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Zanna

10:52

I am suffering from severe lack of motivation to do my work today O.O

any tips?

David S

11:13

none other than what I'm doing

Zanna

I'll start by switching to the laptop I use for doing planning applications haha that might be a good step towards beginning work on said planning application

David S

Which isn't helpful, I got a latte and put my earphones in and I'm tinkering with something that's interesting but not a priority.

Yes that might be.

(planning applications?)

Zanna

@DavidS could be worse :)

@DavidS drawing submitted to council requesting permission to make proposed changes to a building

David S

I thought you were a teacher

Zanna

I teach one-to-one, self-employed

I draw planning applications for my dad. He's a buildings inspector, but he used to be a self-employed surveyor and still does planning apps on the side

I've been doing this for more than 10 years haha

they don't come in very often

David S

11:35

So you keep a Windows laptop to do the planning junk on? :)

I assume that's the reason for a separate laptop for planning applications

Zanna

no, it runs Xubuntu 16.04 presently

the reason I use it is that my everyday laptop is a baby - screen too small for drawing work

but this laptop with the bigger screen is not as comfortable for general use - it's one dad got for free from his office when they got new kit. Its battery is mostly destroyed and it has keyboard issues. The keyboard is also too big for me as I'm so used to compact keyboards!

David S

ah.

Zanna

I use QCAD - great open source CAD program, better than AutoCAD which is what we used to use on Windows. They charge £30 for the proper version but it's well worth paying that, especially considering the outrageous cost of AutoCAD

David S

I'm sad that my vaio is a bit fubar, it was great until recently when the built-in display would start to blink off and on increasingly as the battery drained, I replaced the battery thinking the output was dipping off as the charge was lower but it hasn't sorted it.

Zanna

awww

Dad has an old Vaio too

David S

11:42

I assume on power is gets just that slightly higher and more consistent power it needs to be ok, as it's fine when pluggedi n

Zanna

this battery has actually recovered a bit under my treatment

David S

Vaio still exist as a company apart from Sony, so I could get another one very much like the one I have, but I've only had mine for about 3/4 years

Zanna

I know how to get batteries to behave well. It would die off in about 15 minutes when I first got it, but now it lasts a couple of hours, and takes charge a lot faster too

David S

ooh.

Zanna

@DavidS hmm ought to last a bit longer...

David S

11:45

do you charge them then disconnect and run them down and charge again?

battery still lasts a long time, 5 hours or more if im just typing and not netflixing

Zanna

no, I charge in small bites and never let them get to 100%

oh, yes, I do what you said haha

I thought you meant run all the way down

David S

Weirdly in the last week I've realised mine stops at 93% charged or something

Zanna

that's not weird

David S

its not?

Zanna

that's 7% dead battery

David S

11:46

It's a new battery

Zanna

oh hmm. maybe needs some sort of calibration then

David S

but it's also a a knock-off I think, despite trying hard to find a legit sony battery, they just dont exist

Zanna

but old batteries do that

let me find some info...

David S

i guess it could have been sitting in a warehouse for a few years

I'm gonna put the original battery back in anyway I think, at least I know it's legit, and since that didn't fix the issue anyway, may as well remove it

Zanna

I couldn't find the thing I read before. I wish it was easier to find out how to care for batteries

I discovered how to do it by accident with my first smartphone

and I'm still going on trial and error/"intuition" of what works

I have the cynical idea that vendors don't want you to know

David S

11:52

Yeah I dunno what to do for the best

apaprently now there's no memory effect and yadda yadda so i just

plug it in whenever

and with laptop I try not to leave it plugged in and running on 100% indefinitely

and i'll run it down to nearly empty

then plug it in

I think my vaio's problem isn't battery but display adapter

battery life still seems ok, external display connected is fine.

I think you're right, about not wanting us to know.

just use it and not worry about taking care of it, and then when you need a new battery we'll sell you one, they're only 100 pounds

Zanna

haha yeah

well I've had a look at the job and pasted the OS map section into place so I'm on the path to productivity haha

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David S

13:21

That's good, I've had lunch so now I'm extra sleepy.

Zanna

lunch perks me up haha

David S

during lunch sure, after lunch, unperk.

I think as long as it's a light lunch it's ok

David S

14:12

I just realised you're the owner of this room.

For the record, Tesco Cannon Park, does not have Beyond Burgers in it.

I need a good burger recipe, now I can process food, I should buy them less often and make them out of whole ingredients like black beans

Zanna

14:51

I have a number of burger recipes

You can post a recipe request question if you can describe what sort of burger you'd like :)

@DavidS It happened automatically because I was the most active user of the room at some early stage!

but rooms can have multiple owners

Ask Ubuntu General Room has 12 owners

all mods

David S

Wouldn't that be voted to close as subjective and google it? :)

Zanna

no, you can say you want it to be high protein or incorporate mushrooms or have a chewy texture or be suitable for BBQ or whatever - as long as it's specific in some way it will be ok

people don't even close ridiculously broad questions like "suggest some vegan snacks plz thx" :/

David S

"nuts"

Zanna

haha

David S

sainsburys onion rings.

so broad

Zanna

15:02

hahaha

apple and peanut butter

David S

skittles

Zanna

hahahaha

David S

corn cakes with salsa (yum)

Zanna

we could come up with one for each letter of the alphabet

David S

yes.

Zanna

15:05

work avoidance activity XD

David S

somewhat.

Did I tell you I massaged kale for the first time last week? :D

Zanna

haha you might have

was I talking about massaged onions with cumin?

David S

oh, er, not sure..

anyway short version was I had a bunch of things to use and it added up perfectly, lemon kale, quinoa, roasted sweet potato, tomato, toasted pumpkin seeds, avocado ...

massaging onions works??

Zanna

I don't know... what did it achieve with the kale?

David S

kinda, wilts it

i used the lemon juice to massage it wth, dunno if that's important or just dressing

Zanna

15:15

probably assists... massaging onion is meant to be done with oil

according to this recipe anyway...

David S

mental