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Bob
12:03 AM
@DavidPostill it's more the repetitiveness... otherwise not much point trying to limit topics in this room. I'm assuming you're speaking as a user here (well, I am/was anyway), not a mod.
'course, we repeat topics all the time :P
 
@Bob Well, I still need to grow up.
It's attention-seeking behavior. Any ideas?
 
12:18 AM
@bwDraco Create a blog, or two. Use that to voice your insights, but also as a résumé for the future. Take the opportunity to turn your enthusiasm and energy into the chance to become recognized as an expert/authority on that set of hardware. Even use Twitter posts to drive traffic to your blog.
 
> enthusiasm and energy
Better to suppress it altogether.
 
Better to channel it. It's worth using, as long as you use it well.
Make it serve you.
 
I'll just put it aside. All plans for the upcoming PC build are now on hold indefinitely.
 
Bob
Suppressing your nature generally is not a good idea in the long run.
 
12:22 AM
Self-control is my #1 priority.
It's not something that can't be changed. I'll adapt.
 
You need some place to let energy out
 
Denial is not control. Control is utilizing it for your purposes.
 
@Bob Well, this brings up an oddity in my philosophy. Personality and human nature are not set in stone. If something about myself is bad, I'd rather work to get rid of it altogether instead of working around it. A workaround is not a permanent solution.
 
not all shall be channeled
but this should
 
Okay. A final summary of the lessons learned:
1) I need to actively avoid attention-seeking behavior. Yes, hardware news is exciting. However, it does not mean I should post everything interesting that comes up.
2) Empathy is a key factor here. This is not a place to put out everything on my mind, it's a place to *chat* with others. It would be better if I tried to follow existing conversations rather than just post stuff on the same topic repeatedly in an effort to get someone to respond.
@BenN Because if something is bad, it should be permanently eliminated using a direct approach, not circumvented through some crude workaround.
The real problem is not the passion I have for computing. It's my attention-seeking behavior and disregard for others.
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Bob
12:32 AM
hm
 
I don't see posting something you're interested about as attention seeking
 
Bob
I'm trying to hunt down my pics of my pc build
pretty sure they're in the transcript somewhere
oh that's right I can go by date
 
@Avery It may not be obvious due to improvements made over the last several months, but I've had a long history of issues caused by my desire to get attention.
What needs to be resolved is this lack of empathy and attention-seeking behavior. My point is that channeling the emotions by posting in a blog or other venue does not address this problem, it only moves it elsewhere. In fact, by continuing to allow this behavior, even in an alternate environment, it may even be counterproductive.
 
are you seeing a medical professional on this topic
 
You don't solve problems by pushing them elsewhere. You only solve problems by attacking them directly.
 
12:38 AM
not this issue
 
Ah well. I stand by my word. I'll learn to control myself and focus on actually chatting with others.
 
look
you said that like, at least 2 more times before
 
12:56 AM
in Mathematics, 5 mins ago, by bwDraco
Whoever is flagging these messages, please stop. They're not offensive solely because they contain profanity. They're not meant to be offensive towards anyone.
le sigh
 
Bob
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1:27 AM
@Boris_yo I thought we agreed that was illegal and also, I couldn't find a 1080p xRip so gave up searching for a torrent.
@Bob Yes, it IS a neologism. XD Webster has just defined this now.
 
@bwDraco if you are saying 2+2=5, that is marginally offensive ;)
 
Bob
1:49 AM
> we’re able to forego worrying about managing our own physical plant with buildings, cages, man-traps, security guards, power, generators, UPSs, racks, servers, spare parts, networks, switches and various transit providers
one of these is not like the others :P
 
2:43 AM
Just (re)discovered keyboard macros. It took me this long to learn to use them to increase my productivity while postprocessing photos.
brb for a shower.
In my case, one key press substitutes for a pair of slow and error-prone Ctrl key combos.
The macro keys exist on this gaming keyboard for a reason :P
 
Hell-o
 
Bob
3:21 AM
hi
 
3:32 AM
This goof-up highlights the risks of the Insider Program. Some Insiders got (potentially broken) internal builds they were never supposed to get.
 
3:48 AM
@Bob Who said running a datacenter was easy? :P
 
Bob
@bwDraco there's only like a million warnings you have to accept
the comments on that post are incredibly stupid too. oh, so the insiders build has issues, and that's the reason you stay on 7? and then the other guy complaining about forced updates... which are again irrelevant. ugh.
I should stop reading article comments
(for the 6th time :P)
 
rofl
 
 
3 hours later…
Bob
6:32 AM
Interesting... (cc @JourneymanGeek)
surprisingly robust for what seems to be mostly a one-man show :P
 
 
1 hour later…
7:34 AM
morning
 
Bob
'lo
 
8:28 AM
i hate timesheets
 
o/
yeah I think imay of missed a bank holiday on mine @Burgi :/
tho I might not of, depending which week it started on
Interview today at work, eek
 
sourcetree is acting up this morning
good luck!
for which position? there were 3 last i heard?
 
This is the networking one
yeah, kind of
so the ops one, which they were looking to poach me for
 
is this the one you didn't want?
 
they now looking externally
yup
xD
Today is the netowrking one. I do want it, but not as much as teh sysadmin one (with the same boss) that may come up
may being the important bit
 
8:43 AM
@Bob the man's brilliance is only exceeded by his ability for snark
 
@Bob what is?
backblaze?
An I/O error occured.... ok fine
on a network drive... wut
 
Bob
@djsmiley2k ttrss
my struggles (again) with supermicro UEFI led to writing an answer at least :P superuser.com/a/1216115/117590
I wish I found that question and Steve's answer before the pain last month :\
oh well. next time I'll google it and come across my own answer. SU-as-documentation works :D
 
@Bob amen
 
Bob
9:10 AM
@JourneymanGeek The Murder of My Sweet
 
9:41 AM
I CLOSED A THING!
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> put on hold as off-topic by Burgi, DavidPostill♦ 1 hour ago
 
Yay
@Bob I am missing some context here
 
Bob
@JourneymanGeek artist :P
music
 
10:19 AM
My best friend appears to have a fetish for girls with red bows on their head. I don't even...
 
its not a fetish
 
lol
At least its not braces
 
its just something he/she likes
 
Apparently purple works too
 
and pigtails?
 
10:22 AM
@JourneymanGeek What's wrong with braces?
 
Well, its a particularly odd thing to find cute ;p
Its transient (hopefully!) and is more or less a prostetic
 
Lol. I wear braces, and my girlfriend doesn't particularly mind. Idk if she finds them cute though.
 
As someone older and hopefully less superficial, personality should matter more.
;p
(also, I used to find braces adorable for quite a bit sooooo)
 
i don't think i have ever seen a dog with braces
 
>_>
On humans ;p
 
10:26 AM
ah
 
@Rahul2001 i thought she had split up with you?
@JourneymanGeek weird... very weird
 
The story is kinda aww boredpanda.com/…
 
I was like ... err wtf
tehn saw he couldn't close his mouth - fair enough then.
 
@Burgi refused to. Idk what's up with our relationship ATM
 
10:33 AM
Yaaaaaaaaaas spam flag
@Rahul2001 lol
welcome to Women
They bring the Wo(e), to men.
 
@Rahul2001 Its complicated
 
That's the most... stoner band ever...
 
Added to watch later
the comments are so amusing I've gotta watch it ;D
 
Bob
lol
 
Bob
@djsmiley2k video not available
 
:/
get a better country ;D
 
Bob
:(
At least I have YT Red!
 
:O
I want a pile of money/pay rise, then I'll subscribe to red, or google music again, just to be free of adverts
tho they don't bother me, they distract me because I deliberately skip em all
 
i run UBO and you get no adverts on youtube
 
10:38 AM
Amusingly I keep getting pro-tory/Anti-labour adverts currently
 
Bob
speaking of countries
any suggestions? :D
 
yorkie, its not for girls
and branston pickle
i love branston
vimto should already be on your list
do you guys not get these things in oz?
 
Bob
I have no idea what any of them are lol
 
wtf...?
seriously?
 
Bob
@Burgi different brands, at a minimum
 
10:41 AM
you don't have mustard?
 
Bob
I think HP sauce is the only one I've actually seen in a supermarket
 
vimto is a Mancunian invention
 
Bob
@Burgi I don't usually look at the mustard, but I don't recall seeing Colman's :P
 
its a fruit cordial
are you telling me you don't have chocolate digestives?
and teabags?
 
Bob
...I don't recall seeing them
the digestives, that is :P
Tetleys... actually we do have that
 
10:43 AM
Chocolate, in aus xD
 
call yourself a former colony! tsk! ;)
 
I remember going to spain in the 90's, and they had a 'Tesco's
they really are everywhere -_-
 
Bob
@Burgi apparently we do have digestives. welp.
never seen em
 
digestives are universal, they even have them in america
 
That looks.... expensive.
 
10:45 AM
Is this a bit harsh?
@SDsolar you have enough reputation and enough time on this site to know that asking for shopping recommendations would get closed here. As you spend enough time pushing people to take the tour then you should also know about the help center where it explicitly tells you that asking for shopping recommendations are off topic. You also have enough accounts across the network to know that you should have posted this on Hardware Recommendations. — Mokubai ♦ 8 mins ago
 
hell no
 
nah
users with highish rep, being noobs is grrrr
 
Bob
 
@Bob i hate liquorice allsorts so you are ok not getting them
 
Fair enough. Just not sure if I'm channelling my inner grumpy old fart this morning.
 
Bob
10:47 AM
@Burgi good. because people who like liquorice have issues :P
 
how do you not have lea and perrins?
what on earth do you put on your cheese on toast?
 
@djsmiley2k we have kipa
 
Bob
@Burgi I've never actually looked. Apparently coles has that. And it's on special this week :P
 
which is owned by tesco
@Burgi same
that and pihole
which blocks on my phone too
 
its odd you never come across australian restaurants
 
11:00 AM
Probably sick of people ordering "One roast kangaroo, and HOP on it"
 
that sounds tasty
brb, FF is acting weird
 
Bob
@Burgi I still have nfi what australian food is
butchered asian cuisine, I suppose
 
heh
 
Bob
@JourneymanGeek funny thing about that...
 
meat
barbequed
 
Bob
11:02 AM
actually I haven't tried kangaroo steak yet
had the meatballs and the sausage (kanga bangers)
 
with a side helping of sand
OMFG! kanga bangers?
they would hop off the shelves here
seriously
 
@Burgi more seriously, its probably a lot like british food.
 
@JourneymanGeek thats what i was thinking
 
Bob
I wonder if you can even load that page from outside AU
 
hence my surprise at @Bob saying he had never seen stuff like vimto and gravy
only $5!
yummy
 
Bob
11:05 AM
@Burgi this is the only thing vimto here :\
 
oh, speaking of soft drinks. They don't sell my favourite cola here any more :(
 
Bob
a lot of it is probably I haven't looked
 
@Burgi vimto and gravy sounds... scary
 
@JourneymanGeek true
oooh!!!! iceland have kangaroo burgers
 
You are hopping mad.
 
11:09 AM
not so sure about the crocodile burgers, they look a bit pale
 
Bob
> bring the flavor of Australia
wat
I mean. It's a curiosity here. But no one routinely eats it.
I think.
 
"One crocodile burger and make it snappy"
 
Bob
Oh! I saw crocodile meat in the supermarket once!
 
There is/was a crocodile farm here
 
Bob
> Wild Boar & parasites Apple Sausages
@JourneymanGeek was? did they escape?
 
11:11 AM
@Bob they were farming people
 
@Bob that stuff fixed my throat when it was broken
amazingly
my gastoenterogist was like 'errr ok, if that works drink it!'
 
@Bob closed down
 
@Burgi Lizards have no blood?
 
Bob
@JourneymanGeek until told otherwise I will assume they escaped
watch out for stray crocs on your way to work tomorrow!
 
@djsmiley2k yes they do
 
11:12 AM
There's a butcher here that does crocodile, ostritch, etc etc etc
wild boar.... buffalo... etc
@Burgi shush, that explains the paleness!!! :P
 
@djsmiley2k what about chicken?
 
11:26 AM
wow
I thought my 'Whoops I nuked the entire testing env guys' on my 2nd day was bad
:/
@Burgi no blood.
 
@Bob their mixing is really bad
youtu.be/81cnNt4rBgE is about as recent as their stuff is (off their webpage)..
 
Bob
@JourneymanGeek pity
 
Annoying thing is I'd like this this otherwise
 
anyone know why MS has removed all the Visual C++ runtime downloads from their site?
 
0_0
yup, that's odd
@Bob annnnd, their earlier stuff's better mixed.
The video work is a lot worse, all shaky cam
hm
It sounds better loudish, and in headphones.
but mixing is still not great
 
11:43 AM
any clues on the redistributables?
 
that's strange
There's a page pointing it, with broken links
Didn't we have a MS employee pop by the other day? ;p
 
lul
 
11:59 AM
@Burgi You should get out more often. There is one near the Manchester Opera House ... australasia.uk.com
 
we have an opera house?
 
Modern Australian cuisine combines Pacific Rim flavours underpinned by European cooking tradition, a blend of Indonesian, Southeast Asian influences and Australia's strong ties with Japan also help determine the taste and style.
wat?
 
AH! its in the posh bit
 
lol
 
@Burgi you should get out more often ;)
 
12:03 PM
we don't go drinking round there as none of my friends can afford it
 
12:38 PM
@Burgi wow, that guy...
 
Bob
@JourneymanGeek huh. link?
@JourneymanGeek this was top on spotify :P
 
is not terrible
youtube.com/watch?v=Zno57ldw5wA this is actually not something one can complain about
@Bob video does not exist ;p
 
Bob
I accidentally dropped a char :P
 
@Bob I'm pretty sure they REALLY need to bump up the volume of the vocals
 
Bob
lol
 
12:43 PM
Well, they basically bumped up the synthasiser waaay up
 
Bob
@JourneymanGeek they're actually Swedish o.O
did not notice
 
you can barely hear the strings, and her voice is slightly washed out
She has a odd resemblence to Kari Byron
hmm
which sounds pretty good
Prolly dosen't help I'm in more of a mood for...
slightly NSFW You probably shouldn't watch it at work
 
Bob
@JourneymanGeek Strangely. It sounded better on my phone, on the train :P
 
@Bob could be they mix on crummy headphones ;p
But they don't sound all that great on my cheap (though acceptable speakers) and the niceish kit
 
Bob
@JourneymanGeek slightly
uh yea
abouuuuut that
 
12:51 PM
lol
Oh, I wouldn't watch it at work
 
Bob
that's like a one-way trip to HR :P
 
lol
Better?
 
the anime girl in panties in the thumbnail gave me the clue it might be NSFW
 
lol
>_>
maaaaybe
De-thumbnailed?
 
there was noting wrong with the thumbnail
 
Bob
12:54 PM
@JourneymanGeek I dunno, it almost feels like there's less warning now :P
the thumbnail (esp. the image in the thumbnail) was small enough to probably not matter
 
lol fine!
 
its just in my experience any music video with anime in it is more than likely going to be NSFW
also... FLAGGED
 
Fine
this is safe for work. And makes no sense at all
 
yey
taken off the phones all day \o/
 
Bob
12:57 PM
@djsmiley2k 10s in... "are my headphones switched on?!"
 
problem is I'm quick, I'll likely finish this up in an hour or so.
@Bob =D
turn em up
 
hmmm....
having issues with my local IIS
 
1:33 PM
This week, someone's lost a locker key
There's only like 150-200 people on site
someone must be deliberately loosing their belongings
oh amazon, rly?
 
Bob
?
 
something must have updated
all my php files are timing out
> C:\Program Files (x86)\PHP\v5.6\php-cgi.exe - The FastCGI process exceeded configured request timeout
brilliant >:(
 
15 min til interview :O
someone remind me at like 1 minute to 3 pl\z?
i have a habit of not noticing time D:
 
1:49 PM
DON'T PANIC!
DON'T PANIC! MR MANNERING! DON'T PANIC!
good luck @djsmiley2k
 
ty
I changed into shirt and trousers, my collegue is like, wut, why?
I know it's internal, and blah blahb lah
but it just feels 'correct' for an interview?
 
@djsmiley2k go to the bog now, by the time you finish it'll be interview time
 
good point,
 
2:05 PM
@djsmiley2k good luck
Wait wtf
There was a terrorist attack in London?
 
where have you been all weekend?
weren't you talking to @DavidPostill on saturday about it?
ffs
WHY ISN'T THIS WORKING????
 
@Rahul2001 yeah, though thankfully it was not as bad as initial reports indicated, though sadly it happened at all.
 
:(
I think I'm going to write a much needed article now.
 
2:24 PM
Annnnnnnnnnnnd done.
@Rahul2001 be sensible. be safe.
15 min interview ftw
told them i build my own linux router, ran linux for 10yr+
they went... ooo ok :)
 
:D
 
but did you tell them you haven't worked out what the numbers in lost mean?
 
lol
Has anyone?
 
fair point
what about that your VCR is stuck on a blinking 00:00?
so i turned off my IIS server and restarted it
guess what...
oh wait... maybe not...
 
2:57 PM
ok... riddle me this
 
@Burgi My OVEN gets stuck on 00:00
i fixed that..
 
PHP on IIS times out unless there is a listening server for xdebug
 
I also replaced the element in it ;)
@Burgi now tat I can't explain...
 
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