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00:01 <Schism> "Nothing can make me regret the effort I put into this." -DeceasedCrab is so very wrong.
00:04 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Animation: Night's Shift / Nothing Nice to Say [ http://tinyurl.com/y7v72rub ]
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00:51 * Schism boops Cepheid with a spooky house. It has jumpscares and a cute ghost.
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00:56 <PinkieShy> that moment when you are on a game
00:56 <PinkieShy> and power goes out
01:00 <PinkieShy> Maybe i should get a surge protector with a built in battery.
01:00 <PinkieShy> So when that happens again.. That battery would kick in.. lol
01:01 <Schism> A UPS isn't a bad idea, to be sure.
01:01 * Schism watches a playthrough of Karamari Hospital. X3
01:04 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Ponies Around the World - Extended a Week [ http://tinyurl.com/ycabwyju ]
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02:04 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Nightly Discussion #1497 [ http://tinyurl.com/ybsdlq6a ]
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02:42 <Thrakerzod> Clearly, my internet doesn't like me
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03:00 <Schism> "I tried to think of the most harmless thing."
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03:04 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by ExplodingPonyToast: Music: Mantlegen & Einarx - Hidden Piece (Tripon Remix) [Neurofunk Drum & Bass] [ http://tinyurl.com/y7gnob7r ]
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03:19 <Schism> Hmm. A man uploaded a video with 10 hours of white noise. It became popular! So popular that he got five different Content ID claims by companies stating that they owned the audio.
03:23 * Cepheid flops in.
03:24 * Schism passes Cepheid a cardboard cut-out of a ghost. It's spoopy.
03:25 * Schism also passes some KD... with some canned salmon in it.
03:26 * Cepheid noms. Needs a breakfast anyway, so won't refuse food.
03:26 <Schism> And fish in macaroni and cheese is actually good. o3o
03:27 <Cepheid> So far Spitfire likes the hexbug fire ant.
03:27 <Schism> Excellent. o3o
03:28 <Schism> I take it Tizzy hates it?
03:29 <Cepheid> She hasn't seen it yet. Dunno where she is.
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03:34 <RazorSharpFang> Schism, a sad state for youtube's copyright system
03:40 <Schism> Hm. Points go to any developer who makes it so that things refuse to install if you don't have a C: drive.
03:44 <Schism> Oh man, I'd forgotten about this incident. Some time ago, Sony decided that if a number is only going to be used once, that's okay -- they'll just have the same nonce every time.
03:45 <Cepheid> Wait ewhat?
03:46 <Schism> Yeah, on the PS3, the nonce used to sign software was just a single integer.
03:46 <Schism> Across every system.
03:46 * Stormspark is addicted to the comics now
03:46 <Stormspark> these are really freaking good
03:47 <Cepheid> Oh. The encryption key stuff. Yeah it sufficed back then.
03:47 <Cepheid> But then they learned why it was a bad idea.
03:48 <Cepheid> Every system has a security hole, no matter how hard people try.
03:48 <Schism> Ah, that's when fail0verflow hit the big time. :>
03:48 <Schism> Usually, that security hole is 'a person has access to this system'.
03:51 <Stormspark> there was a challenge once for someone to break into a really secure system
03:51 <Stormspark> so the guy printed a fake badge, went to the workplace, pretended to be a maintenance worker, grabbed the system, took it home
03:51 <Stormspark> emailed the guy "So how's that system working?"
03:51 <Stormspark> "Wait, it's gone!" "I know, it's here beside me"
03:52 <Schism> Hehe. Ah, social engineering for fun and profit.
03:55 <Schism> Hm. When the digital version of Rainbow Six Vegas 2 was released, the developers had a hard time disabling their own DRM which detected if the proper CD was in the system. So instead, they released a version which had been cracked by a piracy group.
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03:56 <Cepheid> Heh.
03:58 <Cepheid> https://twitter.com/reptiles_mocha/status/1017382342548021248
04:01 <Schism> Tinysnek!
04:01 <Schism> Vestigal limbs? o.o
04:03 <Schism> ... Heh. I'd forgotten about this one. The original Planetside used clientside everything.
04:04 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Low Effect PMV Compilation #194 [ http://tinyurl.com/ycutk8sk ]
04:04 <Schism> Letting everything be handled clientside is a fantastic idea for multiplayer games, because as everybody in technology knows, you can always trust a client.
04:05 <Cepheid> Yyyeeeeah no.
04:05 <Cepheid> But then, at the time it probably seemed reasonable given the number of clients.
04:06 <Cepheid> All that raytracing, projectile simulation, and so on. The power required adds up.
04:07 <Schism> While true, they then made it so that there was no time limit on how long a player could stay disconnected, which was then followed by the client sending everything to the server at once to catch up.
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04:09 <Cepheid> Oh geezus.
04:09 * Schism peers. "The PC version of Titanfall included 35 GB worth of uncompressed sound files."
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04:10 <Cepheid> Yeah.
04:11 <Cepheid> The argument was that it was for those with weaker machines.
04:11 <Schism> Yes. Because decompressing sound files is extremely processor-intensive...
04:11 <Cepheid> Consoles typically have a hardware decompressor for files.
04:12 <Cepheid> Did it help in the end? I have no idea.
04:13 <Schism> I have my doubts.
04:14 <PinkieShy> They finally allowed food trucks here
04:14 <PinkieShy> Saw the first one ever the other day.
04:14 <PinkieShy> It was a taco truck..
04:15 <Schism> Taco Tuesday? o3o
04:17 * Finwe noms on Ali's tail.
04:17 * Ali squeaks
04:17 <Finwe> Good morning, everypony!
04:17 * DashedRainbows licks Finwe
04:18 <Finwe> Hello, DashedRainbows!
04:18 * DashedRainbows nods and barks
04:19 * Schism shudders, suddenly getting flashbacks to people thinking that more is better and installing multiple antivirus engines.
04:20 <Finwe> Less is more.
04:20 <Schism> rAdm. Finwe.
04:20 <Cepheid> More is less.
04:20 * Schism doffs his tuna macaroni and cheese.
04:20 <Finwe> At least according to the manual page of less.
04:21 <Finwe> Mr Schism.
04:21 <Schism> It is also known that Norton sometimes detects itself as a virus.
04:21 * Finwe doffs his hat.
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04:22 <Cepheid> I feel like I should just dump out this coffee and go back to bed.
04:22 <Finwe> I fell asleep waiting for a Windows update to finish, and woke up only to see that it had failed to install.
04:23 * Finwe sighs and shakes his hoof towards Microsoft.
04:25 <Cepheid> I think I'm just gonna have a glass of water instead and go back to bed. Get a few more hours of sleep so I can go out and nom some ramen later to- *Thunder crack and rain* ...
04:26 <Cepheid> Anyways, I shall be back whenever I wake up.
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04:27 * Thelema5 finds himself wondering... why the heck am I working at 12:30 AM?
04:27 * Thelema5 stops working. Goes to talk to pones
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04:28 <DashedRainbows> Thelema!
04:28 * Schism passes Thelema5 a demo of what can be achieved in 64 kilobytes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3n3c_8Nn2Y
04:30 * Thelema5 tastes of a grilled mozzerella and tomato sandwich
04:30 * Thelema5 investigates Schism's link
04:32 <Schism> And that was in 2000.
04:32 <Thelema5> Schism, WOW
04:33 <Cepheid> Ah yeah, that demo.
04:33 <Cepheid> Used all mathematics to define everything. Textures included.
04:35 <Cepheid> Impressive at the time, but loses some of its charm when you realize it is all mathematics and thus has limitations.
04:36 <Schism> Still pretty impressive, some of these. Like this one from 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpAMtE4i8zg
04:38 <Cepheid> Mmm. I'm mistaken. That first one is not what I thought it was. It still uses some simple tricks and math though.
04:38 <Schism> Math is everything. o4o
04:39 <Cepheid> Yep. That other one is mostly math though. Shaders galore.
04:44 <DashedRainbows> How is the Thelema5?
04:46 <Cepheid> Lately me and Spitfire have had a new bedtime routine going. I sink into my bed, he gets onto my lap and curls up.
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04:47 <Thelema5> DashedRainbows, I'm okay. Got home late tonight, I went to a baseball game. Note that I don't not like baseball, stadiums, crowds, or long car rides. So Meh.
04:48 <DashedRainbows> Not me
04:48 <DashedRainbows> I'd be glad to go
04:49 <DashedRainbows> These drugs are magic!
04:49 <Thelema5> oh?
04:49 <DashedRainbows> My anxiety is so down
04:51 <Thelema5> What are you on?
04:52 <DashedRainbows> I'm on Prozac and Lyrica
04:53 <DashedRainbows> I am very anxious about telling my parents so that I can do stuff
04:53 <DashedRainbows> But that's real
04:54 <PinkieShy> Why does many people critize us Millennials
04:54 <PinkieShy> Someone just said That us Millennials don't know hardship >.>
04:55 <Thelema5> The old always critize the young. There's nothing new about it, and it's something every generation deals with
04:56 <DashedRainbows> How are you PinkieShy
04:57 <Thelema5> The Boom generation was considered lazy, undisciplined, entitled and disrespectful when they were young. Now that they're old, they're saying the same thing about the Millennials
04:58 <Stormspark> I tell old people what they can go do with themselves if they criticize me
04:58 <Stormspark> and I'm not kind about it, heh
04:59 <PinkieShy> I'm doing great DashedRainbows
04:59 <Stormspark> !link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTZ-CpINiqg
05:00 <DerpyBot> I need to ask Twilight about that one.
05:00 <DerpyBot> Twilight told me this video is about George Carlin Whining Baby Boomers
05:00 <DashedRainbows> That's good
05:02 <Stormspark> that man was a genius
05:05 <Thelema5> PinkieShy, Socrates, the great Greek philosopher once said "The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise." Sound familiar?
05:06 <Thelema5> This is literally repeated from generation to generation for thousands of years
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05:06 * DashedRainbows hugs Thelema5
05:07 * Thelema5 counterhugs
05:16 <PinkieShy> Thelema5 DashedRainbows do you mind helping me with something that's err... kinda sad lol
05:16 <PinkieShy> Maybe sad or dumb.
05:16 <PinkieShy> I want to eat salad, I really would like to. Whenever I tried in the past even with say salad dressing.. It caused me to gag like almost puke.. Any advice on how to eat it so that won't happen?
05:16 <DashedRainbows> Don't mind
05:17 <Thelema5> I'm happy to help, as long as it doesn't take too long... going to sleep soon
05:17 <PinkieShy> Salad looks so yummy, yet whenever i try. Its Gag city O_O
05:17 <DashedRainbows> Heh I still have that problem
05:18 <Thelema5> I love salad. It's on my menu three times next week
05:18 <PinkieShy> I can eat Celery without gagging.
05:18 <Thelema5> Maybe you just need to find a good dressing, PinkieShy
05:21 <Thelema5> I love creamy bleu cheese, thousand island, peppercorn ranch, and parmesan peppercorn. Oh, and green goddess, if you can find it
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05:22 * Schism offers Thelema5 a Bolthouse Farms smoothie.
05:23 <Thelema5> Thanksie!
05:23 <Schism> Oh, I was thinking of this. https://www.bolthouse.com/product/green-goodness/
05:24 <Schism> Though of course they also make a green goddess. https://www.bolthouse.com/product/avocado-green-goddess/
05:24 <Thelema5> Niiiice
05:25 <DashedRainbows> !link https://youtu.be/8uzBlYDgVV0
05:25 <DerpyBot> I need to ask Twilight about that one.
05:25 <Thelema5> DashedRainbows, what software is that?
05:26 <DashedRainbows> ibisPaint X for Android
05:27 <Thelema5> Cool
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05:28 <Thelema5> Was it hard to learn?
05:29 <DerpyBot> Twilight told me this video is about At Rest
05:29 <DashedRainbows> Nope I have time anyway
05:29 <Schism> Snrk. "Attack on Titan: Wings of Freedom is a great Spiderman game."
05:33 * Schism blinks. "Final Fantasy 4 as a whole plot reference to The Adventures of Baron Munchausen?"
05:40 <Schism> Snrk. Luigi's Mansion, the best Ghostbusters game.
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05:48 <DashedRainbows> Perhaps I too should sleep
05:49 <DashedRainbows> Nah though
05:57 <Thelema5> I'm struggling to stay awake. Have to go in to the shop again in the morning...
05:58 <Thelema5> I should probably get some sleep
05:58 <Thelema5> But nah
06:01 <DashedRainbows> I'm listening to my music on shuffle to stay awake
06:01 <DashedRainbows> I don't need to be up till 9 h from now
06:21 <Thelema5> So today (yesterday) I screwed up big-time at my job... drove in to the shop (45 minute commute each way) to take product photos. Pulled 100+ products from the shelves, took 4 photos of each (front side, back, other side), transfered them to my laptop, and drove home... only to discover that all the photos were greatly under-exposed...
06:21 <Thelema5> So I'm covering by telling me boss "I have a few more to take" and going in again tomorrow... but I'll really be reshooting everything
06:22 <Thelema5> Gah, it's a serious waste of time and I'm very frustrated
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06:24 <DashedRainbows> That's em breaks
06:25 <Thelema5> Yeah
06:27 <DashedRainbows> Gah! How the heck am I supposed to sleep when I feel so ugh
06:30 <Thelema5> That's my nightly struggle
06:31 <DashedRainbows> Frustration and self loathing
06:39 <DashedRainbows> Huzzah! More frustration
06:46 <DashedRainbows> Meh I'm going to bed. Good night
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07:30 <ConfusionRift> Hello everypony.
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08:09 <RazorSharpFang> Heyas
08:09 <RazorSharpFang> Had a funeral service today.
08:10 <ConfusionRift> Oh, sorry to hear that.
08:14 <Finwe> Lt Cdr ConfusionRift, Messrs Thelema5m DashedRainbows and RazorSharpFang.
08:14 <Finwe> o7
08:15 <ConfusionRift> RAdm. Finwe. (salutes)
08:16 * Finwe noms on Thelema5's photograph suite.
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08:56 <ConfusionRift> "Why does no one carry extra medium shirts?!" | ...
09:19 * Cepheid flops in.
09:22 <Cepheid> ConfusionRift: That a question you were asked today?
09:23 <ConfusionRift> It's one of those silly things. I f it was a real question... we seriously need our educational system to be tossed out and redone.
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09:24 <Cepheid> I have comments about that, but I won't speak them for my own safety.
09:25 <ConfusionRift> Just in case, yes. I have been asked similar questions.
09:25 <Cepheid> Heh.
09:26 <Cepheid> "Can I get the eggs extra rare?"
09:26 <ConfusionRift> People asking for things that either don't exist, or absolutely no one would carry outside a specialized store.
09:26 <ConfusionRift> And some things that are... illegal.
09:26 <Finwe> o3o
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09:26 <Cepheid> Looks like I'm going downtown today. Fell back asleep earlier, so I'll be awake for food downtown today.
09:26 <ConfusionRift> Huzzah@
09:27 <Cepheid> Gonna get me some ramen, then wander over to the Byward Market. Apparently there's a place that serves churros there.
09:27 * ConfusionRift chuckles.
09:27 <ConfusionRift> Still have that churro urge? :P
09:28 <Cepheid> yes.
09:29 <Cepheid> You can blame that Asian Food Festival a while back. And no, I don't know how churros would be considered an Asian food item.
09:29 <ConfusionRift> ...
09:29 <ConfusionRift> Huuuuuh?!
09:29 <ConfusionRift> I can count it as imported, but not exactly Asian.
09:29 <Cepheid> Yeah, I dunno either.
09:30 <Cepheid> But they had a stand at that festival.
09:30 <Finwe> Cepheid: Spain did have colonies in Asia, like Philippines.
09:30 <Cepheid> True.
09:30 <ConfusionRift> Ooooh. I see. Hmm, that would make it a maybe still
09:31 <Cepheid> Feels like they're stretching it a tad.
09:31 <Cepheid> When is that festival anyhow, this year?
09:31 <Cepheid> End of the month. o3o
09:31 <Finwe> But yes, it is European food, not especially Asian.
09:35 <Cepheid> Looks like the next festival is over in Chinatown from July 27th to July 29th.
09:36 <Cepheid> ...
09:36 <Cepheid> Thanks, Best Buy.
09:36 <Cepheid> I placed a pre-order with them because it was advertised as "Arrives by July 13th."
09:36 <Cepheid> I look at the shipping details. "Will arrive by July 17th."
09:39 <Cepheid> Unfortunately, it's the day they advertised to me, so I don't think I can cancel the order now.
09:39 <Finwe> An item I bought on eBay was supposed to take over a month to ship to Finland, but in reality it took about five days.
09:40 <Cepheid> Yeah, it's probably just a "This is the latest possible date to expect it by." that it's showing now.
09:41 <Finwe> It said something like "Shipping to Finland: 30 to 46 days", which would be about correct for items sent by sea.
09:42 <Finwe> But the actual method of delivery was by air mail via Netherlands.
09:42 <Cepheid> Heh.
09:42 <Cepheid> Ironically around here, it's still more reliable to order online than in store.
09:42 <Cepheid> And somewhat more trustworthy.
09:43 * ConfusionRift nods.
09:43 <Cepheid> Gamestop/EBGames here has a policy of ripping open the product and putting the cartridge in a secondary storage.
09:43 <Cepheid> I've never gotten a single sealed product from them, ever.
09:43 <Finwe> Via Netherlands because they're one of the European countries not systematically investigating Chinese customs and tax scams.
09:44 <Finwe> Sweden checks every parcel arriving from China, for example.
09:45 <Finwe> So they don't get away by labelling the parcels "Sample, value $1" anymore.
09:46 <RazorSharpFang> That's really common, also common is labelling items as gifts when they're purchased.
09:47 <Finwe> Yup.
09:47 <Cepheid> Mmm. Chasm's release date is July 31st. Wonder if that means the backer version is "complete"
09:48 <RazorSharpFang> "We've decided to release the game worldwide on the same day, except for Canada."
09:49 <Cepheid> Amazingly that does happen from time to time.
09:49 <Cepheid> Likewise for countries in Europe, Australia, etc.
09:49 <Cepheid> No, the bigger issue these days for Canada is the price.
09:50 <Cepheid> Octopath Traveller, $59.99 USD. What's the average tax rate down there?
09:51 <ConfusionRift> In here? 8.25%
09:51 <Cepheid> So let's do some math.
09:52 <Cepheid> ~$65
09:52 <Finwe> 8.25%? Luxury.
09:52 <Cepheid> Octopath Traveler here in Canada? 79.99 before tax, which is about right, considering currency conversion.
09:52 <Cepheid> With tax?(13% HST, a combined provincial/federal tax) $90.39
09:53 <Finwe> VAT around these parts is 24%.
09:53 <Cepheid> Yeah, that hurts too.
09:53 <Cepheid> Basically, video games have become expensive for all but probably Japan or the US, where most video games are made.
09:54 <Cepheid> Also, that randomized metroidvania I mentioned, Chasm? You may be interested in it Rifty. It's slightly different from previous randomized metroidvanias.
09:55 <ConfusionRift> Hmmm.
09:55 <Cepheid> At least, based on the last time I played it. Their explanation suggests it changed a bit.
09:55 <Cepheid> Basically, the structure of the dungeon is set in stone with each new campaign.
09:55 <Cepheid> So basically, it's generated, and that's that. It's set in stone. You get a single "dungeon" to explore.
09:56 <Cepheid> Next time you start a new game, you get a new dungeon, etc.
09:56 <Cepheid> None of this "Go in, die, appear back at town, and the dungeon is randomized again" stupidity.
09:56 <Cepheid> I *HATE* that.
09:56 <Cepheid> It's a nice idea for those who want a new challenge every time, but when I play a metroidvania, I expect some staticness to it.
09:56 <ConfusionRift> Like Rogue Legacy, Binding of Isaac, and some others? :P
09:57 <Cepheid> Yeah. No offense to those games, they're fun in their own way.
09:57 <Cepheid> But I like having to memorize the locations of stuff and so on.
09:58 <ConfusionRift> No, I agree. I hate that it's not a set point, so if you get stuck early, everything changes drastically all the time.
09:58 <ConfusionRift> But this game peaks my interest.
09:58 <Cepheid> My tests of Chasm suggest it's a good game. I got the alpha backer tier, so I was able to play it.
09:58 <ConfusionRift> Might even be what I have been looking for a long time.
09:59 <Cepheid> But I decided it'd be best to just wait until it finished.
09:59 * Cepheid checks to see if the backers got access to the final version.
10:01 * Cepheid looks at the news.
10:01 <Cepheid> Can someone explain to me why there is Salmonella and E. Coli(sp?) on freakin' everything in the US?
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10:05 * ConfusionRift sighs.
10:06 <ConfusionRift> Because people don't really that many of the people who are handling fresh goods don't care about hygiene.
10:06 <Finwe> Cepheid: Jonathan Coulton can.
10:06 * ConfusionRift sighs again.
10:07 <Cepheid> No idea who that is.
10:07 <ConfusionRift> The heck did I just type?
10:07 <Finwe> !link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqOVYpkZ0qs
10:07 <DerpyBot> Twilight told me this video is about bacteria
10:07 <Cepheid> And sorry, ConfusionRift. It's just a common news report here in Canada.
10:07 <Cepheid> We keep hearing stories of products that are contaminated with this or that being discovered.
10:07 <Cepheid> It's gotten a tad ridiculous.
10:07 <Finwe> Cepheid: I think that he's an American musician.
10:07 <ConfusionRift> It is, and most are due to issues with those who are handling produce and meats.
10:08 <Finwe> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Coulton
10:08 <Cepheid> Yeah, but in this case, the latest report appears to be a cereal contaminated with salmonella?
10:09 <ConfusionRift> Okay, what?!
10:09 <ConfusionRift> Now that one's a head-scratcher.
10:10 <Cepheid> Kellogg's Honey Smacks cereal.
10:10 <Cepheid> Apparently it's been recalled because of salmonella.
10:21 <Cepheid> To be honest, I'm not sure if I actually want ramen. I know I want something spicy, and the ramen place I visit serves a spicy ramen, but is there something spicier I can get around here?
10:21 <Cepheid> Supposedly, Indian food is the recommendation.
10:23 <Cepheid> I'd best go for ramen though, since that's what I'm craving specifically.
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10:24 <Cepheid> ... A commercial just taught me the meaning of the acronym "LLC"
10:35 <Cepheid> That Trump Baby Balloon looks pretty snazzy and high-quality.
10:35 <Finwe> Cepheid: Limited Liability Company?
10:36 <Finwe> It could of course be something else as well.
10:37 <Cepheid> Yeah.
10:37 <Cepheid> I never bothered looking up the term.
10:38 <Cepheid> Oh yes, I got to see a picture of my sister's dog for a change. That injury's gonna leave a mark.
10:40 <Cepheid> Apparently the dog got quite lucky, too. The stick impacted just under the front-left leg, at the joint. It had impacted the point between the ribs, but got stopped by the ribs. A bit deeper, it'd have gone into the lung. An inch over, into the heart.
10:41 <Finwe> The poor fellow fell on a sharp stick?
10:42 <Koopz> how can an individual get triggered by a weekly mail always containing the same subject?
10:42 <Koopz> "What a week, %forename%"
10:42 <Finwe> Mr Koopz.
10:43 * Finwe doffs his hat.
10:43 <Koopz> RAdm. Finwe o7
10:43 <Finwe> o7
10:43 <Cepheid> Finwe: My sister and her husband were walking their dog, Shylo, and arrived at their usual park. It was a bit late at night apparently. Anyways, my sister throws a stick for the dog.
10:43 <Koopz> change.org, y do you make it look like every week is "what a week!"
10:43 <Koopz> why do i get upset about it?!
10:44 <Finwe> Cepheid: Ah, I see.
10:44 <Cepheid> Said dog ran off to catch it, but she leaped after the stick. Going downhill probably didn't help either. Anyways, she impaled herself on the stick.
10:44 <Cepheid> My sister now owns a $3000 stick.
10:44 <Cepheid> Which she calls "Shylo's Bane"
10:44 <Finwe> o3o
10:44 <Cepheid> Apparently this is a somewhat common problem.
10:44 <Finwe> So the dog stumbled into the sharp stick.
10:45 <Cepheid> More or less.
10:45 <Cepheid> The weird part is that the dog didn't make any noise or indication that it had been hurt
10:45 <Cepheid> Just climbed back up the hill, and it was then when my sister noticed the stick.
10:45 <Koopz> "ugh... not again"
10:45 * Finwe noms on Koopz's electronic mailbox.
10:45 <Cepheid> She fortunately had pet insurance, which paid for half of the surgery cost.
10:47 <Koopz> did she nail the stick onto a trophy board?
10:47 <Finwe> Does that mean that a veterinary surgery of that scale costs $6,000?
10:47 <Koopz> that sure is quite a number
10:47 <Finwe> Or was the $3,000 the total cost, 50% of which was covered by the insurance?
10:48 <Cepheid> Finwe: No, it was $3000. $1500 was what was covered.
10:48 <Koopz> still quite much
10:48 <Cepheid> Koopz: I asked my sister, she didn't say.
10:48 <Cepheid> My first question to her when I got to talk to her about it was "Are you going to frame that stick?"
10:48 <Finwe> Sounds a bit less insane, yet still somewhat much for an uninspected stick thrown to a dog.
10:49 <Koopz> :>
10:49 <Cepheid> It's vetrinary work.
10:49 <Cepheid> ER,veterinary*
10:50 <Cepheid> It's like hospitals in the US. They can charge their own rates.
10:50 <Koopz> can't help but smile when imagining a stick nailed onto a trophy board with a gold shield on it saying "Shylo's Bane"
10:50 <Cepheid> In any case, Shylo's fine. Drugged up to hell and back, but she's fine. And she's gonna have a hell of a scar left over.
10:50 <Finwe> At least she didn't wear Sauron's ring.
10:51 <Koopz> no permanent damage then?
10:51 <Finwe> Otherwise she could be only a shadow of her former self.
10:51 <Finwe> o3o
10:51 <Cepheid> Just the scar, that's it.
10:51 <Koopz> lucky
10:52 <FruitNibbler> Crossout is my fav game of all tiems
10:52 <FruitNibbler> If only not for the pay-to-progress and pay-to-win in it, it would be perfect
10:53 <Koopz> ah... Crossout... used to play that too
10:53 <FruitNibbler> Though, to the dev's credit - you can actually become outstandingly good with basic parts
10:53 <FruitNibbler> It's just if you are good and have pay-parts, you are god-tier
10:53 <Koopz> until i reached the tier where people just drove around with tons of drones
10:53 <Finwe> FruitNibbler: Paying can often be substituted for relentless grinding.
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10:54 <FruitNibbler> Drones are nerfed now
10:54 <Cepheid> Unfortunately, pay-to-win is how most MMOs are going because of the whole "I don't have the time to play" behaviour of people.
10:54 <FruitNibbler> They are now a handicap now
10:54 <Koopz> what about auto cannons?
10:55 <FruitNibbler> Cepheid, if they would implement a more straight-forward "pay for the servers monthly" I'd gladly swap to that option
10:55 <Cepheid> Same.
10:55 <FruitNibbler> Autocannons are also nerfed
10:55 <Cepheid> A few games I enjoy have been ruined by going pay-to-win.
10:55 <Finwe> Koopz: Auto Cannon 20 has short range but does a lot of damage.
10:55 <Cepheid> I'd prefer pay-monthly, or pay-for-cosmetics instead.
10:55 <FruitNibbler> And I have 3 Whirlwind cannons (purple ones)...
10:56 <Finwe> Whereas AC2 and AC5 have long range, but do less damage.
10:56 <Koopz> i liked to pull out the big guns :)
10:56 <Finwe> AC10 is something in between.
10:56 <Finwe> At least if we talk of Mech Warrior.
10:56 <FruitNibbler> I am not against microtransactions per se
10:56 <Koopz> 88mm? why not put 2 of them on it?
10:56 <Cepheid> Neither am I, but I prefer the microtransactions that have no impact on gameplay.
10:57 <FruitNibbler> It's just that I would like the pay weapons to be just different, not overpowered
10:57 <Cepheid> Although I will admit that there needs to be...
10:57 <Cepheid> Changes to the MMO concept.
10:57 <Cepheid> The biggest issue is raiding, really.
10:57 <Finwe> Tiger H1 had an 88mm gun.
10:57 <FruitNibbler> The sad truth is that microtransactions are very profitable
10:57 <Cepheid> The concept of grabbing 20-40 people together to attempt a dungeon. It creates a content barrier for a lot of people.
10:57 <Koopz> German tanks <3
10:58 <FruitNibbler> But pay-to-win is only a short-term profit though
10:58 <FruitNibbler> So it is a slippery slope
10:58 <Finwe> Koopz: Maus was the most insane of them.
10:58 <Cepheid> Even when I'm not going to school or not working, I don't have the time and patience to set up dates to get 20-40+ people for a dungeon.
10:59 <Koopz> too bad they never built the Ratte or Monster
10:59 <Cepheid> I'm surprised they haven't toyed with the concept of scaling dungeons yet. Dungeons that change their difficulty based on the number of players, or their configuration.
11:00 <Koopz> i know their designs were outragously useless but if times weren't so serious back then they should've built them for the lulz
11:00 <Koopz> doesn't WoW scale characters in dungeons?
11:01 <Koopz> haven't played since Pandaria but i've heard that "Challenge Mode" was scaling you down
11:01 <Finwe> Equipped with a 128mm KwK 44 L/55, 75mm KwK 44 L/36.5 and a 7.92mm MG34 and weighing 188 metric tons, it was the heaviest fully enclosed tank ever built.
11:01 <Koopz> Guild Wars 2 scales the quest regions according to your level
11:01 <Cepheid> I meant the other way around. Scale the dungeons such that they maintain their difficulty depending on say, party size.
11:01 <Cepheid> If you have one party, then scale the dungeon for that. Two parties, scale for that, etc.
11:01 <Finwe> The maximum speed was rather low, as a consequence.
11:01 <Finwe> Around 22kph.
11:02 <Cepheid> It's possible to have raid-level difficulty for small parties.
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11:02 <Cepheid> The early version of Wildstar did a good job of it.
11:02 <Cepheid> It's "Hard" dungeons were raid-level difficulty for small parties. Had a lot of the same mechanics as you'd expect in a raid.
11:03 <Finwe> Erm, 20km/h, that is.
11:03 <Cepheid> Its*
11:04 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Morning Discussion #1272 [ http://tinyurl.com/ybz573hm ]
11:04 <Finwe> An electric hybrid drive, like the ones used in trains where electricity is not available through conductor wires.
11:11 <Cepheid> Bah, looks like Chasm's not gonna be out early for backers. It's still at version 0.53
11:22 <Cepheid> Hum, let's see... 7:22 AM.
11:22 <Cepheid> Got another hour and a half before I need to get ready.
11:29 <Cepheid> Hum, looks like people finally cracked the PS Vita and it's more recent firmwares.
12:02 <Koopz> Finwe https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landkreuzer_P._1000_Ratte
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12:15 <Jahnesta> Heyoo
12:25 <Koopz> Cepheid are there any titles on PS Vita that would justify buying one?
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12:46 <Finwe> o3o!
12:47 <Jahnesta> oWo
12:47 <Finwe> Dag, mijnheer Jahnesta.
12:47 <Finwe> Hoe gaat het?
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12:48 <Jahnesta> Best goed, ik dacht dat deze chat uitgestorven was.. Lol :P
12:49 <Jahnesta> *Mumbles* Let’s see if he can translate that..
12:49 <Jahnesta> >:3
12:50 * Jahnesta Boops Finwe
13:00 <Jahnesta> You know, i think i was right, this place is kinda ded sadly.. :(
13:00 <Jahnesta> I’ll be back later maybe
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13:12 <Finwe> o3o
13:12 <Finwe> I understood what he said!
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13:13 <Finwe> uitgestorven ~ ausgestorben
13:14 * Finwe sporadically noms on DashedRainbows.
13:20 <Koopz> as a german i could figure out what that was supposed to mean
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14:15 <Cepheid> So, i notices spitfire acting weird in the furnace room. Staring intently at a corner. I told my dad to keep an eye on him just in case.
14:15 <Cepheid> My dad tells me he already knew about it. There is a family of mice hiding around the pipework in the aall my cat is staring at.
14:24 <Cepheid> Apparently traps are laid out too. Wonder if my cat set one off yet.
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14:50 <Cepheid> Man i timed this perfectly. About to arrive at 11 am on the dot.
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15:03 <Cepheid> Ramenramenramenramen!
15:04 <Stormspark> I love it when I preorder something weeks or sometimes months before it comes out, and forget about it, until I hear a knock and it's like...what is this? OHH
15:06 <Cepheid> Meanwhile my pre-order is delayed. Went from guaranteed free shipping on the 13th to the 17th.
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15:12 <Lumin> wub
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15:24 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: MLP: Equestria Girls - 'So Much More to Me' - Now on Youtube [ http://tinyurl.com/y9p3o697 ]
15:51 <Cepheid> https://twitter.com/LuminousOcean/status/1017794585739833347?s=19 on my way to churros, i stopped and snapped a scenery picture.
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16:14 <Schism> Ramen, and then churros?
16:14 * Schism also nodnods to Cephy's pic.
16:19 <Cepheid> Churro place was closed. Just ramen. Probably for the best since i feel like i am about to explode.
16:21 <Cepheid> Also sweating up a storm.
16:25 <Cepheid> Air conditioned bus though so i shall dry off enroute to home.
16:29 <Cepheid> In other news I question the use of the name Mono for a C# implementation. Go google "Mono".
16:39 <Schism> Yeah, yeah, the kissing disease.
16:40 <Schism> Bane of school administrators everywhere, as it spreads readily through water fountains when kids don't use them right.
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17:00 * Stormspark hugs Ali
17:00 * Ali squeaks!
17:04 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Diamond Tiara's Therapy Visit [ http://tinyurl.com/yavmxgs8 ]
17:05 * Schism boops Ali with some French toast with fried bananas in a brown sugar and cinnamon sauce!
17:06 * Ali squees and noms it and then Schism!
17:14 <Cepheid> Next time I go for ramen, I starve myself ahead of time.
17:15 <Schism> Entirely too much food? o3o
17:15 <Cepheid> A single bowl of ramen bloats me to the point of pain.
17:16 * Ali gives Cepheid some tums and hugs gently
17:18 * Schism passes over some ice water, too.
17:18 * Cepheid noms the tums and the water.
17:19 <Stormspark> 18 years ago I had to eat nothing but ramen for 2 months
17:19 <Cepheid> On the way home I thought of a stupid product. So stupid I wondered just how many people would actually buy it. It's called "A Bag of Hydrogen and Oxygen", and in small print on the back, it reads "Some disassembly required." It's a bag of water.
17:19 <Stormspark> I'm STILL sick of it
17:19 <Cepheid> Those packaged noodles don't count.
17:20 <Stormspark> heh, that reminds me of the survival kit in Space Quest
17:20 <Stormspark> one of the items was a can of dehydrated water
17:20 <Stormspark> "Dehydrated water - just add water"
17:20 <Cepheid> Heh.
17:20 <Stormspark> (yes it was a comedy type game if you couldn't tell)
17:20 <Schism> We are somewhat familiar with Sierra.
17:20 <Cepheid> Show me a person who isn't aware of Space Quest.
17:20 <Stormspark> eh, it's a really old game
17:20 <Schism> (Still hate EA for what they did to Sierra.)
17:21 <Schism> Wait, no, not EA. Activision.
17:21 <Cepheid> Everyone still dislikes or hates EA anyways.
17:23 <Schism> Some folks may be familiar with Sierra for another reason: their brand was the one under which the adventures of a scientist named Freeman were published.
17:23 <Stormspark> EA is trash, they haven't released a good game in a VERY long time
17:23 <Stormspark> the most recent EA game released that I would consider "good" is Crysis 3
17:23 <Cepheid> Cat's no longer staring at the corner.
17:24 <Schism> Mice ran away? o3o
17:24 <Cepheid> No idea.
17:24 <Cepheid> Probably got bored waiting.
17:24 <Cepheid> Stormspark: And Titanfall. Especially in Japan. That series is kind of popular over there, especially the multiplayer.
17:25 <Cepheid> Probably because of the whole "Giant Mech" thing.
17:26 <Schism> I'm sure that Anthem will be a perfectly fine game.
17:26 <Schism> Especially with the wide and varied selection of lootboxen it will contain!
17:28 * Schism looks at the current variety of labels EA has. "Battlefield 5, yup, that's a standard. Need for Speed, six different sports games, a C&C mobile game which takes a gigantic dump over Westwood Studios' visionary RTS series...
17:33 <Stormspark> The first Titanfall forgot to include an actual game. I heard the sequel did but it was short and half assed
17:34 <Stormspark> Titanfail
17:35 * Stormspark did pick up Shadow of War on a sale for $15, wasn't going to play it until the lootboxes were removed, I think they have been now though
17:35 <Stormspark> (That's not EA, but WB has been ALMOST as bad)
17:36 <Schism> Ehhhn. WB have been pretty darned terrible as such things go. Some, like Jim Sterling, consider them even worse than EA, which is currently a slightly less odious type of evil.
17:37 <Cepheid> They have been as far as I know, or at least they've been changed around such that money isn't involved.
17:37 * Stormspark nods
17:38 <Cepheid> Lootboxes are slowly becoming passe. Now it's season passes.
17:38 <Schism> It's cyclical. Season passes were popular before, then it was lootboxes, and now it's passes again. I'm sure that they'll keep rolling around.
17:38 <Finwe> o3o
17:38 * Schism rolls over to Finwe. o3o
17:39 * Finwe boops Schism.
17:39 <Cepheid> Season passes are a tad different in this iteration.
17:39 * Schism provides Finwe with a peanut butter and banana sandwich.
17:39 <Cepheid> Still as ridiculous as loot boxes, though.
17:40 <Schism> I have heard statements to the effect that season passes are just the equivalent of the old-style expansion packs. Which is... kind of seven different layers of wrong.
17:40 <Stormspark> at least season passes don't involve gambling
17:40 <Stormspark> so there's that
17:42 * Schism considers what he should make foodwise. Maybe should get some spring onions and tuna, and make up a rotini salad.
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17:43 * Cepheid craves fluids.
17:44 * Schism offers Cepheid some chicken boullion with onion and garlic.
17:45 <Cepheid> I'm thinking water might be better.
17:45 <Finwe> Schism: It's "bouillon". o3o
17:46 <Schism> Oh, close enough.
17:46 * Schism considers, then installs the Deadly Tower of Monsters. He's heard it's pretty good.
17:47 <Schism> It's evidently a B-movie in video game format.
17:47 <Schism> Complete with stop-animation dinosaurs.
17:48 <Cepheid> Sleepiness is starting to kick in. THat nap earlier gave me just enough energy to go out and come back today.
17:49 <Schism> At least it's cloudy today.
17:49 <Cepheid> https://i.imgur.com/sMrNbpJ.gifv
17:50 <Schism> Poor abused kitty.
17:52 <Cepheid> https://i.redd.it/8p3mc2qgfp911.jpg
17:52 <Cepheid> "DE-PORT-NOW! DE-PORT-NOW!" - What I hear from the Trump-Dalek.
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17:58 <Stormspark> is it bad that I would rather have a dalek as president?
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18:20 <LibrarianofHope> hi
18:20 <LibrarianofHope> i feel great1
18:20 <LibrarianofHope> i havent felt this nice in ages
18:21 <LibrarianofHope> Ali, i feel like hugging
18:21 * LibrarianofHope runs to glompa the ali
18:21 * Ali squeaks
18:26 <Starlight_Glimmer> Mhh that new Flutters song isn't exactly a great hit :(
18:26 <Starlight_Glimmer> Can't help but fell overall music quality has gone down quite a bit
18:27 * Cepheid studies covariance, contravariance, and invariance in the context of programming. Gets a headache.
18:27 <Starlight_Glimmer> Feel*
18:28 <Cepheid> https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/07/12/american-tourist-takes-unexploded-world-war-ii-shell-vienna-airport/778001002/ Why? WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS!?
18:28 <Starlight_Glimmer> This silly autocorrect is silly. I wonder why I set it to English if it keeps correcting to German anyway
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18:33 <LibrarianofHope> wut
18:33 <LibrarianofHope> you dont take bombs you find in the floor with you?
18:34 <LibrarianofHope> its a reasoneable hobby
18:34 <LibrarianofHope> like swwiming with piranhas
18:34 <Cepheid> No, besides, I just keep finding beating hearts in the floor.
18:34 * Cepheid pulls up floorboards. "Oh, look, another one." He hands it off to Schism.
18:35 <LibrarianofHope> i actually just designed the silliest short story of my life
18:36 * Schism sticks it in the icebox with the live brain.
18:36 <LibrarianofHope> it involved hiring the infamous uboa and the really freaky red thing in the background
18:36 <LibrarianofHope> i changed thier names to bob and squishy and made bob a mayor
18:37 <LibrarianofHope> im serious with all of the above,im making that canon
18:38 <Cepheid> https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DiAR2rIXkAUJYQq.jpg:large Heh
18:38 <Cepheid> Almost as good as the "Even the Introverts are here!" sign.
18:39 <LibrarianofHope> introverts unite!
18:39 <LibrarianofHope> in their houses
18:39 <LibrarianofHope> separately
18:39 <LibrarianofHope> owo
18:39 <Cepheid> On the internet.
18:40 <Cepheid> You know, it's interesting.
18:41 <Cepheid> Introversion is generally seen as taking care of one's mental wellbeing, often by avoiding social interactions, etc.
18:41 <Cepheid> And yet, introverts socialize just fine on the Internet, which contradicts the idea of intoversion.
18:41 <Cepheid> The implication is that introversion is more an aversion to certain aspects of socialization.
18:44 <Cepheid> My dad's setting up mousetraps. o3o
18:45 <LibrarianofHope> im both things
18:45 <LibrarianofHope> i can do either fine
18:46 <Starlight_Glimmer> LibrarianofHope: Piranhas aren't actually all that dangerous ;)
18:46 <LibrarianofHope> you havent meet the ones i know
18:46 <LibrarianofHope> they dont eat you, they rob you
18:46 <Starlight_Glimmer> Lol
18:46 <LibrarianofHope> i still want my rubber duckie
18:47 <LibrarianofHope> its weird how hard it is to find one
18:47 <LibrarianofHope> i want to put one in a sombrero
18:49 <Cepheid> Schism: Where'd you get the live brain?
18:50 <Schism> This guy on an island, had a hook for a hand, worked as a dentist. He had a few spares.
18:50 <Ali> He got it very carefully
18:50 <Schism> Had Tara Strong as an assistant and all that.
18:50 <Cepheid> ... Okay you are referencing things I am not immediately aware of.
18:51 <Schism> Dr. Caligosto Loboto, from Psychonauts.
18:51 <Cepheid> Ah.
18:51 <Cepheid> I never played that.
18:52 <Schism> !link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4T3d4U29eqU
18:52 <DerpyBot> I need to ask Twilight about that one.
18:52 <DerpyBot> Twilight told me this video is about Psychonauts Cutscenes: Dr. Loboto
18:54 <LibrarianofHope> you need brains?
18:54 <LibrarianofHope> i know some necromancers
18:54 * Ali noms on LibrarianofHope
18:57 <Cepheid> Nah, I was just curious as to why we have a living brain.
19:04 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: New Brony Study Survey Available! [ http://tinyurl.com/y9c74o2p ]
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19:12 <Cepheid> That was fast. Dead mouse already.
19:13 <SunsetShimmer> Needs more wub
19:14 <Schism> Cepheid: Peanut butter on the mousetraps, I take it?
19:17 <Cepheid> According to my dad, cheese.
19:18 <Schism> Hrm. Cheese is actually less effective; mice go for it when they're hungry, but it's more likely to attract cats.
19:19 <Cepheid> Some American cheese-style mozerella slices.
19:19 <Cepheid> The cats are unaffected by the traps or food on them.
19:19 <Cepheid> The problem being that the mice are living on top of the pipework.
19:19 <Schism> Suet is likely to be a better bet if you have any... hmm.
19:19 <Cepheid> So it's more just a case of leaving traps on the pipework.
19:19 * Schism nodnods.
19:20 <Cepheid> In this case, we know we caught one because we heard the trap fall into the sink in the furnace room.
19:23 <Cepheid> ...
19:24 <Cepheid> So apparently police chased after a guy over possession of marijuana.
19:24 <Cepheid> He ran into the bush, no big deal.
19:24 <Cepheid> Except they pulled out a friggen BULLDOZER to chase after him.
19:25 <Cepheid> Though the autopsy hasn't shown cause of death, they did find the guy underneath the bulldozer after it crushed some stuff.
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19:27 <Schism> ... what.
19:27 <Schism> For some reason, my brain went to thinking of Arthur Dent lying down in the path of a bulldozer.
19:28 <Cepheid> https://apnews.com/3cdf7dd4e5f94674b74ee2ba576fc87e
19:28 <Cepheid> The guy, last name Longnecker, was chased by police into the brush with a bulldozer, and likely died of being crushed under a bulldozer.
19:30 <Cepheid> What the hell are they training cops to do down in the US? Use the most excessive force possible as a first-resort?
19:30 <SunsetShimmer> Yes
19:30 <Cepheid> Why not call out the national guard for shoplifting?
19:30 <Cepheid> Heh, that reminds me of a story my professor once told me.
19:31 <Cepheid> He's ex-RCMP, and also worked on the force in Quebec.
19:31 <Cepheid> Apparently, there was a joke about how to handle using a gun on a suspect.
19:31 <Cepheid> Apparently at the time, you had to fire two or three warning shots before you could hit the suspect.
19:32 <Cepheid> So their solution to the problem? Rapidly fire in random direction, then just shoot the suspect.
19:32 <SunsetShimmer> I dont know how appropriate this conversation is tbh o.o
19:32 * Cepheid shrugs.
19:33 <Cepheid> I could discuss what he did as RCMP, but that'd be even worse.
19:33 <Cepheid> Let's just say I wish I could forget the details.
19:34 <Cepheid> Also apparently the mice are managing to steal the cheese without setting off the traps.
19:35 <SunsetShimmer> Mice are crafty
19:36 * Filly_Nightmares steals Cepheid's mangoes
19:36 <Schism> Peanut butter, really.
19:37 <Cepheid> I suggested such to my dad. He just wants to get rid of the old cheese.
19:38 <Schism> Well. I guess that's ... one way to do so.
19:40 <Cepheid> For reasons incomprehensible to me, we keep a small bin of cheeses in the back of the fridge.
19:41 <Cepheid> Some of those cheeses are months old.
19:41 <Cepheid> How I haven't died from inhaling fridge air in that state, I have no idea.
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19:44 <Stormspark> is it fuzzy and green?
19:44 <Cepheid> https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DiAm7iHVAAAp4PC.jpg I'll be honest, my brain has gone through panel #3 a few times.
19:44 <Cepheid> No, Stormspark. It somehow still looks edible.
19:44 <Stormspark> ah
19:44 <Cepheid> I think they're mostly dry cheeses.
19:44 * Stormspark nods
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19:45 * Schism now wants cheese, so nomfs on some pepper-jack.
19:50 <Cepheid> My dad for some reason thought it'd bother me to know there were mice in the house, by the way.
19:50 <Cepheid> Know what I told him in response to that?
19:50 <Cepheid> "It'd have bothered me more if I woke up one morning to find a dead mouse in my bed with me."
19:50 <Cepheid> "In the extremely rare off-chance that Spitfire caught one, that is."
19:54 <Schism> He would be so happy to bring you one, too.
19:55 <Cepheid> Indeed.
20:00 <Cepheid> Least I got the memory of him staring ever so intently at one spot.
20:01 <Cepheid> It was hilarious to look at. Just sitting there, not a muscle moving. Ears forward, tail is still. I approached him, and instead of the usual "Mrow?" he gives he, he just kept staring.
20:01 <Cepheid> Eventually I got so close that he looked at me for like, half a second, then turned back, as if he were asking "Hey, do you hear that?"
20:01 <Schism> The most unnatural part of that image is 'tail is still'.
20:02 <Cepheid> It was a bit unusual, yeah.
20:02 <Cepheid> The problem is though is that he couldn't really "pounce".
20:03 <Cepheid> When I say it was in the corner, I mean upper corner of the room. There's no way up there.
20:03 <Cepheid> He was basically waiting for whatever it was to come out and either slip and fall, or climb down.
20:04 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Comic: Gemmed 20 / Rage Quit / Shard 47 / AoS 2:22 / Black Feather 1:4 / Pone Wars 6:11-12 [ http://tinyurl.com/y9amt4ct ]
20:15 <Cepheid> Perhaps it's because I'm half-asleep, but contravariance is giving me a headache. I grasp it, but it just doesn't LOOK LIKE IT SHOULD WORK.
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20:43 <Thelema5> Hello everypony
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20:44 <SunsetShimmer> Hello [targer unidentified]!
20:44 <SunsetShimmer> *target
21:00 <Cepheid> You know who I am surprised does not appear in Monster Hunter World? Leon Kennedy.
21:02 <SunsetShimmer> XD
21:02 <SunsetShimmer> Chris Redfield too
21:02 <SunsetShimmer> Punch dem monsters
21:02 <Schism> I could happily see Chris Redfield trying to punch a Diablos.
21:03 <SunsetShimmer> Screw it - add wesker
21:03 <Cepheid> Nah. The two of them would be light-bowgun users. Their light bowgun being pistols.
21:03 <SunsetShimmer> Wesker would badass things to death
21:03 <Cepheid> They already got characters who punch anyhow. Ryu and all that.
21:03 <Schism> Meanwhile, Nemes--"STAAAAARS!" Yeah, that.
21:04 <SunsetShimmer> Nemmy is bae
21:04 <SunsetShimmer> R3make pls
21:05 <SunsetShimmer> The re3 intro jingle is my ringtone - an umbrella logo is the homescreen xD
21:05 <Cepheid> And given how MHWorld seems to exist in some sort of weird spacetime continuum that is connected to Final Fantasy's Rift... It isn't improbable.
21:06 <Cepheid> I mean for crissakes, Behemoth is showing up in MHWorld. Mind it seems to fit the aesthetic better than the cameo characters.
21:06 <SunsetShimmer> Nemesis final form could work
21:07 <SunsetShimmer> A guest monster form
21:08 <Cepheid> Basically if it can be made dark, gritty and rough looking, it fits as a monster.
21:12 <SunsetShimmer> Yeah I think nemmys 'ultimate' mutation woulf do
21:12 <SunsetShimmer> Capcom are ninnys for not going there lol
21:14 <Cepheid> I'd say give it time.
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21:21 <Schism> Cepheid: http://alabastermenagerie.tumblr.com/image/175138407575
21:23 <Cepheid> Heh.
21:24 <Cepheid> My mother, when she lived on a farm, had a bunch of barn cats. She would regularly see them tossing ducklings and chicks around outdoors in the fields.
21:27 <Thelema5> Ace is the place with the helpful hardware folks
21:28 <Cepheid> I wonder if Spitfire wants the mice for play, or an attempt to hunt some food for me.
21:29 <Schism> Doesn't have to be one or the other.
21:31 <Thelema5> ok, cheez-its are far too addicting
21:32 * Thelema5 pushes the baox away
21:32 <Thelema5> *box
21:35 <Cepheid> They are. Especially with the greater variety you get down there. Up here we just get plain cheddar.
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21:36 <Thelema5> Ah, yeah... we have at least a half dozen kinds.
21:37 <PinkieShy> Sup :)
21:37 * Thelema5 is eating original cheddar reduced fat
21:37 <Thelema5> Hey there, PinkieShy
21:37 * PinkieShy huggles Thelema5
21:37 * Thelema5 squees
21:39 <PinkieShy> hmm
21:40 <PinkieShy> I think instead of a roku I'll get a 500gb ssd.. lol
21:40 <PinkieShy> Speed this PC up to a lightning bolt :P
21:41 <PinkieShy> Then again a roku would be nice.
21:41 * DashedRainbows licks both PinkieShy and Thelema5
21:46 <Thelema5> I have a vacation coming up in a week... probably won't be online for 7+ days
21:46 <Thelema5> Leaving next Saturday morning
21:47 <DashedRainbows> Aww
21:47 <DashedRainbows> But have fun
21:48 <Thelema5> Thanks
21:53 <DashedRainbows> Thelema5: https://twitter.com/rhg135/status/1017889510590382080?s=19 I've too much free time
21:55 <Thelema5> heh
21:56 <PinkieShy> Hmm..
21:56 <DashedRainbows> Gonna start dialysis tho :(
21:56 <PinkieShy> :O
21:56 <PinkieShy> DashedRainbows What happened if you don't mind me asking?
21:57 <DashedRainbows> About what?
21:59 <PinkieShy> DashedRainbows what happen to cause you to have to start diaysis?
21:59 <PinkieShy> My brother's wife's mom is on it because i think her kidneys..
21:59 <DashedRainbows> Oh chemo destroyed my kidneys
22:03 * Thelema5 steals someone's kidney for DashedRainbows
22:03 <Cepheid> My kidneys!
22:04 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: My Little Pony Equestria Girls Friendship Party Pack Now on Amazon [ http://tinyurl.com/ybyno6ku ]
22:06 <Cepheid> ....
22:07 <Cepheid> SPITFIRE?! Why am I hearing a squeaking noise from somewhere in my bedroom?!
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22:09 <Thelema5> Mouse?
22:10 <Cepheid> We have a mouse problem, so I am hoping that is not the reason. As it means Spitfire dropped off a mouse in my room that is either still alive, or near-death.
22:12 <PinkieShy> Thelema5 I just became fluttershy on vrchat
22:12 <PinkieShy> I am officially a tree XD
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