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Michael Frank

12:00 AM

@JourneymanGeek I have the ancient predecessor, the Belkin N52te. Love it.

One of the buttons stopped working recently though. :<

Journeyman Geek

Yup.

qasdfdsaq

Dang it why do I keep finding the answers to all my questions on stack exchange. Even ones about how to kill bugs

@bwDraco Someone starred my ghetto quad-monitor setup a few days back

bwDraco

I don't think my laptop's hardware can support four displays.

qasdfdsaq

It can if you add a USB VGA adapter!

Which is what I did, at one point.

bwDraco

@qasdfdsaq I know, but DisplayLink is hardly an ideal solution unless you're on the field.

qasdfdsaq

12:08 AM

Meh, it works.

Watching movies/Youtube videos on it fullscreen is perfectly fine.

I wouldn't game on it, but I only use it for my fourth, 1280x1024 monitor. Also the USB 3 ones are considerably better than the USB 2 ones.

bwDraco

I have an inexpensive DisplayLink display (15.6" TN, 1366x768), but that's only used in serious projects where I need the extra monitor to work with on campus because it's an older USB 2.0 model. Besides, the DisplayLink driver doesn't play nice with (at least some) full-screen games.

qasdfdsaq

The top one is the one I temporarily used the USB adapter on.

Oh hey, I just noticed there's the PIN letter for my new online banking service on the table in that picture

Thankfully you can't see anything useful, but I'm a bit gutted it took me that long to notice, in case it had...

bwDraco

I could look into replacing it with the ASUS MB169+ (15.6" IPS, 1920x1080, DisplayLink USB 3.0), but I'm not going to spend $200 to upgrade that little-used display.

qasdfdsaq

Oh is it one of those where the USB interface is built into the display and that's the only available interface?

Mine's just a standard USB adapter you plug any VGA monitor into. When I upgraded to my current mobo I just plugged it back into my onboard VGA

bwDraco

qasdfdsaq

12:15 AM

Urgh. Too neat!

Need to clean my desk and take a better picture

bwDraco

It's messier now, but not as messy as yours :P

Journeyman Geek

loool

In theory I can fit erm...

qasdfdsaq

I was in the process of cleaning my desk anyway

I've just been unsuccessful at it for about... five months

Journeyman Geek

another 2-3 monitors + 2 more on onboard video card

I'd need a bigger ~~boat~~ desk tho

qasdfdsaq

So the internet is swooning over Justin Bieber now having "purple hair"

Journeyman Geek

12:16 AM

Who?

qasdfdsaq

cosmopolitan.com/entertainment/celebs/news/a52280/…

bwDraco

@qasdfdsaq You're supposed to memorize it and destroy the letter.

Journeyman Geek

@qasdfdsaq who?

bwDraco

I don't keep my PIN letters as a matter of security.

Journeyman Geek

I immediately change mine

Anonymous

12:24 AM

are we seriously talking about pop stars here lol

Journeyman Geek

@qasdfdsaq seems to be

qasdfdsaq

@bwDraco Nah I'm meant to enter it online then change it to something else, but I was waiting for the second part of the details first

@PatoSáinz Well I have to take my mind off her somehow

Got something better to talk about? Nobody seemed really interested in talking about burgers

Although onion rings garnered a couple responses

And you never responded to my criticizing your choice of network cabling.

Dammit I have fossilised algae on my Bluetooth speakers

Bob

O_O

Anonymous

@qasdfdsaq well I'm still battling with the DRBD patch

qasdfdsaq

12:41 AM

Well if you're too busy to contribute don't blame me for regressing into bieber fever-ism

Journeyman Geek

1:34 AM

Hm.

bwDraco

Okay. So I happen to have an extra Steam license of Serious Sam 3: BFE available to give (it was a pre-order bonus for The Talos Principle). So, if anyone has an extra copy of Dying Light available, I can trade it out...

Otherwise, that license is just sitting there as I already have SS3.

Journeyman Geek

2:04 AM

Lots of beagles at the dog park today.

bwDraco

Alright, I'm not going to be trading yet.

I'll look into the game a bit more, though.

qasdfdsaq

2:28 AM

@JourneymanGeek Are you more attracted to humans or beagles?

Journeyman Geek

2:49 AM

@qasdfdsaq humans? :p

qasdfdsaq

2:59 AM

Now that's confusing

Anonymous

please kill me now

Journeyman Geek

3:23 AM

I can't kill you, I could simply savage your ankles tho.

Anonymous

@JourneymanGeek my eyes hurt from staring so long at 1. C and 2. a foreign codebase to me

Anonymous

fuck you a lot Xen

Anonymous

and DRBD

tereško

5:09 AM

wut

Anonymous

@tereško first paragraph is a failed pun

Anonymous

last paragraph is utter ignorance

Journeyman Geek

@tereško IIRC the tesla's onboard systems are arm based

Anonymous

i mean nvidia did recently unveil a gpu designed for cars

Anonymous

but wtf that article

tereško

5:20 AM

I have a strong suspicion that it was auto-generated

Anonymous

@tereško lol like markov chain news?

tereško

more along the lines of: pdos.csail.mit.edu/archive/scigen

Anonymous

@tereško lol

Anonymous

that thing is fucking fun

Journeyman Geek

8:38 AM

@Bob funny thing is I'm nearly in the same place in SCL Single player and multiplayer

Bob

@JourneymanGeek oh, so no more early knowledge from you? :P

Journeyman Geek

not for now ;p

Boris_yo

9:27 AM

@bwDraco Due to proximity of monitors I am sure your eyes are on strain.

Bob

2:33 PM

Hm. Ow.

Sliced my finger open pretty good with a paint tin lid :\

Journeyman Geek

this sorta thing happens to me a lot ;p

DavidPostill

@Bob Oh dear. I usually do that on my kitchen knives just after they been sharpened :/

Rahul Basu

3:23 PM

scigen.csail.mit.edu/scicache/159/…

qasdfdsaq

3:43 PM

@Bob I sliced mine open a while back with a pair of scissors. Nice deep cut.

Flatmate helped me superglue it back together

Anonymous

5:03 PM

@qasdfdsaq heh I was cutting towards myself with an x-acto knife while splicing a cable

Anonymous

that's been my worst thumb cut

Anonymous

@Boris_yo I'm kinda close too and yea it strains a bit

Anonymous

but it's better to be close and have screen real state than to have to zoom in

bwDraco

5:16 PM

@Boris_yo I've actually moved the monitors apart a bit since that picture was taken.

qasdfdsaq

@JourneymanGeek

@Bob

@allquixotic

I hereby nominate you all for the Messiest Desk award.

Because MINE IS CLEAN.

THERE, YOU CAN ALL STOP MAKING FUN OF ME FOR HAVING THE MESSIEST DESK NOW.

I've even aligned, de-gapped, and spirit-levelled all my monitors.

Oliver Salzburg

5:41 PM

wtf. The Visual Studio Update removes the Git for Windows that I installed?

@qasdfdsaq Alright. Well done. Let's move to the next room

allquixotic

6:56 PM

> Recent advances in wireless theory and embedded information are based entirely on the assumption that the partition table and massive multiplayer online role-playing games are not in conflict with vacuum tubes.

LOL

bwDraco

Was thinking about this: If Apple is using 9-wide issue, 6-wide decode (desktop-class) processor designs in their ARM processor designs, why aren't Qualcomm et. al. doing the same?

(For comparison, Haswell and Skylake are both 8-wide issue, 4-wide decode.)

Apple Cyclone (A8) block diagram.

AMD Zen is expected to be 10-wide issue, 4-wide decode.

ARM Cortex-A72 is 8-wide issue, 3-wide decode.

Folks, this is the main reason Apple processors are so fast even at low clock rates.

Then again, the complexity of the Apple cores means that Apple seldom puts more than two cores in their processors. (The A8X had three cores, but the A9X [Twister] has two cores at much higher clocks.)

The same issue of complexity comes into play with NVIDIA's largely unsuccessful Denver VLIW core.

The 64-bit Tegra K1 relies on an evolved form of Transmeta's code-morphing technology, called Dynamic Code Optimization, and is internally 7-wide VLIW.

DCO optimizes the code at runtime through operations like loop unrolling and stores the result in a 128MB cache in main memory.

When DCO works as designed, Denver can be extremely fast, but applications that haven't run before fall back on the much slower hardware ARM decoder until they are optimized.

...and I suppose the problem is the die space required by these wide CPU designs.

The die space required by the Cortex-A72 is far less than the die space required by Cyclone.

Anonymous

7:23 PM

@qasdfdsaq my workspace is my bedroom, and I'm starting to need some extra space. I have a lot of tidy desk space because all of my storage is done in shelves and cabinets and they are messy

Anonymous

excuse the shit pics but I'm currently using an iPhone 4 until I fix my daily driver

Anonymous

also, the DRBD saga continues

Michael Frank

7:38 PM

@PatoSáinz dat fan

Anonymous

@MichaelFrank yea there's no toher way to attach the grill :<

Anonymous

all I had at hand was electrician's tape

Michael Frank

@PatoSáinz Looks like it still has a couple good clips on it! :P

Anonymous

hahaha

Anonymous

8:08 PM

Hello, all. I am using Virtual Box --- Windows host, Xubuntu vm. Periodically the VM loses internet connection. (Especially frustrating when trying to push to git) However, my windows host does not lose connection. I am wondering if I need to change NAT settings or dedicate another core to the VM

Anonymous

@HunterStevens look through VirtualBox's logs and/or try other network setting: I like bridged adapter

Anonymous

@PatoSáinz I am trying that now. Will report if I get any issues (usually can see them in a couple minutes). I also selected 4 cores for my vm

Anonymous

8:26 PM

Update: I changed the settings but did not restart the vm. Still getting the issue. Going to restart the vm and see what happens

allquixotic

@PatoSáinz what's that alcantara acceso? is that a list of clearances?

bwDraco

8:45 PM

Christmas In Killarney

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Wow. This was what I sang more than 12 years ago for Christmas while I was in elementary school.

For some reason, I always thought it was Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.

The original lyrics printout came from zepperfan.tripod.com/Christmas_In_Killarney_lyrics.txt

Anonymous

@allquixotic yes

Anonymous

I work as a photographer too sometimes

bwDraco

...and the printout had the highlighting that indicated that I was supposed to sing (which included the chorus).

Michael Frank

@bwDraco Now I'm going to be disappointed if this song doesn't sound like those lyrics sung to the tune of Rudolph. :(

Anonymous

Linus Media Group Christmas Album Promotional Video

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qasdfdsaq

9:10 PM

@PatoSáinz lol fake piano

Michael Frank

play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.priyesh.hexatime

Anonymous

@qasdfdsaq how is it fake?

Michael Frank

@PatoSáinz I'm guessing because it's a keyboard and not a piano.

Anonymous

@MichaelFrank well technically it's a digital piano

Anonymous

digital piano != keyboard

Michael Frank

9:23 PM

I would've called it an Electric Keyboard, but I guess Digital Piano could work.

But hey, it's your piano. :)

Bob

9:42 PM

Welp

Anonymous

@MichaelFrank hahaha well that's the search term you have to use to find a keyboard that tries to accurately mimic an acoustic piano

Bob

1 AUD = 0.684 USD.

fml

Michael Frank

1 New Zealand Dollar equals
0.65 US Dollar

Anonymous

10:00 PM

sup @JourneymanGeek

Journeyman Geek

morning

@qasdfdsaq in my experience, your desk stays neat for all of 5 minutes

Anonymous

1 Chilean peso =
0.001365 U.S. dollars

Anonymous

but our wages are adjusted to that old inflation that happened decades ago

Anonymous

so we're fine

Bob

10:25 PM

> Save your work, and restart your PC now to finish installing important updates. If you choose 'Later', your PC will automatically restart in 1 day.

...this is a bloody server

bwDraco

10:38 PM

@Bob Windows Server 2016?

Bob

@bwDraco 2012 (R2)

(yes, I know it's the automatic update setting)

Anonymous

@Bob should have configured group policy better :)

Anonymous

@Bob then local policy

Bob

@PatoSáinz it's a fresh install, alright? :(

and that's not my job anyway

Anonymous

i see

Bob

10:49 PM

the calls are coming from inside the network *distant scream* — James Trotter 2 days ago

bwDraco

Absolutely unbelievable. I never thought it was Christmas in Killarney.

Michael Frank

So I ran into something similar with GWX. My parent's PC has Win 7 on it, and they're kinda adverse to change (especially my Father). I figured I'd run the pre-load of Win 10 so when they do decide to update it's ready and waiting.

WRONG!

Downloading and selecting "Install later" gives you the option of deferring the install for up to 4 days... with no option to cancel the update.

bwDraco

I remember rehearsing it day-in, day-out, in preparation of the class concert.

Bob

11:16 PM

You may point out that strictly speaking, you can use that statement to prove that all risks are tiny--to which I reply HOLY SHIT WATCH OUT FOR THAT DOG!

bwDraco

@Bob There's a book on that: How to Lie with Statistics.

Misuse of statistics

Statistics are supposed to make something easier to understand but when used in a misleading fashion can trick the casual observer into believing something other than what the data shows. That is, a misuse of statistics occurs when a statistical argument asserts a falsehood. In some cases, the misuse may be accidental. In others, it is purposeful and for the gain of the perpetrator. When the statistical reason involved is false or misapplied, this constitutes a statistical fallacy. The false statistics trap can be quite damaging to the quest for knowledge. For example, in medical science, correcting...

There's a lot of disdain for statistics by the public because of this misuse.

Michael Frank