Log archive of EquestriaDaily for Wednesday, 2020-10-14

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00:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Open My Little Pony Art Compilation (All Skill Levels Welcome) #66 [ http://tinyurl.com/y4pjvl6u ]

00:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Applejack Day Arrives on October 20th!  [ http://tinyurl.com/y33o4ozs ]

00:15 <Cepheid> https://swordscomic.com/comic/CCXLVIII/ I want that sword.

00:20 <Cepheid> https://swordscomic.com/comic/CCLXII/ This one, too.

00:24 <Schism> Not a minute between calls all night.  It makes things go quickly, but gods alive can I have a few moments?!

00:24 <Lumindia> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhs0Gk7E-U8 I should go to a store and just put this on loop on one of the monitors

00:24 <Lumindia> 'w'

00:24 <ADragonDreaming> oof, one of those nights, eh?

00:24 * Lumindia patpats Schism, then snugs muchly

00:25 <Schism> Definitely.  I wonder how much of it is because our support line was closed yesterday.

00:26 <Cepheid> Huh, that was odd.  Touchpad stopped working, then the system just up and froze.

00:27 <Schism> Peculiar indeed.

00:27 <ADragonDreaming> odd

00:28 <ADragonDreaming> by the way, Ceph, where are you in the Iceborne storyline?

00:29 <Cepheid> Need to kill Barioth.

00:30 <ADragonDreaming> ah, then I'm caught up now.

00:31 <Cepheid> I'll be available late tomorrow evening.

00:31 <Cepheid> I got schoolwork that needs doing.

00:31 <Cepheid> Slacked off a bit, and it's biting me in the rear, heh.

00:31 <ADragonDreaming> gotcha

00:32 <Cepheid> As for that crash, looks like it was bluetooth.

00:33 <Cepheid> Actually resulted in a kernel panic, so I was able to get information on what happened.  Looks like when I picked up the bluetooth mouse and turned it off, I managed to time turning it off at just the RIGHT moment, that it caused a crash.

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01:26 <Cepheid> https://swordscomic.com/comic/CXLV/

01:39 * Cepheid has a coughing fit. "Bleh... I feel like something's stuck in my chest.

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01:56 <Cepheid> https://swordscomic.com/comic/CCXVIII/

02:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Nightly Discussion #2311 [ http://tinyurl.com/y6yclym9 ]

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02:54 <ADragonDreaming> qwest.

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03:17 <Schism> I'd love to know what I did to the universe that caused it to hate my guts.

03:24 <Ali> You must of forgot about Freeza Day

03:24 * Ali shot

03:33 <Schism> Ali: I requested a 3-day weekend.  I'm still going to get Saturday off, and paid, which is great!  Except that with the new shifts, I now work Mondays.  ._.

03:34 <Ali> Its the stupid trade off you get

03:34 * Ali flopsnugs into Schism

03:35 <Schism> I would have been happy with 72 hours of time.

04:07 * Ali shurgs and noms the Schism, is a lonely mare.

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04:55 <Schism> Dragon eggs get...

04:55 <Schism> Hm, do I want to get up to 9 dragon souls?  Eh.

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04:58 * Ali flops over Schism, unicorn is somewhat happy with her train network.

05:01 * Schism gains more grades of one of the best skills in this entire game.

05:03 <Schism> This skill is, of course, Summon Chair.

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05:19 <Ali> Then do you beat people to death with it?

05:20 <Schism> Nah, it just grants massively increased MP regen.  So with that, and some healing abilities, you no longer have to worry about dying to trash mobs.

05:21 <Schism> Mm, there we go.  Regenerate (Ability Shard) get.

05:49 <Schism> Detective's Eye lets you see through breakable walls, automatically collect items within range, and _doesn't take up a slot._

05:49 <Schism> Oh, and doesn't require too many items to max out.

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06:23 * Ali gives Schism wall chicken

06:27 <Schism> OH no you don't, you malformed Medusa Heads.  I'm going to hunt you down until I have enough of you and your STUFF to get stone resistance.

06:40 <Schism> 5/9.  :<  And then there remains the rest!  But I hate petrifaction.

06:42 * Schism finally summons a chair after getting it to max rank, and stares. "Instant MP regen. Okay."

06:44 * Ali again tries again to give Schism wall chicken.

06:50 * Schism noms thereupon, results in -5 HP!

06:51 <Schism> Resist Petrify get.  o3o  

06:51 <Schism> As an intrinsic, that is to say.

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07:02 <Finwe> Morning, my perissodactyls of minute stature.

07:03 * Finwe hats on Ali.

07:04 * Ali squeaks and splats

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07:31 <ConfusionRift> Hello everypony.

07:31 <Finwe> Lt Cdr ConfusionRift.

07:31 <Finwe> o7

07:31 <ConfusionRift> RAdm. Finwe. (salutes)

07:39 <Schism> Augment CON will probably be totally useless after this run, won't it.  o3o

07:39 * Schism wanders through the Desert zone.

07:39 <ConfusionRift> Oh nooo. There's more "magic" attacks in here than in many other areas.

07:40 <ConfusionRift> The desert area is terrible, that's for sure. Leading to a rather annoying fight.

07:40 <Schism> I'm eating enough food that... well... >.>;

07:42 * ConfusionRift eats Schism's food. All of it. Including some of the raw ingredients. Coughs on the flour.

07:43 <Schism> Lessee.  Need 2 heavy cream - got that - and 2 crepe dough...

07:44 <Schism> Which needs 2 more dragon eggs.  :<

07:44 <ConfusionRift> ...heh hehehe  heheehhe HAHAHAAAAAA!!!

07:44 * ConfusionRift checks real quick.

07:45 <Finwe> Dragon crêpes?

07:45 <Schism> Sure.  Main thing is that it gives me more LUK>

07:45 <Schism> LUK*

07:46 <ConfusionRift> Oooh, not the one I thought, but still a pain. Also... (whispers) 5% drop.

07:47 <ConfusionRift> With a luck boost- (facehoofs) You got luck boosters, so probably gonna take less time.

07:48 <ConfusionRift> Finwe: There are no chickens, so... I guess dragons will do.

07:49 <Schism> I also have 9/9 chairs, ConfusionRift.  o3o

07:49 <ConfusionRift> Haaah! I forgot about that one. :P

07:49 <ConfusionRift> The good ol' sit and feel refreshed.

07:50 <Schism> How could you forget about the strongest shard in the entire game?  :P

07:51 <ConfusionRift> I dunno why. Probably because I KNEW it was ridiculous, so I vetoed using it.

07:53 * Ali curls up into ConfusionRift

07:53 <ConfusionRift> The one I remember the most was Riga Storaema. It pushed me through the whole game.

07:53 * ConfusionRift huggles Ali.

07:54 <ConfusionRift> Bow did a lot of damage, and there was another I can't remember that also helped me a lot.

07:55 <Schism> Ah, Luck+20 now.  That'll help.

07:55 <Schism> Summon Bat is surprisingly good in the desert zone.  o3o

07:56 <ConfusionRift> Actually, yeah. Bat is very good, especially when it can mostly ignore barriers.

07:58 * Schism nodnods. "And I should poke at the other familiars."

08:01 <ConfusionRift> We... there are some easter eggs with some familiars as well.

08:03 <ConfusionRift> *Well...

08:05 <Schism> Hmm, Va Ischa, and Va Schia...

08:05 <Schism> Need more Sapphires.  o3o

08:05 <ConfusionRift> Oh yeah, and THIS! (shoots a laser of his hand)

08:06 <Schism> I'm nowhere near getting bovin--wait, I am.

08:14 <Schism> Oh no.  Non nononononononono.

08:14 <Schism> Elevator in a sand trap which opens happily at my arrival, NOPE.

08:14 <Schism> Save time.

08:14 <ConfusionRift> What could possibly go wrong?

08:15 <Schism> Oh, not a boss arena.  Yet.

08:20 <Schism> Ah, there's that boss arena.  Defeated by bunnymorphus.

08:20 * ConfusionRift never really thought about doing that.

08:20 <ConfusionRift> Well, I did say I sucked at RPGs.

08:20 <Schism> Worked out pretty well.  Just jump around and kick him in the face a lot.

08:21 <Schism> I can't say it'll work out EVERY time, but that one was a suitable elimination strategy.  o3o

08:23 <Schism> "Curses you to sink in water."

08:23 <Schism> Oh, causes, not curses.  <.<;

08:26 * ConfusionRift sees the new Bronco. "Wait a second..."

08:28 <ConfusionRift> Yep, they took that from a 2004 concept they made. I knew it wasn't new at all.

08:31 <ConfusionRift> ...why is it competing with the Wrangler? Oh... my... goodness. Yeah, don't care anymore.

08:31 <Schism> "Find the strange demon falling up."

08:32 <Schism> I ... guess?

08:33 <Schism> Ooh, Summon Bat rank 9.

08:42 <ConfusionRift> Okay, checking on an actual Vector W8, and to me it's the coolest thing once again. :P

08:46 <ConfusionRift> It bothers me that these kind of cars don't show up in car/racing games anymore.

08:47 * Ali yawns and flumps over ConfusionRift and Schism again.

08:49 * ConfusionRift patpats Ali.

08:50 * Ali is doing a base overhaul in Factorio, and my lord do I need so many speed 3s T.T

08:52 <Ali> And they're so slow to make too T.T

08:52 <ConfusionRift> They sure are.

08:52 * ConfusionRift starts eating some. :P

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08:59 * Ali gives some of her effecient modules. "I have no needs for these anymore."

09:02 * ConfusionRift noms as well. :P

09:05 <Schism> A good diet for Miriam is always nice.  >.>

09:05 <ConfusionRift> "Miriam. You cannot just eat pizza all the time." | "Yeah I can! Watch me!"

09:06 * ConfusionRift had to do a full power off on his PS4, since it was stuck loading a game. "Oh no..."

09:07 <Schism> ConfusionRift: So, of course I had to eat ten thousand eyeballs.

09:10 * ConfusionRift watches Johannes just irking as Miriam starts eating stuff that normally isn't food.

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09:15 * Dappled briefly waves to friend ponies. Yes he is still alive, yes, his throat/sinuses are making him absolutely miserable and incapable of anything like fun.

09:16 * ConfusionRift lightly pats Dappled.

09:16 * Dappled managed to lose a bag of cough drops in a mostly empty backpack so went for like.... 7 hours at work without.

09:18 <ConfusionRift> Guh, that sucks.

09:18 <Dappled> Yup.But I am home now. Home, where ice cream and pudding and applesauce can be found.

09:21 <ConfusionRift> Not to forget, also the quietness of- (PS4 start up sound) The silence and calm- (its starts to load a disc it doesn't need to read) As I was saying, the cool- (it starts spooling its fan, making this loud jet sound) AND THERE'S NOT THAT MUCH... NEVER MIND, THIS IS LOUD!!!

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09:22 <Dappled> You know, I could avoid the disc start up noise, If I'd just take it out. It's a dvd, not even a game.

09:23 <ConfusionRift> Not even using it. It's a digital copy, so... (ejects)

09:24 <ConfusionRift> (jet sound gets louder as the actual game starts) GUUUH! Mah ears!!!

09:24 * Dappled is also vaguely irritated at the disc. Cause I gots an anime, I'd been wanting for a good long time, and being the lazy person I am, I like dubs. Only to find out that they just did a kickstarter to dub it and I got a sub only copy.

09:25 <ConfusionRift> Blarg.

09:26 * Dappled is the kind of person who impulse shops without checking to see if it's actually the thing he wants.

09:26 <ConfusionRift> That's eerm... yeah, that could happen.

09:30 <Dappled> Oh my god, they're finally bringing the greatest MMO to steam: Runescape

09:30 * Dappled honestly can't believe it still exists.

09:32 <ConfusionRift> Oh it's still very active.

09:33 * Ali demands all of Dappled's pudding

09:38 * Ali sads as no pudding is given. Noms on ConfusionRift ear now.

09:38 * ConfusionRift offers Ali a pumpkin spice muffin?

09:38 * Dappled belatedly gives some pudding. Is chocolate.

09:39 * Ali noms both and puffycheeks softly.

09:40 * Ali is not fond of watching animoo buffering like mad. Should sleeps but dun't want tos.

09:40 <Finwe> o3o

09:40 * Finwe noms on Ali's tail.

09:41 * Ali boops Finwe with pooding and muffins.

09:41 * Ali also can't spell, pardon that

09:43 <Finwe> o3o

09:43 * Finwe cautiously noms on a muffin.

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11:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Morning Discussion #2084 [ http://tinyurl.com/y3rlkw5s ]

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15:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Rarity's Mane Moments - Hello Pinkie Pie #11  [ http://tinyurl.com/yxan4ma3 ]

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15:20 <Cepheid> I've a question for someone who's learned at least one other spoken language.

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15:21 <Cepheid> Is it normal to trip and sutter a lot when speaking a foreign language you're learning, and yet have your inner voice read and "speak" the language just fine?

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15:26 <ADragonDreaming> Cepheid: Yes.

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15:31 <Cepheid> Annoying.

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15:32 <Cepheid> I can read Japanese relatively fine.  My inner voice has no trouble keeping up with my reading speed.  But when I try to speak, I continuously stumble over even simple words.

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15:36 <ADragonDreaming> Pronunciation is difficult and fluency in speaking only comes with long practice.

15:37 <Cepheid> Mmm.

15:37 <Cepheid> Funnily enough, I have the same problem with English, even though I'm fluent in it.

15:37 <ADragonDreaming> Especially if you're speaking conversationally as opposed to reading from something. Consider the difference between speaking to another person normally and reading from an excerpt out loud in -

15:37 <ADragonDreaming> yes, exactly.

15:38 <Cepheid> For some reason, when speaking any language, it always feels like I'm speaking faster than my mind is thinking.

15:38 <ADragonDreaming> The mental voice doesn't need to bother with all those tricky signals to move the tongue in exactly the right fashion to shape the vibrations.

15:39 <Cepheid> But when I speak internally, it's sort of the other way around.  My internal speech is about on pace with my reading speed, which is much faster than my actual speech.

15:39 <Cepheid> And speaking internally is something I do all the time when reading.

15:39 <Cepheid> Even when I'm typing to write something out, I'll "speak" it internally.  And yet, I have no trouble keeping up.

15:40 <Cepheid> But when I try to speak verbally, while typing something, I stumble.

15:41 <Cepheid> But then, I've always had problems speaking to some degree.  I even had a speech impediment at one point that had to be corrected.  So I wonder then, if it's related to the layout of my teeth and mouth.

15:41 <Cepheid> For some reason, my mouth is "too small" in a sense.  Teeth are all impacted against one another, and either tilted inwards or outwards, or rotated.  Apparently the speech impediment was a result of this, because I couldn't place my tongue properly against my teeth to pronounce a certain sound.

15:42 <Cepheid> Hum.  That said though, thinking about it, I do have problems with Japanese pronunciation when speaking, with two particular sounds.

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15:43 <Cepheid> つ, tsu.  I trip over it, always.  ら、り、る、れ、ろ, meanwhile...  It seems, depending on too many different factors, the consonant either comes out as an English "r", "d" or "l" sound.

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15:45 <ADragonDreaming> I had to have a lot of orthodontal work growing up. I've had braces, a pallette expander, and had retainers all the way up until college.

15:46 <ADragonDreaming> Shape of your mouth could absolutely be contributing to speech issues.

15:47 <Cepheid> Yeah, I'm not entirely sure why my parents didn't look into stuff like orthodontal work to fix it all.

15:47 <Cepheid> Probably cost.

15:47 <ADragonDreaming> Probably.

15:47 <Cepheid> Dental is one of the few things not covered by provincial or federal health coverage here.

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15:55 <ADragonDreaming> IRC is having trouble staying connected today for some reason.

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16:02 <Cepheid> Sure it's IRC and not your connection?

16:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Rainbow Rocks Posted to Youtube in Full by Hasbro [ http://tinyurl.com/y4dag6j4 ]

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16:16 <ADragonDreaming> okay, I'm just gonna turn IRC off for a while.

16:16 <ADragonDreaming> bbl.

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18:02 <Cepheid> ...

18:02 <Cepheid> Thanks, Carleton.

18:02 <Cepheid> The professor's using edition 2 of the text and workbook.  The school sent me edition 3, which doesn't match up on some stuff.

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19:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Drawfriend Stuff (Pony Art Gallery) #3489 [ http://tinyurl.com/y5q7qzyl ]

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21:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Makenshi: Concept Album: MC-Arch - You got me, I got us. 2 - Our Brave New World! [Hip Hop] [ http://tinyurl.com/y5424czr ]

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21:09 <ADragonDreaming> IRC is still fail for some reason?

21:09 <Ali> Hmm?

21:09 <ADragonDreaming> Harrumph. Maybe it's a port thing.

21:10 <Ali> IRC has been stable for me, other than my once a day problem

21:10 <ADragonDreaming> I've had repeated disconnects from IRC all day. Closed out of it for a long while and came back in and is still the bad.

21:12 <Ali> Wish I knew Adra, I'm not good with connection issues

21:23 <Cepheid> I'll be honest.  Between the agonizing pain I go through with writing, and my writing's complete illegibility, it's a damned good thing that 99% of the time, I'm typing rather than writing.

21:23 <ADragonDreaming> Writer's cramp? Does it onset really quickly?

21:24 <Cepheid> Extremely quickly.  After writing just a few words.

21:24 <Cepheid> I know why it happens.

21:24 <Cepheid> I use too much pressure holding the pen/pencil, as well as when I put it down on the page.

21:24 <ADragonDreaming> I have the same thing; for me it's an actual neurological condition, called Primary Dystonia.

21:24 <Cepheid> But even if I'm consciously aware of it, I am unable to prevent myself from doing it.

21:25 <ADragonDreaming> It affects small motor movements and I tense up without being able to stop it when attempting to write.

21:25 * Cepheid does some quick research.

21:26 <Cepheid> Yeah, I don't have that.

21:26 * Angeline bappy hoof a pony.

21:26 <Cepheid> Whatever it is, though, it's genetic.  My sister has the same problem.  Likewise, we both apply too much pressure when brushing our teeth.

21:26 <ADragonDreaming> The severity of the condition can vary widely. I have a cousin who is actually on disability because of it. For me, it's literally just the hand stuff.

21:26 <ADragonDreaming> And dystonia is genetic.

21:27 <ADragonDreaming> I'm very fortunate that it doesn't affect my typing.

21:27 <Cepheid> Same.

21:27 <Cepheid> In fact, I seem to be particularly lucky with typing.

21:28 <Cepheid> I've been typing for nigh-on 25 years now.  I know a number of people who haven't even been typing for half of that, and have developed severe carpal tunnel.  Meanwhile, myself?  Not a danged problem.

21:28 * Ali noms on an Angeline ear

21:29 <Cepheid> I suspect it has to do with my typing approach, as I effectively, much to various teacher's chagrin, ignored the conventional typing methods taught in classes.

21:29 * Angeline bapbapbap.

21:29 * Ali keeps nibbling the ear on Angeline, out of range for baps.

21:31 <ADragonDreaming> I have been typing since I was 3, but only in the real fashions since 1st grade (my mom incorporated typing practice in my homeschool curriculum).

21:32 <ADragonDreaming> In my case, I do home-row it, though I tend to rest on awef rather than asdf. No carpal tunnel either, though I'm constantly taking my hands off the keyboard and flexing fingers and wrist

21:32 <Cepheid> ... Wait, since you were 3?

21:33 <ADragonDreaming> So my parents tell me. I'd go up to the keyboard and try to write out things. "What's the next letter?" They'd point, I'd type it, etc.

21:33 <ADragonDreaming> so, heavy quotes "typing"

21:33 <Cepheid> Ah.

21:34 <Cepheid> Yeah, my first real introducing to typing was through computers at school.

21:34 <Cepheid> So, I guess the earliest I started typing was about 5 or 6 years old?

21:34 <Cepheid> They had computers in kindergarten at my schools, so..

21:35 <Cepheid> But officially, I didn't really get into computers until the first PC came into the house, which was when I was around 10 years old or so.

21:36 <Cepheid> But yeah, because as a kid I was much more lazier than I am now, when it came time for typing classes, I took the lazy approach.

21:37 <ADragonDreaming> hunt and peck?

21:37 <Cepheid> Nah.  I developed my own, less-painful-feeling technique.

21:37 <Cepheid> The home row approach felt... needessly complicated, and uncomfortable to me.

21:38 <ADragonDreaming> where do you rest your fingers if you're in the middle of it?

21:40 <Cepheid> With respect to this laptop currently, I rest my left palm on the corner of the palm rest.  As for my finger's locations...

21:40 <Cepheid> Left hand, ring finger's sitting between 1 and q.  middle finger between 2 and w, index between 3 and e, thumb's on left side of space bar, and pinkie finger is sitting on tab.

21:40 <Cepheid> Right hand...

21:41 <Cepheid> Index either on k, or between i and k, middle on o, ring on p, and pinky sitting around on one of the keys around the enter key.  Thumb sits just above the mouse pad.

21:42 <ADragonDreaming> yeah, you still have reach to everything there.

21:42 <ADragonDreaming> To me that uncomfortably spreads my elbows.

21:43 <Cepheid> Interestingly, this is my most comfortable position by far.

21:43 <Cepheid> Any other setup tends to have parts of my arm digging into something uncomfortably.

21:50 <Cepheid> That said, in a few years time I see some problems occurring.

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21:51 <Cepheid> Not carpal tunnel.  Arthritis.

21:53 <Cepheid> ... Okay,]

21:53 <Cepheid> libsdl2 implemented support for a new OS.

21:53 <Cepheid> OS/2.

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22:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: The Top 10 Pony Videos of September 2020 [ http://tinyurl.com/y23nque6 ]

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22:27 <ADragonDreaming> Meanwhile I have a particular dilemma.

22:28 <ADragonDreaming> My parents have asked what I want for my birthday, and I have no blessed clue.

22:34 <Cepheid> Sanity.

22:35 * Schism sits in a chair, recovering from work. "Got an hour-long escalation not long before my lunch."

22:36 * Cepheid goes off to do some cleaning and then take a shower.

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22:59 * Lumindia boops Schism's snoot, then snugs!

22:59 <Lumindia> O vO

23:02 * Cepheid flops back in, clean.

23:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: My Japanese Pony: LUVORATORRRRRY! [ https://tinyurl.com/y4rmdqsg ]

23:04 <Lumindia> ...

23:04 <Lumindia> unrelated: happy late 10th anniversary of MLP:FiM

23:04 <Lumindia> first episode aired October 10th, 2010

23:05 <Lumindia> ... jesus christ has it been THAT long?

23:06 <Cepheid> Yes.

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23:14 * Ali sighs, is now 23 points safe of religation now.

23:16 <Cepheid> Early to bed tonight, for me.

23:16 <Cepheid> Can get back to gaming and such starting tomorrow.

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