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Bob

5:45 AM

why is it 39ºC in autumn

Journeyman Geek

6:39 AM

@Bob cause ~~the apocalypse~~ the fall ~~of man~~ has been cancelled.

Its second summer now!

(also its bloody hot here too)

also, sunday bloody sunday.....

(not what I'm listening to now... ;p)

user226528

9:02 AM

o/

djsmiley2k

9:31 AM

@Bob we broke the planet, sry.

- Adults of the 60's, 70's and 80's.

Journeyman Geek

11:04 AM

heh

I have a question I think is up someone elses alley, but our resident AMD fan's away at the moment :(

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Q: Are all AMD OE box fans the same within each series?

I'm considering upgrading my old, repurposed HTPC, which has an A4-5300, with an A8-5500. Both APUs are Virgo "Trinity" series, socket FM2 APUs, both had retail box versions, so I'm wondering if the fan and heatsink would have been the same from AMD.

Someone should post a better answer than mine ;p

Bob

> fan

Journeyman Geek

@Bob lets leave it as such shall we? ;p

If I'm going to make a pun, it should be on purpose...

bwDraco

12:00 PM

Well... my aunt has just gifted me a Lamy AL-star. EF nib, engraved with my name.

rahuldottech

12:15 PM

GUYS

I'm home alone

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And my house is under attack from a family of at least 12 monkeys

4

They've ransacked the outside room where we keep food and stuff

DavidPostill

@rahuldottech Oh dear.

rahuldottech

IT'S RIGHT OUTSIDE MY WINDOW

bwDraco

lamy.com/eng/b2c/al_star/032_bluegreen

Journeyman Geek

@bwDraco al stars are nice

rahuldottech

Unfortunately, the only camera I have on hand is the 5MP one in this crappy phone

DavidPostill

12:22 PM

@rahuldottech What should you do if you're surrounded by angry macaques?

rahuldottech

@DavidPostill I'm locked inside the other two rooms, so I'm safe

bwDraco

It's exceptionally smooth for an EF nib. I have a couple of Japanese FPs with F nibs (which are best compared to Western EFs) and neither are anywhere near as smooth.

Acquired with a converter (Lamy Z28) and a bottle of black ink.

I knew for a long time Lamy made pens that look and write great, but this is every bit as smooth as my Pelikans.

rahuldottech

But the way my house is:

|                                 |
|  STAIRS TO REST OF BUILDING     |
|                                 |
|_________________________________|
|                       |         |
|                       |         |
|                       |         |
|                       | WATER   |
|                       | TANKS   |
|                       |         |
|                       |         |
|      TERRACE          |---------|
|                       |         --|
|                       |           |

Monkeys are on terrace and stairs and said store room

jokerdino

I see monkeys in every room.

rahuldottech

@jokerdino evolved v/s non-evolved

DavidPostill

12:30 PM

@rahuldottech So the monkeys have manage to pick the lock you had on the store room?

jokerdino

they can open the room, they are mon-keys after all.

DavidPostill

lol

djsmiley2k

:D

rahuldottech

Windows were open in that room (the extreme right of the diagram), and they managed to push the door looking on to the terrace open from inside, which was tightly shut, but not locked

djsmiley2k

I wonder what monkeys fear

fire maybe

get the lynx can and a lighter out?

If they learn to use flamethrowers, you're screwed either way.

rahuldottech

12:32 PM

@djsmiley2k I am not going to play with fire

Because if something goes wrong, that way I cannot even get to a doctor with the monkeys outside

djsmiley2k

:O

rahuldottech

I considered smoke, but I'm not going to risk it

djsmiley2k

if something went wrong.... you'd no longer have to worry abut monkeys, or a terrace, tbh

or doors, or windows..

rahuldottech

@djsmiley2k or my life, which I'd like to retain

djsmiley2k

pffft, overrated.,

seriously tho :/

it seems like you can't really 'scare' them off, like most animals :/

DavidPostill

12:36 PM

> From getting shitfaced on stolen whiskey to attacking politicians and stealing files from government headquarters, India's monkeys have gone bananas.

India Is Being Overtaken by Armies of Defiant Monkeys - VICE

rahuldottech

That's where I do pull-ups -_-

Journeyman Geek

Not going to make a joke about... monkey bars...

rahuldottech

@JourneymanGeek I was tempted to do so myself

Journeyman Geek

Oh, You can.

rahuldottech

But I didn't know if they're called that outside of India

DavidPostill

12:44 PM

Or monkey nuts ...

jokerdino

@djsmiley2k they will beat or bite you.. keep away from these monkeys

djsmiley2k

I know a guy who had a fight with monkeys in south africa

he was huge tho

a life guard

he grabbed one monkey, put it in a choke hold and threw it outta the window

it landed in his swimming pool

the rest did a runner when they saw that

Journeyman Geek

1:15 PM

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Q: Is this laser printer ruined?

I was having a minor streaking problem with my Brother printer, using non-Brother toner (!). Following instructions I removed the cartridge to reposition it when a whole bunch of toner came out, all over the guts of the printer. I began delicately to vacuum it but it's all over the insides as you...

printer toner

ow

djsmiley2k

1:35 PM

suks

djsmiley2k

2:22 PM

ooooooook

i expecteds that to be harder

replaced laptop keyboard in about 10 seconjds

Journeyman Geek

0_0

djsmiley2k

not typing this on that keyboard tho lol

now waiting for keyboard to work after rebooting

hmmm didn't work, reinserting cable ribbon again

seems to have gone further in now

yey it qworks

no more broken C key!

no more missing 'right' key

well that's disappointing

i opened up the bottom to clean it out

and there's litterally the smallest dust bunny ever, and nothjing else to remove :(

user226528

2:49 PM

o/

user226528

I finally bought a mouse whose wheel is designed in a way that it won't start acting up after extended use.

user226528

On a side note: What's with Google Chrome? It caches three copies of its installer!

djsmiley2k

3:19 PM

Does it?

djsmiley2k

5:07 PM

omg a laptop where all the keys work, this is so weird!

user226528

Un mundo raro.

djsmiley2k

it's really annoying to have to go into a site, to open their chat :/

user226528

????

djsmiley2k

sec

image incoming

user226528

Oh uh. I'd better take cover under the desk.

djsmiley2k

5:17 PM

Why can't wehave this~?

user226528

Those additional "chat" buttons are your work, right?

user226528

I guess it can be done with ViolentMonkey.

user226528

Or GreaseMonkey.

user226528

Or FireMonkey.

user226528

I should really write "*Monkey".

djsmiley2k

5:21 PM

they were mspaint.

hmmm

what is the correct 'name' for these plugs which pass power through them, while also offering usb charging?

amazon.co.uk/Innoteck-DS-2219-2-Way-Adapter-Socket/dp/…

like this

infact I might just get this one

or not that one, the reviews are terrrible ;D

user226528

Power strip?

user226528

> A power strip (also known as an extension block, power board, power bar, plug board, trailing gang, trailing socket, plug bar, trailer lead, multi-socket, multi-box, multiple socket, multiple outlet, polysocket and by many other variations) ...

user226528

!!wiki File:Surge Guard Power Strip (UK).jpg

ChatBot John Cavil

user226528

Well, I guess you have to click on it then.

user226528

5:32 PM

Anyway, pick any of these names and add "with USB" to the end.

djsmiley2k

6:01 PM

@FleetCommand i wanted just a single socket with usb

sorted now tho

bertieb

@djsmiley2k I got mine from Screwfix IIRC (for future ref)

djsmiley2k

nod, I found some @bertieb BUT £20

bertieb

Eep, don't remember mine being that much

Would have to dig out the catalogue

djsmiley2k

went for this

amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B001KMR5QO/…

bertieb

Ooohhh I see, an adapter

djsmiley2k

6:06 PM

yus

ah yeah i dont know how deep the wall box is

bertieb

My mistake- I meant a 1/2-gang (?) outlet

Fair enoof

djsmiley2k

else i'd fit an outlet

concidering how much else is bodged :/

bertieb

Hmm

djsmiley2k

i dont want to touch unless required

bertieb

They presumably have dimensions on the product

Aye fair enough

djsmiley2k

6:07 PM

says 25mm depth required

which doesnt seem deep

but at our old house, I went to replace a lightswitch..... and behind it was 3 bits of wood 'making' a box... about 10mm deep.... was a right pain to sort

Had to chisel out brickwork and stuff to sort it

The lightswitch itself was being held in place by the paint..

user226528

I always mistake "Kakure" and "Kamakure".

user226528

Also, the latter can easily be confused with "Kamakura". Oh uh.

bertieb

@djsmiley2k erk, that's just crying out for a new back box (but a pain whatever way you slice it)

Not sure what regs have to say about wood as a material :P

djsmiley2k

that was my plan

but just never got done

bertieb

I know the feeling

On the great todo list

djsmiley2k

6:22 PM

well today I fixed the towel rail again

so that's one thing.

bertieb

small steps 👍

I disassembled, moved and reassembled a desk

small steps

djsmiley2k

I'm pretty sure I did something else but I've forgotten what.

Also we've finally got 90% of the kids toys tided up, so now we can hopefully keep on top of it, (hahahaha)

bertieb

:P

user226528

7:01 PM

Surprises don't end today. I've got .cbr files that Calibre cannot open. Their container format is 7zip LZMA:24 instead of RAR.

djsmiley2k

8:29 PM

o_O

Michael Frank

@FleetCommand I think you can rename them to cb7 and it should work.

I ran into this problem when trying to package dosage downloads for my iPad.

> CDisplay RAR Archived Comic Book (CBR) if the images are stored in RAR format, or CDisplay ZIP Archived Comic Book (CBZ) if the file uses the ZIP format. The same naming scheme applies to CBT (TAR compressed), CB7 (7Z compressed), and CBA (ACE compressed) files.

lifewire.com/cdisplay-archived-comic-book-files-2620157

Michael Frank

9:21 PM

@Bob, have an upvote on a 6 year old answer! :)

Michael Frank

9:34 PM

@PichiWuana Not sure if you got an answer, but you can feather a brush so to speak. Shift (or maybe+ [ or ] will feather the edge of whatever brush you are currently using, including the eraser tool.

Although I would totally suggest using a layer mask when removing parts of photos, much less destructive.

Bob

9:59 PM

morn

Bob

11:25 PM

O_O

> A 30-minute power outage at a Samsung NAND fab is reported to have destroyed 3.5% of the world's March 2018 NAND supply. This will increase SSD prices in the near term.

Michael Frank

Must have been Intel, or someone pretending to be Intel trying to manipulate their stocks!

bertieb

11:40 PM

:P

Bob

oh god the comments on ars are almost as bad as youtube

at least there's a couple voices of reason...

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