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17:03
I disagree with the point about Wireless charging
Honestly, I don't care at all about wireless charging.
I mean, IDK what it is with people who go like "BURR I'LL LEAVE MY PHONE HALF CHARGED CUZ PLUGGING IN CABLE IS TOO MUCH EFFORT BURR"
It takes like maybe 6 seconds to plug it in
Fast charging >>>>>> Wireless charging
6 seconds? XD
but yeah
agreed.
But apple are retards it seems
17:29
I agree with @rahuldottech about wireless charging being useless, but remember, this isn't something Apple invented -- the whole industry has been pushing that. If you don't like it, blame Samsung, Motorola, HTC, LG, Google, and the industry alliance behind Qi. Apple is just late to the game.
The fast charging on a MacBook Pro charger is quite amazing though... I really like it.
@rahuldottech Wireless fast charging >>>>>> Fast charging that doesn't work if phone is wet
@allquixotic Yeah, I get that. Just saying that I don't get how people go so crazy about it, if it's really time that you want to save, you'll plug the phone into a fast charger anyay
Bob
Bob
@allquixotic there is one case where I think it's useful: when my usb port has water in it :P
@CircusCat All of us don't lick our phones clean :P
@Bob Haha just what I was talking about too
@rahuldottech Nor do I. I just use it in the rain.
17:30
@Bob How often is that the case for you guys, tbh?
Bob
Bob
@rahuldottech eh. once or twice a month? though I usually just quick-dry it with some isoprop
@rahuldottech Phone being wet? 5 days a week probably.
But I live in Scotland not Australia
Bob
Bob
depends how often I've accidentally dropped it in water :P
@CircusCat Nah, phone being wet AND being low on charge at the same time AND having a wireless charger handy...
@rahuldottech without watching the video, though, Apple made the iPhone 8 because they have an amazing new SoC/GPU to show off just how much they dominate the mobile computing industry in terms of raw performance :P And because they have a few new features that are "nice to have" and regular upgraders going from a 5s or 6 to the 8 will be delighted.
Also the new tech in the iPhone X won't be practical to produce in the volume needed for all of Apple's customers until next year at the earliest
they just won't have enough capacity on the lines that are chunking out iPhone Xs
17:35
@allquixotic The point being made in the video is that iPhone 8 won't have the "OH LOOK LATEST iPHONE" craze about it because it's literally almost identical in design to every iPhone since 2014, and iPhone X is the new novelty thing
So while it's a brilliant phone, investing in it seems kinda stupid because the "HURR LOOK BEST iPHONE" thing which so many Apple users are crazy about won't be present
@rahuldottech well, sure, but that's actually a good thing -- people complain when Apple releases a product with too much glitzy marketing, and then they complain when they release a practical, utilitarian refresh? wtf
@allquixotic Nah, not complaining, just sayin' that one of the key points for fanboys is kinda gone now
and not every Apple user cares about prestige/status/luxury item/novelty; their products are in fact practical as well
@allquixotic Yeah, if I was an Apple guy and had the money, I'd choose the 8 over X anyday
I really only buy updated Apple products when the use cases I'm using them for are showing significant problems or limitations, or I am specifically very interested in new features offered on the next model
I have a 2016 13" MBP with Touch Bar and am not tempted to upgrade to the 2017 model because it's literally the same damn computer; zero new features, and the GPU is maybe 5 or 10% faster, which is not even worth considering at the low performance levels of an Intel Iris anyway
the iPhone 8 Plus has a true tone display, a better camera, is grippier and thus I might use it without a case long term (the iPhone 7 Plus is a fucking oily fish, you can drop it by accident so? easily)
and it's fast and more power efficient than its predecessor
there are plenty of features I do care about that made me upgrade, but the iPhone X offers nothing above and beyond that that I care about
17:40
@allquixotic Honestly, to me X is more of a gimmick. I mean, I just can't see that design taking off, but maybe that's just me...
The UI seems counter intuitive too
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check this out @rahul
@rahuldottech 5 days a week?
@rahuldottech I agree -- Apple have usually introduced something that seemed gimmicky with each iPhone generation being itself a gimmick, but this year, they went "OK, practical upgrade time!" for the 8, then shoved all their gimmicks into the X
17:41
@all
I use it on my motorbike all the time. It rains all the time.
@Avery ok
So I have a wireless charger integrated into the phone holder on my bike.
!! s/phone/cat/
@allquixotic So I have a wireless charger integrated into the cat holder on my bike. (source)
17:42
Also don't have to constantly plug and unplug it every time I get off my bike cause I spend too much time playing mobile games.
@Avery gosh
!!s/qui/cat/
@CircusCat That didn't make much sense. Use the !!/help command to learn more.
@CircusCat That... seems cool!
@CircusCat @allcatxotic So I have a wireless charger integrated into the cat holder on my bike. (source) (source)
17:43
mobile games are the other reason I got the 8 Plus -- I have a feeling that "AAA" games might start being a thing on mobile; at least in terms of their system requirements... they might have games soon that have to run at low detail on anything less than an iPhone 7, and might have special eye candy only available on the 8/X
@rahuldottech I should rename myself to cool cat.
!!s/ c/ f/
@rahuldottech @rahuldottefh I should rename myself to cool cat. (source)
@rahuldottech @rahuldottech I should rename myself to fool cat. (source)
!!s/ c/ f/
@rahuldottech @rahuldottech @rahuldottech I should rename myself to fool fat. (source) (source)
17:44
!!trout @rahuldottech & @rahuldottefh
slaps @rahuldottech & @rahuldottefh around a bit with a large trout!
!! s/./beedledebeep/g
Server error (status 500) occured (message probably too long)
Took too many steps for me to get to fool fat from cool cat :/
!! s/./ OK /g
17:45
49 secs ago, by ChatBot John Cavil
@rahuldottech @rahuldottech @rahuldottech I should rename myself to fool fat. (source) (source)
@allquixotic OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK OK (source)
!!s/OK/what is even going on/g
Server error (status 500) occured (message probably too long)
!!s/OK/STAR/g
@Avery !!s/STAR/what is even going on/g (source)
17:46
lol
!!s/OK /STAR /g
@Avery @allquixotic STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR STAR (source) (source)
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@allquixotic STAR
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17:47
can we not break the bot?
!!s/not/please/
@Avery can we please break the bot? (source)
yes
!!can you be broken?
17:48
@rahuldottech Doubtfully
!!s/./no\!/g
@djsmiley2k no\!no\!no\!no\!no\!no\!no\!no\!no\!no\!no\!no\!no\!no\!no\!no\!no\!no\!no\!no\!‌​no\!no\!no\!no\! (source)
!!what is love
17:48
@Avery won't work, !!what doesn't take any args
!!can i ask anything
oh ok
!!do you love me?
@rahuldottech Doubtfully
17:49
!!is djsmiley2k a worry-wart telling us not to break you?
@allquixotic Definitely
!!do you watch robot porn?
@rahuldottech Not a chance
@rahuldottech errrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
17:49
Confirmed: @ChatBotJohnCavil is the saint we all need in our lives.
I mean I don't either but no one calls me a saint
psh double standards
@Avery Wait... so you don't watch robot porn... what about the regular stuff?
Gotcha! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@rahuldottech that's a no too
haha ok
sleeping is more fun than any of those stuff
17:53
Learned how US national anthem came to be... Touching:
sigh
i wish the windows media creation tool was a bit faster
it doesn't need to re-download the image every time for a start..
This idiot is the goddamn president of one of the greatest nations of the world? thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/…
I'd watch robot porn
#justsayin
He's bringing RATINGS and POPULARITY into his argument against peaceful protests?
How daft is he, man?
18:03
lol
it's working tho
> People don't start smoking because of peer pressure, but because of curiosity and willingness to try new things. Then if they like it they keep doing it and if they don't the most common thing is that they'll never become smokers in their life
This is true
clearly I'm not curious enough.
vbut I've seen plenty of people do things because of peer pressure
@rahuldottech US needed a change and they got it... President that was none like those before him. Political marketing has worked.
... Russians shaking their heads...
@Boris_yo Good ol' boring >>>>> Crappy disruptive counterproductive change
18:38
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@rahuldottech At least there will be no WW3
@Bob Critically important Fox data in this Youtube link: youtu.be/v1EjnRggDJk?t=649
I expect no answers on this :/
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Q: Pulse Audio - Can't see nor control line in volume control

djsmiley2kFirstly a bit of background in case there's an obvious solution I've so far missed. Using Gentoo, Xfce4, and previously was using xfce4-mixer which is now depreciated and the advise is to use the pauvcontrol-mixer instead. The xfce4-mixer allowed you to add a button to your task-bar which upon m...

18:54
@Boris_yo How can you be sure of that at all?
@rahuldottech The observers will not let that happen...
well, thanks for the upvote lol.
@Boris_yo How? How does an observer stop the US from nuking NK?
And how do they stop a retaliation?
19:12
@djsmiley2k I'm kind of a pulse audio expert
I helped test it and file bug reports back in the late 2000s when it was up-and-coming
Ok :)
Maybe you know what's wrong
you may have to use a non-native-xfce program as your mixer
gnome-volume-control is the best imo
yup that's fine
atm I'm using paucontrol which I beleive is the 'default' one
is this PS4 "line-in" a playback channel or a capture channel?
from the perspective of pulseaudio
erm, I don't know
there's nothing under capture I think, how do I check the 'right' way?
19:18
check the manage for pactl
pactl list
"sources" are inputs that a program on your computer could "record" from
"sinks" are outputs that a program on your computer could play sound into (like a music player)
@djsmiley2k do you see any sources listed in pactl list?
yes, many
paste binning
Has anyone seen Ghost in the Shell?
@rahuldottech which gits
@Avery '17
19:30
original anime or the new live action one
oh
I have it downloaded but I'm too lazy to watch it
@Avery I don't do much anime
Any, in fact
well
it's from an era of anime that's quite different from the one today
think of it like "a good quality movie but drawn in anime style"
Active Port: analog-input-linein
So I think that's the device then @allquixotic
@djsmiley2k ah
19:56
> Part of profile(s): input:analog-stereo, output:analog-stereo+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-21+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-40+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-41+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-50+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-51+input:analog-stereo, output:analog-surround-71+input:analog-stereo, output:hdmi-stereo+input:analog-stereo
Hi guys. Updated my wifi question.
It's quite quixotic.
@rahuldottech I checked and apparently don't have a "High Performance" power plan. So I can't test that, unfortunately :(
@BenRichards Are you at home right now?
Interestingly enough, though, (as I said in my latest update), if connected via the 2.4GHz band, I don't get these disconnects
Yes, I'm at home.
@BenRichards So you can do more testing right now?
Yes. Apparently it's only occurring when using the 5GHz band. On 2.4GHz, I'm stable
20:00
@BenRichards I think I found the issue!
Enabling Airtime Fairness didn't help
Oh?
Click on Edit Plan Settings
Then Change advanced power settings
Then Wireless Adapter settings
Power saving mode
Maximum performance
If only I could do that :(
I don't have anything in there regarding wireless adapter
@BenRichards ...why not?
@BenRichards wtf
I honestly don't know. Has to be a firmware thing. Different computers expose different power options.
20:02
@BenRichards I have like a dozen more options for different hardware...
Sorry :(
Stupid question: did you try to update drivers?
However, that it only happens on 5GHz and not 2.4GHz is interesting.
Yes, I did. I can do so again...
@BenRichards Try manufacturer website
Then try Device Manager > right click on hardware > update
I want to try something else first before I do that. Most of my devices at home connect to the 5GHz band, and that is the only band I'm experiencing this issue. I'll take all my devices off the wifi network and connect only my laptop and see if it still has disconnects.
20:06
@BenRichards okay
5Ghz is usually shorter range
But it has less interference since less devices use it
Oh, that reminds me, I'll also first test my laptop in the same room as the router.
Cordless phones, CCTV systems, garage door locks, all use 2.4Ghz
So it has a lot more noise on the wavelengths
@JourneymanGeek or @Bob might know more about this
I know that, though honestly I haven't actually experienced that kind of interference, even when using cordless phones.
@BenRichards I haven't either, funnily enough
I don't have those here, though. Just remote garage door openers, but it's not like those are being used all the time :P
20:08
@BenRichards neighbours, tho?
@allquixotic I'm not sure what you need?
Well, despite 2.4GHz being so congested, the connection is more stable.
@BenRichards I'd recommend putting a bounty on the question but I doubt it'll get any answers, your case is tooooo specific
I made sure that my 5GHz network was on a free channel but it didn't make a difference.
Yeah, I thought about it but it's not "urgent" so I'm ok without a bounty for now.
@BenRichards Do you think it'll be possible to get a USB wifi dongle thing?
Pretty sure that'll fix it
20:11
I'd really rather not, hah. But again, connecting via 2.4GHz makes the connection stable.
It's an Intel Wi-Fi chipset anyway. It's not like Intel doesn't know how to do Wi-Fi.
@Avery This movie was... so incomplete
the 17 one?
@Avery yes
don't watch anime -> rl movies
@Avery Yeah, figured
20:23
you can't properly implement eastern aesthetic and themes and everything in a western setting
also uh
anime is PERFECT
@Avery It doesn't eally have a western setting
because it's made out of drawings
you can capture any look you want
even ones that are not possible irl
@Avery They still do that? 0_0
with movies that's harder
Manually sketch each frame by hand?
20:24
well obviously no
well kinda, it's drawn on computers and stuff
also use animation tools etc
the one ghibli uses went free iirc
20:41
@djsmiley2k I don't need anything; I'm not sure what a "port" is in PA (they didn't exist when I was using it), and I was expecting there to be a "Source" for that
maybe you have to manually define a source for it? idk
ohdear
OMAGOSH whatTalentIsThis
I mean it's not a crazy talent
@Avery but it's so coooooooooooooool
20:49
@allquixotic Haha. I misread that as Firefox data but this made me giggle
it's like "launchpad but too broke for launchpad"
Urgh
Windows 10 was retarded enough changing the brightness quick settings to be useless enoguh with only four options but now they've been renamed to "Darker" "Suggested" "Brighter" and "Brightest"
FFS what was wrong with a 0 to 100% slider. Do MS really think people are too stupid to understand how that works?!
@CircusCat wtf
@rahuldottech Yeah
20:56
@CircusCat Wait, in the action center?
@rahuldottech Yes
@CircusCat Huh, Clicking on it gives me 0-25-50-75-100 levels
And it's always been that way afaik
Windows 8 had a 0 to 100% slider. Windows 10 removed it and changed it to click to cycle through 25%, 50%, 75%, 100%. Now some recent update has changed that to "Darker" "Suggested" etc.
Where do you find this? I'm not seeing it
@rahuldottech Do you have the creators update?
20:57
FWIW Windows Mobility Center still has a slider, though that's not nearly as convenient to get to
I usually just use the function keys to change the brightness
@CircusCat I'm on the latest LTSB
@rahuldottech I prefer not having to use both hands, especially when I generally need one to hold my laptop in place since I don't have a table to put it on...
Huh, I have 1703 and it still shows percentages
20:58
I recently updated, in the last two weeks.
Never had it before then
I updated a couple of days ago
But stuff works differently on LTSB
@CircusCat You should totally switch to ltsb if you can
@rahuldottech My options are current branch and current branch for business
Machine's been on the latter since I had it.
@allquixotic @Bob this should totally be your gravatar
21:18
@allquixotic any idea?
22:05
@CircusCat Most people are stupid when it comes to computers.
@ThatBrazilianGuy Understanding what 0%, 25%, 50%, 100% mean doesn't have anything to do with computers
It is a computer interface element.
"It's on a computer! It's dark magic!"
"It's on a computer, I don't wanna deal with it, those nerds from IT better fix it!"
@ThatBrazilianGuy Or you could have 0%, 25%, 50%, 100% written on a toaster
I can see why they made the iphone 8
@Avery Yeah, @all and I were discussing it ^
A11 chip and upgraded hardware from iphone 7 while maintaining similar price tag and feature set but having new gen techs yeah
iPhone X has a much different design and IDK if I'd want to use one for daily stuff, the gestures and controls are just terribad.
Am I the only one who doesn't care about bezels?
I mean
bigger screen = better
smaller device = better
less bezels = better
however current amount of bezels are stuff I can cope with
22:31
I don't mind bezels at all
well
I don't either
but I'd rather have a bigger screen on my phone
but I'd still want to be able to carry it in my pocket
so yeah, easiest thing to get rid of seems like the bezel
@Avery The iPhone 8 screen size is decent enough for me
5 hours ago, by rahuldottech
@allquixotic Yeah, if I was an Apple guy and had the money, I'd choose the 8 over X anyday
@allquixotic ok, so the line in, is a output AND input device
if I change the output device volume, that works ;D
if I could get either for free I'd get X
and I'd sell it and buy something like oneplus 5 or google pixel and keep the rest of the money.
if I wasn't allowed to sell then I'd still go with X because IDK new shiny things excite me
22:50
@djsmiley2k huh
@Avery lol
they excite me too
23:06
@rahuldottech They're watching your chats!!!!
I have so many unpopular uncommon opinions
Here's another:
I'd rather drive myself than be driven around by a machine, and only because driving seems like fun
Also, I don't think I'd like to trust any bug-ridden software with my life
Warning: five-part long-form article series. Recommended, nevertheless.
@ThatBrazilianGuy I just got to the end of part one -_-
Okay, answer in the middle of second part
TL;DR for the rest? @tha
@rahuldottech Wow, you read fast! (I thougth I did that)
@ThatBrazilianGuy Yeah, I do
Guess how I learnt?
Procrastination. Ended up having to study six chapters in one hour
Because I'm a mess
Also, I have another exam in 24 hours and am NOT prepared
FML
I should sleep
goodnight
23:22
That technique where one word is displayed at a time?
It's 5:00 AM
What am I doing with my life
@ThatBrazilianGuy That thing was cool, but I only ever checked it out once
@rahuldottech Give us your exam schedule and we'll ban you on the chat for the prior 48hs to the exams ;p [/s]
@rahuldottech ditto
OMG THIS IS GOLD: imgur.com/gallery/kkjvv [kinda-nsfw language]
@rahuldottech No, it's silly and shallow. It's comedic memes.
Now GO STUDY! STOP PROCRASTINATING!
@ThatBrazilianGuy yeah ok bye
Lastlly.... MUCH AWWWW imgur.com/gallery/4rZ5THb
cc @ave this is goals
ok ok going
damn studies
23:29
OH OH OH
Message me on telegram
@rahuldottech Tell me about it
I hate my life
I want Bob's
There you go, happy now?
@ThatBrazilianGuy No, because it isn't real
@CircusCat Life is, but an illusion
@rahuldottech Your score will be too if you don't study!
23:57
still teh funniest photo I've ever taken
@djsmiley2k this image is cursed
would you mind it if I submitted it to random cursed image tumblrs?
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