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Memor-X

13:02

Video games make kids into better human beings. | "Invader Zim" S01E12 (9.21.2011) | 480p 30fps

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Chippies

@PrivatePansy Poweramp, if you, for some reason, don't own it yet

also, Tasker was well worth the price

StrixVaria

@Chippies I've come across this the other day and I can't even tell what it does or why I'd want it.

MBraedley

I second the recommendation of Tasker.

Private Pansy

Also, we have Books but not Movie, TV and Music here

Chippies

@StrixVaria it allows you to automate pretty much anything

MBraedley

13:11

@StrixVaria It's an automation tool

Private Pansy

No, actually we have movie but not TV

Google store is weird

StrixVaria

What would I want to automate on my phone?

Unionhawk

I use it for location work->silence, app youtube and not wifi connected->go home, and a few other things

Chippies

for example my main use for it is, whenever I punch in at work, I also "punch in" on my phone, which adds the time I punched it in a txt file, turns off wifi and bluetooth. When I punch out, it writes down the punch out time and overtime, turns wifi and bluetooth back on

it's an app that you don't know you would have a use for until you have it and start messing with it

MBraedley

@StrixVaria Switching sound levels and screen timeouts/brightness at a given time, triggering IFTTT based on location or wifi connection, making your podcast app automatically start playing when you plug in a headset

Unionhawk

13:13

wait you can use it to tie into IFTTT

Chippies

I also use it to max out media volume when it hooks up to car audio

MBraedley

@Unionhawk IIRC, yeah

StrixVaria

I don't know what IFTTT is either.

Unionhawk

I don't actually think there are any IFTTT actions I'd want to tie it to but

Private Pansy

@StrixVaria If This Then That

StrixVaria

13:14

I guess I wouldn't mind my phone changing ringtone volume if I'm at work vs. not at work but that is not worth actual dollars to me.

Private Pansy

A simple glue app that helps you bind different services together

StrixVaria

@PrivatePansy Ok, I've heard of this and also have never thought even once that it could be useful to me.

Unionhawk

Yeah it's not really that good

MBraedley

@Unionhawk I can't actually check on my phone right now, since it's in a lockbox in the building lobby

Nzall

> sends a text message "late at work" to his wife (apparently). Automatically picks reasons from an array of strings, randomly. Runs inside a cron-job. The job fires if there are active SSH-sessions on the server after 9pm with his login.

source: github.com/NARKOZ/hacker-scripts

Unionhawk

13:15

a lot of the recipes out there are "save thing to evernote" and "save thing to dropbox"

and I'm not really sure why I'd want to save liked youtube videos to evernote

MBraedley

@Unionhawk If my smart home stuff could tie into IFTTT, then I'd probably set up something like "IF entering this geo area, THEN turn on back porch light"

Unionhawk

I don't have smart home stuff, so that really dampens my phone automation potential

StrixVaria

I spent two years having to turn on my living room lights at the light itself instead of at the switch before I was un-lazy enough to change what outlet they were plugged into.

I'm probably not in the target audience for Tasker.

Private Pansy

I have one that backs up a phone log to Drive and automatically shares stuff I've read on Pocket to Facebook

The latter makes up nearly 80% of my Facebook activity

StrixVaria

Why would you ever want to automatically share anything to Facebook?

Private Pansy

13:21

In general I think Pocket articles are pretty nice

Or rather, if I save an article to Pocket and finish reading it, it's worth sharing

Nzall

@PrivatePansy I assume you don't save any risqué stuff to Pocket?

MBraedley

A lot of the things I used to use Tasker for are now baked into Android, to some degree or another, but I still use it for others.

Private Pansy

No, definitely not

Unionhawk

@MBraedley Yes

That or it's stuff I no longer care about

I used to have some complicated "if application google maps and gps off, go to location settings and wait for gps to turn on or 60 seconds. if gps turns on go back to maps. if not then don't worry about it" profile so I could keep gps on battery save

now I just leave it on high accuracy all the time

MBraedley

In fact, I think I only have a single enabled profile, which is the one that starts my podcast app when I plug headphones in (really a 3.5mm audio cable in my car)

Unionhawk

13:29

I've got several I don't think about

oh shit oreo picture in picture

MBraedley

I turned off my time of day profiles, which controlled volume and screen timeouts, because do not disturb itself can be scheduled. I may turn them back on (or change it to a charging profile) just for the screen timeouts.

Lazers 2.0

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Q: How can I open this locked door?

The Outbreak Update added ruins, which contain interesting or unique items hidden behind locked, DNA doors. The door itself requests a DNA sample when inspected, but I have yet to find one. In all the cases I've found, there's another way to dig into the room and bypass the door. Are the doors...

oxygen-not-included

Lazers 2.0

13:49

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Q: How do I perform the mission of pausing a starfruit in a play in fruit ninja?

I tried to perform the mission many times. I kept holding the starfruit. I did not slice any other fruit after slicing a starfruit. I tried these two ways but it did not work. I am not able to understand the mission. So I need help.

fruit-ninja

Private Pansy

So TIL Stardew Valley speedrunning is a thing. Specifically, the goal is to get married as quickly as possible.

SaintWacko

@PrivatePansy I know people who speedrun life like that

Unionhawk

@PrivatePansy I've seen somebody do a "romance everybody in town" run

Private Pansy

Marriage percent

15 minutes - speedrun.com/stardew_valley#Marriage

with glitches

Unionhawk

nice

Kevin van der Velden

14:04

So this is (currently) a thing: youtube.com/…

Comments are printed by a dot matrix printer and shredded

The shredder is functioning not super well with the dotmatrix extra-wide paper

Private Pansy

Just... what the fuck Apple?

Unionhawk

unicode is my passion

Tim Stone

> Error injecting constructor, java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: local

ಠ_ಠ

MBraedley

@KevinvanderVelden That's a pretty fast printer, at least by dot matrix standards

Lazers 2.0

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Q: Is there only one Shanalotte aka. Emerald Herald?

When you meet Shanalotte in Dragon Aerie she says "it was my own manifestation that led you here." You'll also meet her (or her "manifestations") in at least Majula, Drangleic Castle, Undead Crypt and Throne of Want. Are these all tied to the same life? That is, if you kill her in any one of thes...

dark-souls-2 lore

SaintWacko

14:21

@KevinvanderVelden Misread that as dominatrix...

Arperum

@SaintWacko Your brain has a specific focus :p

Kevin van der Velden

To be fair, after posting I had the same doubletake

Wipqozn

@Yuuki you should call UPS and complain your package is late

or the post office, and be like "RAIN OR SHINE MY ASS"

@KevinvanderVelden more like good news, great news!

Arperum

@Wipqozn "How to be an asshat to delivery people." Written by @Wipqozn

Private Pansy

Tim Stone

14:29

@Wipqozn tbf it's neither rain nor sleet nor snow, they didn't say anything about spontaneous lakes

Unionhawk

SUDDENLY: TEXAS IS A FUCKING OCEAN

meanwhile some united passenger: "what do you mean the plane that was supposed to be this flight is 'stuck in houston'"

Lazers 2.0

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Q: What does the "Resistance contacts" SITREP do in Xcom2 War of the Chosen?

According to the description "Undercover civilians present in this combat zone can be contacted to gain valuable rewards" What are the rewards? Do I automatically gain all rewards when I complete the mission? Or should I run around and do the bonus first, then focus on the mission?

xcom-2 xcom-2-war-of-the-chosen

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Q: minecraft 1.12 reliably detect player-player interaction

I am making this command block minigame which requires two players to "interact" with eachother. With interacting, I mean: two players meet eachother, initiate the interaction, then command blocks compare a certain score of both players. If the score of player 1 is higher than player 2, then a co...

minecraft minecraft-commands

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Q: Does killing Shanalotte aka. The Emerald Herald change the rest of the game?

When killed Shanalotte drops the Aged Feather, and you can no longer use her services (unless revived, but it's unclear whether this is even possible). Are there any non-obvious differences to the rest of the game, especially lore-related, like changed dialogue, locations or items?

dark-souls-2

badp

@PrivatePansy the two "e"s in needed can be obtained from each other through simple translation

Tim Stone

oh my god that kerning

could drive a truck through there

Unionhawk

de co rnp ressor

Private Pansy

14:37

@TimStone *keming

GodEmperorDune

@PrivatePansy hue

@Unionhawk doesn't everyone use a de corn pressor?

Fluttershy

So, PSA. Absolver is a pretty great game. I do not like fighting games, but am loving Absolver. :D

StrixVaria

@Fluttershy I'm not a big fan of non-1v1 stuff.

Especially when it's 1v3 it's a little silly.

Harvey Relief Done Quick games list

Tim Stone

Pokémon TCG: Sun & Moon—Burning Shadows | Team Skull vs. Team Pikachu Dance Battle!

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>_>

Chippies

finally got a proper HDD in my PC (only had an SSD, old laptop HDD and external HDD until now)

Fluttershy

14:50

@StrixVaria Yeah, I struggle with those too. :( The coliseum boss fight was awful.

Chippies

installs all owned Steam games

Yuuki

@Unionhawk Meanwhile, some other United passenger: "Ow, ow, stop..." is knocked out

If/when I start volunteering, the first thing I'm going to do is spellcheck all of these signs.

StrixVaria

@Fluttershy I'm pretty sure I just lucked my way through that one.

Wipqozn

15:13

Damn it @Yuuki, I blame you for this

Please use buckets to get rid of all the water so my gas doesn't go up, thanks

Fluttershy

@StrixVaria I also had a bug in the fight against the two hunters. I posted a screenshot on Steam. lol

Wipqozn

@StrixVaria Awesome. Hoping they release details on when it's starting soon.

StrixVaria

@Wipqozn Friday evening through Sunday evening.

MBraedley

@Wipqozn Glad I filled up earlier this week

Wipqozn

@StrixVaria meant an exact time, but thanks

StrixVaria

15:16

I think they have one, hold on.

MBraedley

Last I saw, starting at 8PM EDT

StrixVaria

@Fluttershy The game is pretty buggy for now :(

badp

meanwhile in Perl 6

await do for ^10 { start { $a⚛++ for ^1000 } }

Unionhawk

@Wipqozn sometime between the creation of earth and the heat death of the universe

StrixVaria

@Fluttershy Are we not friends on Steam or did you change your name?

Private Pansy

15:18

@badp That's uh... an interesting operator

I thought it was a flower at first

Arperum

@Wipqozn That's still cheap. Over here Diesel is like €1,30/l or something

MBraedley

@Arperum Fuel prices in Europe have always been higher than Canada and the US

Unionhawk

> cannot convert from system.datetime? to system.datetime

ugh

fine

I'll add the ?

Fluttershy

@StrixVaria I'm Niro on Steam. We're friends!

Unionhawk

happy

StrixVaria

15:21

@Fluttershy Oh, ok; I was looking for NihilistRonin

MBraedley

Everyone should have the same username everywhere!

I doth declare!

StrixVaria

Meanwhile I have a completely different name on Steam also and none of you have trouble remembering it so I guess I'm just a jerk.

Fluttershy

@StrixVaria I changed my name and avatar at the same time, which is a cardinal sin.

MBraedley

(Or at least significantly similar that it's easy to tell who is who.)

Unionhawk

I have no idea who half of my steam friends list is

Discord helps with some

StrixVaria

15:23

@Fluttershy That is a weird bug. The weird white thing that you use to start the boss fight is still there, and the bosses are there with no masks.

I should take a screen shot of the excellent mask I found.

What even is the default screenshot button in Steam? Is it just print screen?

DanmakuGrazer

F12

StrixVaria

Thanks.

That was my backup guess.

Wipqozn

@Arperum Yes

@Unionhawk thanks

Fluttershy

@StrixVaria The white thing wasn't there during the fight, but the frozen enemy models were! While I was fighting the actual enemies!

StrixVaria

@Fluttershy Oh nice!

Fluttershy

15:27

They kept blocking the camera. lol

StrixVaria

Well that happens anyway if you get backed up to a wall.

@Fluttershy Did you finish all the marked ones too?

GodEmperorDune

@Unionhawk i use notes

Unionhawk

That's true, that is a feature of steam

StrixVaria

Player grinds to level cap in FFVII before first boss out of spite

Fluttershy

@StrixVaria Not yet. I have two or three to go, I think.

StrixVaria

15:31

@Fluttershy Ok. I found some of them harder than the actual "bosses".

And harder to find too; I had to look up the location for one.

Fluttershy

I think I only have the Sixth left.

StrixVaria

I think I know which one that is.

Fluttershy

I was exploring the Tower of Adal last night and got rekt by 3 Lost Prospects.

StrixVaria

That's one where some other PC dropped in and saved my life mid-battle to let me progress.

RedRiderX

Our new video ad campaign has our product's name shouted in the first 500 milliseconds, so we can reach the people in adjacent rooms while the viewer is still turning down the volume.

Unionhawk

15:36

> {1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM}

yep that isn't going to work

StrixVaria

Harvey Relief Done Quick is official! Fri. 8PM - Sun. 8PM EDT. Game Submissions will be live (via Google Forms) within the hour. #HRDQ2017

Tweeted by GamesDoneQuick on August 30, 2017 at 6:02 PM

CC @Wipqozn

Unionhawk

I'm just going home

Tim Stone

It's not even noon

Fluttershy

@StrixVaria I had someone do that for me in the forest area.

Wipqozn

@StrixVaria thanks

user15026

15:42

@StrixVaria what charity are they using?

StrixVaria

We're proud to announce that we are partnering with @HoustonFoodBank for #HRDQ2017! 100% of your donations this wee… https://twitter.com/i/web/status/903311804746620930

Tweeted by GamesDoneQuick on August 31, 2017 at 5:41 PM

user15026

Cool beans.

user4704

Oh, that's good to know.

Private Pansy

@RedRiderX There is in fact an Android app that locks the volume buttons to media volume

MBraedley

16:00

@PrivatePansy Does it basically just play silence the entire time?

Private Pansy

I'm honestly not sure, it might be doing that

MBraedley

(e.g. like the windows app I have for making sure my HTPC always uses 5.1)

RedRiderX

@MBraedley it's silly but that is why I don't want to install the app, I feel like it would be a drain on battery

Unionhawk

Woo half day vacation

What the fuck Sinclair why are we literally showing the top daily mail stories

GodEmperorDune

16:17

@Unionhawk because sinclair

Unionhawk

Why is everything garbage

StrixVaria

9

MadMAxJr

Sweet. I'll have to throw GDQ up on the TV for the weekend.

StrixVaria

I have some plans Sunday but I'll be happy to watch what I can.

Kevin van der Velden

"Soon" (TM)

StrixVaria

16:27

If I could embed the countdown into my message, I would.

Kevin van der Velden

Yeah

StrixVaria

GodEmperorDune

@StrixVaria *indigenous peoples' day

badp

funnily enough we call turn signals "arrows" in Italian

because, I mean, turning them on lights up an arrow symbol on your dashboard

StrixVaria

@badp Does Italian use the same word for arrows you shoot out of a bow and arrows like the symbol that points to things?

badp

16:40

freccia

yes

StrixVaria

I always try to be careful when a word has multiple meanings in English while thinking about other languages.

I have made mistakes.

In Germany I accidentally asked a cashier for a purse instead of a plastic bag to hold the thing I bought.

badp

but yeah, I've occasionally mumbled something like "I guess only indians use arrows" while driving

hah

if I google "i turchi all'africa" Google gives me "did you mean... i turchi allafrica"

if I google "i turchi allafrica" Google gives me "did you mean... i turchi all'africa"

which is some weird expression my mother says for someone who is, I suppose, confused enough to think Turkey is in Africa

which

I mean

maybe?

we turn to our expert in a suit, @Avery, for her expert opinion

Avery

Turkey isn't in africa.

badp

thanks, expert in a suit.

Avery

It's often classified as being in "eurasia" or "middle east"

but yeah telling most turks that turkey is in middle east would get you a ton of yelling

like, even the biggest university here is named "Middle East Technical University" but turkey part of europe we're civil middle east bad europ good

GodEmperorDune

16:55

I am the nigh--- awww yisss scritches https://t.co/5ydLgRVk0A

Tweeted by deapoirierbooks on August 30, 2017 at 11:28 PM

cc @ash

badp

@Avery I didn't think things were going that way lately

Lazers 2.0

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Q: Is there anyway to bypass the 14 GB update in GTA V?

After activating the GTA V by putting serial code, it asks for a 14GB+ patch file download. This is really frustrating that the download looks very huge. Now my questions are: Is there anyway to bypass the 14GB download? What problem do I face if I did so?

grand-theft-auto-5 rockstargames-social-club

Avery

@badp well people are really split

GodEmperorDune

@badp can you have a trexit if you never joined EU in the first place?

badp

sure

Avery

16:58

there are those that HATE western societies and those that HATE being even associated with middle east

like turkey has a ton of nutjobs going around saying "america's not allowing us to extract boron but in 2023 the secret agreement will end and we'll be the greatest country again" and this kinda has to do with erdo too, because he's also always mumbling 2023 2023 2023

GodEmperorDune

@Avery why 2023?

Avery

was typing up.

(the 2023 number comes from the lausanne peace treaty or whatever it's called, signed in 1923. While America has nothing to do with it, people tend to blame it too. Lausanne's terms are public and they don't include anything against extracting or processing stuff, and even if we did extracted all the boron, if people don't buy it, turkey will not see any improvement economically and even if turkey sold it all, I don't think that turkey can achieve the "greatest country" status. )

GodEmperorDune

so this is like "climate change is a hoax by the chinese" level stuff?

Avery

(Oh and, people are saying that lausanne expires in 2023. There's also no terms indicating anything about that. Most of erdogan's promises include the year 2023 too, someone from utoronto wrote up on it apparently, linky)

@GodEmperorDune yes

and worst part is, there are so so many people like that

like, I've had teachers (history teachers even) who believed at that

user15026

@GodEmperorDune Bats are so cute

Avery

17:05

en.wikisource.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Lausanne

here's the full text of treaty of lausanne on wikisource if anyone is interested.

GodEmperorDune

> 10% yearly average growth

hahahahaha

oh man

good luck with that

Lazers 2.0

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Q: cheat code for unlimited gems on temple run 2 lost jungle

I need cheat code for unlimited gems.no idea of how to get it legally.I'm trying to unlock EVERYTHING.

android

GodEmperorDune

@Lazers2.0 wat

StrixVaria

@Lazers2.0 Interesting ethical question. We disallow questions about cheating in online multiplayer games. We allow questions about cheating in single-player games. What about cheating in single-player games to circumvent spending real money?

(Not that this question is a great example.)

user15026

Considering said "cheat code" if there were one would be circumventing the likely microtransaction system put in place....it's likely not awesome.

user15026

17:14

(even if I hate the whole idea of microtransactions for premium currency)

Avery

Also open data is nice. Here's unemployment percentage from 2005 to 2016 in turkey. Lower = better. Aim is to get to 5% by 2023 though that seems very unlikely.

GodEmperorDune

@StrixVaria i think cheats to circumvent spending real money should be treated with the piracy standard

MBraedley

@StrixVaria What about "How can I refill my Candy Crush lives without having to wait the <x> hours (and spending money)?"

user15026

@MBraedley Is there an in-game way to do that?

StrixVaria

@MBraedley This question is on topic regardless of the answer.

The answer might be "you can't" though.

MBraedley

17:18

I mean the solution without spending money is to change the time on your device.

Mad Scientist

To me there's an ethical difference between unlocking real content that you'd otherwise have to pay for, or circumventing arbitrary and stupid restrictions. The latter is similar to modding games

user15026

This one is asking specifically for a cheat code, which makes it kinda obvious to me that they're just trying to get past the microtransaction

MBraedley

Which can easily be considered cheating

StrixVaria

But what is cheating in a single-player game?

user15026

@MadScientist I don't agree in the case of "tell me how not to pay for this thing where the only option is to pay for it"

Mad Scientist

17:19

We don't care about cheating in single player

GodEmperorDune

@MadScientist but the devs put those arbitrary and stupid restrictions in place to fund the game

Avery

@MadScientist yes, but we're talking about premium currency

user15026

Like to me, it feels like "tell me how to get this game without paying" which on any other non-microtransaction fueled thing would be piracy

GodEmperorDune

this isn't "how do i mod to have an infinitely large inventory so i don't have to drop things"

Mad Scientist

If we're talking about F2P games, I would agree in many cases (I didn't look at the specific question, I wanted to address the more general case).

GodEmperorDune

17:21

@MadScientist it's not like we support pirating DLC if you bought the base game

Fluttershy

I successfully disputed a thing on my credit report! :D I adulted!

user15026

@Fluttershy huzzah! gives you cookies

Avery

temple run 2 lost jungle is F2P

Mad Scientist

@GodEmperorDune There's a huge difference, as DLC is different assets and content as the main game.

GodEmperorDune

@MadScientist what about the new bethesda points thing in fallout4 and skyrim?

user15026

17:22

I really don't think we should be in the business of "how do I get this without paying"

user15026

Regardless of what the thing is

Avery

Agreed

StrixVaria

@GodEmperorDune Bethesda is working really hard to destroy all the goodwill it had accrued.

GodEmperorDune

@StrixVaria i don't disagree

Mad Scientist

I'm talking about e.g. something like in Dragon Age Inquisition, where you have to wait in real time for the stuff on the map. Now assume they have microtransactions to speed that up, I wouldn't consider it unethical to cheat in this case

Avery

17:22

unethical, arguable.

GodEmperorDune

but if the dev wants to do something annoying and stupid for real money, we shouldn't encourage bypassing that

user15026

@MadScientist yeah, but some people don't think it's unethical to pirate either.....

Avery

Fit for Arqade? I don't think so.

Thing is, doing that is arguably an unethical move by developers

user15026

And I don't think that we should open ourselves up to that sort of grey ethical judgement stuff because how do you draw a line there

Avery

because they're trying to get more money out of something you paid

user15026

17:23

Like how do we help this person, but then deny someone who wants to know where to get the next Skyrim without paying

Avery

And when you skip that, you're also making something unethical. While it may be justified according to some (including me), I don't think that we should allow such questions on Arqade, as it might end up in a floodgate of low quality, legally dubious questions.

GodEmperorDune

@Avery plus arqade should be about encouraging gaming as a whole to continue

if the devs can't get paid for their work, that would severely damage the industry

user15026

It's one of those things - your personal feelings on it don't matter as much as "will this cause problems for the site as a whole in terms of quality and ability to succeed"

StrixVaria

The very concept of "give us extra money to un-fuck your single-player gaming experience that we've intentionally fucked up" makes me insane.

I'm looking at you literally every Android game.

GodEmperorDune

@StrixVaria i 100% agree, but it's not our place to mess with that

user15026

17:25

@StrixVaria Trust me, I am right there with you on that feeling

StrixVaria

Oh yeah that has nothing to do with our policy decision.

GodEmperorDune

that's up for players to not play those games

Avery

@StrixVaria I agree, and I agree that it shouldn't affect our policy.

StrixVaria

I just hate it so much and I want it to stop being a thing so much.

user15026

Although I've been having decent success with the new Angry Birds Match game actually

GodEmperorDune

17:26

or not buy microtransactions

and support games that do it well

user15026

Where I can pay for stuff but so far I've not had to.

GodEmperorDune

like i'll play your game if there are reasonable ads

user15026

I can't tell if that's confirmation bias or not but it seriously feels like if I expend enough lives on a level it starts giving me more powerups to get past it

GodEmperorDune

but randomly interrupting with unskippable ads? sorry, nope

user15026

@GodEmperorDune It's the randomness I hate

StrixVaria

17:27

I found some crappy CSD ripoff on Android that actually had fun gameplay but then made the levels impossible without real-money powerups.

user15026

like if I can expect it once every 5 levels, okay fine

user15026

@StrixVaria Cooking Mania?

StrixVaria

I intentionally forgot everything I could about it.

GodEmperorDune

@Ash right, it's up to you to make that choice

Lazers 2.0

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Q: Why can I only sometimes merged small dragon chests?

My camp is filling up with small dragon chests, mostly harvested from stone but also won at the end of levels. I have them all pushed off to one side while I save up gems up open them. I've noticed that, occasionally as I'm moving them around, several of the "dragon egg chests" will merged into ...

merge-dragons

Avery

17:28

@Ash ugh and yes video or interactive ads

StrixVaria

@Ash "Cooking Fever" I think.

user15026

@StrixVaria Ah, yes, sorry, I mixed up the name. I know which game you mean. I was annoyed at that as well

user15026

It had potential.

user15026

I keep trying to find a game in that style that doesn't eventually end up in a real money hell

user15026

@Avery I hate the interactive ones.

StrixVaria

17:29

There was one I played probably 5 years ago and have no hope of finding the name of again.

But that actually was pretty good.

user15026

I know Gamehouse has some good time management stuff, and they're smart - they give you like 5-10 levels to try it and then you pay for the whole game.

user15026

That I don't mind.

StrixVaria

@Ash Is their stuff on Android? I could go for something like that.

Apparently uBlock hates their entire domain.

user15026

@StrixVaria Yep! They have a TON of Android games.

user15026

I really like the Delicious series, myself.

Avery

17:32

"Found in: Malvertising filter list by Disconnect • hpHosts’ Ad and tracking servers • Peter Lowe’s Ad and tracking server list" oh my

StrixVaria

I cannot see their website with uBlock on, this is hilarious.

That makes me skeptical though that their legit homepage would be blocked. What did they do?

Avery

@StrixVaria look above, the names of the block lists say stuff.

Tim Stone

> 5 Unforgettable Gaming Moments That Everyone Has To Experience

StrixVaria

@Avery It lists what source blocked it but I don't see anything more than that.

Avery

@StrixVaria hosts-file.net/default.asp?s=gamehouse.com

literally just ads and tracking.

MBraedley

17:38

@TimStone FAKE NEWS!

Avery

@TimStone I should turn the gta 4 one into a mod

Yuuki

@TimStone They forgot "That Time You Were Acquitted Of First-Degree Murder Because Your Younger Sibling Erased Your Sonic Adventures 2 Save File With Your Extensive Chao Garden".

Tim Stone

#neverforget

Yuuki

Thank god for "a jury of your peers".

GodEmperorDune

@Yuuki seriously, deleting a save file is no joke

Avery

17:43

I remember accidentally deleting my rayman save file

was a fun day.

Yuuki

Waaaaaaant myyyyyyyyyy compuuuuuuuuuuuteeeeeeeer....

GodEmperorDune

@Yuuki when do you get to go back to your house?

Yuuki

No idea. Judging by the nearest gauge, the water level hasn't dropped significantly for us.

GodEmperorDune

but i thought it stopped raining

isn't all that water flowing out to sea or whatever?

oh right, water flowing from other places

ugh that sucks

Yuuki

Yeah, it's unfortunate that we live somewhat close a major bayou.

Avery

17:52

speaking of which

GodEmperorDune

@Yuuki buffalo bayou?

badp

MadMAxJr

Oh crap. This is a splatfest weekend isn't it?

badp

this is what happens when you lurk for too long on /r/ProgrammerHumor/

what is this, gnome

Unionhawk

@MadMAxJr yes

GodEmperorDune

17:53

@badp seems like there is too much white ink

Avery

so when you mentioned that you kept your lastpass master password on a flash drive, I got curious and drowned a flash drive without any casing for 21 hours (on regular tap water), and after ~12 hours of rice treatment, it works.

Yuuki

@GodEmperorDune Yep.

badp

is it a linear pie chart

Unionhawk

They're set up for it now

GodEmperorDune

@Yuuki i read the reservoirs are still dumping into that, sorry :(

badp

17:54

I think it's a linear pie chart

Avery

so yes hopefully if you can find the drive you can probably hopefully get your lastpass back

Yuuki

@Avery I'm not terribly worried about the integrity of the flash drive, I'm more worried being able to find it.

@GodEmperorDune We didn't have to evacuate until they started dumping from the reservoirs.

Water level was about maybe an inch or two above the ground floor. Maybe three.

Avery

@Yuuki yeah, good luck.

Yuuki

We didn't get serious flooding in our house until the most severe rains passed and they started dumping out the reservoirs.

To put it somewhat succintly, the city sacrificed our neighborhood so the reservoirs wouldn't break and cause more general uncontrolled flooding.

Which is understandable from a logical standpoint, but I'm still dealing with my visceral response to that notion.

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