The Bridge

fredley

14:00

@OrigamiRobot You've got a point there

@OrigamiRobot Once you've amassed enough iron, you should kit the whole place out with iron walls/floors

OrigamiRobot

@fredley That's the plan.

fredley

Using a saw you can make iron covers which will make them go much further

MBraedley

@fredley Can't you craft them directly?

OrigamiRobot

@fredley Iron tank walls are 1 iron per block and look the same as full iron blocks.

fredley

@MBraedley Well you craft them with the saw

@OrigamiRobot Good point

@OrigamiRobot Plus tanks set into the walls will look awesome

OrigamiRobot

14:03

@fredley I have a whole room set up just to show off my biomass store.

fbueckert

@Lazers I can't tell if this is ITG (and allowed, due to pointing at a concrete artifact), or game recommendation (Look at X. Where is X on platform Y or Z?)

fredley

@OrigamiRobot "@OrigamiRobot's massive biomass"

MBraedley

@fbueckert Does it really matter? It's off topic

OrigamiRobot

@fredley In the room I will have 6 full size tanks. That's 9x9x8

MBraedley

Anyways, java fixed, vent over, back to work.

kalina

14:05

my company bought us all pizza

2

djsmiley2k

nice.

fredley

@OrigamiRobot Awesome. Interconnect them visibly above head height with liquiducts

@kalina Anything you say about food must be starred

fbueckert

@MBraedley Not if he's looking for a name of the minigame.

kalina

@fredley anything you say about stars must be fooded

fredley

@kalina How does one food?

kalina

14:06

@fredley food fight \o/

fredley

@kalina pbfcomics.com/182

OrigamiRobot

@fredley No, that will all be underneath. This room will be completely empty.

fredley

@OrigamiRobot No no no, it has to look techno-awesome

OrigamiRobot

@fredley Vast emptiness is awesome.

fredley

@OrigamiRobot Only for robots :-(

OrigamiRobot

14:10

@fredley Maybe I'll put a skull in the middle to really drive the message home.

fredley

@OrigamiRobot Surely a turret?

fbueckert

@MBraedley Thinking about it some more, the point of on-topic ITG is to provide a name. Since this minigame doesn't seem to have a name to it, it strays into recommendation territory.

OrigamiRobot

@fredley They attack everything :(

fredley

@OrigamiRobot Yes, but you wouldn't need to go into the room.

OrigamiRobot

@fredley The whole point of the room is for people to go in.

fredley

14:11

@OrigamiRobot What are you, some kind of robot curator?

OrigamiRobot

@fredley I need to show the organics that their only purpose is fuel.

fredley

@OrigamiRobot Why do you care? Make sure you put some lapotronic charge pads set to discharge in there.

OrigamiRobot

@fredley You're not a robot. You don't understand.

kalina

@fbueckert the question is basically a recommendation question (does this game [type] exist?)

fredley

@OrigamiRobot I don't want to be fuel :-(

djsmiley2k

14:14

►

fbueckert

@kalina Yes, I know.

I spent some time thinking about it first, though, since it is actually close to ITG.

OrigamiRobot

@fredley Too bad, porkchop.

fredley

@OrigamiRobot :-(

Unionhawk

@OrigamiRobot I've got a couple vorpal enchants...

fbueckert

Pokemon U is pulling a Skylanders.

Shotgun Ninja

14:24

@fbueckert ?

fbueckert

@ShotgunNinja kotaku.com/5990281/…

Shotgun Ninja

I can't access Kotaku at work.

wait wut

I spoke too soon

Michel

close it

please

fbueckert

@Michel Mikey! How's the week treating you?

OrigamiRobot

@fredley Get to sciencing!

badp

14:26

@fbueckert that logo... so many spikes.

fbueckert

@badp The Japanese like their zippers, buckles, leather, and spikes.

Michel

@fbueckert Not really good... Am I being rude or something? Sorry =X

fbueckert

@Michel No; I'm just saying hi.

Michel

@fbueckert Hi =D

fbueckert

Nothing to do with the question you're referencing.

kalina

14:28

I am all scienced out after lastnight

fbueckert

@kalina Doing science just makes me want to do MORE science.

Michel

@fbueckert I mean, if I got impolite in any time, please let me know. Sometimes I lose track on what and how I'm saying things.

kalina

@fbueckert I did an entire night of science though

fbueckert

@Michel You and me both, dude. No worries, though, you're not being impolite.

kalina

limited by in game speed limits

it was lots of sitting around waiting for results

Michel

14:29

@fbueckert =) good to know

fredley

@OrigamiRobot I don't want to science about becoming fuel :-(

kalina

@Michel this is impolite

Shotgun Ninja

@kalina Use faster materials and more optimal fermenter/still placement

fbueckert

@kalina Welcome to science.

OrigamiRobot

@fredley YOU WILL SCIENCE YOUR OWN DEMISE!

kalina

14:30

@ShotgunNinja SimCity disabled cheetah speed

Michel

@kalina =X tks for point that out.

kalina

@Michel this is impolite too

Unionhawk

@OrigamiRobot I'll science his demise in a bit, hang on. Maths time!

Michel

I'm being so luck in games and so unlucky at work... Nothing to do.

@kalina you are cute.

kalina

@Michel this is the most impolite thing I've ever read

Michel

14:31

@kalina hmmm...

kalina

science

@Michel impolite

fbueckert

@Michel Sometimes, I wish I had nothing to do at work.

Michel

@kalina T_T

OrigamiRobot

@Unionhawk I couldn't find any numbers to math.

Michel

@fbueckert I hate it. I few useless.

fbueckert

14:31

That lasts for about five minutes before I go, "Nope! I have something to do! Improve company processes!"

Lazers

1

Q: What is the perfect ratio of Stills to Fermenters?

Organic matter is the only way to power a secret robot base. Fermenters are used to create Biomass and Stills can turn that Biomass into more efficient Biofuel. The problem is, Stills are slower than Fermenters and will become a bottleneck if one Fermenter is only feeding one Still. The obvi...

FAE

@agent86 Saints Row IV trailer!

fbueckert

@Michel I've been running at about 100% workload for roughly eight to ten months.

Shotgun Ninja

@Lazers webcache.googleusercontent.com/…

fbueckert

I need a little bit of downtime.

Michel

14:32

@fbueckert I just keep hunting work to do. but... nothing come up

kalina

@Michel you also don't know what I look like, how can you call me cute? I could be an evil maneating vampiress for all you know

fbueckert

@kalina This was the default assumption being made.

Grace Note

@kalina That technically doesn't discredit the potential for being cute.

Ben Brocka

@kalina is actually a large octopus

kalina

oh god

Michel

14:32

@kalina a person can be cute. not only in the appearance

kalina

so many pings

NO MOAR PINGING

Ben Brocka

One for each of your many tentacles

Shotgun Ninja

@kalina, you act cute.

Unionhawk

@OrigamiRobot There are a few out there. This is an amazing tool: ttower.dyndns.org/boilerCalculator

kalina

...

Michel

14:34

@ShotgunNinja Be careful to not be impolite. she is sensitive ...

Shotgun Ninja

@Michel Well, my intention is not to offend.

OrigamiRobot

@Unionhawk I couldn't find any for biomass. Maybe my google-fu is weak.

@kalina and @ShotgunNinja sittin in a tree

Michel

@ShotgunNinja I'm joking =P (I think you know that, but just to make things clear)

fredley

@OrigamiRobot DAMN YOU ROBOT

kalina

one day @OrigamiRobot will stop getting jealous every time somebody that isn't him talks to me

OrigamiRobot

14:35

@kalina I am turbs jelly.

2

Shotgun Ninja

It's a good thing I already have a girlfriend.

OrigamiRobot

A SCANDAL!

Unionhawk

@OrigamiRobot A bucket of biomass will produce 50,000 MJ over 10,000 ticks - ingame

OrigamiRobot

@Unionhawk Yes but that says nothing about biomass/fuel production

kalina

@OrigamiRobot a flux capacitor can send you to a specific point of time with 1.21gw

Shotgun Ninja

14:37

@OrigamiRobot pouet.net/prod.php?which=56870

Grace Note

@OrigamiRobot Totes

OrigamiRobot

@GraceNote, why you ackin so cray cray?

FAE

@GraceNote Seeing you say that and not parsing it as "stuff to store things in" is weird to my brain.

Grace Note

@FAE I've never actually referred to a plural group of more than one tote bag.

BoltClock

Well, this is new

fbueckert

14:39

@FAE I hate slang. They're definitions that don't mesh with general accepted use.

BoltClock

Spawn door appears to open fully but isn't - you have to crouch to get past it

Shotgun Ninja

@BoltClock What game?

BoltClock

TF2

Shotgun Ninja

@BoltClock Oh, lol

Unionhawk

@OrigamiRobot Scienceing it up.

BoltClock

14:40

I always forget to mention the game

fredley

@OrigamiRobot If you burn me for fuel I will put cicadas in warded stone in your base

Shotgun Ninja

@BoltClock Seems like a problem in this chatroom...

kalina

@BoltClock tbh, do you actually play anything other than TF2?

BoltClock

not really

kalina

safe assumption to make then

Michel

14:41

+3 Matches to get my ranked status on league-of-legends. If I win all 3, I got 10 wins =D Hope got in the gold league :3

Grace Note

@fredley ...what

OrigamiRobot

@fredley NO! My only weakness!

Grace Note

I can't even tell if those are good or bad things.

Shotgun Ninja

@Michel Matches*, also, kudos. Good luck.

OrigamiRobot

You're safe... for now...

Grace Note

14:41

@fbueckert What about if it's done out of absurdity?

Michel

@ShotgunNinja typing while repairing windows... not too much attention. thanks

fbueckert

@GraceNote Then you get stares.

fredley

@OrigamiRobot That having been said, I might just fill your base with them anyway...

FAE

@Grace Dunno if this interests you at all, but they're doing a full rework of Karma, both model and mechanics.

OrigamiRobot

@GraceNote Cicadas in MC are loud and terrifying.

FAE

14:42

She's losing the fans. :( That makes me kinda sad.

Grace Note

@OrigamiRobot That sounds awesome.

@FAE Huh.

OrigamiRobot

@fredley :(

Shotgun Ninja

@FAE Holy crap, really? She already got super relevant in S3... Why remake her now?

Sconibulus

ranked is all hard : () )

fredley

@GraceNote Warded stone cannot be broken by other players, making it quite the griefing tool

FAE

14:43

@ShotgunNinja Karma rework

Shotgun Ninja

@FAE Can't access at work

Grace Note

@fbueckert Good stares, bad stares, disapproving stares, acknowledging stares, confused stares, steep stairs?

OrigamiRobot

@fredley I'll tell Ronan on you!

fbueckert

@OrigamiRob

OrigamiRobot

@fbueckert ಠ_ಠ

fbueckert

14:43

@GraceNote ಠ_ಠ

Make of it what you will.

fredley

@fbueckert @OrigamiRo

fbueckert

@fredley The robot is my automatic stare dispenser.

OrigamiRobot

@fbueckert Happy to be of service.

Grace Note

@fbueckert I make of it as "Wow, he has to use @OrigamiRob's script just to glare at me. I can slay OrigamiRobot to save myself from his eyes."

OrigamiRobot

@GraceNote ಠ_ಠ

kalina

14:44

sudo @OrigamiRobot dance

OrigamiRobot

@kalina YES SIR

Shotgun Ninja

I have to say, the new Karma skin looks hawt.

Grace Note

@FAE ...what.

fbueckert

@GraceNote It's the path of least resistance.

FAE

@ShotgunNinja Ah, well the link mostly goes into her lore/model changes, Riot hasn't detailed much about the mechanics changes yet.

Shotgun Ninja

14:45

@fbueckert < 1 ohm

fbueckert

If I have to, I'll find an old stare to copy/paste.

FAE

@GraceNote Part of the reason I got her was for the fans, so I'm a little bummed. If you own her before the rework though, you get a bonus skin that's her original one though.

Michel

I hate windows... Have to re install it again... I hate software support (worked too much time on this field)

Shotgun Ninja

2 mins ago, by OrigamiRobot

@fbueckert ಠ_ಠ

Grace Note

@FAE I'm not too miffed by the lack of fans.

fbueckert

14:46

@ShotgunNinja Yay!

OrigamiRobot

@ShotgunNinja I'm famous!

Shotgun Ninja

@FAE I'll pick her up quick before the release, then. When does it launch?

FAE

@GraceNote I'm fond of (a fan of, I guess you could say <_<) the idea of weaponized fans. Kitana's my fave Mortal Kombat character.

fbueckert

Ooh. KSP is adding Construction type parts. I'm hoping that'll mesh well with docking.

FAE

@ShotgunNinja Unsure, it's not on the PBE yet, I believe.

Shotgun Ninja

14:47

@FAE Good. There's still tiiiime~!

FAE

@ShotgunNinja Hehe.

Grace Note

@FAE Ultimately the only offensive fans I'm particularly fond of are either magic tengu wind fans or Tengu Man's bladed fan.

OrigamiRobot

@FAE Booooooring!

fbueckert

Spam

Grace Note

The overlap is not that coincidental at all.

badp

14:48

oh god, are Heroquests actually reading comprehension/memorization tests

FAE

@GraceNote I like knives and fans and combining the two just clicks nicely in my brain.

Grace Note

...haven't heard of Thresh. Hooboy I'm behind.

FAE

@GraceNote He's a pretty decent support tank, apparently, haven't tried him myself.

Fluttershy

@FAE That was a terrible pun.

FAE

@Fluttershy You've made worse.

kalina

14:51

are you talking about league of legends?

FAE

@kalina Yes.

Fluttershy

@FAE Me? Why, I never!

kalina

I was wondering why the world was beginning to get dark, like all of the goodness in the world had gone away

Ben Brocka

Every Borderlands 2 enemy in one picture

2

neat

(it's much larger on click)

badp

@BenBrocka Serious Borderlands

FAE

14:53

@BenBrocka Is that every enemy in the game?

Ben Brocka

Yes, less the DLCs

FAE

That's pretty cool.

Shotgun Ninja

@kalina Oh, come now. I'm sure American football is much the same way. Something that everyone at least knows of, that can be used as a conversation starter. In much the same way that everyone can drink crappy light beer.

Michel

This question title is so weird if some parent sees his kid reading this...

6

Q: How do I get sex from the woman in the village? (Murky Vaters)

I don't seem to be able to get the sex card for woman from the village. What are the prerequisites? I tried to talk with the peasant women both right after entering the chapter and after completing most of the quests, but in both cases it just didn't happen.

the-witcher

kalina

@ShotgunNinja I...

Grace Note

14:55

@ShotgunNinja I don't know that kalina is much for actually talking anything about American football.

Ben Brocka

Terra looks kinda small in it though

kalina

I'm not having a conversation about American "Football", last time I ended up on multiple people's ignore list

Fluttershy

Tomb Raider shotgun, why must you be so loud? =(

FAE

@BenBrocka I seem to have accidentally sold a purple Shock SMG I had sometime yesterday and didn't notice until I went to use it again. :( I'm super sad about this.

Grace Note

@kalina Oh yeah, that was what triggered that, wasn't it? That was a weird day.

Zero Stack

14:55

Morning all - first time trying chat from my iPad :)

Grace Note

G'morn.

Shotgun Ninja

@Fluttershy Huh?

kalina

@GraceNote yeah

very weird day

Ben Brocka

@FAE There's a weapon buyback, but it only persists through your game session

Grace Note

Did you and Strix make up or are you two still at odds?

Fluttershy

14:56

@ShotgunNinja The shotgun in the new Tomb Raider is incredibly loud. And you have to use it fairly often. =\ So it kinda sucks that it's that loud. It like... ignores my television volume, and just decides to be loud instead.

Shotgun Ninja

@kalina Well, what I meant was that while there are definitely people who don't like it, if it's already the topic of discussion, people will either just go along with it or try to ignore it.

Ben Brocka

If you leave the area and come back I think it's still there though (but too late now unless you never closed the game)

FAE

@BenBrocka Yeah, I checked the buyback, wasn't there. :(

Martin Sojka

@Michel Yeah, it should probably be "get the sex card from ..." or "have sex with ...", but in the context of the game, it is understandable.

FAE

@BenBrocka Yeah, I didn't know where I'd accidentally sold it. :|

Shotgun Ninja

14:57

@Fluttershy That's obnoxious. One of my own kind... T~T

Michel

@MartinSojka Eeyup

Ben Brocka

@FAE I think all shops have the same buyback

Or possibly each vendor type

FAE

@BenBrocka I was in a new area at the time and there was nothing in the buyback.

@BenBrocka Ah, hm, that may have made a difference. Ugh. I hope I find a new one soon.

Ben Brocka

Huh, maybe it isn't persistent. I usually do it in Sanctuary and buy it back before I leave

fbueckert

@BenBrocka Monster Hunter has something similar:

huge monster hunter image #1

agent86

14:59

@FAE, I saw there was a trailer, haven't had a chance to watch yet. I'm a bit scared that it's going to be bad... the DLC they had for SR3 was mostly terrible

OrigamiRobot

@Unionhawk You and the other answerer seem to disagree on your science.

FAE

@agent86 It's very superpowery, which I remember them talking about wanting to do before the buyout.

fredley

@fbueckert Someone should do one of these for Minecraft

fbueckert

@fredley The monster all the way on the right uses his massive chin to crush you.

agent86

@FAE yeah, superpowers could be cool. I'm sad that it sounds like they're reusing steelport, I'd prefer a new city to explore.

fbueckert

15:00

That pic looks to be a bit old, though.

I don't recognize some of those monsters.

fredley

@fbueckert How pleasant.

FAE

@agent86 I know what you mean. Mostly though, I'm glad it's not dead

fbueckert

@fredley It's Monster Hunter. They all have tells. You learn to recognize them. "Oh, no! He's about to chin-stomp me!"

If you still get hit, it's your own fault.

Grace Note

@fredley I've seen two of these already, actually.

One has the appearance of, well, Minecraft. The other looks like nightmares.

badp

Minecraft's selection of baddies is hardly as interesting

or at least numerous

Martin Sojka

15:03

@badp That's until you encounter you first creeper riding on a skeleton riding on an Enderman. :)

Ben Brocka

Borderlands' cast of enemies is surprisingly colorful

Grace Note

@badp Yeah, this is an old picture so, I think like the latest things in it are ghasts and squids.

Ben Brocka

I guess they match the guns though

fbueckert

huge monster hunter size chart

This one seems to be up-to-date

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

> Next week I'm going to look into setting up a simple store on the site so anyone who wants a print copy of volume 1 can go ahead and purchase one.

fbueckert

15:04

Person size is on the left.

agent86

@FAE indeed. I'm also hoping that Rockstar has been paying attention to saint's row

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

casualvillain.com/Unsounded/ch7-p57

Oooooo

FAE

@agent86 I'm surprised SRIV is coming out as soon as August, honestly.

fredley

Found a reasonable Minecraft one:

Martin Sojka

@fbueckert Wikia doesn't like hotlinking its images.

fbueckert

15:06

@Wipqozn Looking at size comparisons, we have to be certifiably insane to fight some of those things.

@MartinSojka Eh?

agent86

something in here is murdering my performance

fbueckert

Shows up fine for me.

kalina

@agent86 sorry it's me

Lazers

1

Q: How is Blind affected by Unshakable?

The tooltip for the Unshakable buff says: Gains defiant when targeted by crowd control skills. Blind is 10% effective. Weakness and vulnerability last 50% less time. What does "Blind is 10% effective" mean? Are skills that normally cause blind only 10% as likely to inflict the condition? Or...

guild-wars-2

1

Q: What is the formula for converting population to residential agents (workers, shoppers, students)?

I learned in another question that the population number can be much higher than the number of residential agents (workers, shoppers, students) in the city. What is the formula for converting population to residential agents? For example, if a city has 100k population, how many residential agent...

simcity

kalina

I am utilising all of your missing performance

Tim Stone

15:08

@agent86 It's that size chart @fbueckert linked, most likely.

agent86

@kalina stop thaaaat, I need that performance :(

Tim Stone

Chrome reaaaally doesn't like when super large images are posted to chat, assuming you're using Chrome.

Grace Note

@agent86 Just glare it back into submission like the great father you are. It'll work then.

fbueckert

@TimStone Yeah, that pic is huge.

agent86

@TimStone yeah. I'm guessing it's having to load the whole image and scale it or something

scrolling past it makes chrome bug out

fbueckert

15:09

@agent86 Sorry.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@TimStone Actually, Firefox has that problem too. I think.

agent86

@GraceNote >_>

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

We could just talk a bit and push it out

fbueckert

It's already off the screen for me.

agent86

@fbueckert mind if I link it instead of oneboxing it?

fbueckert

15:10

@agent86 Sure, no problem.

Tim Stone

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Chat should probably be like "Woah, woah, you inlined what?"

fbueckert

Kill the first one, too, then, please.

Martin Sojka

@fredley ... and then you realise you actually wanted a double door on the side. ;) Really though, people need charts to draw pixelated circles? The midpoint algorithm is easy and quick enough you can run it in your head whenever you need it ...

Shotgun Ninja

@MartinSojka lol, running Bresenham's circle algorithm in your head ;P

Grace Note

@agent86 I imagine if this happened between you and your little girl, you'd probably end up doing the same.

user15026

15:13

Naps are the best best best thing.

fredley

@MartinSojka Only if you're a robot :-(

agent86

@GraceNote the lucky charms really make it.

Grace Note

Indeed

agent86

she's a bit too tiny yet, but she's already a heartbreaker

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

See, all we need to do to test if Firefox has a problem with really large images in chat is to drop something like this in here - 9.3MB 9600x1600

Sterno

15:16

@agent86 Let me know if you figure out how to safely implant GPS in your daughter. I need that technology for mine.

agent86

@Sterno it's easy when they're little. Just make it small and leave it on the floor. when it disappears, BAM, you've got them.

fbueckert

@YiJiang'sEvilClone That size chart I linked is 9,449px × 2,458px

agent86

when they get a little older, put it in a capsule marked "DO NOT SWALLOW" and then put it on the highest shelf you can find

fbueckert

Only 4.7MB, though.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@fbueckert Darn it. Okay, I'll go find a bigger poster.

Martin Sojka

15:17

@Sterno Jewellery or piercing.

kalina

anybody here really good with math?

OrigamiRobot

@kalina Maybe.

fbueckert

@kalina I can do basic algebra and whatnot.

kalina

0

A: What is the formula for converting population to residential agents (workers, shoppers, students)?

The function in game that returns the population is as follows; simcity.GetFudgedPopulation = function (a) { a = "undefined" !== typeof a ? a : simcity.gGlobalUIHandler.mLastPopulation; if (500 >= a) return a; if (40845 < a) return Math.floor(8.25 * a); a = ...

OrigamiRobot

You probably won't accept my help out of spite though.

kalina

15:19

how can I work out the value of 'a' if I have the end value (population)

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

I got an A for math in my A levels! Which means that I'm anywhere from brilliant to slightly below average in my cohort

fredley

@kalina I started a math degree, but dropped out...

kalina

I have provided the formula to calculate population

now I need it in reverse

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

@kalina Someone posted a graph on reddit which you can steal

Should make it simple. Just look it up on the graph

OrigamiRobot

@kalina What is the formula?

kalina

15:20

@YiJiang'sEvilClone yeah I saw that graph, but can't remember where it is

agent86

@kalina I always ask on cross-validated whenever I have something statisticsy to work out. those guys are darned fast.

fredley

@kalina If a <= 500, return a

badp

@YiJiang'sEvilClone surely you mean "M for Math"

kalina

@OrigamiRobot (a-500)^1.2 + 500 = population

badp

silly

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

15:21

kalina

@YiJiang'sEvilClone thanks

OrigamiRobot

@kalina a = (pop - 500)^(5/6) + 500

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

This one is zoomed out so much that you can't see the 500 part, though

OrigamiRobot

Lemme double check with technology

fredley

@OrigamiRobot Yup

OrigamiRobot

15:22

Porkchop technology confirms I am correct.

kalina

thanks @OrigamiRobot, @fredley

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

A level grade inflation is worse than game review score inflation.

fredley

@OrigamiRobot Organic matter is useful for more than burning

OrigamiRobot

@fredley You have proven yourself.

@kalina If you ever need to solve a^b=c for a, it's a=c^(1/b)

sqrt(a) = a^(1/2)

kalina

@OrigamiRobot you are talking in symbols and letters acting as placeholders for numbers, my brain doesn't accept these data types

Martin Sojka

15:26

@OrigamiRobot This gets fun when c is negative.

OrigamiRobot

@MartinSojka Shush you!

@kalina You know what variables are!

Ben Brocka

@MartinSojka Let's hope no one makes a city of zombies then

fredley

@MartinSojka It gets really fun when all the numbers have non-zero complex parts

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Ars' SimCity review is up: arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/03/…

OrigamiRobot

@fredley I don't even bother doing complex numbers by hand. The TI-89 was invented for a reason.

fredley

15:29

@OrigamiRobot Wolfram alpha

@OrigamiRobot But yeah, all my experience of complex powers is mathematical anyway, so you never actually enumerate anything

OrigamiRobot

@fredley Complex numbers are used extensively in AC calculations.

Martin Sojka

... and 2D games for orientation/rotation (unless the coders suck ;)).

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Which seems more like an extended impression than an actual review, but it does cover all the important parts

fredley

@OrigamiRobot Yeah, mathematicians don't calculate.

Jason Berkan

My driveway this morning: :( :( :(

OrigamiRobot

15:39

@fredley My math teachers used to hate me because I could figure out how to use my calculator for everything. Even when they designed problems so that you couldn't use a calculator.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

Pfft, mine just say "show your working" and everyone will have to take out their pen and do the sums

fredley

@OrigamiRobot Robot

OrigamiRobot

@YiJiang'sEvilClone In one instance I remember, it was parabolic regression.

fredley

@JasonBerkan Starting location fail

Jason Berkan

@fredley I know. And when I could sell my house and buy a mansion in Texas...

fredley

15:43

@JasonBerkan Yep. I could do the same thing, but with Wales. Hmmm.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

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Tim Stone

Well there's your traffic problem.

OrigamiRobot

You need at least three points to do a parabolic regression on a TI-89. That's what the problems originally gave us because nobody knew about the regression feature in the TI-89. When people did, the teacher stopped giving us three points and started giving us two points, one of which was always the vertex. Well, if you have the vertex and one other point, you can work out a third by mirroring the 2nd point across the vertex.

fbueckert

@YiJiang'sEvilClone Is that debug mode going on?

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

No, it's from Eurogamer's review of the game

> This is SimCity up close, and while sights like this aren't common, they aren't atypical either.

eurogamer.net/articles/2013-03-15-simcity-review

It's a 4/10

OrigamiRobot

15:49

@fredley @Unionhawk Do you agree with this edit?

fredley

@OrigamiRobot Yes, actually

The question, nor any expected answer, would involve things from any other mods

OrigamiRobot

@fredley I thought about that, but since the energy generated only applies to other mods, I didn't do it. I know it doesn't only apply to FTB since other modpacks have the requisite mods.

But then we can't tag it with every single modpack that it applies to, so maybe we err on the side of simplicity.

fredley

@OrigamiRobot Eh, I think it's fine. Forestry is an addon to BC anyway, it doesn't work without it

OrigamiRobot

Modpacks make tagging a mess.

Grace Note

@JasonBerkan Lucky

OrigamiRobot

15:53

@fredley Ah, I didn't know that.

kalina

@YiJiang'sEvilClone not experienced anything like this yet

fredley

@OrigamiRobot Yeah, think about it, everything requires BC pipes, BC energy, pumping water etc...

kalina

those roads are too close to allow high density zones to form anyway

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

There's quite a number of bugs in that screenshot. Look at the house on the left

OrigamiRobot

@fredley I'm not using BC pipes.

Yi Jiang's Evil Clone

15:55

Anyway, as the review says, a lot of these aren't just graphical glitches (though I'm not sure if the house in the middle of the street is one), but signs that the simulation is fundamentally broken

fredley

@OrigamiRobot I am, with my multifarm. You can stick an autarchic gate on and check for fertilizer/soil fullness, which makes automation a whole lot easier

Jason Berkan

I unautomatically mined some iron with a stone pickaxe last night.

David B

I feel like I'm missing out, I've never had a house in a street in my cities

fredley

@JasonBerkan *gasp*

OrigamiRobot

@JasonBerkan yay!

fredley

15:59

@JasonBerkan I sometimes mine stone with my powertool, but that's only to get it out of the way...

OrigamiRobot

@fredley Powertool so fast!

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