00:00 * LibrarianofHope glomps glimglam for pone justice
00:00 <Starlight_Glimmer> See you tomorrow guys ;)
00:27 * Golden flops.
00:54 * Finwe noms on Starlight_Glimmer's tail.
00:54 <Finwe> Looks like Demogorgon shall wait for tomorrow.
01:02 * Ali flops over the LibrarianofHope and Starlight_Glimmer
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01:22 <LibrarianofHope> demogorgon
01:22 <LibrarianofHope> demo for demon?
01:22 <LibrarianofHope> its a d&d thing i know that
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02:39 <DerpyBot> *derp*
02:55 * Finwe emerges victorious from the Demogorgon battle.
02:55 <Finwe> Also tired, as it is almost 5 a.m.
02:55 <Finwe> !lullaby
02:55 * DerpyBot carries Finwe off to bed
02:55 * DerpyBot tucks Finwe in and hums a lullaby
02:55 <Finwe> !shoo
02:55 * DerpyBot sways from side to side, quietly humming "shoo be doo shoo shoo be doo"
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03:06 * Cepheid flops in.
03:12 <Cepheid> Only six hours of sleep today I guess.
03:15 <Schism> Urgh, just spent a half hour folding laundry.
03:15 <Schism> And I'm not done, because the rest of my dresser drawer could probably be more neatly folded.
03:16 * Schism rolls up all her undershirts into neat little burritos, because it's not like they're not gonna be wrinkled anyway.
03:18 <Schism> Tiffany's has such wonderful things. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Eq7YQAcU0AA0LaY?format=jpg&name=small
03:24 <Cepheid> I use a closet and hang my clothes. Alternatively I just be lazy and keep all my clothes in the basket.
03:27 <Cepheid> So I made a big mistake, Schism.
03:27 <Cepheid> I came down after waking up and noticed on the kitchen table a tin. A tin full of chocolates.
03:28 <Cepheid> I didn't eat them *ALL* thankfully, but let's just say that I'm gonna have a bit of a sugar rush in about 30 minutes.
03:31 <Schism> My shirts are hung up. My jeans... less so. They're coagulating in the bottom of a dresser.
03:32 <Schism> Also, I'm sad to say that I won't be around to see your sugar rush: I'm in need of sleep, as I have work in 8ish hours.
03:33 <Cepheid> Heh.
03:33 <Cepheid> Sleep well then.
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03:57 <Cepheid> Ali, heads up. We launched a satellite and unlocked the various UIs. One of them opens with the N key, which puts you in a view mode that allows you to see anywhere on the surface. To escape it, hit the "X" button on the navigation panel that pops up.
03:57 <Ali> Kay
03:57 <Ali> I might avoid Factorio for the night to not stay up so late.
03:58 <Cepheid> No prob.
03:59 <Cepheid> I'm actually debating just going back to bed myself, since I only got 6 hours of sleep.
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04:55 <Golden> Blep
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05:14 <Cepheid> Sweet geebus. The spiked walls have 1000 HP.
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06:01 <Golden> Oh dear god
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06:07 <Cepheid> Hmm?
06:28 * Ali flops over, other gaming is falling apart
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07:40 <Golden> Sorry. Been occupied with Pokemon ranger, and organizing my digimon cards
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08:28 <ConfusionRift> Hello everypony.
08:45 * Ali flops over the ConfusionRift
08:45 * ConfusionRift huggles Ali.
08:52 <Golden> Yo
08:57 <Cepheid> Hey Rifty.
08:57 <ConfusionRift> Hallo, and hey there.
09:09 * Starlight_Glimmer suspiciously eyes Ali
09:09 * Ali licks Starlight_Glimmer face
09:53 * ConfusionRift has a display on the back of his head. " Battery Low [|\ ]"
09:54 <PinkieShy> oh neat..
09:54 <PinkieShy> The city i live in.. Is finally get a 7-Eleven
09:55 <ConfusionRift> Huzzah! Next step... Walmart!
09:55 <PinkieShy> They finally return soon.. Everybody says the old landromat here used to be a 7-Eleven before they closed..
09:55 <PinkieShy> But apparently 2 of of them are coming here now
09:55 <PinkieShy> ConfusionRift to late.. We have 2 walmarts here
09:56 <PinkieShy> Both within 8 miles from each others.
09:56 <Ali> And then the Family Video is gone
09:56 <Ali> It went the way of the blockbuster
09:57 <PinkieShy> We used to have a movie gallery here years ago..
09:57 <PinkieShy> I miss blockbuster tbh.. :(
10:06 <ConfusionRift> Miss it as well. One of the few rental stores that enticed me to rent.
10:23 * ConfusionRift should put a game on. "I have been running on fumes and not doing much. Should change that."
10:24 * ConfusionRift sighs. He was done with 4 games from his queue list, and added 7 more.
10:25 <ConfusionRift> I hate Steam specials.
10:25 <ConfusionRift> BL3, boom, let's goooo!
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10:41 <RazorSharpFang> Evening.
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11:23 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by The Illustrious Q: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic #93 Released Today! - Download Links, Variants, Discussion! [ https://tinyurl.com/y2gj77gy ]
11:23 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Morning Discussion #2167 [ https://tinyurl.com/y2nezrmq ]
11:28 <Cepheid> Hey Razor.
11:29 * Cepheid is playing around with one of her Christmas gifts. A Logitech X52 HOTAS.
11:29 <Cepheid> Trying it out in Elite. Thiiiiss is gonna take some getting used to.
11:30 <RazorSharpFang> I have no idea what that is.
11:31 <RazorSharpFang> I got a Bose noise-cancelling headphones set for Christmas, which I now use every day.
11:31 <ConfusionRift> Niiice.
11:32 <Cepheid> Hands On Throttle and Stick. A throttle control and joystick.
11:32 <Cepheid> I have some Bose noise-cancelling headphones. Can't really make use of them though.
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11:43 <Cepheid> Gonna have to mod X4, meanwhile.
11:43 <Cepheid> While Elite uses icons for buttons that are specific to the joystick? X4? Eeeehhhh.
11:46 <Cepheid> Course, might help if I installed the drivers.
11:53 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: New My Little Pony G4.5 Pony Life McDonalds Figures Begin Tomorrow! [ https://tinyurl.com/y4q6ed5x ]
12:01 * Starlight_Glimmer puts saddle bags on Ali's back
12:01 <Starlight_Glimmer> Clearly since you're not going to bed like a good horse you can carry my groceries.
12:01 * Ali nopes and is a good pack mule by being stubborn as one.
12:02 * Starlight_Glimmer ruffles Ali's mane
12:03 * Ali leans into ruffles, but doesn't move.
12:05 <Cepheid> I need to eat.
12:07 <ConfusionRift> Oh cool... got to Lorelei... wonderful. (speedruns past her)
12:08 <Cepheid> Razor, so, launching multiple satellite rockets is of use.
12:08 <Cepheid> Also, you like vulcanite? Found a place just riddled with it.
12:09 * Lumindia steals GlimGlam and Ali for hugs!
12:09 <Lumindia> You're both good ponies
12:09 <Lumindia> and very huggable too!
12:10 <Lumindia> ♥
12:10 <Cepheid> Meanwhile I'm an arse!
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12:18 <Cepheid> "Asteroids are still present in space, there is no escape from these little balls of fun." - Wiki on Space Exploration and space.
12:18 <Lumindia> Sp[aaaace
12:18 <Lumindia> the one place uncorrupted by capitalist scum
12:19 * ConfusionRift flies by, and sees a billboard. "If it took more than one shot, you weren't using a Jakobs!"
12:19 <ConfusionRift> Right... about that. :P
12:20 <Cepheid> ... Wait, what? The HDMI Forum has closed down access to it's HDMI spec?
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12:21 <Cepheid> It makes open-source HDMI support a problem because even companies like AMD and nVidia are not allowed to implement certain features due to potentially revealing closed, proprietary specs to the public.
12:23 <Cepheid> ... And now my mother is sick with something.
12:24 <Cepheid> Judging from the symptoms she's describing, it's the same thing I have going on, sinuses and inner ear.
12:24 <Cepheid> So, probably a head cold or something.
12:25 <Schism> Lumindia: the Federation in Elite: Dangerous has a major advertisement problem. :p
12:25 * Schism streeeeetch.
12:35 <Cepheid> Hum.
12:35 <Cepheid> A digital event to showcase Rise, January 7th, 6 AM PST.
12:36 * Cepheid relaxes and listens to music. o/` I'll endure the exile... o/`
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12:41 <Cepheid> o/` I'm a wildfire you won't tame. Igniting my temper, can't put out the flame. There's no way to contain this storm that's swelling inside me. o/` Seriously, this song is a little too perfect for me. >.>; Am I a demon?
12:44 <Cepheid> ... Huh, dual-wielding swords was actually an effective combat technique.
12:45 <Lumindia> Birdie Putt
12:46 <Finwe> o3o
12:46 <Cepheid> What?
12:46 <Finwe> Good afternoon, everypony!
12:46 <Cepheid> Morning, Finwe.
12:50 * Schism somehow gets an Eagle on a hole. o3o
12:50 <Finwe> Greetings, Cepheid, Lumindia and Schism.
12:50 * Finwe doffs his hat.
12:53 <Schism> "Hey, Jen, -you're- good at de-escalation, why don't you help out with calling back these irate customers." sigh
12:57 <ConfusionRift> "The person you're trying to contact is not available at the moment. Please leave a message after the beep. BEEEP!!!"
12:58 <Schism> On to the last day of my week...
12:58 <ConfusionRift> It's always on the last day, or the first day.
13:02 <Finwe> Lt Cdr ConfusionRift, Capt Koopz.
13:02 <Finwe> o7
13:07 * Cepheid watches her morning Among Us kills.
13:07 <ConfusionRift> RAdm. Finwe. (salutes)
13:08 <Cepheid> ... I like how some people are like "I ****ed up so bad, I may as well just vote for myself."
13:09 <Koopz> RAdm. Finwe o7
14:02 * ConfusionRift flops to sleep.
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14:12 * Finwe noms on Heartbreak's tail.
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14:24 <Cyan_Spark> Razor the investor
14:24 <RazorSharpFang> Hey heys
14:25 <RazorSharpFang> Today I'm likely just sitting and observing the market.
14:26 <RazorSharpFang> Wow, green day
14:30 <Finwe> !link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSIESlBMdAs
14:30 <DerpyBot> I need to ask Twilight about that one.
14:30 <DerpyBot> Twilight told me this video is about Green Day Welcome to Paradise (Kerplunk)
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15:12 * Lumindia boops somepony
15:12 * LibrarianofHope bonks lumindia
15:17 * Finwe noms on Lumindia.
15:17 * Starlight_Glimmer locks LibrarianofHope and Lumindia in a closet.
15:17 <Lumindia> aaa,
15:17 <Lumindia> so many pings
15:20 * Lumindia dragsGlimGlam in, cuddles the fluff out of her
15:20 <Lumindia> O wO
15:21 <AppleDash> Hey, I have a deed here that says I own all GlimGlams
15:21 <LibrarianofHope> its fake
15:21 <AppleDash> I'm gonna need that back.
15:22 * LibrarianofHope confiscate appledash
15:23 <AppleDash> eee
15:23 <Starlight_Glimmer> AppleDash: Wait a second. I'm pretty sure this is the other way around.
15:23 <AppleDash> Uh oh
15:23 * LibrarianofHope consficates Glimglam
15:23 <LibrarianofHope> so much contraband today
15:24 * Starlight_Glimmer snuggles their AppleDash
15:24 * AppleDash wiggles and purrs
15:24 <Finwe> !plot
15:24 <DerpyBot> *wigglewiggle*
15:24 <Finwe> *wigglewiggle*
15:24 <Finwe> !cat
15:24 <Finwe> *purrpurr*
15:24 <LibrarianofHope> !dog
15:25 <LibrarianofHope> woofwoof
15:26 <Starlight_Glimmer> So I was going to make a bad joke about inviting LibrarianofHope for a BBQ with AppleDash when I noticed why Tinder is called Tinder. That took some time 6_9
15:29 <LibrarianofHope> i dont follow
15:29 <LibrarianofHope> its too early
15:29 <Finwe> Starlight_Glimmer: It's used for lighting the spark betwixt people?
15:30 <AppleDash> My one true love is Starlight_Glimmer and nothing will change that :)
15:30 <Finwe> I guess that's the obvious explanation.
15:30 <Starlight_Glimmer> Finwe: Yes
15:31 <LibrarianofHope> i could do a spurred lover scene, but im sleepy
15:31 <LibrarianofHope> have a shroom
15:31 * LibrarianofHope gives shroom
15:31 <Starlight_Glimmer> But I never thought about it like that. I took it as an arbitrary meaningless product name.
15:31 <Starlight_Glimmer> Oh well!
15:31 <AppleDash> They often try to have some kind of meaning :P
15:32 <LibrarianofHope> AXA, the insurance company, has no meaning
15:32 <AppleDash> Wait until you find out about meaning of the similarly-named product that starts with a G.
15:32 <Finwe> Starlight_Glimmer: And how long did you contemplate this until arriving at the answer?
15:32 <Starlight_Glimmer> Oh I know the meaning behind that
15:32 <AppleDash> :P\
15:33 * AppleDash opens up phone, installs the new Glimmr app, looks for local lonely Glims in his area
15:33 <Starlight_Glimmer> Also for the record: I use neither, so it's not like I'm confronted with these thoughts regularly
15:33 * Schism flops in over her first break.
15:34 <Heartbreak> SCP Pi. Run from this SCP. Don't look at it. Don't open the janitor's closet that its kept in. Do Not try to solve the Equation on the Chalkboard...
15:34 <Finwe> AppleDash: Is there a Grinder as well?
15:34 <AppleDash> I find that apps like that can bring unexpected surprises when you live in a high-density area and at least superficially know all your neighbors, given they are location-based
15:35 * Schism solves the equation on the chalkboard, and reality starts dissolving.
15:35 * Heartbreak boops Schism.
15:35 <Heartbreak> But Schism... The Equation is still there....
15:35 * Schism squeaks.
15:35 <AppleDash> Finwe: :)
15:36 <Schism> HB: Have you read qntm's Antimemetics Division?
15:36 <Starlight_Glimmer> You know these ads that insert your city? Well for me they always say Brunswick, which of course a local would never use (local name is Braunschweig). A always thought of that as a bit hilarious.
15:36 <Heartbreak> No.
15:36 <AppleDash> Do you live in Anonymous Proxy? Hot local singles in your area are waiting for you.
15:37 <Schism> Of course. New Brunswick is Canadian. >.>
15:37 <Schism> HB: Some of the best horror on the site.
15:37 <RazorSharpFang> Today is a very green day. So green it's really odd.
15:37 <LibrarianofHope> well mexico city used to be Federal District, then they switched it officialy
15:37 <LibrarianofHope> i suspect they had a deal on paper changing
15:38 <Schism> HB: Here, have an anaconda. http://www.scpwiki.com/scp-649-2568-j
15:38 * Heartbreak munches on italian bread with brie cheese, sliced tomato, a splash of balsamic and olive oil that's been lightly toasted in an oven...
15:38 <LibrarianofHope> i was reading the other day why SCP does not have a coherent timeline
15:38 <Schism> Brie is always good...!
15:38 <Starlight_Glimmer> I think the common perception of both of those apps around here is that they're primarily used for hookups. I'm not really interested in that and the later I'm not quite the target audience for I believe.
15:39 <Heartbreak> There are too many SCPs that can alter the time line.
15:39 <LibrarianofHope> a talented but insane writer did drama at the start, stuff got weird
15:39 <LibrarianofHope> i mean, out of chracter
15:39 * Finwe ruffles Heartbreak.
15:39 <LibrarianofHope> they retconed it
15:39 <LibrarianofHope> bit of trivia
15:39 <Finwe> Don't worry, the timeline will take care of itself.
15:39 <Heartbreak> Oh. Well. Fet. Gaaaaah! Oh look, Finwe, you have eyelashes.
15:40 <AppleDash> That is too the perception here :P I am not interested in such things with regular ol' people
15:40 <Finwe> Everyone does.
15:40 <LibrarianofHope> also i once honestly tried to get in talks with SCP over mexican rights, i had a brief job in a tv station
15:40 <Heartbreak> You have -marelashes-.
15:40 <AppleDash> They need to know at least 2 programming languages and be able to name at least half the MLP:FiM cast for me to have any interest :)
15:41 <LibrarianofHope> horse have lashes?
15:41 <Schism> Fishmonger was... I only caught the tail end of the drama, but it was interesting.
15:41 <Starlight_Glimmer> Heartbreak: We don't use the kinds of categories anymore, shame on you! *giggles*
15:41 * Schism boops the HB with some Combos.
15:41 <Finwe> LibrarianofHope: All mammals have, I think.
15:42 <Finwe> https://keyassets.timeincuk.net/inspirewp/live/wp-content/uploads/sites/14/2015/12/close-eye.jpeg
15:42 <Heartbreak> SCP Pi is an SCP that can't be given a numerical code, because once you start reciting the numbers linked to this SCP, you'll -never- stop.
15:42 <AppleDash> That is a beautiful hoers
15:43 <Heartbreak> Individuals who have started with the numbers either keep going on and on till they pass out, lose their minds or die of dehydration, starvation, or sleep depervation.
15:43 <Heartbreak> So, we have to call it SCP Pi.
15:44 <Heartbreak> ^.^
15:44 <Starlight_Glimmer> AppleDash: See I'm not even sure I'd want to date in my own profession. I didn't even want to do programming and administration for a living originally. Since I started working in the field my private stuff has been neglected a lot. I'm not sure the monotonic environment is healthy.
15:44 <LibrarianofHope> i like scp, but i tend to avoid it, i get distracted
15:44 <Starlight_Glimmer> That being said people with literally no understanding of IT drive me insane.
15:44 <AppleDash> See, the thing for me is that it isn't a profession, and isn't for my husband either - it's nice to have someone to bounce hobbyist stuff off of and have them understand :P
15:45 <Heartbreak> You must be under the influence of that one spc that causes you to forget it's existence and forces you to focus on some other SCP.
15:45 <Starlight_Glimmer> Raising kids in the woods seems like an alternative I'd prefer over IPhone zombies as children.
15:45 <AppleDash> ^
15:45 * Heartbreak starts booping Starlight_Glimmer.
15:45 <AppleDash> Him and I plan to move to the middle of nowhere and don't plan to have kids until then :P
15:46 <Finwe> Starlight_Glimmer: Ah, like the Scotsman with a steering wheel attached to his groin?
15:46 <LibrarianofHope> ?
15:46 <AppleDash> It's drivin' me nuts!
15:46 <Finwe> AppleDash: Indeed.
15:46 <Finwe> :3
15:46 <Starlight_Glimmer> AppleDash: I'm pretty sure I may have asked this before and forgot: What do you even do for a living?
15:47 * LibrarianofHope bonks finwe and appledash
15:47 <Schism> AppleDash, https://www.schlockmercenary.com/2007-11-16
15:47 * Schism goes back to work.
15:48 <AppleDash> lol
15:48 <AppleDash> Starlight_Glimmer: Nothing; I exist.
15:48 <LibrarianofHope> so politics?
15:48 <Starlight_Glimmer> lol
15:49 <Heartbreak> Politics = Poli (many), Tics (Blood sucking insects).
15:49 <RazorSharpFang> That's not how you spell poly
15:50 <LibrarianofHope> its the latin-greek-owo variant
15:50 <LibrarianofHope> very obscure, but valid
15:51 <Starlight_Glimmer> I guess I've found somebody to do my laundry then ;)
15:51 <Heartbreak> RazorSharpFang: Point still stands until we can un-applejack up our political systems.
15:51 <Heartbreak> Starlight_Glimmer: is that somep-p-pony you?
15:51 <RazorSharpFang> Is hard.
15:52 <Heartbreak> Then we should let it ripen, RazorSharpFang. Like a good cheese.
15:52 <LibrarianofHope> Hb, dont do revolutions
15:52 <LibrarianofHope> i feel you in particular would being back the guillotine
15:52 <LibrarianofHope> owo
15:52 <Starlight_Glimmer> Heartbreak: I'm afraid no. I'd give you the honor, but having holes in your hooves makes me worry about my shirts ... and socks.
15:53 <AppleDash> I'll do it!
15:53 <Heartbreak> ... LibrarianofHope... What about soup? Soup for my family?
15:54 <LibrarianofHope> you can have soup
15:54 <Heartbreak> Soup in cans?
15:54 <Heartbreak> Soup for my... family?
15:54 <LibrarianofHope> or cup noddles
15:55 <Heartbreak> I want something with more... body... in a denser ... container...
15:55 <LibrarianofHope> clam chowder!
15:55 <LibrarianofHope> chunky soup
15:56 <Heartbreak> Heeeeee. How chunky is the soup when it hits...?
15:56 <LibrarianofHope> dummy thic
15:56 <Heartbreak> Well. Some individuals can take comfort in that.
15:56 <Heartbreak> But imagining a soup can that looks like -that- is unsettling.
15:57 <LibrarianofHope> from revolution to dummy thic soup
15:57 <Heartbreak> I makes me worry over the contents if the soup can is bulging like that.
15:58 <AppleDash> Are Heartbreak and LibrarianofHope the only ones talking or do I have someone on ignore or something, the addition of whose messages would make this whole conversation make sense?
15:58 <Heartbreak> AppleDash: I like turtles.
15:58 <LibrarianofHope> you presume we make sense
15:58 <LibrarianofHope> embrace chaos
15:59 <Heartbreak> Know the madness.
15:59 <Heartbreak> Feel the insani-tea.
15:59 <LibrarianofHope> consume the soup
15:59 <Heartbreak> More tea.
15:59 <Starlight_Glimmer> AppleDash: I believe this is part of their ma ... *cough* ritual.
16:00 <LibrarianofHope> ummm
16:00 <Starlight_Glimmer> We may never understand their odd ways :3
16:00 * LibrarianofHope bonks glimglam
16:00 <Heartbreak> I give you bread, Starlight_Glimmer.
16:00 <Heartbreak> Bread for your family.
16:02 <LibrarianofHope> is it gluten free?
16:02 <Heartbreak> Sure. It's potato bread.
16:02 <LibrarianofHope> you can do that?
16:03 <Heartbreak> Make bread from potatoes?
16:03 <Starlight_Glimmer> Hah! I was actually looking for potato bread today, but I'm sure that's not gluten free.
16:03 <LibrarianofHope> if you fried it, you get chip bread?
16:03 <Heartbreak> Fet Yeah you can!
16:03 <Starlight_Glimmer> Also I believe it's a seasonal product. I was unable to get some.
16:05 <Heartbreak> I'm sure you can make bread out of any starchy food source...
16:05 <Heartbreak> I bet you could make bread from acorns...
16:10 <Starlight_Glimmer> Oh I'm not sure what kind of potato bread you're thinking of, but the one I meant also makes use of wheat.
16:13 <Starlight_Glimmer> Heartbreak: If you had to be a food pony, what would you be?
16:13 <Heartbreak> ...
16:13 <Heartbreak> I... food... pony?
16:14 <Starlight_Glimmer> Hey these are like the deep questions!
16:14 <Heartbreak> You mean a pony made of -food-?
16:14 <Heartbreak> Why are you making me think of an alternate version of me made of black licorice?
16:15 <Heartbreak> Like, the salted, hard, really strong black licorice?
16:15 <Heartbreak> Why, Starlight_Glimmer, just why?
16:16 <Starlight_Glimmer> D'awww!
16:16 <Heartbreak> ...
16:16 <Heartbreak> Why you doing that, Starlight_Glimmer?
16:16 <Heartbreak> Please stop that.
16:16 <Starlight_Glimmer> Nuu!
16:17 <Starlight_Glimmer> See I thought Cuddlebreak was the best version of you. I might have been mistaken.
16:17 <Heartbreak> There is no "cuddlebreak".
16:17 <Heartbreak> If there was, they would be a "break".
16:17 <Starlight_Glimmer> Lies and slander!
16:17 <Heartbreak> Aches and Breaks are -the dark universe- universe versions.
16:17 * Starlight_Glimmer has seen and hugged the Cuddlebreak.
16:18 <Heartbreak> And thus, the Bad versions.
16:18 <Heartbreak> They are manipulating you Starlight.
16:18 <Heartbreak> They get something out of that 'cuddle' that isn't wholesome in the slightest.
16:21 <Heartbreak> Kinda like how Lakebreak keeps drowning p-ponies to make her lake bigger.
16:23 <Heartbreak> And Monsterbreak keeps mutating others in order to make themselves feel -less- like a monster.
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16:24 <Heartbreak> A 'cuddle' break would be getting -something- out of their 'cuddling' that just... isn't... right...
16:25 <Heartbreak> Down right horrifying if you think too long on it. Maybe they're stealing your literal time...
16:25 <Heartbreak> Like, every 'cuddle' steals a sliver of your life. Your time in the world. Every time you 'cuddle' them, you -age- just that much more.
16:26 <LibrarianofHope> its too early for monsters
16:26 <LibrarianofHope> gimme like an hour
16:33 <Starlight_Glimmer> LibrarianofHope: Heartbreak just needs love and care.
16:35 <LibrarianofHope> irl of course
16:35 <LibrarianofHope> storywise im sleepy
16:36 <Heartbreak> Starlight_Glimmer: But. You're not in my story...
16:36 <Heartbreak> yet... I don't know if I'll -ever- see you.
16:36 <Heartbreak> Or whatever version of you I get...
16:36 <Heartbreak> I mean I got Fandom Lyra, and AJ has some... parental ... issues...
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16:43 * Lumindia flops... depression flared up again today
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16:58 * Starlight_Glimmer smuggles Lumindia under their blanket.
16:59 <Starlight_Glimmer> This channel sometimes feels like a self-support group ;)
16:59 <Starlight_Glimmer> Now we only need Heartbreak to crack up.
16:59 * Starlight_Glimmer warms and snuggles Lumindia
17:00 <Lumindia> honestly nothing that anyone could really help with... just dealt with a power-tripping troll in FFIXV
17:00 <Lumindia> XIV*
17:01 <Heartbreak> ...
17:01 <Heartbreak> Have a cookie, Lumindia.
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18:25 <Schism> mmm... delicious sub.
18:25 * Schism noms on a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine, a yellow submarine.
18:33 <Starlight_Glimmer> You know you're going to hell for the puns, right? Just saying ;)
18:33 <ADragonDreaming> Warnock wins. Ossoff likely wins.
18:35 <Schism> Which puts the Senate at 50/50 with Harris, the VP, as a tiebreaker.
18:35 <Schism> As she is a Democrat, this means that McConnell is no longer the majority leader.
18:36 <ADragonDreaming> I'm cautiously optimistic, since Ossoff's race is not yet called.
18:36 <ADragonDreaming> But yes.
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19:36 <Cepheid> I forgot how painful this series is.
19:49 <Finwe> Lt Pony|16999.
19:49 <Finwe> o7
19:50 <Finwe> Cepheid: The Taylor series?
19:50 <Cepheid> I mean, yeah, that's difficult. But no, God Eater series.
19:50 <Finwe> o3o
19:50 * Finwe hats on Starlight_Glimmer.
19:51 <ADragonDreaming> Painful in what fashion?
19:51 <Cepheid> Difficulty.
19:51 <Cepheid> Then again, it could be just the difference from Monster Hunter. Trying to treat it like Monster Hunter is... a dangerous move.
19:52 <Cepheid> Certainly has the feel of it, but the pacing is somewhat faster.
19:53 <ADragonDreaming> I kept getting screwed up by Space being Jump
19:53 <ADragonDreaming> and dodge is Shift+E for some reason.
19:53 <Cepheid> Ah, yeah.
19:54 <ADragonDreaming> I think I'm going to need to remap all the things.
19:54 <Cepheid> They have the jump, I forgot about that. You're gonna have to remap, and yeah, so will I.
19:54 <Cepheid> Especially if I opt to use keyboard and mouse.
19:54 <ADragonDreaming> I did find that holding Q is how to lock on, which...
19:54 <ADragonDreaming> I dunno about.
19:54 <ADragonDreaming> I don't use lock on with MH World, but that's because the camera movement with the mouse is smooth
19:54 <Cepheid> That's more a holdover from the PSP era.
19:55 <ADragonDreaming> the camera mapping to mouse in this game is ... odd.
19:55 <ADragonDreaming> And it's not controllable with a slider.
19:57 <Lumindia> Ceph: remind me where you live again.
19:57 <Cepheid> Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
19:58 <Lumindia> it's a good day to be anything not American right now. You hear what's going on in the Capitol Building?
19:58 * Pony|16999 boops Finwe.
19:58 <Cepheid> I do not.
19:59 <ADragonDreaming> People who have bought Trump's 4 year long con have gathered for a big protest of the legal election, since they've drunk the kool-aid about it being fraud-ridden, and have managed to push past police and some got inside the Capitol Building.
20:00 <ADragonDreaming> It's ridiculous, but predictable. It will not, however, change anything about the results.
20:01 <ADragonDreaming> It's a last, futile gasp.
20:01 <Lumindia> basically: Trump and his 'supporters' are being sore losers and commiting what basically amounts to terrorism.
20:02 <Cepheid> Hum...
20:03 <Cepheid> The mouse controls respond better if you go to Game Options->Basic Settings->Camera Settings(Either Or)->Mouse Camera Movement to Fast.
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20:05 <Cepheid> Vertical motion's still a bit sluggish, but rotation is much more like Monster Hunter. That said, vertical's... not much of an issue.
20:06 <Cepheid> That all said, they did NOT think very much about the controls.
20:08 <Cepheid> Certainly tried, though. I was concerned about quick devour, but that's just Shift+Right Mouse.
20:11 <Cepheid> I am, of course, going to abuse my mouse though.
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20:25 <Cepheid> Ah, I see what the issue is. They maintained the camera control from the console version 1:1.
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20:29 <ADragonDreaming> yeah, that's what it felt like.
20:30 <Starlight_Glimmer> Ali: Looking at the news you probably want to go back to bed :(
20:31 <ADragonDreaming> Eh, we'll just not talk about it much in here.
20:31 <ADragonDreaming> Unless someone here actually lives in DC
20:32 * Cepheid looks at the news. "... What the fu-"
20:32 <Ali> Stupid is as stupid does
20:32 <Cepheid> I shouldn't have looked.
20:32 <ADragonDreaming> Yes.
20:32 <ADragonDreaming> That's why I summarized it as I did.
20:32 <ADragonDreaming> To spare you looking.
20:33 <Cepheid> Well, unfortunately it wasn't my choice.
20:33 <Cepheid> My mother insisted on showing me.
20:34 <LibrarianofHope> riot?
20:34 <LibrarianofHope> Murica
20:36 <ADragonDreaming> From my POV it is squarely in the category of "I cannot take any action to affect the outcome, so I will pray."
20:42 <Finwe> Miss Ali.
20:42 * Finwe doffs his hat.
20:43 <Cepheid> I'm more along the lines of "It's better that I can't get there. It wouldn't end well for me."
20:43 * Ali doffs over Finwe and gwumpies
20:43 <Finwe> I believe the news photograph of the year has been taken already: https://postimg.cc/Z09663jy
20:44 <Finwe> Virginia is sending troops to Washington. o3o
20:47 <Ali> Its a stupid riot and nobody will call it that
20:48 <LibrarianofHope> heck
20:50 <Cepheid> Finwe, I'll be honest, you are terrible at reading the room.
20:50 <Cepheid> Either that, or utterly ignorant.
20:51 * Starlight_Glimmer covers Ali in plushies
20:52 <LibrarianofHope> il be honest, dont start bearting people,
20:53 <LibrarianofHope> its weird as it is
20:55 * Dappled orders pizza cause what else can you do?
20:55 <LibrarianofHope> nothing really
20:56 <Finwe> Storm the parliament?
20:56 <Dappled> That's really far away though and I'm lazy.
20:56 <LibrarianofHope> mexican senate does that to themselves
20:57 <Finwe> Whee, there's going to be snow in England.
20:57 * Ali grabs Dappled and snugs
20:57 * Dappled snugs.
20:58 <LibrarianofHope> lets change the subject, Ali gets stress, and Ali is cute
20:58 * Ali baps LibrarianofHope cause not cute
20:58 <LibrarianofHope> owo
21:00 * Dappled grumbles that he missed out on pepperollies. This saddens him. He'll have to try harder this year.
21:01 <Schism> How the hell have I managed to convince people that I'm somehow responsible and good at what I do? Either I have the worst case of imposter syndrome ever or I'm some kind of superagent.
21:01 <LibrarianofHope> Superagent is cooler, use that
21:01 * Dappled doesn't even know who you are!
21:01 <Dappled> Wait, that's not better is it.
21:01 * Dappled dumb horse.
21:01 <LibrarianofHope> She is Schism, She does stuff, she is nice
21:02 * Dappled has spoken to her before, yes.
21:02 <Schism> EotM last month, and now it turns out that I get to pick whatever shift I want because I'm on the top of the stats.
21:02 * Finwe patpats Ali.
21:03 <Schism> (Being nice and accurate pays dividends when it comes to perks.)
21:03 <Finwe> Ravishing unicorns do not like being called cute. o3o
21:03 * Dappled sighs. Contactless delivery is going away faster than it should. I love contactless delivery. I don't even have to talk to people who bring me food.
21:03 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Drawfriend Stuff - BEST Drawings of Minuette! [ https://tinyurl.com/y5rp3x8w ]
21:03 <Starlight_Glimmer> Dappled: Honestly can't say there's much of a difference to before the virus.
21:04 <Starlight_Glimmer> Got handed over stuff at the door before, doing it this way now.
21:04 <Schism> Resurgence up here, Dappled: with Ontario in lockdown again since Boxing Day, everywhere's doing contactless delivery.
21:04 <Starlight_Glimmer> Everything is paid in advance.
21:04 <Dappled> This is oklahoma, we don't believe in any of that science stuff.
21:05 <Finwe> What does "Oklahoma" mean, anyways?
21:05 <LibrarianofHope> science is peer review magic
21:05 <Dappled> It's a terrible state.
21:05 <Finwe> Hmm, the answer was surprisingly easy to find. It means "red people".
21:05 <Dappled> We are a red state in the middle of the bible belt. You don't get more regressive conservative than this.
21:06 <LibrarianofHope> you can
21:06 <Schism> You could live in Alabama.
21:06 <Finwe> I don't think it refers to Republicans, though.
21:06 <Dappled> yeah. Red state = republicans.
21:07 <Dappled> Oh, unless your talking about the meaning of the name.
21:07 <Finwe> That was what I meant.
21:07 <Dappled> Yeah, oklahomans are super proud to have broken treaties with the tribes that were forced onto this land when then forced them onto ever small patches of it.
21:07 <Schism> Uergh.
21:08 * Schism takes a glimpse at the news. "... It's not that I didn't see this happening ahead of time, but what."
21:08 <Dappled> One of our major college football teams is called the Sooners, referring to the people who came in on the land rush before the fed gov't officially opened it to settlers.
21:09 <Schism> Its unofficial name is "The Sooner State".
21:09 <LibrarianofHope> where in hell is trump? this has to be a jailable offense
21:10 <Dappled> Tweeting.
21:10 <Dappled> Go figure.
21:10 * Dappled desires pizza and calzones though.
21:10 <Schism> Terribly, terribly upset that he can't just skive off Biden's inauguration because Scotland has barred him from entering the country.
21:13 <Finwe> Scotland?
21:13 <Schism> Yes, they're not letting him enter the country just to go golfing.
21:14 <Finwe> Scotland's still in the UK, they don't have their own border control.
21:14 * Schism saunters idly back off to her workplace.
21:15 <Finwe> Although they have expressed their wishes to leave and rejoin the EU.
21:16 * Dappled still feels bad about that. "We want to stay with the uk to stay in the Eu." "We're leaving the EU."
21:18 * Dappled also shows his Thunder Badge.
21:22 <ADragonDreaming> Schism: I'd say it's Impostor Syndrome.
21:22 * Dappled doesn't even wait to be Sus. Just climbs into the airlock.
21:27 <Dappled> Among Us is capitalist propaganda and deserves to be seen as such.
21:30 <ADragonDreaming> ...wha?
21:31 <LibrarianofHope> not the weirdes thing i seen today really
21:31 <LibrarianofHope> why dappled?
21:31 <ADragonDreaming> I assume it's a joke.
21:32 <LibrarianofHope> owo
21:32 <ADragonDreaming> But I will turn it on its head: Crewmates are all communists attempting to suss out the Capitalist Saboteurs who are attempting to destroy the community's viability to institute a for-profit endeavor in its place.
21:32 <Dappled> Even after you die you must continue to do your job.
21:32 <Dappled> It's like 40k servitors.
21:32 * LibrarianofHope gives dappled a best jok trophy
21:32 <LibrarianofHope> serviotrs are the machine god's will
21:33 <LibrarianofHope> ask ali, she like ultramarines
21:33 <LibrarianofHope> owo
21:33 * Dappled is now a jock? Plays the sportsball.
21:33 <Dappled> No one likes the Ultra Marines.
21:33 * LibrarianofHope hides from Ali
21:33 <LibrarianofHope> i do
21:33 * Dappled played that game.
21:33 <LibrarianofHope> i like the roman vibr
21:33 <LibrarianofHope> im a mini painter owo
21:34 * Ali hates the blueberries
21:35 * Dappled has painted minis.
21:35 * Dappled goes to look for the bear.
21:36 <Finwe> Bilberries are best berries.
21:36 <Finwe> Or was it raspberries?
21:36 <Cepheid> If I died in the middle of my work, and I was resurrected to continue the work, I'd be appreciative. I don't like being interrupted in my work when I'm doing it.
21:36 <LibrarianofHope> malinka is best berry
21:36 <LibrarianofHope> kalinkaaa malinkaa
21:37 <Dappled> Those are funny ways of spelling banana.
21:37 <LibrarianofHope> bananaaa
21:37 <LibrarianofHope> malinka is berry, kalinka i forgot
21:37 <LibrarianofHope> its from a russian song
21:37 <LibrarianofHope> finwe knows
21:40 <Finwe> Калинка, калинка, калинка моя! В саду ягода малинка, малинка моя!
21:40 * Dappled cannot find bear. Will look later.
21:40 <Finwe> And so on.
21:40 <Dappled> Those are letters?
21:40 * Dappled is poor ignorant american.
21:41 <Finwe> Russian Cyrillic letters.
21:41 <ADragonDreaming> I recognize Cyrillic.
21:41 <ADragonDreaming> I cannot read it.
21:41 <Finwe> Kalinka, kalinka, kalinka moya! V sadu yagoda malinka malinka moya!
21:43 <ADragonDreaming> I could probably learn the alphabet, but it would only stick if I had something I was needing to read in Cyrillic daily.
21:44 <Finwe> The alphabet was easy, but the keyboard is still very challenging. I never remember whereabouts the individual letters are located.
21:45 <ADragonDreaming> Yeah, that would be hard.
21:45 <ADragonDreaming> I'd probably need a keyboard with the actual cyrillic on it, and then I'd be looking at the keys for ... probably forever.
21:46 <AppleDash> I learned the keyboard in like 2 weeks of practice :P
21:46 <ADragonDreaming> Again, it would all depend on something making it necessary to use daily.
21:46 <Cepheid> Learning an alphabet is easy.
21:47 <Finwe> I never actually need to write anything using Russian keyboard. We learned handwriting on the two courses in Russian I took in the university.
21:47 <Cepheid> I mean, after 10 minutes of working with runic characters the other week when I was playing Ys: Origin, I was already able to recognize glyphs and remember their transliteration, and another 20 minutes I could basically read the text, albiet slowly, without having to rely on a guide.
21:47 <Finwe> Cepheid: Unless the alphabet has 8000 signs.
21:47 <Finwe> Like Chinese.
21:47 <Cepheid> This is true.
21:47 <ADragonDreaming> Kanji is ridiculous.
21:47 <Cepheid> It is.
21:47 <Cepheid> But there's a pattern to it.
21:48 <LibrarianofHope> chinese has meaning by inflection
21:48 <Dappled> https://amarynceus.tumblr.com/ Boats.
21:48 <Cepheid> Chinese characters are composed of small characters called radicals.
21:48 <Cepheid> Usually, kanji with similar radicals typically have a grouped meaning.
21:48 <ADragonDreaming> Re: Meaning by inflection, the language my mother worked/works with also had that. It's called a Tonal language
21:49 <Cepheid> The kanji for the word "tree" is made up of the radical with the meaning of "tree; wood"
21:50 <Cepheid> Meanwhile, the kanji for forest is simply three instances of the same radical, arranged in a triangle.
21:51 <Cepheid> 木 - Tree, wood. 森 - Forest, woods.
21:52 <Cepheid> This isn't always the case, though.
21:52 <Cepheid> But it's a good way to gauge the general meaning of a word, or kanji.
21:53 * Dappled tries to add more radical trees.
21:53 <Finwe> Basically the older the text, the easier it is to read.
21:53 <Cepheid> In any case, Japanese kanji *AREN'T* as bad as people think. Yes, there's 5000+ kanji, buuuuuutttt....
21:54 <Dappled> So the opposite of english, got it.
21:54 <Finwe> Quite the opposite of what it is with Latin alphabet.
21:54 <Cepheid> Only about 2,000 are commonly used. And they're ranked by frequency.
21:54 <Finwe> https://i.pinimg.com/originals/40/a2/cb/40a2cbfe343ad2c4204e01ef37ace2eb.gif
21:54 * Dappled looks at olde english.
21:54 * Dappled shudders.
21:54 <Finwe> The ancient pictographs on the left side are easier to understand than the modern ones on the right side.
21:55 * Dappled votes we move all communications to pictograph... Wait, that's just emojis.
21:55 <Cepheid> There's also that as a way of working. Treat kanji as pictographs.
21:56 <Finwe> The ancient word for human actually looks like a person with head, arms and legs, the modern word is just some abstract scribble.
21:57 <Finwe> The scribes modified the script into something that was faster to write, I believe.
21:57 <LibrarianofHope> thtas a theory on how written language began
21:58 <Finwe> The Latin alphabet is based on the Phoenician, I think, and even those letters were originally pictures of something.
21:58 <Finwe> "A" was the head of a bull, for example.
22:00 * Dappled angries at the forward momentum of time pulling him towards work.
22:03 <Finwe> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Sinaitic_script
22:03 <Finwe> The table in that article shows how the letters evolved from pictographs.
22:04 * Dappled puts on Artifexian cause conlang videos.
22:08 * Dappled remembers that he doesn't have the education to understand.
22:09 <Cepheid> Must... stay... awake... x.x
22:13 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Drawfriend Stuff - BEST Drawings of Aloe, Lotus, and Berry Punch! [ https://tinyurl.com/y5ul7d3l ]
22:17 * Dappled likes the Hulk. He's just the best.
22:18 <Dappled> MCU Hulk is kinda meh.
22:19 <Cepheid> So. Purchased a game, it was offered at 33% off. So, 79.99 down to 53.54. It offered to take another 21% off if I purchased a second item. I looked for the cheapest item I could find. $2, added it. Dropped the price to $43.80 or so.
22:20 <Cepheid> I'm pretty sure I just committed some sort of crime, but it was within the bounds of their system, so...
22:20 <Lumindia> haha
22:21 <Lumindia> this is usually why those kinds of deals have a clause saying 'Get an additional 20% off when purchasing a second item valued at $15 or more'
22:21 <Lumindia> set a minimum price for these kinds of things
22:21 <Lumindia> if they set no lower bound? That's on them.
22:22 * Dappled adds f2p game to cart to see if that works.
22:22 <Finwe> Another 21 % off what? The total, or just the more expensive game?
22:22 <Cepheid> The total.
22:22 <Dappled> Was it Epic Store?
22:23 <Finwe> Should be 49.87 or 37.72.
22:23 <Cepheid> Ubisoft Store.
22:24 <Cepheid> Finwe: The numbers may not be correct on the grounds that I don't remember. If anything, I was giving examples.
22:24 <Cepheid> The point is, the addition of a $2 game actually lowered the total cost.
22:24 <Finwe> Oops, I have a wrong digit there.
22:25 <Finwe> $43.40
22:25 <Finwe> 0.67 x 0.79 x 81.99
22:26 <Finwe> So a 47% total discount.
22:27 <Cepheid> 79.99.
22:27 <Cepheid> Not 81.99.
22:27 <Cepheid> Mind the difference wouldn't be much, but still.
22:27 <Finwe> If the other one cost $2, the total is $81.99.
22:28 <Finwe> Well, sounds like a good deal anyways.
22:29 <Cepheid> Oh, right.
22:29 <Cepheid> But yeah, good deal all around.
22:29 <Finwe> Cepheid: The Finnish National Railways had similar faults where you could travel through half the country for €2.50 because of some maintenance work between two stations.
22:30 <Cepheid> How'd that work?
22:30 <Cepheid> Wait, let me guess.
22:31 <Finwe> You buy a ticket to the next station, the price is defined using the shortest distance along railroad, but because the track is out of order, you're rerouted.
22:31 <Cepheid> Ah.
22:31 <Cepheid> Different than what I had in mind.
22:31 <Finwe> And as the railway network isn't awfully dense, that can result in some rather long diversions.
22:32 <Cepheid> My initial guess was going to be "They considered all sections of railway between the start and the destination."
22:32 <Cepheid> Thus, if you ordered a ticket from one side of the country to the other..
22:34 <Cepheid> In any case, this is the last game I'll be ordering for a while. Got a backlog I need to work through.
22:34 <Cepheid> Next game will be MH: Rise, but not until March.
22:35 <Cepheid> Oh.
22:35 <Cepheid> ADragonDreaming, tomorrow, 9 AM EST, there's going to be a digital showcase of Rise. Likely some new reveals.
22:37 <Finwe> The most mindboggling route we found was this: https://users.aalto.fi/~vhalkola/diversion.png
22:38 <Cepheid> ...
22:38 <Cepheid> Is that a complete loop?
22:38 <Finwe> If you tried to buy a ticket for the red line (no trains operating there at the moment), you actually received a ticket along the purple line.
22:38 <Finwe> The price would have been €10 or so.
22:39 * Dappled would gladly ride that twice just to take pictures out the window.
22:39 <Finwe> The 600 kms south alone would have cost something like €40 or €50.
22:40 <Cepheid> Unfortunately you can't do that here in Canada.
22:40 <Cepheid> Train tickets are expensive.
22:41 <Cepheid> Last time I took a train, it was just from Ottawa to Toronto, and costed me 90 dollars or so.
22:41 <Finwe> I've played 1867 The Railways of Canada a couple of times.
22:42 <Finwe> Cepheid: How long is that? 200km?
22:42 * Ali hasn't played a train game since Sid Meyers Railroads
22:42 * Dappled doesn't think he's ever played a train game. Wait, does Mini Metro count? I played Mini Metro.
22:42 <Cepheid> No idea off hand.
22:42 <Cepheid> Let me see.
22:43 <Cepheid> Looks to be ~444km.
22:43 <Cepheid> Yeah, and prices are higher now.
22:43 <Cepheid> Looking at a list, it's about $150 or more.
22:45 <Finwe> CAD 150 is about €96.
22:46 <Cepheid> Yeah, this is just one-way.
22:48 <Finwe> You would get a return ticket for €85 here for a similar trip here.
22:48 <Cepheid> Mmm.
22:48 <Cepheid> So it's about comparable, then.
22:49 <Cepheid> Getting school e-mails again. School must be back from break.
22:49 <Cepheid> Aaaand still don't have my grade back for databases.
22:50 <Finwe> A one-way ticked would be from €41 to €43.
22:51 <Schism> Weekend...!
22:51 <Finwe> Schism: Not yet.
22:51 <LibrarianofHope> liessss
22:52 <LibrarianofHope> time is a lie
22:52 <LibrarianofHope> weekend in my soul
22:52 <Schism> Finwe: My weekend is Thursday and Friday.
22:52 <Finwe> Ah.
22:52 <Schism> At least for now. Evidently I've done so fantastically, somehow, that I get first go at the next shift bid, so I get to pick my schedule.
22:53 <Schism> I still insist that someone must have made an error, somewhere.
22:53 <Finwe> And in nine days we get to celebrate the 10000th day of September 1993. o3o
22:54 <Schism> Ooh. A milestone indeed.
22:55 <Cepheid> Guh. Just one more hour.
22:55 <Finwe> That particular September being declared eternal was because that autumn AOL was granted access to the Usenet news.
22:58 <Finwe> Usually the was a short period in September when people starting their studies got access to the Internet and did not know yet how to behave, but they learnt quite quick. This was not the case with AOL, though.
22:58 <Schism> Indeed, the death of the old culture.
23:01 <Cepheid> Nothing like bugs you can't root out because the driver in which the bug exists, doesn't report anything unusual.
23:02 <Cepheid> When I try to use my laptop's wifi for things like multiplayer gaming, or high-quality streaming, it likes to stutter horribly every few minutes.
23:02 <Cepheid> I know it's the wifi, because when I use wired ethernet, the problem doesn't happen.
23:04 <Finwe> The problem with my laptop's wifi adapter is usually that the driver does not exist in the OS.
23:05 * Cepheid enables full debug for the driver.
23:05 <Cepheid> It'll report way too much, but maybe I'll catch something.
23:08 * Dappled holds a baseball mitt, "Catch
23:08 <Dappled> ?"
23:10 <Schism> Hah. I may have benefited my fellow cow-orkers earlier today. Brought up an issue with my manager. "Okay. I came in for an extra 5 hours at request, on my day off, for statutory holiday. Where is my full day off?" And then she looked at the schedule and went, '...'
23:11 <Schism> So _that's_ getting fixed.
23:14 <Finwe> o3o
23:14 * Dappled would get told to use a vacation day cause america doesn't believe in worker's rights.
23:15 <Dappled> Anyway. Work time. Later ponies.
23:15 *** Quits: Dappled (IceChat9@Shady.The.Pet.Pony) (Quit: East bound and down, loaded up and truckin')
23:24 <Cepheid> Investigation suggests...
23:24 <Cepheid> It's attempting to scan under heavy traffic load.
23:25 <Cepheid> ... Except that's not it.
23:52 <ADragonDreaming> I take it you're trying to last until 7 pm, then going to sleep, Cepheid?
23:52 <Cepheid> Yes.
23:53 <ADragonDreaming> So noted.
23:53 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Drawfriend Stuff (Pony Art Gallery) #3571 [ https://tinyurl.com/y5k3auze ]
23:54 <Cepheid> I want to correct this danged sleeping pattern.
23:54 <Cepheid> Being up all night is exhausting.
23:54 <Schism> Ah good, my brother has been going through some of the waffles in the freezer. I picked up 64 waffles the other day, and better that they be eaten.
23:57 <ADragonDreaming> aye.
23:57 <ADragonDreaming> good to eat things.
23:57 <ADragonDreaming> rather than they go to waste
23:58 <Schism> Indeed. Tomorrow I might pick up another can of cheese soup so that I can finish off the broccoli in the freezer.
23:58 <Cepheid> Who buys 64 waffles?
23:58 * Schism raises a hand.
23:58 <Schism> They were on special?
23:59 <Cepheid> I mean, you could have bought 256 instead.
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