Log archive of EquestriaDaily for Thursday, 2020-09-24

00:02 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Delta Vee's Junkyard - Episode 4 [ http://tinyurl.com/y5khy42n ]

00:25 <Alice> Pro gamer move:  Make sure you're giving your video card enough power.  It might crash otherwise.

00:30 <Alice> ...

00:31 <Alice> So, Morrowind on the original X-Box, when it was low on memory, rather than clear memory like a sane programmer, they just rebooted the console.

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00:35 <Ali> I didn't think Morrowind was Xbone compatable.

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00:37 <Alice> The original Xbox, not the 360 or later.

00:37 <Ali> Still the Xbone

00:37 <Alice> Fair enough.

00:37 <Alice> But yeah, they managed to port it.

00:38 <Alice> That said, using such a hack to clear memory is... what.

00:38 <Ali> Well I never played Morrowind

00:38 <Ali> Obivion was the only ES I messed with

00:39 <Ali> And those games are nice but so few VA's really annoyed me

00:40 <Ali> Cause every person sounds the same and that is just wierd

00:40 <Alice> Aside from a much larger world by far, and mechanically more broken(not bugs, though it did have it's fair share of them) than Oblivion or Skyrim.

00:40 <Ali> IT JUST WORKS after all

00:41 <Alice> These days, it may actually be better to play it using OpenMW, an open-source re-implementation of the Morrowind engine, not including it's bug(but introducing some of it's own, due to clean-room reverse engineering.)

00:42 <Alice> But usually them bugs get cleared up fast 'cause open source.

00:42 <Alice> They also usually amount more to "This mod doesn't work, because this behavior is expected, but OpenMW implements it differently."

00:42 <Ali> Well cause Bugthesda was never known for fixing bugs

00:44 <Alice> The weirdest part about that is, for compatibility purposes, bugs have to be purposely introduced.

00:44 <Alice> For maximum compatibility with the original engine, any known pre-existing bugs have to be re-implemented exactly.

00:45 <Alice> Otherwise, certain sequences of events and actions may not result in the same outcome, which, due to the butterfly effect, could produce problems down the road.

00:45 <Alice> Of course, one can disable the use of these bugs, and take the above risk anyways.

00:46 <Ali> Heh

00:46 <Alice> The risk is usually minimal, though.

00:47 <Alice> It's more along the lines of "hand-to-hand combat is broken, fix it" and "do X instead of Y." and so on.

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00:50 <Alice> As it is, OpenMW is far enough that one can complete the game from start to finish.  May be some quirks along the way, but we can always just blame Bethesda, even if they had nothing to do with it.

00:51 <Ali> Well not for an old game now

00:52 <Alice> Thing about clean room reverse engineering.  You can only implement behavior you can see, on the grounds that you can't run the original code through a disassembler and figure out what it's doing.   As a result, it's not 100% authentic.  But it's enough.

00:52 <Ali> But like 76, that game is trash and has bugs from over a year ago

00:52 <Alice> I wonder what, if any impact Microsoft buying Bethesda by proxy will have on that problem.

00:53 <Ali> Who knows, maybe none

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00:59 <Alice> Man, I feel like I did a lot of heavy lifting today, with extremely poor form.

01:02 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: My Little Pony Speedpaint Compilation #153 [ http://tinyurl.com/y35ct2sp ]

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02:02 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Nightly Discussion #2291 [ http://tinyurl.com/y2xjg27q ]

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02:44 * Ali flops over PrincessRainbows and sighs in relief, found Pokemon Box R&S, XD< and the Colosseum Bonus Disc, but not actual Colosseum game though.

03:02 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Makenshi: Luna & Tia Music: SlightlyAmiss - Visions [Metal] [ http://tinyurl.com/y3s4uz6f ]

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04:00 <Schism> TFW you find yourself roaming around a graveyard with janky bootlaces on high-top Chucks, a distressed leather jacket, ripped jeans, and long, unkempt hair, and probably some half-polished nails.  "...am I the third person to get murdered in this horror film?"

04:01 * Ali pounces Schism and noms ears

04:01 * Schism shrieks! And explodes into strawberry jam.

04:05 * Ali cries, she wanted to snuggle...

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04:07 * Golden flops. He has a few games to beat. He also found a new sealed copy of P3 Fes.

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04:35 <Schism> How can I speak...

04:36 <Schism> F....

04:37 * Schism slowly runs out into a something.

04:38 <Schism> Alice, help me.

04:38 * Ali headtilts

04:38 <Schism> No, not Ali.  Don't worry, it's fine, I'm just being silly.

04:39 * Schism slowly tries to speak in a sapphire frame, and winds up spurting sapphires.

04:39 * Ali throws Rubies at Schism

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05:09 * Angeline slithers onto Ali and naps.

05:09 * Ali pat pats Angeline and tucks filly to bed

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05:30 * Ali grabbiehooves for Dappled

06:03 * Angeline also grabbyhooves at Dappled. She's laying on Ali's back.

06:04 * Ali snuggles with Angeline

06:28 * PrincessRainbows whimpers and grabby hooves at Ali madly

06:30 * Ali squeaks and hugs PrincessRainbows

06:32 * PrincessRainbows hugs Ali so much, it all hurts

06:32 * Ali brushies softly the PrincessRainbows and gives her more hugs.

06:33 <PrincessRainbows> I don't know why or how I still have any reason to expect anything good in the future

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06:46 * PrincessRainbows hugs Ali like a plushie anyway

06:46 * Ali purrs and huggles and brushies PrincessRainbows. Gives good little mare a treat.

06:48 <PrincessRainbows> I'm trying my hardest to carry on with life and I have nothing to show for it

06:52 <PrincessRainbows> And ugh, the physical pain too...

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07:22 * PrincessRainbows grabs her pacifier and grabby hooves at Ali for more snuggles

07:22 * Ali snugs PrincessRainbows so much and puts a blanket on her as well as her fav pono plushie.

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07:54 * PrincessRainbows whinnies and decides to go sleepy like a good little filly. Nini

08:12 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Morning Discussion #2064 [ http://tinyurl.com/y5vgpjdr ]

08:12 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Kotobukiya Releases Images of Alternate Limited Edition Color Variant For Twilight Sparkle  [ http://tinyurl.com/yyqaobam ]

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08:53 <Dappled> Hey there! It's 4 am! Wheeeeee!

09:08 * PrincessRainbows clutches Dappled and sighs. Ofc, insomnia

09:08 <Dappled> Not for me.

09:08 * Dappled hugs PrincessRainbows.

09:08 <Dappled> I just got off work at a reasonable time for once in the past few months.

09:12 * PrincessRainbows horses at Dappled and licks

09:13 * Dappled gives pats and settles down for pokemon.

09:23 * PrincessRainbows whinnies happily and trots off too

09:40 * PrincessRainbows curls up under the nearest horse for sleepies. is finally getting tired

11:26 * Schism isn't a horse, issa bugpone.

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11:40 * Lumindia wiggles, hugs everyone

11:55 * Lumindia boops Schism

11:55 <Lumindia> "The summoner horn serves as a conduit for the summoner to convery nonverbal direction to his egi, but some scholars also believe that it would have been worn as a status symbol in the days of the allagan empire, as it was tangible proof that one had overcome an eikon.

12:07 * Alice awakens.

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12:09 * Alice wonders if Schism is alright.

12:12 <Alice> Oh no.

12:12 <Alice> Something has pissed off a swarm of crows.

12:14 * Schism is le bleh. Noms upon a bagel with cream cheese, though. And also, boops Alice with a murder.

12:15 <Schism> I was really tired last night.  And not entirely sane!

12:15 <Alice> Are you sane now?

12:15 <Schism> As much as I ever am.

12:15 <Alice> Sounds good.

12:16 * Schism giggles at RealLifeComics. "Yup. That's what is precluding me from making ramen."

12:16 <Alice> But yeah, something has pissed off a murder of crows out there.  Lotta them moving around, cawing at something.

12:17 <Alice> Ramen does indeed take time to make, yes.  Especially tonkatsu ramen.

12:17 <Alice> Sweet merciful geezus, whatever they're pissed off at is near my house.

12:18 <Alice> I need to see what it is.

12:20 <Alice> Whatever it is, it's on the roof of the houses.

12:21 <Alice> I can hear something moving around up there.

12:26 <Alice> C'mon birds, stop.

12:29 <Alice> Well, they quieted down.

12:29 <Alice> So either the critter is dead, or it's gone into hiding.

12:30 <Alice> Oddly enough, they quieted down after Spitfire wandered off.  They better not be cawing at him.

12:35 <Alice> Right, it's cold today.  o3o

12:37 * Lumindia engages soft

12:37 * Lumindia huggu an alice

12:37 * Alice hugs back.

12:54 * Alice is technically attending and not attending lecture.

12:54 <Alice> I got the Zoom meeting going to "attend", but it's muted.  o3o

12:54 <Alice> Instead, I'm watching a game stream from one of my Dutch friends.

12:56 * Alice puts Lumindia in a room with an old-style fridge. "Whatever you do, don't take your eyes off of this fridge."

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13:16 <Alice> ...

13:16 <Alice> Uh oh.

13:16 <Alice> There's a cat on our backyard "deck".  It's not one of ours.

13:20 <Alice> Standard tabby pattern.  Looks to be about a year or two old.  Looks clean, so it's not a stray.  Probably someone's outdoor cat.

13:32 <RazorSharpFang> Cat fight?

13:33 <Alice> Sorta.

13:33 <Alice> Spitfire was not happy to see it there.

13:33 <Alice> Ears were back, tail was flicking.

13:33 <Alice> The other cat meanwhile was just... rolling on the ground and sniffing around.

13:33 <Alice> Car Alarms.  Most useless invention ever, since no one ever takes them seriously.

13:35 <Alice> Let's see, what's the prof talking about now..?

13:35 <Alice> Ah, signal sampling.

13:39 <Alice> And Digital->Analog, Analog->Digital conversions.

13:40 <Lumindia> ...

13:40 <Lumindia> Alice did you just put me in a room with an SCP?

13:41 <Alice> Yes.

13:41 <Alice> One from Control, in particular.

13:56 <Alice> I am in need of several shots of tequila.

14:05 <Alice> ... I...

14:05 <Alice> Okay, Twitterverse, that's terrifying.

14:05 <Alice> I commented on Twitter that I needed a few shots of tequila.

14:06 <Alice> A twitter bot caught the tweet, and responded.

14:06 <Alice> It was a drink mixing recipe bot.  It suggested a mix of boozes that'd cause me to black out.

14:10 <Alice> Spitfire found a spider, started following it around and playing with it.  I think it just bit him.

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14:27 <Alice> Oh, huh.  Saebashi's game is almost ready for release.

14:28 <Alice> Been following it, and wanting to check it out.  TOKOYO: The Tower of Perpetuity.

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15:21 <Alice> I hear a chainsaw.

15:33 <RazorSharpFang> I could probably tear down the nuclear facility at this point and rely entirely on the solar panels and accumulators.

15:42 <Alice> Heh.

15:43 <Alice> ...

15:43 <Alice> Geezus cripes.

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15:43 <Alice> A black barrister was misidentified as a defendent THREE TIMES IN ONE DAY.

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16:02 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Makenshi: Pony Concept Music: RedSpark - A Day's Adventure [Orchestral] [ http://tinyurl.com/y3qxknq6 ]

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17:00 <Alice> Oh my gods the NSLSC has the worst automated system.

17:01 <Alice> Five minutes of messages and notes, then it asks for information.  If you mess up input, or take too long, you have to start over.

17:02 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: New Pony Life 2021 Calendar Appears at Dollar Tree [ http://tinyurl.com/y2aufwkr ]

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17:02 *** ChanServ sets mode: +qo Ali Ali

17:09 <Alice> So, that caller from yesterday appears to have been a phishing/identity theft scan.

17:09 <Alice> Er, scam*

17:13 <Ali> So it begins again

17:14 <Ali> Been flooded here with tons of useless calls, and I'm supposed to be on the do not call list

17:14 <Ali> Thing was effective like fifteen years ago, now its pointless

17:17 <Alice> I got the number blocked on my phone.

17:18 <Ali> They'll just skim a new number and keep calling

17:18 <Alice> And next time I get any calls asking for information, I'm just gonna tell them "Look, I got a secure, government inbox I can check out at any time.  You really want to tell me something important?  Just use that."

17:18 <Ali> Then again

17:18 <Ali> Canada is probably more secure over that kind of crap than the US

17:19 <Alice> Hum.

17:19 <Alice> Kojima, I understand that the 1.04 patch provides DLSS 2.1 support, and improved game stability.  But a 5.1GB patch implies more than just DLSS 2.1 support and improved game stability.

17:21 <Ali> Gotta love bloated patches

17:22 <Schism> Alice: Hello yes would you like duct cleaning service?

17:22 <Alice> I asked Kojima and his production company directly on Twitter, because as a software dev, I'm a tad dumbfounded how it could require a 5.1GB patch for just those two items.  It's even described as "a small update"

17:22 <Alice> Interestingly, we get very few solicitation calls.

17:23 * Ali remembers when 'small updates' were like megabytes.

17:23 <Alice> Let's see how this DLSS 2.1 support works.  I can use it because RTX card.

17:25 <Alice> Hum.  Guess it doesn't work if you're using 1920x1080.

17:26 * Ali drags Alice and Schism up onto the paddock with her.

17:26 * Alice switches to 4k display.

17:30 <Alice> Unfortunately, I can't get a good framerate reading, because the game won't let me run it unsynced.

17:31 <Alice> Oh, that's why.

17:33 <Alice> Right, so at 4k, max settings, no DLSS, 30-35 FPS.

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17:33 <Alice> Uh...huh.

17:34 <Alice> DLSS 2.1 "Ultra Performance" mode, it jumps up to 80-90 FPS.

17:37 <Alice> There is some visual differences, because it's basically upscaling from a lower resolution, but the difference isn't actually that bad.

17:43 <Alice> That said, is it worth switching back to a not-quite-60Hz display that causes problems with games?  No, not really.

18:02 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Fanfiction (Scouted) - The Farmer's Daughter [ http://tinyurl.com/yy67w2l3 ]

18:18 <Alice> I feel like I'm boiling, but the thermometer says I'm 97.7.

18:19 <Alice> I'm wondering now if I'm just imagining the heat.

18:35 * Alice subjects Schism to playing The Cheetahmen.

19:02 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Comic: She Would Never / Raising Grades / Sunday Morning / New Beginnings 72 / Movie Slate: Aggretsuko [ http://tinyurl.com/y5sbd8bs ]

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19:42 * Angeline sticks her cold nose into Ali's flank.

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20:27 * Dappled explains that he is... a horse.

20:28 * Alice shows Dappled a random, inexplicable corpse.

20:29 * Dappled slowly backs away.

20:34 <Alice> ... That feels like a poorly timed joke, now.

20:34 <Alice> There's six police cars, two ambulances, and a fire truck just down the street from me.

20:53 * PrincessRainbows clutches Ali like a plushie and decides to take a nap

20:56 * PrincessRainbows also horses at Dappled for good measure

20:57 * Dappled neighs.

21:02 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Makenshi: Mage Meadowbrook Music: MirroredReality - Mage of the Meadow [House] [ http://tinyurl.com/y63tb73d ]

21:03 * PrincessRainbows whinnies and flops off

21:47 * Alice loads Dappled into a container on her back and travels across the country.

21:48 * Dappled makes sure he has a good connection for Pokemon Go.

21:50 <Finwe> Good evening, my little ponies.

21:51 <Finwe> Mlles Ali, Alice, Filly_Nightmares, PrincessRainbows and Schism, Messrs Dappled and Lumindia.

21:51 * Finwe doffs his hat.

21:51 * Lumindia hecks at Finwe

21:51 <Lumindia> o wo

21:51 <Finwe> o3o

21:51 * Finwe ruffles a Lumindia.

21:51 * Dappled waves.

21:54 * Lumindia boops Dappled's snootle

21:54 * Dappled scrunchienoses.

21:55 * Dappled also shows his Sawsbuck.

21:55 * Angeline curls up in a ball.

21:56 * Lumindia patpats Angie

22:01 * Alice delivers Dappled to South Knot City.

22:01 * Dappled is very lost and confused. But likely gets lots of new pokemon.

22:10 * Lumindia places a furret next to dappled. The furret proceeds to start walccing

22:11 <Dappled> My god!

22:11 * Dappled follows.

22:12 <Lumindia> [ Accumula Town starts playing as they walk ]

22:12 <Finwe> Someone from Ottawa is terrorising our channel for discussing opera visits.

22:12 <Finwe> :/

22:12 <Lumindia> what?

22:13 <Finwe> Not in this network.

22:13 <Dappled> Work time.

22:13 <Finwe> I guess he's misled by the channel name or something.

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22:14 <Finwe> Mr PinkieShy.

22:14 * Finwe doffs his hat.

22:15 * PinkieShy hops to Finwe and licks him

22:17 * Finwe hugs the PinkieShy.

22:36 <Finwe> Whoa, my 100 Mbit/s mobile connection actually performs at 100 Mbit/s.

22:36 <Finwe> They only guarantee 10 Mbit/s.

22:48 <Schism> Finwe: Nortel reads as in Ottawa, even if it's definitely not.

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23:02 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Drawfriend Stuff (Pony Art Gallery) #3471 [ http://tinyurl.com/y4kofpsk ]

23:14 * Alice walks out a doorway with a stack of fluffy bread loaded onto her back. Because the stack is so high, a single crate hits the doorway top, and falls off. "..."

23:29 <Lumindia> I swear to Rhalgr, Anna... Give us our luck back

23:49 <Alice> Schism, correct me if my opinion is wrong, but when a black barrister is stopped multiple times in one court house, having been mistaken each time for someone who was there on charges, the people responsible should be removed from their job as they are clearly biased, and cannot be trusted to be impartial.

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