The Bridge

OrigamiRobot

18:00

Marco is in too many rooms.

Ben Brocka

@fredley I mean from a gameplay perspective as well; they'd have to change how "regions" work I believe, so it's not just architecture

fredley

@BenBrocka Well you can still have 'regions', just not tied to geographic ones any more.

I'm amazed they don't do this already, I mean with a game that large you're going to have load balanced very unevenly globally. You want your servers that are under light load at 6am in Australia to pick up some of the heavy load from PM in the US.

@RonanForman @OrigamiRobot Server is actually up!

OrigamiRobot

Mumble?

user15026

Dropbox, y u no open on this netbook

Ronan Forman

It was a dupe mod error, people seem to like changing the capitalisation.

Marco Ceppi

18:03

@OrigamiRobot What can I say, I'm a popular guy

fredley

@OrigamiRobot Yup, sec

user15026

Ubuntu is frustrating me today. Nothing seems to work quite like it is supposed to.

Lazers

1

Q: Alias dota2 to the existing tag dota-2

I'm not really sure how this should be done, but it's far more common for people to refer to the game as Dota2 than anything else, and so having this automatically redirect to the existing dota-2 tag would be nice.

4

Q: How to use the railroad?

I have a railroad running through my city area, and I've connected a few roads to it but that's about all I've done. I don't see a train station or other builds to create that will take advantage of the rail road. How do I use it?

simcity

0

Q: How do I quickly level up in smithing in Skyrim?

I am level 49 and need to get to 90 fast in order to make Daedric armor.

skyrim

fredley

@AshleyNunn 'today'?

Marco Ceppi

@AshleyNunn It's probably because you haven't paid worship to Mark Shuttleworth yet

fbueckert

18:05

@Lazers If we get a question like this for every skill, we may want to think about just a general question.

StrixVaria

@fbueckert Smithing is significantly different from other skills.

A general question wouldn't make sense.

user15026

@fredley Usually it does the things I want it to do. Today it is being ornery and throwing random errors. All I want to do is write my essay!

user15026

@MarcoCeppi I don't know who this is :(

user15026

So that might be the cause of my problem :P

fbueckert

@StrixVaria I'm more referencing the fact that this user has asked something very similar for Conjuration.

Feels like laziness more than anything else.

StrixVaria

18:07

Hm. I didn't realize the same user had asked a similar question.

Marco Ceppi

@AshleyNunn Astronaut, billionaire, and founder of Canonical/Ubuntu

StrixVaria

I think there might already be a smithing question.

fbueckert

@StrixVaria There is. It's a dupe.

Fluttershy

@StrixVaria Already closed as a dupe. =P

StrixVaria

I'm playing Super Hexagon. Sorry I'm not paying full attention :P

fbueckert

18:08

@Fluttershy The last three closers all start with f!

Marco Ceppi

@AshleyNunn if you're actually having problems Ask Ubuntu general chat room might be able to help

kalina

you mean there are other stackexchange sites that accept questions on different subjects?

user15026

@MarcoCeppi I am just trying to figure out why every time I start up my netbook tells me there is a system error. I can't seem to get details on it although I might just be stupid :P

Marco Ceppi

@kalina Yeah, I always peddle Ask Ubuntu to everyone. I'm basically a giant promo whore

kalina

the only thing I've ever done on askubuntu is edit stuff

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

18:10

@AshleyNunn An error reporter is showing up every time you log into Ubuntu?

StrixVaria

YESSSSSSSSS 36.35 seconds on Hexagonest!

Now I guess I'll get back to work.

kalina

I expected SimCity to be unavailable tonight

At least I'm not disappointed

user15026

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Yeah

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Hmmm, which application is causing the problem?

user15026

I don't know. :(

Marco Ceppi

18:13

@AshleyNunn That's apport, I know there was this weird bug where some stupid service like ubuntu one would crash on wake up

looks for question about it

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Hmmm, shouldn't it say?

There should also be a 'more details' button I think

Marco Ceppi

@YiJiang'sEvilClone it depends on the version of Ubuntu, sometimes it just says "Crash Report" and that's it

user15026

@MarcoCeppi Might be that - I know I have Ubuntu One, not sure what it is but I know it is there because I keep accidentally clicking it when I want dropbox

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@AshleyNunn You can remove Ubuntu One if you don't need it

user15026

@YiJiang'sEvilClone :D Seeing as I don't even know what it does, I suspect I don't.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

18:16

@AshleyNunn It's basically Dropbox with a bit more Ubuntu integration, yeah

user15026

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Ah, yeah, I don't need that

user15026

How do I get rid of things?

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Software Center

Search for Ubuntu One, there should be a remove or uninstall button I think

user15026

Awesome. I feel like such a loser because I know so little about doing things with this machine

fbueckert

@AshleyNunn Most of Linux is like that.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

18:18

Well, using the terminal is usually faster for a lot of things, but Software Center is a lot more user friendly

Marco Ceppi

@AshleyNunn WELL I KNOW A PRETTY GOOD SITE TO HELP YOU OUT askubuntu.com

peddle peddle peddle

fbueckert

I still feel my way through doing standard things, as it's not done the same way as Windows.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@fbueckert Ubuntu is already a lot more user friendly. Software Center is a pretty good example.

user15026

@MarcoCeppi I am always afraid I will ask really stupid noob questions and people will laugh :P

fbueckert

I've found that sometimes the easiest way to get an answer to problems is to go, "Linux sucks! It can't do X!". And then you get responses that go, "Yes it can! Here's how!"

Marco Ceppi

18:19

@AshleyNunn naw! :P

fbueckert

@YiJiang'sEvilClone I've tried Ubuntu.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@fbueckert Oh yes, the spite method of asking questions

fbueckert

Even downloading required items so that I could make it play nice with Windows was a pain.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@fbueckert Play nice how?

fbueckert

@YiJiang'sEvilClone I was trying to get file sharing working.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

18:20

No experience working with that, sorry

Mad Scientist

@fbueckert That's usually easy, both Gnome and KDE can mount windows shares by default

fbueckert

I had to go through a nice, involved process that had me downloading packages I couldn't install, downloading an installer I couldn't get working, and finally giving up and going, screw it, I'll use Windows.

user15026

@MarcoCeppi Good to know :) I am going to likely now ask ALL THE THINGS and you will regret ever telling me that

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

> Fundamentally, Gaslamp’s programming team operates based on spite. If somebody says “oh, well, we’ll never get that done in time”, or “oh, well, it’s too impractical”, somebody usually says “no, it well isn’t” and will jump to the bait.

Marco Ceppi

@fbueckert depending on when you did it last, it should be pretty simple. I know the "Auto discovery" is kind of lame if your share is Windows 7 and 8, but samba (the underlying tool) should work out of the box

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

18:21

Spite will get you anywhere

fbueckert

@MarcoCeppi It didn't.

That was the problem.

And trying to get it working was a pretty large exercise in frustration.

Marco Ceppi

Sorry to hear that

user15026

How do I tell this thing to restart itself? Or to shut down?

user15026

I FEEL SO STUPID AUGH

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Marco Ceppi

@fbueckert You should just convert all your boxes to Linux, they talk to each other pretty well :P

@AshleyNunn Top right there should be a power icon, if you're using 10.04 or up (aka if you installed Ubuntu after 2010)

fbueckert

18:23

@MarcoCeppi Yeah, not gonna happen. :P

I shelved it and dumped Windows on it.

No muss, no fuss.

Marco Ceppi

@fbueckert Mmm, that's debatable :P

Mad Scientist

file sharing under Windows can be a huge pain as well. I remember some fun times dealing with some stupid problems caused by the master browser being restarted, some other computer being declared master browser, and suddenly stuff stopped working

user15026

@MarcoCeppi I installed it a month ago :P

fbueckert

@MarcoCeppi Or, to clarify, I know how to make Windows shut up and do what I tell it to.

@MadScientist I remember those days.

Multiple restarts in an hour was usually par for the course.

Mad Scientist

I find Linux very easy for file serving, but you need to be comfortable with editing a config file for that (though there are certainly some GUIs for that, but I never used them)

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

18:26

Current goal: Gain 99 more link karma than comment karma on reddit so that the two numbers will match nicely

Can't be that hard, right?

Coronus

@StrixVaria Incredible.

StrixVaria

@Coronus It is getting slightly easier as I keep playing.

Powerlord

~It's beginning to look a lot like boring day at work~

StrixVaria

It's still insanely difficult, though.

Powerlord

~wish I could go home~

Coronus

18:30

@StrixVaria I introduced my daughter to that game last night. It was amusing.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@Coronus How old is your daughter?

StrixVaria

I actually think a child would probably get better at the game faster than an adult, depending on age.

Coronus

@YiJiang'sEvilClone 11

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

This tablet keeps suffering from sleep of death issues

Coronus

@StrixVaria She usually stomps on all of my high scores, but not this time!!!

Michel

18:34

Too Localized? gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/107954/…

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@Coronus Give her time...

Hmmm, my friend just sent me a copy of Tuf Voyaging by George R.R. Martin

Does anyone have an opinion on the book?

Coronus

@Michel Once the game is released the question will be useless

Michel

This question is better to be asked in the CHAT, since it will be an "useless" question in 4 days... — Michel 2 mins ago

Coronus

Yeah. That.

SaintWacko

@Michel Maybe have CHAT link here, though, instead of the chat lobby

Michel

18:39

+2 to close that

@SaintWacko I don't like to link the bridge... they go where they please, I just point the direction =)

SaintWacko

@Michel Okay

Michel

=X

Lazers

2

Q: How do you go to the Big Moth Cave guarded by Dinogator in Scarlet Pillars?

I have read in several article that you can make Dinogator busy by make him eating another FOE. But, how do you lure another foe to be eaten by Dinogator?

etrian-odyssey-4

0

Q: I've received HotS before the release date. Can I play it now?

I received my Collector Edition of Heart of the Swarm today. Can I install and play now, or are the servers down until 12.03? Don't want to be kicked out of Battle.Net for "cheating" or something...

starcraft-2

0

Q: How to skip tutorial?

If you are like me, and having to switch to different servers so that you can play, then you're stuck having to watch the tutorial all the time. How do you skip the tutorial?

simcity

Brian

In what cases is it valuable to ask/answer own questions vs just not asking the question?

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@Brian Do you think others will have the same question?

Brian

18:44

I had a question i was going to ask, but i did some research and found out the answer myself

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

That's the criteria I usually go by

Brian

Yes Probably

fbueckert

@YiJiang'sEvilClone That's usually what I do, too.

Michel

2

A: What does each rune on the floor do?

Vitalizing Rune Step into the rune will grant you +2 Strength While in the rune will grant you being healed by +1 Fire Rune Staying in the rune make your opponents in 6 squares receive fire damage. The damage increase as close the target is from the rune. The damage is AoE. Ear...

fbueckert

I ran into this problem; will others, too?

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

18:45

The other test is, if I enter the question title into Google and the first or second result already answer the question, there's probably no need to ask it

Michel

When you want to share knowledge that others will be able to use.

fbueckert

That said, if you ask and self answer, make sure it hasn't already been asked.

Michel

Eeyup

kalina

@YiJiang'sEvilClone tbh, if it's a good question I would normally still ask it

Brian

Any league players? Did you ever wonder if executions got rid of bounties?

kalina

18:46

but I don't usually instantly answer my own questions, I generally leave them for a bit while I write up my answer

BoltClock

I'm about 2 months late in answering my own question on apple.se

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@kalina It depends on the quality of the existing results. If it's a reliable, complete source like a wiki, then in the end your own answer will probably be worse than the results, and you're wasting your time

kalina

@YiJiang'sEvilClone if it's a wiki that provides the answer but it's buried deep within a long page, I will still ask a question providing the answer concisely

Michel

Using tie and suit today... a female friend of mine says "You are gorgeous today" few minutes later, when I was talking about how good I'm with kids she says "don't try to sell yourself, no one here will date you"... my reaction ... youtube.com/watch?v=g4n7XdBEE-s

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

True, true. Just use your own discretion.

There's no hard and fast rule.

Powerlord

18:49

whacks Eclipse Why won't you let me drag tabs from the window on one monitor to the window on the other monitor?

Brian

its not chrome!

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

I've always found it weird that Celestia has significantly different colors in CMYK

Brian

each tab isnt its own process ;)

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

I'm not sure why

Powerlord

@Brian Of course not, Chrome isn't a programming tool. In fact, I think dragging tabs from one window to another works on all browsers.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

18:50

@Brian It doesn't have to use the one process per tab model to do this. Many other single process applications have the same ability

kalina

@Powerlord now

Powerlord

If I try to drag an Eclipse tab from one window to another, it instead creates a new window for that tab alone.

kalina

Chrome did it first

Coronus

@Brian It should be relatively simple to make it save the file in one running instance and open it in the other.

StrixVaria

-1

Q: Is there a way to stop generating rep and still participate?

I would not like earn reputation, but still participate in this site. Is that possible? Why or why not?

discussion reputation

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

18:52

@StrixVaria This guy is priceless

fbueckert

@StrixVaria Cwiki everything!

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@fbueckert Yeah, but if you do that to questions your answerers also get no rep

Which could make it harder to get answers

fbueckert

A simpler answer: Stop participating; your contributions are singularly unhelpful.

Brian

Pretty sure the way chrome/browsers/multiprocess do it has nothing to do with saving moving and opening state

murgatroid99

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Yeah, I'm pretty sure that would be abusive

StrixVaria

18:54

@BenBrocka Just saw this now. I wish I had more than 1 star to give.

Coronus

@StrixVaria Here, you can have mine.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Also, the comic artist for the inset story for issue 4 used Celestia's RGB colors, while the main storyline colorist used the CMYK colors

The difference is a little jarring, to say the least

fbueckert

amazing this response elicits nothing. — kraftydevil 6 mins ago

Yup.

Troll.

Decency

Edited this question earlier to remove the elements of game-rec, since there's definitely a very good question in there. Please reopen: gaming.stackexchange.com/questions/107421/…

Powerlord

@Decency dun wanna

user15026

18:59

@fbueckert Yeeeeep

Decency

@Powerlord That's fine, hopefully 2 other people disagree. =p

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