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00:12 <ADragonDreaming> 'sup
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00:35 * Lumindia nibbles on Ali's ear
00:35 <Lumindia> ' w'
00:35 <Lumindia> tastes like a pony that is in no way cute
00:36 * Ali doesn't respond much cause sad mares
00:36 <Finwe> o3o
00:36 * Finwe comforts Ali.
00:37 <Lumindia> D:
00:37 * Lumindia hugs Ali then
00:37 * Lumindia offers some tea or cocoa
00:37 <Finwe> Unless Ali is uncomfortable, in which case that would be in vain.
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00:57 <Finwe> Mr PinkieShy.
00:57 * Finwe doffs his hat.
00:57 * PinkieShy licks Finwe
00:57 <PinkieShy> ooo blueberry flavored pony
01:09 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Say Something Nice About The Great and Powerful Trixie [ https://tinyurl.com/y223edxm ]
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01:42 <Schism> mnrlrghkj.
01:42 * Schism flops. Is on her last break of the day. One and a half more hours, and then she goes in again tomorrow for another 10 hour shift -- 9 hours after this one.
02:02 <Ali> This is why I don't like working anymore. The unreasonable work hours they put on people.
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02:09 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Nightly Discussion #2360 [ https://tinyurl.com/y2oa5lvr ]
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03:48 <Schism> I am frustrated with today. Not the worst day of all, but pretty annoying. And so I shall simply panda. https://twitter.com/OregonZoo/status/1333456607301177344
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04:44 <ADragonDreaming> Overtime is a trap
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05:44 <Ali> God how do I roll out of 46 civs the same one over and over?
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06:03 <Golden> I have every fish in ACNH
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07:41 <Finwe> Good morning, everypony!
07:41 <Finwe> Mlles Ali, LunaOfTheMoonLight and Schism; Messrs Golden, Lumindia and PinkieShy.
07:41 * Finwe doffs his hat.
07:42 <NitroTheFurry> :/
07:42 <Golden> Evening
07:42 <NitroTheFurry> Ssh, no ping Luna, she passed out
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07:55 *** ChanServ sets mode: +o ConfusionRift
07:55 <ConfusionRift> Hello everypony.
08:13 * ConfusionRift flops.
08:13 <ConfusionRift> Good thing I'm off tomorrow.
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08:16 <NitroTheFurry> Hiya
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08:32 * ConfusionRift makes his own rabbit hole of kinda funny videos, and digs himself out of it.
08:51 <Finwe> Lt Cdr ConfusionRift, Capt Koopz.
08:51 <Finwe> o7
08:52 <ConfusionRift> RAdm. Finwe. (salutes)
08:52 <Koopz> RAdm. Finwe o7
09:17 * Golden yawns.
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09:23 <Finwe> Miss DashedRainbows.
09:23 * Finwe doffs his hat.
09:23 * Finwe puts an apple into Golden's gaping muzzle.
09:23 <DashedRainbows> hey Finwe
09:24 <Golden> ._.
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09:38 * Dappled horses into existence once more.
09:41 <Finwe> Monsieur Dappled.
09:41 * Finwe doffs his hat.
09:42 * Dappled waves.
09:42 * ConfusionRift returns with a cake of the cup.
09:50 * Dappled wanders back to Bloodborne. Must be abused.
09:51 * ConfusionRift goes to Monster Hunter instead.
10:05 <Finwe> Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you.
10:06 * Finwe abysmally gazes into ConfusionRift.
10:07 * ConfusionRift sees Nargacuga next to Finwe, and just... lets them be. "Nope. Outta here."
10:13 <Finwe> From Perl tutorial: "Ali is - Not a senior citizen"
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10:28 * Cepheid wakes up, sore all over.
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10:37 <Cepheid> Aaaand the house is covered in snowmen.
10:44 <ConfusionRift> Mwuhuahahaaaa!
10:45 <Cepheid> My mother likes to decorate the house for Christmas by covering a majority of it in snowmen figurines and such.
10:45 <Cepheid> Rest of the year, it's covered in roosters instead.
10:46 <ConfusionRift> I would have left just one rooster, and just move it somewhere randomly, taking the place of one of the snowmen. :P
10:47 <Cepheid> Heh.
11:03 * Cepheid sighs as he hears the sounds of a cat horking.
11:03 <Cepheid> she*
11:04 <Cepheid> ...
11:04 <Cepheid> And then there's Tizzy, who I had to stop *TWICE* from eating it.
11:07 <Cepheid> And now Spitfire's eating *MORE* food.
11:09 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Morning Discussion #2132 [ https://tinyurl.com/y24mpn48 ]
11:12 <Cepheid> ... Guh, that coffee was terrible.
11:13 <ConfusionRift> Ah, good ol' morning tar.
11:19 <Cepheid> https://wiki.openttd.org/File/en/Community/Junctionary/Two%20clover%20merged.png I love the stuff people come up with for TTD junctions.
11:19 <Cepheid> https://wiki.openttd.org/File/en/Community/Junctionary/Quad%20clover%20merged.png
11:24 <ConfusionRift> That's always nice. Makes me wish Factorio had tunneling.
11:25 <Cepheid> Mmhmm.
11:25 <Cepheid> Closest I've seen to it thus far is a mod that adds train trampolines.
11:30 <Cepheid> https://mods.factorio.com/mod/RenaiTransportation I wish I was kidding about the description.
11:30 <Cepheid> Well, ramps, not trampolines. But still.
11:30 <Cepheid> Oh, it's ramps *AND* trampolines.
11:32 <Cepheid> And no, I have no idea how it's implemented.
11:32 <ConfusionRift> They added auto chuckers. Hah! Still silly and functional.
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11:33 <Cepheid> Ah, I see.
11:34 <Cepheid> That's how it's done.
11:36 <Cepheid> They use on-tick handlers, and when a train hits a ramp or trampoline, scripting takes over in terms of tracking individual train parts, drawing the train, and handling when it lands, among other things.
11:36 <Cepheid> So, this would be a heavy-impact mod in terms of performane.
11:36 <Cepheid> performance*
11:38 <Cepheid> Oh geeze, it's even worse.
11:39 <Cepheid> On hitting a ramp, it deconstructs the train peicewise, storing all of it's data, such as fuel, current energy, wagons attached, their contents, the train's schedule, etc, followed by removing the train altogether.
11:39 <Cepheid> When the train lands, it recreates the train.
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11:41 <Cepheid> Man, the temporary variable names.
11:41 <Cepheid> "for urmom, lol in ..."
11:45 <Cepheid> Heh.
11:45 <Cepheid> The mod takes into account if there's anything explosive in the cargo wagons if the train happens to crash, or the section of rail where the train will land is insufficient for landing.
11:46 <Cepheid> It'll create a much larger explosion if there are explosives stored in the cargo wagons.
11:46 <Cepheid> Oh, not explosion. Spread of items from a crash.
11:47 <Cepheid> It's pretty interesting how they implemented it. But it's got some flaws.
11:49 <Cepheid> But yeah, otherwise, trains and tunnels are very hard to do.
11:54 <Cepheid> Among some of the problems include getting the train pathfinder to consider tunnels in the first place, since it won't. Then there's speed issues within the tunnel, such as maybe needing to accelerate or deccelerate because a station is on the far side. Plus, what to do when a train runs out of fuel in a tunnel.
11:55 <Cepheid> The problem with the pathfinder is you cannot explicitly give the train a path to use, the game won't allow it, so you can't simply implement your own pathfinder. You *CAN* programmatically drive a train, though, so that would work as a poor-man's workaround, combined with a lua implementation of an A* pathfinder, but it'd have all sorts of problems.
11:59 <ConfusionRift> Hmmm.
12:02 * Cepheid checks something.
12:06 <Cepheid> Yeah, that idea won't work.
12:09 * Schism flops in. "Insufficient sleep." She sighs, and makes some bagels with cream cheese, salmon and dill.
12:11 <Cepheid> I know the feeling.
12:13 * Lumindia snugs the Schism muchly, offers pancakes
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12:19 * Schism hums at today's "Phoebe and her Unicorn." Hasn't seen Dana Simpson soapbox for a while, but she supposes that it's her prerogative.
12:20 * ConfusionRift notices an odd description on one of the MR2 quests. "Huh... just... huh."
12:20 <ConfusionRift> Anyways... (attempts a tempered one)
12:26 * Cepheid applies an ice pack to neck.
12:26 <Cepheid> ConfusionRift: Odd how?
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12:37 <Cepheid> https://i.redd.it/85yj4p5cqq261.png
12:38 <Schism> Maybe you're weighing the moral pros and cons but let me assure that OMG SHOOT ME IN THE FACE!
12:39 <Cepheid> Heh.
12:41 * Cepheid had to look up that clip to verify if he really did lower his voice to "normal" since she couldn't remember.
12:43 <Schism> Uerg. Hopefully tomorrow will go better with regards to the doctor calling me. Since she's a different doctor, and actually calling from the clinic instead of a blocked number.
12:44 <Cepheid> Heh.
12:44 <Cepheid> Face Mcshooty is based on an Onion article.
12:49 * Schism sighs. "No sales today. No drops today. Well, this should be--" She immediately gets 60 calls demanding to know why the sale, which explicitly ended yesterday, is no longer on.
12:51 <ConfusionRift> Face McShooty, my favorite. I wonder why he isn't in the sequel.
12:51 * ConfusionRift coughs.
12:51 <Cepheid> Probably because he's dead by the time of the sequel, having been SHOT IN THE FACE.
12:51 <ConfusionRift> Cepheid: Let's say that apparently there's a researcher a bit too obsessed with Rathian.
12:51 <Cepheid> Ah, that one, yeah.
12:52 <Cepheid> Wouldn't surprise me if it was based on certain Internet image boards and such.
12:53 <ConfusionRift> Wait, he's dead? I hope he gets better.
12:53 * Finwe stops nomming on AoC calendar's second problem.
12:53 * ConfusionRift hears facepalming in the distance.
12:53 <Finwe> https://pastebin.pl/view/25638b3a
12:56 <Schism> "What? No, I'm not Discord. My name is Guy Incognito."
12:56 <ConfusionRift> Speaking of weird, there seem to be two other quests in low rank that I haven't unlocked. They're special arenas, which I thought would just require for me to capture that arena monster in the wild. But... they don't seem to unlock.
12:57 <Finwe> Given an input of 1000 lines like "1-3 b: dfgmpdzfomgz" I was to compute 1° on how many lines the occurrences of the given character are within the given limits in the string, and 2° on how many lines either the character in the first or the second position in the last string matches to the given character.
12:57 <ConfusionRift> Are you a cousin of Slim Cognito?
12:57 <ConfusionRift> You probably know some Guy McPerson. :P
13:00 * Cepheid flops off to take a shower.
13:09 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Open My Little Pony Art Compilation (All Skill Levels Welcome) #70 [ https://tinyurl.com/yxegvtn7 ]
13:15 * ConfusionRift flops.
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13:18 * Cepheid rushes from shower, wrapped in a towel, to the kitchen and gorges herself on food while uttering "Not good not good not good" over and over.
13:20 <ConfusionRift> 0_0;
13:22 <Cepheid> Mostly okay. Just sudden surge of pain associated with low blood sugar.
13:22 <Finwe> Pain? I've never felt that.
13:23 <Cepheid> I start shaking, my legs get weak and it's hard to stand upright, and my stomach starts to hurt like nothing else.
13:24 <Finwe> Quite an upleasant feeling.
13:25 <Finwe> I start shaking, too, but I've never felt pain.
13:25 <Cepheid> It's enough that in the more extreme cases where I don't get to treating it in time, I end up finding myself on my hands and knees from the pain alone.
13:25 <Finwe> I've fainted a couple of times because of hypoglycaemia.
13:26 <Finwe> Which reminds me, I should get to the health centre within the next 30 minutes to get some more blood glucose sensors.
13:28 <Cepheid> A good approximation for what it feels like is a really bad case of food poisoning, and whatever is in your stomach simply doesn't want to come out to resolve it.
13:29 <Cepheid> Annoyingly, this has gotten more frequent since I started taking those semaglutide injections. And this week, I was supposed to increase the dose to twice what it's been for the last several weeks.
13:30 <Cepheid> So, today's case just tells me that this is only going to get worse.
13:32 <Cepheid> Now I understand how that stuff is used as a weight loss prescription.
13:32 <Cepheid> It aggravates your stomach to the point that you simply don't want to eat because you feel as though eating will only make the pain worse.
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13:41 <Cepheid> ... Is someone putting my phone number into an ottawa public health service to get appointments for COVID-19?
13:41 <Cepheid> Because I just got 3 alerts saying that I have appointments on different days.
13:42 <Cepheid> Okay, it's a phishing scam.
13:42 <ConfusionRift> Yep.
13:42 <Cepheid> ...
13:43 <Cepheid> Except, the URLs are valid.
13:43 <Cepheid> They are legitimate Ottawa Public Health URLs.
13:43 <Lumindia> ... ?
13:43 <Lumindia> what are they hoping to accomplish?
13:45 <Cepheid> I think this may be a case of "someone screwed up"
13:45 <Cepheid> Or, my doctor signed me up to get tested and DIDN'T TELL ME.
13:46 <Cepheid> There's nothing in these messages to indicate an attempt to acquire information from the user.
13:47 <Cepheid> Nothing from Appletree.
13:49 <Cepheid> There's zero requests for information, the address is 100% valid, the location name is valid, the date and times are all valid, the URLs aren't phishing URLs that redirect to other websites or any websites that require logging in, etc.
13:53 <Cepheid> Okay, we verified with the Ray Friel Recreation Complex clinic.
13:53 <Cepheid> Turns out someone registered with my phone number THREE TIMES.
13:58 <Cepheid> Once is a mistake. Twice is "Oops I did it again.". Thrice is "Stop. Just stop."
14:00 <Lumindia> fool me once... I'm mad
14:00 <Lumindia> Fool me twice... how could you?
14:00 <Lumindia> Fool me three times, you're officially that guy
14:00 <ConfusionRift> :P
14:01 <Lumindia> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LIC8r9zf0U
14:03 * ConfusionRift knew where it came from. Just kinda forgot the game.
14:03 <Cepheid> Heh.
14:04 <Cepheid> It's just one of those things, like... "Okay, it says it's gonna text me... But I haven't received the last two texts. Maybe I should double check what I'm putting in."
14:06 * Cepheid gets ice pack ready for hand. Has to transcribe Japanese answers to paper, and...
14:09 <RazorSharpFang> US market looks like it's opening red today.
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14:42 <Cyan_Spark> Razor the investor
14:42 <RazorSharpFang> Hey heys. Apparently clean energy and electric vehicles are taking a hit today, as well as tech-stocks in general.
14:44 * Cepheid keels over onto the floor, curled up on a ball.
14:45 <RazorSharpFang> Tesla down 6% today
14:47 <Cyan_Spark> Sold my 1.21 stock at 1.54 since it looked like it hit its line of resistance at 1.6
14:47 * NitroTheFurry attempts to reassuringly pet Cepheid
14:47 <Cyan_Spark> Just missed it at market open X)
14:48 <Cyan_Spark> Palantir looks like it's down hard
14:48 <RazorSharpFang> Might enter another position or two, take advantage of the downturn.
15:00 <Cyan_Spark> Missed the peak, but at least I sorta caught the dead cat bounce
15:01 * Cyan_Spark sighs in relief
15:02 <RazorSharpFang> Did you fully exit out of Pltr?
15:03 <Cyan_Spark> Nah, another stock
15:03 <Cyan_Spark> A small company providing refrigerant services
15:03 <Cyan_Spark> I realize with its low trading volume and limited service reach, the demand for cold-chain refrigerants may not be as impactful as I thought
15:04 <Cyan_Spark> Definitely jealous of the after-hours 1.70 trading that went on, though :p
15:08 <RazorSharpFang> If you wanted to get into green energy now's a good time. They're all on sale today.
15:11 <Cyan_Spark> I have FSLR on my watchlist, but the price seems a bit high for me to get any good volume on it
15:11 <RazorSharpFang> You could go on TAN for a solar ETF instead.
15:11 <RazorSharpFang> Alterantively there's ICLN for global clean energy in general (cheaper)
15:12 <Cyan_Spark> TAN's price isn't much better than FSLR :p
15:12 <Cyan_Spark> High 80s
15:12 <RazorSharpFang> ICLN is 23 USD right now.
15:13 <Cyan_Spark> Interesting
15:13 <Cyan_Spark> ETFs are kinda low-risk, slow-reward
15:14 * Cyan_Spark ponders
15:14 <Cyan_Spark> Am I trading for profit, or am I trading for fun?
15:15 <Cyan_Spark> Either way, I'm learning a lot of things as I go, having dunked headfirst into it and getting random bouts of stress XD
15:15 * Cepheid takes some gravol, lays down and just listens quietly to Japanese lecture.
15:15 <RazorSharpFang> I'm still trying to sell a put on TAN, but there's not much liquidity on its options.
15:16 <Cyan_Spark> Have I mentioned I love the little chime this bell makes? https://market24hclock.com/Trading-Hours/Trading-Hours-of-New-York-Stock-Exchange-NYSE
15:16 <Cyan_Spark> Mute-and-unmute to hear it
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15:19 <NitroTheFurry> Oh god
15:19 <NitroTheFurry> It sounds like a wake up alarm
15:43 * Finwe boops Cepheid with 若布.
15:48 * Cepheid noms some of it. "I may not be able to keep food down, but I need to make sure I eat anyways."
15:52 <Finwe> Notice that maximal recommended daily intake is 2 grammes per day.
15:56 <RazorSharpFang> I'm off to sleep, good night.
15:56 <Finwe> Sweetish dreams.
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16:04 * Cepheid falls over, half of her body missing. A single bone sticks out.
16:30 <Cepheid> Now that I think about it, I think the stomach issue is from a number of factors.
16:31 <Cepheid> 1) Injections I've been doing are known to cause nausea, right out the door. 2) I'm on an antibiotic that is hard on the stomach. 3) Naproxen's hard on the stomach as well.
16:32 <Finwe> Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medication?
16:32 <Cepheid> Mmhmm. I take it to deal with sinus headaches.
16:34 <Cepheid> Gravol seems to be kicking in, though, so..
16:46 <Finwe> Gravöl. o3o
16:46 <Cepheid> Brand name for dimenhydrinate.
16:48 <Finwe> Gravöl is the Swedish word for wake after funeral.
16:48 <Finwe> Literally "grave beer".
16:48 <Cepheid> Ah.
16:48 <Cepheid> Well, okay, here in Canada, it's a brand name for dimenhydrinate. :P
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16:50 <Cepheid> https://twitter.com/MH_Rise_JP/status/1333753089946337280 ADragonDreaming, apparently wildlife has a lot more use in Rise.
16:50 <Finwe> Lt Pony|27427.
16:50 <Finwe> o7
16:50 * Finwe sits on Pony|27427.
16:50 * Pony|27427 waves and is comfortable.
16:50 <Cepheid> Except for that last wildlife critter, anyways.
16:51 <ADragonDreaming> haha
17:01 <Cepheid> Meanwhile, https://twitter.com/MH_Rise_JP/status/1333682245970898945 While not Wedge Beetles, these seem to be a sort of replacement for them. They're spots where a large wirebug can be utilized that launches you a far away spot. Probably going to be used in a manner that Wedge Beetles are used for: Fast climbing up steep areas to follow monsters.
17:09 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Makenshi: Pony Town OST Music: Wandering Artist - Ponytown Snowy Beach Update [Soundtrack] [ https://tinyurl.com/y4ax32x5 ]
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17:10 <PinkieShy> hihi
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17:24 <ADragonDreaming> nice
17:33 <Finwe> Mr PinkieShy.
17:33 * Finwe snuggles a PinkieShy.
17:39 * Cepheid decides to plan ahead for the school break period. Will definitely do MonHan, but is looking into finishing the rest of the Ys series as well.
17:40 <Cepheid> Or as much of it as I can get my hands on, anyways.
17:40 <Cepheid> The biggest issue will be Ys 5.
17:41 <Cepheid> It's the only one not officially translated in any form, not even a remake.
17:52 <ADragonDreaming> which means you'd either be paying out the nose for an import, or... emulating.
17:55 <Finwe> Cepheid: But you know Japanese. o3o
17:55 <Cepheid> Emulating's fine with me, in this case. There are some cases where, quite simply, it's not possible for me to get my hands on a legitimate copy of a game.
17:56 <Cepheid> Finwe, I know Japanese, but only like, a fraction of it.
17:56 <Cepheid> It wouldn't be enough for a game series known for being story-heavy, like Ys is.
17:56 <Finwe> True.
17:56 <Cepheid> There is an unofficial translation, though.
17:57 <Finwe> And you can use the game as learning material.
17:57 <Cepheid> Mmhmm.
17:57 <Cepheid> I have to start making use of the language, so that'd be a good place to start.
17:58 <Cepheid> I can't really speak it much, because I have no one to converse with. But, my goal is reading, writing and comprehension, not speech. Writing can be done anytime, and reading, well, there are children's books, light novels, and games. Comprehension will come from anime and video games with voiceovers, mainly.
17:58 <Cepheid> Listening comprehension, rather.
18:00 <PinkieShy> Had do to something last night I haven't had to do in forever..
18:01 <PinkieShy> Put 2 blankets on my bed.. Oddly enough one blanket and i was freezing cold lol
18:01 <PinkieShy> As soon as i put the 2nd on I passed out :D
18:01 <Cepheid> As for games I could actually play in Japanese, I could probably play the Pokemon games in Japanese.
18:01 <Schism> Sleepy fox is sleepy.
18:01 <Cepheid> That series is pretty much aimed at the younger generation.
18:02 <Cepheid> So not only will it make use of simpler Japanese, it'll also employ furigana, a Japanese reading aide for dealing with kanji.
18:03 <Cepheid> Furigana typically appears as katakana or hiragana above or below the kanji. It's typically used extensively in written works aimed at children and teenagers, textbooks, and in many video games.
18:09 <Cepheid> Bleh. Stomach's calming down finally.
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18:16 <Cepheid> ... Man, there is a lot of backstory for Ys 1 that you simply do not see in the games, because they were part of the game manual for the PC88 version.
18:17 <PinkieShy> Just read something about some of the dumbest criminals ever..
18:17 <Cepheid> It also gives insight into the naming of the games as "Books"
18:17 <Cepheid> Because the games themselves are a retelling of history.
18:17 <PinkieShy> The page talks about a lady who robbed a bank and turned around making a Youtube video talking about it and showed the money
18:18 <Cepheid> Yeah, I can believe that.
18:20 <PinkieShy> She got 10-20 years for it lol
18:22 <Cepheid> Hum, since I can sit up again and my stomach's no longer killing me... I should eat lunch, and get my schoolwork for the day done,.
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18:26 *** Seoson is now known as Starlight_Glimmer
18:28 <Cepheid> Fortunately today's work mostly consists of "write down on paper" and "scan and submit" it'll still kill my hand though.
18:29 <Starlight_Glimmer> Oh dear I had another culture shock. How on earth are people paying 15-30 bucks for wire transfers, both incoming and outgoing? This is insane. Now I get why people run around with these antiquated
18:29 <Starlight_Glimmer> chequebooks ...
18:31 <Starlight_Glimmer> Then again I kinda consider 8.99% interest on my credit card high (of course I never keep a balance across months) and I've heard 25% isn't uncommon on other parts of the world.
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18:38 <Cepheid> Huh. Here, wire transfers are "free". In the sense that they're covered by the $15 monthly fee I pay my bank every month, and thus get unlimited transfers, etc.
18:39 * Cepheid goes off to do schoolwork. Will be quieter from hereon out until finished.
18:39 <Schism> Hmm. Free custom shoes for being employee of the month. Neat.
18:41 <Schism> I'm thinking... this. https://www.converse.com/shop/p/custom-chuck-taylor-all-star-by-you-unisex-high-top-shoe/152620CHO20W_bordeaux.html?metricId=6154706332
18:46 <Cepheid> Oh, hey, Adra. Did you see that thing I posted regarding my homework yesterday?
18:47 <Cepheid> https://i.imgur.com/n94oIEk.png This is a scene I have to associate with a spoken, verbal phrase in the workbook section I'm working on.
18:47 <Cepheid> Totally not dark at all.
18:49 <Starlight_Glimmer> Schism: But what would I do with so many shoes?
18:49 <Schism> Hah. Start a collection? I hear that's half the point.
18:50 <Starlight_Glimmer> Yeah ... let's just say I'm not into the whole collecting stuff thing.
18:51 <Starlight_Glimmer> At least shoes are not inherently worthless
18:51 <Schism> Indeed.
18:52 <Schism> The rollercoaster of the week also continues. "Oh, we don't have any sales going on today, don't worry." --two hours later-- "SURPRISE! Most popular shoes in the world are dropping."
18:52 <Cepheid> I mean, collecting even "worthless" stuff is still beneficial, from a psychological perspective. It's something that brings you joy, keeps you from going insane, and all that.
18:53 <Cepheid> Hum. It seems subconsciously, my brain has started to figure out the stroke order of kanji without actually looking at a diagram on how to draw it.
18:53 <Starlight_Glimmer> So I thought it is what drives people insanse and causes them to spend money they don't have :3
18:54 <Starlight_Glimmer> I mean sure if you get something out of it cool
18:54 <Starlight_Glimmer> I have silly things around with little practical use
18:54 * Schism snickers at today's Real Life. "Poor Mae."
18:55 * Starlight_Glimmer eyes Lumindia
18:55 <Starlight_Glimmer> But spending like thousands of dollars on shoes is ... a bit odd.
18:55 <Schism> That's true. $50 at a time does add up, though.
18:56 <Schism> It'll be interesting if I ever get bitten by that bug. But I doubt that's likely to happen. I don't think my wardrobe will even change much from these greens, blues, oranges.
18:56 <Schism> There is of course a reason for that particular shoe design.
18:58 <Cepheid> Guh, finally done with the kanji practice. Rest a minute for my hand..
18:58 <Cepheid> I seriously don't get how people can spend more than a few minutes writing anything by hand.
18:59 * Schism shrugs, "Long practice? Building up those proper muscles."
19:00 <Schism> Back to the end of my week. Three and forty-five left...
19:09 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Drawfriend Stuff (Pony Art Gallery) #3538 [ https://tinyurl.com/y36pvojc ]
19:20 * Dappled appears. Hello.
19:23 <Finwe> Messrs Dappled and Starlight_Glimmer; Mlles Cepheid, DashedRainbows and Schism.
19:23 * Finwe doffs his hat.
19:23 * Dappled waves.
19:23 <Cepheid> こんにちは
19:23 *** Joins: Ali (Ali@Pony-blr9tk.4nua.5fca.1702.2600.IP)
19:24 *** ChanServ sets mode: +qo Ali Ali
19:24 <Finwe> Miss Ali.
19:24 * Ali flops over the Dappled
19:24 * Finwe hugs the Ali.
19:24 * Ali doffs the Dappled and snugs into them and Finwe
19:24 * Dappled loves the friend ponies.
19:25 <Ali> I forgot how to play pokemon so bad, I was going for Hitmonchan and got Hitmonlee instead.
19:25 <ADragonDreaming> I certainly can't write well by hand, but then I have an actual neurological condition affecting small-motor muscle movement.
19:26 * Dappled understands. Has nerve damage in both hands so is always unsteady when writing.
19:29 <Cepheid> My case, it's too hard a grip, too much pressure. Even when I'm consciously aware of it.
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19:41 * Dappled flops next to Ali. Doesn't understand contests in Platinum.
19:41 <Ali> Contests are just as pointless as they were in Ruby and Sapphire
19:43 * Dappled never got far enough in ORAS for contests.
19:44 * Finwe cannot write any Ruby at all, be it on Rails or not.
19:47 <Cepheid> Neither can I.
19:47 <Cepheid> Though, give me a week with it's manual and I can probably write some rudimentary stuff.
19:48 <Dappled> Visual Basic for life, yo.
19:50 * Dappled is confused as to how he won the Pokemon Contest. But okay.
19:57 * Dappled climbs onto his Torterra. Is a good poke. Can have picnic while travelling.
20:07 *** Joins: Angeline (Scootaloo@I.Will.Fly.Higher)
20:07 * Dappled waves to the Angeline. Another friend pony.
20:08 * Angeline nomp
20:09 <Finwe> Miss Angeline.
20:09 * Finwe doffs his hat.
20:09 * Angeline noms on Finwe's hat.
20:09 <Finwe> D:
20:09 * Finwe flailyhooves!
20:09 * Angeline is far too young to actually hurt the hat.
20:09 <Finwe> Phew.
20:10 * Angeline is, however, getting it fantastically messy.
20:10 <Finwe> D:
20:10 * Finwe hides his hat.
20:10 * Angeline noms on Finwe's mane instead.
20:10 * Finwe had his mane cut two weeks ago, not much to nom on.
20:14 * LunaOfTheMoonLight laughs at all of this
20:16 * Finwe puffycheeks at LunaOfTheMoonLight.
20:16 <Finwe> *pffft*
20:19 <LunaOfTheMoonLight> cute!
20:29 * Dappled makes a box of mac and cheese. Must overcome the whole, "Want food. Okay, what do I make? No make, only eat."
21:04 <Schism> omg they gave me offline time. <3 <3 <3
21:04 <Schism> No customers, at least not directly, just clearing the case queue and helping fellow agents. It is sheerest bliss.
21:05 * Dappled checks. Is online, sees Schism, Schism is online. How can he have offline time if he is online?
21:05 <Schism> Means I'm not on air with the fifty thousand people wanting to cancel things.
21:05 * Schism is also a she. Baps Dappled.
21:05 * Dappled apologizes.
21:06 * Dappled also falls over at bap.
21:06 <Schism> S'aright. I've been on the channel long enough masquerading as male, you're forgiven.
21:08 * Dappled chews on a stick.
21:08 * Schism patpats the Dappled, and borrows the stick to throw it.
21:10 * Dappled chases the stick.
21:12 <Schism> This seems familiar. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yf_bqBrhTxI (It's a reference to Nichijou)
21:13 * Schism returns to her work of clearing things up.
21:39 * Dappled wanders off demanding a theatrical release of Evil Dead the Musical.
21:54 * Lumindia eyes Starlight_Glimmerback
21:55 * Lumindia wonders what the pone wants
21:58 <Finwe> !starlight time
21:58 * Finwe bouces around in front of Starlight_Glimmer.
21:58 <Finwe> Starlight time! Starligh time!
22:09 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Radio Plays: The Crusaders Save Hearths Warming #1 / Life's a Breeze #1 [ https://tinyurl.com/y3h3nvud ]
22:51 <Schism> Am I stupid? Is it me? I look at the possibilities for the best way to get something out to the team, especially the new members, without having to CC: everyone who's not in the distro, and then I realize, "Wait. ...we have a SharePoint page."
22:51 <Starlight_Glimmer> Lumindia: "I have silly things around with little practical use" I'm afraid I made a joke at your expense :3
22:51 <Lumindia> wow rude
22:51 * Lumindia boops
22:52 * Starlight_Glimmer snuggles Lumindia
22:52 * Schism flumps into a blob of fox and changeling.
22:54 <Starlight_Glimmer> Trigger warning: https://youtu.be/720O_yBLrTs
22:54 <Starlight_Glimmer> I wonder how this is going to go down in media.
22:56 <Schism> I'd ask what you were TWing, but then I clicked the link, and realized, "...yeah."
22:57 <Starlight_Glimmer> I'm almost all the way through. I generally avoid his speeches honestly
22:57 <Schism> That's probably because his word salad typically results in brain salad sandwiches.
22:58 <Starlight_Glimmer> The title was clickbaity enough ...
22:58 <Schism> Have you never seen his tweets? They're like clickbait, except extra-long.
22:59 <Starlight_Glimmer> See for a second there I thought I might have actually learned something, but how can I trust even the most mundane thing to be true.
23:00 <Schism> If he opens his mouth and tells us that the sky is blue, I fully expect to look out my window and see a shade of puce.
23:07 * ADragonDreaming reports the video for Fraud
23:07 <Starlight_Glimmer> Living as an atheist in the U.S. must be quite odd as well. Generally speaking believe in God in a population appears to shrink with increased education and wealth, but in the U.S. it is intertwined with politics so deeply it baffles me.
23:08 <ADragonDreaming> There's a swathe of highly-educated Christians who would argue that education and atheism are not exclusive.
23:08 <ADragonDreaming> er... wrong word.
23:08 <ADragonDreaming> inextricably linked.
23:08 <Schism> There is a certain belief in Calvinism, e.g. that those who are moral and God-fearing will receive wealth and fiscal solvency and the ability to eat meat on a regular basis, and that those who are not will forever be condemned to the dregs of society.
23:09 <Starlight_Glimmer> See I wonder if that genuine believe or just a thing to appeal to the bible belt
23:09 <Schism> It's probably just an appeal.
23:09 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Comics: Know the Folks / Types of Pone / NNN / Werewolves #3 [ https://tinyurl.com/y5mhguo6 ]
23:09 <ADragonDreaming> Part of what's happened in the States is that this thing called the Prosperity Gospel has risen up, like a wolf in sheep's clothing.
23:10 <Schism> It's been around for a long, long year, but it's recently had another name attached to it: "Dominionism".
23:10 <ADragonDreaming> It discards that whole "you can't serve both God and Money" idea.
23:10 <ADragonDreaming> And propose that if you just pray for it you'll get gobs of money.
23:10 <ADragonDreaming> Trump
23:11 <ADragonDreaming> 's "spiritual advisor" Paula White, is deep into this nonsense.
23:11 <Schism> Well, the 'no man can serve two masters' is a matter of saying, 'if God asks you to do one thing, and your bosses/ego/sheer financial greed ask you to do one another, you should cleave to God and your moral precepts', which is fair enough.
23:12 <ADragonDreaming> Trump's "church" is also in this Word of Faith thing, where they treat words and "prayer" as more like a magical incantation. Say a thing enough and it will become true.
23:12 <ADragonDreaming> "It'll go away, like a miracle." "I won."
23:13 <Schism> It does depend upon interpretation, but at least that's how I've always read it. One of the more sensible passages. Also, yes: actually, that is what we might also call a variant of Pentecoste.
23:13 <Schism> The quote-unquote 'moral majority', while outwardly worrying that teenagers were summoning demons with D&D, were doing a pretty good job of it with their sermons.
23:13 <ADragonDreaming> I think it's derived from that particular branch, but I wouldn't dump all Pentecostal churches into that area.
23:14 <Schism> I know there are those who genuinely try to do no harm, but they're not exactly politically relevant.
23:14 <ADragonDreaming> regardless, take the "Christian" claim by a lot of these public figures with a grain of salt.
23:15 <Schism> Help your fellow people, do no harm unless you absolutely must in the prevention of more harm, maybe give a nod of the head to the Upstairs from time to time. Is that so hard?
23:15 <ADragonDreaming> There's a lot more required than just that.
23:16 <ADragonDreaming> (re the "christian" claim, reference Matthew 7:15)
23:16 <ADragonDreaming> anyway, I must away to dinner with fam.
23:17 <Schism> I know, but isn't that the basic? I'd bring up the Pharisees and the Saducees, who cloaked their wickedness in temples and trappings, but I hope you have a good dinner.
23:18 <Schism> Kinda wish PinkieShy were around for that bit. Ah well.
23:19 *** Quits: Fn (Eogan@Pony-lpach5.dip0.t-ipconnect.de) (Quit: Nothing is static, everything is evolving, everything is falling apart)
23:20 * Starlight_Glimmer is tired and wants to go to sleep, but still has so many upgrades to monitor :(
23:20 <Schism> Wurfhl.
23:41 * Ali flops onto her face.
23:55 * Starlight_Glimmer pushes Ali over and snuggles in.
23:55 * Ali was already over and squeaks at Starlight_Glimmer
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