00:00 <Cepheid> Feels like there's a lot of air just trapped in my lungs.
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00:00 <Cepheid> Interestingly, doing this caused something dried and flakey to land in my mouth. x.x;
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00:07 <PinkieShy> hihi
00:10 * Schism hums, "Just a few more minutes, and then I can run around with a green-and-purple dragon."
00:10 <Schism> Well, yellow and purple. But I suspect I could probably find a cheat code...
00:15 * Dappled headtilts.
00:16 <PinkieShy> !lastseen straight
00:19 <Schism> !seen dinkybot
00:19 <DerpyBot> Dinky?! Where's my muffin?
00:19 * DerpyBot looks behind every cloud
00:20 * Dappled got 30XX.
00:21 <PinkieShy> oh.. XD
00:21 <PinkieShy> !seen straight
00:21 <DerpyBot> PinkieShy: The last time I saw....will you cut that out already?!
00:21 <PinkieShy> Okay :P
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01:34 <Lumindia_> I depart for sleep
01:34 * Lumindia_ boops Ali's snootle
02:02 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Nightly Discussion #2442 [ https://tinyurl.com/ycetybxh ]
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02:10 <Schism> People who go "But WHYYYYY are your commissions so expensive?!?!" really need to understand that the artist's time is worth a little more than minimum wage, and yet even with that there, many artists still undervalue themselves.
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02:12 * Ali doesn't have the $300 some want though. Then again unicorn doesn't do fan art requests.
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02:17 * Ali flops over the Schism
02:18 * Schism shows Ali some socialist teeth. Also, provides a snug and a slice of lemon meringue pie.
02:18 * Ali noms pie cause unicorn is hungry.
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02:33 <Schism> Hmm, 100 gems in the Artisan World.
02:35 <Schism> That was straightforward.
02:35 * Schism hums.
02:53 <Schism> Well, there's 100% on Stone Hill. o3o
02:56 <Schism> Ah. I'd forgotten how frustrating the flying levels were!
03:02 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Makenshi: Princess Cadance Music: GLIMM - CADENZA [Hyperpop] [ https://tinyurl.com/y9t3fxry ]
03:18 * Ali nibbles on a Schism ear
03:19 <Schism> Jerkface egg thieves.
03:22 <Schism> Not sure how to get the bulls stuck, but that's okay. I can revisit Town Square later to murder that egg thief.
03:23 * Dappled grabs an egg.
03:24 <Schism> Nuuu, the dragon eggs are necessary for Reasons.
03:24 * Dappled headtilts. This is a small white egg.... Fairly certain it came from the supermarket.
03:25 <Schism> Oh, that's fine then.
03:25 * Ali noms on Dappled tail
03:26 * Dappled ear flaps.
03:26 * Dappled gets stuck in an animation.
03:27 * Ali boops Dappled nosie to try and fix.
03:27 * Dappled falls over and restarts.
03:28 <Schism> There are so many nice changes in this game. Like the ability to, from the start, simply warp to whatever level you want to visit instead of having to traverse the hub levels ad nauseum.
03:28 <Schism> (Well, after visiting the level first.)
03:29 <Dappled> Spyro?
03:30 <Schism> Yuppers. Trilogy re-release. It's very pretty, and actually plays quite well so far.
03:31 <Schism> I might have to lock it to 30FPS if they haven't fixed the bugs, though.
03:34 * Ali sometimes wishes Seribii would do Pokemon of the week that are from the NEW gen before they go back to sucking up to old gen ones.
03:37 * Ali grumpynoms on Dappled some more
03:38 <Schism> This dragon does love his coffee. (And probably already has a boyfriend.) https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/spyro/images/2/27/Reignited_Gavin.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20180822091241
03:41 <Schism> ... this character design. https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/spyro/images/0/05/HubbaBubba_Reignited_art.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20180628175514
03:42 <Ali> Design is fine, name not so much
03:42 <Schism> It's just Bubba, the file name is just being silly.
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04:33 <Schism> Gotta say, ProDeus is a pretty good FPS.
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04:37 <Schism> Ammo distribution and general level design is on point, you can target enemies' weak points to preclude them from being effective (which is a nice touch: I laughed the first time I burned the head of an enemy and they just started shooting everywhere), and the end result is pretty much a '90s FPS. Not sure about the reloading - that does work on some levels, but doesn't on others.
04:37 <Schism> Lots of barrels strewn around, which any FPS fan from the '90s knows means 'HELLO EXPLOSIVE!'
04:55 <Schism> why hello secret rocket launcher, don't mind if i do.
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06:42 * Ali flops over the Rifty
06:43 <ConfusionRift> Hello- UFF! (is flopped on)
06:43 * ConfusionRift huggles Ali.
06:43 <ConfusionRift> Hello everypony.
07:00 * ConfusionRift also boops Schism with a wand.
07:01 * Ali boops ConfusionRift with the Terraspark boots
07:01 <Ali> I am so annoyed
07:01 <ConfusionRift> o_0
07:01 <Ali> I finally get them, which makes the WoF fight laughable
07:01 <Ali> And then the crimson shot up east, and I don't see the hallow anywhere.
07:02 <Ali> Its like one thing I hate about Hard mode
07:02 <Ali> You work on having an ok surface level
07:02 <Ali> Then hardmode zaps a chunk of evil right up by your hub area.
07:03 <ConfusionRift> And destroying the altars for hard mode ore causes block of crimson/corruption to pop anywhere randomly. Which means it can still spread by your hub, even with preparation.
07:04 <Ali> Eeyup
07:04 <Ali> Unless you go the heavy crate fishing route
07:06 <ConfusionRift> Nope! No. Sorry, as easy and comfy as that is, fishing is the one thing that drives me up a wall. My last playthrough got my almost nothing, and lost way too much time fishing.
07:08 <Ali> Yeah I got unlucky going melee
07:08 <Ali> But the Marramusa didn't spawn in the dungeon
07:09 <Ali> So you have to resort to fishing if you don't want to world hop
07:09 <Ali> And between the dark casters and the stupid skulls. You can't fish in peace for nothing, EVEN with a peace candle they still can have 12 or more mobs on screen.
07:18 <ConfusionRift> Yeah, I can't think of any safe way to make fishing there... somewhat tolerable. Aside from terraforming the place, which doesn't do much. Those douche casters can still pop on whatever platform you're on, and skulls can still chase you.
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09:13 <DerpyBot> *derp*
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11:07 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Morning Discussion #2214 [ https://tinyurl.com/y8jus4n4 ]
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12:10 * Lumindia_ boops Ali
12:11 <Lumindia_> ioh
12:12 <Finwe> Good afternoon, everypony.
12:12 * Finwe boops Lumindia_.
12:12 * Lumindia_ hecks at Finwe
12:12 <Finwe> Silly filly, Ali is not here.
12:12 <Lumindia_> I didn't notice
12:12 <Lumindia_> D:
12:12 * Lumindia_ hecks loudly
12:17 <Finwe> Messrs Cyan_Spark, Dapper_Dappled, Golden and Lumindia_.
12:17 * Finwe doffs his hat.
12:17 <Cyan_Spark> Sgt. Finwe
12:23 <Schism> Lumindia. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EuyVeYCVkAEnysZ?format=jpg&name=4096x4096
12:34 <Cepheid> Guh, I pulled a muscle in my back sleeping last night.
12:36 <Lumindia_> OPh lawd he comin'!
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12:51 * Schism attempts to wake up in time for work, via the expedient method of slamming her forehead into the desk.
12:57 * Cepheid applies caffiene instead.
12:57 * Cepheid does however, slam their back into a wall repeatedly.
12:58 <Schism> Urgh. A hot shower seems like it would be more helpful there.
12:59 * Schism also looks at her Snickers bites. '"Product was packed with peanuts." Well, yes. I should think so.'
12:59 * Schism flees off to her job.
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13:01 <RazorSharpFang> I am finally home. Long day today.
13:02 <Cepheid> I've found showers have never helped with this kind of pain so I doubt it. Just gotta stretch that muscle.
13:07 <Cyan_Spark> Razor the investor
13:07 <RazorSharpFang> Hey heys
13:21 <Koopz> RAdm. Finwe o7
13:23 <Lumindia_> so a new pizza place opened up near me last week
13:24 <Lumindia_> they offer gelato as a desert
13:38 <Cyan_Spark> I'm doing research :3
13:46 <Finwe> Capt Koopz-
13:46 <Finwe> o7
14:15 <Cepheid> https://imgur.com/gallery/c3DA3YJ
14:18 <RazorSharpFang> I don't know what I'm looking at.
14:20 <Cepheid> Differential gearbox, with the inner gears welded together solidly with pieces of a wrench to ensure power is distributed to the wheels evenly.
14:29 <Cyan_Spark> Mmm, helical gears
14:29 <Cyan_Spark> good for torque
14:29 <RazorSharpFang> They do look expensive though
14:30 <Cyan_Spark> Certainly more than typical involute gears
14:42 <Schism> Can we be done with winter please.
14:43 <RazorSharpFang> Winter is still coming.
14:44 * Schism baps RSF with a newspaper. "You don't get to talk about winter right now. Get back to us in 5 months."
14:44 <RazorSharpFang> I had 37 C heat today
14:45 <RazorSharpFang> I went cycling.
14:45 <Schism> Bear in mind, Cephy and I are in Canada, and so we don't typically get to complain about summer -- well, though we still do. 37 is ugh. How's the humidity?
14:46 <RazorSharpFang> Eh 53% of so
14:46 <Schism> (It could be said that complaining about the weather is Canada's official national sport.)
14:46 <RazorSharpFang> The heat makes all the water evaporate
14:46 <Schism> Oh, well. That's not bad...
14:47 <RazorSharpFang> My forehead was completely soaked in sweat as I was cycling home.
14:48 <Schism> Well, you were actually getting exercise. I've gone for a walk at 37C with some 80% humidity and needed to stand on a towel when I got back.
14:49 <Schism> I also had a lot of fun as a child in Texas. Ah, a sun so hot that it roasts the very ants on the sidewalk. (And with a projector lens, you can start your very own wildfires.)
14:50 <RazorSharpFang> Nice and hot.
14:51 <Schism> It's a microcosm of the human experience that when it's cold, we want it to be hot, and when it's hot, we'd love it to be cold.
14:52 <Schism> (This porridge is just right!)
14:52 <RazorSharpFang> But not for long.
14:52 <RazorSharpFang> *typhoon comes*
14:53 * Schism hmms. "Stephanie is a fine name for the good Mx. Sterling."
14:54 <Schism> Anyhoo, back I go to the daily grind.
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15:00 <Finwe> Mlles Angeline and Schism, Mr RazorSharpFang.
15:00 * Finwe doffs his hat.
15:27 * Cepheid sighs.
15:27 <RazorSharpFang> Red day in the market today for me.
15:30 <Cepheid> I implemented an SDF generator, but there's a discontinuity at the very edge, because an SDF calculates the distance to the nearest cell of the opposite state, and that's guaranteed to be a minimum of 1. Which means at the edge, both sides of the edge will have a value of 1, creating a discontinuity in values.
15:32 <Cepheid> This might not sound like a problem, but the discontinuity causes a rendering problem.
15:35 <Cepheid> Ah, that's why.
15:35 <Cepheid> There's a modified variation of the algorithm for computer graphics.
15:38 <Cepheid> You know, Wikipedia, if you try to explain something, it helps to define all variables.
15:39 <Cepheid> It defines omega to be the boundary of the shape. Easily understood.
15:40 <Cepheid> But then it uses omega with a superscript c. But this is not defined anywhere.
15:47 <Cepheid> From what I can gather, the typical algorithm for graphical stuff is to use an offset if the pixel is outside, causing the pixel next to the boundary to be 0, while interior pixels are -1 at the boundary.
15:54 <Cepheid> Of course, it helps if I remember that the images are meant to be drawn at 1/Xth their actual size, for getting proper rendering.
15:56 <Cepheid> Well, there we go. It's working right, now.
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16:00 <Finwe> Messrs Cepheid and LibrarianofHope.
16:00 * Finwe doffs his hat.
16:00 <Cepheid> Finwe.
16:00 * LibrarianofHope doffs finwe
16:05 <Cepheid> It'd be nice if I could just load a font and generate an atlas from it.
16:09 <Cepheid> As for "why don't I just do that?" it's because Drawing.System.Font only returns certain details, and a few of the important ones are missing. For example, I cannot get kerning info, or advance info.
16:09 <RazorSharpFang> What if you used a Non-C# method?
16:11 <Cepheid> Then yeah, it's viable.
16:13 <RazorSharpFang> Twitter is now recommending bitcoin to me
16:15 <Cepheid> Another approach would be to utilize a FreeType C# binding. Alternatively, I revive my old 2D renderer code written in C++ and use that as the base for my game instead.
16:16 <RazorSharpFang> I'm off to sleep, good night. Past midnight for me.
16:16 <Cepheid> G'night.
16:17 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Makenshi: EQG Song Remix: Daniel Ingram - Awesome As I Wanna Be (Budzy Remix) [Happy Hardcore] [ https://tinyurl.com/y9hhmmtx ]
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16:29 <Schism> Microsoft, your sales pitch needs work. I'm not about to pay $70 for 'AI-powered apps' when you both A. released Clippy the Office Assistant, and B. have a series of games all about what happens when AIs go horribly, horribly wrong.
16:31 <Cepheid> Sometimes, Japanese is interesting with it's words. 「のどがかわく」 - "To become thirsty." It's actually more of a complete statement made into a verb. 「のど」 - "throat," 「かわく」 - "to become dry," The「が」 in the middle makes the prior noun the target of the verb. Thus "throat becomes dry" is the literal translation, but in my textbook, the translation is "to become thirsty." Which, I guess wor
16:31 <Cepheid> ks.
16:32 * LibrarianofHope bonks Schism for the AI Overlords
16:32 <Cepheid> Since in English, we use "My throat is parched" to indicate we're thirsty, for example. And "parched" is just a fancy way of saying "dried" or "dry."
16:36 * Cepheid gives Schism an Apex Tobi-Kadachi.
16:37 <Cepheid> Interestingly, people are complaining about Apex coming back. Apex is... How should I say..? It's akin to arch-tempered. But with some special mechanics involved.
16:40 <Cepheid> Assuming the mechanics are completely brought over from 4U, Apex is basically a status that makes monsters much faster and stronger. It also enhances their defenses, reducing damage they take by 80%, and increasing the likelihood of bouncing off of them with attacks.
16:41 <Cepheid> The counter to it were these items called Wystones. They provided a temporary buff that negates the deflection and the defense boost.
16:41 <Cepheid> Using said wystones, you could also knock a monster temporarily out of Apex state, making it easier to kill.
16:42 <Cepheid> https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/monsterhunter/images/c/c8/MHRise-Felyne_Icon.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/256?cb=20210110013359 Gonna be honest, this Rise drawing of felynes is cute.
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17:07 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Comic: Future 56 / AQM 66 / Random Sketches 153-156 / Shadows 77 [ https://tinyurl.com/y8o8c63n ]
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17:11 * LibrarianofHope looks into the void, absurds amount of calls to make
17:11 <LibrarianofHope> one person had a covid infected roomante, one person quit
17:11 <LibrarianofHope> i am so low on staff
17:11 * LibrarianofHope plops
17:14 <Cepheid> "Unbelievably clean code. Useful Makefile." - Only comments on my assignment code for Parallel Computing.
17:15 <Cepheid> It's nice they think that, but it offers me zero information on how I can improve.
17:15 <Schism> Pretty good comments at least. Every week when I go through coaching, my managers tell me, "...I have nothing to talk to you about. Keep doing what you're doing."
17:17 <Schism> It's a mixture between pride and exasperation. I swear they comb my calls looking for things on which to call me out, but nothing ever pops up.
17:31 <Cepheid> I would prefer criticism, though. But then again, criticising code style isn't really useful, when everyone has their own style. So that kind of criticism is out, leaving only approaches to doing things.
17:33 <Cepheid> Man, I'm supposed to empty my lungs before I use this medication, but with the new technique for doing that..
17:33 <Cepheid> If I emptied my lungs 100%, by the time I'm finished emptying them, I'd be suffocating myself.
17:33 <Cepheid> Since the gunk in my lungs makes it hard to get every bit of oxygen out.
17:40 <ADragonDreaming> Cepheid: one thing to do, if you have the ability to communicate with them more directly, like via e-mail, is to say "thank you for the commentary! Is there any recomendation for improvment or anything I should keep in mind for the future?"
17:41 <ADragonDreaming> i.e. prompt for the suggestions.
17:41 <Cepheid> Right, right.
17:41 <ADragonDreaming> And I also recommend using wording that prompts for suggestions or recommendations, and avoiding "criticism"
17:41 <ADragonDreaming> or rather the word.
17:42 <Cepheid> Unfortunately, I cannot contact the person who graded the assignment.
17:49 <Cepheid> Anyhoo..
17:49 <Cepheid> Thoughts on the new Rise trailer, ADragonDreaming?
17:56 * Cepheid flops off to take a shower.
17:57 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Calpain: Rumor: Licensed MLP Bedding Shows Off Possible G5 MLP Style [ https://tinyurl.com/y7tt5ntq ]
18:03 <ADragonDreaming> Sorry, I haven't watched. I had a bunch of family things going on this week/weekend and then retreated into a hermit mode for what time wasn't spent on other things.
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18:16 <Finwe> Miss Ali.
18:16 * Finwe doffs his hat.
18:17 * Finwe noms on NBER's report on innovation and growth.
18:18 * Ali noms on Finwe's tail
18:18 * Finwe tail-wiggles.
18:18 <Finwe> !plot
18:18 <DerpyBot> *wigglewiggle*
18:18 <Finwe> *wigglewiggle*
18:20 <Finwe> Measured in real prices, higher education in U.S. in 2018 was 4.3 times as expensive as it was in 1975.
18:22 <Ali> Capitolism at its finest
18:23 <Ali> I'd honestly like to know what happened from the 70s to the 90s where the price of everything skyrocketed
18:23 <Finwe> This has caused the outstanding student debt to quadruple between 2003 and 2017, at the end of which period it was $1.34 trillion. o3o
18:23 <Ali> Cars used to be like $5,000 back then. In the 90's they were worth about $20,000
18:25 <Finwe> The average annual inflation rate for the U.S. from 1975 to 2015 is 3.4%.
18:25 <Ali> Then why did the price of cars inflate so much harder?
18:25 <Ali> If you ever watch an old version of The Price Is Right
18:26 <Finwe> That would mean roughly doubling all prices in twenty years.
18:26 <Ali> They had car games that are now 5 digits. Back then they were four.
18:26 <Finwe> So that alone is not enough to explain quadrupling of car prices from 1975 to 1995.
18:27 <Finwe> Higher demand and inability of the industry to meet that would of course lead to higher market price.
18:28 * Ali shrugs
18:29 * LibrarianofHope glomps Ali
18:30 * Ali splats
18:30 <Finwe> This looks like an attempt to explain the soaring prices: https://cars.usnews.com/cars-trucks/why-are-cars-so-expensive
18:37 * Ali head hurts after trying to read that
18:41 <Cepheid> The simple answer to the problem: Greed.
18:41 <Cepheid> It's the same reason tuition has inflated several times faster than wages and salaries have.
18:41 <Cepheid> A car and an education are seen as a necessity, so we'll pay more for them if we have to.
18:42 <Cepheid> You know, it makes me curious.
18:43 <Cepheid> What stops a university from having someone walk into a classroom, attending the classes all throughout the semester, and then walking out without ever paying for the class?
18:43 <Cepheid> If you join in the class from the very start, no one will ever suspect a thing.
18:43 <Ali> I'm sure they'll find you
18:45 <Cepheid> In a group of 200 students?
18:45 <Cepheid> Good luck.
18:45 <Cepheid> In smaller classes, I can see that being an issue.
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18:45 <Cepheid> Like Japanese, for example. Can't be done in that class, the number is small enough the professors can count the students.
18:45 <Cepheid> But in typical CS classes, where the number of students ranges upwards of 200-300, it's not possible.
18:46 <Finwe> Lt Pony|52239.
18:46 <Finwe> o7
18:47 <Finwe> Here the university lectures are basically open for anyone, but the students have higher priority.
18:48 <Cepheid> Yeah, here, not so much.
18:48 <Cepheid> In Canada, much like the US, education isn't a right, it's a business.
18:48 <Finwe> Other forms of teaching are not, though.
18:48 <Finwe> So the general public cannot attend language courses or excercise sessions.
18:49 <Cepheid> Right, labs, exercises, etc.
18:49 <Cepheid> But lectures, yeah, even here, the university would prefer you pay.
18:49 <Cepheid> You don't pay, you can be fined.
18:50 <Cepheid> My honest advice?
18:50 <Cepheid> Don't come to Canada for an education. Not worth the cost.
18:50 <Cepheid> In fact, it's worse if you're from outside of Canada.
18:51 <Cepheid> The cost doubles or triples for international students.
18:51 <Finwe> We have some kind of open university system though, where you can pay for attending some single course even though you're not admitted to the university, and you get a certificate for passing the course.
18:51 <Cepheid> And the quality isn't any better for it.
18:51 <Cepheid> Yeah, that you can at least do here.
18:51 <Cepheid> You can pay to take individual courses outside of a program of study.
18:51 <Finwe> It's something like €100 for a 5-credit course.
18:51 <Cepheid> But at this university, it's a bit harder.
18:51 <Cepheid> Since many courses are program-only.
18:52 <Cepheid> That is, you can't for example, take introduction to computer programming by itself.
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18:52 <Cepheid> You have to enroll as a CS student.
18:52 <Cepheid> Or some other type of program that involves programming.
18:52 <Cepheid> As for the cost...
18:52 <Cepheid> ~$1,200 per course.
18:52 <Cepheid> Half-credit. But the system in use by the university is based on a 12-credit system.
18:54 <Finwe> We use the European Transferable Credit System, in which a Bachelor's degree is 180 credits and a Master's degree 120 credits in addition to that.
18:54 <Cepheid> Mmm.
18:55 <Cepheid> Honestly I want to quit university, at this point. But it's not my choice anymore.
18:55 <Cepheid> I'm tired of dealing with this university, and tired of having to fight with myself over doing work for it.
18:55 <Finwe> Bachelor's thesis gives 10 credits and Master's thesis 30, and the rest consists of courses worth about 5 credits each.
18:56 <Cepheid> Yeah, here at Carleton, courses can be multiple half credits.
18:56 <Cepheid> So, 0.5 credits, 1.0 credits, 1.5 credits, etc.
18:56 <Cepheid> The heavier the workload, the more credits.
18:56 * Finwe nodnods.
18:57 <Finwe> We have some 10 credit courses, but those usually cover two teaching periods.
18:57 <Cepheid> Honestly I think my dour mood is more just... I've got no motivation to keep working on stuff.
18:57 <Cepheid> Once I get started working on something, I have less trouble doing it. The problem is getting started. I don't want to.
18:58 <Cepheid> And my constant reason is "I don't want to do anything for the university."
18:58 <Cepheid> I hate the university, and would rather see the damned thing burn down and go bankrupt at this point.
18:59 <Cepheid> I'm also lazy, I think.
18:59 <Cepheid> But that kinda falls apart when one considers that more often than not, I spend time not spent on assignments and studying, on either reading tech documentation, or coding.
19:00 <Cepheid> Which doesn't even make sense in the grand scheme of things, because I don't even want to code for the university. I love coding and working on code of all sorts and types.
19:00 <Cepheid> But damned if I want to work on a coding assignment.
19:01 <Cepheid> So I can't tell if I'm lazy, or if my hatred for the university demotivates me, or if I'm just not interested in doing stuff in the order the school tells me to, in favour of my own self-teaching approach.
19:02 <Cepheid> I know a part of it is that the school is slow as molasses.
19:02 <Cepheid> If the professor gave a short synopsis of what we'd be studying each week, and opened all assignments to be worked on, I'd fare better.
19:03 <Cepheid> Instead of spending THREE WEEKS on one subject.
19:03 <Cepheid> Two hours each week is... It's mindbogglingly slow. I don't know how you survived it, Finwe.
19:05 <Cepheid> For example, we spent one two hour lecture just... talking about mutexes. Their history, what we used in the past versus what we use now, how they are implemented on the CPU and in OSes.
19:05 <Cepheid> Just... two hours of this.
19:05 <Cepheid> No theory or practical stuff.
19:05 <Cepheid> And then following that, a full four and a half days of no material, nothing to read because there's no textbook.
19:05 <Cepheid> Then we spend the next two-hour class covering ONE TYPE of mutex.
19:06 <Cepheid> It's... GAH.
19:06 <Cepheid> Could you teach any slower!?
19:06 <Cepheid> If I had any idea as to what you were going to cover in total over the next three weeks, I could probably teach myself it in like, a day or two.
19:06 <Finwe> My first basic course in mathematics was twelve hours every week for three months.
19:06 <Cepheid> Yeah.
19:06 <Cepheid> That's not how it is here.
19:07 <Cepheid> 4 hours each week.
19:07 <Cepheid> That's it.
19:07 <Cepheid> And half an hour of that is spent answering questions from students, so about an hour and a half of actual lecture material.
19:07 <Finwe> Lecture from 8 to 10, except on Mondays, and two exercise sessions.
19:07 <Cepheid> Yep, don't even get exercises or labs.
19:07 <Cepheid> The busiest class I have had has been the intensive Japanese, at 8 hours a week.
19:08 <Cepheid> Which honestly I think was a mistake, given that I've never learned a language before, and have enough trouble understanding spoken word.
19:08 <Cepheid> It's even worse because it's Zoom.
19:08 <Cepheid> I keep reminding the professor to show me her face because I read lips, but the lectures always end up with her face and mouth mostly hidden, so I mean..
19:09 <Cepheid> 'Course, I'm also a garbage student.
19:10 * Pony|52239 belatedly waves at Finwe.
19:11 <Cepheid> Apparently, Daft Punk is done.
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19:13 <Cepheid> I really wish I knew what was wrong with me regarding university and college.
19:13 <Cepheid> It's not that I don't want to learn. I make this obvious by the fact that I am continuously doing something difficult to learn.
19:13 <Cepheid> I just simply don't want to do schoolwork. I hesitate, I feel an overwhelming compulsion not to do it.
19:14 <Cepheid> I would rather just go back to sleep than do schoolwork, and just wake up the next day and repeat the process.
19:22 <Cepheid> I tried to play a game earlier, you know, be lazy and all that.
19:22 <Cepheid> My mind wouldn't have it.
19:22 <Cepheid> Instead, it insisted I work on one of my many projects.
19:23 <Cepheid> Which I spent four hours on.
19:23 <Cepheid> I could not resist this need to work on it.
19:23 <Cepheid> But, knowing I didn't study as much as I should have over the week for Japanese, and knowing I have a quiz coming up later today? Give me a break, my mind wants nothing to do with that. It'd rather keep coding.
19:24 <Cepheid> But instead, because I KNOW I should study for Japanese, and at the same time, I don't want to, I'm stuck in this nebulous state right now.
19:24 <Cepheid> I am doing nothing, because I know I need to do something, but I don't want to do it.
19:24 <Cepheid> So I sit here and do ****-all.
19:24 <Cepheid> If I am doing anything, it's thinking about programming.
19:41 * Filly_Nightmares shiver floofy
19:46 <Ali> You know, for a califilly, you sure are cold a lot
19:47 <Cepheid> California weather is much like Ottawa weather, minus the humidity. As such, during Summer, it gets really warm. During Winter, it gets really cold.
19:47 <Cepheid> Oh, and Ottawa doesn't get hurricanes, tropical storms, and so on.
19:48 <LibrarianofHope> seasons are more of a suggestion nowadays
19:52 * Finwe blankets on Filly_Nightmares.
19:52 * Finwe radiates warmth.
19:52 * Filly_Nightmares purr and kneads Finwe floofy
19:52 * Filly_Nightmares noms Ali tail!
19:56 * Finwe listens to a live performance by Doric String Quartet at Wig(gle)more Hall.
19:56 * Finwe joins Filly_Nightmares nomming on Ali's tail.
20:00 <LibrarianofHope> would someone like to come here to aid me in with this obscene workload?
20:00 * LibrarianofHope flops
20:01 <Cepheid> My cats think they would.
20:07 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Drawfriend Stuff (Pony Art Gallery) #3615 [ https://tinyurl.com/ybdba5ke ]
20:08 <LibrarianofHope> i would take even a cat today
20:12 <Cepheid> You know, I'd be a bit more impressed by raising 5 million dollars for Texas. If it didn't ammount to less than 20 cents per person.
20:12 <Cepheid> Especially since people in Texas are facing $1,000-a-day electricity bills.
20:13 <Cepheid> In fact, if it ever came out that the money was going to be used to help pay those bills, the utilities would jack the price up.
20:13 <Cepheid> So it can't be used for that.
20:30 <Schism> Shame that Daft Punk are done. Well, I guess I'll watch Interstella 5555 again tonight or something.
20:31 <LibrarianofHope> most have felt they has no more to say
20:31 <LibrarianofHope> or beep'
20:32 <LibrarianofHope> they might come back, Disturbed disbanded and rebanded owo
20:34 <LibrarianofHope> also, 25 years is a lot of time
20:35 <Cepheid> Mmhmm.
20:37 * Schism looks at that Heathcliff comic. Then she shakes her head. "I already dive into madness on a daily basis, I don't need more during my break."
20:38 * Cepheid hums. "I'm pretty sure I'm gonna fail Japanese this semester."
20:39 * Schism goes back to the last hour or so of her work for today.
20:41 * Cepheid goes and makes another coffee, herself.
20:50 * Cepheid reads an article, and dot dot dots. "..."
20:50 <Cepheid> So, apparently, people are claiming that the snow in Texas is fake by making snowballs, and applying a flame to it, to burn it.
21:03 <LibrarianofHope> thats an onion article or fake
21:04 <LibrarianofHope> i mean, people are not that mad,
21:05 * NitroTheFurry wants to read it
21:08 <Cepheid> It's a TikTok thing going on.
21:09 <Cepheid> https://gizmodo.com/tiktok-users-are-burning-snowballs-in-viral-videos-to-p-1846322841
21:12 <NitroTheFurry> People... are completely retarded
21:22 <Ali> And brain cells continue to deteriate
21:22 <Ali> I feel like the world is getting dumber every day.
21:23 * Ali must get ready for staff things for the next few hours.
22:01 <Finwe> Ali: When you have a staff, I will give it to you. If you have no staff, I will take it away from you.
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22:12 <Finwe> !lullaby
22:12 * DerpyBot carries Finwe off to bed
22:12 * DerpyBot tucks Finwe in and hums a lullaby
22:12 <Finwe> Good night, everypony!
22:12 <Finwe> !shoo
22:12 * DerpyBot sways from side to side, quietly humming "shoo be doo shoo shoo be doo"
22:12 <Schism> Apply match to snowball. Snowball gets harder. "... well yes.
22:13 * Schism waves to the Finwe, and offers a nightcap of green faerie.
22:13 <Finwe> o3o
22:14 <Finwe> I'll try and finish Sourcery before falling completely asleep.
22:15 <Schism> Good idea. Once you complete it, you'll be safer from those beings from the Dungeon Dimensions.
22:16 * Schism also offers Cepheid a helmet with 'meat' written on it.
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22:50 <PinkieShy> hihi
22:52 <NitroTheFurry> Heyhey
22:55 * PinkieShy hugs NitroTheFurry
22:55 * NitroTheFurry flails
23:03 * Lumindia_ awakens at home
23:03 * Lumindia_ flops
23:07 <DerpyBot> New post on Equestria Daily by Sethisto: Drawfriend - Equestria Girls / Anthro MLP Art Gallery #272 [ https://tinyurl.com/y9e573we ]
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23:30 <Cepheid> Apparently, all everyone did over the week was sleep.
23:31 <Schism> I find it rather difficult to disagree.
23:32 <Cepheid> My classmates in Japanese, that is.
23:32 <Cepheid> Apparently, all they did was sleep or study.
23:33 * Schism looks at her schedule over the past week. Frowns. Looks again. "Yup."
23:33 <Schism> Cepheid: https://store.na.square-enix-games.com/en_US/product/612001/final-fantasy-xiv-giant-cushion-fat-cat-plush
23:33 <Cepheid> I saw it.
23:33 <Schism> It's a shame that $220 is too rich for my blood.
23:33 <Cepheid> At $220, it better be made of freakin gold wool.
23:34 * Schism has a moment of thought where Godbert Manderville bursts out of the Fat Cat plush, showers the purchaser in gold, and then runs away. In the ice and snow. Completely nude.
23:36 <Schism> This is absolutely something which might happen.
23:52 <Cepheid> Hum.
23:53 <Cepheid> Doc wants me to get a chest x-ray.
23:53 <Cepheid> Anyhoo, I'll get that done tomorrow.
23:55 <Cepheid> In the meantime... SCHISM! We got 3 boxes, each containing an abnormality. Associated descriptions are... Box #1: Many of those who underwent an operation inside the machine have found themselves rested and healthy again. Box #2: "The satisfaction is only temporary though." and Box #3: Now everything will be just fine.
23:55 <Cepheid> Which do we pick?
23:55 <Schism> #3, of course.
23:56 <Schism> It wouldn't be as much fun if you didn't pick the WORST POSSIBLE OPTION and trust in the Lady.
23:59 <Cepheid> Oh my gods.
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