00:01 <Finwe> Schism: Heretic!
00:01 * Finwe raspberries at Schism.
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00:01 <LibrarianofHope> heresy?
00:01 <LibrarianofHope> repent?
00:02 * LibrarianofHope bonks schism
00:02 <LibrarianofHope> repent!
00:02 <LibrarianofHope> bonl
00:02 <Finwe> Penitentiam agite!
00:02 * Schism is not overly heretical! But finds that cherry jam is better than raspberry.
00:04 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Pony Plushie Compilation #463 [ https://tinyurl.com/ycmr2kej ]
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00:12 * Filly_Nightmares kneads Schism!
00:12 * Filly_Nightmares meow!
00:13 * Schism gives the Filly_Nightmares pancake wif applesauce!
00:13 * Filly_Nightmares purr at Schism and nom pancake!
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00:31 <Schism> Spottycats. https://twitter.com/SerengetiCheeta/status/1362415397400686592
00:35 <LibrarianofHope> nuuu
00:35 <LibrarianofHope> the proper name is fast catto
00:38 * Filly_Nightmares bleps
00:39 * Finwe noms on Ali's tail.
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00:44 <Finwe> Hmm, someone is selling a G5 Power Mac for €25.
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00:45 <Finwe> I don't need one, but it would get me closer to AppleDash in Macintosh proliferation.
00:47 * Ali prefers to keep her mac count to zero
00:47 <Finwe> o3o
00:50 <AppleDash> :D
00:50 <AppleDash> Power Mac G5s are nice
00:50 * Schism randomly provides Ali with a pizza pocket. It's filled with molten lava right now, though.
00:51 * Ali had white bean chilli already, no need for hot lava pizza.
00:51 <Finwe> I just ensured that it's possible to install OS X 10.5.8 from USB.
00:51 * Schism nods. "Perhaps a hot lava pie, then? (McDonalds used to serve those...)"
00:52 <Finwe> Turn on power, press Command + Alt + o + f, enter the magic line and watch the computer boot from USB.
00:54 <Finwe> Viz., boot ud:3,\\:tbxi
00:55 * Schism also would offer Finwe a Satékroket, but lent.
00:56 <Schism> Possibly chips with satay sauce instead.
00:58 <Finwe> What your computer tells about you? Mac – sought-after cute unicorn (Ali should definitively have one); mainline PC - quite normal; server rack – hopeless case.
00:58 <Ali> I have never owned a Mac
00:58 <Ali> but unfortuately owned an ipad
00:58 <Finwe> :0
01:04 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Say Something Nice About Troubleshoes [ https://tinyurl.com/y9orbhws ]
01:09 <Schism> "Why isn't Chun-Li in the Mortal Kombat movie?!" "...uh..."
01:10 * Filly_Nightmares butts her head against Schism tummy!
01:11 * Schism provides the filly wif pizza pocket! Is hot.
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01:27 <Finwe> Oh, it's rather late already.
01:27 <Finwe> !lullaby
01:27 * DerpyBot carries Finwe off to bed
01:27 * DerpyBot tucks Finwe in and hums a lullaby
01:27 <Finwe> !sunshine
01:27 <DerpyBot> I'm walking on sunshine!
01:27 <DerpyBot> I'm walking on sunshine!
01:27 <DerpyBot> and don't it feel good!
01:28 <Schism> !link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRC4Vk6kisY
01:28 <DerpyBot> Twilight told me this video is about Fluffle Puff Tales: "PFUDOR"
01:57 <Lumindia_> @Schism: Fun fact, you can turn Celestia into a male seeker name
01:57 <Lumindia_> C'eles Tia
02:04 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Nightly Discussion #2439 [ https://tinyurl.com/ycxv536r ]
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02:09 *** Pony_87089 is now known as Filly_Nightmares
02:09 * Filly_Nightmares kneads Schism!
02:09 * Filly_Nightmares is stream Elite dangerous and is get imperial cutter! 5o6o54o6o3o5o45o
02:12 * Schism blows it up with an Anaconda! o3o3o3o
02:14 <Schism> But issa big ship, wif 794 tons of cargo capacity...
02:18 * Filly_Nightmares purrrr and kneads Schism tummy
02:26 * Filly_Nightmares purrr and kneads Schism tummy
02:29 * Schism snugs the Filly_Nightmares and provides more pancake.
02:30 * Filly_Nightmares noom nom nom nom nom nom pancake!
02:48 * Filly_Nightmares purrr at Schism because she spent 690 million on her new ship! o5o3456o34o6
02:48 <Schism> And now to make it aaaaaalll back.
02:48 * Filly_Nightmares only haz 7 mmillion credits naow!
02:49 <Schism> o5o3o6o
02:49 <Schism> Hopefully it won't get blown up, cuz s'pensive!
02:51 * Schism peers at a 4A Refinery, which is 4.5 million!
02:59 <Schism> https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous/comments/lmppxw/poor_npc_didnt_know_i_had_7_pack_hounds_on_my/
03:00 * Filly_Nightmares purrr and kneads Schism!
03:01 * Filly_Nightmares wonder if Schism wanna watch her try do hazres site!
03:07 * Schism is sleep soon!
03:07 * Filly_Nightmares purrr and uses Schism as bed!
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04:53 * Ali flops over the Shadowed again
04:56 <PinkieShy> >_>
04:56 <PinkieShy> I just stepped outside and got freezing water all over my feet and ankles..
04:56 <PinkieShy> 37F outside and flash flood watch.. >_>
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05:29 <Cepheid> I need to play more Elite Dangerous. Or Eve, not sure which. I kinda just want to spend time going back and forth delivering stuff people need.
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06:00 <Cepheid> https://imgur.com/gallery/uOcxI40 This is fine. *Sits atop Schism*
06:03 <Ali> that cat one is more interesting
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06:12 <ConfusionRift> Hello everypony.
06:12 * Ali flops over the ConfusionRift
06:14 * ConfusionRift huggles Ali.
06:59 * ConfusionRift offers some chocolate.
07:27 * Ali nibbles on ConfusionRift and chocolate as she watches MM2 rando
07:28 <ConfusionRift> "Okay, I'm at an elevator. Think you can hack it?" | Woah, this looks from like the 50s, maybe 60s. | "Great, cool, good. Can you hack it?" | ... | "..." | No. I can't.
07:28 <ConfusionRift> I feel dated just saying that. -_-
07:28 <ConfusionRift> Ali: As iiiin, Meger Mehn 2? :P
07:28 <Ali> No Mega Man 2 :P
07:29 <ConfusionRift> Oh, Margie Merc 2.
07:32 <ConfusionRift> Also, hmmmm, that's gotta be a pain. At least, there should be some sanity check.
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09:40 * Filly_Nightmares mew and sit on ConfusionRift
09:41 * ConfusionRift pets Filly_Nightmares.
09:45 * Filly_Nightmares mew!
09:50 <ConfusionRift> Okay, seriously. Not all metroidvanias gotta have "that one hall with the Medusa heads and insta-death platforms". -_-
09:54 * Golden shudders.
09:57 <Finwe> Good forenoon, my perissodactyls of minute stature.
09:57 <Finwe> Lt Cdr ConfusionRift, Capt Koopz; Mr Golden.
09:57 <Finwe> o7
09:57 <ConfusionRift> RAdm. Finwe. (salutes)
09:58 <Golden> Hey
09:58 <ConfusionRift> I think that comment called something in Golden's memory. :P
09:58 <ConfusionRift> Then again, those who play any sort of metroidvania know what I'm talking about.
09:59 <Golden> There is a reason I only play Metroid, and Shantae for metroidvanias....
10:05 <Golden> And why platforming always make me worried of landing after a jump.
10:06 * ConfusionRift has played some of the more... elusive platformer games.
10:08 <ConfusionRift> I get what you mean. The worst ones are those that use some of the more older style of platforming mechanics, which makes them difficult to control.
10:08 <ConfusionRift> And then there are the more precise ones, which I have been avoiding. Not fond of those at all.
10:10 * Golden shudders even more.
10:40 <ConfusionRift> I'm currently playing one of the more exploratory ones, but yeah. It had that one section that wasn't too bad, but was annoying still. And I think- wait, this is a rail cart section... with a Jeep.
10:47 <Golden> Hm
10:55 <ConfusionRift> Okay... that stage was nothing BUT that. Getting Taz-Mania flashbacks.
11:04 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Morning Discussion #2211 [ https://tinyurl.com/yacdqlq8 ]
11:11 <ConfusionRift> The worst part? Collectibles while worrying about fast platforming.
11:16 <ConfusionRift> I never understood why in Taz-Mania the game would switch in smaller stages from 30 FPS to 60.
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12:13 <Schism> ConfusionRift: Jump, jump, [Petrified]
12:14 <RazorSharpFang> Hey heys, I'm done with work for the day.
12:14 <ConfusionRift> Huzzah!
12:15 <ConfusionRift> Schism: And then falling on spikes. They don't kill you instantly, but might as well.
12:16 <Finwe> Miss Schism, Mr RazorSharpFang.
12:16 * Finwe doffs his hat.
12:16 * Schism doffs her carrot muffin.
12:16 * Finwe offers some palak paneer with rice to Schism.
12:16 <RazorSharpFang> Hey heys
12:16 <Finwe> Garnished with fresh coriander leaves.
12:17 * Schism is afraid she must pass thereupon for now -- it's too early for palak paneer.
12:18 <Finwe> It's lunchtime (EET).
12:23 <Schism> Indeed.
12:23 <Schism> ConfusionRift: Oh, imagine if there were spikes at the bottom of the Tower of the Goddess.
12:24 <ConfusionRift> I was actually expecting that. But no. Any reserve of spikes they had they used them all in the Temple of Hell.
12:25 <Schism> Piffle: there were spikes aplenty in the Gate of Illusion.
12:25 <ConfusionRift> That is true. All of them in really bad spots.
12:26 <Finwe> The recipe I followed called for green chilli, but I only had red and yellow, so I had to apply my imagination.
12:26 <Finwe> By the taste I would judge that one yellow habanero is just perfect for palak paneer.
12:40 <Cepheid> https://imgur.com/gallery/MWaKnkV Ow.
12:42 <ConfusionRift> Yep, know that feeling. Of all the places, of course it had to be where they parked.
12:43 <ConfusionRift> I bet it also broke through the rear window and the car is also frozen inside.
12:47 <Cepheid> Eeyup,
12:48 <Cepheid> ... Huh, that's one way to support Vulkan, I guess.
12:48 <Cepheid> Portal 2 was updated to include a Vulkan renderer through DXVK, which translates DirectX 9 calls to Vulkan calls.
12:50 <RazorSharpFang> Sounds similar to the way Dolphin-Emu works
12:50 <Cepheid> That's typically how emulators work, yes.
12:51 <Schism> Hmm. Kjarl Thotep needs to meet with Othar Tryggvassen, GENTLEMAN ADVENTURER. I'm sure they'd get along splendidly.
12:51 <RazorSharpFang> But how would it translate HLSL calls?
12:51 <Cepheid> Translates them to SPIR-V.
12:51 <Cepheid> Which isn't impossible to do now, because Microsoft has actually contributed to a compiler that does just that.
12:51 <RazorSharpFang> I mean more like how is that even translatable?
12:52 <Cepheid> Shaders have a general common interface for using them.
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12:53 <Cepheid> There's a main entry point, semantics for defining what is an input or an output, uniform variables, etc.
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12:53 <RazorSharpFang> I still consider shaders to be black magic
12:53 <Cepheid> Depends on the level.
12:54 <Cepheid> If you're dealing with the assembly level, such as SPIR-V, then yeah, it's black magic.
12:54 <Cepheid> Even a high-level language has it's own problems.
12:55 <Cepheid> GPGPU programming is heavily dependent on knowing how to write sequential code that has as few branches as possible for the best performance.
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12:55 <Cepheid> You also want to avoid data dependencies between shaders.
12:57 <Cepheid> Well, shader invocations. Different passes meanwhile are another story.
12:58 <RazorSharpFang> What about a shared constant?
12:58 <Cepheid> That's fine.
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12:59 <Cepheid> Such variables are usually global constant variables, or uniform variables.
13:00 <Cepheid> They are typically constant across one pass.
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13:01 <Cepheid> I say typically because uniform variables are typically set once and used many times.
13:02 <Cepheid> But you can change them between draw calls to affect how drawing is performed for a given set of triangles.
13:02 <RazorSharpFang> This could be a spatial distortion effect, or a color changing effect
13:03 <Cepheid> Color changing can be done in a single pass.
13:04 <Cepheid> Usually, object colors are stored as part of the vertices, though.
13:06 <Cepheid> For color blindness, you can either do a transformation at polygon render time, or do post-processing.
13:07 <Cepheid> For spacial distortion effects, you'd be doing that in the vertex shader, usually. Though you can do it in the fragment shader by first rendering everything to a framebuffer, then drawing that framebuffer as a texture onto a pair of triangles, and then doing funky stuff in a fragment shader.
13:07 <Cepheid> In fact, that's typically how blur and bloom is done.
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13:08 <Cepheid> Since pixel/fragment shaders are only invoked for where there is a triangle to be drawn.
13:09 <Cepheid> Thus, a screen-sized quad is needed in order to invoke a pixel/fragment shader on every pixel of the screen. Or enough geometry that it covers the entire screen, one or the other.
13:12 <Cepheid> If you want arbitrary access to memory, that is, reading from anywhere and writing to anywhere, you'll want compute shaders for that.
13:17 <RazorSharpFang> Hmm, that does sound like black magic to me.
13:19 <Cepheid> Describe an effect and I'll see if I can figure out how it might be done.
13:21 <RazorSharpFang> Suppose there's a flat surface, and it's warped so it appears further away where the cursor is.
13:21 <RazorSharpFang> Like it's being pushed back by the mouse
13:22 <Cepheid> Like distortion of light around a black hole?
13:23 <RazorSharpFang> Sorta? As if the surface is a blanket and the mouse is your hand and you're pushing against the blanket
13:24 <Cepheid> Oh.
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13:24 * Filly_Nightmares mew at Cepheid
13:25 <Cepheid> That'd mostly be a vertex shader, unless the original surface is just a quad created from 4 vertices. If that were the case, you'd need a geometry shader.
13:25 * Finwe ruffles Filly_Nightmares.
13:26 <RazorSharpFang> I don't know what the difference is between a vertex and a geometry shader.
13:26 <Cepheid> Geometry shader can create new vertices, while a vertex shader cannot.
13:26 <Cepheid> A vertex shader just applies transformations to input vertex data.
13:27 <Cepheid> Typically a transformation of the vertex by the world, view and projection matrices.
13:27 <RazorSharpFang> Yeah, if its original shape is a single quad for the texture, then it'd be a geom shader.
13:27 <Cepheid> It'd be a combination of both, but yeah, a geometry shader would be a good start for such a case.
13:28 <Cepheid> You'd have to split the quad up into a bunch of new triangles to create the hump in the quad. Alternatively..
13:28 <Cepheid> You could in theory get away with doing it in a pixel shader as well, but it'd be a bit costly there.
13:28 <RazorSharpFang> Maybe if you pre-split it?
13:29 <Cepheid> You'd have to calculate the distance of the currently-being-processed pixel from the mouse cursor, do some shadow mathematics, and pick a color based on the distance from the mouse cursor.
13:30 <Cepheid> The reason it's costly is because it'd involve a branch. You want to avoid branches as much as possible.
13:30 <Cepheid> Alternatively, you can avoid a branch by clamping.
13:31 <RazorSharpFang> Isn't a clamp operation a branched operation?
13:31 <RazorSharpFang> Unless that's a single instruction in the instruction set
13:31 <Cepheid> It's a single instruction in this case
13:32 <Cepheid> A lot of common operations that would require branches, loops and the like are single instructions here.
13:32 * Filly_Nightmares new and kneads Finwe!
13:32 <Cepheid> That's part of how we get around the problems of GPU programming.
13:32 <RazorSharpFang> Ah, so they designed the instruction set specifically to avoid branches.
13:34 <Cepheid> Mmhmm.
13:42 <Cepheid> Hum, got a preliminary nine-patch renderer implemented. Needs a bit of work though.
13:43 <RazorSharpFang> Today, I managed to get WPF to open up the tooltip of a UI element on right-click on a touchscreen, and then close it after two seconds. Tooltips on touchscreens aren't that great without additional functionality and work.
13:43 <Cyan_Spark> Razor the investor
13:44 <Cepheid> They aren't, no. They're a pain in the ass, in fact.
13:44 <RazorSharpFang> Hey heys
13:44 <Finwe> Cyan_Spark the Razortheinvestoror.
13:44 <Cyan_Spark> :o
13:44 <Cyan_Spark> Sgt. Finwe
13:44 <Finwe> o7
13:59 <RazorSharpFang> Not seeing any local oil in my single-player space run.
14:04 <Cepheid> Oh, there's a new version?
14:05 <RazorSharpFang> Maybe? I got version mismatch when I tried to join earlier.
14:05 <Cepheid> Right, updating then.
14:06 <Cepheid> Should be good now.
14:27 <Cepheid> If there's one thing I do dislike about VSCode for C#, it's the reliance on OmniSharp, which is finicky.
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14:47 <Thrakerzod> Dang internet
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15:04 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: New Line of Adorable Molded My Little Pony Figures Revealed From Pop Market China [ https://tinyurl.com/yc5djqsd ]
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15:38 <Thrakerzod> I wonder how much energy you could pack into a rocket...
15:41 <Thrakerzod> A stack of processed fuel is the highest energy per stack, at 2 GJ per stack. 500 storage slots, a rocket can launch 1 TJ of energy.
15:43 <Cepheid> Nice.
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15:46 <LibrarianofHope> testing
15:46 <Thrakerzod> Test failed. You have toto repeat the semester.
15:46 * LibrarianofHope bonks thrakerzod
15:47 <LibrarianofHope> heresy! repent!
15:47 <LibrarianofHope> bonk
15:47 <Thrakerzod> Nuuu
15:49 <LibrarianofHope> i isntaled kaspersky on this pc yesterday
15:49 <LibrarianofHope> messed up my ability to enter here via the EQD site
15:49 <LibrarianofHope> this seems to work fine
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16:00 * Finwe hats on TheAstrallyForged.
16:00 * LibrarianofHope bonks finwe
16:11 <LibrarianofHope> im so confused
16:12 * LibrarianofHope Lanza un dado con 6 lados y obtiene 6
16:12 * Finwe confuzzles LibrarianofHope a bit more.
16:12 <LibrarianofHope> did you saw a dice roll message?
16:23 <Cepheid> Is that what the spanish is?
16:24 <LibrarianofHope> its in spanish?
16:24 <LibrarianofHope> for you i mean
16:24 <LibrarianofHope> im in a new irc client, it had that command
16:24 <Cepheid> "Lanza un dado con 6 lados y obtiene 6" is what it read. I'm assuming it's Spanish, as I cannot read the language.
16:25 <LibrarianofHope> ahh
16:25 <LibrarianofHope> yeah that
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16:40 * TheAstrallyForged .? has a Finwe on their head :o *
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17:04 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Wut - Tacos on the Moon [ https://tinyurl.com/y7xhhfvt ]
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17:06 <DerpyBot> *derp*
17:06 <Finwe> !seen DerpyBot
17:06 <DerpyBot> Look into my eyes.. 6_9
17:06 * DerpyBot puts her front hooves on Finwe's shoulders.
17:19 <Cepheid> University of mine, you are run by idiots.
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17:20 <Schism> Cepheid: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/En2F114XMAAXt01?format=jpg&name=4096x4096
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17:20 <Cepheid> They're re-opening a bunch of athletics stuff, some of which involves close contact stuff.
17:20 <Schism> Ugh.
17:21 <Cepheid> I feel like that statue is looking directly into my brain.
17:21 <DerpyBot> *derp*
17:21 <DerpyBot> Look into my eyes.. 6_9
17:21 * DerpyBot puts her front hooves on Finwe's shoulders.
17:21 <Cepheid> https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EulrGgKWYAM3kmx?format=jpg&name=large You know, for a Switch game, this game keeps looking better and better. Are we still sure this is on the Switch?
17:23 <Cepheid> Granted, they've had time to optimize, and as the optimizations improve, so does the quality.
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17:25 <Schism> Gaaaasp
17:25 <Schism> CrossCode's post-story DLC comes out on the 26th. o3o;
17:25 <Cepheid> March 9th is the next reveal of content from Rise.
17:26 <Cepheid> They have an anniversary thing going on the week of March 8th.
17:26 <Schism> Noice. And yeah, that looks very good indeed.
17:27 <Cepheid> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo-y-23O3MA Well, here's the Rampage trailer alone, so yeah.
17:27 <Cepheid> Along with monster reveals.
17:27 <Cepheid> Some arachnophobia warnings, there's a spider-like monster in the video.
17:27 <Cepheid> I'm not sure how triggering it is,
17:27 <Cepheid> As it doesn't necessarily LOOK completely like a spider, but has the pedipalps and fangs and all that.
17:28 <Cepheid> If Basarios is in, then likely Gravios is too. I wonder if ConfusionRift's favourite monster, the Akantor(He hates it) is in.
17:30 <Cepheid> It's interesting to see NPC hunters apparently taking part in combat.
17:30 <Cepheid> Assuming that clip at the end is not just some cutscene stuff.
17:31 <Cepheid> But it's not that surprising to me, given that at the very end of World, they finally pulled it off.
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18:05 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Episode Rewatch - Season 6 Episode 1-2 - The Crystalling [ https://tinyurl.com/y9enbw5m ]
19:05 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Drawfriend Stuff (Pony Art Gallery) #3612 [ https://tinyurl.com/yadzen24 ]
19:39 <LibrarianofHope> no one is bothering me today owo
19:39 <LibrarianofHope> as in not asking me to do anything
19:40 <LibrarianofHope> im so happy, its letting me rest my mind
19:59 <Finwe> Mlles Ali and Schism; Messrs Cepheid and LibrarianofHope.
19:59 * Finwe doffs his hat.
20:00 * LibrarianofHope doffs Ali
20:00 * Finwe boops DerpyBot.
20:01 <Finwe> !seen straight
20:01 <DerpyBot> Finwe: The last time I saw....will you cut that out already?!
20:01 * Finwe does not cut that out already. >:3
20:06 <LibrarianofHope> !muffins
20:06 <DerpyBot> Muffins!! You have any? :3
20:06 <LibrarianofHope> no
20:06 * DerpyBot walks away with a drooping tail
20:06 <LibrarianofHope> :3
20:22 * Finwe noms on Ali's tail.
20:26 <Lumindia_> meanie
20:26 * Lumindia_ baps Lib
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20:30 <Finwe> Lt Pony|22640.
20:30 <Finwe> o7
20:30 * Pony|22640 wave.
20:33 * LibrarianofHope regrets nothing owo
20:33 * LibrarianofHope is bapped
20:34 <LibrarianofHope> thinking of derpy
20:34 <LibrarianofHope> did anything ever came out of the derpy debacle ever so long ago?
20:34 <Finwe> !mail DerpyBot a box of muffins
20:34 <DerpyBot> For..for me? Are there muffins inside??
20:34 <Finwe> Yup.
20:34 * DerpyBot glomps Finwe
20:36 <LibrarianofHope> as far as i remember this resulted in the official name being turned to Muffins
20:38 <Finwe> What?
20:39 <LibrarianofHope> you rember the episode where rainbow dash calls derpy derpy directly?
20:39 <Finwe> Ah, débâcle.
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20:42 * Ali flops over and yawns.
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20:46 <DerpyBot> *derp*
20:51 <Finwe> !hug
20:51 <DerpyBot> Hugtiem? :3
20:51 * DerpyBot wraps her front hooves around Finwe in a tight embrace
20:51 <Finwe> o3o!
21:00 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Comic: Snow Loan / Share the Heat / Commando Pie / Angry Rice Noises / Journey Home 10 / Iron and Steel 11 / Movie Slate: Celluloid Mane [ https://tinyurl.com/ycma7k49 ]
21:44 * LibrarianofHope is in deep burnout mode, desires to flop
21:45 * Finwe noms on Ali's tail.
21:52 <Cepheid> I'm in a mix of burnout and general exhaustion from pneumonia. More the latter than the former.
21:57 * Shadowed sees a 40k game she might actually enjoy playing for once. Dakka Squadron. Ork pilots, cause why not.
21:57 <LibrarianofHope> my local mini dealer brought a huge spider model!
21:58 <LibrarianofHope> goblin spider
21:58 <LibrarianofHope> bigggg
21:58 * LibrarianofHope provides shadowed with more dakka
21:59 <Shadowed> There is never enough dakka.
21:59 <LibrarianofHope> indeed
21:59 <LibrarianofHope> Dakka is like the Ali cuteness
21:59 <LibrarianofHope> there is always need for more of both
22:00 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Bat Horses Can't Get Fallout Pie [ https://tinyurl.com/yckbnhxy ]
22:10 <LibrarianofHope> we need better Ali is cute material, its not getting the same results
22:13 <Finwe> Hmm, better get some sleep.
22:13 <Finwe> I think I'll go skiing tomorrow.
22:14 <Finwe> !lullaby
22:14 * DerpyBot carries Finwe off to bed
22:14 * DerpyBot tucks Finwe in and hums a lullaby
22:14 <Finwe> !shoo
22:14 * DerpyBot sways from side to side, quietly humming "shoo be doo shoo shoo be doo"
22:15 <Schism> So many years in customer service, and I still haven't quite learned that when you spend 30 seconds extra at EOS to clear things up, a customer's going to latch on to you like a rabid drop bear.
22:16 <LibrarianofHope> EOS being?
22:16 <Schism> End of Shift.
22:16 <LibrarianofHope> owo
22:32 * Ali latches onto Schism like a rabid drop bear, whatever that means
22:33 * Schism flailyhooves!
22:33 <LibrarianofHope> a rabid drop bear is a very vicous form of tree living bear
22:33 <LibrarianofHope> that hunts via dropping on prey and mailiung them
22:33 <LibrarianofHope> basically a stupidly angry koala
22:37 <Schism> Hum. Aged career politician breaks promises made to constituents for which he was elected, news at 11.
22:37 <Ali> SHocked noone
22:37 <Ali> News at 6
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22:46 <LibrarianofHope> Breaking News, Ali has been found to be cute, authorities stated, more to follow
22:46 * Ali 's verify team finds LibrarianofHope claim as false
22:47 <LibrarianofHope> my team of authorties was Schism and a group of drop bears
23:00 <Cepheid> Kill me.
23:03 <LibrarianofHope> nah
23:05 <Cepheid> Diablo 2 remake announced.
23:05 <Shadowed> What?
23:05 <Shadowed> What?
23:05 <Cepheid> Exactly what it sounds like.
23:05 <Cepheid> https://twitter.com/Diablo/status/1362896494622294017
23:05 * Shadowed digs earwax out of ear.
23:05 <Cepheid> A proper remake of Diablo 2.
23:06 * Ali grabs Shadowed and snuggles
23:06 <Shadowed> Okay, but when will we get a proper remake of Diablo 1?
23:06 <Cepheid> Heh, I even commented to them that they should get Diablo 1 next.
23:06 * Shadowed has fond memories of playing Diablo 1 on PS3.
23:06 * Shadowed hugs the Ali.
23:07 <Cepheid> I particularly liked Diablo 2 more, I had a lot of fond memories of staying up all night to play with a friend from Australia.
23:07 * Shadowed doesn't remember being able to run Diablo 2 on the PS3 though.
23:07 <Shadowed> It might have been there, I just don't remember it.
23:07 <Cepheid> It wasn't.
23:07 <Cepheid> It was only ever released on PC.
23:08 <Cepheid> Strangely, it continued to receive updates as recent as the last couple of years.
23:08 <Shadowed> It's still incredibly popular.
23:08 <Cepheid> Mostly in the form of support for newer OSes, but it also included balance changes and synergies.
23:09 <Shadowed> And really, after announcing that one for mobile market as their headliner at the con, they need some good pr/release for the franchise.
23:09 <Ali> Don't you all have phones?
23:09 * Ali doesn't
23:09 * Ali also bleps
23:11 * LibrarianofHope has no input on Diablo, so bleps alongside Ali
23:12 <Cepheid> Diablo 2 is considered by many a gold standard to achieve for ARPGs. It was, and to some degree still is, that popular.
23:12 <LibrarianofHope> i know of it, never got into it
23:12 <LibrarianofHope> but its nice that you all are excited owo
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23:13 <Cepheid> As it is, I should go and play the original just for kicks.
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23:20 <Schism> I am so glad that I am not ornithophobic.
23:21 <LibrarianofHope> fear of birds?
23:25 <Schism> None here. However...
23:25 <Schism> https://twitter.com/theogrin/status/1362905975045435394
23:29 <Cepheid> Yep. Seen that myself in person once.
23:29 <Cepheid> It's creepy to watch.
23:29 <Cepheid> Even creepier? A long river of birds.
23:29 <Cepheid> Not an actual water river, but like, a long stream of hundreds, thousands of birds.
23:29 <Schism> Kinda cool in ways, but also really weird. Also, yeesh. Well, at least that long stream is less likely to be, say, geese.
23:30 <Cepheid> I don't recall what they were.
23:30 <Cepheid> Just that we could see the stream going for quite a ways.
23:31 <Cepheid> It was unusual in that we never saw anything like it.
23:31 <Schism> Nature is weird. Beautiful, but weird.
23:31 <Schism> Also beautiful: https://twitter.com/SpookyEvilOne/status/1362869080592707584
23:32 <Cepheid> I feel like my body is in a Schrodinger's Box. I'm both feeling better, but feeling worse.
23:33 <Cepheid> It feels like my lungs are filled with webbing.
23:33 <Schism> Same. Not because I went out, but that seems like a default state. I suspect that if I spent a few minutes, I could probably hork up enough ectoplasm to put the Slimer to shame.
23:34 <Schism> (An evening walk, with mask and gloves, is good for mental and physical health.)
23:35 <Schism> It's not even that I'm sick. I'm perfectly fine, but the cold weather = snot dribbling down my throat.
23:35 <Cepheid> Walking pneumonia or something like it here.
23:36 <Cepheid> Not COVID. I got tested, came back negative.
23:36 <Schism> Reminds me of that strep case I got early last year.
23:40 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: What Races Do You Want to Make Up the Mane Cast of Generation 5? [ https://tinyurl.com/y8ceeyfk ]
23:40 <Cepheid> Honestly, I think it's just environmental. Bedroom window's been closed since Winter started, and this room gets poor air circulation, plus let's not forget what's in the ductwork probably.
23:41 <Schism> Mmm. I need to vacuum the heck out of my room. And, er... generally deep clean everything.
23:43 <Cepheid> Think I might do that tomorrow morning when I have energy.
23:43 <Cepheid> Assuming my parents wake up before me.
23:46 * Cepheid loads up Xenoblade. Attacks monster. *You Will Know Our Names starts playing* "... ****."
23:46 <Schism> That was quick.
23:47 <Cepheid> I killed it, but yeh.
23:48 <Cepheid> This game's monster population is all sorts of wonky. You can run into level 75 monsters as early as the start of the game.
23:49 <Schism> Ah, the Peninsula of Power. <.<
23:49 * Schism also wonders, "Cepheid, had you ever beaten CrossCode?"
23:49 <Cepheid> I have not.
23:50 <LibrarianofHope> isnt that a turns strategy game?
23:50 <Schism> Mm, you might like it. If nothing else it's well-written, and the combat is engaging and fast-paced.
23:50 <Cepheid> I am aware, Schism.
23:50 <Schism> LibrarianofHope, nope, top-down isometric-ish real time combat game.
23:50 <LibrarianofHope> i was thinking of something else
23:52 <Cepheid> Arguably the reason I survived that named monster was because of the fact that I am 6 levels above the average monster level here.
23:53 <Cepheid> It occurs to me that means so little, though.
23:53 <Cepheid> Since monsters can go up to level 90 in even low-level areas.
23:54 <Cepheid> Quite literally, after the second boss, the arena is suddenly guarded by a level 90 monster.
23:56 * Schism giggles at Lea going insane with power...
23:57 <Cepheid> Interestingly, the maximum level is something like 60 or 70.
23:57 <Schism> Hmm. Sounds like the Guardian from FFVI.
23:58 <Schism> The one which is _meant_ to preclude characters from escaping... but can be broken in oh so many ways, just like the rest of FF6.
23:58 * Ali looks at twitter's newest dumster fire. "Yep going to step away from that."
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