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bwDraco

11:00

The real headline here is the 6C/12T i7 and 6C/6T i5 processors. Pricing is expected to be pretty much the same or only slightly higher compared to the previous generation.

@djsmiley2k What kind of server are you running? Most basic web server applications aren't that computationally demanding

In fact, for most web services, more cores > fewer but faster cores.

(think energy efficiency, which is all the rage in datacenters these days)

This is why we have 8C low-power Atom server processors, and why datacenter folks are taking ARM seriously.

Avery

@JourneymanGeek NANIIIIIIIIII

bwDraco

@Avery lol

djsmiley2k

11:17

@Avery WAKAAA

Avery

@djsmiley2k NANDEYO BAKA SENPAI

Journeyman Geek

@djsmiley2k CHEW-BAKA

djsmiley2k

lul

i said waka instead ob baka D:

Avery

tfw "nande yo, baka senpai" is a partially valid japanese sentence and actually applies to that

(it's roughly "what, dummy master?")

not exactly master but

also calling people master feels so weird

Journeyman Geek

I thought senpai is senior?

Avery

11:25

like senpai (先輩) can be used in many contexts and mean different stuff, like, a student may call their teacher senpai, it can be called to bosses or older students and fluff. "Master" is kinda hard to get out of it

my english is bork

djsmiley2k

oh lol

you know that tweet that nvidia did

Avery

well

djsmiley2k

about making a great pair with amd?

Avery

it can be get out of it actually

like

djsmiley2k

the threadripper 1920, and a gti 1080?

can you see where it's going yet -_-

@Avery Good Sir.

obviously correct to 'Good Lady' where needed.

Avery

11:28

like senpai can be turned into master in stuff like "teach me your secrets master" in cases where for example they're training with uh, idk, for example an expert swordsman. It sounds weird when westernized but is otherwise fine.

djsmiley2k

'teach me your secrets good sir'

it, works.

Avery

that doesn't work with culture

self note: watch less anime

user226528

I read a whole Wikipedian article about Japanese suffixes. It didn't include the one that I was looking for.

Avery

are you possibly looking for honorifics

I believe they're on sep. articles

user226528

I am looking for "u". Japanese add it to virtually everything.

Avery

11:34

ah

read up on romaji

bwDraco

Welcome back, @AMD. Threadripper and a GeForce GTX 1080 Ti make a compelling pair. https://t.co/t7gn2ZHCBY

Tweeted by NVIDIAGeForce on August 10, 2017 at 8:38 PM

djsmiley2k

Infinite Warfare | 22 KD Best Match Ever On IW! (22 Kills 0 Deaths) - First Ever Perfection!

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me and a friend help to anniliate it

user226528

@Avery You know something very funny had happened in Final Fantasy VII when its Japanese creators tried to translate it to English.

djsmiley2k

@bwDraco check the numbers of the parts

1960x1080

user226528

They removed a legitimate "u" from a boss name.

Avery

11:35

@FleetCommand nope

oh

bwDraco

1950X.

djsmiley2k

my friends vid, starting me

user226528

Abzu

The Abzu or Apsu (Cuneiform: 𒍪 𒀊, ZU.AB; Sumerian: abzu; Akkadian: apsû, ), also called engur (Cuneiform:𒇉, LAGAB×HAL; Sumerian: engur; Akkadian: engurru - lit., ab='water' zu='deep'), was the name for fresh water from underground aquifers which was given a religious fertilising quality in Sumerian and Akkadian mythology. Lakes, springs, rivers, wells, and other sources of fresh water were thought to draw their water from the abzu. In this respect, in Sumerian and Akkadian mythology it referred to the primeval sea below the void space of the underworld (Kur) and the earth (Ma) above. =...

user226528

This name chosen for one of FF7 bosses. Only in the English version, it had become "Aps"!

djsmiley2k

FF7?!

I don't remember that boss.

user226528

11:37

Do you remember Honey Bee Inn and Don Corneo?

djsmiley2k

finalfantasy.wikia.com/wiki/Aps

yus

there we go, it's real

I just don't recall fighting it, ever :D

that game, jeeeez so many hours.

bwDraco

@FleetCommand See, with ancient civilization, immediate access to water was vital.

djsmiley2k

Ugly mofo too.

bwDraco

There's a reason civilization started near rivers and other water sources.

user226528

@djsmiley2k You seem sorry to have played it. ;)

djsmiley2k

11:39

@FleetCommand oh no

bwDraco

@djsmiley2k My plans call for an 1800X. I'm not going to do Threadripper because it's too expensive, I don't need all those cores, and I don't want to deal with the idiosyncrasies of a NUMA system.

djsmiley2k

i replayed it too

user226528

O.o!

user226528

I tried replaying it... just to fail miserably. It is L.O.N.G.!

djsmiley2k

@bwDraco I sadly can't afford anything :(

@FleetCommand pfft you can do it in 7 hours xD

bwDraco

11:40

(why does mobile chat insist upon reposting content I'm only trying to edit?)

user226528

In 7 hours I can probably get out of Midgar.

djsmiley2k

Nod.

user226528

But no further.

bwDraco

No experience with FFVII.

rahuldottech

@bwDraco Try clicking on the button instead of <enter>

Circus Cat

11:42

@djsmiley2k noob

djsmiley2k

@FleetCommand tbh teh game is realitivtly 'easy' up til the point you enter the crater...

bwDraco

@rahuldottech Hmm... That makes it sound like a scripting bug.

user226528

@rahuldottech Been there. I've been trying to run Winver on a Windows 10 tablet without keyboard. Its dumbass onscreen keyboard insisted on changing it into winvre.

djsmiley2k

@CircusCat yus

rahuldottech

@FleetCommand I think that ping was meant for someone else

user226528

11:43

@djsmiley2k Yeah. I wrote a walkthrough for each of the monsters of the crater for my brothers and sisters.

djsmiley2k

@FleetCommand wow :)

I just ground levels for a bit on that island.

user226528

They were more dangerous than Sephiroth.

djsmiley2k

yup

for sephiroth, knights of the nine + recast x9

then go and have dinner or smoething

user226528

Each monster has a trick to killing it.

djsmiley2k

yus

bwDraco

11:44

@FleetCommand Spelling autocorrect in Windows 10 works at the system level. You'd probably need to change something in the Settings app.

djsmiley2k

I'm quite good at FF games

user226528

I played 7 and 8 and now playing 10 Remaster.

djsmiley2k

truetrophies.com/game/Final-Fantasy-X2-HD-Remaster/…

user226528

I also tried 3 and 4, but they are excruciating.

djsmiley2k

There was some bugged trophies on truetrophies.com/game/Final-Fantasy-X-HD-Remaster/…

bwDraco

11:46

TBH, I'm almost finished with the first playthrough of the mobile edition of FFIV.

rahuldottech

@ave reddit.com/r/europe/comments/6zlvch/…

djsmiley2k

X-HD, however they are fixed now, but I've not gone back

bwDraco

@djsmiley2k Have the PC version, haven't gotten around to finishing it (though my current file has a full set of Celestial Weapons, fully powered up).

user226528

@djsmiley2k You know, one of my brothers and I were playing FFIII we got from Steam and we reached the part that we speak to that dancer and she dances. My brother is like: What the hell was that? Did it have a point or anything? (LOL)

user226528

Poor thing, he isn't as old I as I am.

user226528

11:48

He doesn't remember. Can't. There is nothing for him to remember.

djsmiley2k

I haven't played 3...

bwDraco

It took ages just to play enough blitzball matches to get the World Champion ball for Wakka and to fully power it up.

djsmiley2k

@bwDraco Yes, it did :9

user226528

@djsmiley2k Well, I told you everything about the dancer: There is a dancer; when you speak to her, she dances for you. Gladly. That's all.

djsmiley2k

;D

So what can't he remembeR?

user226528

11:50

Computers of 1990.

user226528

Back then, the dancing of this dancer was the zenith of the computer generated graphics.

djsmiley2k

Did they have people dancing?

rahuldottech

el-oh-el gfycat.com/ImmenseCloudyKagu

djsmiley2k

oh ok

bwDraco

@djsmiley2k The dodging lightning strikes part was the hardest, but there's a trick to doing it quickly and having a good keyboard helped (I'm on the PC version, but normally use an Xbox controller).

djsmiley2k

11:50

@bwDraco nod

on the ps3, there was an added delay due to a bug

they've since fixed it appently

my bro did it on the ps4 and it's fine -_-

user226528

Basically, when this dancer danced, people of 1990 would have said: Wow! Computers have become so very powerful. (Edit: "So" as an intensifier didn't exist back then.)

djsmiley2k

I might broww the game off him, just to finish up the trophies XD

bwDraco

I kinda abandoned the game after I got bored doing the monster capturing sidequest.

djsmiley2k

@bwDraco yup

the odd thing about that, is some of the monsters are the most powerful allies in the game

-_-;

bwDraco

Hopefully, I can pick it up again soon enough and get to doing the Dark Aeons.

@djsmiley2k Are you confusing this with FFXIII-2?

djsmiley2k

11:54

Oh, maybe

there's monster capture in both? I can't remmeber, was a few years ago

user226528

There is monster capturing in FFX-2

user226528

Boy, I won't be playing FFX-2. Just the couple of minutes into it and it is shouting "I am awful. Don't play."

bwDraco

I went through FFX-2 on the PS2 and I might not play it again.

djsmiley2k

@FleetCommand I quite enjoyed the stupidity of the whole thing XD

user226528

@djsmiley2k "Mish Yoona, how can I help yoo?"

user226528

11:58

XD

bwDraco

FFX-2 had a very interesting quest structure and unusually for Final Fantasy, a major, Elder Scrolls-style factional choice (Youth League / New Yevon).

djsmiley2k

the choice doesn't matter tho iirc

user226528

Still, I wonder which one is worse: FFX-2 or FF8?

bwDraco

It did affect what places you could visit and the quests available.

The main questline doesn't change, but a large number of sidequests depended on this IIRC.

rahuldottech

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user226528

12:01

?

bwDraco

Huh?

djsmiley2k

/me shrugs

bwDraco

Hmm, so it's more complicated than this.

I'd have to do lots more research on the FFX-2 quest structure and I really CBA to do this right now.

djsmiley2k

I thought a lot of the side quests were the same, you were just doing it for the 'other' factions reasons

user226528

There was no game that I regret having played more than Dragon Age II. It was a total waste of time. I felt the game's ending ridiculed me.

Burgi

12:09

wait... what...? arstechnica.co.uk/science/2017/08/…

djsmiley2k

@Burgi Why did they actually synthiise the DNA to test the vuln, wuat?!

> The company they were ordering DNA from couldn't even synthesize it.

> Then, there was the matter of getting the malware executed. Since this was a proof of concept, the researchers made it easy on themselves: the modified an existing tool to create an exploitable vulnerability.

> They also made some changes to the system's configuration to make the execution of random memory locations easier (made the stack executable and turned off memory address randomization). While that makes the test environment less realistic, the goal was simply to demonstrate that DNA-delivered malware was possible.

wut.

Such a huge non news

basically boils down to 'validate inputs'

Burgi

how do you validate DNA though?

djsmiley2k

g's are pair'ed with c's

a's are pair'd with t's iirc

Also, validate your talking to the DNA sequencer you were expecting to talk to

the fact you're now connected to something which calls itself 'BobbyDropTablesiPhone' is slightly concerning.

bwDraco

##/xkcd 327

I Am A Bot

Her daughter is named Help I'm trapped in a driver's license factory.

djsmiley2k

12:18

ty @bwDraco

I wish every media outlet would name 'unknown hackers' as bobby droptables instead

same way you have john doe's in court..

Burgi

because they are normally russian criminals

bwDraco

Speaking of SQL injection...

I did at one point find an SQL injection vuln in a live Web service at one point.

djsmiley2k

Just seen this on bbc homepage...

is that positoning terribad ;D

bwDraco

lol @ "terribad"

Avery

@rahuldottech nice

Bob

12:28

Trance - 009 Sound System Dreamscape (HD)

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Burgi

@JourneymanGeek looking forward to the weekend?

Journeyman Geek

@Burgi errr. I am unemployed. It's like a really long weekend

Burgi

its the singapore GP!

Avery

microsfot pls

rahuldottech

@Avery whaa

Burgi

12:37

> Presently, the main command computers that operate the space station use Intel i386 processors

source

i guess the older CPUs are more radiation tolerant or something?

user226528

@rahuldottech It is Zo, Microsoft new AI. Unlike their last unmoderated one the eventually became a nazi, this one is moderated.

rahuldottech

@FleetCommand ah

linky?

user226528

Always wanted one myself.

user226528

A link to it, I mean. But I suppose it is a Skype contact.

user226528

Zo (bot)

Zo is an artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Microsoft in March 2017. It allows users of Facebook via Messenger or the mobile messaging service Kik to chat with it through private messages. == See also == Tay (bot) == References... ==

user226528

12:43

Tay (bot)

Tay was an artificial intelligence chatterbot that was originally released by Microsoft Corporation via Twitter on March 23, 2016; it caused subsequent controversy when the bot began to post inflammatory and offensive tweets through its Twitter account, forcing Microsoft to shut down the service only 16 hours after its launch. According to Microsoft, this was caused by trolls who "attacked" the service as the bot made replies based on its interactions with people on Twitter. == Background == === Creation === The bot was created by Microsoft's Technology and Research and Bing divisions, and named...

djsmiley2k

@Burgi indeed as far as I understand that's why

they have more shielding...

and the transistors are further apart...

Avery

@FleetCommand oh yeah that's noticable

it's apparently changing topic when this one friend is talking about communism and chelsea manning

djsmiley2k

lol

user226528

But the moderation was not strong enough.

user226528

It learned stuff that I am sure Microsoft isn't happy about.

Avery

12:53

djsmiley2k

@FleetCommand care to give examples?

@Avery ??

Avery

@djsmiley2k zo tried archlinux apparnetly

user226528

@djsmiley2k Try scrolling up a bit!

rahuldottech

@Avery I'm getting crappy responses

Avery

I'll teach her the wonders of communism

Burgi

12:56

ask it if it knows its sister was a nazi

user226528

Avery

nice

Burgi

ask it if minions are tasty

user226528

Alright. Deployment time. Bye guys.

Bob

> Sydney gets more rain than london, but it rains on 1/4 the mount of days.

O_O

TIL

rahuldottech

13:00

@Avery *wail*

Burgi

you pickup merchant!

are you not satisfied with the 2 3 12 real girls you are dating at the moment?

Bob

In other news, it's barely spring and we're getting a total fire ban tomorrow

"more rain" my uncomfortably-dry arse

Avery

@rahuldottech straightness is relative~

rahuldottech

MY MOVIE CHOICES JUST GOT INSULTED

Burgi

tbf it is a terrible film

@Avery not in precision engineering

Journeyman Geek

13:16

@Burgi probably. Also larger process sizes

Avery

@Burgi yes

rahuldottech

djsmiley2k

@Bob makes sense tbh, we have almost constant drizzle

@Bob i.e. no bbq?

djsmiley2k

13:59

wtf

google just did a notification for 'Expect rain at 18:00'

that's cool, odd, but cool

makes premium mode on darkskys app kinda pointless tho

Burgi

it does the traffic too

djsmiley2k

yeah I like the traffic one

Never seen it do weather before.

Burgi

i think i turned the weather one off because it was always wrong

djsmiley2k

lol

rahuldottech

14:49

What even

It appears to be picking random strings/sentences up from comments and posts

See the last one

Avery

edgy

rahuldottech

15:06

Last line appears to be a bug?

Burgi

does anyone care?

rahuldottech

@Burgi -_-

*stamps feet* I hate you! So rude!

*sobs in a corner*

djsmiley2k

15:25

@rahuldottech 'good' source of content

djsmiley2k

15:38

yawwwn

djsmiley2k

15:49

Seems the winds have begun a bit early @Burgi -- we've just lost part of glasgow.

:O

Burgi

@djsmiley2k lost it? where?

its still as anything here

djsmiley2k

lol fell orf the internets

oh it's back now anyway

and with that, I'm going 'om!

bwDraco

roar

allquixotic

16:10

reel

Ben Richards

Hi guys, I'm off to lunch, but I wanted to bring attention to this question I just posted..

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Q: VNC connections constantly drop but only when using laptop on battery power

I have a somewhat strange (to me) problem and I'm unsure of how to precisely pinpoint the issue. I have a laptop (Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 that I recently bought new) which I use when working from home, and occasionally while at work as well. I only use it over a Wi-Fi connection When I'm working from...

Burgi

16:32

might be underpowering the wifi card

check your power settings

Ben Richards

Already did that. Mentioned that in the question. Was my first thought.

Burgi

was mid DB update so i haven't read the question

i'll check when i get home

rahuldottech

17:29

meh

rahuldottech

17:42

@BenRichards I left a comment, try it out?

@BenRichards Click on the battery icon in the taskbar an make sure that power saver isn't switched on. Then click Power and Sleep Settings > Additional Power Settings > Customize Power Plan > High Performance. Try this and see if the problem persists — rahuldottech 2 mins ago

djsmiley2k

18:05

@BenN hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

@BenRichards what';s the timing like between disconnects at home?

I'd suspect your router personally

but there's too many variables currently

Have you tried asking your IT staff at work, if they can see if the vpn drps out at all?

also, you say you've tried 'different vpn servers' -- your work has multiple?

@Burgi both darksky.net and google were wrong about the rain it seems

bwDraco

18:22

It's Patch Tuesday, time to update!

Jul 17 '16 at 21:00, by Ben N

Oh hey, it's time for some Windows Updates! <game show music>

djsmiley2k

18:38

woo

Ben Richards

19:16

@djsmiley2k Minutes. It varies though, it's definitely not a set period of time.

@djsmiley2k I'd prefer this convo on the question itself, but yes. And they're connected to different access points as well (Verizon FIOS and Comcast cable)

@rahuldottech I'll have to wait until I'm at home before I can try it. It hasn't happened at the office on the same laptop.

Circus Cat

20:22

##caat

I Am A Bot