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4:00 PM
@kalina Wow, I thought I was only one year older than you.
 
In computing, a serial port is a serial communication physical interface through which information transfers in or out one bit at a time (in contrast to a parallel port). Throughout most of the history of personal computers, data was transferred through serial ports to devices such as modems, terminals and various peripherals. While such interfaces as Ethernet, FireWire, and USB all send data as a serial stream, the term "serial port" usually identifies hardware more or less compliant to the RS-232 standard, intended to interface with a modem or with a similar communication device. ...
 
I didn't get a hat for answering my own question
 
@3ventic Q+A needs +1
 
@3ventic Needs to be upvoted, I believe.
 
oh
 
4:00 PM
downvotes
 
D:
 
@RedRiderX from back when all connectors were monsterous
 
@3ventic That's because it isn't made for it. The same kind of hardware could be way better for precision than the mouse is if tuned right though.
 
I blame the description
 
boo
@kalina How do you bowtie?
 
4:01 PM
@RedRiderX so like a printer port but slower?
@boo rep cap
 
boo
@kalina Oh ok
 
some serious over the top shit today
rep capped by lunch
 
USB may not be reversible but by golly at least you can't bend pins on it
 
@kalina Which is why my self-answer didn't qualify either, people didn't vote on it!
 
going all ravendreamer on the rep graphs
 
4:01 PM
I really like when Chrome highlights a misspelled word, you right click it, click the correct word and it doesn't actually correct the word
It does that more often than not now
 
boo
People need to upvote my posts so I get hats
 
0
Q: Where are my hats?

EnderI have hats, I'm sure of it, I remember having them last year (or the year before?) I'm now seeing other people with hats, but Ender is sadly still hatless. How do I get my hats back?

 
I"m having trouble parsing this: at least 5 flags dismissed as helpful and at most 20% of non-disputed flags declined
"dismissing as helpful" just seems like strange terminology
 
5 helpful flags, not many flags dismissed as "lolno"
 
That's one awesome trailer.
 
4:04 PM
It's always called "dismissing" when a flag goes away I Think. It's sort of weird but dismissing them isn't a negative thing
@3ventic get your hats out of my face
 
@BenBrocka I put them as high as possible for a reason!
 
0
Q: Which biome has the most plants on it?

Stefan OrieI'm trying to gather plant fibers to make a bunch of bandages. However I can't seem to find a biome with big plants on it. Which biome has the most plants on it for farming plant fibers?

 
@BenBrocka Don't think so. There's "declined" and "disputed", but no "dismissed" anywhere in the terminology.
 
@FEichinger It's called "dismiss" in the mod dialog for flags
 
boo
@FEichinger Your hat placement is awful
 
4:06 PM
@boo No, it's perfect.
 
yeah, dismiss is the mod action. I guess it doesn't show up in the non-mod UI
@FEichinger It's got a "deal with it" sort of vibe going on
 
@manish lots of haters downvoting today
 
@BenBrocka I was thinking bucket-on-head/drunk-as-fuck, but that's fitting, too, I guess.
 
Not very buckety
 
boo
4:10 PM
There ought to be a protecting hat, because I would have earned it today
 
Hometime! Wheeeeeeeeeee :D
 
boo
Chat hat lag
Ooh that's weird
I have different hats on in different messages
 
Did you guys know this is a law that exists in the US?
> Health care organizations must offer and provide language assistive services, including bilingual staff and interpreter services, at no cost to each patient/consumer with limited English proficiency at all points of contact, in a timely manner during all hours of operation."
 
CHAT HATS
I HAVE A WEIRD BUG THOUGH
 
I wonder if there's an out clause where you can just not accept such patients
Just odd that if you run a private practice and someone walks in that you can't communicate with, you are by law required to hire a translator, at cost to you.
 
boo
4:16 PM
@Sterno your hat is ridiculous, 10/10
 
@Sterno Oops, sorry, I only speak Basque
 
@Sterno It says "organizations" there though. The other side of the coin is that those people need to know that they have that right in the first place, which for a lot of them will be hard to know, given they don't speak English well if at all.
 
@Ullallulloo refresh
 
@kalina I know, I did.
 
4:22 PM
woahhh where'd all those flags come from?
 
21
Q: Winter Bash Messing Up Chatroom

cryptic ツAfter awhile the chat windows begins to look like this: Only after refreshing the window does the chat return to normal. Multiple people are reporting the same issue.

 
boo
*awaits downvotes*
 
@boo That's why I chose it. Maximum annoyingness! But then I found it it annoyed me probably more than anyone, so I undid it.
 
boo
@Sterno :(
 
4:25 PM
@kalina a'ight
 
boo
@ElfSlice You should earn the Robocop hat
 
@kalina No hats on gravatars in one-boxed questions/answers? Sounds like another bug to me.
 
boo
0
Q: I got drunk and woke up with a tattoo - what do I do with it?

booI drank a load of margaritas and woke up with a new tattoo. What do I do with it? Is it beneficial in any way?

 
ehrmagherd hats hats hats
 
4:33 PM
I may as well just leave chat till hats are over.
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@kalina You are a crazy person who is crazy.
@OrigamiRobot Then what would you have to complain about?
 
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Q: I got drunk and woke up with a tattoo - what do I do with it?

booI drank a load of margaritas and woke up with a new tattoo. What do I do with it? Is it beneficial in any way?

 
@Sterno tell these people something they don't know about me
 
@boo what the... what kind of "hangover" you got?
 
@Sterno why are you checking me out?
stop staring at my assets
pervert
 
4:39 PM
@Ullallulloo firefox, memory corruption, cry in a corner
 
@Braiam :(
It works after refresh.
I just didn't know people knew about it.
 
@kalina Because I figured you had the most hats here.
 
@OrigamiRobot .hat{display:none;}
 
BTW, shades + black-clad mask may be overkill
 
yeah
multiples of the same hat don't count though
it's only unique hats
 
4:42 PM
err
dasf
 
but this time it's tracked across all sites
 
dldfjfjjf1!!!!!
ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
 
so I'm just going to get the ones that aren't really suitable for me to get on arqade on mso
 
Don't know what the Chuck Yaeger hat is
 
fast answer
 
4:47 PM
@Sterno I wonder how long that's been a law.
 
yay
some troll downvoting me
 
Someone downvoted my perfectly valid and correct answer :(
 
@Wipqozn At least 5 years. I know my wife's old practice had to do this a few times when she worked there. It would take like 2 hours to get a translator to show up
Getting a translator to drive over special is not cheap
 
I think downvotes on questions should cost reputation as well
 
You lose money on those patients
 
4:48 PM
@kalina time is fishy
@kalina then people won't downvote bad questions
 
@kalina Well, anything you add to the site detracts from its pristineness, so is deserving of downvotes.
 
Nom
 
@Sterno you don't mean this
 
@kalina Which question/answer are you talking about?
 
4:49 PM
@Braiam you can counteract that by making the system refund rep once a negative threshold is hit
 
@kalina We're not in the business of adding valuable information here... we're in the business of ensuring no bad information gets in! Easiest to just delete everything!
 
@kalina They used to, but no one downvoted questions at that time.
 
@JasonBerkan the problem is, the trolls got smart and now only downvote questions most of the time
 
@3ventic Just realized that's not a skillet. I was like "what"
 
@kalina And of course, it's only questions.
 
4:50 PM
@kalina for that there are mods that can check votes ;)
 
That happens to me quite a bit, too.
 
Is there a KoL room?
 
@kalina GReat, thanks, just needed some questions to downvote.
 
@Braiam yes
@Wipqozn ...
 
People should friend me.
 
4:51 PM
@Braiam there are never enough downvotes for me to want to get a mod to spend some of their life investigating
@Ullallulloo I added you on Steam, you should feel privileged
 
@kalina you report it as several downvotes distributed on a span of time targetting only questions...
 
I have returned from... not being on the chat!
 
I would verify, if I was a mod...
 
boo
I'm off to play Perspectivity with a load of psychopaths. Give me luck!
 
4:53 PM
@Braiam Stack Exchange have spent enough time this year playing with my account IMO
 
I should go away more often, new hats!
 
I can only think of 26 Christmas decorations.
 
@deliciousfriends, could I ask you to help nurse me back to health?
 
@SaintWacko Sure.
 
@Braiam I'm mainly ignored because there is a hat specifically for only getting upvoted
 
4:55 PM
@SaintWacko Sure
 
and I guarentee this troll prevents me from getting it for the duration of winterbash
 
Thank you, @deliciousfriends
 
@kalina with more reason someone is playing the system...
 
@Braiam meh
but then me complaining about it is even more trivial
 
@SaintWacko How do I do this?
 
4:56 PM
"please Stack Exchange, some random user is stopping me from getting a hat"
 
@Ullallulloo Go to your lodgings and select the option "Invite a friend to do something potentially dangerous"
In there is an option to nurse a friend back to health
 
@kalina then stop whining about some random dv in chat, you have no problem to be whining about :(
 
FINE
It was you
you keep downvoting me
flags for mod attention
 
@SaintWacko I would not have thought nursing to be so dangerous.
 
@kalina They only win if you care. And with your rep, you shouldn't care.
 
4:57 PM
You seem healed now though.
 
@Sterno I just said, I am not fussed about the rep, I care about the hat
 
FAE
@SaintWacko Sent.
 
It's a big deal because there is a hat for getting no downvotes in a day
I NEED ALL THE HATS
 
@kalina Ahhh
That seems like a dumb hat
 
Chronic hat syndrome
 
4:58 PM
it is a pretty dumb hat
 
Just Cause 2 Multiplayer time!
 
Do you need upvotes, or just no downvotes?
 
I'm going to have to make an account on some random SE site and post a single thing
 
I AM CHUCK YEAGER
 
@Sterno upvotes only
 
4:59 PM
Anyone know how I earned it?
 
I think it's like upvotes from 5 different users or something like that
right, hometime
 
@Ullallulloo Nursing is known to cause disease transmission, drama, missing your other social obligations, pregnancy and even marriage.
 
...
 
Good job trolling @kalina, @OrigamiRobot. We knew you cared about hats!
 
DAMN YOU AND DAMN YOUR HATS SE
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
 
5:01 PM
Man found dead in pile of hats
5
 
Jin
after palying Civ V, I realized that I'm a bad bad man
 
I just lobbed my kitten like a football, because she's being annoying and getting into places she's not supposed to be.
 
@Jin You sent in da nukes?
 
Is Fallen London beign slow for anyone else?
 
Jin
@RedRiderX i'm only on the industrial era. i put all my culture stuff in military.
it was lawlz watching my riflemen crushing Persian swordsmen
 
5:13 PM
@Jin can't you only kill at most ten?
 
Jin
@Sconibulus i d on't know.
 
I vaguely recall a change for Civ V that no matter how outmatched someone was, it would do at least 1 damage
although I haven't played it in a while
 
Could someone accept me into the KoL guild?
I promise I'm not really a hippy.
 
If you're still not accepted when I get home, I probably can
 
Jin
5:16 PM
@Sconibulus I think it's true. I never had a total troop wipe
 
@RedRiderX :D
 
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Q: Tiny Death Star tip concerning shops and bitizens

HanYou don't have to wait for a new floor to be completed to see what kinda new shop it is. You can immediately know what kind of shop it is by checking the album under the new shop's category. By knowing this in advance, you can then keep those bitizens with the relevant dream jobs when you cycle t...

 
@Ullallulloo Welcome aboard.
 
Jin
man i've played too much Battlefield 4
@kalina omg you're wearing a hat!
 
Kalina? Hats? Neeever
 
5:20 PM
Uggh there is so much thinkgeek stuff but I can't help but think it would cost way to much to get to Canada. D:
 
Jin
how does this guy have 24 hats already? /reported for botting.
 
@Ullallulloo I'll even increase your rank to that of everyone.
 
@Arperum \o/
 
@Ullallulloo I should really get to making a second rank so more people can increase the rank of newcomers.
 
Community has 1 rep, but still has extended usercard privilege, hax
 
5:28 PM
for(i in decorations){ $("#input_decoration").text = decorations[i].name;
you're welcome
@Jin He'd seen the hat list yesterday
he probably made a plan.
 
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Q: Markarth bounty In skyrim

user64092I want to clear my huge bounty but when I ask to go to jail in the mine they don't let u they just ask the same question over Andover and I can't bribe the and I'm in the thieves guild

 
can i get popups to my smartphone if a new question has been asked?
 
@Wandang You could have it email you, I believe
 
i hate using email
 
you could have it text you via email
 
5:35 PM
i try to avoid opening the email app on my smartphone
maybe i should write my own app
cannot be so hard
 
@Wandang so set the email as 5552491246@vtext.com or whatever
 
@Sconibulus what does that accomplish ? Oo
 
it makes it text you
 
i dont want to post my telephonenr to random sites. but thanks for the heads up
 
replace the number with your phonenumber, and the vtext with your providers text account things
I'd say send it to your email by default, and set up forwarding
 
5:37 PM
i guess i stick to my own app development then
 
like, forward messages from stack exchange to <x>
 
my provider has no text account :/ i dont have a contract
prepaid
 
ahh
 
:P
 
well, even prepaid probably has one
 
5:38 PM
i did programm android apps b4. thats not a big deal. just need to read the api from stackoverflow
but still
my number is holy to me
my data is holy^^ i dont use google products etc
try to avoid american servers etc
even if my provider probably sends all traffic to america anyway
 
@Wandang He says, typing into a Google indexed chat on an American server.
 
do you see personal data from me in here?
;)
 
Just because we can't see it, doesn't mean it's not there.
 
ofc google algorithm can get alot from my chat and q&a
 
@Jin YES I AM!
 
5:41 PM
what i work and what i am interested in
 
also, I AM HERE
PAY ATTENTION TO ME
 
thats about it
 
Jin
@kalina you should wear Twilight Sparkle. Yo Dawg..
 
@Jin how do I get it?
 
Jin
@kalina would you like to know?
 
5:42 PM
well if you want me to wear it, then you need to tell me
 
@kalina only costs 20k rep
 
telling me will result in me wearing it
 
Jin
@kalina it's rather simple, first, y
 
if you don't want to reveal it to the public, you could always add me to steam
;)
 
Jin
@kalina I was just told that they'd take my bacon away if I tell anyone..
 
5:45 PM
:o
I will provide you bacon in replacement
also, are you even sure you want to continue working for people who would take away your bacon?
 
Jin
@kalina is it made out of horse meat?
 
...
 
Jin
I keed I keed
 
Sweaters isn't a Christmas decoration?
 
6:00 PM
0
Q: Should I buy more than one shovel?

SysDragonThere is any purpose in buying more than one shovel in the shop?

 
@boo I want it but there's never anything to review
 
0
Q: Is it worth killing the test robot?

SysDragonOn the training center where you buy and upgrade your spell you can spend 20 gold bars in a battle to "test your skill" with a Training Robot. It does reward something killing it?

 
0
Q: Can all factions hear proximity voice chat?

JLaBellaPlanetside 2 has a nifty feature of proximity voice chat. Everyone in an area can hear it, but my question is can other factions hear your voice as well? Often times I will use proximity to corral the entire force instead of just my squad and I don't want the enemies knowing the plan. If they do...

 
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Q: Who gets the money when I buy a game from GOG.com

MrBoJanglesThe reason I ask is that it would be nice to think that, for example, the fellow that played Tex Murphy and others associated with Access Software are making a few dollars from their efforts. Or that the makers of some other old, good game are being rewarded for their efforts even if they've long...

 
@3ventic YOU
@3ventic by the way, do you know how to host a server on LAN?
@3ventic just got banned...
Right?
Because penis
 
FAE
@ElfSlice That was not the most offensive word in that image
 
@ElfSlice Penis wasn't the only offensive word (or the most offensive word) in that image. I saw the flag, wondered what to do about it, and then it was gone.
 
@ElfSlice So you're now on the list...
 
6:30 PM
Oh, I didn't notice.
 
0
Q: Recovering your Microsoft Flight Simulator X CD Key

NormanI had purchased and installed Microsoft Flight Simulator X Deluxe on my machine, but uninstalled it since I never used to play it all that much. Now I want to reinstall it, but I have the Disks but not the Key stickers. I've lost those. Is there any way to recover my CD Key? Does Windows 7 store ...

 
I'm not sure whether the image should have been removed, but I'm certain the star on it should have been.
 
@Lazers YOU ARE DOOMED!
 
Home.
 
6:35 PM
welcome back
 
Meet: New hat. Better than the old hat.
Once it updates, that is.
 
Sock puppet?
 
@Braiam HAT PLACEMENT MAKES IT BETTER.
 
> these moments can appear terrible and make you wonder how and why humans have kept on making more humans
I have a perfect follow up that answers the reasons behind it...
@FEichinger meh, I don't have anything new to share
 
6:53 PM
I think I need to refresh the tea leaves in this mug...
It's starting to taste like just hot water.
 
@Yuki F5
 
@ElfSlice If only...
 
0
Q: How do enchantments work?

SysDragonIn the enchantment shop you can buy enchantments for your swords. What each enchantment do and how much? You lose the enchantments when you acquire a new weapon (and have to star over)? Can you put multiple enchantments on the same weapon?

 
creepy
 
@ElfSlice Very much so.
 
6:56 PM
Tearaway digital PSN code is now $19.99 at Amazon http://ow.ly/rOK3P
 
@RedRiderX This game actually looks sweet though. And it looks like they're considering a commercial desktop release, since they're on greenlight now
 
0
Q: Where it is worth more to spend the iron bars?

SysDragonYou can buy mining machines on the gold factory and the mine. The first one will grant you faster gold obtaining, and the second one, fast iron bar obtaining. Since you can buy 10 iron bars with 100 gold, and taking into account the progression, what is the best strategy to maximize the iron/gol...

 
FAE
@BenBrocka Oooh, my Vita just came in today. Hm.
Though I tend to prefer boxed stuff...
 
I would appreciate it if someone told me that there's something inappropriate I missed in the content I posted instead of directly suspending me...
anyway, this needs to be here
 
7:02 PM
@3ventic Welcome, brother!
 
Though I get all digital on Vita, Sony's digital policy and backup options are great, and swapping cards is annoying when you have lots of games, as always
 
...
 
hm
user image
2
that one?
Yes
 
FAE
@BenBrocka Ugh, I don't know which to get.
 
7:05 PM
 
How do I get the JC2 Multiplayer Mod again?
 
@Yuki It's on Steam.
 
I looked, but it doesn't look like there's a "download" button.
 
Links in there ^
 
I'll give it another try.
Yeah, there's no install button.
 
7:08 PM
Weird.
@Yuki One sec.
 
@Yuki Huh, the 'keys' page from jc-mp.com is gone now too
 
@FAE I got both actually...bought digital the day of release and got a physical one since it was on sale. Game needs more sales...
 
@BenBrocka Kalina requests you look at Steam, she's messaging you about something.
 
7:26 PM
@Yuki Steam is pushing out the mod as free DLC for anyone who owns JC2
 
@3ventic Yeah, but the DLCs still have install buttons.
This mod doesn't.
 
@OrigamiRobot Good news! The Banished dev did a Q&A! The bad news is he did it on Reddit, which you dislike: reddit.com/r/Banished/comments/1t0l75/banished_ama
 
> Steam is having issues pushing the mod to everyone who owns JC2. We're in contact with them and they are working to resolve it. It'll show up in your library automatically. Please wait!
 
@Wipqozn oooooo. But aww, reddit. =[
 
> I'd like the game to be out as soon as possible. Development is pretty much done. I'm hoping for a January release, but this depends on final testing.
> The game will be around $20 USD
 
7:37 PM
Would play.
 
FAE
@Wipqozn That's a pretty decent price point.
 
@Wipqozn I've got my money-throwing arm ready.
 
@FAE Yeah, it's about what I expected.
$30 or less.
 
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Q: How can I find out which provinces are owned by another (enemy) country?

Aaron KurtzhalsIs there an in-game way to find out which provinces are owned by another (enemy) country? (I don't want to resort to the console.) As background, I'm playing as the Ottomans. Byzantium has re-emerged in Cyprus. Cyprus is their capital, and I thought Cyprus was their only province. I now occupy C...

0
Q: Is it faster to level up in COD: Ghosts in Multiplayer or Squad mode?

FistOfFuryFrom what I can tell, Squads and multiplayer both allow you to level up your COD characters. Squads allows you to play with all of your characters, but with multiplayer you have to choose a character. If I'm trying to level up as fast as possible, which mode provides the most rank/XP per matc...

 
7:43 PM
First person platformer?
Pretty ambitious
 
@ElfSlice Portal, Quantum Conundrum, are Mirror's Edge are like that, right?
It doesn't work that well usually though.
 
@Ullallulloo Yeah, but Mirror's Edge and this have a higher focus on the platforming it looks like, than stuff like Portal and QC which are more about puzzles.
@Ullallulloo Yeah, that's a fair point, I'm gonna be hopeful though.
^ One of the games I'm most excited for
 
-1, not called "amazing"
 
^ Gameplay
Hehehe, at the end... awesome developers.
 
-1, not "wholly crap".
 
7:53 PM
We're not even #1 on the Google results for "Skydrift is amazing". So disappointed.
 
0
Q: How much health does a maniac have in COD: Ghosts?

FistOfFuryThe kill-streak perk "Maniac" doesn't let you regenerate health. How much damage can you actually take before dying if you have the perk active?

 
@ElfSlice They've already reached their funding in 5 days.
Tenses are confusing when you're time travelling.
 
Heh
> A sci-fi noir, a mystery, a first person puzzle game. Mind boggling puzzles, a grippingly haunting but beautiful story and an unparalleled immersive atmosphere
sex
 
Non-US-Dollar currency units confuse and scare me.
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