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12:21 AM
I am once again an American
 
12:51 AM
my condolances - a fate worse than taxes.
 
1:27 AM
@Criggie a fate hand in glove with taxes
 
1:55 AM
 
Probably the best picture I took while not an American
 
 
5 hours later…
7:09 AM
Finally got around to working out why this laptop wouldn't always sleep properly. Turns out, it was set to hibernate after 180 minutes asleep, even when plugged in. That particular setting is buried deep in the power plan settings, which is only accessible by running Control Panel manually and digging right down to the Sleep settings for the current power plan.
I set the thing to Hibernate after zero minutes of Sleep, and that has fixed it. I also added Hibernate to the main power menu, in case I should ever decide to use that. The W11 power settings are a complete failure of organisation and accessibility.
 
But you were saving the planet!
 
7:34 AM
🤬
 
7:45 AM
Well, you know who to blame if the Earth dies
I probably will hibernate the laptop while I'm asleep. The thing that irked me was not being able to see what was going on and have control over it.
 
 
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9:58 AM
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Struggles continue
 
9 hours ago, by Criggie
my condolances - a fate worse than taxes.
 
 
1 hour later…
11:09 AM
Quotes message but does not star as interesting
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11:56 AM
can you see who stars what?
 
With only one star, which I gave, logic is sufficient in this case
unczeched { message.Star(); };
 
A quote is a star in its own right
 
12:32 PM
Spelt differently
 
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@PaulWhite spelled
@PaulWhite today was hard
 
@HannahVernon I'm not from the US
 
True. I rail against spelled as much as I can since spelt is clearly much better.
 
I don't much care but "spelt" involves fewer keystrokes
Unless I have to explain, ofc
 
I saw an opportunity to poke you, so I took it
 
12:41 PM
Fair goes
 
wrong choice with the last one
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Ouch
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^^^ my wife
 
powercfg /hibernate off
^ in your favo(u)rite shell
 
@JohnK.N. That seems to disable the ability to hibernate completely, which is not what I wanted. Also, it is not part of the W11 GUI, which was the second part of my point. Other than those two things, you nailed it.
 
> I set the thing to Hibernate after zero minutes of Sleep, and that has fixed it.
But you are right
Since Microsoft decided to only set/allow the Balanced Power Plan it has been a general pain.
 
12:51 PM
Yes, but I also wanted the ability to hibernate when I chose, as I said
 
W11 made things worse with the frilly Save the environment settings.
Ah, gotcha..
 
I was prepared to put up with heaps of moved cheese, if they succeeded in removing Control Panel. They did not. In fact, they made things worse compared with W10.
At least I think advanced power settings were accessible from the GUI in W10, even though it opened a separate dialog box.
In any case, this was very annoying.
 
i think i've forgotten how to use a computer
maybe it's for the best
 
Windows key + X, followed by the B key
 
1:08 PM
Mobility Center is also a good place to switch Power Plans.
[Win] + X --> Mobility Center
 
Which is exactly what I just gave instructions for
 
Read the article but must have missed that bit
 
It's literally the message prior to yours
13 mins ago, by Paul White
Windows key + X, followed by the B key
 
Ahhhh. In German it isn't the B key. It's the M key.
Mea culpa
 
<- Not german
2
 
1:20 PM
Hier haben Sie einen Stern.
 
Anyway, it's the underlined letter in the pop-up menu
Local factors etc.
@ErikDarling Have you also forgotten about taxes
 
local factors want to send you hot pictures, click here
 
Because there's no way they're accepting that trip as a business expense
 
i am a business, man
 
bangs drum in a vaguely Japanese style
 
1:25 PM
i went to record content that would appeal to a wider european audience
unfortunately the memory card was destroyed in transit
 
tell it to the judge
 
so i'll be writing that loss off, too
 
You and your crazy tax schemes
 
@JohnK.N. Microsoft did this to get the old Energy Star rating and then has sine made things worse for appeasement to the "green" crowd
 
does anyone actually look at energy star ratings when purchasing computers
 
1:26 PM
no
Do you look at it when purchasing a TV? Water Heater? Heatpump/Furnace?
 
I suppose you might if you're buying many of them, and are responsible for paying the power bill
 
Local factors for power bills, residential in the US is billed differently than Business
If you live in the radius of a nice nuclear plant you can get 7 cents/kw in power
 
Pretty much every appliance (and cars) you can buy here has an energy efficiency rating and an estimated cost to run per year
 
ditto here
 
So, yeah, it's a factor
 
1:29 PM
i rent, so the landlord is responsible for choosing appliances
and i'm responsible for the electric bill
 
For example, when I lived in Texas I had a power plan where if I used 1,000 KWH or more a month my bill was $49. If I used less than that my bill was $49 + difference I didn't use in cents/kwh.
It was literally cheaper for me to run stuff 24/7 and leak power than to not
 
not a real country
 
i remember energy bills being quite odd in texas
 
@PaulWhite Hopefully soon!
 
that's just crazy
 
1:31 PM
Texas has a deregulated system, you essentially buy power futures
 
power is quite cheap here but transmission costs and other stuff adds up
 
if texas seceded i would move there
 
Hopefully if Texas goes, Florida goes too, if not, I'd move there as well
 
and build little new york around me
 
@ErikDarling would you have to buy a silly hat
 
1:32 PM
Not Château de Darling?
@PaulWhite don't forget the boots!
 
@ErikDarling default default york
 
Apr 17 at 14:24, by Erik Darling
user image
 
@SeanGallardy Is it also compulsory to have a rhinestone revolver on your hip at all times
 
I'm good with that
Keeps the looters at bay
Also counts as a piece of flair
 
there tend to be far fewer looters in places where guns are common
(in america)
 
1:34 PM
Citizens really need tanks, MLRS, and aircraft, I heard
 
I couldn't afford the kerosene bill for aircraft
or a tank
probably would cost $500 just to start it, let alone run it
 
Neither can your government, but that hasn't stopped them
 
well you don't really need to drive the tank
just swivel the cannon around
 
shells are awfully expensive too
 
retail, sure
 
1:35 PM
Yeah, I don't invoice enough for that kind of fun
 
if you're getting a tank, you should build your own munitions
 
Just print some dollars
 
Seems to work out for the Fed
 
ha ha yeah I can just imagine Sean making his own shells
 
No inflation in sight
 
1:36 PM
💥
 
pink shells
 
I used to, actually
 
tank shells are not quite the same
 
I would melt lead, had various molds
 
Explains many things
 
1:37 PM
It's quite fun
 
a friend of mine used to work in a factory in PA that made ball bearings
 
Good enough for the Romans
 
spent the whole day pouring molten stuff into moulds
 
Look at that European U
 
Yeah the steel mills used to be big where I lived in PA
Then that was outsources to Australia
Which then outsourced it to Japan
and then Meth became the new thing
 
1:40 PM
Now I have this image of a small pink tank blowing itself up with tiny defective shells
 
See, makes everyone happy!
 
more money in meth than steel, blame the unions
 
Gold star for me today
 
Teach a man to phish....
3
God, who writes those trite messages
 
Interns I'm sure
 
1:41 PM
It's so pathetically insincere
 
at least it wasn't Thanks You
 
Patronising, really
Where can I buy a stealth tank
 
Good question, not sure they exist
Maybe talk to Wonder Woman
 
How would we know
 
i'm shooting invisible shells at you rn
 
1:44 PM
Sounds like a long shot...
 
P sure it'd be still be best if the shells exploded in the non-stealth tradition
 
An old-fashioned cannon would be fun to fire
 
Indeed they are!
Hearing protection is a must
 
Well, yes
Wooden ships with actual cannon was the height of civilisation really
 
1:49 PM
not a fan of the ironclad eh
 
Seems like cheating
And the cheat codes just escalated from there
 
only if you're not in one
 
Yeah, but you know what I mean
Now, you can remote drone strike someone 10,000km away from an x-box controller
Not exactly hand-to-hand combat
Soon, your favourite AI copilot will handle all those little details
Progression is inevitable, I guess
 
did you see the testing outcomes with "AI" running the show?
 
Saw the article, didn't bother to read it
 
1:53 PM
It was given commands to stop, and instead of stopping, killed the command crew because it was interfering with its mission parameters
 
Lovely
 
Hard to fault it for being results oriented
 
So we're doomed then
 
If only the interns had the same drive and passion
 
Computers can be very literal
OTOH they're probably a higher form of life than us, or soon will be
2 mins ago, by Paul White
Progression is inevitable, I guess
 
1:55 PM
They've been trained on the internet... so yeah, I don't have much hope they will be higher lifeforms.
Probably the lowlife scum you'd meet in a cantina in the outer rim.
 
I mean, more intelligent, faster reactions, get tired less easily etc. etc.
 
don't need heaps of pervitin
 
I remember when people confidently stated a computer could never beat a skilled human at chess
Much less drive a car unaided
@ErikDarling Indeed
 
> The use of methamphetamine, better known as crystal meth, was particularly prevalent: A pill form of the drug, Pervitin, was distributed by the millions to Wehrmacht troops before the successful invasion of France in 1940.
 
Heroin was a popular general medication back then too
 
1:58 PM
> Allied soldiers were known to use amphetamines (speed) in the form of Benzedrine in order to battle combat fatigue.
 
And, fair enough, it kinda works
 
Meth vs Speed
 
I was told that most people need a drug of some kind to kill another human they can see
You have to worry about the ones that didn't need any drugs, once the war has ended
Grim transcript today
 
2:14 PM
I guess if 4/20 was a high, this is the low
 
It’s grim up north
 
> Keep in mind the CSS case is open almost 800 days.
 
3:18 PM
And we all know what that means
 
hahahaha that one was good
 
never ages
 
CSS cases older than your children
 
A_V
Good day to you, database persons !
I'm looking for some advice on which tool is fastest to backup/restore postgres databases.
I tried pg_dump and pg_restore and find it amazing how it takes so long for a 200mb database.
 
Amazing in a good way?
 
A_V
3:29 PM
amazing in a 15minutes for 200mb way
which seems excessive, compared to other rdbms I've tried that would do that in 10 seconds
 
sounds like a good question for this site
 
Yeah, that seems exceptionally slow. Wow.
I don't use PG though.
 
A_V
@SeanGallardy That's a very circumstencial question that is going to require some benchmarks/ comparison of a similar database size in a different system
Ah I found some info, seems you need to change database settings to make restores faster then change them back afterwards.
 
4:19 PM
That seems inconvenient.
 
4:51 PM
Sounds like the hallmarks of an enterprise database solution!
 
5:04 PM
Haha true.
 
 
2 hours later…
7:34 PM
is it meant to be semi-private? 'cause i can see it 🤷‍♂️
 
@ErikDarling f git
 
7:52 PM
it looks like you have multiple actions all trying to modify the content of the repo kicked off by the same event (merge to main) - so they're going to clash.
 
Ahh, good catch
Erik is cheating on me with other GitHub actions
 
8:06 PM
okay, do any of you wizards know how to serialize or choose the order of github actions?
 
I guess either combine it into a single yml or introduce dependency order
 
how do you introduce dependency order
 
well within the single yaml, you just add `needs`

https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#example-requiring-successful-dependent-jobs
But there is also this madman
https://stevenmortimer.com/running-github-actions-sequentially/#an-example
 
2much4me
okay, that syntax example in the first post leaves a bit to be desired
i would want to check source branch, auto format, then do the file merge
is jobs a separate file, or do i put that in each yaml?
 
8:27 PM
the main.dev can be kept separate as it doesn't change the repo, only runs checks
The other two could be merged into a single yaml. Give me a minute
 
is that a good idea?
 
I think this should be it. I haven't tested in the slightest
https://gist.github.com/zikato/9dc7bbb58c0b9fa7a0910ecfade3bee3
 
hm
i do like that i wouldn't need to spin up another thing and wait for that
 
 
2 hours later…
10:33 PM
Good job. Y'all are traumatizing me
Dependencies and ordering issues are a regular pain for me in TeamCity
 

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