00:19 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Drawfriend Stuff (Pony Art Gallery) #3529 [ https://tinyurl.com/y5zlabwn ]
00:49 * Schism stretches. She pauses. She stretches some more, and various pops erupt from her body. She takes a deep breath. And then she screams.
00:51 * Ali cries and covers her ears, the pain the extreme pain!
00:51 * Schism is careful to scream into a pillow so as not to hurt the Ali.
00:52 <Schism> Sorry... ;-;
00:52 <Ali> Unicorn's ears are sensitive T.T
00:52 <Schism> My voice isn't that shrill, if it helps...
00:53 <Ali> Not much to be honest. A loud noise is a loud noise to my ears.
00:54 <Ali> But this is why I'm glad I don't work in customer service anymore
00:54 <Ali> Too many morons.
00:54 <Schism> Yea...
00:54 <Ali> I've got an epic WTF story from years ago
00:54 <Ali> I worked at Customer Service at a store, and they had these various Christmas tins on sale
00:54 <Schism> This one, I'm like, "Okay, you ordered these during the holiday season, and now you're upset that they're not going to reach you, all the way across the country, by Wednesday. Okay, I'll contact our shipper and have them RTS'd."
00:54 <Schism> And oh?
00:55 <Ali> This lady came up to the desk and was trying to get the prices adjusted on them
00:55 <Schism> Oh yes. On what grounds, pray?
00:55 <Ali> But the problem was, she was wanting the prices adjusted HIGHER than what they were
00:56 <Ali> I couldn't get into this lady's brain, that what she was charged was right, but she kept insisting they were another size, thus would've cost more
00:56 <Schism> I feel like I've heard this story before.
00:56 <Ali> I might have told it before
00:56 <Ali> This went on for like ten to twenty minutes
00:56 <Schism> Possibly. Might've also been on NotAlwaysRight, but I suspect that everyone has some variant thereupon.
00:56 <Ali> I eventually just slammed my head onto the desk in frustration.
00:56 <Ali> Like its one of those I can't believe I'm having to go thru this moment
00:58 <Ali> I will not do Customer Service again. With how rude people are now and insisiting stupid things.
00:59 <Schism> "Okay," I say to the customer. "Your thirty items never arrived. I can understand this, and sometimes shipments do go missing, or are somehow lost otherwise. Or stolen. This happens. So why in the name of sanity would we then subsequently refund you for a second missing order to the same address?"
01:00 <Schism> Because why yes I'd be glad to refund you another $1500.
01:00 <Schism> Would you like me to provide you with a happy ending as well? (For the young ones in the audience, that means an ice cream sundae.)
01:06 * Ali noms on Schism's tears
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01:19 * Lumindia hecks quietly at Ali so as not to hurt their ears
01:19 * Schism hecks. "Minigolf should not be allowed to stunlock you."
01:20 * Lumindia hecks at Schism as well
01:20 * Schism supposes Lumindia doesn't have "Golf with your Friends".
01:21 <Lumindia> you're right, I don't
01:21 <Lumindia> I got raid in half an hour. going into E4S with the FC tonight
01:21 <Schism> Alas. Well, that was an enjoyable 18 holes.
01:21 * Schism nodnods.
01:22 <Lumindia> phrasing
01:22 <Lumindia> :P
01:22 * Lumindia hecks about quietly
01:22 <Schism> Oh, shush.
01:22 <Lumindia> x3
01:22 * Schism rolls around.
01:22 * Lumindia scoops Schism up into a bucket,
01:23 * Lumindia carries off
01:23 * Schism slips out through the hole in the bucket.
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01:26 * Ali sighs, remembers when unicorn used to be important
01:26 <Lumindia> unicorns are important
01:26 * Lumindia patpats Ali gently
01:26 <Schism> Cute unicorns especially so.
01:26 <Lumindia> Ali isn't cute, tho
01:26 * Ali is not cute darn it
01:26 <Lumindia> huggable? Yes
01:26 <Lumindia> Cute? No
01:27 <Schism> Ali-unicorns then.
01:27 <Lumindia> SCHISM, on the other hand, is super cute
01:27 <Lumindia> 'w'
01:28 * Schism nuuuus. "Nonsense. Not yet, anyway."
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01:59 <Schism> "If they get in, they can have their run of the Black Vault. They might even be able to find something useful, though I doubt it." "...there's no thing useful in there." "Correct." "And getting in isn't the trick." "Also right." "And you just let someone who can piece together a 5,000-slice puzzle made entirely of bits of sky into your manifold database." "..."
02:09 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Nightly Discussion #2352 [ https://tinyurl.com/y2hawzjm ]
02:12 <Schism> "How did you escape the vault?!" "Mu." "What?!" "I left the same way I entered." "Impossible!" "None of the traps were of any consequence to me." "You couldn't possibly--" "And I didn't need to look at a single scrap of information to do so." "HOW?!"
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02:26 * Cepheid flops. "I got zero hours of sleep all day. Tossed and turned, and my parents were gods-awful loud."
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02:57 <Cepheid> !link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0LxdQ1vhHY&feature=youtu.be
02:57 <DerpyBot> I need to ask Twilight about that one.
02:57 <DerpyBot> Twilight told me this video is about DANNY DAYCARE REMIX!!
03:41 * Cepheid guhs. "I swear those injections do more harm than good."
04:23 <Cepheid> https://www.reddit.com/r/traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns/comments/jzqhqi/being_trans_and_stupid_little_thing_i_made_while/ Schism
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05:56 <PinkieShy> Yaaaay!
05:56 <PinkieShy> NEtflix is a christmas chronicles 2 wednesday!! <3
05:57 <PinkieShy> I was hoping they would!!! :D
05:57 <Ali> A what to who now?
05:59 <PinkieShy> Err
05:59 <PinkieShy> *Netflix is releasing a Christmas Chronicles 2
05:59 <PinkieShy> They had one last year this time.. It was pretty good actually..
06:00 <PinkieShy> I mean Santa went to jail in the show/movie/whatever it was but he got out
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06:31 * Schism awakens. "It's too early. Why is it 1:30." She decides that the best thing to do in order to sleep is make herself a plate of omurice.
06:31 <Schism> Cepheid: Hah.
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06:34 * Ali nibbles on a Schism ear
06:34 * Schism offers Ali some of this rice! She excludes the sriracha.
06:35 * Ali prefers to nibble on Schism ear, not as hot and is just as nommable.
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06:37 * Schism is not as sweet as good vegetables, though.
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06:42 * Ali shrugs, if they keep calling her cute, unicorn can claim Schism as food then :P
06:42 * Schism is foodling, not food.
06:42 <Ali> Close enough
06:42 * Ali keeps nibbling on the ling
06:45 * Schism tastes mildly of swiss cheese.
06:46 <Schism> Cepheid: I like the lollipop in that comic.
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07:24 <Schism> Oh! Dia posted a new 'Anime Girl'. And a video, as well, which she's been working on forever.
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08:29 <ConfusionRift> Hello everypony.
08:56 <Golden> Hey
08:59 * ConfusionRift waves.
09:08 <Golden> I am getting ready to stream for some friends later today.
09:09 <ConfusionRift> Nice.
09:11 <Golden> Sam & Max season 3
09:19 <PinkieShy> hmm
09:19 <PinkieShy> I wonder if Among us would be a hot topic to stream myself :P
09:19 <ConfusionRift> Streaming has been one of those things I keep going on and off about doing. Too much going on.
09:47 <ConfusionRift> Someone did suggest to try an Among Us play, but... yeah. Not exactly my kind of game.
09:47 <Golden> It's only really good if you are playing with friends.
09:48 <Golden> Randos, and hackers ruin public games.
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10:43 * ConfusionRift shrugs. "I just know I'm gonna suck at it."
10:44 <Heartbreak> But are you going to suck as bad as the writers of the most recent supernatural episodes?
10:46 <ConfusionRift> Not as clue.
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10:53 * ConfusionRift forgot what the Supernatural show was.
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11:09 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Morning Discussion #2124 [ https://tinyurl.com/y4lphnq4 ]
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12:17 * Cepheid awakens.
12:17 <Cepheid> Well, no. I've been awake since 5:30 AM, since everything is conspiring to make sure I don't sleep.
12:18 <Cepheid> https://knowyourmeme.com/photos/1269982-hey-man-you-see-that-guy-over-there
12:19 <ConfusionRift> Pfft, heh.
12:22 <Cepheid> I think I have an inner-ear infection again.
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12:23 * Schism awakens and has her shower, then blehs. "Need coffee before work."
12:24 <Cepheid> I need painkillers. Lots of them. Besides pain in the inner-ear on the left-hand side, my entire head has been nothing but crushing pain. Not my sinuses, for once.
12:25 <Cepheid> "College basketball's COVID concerns." ...
12:25 <Cepheid> Like, what part of "No gatherings of people" do you not grasp here?
12:25 <Schism> "Joe Biden has won in Michigan so many times that he's legally required to change his name to Ohio State."
12:26 <Schism> Ahem. And yeah, people are idiots.
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12:30 <Cepheid> https://imgur.com/gallery/uESp0mL
12:30 <Cepheid> For Schism, as this seems more their thing.
12:30 <Schism> Hah!
12:32 <Cepheid> American Thanksgiving. Or, as Canadian Hobbits would call it, "Second Thanksgiving."
12:35 <Schism> Pf. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Enk7n0lW8AQz0QR?format=jpg&name=small
12:36 <Cepheid> Still more functional than some of the carts out there.
12:38 <Schism> One can hope that today won't be as much of, well, a clusterfumble as yesterday. Except that not only is there still a sale, there's a new drop, aaaaaand... yeah, this is going to be a thing.
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12:40 <Cepheid> Will you cats please leave me be? You've been bugging me all night.
12:46 <Schism> Hee. https://www.gocomics.com/phoebe-and-her-unicorn/2020/11/22
12:46 <Cepheid> https://imgur.com/gallery/3Go7snR Someone's screwing around.
12:46 <Cepheid> They know exactly what this would do during this year.
12:46 <Schism> I'm sure there's a perfectly good explanation.
12:48 <Cepheid> If I had to guess? Massive prank. Or advertising, in which a company will come out and say they were responsible for placing it, and that people should buy their products now that they have everyone's attention.
12:49 <Cepheid> Alternatively, it's an art installation.
12:53 <Cepheid> "Consoles are powered by Intel, aren't they?"
12:53 * Cepheid checks PS5 specs, XB Series X specs. Both are using AMD processors.
12:54 <ConfusionRift> Eeerm, have you seen the pictures in relation to that supposed monolith?
12:54 <Cepheid> I have not.
12:54 <ConfusionRift> I think you might be right on the whole art thing.
12:55 <Cepheid> That said, it's a poor time to be making art like that.
12:55 <Cepheid> With people paranoid over the year.
12:55 <Cepheid> Which is partly why I think it's also a prank, a terribly timed and mean one.
12:56 <Cepheid> As for advertising campaign, it isn't the first time companies have done screwed up **** to advertise. Clown scare, anyone?
12:56 <Cyan_Spark> Razor the investor
13:00 <Cepheid> One of these days I have to locate the dongle for my wireless keyboard and mouse. It went missing at some point, and I haven't been able to use either device since, due to them being proprietary.
13:03 <Cepheid> That, or just splurge and buy a high quality bluetooth mouse and keyboard.
13:06 * ConfusionRift flops. He was supposed to be asleep an hour ago. "Blarg. Laters!"
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13:09 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Fanfiction: On and off the Pitch [ https://tinyurl.com/yxsflhng ]
13:11 <Cepheid> Huh. Raspberry Pi 4's V3DV driver is now declared Vulkan conformant by Khronos.
13:11 <Cyan_Spark> Hey DerpyBot
13:11 <Cyan_Spark> what happened to all the flavor text? :c
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13:24 <Lumindia> !clop
13:24 * DerpyBot clops her forehooves together excitedly
13:24 <DerpyBot> ..what?
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13:26 <Cepheid> So you remember that messed up X4 screenshot the other day? Egosoft, the developer, responded to it.
13:26 <Cepheid> "Green is the new red!"
13:26 <Lumindia> hah
13:28 <Cepheid> Normally I'd frown upon such responses, but given the configuration I was trying to run the game on, I'm letting it slide.
13:28 <Cepheid> Expecting the game to work right at all on my laptop was a bit of a stretch.
13:29 <Cepheid> That it even started up and ran at 44 FPS under optimized settings is... yeah.
13:36 <Cepheid> Lecture time. Back in an hour and a half.
13:45 * Cepheid keels over on the floor, holding her head and stomach, groaning.
13:47 <Cepheid> Guh.. Better now.
13:51 <Cepheid> Hum, today's lecture would be of interest to Razor. He was asking about GPS and Long/Lat stuff a while back. Prof is covering it in greater detail today.
14:13 <Schism> Lovely holiday colours those are, Cepheid.
14:13 <Cepheid> Heh.
14:13 * Lumindia gives Schism a big rocky hug
14:13 <Lumindia> bow down overdweller
14:13 <Cepheid> I can't quite explain why it's doing that. Especially since the image seems to be a mixture of "correct" and "incorrect" rendering.
14:14 <Lumindia> I went into E4S last night
14:14 <Lumindia> it was fun
14:14 <Schism> The landslides... the landslides...
14:14 <Cepheid> Based on the appearance, though, it looks like the shader for objects that aren't rendering some sort of skybox are broken.
14:14 <Lumindia> Titan Maximum~!
14:15 <Cepheid> Or, possibly, that the GPU has run out of memory.
14:16 * Cepheid perks up at the mention of systems of linear equations in lecture.
14:26 <Cepheid> Heh.
14:27 <Cepheid> So, the guy behind Zink, the OpenGL-on-Vulkan layer, last month, decided he was "done" with it, and was going to start reeling back the development effort on it.
14:27 <Cepheid> Yesterday, a news article appeared on Phoronix.
14:27 <Cepheid> The guy is getting funding from Valve to keep working on it.
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14:28 <Lumindia> So valve is like "Please keep working on this, we'll give you money'?
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14:28 <Cepheid> Yes.
14:28 <Cepheid> It's... a beneficial thing.
14:29 <Cepheid> Especially for Mac gamers.
14:29 <Cepheid> See, Apple is deprecating OpenGL, so in the future, OpenGL games will no longer run on Macs.
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14:30 <Cepheid> Apple, being closed and proprietary as it is these days, is promoting the use of Metal at the exclusion of all other APIs.
14:30 <Lumindia> yeah I don't know what 'Metal' is
14:30 <Cepheid> So, no OpenGL, no Vulkan, no DirectX. And with switching to ARM, installing Windows on their laptops will presumably become impossible.
14:30 <Cepheid> It's an API for accessing the graphics card to do rendering.
14:31 <Cepheid> Similar to OpenGL, Vulkan, DirectX.
14:31 <Cepheid> But proprietary.
14:31 <Cepheid> That is, it's only supported by Apple hardware.
14:31 <Lumindia> yeah I can see why that'd be an issue
14:31 <Cepheid> It doesn't work on Windows, Linux, or anything else.
14:32 <Cepheid> Thus, it FORCES development of two different versions of an application that intends to use 3D graphics.
14:32 <Cepheid> And is intended to be released on Macs and standard PCs.
14:32 <Cepheid> See, at the least, Linux and Windows support OpenGL and Vulkan, so if you develop towards that, you're golden for getting the code to work on Linux and Windows with minimal amounts of changes.
14:33 <Cepheid> But if you want to develop for Mac OS X, you have to use a completely different API. Everything has to be rewritten from scratch for it.
14:33 <Cepheid> That said, there have been efforts to resolve the problem, that Apple has begrudgingly accepted as "allowed" for development on Mac OS X and iOS.
14:34 <Cepheid> One such effort is called MoltenVK. It basically maps the Metal API to Vulkan API calls. So if you make a Vulkan application, and link against MoltenVK, it'll work just fine on Mac OS X or iOS.
14:34 <Cepheid> This here is the important bit with respect to that earlier OpenGL-on-Vulkan thing.
14:35 <Cepheid> You can use MoltenVK to enable Vulkan on Mac OS X and iOS. Then use this OpenGL-on-Vulkan thing to provide OpenGL through MoltenVK.
14:35 <Cepheid> Thus restoring OpenGL.
14:36 <Cepheid> Shouldn't HAVE to do this.
14:36 <Cepheid> But Apple.
14:38 <RazorSharpFang> Apple looking to walk in Microsoft's footsteps?
14:39 <ADragonDreaming> Old Microsoft, it seems.
14:40 <ADragonDreaming> Current Microsoft has seemingly embraced an amount of Open Source.
14:40 <ADragonDreaming> not enough, really, but...
14:41 <Cepheid> They have been improving as of late, yes.
14:41 <Cepheid> WSL has improved a lot, and as of late, Microsoft has been contributing DirectX-related stuff to Mesa.
14:42 <Cepheid> I'm expecting in the next decade, DirectX may actually be open-sourced.
14:43 <Cepheid> I can't believe I'm saying this, but Microsoft has better software ethics than Apple, these days.
14:43 <ADragonDreaming> I can believe it.
14:44 <Cepheid> I suspect that what's happening is there's a growing group of developers that are pushing for open source in Microsoft. I know I'd have been pushing for it had I been employed by them all those years ago.
14:44 <Cepheid> Within Microsoft, that is.
14:45 <Cepheid> Outside, there's a lot of push. But within..
14:45 <Cepheid> Well, investors are under this impression that proprietary/closed-source is better for financial purposes, when it's constantly proven it's actually more trouble than it's worth.
14:46 <Cepheid> Especially in the security sector.
14:47 <Cepheid> Besides the speed in which updates are pushed out to close security holes, open source algorithms for security have the benefit of being tested, prodded, and broken by a much larger base of people than just a select few "experts" employed by the developing company.
14:47 <Cepheid> Also helps root out backdoors.
14:48 <ADragonDreaming> Yeah, but there's also still a "shoot the messenger" approach to security flaws.
14:49 <ADragonDreaming> Which can be partially blamed on section 1201 of the DMCA in the US
14:49 <Cepheid> Yes, and there's also gagging, as well.
14:49 <Cepheid> Disclosure of security problems is often held back by legal stuff.
14:49 <Cepheid> Of course, you also just have general ineptitude too, like refusing to acknowledge a security hole as an actual security hole, and refusing to notify vendors about it.
14:50 * Cepheid coughs. "INTEL."
14:51 <ADragonDreaming> Lawmakers pushing for "legal access" doesn't help either.
14:51 <Cepheid> That discussion has invoked some... problems between me and my dad.
14:51 <RazorSharpFang> I still can't believe there can be security holes in CPUs themselves.
14:52 <ADragonDreaming> "Let's build gaping holes in security so police can get in. Surely it is possible for it to be built so that bad actors won't use those same security holes."
14:52 <Cepheid> Me and my dad don't see eye-to-eye with respect to getting access to the contents of an encrypted phone, even when there might be legitimate reasons to do so.
14:52 <ADragonDreaming> "It's not like the NSA's exploits that they hoarded were used for the most devastating Ransomware attacks ever."
14:53 <ADragonDreaming> Your dad should read Techdirt.
14:53 <Cepheid> RazorSharpFang: I can believe it relatively easily. If we can make bugs in software, we can make bugs in the design of CPUs and other such computational components.
14:53 <ADragonDreaming> Isn't Rowhammer an exploit based on manipulating physical adjacency?
14:53 <Cepheid> The problem there is getting my dad to read it, ADragonDreaming. His problem is that when he gets home from work, he generally doesn't want to do much with computers afterwards, outside of using them for entertainment purposes.
14:54 <ADragonDreaming> The articles are all coffee break sized.
14:54 <Cepheid> Mmm.
14:54 <ADragonDreaming> But yeah.
14:54 <Cepheid> My dad's... difficult to deal with, with respect to a lot of things.
14:55 <Cepheid> My parents always go "You should talk to me if you're distressed/bothered/etc." But when I do, I usually get a negative reaction from both of them.
14:55 <Cepheid> Especially my dad.
14:56 <ADragonDreaming> I'd probably just gto the point of repeating "If there's a backdoor that the police can use, then the Saudi's will get it too."
14:56 <ADragonDreaming> But that's me.
14:56 <Cepheid> More like, "if there's a backdoor that the police can use, everyone with malicious intent will use it."
14:56 <ADragonDreaming> Yes, but that's too general.
14:56 <Cepheid> Mmhmm.
14:56 <ADragonDreaming> A nebulous other has less impact than a known bad cator.
14:56 <ADragonDreaming> *actor
14:57 <Cepheid> But trying to argue that another country might abuse it isn't gonna work.
14:57 <ADragonDreaming> Not might; will.
14:57 <Cepheid> My dad has a... "not my problem" type stance to things going on in other countries.
14:57 <ADragonDreaming> Nah, they'll abuse it to compromise the security of Canada's people.
14:57 <Cepheid> That could work, yeah.
14:58 <ADragonDreaming> It will literally make government agents less safe.
14:58 <Cepheid> But yeah, trying to discuss things that can, will, or are happening in other countries with him is like talking to a brick wall.
14:58 <Cepheid> He has a "Not my problem" mentality about it.
14:58 <Cepheid> China abusing it's people, working to undermine the Internet, and all sorts of other things? "Why should I care? I don't live in China."
14:58 <ADragonDreaming> From an actual National Security angle, "legal access" is an invitation for hostile actors from other countries to harm your own country's people.
14:59 <Cepheid> People getting sick by the hundreds of thousands, and people dying by the thousands in the US? "Don't concern yourself with what's going on down there."
14:59 <ADragonDreaming> "But they'll spread it here."
14:59 <Cepheid> That's what I try to argue.
14:59 <Cepheid> But nah, he thinks I'm worrying over nothing.
14:59 <ADragonDreaming> "Also, if the US economy goes down in flames, so will ours."
14:59 <Cepheid> He forgets some of my best friends are in the US.
14:59 <ADragonDreaming> "Canada's joined at the hip..."
15:00 <Cepheid> But yeah.
15:00 <Cepheid> Because of stuff like that, there's a reason why I vent in other places rather than to my parents.
15:00 <Cepheid> I just get treated like I'm overreacting, or they simply don't wish to deal with whatever's wrong.
15:02 <Cepheid> In general, it's also why I never talk to them about anything computer-related, either.
15:02 <Cepheid> Either my dad's just not interested because he's not interested in discussing computers after work, or...
15:03 <ADragonDreaming> Your parents need to take some active listening courses; but that would also require them to acknowledge an issue with their behavior.
15:03 <Cepheid> Either of them will just usually go "Uh huh, uh huh, uh huh..." or "Whoosh, over my head!" with a hand motion indicating such.
15:05 <Lumindia> Canada is like a really nice apartment over a meth lab
15:05 <ADragonDreaming> Yeah but there's some wood rot under the wallpaper.
15:05 <Lumindia> still nicer than the meth lab
15:05 <Lumindia> let's be honest. xD
15:05 <Cepheid> I'm gonna be honest, given the things I've learned in the last few years, Canada's not as nice as it's made out to be.
15:06 <Cepheid> Like practically any other country that started as a British colony, or something similar to how things went with the US, there has been, and continues to be, abuse of the native populations.
15:07 <Cepheid> Plus, the mentality of the US in terms of government is starting to make it's way into Canada slowly.
15:08 <Cepheid> Doug Ford has been equated to "Donald Trump Light"
15:09 <ADragonDreaming> I'm of mixed opinions on Trumpists plans to leave. On the one hand, would be nice to see them go. On the other, don't wish to inflict them on others. On the third hand, travel and living in other places could be eye-opening.
15:11 <Cepheid> I can confirm the third one.
15:11 <Cepheid> I've been to the US twice, and to the Netherlands once. It's opened my eyes a bit.
15:11 <ADragonDreaming> As can I!
15:11 <RazorSharpFang> I'm still of the opinion that the federal government's powers should be limited and more power should be distributed to the state and local governors
15:11 <RazorSharpFang> But maybe that's because I actually like my state and local representatives.
15:11 <ADragonDreaming> Imagine living in Kentucky.
15:16 <Cepheid> All I know is that, some people look at living in the South with disdain. Especially those who moved from the South. I have a friend who is from the South, and at some point she and her family moved somewhere north. She apparently came to realize that the South has a particularly bad reputation, or something of the sort, as she actively worked to get rid of her Southern Drawl.
15:16 <Cepheid> And she doesn't like bringing it up.
15:16 <ADragonDreaming> There are a few reasons
15:17 <ADragonDreaming> A) A large portion of the South held on super hard to Confederate ideologies. I.E. Racism.
15:18 <Cepheid> I never asked the explicit reasons, that's why I said "or something of the sort"
15:18 <Cepheid> Outside of asking her to demonstrate what it sounded like, I didn't inquire much more into the reason behind getting rid of the drawl. None of my business, really.
15:19 <Cepheid> Though I can make a number of assumptions as to why.
15:22 <Cepheid> ...
15:22 <Cepheid> I'm kind of curious.
15:23 <Cepheid> How in the hell did we get to this particular conversation topic from discussing graphics API support in different OSes?
15:23 <ADragonDreaming> B) There's also a perception of the South as being uneducated. In some cases, this has merit, but mostly due to a lack of focus on good educational policies which is also a problem outside the south.
15:24 <ADragonDreaming> apis -> open source -> security benefits of open source -> assaults on security by government -> problems with government and society
15:25 <Cepheid> Thanks.
15:27 * Cepheid studies for exam on Thursday.
15:27 <Cepheid> Also, this is what was worrying me the other night. I had forgotten that I had something important coming up, but wasn't sure what. It hit me shortly after class yesterday.
15:27 <ADragonDreaming> Right. Canada already had a Thanksgiving holiday.
15:28 <Cepheid> Yep.
15:30 <Cepheid> Though I can't find data supporting the claim, I do suspect that the surge in Canada was related to our Thanksgiving.
15:30 <Cepheid> Or, at the least, it has contributed to the surge.
15:30 <ADragonDreaming> I have little doubt.
15:31 <Cepheid> While the backlash from the anti-maskers isn't as bad as it is in the US, we still have isolated groups of such here in Canada.
15:31 <ADragonDreaming> Cowards all.
15:32 <Cepheid> I'm still kind of miffed at my sister and her stupidity.
15:32 <Cepheid> Her argument was "I knew what I had, so..."
15:33 <Cepheid> Hum. In Ottawa, a large fraction of the cases are among 20-39 year olds.
15:34 <Cepheid> Make that 20-49. In total, about half the cases are in that range.
15:35 <Cepheid> Aaaand it's going to be a noisy day in the neighborhood.
15:36 * Cepheid heads upstairs to quieter room.
15:40 <Cepheid> First though, food.
15:44 <Cepheid> I don't think I'll be up for MonHan tonight. Feeling groggy. I'm not sleeping well as of late. Not stress, more a combination of a cranial headache, sleeping outside of what my body is currently demanding, and cats.
15:45 <ADragonDreaming> No worries
15:47 <ADragonDreaming> I hunted like 7 HR Great Girros last night because ultraplegia sacs, to work towards the Namielle weapon.
15:47 <Cepheid> Heh.
15:47 <Cepheid> If I do MonHan today, it'll be before 7 PM or so. More likely though, I'll be going to lay down after studying. Or maybe even during studying, as studying does not require one to be sitting upright.
15:48 <Cepheid> ... Especially as I took a triptan, which will leave me feeling a bit loopy.
15:53 <Cepheid> *Cepheid walks towards stairs to bedroom, talking* "If you need me I'll be up-" *Stops and stares at what's on the stairway. There Tizzy is, with a clump of fur hanging from her mouth.* "Mom, c'mere." - Literally a thing that just happened.
15:54 <Cepheid> Meanwhile, she's also been apparently playing with water, as this morning when I woke up at 5:30 AM, I went downstairs to eat breakfast. On the landing Tizzy was laying down on, it felt damp. At first, I thought maybe she had an accident. But cat urine, as I am told, has a particularly strong and pungent smell. This had no smell.
15:54 <Cepheid> Turns out Tizzy's from paws were soaking wet.
15:55 <Cepheid> She was laying down in the sphinx pose, waiting for her paws to dry off, and in the process, got the carpet wet.
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16:30 <Cepheid> Hum. Vulkan has full, proper ray-tracing support, now.
16:31 <Cepheid> Just depends on the hardware manufacturers to implement the support in the drivers, now.
16:31 <Cepheid> Knowing nVidia, they'll stick to their proprietary API.
16:38 <Cepheid> Hum.
16:38 <Cepheid> Spread Spectrum wireless transmission is WEIRD.
16:39 <Cepheid> Hell, wirelss communication in general seems to be weird.
16:40 <Cepheid> The method I'm researching right now basically uses a sequence of N bits to represent a one or a zero.
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16:48 <ADragonDreaming> potentially to keep it distinguishable from other signals?
16:52 <Cepheid> Basically. Each device connected to the station utilizes a different sequence with specific traits to differentiate itself from all other devices.
16:58 <ADragonDreaming> makes sense.
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17:01 <Cepheid> Meanwhile, spread spectrum is a means by which a signal being transmitted is spread out across multiple frequencies. A typical form of this is frequency hopping.
17:02 <Cepheid> So, for one bit, frequency A is used. The next bit, frequency B is used. Then C, then D, and so on, until it cycles back.
17:02 <Cepheid> This, not surprisingly, introduces all sorts of complexity, because synchronization is required between the sender and receiver, to ensure they're both on the same frequency at a given point in time.
17:03 <Cepheid> I can see how CDMA, combined with this, would work.
17:09 <Cepheid> !link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drb1papU7lE
17:09 <DerpyBot> Twilight told me this video is about God Eater OST - No Way Back ~Out of My Way~
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17:16 <Cepheid> You know, I really should play The Legend of Heroes series.
17:17 <Cepheid> My biggest issue though is that my understanding of the series is that the games are incredibly long.
17:19 <Cepheid> Also need to get back to the other Falcom games. Ys, in particular.
17:20 <Cepheid> Arguably, I've completed Ys 1 through 3. I say arguably because in the case of 3, I played it's remake rather than the original version.
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17:47 <Cepheid> ... This class better not extend into special relativity.
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18:02 <PinkieShy> wow..
18:02 <PinkieShy> Rocko modern life dark episode clip just saw on jokes you missed video thingy
18:03 <PinkieShy> The one relating to the chicken
18:04 <Cepheid> Trying to understand Fourier analysis or Fourier transforms through Wikipedia is a lost cause.
18:09 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Pony Statuettes, Customs, and Crafts #178 [ https://tinyurl.com/y532jdpl ]
18:16 <Cepheid> https://imgur.com/gallery/m98892A Yep.
18:16 <Cepheid> I wonder why I'm only learning all of this now. Was ADHD Awareness Month only like, created in recent years or something?
18:19 * Ali shrugs
18:24 <Ali> I'm getting hit with the all computer games are boring feeling and it sucks.
18:41 <Cepheid> I'm not sure what, but something has caused my brain to start being all self-defeatist and self-crushing again. I am managing to keep it under control, but gods damn is it ever physically draining.
18:43 <Cepheid> Feels like the world is crushing me from every angle, and my body is exherting force back to stop it. At the same time, my stomach is constantly sending signals that I should just keel over and get sick, and I have to work to keep *THAT* down too.
18:44 <Cepheid> Then the sensation of something gripping my heart and tightening the grasp over time. Feels like I'm pushing back against that as well.
18:45 <Cepheid> Probably happening because I read something that hit a little too close to home, activating my brain's self-analysis and all the *YAY* associated with it.
18:50 <Cepheid> The most interesting aspect of this is that there are sensations that I cannot describe, because the terms I want to use would make no sense.
18:51 <Cepheid> Like, the closest words I can come up with to describe how my wrists and finger joints feel when I move them right now is "sweet" or "syrupy".
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19:04 * NitroTheFurry wonders if the Ceph would like an awkward hug
19:05 <Cepheid> I'll be fine, but thanks for the gesture.
19:06 * NitroTheFurry gestures jazz hands
19:07 <Cepheid> I think I just need a decent night's rest.
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19:14 * NitroTheFurry offers to creepily tuck them into bed then awkwardly wait around a moment too long then leave
19:15 <Cepheid> >.>
19:45 <Cepheid> "[Beta 2] Fixed NPC pilots sometimes sitting on player's lap." - X4 4.0 Beta 2 patch notes.
19:46 <NitroTheFurry> Awww
19:47 <NitroTheFurry> How else am I suppose to get people in my lap
19:48 <Cepheid> I don't know. I would assume someone who's actually been in a relationship might be able to answer that question, since very rarely do other people sit in your lap unless they're like, your kids, or your lover.
19:49 <NitroTheFurry> I have been...
19:50 <Cepheid> I would assume it involves things like having common interests, lots of gifts and signs of affection, and so on.
19:52 <NitroTheFurry> Gifts aren't actually needed
19:52 <NitroTheFurry> And too many is actually bad
19:53 * Cepheid shrugs. She doesn't know. Isn't interested in dating or relationships. Too many problems involved.
19:53 <NitroTheFurry> Its horrible
19:53 <NitroTheFurry> But its amazing
19:53 <NitroTheFurry> If you fall in love at least
19:56 <Cepheid> I'm too sensitive to noises, vibrations, and other such things around me, that having someone around constantly would drive me up a wall. Beyond that, my mental health would be excessively draining upon the other person. I'll stick to cats and other such cute critters.
19:57 <NitroTheFurry> Well, you dont have to live with them right away, but I do understand what you mean, but actually ones you get a bit more comfortable with them, those noises and vibrations are... not calming but like, reassuring?
19:58 <Cepheid> Thus far, I've lived with my parents for 34 years, and over the 18 years my hearing has returned to normal, I have not gotten used to the noise they make, and I still get driven up a wall over it.
19:59 <Cepheid> I know parents are different from a significant other, but...
19:59 <Cepheid> I can hear and feel people moving around, even the neighbours, sometimes. Even when the bedroom door is closed, and I have earplugs in.
20:00 <Cepheid> It drives me up a wall that people have no understanding or concept of just how loud they are being.
20:02 <NitroTheFurry> Oh, I know exactly what you mean, I can hear everyone's movement throughout my entire house
20:03 <Cepheid> I am incapable of tuning it out. I hear and feel it whether I want to or not.
20:03 <NitroTheFurry> I never tune them out, but thats due to choice and certain experiences
20:04 <NitroTheFurry> But, I know there's someone who would work for you, (I'm not volunteering here, just making an example) like me for example, im a very quiet person, I try to be quite in everything I do
20:05 <Cepheid> Heh.
20:05 <Cepheid> That all said, as stated, there are other problems. Mental health for one, and others I won't discuss.
20:07 <NitroTheFurry> Well, I'm not sure what mental health problems you have, But I also have some, and so did my partner, and more likely then not, if they love you, they won't care, they'll try to help you with it
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20:11 <Cepheid> "You can no longer propose denouncing yourself in the Galactic Community, even if you really deserve it." - Stellaris 2.6.1 patch notes.
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20:13 <NitroTheFurry> Lol
20:13 <NitroTheFurry> I recently bought stellaris
20:14 <Cepheid> I'm gonna make it a rule for gamedev in the future. If the question is "Would anyone ever actually try to do this?" I am going to just assume the answer is always "yes"
20:14 <NitroTheFurry> Oh yeah, always
20:14 <ADragonDreaming> People like to break games.
20:14 <NitroTheFurry> No matter how stupid or menial
20:16 * Ali hasn't liked or touched Stellaris since the 2.0 patch, it went the wrong way and too much costs in dlc
20:17 * NitroTheFurry got the 70$ version for 15$
20:23 <Cepheid> "You can no longer use Displacement or Neutering purge types on non-sentient robots."
20:24 <Ali> Are you reading the sims 4 patchnotes again~
20:25 * NitroTheFurry dosent even know what that means
20:27 <Cepheid> "Robots that are released from servitude should no longer occasionally decide to use their newfound freedom to purge themselves."
20:28 <Cepheid> "Rock-themed puns increased by approximately 17000%"
20:28 <NitroTheFurry> Lol
20:29 <Ali> God this is reading like those Sims patch notes
20:29 <Ali> Like how do you miss this kind of stuff?
20:30 <Cepheid> "Odd Factories no longer sometimes block pops from getting purged, because you monsters should be free to purge whatever you want"
20:30 <Cepheid> Ali, based on my expert understanding of software/game development, these things get missed "because humans are imperfect."
20:30 <Cepheid> If we spent time writing a test for every single possible scenario, nothing would ever get done.
20:31 <Cepheid> Because instead of spending time solving a problem, we'd be spending time trying to figure out every possible combination of inputs that could result in a problem.
20:40 <Cepheid> In most cases of the bleeding obvious type of bug, is usually a case of "I cut corners" or "I forgot to test and make sure it didn't break anything that already exists."
20:41 <Cepheid> Other times, it's "Because we had to rush out this one fix to appease clients, but it wasn't tested sufficiently."
20:45 <Cepheid> "Fixed text spillout of View Privacy Policy button in options (I'm looking at you, 23 letter German compound word)"
20:46 <Cepheid> "Fixed a heinous pixel error with Mass Driver I"
20:49 <Cepheid> "Fixed tooltip that falsely claimed that setting a species to purge (except neuter) was a requirement for the Decent Living Standard" - I have a lot of questions about this "bug."
20:50 <NitroTheFurry> Yeah lol
20:57 * NitroTheFurry blehs. Wants work to be over
21:00 <Schism> Uyergh. Last break of the day. Just another hour and a bit.
21:05 <PinkieShy> The pardoned turkey this year was named.. Corn
21:12 <Schism> Not quite as good a name as John T. Gobblesworth, Esq.
21:15 <Cepheid> Sounds like the kind of name someone would pick after being told by other people that naming the bird after yourself and then pardoning it doesn't mean that *YOU* are pardoned.
21:16 <NitroTheFurry> Well thats a bit worrying, company profits are... down quite a significant amount this year
21:17 <Cepheid> What does the company specialize in?
21:17 <NitroTheFurry> Health products
21:17 <NitroTheFurry> Medtronic
21:19 <Cepheid> Mmm. That is a bit worrisome. One would imagine that with a pandemic going on, the need for medical supplies would go up, thus resulting in higher-than-usual profits.
21:19 <Cepheid> But I guess it depends on the type of supplies the company makes.
21:19 <NitroTheFurry> Yeah... its from 6B$ to 1.5B$...
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23:01 * Schism flump.
23:01 * Lumindia flumps next to
23:01 * Lumindia pet
23:08 * Schism curl. "Bleh. This is the second day of Hell Month, and it'll only go downhill from here."
23:09 <Lumindia> for me, hell month is december
23:09 <Lumindia> and it's going to be worse because UPS and FedEx have made the 'ship by' date for ground services earlier
23:10 <Lumindia> the date you need to ship a package by for it to get to your destination in time for christmas
23:13 <Schism> Yerk. So you work for an online retailer too?
23:14 <Lumindia> not quite: we're a reseller of UPS and FedEx services
23:14 <Lumindia> basically an independantly owned and operated UPS/FedEx store
23:16 <Schism> Ah, gotcha.
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