Log archive of EquestriaDaily for Saturday, 2021-01-23

00:00 * Ali puffycheeks hard

00:00 * LibrarianofHope peeks out

00:00 <LibrarianofHope> no bonk?

00:01 * PinkieShy hands Ali a sign that reads "I'm the cutest"

00:01 * Ali tailsmacks LibrarianofHope when its unexpected

00:01 * Ali also baps PinkieShy and that sign away

00:01 <LibrarianofHope> owo

00:01 <LibrarianofHope> worth it

00:04 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Full Comic Dub of the Rainbow Dash and Spitfire Friends Forever #11 [ https://tinyurl.com/y39xwdbw ]

00:05 * Lumindia_ hugs the NOT CUTE Ali

00:05 <Lumindia_> Ali is super huggable, but not cute

00:05 <Ali> Dang straight

00:05 * Ali crawls under the Lumindia_

00:06 * Lumindia_ nibbles on Ali's ear

00:06 *** Lumindia_ is now known as Lumindia

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00:10 <LibrarianofHope> huggable is ok?

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00:38 * Schism rolls over and snugs the entirely-not-adorable, not-cute unicorn.

00:41 * Ali snugs the Schism lots

00:42 <Schism> Two weeks until the next doctor's appointment... but HRT is on the very close horizon.

00:43 <Schism> Everyone says, "Well, this is going to cause some mood swings and might heighten depression," and I'm like, "What, more than I have when I'm NOT on HRT?"

00:44 <Ali> More like I'm a guy and want to be what I was ment to be a woman, how could I be more depressed than I am right now huh?

00:44 <Schism> Basically.  Though I understand that they're concerned because I do have a history of some mental issues, and HRT is basically a second puberty.

00:45 <Ali> Fun times

00:45 <Ali> as if the first time wasn't bad enough

00:45 <Schism> And more like "I'm a woman and my endocrine system decided it would make me look like a guy."

00:48 <Schism> But yeah, mood swings are going to be a thing, and when it comes to that, it is at least reasonable that they want to make sure I'm stable before I go on a regimen of drugs which are almost certain to result in some mood-altering behaviours.

00:49 <Schism> I just really hope this isn't a gatekeeping thing, because many folks are unstable _because_ they're unable to attain HRT.

00:50 <Ali> Or it keeps getting delayed i bet.

00:51 <Schism> Undoubtedly.  Or because they keep getting told, "You're not trans enough," because their dysphoria hasn't led them to proclivities of self harm.

00:52 <Schism> (This sounds like fiction, but it's something which actually happens.)

00:56 <Ali> How odd

00:56 * Cepheid sets up laptop to connect to factorio server to run the server while playing another game on PC.

00:58 * Lumindia huggu the Schism muchly

00:58 <Schism> um.  "Trans women will cause sexism against women in the workforce."  uhhhhhmmmm...

00:59 <Lumindia> hol dup

01:00 * Schism hugs the Lumin. Is responding to this image. https://twitter.com/transscribe/status/1352781428904386561

01:02 * Lumindia wraps blanket around SchismPone

01:02 <Lumindia> Schism is... well, not soft

01:02 <Lumindia> but desrves all da wuv!

01:02 <Lumindia> \owo/

01:02 * Schism ish occasionally soft. And provideth the Lumin a snug.

01:03 <Cepheid> Right, next goal should be to get a mining ship.

01:04 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Say Something Nice About Carrot Top [ https://tinyurl.com/y55scp7z ]

01:04 <Schism> Who designs a building like this?  https://twitter.com/quantumtemporis/status/1352634438333714433

01:05 <Schism> (Nevermind that it looks like a big face with a scream and a giant nose.)

01:08 <Cepheid> Legitimate answer?  An artist.

01:11 <Cepheid> 320,000 or so credits for a mining ship fully equipped.

01:11 <Cepheid> I have... 250,000

01:12 <Cepheid> Couple of easy missions should suffice.

01:14 <Cepheid> Right, last time I did this kind of quest I peeved off the station, so... let's save beforehand.

01:16 <Cepheid> "tour bus C" - Has to destroy it.  "Uh..."

01:17 <Schism> Maybe they're trying to, uh... blow up a museum?

01:18 <Cepheid> No idea.

01:19 <Cepheid> They're considered part of a criminal cartel, so..

01:19 <Cepheid> Hum, before I go buying my mining ship, I should see what each faction offers.  Teladi offers a larger ship, at a slightly increased price.

01:20 <Cepheid> Teladi have the best ship as far as I can tell.  Not surprising, when you consider their sectors are called "Profit Margin Alpha"

01:20 <Cepheid> Or Profit Center Alpha

01:20 <Schism> Tour bus... what are they _doing_ exactly, illicit safaris?  If they're hunting endangered space lions, have at 'em.

01:21 <Cepheid> That said, larger capacity, fewer hardpoints, so..

01:22 <Cepheid> 385,000, and I have... 388.  Nice.

01:22 <Schism> ... 388,000, I hope.

01:22 <Schism> Randomly, really hoping that Rachel Levine gets appointed as an advisor in the Biden administration, for health.

01:23 <Cepheid> 388,000, yeah.

01:23 <Schism> Nothing would spur the Canadian government into action faster than learning that the US government has somehow become more liberal, sensible, and more in tune with the world stage than we are.

01:23 <Cepheid> X4 is the kind of game I want to create at some point.

01:24 <Cepheid> A game where you can set an autopilot to do stuff, and/or AI/NPC orders, and just sit back and let things happen.

01:24 <Schism> It's definitely the sort of game that'd work out well there.  Even Elite: Dangerous has this whole 'wait for a few minutes and let things go about' thing, albeit in a reduced fashion.

01:27 <Cepheid> Mmhmm.

01:27 <Cepheid> For me, it's good because I can just set something up for half an hour, let it go do it's thing, and study in the interim.  Or code.

01:34 <Cepheid> Shoulda thought about the fact that I don't see any places to sell the resources I mine currently.

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01:42 <Cepheid> Time to go set up the next step in Factorio,.

01:45 <Cepheid> And now back to X4, and my search for a station accepting silicon or ore.

01:47 <Cepheid> ... "Life is pleasant.  Death is peaceful.  It's the transition that's troublesome." - Isaac Asimov.  Really, is that an appropriate quote to show me before I hop back into X4, game?

01:47 <Schism> Sounds good to me.

01:48 <Cepheid> It's kinda dark.

01:48 <Cepheid> And sets the tone for the next few hours.

01:49 <Schism> Cepheid: I am annoyed by the fact that I now have 2 weeks before my next doctor's appointment.  I'm going to scream, or something.  No, I'm not going to scream.  I'm pathologically reasonable.

01:49 <Cepheid> Go do something to distract yourself.

01:51 <Cepheid> Hmm, I see traffic out from that direction in the belt... Maybe there's a station there.

01:52 <Cepheid> Definitely stations out there.  I can see 'em.

01:53 <Cepheid> Oooh, an ore refinery!

01:55 <Schism> When you bump your toe against a doorstop, that's Nichijou.

01:59 * Angeline sneaks into Schism's house with a set of silent tools like from XKCD.

02:00 <Cepheid> I thought that was amore?

02:01 * Schism finds that her couch is on the ceiling. "Huh. The landlord will be pissed."

02:02 <Cepheid> Hum, that stuff built quickly.  Best go use it then.

02:02 * Angeline shifts all of the walls three inches to one side, and also puts a bunch of hoof-stubbing-sized blocks of wood on things like furniture legs.

02:02 * Angeline also nails the couch to the ceiling and sneaks back out.

02:02 <Schism> Going to need to get a new couch, then.  Been looking for one for a while.

02:02 <Angeline> https://xkcd.com/666/

02:03 <Schism> I like the idea of silent carpentry.  <3

02:04 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Nightly Discussion #2412 [ https://tinyurl.com/y2fubo4e ]

02:05 <Schism> Few weeks away from HRT... I'm really close to tearing out the throat of anyone who even comes close to telling me I can't have it.  @_@

02:06 <Schism> That's not a trans thing, that's me being a fox.

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02:34 <ADragonDreaming> so very tired. No packing will be attempted today.

02:58 <Schism> Here, have some fox.  https://steamuserimages-a.akamaihd.net/ugc/1759186894481085403/1B35D2A5FBB32BA0AAC3CDFF58E765451825F5DF/

03:00 <ADragonDreaming> hehe

03:02 <Schism> ... Paolumu.  https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/705599904713801738/802330111318818872/image0.png

03:04 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Makenshi: Winter Music: Snow Swirl - Freezing Path [Drum & Bass] [ https://tinyurl.com/y3sxnowm ]

03:05 <Cepheid> shttps://i.imgur.com/RLxREXw.jpg Say what you will about Bob's Inserters being overly powerful, but for this mod pack?  Entirely necessary.

03:06 <Cepheid> Remove that "s" at the start.

03:06 <Cepheid> https://i.imgur.com/RLxREXw.jpg

03:14 <Schism> How is babby formed  How is babby formed? how girl get pragnent?  https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/397567346191106058/802354204625993758/unknown.png

03:18 <Cepheid> It's finally happening.  Spidertron is being unlocked.

03:20 <Cepheid> Destruction shall soon rain down upon the bugs for all the trouble they have caused me.

03:21 <Schism> I really hope that you're not going to run into a situation equivalent to SimAnt.

03:21 <Cepheid> Hmm?

03:21 <Cepheid> Getting swarmed to death?

03:21 <Schism> Wherein I sent my WHOLE ANT COLONY to--yes.

03:21 <Cepheid> I'm usually cautious, especially at behemoth bugs.

03:21 <Cepheid> But the Spidertron itself is OP as hell.

03:21 <Schism> Yes, you're now in possession of a superweapon.  So was Gaius.

03:21 <Cepheid> It has four auto-rocket launchers that fire *ENEMY SEEKING* rockets.

03:22 <Cepheid> And an equipment grid for increasing it's endurance and/or speed.

03:22 <Cepheid> The biggest threat is the slime the spitters shoot.

03:22 <Schism> What I'm telling you is 'maybe be a little bit careful'.

03:22 <Cepheid> Yeah, I plan to be.

03:23 <Cepheid> I plan to use my usual approach.  Either circle around the base while varying my movement direction to confuse the spitters, or skim a single edge and inch forward.

03:23 <Cepheid> Also have a swarm of robots for repairing me.

03:23 <Schism> Still saying, when there was a spider, we sent our whole force forth against it and turned it into delicious foodstuffs.

03:23 <Cepheid> I mostly intend to deck it out in adaptive armor to increase it's health.

03:24 <Cepheid> And for close-range combat, I'll be wearing a power armor decked out in a ton of personal laser defenses.  They work even if I'm in the spidertron.

03:26 <Cepheid> Honestly, it'd be more of a danger to go in a tank.

03:26 <Cepheid> Tank just... can't keep up with the enemy anymore.

03:27 <Cepheid> Ironically, the other thing I have to watch out for is trees.

03:27 <Cepheid> One of the mods in the pack makes it so that weapon projectiles will hit trees, walls, etc.

03:28 <Ali> Just need to worry about the spitters shooting down yoru bots

03:29 <Cepheid> That I'm not too worried about.

03:29 <Cepheid> We... have an excessive number of them.

03:29 <Cepheid> We have over 5000 logistics bots on Nauvis alone.

03:29 <Ali> I'm just trying to think of what I should do on my game world

03:29 <Ali> The resources on Nauvis are crap and too far away

03:30 <Cepheid> If you're truly that stuck, trim Nauvis, and the covered map that results will be regenerated, resources and all.

03:30 <Ali> I'm not stuck yet

03:31 <Ali> I've been looking over the map and copper is pretty light

03:31 <Cepheid> Well, the benefit of your case is that you've got no bugs.

03:31 <Cepheid> So at least there's that.

03:31 <Ali> Yes I have zero bugs, so I don't have to waste stuff on defending or defeating them

03:31 <Ali> But I need to ramp up stuff and That's kinda hard

03:32 <Ali> I'm thinking of heading to that Volcanic planet with shit loads of miners and furnaces and then blasting them back to Nauvis

03:32 <Cepheid> Then your first goal should probably be to expand power, by installing a nuclear system, and then installing some core drillers to ensure you always have resources available.

03:33 <Ali> Uranium is actually pretty rare on my Nauvis

03:33 <Cepheid> Huh.

03:33 <Cepheid> Still, what you get should be enough to last for several days.

03:34 <Ali> Let me take a look

03:34 <Ali> I'm kinda running on solar, but I just don't have the production lines to make them fast enough

03:35 <Ali> I have a 97k patch of uranium

03:38 <Cepheid> Hum.  3000 Health + 1000 regenerative.

03:38 <Cepheid> Yeah, that 97k will last you a while ali.

03:38 <Cepheid> That's what our initial patch was.

03:38 <Cepheid> Now I just need to charge this thing's batteries.

03:45 <Schism> Do I want to pick up a lasagna tonight...

03:50 <Ali> Well, only have four big miners on that dinky patch

03:55 <Ali> Huh, Prods can be put on Centerfuges

03:55 <Cepheid> Time for a break.

03:55 * Ali slaps her prod 2's into them to help get a little bit more out of the ore.

03:55 <Cepheid> In any case...

03:55 <Cepheid> I see Intel still hasn't fixed the PSR bug.

04:14 <Cepheid> Also, Spidertron is not be-all-end-all.  Certainly up there though.  Core problem is slowdown from acid.

04:15 <Cepheid> Solution is to install exoskeletons.

04:17 <Ali> Also I have too much coal, what should I do with it all?

04:19 <Cepheid> Coal liquifaction?

04:21 <Ali> Not sure if I'm at a point for needing that yet, but point taken

04:31 <Ali> Gonna store some heavy oil in a tank just so I have some ready for liquidification

04:34 * Schism listens to a song by Lily Allen from two months ago. The lyrics are terribly NSFW: she can only say that it's named 'F(#* You'.

04:34 <Cepheid> Geezus hells alive.

04:34 <Cepheid> I can't even escape the slime with the exoskeletons.

04:35 <Cepheid> That said, the increased mobility does help.

04:36 <Cepheid> No... this isn't ready yet.

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04:42 <Ali> Is spider not even able to deal with the bugs?

04:42 * Cepheid makes 100 destroyer pods.

04:42 <Cepheid> They are, if geared right.

04:42 <Cepheid> But this is just... adding to the destruction.

04:42 <Cepheid> it's the spitter slime, it slows you down a lot.

04:54 <Cepheid> I was also using regular rockets, not explosive ones.

04:54 <Cepheid> Hmm.  I need to replace this keyboard tray.

04:54 <Cepheid> It's starting to disintigrate.

04:56 <Cepheid> ... The capsules were destroyed by the rockets, so they're useless.

04:58 <Cepheid> Okay there we go.

04:58 <Cepheid> Spidertron's in action and kicking butt now.

05:09 <Ali> Curse you Heat Exchangers

05:10 <Ali> They take so long to build..

05:13 <Cepheid> I'm gonna go conquer a planet.  It has an unbelievable amount of iron ore on it, and I want that planet.

05:15 <Cepheid> Way this is gonna work is I'm gonna close off a quadrant, then slowly chip away at said quadrant, until it's completely clean.

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05:27 <ConfusionRift> Hello everypony.

05:30 * Ali flops over ConfusionRift

05:30 <Ali> So I have the mass ejection coming in 24 hours Cepheid, will just a nuke plant's power be able to shield me from it?

05:31 <Cepheid> A single one, no.  You're going to want to store a lot of steam and hook up some turbines to it.  What's the strength?

05:33 * ConfusionRift patpats Ali.

05:33 <Ali> 2.28GW peak power.  182GJ over 120 seconds

05:43 <Cepheid> 75 tanks of 500C steam will handle that.  2.28GW peak needs...

05:44 <Cepheid> 485 steam turbines will sustain 2.28GW.

05:44 <Cepheid> I honestly wish I were kidding.

05:46 <Cepheid> That huge steam battery and turbine array in the north-western corner of the server base?

05:46 <Cepheid> That's for a 2.28GW peak power CME, 182GJ over 120 seconds like yours.

05:50 <Ali> Fourhundred eighty five steam turbines?!?

05:50 <Cepheid> !mail RazorSharpFang I conquered approximately 1/4th of Kamsta.

05:50 <DerpyBot> Thank you for using the Derpy Mail Service 6_9

05:51 <Cepheid> Yep.

05:51 <Cepheid> The peak power thing is how much you must be generating to get by the worst of it.

05:57 <Cepheid> https://i.imgur.com/5ZhclEA.png This is why I'm conquering a planet/moon.

05:57 <Cepheid> I'm going to go all Handsome Jack on it when I'm done.

06:02 * Schism randomly throws Taoki a smol sharkgirl, with glasses.

06:02 <Schism> Oh, that's reasonable, Cephy.

06:05 <Cepheid> Basically it's covered in patches like that.

06:25 <Ali> Sometimes I wish I could just have headaches like normal people.  Instead this pain hangs around my ears and feels full and bloated...

06:25 <Ali> At least with a headache I can take something for it..

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06:31 * Angeline uppyhooves at Ali.

06:31 * Ali scoops up Angeline and brushies her softly.

06:31 * Angeline curls up for bedtime.

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06:46 <Love> Hello

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06:47 <Ali> Gotta love those that come in say hi and then instantly leave

06:49 <Cepheid> Whelp, that's half of Kamsta conquered.

06:50 <Cepheid> I'd say our iron ore problems are a thing of the past now.

06:50 <Cepheid> Alone in the northern half, I count at least 100 million iron ore.

07:03 <Schism> Cepheid: https://twitter.com/kevinsukholee/status/1352699365656170497/photo/1

07:03 <Cepheid> Heh.

07:04 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Silver Quill: Comic: Pinkie Pie Says Goodnight – Double Diamond Approach [ https://tinyurl.com/yyb55wkq ]

07:15 * ConfusionRift doesn't know what to do. Just flops.

07:16 <Cepheid> I just drugged myself, and as per antibiotic usage, they are hitting harder than usual.

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07:37 * Starlight_Glimmer hides under Ali

07:37 * Ali squeaks at Starlight_Glimmer

07:38 <Starlight_Glimmer> There are worker next door making noise. Make them go away!

07:38 * Starlight_Glimmer doesn't like noise, likes laying in bed snugging horses

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08:14 <Schism> Heh.  :3  https://twitter.com/OzTheTerrible/status/1292341087281885184

09:02 * Ali snuggles on the Starlight_Glimmer cause lonely horse

09:05 * Starlight_Glimmer embraces Ali

09:10 * Ali snugs on Starlight_Glimmer while she deals with a screaming cat for like 5 minutes

09:11 <Starlight_Glimmer> If it's Tia you should you know just throw her out. :3

09:11 <Ali> No its Luna

09:12 <Ali> She's scream and whine for awhile, then get something to eat, then finally bugger off

09:12 <Starlight_Glimmer> So snugging and hugging and loving it is then!

09:12 <Ali> Hah, my cats don't like to be snuggled

09:12 * Starlight_Glimmer licks Ali

09:13 <Ali> I just have to look at them wrong and they run away..

09:13 <Ali> And as I said, she went to eat something, and now buggered off.

09:15 <Starlight_Glimmer> Well that's probably all your fault *hides*

09:16 <Starlight_Glimmer> But that's OK, more snugging Ali for me

09:16 * Starlight_Glimmer doesn't like sharing Ali anyway

09:17 * Ali refuses to snug right now after that comment *puffycheeks*

09:38 * Dappled horse!

09:47 * Ali goes to snug Dappled

09:47 * Dappled snugs the Ali. Offers a can of coke in this trying time.

09:48 * Ali drinks only cause of trying times, prefers pepsi but will drink coke if its the only thing available.

09:48 * Dappled has some coke zero somewhere?

09:51 <Starlight_Glimmer> I'm into Pepsi Light Lemon.

09:52 <Starlight_Glimmer> I switch between Pepsi Light,  Coke Light and Coke Zero.

09:53 <Starlight_Glimmer> After some time I can't have the taste anymore, rotating helps

09:53 * Starlight_Glimmer also doesn't approve of Dappled stealing her Ali

09:54 * Dappled sticks his tongue out at Starlight_Glimmer. Hugs the Ali more.

09:54 * Ali sticks her tongue out at Starlight_Glimmer, what she gets for being mean to her.

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09:55 <DerpyBot> *derp*

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10:16 * Dappled air pirate horse!

10:19 * Ali sits on Dappled and caws

10:20 * Dappled 's no where near having Gilder as a crew mate. He's like the 5th or 6th party member you recruit.

10:20 <Dappled> Cause it's Vyse and Aika, Then Drachma, Fina, Enrique, and finally Gilder. Not that he sticks around long.

10:29 * Ali shrugs

10:30 * Dappled has the story pretty much memorized cause favorite game.

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10:45 <RazorSharpFang> Evening.

10:45 * Dappled waves, "Yar!"

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11:00 * Surreal_Nightmares blep

11:01 <Dappled> What's that? I went off to search for treasure and the evil empire attacked my home? Time to go rescue everyone! No dead parents here!

11:01 * ConfusionRift explodes.

11:02 * Dappled still has to go collect the 6 shiny crystals. Cause it's not a real JRPG without collecting shiny crystals.

11:09 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Morning Discussion #2184 [ https://tinyurl.com/yyd6whjc ]

11:35 * ConfusionRift boops at Dappled's shiny crystals.

11:35 <Dappled> Shiny crystals are very important.

11:35 * Dappled can't wait for Skyblivion to start hoarding Welkynd Stones again.

11:39 * Lumindia boops Dappled's snoot

11:39 <Lumindia> o wo

11:39 * Dappled also declares his party member, Drachma (Captain Ahab) to be a Tsundere. Joins the party, leaves the party, joins the party, leaves the party.

11:39 * Dappled falls over.

11:40 * Lumindia applies ponysnuggles

11:40 <Lumindia> you're a silly pony, dappled

11:40 <Lumindia>

11:40 * Dappled snuggles Lumindia.

11:40 <Dappled> This is true.

11:40 * Lumindia brushes

11:42 * Dappled ponyPURRS

11:43 <AppleDash> OwO

11:47 <Lumindia> OwO

11:47 * Lumindia snuggles muchly

11:59 * Dappled go bed horse. Later.

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12:11 * ConfusionRift flopples.

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12:22 <Cepheid> Morning.

12:23 <RazorSharpFang> Morning.

12:23 * ConfusionRift waves.

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12:34 <ConfusionRift> "Okay, just gonna set up this wire, a pressure plate, and a nice shotgun pointing where someone would likely step on. Ready! This is gonna be the best thing ev-" | Oh cool, a shotgun. Who leaves a pristine combat shotgun on a shelf? (picks it up, and ignores the plate) | "Oh uh." | TARGET SIGHTED! (shoots raider)

12:56 <Heartbreak> Needs more booping of all you alls.

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12:57 * ConfusionRift boops Heartbreak. :P

12:59 <AppleDash> I need more licking of Heartbreak.

13:08 <Heartbreak> ... Please... Never say that again, AppleDash. And PHRASING. Ye gawds. Fetting fet fet. NO.

13:12 <AppleDash> Sorry to offend :)

13:15 * Lumindia does a boop on Heartbreak

13:16 <Heartbreak> Gaaaaaaah...

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13:16 <Heartbreak> Just... No licking, AppleDash....

13:17 * AppleDash boop

13:19 <Finwe> o3o

13:19 <Finwe> Good afternoon, my perissodactyls of minute stature.

13:21 <AppleDash> I will lick Finwe instead.

13:22 <ConfusionRift> RAdm. Finwe. (salutes)

13:25 * Finwe counter-licks AppleDash.

13:25 <Finwe> Lt Cdr ConfusionRift, Capt Koopz.

13:25 <Finwe> o7

13:28 <AppleDash> :D

13:29 <Finwe> Or was it the international lick Heartbreak day today?

13:29 <Cyan_Spark> Appul a ppul

13:29 <Finwe> Mr Cyan_Spark.

13:29 <Cyan_Spark> Sgt. Finwe

13:29 * Finwe doffs his hat.

13:29 * Cyan_Spark boops Finwe

13:29 <Heartbreak> It was none of those things.

13:30 <Finwe> About - face! Dismissed, on the double!

13:33 <AppleDash> It is international lick Finwe day

13:39 <Finwe> o3o

14:02 <Cyan_Spark> Appul

14:02 * Cyan_Spark presses hoof to snout

14:04 * AppleDash licks Cyan_Spark's hoof

14:04 <Cyan_Spark> but am not a Finwe

14:05 <AppleDash> Yeah but every day is lick Cyan_Spark day

14:05 <Cyan_Spark> :o

14:17 <ConfusionRift> Sleepy tiime.

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14:45 * AppleDash nibbles Cyan_Spark

14:45 <Cyan_Spark> yis AppleDash?

14:45 <AppleDash> Hi <3

14:45 <Cyan_Spark> I messaged you on Discord in case you missed it

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15:47 * Cyan_Spark mlems

16:07 <ADragonDreaming> m'nam

16:09 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Makenshi: Canterlot Music: Harmonic Six - Canterlot Garden Waltz [Orchestral/Soundtrack] [ https://tinyurl.com/y4mncaq3 ]

16:15 * Finwe licks Cyan_Spark.

16:16 <Finwe> Merry Lick Cyan_Spark Day!

16:16 <Cyan_Spark> Hehe

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16:39 <Finwe> Lt Pony|88887.

16:39 <Finwe> o7

16:40 * Pony|88887 wave.

16:40 * Finwe noms on undulating Pony|88887.

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16:43 * Pony|88887 is nom'd upon pon'.

17:03 <Cepheid> Ahm sorry Razor.

17:03 <Cepheid> I'll see ye tomorrow.

17:03 <Cepheid> Sleep well.

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17:04 <RazorSharpFang> Yep cyas

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17:07 <Schism> mmmmmm...

17:08 <Schism> Ali: GalCiv 3 is free on Epic.  Also, om nom tomato soup and grilled cheese.

17:10 <ADragonDreaming> Huh. The switch has vanished into the ether again.

17:11 <Finwe> o3o

17:11 <Schism> Adra: um.  o.o;

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17:24 * Schism ahhs, finishing her lunch.

17:26 <Finwe> Tomato soup?

17:26 * Finwe hats on Schism.

17:26 <Schism> With parmesan and gruyere grilled cheese sandwiches.

17:26 <Finwe> Sounds good.

17:27 <Schism> Added the standard alotment of herbs and spices to said soup.  

17:33 <Finwe> What would that be?

17:33 * Finwe is not an expert on tomato soup.

17:33 <Finwe> Carrot soup, on the other hoof…

17:34 <Schism> Oh, simply the norm.  Basil, oregano, garlic, thyme.

17:35 <Schism> Bit of black pepper, maybe some celery seed.  Nothing extra-strange.

17:35 <Schism> Also a bit of rosemary in there.  Or for a more classic blend, some parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme.

17:38 <Finwe> Are you going to Scarborough fair?

17:39 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: MLP Fluttershy Sings "When the World Was Mine" Animatic [ https://tinyurl.com/y4fxcez5 ]

17:39 <Schism> For to meet my sweet love of mine.

17:47 * Cepheid puts on Bad Apple!!

17:48 <ADragonDreaming> It's alright, I'm packing up the whole room anyway, so I'm sure it'll turn up.

17:49 <Cepheid> That new medication really clears my mind.

17:49 <Cepheid> It allows me to get a grasp on the rage, the anger.

17:49 <Cepheid> ... And then piledrive it into the ******* ground.

17:51 <ADragonDreaming> awesome!

17:53 <Cepheid> That said, I find it works best at 2-3mg, no more is needed than that.  Less than that, I still suffer some mood swings.

17:53 <ADragonDreaming> Re: medications for correcting imbalances of things in general: "If you can't make your own, store-bought is fine."

17:53 <Cepheid> Heh.

17:54 <Cepheid> That said, I still do the grasping motion now and then.  I think it's a somatic component to "getting a grasp on my emotions."

17:55 <Cepheid> Basically, I clench my fingers and thumb as if I am grabbing onto something.  Then a second or two later, I release the tension and clench my hand into a fist, as if crushing what is in my grasp.

17:55 <Cepheid> Even though there's nothing there.

17:58 <ADragonDreaming> the clenching of fists does not feel odd.

17:58 <ADragonDreaming> I mean, stress balls are a thing.

17:59 <ADragonDreaming> also, Ceph, I think I'm gonna try to invest in bowgun in Rise.

18:00 <ADragonDreaming> I didn't really like the feel of DB in the demo

18:08 <Cepheid> I have to try the other weapons myself.

18:16 <Cepheid> With regards to stress balls, I'm not sure they'd work for me.  Quite frequently, I get the feeling that what needs to be in my hand is the hilt of a melee weapon of some sort.  Hence why I suspect taking up Japanese swordplay might be a good idea.  Archery would also work.

18:18 <NitroTheFurry> Ball

18:18 <NitroTheFurry> S

18:19 <ADragonDreaming> Aye, I was more saying that the impetus to clench and squeeze is known to many.

18:19 * NitroTheFurry laughs and resists the urge to make comments

18:21 * ADragonDreaming baps

18:35 <Cepheid> Mm.

18:36 * Cepheid grabs NitroTheFurry, and piledrives them into the ground. o3o

18:36 <Cepheid> Bad joke is bad.

18:48 <Cepheid> Hum, okay, that's rendering.  But why are the colors wrong?

19:03 <Cepheid> ... Oh.

19:04 <Cepheid> The range for those variables are 0 to 255, not 0.0 to 1.0, when specified as integers.

19:05 <Cepheid> Hum, I'll need duplicate vertices to solve this next problem.

19:19 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: DiscordXFluttershy Animatic - Far  [ https://tinyurl.com/yydlf9qf ]

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19:48 <Cepheid> Huzzah, I achieved a goal.  I made a frame for UI elements.

19:48 <Cepheid> Now I just need to figure out how to do clipping to avoid elements within it from drawing outside of it.

20:09 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Makenshi: Sugar Belle x Big Mac Music: MelodyBrony - Moonlight (2021) [Pop Rock] [ https://tinyurl.com/y5xus26t ]

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21:09 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Drawfriend Stuff (Pony Art Gallery) #3587 [ https://tinyurl.com/y5gp6wgx ]

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21:34 *** ChanServ sets mode: +qo Ali Ali

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21:43 <ADragonDreaming> I found the switch.

22:12 * Dappled turns it off and on again.

22:12 * Dappled also horse.

22:15 <Cepheid> Well that was fun.  Gaming with mother for a bit.  Haven't done that in a while.

22:18 <Ali> Cepheid, how many space assemblers do you need?

22:18 <Cepheid> For?

22:19 <Cepheid> First launch?

22:19 <Ali> Space duh :P

22:19 <Ali> Yeah

22:19 <Cepheid> Right, at least four are needed to make a manufactory, and that's made in a space assembler, so five minimum.

22:20 <Ali> Also I'm converting the extra coal to plastic

22:22 <Ali> Gathering water barrels as well cause well, no ice planets or asteroids

22:26 * Dappled chews on the barrels.

22:33 <Cepheid> https://i.imgur.com/QFFNhV8.jpg Is.... Is the Stig helping me land?

22:34 * Dappled headtilts and sniffs at this game. What is?

22:37 <Cepheid> X4

22:38 * Dappled nods.

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22:55 <Ali> Space Scaffolding sucks

22:56 <Schism> Just build a ring around the star and go up and down from there.

22:59 * Ali headtilts at Schism

23:01 <Cepheid> Dyson Sphere.

23:01 <Schism> What?  That's the easiest way.  Come up with a way to produce an interlocking ring so that they're not blown apart by the solar winds or like to fall in, and then start expanding outwards.

23:02 * Dappled likes Dyson Sphere. It's a big ball.

23:02 <Dappled> Though shouldn't a swarm be more practical?

23:02 <Schism> Well, depends.  You could certainly use a swarm before a sphere, but if you're going to collect 99.999% of the energy from the star, you want to have the whole thing surrounded by solar panels.

23:03 <Schism> Admittedly there's a functional drop on returns, but...

23:09 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: My Little Pony Speedpaint Compilation #173 [ https://tinyurl.com/yyqp97vy ]

23:13 <Dappled> Normally I'm in favor of lowering the random encounter rate compared the dreamcast version of Skies of Arcadia, but not without buffing the item drop rates as well as the exp.

23:17 * Dappled chews on item drop tables.

23:24 <Schism> Cepheid: "Ash Ketchum represents what every employer is looking for, a ten-year-old with over twenty-three years of experience in his field."

23:24 * Ali baps Schism, its 25 years

23:24 <Schism> OVER twenty-three years.

23:24 * Ali still baps!

23:24 * Dappled baps at a ball of yarn!

23:25 <Cepheid> ... That's why I couldn't find any places to buy ore or silicon.  Different cargo type and the market scanner needs to be set to that cargo type.

23:29 <Schism> Lavender Jack is actually a really good comic, on consideration...

23:30 * Dappled likes the Hulk.

23:31 <Schism> This one is free.  o3o  A webcomic about a social dilettante with an axe to grind, something of a Count of Monte Cristo bent.  

23:32 <Schism> (And by 'social dilettante', I mean that he cultivates this appearance socially, seeming a ridiculous new-money fop.)

23:33 <Dappled> So a young Bruce Wayne?

23:33 <Schism> Not quite.  Perhaps something more like a less alcoholic Tony Stark.

23:33 <Schism> Except in the 1920s-esque City of the Future, with pulp fictional devices and swagger galore.

23:34 * Dappled nods.

23:34 * Dappled likes pulp devices.

23:34 <Dappled> Sci-Fi peaked with Casette-Futurism.

23:34 <Schism> And better, he's up against a master detective and her protege, said detective having been drawn to the city because her wife has an untreatable form of cancer, and they need the money.

23:36 <Schism> s/untreatable/inoperable

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23:40 <Dappled> That moment when your dumb and you use three status curing items on one person instead of all three of your party memembers.

23:42 <Ali> Welp so much for that, was hoping to just barrel up steam, but game says you can't do that.

23:43 * Schism offers Ali a bucket of steam, a left-hoofed screwdriver, and a bottle of headlight fluid.

23:47 * Ali doesn't know what to do with this

23:48 <Schism> Wind up a few newbies?

23:51 * Dappled needed that bottle of headlight fluid.

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