use code blocks for code, quotes for everything else
 
1:56 AM
To be honest, I often get them mixed up, so I think it's a common mistake. No harm, no foul. We all work together to make it better.
 
Okay. I defer to the apparent consensus, and for consistency with the answer.
 
I think there is some validity in treating the statements in Baba is You as code. The small vocabulary and rigid syntax and semantics are all features the game text shares with programming languages
Plus the fact that it is apparently interpreted by the game in a way that controls its behavior, like a domain-specific language
 
On the one hand, Baba Is You is Turing complete...
 
@MBraedley Is it? Clearly I haven't played far enough!
 
They don't actually show that in game. Crafting something like that in a level would be tedious and confusing
 
2:08 AM
BabaJIT
 
The solution, though, might be to use the <kbd> tag. Not sure how that's interpreted by screen readers.
@murgatroid99 people have built a rudimentary instruction set.
 
@MBraedley Or, as a compromise, use code tags for nouns and connecting words, and <kbd> tags for other verbs and adjectives
 
2:53 AM
late but still funny
> Magic The Gathering Arena, or as it's more widely know as How to Print Money on Paper Without the Government Coming After You
don't worry, it wont be an April Fool's Joke when EA comes out with FIFA 2021: How to make Bitcoin and give it all to EA because this is the next gen WoW Gold Mine
 
3:35 AM
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Q: Does the "Deathblow" animation grant i-frames?

BenI had a discussion with a friend about the mechanics of Sekiro, and we came up with some interesting variations in our experience. Some were about the usefulness of certain abilities - his experience was that (for example) using the grappling hook on certain enemies was pointless, as it simply dr...

 
4:26 AM
Playing Undertale has only reinforced my belief that no matter how good the story is, I absolutely despise bullet hell games.
 
5:16 AM
curious, which is cheaper for mass production, CD/Bluray Disks or USB Thumb Drives?
 
5:31 AM
My heart is so warm and full. The 2014 #GBBO bakers reunited for Martha's wedding and they all baked different cakes!
Cc @ash @Yuuki
 
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Q: What's the difference between the public transport types?

user1068446Other than theming - I'm wondering what the functional differences are in the different public transport types. Some of them are pretty obvious: Buses don't need anything built. Metros don't take up space. Monorails, metros, aren't subject to space. But basically- what I'm wondering is ...

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Q: Do Cims avoid/not like transferring transport types?

user1068446In real life - doing something like catching a bus, then a train, and then a bus is a huge pain and I avoid it a lot. In Cities: Skylines - it would make sense to build a city this way - using buses to take people to the train station, then they get off in the industrial district, and then catc...

 
 
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Ave
7:15 AM
wikipedia nooo
 
8:02 AM
Morning chat
 
Morning @Kevin
 
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Q: Is Fable (1996) connected in any way to the Fable franchise from Lionhead Studios?

P. M. B.I'm a big fan of the Fable games, have played them all on Xbox 360, and recently discovered the DOS game by the same name. I just started playing it and am wondering if it's at all connected to the Fable franchise. It was developed by Simbiosis Interactive and was apparently the company's only re...

 
@Memor-X mass production? Probably CDs, it's press plastic into a mold, silver it, add more plastic
Maybe not even silver but aluminium
 
9:00 AM
@Memor-X Hang on, really? I didn't know that either. I mean, it worked in Discord, but I didn't think it worked in chat
 
 
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10:07 AM
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Q: How to get rid of blazes near a spawner

aradarbel10I found the blaze spawner and right when I got close blazes began spawning, so I had to run away and block it. Now everything is full of blazes so I can break the wall and go in. I also can't break the spawner because I really need it. I know how I need to put the torches, but how to I actually g...

 
 
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11:18 AM
@Stormblessed Tried an answer there, but it doesn't match the solid color descriptor
 
@Stormblessed Kaladin?
 
@Nzall not in chat, on the main sites
 
11:33 AM
@Ave And when those relatives who call you by deadname decides to "pay you a visit" (bc you live in SF and they dont want to pay for a hotel) you can be like "I will give you a tour!"
Bonus points if you can name all the most exquisite vibrators and who used them, with all the details of how
 
They're antique vibrators, they were all used to treat 'lunacy', which is a thing obviously only women suffered from
 
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Q: GTA V(5) Mods not working(e.g SimpleTrainer)

WhatHappensHappenI did buy a copy of GTA 5 a long time ago(Non-Steam edition). I've used mods in the past, and back then everything worked fine. I recently reinstalled the game, and not a single mod seems to be working for me. Even a simple trainer('Simple Trainer' and 'Native Trainer') doesn't work. I've install...

 
@Kevin Maybe there are some that are from queens, or from males
Idk
 
11:53 AM
@Kevin I'm actually halfway through Words of Radiance right now. I'm reading the first intermission story after chapter 3
 
12:04 PM
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Q: How do I get more skins on Minecraft pe From add ons

user229846I wanna get more than 2 skins on mc pe

 
12:15 PM
@Moacir I think you're assuming that these were used as they're used now. They were not, they were 'medical' devices
 
12:26 PM
@Kevin I'm sorry, but isn't it a bit off to be talking about antique vibrators and related topics in this room?
Like, I personally don't really mind it, but others might
 
I mean, people keep replying to my messages in an 'oh look, sex toys' manner and I keep replying 'no, not what they are'
 
@Kevin You can keep insisting that they weren't sex toys, but when the average chat reader sees the word vibrator, I doubt they're going to consider that as anything else than sex toys
Yeah, sure, they were used to treat hysteria (not lunacy), but in the end, they were still meant do induce orgasms, just for medicinal purposes
 
I mean the average chat user has the right to be aggressively wrong, they just have to be informed of that right
 
Well their lack of historical knowledge ain't my fault is it? And I'm only responding to people
Oh yeah, hysteria
Lunacy was the catch-all
Also 'treat'
 
12:41 PM
I think it might be a bit troublesome for me to explain what my issues are with discussing this particular topic in this particular room
 
@Kevin "Witches" used broomsticks for personal pleasure. This predates the electrified versions, obviously.
 
@MBraedley Still happens today. I believe Mattel had to recall a toy Harry Potter broomstick, because you REALLY don't want Amazon reviews saying you sold vibrators to children
 
user15026
1:04 PM
@Kevin very much this.
 
Yeaaaaah, I wonder what the percentage of people going into that museum are going there for 'lololol maybe they have a vibrator used by a queen?'
 
I think that unless someone goes check the museum, we cannot claim ALL of the ones exposed there are for that specific reason. Although history tells that it was used to treat lunacy, afaik it doesn't say it was JUST for that
 
@Kevin I thought it was a store...
 
@Kevin this gen? probably in the 90's
 
14 hours ago, by Ave
If I ever move to SF I'm making sure that I live right next to the Antique Vibrator Museum.
 
1:08 PM
@Kevin I mean, they prob do
 
@Kevin It was originally from Friday, but you are correct that it is a museum (why couldn't I look at the star list before I said it was a store?)
 
Yeah, that's also in the star list but this conversation restarted by a reply to Ave's message
 
But referencing @PrivatePansy
 
Yeah
I was just lazy =p
 
Anyways, making assumptions is bad, and sorry if I bought up a bad subject. I can say that maybe I was untactful by saying there could be a queen's vibrator, but I also cannot agree that ALL vibrators were used for lunacy treatment.
 
1:17 PM
In the victorian era? They were massive and expensive
 
Which would make sense for a queen if she wished so?
Anyways
Maybe there is something online to see what is on that Museum, but I cannot look for it right now
 
I would just like to point out that by all indications, the museum showcases mostly post-Victorian items.
 
@Moacir The victorian era was not well known for liberal ideas on women, even if that woman is the queen
@MBraedley oh, did not know that
For some reason I haven't wanted to look it up at work =p
 
2 days ago, by Ash
Their collection, according to their site, has things from 1880-1970
 
user15026
Yeah, they have some pre 1900s stuff but most of it is the 1940s and 50s by the looks of the site.
 
1:20 PM
So some late Victorian, but mostly post-Victorian
 
@Kevin You can be right on that. I am not good with history things. I was just mentioning about the museum and what could be in there
 
@Kevin queens needed medical treatment too :P
 
@Chippies hysteria is one of those things that was just used to get rid of uppity women
 
@Kevin I wonder if it actually reduced the number of hysterical women or, as the word spread, increased
@Kevin I know what hysteria is
 
user15026
Hysteria as a thing...isnt really a thing?
 
user15026
1:24 PM
Like it's not really a problem a person can actually have
 
I know that...
 
Yeah
 
user15026
Because y'know the uterus doesn't actually wander in the body, and uterus having humans aren't uncontrollable monsters :p
 
> "One does not need to be against womens suffrage," the London Times editorialized in 1908, "to see that some of the more violent partisans of that cause are suffering from hysteria. We use the word not with any scientific precision, but because it is the name most commonly given to a kind of enthusiasm that has degenerated into habitual nervous excitement."'
 
what I meant by "hysterical women" is "women looking for treatment for hysteria"
 
1:26 PM
Well that quote kinda says enough doesn't it?
 
user15026
I can't see why it would ever increase beyond it being diagnosed more because doctors are shit like that
 
user15026
Being like oh I have a convenient excuse to dismiss you and/or keep you docile
 
In Brazil we have something called "Virose" which is the go to word for doctors that cant be bothered to try to understand what is/was wrong with you
 
yeah, I suppose I was thinking more of how it could go in modern medicine, where you'd go to a doctor, tell them your problem and get the treatment and be on your way
 
@Ash I think what Chippies meant was that as women learned about the hysteria diagnosis, they... appropriated it as a way to get something from their doctor they couldn't get as a single woman
 
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1:28 PM
@Chippies even that is...greatly misrepresenting how doctor going works, especially for women, moreso for fat humans.
 
user15026
@Nzall yeah I figured but it...wasnt just orgasms, guys
 
my brain is half-asleep after work, I was making a half-assed joke and failed miserably :)
 
And anything non-trivially diagnosisable
 
user15026
They'd literally lock you up and stuff for hysteria
 
@Ash especially in those days, when women had very little personal mobility and doctor's visits were usually mandated by the man in their life
 
1:29 PM
I dont think in an era where treatment were forcibly applied, the receivers of such treatment would be like "Oh, this was actually good" or even go around telling others they should be treated with hysteria
 
user15026
Pretty much
 
user15026
(sorry this sort of thing makes me angry so I failed to seethe joking)
 
The reason I earlier confused it with lunacy was probably because one of the possible things they did (though rarely) was consign the victim to an insane asylum
 
Also, we're talking about Victorian England here, a time LOOOOOONG before sexual liberations
Back then it was considered improper for a woman to even expose her ankles
 
Which would require lunacy as the 'diagnosis'
 
user15026
1:31 PM
Sanatoriums would take women for all sorts of ridiculous reasons
 
@Nzall I mean that's still the case in some places
 
@Kevin Not in England or most of Europe though
 
user15026
@Nzall ohmodern
 
I was still figuring out how to phrase that, but yes. I am talking about 'modern' places like Europe or England
 
user15026
@Nzall oh modern modesty culture is still alive and well
 
1:33 PM
@Ash Yeah, but to the same scale as during Victorian Eras?
 
@Ash it was mainly due the whole vibrator theme the chat was going with at the time. Sorry if I made you upset :x
 
Scale as in percentage of people participating? No, scale as in how tightly controlled women are? Yeah mostly
 
Though I do admit that I might not be worldly enough to really know about such things
@Kevin so women today still in some places are required to wear full body wear when they're going swimming? Beyond Muslims I mean
 
No, they're just not allowed to go swimming
 
ah, like that
 
1:39 PM
Also @Ash I was just poking through the chatlog and will add 'A Memory Called Empire' to my to-read list... probably after I'm done with WoT which I'm rereading because I'm insane
(WoT being Wheel of Time)
 
@Ash What kind of books do you read? Like, I think I once heard you talk about romance books? Or was I mistaken in that?
 
@Kevin I'll likely be reading that next
I've really been looking forward to it
@Kevin I stopped after book 4. I might return to it. It's okay, not great.
 
They had me at Imperial Radch
 
I'm currently reading the Stormlight Archives
 
@Wipqozn I read all the books that were out (first... 9? something like that), then I re-read them all from start to finish when the one after came out and kept up as they were coming out. Now I'm rereading from the start
Ooooh, there's a #4? I should read that (Provenance), also the prequals
 
1:45 PM
So after playing Undertale last night, I had a weird meta-dream where I was dreaming that I was having nightmares about Undertale.
Note that I have no idea what the dream-nightmares were but I was definitely dreaming about having nightmares.
 
I'm halfway through book 2. I just finished chapter 3 of that part. After that I'm going to read the most recent book in the Alex Rider series (Never say Die) and then i'm going to read Elantris and Warbreaker
 
Feb 15 at 10:29, by Kevin
No, dreaming is illegal in eternal 2016, sorry.
 
Heheh
 
You were having nightmares because you knew you were not allowed to dream
 
And after that I'll need to figure out how to buy Oathbringer on bol.com
 
1:47 PM
tl;dr I drank nightmare-flavored La Croix last night
 
@Nzall I think that's where I bought my copy from
 
@Kevin Yeah, they have it, but only through a reseller, and apparently that reseller doesn't allow the books to be delivered at a bpost dropoff point
 
Aah
 
and given that I have such a dropoff point at 250 meters or so from my house...
 
Get it delivered to work?
 
1:51 PM
@Nzall Man, how many Alex Rider books are there now?
I read the first few as a kid
 
That could be an option, but my company recently moved and I'm not sure if the new location supports it
 
No harm in asking
 
@SaintWacko They're still going?
 
@SaintWacko around 10 released, a spinoff around Yassen Gregorovich and the 11th is on the way
 
@Yuuki /shrug
@Nzall Dang
 
1:53 PM
I don't know why but I had thought they ended awhile ago.
 
@Yuuki I mean, they've been around for quite a while, haven't they?
 
Wikipedia says number 12 is planned for release in 2020
It is still really odd to type 2020 and realize that is not some far-off year but NEXT year
 
@Kevin Given the slow pace of 2018 and how 2019 doesn't seem like it's getting any faster, 2020 is still a far-off year.
 
Time is still advancing at a rate of one day per day, on average
 
Horowitz has tried a couple of times to end the series. The first one was at the end of Scorpia, when Alex got shot, but he was convinced to let the series continue. Then at the end of book 9, it was clearly meant as a definitive ending. However, his readers convinced him to write a new book, which was released 2 years ago
 
1:57 PM
Yeah but did you know that the US government shutdown was only 2/3-ish months ago?
It definitely doesn't feel like that.
And the false missile alerts in Hawaii were January last year.
 
@Nzall Oh, I didn't realize Scorpia was supposed to be the ending
I mean, it makes sense
But the whole bit about him stepping off the curb fit so well
 
@SaintWacko yeah, but his agent didn't like that he ended the book with the death of the main character, so he asked for a followup. However, that followup was for many readers so outlandish (Spies in space?) that a hardcore group of readers considers Scorpia the final book
 
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@Kevin nice! I am a terrible enabler of books.
 
user15026
@Nzall I read a lot of things. A lot of romances, fantasy, biographies and non fiction, some scifi, lately also all the Baha'i stuff I can get my hands on (it's not hard! They have free ebooks of like everything.)
 
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Q: What would happen if Fierce Deity Link could be used anywhere, anytime?

FierceDeityLinkIn my opinion, Link would most likely become basically a god to the people of Termina and Hyrule. He could defeat most enemies with ease(including Calamity Ganon), and would be a protector to the lands. If he kept the Fierce Deity Mask on for way too long, then the mask might become a part of him...

 
user15026
2:01 PM
But yeah last year it was like 40 percent romances plus whatever else struck my fancy for the other 60 percent
 
@Ash I might shove in the imperial radch books for a reread before that if I'm honest
Cause I can
 
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@Kevin why not? Reread is always fun. I mean I never got into those books but I know a lot of humans who loved them
 
It's fiiiiiiiiiiiiiiinaaallyyyy good weather again so I can go and sit outside and read and that is the bestest
 
user15026
I finished a reread of The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet last night. I love that book
 
@Ash What kind of romance? Reason I'm asking is the author of the Grrl Power webcomic recently posted a recommendation for a sci-fi harem book series called "Three Square Meals", and I was wondering if that sort of thing might interest you
 
user15026
2:03 PM
@Kevin same here I have been taking my ereader to the park again
 
user15026
@Nzall oh all kinds, I'm not really picky so I will have to check that out
 
@Ash Note: on Amazon it's sold under the category of erotica, and the series originally started on Literotica, so it does contain loads of sex
 
@PrivatePansy What kind of alphabetized order puts Animal Crossing in between Assassin's Creeds?
 
but the GP author did say it was a suprisingly deep space opera once you got past that, with a lot of galactic politics and even superhero aspects
 
2:04 PM
Assassins' Creed?
 
Assassins's Creed?
 
@Ash I'm liking my ereader, it's quite handy
 
Yay! I got the answer right from that bountied question in Sci-Fi
 
No longer do I have to borrow my dad's falling-apart-copies of wheel of time to read them!
Also my dad is horrible to books :(
 
I mean, it's Wheel of Time. I sure there was some nastiness on both sides here.
 
2:08 PM
Heh, books in general
 
@Kevin ... It's going to snow here tomorrow. A lot.
 
He lays paperbacks open flat on the table! :'(
Meanwhile I've had people think I've not read a book yet after I've read the book twice because the book looks so neat >.>
 
@Kevin Meh, I do that too. I like reading paperbacks with cracked spines because it makes it easier to find where in the book I am
I really don't like using bookmarks in my books
 
Horrible book-hating people :(
 
user15026
@Nzall that...wont be a problem.
 
2:13 PM
@Ash aaaaaaaaaah, that phrasing
 
user15026
@Kevin books are made to be loved and used. They're not some sort of sacred thing... (mind you my prayer book is horribly battered because I carry it in my purse and people find that kinda frustrating in that whole don't you respect it thing but because I have so much respect for it that I take it all places)
 
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@Kevin Hahaha forgive me it's early I haven't even had breakfast yet
 
That was more an aaah of amusement, which I don't know how to convey in text
I was thinking on that issue still
Text is hard
 
@Ash Oh good. I wasn't sure if that would be a problem because some people tend to be a bit apprehensive about such things
 
They are made to be loved and used but that doesn't mean you have to break them! You can use them and keep them looking nice for the next time you read them!
 
user15026
2:15 PM
@Nzall I appreciate the heads up.
 
It's easier with ebooks, they don't wear out ;-)
 
user15026
@Kevin Hahaha oh I didn't connect the two but now I did and it's funny
 
user15026
@MadScientist this is true lol but my reader takes a lot of abuse
 
@Ash I also wasn't entirely sure how or even if to inform you of the series given you've from time to time admonished me for being a bit too open about such things
 
I love my kobo but the backing is just "Okay. Who had the brilliant idea of putting tiny holes juuuust large enough to catch crumbs on the back?"
It's not even all that grippy
 
user15026
2:18 PM
@Kevin this is why I have mine in a cover thing
 
I might get one for my birthday, who knows :o
 
user15026
I like the sleep covers because then I don't have to remember to power it down
 
I haven't had that issue so far
 
@Ash They need to invent true wireless charging because a cable is annoying while I'm in bed and I forget to plug it (my iPad) in in the morning.
 
I like that right now I can just tap the bottom on the table for it to wake up
 
user15026
2:20 PM
@Yuuki so true.
 
I was gonna say @Yuuki, I don't have that issue with my ereader much =p
 
user15026
I have that issue with my Switch all the time
 
it kinda exists
Qi wireless charging is pretty decent though, as long as you get in the habit of putting your device in the same spot when you're done with it
 
Yeah, I have a case for mine too. Which has survived a lot of abuse, including several attempts by the cat to eat it and at one point being run over.
(although the e-reader inside it at the time didn't survive that one)
 
I don't have anything that charges by Qi, which is sad cause I saw super cool chargers that glow and look like magic-spell-drawings from like full metal alchemist
@ToxicFrog I have no cat so it's safe from that =p
 
2:23 PM
@Kevin tbf, even if you did, cats that try to eat electronic devices seem to be pretty rare
 
user15026
@ToxicFrog Norbert is determined to destroy mine too
 
But all of my laptops, cell phone cases, e-reader cases and game controllers have cat toothmarks around the edges now
 
@ToxicFrog I'm fairly sure a case which would allow the thing inside to survive being run over would be pricey
 
user15026
Well, less actively destroy and more knead on to nap on it
 
Oh norbles
 
2:23 PM
@Kevin my phone supports wireless charging and since I got a wireless charger, it has not been plugged in once
 
Yeah, Suzie just stands on mine, it's only Epsilon who thinks it's food
 
@ToxicFrog they tend to only eat electricity a limited number of times?
 
@Kevin well, cats chewing on cables is more common
 
I just have a charger on my bed stand, so I put it on when I go to sleep
 
But Epsilon ignores the cables and goes right for the device
 
user15026
2:24 PM
@Nzall you can get phone cases that are that rugged, we have them for our field techs at work. (the phones inside are also rated highly for their ability to be run over etc)
 
@Ash Yeah, but it's still something that's probably a lot more expensive than something that's just catproof
 
user15026
@Nzall true
 
(added bonus of case: it's pretty and stands out more than the matte black of the reader itself, making it easier to locate when I've left it someplce unusual)
 
user15026
Sorry my hands are trash today.
 
That is useful, I'm slooooowly, piece by piece replacing my furniture from cheap black ikea to, generally second-hand, still cheap, not-black furniture so it's less of an issue all the time
Added benefit of making it easier to find black things
 
2:28 PM
@Kevin also, Provenance isn't really book 4 of the Ancillary trilogy, it's set in the same universe but has no overlap otherwise. I'm not even sure if it's set before or after.
Good read, though.
 
@Kevin Ooh, I saw that one
 
@ToxicFrog Yeah, I'm aware. Thanks though!
 
(and yeah A Memory Called Empire is next on my list after The Light Brigade)
(which is less moist and squishy than The Stars Are Legion but just as unsettling)
 
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2:46 PM
Reasons I love riding the bus - had a great conversation about God, tattoos, and video games with an elderly woman on my way home from caring for a friend's cats this morning. The world is full of interesting people. I love it.
 
#Pokemon Fact: When three Magnemite link together to become Magneton, their brains also combine…but they don’t get any smarter. https://t.co/zEJqvM2usf
Magneton is also 10 times heavier than Magnemite despite being three Magnemites.
 
@Yuuki It's because they all have some screws loose.
 
I wonder if magnemite/magnetons would fear screwdrivers
 
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
how can real users break this thing in this way 3 times and I can't even figure out how
what are they doing differently
 
Close Reason: Works on my computer.
 
2:59 PM
it doesn't make any sense
 
@Unionhawk End users always break things and can't tell you how.
 
Like, I can look at and understand the conditions that caused this
I do not understand how those conditions came together in the first place
 
@Unionhawk You mean that these are mutually exclusive conditions or something?
 
@Nzall Like, normally this checkbox is disabled at the point in time they are doing the thing
 
@Unionhawk Maybe it's older data that hasn't been properly sanitized? Like data from the database or an older request
 
3:07 PM
@Nzall nope
checkbox checked transaction 1, database looks normal. checkbox not checked transaction 2, database reflects that state. This is causing the system to get confused.
 
 
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4:16 PM
@Nzall What on earth is going on in /r/WoW?
 
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Q: Clear a specific item Minecraft Command

BibI'm building a boss battle, where the boss is holding a button. When you kill the boss the button will drop. But when a player die, I've done so, that the boss dies too. Sadly, the button drops, and now the player can just pick up the button and win. Do you guys have any solution to my problem...

 
Happy Birthday @Kevin!
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4:54 PM
Happy birthday @BunsGlazing
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5:07 PM
@Yuuki people are making memes about alternative expansions to voice their displeasure with the massive mess that is BfA
 
@Nzall I have a feeling my brothers and I won't be playing Borderlands 3 until next April
But Borderlands Remastered GOTY Enhanced Edition will tie me over until then. Just need to get one of my brothers to buy it.
 
@MBraedley I, for one, appreciate the excuse I can give my friends who were up for release day playing whereas I've been wary given how BFA, Anthem, etc have turned out.
 
@Yuuki I mean, there's nothing to say BL3 will have release day issues like Anthem (other than being available only on Epic). BL:TPS had some issues, but those were largely non-technical, if memory serves.
 
5:23 PM
I have only played a bit of BL 2 but I will probably get BL3
Either on PS4 or probably epic at launch. Pretty sure my gf is gonna wanna play it
I have been playing risk of rain two and man I cannot wait for more content
 
@MBraedley I'm already getting warning signs from the proposed DLC schemes.
 
The moment to moment gameplay is fun
I have all but the artificer unlocked
 
The season pass is going to jump $20 in price on release.
 
@Yuuki Well yes, the DLC for BL2 was... largely underwhelming, at least in terms of the season pass.
Those who had played the original were expecting 4 campaign DLCs, and that's not what we got (although the Tiny Tina DLC was awesome).
Or maybe I'm thinking of BL:TPS
 
Just because the exclusivity ends on April 2020 doesn't mean it will come to Steam
I've read that Gearbox folks are wary because of the review bombing thing
 
5:33 PM
@Moacir It doesn't have to come to Steam specifically. GOG would work too.
@Moacir They're getting review bombed because they aren't releasing on Steam.
 
@MBraedley Yep, I know
I do hope they go Steam
 
(incidentally, this has triggered Steam's new "off topic" indicator for reviews lol)
 
... as in the solution is to just release it on Steam
 
@Unionhawk Really?
 
@MBraedley Since when have game devs and publishers been good at accurately pointing out the cause of outrage (deserved or not)?
 
5:35 PM
I didn't see that
 
@Moacir Yep, reviews during this tagged period will be visible, but will have an asterisk next to them and will not change the overall score
or something like that
 
@Unionhawk I imagine Epic sidesteps the need for this feature by not having reviews at all?
 
@Yuuki Or the lack of forums to avoid complaints about the lack of a feature?
I mean
I'm all uninformed about epic actually
I dont know if they do have forums
 
noted positive feature of steam, forums
 
Same, does the Epic Store have user reviews?
 
5:38 PM
Oh
Positives for steam are the market, the forums, the workshop, the refund policy
 
> Responding to a Twitter user, Epic Games founder Tim Sweeney confirmed that the team is “working on a review system” for the Epic Games Store. It will be based on the review system on the Unreal Engine marketplace, explained Sweeney, who added that the review system would be “opt-in” by developers. This means that it will be up to game developers whether they display user reviews on their game pages or not.
So currently, Epic does not have user reviews.
 
I will once again dispute steam forums as being a positive development
 
A bit of quibble but as far as Epic's user reviews go, making an option for developers is one thing but why is it "opt-in" as opposed to "opt-out"?
 
What's the point of making reviews optional at all?
 
Some people might not want them?
 
5:51 PM
I don't really see a true use case for it, but I'm more contemplating the "assume the reviews are going to be optional, what are the thoughts behind opt-in and opt-out".
 
Review bombing is a thing now after all
 
If you're opting out of reviews to avoid review bombing, what are you going to be doing that makes you think that review bombing is a serious concern?
 
I mean, to be fair, there are a number of things on the list of reasons capital G Gamers review bomb things that uh
 
The way I see it, if the game developers/publishers decide whether to allow reviews, then reviews are inherently untrustworthy, because you know that every review you read is contingent on the publisher allowing it to be there.
 
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Q: Isshin, the Sword Saint phase 2 no spear

XtremeBaumerAs can be seen in this speedrun it is possible to stop Isshin to draw the spear in his second phase (and presumably also 3rd phase). The question is, how can I achieve that? Do I constantly need to stagger him, or what exactly do I need to do to stop him from drawing the spear?

 
5:56 PM
I find reviews useless, because I never know if the random reviewer is anything like me.
 
@Yuuki releasing on a storefront that entitled gamers don't like?
Not here to argue about epic again, just saying it's not hard to make polarizing choices in 2019
 
And so you disallow reviews, because that's not polarizing
 
porkchat don't read this...

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