Log archive of EquestriaDaily for Monday, 2020-06-22

00:05 * PrincessRainbows also sniffs RichardMist carefully

00:06 * RichardMist *melted*

00:07 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Babysitter Trixie Now For SFM! [ http://tinyurl.com/y9eordbu ]

00:09 <Schism> Sure would be great if I brought my collection drones with me.

00:10 * Lumindia mlems at Rainbows

00:10 <Lumindia> Mlem o po

00:11 * RichardMist *sloowly disappears*

00:11 * PrincessRainbows bleps back

00:12 * Schism mlems at a glass of water.

00:14 * RichardMist *disappeared*

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00:31 <Schism> Okay, yes.  Mining is so much better with a few drones to collect and a good refinery.

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01:00 <Schism> Learning to activate Supercruise manually helps a lot.

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01:21 <Schism> Spotify offered a Jojo's Bizarre Adventure soundtrack to my Elite: Dangerous run.  This is fine.

01:26 <Schism> Ow.

01:28 <Schism> While I understand that pirates would want to steal tea, come ON.

01:31 * Ali seeds Schism's ship full of Genestealers

01:32 * Schism sends the Blood Marines against them.

01:32 <Schism> Oh no.  Flamers aren't working!

01:33 <Ali> At least it isn't the Jean Stealers

01:33 <Ali> Else they'd all be pantless~

01:33 <Schism> The Jean Genie would grow quite upset.

01:34 <Schism> I am glad I stockpile a lot of credits...

01:37 <Schism> Right.  After that, I'm applying a hardshell.

01:38 <Schism> Still got lots of jump capacity with this vessel.

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01:52 <Schism> I am deeply annoyed.  :<

01:52 <Schism> Might have to go out and hunt pirates for a little while.

01:53 <Schism> Tried to deliver a bounty of coffee and tea to the miners who desperately need it, but a pirate about three levels above me sniped me.

01:54 * Ali yo ho ho's and plunder's Schism

01:54 * Schism bites Ali.

01:54 * Ali was a cardboard cutout

01:54 <Schism> I'll get you next time, Gadget.

01:55 <Ali> Wowzers

01:56 <Schism> Unfortunately for the pirates who stole from me, I have about 300,000 credits now.  This is enough to outfit me suitably, in lieu of my 'harmless' ranking.

01:57 <Schism> And I have learned to move.  o3o

01:58 <Schism> Oh, Ali.  I know you like racing management sims.  Would you like a football or basketball management sim?  It's not my cup of tea.

01:58 <Ali> Football Manager is not my cup of tea either, same with baseball

01:58 <Ali> But sadly Motorsport Manager has refused to do a new PC game and stuck heavily to icky mobile

01:58 <Schism> Well, lessee what I have...

01:59 <Ali> And most racing games nowadays feel  like that /need/ a steering wheel to play them

01:59 <Ali> Cause I keep trying this NASCAR game I have with a Xbone controller

01:59 <Ali> but I just constantly wobble in the corners and cannot keep up with the AI

02:00 <Schism> Egh.  Thought I had more.  It's just Eastside Hockey Manager.

02:00 <Schism> Oh, and Football Manager 2020.  Eh.

02:02 <Schism> Ali, have you ever played Trackmania?  It's basically like the distillation of racing games: you just go onto a track with the equivalent of a Hot Wheels car.  The tracks make the game.

02:02 <Ali> See the thing about Motorsport Manager is its kinda fun managing a race team, but the others, not so much

02:02 <Ali> Again I don't do many racing games due to the controlls

02:03 <Ali> Cause it really starts to feel like a racing game needs a steering wheel to play them, else the car behaves funky.

02:04 <Schism> You can pull it off with a standard joystick, but... the game needs to support that, and it doesn't work so well if there's a large dead zone.

02:06 * Schism grumps, and is half tempted to send Ali a copy of Gran Turismo 2.

02:06 <Ali> Or there's no inbetween a soft turn and a hard turn

02:06 <Ali> The problem with real racing games is that if the controls don't work, then the feeling of imersion is lost

02:06 <Schism> There has to be a dead zone, but there also has to be a manner to discern how hard you're turning.  :<  Otherwise you have to keep going back and forth...

02:07 <Ali> Well in NASCAR

02:07 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Nightly Discussion #2198 [ http://tinyurl.com/y9r95oj3 ]

02:07 <Ali> If the AI can take a turn at 195MPH and not slap the wall

02:07 <Ali> But I can't take the turn at 170 and still slap the wall

02:07 <Ali> Then there's something wrong with the controls

02:07 <Schism> Well.  That's a different matter entirely.  :<

02:07 <Ali> Also when going down the backstretch

02:07 <Schism> But yeah.

02:08 <Ali> I dont' want to have to keep wobbling back and forth to keep a psudeo straight line

02:10 <Ali> Also note that the steam summer sale is coming soon

02:11 <Schism> I'm not sure if I'll make use of it... but thank you.

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03:07 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Makenshi: Pony Life Theme Song Remix: InfinityDash - Pony Life Zone (16-Bit Sega Genesis-Style Theme Song Remix) [Soundtrack/Chiptune] [ http://tinyurl.com/y8pxv4yr ]

03:54 * PinkieShy hugs Ali

03:54 * Ali huggles on the PinkieShy

03:54 <PinkieShy> How are you :3

04:07 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Newbie Artist Training Grounds X: Day 20 [ http://tinyurl.com/ya3ce7wz ]

04:12 <Ali> All I can say is I'm here, struggling a bit.

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04:27 * Schism dances past, humming to Ali, "Michiri, michiri. Michiri michiri."

04:29 * Ali headtilts at Schism, unicorn confused.

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04:30 <Schism> Ali: Mitchiri Pony.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VIllAilTnE

04:38 <PinkieShy> Same Ali honestly

04:38 <PinkieShy> I got a stye and it hurts a lot :(

04:39 <PinkieShy> Even got a swollen eyelid still from it 2nd day with it and I'm hoping I don't have to go through a 3rd day with this.

04:44 * Schism hugs PinkieShy. :< "Ow. A staph infection, especially there, really sucks."

04:45 <PinkieShy> Its not staph its a Stye

04:45 <Schism> That's what causes a stye.

04:45 <PinkieShy> Probably bacause I been having a habbit of rubbing them a ton lately..

04:45 <PinkieShy> Which this needs to be my lesson to never rub my eyes ever >_>

04:46 <Schism> At least not without washing up first...

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05:19 * PrincessRainbows gallops up to Ali and boops the pony

05:20 * Ali instantly teleboops PrincessRainbows

05:21 * PrincessRainbows giggles and rolls around

05:22 * Schism places a slab of bacon bread in the way of PrincessRainbows' rolling.

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05:28 * PrincessRainbows hugs Ali so much and flops over

05:29 <Schism> It's really rude to call a universe something like 'U-T4U_-∂¨8Rn:;∆' when we can't pronounce it.

05:29 <Schism> When we're the primary inhabitants and all.  *grump*

05:39 * PrincessRainbows makes tired little filly noises and curls up with her pacifier for sleepies. Nini

05:40 * Schism wraps the PrincessRainbows in cool sheets! It's much too warm for actual blankets.

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06:08 * Schism provides the Surry with 8 tons of coffee!

06:09 <Ali> Only 8 tons?  Isn't that a bit much for such a little floof?

06:09 <Schism> Perfectly fine amount for a floofy spaceship.

06:17 <Schism> Once I complete all these quests I think I'll buy a nice combat ship and take a spin on the other side of things.  o3o

06:23 <Finwe> Morning, everypony!

06:23 <Finwe> Mr Schism, Miss Ali.

06:23 * Finwe doffs his hat.

06:23 * Ali curls into Finwe

06:24 * Finwe snuggles the Ali.

06:31 * Schism completes four transfers to Coelho Station.

06:31 <Schism> I kind of want to see what happens if I level my reputation all the way up in the noobie zone.

06:32 <Schism> Plus, I can collect all the starter ships.

06:43 * PrincessRainbows makes overheated horse noises. Too hot...

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06:44 * Schism provides DashedRainbows with a cool flax seed neck wrap. :<

06:44 <PrincessRainbows> It's 76F at 2am

06:45 <Finwe> 19.3°C at 9:45 a.m. here.

06:45 * Finwe hugs a PrincessRainbows.

06:46 <Finwe> That would be around 67°F, I think.

06:46 * PrincessRainbows lickie licks some ice cream

06:47 <PrincessRainbows> It's day for you I think

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06:48 <PrincessRainbows> Ah I'm blind

06:48 * Golden flops, and lets out a blep

06:48 * PrincessRainbows melts

06:48 <Golden> ???

06:49 <PrincessRainbows> Heat

06:49 <Schism> Humidity.

06:52 * Schism pours some ice cubes on DashedRainbows' head.

06:52 * Golden puts the AC on max.

06:52 <Finwe> PrincessRainbows: Morning still, but yes, daytime.

06:54 <PrincessRainbows> Climate change is a hoax my flank. The weather is increasingly variable for the past decade now

06:55 <Finwe> My grandfather had measurements from since he was twelve years old back in 1926.

06:56 <Finwe> From his data it's obvious that summers have become somewhat cooler and winters a lot warmer.

06:56 <Finwe> In Finland, that is.

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06:57 *** ChanServ sets mode: +o ConfusionRift

06:57 <ConfusionRift> Hello everypony.

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06:57 <Finwe> Lt Cdr ConfusionRift.

06:57 <Finwe> o7

06:57 <ConfusionRift> RAdm. Finwe . (salutes)

06:58 <PrincessRainbows> And here it's basically a free for all except for June through August

06:58 * Schism waves to ConfusionRift from the cockpit of a Viper.

06:58 <Schism> Adder.  Either way.

06:59 * PrincessRainbows trots up to ConfusionRift and makes grabby hooves

06:59 <Schism> Probably would be nice to have a specialized spaceship WITHIN THE COMBAT SYSTEM.

07:01 * ConfusionRift pets PrincessRainbows. :P

07:01 * ConfusionRift wonders what Schism is up to. o_0

07:01 <Schism> Elite: Dangerous.

07:02 <Schism> Kinda want a good ship before I go a'bounty hunting.

07:02 * PrincessRainbows boops ConfusionRift with her pacifier and makes silly filly noises

07:03 <ConfusionRift> Hah. Another game I have been thinking about. Alas, the sheer size of it kinda scares me. Don't know why. It embodies what I have been looking for the longest time, another Freelancer.

07:03 <Schism> It starts off pretty smol, so thankfully there's that.

07:04 * Schism frowns. "To get a Cobra Mk. III now..."

07:04 <ConfusionRift> Also heard horror stories of people basically left drifting in space.

07:04 <Schism> Yeah, the Fuel Rats are there to help if that happens.

07:04 <Schism> But there is that concern.

07:04 <Finwe> Schism: Playing Elite?

07:05 <Schism> Sure am.  Just getting started and musing over buying the biggest combat ship in the newbie zone.

07:05 <Schism> Biggest general-purpose one, really.

07:05 <Finwe> Ah, the modern Elite. In the original one, you were stuck with Cobra Mk III.

07:06 <Schism> Yeah, that's the one I'm thinking of snagging.  Nice storage space, lots of hardpoints, it's a good all-rounder.

07:06 * Finwe transmits Schism's coordinates to an armada of Thargoids.

07:06 * Schism runs away. "Ew ew ew ew bugs."

07:07 * PrincessRainbows curls up for sleepies now that the ac is on

07:07 <Schism> The Delacy Cobra Mk. III is pretty much the be-all and end-all for the newbie area, but its price is a bit concerning.

07:08 <ConfusionRift> 427k?

07:08 <Schism> 350k.

07:08 <ConfusionRift> Oh, wrong one.

07:08 <Schism> Of course, that's baseline and I'm likely to spend a lot more on the other stuff.

07:08 <Schism> Could go after a Viper instead for the interim, but it looks kind of squishy.

07:09 <ConfusionRift> Right after the Diamondback, things are going to get reeeaaal pricey.

07:09 <Schism> Oh, I believe it.

07:10 <ConfusionRift> Prices start jumping by the 200k.

07:10 <Schism> I guess if I'm going to go crazy, going from an Adder to a Cobra is a good choice.  Decent hardpoints, some utility, good cargo capacity and fuel.

07:11 <Schism> The Viper is pretty decent too, but it's more of a specialized fightan ship.

07:11 <Schism> Though to be honest, I might just pick up a Viper for the interim and use it to go huntin'.

07:12 <ConfusionRift> It is a definite improvement.

07:12 <Schism> Going from the Sidewinder to the Adder was like night and day.  Well, I guess I'll keep the Adder around for mining purposes and get a Viper.  I want to see how I do combat-wise.

07:13 <ConfusionRift> It's a bigger ship. So careful.

07:14 <Finwe> Schism: So it's Elite: Dangerous?

07:14 * ConfusionRift nods.

07:14 <Schism> That it is.  And that it is.

07:14 <Finwe> I never finished the quests in the original Elite.

07:15 <Schism> Hrmf.  Forgot to drop off my commodities first.

07:15 <Finwe> Two or three first ones, then I never got the fouth.

07:15 <Schism> Afore I go buying ships, I should get a couple more thousand credits from selling medicine to needy areas.

07:17 <Schism> On to Hollatja, I guess.  o3o

07:17 * Finwe noms on Schism's mining lasers.

07:19 * Schism bleps! And throws Finwe into an asteroid belt.

07:21 <Schism> Nope, no interdiction for you, pirate!  :<

07:24 <Schism> what th--

07:24 <Schism> Oh, very cute.  Docking at a facility where there's civil unrest automatically fails a courier mission.  Makes sense, though.

07:26 <Schism> ... I could buy several units of tritium.  I could definitely do that, and make a boatload of money.  Why do I suspect, though, that this is a trap?

07:28 <Schism> Oh.  Crap.  I'm now out of the newbie zone.

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07:43 <Schism> Okay, I'm not completely screwed.  I have 600k to my name and I've got a pretty decent starting ship with some fixings.

07:44 <Schism> Think I might just go for that Cobra III, though.

07:47 * Schism takes a break for the moment. o3o;

08:51 <Cepheid> Morning.

08:51 <ConfusionRift> Hallo.

08:51 <Cepheid> How goes it?

08:52 <ConfusionRift> Not much. Just playing.

08:52 <Cepheid> Cool, cool.  Just eating breakfast here because stomach decided it wanted to wake me up.

08:53 <Schism> Cepheid: What game doesn't tell you that you're leaving the newbie grounds, for good, before you launch?

08:54 <Cepheid> While I can't think of any off-hand immediately, quite a few games.

08:54 <Schism> I can name one right now.  :<

08:55 <Cepheid> So I saw.  Also, have you even slept yet?

08:55 <Schism> No, because my daily routine is working from 2 PM to 11 PM.

08:55 <Cepheid> Ah.

08:55 <Schism> Mind you, I'm sure that I'll completely skewer that over the course of the next few hours.

08:56 <Schism> Also, hah.  My sensible hardware decisions have inspired my brother to create a very similar computer to my own.

08:58 <Schism> Might even have gotten him to finally switch from Intel.

08:59 <ConfusionRift> You know what I don't like? Games that lock, remove, or relocate certain areas after a point in the game. Making it impossible to get items after it occurs.

08:59 <Schism> Yes.

08:59 <Schism> "Source and return 248 units of tea."  Ahahahahaano.

09:00 <Cepheid> Yeah you need a larger ship for that.

09:00 * Cepheid noms on some green grapes.

09:01 <Cepheid> Cereal, green grapes, apple juice and a coffee.  Not the best breakfast, but better than most.

09:02 <Schism> Hrmf.  Cobra III...

09:02 <Schism> I guess it's worth it.

09:03 * PrincessRainbows makes upset filly noises and flailyhooves. Ugh summer

09:05 * Schism looks at options. "You bet your tail I'm getting a chaff launcher and a point defense turret. ECM might not be a bad idea, either."

09:07 * Cepheid sits there reading. In the darkness he hears a horking noise, then sighs. "Really, Spitfire?"

09:08 * Finwe wears his bicycle helmet and prepares for a 60 km ride.

09:08 <Finwe> See you later, everypony!

09:08 <Cepheid> Be careful riding.

09:09 <Schism> Hrm.

09:09 <Cepheid> And of course, someone is sleeping in the living room, so I can't turn on any lights to find where my cat puked his recently-eaten food up.

09:09 <Finwe> Cepheid: Well, the most significant threat is probably excessive ultraviolet radiation.

09:10 <Schism> To get those reinforced alloys for the hull, or no...

09:10 <Cepheid> No, the most significant threat is a car hitting you.  Unless you take dedicated bike paths.

09:20 <ConfusionRift> Actually... huh. I was afraid I had lost an important item after a sector got removed. Seems they added a failsafe, and left and NPC nearby to give that item just in case.

09:20 <ConfusionRift> Phew.

09:20 <Schism> Dammit.  I want to buy a better power draw system, but I can't justify spending more than 50% of my operating currency.

09:23 <ConfusionRift> "This is the end of the road." | (checks completion percentage) 72%... I got my doubts.

09:25 <Cepheid> Heh.

09:27 * Cepheid hands ConfusionRift a small little humanoid with a distorted face.

09:27 <Cepheid> Here.  Have a Messenger.

09:28 <ConfusionRift> Hehehe. :P

09:29 <Schism> Okay, let's see if I can make a profit without getting eaten.

09:30 * Cepheid hands Schism a miniature Thargoid.

09:32 * Schism eats it. :<

09:33 <Schism> Oh, that was nice.  Because I had my license revoked by leaving the newbie system, the quest provider gave me the reward anyway.

09:34 <Schism> Still less than thrilled, but that was kind of them.

09:36 * Cepheid wanders off to take a shower. He can be seen nomming on a license of some sort. The name is slightly covered, but the letters "Sch" can be seen on it.

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09:47 <Schism> Federation of pop-up ads.

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09:51 * ConfusionRift stripes the new Shantae game off the queue list... then slams his head.

09:52 <ConfusionRift> Collected the last of the squids I needed for a full health bar, and forgot to turn them in.

09:52 <ConfusionRift> My thumb hurts.

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09:54 <ConfusionRift> Oh... they did a medley of all the songs for the credits. Nice... I suppose.

09:56 <ConfusionRift> Huh. Magic Mode is back.

09:57 * Cepheid flops back.

09:58 <Cepheid> So, turns out what I thought was someone sleeping in the living room was my comforter, all folded up nice and neat, with some pillows at the end of the couch.

09:59 <ConfusionRift> You got bamboozled. :P

09:59 <Cepheid> Basically.

10:02 <Schism> Hum.  I might need to go a'minin'.

10:02 <Schism> But where...

10:05 <Schism> "Hardpoints off, bucko." "Okay, okay, I get it!"

10:05 <Cepheid> Someone's nose?  Go mining for gold! *Gets shot for disgusting joke*

10:06 * Schism sells beer at a premium.

10:07 <Schism> The hay?  Biowaste?  Okay.

10:08 <ConfusionRift> I'll 100% collection some other time. Most of it is RNG anyways.

10:13 <Schism> Because I am obeying all the laws, I shall autodock at all Federation vessels.  o3o

10:13 <Cepheid> Schism, it has to go somewhere.  And as it is biowaste, it is likely a reprocessable material that needs to be delivered to a processing facility that converts it to say, a biofuel, or energy cells via burning to produce electricity.

10:13 <Schism> Yes, but transfer thereof seems like it shouldn't be 500 credits a ton.

10:14 <Schism> Not that I'm complaining, that simply seems a bit much.

10:16 <Cepheid> High energy density per ton perhaps?

10:16 <Schism> I guess.

10:16 * Schism ships some leather back.

10:16 <Cepheid> Or perhaps they really just want to get rid of it.

10:17 <Schism> Bear in mind, it just reads 'biowaste'.  So it might just be [yay].

10:17 <Cepheid> https://twitter.com/LuminousOcean/status/1274711129869160449?s=19

10:17 <Cepheid> Oh, I know Schism.

10:18 <Cepheid> This is why I have a pockmarked arm.

10:19 <Schism> Heh.  Your void is hungry for blood.

10:20 <Cepheid> Does it every day, when I'm on my tablet, laptop, phone or PC, and when he can reach that particular arm.

10:23 <Cepheid> So for Father's Day, the Crunchyroll Twitter gave a shout-out to a father from Fullmetal Alchemist.

10:24 <Cepheid> It's exactly who you think it is.

10:24 <Schism> ... well done.  Are they going to do Gendo Ikari next year?

10:25 <Cepheid> Probably.

10:26 <Cepheid> I can just imagine the SM person posting that, then cackling in glee at the responses.  Mostly because when I saw it, that's what I did.

10:28 <Schism> And Kiryuin Ragyo for Mother's Day.

10:29 * ConfusionRift chuckles.

10:30 <Cepheid> https://i.redd.it/0v78mbu4sd651.jpg

10:30 <Schism> That's about right.

10:31 <Cepheid> https://gfycat.com/eagernastyamericancurl

10:31 <Cepheid> https://i.redd.it/k18gbr3thc651.jpg Geezus the ears on this cat.

10:33 <ConfusionRift> Lynx ears?

10:35 <Cepheid> I dunno.  But that's rare in a housecat, to see disproportionate ears like that.

10:37 * Schism QTDs. And also takes a nap. "Guh."

10:38 <Cepheid> Sleep well.

10:38 * Cepheid takes meds for lungs.

10:40 <Schism> Shall begin mining in a few hours.  Probably.

10:40 <Schism> After which I shall probably be eaten by pirates.

10:40 <Schism> (That's for those of you have no interest in nubile young men or ladies.)

10:50 * ConfusionRift slowly tilts his head.

10:52 * ConfusionRift checks his schedule... (bleep), that sucks.

10:53 <ConfusionRift> I don't wanna hear anyone giving me garbage for taking days off this last weekend. Don't wanna hear it. Gonna be working 10 days straight.

10:58 <ConfusionRift> Anyways... gonna check some about this Elite: Dangerous thing.

11:07 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Morning Discussion #1970 [ http://tinyurl.com/y8w3kncu ]

11:08 <Cepheid> Heh.

11:09 <Cepheid> We're gonna end up starting a small squadron aren't we?

11:09 * ConfusionRift shrugs.

11:10 <ConfusionRift> Only way for that is if we got some form of schedule syncing. With how things are, I dunno.

11:10 <Cepheid> ....

11:11 <Cepheid> So, something near me is aggravating my lungs.  That...

11:11 <ConfusionRift> Would be nice... probably gonna end up crashing on some asteroid or losing fuel somewhere... I know my luck.

11:11 <Cepheid> Or the asthma meds I've been put on temporarily are causing the issues.

11:12 <ConfusionRift> Could be either or both. Hard to say.

11:13 <Cepheid> The things nearest to me are these new couch pillows, my comforter, the couch itself, and the A/C.  Which probably hasn't been cleaned recently.

11:14 <Cepheid> In fact it hasn't been cleaned at all.  Has all this dried stuff encrusting various places all over it.

11:15 <ConfusionRift> ...

11:15 <ConfusionRift> It could be mold.

11:16 <Cepheid> Hum.  Whoops.  GNOME's Mutter, the program that handles a lot of the core window rendering stuff for GNOME, has been borked for a while, causing severe performance loss.

11:17 <Cepheid> It wasn't culling windows that weren't visible.  As a result, it was forcing redraws of every little window element every single frame, regardless of whether those elements were visible or not.

11:18 <Cepheid> Performance impact?  With 8 fullscreen terminal windows open, and running glxgears at 4k, a user was getting 15 FPS a second on Intel hardware.  Fix the culling issue?  Over 60 FPS.

11:19 <Cepheid> The average frame time before fix was 50ms.  After, 6ms.  For an improvement of 733%.

11:21 <Cepheid> That comes to 166 or so FPS with the fix.

11:21 <Cepheid> Overdrawing.  It hurts.

11:31 * Cepheid thinks about programming stuff despite the fact that he shouldn't do any work.

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11:37 * ConfusionRift shrugs, then flops.

11:41 <Cepheid> So my choices are play Bloodborne, or play with an engine like Unity or Unreal Engine for the sake of fun and exploration.

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11:53 <ConfusionRift> Up to yooouuuuu. Both choices are kinda the same for me. :P

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11:53 <Cepheid> Laying down with Spitfire and reading the SCP Foundation it is!

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11:57 <Cepheid> Damnit dog, lay down and stop trying to protect me from my best friend already.  Dumb [REDACTED].

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12:04 <Cepheid> She especially dislikes Spitfire.  Won't go near Tizzy because Tizzy likes to punch the dog with her massive paws(Polydactyl cat.  Has extra digits leading to larger paws and more claws.)

12:05 <Cepheid> Spitfire, meanwhile, is extremelky cautious and intimidating, but doesn't swat or fight as much.  Only when the dog gets too close.

12:06 <Cepheid> As a result, he tends to keep his distance and doesn't try to assert authority.  The dog takes this as a sign that she is the alpha between the two.

12:06 <Cepheid> And because getting hit with sharp claws hurts, she assumes Spitfire is dangerous.

12:07 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Ponies Around the World: Hobbies Edition - Last Call!  [ http://tinyurl.com/y7p22hsf ]

12:08 <Cepheid> So any time he approaches someone, she gets...  "Excited" and starts trying to keep herself between Spitfire and people.  To "protect" them from the fangs and claws.  She has been known to attack him in defense of people.

12:09 <Cepheid> As such, I really do not like this dog.  Were it not my sister's pet, and a domesticated animal in general, I would have demanded euthanasia looooong ago.

12:10 <Cepheid> And if she ever actually harms Spitfire in a clear and visible way, this dog, domesticated or not, pet or not, will not escape my wrath.

12:11 <Cepheid> Which will mostly consist of muzzling outside of feeding time.

12:18 <Cepheid> https://youtu.be/4YoRKQy-UO4 It's nice that the increased bandwidth exists, but it's clear it doesn't matter at the moment.

12:21 <Cepheid> Currently, no SSDs exist that utilize even the full bandwidth of PCIe 3.0 4x.  Which right now is the general minimum standard for primary NVMe drives.

12:22 <Cepheid> For that, you'd need an SSD with read speeds of 8GiB/sec.  For PCIe 4.0 4x, it's 16GiB.

12:23 <Cepheid> You want to push the limits of PCIe for hard drives?  Get a 16x controller card with 4 NVMe ports.  RAID those suckers.

12:27 <Cepheid> Good luck finding that though.  Most controller cards don't go that far.  And even then, there are usually limitations involved

12:30 <Cepheid> Hum.  $615 for one.  PCIe3.0 16x too.

12:33 <Cepheid> https://i.redd.it/qubzb3ckaf651.png

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12:39 <ConfusionRift> Pffftttt!

12:40 * ConfusionRift had just opened Terraria.

12:41 <Cepheid> Oof.  Drugs are affecting my stomach.

12:43 <ConfusionRift> Also, this thing of trying to load or run things faster is great and all, but we're fighting over seconds now.

12:43 <Cepheid> And...  Yep. Developing a fever.  This infection really doesn't like the prednisone dose.

12:43 <Cepheid> We are.  Though, it'd be nice to keep the loading times under 10 seconds if possible.

12:44 * ConfusionRift shrugs. "I'm used to long load times."

12:44 <Cepheid> The bigger issue is latency.  Longer latency is what leads to hiccups and such when loading data, not the speed at which it is read.

12:45 <Cepheid> And even then, it is largely dependent on how the game was designed, as well.

12:45 <Stormspark> yeah the consoles are trying to advertise NVMe storage like it is some revoluationary brand new thing only they are using that is orders of magnitude faster than any PC's and transferring gigabytes per second

12:45 <Stormspark> ...that's not how any of this works

12:45 <Stormspark> NVMe is not in any way new

12:45 <Stormspark> Jim Sterling says new console launch years are the "year of lies"

12:46 <Cepheid> Nope.  It is faster, I won't lie.  Up to 3-4 gigabytes sustained read.  But the games need to be designed around it.

12:46 <Cepheid> And therein lies the problem.

12:47 <Cepheid> Games right now are still being designed with platter drives in mind because they have to be.  SSDs, while coming down in price, are still spades more expensive per gigabyte than a platter drive.

12:48 <Cepheid> The usual techniques to optimize loading basically revolves around that fact.  Which limits performance benefits on faster drives.

12:49 <Cepheid> Because the game assumes all drives are of a specific type.  And are thus hardcoded to work with that specific type, not taking any advantage of the faster speeds.  If your game only loads N bytes per frame, then it's not gonna get any faster with an SSD, because it'll still only load N bytes per frame.

12:50 <Cepheid> There is also issues regarding the OS impacting performance due to syscalls, overhead, and so on.

12:50 <Cepheid> Currently the biggest issue still is threading.  You can use it to load resources, but there are several problems that have to be dealt with.

12:51 <Cepheid> Fortunately, Vulkan and DX12 resolve many of those issues.  But how many games currently implement those APIs right now?

12:55 <Cepheid> Honestly, to me, the only benefit I see in consoles from a programming perspective is consistency in the hardware.

12:56 <Cepheid> You design and code a game for a console, you're guaranteed(sort of) that it will run the same on all other instances of that console.

12:56 <Cepheid> You don't have to worry about varying hardware configurations and the like.

12:57 <Cepheid> I say "sort of" because devkit units are...  Often different from the base unit.

12:58 <Cepheid> NDS is an example.  Devkit has twice as much RAM.

13:06 <Cepheid> Interestingly, it isn't restricted.  You can use it for game purposes.  Not a good idea of course, but yeah.

13:08 * ConfusionRift flops to sleep, because work. Blarg.

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13:23 <Cepheid> Hoooboy, my body does not like the prednisone.

13:24 <Lumindia> I read that as "Redstone"

13:25 <Cepheid> Heh.

13:25 * Cepheid noms redstone-encrusted steaks.

13:25 * Lumindia boops the snooto vo

13:26 * Cepheid glows red slightly for about half a second with every bite.

13:27 <Lumindia> kek

13:30 * Cepheid sits next to some redstone connected to explosives. *NOM*

13:30 <Cepheid> *Hissing is heard*

13:30 <Lumindia> '-'

13:30 <Lumindia> uh oh

13:30 * Lumindia runs

13:31 <Cepheid> *explosions!*

13:39 <Lumindia> aaaaa

13:39 * Cepheid returns to sweating profusely. Not because of heat.

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14:45 <Cepheid> When I get around to experimenting with Unity or Unreal Engine. I'm gonna make a simple game.  FPS-style 3D maze explorer.  Nothing fancy, using free resources.  Open source.

14:46 <OctaveSymphony> Beep beep

14:50 <Cepheid> You're not a sheep!

15:02 <Cepheid> I'm on my way, I'm on my way, I'm on my way to eat your skin~!

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16:21 <Finwe> Lt Pony|40009.

16:21 <Finwe> o7

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16:40 <Cepheid> https://store.steampowered.com/app/1318690/shapezio/#:~:text=shapez.io,Jun%207%2C%202020

17:07 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Makenshi: Tia & Luna Music: Ocean Melody - Celestium [Soundtrack/Orchestral] [ http://tinyurl.com/yd6ruc8w ]

18:07 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Spike's Self-Insert Rarity Shipping Animation  [ http://tinyurl.com/y79wzu9n ]

18:10 <Schism> Cepheid: Ah, it's a module which allows you to auto-dock.  Only takes up a [1] slot.

18:24 <linuxpony> Cepheid that steam game you linked looks suspiciously like Factorio

18:28 <Cepheid> It was based on it.

18:28 <Cepheid> Or rather, inspired.

18:29 * Cepheid finishes doc appointment. Another prescription. More bloodwork to be done. Getting immune system checked.

18:30 <Schism> Yay, LifeLabs trip.

18:33 <Cepheid> https://twitter.com/CellarDoorGames/status/1275132041781227523?s=19

18:33 <Cepheid> Not LifeLabs in this case.  Montfort Hospital.  If I go anywhere else, even with coverage, I'll be charged several hundred dollars.

18:33 <Schism> Oh neat.  I liked the original, so hopefully the new one works well.

18:33 <Schism> Ah, I see.

18:34 <Cepheid> Doctor making the request has...  Connections.

18:34 <Cepheid> So I can get the test done free if I mention certain details to the hospital.

18:34 * Schism eyebrows. But nods. "I guess that it's better used for good."

18:34 * Schism offers Cepheid a few cherry pierogi.

18:35 * Cepheid noms.

18:36 <Cepheid> New meds are an anti-inflammatory.  Whee.

18:40 <Schism> Hopefully that'll help a bit.

18:42 <Schism> This is a lot of philosophy jokes for one comic.  https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/philosophy-3

18:46 <Cepheid> Heh.

18:46 <Cepheid> Big philosophy person?

18:47 <Schism> I know a fair amount about it.  o3o;

18:47 <Cepheid> I know eff-all.

18:47 <Schism> What can I say?  I am large, I contain multitudes.

18:47 <Schism> It's fun to read about, anyway.

18:48 * Schism briefly attempts to trade several tons of hot sauce across the galaxy, and is immediately wiped out by pirates.

18:48 <Cepheid> Word of advice, don't travel very far.

18:49 <Schism> Oh, I know.  Looking into areas, I can see that there are ranked zones which are a bit more profound when it comes to enemies, which start off as stormtroopers and then turn into Jedi.

18:54 <Cepheid> I would have less complaints about this shortness of breath and such if it weren't for the occasional kick in the chest.

18:55 <Schism> Mmm.

18:56 * Schism blinks at the Songs of the Spheres. "Really. One antagonist is IT? I mean, fine." (The brain, not the clown.)

18:57 <Cepheid> Out of all the symptoms, it's the weirdest feeling of the bunch.  Breathing in or out, and i get the sensation of something pushing in rapidly into my throat.  Lasts like, half a second.  But it disrupts breathing and feels weird.  Like a hiccup.

18:57 <Schism> I think I get the same, now and then.  Comparatively rare, but it's there.

19:00 <Cepheid> Yeah, I get it rarely myself.  Usually once or twice over a period of three or four months.  But this has been a regular occurrence.  Few times a day, especially when laying on my side.

19:06 <Cepheid> Was gonna play some more but my body no longer wants to.  Compulsion convincing me not to.  No idea why.  Also I seem to be warming up, like I got a fever building.

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19:15 <Finwe> o3o

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19:22 <Ali> I'm getting tired of this once a day disconnection.

19:27 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Makenshi: Ponies In Space Music: PSFMer - New Horizons [Drum & Bass] [ http://tinyurl.com/ybc4okl4 ]

19:32 * Finwe noms on Ali's Internet connection.

19:33 * Ali snuggles into Finwe and yawns

19:33 * Finwe also yawns.

19:33 <Finwe> 70 kilometres on bike today.

19:34 <Finwe> Makes you somewhat tired and sleepy.

19:34 <Finwe> 45 English miles or so.

19:35 <Cepheid> Yep.  Do you pack water and food, I hope?

19:36 <Finwe> I had my canteen from the army with me, and I stopped for an ice cream on the way.

19:37 <Finwe> And I went shopping for groceries on my way back home, so for the last couple of kilometres I had plenty of food with me.

19:37 <Cepheid> I made the mistake on two occasions to not carry water or food with me when I went extreme distances on my bike.

19:38 <Finwe> One litre of water was enough for me.

19:41 <Cepheid> My bike has a pair of saddlebags for carrying a lot more than a litre.  Which given my predisposition for sweating, would be needed.

19:43 <Finwe> I have one bag on the right side of the bike. On the other side there's no space for a bag because there's a holder for the pump there.

19:47 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Drawfriend Stuff (Pony Art Gallery) #3381 [ http://tinyurl.com/y9jykb8s ]

20:08 <Cepheid> ...  I don't know why, but laying down on a mat behind the couch, I had this inexplicable urge to raise my foot, place it near my dad's head, and go "Hello, I am Andrew's Foot" while shaking it as I talked.

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21:21 <PinkieShy> pff Zombie Tag just told me to report a bug to Mark.. But I don't know who Mark is

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21:50 * Schism reads a story about a woman who was never supposed to exist, and her best friends, a witch, a cyborg, and a vampire.

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22:07 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Drawfriend - Equestria Girls / Anthro MLP Art Gallery #206 [ http://tinyurl.com/ybxkqm7a ]

22:13 * Schism provides Ali with a program which doesn't read mail. He then improves the program until it does.

22:43 <PinkieShy> With this number calling us a bunch a day.. (Answered it and its a robodialer...)

22:44 <Ali> Of course it is..

22:44 * Ali flumps over PinkieShy

22:44 <PinkieShy> I might just get a new landline phone saw one that says it has call blocking.. so

22:44 <PinkieShy> That can take care of that but that'll set me back $30

22:45 * PinkieShy hugs Ali and nomfs her ears

22:46 * Ali squeaks at PinkieShy

22:46 <Cepheid> You can block or ignore numbers on smartphones.

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22:49 <PinkieShy> Its landline tey are calling on

22:49 <PinkieShy> But the new landline phone i am looking at claims on the details of it.. It can block calls and has a voicemail system built in as well

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23:05 <Schism> For some reason I kind of want to head to the beer store.  Hum.

23:05 * Ali boops Schism for moderation

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23:07 <Schism> Of course.

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23:11 <Cepheid> Yes, dehydrate yourself further in this heatwave.  Excellent idea.

23:12 <Schism> Heh.  I've been drinking lots of water.

23:13 <Cepheid> Same.  Doesn't keep the headaches away.  Though that may be all the drugs I'm on.

23:22 <Cepheid> You know, the horse-kicking sensation...  At least I know it's not my heart.  It's dead-center of my chest, and way too high up.  It's about where my collar bones meet.  This suggests it's just my windpipe spontaneously closing for a moment.

23:24 <Schism> Wurf.  Yeah, I think I have that same issue.

23:24 <Schism> Hm.  Freddy Fazbear's is going into bankruptcy, huh?

23:25 <Ali> Again?~

23:25 <Schism> Yah, supposedly they're $1 billion in debt.

23:25 <Ali> I'm confused, is this the fictional thing or a real business?

23:27 <Schism> Chuck E. Cheese's.

23:27 <Ali> I'm kinda surprised they've been around as long as they have now.

23:28 <Schism> 1977, wow.

23:29 <Schism> WHAT?!  It was founded by Nolan "Atari" Bushnell?

23:29 <Ali> Used to be called showbiz pizza

23:29 <Schism> Aye.

23:30 <Cepheid> Nolan Bushnell follows me on Twitter.  I have no clue why.

23:30 <Cepheid> It's not a fake account either.

23:31 <Cepheid> And weirder yet, it was out if the blue.  I had no contact with him prior.  I wasn't even aware he was on Twitter.

23:31 <Schism> Neat.  o.o

23:31 <Schism> Perhaps you're just interesting enough!

23:31 <Schism> Anyhoo.  I should head out for a few, so back in a bit!

23:32 * Schism swims away, passing Cepheid on his way out. "The gods know what you've done."

23:32 <Ali> Swims?  Is this some Skyrim joke?

23:33 <Cepheid> Why is that familiar?

23:34 <Cepheid> !link https://youtu.be/inkj4yop5P8 right this.

23:34 <DerpyBot> I need to ask Twilight about that one.

23:34 <DerpyBot> Twilight told me this video is about The gods know what you've done.

23:34 <Ali> Yep a skyrim joke

23:41 <Cepheid> Well, something wants me dead.  Not sure if it's the gods though.

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