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Burgi

21:01

any further news on the future @JourneyWomanGeek?

my girlfriend is researching hotels

allquixotic

@Burgi I hadn't heard there was one @_@

Burgi

i believe his parents are shopping for one for him in southern india?

he invited us all

allquixotic

he what?

invited us...?

Burgi

yeah

allquixotic

oh right, arranged marriages...

he invited us to what? go to his wedding in India?

Burgi

21:07

yeah

were you not around?

2 days ago, by Journeyman Geek

@Burgi actually? If you guys want to see an indian wedding, and arn't the totally creepy sort, and don't mind a trip down to small town tamil nadu...

thats an invite in my book

bertieb

Yeah but is it his? :P

Burgi

i think so

Journeyman Geek

@Burgi seems less likely

Burgi

awww :(

Journeyman Geek

(for now!)

Burgi

21:18

i'm sorry dude

Journeyman Geek

aww itsok

thats how it works

Burgi

there is a woman out there with your dogtag

Journeyman Geek

The important thing here is we started looking ;p

Burgi

any young ladies at the new office?

Journeyman Geek

naw

@Burgi actuallu funny thing is the second person we were considering is out

Burgi

21:25

perhaps that new romcom thing i linked the other day might make all the single ladies in SG go husband crazy

Journeyman Geek

My mom kinda felt she was a nice young lady, but her family is super odd

lol

We're looking in india

;p

The young lady we talked to apparently feels its a little too far to move

Burgi

you never know....

Journeyman Geek

shrug I respect that

allquixotic

I could attend virtually via livestream or something but I can't make it out to India to attend in person :(

too much money

Journeyman Geek

nodnod

Burgi

21:26

and i take it you wouldn't move to india?

Journeyman Geek

was half joking - and definately no pressure

naw

Burgi

@allquixotic from the UK its only £500 return flights

Journeyman Geek

@allquixotic a livestream is something that I'd also find amusing ;p

Burgi

i suppose the extra 3000 miles does add in a little extra cost

Journeyman Geek

But yeah, gotta find someone first ;p

allquixotic

21:29

@Burgi Indian workers who come to the US on a work visa save up literally every penny of money - they are ridiculously frugal - and take a yearly trip to India on 3-4 weeks of vacation, and spend like 80% of that money on flights

they're so frugal that carpooling is the norm, they run old cars and half of them don't have their own car

Burgi

@allquixotic but an american going to india...

allquixotic

@Burgi that's still $2k I didn't budget for, and I'm not one of those who makes 6 figs

Burgi

start budgeting! ;)

Journeyman Geek

@allquixotic absolutely no pressure :(

allquixotic

@JourneymanGeek I know

just saying, it can't happen

Journeyman Geek

21:31

tbh, the whole process was slightly stressful cause I literally had no idea if my parets were going to ask

and a no's fine

Burgi

although tbf we are looking at the flight costs for our NYC trip and they are roughly £1000

i need to save up to pay for breakfast at tiffanys as well

allquixotic

the only affordable air travel is within the continental US, from major cities to vacation destinations - and those are more or less "subsidized" by the fact that you're going to spend a buttload on your vacation when you get there

Burgi

@allquixotic is that how they keep you all there? ;)

allquixotic

a 2 or 3 hour flight on a 737 across the US is usually under $200 per way, unless you buy in at an extremely busy time of year where demand exceeds supply, or buy at the last minute

sometimes as low as $45

Journeyman Geek

heh when this actually kicks off proper like

the process is literally "make an approach", if yes then you have a formal meeting.

Burgi

21:36

you guys need a low cost TGV style train network to compete with air travel

Journeyman Geek

at the girl's house

bwDraco

Serious vulnerability found in 7-Zip (CVE-2018-10115), update now

3

(please pin)

Journeyman Geek

I think my brother had that happen... about 5 times.

allquixotic

@Burgi we do; it's called a bus, and it takes about as long as walking, but it's cheap

Burgi

trains are faster than buses

Journeyman Geek

21:37

(so flights about 5 times)

Burgi

its only in the UK where they aren't

Journeyman Geek

I'm trying to optimise a bit by seeing if we can avoid the internet - so fewer degrees of social seperation

(so if nothing else, if its someone we don't know, there's someone who knows us going "you should talk to them")

Burgi

ugh.. the noisy neighbour is haveing another mid-week shouting out the window party

Journeyman Geek

as opposed to random internet searches

but there's a whole nother story there

Burgi

random internet searches?

Journeyman Geek

21:41

lol

there's entire matchmaking websites, some narrowly tailored towards specific communities

Burgi

seriously do people advertise their daughters availability for marriage on a website?

Journeyman Geek

Yes

I think its silly and rather actually have the human touch.

Burgi

:o

you might as well use a dating website

Journeyman Geek

Well, practically? We're basically spread out in a diaspora of sorts and its the simplest way to actually find someone of the same culture

I think its... all very silly

allquixotic

Touch...? I remember touch. Pictures came with touch. A painter in my mind. Tell me what you see...

Touch | Daft Punk feat Paul Williams HQ (lyrics)

►

way better than the Apple Updater

bwDraco

21:45

This heat wave in NYC...whew

Tweeted by StefanEtienne on May 3, 2018 at 2:44 AM

Journeyman Geek

@Burgi even if we go old school, chances are they may point us at a site with a profile

the person we talked to gave us the wrong profile number which leads me to think she's definately not interested

... man, this all seems very dystopic to you guys dosen't it?

Burgi

i say its weird but i got my girlfriend through internet dating

allquixotic

@JourneymanGeek no, it sounds entirely too good to be true, utopic actually

Journeyman Geek

@allquixotic heh, I've mentioned what happens when it all goes wrong

allquixotic

I'd do anything to not need to be singularly responsible for finding a girlfriend

Journeyman Geek

21:47

on gitter I think

ah ;p

there's that

allquixotic

@JourneymanGeek and? Western-style dating has no end of pitfalls of what can happen when it goes wrong

Journeyman Geek

@allquixotic only thing is there's often a solid commitment of sorts made by then

allquixotic

child support, giving someone you don't even like half of your earnings and property, STDs, ...

Burgi

remember the bristol woman who threw the poo out of the window? #perilsofdating

Journeyman Geek

two of these things can happen

hopefully not the third, but that means things went even worse than expected

@Burgi yup!

@allquixotic in a sense our method is... almost speed dating

allquixotic

21:49

honestly the main reason I've been single for a decade-plus is it's just not worth it to not be

the risk vs. reward favors the negatives far too much

same reason I don't go skydiving

Journeyman Geek

hah. I'd say pretty literally, I've not met anyone in the last decade or so I've fancied properly

allquixotic

plus we live in a litigious SJW society so I'm as likely as not to be branded a sex offender no matter how careful I am

Burgi

a guy in work told me about this story today

allquixotic

having a sex drive makes you a sex offender now, even if you only express it to someone you think or hope is receptive to it

so I don't

Journeyman Geek

@allquixotic so worst case situation - and it happened to a co-worker of my cousin...

the mrs gets pregnant, accuses the mr of abuse, and basically leaves. At one point the legal system always supported the woman, and lawyers are crooked.

allquixotic

21:54

@JourneymanGeek that can happen easily here too

Journeyman Geek

yup

So essentially its just... super victorian speed dating

allquixotic

Any man in america - BLUE OCTOBER (lyrics)

►

don't usually listen to that style of music but the song is eye opening (it's a personal account). and s/america/$WORLD/g

bwDraco

allquixotic

@bwDraco @_@

not Pro? :P

bwDraco

In total, Astaroth now has 2.5 TB of all-flash storage. Let's take advantage of it :)

allquixotic

22:00

wuau nice

bwDraco

4 hours ago, by bwDraco

So... Got yet another SSD. This time, it's a 500 GB Samsung 860 EVO which will be used for more disk-intensive projects on Astaroth.

allquixotic

I'll probably stick with the lowest cost per GB solution

Journeyman Geek

and sorry for talking about this a lot. and @Bob sometimes gets a blow by blow ;p

bwDraco

I'm honestly quite surprised at how far SSDs have come. Cheaper than ever ($140 for 500 GB) while delivering superb performance.

Journeyman Geek

its a tiny bit stressful, jokes aside

allquixotic

22:02

@JourneymanGeek oh it's no problem, it just resurrects my cynicism :P but honestly the system you have sounds better than the western one

Journeyman Geek

@allquixotic when it works? ;p

allquixotic

men and women should probably be together (to the extent that they are into that - should still be voluntary of course) but western society makes it risky/criminal/dangerous/expensive/socially difficult to find someone

at least in your culture the "finding" part is supported by the whole society

Journeyman Geek

Cause I know folks who dated that way and it worked

@allquixotic well finding someone yourself is an option too

allquixotic

@JourneymanGeek right, but you're not completely passed over if you're not the most attractive, most outgoing person in the world. you still have other people who'll help you cast a net

Journeyman Geek

yup

and lol

I'm not looking for perfect. I'm looking for good enough

allquixotic

22:05

!! s/g.*/g/g

ChatBot John Cavil

@allquixotic I'm not looking (source)

allquixotic

you neither, Cavil? well that makes two of us

Burgi

you stole my joke!

allquixotic

though tbh Cavil is probably getting some from @IAmABot

Journeyman Geek

@allquixotic there's a certain social pressure.

and well...

Burgi

22:06

##Are you hooking up with @ChatBotJohnCavil?

Journeyman Geek

this has been put off a while cause of the lack of work

allquixotic

!!Are you hooking up with @IAmABot?

ChatBot John Cavil

@allquixotic By all means

Burgi

i think @IAmABot is broken

allquixotic

@IAmABot is busy, apparently

see Cavil's answer

Burgi

22:07

LOL

allquixotic

I'll live vicariously through my bot's exploits

after all I just got into his internals this morning and upgraded him

he's got infinity percent less Java, which I visualize as him losing 50 lbs / 25 kg

Burgi

o.O

bwDraco

Build updated: pcpartpicker.com/user/FieryDragonLord/saved/pRCqsY

Journeyman Geek

lol

I might actually go quiet about this unless something happens ;p

bwDraco

lol

Burgi

22:12

i think my next PC upgrade is either new RAM, a new HDD or new screens

i really like the UHD ones we have at work

Journeyman Geek

(I wouldn't have said so much other than folks asking ;p)

@Burgi UHD is nice

and heh, I want to do a pretty major upgrade before well...

things actually move

(cause I think finding a hardware crazy geek girl is implausible)

Burgi

i'm thinking if i shove in 32GB and a new 4TB drive i'll be fine for another couple of years

Journeyman Geek

heh, I just want to build something ;p

Burgi

i'm seriously considering building a skittles sorting machine

i am reluctant to say it but.... i am a skittles racist. i hate the green ones

allquixotic

i'm seriously considering finding a team of folks with enough varied knowledge to launch a new model of headphones

or joining a small company that can do that already

Burgi

22:17

did i link you to the photo of the skittles my girlfriend bought?

Journeyman Geek

lol

I've got a PC building itch

and I want to do it before I need to worry about getting an apartment, a missus...

allquixotic

would you have an easier time finding one if you lived in the US?

Journeyman Geek

hmm

not really

its exactly the same process

actually singapore is a bit easier and harder

allquixotic

> easier and harder

Journeyman Geek

its nearer than the US and has a solid indian/tamil population

some folks want to go to the US cause, well its the US

allquixotic

22:20

parse error on line 44396327

Burgi

WHAT IS THIS INSANITY?????

Journeyman Geek

@allquixotic some folk don't want to leave india, or go too far away

some want to - and the US still has that attraction/reputability

allquixotic

!!learn !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! <>https://i.imgur.com/j29rQBq.jpg

ChatBot John Cavil

@allquixotic Command !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! learned

allquixotic

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Burgi

22:22

waits

allquixotic

!!/!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ChatBot John Cavil

Journeyman Geek

ugh. I cannot get gitter running and lol, some stuff isn't for open chat (sorry burgi)

Burgi

thats not a problem

allquixotic

what do you need to gitter? and you can invite burgy

Journeyman Geek

22:23

oh lol

allquixotic

calling hamburgy, hamburgy, please report to gitter

Journeyman Geek

slighty more private stuff

but gitter won't load, for some reason.

allquixotic

ClosedWFM

Journeyman Geek

I'll tell you guys when I get home

ya, internet here sucks

allquixotic

!!send @JourneymanGeek home

ChatBot John Cavil

22:24

@allquixotic That didn't make much sense. Use the !!/help command to learn more.

Journeyman Geek

and I ran out of data 0_0

bertieb

@Burgi Send me the green ones! I love 'em

Journeyman Geek

0_0

Burgi

weirdo ;)

Journeyman Geek

I think windows update

bertieb

22:25

They're the sour ones right?

Michael Frank

@ChatBotJohnCavil Colour you own Skittles?!

Burgi

apple

bertieb

Or Windows-update flavour? I forget

Sounds good to me

Mind you, Granny Smith is my apple of choice

So

Burgi

i think i need an ardunio, python and some electronic bits

bertieb

Ah, electronics.stackexchange.com, the lesser-known Avenger

Burgi

22:27

i assume i just jiggle all those in a bag and i will have a working skittles sorter

bertieb

@Burgi Don't forget the magic dust!

imgur.com/gallery/tpTNqjm

Burgi

lol

Journeyman Geek

ah got in

@allquixotic root access org or privatechat?

allquixotic

privatechat

bertieb

shenanigans afoot

Michael Frank

22:32

Well that makes chat unwelcoming... private chats being spoken about in the open!

allquixotic

@MichaelFrank well, especially given the latest pin, we're all the more likely to have private chats

Journeyman Geek

sorry :(

bertieb

Latest pin?

> @rahuldottech HAPPY BIRTHDAY

grin

(sorry Rahul for the pings)

Journeyman Geek

@allquixotic actually we're a perfect example of self moderation working IMO

allquixotic

> Gudabu Gudabu

how is "burgi" a substring of that

Burgi

22:34

none of those people are me

bertieb

@allquixotic Maybe on their profile they are a, uh... Pittsburgian

allquixotic

though TBH I'd happily invite any regular here into the private chitter except for, like, EinsteinsGrandson

and I'm pretty much very open over on that side

about... everything

so far it's just Mokubai, Geek, Bob and I

Journeyman Geek

@MichaelFrank @bertieb @Burgi sorry guys :(

Burgi

its fine

labsblog.f-secure.com/2018/03/16/…

Michael Frank

Oh I was joking! I don't care if you have private chats. :)

@allquixotic I mean, does it have better mobile support?

bertieb

22:39

Happy to be a part of them or apart of them too (delete as appropriate)

Burgi

imgur.com/gallery/OOTLkv4

allquixotic

@MichaelFrank it has a native app, yeah

Burgi

oops

i forgot i left my kerbals in orbit

bertieb

Launch a BFR!

BFR (rocket)

BFR is a design by SpaceX for a privately funded next-generation reusable launch vehicle and spacecraft announced by Elon Musk in September 2017. Musk has said the first spacecraft prototype will begin testing in early 2019. The overall space vehicle architecture includes the launch vehicles and spacecraft that are intended to replace all of SpaceX's existing space hardware by the early 2020s, ground infrastructure for rapid launch and relaunch, and zero-gravity propellant transfer technology to be deployed in low Earth orbit (LEO). The large payload to Earth orbit of up to 150,000 kg (330,000...

(Acronym indeed based on BFG from Doom)

Good ol' Musky

Might be slight overkill for getting to orbit as BFRs are designed for ~~Mars~~ Duna transfer, but hey ho

Burgi

meh! they look happy

bertieb

22:52

lol

They always do :D

Burgi

came in really shallow

i really struggle with the rendeavouz in orbit missions

bertieb

I know what you mean

Half the time I end up doing mini burns on opposite sides of the orbit and getting nowhere

Journeyman Geek

I read that as mini buns

bertieb

Which is at least better than the handful of times I end up orbiting in a different direction to the putative rescuee

Burgi

i'm following scott manley's guide but its impossible

Journeyman Geek

22:59

and for some reason my addled brain parsed the misparse as those sausage dogs

bertieb

Mini-bun, you say?

Burgi

poor leatrey kerman is going to be stuck in orbit forever

bertieb

@JourneymanGeek 0_o

Dachshund, or hot dog bun?

Burgi

if nasa ever take leave of their senses and send me into space i'm taking a kerbal with me

bertieb

Speaking of... games. Anyone played GTA V on PC? On sale for uhhhhhhh £17ish (24$)

Burgi

23:01

still a bit expensive

bertieb

I played on PS3 and enjoyed a lot but the thought of rebuying makes poor me shudder

Aye, I'd prefer a fiver cheaper or so

But doubt it's coming down that far

Rockstar used to release GTA, GTA 2 and London for free, but no longer :(

Journeyman Geek

@bertieb the former. In a bun. In space.

bertieb

@JourneymanGeek Gotcha 👍

Burgi

there are rumours that the next GTA will return to either vice city or london

bertieb

It's been cheaper but not that much cheaper, wondering whether to buy rather than continue to swither

'Mixed' Steam reviews put me off, though they seem to relate to online bans

Man

Making decisions is much easier when you don't think about things

I need a simpler flowchart

(my current decision process)

I need something more like

Burgi

23:06

if it comes down to £15 in the summer sale i'll probably get it

bertieb

Want thing? → Get

Steam has had it at £12ish, albeit briefly: isthereanydeal.com/search/?q=grand+theft+auto#/page:game/…

Last lowest discount was £16

Usual discount is £19.99

Burgi

it is probably worth £20 if you consider you are going to sink 500+ hours into it

bertieb

Yea

Well, probably not 500, but 50-100 anyway

Burgi

steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197971260826/games/?tab=all

bertieb

OTOH, I can feel the dozens of unplayed games in my library silently judging me

Burgi

23:11

i have 253 hours in san andreas

and GTA5 is at least 4 times the size

bertieb

Fair point

But I already completed V on PS3 :P

Oh, there's a SU steam group you say

Michael Frank

I just hit 200 days played time on World of Warcraft with one character.

Burgi

i have over 10 years playing eve online

bertieb

Spreadsheet simulator, you say

(sorry)

Michael Frank

Skill training doesn't count.

bertieb

23:16

The things that happen in Eve Online amaze and terrify me

Michael Frank

Neither does ship spinning in the hanger.

Burgi

@MichaelFrank dude....

this is a great game btw

i'm lvl 5 ship spinning

also lvl 5 corpse collecting

Michael Frank

I played EVE for a while, joined Brave when they did the big recruitment drive on Reddit a few years ago.

Burgi

meh, could never be arsed with nullsec politics

i just wanted to splat a few roids, mine a rat or two and bury the dead

oh and chat with n00blets

Bob

morn

Michael Frank

23:25

Yea, I was never good at ship combat against other players, so I gave up corplife.

bertieb

o/

Michael Frank

o7

bertieb

Oooh

I like that one

That Brazilian Guy

23:45

Twitter urges all 336M users to reset passwords due to hashing bug

3

PIN ALL THE STARS!!!

Michael Frank

UGH

PROTECT YOUR DAMN PASSWORDS BETTER >:(

That Brazilian Guy

> That version was just released on April 30, which means that unless you've updated sometime within the last four days, your PC is exposed.

Well, I installed 7zip yesterday, so I'm fine.

> CIS also recommended that all software should be run as a non-privileged user, and to apply the "Principle of Least Privilege" to all systems and services, so that if your PC does fall prey to a sploitz-jerk, the damage will be minimized. As a general approach, that's probably not a bad idea.

Burgi

oh ffs

That Brazilian Guy

Yeah, that's an amazing idea; unfortunately, quite a lot of Windows stuff doesn't play nicely along it.

Burgi

this kerbal is toast

bertieb

23:49

The positive terminal is under the battery retainer

Burgi

he is waaaaaaaaaaaaay far out

bertieb

^^ can we pinstar that so future!bertieb doesn't spend ten minutes looking like a numpty?

(my bike has rarely been out this winter, what with the unusual snow and all)

Burgi

bedtime

nn all

bertieb

o7

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