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Discussion for the article: http://thedailywtf.com/articles/papers-please
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Not sure if moving/creating a thread here is sufficient for it to auto-link to the front page...
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Papers Please:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT35eftGKdQ&list=PLYu7z3I8tdEkaQdOk0a9yf1A7ipDSu-c1&index=1
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hmm... point.... i thought it worth a try though. ;-)
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Didn't change the FP link. But it at least provides a place to talk. Presumably, @mark_bowytz or @apapadimoulis can put the right link on the FP.
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Why does Jeff in the story remind me of a certain other Jeff?
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At some point I should play Papers, Please again and try to get one of the other endings.
Unlike this guy, I intentionally sabotaged the government of Arstotzka..
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Updated. The article and comments are now married. Long live the overlord.
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:laughing:
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(Not my choice; I didn't start writing for that site till Feb 2014)
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wait, i thought i already took down the mistletoe!
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Not enough enterprise! Need more XML!
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*slowclap*
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The printer converts docs to XML before printing?
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If there's more zeroes, wouldn't the offer (assuming it's greater than 1) be higher, and therefore better for Kolechia? Like "we'll give you $100 million" instead of $1 million? Or is it actually what they demand from them?
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http://thedailywtf.com/articles/comments/papers-please
"There are no comments yet"
Link comes here.
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There are two sides in any offer.
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(Puts pinky to corner of mouth, shouting at the screen): One Trillion Dollars! ... (aside) Oh, too many zeroes there, okay, well just fix it... bloody teleprompter... (back to screen) One Billion Dollars!
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Precisely! We need a universally readable format, and PDF just won't cut it! Sure, there can be XML inside the PDF, but why do that when you can have the PDF be encapsulated in XML! :pensive:
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what about XML encapsulated in PDF encapsulated in post script encapsulated in XML, then printed out using a dot matrix printer and placed on a wooden table and photographed as a 90 megapixel BMP
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which is then base-64 encoded into a JSON payload
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New manager hires on, changes things so "progress" and profits. We make fun of new policies being implemented because "new".
New open source / consultant / technology architect enters community, changes things so "progress" (YetAnotherStandard) and profits. We all rush to conform to the new standard and deal with all the maligned hype as "progress".
Customers line out of apple store for new iPhone, despite the fact that their charge/data cable is proprietary and we make fun of that. New USB standard comes out, android implements, and no one complains because "progress". (To be fair, it is backwards compatible)
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Then printed scanned back in to convert it to PDF.
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A PDFuine
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And stored in a line of 3.5" floppy disks (black for 0, red for 1).
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And don't forget that the disk needs to be formatted as JFFS, we don't want to lose all our work after all!
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By which point, we'll have summoned a dæmon or something :smiling_imp:
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i think we did that back when we printed it out on greenbar
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Which is then embedded into a high-resolution Dwarf Fortress screenshot using steganography.
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pagin @ben_lubar.
:-P
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1024000 bytes? THat's an odd limit.
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It's an even limit.
I'm here all week. Try the veal.
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It is that too. But odd as well.
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Please don't start the SI units debate. Again.
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Let's talk Metric!
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Oh yeah, I've been wondering... how many fucks are there in a metric fucktonne?
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I'm waiting for someone to bring up furlongs
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Furhowlong?
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Oh hey, I think you've come up with a new You Don't Know Jack DisOrDat category: Imperial Measurement or D&D Monster. Or something like that.
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furlongs.
like fox socks but bigger:
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1 MFT = 1000 FKG
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The 6th result on Google for Fuckkilogram is a post here.
http://what.thedailywtf.com/t/the-status-ideas-thread/1673/3873?u=loopback0
Clearly I need to agree with myself on how I want to spell it. http://what.thedailywtf.com/t/the-minor-rants-thread/3508/59?u=loopback0
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indeed....
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Aaand back to foxes and hedgehogs.
THERE'S AN ARTICLE DAMMIT ARE YOU NOT ENTERTAINED
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we started there, look who's the OP!
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I played that game once.... I exploded.