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Journeyman Geek

00:16

@CattyMcCatFace I find LO handles CSV/TSV imports/exports better....

Catty McCatFace

00:32

Crap. Im a huge nerd.

Journeyman Geek

Yes you are.

Catty McCatFace

01:00

So my network only uses 1,3,5,7,9 as the least significant digit of their LTE eNB IDs, but otherwise they seem exactly sequential.

By deduction, the first 4G transmitter in Edinburgh was also their 454'th, and currently they're on 6500-ish

Except at exactly the 3000th 4G mast they switched from using odd numbers only to even numbers :-/ eh?

Dis makes no sense

Catty McCatFace

01:31

I'm too sexy for my face.

That Brazilian Headless Horse

01:44

@CattyMcCatFace You know, I once used an Android app to generate data and build a similar map

Because I'm also such a nerd too

I must be a nerd, you must be a nerd, or else we'd not be here. We're all nerdy here.

Talk Nerdy To Me - Jason Derulo "Talk Dirty" Parody

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Drop It Like It's Spock - Star Trek Parody of 'Drop it like it's Hot!'

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LOL

@CattyMcCatFace Oh yeah, as I was saying. I didn't need to mangle data for displaying it on a map

I don't remember which service I used. IIRC the app produced a KML file and I just sent it to google maps.

allquicatic

02:05

Blackberry the kitten says hello

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Journeyman Geek

Eh. Our new work PCs are pretty nice. Core i7 6700 sff o0

And no SSDs... :(

That Brazilian Headless Horse

@JourneymanGeek Dude. I've been using a Phenom II for 4 years. Took me all this time to update from 4GB to 8GB RAM.

Journeyman Geek

Yeah. :p. Not mine tho. This is user side.

That Brazilian Headless Horse

(My coworker uses an even worse machine. You can see the browser refreshing the screen.)

@JourneymanGeek Aaaaaaaaaaaah. That's a tiny little difference.

IT uses Pentium III machines? :P

Journeyman Geek

I have a thin client.....

Which we are phasing out

That Brazilian Headless Horse

02:16

In favor of?

Journeyman Geek

These things for everyone else.

That Brazilian Headless Horse

Error: brain can't parse English syntax.

You mean IT will get these i7s too?

Journeyman Geek

It contractors get whatever is scrounged up....

That Brazilian Headless Horse

I know the feel, bro.

So, how does it feel to be Hotel IT? Any stories worth of being noted?

Burgi

nn

That Brazilian Headless Horse

02:21

uu

Journeyman Geek

Not yet.

That Brazilian Headless Horse

Are you internal IT, end-user IT, or both?

Am I bothering you? =/

micro buster

hey

late visite

Bob

*looks at clock*

That Brazilian Headless Horse

@microbuster Hello

Bob

02:28

Well, if you call 12:30 PM late... :P

That Brazilian Headless Horse

@Bob For breakfast it sure is.

micro buster

well i am saying i have visited here after a long time @Bob

Bob

ah

don't mind me, just cracking a timezone joke

That Brazilian Headless Horse

I don't think that's what a "late visit" means, but I could be wrong, non-native English speaker here.

micro buster

bla bla bla

That Brazilian Headless Horse

02:31

¬¬'

micro buster

> li.rlemon.ca/chat#.png

Journeyman Geek

@ThatBrazilianHeadlessHorse projects so mostly moving stuff around

So internal and all internal customers.

Bob

02:51

@microbuster That's actually kinda disturbing...

Journeyman Geek

It's kinda boring tbh.

That Brazilian Headless Horse

03:13

@Bob Hellkitty wants your soul

"Come play with us, @Bob"

Bob

04:36

@CattyMcCatFace Managed to hit 95 down with Voda. Also, I think they cap at 30 up.

Voda seems to have the worstperformance down but best up of the lot. And lots more poor coverage/congestion that affects down.

bwDraco

05:08

So any thoughts on why my data connection performs so poorly?

20 hours ago, by bwDraco

This is the best I've gotten.

I suppose congestion is really bad here in NYC...

Again, T-Mobile is generally the fastest network here (and it will only get faster as they're the first to deploy Cat.12/13 LTE-A), but I don't like the direction they've been going lately.

AT&T is the farthest behind at this point as Verizon and Sprint now have Cat.6. AT&T is still on Cat.4.

I guess we'll have to wait and see. My phone's official specs state it can do Cat.6 but the SD808 is capable of Cat.9.

Night.

Bob

05:39

@bwDraco Eh, that's about par for the course depending on where you are.

I only manage the higher speeds when I go running around for optimal locations for testing.

None of my usual places can hit those :\

I've seen it go from 15 to 70 Mbps by walking 5m.

Psycogeek

looks pretty good to me, what did you want tesla wireless :-)

AT&T melted the face off 34 new yorkers friday when testing a wireless system that actually works.

The company press managment team assured everyone it was thier fault for standing to close to the tower.

Journeyman Geek

05:57

Eh. Office system is giving me eye strain :(

Psycogeek

BYOM (bring your own monitor)?

Journeyman Geek

Not a very long contract. I don't even have my own work system yet.

DavidPostill

07:58

morning

Bob

'lo

Journeyman Geek

And issued an old L412 o0

Bob

08:18

@JourneymanGeek that's... not terribad

Journeyman Geek

08:37

With fde.... And I have no account so I can't reboot the system without getting someone to unlock it for me...

Catty McCatFace

@Psycogeek lol

@JourneymanGeek lol

@Bob lol

Catty McCatFace

08:57

@Bob 30 up is the max you'll get on a 10Mhz channel as well btw - there's no upstream CA atm

@ThatBrazilianHeadlessHorse It can do something like that (I just deleted ~3GB of its exported KML files) but that doesn't contain all the additional information I need in a searchable format (signal, SNR, node, cell ID, etc.)

That's what the web service does, you can filter by node, colour by cell ID, etc. and click on each data point to see more details. I think KML only stores like one or two stats per point. Same with google My Maps - can only do description and name.

Bob

09:11

@CattyMcCatFace I haven't figured out how to check yet, but thanks for the info

Catty McCatFace

FUCK

Bob

O.o

Catty McCatFace

Forgot to book accomodation yesterday and now everything's full up for this weekend

No idea why... must be some stupid event on again.

Bob

Ow

Journeyman Geek

Oo

Catty McCatFace

09:14

Guess I could go into a council homeless shelter

They tend to not have wifi though

Journeyman Geek

Oo

Catty McCatFace

Also I might not be eligible cause I left my last home "voluntarily"

Urgh if only I'd have fuckin booked yesterday like I was supposed to

Oh well lets procrastinate some more and distract myself by trolling SU questions

Journeyman Geek

Lol

Bob

09:49

Hm. Hit 150 down with Voda. Yay.

If I stand on one specific brick and point my phone at one specific building.

Catty McCatFace

Oh god fascist pig is ranting about america's holyness again

"They want america's attention but they're gonna get american bombs!"

"You realise it was an American that bombed NYC right?"

DavidPostill

@CattyMcCatFace linky? :)

Catty McCatFace

"Trump is going to make America strong again!"

"There's going to be an uprising. A civil war. We can't have foreigners in the US trying to change our culture. Fuck no."

!!doublefacepalm

ChatBot John Cavil

Journeyman Geek

@DavidPostill this is irl.

Catty McCatFace

09:54

"Without American help, world war 2... you'd be speaking German right now"

"Y'know?"

My god he even speaks like trump

Bob

i.imgur.com/9d8dcl3.gifv

Catty McCatFace

Aaaand he's gone. Thank fuck. Off to Austria, of all places.

DavidPostill

@JourneymanGeek Oh. Not very obvious though ...

Catty McCatFace

DOODLES - Zoe the Witch (Ep. 6 - S2)

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Apparently it's by a 10 year old, and the original youtube video is less awkwardly sped up

Bob

o.O

@CattyMcCatFace Animator => reddit.com/user/BenZaugg

Catty McCatFace

10:00

Baby version of the cat in the gifv apparently

Also slow the Youtube version down to 0.25x and watch the look on the cartoon cat's face! :-D

Journeyman Geek

@DavidPostill they were complaining about that guy earlier

DavidPostill

Ah. Missed that.

Journeyman Geek

Blah. Headphone parts have been stuck in st Petersburg for 2 days.

Catty McCatFace

:-(

Journeyman Geek

That or no one updated the shipping status...

Hm that's new. Seems that there's another new bus company.... And they have their own livery.

Bob

10:28

@JourneymanGeek sr tonight?

Journeyman Geek

Seems plausible. :p

That Brazilian Headless Horse

So... my throat is still aching and I suspect I might be getting sick. As my healthcare plan was eating up 25% of my salary I had to ditch it and just not get sick.

Journeyman Geek

:(

That Brazilian Headless Horse

Last time I got a heavy fever I had to wait for nearly six goddam hours to a doctor give me a formal statement for me to give to my boss. I don't want this bullshit again.

I'm thinking about calling a doctor friend of mine and asking which medication should I take, but I feel guilty about it because that's exactly what a user would do.

Catty McCatFace

10:54

lol

I've got a throat ache too, I just take strepsils

Generic painkillers are basically the only medication for generic throat ache. Unless you have something serious like pneumonia or something it's not worth seeing a doctor

Catty McCatFace

11:11

> Over the weekend games developer Digital Homicide seemingly committed financial digital suicide. The games maker was suing critics of its games on Steam forums to the tune of $18 million (£14 million). However, Valve stepped in to terminate distribution of all Digital Homicide produced games titles, as it doesn't like companies being 'hostile' to Steam users.

Hah. How not to treat your customers...

micro buster

hi

Journeyman Geek

@Bob probably good to go in 15 minutes or so

Rahul2001

hello

LOL: groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/comp.lang.php/wHi0skD_gTc

micro buster

hi @Rahul2001

Catty McCatFace

12:12

@Rahul2001 lol

Rahul2001

Damnit, I need to get my rabies vaccination now and I have a 3-hour long written exam tomorrow :/

DavidPostill

@Rahul2001 Have you been bitten by something with rabies?

That Brazilian Headless Horse

12:28

Rabies. Rabbits. Rabbis. Ribbits. Hobbits.

bwDraco

12:48

Philosophical question: I've never fully understood the need for things like AMBER Alerts. To what degree is the general public responsible for the safety and well-being of children?

I'm asking because my upbringing in a secular family that did not reinforce things like the idea that children are innocent has left me out of the loop. I realize that this question may seem silly or even offensive but bear with me.

Is the general public's accountability for children serious enough to warrant emergency push notifications for child abduction events?

That Brazilian Headless Horse

13:21

That's not about accountability. That's about making it easier to locate a missing person. If more people are aware of a missing person's description, they can call the police. Just like a missing pet poster helps.

Other people are not responsible or accountable, but yet they can help. And in cases like that, every action counts and the sooner the better.

Catty McCatFace

Haha, Trump's skittles analogy...

If I took a hundred American citizens, and said one or two of them were criminals, would you jail them all?

Journeyman Geek

yup

and some people might take advantage of children specifically cause they are children

bwDraco

13:47

Okay, I get it.

Catty McCatFace

Oh god you just made me think of an even worse analogy

Boris_yo

Those who use VPN services for hiding IP etc. do you prefer VPN providers who have Chrome, Firefox browser app or Windows app?

I found that having VPN as browser extension is better, faster and more resource saving.

VPN as Windows software requires install, sits on taskbar and probably has some background service running.

So when choosing between those who offer app for browser versus those who only have Windows software I think it makes sense to go with former.

Catty McCatFace

Woohoo. Have to move twice, but I now have accomodation for the next 7 days, I can finally relax for a bit.

~~Tea or coffee~~ A few caaaats anyone?

Journeyman Geek

hmm. I'd like a second opinion.... superuser.com/questions/1126321/… hardware rec?

Catty McCatFace

!!caaaaaaat

ChatBot John Cavil

13:54

Journeyman Geek

@CattyMcCatFace not thinking would be a good idea... that's pretty offensive

Catty McCatFace

@JourneymanGeek I COULDN'T HELP IT, YOU MADE ME THINK OF THE CHILDREN.

@JourneymanGeek Also, not as offensive as comparing Syrian refugees to skittles.

Journeyman Geek

@CattyMcCatFace if Mr Trump showed up here with his toupee... and said that, I'd kick him, maybe even suspend him.

Catty McCatFace

@JourneymanGeek Borderline... seems more of a "Will this work with my PC" (and the answer is no because it's completely different type of device) but needs to be edited to actually fit that mould

@JourneymanGeek It was the toupee-free Trump Jr. that came up with that

Journeyman Geek

Well, he's get the same

point being, that's not appropriate for here

Catty McCatFace

13:58

Eh, it's just a step away from "WHat's the difference between an NVME and SATA SSD"

Journeyman Geek

they're both m.2

ahh no

Catty McCatFace

@JourneymanGeek m.2 can be both SATA or NVMe

Journeyman Geek

see, this is the problem with mod-hood

Catty McCatFace

Heck m.2 could be USB

Or serial port

Journeyman Geek

I'd vtc in a heartbeat if I was a muggle ;p

Catty McCatFace

13:59

But I don't think anyone makes any USB or serial M.2 SSDs

Journeyman Geek

this feels like "hey, I wanted this, but they have this. WHAT SHOULD I BUY???"

Catty McCatFace

@JourneymanGeek True, that's probably a more realistic view, I'm kinda seeing it from an optimistic viewpoint

Which is friggin weird since I'm usually the super-cynical VTC ALL THE THINGS guy

Journeyman Geek

yeah, oh well

Closed

Catty McCatFace

Urgh I wish you could just draw a map or route on Google Maps and make it give you driving directions

Rather than having to set "destinations" or "waypoints" which are limited in number and you need on like, every second corner

Bob

@CattyMcCatFace mapsdirections.info/en/draw-route-google-maps

Journeyman Geek

14:07

@Bob I managed to complete that bit ._.

Its a lot easier when the game isn't glitching out and insta-killing your co-op partner

Bob

lol

@JourneymanGeek I can still hear the song -_-

Journeyman Geek

And letting you revive them is both in the game mechanics and a simple fix for the glitch

Catty McCatFace

@Bob I can draw it, but I can't see any way of getting turn-by-turn navigation from it on mobile?

Journeyman Geek

lol

Bob

@CattyMcCatFace ah. Damn

Journeyman Geek

14:08

TRANSFORMERS THEME TUNE! 'YOU GOT THE TOUCH' ORIGINAL TUNE FROM THE MOVIE

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Catty McCatFace

(Google's My Maps is pretty decent for that as it stands, but routes drawn in My Maps get hidden in driving mode so you can't even follow them manually)

Bob

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Q: Howto design a route in Google Maps on the pc and navigate on the android device

I would like to do the following: Create a route in Google Maps on the pc and save it under my account Set Start and Target and let google maps create a route for my bycicle. Change the route and insert vaipoints to optimize the route. ( Avoid ways with a lot of cars ) Save the route under m...

Catty McCatFace

@Bob Yeah I seem to be finding cycling websites with a ton of different recommendations.

Seems like apps to follow a given bike trail seem to be the closest thing to what I need

I could sorta fudge it with the "Send to phone thing" but last I tried that it was super unreliable, if you went off-route in any way (wrong turn, diversion, etc.) it would completely reset and be unable to start or resume navigating any part of the route.

Bob

Ow

Catty McCatFace

14:23

Lol. If you use the "Add destination" to change your route, it disallows you to share/send to phone, if you click and drag to change the route, which shows the exact same icons on each waypoint, it works fine

Bob

O.o

Yeats broken

...the hell is a Yeats

Autocorrect pls

Journeyman Geek

!!s/autocorrect/autocucumber/

Catty McCatFace

Nup, doesn't even work anymore

Journeyman Geek

alas

D00m

(Actually that's fine)

Catty McCatFace

14:56

Oh well, seems like while there's no way to create a custom route on google maps on desktop then transfer to phone, you can now "save" a route created on your phone to the home screen, if by no other means -_-

It uses some Google short URL where maps downloads the saved route from the cloud.

Hah, basically you can create a custom route on MOBILE and send it to a desktop but not the other way round

Which I NEVER WANT TO DO. Thanks Google. Removing perfectly good functionality with "updates" as usual. Go die in a fire.

Bob

o.o

Journeyman Geek

Oh

@Bob my brother got an s7 edge

he likes it

Also, my whole "hey, get a wireless charging thing for your S3. You won't need to worry about the USB port being borked, and you can use it with the S7" was totally good advice

Bob

@JourneymanGeek o.O

Journeyman Geek

@Bob basically the USB port on his S3 would only work if the phone was propped up, OR with a very specific daiso phone dock

so I picked up a pixe qi wireless upgrade kit and installed it

works with the S7 too

djsmiley2k

18:10

k my S4 with cyanogen mod on it seems to be 'unrooted'

sedmnd halp plz

ahhhhhhh seems i never needed to root it

That Brazilian Headless Horse

Theres some Firefox extension that makes Trello and Slack stop working. I disable all extensions and it works fine. I re-enable all extensions and it... works fine!

It's the third time it happens and it's so annoying!

Don't wanna give up mah esstenchuns

djsmiley2k

welll my chat doesnt scroll :(

allquicatic

18:39

damnit Apple

reddit.com/r/iphone/comments/53omxr/…

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Q: Downloads hang indefinitely around 55-60%

My situation: Have been using iPhone 6S Plus for around a year Just got my iPhone 7 Plus today Phones are on the same carrier with different phone numbers (VZW) I have iCloud configured on both to sync everything and store backups in iCloud I told my new iPhone 7 Plus to restore from a backup...

ios-appstore ios-10 iphone-7

Catty McCatFace

20:37

This roundabout smells like girl hair.

And it's not me because I'm not a roundabout.

Ramhound

22:13

So I keep calling this "IRS" scam line, VOIP with Block Your Caller ID 4tw, they have stopped answering lol

I got one of their agents to take "Yor Mama" has my name

allquicatic

lol

Ramhound

only if I could mute the ringing :$

would be perfect.

I am getting bored

they stopped answering ;-(

Journeyman Geek

23:46

I hate this part of my commute.

Psycogeek

the long part?

That Brazilian Headless Horse

@JourneymanGeek The part where you're stuck in traffic?

Journeyman Geek

Single stop too short to do anything. Then long confusing walk to switch trains I always get wrong.

Psycogeek

that wont last, train/bus commuters know everyfreaking thing about that . . . eventually even which line is always late. Me i get there and go how the f--- did you expect anybody to understand this system, or how to get where i am going, and why does it take hours.

It is some kind of (can you say Public transportation) insider secret.

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