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Michael Frank

00:34

Ha! I just watched someone hit the out of memory error on 64-bit Excel running on a brand new i7 / 16GB machine.

1 hour later…

Journeyman Geek

01:59

As someone who has an actual mechanical relay in use onn his desk...

cars sound nothing like it

William Mariager

That's probably true. It's just not something I ever noticed.

I just ran a health check on my old old SSD. It has had 100 "Uncorrectable Error Count" events ... and the guide I'm reading says they schedule SSDs for replacement the first time that number goes above 0. I'm wondering if I should start looking for another drive.

Or just use it for OS and other non-critical data only.

I think I'll try and use another disk for a while, see if it stops the issues I've been having.

For some reason my desktop just slowly bricks its Windows installation with a range of random errors on starting. I suspected memory at first, but trying a different disk should be a bit easier to test than replacing the memory.

rahuldottech

03:00

@JourneymanGeek Intel (just?) released an IoT/AI dev "neural" compute stick

Journeyman Geek

03:32

@rahuldottech the movidus? Should be second or third generation at this point

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djsmiley2k

07:27

@JourneymanGeek what's it doing on your desk?

Journeyman Geek

@djsmiley2k part of my remote controlled bias lighting rig

djsmiley2k

Journeyman Geek

And the relay board was pretty simple to set up, especially since everything is 12v

Burgi

07:57

morning

djsmiley2k

08:27

sup @Burgi

djsmiley2k

08:56

Theresa May due to make an announcement at 10am

so she's going then

Burgi

hmmm...

djsmiley2k

Burgi

who do we think is going to be the new PM?

djsmiley2k

Pfft

Bojo?

it'd be easy for the Party to put him there

then get rid of him again

Burgi

the stream is dying

heads up

welp there we go

djsmiley2k

09:09

She's gone 7th June

Burgi

wtf is this speech?

is she on glue?

where was all this compromise she's waffling on about?

djsmiley2k

lol

djsmiley2k

09:54

i stopped listenin after the first 30sec or so

Burgi

10:39

so why can't they annouce the results for the EU election until sunday?

bertieb

It's still happening

I think

In the Europe places

Burgi

10:56

all of europe, apart from the UK and holland are voting on sunday

the results for the dutch elections are out

hold on to your tinfoil hats

what if the PM knows the results and the tory party has been annihilated

thats why she's resigned today

bertieb

I thought they don't release results of elections until they're over in case it affects the election

Dewey Defeats Truman and all that

Burgi

shrugs

rahuldottech

11:50

So Modi won the Indian elections yesterday

djsmiley2k

hum de dum

Burgi

did you vote?

Journeyman Geek

By a bit of a landslide

djsmiley2k

my youngest is funny

rahuldottech

@Burgi nup, had to he 18 by April to do so

Anyway so

Idk what to feel about this

djsmiley2k

11:51

whoop got my £22 from prolific, thanks @bertieb

bertieb

@djsmiley2k Nice one 👍

rahuldottech

On one hand, apparently he actually cared about the country unlike previous PMs

djsmiley2k

you get what, 5%? 10%?

1%? XD

rahuldottech

But on the other, he's also notorious for discriminating against minorities and Muslims, and trying to take away their voting rights

djsmiley2k

half tempted to buy £20 of bitcoin :D

rahuldottech

11:52

He's basically the sort who is a proponent of India being a Hindu country, rather than a secular one.

This is an important distinction. But like his only opponent is also a goddamned joke, so this was expected

Thoughts, @JourneymanGeek?

Sorry for typos, on mobile

bertieb

There was a bit of chat on Matrix about this yesterday

Journeyman Geek

@rahuldottech better on matrix

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djsmiley2k

13:26

@bertieb you sockpuppeting?

Q: Need to understand my home electrical meter to see why bill is so high and/or if neighbor is on same meter

I would like to know how to understand my digital home electrical meter. This picture shows what my home meter CURRENTLY reads. I intend to unplug everything in my tiny apartment in order to get another read. My reason? My apartment consists of 1 SINGLE room, a kitchen, and a TINY Bathroom. T...

bertieb

lol

Nahhhhhhh......

djsmiley2k

> Extras: A hot water heater which I believe is gas.

clue: it's not xD

bertieb

> Best time to turn them off would be when they're home and trying to cook. That way they'll notice if their oven or fridge loses power.

I believe that was @Burgi 's suggestion

Burgi

yeah its what our supplier suggested when we were trying to figure out the reading mismatch

we can recommend moving to a company called octopus

they've got the best energy supplier score on trustpilot#

@bertieb if you need a referal code, give me a shout

bertieb

Sure

Last time I did a comparison the folks I'm with were the cheapest supplier by a gnat's crotchet

Think I'm up for renewal in a couple of months or so

Burgi

13:41

price wasn't our driver for changing

it was customer service

bertieb

Fair do's!

Burgi

they are a little cheaper than EON but a million times more helpful

Journeyman Geek

@djsmiley2k I was literally considering the same possibility

djsmiley2k

Mines changing now.

Burgi

do you want a referal code @djsmiley2k?

djsmiley2k

13:48

Too late

and i went with the cheapest ¬_¬

I never spoke to anyone at FU when I left (other than asking on twitter when I'd get my refund), Never spoke to anyone at Green Network, and so far not spoken to anyone at the new place either

Burgi

the big energy companies are literally the woirst people

djsmiley2k

Oh agreed.

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HackToHell

14:55

@JourneymanGeek what's the best place to get laptop in SG? Is going to a physical store better?

djsmiley2k

15:08

yawn

work done

long weekend |O/

djsmiley2k

15:32

I realised for my daughters name carving thing

I don't need to uyse saws and files

I've got a dremel! :D

Burgi

i wouldn't let a child use a dremel. and i'm irresponsible!

djsmiley2k

I'm carving it FOR her :P

rahuldottech

16:00

@Burgi clearly not irresponsible enough

djsmiley2k

16:36

so wifes out, it's me and the kids tonight, yikes

plz lord let them sleep

XKCD