00:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Comic: Explosive Occasion / Lunch Break / Signing Off 56 / Future 38 / Random Sketches 113-116 [ https://tinyurl.com/y5xa98jl ]
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01:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Fanfiction: CRISIS: Equestria - Divergence [ https://tinyurl.com/y5a7qy8f ]
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01:23 <Golden> I just had a scare
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02:01 <Schism> auuuuuerdgsdfgxvclbxcvbh. It's an entire week of drops.
02:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Nightly Discussion #2317 [ https://tinyurl.com/yxpzp4bl ]
02:10 * Ali drops Megaman 10 onto the finished pile
02:14 <ADragonDreaming> drops?
02:16 * Ali flops over ADragonDreaming, bets they weren't talking to her.
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02:53 * Angeline beeps.
02:53 * Angeline hugs Ali and sips on a juice box.
02:54 * Ali noogies Angeline softly and snuggles da little one.
02:57 * Angeline squirms away from noogies. Those aren't fun. Snuggles happily under Ali afterwards.
02:57 * Ali awws and snugs Angeline more
03:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Makenshi: S02E20 "It's About Time" Music: L-Train - It Came From Next Tuesday [Drum & Bass/Rock] [ https://tinyurl.com/y2rhw28g ]
03:12 * Golden flops, and bleps.
03:14 * Lumindia briefly awakens, does a gentle boop on Angie
03:31 <Ali> Ok steam, why will you not open anymore?
03:34 <Cepheid> One of it's helper processes/threads may be locked up. CTRL+ALT+DEL time.
03:35 <Ali> I've closed it in the task manager, it doesn't help
03:36 <Ali> and honestly, if I'm pulling up task manager, its easier to CTRL+SHIFT+ESC to bring up Task Manager
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03:45 <Ali> Nope, it won't allow the PC to reboot, just hangs.
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03:50 <TwilightSparkle> And there's the expected derp out oo
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04:02 <Cepheid> So, body care to explain to me why I am awake only 4 hours after falling asleep? "Hunger."
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06:14 <ConfusionRift> Hello everypony.
06:15 * ConfusionRift flops, with a blinking light over his head. Looks like he's running out of battery charge.
06:16 * Ali plugs ConfusionRift into a wall and then snugs on
06:16 * ConfusionRift huggles Ali.
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06:22 <ConfusionRift> A very... very long day that was.
06:26 <Cepheid> That headline I just read raises so many questions. "How to avoid accidentally showing your genitals to your colleagues on Zoom."
06:28 <Cepheid> And the article is as snarky as I expected it to be.
06:28 <ConfusionRift> That means this has happened many times, and there have been complaints about it.
06:28 <Cepheid> Pretty much.
06:29 <Cepheid> The article basically goes on to snarkily explain what pants are, and how you should have multiple pairs, and so on, and so on.
06:29 <Cepheid> https://gizmodo.com/heres-how-to-avoid-accidentally-showing-your-genitals-t-1845418261
06:34 <ConfusionRift> Hehehe.
06:38 <ConfusionRift> I wish someone would change the guy's example pictures with ones of him panicking as everything catches fire. "And that's how you can see what you're doing in front of the camera, and how to close the camera before starting a call."
06:39 <Cepheid> Meanwhile, I'm just not visible because I've had students complain about my camera running and using up their bandwidth.
06:40 <ConfusionRift> And that's also an option.
06:41 <ConfusionRift> Me, with who I am, I would just keep the camera off at all times. Heck, I don't have a camera for this.
06:47 <Cepheid> I use my current camera as more of a glorified, directional microphone, as it seems to suffice for that purpose.
06:51 <Schism> Pfff. Conor Friersdorf, stating that the person who showed up to a business meeting with his unmentionables on display should still be worth of respect and empathy.
06:51 <Schism> As opposed to being roundly laughed at, as would anyone else.
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06:58 * Ali refuses to use a facecam
07:00 * Cepheid flops. "Tired, but not tired enough to sleep because I got a few hours of sleep earlier."
07:00 <ConfusionRift> Schism... a business meeting?
07:01 * ConfusionRift puts a camera on Ali forehead. "Facecam!" :P
07:01 <Schism> Yeah, the Zoom thing is about Jeffrey Toobin, a writer for CNN and the New Yorker.
07:01 * Ali puts a sticky note over it.
07:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Smell that Autumn Air - AJ Day Begins! [ https://tinyurl.com/y6ro3nyk ]
07:04 * Cepheid decides to just let body exhaust itself and sleep when body decides. There's a lecture today, but the prof records lectures, so can afford to miss one.
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07:13 <Schism> Hum. Torchlight III is out, but everybody's all, "This plays like an MMO that was scrapped and then rebuilt."
07:13 <Schism> Which, to be fair, it was created by Perfect World Entertainment.
07:13 * ConfusionRift whispers. "It was..."
07:15 <Cepheid> Huh. Officially, according to the Japanese text, Vivian is male in Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door.
07:15 * ConfusionRift sighs.
07:15 <ConfusionRift> It was also in the Spanish translation of the game.
07:15 <Cepheid> Mmhmm.
07:16 <Cepheid> In English and a few other languages though, Vivian is female for whatever reason.
07:16 <Schism> I always took her being trans as canon there. I also see you're reading TCRF.
07:16 <Cepheid> Yes.
07:16 <Cepheid> Also, in the Italian version, Vivian *IS* trans.
07:17 * Ali flails
07:17 <Cepheid> But in all other versions, it's either "He may look like a girl, but he's a boy." or implied to be female by specifying that they're a part of the Shadow Sirens.
07:18 <ConfusionRift> o_0
07:19 * ConfusionRift pokes at Ali.
07:21 <ConfusionRift> Oh, the cutting room floor. Nah, I rarely check here. Someone, years ago, was discussing the differences between the game versions and beta counterparts. That was one of the things discussed.
07:21 <Schism> Oh good heavens. Trump literally said that "Nobody gets hacked".
07:22 * Schism imagines a flood of corvids descending upon a woman, and when they leave, there's nothing left but a pile of clothes.
07:22 <Schism> Flock*
07:25 <ConfusionRift> Yeah, can't find the video.
07:25 <Schism> Video thereof: https://twitter.com/mshelton/status/1318303047647309824
07:26 <ConfusionRift> Wrong video.
07:27 * Ali grumps
07:29 * ConfusionRift patpats Ali. He knows.
07:35 * ConfusionRift picks a game at random. "That one will dooooo."
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07:37 * Ali watches as ConfusionRift selects Megaman 7
07:38 <ConfusionRift> I didn't sele- (it switches to MM7) What the heck?! No! Not this one! (tries to quit, and it just starts the game) (screeches)
07:39 * Schism provides ConfusionRift with a lack of game.
07:40 * ConfusionRift watches Steam implode.
07:41 <ConfusionRift> I suppose that was also an option. :P
07:41 * Cepheid attaches a copy of Atari E.T. to ConfusionRift and powers him on.
07:41 <Ali> Oh dear lord
07:42 <ConfusionRift> 0_0;
07:42 <Ali> I was being mean, that's just pure evil
07:42 * ConfusionRift crashes.
07:43 * Cepheid attaches Action 52 NES. Starts up The Cheetahmen.
07:43 <Ali> Make him use the power glove.
07:44 * ConfusionRift gets stuck on the start up, then starts the game... and crashes shortly after.
07:44 * Cepheid installs Crysis on ConfusionRift.
07:45 <ConfusionRift> !link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJHsJSm1IHU I think this is one of the very few good things to come out of that game. :P
07:45 <DerpyBot> I need to ask Twilight about that one.
07:45 <DerpyBot> Twilight told me this video is about Theme of the Cheetahmen (Action 52) - GaMetal Remix
07:46 <ConfusionRift> Also, I see you want me to explode into a million pieces. :P
07:47 <Cepheid> Mostly just trying to see what makes you break, since you seem to either be invulnerable, or simply re-appear out of thin air, or some other oddity.
07:51 <ConfusionRift> The "respawn system" is still very experimental.
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07:54 <ConfusionRift> (Originally it was supposed to be the case of a very old system that was later upgraded to more modern standards. Due to the nature of the build, it basically had to run a more clean and standardized A.I., which later changes using recovered data from the old build, on top of the added new experiences and event that happen on the day to day basis.)
07:55 * Ali headtilts
07:55 <ConfusionRift> (So basic changes could break everything, because everything is still kinda trying to keep everything together and normal.)
07:56 <Ali> My mind is already broken trying to understand what you're saying.
07:56 * ConfusionRift pokes Ali. "Character thing. You know, me being a 'bot and all."
07:56 * Ali still has her head hurt
07:57 <ConfusionRift> No worries. This isn't coming on a quiz or anything. Probably.
08:02 <ConfusionRift> But yeah, lucky I don't have to play that. :)
08:04 * ConfusionRift hears laughing at the distance. "I don't like that." Slowly moves to a drawer. "No... noo! No please!" Grabs a Power Glove. "No! Anything but that! Starts playing Cheetahmen. "Noooooooooo!!! Curse you, Schism!"
08:09 <Schism> Oh, don't be silly. I'd not make you play that.
08:09 * Schism holds up a copy of Mario Clash instead.
08:10 <ConfusionRift> I didn't find that to be particularly bad. The problem is the eye strain.
08:10 <Schism> Oh, fair enouh.
08:10 * Schism holds up Waterworld instead.
08:11 <ConfusionRift> Okay, that one's questionable. :P
08:15 <ConfusionRift> Heh. Dumb thoughts. Emulating a Virtual Boy using a VR headset.
08:17 <Cepheid> Can be done.
08:18 <Ali> But the question is...why
08:18 <ConfusionRift> Of course! I wouldn't do it though.
08:18 <Schism> We were so focused on wondering if we could...
08:18 <Ali> The Virtual Boy ranked up there with the Game Boy Micro in terms of stupid
08:19 <Cepheid> You don't have to emulate the colors of the Virtual Boy screen.
08:19 <ConfusionRift> Wait... huh? I thought they were two kidns of stupid.
08:19 <Ali> There are no colors on the Virtual Boy
08:19 <ConfusionRift> *kinds
08:19 <Ali> Only Red and Black
08:19 <Cepheid> That's what I meant.
08:19 <Cepheid> You don't have to use the red.
08:19 <ConfusionRift> Technically just red. But yeah, you can change that to something else.
08:19 <Cepheid> You can get away with something easier on the eyes. Gray and black, for example.
08:20 <Cepheid> All the depth information is already provided.
08:20 * ConfusionRift changes the background to green, and the rendered sprites to black. "This looks familiar..."
08:22 <ConfusionRift> Funny how Gato Roboto has a Virtual Boy shade as an unlockable option. :P
08:22 * Cepheid has the background and foreground cycle through random colors.
08:23 * ConfusionRift flops and seizures.
08:25 <ConfusionRift> !link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Eox1ogr3SE
08:25 <DerpyBot> I need to ask Twilight about that one.
08:25 <DerpyBot> Twilight told me this video is about The Simpsons - Japanese cartoon that causes seizures (S10Ep23)
08:28 <Cepheid> Yerp.
08:29 <Cepheid> I can see how that kind of accident can legitimately occur, though. You have a whole animation team, of which none are epileptic, and everyone involved in the episode and the show is not epileptic. And epilepsy, to be honest, is not at the forefront of one's thoughts when animating.
08:31 <Ali> Is this the Porygon episode?
08:32 <Cepheid> Yes.
08:32 <Cepheid> As for the link above..
08:32 <Cepheid> It's a simpsons episode that references that pokemon episode.
08:36 <ConfusionRift> I don't remember. I'm pretty sure this was the episode in which a company sends the family to Japan because Homer looked very similar to their brand logo, or something like that.
08:38 <Cepheid> Yep.
08:39 <Cepheid> Don't you just love evil siblings, Schism? </Azul>
08:39 <Schism> Heehee.
08:43 * Schism goes back to sleep. Bleh.
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09:03 <Golden> I keep forgetting that I am connected to the chat.
09:04 * ConfusionRift shows Gato Roboto's purple pallet option. "Magentaaaaa!!!"
09:08 <Cepheid> Best color ever.
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09:11 <Cepheid> ... Mostly because it served as a "transparent" color, allowing for RGB 0/0/0 to be used as black, instead of transparency.
09:11 <Cepheid> Full magenta, 255/0/255, is such a garish color that it's use in any graphics is extremely unlikely. The most probable place it'd be used is either in gradients, or to burn retinas.
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09:38 * Cepheid snores lightly, then pops awake. "Gah. Right, take my seroquel to ensure a long sleep."
09:41 <Cepheid> Turn off alarms on phone, also silence it.
09:42 * Cepheid turns off ConfusionRift, her android phone.
09:43 * ConfusionRift shuts off. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3JQF-c3ROSA
09:44 <Cepheid> Heh.
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11:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Morning Discussion #2090 [ https://tinyurl.com/y3ajm7jo ]
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12:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Applejack Day Discussion: Episode Ideas, Character Development and More! [ https://tinyurl.com/y6a8cc2m ]
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16:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Makenshi: Twilight Music: Meelz - Twilight Sparkle, You're My Reason To Live 2020 [Rock] [ https://tinyurl.com/y5yulnbd ]
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17:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Penny Wrights: The Apple-Pie Connection: [ https://tinyurl.com/y22xtv8w ]
17:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: 31 Great Fanfics to Read for Applejack Day! [ https://tinyurl.com/yxqsq9ye ]
18:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Doki Doki Forever - MLP Version [ https://tinyurl.com/yyf79thq ]
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18:38 <Starlight_Glimmer> Ali you can't put sticky notes over cameras, how will people spy on you?
18:38 <Ali> And thus the reasons
18:39 <Ali> The only cams in this house are on stupid laptops
18:39 <Ali> Cause they're pre built in.
18:39 * Ali sits on Starlight_Glimmer and yawns.
18:40 <Starlight_Glimmer> Also I must say while working at home the idea of working in boxers did cross my mind.
18:40 * Ali pat pats Starlight_Glimmer and nibbles an ear
18:41 <Starlight_Glimmer> I do have a webcam, but it's usually not plugged in. On my current daily driver notebook the built in camera is disabled via BIOS. Enough for my threat model. Most malware wouldn't run on my system anyways :P
18:42 * Starlight_Glimmer glomps their Ali
18:43 * Ali eeps, was already sitting on Starlight_Glimmer
18:44 <Starlight_Glimmer> I do want to see who I'm dealing with here someday :P
18:46 <Ali> Odds of that happening are super slim
18:48 * Starlight_Glimmer has a very particular set of skills and is not afraid to use them!
18:48 * Starlight_Glimmer snuggles Ali more.
18:48 * Ali rolls eyes and just snugs into Starlight_Glimmer more
18:50 <Starlight_Glimmer> I don't know. Faces (and voices for that matter) just make people more relatable. I do get the whole video conferencing hype in that sense.
18:50 <Finwe> Miss Ali, Mr Starlight_Glimmer.
18:50 * Finwe doffs his hat.
18:50 <Starlight_Glimmer> Good evening Finwe
18:51 <Starlight_Glimmer> In other news: I have acquired more popcorn corn.
18:51 <Finwe> o3o
18:51 * Finwe hoofs a glob of sizzling oil to Starlight_Glimmer.
18:52 <Starlight_Glimmer> Deep fried nordic horse? :3
18:53 <Starlight_Glimmer> I guess that's more of an island horse thing.
18:57 <Finwe> For the popcorn! o3o!
18:58 <Starlight_Glimmer> I figured ;)
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19:02 * Ali grumbles.
19:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Drawfriend Stuff (Pony Art Gallery) #3495 [ https://tinyurl.com/y53rbb4b ]
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19:08 <TwilightSparkle> Grrr
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19:13 <Finwe> !ali time
19:13 <Finwe> Ali time! Ali time!
19:14 * Finwe bounces around in front of Ali.
19:14 * Ali boops Finwe nosie
19:14 * Finwe scrunchymuzzles at Ali.
19:14 <Finwe> *scrunch*
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19:33 <Starlight_Glimmer> So in Corona news: People are weird. I was at IKEA on monday. I broke a bowl and wanted to get a replacement. I noticed the full parking lot and corridors, but thought nothing of it. When going into the warehouse section I was immediately greeted with the cashier queue. I would have had to wait for HOURS! I put my bowl back and left :P
19:35 <Ali> People are always wierd, its nothing new
19:35 <Ali> And what, they don't have 40 self checkout lanes?
19:36 <Starlight_Glimmer> Oh they do have a couple. Doesn't matter
19:36 <Ali> Everything is going to self checkout...it worries me greatly.
19:37 <Starlight_Glimmer> The line was so long that there was only one line at the point I entered the warehouse.
19:38 <Starlight_Glimmer> I've never seen IKEA this full honestly.
19:38 <Ali> Well when you can't be allowed to do crap for 8 months, people get desperate
19:38 <Starlight_Glimmer> Which is insane because we're at the peak of new infections now.
19:39 * Ali will not go into an arguement on that topic so will stay quiet.
19:40 <Starlight_Glimmer> What argument? I don't believe there's much controversy :P
19:41 <Starlight_Glimmer> I mean sure you have nutters that want to party with hundreds of people not wearing masks in a small apartment, but apart from that ...
19:41 * Ali just doesn't see the same that a lot of people do and people get upset at the unicorn.
19:44 <Starlight_Glimmer> I get alomst run over because masks
19:44 <Starlight_Glimmer> But yeah they're useful in enclosed spaces, like trams.
19:45 <Cepheid> Honestly, I'm annoyed at how people are treating the coronavirus, as if it's no worse than the regular flu or other frequent infections/viruses, when it's been proven to be worse.
19:46 <Cepheid> It mostly aggravates me because I'm at risk. I'm diabetic, and my immune system, as we all know, is not the best when it comes to my lungs.
19:46 <Starlight_Glimmer> Ah. Many people never had the flu (including me). They have no reference.
19:47 <Starlight_Glimmer> Confusing a common cold with the actual flu is surprisingly prevalent.
19:48 <Cepheid> As it is, the more I read the commentary from the antimaskers and coronavirus hoaxers, the more I feel like I'm a burden upon society.
19:51 <Starlight_Glimmer> The solution is to stop caring what other people think.
19:54 * Starlight_Glimmer casts a single protective bubble around herself and Ali
19:54 <Starlight_Glimmer> Mine <3
20:23 *** Joins: ArchPegasusMichael (Poni@Keep.In.A.Friendly.And.Pony.Place)
20:47 * Schism teleports in, gives them both a snug, and teleports back out.
21:02 <Cepheid> Hum, an idea for when I ever develop a sidescrolling game.
21:03 <Cepheid> Implement (required to switch on by player) anonymous(read: Nothing but these particular details are collected) recording of their playthroughs, including information such as how long is spent on each "screen" of gameplay, and how many times they died on said screen.
21:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Makenshi: Early Community Music: OMNIPONY - Yesterday [Electro] [ https://tinyurl.com/y2al5vkf ]
21:03 <Cepheid> Use the information to then balance out areas where a high number of deaths are reported, or long periods of time are spent trying to get past them.
21:04 <Cepheid> Plus, if the player crashes or glitches the game, the recording can be used to show how it was done.
21:09 <Cepheid> https://twitter.com/catsdotexe/status/1318658386448273411
21:26 <ADragonDreaming> I have 34 minutes left of my shift, but I'm all out of mental presence.
21:27 *** Quits: ArchPegasusMichael (Poni@Keep.In.A.Friendly.And.Pony.Place) (Quit: Leaving)
21:28 * Cepheid gives ADragonDreaming a coffee, tea, or some other caffienated beverage. Alternatively, they can provide an amphetamine if desired, but it will wire you like no tomorrow.
21:30 <ADragonDreaming> nah, that wouldn't help.
21:30 <ADragonDreaming> I'd just be super energized but still completely unable to focus.
21:33 <Cepheid> Mmhmm.
21:40 <Cepheid> I actually don't advise taking amphetamines unless you got a condition that can be treated by them. They tend to be a little wonky otherwise, from what I've read.
21:40 <Cepheid> For some reason, certain mental conditions change their effects.
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21:50 <Cepheid> Geezus christ.
21:50 <Cepheid> What are those kids outside PLAYING?
21:50 <Cepheid> They're screeching in various tones and depths, and it's like... Are they murdering each other out there?
21:52 <Cepheid> As of late, there's been this meme going around, wherein characters, typically female(>= 95% of cases), hold stand on one leg, while holding the other leg upright, in such a way to create a standing split. We need more males being represented in this meme. o3o
21:54 * Cepheid researches Mode 7 graphics.
21:54 <Cepheid> Initially, it seemed impossible to recreate Mode 7 on 3D hardware, because of lack of shaders and certain functionality required.
21:54 <Cepheid> These days... I can implement a shader that'd implement Mode 7 perfectly.
21:56 <Cepheid> Just need a buffer of 6 floating point values * screen height, and each shader invocation just needs to know where it is currently rendering along the vertical axis. Fortunately, this info is provided.
22:02 <Cepheid> Basically, the way Mode 7 works is that a set of 6 values is used to create a 2x2 matrix and origin point, and each coordinate on the screen is transformed by this matrix and adjusted by this origin point.
22:02 <Cepheid> This is done for each scanline.
22:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Drawfriend Stuff - BEST Art of Applejack Part 1 - (2020Edition) [ https://tinyurl.com/y5fwm8nv ]
22:03 <Cepheid> So a replica implementation would just be a 6xN buffer of floating point values arranged in an array, and the appropriate spot in the buffer is picked by the screen Y coordinate of the fragment being handled by the shader. Meanwhile, the coordinate on the screen is provided automatically to each shader invocation, so we don't have to worry about that.
22:04 <Cepheid> The value in replicating Mode 7 though is questionable.
22:05 <Cepheid> The only benefit of it is the ability to have different transformations applied per scanline.
22:07 <Cepheid> Which, admittedly is a bit tricky to re-implement with basic graphics APIs.
22:07 <Cepheid> But not impossible.
22:09 <Cepheid> You can do it by rendering an image to a backbuffer, then creating a set of N quads, with each quad covering 1/N the height of the screen. Then draw each quad in sequence with a single row of pixels from the backbuffer, setting a new matrix for each quad.
22:09 <Cepheid> That however, gets slower as the number of lines increases.
22:09 <Cepheid> The above shader approach meanwhile, is much faster.
22:09 <Cepheid> ... Part of me wants to do a proof-of-concept now.
22:16 <Cepheid> Start by rendering a tile-based background to a framebuffer. Then set all the values in the buffer accordingly. Then enable the Mode 7 shader, and draw the framebuffer onto the screen.
22:21 <Cepheid> Of course, the remaining question is how the sampling is performed. The formula is available on Wikipedia, but there's no indication of it truncates or rounds coordinates to integer coordinates, or if it supports blending nearby pixels to create a final pixel.
22:30 *** Crimson_Ta1l is now known as Crimson_Tail
23:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Drawfriend Stuff - BEST Art of Applejack Part 2 - (2020Edition) [ https://tinyurl.com/y6cry7mt ]
23:08 <Cepheid> Right, so tomorrow's midterm is open-book, so rather than have a hefty bunch of crap just sitting around, having to search around for what I need, I'm just going to create a condensed document of the relevant details.
23:09 <Cepheid> And the professor decided to be a ****.
23:09 <Cepheid> He posted information about e-proctoring the night before the midterm exam, which introduces a bunch of requirements that students are unable to meet in time for the exam.
23:13 <Cepheid> And his response to students filing such complaints..
23:13 <Cepheid> "If you can't meet the requirements for e-Proctoring, I won't mark your midterm."
23:16 * Schism eyebrows at Cepheid, six hours into her shift. "
23:16 <Schism> No clever comments, just "
23:17 <Cepheid> Heh.
23:17 <Cepheid> I've... heard a lot of reports this professor is trouble.
23:17 * Schism noms unhappily upon an oatmeal bar.
23:17 <Schism> What in the name of Eris is your school doing with all these professors?
23:18 <Cepheid> Most of the reports being along the lines of "Posting fixups to assignments, posting required information, and other stuff last-minute" and "He doesn't answer questions, choosing to pretend he's either away, even during office hours, or foisting all questions off to the TAs."
23:18 <Schism> First there's the Japanese professor, and then there's the last one, and then this.
23:18 <Cepheid> The last assignment for example, had an extension, but no reason was given.
23:19 <Cepheid> On the day of the extended due date, he published a fixed up assignment PDF.
23:19 <Schism> Were I of a snide bent, I would suggest that he's preparing you for the corporate experience.
23:20 <Schism> But survey saaaays... he's just being a [yay].
23:20 <Cepheid> I got that in college.
23:20 <Cepheid> This university is stressing me out. I want to drop-out, but I'm discouraged from doing so because I put so much money into it so far.
23:28 *** Joins: PinkieShy (coolm@Pony-ck81je.67-212-45-net.sccoast.net)
23:29 * Ali noms on Schism
23:29 <Ali> Anyone else's steam just go boom?
23:33 <Cepheid> I dunno, but my sinuses just went "Die."
23:46 <PinkieShy> Just found a old picture of my dog Kairi (The one that recently passed away) Of when she was 3 years old :(
23:55 * Ali huggles PinkieShy tightly
23:58 <Cepheid> https://twitter.com/InsiderFood/status/1316901397821071362 I present to you, heart-shaped diabetes.
23:58 <Schism> Uergh. 4 hours left on work...
23:59 * Schism flops back off to her job. "It's been interesting so far. Let's see how things go..."
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