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5:00 PM
Defender doesn't impact system performance much, at least I didn't see any slowdowns etc caused by it
 
It was fine when I was on 7, and was fine for a long time when I swapped to 10
 
what happened now?
 
But lately its been hogging disk and RAM
 
ah, let me check
it seems fine for me
 
5:05 PM
@SonofaSailor ouch - have you tried restarting?
 
This becomes a problem when I'm trying to open programs or documents and it doesnt seem to be giving up control
yeah, this issue has been ongoing
 
I can't even install the anniversary edition on my laptop, it freezes during installation...
So I switched to Ubuntu
 
Linux tempts me, I occasionally use a VM for development. But games stop me from making it my primary
 
I might try running Windows inside a VM on Ubuntu, if I need it for something, but Ubuntu is actually pretty good for what I use the laptop for
Updating to win10 anniversary edition on my desktop wiped my games HDD so I have no games installed atm apart from Skyrim...
and its mods were installed on the wiped HDD... so no play for me until I set it up again
@SonofaSailor It'll stay disabled if you have another AV installed IIRC
 
Bleh. I'll just add a print statement after every line of code in this block
 
5:21 PM
if any of you guys like Puzzling.
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Q: How do I get the extra credit?

DragonrageMy professor Dr. Cryptic gave us a quiz today in class, and on it there was an extra credit opportunity. The rest of the questions weren't too difficult to figure out, however no one in the class can decrypt the extra credit message. How do I get the extra credit? The quiz: Decode the fol...

 
I've got the free version of Malwarebytes installed, I'll look at buying the full version and seeing if Windows will accept it
 
i just want to know the answer - i'm no good at ciphers
 
I fooled you all and had Taco Bell for lunch.
 
@Sterno RIP
Here lies @Sterno, killed by Taco Smell
 
taco bell did nothing wrong
 
5:24 PM
I hadn't been there in a long time. I seem to remember a taco being $.89 last time. Now it's $1.19
I had great tacos. I had the best tacos. Everyone's always saying how good my tacos are.
 
@ChaseC i made up the cipher myself. I can let you know when someone answers it though
 
I miss the $1 chicken burritos.
They took them off the $1 menu and made them $2.19 for a while, and then they just stopped making them altogether.
 
they used to have $.89 burritos that i would get. now they are like $1.39
 
I miss Burger King cheesy hash brown things
They were the only reason to go to Burger King
 
@Dragonrage I am already stuck.
 
5:28 PM
@Ronan which part?
 
I miss Burger King's original Smokehouse burger, which had onion straws on it and was wider and flatter with a thinner patty than their next version.
 
Mainly I ended up at Taco Bell because they're changing a bunch of stoplights in my town to traffic circles, and decided to do about 5 of them at once in the same area, making it really, really hard from me to get to my office to where all the food is
 
@Dragonrage I have not even started.
 
@Sterno Traffic circles are the worst.
 
I had a crazy idea, with the amount of programmers in here we could have a bridge tournament of this:
in Overwatch, 2 mins ago, by Kevin van der Velden
user image
 
5:29 PM
They're fine if everyone knows how to drive, I guess.
That is not the case where I live, though.
 
@Ronan well, the questions are relevant to solving the extra credit.
 
@KevinvanderVelden I remember that from high school computer science
 
@dragonrage I think I got a piece of it. Is the Dr's name important? Is there a hidden part of the cipher?
 
It's robocode, a game where you program a robot to fight other robots
 
@Dragonrage Yeah, I'm trying from the start.
 
5:30 PM
@ChaseC the Dr's name is relevant yes.
 
awwwwww yis. i'm on the right track
 
last clue for now.
I think puzzling accepts people posting partial solutions that solve portions of the question
 
Traffic circles are neat when done right
 
so you guys can post what you decrypt, just use spoiler tags on it
 
But around here I'm terrified when I enter one because people are assholes
 
5:32 PM
@twobugs my sister drove around one 4 times because she wasnt sure how to use one.
 
You just... go in and then go out
4
 
@KevinvanderVelden great idea
 
@twobugs phrasing. cc @someone
@fredley?
 
To whomever validates the eventual flag: let the record show I am not a criminal
 
RIP two bugs
 
5:36 PM
@ChaseC banned forever.
 
@StrixVaria They're pretty simple here. Most are 1 lane. A few that are 2
 
2 lane traffic circles sound awful
 
Try 4 lane traffic circles without markings
 
Two Bugs was a good man. Almost too good. He edited too many questions, was the topic of many a meta-question because of it. He'll be remembered for his sexual comments about traffic circles and somebodies sister.
 
And then realize that they are exceptionally easy to use
 
5:40 PM
I figured he was actually banned because it's @twobugs
 
No that will happen in 7 hours
 
Right.
 
I'm the hero The Bridge needs.
@Wipqozn Apparently a live action Bleach movie was announced
For some reason Live Action anime adaptations are a thing in Japan
 
@twobugs @twobugs for flag bearer #2016
or would it be flag recipient?
 
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Q: When i try to install minecraft it says its corrupted

AlexSo i got a new computer and i went to install Minecraft on it when i finished the setup wizard and ran it once it finished downloading this error popped up I tried to reinstall it removed all the files and reinstalled still said it was corrupted need help

 
5:45 PM
for those working on the cipher question, a partial solution was posted. might help you a little. cc @ChaseC @Ronan
 
@Dragonrage Yeah I've got that far, I've done number 3, but I can't work out how that helps with the final part.
 
Chocolatey is a silly name for a tool
 
@AdamTheChespin hi
 
5:48 PM
@Ronan pretty much all info i give in the question is relevant to solving the cipher.
 
@Sterno Simple ones are ok, I guess. I'm thinking of stuff like this I guess: google.com/maps/@40.5756815,-74.6287242,19z
 
3 hours ago, by Kevin van der Velden
Meh, noise that doesn't vote for trump is good noise
> trump is good
Kevin van der Velden, 2016
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@Dragonage TIL I'm bad at ciphers.
 
@ChaseC ciphers are hard.
 
indeed
 
5:50 PM
it is much easier to make one than to break one
 
 
cipher.solve()
look i did it
 
@Yuuki Wow, they should make a sequel set in the Pacific!
 
hopefully i didnt make it too hard. i tried to add a lot of hints and leading things to help out.
 
Trump sucks. Hope he doesn't win
 
5:53 PM
I hope no one wins.
 
Then who'll be president?
 
#makeamericagreatbritainagain
Or alternatively #giantmeteor2016
 
@AdamTheChespin @twobugs. Because he's two, therefore "no one".
 
@KevinvanderVelden no, because then we would have to #Brexit
 
> #makeamericagreat[...]again
Kevin van der Velden, 2016
 
5:54 PM
@Yuuki i see what you did there. @Wipqozn would be proud of you
 
@Yuuki lol
 
#ronnieforpres2017
 
Ronnie who?
 
#supervolcano2016
 
Robocode eh?
Will have to look at that later.
 
@Dragonrage lol
 
I still cannot understand the legal base on which Google can't do this but Apple can
what sort of monopoly does Google have on mobile
 
Google does things such as have a store
The "app" part of "app store" clearly meant "Apple" you see
 
6:05 PM
Hmm, 360 swing with parasailing motor on it
 
: Free food has no calories
 
Amazon pls.
 
I agree, my monitor still isn't in stock
 
6:18 PM
I mean
That's probably intentional
 
You are in the danger zone of Archer memes.
 
@twobugs Yeah I heard that. I have no intention of seeing it. They had one for Death Note too.
 
The Dark Souls of Archer
 
6:25 PM
Anyone ever hear of imzy.com?
 
cc @fredley
 
user15026
That face when a Kickstarter you really want to see get funded is at 94 percent with 4 days to go.
 
What is it?
 
What is what?
 
42 secs ago, by Ash
That face when a Kickstarter you really want to see get funded is at 94 percent with 4 days to go.
 
6:29 PM
echo?
 
@KevinvanderVelden oh
 
OH MAN
 
Anyone see my link?
 
LINK, HE COME TO TOWN
 
6:32 PM
is this your link?
 
pls
 
@AdamTheChespin You're an account with a suspiciously low amount of activity, with one answer in 2011. I'm skeptic of whatever it is you might be linking or why.
Why don't you tell us what that is, instead of blind linking us?
 
It looks like some sort of community site but I didn't really look around that much
 
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Q: I have a glitch in WoW support cant help

NorgethI have written about this issue to the support but they can't say anything useful it seems , so maybe someone else can here. My problem is represented in this two videos i cant really write down what is happening. I made them with phone cause when i use programs the problem isn't showing ,which ...

 
It's a site like Reddit but much better. Allows for rich embedding of content and the comment system is a cross between threaded comments and chat. It tells you when someone is typing without having to refresh the post.
 
6:37 PM
seems like spam
 
pls
 
Gee another reddit competitor like Voat.
 
And automatically shows you when someone comments while you're viewing the post.
 
@AdamTheChespin What is your affiliation to them?
 
I'm guessing the laundry list of chat rooms you're in also got linked to this.
I'm personally not interested, thanks.
 
6:39 PM
Should we ask him if he has any business deals with Russia too?
 
@Arperum I'm in their private beta
 
@MadMAxJr This does not appear to be the case
 
@MadMAxJr there's 3
 
I think you guys are being overly harsh
 
That's hardly a laundry list. That 3 also includes this one btw
 
6:40 PM
WHY HAVEN'T YOU DENOUNCED VLADIMIR PUTIN'S INVASION OF UKRAINE
 
Thanks @twobugs
 
WHO IS PAYING YOU OFF
 
WHY DO YOU HATE AMERICA?
 
@Unionhawk Unikitty.
 
YEAH
 
6:41 PM
don't answer that.
we probably don't have time
 
pls
 
IS SEAN MURRAY A LIAR OR JUST A CONMAN?
 
@twobugs thanks for sticking up for me.
 
Speaking of crazy and more crazy conspiracy theories, apparently a rumor going around is Trump isn't releasing his taxes because it contains donations to NAMBLA
This is, obviously false, but really funny
 
@AdamTheChespin so, uuh, why exactly did you join our room and post that link?
 
6:43 PM
ffs
 
@AdamTheChespin I also helped :(
 
Like, @AdamTheChespin seems completely innoculous here
Just saying "Hey guys, what do you think of this site?" is not The Devil
 
BANNED
 
THE WORST THING THE DEVIL EVER DID WAS LINK TO IMZY.COM - someone
 
Anyway, all of you are paranoid
Especially @Sterno, but that's for unrelated reasons
 
6:45 PM
The paranoid bridge
 
@AdamTheChespin I think that the only reason you can speak here is because you have 73 network reputation gained in 2011 from one post linking to the FAQ and that, since you can do microdonations through their website, you have an indirect financial interest in that website doing well
so uh please stop.
 
That is a more reasonable argument
 
@badp stop what?
 
please do not bring this up in a non-organic way
 
Should I leave?
 
6:47 PM
like not unless @LessPop_MoreFizz starts droning about how Reddit is the worst thing since the mile.
 
To be fair...
 
if I thought you should leave I'd have banned you instead of warning you.
 
@AdamTheChespin will address that, sec
 
you are now warned. enjoy your stay ~
 
Also hey!
The Mile did nothing wrong
 
6:49 PM
@Unionhawk what about the nile
 
I mean
The river itself probably not
 
@AdamTheChespin I think that the reason people went this hard on you is randomly linking a website after being away for 5 years. While you might have good intentions, it seems spammy. You are free to stay in the room and link stuff etc, but if you keep posting these stuff and they seem spammy, it might result in a chat ban.
 
Crocodiles are another story
 
dude, the river's famous for its FLOODS.
 
They should make a movie called @uni in which the protagonist does everything wrong
:P
 
6:50 PM
That's not its fault!
That's the rain's fault, obviously
Blame the water cycle!
 
#notallrivers
 
@badp Floods that are highly predictable and basically make the region livable
#TeamNile
 
@badp I'm sorry for being a friendly sharing guy. It's who I am.
 
@twobugs yeah well why don't they build a WALL along the nile
a nice wall, a beautiful wall, the best wall.
 
Everyone talks about the wall
 
6:51 PM
@badp yea, and make the crocodiles pay for it
 
@Sterno IT JUST GOT 5 FEET HIGHER
 
@Dragonrage ha! that'll make them useful
 
Crocodiles do not have currency
 
CircleBridgerk
 
That seems like their problem not ours doesn't it
 
6:52 PM
@twobugs they can sell their teeth.
 
If trump builds a wall, there'll be hell in America.
 
@twobugs they have a hide
 
they make great souvenirs
 
BUT THEY CAN'T HIDE
 
@badpls
That was awful
 
6:52 PM
@AdamTheChespin good thing planes are a thing
 
@badp what if they are in the murky water?
 
@badp They totally can
They're ambush predators
 
@arda what do planes have to do with this?
 
How do you ambush if you can't hide
DUH
 
@AdamTheChespin planes can fly over walls?
 
6:53 PM
EVERYONE KNOWS THE BEST PLACE TO HIDE IS IN PLAIN SIGHT
 
Sterling Archer being deathly afraid of Crocodiles and Alligators was good character development
cc @fredley
 
@Dragonrage the whole head is sticking out
 
unless trump decides to make them 30000ft
 
@badp #closeenough
 
6:54 PM
@arda oh
 
@arda planes cruise at 30 or so.
 
@Dragonrage you sound like my cat
"tail? what tail? I'm perfectly invisible."
 
Your cat can talk?
Or just type?
 
And YOU get a wall and YOU get a wall and YOU get a wall!
 
Everyone needs a personal wall to bang their head against.
 
6:55 PM
If Trump wins the election, he'll need to build a wall just to keep everyone in.
 
@Unionhawk what cat can't type
 
@badp cat pic pls
 
@badp the ones blocked by lifehacks
 
The lifehacks we need, not the lifehacks we deserve
 
6:59 PM
RIP
 
I wonder if that works on dogs.
 
all right, it's time to play everyone's favorite game: WILL. THIS. WORK.
IT WORK
 
#perl
 
@Dragonrage poor kitty
 
prefix notation: if($a && $b && $c) { ...; }
postfix notation: do { ... } if ($a && $b && $c)
infix notation: { last unless $a && $b && $c; ...; }
 
7:02 PM
@badp if(&& && $a $b $c) { ...; }
@badp do { ... } if ($a $b $c && &&)
 
yeah, unfortunately that isn't possible
 
:(
It's so much more readable (to the compiler).
 
the former, maybe? probably not with '&&'s anyway
 
@StrixVaria and literally nobody else
 
so the guy has gotten most every hint for my cipher figured out
but hasnt figured out the cipher
 
7:03 PM
@Unionhawk Eh, once you get used to it it's not so bad.
 
It's not awful but it's not more readable
Maybe that's my "years of learning infix" bias, idk
 
@StrixVaria It's not really that hard for a compiler to transform infix to whatever internal structure it uses
 
@murgatroid99 It's certainly a well-supported problem, but it's not as easy as the other two options.
 
0> sub nd($$) { shift and shift; }
3> nd 2, 1
$res[1] = 1
4> nd nd 2, 2, 1
Too many arguments for main::nd at reply input line 2, at EOF
Not enough arguments for main::nd at reply input line 2, at EOF
5> nd (nd 2, 2), 1
Not enough arguments for main::nd at reply input line 1, near "2)"
 
@Unionhawk More write-able maybe. You don't need any parentheses!
 
7:06 PM
perl prototypes: not even once
 
@StrixVaria Even so, it's very much worth doing a little more work in the compiler to make the code more readable for humans
 
@murgatroid99 Obviously, that's why compilers exist at all and we don't all write in assembly.
Or, well, binary, I guess.
 
1010101000111101010101010101101010110001101110101010110111100110101010
 
SYSTEM ARMED
 
1010111110100110010101011001010011111111100101110001100000001111010111
 
7:08 PM
HACKING IN PROGRESS
 
1001110000000000000011110101010101010111110011001010101111001101010111
 
@twobugs did no one buy his stereos?
 
@Dragonrage SYSTEM ACTIVE
 
1000000000000111111111111000010101010101010101101010110111000110101001
 
ERROR 31
 
7:10 PM
01100010011100100110100101100100011001110110010100100000011010010111001100100000‌​01101000011001010110110001101100
 
ACCOUNT LOCKED
 
01001000011000010110001101101011001000000110000101110111011000010111100100100000‌​011100000110110001110011
 
ACCOUNT LOCKED
 
I hate these hacker things
011101010110111001101100011011110110001101101011
 
ACCOUNT LOCKED
 
7:11 PM
01100010011000010110010001110000
 
TWOBUGS 85% RUSTLED
 
01110010011000010110010001110000
 
ACCOUNT LOCKED
 
OK, is it seriously necessary to keep flooding the room with bit sequences?
 
badp is accepting his password
 
7:13 PM
@badp They were inadequate
 
so I cannot reboot him
 
Also let's not do this
 
@murgatroid99 I couldn't find Android Hell and I don't have time to do a more thorough search.
 
HACKING!!! STOP!!!
@StrixVaria you can thank @Unionhawk
 
@Unionhawk you monster.
 
7:14 PM
@badp No that was @fredley
 
@fredley you monster.
 
@Unionhawk well did you change it back to the original name
 
@badp Yes
I did that
 
well done you, you live another day
looks at @PrivatePansy
 
This would all be solved if my feature request went through
 
7:18 PM
Okay adding the ghost pepper hot sauce to ramen was a poor decision due to the slurping
 
@TimStone ouch
 
PAIN!!! START!!!
 
@TimStone are you reading too many bytes from the file?
 
Probably
 
GET IT? TOO MANY BYTES?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
 
7:21 PM
You bit off more than you can chew!
 
@TimStone just $/ = \20; or something.
 
So I guess one of the main theories right now is the US Swimmers... faked being robbed??? But why?
 
they didn't want the people to know they might have been drinking alcohol
#scandal
 
a coworker points out correctly
this means that we are about to live in a world
 
@Unionhawk Well, and vandalizing a gas station or something :P
 
7:25 PM
a world where you can take a VR-capable laptop
and just strap it to your back
 
IN A WORLD
 
WE DID IT
 
How this would have ever been an effective cover story for that no one knows
 
WHERE YOU CAN JUST TAKE A VR-CAPABLE LAPTOP AND JUST STRAP IT TO YOUR BACK
 
YES
 
7:26 PM
But it's Ryan Lochte
 
JUST TAKE THE VR-CAPABLE LAPTOP
AND STRAP IT TO YOUR BACK
 
(pls read in movie trailer voice)
 
What about the ten seconds of battery life?
 
TEN MOST GLORIOUS SECONDS
also you can probably carry a battery bank or something
 
> so don't get your hopes up for the ultimate VR backpack PC just yet
THE ARTICLE EVEN POINTS OUT YOU'RE WRONG
 
7:27 PM
VIDEOGAMES DIDN'T TRAIN US FOR YEARS TO DO INVENTORY TETRIS FOR NOTHING
 
VR Ready*
*When plugged in
Which is still great
But ******
 
PORTABLE GENERATOR #westilldiditreddit
 
how does the computer know it's not plugged into a battery bank of sorts
don't forget
we are about to live in a world where both mobiles and laptop are USB-C powered
 
So you can add a glorious 3 SECONDS OF BATTERY LIFE by sacrificing your phone's battery
 
and the battery banks are probably powered by usb-c themselves
JUST DAISY CHAIN THEM
BOOM ONE MINUTE VR DUNGEON
 
7:29 PM
BOOM IS PROBABLY RIGHT
 
Now you just have to get a USB-C port grafted into your skin
THE VIRTUAL REALITY WAS INSIDE YOU ALL ALONG
 
@TimStone what else are navels good for
 
@TimStone So that's what Pokemon means by "the power that's inside"
 
just attach directly to your intestines
 
Of course
 
7:31 PM
THAT PROBABLY BRINGS THINGS UP TO 90 SECONDS
 
ghost pepper broth: consumed
Didn't choke and die, 10/10
 
next time check your $/ is set man.
PERL HUMOUR WILL CONTINUE UNTIL MORALE IMPROVES
 
MORALE TREND [ ] IMPROVING [ ] DECLINING [x] STABLE
 
NOT GOOD ENOUGH
 
"Did you get robbed?" "Jeah" "Well the Brazilian Government would like to talk with you." https://t.co/svR2fyXLUw
 
8:09 PM
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Q: Minecraft - mine and other player skins not loading

DatakodohI can't see skins anymore. Everyone including myself is either a steve or an alex. I've tried looking up solutions and asking friends, but nothing is working. I think this started around 1.9-something. No matter what I try I can't get skins to work. I've relogged, reinstalled minecraft multiple t...

 
Yeah, that's pretty accurate tbh
I had new environments provisioned and I can't even begin to explain the mistake they made with configuring the firewall rules
 
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Q: Are there any double, triple star systems in No Man's Sky?

Jason HeineI've only come across single star systems. I'm curious to know if anyone has come across a double star system? I've seen planets with two moons (albeit quite rare). Any double stars that I can look forward to?

 
user15026
@TimStone glad you didn't die
 
8:38 PM
You didn't die, but you're at -2 CON for 24 hours.
 
8:58 PM
Oh uh spoilers I guess
cc @fredley
 
Noooooooooooo
 

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