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1:00 PM
@Dave I erm. Accidentally ran across someone who needed a desktop support guy. This seems to happen.
 
what is a desktop support guy? You mean to fix computers and stuff?
 
yup
and get paid for it
 
I didn't see that coming
:)
 
unfortunately barking at the postman dosen't quite pay the bills.
 
he he he
actually, when the person wrote those bad words, I'm suprised this didn't flag the mods automatically?
SU is for professionals and should have that image.. I would have thought the main swear words would ping the mods
 
1:04 PM
What? No.
 
No?
No that Journeyman isn't a sailor?
 
Bob
@barlop dx9 was xp era... anything that does wddm does dx9+
 
@Dave Penistone and Scrunthrope.
and eh. I just argued that the term repwhoring shouldn't be banned on meta
 
Good morning
 
Bob
evening :P
@cat ^ Tronsmart packaging is shiny :D
 
1:11 PM
lol
 
cat
@Bob Yeah, mine was decent quality too
 
Bob
@cat I've bought the large cable packs before but not the single ones
was not expecting a box and all :P
 
@JourneymanGeek And the Austrian village with the unfortunate name of f**king :)
 
cat
I've only bought chargers. One came with two cables, the other came with none. But everything had boxes
 
1:12 PM
@Bob I think I bought my last USB cable a while.
(challenger had a nice, metal-armoured A to C cable)
 
Bob
@JourneymanGeek is it properly specced? :P
 
Villagers at Fuxxing in Upper Austria voted yesterday to change the name to Fugging. But then came the news that there used to be a second village with the name Fuxxing in Austria – and residents there had already bagged the name Fugging more than 100 years ago.
 
Bob
I can't test...
don't have any Android phones with USB-C at all
 
@DavidPostill escape it
 
@Bob I'm still convinced that the OP3 just runs at 'safe' currents with everything but the Dash chargers
 
Bob
1:13 PM
@DavidPostill nice bold :P
also unnecessary censorship imo... it's a quote, and literally a village name
bleh
 
@jokerdino @Bob lol
 
he's afraid it will ping all mods
 
@jokerdino Or some troll will flag me ;P
 
what do you mean, some troll?
 
@jokerdino There have been flags raised in the past by someone we believe monitors RA via the transcript (so not actually in the room) who likes to flag stuff just to cause trouble ...
 
1:18 PM
Why would anyone do anything like that?
 
@jokerdino Because they are trolls?
 
btw, I was there in a lot of such cases. Just poking you.
 
Bob
@cat 1.65A @ 8.74V on the 2m Tronsmart
 
@jokerdino Flagged for being a troll :)
 
):
 
1:21 PM
I wonder how godday increases domain visibility?
 
Bob
@cat 1.65A @ 8.70V on the 2m Anker
both on a Tronsmart QC2.0 charger with an S7
 
It has an option for additional payment
 
Bob
measured at the phone end w/ a 20cm Tronsmart connecting to the phone
 
What does it MEAAAAAN D:
 
cat
Nice
/goes to look up his cable spreadsheet
 
Bob
1:22 PM
also, ty for the suggestion, I like this meter :D
 
cat
I haven't tested these bundled Tronsmart ones yet
Aah Tronsmart QC charger
 
Speaking of tron... I think I'm going to use my newfound synthwave abilities to make a remake of the tron legacy theme
 
Bob
newfound? O_O
 
cat
I tested mine on an Aukey QC3 charger. I know the Tronsmart has better voltage regulation and runs about 0.1v higher than the Aukey, hence all my cables are <8.57v
Actually, could you measure the voltage at the charger end? Just to get an idea of no-load voltage and charging voltage at the A port
 
@Bob yeah, last night was my first time making synthwave
 
Bob
1:24 PM
@electronbeam pretty incredible for a first attempt!
 
@Bob aww <3
 
Bob
@cat using the attached cable?
hmm... fluctuating a bit
1.55-1.63A @ 8.95V
@cat The Tronsmart USB-C cable is... actually really soft, nice and flexible. and it came spooled in a nice coil around a cardboard holder rather than sharply bent
can't test it cause my tablet is fully charged -_-
 
cat
Yeah, OK, so about 0.1v higher than mine
 
Bob
I wish they made microUSB cables this nice :(
back in an hour, gotta let the tablet drain a bit
 
@Rahul2001 did you get to hear the new track I released?
 
1:35 PM
@electronbeam I just will ;)
 
@Rahul2001 tell me how much it sucks! :3
 
This is dramatic...
I like the tune around 02:10
but it's kinda repetitive...
@electronbeam
 
@Rahul2001 :)
 
who's erica?
 
Bob
@Rahul2001 welcome to VGM :P
 
1:41 PM
@Rahul2001 my ex
 
oh, ;p
did you make that after you broke up?
 
@Rahul2001 around the time we were about to break up
 
oh...
I wouldn't know the feeling, I haven't dated anyone yet... ;p
 
It tends to suck
 
agreed
its not as good as the movies make it look
 
1:47 PM
So I guess my friends are lying about how awesome it is?
 
the sex bit can be ok
 
We broke up 18 July last year. Note how right after "Uptown Dinosaur" I stopped creating anything for 4 months
 
but the actual dating is a pain in the arse
 
@electronbeam that's... tragic
 
you have to go do things you dislike
 
1:48 PM
I was very close to starting negotiations with monstercat too
 
@Burgi I'm pretty sure they're all virgins
@Burgi like?
 
shopping
 
I don't shop a lot, but I don't have anything against it...
 
meeting her friends who are either waaaay hotter or dull as dishwater
@Rahul2001 do you have sisters?
 
@Burgi Yup, a younger one
 
1:49 PM
ever been shopping with them?
 
yeah...?
 
ah nvm
what about shopping with your mum?
 
As long as I have my phone and earphones, I don't really care
 
@Rahul2001 and then after I released "The Dinosaur Theme" I lost my best friend. He decided that, well, we're not friends anymore... It's been about a year now and I'm still sore over it
 
@electronbeam Shit, that sucks
 
1:51 PM
@Rahul2001 so there's another 3 months of not creating anything
 
@electronbeam ouch
 
@Burgi But it's frightening if they ask me for my opinion
I'm just like "Um... yeah, whatever you like" in a dazed voice
 
People weave their way in and out of your life and in the process, create a beautiful tapestry of both joy and sadness. I've gotten used to incredible joy and unimaginable loss. It's cyclical.
 
@Rahul2001 wrong answer
 
@electronbeam I haven't suffered the loss part yet...
 
1:52 PM
dating.SE
 
@Rahul2001 it will happen... and you will feel as though your world is over... Just remember when the time comes, it's not.
 
@Burgi shopping for them or for you?
 
I've actually wished there was relashionships.SE several times in the past month...
 
@jokerdino shopping for them or just for the sake of shopping
 
@Rahul2001 one existed but it died
 
1:53 PM
@electronbeam I will
@jokerdino It did? o_O
I don't know which is a bigger surprise, the fact that it existed, or that it died...
 
@Burgi they don't ask me to join them because I can't last 4+ hours of shopping.
 
@electronbeam thats beautiful
 
@jokerdino It's usually not that long for me
And I often just carry a book...
 
@Rahul2001 try shopping with them for sarees.
 
I have...
 
1:55 PM
maybe your siblings are awesome
 
@jokerdino I just wandered around the mall aimlessly, looking for hot girls ;p
 
Remind me how old you are again.
 
15 :P
 
@jokerdino my mom drags me along sometimes.
 
@Rahul2001 you are lucky to have been born into a time where being a geek is hot/sexy... it was much harder for geeks like me to get dates when I was your age
 
1:56 PM
@Rahul2001 And what did you do when you found one? ;)
 
Deprived kids. :(
@DavidPostill ogle a bit and come back to mum
 
@electronbeam I haven't been able to get a date yet...
@jokerdino lol
 
@electronbeam or just date geeks.😁
 
Jul 23 at 9:40, by Rahul2001
This is weird: a friend of mine admits that she has a crush on me, but refuses to date me, or anyone for that matter... Apparently she's had bad experiences in the past...
 
@Rahul2001 Step 1/ Start a conversation ....
 
1:57 PM
never dated anyone
 
@DavidPostill Kinda tough to do here in india...
 
@jokerdino Oh, that's sad :(
 
They'll give you a look that says 'creep', and walk off...
 
@Rahul2001 Really? Is it a culture thing?
 
You can't just walk upto a girl and start talking with them. Wat.
 
1:58 PM
@DavidPostill eh, idk
Although people are changing now...
Shit, doctor's appointment...
be back in a bit...
 
@Rahul2001 I imagine it is a lot harder to approach women in a country where rape culture is alive and well.
@Rahul2001 later
 
rape is everywhere.
 
@electronbeam that's not really fair.
 
@JourneymanGeek eh :/ It's just an observation. If it's not a valid one, throw it out. I'm sleepy
 
There's some people who need to be fixed with rusty garden shears but that's not indicative of the culture as a whole
 
2:03 PM
Perhaps you're reading too heavily into what I said.
 
I do add tho many of us don't have a culture of dating
 
@jokerdino Surely it depends where you meet them. Not in a shopping mall maybe. But in school or in some place (like his dance class) surely it is OK to try and have a conversation?
 
I have no idea how dating in the traditional sense works.
 
@DavidPostill if you know the person, then sure.
or maybe in a social setting.
 
@jokerdino That's why you aim to go places where you get to know people ...
 
2:06 PM
because introversion
 
@JourneymanGeek You meet someone you like. You have a conversation. The other person seems to like you. You ask them "Would you like to go and see a film/have dinner/go to a disco..." They say yes. You have date. They say no. You thank them, move on and try again ...
 
** You have entered the Love Connection Room **
 
@JourneymanGeek what is the other sense?
 
@jokerdino That's learned behavior. You can unlearn it.
 
Perhaps my observation/opinion is colored by my being a woman
 
2:10 PM
@electronbeam Erm men can be sexually assaulted as well ...
 
And I wasn't speaking to the culture as a whole
 
In our arranged marriage setup, family members decide someone for you to marry, you marry them and do social things whether you like each other or not.
 
sounds perfect
 
@jokerdino Understood. But more and more people are breaking that tradition, no?
 
@DavidPostill True, I'm not discounting that. I would however counter that women are several times more likely to be a victim of sexual assault.
 
2:11 PM
On the non-arranged setup, you propose someone, do social things if the liking is mutual and get married. In case they don't like you, you force them to like you, do social things and get married. Or you kill them.
 
bleh I don't want to have this conversation.. I need to work, we've got a datacenter outage
 
@jokerdino Surely that's the arranged setup not the non arranged setup?
 
@DavidPostill There are several sub sections in the non-arranged aka love marriage setup.
Most movies in here will have the hero attempt to harass woo the heroine despite repeated rejections.
Anyway, I'm gonna go out for a bit.
 
i'm willing to go on a date with anyone here
 
no thank you.
 
2:16 PM
:(
i was going to pay and everything
 
maybe you can pay for my airfare
 
@Burgi lol call me babe
 
@electronbeam hey babe, how you doin' ;)
 
@Burgi good one... I suppose I should have put a comma there.
 
Henceforth, @electronbeam will be called babe.
 
2:18 PM
i'm going to get flagged in a minute i can feel it :S
 
1 too many minute.
 
i tried eharmony for 2 years
 
Bob
*opens chat*
*sees dating discussion*
*nopes out*
 
had one date from it and it turned out she wasn't even 18
 
cat
WTF
 
2:20 PM
@Bob my favorite colors are purple and pink, what are yours?
 
@Burgi O_o
 
@jokerdino yeah i was surprised too
 
Bob
@electronbeam what's a favourite colour? :P probably blue (~navy) if I had to pick
 
@Bob what's your favorite flavor of cake?
 
Bob
wait what
 
2:21 PM
@electronbeam do you bake?
 
@Bob what's your favorite method of inducing a non-invasive chat topic change?
@jokerdino yes.
 
@jokerdino I donno. Long distance online relatioships I suppose?
 
@Burgi We could hook you up with that guy whose name I forgot
 
@JourneymanGeek Underflow
 
2:23 PM
ya
 
!!caaaaat
 
@electronbeam talk about baked goods. and @Bob's quest for the elusive Shio Pan
 
Bob
@JourneymanGeek I've used fox photos for a few topic changes before :P
spam a couple of them to break up the awkward topic :D
 
I am here to collect 3 of your favourite books.
 
2:25 PM
what if there's a tie?
buries @jokerdino in books
 
I meant reco.
 
Hey, does anyone else here like books? Books are awesome! Also, TV shows! I like TV shows. Movies! Games! Butts!
fears she revealed her true nature by unconsciously choosing books before tv shows
 
Bob
Terraria doesn't do 4k :(
 
@electronbeam I don't particularly like butts the cloud
I do like big screens and I cannot lie
 
2:27 PM
Want to date: geek :(
 
@Burgi alas, it was never to be. ;p
 
this is depressing
 
@Burgi JWG
 
only if he puts out! ;)
 
2:28 PM
@electronbeam yes
 
:)
 
@Burgi find me on telegram.. we'll assess the situation
 
i suspect there will be a logistics issue
 
Oh?
@Burgi explain
 
oceans
i'm british
 
2:34 PM
OCEANS MEAN NOTHING
 
i think you might be north american
interesting...
 
I am, but I'm looking to expat lol
 
did you get that game dev job?
 
@Burgi "Dallas, TX, United States" is a bit of a give away :)
 
No :/ I'm still waiting to hear back.. they've not said anything, nor have they interviewed anyone at this point. I think it's a dead end for now
 
2:36 PM
i hadn't looked at that bit
i am soooo behind with work this week
i'll do stalker mode for telegram once i figure it out
@electronbeam sorry to hear that :(
 
You know what? It's ok. I love my current job, and I might have a record deal in the pipeline soon so I'm not going to sweat it
 
Oceans? It be a wee pond.
 
wtf... candy crush gets installed as a default in win10....
 
@Burgi It can be uninstalled like any other Windows Store app.
I happen to have an installation of Candy Crush Soda Saga on my laptop that is logged into my Kingdom account as I used to play on my tablet. It's just sitting there now :\
 
Bob
@electronbeam Are you a Telegram saleswoman? :P
 
2:45 PM
@Bob no, I'm just a geek girl who happens to like things like encryption and security
 
cat
!!doooooooog
 
Bob
@electronbeam But mobile numbers :(
 
Entirely unrelatedly, I got 2 (bigger) cans of canned greenhouse gases gas duster cheaper than my usual brand \o/
 
2:49 PM
@Bob it actually doesn't share those unless you add someone by phone #
 
Bob
actually I don't even know why I'm so against mobile nums being used
 
also the can claims it removes static energy
 
Bob
@electronbeam ah
 
@Bob I'd rather not need to have a phone linked to things
 
@Bob mainiy it's used as a method of automatic 2-factor auth
 
Bob
2:49 PM
also I blocked it from accesing contacts cause auto-add is shit :P
Marshmallow :D
@electronbeam 'cept the password is optional :S
 
@JourneymanGeek energy or electricity?
 
Energy
 
Bob
@JourneymanGeek ya, I debated setting up a Skype number
 
@JourneymanGeek Hmm.
 
Bob
but that'd actually cost more than my mobile number and would be harder to port out if I ever need to
 
2:50 PM
does wget respect robots.txt?
 
Bob
@JourneymanGeek I'm still looking for a decent air compressor
 
@Bob the awesome hardware store has one that looks perfect ;p
 
Bob
I want an awesome hardware store :(
 
Now that I think about it... I probably naturally am good at synthwave because, listening to my old music here, it's got some similar qualities
 
Bob
2:56 PM
@cat @JourneymanGeek tablet can't charge from USB-C to USB-A :(
> Not charging
 
Yeah, it's funny that we talk about geek dating because this was what I posted to FB last week:
 
Bob
it detects it's plugged in but I suppose it needs a proper USB-C source
 
I tried searching for girls on dating sites by putting "spreadsheets" in the common interest field, but nobody came up... Help.
Seeking: lesbian woman who likes long walks on the beach, a good glass of wine, romantic conversations, corny movies, snuggling with a good book, and has an advanced knowledge of Microsoft Excel and associated formulas. Must love dogs/spreadsheets.+
 
lol
woof?
 
Bob
well, you've found your wingdog
 
2:58 PM
qualified applicants, please submit a face picture, brief profile summary, and an excel workbook for review. I will reply within 5-10 business days with a decision.
 

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