By golly, I need new mouse pads.

Just ordered a couple of SteelSeries QcK pads (one small, one medium), and a Sony MRW-S1 SD card reader (because Stolas only has a microSD card slot and not a full-size SD card slot).

I miss having a built-in full-size SD card slot on my main laptop. A compact SD card reader that plugs straight into a USB port and supports UHS-II is the next best thing.

The mouse pad at the Astaroth station (Razer Kabuto) is also overdue for replacement, but limited desk area means very limited options. I'm hoping to get a Corsair MM1000 to match my Dark Core, but I need a larger desk...

The two QcK pads are going to be used elsewhere.

bleh

apparently ikea sells NFC drawer locks

they sound fun but they don't sell it online or at my 'local' ikea

@bwDraco ehm, you're talking write, not read

TIL when a lithium-ion cell fails due to overdischarge or reverse charging, galvanic corrosion is involved.

(bigclivedotcom)

@Bob what was your home network setup again?

And that's how these cells get internally shorted.

(we're talking home networks on the TCR replacement and your network seems similar to what cole wants)

also

remember this ? github.com/nokia/intel-nuc-router

@JourneymanGeek er-x router, two wired unifi aps, managed switch, guest wlan on guest vlan, isolated vlan for shared use with others

ah

right

At 4:57...

!!/thisisfine

@Bob how do you test speeds between ports ?

hack2hell was asking about that

stick boxen with iperf on two bridged switches and just run?

(getting a pair of NUCs should be trivial)

@JourneymanGeek yea, skip the switches though

... I meant ports

lol

I need to replace the power strip there

its too small and falling apart

(since I have 2 linux NUC type machines, and hopefully their NICs can handle it. They're probably realtek tho ._.)

@JourneymanGeek oh. on that case you might be testing the speed of the cpu

software bridges are wonky

@Bob oh, I can probably monitor the cpu load too

and ya, I want to see how wonky it is

and how it compares to a few other setups (using the ports on the AP, using a proper switch...)

I have a spare (unmanaged) gigabit capable switch

I guess a big thing is that my network isn't struggling with my backups, so its already performing better than my asus

also ugh

I need to throw all my notes into something more usable

and Idk how I should do it still

cause I quite literally ... did it the right way and read through the settings file most of the time, then monkeypunched stuff until they worked

TIL the guts of an NiMH cell can spontaneously combust in air.

I need a better theme.

apparently the one I use dosen't show codeblocks

journeymangeek.com/?p=196

right....

its really long

@bwDraco youtube.com/channel/UC0pBauLp63yzf6sVdEOIUbA This guy does a lot of work with 18650s and ends up building a DIY powerwall out of them.

I am trying to set up my windows 10 machine as a router

I have set up the network, so Windows should be sharing the internet connection through an ad hoc network

so I have enabled "internet sharing"

do I need to set up a dhcp server, or does "internet sharing" supposedly handle that?

ICS should include a DHCP server

its been years since I had to do that

I didn't do it wirelessly tho

also when I did it ... and that was XP era, it only let you use 192.168.1.x as a IP range

are you having any specific issues? ._.

well, nothing seems to want to connect

hm

would help to be more precise

my phone just sits there with the spinning wheel of death next to the connection

"spinning wheel of death" ?

ah. I never did ICS with wireless.

it never fully connects

hm

I know that it is communicating with my computer though

how?

the dhcp script shows dhcp requests

feels like there's missing information ._.

ok. android or apple?

If its apple I can't really help ;p

apple phone

I don't have an apple device on hand

Wireshark it.

is there a way to check if you have an ip address?

on the phone?

yup

you can set a manual ip

eh

not a good idea for wireless.

unless its an unsecured connection

you can see the ip

which is a terrible idea

a manual IP ... dosen't necessarily mean there's a connection

but that is only once you are connected

@XKCD This, so much this.

@DavidPostill yup, the one out two weeks ago.

cbsnews.com/news/…

@Bob ^^ Pitot tubes and dumb pilots strike again? Is this an Air France repeat? :(

:/

My exam today went well

That's not something which usually happens

:)

@rahuldottech Good to hear.

I've got tests tomorrow too.

What a coincidence.

@Nick good luck

Turns out the small QcK mouse pad is just the right size.

That old Roccat Sense mouse pad (used at one of my other computer stations) is just too large and it's really filthy so I really want to throw it out...

The world has lost a superhero.

RIP Stan Lee.

> marking the first crash involving the Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft. The "black box" data recorder from the jet shows its airspeed indicator malfunctioned on its last four flights, investigators said Monday.

wut

Are they flying aircraft deemed to be unsafe? :/

Also

Another bit came out!! \o/

@djsmiley2k flying with one, two, sometimes dozens of minor maintenance issues while still being ultimately deemed "airworthy" by some definition is a very common cost-saving tactic for cheap airlines, especially in poorer countries

Yikes.

they often field aircraft with a broken APU

like, one of its literal turbines just totally busted

there's less regulation about that sort of thing in poorer countries, too

the developed world generally has more stringent standards airlines are required to follow

@djsmiley2k excelsior...

@AaronHall ??

arigj there's ewven more stuff in my gum DS:

and ... urgh it hurts :(

@djsmiley2k fuck

Ow.

!!caaaat

@djsmiley2k You need a better dentist

lol

woo it's out

maybe this'll finally b e it

and it can heal properly

that badboy was spiky.

So @djsmiley2k makes medical history. Has a tooth removed. Then bits of tooth left behind travel to his finger and somehow get extruded from his finger tip ...

:D

@noitsbecky I dunno, it's quite normal appently

@djsmiley2k Only if your dentist doesn't x-ray the socket to see if he has done his/her job properly.

hmmm

well I had 2 xrays in the previous two weeks

can many can i safely have

errr 3

So complain. Tooth fragments should clearly show up if the x-rays are done correctly.

This was before the extraction

Wow... that is definitely a feature I never knew I needed. ;)

Is anyone else having syncing issues with gmail on Android?

Latest email on my phone is from 16:30.

Oh, it was the VPN acting up.