00:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: The SecondLife Pony Community is Running More Halloween Events This Year [ https://tinyurl.com/yxcmdm4v ]
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00:30 * Dappled did it. He escaped Hades. Cause he's awesome.
00:30 * Dappled collapses and begins snoring.
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00:48 * Lumindia yawns, crawls into bed
00:49 * Cepheid yawns. Is tired due to gravol.
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00:53 <ADragonDreaming> I ... have returned.
00:54 <Cepheid> So I see.
00:54 <Cepheid> How's the family?
00:54 <ADragonDreaming> They're doing well!
00:55 <Cepheid> Haven't killed one another yet due to being lockdowns and such?
00:55 <ADragonDreaming> My nephew's marching band won 3rd in nationals.
00:55 <ADragonDreaming> Yes, we all survive yet.
00:55 <Cepheid> Good to hear.
00:55 <Cepheid> My sister's going crazy.
01:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Applejack Day - Halfway Point Warning! [ https://tinyurl.com/y3z9musq ]
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01:18 <Ali> They let you have nationals? They canned it here..
01:21 * Dappled 's pretty sure that all official places in oklahoma only pay lip services to any form of quarantine.
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01:32 <Ali> Also I'm watching Megaman and Bass being played
01:32 <Ali> Not only no, but hell no am I touching this game
01:32 <Ali> The enemies have two to three times the HP they do in 8, and some attack faster.
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01:47 * Dappled is sad that Bass didn't get games like Zero.
01:47 <Dappled> Unless... Sega Bass Fishing!
01:47 <Dappled> Whooo
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01:55 * Ali nibbles on the Dappled again.
02:00 <PinkieShy> o_o
02:00 <PinkieShy> What happened to me..
02:00 <PinkieShy> I just went to my room to my bed as i felt dizzy and last thing I remember was covering up and then i was waking up like 30 minutes later.
02:01 <PinkieShy> Probably a sugar rush crash or caffeine
02:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Nightly Discussion #2315 [ https://tinyurl.com/y5hfskxj ]
02:18 * Dappled hugs the Ali.
02:19 * Dappled giggles at Hades. Found a shade that said, "I would do anything for a glimpse of Aphrodite" Cause of death: Dehydration.
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03:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Makenshi: S09E25 "The Ending of the End" Music: Ardhy Mahardhy - Together Until the End [Melodic Dubstep] [ https://tinyurl.com/y5j4p5a4 ]
03:45 * Dappled flops.
03:45 * Dappled horse.
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03:59 <Cepheid> Stop horsing around.
04:00 <Dappled> Never!
04:00 * Dappled grazes! Tasty!
04:06 <Schism> Cepheid: https://twitter.com/elegiac_ai
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04:07 <Cepheid> Heh.
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04:11 <ADragonDreaming> Ali: the system for the nationals was that the marching bands recorded their performance, as they would have if performing live before the full audience, and sent them in for judging. Videos were posted to Youtube, unlisted, and the links distributed for sharing with the people who would otherwise have attended.
04:12 <Dappled> Are they marching 6 feet apart from the nearest person, not being bussed to the marching location together?
04:12 <ADragonDreaming> dunno, I didn't ask.
04:12 <Dappled> Cause it's not like the tuba or clarinet is compatible with a mask.
04:19 <Cepheid> Just a heads up, ADragonDreaming, I will not be available at all tomorrow. I have to study for upcoming tests/quizzes.
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04:26 <Cepheid> Consequently, I'm going to also be busy over most of the week, and due to the times of said quizzes/tests, won't be able to stay up late. That said, after Thursday morning, I'm free for the next 11 days.
04:31 <ADragonDreaming> So noted!
04:31 <ADragonDreaming> I'd recommend you open the game once a day just to get the fest tickets, tho
04:32 <PinkieShy> When you can travel to the future and to the past.. What really is the present?
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04:34 <Dappled> It's what's left after all your aspirations and dreams are gone.
04:34 <Cepheid> Yeah, can you remind me to at least do that, ADragonDreaming? I have the memory of a goldfish.
04:35 <Dappled> Since goldfish can grow really big, do they get better memory as their brain matter gets bigger?
04:35 * Dappled runs off to google.
04:36 * Dappled only sees articles complaining about people being on their phones.
04:37 <Cepheid> For me, not being on a phone or electronics device would be indicative of a problem.
04:38 * Dappled prefers digital copies of things at this point. Went through being homeless and the amount you get for selling used might get you a handful of meals but if you have access to an account, you don't have to store stuff, and when you're in a better position you'll still have that stuff.
04:39 * Dappled really banks on companies outliving him. As good as it would be to bust up some of these monopolies.
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05:19 * Ali boops Dappled with beating the jump jump slide slide game.
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05:35 <Finwe> Good morning, everypony!
05:35 <Finwe> Mlles Ali and Filly_Nightmares; messrs Dappled, Cepheid and Schism.
05:35 * Finwe doffs his hat.
05:35 * Ali curls into Finwe
05:36 * Finwe snuggles an Ali.
06:10 * Dappled headtilts. Jump jump slide slide game? DDR?
06:10 <Schism> Megaman 8!
06:10 <Dappled> Ah. That is good.
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06:23 <ConfusionRift> Hello everypony.
06:24 * Dappled considers sleep... Yes, sleep.... Cause time doesn't exist.
06:24 * ConfusionRift huggles Ali. "Is that Meger Mehn 8 I see?" :P
06:24 <Ali> Yeah I beat the sthap doctah wiwy game
06:24 <Schism> http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3100/fc03032.htm - How to scare someone straight...
06:29 <ConfusionRift> Here are the steps to follow: 1) Run outta there! 2) Run further away! 3) Call 911, or the spill cleanup crew in the page below. 4) Why did you stop running?! GOOO!!!
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06:43 <ConfusionRift> "Oh, kevlar gloves! I wonder of they're bulletproof!" | Eeerm... dood... they are as bulletproof as using old dry leaves. | (grabs a knife) "They have to protect in some wa- oh." (cuts it easily) | Huh. Short video I see.
06:52 <Schism> This is... _a_ solution to the trolley problem. http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3300/fc03298.htm
06:55 <ConfusionRift> Welp, they provided a solution. I take that as finishing the assignment. :P | "It was an interview." | Oh...
06:55 <Schism> Also, Sam is demonstrably inimical to purely logical AI. http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3300/fc03296.htm
06:59 <ConfusionRift> Not sure why, i was reminded of Wheatley.
07:01 <Schism> If Chell could talk, she'd probably do a lot better taking Wheatley and GLaDOS down.
07:06 * ConfusionRift presses the talk button. She jumps. "That's not right."
07:07 <Schism> "Say 'apple'. 'Apple.'"
07:07 * ConfusionRift jumps, hits his head, and falls unconscious. Game Over!
07:15 <ConfusionRift> This game sucks. :P
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07:20 * Ali snuffles into ConfusionRift and yawns.
07:21 * ConfusionRift patpats Ali. :P
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07:44 * Ali boops ConfusionRift nosie. "Tornado Hold."
07:48 * ConfusionRift is blown away. "Game Over!
07:48 <ConfusionRift> This game's hard...
07:51 * Ali gives ConfusionRift Megaman and Bass
07:51 <Ali> I watched a playthru, not a chance in heck I'm touching that game.
07:51 <ConfusionRift> 0_0;
07:52 <ConfusionRift> Why have you given me this curse?
07:53 <ConfusionRift> I watch someone play the GBA version as Mega Man for charity. It wasn't... it was a mess, especially King's Tower. It all fall into pieces on the second floor.
07:54 <Ali> Yeah, three boss fights with no HP bars and just tedious
07:54 <Ali> Also the average enemy can tank a charged shot like nothing
07:55 <Schism> ConfusionRift: There are few things which make me certain that the future in Freefall is dystopian than this one. http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3200/fc03104.htm
07:55 <Schism> Also, ow. The GBA version, no. No, no, no. The SNES version was bad enough.
07:55 * Ali flops over Schism and boops. "Water Balloon."
07:55 * Schism goes flying into the opposite wall and crashes through.
07:55 <Ali> Hey guys, lets make an already tough game, and SHRINK THE SCREEN
07:56 * Ali blinks. "Is this Dragonball? cause that was a water balloon.."
07:57 * ConfusionRift boops Ali with a ball that's actually not really unlike and surely not at all a soccer ball. :P
07:58 * Ali ows, this Mega Ball is dumb.
07:59 <ConfusionRift> It is. You use it at the beginning, and then forget it exists.
07:59 <ConfusionRift> Actually... wouldn't this be the only game they give you a "weapon" at the start of the game?
08:01 * ConfusionRift watches Schism panic as the reactor is falling on full meltdown and is there tapping close a mess of apps as she tries to get to the core cooling button.
08:01 <Schism> "Keep Talking and Nobody Explodes", but even worse.
08:04 <Ali> Until Wily 1 ConfusionRift
08:04 * ConfusionRift sees her crying as the ads fill up the RAM, causing the phone to freeze, and the alarms get louder and everyone screams on the outside.
08:04 <ConfusionRift> Yeah, I'm evac'ing outta here. LATERS! (jettisons)
08:09 <Schism> I still like Qwerty and Dvorak in Freefall. A mad scientist and his down-to-earth friend, both robots who are good-natured and want to do the best for everyone, and yet constantly cause minor disasters.
08:33 <ConfusionRift> Okay... why is this character calling my attention so much? Hmmm. (investigates) Oh... that's why. I knew her voice was familiar. MLP finds me in some way. :P
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08:35 * ConfusionRift boops Schism. Seems the reactor was finally cooled down.
08:36 <Schism> Tara Strong strikes again, I take it?
08:36 <ConfusionRift> Not really, no. (sighs)
08:36 <Schism> Or possibly Andrea Libman, or Michelle Creber?
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08:39 <ConfusionRift> I hate to admit it... but a friend suggested me Genshin Impact. Was given some currency for gacha stuff and used it for the promotional character, Noelle. She's the defensive heavy hitter with a claymore, with rock (geo) alignment. Good and all, I like her. The voice kept getting my attention, and didn't know why. Did a bit of research... she's Fluttershy.
08:39 <Schism> Andrea Libman, yup.
08:39 <Schism> She is also Pinkie Pie, an Earth pony.
08:40 * ConfusionRift nods.
08:40 <ConfusionRift> Pinkie will forever be classified as "Pinkie". :P
08:41 <ConfusionRift> But you're right. That slipped off my mind.
08:41 <Schism> It's hard to really associate Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie as the same voice actress, because they have diametrically opposite personalities.
08:42 <ConfusionRift> Oh no... Lisa is Trixie. That's a full 180.
08:42 <ConfusionRift> Actually, her sister would technically be her personality opposite.
08:43 <ConfusionRift> But still, kinda opposite spectrums... if you can even put Pinkie somewhere. :P
08:43 <Schism> True. Maud is... not Pinkie.
08:57 <ConfusionRift> Hmm, forgot about Gato Roboto. Maybe I should do some progress.
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09:33 <Schism> Made creamed peas and ham on toast earlier. Now I kind of want some actual food, but I don't know.
09:33 * ConfusionRift pokes his grumbling stomach. "Same here."
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09:47 <Finwe> Schism: Not cheesy peas?
09:48 <Finwe> !link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-SGszxSxMw
09:48 <DerpyBot> I need to ask Twilight about that one.
09:48 <DerpyBot> Twilight told me this video is about The Fast Show - Cheesy Peas Advert.
09:49 <Schism> Not in this case. Though I might decide to pick up a can of mushy peas and drop a meat pie therein.
10:17 * Filly_Nightmares wiggles into Schism tummy_
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10:19 <Finwe> Mr Heartbreak.
10:19 * Finwe doffs his hat.
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10:22 <Finwe> Miss Angeline.
10:22 * Finwe doffs his hat.
10:22 * ConfusionRift offers Schism some garlic bread, and possibly some cheddar slices.
10:23 <Finwe> Lt Cdr ConfusionRift, Capt Koopz.
10:23 <Finwe> o7
10:23 <ConfusionRift> RAdm. Finwe. (salutes)
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11:00 <ConfusionRift> Sleepy tiiiime...
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11:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Morning Discussion #2088 [ https://tinyurl.com/yxueexjr ]
11:10 <RazorSharpFang> I still can't believe how high Tesla is rocketing up.
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12:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Comic: Reunion / Control / Best Day Ever / Soft Heart 15 / Movie Slate: Infamous / BoE 8:17 [ https://tinyurl.com/y3ruxa6s ]
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13:28 <Schism> RazorSharpFang, this is what tends to happen when a company gets a cushy governmental military contract to deliver $10,000 MREs.
13:36 <RazorSharpFang> What is MREs?
13:37 <TormentedDragon> Meal - Ready to Eat
13:37 <RazorSharpFang> Hrmm.
13:37 <RazorSharpFang> Clearly TSLA is a lot more diversified than I thought
13:38 <TormentedDragon> Pre-packaged nutrition mainly designed for military campaigns. A step up from previous endeavors in the field but still not quite at the level of microwave dinner.
13:40 <Schism> Mind you, this is SpaceX rather than Tesla, but I imagine that the dividends will be funneled through each of Elon Musk's personal hobbyhorses.
13:40 <RazorSharpFang> Is TSLA seriously delivering pre-packaged meals?
13:41 <Schism> Materiel in general, but the obvious joke writes itself. https://www.airforcemag.com/dod-spacex-may-soon-prove-the-military-can-ship-cargo-through-space/
13:42 <TormentedDragon> "Where'd this 'pizza' come from?" "Well, they shot it up into space about three months ago."
14:02 <Schism> Not entirely out of the question, to be sure. Orbital deliveries of materiel to FOBs might just include rations. It is, though, some of the more expensive type by weight.
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14:39 <Cepheid> !link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRCjVLqjST4
14:39 <DerpyBot> I need to ask Twilight about that one.
14:39 <DerpyBot> Twilight told me this video is about Walls, Floors, \\u0026 Ceilings Part 3
14:42 <Cepheid> In case you ever wanted to know what a game looks like underneath all those 3D polygons we see. :P
14:53 <Cepheid> That said, it isn't 100% representative of modern games. It seems a lot of collision boxes were placed manually for some objects, and.. well... the devs made some mistakes here and there.
14:54 <Cepheid> For example, a sign that has a collision box, such that it's left-facing side is a floor, it's up-facing side is a wall, and two other sides are labeled as cielings.
15:00 <Cepheid> Which is weird, since it looks like the game determines floor/wall/ceiling/etc based on orientation of the triangle, so the devs must be able to set the flags explicitly, but that doesn't explain some of the oddities later on.
15:06 <Cepheid> If I had to guess as to the reason, they likely used a static geometry generator, and the generator is imperfect, likely due to floating point errors.
15:11 <Cepheid> All it takes is the normal vector being oriented in such a way as to report an angle of -0.000100 instead of -0.000099 to make a difference.
15:20 <Cepheid> You know, with the knowledge that Nintendo protects it's copyrights so fiercely, I don't understand why people keep making fangames for their series.
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16:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Makenshi: DASHIE Music: NeverLastStanding - Fire Heart [Electro] [ https://tinyurl.com/y33yzg9m ]
16:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Penny Wrights: <unspecified> [ https://tinyurl.com/y4ouccuo ]
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16:18 <TormentedDragon> because they like Nintendo games
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16:35 <Cepheid> That's fine. But it's apparent that no matter what we say or do, they are going to C&D. Decades have gone by with so many projects in one form or another being C&Ded, for even the slightest hintings of involving copyright infringement. Nintendo has shown no indication that they are going to change. I honestly believe that even if Miyamoto said "Let it slide." they'd still C&D.
16:44 <TormentedDragon> Yep.
16:44 <TormentedDragon> So in the current era, you have to Not Talk About It until it's done.
16:45 <TormentedDragon> And then, we need to take current copyright, tear it to shreds, and establish a robust Fair Use regime in which C&D's of that nature are illegal.
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16:47 <Cepheid> Mmhmm..
16:47 <Cepheid> Problem is, fighting it's tricky because each country has it's own fair use and copyright laws.
16:48 <Cepheid> Hum. SM64 has some interesting quirks in it.
16:48 <Cepheid> If you collect more than 255 coins, the coin score shown in the score listing will be incorrect.
16:49 <Cepheid> Coins are stored as a signed 2-byte integer in the game. But in the score list, they are stored as an unsigned 1-bite integer.
16:49 <Cepheid> 1-byte*
16:49 <Cepheid> So, as a result, you can collect up to 999 coins(The game artificially restricts it to this amount) in a stage, but your recorded score will not reflect that.
16:50 <TormentedDragon> things like that make one wonder why
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16:51 <Cepheid> SRAM at the time was extremely expensive per bit.
16:51 <Cepheid> Also, SRAM is kinda slow to write to.
16:51 <TormentedDragon> memory is usually the answer.
16:52 <Cepheid> Yep.
16:52 <Cepheid> Nowadays, not so much of a problem.
16:52 <TormentedDragon> btw, daily login reset for MH:W is 12 am UTC, so to harvest the fest tickets, log in at or after 9:00 pm tonight. Or just let it slide until tomorrow and log in before 9 pm tomorrow.
16:52 <Cepheid> Right.
16:54 <Cepheid> But yeah, nowadays, SRAM size is less of an issue. Primarily because carts have gone from storing savegames on the cartridges, to storing savegames on internal system storage, or external storage in the form of microSD or hard drives.
16:54 <Cepheid> So, the above kind of optimization for size would... not make any sense.
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16:55 <TormentedDragon> Aye
16:55 <Cepheid> You also can't use the argument of slow save times, because these days, even SD cards are reasonably fast.
16:55 <Cepheid> The one I have in my Switch gets around 90-100MBytes/sec.
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16:58 <Cepheid> Usually the performance there is limited by the implementation of saving data in the game itself.
16:59 <Cepheid> An example of one such implementation is putting all the relevant data into a chunk of memory, stored exactly as it would be when written to a save file. This is the simplest approach. Comes with it's own problems, though.
17:01 <Cepheid> Namely, arbitrary limits for a number of things. Name length, or number of unique items held in the inventory, for example. Allowing these to be variable in length would require shifting memory around on a regular basis, which on performance-limited devices, can be costly operations to do. Especially as the number of elements increases.
17:03 <Cepheid> Next approach, that gets around this then, is to pause execution of the game, and go over each element of the save file, and write the relevant data to the save file over time. This slows things down of course.
17:03 <Cepheid> Final approach I'm familiar with is asynchronous saving. That is, saving that takes place while gameplay occurs, without pausing the game, etc.
17:03 <Cepheid> This one is a bit tricky to do.
17:04 <Cepheid> The problem is that, while the game is running and saving the data, the player's data in the form of inventory, ammo, position, etc, may change before the save operation completes.
17:07 <Cepheid> Off the top of my head, initial solution would involve having a duplicate copy of the game state. This copy is updated any time the game state is updated, but when a save operation occurs, all further attempts to update this copy will do nothing until the save operation completes.
17:08 <Cepheid> Though, that's expensive to do.
17:09 <Cepheid> A better approach might be to keep all the relevant game state densely packed together, and do a memory->memory copy of the game state, then use a separate thread to write the copied data.
17:09 <Cepheid> But that too has it's limitations.
17:09 <Cepheid> The Elder Scrolls series is pretty much the core example of limitations I see with asynchronous saving.
17:10 <Cepheid> Those games save every little change you make. You move that paintbrush by 0.0001 meters? Its new position *HAS* to be saved.
17:11 <Cepheid> So all records that have been modified from the base data files, are written to the save files.
17:11 <Cepheid> This is why the save files get so much larger as the games progress.
17:12 <Cepheid> Because it tracks everything that can be modified. If a door is opened, it's new state is saved. If an enemy moves one meter, it's state is saved. If an NPC moves somewhere when you're nowhere near them(as part of simulation), it's new position is saved. You got a fireball in the air? It's position is saved.
17:16 <Cepheid> That said, I won't say it's impossible to do it asynchronously. Memory speeds have improved considerably, both physical RAM and virtual memory(thanks to high-speed SSDs, particularly large NVMe drives which get gigabytes/sec.)
17:16 <Cepheid> Plus, memory capacities have increased.
17:19 <Cepheid> My PC upstairs, for example, has 32GB, and the memory-memory bandwidth is in the 20GByte/sec range. If you keep the structures being managed and updated packed together, and the total size down, you could do a memory-memory copy in a relatively quick time frame, then write the copy.
17:21 <Cepheid> ... Why do I do this?
17:21 <Cepheid> It's not about trying to look or sound smart. I just start talking about something, and I DON'T STOP.
17:22 <Cepheid> In fact, I tend to go deeper and deeper into the rabbithole.
17:29 <Cepheid> I wonder if this is an expression of my mother's habit to just talk non-stop at times.
17:34 <TormentedDragon> It happens to me on occasin, too: you have a thing you're looking into, or a thing you know a lot about, and you start talking about it and keep going because it interests you.
17:39 <Cepheid> Mmm.
17:39 <Cepheid> I think it also feeds my desire to analyze.
17:39 <Cepheid> I enjoy analyzing things, figuring out how they work.
17:40 <Cepheid> I used to have a really bad habit of disassembling stuff to see what they looked like on the inside, and figure out how they worked.
17:40 <Cepheid> Got to a point my parents had to hide the screwdrivers.
17:42 * Cepheid is studying, by the by, if anyone's worried about that. Is currently making a textbook vocabulary deck for Anki, which means typing in the word, typing in the kanji for the word, then the meaning, etc.
17:52 <Cepheid> So, here's a fun set of words: あう and ある. They're fun because of their te-form. あう->あって, ある->あって. That's right, they conjugate TO THE SAME SPELLING.
18:02 <TormentedDragon> oh joy
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18:19 <Cepheid> Short break.
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18:19 *** ChanServ sets mode: +qo Ali Ali
18:20 <TormentedDragon> I expeditioned the Coral highlands to get bathycite. Wound up capturing: Banbaro, Tzitzi, Lumu, and Coral Puke.
18:20 <Finwe> !twilight time
18:20 <DerpyBot> It's not Twilight time right now, silly!
18:20 <Finwe> :/
18:20 <Finwe> Seven minutes too late.
18:20 <Finwe> !starlight time
18:20 <Finwe> Starlight time! Starlight time!
18:20 <Ali> They aren't here either :P
18:20 <Finwe> Darn.
18:22 * Finwe renders Ali's tail subject to being nommed upon.
18:22 * Cepheid hums, spends his break contemplating how one would implement asynchronous saving with a game like Skyrim, where the state of every object in the game, if it's modified, is saved.
18:22 <Ali> Eh, give it time, since I had to reboot my computer, theres a chance it'll disconnect me again.
18:24 <Finwe> Cepheid: I suspect that Skyrim doesn't allow changes to the state of objects that are distant enough from the player character.
18:24 <Ali> Its a Bugthesda game
18:24 <Ali> I'm sure you could screw with the code to allow it
18:24 <Cepheid> Yes, but the problem is that objects closer to the player cannot be updated while saving is happening.
18:25 <Cepheid> As a save is a snapshot of the game world at a set point.
18:25 <Cepheid> If any data is updated while the state is being written to a save file, then the result is an inconsistent state upon loading.
18:26 <Cepheid> The most immediate solution to the problem is to stop processing the game world, write the data to a file, then resume.
18:26 * Finwe shoots an arrow at a levitating Khajiit.
18:27 * Finwe picks up a bucket and sneaks through a wall.
18:27 <Cepheid> To make it "asynchronous", one could do a memory copy of the world state to another region of memory, then use a thread to write that to disk. But memory copies still take time, and you have a limited amount of time between frames to do stuff.
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18:27 <Cepheid> It also requires organizing RAM carefully.
18:29 <Cepheid> If you try to do the copy in code, it'll be slow as molasses, as data is loaded into the cache, then ejected as you do the memory copy.
18:29 <Cepheid> To get around that, you can do a DMA copy, but I'm not sure if a program can initate a DMA copy.
18:31 <Cepheid> Though, research indicates that DMA may not be faster than memcpy.
18:32 <Cepheid> And in either case, you're still limited to memory bandwidth, and an extremely tight time constraint. That time constraint limits how much memory can be copied.
18:33 <Cepheid> For example, 20GBytes/sec bandwidth, 1/60th of a second = ~341 megabytes in a single frame. If your gate state information is larger than that, you're going to have problems. And even worse, some of that time frame is taken up by processing and rendering, so you have even LESS time.
18:33 <Cepheid> gate = game*
18:46 <Cepheid> Gah, my butt is in agony.
18:48 <Cepheid> https://imgur.com/gallery/bTERyBH
18:48 <Cepheid> https://imgur.com/gallery/rkb5H4g
19:01 <Cepheid> So, a few weeks ago, I got into an argument with a manager over the fairness of their tactics for handling high volumes of resumes.
19:01 <Cepheid> Something occurred to me though.
19:02 <Cepheid> So, supposing that the volume is as high as they say, and it takes as long as they say, they would prefer that the resumes be kept short, to the point, and the like.
19:02 <Cepheid> As a result, it raises the question. Why do we write a cover letter?
19:03 <Cepheid> It's just a couple of paragraphs basically mooching up to the employer, and covering your greatest strengths.
19:03 <Cepheid> Strengths, which would be expressed on your resume.
19:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Drawfriend Stuff (Pony Art Gallery) #3493 [ https://tinyurl.com/y5wo42lg ]
19:03 <Cepheid> You're just wasting a page repeating information that is provided A) By the job application system in use, or the e-mail subject because you specify the job number, etc in the subject. B) The resume.
19:04 <Cepheid> If they're so willing to throw out a resume over the minor inconvenience of having to log into a website, then they're probably also going to throw out resumes that come with a cover letter.
19:04 <Cepheid> Because it's time spent reading a page that just repeats information mentioned elsewhere.
19:24 <Cepheid> .. Oh, great.
19:24 <Cepheid> So I learned that ADHD may also be responsible for my unusual sleeping cycle.
19:25 <Cepheid> A person with ADHD is apparently prone to delayed sleep phase syndrome.
19:27 <Cepheid> Apparently, 73%-78% of people with ADHD have it.
19:28 <Lumindia> delayed sleep phase syndrome?
19:29 <Cepheid> Basically, the person's circadian rhythm is much, much longer than usual.
19:30 <Cepheid> Whereas a person will have a circadian rhythm of 24 hours, a person with DSPS could have a rhythm of 26, 28, 30 hours or more.
19:30 <Cepheid> The typical side effects of this is that we are awake for longer than the average person, and sleep about the same amount as the average person.
19:31 <Cepheid> For example, I find I have trouble sleeping without medication if I try to go to sleep before I've been awake for approximately 16 hours.
19:31 <Cepheid> And the ideal amount of sleep for me is 10 hours, thereabouts.
19:31 <Cepheid> See the problem?
19:31 <Cepheid> 10 + 16 = 26 > 24.
19:32 <Cepheid> The end result is that the time at which I go to sleep, and the time at which I wake up, moves ahead anywhere from a few minutes, to a couple of hours, each day.
19:33 <Cepheid> So, after a week to a week-and-a-half, I'll be awake all night. Another week to a week-and-a-half, I'll be awake all day.
19:33 <Cepheid> Repeat endlessly.
19:33 <Lumindia> ... that sounds like my roommate, honestly
19:34 <Lumindia> he does pretty much exactly that
19:34 <Cepheid> This makes it difficult for me to maintain a job, or anything with a defined schedule.
19:34 <Lumindia> For about a week he'll be up while I'm awake, then the next week he'll be sound asleep in the middle of the day
19:34 <Cepheid> Because over time, I start to get less and less sleep as I try to maintain the schedule, or I start abusing medication to sleep, and the end-result is it feels like I'm constantly not getting enough sleep, or suffering constant jet lag.
19:35 <Cepheid> A person can function on 4 hours of sleep a night. For a few days.
19:35 <Cepheid> For a few weeks, or a few months? Bad things start to happen.
19:35 <Cepheid> Fortunately, I work in a field where I *MIGHT* be able to get away with telecommuting, and having to attend the occasional meeting.
19:38 <Cepheid> If I put aside my morals, views, and compassion, I could argue that this pandemic, with it's lockdowns and encouraging/proving the value of telecommunication, is a blessing in disguise, because it shows that telecommunication for a lot of jobs is viable, and possibly even beneficial.
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19:40 <TormentedDragon> large-scale crises have a tendency to destroy assumptions and reveal weaknesses and lies.
19:42 <Cepheid> At the cost of the lives of creatures, usually humans.
19:42 <TormentedDragon> Yes.
19:48 <Cepheid> According to the criteria listed for DSPS on the Wikipedia page for it, I most definitely suffer from it. I know self-diagnosis is dangerous, but in this case, it seems extremely probable.
19:50 <Cepheid> As it is, right now, I'm currently between awake-all-day and awake-all-night. I wake up in the morning, but only because I force myself to after a few hours of sleep. I honestly just want to sleep naturally, but I can't right now.
19:50 <Cepheid> I have a test tomorrow at 9:30 AM. On Wednesday, I have a test at 11:30 AM, and on Thursday, a test at 8:30 AM.
19:51 <Cepheid> And where I don't have tests, I have mandatory lectures.
19:51 <Cepheid> My best bet at this point would be to set an alarm to wake me up at the time of the relevant classes, in the event I'm asleep, attend the classes, and then go to bed.
19:51 <Cepheid> I can get away with not attending two classes altogether, because those classes are recorded by the professors.
19:51 <Cepheid> That leaves the only problematic class being Japanese.
19:53 <Cepheid> I'll be honest, ADragonDreaming/TormentedDragon. I'm lying when I say I'm tired at night. No, that's usually just when I take my medication to go to sleep, or about an hour after I take my medication. It's effectively a powerful sleep aide, but it's sorta useless when I'm doing something that requires concentration.
19:53 <Cepheid> And if I don't go to lay down and do my usual routine at night, I won't sleep.
19:54 <Cepheid> It's more along the lines of "Okay, I have to stop so I can go to sleep."
19:56 <TormentedDragon> It makes sense to me
19:58 <Cepheid> Tonight though, I think I'm going to do literally what I suggested above. Just set an alarm to wake me up in time for the test, do the test, then go back to bed.
19:59 <Schism> Sleep is of the good...
20:00 <Finwe> How about sheep?
20:01 <Cepheid> Though, it's Japanese. So there's prolly gonna be some lecturing after the test.
20:01 <Cepheid> With that in mind, I'll stick around 'til lecture's done, *THEN* go back to sleep.
20:07 <Cepheid> https://imgur.com/gallery/GjSYjJ0
20:07 * Finwe boops Ali with a free NiGHTS Into Dreams: https://www.sega60th.com/
20:09 <Ali> On steam its still 7.99 Finwe
20:10 * Cepheid looks at Nazca. "... Oh no. OH NO."
20:10 <Cepheid> They found a new geoglyph. It's... a cat.
20:10 <Finwe> Well, you get it for the price of giving your email address to Sega that way.
20:12 <Ali> Eww
20:13 <Cepheid> You can just filter and send it to spam/deleted. And then unlink your steam account from them afterwards.
20:13 <Schism> Cepheid: Proof that the internet is simply a reflection of humanity.
20:13 <Finwe> But everyone has an email address just for these offers, roight?
20:13 <Schism> "It said the cat was 37 metres long, with well-defined lines that varied in width between 30cm and 40cm."
20:14 <Cepheid> Finwe: More or less.
20:14 <Finwe> So it's basically free.
20:14 <Finwe> Some more spam to your dedicated spam address hardly hurts.
20:15 <Finwe> E.g. cute_unicorn_Ali@equestrianspam.com. o3o
20:16 * Ali baps Finwe
20:19 * Lumindia snugs the Ali
20:19 <Lumindia> Ali is silly, though
20:20 * Schism offers the Lumindia some creamed peas and ham on toast.
20:21 * Finwe boops the Ali.
20:21 * Ali squeaks and whines
20:21 <Finwe> There are also some other games available for free: https://store.steampowered.com/curator/36333614-Sega-Promotions/sale/sega60th
20:21 <Finwe> Including Sonic 2 and Armor of Heroes.
20:23 <Cepheid> https://imgur.com/gallery/omLanS5 Such a majestic, perfect landing. 14/10.
20:24 <Schism> Cepheid: If nothing else, a cover letter shows that you're putting in extra effort.
20:24 <Cepheid> Oh, sure.
20:24 <Cepheid> But, based on the commentary from the other individual I argued with, they don't have the time to read it, nor care.
20:27 <Cepheid> Huh.
20:27 <Cepheid> University of Rochester created a superconducting material. The temperature it's superconducting at? 58 degrees fahrenheit.
20:27 <Schism> Impressive.
20:28 <Schism> Not _quite_ a room-temperature superconductor, but closer...
20:29 <Cepheid> There's a catch. Production of the material involved 39,000,000 PSI of pressure.
20:32 * Cepheid blahs. Is tired. Had trouble sleeping last night due to pretty much going to sleep several hours earlier than the body wanted.
20:33 <Cepheid> I woke up at 1:30 PM yesterday, so assuming a 16 hour day for me, I should have been in bed by mmm... 3:30-5:30 AM this morning, to get some sleep.
20:33 <Cepheid> Instead, I forced it at around 1:30 AM.
20:34 <Cepheid> And then woke up far earlier than planned because my dad decided to turn the TV on quite loudly.
20:36 <Cepheid> Hum. Apparently, the Oculus Quest 2 has exposed further problems in Facebook.
20:37 <Cepheid> In order to use the Oculus Quest 2, you now need a Facebook account. But apparently, an automated bot had been permabanning Oculus Quest 2 users from Facebook.
20:37 <Cepheid> Worse yet, it was declaring that the "decision had been reviewed and cannot be reversed." and now Facebook is coming out and saying that yes, it can be reversed, and that it was a bot that did the banning, so there was no human being actually reviewing the ban at all.
20:38 <Cepheid> So, basically, they've been caught with their pants down another rung.
20:42 <Cepheid> Even before I got my degree, I could have told you that using automated systems to search for bannable content and such is a poor idea.
20:48 <Cepheid> https://imgur.com/gallery/WIkCiqj
20:49 <TormentedDragon> Yep.
20:50 <TormentedDragon> But on the other hand, automated systems are literally the only way to centrally handle moderation of the sheer volume of content that Facebook deals with.
20:51 <Cepheid> Indeed.
20:51 <TormentedDragon> Facebook is particularly bad at content moderation, in my opinion, but content moderation at scale is also literally impossible to do well.
20:51 <Cepheid> Same with Twitter and any other social media platform.
20:51 <Cepheid> The problem here though, is that the bot in question says that the ban was reviewed, when it wasn't, and that the ban cannot be reversed, when it can.
20:52 <TormentedDragon> Aye.
20:52 <TormentedDragon> Review of automated decisions should require human interaction.
20:53 <Cepheid> Mmhmm.
20:53 <Cepheid> And the fact that Facebook came out and said that this was in error, basically says "Yeah, we didn't review these at all."
20:54 * Cepheid curls up on the floor, stomach hurting.
20:54 <TormentedDragon> wurr?
20:56 <Cepheid> My stomach has a random chance of hurting when I eat right now. Due to medication.
21:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Makenshi: Pony Concept Music: MC-Arch vs Agatan - You won't close my Eyes... (feat. Drummershy & Blackened Blue) [Progressive Rock] [ https://tinyurl.com/y3cp8987 ]
21:05 <Cepheid> https://imgur.com/gallery/JixcsR2 Finwe, there is something wrong with your country.
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21:34 <Schism> While Facebook is bad at content moderation, they're also intentionally bad, their algorithm burying independent and investigative journals in favour of more QAnon conspiracy theories.
21:47 <Ali> What is social media even good for anyway?
21:54 * Dappled watched Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle cause heard about it through social media. So... Occasionally finding non social media to consume?
22:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Pony Pumpkin Event 2020 Submissions Now Open! [ https://tinyurl.com/yx8j5d7k ]
22:11 <Cepheid> Artwork, mostly. Clips of video games, too.
22:12 * Ali grabs Dappled for snuggles
22:21 * Dappled snuggles Ali.
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22:45 * Dappled leans against Ali. This is a good pony.
23:07 * Ali hugs Dappled, never feels like a good pony.
23:09 <Dappled> Sounds pretty sus to me.
23:09 * Dappled thinks Ali might have imposter syndrome.
23:09 <Dappled> Ba dum tsh.
23:09 * Ali dun't get it.
23:11 * Dappled makes reference to Among Us and how people say that the imposter is "sus" as a shortened form of Suspicious cause that word can't be spelled. Also moblie keyboards are dumb.
23:12 * Ali doesn't among us so dun gets
23:17 * Dappled lays down on Ali. Good friend pony.
23:18 <Lumindia> sus = suspicious
23:18 <Lumindia> all you need to know
23:22 * Ali boops Lumindia snoot
23:31 * Lumindia falls over
23:31 * Lumindia flailyhooves
23:31 <Lumindia> D:
23:32 * Ali sits on top of Lumindia
23:42 * Lumindia squeaks, flails under Ali
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23:46 * Dappled can't wait for more Sleepy Princess in the Demon Castle. It's about how the Demon King kidnapped Princess Syalis from the kingdom of Goodreste and the hero Dawner is on his way to rescue her.
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23:49 <PinkieShy> Ugh.. :/
23:50 * Lumindia kidnaps Dappled for hugs!@
23:50 <Lumindia> O vO
23:50 * Dappled hugs Lumindia. Also orders pizza.
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