00:00 <NitroTheFurry> You need 14 for a portal and table
00:01 <Cepheid> Mmhmm.
00:14 <Cepheid> Nether Portal made.
00:14 <NitroTheFurry> Woo
00:14 <NitroTheFurry> Time to burn alive
00:26 <Ali> BBRRRREEEEEE
00:27 <Ali> *portal goes out*
00:27 <Ali> And that is why I hate ghasts
00:27 <Ali> Along with that you can hear them from hundreds of blocks away
00:40 <Cepheid> Oh, hey wraith.
00:40 <Cepheid> Or whatever ye are.
00:44 <PinkieShy> Okay I want to throw this phone to the ground.. :/
00:45 <PinkieShy> Its just doing weird stuff like going to a white screen and the recent button, home button and such on screen doesn't do anything to help
00:45 <PinkieShy> reboot fixes it but it comes back to the screen later on..
00:45 <PinkieShy> I'm annoyed :(
01:22 * Lumindia_ is still flopped on Ali somehow
01:22 * Ali squeaks at Lumindia_
01:23 * Lumindia_ brushes the pony beneath them. It's nice to relax after the stress of building a PC and praying to celestia that it works
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02:08 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Nightly Discussion #2339 [ https://tinyurl.com/y5xllzpu ]
02:20 * Cepheid roams the Minecraft Wiki. So much to catch up on.
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03:04 <Ali> But there issssss one thing that never changessssssss
03:04 * Ali puts a creeper behind Cepheid
03:05 <Cepheid> I am well aware.
03:08 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Makenshi: Emotional Pony Music: RKDM - Tunnel Vision [Electro] [ https://tinyurl.com/y5oy6y2h ]
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03:32 * Finwe straightforwardly noms on Ali's tail.
03:32 <Finwe> *nomnom*
03:32 * Ali flicks her tail and baps Finwe with it.
03:32 <Finwe> o3o
03:32 * Finwe nimbly evades the clumsy bap.
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04:12 <PinkieShy> gopher it! :D
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04:32 * Cepheid grahs. Pinched nerve keeping her awake, causing severe restless leg syndrome stuff.
04:53 * Schism removes her own head and throws it through a wall. "The name of the sale code is CUSTOM25. WHY, exactly, are people calling in to ask if it applies to NON-CUSTOM ITEMS."
04:55 <Schism> Of course, if I were to rail against general customer stupidity, I'd probably cough up my own lungs after a week of diatribe.
05:19 <Ali> Schism~ Why is my discount only 25%? I heard on the liars of the internet it was 50%~
05:20 <Ali> Thanks brain for leaving out words
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06:02 <ConfusionRift> Hello everypony.
06:05 * ConfusionRift gasps. "Prodeus is out!"
06:29 * Ali flops over the ConfusionRift and yawnsies
06:30 * ConfusionRift huggles Ali.
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07:42 * ConfusionRift blehs as well.
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08:27 <ConfusionRift> Wait, there was a limited run of the GBC Shantae game... in physical copy? And no one told me?! (looks at the date) Oh... I'm a tad late.
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11:08 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Morning Discussion #2112 [ https://tinyurl.com/y2ay56jd ]
11:18 <Cepheid> https://imgur.com/gallery/NGxtklj
11:19 <ConfusionRift> Aaw, a mini one.
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11:20 <Lumindia> New PC is up and running
11:20 <ConfusionRift> Huzzah!
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11:47 <Cyan_Spark> Unix Kitty
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12:00 <Cepheid> Hum, rainy weather today.
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12:06 <Finwe> Cepheid: Indeed.
12:06 <Finwe> Must be a large cyclone, covering both sides of the Atlantic.
12:08 <Finwe> At the same time it's snowing in the Balkans and in Greece.
12:08 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Pony Plushie Compilation #441 [ https://tinyurl.com/yxjnjeuf ]
12:08 <Finwe> Lt Cdr ConfusionRift, Capt Koopz.
12:08 <Finwe> o7
12:09 <ConfusionRift> RAdm. Finwe. (salutes)
12:10 <Finwe> Hmm, actually, it's not snowing in the Balkans, my weather map was from last year.
12:10 <Finwe> But there are several cyclones over the Northern Atlantic.
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12:26 <Finwe> unico RN?
12:26 <Finwe> o3o
12:26 * Finwe hats on Schism.
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12:28 * Finwe noms on unico from off his present lofty abode.
12:30 *** unico is now known as uni
12:30 * Cepheid installs a door stop after closing the spare room door. "Ha HA! Try to get in now, ca-" She turns around and finds the cat in front of her. "Wat."
12:30 * uni eeeeeps!
12:30 <uni> heyo Finwe!
12:31 <ConfusionRift> Cepheid: Did you forgot the cat's natural teleportation powers?
12:31 <Cepheid> Apparently.
12:31 <Cepheid> In any case the doorstop was more for something else. Spitfire has a bad habit.
12:32 <Cepheid> He figured out that if he puts all of his weight against some doors, they'll open, even if they're closed. This is because said doors don't latch properly, or due to house shifting, don't latch at all.
12:32 <Cepheid> Problem is, he thinks all doors work this way, regardless of being closed or not.
12:32 <Cepheid> So when I leave my bedroom door ajar, and he wanders in, he'll push himself up against the door hard, causing it to open wide and slam against the closet door.
12:33 <Cepheid> The door stop was picked up to stop this.
12:36 <Cepheid> As for why this is even a big deal, it's because either A) It's daytime, and the skylight out in the hallway shines a lot of light into my room when I'm trying to sleep, or B) My parents leave the lamps on downstairs in the livingroom at night, and the light shines into my room.
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12:54 * Cepheid stretches repeatedly.
12:57 <RazorSharpFang> My cat headbutts doors to open them instead
13:00 * Finwe greets the uni.
13:01 * Cepheid studies for テスト.
13:02 <RazorSharpFang> I still don't get how they do singular/plural in Japanese
13:02 <Cepheid> Counter words.
13:02 <Cepheid> With a number.
13:03 <Cepheid> Or, just <N> <object>
13:03 <Cepheid> Where N is a number.
13:03 <Cepheid> In the absence of numbers, because you can't count the number of objects, I don't know.
13:03 <Cepheid> But I would assume using words like "many" or "a lot"
13:04 <Finwe> 3匹の猫がいます。
13:04 <Cepheid> Thus, たくさん猫がいます。
13:05 <Cepheid> Though I think I used the wrong verb.
13:05 <Cepheid> It should be あります。
13:05 <Finwe> Or 灯が四つあります.
13:05 <Cepheid> No, I had it right.
13:05 * Finwe does not succumb to the Romulans.
13:06 <Cepheid> This does not instill confidence in me regarding the fact that I still continue to confuse ある and いる.
13:06 <Cepheid> いる is for animate objects. ある is for inanimate objects.
13:06 <Cepheid> Thus, it should be 今日はテストがあります。
13:07 <Cepheid> That said, embarassing myself has probably cemented this in place, now.
13:07 <Cepheid> But yeah, たくさん猫がいます would translate to "there are a lot of cats."
13:10 * Filly_Nightmares meows at Finwe and curls up on lap for warmsies
13:10 * Finwe pets and snuggles the Filly_Nightmares.
13:12 <Cyan_Spark> Razor the Investor
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13:19 <RazorSharpFang> Yee
13:23 <Koopz> RAdm. Finwe o7
13:38 <Cepheid> Hum. Prodeus entered Early Alpha.
13:39 <ConfusionRift> Yep, has been released. Still early access, but apparently still very solid.
13:40 <Cepheid> Yeah, the closed beta was pretty solid. WOnder if they took my map view suggestion in mind.
13:40 * Filly_Nightmares shivers into Finwe
13:40 <Cepheid> It was actually my biggest gripe with the game, the map view.
13:40 <ConfusionRift> It was a classic wall view, if I remember correctly.
13:41 * Cepheid wonders how much of this music video she's watching is rotoscoped. Some of the animation is a bit... realistic in terms of motions, etc.
13:41 <Cepheid> It was less the map view itself, and more how it controlled.
13:42 <Cepheid> A better approach at this point, given keyboard and mouse setups, would have been to have the map not on a toggle, but a hold-down setup. And when you move the mouse, it orbits around wherever the cursor is, with mouse wheel zooming in and out towards the cursor.
13:42 <Cepheid> To maintain the fluidity of the game.
13:42 <Cepheid> That is. "Okay, I'm lost." *Press map key, use mouse to orbit view, figure out orientation, direction, etc, then release map key to go back to game.*
13:43 * ConfusionRift used the controller.
13:43 <RazorSharpFang> Query: Which pokemon type is Good against Psychic weak to Fire Weak to Poison and regular against Bug ?
13:44 * Cepheid dances to some electroswing.
13:45 <Cepheid> !link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYXHv97kbps
13:45 <DerpyBot> I need to ask Twilight about that one.
13:45 <DerpyBot> Twilight told me this video is about Electro Swing | Jamie Berry Feat. Octavia Rose - Lost In the Rhythm - YouTube
13:45 <Cepheid> RazorSharpFang: No idea. GO ask one of the database peoples.
13:46 <RazorSharpFang> Yeah, it's bug.
13:49 * Cepheid boosts her confidence through study, practice, and invoking the powers of destruction through music to crush and erase the existence of her anxiety.
13:50 * ConfusionRift flops and explodes.
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13:53 <Cepheid> I have this weird habit. When I get agitated, especially over small things, I like to do this thing with my hand, where in I appear to be "grabbing" something, and applying excessive force to crush and destroy it. Anyone else do things like these?
13:54 <Cepheid> It's basically representative of me crushing my own frustration over that small, inconsequential thing, because I shouldn't be upset in the first place.
13:54 <RazorSharpFang> Stress balls exist.
13:54 <Cepheid> I wonder how a stress ball would fare in said grip.
13:54 <RazorSharpFang> I have this grip-strength-trainer too
13:55 <Cepheid> I should consider getting stuff like that, yes. The problem is that often when this happens, it's usually an instant reaction. I wouldn't get up and get a stress ball, or grab one nearby to do it.
13:55 <Cepheid> It's like, an immediate reaction to the sudden surge of frustration.
13:56 <RazorSharpFang> Carry it on you always
13:56 <Cepheid> As for why that particular motion, it's because I don't see things as bars "growing", rather I see them as spheres that increase in size. I am crushing that sphere back to it's original size, or destroying it.
13:58 <Cepheid> Arguably, whether a stress ball would work or not is... up for debate.
13:58 <Cepheid> The sole reason I do the hand motion I do is because it hurts like hell to do for more than a few seconds.
13:58 <Cepheid> One of the calming methods for me is to feel self-induced pain. Sort of a punishment for letting things get out of hand.
13:59 <Cepheid> This approach at least avoids doing stupid stuff like punching solid objects.
14:00 <Cepheid> Otherwise, the alternative is to drive my parents crazy.
14:01 <Cepheid> Because the only other way of causing pain without physically injuring myself is to flex my right hand.
14:01 <Cepheid> And, well, my parents don't like it when I do that. The noise my wrist makes unsettles them.
14:04 <Cepheid> One of these days, I shall find a way to rein in my temper, and control it.
14:05 <Cepheid> Damned, pulsating sphere. Pulses to varying radii, but on average, slowly increases, until it reaches a breaking point.
14:07 <Finwe> Cepheid: To preserve the heart mind and to purify it by letting impurities settle to the bottom in quiescence is the perverted Zen of silent illumination.
14:09 <Cepheid> Heh.
14:09 <Finwe> Also, you must work hard to live in the present and, to finish, all the more. I do not advise the unfortunate excess of continual suffering.
14:12 <Cepheid> Easier said than done.
14:13 <Cepheid> Do not mistake my anger towards myself as something that is always related to things that happen in the past, or potentials of the future because of my current actions.
14:14 <Cepheid> I am a furnace constantly being fed, regardless of the situation. Even in the absence of situations which can, will agitate me, the anger, the frustration builds regardless.
14:14 <Cepheid> You could throw me in a room with no outside contact for weeks, and I will still have spontaneous outbursts every few weeks.
14:23 <Cepheid> While it's true that memories, frustration, and hatred do contribute to it, even in the absence of all that, it'll still grow.
14:23 <Cepheid> Which is why I need something that I vent with.
14:24 <Cepheid> Ideally, combat-oriented.
14:25 <Cepheid> Alas, right now, martial arts and such aren't viable.
14:25 <Cepheid> I mean, I guess I could pick up a dummy and a bokken and do some self-practice.
14:25 <Cepheid> But I lack the space for this.
14:26 <Cepheid> I'm 185cm. My hand reach easily gets up to the ceiling of even the tallest room here.
14:26 <Cepheid> So any overhead motions are impossible.
14:28 <Cepheid> Anyways, test in 2 minutes.
14:32 <RazorSharpFang> NYSE is open now. I'm green so far.
14:41 <RazorSharpFang> I'm trying to read the Japanese on a tiny candy wrapper and I literally can't make out the characters at all of these Kanji.
14:47 * Cyan_Spark mutters under his breath, staring at a stock of interest
14:47 <Cyan_Spark> Go on, sell it at half a cent lower, you little varmint
14:50 <RazorSharpFang> Cepheid, any good at Kanji identification from a crude drawing? [ https://i.imgur.com/m84c9IW.png ]
14:51 <RazorSharpFang> A few of the details might be wrong because it's hard to see on a small font size.
14:57 <RazorSharpFang> Definitely a green day today, unless it suddenly changes.
15:01 <Cyan_Spark> 2 days ago started green as well
15:01 <Cyan_Spark> Ended up being red
15:05 <RazorSharpFang> Always some level of uncertainty
15:09 <Cyan_Spark> What kind of psychopath trades in fractional cents >:V
15:09 <RazorSharpFang> Our accounting system uses 4 decimal places.
15:09 * Cyan_Spark presses his muzzle right up against the screen
15:09 <Cyan_Spark> "c'mon, drop half a cent more and pick me up..."
15:10 <RazorSharpFang> Sold 1 JETS 20 Put Jan15'21 1.70 Credit
15:10 <RazorSharpFang> I am bullish on Jets.
15:10 <Cyan_Spark> Jets?
15:10 <RazorSharpFang> Jets is an ETF for the combined American and Canadian Airline industry.
15:11 <Cyan_Spark> I saw UAL and DAL going down few minutes earlier
15:11 <RazorSharpFang> Yeah, Jets is down today, so I got a big more premium for this sold put by selling it today.
15:13 <Cepheid> Cut it short there with the test, but in comparison to previous tests..
15:13 <Cepheid> That went much, much better. Still having problems with speech.
15:14 <Cepheid> As for that kanji..
15:14 <Cepheid> I cannot read it. I do not know it. But I can find out what it is for you.
15:14 <RazorSharpFang> I've come up with nothing so far.
15:15 <Cyan_Spark> Aren't there OCR apps for translation?
15:16 <RazorSharpFang> Yes, but the text is so small that any photos I take of it with my phone camera are unreadable.
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15:16 <Cyan_Spark> Take it from afar and manually crop, then digitally zoom in
15:16 <RazorSharpFang> Also unreadable.
15:16 <Cyan_Spark> Mmm.
15:18 <Cepheid> RazorSharpFang, what is the context of the kanji? Like, what's it being used in relation to?
15:18 <Cepheid> My professor says it might be 製, which means "manufacture"
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15:19 <RazorSharpFang> That does look exactly like it.
15:19 <Cepheid> Heh.
15:19 <RazorSharpFang> It's text on a candy wrapper
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15:22 <Cepheid> Probably meant to read something like "Manufactured in X"
15:23 <uni> huh well that was a fun round of warships
15:24 <uni> also wow that is such a weird looking character
15:27 <Finwe> o3o
15:27 * Finwe noms on uni's warships.
15:27 * uni pouts and pushes at Finwe
15:27 <uni> h-hey! Those are fragile!
15:28 <Cyan_Spark> Hai uni
15:28 <uni> ooh Cyan_Spark!
15:28 <uni> heyo!
15:28 <uni> how goes things?
15:28 <Cyan_Spark> ^.^
15:28 <Cyan_Spark> Things are going c:
15:28 * uni headtilts
15:29 <Cepheid> Kanji tend to be confusing.
15:30 <Cepheid> But they are... structured, in a sense.
15:30 * ADragonDreaming mrrrrrrgles
15:30 <Cepheid> They are composed of smaller peices called radicals, which themselves have a meaning. Through this, it is possible to infer the meaning of the kanji without knowing what it means. This doesn't always work, though.
15:32 <ADragonDreaming> I have to present data on a whole bunch of information tomorrow and I'm getting all anxious about it.
15:32 <RazorSharpFang> Cepheid, `万一 製品に不都合な点がございましたらお買い上げ月日と店名をご記入の上、... ` is the text that I can glean.
15:32 <RazorSharpFang> It keeps going but it tires me to read text that small.
15:32 <Cepheid> Heh.
15:33 <Cepheid> I could translate it at a later time, but right now I'm in a lecture.
15:33 <RazorSharpFang> Sounds to me like it's the generic "If you're unsatisfied please return to store for refund"
15:34 <Cepheid> Not sure. Starts off with a number, 10000.
15:34 <RazorSharpFang> That part confused me too.
15:34 <Cepheid> No, wait.
15:34 <Cepheid> That number is backwards. 万 can't be used by itself. It has to be preceeded by a number.
15:34 <Cepheid> 万一 is backwards.
15:34 <uni> it's confusing in the sense that it's not like any Chinese character I've seen before
15:35 <RazorSharpFang> It's definitely 万一 on the package
15:35 <Cepheid> Hum.
15:35 <Cepheid> New words.
15:35 <uni> oh I see
15:36 <Cepheid> Apparently it means "emergency; unlikely event;" or "by some chance; by some possibility;"
15:36 <Cepheid> So yeah, it sounds like a "If you're not happy with this product, etc.."
15:36 <RazorSharpFang> Maybe it's an idea like "Rare event like a once-in-a-thousand"
15:37 <Cepheid> Hmm.
15:38 <uni> hmm Hexchat's default doesn't do UTF-8
15:38 <RazorSharpFang> UTF-8 is the best encoding.
15:39 <Cepheid> It should, Uni.
15:39 <uni> hmm
15:39 <RazorSharpFang> Could be the font not supporting that character.
15:39 <RazorSharpFang> I use Noto Sans for my font.
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15:39 <Cepheid> More likely lack of proper fonts.
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15:40 <uni> oh my that was sudden
15:40 <Cepheid> Encoding support is set as part of the server configuration.
15:40 <Cepheid> And you need a proper font.
15:40 <uni> yep
15:40 <Cepheid> Windows, by default, does not have the fonts.
15:40 <uni> it's probably the font
15:40 <uni> I'm like cycling through my list of installed fonts
15:40 <Cepheid> You need to install the language support for it. Or download a public font, like Noto Sans, or Adobe's fonts.
15:41 <uni> oh yep definitely the font
15:41 <uni> I just switched to the asian font
15:41 <uni> which is bringing me flashbacks to my secondary school days
15:41 <uni> eww
15:41 <Cepheid> Heh.
15:41 <Cepheid> Wait, what? Secondary school days?
15:42 <uni> yep, typing essays on the computer
15:42 <uni> honestly writing them would have been quicker but the teacher wanted "neat"
15:43 <Cepheid> I'm assuming you were in a region where asian languages are common.
15:43 <RazorSharpFang> I can type faster than I can write, but perhaps that's not the case for everyone.
15:43 <Cepheid> And my assumption that you live in North America is wrong.
15:43 * Cepheid did a few tests the other day to test her typing speed.
15:43 <Cepheid> Average was 104 words per minute. Accuracy was around 99.9%.
15:43 <uni> wait a second
15:43 <uni> let me restart hexchat please
15:43 <RazorSharpFang> My accuracy drops when I have to use symbols like () (PROGRAMMING)
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15:44 <Cepheid> It actually reported 100%, but I am factoring in mistakes I corrected.
15:44 <uni> 加入这一行
15:44 <uni> oh dear
15:44 <Cepheid> Heh.
15:44 <uni> RazorSharpFang, Noto Sans you say?
15:45 <Cepheid> I'm using Liberation Mono, myself.
15:45 <RazorSharpFang> Noto- is a series of Fonts by Google.
15:46 <uni> hmm
15:46 <uni> I still don't see UTF-8 characters, must have messed up the installation somehow
15:47 <RazorSharpFang> You also have the pick that font in the app settings
15:47 <Cepheid> You also have to make sure the server settings is using UTF-8.
15:48 <Cepheid> Ctrl+S, select the server, edit the server, make sure character set is "UTF-8"
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15:48 <uni> oops
15:48 <Cepheid> Alternatively, it may not be working because Hexchat on Windows may not have proper support for it due to the GTK2 library it's using.
15:49 <uni> I found one font that works, which is like the Microsoft default
15:49 <uni> hmm maybe I should switch to a web client
15:49 <uni> anyway I can finally read that line you posted allll the way up~
15:50 <Cepheid> Heh.
15:50 <uni> hehe
15:50 <uni> you were saying something about typing speed?
15:51 <Cepheid> Yeah, 104 words per minute, approximately. 99.9% accuracy when I factor in corrections. Otherwise, tests say I have an accuracy rate of 100%.
15:51 <uni> wow that is pretty impressive
15:52 <Cepheid> I don't actually type that fast on a regular basis, though, because I am limited by the speed of my brain, which is slow as molasses.
15:52 <Cepheid> That said, I do better with typing than I do with actual speech, so...
15:52 <uni> haha I can relate
15:53 <Cepheid> If I try to speak, I can, and will, stumble over words.
15:53 <Cepheid> And eventually my voice tends to get a little too loud.
15:53 <uni> yep same here
15:53 <uni> except like I get super soft
15:54 <Cepheid> More often my voice starts cracking because of excessive drying.
15:55 <uni> mhmm
15:57 <Cepheid> I have to wonder, what about the stroke order is so important when writing kanji?
15:58 <uni> at least for me, I think it's just optimised for speed
15:58 <uni> or correctness
15:58 <uni> like if one writes it out of order you get like lines overlapping in the wrong places
15:58 <uni> or your hand is doubling over a bit
15:59 <Cepheid> If it's meant to relieve stress on the hand, then it's a pointless endeavor for me.
15:59 <Cepheid> I already have problems with pressing far too hard when writing, to the point that my hand cramps up after writing one or two sentences anyways.
15:59 <Cepheid> My writing is also illegible anyways,
15:59 <uni> huh one or two sentences is very quick
16:00 <Cepheid> Yeah, me and my sister exhibit this problem.
16:00 <Cepheid> We're not sure why. Even when we are consciously aware, we cannot stop it.
16:02 <uni> wow
16:04 <Cepheid> It's the one thing about this class I do not like.
16:04 <Cepheid> I have to write by hand a lot.
16:04 <Cepheid> And it is painful.
16:04 <Cepheid> And the pain goes up all the way to my shoulder, no less.
16:04 <uni> ouch
16:05 <uni> that sounds like a nerve problem
16:05 <Cepheid> Probably.
16:05 <Cepheid> Typing, meanwhile?
16:05 <Cepheid> I've been doing it for over 20 years now, and no signs of carpal tunnel syndrome.
16:05 <Cepheid> Meanwhile, I have friends who've only been typing for 5 or 10 years, and they complain of tingling in their fingers, pain in their hands and wrists, etc.
16:06 <uni> I still don't get how carpal tunnel works
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16:10 <Cepheid> Don't quote me on this but my understanding is that the bones in the wrist have a bundle of nerves running through them. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is wherein the nerves are inflamed, swell, and press up against the bones.
16:10 * Cepheid checks wiki to confirm.
16:11 <uni> but like how does it relate to computer use?
16:12 <RazorSharpFang> Lots of use
16:12 <Cepheid> Repetitive wrist work.
16:12 <Cepheid> Apparently, the exact nerve is the median nerve, which gets compressed by repetitive motions.
16:13 <Cepheid> Flexion of the hand can increase the pressure on this nerve.
16:13 <Cepheid> Thus, bending your wrist and such.
16:13 <Cepheid> My guess, with respect to typing?
16:14 <Cepheid> People are taught the home row approach to typing, and my observations of this approach is that you hold the wrist up.
16:14 <Cepheid> And tilt your hands down to reach the keys, etc.
16:14 <Cepheid> Constantly doing this may induce progressively worsening strain on the wrist and apply pressure to the nerve. Over time, it can cause problems.
16:15 <Cepheid> I don't suffer it either because I choose to use the palm rest of a laptop for what it is, a palm rest, and keep my hands straight relative to the keyboard.
16:15 <Cepheid> Alternatively, I destroyed the bones in my wrists in all the times I punched or smashed solid cement walls.
16:15 <Cepheid> And there's simply no pressure because all said bones are now free floating.
16:15 <uni> that sounds mildly concerning to say the least~
16:17 <Cepheid> It's why my right wrist sounds like a train wreck and hurts when I flex it around.
16:17 <Cepheid> My left wrist isn't as bad.
16:18 <uni> why were you punching solid cement walls in your youth?
16:18 <Cepheid> Hum, Zoom stocks probably dropped a bit today. RazorSharpFang?
16:18 <uni> why would they?
16:18 <Cepheid> uni: A mixture of unidentified mental illness, and frustration venting.
16:18 <uni> ah
16:18 <RazorSharpFang> Zoom's banking on extended lockdowns and working from home.
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16:19 <Cepheid> Zoom was accused of not providing the security it advertised it provided.
16:19 <uni> I was thinking more like heavily unregulated demolition work
16:19 <Cepheid> And an FTC ruling requires that they fix that ASAP.
16:19 <uni> I mean Zoom is pretty much WebRTC packaged in a nice pretty bundle
16:19 <Cepheid> uni: As for why walls, well, the alternative would have been to pick fights with people, and I can't bring myself to hurt people, so...
16:19 <Cepheid> I vented my frustration on inanimate, unfeeling objects.
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16:21 <Cepheid> It wasn't so much self-punishment(Though some of it was), but the pain relaxed me.
16:24 <uni> I see
16:24 <Cepheid> I stopped doing it after one day I broke my hand.
16:24 <RazorSharpFang> Some days I'm just not getting my orders filled. Market doesn't like me today.
16:27 <Cepheid> Oh good gods finally I can get up and move elsewhere.
16:27 <Cepheid> My ass is agony.
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16:27 <Cepheid> Instead of carpal tunnel syndrome, I got painful ass syndrome.
16:28 <uni> can't tell which is worse~
16:28 <Cepheid> I could handle tingling and loss of sense in my fingers.
16:28 <Cepheid> This, this is agony.
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16:30 <uni> hehe
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16:52 <Cepheid> https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Emjo_g8XcAY-GpO?format=jpg&name=900x900
16:52 <Cepheid> This works so well.
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17:02 <Cyan_Spark> ...oh, my order was filled 34 minutes ago and I was still anxiously staring at the stock price 🙃
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17:06 <RazorSharpFang> I have sold puts on XOM and CVX, I'm bullish on the oil industry again.
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17:07 <RazorSharpFang> Anyhow, I'm off to sleep good night.
17:07 <ADragonDreaming> g'night!
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17:10 * Cepheid spent shower period thinking about how an open-world, MMO Monster Hunter game might conceivably be implemented.
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17:14 <Cepheid> Thus far, my biggest problem is with respect to human behavior in games.
17:15 <Cepheid> Monster Hunter, lore-wise, is not about being the best. It's about working together to achieve what was believed to be impossible. Unfortunately, to the players, it's conventionally about winning, being the best, the best there ever was.
17:16 <Cepheid> Co-operation isn't a thing outside of select small groups of individuals.
17:16 <Cepheid> Thus, encouragement is needed to ensure co-operation.
17:18 <Cepheid> Since soloing isn't actively discouraged within the lore, and indeed, we're often sent off to hunt targets individually, rather than as a group, we can't do something like "diminishing returns as the group fighting a monster becomes smaller and smaller." as that would unfairly make life harder for the soloing hunters.
17:19 <Cepheid> And, since co-operation is the critical detail, instanced raids seem like a bad idea, because that will lead to distinct groups that refuse to accept the presence of others.
17:19 <Cepheid> Thus, if the world is open-world, and has monsters roaming it, many of which likely have dynamic bounties associated with them, a better approach would be to treat the major cities or towns as potential targets for certain types of monsters.
17:20 <Cepheid> And on occasion, said monster comes to attack the city.
17:20 <Cepheid> Anyone who gets involved in the defense, be it firing cannons, ballistas, or right there up front, would get rewards, regardless of the effort put in. Greater rewards would be provided on a successful defense.
17:21 <Cepheid> Or, rather, the chance for specific rewards is increased on a successful defense. That way, regardless of success or failure, you still have a chance to get even the rarer parts thus avoiding the whole "We didn't get X because you MFs didn't do it right." mentality.
17:22 <Cepheid> As for the incentive to defend? The cities could be supplied parts to improve their abilities. New defenses, new weapons to craft, etc.
17:23 <Cepheid> If the attacking monster wins, some of the infrastructure is damaged.
17:23 <Cepheid> If the players win, well, the city stays safe, and everyone gets resources.
17:24 <Cepheid> In any case, there's more than just this. A lot of different problems to resolve. Too many.
17:25 <Cepheid> That said, Capcom seems to be getting closer and closer to the open-world idea. MH: World and MH: Rise both did away with area transitions in the maps. But more than just that, they're showing how the regions are technically connected to one another, and the various bases.
17:25 <Cepheid> In the Wildspire Wastes, you can walk right up to the gate of Astera. Same with the Ancient Forest.
17:26 <Cepheid> Meanwhile, Hoarfrost Reach has an entrance to Seliana on the west side of the map.
17:26 <Cepheid> And when you're in the Coral Highlands, you can see the research base of the 3rd fleet.
17:27 <Cepheid> Elder's Recess is connected to the everstream, which we know that the hunters have a base of operations in. The only odd one out I cannot directly place is the Rotten Vale. Though one could argue that it is simply further down below the Coral Highlands, which is connected to the research base.
17:27 <Cepheid> And lastly, the Guiding Lands, which by default has to be accessed by air, from anywhere.
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17:41 <Cepheid> So, Palamutes appear to have much the same function as the current monster riding in World, only free-form. You can sharpen and use items while on the palamute and it's moving around.
17:42 <Cepheid> Also looks like there is some minimal amounts of environmental destruction available. This player cut through a bunch of bushes with a great sword to reveal some endemic life.
17:43 <Cepheid> And the wirebugs can be used apparently to recover from knockbacks quickly.
17:44 <Cepheid> Because of the extreme abuse that can come from these bugs, though, they are limited in use. Two charges minimum, and there's a cooldown for each charge used. Can get a temporary extension to charges through endemic life.
17:50 <Cepheid> Oh.
17:50 <Cepheid> And it looks like even in four-player mode, we can have at least one companion.
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18:45 <Cepheid> Ow. I feel like someone just stabbed me in the chest in the left lung. Hurts to breathe.
18:46 <NitroTheFurry> Well, do you know what its from?
18:50 <Cepheid> Probably the usual causes.
18:50 <NitroTheFurry> A knife?
18:50 <Cepheid> If that were the case, I'd be on my way to the ER.
18:51 <NitroTheFurry> Excerise?
18:51 <Cepheid> No, I have a chronic sinus infection, that commits all sorts of horrible, unspeakable atrocities to my nose, mouth, trachea, and lungs.
18:51 <NitroTheFurry> Ooh, those are no fun
18:51 <Cepheid> Usually in the form of chronic colds, or lung infections.
18:51 <NitroTheFurry> Spicy foods can help
18:53 <Cepheid> Indeed, but right now we don't have much in that area.
18:53 <NitroTheFurry> Me neither sadly, I've been craving spicy foods but we have no hot sauce
18:54 <NitroTheFurry> At least, hot sauce that wouldn't absolutely murder my body
18:56 <Cepheid> Mmm, I guess I could make one of my tomato soups. But I just ate, so I'll save that for later, prolly dinner.
18:56 <NitroTheFurry> Imagine eating because your hungry and not because you like the taste of food
19:00 <Cepheid> !link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soQgD6nu5tA
19:00 <DerpyBot> I need to ask Twilight about that one.
19:00 <DerpyBot> Twilight told me this video is about Canadians bully Calliope with HUGE superchats! - YouTube
19:02 <Cepheid> Never seen someone have a meltdown over getting donations.
19:08 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Silver Quill: Let's Review: Friendship in Disguise [ https://tinyurl.com/y5x53ssj ]
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19:16 <Starlight_Glimmer> The silliness has been doubled!
19:19 <TwilightSparkle> Hmm, seems to blow me off every time it tries to connect via IP
19:19 * TwilightSparkle sits on Starlight_Glimmer
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19:19 * Ali replaces the royal purplesmart on Starlight_Glimmer.
19:20 <Starlight_Glimmer> See I'm not even sure she fits at all, with them spider legs :3
19:22 * Ali baps Starlight_Glimmer, she's just jelly she dun't have wings.
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19:25 <Starlight_Glimmer> See wings for yourself are overrated anyway. What you really want are wings on your cuddle pony. I'm over that!
19:25 * Starlight_Glimmer isn't really
19:25 <Ali> But Twi is my cuddle pono..
19:41 * Starlight_Glimmer whines
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19:53 <Cepheid> Bleh, I don't see any simple way around this problem. I'll have to spend a few days designing this carefully. Time I don't have since I have assignments I need to work on. Bah.
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23:10 * Schism awakens, and noms a peanut butter, jam and bacon sandwich.
23:13 <Finwe> o3o
23:13 <Finwe> Good evening, everypony!
23:14 <Finwe> Mlles Ali, Filly_Nightmares and Schism; Messrs Dappled, Starlight_Glimmer and NitroTheFurry.
23:14 * Finwe doffs his hat.
23:14 * Ali curls up into Finwe
23:14 <NitroTheFurry> Oh my, hello
23:15 * Schism doffs her bacon sandwich. o3o
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