The DMZ

Rory Alsop

07:55

:-) mmmm parental food parcels

Rоry McCune

08:30

@RoryAlsop any Orcadian whisky involved?

Rory Alsop

09:29

Sadly it's been a long time since I qualified for a parental food parcel, but I remember them fondly

Rоry McCune

@RoryAlsop ahh I missed that it was a reply :) and as to being too old, pshaw, you're never too old for an orcadian food parcel!

Rory Alsop

09:48

We actually send a hamper up for the folks each Christmas :-)

Rоry McCune

It's amusing/depressing how few people are aware of HSMs and the fact that it's possible to store stuff with symmetric encryption relatively securely.

Terry Chia

10:44

@RoryAlsop Lemme guess, mammoth meat?

@RоryMcCune I blame it on The Cloud™.

Terry Chia

11:05

@JourneymanGeek Looking good so far, I'm running Furmark.

kalina

12:26

So...

This is new

but unfortunately completely bollocks for the one flag I've had declined in the last month and the 10 flags in total I've had declined out of over 100

TildalWave

12:46

complete bollocks are a bad thing? :OO

kalina

yes

they're associated with men, and thus terrible

avoid at all costs

Rоry McCune

seems a touch harsh

kalina

ah this one is betterer

Rоry McCune

@kalina did you make that GIF?

kalina

no

I just got bored of rewinding the youtube video you linked

Rоry McCune

12:56

@kalina heh

kalina

it's slightly less funny without sound

awesome, they were both briefly in sync for a moment there

Journeyman Geek

@TerryChia Yeah, it should be stable, but not spectacular ;p

kalina

how is day #1 of being unemployed?

Terry Chia

@JourneymanGeek 60 FPS on high settings. I'm satisfied.

kalina

@TerryChia in what, though?

that's impressive in GTA5 but not so much in Quake

Terry Chia

13:06

@kalina GW2. Only game I play.

kalina

Ah

I might reinstall GW2

I only played it for six weeks before getting bored of it

Terry Chia

I'm mostly doing spvp now.

kalina

but that was primarily my own fault, since I wanted to single player through an MMO

Because I am an adult and I make adult decisions I am going to half sit/half lay on my bed, watch shitty movies and eat junk food and there's nothing you can do about it.

Today's shitty movie is called Tomorrowland

and I have a massive bag of skittles

hello tummyache

Journeyman Geek

I spent it the same way I would have spent a weekend if I still had a job actually

kalina

@JourneymanGeek well that's good, it means nothing has changed and you're still the same happy individual you always are

Journeyman Geek

13:15

I donno. Am I contractually obligated to mope?

kalina

well you could mope if you want

but it's not very constructive

Journeyman Geek

Yeah

kalina

not unless you're trying to unlock sadness so you can channel those emotions into some kind of epic string section for a blockbuster movie or something

Journeyman Geek

Taking a day off, then working on resume MK III

kalina

and then I suppose it's quite constructive

Journeyman Geek

13:17

also going to try to teach myself python again

kalina

why would you do that

what actual use does python even have in the real world, ever

hides

Terry Chia

@kalina ALL THE USES.

Rоry McCune

@kalina it serves to show ruby programmers what their lives could be if they were shittier

kalina

might as well just learn PHP, PHP is the best and most versatile language out there.

Terry Chia

@RоryMcCune PYTHON > RUBY. COME AT ME BRO!

At least our monkeypatches aren't global scope. #shotsfired

Rоry McCune

13:20

@TerryChia phhhhhhhhbttttt ... white... space... is ... significant

Journeyman Geek

Well, I have a passing familiarity with python 3

Terry Chia

12 secs ago, by Terry Chia

At least our monkeypatches aren't global scope. #shotsfired

Journeyman Geek

so Its probably going to be easier to pick up python 2 again

kalina

oh my brain just failed on me, I sure one of you just said fisting

Rоry McCune

@TerryChia yah but with ruby you don't have to have monkey patches

Journeyman Geek

13:21

._.

Terry Chia

@RоryMcCune Sure you don't. Sure.

Journeyman Geek

Did I just spark off a religious war? ;p

kalina

@JourneymanGeek :D

good job

Terry Chia

@JourneymanGeek Nope. This occurs on a regular basis.

Rоry McCune

@JourneymanGeek yeah it's like vim v emacs except here there's a clear winner

...

go

Terry Chia

13:21

We are due for a Python vs Ruby this month.

kalina

Terry Chia

@RоryMcCune Totally. Python rules.

Journeyman Geek

ahh. I tend to run sublime text ;p

Rоry McCune

@TerryChia s'a bit old-school tho'

kalina

everybody knows it's all about nano

Terry Chia

13:22

@RоryMcCune Ah, the old hipster argument.

Journeyman Geek

Oh, nano's lovely

Rоry McCune

@kalina thought you'd be more into VS.code

kalina

pls, I code in notepad and then will it into executable form by bitching it out until it spontaneously compiles

Rоry McCune

@TerryChia but of course

but what are you two doing here you should be out listening to Qualifying!

Terry Chia

@RоryMcCune Can we agree that @Simon sucks?

Rоry McCune

13:23

@TerryChia well @Simon == PHP , so of course :)

Terry Chia

@RоryMcCune That would be @Simon === PHP.

Rоry McCune

@TerryChia good point

@JourneymanGeek @TerryChia so are either of you two in ear-shot of todays F1 qualifying then?

Journeyman Geek

Oh, I didn't even realise F1 is on

Rоry McCune

@JourneymanGeek heh

Journeyman Geek

no, not really, and I was really near where the track was today

(my bank's right next to the 'track'

Rоry McCune

13:26

My brother-in-law and mother-in-law are at the track at the moment..

kalina

@JourneymanGeek really? You missed the fact that F1 is going on in that small 50 km wide bit of land you live on?

Journeyman Geek

@kalina: yeah

kalina

Girl incites boy to commit suicide so that people give her sympathy for her loss

TildalWave

@kalina it's bigger on the inside

kalina

@TildalWave I... er... ok :)

Rоry McCune

13:30

@kalina yep that is indeed fucked up

kalina

right I need to not be browsing the internet idly as I don't want to be disturbed today

back tomorrow

Rоry McCune

@kalina yeah avoid stuff like that

I do

that way only sadness lies

Simon

@TerryChia pls

Rоry McCune

15:15

^@RoryAlsop Ahhar.

Ohnana

15:27

@RоryMcCune wtf is that cropping

kalina

15:57

My sincerest apologies but after a year of not being here I'm removing you lovely people from my favorite rooms list so I stop getting the nag button to rejoin a bunch of rooms that are no longer my favorite.

o wrong room

sorry @ManishEarth I removed CharcoalHQ as well because you no longer love me and don't idle here

ManishEarth

o/

kalina

\o

in Room for AviD and Rоry McCune, Sep 9 at 14:11, by Rоry McCune

I'm now scared to return to the other room as it looks like kalina is engaging with Andrew smith...

I knew you guys had a room for your smooching

there was no need to hide it

even though it was in plain sight

Rоry McCune

16:21

@kalina it wasn't hidden :op

@AviD just wanted to ask stuff

IIRC

and you were talking to Andrew Smith <shudder>

Rоry McCune

17:33

@Ohnana No idea rly, but it's the only ITLAPD image I've seen today..

Lucas Kauffman

Japan against South Africa rugby

This is a great match

Seriously

Ohnana

@RоryMcCune lame

Rоry McCune

@Ohnana feel free to see if you can find better MLP/ITLAPD images :)

Rory Alsop

20:08

Really enjoyed the first episode of the new Doctor Who series. Capaldi chose a good guitar! I approve. Also, Clara is now definitely the prettiest woman on television.

AviD

@RoryAlsop hey hey, spoilers!

but, good to hear.

What happened to Clara? I'm taking it she got a tattoo?

no no

SPOILERS

Rоry McCune

@RoryAlsop it was a good episode

@AviD sure you don't even want a small spoiler?

AviD

@RоryMcCune NO.

hmm, maybe a small one....

Rоry McCune

there's loads to spoil

AviD

NO

NONONO

Rоry McCune

20:10

Give me a M

...

yeah I'll leave it there

AviD

FINE, I'll go look for it now, watch it myself

Rоry McCune

heh

AviD

then I get to spoiler it for the 'merkans

Rоry McCune

Apparently the BBC are going to do a Netflix style deal for Non-UKians

AviD

@RоryMcCune oh thats not a spoiler, everyone knows that he (or she) is coming.

Rоry McCune

20:11

well I didn't want to do a real spoiler

Rory Alsop

20:21

@RоryMcCune "you're so fine "

Mmmmmm - tattooed Clara...

Rоry McCune

@RoryAlsop Gotta love the scottish accents too

AviD

20:47

ooo so yknow how Rory Williams is co-starring in one of DC's new shows?

Well Doctor the Tenth is the big bad guy in one of Marvel's upcoming shows.

THEY SHOULD HAVE A CROSSOVER

David Freitag

27

Q: Snotty made a joke I don't understand

I have always had a nagging question about the transporter scene in SpaceBalls. After Skroob has been "transported", to his then asinine state, we see Snotty "try and reverse the beam". Snotty: Hold on, sir. We'll try and reverse the beam. Could be the interlocking system. SKROOB scrat...

Lucas Kauffman

21:05

2

AviD

Lucas Kauffman

sexeh

David Freitag

That reminds me of an episode of Futurama

AviD

@DavidFreitag and what do you think that was referring to....?

Classic Zardoz.

David Freitag

@AviD I had no idea. Until now.

AviD

21:13

@DavidFreitag then you should go watch that movie, right now.

David Freitag

@AviD I'm already watching something

AviD

hey @DavidFreitag lemme ask you... are U.S. sizes (e.g. for shirts) larger then "regular" sizes?

David Freitag

@AviD I have no experience with non-US sizes. We (for men) have small medium large xl, 2x, 3xl... etc for shirts

AviD

well yeah, but how does e.g. US large compare to EU large...

David Freitag

I have no idea.

You have to be a pretty small guy to fit in a large

AviD

21:16

Im asking because Ive noticed that tshirts I get from vendors are smaller than I expect.

and I do not have a large build.

and NO I'm not getting fat. Shuddup.

David Freitag

I wear a 3xlt (t for tall)

AviD

@DavidFreitag wut??

how does that make sense??

David Freitag

A friend of mine is of the skinny muscular variety and he wears a medium I think

AviD

yeah mediums usually dont work for me anymore, though they used to.

David Freitag

I don't think I ever wore a medium

AviD

21:20

the tricky part is that not all Large fit me either - as I said, I am not a large person.

but some of the XLs I've taken are too huge on me.

David Freitag

Yeah there isn't really a real standard in sizes

AviD

ridiculous.

pants (trousers) there is, its a straight measurement.

suits too.

also dress shirts.

not tshirts.

David Freitag

Idunno man

AviD

meh, whatever, it'll manage.

David Freitag

Usually the vendor has measurements for the size listed

Of course that means you have to measure yourself

AviD

21:22

hurhurhur

well, usually I would just hold up the shirt and check

p.s. most of my tshirts come from vendors at conferences

(not tshirt vendors....)

David Freitag

If you found who they use to make the shirts, then you could check

AviD

meh, too much work

truthfully I have a few SE shirts already, so I could just go upstairs to check

David Freitag

If you don't do the work you could end up with a shirt that only goes down to your belly button

AviD

but then again they may have changed factories

@DavidFreitag heh. nah my problem is usually I can't breathe in.

David Freitag

Most of my shirts are twitch shirts from teespring

Their 3X is a perfect fit for me

In case anyone was wondering, Sublime Text works just as well on (l)ubuntu as it does on winders.

kalina

22:18

@RоryMcCune no need to shudder

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