00:06 * Alice flops.
00:06 <Schism> Alice: Going back 2 decades and looking at Arfenhouse is... distressing.
00:06 <Alice> Appointment was a waste of time. Respirologist sent the wrong thing, I wasn't clear on what he wanted from the respirologist, so I'll have to call them again.
00:07 <Alice> Well, at least the doctor got a laugh due to my cat.
00:09 <Alice> Cat spent half the appointment doing his dominance dance non-stop, and the doctor was getting more and more "What the hell is that cat doing?"
00:19 <Schism> Heehee.
00:22 <Alice> When I'm distracted by something, I don't even think about Spitfire doing his thing. He's gonna do it whether I want him to or not.
00:24 <Alice> !link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWQ3Z3fpGJc Mission 2's opening looks familiar.. (1:35 or so)
00:24 <DerpyBot> I need to ask Twilight about that one.
00:24 <DerpyBot> Twilight told me this video is about [TAS] Saturn Elevator Action -Returns- by Mitjitsu in 14:39.5
01:26 <Alice> I have this weird urge to do something silly for this halloween because all of my classes are via Zoom or Big Blue Button.
01:27 <Alice> Basically, dress up as Gendo Ikari, and just do his "sit there ominously" pose to the camera for the entirety of the lectures.
01:27 <Alice> Alas, it looks like Halloween does not fall on a schoolday for me.
01:30 <Alice> "Get in the classroom, Shinji."
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01:39 <PrincessRainbows> it feels weird to use an actual irc client again
01:42 <PrincessRainbows> far simpler tho and it does free up resources to run something else, I can afford a rather skinny vps
01:43 * PrincessRainbows hugs Ali anyway, and licks
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01:43 * Ali leans into the PrincessRainbows hugs.
01:45 <PrincessRainbows1> I should get around to nuking this old vps then
01:47 <PrincessRainbows1> I was using a matrix bridge but it's pointless. Nobody, including me uses this instance for that
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01:50 <PrincessRainbows1> Meh, ofc that was a local container and the laptop sleeps
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02:01 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Nightly Discussion #2277 [ http://tinyurl.com/y3lexphx ]
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03:01 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Makenshi: Fanfic Music: RedSpark - A Tale of Starlight - General Solis [Orchestral] [ http://tinyurl.com/yxwd5to9 ]
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03:28 <PrincessRainbows> yeah, this is pretty nice
03:29 <PrincessRainbows> I'm going to go ahead and nuke the old one
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03:30 <PrincessRainbows> the deed is done.
03:31 * Ali snuggles on the PrincessRainbows hard.
03:31 * PrincessRainbows boops Ali's horn repeatedly
03:32 <PrincessRainbows> yay, magic horsey!
03:32 * Ali huggles PrincessRainbows again, isn't feeling magicy right now.
03:32 * PrincessRainbows brushie the Ali instead
03:33 <PrincessRainbows> wait... I had znc, quassel and matrix on the same box by accident...
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04:06 * Ali boops PrincessRainbows to stop hitting the little x up in the upper right.
04:07 * PrincessRainbows whimpers, is not smart pone can't get push notifications working
04:08 * Ali knows nothing about push notifications and irc
04:09 <PrincessRainbows> polling is ok at best, except on a phone...
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04:11 <PrincessRainbows> and in workflow terms, looking at irc manually is really inefficient :P
04:12 * Ali shrugs, has a phone that most people wouldn't even think of using nowadays
04:24 * PinkieShy licks Ali and PrincessRainbows and looks at them both with adoreable kitty eyes
04:26 * Ali mehs and leans on PinkieShy
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05:14 * Ali screams as she gets trolled by an Eevee with MINUS SPECIAL ATTACK...
05:28 <Schism> aaaaaa
05:29 <Ali> Found a second with Calm nature, at least that one isn't minus special attack
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05:32 * Jackie looks at the dictionary for the word horny
05:33 * Ali thinks that's not a good topic for here.
05:33 <Jackie> I didn't realize there's a bot here
05:34 <Ali> !seen straight
05:34 <DerpyBot> Ali: The last time I saw....will you cut that out already?!
05:35 <Jackie> !seen AshleyMoorz
05:35 <DerpyBot> Jackie: The last time I saw AshleyMoorz was 2020-09-09 14:07:19 UTC
05:35 <Ali> I have...never seen that nick
05:36 <Jackie> AshleyMoorz: Hey! I'm female 23 and I'm so horny right now. Wanna trade pics with cute man. Add me here [link removed because it's probably unsafe]
05:36 <Jackie> that's what i saw
05:36 <Ali> ...
05:36 <Ali> Sounds very much like a spambot
05:37 <Jackie> I think you weren't here at that time
05:37 <Jackie> But it joined here
05:37 <Ali> Yeah, don't worry about it
05:37 <Jackie> Then Razor joked about it being age appropriate
05:38 <Jackie> !seen SugarRush
05:38 <DerpyBot> Jackie: The last time I saw SugarRush was 2018-09-05 21:27:29 UTC
05:38 <Jackie> I think that's PinkieShy
05:39 <Jackie> I mean if they were SugarRush
05:39 <PinkieShy> One of the biggest unsolved cartoon mysteries: What is under Edd's hat from Ed edd n eddy
05:39 <Ali> Good luck ever finding that out
05:39 <Jackie> I think double d is bald
05:39 <PinkieShy> Jackie I've only used PinkieShy here in 2018 and before.
05:40 <PinkieShy> He can't be bald I mean if you look at a rendering of the character he has 3 very thick hairs coming out of the back of the hat.
05:40 <Jackie> Maybe he's braided
05:41 * PinkieShy shrugs maybe the world will never know :(
05:41 <PinkieShy> All we know is from the 2 times they showed his hat come off and ed and eddy's reactions were like "Woah cool" and "Does it hurt?"
05:42 <Jackie> !link https://youtu.be/hK99vZerSdc
05:42 <DerpyBot> I need to ask Twilight about that one.
05:42 <DerpyBot> Twilight told me this video is about Ed Edd n Eddy ~ My Best Friend Plank (HD)
05:43 <Jackie> Watch this PinkieShy
05:43 <PinkieShy> lol
05:44 <Ali> But I love chickens Eddy
05:45 <Jackie> This is just pure nostalgia
05:45 <PinkieShy> I wish they would reboot ed edd n eddy but do the same quality and such as it was before.
05:45 <PinkieShy> There is still so much stuff they can do with that series and so many people like me that remembers it and wants to see it happen :3
05:47 <Jackie> I just don't like pop references
05:48 <Jackie> I don't care if Ed Edd n Eddy becomes an Adult Swim cartoon at this point lol
05:48 <PinkieShy> We know all how it would turn out if they put it on adult swim..
05:49 <PinkieShy> It would be the most popular show on there
05:53 <Jackie> I just don't like having cable to watch it
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06:42 * Ali squeaks at PrincessRainbows
06:42 <PrincessRainbows> Very horsey, some magic too
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07:22 * PrincessRainbows noses Jackie's internet and boops
07:32 * PrincessRainbows grabs her pacifier and flops on Ali
07:33 * Finwe yawns.
07:34 * PrincessRainbows boops Finwe with her snoot and makes random filly noises
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07:35 * Alice blahs. Body and mind are saying it's time to wake up and be wide awake.
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08:17 * PrincessRainbows yawns and curls up under Ali for sleepies. Nini
08:21 * Finwe noms on tuna pasta.
08:21 <Finwe> Lunchtiem? :3
08:21 <Finwe> !hug
08:21 <DerpyBot> Hugtiem? :3
08:21 * DerpyBot wraps her front hooves around Finwe in a tight embrace
08:22 <Finwe> Combined lunch- and hugtiem!
08:25 * PrincessRainbows clutches Finwe as a life-size plushie
08:25 * Finwe hugs PrincessRainbows.
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08:28 <Alice> "USC professor removed after using Chinese word with pronunciation similar to N-word" ...
08:29 <Finwe> N-word?
08:29 <Ali> Slang for a black person probablly Finwe
08:30 <Alice> ^
08:30 <Finwe> Oh.
08:31 <Finwe> It's Latin, actually.
08:31 <Alice> ...
08:31 <Finwe> Niger means black or dark.
08:31 <Alice> Finwe, read the sentence again.
08:31 <Schism> While true, it is used as a casual slur.
08:31 <Alice> "After using Chinese word with pronunciation similar to N-word"
08:32 <Finwe> I don't know Chinese at all, so would not know which Chinese word is pronounced like that.
08:32 <Finwe> And in which dialect.
08:32 <Finwe> Cantonese differs quite a lot from mainstream Mandarin.
08:33 <Schism> Tonal languages are, certainly, difficult to translate, and what's offensive in one language is different from another.
08:33 <Schism> It's hard to say who, if anyone, is at fault just based on that.
08:34 <Ali> WIth all the cancel culture going around, who knows.
08:34 <Alice> It was "nèi ge" and "nà ge"
08:34 <Alice> Which are pronounced exactly like the relevant word.
08:35 <Alice> This happened in a Communications for Management class.
08:35 <Schism> Hm. Ge being a clarifier, stating that it is a person.
08:36 <Schism> And from what I'm seeing, the term means a person within a group.
08:36 <Schism> That's rather unfortunate.
08:37 <Alice> In any case, the reaction is overblown. Of course, with no way to verify if that's what the professor actually meant or not, it's the student's word against the professor.
08:37 <Alice> And the university would rather take the easy way out.
08:38 <Finwe> The Greek word "idiot", widely used in other languages as well, means rougly the same as the Latin-based word "individual".
08:38 <Schism> Deriving from 'id', of course.
08:39 <Finwe> At some point, the meaning started to shift towards a person who did not participate in the politics of their city-state.
08:40 <Alice> By that definition I'm an idiot.
08:40 <Finwe> Indeed, me too.
08:40 <Schism> Someone entirely focused on their own life, rather than that of the state.
08:41 <Finwe> Yes, part of the demos but still keeping a distance to the majority.
08:42 <Alice> I'd rather fix the problem than play the blame game, like people around me expect me to.
08:42 <Alice> I stay out of that kind of politics, which is all this city seems to know.
08:42 <Finwe> And then it shifted further to people not doing this because of low mental capabilities.
08:43 <Alice> Rather than fix problems, this city would rather just waste their time blaming one party or the other, or one individual in a given party, or various people in different departments, etc, etc, etc.
08:43 * Dappled exists once more. Hello.
08:43 <Finwe> Mr Dappled.
08:43 * Finwe doffs his hat.
08:43 <Alice> But, that's capital cities for you.
08:43 * Ali grabs Dappled for lots of snugs..
08:43 * Dappled snugs the Ali horse.
08:44 <Alice> Full of politicians who've never done a day's work of heavy physical labor, but will ***** and complain whenever something doesn't go their way.
08:45 <Alice> ... Dangit, Spitfire.
08:45 * Dappled made the mistake of not wearing steel toe shoes while off work for two weeks. Now has to wear them again and my pain is unending.
08:45 <Finwe> Did you drop something on your feet?
08:45 <Alice> From the weight of the shoes, or are the shoes just not the right size, and your feet too small?
08:45 <Alice> Er, too large*
08:45 <Dappled> Weight and bending of shoes.
08:45 * Dappled is used to flexibility he doesn't have.
08:46 <Alice> Ah.
08:46 * Finwe hats on Ali.
08:46 <Alice> Hey, Schism, people on Twitter are crazy.
08:46 * Finwe noms on Ali's ears.
08:46 <Schism> Alice: Noooo. Surely you jest.
08:47 <Alice> This one person started screaming about how we should add honorifics such as "-sama" to names of Twitter folks based on whether or not they have more followers than us.
08:47 <Schism> Well, I'm pretty sure that you joined later than me. Perhaps you should call me -senpai?
08:47 <Alice> Later than you? When did you join Twitter?
08:47 * Schism simply facepalms, though.
08:48 <Finwe> Arigato, Schism-chan.
08:48 * Ali stays off these platforms cause they're more toxic than a Muk
08:48 <Schism> Alice: I'm pretty sure I got in pretty early...
08:48 <Alice> May 2009 here.
08:49 <Finwe> Twitter?
08:49 <Alice> Yes.
08:49 <Finwe> I don't even have an account.
08:49 <Alice> I have one to follow artists.
08:49 <Alice> But on occasion, one of them retweets the madness of Twitter.
08:50 <Alice> So regardless of what I do, I still see some of the bad of Twitter, albiet at a much lower frequency than most.
08:50 <Alice> Especially since a majority of the accounts I follow, I can't fully understand anyways.
08:50 <Schism> Oh, whatever the case. I don't even know when the account was made, but it was 10 years ago at least.
08:50 <Alice> Heh.
08:51 <Alice> I only created it because at the time, it was the "in" thing for programmers to do.
08:51 <Alice> Was it any better back then compared to now? Probably, but not by much.
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08:51 <Finwe> My registration in Canternet turns 10 years old this autumn. o3o
08:51 <Finwe> Lt Cdr ConfusionRift.
08:51 <Finwe> o7
08:51 <Alice> People realized it could be used like a virtual soapbox pretty early on.
08:51 <Ali> Finwe, how?
08:51 <Alice> What changed was how Twitter made sure people were overloaded with information.
08:52 <Ali> You couldn't have been on here a whole year before me.
08:52 <ConfusionRift> RAdm. Finwe. (salutes)
08:52 <ConfusionRift> And hello everypony.
08:53 <Finwe> Ali: Because I count wrong.
08:53 <Finwe> I joined _after_ S1, not in the beginning.
08:53 <Finwe> 9 years, not 10.
08:53 * Dappled doesn't think he joined till season 3 at the earliest. Knows that season 1 and 2 were out by the time he joined up.
08:54 <Finwe> Time is not discrete.
08:54 <Ali> Mine is 8y41w6d
08:55 <Alice> Hum, where did he and how- Ah, that's not that bad. Though he did try to bury it this time.
08:57 * Dappled goes to lay down cause legs still hurt. Stupid physical labor.
08:58 <Alice> Usually for me, it's the lower back that hurts, rather than the legs.
08:58 <Finwe> You should vote for the Torys if you're tired of Labour.
08:58 <Schism> Alice: They were so intent on discovering if they could, they never stopped to think about if they should. https://twitter.com/sawdustbear/status/1295849385129959424
08:58 <Alice> I think all those months of 8 hours of walking, and then the occasional year here and there doing inventory has made my legs impervious to pain.
09:01 <Alice> As is, I can easily do an hour of biking at 15kph(? I never checked the unit, so...) no problem.
09:01 <Alice> The biggest issue is simply hydration.
09:01 <Finwe> *Tories, actually.
09:02 * Alice loads up Delivery Guy: The Series: The Movie: The Game.
09:03 <Finwe> Alice: I can easily do 6 hours of biking at 30 km/h. o3o
09:03 <Alice> Not bad.
09:03 <Finwe> As for hydration, I have noticed that drinking mineral water is a good way of keeping hydrated.
09:03 <Alice> I could probably pull off much longer, but again, hydration is the key issue.
09:03 <Alice> I sweat like mad.
09:04 <Finwe> Or just water, but then you have to maintain the electrolytic balance somehow.
09:04 <Alice> For endurance runs, I'd definitely need something like, a water pack with like, a hose or something.
09:04 <Finwe> I have a frind who participates in cross-continent bike tours.
09:04 <Alice> Otherwise, I'd dehydrate myself before I run out of endurance.
09:04 * Alice goes to check units, just for the hell of it.
09:04 <Finwe> He has to eat and drink while riding.
09:05 <Alice> It's miles-per-hour.
09:06 <Alice> So I'm doing about 25kph.
09:06 <Alice> So, not actually that bad.
09:06 <Finwe> 24 km/h, then.
09:06 <Finwe> That's rather brisk speed.
09:07 <Alice> And yet, it's actually too easy for me. I only stop at about that speed because I feel if I speed up, my legs will fly off the exercise bike.
09:07 <Finwe> Especially within city limits, where you often need to stop for traffic lights and whatnot.
09:07 <Alice> Yeah, this is an exercise bike.
09:07 <Alice> So no need to worry about that.
09:08 <Alice> You know, I knew I was going to go explore..
09:08 <Alice> So why didn't I bring ladders or ropes?
09:14 <Alice> Ah well. *Returns, gets equipment* I'll keep this in mind in the future.
09:18 <Alice> Nothing I hate more than when a game doesn't allow me to silence music. I am not a fan of Kojima's real-world music decisions.
09:21 <Alice> Oh cute. I didn't need to bring climbing gear at all, some ladders I missed when I explored this area earlier, that I could have used.
09:21 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: New Pony Life Teaser, and Reveal That It's Heading to Youtube [ http://tinyurl.com/y5zyumjh ]
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09:35 <Alice> Well that was a bust.
09:37 <Finwe> Of Pallas?
09:37 * ConfusionRift sits down with another bowl of [Indescribable Food Item].
09:41 * Alice looks at the blurry, pixeled mess.
09:41 <Alice> Looks good.
09:43 <Alice> Sweet geezus, I was gone for three days game, and you give me +28 Bridge Link levels just because I repaired a ROAD.
09:45 <Alice> "Visits to the Seam: 1" Wait, what? I never- When?
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09:46 * ConfusionRift tilts his head.
09:48 <Alice> According to the Tips section of the game, The Seam is part of the death mechanics in Death Stranding. When you die, you end up in a place called The Seam, and have to escape it to resurrect.
09:49 <Alice> Meanwhile, the Bridge Link is one of five different statistics you can grow in the game. Growing said stats provides benefits in the form of new stuff you can make, use and so on. Bridge Links, in particular, relate to inter-player stuff.
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09:53 <Alice> Seems it A) Increases the timespan in which I can "Like" any player constructs. Likes are exactly what you think they are, the same damned thing as seen on Twitter, Facebook and such. They're used as a form of experience.
09:53 <Alice> And B) Allows me to "favourite" certain players, so that I see more of their structures.
09:57 <Alice> Dangit, I walked right into that enemy.
09:58 <Alice> And of course in my infinite wisdom, I didn't bother making any more grenades.
10:01 <Alice> Right, if and when I get my OSAP, I'm spending a portion of it on a new PC case. This one's driving me up a wall with the noise.
10:02 <Alice> It's vent grilles cause an incessant humming when the fans run at a certain speed, due to airflow through them.
10:07 * ConfusionRift puts on the rack server, and lets the jet turbine of a fan deafen everyone.
10:08 <Alice> Oh, the noise of spinning and the airflow? That doesn't bother me.
10:09 <Alice> This is one of those underlying humming noises that really grates on the ears. Like something is pressing up against it.
10:09 <Alice> This isn't the standard airflow noise.
10:09 <Alice> You know how in some regions, there's a weird humming noise that only some people can hear?
10:10 <ConfusionRift> o_0
10:10 <Alice> Yeah, that's an actual thing.
10:10 <Alice> Look it up. Anyhow...
10:10 <Alice> Basically, it's a hum that can only be heard by select people. It's not imagined, either. Recordings pick it up.
10:11 <Alice> Some people either just don't hear it, or are so used to it, they're oblivious.
10:11 <Alice> It's an interesting thing, because it's been known to medically affect people.
10:11 <Alice> Like, feelings of nausea, dizziness and the like.
10:11 <Alice> This is that kind of hum. It's not loud, but it HURTS.
10:12 <ConfusionRift> Well it's hard to hear anything else due to everyone being so noisy all the time. Also tinnitus, and I tend to have headphones on most of the time.
10:12 <Alice> That's the thing.
10:12 <Alice> This doesn't seem to care much about hearing loss.
10:13 <Alice> With exception to completely deaf people, of course.
10:13 <Alice> The spectrum of people this hum affects ranges from the young all the way to the old.
10:13 <Alice> Anyways, I know it's not the fans directly.
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10:15 <Alice> Oh, OSAP accepted my letter.
10:15 <Alice> I'll be getting my funding.
10:15 <Alice> ...
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10:15 <Alice> I'm getting $11,235 in grants in total for the year.
10:16 <ConfusionRift> Huh.
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10:21 <Alice> Which means none of it has to be repaid.
10:27 * Alice produces some grenades. Hematic grenades. Made of BLOOOOOOOD!
10:28 <Alice> No orders out there... hum. Let's walk along that path, and create a relatively safe route.
10:32 <Alice> Seriously, do not mess around with the enemies in this game. It's Kojima, so yeah, stealth helps a lot, but do not treat this game like MGS, either.
10:32 <Alice> If your choices are run or fight? You're probably better off running.
10:33 <ConfusionRift> Yeah, The Walking Simulator didn't catch my attention. :P
10:34 <ConfusionRift> I know I know, I'm just fooling. It's just... it really doesn't call my attention. And believe it or not, being part the Kojima line-up IS another thing that bothers me.
10:35 <ConfusionRift> I put the MG series in the list of games that are better to watch others play, than play them myself.
10:35 * ConfusionRift shrugs.
10:37 <Alice> Yeah, it's one of those games that appeals to certain individual types.
10:37 <Alice> For me, it appeals to my desire to be a courier in games.
10:37 <Alice> Such games are far and in between though.
10:39 <Alice> And I'm not talking courier in the sense of "Deliver X to Y, because ingame reasons." I mean "Deliver X to Y, because player Z needs it, or it helps other players."
10:39 <Alice> So games like Euro Truck Simulator and such don't count.
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10:40 <Alice> Alternatively, a type of courier-like game is any game that has a simulated market, so there's supply, demand, and construction that happens based on stuff I deliver. So the X series, for example.
10:42 <Alice> This game appeals in that regard because even though it's not directly multiplayer, players can construct stuff that will show up in other player's games.
10:43 <Alice> However, it needs to be supplied with resources to be usable. If players deliver resources, and complete construction, then the structure becomes usable for all players it shows up for.
10:45 * ConfusionRift sighs. "I keep moving around the X series, probably because of the mess that was Elite: Dangerous."
10:46 <Alice> Hum, I don't blame you. The X series has been hit or miss.
10:46 <Alice> X3 is, for many, the best of the series, especially with the later expansions/standalone games that fix up the UI a lot.
10:46 <Alice> X4 is... It's improved a lot since it's initial launch.
10:47 <Alice> X Rebirth, as I understand it, is a complete flop.
10:47 <Alice> I am warning you, if you plan to check out X4, you're going to want a lot of RAM.
10:48 <Alice> And a good, strong, single-threaded processor.
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10:49 <ConfusionRift> More than a i7 8700 and 32GB of DDR4 RAM?
10:49 <Alice> That'll do.
10:50 <Alice> The game uses a lot of RAM, and not just because "LOL Devs are stupid"
10:50 <Alice> It uses the RAM to improve loading.
10:50 <ConfusionRift> 16GB of it.
10:50 <Alice> In X3, the load times between sectors was a bit lengthy, even on a high-end PC.
10:50 <Alice> In X4, they cut the load times down to "instantaneous"
10:50 <Alice> At the cost of a long load time up front.
10:51 <Alice> What they do is basically load the entire game into RAM, more or less.
10:51 <Alice> So upwards of 10-12GB of usage.
10:52 <Alice> 16GB meanwhile, should suffice.
10:53 <ConfusionRift> Just saying. The recommended is 16GB, with 8GB minimum. But I bet that's for potato performance.
10:54 <Alice> Oh, I wasn't aware that was the recommended.
10:54 <Alice> But yeah.
10:54 <Alice> You want single-core performance more than multicore. It's akin to Factorio, the game is heavily deterministic.
10:54 <Alice> And thus, relies on a single CPU core for most of it's work.
10:55 * ConfusionRift looks at Noita, sighs, and leaves it alone.
10:56 <Alice> What about it?
10:56 <Finwe> A witch!
10:56 <Finwe> Burn it!
10:57 <ConfusionRift> Can't beat it. Get decently far, and some garbage happens and I die... then have to start all over again. Like nothing ever happened.
10:57 <Alice> That's why, if I ever create a roguelike, I plan to have "disable permadeath" in it.
10:57 <Finwe> Baba Is You from the same designer was nice.
10:57 <Alice> It'll be counted in a separate ladder, though.
10:58 <ConfusionRift> Baba is You is a different beast. :P Don't mean that in a bad way, it's a fun game.
10:59 <Alice> No, but some people would like to see the end.
10:59 <ConfusionRift> But one is a pain in the A roguelike, and the other is a casual somewhat puzzler.
10:59 <Alice> That said, with no permadeath, a new type of consequence should be implemented.
11:00 <Alice> One that retains the "fear of dying" but not in the sense that you're sent to square 1.
11:00 <ConfusionRift> Hopefully not "the illusion of difficulty".
11:01 <Alice> Nah.
11:01 <Alice> Though, for a game where permadeath can be turned off, it'd be hard to do something that doesn't invoke that sense, while retaining the sense of "don't die"
11:02 <RazorSharpFang> Good evening
11:02 <ConfusionRift> Hallooo.
11:02 <Alice> Good evenin'
11:03 <RazorSharpFang> I was thinking of getting into options trading.
11:04 <Alice> The simple difficulty method ConfusionRift, would probably be "Respawn points. On death, you retain all stats and such." And either one of "All your equipment is stored in a corpse spot where you died" or "All of your equipment takes a considerable endurance hit."
11:05 <ConfusionRift> At least in TBoI you unlock more things you can find in later runs. And Risk of Rain is not that long, and have alternate areas.
11:05 <ConfusionRift> I should mention I have grown to dislike roguelikes, for that one reason.
11:05 <Finwe> RazorSharpFang: After higher rates of return, are we?
11:05 <ConfusionRift> And of course, gotta make them a pain to play.
11:06 * Finwe boops RazorSharpFang with the Black-Scholes partial differential equation.
11:06 <Alice> I'll be back in a bit. I promised the parents I'd vacuum the stairwell and upstairs while my dad was off picking up my mother.
11:07 <RazorSharpFang> Finwe, yes - or, rather, I'd like to be able to profit even if the valuation of my holdings falls.
11:07 <ConfusionRift> Okaday.
11:07 <Alice> Also, just a heads up Rifty, I got tested for COVID-19, and I came back negative, in case my health as of late has been worrying you in any way for some reason.
11:07 <Alice> So recent health isn't the result of COVID-19. Whoo. Mystery illness!
11:07 <ConfusionRift> Oh, nice. Though I suspected it wasn't the case.
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11:18 * RazorSharpFang yawns.
11:18 <RazorSharpFang> I'm pretty tired after cycling to and from work today
11:18 <Alice> Back.
11:18 <Alice> But yeah, mother was paranoid, so I got tested again. Especially since it's even easier now.
11:19 <Alice> Call to set up an appointment, then just drive to the site, and it's literally a drive-through setup.
11:19 * ConfusionRift nods.
11:19 <ConfusionRift> That's how I did mine.
11:19 * Lumindia feeds everyone pancakes
11:19 <Lumindia> o vo
11:20 * ConfusionRift noms, thankies, then patpats Lumindia.
11:20 <Alice> Geezus hell where did YOU come from!? *Throws blood at BT*
11:20 <Lumindia> o.o?
11:21 * Lumindia feeds a pancake to Alice
11:21 <Lumindia> nom nom
11:23 <Alice> Death Stranding. BTs, "Beached Things", are the enemies you face. They're more trouble than they look.
11:24 <Alice> If one spots you, you'll see this stuff start tracking you, and if it reaches you, you get mired in a sludge, and strange sludge-corpses attempt to drag you down. If you get dragged down, you're pulled into a battle with a powerful monster.
11:24 <Alice> You do NOT want to get caught.
11:26 <Alice> The problem with them is they're invisible. That little butterfly thing that Sam's always wearing? Shows the enemies when you scan, but only in the direction you scan.
11:26 <Alice> On top of that, go too far away, they disappear from view. And if you try to use stealth methods, such as holding your breath, they also disappear.
11:26 <Alice> So the usual methods of dealing with them are "Stay away," "Hold your breath," or "Grenades/Weapons."
11:27 <Alice> The last one is kind of hard though as any weapons you have count against your carrying weight.
11:29 <Alice> The ideal approach is "stay away." But sometimes, you'll be moving along and BAM! Walk right into one because you're not scanning frequently enough.
11:30 <Alice> The hold breath one carries risk. You can't see them while you're holding your breath, even if you're scanning. Also, it drains your stamina, and if you let it drain, you run the risk of falling unconscious.
11:34 <Alice> Dangit.
11:35 <Alice> Dangit! The cargo's been damaged too much.
11:38 <Alice> Let's try that again...
11:41 * Alice travels along. "I want to ride my tricycle, I want to ride my trike, I want to ride my tricycle, I want to ride it where I like. Can't believe it was destroyed, and I can't make another..."
11:43 <Alice> https://i.imgur.com/0LuHj6g.jpg So you see that little black and orange thing hanging off the pack? That's where Monster Energy is stored for use. Is it just me, or does it look like a Duracell battery?
11:46 * Alice sighs. Glad she brought more grenades this time.
11:57 <Alice> Lookit that, made it through in one piece.
11:59 * Filly_Nightmares uses Alice as a bed and goes sleepies on
11:59 * Filly_Nightmares uses Lumindia as a blankie and goes sleepies moar!
12:00 * Lumindia snuggles
12:02 * Alice pets Filly_Nightmares. "Gnight."
12:02 <Alice> Meanwhile, I finished that run just in time for class.
12:07 <ConfusionRift> And that was Just Shapes& Beats. Very short, but was fun.
12:07 <Alice> Heh.
12:17 <Lumindia> y'all are beautiful beanms
12:17 <Lumindia> o wo
12:17 * Lumindia pats everyone
12:21 * ConfusionRift patpats Lumindia back. :P
12:29 <Alice> Ah, Zoom.
12:29 <Alice> Of 40 people, only 4 are unmuted, and only two are streaming video. Me and the prof. o3o
12:31 <Alice> Results in weirdness.
12:32 <Alice> Normally I'm used to lecture halls full of students who will not shut up as the professor tries to start the lecture.
12:32 <Alice> But here? Not a single student is saying anything.
12:32 <ConfusionRift> Hehehe.
12:36 <Alice> Apparently, the students are all over the world this time.
12:36 <Alice> So it's... yeah.
12:41 <Alice> I legitimately have no idea how quizzes and exams are going to be handled.
12:41 <Alice> Because there's proctoring involved.
13:14 * ConfusionRift shrugs. "Dunnoooo... sleep tiiiiime..."
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13:33 <Alice> My throat's killing me. x.x
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14:31 * Alice flops.
14:45 <Lumindia> why is it that whenever I go to twitter to look at a comment thread of a meme someone posted I immedaitely become disgusted with the world
14:45 <Lumindia> =_=
14:49 <Alice> Because some people on Twitter want to watch the world burn, some quite literally, others figuratively.
14:50 <Alice> Secondly, stop applying their behaviour to the entire world. The entire world isn't just those select few individuals that disgust you.
14:51 <Lumindia> even this whole 'cuties' thing?
14:51 <Lumindia> and all the people that support it?
14:53 * Alice sighs.
14:53 <Lumindia> all I'll say
14:55 <Alice> Look, I don't know what that involves, and quite frankly, I don't give a fuck. What I do give a fuck about is when you, and other people like you, get disgusted with the world as a whole, over the actions of a select few people, and start making commentary that pisses me off.
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14:55 <Alice> Why should the entire gods damned world be damned because of a select few to you?
14:56 <Alice> Tell me, what did the entire world do to earn your ire?
14:57 <Alice> There is more good in this world than bad, it's not my damned fault that you only ever see the bad, and let it affect your way of thinking. And it should be none of my business. But when you make such all-encompassing statements, you pull me into it.]
14:57 <Alice> It pisses me off.
15:03 <Finwe> Lt Pony|11600.
15:03 <Finwe> o7
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15:20 * Schism watches the finale of Stranger Things, season 2, and facepalms. "REALLY. The Police - I'll Be Watching You? At a student ball? Okay, in context it's a brilliant choice but COME ON."
15:21 * Finwe noms on Pony|11600's tail.
15:23 * Pony|11600 tail-wiggles at Finwe's nom.
15:23 * Alice flops into bed.
15:31 * PrincessRainbows hugs everyhorse and licks too
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15:37 <Alice> This day is testing my patience considerably.
16:33 <Alice> Guh, I feel like I'm having an allergic reaction to something.
17:01 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Makenshi: Equestria & Friendship Music: Heartsong - Home Sweet Home [Soundtrack] [ http://tinyurl.com/y4lkle9n ]
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18:01 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: New Long PMV - PNEUMA [ http://tinyurl.com/y5art3sa ]
18:48 <Starlight_Glimmer> I wish I had bought the book horse bedding when I had the chance. Could have really used that now :(
19:00 <PrincessRainbows> yeah, ponies are soft
19:01 * Filly_Nightmares uses Starlight_Glimmer as bed
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19:13 <PinkieShy> hihi every pony! :D time to get this beautiful day started!!! :D
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21:13 * Filly_Nightmares chew on Heartbreak tail
21:15 <Alice> ... I like, how, if you don't have a mouse connected to a Windows machine, when you remotely log into it using say, Parsec or Steam Remote Play, you won't have a mouse cursor.
21:16 <Alice> Apparently the solution is to turn on mouse keys, because it creates a mouse cursor controlled by the keyboard, which can be managed by Parsec and/or Steam Remote Play.
21:21 <Dappled> Angeline! I have something important to share with you.
21:21 * Angeline blinks
21:21 <Dappled> https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EhjmlCxXYAAp8D3?format=jpg&name=large [Monster Hunter]
21:21 * Angeline hugs Dappled's head.
21:22 * Dappled hugs Angeline back.
21:22 <Dappled> Look at this precious baby.
21:22 <Angeline> Mizutsune!
21:22 <Angeline> Soapsnek!
21:23 * Dappled loves it.
21:24 <Alice> I need to get back to the Hunt.
21:27 <Alice> *Aggressive Stomach Growling*
21:27 <Angeline> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyXeOpj3RWI
21:28 <Angeline> [Mizutsune Theme]
21:31 * Dappled got into MH Gen U recently and was shocked to learn that Mizutsune wasn't an elder dragon. Didn't know about the leviathan class at all.
21:33 <Alice> Mmhmm, indeed.
21:34 <Alice> The Four are closer in line to "abnormalities" rather than elder dragons.
21:36 <Alice> I'm guessing then, Dappled, that World was your first MH game?
21:37 <Dappled> yup
21:38 <Dappled> Kinda. I played a couple hours on a 3ds game, but the controls were so bad I couldn't play it. With the advent of the switch control scheme, I can actually play this.
21:38 <Alice> Yeah, the ideal solution for the 3DS games are to use a New 3DS or get the circle pad pro addon or whatever it's called.
21:39 <Alice> That said, I did play MH3U and MH4U without the secondary analog stick.
21:39 * Schism passes Alice a trimate, a max potion, an elixir, and a red potion.
21:40 <Alice> Anyhoo, basically? Prepare for a different form of difficulty. Whereas MHW expected MMO-style behavior for fighting, the "Old WOrld" games are more endurance, dodging and skill.
21:40 * Alice uses the trimate, proceeds to beat up a Nav Rappy.
21:41 <Dappled> Tell that to Alatreon in World.
21:41 <Dappled> But overall, yes.
21:41 <Alice> I said "different form of difficulty"
21:42 <Alice> MHW takes on a more MMO-like form for the late-game elder dragons. DPS checks, having to stand at certain points to survive, etc.
21:42 * Dappled is going to miss Kulve Taroth/Tigrex's Free Meal 3.
21:43 * Alice checks...
21:43 <Dappled> Free meal at 75%.
21:43 <Dappled> Was such gloriousness to chug mega pots for days.
21:44 <Alice> Mmhmm.
21:44 <Alice> There is such a skill in MHGU, though. If the description is what I think it means.
21:44 <Alice> Light Eater.
21:45 <Alice> https://mhgu.kiranico.com/skill/49876
21:45 <Dappled> Pretty sure it's only at 25% though.
21:46 <Alice> Probably, but still.
21:55 <Alice> You know what's (not) fun? Getting up too fast, getting dizzy, and falling over onto your hands and knees to keep conscious.
21:58 * Dappled runs alchemy style. Hands out the good whetstones.
22:00 <Alice> Aerial style. I like the increased mobility.
22:01 <Alice> Also makes it easier to mount.
22:01 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Poll Results: What Kind of Pony Content Have You Enjoyed? [ http://tinyurl.com/y4ky89cq ]
22:13 <Lumindia> And in one case, LITERALLY from an MMO
22:13 * Lumindia looks over at Behemoth
22:47 <Angeline> I was introduced to MH way back on PSP
22:47 <Angeline> but never really got to play it until
22:47 <Angeline> well
22:47 <Angeline> MH4U
22:47 <Angeline> Gore Magala is still my favorite
22:54 <Ali> Really want to know what happened to this game's code
22:54 <Ali> There were 5 cars crashed out of this race
22:55 <Ali> In the post race report, it reports 0 cars crashed in a crash heavy event.
23:01 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Discussion: Which Pony do You Relate to the Most? [ http://tinyurl.com/y2m4tfmz ]
23:26 * Schism passes Alice a hot dog with chili paste.
23:47 <Schism> Ali: ... have you heard of the Vietnamese bootleg of Pokemon Crystal? It seems to be one of those things you have to witness to understand...
23:48 <Ali> Its...special from what I've heard.
23:48 <Schism> That is... yes.
23:52 <Angeline> That post's easy
23:52 <Angeline> Scootaloo
23:52 <Ali> That's not how you spell Twilight Angeline
23:59 <PinkieShy> Goody's at the old Kmart shopping center finally shuttered their doors
23:59 <PinkieShy> Next is supposed to be Dollar General when they get the new location down the road built
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